Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1576 Mar 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1576 Mar 18 . 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 -1576 Mar 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits00°13.3'N016°22.3'W01°12.4'S016°22.7'W00°29.7'S016°22.2'W 1.046 - 157 km 02m30.6s
07:2000°24.4'S009°26.9'W02°05.3'S007°01.0'W01°15.2'S008°07.2'W 1.048 96° 167 km 02m50.4s
07:2200°42.2'S004°03.5'W02°19.8'S002°27.7'W01°31.0'S003°13.2'W 1.050 14° 96° 173 km 03m04.2s
07:2400°47.4'S000°33.3'W02°24.8'S000°46.8'E01°36.1'S000°08.4'E 1.051 18° 96° 178 km 03m14.5s
07:2600°47.5'S002°12.1'E02°25.3'S003°24.3'E01°36.4'S002°49.5'E 1.052 21° 96° 181 km 03m23.3s
07:2800°44.6'S004°31.4'E02°22.8'S005°38.8'E01°33.7'S005°06.2'E 1.053 24° 96° 185 km 03m31.2s
07:3000°39.7'S006°33.3'E02°18.3'S007°37.6'E01°29.0'S007°06.4'E 1.054 26° 96° 187 km 03m38.5s
07:3200°33.2'S008°22.5'E02°12.3'S009°24.6'E01°22.7'S008°54.4'E 1.055 29° 97° 190 km 03m45.3s
07:3400°25.4'S010°01.8'E02°05.1'S011°02.4'E01°15.2'S010°32.8'E 1.055 31° 97° 192 km 03m51.7s
07:3600°16.8'S011°33.2'E01°56.8'S012°32.7'E01°06.7'S012°03.7'E 1.056 33° 97° 195 km 03m57.8s
07:3800°07.2'S012°58.2'E01°47.7'S013°56.9'E00°57.4'S013°28.2'E 1.056 34° 97° 197 km 04m03.6s
07:4000°03.0'N014°17.7'E01°37.8'S015°15.8'E00°47.3'S014°47.4'E 1.057 36° 97° 198 km 04m09.1s
07:4200°13.9'N015°32.6'E01°27.3'S016°30.3'E00°36.6'S016°02.0'E 1.057 38° 98° 200 km 04m14.4s
07:4400°25.3'N016°43.4'E01°16.1'S017°40.9'E00°25.4'S017°12.7'E 1.058 40° 98° 202 km 04m19.5s
07:4600°37.2'N017°50.8'E01°04.5'S018°48.1'E00°13.6'S018°20.0'E 1.058 41° 98° 203 km 04m24.5s
07:4800°49.6'N018°55.0'E00°52.4'S019°52.2'E00°01.4'S019°24.1'E 1.058 43° 99° 205 km 04m29.2s
07:5001°02.4'N019°56.5'E00°39.9'S020°53.6'E00°11.3'N020°25.5'E 1.059 44° 99° 206 km 04m33.8s
07:5201°15.5'N020°55.5'E00°26.9'S021°52.7'E00°24.3'N021°24.5'E 1.059 46° 100° 208 km 04m38.2s
07:5401°29.0'N021°52.3'E00°13.6'S022°49.5'E00°37.8'N022°21.3'E 1.059 47° 100° 209 km 04m42.4s
07:5601°42.9'N022°47.0'E00°00.1'N023°44.3'E00°51.5'N023°16.0'E 1.060 48° 101° 210 km 04m46.5s
07:5801°57.0'N023°39.9'E00°14.1'N024°37.3'E01°05.6'N024°09.0'E 1.060 50° 101° 211 km 04m50.5s
08:0002°11.4'N024°31.1'E00°28.4'N025°28.6'E01°19.9'N025°00.2'E 1.060 51° 102° 212 km 04m54.3s
08:0202°26.1'N025°20.8'E00°43.0'N026°18.4'E01°34.6'N025°50.0'E 1.061 52° 103° 213 km 04m58.0s
08:0402°41.1'N026°09.1'E00°57.9'N027°06.9'E01°49.5'N026°38.3'E 1.061 53° 103° 214 km 05m01.5s
08:0602°56.3'N026°56.0'E01°13.0'N027°54.0'E02°04.7'N027°25.3'E 1.061 55° 104° 214 km 05m04.9s
