Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1586 Oct 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1586 Oct 12 . The geographic coordinates (WGS 84) of the northern and southern limits and the central line are listed at 120-second intervals. This provides adequate detail for making plots of the path on larger scale maps. Local circumstances on the central line include the ratio of the apparent diameters of the Moon to the Sun, the Sun's altitude and azimuth (degrees), the path width (kilometers) and the duration on the central line (minutes and seconds). See the Explanation of the Central Eclipse Path Table for a description of each column in the table.

The geographic visibility of the eclipse is shown on a global map on the Prime Page for the Eclipse which also includes complete details on the eclipse. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on an interactive Google Map .

Total Solar Eclipse of 1586 Oct 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°35.5'N074°04.2'W23°21.8'N074°13.1'W23°58.6'N074°08.6'W 1.041 - 137 km 02m12.9s
10:5822°59.2'N063°48.2'W21°37.0'N063°43.9'W22°17.7'N063°44.0'W 1.044 10° 102° 147 km 02m34.3s
11:0021°57.6'N058°50.1'W20°35.2'N059°00.5'W21°16.1'N058°54.0'W 1.046 15° 104° 152 km 02m46.1s
11:0221°07.5'N055°20.3'W19°44.6'N055°37.6'W20°25.8'N055°27.9'W 1.047 19° 106° 156 km 02m55.3s
11:0420°23.1'N052°32.0'W18°59.6'N052°53.9'W19°41.1'N052°42.1'W 1.048 22° 107° 159 km 03m03.3s
11:0619°42.3'N050°09.1'W18°18.2'N050°34.5'W19°00.0'N050°21.1'W 1.049 25° 108° 161 km 03m10.4s
11:0819°03.9'N048°03.9'W17°39.4'N048°32.1'W18°21.4'N048°17.3'W 1.049 27° 109° 164 km 03m17.0s
11:1018°27.4'N046°11.8'W17°02.5'N046°42.3'W17°44.8'N046°26.4'W 1.050 30° 110° 166 km 03m23.2s
11:1217°52.5'N044°29.9'W16°27.2'N045°02.4'W17°09.7'N044°45.5'W 1.051 32° 110° 168 km 03m29.0s
11:1417°18.9'N042°56.2'W15°53.2'N043°30.4'W16°35.8'N043°12.8'W 1.051 34° 111° 169 km 03m34.6s
11:1616°46.3'N041°29.3'W15°20.3'N042°05.1'W16°03.1'N041°46.7'W 1.052 36° 112° 171 km 03m39.8s
11:1816°14.7'N040°08.1'W14°48.4'N040°45.3'W15°31.3'N040°26.2'W 1.052 38° 112° 172 km 03m44.9s
11:2015°43.8'N038°51.8'W14°17.3'N039°30.3'W15°00.4'N039°10.6'W 1.053 39° 113° 174 km 03m49.8s
11:2215°13.8'N037°39.8'W13°47.0'N038°19.4'W14°30.2'N037°59.2'W 1.053 41° 114° 175 km 03m54.5s
11:2414°44.3'N036°31.4'W13°17.3'N037°12.2'W14°00.6'N036°51.4'W 1.053 43° 114° 176 km 03m59.0s
11:2614°15.5'N035°26.4'W12°48.3'N036°08.1'W13°31.7'N035°46.9'W 1.054 44° 115° 178 km 04m03.4s
11:2813°47.2'N034°24.3'W12°19.8'N035°06.9'W13°03.3'N034°45.3'W 1.054 46° 115° 179 km 04m07.6s
11:3013°19.4'N033°24.8'W11°51.8'N034°08.3'W12°35.4'N033°46.2'W 1.054 47° 116° 180 km 04m11.7s
11:3212°52.1'N032°27.6'W11°24.3'N033°11.9'W12°08.0'N032°49.4'W 1.055 49° 116° 181 km 04m15.7s
11:3412°25.2'N031°32.6'W10°57.2'N032°17.6'W11°41.1'N031°54.8'W 1.055 50° 117° 182 km 04m19.6s
