Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1579 Aug 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1579 Aug 22 . 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 1579 Aug 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits10°55.6'N000°13.9'E10°03.4'N000°16.3'E10°29.5'N000°15.2'E 0.974 - 96 km 01m40.3s
05:5411°59.2'N010°02.3'E11°07.0'N008°54.9'E11°33.4'N009°29.7'E 0.977 10° 83° 87 km 01m37.0s
05:5612°10.0'N014°13.1'E11°24.1'N013°26.9'E11°47.2'N013°50.4'E 0.978 14° 84° 82 km 01m35.1s
05:5812°10.7'N017°16.5'E11°28.2'N016°38.3'E11°49.6'N016°57.6'E 0.979 18° 85° 79 km 01m33.5s
06:0012°06.2'N019°46.1'E11°26.2'N019°12.4'E11°46.3'N019°29.4'E 0.980 21° 85° 76 km 01m32.2s
06:0211°58.4'N021°54.4'E11°20.4'N021°23.5'E11°39.5'N021°39.0'E 0.980 23° 86° 74 km 01m31.0s
06:0411°48.2'N023°47.7'E11°11.9'N023°18.8'E11°30.1'N023°33.3'E 0.981 26° 86° 72 km 01m29.8s
06:0611°36.2'N025°29.5'E11°01.4'N025°02.2'E11°18.9'N025°15.9'E 0.981 28° 86° 70 km 01m28.7s
06:0811°22.8'N027°02.5'E10°49.3'N026°36.3'E11°06.1'N026°49.4'E 0.982 30° 86° 68 km 01m27.6s
06:1011°08.1'N028°28.1'E10°35.9'N028°02.9'E10°52.1'N028°15.5'E 0.982 32° 87° 67 km 01m26.6s
06:1210°52.5'N029°47.6'E10°21.4'N029°23.3'E10°37.0'N029°35.4'E 0.983 33° 87° 65 km 01m25.6s
06:1410°36.0'N031°01.9'E10°06.0'N030°38.3'E10°21.1'N030°50.1'E 0.983 35° 87° 64 km 01m24.6s
06:1610°18.7'N032°11.6'E09°49.7'N031°48.7'E10°04.3'N032°00.2'E 0.984 37° 87° 62 km 01m23.6s
06:1810°00.8'N033°17.5'E09°32.7'N032°55.1'E09°46.8'N033°06.3'E 0.984 38° 87° 61 km 01m22.7s
06:2009°42.3'N034°19.9'E09°15.0'N033°58.0'E09°28.7'N034°09.0'E 0.984 40° 87° 60 km 01m21.8s
06:2209°23.2'N035°19.2'E08°56.8'N034°57.8'E09°10.1'N035°08.5'E 0.985 41° 87° 59 km 01m20.9s
06:2409°03.7'N036°15.7'E08°38.0'N035°54.7'E08°50.9'N036°05.2'E 0.985 43° 86° 57 km 01m20.0s
06:2608°43.6'N037°09.6'E08°18.7'N036°49.0'E08°31.2'N036°59.3'E 0.985 44° 86° 56 km 01m19.2s
06:2808°23.2'N038°01.3'E07°59.0'N037°41.1'E08°11.1'N037°51.2'E 0.986 45° 86° 55 km 01m18.3s
06:3008°02.4'N038°50.9'E07°38.8'N038°31.0'E07°50.6'N038°40.9'E 0.986 47° 86° 54 km 01m17.5s
06:3207°41.2'N039°38.5'E07°18.2'N039°19.0'E07°29.8'N039°28.8'E 0.986 48° 85° 53 km 01m16.7s
06:3407°19.7'N040°24.4'E06°57.3'N040°05.2'E07°08.5'N040°14.8'E 0.986 49° 85° 52 km 01m15.9s
06:3606°57.8'N041°08.7'E06°36.0'N040°49.8'E06°47.0'N040°59.2'E 0.987 50° 85° 52 km 01m15.2s
06:3806°35.7'N041°51.5'E06°14.4'N041°32.8'E06°25.1'N041°42.1'E 0.987 52° 84° 51 km 01m14.4s
06:4006°13.2'N042°32.8'E05°52.4'N042°14.4'E06°02.9'N042°23.6'E 0.987 53° 84° 50 km 01m13.7s
06:4205°50.5'N043°12.9'E05°30.2'N042°54.7'E05°40.4'N043°03.8'E 0.987 54° 83° 49 km 01m12.9s
06:4405°27.5'N043°51.7'E05°07.7'N043°33.8'E05°17.6'N043°42.8'E 0.987 55° 83° 48 km 01m12.2s
