Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1553 Jan 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1553 Jan 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 1553 Jan 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
Limits16°55.8'N011°36.8'E16°35.0'N011°31.9'E16°45.4'N011°34.4'E 1.011 - 39 km 00m39.0s
05:5214°32.2'N018°30.1'E13°49.4'N019°14.0'E14°10.6'N018°53.0'E 1.013 112° 48 km 00m50.6s
05:5412°50.6'N023°27.9'E12°11.3'N023°53.1'E12°30.9'N023°40.9'E 1.015 13° 114° 53 km 00m59.5s
05:5611°45.5'N026°43.6'E11°06.2'N027°02.8'E11°25.8'N026°53.5'E 1.016 17° 114° 57 km 01m06.1s
05:5810°55.5'N029°18.1'E10°15.7'N029°33.9'E10°35.6'N029°26.2'E 1.017 20° 115° 61 km 01m11.7s
06:0010°14.6'N031°28.5'E09°34.1'N031°42.3'E09°54.3'N031°35.6'E 1.018 23° 116° 64 km 01m16.7s
06:0209°39.8'N033°22.9'E08°58.6'N033°35.2'E09°19.2'N033°29.2'E 1.018 25° 116° 66 km 01m21.3s
06:0409°09.6'N035°05.5'E08°27.6'N035°16.7'E08°48.6'N035°11.3'E 1.019 27° 117° 68 km 01m25.6s
06:0608°43.0'N036°39.1'E08°00.4'N036°49.4'E08°21.7'N036°44.4'E 1.019 29° 118° 70 km 01m29.7s
06:0808°19.4'N038°05.5'E07°36.1'N038°15.2'E07°57.7'N038°10.5'E 1.020 31° 118° 72 km 01m33.5s
06:1007°58.3'N039°26.0'E07°14.3'N039°35.2'E07°36.3'N039°30.7'E 1.020 33° 119° 74 km 01m37.2s
06:1207°39.3'N040°41.5'E06°54.7'N040°50.3'E07°17.0'N040°46.1'E 1.021 34° 119° 76 km 01m40.8s
06:1407°22.1'N041°52.9'E06°36.9'N042°01.4'E06°59.5'N041°57.2'E 1.021 36° 120° 77 km 01m44.2s
06:1607°06.7'N043°00.6'E06°20.9'N043°08.8'E06°43.8'N043°04.8'E 1.021 38° 121° 79 km 01m47.4s
06:1806°52.7'N044°05.1'E06°06.3'N044°13.2'E06°29.5'N044°09.3'E 1.022 39° 121° 80 km 01m50.6s
06:2006°40.0'N045°06.8'E05°53.2'N045°14.8'E06°16.6'N045°10.9'E 1.022 40° 122° 82 km 01m53.6s
06:2206°28.6'N046°06.1'E05°41.3'N046°13.9'E06°04.9'N046°10.1'E 1.022 42° 123° 83 km 01m56.6s
06:2406°18.3'N047°03.1'E05°30.5'N047°10.9'E05°54.4'N047°07.1'E 1.023 43° 123° 84 km 01m59.4s
06:2606°09.0'N047°58.1'E05°20.8'N048°05.9'E05°44.9'N048°02.1'E 1.023 44° 124° 85 km 02m02.2s
06:2806°00.8'N048°51.3'E05°12.1'N048°59.1'E05°36.4'N048°55.3'E 1.023 46° 125° 86 km 02m04.8s
06:3005°53.4'N049°42.9'E05°04.4'N049°50.7'E05°28.9'N049°46.9'E 1.024 47° 126° 88 km 02m07.3s
06:3205°46.9'N050°33.0'E04°57.5'N050°40.9'E05°22.2'N050°37.0'E 1.024 48° 127° 89 km 02m09.8s
06:3405°41.2'N051°21.7'E04°51.5'N051°29.6'E05°16.4'N051°25.8'E 1.024 49° 128° 89 km 02m12.2s
06:3605°36.3'N052°09.2'E04°46.2'N052°17.2'E05°11.3'N052°13.3'E 1.024 50° 129° 90 km 02m14.4s
