Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1626 Feb 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1626 Feb 26 . 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 1626 Feb 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits26°53.4'S029°45.6'W27°57.5'S030°05.7'W27°25.4'S029°55.5'W 1.035 - 122 km 01m52.6s
07:5628°07.8'S020°15.8'W29°00.7'S022°47.4'W28°35.5'S021°24.7'W 1.038 96° 130 km 02m07.8s
07:5828°40.5'S014°35.1'W29°46.6'S016°02.6'W29°13.9'S015°16.5'W 1.039 14° 92° 136 km 02m20.2s
08:0028°57.2'S010°38.3'W30°08.6'S011°44.6'W29°33.1'S011°09.9'W 1.041 18° 90° 140 km 02m29.2s
08:0229°06.6'S007°27.5'W30°21.5'S008°21.3'W29°44.2'S007°53.1'W 1.042 21° 88° 143 km 02m36.9s
08:0429°11.7'S004°44.3'W30°29.1'S005°29.2'W29°50.5'S005°05.7'W 1.043 24° 86° 145 km 02m43.8s
08:0629°13.6'S002°20.1'W30°33.1'S002°58.1'W29°53.4'S002°38.1'W 1.043 26° 85° 148 km 02m50.1s
08:0829°13.2'S000°09.9'W30°34.3'S000°42.2'W29°53.8'S000°25.2'W 1.044 29° 83° 150 km 02m55.9s
08:1029°11.0'S001°49.2'E30°33.5'S001°21.9'E29°52.3'S001°36.4'E 1.045 31° 82° 151 km 03m01.4s
08:1229°07.2'S003°39.5'E30°31.0'S003°16.6'E29°49.1'S003°28.8'E 1.045 33° 81° 153 km 03m06.7s
08:1429°02.2'S005°22.4'E30°27.0'S005°03.5'E29°44.6'S005°13.6'E 1.046 35° 79° 155 km 03m11.7s
08:1628°56.0'S006°59.0'E30°21.8'S006°43.8'E29°38.9'S006°52.0'E 1.046 37° 78° 156 km 03m16.4s
08:1828°48.9'S008°30.3'E30°15.5'S008°18.4'E29°32.2'S008°24.9'E 1.047 38° 77° 158 km 03m21.0s
08:2028°41.0'S009°56.8'E30°08.3'S009°48.1'E29°24.6'S009°53.0'E 1.047 40° 76° 159 km 03m25.4s
08:2228°32.3'S011°19.2'E30°00.2'S011°13.4'E29°16.2'S011°16.9'E 1.047 42° 74° 160 km 03m29.7s
08:2428°22.9'S012°38.0'E29°51.3'S012°34.9'E29°07.1'S012°36.9'E 1.048 43° 73° 161 km 03m33.8s
08:2628°12.9'S013°53.3'E29°41.8'S013°53.0'E28°57.3'S013°53.6'E 1.048 45° 72° 162 km 03m37.8s
08:2828°02.4'S015°05.8'E29°31.7'S015°07.9'E28°47.0'S015°07.3'E 1.049 46° 71° 163 km 03m41.6s
08:3027°51.3'S016°15.4'E29°20.9'S016°20.0'E28°36.1'S016°18.1'E 1.049 48° 70° 164 km 03m45.3s
08:3227°39.7'S017°22.6'E29°09.7'S017°29.4'E28°24.6'S017°26.4'E 1.049 49° 69° 165 km 03m48.8s
08:3427°27.7'S018°27.5'E28°57.9'S018°36.6'E28°12.7'S018°32.4'E 1.049 51° 67° 166 km 03m52.2s
08:3627°15.3'S019°30.3'E28°45.7'S019°41.5'E28°00.4'S019°36.2'E 1.050 52° 66° 167 km 03m55.6s
08:3827°02.5'S020°31.2'E28°33.0'S020°44.4'E27°47.7'S020°38.1'E 1.050 53° 65° 168 km 03m58.8s
08:4026°49.3'S021°30.3'E28°20.0'S021°45.4'E27°34.5'S021°38.1'E 1.050 55° 64° 169 km 04m01.8s
08:4226°35.7'S022°27.7'E28°06.5'S022°44.7'E27°21.0'S022°36.5'E 1.050 56° 63° 169 km 04m04.8s
