Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1533 May 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1533 May 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 -1533 May 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
Limits62°53.0'S151°56.1'E63°23.4'S152°38.5'E63°08.2'S152°17.0'E 1.015 - 67 km 00m57.5s
22:0656°45.6'S165°42.0'E58°48.1'S163°31.5'E57°44.1'S164°44.1'E 1.017 40° 75 km 01m11.3s
22:0854°10.4'S170°16.2'E55°46.7'S169°16.1'E54°57.6'S169°48.5'E 1.019 12° 35° 80 km 01m18.6s
22:1052°10.2'S173°28.1'E53°36.1'S172°55.3'E52°52.6'S173°13.0'E 1.020 15° 32° 83 km 01m24.2s
22:1250°28.3'S175°59.2'E51°48.2'S175°41.8'E51°07.8'S175°51.3'E 1.020 18° 29° 85 km 01m29.0s
22:1448°58.3'S178°05.0'E50°14.2'S177°57.9'E49°35.9'S178°02.0'E 1.021 20° 27° 88 km 01m33.2s
22:1647°36.8'S179°53.6'E48°49.7'S179°53.8'E48°13.0'S179°54.1'E 1.021 22° 25° 90 km 01m37.1s
22:1846°21.8'S178°30.6'W47°32.5'S178°24.8'W46°56.9'S178°27.4'W 1.022 24° 23° 92 km 01m40.6s
22:2045°12.0'S177°04.5'W46°20.9'S176°54.3'W45°46.3'S176°59.1'W 1.022 25° 21° 93 km 01m43.9s
22:2244°06.6'S175°46.2'W45°14.0'S175°32.3'W44°40.1'S175°39.0'W 1.023 27° 19° 95 km 01m47.0s
22:2443°04.7'S174°34.2'W44°10.9'S174°17.3'W43°37.6'S174°25.5'W 1.023 28° 18° 96 km 01m49.9s
22:2642°05.9'S173°27.4'W43°11.1'S173°07.9'W42°38.3'S173°17.5'W 1.023 29° 16° 98 km 01m52.6s
22:2841°09.9'S172°25.0'W42°14.2'S172°03.3'W41°41.9'S172°14.0'W 1.024 31° 14° 99 km 01m55.2s
22:3040°16.3'S171°26.3'W41°19.8'S171°02.7'W40°47.9'S171°14.3'W 1.024 32° 13° 101 km 01m57.7s
22:3239°24.8'S170°30.8'W40°27.6'S170°05.5'W39°56.0'S170°18.1'W 1.024 33° 11° 102 km 02m00.0s
22:3438°35.2'S169°38.1'W39°37.5'S169°11.3'W39°06.2'S169°24.7'W 1.024 34° 10° 103 km 02m02.2s
22:3637°47.4'S168°47.9'W38°49.1'S168°19.8'W38°18.2'S168°33.8'W 1.025 35° 104 km 02m04.4s
22:3837°01.3'S167°59.8'W38°02.5'S167°30.5'W37°31.8'S167°45.1'W 1.025 36° 106 km 02m06.4s
22:4036°16.6'S167°13.6'W37°17.4'S166°43.2'W36°46.9'S166°58.3'W 1.025 37° 107 km 02m08.3s
22:4235°33.3'S166°29.1'W36°33.7'S165°57.7'W36°03.4'S166°13.3'W 1.025 37° 108 km 02m10.1s
22:4434°51.2'S165°46.1'W35°51.4'S165°13.7'W35°21.2'S165°29.8'W 1.025 38° 109 km 02m11.8s
22:4634°10.4'S165°04.3'W35°10.2'S164°31.2'W34°40.2'S164°47.7'W 1.026 39° 110 km 02m13.4s
22:4833°30.7'S164°23.8'W34°30.3'S163°49.8'W34°00.4'S164°06.8'W 1.026 40° 360° 111 km 02m14.9s
22:5032°52.0'S163°44.3'W33°51.4'S163°09.6'W33°21.6'S163°26.9'W 1.026 40° 358° 112 km 02m16.3s
22:5232°14.4'S163°05.7'W33°13.5'S162°30.4'W32°43.9'S162°48.0'W 1.026 41° 357° 113 km 02m17.6s
22:5431°37.7'S162°27.9'W32°36.7'S161°52.0'W32°07.1'S162°09.9'W 1.026 41° 355° 114 km 02m18.9s
22:5631°01.9'S161°50.9'W32°00.7'S161°14.4'W31°31.3'S161°32.6'W 1.026 42° 354° 115 km 02m20.1s
