Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1561 Feb 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1561 Feb 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1561 Feb 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
Limits11°53.1'S004°31.2'E13°28.6'S004°22.4'E12°40.9'S004°27.0'E 0.953 - 176 km 03m08.1s
05:4812°27.3'S008°02.9'E14°24.7'S011°03.9'E13°29.0'S009°47.9'E 0.954 99° 171 km 03m10.1s
05:5013°18.2'S015°14.8'E14°54.4'S016°39.5'E14°06.9'S015°58.9'E 0.956 12° 97° 165 km 03m12.8s
05:5213°33.6'S019°05.7'E15°03.8'S020°13.7'E14°19.1'S019°40.6'E 0.957 16° 96° 162 km 03m14.6s
05:5413°38.9'S022°00.6'E15°05.3'S023°01.2'E14°22.4'S022°31.5'E 0.958 19° 95° 159 km 03m16.0s
05:5613°38.6'S024°25.5'E15°02.2'S025°22.0'E14°20.7'S024°54.2'E 0.958 22° 95° 157 km 03m17.2s
05:5813°34.7'S026°30.8'E14°56.0'S027°24.8'E14°15.6'S026°58.2'E 0.959 24° 94° 155 km 03m18.3s
06:0013°28.3'S028°22.1'E14°47.4'S029°14.4'E14°08.1'S028°48.5'E 0.959 27° 94° 153 km 03m19.3s
06:0213°19.7'S030°02.6'E14°37.1'S030°53.8'E13°58.6'S030°28.4'E 0.960 29° 93° 152 km 03m20.3s
06:0413°09.5'S031°34.6'E14°25.2'S032°24.9'E13°47.6'S032°00.0'E 0.960 31° 93° 151 km 03m21.1s
06:0612°58.0'S032°59.6'E14°12.1'S033°49.3'E13°35.3'S033°24.6'E 0.961 33° 93° 149 km 03m21.9s
06:0812°45.3'S034°18.7'E13°58.0'S035°08.0'E13°21.9'S034°43.5'E 0.961 34° 93° 148 km 03m22.7s
06:1012°31.7'S035°32.8'E13°43.0'S036°21.7'E13°07.5'S035°57.4'E 0.962 36° 92° 147 km 03m23.3s
06:1212°17.1'S036°42.5'E13°27.1'S037°31.2'E12°52.3'S037°06.9'E 0.962 38° 92° 146 km 03m24.0s
06:1412°01.8'S037°48.3'E13°10.6'S038°36.9'E12°36.4'S038°12.7'E 0.962 39° 92° 145 km 03m24.6s
06:1611°45.7'S038°50.8'E12°53.4'S039°39.2'E12°19.7'S039°15.1'E 0.963 41° 92° 144 km 03m25.2s
06:1811°29.1'S039°50.2'E12°35.6'S040°38.5'E12°02.5'S040°14.5'E 0.963 42° 92° 143 km 03m25.7s
06:2011°11.8'S040°46.9'E12°17.3'S041°35.1'E11°44.7'S041°11.1'E 0.963 44° 92° 142 km 03m26.2s
06:2210°54.1'S041°41.1'E11°58.5'S042°29.3'E11°26.5'S042°05.2'E 0.963 45° 92° 141 km 03m26.7s
06:2410°35.8'S042°33.0'E11°39.3'S043°21.2'E11°07.7'S042°57.1'E 0.964 46° 92° 141 km 03m27.1s
06:2610°17.1'S043°22.9'E11°19.6'S044°11.0'E10°48.5'S043°47.0'E 0.964 47° 92° 140 km 03m27.5s
06:2809°58.0'S044°10.8'E10°59.6'S044°58.9'E10°28.9'S044°34.9'E 0.964 49° 93° 139 km 03m27.9s
06:3009°38.4'S044°57.0'E10°39.1'S045°45.1'E10°08.9'S045°21.1'E 0.964 50° 93° 138 km 03m28.3s
06:3209°18.5'S045°41.6'E10°18.4'S046°29.7'E09°48.6'S046°05.7'E 0.964 51° 93° 137 km 03m28.6s
06:3408°58.2'S046°24.6'E09°57.3'S047°12.8'E09°27.9'S046°48.7'E 0.965 52° 93° 137 km 03m28.9s
06:3608°37.6'S047°06.3'E09°35.9'S047°54.4'E09°06.9'S047°30.4'E 0.965 54° 94° 136 km 03m29.2s
06:3808°16.7'S047°46.7'E09°14.2'S048°34.8'E08°45.6'S048°10.7'E 0.965 55° 94° 135 km 03m29.5s
06:4007°55.4'S048°25.8'E08°52.2'S049°13.9'E08°24.0'S048°49.9'E 0.965 56° 95° 135 km 03m29.7s
