Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1562 Dec 05

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1562 Dec 05 . 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 -1562 Dec 05
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits05°49.3'S150°45.1'W06°36.4'S151°11.5'W06°12.9'S150°58.2'W 1.027 - 98 km 01m24.5s
15:5008°50.4'S143°06.1'W08°39.7'S146°02.7'W08°48.2'S144°27.4'W 1.029 110° 107 km 01m36.1s
15:5210°55.3'S138°17.1'W11°12.8'S140°09.4'W11°04.8'S139°11.8'W 1.031 13° 109° 114 km 01m46.8s
15:5412°24.0'S135°02.0'W12°50.5'S136°37.7'W12°37.8'S135°49.0'W 1.032 17° 108° 119 km 01m54.4s
15:5613°37.2'S132°26.4'W14°09.1'S133°53.8'W13°53.5'S133°09.5'W 1.033 21° 107° 122 km 02m00.8s
15:5814°41.0'S130°14.1'W15°16.7'S131°36.2'W14°59.2'S130°54.6'W 1.034 24° 106° 125 km 02m06.5s
16:0015°38.3'S128°17.3'W16°17.1'S129°35.8'W15°58.0'S128°56.1'W 1.035 26° 105° 128 km 02m11.7s
16:0216°30.8'S126°32.0'W17°12.1'S127°47.6'W16°51.7'S127°09.3'W 1.036 28° 105° 130 km 02m16.5s
16:0417°19.4'S124°55.3'W18°03.0'S126°08.7'W17°41.5'S125°31.6'W 1.036 31° 104° 132 km 02m21.1s
16:0618°04.9'S123°25.5'W18°50.6'S124°37.1'W18°28.0'S124°00.9'W 1.037 33° 103° 134 km 02m25.4s
16:0818°47.8'S122°01.3'W19°35.3'S123°11.4'W19°11.8'S122°36.0'W 1.037 35° 102° 135 km 02m29.5s
16:1019°28.4'S120°41.9'W20°17.6'S121°50.5'W19°53.2'S121°15.8'W 1.038 36° 101° 137 km 02m33.4s
16:1220°07.1'S119°26.3'W20°57.8'S120°33.7'W20°32.6'S119°59.7'W 1.038 38° 100° 138 km 02m37.2s
16:1420°44.0'S118°14.2'W21°36.1'S119°20.4'W21°10.2'S118°46.9'W 1.039 40° 100° 140 km 02m40.9s
16:1621°19.3'S117°04.9'W22°12.8'S118°10.1'W21°46.2'S117°37.2'W 1.039 41° 99° 141 km 02m44.4s
16:1821°53.1'S115°58.2'W22°48.0'S117°02.4'W22°20.8'S116°29.9'W 1.040 43° 98° 142 km 02m47.9s
16:2022°25.7'S114°53.7'W23°21.9'S115°56.9'W22°54.0'S115°25.0'W 1.040 45° 97° 143 km 02m51.2s
16:2222°57.1'S113°51.2'W23°54.5'S114°53.4'W23°25.9'S114°22.0'W 1.040 46° 96° 144 km 02m54.4s
16:2423°27.3'S112°50.4'W24°25.9'S113°51.7'W23°56.8'S113°20.7'W 1.041 47° 95° 145 km 02m57.5s
16:2623°56.5'S111°51.2'W24°56.2'S112°51.5'W24°26.5'S112°21.0'W 1.041 49° 94° 145 km 03m00.5s
16:2824°24.8'S110°53.3'W25°25.6'S111°52.8'W24°55.3'S111°22.7'W 1.041 50° 93° 146 km 03m03.4s
16:3024°52.1'S109°56.7'W25°53.9'S110°55.2'W25°23.1'S110°25.6'W 1.041 52° 92° 147 km 03m06.2s
16:3225°18.5'S109°01.2'W26°21.4'S109°58.8'W25°50.0'S109°29.7'W 1.042 53° 90° 148 km 03m09.0s
16:3425°44.1'S108°06.7'W26°47.9'S109°03.3'W26°16.1'S108°34.7'W 1.042 54° 89° 148 km 03m11.6s
16:3626°08.8'S107°13.0'W27°13.7'S108°08.7'W26°41.4'S107°40.6'W 1.042 55° 88° 149 km 03m14.2s