08:0803°11.8'N027°41.8'E01°28.4'N028°39.9'E02°20.1'N028°11.1'E 1.061 56° 105° 215 km 05m08.2s
08:1003°27.5'N028°26.5'E01°44.0'N029°24.7'E02°35.8'N028°55.9'E 1.062 57° 106° 216 km 05m11.3s
08:1203°43.4'N029°10.1'E01°59.9'N030°08.5'E02°51.7'N029°39.6'E 1.062 58° 107° 216 km 05m14.3s
08:1403°59.5'N029°52.8'E02°16.0'N030°51.4'E03°07.8'N030°22.4'E 1.062 59° 108° 217 km 05m17.1s
08:1604°15.9'N030°34.7'E02°32.3'N031°33.4'E03°24.1'N031°04.2'E 1.062 60° 109° 217 km 05m19.8s
08:1804°32.4'N031°15.7'E02°48.8'N032°14.5'E03°40.6'N031°45.3'E 1.062 61° 110° 218 km 05m22.4s
08:2004°49.2'N031°56.0'E03°05.6'N032°55.0'E03°57.4'N032°25.7'E 1.062 62° 112° 218 km 05m24.9s
08:2205°06.1'N032°35.6'E03°22.5'N033°34.7'E04°14.3'N033°05.3'E 1.063 63° 113° 219 km 05m27.2s
08:2405°23.2'N033°14.5'E03°39.6'N034°13.7'E04°31.4'N033°44.3'E 1.063 64° 115° 219 km 05m29.4s
08:2605°40.5'N033°52.9'E03°57.0'N034°52.2'E04°48.7'N034°22.7'E 1.063 65° 116° 219 km 05m31.4s
08:2805°58.0'N034°30.7'E04°14.5'N035°30.1'E05°06.2'N035°00.6'E 1.063 66° 118° 219 km 05m33.4s
08:3006°15.7'N035°08.1'E04°32.2'N036°07.6'E05°23.9'N035°38.0'E 1.063 67° 120° 219 km 05m35.2s
08:3206°33.5'N035°44.9'E04°50.0'N036°44.5'E05°41.7'N036°14.9'E 1.063 67° 122° 220 km 05m36.8s
08:3406°51.5'N036°21.4'E05°08.1'N037°21.0'E05°59.8'N036°51.4'E 1.063 68° 124° 220 km 05m38.4s
08:3607°09.7'N036°57.5'E05°26.3'N037°57.2'E06°18.0'N037°27.5'E 1.063 69° 127° 220 km 05m39.8s
08:3807°28.1'N037°33.3'E05°44.7'N038°33.0'E06°36.4'N038°03.2'E 1.064 70° 129° 220 km 05m41.0s
08:4007°46.6'N038°08.7'E06°03.3'N039°08.5'E06°54.9'N038°38.7'E 1.064 70° 132° 220 km 05m42.2s
08:4208°05.3'N038°43.9'E06°22.1'N039°43.7'E07°13.6'N039°13.9'E 1.064 71° 135° 220 km 05m43.2s
08:4408°24.2'N039°18.9'E06°41.0'N040°18.6'E07°32.5'N039°48.8'E 1.064 71° 138° 220 km 05m44.1s
08:4608°43.3'N039°53.7'E07°00.1'N040°53.3'E07°51.6'N040°23.6'E 1.064 72° 141° 220 km 05m44.8s
08:4809°02.5'N040°28.3'E07°19.3'N041°27.9'E08°10.8'N040°58.1'E 1.064 72° 144° 219 km 05m45.4s
08:5009°21.9'N041°02.7'E07°38.8'N042°02.3'E08°30.2'N041°32.6'E 1.064 72° 148° 219 km 05m45.9s
08:5209°41.4'N041°37.1'E07°58.4'N042°36.6'E08°49.8'N042°06.9'E 1.064 73° 151° 219 km 05m46.3s
08:5410°01.2'N042°11.4'E08°18.1'N043°10.8'E09°09.6'N042°41.1'E 1.064 73° 155° 219 km 05m46.5s
08:5610°21.1'N042°45.6'E08°38.1'N043°44.9'E09°29.5'N043°15.3'E 1.064 73° 159° 219 km 05m46.6s
08:5810°41.1'N043°19.9'E08°58.2'N044°19.0'E09°49.5'N043°49.4'E 1.064 73° 163° 218 km 05m46.6s
09:0011°01.4'N043°54.1'E09°18.4'N044°53.1'E10°09.8'N044°23.6'E 1.064 73° 166° 218 km 05m46.4s