22:5830°27.0'S161°14.5'W31°25.7'S160°37.5'W30°56.3'S160°56.0'W 1.026 42° 352° 116 km 02m21.1s
23:0029°53.0'S160°38.6'W30°51.5'S160°01.2'W30°22.1'S160°19.9'W 1.026 43° 351° 117 km 02m22.1s
23:0229°19.7'S160°03.2'W30°18.1'S159°25.4'W29°48.8'S159°44.3'W 1.026 43° 349° 118 km 02m23.0s
23:0428°47.2'S159°28.3'W29°45.5'S158°50.0'W29°16.3'S159°09.2'W 1.026 43° 348° 119 km 02m23.8s
23:0628°15.4'S158°53.7'W29°13.6'S158°15.0'W28°44.5'S158°34.4'W 1.027 44° 346° 120 km 02m24.5s
23:0827°44.4'S158°19.4'W28°42.5'S157°40.3'W28°13.4'S157°59.9'W 1.027 44° 345° 121 km 02m25.2s
23:1027°14.1'S157°45.3'W28°12.1'S157°05.9'W27°43.1'S157°25.6'W 1.027 44° 343° 122 km 02m25.7s
23:1226°44.5'S157°11.4'W27°42.5'S156°31.7'W27°13.4'S156°51.6'W 1.027 44° 342° 123 km 02m26.2s
23:1426°15.5'S156°37.6'W27°13.4'S155°57.6'W26°44.4'S156°17.6'W 1.027 45° 340° 123 km 02m26.5s
23:1625°47.2'S156°03.9'W26°45.1'S155°23.6'W26°16.1'S155°43.8'W 1.027 45° 339° 124 km 02m26.8s
23:1825°19.5'S155°30.2'W26°17.4'S154°49.6'W25°48.4'S155°10.0'W 1.027 45° 337° 125 km 02m27.0s
23:2024°52.5'S154°56.5'W25°50.3'S154°15.6'W25°21.4'S154°36.1'W 1.027 45° 336° 125 km 02m27.1s
23:2224°26.1'S154°22.7'W25°23.9'S153°41.6'W24°54.9'S154°02.2'W 1.027 45° 334° 126 km 02m27.1s
23:2424°00.3'S153°48.8'W24°58.0'S153°07.4'W24°29.1'S153°28.2'W 1.027 45° 333° 127 km 02m27.1s
23:2623°35.1'S153°14.7'W24°32.8'S152°33.1'W24°03.9'S152°53.9'W 1.027 45° 331° 127 km 02m26.9s
23:2823°10.5'S152°40.4'W24°08.2'S151°58.5'W23°39.3'S152°19.5'W 1.026 44° 330° 128 km 02m26.6s
23:3022°46.5'S152°05.8'W23°44.2'S151°23.7'W23°15.4'S151°44.8'W 1.026 44° 328° 128 km 02m26.3s
23:3222°23.2'S151°30.9'W23°20.8'S150°48.6'W22°52.0'S151°09.8'W 1.026 44° 327° 128 km 02m25.8s
23:3422°00.4'S150°55.6'W22°58.0'S150°13.1'W22°29.2'S150°34.4'W 1.026 44° 325° 129 km 02m25.3s
23:3621°38.2'S150°19.9'W22°35.8'S149°37.2'W22°07.0'S149°58.6'W 1.026 44° 324° 129 km 02m24.6s
23:3821°16.6'S149°43.7'W22°14.2'S149°00.8'W21°45.4'S149°22.3'W 1.026 43° 323° 129 km 02m23.9s
23:4020°55.7'S149°07.0'W21°53.3'S148°23.9'W21°24.5'S148°45.5'W 1.026 43° 321° 129 km 02m23.1s
23:4220°35.4'S148°29.6'W21°32.9'S147°46.4'W21°04.1'S148°08.1'W 1.026 42° 320° 129 km 02m22.1s
23:4420°15.7'S147°51.7'W21°13.1'S147°08.2'W20°44.4'S147°30.0'W 1.026 42° 319° 129 km 02m21.1s
23:4619°56.6'S147°12.9'W20°54.0'S146°29.3'W20°25.3'S146°51.2'W 1.026 42° 317° 129 km 02m20.0s
23:4819°38.2'S146°33.4'W20°35.6'S145°49.5'W20°06.9'S146°11.6'W 1.026 41° 316° 128 km 02m18.7s
23:5019°20.4'S145°53.0'W20°17.7'S145°08.9'W19°49.1'S145°31.1'W 1.025 40° 315° 128 km 02m17.4s
23:5219°03.3'S145°11.7'W20°00.6'S144°27.3'W19°32.0'S144°49.6'W 1.025 40° 314° 127 km 02m16.0s
23:5418°47.0'S144°29.3'W19°44.2'S143°44.7'W19°15.6'S144°07.1'W 1.025 39° 312° 127 km 02m14.4s