08:4426°21.8'S023°23.6'E27°52.7'S023°42.3'E27°07.2'S023°33.2'E 1.051 57° 61° 170 km 04m07.6s
08:4626°07.6'S024°18.0'E27°38.5'S024°38.5'E26°53.0'S024°28.5'E 1.051 58° 60° 171 km 04m10.4s
08:4825°53.2'S025°11.0'E27°24.0'S025°33.2'E26°38.5'S025°22.3'E 1.051 60° 59° 171 km 04m13.0s
08:5025°38.4'S026°02.8'E27°09.2'S026°26.6'E26°23.7'S026°14.9'E 1.051 61° 57° 172 km 04m15.5s
08:5225°23.3'S026°53.4'E26°54.1'S027°18.8'E26°08.7'S027°06.3'E 1.052 62° 56° 173 km 04m17.9s
08:5425°08.0'S027°42.9'E26°38.8'S028°09.8'E25°53.3'S027°56.5'E 1.052 63° 54° 173 km 04m20.1s
08:5624°52.4'S028°31.3'E26°23.1'S028°59.7'E25°37.7'S028°45.7'E 1.052 64° 53° 174 km 04m22.3s
08:5824°36.6'S029°18.8'E26°07.2'S029°48.6'E25°21.8'S029°33.8'E 1.052 65° 51° 174 km 04m24.4s
09:0024°20.6'S030°05.3'E25°51.0'S030°36.5'E25°05.7'S030°21.0'E 1.052 66° 49° 175 km 04m26.3s
09:0224°04.3'S030°51.0'E25°34.6'S031°23.5'E24°49.4'S031°07.4'E 1.052 67° 48° 175 km 04m28.1s
09:0423°47.8'S031°35.9'E25°17.9'S032°09.6'E24°32.8'S031°52.9'E 1.052 68° 46° 176 km 04m29.9s
09:0623°31.1'S032°20.0'E25°01.0'S032°55.0'E24°16.0'S032°37.6'E 1.053 69° 43° 176 km 04m31.5s
09:0823°14.2'S033°03.4'E24°43.9'S033°39.6'E23°59.0'S033°21.6'E 1.053 70° 41° 176 km 04m33.0s
09:1022°57.0'S033°46.2'E24°26.6'S034°23.5'E23°41.7'S034°04.9'E 1.053 71° 39° 177 km 04m34.3s
09:1222°39.7'S034°28.3'E24°09.0'S035°06.7'E23°24.3'S034°47.5'E 1.053 72° 36° 177 km 04m35.6s
09:1422°22.2'S035°09.8'E23°51.2'S035°49.3'E23°06.7'S035°29.6'E 1.053 73° 33° 178 km 04m36.8s
09:1622°04.5'S035°50.8'E23°33.3'S036°31.3'E22°48.8'S036°11.1'E 1.053 74° 30° 178 km 04m37.8s
09:1821°46.6'S036°31.3'E23°15.1'S037°12.8'E22°30.8'S036°52.0'E 1.053 75° 27° 178 km 04m38.8s
09:2021°28.5'S037°11.3'E22°56.8'S037°53.8'E22°12.6'S037°32.5'E 1.053 75° 23° 179 km 04m39.6s
09:2221°10.2'S037°50.8'E22°38.3'S038°34.3'E21°54.2'S038°12.6'E 1.053 76° 19° 179 km 04m40.3s
09:2420°51.8'S038°30.0'E22°19.5'S039°14.4'E21°35.6'S038°52.2'E 1.053 77° 15° 179 km 04m40.9s
09:2620°33.2'S039°08.8'E22°00.6'S039°54.0'E21°16.9'S039°31.4'E 1.053 77° 10° 179 km 04m41.4s
09:2820°14.4'S039°47.3'E21°41.5'S040°33.3'E20°57.9'S040°10.3'E 1.053 78° 180 km 04m41.8s
09:3019°55.4'S040°25.4'E21°22.2'S041°12.3'E20°38.8'S040°48.8'E 1.053 78° 180 km 04m42.1s
09:3219°36.3'S041°03.3'E21°02.8'S041°51.0'E20°19.5'S041°27.1'E 1.053 78° 355° 180 km 04m42.3s
09:3419°17.0'S041°40.9'E20°43.2'S042°29.4'E20°00.0'S042°05.1'E 1.053 78° 349° 180 km 04m42.3s
09:3618°57.5'S042°18.4'E20°23.4'S043°07.5'E19°40.4'S042°42.9'E 1.053 79° 343° 180 km 04m42.3s
09:3818°37.8'S042°55.6'E20°03.4'S043°45.5'E19°20.6'S043°20.4'E 1.053 78° 337° 180 km 04m42.1s
