Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1546 Feb 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1546 Feb 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1546 Feb 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
Limits06°20.1'N022°17.1'W03°27.5'N022°39.0'W04°53.2'N022°27.6'W 0.921 - 316 km 05m53.7s
07:56 - - 01°15.0'N014°46.5'W03°37.7'N018°13.5'W 0.922 107° 312 km 06m02.7s
07:5804°11.7'N014°58.4'W00°17.1'N010°42.0'W02°07.2'N012°30.5'W 0.924 11° 108° 308 km 06m16.7s
08:0003°10.3'N010°53.5'W00°18.3'S007°49.9'W01°22.5'N009°13.2'W 0.925 15° 108° 306 km 06m25.8s
08:0202°33.0'N008°03.4'W00°43.1'S005°31.2'W00°52.5'N006°42.0'W 0.926 18° 108° 304 km 06m33.4s
08:0402°06.8'N005°47.0'W01°01.3'S003°32.9'W00°30.8'N004°36.1'W 0.926 20° 108° 303 km 06m40.0s
08:0601°47.4'N003°51.0'W01°14.9'S001°48.6'W00°14.6'N002°46.8'W 0.927 23° 109° 302 km 06m46.1s
08:0801°32.8'N002°09.0'W01°24.9'S000°14.8'W00°02.5'N001°09.5'W 0.927 25° 109° 302 km 06m51.8s
08:1001°21.7'N000°37.4'W01°32.2'S001°10.8'E00°06.5'S000°18.7'E 0.928 27° 109° 301 km 06m57.1s
08:1201°13.5'N000°46.2'E01°37.2'S002°29.8'E00°13.0'S001°39.7'E 0.928 28° 109° 301 km 07m02.1s
08:1401°07.7'N002°03.2'E01°40.2'S003°43.3'E00°17.4'S002°54.7'E 0.929 30° 110° 300 km 07m06.8s
08:1601°03.8'N003°14.7'E01°41.6'S004°52.1'E00°19.9'S004°04.7'E 0.929 32° 110° 300 km 07m11.4s
08:1801°01.7'N004°21.7'E01°41.5'S005°56.9'E00°20.9'S005°10.5'E 0.929 33° 110° 300 km 07m15.7s
08:2001°01.0'N005°24.8'E01°40.1'S006°58.3'E00°20.5'S006°12.6'E 0.929 35° 111° 300 km 07m19.8s
08:2201°01.6'N006°24.4'E01°37.5'S007°56.6'E00°18.9'S007°11.4'E 0.930 36° 111° 299 km 07m23.8s
08:2401°03.5'N007°21.0'E01°33.8'S008°52.1'E00°16.1'S008°07.4'E 0.930 37° 111° 299 km 07m27.6s
08:2601°06.4'N008°14.9'E01°29.2'S009°45.1'E00°12.3'S009°00.8'E 0.930 39° 112° 299 km 07m31.3s
08:2801°10.3'N009°06.5'E01°23.7'S010°36.0'E00°07.6'S009°51.9'E 0.931 40° 112° 299 km 07m34.8s
08:3001°15.1'N009°55.8'E01°17.3'S011°24.8'E00°02.0'S010°40.9'E 0.931 41° 113° 299 km 07m38.1s
08:3201°20.7'N010°43.2'E01°10.2'S012°11.8'E00°04.4'N011°28.1'E 0.931 42° 113° 299 km 07m41.3s
08:3401°27.2'N011°28.8'E01°02.3'S012°57.1'E00°11.6'N012°13.5'E 0.931 43° 114° 299 km 07m44.4s
08:3601°34.3'N012°12.7'E00°53.7'S013°40.8'E00°19.5'N012°57.3'E 0.931 44° 115° 298 km 07m47.3s
08:3801°42.2'N012°55.2'E00°44.5'S014°23.1'E00°28.0'N013°39.6'E 0.932 45° 115° 298 km 07m50.1s
08:4001°50.7'N013°36.2'E00°34.7'S015°04.1'E00°37.2'N014°20.6'E 0.932 46° 116° 298 km 07m52.7s
08:4201°59.8'N014°16.0'E00°24.3'S015°43.8'E00°46.9'N015°00.3'E 0.932 47° 117° 298 km 07m55.3s
08:4402°09.5'N014°54.6'E00°13.4'S016°22.4'E00°57.3'N015°38.9'E 0.932 48° 117° 297 km 07m57.6s
