Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1550 Oct 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1550 Oct 23 . 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 -1550 Oct 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits07°28.6'N072°49.5'W03°50.7'N074°06.0'W05°40.4'N073°26.9'W 0.903 - 416 km 06m47.9s
10:5005°10.6'N061°03.0'W - - 04°22.8'N065°36.8'W 0.905 98° 414 km 07m04.1s
10:5204°15.5'N057°59.4'W02°30.5'N065°53.0'W03°21.2'N061°25.1'W 0.907 13° 98° 414 km 07m14.0s
10:5403°25.9'N055°36.7'W01°33.6'N062°00.0'W02°29.5'N058°32.8'W 0.907 16° 98° 413 km 07m21.4s
10:5602°39.6'N053°38.0'W00°44.5'N059°15.3'W01°42.3'N056°16.6'W 0.908 19° 98° 413 km 07m27.6s
10:5801°55.5'N051°55.4'W00°00.6'S057°03.6'W00°57.9'N054°22.1'W 0.909 22° 98° 412 km 07m33.1s
11:0001°13.0'N050°24.6'W00°43.3'S055°12.3'W00°15.5'N052°42.7'W 0.909 24° 98° 411 km 07m38.1s
11:0200°31.9'N049°02.9'W01°24.4'S053°35.1'W00°25.5'S051°14.3'W 0.910 26° 97° 411 km 07m42.6s
11:0400°08.1'S047°48.5'W02°04.1'S052°08.5'W01°05.4'S049°54.5'W 0.910 28° 97° 410 km 07m46.9s
11:0600°47.3'S046°40.1'W02°42.8'S050°50.2'W01°44.3'S048°41.7'W 0.910 30° 97° 409 km 07m50.8s
11:0801°25.7'S045°36.7'W03°20.7'S049°38.6'W02°22.4'S047°34.6'W 0.911 31° 97° 408 km 07m54.6s
11:1002°03.4'S044°37.6'W03°57.8'S048°32.5'W02°59.8'S046°32.3'W 0.911 33° 96° 407 km 07m58.2s
11:1202°40.6'S043°42.2'W04°34.4'S047°31.1'W03°36.7'S045°34.2'W 0.911 35° 96° 406 km 08m01.6s
11:1403°17.2'S042°50.1'W05°10.4'S046°33.7'W04°13.0'S044°39.6'W 0.912 36° 95° 405 km 08m04.8s
11:1603°53.4'S042°00.8'W05°46.0'S045°39.7'W04°48.9'S043°48.1'W 0.912 37° 95° 403 km 08m07.9s
11:1804°29.2'S041°14.0'W06°21.2'S044°48.8'W05°24.4'S042°59.5'W 0.912 39° 94° 402 km 08m10.9s
11:2005°04.6'S040°29.5'W06°56.0'S044°00.6'W05°59.5'S042°13.2'W 0.913 40° 94° 400 km 08m13.7s
11:2205°39.6'S039°47.1'W07°30.6'S043°14.8'W06°34.3'S041°29.2'W 0.913 41° 93° 399 km 08m16.5s
11:2406°14.3'S039°06.4'W08°04.8'S042°31.1'W07°08.7'S040°47.1'W 0.913 43° 93° 397 km 08m19.1s
11:2606°48.8'S038°27.5'W08°38.7'S041°49.4'W07°42.9'S040°06.9'W 0.913 44° 92° 396 km 08m21.7s
11:2807°23.0'S037°50.1'W09°12.4'S041°09.4'W08°16.9'S039°28.2'W 0.913 45° 91° 394 km 08m24.1s
11:3007°56.9'S037°14.0'W09°45.9'S040°31.0'W08°50.6'S038°51.1'W 0.914 46° 91° 392 km 08m26.5s
11:3208°30.6'S036°39.2'W10°19.2'S039°54.0'W09°24.1'S038°15.2'W 0.914 47° 90° 391 km 08m28.8s
11:3409°04.1'S036°05.6'W10°52.3'S039°18.3'W09°57.4'S037°40.7'W 0.914 48° 89° 389 km 08m31.0s
11:3609°37.3'S035°33.0'W11°25.2'S038°43.9'W10°30.5'S037°07.2'W 0.914 49° 88° 387 km 08m33.1s
11:3810°10.4'S035°01.5'W11°58.0'S038°10.5'W11°03.4'S036°34.8'W 0.914 50° 87° 385 km 08m35.1s
11:4010°43.3'S034°30.8'W12°30.6'S037°38.2'W11°36.2'S036°03.3'W 0.914 51° 86° 384 km 08m37.1s
