Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1590 Feb 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1590 Feb 04 . 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 1590 Feb 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits23°27.5'S133°55.1'W24°23.8'S134°24.0'W23°55.6'S134°09.5'W 1.032 - 114 km 01m40.0s
14:4225°03.8'S128°16.0'W - - 24°54.9'S130°46.1'W 1.033 106° 117 km 01m45.6s
14:4426°56.4'S121°16.7'W27°32.1'S123°30.4'W27°15.3'S122°20.5'W 1.035 12° 102° 126 km 02m01.4s
14:4627°59.3'S117°04.3'W28°47.1'S118°47.6'W28°23.8'S117°54.3'W 1.037 16° 100° 131 km 02m10.6s
14:4828°45.6'S113°46.7'W29°40.0'S115°15.2'W29°13.2'S114°29.7'W 1.038 20° 98° 134 km 02m18.1s
14:5029°22.3'S110°59.3'W30°21.4'S112°18.2'W29°52.2'S111°37.7'W 1.039 23° 96° 137 km 02m24.7s
14:5229°52.7'S108°31.7'W30°55.4'S109°43.4'W30°24.3'S109°06.6'W 1.040 25° 95° 139 km 02m30.7s
14:5430°18.4'S106°18.4'W31°24.0'S107°24.2'W30°51.4'S106°50.4'W 1.040 28° 93° 141 km 02m36.3s
14:5630°40.3'S104°15.9'W31°48.5'S105°16.8'W31°14.6'S104°45.5'W 1.041 30° 92° 143 km 02m41.5s
14:5830°59.2'S102°22.1'W32°09.7'S103°18.6'W31°34.6'S102°49.5'W 1.041 32° 90° 145 km 02m46.4s
15:0031°15.6'S100°35.3'W32°28.0'S101°27.9'W31°52.0'S101°00.9'W 1.042 34° 89° 146 km 02m51.1s
15:0231°29.8'S098°54.5'W32°44.0'S099°43.5'W32°07.0'S099°18.3'W 1.042 36° 87° 148 km 02m55.7s
15:0431°42.1'S097°18.8'W32°57.9'S098°04.3'W32°20.1'S097°40.9'W 1.043 38° 86° 149 km 03m00.0s
15:0631°52.7'S095°47.5'W33°09.9'S096°29.8'W32°31.4'S096°08.0'W 1.043 39° 85° 150 km 03m04.1s
15:0832°01.8'S094°20.1'W33°20.3'S094°59.3'W32°41.2'S094°39.1'W 1.044 41° 83° 152 km 03m08.2s
15:1032°09.5'S092°56.1'W33°29.3'S093°32.3'W32°49.4'S093°13.6'W 1.044 43° 82° 153 km 03m12.0s
15:1232°15.9'S091°35.2'W33°36.8'S092°08.5'W32°56.4'S091°51.3'W 1.045 44° 81° 154 km 03m15.8s
15:1432°21.2'S090°17.0'W33°43.1'S090°47.6'W33°02.2'S090°31.8'W 1.045 46° 79° 155 km 03m19.4s
15:1632°25.4'S089°01.3'W33°48.2'S089°29.2'W33°06.8'S089°14.8'W 1.045 47° 78° 156 km 03m22.9s
15:1832°28.6'S087°48.0'W33°52.2'S088°13.2'W33°10.4'S088°00.1'W 1.046 48° 76° 156 km 03m26.2s
15:2032°30.8'S086°36.7'W33°55.3'S086°59.4'W33°13.0'S086°47.6'W 1.046 50° 75° 157 km 03m29.5s
15:2232°32.2'S085°27.4'W33°57.3'S085°47.6'W33°14.7'S085°37.1'W 1.046 51° 74° 158 km 03m32.6s
15:2432°32.7'S084°19.9'W33°58.5'S084°37.6'W33°15.6'S084°28.3'W 1.046 52° 72° 159 km 03m35.6s
15:2632°32.4'S083°14.0'W33°58.8'S083°29.3'W33°15.6'S083°21.3'W 1.047 54° 71° 160 km 03m38.6s
15:2832°31.3'S082°09.7'W33°58.3'S082°22.7'W33°14.8'S082°15.8'W 1.047 55° 69° 160 km 03m41.4s
