Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1540 Oct 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1540 Oct 02 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1540 Oct 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits06°46.1'S010°34.6'W08°58.7'S010°59.0'W07°52.0'S010°46.5'W 0.941 - 243 km 03m57.8s
06:4206°53.9'S000°04.9'E08°53.4'S005°59.7'W07°51.6'S002°22.4'W 0.943 87° 236 km 04m05.7s
06:4407°07.7'S003°36.8'E09°00.2'S000°09.6'W08°03.0'S001°52.9'E 0.944 13° 86° 232 km 04m10.4s
06:4607°22.7'S006°18.0'E09°11.8'S003°16.6'E08°16.5'S004°52.3'E 0.945 17° 86° 230 km 04m14.0s
06:4807°38.4'S008°31.5'E09°25.0'S005°54.6'E08°31.1'S007°16.4'E 0.946 20° 85° 227 km 04m17.1s
06:5007°54.5'S010°26.9'E09°39.2'S008°06.0'E08°46.3'S009°19.0'E 0.946 22° 85° 226 km 04m19.9s
06:5208°11.0'S012°09.5'E09°54.0'S010°00.0'E09°02.0'S011°06.7'E 0.947 24° 84° 224 km 04m22.5s
06:5408°27.7'S013°42.3'E10°09.2'S011°41.3'E09°18.0'S012°43.4'E 0.947 26° 84° 223 km 04m24.9s
06:5608°44.6'S015°07.2'E10°24.9'S013°13.1'E09°34.3'S014°11.5'E 0.948 28° 83° 221 km 04m27.1s
06:5809°01.7'S016°25.8'E10°40.8'S014°37.2'E09°50.8'S015°32.7'E 0.948 30° 82° 220 km 04m29.3s
07:0009°19.0'S017°39.1'E10°57.0'S015°55.1'E10°07.5'S016°48.2'E 0.949 32° 82° 219 km 04m31.3s
07:0209°36.4'S018°48.0'E11°13.4'S017°07.8'E10°24.5'S017°58.8'E 0.949 33° 81° 218 km 04m33.3s
07:0409°53.9'S019°52.9'E11°30.0'S018°16.1'E10°41.5'S019°05.4'E 0.949 35° 80° 216 km 04m35.1s
07:0610°11.6'S020°54.4'E11°46.8'S019°20.6'E10°58.8'S020°08.3'E 0.950 36° 80° 215 km 04m36.9s
07:0810°29.3'S021°53.0'E12°03.7'S020°21.8'E11°16.1'S021°08.1'E 0.950 38° 79° 214 km 04m38.7s
07:1010°47.2'S022°48.9'E12°20.8'S021°20.0'E11°33.6'S022°05.1'E 0.950 39° 78° 213 km 04m40.4s
07:1211°05.1'S023°42.5'E12°38.0'S022°15.6'E11°51.2'S022°59.7'E 0.950 40° 78° 212 km 04m42.0s
07:1411°23.1'S024°34.0'E12°55.4'S023°08.9'E12°08.9'S023°52.0'E 0.951 42° 77° 211 km 04m43.5s
07:1611°41.2'S025°23.5'E13°12.8'S024°00.2'E12°26.7'S024°42.4'E 0.951 43° 76° 210 km 04m45.0s
07:1811°59.4'S026°11.4'E13°30.4'S024°49.5'E12°44.5'S025°31.0'E 0.951 44° 75° 209 km 04m46.5s
07:2012°17.7'S026°57.6'E13°48.1'S025°37.2'E13°02.5'S026°17.9'E 0.951 45° 74° 209 km 04m47.9s
07:2212°36.0'S027°42.4'E14°05.9'S026°23.3'E13°20.6'S027°03.3'E 0.951 46° 73° 208 km 04m49.2s
07:2412°54.4'S028°25.9'E14°23.8'S027°08.0'E13°38.8'S027°47.4'E 0.952 47° 72° 207 km 04m50.5s
07:2613°12.9'S029°08.2'E14°41.8'S027°51.5'E13°57.0'S028°30.2'E 0.952 48° 71° 206 km 04m51.8s
07:2813°31.4'S029°49.4'E14°59.9'S028°33.7'E14°15.3'S029°11.9'E 0.952 49° 70° 205 km 04m53.0s
07:3013°50.0'S030°29.6'E15°18.1'S029°14.8'E14°33.7'S029°52.6'E 0.952 50° 69° 204 km 04m54.2s
