Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1496 Aug 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1496 Aug 08 . 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 1496 Aug 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits35°07.1'N155°56.3'E33°34.2'N156°48.4'E34°20.5'N156°22.7'E 1.050 - 187 km 02m35.9s
19:0236°45.3'N162°57.8'E36°12.8'N169°07.2'E36°35.8'N166°28.5'E 1.053 80° 196 km 02m55.2s
19:0438°16.3'N170°15.6'E37°08.4'N174°13.3'E37°44.4'N172°22.5'E 1.055 14° 84° 200 km 03m07.9s
19:0639°07.2'N174°54.3'E37°45.6'N178°05.3'E38°27.6'N176°34.9'E 1.056 18° 87° 204 km 03m17.4s
19:0839°43.2'N178°36.0'E38°13.3'N178°40.6'W38°59.0'N179°58.4'W 1.057 21° 90° 206 km 03m25.6s
19:1040°10.5'N178°14.5'W38°34.6'N175°50.5'W39°23.2'N176°59.3'W 1.058 24° 92° 208 km 03m32.9s
19:1240°31.9'N175°26.4'W38°51.4'N173°17.6'W39°42.1'N174°19.2'W 1.058 26° 94° 210 km 03m39.6s
19:1440°49.0'N172°53.9'W39°04.7'N170°57.6'W39°57.2'N171°53.2'W 1.059 28° 96° 212 km 03m45.8s
19:1641°02.5'N170°33.4'W39°15.2'N168°47.9'W40°09.1'N169°38.3'W 1.060 30° 98° 213 km 03m51.7s
19:1841°13.2'N168°22.5'W39°23.2'N166°46.6'W40°18.4'N167°32.4'W 1.060 32° 100° 215 km 03m57.2s
19:2041°21.5'N166°19.6'W39°29.2'N164°52.3'W40°25.5'N165°34.0'W 1.061 34° 102° 216 km 04m02.5s
19:2241°27.7'N164°23.4'W39°33.4'N163°04.1'W40°30.6'N163°41.9'W 1.061 36° 104° 217 km 04m07.6s
19:2441°32.0'N162°33.1'W39°36.1'N161°21.1'W40°34.1'N161°55.4'W 1.062 37° 106° 218 km 04m12.4s
19:2641°34.8'N160°47.8'W39°37.3'N159°42.6'W40°36.1'N160°13.6'W 1.062 39° 108° 219 km 04m17.0s
19:2841°36.1'N159°07.0'W39°37.3'N158°08.3'W40°36.7'N158°36.2'W 1.062 40° 110° 220 km 04m21.5s
19:3041°36.1'N157°30.2'W39°36.1'N156°37.7'W40°36.1'N157°02.6'W 1.063 42° 111° 221 km 04m25.7s
19:3241°34.8'N155°57.1'W39°33.9'N155°10.4'W40°34.3'N155°32.5'W 1.063 43° 113° 222 km 04m29.8s
19:3441°32.5'N154°27.2'W39°30.7'N153°46.1'W40°31.5'N154°05.5'W 1.063 45° 115° 222 km 04m33.8s
19:3641°29.2'N153°00.4'W39°26.6'N152°24.7'W40°27.8'N152°41.4'W 1.064 46° 117° 223 km 04m37.6s
19:3841°24.9'N151°36.3'W39°21.6'N151°05.7'W40°23.1'N151°20.0'W 1.064 47° 119° 224 km 04m41.2s
19:4041°19.7'N150°14.8'W39°15.9'N149°49.1'W40°17.7'N150°01.0'W 1.064 49° 121° 224 km 04m44.8s
19:4241°13.6'N148°55.6'W39°09.4'N148°34.8'W40°11.4'N148°44.3'W 1.065 50° 122° 225 km 04m48.1s
19:4441°06.8'N147°38.7'W39°02.2'N147°22.4'W40°04.4'N147°29.8'W 1.065 51° 124° 226 km 04m51.4s
19:4640°59.3'N146°23.9'W38°54.4'N146°12.0'W39°56.7'N146°17.2'W 1.065 52° 126° 226 km 04m54.5s
