Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1561 Aug 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1561 Aug 11 . 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 1561 Aug 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits05°09.3'N109°26.1'E04°28.5'N109°29.9'E04°48.9'N109°28.0'E 0.980 - 75 km 01m18.4s
22:4206°46.9'N118°16.3'E06°01.4'N117°18.6'E06°24.6'N117°48.4'E 0.982 78° 66 km 01m13.9s
22:4407°19.6'N122°31.4'E06°42.0'N121°55.6'E07°01.0'N122°13.8'E 0.984 14° 79° 61 km 01m11.0s
22:4607°36.3'N125°34.3'E07°02.5'N125°06.3'E07°19.5'N125°20.4'E 0.985 17° 79° 58 km 01m08.7s
22:4807°45.1'N128°02.7'E07°13.9'N127°38.9'E07°29.6'N127°50.9'E 0.985 20° 79° 55 km 01m06.8s
22:5007°49.0'N130°09.7'E07°19.9'N129°48.6'E07°34.5'N129°59.1'E 0.986 23° 80° 53 km 01m05.0s
22:5207°49.4'N132°01.7'E07°22.0'N131°42.5'E07°35.8'N131°52.1'E 0.987 25° 80° 51 km 01m03.4s
22:5407°47.1'N133°42.6'E07°21.3'N133°24.8'E07°34.3'N133°33.7'E 0.987 27° 80° 49 km 01m01.8s
22:5607°42.7'N135°14.6'E07°18.2'N134°58.0'E07°30.5'N135°06.3'E 0.988 29° 80° 47 km 01m00.3s
22:5807°36.6'N136°39.6'E07°13.3'N136°23.8'E07°25.0'N136°31.7'E 0.988 31° 80° 45 km 00m58.9s
23:0007°29.0'N137°58.5'E07°06.8'N137°43.6'E07°17.9'N137°51.1'E 0.989 33° 80° 44 km 00m57.5s
23:0207°20.1'N139°12.5'E06°58.9'N138°58.2'E07°09.5'N139°05.3'E 0.989 35° 80° 42 km 00m56.2s
23:0407°10.1'N140°22.1'E06°49.8'N140°08.4'E07°00.0'N140°15.2'E 0.989 36° 80° 41 km 00m54.9s
23:0606°59.1'N141°27.8'E06°39.7'N141°14.7'E06°49.4'N141°21.2'E 0.990 38° 80° 39 km 00m53.7s
23:0806°47.2'N142°30.2'E06°28.6'N142°17.6'E06°38.0'N142°23.9'E 0.990 39° 79° 38 km 00m52.5s
23:1006°34.5'N143°29.6'E06°16.7'N143°17.4'E06°25.6'N143°23.5'E 0.990 41° 79° 37 km 00m51.3s
23:1206°21.1'N144°26.3'E06°04.0'N144°14.5'E06°12.6'N144°20.4'E 0.991 42° 79° 36 km 00m50.1s
23:1406°07.0'N145°20.6'E05°50.5'N145°09.1'E05°58.8'N145°14.9'E 0.991 43° 79° 35 km 00m49.0s
23:1605°52.2'N146°12.7'E05°36.4'N146°01.6'E05°44.4'N146°07.1'E 0.991 45° 78° 34 km 00m47.9s
23:1805°36.9'N147°02.8'E05°21.7'N146°51.9'E05°29.3'N146°57.3'E 0.992 46° 78° 33 km 00m46.8s
23:2005°21.0'N147°51.0'E05°06.4'N147°40.4'E05°13.7'N147°45.7'E 0.992 47° 77° 32 km 00m45.8s
23:2205°04.6'N148°37.4'E04°50.5'N148°27.2'E04°57.6'N148°32.3'E 0.992 48° 77° 31 km 00m44.8s
23:2404°47.8'N149°22.4'E04°34.2'N149°12.4'E04°41.0'N149°17.4'E 0.992 49° 76° 30 km 00m43.8s
23:2604°30.4'N150°05.8'E04°17.3'N149°56.1'E04°23.9'N150°01.0'E 0.993 50° 76° 29 km 00m42.8s
23:2804°12.6'N150°47.9'E04°00.0'N150°38.5'E04°06.3'N150°43.2'E 0.993 52° 75° 28 km 00m41.9s
23:3003°54.4'N151°28.8'E03°42.2'N151°19.6'E03°48.4'N151°24.2'E 0.993 53° 74° 28 km 00m41.0s