15:3032°29.6'S081°06.9'W33°57.0'S081°17.5'W33°13.3'S081°11.8'W 1.047 56° 68° 161 km 03m44.1s
15:3232°27.1'S080°05.4'W33°54.9'S080°13.7'W33°11.0'S080°09.2'W 1.047 57° 66° 162 km 03m46.7s
15:3432°24.0'S079°05.2'W33°52.2'S079°11.3'W33°08.1'S079°07.9'W 1.048 59° 65° 162 km 03m49.2s
15:3632°20.3'S078°06.2'W33°48.8'S078°10.0'W33°04.5'S078°07.8'W 1.048 60° 63° 163 km 03m51.5s
15:3832°15.9'S077°08.3'W33°44.7'S077°10.0'W33°00.3'S077°08.9'W 1.048 61° 61° 163 km 03m53.8s
15:4032°11.0'S076°11.4'W33°40.0'S076°11.0'W32°55.4'S076°11.0'W 1.048 62° 59° 164 km 03m56.0s
15:4232°05.4'S075°15.6'W33°34.7'S075°13.1'W32°50.0'S075°14.2'W 1.048 63° 57° 164 km 03m58.1s
15:4431°59.4'S074°20.8'W33°28.7'S074°16.2'W32°44.0'S074°18.3'W 1.048 64° 56° 165 km 04m00.0s
15:4631°52.8'S073°26.8'W33°22.2'S073°20.2'W32°37.5'S073°23.3'W 1.049 65° 53° 165 km 04m01.9s
15:4831°45.6'S072°33.7'W33°15.2'S072°25.2'W32°30.4'S072°29.3'W 1.049 66° 51° 166 km 04m03.6s
15:5031°38.0'S071°41.4'W33°07.6'S071°30.9'W32°22.8'S071°36.0'W 1.049 67° 49° 166 km 04m05.3s
15:5231°29.9'S070°49.8'W32°59.5'S070°37.5'W32°14.7'S070°43.5'W 1.049 68° 47° 166 km 04m06.8s
15:5431°21.3'S069°59.0'W32°50.9'S069°44.8'W32°06.0'S069°51.8'W 1.049 69° 44° 167 km 04m08.2s
15:5631°12.2'S069°08.9'W32°41.7'S068°52.8'W31°56.9'S069°00.8'W 1.049 70° 42° 167 km 04m09.5s
15:5831°02.7'S068°19.4'W32°32.1'S068°01.6'W31°47.4'S068°10.4'W 1.049 71° 39° 167 km 04m10.7s
16:0030°52.7'S067°30.6'W32°22.0'S067°11.0'W31°37.3'S067°20.7'W 1.049 72° 36° 168 km 04m11.8s
16:0230°42.3'S066°42.3'W32°11.4'S066°21.0'W31°26.8'S066°31.6'W 1.049 72° 32° 168 km 04m12.8s
16:0430°31.5'S065°54.6'W32°00.4'S065°31.5'W31°15.9'S065°43.0'W 1.050 73° 29° 168 km 04m13.7s
16:0630°20.2'S065°07.4'W31°48.9'S064°42.7'W31°04.5'S064°55.0'W 1.050 74° 25° 169 km 04m14.5s
16:0830°08.5'S064°20.6'W31°37.0'S063°54.4'W30°52.7'S064°07.5'W 1.050 74° 21° 169 km 04m15.2s
16:1029°56.4'S063°34.4'W31°24.6'S063°06.5'W30°40.5'S063°20.5'W 1.050 75° 17° 169 km 04m15.8s
16:1229°43.9'S062°48.6'W31°11.9'S062°19.2'W30°27.8'S062°33.9'W 1.050 75° 13° 169 km 04m16.2s
16:1429°31.0'S062°03.1'W30°58.6'S061°32.2'W30°14.8'S061°47.7'W 1.050 76° 169 km 04m16.6s
16:1629°17.7'S061°18.1'W30°45.0'S060°45.7'W30°01.3'S061°02.0'W 1.050 76° 170 km 04m16.8s
16:1829°04.0'S060°33.4'W30°31.0'S059°59.6'W29°47.5'S060°16.6'W 1.050 76° 358° 170 km 04m17.0s
16:2028°49.9'S059°49.0'W30°16.5'S059°13.8'W29°33.2'S059°31.5'W 1.050 77° 353° 170 km 04m17.0s
16:2228°35.4'S059°04.9'W30°01.6'S058°28.4'W29°18.5'S058°46.7'W 1.050 77° 347° 170 km 04m17.0s
16:2428°20.6'S058°21.1'W29°46.4'S057°43.2'W29°03.5'S058°02.3'W 1.050 77° 342° 170 km 04m16.8s
