Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1579 May 19

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1579 May 19 . 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 -1579 May 19
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°07.8'S048°06.6'E15°49.7'S048°42.5'E14°58.7'S048°24.6'E 0.946 - 198 km 03m37.3s
02:5611°59.4'S055°03.0'E13°11.6'S056°51.7'E12°34.9'S056°00.1'E 0.948 72° 191 km 03m42.7s
02:5810°16.6'S059°54.6'E11°32.6'S061°18.1'E10°54.4'S060°37.4'E 0.950 13° 71° 186 km 03m46.6s
03:0009°03.2'S063°04.6'E10°19.4'S064°19.6'E09°41.2'S063°42.8'E 0.951 17° 70° 182 km 03m49.5s
03:0208°02.2'S065°33.1'E09°18.0'S066°43.4'E08°40.0'S066°08.8'E 0.951 20° 69° 179 km 03m52.1s
03:0407°08.5'S067°37.5'E08°23.6'S068°44.7'E07°46.0'S068°11.5'E 0.952 23° 69° 177 km 03m54.4s
03:0606°19.8'S069°25.7'E07°34.3'S070°30.4'E06°57.0'S069°58.4'E 0.953 25° 69° 175 km 03m56.5s
03:0805°34.9'S071°02.0'E06°48.7'S072°04.9'E06°11.8'S071°33.8'E 0.953 27° 68° 173 km 03m58.5s
03:1004°52.9'S072°29.3'E06°06.0'S073°30.5'E05°29.4'S073°00.2'E 0.954 29° 68° 171 km 04m00.4s
03:1204°13.3'S073°49.3'E05°25.8'S074°49.1'E04°49.5'S074°19.5'E 0.954 31° 68° 169 km 04m02.3s
03:1403°35.7'S075°03.3'E04°47.6'S076°02.0'E04°11.6'S075°32.9'E 0.954 33° 68° 168 km 04m04.1s
03:1602°59.7'S076°12.4'E04°11.2'S077°10.0'E03°35.5'S076°41.4'E 0.955 35° 68° 166 km 04m05.8s
03:1802°25.3'S077°17.2'E03°36.3'S078°13.8'E03°00.8'S077°45.7'E 0.955 37° 67° 165 km 04m07.5s
03:2001°52.2'S078°18.4'E03°02.7'S079°14.1'E02°27.5'S078°46.4'E 0.956 38° 67° 164 km 04m09.2s
03:2201°20.3'S079°16.4'E02°30.4'S080°11.3'E01°55.3'S079°44.0'E 0.956 40° 67° 162 km 04m10.8s
03:2400°49.4'S080°11.6'E01°59.1'S081°05.7'E01°24.2'S080°38.8'E 0.956 41° 67° 161 km 04m12.4s
03:2600°19.5'S081°04.4'E01°28.8'S081°57.7'E00°54.1'S081°31.2'E 0.956 43° 67° 160 km 04m14.0s
03:2800°09.6'N081°54.9'E00°59.4'S082°47.6'E00°24.9'S082°21.4'E 0.957 44° 67° 159 km 04m15.5s
03:3000°37.8'N082°43.4'E00°30.9'S083°35.4'E00°03.4'N083°09.6'E 0.957 46° 67° 158 km 04m17.0s
03:3201°05.3'N083°30.2'E00°03.1'S084°21.6'E00°31.1'N083°56.0'E 0.957 47° 67° 157 km 04m18.5s
03:3401°32.1'N084°15.3'E00°23.9'N085°06.1'E00°58.0'N084°40.8'E 0.957 48° 67° 156 km 04m20.0s
03:3601°58.2'N084°59.0'E00°50.3'N085°49.2'E01°24.2'N085°24.2'E 0.958 50° 67° 155 km 04m21.4s
03:3802°23.7'N085°41.3'E01°16.0'N086°30.9'E01°49.8'N086°06.2'E 0.958 51° 67° 154 km 04m22.8s
