Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1550 Mar 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1550 Mar 18 . 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 1550 Mar 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits35°16.4'S025°16.0'W37°34.5'S025°26.8'W36°25.2'S025°21.2'W 0.935 - 254 km 04m27.6s
07:5634°30.5'S014°41.6'W37°18.1'S021°07.7'W35°49.8'S016°56.6'W 0.937 81° 245 km 04m35.8s
07:5833°54.6'S009°36.8'W36°25.2'S012°12.8'W35°08.4'S010°44.7'W 0.938 12° 77° 238 km 04m42.8s
08:0033°22.8'S005°59.8'W35°46.7'S007°38.0'W34°33.7'S006°43.7'W 0.939 16° 75° 233 km 04m47.8s
08:0232°53.0'S003°05.1'W35°12.3'S004°12.5'W34°01.8'S003°35.4'W 0.940 19° 73° 230 km 04m52.0s
08:0432°24.6'S000°36.6'W34°40.2'S001°23.9'W33°31.6'S000°57.7'W 0.941 22° 71° 227 km 04m55.8s
08:0631°57.0'S001°33.6'E34°09.5'S001°00.9'E33°02.6'S001°19.2'E 0.941 24° 69° 224 km 04m59.2s
08:0831°30.3'S003°30.1'E33°40.0'S003°08.6'E32°34.5'S003°20.9'E 0.942 26° 68° 222 km 05m02.4s
08:1031°04.2'S005°16.0'E33°11.4'S005°03.3'E32°07.2'S005°10.9'E 0.942 28° 66° 219 km 05m05.4s
08:1230°38.5'S006°53.1'E32°43.5'S006°47.8'E31°40.5'S006°51.5'E 0.943 30° 65° 217 km 05m08.2s
08:1430°13.4'S008°23.0'E32°16.2'S008°23.9'E31°14.3'S008°24.4'E 0.943 32° 64° 216 km 05m10.9s
08:1629°48.6'S009°46.9'E31°49.5'S009°53.0'E30°48.6'S009°50.7'E 0.943 34° 62° 214 km 05m13.5s
08:1829°24.2'S011°05.5'E31°23.3'S011°16.2'E30°23.3'S011°11.5'E 0.944 35° 61° 212 km 05m16.0s
08:2029°00.1'S012°19.5'E30°57.5'S012°34.2'E29°58.3'S012°27.4'E 0.944 37° 60° 211 km 05m18.4s
08:2228°36.2'S013°29.5'E30°32.0'S013°47.8'E29°33.7'S013°39.1'E 0.944 38° 59° 210 km 05m20.7s
08:2428°12.7'S014°35.9'E30°07.0'S014°57.4'E29°09.5'S014°47.1'E 0.945 40° 58° 208 km 05m22.9s
08:2627°49.4'S015°39.2'E29°42.2'S016°03.4'E28°45.5'S015°51.7'E 0.945 41° 56° 207 km 05m25.0s
08:2827°26.3'S016°39.5'E29°17.8'S017°06.4'E28°21.7'S016°53.3'E 0.945 42° 55° 206 km 05m27.1s
08:3027°03.5'S017°37.3'E28°53.7'S018°06.5'E27°58.3'S017°52.2'E 0.946 44° 54° 205 km 05m29.1s
08:3226°40.9'S018°32.7'E28°29.8'S019°04.0'E27°35.0'S018°48.6'E 0.946 45° 53° 204 km 05m31.1s
08:3426°18.4'S019°26.0'E28°06.1'S019°59.2'E27°12.0'S019°42.8'E 0.946 46° 52° 203 km 05m32.9s
08:3625°56.2'S020°17.3'E27°42.7'S020°52.2'E26°49.2'S020°34.9'E 0.946 47° 51° 202 km 05m34.8s
08:3825°34.1'S021°06.7'E27°19.6'S021°43.3'E26°26.5'S021°25.2'E 0.946 49° 50° 201 km 05m36.5s
08:4025°12.1'S021°54.5'E26°56.6'S022°32.6'E26°04.1'S022°13.7'E 0.947 50° 49° 201 km 05m38.2s
08:4224°50.4'S022°40.8'E26°33.9'S023°20.3'E25°41.9'S023°00.6'E 0.947 51° 48° 200 km 05m39.9s
08:4424°28.8'S023°25.6'E26°11.3'S024°06.4'E25°19.8'S023°46.1'E 0.947 52° 46° 199 km 05m41.5s
08:4624°07.3'S024°09.1'E25°48.9'S024°51.1'E24°57.9'S024°30.2'E 0.947 53° 45° 198 km 05m43.0s
