Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1591 Jan 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1591 Jan 04 . 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 -1591 Jan 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits66°05.8'N093°09.0'E62°14.9'N070°02.9'E64°24.4'N077°51.4'E 0.912 - 1062 km 07m46.9s
05:28 - - 51°47.6'N085°09.2'E60°34.2'N081°43.7'E 0.914 163° 1041 km 08m01.6s
05:30 - - 51°03.6'N086°28.6'E58°31.7'N084°15.1'E 0.914 166° 1046 km 08m10.6s
05:32 - - 50°24.8'N087°42.6'E57°09.7'N086°09.4'E 0.914 168° 1057 km 08m17.0s
05:34 - - 49°50.4'N088°52.2'E56°06.3'N087°46.5'E 0.915 10° 170° 1072 km 08m22.2s
05:36 - - 49°19.6'N089°58.4'E55°14.6'N089°13.2'E 0.915 11° 172° 1089 km 08m26.5s
05:38 - - 48°51.9'N091°01.8'E54°31.2'N090°32.9'E 0.915 11° 174° 1108 km 08m30.2s
05:40 - - 48°27.2'N092°02.9'E53°54.0'N091°47.5'E 0.915 12° 175° 1127 km 08m33.4s
05:42 - - 48°05.0'N093°02.2'E53°22.0'N092°58.4'E 0.916 13° 177° 1146 km 08m36.1s
05:4464°04.8'N093°47.4'E47°45.1'N094°00.0'E52°54.3'N094°06.3'E 0.916 13° 178° 1166 km 08m38.5s
05:4662°09.2'N095°28.7'E47°27.4'N094°56.7'E52°30.4'N095°12.1'E 0.916 14° 180° 1185 km 08m40.4s
05:4861°06.0'N096°57.3'E47°11.8'N095°52.3'E52°09.8'N096°16.2'E 0.916 14° 181° 1202 km 08m42.0s
05:5060°22.5'N098°20.7'E46°58.1'N096°47.3'E51°52.2'N097°19.2'E 0.916 14° 183° 1218 km 08m43.3s
05:5259°51.1'N099°41.5'E46°46.2'N097°41.8'E51°37.6'N098°21.4'E 0.916 14° 184° 1233 km 08m44.3s
05:5459°29.0'N101°01.2'E46°36.2'N098°36.0'E51°25.6'N099°23.1'E 0.916 15° 186° 1244 km 08m44.9s
05:5659°14.6'N102°21.1'E46°27.9'N099°30.0'E51°16.2'N100°24.6'E 0.916 15° 187° 1253 km 08m45.2s
05:5859°07.3'N103°42.4'E46°21.4'N100°24.2'E51°09.3'N101°26.4'E 0.916 15° 188° 1258 km 08m45.2s
06:0059°07.3'N105°06.4'E46°16.7'N101°18.6'E51°05.0'N102°28.7'E 0.916 14° 190° 1260 km 08m44.9s
06:0259°15.2'N106°34.9'E46°13.6'N102°13.4'E51°03.2'N103°31.8'E 0.916 14° 191° 1258 km 08m44.3s
06:0459°32.7'N108°10.4'E46°12.4'N103°08.9'E51°04.1'N104°36.2'E 0.916 14° 193° 1253 km 08m43.3s
06:0660°03.9'N109°57.9'E46°12.9'N104°05.2'E51°07.8'N105°42.1'E 0.916 14° 194° 1244 km 08m42.0s
06:0861°00.6'N112°10.3'E46°15.3'N105°02.6'E51°14.4'N106°50.2'E 0.916 13° 196° 1232 km 08m40.3s
06:10 - - 46°19.7'N106°01.4'E51°24.2'N108°01.0'E 0.916 13° 197° 1217 km 08m38.3s
06:12 - - 46°26.2'N107°01.8'E51°37.6'N109°15.1'E 0.915 12° 199° 1200 km 08m35.9s
06:14 - - 46°34.9'N108°04.2'E51°55.2'N110°33.7'E 0.915 12° 201° 1181 km 08m33.0s
06:16 - - 46°46.0'N109°08.9'E52°17.8'N111°57.9'E 0.915 11° 202° 1160 km 08m29.7s
06:18 - - 46°59.8'N110°16.6'E52°46.5'N113°30.0'E 0.915 10° 204° 1138 km 08m25.7s
06:20 - - 47°16.6'N111°27.8'E53°23.6'N115°13.0'E 0.915 206° 1116 km 08m21.1s
06:22 - - 47°36.8'N112°43.3'E54°12.8'N117°13.0'E 0.914 208° 1095 km 08m15.4s
06:24 - - 48°01.2'N114°04.4'E55°23.7'N119°44.5'E 0.914 211° 1074 km 08m08.0s
06:26 - - 48°30.5'N115°32.4'E57°41.6'N123°55.6'E 0.913 215° 1058 km 07m55.7s
Limits63°44.1'N115°51.6'E56°11.2'N131°35.5'E59°28.8'N126°44.6'E 0.912 - 1060 km 07m47.6s

ΔT = 37012.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:13:20.905:56:28.651°14.3'N053°59.0'W 14.6° 187.3° 1254.4 km08m45.24s
Greatest Duration16:13:52.005:56:59.851°12.4'N100°55.4'E 14.6° 187.7° 1255.9 km08m45.25s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1591 Jan 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1591 Jan 04 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 37012.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2193.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 9.16°.

Acknowledgments

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

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