07:3214°08.7'S031°08.8'E15°36.4'S029°55.0'E14°52.2'S030°32.2'E 0.952 51° 68° 203 km 04m55.3s
07:3414°27.4'S031°47.2'E15°54.8'S030°34.2'E15°10.8'S031°11.0'E 0.952 52° 67° 202 km 04m56.4s
07:3614°46.2'S032°24.7'E16°13.2'S031°12.6'E15°29.4'S031°49.0'E 0.953 53° 66° 201 km 04m57.4s
07:3815°05.1'S033°01.6'E16°31.8'S031°50.3'E15°48.1'S032°26.2'E 0.953 54° 64° 201 km 04m58.4s
07:4015°24.0'S033°37.7'E16°50.4'S032°27.2'E16°06.9'S033°02.8'E 0.953 55° 63° 200 km 04m59.3s
07:4215°43.0'S034°13.3'E17°09.2'S033°03.5'E16°25.8'S033°38.6'E 0.953 55° 62° 199 km 05m00.2s
07:4416°02.1'S034°48.2'E17°28.0'S033°39.1'E16°44.7'S034°14.0'E 0.953 56° 60° 198 km 05m01.1s
07:4616°21.2'S035°22.7'E17°46.9'S034°14.2'E17°03.7'S034°48.7'E 0.953 57° 59° 197 km 05m01.9s
07:4816°40.4'S035°56.7'E18°05.8'S034°48.9'E17°22.8'S035°23.0'E 0.953 58° 57° 197 km 05m02.7s
07:5016°59.6'S036°30.2'E18°24.9'S035°23.0'E17°41.9'S035°56.9'E 0.953 58° 55° 196 km 05m03.4s
07:5217°18.9'S037°03.3'E18°44.0'S035°56.8'E18°01.2'S036°30.3'E 0.953 59° 54° 195 km 05m04.1s
07:5417°38.3'S037°36.1'E19°03.3'S036°30.1'E18°20.5'S037°03.4'E 0.953 59° 52° 194 km 05m04.8s
07:5617°57.7'S038°08.6'E19°22.6'S037°03.2'E18°39.8'S037°36.1'E 0.954 60° 50° 194 km 05m05.4s
07:5818°17.2'S038°40.8'E19°42.0'S037°35.9'E18°59.3'S038°08.6'E 0.954 61° 48° 193 km 05m06.0s
08:0018°36.7'S039°12.7'E20°01.5'S038°08.4'E19°18.8'S038°40.8'E 0.954 61° 46° 192 km 05m06.5s
08:0218°56.4'S039°44.4'E20°21.0'S038°40.6'E19°38.4'S039°12.7'E 0.954 62° 44° 192 km 05m07.0s
08:0419°16.0'S040°16.0'E20°40.7'S039°12.7'E19°58.1'S039°44.5'E 0.954 62° 42° 191 km 05m07.5s
08:0619°35.8'S040°47.3'E21°00.4'S039°44.6'E20°17.8'S040°16.1'E 0.954 62° 40° 190 km 05m07.9s
08:0819°55.6'S041°18.6'E21°20.3'S040°16.3'E20°37.6'S040°47.6'E 0.954 63° 38° 190 km 05m08.3s
08:1020°15.5'S041°49.7'E21°40.2'S040°48.0'E20°57.5'S041°19.0'E 0.954 63° 36° 189 km 05m08.6s
08:1220°35.4'S042°20.8'E22°00.2'S041°19.6'E21°17.5'S041°50.4'E 0.954 63° 33° 189 km 05m08.9s
08:1420°55.4'S042°51.8'E22°20.3'S041°51.1'E21°37.6'S042°21.6'E 0.954 63° 31° 188 km 05m09.2s
08:1621°15.5'S043°22.8'E22°40.5'S042°22.6'E21°57.7'S042°52.9'E 0.954 64° 29° 188 km 05m09.4s
08:1821°35.7'S043°53.9'E23°00.8'S042°54.2'E22°17.9'S043°24.2'E 0.954 64° 26° 187 km 05m09.6s
08:2021°55.9'S044°25.0'E23°21.1'S043°25.8'E22°38.2'S043°55.6'E 0.954 64° 24° 187 km 05m09.7s
08:2222°16.2'S044°56.1'E23°41.6'S043°57.5'E22°58.6'S044°27.0'E 0.954 64° 21° 187 km 05m09.8s
08:2422°36.5'S045°27.4'E24°02.2'S044°29.3'E23°19.1'S044°58.5'E 0.954 64° 19° 186 km 05m09.9s
08:2622°57.0'S045°58.8'E24°22.8'S045°01.2'E23°39.6'S045°30.1'E 0.954 64° 16° 186 km 05m09.9s
