Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1526 Dec 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1526 Dec 26 . 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 -1526 Dec 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°29.4'S060°04.5'W15°17.7'S060°36.9'W14°53.5'S060°20.6'W 1.028 - 105 km 01m28.4s
09:4019°12.3'S049°38.3'W19°13.2'S052°07.6'W19°14.5'S050°49.8'W 1.032 10° 112° 117 km 01m45.8s
09:4221°02.7'S045°40.8'W21°22.1'S047°36.8'W21°13.3'S046°37.4'W 1.033 15° 110° 122 km 01m54.7s
09:4422°26.8'S042°40.2'W22°55.2'S044°22.6'W22°41.6'S043°30.4'W 1.034 19° 108° 126 km 02m01.7s
09:4623°36.9'S040°09.1'W24°11.2'S041°43.4'W23°54.6'S040°55.5'W 1.035 22° 107° 129 km 02m07.8s
09:4824°37.9'S037°56.6'W25°16.7'S039°25.5'W24°57.7'S038°40.4'W 1.036 25° 106° 132 km 02m13.3s
09:5025°32.3'S035°57.2'W26°14.8'S037°21.9'W25°53.9'S036°39.0'W 1.037 27° 105° 134 km 02m18.4s
09:5226°21.5'S034°07.6'W27°07.1'S035°28.9'W26°44.6'S034°47.7'W 1.037 29° 103° 136 km 02m23.1s
09:5427°06.6'S032°25.6'W27°55.0'S033°44.0'W27°31.1'S033°04.2'W 1.038 32° 102° 138 km 02m27.6s
09:5627°48.2'S030°49.7'W28°39.1'S032°05.6'W28°13.9'S031°27.1'W 1.039 33° 101° 139 km 02m31.9s
09:5828°26.9'S029°18.8'W29°20.1'S030°32.5'W28°53.7'S029°55.1'W 1.039 35° 100° 141 km 02m36.0s
10:0029°03.0'S027°52.1'W29°58.3'S029°03.7'W29°30.9'S028°27.4'W 1.040 37° 99° 142 km 02m40.0s
10:0229°36.8'S026°29.0'W30°34.1'S027°38.6'W30°05.7'S027°03.3'W 1.040 39° 97° 143 km 02m43.8s
10:0430°08.6'S025°09.0'W31°07.7'S026°16.7'W30°38.3'S025°42.3'W 1.040 41° 96° 144 km 02m47.4s
10:0630°38.5'S023°51.7'W31°39.3'S024°57.5'W31°09.1'S024°24.1'W 1.041 42° 95° 146 km 02m50.9s
10:0831°06.7'S022°36.7'W32°09.2'S023°40.7'W31°38.1'S023°08.2'W 1.041 44° 94° 146 km 02m54.4s
10:1031°33.4'S021°23.7'W32°37.4'S022°26.0'W32°05.6'S021°54.4'W 1.042 45° 92° 147 km 02m57.7s
10:1231°58.6'S020°12.6'W33°04.1'S021°13.1'W32°31.5'S020°42.4'W 1.042 47° 91° 148 km 03m00.9s
10:1432°22.4'S019°03.2'W33°29.3'S020°01.9'W32°56.0'S019°32.0'W 1.042 48° 90° 149 km 03m04.0s
10:1632°44.9'S017°55.2'W33°53.2'S018°52.1'W33°19.2'S018°23.2'W 1.042 49° 88° 150 km 03m07.0s
10:1833°06.3'S016°48.5'W34°15.8'S017°43.6'W33°41.2'S017°15.6'W 1.043 51° 87° 151 km 03m09.9s
10:2033°26.4'S015°43.0'W34°37.2'S016°36.4'W34°02.0'S016°09.3'W 1.043 52° 86° 151 km 03m12.7s
10:2233°45.5'S014°38.7'W34°57.5'S015°30.1'W34°21.6'S015°04.0'W 1.043 53° 84° 152 km 03m15.4s
10:2434°03.5'S013°35.3'W35°16.6'S014°24.9'W34°40.2'S013°59.7'W 1.044 55° 83° 152 km 03m18.0s
10:2634°20.6'S012°32.8'W35°34.7'S013°20.5'W34°57.7'S012°56.2'W 1.044 56° 81° 153 km 03m20.6s