06:3805°32.1'N052°55.5'E04°41.7'N053°03.6'E05°07.0'N052°59.6'E 1.024 51° 130° 91 km 02m16.6s
06:4005°28.7'N053°40.7'E04°38.0'N053°49.0'E05°03.3'N053°44.9'E 1.025 52° 131° 92 km 02m18.7s
06:4205°25.9'N054°25.0'E04°34.9'N054°33.4'E05°00.4'N054°29.3'E 1.025 53° 132° 93 km 02m20.7s
06:4405°23.7'N055°08.4'E04°32.5'N055°16.9'E04°58.2'N055°12.7'E 1.025 54° 133° 94 km 02m22.6s
06:4605°22.2'N055°50.9'E04°30.8'N055°59.6'E04°56.5'N055°55.3'E 1.025 55° 134° 94 km 02m24.4s
06:4805°21.3'N056°32.7'E04°29.7'N056°41.5'E04°55.5'N056°37.2'E 1.025 56° 136° 95 km 02m26.1s
06:5005°21.0'N057°13.8'E04°29.2'N057°22.8'E04°55.1'N057°18.3'E 1.025 57° 137° 95 km 02m27.7s
06:5205°21.3'N057°54.2'E04°29.3'N058°03.3'E04°55.3'N057°58.8'E 1.025 57° 138° 96 km 02m29.3s
06:5405°22.1'N058°34.0'E04°29.9'N058°43.3'E04°56.0'N058°38.7'E 1.026 58° 140° 97 km 02m30.7s
06:5605°23.4'N059°13.2'E04°31.1'N059°22.7'E04°57.3'N059°18.0'E 1.026 59° 142° 97 km 02m32.1s
06:5805°25.3'N059°52.0'E04°32.9'N060°01.6'E04°59.1'N059°56.8'E 1.026 59° 143° 97 km 02m33.3s
07:0005°27.7'N060°30.2'E04°35.2'N060°40.0'E05°01.5'N060°35.1'E 1.026 60° 145° 98 km 02m34.4s
07:0205°30.6'N061°08.0'E04°38.0'N061°18.0'E05°04.3'N061°13.0'E 1.026 61° 147° 98 km 02m35.5s
07:0405°34.0'N061°45.4'E04°41.4'N061°55.6'E05°07.7'N061°50.5'E 1.026 61° 149° 98 km 02m36.4s
07:0605°37.9'N062°22.5'E04°45.2'N062°32.8'E05°11.6'N062°27.7'E 1.026 62° 150° 99 km 02m37.3s
07:0805°42.3'N062°59.2'E04°49.6'N063°09.7'E05°16.0'N063°04.5'E 1.026 62° 152° 99 km 02m38.1s
07:1005°47.2'N063°35.6'E04°54.4'N063°46.3'E05°20.8'N063°41.0'E 1.026 63° 155° 99 km 02m38.7s
07:1205°52.5'N064°11.8'E04°59.7'N064°22.6'E05°26.1'N064°17.2'E 1.026 63° 157° 99 km 02m39.3s
07:1405°58.3'N064°47.7'E05°05.6'N064°58.7'E05°32.0'N064°53.2'E 1.026 63° 159° 99 km 02m39.8s
07:1606°04.6'N065°23.4'E05°11.9'N065°34.6'E05°38.2'N065°29.0'E 1.026 64° 161° 99 km 02m40.1s
07:1806°11.3'N065°58.9'E05°18.7'N066°10.3'E05°45.0'N066°04.6'E 1.026 64° 163° 99 km 02m40.4s
07:2006°18.5'N066°34.3'E05°25.9'N066°45.8'E05°52.2'N066°40.1'E 1.026 64° 166° 99 km 02m40.6s
07:2206°26.2'N067°09.6'E05°33.6'N067°21.2'E05°59.9'N067°15.4'E 1.026 64° 168° 99 km 02m40.7s
07:2406°34.3'N067°44.8'E05°41.8'N067°56.6'E06°08.1'N067°50.6'E 1.026 64° 170° 99 km 02m40.6s
07:2606°42.9'N068°19.9'E05°50.5'N068°31.8'E06°16.7'N068°25.8'E 1.026 64° 173° 99 km 02m40.5s
07:2806°51.9'N068°54.9'E05°59.6'N069°07.0'E06°25.8'N069°01.0'E 1.026 64° 175° 99 km 02m40.3s
