Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1485 Mar 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1485 Mar 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 1485 Mar 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
Limits08°53.5'S099°12.6'W10°17.3'S098°56.6'W09°35.5'S099°04.5'W 1.044 - 156 km 02m20.5s
12:44 - - 09°54.2'S092°34.8'W09°24.4'S095°31.1'W 1.045 87° 160 km 02m27.6s
12:4608°01.7'S089°31.8'W09°08.5'S086°34.7'W08°34.7'S087°58.7'W 1.047 12° 86° 171 km 02m44.5s
12:4807°18.4'S085°17.3'W08°27.5'S082°55.5'W07°52.7'S084°04.3'W 1.049 16° 86° 177 km 02m54.4s
12:5006°37.9'S082°13.5'W07°48.2'S080°07.0'W07°12.8'S081°08.8'W 1.050 19° 85° 182 km 03m02.3s
12:5205°58.8'S079°44.9'W07°10.0'S077°47.0'W06°34.2'S078°44.9'W 1.051 22° 85° 186 km 03m09.2s
12:5405°20.6'S077°38.3'W06°32.4'S075°46.0'W05°56.3'S076°41.3'W 1.052 25° 85° 190 km 03m15.4s
12:5604°43.2'S075°47.2'W05°55.3'S073°58.7'W05°19.1'S074°52.3'W 1.052 27° 85° 193 km 03m21.1s
12:5804°06.2'S074°07.8'W05°18.7'S072°22.1'W04°42.3'S073°14.3'W 1.053 29° 85° 196 km 03m26.3s
13:0003°29.6'S072°37.4'W04°42.4'S070°53.8'W04°05.9'S071°45.1'W 1.053 31° 85° 198 km 03m31.3s
13:0202°53.4'S071°14.4'W04°06.3'S069°32.5'W03°29.7'S070°23.0'W 1.054 33° 85° 200 km 03m35.9s
13:0402°17.4'S069°57.6'W03°30.6'S068°16.9'W02°53.9'S069°06.8'W 1.054 35° 86° 203 km 03m40.3s
13:0601°41.8'S068°45.9'W02°55.0'S067°06.3'W02°18.3'S067°55.7'W 1.055 37° 86° 204 km 03m44.5s
13:0801°06.3'S067°38.7'W02°19.6'S066°00.0'W01°42.8'S066°49.0'W 1.055 39° 86° 206 km 03m48.5s
13:1000°31.0'S066°35.4'W01°44.4'S064°57.3'W01°07.6'S065°46.0'W 1.056 40° 86° 208 km 03m52.3s
13:1200°04.1'N065°35.5'W01°09.3'S063°58.0'W00°32.5'S064°46.4'W 1.056 42° 87° 209 km 03m55.9s
13:1400°39.1'N064°38.5'W00°34.4'S063°01.5'W00°02.4'N063°49.7'W 1.057 43° 87° 210 km 03m59.4s
13:1601°14.0'N063°44.3'W00°00.4'N062°07.7'W00°37.3'N062°55.7'W 1.057 45° 88° 211 km 04m02.7s
13:1801°48.7'N062°52.4'W00°35.1'N061°16.2'W01°12.0'N062°04.0'W 1.057 46° 88° 212 km 04m05.9s
13:2002°23.3'N062°02.7'W01°09.7'N060°26.8'W01°46.6'N061°14.5'W 1.057 47° 89° 213 km 04m09.0s
13:2202°57.9'N061°15.0'W01°44.2'N059°39.3'W02°21.1'N060°26.9'W 1.058 49° 90° 214 km 04m11.9s
13:2403°32.3'N060°29.0'W02°18.7'N058°53.6'W02°55.6'N059°41.0'W 1.058 50° 90° 215 km 04m14.7s
13:2604°06.7'N059°44.6'W02°53.0'N058°09.4'W03°29.9'N058°56.8'W 1.058 51° 91° 216 km 04m17.4s
13:2804°41.0'N059°01.7'W03°27.3'N057°26.7'W04°04.2'N058°14.0'W 1.059 52° 92° 216 km 04m20.0s
