Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1581 Dec 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1581 Dec 25 . 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 1581 Dec 25
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits35°21.8'S149°59.9'E35°52.6'S149°29.7'E35°37.2'S149°44.8'E 0.984 - 72 km 00m54.0s
18:5838°59.2'S158°13.2'E38°21.0'S155°13.5'E38°43.8'S156°52.9'E 0.986 114° 63 km 00m49.8s
19:0041°20.4'S163°48.1'E41°16.4'S162°14.9'E41°18.8'S163°03.0'E 0.987 12° 110° 55 km 00m45.9s
19:0242°56.0'S167°46.6'E42°59.9'S166°37.4'E42°58.1'S167°12.7'E 0.988 16° 106° 50 km 00m43.1s
19:0444°11.4'S171°04.4'E44°18.9'S170°08.4'E44°15.2'S170°36.8'E 0.989 19° 103° 46 km 00m40.8s
19:0645°14.5'S173°58.6'E45°23.8'S173°11.4'E45°19.2'S173°35.3'E 0.990 22° 101° 43 km 00m38.8s
19:0846°08.9'S176°37.1'E46°19.3'S175°56.4'E46°14.1'S176°17.0'E 0.991 24° 98° 40 km 00m36.9s
19:1046°56.7'S179°04.2'E47°07.6'S178°28.7'E47°02.1'S178°46.6'E 0.991 26° 96° 37 km 00m35.2s
19:1247°39.1'S178°37.3'W47°50.4'S179°08.6'W47°44.7'S178°52.8'W 0.992 28° 93° 35 km 00m33.6s
19:1448°17.1'S176°25.6'W48°28.5'S176°53.4'W48°22.8'S176°39.4'W 0.992 30° 91° 33 km 00m32.1s
19:1648°51.3'S174°19.6'W49°02.7'S174°44.3'W48°57.0'S174°31.8'W 0.993 32° 89° 31 km 00m30.6s
19:1849°22.2'S172°18.1'W49°33.4'S172°40.1'W49°27.8'S172°29.0'W 0.993 33° 87° 29 km 00m29.2s
19:2049°50.1'S170°20.5'W50°01.1'S170°40.2'W49°55.6'S170°30.3'W 0.993 35° 84° 27 km 00m27.9s
19:2250°15.4'S168°26.4'W50°26.1'S168°43.9'W50°20.7'S168°35.1'W 0.994 37° 82° 25 km 00m26.6s
19:2450°38.2'S166°35.2'W50°48.6'S166°50.7'W50°43.4'S166°42.9'W 0.994 38° 80° 24 km 00m25.3s
19:2650°58.7'S164°46.6'W51°08.8'S165°00.4'W51°03.7'S164°53.5'W 0.994 39° 77° 22 km 00m24.1s
19:2851°17.1'S163°00.4'W51°26.9'S163°12.7'W51°22.0'S163°06.5'W 0.995 41° 75° 21 km 00m23.0s
19:3051°33.6'S161°16.3'W51°43.0'S161°27.2'W51°38.3'S161°21.7'W 0.995 42° 73° 20 km 00m21.9s
19:3251°48.2'S159°34.3'W51°57.3'S159°43.8'W51°52.7'S159°39.0'W 0.995 43° 70° 19 km 00m20.8s
19:3452°01.1'S157°54.0'W52°09.8'S158°02.4'W52°05.4'S157°58.2'W 0.996 44° 68° 18 km 00m19.8s
19:3652°12.4'S156°15.5'W52°20.6'S156°22.9'W52°16.5'S156°19.2'W 0.996 45° 66° 16 km 00m18.8s
19:3852°22.0'S154°38.6'W52°29.8'S154°45.0'W52°25.9'S154°41.8'W 0.996 47° 63° 15 km 00m17.8s
19:4052°30.1'S153°03.3'W52°37.6'S153°08.8'W52°33.9'S153°06.1'W 0.996 48° 61° 15 km 00m16.9s
19:4252°36.8'S151°29.5'W52°43.9'S151°34.2'W52°40.4'S151°31.8'W 0.997 49° 58° 14 km 00m16.0s