11:3611°58.8'N030°39.5'W10°30.6'N031°25.2'W11°14.5'N031°02.0'W 1.055 52° 118° 183 km 04m23.3s
11:3811°32.7'N029°48.2'W10°04.3'N030°34.4'W10°48.3'N030°11.0'W 1.056 53° 118° 183 km 04m26.9s
11:4011°07.0'N028°58.4'W09°38.4'N029°45.3'W10°22.5'N029°21.6'W 1.056 54° 119° 184 km 04m30.4s
11:4210°41.6'N028°10.2'W09°12.9'N028°57.6'W09°57.1'N028°33.6'W 1.056 56° 119° 185 km 04m33.7s
11:4410°16.5'N027°23.2'W08°47.7'N028°11.2'W09°32.0'N027°47.0'W 1.056 57° 120° 186 km 04m37.0s
11:4609°51.8'N026°37.6'W08°22.8'N027°26.0'W09°07.1'N027°01.5'W 1.057 58° 120° 186 km 04m40.1s
11:4809°27.3'N025°53.0'W07°58.2'N026°41.9'W08°42.6'N026°17.2'W 1.057 60° 121° 187 km 04m43.2s
11:5009°03.2'N025°09.6'W07°33.9'N025°58.8'W08°18.4'N025°34.0'W 1.057 61° 122° 188 km 04m46.1s
11:5208°39.3'N024°27.1'W07°09.8'N025°16.6'W07°54.4'N024°51.7'W 1.057 62° 122° 188 km 04m48.9s
11:5408°15.7'N023°45.4'W06°46.1'N024°35.4'W07°30.7'N024°10.2'W 1.057 63° 123° 189 km 04m51.6s
11:5607°52.3'N023°04.7'W06°22.5'N023°54.9'W07°07.3'N023°29.6'W 1.058 64° 124° 190 km 04m54.2s
11:5807°29.2'N022°24.6'W05°59.3'N023°15.1'W06°44.1'N022°49.7'W 1.058 66° 125° 190 km 04m56.7s
12:0007°06.3'N021°45.3'W05°36.2'N022°36.1'W06°21.2'N022°10.5'W 1.058 67° 126° 191 km 04m59.0s
12:0206°43.6'N021°06.6'W05°13.4'N021°57.6'W05°58.4'N021°32.0'W 1.058 68° 127° 191 km 05m01.3s
12:0406°21.2'N020°28.5'W04°50.9'N021°19.7'W05°35.9'N020°54.0'W 1.058 69° 128° 191 km 05m03.4s
12:0605°59.0'N019°51.0'W04°28.5'N020°42.4'W05°13.7'N020°16.5'W 1.058 70° 129° 192 km 05m05.5s
12:0805°37.0'N019°13.9'W04°06.4'N020°05.5'W04°51.6'N019°39.6'W 1.058 71° 130° 192 km 05m07.4s
12:1005°15.2'N018°37.3'W03°44.4'N019°29.0'W04°29.7'N019°03.0'W 1.058 72° 132° 193 km 05m09.2s
12:1204°53.6'N018°01.1'W03°22.7'N018°52.9'W04°08.1'N018°26.9'W 1.059 73° 134° 193 km 05m11.0s
12:1404°32.2'N017°25.3'W03°01.1'N018°17.2'W03°46.6'N017°51.2'W 1.059 74° 135° 193 km 05m12.6s
12:1604°11.0'N016°49.9'W02°39.8'N017°41.8'W03°25.3'N017°15.7'W 1.059 75° 137° 194 km 05m14.0s
12:1803°50.0'N016°14.7'W02°18.6'N017°06.7'W03°04.3'N016°40.6'W 1.059 76° 140° 194 km 05m15.4s
12:2003°29.2'N015°39.8'W01°57.7'N016°31.8'W02°43.4'N016°05.7'W 1.059 77° 143° 194 km 05m16.7s
12:2203°08.6'N015°05.1'W01°36.9'N015°57.2'W02°22.7'N015°31.1'W 1.059 78° 146° 195 km 05m17.8s
12:2402°48.1'N014°30.7'W01°16.3'N015°22.7'W02°02.1'N014°56.6'W 1.059 79° 149° 195 km 05m18.8s
12:2602°27.8'N013°56.3'W00°55.8'N014°48.3'W01°41.8'N014°22.3'W 1.059 80° 154° 195 km 05m19.7s
12:2802°07.7'N013°22.2'W00°35.6'N014°14.1'W01°21.6'N013°48.1'W 1.059 81° 158° 195 km 05m20.5s
12:3001°47.8'N012°48.1'W00°15.5'N013°40.0'W01°01.6'N013°14.0'W 1.059 81° 164° 195 km 05m21.2s
12:3201°28.1'N012°14.1'W00°04.4'S013°05.9'W00°41.8'N012°40.0'W 1.059 82° 171° 196 km 05m21.8s
12:3401°08.5'N011°40.2'W00°24.1'S012°31.8'W00°22.1'N012°06.0'W 1.059 82° 178° 196 km 05m22.2s
12:3600°49.1'N011°06.3'W00°43.7'S011°57.8'W00°02.7'N011°32.0'W 1.059 83° 186° 196 km 05m22.6s