03:4002°48.6'N086°22.4'E01°41.1'N087°11.5'E02°14.9'N086°47.1'E 0.958 52° 67° 154 km 04m24.2s
03:4203°13.0'N087°02.4'E02°05.7'N087°50.9'E02°39.3'N087°26.8'E 0.958 53° 66° 153 km 04m25.6s
03:4403°36.9'N087°41.4'E02°29.7'N088°29.3'E03°03.3'N088°05.4'E 0.958 54° 66° 152 km 04m27.0s
03:4604°00.2'N088°19.4'E02°53.2'N089°06.8'E03°26.7'N088°43.2'E 0.959 56° 66° 151 km 04m28.3s
03:4804°23.1'N088°56.5'E03°16.2'N089°43.4'E03°49.6'N089°20.1'E 0.959 57° 66° 151 km 04m29.6s
03:5004°45.5'N089°32.8'E03°38.7'N090°19.3'E04°12.1'N089°56.1'E 0.959 58° 66° 150 km 04m30.9s
03:5205°07.5'N090°08.4'E04°00.7'N090°54.4'E04°34.1'N090°31.5'E 0.959 59° 66° 149 km 04m32.2s
03:5405°29.1'N090°43.3'E04°22.4'N091°28.8'E04°55.7'N091°06.1'E 0.959 60° 66° 149 km 04m33.5s
03:5605°50.2'N091°17.6'E04°43.6'N092°02.6'E05°16.9'N091°40.2'E 0.959 61° 66° 148 km 04m34.7s
03:5806°11.0'N091°51.3'E05°04.4'N092°35.8'E05°37.7'N092°13.6'E 0.959 62° 66° 148 km 04m35.9s
04:0006°31.4'N092°24.5'E05°24.8'N093°08.5'E05°58.1'N092°46.6'E 0.960 64° 66° 147 km 04m37.1s
04:0206°51.4'N092°57.2'E05°44.8'N093°40.7'E06°18.1'N093°19.0'E 0.960 65° 66° 147 km 04m38.3s
04:0407°11.1'N093°29.4'E06°04.4'N094°12.4'E06°37.8'N093°51.0'E 0.960 66° 65° 146 km 04m39.5s
04:0607°30.4'N094°01.2'E06°23.7'N094°43.8'E06°57.0'N094°22.5'E 0.960 67° 65° 146 km 04m40.6s
04:0807°49.3'N094°32.6'E06°42.6'N095°14.7'E07°16.0'N094°53.7'E 0.960 68° 65° 145 km 04m41.7s
04:1008°08.0'N095°03.6'E07°01.2'N095°45.3'E07°34.6'N095°24.6'E 0.960 69° 65° 145 km 04m42.8s
04:1208°26.3'N095°34.4'E07°19.4'N096°15.6'E07°52.9'N095°55.1'E 0.960 70° 64° 145 km 04m43.8s
04:1408°44.2'N096°04.8'E07°37.3'N096°45.6'E08°10.8'N096°25.3'E 0.960 71° 64° 144 km 04m44.9s
04:1609°01.9'N096°35.0'E07°54.9'N097°15.3'E08°28.4'N096°55.2'E 0.960 72° 64° 144 km 04m45.9s
04:1809°19.3'N097°05.0'E08°12.2'N097°44.8'E08°45.7'N097°25.0'E 0.960 73° 63° 144 km 04m46.8s
04:2009°36.3'N097°34.7'E08°29.1'N098°14.1'E09°02.8'N097°54.5'E 0.960 74° 63° 143 km 04m47.8s
04:2209°53.1'N098°04.3'E08°45.7'N098°43.2'E09°19.4'N098°23.8'E 0.961 75° 62° 143 km 04m48.7s
04:2410°09.6'N098°33.7'E09°02.1'N099°12.1'E09°35.8'N098°52.9'E 0.961 76° 62° 143 km 04m49.6s
04:2610°25.8'N099°02.9'E09°18.1'N099°40.9'E09°51.9'N099°22.0'E 0.961 77° 61° 143 km 04m50.4s
04:2810°41.6'N099°32.1'E09°33.8'N100°09.5'E10°07.8'N099°50.8'E 0.961 78° 60° 143 km 04m51.3s