10:2834°36.6'S011°31.1'W35°51.8'S012°17.0'W35°14.3'S011°53.6'W 1.044 57° 79° 154 km 03m23.0s
10:3034°51.7'S010°30.2'W36°07.9'S011°14.2'W35°29.8'S010°51.8'W 1.044 58° 78° 154 km 03m25.4s
10:3235°05.9'S009°30.0'W36°23.0'S010°12.0'W35°44.5'S009°50.6'W 1.044 59° 76° 155 km 03m27.6s
10:3435°19.2'S008°30.4'W36°37.2'S009°10.4'W35°58.2'S008°50.0'W 1.045 60° 74° 155 km 03m29.8s
10:3635°31.6'S007°31.4'W36°50.4'S008°09.5'W36°11.1'S007°50.1'W 1.045 61° 72° 155 km 03m31.9s
10:3835°43.2'S006°32.9'W37°02.8'S007°09.0'W36°23.1'S006°50.6'W 1.045 63° 70° 156 km 03m33.9s
10:4035°54.0'S005°35.0'W37°14.3'S006°09.0'W36°34.2'S005°51.7'W 1.045 64° 68° 156 km 03m35.8s
10:4236°04.0'S004°37.5'W37°25.0'S005°09.5'W36°44.5'S004°53.2'W 1.045 65° 66° 157 km 03m37.6s
10:4436°13.2'S003°40.5'W37°34.9'S004°10.3'W36°54.1'S003°55.1'W 1.045 66° 64° 157 km 03m39.3s
10:4636°21.6'S002°43.8'W37°43.9'S003°11.6'W37°02.8'S002°57.4'W 1.046 67° 61° 157 km 03m40.9s
10:4836°29.3'S001°47.6'W37°52.2'S002°13.2'W37°10.8'S002°00.1'W 1.046 68° 59° 157 km 03m42.4s
10:5036°36.2'S000°51.6'W37°59.6'S001°15.1'W37°17.9'S001°03.1'W 1.046 68° 56° 158 km 03m43.9s
10:5236°42.4'S000°04.0'E38°06.3'S000°17.4'W37°24.4'S000°06.5'W 1.046 69° 53° 158 km 03m45.2s
10:5436°47.9'S000°59.2'E38°12.2'S000°40.1'E37°30.1'S000°49.9'E 1.046 70° 50° 158 km 03m46.4s
10:5636°52.7'S001°54.3'E38°17.4'S001°37.3'E37°35.0'S001°46.0'E 1.046 71° 47° 158 km 03m47.6s
10:5836°56.7'S002°49.0'E38°21.8'S002°34.3'E37°39.2'S002°41.8'E 1.046 72° 44° 159 km 03m48.6s
11:0037°00.1'S003°43.5'E38°25.4'S003°31.0'E37°42.8'S003°37.4'E 1.046 72° 40° 159 km 03m49.6s
11:0237°02.8'S004°37.8'E38°28.4'S004°27.5'E37°45.6'S004°32.8'E 1.046 73° 36° 159 km 03m50.4s
11:0437°04.7'S005°31.9'E38°30.6'S005°23.8'E37°47.7'S005°27.9'E 1.046 74° 32° 159 km 03m51.2s
11:0637°06.1'S006°25.7'E38°32.1'S006°19.9'E37°49.0'S006°22.9'E 1.046 74° 28° 159 km 03m51.8s
11:0837°06.7'S007°19.4'E38°32.8'S007°15.8'E37°49.7'S007°17.7'E 1.046 75° 24° 159 km 03m52.4s
11:1037°06.7'S008°12.9'E38°32.9'S008°11.5'E37°49.8'S008°12.3'E 1.046 75° 19° 160 km 03m52.9s
11:1237°06.0'S009°06.3'E38°32.2'S009°07.1'E37°49.1'S009°06.8'E 1.047 75° 14° 160 km 03m53.2s
11:1437°04.6'S009°59.6'E38°30.9'S010°02.6'E37°47.7'S010°01.1'E 1.047 76° 160 km 03m53.5s
11:1637°02.6'S010°52.7'E38°28.8'S010°57.9'E37°45.7'S010°55.3'E 1.047 76° 160 km 03m53.6s
11:1836°59.9'S011°45.7'E38°26.1'S011°53.1'E37°43.0'S011°49.4'E 1.047 76° 358° 160 km 03m53.7s
11:2036°56.6'S012°38.6'E38°22.6'S012°48.2'E37°39.6'S012°43.3'E 1.047 76° 353° 160 km 03m53.7s
11:2236°52.6'S013°31.4'E38°18.5'S013°43.2'E37°35.5'S013°37.2'E 1.047 76° 348° 160 km 03m53.5s
