Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1554 Jan 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1554 Jan 15 . 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 -1554 Jan 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°07.9'N110°57.2'E13°55.3'N110°26.6'E14°31.6'N110°41.9'E 0.960 - 145 km 02m37.2s
23:1613°20.6'N114°55.3'E11°45.9'N115°20.3'E12°31.6'N115°11.2'E 0.962 115° 139 km 02m37.8s
23:1810°24.5'N121°08.9'E09°10.2'N120°57.7'E09°47.0'N121°03.9'E 0.963 12° 116° 132 km 02m38.8s
23:2008°44.6'N124°33.3'E07°35.3'N124°16.7'E08°09.7'N124°25.4'E 0.965 16° 117° 128 km 02m39.6s
23:2207°27.7'N127°08.0'E06°21.2'N126°49.4'E06°54.2'N126°59.0'E 0.965 19° 118° 125 km 02m40.3s
23:2406°23.3'N129°16.1'E05°18.9'N128°56.5'E05°50.9'N129°06.5'E 0.966 22° 118° 122 km 02m40.9s
23:2605°27.2'N131°06.9'E04°24.4'N130°47.0'E04°55.7'N130°57.1'E 0.967 24° 118° 120 km 02m41.5s
23:2804°37.2'N132°45.5'E03°35.7'N132°25.4'E04°06.3'N132°35.6'E 0.967 27° 119° 118 km 02m42.1s
23:3003°51.9'N134°14.8'E02°51.5'N133°54.8'E03°21.6'N134°04.9'E 0.968 29° 119° 116 km 02m42.7s
23:3203°10.3'N135°36.9'E02°10.8'N135°17.0'E02°40.5'N135°27.1'E 0.968 31° 119° 114 km 02m43.3s
23:3402°31.9'N136°53.0'E01°33.2'N136°33.4'E02°02.5'N136°43.3'E 0.969 33° 120° 113 km 02m43.9s
23:3601°56.1'N138°04.2'E00°58.2'N137°45.0'E01°27.1'N137°54.7'E 0.969 34° 120° 112 km 02m44.4s
23:3801°22.7'N139°11.3'E00°25.4'N138°52.4'E00°54.0'N139°01.9'E 0.969 36° 120° 110 km 02m45.0s
23:4000°51.3'N140°14.9'E00°05.4'S139°56.3'E00°22.9'N140°05.6'E 0.970 38° 120° 109 km 02m45.6s
23:4200°21.7'N141°15.3'E00°34.4'S140°57.1'E00°06.4'S141°06.3'E 0.970 39° 121° 108 km 02m46.1s
23:4400°06.3'S142°13.1'E01°01.9'S141°55.2'E00°34.1'S142°04.2'E 0.970 41° 121° 107 km 02m46.7s
23:4600°32.8'S143°08.4'E01°27.9'S142°51.0'E01°00.4'S142°59.8'E 0.971 42° 121° 106 km 02m47.3s
23:4800°57.9'S144°01.7'E01°52.6'S143°44.7'E01°25.3'S143°53.2'E 0.971 44° 121° 105 km 02m47.8s
23:5001°21.7'S144°53.0'E02°16.1'S144°36.4'E01°49.0'S144°44.7'E 0.971 45° 122° 104 km 02m48.4s
23:5201°44.4'S145°42.6'E02°38.4'S145°26.4'E02°11.5'S145°34.6'E 0.972 46° 122° 103 km 02m48.9s
23:5402°06.0'S146°30.7'E02°59.7'S146°14.9'E02°32.9'S146°22.8'E 0.972 48° 123° 102 km 02m49.5s
23:5602°26.6'S147°17.4'E03°19.9'S147°02.0'E02°53.3'S147°09.7'E 0.972 49° 123° 102 km 02m50.1s
23:5802°46.2'S148°02.7'E03°39.3'S147°47.8'E03°12.8'S147°55.3'E 0.972 50° 123° 101 km 02m50.6s
00:0003°04.9'S148°46.9'E03°57.7'S148°32.5'E03°31.4'S148°39.7'E 0.972 51° 124° 100 km 02m51.1s
00:0203°22.8'S149°30.1'E04°15.3'S149°16.0'E03°49.1'S149°23.1'E 0.973 52° 124° 100 km 02m51.7s
00:0403°39.8'S150°12.2'E04°32.1'S149°58.6'E04°06.0'S150°05.4'E 0.973 54° 125° 99 km 02m52.2s
00:0603°56.1'S150°53.4'E04°48.2'S150°40.3'E04°22.2'S150°46.9'E 0.973 55° 125° 98 km 02m52.8s
