Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1417 May 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1417 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 1417 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
Limits64°27.4'S081°18.2'W65°02.5'S079°39.6'W64°44.9'S080°30.2'W 1.012 - 101 km 00m49.2s
14:5659°13.6'S073°03.2'W64°09.5'S078°18.2'W61°03.2'S074°43.2'W 1.013 28° 112 km 00m57.2s
14:5857°17.3'S069°47.8'W60°07.7'S071°50.5'W58°37.2'S070°41.6'W 1.014 24° 121 km 01m03.2s
15:0055°53.5'S067°20.3'W58°16.8'S068°40.3'W57°02.6'S067°56.8'W 1.015 10° 21° 127 km 01m07.4s
15:0254°46.4'S065°16.9'W56°56.2'S066°14.6'W55°49.6'S065°43.7'W 1.015 12° 18° 133 km 01m10.8s
15:0453°50.2'S063°28.6'W55°51.6'S064°11.9'W54°49.7'S063°48.9'W 1.016 13° 16° 138 km 01m13.7s
15:0653°01.9'S061°50.8'W54°57.4'S062°23.6'W53°58.7'S062°06.2'W 1.016 14° 14° 142 km 01m16.2s
15:0852°19.6'S060°20.6'W54°10.9'S060°45.4'W53°14.5'S060°32.3'W 1.016 15° 12° 147 km 01m18.4s
15:1051°42.1'S058°56.3'W53°30.3'S059°14.5'W52°35.6'S059°04.9'W 1.017 16° 10° 151 km 01m20.4s
15:1251°08.8'S057°36.5'W52°54.5'S057°49.3'W52°01.1'S057°42.5'W 1.017 17° 155 km 01m22.1s
15:1450°39.0'S056°20.5'W52°22.7'S056°28.5'W51°30.3'S056°24.2'W 1.017 17° 159 km 01m23.7s
15:1650°12.3'S055°07.3'W51°54.4'S055°11.1'W51°02.8'S055°09.0'W 1.017 18° 162 km 01m25.0s
15:1849°48.3'S053°56.5'W51°29.1'S053°56.6'W50°38.3'S053°56.4'W 1.017 18° 166 km 01m26.2s
15:2049°26.9'S052°47.6'W51°06.7'S052°44.2'W50°16.4'S052°45.8'W 1.018 19° 169 km 01m27.3s
15:2249°07.8'S051°40.3'W50°46.7'S051°33.6'W49°56.9'S051°36.9'W 1.018 19° 171 km 01m28.1s
15:2448°51.0'S050°34.1'W50°29.2'S050°24.3'W49°39.7'S050°29.2'W 1.018 19° 358° 174 km 01m28.9s
15:2648°36.2'S049°28.7'W50°13.8'S049°16.0'W49°24.6'S049°22.5'W 1.018 20° 357° 176 km 01m29.4s
15:2848°23.3'S048°24.0'W50°00.6'S048°08.4'W49°11.6'S048°16.3'W 1.018 20° 355° 177 km 01m29.8s
15:3048°12.4'S047°19.6'W49°49.4'S047°01.2'W49°00.6'S047°10.6'W 1.018 20° 354° 179 km 01m30.1s
15:3248°03.4'S046°15.3'W49°40.2'S045°54.1'W48°51.5'S046°04.9'W 1.018 20° 352° 180 km 01m30.2s
15:3447°56.2'S045°10.8'W49°32.9'S044°46.8'W48°44.3'S044°59.0'W 1.018 20° 351° 180 km 01m30.2s
15:3647°50.9'S044°06.0'W49°27.7'S043°39.0'W48°39.0'S043°52.8'W 1.018 20° 349° 180 km 01m30.1s
15:3847°47.5'S043°00.5'W49°24.4'S042°30.5'W48°35.6'S042°45.8'W 1.018 20° 347° 180 km 01m29.7s
15:4047°46.0'S041°54.0'W49°23.2'S041°20.9'W48°34.2'S041°37.9'W 1.018 19° 346° 179 km 01m29.3s
15:4247°46.5'S040°46.4'W49°24.0'S040°09.9'W48°34.9'S040°28.6'W 1.018 19° 344° 178 km 01m28.7s
15:4447°49.0'S039°37.2'W49°27.1'S038°57.2'W48°37.7'S039°17.8'W 1.018 19° 343° 176 km 01m27.9s
15:4647°53.7'S038°26.1'W49°32.5'S037°42.2'W48°42.7'S038°04.8'W 1.018 18° 341° 174 km 01m27.0s
15:4848°00.7'S037°12.7'W49°40.5'S036°24.5'W48°50.2'S036°49.3'W 1.017 18° 339° 171 km 01m25.9s
15:5048°10.3'S035°56.5'W49°51.3'S035°03.4'W49°00.3'S035°30.8'W 1.017 17° 338° 168 km 01m24.6s
15:5248°22.7'S034°36.7'W50°05.2'S033°38.0'W49°13.4'S034°08.3'W 1.017 16° 336° 164 km 01m23.1s
15:5448°38.2'S033°12.6'W50°22.8'S032°07.4'W49°29.9'S032°41.1'W 1.017 16° 334° 160 km 01m21.4s
15:5648°57.4'S031°43.1'W50°44.7'S030°29.9'W49°50.4'S031°07.9'W 1.017 15° 332° 156 km 01m19.5s
15:5849°21.1'S030°06.6'W51°11.9'S028°43.4'W50°15.7'S029°26.8'W 1.016 14° 330° 151 km 01m17.3s
16:0049°50.1'S028°21.1'W51°46.1'S026°44.5'W50°47.0'S027°35.2'W 1.016 12° 328° 146 km 01m14.7s
16:0250°26.3'S026°22.9'W52°30.2'S024°27.2'W51°26.6'S025°28.6'W 1.016 11° 326° 140 km 01m11.8s
16:0451°12.5'S024°06.2'W53°30.0'S021°39.2'W52°18.6'S022°58.6'W 1.015 323° 133 km 01m08.2s
16:0652°15.1'S021°18.1'W55°03.7'S017°42.6'W53°32.7'S019°44.9'W 1.014 320° 125 km 01m03.6s
16:0853°53.2'S017°19.4'W - - 55°58.6'S014°05.0'W 1.013 315° 113 km 00m55.9s
Limits57°16.5'S009°59.4'W58°06.5'S010°54.4'W57°41.3'S010°26.1'W 1.012 - 106 km 00m51.3s

ΔT = 292.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:36:29.015:31:36.248°53.1'S047°31.4'W 19.8° 352.4° 179.6 km01m30.23s
Greatest Duration15:37:38.415:32:45.548°48.5'S045°39.9'W 19.8° 351.5° 180.0 km01m30.25s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1417 May 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1417 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 292.9 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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