11:2436°47.9'S014°24.1'E38°13.6'S014°38.1'E37°30.8'S014°31.0'E 1.047 76° 343° 160 km 03m53.3s
11:2636°42.6'S015°16.8'E38°08.1'S015°32.9'E37°25.4'S015°24.8'E 1.047 75° 338° 160 km 03m53.0s
11:2836°36.7'S016°09.5'E38°01.9'S016°27.7'E37°19.3'S016°18.5'E 1.047 75° 333° 160 km 03m52.5s
11:3036°30.1'S017°02.1'E37°54.9'S017°22.4'E37°12.5'S017°12.1'E 1.046 74° 328° 160 km 03m52.0s
11:3236°22.8'S017°54.7'E37°47.3'S018°17.1'E37°05.1'S018°05.7'E 1.046 74° 324° 160 km 03m51.4s
11:3436°14.9'S018°47.3'E37°39.0'S019°11.8'E36°57.0'S018°59.4'E 1.046 73° 320° 160 km 03m50.7s
11:3636°06.3'S019°39.9'E37°30.0'S020°06.4'E36°48.2'S019°53.0'E 1.046 73° 316° 160 km 03m49.8s
11:3835°57.1'S020°32.6'E37°20.3'S021°01.1'E36°38.7'S020°46.6'E 1.046 72° 312° 159 km 03m48.9s
11:4035°47.2'S021°25.3'E37°09.8'S021°55.8'E36°28.5'S021°40.3'E 1.046 71° 309° 159 km 03m47.9s
11:4235°36.6'S022°18.1'E36°58.7'S022°50.5'E36°17.7'S022°34.1'E 1.046 71° 306° 159 km 03m46.8s
11:4435°25.3'S023°11.1'E36°46.8'S023°45.3'E36°06.1'S023°28.0'E 1.046 70° 303° 159 km 03m45.6s
11:4635°13.4'S024°04.1'E36°34.3'S024°40.2'E35°53.8'S024°21.9'E 1.046 69° 300° 159 km 03m44.3s
11:4835°00.7'S024°57.3'E36°21.0'S025°35.3'E35°40.9'S025°16.0'E 1.046 68° 297° 159 km 03m42.9s
11:5034°47.4'S025°50.6'E36°06.9'S026°30.4'E35°27.2'S026°10.2'E 1.046 67° 295° 158 km 03m41.5s
11:5234°33.3'S026°44.2'E35°52.1'S027°25.8'E35°12.8'S027°04.7'E 1.046 66° 292° 158 km 03m39.9s
11:5434°18.5'S027°38.0'E35°36.6'S028°21.3'E34°57.6'S027°59.3'E 1.045 65° 290° 158 km 03m38.2s
11:5634°03.0'S028°32.0'E35°20.2'S029°17.1'E34°41.7'S028°54.2'E 1.045 64° 288° 158 km 03m36.5s
11:5833°46.7'S029°26.4'E35°03.1'S030°13.1'E34°25.0'S029°49.4'E 1.045 63° 286° 157 km 03m34.6s
12:0033°29.7'S030°21.1'E34°45.2'S031°09.4'E34°07.5'S030°44.9'E 1.045 62° 284° 157 km 03m32.7s
12:0233°11.9'S031°16.2'E34°26.5'S032°06.1'E33°49.3'S031°40.8'E 1.045 61° 282° 157 km 03m30.7s
12:0432°53.3'S032°11.7'E34°06.9'S033°03.2'E33°30.2'S032°37.1'E 1.045 60° 280° 156 km 03m28.6s
12:0632°33.8'S033°07.7'E33°46.5'S034°00.7'E33°10.3'S033°33.8'E 1.045 59° 279° 156 km 03m26.4s
12:0832°13.6'S034°04.2'E33°25.2'S034°58.8'E32°49.5'S034°31.1'E 1.044 57° 277° 156 km 03m24.1s
12:1031°52.4'S035°01.4'E33°03.0'S035°57.4'E32°27.8'S035°29.0'E 1.044 56° 276° 155 km 03m21.8s
12:1231°30.4'S035°59.2'E32°39.9'S036°56.7'E32°05.3'S036°27.6'E 1.044 55° 274° 155 km 03m19.3s
12:1431°07.4'S036°57.7'E32°15.8'S037°56.7'E31°41.7'S037°26.8'E 1.044 54° 273° 154 km 03m16.8s
12:1630°43.4'S037°57.1'E31°50.7'S038°57.5'E31°17.2'S038°26.9'E 1.043 53° 271° 153 km 03m14.1s
12:1830°18.5'S038°57.5'E31°24.5'S039°59.2'E30°51.6'S039°27.9'E 1.043 51° 270° 153 km 03m11.4s