06:4207°33.9'S049°03.8'E08°30.0'S049°51.9'E08°02.1'S049°27.9'E 0.965 57° 95° 134 km 03m29.9s
06:4407°12.1'S049°40.7'E08°07.5'S050°28.9'E07°39.9'S050°04.8'E 0.965 58° 96° 133 km 03m30.1s
06:4606°50.0'S050°16.6'E07°44.7'S051°04.8'E07°17.5'S050°40.7'E 0.966 59° 96° 133 km 03m30.3s
06:4806°27.7'S050°51.6'E07°21.7'S051°39.8'E06°54.8'S051°15.7'E 0.966 60° 97° 132 km 03m30.4s
06:5006°05.0'S051°25.7'E06°58.5'S052°13.9'E06°31.9'S051°49.8'E 0.966 61° 98° 131 km 03m30.6s
06:5205°42.2'S051°59.0'E06°35.1'S052°47.2'E06°08.8'S052°23.1'E 0.966 62° 99° 131 km 03m30.7s
06:5405°19.1'S052°31.5'E06°11.4'S053°19.7'E05°45.4'S052°55.6'E 0.966 63° 100° 130 km 03m30.8s
06:5604°55.8'S053°03.3'E05°47.5'S053°51.5'E05°21.8'S053°27.4'E 0.966 64° 101° 130 km 03m30.9s
06:5804°32.2'S053°34.4'E05°23.4'S054°22.6'E04°57.9'S053°58.5'E 0.966 65° 102° 129 km 03m31.0s
07:0004°08.4'S054°04.9'E04°59.1'S054°53.0'E04°33.9'S054°29.0'E 0.966 66° 103° 129 km 03m31.0s
07:0203°44.4'S054°34.7'E04°34.6'S055°22.9'E04°09.7'S054°58.8'E 0.966 67° 104° 128 km 03m31.1s
07:0403°20.2'S055°04.0'E04°09.9'S055°52.2'E03°45.2'S055°28.1'E 0.967 67° 106° 128 km 03m31.1s
07:0602°55.8'S055°32.7'E03°45.1'S056°20.9'E03°20.5'S055°56.9'E 0.967 68° 107° 127 km 03m31.1s
07:0802°31.1'S056°01.0'E03°20.0'S056°49.2'E02°55.7'S056°25.1'E 0.967 69° 109° 127 km 03m31.1s
07:1002°06.3'S056°28.8'E02°54.7'S057°17.0'E02°30.6'S056°52.9'E 0.967 70° 111° 126 km 03m31.1s
07:1201°41.2'S056°56.1'E02°29.3'S057°44.4'E02°05.4'S057°20.3'E 0.967 70° 113° 126 km 03m31.1s
07:1401°15.9'S057°23.1'E02°03.6'S058°11.3'E01°39.9'S057°47.2'E 0.967 71° 115° 125 km 03m31.1s
07:1600°50.5'S057°49.7'E01°37.8'S058°37.9'E01°14.3'S058°13.8'E 0.967 72° 118° 125 km 03m31.0s
07:1800°24.8'S058°15.9'E01°11.8'S059°04.2'E00°48.4'S058°40.1'E 0.967 72° 120° 125 km 03m31.0s
07:2000°01.1'N058°41.8'E00°45.6'S059°30.1'E00°22.4'S059°06.0'E 0.967 73° 123° 124 km 03m31.0s
07:2200°27.1'N059°07.4'E00°19.3'S059°55.8'E00°03.8'N059°31.6'E 0.967 74° 126° 124 km 03m30.9s
07:2400°53.4'N059°32.8'E00°07.3'N060°21.2'E00°30.2'N059°57.0'E 0.967 74° 129° 124 km 03m30.8s
07:2601°19.9'N059°57.9'E00°34.0'N060°46.3'E00°56.8'N060°22.2'E 0.967 74° 132° 123 km 03m30.8s
07:2801°46.6'N060°22.9'E01°00.9'N061°11.3'E01°23.6'N060°47.1'E 0.967 75° 136° 123 km 03m30.7s
07:3002°13.4'N060°47.6'E01°28.0'N061°36.1'E01°50.6'N061°11.8'E 0.967 75° 140° 123 km 03m30.6s
07:3202°40.5'N061°12.2'E01°55.3'N062°00.7'E02°17.8'N061°36.4'E 0.967 75° 143° 123 km 03m30.5s
07:3403°07.8'N061°36.6'E02°22.8'N062°25.1'E02°45.2'N062°00.9'E 0.967 75° 147° 122 km 03m30.4s
07:3603°35.3'N062°00.9'E02°50.4'N062°49.5'E03°12.8'N062°25.2'E 0.967 75° 151° 122 km 03m30.3s
07:3804°03.0'N062°25.1'E03°18.2'N063°13.8'E03°40.5'N062°49.5'E 0.967 75° 155° 122 km 03m30.2s
