Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1578 Mar 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1578 Mar 08 . 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 1578 Mar 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits58°41.8'S069°59.9'W61°48.8'S071°03.9'W60°14.5'S070°30.7'W 0.921 - 349 km 05m29.6s
10:4458°10.2'S051°36.9'W - - 60°09.5'S060°12.2'W 0.923 83° 338 km 05m37.3s
10:4657°27.9'S044°49.0'W61°33.0'S057°09.0'W59°25.5'S049°06.9'W 0.924 11° 73° 326 km 05m46.5s
10:4856°44.0'S039°47.3'W60°41.0'S046°50.5'W58°37.8'S042°33.3'W 0.925 15° 67° 319 km 05m52.6s
10:5055°59.6'S035°43.3'W59°48.1'S040°23.7'W57°49.7'S037°37.0'W 0.926 18° 62° 314 km 05m57.4s
10:5255°15.3'S032°17.3'W58°55.6'S035°29.8'W57°01.7'S033°36.1'W 0.926 20° 58° 309 km 06m01.7s
10:5454°31.1'S029°18.7'W58°03.9'S031°30.3'W56°14.1'S030°12.3'W 0.927 22° 54° 305 km 06m05.5s
10:5653°47.3'S026°40.8'W57°13.1'S028°07.6'W55°27.1'S027°15.4'W 0.927 24° 51° 302 km 06m08.9s
10:5853°03.9'S024°19.6'W56°23.1'S025°11.9'W54°40.7'S024°39.1'W 0.928 26° 49° 299 km 06m12.1s
11:0052°20.9'S022°11.9'W55°34.1'S022°36.8'W53°54.9'S022°19.4'W 0.928 28° 46° 296 km 06m15.1s
11:0251°38.3'S020°15.4'W54°45.8'S020°18.3'W53°09.6'S020°13.1'W 0.928 30° 44° 294 km 06m17.9s
11:0450°56.2'S018°28.5'W53°58.4'S018°13.4'W52°25.0'S018°18.1'W 0.929 31° 41° 292 km 06m20.5s
11:0650°14.5'S016°49.9'W53°11.7'S016°19.6'W51°41.0'S016°32.5'W 0.929 33° 39° 290 km 06m22.9s
11:0849°33.2'S015°18.4'W52°25.7'S014°35.4'W50°57.5'S014°55.2'W 0.929 34° 37° 288 km 06m25.3s
11:1048°52.3'S013°53.1'W51°40.5'S012°59.4'W50°14.6'S013°25.0'W 0.930 35° 35° 287 km 06m27.5s
11:1248°11.9'S012°33.4'W50°55.9'S011°30.5'W49°32.2'S012°01.1'W 0.930 37° 33° 285 km 06m29.6s
11:1447°31.9'S011°18.6'W50°12.0'S010°07.8'W48°50.3'S010°42.6'W 0.930 38° 31° 284 km 06m31.6s
11:1646°52.2'S010°08.2'W49°28.6'S008°50.6'W48°08.9'S009°29.0'W 0.930 39° 30° 282 km 06m33.5s
11:1846°12.9'S009°01.8'W48°45.9'S007°38.2'W47°28.0'S008°19.8'W 0.931 40° 28° 281 km 06m35.3s
11:2045°34.0'S007°59.0'W48°03.7'S006°30.2'W46°47.5'S007°14.5'W 0.931 41° 26° 280 km 06m37.1s
11:2244°55.5'S006°59.4'W47°22.0'S005°26.1'W46°07.4'S006°12.8'W 0.931 42° 24° 279 km 06m38.7s
11:2444°17.3'S006°02.8'W46°40.8'S004°25.5'W45°27.8'S005°14.3'W 0.931 43° 23° 279 km 06m40.3s
11:2643°39.4'S005°08.9'W46°00.1'S003°28.1'W44°48.5'S004°18.7'W 0.931 44° 21° 278 km 06m41.8s
11:2843°01.8'S004°17.5'W45°19.8'S002°33.5'W44°09.7'S003°25.8'W 0.932 45° 19° 277 km 06m43.2s
11:3042°24.6'S003°28.3'W44°40.0'S001°41.6'W43°31.2'S002°35.3'W 0.932 46° 18° 276 km 06m44.6s
