Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1565 May 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1565 May 29 . 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 1565 May 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits34°57.5'S056°11.9'W36°36.0'S055°31.9'W35°46.5'S055°52.1'W 1.049 - 189 km 02m57.0s
10:5429°40.5'S044°50.0'W33°39.2'S048°58.7'W31°28.9'S046°29.6'W 1.052 56° 199 km 03m22.2s
10:5628°02.6'S041°25.8'W31°15.8'S043°48.6'W29°35.4'S042°28.6'W 1.053 13° 53° 204 km 03m35.1s
10:5826°47.2'S038°48.9'W29°43.6'S040°31.4'W28°13.1'S039°35.1'W 1.054 17° 52° 208 km 03m45.2s
11:0025°44.5'S036°38.1'W28°31.8'S037°57.9'W27°06.4'S037°14.4'W 1.055 19° 50° 211 km 03m54.1s
11:0224°50.4'S034°44.4'W27°31.8'S035°49.2'W26°09.7'S035°14.0'W 1.056 22° 49° 214 km 04m02.0s
11:0424°02.6'S033°03.1'W26°39.9'S033°56.9'W25°20.1'S033°27.7'W 1.056 24° 47° 217 km 04m09.3s
11:0623°19.6'S031°31.0'W25°54.0'S032°16.6'W24°35.8'S031°51.9'W 1.057 26° 46° 220 km 04m16.2s
11:0822°40.7'S030°06.3'W25°12.9'S030°45.4'W23°55.8'S030°24.2'W 1.057 27° 45° 223 km 04m22.6s
11:1022°05.0'S028°47.5'W24°35.5'S029°21.4'W23°19.4'S029°03.0'W 1.058 29° 44° 225 km 04m28.7s
11:1221°32.2'S027°33.7'W24°01.3'S028°03.2'W22°46.0'S027°47.2'W 1.058 30° 43° 227 km 04m34.5s
11:1421°01.8'S026°24.1'W23°29.9'S026°49.9'W22°15.2'S026°35.8'W 1.059 32° 41° 230 km 04m40.0s
11:1620°33.6'S025°18.1'W23°00.9'S025°40.8'W21°46.6'S025°28.3'W 1.059 33° 40° 232 km 04m45.3s
11:1820°07.4'S024°15.1'W22°34.0'S024°35.1'W21°20.1'S024°24.1'W 1.059 35° 39° 234 km 04m50.4s
11:2019°42.9'S023°14.8'W22°09.0'S023°32.5'W20°55.4'S023°22.8'W 1.060 36° 38° 236 km 04m55.3s
11:2219°20.1'S022°17.0'W21°45.7'S022°32.6'W20°32.3'S022°23.9'W 1.060 37° 37° 238 km 04m59.9s
11:2418°58.7'S021°21.2'W21°24.0'S021°35.1'W20°10.8'S021°27.3'W 1.060 38° 36° 240 km 05m04.4s
11:2618°38.7'S020°27.3'W21°03.7'S020°39.6'W19°50.7'S020°32.7'W 1.060 39° 35° 242 km 05m08.7s
11:2818°19.9'S019°35.1'W20°44.8'S019°46.0'W19°31.9'S019°39.8'W 1.061 40° 33° 244 km 05m12.8s
11:3018°02.4'S018°44.3'W20°27.1'S018°54.1'W19°14.3'S018°48.6'W 1.061 41° 32° 246 km 05m16.7s
11:3217°46.0'S017°55.0'W20°10.6'S018°03.6'W18°57.8'S017°58.7'W 1.061 42° 31° 247 km 05m20.4s
11:3417°30.7'S017°06.9'W19°55.1'S017°14.6'W18°42.4'S017°10.1'W 1.061 43° 30° 249 km 05m24.0s
11:3617°16.3'S016°19.8'W19°40.8'S016°26.7'W18°28.1'S016°22.7'W 1.061 43° 28° 251 km 05m27.3s
11:3817°03.0'S015°33.8'W19°27.4'S015°39.9'W18°14.7'S015°36.4'W 1.062 44° 27° 252 km 05m30.5s
11:4016°50.6'S014°48.7'W19°14.9'S014°54.1'W18°02.3'S014°51.0'W 1.062 45° 26° 254 km 05m33.6s
11:4216°39.0'S014°04.4'W19°03.4'S014°09.2'W17°50.8'S014°06.4'W 1.062 46° 24° 255 km 05m36.4s
11:4416°28.4'S013°20.9'W18°52.7'S013°25.1'W17°40.1'S013°22.6'W 1.062 46° 23° 256 km 05m39.1s
11:4616°18.5'S012°38.1'W18°42.9'S012°41.8'W17°30.3'S012°39.6'W 1.062 47° 21° 258 km 05m41.6s