06:4605°04.3'N044°29.4'E04°44.9'N044°11.8'E04°54.6'N044°20.6'E 0.988 56° 82° 48 km 01m11.6s
06:4804°40.8'N045°06.1'E04°21.8'N044°48.6'E04°31.4'N044°57.4'E 0.988 57° 81° 47 km 01m10.9s
06:5004°17.1'N045°41.8'E03°58.5'N045°24.5'E04°07.8'N045°33.1'E 0.988 58° 80° 46 km 01m10.2s
06:5203°53.1'N046°16.5'E03°35.0'N045°59.5'E03°44.1'N046°08.0'E 0.988 59° 80° 45 km 01m09.6s
06:5403°29.0'N046°50.4'E03°11.2'N046°33.6'E03°20.1'N046°42.0'E 0.988 60° 79° 45 km 01m09.0s
06:5603°04.6'N047°23.5'E02°47.1'N047°06.8'E02°55.9'N047°15.2'E 0.988 61° 78° 44 km 01m08.4s
06:5802°40.0'N047°55.8'E02°22.9'N047°39.3'E02°31.5'N047°47.6'E 0.989 62° 76° 44 km 01m07.8s
07:0002°15.2'N048°27.4'E01°58.4'N048°11.1'E02°06.8'N048°19.3'E 0.989 63° 75° 43 km 01m07.3s
07:0201°50.2'N048°58.4'E01°33.7'N048°42.2'E01°42.0'N048°50.3'E 0.989 64° 74° 42 km 01m06.7s
07:0401°25.0'N049°28.7'E01°08.8'N049°12.7'E01°16.9'N049°20.7'E 0.989 64° 73° 42 km 01m06.2s
07:0600°59.6'N049°58.5'E00°43.7'N049°42.6'E00°51.7'N049°50.5'E 0.989 65° 71° 41 km 01m05.7s
07:0800°34.0'N050°27.7'E00°18.3'N050°12.0'E00°26.2'N050°19.8'E 0.989 66° 69° 41 km 01m05.2s
07:1000°08.2'N050°56.4'E00°07.2'S050°40.8'E00°00.5'N050°48.6'E 0.989 67° 68° 40 km 01m04.8s
07:1200°17.7'S051°24.6'E00°32.9'S051°09.2'E00°25.3'S051°16.9'E 0.989 68° 66° 40 km 01m04.3s
07:1400°43.9'S051°52.4'E00°58.9'S051°37.1'E00°51.4'S051°44.8'E 0.989 68° 64° 40 km 01m03.9s
07:1601°10.2'S052°19.8'E01°25.0'S052°04.6'E01°17.6'S052°12.2'E 0.990 69° 62° 39 km 01m03.5s
07:1801°36.7'S052°46.9'E01°51.4'S052°31.7'E01°44.0'S052°39.3'E 0.990 69° 60° 39 km 01m03.1s
07:2002°03.4'S053°13.6'E02°17.9'S052°58.5'E02°10.6'S053°06.1'E 0.990 70° 57° 39 km 01m02.8s
07:2202°30.3'S053°40.0'E02°44.6'S053°25.0'E02°37.4'S053°32.5'E 0.990 71° 55° 38 km 01m02.4s
07:2402°57.4'S054°06.1'E03°11.5'S053°51.2'E03°04.4'S053°58.6'E 0.990 71° 52° 38 km 01m02.1s
07:2603°24.7'S054°31.9'E03°38.6'S054°17.1'E03°31.6'S054°24.5'E 0.990 71° 49° 38 km 01m01.8s
07:2803°52.1'S054°57.6'E04°06.0'S054°42.8'E03°59.0'S054°50.2'E 0.990 72° 46° 37 km 01m01.6s
07:3004°19.7'S055°23.0'E04°33.5'S055°08.3'E04°26.6'S055°15.7'E 0.990 72° 43° 37 km 01m01.3s
07:3204°47.5'S055°48.2'E05°01.2'S055°33.6'E04°54.3'S055°40.9'E 0.990 72° 40° 37 km 01m01.1s
07:3405°15.5'S056°13.4'E05°29.1'S055°58.8'E05°22.3'S056°06.1'E 0.990 73° 37° 37 km 01m00.9s
07:3605°43.7'S056°38.4'E05°57.2'S056°23.8'E05°50.4'S056°31.1'E 0.990 73° 33° 37 km 01m00.7s
07:3806°12.1'S057°03.3'E06°25.5'S056°48.7'E06°18.8'S056°56.0'E 0.990 73° 30° 36 km 01m00.6s
07:4006°40.7'S057°28.1'E06°54.0'S057°13.6'E06°47.3'S057°20.9'E 0.990 73° 26° 36 km 01m00.4s
07:4207°09.4'S057°52.9'E07°22.8'S057°38.4'E07°16.1'S057°45.7'E 0.990 73° 23° 36 km 01m00.3s
