Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1556 May 09
Fred Espenak
Introduction
The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1556 May 09 . 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 1556 May 09 | |||||||||||
| UT1 | Northern Limit | Southern Limit | Central Line | M:S | Sun | Sun | Path | Central | |||
| Latitude | Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Ratio | Alt. | Azm. | Width | Duration | |
| Limits | 50°43.8'S | 062°48.8'E | 52°22.6'S | 064°04.8'E | 51°33.0'S | 063°25.9'E | 1.053 | 0° | - | 202 km | 03m05.6s |
| 03:30 | 45°51.5'S | 073°28.6'E | - | - | 48°22.5'S | 070°41.5'E | 1.055 | 6° | 51° | 206 km | 03m20.1s |
| 03:32 | 43°14.8'S | 078°18.9'E | 47°08.1'S | 075°32.9'E | 45°03.5'S | 077°12.8'E | 1.056 | 12° | 46° | 211 km | 03m35.9s |
| 03:34 | 41°18.2'S | 081°37.1'E | 44°37.1'S | 080°11.1'E | 42°53.5'S | 081°01.8'E | 1.058 | 15° | 43° | 214 km | 03m46.7s |
| 03:36 | 39°40.9'S | 084°12.8'E | 42°42.8'S | 083°25.1'E | 41°08.9'S | 083°53.6'E | 1.059 | 18° | 41° | 217 km | 03m55.6s |
| 03:38 | 38°15.6'S | 086°22.8'E | 41°06.9'S | 085°58.5'E | 39°39.0'S | 086°14.0'E | 1.059 | 21° | 38° | 219 km | 04m03.4s |
| 03:40 | 36°58.9'S | 088°15.3'E | 39°42.6'S | 088°07.2'E | 38°18.9'S | 088°13.8'E | 1.060 | 23° | 37° | 222 km | 04m10.4s |
| 03:42 | 35°48.5'S | 089°55.1'E | 38°26.7'S | 089°59.0'E | 37°06.0'S | 089°59.0'E | 1.061 | 25° | 35° | 224 km | 04m17.0s |
| 03:44 | 34°43.3'S | 091°25.2'E | 37°17.1'S | 091°38.2'E | 35°58.7'S | 091°33.3'E | 1.061 | 27° | 33° | 225 km | 04m23.0s |
| 03:46 | 33°42.2'S | 092°47.4'E | 36°12.5'S | 093°07.8'E | 34°56.0'S | 092°59.0'E | 1.062 | 29° | 32° | 227 km | 04m28.8s |
| 03:48 | 32°44.6'S | 094°03.4'E | 35°12.0'S | 094°29.7'E | 33°57.1'S | 094°17.7'E | 1.062 | 30° | 30° | 229 km | 04m34.2s |
| 03:50 | 31°50.1'S | 095°14.0'E | 34°15.1'S | 095°45.4'E | 33°01.4'S | 095°30.7'E | 1.063 | 32° | 29° | 231 km | 04m39.4s |
| 03:52 | 30°58.1'S | 096°20.3'E | 33°21.1'S | 096°55.9'E | 32°08.6'S | 096°39.0'E | 1.063 | 33° | 28° | 233 km | 04m44.3s |
| 03:54 | 30°08.5'S | 097°22.7'E | 32°29.8'S | 098°02.0'E | 31°18.1'S | 097°43.1'E | 1.063 | 35° | 26° | 234 km | 04m49.0s |
| 03:56 | 29°21.0'S | 098°21.9'E | 31°40.8'S | 099°04.3'E | 30°29.9'S | 098°43.8'E | 1.064 | 36° | 25° | 236 km | 04m53.5s |
