Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1572 Jan 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1572 Jan 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 1572 Jan 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
Limits20°18.8'S003°03.3'W21°12.0'S003°34.2'W20°45.4'S003°18.6'W 1.030 - 111 km 01m35.2s
05:5824°21.2'S008°41.2'E24°42.9'S006°17.8'E24°33.5'S007°32.7'E 1.034 11° 106° 123 km 01m54.9s
06:0025°43.4'S012°48.9'E26°19.8'S010°57.4'E26°02.4'S011°54.8'E 1.035 16° 104° 128 km 02m04.0s
06:0226°45.2'S016°00.9'E27°29.3'S014°24.0'E27°07.8'S015°13.6'E 1.036 19° 102° 131 km 02m11.3s
06:0427°35.6'S018°43.1'E28°25.0'S017°15.2'E28°00.8'S018°00.1'E 1.037 22° 101° 134 km 02m17.8s
06:0628°18.5'S021°05.9'E29°12.1'S019°44.7'E28°45.7'S020°26.1'E 1.038 25° 99° 136 km 02m23.6s
06:0828°55.9'S023°15.0'E29°52.8'S021°58.9'E29°24.7'S022°37.8'E 1.039 27° 98° 139 km 02m29.0s
06:1029°29.0'S025°13.6'E30°28.8'S024°02.0'E29°59.2'S024°38.6'E 1.040 30° 96° 140 km 02m34.0s
06:1229°58.6'S027°04.1'E31°00.9'S025°56.3'E30°30.0'S026°30.9'E 1.040 32° 95° 142 km 02m38.8s
06:1430°25.2'S028°47.8'E31°29.8'S027°43.5'E30°57.7'S028°16.3'E 1.041 34° 93° 144 km 02m43.3s
06:1630°49.3'S030°26.0'E31°56.0'S029°24.9'E31°22.8'S029°56.1'E 1.041 36° 92° 145 km 02m47.7s
06:1831°11.2'S031°59.5'E32°19.7'S031°01.3'E31°45.6'S031°31.1'E 1.042 37° 91° 146 km 02m51.9s
06:2031°31.1'S033°28.9'E32°41.4'S032°33.6'E32°06.4'S033°01.9'E 1.042 39° 89° 148 km 02m55.9s
06:2231°49.3'S034°54.8'E33°01.1'S034°02.1'E32°25.4'S034°29.1'E 1.042 41° 88° 149 km 02m59.8s
06:2432°05.8'S036°17.6'E33°19.2'S035°27.5'E32°42.6'S035°53.1'E 1.043 42° 87° 150 km 03m03.5s
06:2632°20.9'S037°37.5'E33°35.7'S036°50.0'E32°58.4'S037°14.3'E 1.043 44° 85° 151 km 03m07.1s
06:2832°34.7'S038°55.0'E33°50.7'S038°10.0'E33°12.8'S038°33.0'E 1.044 45° 84° 152 km 03m10.6s
06:3032°47.1'S040°10.2'E34°04.3'S039°27.7'E33°25.8'S039°49.5'E 1.044 47° 83° 153 km 03m14.0s
06:3232°58.4'S041°23.4'E34°16.7'S040°43.3'E33°37.7'S041°03.8'E 1.044 48° 81° 154 km 03m17.3s
06:3433°08.6'S042°34.7'E34°28.0'S041°57.0'E33°48.4'S042°16.3'E 1.044 50° 80° 154 km 03m20.4s
06:3633°17.7'S043°44.4'E34°38.1'S043°08.9'E33°58.0'S043°27.1'E 1.045 51° 78° 155 km 03m23.5s
06:3833°25.9'S044°52.4'E34°47.1'S044°19.3'E34°06.6'S044°36.3'E 1.045 52° 77° 156 km 03m26.4s
06:4033°33.1'S045°59.0'E34°55.2'S045°28.2'E34°14.2'S045°44.0'E 1.045 54° 75° 157 km 03m29.3s
06:4233°39.4'S047°04.2'E35°02.3'S046°35.7'E34°20.9'S046°50.4'E 1.046 55° 74° 157 km 03m32.0s
06:4433°44.8'S048°08.2'E35°08.4'S047°42.0'E34°26.7'S047°55.5'E 1.046 56° 72° 158 km 03m34.7s
