Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1584 Feb 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1584 Feb 16 . 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 -1584 Feb 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits72°10.1'S166°40.0'W72°33.3'S171°51.3'W72°22.4'S169°12.3'W 0.979 - 181 km 01m08.6s
12:4481°01.7'S158°34.3'W76°35.9'S168°55.4'W79°20.6'S163°45.6'W 0.981 159° 156 km 01m04.9s
12:4683°41.8'S156°18.9'W81°01.5'S167°12.3'W82°31.9'S162°14.3'W 0.982 10° 156° 145 km 01m03.2s
12:4885°54.3'S154°18.2'W83°50.9'S167°56.7'W84°59.1'S162°06.3'W 0.983 12° 156° 138 km 01m01.8s
12:5087°50.5'S151°51.6'W86°06.0'S171°48.3'W87°03.7'S164°18.6'W 0.983 14° 157° 131 km 01m00.7s
12:5289°35.3'S140°27.3'W87°57.6'S174°54.9'E88°51.7'S177°37.6'W 0.984 16° 170° 126 km 00m59.7s
12:5488°46.8'S023°36.7'E88°59.3'S114°35.8'E89°12.3'S061°35.2'E 0.984 17° 290° 122 km 00m58.8s
12:5687°15.9'S026°53.0'E88°02.8'S058°05.6'E87°43.5'S039°21.1'E 0.984 18° 311° 118 km 00m58.0s
12:5885°50.0'S028°22.1'E86°38.1'S045°22.2'E86°15.7'S035°43.7'E 0.985 20° 314° 115 km 00m57.2s
13:0084°28.2'S029°27.0'E85°13.9'S041°00.7'E84°51.9'S034°39.5'E 0.985 21° 314° 112 km 00m56.6s
13:0283°09.8'S030°21.2'E83°52.6'S039°05.8'E83°31.7'S034°23.0'E 0.985 21° 313° 109 km 00m55.9s
13:0481°54.3'S031°09.3'E82°34.3'S038°11.1'E82°14.6'S034°26.6'E 0.985 22° 312° 107 km 00m55.3s
13:0680°41.3'S031°53.3'E81°18.7'S037°46.4'E81°00.2'S034°40.1'E 0.986 23° 311° 105 km 00m54.8s
13:0879°30.5'S032°34.2'E80°05.5'S037°38.3'E79°48.2'S034°58.9'E 0.986 24° 310° 104 km 00m54.3s
13:1078°21.6'S033°12.8'E78°54.5'S037°40.3'E78°38.2'S035°20.8'E 0.986 24° 309° 102 km 00m53.8s
13:1277°14.4'S033°49.6'E77°45.4'S037°48.8'E77°30.0'S035°44.6'E 0.986 25° 307° 101 km 00m53.4s
13:1476°08.7'S034°24.9'E76°37.9'S038°01.7'E76°23.4'S036°09.5'E 0.986 25° 306° 100 km 00m53.0s
13:1675°04.4'S034°59.0'E75°32.0'S038°17.7'E75°18.2'S036°35.1'E 0.987 26° 305° 99 km 00m52.6s
13:1874°01.2'S035°32.1'E74°27.4'S038°35.9'E74°14.3'S037°01.2'E 0.987 26° 303° 98 km 00m52.3s
13:2072°59.1'S036°04.4'E73°23.9'S038°55.8'E73°11.5'S037°27.6'E 0.987 27° 302° 97 km 00m52.0s
13:2271°57.9'S036°36.1'E72°21.5'S039°17.0'E72°09.8'S037°54.4'E 0.987 27° 300° 97 km 00m51.8s
13:2470°57.7'S037°07.4'E71°20.1'S039°39.3'E71°08.9'S038°21.4'E 0.987 27° 299° 97 km 00m51.5s
13:2669°58.1'S037°38.2'E70°19.5'S040°02.6'E70°08.8'S038°48.6'E 0.987 27° 298° 96 km 00m51.3s
13:2868°59.3'S038°08.9'E69°19.6'S040°26.7'E69°09.5'S039°16.1'E 0.987 27° 296° 96 km 00m51.2s
13:3068°01.0'S038°39.4'E68°20.5'S040°51.5'E68°10.8'S039°44.0'E 0.987 28° 295° 96 km 00m51.0s
13:3267°03.3'S039°09.9'E67°21.9'S041°17.2'E67°12.6'S040°12.1'E 0.987 28° 293° 97 km 00m50.9s
13:3466°06.1'S039°40.5'E66°23.8'S041°43.6'E66°15.0'S040°40.7'E 0.987 28° 292° 97 km 00m50.8s
13:3665°09.2'S040°11.3'E65°26.1'S042°10.8'E65°17.7'S041°09.8'E 0.987 28° 290° 98 km 00m50.8s