19:4840°51.0'N145°10.9'W38°45.9'N145°03.4'W39°48.3'N145°06.5'W 1.065 53° 128° 227 km 04m57.4s
19:5040°42.1'N143°59.8'W38°36.8'N143°56.4'W39°39.3'N143°57.5'W 1.065 54° 130° 227 km 05m00.3s
19:5240°32.5'N142°50.4'W38°27.2'N142°51.0'W39°29.7'N142°50.2'W 1.066 55° 132° 228 km 05m03.0s
19:5440°22.3'N141°42.6'W38°17.0'N141°47.1'W39°19.5'N141°44.4'W 1.066 56° 134° 228 km 05m05.6s
19:5640°11.6'N140°36.4'W38°06.3'N140°44.6'W39°08.8'N140°40.0'W 1.066 57° 136° 229 km 05m08.0s
19:5840°00.3'N139°31.5'W37°55.1'N139°43.4'W38°57.6'N139°37.1'W 1.066 58° 139° 229 km 05m10.3s
20:0039°48.5'N138°28.1'W37°43.5'N138°43.5'W38°45.8'N138°35.4'W 1.066 59° 141° 230 km 05m12.5s
20:0239°36.2'N137°25.9'W37°31.3'N137°44.7'W38°33.6'N137°35.0'W 1.066 60° 143° 230 km 05m14.6s
20:0439°23.3'N136°25.0'W37°18.8'N136°47.1'W38°20.9'N136°35.8'W 1.067 61° 146° 231 km 05m16.5s
20:0639°10.1'N135°25.2'W37°05.7'N135°50.5'W38°07.7'N135°37.6'W 1.067 62° 148° 231 km 05m18.3s
20:0838°56.3'N134°26.5'W36°52.3'N134°54.9'W37°54.1'N134°40.5'W 1.067 63° 151° 232 km 05m20.0s
20:1038°42.1'N133°28.9'W36°38.5'N134°00.3'W37°40.1'N133°44.5'W 1.067 63° 153° 232 km 05m21.5s
20:1238°27.5'N132°32.2'W36°24.3'N133°06.5'W37°25.7'N132°49.3'W 1.067 64° 156° 232 km 05m22.9s
20:1438°12.5'N131°36.5'W36°09.7'N132°13.7'W37°10.9'N131°55.1'W 1.067 65° 159° 233 km 05m24.2s
20:1637°57.1'N130°41.7'W35°54.7'N131°21.6'W36°55.7'N131°01.7'W 1.067 65° 162° 233 km 05m25.4s
20:1837°41.2'N129°47.7'W35°39.3'N130°30.3'W36°40.1'N130°09.1'W 1.067 66° 165° 233 km 05m26.5s
20:2037°25.0'N128°54.6'W35°23.7'N129°39.7'W36°24.2'N129°17.2'W 1.067 66° 168° 234 km 05m27.4s
20:2237°08.5'N128°02.2'W35°07.6'N128°49.8'W36°07.9'N128°26.1'W 1.067 67° 171° 234 km 05m28.2s
20:2436°51.5'N127°10.5'W34°51.2'N128°00.5'W35°51.3'N127°35.6'W 1.067 67° 174° 234 km 05m28.8s
20:2636°34.2'N126°19.5'W34°34.5'N127°11.8'W35°34.3'N126°45.8'W 1.067 68° 177° 235 km 05m29.4s
20:2836°16.6'N125°29.1'W34°17.5'N126°23.7'W35°16.9'N125°56.6'W 1.067 68° 181° 235 km 05m29.8s
20:3035°58.6'N124°39.3'W34°00.1'N125°36.1'W34°59.3'N125°07.9'W 1.067 68° 184° 235 km 05m30.1s
20:3235°40.3'N123°50.1'W33°42.5'N124°49.0'W34°41.3'N124°19.8'W 1.067 68° 188° 235 km 05m30.3s
20:3435°21.6'N123°01.4'W33°24.5'N124°02.4'W34°23.0'N123°32.1'W 1.067 68° 191° 236 km 05m30.4s
20:3635°02.6'N122°13.2'W33°06.2'N123°16.1'W34°04.3'N122°44.9'W 1.067 69° 195° 236 km 05m30.3s
20:3834°43.3'N121°25.4'W32°47.6'N122°30.3'W33°45.4'N121°58.1'W 1.067 69° 198° 236 km 05m30.1s