11:3241°47.6'S002°41.3'W44°00.6'S000°52.1'W42°53.0'S001°47.1'W 0.932 47° 16° 276 km 06m45.9s
11:3441°10.9'S001°56.1'W43°21.6'S000°04.7'W42°15.2'S001°00.9'W 0.932 48° 14° 275 km 06m47.1s
11:3640°34.5'S001°12.8'W42°43.0'S000°40.6'E41°37.8'S000°16.6'W 0.932 49° 13° 275 km 06m48.3s
11:3839°58.3'S000°31.1'W42°04.8'S001°24.0'E41°00.6'S000°26.0'E 0.932 49° 11° 275 km 06m49.4s
11:4039°22.4'S000°09.0'E41°26.9'S002°05.8'E40°23.7'S001°06.9'E 0.932 50° 275 km 06m50.4s
11:4238°46.8'S000°47.8'E40°49.3'S002°46.0'E39°47.2'S001°46.4'E 0.932 51° 274 km 06m51.4s
11:4438°11.4'S001°25.2'E40°12.1'S003°24.7'E39°10.9'S002°24.4'E 0.933 52° 274 km 06m52.4s
11:4637°36.2'S002°01.4'E39°35.2'S004°02.1'E38°34.9'S003°01.2'E 0.933 52° 274 km 06m53.3s
11:4837°01.3'S002°36.5'E38°58.6'S004°38.3'E37°59.1'S003°36.8'E 0.933 53° 274 km 06m54.1s
11:5036°26.5'S003°10.6'E38°22.3'S005°13.3'E37°23.6'S004°11.3'E 0.933 54° 274 km 06m54.9s
11:5235°52.0'S003°43.6'E37°46.3'S005°47.2'E36°48.4'S004°44.8'E 0.933 54° 359° 274 km 06m55.6s
11:5435°17.7'S004°15.8'E37°10.6'S006°20.2'E36°13.3'S005°17.4'E 0.933 55° 357° 274 km 06m56.3s
11:5634°43.5'S004°47.1'E36°35.1'S006°52.3'E35°38.5'S005°49.1'E 0.933 55° 355° 275 km 06m56.9s
11:5834°09.6'S005°17.6'E35°59.9'S007°23.5'E35°04.0'S006°19.9'E 0.933 56° 353° 275 km 06m57.5s
12:0033°35.8'S005°47.4'E35°24.9'S007°54.0'E34°29.6'S006°50.1'E 0.933 56° 352° 275 km 06m58.1s
12:0233°02.2'S006°16.5'E34°50.2'S008°23.7'E33°55.4'S007°19.5'E 0.933 57° 350° 276 km 06m58.6s
12:0432°28.8'S006°45.0'E34°15.7'S008°52.8'E33°21.5'S007°48.3'E 0.933 57° 348° 276 km 06m59.0s
12:0631°55.5'S007°13.0'E33°41.4'S009°21.3'E32°47.7'S008°16.5'E 0.933 57° 346° 276 km 06m59.4s
12:0831°22.4'S007°40.4'E33°07.3'S009°49.3'E32°14.1'S008°44.2'E 0.933 58° 344° 277 km 06m59.8s
12:1030°49.4'S008°07.3'E32°33.5'S010°16.7'E31°40.7'S009°11.4'E 0.933 58° 342° 278 km 07m00.1s
12:1230°16.6'S008°33.8'E31°59.8'S010°43.7'E31°07.5'S009°38.1'E 0.933 58° 340° 278 km 07m00.4s
12:1429°43.9'S008°59.9'E31°26.3'S011°10.3'E30°34.4'S010°04.5'E 0.934 58° 338° 279 km 07m00.7s
12:1629°11.4'S009°25.6'E30°53.0'S011°36.5'E30°01.5'S010°30.4'E 0.934 59° 336° 280 km 07m00.9s
12:1828°39.0'S009°51.0'E30°19.9'S012°02.4'E29°28.7'S010°56.1'E 0.934 59° 334° 280 km 07m01.0s
12:2028°06.7'S010°16.2'E29°47.0'S012°28.0'E28°56.1'S011°21.4'E 0.934 59° 332° 281 km 07m01.1s
12:2227°34.5'S010°41.0'E29°14.2'S012°53.3'E28°23.7'S011°46.5'E 0.934 59° 329° 282 km 07m01.2s
12:2427°02.5'S011°05.7'E28°41.6'S013°18.5'E27°51.3'S012°11.4'E 0.934 59° 327° 283 km 07m01.3s
12:2626°30.5'S011°30.2'E28°09.2'S013°43.4'E27°19.1'S012°36.1'E 0.934 59° 325° 284 km 07m01.3s
