Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1596 Mar 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1596 Mar 28 . 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 1596 Mar 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits61°30.4'S173°12.6'W64°31.8'S173°12.7'W63°00.3'S173°13.5'W 0.925 - 334 km 05m17.1s
18:0459°41.0'S155°39.1'W - - 62°27.4'S166°00.4'W 0.926 76° 327 km 05m21.6s
18:0658°23.1'S148°35.6'W63°30.2'S161°42.7'W60°39.7'S152°42.3'W 0.928 10° 64° 313 km 05m31.3s
18:0857°13.4'S143°37.3'W61°40.2'S150°01.7'W59°17.9'S146°01.8'W 0.929 14° 58° 305 km 05m36.9s
18:1056°08.7'S139°42.6'W60°13.9'S143°35.0'W58°04.8'S141°13.6'W 0.930 17° 53° 299 km 05m41.4s
18:1255°07.5'S136°28.1'W58°57.0'S138°53.8'W56°57.0'S137°25.4'W 0.930 19° 49° 295 km 05m45.3s
18:1454°09.1'S133°41.8'W57°46.1'S135°10.4'W55°53.2'S134°15.8'W 0.931 22° 46° 291 km 05m48.7s
18:1653°12.9'S131°16.5'W56°39.4'S132°04.7'W54°52.3'S131°33.4'W 0.931 24° 43° 288 km 05m51.8s
18:1852°18.6'S129°07.5'W55°36.2'S129°25.8'W53°54.0'S129°11.5'W 0.932 25° 40° 285 km 05m54.7s
18:2051°26.0'S127°11.7'W54°35.7'S127°06.9'W52°57.8'S127°05.5'W 0.932 27° 38° 283 km 05m57.4s
18:2250°34.9'S125°26.7'W53°37.6'S125°03.7'W52°03.5'S125°12.4'W 0.932 29° 36° 280 km 05m59.9s
18:2449°45.0'S123°50.7'W52°41.5'S123°13.1'W51°10.8'S123°29.9'W 0.933 30° 34° 278 km 06m02.3s
18:2648°56.4'S122°22.4'W51°47.1'S121°32.9'W50°19.5'S121°56.2'W 0.933 32° 32° 276 km 06m04.5s
18:2848°08.9'S121°00.8'W50°54.4'S120°01.4'W49°29.6'S120°30.0'W 0.933 33° 30° 275 km 06m06.6s
18:3047°22.4'S119°44.9'W50°03.1'S118°37.3'W48°40.8'S119°10.4'W 0.934 34° 28° 273 km 06m08.7s
18:3246°36.8'S118°34.0'W49°13.1'S117°19.5'W47°53.1'S117°56.3'W 0.934 36° 26° 272 km 06m10.6s
18:3445°52.0'S117°27.6'W48°24.3'S116°07.3'W47°06.4'S116°47.1'W 0.934 37° 25° 271 km 06m12.4s
18:3645°08.0'S116°25.2'W47°36.5'S114°59.8'W46°20.7'S115°42.3'W 0.934 38° 23° 270 km 06m14.2s
18:3844°24.8'S115°26.3'W46°49.8'S113°56.6'W45°35.8'S114°41.4'W 0.935 39° 21° 269 km 06m15.8s
18:4043°42.3'S114°30.5'W46°04.0'S112°57.1'W44°51.7'S113°43.9'W 0.935 40° 20° 268 km 06m17.4s
18:4243°00.4'S113°37.7'W45°19.1'S112°01.0'W44°08.4'S112°49.5'W 0.935 41° 18° 267 km 06m18.9s
18:4442°19.1'S112°47.4'W44°35.0'S111°07.9'W43°25.8'S111°57.9'W 0.935 42° 17° 266 km 06m20.4s
18:4641°38.5'S111°59.5'W43°51.6'S110°17.6'W42°43.8'S111°08.8'W 0.935 43° 15° 266 km 06m21.8s
18:4840°58.3'S111°13.7'W43°09.0'S109°29.6'W42°02.5'S110°22.0'W 0.935 44° 13° 265 km 06m23.1s