23:3203°35.8'N152°08.5'E03°24.0'N151°59.5'E03°30.0'N152°04.0'E 0.993 54° 74° 27 km 00m40.1s
23:3403°16.9'N152°47.1'E03°05.5'N152°38.3'E03°11.2'N152°42.7'E 0.993 55° 73° 26 km 00m39.3s
23:3602°57.5'N153°24.6'E02°46.5'N153°16.0'E02°52.0'N153°20.3'E 0.993 56° 72° 25 km 00m38.5s
23:3802°37.8'N154°01.2'E02°27.1'N153°52.8'E02°32.5'N153°57.0'E 0.994 57° 71° 25 km 00m37.7s
23:4002°17.7'N154°37.0'E02°07.4'N154°28.7'E02°12.6'N154°32.8'E 0.994 58° 70° 24 km 00m36.9s
23:4201°57.3'N155°11.8'E01°47.3'N155°03.8'E01°52.4'N155°07.8'E 0.994 58° 69° 23 km 00m36.1s
23:4401°36.6'N155°45.9'E01°26.9'N155°38.1'E01°31.8'N155°42.0'E 0.994 59° 68° 23 km 00m35.4s
23:4601°15.6'N156°19.3'E01°06.2'N156°11.6'E01°10.9'N156°15.4'E 0.994 60° 67° 22 km 00m34.7s
23:4800°54.2'N156°51.9'E00°45.1'N156°44.4'E00°49.7'N156°48.2'E 0.994 61° 65° 22 km 00m34.1s
23:5000°32.6'N157°23.9'E00°23.7'N157°16.5'E00°28.1'N157°20.2'E 0.994 62° 64° 21 km 00m33.4s
23:5200°10.6'N157°55.4'E00°02.0'N157°48.1'E00°06.3'N157°51.7'E 0.995 62° 63° 21 km 00m32.8s
23:5400°11.6'S158°26.2'E00°20.1'S158°19.1'E00°15.8'S158°22.6'E 0.995 63° 61° 20 km 00m32.2s
23:5600°34.2'S158°56.5'E00°42.4'S158°49.5'E00°38.3'S158°53.0'E 0.995 64° 59° 20 km 00m31.7s
23:5800°57.0'S159°26.3'E01°05.0'S159°19.4'E01°01.0'S159°22.9'E 0.995 65° 58° 19 km 00m31.2s
00:0001°20.1'S159°55.7'E01°27.9'S159°48.9'E01°24.0'S159°52.3'E 0.995 65° 56° 19 km 00m30.7s
00:0201°43.5'S160°24.7'E01°51.1'S160°18.0'E01°47.3'S160°21.3'E 0.995 66° 54° 19 km 00m30.2s
00:0402°07.1'S160°53.2'E02°14.6'S160°46.6'E02°10.9'S160°49.9'E 0.995 66° 52° 18 km 00m29.8s
00:0602°31.1'S161°21.4'E02°38.4'S161°14.9'E02°34.7'S161°18.1'E 0.995 67° 49° 18 km 00m29.4s
00:0802°55.3'S161°49.2'E03°02.4'S161°42.8'E02°58.8'S161°46.0'E 0.995 67° 47° 18 km 00m29.0s
00:1003°19.7'S162°16.8'E03°26.8'S162°10.4'E03°23.3'S162°13.6'E 0.995 68° 45° 18 km 00m28.6s
00:1203°44.5'S162°44.0'E03°51.4'S162°37.7'E03°47.9'S162°40.9'E 0.995 68° 42° 17 km 00m28.3s
00:1404°09.5'S163°11.1'E04°16.3'S163°04.8'E04°12.9'S163°07.9'E 0.995 68° 40° 17 km 00m28.0s
00:1604°34.8'S163°37.8'E04°41.5'S163°31.7'E04°38.1'S163°34.8'E 0.996 69° 37° 17 km 00m27.8s
00:1805°00.3'S164°04.4'E05°07.0'S163°58.3'E05°03.6'S164°01.4'E 0.996 69° 35° 17 km 00m27.5s
00:2005°26.1'S164°30.9'E05°32.7'S164°24.8'E05°29.4'S164°27.8'E 0.996 69° 32° 17 km 00m27.4s
00:2205°52.2'S164°57.2'E05°58.7'S164°51.1'E05°55.5'S164°54.1'E 0.996 69° 29° 16 km 00m27.2s
00:2406°18.6'S165°23.3'E06°25.1'S165°17.3'E06°21.8'S165°20.3'E 0.996 69° 26° 16 km 00m27.0s
00:2606°45.2'S165°49.4'E06°51.7'S165°43.4'E06°48.4'S165°46.4'E 0.996 69° 24° 16 km 00m26.9s