20:4034°23.7'N120°38.0'W32°28.7'N121°44.8'W33°26.1'N121°11.7'W 1.067 68° 202° 236 km 05m29.8s
20:4234°03.8'N119°51.0'W32°09.5'N120°59.6'W33°06.6'N120°25.6'W 1.067 68° 205° 237 km 05m29.4s
20:4433°43.5'N119°04.3'W31°49.9'N120°14.7'W32°46.7'N119°39.9'W 1.067 68° 209° 237 km 05m28.8s
20:4633°23.0'N118°17.9'W31°30.1'N119°30.0'W32°26.5'N118°54.4'W 1.067 68° 212° 237 km 05m28.2s
20:4833°02.1'N117°31.8'W31°10.0'N118°45.6'W32°06.0'N118°09.1'W 1.067 68° 215° 237 km 05m27.4s
20:5032°40.9'N116°45.9'W30°49.6'N118°01.3'W31°45.2'N117°24.0'W 1.067 67° 219° 237 km 05m26.5s
20:5232°19.4'N116°00.2'W30°28.9'N117°17.1'W31°24.1'N116°39.1'W 1.067 67° 222° 238 km 05m25.5s
20:5431°57.6'N115°14.6'W30°07.9'N116°33.1'W31°02.7'N115°54.3'W 1.067 66° 225° 238 km 05m24.3s
20:5631°35.4'N114°29.2'W29°46.6'N115°49.1'W30°41.0'N115°09.6'W 1.067 66° 228° 238 km 05m23.1s
20:5831°13.0'N113°43.8'W29°24.9'N115°05.2'W30°19.0'N114°25.0'W 1.067 65° 230° 238 km 05m21.7s
21:0030°50.2'N112°58.4'W29°03.0'N114°21.2'W29°56.6'N113°40.3'W 1.067 65° 233° 238 km 05m20.3s
21:0230°27.2'N112°13.0'W28°40.8'N113°37.2'W29°34.0'N112°55.6'W 1.067 64° 236° 238 km 05m18.7s
21:0430°03.8'N111°27.6'W28°18.2'N112°53.1'W29°11.0'N112°10.9'W 1.067 63° 238° 238 km 05m17.0s
21:0629°40.0'N110°42.0'W27°55.3'N112°08.9'W28°47.7'N111°26.0'W 1.067 63° 240° 238 km 05m15.2s
21:0829°15.9'N109°56.3'W27°32.1'N111°24.5'W28°24.1'N110°40.9'W 1.066 62° 243° 238 km 05m13.2s
21:1028°51.5'N109°10.4'W27°08.6'N110°39.8'W28°00.1'N109°55.7'W 1.066 61° 245° 238 km 05m11.2s
21:1228°26.8'N108°24.2'W26°44.7'N109°54.9'W27°35.8'N109°10.1'W 1.066 60° 247° 238 km 05m09.1s
21:1428°01.6'N107°37.8'W26°20.5'N109°09.7'W27°11.1'N108°24.3'W 1.066 59° 249° 238 km 05m06.8s
21:1627°36.1'N106°50.9'W25°55.9'N108°24.0'W26°46.1'N107°38.0'W 1.066 58° 251° 238 km 05m04.5s
21:1827°10.3'N106°03.6'W25°31.0'N107°37.9'W26°20.7'N106°51.4'W 1.066 57° 252° 238 km 05m02.0s
21:2026°44.0'N105°15.8'W25°05.6'N106°51.3'W25°54.9'N106°04.2'W 1.065 56° 254° 238 km 04m59.4s
21:2226°17.3'N104°27.4'W24°39.9'N106°04.2'W25°28.7'N105°16.4'W 1.065 55° 256° 238 km 04m56.7s
21:2425°50.2'N103°38.4'W24°13.8'N105°16.4'W25°02.1'N104°28.0'W 1.065 54° 257° 237 km 04m53.9s
21:2625°22.7'N102°48.6'W23°47.2'N104°27.8'W24°35.1'N103°38.9'W 1.065 53° 259° 237 km 04m51.0s
21:2824°54.7'N101°58.0'W23°20.3'N103°38.4'W24°07.6'N102°48.9'W 1.065 52° 260° 237 km 04m48.0s
21:3024°26.2'N101°06.5'W22°52.8'N102°48.1'W23°39.7'N101°58.0'W 1.064 51° 262° 236 km 04m44.9s