18:5040°18.7'S110°29.9'W42°27.0'S108°43.9'W41°21.7'S109°37.3'W 0.936 45° 12° 265 km 06m24.4s
18:5239°39.6'S109°47.9'W41°45.7'S108°00.2'W40°41.5'S108°54.5'W 0.936 46° 10° 264 km 06m25.6s
18:5439°01.0'S109°07.6'W41°05.0'S107°18.4'W40°01.9'S108°13.4'W 0.936 46° 264 km 06m26.8s
18:5638°22.8'S108°28.7'W40°24.8'S106°38.2'W39°22.8'S107°33.9'W 0.936 47° 264 km 06m27.9s
18:5837°45.0'S107°51.3'W39°45.2'S105°59.5'W38°44.1'S106°55.9'W 0.936 48° 264 km 06m29.0s
19:0037°07.7'S107°15.1'W39°06.2'S105°22.3'W38°05.9'S106°19.2'W 0.936 49° 263 km 06m30.0s
19:0236°30.7'S106°40.1'W38°27.6'S104°46.4'W37°28.2'S105°43.7'W 0.936 49° 263 km 06m31.0s
19:0435°54.2'S106°06.2'W37°49.5'S104°11.6'W36°50.9'S105°09.4'W 0.936 50° 263 km 06m31.9s
19:0635°17.9'S105°33.3'W37°11.8'S103°37.9'W36°13.9'S104°36.1'W 0.937 50° 359° 264 km 06m32.8s
19:0834°42.1'S105°01.4'W36°34.6'S103°05.2'W35°37.4'S104°03.8'W 0.937 51° 357° 264 km 06m33.6s
19:1034°06.5'S104°30.2'W35°57.8'S102°33.4'W35°01.2'S103°32.4'W 0.937 52° 356° 264 km 06m34.4s
19:1233°31.3'S103°59.9'W35°21.4'S102°02.5'W34°25.4'S103°01.7'W 0.937 52° 354° 264 km 06m35.1s
19:1432°56.4'S103°30.3'W34°45.3'S101°32.3'W33°50.0'S102°31.9'W 0.937 53° 352° 265 km 06m35.9s
19:1632°21.8'S103°01.4'W34°09.7'S101°02.8'W33°14.9'S102°02.7'W 0.937 53° 350° 265 km 06m36.5s
19:1831°47.5'S102°33.0'W33°34.4'S100°34.0'W32°40.1'S101°34.1'W 0.937 53° 349° 265 km 06m37.1s
19:2031°13.5'S102°05.3'W32°59.4'S100°05.7'W32°05.6'S101°06.1'W 0.937 54° 347° 266 km 06m37.7s
19:2230°39.7'S101°38.0'W32°24.8'S099°38.0'W31°31.4'S100°38.6'W 0.937 54° 345° 266 km 06m38.3s
19:2430°06.2'S101°11.2'W31°50.5'S099°10.7'W30°57.5'S100°11.6'W 0.937 55° 343° 267 km 06m38.8s
19:2629°32.9'S100°44.8'W31°16.5'S098°43.9'W30°23.9'S099°45.0'W 0.937 55° 342° 268 km 06m39.2s
19:2828°59.9'S100°18.8'W30°42.8'S098°17.5'W29°50.5'S099°18.7'W 0.937 55° 340° 269 km 06m39.6s
19:3028°27.1'S099°53.1'W30°09.4'S097°51.4'W29°17.4'S098°52.9'W 0.937 55° 338° 269 km 06m40.0s
19:3227°54.6'S099°27.8'W29°36.3'S097°25.6'W28°44.6'S098°27.3'W 0.937 56° 336° 270 km 06m40.4s
19:3427°22.2'S099°02.7'W29°03.5'S097°00.0'W28°12.0'S098°02.0'W 0.937 56° 334° 271 km 06m40.7s
19:3626°50.1'S098°37.8'W28°30.9'S096°34.7'W27°39.7'S097°36.9'W 0.937 56° 332° 272 km 06m40.9s
19:3826°18.2'S098°13.1'W27°58.6'S096°09.6'W27°07.6'S097°11.9'W 0.937 56° 331° 273 km 06m41.2s
19:4025°46.5'S097°48.5'W27°26.5'S095°44.6'W26°35.7'S096°47.2'W 0.937 56° 329° 274 km 06m41.4s
19:4225°15.0'S097°24.1'W26°54.7'S095°19.7'W26°04.0'S096°22.5'W 0.937 56° 327° 275 km 06m41.5s