06:4633°49.4'S049°11.0'E35°13.7'S048°47.1'E34°31.6'S048°59.4'E 1.046 57° 71° 158 km 03m37.2s
06:4833°53.3'S050°12.7'E35°18.2'S049°51.0'E34°35.7'S050°02.2'E 1.046 58° 69° 159 km 03m39.6s
06:5033°56.3'S051°13.4'E35°21.8'S050°53.9'E34°39.1'S051°04.0'E 1.046 60° 67° 160 km 03m42.0s
06:5233°58.6'S052°13.1'E35°24.6'S051°55.9'E34°41.6'S052°04.8'E 1.047 61° 65° 160 km 03m44.2s
06:5434°00.2'S053°11.9'E35°26.7'S052°56.9'E34°43.5'S053°04.7'E 1.047 62° 64° 161 km 03m46.3s
06:5634°01.1'S054°09.8'E35°28.0'S053°57.0'E34°44.6'S054°03.7'E 1.047 63° 62° 161 km 03m48.4s
06:5834°01.4'S055°06.9'E35°28.6'S054°56.3'E34°45.0'S055°01.8'E 1.047 64° 60° 161 km 03m50.3s
07:0034°00.9'S056°03.3'E35°28.5'S055°54.8'E34°44.7'S055°59.3'E 1.047 65° 58° 162 km 03m52.1s
07:0233°59.9'S056°58.9'E35°27.7'S056°52.5'E34°43.8'S056°55.9'E 1.047 66° 55° 162 km 03m53.9s
07:0433°58.2'S057°53.8'E35°26.3'S057°49.6'E34°42.2'S057°51.9'E 1.047 67° 53° 163 km 03m55.5s
07:0633°55.9'S058°48.1'E35°24.2'S058°46.0'E34°40.0'S058°47.2'E 1.048 68° 50° 163 km 03m57.0s
07:0833°53.0'S059°41.7'E35°21.4'S059°41.7'E34°37.2'S059°41.9'E 1.048 69° 48° 163 km 03m58.4s
07:1033°49.5'S060°34.8'E35°18.1'S060°36.8'E34°33.8'S060°36.0'E 1.048 70° 45° 164 km 03m59.7s
07:1233°45.4'S061°27.3'E35°14.1'S061°31.4'E34°29.7'S061°29.5'E 1.048 70° 42° 164 km 04m00.9s
07:1433°40.8'S062°19.3'E35°09.5'S062°25.4'E34°25.1'S062°22.4'E 1.048 71° 39° 164 km 04m02.0s
07:1633°35.6'S063°10.8'E35°04.4'S063°18.8'E34°20.0'S063°14.9'E 1.048 72° 36° 164 km 04m03.0s
07:1833°29.9'S064°01.8'E34°58.6'S064°11.8'E34°14.2'S064°06.8'E 1.048 73° 32° 165 km 04m03.9s
07:2033°23.7'S064°52.3'E34°52.3'S065°04.3'E34°08.0'S064°58.4'E 1.048 73° 28° 165 km 04m04.7s
07:2233°16.9'S065°42.4'E34°45.4'S065°56.3'E34°01.1'S065°49.4'E 1.048 74° 24° 165 km 04m05.4s
07:2433°09.6'S066°32.2'E34°38.0'S066°47.9'E33°53.7'S066°40.1'E 1.048 74° 20° 165 km 04m06.0s
07:2633°01.8'S067°21.5'E34°30.0'S067°39.2'E33°45.8'S067°30.3'E 1.048 75° 16° 165 km 04m06.5s
07:2832°53.4'S068°10.5'E34°21.4'S068°30.0'E33°37.4'S068°20.2'E 1.048 75° 11° 165 km 04m06.9s
07:3032°44.6'S068°59.2'E34°12.4'S069°20.4'E33°28.5'S069°09.8'E 1.048 76° 166 km 04m07.1s
07:3232°35.2'S069°47.5'E34°02.8'S070°10.6'E33°19.0'S069°59.0'E 1.048 76° 166 km 04m07.3s
07:3432°25.4'S070°35.6'E33°52.6'S071°00.4'E33°09.0'S070°47.9'E 1.048 76° 356° 166 km 04m07.4s
07:3632°15.1'S071°23.4'E33°42.0'S071°49.9'E32°58.5'S071°36.6'E 1.048 76° 351° 166 km 04m07.3s
07:3832°04.2'S072°11.0'E33°30.8'S072°39.1'E32°47.5'S072°25.0'E 1.048 76° 346° 166 km 04m07.2s