04:3010°57.3'N100°01.1'E09°49.2'N100°38.0'E10°23.3'N100°19.6'E 0.961 79° 59° 142 km 04m52.0s
04:3211°12.6'N100°30.1'E10°04.4'N101°06.5'E10°38.5'N100°48.3'E 0.961 80° 57° 142 km 04m52.8s
04:3411°27.6'N100°59.0'E10°19.2'N101°34.9'E10°53.5'N101°17.0'E 0.961 81° 56° 142 km 04m53.5s
04:3611°42.4'N101°27.8'E10°33.8'N102°03.2'E11°08.1'N101°45.6'E 0.961 82° 53° 142 km 04m54.2s
04:3811°56.9'N101°56.6'E10°48.1'N102°31.6'E11°22.5'N102°14.2'E 0.961 83° 51° 142 km 04m54.8s
04:4012°11.1'N102°25.5'E11°02.0'N102°59.9'E11°36.6'N102°42.7'E 0.961 83° 47° 142 km 04m55.4s
04:4212°25.0'N102°54.3'E11°15.7'N103°28.2'E11°50.4'N103°11.3'E 0.961 84° 43° 142 km 04m56.0s
04:4412°38.7'N103°23.2'E11°29.2'N103°56.5'E12°04.0'N103°39.9'E 0.961 85° 37° 142 km 04m56.5s
04:4612°52.1'N103°52.1'E11°42.3'N104°24.9'E12°17.2'N104°08.5'E 0.961 86° 28° 142 km 04m57.0s
04:4813°05.2'N104°21.0'E11°55.2'N104°53.3'E12°30.2'N104°37.2'E 0.961 86° 17° 142 km 04m57.4s
04:5013°18.1'N104°50.1'E12°07.8'N105°21.8'E12°43.0'N105°06.0'E 0.961 87° 142 km 04m57.8s
04:5213°30.7'N105°19.3'E12°20.1'N105°50.4'E12°55.4'N105°34.9'E 0.961 87° 345° 142 km 04m58.2s
04:5413°43.0'N105°48.5'E12°32.1'N106°19.1'E13°07.6'N106°03.9'E 0.961 87° 328° 142 km 04m58.5s
04:5613°55.0'N106°18.0'E12°43.8'N106°48.0'E13°19.4'N106°33.0'E 0.961 86° 315° 142 km 04m58.7s
04:5814°06.8'N106°47.5'E12°55.3'N107°16.9'E13°31.1'N107°02.3'E 0.961 86° 305° 142 km 04m58.9s
05:0014°18.3'N107°17.2'E13°06.4'N107°46.1'E13°42.4'N107°31.7'E 0.961 85° 297° 142 km 04m59.1s
05:0214°29.5'N107°47.1'E13°17.3'N108°15.4'E13°53.4'N108°01.3'E 0.961 84° 291° 142 km 04m59.2s
05:0414°40.4'N108°17.3'E13°27.9'N108°44.8'E14°04.2'N108°31.1'E 0.961 83° 287° 143 km 04m59.3s
05:0614°51.0'N108°47.6'E13°38.2'N109°14.5'E14°14.7'N109°01.1'E 0.961 82° 284° 143 km 04m59.3s
05:0815°01.4'N109°18.1'E13°48.3'N109°44.5'E14°24.9'N109°31.3'E 0.961 81° 282° 143 km 04m59.3s
05:1015°11.4'N109°49.0'E13°58.0'N110°14.6'E14°34.8'N110°01.8'E 0.961 80° 280° 143 km 04m59.2s
05:1215°21.2'N110°20.0'E14°07.4'N110°45.0'E14°44.4'N110°32.6'E 0.961 79° 278° 143 km 04m59.0s
05:1415°30.7'N110°51.4'E14°16.5'N111°15.7'E14°53.7'N111°03.6'E 0.961 79° 277° 144 km 04m58.8s
05:1615°39.9'N111°23.1'E14°25.4'N111°46.7'E15°02.7'N111°34.9'E 0.961 78° 276° 144 km 04m58.6s
05:1815°48.8'N111°55.1'E14°33.9'N112°18.0'E15°11.4'N112°06.6'E 0.960 77° 275° 144 km 04m58.3s
05:2015°57.4'N112°27.5'E14°42.1'N112°49.7'E15°19.8'N112°38.6'E 0.960 76° 275° 144 km 04m58.0s