08:4602°19.8'N015°32.1'E00°01.9'S016°59.9'E01°08.2'N016°16.3'E 0.932 49° 118° 297 km 07m59.9s
08:4802°30.6'N016°08.5'E00°10.1'N017°36.5'E01°19.6'N016°52.8'E 0.932 50° 119° 296 km 08m02.0s
08:5002°42.0'N016°44.0'E00°22.6'N018°12.0'E01°31.5'N017°28.3'E 0.932 51° 120° 296 km 08m04.1s
08:5202°53.8'N017°18.5'E00°35.6'N018°46.7'E01°43.9'N018°02.9'E 0.933 52° 121° 295 km 08m05.9s
08:5403°06.1'N017°52.3'E00°49.0'N019°20.6'E01°56.8'N018°36.7'E 0.933 52° 122° 295 km 08m07.7s
08:5603°18.9'N018°25.2'E01°02.9'N019°53.7'E02°10.1'N019°09.7'E 0.933 53° 123° 294 km 08m09.3s
08:5803°32.2'N018°57.4'E01°17.2'N020°26.1'E02°23.9'N019°42.0'E 0.933 54° 124° 294 km 08m10.8s
09:0003°45.8'N019°28.9'E01°31.9'N020°57.8'E02°38.1'N020°13.6'E 0.933 55° 125° 293 km 08m12.2s
09:0204°00.0'N019°59.8'E01°47.0'N021°28.8'E02°52.7'N020°44.5'E 0.933 55° 126° 292 km 08m13.5s
09:0404°14.5'N020°30.1'E02°02.6'N021°59.2'E03°07.7'N021°14.8'E 0.933 56° 127° 291 km 08m14.7s
09:0604°29.5'N020°59.7'E02°18.5'N022°29.1'E03°23.2'N021°44.6'E 0.933 57° 129° 291 km 08m15.7s
09:0804°44.8'N021°28.9'E02°34.8'N022°58.4'E03°39.0'N022°13.8'E 0.933 57° 130° 290 km 08m16.7s
09:1005°00.6'N021°57.5'E02°51.5'N023°27.3'E03°55.2'N022°42.6'E 0.933 58° 131° 289 km 08m17.5s
09:1205°16.7'N022°25.7'E03°08.5'N023°55.6'E04°11.8'N023°10.8'E 0.934 58° 133° 288 km 08m18.2s
09:1405°33.3'N022°53.4'E03°25.9'N024°23.6'E04°28.8'N023°38.6'E 0.934 59° 134° 287 km 08m18.8s
09:1605°50.2'N023°20.8'E03°43.7'N024°51.1'E04°46.1'N024°06.1'E 0.934 59° 136° 286 km 08m19.3s
09:1806°07.5'N023°47.7'E04°01.8'N025°18.2'E05°03.9'N024°33.1'E 0.934 60° 137° 285 km 08m19.7s
09:2006°25.1'N024°14.3'E04°20.3'N025°45.0'E05°21.9'N024°59.8'E 0.934 60° 139° 284 km 08m19.9s
09:2206°43.2'N024°40.6'E04°39.1'N026°11.4'E05°40.3'N025°26.1'E 0.934 61° 141° 283 km 08m20.1s
09:2407°01.6'N025°06.6'E04°58.3'N026°37.6'E05°59.1'N025°52.2'E 0.934 61° 143° 282 km 08m20.2s
09:2607°20.3'N025°32.3'E05°17.8'N027°03.4'E06°18.3'N026°18.0'E 0.934 61° 144° 281 km 08m20.2s
09:2807°39.5'N025°57.7'E05°37.6'N027°29.0'E06°37.7'N026°43.5'E 0.934 61° 146° 280 km 08m20.1s
09:3007°58.9'N026°22.9'E05°57.8'N027°54.4'E06°57.6'N027°08.8'E 0.934 62° 148° 280 km 08m19.9s
09:3208°18.8'N026°47.9'E06°18.3'N028°19.6'E07°17.8'N027°33.8'E 0.934 62° 150° 279 km 08m19.6s
09:3408°39.0'N027°12.8'E06°39.1'N028°44.5'E07°38.3'N027°58.7'E 0.934 62° 152° 278 km 08m19.2s
09:3608°59.6'N027°37.4'E07°00.3'N029°09.3'E07°59.2'N028°23.5'E 0.934 62° 154° 277 km 08m18.8s
09:3809°20.5'N028°01.9'E07°21.8'N029°34.0'E08°20.4'N028°48.1'E 0.934 62° 156° 276 km 08m18.2s
09:4009°41.9'N028°26.4'E07°43.6'N029°58.5'E08°42.0'N029°12.5'E 0.934 62° 158° 275 km 08m17.6s
09:4210°03.5'N028°50.7'E08°05.8'N030°23.0'E09°03.9'N029°36.9'E 0.934 62° 160° 274 km 08m16.9s
