Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1549 Sep 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1549 Sep 21 . 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 1549 Sep 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits13°58.9'S031°03.2'E14°13.0'S030°58.9'E14°06.0'S031°01.0'E 1.006 - 26 km 00m21.9s
03:4414°38.4'S039°35.3'E14°50.8'S038°26.7'E14°44.8'S039°01.6'E 1.009 91° 37 km 00m32.1s
03:4615°12.8'S044°03.3'E15°28.6'S043°12.0'E15°20.8'S043°37.8'E 1.010 13° 90° 43 km 00m38.9s
03:4815°43.2'S047°10.2'E16°01.2'S046°24.5'E15°52.3'S046°47.4'E 1.011 17° 88° 48 km 00m43.9s
03:5016°11.8'S049°40.1'E16°31.3'S048°57.4'E16°21.7'S049°18.8'E 1.012 19° 87° 51 km 00m48.2s
03:5216°39.3'S051°47.7'E17°00.2'S051°06.8'E16°49.8'S051°27.3'E 1.013 22° 86° 54 km 00m52.0s
03:5417°06.0'S053°39.9'E17°28.0'S053°00.4'E17°17.1'S053°20.2'E 1.013 24° 85° 57 km 00m55.5s
03:5617°32.1'S055°20.9'E17°55.2'S054°42.3'E17°43.7'S055°01.7'E 1.014 26° 84° 59 km 00m58.7s
03:5817°57.9'S056°53.1'E18°21.8'S056°15.2'E18°09.9'S056°34.2'E 1.014 28° 84° 62 km 01m01.8s
04:0018°23.2'S058°18.3'E18°48.0'S057°41.0'E18°35.7'S057°59.7'E 1.015 30° 83° 64 km 01m04.6s
04:0218°48.3'S059°37.7'E19°13.8'S059°00.9'E19°01.1'S059°19.3'E 1.015 31° 82° 66 km 01m07.3s
04:0419°13.1'S060°52.2'E19°39.3'S060°15.8'E19°26.3'S060°34.1'E 1.016 33° 81° 67 km 01m09.9s
04:0619°37.7'S062°02.7'E20°04.6'S061°26.6'E19°51.2'S061°44.7'E 1.016 35° 80° 69 km 01m12.3s
04:0820°02.1'S063°09.5'E20°29.7'S062°33.7'E20°16.0'S062°51.7'E 1.016 36° 79° 70 km 01m14.6s
04:1020°26.4'S064°13.3'E20°54.5'S063°37.8'E20°40.5'S063°55.6'E 1.017 37° 77° 72 km 01m16.9s
04:1220°50.5'S065°14.4'E21°19.2'S064°39.1'E21°04.9'S064°56.8'E 1.017 39° 76° 73 km 01m19.0s
04:1421°14.5'S066°13.0'E21°43.8'S065°37.9'E21°29.2'S065°55.5'E 1.017 40° 75° 74 km 01m21.0s
04:1621°38.4'S067°09.5'E22°08.2'S066°34.7'E21°53.4'S066°52.1'E 1.018 41° 74° 75 km 01m23.0s
04:1822°02.3'S068°04.1'E22°32.5'S067°29.5'E22°17.4'S067°46.9'E 1.018 42° 73° 76 km 01m24.9s
04:2022°26.0'S068°57.0'E22°56.7'S068°22.6'E22°41.4'S068°39.9'E 1.018 43° 72° 77 km 01m26.7s
04:2222°49.6'S069°48.4'E23°20.8'S069°14.1'E23°05.3'S069°31.3'E 1.018 44° 70° 78 km 01m28.4s
04:2423°13.2'S070°38.4'E23°44.8'S070°04.3'E23°29.1'S070°21.4'E 1.018 45° 69° 78 km 01m30.1s
04:2623°36.8'S071°27.1'E24°08.7'S070°53.2'E23°52.8'S071°10.2'E 1.019 46° 68° 79 km 01m31.6s