13:3005°15.3'N058°20.1'W04°01.6'N056°45.3'W04°38.5'N057°32.5'W 1.059 53° 93° 217 km 04m22.4s
13:3205°49.5'N057°39.8'W04°35.8'N056°05.2'W05°12.7'N056°52.3'W 1.059 55° 94° 217 km 04m24.8s
13:3406°23.7'N057°00.6'W05°09.9'N055°26.1'W05°46.8'N056°13.1'W 1.059 56° 95° 217 km 04m27.0s
13:3606°57.8'N056°22.4'W05°44.0'N054°48.1'W06°20.9'N055°35.0'W 1.059 57° 96° 217 km 04m29.2s
13:3807°31.9'N055°45.1'W06°18.1'N054°11.0'W06°55.0'N054°57.9'W 1.060 58° 97° 218 km 04m31.2s
13:4008°06.0'N055°08.8'W06°52.1'N053°34.7'W07°29.1'N054°21.5'W 1.060 59° 99° 218 km 04m33.2s
13:4208°40.1'N054°33.1'W07°26.1'N052°59.2'W08°03.1'N053°46.0'W 1.060 60° 100° 218 km 04m35.0s
13:4409°14.1'N053°58.3'W08°00.1'N052°24.5'W08°37.1'N053°11.2'W 1.060 61° 101° 218 km 04m36.8s
13:4609°48.2'N053°24.0'W08°34.1'N051°50.4'W09°11.1'N052°37.0'W 1.060 62° 103° 218 km 04m38.5s
13:4810°22.2'N052°50.4'W09°08.0'N051°16.9'W09°45.1'N052°03.5'W 1.060 62° 105° 218 km 04m40.0s
13:5010°56.3'N052°17.3'W09°42.0'N050°43.9'W10°19.1'N051°30.4'W 1.061 63° 106° 218 km 04m41.5s
13:5211°30.3'N051°44.7'W10°15.9'N050°11.4'W10°53.1'N050°57.9'W 1.061 64° 108° 218 km 04m42.9s
13:5412°04.4'N051°12.5'W10°49.9'N049°39.4'W11°27.1'N050°25.8'W 1.061 65° 110° 217 km 04m44.2s
13:5612°38.5'N050°40.7'W11°23.8'N049°07.7'W12°01.1'N049°54.1'W 1.061 66° 113° 217 km 04m45.4s
13:5813°12.6'N050°09.2'W11°57.8'N048°36.4'W12°35.2'N049°22.7'W 1.061 66° 115° 217 km 04m46.5s
14:0013°46.7'N049°38.0'W12°31.8'N048°05.4'W13°09.2'N048°51.6'W 1.061 67° 117° 217 km 04m47.5s
14:0214°20.9'N049°07.0'W13°05.8'N047°34.6'W13°43.3'N048°20.7'W 1.061 68° 120° 216 km 04m48.4s
14:0414°55.1'N048°36.3'W13°39.8'N047°04.1'W14°17.4'N047°50.1'W 1.061 68° 122° 216 km 04m49.2s
14:0615°29.3'N048°05.7'W14°13.8'N046°33.7'W14°51.5'N047°19.6'W 1.061 69° 125° 216 km 04m50.0s
14:0816°03.6'N047°35.3'W14°47.9'N046°03.4'W15°25.7'N046°49.2'W 1.061 69° 128° 216 km 04m50.6s
14:1016°38.0'N047°04.9'W15°22.0'N045°33.3'W15°59.9'N046°18.9'W 1.061 69° 131° 215 km 04m51.2s
14:1217°12.3'N046°34.5'W15°56.1'N045°03.1'W16°34.2'N045°48.7'W 1.061 70° 134° 215 km 04m51.7s
14:1417°46.8'N046°04.2'W16°30.3'N044°33.0'W17°08.5'N045°18.5'W 1.061 70° 138° 214 km 04m52.1s
14:1618°21.3'N045°33.8'W17°04.5'N044°02.9'W17°42.8'N044°48.2'W 1.061 70° 141° 214 km 04m52.4s
14:1818°55.9'N045°03.3'W17°38.8'N043°32.7'W18°17.3'N044°17.9'W 1.062 70° 144° 214 km 04m52.6s
14:2019°30.5'N044°32.7'W18°13.1'N043°02.4'W18°51.7'N043°47.4'W 1.062 70° 148° 213 km 04m52.8s
14:2220°05.2'N044°01.9'W18°47.5'N042°32.0'W19°26.3'N043°16.8'W 1.062 70° 151° 213 km 04m52.8s