12:2825°58.7'S011°54.5'E27°36.9'S014°08.2'E26°47.1'S013°00.7'E 0.934 59° 323° 285 km 07m01.2s
12:3025°27.0'S012°18.7'E27°04.7'S014°32.9'E26°15.1'S013°25.1'E 0.934 59° 321° 286 km 07m01.1s
12:3224°55.4'S012°42.8'E26°32.7'S014°57.6'E25°43.3'S013°49.5'E 0.934 59° 319° 287 km 07m01.0s
12:3424°23.8'S013°06.9'E26°00.9'S015°22.1'E25°11.6'S014°13.8'E 0.933 59° 317° 289 km 07m00.8s
12:3623°52.4'S013°30.9'E25°29.1'S015°46.7'E24°40.0'S014°38.1'E 0.933 58° 315° 290 km 07m00.6s
12:3823°21.1'S013°54.9'E24°57.5'S016°11.3'E24°08.6'S015°02.4'E 0.933 58° 314° 291 km 07m00.4s
12:4022°49.8'S014°19.0'E24°26.1'S016°36.0'E23°37.2'S015°26.8'E 0.933 58° 312° 293 km 07m00.1s
12:4222°18.6'S014°43.2'E23°54.7'S017°00.7'E23°05.9'S015°51.2'E 0.933 58° 310° 294 km 06m59.8s
12:4421°47.5'S015°07.4'E23°23.5'S017°25.6'E22°34.8'S016°15.8'E 0.933 57° 308° 295 km 06m59.4s
12:4621°16.5'S015°31.8'E22°52.3'S017°50.6'E22°03.7'S016°40.5'E 0.933 57° 306° 297 km 06m59.0s
12:4820°45.5'S015°56.4'E22°21.3'S018°15.9'E21°32.7'S017°05.4'E 0.933 57° 304° 299 km 06m58.6s
12:5020°14.6'S016°21.1'E21°50.4'S018°41.4'E21°01.8'S017°30.5'E 0.933 56° 303° 300 km 06m58.1s
12:5219°43.8'S016°46.1'E21°19.6'S019°07.1'E20°30.9'S017°55.8'E 0.933 56° 301° 302 km 06m57.5s
12:5419°13.0'S017°11.4'E20°48.9'S019°33.2'E20°00.2'S018°21.5'E 0.933 55° 300° 303 km 06m56.9s
12:5618°42.3'S017°37.0'E20°18.3'S019°59.6'E19°29.5'S018°47.5'E 0.933 55° 298° 305 km 06m56.3s
12:5818°11.6'S018°02.9'E19°47.7'S020°26.4'E18°58.9'S019°13.8'E 0.933 54° 296° 307 km 06m55.6s
13:0017°41.0'S018°29.2'E19°17.3'S020°53.6'E18°28.4'S019°40.6'E 0.933 54° 295° 308 km 06m54.9s
13:0217°10.4'S018°56.0'E18°46.9'S021°21.3'E17°57.9'S020°07.8'E 0.933 53° 294° 310 km 06m54.2s
13:0416°39.9'S019°23.2'E18°16.6'S021°49.5'E17°27.5'S020°35.5'E 0.932 52° 292° 312 km 06m53.3s
13:0616°09.4'S019°50.9'E17°46.4'S022°18.4'E16°57.1'S021°03.8'E 0.932 52° 291° 314 km 06m52.5s
13:0815°39.0'S020°19.2'E17°16.3'S022°47.8'E16°26.8'S021°32.6'E 0.932 51° 290° 315 km 06m51.5s
13:1015°08.5'S020°48.2'E16°46.2'S023°17.9'E15°56.6'S022°02.1'E 0.932 50° 288° 317 km 06m50.6s
13:1214°38.2'S021°17.8'E16°16.2'S023°48.8'E15°26.4'S022°32.3'E 0.932 49° 287° 319 km 06m49.6s
13:1414°07.8'S021°48.1'E15°46.2'S024°20.5'E14°56.2'S023°03.3'E 0.932 49° 286° 321 km 06m48.5s
13:1613°37.4'S022°19.2'E15°16.3'S024°53.1'E14°26.1'S023°35.1'E 0.932 48° 285° 323 km 06m47.3s
13:1813°07.1'S022°51.2'E14°46.5'S025°26.7'E13°56.0'S024°07.9'E 0.932 47° 284° 324 km 06m46.1s
13:2012°36.8'S023°24.1'E14°16.7'S026°01.3'E13°25.9'S024°41.6'E 0.931 46° 283° 326 km 06m44.9s
13:2212°06.5'S023°58.1'E13°47.0'S026°37.1'E12°55.9'S025°16.5'E 0.931 45° 282° 328 km 06m43.5s
