Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1549 Apr 19

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1549 Apr 19 . 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 -1549 Apr 19
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits35°14.1'N095°27.9'E31°38.3'N097°25.6'E33°22.9'N096°29.2'E 1.056 - 415 km 02m53.8s
23:20 - - 33°39.6'N108°09.5'E33°37.5'N098°34.1'E 1.057 84° 424 km 02m57.4s
23:22 - - 34°37.0'N110°58.5'E34°59.0'N105°18.0'E 1.059 89° 458 km 03m10.8s
23:2436°13.6'N101°27.2'E35°30.9'N113°09.8'E35°59.8'N108°29.5'E 1.060 11° 91° 473 km 03m17.7s
23:2637°20.7'N105°28.6'E36°23.0'N114°59.4'E36°55.9'N110°51.0'E 1.061 13° 93° 484 km 03m23.1s
23:2838°19.8'N108°07.9'E37°13.8'N116°34.4'E37°49.5'N112°46.3'E 1.061 15° 95° 491 km 03m27.6s
23:3039°15.7'N110°12.5'E38°03.9'N117°58.9'E38°41.8'N114°24.8'E 1.062 17° 96° 496 km 03m31.5s
23:3240°09.7'N111°56.5'E38°53.4'N119°15.2'E39°33.2'N115°51.5'E 1.062 18° 98° 499 km 03m34.9s
23:3441°02.7'N113°26.7'E39°42.6'N120°25.0'E40°24.0'N117°09.2'E 1.063 19° 99° 501 km 03m38.0s
23:3641°55.0'N114°46.7'E40°31.5'N121°29.6'E41°14.4'N118°20.0'E 1.063 20° 101° 501 km 03m40.8s
23:3842°46.8'N115°58.8'E41°20.4'N122°29.8'E42°04.6'N119°25.0'E 1.063 21° 102° 500 km 03m43.4s
23:4043°38.4'N117°04.7'E42°09.2'N123°26.4'E42°54.7'N120°25.4'E 1.064 22° 104° 499 km 03m45.7s
23:4244°29.8'N118°05.3'E42°58.0'N124°19.7'E43°44.7'N121°21.8'E 1.064 23° 105° 497 km 03m47.7s
23:4445°21.3'N119°01.7'E43°47.0'N125°10.3'E44°34.8'N122°14.8'E 1.064 24° 106° 494 km 03m49.6s
23:4646°12.9'N119°54.3'E44°36.0'N125°58.6'E45°25.1'N123°05.0'E 1.064 24° 108° 491 km 03m51.4s
23:4847°04.6'N120°43.8'E45°25.3'N126°44.8'E46°15.5'N123°52.6'E 1.064 25° 109° 488 km 03m52.9s
23:5047°56.5'N121°30.5'E46°14.9'N127°29.2'E47°06.2'N124°37.9'E 1.065 25° 111° 484 km 03m54.3s
23:5248°48.7'N122°14.7'E47°04.7'N128°12.0'E47°57.2'N125°21.4'E 1.065 26° 112° 480 km 03m55.5s
23:5449°41.4'N122°56.8'E47°54.9'N128°53.4'E48°48.5'N126°03.1'E 1.065 26° 114° 477 km 03m56.6s
23:5650°34.4'N123°36.9'E48°45.5'N129°33.6'E49°40.3'N126°43.2'E 1.065 27° 115° 473 km 03m57.5s
23:5851°27.9'N124°15.3'E49°36.4'N130°12.8'E50°32.5'N127°22.1'E 1.065 27° 116° 469 km 03m58.3s
00:0052°21.9'N124°52.0'E50°27.9'N130°51.0'E51°25.2'N127°59.7'E 1.065 27° 118° 465 km 03m58.9s
00:0253°16.6'N125°27.3'E51°19.9'N131°28.5'E52°18.4'N128°36.2'E 1.065 27° 119° 461 km 03m59.4s
00:0454°11.9'N126°01.3'E52°12.4'N132°05.3'E53°12.3'N129°11.8'E 1.065 27° 121° 457 km 03m59.8s
00:0655°08.0'N126°34.1'E53°05.6'N132°41.6'E54°06.9'N129°46.6'E 1.065 28° 122° 453 km 04m00.0s
00:0856°04.8'N127°05.7'E53°59.4'N133°17.4'E55°02.2'N130°20.7'E 1.065 28° 124° 450 km 04m00.1s
00:1057°02.6'N127°36.2'E54°54.0'N133°53.0'E55°58.3'N130°54.1'E 1.065 28° 125° 446 km 04m00.1s
