Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1540 Apr 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1540 Apr 09 . 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 -1540 Apr 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits07°23.5'N109°12.7'E05°51.1'N109°34.2'E06°37.2'N109°23.7'E 1.046 - 172 km 02m30.4s
22:4807°58.7'N117°34.6'E06°42.3'N121°24.5'E07°21.3'N119°39.0'E 1.050 11° 89° 186 km 02m54.7s
22:5008°31.5'N122°07.9'E07°11.0'N125°00.3'E07°51.7'N123°38.1'E 1.051 15° 90° 192 km 03m05.8s
22:5209°00.9'N125°18.6'E07°38.0'N127°46.9'E08°19.8'N126°35.2'E 1.052 19° 91° 197 km 03m14.7s
22:5409°28.7'N127°51.5'E08°04.1'N130°05.9'E08°46.7'N129°00.5'E 1.053 21° 91° 201 km 03m22.4s
22:5609°55.6'N130°01.5'E08°29.6'N132°06.7'E09°12.8'N131°05.6'E 1.054 24° 92° 204 km 03m29.4s
22:5810°21.8'N131°55.9'E08°54.6'N133°54.4'E09°38.4'N132°56.5'E 1.055 26° 92° 207 km 03m35.8s
23:0010°47.5'N133°38.7'E09°19.3'N135°32.2'E10°03.6'N134°36.6'E 1.055 28° 93° 210 km 03m41.8s
23:0211°12.8'N135°12.5'E09°43.7'N137°02.0'E10°28.4'N136°08.3'E 1.056 30° 94° 212 km 03m47.5s
23:0411°37.8'N136°39.1'E10°07.9'N138°25.4'E10°53.0'N137°33.2'E 1.056 32° 94° 215 km 03m52.9s
23:0612°02.6'N137°59.7'E10°31.9'N139°43.3'E11°17.4'N138°52.4'E 1.057 34° 95° 216 km 03m58.0s
23:0812°27.1'N139°15.4'E10°55.8'N140°56.7'E11°41.6'N140°06.8'E 1.057 36° 96° 218 km 04m02.9s
23:1012°51.4'N140°26.7'E11°19.5'N142°06.1'E12°05.6'N141°17.2'E 1.058 37° 97° 220 km 04m07.5s
23:1213°15.6'N141°34.4'E11°43.0'N143°12.1'E12°29.4'N142°24.0'E 1.058 39° 97° 222 km 04m12.0s
23:1413°39.6'N142°38.9'E12°06.5'N144°15.1'E12°53.2'N143°27.7'E 1.059 40° 98° 223 km 04m16.3s
23:1614°03.6'N143°40.5'E12°29.9'N145°15.4'E13°16.8'N144°28.6'E 1.059 42° 99° 224 km 04m20.5s
23:1814°27.4'N144°39.7'E12°53.2'N146°13.4'E13°40.4'N145°27.1'E 1.059 43° 100° 225 km 04m24.4s
23:2014°51.1'N145°36.6'E13°16.4'N147°09.2'E14°03.8'N146°23.5'E 1.060 44° 101° 226 km 04m28.3s
23:2215°14.7'N146°31.5'E13°39.5'N148°03.1'E14°27.2'N147°17.8'E 1.060 45° 102° 227 km 04m32.0s
23:2415°38.3'N147°24.6'E14°02.6'N148°55.3'E14°50.5'N148°10.5'E 1.060 47° 103° 228 km 04m35.5s
23:2616°01.7'N148°16.1'E14°25.7'N149°45.9'E15°13.8'N149°01.5'E 1.060 48° 104° 229 km 04m38.9s
23:2816°25.2'N149°06.1'E14°48.7'N150°35.1'E15°37.0'N149°51.1'E 1.061 49° 105° 230 km 04m42.2s
23:3016°48.5'N149°54.8'E15°11.6'N151°23.1'E16°00.1'N150°39.4'E 1.061 50° 107° 230 km 04m45.4s
23:3217°11.9'N150°42.3'E15°34.5'N152°09.8'E16°23.2'N151°26.5'E 1.061 51° 108° 231 km 04m48.4s