13:2411°36.2'S024°33.2'E13°17.3'S027°14.2'E12°25.9'S025°52.5'E 0.931 44° 281° 330 km 06m42.2s
13:2611°05.8'S025°09.5'E12°47.7'S027°52.6'E11°55.9'S026°29.8'E 0.931 43° 280° 331 km 06m40.7s
13:2810°35.5'S025°47.1'E12°18.0'S028°32.5'E11°25.9'S027°08.5'E 0.931 42° 279° 333 km 06m39.2s
13:3010°05.2'S026°26.2'E11°48.5'S029°14.1'E10°56.0'S027°48.7'E 0.930 41° 278° 334 km 06m37.6s
13:3209°34.9'S027°06.8'E11°18.9'S029°57.5'E10°26.0'S028°30.7'E 0.930 40° 278° 336 km 06m35.9s
13:3409°04.5'S027°49.3'E10°49.4'S030°42.9'E09°56.1'S029°14.5'E 0.930 39° 277° 337 km 06m34.1s
13:3608°34.1'S028°33.6'E10°19.9'S031°30.6'E09°26.1'S030°00.4'E 0.930 38° 276° 338 km 06m32.3s
13:3808°03.7'S029°20.1'E09°50.4'S032°20.8'E08°56.1'S030°48.6'E 0.930 36° 275° 340 km 06m30.3s
13:4007°33.2'S030°08.9'E09°20.9'S033°13.8'E08°26.2'S031°39.4'E 0.929 35° 275° 341 km 06m28.2s
13:4207°02.7'S031°00.5'E08°51.4'S034°10.0'E07°56.1'S032°33.1'E 0.929 34° 274° 342 km 06m26.1s
13:4406°32.1'S031°55.0'E08°21.9'S035°10.0'E07°26.1'S033°30.1'E 0.929 32° 274° 343 km 06m23.8s
13:4606°01.5'S032°53.0'E07°52.4'S036°14.2'E06°56.0'S034°31.0'E 0.928 31° 273° 344 km 06m21.4s
13:4805°30.7'S033°54.9'E07°22.9'S037°23.4'E06°25.8'S035°36.2'E 0.928 29° 273° 345 km 06m18.8s
13:5004°59.9'S035°01.4'E06°53.3'S038°38.6'E05°55.6'S036°46.6'E 0.928 28° 272° 345 km 06m16.1s
13:5204°28.9'S036°13.2'E06°23.7'S040°01.1'E05°25.3'S038°03.2'E 0.927 26° 272° 346 km 06m13.2s
13:5403°57.8'S037°31.6'E05°54.0'S041°32.8'E04°54.8'S039°27.4'E 0.927 24° 271° 347 km 06m10.0s
13:5603°26.4'S038°58.0'E05°24.2'S043°16.5'E04°24.2'S041°01.2'E 0.926 22° 271° 347 km 06m06.6s
13:5802°54.8'S040°34.5'E04°54.2'S045°16.8'E03°53.4'S042°47.6'E 0.926 20° 270° 347 km 06m02.9s
14:0002°22.9'S042°24.4'E04°24.0'S047°42.2'E03°22.3'S044°51.7'E 0.925 17° 270° 348 km 05m58.7s
14:0201°50.5'S044°33.5'E03°53.4'S050°52.8'E02°50.7'S047°22.9'E 0.924 14° 270° 348 km 05m53.7s
14:0401°17.4'S047°12.7'E03°21.4'S056°14.9'E02°18.3'S050°44.7'E 0.923 10° 269° 348 km 05m47.6s
14:0600°42.8'S050°51.2'E - - 01°42.8'S057°03.6'E 0.922 269° 350 km 05m37.1s
Limits00°01.4'S060°09.9'E03°10.7'S061°01.8'E01°35.3'S060°34.5'E 0.921 - 350 km 05m31.9s

ΔT = 129.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:26:50.112:24:40.527°40.4'S011°47.3'E 59.0° 326.8° 283.5 km07m01.26s
Greatest Duration12:27:04.112:24:54.527°36.7'S012°22.7'E 59.0° 326.5° 283.6 km07m01.26s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1578 Mar 08 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 129.6 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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