09:0211°21.8'N044°28.4'E09°38.9'N045°27.2'E10°30.2'N044°57.8'E 1.064 73° 170° 218 km 05m46.2s
09:0411°42.4'N045°02.8'E09°59.5'N046°01.4'E10°50.8'N045°32.1'E 1.064 73° 174° 217 km 05m45.8s
09:0612°03.2'N045°37.3'E10°20.3'N046°35.7'E11°11.6'N046°06.5'E 1.064 72° 177° 217 km 05m45.2s
09:0812°24.1'N046°12.0'E10°41.3'N047°10.1'E11°32.6'N046°41.0'E 1.064 72° 181° 217 km 05m44.6s
09:1012°45.3'N046°46.8'E11°02.4'N047°44.7'E11°53.7'N047°15.7'E 1.064 72° 184° 216 km 05m43.8s
09:1213°06.6'N047°21.9'E11°23.8'N048°19.5'E12°15.1'N047°50.6'E 1.064 71° 188° 216 km 05m42.9s
09:1413°28.1'N047°57.2'E11°45.3'N048°54.4'E12°36.6'N048°25.8'E 1.064 71° 191° 216 km 05m41.9s
09:1613°49.8'N048°32.8'E12°07.0'N049°29.7'E12°58.3'N049°01.2'E 1.064 70° 194° 215 km 05m40.7s
09:1814°11.7'N049°08.7'E12°28.9'N050°05.2'E13°20.2'N049°36.9'E 1.064 69° 196° 215 km 05m39.4s
09:2014°33.8'N049°44.9'E12°51.0'N050°41.1'E13°42.2'N050°12.9'E 1.064 69° 199° 214 km 05m38.0s
09:2214°56.1'N050°21.6'E13°13.3'N051°17.3'E14°04.5'N050°49.4'E 1.064 68° 202° 214 km 05m36.5s
09:2415°18.6'N050°58.7'E13°35.8'N051°53.9'E14°27.0'N051°26.2'E 1.063 67° 204° 213 km 05m34.9s
09:2615°41.3'N051°36.3'E13°58.5'N052°31.0'E14°49.7'N052°03.5'E 1.063 67° 206° 213 km 05m33.1s
09:2816°04.3'N052°14.4'E14°21.4'N053°08.6'E15°12.7'N052°41.4'E 1.063 66° 208° 212 km 05m31.2s
09:3016°27.4'N052°53.1'E14°44.5'N053°46.7'E15°35.8'N053°19.8'E 1.063 65° 210° 212 km 05m29.2s
09:3216°50.8'N053°32.4'E15°07.9'N054°25.5'E15°59.2'N053°58.8'E 1.063 64° 212° 211 km 05m27.1s
09:3417°14.4'N054°12.4'E15°31.5'N055°04.8'E16°22.8'N054°38.5'E 1.063 63° 214° 211 km 05m24.9s
09:3617°38.3'N054°53.2'E15°55.3'N055°44.9'E16°46.6'N055°18.9'E 1.063 62° 216° 210 km 05m22.5s
09:3818°02.4'N055°34.7'E16°19.3'N056°25.7'E17°10.7'N056°00.0'E 1.063 61° 217° 209 km 05m20.0s
09:4018°26.8'N056°17.2'E16°43.7'N057°07.3'E17°35.0'N056°42.0'E 1.062 60° 219° 209 km 05m17.4s
09:4218°51.4'N057°00.5'E17°08.2'N057°49.9'E17°59.6'N057°25.0'E 1.062 59° 220° 208 km 05m14.7s
09:4419°16.3'N057°44.9'E17°33.1'N058°33.4'E18°24.5'N058°08.9'E 1.062 58° 221° 207 km 05m11.9s
09:4619°41.5'N058°30.4'E17°58.2'N059°17.9'E18°49.7'N058°53.9'E 1.062 57° 223° 207 km 05m08.9s
09:4820°07.0'N059°17.1'E18°23.7'N060°03.6'E19°15.1'N059°40.1'E 1.062 56° 224° 206 km 05m05.8s
09:5020°32.9'N060°05.1'E18°49.4'N060°50.6'E19°40.9'N060°27.5'E 1.061 54° 225° 205 km 05m02.6s
09:5220°59.0'N060°54.5'E19°15.5'N061°38.8'E20°07.0'N061°16.3'E 1.061 53° 227° 204 km 04m59.3s
09:5421°25.5'N061°45.4'E19°41.9'N062°28.5'E20°33.4'N062°06.7'E 1.061 52° 228° 204 km 04m55.9s
09:5621°52.4'N062°38.0'E20°08.6'N063°19.8'E21°00.2'N062°58.6'E 1.061 51° 229° 203 km 04m52.3s