16:3826°32.9'S106°20.2'W27°38.7'S107°14.9'W27°05.9'S106°47.2'W 1.042 57° 87° 149 km 03m16.7s
16:4026°56.2'S105°28.0'W28°02.9'S106°21.8'W27°29.6'S105°54.6'W 1.043 58° 85° 150 km 03m19.1s
16:4227°18.7'S104°36.6'W28°26.3'S105°29.3'W27°52.6'S105°02.6'W 1.043 59° 84° 150 km 03m21.4s
16:4427°40.6'S103°45.6'W28°49.1'S104°37.3'W28°14.9'S104°11.2'W 1.043 60° 82° 151 km 03m23.6s
16:4628°01.8'S102°55.2'W29°11.1'S103°45.9'W28°36.6'S103°20.3'W 1.043 61° 81° 151 km 03m25.8s
16:4828°22.4'S102°05.3'W29°32.5'S102°54.8'W28°57.6'S102°29.8'W 1.043 62° 79° 151 km 03m27.8s
16:5028°42.4'S101°15.7'W29°53.3'S102°04.2'W29°17.9'S101°39.7'W 1.044 63° 77° 152 km 03m29.8s
16:5229°01.7'S100°26.5'W30°13.4'S101°13.8'W29°37.6'S100°49.9'W 1.044 64° 75° 152 km 03m31.7s
16:5429°20.4'S099°37.6'W30°32.8'S100°23.8'W29°56.7'S100°00.4'W 1.044 65° 73° 152 km 03m33.5s
16:5629°38.5'S098°49.0'W30°51.7'S099°34.0'W30°15.2'S099°11.2'W 1.044 66° 71° 153 km 03m35.2s
16:5829°56.1'S098°00.6'W31°10.0'S098°44.3'W30°33.1'S098°22.2'W 1.044 67° 69° 153 km 03m36.8s
17:0030°13.0'S097°12.3'W31°27.6'S097°54.9'W30°50.4'S097°33.4'W 1.044 68° 67° 153 km 03m38.4s
17:0230°29.4'S096°24.3'W31°44.7'S097°05.5'W31°07.1'S096°44.7'W 1.044 69° 64° 153 km 03m39.8s
17:0430°45.3'S095°36.3'W32°01.2'S096°16.2'W31°23.3'S095°56.1'W 1.044 70° 61° 154 km 03m41.2s
17:0631°00.6'S094°48.4'W32°17.1'S095°27.0'W31°38.9'S095°07.5'W 1.044 71° 59° 154 km 03m42.4s
17:0831°15.3'S094°00.6'W32°32.4'S094°37.9'W31°53.9'S094°19.0'W 1.045 72° 55° 154 km 03m43.6s
17:1031°29.6'S093°12.8'W32°47.2'S093°48.7'W32°08.4'S093°30.6'W 1.045 73° 52° 154 km 03m44.7s
17:1231°43.2'S092°25.1'W33°01.4'S092°59.5'W32°22.3'S092°42.1'W 1.045 73° 49° 154 km 03m45.7s
17:1431°56.4'S091°37.3'W33°15.0'S092°10.2'W32°35.7'S091°53.6'W 1.045 74° 45° 154 km 03m46.6s
17:1632°09.0'S090°49.4'W33°28.1'S091°20.9'W32°48.5'S091°05.0'W 1.045 74° 41° 154 km 03m47.4s
17:1832°21.0'S090°01.5'W33°40.6'S090°31.4'W33°00.8'S090°16.3'W 1.045 75° 36° 154 km 03m48.1s
17:2032°32.6'S089°13.5'W33°52.6'S089°41.9'W33°12.6'S089°27.5'W 1.045 75° 32° 154 km 03m48.7s
17:2232°43.6'S088°25.4'W34°04.0'S088°52.2'W33°23.8'S088°38.6'W 1.045 76° 27° 154 km 03m49.2s
17:2432°54.0'S087°37.1'W34°14.9'S088°02.3'W33°34.5'S087°49.6'W 1.045 76° 22° 154 km 03m49.6s
17:2633°04.0'S086°48.7'W34°25.2'S087°12.2'W33°44.6'S087°00.3'W 1.045 76° 17° 154 km 03m49.9s
17:2833°13.4'S086°00.1'W34°34.9'S086°21.9'W33°54.1'S086°10.9'W 1.045 76° 11° 154 km 03m50.2s
17:3033°22.3'S085°11.3'W34°44.1'S085°31.4'W34°03.2'S085°21.3'W 1.045 76° 154 km 03m50.3s
17:3233°30.6'S084°22.2'W34°52.6'S084°40.7'W34°11.6'S084°31.4'W 1.045 76° 154 km 03m50.3s
