Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1628 Dec 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1628 Dec 25 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1628 Dec 25
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits40°26.5'N092°15.8'W36°49.7'N093°56.5'W38°37.0'N093°07.8'W 0.904 - 419 km 07m46.9s
13:36 - - 31°13.4'N082°23.0'W34°58.7'N085°36.5'W 0.906 125° 408 km 08m09.6s
13:3836°55.7'N085°08.0'W29°42.7'N079°29.1'W32°46.6'N081°19.7'W 0.907 12° 128° 401 km 08m25.5s
13:4034°33.1'N080°35.4'W28°29.7'N077°12.0'W31°14.9'N078°27.2'W 0.908 15° 130° 398 km 08m37.6s
13:4232°57.7'N077°38.8'W27°27.4'N075°16.7'W30°01.2'N076°11.2'W 0.909 18° 132° 395 km 08m48.1s
13:4431°41.9'N075°21.2'W26°32.4'N073°36.2'W28°58.5'N074°17.0'W 0.909 20° 133° 393 km 08m57.6s
13:4630°37.8'N073°26.2'W25°43.1'N072°06.5'W28°03.3'N072°37.4'W 0.910 22° 134° 391 km 09m06.4s
13:4829°41.7'N071°46.3'W24°58.1'N070°45.1'W27°13.7'N071°08.6'W 0.910 24° 135° 390 km 09m14.8s
13:5028°51.4'N070°17.4'W24°16.6'N069°30.3'W26°28.6'N069°48.0'W 0.910 25° 137° 389 km 09m22.7s
13:5228°05.9'N068°56.9'W23°38.2'N068°21.0'W25°47.2'N068°34.0'W 0.911 27° 138° 388 km 09m30.3s
13:5427°24.1'N067°43.2'W23°02.4'N067°16.3'W25°08.8'N067°25.4'W 0.911 28° 139° 387 km 09m37.6s
13:5626°45.5'N066°34.8'W22°28.7'N066°15.4'W24°33.0'N066°21.3'W 0.911 30° 140° 387 km 09m44.7s
13:5826°09.6'N065°31.0'W21°57.1'N065°17.8'W23°59.5'N065°21.1'W 0.912 31° 141° 387 km 09m51.5s
14:0025°36.0'N064°31.0'W21°27.2'N064°23.1'W23°28.0'N064°24.1'W 0.912 32° 142° 387 km 09m58.2s
14:0225°04.5'N063°34.4'W20°59.0'N063°30.9'W22°58.3'N063°30.0'W 0.912 33° 143° 387 km 10m04.7s
14:0424°34.9'N062°40.6'W20°32.1'N062°41.0'W22°30.3'N062°38.4'W 0.912 35° 144° 387 km 10m11.0s
14:0624°06.9'N061°49.3'W20°06.7'N061°53.1'W22°03.7'N061°49.0'W 0.913 36° 145° 387 km 10m17.1s
14:0823°40.5'N061°00.3'W19°42.4'N061°06.9'W21°38.5'N061°01.6'W 0.913 37° 146° 387 km 10m23.1s
14:1023°15.5'N060°13.2'W19°19.3'N060°22.4'W21°14.5'N060°16.0'W 0.913 38° 147° 388 km 10m28.9s
14:1222°51.7'N059°27.9'W18°57.3'N059°39.3'W20°51.7'N059°31.9'W 0.913 39° 148° 388 km 10m34.6s
14:1422°29.2'N058°44.2'W18°36.3'N058°57.5'W20°30.0'N058°49.3'W 0.913 39° 149° 389 km 10m40.1s
14:1622°07.7'N058°02.0'W18°16.2'N058°16.9'W20°09.3'N058°08.0'W 0.914 40° 150° 390 km 10m45.4s
14:1821°47.3'N057°21.0'W17°57.0'N057°37.4'W19°49.6'N057°27.9'W 0.914 41° 151° 390 km 10m50.7s