23:3417°35.1'N151°28.8'E15°57.4'N152°55.5'E16°46.3'N152°12.6'E 1.061 52° 109° 231 km 04m51.3s
23:3617°58.4'N152°14.2'E16°20.2'N153°40.3'E17°09.3'N152°57.6'E 1.062 53° 110° 232 km 04m54.1s
23:3818°21.6'N152°58.7'E16°43.0'N154°24.1'E17°32.3'N153°41.8'E 1.062 54° 112° 232 km 04m56.8s
23:4018°44.7'N153°42.4'E17°05.8'N155°07.2'E17°55.3'N154°25.2'E 1.062 55° 113° 232 km 04m59.3s
23:4219°07.9'N154°25.4'E17°28.6'N155°49.5'E18°18.3'N155°07.8'E 1.062 56° 115° 232 km 05m01.7s
23:4419°31.0'N155°07.6'E17°51.4'N156°31.1'E18°41.2'N155°49.8'E 1.062 57° 117° 232 km 05m04.0s
23:4619°54.1'N155°49.3'E18°14.1'N157°12.2'E19°04.1'N156°31.1'E 1.062 58° 118° 233 km 05m06.2s
23:4820°17.2'N156°30.5'E18°36.8'N157°52.7'E19°27.0'N157°12.0'E 1.063 58° 120° 233 km 05m08.2s
23:5020°40.3'N157°11.2'E18°59.5'N158°32.8'E19°49.9'N157°52.3'E 1.063 59° 122° 233 km 05m10.2s
23:5221°03.4'N157°51.4'E19°22.2'N159°12.4'E20°12.8'N158°32.2'E 1.063 60° 124° 233 km 05m12.0s
23:5421°26.4'N158°31.3'E19°44.9'N159°51.6'E20°35.6'N159°11.8'E 1.063 61° 126° 233 km 05m13.7s
23:5621°49.5'N159°10.8'E20°07.6'N160°30.5'E20°58.5'N159°51.0'E 1.063 61° 128° 232 km 05m15.3s
23:5822°12.5'N159°50.1'E20°30.3'N161°09.1'E21°21.4'N160°29.9'E 1.063 62° 130° 232 km 05m16.8s
00:0022°35.6'N160°29.1'E20°53.0'N161°47.5'E21°44.2'N161°08.6'E 1.063 62° 133° 232 km 05m18.1s
00:0222°58.6'N161°08.0'E21°15.6'N162°25.7'E22°07.1'N161°47.1'E 1.063 63° 135° 232 km 05m19.3s
00:0423°21.7'N161°46.7'E21°38.3'N163°03.7'E22°29.9'N162°25.5'E 1.063 63° 137° 232 km 05m20.5s
00:0623°44.7'N162°25.3'E22°01.0'N163°41.6'E22°52.8'N163°03.7'E 1.064 64° 140° 231 km 05m21.4s
00:0824°07.8'N163°03.9'E22°23.7'N164°19.4'E23°15.7'N163°41.9'E 1.064 64° 143° 231 km 05m22.3s
00:1024°30.9'N163°42.4'E22°46.4'N164°57.2'E23°38.5'N164°20.1'E 1.064 64° 145° 231 km 05m23.1s
00:1224°54.0'N164°21.0'E23°09.1'N165°35.0'E24°01.4'N164°58.2'E 1.064 65° 148° 231 km 05m23.7s
00:1425°17.1'N164°59.6'E23°31.8'N166°12.8'E24°24.3'N165°36.5'E 1.064 65° 151° 230 km 05m24.2s
00:1625°40.2'N165°38.4'E23°54.5'N166°50.7'E24°47.2'N166°14.8'E 1.064 65° 153° 230 km 05m24.6s
00:1826°03.3'N166°17.2'E24°17.2'N167°28.7'E25°10.2'N166°53.2'E 1.064 65° 156° 230 km 05m24.9s
00:2026°26.4'N166°56.3'E24°40.0'N168°06.9'E25°33.1'N167°31.8'E 1.064 65° 159° 229 km 05m25.1s
00:2226°49.6'N167°35.6'E25°02.7'N168°45.3'E25°56.0'N168°10.6'E 1.064 65° 162° 229 km 05m25.1s
00:2427°12.8'N168°15.1'E25°25.5'N169°23.8'E26°19.0'N168°49.6'E 1.064 65° 165° 228 km 05m25.1s