17:3433°38.4'S083°33.0'W35°00.7'S083°49.7'W34°19.5'S083°41.3'W 1.045 76° 355° 154 km 03m50.2s
17:3633°45.7'S082°43.5'W35°08.1'S082°58.4'W34°26.9'S082°50.9'W 1.045 76° 350° 154 km 03m50.1s
17:3833°52.4'S081°53.7'W35°15.0'S082°06.8'W34°33.7'S082°00.2'W 1.045 76° 345° 154 km 03m49.8s
17:4033°58.5'S081°03.6'W35°21.3'S081°14.9'W34°39.9'S081°09.2'W 1.045 75° 341° 154 km 03m49.4s
17:4234°04.1'S080°13.1'W35°27.0'S080°22.6'W34°45.5'S080°17.9'W 1.045 75° 336° 154 km 03m48.9s
17:4434°09.2'S079°22.4'W35°32.1'S079°30.0'W34°50.6'S079°26.2'W 1.045 74° 332° 154 km 03m48.4s
17:4634°13.6'S078°31.2'W35°36.5'S078°36.9'W34°55.1'S078°34.1'W 1.045 73° 328° 154 km 03m47.7s
17:4834°17.5'S077°39.7'W35°40.4'S077°43.5'W34°58.9'S077°41.7'W 1.045 73° 324° 153 km 03m46.9s
17:5034°20.8'S076°47.8'W35°43.7'S076°49.7'W35°02.2'S076°48.8'W 1.045 72° 321° 153 km 03m46.0s
17:5234°23.5'S075°55.5'W35°46.3'S075°55.4'W35°04.9'S075°55.5'W 1.045 71° 317° 153 km 03m45.1s
17:5434°25.6'S075°02.6'W35°48.3'S075°00.6'W35°07.0'S075°01.8'W 1.045 70° 314° 153 km 03m44.0s
17:5634°27.1'S074°09.4'W35°49.6'S074°05.4'W35°08.4'S074°07.5'W 1.044 70° 311° 152 km 03m42.8s
17:5834°28.0'S073°15.6'W35°50.3'S073°09.6'W35°09.2'S073°12.8'W 1.044 69° 309° 152 km 03m41.5s
18:0034°28.3'S072°21.3'W35°50.3'S072°13.3'W35°09.3'S072°17.5'W 1.044 68° 306° 152 km 03m40.2s
18:0234°27.9'S071°26.4'W35°49.6'S071°16.4'W35°08.8'S071°21.6'W 1.044 67° 304° 151 km 03m38.7s
18:0434°26.8'S070°30.9'W35°48.3'S070°18.9'W35°07.5'S070°25.1'W 1.044 66° 301° 151 km 03m37.1s
18:0634°25.1'S069°34.8'W35°46.2'S069°20.8'W35°05.6'S069°28.0'W 1.044 65° 299° 151 km 03m35.5s
18:0834°22.7'S068°38.0'W35°43.3'S068°22.0'W35°03.0'S068°30.3'W 1.044 64° 297° 150 km 03m33.7s
18:1034°19.6'S067°40.5'W35°39.7'S067°22.5'W34°59.7'S067°31.8'W 1.044 63° 295° 150 km 03m31.9s
18:1234°15.7'S066°42.3'W35°35.4'S066°22.3'W34°55.6'S066°32.6'W 1.043 62° 293° 150 km 03m29.9s
18:1434°11.1'S065°43.3'W35°30.3'S065°21.2'W34°50.7'S065°32.6'W 1.043 61° 291° 149 km 03m27.9s
18:1634°05.8'S064°43.5'W35°24.3'S064°19.3'W34°45.1'S064°31.7'W 1.043 59° 290° 149 km 03m25.7s
18:1833°59.6'S063°42.7'W35°17.5'S063°16.6'W34°38.6'S063°30.0'W 1.043 58° 288° 148 km 03m23.5s
18:2033°52.6'S062°41.1'W35°09.8'S062°12.8'W34°31.3'S062°27.3'W 1.043 57° 286° 148 km 03m21.2s
18:2233°44.8'S061°38.4'W35°01.3'S061°08.1'W34°23.1'S061°23.6'W 1.042 56° 285° 147 km 03m18.7s
18:2433°36.1'S060°34.6'W34°51.8'S060°02.3'W34°14.0'S060°18.8'W 1.042 55° 283° 146 km 03m16.2s
18:2633°26.5'S059°29.6'W34°41.3'S058°55.2'W34°04.0'S059°12.8'W 1.042 53° 281° 146 km 03m13.6s
18:2833°15.9'S058°23.4'W34°29.8'S057°46.9'W33°52.9'S058°05.5'W 1.042 52° 280° 145 km 03m10.9s