07:4004°30.9'N062°49.3'E03°46.3'N063°38.0'E04°08.5'N063°13.7'E 0.967 75° 159° 122 km 03m30.1s
07:4204°59.0'N063°13.4'E04°14.5'N064°02.2'E04°36.7'N063°37.8'E 0.967 75° 163° 122 km 03m30.0s
07:4405°27.3'N063°37.6'E04°42.9'N064°26.4'E05°05.0'N064°02.0'E 0.967 75° 167° 122 km 03m29.9s
07:4605°55.9'N064°01.7'E05°11.5'N064°50.5'E05°33.6'N064°26.1'E 0.967 75° 170° 122 km 03m29.8s
07:4806°24.7'N064°25.8'E05°40.3'N065°14.8'E06°02.4'N064°50.3'E 0.967 74° 174° 122 km 03m29.7s
07:5006°53.7'N064°50.1'E06°09.3'N065°39.1'E06°31.4'N065°14.6'E 0.967 74° 177° 122 km 03m29.6s
07:5207°22.9'N065°14.4'E06°38.6'N066°03.5'E07°00.7'N065°38.9'E 0.967 73° 181° 122 km 03m29.5s
07:5407°52.4'N065°38.8'E07°08.0'N066°28.0'E07°30.1'N066°03.4'E 0.967 73° 184° 122 km 03m29.4s
07:5608°22.1'N066°03.4'E07°37.7'N066°52.6'E07°59.8'N066°28.0'E 0.967 72° 186° 122 km 03m29.2s
07:5808°52.0'N066°28.1'E08°07.5'N067°17.4'E08°29.7'N066°52.8'E 0.967 72° 189° 122 km 03m29.1s
08:0009°22.2'N066°53.0'E08°37.6'N067°42.5'E08°59.8'N067°17.8'E 0.967 71° 192° 122 km 03m29.0s
08:0209°52.6'N067°18.2'E09°08.0'N068°07.7'E09°30.2'N067°43.0'E 0.966 70° 194° 122 km 03m28.9s
08:0410°23.3'N067°43.6'E09°38.5'N068°33.2'E10°00.9'N068°08.5'E 0.966 70° 196° 122 km 03m28.7s
08:0610°54.3'N068°09.4'E10°09.3'N068°59.1'E10°31.7'N068°34.2'E 0.966 69° 198° 123 km 03m28.6s
08:0811°25.5'N068°35.4'E10°40.4'N069°25.2'E11°02.9'N069°00.3'E 0.966 68° 200° 123 km 03m28.5s
08:1011°57.0'N069°01.8'E11°11.7'N069°51.7'E11°34.3'N069°26.8'E 0.966 67° 202° 123 km 03m28.3s
08:1212°28.8'N069°28.6'E11°43.3'N070°18.6'E12°06.0'N069°53.7'E 0.966 66° 204° 123 km 03m28.2s
08:1413°00.9'N069°55.9'E12°15.1'N070°46.0'E12°38.0'N070°21.0'E 0.966 66° 205° 124 km 03m28.1s
08:1613°33.4'N070°23.6'E12°47.3'N071°13.8'E13°10.3'N070°48.8'E 0.966 65° 207° 124 km 03m27.9s
08:1814°06.1'N070°51.9'E13°19.7'N071°42.2'E13°42.8'N071°17.1'E 0.966 64° 208° 125 km 03m27.8s
08:2014°39.1'N071°20.7'E13°52.4'N072°11.1'E14°15.7'N071°45.9'E 0.966 63° 210° 125 km 03m27.7s
08:2215°12.5'N071°50.2'E14°25.4'N072°40.7'E14°48.9'N072°15.5'E 0.965 62° 211° 125 km 03m27.5s
08:2415°46.3'N072°20.3'E14°58.8'N073°10.9'E15°22.5'N072°45.6'E 0.965 61° 212° 126 km 03m27.4s
08:2616°20.4'N072°51.2'E15°32.5'N073°41.9'E15°56.4'N073°16.6'E 0.965 60° 213° 126 km 03m27.2s
08:2816°54.9'N073°22.8'E16°06.5'N074°13.6'E16°30.6'N073°48.3'E 0.965 59° 215° 127 km 03m27.1s
08:3017°29.8'N073°55.4'E16°40.9'N074°46.3'E17°05.3'N074°20.8'E 0.965 58° 216° 128 km 03m26.9s
08:3218°05.1'N074°28.8'E17°15.6'N075°19.8'E17°40.3'N074°54.3'E 0.965 57° 217° 128 km 03m26.8s
08:3418°40.8'N075°03.3'E17°50.8'N075°54.3'E18°15.8'N075°28.8'E 0.964 56° 218° 129 km 03m26.6s
08:3619°17.0'N075°38.9'E18°26.4'N076°30.0'E18°51.6'N076°04.4'E 0.964 55° 219° 129 km 03m26.4s
08:3819°53.7'N076°15.6'E19°02.4'N077°06.8'E19°28.0'N076°41.2'E 0.964 53° 220° 130 km 03m26.3s