00:2807°12.2'S166°15.4'E07°18.5'S166°09.4'E07°15.3'S166°12.4'E 0.996 69° 21° 16 km 00m26.9s
00:3007°39.4'S166°41.4'E07°45.7'S166°35.4'E07°42.5'S166°38.4'E 0.996 69° 18° 16 km 00m26.8s
00:3208°06.8'S167°07.4'E08°13.2'S167°01.4'E08°10.0'S167°04.4'E 0.996 69° 15° 16 km 00m26.8s
00:3408°34.6'S167°33.4'E08°41.0'S167°27.3'E08°37.8'S167°30.4'E 0.996 68° 13° 16 km 00m26.8s
00:3609°02.7'S167°59.4'E09°09.0'S167°53.3'E09°05.8'S167°56.4'E 0.996 68° 10° 16 km 00m26.8s
00:3809°31.0'S168°25.5'E09°37.4'S168°19.4'E09°34.2'S168°22.5'E 0.996 68° 16 km 00m26.9s
00:4009°59.7'S168°51.7'E10°06.1'S168°45.6'E10°02.9'S168°48.7'E 0.996 67° 16 km 00m27.0s
00:4210°28.7'S169°18.1'E10°35.1'S169°11.9'E10°31.9'S169°15.0'E 0.996 67° 16 km 00m27.1s
00:4410°57.9'S169°44.6'E11°04.4'S169°38.3'E11°01.2'S169°41.5'E 0.995 67° 360° 16 km 00m27.3s
00:4611°27.5'S170°11.2'E11°34.1'S170°05.0'E11°30.8'S170°08.1'E 0.995 66° 358° 17 km 00m27.5s
00:4811°57.4'S170°38.2'E12°04.1'S170°31.8'E12°00.8'S170°35.0'E 0.995 66° 355° 17 km 00m27.7s
00:5012°27.7'S171°05.3'E12°34.4'S170°58.9'E12°31.0'S171°02.1'E 0.995 65° 353° 17 km 00m27.9s
00:5212°58.3'S171°32.8'E13°05.1'S171°26.3'E13°01.7'S171°29.5'E 0.995 64° 351° 17 km 00m28.2s
00:5413°29.2'S172°00.6'E13°36.1'S171°54.0'E13°32.7'S171°57.3'E 0.995 64° 349° 17 km 00m28.5s
00:5614°00.5'S172°28.7'E14°07.6'S172°22.1'E14°04.0'S172°25.4'E 0.995 63° 348° 18 km 00m28.9s
00:5814°32.2'S172°57.3'E14°39.4'S172°50.5'E14°35.8'S172°53.9'E 0.995 62° 346° 18 km 00m29.2s
01:0015°04.3'S173°26.3'E15°11.6'S173°19.4'E15°07.9'S173°22.9'E 0.995 61° 344° 18 km 00m29.6s
01:0215°36.7'S173°55.8'E15°44.2'S173°48.8'E15°40.4'S173°52.3'E 0.995 61° 342° 18 km 00m30.1s
01:0416°09.6'S174°25.9'E16°17.2'S174°18.8'E16°13.4'S174°22.3'E 0.995 60° 341° 19 km 00m30.5s
01:0616°42.8'S174°56.6'E16°50.6'S174°49.3'E16°46.7'S174°52.9'E 0.995 59° 339° 19 km 00m31.0s
01:0817°16.5'S175°27.9'E17°24.5'S175°20.5'E17°20.5'S175°24.2'E 0.995 58° 338° 20 km 00m31.5s
01:1017°50.7'S175°59.9'E17°58.9'S175°52.4'E17°54.8'S175°56.1'E 0.994 57° 337° 20 km 00m32.1s
01:1218°25.3'S176°32.7'E18°33.8'S176°25.0'E18°29.6'S176°28.8'E 0.994 56° 335° 20 km 00m32.7s
01:1419°00.5'S177°06.3'E19°09.1'S176°58.5'E19°04.8'S177°02.4'E 0.994 55° 334° 21 km 00m33.3s
01:1619°36.1'S177°40.9'E19°45.0'S177°32.9'E19°40.6'S177°36.9'E 0.994 54° 333° 21 km 00m33.9s
01:1820°12.3'S178°16.4'E20°21.5'S178°08.3'E20°16.9'S178°12.3'E 0.994 53° 331° 22 km 00m34.6s
01:2020°49.0'S178°53.1'E20°58.5'S178°44.7'E20°53.8'S178°48.9'E 0.994 52° 330° 23 km 00m35.3s
01:2221°26.3'S179°30.9'E21°36.2'S179°22.4'E21°31.2'S179°26.7'E 0.993 51° 329° 23 km 00m36.1s
01:2422°04.3'S179°50.0'W22°14.5'S179°58.6'W22°09.4'S179°54.3'W 0.993 50° 328° 24 km 00m36.8s
