Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1601 Dec 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1601 Dec 24 . 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 1601 Dec 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits59°14.7'N048°05.5'W51°55.0'N056°17.8'W55°15.8'N053°16.5'W 0.903 - 905 km 08m40.1s
12:10 - - 44°32.1'N039°44.1'W52°10.1'N047°22.7'W 0.904 139° 905 km 08m59.8s
12:12 - - 44°01.3'N038°12.1'W50°33.1'N043°54.7'W 0.905 143° 916 km 09m12.4s
12:14 - - 43°35.5'N036°48.4'W49°31.7'N041°28.8'W 0.905 10° 145° 928 km 09m21.6s
12:16 - - 43°13.8'N035°31.2'W48°46.4'N039°30.5'W 0.906 11° 147° 941 km 09m29.2s
12:18 - - 42°55.5'N034°19.1'W48°11.0'N037°48.5'W 0.906 12° 149° 955 km 09m35.6s
12:20 - - 42°40.1'N033°11.2'W47°42.6'N036°17.5'W 0.906 13° 151° 969 km 09m41.3s
12:2255°48.9'N042°06.0'W42°27.2'N032°06.7'W47°19.5'N034°54.6'W 0.907 14° 152° 982 km 09m46.4s
12:2454°32.6'N039°18.1'W42°16.6'N031°05.2'W47°00.6'N033°37.8'W 0.907 15° 154° 995 km 09m50.8s
12:2653°43.7'N037°11.8'W42°08.1'N030°06.1'W46°45.4'N032°25.9'W 0.907 16° 155° 1008 km 09m54.8s
12:2853°08.6'N035°25.6'W42°01.4'N029°09.2'W46°33.2'N031°17.8'W 0.907 17° 157° 1019 km 09m58.4s
12:3052°42.5'N033°51.9'W41°56.5'N028°14.0'W46°23.8'N030°13.0'W 0.907 17° 158° 1030 km 10m01.6s
12:3252°22.9'N032°26.6'W41°53.2'N027°20.4'W46°16.7'N029°10.7'W 0.907 18° 159° 1039 km 10m04.3s
12:3452°08.5'N031°07.6'W41°51.5'N026°28.1'W46°12.0'N028°10.7'W 0.908 18° 161° 1047 km 10m06.7s
12:3651°58.3'N029°53.3'W41°51.3'N025°36.9'W46°09.3'N027°12.5'W 0.908 18° 162° 1053 km 10m08.8s
12:3851°51.9'N028°42.6'W41°52.5'N024°46.6'W46°08.5'N026°15.8'W 0.908 19° 164° 1057 km 10m10.5s
12:4051°48.7'N027°34.7'W41°55.1'N023°57.1'W46°09.6'N025°20.3'W 0.908 19° 165° 1060 km 10m11.9s
12:4251°48.7'N026°29.0'W41°59.1'N023°08.3'W46°12.5'N024°25.8'W 0.908 19° 166° 1061 km 10m13.0s
12:4451°51.4'N025°25.1'W42°04.4'N022°19.9'W46°17.2'N023°32.1'W 0.908 19° 168° 1060 km 10m13.7s
12:4651°57.0'N024°22.4'W42°11.0'N021°31.9'W46°23.5'N022°39.0'W 0.908 19° 169° 1057 km 10m14.2s
12:4852°05.2'N023°20.6'W42°18.9'N020°44.2'W46°31.6'N021°46.3'W 0.908 19° 170° 1053 km 10m14.3s
12:5052°16.1'N022°19.4'W42°28.2'N019°56.6'W46°41.4'N020°53.8'W 0.908 19° 172° 1047 km 10m14.1s
12:5252°29.8'N021°18.3'W42°38.7'N019°09.0'W46°52.9'N020°01.3'W 0.908 19° 173° 1039 km 10m13.6s
12:5452°46.2'N020°17.1'W42°50.6'N018°21.3'W47°06.1'N019°08.7'W 0.908 19° 174° 1031 km 10m12.8s
12:5653°05.7'N019°15.5'W43°03.9'N017°33.3'W47°21.2'N018°15.7'W 0.908 19° 176° 1021 km 10m11.7s
12:5853°28.4'N018°12.9'W43°18.6'N016°44.9'W47°38.1'N017°22.3'W 0.908 19° 177° 1010 km 10m10.3s
13:0053°54.6'N017°09.0'W43°34.8'N015°56.1'W47°57.1'N016°28.1'W 0.908 19° 178° 999 km 10m08.6s
13:0254°24.7'N016°03.4'W43°52.5'N015°06.5'W48°18.1'N015°32.9'W 0.908 18° 180° 987 km 10m06.5s
13:0454°59.5'N014°55.2'W44°11.8'N014°16.2'W48°41.4'N014°36.6'W 0.907 18° 181° 975 km 10m04.1s
13:0655°39.8'N013°43.7'W44°32.7'N013°24.9'W49°07.1'N013°38.7'W 0.907 17° 183° 963 km 10m01.4s
13:0856°27.0'N012°27.7'W44°55.5'N012°32.3'W49°35.5'N012°38.9'W 0.907 17° 184° 951 km 09m58.3s
13:1057°23.3'N011°05.3'W45°20.1'N011°38.3'W50°06.9'N011°36.8'W 0.907 16° 185° 939 km 09m54.9s
13:1258°33.0'N009°33.2'W45°46.9'N010°42.7'W50°41.8'N010°31.9'W 0.907 16° 187° 928 km 09m51.1s
13:1460°05.8'N007°44.3'W46°16.0'N009°45.0'W51°20.6'N009°23.4'W 0.907 15° 188° 917 km 09m46.8s
13:1662°40.4'N005°11.7'W46°47.5'N008°44.9'W52°04.1'N008°10.5'W 0.907 14° 190° 907 km 09m42.1s
13:18 - - 47°22.0'N007°42.0'W52°53.5'N006°51.7'W 0.906 13° 192° 898 km 09m36.8s
13:20 - - 47°59.7'N006°35.6'W53°50.4'N005°25.2'W 0.906 12° 193° 890 km 09m30.8s
13:22 - - 48°41.2'N005°24.9'W54°57.6'N003°47.5'W 0.906 10° 195° 883 km 09m24.0s
13:24 - - 49°27.2'N004°08.9'W56°20.4'N001°52.6'W 0.905 198° 880 km 09m15.9s
13:26 - - 50°18.8'N002°46.2'W58°12.1'N000°34.6'E 0.905 200° 880 km 09m05.6s
13:28 - - 51°17.5'N001°14.5'W61°46.3'N004°57.4'E 0.904 204° 894 km 08m48.0s
Limits65°41.9'N002°57.9'W61°20.8'N013°25.3'E63°37.0'N007°04.0'E 0.903 - 907 km 08m39.9s

ΔT = 116.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:50:30.012:48:34.046°34.2'N022°00.5'W 19.4° 170.7° 1051.0 km10m14.26s
Greatest Duration12:49:44.612:47:48.646°30.7'N021°51.3'W 19.4° 170.2° 1053.0 km10m14.28s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1601 Dec 24

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1601 Dec 24 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 116.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 19.7 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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