Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1502 Oct 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1502 Oct 03 . 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 -1502 Oct 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits87°38.8'N050°18.8'E85°13.7'N070°02.0'E86°26.6'N063°36.5'E 1.032 - 299 km 01m44.0s
00:14 - - 81°28.5'N156°54.4'E84°57.8'N145°11.9'E 1.034 149° 304 km 01m54.5s
00:1686°25.0'N153°18.1'E79°37.1'N165°45.4'E82°27.0'N163°39.6'E 1.035 168° 307 km 02m00.5s
00:1883°28.3'N172°14.5'E78°00.1'N171°34.4'E80°27.0'N171°56.7'E 1.036 11° 177° 310 km 02m04.8s
00:2081°17.6'N179°19.9'E76°33.1'N175°54.2'E78°44.7'N177°14.3'E 1.036 13° 183° 312 km 02m08.4s
00:2279°29.1'N176°13.0'W75°13.5'N179°22.1'E77°13.9'N178°50.6'W 1.037 14° 188° 314 km 02m11.3s
00:2477°54.1'N172°53.7'W73°59.7'N177°43.7'W75°51.5'N175°42.2'W 1.037 15° 192° 317 km 02m13.9s
00:2676°28.6'N170°11.8'W72°50.5'N175°12.9'W74°35.3'N173°03.5'W 1.037 16° 195° 319 km 02m16.2s
00:2875°10.0'N167°53.4'W71°45.1'N172°59.0'W73°24.2'N170°45.3'W 1.038 17° 198° 321 km 02m18.1s
00:3073°56.8'N165°51.1'W70°42.9'N170°58.0'W72°17.2'N168°41.7'W 1.038 18° 201° 324 km 02m19.9s
00:3272°48.1'N164°00.3'W69°43.5'N169°06.9'W71°13.6'N166°49.2'W 1.038 19° 203° 326 km 02m21.4s
00:3471°43.0'N162°18.2'W68°46.5'N167°23.8'W70°12.9'N165°05.3'W 1.038 19° 206° 328 km 02m22.8s
00:3670°41.0'N160°42.8'W67°51.5'N165°46.9'W69°14.7'N163°28.0'W 1.038 20° 208° 331 km 02m24.0s
00:3869°41.6'N159°12.5'W66°58.4'N164°15.2'W68°18.7'N161°56.0'W 1.038 20° 211° 334 km 02m25.0s
00:4068°44.6'N157°46.3'W66°07.0'N162°47.6'W67°24.7'N160°28.3'W 1.039 21° 213° 336 km 02m25.8s
00:4267°49.5'N156°23.2'W65°17.1'N161°23.4'W66°32.4'N159°04.0'W 1.039 21° 215° 339 km 02m26.5s
00:4466°56.3'N155°02.6'W64°28.6'N160°01.9'W65°41.6'N157°42.4'W 1.039 21° 217° 341 km 02m27.0s
00:4666°04.6'N153°43.8'W63°41.2'N158°42.6'W64°52.3'N156°22.9'W 1.039 21° 219° 344 km 02m27.4s
00:4865°14.4'N152°26.4'W62°55.0'N157°25.0'W64°04.2'N155°05.0'W 1.039 21° 221° 347 km 02m27.7s
00:5064°25.4'N151°09.8'W62°09.9'N156°08.7'W63°17.2'N153°48.3'W 1.039 22° 223° 349 km 02m27.7s
00:5263°37.7'N149°53.7'W61°25.7'N154°53.2'W62°31.3'N152°32.2'W 1.039 22° 225° 352 km 02m27.7s
00:5462°51.0'N148°37.6'W60°42.3'N153°38.3'W61°46.4'N151°16.5'W 1.039 21° 227° 355 km 02m27.5s
00:5662°05.3'N147°21.1'W59°59.8'N152°23.5'W61°02.4'N150°00.7'W 1.039 21° 229° 357 km 02m27.2s
00:5861°20.5'N146°03.8'W59°18.0'N151°08.5'W60°19.2'N148°44.5'W 1.039 21° 231° 359 km 02m26.7s
01:0060°36.6'N144°45.3'W58°37.0'N149°52.9'W59°36.7'N147°27.4'W 1.039 21° 233° 361 km 02m26.1s
01:0259°53.3'N143°25.1'W57°56.6'N148°36.5'W58°54.9'N146°09.1'W 1.039 20° 235° 363 km 02m25.3s
01:0459°10.8'N142°02.7'W57°16.8'N147°18.7'W58°13.8'N144°49.1'W 1.038 20° 237° 365 km 02m24.3s
01:0658°28.8'N140°37.5'W56°37.5'N145°59.1'W57°33.3'N143°26.9'W 1.038 20° 239° 366 km 02m23.2s
01:0857°47.4'N139°08.6'W55°58.8'N144°37.3'W56°53.3'N142°02.0'W 1.038 19° 241° 367 km 02m21.9s
01:1057°06.5'N137°35.3'W55°20.5'N143°12.7'W56°13.8'N140°33.5'W 1.038 18° 243° 367 km 02m20.5s
01:1256°26.0'N135°56.3'W54°42.7'N141°44.6'W55°34.7'N139°00.6'W 1.038 18° 245° 367 km 02m18.8s
01:1455°45.9'N134°10.1'W54°05.2'N140°12.0'W54°56.0'N137°22.2'W 1.037 17° 247° 366 km 02m16.9s
01:1655°06.0'N132°14.4'W53°28.1'N138°34.0'W54°17.6'N135°36.7'W 1.037 16° 249° 364 km 02m14.8s
01:1854°26.3'N130°05.9'W52°51.3'N136°49.1'W53°39.5'N133°42.2'W 1.037 15° 252° 361 km 02m12.4s
01:2053°46.5'N127°38.9'W52°14.8'N134°55.1'W53°01.5'N131°35.3'W 1.036 13° 254° 357 km 02m09.6s
01:2253°06.3'N124°42.5'W51°38.3'N132°49.0'W52°23.5'N129°10.9'W 1.036 12° 257° 351 km 02m06.4s
01:2452°24.9'N120°49.7'W51°02.0'N130°25.8'W51°45.2'N126°19.1'W 1.035 10° 259° 343 km 02m02.5s
01:2651°37.6'N113°04.9'W50°25.4'N127°36.2'W51°06.1'N122°36.8'W 1.034 263° 331 km 01m57.5s
01:28 - - 49°48.3'N123°58.4'W50°23.6'N116°13.8'W 1.033 268° 310 km 01m49.3s
Limits51°31.5'N110°46.3'W48°52.8'N112°01.9'W50°09.8'N111°25.5'W 1.032 - 295 km 01m43.7s

ΔT = 35088.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:35:07.700:50:18.863°09.9'N059°47.5'E 21.5° 223.6° 349.9 km02m27.75s
Greatest Duration10:35:08.400:50:19.663°09.6'N153°35.8'W 21.5° 223.6° 349.9 km02m27.75s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1502 Oct 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1502 Oct 03 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 35088.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1904.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 7.96°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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