16:2628°05.3'S057°37.5'W29°30.7'S056°58.3'W28°48.0'S057°18.0'W 1.050 76° 337° 170 km 04m16.5s
16:2827°49.7'S056°54.1'W29°14.6'S056°13.7'W28°32.2'S056°34.1'W 1.050 76° 332° 170 km 04m16.1s
16:3027°33.7'S056°10.9'W28°58.2'S055°29.3'W28°16.0'S055°50.3'W 1.050 76° 327° 170 km 04m15.7s
16:3227°17.3'S055°27.9'W28°41.3'S054°45.1'W27°59.3'S055°06.7'W 1.050 75° 322° 170 km 04m15.1s
16:3427°00.6'S054°45.0'W28°24.1'S054°01.0'W27°42.3'S054°23.2'W 1.050 75° 318° 170 km 04m14.4s
16:3626°43.5'S054°02.2'W28°06.4'S053°17.1'W27°25.0'S053°39.8'W 1.050 74° 314° 170 km 04m13.6s
16:3826°25.9'S053°19.5'W27°48.4'S052°33.3'W27°07.2'S052°56.6'W 1.050 74° 310° 170 km 04m12.7s
16:4026°08.0'S052°36.8'W27°29.9'S051°49.5'W26°49.0'S052°13.4'W 1.050 73° 306° 170 km 04m11.7s
16:4225°49.8'S051°54.2'W27°11.1'S051°05.8'W26°30.5'S051°30.2'W 1.049 72° 303° 170 km 04m10.7s
16:4425°31.1'S051°11.5'W26°51.9'S050°22.1'W26°11.5'S050°47.0'W 1.049 72° 300° 170 km 04m09.5s
16:4625°12.1'S050°28.8'W26°32.2'S049°38.4'W25°52.2'S050°03.8'W 1.049 71° 297° 170 km 04m08.2s
16:4824°52.6'S049°45.9'W26°12.2'S048°54.6'W25°32.4'S049°20.5'W 1.049 70° 294° 170 km 04m06.8s
16:5024°32.8'S049°03.0'W25°51.7'S048°10.8'W25°12.3'S048°37.1'W 1.049 69° 292° 170 km 04m05.4s
16:5224°12.5'S048°19.9'W25°30.9'S047°26.7'W24°51.7'S047°53.6'W 1.049 68° 289° 170 km 04m03.8s
16:5423°51.9'S047°36.6'W25°09.6'S046°42.6'W24°30.8'S047°09.8'W 1.049 67° 287° 169 km 04m02.2s
16:5623°30.8'S046°53.1'W24°47.8'S045°58.2'W24°09.4'S046°25.9'W 1.049 66° 285° 169 km 04m00.4s
16:5823°09.3'S046°09.3'W24°25.7'S045°13.5'W23°47.5'S045°41.7'W 1.049 65° 283° 169 km 03m58.6s
17:0022°47.3'S045°25.2'W24°03.1'S044°28.6'W23°25.3'S044°57.2'W 1.049 64° 281° 169 km 03m56.6s
17:0222°25.0'S044°40.7'W23°40.0'S043°43.3'W23°02.6'S044°12.3'W 1.048 63° 280° 169 km 03m54.6s
17:0422°02.1'S043°55.8'W23°16.5'S042°57.6'W22°39.4'S043°27.0'W 1.048 62° 278° 168 km 03m52.5s
17:0621°38.8'S043°10.4'W22°52.4'S042°11.5'W22°15.7'S042°41.2'W 1.048 61° 277° 168 km 03m50.3s
17:0821°15.0'S042°24.5'W22°27.9'S041°24.8'W21°51.6'S041°54.9'W 1.048 60° 275° 168 km 03m48.0s
17:1020°50.8'S041°38.0'W22°02.9'S040°37.6'W21°26.9'S041°08.1'W 1.048 59° 274° 167 km 03m45.6s
17:1220°26.0'S040°50.8'W21°37.3'S039°49.7'W21°01.8'S040°20.5'W 1.047 58° 273° 167 km 03m43.1s
17:1420°00.6'S040°02.9'W21°11.2'S039°01.0'W20°36.0'S039°32.3'W 1.047 56° 272° 166 km 03m40.6s
17:1619°34.8'S039°14.2'W20°44.5'S038°11.6'W20°09.8'S038°43.2'W 1.047 55° 270° 166 km 03m37.9s
17:1819°08.3'S038°24.6'W20°17.2'S037°21.2'W19°42.9'S037°53.2'W 1.047 54° 269° 165 km 03m35.2s
