Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1557 Apr 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1557 Apr 28 . 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 1557 Apr 28
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°27.6'S149°35.7'E14°53.6'S150°14.2'E14°10.6'S149°55.1'E 1.050 - 172 km 02m38.0s
20:1610°13.5'S158°27.5'E10°49.3'S161°20.9'E10°29.8'S159°58.3'E 1.054 11° 70° 185 km 03m01.0s
20:1808°18.4'S162°45.9'E09°06.3'S165°06.1'E08°41.5'S163°57.9'E 1.055 16° 69° 191 km 03m11.9s
20:2006°48.7'S165°46.6'E07°42.1'S167°53.5'E07°14.8'S166°51.4'E 1.056 19° 69° 195 km 03m20.6s
20:2205°31.2'S168°10.7'E06°28.0'S170°10.3'E05°59.0'S169°11.6'E 1.057 22° 69° 199 km 03m28.0s
20:2404°21.3'S170°12.6'E05°20.5'S172°07.4'E04°50.4'S171°10.9'E 1.058 25° 68° 202 km 03m34.7s
20:2603°16.7'S171°59.1'E04°17.9'S173°50.6'E03°46.9'S172°55.6'E 1.059 28° 68° 204 km 03m40.9s
20:2802°16.3'S173°34.3'E03°19.0'S175°23.3'E02°47.2'S174°29.5'E 1.060 30° 68° 207 km 03m46.7s
20:3001°19.0'S175°00.6'E02°23.1'S176°47.8'E01°50.7'S175°54.8'E 1.060 32° 68° 209 km 03m52.1s
20:3200°24.4'S176°19.9'E01°29.7'S178°05.6'E00°56.7'S177°13.3'E 1.061 34° 68° 211 km 03m57.2s
20:3400°27.9'N177°33.4'E00°38.4'S179°17.8'E00°04.9'S178°26.1'E 1.061 36° 69° 212 km 04m02.1s
20:3601°18.4'N178°42.1'E00°11.1'N179°34.5'W00°45.1'N179°34.3'E 1.062 38° 69° 214 km 04m06.9s
20:3802°07.2'N179°46.6'E00°59.0'N178°30.8'W01°33.4'N179°21.7'W 1.062 40° 69° 215 km 04m11.4s
20:4002°54.5'N179°12.4'W01°45.4'N177°30.6'W02°20.2'N178°21.0'W 1.063 41° 69° 216 km 04m15.7s
20:4203°40.5'N178°14.5'W02°30.6'N176°33.3'W03°05.8'N177°23.4'W 1.063 43° 69° 217 km 04m19.9s
20:4404°25.3'N177°19.2'W03°14.6'N175°38.6'W03°50.2'N176°28.5'W 1.063 44° 70° 218 km 04m24.0s
20:4605°09.1'N176°26.3'W03°57.6'N174°46.3'W04°33.6'N175°35.9'W 1.064 46° 70° 219 km 04m27.9s
20:4805°51.8'N175°35.6'W04°39.6'N173°56.0'W05°16.0'N174°45.4'W 1.064 47° 70° 220 km 04m31.7s
20:5006°33.7'N174°46.6'W05°20.7'N173°07.5'W05°57.4'N173°56.7'W 1.064 49° 71° 221 km 04m35.4s
20:5207°14.7'N173°59.4'W06°01.0'N172°20.7'W06°38.1'N173°09.6'W 1.065 50° 71° 222 km 04m38.9s
20:5407°54.9'N173°13.6'W06°40.6'N171°35.3'W07°17.9'N172°24.1'W 1.065 52° 71° 222 km 04m42.4s
20:5608°34.4'N172°29.2'W07°19.3'N170°51.2'W07°57.1'N171°39.9'W 1.065 53° 72° 223 km 04m45.7s
20:5809°13.2'N171°46.0'W07°57.5'N170°08.4'W08°35.5'N170°56.8'W 1.066 54° 72° 224 km 04m49.0s
21:0009°51.4'N171°03.8'W08°34.9'N169°26.6'W09°13.3'N170°14.9'W 1.066 56° 73° 224 km 04m52.1s
21:0210°28.9'N170°22.7'W09°11.8'N168°45.8'W09°50.5'N169°33.9'W 1.066 57° 74° 224 km 04m55.2s
