Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1496 May 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1496 May 31 . 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 -1496 May 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits22°16.7'S042°02.0'E23°55.1'S042°46.6'E23°05.9'S042°24.4'E 1.060 - 197 km 03m10.9s
03:3618°55.0'S050°19.4'E20°07.7'S052°13.7'E19°29.9'S051°19.6'E 1.063 65° 207 km 03m32.9s
03:3816°38.7'S055°04.0'E17°57.7'S056°45.2'E17°17.2'S055°56.3'E 1.065 15° 64° 213 km 03m46.5s
03:4014°57.2'S058°15.5'E16°18.7'S059°52.9'E15°37.2'S059°05.5'E 1.066 19° 63° 217 km 03m56.7s
03:4213°31.5'S060°46.1'E14°54.5'S062°21.8'E14°12.3'S061°35.0'E 1.067 22° 62° 220 km 04m05.5s
03:4412°15.4'S062°52.4'E13°39.5'S064°27.2'E12°56.8'S063°40.7'E 1.068 25° 61° 223 km 04m13.4s
03:4611°05.9'S064°42.2'E12°31.0'S066°16.5'E11°47.9'S065°30.2'E 1.068 27° 61° 225 km 04m20.6s
03:4810°01.5'S066°19.9'E11°27.4'S067°53.9'E10°43.9'S067°07.6'E 1.069 29° 60° 227 km 04m27.3s
03:5009°01.0'S067°48.3'E10°27.6'S069°22.1'E09°43.8'S068°35.9'E 1.070 32° 60° 229 km 04m33.6s
03:5208°03.8'S069°09.3'E09°31.1'S070°43.0'E08°47.0'S069°56.8'E 1.070 34° 60° 231 km 04m39.6s
03:5407°09.3'S070°24.2'E08°37.2'S071°57.8'E07°52.8'S071°11.6'E 1.071 36° 59° 232 km 04m45.3s
03:5606°17.1'S071°34.1'E07°45.6'S073°07.6'E07°00.9'S072°21.5'E 1.071 38° 59° 234 km 04m50.8s
03:5805°27.0'S072°39.7'E06°56.0'S074°13.2'E06°11.1'S073°27.0'E 1.072 39° 59° 235 km 04m56.0s
04:0004°38.6'S073°41.6'E06°08.2'S075°15.1'E05°23.0'S074°28.9'E 1.072 41° 58° 236 km 05m01.1s
04:0203°51.9'S074°40.4'E05°22.0'S076°13.8'E04°36.6'S075°27.6'E 1.073 43° 58° 238 km 05m06.0s
04:0403°06.5'S075°36.4'E04°37.3'S077°09.7'E03°51.5'S076°23.5'E 1.073 44° 58° 239 km 05m10.7s
04:0602°22.5'S076°29.9'E03°53.8'S078°03.2'E03°07.8'S077°17.0'E 1.073 46° 58° 240 km 05m15.3s
04:0801°39.7'S077°21.2'E03°11.6'S078°54.5'E02°25.3'S078°08.3'E 1.074 47° 58° 241 km 05m19.8s
04:1000°58.0'S078°10.7'E02°30.4'S079°43.8'E01°43.9'S078°57.7'E 1.074 49° 57° 241 km 05m24.1s
04:1200°17.3'S078°58.4'E01°50.3'S080°31.4'E01°03.5'S079°45.3'E 1.074 50° 57° 242 km 05m28.3s
04:1400°22.4'N079°44.5'E01°11.1'S081°17.4'E00°24.0'S080°31.4'E 1.075 52° 57° 243 km 05m32.4s
04:1601°01.2'N080°29.3'E00°32.9'S082°02.1'E00°14.5'N081°16.1'E 1.075 53° 57° 244 km 05m36.3s
04:1801°39.2'N081°12.8'E00°04.5'N082°45.4'E00°52.2'N081°59.5'E 1.075 54° 57° 244 km 05m40.2s
04:2002°16.5'N081°55.2'E00°41.1'N083°27.6'E01°29.1'N082°41.8'E 1.075 56° 56° 245 km 05m43.9s
04:2202°52.9'N082°36.5'E01°17.0'N084°08.8'E02°05.2'N083°23.1'E 1.076 57° 56° 246 km 05m47.5s
04:2403°28.7'N083°17.0'E01°52.1'N084°49.1'E02°40.7'N084°03.4'E 1.076 58° 56° 246 km 05m51.0s
