Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1542 Aug 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1542 Aug 11 . 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 1542 Aug 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°17.3'N030°05.2'E44°13.1'N030°47.4'E44°45.2'N030°26.6'E 1.035 - 130 km 01m51.6s
03:1247°38.9'N042°06.7'E46°57.4'N046°12.1'E47°20.4'N044°19.0'E 1.038 10° 83° 140 km 02m10.8s
03:1448°37.0'N049°12.1'E47°35.9'N052°02.2'E48°07.3'N050°41.7'E 1.040 15° 88° 144 km 02m20.4s
03:1649°06.4'N054°20.3'E47°56.1'N056°34.7'E48°31.8'N055°30.7'E 1.041 18° 92° 147 km 02m27.9s
03:1849°22.4'N058°34.1'E48°06.2'N060°24.8'E48°44.6'N059°32.0'E 1.042 21° 95° 149 km 02m34.4s
03:2049°30.0'N062°14.2'E48°09.6'N063°46.9'E48°50.0'N063°02.7'E 1.042 24° 99° 151 km 02m40.3s
03:2249°31.6'N065°30.5'E48°08.1'N066°48.3'E48°50.0'N066°11.3'E 1.043 26° 102° 153 km 02m45.7s
03:2449°28.7'N068°28.6'E48°02.8'N069°33.8'E48°45.8'N069°02.9'E 1.044 29° 104° 155 km 02m50.7s
03:2649°22.2'N071°12.2'E47°54.5'N072°06.2'E48°38.4'N071°40.7'E 1.044 31° 107° 156 km 02m55.4s
03:2849°12.8'N073°43.8'E47°43.7'N074°27.8'E48°28.2'N074°07.1'E 1.045 32° 109° 158 km 02m59.8s
03:3049°00.9'N076°05.0'E47°30.7'N076°40.1'E48°15.8'N076°23.7'E 1.045 34° 112° 159 km 03m04.0s
03:3248°47.0'N078°17.4'E47°15.9'N078°44.2'E48°01.4'N078°31.9'E 1.046 36° 114° 160 km 03m08.0s
03:3448°31.3'N080°22.0'E46°59.6'N080°41.2'E47°45.3'N080°32.5'E 1.046 38° 116° 161 km 03m11.8s
03:3648°14.0'N082°19.6'E46°41.9'N082°31.8'E47°27.8'N082°26.6'E 1.046 39° 118° 162 km 03m15.5s
03:3847°55.3'N084°11.0'E46°23.0'N084°16.7'E47°09.0'N084°14.6'E 1.047 41° 121° 163 km 03m18.9s
03:4047°35.4'N085°56.6'E46°03.0'N085°56.4'E46°49.1'N085°57.2'E 1.047 42° 123° 164 km 03m22.3s
03:4247°14.5'N087°37.2'E45°42.0'N087°31.3'E46°28.1'N087°34.8'E 1.048 44° 125° 165 km 03m25.5s
03:4446°52.5'N089°13.0'E45°20.2'N089°01.9'E46°06.2'N089°08.0'E 1.048 45° 127° 166 km 03m28.6s
03:4646°29.7'N090°44.5'E44°57.6'N090°28.5'E45°43.5'N090°36.9'E 1.048 46° 129° 167 km 03m31.5s
03:4846°06.1'N092°11.9'E44°34.3'N091°51.4'E45°20.0'N092°02.0'E 1.049 48° 131° 168 km 03m34.3s
03:5045°41.8'N093°35.7'E44°10.3'N093°10.8'E44°55.9'N093°23.6'E 1.049 49° 133° 169 km 03m37.0s
03:5245°16.9'N094°55.9'E43°45.7'N094°27.1'E44°31.2'N094°41.8'E 1.049 50° 135° 170 km 03m39.6s
03:5444°51.3'N096°13.0'E43°20.7'N095°40.4'E44°05.8'N095°57.0'E 1.049 51° 136° 170 km 03m42.1s
03:5644°25.3'N097°27.1'E42°55.1'N096°51.0'E43°40.0'N097°09.2'E 1.050 52° 138° 171 km 03m44.5s
