Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1544 Dec 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1544 Dec 15 . 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 -1544 Dec 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits09°54.7'S074°07.8'E10°42.0'S073°38.4'E10°18.4'S073°53.2'E 1.028 - 101 km 01m25.9s
00:4612°06.5'S079°17.7'E - - 11°39.6'S077°03.6'E 1.029 112° 105 km 01m31.3s
00:4814°50.3'S085°21.7'E14°59.1'S083°12.3'E14°55.9'S084°19.2'E 1.031 12° 110° 115 km 01m45.4s
00:5016°31.6'S088°58.0'E16°53.7'S087°12.7'E16°43.3'S088°06.4'E 1.033 16° 109° 120 km 01m53.6s
00:5217°51.7'S091°45.8'E18°20.9'S090°11.4'E18°06.8'S090°59.4'E 1.034 20° 108° 124 km 02m00.3s
00:5419°00.0'S094°07.1'E19°34.1'S092°39.2'E19°17.5'S093°23.8'E 1.035 23° 107° 127 km 02m06.2s
00:5620°00.3'S096°11.2'E20°38.2'S094°47.8'E20°19.6'S095°30.1'E 1.035 25° 106° 129 km 02m11.6s
00:5820°54.8'S098°03.0'E21°35.9'S096°43.0'E21°15.7'S097°23.5'E 1.036 28° 105° 131 km 02m16.5s
01:0021°44.8'S099°45.5'E22°28.5'S098°28.3'E22°06.9'S099°07.4'E 1.037 30° 104° 133 km 02m21.2s
01:0222°31.0'S101°20.8'E23°17.2'S100°05.8'E22°54.4'S100°43.8'E 1.037 32° 103° 135 km 02m25.6s
01:0423°14.2'S102°50.2'E24°02.5'S101°37.2'E23°38.6'S102°14.1'E 1.038 34° 102° 137 km 02m29.8s
01:0623°54.7'S104°14.7'E24°45.0'S103°03.5'E24°20.1'S103°39.5'E 1.038 36° 101° 138 km 02m33.8s
01:0824°32.9'S105°35.2'E25°25.1'S104°25.6'E24°59.2'S105°00.8'E 1.039 38° 100° 140 km 02m37.7s
01:1025°09.1'S106°52.2'E26°03.0'S105°44.1'E25°36.3'S106°18.6'E 1.039 39° 99° 141 km 02m41.4s
01:1225°43.5'S108°06.3'E26°39.0'S106°59.5'E26°11.4'S107°33.3'E 1.040 41° 98° 142 km 02m45.0s
01:1426°16.1'S109°17.7'E27°13.2'S108°12.3'E26°44.9'S108°45.4'E 1.040 43° 97° 143 km 02m48.5s
01:1626°47.3'S110°26.9'E27°45.8'S109°22.8'E27°16.8'S109°55.3'E 1.040 44° 96° 144 km 02m51.9s
01:1827°17.1'S111°34.1'E28°17.0'S110°31.3'E27°47.2'S111°03.1'E 1.041 46° 95° 145 km 02m55.1s
01:2027°45.5'S112°39.5'E28°46.8'S111°38.0'E28°16.3'S112°09.2'E 1.041 47° 94° 146 km 02m58.3s
01:2228°12.8'S113°43.4'E29°15.3'S112°43.2'E28°44.2'S113°13.7'E 1.041 48° 92° 147 km 03m01.3s
01:2428°38.9'S114°45.8'E29°42.7'S113°46.9'E29°10.9'S114°16.8'E 1.042 50° 91° 148 km 03m04.3s
01:2629°03.9'S115°47.0'E30°08.9'S114°49.4'E29°36.6'S115°18.6'E 1.042 51° 90° 148 km 03m07.2s
01:2829°27.9'S116°47.1'E30°34.1'S115°50.8'E30°01.1'S116°19.3'E 1.042 52° 89° 149 km 03m10.0s
01:3029°50.9'S117°46.2'E30°58.2'S116°51.2'E30°24.7'S117°19.1'E 1.042 54° 87° 149 km 03m12.7s
01:3230°13.0'S118°44.4'E31°21.4'S117°50.7'E30°47.3'S118°17.9'E 1.043 55° 86° 150 km 03m15.3s
01:3430°34.2'S119°41.7'E31°43.6'S118°49.4'E31°09.0'S119°15.9'E 1.043 56° 84° 151 km 03m17.8s