07:3007°01.4'N069°30.0'E06°09.3'N069°42.2'E06°35.3'N069°36.1'E 1.026 64° 177° 99 km 02m40.0s
07:3207°11.4'N070°05.1'E06°19.4'N070°17.4'E06°45.4'N070°11.2'E 1.026 64° 180° 98 km 02m39.6s
07:3407°21.8'N070°40.2'E06°29.9'N070°52.6'E06°55.9'N070°46.4'E 1.026 64° 182° 98 km 02m39.1s
07:3607°32.7'N071°15.5'E06°41.0'N071°27.9'E07°06.8'N071°21.7'E 1.026 64° 184° 98 km 02m38.5s
07:3807°44.0'N071°50.8'E06°52.5'N072°03.3'E07°18.2'N071°57.0'E 1.026 63° 187° 97 km 02m37.8s
07:4007°55.8'N072°26.2'E07°04.5'N072°38.9'E07°30.2'N072°32.5'E 1.026 63° 189° 97 km 02m37.0s
07:4208°08.1'N073°01.9'E07°17.0'N073°14.5'E07°42.6'N073°08.2'E 1.026 63° 191° 97 km 02m36.2s
07:4408°20.9'N073°37.7'E07°30.0'N073°50.4'E07°55.5'N073°44.0'E 1.026 62° 193° 96 km 02m35.2s
07:4608°34.2'N074°13.7'E07°43.5'N074°26.5'E08°08.8'N074°20.1'E 1.026 62° 195° 96 km 02m34.2s
07:4808°48.0'N074°50.1'E07°57.5'N075°02.8'E08°22.7'N074°56.4'E 1.026 61° 197° 95 km 02m33.0s
07:5009°02.3'N075°26.7'E08°12.0'N075°39.5'E08°37.1'N075°33.0'E 1.026 60° 199° 95 km 02m31.8s
07:5209°17.1'N076°03.7'E08°27.1'N076°16.4'E08°52.1'N076°10.0'E 1.026 60° 201° 94 km 02m30.5s
07:5409°32.4'N076°41.0'E08°42.7'N076°53.8'E09°07.5'N076°47.3'E 1.025 59° 203° 94 km 02m29.1s
07:5609°48.3'N077°18.8'E08°58.9'N077°31.5'E09°23.6'N077°25.1'E 1.025 59° 204° 93 km 02m27.6s
07:5810°04.7'N077°57.0'E09°15.6'N078°09.7'E09°40.1'N078°03.3'E 1.025 58° 206° 92 km 02m26.0s
08:0010°21.7'N078°35.8'E09°32.9'N078°48.4'E09°57.3'N078°42.0'E 1.025 57° 208° 92 km 02m24.4s
08:0210°39.3'N079°15.1'E09°50.8'N079°27.6'E10°15.0'N079°21.3'E 1.025 56° 209° 91 km 02m22.7s
08:0410°57.5'N079°55.1'E10°09.3'N080°07.4'E10°33.4'N080°01.2'E 1.025 55° 210° 90 km 02m20.9s
08:0611°16.3'N080°35.7'E10°28.4'N080°47.9'E10°52.4'N080°41.7'E 1.025 55° 212° 89 km 02m19.0s
08:0811°35.8'N081°17.1'E10°48.2'N081°29.2'E11°12.0'N081°23.0'E 1.024 54° 213° 89 km 02m17.0s
08:1011°55.9'N081°59.2'E11°08.7'N082°11.2'E11°32.3'N082°05.1'E 1.024 53° 215° 88 km 02m15.0s
08:1212°16.8'N082°42.3'E11°29.9'N082°54.0'E11°53.3'N082°48.1'E 1.024 52° 216° 87 km 02m12.8s
08:1412°38.3'N083°26.3'E11°51.8'N083°37.9'E12°15.0'N083°32.0'E 1.024 51° 217° 86 km 02m10.6s
08:1613°00.7'N084°11.5'E12°14.5'N084°22.7'E12°37.5'N084°17.0'E 1.024 50° 218° 85 km 02m08.3s
08:1813°23.8'N084°57.7'E12°38.0'N085°08.7'E13°00.9'N085°03.1'E 1.023 49° 219° 84 km 02m06.0s
08:2013°47.8'N085°45.3'E13°02.4'N085°56.0'E13°25.0'N085°50.5'E 1.023 48° 220° 83 km 02m03.5s