12:3800°29.9'N010°32.4'W01°03.1'S011°23.7'W00°16.6'S010°58.0'W 1.059 83° 195° 196 km 05m22.8s
12:4000°10.8'N009°58.4'W01°22.3'S010°49.6'W00°35.8'S010°24.0'W 1.059 83° 203° 196 km 05m22.8s
12:4200°08.1'S009°24.4'W01°41.3'S010°15.4'W00°54.8'S009°49.8'W 1.059 82° 212° 196 km 05m22.8s
12:4400°26.8'S008°50.3'W02°00.2'S009°41.0'W01°13.6'S009°15.6'W 1.059 82° 219° 196 km 05m22.7s
12:4600°45.4'S008°16.0'W02°18.9'S009°06.6'W01°32.2'S008°41.3'W 1.059 82° 226° 196 km 05m22.4s
12:4801°03.8'S007°41.6'W02°37.5'S008°31.9'W01°50.7'S008°06.8'W 1.059 81° 232° 196 km 05m22.0s
12:5001°22.0'S007°07.1'W02°55.9'S007°57.1'W02°09.0'S007°32.1'W 1.059 80° 237° 196 km 05m21.5s
12:5201°40.1'S006°32.3'W03°14.1'S007°22.0'W02°27.1'S006°57.2'W 1.059 79° 242° 196 km 05m20.8s
12:5401°58.0'S005°57.3'W03°32.1'S006°46.7'W02°45.0'S006°22.0'W 1.059 79° 246° 196 km 05m20.0s
12:5602°15.7'S005°22.0'W03°49.9'S006°11.1'W03°02.8'S005°46.6'W 1.059 78° 249° 196 km 05m19.2s
12:5802°33.3'S004°46.4'W04°07.6'S005°35.2'W03°20.4'S005°10.8'W 1.059 77° 252° 196 km 05m18.1s
13:0002°50.6'S004°10.5'W04°25.1'S004°58.9'W03°37.9'S004°34.8'W 1.059 76° 254° 196 km 05m17.0s
13:0203°07.8'S003°34.2'W04°42.4'S004°22.2'W03°55.1'S003°58.3'W 1.059 75° 256° 196 km 05m15.8s
13:0403°24.9'S002°57.6'W04°59.6'S003°45.2'W04°12.2'S003°21.4'W 1.058 74° 258° 195 km 05m14.4s
13:0603°41.7'S002°20.5'W05°16.5'S003°07.6'W04°29.1'S002°44.1'W 1.058 73° 259° 195 km 05m12.9s
13:0803°58.4'S001°42.9'W05°33.3'S002°29.6'W04°45.8'S002°06.3'W 1.058 72° 261° 195 km 05m11.2s
13:1004°14.9'S001°04.8'W05°49.9'S001°51.1'W05°02.3'S001°28.0'W 1.058 71° 262° 195 km 05m09.5s
13:1204°31.2'S000°26.2'W06°06.2'S001°12.0'W05°18.7'S000°49.2'W 1.058 69° 263° 194 km 05m07.6s
13:1404°47.3'S000°13.1'E06°22.4'S000°32.2'W05°34.8'S000°09.7'W 1.058 68° 264° 194 km 05m05.6s
13:1605°03.2'S000°53.0'E06°38.4'S000°08.2'E05°50.7'S000°30.4'E 1.058 67° 265° 194 km 05m03.5s
13:1805°18.9'S001°33.5'E06°54.1'S000°49.3'E06°06.5'S001°11.2'E 1.058 66° 266° 193 km 05m01.2s
13:2005°34.4'S002°14.8'E07°09.7'S001°31.1'E06°22.0'S001°52.8'E 1.057 65° 266° 193 km 04m58.9s
13:2205°49.7'S002°56.9'E07°25.0'S002°13.8'E06°37.3'S002°35.2'E 1.057 64° 267° 192 km 04m56.4s
13:2406°04.8'S003°39.8'E07°40.1'S002°57.3'E06°52.4'S003°18.4'E 1.057 63° 267° 192 km 04m53.7s
13:2606°19.6'S004°23.7'E07°54.9'S003°41.8'E07°07.2'S004°02.6'E 1.057 61° 268° 191 km 04m51.0s
13:2806°34.2'S005°08.5'E08°09.5'S004°27.3'E07°21.8'S004°47.7'E 1.057 60° 268° 190 km 04m48.1s
13:3006°48.6'S005°54.4'E08°23.8'S005°13.8'E07°36.2'S005°33.9'E 1.056 59° 268° 190 km 04m45.1s
13:3207°02.7'S006°41.5'E08°37.9'S006°01.5'E07°50.3'S006°21.3'E 1.056 58° 269° 189 km 04m42.0s
13:3407°16.6'S007°29.7'E08°51.7'S006°50.5'E08°04.1'S007°09.9'E 1.056 56° 269° 188 km 04m38.7s
13:3607°30.2'S008°19.3'E09°05.2'S007°40.8'E08°17.7'S007°59.8'E 1.056 55° 269° 187 km 04m35.4s
13:3807°43.5'S009°10.3'E09°18.4'S008°32.5'E08°30.9'S008°51.2'E 1.056 54° 269° 187 km 04m31.9s