04:2604°03.7'N083°56.6'E02°26.6'N085°28.5'E03°15.4'N084°42.9'E 1.076 60° 56° 247 km 05m54.4s
04:2804°38.2'N084°35.5'E03°00.4'N086°07.1'E03°49.5'N085°21.7'E 1.076 61° 55° 247 km 05m57.7s
04:3005°12.0'N085°13.7'E03°33.5'N086°45.1'E04°23.0'N085°59.7'E 1.076 62° 55° 248 km 06m00.9s
04:3205°45.2'N085°51.3'E04°06.1'N087°22.4'E04°55.9'N086°37.2'E 1.077 63° 55° 248 km 06m04.0s
04:3406°17.8'N086°28.4'E04°38.0'N087°59.1'E05°28.2'N087°14.1'E 1.077 65° 55° 249 km 06m06.9s
04:3606°49.9'N087°05.0'E05°09.5'N088°35.4'E05°59.9'N087°50.5'E 1.077 66° 54° 249 km 06m09.8s
04:3807°21.4'N087°41.1'E05°40.3'N089°11.2'E06°31.1'N088°26.5'E 1.077 67° 54° 250 km 06m12.6s
04:4007°52.5'N088°16.9'E06°10.7'N089°46.6'E07°01.8'N089°02.1'E 1.077 68° 53° 250 km 06m15.3s
04:4208°23.0'N088°52.3'E06°40.5'N090°21.6'E07°32.0'N089°37.3'E 1.077 69° 53° 250 km 06m17.8s
04:4408°53.0'N089°27.5'E07°09.8'N090°56.4'E08°01.6'N090°12.2'E 1.078 71° 52° 251 km 06m20.3s
04:4609°22.5'N090°02.4'E07°38.6'N091°30.8'E08°30.8'N090°46.9'E 1.078 72° 52° 251 km 06m22.6s
04:4809°51.6'N090°37.2'E08°07.0'N092°05.1'E08°59.5'N091°21.4'E 1.078 73° 51° 251 km 06m24.9s
04:5010°20.2'N091°11.7'E08°34.9'N092°39.1'E09°27.7'N091°55.7'E 1.078 74° 50° 252 km 06m27.0s
04:5210°48.4'N091°46.2'E09°02.3'N093°13.0'E09°55.5'N092°29.9'E 1.078 75° 49° 252 km 06m29.0s
04:5411°16.1'N092°20.6'E09°29.3'N093°46.8'E10°22.9'N093°04.0'E 1.078 76° 48° 252 km 06m30.9s
04:5611°43.4'N092°54.9'E09°55.8'N094°20.5'E10°49.8'N093°38.0'E 1.078 77° 47° 252 km 06m32.7s
04:5812°10.2'N093°29.1'E10°21.9'N094°54.2'E11°16.2'N094°11.9'E 1.078 78° 45° 253 km 06m34.4s
05:0012°36.7'N094°03.4'E10°47.6'N095°27.8'E11°42.3'N094°45.9'E 1.078 79° 43° 253 km 06m35.9s
05:0213°02.6'N094°37.8'E11°12.8'N096°01.4'E12°07.9'N095°19.9'E 1.078 80° 40° 253 km 06m37.4s
05:0413°28.2'N095°12.2'E11°37.6'N096°35.1'E12°33.1'N095°53.9'E 1.078 81° 37° 253 km 06m38.7s
05:0613°53.4'N095°46.7'E12°02.0'N097°08.8'E12°57.8'N096°28.0'E 1.078 82° 33° 254 km 06m39.9s
05:0814°18.1'N096°21.3'E12°26.0'N097°42.7'E13°22.2'N097°02.2'E 1.078 83° 28° 254 km 06m41.0s
05:1014°42.4'N096°56.1'E12°49.5'N098°16.6'E13°46.1'N097°36.6'E 1.078 84° 21° 254 km 06m41.9s
05:1215°06.4'N097°31.1'E13°12.7'N098°50.7'E14°09.7'N098°11.1'E 1.078 85° 13° 254 km 06m42.8s
05:1415°29.9'N098°06.3'E13°35.4'N099°25.0'E14°32.8'N098°45.8'E 1.078 85° 254 km 06m43.5s
05:1615°53.0'N098°41.7'E13°57.8'N099°59.5'E14°55.5'N099°20.8'E 1.078 85° 349° 254 km 06m44.1s
05:1816°15.6'N099°17.4'E14°19.7'N100°34.2'E15°17.8'N099°56.0'E 1.078 85° 335° 254 km 06m44.5s
05:2016°37.9'N099°53.4'E14°41.2'N101°09.1'E15°39.6'N100°31.4'E 1.078 85° 322° 254 km 06m44.8s
