Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1379 May 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1379 May 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 1379 May 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
Limits19°58.8'N141°45.1'W18°26.0'N140°39.8'W19°12.3'N141°12.1'W 1.050 - 201 km 02m31.2s
14:5223°04.1'N134°18.1'W23°26.4'N128°34.3'W23°22.6'N131°09.2'W 1.054 11° 72° 216 km 02m53.0s
14:5425°14.2'N129°28.8'W25°00.7'N125°07.0'W25°10.5'N127°11.3'W 1.055 15° 74° 221 km 03m03.0s
14:5626°47.5'N126°10.3'W26°17.7'N122°22.7'W26°34.6'N124°12.3'W 1.056 18° 75° 225 km 03m10.9s
14:5828°04.9'N123°30.2'W27°24.6'N120°02.6'W27°46.2'N121°43.3'W 1.057 21° 77° 228 km 03m17.8s
15:0029°12.5'N121°12.7'W28°24.6'N117°58.7'W28°49.8'N119°33.2'W 1.058 24° 78° 231 km 03m24.0s
15:0230°13.5'N119°10.2'W29°19.5'N116°06.3'W29°47.5'N117°36.1'W 1.059 26° 80° 233 km 03m29.7s
15:0431°09.4'N117°18.7'W30°10.3'N114°22.7'W30°40.8'N115°48.8'W 1.059 28° 81° 235 km 03m35.0s
15:0632°01.4'N115°35.5'W30°57.9'N112°45.9'W31°30.4'N114°08.9'W 1.060 30° 83° 236 km 03m40.1s
15:0832°50.1'N113°58.8'W31°42.7'N111°14.7'W32°17.1'N112°35.1'W 1.060 32° 84° 237 km 03m44.8s
15:1033°36.0'N112°27.4'W32°25.1'N109°48.1'W33°01.2'N111°06.1'W 1.061 34° 86° 239 km 03m49.4s
15:1234°19.6'N111°00.4'W33°05.5'N108°25.2'W33°43.2'N109°41.2'W 1.061 35° 87° 240 km 03m53.7s
15:1435°01.1'N109°36.9'W33°44.0'N107°05.5'W34°23.1'N108°19.7'W 1.062 37° 89° 240 km 03m57.9s
15:1635°40.8'N108°16.4'W34°20.9'N105°48.6'W35°01.3'N107°01.1'W 1.062 38° 90° 241 km 04m01.9s
15:1836°18.7'N106°58.6'W34°56.3'N104°34.1'W35°38.0'N105°44.9'W 1.062 40° 92° 242 km 04m05.7s
15:2036°55.2'N105°42.9'W35°30.2'N103°21.5'W36°13.2'N104°30.8'W 1.063 41° 93° 242 km 04m09.4s
15:2237°30.3'N104°29.1'W36°03.0'N102°10.8'W36°47.0'N103°18.6'W 1.063 43° 95° 243 km 04m13.0s
15:2438°04.1'N103°17.0'W36°34.5'N101°01.5'W37°19.7'N102°07.9'W 1.063 44° 96° 243 km 04m16.4s
15:2638°36.6'N102°06.3'W37°04.9'N099°53.6'W37°51.1'N100°58.6'W 1.064 45° 98° 244 km 04m19.7s
15:2839°08.1'N100°56.7'W37°34.2'N098°46.8'W38°21.5'N099°50.5'W 1.064 46° 100° 244 km 04m22.9s
15:3039°38.4'N099°48.2'W38°02.6'N097°41.1'W38°50.8'N098°43.4'W 1.064 47° 102° 244 km 04m25.9s
15:3240°07.8'N098°40.6'W38°30.0'N096°36.2'W39°19.2'N097°37.1'W 1.064 49° 104° 244 km 04m28.9s
15:3440°36.2'N097°33.7'W38°56.5'N095°32.1'W39°46.6'N096°31.7'W 1.064 50° 105° 244 km 04m31.7s