09:4018°18.0'S043°32.7'E19°43.2'S044°23.2'E19°00.6'S043°57.9'E 1.053 78° 332° 181 km 04m41.9s
09:4217°58.0'S044°09.7'E19°22.9'S045°00.8'E18°40.4'S044°35.2'E 1.053 78° 326° 181 km 04m41.5s
09:4417°37.8'S044°46.5'E19°02.4'S045°38.4'E18°20.1'S045°12.3'E 1.053 78° 321° 181 km 04m41.1s
09:4617°17.5'S045°23.3'E18°41.7'S046°15.8'E17°59.6'S045°49.5'E 1.053 77° 316° 181 km 04m40.5s
09:4816°57.0'S046°00.1'E18°20.8'S046°53.1'E17°38.9'S046°26.5'E 1.053 77° 311° 181 km 04m39.8s
09:5016°36.3'S046°36.9'E17°59.8'S047°30.5'E17°18.1'S047°03.6'E 1.053 76° 307° 181 km 04m39.0s
09:5216°15.4'S047°13.7'E17°38.6'S048°07.8'E16°57.0'S047°40.6'E 1.053 75° 303° 181 km 04m38.1s
09:5415°54.4'S047°50.6'E17°17.2'S048°45.2'E16°35.8'S048°17.8'E 1.053 75° 300° 181 km 04m37.1s
09:5615°33.2'S048°27.6'E16°55.6'S049°22.7'E16°14.4'S048°55.0'E 1.053 74° 296° 181 km 04m36.0s
09:5815°11.8'S049°04.7'E16°33.9'S050°00.3'E15°52.8'S049°32.3'E 1.053 73° 293° 181 km 04m34.8s
10:0014°50.2'S049°41.9'E16°11.9'S050°38.0'E15°31.1'S050°09.8'E 1.053 72° 291° 181 km 04m33.5s
10:0214°28.4'S050°19.4'E15°49.8'S051°15.9'E15°09.1'S050°47.5'E 1.053 71° 288° 181 km 04m32.1s
10:0414°06.5'S050°57.1'E15°27.4'S051°54.0'E14°47.0'S051°25.4'E 1.053 70° 286° 181 km 04m30.6s
10:0613°44.3'S051°35.0'E15°04.9'S052°32.4'E14°24.7'S052°03.6'E 1.053 69° 284° 180 km 04m29.0s
10:0813°22.0'S052°13.3'E14°42.2'S053°11.1'E14°02.1'S052°42.0'E 1.053 68° 282° 180 km 04m27.3s
10:1012°59.4'S052°52.0'E14°19.2'S053°50.1'E13°39.4'S053°20.9'E 1.052 67° 280° 180 km 04m25.5s
10:1212°36.7'S053°31.0'E13°56.1'S054°29.5'E13°16.4'S054°00.1'E 1.052 66° 279° 180 km 04m23.6s
10:1412°13.7'S054°10.5'E13°32.7'S055°09.4'E12°53.3'S054°39.7'E 1.052 65° 277° 180 km 04m21.6s
10:1611°50.5'S054°50.5'E13°09.1'S055°49.7'E12°29.9'S055°19.9'E 1.052 64° 276° 179 km 04m19.5s
10:1811°27.1'S055°31.0'E12°45.3'S056°30.6'E12°06.3'S056°00.6'E 1.052 63° 275° 179 km 04m17.4s
10:2011°03.4'S056°12.1'E12°21.2'S057°12.0'E11°42.4'S056°41.9'E 1.052 62° 274° 179 km 04m15.1s
10:2210°39.5'S056°53.9'E11°56.9'S057°54.2'E11°18.3'S057°23.8'E 1.052 61° 273° 178 km 04m12.7s
10:2410°15.4'S057°36.5'E11°32.3'S058°37.0'E10°53.9'S058°06.5'E 1.051 60° 271° 178 km 04m10.2s
10:2609°51.0'S058°19.8'E11°07.5'S059°20.6'E10°29.3'S058°50.0'E 1.051 58° 271° 177 km 04m07.6s
10:2809°26.3'S059°04.0'E10°42.4'S060°05.1'E10°04.4'S059°34.4'E 1.051 57° 270° 177 km 04m04.9s
10:3009°01.3'S059°49.2'E10°17.0'S060°50.6'E09°39.2'S060°19.7'E 1.051 56° 269° 176 km 04m02.1s
10:3208°36.1'S060°35.4'E09°51.2'S061°37.1'E09°13.8'S061°06.0'E 1.051 55° 268° 176 km 03m59.2s
10:3408°10.5'S061°22.8'E09°25.2'S062°24.8'E08°47.9'S061°53.6'E 1.050 53° 267° 175 km 03m56.2s