00:2627°36.0'N168°55.0'E25°48.3'N170°02.7'E26°42.0'N169°29.0'E 1.064 65° 168° 228 km 05m24.9s
00:2827°59.2'N169°35.1'E26°11.1'N170°41.8'E27°05.0'N170°08.6'E 1.064 65° 171° 227 km 05m24.6s
00:3028°22.4'N170°15.7'E26°33.9'N171°21.3'E27°28.0'N170°48.6'E 1.064 64° 173° 227 km 05m24.1s
00:3228°45.7'N170°56.7'E26°56.7'N172°01.2'E27°51.0'N171°29.1'E 1.064 64° 176° 227 km 05m23.6s
00:3429°08.9'N171°38.2'E27°19.6'N172°41.5'E28°14.1'N172°09.9'E 1.064 64° 179° 226 km 05m22.9s
00:3629°32.2'N172°20.2'E27°42.5'N173°22.3'E28°37.2'N172°51.3'E 1.064 63° 182° 226 km 05m22.1s
00:3829°55.6'N173°02.8'E28°05.3'N174°03.6'E29°00.3'N173°33.2'E 1.064 63° 184° 225 km 05m21.2s
00:4030°18.9'N173°46.0'E28°28.3'N174°45.5'E29°23.4'N174°15.8'E 1.064 63° 187° 225 km 05m20.2s
00:4230°42.3'N174°29.8'E28°51.2'N175°28.0'E29°46.5'N174°58.9'E 1.063 62° 189° 224 km 05m19.0s
00:4431°05.7'N175°14.4'E29°14.2'N176°11.1'E30°09.7'N175°42.8'E 1.063 61° 192° 223 km 05m17.7s
00:4631°29.1'N175°59.8'E29°37.1'N176°55.0'E30°32.9'N176°27.4'E 1.063 61° 194° 223 km 05m16.3s
00:4831°52.5'N176°46.0'E30°00.1'N177°39.6'E30°56.1'N177°12.8'E 1.063 60° 196° 222 km 05m14.8s
00:5032°16.0'N177°33.2'E30°23.2'N178°25.1'E31°19.4'N177°59.1'E 1.063 59° 199° 222 km 05m13.1s
00:5232°39.5'N178°21.3'E30°46.2'N179°11.5'E31°42.6'N178°46.3'E 1.063 59° 201° 221 km 05m11.4s
00:5433°03.0'N179°10.5'E31°09.3'N179°58.9'E32°05.9'N179°34.6'E 1.063 58° 203° 221 km 05m09.5s
00:5633°26.5'N179°59.2'W31°32.4'N179°12.7'W32°29.2'N179°36.1'W 1.063 57° 205° 220 km 05m07.5s
00:5833°50.1'N179°07.7'W31°55.5'N178°23.2'W32°52.5'N178°45.6'W 1.063 56° 207° 219 km 05m05.3s
01:0034°13.6'N178°14.8'W32°18.6'N177°32.5'W33°15.9'N177°53.9'W 1.062 55° 209° 219 km 05m03.1s
01:0234°37.2'N177°20.6'W32°41.8'N176°40.5'W33°39.3'N177°00.8'W 1.062 55° 211° 218 km 05m00.7s
01:0435°00.8'N176°24.8'W33°05.0'N175°47.1'W34°02.6'N176°06.2'W 1.062 54° 213° 217 km 04m58.2s
01:0635°24.4'N175°27.4'W33°28.2'N174°52.2'W34°26.1'N175°10.1'W 1.062 53° 215° 217 km 04m55.5s
01:0835°48.1'N174°28.3'W33°51.4'N173°55.7'W34°49.5'N174°12.3'W 1.062 52° 216° 216 km 04m52.8s
01:1036°11.7'N173°27.3'W34°14.6'N172°57.5'W35°12.9'N173°12.8'W 1.061 51° 218° 215 km 04m49.9s
01:1236°35.3'N172°24.2'W34°37.9'N171°57.4'W35°36.3'N172°11.2'W 1.061 49° 220° 214 km 04m46.8s
01:1436°59.0'N171°18.9'W35°01.2'N170°55.2'W35°59.8'N171°07.5'W 1.061 48° 222° 214 km 04m43.7s
01:1637°22.6'N170°11.1'W35°24.4'N169°50.8'W36°23.2'N170°01.5'W 1.061 47° 223° 213 km 04m40.4s
