Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1573 Jan 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1573 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 -1573 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
Limits62°15.5'N050°05.1'W62°15.5'N050°05.1'W65°09.9'N039°52.7'W 0.000 - 0 km 00m00.0s
13:1462°33.8'N049°17.3'W59°10.4'N045°30.5'W - - -----
13:1663°04.5'N047°51.2'W57°13.8'N042°13.7'W - - -----
13:1863°33.4'N046°22.0'W55°59.2'N039°54.1'W - - -----
13:2064°00.3'N044°49.8'W55°03.1'N037°59.0'W - - -----
13:2264°25.3'N043°14.6'W54°18.3'N036°18.4'W - - -----
13:2464°48.3'N041°36.4'W53°41.4'N034°47.6'W - - -----
13:2665°09.4'N039°55.4'W53°10.6'N033°23.7'W - - -----
13:2865°28.4'N038°11.8'W52°44.6'N032°05.0'W61°36.3'N035°39.9'W 0.917 164° 1625 km 07m37.9s
13:3065°45.3'N036°25.6'W52°22.8'N030°50.4'W60°20.5'N033°28.0'W 0.917 167° 1670 km 07m43.4s
13:3266°00.1'N034°37.2'W52°04.4'N029°38.9'W59°29.9'N031°39.1'W 0.918 169° 1719 km 07m47.3s
13:3466°12.8'N032°46.7'W51°49.2'N028°29.9'W58°53.0'N030°02.1'W 0.918 171° 1768 km 07m50.3s
13:3666°23.2'N030°54.4'W51°36.9'N027°22.8'W58°25.5'N028°32.3'W 0.918 173° 1814 km 07m52.6s
13:3866°31.5'N029°00.7'W51°27.3'N026°17.1'W58°05.1'N027°07.4'W 0.918 175° 1855 km 07m54.4s
13:4066°37.6'N027°05.9'W51°20.1'N025°12.6'W57°50.6'N025°45.7'W 0.918 176° 1888 km 07m55.6s
13:4266°41.4'N025°10.3'W51°15.4'N024°08.8'W57°41.3'N024°26.1'W 0.918 178° 1911 km 07m56.5s
13:4466°42.9'N023°14.2'W51°12.9'N023°05.4'W57°36.8'N023°07.5'W 0.918 180° 1923 km 07m56.9s
13:4666°42.2'N021°18.1'W51°12.8'N022°02.1'W57°36.8'N021°49.3'W 0.918 181° 1923 km 07m56.9s
13:4866°39.3'N019°22.3'W51°15.0'N020°58.7'W57°41.5'N020°30.5'W 0.918 183° 1910 km 07m56.4s
13:5066°34.1'N017°27.2'W51°19.5'N019°54.7'W57°51.0'N019°10.4'W 0.918 185° 1886 km 07m55.6s
13:5266°26.7'N015°33.1'W51°26.5'N018°50.0'W58°05.8'N017°47.9'W 0.918 186° 1852 km 07m54.3s
13:5466°17.0'N013°40.4'W51°35.9'N017°44.0'W58°26.7'N016°21.9'W 0.918 188° 1810 km 07m52.5s
13:5666°05.2'N011°49.4'W51°48.0'N016°36.5'W58°54.9'N014°50.5'W 0.918 190° 1764 km 07m50.2s
13:5865°51.2'N010°00.3'W52°03.1'N015°27.0'W59°33.1'N013°11.0'W 0.918 192° 1715 km 07m47.1s
14:0065°35.2'N008°13.5'W52°21.3'N014°14.8'W60°26.1'N011°18.0'W 0.917 194° 1666 km 07m43.0s
14:0265°17.0'N006°29.1'W52°43.2'N012°59.4'W61°48.7'N008°57.1'W 0.917 197° 1621 km 07m37.1s
14:0464°56.8'N004°47.3'W53°09.2'N011°39.6'W - - -----
14:0664°34.6'N003°08.4'W53°40.2'N010°14.3'W - - -----
14:0864°10.4'N001°32.3'W54°17.5'N008°41.7'W - - -----
14:1063°44.3'N000°00.8'E55°03.1'N006°58.5'W - - -----
14:1263°16.3'N001°30.8'E56°00.8'N004°59.6'W - - -----
14:1462°46.4'N002°57.8'E57°19.0'N002°32.7'W - - -----
14:1662°14.8'N004°21.7'E59°29.5'N001°06.8'E - - -----
Limits62°01.8'N004°54.0'E62°01.8'N004°54.0'E65°01.3'N005°08.8'W 0.000 - 0 km 00m00.0s

ΔT = 36621.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:55:10.413:44:48.757°36.2'N175°36.3'W 9.1° 180.4° 1924.4 km07m56.92s
Greatest Duration23:55:20.113:44:58.457°36.2'N022°29.4'W 9.1° 180.5° 1924.4 km07m56.92s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1573 Jan 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1573 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 36621.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2133.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.91°.

Acknowledgments

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

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