08:4823°46.0'S024°51.3'E25°26.8'S025°34.4'E24°36.1'S025°13.0'E 0.947 54° 44° 198 km 05m44.5s
08:5023°24.8'S025°32.4'E25°04.7'S026°16.6'E24°14.5'S025°54.6'E 0.948 55° 43° 197 km 05m45.9s
08:5223°03.7'S026°12.5'E24°42.9'S026°57.6'E23°53.1'S026°35.1'E 0.948 56° 41° 197 km 05m47.3s
08:5422°42.8'S026°51.5'E24°21.2'S027°37.5'E23°31.8'S027°14.5'E 0.948 57° 40° 196 km 05m48.6s
08:5622°22.0'S027°29.6'E23°59.7'S028°16.5'E23°10.6'S027°53.0'E 0.948 58° 39° 196 km 05m49.9s
08:5822°01.3'S028°06.8'E23°38.3'S028°54.5'E22°49.6'S028°30.7'E 0.948 59° 37° 195 km 05m51.1s
09:0021°40.7'S028°43.2'E23°17.0'S029°31.7'E22°28.7'S029°07.4'E 0.948 60° 36° 195 km 05m52.3s
09:0221°20.3'S029°18.8'E22°56.0'S030°08.0'E22°07.9'S029°43.4'E 0.948 61° 34° 195 km 05m53.4s
09:0420°59.9'S029°53.8'E22°35.0'S030°43.6'E21°47.2'S030°18.7'E 0.948 61° 33° 194 km 05m54.5s
09:0620°39.6'S030°28.0'E22°14.2'S031°18.5'E21°26.7'S030°53.2'E 0.949 62° 31° 194 km 05m55.5s
09:0820°19.5'S031°01.7'E21°53.5'S031°52.7'E21°06.3'S031°27.2'E 0.949 63° 29° 194 km 05m56.5s
09:1019°59.4'S031°34.7'E21°32.9'S032°26.4'E20°45.9'S032°00.5'E 0.949 64° 28° 193 km 05m57.4s
09:1219°39.5'S032°07.2'E21°12.5'S032°59.4'E20°25.7'S032°33.3'E 0.949 64° 26° 193 km 05m58.3s
09:1419°19.6'S032°39.2'E20°52.1'S033°32.0'E20°05.7'S033°05.5'E 0.949 65° 24° 193 km 05m59.1s
09:1618°59.8'S033°10.8'E20°31.9'S034°04.0'E19°45.7'S033°37.3'E 0.949 66° 22° 193 km 05m59.9s
09:1818°40.2'S033°41.9'E20°11.9'S034°35.5'E19°25.8'S034°08.7'E 0.949 67° 20° 193 km 06m00.6s
09:2018°20.6'S034°12.6'E19°51.9'S035°06.7'E19°06.0'S034°39.6'E 0.949 67° 17° 193 km 06m01.3s
09:2218°01.1'S034°42.9'E19°32.0'S035°37.4'E18°46.3'S035°10.1'E 0.949 68° 15° 193 km 06m01.9s
09:2417°41.6'S035°12.9'E19°12.3'S036°07.8'E18°26.7'S035°40.3'E 0.949 68° 13° 193 km 06m02.5s
09:2617°22.3'S035°42.5'E18°52.6'S036°37.9'E18°07.2'S036°10.1'E 0.949 69° 10° 193 km 06m03.0s
09:2817°03.0'S036°11.9'E18°33.1'S037°07.6'E17°47.8'S036°39.7'E 0.949 69° 193 km 06m03.5s
09:3016°43.9'S036°41.0'E18°13.7'S037°37.1'E17°28.5'S037°09.0'E 0.950 70° 193 km 06m03.9s
09:3216°24.8'S037°09.9'E17°54.3'S038°06.4'E17°09.3'S037°38.0'E 0.950 70° 193 km 06m04.2s
09:3416°05.8'S037°38.5'E17°35.1'S038°35.4'E16°50.2'S038°06.9'E 0.950 70° 359° 193 km 06m04.6s
09:3615°46.8'S038°07.0'E17°16.0'S039°04.2'E16°31.2'S038°35.5'E 0.950 71° 356° 193 km 06m04.8s
09:3815°27.9'S038°35.3'E16°56.9'S039°32.8'E16°12.2'S039°04.0'E 0.950 71° 353° 193 km 06m05.0s
09:4015°09.1'S039°03.5'E16°38.0'S040°01.3'E15°53.3'S039°32.3'E 0.950 71° 350° 193 km 06m05.2s
09:4214°50.4'S039°31.6'E16°19.1'S040°29.7'E15°34.5'S040°00.6'E 0.950 71° 347° 194 km 06m05.3s
09:4414°31.8'S039°59.6'E16°00.4'S040°57.9'E15°15.8'S040°28.7'E 0.950 71° 344° 194 km 06m05.4s
09:4614°13.2'S040°27.5'E15°41.7'S041°26.1'E14°57.2'S040°56.7'E 0.950 71° 341° 194 km 06m05.4s