13:3864°12.7'S040°42.3'E64°28.9'S042°38.8'E64°20.8'S041°39.4'E 0.987 28° 289° 98 km 00m50.8s
13:4063°16.5'S041°13.8'E63°31.9'S043°07.7'E63°24.2'S042°09.6'E 0.987 27° 288° 99 km 00m50.8s
13:4262°20.5'S041°45.8'E62°35.1'S043°37.6'E62°27.9'S042°40.5'E 0.987 27° 286° 100 km 00m50.8s
13:4461°24.7'S042°18.3'E61°38.6'S044°08.4'E61°31.7'S043°12.3'E 0.987 27° 285° 101 km 00m50.9s
13:4660°28.9'S042°51.6'E60°42.1'S044°40.4'E60°35.6'S043°44.9'E 0.987 27° 283° 102 km 00m51.0s
13:4859°33.2'S043°25.8'E59°45.7'S045°13.6'E59°39.5'S044°18.6'E 0.987 26° 282° 104 km 00m51.1s
13:5058°37.5'S044°01.0'E58°49.3'S045°48.2'E58°43.4'S044°53.5'E 0.987 26° 280° 105 km 00m51.3s
13:5257°41.7'S044°37.3'E57°52.7'S046°24.3'E57°47.2'S045°29.7'E 0.987 26° 279° 107 km 00m51.5s
13:5456°45.7'S045°14.9'E56°55.9'S047°02.2'E56°50.9'S046°07.4'E 0.987 25° 278° 109 km 00m51.8s
13:5655°49.4'S045°54.1'E55°58.9'S047°41.9'E55°54.3'S046°46.8'E 0.986 25° 276° 111 km 00m52.0s
13:5854°52.9'S046°34.9'E55°01.5'S048°23.8'E54°57.3'S047°28.2'E 0.986 24° 275° 113 km 00m52.4s
14:0053°55.9'S047°17.8'E54°03.5'S049°08.2'E53°59.8'S048°11.7'E 0.986 23° 273° 115 km 00m52.7s
14:0252°58.3'S048°03.0'E53°05.0'S049°55.4'E53°01.8'S048°57.9'E 0.986 23° 272° 118 km 00m53.1s
14:0452°00.1'S048°50.8'E52°05.6'S050°45.9'E52°03.0'S049°46.9'E 0.986 22° 270° 121 km 00m53.6s
14:0651°01.0'S049°41.7'E51°05.3'S051°40.3'E51°03.3'S050°39.4'E 0.986 21° 269° 124 km 00m54.1s
14:0850°00.9'S050°36.2'E50°03.6'S052°39.3'E50°02.5'S051°36.0'E 0.985 20° 267° 127 km 00m54.6s
14:1048°59.5'S051°35.1'E49°00.4'S053°43.9'E49°00.3'S052°37.6'E 0.985 19° 266° 131 km 00m55.2s
14:1247°56.6'S052°39.3'E47°55.2'S054°55.4'E47°56.3'S053°45.1'E 0.985 18° 264° 135 km 00m55.9s
14:1446°51.6'S053°50.1'E46°47.4'S056°15.9'E46°50.0'S055°00.3'E 0.984 17° 263° 139 km 00m56.7s
14:1645°44.0'S055°09.2'E45°35.8'S057°48.4'E45°40.6'S056°25.4'E 0.984 15° 261° 143 km 00m57.6s
14:1844°32.9'S056°39.6'E44°19.0'S059°38.4'E44°27.0'S058°04.2'E 0.984 13° 259° 148 km 00m58.6s
14:2043°16.6'S058°25.8'E42°53.4'S061°56.4'E43°06.9'S060°03.5'E 0.983 11° 257° 153 km 00m59.7s
14:2241°52.4'S060°36.9'E41°09.6'S065°12.7'E41°35.5'S062°38.4'E 0.982 255° 158 km 01m01.2s
14:2440°12.7'S063°36.1'E - - 39°35.5'S066°43.8'E 0.981 252° 166 km 01m03.4s
Limits36°54.3'S071°37.8'E38°11.6'S072°52.9'E37°32.5'S072°14.7'E 0.980 - 173 km 01m06.1s

ΔT = 36857.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:47:36.413:33:18.566°34.8'S113°28.9'W 27.6° 292.4° 96.9 km00m50.86s
Greatest Duration22:56:27.612:42:09.872°22.4'S190°47.7'E 0.0° 164.3° 181.1 km01m08.60s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1584 Feb 16 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 36857.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2169.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 9.07°.

Acknowledgments

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

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