03:5843°58.7'N098°38.3'E42°29.0'N097°58.9'E43°13.7'N098°18.8'E 1.050 53° 140° 172 km 03m46.7s
04:0043°31.6'N099°47.0'E42°02.6'N099°04.5'E42°47.0'N099°25.8'E 1.050 55° 142° 172 km 03m48.9s
04:0243°04.2'N100°53.1'E41°35.7'N100°07.7'E42°19.8'N100°30.5'E 1.050 56° 144° 173 km 03m50.9s
04:0442°36.3'N101°57.0'E41°08.5'N101°08.9'E41°52.3'N101°33.0'E 1.050 57° 146° 174 km 03m52.8s
04:0642°08.1'N102°58.7'E40°41.0'N102°08.0'E41°24.4'N102°33.4'E 1.051 58° 149° 174 km 03m54.7s
04:0841°39.5'N103°58.3'E40°13.1'N103°05.2'E40°56.2'N103°31.8'E 1.051 59° 151° 175 km 03m56.4s
04:1041°10.7'N104°56.1'E39°44.9'N104°00.7'E40°27.7'N104°28.4'E 1.051 60° 153° 176 km 03m58.1s
04:1240°41.5'N105°52.0'E39°16.5'N104°54.5'E39°58.9'N105°23.2'E 1.051 60° 155° 176 km 03m59.6s
04:1440°12.1'N106°46.3'E38°47.7'N105°46.7'E39°29.8'N106°16.4'E 1.051 61° 157° 177 km 04m01.0s
04:1639°42.4'N107°38.9'E38°18.8'N106°37.5'E39°00.5'N107°08.1'E 1.051 62° 160° 177 km 04m02.4s
04:1839°12.4'N108°30.0'E37°49.5'N107°26.8'E38°30.9'N107°58.3'E 1.051 63° 162° 178 km 04m03.6s
04:2038°42.3'N109°19.7'E37°20.1'N108°14.9'E38°01.1'N108°47.2'E 1.052 64° 165° 178 km 04m04.8s
04:2238°11.9'N110°08.1'E36°50.5'N109°01.7'E37°31.1'N109°34.8'E 1.052 64° 167° 179 km 04m05.9s
04:2437°41.2'N110°55.2'E36°20.6'N109°47.3'E37°00.8'N110°21.1'E 1.052 65° 170° 179 km 04m06.8s
04:2637°10.4'N111°41.1'E35°50.5'N110°31.9'E36°30.4'N111°06.4'E 1.052 66° 173° 180 km 04m07.7s
04:2836°39.4'N112°25.9'E35°20.3'N111°15.4'E35°59.8'N111°50.5'E 1.052 66° 176° 180 km 04m08.5s
04:3036°08.2'N113°09.7'E34°49.8'N111°57.9'E35°29.0'N112°33.7'E 1.052 67° 178° 181 km 04m09.2s
04:3235°36.9'N113°52.5'E34°19.2'N112°39.5'E34°58.0'N113°15.9'E 1.052 67° 182° 181 km 04m09.8s
04:3435°05.3'N114°34.4'E33°48.4'N113°20.3'E34°26.8'N113°57.2'E 1.052 68° 185° 182 km 04m10.4s
04:3634°33.6'N115°15.4'E33°17.4'N114°00.3'E33°55.5'N114°37.7'E 1.052 68° 188° 182 km 04m10.8s
04:3834°01.8'N115°55.6'E32°46.3'N114°39.5'E33°24.0'N115°17.4'E 1.052 69° 191° 182 km 04m11.2s
04:4033°29.7'N116°35.0'E32°15.0'N115°18.0'E32°52.3'N115°56.3'E 1.052 69° 195° 183 km 04m11.4s
04:4232°57.5'N117°13.7'E31°43.5'N115°55.9'E32°20.5'N116°34.7'E 1.052 69° 198° 183 km 04m11.6s
04:4432°25.2'N117°51.8'E31°11.8'N116°33.2'E31°48.5'N117°12.3'E 1.052 69° 201° 184 km 04m11.7s
04:4631°52.7'N118°29.3'E30°40.0'N117°10.0'E31°16.3'N117°49.5'E 1.052 70° 205° 184 km 04m11.7s
04:4831°20.0'N119°06.3'E30°08.1'N117°46.2'E30°44.0'N118°26.0'E 1.053 70° 208° 184 km 04m11.6s
04:5030°47.2'N119°42.7'E29°35.9'N118°21.9'E30°11.5'N119°02.1'E 1.053 70° 212° 185 km 04m11.5s
