Path of the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1563 Dec 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1563 Dec 15 . 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 .

Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1563 Dec 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits30°42.9'S079°03.1'W31°08.8'S079°27.1'W30°55.8'S079°15.1'W 0.986 - 60 km 00m45.1s
10:1833°40.8'S072°37.0'W32°51.7'S075°37.2'W33°21.7'S073°53.9'W 0.988 115° 53 km 00m41.5s
10:2036°21.1'S066°48.8'W36°15.5'S068°03.0'W36°18.6'S067°24.8'W 0.990 12° 111° 45 km 00m36.7s
10:2238°05.2'S062°58.6'W38°06.7'S063°51.1'W38°06.0'S063°24.4'W 0.991 16° 108° 40 km 00m33.6s
10:2439°27.4'S059°52.5'W39°31.7'S060°33.7'W39°29.6'S060°12.8'W 0.992 19° 105° 36 km 00m31.0s
10:2640°36.7'S057°11.0'W40°42.4'S057°44.9'W40°39.6'S057°27.7'W 0.992 21° 103° 32 km 00m28.7s
10:2841°37.2'S054°45.6'W41°43.6'S055°14.2'W41°40.4'S054°59.8'W 0.993 24° 101° 29 km 00m26.7s
10:3042°31.2'S052°31.7'W42°37.9'S052°56.2'W42°34.5'S052°43.8'W 0.994 26° 99° 27 km 00m24.7s
10:3243°19.9'S050°26.4'W43°26.7'S050°47.5'W43°23.3'S050°36.9'W 0.994 28° 97° 24 km 00m22.9s
10:3444°04.3'S048°27.9'W44°11.0'S048°46.2'W44°07.6'S048°37.0'W 0.995 30° 95° 22 km 00m21.2s
10:3644°45.1'S046°34.7'W44°51.6'S046°50.6'W44°48.3'S046°42.6'W 0.995 32° 93° 20 km 00m19.6s
10:3845°22.7'S044°46.0'W45°28.9'S044°59.7'W45°25.8'S044°52.8'W 0.996 33° 91° 18 km 00m18.1s
10:4045°57.4'S043°00.9'W46°03.3'S043°12.8'W46°00.4'S043°06.8'W 0.996 35° 89° 16 km 00m16.6s
10:4246°29.7'S041°18.8'W46°35.3'S041°29.2'W46°32.5'S041°24.0'W 0.996 36° 87° 15 km 00m15.2s
10:4446°59.7'S039°39.5'W47°04.8'S039°48.4'W47°02.2'S039°43.9'W 0.997 38° 85° 13 km 00m13.8s
10:4647°27.5'S038°02.4'W47°32.3'S038°10.1'W47°29.9'S038°06.2'W 0.997 39° 82° 12 km 00m12.5s
10:4847°53.4'S036°27.3'W47°57.8'S036°33.8'W47°55.6'S036°30.6'W 0.997 41° 80° 10 km 00m11.3s
10:5048°17.5'S034°54.0'W48°21.5'S034°59.5'W48°19.5'S034°56.7'W 0.998 42° 78° 9 km 00m10.0s
10:5248°39.9'S033°22.2'W48°43.4'S033°26.8'W48°41.6'S033°24.5'W 0.998 43° 76° 8 km 00m08.9s
10:5449°00.6'S031°51.8'W49°03.7'S031°55.6'W49°02.2'S031°53.7'W 0.998 44° 74° 7 km 00m07.7s
10:5649°19.8'S030°22.7'W49°22.5'S030°25.7'W49°21.1'S030°24.2'W 0.999 45° 72° 6 km 00m06.6s
10:5849°37.5'S028°54.7'W49°39.8'S028°57.1'W49°38.6'S028°55.9'W 0.999 47° 70° 5 km 00m05.5s
11:0049°53.8'S027°27.7'W49°55.7'S027°29.6'W49°54.7'S027°28.6'W 0.999 48° 67° 4 km 00m04.5s