| 03:58 | 28°35.3'S | 099°18.2'E | 30°53.8'S | 100°03.4'E | 29°43.7'S | 099°41.4'E | 1.064 | 37° | 23° | 237 km | 04m57.8s |
| 04:00 | 27°51.3'S | 100°12.0'E | 30°08.8'S | 100°59.7'E | 28°59.2'S | 100°36.4'E | 1.064 | 38° | 22° | 239 km | 05m02.0s |
| 04:02 | 27°08.9'S | 101°03.7'E | 29°25.4'S | 101°53.5'E | 28°16.3'S | 101°29.1'E | 1.064 | 39° | 21° | 241 km | 05m05.9s |
| 04:04 | 26°28.0'S | 101°53.3'E | 28°43.6'S | 102°45.1'E | 27°35.0'S | 102°19.7'E | 1.065 | 40° | 19° | 242 km | 05m09.8s |
| 04:06 | 25°48.3'S | 102°41.3'E | 28°03.3'S | 103°34.8'E | 26°55.0'S | 103°08.5'E | 1.065 | 41° | 18° | 244 km | 05m13.4s |
| 04:08 | 25°09.9'S | 103°27.7'E | 27°24.3'S | 104°22.8'E | 26°16.4'S | 103°55.6'E | 1.065 | 42° | 17° | 245 km | 05m16.9s |
| 04:10 | 24°32.7'S | 104°12.7'E | 26°46.6'S | 105°09.2'E | 25°38.9'S | 104°41.3'E | 1.065 | 43° | 15° | 247 km | 05m20.3s |
| 04:12 | 23°56.6'S | 104°56.4'E | 26°10.0'S | 105°54.2'E | 25°02.6'S | 105°25.6'E | 1.066 | 44° | 14° | 248 km | 05m23.5s |
| 04:14 | 23°21.5'S | 105°39.1'E | 25°34.6'S | 106°38.1'E | 24°27.4'S | 106°08.9'E | 1.066 | 45° | 12° | 250 km | 05m26.6s |
| 04:16 | 22°47.4'S | 106°20.7'E | 25°00.2'S | 107°20.8'E | 23°53.1'S | 106°51.0'E | 1.066 | 46° | 11° | 251 km | 05m29.5s |
| 04:18 | 22°14.2'S | 107°01.5'E | 24°26.8'S | 108°02.5'E | 23°19.9'S | 107°32.2'E | 1.066 | 46° | 9° | 253 km | 05m32.3s |
| 04:20 | 21°42.0'S | 107°41.5'E | 23°54.3'S | 108°43.3'E | 22°47.5'S | 108°12.6'E | 1.066 | 47° | 8° | 254 km | 05m34.9s |
| 04:22 | 21°10.6'S | 108°20.7'E | 23°22.8'S | 109°23.4'E | 22°16.1'S | 108°52.2'E | 1.066 | 48° | 6° | 256 km | 05m37.4s |
| 04:24 | 20°40.0'S | 108°59.3'E | 22°52.1'S | 110°02.7'E | 21°45.4'S | 109°31.2'E | 1.067 | 48° | 5° | 257 km | 05m39.8s |
| 04:26 | 20°10.2'S | 109°37.4'E | 22°22.2'S | 110°41.5'E | 21°15.6'S | 110°09.6'E | 1.067 | 49° | 3° | 258 km | 05m42.0s |
| 04:28 | 19°41.1'S | 110°14.9'E | 21°53.2'S | 111°19.6'E | 20°46.6'S | 110°47.4'E | 1.067 | 49° | 2° | 260 km | 05m44.1s |
| 04:30 | 19°12.9'S | 110°52.0'E | 21°24.9'S | 111°57.3'E | 20°18.3'S | 111°24.8'E | 1.067 | 50° | 0° | 261 km | 05m46.0s |
| 04:32 | 18°45.3'S | 111°28.8'E | 20°57.4'S | 112°34.6'E | 19°50.8'S | 112°01.8'E | 1.067 | 50° | 358° | 263 km | 05m47.8s |
| 04:34 | 18°18.4'S | 112°05.2'E | 20°30.6'S | 113°11.4'E | 19°24.0'S | 112°38.4'E | 1.067 | 51° | 357° | 264 km | 05m49.5s |