00:0804°11.5'S151°33.8'E05°03.5'S151°21.1'E04°37.6'S151°27.5'E 0.973 56° 126° 98 km 02m53.3s
00:1004°26.3'S152°13.5'E05°18.0'S152°01.1'E04°52.2'S152°07.3'E 0.973 57° 127° 97 km 02m53.8s
00:1204°40.4'S152°52.4'E05°31.9'S152°40.5'E05°06.2'S152°46.4'E 0.973 58° 127° 97 km 02m54.3s
00:1404°53.8'S153°30.6'E05°45.2'S153°19.2'E05°19.5'S153°24.9'E 0.974 59° 128° 97 km 02m54.8s
00:1605°06.5'S154°08.2'E05°57.8'S153°57.2'E05°32.2'S154°02.7'E 0.974 60° 129° 96 km 02m55.3s
00:1805°18.6'S154°45.3'E06°09.8'S154°34.7'E05°44.3'S154°40.0'E 0.974 61° 130° 96 km 02m55.8s
00:2005°30.1'S155°21.8'E06°21.2'S155°11.7'E05°55.7'S155°16.8'E 0.974 62° 131° 95 km 02m56.3s
00:2205°41.0'S155°57.9'E06°31.9'S155°48.1'E06°06.5'S155°53.0'E 0.974 63° 132° 95 km 02m56.7s
00:2405°51.3'S156°33.4'E06°42.2'S156°24.2'E06°16.8'S156°28.8'E 0.974 64° 133° 95 km 02m57.2s
00:2606°01.1'S157°08.6'E06°51.8'S156°59.8'E06°26.5'S157°04.2'E 0.974 65° 134° 95 km 02m57.6s
00:2806°10.3'S157°43.4'E07°01.0'S157°35.0'E06°35.7'S157°39.2'E 0.974 66° 135° 94 km 02m58.1s
00:3006°18.9'S158°17.8'E07°09.5'S158°09.9'E06°44.3'S158°13.8'E 0.974 66° 136° 94 km 02m58.5s
00:3206°27.1'S158°51.9'E07°17.6'S158°44.4'E06°52.4'S158°48.2'E 0.974 67° 138° 94 km 02m58.9s
00:3406°34.7'S159°25.7'E07°25.1'S159°18.6'E07°00.0'S159°22.2'E 0.975 68° 140° 94 km 02m59.3s
00:3606°41.7'S159°59.2'E07°32.2'S159°52.6'E07°07.0'S159°55.9'E 0.975 69° 141° 94 km 02m59.6s
00:3806°48.3'S160°32.4'E07°38.7'S160°26.3'E07°13.6'S160°29.4'E 0.975 70° 143° 93 km 03m00.0s
00:4006°54.4'S161°05.5'E07°44.8'S160°59.7'E07°19.6'S161°02.6'E 0.975 70° 145° 93 km 03m00.3s
00:4207°00.0'S161°38.3'E07°50.3'S161°33.0'E07°25.2'S161°35.6'E 0.975 71° 147° 93 km 03m00.7s
00:4407°05.1'S162°10.9'E07°55.4'S162°06.0'E07°30.3'S162°08.5'E 0.975 71° 150° 93 km 03m01.0s
00:4607°09.7'S162°43.3'E08°00.0'S162°38.9'E07°34.9'S162°41.1'E 0.975 72° 152° 93 km 03m01.3s
00:4807°13.8'S163°15.6'E08°04.1'S163°11.7'E07°39.0'S163°13.6'E 0.975 73° 155° 93 km 03m01.5s
00:5007°17.5'S163°47.8'E08°07.8'S163°44.3'E07°42.7'S163°46.0'E 0.975 73° 158° 93 km 03m01.8s
00:5207°20.7'S164°19.8'E08°10.9'S164°16.8'E07°45.9'S164°18.3'E 0.975 73° 161° 93 km 03m02.0s
00:5407°23.4'S164°51.8'E08°13.7'S164°49.2'E07°48.6'S164°50.5'E 0.975 74° 164° 93 km 03m02.2s
00:5607°25.6'S165°23.6'E08°15.9'S165°21.5'E07°50.8'S165°22.6'E 0.975 74° 167° 93 km 03m02.4s
00:5807°27.4'S165°55.5'E08°17.7'S165°53.8'E07°52.6'S165°54.6'E 0.975 74° 170° 93 km 03m02.6s
01:0007°28.7'S166°27.2'E08°19.1'S166°26.0'E07°54.0'S166°26.6'E 0.975 75° 174° 93 km 03m02.8s
01:0207°29.6'S166°59.0'E08°20.0'S166°58.2'E07°54.9'S166°58.6'E 0.975 75° 178° 93 km 03m02.9s
01:0407°30.0'S167°30.7'E08°20.4'S167°30.3'E07°55.3'S167°30.5'E 0.975 75° 181° 93 km 03m03.0s
01:0607°30.0'S168°02.4'E08°20.4'S168°02.5'E07°55.2'S168°02.5'E 0.975 75° 185° 93 km 03m03.1s