13:4007°56.5'S010°02.9'E09°31.3'S009°25.8'E08°43.8'S009°44.1'E 1.055 52° 269° 186 km 04m28.2s
13:4208°09.2'S010°57.1'E09°43.8'S010°20.9'E08°56.4'S010°38.7'E 1.055 51° 269° 185 km 04m24.5s
13:4408°21.5'S011°53.2'E09°55.9'S011°17.7'E09°08.7'S011°35.1'E 1.055 49° 269° 184 km 04m20.6s
13:4608°33.5'S012°51.3'E10°07.7'S012°16.6'E09°20.5'S012°33.6'E 1.054 48° 269° 183 km 04m16.5s
13:4808°45.1'S013°51.6'E10°19.0'S013°17.7'E09°32.0'S013°34.3'E 1.054 47° 269° 181 km 04m12.3s
13:5008°56.3'S014°54.3'E10°29.9'S014°21.2'E09°43.0'S014°37.4'E 1.054 45° 269° 180 km 04m08.0s
13:5209°07.0'S015°59.7'E10°40.3'S015°27.5'E09°53.6'S015°43.2'E 1.053 43° 269° 179 km 04m03.5s
13:5409°17.2'S017°08.1'E10°50.1'S016°36.7'E10°03.6'S016°52.0'E 1.053 42° 269° 178 km 03m58.9s
13:5609°26.9'S018°19.9'E10°59.4'S017°49.4'E10°13.1'S018°04.2'E 1.052 40° 269° 176 km 03m54.1s
13:5809°36.0'S019°35.5'E11°08.0'S019°05.8'E10°22.0'S019°20.1'E 1.052 38° 269° 175 km 03m49.1s
14:0009°44.4'S020°55.4'E11°15.9'S020°26.6'E10°30.1'S020°40.5'E 1.052 37° 269° 173 km 03m43.9s
14:0209°52.0'S022°20.3'E11°23.0'S021°52.4'E10°37.5'S022°05.8'E 1.051 35° 268° 171 km 03m38.5s
14:0409°58.8'S023°51.2'E11°29.1'S023°24.1'E10°43.9'S023°37.0'E 1.051 33° 268° 169 km 03m32.8s
14:0610°04.5'S025°29.1'E11°34.2'S025°02.7'E10°49.3'S025°15.3'E 1.050 31° 268° 167 km 03m26.9s
14:0810°09.0'S027°15.6'E11°37.9'S026°50.0'E10°53.4'S027°02.1'E 1.049 28° 267° 165 km 03m20.7s
14:1010°11.9'S029°12.9'E11°39.9'S028°47.9'E10°55.9'S028°59.6'E 1.049 26° 267° 163 km 03m14.0s
14:1210°12.9'S031°24.4'E11°39.9'S030°59.7'E10°56.4'S031°11.2'E 1.048 23° 267° 160 km 03m06.9s
14:1410°11.2'S033°55.5'E11°37.1'S033°30.8'E10°54.1'S033°42.2'E 1.047 20° 266° 157 km 02m59.1s
14:1610°05.5'S036°56.7'E11°30.0'S036°31.1'E10°47.8'S036°42.8'E 1.046 17° 265° 154 km 02m50.3s
14:1809°52.5'S040°52.4'E11°15.6'S040°23.3'E10°34.1'S040°36.4'E 1.044 13° 265° 149 km 02m39.7s
14:2009°17.7'S047°38.5'E10°40.7'S046°44.4'E09°59.5'S047°07.6'E 1.042 263° 142 km 02m23.8s
Limits08°42.9'S052°41.2'E09°56.1'S052°48.7'E09°19.5'S052°44.8'E 1.040 - 136 km 02m11.8s

ΔT = 124.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:40:30.512:38:25.800°20.8'S011°21.9'W 82.7° 196.6° 196.0 km05m22.79s
Greatest Duration12:42:29.712:40:25.000°39.8'S010°16.9'W 82.6° 205.1° 196.1 km05m22.85s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1586 Oct 12 were generated using the JPL DE406 solar and lunar ephemerides. The lunar coordinates were calculated with respect to the Moon's Center of Mass. Although the predictions are first calculated in Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TD), they are then converted to Universal Time (UT1) as presented here. The parameter ΔT is used to convert between the two times (i.e., UT1 = TD - ΔT). ΔT has a value of 124.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

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