Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1552 Nov 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1552 Nov 14 . 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 -1552 Nov 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits71°33.6'N133°46.7'E73°02.1'N127°05.1'E72°22.3'N130°26.6'E 0.977 - 280 km 01m35.3s
05:20 - - 65°34.6'N121°55.3'E68°21.3'N125°33.5'E 0.978 207° 252 km 01m33.3s
05:2269°02.0'N129°37.1'E63°35.1'N121°58.1'E65°33.5'N124°23.4'E 0.979 206° 239 km 01m32.0s
05:2465°44.8'N127°12.0'E61°55.4'N122°16.1'E63°32.2'N124°12.1'E 0.980 207° 232 km 01m31.0s
05:2663°38.1'N126°39.8'E60°28.3'N122°41.6'E61°52.3'N124°21.5'E 0.980 10° 208° 228 km 01m30.3s
05:2861°56.4'N126°38.2'E59°10.3'N123°11.8'E60°25.6'N124°41.3'E 0.980 11° 208° 226 km 01m29.6s
05:3060°29.3'N126°51.1'E57°59.3'N123°44.9'E59°08.3'N125°07.4'E 0.980 12° 209° 225 km 01m29.1s
05:3259°12.1'N127°12.6'E56°53.9'N124°20.3'E57°58.1'N125°37.7'E 0.981 13° 211° 225 km 01m28.6s
05:3458°02.5'N127°39.7'E55°53.2'N124°57.3'E56°53.6'N126°11.0'E 0.981 13° 212° 225 km 01m28.2s
05:3656°58.8'N128°11.1'E54°56.5'N125°35.9'E55°53.9'N126°46.9'E 0.981 14° 213° 227 km 01m27.9s
05:3856°00.1'N128°45.9'E54°03.2'N126°15.8'E54°58.3'N127°24.8'E 0.981 14° 214° 229 km 01m27.6s
05:4055°05.6'N129°23.5'E53°13.1'N126°57.0'E54°06.3'N128°04.6'E 0.981 15° 215° 232 km 01m27.4s
05:4254°14.8'N130°03.6'E52°25.8'N127°39.6'E53°17.5'N128°46.3'E 0.981 15° 217° 235 km 01m27.2s
05:4453°27.4'N130°46.3'E51°41.1'N128°23.6'E52°31.5'N129°29.8'E 0.981 15° 218° 238 km 01m27.0s
05:4652°43.0'N131°31.5'E50°58.8'N129°09.0'E51°48.3'N130°15.2'E 0.981 15° 219° 242 km 01m26.9s
05:4852°01.5'N132°19.2'E50°18.8'N129°56.1'E51°07.6'N131°02.6'E 0.982 15° 220° 246 km 01m26.9s
05:5051°22.7'N133°09.7'E49°40.9'N130°45.0'E50°29.3'N131°52.2'E 0.981 15° 222° 250 km 01m26.9s
05:5250°46.5'N134°03.3'E49°05.2'N131°35.9'E49°53.3'N132°44.3'E 0.981 15° 223° 254 km 01m26.9s
05:5450°12.9'N135°00.2'E48°31.5'N132°29.1'E49°19.6'N133°39.1'E 0.981 15° 224° 259 km 01m27.0s
05:5649°41.9'N136°01.2'E47°59.9'N133°24.9'E48°48.2'N134°37.1'E 0.981 14° 226° 263 km 01m27.1s
05:5849°13.7'N137°06.7'E47°30.3'N134°23.8'E48°19.2'N135°38.8'E 0.981 14° 227° 266 km 01m27.3s
06:0048°48.4'N138°17.8'E47°02.9'N135°26.1'E47°52.6'N136°44.8'E 0.981 13° 229° 270 km 01m27.5s
06:0248°26.3'N139°35.8'E46°37.8'N136°32.7'E47°28.7'N137°56.1'E 0.981 13° 230° 272 km 01m27.8s
06:0448°08.0'N141°02.8'E46°15.1'N137°44.4'E47°07.7'N139°13.8'E 0.981 12° 232° 274 km 01m28.1s
06:0647°54.3'N142°42.0'E45°55.1'N139°02.3'E46°50.0'N140°39.9'E 0.981 11° 233° 275 km 01m28.5s
06:0847°46.8'N144°39.2'E45°38.3'N140°28.2'E46°36.6'N142°17.0'E 0.980 10° 235° 276 km 01m29.0s
06:1047°49.4'N147°07.5'E45°25.3'N142°04.7'E46°28.6'N144°10.3'E 0.980 237° 275 km 01m29.6s
06:1248°15.4'N150°53.2'E45°17.4'N143°56.3'E46°28.9'N146°29.6'E 0.979 239° 273 km 01m30.4s
06:14 - - 45°16.9'N146°11.8'E46°45.6'N149°43.5'E 0.979 242° 271 km 01m31.5s
Limits49°29.8'N156°10.1'E46°55.3'N156°31.9'E48°09.1'N156°22.6'E 0.977 - 271 km 01m33.7s

ΔT = 36151.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:49:28.305:46:56.851°28.7'N020°25.3'W 15.1° 219.7° 243.6 km01m26.90s
Greatest Duration15:21:20.905:18:49.372°22.3'N130°26.6'E 0.0° 211.2° 279.7 km01m35.34s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1552 Nov 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1552 Nov 14 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 36151.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2062.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.62°.

Acknowledgments

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

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