Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1542 Feb 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1542 Feb 14 . 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 1542 Feb 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits51°13.1'S147°16.7'E54°23.2'S144°55.2'E52°47.6'S146°08.6'E 0.914 - 382 km 05m52.8s
19:4053°28.3'S166°01.1'E - - 54°35.3'S159°34.7'E 0.916 95° 366 km 06m07.3s
19:4253°43.4'S171°28.3'E56°20.5'S160°31.4'E55°08.1'S167°07.6'E 0.917 13° 88° 357 km 06m16.1s
19:4453°47.0'S175°53.1'E56°47.3'S168°02.5'E55°18.8'S172°35.4'E 0.918 16° 83° 350 km 06m22.8s
19:4653°43.7'S179°39.8'E56°54.1'S173°35.8'E55°18.9'S177°03.6'E 0.918 19° 79° 345 km 06m28.4s
19:4853°35.5'S177°00.1'W56°50.9'S178°10.2'E55°12.4'S179°05.7'W 0.919 22° 75° 340 km 06m33.4s
19:5053°23.8'S174°00.4'W56°41.4'S177°53.3'W55°01.5'S175°41.8'W 0.920 24° 72° 336 km 06m37.9s
19:5253°09.4'S171°16.9'W56°27.6'S174°24.2'W54°47.1'S172°38.4'W 0.920 26° 68° 333 km 06m42.1s
19:5452°52.7'S168°46.7'W56°10.5'S171°16.2'W54°30.1'S169°51.6'W 0.920 28° 66° 330 km 06m46.0s
19:5652°34.2'S166°27.7'W55°50.9'S168°25.3'W54°11.0'S167°18.5'W 0.921 29° 63° 327 km 06m49.6s
19:5852°14.2'S164°18.6'W55°29.3'S165°48.7'W53°50.2'S164°57.0'W 0.921 31° 60° 324 km 06m53.0s
20:0051°53.0'S162°17.9'W55°06.1'S163°24.2'W53°27.9'S162°45.5'W 0.921 33° 58° 322 km 06m56.3s
20:0251°30.7'S160°24.7'W54°41.5'S161°10.1'W53°04.5'S160°42.9'W 0.922 34° 55° 320 km 06m59.4s
20:0451°07.4'S158°38.3'W54°15.9'S159°05.2'W52°40.1'S158°48.0'W 0.922 35° 53° 318 km 07m02.3s
20:0650°43.4'S156°57.9'W53°49.3'S157°08.5'W52°14.8'S157°00.1'W 0.922 37° 51° 316 km 07m05.1s
20:0850°18.6'S155°23.0'W53°21.9'S155°19.0'W51°48.8'S155°18.5'W 0.923 38° 49° 314 km 07m07.7s
20:1049°53.3'S153°53.1'W52°53.9'S153°36.0'W51°22.2'S153°42.5'W 0.923 39° 47° 313 km 07m10.3s
20:1249°27.4'S152°27.8'W52°25.3'S151°58.9'W50°55.0'S152°11.7'W 0.923 41° 45° 311 km 07m12.7s
20:1449°01.0'S151°06.6'W51°56.3'S150°27.2'W50°27.3'S150°45.6'W 0.923 42° 43° 310 km 07m14.9s
20:1648°34.3'S149°49.3'W51°26.8'S149°00.4'W49°59.3'S149°23.8'W 0.924 43° 41° 309 km 07m17.1s
20:1848°07.1'S148°35.5'W50°57.0'S147°38.0'W49°30.8'S148°06.0'W 0.924 44° 39° 308 km 07m19.2s
20:2047°39.7'S147°25.1'W50°26.9'S146°19.7'W49°02.1'S146°51.9'W 0.924 45° 37° 306 km 07m21.2s
20:2247°11.9'S146°17.7'W49°56.5'S145°05.2'W48°33.1'S145°41.1'W 0.924 46° 35° 305 km 07m23.1s
20:2446°43.9'S145°13.1'W49°25.9'S143°54.2'W48°03.8'S144°33.5'W 0.924 47° 33° 305 km 07m24.8s
20:2646°15.6'S144°11.2'W48°55.1'S142°46.5'W47°34.3'S143°28.8'W 0.924 48° 31° 304 km 07m26.5s
20:2845°47.2'S143°11.8'W48°24.2'S141°41.7'W47°04.6'S142°26.9'W 0.925 49° 29° 303 km 07m28.1s
20:3045°18.5'S142°14.7'W47°53.1'S140°39.7'W46°34.8'S141°27.4'W 0.925 50° 27° 302 km 07m29.6s