14:2021°27.9'N056°41.2'W17°38.7'N056°58.9'W19°30.8'N056°48.8'W 0.914 42° 152° 391 km 10m55.7s
14:2221°09.5'N056°02.4'W17°21.2'N056°21.3'W19°12.9'N056°10.7'W 0.914 43° 153° 392 km 11m00.6s
14:2420°51.9'N055°24.7'W17°04.5'N055°44.5'W18°55.8'N055°33.5'W 0.914 43° 155° 393 km 11m05.3s
14:2620°35.2'N054°47.8'W16°48.5'N055°08.5'W18°39.5'N054°57.1'W 0.914 44° 156° 394 km 11m09.9s
14:2820°19.2'N054°11.7'W16°33.2'N054°33.2'W18°23.9'N054°21.5'W 0.914 45° 157° 395 km 11m14.3s
14:3020°04.1'N053°36.4'W16°18.6'N053°58.5'W18°09.1'N053°46.6'W 0.914 45° 158° 396 km 11m18.5s
14:3219°49.7'N053°01.7'W16°04.7'N053°24.4'W17°55.0'N053°12.3'W 0.915 46° 159° 397 km 11m22.6s
14:3419°36.0'N052°27.7'W15°51.5'N052°50.8'W17°41.6'N052°38.5'W 0.915 47° 161° 398 km 11m26.5s
14:3619°23.0'N051°54.2'W15°38.9'N052°17.7'W17°28.8'N052°05.3'W 0.915 47° 162° 399 km 11m30.2s
14:3819°10.7'N051°21.3'W15°26.9'N051°45.1'W17°16.7'N051°32.5'W 0.915 48° 163° 400 km 11m33.7s
14:4018°59.0'N050°48.8'W15°15.5'N051°12.8'W17°05.2'N051°00.2'W 0.915 48° 164° 401 km 11m37.1s
14:4218°48.0'N050°16.7'W15°04.7'N050°41.0'W16°54.3'N050°28.3'W 0.915 48° 166° 403 km 11m40.2s
14:4418°37.6'N049°45.1'W14°54.4'N050°09.4'W16°44.0'N049°56.8'W 0.915 49° 167° 404 km 11m43.2s
14:4618°27.8'N049°13.7'W14°44.8'N049°38.2'W16°34.2'N049°25.5'W 0.915 49° 168° 405 km 11m45.9s
14:4818°18.6'N048°42.7'W14°35.7'N049°07.2'W16°25.1'N048°54.6'W 0.915 50° 170° 406 km 11m48.4s
14:5018°09.9'N048°11.9'W14°27.1'N048°36.5'W16°16.5'N048°23.9'W 0.915 50° 171° 407 km 11m50.8s
14:5218°01.9'N047°41.4'W14°19.1'N048°05.9'W16°08.5'N047°53.4'W 0.915 50° 173° 408 km 11m52.9s
14:5417°54.4'N047°11.1'W14°11.6'N047°35.6'W16°01.0'N047°23.1'W 0.915 50° 174° 409 km 11m54.8s
14:5617°47.4'N046°41.0'W14°04.6'N047°05.4'W15°54.1'N046°52.9'W 0.915 51° 175° 410 km 11m56.5s
14:5817°41.0'N046°11.0'W13°58.2'N046°35.3'W15°47.7'N046°23.0'W 0.915 51° 177° 410 km 11m58.0s
15:0017°35.2'N045°41.1'W13°52.2'N046°05.3'W15°41.8'N045°53.1'W 0.915 51° 178° 411 km 11m59.2s
15:0217°29.9'N045°11.4'W13°46.8'N045°35.3'W15°36.4'N045°23.3'W 0.915 51° 180° 412 km 12m00.2s
15:0417°25.1'N044°41.6'W13°41.9'N045°05.5'W15°31.6'N044°53.5'W 0.915 51° 181° 412 km 12m01.0s
15:0617°20.9'N044°12.0'W13°37.5'N044°35.6'W15°27.3'N044°23.8'W 0.915 51° 183° 413 km 12m01.6s
15:0817°17.2'N043°42.3'W13°33.7'N044°05.8'W15°23.5'N043°54.0'W 0.915 51° 184° 413 km 12m01.9s
15:1017°14.0'N043°12.6'W13°30.3'N043°35.9'W15°20.2'N043°24.3'W 0.915 51° 185° 414 km 12m02.0s