01:2622°42.9'S179°09.4'W22°53.5'S179°18.3'W22°48.2'S179°13.8'W 0.993 49° 327° 25 km 00m37.6s
01:2823°22.1'S178°27.3'W23°33.2'S178°36.3'W23°27.7'S178°31.8'W 0.993 48° 326° 25 km 00m38.5s
01:3024°02.2'S177°43.5'W24°13.7'S177°52.7'W24°07.9'S177°48.1'W 0.993 47° 325° 26 km 00m39.4s
01:3224°43.0'S176°57.8'W24°55.0'S177°07.2'W24°49.0'S177°02.5'W 0.992 45° 324° 27 km 00m40.3s
01:3425°24.7'S176°10.0'W25°37.1'S176°19.5'W25°30.9'S176°14.8'W 0.992 44° 322° 28 km 00m41.2s
01:3626°07.2'S175°19.9'W26°20.3'S175°29.6'W26°13.8'S175°24.7'W 0.992 43° 321° 29 km 00m42.2s
01:3826°50.8'S174°27.2'W27°04.4'S174°37.1'W26°57.6'S174°32.1'W 0.992 41° 320° 30 km 00m43.2s
01:4027°35.4'S173°31.7'W27°49.7'S173°41.7'W27°42.6'S173°36.7'W 0.991 40° 319° 31 km 00m44.3s
01:4228°21.2'S172°32.9'W28°36.2'S172°43.0'W28°28.7'S172°38.0'W 0.991 39° 318° 32 km 00m45.4s
01:4429°08.3'S171°30.5'W29°24.1'S171°40.6'W29°16.1'S171°35.6'W 0.991 37° 317° 33 km 00m46.6s
01:4629°56.7'S170°23.9'W30°13.4'S170°34.0'W30°05.1'S170°29.0'W 0.990 36° 316° 34 km 00m47.8s
01:4830°46.8'S169°12.5'W31°04.4'S169°22.5'W30°55.6'S169°17.5'W 0.990 34° 315° 35 km 00m49.0s
01:5031°38.6'S167°55.4'W31°57.3'S168°05.3'W31°48.0'S168°00.4'W 0.990 32° 314° 37 km 00m50.4s
01:5232°32.5'S166°31.8'W32°52.4'S166°41.3'W32°42.5'S166°36.5'W 0.989 30° 312° 38 km 00m51.7s
01:5433°28.8'S165°00.1'W33°50.1'S165°09.2'W33°39.4'S165°04.6'W 0.989 29° 311° 40 km 00m53.2s
01:5634°27.9'S163°18.7'W34°50.8'S163°27.0'W34°39.3'S163°22.8'W 0.988 27° 310° 42 km 00m54.8s
01:5835°30.5'S161°24.9'W35°55.2'S161°32.0'W35°42.8'S161°28.5'W 0.988 24° 308° 44 km 00m56.4s
02:0036°37.5'S159°15.0'W37°04.4'S159°20.1'W36°50.9'S159°17.6'W 0.987 22° 306° 46 km 00m58.2s
02:0237°50.3'S156°42.9'W38°20.1'S156°44.7'W38°05.1'S156°43.8'W 0.986 19° 304° 49 km 01m00.2s
02:0439°11.5'S153°37.2'W39°45.2'S153°33.1'W39°28.3'S153°35.3'W 0.986 16° 302° 52 km 01m02.4s
02:0640°46.9'S149°33.1'W41°26.9'S149°16.1'W41°06.7'S149°25.0'W 0.984 12° 299° 56 km 01m05.1s
02:0842°56.9'S143°00.1'W43°55.3'S141°45.7'W43°25.0'S142°26.6'W 0.983 294° 63 km 01m09.1s
Limits45°11.6'S134°18.3'W45°48.5'S134°30.2'W45°30.0'S134°24.2'W 0.981 - 70 km 01m12.8s

ΔT = 140.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:27:06.000:24:45.406°31.8'S164°54.9'E 69.1° 25.3° 16.3 km00m27.00s
Greatest Duration22:42:56.522:40:35.804°48.9'N109°28.0'E 0.0° 77.5° 74.9 km01m18.42s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1561 Aug 11 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 140.6 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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