09:4813°54.7'S040°55.3'E15°23.1'S041°54.3'E14°38.7'S041°24.7'E 0.950 71° 338° 194 km 06m05.4s
09:5013°36.2'S041°23.2'E15°04.7'S042°22.4'E14°20.2'S041°52.7'E 0.950 71° 335° 195 km 06m05.3s
09:5213°17.9'S041°51.0'E14°46.3'S042°50.5'E14°01.8'S042°20.7'E 0.950 71° 331° 195 km 06m05.1s
09:5412°59.6'S042°18.9'E14°28.0'S043°18.6'E13°43.5'S042°48.7'E 0.950 71° 328° 195 km 06m04.9s
09:5612°41.3'S042°46.8'E14°09.8'S043°46.8'E13°25.3'S043°16.7'E 0.950 70° 325° 196 km 06m04.7s
09:5812°23.2'S043°14.7'E13°51.7'S044°15.1'E13°07.2'S043°44.8'E 0.950 70° 323° 196 km 06m04.4s
10:0012°05.1'S043°42.8'E13°33.6'S044°43.4'E12°49.1'S044°13.0'E 0.950 70° 320° 197 km 06m04.0s
10:0211°47.0'S044°11.0'E13°15.7'S045°11.8'E12°31.1'S044°41.3'E 0.950 69° 317° 197 km 06m03.6s
10:0411°29.1'S044°39.3'E12°57.8'S045°40.4'E12°13.2'S045°09.7'E 0.950 69° 315° 197 km 06m03.1s
10:0611°11.2'S045°07.8'E12°40.0'S046°09.1'E11°55.4'S045°38.3'E 0.950 68° 312° 198 km 06m02.6s
10:0810°53.4'S045°36.4'E12°22.3'S046°38.0'E11°37.6'S046°07.1'E 0.950 68° 310° 198 km 06m02.0s
10:1010°35.6'S046°05.3'E12°04.7'S047°07.2'E11°19.9'S046°36.1'E 0.949 67° 308° 199 km 06m01.4s
10:1210°17.9'S046°34.4'E11°47.2'S047°36.6'E11°02.3'S047°05.3'E 0.949 67° 306° 199 km 06m00.7s
10:1410°00.3'S047°03.8'E11°29.8'S048°06.2'E10°44.8'S047°34.8'E 0.949 66° 304° 200 km 06m00.0s
10:1609°42.7'S047°33.4'E11°12.5'S048°36.1'E10°27.3'S048°04.6'E 0.949 65° 302° 201 km 05m59.2s
10:1809°25.2'S048°03.4'E10°55.2'S049°06.4'E10°09.9'S048°34.8'E 0.949 65° 300° 201 km 05m58.4s
10:2009°07.8'S048°33.7'E10°38.0'S049°37.0'E09°52.6'S049°05.2'E 0.949 64° 298° 202 km 05m57.5s
10:2208°50.4'S049°04.4'E10°21.0'S050°08.0'E09°35.4'S049°36.1'E 0.949 63° 297° 202 km 05m56.5s
10:2408°33.1'S049°35.6'E10°04.0'S050°39.5'E09°18.3'S050°07.4'E 0.949 62° 295° 203 km 05m55.5s
10:2608°15.9'S050°07.1'E09°47.1'S051°11.4'E09°01.2'S050°39.1'E 0.949 62° 294° 204 km 05m54.5s
10:2807°58.7'S050°39.2'E09°30.3'S051°43.8'E08°44.2'S051°11.3'E 0.949 61° 292° 204 km 05m53.4s
10:3007°41.7'S051°11.8'E09°13.5'S052°16.7'E08°27.3'S051°44.1'E 0.949 60° 291° 205 km 05m52.2s
10:3207°24.6'S051°44.9'E08°56.9'S052°50.2'E08°10.5'S052°17.4'E 0.949 59° 290° 206 km 05m51.0s
10:3407°07.7'S052°18.7'E08°40.4'S053°24.3'E07°53.8'S052°51.3'E 0.948 58° 289° 206 km 05m49.7s
10:3606°50.9'S052°53.1'E08°23.9'S053°59.1'E07°37.1'S053°25.9'E 0.948 57° 287° 207 km 05m48.4s
10:3806°34.1'S053°28.2'E08°07.6'S054°34.6'E07°20.5'S054°01.2'E 0.948 56° 286° 208 km 05m47.0s
10:4006°17.4'S054°04.1'E07°51.4'S055°10.9'E07°04.1'S054°37.3'E 0.948 55° 285° 208 km 05m45.5s
10:4206°00.7'S054°40.8'E07°35.2'S055°48.0'E06°47.7'S055°14.2'E 0.948 54° 285° 209 km 05m44.0s
10:4405°44.2'S055°18.3'E07°19.2'S056°26.1'E06°31.4'S055°52.0'E 0.948 53° 284° 210 km 05m42.4s
10:4605°27.7'S055°56.8'E07°03.3'S057°05.1'E06°15.2'S056°30.7'E 0.948 52° 283° 211 km 05m40.8s