08:2214°12.6'N086°34.3'E13°27.6'N086°44.6'E13°50.1'N086°39.3'E 1.023 46° 221° 82 km 02m01.0s
08:2414°38.5'N087°24.8'E13°53.9'N087°34.8'E14°16.1'N087°29.7'E 1.023 45° 222° 81 km 01m58.4s
08:2615°05.3'N088°17.1'E14°21.1'N088°26.6'E14°43.2'N088°21.7'E 1.022 44° 223° 80 km 01m55.7s
08:2815°33.2'N089°11.2'E14°49.5'N089°20.3'E15°11.3'N089°15.6'E 1.022 43° 224° 79 km 01m53.0s
08:3016°02.3'N090°07.5'E15°19.0'N090°16.1'E15°40.6'N090°11.7'E 1.022 41° 225° 78 km 01m50.1s
08:3216°32.7'N091°06.2'E15°49.8'N091°14.2'E16°11.2'N091°10.1'E 1.021 40° 226° 76 km 01m47.1s
08:3417°04.4'N092°07.6'E16°22.1'N092°15.0'E16°43.2'N092°11.2'E 1.021 39° 227° 75 km 01m44.1s
08:3617°37.7'N093°12.1'E16°55.8'N093°18.7'E17°16.7'N093°15.3'E 1.021 37° 228° 74 km 01m40.9s
08:3818°12.7'N094°20.0'E17°31.3'N094°25.9'E17°52.0'N094°22.8'E 1.020 36° 229° 72 km 01m37.7s
08:4018°49.6'N095°32.0'E18°08.7'N095°37.0'E18°29.1'N095°34.4'E 1.020 34° 230° 70 km 01m34.3s
08:4219°28.7'N096°48.7'E18°48.3'N096°52.8'E19°08.4'N096°50.6'E 1.019 32° 231° 69 km 01m30.8s
08:4420°10.2'N098°11.1'E19°30.4'N098°14.0'E19°50.3'N098°12.4'E 1.019 30° 232° 67 km 01m27.1s
08:4620°54.8'N099°40.2'E20°15.5'N099°41.8'E20°35.1'N099°40.8'E 1.018 28° 233° 65 km 01m23.3s
08:4821°42.8'N101°17.7'E21°04.1'N101°17.7'E21°23.4'N101°17.5'E 1.018 26° 234° 63 km 01m19.3s
08:5022°35.3'N103°05.9'E21°57.1'N103°04.0'E22°16.2'N103°04.8'E 1.017 24° 235° 61 km 01m15.0s
08:5223°33.5'N105°08.3'E22°55.8'N105°03.9'E23°14.6'N105°05.9'E 1.016 22° 236° 58 km 01m10.3s
08:5424°39.5'N107°30.7'E24°02.3'N107°23.0'E24°20.8'N107°26.6'E 1.016 19° 237° 55 km 01m05.3s
08:5625°57.5'N110°24.4'E25°20.4'N110°11.6'E25°38.9'N110°17.7'E 1.015 16° 239° 52 km 00m59.6s
08:5827°37.5'N114°16.8'E26°59.4'N113°54.5'E27°18.3'N114°05.2'E 1.013 11° 241° 48 km 00m52.6s
09:0030°34.5'N121°42.2'E29°42.2'N120°28.0'E30°07.3'N121°01.7'E 1.011 245° 40 km 00m41.6s
Limits31°59.8'N125°35.6'E31°41.3'N125°41.9'E31°50.5'N125°38.8'E 1.010 - 35 km 00m35.4s

ΔT = 147.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:28:07.407:25:40.406°15.3'N067°43.2'E 64.2° 172.4° 99.0 km02m40.54s
Greatest Duration07:25:01.107:22:34.106°02.2'N067°25.4'E 64.2° 168.7° 99.2 km02m40.66s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1553 Jan 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 147.0 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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