14:2420°40.0'N043°31.0'W19°21.9'N042°01.3'W20°00.9'N042°46.0'W 1.062 70° 155° 212 km 04m52.8s
14:2621°14.9'N042°59.8'W19°56.4'N041°30.5'W20°35.6'N042°15.0'W 1.062 70° 158° 212 km 04m52.6s
14:2821°49.8'N042°28.3'W20°31.0'N040°59.4'W21°10.3'N041°43.7'W 1.061 70° 162° 211 km 04m52.4s
14:3022°24.9'N041°56.5'W21°05.7'N040°28.0'W21°45.2'N041°12.1'W 1.061 70° 165° 211 km 04m52.1s
14:3223°00.0'N041°24.3'W21°40.4'N039°56.2'W22°20.1'N040°40.1'W 1.061 69° 168° 210 km 04m51.7s
14:3423°35.3'N040°51.7'W22°15.2'N039°24.1'W22°55.1'N040°07.8'W 1.061 69° 171° 210 km 04m51.2s
14:3624°10.6'N040°18.6'W22°50.1'N038°51.5'W23°30.2'N039°34.9'W 1.061 68° 174° 209 km 04m50.7s
14:3824°46.1'N039°45.0'W23°25.0'N038°18.4'W24°05.4'N039°01.6'W 1.061 68° 177° 209 km 04m50.0s
14:4025°21.6'N039°10.8'W24°00.1'N037°44.8'W24°40.7'N038°27.7'W 1.061 67° 180° 208 km 04m49.3s
14:4225°57.3'N038°36.0'W24°35.3'N037°10.6'W25°16.2'N037°53.2'W 1.061 67° 183° 208 km 04m48.4s
14:4426°33.1'N038°00.5'W25°10.5'N036°35.7'W25°51.7'N037°18.1'W 1.061 66° 185° 207 km 04m47.5s
14:4627°09.1'N037°24.3'W25°45.9'N036°00.2'W26°27.3'N036°42.2'W 1.061 65° 188° 207 km 04m46.4s
14:4827°45.1'N036°47.3'W26°21.4'N035°23.9'W27°03.1'N036°05.6'W 1.061 65° 190° 206 km 04m45.3s
14:5028°21.3'N036°09.4'W26°57.0'N034°46.8'W27°39.0'N035°28.1'W 1.061 64° 193° 206 km 04m44.1s
14:5228°57.6'N035°30.6'W27°32.7'N034°08.8'W28°15.0'N034°49.7'W 1.061 63° 195° 205 km 04m42.8s
14:5429°34.1'N034°50.7'W28°08.5'N033°29.9'W28°51.2'N034°10.3'W 1.061 62° 197° 205 km 04m41.4s
14:5630°10.8'N034°09.8'W28°44.5'N032°49.9'W29°27.5'N033°29.8'W 1.060 61° 199° 204 km 04m39.8s
14:5830°47.5'N033°27.7'W29°20.6'N032°08.8'W30°03.9'N032°48.2'W 1.060 60° 201° 203 km 04m38.2s
15:0031°24.5'N032°44.2'W29°56.8'N031°26.5'W30°40.5'N032°05.4'W 1.060 59° 203° 203 km 04m36.5s
15:0232°01.6'N031°59.4'W30°33.2'N030°42.9'W31°17.2'N031°21.2'W 1.060 58° 205° 202 km 04m34.7s
15:0432°38.9'N031°13.1'W31°09.8'N029°57.9'W31°54.1'N030°35.6'W 1.060 57° 206° 201 km 04m32.8s
15:0633°16.3'N030°25.2'W31°46.5'N029°11.4'W32°31.2'N029°48.4'W 1.060 56° 208° 201 km 04m30.8s
15:0833°53.9'N029°35.6'W32°23.3'N028°23.3'W33°08.4'N028°59.5'W 1.059 55° 210° 200 km 04m28.6s
15:1034°31.7'N028°44.0'W33°00.3'N027°33.4'W33°45.8'N028°08.8'W 1.059 54° 211° 199 km 04m26.4s
15:1235°09.7'N027°50.4'W33°37.5'N026°41.6'W34°23.4'N027°16.1'W 1.059 53° 213° 198 km 04m24.0s
15:1435°47.9'N026°54.6'W34°14.8'N025°47.7'W35°01.1'N026°21.2'W 1.059 52° 215° 198 km 04m21.6s