08:2823°17.5'S046°30.4'E24°43.6'S045°33.3'E24°00.3'S046°02.0'E 0.954 64° 14° 186 km 05m09.9s
08:3023°38.1'S047°02.1'E25°04.5'S046°05.6'E24°21.0'S046°34.0'E 0.954 64° 11° 185 km 05m09.8s
08:3223°58.8'S047°34.1'E25°25.4'S046°38.1'E24°41.8'S047°06.2'E 0.954 63° 185 km 05m09.8s
08:3424°19.5'S048°06.3'E25°46.5'S047°10.9'E25°02.7'S047°38.7'E 0.954 63° 185 km 05m09.6s
08:3624°40.3'S048°38.7'E26°07.7'S047°44.0'E25°23.7'S048°11.5'E 0.954 63° 185 km 05m09.4s
08:3825°01.2'S049°11.5'E26°29.0'S048°17.4'E25°44.8'S048°44.6'E 0.954 63° 185 km 05m09.2s
08:4025°22.2'S049°44.7'E26°50.4'S048°51.1'E26°06.0'S049°18.0'E 0.954 62° 360° 184 km 05m09.0s
08:4225°43.3'S050°18.2'E27°11.9'S049°25.3'E26°27.3'S049°51.9'E 0.953 62° 357° 184 km 05m08.7s
08:4426°04.5'S050°52.1'E27°33.5'S049°59.9'E26°48.7'S050°26.1'E 0.953 62° 355° 184 km 05m08.4s
08:4626°25.8'S051°26.5'E27°55.3'S050°35.0'E27°10.2'S051°00.8'E 0.953 61° 353° 184 km 05m08.0s
08:4826°47.1'S052°01.3'E28°17.2'S051°10.6'E27°31.8'S051°36.0'E 0.953 61° 351° 184 km 05m07.6s
08:5027°08.6'S052°36.7'E28°39.1'S051°46.7'E27°53.5'S052°11.8'E 0.953 60° 349° 184 km 05m07.1s
08:5227°30.1'S053°12.7'E29°01.3'S052°23.5'E28°15.4'S052°48.1'E 0.953 60° 347° 185 km 05m06.6s
08:5427°51.7'S053°49.2'E29°23.5'S053°00.9'E28°37.3'S053°25.1'E 0.953 59° 345° 185 km 05m06.1s
08:5628°13.5'S054°26.4'E29°45.9'S053°39.0'E28°59.4'S054°02.8'E 0.953 58° 343° 185 km 05m05.5s
08:5828°35.3'S055°04.3'E30°08.4'S054°17.8'E29°21.5'S054°41.1'E 0.953 58° 341° 185 km 05m04.9s
09:0028°57.3'S055°43.0'E30°31.0'S054°57.5'E29°43.8'S055°20.3'E 0.953 57° 339° 185 km 05m04.3s
09:0229°19.3'S056°22.5'E30°53.8'S055°38.0'E30°06.3'S056°00.3'E 0.953 56° 337° 186 km 05m03.6s
09:0429°41.5'S057°02.8'E31°16.8'S056°19.4'E30°28.8'S056°41.1'E 0.952 55° 336° 186 km 05m02.8s
09:0630°03.8'S057°44.1'E31°39.9'S057°01.9'E30°51.5'S057°23.0'E 0.952 55° 334° 186 km 05m02.1s
09:0830°26.2'S058°26.3'E32°03.1'S057°45.4'E31°14.3'S058°05.9'E 0.952 54° 332° 187 km 05m01.3s
09:1030°48.7'S059°09.7'E32°26.5'S058°30.1'E31°37.3'S058°49.8'E 0.952 53° 331° 187 km 05m00.4s
09:1231°11.4'S059°54.1'E32°50.1'S059°16.0'E32°00.4'S059°35.0'E 0.952 52° 329° 188 km 04m59.5s
09:1431°34.1'S060°39.9'E33°13.9'S060°03.2'E32°23.6'S060°21.5'E 0.952 51° 327° 188 km 04m58.6s
09:1631°57.0'S061°26.9'E33°37.8'S060°51.8'E32°47.0'S061°09.3'E 0.952 50° 326° 189 km 04m57.6s
09:1832°20.1'S062°15.3'E34°01.9'S061°42.0'E33°10.6'S061°58.6'E 0.951 49° 324° 189 km 04m56.5s
09:2032°43.3'S063°05.3'E34°26.2'S062°33.9'E33°34.3'S062°49.5'E 0.951 48° 323° 190 km 04m55.5s
09:2233°06.6'S063°56.9'E34°50.7'S063°27.6'E33°58.2'S063°42.1'E 0.951 47° 321° 191 km 04m54.3s
09:2433°30.1'S064°50.3'E35°15.4'S064°23.2'E34°22.3'S064°36.6'E 0.951 46° 320° 192 km 04m53.2s
