Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1493 Apr 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1493 Apr 16 . 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 1493 Apr 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits72°13.9'S056°20.8'E73°39.4'S061°31.1'E72°57.1'S058°45.4'E 1.032 - 232 km 01m57.4s
05:2465°16.8'S072°54.1'E - - 68°35.2'S069°22.5'E 1.034 28° 238 km 02m09.6s
05:2663°22.3'S076°44.8'E69°16.9'S071°43.1'E65°54.5'S075°00.7'E 1.035 23° 244 km 02m17.6s
05:2861°50.5'S079°42.3'E66°38.9'S077°05.3'E64°02.5'S078°41.6'E 1.035 11° 19° 248 km 02m23.4s
05:3060°32.2'S082°09.8'E64°47.9'S080°39.3'E62°32.1'S081°33.6'E 1.036 13° 15° 252 km 02m28.1s
05:3259°23.2'S084°17.8'E63°18.1'S083°27.1'E61°14.8'S083°57.6'E 1.036 15° 13° 255 km 02m32.1s
05:3458°21.0'S086°11.9'E62°01.3'S085°48.3'E60°06.6'S086°03.1'E 1.037 16° 10° 259 km 02m35.7s
05:3657°24.3'S087°55.6'E60°53.5'S087°51.9'E59°05.1'S087°55.5'E 1.037 17° 262 km 02m38.9s
05:3856°31.9'S089°31.3'E59°52.4'S089°42.9'E58°08.9'S089°38.0'E 1.037 18° 266 km 02m41.7s
05:4055°43.3'S091°00.5'E58°56.7'S091°24.4'E57°17.2'S091°12.8'E 1.038 19° 269 km 02m44.3s
05:4254°57.8'S092°24.6'E58°05.3'S092°58.6'E56°29.0'S092°41.5'E 1.038 20° 273 km 02m46.6s
05:4454°15.0'S093°44.4'E57°17.6'S094°27.0'E55°44.0'S094°05.3'E 1.038 21° 359° 276 km 02m48.7s
05:4653°34.7'S095°00.6'E56°33.0'S095°50.7'E55°01.8'S095°25.0'E 1.038 22° 357° 279 km 02m50.6s
05:4852°56.5'S096°13.9'E55°51.1'S097°10.5'E54°21.9'S096°41.3'E 1.039 22° 355° 282 km 02m52.3s
05:5052°20.4'S097°24.6'E55°11.7'S098°27.2'E53°44.3'S097°54.9'E 1.039 23° 354° 285 km 02m53.8s
05:5251°46.0'S098°33.3'E54°34.6'S099°41.2'E53°08.7'S099°06.1'E 1.039 23° 352° 288 km 02m55.1s
05:5451°13.4'S099°40.3'E53°59.4'S100°53.2'E52°34.8'S100°15.5'E 1.039 24° 350° 291 km 02m56.2s
05:5650°42.3'S100°45.8'E53°26.0'S102°03.3'E52°02.7'S101°23.2'E 1.039 24° 348° 294 km 02m57.2s
05:5850°12.6'S101°50.2'E52°54.4'S103°12.0'E51°32.1'S102°29.6'E 1.039 24° 347° 297 km 02m58.0s
06:0049°44.4'S102°53.6'E52°24.4'S104°19.7'E51°03.0'S103°35.1'E 1.039 25° 345° 300 km 02m58.6s
06:0249°17.5'S103°56.3'E51°55.8'S105°26.4'E50°35.4'S104°39.7'E 1.039 25° 343° 302 km 02m59.1s
06:0448°51.8'S104°58.5'E51°28.7'S106°32.6'E50°09.0'S105°43.8'E 1.039 25° 341° 305 km 02m59.4s
06:0648°27.4'S106°00.4'E51°03.0'S107°38.5'E49°44.0'S106°47.6'E 1.039 25° 340° 307 km 02m59.5s
06:0848°04.1'S107°02.2'E50°38.6'S108°44.2'E49°20.2'S107°51.2'E 1.039 25° 338° 309 km 02m59.5s