15:1636°26.3'N025°56.3'W34°52.4'N024°51.5'W35°39.1'N025°24.1'W 1.058 51° 216° 197 km 04m19.0s
15:1837°04.9'N024°55.4'W35°30.1'N023°52.9'W36°17.2'N024°24.3'W 1.058 49° 218° 196 km 04m16.3s
15:2037°43.6'N023°51.6'W36°08.0'N022°51.6'W36°55.5'N023°21.8'W 1.058 48° 219° 195 km 04m13.5s
15:2238°22.6'N022°44.6'W36°46.0'N021°47.4'W37°34.1'N022°16.3'W 1.058 47° 221° 194 km 04m10.5s
15:2439°01.8'N021°34.2'W37°24.3'N020°40.0'W38°12.8'N021°07.4'W 1.057 45° 223° 193 km 04m07.4s
15:2639°41.1'N020°19.9'W38°02.8'N019°29.0'W38°51.7'N019°54.8'W 1.057 44° 224° 192 km 04m04.2s
15:2840°20.7'N019°01.3'W38°41.4'N018°14.1'W39°30.8'N018°38.0'W 1.057 43° 226° 191 km 04m00.8s
15:3041°00.5'N017°37.9'W39°20.3'N016°54.7'W40°10.1'N017°16.8'W 1.056 41° 227° 190 km 03m57.3s
15:3241°40.4'N016°09.2'W39°59.3'N015°30.5'W40°49.5'N015°50.4'W 1.056 40° 229° 189 km 03m53.6s
15:3442°20.6'N014°34.4'W40°38.5'N014°00.8'W41°29.2'N014°18.2'W 1.056 38° 231° 188 km 03m49.7s
15:3643°00.8'N012°52.7'W41°17.9'N012°24.9'W42°09.0'N012°39.5'W 1.055 36° 233° 187 km 03m45.6s
15:3843°41.3'N011°03.1'W41°57.4'N010°41.7'W42°49.0'N010°53.2'W 1.055 35° 234° 186 km 03m41.3s
15:4044°21.8'N009°04.2'W42°37.1'N008°50.3'W43°29.1'N008°58.2'W 1.054 33° 236° 184 km 03m36.8s
15:4245°02.4'N006°54.4'W43°16.9'N006°49.1'W44°09.3'N006°52.9'W 1.054 31° 239° 183 km 03m32.0s
15:4445°42.9'N004°31.3'W43°56.7'N004°36.2'W44°49.5'N004°35.2'W 1.053 29° 241° 181 km 03m27.0s
15:4646°23.4'N001°52.0'W44°36.6'N002°09.2'W45°29.6'N002°02.3'W 1.052 27° 243° 179 km 03m21.5s
15:4847°03.6'N001°08.1'E45°16.3'N000°35.8'E46°09.6'N000°49.9'E 1.052 24° 246° 177 km 03m15.7s
15:5047°43.2'N004°36.0'E45°55.8'N003°44.1'E46°49.2'N004°07.4'E 1.051 22° 249° 175 km 03m09.2s
15:5248°21.8'N008°44.2'E46°34.7'N007°25.1'E47°28.0'N008°01.1'E 1.050 18° 252° 173 km 03m02.0s
15:5448°58.4'N013°58.4'E47°12.4'N011°56.1'E48°05.3'N012°51.7'E 1.049 15° 256° 170 km 02m53.5s
15:5649°29.8'N021°39.5'E47°47.6'N018°00.8'E48°38.9'N019°37.2'E 1.047 10° 262° 166 km 02m42.6s
Limits49°30.1'N034°35.9'E48°05.9'N034°15.7'E48°47.9'N034°25.6'E 1.044 - 157 km 02m21.7s

ΔT = 210.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:24:20.514:20:49.919°06.1'N044°27.5'W 70.3° 149.3° 213.0 km04m52.80s
Greatest Duration14:25:35.114:22:04.419°27.5'N043°15.7'W 70.3° 151.4° 212.8 km04m52.82s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1485 Mar 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 210.6 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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