10:4805°11.4'S056°36.3'E06°47.5'S057°45.2'E05°59.1'S057°10.5'E 0.947 51° 282° 211 km 05m39.1s
10:5004°55.1'S057°16.9'E06°31.8'S058°26.4'E05°43.1'S057°51.4'E 0.947 50° 281° 212 km 05m37.4s
10:5204°38.9'S057°58.7'E06°16.2'S059°08.8'E05°27.3'S058°33.5'E 0.947 49° 281° 213 km 05m35.6s
10:5404°22.8'S058°41.8'E06°00.8'S059°52.5'E05°11.5'S059°16.9'E 0.947 48° 280° 214 km 05m33.7s
10:5604°06.9'S059°26.3'E05°45.5'S060°37.8'E04°55.9'S060°01.7'E 0.947 47° 279° 215 km 05m31.8s
10:5803°51.0'S060°12.3'E05°30.3'S061°24.6'E04°40.4'S060°48.1'E 0.947 45° 279° 215 km 05m29.8s
11:0003°35.2'S060°59.9'E05°15.3'S062°13.1'E04°25.0'S061°36.2'E 0.946 44° 278° 216 km 05m27.8s
11:0203°19.6'S061°49.4'E05°00.4'S063°03.6'E04°09.7'S062°26.1'E 0.946 43° 278° 217 km 05m25.7s
11:0403°04.1'S062°40.8'E04°45.8'S063°56.1'E03°54.6'S063°18.1'E 0.946 42° 277° 218 km 05m23.5s
11:0602°48.8'S063°34.5'E04°31.3'S064°51.0'E03°39.7'S064°12.3'E 0.946 40° 277° 219 km 05m21.2s
11:0802°33.6'S064°30.5'E04°16.9'S065°48.5'E03°24.9'S065°09.0'E 0.945 39° 276° 220 km 05m18.9s
11:1002°18.5'S065°29.4'E04°02.8'S066°48.9'E03°10.4'S066°08.6'E 0.945 37° 276° 221 km 05m16.5s
11:1202°03.7'S066°31.3'E03°49.0'S067°52.7'E02°56.0'S067°11.4'E 0.945 36° 276° 222 km 05m14.0s
11:1401°49.0'S067°36.7'E03°35.4'S069°00.2'E02°41.8'S068°17.8'E 0.944 34° 275° 223 km 05m11.4s
11:1601°34.6'S068°46.0'E03°22.1'S070°12.0'E02°28.0'S069°28.3'E 0.944 33° 275° 224 km 05m08.7s
11:1801°20.4'S070°00.0'E03°09.1'S071°29.0'E02°14.4'S070°43.7'E 0.944 31° 275° 225 km 05m05.9s
11:2001°06.5'S071°19.4'E02°56.6'S072°52.0'E02°01.1'S072°04.8'E 0.943 29° 274° 226 km 05m02.9s
11:2200°52.9'S072°45.4'E02°44.5'S074°22.4'E01°48.3'S073°32.8'E 0.943 27° 274° 228 km 04m59.8s
11:2400°39.8'S074°19.3'E02°32.9'S076°02.0'E01°35.9'S075°09.3'E 0.942 25° 274° 229 km 04m56.6s
11:2600°27.2'S076°03.3'E02°22.1'S077°53.6'E01°24.2'S076°56.8'E 0.942 23° 274° 231 km 04m53.1s
11:2800°15.2'S078°00.4'E02°12.3'S080°01.5'E01°13.2'S078°58.8'E 0.941 20° 273° 233 km 04m49.3s
11:3000°04.1'S080°16.1'E02°03.9'S082°33.6'E01°03.4'S081°21.8'E 0.940 17° 273° 235 km 04m45.2s
11:3200°05.7'N083°00.2'E01°57.9'S085°47.3'E00°55.3'S084°18.5'E 0.940 14° 273° 238 km 04m40.4s
11:3400°13.0'N086°36.9'E01°57.6'S090°43.9'E00°50.8'S088°24.9'E 0.938 273° 241 km 04m34.3s
Limits00°03.9'N097°16.2'E02°12.3'S097°30.1'E01°04.0'S097°23.0'E 0.936 - 249 km 04m23.0s

ΔT = 149.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:47:46.909:45:17.715°03.8'S040°09.4'E 71.2° 341.9° 194.0 km06m05.40s
Greatest Duration09:47:52.109:45:22.915°03.0'S040°48.1'E 71.2° 341.7° 194.0 km06m05.40s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1550 Mar 18 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 149.2 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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