| 04:36 | 17°52.2'S | 112°41.3'E | 20°04.5'S | 113°48.0'E | 18°57.9'S | 113°14.7'E | 1.067 | 51° | 355° | 265 km | 05m51.0s |
| 04:38 | 17°26.7'S | 113°17.3'E | 19°39.2'S | 114°24.3'E | 18°32.4'S | 113°50.8'E | 1.067 | 51° | 353° | 267 km | 05m52.4s |
| 04:40 | 17°01.9'S | 113°53.0'E | 19°14.4'S | 115°00.4'E | 18°07.7'S | 114°26.7'E | 1.067 | 52° | 352° | 268 km | 05m53.6s |
| 04:42 | 16°37.7'S | 114°28.6'E | 18°50.4'S | 115°36.4'E | 17°43.6'S | 115°02.5'E | 1.067 | 52° | 350° | 269 km | 05m54.6s |
| 04:44 | 16°14.1'S | 115°04.2'E | 18°27.0'S | 116°12.2'E | 17°20.1'S | 115°38.2'E | 1.067 | 52° | 348° | 270 km | 05m55.6s |
| 04:46 | 15°51.1'S | 115°39.7'E | 18°04.3'S | 116°47.9'E | 16°57.3'S | 116°13.8'E | 1.067 | 52° | 346° | 271 km | 05m56.3s |
| 04:48 | 15°28.8'S | 116°15.2'E | 17°42.2'S | 117°23.7'E | 16°35.0'S | 116°49.4'E | 1.067 | 52° | 345° | 273 km | 05m56.9s |
| 04:50 | 15°07.1'S | 116°50.7'E | 17°20.7'S | 117°59.4'E | 16°13.4'S | 117°25.0'E | 1.067 | 52° | 343° | 274 km | 05m57.4s |
| 04:52 | 14°46.0'S | 117°26.3'E | 16°59.8'S | 118°35.2'E | 15°52.5'S | 118°00.7'E | 1.067 | 52° | 341° | 275 km | 05m57.7s |
| 04:54 | 14°25.5'S | 118°02.0'E | 16°39.5'S | 119°11.1'E | 15°32.1'S | 118°36.5'E | 1.067 | 52° | 339° | 276 km | 05m57.8s |
| 04:56 | 14°05.6'S | 118°37.9'E | 16°19.9'S | 119°47.2'E | 15°12.3'S | 119°12.4'E | 1.067 | 52° | 338° | 276 km | 05m57.8s |
| 04:58 | 13°46.3'S | 119°14.0'E | 16°00.9'S | 120°23.4'E | 14°53.2'S | 119°48.6'E | 1.067 | 52° | 336° | 277 km | 05m57.7s |
| 05:00 | 13°27.6'S | 119°50.4'E | 15°42.4'S | 120°59.8'E | 14°34.6'S | 120°24.9'E | 1.067 | 52° | 334° | 278 km | 05m57.3s |
| 05:02 | 13°09.5'S | 120°27.0'E | 15°24.6'S | 121°36.6'E | 14°16.7'S | 121°01.6'E | 1.067 | 52° | 333° | 279 km | 05m56.8s |
| 05:04 | 12°52.0'S | 121°03.9'E | 15°07.4'S | 122°13.6'E | 13°59.3'S | 121°38.6'E | 1.067 | 52° | 331° | 279 km | 05m56.1s |
| 05:06 | 12°35.1'S | 121°41.2'E | 14°50.8'S | 122°51.0'E | 13°42.6'S | 122°15.9'E | 1.067 | 51° | 329° | 280 km | 05m55.3s |
| 05:08 | 12°18.8'S | 122°18.9'E | 14°34.8'S | 123°28.8'E | 13°26.5'S | 122°53.6'E | 1.067 | 51° | 328° | 280 km | 05m54.3s |
| 05:10 | 12°03.2'S | 122°57.0'E | 14°19.5'S | 124°07.0'E | 13°11.0'S | 123°31.8'E | 1.067 | 51° | 326° | 280 km | 05m53.1s |
| 05:12 | 11°48.2'S | 123°35.7'E | 14°04.8'S | 124°45.8'E | 12°56.1'S | 124°10.5'E | 1.067 | 50° | 325° | 280 km | 05m51.8s |