19:4452°42.1'S149°57.1'W52°48.8'S150°01.1'W52°45.5'S149°59.1'W 0.997 50° 56° 13 km 00m15.1s
19:4652°46.1'S148°26.1'W52°52.4'S148°29.5'W52°49.3'S148°27.8'W 0.997 51° 53° 12 km 00m14.3s
19:4852°48.8'S146°56.5'W52°54.8'S146°59.3'W52°51.8'S146°57.9'W 0.997 52° 51° 11 km 00m13.4s
19:5052°50.2'S145°28.2'W52°55.9'S145°30.5'W52°53.0'S145°29.3'W 0.997 52° 48° 10 km 00m12.7s
19:5252°50.5'S144°01.2'W52°55.8'S144°03.0'W52°53.1'S144°02.1'W 0.998 53° 46° 10 km 00m11.9s
19:5452°49.5'S142°35.5'W52°54.5'S142°36.9'W52°52.0'S142°36.2'W 0.998 54° 43° 9 km 00m11.2s
19:5652°47.5'S141°11.1'W52°52.2'S141°12.2'W52°49.8'S141°11.6'W 0.998 55° 40° 9 km 00m10.5s
19:5852°44.4'S139°47.9'W52°48.7'S139°48.7'W52°46.5'S139°48.3'W 0.998 56° 37° 8 km 00m09.9s
20:0052°40.2'S138°26.0'W52°44.3'S138°26.5'W52°42.2'S138°26.2'W 0.998 56° 35° 7 km 00m09.3s
20:0252°35.0'S137°05.3'W52°38.8'S137°05.5'W52°36.9'S137°05.4'W 0.998 57° 32° 7 km 00m08.7s
20:0452°28.8'S135°45.8'W52°32.3'S135°45.8'W52°30.5'S135°45.8'W 0.998 58° 29° 7 km 00m08.1s
20:0652°21.6'S134°27.5'W52°24.9'S134°27.3'W52°23.3'S134°27.4'W 0.998 58° 26° 6 km 00m07.6s
20:0852°13.5'S133°10.3'W52°16.6'S133°10.1'W52°15.0'S133°10.2'W 0.999 59° 23° 6 km 00m07.1s
20:1052°04.5'S131°54.4'W52°07.3'S131°54.0'W52°05.9'S131°54.2'W 0.999 59° 20° 5 km 00m06.7s
20:1251°54.6'S130°39.6'W51°57.2'S130°39.1'W51°55.9'S130°39.3'W 0.999 60° 17° 5 km 00m06.2s
20:1451°43.8'S129°25.9'W51°46.3'S129°25.4'W51°45.0'S129°25.6'W 0.999 60° 14° 5 km 00m05.9s
20:1651°32.2'S128°13.4'W51°34.5'S128°12.7'W51°33.3'S128°13.1'W 0.999 61° 11° 4 km 00m05.5s
20:1851°19.8'S127°01.9'W51°21.9'S127°01.2'W51°20.8'S127°01.6'W 0.999 61° 4 km 00m05.2s
20:2051°06.5'S125°51.6'W51°08.5'S125°50.8'W51°07.5'S125°51.2'W 0.999 62° 4 km 00m04.9s
20:2250°52.5'S124°42.3'W50°54.4'S124°41.5'W50°53.5'S124°41.9'W 0.999 62° 4 km 00m04.6s
20:2450°37.7'S123°34.0'W50°39.5'S123°33.2'W50°38.6'S123°33.6'W 0.999 62° 358° 3 km 00m04.4s
20:2650°22.2'S122°26.8'W50°23.9'S122°25.9'W50°23.0'S122°26.4'W 0.999 62° 355° 3 km 00m04.1s
20:2850°06.0'S121°20.5'W50°07.5'S121°19.7'W50°06.7'S121°20.1'W 0.999 62° 352° 3 km 00m04.0s
20:3049°49.0'S120°15.2'W49°50.5'S120°14.4'W49°49.7'S120°14.8'W 0.999 63° 348° 3 km 00m03.8s
20:3249°31.3'S119°10.9'W49°32.8'S119°10.0'W49°32.0'S119°10.5'W 0.999 63° 345° 3 km 00m03.7s
20:3449°12.9'S118°07.5'W49°14.4'S118°06.6'W49°13.7'S118°07.0'W 0.999 63° 342° 3 km 00m03.6s