23:5618°31.3'S143°45.7'W19°28.5'S143°00.8'W18°59.9'S143°23.4'W 1.025 39° 311° 126 km 02m12.8s
23:5818°16.5'S143°00.9'W19°13.5'S142°15.7'W18°45.0'S142°38.4'W 1.025 38° 310° 125 km 02m11.0s
00:0018°02.4'S142°14.7'W18°59.3'S141°29.1'W18°30.9'S141°52.0'W 1.025 37° 309° 124 km 02m09.2s
00:0217°49.1'S141°26.9'W18°46.0'S140°41.0'W18°17.6'S141°04.1'W 1.024 36° 308° 122 km 02m07.2s
00:0417°36.7'S140°37.4'W18°33.5'S139°51.1'W18°05.1'S140°14.4'W 1.024 35° 307° 121 km 02m05.1s
00:0617°25.3'S139°46.1'W18°21.9'S138°59.2'W17°53.6'S139°22.8'W 1.024 34° 306° 120 km 02m02.9s
00:0817°14.8'S138°52.7'W18°11.3'S138°05.3'W17°43.1'S138°29.1'W 1.024 33° 305° 118 km 02m00.5s
00:1017°05.4'S137°56.9'W18°01.8'S137°08.8'W17°33.7'S137°33.1'W 1.023 32° 304° 116 km 01m58.1s
00:1216°57.2'S136°58.5'W17°53.5'S136°09.7'W17°25.4'S136°34.3'W 1.023 31° 303° 114 km 01m55.5s
00:1416°50.2'S135°57.1'W17°46.4'S135°07.4'W17°18.3'S135°32.5'W 1.023 30° 302° 112 km 01m52.7s
00:1616°44.6'S134°52.3'W17°40.7'S134°01.6'W17°12.7'S134°27.2'W 1.022 29° 301° 110 km 01m49.8s
00:1816°40.6'S133°43.6'W17°36.6'S132°51.6'W17°08.6'S133°17.8'W 1.022 27° 300° 107 km 01m46.8s
00:2016°38.4'S132°30.2'W17°34.3'S131°36.6'W17°06.4'S132°03.7'W 1.022 26° 299° 105 km 01m43.5s
00:2216°38.2'S131°11.3'W17°34.1'S130°15.8'W17°06.2'S130°43.8'W 1.021 24° 298° 102 km 01m40.1s
00:2416°40.4'S129°45.7'W17°36.4'S128°47.7'W17°08.4'S129°17.0'W 1.021 23° 297° 99 km 01m36.4s
00:2616°45.6'S128°11.6'W17°41.8'S127°10.5'W17°13.7'S127°41.4'W 1.020 21° 296° 95 km 01m32.4s
00:2816°54.5'S126°26.7'W17°51.2'S125°21.1'W17°22.9'S125°54.4'W 1.020 19° 295° 92 km 01m28.1s
00:3017°08.4'S124°26.9'W18°06.1'S123°14.7'W17°37.2'S123°51.4'W 1.019 17° 294° 88 km 01m23.3s
00:3217°29.6'S122°04.8'W18°29.2'S120°41.9'W17°59.3'S121°24.3'W 1.018 14° 293° 83 km 01m17.9s
00:3418°02.9'S119°04.5'W19°07.6'S117°19.3'W18°34.9'S118°13.9'W 1.017 10° 292° 77 km 01m11.3s
00:3619°05.9'S114°29.0'W20°42.0'S110°49.5'W19°48.8'S112°58.2'W 1.015 290° 69 km 01m01.4s
Limits20°54.0'S108°03.4'W21°28.7'S108°04.4'W21°11.3'S108°03.9'W 1.014 - 61 km 00m53.3s

ΔT = 35755.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:16:13.423:20:18.125°17.3'S056°05.7'E 44.7° 335.5° 125.6 km02m27.13s
Greatest Duration09:17:11.523:21:16.225°04.5'S154°14.6'W 44.7° 334.8° 125.9 km02m27.14s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1533 May 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1533 May 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 35755.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2003.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.37°.

Acknowledgments

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

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