01:3630°54.6'S120°38.3'E32°04.9'S119°47.4'E31°29.8'S120°13.2'E 1.043 57° 83° 151 km 03m20.2s
01:3831°14.0'S121°34.3'E32°25.4'S120°44.7'E31°49.8'S121°09.8'E 1.043 59° 81° 152 km 03m22.6s
01:4031°32.7'S122°29.6'E32°45.0'S121°41.5'E32°09.0'S122°05.9'E 1.044 60° 80° 152 km 03m24.8s
01:4231°50.6'S123°24.4'E33°03.8'S122°37.7'E32°27.3'S123°01.4'E 1.044 61° 78° 153 km 03m27.0s
01:4432°07.8'S124°18.7'E33°21.8'S123°33.5'E32°44.9'S123°56.5'E 1.044 62° 76° 153 km 03m29.1s
01:4632°24.2'S125°12.6'E33°39.1'S124°28.9'E33°01.7'S124°51.1'E 1.044 63° 74° 153 km 03m31.1s
01:4832°39.9'S126°06.1'E33°55.5'S125°24.0'E33°17.8'S125°45.3'E 1.044 64° 73° 154 km 03m33.0s
01:5032°54.8'S126°59.2'E34°11.3'S126°18.7'E33°33.1'S126°39.2'E 1.044 65° 70° 154 km 03m34.8s
01:5233°09.1'S127°52.1'E34°26.3'S127°13.1'E33°47.7'S127°32.8'E 1.045 66° 68° 154 km 03m36.5s
01:5433°22.7'S128°44.6'E34°40.5'S128°07.3'E34°01.6'S128°26.2'E 1.045 67° 66° 155 km 03m38.1s
01:5633°35.6'S129°36.9'E34°54.1'S129°01.2'E34°14.9'S129°19.3'E 1.045 68° 64° 155 km 03m39.7s
01:5833°47.8'S130°29.0'E35°07.0'S129°55.0'E34°27.4'S130°12.2'E 1.045 69° 61° 155 km 03m41.1s
02:0033°59.4'S131°20.9'E35°19.2'S130°48.6'E34°39.3'S131°05.0'E 1.045 70° 58° 155 km 03m42.5s
02:0234°10.3'S132°12.6'E35°30.7'S131°42.1'E34°50.5'S131°57.6'E 1.045 71° 55° 155 km 03m43.8s
02:0434°20.6'S133°04.2'E35°41.5'S132°35.5'E35°01.1'S132°50.1'E 1.045 71° 52° 156 km 03m44.9s
02:0634°30.2'S133°55.7'E35°51.6'S133°28.8'E35°10.9'S133°42.5'E 1.045 72° 49° 156 km 03m46.0s
02:0834°39.3'S134°47.1'E36°01.1'S134°22.0'E35°20.2'S134°34.8'E 1.045 73° 45° 156 km 03m47.0s
02:1034°47.7'S135°38.5'E36°09.9'S135°15.2'E35°28.8'S135°27.0'E 1.045 74° 41° 156 km 03m47.9s
02:1234°55.4'S136°29.8'E36°18.1'S136°08.4'E35°36.8'S136°19.2'E 1.045 74° 37° 156 km 03m48.7s
02:1435°02.6'S137°21.0'E36°25.6'S137°01.5'E35°44.1'S137°11.4'E 1.046 75° 33° 156 km 03m49.4s
02:1635°09.1'S138°12.3'E36°32.5'S137°54.7'E35°50.8'S138°03.6'E 1.046 75° 29° 156 km 03m50.0s
02:1835°15.0'S139°03.6'E36°38.7'S138°47.9'E35°56.8'S138°55.8'E 1.046 76° 24° 156 km 03m50.5s
02:2035°20.3'S139°54.8'E36°44.2'S139°41.1'E36°02.3'S139°48.1'E 1.046 76° 19° 157 km 03m50.9s
02:2235°25.0'S140°46.2'E36°49.1'S140°34.4'E36°07.1'S140°40.4'E 1.046 76° 14° 157 km 03m51.2s
02:2435°29.1'S141°37.5'E36°53.4'S141°27.8'E36°11.2'S141°32.7'E 1.046 76° 157 km 03m51.4s
02:2635°32.6'S142°29.0'E36°57.0'S142°21.3'E36°14.8'S142°25.2'E 1.046 76° 157 km 03m51.5s
02:2835°35.4'S143°20.5'E36°59.9'S143°14.8'E36°17.6'S143°17.7'E 1.046 76° 358° 157 km 03m51.5s
02:3035°37.6'S144°12.2'E37°02.2'S144°08.5'E36°19.9'S144°10.3'E 1.046 76° 352° 157 km 03m51.4s