05:2216°59.7'N100°29.7'E15°02.3'N101°44.4'E16°01.1'N101°07.2'E 1.078 85° 311° 254 km 06m45.0s
05:2417°21.1'N101°06.3'E15°23.0'N102°19.9'E16°22.1'N101°43.3'E 1.078 84° 302° 254 km 06m45.0s
05:2617°42.1'N101°43.4'E15°43.2'N102°55.8'E16°42.8'N102°19.7'E 1.078 83° 295° 254 km 06m45.0s
05:2818°02.7'N102°20.8'E16°03.1'N103°32.0'E17°03.0'N102°56.5'E 1.078 82° 290° 254 km 06m44.7s
05:3018°22.8'N102°58.7'E16°22.5'N104°08.6'E17°22.7'N103°33.8'E 1.078 82° 285° 254 km 06m44.4s
05:3218°42.5'N103°37.0'E16°41.5'N104°45.6'E17°42.1'N104°11.4'E 1.078 81° 282° 254 km 06m43.8s
05:3419°01.8'N104°15.8'E17°00.0'N105°23.1'E18°01.0'N104°49.5'E 1.078 80° 279° 254 km 06m43.2s
05:3619°20.6'N104°55.1'E17°18.2'N106°01.1'E18°19.4'N105°28.2'E 1.078 79° 277° 254 km 06m42.4s
05:3819°38.9'N105°35.0'E17°35.8'N106°39.5'E18°37.4'N106°07.3'E 1.078 77° 276° 254 km 06m41.5s
05:4019°56.8'N106°15.5'E17°53.1'N107°18.5'E18°55.0'N106°47.0'E 1.078 76° 274° 254 km 06m40.4s
05:4220°14.2'N106°56.6'E18°09.8'N107°58.0'E19°12.0'N107°27.3'E 1.078 75° 273° 253 km 06m39.1s
05:4420°31.1'N107°38.3'E18°26.1'N108°38.2'E19°28.6'N108°08.2'E 1.078 74° 273° 253 km 06m37.8s
05:4620°47.5'N108°20.7'E18°42.0'N109°18.9'E19°44.7'N108°49.8'E 1.078 73° 272° 253 km 06m36.2s
05:4821°03.4'N109°03.8'E18°57.3'N110°00.3'E20°00.3'N109°32.0'E 1.078 72° 271° 253 km 06m34.6s
05:5021°18.7'N109°47.7'E19°12.2'N110°42.5'E20°15.5'N110°15.0'E 1.077 71° 271° 252 km 06m32.7s
05:5221°33.6'N110°32.4'E19°26.5'N111°25.3'E20°30.0'N110°58.8'E 1.077 70° 271° 252 km 06m30.7s
05:5421°47.9'N111°17.9'E19°40.3'N112°09.0'E20°44.1'N111°43.3'E 1.077 69° 271° 251 km 06m28.6s
05:5622°01.6'N112°04.3'E19°53.6'N112°53.5'E20°57.6'N112°28.7'E 1.077 67° 270° 251 km 06m26.3s
05:5822°14.7'N112°51.6'E20°06.3'N113°38.8'E21°10.5'N113°15.0'E 1.077 66° 270° 250 km 06m23.9s
06:0022°27.2'N113°39.8'E20°18.5'N114°25.1'E21°22.8'N114°02.3'E 1.077 65° 270° 250 km 06m21.3s
06:0222°39.1'N114°29.2'E20°30.1'N115°12.3'E21°34.6'N114°50.5'E 1.076 64° 270° 249 km 06m18.5s
06:0422°50.4'N115°19.5'E20°41.0'N116°00.6'E21°45.7'N115°39.8'E 1.076 63° 270° 249 km 06m15.6s
06:0623°01.0'N116°11.1'E20°51.4'N116°49.9'E21°56.1'N116°30.2'E 1.076 61° 271° 248 km 06m12.6s
06:0823°10.9'N117°03.8'E21°01.0'N117°40.4'E22°05.9'N117°21.8'E 1.076 60° 271° 247 km 06m09.4s
06:1023°20.0'N117°57.8'E21°10.0'N118°32.1'E22°15.0'N118°14.6'E 1.076 59° 271° 247 km 06m06.0s
06:1223°28.4'N118°53.2'E21°18.3'N119°25.1'E22°23.3'N119°08.7'E 1.075 57° 271° 246 km 06m02.5s
06:1423°36.0'N119°50.0'E21°25.8'N120°19.5'E22°30.9'N120°04.3'E 1.075 56° 272° 245 km 05m58.8s
06:1623°42.8'N120°48.3'E21°32.6'N121°15.3'E22°37.7'N121°01.3'E 1.075 55° 272° 244 km 05m54.9s