04:5230°14.2'N120°18.7'E29°03.6'N118°57.3'E29°38.9'N119°37.8'E 1.053 70° 215° 185 km 04m11.3s
04:5429°41.1'N120°54.3'E28°31.2'N119°32.3'E29°06.1'N120°13.1'E 1.053 69° 219° 185 km 04m10.9s
04:5629°07.8'N121°29.5'E27°58.6'N120°06.9'E28°33.2'N120°48.0'E 1.052 69° 222° 186 km 04m10.6s
04:5828°34.4'N122°04.4'E27°25.8'N120°41.2'E28°00.1'N121°22.6'E 1.052 69° 225° 186 km 04m10.1s
05:0028°00.8'N122°39.0'E26°52.8'N121°15.3'E27°26.8'N121°56.9'E 1.052 69° 229° 186 km 04m09.5s
05:0227°27.0'N123°13.3'E26°19.7'N121°49.2'E26°53.4'N122°31.1'E 1.052 68° 232° 187 km 04m08.9s
05:0426°53.1'N123°47.5'E25°46.4'N122°22.9'E26°19.7'N123°05.0'E 1.052 68° 235° 187 km 04m08.2s
05:0626°19.0'N124°21.5'E25°12.9'N122°56.5'E25°45.9'N123°38.8'E 1.052 67° 238° 187 km 04m07.4s
05:0825°44.7'N124°55.4'E24°39.2'N123°29.9'E25°12.0'N124°12.5'E 1.052 67° 240° 188 km 04m06.5s
05:1025°10.2'N125°29.3'E24°05.4'N124°03.4'E24°37.8'N124°46.1'E 1.052 66° 243° 188 km 04m05.6s
05:1224°35.6'N126°03.1'E23°31.3'N124°36.8'E24°03.5'N125°19.7'E 1.052 66° 246° 188 km 04m04.5s
05:1424°00.7'N126°36.9'E22°57.1'N125°10.3'E23°29.0'N125°53.4'E 1.052 65° 248° 188 km 04m03.4s
05:1623°25.7'N127°10.8'E22°22.6'N125°43.8'E22°54.2'N126°27.1'E 1.052 64° 250° 188 km 04m02.3s
05:1822°50.5'N127°44.9'E21°48.0'N126°17.5'E22°19.3'N127°01.0'E 1.052 63° 253° 189 km 04m01.0s
05:2022°15.0'N128°19.1'E21°13.1'N126°51.4'E21°44.1'N127°35.0'E 1.052 63° 255° 189 km 03m59.7s
05:2221°39.4'N128°53.5'E20°38.0'N127°25.5'E21°08.7'N128°09.3'E 1.052 62° 257° 189 km 03m58.3s
05:2421°03.5'N129°28.2'E20°02.6'N127°59.9'E20°33.1'N128°43.8'E 1.052 61° 258° 189 km 03m56.8s
05:2620°27.3'N130°03.3'E19°27.0'N128°34.6'E19°57.2'N129°18.7'E 1.051 60° 260° 189 km 03m55.2s
05:2819°50.9'N130°38.7'E18°51.2'N129°09.7'E19°21.1'N129°54.0'E 1.051 59° 262° 189 km 03m53.6s
05:3019°14.2'N131°14.5'E18°15.1'N129°45.2'E18°44.7'N130°29.7'E 1.051 58° 263° 189 km 03m51.8s
05:3218°37.3'N131°50.9'E17°38.7'N130°21.3'E18°08.1'N131°05.9'E 1.051 57° 265° 189 km 03m50.0s
05:3418°00.1'N132°27.9'E17°02.0'N130°57.9'E17°31.1'N131°42.7'E 1.051 56° 266° 189 km 03m48.1s
05:3617°22.5'N133°05.5'E16°24.9'N131°35.2'E16°53.8'N132°20.1'E 1.051 55° 268° 189 km 03m46.2s
05:3816°44.7'N133°43.9'E15°47.6'N132°13.2'E16°16.2'N132°58.3'E 1.050 54° 269° 189 km 03m44.1s
05:4016°06.4'N134°23.1'E15°09.9'N132°52.1'E15°38.3'N133°37.3'E 1.050 53° 270° 189 km 03m42.0s
05:4215°27.8'N135°03.2'E14°31.9'N133°31.8'E15°00.0'N134°17.2'E 1.050 52° 271° 188 km 03m39.8s
05:4414°48.9'N135°44.3'E13°53.4'N134°12.5'E14°21.2'N134°58.2'E 1.050 51° 272° 188 km 03m37.4s
