Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1583 Dec 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1583 Dec 14 . 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 1583 Dec 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits63°07.8'N081°14.2'E56°22.3'N068°55.0'E59°31.0'N073°19.7'E 0.904 - 956 km 08m35.5s
04:10 - - 48°03.3'N085°32.9'E56°44.6'N077°56.8'E 0.905 145° 948 km 08m50.6s
04:12 - - 47°25.5'N087°05.8'E54°38.2'N081°48.2'E 0.906 149° 954 km 09m04.1s
04:14 - - 46°53.1'N088°30.4'E53°22.0'N084°20.7'E 0.906 151° 964 km 09m13.4s
04:16 - - 46°25.0'N089°48.6'E52°25.7'N086°22.7'E 0.906 10° 154° 976 km 09m20.8s
04:18 - - 46°00.6'N091°01.8'E51°41.0'N088°07.3'E 0.907 12° 156° 989 km 09m27.1s
04:20 - - 45°39.1'N092°10.9'E51°04.4'N089°40.6'E 0.907 13° 157° 1002 km 09m32.6s
04:2262°03.8'N082°33.6'E45°20.4'N093°16.6'E50°33.7'N091°05.6'E 0.907 14° 159° 1016 km 09m37.4s
04:2459°05.4'N087°05.0'E45°04.1'N094°19.5'E50°07.9'N092°24.4'E 0.907 14° 161° 1030 km 09m41.7s
04:2657°49.4'N089°30.2'E44°50.0'N095°20.0'E49°46.0'N093°38.4'E 0.908 15° 162° 1044 km 09m45.5s
04:2856°57.7'N091°25.9'E44°37.8'N096°18.5'E49°27.5'N094°48.5'E 0.908 16° 164° 1057 km 09m48.8s
04:3056°19.1'N093°06.1'E44°27.5'N097°15.4'E49°11.9'N095°55.6'E 0.908 16° 165° 1069 km 09m51.8s
04:3255°49.4'N094°36.7'E44°18.9'N098°10.8'E48°59.0'N097°00.2'E 0.908 17° 167° 1080 km 09m54.3s
04:3455°26.3'N096°00.5'E44°12.0'N099°05.0'E48°48.6'N098°02.7'E 0.908 17° 168° 1091 km 09m56.5s
04:3655°08.5'N097°19.4'E44°06.6'N099°58.2'E48°40.4'N099°03.5'E 0.908 17° 170° 1099 km 09m58.4s
04:3854°55.2'N098°34.8'E44°02.7'N100°50.6'E48°34.3'N100°03.1'E 0.908 18° 171° 1106 km 09m59.9s
04:4054°45.9'N099°47.6'E44°00.2'N101°42.4'E48°30.2'N101°01.6'E 0.908 18° 172° 1112 km 10m01.0s
04:4254°40.2'N100°58.4'E43°59.2'N102°33.7'E48°28.0'N101°59.3'E 0.908 18° 174° 1115 km 10m01.9s
04:4454°37.9'N102°07.9'E43°59.6'N103°24.6'E48°27.8'N102°56.4'E 0.908 18° 175° 1117 km 10m02.4s
04:4654°38.8'N103°16.6'E44°01.4'N104°15.3'E48°29.4'N103°53.2'E 0.908 18° 177° 1116 km 10m02.6s
04:4854°42.9'N104°25.1'E44°04.5'N105°06.0'E48°32.8'N104°49.9'E 0.908 18° 178° 1114 km 10m02.5s
04:5054°50.3'N105°33.6'E44°09.1'N105°56.7'E48°38.1'N105°46.7'E 0.908 18° 179° 1110 km 10m02.1s
04:5255°01.0'N106°42.9'E44°15.0'N106°47.7'E48°45.2'N106°43.9'E 0.908 18° 181° 1103 km 10m01.3s
04:5455°15.3'N107°53.3'E44°22.4'N107°39.0'E48°54.4'N107°41.5'E 0.908 18° 182° 1096 km 10m00.2s
04:5655°33.5'N109°05.4'E44°31.2'N108°30.8'E49°05.5'N108°40.0'E 0.908 18° 184° 1087 km 09m58.8s
04:5855°56.0'N110°20.1'E44°41.5'N109°23.3'E49°18.7'N109°39.5'E 0.908 17° 185° 1076 km 09m57.1s
05:0056°23.6'N111°38.3'E44°53.4'N110°16.6'E49°34.2'N110°40.3'E 0.908 17° 187° 1065 km 09m55.0s
05:0256°57.4'N113°01.3'E45°07.0'N111°11.0'E49°52.1'N111°42.9'E 0.908 17° 188° 1052 km 09m52.6s
05:0457°39.2'N114°31.1'E45°22.3'N112°06.6'E50°12.6'N112°47.5'E 0.908 16° 190° 1039 km 09m49.8s
05:0658°32.3'N116°11.2'E45°39.4'N113°03.6'E50°36.1'N113°54.7'E 0.908 15° 191° 1026 km 09m46.6s
05:0859°43.7'N118°08.7'E45°58.5'N114°02.5'E51°02.9'N115°05.1'E 0.908 15° 193° 1013 km 09m43.0s
05:1061°37.1'N120°46.5'E46°19.8'N115°03.4'E51°33.6'N116°19.6'E 0.907 14° 194° 999 km 09m38.9s
05:12 - - 46°43.5'N116°06.9'E52°08.9'N117°39.2'E 0.907 13° 196° 986 km 09m34.4s
05:14 - - 47°09.9'N117°13.3'E52°49.9'N119°05.5'E 0.907 12° 198° 974 km 09m29.2s
05:16 - - 47°39.3'N118°23.3'E53°38.3'N120°40.8'E 0.907 11° 199° 963 km 09m23.4s
05:18 - - 48°12.3'N119°37.8'E54°36.9'N122°29.4'E 0.906 10° 202° 953 km 09m16.6s
05:20 - - 48°49.4'N120°57.8'E55°51.5'N124°39.1'E 0.906 204° 945 km 09m08.4s
05:22 - - 49°31.6'N122°24.8'E57°37.5'N127°31.3'E 0.905 207° 941 km 08m57.7s
Limits64°56.9'N124°18.8'E59°13.7'N139°29.3'E62°00.8'N133°56.9'E 0.904 - 956 km 08m35.2s

ΔT = 126.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:48:37.404:46:31.148°30.1'N103°36.3'E 18.2° 177.1° 1115.9 km10m02.61s
Greatest Duration04:48:22.204:46:15.948°29.7'N104°00.7'E 18.2° 176.9° 1116.1 km10m02.62s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1583 Dec 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1583 Dec 14 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 126.3 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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