06:1823°48.6'N121°48.3'E21°38.5'N122°12.8'E22°43.6'N122°00.0'E 1.075 53° 272° 243 km 05m50.9s
06:2023°53.6'N122°50.0'E21°43.6'N123°11.9'E22°48.6'N123°00.4'E 1.074 52° 273° 242 km 05m46.8s
06:2223°57.6'N123°53.5'E21°47.8'N124°12.8'E22°52.7'N124°02.6'E 1.074 51° 273° 241 km 05m42.4s
06:2424°00.5'N124°59.2'E21°50.9'N125°15.7'E22°55.7'N125°06.8'E 1.074 49° 274° 240 km 05m37.9s
06:2624°02.3'N126°06.9'E21°53.1'N126°20.7'E22°57.7'N126°13.2'E 1.073 48° 274° 239 km 05m33.2s
06:2824°02.9'N127°17.1'E21°54.1'N127°28.0'E22°58.5'N127°21.9'E 1.073 46° 275° 238 km 05m28.4s
06:3024°02.2'N128°29.9'E21°53.9'N128°37.9'E22°58.1'N128°33.1'E 1.073 45° 275° 237 km 05m23.3s
06:3224°00.2'N129°45.5'E21°52.4'N129°50.5'E22°56.3'N129°47.2'E 1.072 43° 276° 235 km 05m18.1s
06:3423°56.6'N131°04.3'E21°49.5'N131°06.2'E22°53.1'N131°04.4'E 1.072 41° 276° 234 km 05m12.7s
06:3623°51.3'N132°26.6'E21°45.1'N132°25.3'E22°48.3'N132°25.0'E 1.071 40° 277° 233 km 05m07.1s
06:3823°44.3'N133°52.9'E21°38.9'N133°48.3'E22°41.7'N133°49.6'E 1.071 38° 278° 231 km 05m01.2s
06:4023°35.1'N135°23.6'E21°30.8'N135°15.7'E22°33.1'N135°18.6'E 1.070 36° 278° 230 km 04m55.1s
06:4223°23.6'N136°59.6'E21°20.5'N136°48.2'E22°22.2'N136°52.8'E 1.070 34° 279° 228 km 04m48.7s
06:4423°09.4'N138°41.7'E21°07.7'N138°26.6'E22°08.7'N138°33.0'E 1.069 32° 280° 226 km 04m42.1s
06:4622°52.1'N140°31.1'E20°51.9'N140°12.1'E21°52.2'N140°20.3'E 1.069 30° 280° 224 km 04m35.1s
06:4822°31.0'N142°29.4'E20°32.6'N142°06.3'E21°32.0'N142°16.5'E 1.068 28° 281° 222 km 04m27.7s
06:5022°05.2'N144°39.1'E20°08.9'N144°11.4'E21°07.4'N144°23.7'E 1.067 25° 282° 220 km 04m19.8s
06:5221°33.3'N147°03.8'E19°39.6'N146°30.9'E20°36.8'N146°45.6'E 1.067 23° 283° 217 km 04m11.2s
06:5420°52.9'N149°49.8'E19°02.4'N149°10.6'E19°58.1'N149°28.3'E 1.066 20° 284° 215 km 04m01.8s
06:5619°59.4'N153°09.7'E18°13.4'N152°22.1'E19°07.0'N152°43.6'E 1.064 16° 286° 211 km 03m51.0s
06:5818°40.4'N157°37.0'E17°02.1'N156°34.2'E17°52.3'N157°02.4'E 1.063 11° 287° 207 km 03m37.7s
Limits15°11.0'N167°57.2'E13°32.5'N167°16.7'E14°21.8'N167°36.6'E 1.059 - 195 km 03m09.2s

ΔT = 34969.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:00:05.905:17:16.715°09.8'N046°23.0'W 85.5° 340.3° 254.3 km06m44.36s
Greatest Duration15:06:29.405:23:40.216°18.7'N101°37.3'E 84.2° 303.3° 254.4 km06m45.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1496 May 31 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 34969.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1886.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 7.88°.

Acknowledgments

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

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