20:3244°49.7'S141°19.8'W47°21.9'S139°40.3'W46°04.8'S140°30.4'W 0.925 51° 26° 302 km 07m31.1s
20:3444°20.7'S140°26.9'W46°50.5'S138°43.3'W45°34.7'S139°35.5'W 0.925 52° 24° 301 km 07m32.4s
20:3643°51.6'S139°35.9'W46°19.2'S137°48.6'W45°04.5'S138°42.7'W 0.925 53° 22° 301 km 07m33.7s
20:3843°22.4'S138°46.7'W45°47.7'S136°55.9'W44°34.2'S137°51.8'W 0.925 53° 20° 300 km 07m34.9s
20:4042°53.0'S137°59.2'W45°16.2'S136°05.3'W44°03.8'S137°02.8'W 0.925 54° 18° 300 km 07m36.0s
20:4242°23.6'S137°13.3'W44°44.6'S135°16.4'W43°33.3'S136°15.5'W 0.925 55° 16° 299 km 07m37.0s
20:4441°54.0'S136°28.9'W44°13.0'S134°29.3'W43°02.7'S135°29.7'W 0.926 56° 14° 299 km 07m38.0s
20:4641°24.4'S135°45.8'W43°41.3'S133°43.8'W42°32.1'S134°45.5'W 0.926 56° 12° 299 km 07m38.8s
20:4840°54.7'S135°04.1'W43°09.7'S132°59.8'W42°01.4'S134°02.7'W 0.926 57° 10° 299 km 07m39.7s
20:5040°24.9'S134°23.7'W42°38.0'S132°17.2'W41°30.7'S133°21.2'W 0.926 58° 299 km 07m40.4s
20:5239°55.0'S133°44.4'W42°06.3'S131°36.0'W40°59.9'S132°40.9'W 0.926 58° 299 km 07m41.1s
20:5439°25.1'S133°06.2'W41°34.5'S130°56.0'W40°29.1'S132°01.9'W 0.926 59° 299 km 07m41.7s
20:5638°55.1'S132°29.0'W41°02.8'S130°17.2'W39°58.3'S131°23.9'W 0.926 59° 299 km 07m42.2s
20:5838°25.0'S131°52.9'W40°31.1'S129°39.4'W39°27.4'S130°46.9'W 0.926 60° 360° 299 km 07m42.7s
21:0037°54.9'S131°17.6'W39°59.3'S129°02.7'W38°56.5'S130°11.0'W 0.926 60° 357° 299 km 07m43.1s
21:0237°24.7'S130°43.2'W39°27.6'S128°27.0'W38°25.5'S129°35.9'W 0.926 61° 355° 299 km 07m43.5s
21:0436°54.5'S130°09.7'W38°55.8'S127°52.1'W37°54.5'S129°01.7'W 0.926 61° 353° 299 km 07m43.8s
21:0636°24.2'S129°36.9'W38°24.1'S127°18.1'W37°23.5'S128°28.4'W 0.926 62° 351° 300 km 07m44.0s
21:0835°53.9'S129°04.8'W37°52.3'S126°44.9'W36°52.5'S127°55.7'W 0.926 62° 348° 300 km 07m44.2s
21:1035°23.5'S128°33.4'W37°20.6'S126°12.5'W36°21.5'S127°23.8'W 0.926 62° 346° 300 km 07m44.3s
21:1234°53.1'S128°02.7'W36°48.8'S125°40.7'W35°50.4'S126°52.5'W 0.926 63° 343° 301 km 07m44.4s
21:1434°22.6'S127°32.5'W36°17.0'S125°09.5'W35°19.3'S126°21.9'W 0.926 63° 341° 301 km 07m44.4s
21:1633°52.1'S127°02.9'W35°45.3'S124°39.0'W34°48.1'S125°51.8'W 0.926 63° 339° 302 km 07m44.4s
21:1833°21.6'S126°33.7'W35°13.5'S124°09.0'W34°16.9'S125°22.2'W 0.927 63° 336° 302 km 07m44.3s
21:2032°50.9'S126°05.1'W34°41.7'S123°39.5'W33°45.8'S124°53.2'W 0.927 63° 334° 303 km 07m44.1s
21:2232°20.3'S125°36.9'W34°09.9'S123°10.5'W33°14.5'S124°24.5'W 0.927 64° 331° 304 km 07m44.0s
21:2431°49.5'S125°09.1'W33°38.1'S122°41.9'W32°43.3'S123°56.3'W 0.927 64° 329° 304 km 07m43.7s
21:2631°18.7'S124°41.6'W33°06.3'S122°13.6'W32°12.0'S123°28.5'W 0.927 64° 326° 305 km 07m43.4s