15:3641°03.6'N096°27.5'W39°22.1'N094°28.7'W40°13.1'N095°26.9'W 1.065 51° 107° 245 km 04m34.4s
15:3841°30.1'N095°21.8'W39°46.9'N093°25.8'W40°38.7'N094°22.6'W 1.065 52° 109° 245 km 04m37.0s
15:4041°55.8'N094°16.5'W40°10.9'N092°23.4'W41°03.5'N093°18.8'W 1.065 53° 111° 245 km 04m39.5s
15:4242°20.6'N093°11.6'W40°34.0'N091°21.4'W41°27.5'N092°15.3'W 1.065 54° 113° 245 km 04m41.9s
15:4442°44.6'N092°07.0'W40°56.4'N090°19.7'W41°50.7'N091°12.2'W 1.065 54° 116° 245 km 04m44.2s
15:4643°07.8'N091°02.6'W41°18.1'N089°18.2'W42°13.1'N090°09.3'W 1.066 55° 118° 245 km 04m46.4s
15:4843°30.2'N089°58.3'W41°39.0'N088°17.0'W42°34.7'N089°06.6'W 1.066 56° 120° 245 km 04m48.4s
15:5043°51.9'N088°54.1'W41°59.2'N087°16.0'W42°55.6'N088°04.0'W 1.066 57° 123° 245 km 04m50.4s
15:5244°12.8'N087°50.0'W42°18.7'N086°15.0'W43°15.8'N087°01.4'W 1.066 58° 125° 245 km 04m52.2s
15:5444°32.9'N086°45.8'W42°37.4'N085°14.1'W43°35.2'N085°58.9'W 1.066 58° 128° 245 km 04m54.0s
15:5644°52.3'N085°41.5'W42°55.5'N084°13.2'W43°53.9'N084°56.4'W 1.066 59° 130° 245 km 04m55.6s
15:5845°10.9'N084°37.2'W43°12.9'N083°12.3'W44°11.9'N083°53.8'W 1.066 60° 133° 245 km 04m57.1s
16:0045°28.8'N083°32.7'W43°29.6'N082°11.3'W44°29.2'N082°51.1'W 1.066 60° 136° 245 km 04m58.5s
16:0245°46.0'N082°28.0'W43°45.6'N081°10.2'W44°45.8'N081°48.2'W 1.066 61° 139° 245 km 04m59.8s
16:0446°02.5'N081°23.1'W44°01.0'N080°09.0'W45°01.7'N080°45.2'W 1.067 61° 141° 244 km 05m01.0s
16:0646°18.2'N080°18.0'W44°15.7'N079°07.6'W45°16.9'N079°42.0'W 1.067 62° 144° 244 km 05m02.1s
16:0846°33.2'N079°12.6'W44°29.7'N078°06.1'W45°31.4'N078°38.6'W 1.067 62° 148° 244 km 05m03.0s
16:1046°47.5'N078°06.9'W44°43.1'N077°04.3'W45°45.2'N077°34.9'W 1.067 63° 151° 244 km 05m03.9s
16:1247°01.1'N077°00.8'W44°55.8'N076°02.3'W45°58.3'N076°30.9'W 1.067 63° 154° 244 km 05m04.6s
16:1447°13.9'N075°54.5'W45°07.8'N075°00.0'W46°10.8'N075°26.7'W 1.067 63° 157° 244 km 05m05.2s
16:1647°26.0'N074°47.7'W45°19.1'N073°57.5'W46°22.5'N074°22.1'W 1.067 63° 160° 244 km 05m05.7s
16:1847°37.4'N073°40.6'W45°29.8'N072°54.6'W46°33.5'N073°17.1'W 1.067 64° 164° 244 km 05m06.1s
16:2047°48.1'N072°33.0'W45°39.8'N071°51.5'W46°43.8'N072°11.9'W 1.067 64° 167° 244 km 05m06.4s
16:2247°57.9'N071°25.1'W45°49.1'N070°48.0'W46°53.4'N071°06.2'W 1.067 64° 170° 243 km 05m06.6s
16:2448°07.1'N070°16.7'W45°57.7'N069°44.1'W47°02.3'N070°00.1'W 1.067 64° 174° 243 km 05m06.6s
16:2648°15.5'N069°07.8'W46°05.7'N068°39.8'W47°10.4'N068°53.6'W 1.067 64° 177° 243 km 05m06.5s