11:4816°09.5'S011°55.8'W18°33.9'S011°59.1'W17°21.3'S011°57.1'W 1.062 47° 20° 259 km 05m43.9s
11:5016°01.3'S011°14.1'W18°25.7'S011°17.0'W17°13.1'S011°15.3'W 1.062 48° 18° 260 km 05m46.0s
11:5215°53.8'S010°32.9'W18°18.2'S010°35.5'W17°05.6'S010°33.9'W 1.062 48° 17° 261 km 05m48.0s
11:5415°47.1'S009°52.1'W18°11.5'S009°54.4'W16°58.9'S009°53.0'W 1.063 49° 15° 262 km 05m49.7s
11:5615°41.1'S009°11.8'W18°05.6'S009°13.8'W16°53.0'S009°12.5'W 1.063 49° 14° 263 km 05m51.3s
11:5815°35.8'S008°31.7'W18°00.3'S008°33.5'W16°47.7'S008°32.4'W 1.063 49° 12° 264 km 05m52.7s
12:0015°31.3'S007°52.0'W17°55.8'S007°53.5'W16°43.2'S007°52.6'W 1.063 50° 11° 264 km 05m54.0s
12:0215°27.4'S007°12.5'W17°52.0'S007°13.8'W16°39.4'S007°13.0'W 1.063 50° 265 km 05m55.0s
12:0415°24.3'S006°33.2'W17°48.8'S006°34.3'W16°36.2'S006°33.7'W 1.063 50° 265 km 05m55.8s
12:0615°21.8'S005°54.1'W17°46.4'S005°55.0'W16°33.7'S005°54.5'W 1.063 50° 266 km 05m56.5s
12:0815°20.0'S005°15.1'W17°44.6'S005°15.9'W16°32.0'S005°15.5'W 1.063 50° 266 km 05m57.0s
12:1015°18.9'S004°36.2'W17°43.5'S004°36.8'W16°30.8'S004°36.5'W 1.063 51° 266 km 05m57.3s
12:1215°18.5'S003°57.4'W17°43.0'S003°57.8'W16°30.4'S003°57.6'W 1.063 51° 266 km 05m57.4s
12:1415°18.7'S003°18.6'W17°43.2'S003°18.9'W16°30.6'S003°18.7'W 1.063 51° 359° 266 km 05m57.3s
12:1615°19.7'S002°39.7'W17°44.1'S002°39.9'W16°31.5'S002°39.8'W 1.063 51° 357° 266 km 05m57.0s
12:1815°21.3'S002°00.8'W17°45.7'S002°00.8'W16°33.1'S002°00.9'W 1.063 50° 356° 266 km 05m56.6s
12:2015°23.5'S001°21.8'W17°47.9'S001°21.6'W16°35.4'S001°21.8'W 1.063 50° 354° 265 km 05m55.9s
12:2215°26.5'S000°42.6'W17°50.8'S000°42.3'W16°38.3'S000°42.6'W 1.063 50° 352° 265 km 05m55.1s
12:2415°30.1'S000°03.3'W17°54.4'S000°02.7'W16°41.9'S000°03.2'W 1.063 50° 351° 264 km 05m54.1s
12:2615°34.5'S000°36.3'E17°58.7'S000°37.1'E16°46.2'S000°36.5'E 1.063 50° 349° 264 km 05m52.9s
12:2815°39.5'S001°16.1'E18°03.7'S001°17.1'E16°51.2'S001°16.4'E 1.063 49° 348° 263 km 05m51.5s
12:3015°45.3'S001°56.2'E18°09.4'S001°57.5'E16°57.0'S001°56.6'E 1.062 49° 346° 262 km 05m49.9s
12:3215°51.8'S002°36.7'E18°15.8'S002°38.3'E17°03.4'S002°37.2'E 1.062 49° 344° 261 km 05m48.2s
12:3415°59.0'S003°17.6'E18°23.0'S003°19.5'E17°10.6'S003°18.2'E 1.062 48° 343° 260 km 05m46.2s
12:3616°07.0'S003°58.9'E18°30.9'S004°01.2'E17°18.6'S003°59.7'E 1.062 48° 341° 259 km 05m44.1s
12:3816°15.8'S004°40.8'E18°39.6'S004°43.4'E17°27.3'S004°41.8'E 1.062 47° 340° 257 km 05m41.8s
12:4016°25.3'S005°23.2'E18°49.1'S005°26.3'E17°36.8'S005°24.4'E 1.062 47° 338° 256 km 05m39.4s
12:4216°35.7'S006°06.3'E18°59.4'S006°09.9'E17°47.2'S006°07.7'E 1.062 46° 337° 255 km 05m36.7s
12:4416°46.9'S006°50.0'E19°10.6'S006°54.2'E17°58.3'S006°51.7'E 1.062 45° 336° 253 km 05m33.9s
12:4616°59.0'S007°34.5'E19°22.6'S007°39.3'E18°10.4'S007°36.5'E 1.061 45° 334° 252 km 05m30.9s