04:2824°00.3'S072°14.8'E24°32.6'S071°41.1'E24°16.5'S071°57.9'E 1.019 47° 66° 80 km 01m33.1s
04:3024°23.7'S073°01.4'E24°56.4'S072°27.9'E24°40.1'S072°44.7'E 1.019 48° 65° 80 km 01m34.6s
04:3224°47.1'S073°47.1'E25°20.1'S073°13.7'E25°03.7'S073°30.4'E 1.019 49° 63° 81 km 01m35.9s
04:3425°10.4'S074°31.9'E25°43.8'S073°58.8'E25°27.2'S074°15.4'E 1.019 50° 62° 81 km 01m37.2s
04:3625°33.8'S075°16.0'E26°07.5'S074°43.1'E25°50.7'S074°59.6'E 1.019 51° 60° 81 km 01m38.4s
04:3825°57.1'S075°59.5'E26°31.1'S075°26.8'E26°14.1'S075°43.2'E 1.020 51° 58° 82 km 01m39.6s
04:4026°20.4'S076°42.4'E26°54.7'S076°09.9'E26°37.6'S076°26.2'E 1.020 52° 57° 82 km 01m40.7s
04:4226°43.6'S077°24.7'E27°18.3'S076°52.5'E27°01.0'S077°08.7'E 1.020 53° 55° 82 km 01m41.7s
04:4427°06.9'S078°06.6'E27°41.8'S077°34.6'E27°24.4'S077°50.7'E 1.020 53° 53° 83 km 01m42.7s
04:4627°30.1'S078°48.1'E28°05.3'S078°16.4'E27°47.7'S078°32.3'E 1.020 54° 51° 83 km 01m43.6s
04:4827°53.3'S079°29.2'E28°28.8'S078°57.8'E28°11.1'S079°13.5'E 1.020 55° 49° 83 km 01m44.4s
04:5028°16.5'S080°10.1'E28°52.3'S079°38.9'E28°34.4'S079°54.5'E 1.020 55° 48° 83 km 01m45.1s
04:5228°39.7'S080°50.7'E29°15.7'S080°19.8'E28°57.8'S080°35.3'E 1.020 56° 46° 83 km 01m45.8s
04:5429°02.9'S081°31.1'E29°39.2'S081°00.6'E29°21.1'S081°15.9'E 1.020 56° 43° 83 km 01m46.5s
04:5629°26.1'S082°11.4'E30°02.6'S081°41.2'E29°44.4'S081°56.3'E 1.020 56° 41° 83 km 01m47.0s
04:5829°49.3'S082°51.6'E30°26.0'S082°21.7'E30°07.7'S082°36.7'E 1.020 57° 39° 83 km 01m47.5s
05:0030°12.6'S083°31.7'E30°49.5'S083°02.2'E30°31.0'S083°17.0'E 1.020 57° 37° 83 km 01m47.9s
05:0230°35.8'S084°11.9'E31°12.9'S083°42.6'E30°54.4'S083°57.3'E 1.020 57° 35° 83 km 01m48.3s
05:0430°59.0'S084°52.0'E31°36.3'S084°23.2'E31°17.7'S084°37.6'E 1.020 58° 33° 83 km 01m48.6s
05:0631°22.2'S085°32.3'E31°59.8'S085°03.9'E31°41.0'S085°18.1'E 1.020 58° 30° 83 km 01m48.8s
05:0831°45.5'S086°12.7'E32°23.2'S085°44.7'E32°04.4'S085°58.7'E 1.020 58° 28° 82 km 01m49.0s
05:1032°08.7'S086°53.2'E32°46.7'S086°25.7'E32°27.7'S086°39.5'E 1.021 58° 26° 82 km 01m49.1s
05:1232°32.0'S087°34.0'E33°10.1'S087°06.9'E32°51.1'S087°20.5'E 1.020 58° 23° 82 km 01m49.1s
05:1432°55.3'S088°15.1'E33°33.6'S087°48.4'E33°14.5'S088°01.7'E 1.020 58° 21° 82 km 01m49.1s
05:1633°18.6'S088°56.4'E33°57.0'S088°30.2'E33°37.8'S088°43.3'E 1.020 58° 19° 81 km 01m49.0s