02:3235°39.2'S145°03.9'E37°03.8'S145°02.3'E36°21.5'S145°03.1'E 1.046 76° 347° 157 km 03m51.2s
02:3435°40.2'S145°55.8'E37°04.8'S145°56.2'E36°22.5'S145°56.0'E 1.046 76° 342° 156 km 03m50.9s
02:3635°40.6'S146°47.8'E37°05.1'S146°50.3'E36°22.9'S146°49.0'E 1.046 75° 337° 156 km 03m50.5s
02:3835°40.4'S147°40.1'E37°04.8'S147°44.5'E36°22.6'S147°42.2'E 1.046 75° 333° 156 km 03m50.1s
02:4035°39.5'S148°32.4'E37°03.8'S148°39.0'E36°21.6'S148°35.6'E 1.046 74° 328° 156 km 03m49.5s
02:4235°37.9'S149°25.0'E37°02.1'S149°33.6'E36°20.0'S149°29.2'E 1.045 74° 324° 156 km 03m48.8s
02:4435°35.8'S150°17.8'E36°59.7'S150°28.4'E36°17.7'S150°23.0'E 1.045 73° 320° 156 km 03m48.0s
02:4635°33.0'S151°10.8'E36°56.6'S151°23.5'E36°14.8'S151°17.0'E 1.045 72° 317° 156 km 03m47.1s
02:4835°29.5'S152°04.1'E36°52.9'S152°18.8'E36°11.2'S152°11.3'E 1.045 71° 313° 156 km 03m46.1s
02:5035°25.4'S152°57.7'E36°48.4'S153°14.4'E36°06.9'S153°05.9'E 1.045 71° 310° 155 km 03m45.0s
02:5235°20.6'S153°51.5'E36°43.2'S154°10.3'E36°01.9'S154°00.7'E 1.045 70° 307° 155 km 03m43.9s
02:5435°15.1'S154°45.7'E36°37.3'S155°06.4'E35°56.2'S154°55.8'E 1.045 69° 304° 155 km 03m42.6s
02:5635°08.9'S155°40.2'E36°30.7'S156°02.9'E35°49.9'S155°51.3'E 1.045 68° 302° 155 km 03m41.2s
02:5835°02.1'S156°35.0'E36°23.4'S156°59.8'E35°42.8'S156°47.2'E 1.045 67° 299° 154 km 03m39.7s
03:0034°54.5'S157°30.3'E36°15.3'S157°57.0'E35°34.9'S157°43.4'E 1.045 66° 297° 154 km 03m38.2s
03:0234°46.2'S158°26.0'E36°06.4'S158°54.6'E35°26.4'S158°40.0'E 1.045 65° 295° 154 km 03m36.5s
03:0434°37.2'S159°22.1'E35°56.8'S159°52.7'E35°17.0'S159°37.1'E 1.044 64° 292° 153 km 03m34.8s
03:0634°27.4'S160°18.7'E35°46.3'S160°51.2'E35°06.9'S160°34.7'E 1.044 63° 290° 153 km 03m32.9s
03:0834°16.9'S161°15.9'E35°35.1'S161°50.3'E34°56.0'S161°32.8'E 1.044 62° 288° 153 km 03m31.0s
03:1034°05.6'S162°13.6'E35°23.0'S162°49.9'E34°44.3'S162°31.4'E 1.044 61° 287° 152 km 03m29.0s
03:1233°53.4'S163°11.9'E35°10.1'S163°50.1'E34°31.8'S163°30.7'E 1.044 60° 285° 152 km 03m26.8s
03:1433°40.5'S164°10.9'E34°56.3'S164°50.9'E34°18.4'S164°30.6'E 1.044 59° 283° 151 km 03m24.6s
03:1633°26.6'S165°10.6'E34°41.6'S165°52.5'E34°04.2'S165°31.2'E 1.043 57° 281° 151 km 03m22.3s
03:1833°11.9'S166°11.1'E34°25.9'S166°54.8'E33°49.0'S166°32.6'E 1.043 56° 280° 150 km 03m19.9s
03:2032°56.3'S167°12.5'E34°09.3'S167°57.9'E33°32.9'S167°34.8'E 1.043 55° 278° 150 km 03m17.5s
03:2232°39.7'S168°14.7'E33°51.7'S169°01.9'E33°15.8'S168°37.9'E 1.043 54° 277° 149 km 03m14.9s
03:2432°22.1'S169°18.0'E33°33.1'S170°07.0'E32°57.7'S169°42.1'E 1.042 52° 275° 149 km 03m12.2s