11:4211°16.1'S034°00.9'W13°03.1'S037°06.7'W12°08.8'S035°32.7'W 0.915 52° 86° 382 km 08m39.0s
11:4411°48.7'S033°31.8'W13°35.5'S036°36.1'W12°41.3'S035°02.8'W 0.915 53° 84° 380 km 08m40.9s
11:4612°21.1'S033°03.3'W14°07.8'S036°06.3'W13°13.7'S034°33.8'W 0.915 54° 83° 378 km 08m42.7s
11:4812°53.4'S032°35.6'W14°40.0'S035°37.3'W13°45.9'S034°05.3'W 0.915 55° 82° 376 km 08m44.4s
11:5013°25.6'S032°08.4'W15°12.0'S035°08.8'W14°18.0'S033°37.6'W 0.915 56° 81° 375 km 08m46.0s
11:5213°57.6'S031°41.7'W15°44.0'S034°41.0'W14°50.1'S033°10.3'W 0.915 56° 80° 373 km 08m47.6s
11:5414°29.6'S031°15.5'W16°15.9'S034°13.7'W15°22.0'S032°43.6'W 0.915 57° 79° 371 km 08m49.2s
11:5615°01.4'S030°49.8'W16°47.8'S033°46.9'W15°53.8'S032°17.4'W 0.915 58° 77° 369 km 08m50.7s
11:5815°33.1'S030°24.5'W17°19.5'S033°20.6'W16°25.6'S031°51.6'W 0.916 59° 76° 368 km 08m52.1s
12:0016°04.7'S029°59.5'W17°51.2'S032°54.6'W16°57.2'S031°26.1'W 0.916 59° 74° 366 km 08m53.4s
12:0216°36.3'S029°34.9'W18°22.9'S032°29.1'W17°28.8'S031°01.0'W 0.916 60° 73° 364 km 08m54.8s
12:0417°07.7'S029°10.5'W18°54.5'S032°03.8'W18°00.4'S030°36.3'W 0.916 61° 71° 363 km 08m56.0s
12:0617°39.1'S028°46.4'W19°26.0'S031°38.9'W18°31.8'S030°11.8'W 0.916 61° 69° 361 km 08m57.2s
12:0818°10.4'S028°22.5'W19°57.6'S031°14.2'W19°03.2'S029°47.5'W 0.916 62° 67° 360 km 08m58.4s
12:1018°41.6'S027°58.9'W20°29.0'S030°49.7'W19°34.6'S029°23.4'W 0.916 63° 66° 358 km 08m59.5s
12:1219°12.7'S027°35.3'W21°00.5'S030°25.4'W20°05.9'S028°59.5'W 0.916 63° 64° 357 km 09m00.5s
12:1419°43.8'S027°11.9'W21°31.9'S030°01.3'W20°37.2'S028°35.8'W 0.916 64° 62° 355 km 09m01.5s
12:1620°14.8'S026°48.6'W22°03.3'S029°37.3'W21°08.4'S028°12.1'W 0.916 64° 60° 354 km 09m02.4s
12:1820°45.8'S026°25.4'W22°34.7'S029°13.4'W21°39.6'S027°48.5'W 0.916 65° 57° 353 km 09m03.3s
12:2021°16.7'S026°02.2'W23°06.1'S028°49.5'W22°10.7'S027°25.0'W 0.916 65° 55° 351 km 09m04.1s
12:2221°47.6'S025°39.0'W23°37.5'S028°25.6'W22°41.9'S027°01.5'W 0.916 65° 53° 350 km 09m04.9s
12:2422°18.4'S025°15.7'W24°08.8'S028°01.8'W23°12.9'S026°38.0'W 0.916 66° 51° 349 km 09m05.6s
12:2622°49.2'S024°52.5'W24°40.2'S027°37.9'W23°44.0'S026°14.4'W 0.916 66° 48° 348 km 09m06.3s
12:2823°19.9'S024°29.2'W25°11.6'S027°14.0'W24°15.1'S025°50.8'W 0.916 66° 46° 347 km 09m06.9s
12:3023°50.6'S024°05.7'W25°43.0'S026°49.9'W24°46.1'S025°27.0'W 0.916 66° 43° 346 km 09m07.5s
12:3224°21.3'S023°42.2'W26°14.3'S026°25.8'W25°17.1'S025°03.2'W 0.916 67° 41° 345 km 09m08.0s
12:3424°51.9'S023°18.5'W26°45.7'S026°01.4'W25°48.2'S024°39.2'W 0.916 67° 38° 344 km 09m08.5s
12:3625°22.5'S022°54.6'W27°17.1'S025°36.9'W26°19.2'S024°15.0'W 0.916 67° 35° 343 km 09m08.9s
12:3825°53.1'S022°30.5'W27°48.6'S025°12.2'W26°50.2'S023°50.6'W 0.916 67° 33° 342 km 09m09.2s
12:4026°23.6'S022°06.1'W28°20.0'S024°47.2'W27°21.2'S023°25.9'W 0.916 67° 30° 341 km 09m09.5s