11:0250°08.7'S026°01.7'W50°10.2'S026°03.1'W50°09.5'S026°02.4'W 0.999 49° 65° 3 km 00m03.5s
11:0450°22.4'S024°36.6'W50°23.4'S024°37.5'W50°22.9'S024°37.1'W 0.999 50° 63° 2 km 00m02.6s
11:0650°34.7'S023°12.3'W50°35.4'S023°12.9'W50°35.1'S023°12.6'W 1.000 51° 60° 1 km 00m01.7s
11:0850°45.8'S021°48.9'W50°46.2'S021°49.1'W50°46.0'S021°49.0'W 1.000 52° 58° 1 km 00m00.8s
11:1050°55.8'S020°26.2'W50°55.7'S020°26.1'W50°55.7'S020°26.2'W 1.000 52° 55° 0 km 00m00.1s
11:1251°04.5'S019°04.2'W51°04.1'S019°04.0'W51°04.3'S019°04.1'W 1.000 53° 53° 1 km 00m00.9s
11:1451°12.1'S017°42.9'W51°11.4'S017°42.5'W51°11.8'S017°42.7'W 1.000 54° 50° 1 km 00m01.7s
11:1651°18.7'S016°22.3'W51°17.6'S016°21.8'W51°18.1'S016°22.1'W 1.000 55° 48° 2 km 00m02.4s
11:1851°24.1'S015°02.4'W51°22.8'S015°01.8'W51°23.4'S015°02.1'W 1.001 56° 45° 3 km 00m03.1s
11:2051°28.5'S013°43.1'W51°26.8'S013°42.5'W51°27.7'S013°42.8'W 1.001 56° 42° 3 km 00m03.8s
11:2251°31.8'S012°24.5'W51°29.9'S012°23.9'W51°30.9'S012°24.2'W 1.001 57° 40° 4 km 00m04.4s
11:2451°34.1'S011°06.5'W51°32.0'S011°05.9'W51°33.1'S011°06.2'W 1.001 58° 37° 4 km 00m05.0s
11:2651°35.5'S009°49.2'W51°33.1'S009°48.6'W51°34.3'S009°48.9'W 1.001 58° 34° 4 km 00m05.6s
11:2851°35.8'S008°32.5'W51°33.2'S008°32.0'W51°34.5'S008°32.3'W 1.001 59° 31° 5 km 00m06.1s
11:3051°35.2'S007°16.5'W51°32.4'S007°16.0'W51°33.8'S007°16.3'W 1.001 60° 28° 5 km 00m06.6s
11:3251°33.6'S006°01.0'W51°30.6'S006°00.7'W51°32.1'S006°00.9'W 1.001 60° 25° 6 km 00m07.1s
11:3451°31.1'S004°46.3'W51°27.9'S004°46.1'W51°29.5'S004°46.2'W 1.002 61° 22° 6 km 00m07.5s
11:3651°27.8'S003°32.1'W51°24.4'S003°32.1'W51°26.1'S003°32.1'W 1.002 61° 19° 6 km 00m07.9s
11:3851°23.5'S002°18.6'W51°19.9'S002°18.7'W51°21.7'S002°18.7'W 1.002 61° 16° 6 km 00m08.3s
11:4051°18.3'S001°05.7'W51°14.6'S001°06.0'W51°16.5'S001°05.9'W 1.002 62° 12° 7 km 00m08.6s
11:4251°12.2'S000°06.5'E51°08.5'S000°06.0'E51°10.4'S000°06.3'E 1.002 62° 7 km 00m08.9s
11:4451°05.3'S001°18.1'E51°01.5'S001°17.4'E51°03.4'S001°17.8'E 1.002 62° 7 km 00m09.1s
11:4650°57.6'S002°29.1'E50°53.6'S002°28.2'E50°55.6'S002°28.7'E 1.002 63° 7 km 00m09.3s
11:4850°49.0'S003°39.4'E50°45.0'S003°38.4'E50°47.0'S003°38.9'E 1.002 63° 359° 7 km 00m09.5s
11:5050°39.5'S004°49.1'E50°35.5'S004°47.9'E50°37.5'S004°48.5'E 1.002 63° 356° 8 km 00m09.7s
11:5250°29.3'S005°58.2'E50°25.3'S005°56.8'E50°27.3'S005°57.5'E 1.002 63° 352° 8 km 00m09.8s
11:5450°18.3'S007°06.7'E50°14.2'S007°05.1'E50°16.3'S007°05.9'E 1.002 63° 349° 8 km 00m09.9s