09:2633°53.7'S065°45.7'E35°40.3'S065°21.0'E34°46.6'S065°33.1'E 0.951 45° 318° 192 km 04m51.9s
09:2834°17.6'S066°43.1'E36°05.4'S066°21.1'E35°11.0'S066°31.8'E 0.950 44° 317° 193 km 04m50.7s
09:3034°41.5'S067°42.8'E36°30.8'S067°23.7'E35°35.7'S067°32.9'E 0.950 43° 315° 194 km 04m49.4s
09:3235°05.7'S068°45.0'E36°56.4'S068°29.1'E36°00.6'S068°36.7'E 0.950 42° 314° 195 km 04m48.0s
09:3435°30.0'S069°50.0'E37°22.3'S069°37.6'E36°25.7'S069°43.3'E 0.950 41° 312° 197 km 04m46.6s
09:3635°54.6'S070°58.0'E37°48.4'S070°49.5'E36°51.0'S070°53.2'E 0.949 39° 311° 198 km 04m45.1s
09:3836°19.3'S072°09.3'E38°14.9'S072°05.1'E37°16.6'S072°06.6'E 0.949 38° 310° 199 km 04m43.5s
09:4036°44.3'S073°24.4'E38°41.7'S073°25.1'E37°42.4'S073°24.0'E 0.949 37° 308° 200 km 04m41.9s
09:4237°09.5'S074°43.6'E39°08.8'S074°49.8'E38°08.5'S074°45.9'E 0.948 35° 306° 202 km 04m40.2s
09:4437°35.0'S076°07.6'E39°36.2'S076°20.1'E38°34.9'S076°12.8'E 0.948 34° 305° 203 km 04m38.5s
09:4638°00.7'S077°37.0'E40°04.1'S077°56.7'E39°01.7'S077°45.6'E 0.948 32° 303° 205 km 04m36.7s
09:4838°26.7'S079°12.5'E40°32.4'S079°40.6'E39°28.8'S079°25.1'E 0.947 30° 302° 207 km 04m34.7s
09:5038°53.0'S080°55.3'E41°01.2'S081°33.4'E39°56.3'S081°12.6'E 0.947 29° 300° 209 km 04m32.7s
09:5239°19.7'S082°46.7'E41°30.5'S083°36.8'E40°24.3'S083°09.6'E 0.946 27° 298° 211 km 04m30.6s
09:5439°46.8'S084°48.6'E42°00.5'S085°53.5'E40°52.7'S085°18.3'E 0.946 25° 296° 214 km 04m28.3s
09:5640°14.3'S087°03.5'E42°31.3'S088°27.4'E41°21.8'S087°41.8'E 0.945 23° 294° 217 km 04m25.8s
09:5840°42.4'S089°35.2'E43°03.1'S091°24.6'E41°51.6'S090°25.0'E 0.945 20° 292° 220 km 04m23.1s
10:0041°11.2'S092°29.9'E43°36.3'S094°56.3'E42°22.4'S093°35.8'E 0.944 17° 289° 223 km 04m20.2s
10:0241°40.9'S095°58.6'E44°11.6'S099°26.9'E42°54.6'S097°30.2'E 0.943 14° 286° 228 km 04m16.7s
10:0442°12.0'S100°25.7'E44°51.9'S106°21.6'E43°29.3'S102°49.1'E 0.942 10° 282° 234 km 04m12.4s
Limits43°09.0'S116°00.3'E45°24.0'S116°22.3'E44°16.2'S116°11.1'E 0.939 - 249 km 04m03.0s

ΔT = 35897.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:21:37.108:23:20.123°12.2'S105°10.8'W 63.9° 19.7° 186.3 km05m09.88s
Greatest Duration18:24:27.808:26:10.823°41.5'S045°33.0'E 63.9° 16.2° 185.9 km05m09.92s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1540 Oct 02

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1540 Oct 02 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 35897.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2024.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.46°.

Acknowledgments

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

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