01:0807°29.5'S168°34.2'E08°19.9'S168°34.8'E07°54.8'S168°34.5'E 0.975 74° 188° 93 km 03m03.2s
01:1007°28.5'S169°06.0'E08°19.0'S169°07.0'E07°53.8'S169°06.5'E 0.975 74° 192° 93 km 03m03.2s
01:1207°27.0'S169°37.9'E08°17.6'S169°39.3'E07°52.4'S169°38.6'E 0.975 74° 195° 93 km 03m03.3s
01:1407°25.1'S170°09.8'E08°15.8'S170°11.7'E07°50.5'S170°10.8'E 0.975 74° 198° 93 km 03m03.3s
01:1607°22.8'S170°41.8'E08°13.5'S170°44.2'E07°48.2'S170°43.0'E 0.975 73° 201° 94 km 03m03.2s
01:1807°19.9'S171°13.9'E08°10.7'S171°16.8'E07°45.4'S171°15.4'E 0.975 73° 204° 94 km 03m03.2s
01:2007°16.6'S171°46.2'E08°07.5'S171°49.5'E07°42.1'S171°47.9'E 0.975 72° 207° 94 km 03m03.2s
01:2207°12.8'S172°18.6'E08°03.7'S172°22.4'E07°38.3'S172°20.5'E 0.975 72° 210° 94 km 03m03.1s
01:2407°08.6'S172°51.2'E07°59.6'S172°55.4'E07°34.1'S172°53.3'E 0.975 71° 212° 94 km 03m03.0s
01:2607°03.8'S173°23.9'E07°54.9'S173°28.6'E07°29.4'S173°26.3'E 0.974 71° 214° 94 km 03m02.9s
01:2806°58.6'S173°56.9'E07°49.8'S174°02.0'E07°24.2'S173°59.5'E 0.974 70° 216° 95 km 03m02.7s
01:3006°52.8'S174°30.1'E07°44.1'S174°35.7'E07°18.5'S174°32.9'E 0.974 69° 218° 95 km 03m02.6s
01:3206°46.6'S175°03.5'E07°38.0'S175°09.5'E07°12.3'S175°06.5'E 0.974 68° 220° 95 km 03m02.4s
01:3406°39.9'S175°37.2'E07°31.3'S175°43.7'E07°05.7'S175°40.5'E 0.974 68° 222° 95 km 03m02.2s
01:3606°32.6'S176°11.2'E07°24.2'S176°18.2'E06°58.4'S176°14.7'E 0.974 67° 223° 96 km 03m02.0s
01:3806°24.8'S176°45.5'E07°16.5'S176°53.0'E06°50.7'S176°49.3'E 0.974 66° 225° 96 km 03m01.8s
01:4006°16.5'S177°20.2'E07°08.3'S177°28.1'E06°42.4'S177°24.2'E 0.974 65° 226° 96 km 03m01.5s
01:4206°07.6'S177°55.3'E06°59.6'S178°03.6'E06°33.6'S177°59.4'E 0.974 64° 227° 97 km 03m01.3s
01:4405°58.1'S178°30.7'E06°50.3'S178°39.5'E06°24.3'S178°35.1'E 0.974 63° 228° 97 km 03m01.0s
01:4605°48.1'S179°06.6'E06°40.4'S179°15.9'E06°14.3'S179°11.2'E 0.973 62° 229° 97 km 03m00.7s
01:4805°37.5'S179°43.0'E06°30.0'S179°52.7'E06°03.8'S179°47.8'E 0.973 61° 230° 98 km 03m00.4s
01:5005°26.3'S179°40.2'W06°19.0'S179°30.0'W05°52.7'S179°35.1'W 0.973 61° 231° 98 km 03m00.0s
01:5205°14.5'S179°02.7'W06°07.3'S178°52.1'W05°40.9'S178°57.4'W 0.973 60° 232° 99 km 02m59.7s
01:5405°02.0'S178°24.7'W05°55.0'S178°13.6'W05°28.6'S178°19.2'W 0.973 58° 233° 99 km 02m59.4s
01:5604°48.9'S177°46.1'W05°42.1'S177°34.5'W05°15.5'S177°40.3'W 0.973 57° 234° 100 km 02m59.0s
01:5804°35.0'S177°06.7'W05°28.5'S176°54.7'W05°01.8'S177°00.7'W 0.972 56° 234° 100 km 02m58.6s
02:0004°20.5'S176°26.6'W05°14.3'S176°14.1'W04°47.4'S176°20.4'W 0.972 55° 235° 101 km 02m58.2s
02:0204°05.3'S175°45.7'W04°59.3'S175°32.8'W04°32.3'S175°39.2'W 0.972 54° 235° 102 km 02m57.8s
02:0403°49.2'S175°03.9'W04°43.5'S174°50.5'W04°16.4'S174°57.2'W 0.972 53° 236° 102 km 02m57.4s