05:1833°41.9'S089°38.1'E34°20.5'S089°12.4'E34°01.2'S089°25.3'E 1.020 58° 16° 81 km 01m48.8s
05:2034°05.3'S090°20.2'E34°44.0'S089°55.0'E34°24.7'S090°07.6'E 1.020 58° 14° 81 km 01m48.6s
05:2234°28.7'S091°02.7'E35°07.5'S090°38.1'E34°48.1'S090°50.4'E 1.020 58° 11° 81 km 01m48.3s
05:2434°52.0'S091°45.7'E35°31.0'S091°21.7'E35°11.5'S091°33.7'E 1.020 57° 80 km 01m47.9s
05:2635°15.5'S092°29.3'E35°54.6'S092°05.9'E35°35.0'S092°17.6'E 1.020 57° 80 km 01m47.5s
05:2835°38.9'S093°13.5'E36°18.1'S092°50.7'E35°58.5'S093°02.1'E 1.020 57° 79 km 01m47.0s
05:3036°02.3'S093°58.3'E36°41.7'S093°36.2'E36°22.0'S093°47.2'E 1.020 57° 79 km 01m46.4s
05:3236°25.8'S094°43.8'E37°05.2'S094°22.4'E36°45.5'S094°33.1'E 1.020 56° 360° 79 km 01m45.8s
05:3436°49.3'S095°30.1'E37°28.8'S095°09.4'E37°09.1'S095°19.7'E 1.020 56° 358° 78 km 01m45.1s
05:3637°12.9'S096°17.2'E37°52.4'S095°57.3'E37°32.6'S096°07.2'E 1.020 55° 355° 78 km 01m44.3s
05:3837°36.4'S097°05.2'E38°16.0'S096°46.1'E37°56.2'S096°55.6'E 1.020 55° 353° 77 km 01m43.5s
05:4038°00.0'S097°54.2'E38°39.7'S097°35.9'E38°19.8'S097°45.0'E 1.020 54° 351° 77 km 01m42.6s
05:4238°23.6'S098°44.2'E39°03.3'S098°26.7'E38°43.5'S098°35.4'E 1.020 54° 349° 76 km 01m41.6s
05:4438°47.2'S099°35.3'E39°26.9'S099°18.7'E39°07.1'S099°27.0'E 1.019 53° 347° 76 km 01m40.6s
05:4639°10.9'S100°27.6'E39°50.6'S100°12.0'E39°30.7'S100°19.8'E 1.019 53° 344° 75 km 01m39.5s
05:4839°34.6'S101°21.2'E40°14.3'S101°06.6'E39°54.4'S101°13.8'E 1.019 52° 342° 74 km 01m38.4s
05:5039°58.2'S102°16.2'E40°37.9'S102°02.6'E40°18.1'S102°09.3'E 1.019 51° 340° 74 km 01m37.1s
05:5240°22.0'S103°12.6'E41°01.6'S103°00.1'E40°41.8'S103°06.3'E 1.019 50° 338° 73 km 01m35.8s
05:5440°45.7'S104°10.7'E41°25.3'S103°59.3'E41°05.5'S104°04.9'E 1.019 50° 336° 72 km 01m34.5s
05:5641°09.4'S105°10.5'E41°48.9'S105°00.2'E41°29.2'S105°05.3'E 1.018 49° 334° 72 km 01m33.0s
05:5841°33.2'S106°12.2'E42°12.5'S106°03.1'E41°52.8'S106°07.6'E 1.018 48° 332° 71 km 01m31.6s
06:0041°56.9'S107°15.8'E42°36.2'S107°08.0'E42°16.5'S107°11.8'E 1.018 47° 330° 70 km 01m30.0s
06:0242°20.7'S108°21.6'E42°59.8'S108°15.2'E42°40.2'S108°18.3'E 1.018 46° 328° 69 km 01m28.3s
06:0442°44.4'S109°29.8'E43°23.3'S109°24.7'E43°03.9'S109°27.2'E 1.018 45° 326° 68 km 01m26.6s
06:0643°08.1'S110°40.5'E43°46.8'S110°36.9'E43°27.5'S110°38.6'E 1.017 44° 325° 67 km 01m24.9s