20:3648°53.9'S117°05.0'W48°55.3'S117°04.0'W48°54.6'S117°04.5'W 0.999 63° 339° 3 km 00m03.6s
20:3848°34.2'S116°03.3'W48°35.6'S116°02.3'W48°34.9'S116°02.8'W 0.999 62° 336° 3 km 00m03.6s
20:4048°13.9'S115°02.4'W48°15.2'S115°01.4'W48°14.5'S115°01.9'W 0.999 62° 332° 3 km 00m03.6s
20:4247°52.9'S114°02.4'W47°54.2'S114°01.3'W47°53.5'S114°01.8'W 0.999 62° 329° 3 km 00m03.7s
20:4447°31.2'S113°03.1'W47°32.6'S113°01.9'W47°31.9'S113°02.5'W 0.999 62° 326° 3 km 00m03.7s
20:4647°09.0'S112°04.5'W47°10.4'S112°03.2'W47°09.7'S112°03.9'W 0.999 62° 323° 3 km 00m03.9s
20:4846°46.1'S111°06.6'W46°47.5'S111°05.2'W46°46.8'S111°05.9'W 0.999 61° 320° 3 km 00m04.0s
20:5046°22.6'S110°09.4'W46°24.1'S110°07.9'W46°23.3'S110°08.6'W 0.999 61° 317° 3 km 00m04.2s
20:5245°58.4'S109°12.7'W46°00.0'S109°11.1'W45°59.2'S109°11.9'W 0.999 61° 315° 4 km 00m04.4s
20:5445°33.7'S108°16.6'W45°35.4'S108°14.9'W45°34.5'S108°15.8'W 0.999 60° 312° 4 km 00m04.6s
20:5645°08.4'S107°21.1'W45°10.1'S107°19.2'W45°09.2'S107°20.2'W 0.999 60° 309° 4 km 00m04.9s
20:5844°42.4'S106°26.0'W44°44.2'S106°24.0'W44°43.3'S106°25.0'W 0.999 59° 307° 4 km 00m05.2s
21:0044°15.9'S105°31.4'W44°17.8'S105°29.2'W44°16.8'S105°30.3'W 0.999 59° 304° 5 km 00m05.6s
21:0243°48.7'S104°37.2'W43°50.7'S104°34.7'W43°49.7'S104°35.9'W 0.999 58° 302° 5 km 00m05.9s
21:0443°20.9'S103°43.3'W43°23.0'S103°40.6'W43°22.0'S103°41.9'W 0.999 57° 299° 5 km 00m06.3s
21:0642°52.5'S102°49.7'W42°54.8'S102°46.7'W42°53.6'S102°48.2'W 0.999 57° 297° 6 km 00m06.8s
21:0842°23.5'S101°56.3'W42°25.9'S101°53.1'W42°24.7'S101°54.7'W 0.998 56° 295° 6 km 00m07.2s
21:1041°53.8'S101°03.1'W41°56.3'S100°59.6'W41°55.1'S101°01.3'W 0.998 55° 292° 7 km 00m07.7s
21:1241°23.5'S100°10.0'W41°26.1'S100°06.2'W41°24.8'S100°08.1'W 0.998 54° 290° 7 km 00m08.3s
21:1440°52.5'S099°17.0'W40°55.3'S099°12.8'W40°53.9'S099°14.9'W 0.998 54° 288° 8 km 00m08.8s
21:1640°20.8'S098°23.9'W40°23.8'S098°19.4'W40°22.3'S098°21.7'W 0.998 53° 286° 8 km 00m09.4s
21:1839°48.5'S097°30.8'W39°51.6'S097°25.9'W39°50.1'S097°28.4'W 0.998 52° 284° 9 km 00m10.0s
21:2039°15.4'S096°37.6'W39°18.7'S096°32.2'W39°17.1'S096°34.9'W 0.998 51° 282° 10 km 00m10.7s
21:2238°41.6'S095°44.0'W38°45.1'S095°38.2'W38°43.4'S095°41.1'W 0.998 50° 281° 10 km 00m11.4s
21:2438°07.1'S094°50.2'W38°10.7'S094°43.9'W38°08.9'S094°47.0'W 0.997 49° 279° 11 km 00m12.1s
21:2637°31.7'S093°55.9'W37°35.5'S093°49.0'W37°33.6'S093°52.5'W 0.997 48° 277° 12 km 00m12.9s
21:2836°55.5'S093°01.1'W36°59.5'S092°53.6'W36°57.5'S092°57.4'W 0.997 47° 276° 13 km 00m13.7s