12:4226°54.2'S021°41.5'W28°51.5'S024°22.0'W27°52.2'S023°01.0'W 0.916 67° 27° 340 km 09m09.7s
12:4427°24.7'S021°16.6'W29°23.0'S023°56.4'W28°23.2'S022°35.7'W 0.916 67° 25° 340 km 09m09.9s
12:4627°55.2'S020°51.3'W29°54.5'S023°30.5'W28°54.2'S022°10.2'W 0.916 66° 22° 339 km 09m10.0s
12:4828°25.6'S020°25.7'W30°26.1'S023°04.2'W29°25.2'S021°44.2'W 0.916 66° 19° 338 km 09m10.1s
12:5028°56.1'S019°59.7'W30°57.7'S022°37.5'W29°56.2'S021°17.9'W 0.916 66° 17° 338 km 09m10.1s
12:5229°26.5'S019°33.3'W31°29.3'S022°10.4'W30°27.3'S020°51.1'W 0.916 66° 14° 337 km 09m10.0s
12:5429°57.0'S019°06.4'W32°01.0'S021°42.7'W30°58.3'S020°23.8'W 0.916 65° 12° 337 km 09m09.9s
12:5630°27.4'S018°39.0'W32°32.7'S021°14.5'W31°29.4'S019°56.0'W 0.916 65° 336 km 09m09.7s
12:5830°57.8'S018°11.1'W33°04.4'S020°45.8'W32°00.4'S019°27.7'W 0.916 65° 336 km 09m09.4s
13:0031°28.2'S017°42.7'W33°36.2'S020°16.4'W32°31.5'S018°58.8'W 0.916 64° 336 km 09m09.1s
13:0231°58.6'S017°13.6'W34°08.1'S019°46.3'W33°02.6'S018°29.2'W 0.916 64° 335 km 09m08.7s
13:0432°28.9'S016°43.8'W34°39.9'S019°15.6'W33°33.8'S017°59.0'W 0.916 63° 335 km 09m08.2s
13:0632°59.3'S016°13.4'W35°11.9'S018°44.1'W34°04.9'S017°28.0'W 0.916 63° 358° 335 km 09m07.7s
13:0833°29.7'S015°42.2'W35°43.9'S018°11.8'W34°36.1'S016°56.3'W 0.916 62° 356° 335 km 09m07.1s
13:1034°00.0'S015°10.3'W36°15.9'S017°38.6'W35°07.3'S016°23.7'W 0.916 62° 354° 335 km 09m06.4s
13:1234°30.4'S014°37.5'W36°48.0'S017°04.5'W35°38.5'S015°50.3'W 0.916 61° 352° 335 km 09m05.7s
13:1435°00.7'S014°03.8'W37°20.1'S016°29.4'W36°09.7'S015°15.9'W 0.916 60° 350° 335 km 09m04.8s
13:1635°31.0'S013°29.2'W37°52.3'S015°53.2'W36°40.9'S014°40.6'W 0.916 60° 348° 335 km 09m03.9s
13:1836°01.3'S012°53.6'W38°24.5'S015°15.9'W37°12.2'S014°04.1'W 0.916 59° 346° 335 km 09m02.9s
13:2036°31.6'S012°16.9'W38°56.8'S014°37.4'W37°43.5'S013°26.6'W 0.915 58° 344° 335 km 09m01.9s
13:2237°01.9'S011°39.1'W39°29.2'S013°57.7'W38°14.7'S012°47.8'W 0.915 57° 342° 335 km 09m00.7s
13:2437°32.2'S011°00.1'W40°01.5'S013°16.5'W38°46.1'S012°07.7'W 0.915 57° 340° 336 km 08m59.5s
13:2638°02.4'S010°19.8'W40°34.0'S012°33.9'W39°17.4'S011°26.3'W 0.915 56° 338° 336 km 08m58.1s
13:2838°32.7'S009°38.2'W41°06.5'S011°49.8'W39°48.7'S010°43.5'W 0.915 55° 337° 336 km 08m56.7s
13:3039°02.8'S008°55.0'W41°39.0'S011°03.9'W40°20.0'S009°59.0'W 0.915 54° 335° 337 km 08m55.2s
13:3239°33.0'S008°10.4'W42°11.5'S010°16.3'W40°51.3'S009°13.0'W 0.915 53° 333° 337 km 08m53.6s
13:3440°03.1'S007°24.1'W42°44.1'S009°26.8'W41°22.6'S008°25.1'W 0.915 52° 332° 338 km 08m51.9s
13:3640°33.2'S006°36.1'W43°16.7'S008°35.2'W41°53.9'S007°35.3'W 0.914 51° 330° 338 km 08m50.1s
13:3841°03.2'S005°46.1'W43°49.3'S007°41.4'W42°25.2'S006°43.6'W 0.914 50° 328° 339 km 08m48.2s
13:4041°33.1'S004°54.2'W44°21.9'S006°45.2'W42°56.4'S005°49.6'W 0.914 49° 327° 340 km 08m46.2s