05:4614°09.4'N136°26.6'E13°14.6'N134°54.4'E13°42.1'N135°40.3'E 1.050 50° 273° 188 km 03m35.0s
05:4813°29.6'N137°10.2'E12°35.2'N135°37.5'E13°02.5'N136°23.6'E 1.049 48° 274° 187 km 03m32.6s
05:5012°49.2'N137°55.1'E11°55.5'N136°22.0'E12°22.5'N137°08.3'E 1.049 47° 275° 187 km 03m30.0s
05:5212°08.3'N138°41.7'E11°15.2'N137°08.0'E11°41.9'N137°54.6'E 1.049 46° 276° 186 km 03m27.3s
05:5411°26.9'N139°30.0'E10°34.3'N137°55.7'E11°00.7'N138°42.6'E 1.049 44° 277° 185 km 03m24.5s
05:5610°44.8'N140°20.3'E09°52.9'N138°45.4'E10°19.0'N139°32.6'E 1.048 43° 277° 184 km 03m21.6s
05:5810°02.1'N141°12.9'E09°10.7'N139°37.2'E09°36.5'N140°24.8'E 1.048 42° 278° 184 km 03m18.5s
06:0009°18.5'N142°08.0'E08°27.9'N140°31.4'E08°53.4'N141°19.4'E 1.048 40° 279° 182 km 03m15.4s
06:0208°34.2'N143°05.9'E07°44.3'N141°28.4'E08°09.4'N142°16.8'E 1.047 39° 279° 181 km 03m12.1s
06:0407°48.9'N144°07.1'E06°59.7'N142°28.5'E07°24.5'N143°17.5'E 1.047 37° 280° 180 km 03m08.7s
06:0607°02.5'N145°12.1'E06°14.2'N143°32.2'E06°38.6'N144°21.8'E 1.046 35° 281° 179 km 03m05.1s
06:0806°15.0'N146°21.6'E05°27.6'N144°40.0'E05°51.5'N145°30.4'E 1.046 34° 281° 177 km 03m01.4s
06:1005°26.0'N147°36.3'E04°39.6'N145°52.8'E05°03.0'N146°44.1'E 1.045 32° 282° 175 km 02m57.4s
06:1204°35.3'N148°57.3'E03°50.1'N147°11.5'E04°13.0'N148°03.9'E 1.045 30° 282° 173 km 02m53.3s
06:1403°42.7'N150°26.1'E02°58.8'N148°37.3'E03°21.0'N149°31.1'E 1.044 28° 282° 171 km 02m48.8s
06:1602°47.5'N152°04.7'E02°05.3'N150°12.0'E02°26.7'N151°07.7'E 1.044 25° 283° 168 km 02m44.1s
06:1801°49.2'N153°56.4'E01°08.9'N151°58.2'E01°29.4'N152°56.5'E 1.043 23° 283° 165 km 02m38.9s
06:2000°46.4'N156°06.1'E00°08.9'N154°00.0'E00°28.0'N155°02.0'E 1.042 20° 283° 162 km 02m33.2s
06:2200°23.0'S158°43.5'E00°56.6'S156°24.5'E00°39.2'S157°32.4'E 1.041 17° 283° 157 km 02m26.8s
06:2401°44.2'S162°11.2'E02°10.6'S159°26.6'E01°56.5'S160°46.0'E 1.040 13° 283° 152 km 02m19.0s
06:2603°40.7'S168°13.0'E03°43.4'S163°51.3'E03°38.3'S165°46.9'E 1.038 283° 144 km 02m08.0s
Limits04°53.3'S172°58.1'E06°01.2'S172°29.4'E05°27.3'S172°43.6'E 1.036 - 134 km 01m54.9s

ΔT = 155.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:51:04.104:48:28.830°36.2'N117°55.8'E 69.6° 209.2° 184.4 km04m11.62s
Greatest Duration04:47:56.204:45:20.931°26.8'N117°37.4'E 69.5° 203.7° 183.8 km04m11.72s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1542 Aug 11 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 155.4 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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