21:0411°05.9'N169°42.4'W09°48.1'N168°05.8'W10°27.2'N168°53.8'W 1.066 58° 74° 225 km 04m58.1s
21:0611°42.3'N169°02.9'W10°23.8'N167°26.7'W11°03.2'N168°14.4'W 1.067 60° 75° 225 km 05m01.0s
21:0812°18.2'N168°24.1'W10°59.0'N166°48.2'W11°38.8'N167°35.8'W 1.067 61° 76° 226 km 05m03.7s
21:1012°53.6'N167°45.9'W11°33.7'N166°10.4'W12°13.8'N166°57.8'W 1.067 62° 76° 226 km 05m06.4s
21:1213°28.5'N167°08.2'W12°07.9'N165°33.1'W12°48.4'N166°20.4'W 1.067 63° 77° 226 km 05m09.0s
21:1414°03.0'N166°31.1'W12°41.6'N164°56.4'W13°22.5'N165°43.4'W 1.067 64° 78° 226 km 05m11.5s
21:1614°37.0'N165°54.4'W13°14.9'N164°20.1'W13°56.1'N165°06.9'W 1.067 66° 79° 227 km 05m13.9s
21:1815°10.5'N165°18.1'W13°47.8'N163°44.1'W14°29.3'N164°30.8'W 1.068 67° 80° 227 km 05m16.2s
21:2015°43.7'N164°42.0'W14°20.2'N163°08.6'W15°02.1'N163°55.0'W 1.068 68° 81° 227 km 05m18.4s
21:2216°16.4'N164°06.3'W14°52.2'N162°33.3'W15°34.5'N163°19.5'W 1.068 69° 83° 227 km 05m20.5s
21:2416°48.8'N163°30.8'W15°23.8'N161°58.2'W16°06.4'N162°44.2'W 1.068 70° 84° 227 km 05m22.5s
21:2617°20.8'N162°55.5'W15°55.0'N161°23.3'W16°38.0'N162°09.1'W 1.068 71° 86° 227 km 05m24.5s
21:2817°52.4'N162°20.3'W16°25.9'N160°48.6'W17°09.2'N161°34.2'W 1.068 72° 87° 227 km 05m26.3s
21:3018°23.6'N161°45.2'W16°56.3'N160°14.1'W17°40.1'N160°59.3'W 1.068 73° 89° 227 km 05m28.1s
21:3218°54.4'N161°10.1'W17°26.4'N159°39.6'W18°10.5'N160°24.5'W 1.069 74° 91° 228 km 05m29.7s
21:3419°24.9'N160°35.1'W17°56.2'N159°05.1'W18°40.7'N159°49.8'W 1.069 75° 94° 228 km 05m31.3s
21:3619°55.1'N160°00.0'W18°25.6'N158°30.7'W19°10.4'N159°15.1'W 1.069 76° 96° 228 km 05m32.8s
21:3820°24.9'N159°24.9'W18°54.6'N157°56.2'W19°39.8'N158°40.3'W 1.069 77° 99° 228 km 05m34.1s
21:4020°54.4'N158°49.7'W19°23.3'N157°21.6'W20°08.9'N158°05.4'W 1.069 78° 103° 228 km 05m35.4s
21:4221°23.5'N158°14.4'W19°51.6'N156°47.0'W20°37.6'N157°30.4'W 1.069 79° 107° 228 km 05m36.6s
21:4421°52.3'N157°38.9'W20°19.6'N156°12.2'W21°06.0'N156°55.3'W 1.069 80° 111° 228 km 05m37.7s
21:4622°20.8'N157°03.2'W20°47.3'N155°37.3'W21°34.1'N156°20.0'W 1.069 81° 116° 228 km 05m38.7s
21:4822°48.9'N156°27.3'W21°14.6'N155°02.2'W22°01.8'N155°44.5'W 1.069 81° 122° 227 km 05m39.5s
21:5023°16.7'N155°51.1'W21°41.6'N154°26.8'W22°29.2'N155°08.7'W 1.069 82° 129° 227 km 05m40.3s
21:5223°44.2'N155°14.6'W22°08.2'N153°51.2'W22°56.3'N154°32.7'W 1.069 82° 137° 227 km 05m41.0s
21:5424°11.3'N154°37.8'W22°34.6'N153°15.4'W23°23.0'N153°56.3'W 1.069 83° 146° 227 km 05m41.5s
21:5624°38.1'N154°00.6'W23°00.5'N152°39.2'W23°49.4'N153°19.7'W 1.069 83° 154° 227 km 05m42.0s
21:5825°04.6'N153°23.1'W23°26.2'N152°02.6'W24°15.4'N152°42.6'W 1.069 83° 164° 227 km 05m42.4s