13:4242°02.9'S004°00.1'W44°54.5'S005°46.4'W43°27.6'S004°53.3'W 0.914 48° 325° 341 km 08m44.1s
13:4442°32.7'S003°03.7'W45°27.1'S004°44.9'W43°58.8'S003°54.4'W 0.914 47° 323° 342 km 08m41.9s
13:4643°02.4'S002°04.9'W45°59.7'S003°40.3'W44°29.8'S002°52.9'W 0.914 46° 322° 342 km 08m39.6s
13:4843°31.9'S001°03.3'W46°32.2'S002°32.5'W45°00.8'S001°48.4'W 0.913 45° 320° 343 km 08m37.1s
13:5044°01.3'S000°01.1'E47°04.6'S001°21.1'W45°31.6'S000°40.7'W 0.913 44° 318° 345 km 08m34.5s
13:5244°30.5'S001°08.6'E47°37.0'S000°05.9'W46°02.3'S000°30.5'E 0.913 43° 317° 346 km 08m31.8s
13:5444°59.5'S002°19.6'E48°09.2'S001°13.6'E46°32.9'S001°45.4'E 0.913 42° 315° 347 km 08m29.0s
13:5645°28.3'S003°34.2'E48°41.2'S002°37.7'E47°03.2'S003°04.4'E 0.913 40° 313° 348 km 08m26.0s
13:5845°56.8'S004°52.8'E49°13.0'S004°07.0'E47°33.3'S004°28.0'E 0.912 39° 311° 350 km 08m22.9s
14:0046°25.0'S006°15.9'E49°44.5'S005°42.0'E48°03.1'S005°56.6'E 0.912 38° 309° 351 km 08m19.6s
14:0246°52.8'S007°43.9'E50°15.7'S007°23.5'E48°32.6'S007°30.8'E 0.912 36° 308° 353 km 08m16.2s
14:0447°20.2'S009°17.3'E50°46.5'S009°12.1'E49°01.6'S009°11.1'E 0.912 35° 306° 355 km 08m12.6s
14:0647°47.1'S010°56.7'E51°16.7'S011°08.9'E49°30.1'S010°58.5'E 0.911 33° 304° 357 km 08m08.8s
14:0848°13.4'S012°42.9'E51°46.3'S013°15.1'E49°57.9'S012°53.7'E 0.911 32° 301° 359 km 08m04.8s
14:1048°38.9'S014°36.9'E52°15.0'S015°32.1'E50°25.0'S014°58.0'E 0.911 30° 299° 362 km 08m00.5s
14:1249°03.6'S016°39.7'E52°42.7'S018°02.0'E50°51.1'S017°12.9'E 0.910 28° 297° 364 km 07m56.1s
14:1449°27.2'S018°52.8'E53°09.0'S020°47.3'E51°16.0'S019°40.2'E 0.910 27° 294° 367 km 07m51.3s
14:1649°49.4'S021°18.2'E53°33.4'S023°51.8'E51°39.4'S022°22.5'E 0.909 25° 292° 370 km 07m46.1s
14:1850°10.0'S023°58.4'E53°55.4'S027°20.9'E52°00.8'S025°23.5'E 0.909 22° 289° 374 km 07m40.6s
14:2050°28.4'S026°57.2'E54°13.8'S031°23.6'E52°19.5'S028°48.8'E 0.908 20° 285° 378 km 07m34.5s
14:2250°43.8'S030°20.4'E54°26.6'S036°16.9'E52°34.3'S032°47.5'E 0.908 17° 282° 383 km 07m27.7s
14:2450°54.8'S034°17.7'E54°28.8'S042°41.8'E52°42.9'S037°37.4'E 0.907 14° 277° 389 km 07m19.8s
14:2650°58.9'S039°08.7'E53°53.5'S054°29.0'E52°39.5'S044°04.0'E 0.906 10° 272° 397 km 07m09.7s
Limits49°40.7'S058°47.8'E53°15.1'S060°46.1'E51°27.3'S059°44.5'E 0.903 - 417 km 06m47.7s

ΔT = 36110.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:40:16.912:38:26.926°57.1'S174°37.3'W 66.8° 32.1° 341.7 km09m09.27s
Greatest Duration22:50:37.712:48:47.729°37.5'S021°33.8'W 66.2° 18.5° 338.1 km09m10.07s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1550 Oct 23 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 36110.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2056.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.59°.

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