19:4424°43.7'S096°59.7'W26°23.1'S094°54.9'W25°32.6'S095°58.0'W 0.937 56° 325° 277 km 06m41.6s
19:4624°12.6'S096°35.4'W25°51.8'S094°30.2'W25°01.4'S095°33.4'W 0.937 56° 323° 278 km 06m41.7s
19:4823°41.7'S096°11.1'W25°20.7'S094°05.4'W24°30.4'S095°08.9'W 0.937 56° 321° 279 km 06m41.7s
19:5023°10.9'S095°46.9'W24°49.8'S093°40.6'W23°59.5'S094°44.4'W 0.937 56° 320° 280 km 06m41.7s
19:5222°40.3'S095°22.5'W24°19.1'S093°15.8'W23°28.9'S094°19.8'W 0.937 55° 318° 282 km 06m41.6s
19:5422°09.9'S094°58.1'W23°48.7'S092°50.8'W22°58.5'S093°55.2'W 0.937 55° 316° 283 km 06m41.5s
19:5621°39.7'S094°33.6'W23°18.4'S092°25.8'W22°28.2'S093°30.4'W 0.937 55° 314° 285 km 06m41.4s
19:5821°09.6'S094°09.0'W22°48.4'S092°00.5'W21°58.2'S093°05.4'W 0.937 55° 313° 286 km 06m41.2s
20:0020°39.7'S093°44.1'W22°18.5'S091°35.1'W21°28.3'S092°40.3'W 0.937 54° 311° 288 km 06m41.0s
20:0220°10.0'S093°19.1'W21°48.9'S091°09.4'W20°58.6'S092°15.0'W 0.937 54° 309° 289 km 06m40.7s
20:0419°40.4'S092°53.8'W21°19.5'S090°43.5'W20°29.1'S091°49.4'W 0.937 54° 308° 291 km 06m40.4s
20:0619°10.9'S092°28.3'W20°50.2'S090°17.2'W19°59.7'S091°23.5'W 0.937 53° 306° 293 km 06m40.0s
20:0818°41.6'S092°02.4'W20°21.1'S089°50.6'W19°30.5'S090°57.3'W 0.937 53° 305° 294 km 06m39.6s
20:1018°12.5'S091°36.2'W19°52.3'S089°23.6'W19°01.5'S090°30.7'W 0.937 52° 303° 296 km 06m39.1s
20:1217°43.5'S091°09.6'W19°23.6'S088°56.2'W18°32.7'S090°03.7'W 0.937 52° 302° 298 km 06m38.6s
20:1417°14.6'S090°42.6'W18°55.1'S088°28.3'W18°04.0'S089°36.3'W 0.937 51° 300° 299 km 06m38.1s
20:1616°45.9'S090°15.1'W18°26.8'S087°59.9'W17°35.5'S089°08.3'W 0.936 51° 299° 301 km 06m37.5s
20:1816°17.4'S089°47.1'W17°58.6'S087°30.9'W17°07.1'S088°39.9'W 0.936 50° 298° 303 km 06m36.8s
20:2015°48.9'S089°18.5'W17°30.7'S087°01.3'W16°38.9'S088°10.8'W 0.936 50° 296° 305 km 06m36.1s
20:2215°20.7'S088°49.4'W17°02.9'S086°31.0'W16°10.9'S087°41.1'W 0.936 49° 295° 306 km 06m35.3s
20:2414°52.5'S088°19.5'W16°35.3'S086°00.0'W15°43.0'S087°10.7'W 0.936 48° 294° 308 km 06m34.4s
20:2614°24.5'S087°48.9'W16°07.9'S085°28.2'W15°15.3'S086°39.5'W 0.936 48° 293° 310 km 06m33.5s
20:2813°56.7'S087°17.6'W15°40.7'S084°55.5'W14°47.8'S086°07.5'W 0.936 47° 292° 312 km 06m32.6s
20:3013°29.0'S086°45.4'W15°13.7'S084°21.8'W14°20.4'S085°34.6'W 0.936 46° 291° 313 km 06m31.6s
20:3213°01.4'S086°12.2'W14°46.8'S083°47.2'W13°53.2'S085°00.7'W 0.935 45° 289° 315 km 06m30.5s
20:3412°34.0'S085°38.1'W14°20.2'S083°11.4'W13°26.1'S084°25.8'W 0.935 44° 288° 317 km 06m29.3s
20:3612°06.7'S085°02.9'W13°53.7'S082°34.4'W12°59.3'S083°49.8'W 0.935 43° 287° 318 km 06m28.1s