10:3607°44.6'S062°11.5'E08°58.8'S063°13.8'E08°21.8'S062°42.3'E 1.050 52° 267° 174 km 03m53.1s
10:3807°18.3'S063°01.5'E08°32.0'S064°04.1'E07°55.3'S063°32.5'E 1.050 51° 266° 174 km 03m49.9s
10:4006°51.7'S063°53.1'E08°04.9'S064°56.0'E07°28.4'S064°24.2'E 1.049 49° 265° 173 km 03m46.6s
10:4206°24.7'S064°46.3'E07°37.3'S065°49.6'E07°01.1'S065°17.6'E 1.049 48° 265° 172 km 03m43.1s
10:4405°57.2'S065°41.4'E07°09.3'S066°45.0'E06°33.4'S066°12.9'E 1.049 47° 264° 171 km 03m39.6s
10:4605°29.3'S066°38.6'E06°40.8'S067°42.6'E06°05.2'S067°10.3'E 1.049 45° 264° 170 km 03m35.9s
10:4805°00.9'S067°38.2'E06°11.8'S068°42.5'E05°36.5'S068°10.0'E 1.048 43° 263° 169 km 03m32.1s
10:5004°31.9'S068°40.3'E05°42.2'S069°45.1'E05°07.2'S069°12.4'E 1.048 42° 263° 168 km 03m28.2s
10:5204°02.4'S069°45.3'E05°12.0'S070°50.7'E04°37.3'S070°17.6'E 1.047 40° 263° 167 km 03m24.1s
10:5403°32.2'S070°53.7'E04°41.1'S071°59.6'E04°06.8'S071°26.3'E 1.047 39° 262° 165 km 03m19.9s
10:5603°01.2'S072°05.9'E04°09.4'S073°12.5'E03°35.5'S072°38.8'E 1.047 37° 262° 164 km 03m15.5s
10:5802°29.5'S073°22.5'E03°36.8'S074°29.9'E03°03.3'S073°55.8'E 1.046 35° 262° 162 km 03m11.0s
11:0001°56.8'S074°44.3'E03°03.1'S075°52.7'E02°30.1'S075°18.1'E 1.046 33° 261° 160 km 03m06.2s
11:0201°23.0'S076°12.3'E02°28.3'S077°22.0'E01°55.8'S076°46.7'E 1.045 31° 261° 158 km 03m01.2s
11:0400°47.8'S077°47.8'E01°52.1'S078°59.0'E01°20.2'S078°22.9'E 1.044 29° 261° 156 km 02m55.9s
11:0600°11.1'S079°32.7'E01°14.1'S080°45.9'E00°42.8'S080°08.7'E 1.044 27° 261° 154 km 02m50.3s
11:0800°27.6'N081°29.6'E00°33.8'S082°45.7'E00°03.3'S082°07.0'E 1.043 24° 261° 151 km 02m44.2s
11:1001°09.0'N083°42.9'E00°09.5'N085°03.3'E00°39.0'N084°22.3'E 1.042 21° 260° 148 km 02m37.7s
11:1201°54.2'N086°20.0'E00°57.2'N087°47.4'E01°25.4'N087°02.7'E 1.041 18° 260° 144 km 02m30.3s
11:1402°45.7'N089°36.9'E01°52.6'N091°17.9'E02°18.7'N090°25.9'E 1.040 14° 261° 140 km 02m21.5s
11:1603°50.6'N094°21.8'E03°07.3'N096°48.9'E03°27.9'N095°30.5'E 1.038 261° 133 km 02m09.7s
Limits05°24.8'N103°12.3'E04°19.7'N103°29.9'E04°52.3'N103°21.0'E 1.035 - 124 km 01m54.0s

ΔT = 84.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:37:25.609:36:00.919°40.3'S042°21.9'E 78.5° 343.1° 180.2 km04m42.30s
Greatest Duration09:35:37.009:34:12.419°58.0'S042°09.0'E 78.5° 348.4° 180.1 km04m42.34s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1626 Feb 26 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 84.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 16.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.07°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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