06:1047°42.0'S108°04.0'E50°15.6'S109°50.0'E48°57.7'S108°55.0'E 1.039 25° 336° 310 km 02m59.4s
06:1247°21.1'S109°06.1'E49°53.7'S110°56.1'E48°36.3'S109°59.0'E 1.039 25° 335° 312 km 02m59.0s
06:1447°01.2'S110°08.6'E49°33.2'S112°02.8'E48°16.1'S111°03.4'E 1.039 25° 333° 313 km 02m58.5s
06:1646°42.5'S111°11.7'E49°13.9'S113°10.3'E47°57.1'S112°08.6'E 1.039 24° 331° 314 km 02m57.9s
06:1846°24.9'S112°15.7'E48°55.8'S114°18.8'E47°39.3'S113°14.7'E 1.039 24° 330° 314 km 02m57.0s
06:2046°08.5'S113°20.6'E48°39.0'S115°28.6'E47°22.7'S114°22.0'E 1.039 24° 328° 314 km 02m56.0s
06:2245°53.2'S114°26.9'E48°23.5'S116°40.1'E47°07.3'S115°30.7'E 1.039 23° 326° 314 km 02m54.9s
06:2445°39.1'S115°34.7'E48°09.4'S117°53.5'E46°53.2'S116°41.1'E 1.038 23° 325° 313 km 02m53.5s
06:2645°26.3'S116°44.4'E47°56.6'S119°09.3'E46°40.4'S117°53.6'E 1.038 22° 323° 312 km 02m52.0s
06:2845°14.7'S117°56.2'E47°45.4'S120°28.0'E46°28.9'S119°08.6'E 1.038 22° 321° 310 km 02m50.2s
06:3045°04.5'S119°10.6'E47°35.8'S121°50.1'E46°19.0'S120°26.5'E 1.038 21° 319° 308 km 02m48.3s
06:3244°55.8'S120°28.1'E47°27.9'S123°16.4'E46°10.6'S121°48.0'E 1.038 20° 318° 305 km 02m46.1s
06:3444°48.7'S121°49.2'E47°21.9'S124°47.7'E46°04.0'S123°13.7'E 1.037 20° 316° 302 km 02m43.7s
06:3644°43.4'S123°14.7'E47°18.2'S126°25.3'E45°59.4'S124°44.5'E 1.037 19° 314° 298 km 02m41.1s
06:3844°40.0'S124°45.5'E47°17.2'S128°10.8'E45°57.0'S126°21.8'E 1.037 18° 312° 293 km 02m38.2s
06:4044°39.0'S126°23.0'E47°19.3'S130°06.8'E45°57.2'S128°07.2'E 1.036 16° 310° 288 km 02m34.9s
06:4244°40.7'S128°08.8'E47°25.6'S132°16.9'E46°00.8'S130°03.2'E 1.036 15° 308° 282 km 02m31.3s
06:4444°45.8'S130°05.6'E47°37.6'S134°47.8'E46°08.6'S132°13.8'E 1.036 13° 306° 275 km 02m27.2s
06:4644°55.3'S132°17.4'E47°58.7'S137°53.2'E46°22.4'S134°45.6'E 1.035 12° 304° 267 km 02m22.4s
06:4845°11.1'S134°51.7'E48°38.5'S142°12.6'E46°45.6'S137°53.1'E 1.034 301° 258 km 02m16.6s
06:5045°37.2'S138°04.1'E - - 47°29.0'S142°19.2'E 1.033 297° 246 km 02m08.8s
Limits48°15.1'S150°47.2'E50°21.9'S150°29.3'E49°17.2'S150°39.0'E 1.031 - 227 km 01m55.5s

ΔT = 202.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:10:18.606:06:56.649°32.6'S106°27.0'E 24.9° 338.9° 307.8 km02m59.56s
Greatest Duration06:10:12.806:06:50.849°33.8'S107°14.5'E 24.9° 338.9° 307.7 km02m59.56s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1493 Apr 16 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 202.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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