11:5650°06.5'S008°14.5'E50°02.4'S008°12.8'E50°04.5'S008°13.7'E 1.002 63° 346° 8 km 00m09.9s
11:5849°53.9'S009°21.8'E49°49.9'S009°19.9'E49°51.9'S009°20.9'E 1.002 63° 342° 8 km 00m09.9s
12:0049°40.5'S010°28.5'E49°36.5'S010°26.5'E49°38.5'S010°27.5'E 1.002 63° 339° 8 km 00m09.9s
12:0249°26.3'S011°34.6'E49°22.4'S011°32.4'E49°24.4'S011°33.5'E 1.002 62° 336° 8 km 00m09.8s
12:0449°11.4'S012°40.1'E49°07.6'S012°37.9'E49°09.5'S012°39.0'E 1.002 62° 333° 8 km 00m09.7s
12:0648°55.7'S013°45.1'E48°52.0'S013°42.8'E48°53.9'S013°44.0'E 1.002 62° 330° 8 km 00m09.6s
12:0848°39.3'S014°49.6'E48°35.6'S014°47.1'E48°37.5'S014°48.4'E 1.002 62° 327° 7 km 00m09.4s
12:1048°22.2'S015°53.6'E48°18.6'S015°51.0'E48°20.4'S015°52.3'E 1.002 61° 323° 7 km 00m09.2s
12:1248°04.3'S016°57.1'E48°00.8'S016°54.5'E48°02.5'S016°55.8'E 1.002 61° 321° 7 km 00m08.9s
12:1447°45.6'S018°00.2'E47°42.3'S017°57.5'E47°44.0'S017°58.8'E 1.002 60° 318° 7 km 00m08.7s
12:1647°26.2'S019°02.8'E47°23.0'S019°00.1'E47°24.6'S019°01.5'E 1.002 60° 315° 7 km 00m08.3s
12:1847°06.1'S020°05.0'E47°03.1'S020°02.3'E47°04.6'S020°03.7'E 1.002 59° 312° 6 km 00m08.0s
12:2046°45.2'S021°06.8'E46°42.4'S021°04.2'E46°43.8'S021°05.5'E 1.002 59° 309° 6 km 00m07.6s
12:2246°23.6'S022°08.4'E46°21.0'S022°05.8'E46°22.3'S022°07.1'E 1.001 58° 307° 6 km 00m07.2s
12:2446°01.3'S023°09.6'E45°58.8'S023°07.1'E46°00.0'S023°08.3'E 1.001 58° 304° 6 km 00m06.7s
12:2645°38.2'S024°10.5'E45°35.9'S024°08.1'E45°37.0'S024°09.3'E 1.001 57° 302° 5 km 00m06.2s
12:2845°14.3'S025°11.3'E45°12.3'S025°09.0'E45°13.3'S025°10.2'E 1.001 56° 299° 5 km 00m05.7s
12:3044°49.7'S026°11.9'E44°47.9'S026°09.8'E44°48.8'S026°10.8'E 1.001 55° 297° 4 km 00m05.1s
12:3244°24.3'S027°12.3'E44°22.7'S027°10.4'E44°23.5'S027°11.4'E 1.001 55° 295° 4 km 00m04.6s
12:3443°58.1'S028°12.7'E43°56.8'S028°11.0'E43°57.4'S028°11.9'E 1.001 54° 292° 3 km 00m03.9s
12:3643°31.2'S029°13.1'E43°30.0'S029°11.7'E43°30.6'S029°12.4'E 1.001 53° 290° 3 km 00m03.2s
12:3843°03.4'S030°13.6'E43°02.5'S030°12.4'E43°02.9'S030°13.0'E 1.001 52° 288° 2 km 00m02.5s
12:4042°34.7'S031°14.1'E42°34.1'S031°13.3'E42°34.4'S031°13.7'E 1.000 51° 286° 2 km 00m01.8s
12:4242°05.2'S032°14.9'E42°04.9'S032°14.4'E42°05.1'S032°14.7'E 1.000 50° 284° 1 km 00m01.0s
12:4441°34.9'S033°16.0'E41°34.8'S033°15.9'E41°34.8'S033°15.9'E 1.000 49° 282° 0 km 00m00.2s
12:4641°03.6'S034°17.4'E41°03.8'S034°17.8'E41°03.7'S034°17.6'E 1.000 48° 281° 1 km 00m00.7s
12:4840°31.3'S035°19.3'E40°31.8'S035°20.2'E40°31.6'S035°19.7'E 1.000 47° 279° 1 km 00m01.5s