08:4020°30.8'N076°53.7'E19°38.9'N077°44.9'E20°04.8'N077°19.3'E 0.964 52° 221° 131 km 03m26.1s
08:4221°08.5'N077°33.2'E20°15.8'N078°24.4'E20°42.1'N077°58.8'E 0.964 51° 222° 132 km 03m25.9s
08:4421°46.8'N078°14.2'E20°53.3'N079°05.4'E21°20.0'N078°39.8'E 0.963 50° 222° 133 km 03m25.7s
08:4622°25.6'N078°56.9'E21°31.2'N079°48.0'E21°58.4'N079°22.5'E 0.963 49° 223° 133 km 03m25.5s
08:4823°05.1'N079°41.5'E22°09.8'N080°32.5'E22°37.4'N080°07.0'E 0.963 47° 224° 134 km 03m25.3s
08:5023°45.2'N080°28.1'E22°49.0'N081°19.0'E23°17.0'N080°53.5'E 0.963 46° 225° 135 km 03m25.1s
08:5224°26.1'N081°16.9'E23°28.8'N082°07.6'E23°57.4'N081°42.3'E 0.962 45° 226° 136 km 03m24.8s
08:5425°07.7'N082°08.2'E24°09.3'N082°58.7'E24°38.4'N082°33.5'E 0.962 43° 227° 137 km 03m24.6s
08:5625°50.2'N083°02.3'E24°50.6'N083°52.5'E25°20.3'N083°27.4'E 0.962 42° 228° 138 km 03m24.3s
08:5826°33.5'N083°59.5'E25°32.6'N084°49.2'E26°03.0'N084°24.4'E 0.962 41° 229° 140 km 03m24.1s
09:0027°17.9'N085°00.2'E26°15.6'N085°49.4'E26°46.7'N085°24.7'E 0.961 39° 230° 141 km 03m23.8s
09:0228°03.3'N086°04.8'E26°59.5'N086°53.3'E27°31.4'N086°29.0'E 0.961 37° 231° 142 km 03m23.5s
09:0428°50.0'N087°13.9'E27°44.6'N088°01.6'E28°17.2'N087°37.7'E 0.960 36° 232° 144 km 03m23.1s
09:0629°38.0'N088°28.2'E28°30.8'N089°14.8'E29°04.3'N088°51.4'E 0.960 34° 233° 145 km 03m22.8s
09:0830°27.6'N089°48.6'E29°18.4'N090°33.8'E29°52.8'N090°11.1'E 0.960 32° 234° 147 km 03m22.4s
09:1031°18.9'N091°16.2'E30°07.5'N091°59.7'E30°43.0'N091°37.8'E 0.959 31° 235° 148 km 03m22.0s
09:1232°12.2'N092°52.5'E30°58.5'N093°33.8'E31°35.2'N093°13.0'E 0.959 29° 236° 150 km 03m21.5s
09:1433°08.0'N094°39.6'E31°51.5'N095°17.8'E32°29.6'N094°58.5'E 0.958 26° 238° 152 km 03m21.0s
09:1634°06.9'N096°40.4'E32°47.2'N097°14.5'E33°26.8'N096°57.1'E 0.958 24° 239° 155 km 03m20.5s
09:1835°09.6'N098°59.3'E33°46.2'N099°27.8'E34°27.6'N099°13.1'E 0.957 22° 241° 157 km 03m19.8s
09:2036°17.6'N101°44.2'E34°49.6'N102°04.1'E35°33.2'N101°53.4'E 0.956 19° 243° 160 km 03m19.1s
09:2237°33.7'N105°09.5'E35°59.4'N105°15.0'E36°46.0'N105°11.1'E 0.955 16° 245° 164 km 03m18.2s
09:2439°04.6'N109°53.1'E37°20.2'N109°27.9'E38°11.4'N109°37.8'E 0.954 11° 248° 168 km 03m17.0s
09:2641°42.3'N120°47.1'E39°10.5'N116°34.3'E40°17.0'N117°52.7'E 0.952 254° 176 km 03m15.0s
Limits42°09.5'N123°15.5'E40°32.4'N123°36.0'E41°20.9'N123°25.8'E 0.951 - 182 km 03m13.7s

ΔT = 141.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:39:20.007:36:59.003°26.4'N062°01.8'E 75.5° 153.1° 122.1 km03m30.29s
Greatest Duration07:10:46.707:08:25.702°50.3'S056°31.1'E 69.2° 109.6° 126.6 km03m31.11s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1561 Feb 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 141.0 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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