18:3033°04.3'S057°15.8'W34°17.3'S056°37.3'W33°40.9'S056°56.9'W 1.041 51° 279° 144 km 03m08.1s
18:3232°51.7'S056°06.7'W34°03.6'S055°26.1'W33°27.7'S055°46.8'W 1.041 49° 277° 144 km 03m05.2s
18:3432°38.0'S054°56.0'W33°48.8'S054°13.4'W33°13.5'S054°35.1'W 1.041 48° 276° 143 km 03m02.2s
18:3632°23.0'S053°43.5'W33°32.7'S052°58.8'W32°58.0'S053°21.6'W 1.041 47° 274° 142 km 02m59.0s
18:3832°06.9'S052°29.0'W33°15.3'S051°42.2'W32°41.2'S052°06.1'W 1.040 45° 273° 141 km 02m55.8s
18:4031°49.3'S051°12.5'W32°56.4'S050°23.5'W32°23.0'S050°48.5'W 1.040 44° 272° 140 km 02m52.5s
18:4231°30.4'S049°53.5'W32°36.1'S049°02.4'W32°03.4'S049°28.4'W 1.040 42° 270° 139 km 02m49.0s
18:4431°09.9'S048°31.8'W32°14.0'S047°38.5'W31°42.1'S048°05.6'W 1.039 41° 269° 138 km 02m45.5s
18:4630°47.6'S047°07.1'W31°50.2'S046°11.5'W31°19.1'S046°39.8'W 1.039 39° 268° 137 km 02m41.8s
18:4830°23.5'S045°38.9'W31°24.3'S044°40.9'W30°54.1'S045°10.4'W 1.038 37° 267° 136 km 02m37.9s
18:5029°57.3'S044°06.8'W30°56.2'S043°06.2'W30°27.0'S043°37.0'W 1.038 35° 265° 134 km 02m33.9s
18:5229°28.7'S042°29.9'W30°25.6'S041°26.7'W29°57.4'S041°58.9'W 1.037 33° 264° 133 km 02m29.8s
18:5428°57.4'S040°47.6'W29°52.0'S039°41.5'W29°25.0'S040°15.1'W 1.037 32° 263° 131 km 02m25.4s
18:5628°22.9'S038°58.6'W29°15.0'S037°49.2'W28°49.2'S038°24.5'W 1.036 29° 261° 130 km 02m20.8s
18:5827°44.7'S037°01.4'W28°33.9'S035°48.2'W28°09.6'S036°25.5'W 1.036 27° 260° 128 km 02m16.0s
19:0027°01.7'S034°53.6'W27°47.6'S033°35.9'W27°25.0'S034°15.5'W 1.035 25° 259° 125 km 02m10.8s
19:0226°12.7'S032°31.8'W26°54.4'S031°08.3'W26°33.9'S031°50.8'W 1.034 22° 257° 123 km 02m05.3s
19:0425°15.2'S029°49.9'W25°51.7'S028°18.2'W25°33.9'S029°05.0'W 1.033 19° 256° 120 km 01m59.1s
19:0624°04.9'S026°36.4'W24°33.5'S024°50.9'W24°19.9'S025°45.0'W 1.032 15° 254° 116 km 01m51.9s
19:0822°30.2'S022°20.9'W22°42.5'S020°02.5'W22°37.8'S021°14.7'W 1.031 10° 252° 111 km 01m42.9s
Limits18°28.3'S011°37.8'W19°15.6'S011°09.3'W18°52.0'S011°23.6'W 1.027 - 100 km 01m25.6s

ΔT = 36365.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:35:33.217:29:27.834°00.8'S122°29.1'E 76.4° 7.5° 154.4 km03m50.26s
Greatest Duration03:37:33.917:31:28.534°09.4'S084°44.5'W 76.4° 2.1° 154.4 km03m50.31s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1562 Dec 05 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 36365.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2094.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.75°.

Acknowledgments

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

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