07:4407°38.4'S058°17.7'E07°51.7'S058°03.2'E07°45.0'S058°10.5'E 0.990 73° 20° 36 km 01m00.2s
07:4608°07.6'S058°42.5'E08°20.9'S058°28.0'E08°14.2'S058°35.2'E 0.990 73° 16° 36 km 01m00.2s
07:4808°37.0'S059°07.3'E08°50.2'S058°52.8'E08°43.6'S059°00.1'E 0.990 72° 13° 36 km 01m00.1s
07:5009°06.6'S059°32.2'E09°19.8'S059°17.7'E09°13.2'S059°25.0'E 0.990 72° 10° 36 km 01m00.1s
07:5209°36.4'S059°57.2'E09°49.6'S059°42.7'E09°43.0'S059°50.0'E 0.990 72° 36 km 01m00.1s
07:5410°06.4'S060°22.3'E10°19.7'S060°07.8'E10°13.0'S060°15.1'E 0.990 71° 36 km 01m00.1s
07:5610°36.6'S060°47.6'E10°49.9'S060°33.1'E10°43.3'S060°40.3'E 0.990 71° 36 km 01m00.2s
07:5811°07.1'S061°13.1'E11°20.5'S060°58.5'E11°13.8'S061°05.8'E 0.990 70° 358° 36 km 01m00.3s
08:0011°37.8'S061°38.7'E11°51.2'S061°24.1'E11°44.5'S061°31.4'E 0.990 70° 356° 36 km 01m00.4s
08:0212°08.7'S062°04.6'E12°22.2'S061°50.0'E12°15.4'S061°57.3'E 0.990 69° 353° 36 km 01m00.5s
08:0412°39.9'S062°30.8'E12°53.5'S062°16.1'E12°46.7'S062°23.5'E 0.990 68° 351° 37 km 01m00.6s
08:0613°11.3'S062°57.3'E13°25.0'S062°42.5'E13°18.1'S062°49.9'E 0.990 68° 348° 37 km 01m00.8s
08:0813°43.0'S063°24.2'E13°56.8'S063°09.3'E13°49.9'S063°16.7'E 0.990 67° 346° 37 km 01m01.0s
08:1014°14.9'S063°51.4'E14°28.9'S063°36.4'E14°21.9'S063°43.9'E 0.990 66° 344° 37 km 01m01.2s
08:1214°47.1'S064°19.1'E15°01.2'S064°04.0'E14°54.2'S064°11.5'E 0.990 65° 343° 37 km 01m01.4s
08:1415°19.6'S064°47.2'E15°33.9'S064°32.0'E15°26.7'S064°39.6'E 0.989 65° 341° 38 km 01m01.7s
08:1615°52.4'S065°15.8'E16°06.8'S065°00.6'E15°59.6'S065°08.2'E 0.989 64° 339° 38 km 01m02.0s
08:1816°25.5'S065°45.0'E16°40.1'S065°29.6'E16°32.8'S065°37.3'E 0.989 63° 337° 38 km 01m02.3s
08:2016°58.9'S066°14.7'E17°13.7'S065°59.3'E17°06.3'S066°07.0'E 0.989 62° 336° 39 km 01m02.6s
08:2217°32.6'S066°45.2'E17°47.6'S066°29.6'E17°40.1'S066°37.4'E 0.989 61° 334° 39 km 01m03.0s
08:2418°06.6'S067°16.3'E18°21.9'S067°00.7'E18°14.3'S067°08.5'E 0.989 60° 333° 39 km 01m03.4s
08:2618°41.0'S067°48.2'E18°56.5'S067°32.4'E18°48.8'S067°40.3'E 0.989 59° 332° 40 km 01m03.8s
08:2819°15.8'S068°21.0'E19°31.6'S068°05.1'E19°23.6'S068°13.0'E 0.989 58° 330° 40 km 01m04.2s
08:3019°50.9'S068°54.6'E20°07.0'S068°38.6'E19°58.9'S068°46.6'E 0.989 57° 329° 41 km 01m04.7s
08:3220°26.4'S069°29.2'E20°42.8'S069°13.1'E20°34.6'S069°21.2'E 0.988 56° 328° 41 km 01m05.1s
08:3421°02.3'S070°04.9'E21°19.0'S069°48.6'E21°10.6'S069°56.8'E 0.988 55° 327° 42 km 01m05.6s
08:3621°38.6'S070°41.8'E21°55.7'S070°25.3'E21°47.2'S070°33.6'E 0.988 54° 326° 42 km 01m06.2s
08:3822°15.4'S071°19.8'E22°32.9'S071°03.3'E22°24.1'S071°11.6'E 0.988 53° 324° 43 km 01m06.7s
08:4022°52.6'S071°59.3'E23°10.6'S071°42.6'E23°01.6'S071°51.0'E 0.988 52° 323° 44 km 01m07.3s