20:3811°39.5'S084°26.5'W13°27.4'S081°56.1'W12°32.6'S083°12.5'W 0.935 43° 287° 320 km 06m26.8s
20:4011°12.6'S083°48.8'W13°01.4'S081°16.3'W12°06.0'S082°33.8'W 0.935 42° 286° 321 km 06m25.4s
20:4210°45.7'S083°09.7'W12°35.5'S080°35.0'W11°39.7'S081°53.7'W 0.935 41° 285° 323 km 06m24.0s
20:4410°19.1'S082°29.1'W12°09.9'S079°51.9'W11°13.5'S081°11.9'W 0.934 40° 284° 324 km 06m22.4s
20:4609°52.6'S081°46.8'W11°44.5'S079°06.8'W10°47.6'S080°28.3'W 0.934 38° 283° 325 km 06m20.8s
20:4809°26.3'S081°02.7'W11°19.3'S078°19.7'W10°21.8'S079°42.8'W 0.934 37° 282° 326 km 06m19.1s
20:5009°00.1'S080°16.6'W10°54.4'S077°30.1'W09°56.2'S078°55.0'W 0.934 36° 282° 327 km 06m17.3s
20:5208°34.2'S079°28.2'W10°29.7'S076°37.9'W09°30.9'S078°04.9'W 0.933 35° 281° 328 km 06m15.4s
20:5408°08.4'S078°37.2'W10°05.4'S075°42.7'W09°05.9'S077°12.0'W 0.933 34° 280° 329 km 06m13.3s
20:5607°42.9'S077°43.5'W09°41.3'S074°44.1'W08°41.1'S076°16.0'W 0.933 32° 280° 330 km 06m11.2s
20:5807°17.6'S076°46.5'W09°17.6'S073°41.5'W08°16.5'S075°16.4'W 0.932 31° 279° 331 km 06m08.9s
21:0006°52.6'S075°45.9'W08°54.3'S072°34.3'W07°52.3'S074°12.8'W 0.932 30° 278° 331 km 06m06.5s
21:0206°27.9'S074°41.1'W08°31.5'S071°21.7'W07°28.5'S073°04.5'W 0.932 28° 278° 332 km 06m03.9s
21:0406°03.5'S073°31.3'W08°09.2'S070°02.5'W07°05.1'S071°50.5'W 0.931 26° 277° 332 km 06m01.2s
21:0605°39.4'S072°15.7'W07°47.4'S068°35.1'W06°42.1'S070°29.8'W 0.931 25° 277° 332 km 05m58.2s
21:0805°15.8'S070°52.9'W07°26.5'S066°57.4'W06°19.7'S069°00.5'W 0.931 23° 276° 332 km 05m55.0s
21:1004°52.8'S069°21.3'W07°06.6'S065°05.7'W05°58.1'S067°20.4'W 0.930 21° 276° 333 km 05m51.5s
21:1204°30.4'S067°38.1'W06°48.0'S062°53.7'W05°37.4'S065°25.6'W 0.929 18° 275° 333 km 05m47.6s
21:1404°08.9'S065°39.1'W06°31.8'S060°08.8'W05°18.0'S063°09.2'W 0.929 15° 275° 333 km 05m43.2s
21:1603°48.7'S063°16.7'W06°20.3'S056°13.2'W05°00.9'S060°16.9'W 0.928 12° 275° 333 km 05m37.8s
21:1803°30.7'S060°13.7'W - - 04°48.7'S056°02.6'W 0.927 274° 334 km 05m30.5s
Limits03°26.1'S049°10.4'W06°30.9'S048°30.2'W04°57.7'S048°50.9'W 0.925 - 336 km 05m19.5s

ΔT = 119.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:43:17.319:41:17.426°15.3'S097°01.3'W 55.9° 327.5° 274.9 km06m41.46s
Greatest Duration19:50:17.719:48:17.824°25.8'S095°05.3'W 55.7° 321.1° 279.2 km06m41.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1596 Mar 28 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 119.9 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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