Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1547 May 19

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1547 May 19 . 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 1547 May 19
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits44°04.4'S058°32.0'E45°42.7'S059°23.6'E44°53.3'S058°57.2'E 1.045 - 191 km 02m47.2s
03:3438°57.1'S069°45.6'E44°39.0'S061°51.6'E41°10.3'S067°16.5'E 1.048 53° 199 km 03m06.4s
03:3637°08.1'S073°31.2'E40°54.9'S070°07.4'E38°54.6'S072°04.7'E 1.049 12° 49° 204 km 03m19.7s
03:3835°45.2'S076°19.8'E39°04.6'S074°01.0'E37°21.2'S075°18.4'E 1.050 15° 47° 208 km 03m29.5s
03:4034°36.5'S078°38.4'E37°41.8'S076°53.7'E36°06.5'S077°51.3'E 1.051 18° 45° 212 km 03m37.9s
03:4233°37.1'S080°37.7'E36°33.5'S079°14.9'E35°03.3'S080°00.2'E 1.052 20° 43° 215 km 03m45.3s
03:4432°44.4'S082°23.5'E35°34.6'S081°16.1'E34°07.9'S081°52.8'E 1.052 22° 41° 218 km 03m52.1s
03:4631°57.0'S083°59.1'E34°42.7'S083°03.4'E33°18.4'S083°33.7'E 1.053 24° 40° 221 km 03m58.4s
03:4831°13.8'S085°26.7'E33°56.0'S084°40.2'E32°33.6'S085°05.6'E 1.053 25° 38° 224 km 04m04.3s
03:5030°34.1'S086°48.0'E33°13.5'S086°08.9'E31°52.7'S086°30.3'E 1.054 27° 37° 226 km 04m09.8s
03:5229°57.3'S088°03.9'E32°34.5'S087°31.1'E31°14.9'S087°49.1'E 1.054 28° 35° 229 km 04m15.0s
03:5429°23.1'S089°15.5'E31°58.5'S088°47.8'E30°39.9'S089°03.0'E 1.054 30° 34° 231 km 04m20.0s
03:5628°51.2'S090°23.2'E31°25.1'S090°00.0'E30°07.3'S090°12.9'E 1.055 31° 33° 233 km 04m24.7s
03:5828°21.3'S091°27.7'E30°54.0'S091°08.4'E29°36.8'S091°19.2'E 1.055 32° 31° 235 km 04m29.2s
04:0027°53.2'S092°29.4'E30°24.9'S092°13.5'E29°08.3'S092°22.5'E 1.055 33° 30° 238 km 04m33.5s
04:0227°26.8'S093°28.5'E29°57.6'S093°15.7'E28°41.4'S093°23.1'E 1.056 34° 29° 240 km 04m37.6s
04:0427°01.9'S094°25.6'E29°32.0'S094°15.5'E28°16.2'S094°21.3'E 1.056 35° 27° 242 km 04m41.4s
04:0626°38.5'S095°20.6'E29°07.8'S095°13.0'E27°52.5'S095°17.6'E 1.056 36° 26° 244 km 04m45.1s
04:0826°16.3'S096°14.0'E28°45.1'S096°08.5'E27°30.1'S096°12.0'E 1.056 37° 25° 246 km 04m48.6s
04:1025°55.4'S097°05.8'E28°23.7'S097°02.3'E27°08.9'S097°04.7'E 1.057 38° 23° 248 km 04m51.9s
04:1225°35.6'S097°56.3'E28°03.6'S097°54.6'E26°49.0'S097°56.0'E 1.057 39° 22° 250 km 04m55.1s
04:1425°16.9'S098°45.5'E27°44.6'S098°45.5'E26°30.1'S098°46.0'E 1.057 39° 20° 252 km 04m58.1s
04:1624°59.3'S099°33.7'E27°26.7'S099°35.1'E26°12.4'S099°34.9'E 1.057 40° 19° 253 km 05m00.9s
04:1824°42.7'S100°20.8'E27°09.8'S100°23.7'E25°55.7'S100°22.7'E 1.057 41° 18° 255 km 05m03.5s
04:2024°27.0'S101°07.1'E26°53.9'S101°11.3'E25°39.9'S101°09.6'E 1.057 41° 16° 257 km 05m05.9s