| 05:14 | 11°33.8'S | 124°14.9'E | 13°50.7'S | 125°25.1'E | 12°41.9'S | 124°49.7'E | 1.067 | 50° | 323° | 280 km | 05m50.3s |
| 05:16 | 11°20.1'S | 124°54.7'E | 13°37.3'S | 126°05.0'E | 12°28.3'S | 125°29.5'E | 1.067 | 49° | 322° | 280 km | 05m48.6s |
| 05:18 | 11°07.0'S | 125°35.1'E | 13°24.5'S | 126°45.6'E | 12°15.4'S | 126°10.0'E | 1.066 | 49° | 320° | 280 km | 05m46.7s |
| 05:20 | 10°54.6'S | 126°16.3'E | 13°12.4'S | 127°26.9'E | 12°03.2'S | 126°51.2'E | 1.066 | 48° | 319° | 279 km | 05m44.7s |
| 05:22 | 10°43.0'S | 126°58.3'E | 13°01.0'S | 128°09.0'E | 11°51.7'S | 127°33.2'E | 1.066 | 47° | 317° | 279 km | 05m42.5s |
| 05:24 | 10°32.0'S | 127°41.1'E | 12°50.4'S | 128°52.0'E | 11°40.9'S | 128°16.1'E | 1.066 | 47° | 316° | 278 km | 05m40.1s |
| 05:26 | 10°21.8'S | 128°24.8'E | 12°40.4'S | 129°36.0'E | 11°30.8'S | 128°59.9'E | 1.066 | 46° | 315° | 277 km | 05m37.5s |
| 05:28 | 10°12.3'S | 129°09.5'E | 12°31.3'S | 130°20.9'E | 11°21.5'S | 129°44.7'E | 1.066 | 45° | 314° | 276 km | 05m34.7s |
| 05:30 | 10°03.7'S | 129°55.2'E | 12°22.9'S | 131°07.1'E | 11°13.0'S | 130°30.6'E | 1.065 | 44° | 312° | 275 km | 05m31.8s |
| 05:32 | 09°55.8'S | 130°42.2'E | 12°15.4'S | 131°54.4'E | 11°05.3'S | 131°17.7'E | 1.065 | 43° | 311° | 274 km | 05m28.7s |
| 05:34 | 09°48.9'S | 131°30.5'E | 12°08.7'S | 132°43.1'E | 10°58.5'S | 132°06.2'E | 1.065 | 43° | 310° | 273 km | 05m25.4s |
| 05:36 | 09°42.8'S | 132°20.1'E | 12°03.0'S | 133°33.3'E | 10°52.6'S | 132°56.0'E | 1.065 | 42° | 309° | 271 km | 05m21.8s |
| 05:38 | 09°37.7'S | 133°11.3'E | 11°58.2'S | 134°25.1'E | 10°47.6'S | 133°47.5'E | 1.064 | 41° | 308° | 269 km | 05m18.1s |
| 05:40 | 09°33.6'S | 134°04.1'E | 11°54.4'S | 135°18.8'E | 10°43.7'S | 134°40.7'E | 1.064 | 40° | 307° | 267 km | 05m14.2s |
| 05:42 | 09°30.6'S | 134°58.9'E | 11°51.8'S | 136°14.4'E | 10°40.8'S | 135°35.8'E | 1.064 | 39° | 306° | 265 km | 05m10.1s |
| 05:44 | 09°28.7'S | 135°55.7'E | 11°50.3'S | 137°12.3'E | 10°39.1'S | 136°33.1'E | 1.064 | 37° | 305° | 263 km | 05m05.8s |
| 05:46 | 09°28.0'S | 136°54.7'E | 11°50.1'S | 138°12.6'E | 10°38.7'S | 137°32.7'E | 1.063 | 36° | 304° | 261 km | 05m01.3s |
| 05:48 | 09°28.7'S | 137°56.4'E | 11°51.3'S | 139°15.8'E | 10°39.7'S | 138°35.1'E | 1.063 | 35° | 303° | 259 km | 04m56.5s |