16:2848°23.1'N067°58.5'W46°12.9'N067°35.2'W47°17.8'N067°46.7'W 1.067 64° 181° 243 km 05m06.3s
16:3048°29.9'N066°48.7'W46°19.5'N066°30.2'W47°24.5'N066°39.4'W 1.067 63° 184° 243 km 05m06.0s
16:3248°36.0'N065°38.4'W46°25.3'N065°24.7'W47°30.5'N065°31.6'W 1.067 63° 187° 243 km 05m05.6s
16:3448°41.3'N064°27.6'W46°30.4'N064°18.8'W47°35.7'N064°23.3'W 1.067 63° 191° 242 km 05m05.1s
16:3648°45.8'N063°16.3'W46°34.8'N063°12.4'W47°40.1'N063°14.5'W 1.067 63° 194° 242 km 05m04.4s
16:3848°49.4'N062°04.5'W46°38.5'N062°05.6'W47°43.8'N062°05.3'W 1.067 62° 197° 242 km 05m03.6s
16:4048°52.3'N060°52.1'W46°41.4'N060°58.2'W47°46.7'N060°55.5'W 1.066 62° 200° 242 km 05m02.7s
16:4248°54.3'N059°39.2'W46°43.5'N059°50.4'W47°48.8'N059°45.2'W 1.066 61° 204° 242 km 05m01.7s
16:4448°55.5'N058°25.7'W46°44.9'N058°42.1'W47°50.0'N058°34.4'W 1.066 61° 207° 241 km 05m00.6s
16:4648°55.8'N057°11.6'W46°45.6'N057°33.2'W47°50.5'N057°23.0'W 1.066 60° 210° 241 km 04m59.4s
16:4848°55.2'N055°57.0'W46°45.4'N056°23.7'W47°50.2'N056°11.0'W 1.066 60° 213° 241 km 04m58.0s
16:5048°53.7'N054°41.7'W46°44.4'N055°13.7'W47°49.0'N054°58.4'W 1.066 59° 216° 241 km 04m56.5s
16:5248°51.4'N053°25.9'W46°42.6'N054°03.1'W47°46.9'N053°45.3'W 1.066 58° 218° 241 km 04m55.0s
16:5448°48.1'N052°09.4'W46°40.0'N052°51.8'W47°44.0'N052°31.5'W 1.066 58° 221° 240 km 04m53.3s
16:5648°43.9'N050°52.2'W46°36.6'N051°39.9'W47°40.1'N051°17.0'W 1.066 57° 224° 240 km 04m51.4s
16:5848°38.7'N049°34.4'W46°32.2'N050°27.3'W47°35.4'N050°01.9'W 1.065 56° 226° 240 km 04m49.5s
17:0048°32.5'N048°15.8'W46°27.0'N049°14.0'W47°29.7'N048°46.0'W 1.065 55° 229° 240 km 04m47.4s
17:0248°25.3'N046°56.5'W46°20.8'N048°00.0'W47°23.1'N047°29.4'W 1.065 55° 232° 239 km 04m45.3s
17:0448°17.1'N045°36.4'W46°13.8'N046°45.1'W47°15.4'N046°12.0'W 1.065 54° 234° 239 km 04m43.0s
17:0648°07.8'N044°15.4'W46°05.7'N045°29.5'W47°06.8'N044°53.8'W 1.065 53° 236° 239 km 04m40.6s
17:0847°57.5'N042°53.6'W45°56.7'N044°12.9'W46°57.1'N043°34.6'W 1.065 52° 239° 238 km 04m38.1s
17:1047°46.0'N041°30.8'W45°46.7'N042°55.4'W46°46.4'N042°14.6'W 1.064 51° 241° 238 km 04m35.4s
17:1247°33.3'N040°07.1'W45°35.6'N041°36.9'W46°34.5'N040°53.5'W 1.064 50° 243° 238 km 04m32.7s
17:1447°19.4'N038°42.2'W45°23.4'N040°17.3'W46°21.5'N039°31.4'W 1.064 49° 246° 237 km 04m29.8s
17:1647°04.3'N037°16.2'W45°10.0'N038°56.5'W46°07.3'N038°08.0'W 1.064 48° 248° 237 km 04m26.8s
17:1846°47.9'N035°48.9'W44°55.5'N037°34.5'W45°51.9'N036°43.4'W 1.063 46° 250° 237 km 04m23.7s