04:2224°12.2'S101°52.6'E26°38.9'S101°57.9'E25°25.0'S101°55.6'E 1.058 42° 15° 258 km 05m08.2s
04:2423°58.3'S102°37.4'E26°24.9'S102°43.8'E25°11.1'S102°40.9'E 1.058 42° 13° 260 km 05m10.3s
04:2623°45.3'S103°21.5'E26°11.8'S103°29.0'E24°58.0'S103°25.6'E 1.058 43° 12° 261 km 05m12.2s
04:2823°33.1'S104°05.1'E25°59.5'S104°13.6'E24°45.8'S104°09.6'E 1.058 43° 10° 263 km 05m14.0s
04:3023°21.7'S104°48.2'E25°48.0'S104°57.7'E24°34.4'S104°53.2'E 1.058 43° 264 km 05m15.5s
04:3223°11.1'S105°30.9'E25°37.4'S105°41.3'E24°23.8'S105°36.3'E 1.058 44° 265 km 05m16.9s
04:3423°01.3'S106°13.3'E25°27.5'S106°24.4'E24°13.9'S106°19.0'E 1.058 44° 266 km 05m18.1s
04:3622°52.3'S106°55.3'E25°18.4'S107°07.3'E24°04.9'S107°01.4'E 1.058 44° 267 km 05m19.2s
04:3822°44.0'S107°37.1'E25°10.1'S107°49.8'E23°56.5'S107°43.5'E 1.058 45° 268 km 05m20.0s
04:4022°36.4'S108°18.6'E25°02.5'S108°32.2'E23°49.0'S108°25.5'E 1.058 45° 269 km 05m20.7s
04:4222°29.6'S109°00.1'E24°55.6'S109°14.3'E23°42.1'S109°07.2'E 1.058 45° 359° 269 km 05m21.2s
04:4422°23.5'S109°41.4'E24°49.5'S109°56.4'E23°36.0'S109°48.9'E 1.058 45° 358° 270 km 05m21.6s
04:4622°18.1'S110°22.7'E24°44.1'S110°38.4'E23°30.7'S110°30.5'E 1.058 45° 356° 270 km 05m21.7s
04:4822°13.4'S111°04.1'E24°39.5'S111°20.4'E23°26.0'S111°12.2'E 1.058 45° 355° 270 km 05m21.7s
04:5022°09.5'S111°45.4'E24°35.5'S112°02.5'E23°22.1'S111°53.8'E 1.058 45° 353° 271 km 05m21.4s
04:5222°06.3'S112°26.9'E24°32.3'S112°44.6'E23°18.8'S112°35.6'E 1.058 45° 351° 271 km 05m21.0s
04:5422°03.8'S113°08.5'E24°29.8'S113°27.0'E23°16.4'S113°17.6'E 1.058 45° 350° 270 km 05m20.5s
04:5622°02.0'S113°50.3'E24°28.1'S114°09.5'E23°14.6'S113°59.7'E 1.058 44° 348° 270 km 05m19.7s
04:5822°01.0'S114°32.4'E24°27.1'S114°52.3'E23°13.6'S114°42.1'E 1.058 44° 347° 270 km 05m18.8s
05:0022°00.7'S115°14.8'E24°26.8'S115°35.5'E23°13.3'S115°24.9'E 1.058 44° 345° 269 km 05m17.6s
05:0222°01.1'S115°57.6'E24°27.3'S116°19.0'E23°13.8'S116°08.0'E 1.058 44° 344° 268 km 05m16.3s
05:0422°02.4'S116°40.7'E24°28.6'S117°03.0'E23°15.0'S116°51.5'E 1.058 43° 342° 268 km 05m14.8s
05:0622°04.4'S117°24.4'E24°30.7'S117°47.5'E23°17.1'S117°35.6'E 1.058 43° 341° 267 km 05m13.2s
05:0822°07.2'S118°08.6'E24°33.5'S118°32.6'E23°19.9'S118°20.2'E 1.057 42° 339° 266 km 05m11.3s
05:1022°10.8'S118°53.4'E24°37.2'S119°18.4'E23°23.6'S119°05.4'E 1.057 42° 338° 264 km 05m09.3s
05:1222°15.3'S119°38.9'E24°41.8'S120°04.9'E23°28.1'S119°51.4'E 1.057 41° 336° 263 km 05m07.1s
05:1422°20.6'S120°25.2'E24°47.2'S120°52.2'E23°33.4'S120°38.2'E 1.057 41° 335° 262 km 05m04.7s
05:1622°26.8'S121°12.3'E24°53.6'S121°40.5'E23°39.7'S121°25.9'E 1.057 40° 334° 260 km 05m02.1s