21:3223°57.3'N100°13.9'W22°24.9'N101°56.8'W23°11.2'N101°06.0'W 1.064 50° 263° 236 km 04m41.6s
21:3423°27.7'N099°20.1'W21°56.4'N101°04.4'W22°42.3'N100°12.9'W 1.064 49° 264° 236 km 04m38.2s
21:3622°57.6'N098°25.0'W21°27.4'N100°10.7'W22°12.7'N099°18.6'W 1.064 47° 265° 235 km 04m34.8s
21:3822°27.0'N097°28.5'W20°57.9'N099°15.5'W21°42.6'N098°22.7'W 1.063 46° 267° 234 km 04m31.1s
21:4021°55.6'N096°30.2'W20°27.7'N098°18.8'W21°11.9'N097°25.3'W 1.063 45° 268° 234 km 04m27.4s
21:4221°23.6'N095°30.1'W19°56.9'N097°20.3'W20°40.5'N096°26.0'W 1.063 43° 269° 233 km 04m23.5s
21:4420°50.7'N094°27.9'W19°25.3'N096°19.8'W20°08.3'N095°24.7'W 1.062 42° 270° 232 km 04m19.5s
21:4620°17.1'N093°23.3'W18°53.0'N095°17.0'W19°35.3'N094°21.0'W 1.062 40° 271° 231 km 04m15.4s
21:4819°42.5'N092°16.0'W18°19.8'N094°11.7'W19°01.5'N093°14.7'W 1.062 39° 272° 230 km 04m11.1s
21:5019°06.9'N091°05.4'W17°45.7'N093°03.5'W18°26.7'N092°05.4'W 1.061 37° 273° 229 km 04m06.6s
21:5218°30.2'N089°51.3'W17°10.6'N091°51.8'W17°50.7'N090°52.5'W 1.061 36° 274° 227 km 04m01.9s
21:5417°52.2'N088°32.8'W16°34.3'N090°36.3'W17°13.6'N089°35.6'W 1.060 34° 275° 226 km 03m57.1s
21:5617°12.6'N087°09.3'W15°56.6'N089°16.2'W16°35.0'N088°13.9'W 1.060 32° 275° 224 km 03m52.0s
21:5816°31.3'N085°39.7'W15°17.4'N087°50.6'W15°54.8'N086°46.3'W 1.059 30° 276° 222 km 03m46.7s
22:0015°47.9'N084°02.5'W14°36.4'N086°18.3'W15°12.6'N085°11.7'W 1.059 28° 277° 220 km 03m41.1s
22:0215°01.9'N082°15.7'W13°53.1'N084°37.8'W14°28.0'N083°28.2'W 1.058 26° 278° 218 km 03m35.1s
22:0414°12.4'N080°16.3'W13°07.1'N082°46.6'W13°40.4'N081°33.2'W 1.057 23° 279° 215 km 03m28.6s
22:0613°18.4'N077°59.3'W12°17.4'N080°41.2'W12°48.7'N079°22.5'W 1.056 21° 279° 212 km 03m21.6s
22:0812°17.6'N075°15.5'W11°22.6'N078°15.5'W11°51.1'N076°48.7'W 1.055 18° 280° 208 km 03m13.8s
22:1011°04.6'N071°43.4'W10°19.8'N075°17.4'W10°43.9'N073°35.9'W 1.054 14° 281° 203 km 03m04.5s
22:1209°17.5'N065°51.5'W09°01.5'N071°14.4'W09°15.2'N068°54.2'W 1.052 282° 196 km 02m52.2s
Limits07°53.8'N060°30.6'W06°20.8'N061°12.0'W07°07.2'N060°51.5'W 1.050 - 184 km 02m33.9s

ΔT = 198.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:40:12.920:36:54.333°55.8'N123°13.5'W 68.5° 196.3° 236.1 km05m30.22s
Greatest Duration20:37:13.320:33:54.734°23.8'N123°34.2'W 68.5° 191.0° 235.7 km05m30.35s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1496 Aug 08 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 198.5 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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