09:4410°25.6'N029°14.9'E08°28.3'N030°47.4'E09°26.2'N030°01.2'E 0.934 62° 162° 273 km 08m16.1s
09:4610°48.0'N029°39.2'E08°51.2'N031°11.7'E09°48.8'N030°25.5'E 0.934 62° 164° 272 km 08m15.3s
09:4811°10.8'N030°03.3'E09°14.4'N031°36.0'E10°11.8'N030°49.7'E 0.934 62° 165° 272 km 08m14.3s
09:5011°34.0'N030°27.5'E09°38.0'N032°00.2'E10°35.2'N031°13.9'E 0.934 62° 167° 271 km 08m13.3s
09:5211°57.5'N030°51.7'E10°01.8'N032°24.5'E10°58.9'N031°38.2'E 0.934 61° 169° 270 km 08m12.3s
09:5412°21.5'N031°16.0'E10°26.1'N032°48.9'E11°23.0'N032°02.5'E 0.934 61° 171° 270 km 08m11.1s
09:5612°45.8'N031°40.3'E10°50.7'N033°13.3'E11°47.5'N032°26.8'E 0.934 61° 173° 269 km 08m09.9s
09:5813°10.6'N032°04.8'E11°15.7'N033°37.7'E12°12.4'N032°51.3'E 0.934 61° 175° 268 km 08m08.7s
10:0013°35.7'N032°29.3'E11°41.0'N034°02.3'E12°37.6'N033°15.9'E 0.934 60° 177° 268 km 08m07.3s
10:0214°01.3'N032°54.0'E12°06.7'N034°27.1'E13°03.3'N033°40.6'E 0.934 60° 179° 267 km 08m05.9s
10:0414°27.3'N033°18.9'E12°32.8'N034°52.0'E13°29.3'N034°05.5'E 0.934 59° 180° 267 km 08m04.5s
10:0614°53.7'N033°44.0'E12°59.3'N035°17.1'E13°55.8'N034°30.6'E 0.934 59° 182° 266 km 08m03.0s
10:0815°20.6'N034°09.3'E13°26.2'N035°42.4'E14°22.6'N034°55.9'E 0.933 59° 184° 266 km 08m01.4s
10:1015°47.9'N034°34.9'E13°53.5'N036°08.0'E14°50.0'N035°21.5'E 0.933 58° 185° 265 km 07m59.8s
10:1216°15.7'N035°00.9'E14°21.2'N036°33.9'E15°17.7'N035°47.4'E 0.933 57° 187° 265 km 07m58.2s
10:1416°44.0'N035°27.1'E14°49.3'N037°00.1'E15°45.9'N036°13.6'E 0.933 57° 188° 265 km 07m56.4s
10:1617°12.8'N035°53.7'E15°17.9'N037°26.7'E16°14.6'N036°40.2'E 0.933 56° 190° 265 km 07m54.7s
10:1817°42.0'N036°20.8'E15°46.9'N037°53.7'E16°43.7'N037°07.2'E 0.933 56° 191° 264 km 07m52.8s
10:2018°11.8'N036°48.3'E16°16.4'N038°21.1'E17°13.3'N037°34.7'E 0.933 55° 193° 264 km 07m51.0s
10:2218°42.1'N037°16.3'E16°46.4'N038°49.0'E17°43.5'N038°02.7'E 0.933 54° 194° 264 km 07m49.0s
10:2419°13.0'N037°44.9'E17°16.9'N039°17.4'E18°14.2'N038°31.1'E 0.933 53° 196° 264 km 07m47.1s
10:2619°44.5'N038°14.1'E17°47.9'N039°46.4'E18°45.4'N039°00.2'E 0.933 53° 197° 264 km 07m45.0s
10:2820°16.6'N038°44.0'E18°19.4'N040°16.1'E19°17.2'N039°30.0'E 0.933 52° 198° 264 km 07m43.0s
10:3020°49.3'N039°14.5'E18°51.5'N040°46.4'E19°49.6'N040°00.4'E 0.932 51° 199° 264 km 07m40.8s
10:3221°22.6'N039°45.9'E19°24.1'N041°17.5'E20°22.6'N040°31.6'E 0.932 50° 201° 264 km 07m38.7s
10:3421°56.7'N040°18.2'E19°57.4'N041°49.4'E20°56.2'N041°03.7'E 0.932 49° 202° 265 km 07m36.4s
10:3622°31.5'N040°51.4'E20°31.3'N042°22.2'E21°30.5'N041°36.7'E 0.932 48° 203° 265 km 07m34.2s
10:3823°07.0'N041°25.6'E21°05.9'N042°56.0'E22°05.6'N042°10.7'E 0.932 48° 204° 265 km 07m31.9s
10:4023°43.3'N042°01.0'E21°41.2'N043°30.8'E22°41.4'N042°45.8'E 0.932 47° 205° 266 km 07m29.5s