06:0843°31.9'S111°54.0'E44°10.3'S111°52.0'E43°51.1'S111°52.9'E 1.017 43° 323° 66 km 01m23.0s
06:1043°55.5'S113°10.5'E44°33.7'S113°10.1'E44°14.6'S113°10.2'E 1.017 42° 321° 65 km 01m21.1s
06:1244°19.2'S114°30.3'E44°57.0'S114°31.6'E44°38.1'S114°30.8'E 1.017 41° 319° 64 km 01m19.1s
06:1444°42.8'S115°53.8'E45°20.2'S115°56.9'E45°01.5'S115°55.2'E 1.016 39° 317° 63 km 01m17.0s
06:1645°06.3'S117°21.3'E45°43.3'S117°26.3'E45°24.8'S117°23.7'E 1.016 38° 315° 62 km 01m14.8s
06:1845°29.7'S118°53.2'E46°06.3'S119°00.3'E45°48.0'S118°56.6'E 1.016 37° 313° 61 km 01m12.5s
06:2045°53.0'S120°30.2'E46°29.1'S120°39.5'E46°11.1'S120°34.7'E 1.015 36° 311° 60 km 01m10.2s
06:2246°16.2'S122°12.9'E46°51.7'S122°24.4'E46°33.9'S122°18.5'E 1.015 34° 309° 58 km 01m07.7s
06:2446°39.2'S124°01.9'E47°14.0'S124°15.9'E46°56.6'S124°08.7'E 1.015 33° 306° 57 km 01m05.2s
06:2647°01.9'S125°58.3'E47°36.0'S126°14.9'E47°19.0'S126°06.4'E 1.014 31° 304° 55 km 01m02.5s
06:2847°24.4'S128°03.3'E47°57.6'S128°22.7'E47°41.0'S128°12.8'E 1.014 29° 302° 54 km 00m59.7s
06:3047°46.5'S130°18.3'E48°18.7'S130°40.9'E48°02.6'S130°29.4'E 1.013 28° 300° 52 km 00m56.7s
06:3248°08.2'S132°45.7'E48°39.2'S133°11.7'E48°23.7'S132°58.5'E 1.013 26° 297° 50 km 00m53.6s
06:3448°29.2'S135°28.1'E48°58.9'S135°58.1'E48°44.1'S135°42.9'E 1.012 24° 294° 48 km 00m50.3s
06:3648°49.4'S138°30.1'E49°17.5'S139°04.6'E49°03.5'S138°47.1'E 1.011 21° 291° 46 km 00m46.7s
06:3849°08.3'S141°58.4'E49°34.6'S142°38.5'E49°21.5'S142°18.2'E 1.011 19° 288° 43 km 00m42.7s
06:4049°25.5'S146°05.6'E49°49.3'S146°53.1'E49°37.5'S146°29.0'E 1.010 16° 284° 39 km 00m38.3s
06:4249°39.5'S151°19.0'E50°00.0'S152°18.6'E49°49.8'S151°48.4'E 1.009 12° 280° 35 km 00m33.0s
06:4449°45.3'S159°16.9'E49°59.6'S160°53.4'E49°52.7'S160°03.8'E 1.007 273° 29 km 00m25.4s
Limits49°27.6'S169°46.0'E49°38.7'S169°50.3'E49°33.2'S169°48.1'E 1.005 - 21 km 00m17.6s

ΔT = 149.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:16:22.205:13:52.633°13.0'S087°21.7'E 58.1° 21.1° 81.8 km01m49.07s
Greatest Duration05:14:25.405:11:55.832°50.3'S087°19.0'E 58.1° 23.4° 82.0 km01m49.10s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1549 Sep 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1549 Sep 21 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 149.6 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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