17:2018°41.2'S037°33.9'W19°49.3'S036°29.9'W19°15.4'S037°02.2'W 1.047 53° 268° 165 km 03m32.3s
17:2218°13.5'S036°42.1'W19°20.8'S035°37.4'W18°47.3'S036°10.1'W 1.046 51° 267° 164 km 03m29.4s
17:2417°45.1'S035°49.1'W18°51.5'S034°43.7'W18°18.4'S035°16.7'W 1.046 50° 266° 163 km 03m26.4s
17:2617°16.0'S034°54.7'W18°21.5'S033°48.5'W17°48.9'S034°21.9'W 1.046 49° 266° 163 km 03m23.2s
17:2816°46.1'S033°58.8'W17°50.6'S032°51.8'W17°18.5'S033°25.6'W 1.045 47° 265° 162 km 03m20.0s
17:3016°15.4'S033°01.1'W17°19.0'S031°53.4'W16°47.4'S032°27.6'W 1.045 46° 264° 161 km 03m16.6s
17:3215°43.9'S032°01.5'W16°46.4'S030°53.0'W16°15.3'S031°27.6'W 1.045 44° 263° 160 km 03m13.2s
17:3415°11.4'S030°59.7'W16°12.8'S029°50.3'W15°42.3'S030°25.4'W 1.044 43° 262° 159 km 03m09.6s
17:3614°37.8'S029°55.5'W15°38.2'S028°45.2'W15°08.2'S029°20.7'W 1.044 41° 262° 158 km 03m05.9s
17:3814°03.1'S028°48.5'W15°02.3'S027°37.2'W14°32.9'S028°13.2'W 1.044 39° 261° 156 km 03m02.1s
17:4013°27.2'S027°38.2'W14°25.2'S026°25.9'W13°56.4'S027°02.4'W 1.043 38° 260° 155 km 02m58.2s
17:4212°49.8'S026°24.3'W13°46.5'S025°10.7'W13°18.4'S025°47.9'W 1.043 36° 260° 154 km 02m54.0s
17:4412°10.9'S025°06.0'W13°06.1'S023°51.0'W12°38.7'S024°28.9'W 1.042 34° 259° 152 km 02m49.7s
17:4611°30.1'S023°42.6'W12°23.7'S022°25.9'W11°57.2'S023°04.7'W 1.042 32° 258° 150 km 02m45.3s
17:4810°47.1'S022°12.9'W11°39.0'S020°54.3'W11°13.3'S021°34.1'W 1.041 30° 258° 148 km 02m40.6s
17:5010°01.6'S020°35.7'W10°51.5'S019°14.6'W10°26.8'S019°55.7'W 1.041 28° 257° 146 km 02m35.6s
17:5209°12.8'S018°48.7'W10°00.5'S017°24.5'W09°37.0'S018°07.2'W 1.040 25° 257° 144 km 02m30.3s
17:5408°20.0'S016°49.0'W09°04.9'S015°20.4'W08°42.8'S016°05.4'W 1.039 23° 256° 141 km 02m24.6s
17:5607°21.5'S014°31.6'W08°02.9'S012°56.5'W07°42.6'S013°44.9'W 1.038 20° 256° 138 km 02m18.2s
17:5806°14.7'S011°46.9'W06°50.9'S010°01.0'W06°33.4'S010°55.2'W 1.037 16° 255° 134 km 02m11.0s
18:0004°53.2'S008°13.3'W05°19.8'S006°03.3'W05°07.5'S007°10.6'W 1.036 12° 255° 129 km 02m02.2s
18:0202°49.7'S002°16.6'W - - 02°43.4'S000°09.9'W 1.033 254° 120 km 01m47.7s
Limits01°06.2'S003°22.8'E02°03.5'S003°48.5'E01°34.8'S003°35.6'E 1.032 - 115 km 01m40.8s

ΔT = 122.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:24:03.716:22:00.829°18.4'S059°17.3'W 76.6° 347.4° 169.9 km04m16.95s
Greatest Duration16:21:47.616:19:44.629°35.0'S059°37.2'W 76.5° 353.3° 169.8 km04m17.02s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1590 Feb 04 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 122.9 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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