05:2216°05.6'N113°00.2'E14°50.0'N113°21.7'E15°27.9'N113°11.0'E 0.960 75° 274° 145 km 04m57.6s
05:2416°13.6'N113°33.3'E14°57.6'N113°54.0'E15°35.6'N113°43.7'E 0.960 74° 274° 145 km 04m57.1s
05:2616°21.2'N114°06.9'E15°04.9'N114°26.8'E15°43.1'N114°16.9'E 0.960 73° 273° 145 km 04m56.6s
05:2816°28.5'N114°40.9'E15°11.8'N115°00.0'E15°50.2'N114°50.5'E 0.960 72° 273° 146 km 04m56.1s
05:3016°35.5'N115°15.3'E15°18.4'N115°33.7'E15°57.0'N115°24.5'E 0.960 71° 273° 146 km 04m55.5s
05:3216°42.2'N115°50.3'E15°24.6'N116°07.8'E16°03.4'N115°59.0'E 0.960 70° 273° 146 km 04m54.8s
05:3416°48.5'N116°25.7'E15°30.5'N116°42.4'E16°09.5'N116°34.1'E 0.960 69° 273° 147 km 04m54.1s
05:3616°54.4'N117°01.7'E15°36.1'N117°17.6'E16°15.3'N117°09.7'E 0.960 67° 273° 147 km 04m53.3s
05:3817°00.0'N117°38.3'E15°41.2'N117°53.3'E16°20.6'N117°45.8'E 0.960 66° 273° 148 km 04m52.5s
05:4017°05.2'N118°15.5'E15°46.0'N118°29.6'E16°25.6'N118°22.5'E 0.959 65° 273° 148 km 04m51.6s
05:4217°10.0'N118°53.3'E15°50.4'N119°06.5'E16°30.2'N118°59.9'E 0.959 64° 273° 149 km 04m50.7s
05:4417°14.4'N119°31.8'E15°54.4'N119°44.1'E16°34.5'N119°37.9'E 0.959 63° 273° 149 km 04m49.7s
05:4617°18.4'N120°11.0'E15°58.0'N120°22.4'E16°38.3'N120°16.7'E 0.959 62° 273° 150 km 04m48.7s
05:4817°22.0'N120°51.0'E16°01.2'N121°01.4'E16°41.6'N120°56.2'E 0.959 61° 273° 150 km 04m47.6s
05:5017°25.2'N121°31.8'E16°04.0'N121°41.2'E16°44.6'N121°36.5'E 0.959 60° 273° 151 km 04m46.5s
05:5217°27.9'N122°13.4'E16°06.3'N122°21.8'E16°47.1'N122°17.6'E 0.959 59° 273° 151 km 04m45.3s
05:5417°30.1'N122°56.0'E16°08.1'N123°03.3'E16°49.2'N122°59.6'E 0.958 58° 274° 152 km 04m44.1s
05:5617°31.9'N123°39.5'E16°09.5'N123°45.8'E16°50.7'N123°42.6'E 0.958 56° 274° 152 km 04m42.8s
05:5817°33.2'N124°24.0'E16°10.3'N124°29.2'E16°51.8'N124°26.6'E 0.958 55° 274° 153 km 04m41.5s
06:0017°33.9'N125°09.6'E16°10.6'N125°13.7'E16°52.3'N125°11.6'E 0.958 54° 274° 154 km 04m40.1s
06:0217°34.1'N125°56.4'E16°10.4'N125°59.4'E16°52.3'N125°57.8'E 0.958 53° 274° 154 km 04m38.7s
06:0417°33.8'N126°44.5'E16°09.6'N126°46.2'E16°51.7'N126°45.3'E 0.957 52° 275° 155 km 04m37.3s
06:0617°32.8'N127°33.9'E16°08.2'N127°34.4'E16°50.5'N127°34.1'E 0.957 50° 275° 156 km 04m35.7s
06:0817°31.2'N128°24.7'E16°06.1'N128°24.0'E16°48.7'N128°24.3'E 0.957 49° 275° 157 km 04m34.2s
06:1017°28.9'N129°17.1'E16°03.4'N129°15.1'E16°46.2'N129°16.0'E 0.957 48° 276° 158 km 04m32.6s