21:2830°47.9'S124°14.5'W32°34.5'S121°45.8'W31°40.6'S123°01.0'W 0.927 64° 324° 306 km 07m43.1s
21:3030°17.0'S123°47.7'W32°02.6'S121°18.2'W31°09.3'S122°33.8'W 0.926 63° 321° 307 km 07m42.7s
21:3229°46.1'S123°21.2'W31°30.8'S120°50.9'W30°37.9'S122°06.9'W 0.926 63° 319° 308 km 07m42.3s
21:3429°15.0'S122°54.8'W30°58.9'S120°23.8'W30°06.4'S121°40.2'W 0.926 63° 317° 309 km 07m41.8s
21:3628°44.0'S122°28.7'W30°27.0'S119°57.0'W29°34.9'S121°13.7'W 0.926 63° 314° 310 km 07m41.2s
21:3828°12.8'S122°02.8'W29°55.0'S119°30.3'W29°03.4'S120°47.4'W 0.926 63° 312° 311 km 07m40.7s
21:4027°41.6'S121°37.0'W29°23.0'S119°03.8'W28°31.8'S120°21.3'W 0.926 62° 310° 312 km 07m40.0s
21:4227°10.3'S121°11.3'W28°51.0'S118°37.3'W28°00.1'S119°55.2'W 0.926 62° 307° 313 km 07m39.4s
21:4426°38.9'S120°45.7'W28°19.0'S118°10.9'W27°28.4'S119°29.2'W 0.926 62° 305° 315 km 07m38.7s
21:4626°07.5'S120°20.1'W27°46.9'S117°44.6'W26°56.6'S119°03.2'W 0.926 61° 303° 316 km 07m37.9s
21:4825°35.9'S119°54.5'W27°14.7'S117°18.2'W26°24.8'S118°37.3'W 0.926 61° 301° 317 km 07m37.1s
21:5025°04.3'S119°28.9'W26°42.5'S116°51.8'W25°52.8'S118°11.3'W 0.926 61° 299° 319 km 07m36.3s
21:5224°32.6'S119°03.3'W26°10.2'S116°25.3'W25°20.9'S117°45.2'W 0.926 60° 297° 320 km 07m35.4s
21:5424°00.8'S118°37.5'W25°37.9'S115°58.7'W24°48.8'S117°19.1'W 0.926 60° 295° 322 km 07m34.5s
21:5623°28.9'S118°11.7'W25°05.5'S115°32.0'W24°16.6'S116°52.8'W 0.926 59° 294° 323 km 07m33.5s
21:5822°56.8'S117°45.7'W24°33.0'S115°05.0'W23°44.4'S116°26.3'W 0.926 58° 292° 325 km 07m32.5s
22:0022°24.7'S117°19.5'W24°00.5'S114°37.8'W23°12.0'S115°59.7'W 0.926 58° 290° 326 km 07m31.5s
22:0221°52.4'S116°53.1'W23°27.8'S114°10.4'W22°39.6'S115°32.7'W 0.926 57° 289° 328 km 07m30.4s
22:0421°20.0'S116°26.4'W22°55.1'S113°42.6'W22°07.0'S115°05.5'W 0.926 56° 287° 330 km 07m29.2s
22:0620°47.5'S115°59.4'W22°22.3'S113°14.5'W21°34.3'S114°38.0'W 0.925 56° 285° 331 km 07m28.0s
22:0820°14.9'S115°32.0'W21°49.3'S112°46.0'W21°01.5'S114°10.1'W 0.925 55° 284° 333 km 07m26.8s
22:1019°42.1'S115°04.2'W21°16.2'S112°17.0'W20°28.6'S113°41.7'W 0.925 54° 283° 335 km 07m25.5s
22:1219°09.1'S114°36.0'W20°43.0'S111°47.5'W19°55.5'S113°12.9'W 0.925 53° 281° 337 km 07m24.2s
22:1418°36.0'S114°07.3'W20°09.7'S111°17.4'W19°22.2'S112°43.5'W 0.925 53° 280° 338 km 07m22.8s
22:1618°02.7'S113°38.1'W19°36.2'S110°46.8'W18°48.8'S112°13.6'W 0.925 52° 279° 340 km 07m21.4s
22:1817°29.2'S113°08.2'W19°02.5'S110°15.4'W18°15.3'S111°43.0'W 0.925 51° 278° 342 km 07m20.0s
22:2016°55.5'S112°37.7'W18°28.7'S109°43.2'W17°41.5'S111°11.7'W 0.925 50° 276° 344 km 07m18.5s
22:2216°21.6'S112°06.5'W17°54.7'S109°10.2'W17°07.6'S110°39.6'W 0.924 49° 275° 346 km 07m16.9s
22:2415°47.5'S111°34.4'W17°20.5'S108°36.3'W16°33.4'S110°06.7'W 0.924 48° 274° 348 km 07m15.3s