05:1822°34.0'S122°00.4'E25°00.9'S122°29.9'E23°46.9'S122°14.5'E 1.057 40° 332° 258 km 04m59.3s
05:2022°42.1'S122°49.5'E25°09.2'S123°20.4'E23°55.2'S123°04.3'E 1.057 39° 331° 257 km 04m56.4s
05:2222°51.3'S123°39.9'E25°18.6'S124°12.2'E24°04.4'S123°55.3'E 1.056 38° 330° 255 km 04m53.3s
05:2423°01.5'S124°31.5'E25°29.0'S125°05.4'E24°14.7'S124°47.7'E 1.056 37° 328° 253 km 04m50.0s
05:2623°12.8'S125°24.5'E25°40.7'S126°00.3'E24°26.2'S125°41.6'E 1.056 37° 327° 251 km 04m46.5s
05:2823°25.4'S126°19.2'E25°53.6'S126°57.0'E24°38.9'S126°37.2'E 1.056 36° 326° 249 km 04m42.8s
05:3023°39.2'S127°15.6'E26°07.9'S127°55.7'E24°52.9'S127°34.7'E 1.055 35° 324° 246 km 04m38.9s
05:3223°54.4'S128°14.1'E26°23.6'S128°56.7'E25°08.4'S128°34.3'E 1.055 34° 323° 244 km 04m34.8s
05:3424°11.0'S129°14.9'E26°40.9'S130°00.3'E25°25.3'S129°36.4'E 1.055 33° 322° 242 km 04m30.5s
05:3624°29.3'S130°18.2'E27°00.0'S131°06.9'E25°44.0'S130°41.3'E 1.054 31° 321° 239 km 04m26.0s
05:3824°49.4'S131°24.6'E27°21.1'S132°17.0'E26°04.5'S131°49.4'E 1.054 30° 319° 236 km 04m21.3s
05:4025°11.5'S132°34.3'E27°44.3'S133°31.1'E26°27.1'S133°01.1'E 1.054 29° 318° 234 km 04m16.3s
05:4225°35.7'S133°48.0'E28°10.1'S134°49.9'E26°52.1'S134°17.2'E 1.053 28° 317° 231 km 04m11.1s
05:4426°02.6'S135°06.4'E28°38.8'S136°14.4'E27°19.7'S135°38.4'E 1.053 26° 315° 228 km 04m05.5s
05:4626°32.4'S136°30.4'E29°10.9'S137°45.9'E27°50.6'S137°05.9'E 1.052 25° 314° 225 km 03m59.7s
05:4827°05.6'S138°01.3'E29°47.4'S139°26.2'E28°25.3'S138°41.0'E 1.052 23° 313° 222 km 03m53.5s
05:5027°43.2'S139°40.9'E30°29.2'S141°18.0'E29°04.7'S140°26.1'E 1.051 21° 311° 218 km 03m46.8s
05:5228°26.2'S141°31.7'E31°18.2'S143°25.6'E29°50.3'S142°24.3'E 1.051 19° 310° 215 km 03m39.5s
05:5429°16.4'S143°37.9'E32°17.7'S145°56.7'E30°44.5'S144°41.2'E 1.050 16° 308° 211 km 03m31.4s
05:5630°17.0'S146°06.9'E33°34.8'S149°08.1'E31°51.8'S147°27.5'E 1.049 13° 306° 206 km 03m22.2s
05:5831°35.0'S149°14.8'E35°33.3'S153°57.5'E33°23.6'S151°10.2'E 1.048 10° 304° 201 km 03m10.8s
06:0033°32.4'S153°53.8'E - - 36°35.9'S158°51.3'E 1.045 299° 191 km 02m50.4s
Limits36°49.0'S161°39.3'E38°29.3'S161°04.7'E37°38.8'S161°22.3'E 1.045 - 188 km 02m44.6s

ΔT = 151.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:48:56.904:46:25.523°29.6'S110°01.4'E 44.9° 355.8° 270.3 km05m21.71s
Greatest Duration04:49:07.204:46:35.723°29.2'S110°42.9'E 44.9° 355.7° 270.3 km05m21.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1547 May 19

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1547 May 19 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 151.5 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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