| 05:50 | 09°30.9'S | 139°00.9'E | 11°54.0'S | 140°22.2'E | 10°42.1'S | 139°40.4'E | 1.063 | 34° | 303° | 256 km | 04m51.5s |
| 05:52 | 09°34.7'S | 140°08.7'E | 11°58.5'S | 141°32.2'E | 10°46.2'S | 140°49.2'E | 1.062 | 32° | 302° | 253 km | 04m46.3s |
| 05:54 | 09°40.3'S | 141°20.3'E | 12°04.9'S | 142°46.6'E | 10°52.1'S | 142°02.1'E | 1.062 | 31° | 301° | 250 km | 04m40.8s |
| 05:56 | 09°47.9'S | 142°36.2'E | 12°13.5'S | 144°05.9'E | 11°00.2'S | 143°19.6'E | 1.061 | 29° | 300° | 247 km | 04m34.9s |
| 05:58 | 09°57.9'S | 143°57.4'E | 12°24.7'S | 145°31.3'E | 11°10.8'S | 144°42.6'E | 1.061 | 27° | 299° | 244 km | 04m28.8s |
| 06:00 | 10°10.6'S | 145°24.7'E | 12°39.0'S | 147°04.1'E | 11°24.2'S | 146°12.4'E | 1.060 | 26° | 299° | 241 km | 04m22.3s |
| 06:02 | 10°26.6'S | 146°59.7'E | 12°57.2'S | 148°46.2'E | 11°41.2'S | 147°50.6'E | 1.060 | 24° | 298° | 237 km | 04m15.3s |
| 06:04 | 10°46.7'S | 148°44.4'E | 13°20.2'S | 150°40.7'E | 12°02.6'S | 149°39.7'E | 1.059 | 21° | 297° | 233 km | 04m07.7s |
| 06:06 | 11°12.1'S | 150°41.9'E | 13°50.1'S | 152°52.5'E | 12°29.9'S | 151°43.5'E | 1.058 | 19° | 296° | 229 km | 03m59.5s |
| 06:08 | 11°44.7'S | 152°57.6'E | 14°30.1'S | 155°31.0'E | 13°05.7'S | 154°09.0'E | 1.057 | 16° | 295° | 224 km | 03m50.2s |
| 06:10 | 12°28.5'S | 155°41.8'E | 15°28.6'S | 158°59.1'E | 13°55.4'S | 157°10.7'E | 1.056 | 13° | 294° | 218 km | 03m39.3s |
| 06:12 | 13°33.3'S | 159°20.9'E | 17°29.4'S | 165°17.8'E | 15°16.2'S | 161°35.8'E | 1.055 | 8° | 293° | 210 km | 03m24.7s |
| Limits | 16°54.4'S | 169°07.8'E | 18°43.7'S | 168°50.6'E | 17°48.7'S | 168°59.1'E | 1.052 | 0° | - | 199 km | 03m03.6s |
ΔT = 144.5 seconds
| Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration | ||||||||
| Event | Time TD |
Time UT1 |
Latitude | Longitude | Sun Altitude |
Sun Azimuth |
Path Width | Central Duration |
| Greatest Eclipse | 04:53:34.2 | 04:51:09.7 | 16°01.2'S | 117°09.5'E | 52.5° | 341.8° | 274.3 km | 05m57.60s |
| Greatest Duration | 04:57:13.3 | 04:54:48.8 | 15°24.0'S | 118°51.1'E | 52.4° | 338.7° | 276.0 km | 05m57.86s |
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Eclipse Predictions
Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1556 May 09 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 144.5 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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