21:3036°18.5'S092°05.7'W36°22.7'S091°57.6'W36°20.6'S092°01.6'W 0.997 46° 274° 14 km 00m14.6s
21:3235°40.5'S091°09.5'W35°44.9'S091°00.6'W35°42.7'S091°05.1'W 0.997 45° 272° 15 km 00m15.4s
21:3435°01.6'S090°12.3'W35°06.1'S090°02.7'W35°03.8'S090°07.6'W 0.996 43° 271° 16 km 00m16.3s
21:3634°21.6'S089°14.1'W34°26.3'S089°03.7'W34°23.9'S089°08.9'W 0.996 42° 269° 17 km 00m17.3s
21:3833°40.5'S088°14.6'W33°45.4'S088°03.3'W33°42.9'S088°09.0'W 0.996 41° 268° 18 km 00m18.3s
21:4032°58.2'S087°13.6'W33°03.2'S087°01.4'W33°00.7'S087°07.5'W 0.995 40° 267° 19 km 00m19.3s
21:4232°14.6'S086°10.9'W32°19.8'S085°57.6'W32°17.2'S086°04.3'W 0.995 38° 265° 21 km 00m20.4s
21:4431°29.5'S085°06.2'W31°34.9'S084°51.7'W31°32.2'S084°59.0'W 0.995 37° 264° 22 km 00m21.6s
21:4630°42.9'S083°59.2'W30°48.4'S083°43.3'W30°45.7'S083°51.3'W 0.995 35° 263° 24 km 00m22.8s
21:4829°54.6'S082°49.3'W30°00.1'S082°32.0'W29°57.3'S082°40.7'W 0.994 34° 261° 25 km 00m24.0s
21:5029°04.2'S081°36.2'W29°09.9'S081°17.1'W29°07.0'S081°26.7'W 0.994 32° 260° 27 km 00m25.3s
21:5228°11.6'S080°19.1'W28°17.3'S079°58.1'W28°14.4'S080°08.7'W 0.993 31° 259° 29 km 00m26.7s
21:5427°16.4'S078°57.3'W27°22.0'S078°34.0'W27°19.2'S078°45.7'W 0.993 29° 258° 31 km 00m28.2s
21:5626°18.1'S077°29.5'W26°23.4'S077°03.5'W26°20.7'S077°16.6'W 0.992 27° 257° 33 km 00m29.7s
21:5825°15.9'S075°54.4'W25°20.9'S075°25.0'W25°18.4'S075°39.8'W 0.992 25° 255° 36 km 00m31.4s
22:0024°08.9'S074°09.5'W24°13.3'S073°35.9'W24°11.1'S073°52.9'W 0.991 22° 254° 39 km 00m33.2s
22:0222°55.6'S072°11.6'W22°58.8'S071°32.1'W22°57.3'S071°52.1'W 0.991 20° 253° 42 km 00m35.2s
22:0421°33.4'S069°54.3'W21°34.4'S069°06.2'W21°33.9'S069°30.7'W 0.990 17° 252° 45 km 00m37.5s
22:0619°56.7'S067°05.6'W19°53.2'S066°02.3'W19°55.1'S066°34.8'W 0.989 13° 250° 50 km 00m40.2s
22:0817°50.5'S063°10.5'W17°31.8'S061°25.0'W17°42.3'S062°21.0'W 0.987 249° 56 km 00m43.8s
Limits13°56.4'S054°54.9'W14°25.9'S054°32.7'W14°11.2'S054°43.8'W 0.985 - 66 km 00m49.5s

ΔT = 127.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:35:19.120:33:11.749°21.1'S119°04.4'W 62.6° 343.3° 2.9 km00m03.68s
Greatest Duration18:59:18.718:57:11.335°37.2'S149°44.8'E 0.0° 118.4° 71.7 km00m53.97s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1581 Dec 25 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 127.4 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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