10:4224°20.5'N042°37.6'E22°17.2'N044°06.8'E23°18.0'N043°22.1'E 0.931 46° 206° 266 km 07m27.1s
10:4424°58.6'N043°15.6'E22°54.0'N044°44.1'E23°55.4'N043°59.7'E 0.931 45° 207° 267 km 07m24.6s
10:4625°37.6'N043°55.1'E23°31.7'N045°22.8'E24°33.7'N044°38.8'E 0.931 44° 209° 267 km 07m22.0s
10:4826°17.7'N044°36.3'E24°10.2'N046°03.1'E25°13.0'N045°19.5'E 0.931 42° 210° 268 km 07m19.4s
10:5026°58.9'N045°19.4'E24°49.7'N046°45.1'E25°53.3'N046°01.9'E 0.931 41° 211° 268 km 07m16.8s
10:5227°41.2'N046°04.5'E25°30.2'N047°28.9'E26°34.7'N046°46.4'E 0.930 40° 212° 269 km 07m14.1s
10:5428°24.9'N046°51.9'E26°11.8'N048°14.8'E27°17.2'N047°33.0'E 0.930 39° 213° 270 km 07m11.3s
10:5629°09.9'N047°41.9'E26°54.6'N049°03.1'E28°01.1'N048°22.1'E 0.930 38° 214° 271 km 07m08.4s
10:5829°56.5'N048°34.9'E27°38.7'N049°54.1'E28°46.4'N049°14.0'E 0.930 36° 215° 272 km 07m05.4s
11:0030°44.9'N049°31.2'E28°24.3'N050°48.0'E29°33.3'N050°09.0'E 0.929 35° 216° 273 km 07m02.4s
11:0231°35.1'N050°31.4'E29°11.4'N051°45.3'E30°21.9'N051°07.6'E 0.929 34° 217° 274 km 06m59.3s
11:0432°27.5'N051°36.0'E30°00.3'N052°46.4'E31°12.4'N052°10.4'E 0.929 32° 218° 276 km 06m56.0s
11:0633°22.3'N052°45.9'E30°51.2'N053°52.1'E32°05.2'N053°18.0'E 0.928 31° 219° 277 km 06m52.7s
11:0834°20.1'N054°02.1'E31°44.4'N055°03.0'E33°00.5'N054°31.3'E 0.928 29° 221° 279 km 06m49.2s
11:1035°21.2'N055°25.9'E32°40.2'N056°20.2'E33°58.8'N055°51.5'E 0.928 27° 222° 281 km 06m45.5s
11:1236°26.4'N056°59.2'E33°39.1'N057°45.0'E35°00.6'N057°20.1'E 0.927 25° 223° 283 km 06m41.6s
11:1437°36.7'N058°44.6'E34°41.8'N059°19.3'E36°06.7'N058°59.4'E 0.927 23° 225° 285 km 06m37.5s
11:1638°53.6'N060°46.5'E35°49.1'N061°05.6'E37°18.3'N060°52.5'E 0.926 21° 226° 287 km 06m33.1s
11:1840°19.7'N063°11.8'E37°02.5'N063°08.0'E38°37.3'N063°04.7'E 0.926 19° 228° 291 km 06m28.3s
11:2042°00.0'N066°14.4'E38°24.2'N065°33.4'E40°06.8'N065°45.3'E 0.925 16° 230° 294 km 06m22.9s
11:2244°07.0'N070°30.1'E39°58.7'N068°34.8'E41°53.8'N069°14.5'E 0.924 12° 233° 299 km 06m16.5s
11:2448°22.9'N080°57.6'E41°56.6'N072°45.3'E44°20.3'N074°38.4'E 0.923 237° 306 km 06m07.8s
Limits49°08.5'N083°10.7'E46°25.8'N084°36.1'E47°46.9'N083°54.6'E 0.921 - 318 km 05m55.5s

ΔT = 36038.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:41:07.809:40:28.908°47.2'N121°16.0'W 62.2° 158.1° 274.8 km08m17.45s
Greatest Duration19:25:25.709:24:46.706°06.5'N026°02.2'E 61.0° 143.2° 282.0 km08m20.22s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1546 Feb 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 36038.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2045.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.55°.

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