09:5822°19.6'N063°32.5'E20°35.8'N064°12.9'E21°27.4'N063°52.3'E 1.061 50° 230° 202 km 04m48.6s
10:0022°47.2'N064°28.9'E21°03.3'N065°07.8'E21°55.0'N064°48.0'E 1.060 48° 231° 201 km 04m44.7s
10:0223°15.3'N065°27.6'E21°31.3'N066°04.8'E22°23.0'N065°45.8'E 1.060 47° 232° 200 km 04m40.8s
10:0423°43.8'N066°28.6'E21°59.7'N067°04.2'E22°51.5'N066°45.9'E 1.060 45° 233° 199 km 04m36.6s
10:0624°12.8'N067°32.4'E22°28.6'N068°06.0'E23°20.4'N067°48.7'E 1.059 44° 234° 198 km 04m32.4s
10:0824°42.4'N068°39.1'E22°58.0'N069°10.7'E23°49.9'N068°54.4'E 1.059 43° 235° 197 km 04m28.0s
10:1025°12.5'N069°49.2'E23°28.0'N070°18.5'E24°20.0'N070°03.3'E 1.059 41° 236° 196 km 04m23.4s
10:1225°43.3'N071°03.1'E23°58.6'N071°29.9'E24°50.7'N071°15.9'E 1.058 39° 237° 195 km 04m18.6s
10:1426°14.7'N072°21.3'E24°30.0'N072°45.4'E25°22.0'N072°32.7'E 1.058 38° 238° 193 km 04m13.7s
10:1626°46.9'N073°44.4'E25°02.0'N074°05.4'E25°54.2'N073°54.2'E 1.057 36° 240° 192 km 04m08.6s
10:1827°20.0'N075°13.2'E25°34.9'N075°30.7'E26°27.2'N075°21.2'E 1.057 34° 241° 191 km 04m03.2s
10:2027°54.0'N076°48.6'E26°08.8'N077°02.3'E27°01.1'N076°54.6'E 1.056 32° 242° 189 km 03m57.6s
10:2228°29.2'N078°32.1'E26°43.8'N078°41.2'E27°36.2'N078°35.7'E 1.056 30° 243° 187 km 03m51.8s
10:2429°05.7'N080°25.3'E27°20.1'N080°29.1'E28°12.6'N080°26.1'E 1.055 28° 244° 186 km 03m45.6s
10:2629°43.9'N082°30.9'E27°58.0'N082°28.1'E28°50.6'N082°28.2'E 1.055 26° 246° 184 km 03m39.0s
10:2830°24.1'N084°52.4'E28°37.9'N084°41.4'E29°30.7'N084°45.5'E 1.054 23° 247° 181 km 03m31.9s
10:3031°07.1'N087°36.0'E29°20.4'N087°14.2'E30°13.4'N087°23.3'E 1.053 21° 249° 179 km 03m24.2s
10:3231°54.1'N090°52.8'E30°06.5'N090°15.1'E30°59.9'N090°31.6'E 1.052 18° 251° 176 km 03m15.5s
10:3432°47.9'N095°08.2'E30°58.5'N094°02.7'E31°52.7'N094°31.8'E 1.051 14° 253° 173 km 03m05.2s
10:3633°59.5'N102°02.0'E32°02.9'N099°32.8'E33°00.0'N100°36.2'E 1.049 257° 167 km 02m51.2s
Limits34°59.1'N109°43.1'E33°32.3'N109°47.5'E34°15.6'N109°45.2'E 1.047 - 160 km 02m33.2s

ΔT = 36682.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:09:21.108:57:58.309°49.3'N109°26.9'W 73.0° 162.5° 218.4 km05m46.58s
Greatest Duration19:08:00.908:56:38.009°35.8'N043°26.1'E 73.0° 160.0° 218.5 km05m46.61s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1576 Mar 18 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 36682.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2143.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.95°.

Acknowledgments

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

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