08:4223°30.4'S072°40.2'E23°48.7'S072°23.4'E23°39.5'S072°31.8'E 0.988 51° 322° 44 km 01m07.9s
08:4424°08.6'S073°22.7'E24°27.5'S073°05.8'E24°18.0'S073°14.3'E 0.987 49° 321° 45 km 01m08.5s
08:4624°47.4'S074°07.0'E25°06.8'S073°50.0'E24°57.1'S073°58.5'E 0.987 48° 320° 46 km 01m09.2s
08:4825°26.8'S074°53.2'E25°46.8'S074°36.1'E25°36.8'S074°44.7'E 0.987 47° 319° 46 km 01m09.9s
08:5026°06.8'S075°41.5'E26°27.4'S075°24.3'E26°17.1'S075°32.9'E 0.987 46° 318° 47 km 01m10.6s
08:5226°47.5'S076°32.2'E27°08.7'S076°14.9'E26°58.1'S076°23.6'E 0.986 44° 317° 48 km 01m11.3s
08:5427°28.9'S077°25.4'E27°50.8'S077°08.1'E27°39.8'S077°16.8'E 0.986 43° 316° 49 km 01m12.1s
08:5628°11.1'S078°21.5'E28°33.7'S078°04.2'E28°22.4'S078°12.9'E 0.986 42° 315° 50 km 01m12.9s
08:5828°54.1'S079°20.8'E29°17.5'S079°03.6'E29°05.8'S079°12.2'E 0.986 40° 314° 51 km 01m13.7s
09:0029°38.0'S080°23.7'E30°02.3'S080°06.6'E29°50.1'S080°15.2'E 0.985 39° 313° 52 km 01m14.5s
09:0230°22.9'S081°30.7'E30°48.1'S081°13.7'E30°35.5'S081°22.2'E 0.985 37° 312° 54 km 01m15.4s
09:0431°08.9'S082°42.3'E31°35.2'S082°25.6'E31°22.0'S082°34.0'E 0.985 36° 311° 55 km 01m16.4s
09:0631°56.1'S083°59.3'E32°23.6'S083°43.0'E32°09.8'S083°51.2'E 0.984 34° 309° 56 km 01m17.3s
09:0832°44.7'S085°22.5'E33°13.4'S085°06.8'E32°59.0'S085°14.7'E 0.984 32° 308° 58 km 01m18.3s
09:1033°34.9'S086°53.1'E34°05.0'S086°38.2'E33°49.9'S086°45.6'E 0.983 30° 307° 59 km 01m19.4s
09:1234°26.9'S088°32.6'E34°58.6'S088°18.7'E34°42.7'S088°25.7'E 0.983 28° 305° 61 km 01m20.5s
09:1435°21.1'S090°23.0'E35°54.7'S090°10.7'E35°37.8'S090°16.8'E 0.982 26° 304° 63 km 01m21.7s
09:1636°17.9'S092°27.2'E36°53.6'S092°17.1'E36°35.7'S092°22.1'E 0.982 24° 302° 65 km 01m23.0s
09:1837°18.1'S094°49.7'E37°56.3'S094°42.8'E37°37.1'S094°46.1'E 0.981 21° 300° 68 km 01m24.4s
09:2038°22.8'S097°37.6'E39°04.2'S097°36.0'E38°43.4'S097°36.6'E 0.980 19° 298° 70 km 01m25.9s
09:2239°34.1'S101°04.9'E40°19.9'S101°12.5'E39°56.8'S101°08.3'E 0.980 15° 295° 74 km 01m27.6s
09:2440°57.1'S105°44.4'E41°50.0'S106°13.3'E41°23.2'S105°57.9'E 0.978 11° 292° 78 km 01m29.7s
09:2642°56.5'S114°21.2'E - - 43°37.2'S115°49.7'E 0.976 285° 87 km 01m33.4s
Limits43°54.5'S120°01.9'E44°43.2'S119°53.0'E44°18.8'S119°57.5'E 0.975 - 91 km 01m34.7s

ΔT = 128.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:41:31.107:39:22.306°38.4'S056°40.8'E 72.9° 27.4° 36.3 km01m00.46s
Greatest Duration05:54:31.805:52:23.110°29.5'N000°15.2'E 0.0° 81.3° 95.8 km01m40.26s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1579 Aug 22 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 128.8 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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