02:0603°32.4'S174°21.2'W04°27.0'S174°07.3'W03°59.7'S174°14.3'W 0.972 52° 236° 103 km 02m57.0s
02:0803°14.8'S173°37.4'W04°09.6'S173°23.1'W03°42.2'S173°30.3'W 0.971 51° 237° 104 km 02m56.6s
02:1002°56.2'S172°52.6'W03°51.4'S172°37.8'W03°23.9'S172°45.2'W 0.971 49° 237° 104 km 02m56.1s
02:1202°36.7'S172°06.5'W03°32.3'S171°51.2'W03°04.5'S171°58.9'W 0.971 48° 238° 105 km 02m55.7s
02:1402°16.3'S171°19.0'W03°12.2'S171°03.3'W02°44.3'S171°11.2'W 0.971 47° 238° 106 km 02m55.2s
02:1601°54.8'S170°30.1'W02°51.0'S170°14.0'W02°23.0'S170°22.1'W 0.970 46° 238° 107 km 02m54.8s
02:1801°32.1'S169°39.6'W02°28.8'S169°23.0'W02°00.5'S169°31.3'W 0.970 44° 239° 108 km 02m54.3s
02:2001°08.3'S168°47.2'W02°05.4'S168°30.2'W01°36.9'S168°38.8'W 0.970 43° 239° 109 km 02m53.8s
02:2200°43.2'S167°52.9'W01°40.8'S167°35.4'W01°12.0'S167°44.2'W 0.970 41° 239° 110 km 02m53.3s
02:2400°16.6'S166°56.3'W01°14.8'S166°38.4'W00°45.7'S166°47.4'W 0.969 40° 240° 111 km 02m52.8s
02:2600°11.5'N165°57.2'W00°47.2'S165°38.9'W00°17.9'S165°48.1'W 0.969 39° 240° 112 km 02m52.3s
02:2800°41.3'N164°55.3'W00°18.1'S164°36.5'W00°11.5'N164°46.0'W 0.969 37° 240° 114 km 02m51.8s
02:3001°13.0'N163°50.0'W00°13.0'N163°30.9'W00°42.9'N163°40.5'W 0.968 35° 240° 115 km 02m51.3s
02:3201°46.9'N162°41.0'W00°46.1'N162°21.5'W01°16.4'N162°31.3'W 0.968 34° 241° 117 km 02m50.7s
02:3402°23.2'N161°27.5'W01°21.6'N161°07.7'W01°52.3'N161°17.7'W 0.967 32° 241° 118 km 02m50.2s
02:3603°02.3'N160°08.6'W01°59.8'N159°48.6'W02°31.0'N159°58.7'W 0.967 30° 241° 120 km 02m49.6s
02:3803°44.9'N158°43.3'W02°41.3'N158°23.2'W03°13.0'N158°33.4'W 0.966 28° 241° 122 km 02m49.0s
02:4004°31.6'N157°10.0'W03°26.7'N156°49.8'W03°59.0'N157°00.0'W 0.966 26° 242° 124 km 02m48.4s
02:4205°23.5'N155°26.2'W04°17.1'N155°06.2'W04°50.2'N155°16.4'W 0.965 23° 242° 126 km 02m47.8s
02:4406°22.3'N153°28.2'W05°14.1'N153°08.9'W05°48.0'N153°18.8'W 0.965 21° 242° 128 km 02m47.2s
02:4607°30.9'N151°09.7'W06°20.3'N150°51.7'W06°55.4'N151°01.0'W 0.964 18° 243° 131 km 02m46.4s
02:4808°55.5'N148°16.9'W07°41.2'N148°02.1'W08°18.1'N148°10.0'W 0.963 14° 243° 135 km 02m45.6s
02:5010°54.1'N144°09.5'W09°32.2'N144°04.9'W10°12.6'N144°08.2'W 0.961 244° 140 km 02m44.7s
Limits14°35.6'N136°05.5'W13°20.3'N135°34.0'W13°57.9'N135°49.8'W 0.959 - 150 km 02m43.0s

ΔT = 36212.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:07:04.901:03:32.507°55.2'S016°05.3'E 74.6° 180.3° 92.9 km03m02.99s
Greatest Duration11:17:09.201:13:36.807°50.9'S170°04.5'E 73.7° 197.6° 93.4 km03m03.26s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1554 Jan 15 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 36212.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2071.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.66°.

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