07:4031°52.9'S072°58.3'E33°19.1'S073°28.1'E32°36.0'S073°13.1'E 1.048 76° 341° 166 km 04m06.9s
07:4231°41.1'S073°45.5'E33°06.9'S074°16.9'E32°24.0'S074°01.1'E 1.048 76° 336° 166 km 04m06.6s
07:4431°28.8'S074°32.5'E32°54.2'S075°05.5'E32°11.5'S074°48.8'E 1.048 75° 331° 166 km 04m06.1s
07:4631°16.1'S075°19.3'E32°41.0'S075°53.8'E31°58.5'S075°36.4'E 1.048 75° 326° 166 km 04m05.6s
07:4831°02.8'S076°06.0'E32°27.2'S076°42.1'E31°45.0'S076°23.9'E 1.048 74° 322° 166 km 04m04.9s
07:5030°49.1'S076°52.6'E32°13.0'S077°30.2'E31°31.1'S077°11.2'E 1.048 74° 318° 166 km 04m04.2s
07:5230°34.9'S077°39.2'E31°58.2'S078°18.1'E31°16.6'S077°58.5'E 1.048 73° 314° 166 km 04m03.3s
07:5430°20.1'S078°25.7'E31°43.0'S079°06.1'E31°01.6'S078°45.7'E 1.048 73° 310° 166 km 04m02.3s
07:5630°04.9'S079°12.1'E31°27.2'S079°53.9'E30°46.1'S079°32.8'E 1.048 72° 306° 166 km 04m01.3s
07:5829°49.2'S079°58.6'E31°10.9'S080°41.8'E30°30.1'S080°20.0'E 1.048 71° 303° 166 km 04m00.2s
08:0029°33.1'S080°45.1'E30°54.1'S081°29.6'E30°13.6'S081°07.1'E 1.048 70° 300° 166 km 03m58.9s
08:0229°16.4'S081°31.7'E30°36.8'S082°17.5'E29°56.6'S081°54.3'E 1.048 70° 297° 165 km 03m57.6s
08:0428°59.2'S082°18.4'E30°18.9'S083°05.4'E29°39.1'S082°41.6'E 1.048 69° 295° 165 km 03m56.1s
08:0628°41.4'S083°05.2'E30°00.5'S083°53.5'E29°21.0'S083°29.1'E 1.048 68° 292° 165 km 03m54.6s
08:0828°23.2'S083°52.2'E29°41.6'S084°41.6'E29°02.5'S084°16.7'E 1.048 67° 290° 165 km 03m53.0s
08:1028°04.5'S084°39.4'E29°22.1'S085°30.0'E28°43.3'S085°04.4'E 1.047 66° 288° 165 km 03m51.3s
08:1227°45.2'S085°26.8'E29°02.1'S086°18.6'E28°23.7'S085°52.4'E 1.047 65° 286° 165 km 03m49.5s
08:1427°25.3'S086°14.5'E28°41.5'S087°07.4'E28°03.5'S086°40.7'E 1.047 64° 284° 164 km 03m47.6s
08:1627°04.9'S087°02.6'E28°20.3'S087°56.6'E27°42.7'S087°29.3'E 1.047 63° 282° 164 km 03m45.6s
08:1826°44.0'S087°51.0'E27°58.5'S088°46.1'E27°21.3'S088°18.3'E 1.047 62° 280° 164 km 03m43.5s
08:2026°22.4'S088°39.9'E27°36.1'S089°36.0'E26°59.4'S089°07.7'E 1.047 61° 279° 163 km 03m41.4s
08:2226°00.3'S089°29.3'E27°13.1'S090°26.4'E26°36.8'S089°57.5'E 1.046 60° 277° 163 km 03m39.1s
08:2425°37.5'S090°19.2'E26°49.5'S091°17.4'E26°13.6'S090°48.0'E 1.046 58° 276° 163 km 03m36.8s
08:2625°14.1'S091°09.7'E26°25.2'S092°08.9'E25°49.7'S091°39.0'E 1.046 57° 274° 162 km 03m34.3s
08:2824°50.0'S092°00.9'E26°00.2'S093°01.1'E25°25.2'S092°30.7'E 1.046 56° 273° 162 km 03m31.8s
08:3024°25.2'S092°52.9'E25°34.5'S093°54.0'E25°00.0'S093°23.2'E 1.046 55° 272° 161 km 03m29.2s
08:3223°59.7'S093°45.8'E25°08.0'S094°47.9'E24°34.0'S094°16.5'E 1.045 54° 271° 161 km 03m26.5s