22:0025°30.7'N152°45.1'W23°51.5'N151°25.7'W24°41.1'N152°05.2'W 1.069 82° 172° 227 km 05m42.6s
22:0225°56.5'N152°06.6'W24°16.5'N150°48.4'W25°06.5'N151°27.3'W 1.069 82° 181° 227 km 05m42.7s
22:0426°22.0'N151°27.7'W24°41.1'N150°10.6'W25°31.6'N150°48.9'W 1.069 82° 188° 227 km 05m42.8s
22:0626°47.1'N150°48.2'W25°05.4'N149°32.3'W25°56.2'N150°10.1'W 1.069 81° 195° 227 km 05m42.7s
22:0827°11.8'N150°08.2'W25°29.4'N148°53.6'W26°20.6'N149°30.7'W 1.069 80° 200° 226 km 05m42.5s
22:1027°36.2'N149°27.5'W25°52.9'N148°14.3'W26°44.6'N148°50.7'W 1.069 79° 205° 226 km 05m42.2s
22:1228°00.2'N148°46.3'W26°16.2'N147°34.4'W27°08.2'N148°10.2'W 1.069 79° 210° 226 km 05m41.7s
22:1428°23.9'N148°04.3'W26°39.0'N146°53.9'W27°31.4'N147°29.0'W 1.069 78° 214° 226 km 05m41.2s
22:1628°47.1'N147°21.7'W27°01.5'N146°12.8'W27°54.3'N146°47.1'W 1.069 77° 217° 225 km 05m40.5s
22:1829°10.0'N146°38.3'W27°23.6'N145°31.0'W28°16.8'N146°04.5'W 1.069 76° 220° 225 km 05m39.7s
22:2029°32.5'N145°54.1'W27°45.4'N144°48.4'W28°38.9'N145°21.2'W 1.069 75° 223° 225 km 05m38.8s
22:2229°54.5'N145°09.0'W28°06.7'N144°05.2'W29°00.6'N144°37.0'W 1.069 74° 225° 225 km 05m37.8s
22:2430°16.2'N144°23.1'W28°27.6'N143°21.1'W29°21.9'N143°52.0'W 1.069 73° 228° 224 km 05m36.7s
22:2630°37.4'N143°36.3'W28°48.2'N142°36.1'W29°42.7'N143°06.2'W 1.068 72° 230° 224 km 05m35.4s
22:2830°58.2'N142°48.5'W29°08.2'N141°50.3'W30°03.1'N142°19.4'W 1.068 71° 232° 224 km 05m34.0s
22:3031°18.5'N141°59.7'W29°27.9'N141°03.6'W30°23.1'N141°31.6'W 1.068 70° 233° 223 km 05m32.5s
22:3231°38.3'N141°09.8'W29°47.1'N140°15.8'W30°42.6'N140°42.9'W 1.068 69° 235° 223 km 05m30.9s
22:3431°57.7'N140°18.8'W30°05.8'N139°27.1'W31°01.7'N139°53.0'W 1.068 67° 237° 223 km 05m29.1s
22:3632°16.5'N139°26.7'W30°24.1'N138°37.2'W31°20.2'N139°02.0'W 1.068 66° 238° 222 km 05m27.2s
22:3832°34.8'N138°33.3'W30°41.8'N137°46.2'W31°38.2'N138°09.9'W 1.068 65° 240° 222 km 05m25.2s
22:4032°52.5'N137°38.6'W30°59.1'N136°54.0'W31°55.7'N137°16.5'W 1.068 64° 241° 221 km 05m23.0s
22:4233°09.7'N136°42.5'W31°15.8'N136°00.6'W32°12.6'N136°21.7'W 1.067 63° 243° 221 km 05m20.8s
22:4433°26.2'N135°45.0'W31°31.9'N135°05.8'W32°29.0'N135°25.6'W 1.067 62° 244° 220 km 05m18.3s
22:4633°42.2'N134°46.0'W31°47.4'N134°09.6'W32°44.7'N134°28.0'W 1.067 60° 245° 220 km 05m15.8s
22:4833°57.4'N133°45.4'W32°02.4'N133°11.9'W32°59.8'N133°28.9'W 1.067 59° 247° 219 km 05m13.1s
22:5034°12.0'N132°43.1'W32°16.6'N132°12.7'W33°14.2'N132°28.2'W 1.067 58° 248° 218 km 05m10.3s
22:5234°25.8'N131°39.0'W32°30.2'N131°11.8'W33°27.9'N131°25.8'W 1.066 57° 249° 218 km 05m07.4s
22:5434°38.9'N130°33.1'W32°43.1'N130°09.1'W33°40.9'N130°21.5'W 1.066 55° 250° 217 km 05m04.3s