12:4817°12.0'S008°19.9'E19°35.6'S008°25.4'E18°23.4'S008°22.1'E 1.061 44° 333° 250 km 05m27.8s
12:5017°26.0'S009°06.2'E19°49.6'S009°12.5'E18°37.3'S009°08.8'E 1.061 43° 332° 249 km 05m24.4s
12:5217°40.9'S009°53.6'E20°04.5'S010°00.8'E18°52.2'S009°56.6'E 1.061 42° 330° 247 km 05m20.9s
12:5417°56.9'S010°42.0'E20°20.5'S010°50.2'E19°08.2'S010°45.5'E 1.061 42° 329° 245 km 05m17.2s
12:5618°13.9'S011°31.8'E20°37.7'S011°41.1'E19°25.3'S011°35.8'E 1.060 41° 328° 243 km 05m13.4s
12:5818°32.1'S012°23.0'E20°56.0'S012°33.6'E19°43.6'S012°27.5'E 1.060 40° 327° 241 km 05m09.3s
13:0018°51.6'S013°15.7'E21°15.6'S013°27.7'E20°03.1'S013°20.9'E 1.060 39° 325° 239 km 05m05.1s
13:0219°12.3'S014°10.2'E21°36.6'S014°23.8'E20°23.9'S014°16.1'E 1.060 38° 324° 237 km 05m00.7s
13:0419°34.4'S015°06.6'E21°59.1'S015°22.1'E20°46.2'S015°13.4'E 1.059 37° 323° 235 km 04m56.1s
13:0619°58.1'S016°05.2'E22°23.2'S016°22.8'E21°10.0'S016°13.0'E 1.059 35° 322° 233 km 04m51.3s
13:0820°23.5'S017°06.3'E22°49.0'S017°26.3'E21°35.6'S017°15.2'E 1.059 34° 321° 231 km 04m46.3s
13:1020°50.6'S018°10.2'E23°16.8'S018°33.0'E22°03.0'S018°20.4'E 1.058 33° 319° 229 km 04m41.1s
13:1221°19.8'S019°17.4'E23°46.9'S019°43.4'E22°32.6'S019°29.1'E 1.058 31° 318° 227 km 04m35.7s
13:1421°51.2'S020°28.3'E24°19.4'S020°58.1'E23°04.5'S020°41.8'E 1.057 30° 317° 224 km 04m30.0s
13:1622°25.3'S021°43.6'E24°54.8'S022°18.1'E23°39.2'S021°59.3'E 1.057 28° 316° 222 km 04m24.1s
13:1823°02.3'S023°04.2'E25°33.6'S023°44.2'E24°17.0'S023°22.4'E 1.057 27° 315° 219 km 04m17.9s
13:2023°42.8'S024°31.1'E26°16.5'S025°18.1'E24°58.6'S024°52.6'E 1.056 25° 314° 217 km 04m11.3s
13:2224°27.7'S026°06.0'E27°04.5'S027°01.9'E25°44.9'S026°31.5'E 1.055 23° 312° 214 km 04m04.3s
13:2425°17.8'S027°51.1'E27°59.0'S028°58.8'E26°36.9'S028°22.0'E 1.055 21° 311° 211 km 03m56.7s
13:2626°14.8'S029°49.8'E29°02.6'S031°14.3'E27°36.9'S030°28.1'E 1.054 18° 310° 208 km 03m48.5s
13:2827°21.5'S032°08.0'E30°20.1'S033°59.0'E28°48.2'S032°57.8'E 1.053 16° 308° 204 km 03m39.3s
13:3028°43.3'S034°57.4'E32°03.2'S037°39.1'E30°18.5'S036°07.5'E 1.052 12° 306° 200 km 03m28.5s
13:3230°34.1'S038°48.5'E35°21.1'S044°50.0'E32°32.9'S040°53.1'E 1.050 303° 194 km 03m13.9s
Limits35°10.3'S048°43.1'E36°47.3'S048°03.3'E35°58.5'S048°23.5'E 1.048 - 186 km 02m54.5s

ΔT = 138.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:14:58.212:12:40.316°30.4'S004°19.2'W 50.6° 0.1° 266.2 km05m57.37s
Greatest Duration12:14:24.512:12:06.616°30.4'S003°55.5'W 50.6° 0.6° 266.2 km05m57.38s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1565 May 29

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1565 May 29 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 138.0 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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