08:3423°33.5'S094°39.6'E24°40.8'S095°42.6'E24°07.3'S095°10.8'E 1.045 52° 269° 160 km 03m23.7s
08:3623°06.5'S095°34.5'E24°12.8'S096°38.4'E23°39.8'S096°06.1'E 1.045 51° 268° 159 km 03m20.8s
08:3822°38.6'S096°30.5'E23°43.9'S097°35.4'E23°11.4'S097°02.6'E 1.045 50° 267° 159 km 03m17.9s
08:4022°09.9'S097°27.9'E23°14.0'S098°33.8'E22°42.1'S098°00.5'E 1.044 48° 266° 158 km 03m14.8s
08:4221°40.3'S098°26.8'E22°43.3'S099°33.6'E22°11.9'S098°59.8'E 1.044 47° 265° 157 km 03m11.6s
08:4421°09.6'S099°27.3'E22°11.4'S100°35.2'E21°40.7'S100°00.9'E 1.044 45° 264° 156 km 03m08.3s
08:4620°37.9'S100°29.7'E21°38.5'S101°38.6'E21°08.4'S101°03.8'E 1.043 44° 263° 155 km 03m05.0s
08:4820°05.0'S101°34.2'E21°04.4'S102°44.1'E20°34.9'S102°08.8'E 1.043 42° 262° 154 km 03m01.5s
08:5019°30.9'S102°41.1'E20°28.9'S103°52.2'E20°00.1'S103°16.2'E 1.043 41° 262° 153 km 02m57.9s
08:5218°55.4'S103°50.7'E19°52.0'S105°03.0'E19°23.9'S104°26.5'E 1.042 39° 261° 152 km 02m54.1s
08:5418°18.4'S105°03.5'E19°13.4'S106°17.1'E18°46.1'S105°39.9'E 1.042 37° 260° 151 km 02m50.2s
08:5617°39.6'S106°20.0'E18°33.1'S107°35.0'E18°06.6'S106°57.1'E 1.041 36° 259° 149 km 02m46.2s
08:5816°58.9'S107°40.7'E17°50.6'S108°57.4'E17°25.0'S108°18.6'E 1.041 34° 258° 148 km 02m42.0s
09:0016°16.0'S109°06.6'E17°05.8'S110°25.1'E16°41.2'S109°45.4'E 1.040 32° 257° 146 km 02m37.6s
09:0215°30.4'S110°38.6'E16°18.2'S111°59.4'E15°54.6'S111°18.5'E 1.040 30° 257° 144 km 02m33.0s
09:0414°41.7'S112°18.4'E15°27.0'S113°41.9'E15°04.7'S112°59.6'E 1.039 27° 256° 142 km 02m28.1s
09:0613°49.0'S114°07.9'E14°31.6'S115°35.0'E14°10.7'S114°50.9'E 1.038 25° 255° 140 km 02m22.9s
09:0812°51.3'S116°10.5'E13°30.5'S117°42.4'E13°11.3'S116°55.8'E 1.038 22° 254° 137 km 02m17.3s
09:1011°46.6'S118°31.4'E12°21.3'S120°10.6'E12°04.4'S119°20.2'E 1.037 19° 254° 134 km 02m11.0s
09:1210°31.3'S121°21.0'E10°59.4'S123°12.7'E10°46.0'S122°15.6'E 1.036 16° 253° 130 km 02m03.9s
09:1408°56.5'S125°04.5'E09°11.4'S127°25.5'E09°05.3'S126°12.2'E 1.034 11° 252° 124 km 01m55.0s
Limits04°51.1'S135°53.8'E05°45.0'S136°22.3'E05°18.0'S136°08.0'E 1.031 - 111 km 01m35.8s

ΔT = 133.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:38:10.807:35:57.332°58.8'S071°02.0'E 76.0° 350.9° 165.9 km04m07.31s
Greatest Duration07:36:24.007:34:10.533°08.1'S070°52.2'E 76.0° 355.5° 165.8 km04m07.36s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1572 Jan 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 133.5 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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