22:5634°51.2'N129°25.1'W32°55.3'N129°04.6'W33°53.1'N129°15.3'W 1.066 54° 252° 216 km 05m01.0s
22:5835°02.5'N128°15.1'W33°06.6'N127°58.1'W34°04.5'N128°07.0'W 1.066 53° 253° 216 km 04m57.7s
23:0035°13.0'N127°02.7'W33°17.1'N126°49.4'W34°15.0'N126°56.6'W 1.065 51° 254° 215 km 04m54.2s
23:0235°22.5'N125°47.9'W33°26.7'N125°38.5'W34°24.5'N125°43.8'W 1.065 50° 255° 214 km 04m50.5s
23:0435°30.9'N124°30.6'W33°35.3'N124°25.1'W34°33.0'N124°28.5'W 1.065 48° 256° 213 km 04m46.7s
23:0635°38.2'N123°10.4'W33°42.9'N123°09.1'W34°40.5'N123°10.4'W 1.064 47° 258° 212 km 04m42.7s
23:0835°44.2'N121°47.2'W33°49.4'N121°50.2'W34°46.8'N121°49.5'W 1.064 45° 259° 211 km 04m38.6s
23:1035°48.9'N120°20.7'W33°54.7'N120°28.2'W34°51.8'N120°25.3'W 1.064 44° 260° 210 km 04m34.3s
23:1235°52.2'N118°50.6'W33°58.7'N119°02.8'W34°55.4'N118°57.6'W 1.063 42° 262° 209 km 04m29.9s
23:1435°53.9'N117°16.5'W34°01.2'N117°33.6'W34°57.6'N117°26.0'W 1.063 41° 263° 208 km 04m25.2s
23:1635°53.9'N115°37.9'W34°02.1'N116°00.3'W34°58.0'N115°50.2'W 1.063 39° 264° 207 km 04m20.4s
23:1835°51.9'N113°54.4'W34°01.3'N114°22.3'W34°56.6'N114°09.5'W 1.062 37° 266° 206 km 04m15.3s
23:2035°47.7'N112°05.3'W33°58.5'N112°39.0'W34°53.1'N112°23.4'W 1.062 35° 267° 204 km 04m10.1s
23:2235°41.0'N110°09.5'W33°53.4'N110°49.6'W34°47.3'N110°30.9'W 1.061 33° 269° 203 km 04m04.5s
23:2435°31.3'N108°06.2'W33°45.7'N108°53.1'W34°38.6'N108°31.1'W 1.061 31° 270° 202 km 03m58.7s
23:2635°18.2'N105°53.6'W33°34.9'N106°48.0'W34°26.7'N106°22.4'W 1.060 29° 272° 200 km 03m52.6s
23:2835°00.8'N103°29.6'W33°20.4'N104°32.6'W34°10.9'N104°02.8'W 1.059 27° 273° 198 km 03m46.0s
23:3034°38.1'N100°51.0'W33°01.2'N102°04.0'W33°50.0'N101°29.4'W 1.059 24° 275° 196 km 03m39.0s
23:3234°08.3'N097°52.5'W32°36.0'N099°17.7'W33°22.6'N098°37.3'W 1.058 21° 277° 194 km 03m31.3s
23:3433°28.1'N094°24.3'W32°02.2'N096°06.3'W32°45.8'N095°18.0'W 1.057 18° 279° 191 km 03m22.7s
23:3632°30.3'N090°04.6'W31°14.8'N092°14.0'W31°53.7'N091°13.2'W 1.055 14° 282° 188 km 03m12.6s
23:3830°47.9'N083°30.2'W29°59.2'N086°54.5'W30°26.9'N085°22.7'W 1.054 285° 183 km 02m58.9s
Limits28°33.0'N076°02.2'W27°07.0'N076°47.3'W27°50.0'N076°25.0'W 1.051 - 175 km 02m40.1s

ΔT = 143.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:59:03.321:56:39.523°58.0'N153°43.6'W 82.7° 157.5° 227.2 km05m42.13s
Greatest Duration22:05:51.322:03:27.525°24.8'N150°59.4'W 81.7° 186.0° 226.7 km05m42.77s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1557 Apr 28 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 143.8 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°.

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