15:1217°11.3'N042°42.8'W13°27.4'N043°05.9'W15°17.5'N042°54.5'W 0.915 51° 187° 414 km 12m01.9s
15:1417°09.2'N042°13.0'W13°25.1'N042°35.9'W15°15.2'N042°24.6'W 0.915 51° 188° 414 km 12m01.5s
15:1617°07.6'N041°43.1'W13°23.3'N042°05.8'W15°13.5'N041°54.6'W 0.915 51° 190° 415 km 12m00.9s
15:1817°06.6'N041°13.0'W13°21.9'N041°35.6'W15°12.3'N041°24.6'W 0.915 51° 191° 415 km 12m00.0s
15:2017°06.1'N040°42.8'W13°21.1'N041°05.2'W15°11.7'N040°54.3'W 0.915 50° 193° 415 km 11m58.9s
15:2217°06.1'N040°12.3'W13°20.8'N040°34.7'W15°11.5'N040°23.9'W 0.915 50° 194° 414 km 11m57.6s
15:2417°06.7'N039°41.7'W13°21.1'N040°03.9'W15°11.9'N039°53.2'W 0.915 50° 195° 414 km 11m56.0s
15:2617°07.8'N039°10.8'W13°21.9'N039°32.9'W15°12.9'N039°22.3'W 0.915 50° 197° 414 km 11m54.3s
15:2817°09.5'N038°39.6'W13°23.2'N039°01.7'W15°14.4'N038°51.2'W 0.915 49° 198° 414 km 11m52.2s
15:3017°11.8'N038°08.2'W13°25.1'N038°30.2'W15°16.4'N038°19.7'W 0.915 49° 200° 413 km 11m50.0s
15:3217°14.6'N037°36.3'W13°27.5'N037°58.3'W15°19.1'N037°47.9'W 0.915 49° 201° 413 km 11m47.5s
15:3417°18.0'N037°04.1'W13°30.5'N037°26.2'W15°22.3'N037°15.8'W 0.915 48° 202° 412 km 11m44.8s
15:3617°22.1'N036°31.4'W13°34.0'N036°53.6'W15°26.1'N036°43.2'W 0.915 48° 203° 411 km 11m41.9s
15:3817°26.8'N035°58.3'W13°38.2'N036°20.6'W15°30.4'N036°10.2'W 0.915 47° 205° 411 km 11m38.8s
15:4017°32.1'N035°24.6'W13°42.9'N035°47.1'W15°35.4'N035°36.7'W 0.915 47° 206° 410 km 11m35.5s
15:4217°38.0'N034°50.4'W13°48.3'N035°13.2'W15°41.1'N035°02.7'W 0.914 46° 207° 409 km 11m31.9s
15:4417°44.7'N034°15.6'W13°54.3'N034°38.7'W15°47.4'N034°28.1'W 0.914 46° 208° 408 km 11m28.1s
15:4617°52.0'N033°40.1'W14°00.9'N034°03.7'W15°54.3'N033°52.9'W 0.914 45° 210° 408 km 11m24.2s
15:4818°00.1'N033°03.9'W14°08.2'N033°28.0'W16°02.0'N033°17.0'W 0.914 44° 211° 407 km 11m20.0s
15:5018°08.9'N032°26.9'W14°16.2'N032°51.6'W16°10.4'N032°40.4'W 0.914 44° 212° 406 km 11m15.7s
15:5218°18.5'N031°49.0'W14°24.9'N032°14.4'W16°19.5'N032°03.0'W 0.914 43° 213° 405 km 11m11.1s
15:5418°29.0'N031°10.2'W14°34.3'N031°36.5'W16°29.4'N031°24.7'W 0.914 42° 214° 404 km 11m06.3s
15:5618°40.3'N030°30.3'W14°44.6'N030°57.6'W16°40.1'N030°45.4'W 0.914 42° 215° 403 km 11m01.4s
15:5818°52.5'N029°49.3'W14°55.6'N030°17.8'W16°51.7'N030°05.1'W 0.913 41° 216° 402 km 10m56.3s
16:0019°05.7'N029°07.1'W15°07.5'N029°37.0'W17°04.1'N029°23.7'W 0.913 40° 217° 402 km 10m51.0s