12:5039°58.1'S036°21.8'E39°58.9'S036°23.2'E39°58.5'S036°22.5'E 0.999 46° 277° 2 km 00m02.5s
12:5239°23.8'S037°25.0'E39°24.9'S037°27.0'E39°24.4'S037°26.0'E 0.999 45° 275° 3 km 00m03.5s
12:5438°48.5'S038°29.1'E38°49.8'S038°31.7'E38°49.1'S038°30.4'E 0.999 44° 274° 4 km 00m04.5s
12:5638°11.9'S039°34.2'E38°13.6'S039°37.5'E38°12.8'S039°35.8'E 0.999 43° 272° 5 km 00m05.5s
12:5837°34.2'S040°40.4'E37°36.1'S040°44.5'E37°35.1'S040°42.5'E 0.998 41° 270° 6 km 00m06.6s
13:0036°55.1'S041°48.1'E36°57.3'S041°53.0'E36°56.2'S041°50.6'E 0.998 40° 269° 8 km 00m07.8s
13:0236°14.5'S042°57.4'E36°17.1'S043°03.3'E36°15.8'S043°00.3'E 0.998 39° 267° 9 km 00m09.0s
13:0435°32.5'S044°08.6'E35°35.3'S044°15.5'E35°33.9'S044°12.1'E 0.998 37° 266° 10 km 00m10.2s
13:0634°48.7'S045°22.1'E34°51.8'S045°30.2'E34°50.2'S045°26.1'E 0.997 36° 264° 12 km 00m11.5s
13:0834°03.0'S046°38.3'E34°06.3'S046°47.7'E34°04.6'S046°42.9'E 0.997 34° 263° 13 km 00m12.9s
13:1033°15.2'S047°57.6'E33°18.7'S048°08.5'E33°17.0'S048°03.0'E 0.996 33° 262° 15 km 00m14.3s
13:1232°25.0'S049°20.8'E32°28.7'S049°33.4'E32°26.8'S049°27.1'E 0.996 31° 260° 17 km 00m15.9s
13:1431°32.0'S050°48.7'E31°35.8'S051°03.2'E31°33.9'S050°55.9'E 0.996 29° 259° 19 km 00m17.4s
13:1630°35.7'S052°22.2'E30°39.5'S052°39.1'E30°37.6'S052°30.6'E 0.995 27° 257° 21 km 00m19.1s
13:1829°35.3'S054°03.1'E29°39.1'S054°22.9'E29°37.2'S054°12.9'E 0.995 25° 256° 24 km 00m21.0s
13:2028°30.0'S055°53.3'E28°33.5'S056°16.8'E28°31.7'S056°05.0'E 0.994 23° 255° 26 km 00m22.9s
13:2227°18.2'S057°56.5'E27°20.9'S058°24.8'E27°19.5'S058°10.5'E 0.993 20° 253° 29 km 00m25.1s
13:2425°57.1'S060°18.3'E25°58.3'S060°53.7'E25°57.7'S060°35.7'E 0.992 17° 252° 33 km 00m27.5s
13:2624°21.4'S063°10.4'E24°19.3'S063°57.9'E24°20.5'S063°33.6'E 0.991 14° 250° 37 km 00m30.3s
13:2822°16.9'S067°04.6'E22°04.2'S068°22.4'E22°11.1'S067°41.7'E 0.990 248° 43 km 00m34.1s
Limits18°01.8'S075°53.2'E18°25.9'S076°12.2'E18°13.8'S076°02.7'E 0.987 - 54 km 00m40.7s

ΔT = 139.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:55:47.611:53:28.750°19.2'S006°13.3'E 62.9° 350.0° 7.7 km00m09.85s
Greatest Duration10:19:48.710:17:29.730°55.8'S079°15.1'W 0.0° 117.6° 60.2 km00m45.07s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1563 Dec 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1563 Dec 15 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 139.0 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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