00:1258°01.3'N128°05.7'E55°49.4'N134°28.4'E56°55.3'N131°27.0'E 1.065 27° 127° 443 km 03m59.9s
00:1459°01.0'N128°34.2'E56°45.6'N135°03.6'E57°53.3'N131°59.4'E 1.065 27° 128° 439 km 03m59.6s
00:1660°02.0'N129°01.7'E57°42.8'N135°38.9'E58°52.3'N132°31.5'E 1.065 27° 130° 436 km 03m59.2s
00:1861°04.2'N129°28.2'E58°41.0'N136°14.3'E59°52.4'N133°03.2'E 1.065 27° 131° 433 km 03m58.6s
00:2062°07.8'N129°53.6'E59°40.3'N136°50.0'E60°53.8'N133°34.6'E 1.065 27° 132° 430 km 03m57.8s
00:2263°13.0'N130°17.8'E60°40.9'N137°26.1'E61°56.6'N134°05.9'E 1.065 26° 134° 427 km 03m57.0s
00:2464°20.0'N130°40.8'E61°42.8'N138°02.6'E63°00.9'N134°36.9'E 1.065 26° 135° 425 km 03m55.9s
00:2665°28.8'N131°02.3'E62°46.2'N138°39.9'E64°07.0'N135°07.9'E 1.065 25° 137° 423 km 03m54.7s
00:2866°39.9'N131°21.9'E63°51.2'N139°18.0'E65°14.9'N135°38.7'E 1.065 25° 138° 420 km 03m53.4s
00:3067°53.4'N131°39.4'E64°58.0'N139°57.2'E66°24.9'N136°09.4'E 1.064 24° 140° 418 km 03m51.9s
00:3269°09.6'N131°53.8'E66°06.9'N140°37.6'E67°37.3'N136°39.9'E 1.064 24° 141° 416 km 03m50.2s
00:3470°29.1'N132°04.4'E67°18.1'N141°19.5'E68°52.4'N137°10.1'E 1.064 23° 142° 415 km 03m48.3s
00:3671°52.4'N132°09.3'E68°31.8'N142°03.3'E70°10.6'N137°39.8'E 1.064 22° 144° 413 km 03m46.2s
00:3873°20.0'N132°06.2'E69°48.6'N142°49.2'E71°32.5'N138°08.5'E 1.063 21° 145° 412 km 03m43.9s
00:4074°53.0'N131°50.7'E71°08.8'N143°37.9'E72°58.7'N138°35.5'E 1.063 20° 146° 411 km 03m41.3s
00:4276°32.5'N131°15.0'E72°33.0'N144°29.8'E74°30.0'N138°59.6'E 1.063 19° 148° 411 km 03m38.4s
00:4478°20.3'N130°03.5'E74°02.1'N145°25.9'E76°07.7'N139°18.3'E 1.062 18° 149° 410 km 03m35.3s
00:4680°18.7'N127°41.0'E75°37.2'N146°27.2'E77°53.4'N139°26.5'E 1.062 16° 150° 410 km 03m31.7s
00:4882°30.9'N122°28.3'E77°19.7'N147°35.4'E79°49.9'N139°12.6'E 1.061 14° 150° 411 km 03m27.7s
00:5084°57.5'N107°47.5'E79°12.0'N148°53.3'E82°01.4'N138°04.6'E 1.061 13° 150° 412 km 03m22.9s
00:5286°08.6'N047°50.1'E81°18.0'N150°25.7'E84°35.8'N133°57.3'E 1.060 10° 146° 413 km 03m17.2s
00:54 - - 83°44.9'N152°24.0'E87°41.5'N107°23.6'E 1.059 121° 416 km 03m09.5s
Limits83°36.3'N015°50.2'E84°21.8'N020°00.3'W84°15.7'N001°31.7'W 1.057 - 421 km 02m54.6s

ΔT = 36099.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:09:39.400:07:59.855°02.1'N020°28.9'W 27.6° 123.7° 449.6 km04m00.13s
Greatest Duration10:10:05.900:08:26.455°14.5'N130°28.1'E 27.6° 124.0° 448.8 km04m00.13s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1549 Apr 19

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1549 Apr 19 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 36099.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2054.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.58°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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