16:0219°19.8'N028°23.5'W15°20.2'N028°55.0'W17°17.5'N028°41.1'W 0.913 39° 218° 401 km 10m45.5s
16:0419°35.1'N027°38.4'W15°34.0'N028°11.7'W17°31.9'N027°57.0'W 0.913 38° 219° 400 km 10m39.8s
16:0619°51.6'N026°51.6'W15°48.7'N027°27.1'W17°47.4'N027°11.5'W 0.913 37° 220° 399 km 10m33.9s
16:0820°09.3'N026°03.0'W16°04.4'N026°40.9'W18°04.0'N026°24.3'W 0.913 36° 221° 399 km 10m27.9s
16:1020°28.3'N025°12.3'W16°21.3'N025°53.1'W18°21.9'N025°35.2'W 0.912 35° 222° 398 km 10m21.7s
16:1220°48.9'N024°19.2'W16°39.5'N025°03.4'W18°41.1'N024°44.1'W 0.912 34° 223° 398 km 10m15.3s
16:1421°11.1'N023°23.5'W16°58.9'N024°11.6'W19°01.8'N023°50.6'W 0.912 33° 224° 397 km 10m08.6s
16:1621°35.1'N022°24.8'W17°19.8'N023°17.4'W19°24.1'N022°54.5'W 0.912 32° 225° 397 km 10m01.8s
16:1822°01.2'N021°22.6'W17°42.3'N022°20.6'W19°48.1'N021°55.4'W 0.911 30° 226° 397 km 09m54.8s
16:2022°29.6'N020°16.3'W18°06.6'N021°20.8'W20°14.2'N020°52.8'W 0.911 29° 227° 397 km 09m47.5s
16:2223°00.8'N019°05.1'W18°32.8'N020°17.5'W20°42.6'N019°46.2'W 0.911 28° 227° 397 km 09m40.0s
16:2423°35.1'N017°48.1'W19°01.3'N019°10.0'W21°13.6'N018°34.8'W 0.910 26° 228° 397 km 09m32.2s
16:2624°13.3'N016°23.7'W19°32.5'N017°57.8'W21°47.7'N017°17.5'W 0.910 24° 229° 397 km 09m24.0s
16:2824°56.4'N014°50.1'W20°06.7'N016°39.7'W22°25.5'N015°53.1'W 0.910 23° 230° 398 km 09m15.5s
16:3025°45.9'N013°04.0'W20°44.5'N015°14.4'W23°08.1'N014°19.6'W 0.909 21° 231° 399 km 09m06.5s
16:3226°44.2'N011°00.0'W21°27.1'N013°39.9'W23°56.7'N012°33.9'W 0.909 19° 233° 400 km 08m56.9s
16:3427°56.5'N008°27.7'W22°15.6'N011°53.2'W24°53.7'N010°31.1'W 0.908 16° 234° 402 km 08m46.4s
16:3629°35.7'N004°58.9'W23°12.4'N009°49.2'W26°03.7'N008°01.3'W 0.907 13° 235° 404 km 08m34.5s
16:38 - - 24°22.0'N007°18.2'W27°37.9'N004°40.0'W 0.906 10° 237° 408 km 08m20.2s
16:40 - - 25°55.3'N003°55.4'W30°49.7'N002°14.4'E 0.905 241° 417 km 07m55.5s
Limits33°48.6'N004°00.6'E30°05.3'N005°16.5'E31°55.6'N004°39.3'E 0.904 - 420 km 07m48.1s

ΔT = 80.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:08:45.915:07:25.415°24.5'N044°22.8'W 51.1° 183.6° 413.3 km12m01.84s
Greatest Duration15:11:06.715:09:46.315°20.6'N043°27.7'W 51.1° 185.3° 413.8 km12m02.00s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1628 Dec 25 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 80.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 15.7 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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