12:2029°52.4'S039°58.9'E30°57.2'S041°02.0'E30°25.0'S040°30.0'E 1.043 50° 269° 152 km 03m08.6s
12:2229°25.3'S041°01.4'E30°28.7'S042°05.9'E29°57.2'S041°33.2'E 1.043 49° 267° 152 km 03m05.7s
12:2428°57.0'S042°05.2'E29°59.1'S043°11.1'E29°28.2'S042°37.7'E 1.042 47° 266° 151 km 03m02.7s
12:2628°27.4'S043°10.5'E29°28.1'S044°17.7'E28°57.9'S043°43.7'E 1.042 46° 265° 150 km 02m59.6s
12:2827°56.5'S044°17.5'E28°55.7'S045°26.1'E28°26.3'S044°51.4'E 1.042 44° 264° 149 km 02m56.4s
12:3027°24.1'S045°26.3'E28°21.8'S046°36.3'E27°53.1'S046°00.9'E 1.041 43° 263° 148 km 02m53.1s
12:3226°50.2'S046°37.3'E27°46.2'S047°48.7'E27°18.4'S047°12.6'E 1.041 41° 261° 147 km 02m49.7s
12:3426°14.6'S047°50.7'E27°08.9'S049°03.6'E26°41.9'S048°26.7'E 1.041 40° 260° 146 km 02m46.1s
12:3625°37.1'S049°06.9'E26°29.6'S050°21.3'E26°03.6'S049°43.7'E 1.040 38° 259° 145 km 02m42.4s
12:3824°57.5'S050°26.3'E25°48.1'S051°42.5'E25°23.0'S051°03.9'E 1.040 36° 258° 144 km 02m38.6s
12:4024°15.6'S051°49.6'E25°04.1'S053°07.6'E24°40.1'S052°28.1'E 1.039 34° 257° 142 km 02m34.7s
12:4223°31.0'S053°17.5'E24°17.2'S054°37.4'E23°54.4'S053°57.0'E 1.039 32° 256° 141 km 02m30.5s
12:4422°43.3'S054°50.8'E23°27.1'S056°13.1'E23°05.5'S055°31.4'E 1.038 30° 255° 139 km 02m26.2s
12:4621°52.0'S056°30.9'E22°32.9'S057°56.0'E22°12.8'S057°12.9'E 1.038 28° 254° 137 km 02m21.6s
12:4820°56.1'S058°19.6'E21°33.8'S059°48.1'E21°15.3'S059°03.2'E 1.037 26° 253° 135 km 02m16.8s
12:5019°54.5'S060°19.5'E20°28.3'S061°52.5'E20°11.8'S061°05.4'E 1.036 23° 252° 133 km 02m11.5s
12:5218°45.2'S062°35.0'E19°14.0'S064°14.4'E19°00.1'S063°23.9'E 1.035 20° 251° 130 km 02m05.8s
12:5417°24.8'S065°13.9'E17°46.6'S067°03.5'E17°36.4'S066°07.6'E 1.034 17° 250° 126 km 01m59.3s
12:5615°45.6'S068°33.2'E15°55.1'S070°43.5'E15°51.5'S069°36.4'E 1.033 13° 249° 122 km 01m51.5s
12:5813°21.1'S073°32.8'E12°44.1'S077°17.3'E13°09.0'S075°11.8'E 1.031 247° 114 km 01m40.1s
Limits10°07.3'S080°39.5'E10°56.5'S081°11.7'E10°31.9'S080°55.5'E 1.029 - 107 km 01m29.9s

ΔT = 35593.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:11:39.511:18:26.237°42.3'S136°41.5'W 75.9° 357.3° 159.9 km03m53.71s
Greatest Duration21:11:29.311:18:16.037°42.6'S011°56.6'E 75.9° 357.7° 159.9 km03m53.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1526 Dec 26 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 35593.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1978.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.27°.

Acknowledgments

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

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