06:1217°25.9'N130°11.2'E16°00.0'N130°07.9'E16°43.0'N130°09.4'E 0.956 46° 276° 159 km 04m30.9s
06:1417°22.2'N131°07.2'E15°55.8'N131°02.4'E16°39.0'N131°04.7'E 0.956 45° 276° 160 km 04m29.2s
06:1617°17.6'N132°05.2'E15°50.8'N131°59.0'E16°34.2'N132°01.9'E 0.956 44° 277° 161 km 04m27.5s
06:1817°12.2'N133°05.4'E15°44.9'N132°57.7'E16°28.6'N133°01.4'E 0.956 42° 277° 162 km 04m25.7s
06:2017°05.8'N134°08.0'E15°38.0'N133°58.7'E16°21.9'N134°03.2'E 0.955 41° 277° 163 km 04m23.8s
06:2216°58.4'N135°13.4'E15°30.1'N135°02.4'E16°14.3'N135°07.7'E 0.955 39° 278° 164 km 04m21.9s
06:2416°49.9'N136°21.9'E15°21.1'N136°09.1'E16°05.5'N136°15.3'E 0.955 38° 278° 165 km 04m20.0s
06:2616°40.0'N137°33.8'E15°10.8'N137°19.2'E15°55.5'N137°26.2'E 0.954 36° 278° 167 km 04m18.0s
06:2816°28.8'N138°49.6'E14°59.2'N138°33.0'E15°44.0'N138°41.0'E 0.954 34° 279° 168 km 04m15.9s
06:3016°16.0'N140°10.0'E14°45.9'N139°51.3'E15°31.0'N140°00.3'E 0.954 33° 279° 170 km 04m13.7s
06:3216°01.4'N141°35.8'E14°30.8'N141°14.7'E15°16.1'N141°24.9'E 0.953 31° 280° 171 km 04m11.5s
06:3415°44.6'N143°07.9'E14°13.6'N142°44.2'E14°59.2'N142°55.7'E 0.953 29° 280° 173 km 04m09.2s
06:3615°25.3'N144°47.9'E13°53.8'N144°21.2'E14°39.6'N144°34.1'E 0.952 27° 281° 175 km 04m06.7s
06:3815°02.8'N146°37.7'E13°31.0'N146°07.6'E14°16.9'N146°22.1'E 0.952 25° 281° 177 km 04m04.2s
06:4014°36.2'N148°40.4'E13°04.1'N148°06.2'E13°50.2'N148°22.7'E 0.951 22° 282° 179 km 04m01.4s
06:4214°04.1'N151°01.1'E12°31.9'N150°21.5'E13°18.1'N150°40.6'E 0.950 19° 283° 182 km 03m58.5s
06:4413°23.6'N153°49.4'E11°51.7'N153°02.2'E12°37.8'N153°24.8'E 0.950 16° 283° 185 km 03m55.2s
06:4612°28.2'N157°28.1'E10°57.8'N156°27.4'E11°43.3'N156°56.2'E 0.949 12° 284° 189 km 03m51.2s
06:4810°45.9'N163°48.6'E09°27.6'N161°53.3'E10°08.3'N162°44.6'E 0.947 285° 196 km 03m45.5s
Limits09°29.0'N168°22.2'E07°45.2'N167°46.9'E08°37.1'N168°04.3'E 0.945 - 202 km 03m41.0s

ΔT = 36744.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:04:05.804:51:41.712°53.5'N048°00.7'W 86.8° 347.7° 141.9 km04m58.11s
Greatest Duration15:18:02.605:05:38.514°12.8'N108°55.7'E 82.4° 284.7° 142.7 km04m59.29s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1579 May 19 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 36744.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2152.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.99°.

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