01:1837°46.2'N169°00.8'W35°47.7'N168°44.1'W36°46.6'N168°53.0'W 1.061 46° 225° 212 km 04m36.9s
01:2038°09.7'N167°47.6'W36°11.0'N167°34.7'W37°10.1'N167°41.8'W 1.060 45° 227° 211 km 04m33.3s
01:2238°33.3'N166°31.2'W36°34.2'N166°22.5'W37°33.5'N166°27.6'W 1.060 43° 228° 210 km 04m29.6s
01:2438°56.8'N165°11.3'W36°57.5'N165°07.1'W37°56.8'N165°10.0'W 1.060 42° 230° 209 km 04m25.7s
01:2639°20.2'N163°47.7'W37°20.7'N163°48.2'W38°20.1'N163°48.8'W 1.059 41° 232° 208 km 04m21.6s
01:2839°43.6'N162°19.7'W37°43.8'N162°25.4'W38°43.4'N162°23.6'W 1.059 39° 233° 207 km 04m17.4s
01:3040°06.8'N160°46.9'W38°07.0'N160°58.4'W39°06.6'N160°53.8'W 1.059 38° 235° 206 km 04m13.0s
01:3240°30.0'N159°08.7'W38°30.0'N159°26.5'W39°29.7'N159°18.8'W 1.058 36° 237° 205 km 04m08.4s
01:3440°53.0'N157°24.3'W38°53.0'N157°49.0'W39°52.7'N157°38.1'W 1.058 35° 239° 204 km 04m03.7s
01:3641°15.8'N155°32.8'W39°15.9'N156°05.3'W40°15.5'N155°50.6'W 1.057 33° 241° 203 km 03m58.6s
01:3841°38.3'N153°32.9'W39°38.6'N154°14.2'W40°38.2'N153°55.3'W 1.057 31° 243° 201 km 03m53.4s
01:4042°00.5'N151°23.1'W40°01.1'N152°14.4'W41°00.6'N151°50.7'W 1.056 29° 245° 200 km 03m47.8s
01:4242°22.4'N149°01.1'W40°23.4'N150°04.3'W41°22.7'N149°35.0'W 1.056 27° 247° 198 km 03m41.9s
01:4442°43.7'N146°23.9'W40°45.4'N147°41.3'W41°44.3'N147°05.3'W 1.055 25° 249° 196 km 03m35.7s
01:4643°04.2'N143°26.7'W41°06.9'N145°02.1'W42°05.4'N144°17.6'W 1.054 23° 251° 195 km 03m28.9s
01:4843°23.7'N140°01.8'W41°27.7'N142°00.9'W42°25.6'N141°05.5'W 1.054 20° 254° 192 km 03m21.4s
01:5043°41.5'N135°54.4'W41°47.6'N138°28.4'W42°44.6'N137°17.2'W 1.053 17° 257° 190 km 03m13.0s
01:5243°56.1'N130°28.1'W42°05.9'N134°05.0'W43°01.3'N132°26.8'W 1.051 13° 261° 186 km 03m03.0s
01:5443°58.9'N120°16.5'W42°20.6'N127°53.2'W43°12.2'N124°59.5'W 1.050 266° 181 km 02m48.8s
Limits43°50.0'N115°24.5'W42°16.3'N115°49.5'W43°03.0'N115°37.2'W 1.047 - 175 km 02m33.1s

ΔT = 35907.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:18:58.500:20:31.225°39.1'N017°40.5'E 65.1° 160.0° 229.1 km05m25.12s
Greatest Duration10:20:12.800:21:45.525°53.3'N168°05.9'E 65.1° 161.7° 228.8 km05m25.14s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1540 Apr 09 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 35907.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2025.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.46°.

Acknowledgments

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

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