17:2046°30.0'N034°20.2'W44°39.8'N036°11.1'W45°35.1'N035°17.4'W 1.063 45° 252° 236 km 04m20.4s
17:2246°10.8'N032°50.0'W44°22.7'N034°46.1'W45°17.0'N033°49.9'W 1.063 44° 254° 236 km 04m17.1s
17:2445°50.0'N031°18.0'W44°04.3'N033°19.5'W44°57.4'N032°20.7'W 1.062 43° 256° 235 km 04m13.5s
17:2645°27.6'N029°44.1'W43°44.4'N031°51.1'W44°36.3'N030°49.5'W 1.062 41° 258° 234 km 04m09.9s
17:2845°03.5'N028°08.1'W43°22.9'N030°20.5'W44°13.6'N029°16.3'W 1.062 40° 260° 234 km 04m06.1s
17:3044°37.5'N026°29.6'W42°59.8'N028°47.7'W43°49.1'N027°40.7'W 1.061 39° 262° 233 km 04m02.2s
17:3244°09.5'N024°48.2'W42°34.9'N027°12.2'W43°22.7'N026°02.3'W 1.061 37° 264° 232 km 03m58.1s
17:3443°39.2'N023°03.6'W42°08.0'N025°33.7'W42°54.2'N024°20.8'W 1.061 36° 266° 232 km 03m53.8s
17:3643°06.5'N021°15.2'W41°39.0'N023°51.7'W42°23.4'N022°35.7'W 1.060 34° 268° 231 km 03m49.4s
17:3842°31.0'N019°22.2'W41°07.5'N022°05.6'W41°50.0'N020°46.3'W 1.060 32° 270° 230 km 03m44.7s
17:4041°52.4'N017°23.8'W40°33.4'N020°14.8'W41°13.7'N018°51.8'W 1.059 30° 272° 228 km 03m39.9s
17:4241°10.0'N015°18.6'W39°56.1'N018°18.1'W40°34.0'N016°51.0'W 1.059 28° 274° 227 km 03m34.7s
17:4440°23.2'N013°04.9'W39°15.1'N016°14.4'W39°50.3'N014°42.5'W 1.058 26° 276° 226 km 03m29.3s
17:4639°30.9'N010°40.1'W38°29.7'N014°01.6'W39°01.6'N012°24.0'W 1.057 24° 278° 224 km 03m23.5s
17:4838°31.3'N008°00.1'W37°38.7'N011°37.0'W38°06.6'N009°52.3'W 1.057 22° 280° 222 km 03m17.2s
17:5037°21.5'N004°57.7'W36°40.4'N008°56.1'W37°03.1'N007°01.6'W 1.056 19° 282° 219 km 03m10.2s
17:5235°55.4'N001°17.8'W35°31.5'N005°50.9'W35°46.6'N003°41.4'W 1.055 16° 285° 216 km 03m02.3s
17:5433°54.9'N003°44.2'E34°05.1'N002°04.1'W34°06.7'N000°34.8'E 1.053 11° 288° 212 km 02m52.6s
17:56 - - 31°58.8'N003°22.2'E31°07.2'N008°09.2'E 1.051 292° 203 km 02m36.7s
Limits30°15.1'N012°52.1'E28°45.1'N011°40.7'E29°30.0'N012°16.0'E 1.050 - 199 km 02m29.0s

ΔT = 347.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:28:56.816:23:09.746°58.6'N071°54.9'W 63.7° 172.4° 243.3 km05m06.60s
Greatest Duration16:29:31.416:23:44.347°01.1'N070°08.8'W 63.7° 173.4° 243.2 km05m06.60s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1379 May 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1379 May 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 347.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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