22:2615°13.1'S111°01.5'W16°46.1'S108°01.4'W15°59.0'S109°32.8'W 0.924 47° 273° 350 km 07m13.6s
22:2814°38.5'S110°27.6'W16°11.4'S107°25.3'W15°24.4'S108°57.9'W 0.924 46° 272° 352 km 07m11.9s
22:3014°03.6'S109°52.6'W15°36.5'S106°48.1'W14°49.5'S108°21.8'W 0.924 45° 271° 354 km 07m10.1s
22:3213°28.5'S109°16.5'W15°01.3'S106°09.4'W14°14.3'S107°44.5'W 0.923 44° 271° 356 km 07m08.2s
22:3412°53.0'S108°39.0'W14°25.8'S105°29.3'W13°38.8'S107°05.8'W 0.923 43° 270° 358 km 07m06.3s
22:3612°17.1'S108°00.2'W13°50.0'S104°47.5'W13°03.0'S106°25.6'W 0.923 42° 269° 359 km 07m04.3s
22:3811°40.9'S107°19.8'W13°13.8'S104°03.9'W12°26.8'S105°43.7'W 0.923 41° 268° 361 km 07m02.3s
22:4011°04.4'S106°37.7'W12°37.2'S103°18.3'W11°50.2'S104°59.9'W 0.923 39° 267° 363 km 07m00.1s
22:4210°27.3'S105°53.6'W12°00.2'S102°30.3'W11°13.2'S104°14.0'W 0.922 38° 267° 365 km 06m57.9s
22:4409°49.8'S105°07.5'W11°22.7'S101°39.7'W10°35.7'S103°25.8'W 0.922 37° 266° 366 km 06m55.6s
22:4609°11.8'S104°18.9'W10°44.6'S100°46.2'W09°57.7'S102°34.9'W 0.922 35° 265° 368 km 06m53.2s
22:4808°33.2'S103°27.5'W10°05.9'S099°49.3'W09°19.0'S101°41.0'W 0.921 34° 265° 370 km 06m50.7s
22:5007°53.9'S102°33.1'W09°26.5'S098°48.5'W08°39.7'S100°43.6'W 0.921 32° 264° 371 km 06m48.1s
22:5207°13.9'S101°35.1'W08°46.3'S097°43.1'W07°59.6'S099°42.3'W 0.921 31° 264° 373 km 06m45.4s
22:5406°33.0'S100°33.1'W08°05.1'S096°32.3'W07°18.6'S098°36.3'W 0.920 29° 263° 374 km 06m42.5s
22:5605°51.2'S099°26.1'W07°22.7'S095°14.9'W06°36.5'S097°24.6'W 0.920 28° 263° 375 km 06m39.4s
22:5805°08.2'S098°13.4'W06°38.9'S093°49.4'W05°53.2'S096°06.2'W 0.920 26° 262° 376 km 06m36.2s
23:0004°23.8'S096°53.6'W05°53.3'S092°13.2'W05°08.4'S094°39.4'W 0.919 24° 262° 377 km 06m32.7s
23:0203°37.7'S095°25.0'W05°05.2'S090°22.9'W04°21.5'S093°01.6'W 0.919 21° 262° 378 km 06m28.9s
23:0402°49.4'S093°44.9'W04°13.7'S088°11.9'W03°32.0'S091°09.0'W 0.918 19° 261° 379 km 06m24.7s
23:0601°58.2'S091°49.1'W03°16.6'S085°27.1'W02°38.6'S088°54.6'W 0.917 16° 261° 380 km 06m19.9s
23:0801°02.7'S089°29.8'W02°07.6'S081°29.1'W01°39.0'S086°03.8'W 0.917 13° 261° 381 km 06m14.2s
23:1000°00.2'N086°30.1'W - - 00°25.1'S081°50.0'W 0.915 261° 382 km 06m06.4s
Limits02°45.3'N075°12.2'W00°31.4'S073°47.5'W01°07.7'N074°30.6'W 0.913 - 383 km 05m54.5s

ΔT = 155.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:27:21.621:24:45.832°31.3'S124°24.7'W 63.6° 327.7° 304.8 km07m43.60s
Greatest Duration21:16:08.621:13:32.935°26.3'S126°28.7'W 62.9° 341.5° 301.1 km07m44.42s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1542 Feb 14 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 155.8 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°.

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