03:2632°03.6'S170°22.4'E33°13.4'S171°13.1'E32°38.6'S170°47.3'E 1.042 51° 274° 148 km 03m09.4s
03:2831°43.9'S171°28.0'E32°52.5'S172°20.4'E32°18.3'S171°53.8'E 1.042 50° 273° 147 km 03m06.6s
03:3031°23.1'S172°34.9'E32°30.5'S173°29.1'E31°56.9'S173°01.6'E 1.042 48° 271° 147 km 03m03.6s
03:3231°01.0'S173°43.4'E32°07.1'S174°39.3'E31°34.2'S174°10.9'E 1.041 47° 270° 146 km 03m00.6s
03:3430°37.7'S174°53.4'E31°42.5'S175°51.1'E31°10.3'S175°21.8'E 1.041 46° 269° 145 km 02m57.4s
03:3630°13.1'S176°05.4'E31°16.4'S177°04.7'E30°44.9'S176°34.6'E 1.041 44° 267° 144 km 02m54.2s
03:3829°46.9'S177°19.3'E30°48.7'S178°20.5'E30°18.0'S177°49.5'E 1.040 43° 266° 143 km 02m50.8s
03:4029°19.2'S178°35.6'E30°19.4'S179°38.6'E29°49.5'S179°06.7'E 1.040 41° 265° 142 km 02m47.3s
03:4228°49.8'S179°54.6'E29°48.3'S179°00.6'W29°19.2'S179°33.5'W 1.040 39° 264° 141 km 02m43.7s
03:4428°18.4'S178°43.4'W29°15.1'S177°36.7'W28°47.0'S178°10.5'W 1.039 38° 263° 140 km 02m39.9s
03:4627°45.0'S177°17.9'W28°39.7'S176°09.1'W28°12.6'S176°44.0'W 1.039 36° 261° 139 km 02m36.1s
03:4827°09.2'S175°48.3'W28°01.8'S174°37.3'W27°35.7'S175°13.3'W 1.038 34° 260° 137 km 02m32.0s
03:5026°30.6'S174°13.9'W27°21.0'S173°00.5'W26°56.1'S173°37.7'W 1.038 32° 259° 136 km 02m27.8s
03:5225°48.9'S172°33.5'W26°36.8'S171°17.4'W26°13.2'S171°56.0'W 1.037 30° 258° 134 km 02m23.4s
03:5425°03.5'S170°45.9'W25°48.5'S169°26.7'W25°26.3'S170°06.9'W 1.036 28° 257° 132 km 02m18.7s
03:5624°13.5'S168°49.1'W24°55.2'S167°26.1'W24°34.7'S168°08.3'W 1.036 25° 256° 130 km 02m13.7s
03:5823°17.6'S166°40.3'W23°55.3'S165°12.3'W23°36.9'S165°57.0'W 1.035 23° 254° 127 km 02m08.3s
04:0022°13.9'S164°14.5'W22°46.5'S162°39.7'W22°30.7'S163°27.9'W 1.034 20° 253° 125 km 02m02.4s
04:0220°58.4'S161°23.0'W21°23.8'S159°37.1'W21°11.8'S160°31.2'W 1.033 16° 252° 121 km 01m55.8s
04:0419°22.8'S157°45.5'W19°35.2'S155°36.6'W19°30.1'S156°43.2'W 1.032 12° 250° 116 km 01m47.6s
04:0616°52.5'S152°00.2'W15°48.3'S147°03.0'W16°35.7'S150°06.0'W 1.029 248° 108 km 01m34.8s
Limits14°18.0'S145°54.7'W15°05.9'S145°24.2'W14°41.9'S145°39.5'W 1.028 - 103 km 01m27.2s

ΔT = 35978.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:25:43.902:26:05.736°14.9'S007°51.6'W 76.3° 2.7° 156.6 km03m51.51s
Greatest Duration12:26:45.902:27:07.636°16.5'S142°54.8'E 76.3° 359.9° 156.6 km03m51.53s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1544 Dec 15 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 35978.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2036.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.51°.

Acknowledgments

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

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