Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1550 Apr 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1550 Apr 29 . 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 -1550 Apr 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits18°15.4'S014°42.5'E19°53.0'S015°10.4'E19°04.3'S014°56.6'E 1.055 - 186 km 02m54.3s
05:10 - - 18°53.4'S020°26.5'E18°40.6'S017°09.1'E 1.056 79° 188 km 02m58.8s
05:1216°01.4'S024°40.7'E17°06.2'S027°27.5'E16°32.9'S026°07.9'E 1.059 11° 76° 200 km 03m19.9s
05:1414°40.2'S029°03.1'E15°50.7'S031°21.6'E15°14.9'S030°14.3'E 1.060 16° 75° 206 km 03m31.0s
05:1613°32.3'S032°10.6'E14°45.3'S034°17.5'E14°08.3'S033°15.4'E 1.061 20° 74° 210 km 03m39.9s
05:1812°31.1'S034°41.2'E13°45.5'S036°41.7'E13°08.0'S035°42.5'E 1.062 23° 74° 213 km 03m47.6s
05:2011°34.3'S036°48.7'E12°49.6'S038°45.3'E12°11.6'S037°47.8'E 1.063 25° 73° 216 km 03m54.4s
05:2210°40.5'S038°40.1'E11°56.5'S040°34.0'E11°18.2'S039°37.8'E 1.064 28° 73° 219 km 04m00.7s
05:2409°49.0'S040°19.5'E11°05.6'S042°11.5'E10°27.0'S041°16.2'E 1.064 30° 73° 222 km 04m06.6s
05:2608°59.5'S041°49.5'E10°16.4'S043°40.1'E09°37.7'S042°45.4'E 1.065 32° 72° 224 km 04m12.1s
05:2808°11.5'S043°11.9'E09°28.7'S045°01.4'E08°49.8'S044°07.2'E 1.065 34° 72° 226 km 04m17.3s
05:3007°24.8'S044°28.0'E08°42.3'S046°16.7'E08°03.3'S045°22.8'E 1.066 36° 72° 227 km 04m22.2s
05:3206°39.3'S045°38.8'E07°56.9'S047°26.9'E07°17.9'S046°33.3'E 1.066 38° 72° 229 km 04m26.9s
05:3405°54.7'S046°45.1'E07°12.6'S048°32.6'E06°33.5'S047°39.3'E 1.067 40° 72° 231 km 04m31.4s
05:3605°11.1'S047°47.5'E06°29.1'S049°34.6'E05°49.9'S048°41.4'E 1.067 41° 72° 232 km 04m35.7s
05:3804°28.2'S048°46.5'E05°46.4'S050°33.1'E05°07.1'S049°40.2'E 1.068 43° 72° 233 km 04m39.8s
05:4003°46.1'S049°42.4'E05°04.4'S051°28.8'E04°25.0'S050°36.0'E 1.068 44° 72° 234 km 04m43.8s
05:4203°04.6'S050°35.7'E04°23.0'S052°21.8'E03°43.6'S051°29.1'E 1.068 46° 72° 235 km 04m47.6s
05:4402°23.7'S051°26.6'E03°42.2'S053°12.4'E03°02.8'S052°19.8'E 1.069 47° 72° 236 km 04m51.3s
05:4601°43.3'S052°15.3'E03°02.0'S054°00.9'E02°22.5'S053°08.4'E 1.069 49° 73° 237 km 04m54.8s
05:4801°03.5'S053°02.1'E02°22.2'S054°47.6'E01°42.7'S053°55.1'E 1.069 50° 73° 238 km 04m58.2s
05:5000°24.1'S053°47.1'E01°43.0'S055°32.4'E01°03.4'S054°40.1'E 1.070 52° 73° 238 km 05m01.5s
05:5200°14.9'N054°30.6'E01°04.1'S056°15.8'E00°24.5'S055°23.5'E 1.070 53° 74° 239 km 05m04.7s
05:5400°53.4'N055°12.6'E00°25.7'S056°57.6'E00°14.0'N056°05.4'E 1.070 54° 74° 239 km 05m07.7s
05:5601°31.6'N055°53.4'E00°12.3'N057°38.2'E00°52.1'N056°46.1'E 1.070 56° 74° 240 km 05m10.7s
05:5802°09.4'N056°32.9'E00°49.9'N058°17.6'E01°29.8'N057°25.5'E 1.070 57° 75° 240 km 05m13.5s
06:0002°46.9'N057°11.4'E01°27.2'N058°56.0'E02°07.2'N058°03.9'E 1.071 58° 75° 241 km 05m16.2s
06:0203°24.0'N057°48.8'E02°04.2'N059°33.3'E02°44.2'N058°41.3'E 1.071 60° 76° 241 km 05m18.8s
06:0404°00.9'N058°25.4'E02°40.9'N060°09.7'E03°21.0'N059°17.8'E 1.071 61° 77° 241 km 05m21.4s
06:0604°37.4'N059°01.1'E03°17.2'N060°45.4'E03°57.4'N059°53.5'E 1.071 62° 77° 241 km 05m23.8s
06:0805°13.7'N059°36.1'E03°53.3'N061°20.2'E04°33.6'N060°28.4'E 1.071 63° 78° 241 km 05m26.1s
06:1005°49.8'N060°10.5'E04°29.1'N061°54.4'E05°09.5'N061°02.6'E 1.072 64° 79° 242 km 05m28.3s
06:1206°25.6'N060°44.2'E05°04.7'N062°28.0'E05°45.2'N061°36.3'E 1.072 65° 80° 242 km 05m30.5s
06:1407°01.1'N061°17.3'E05°39.9'N063°01.0'E06°20.6'N062°09.3'E 1.072 67° 81° 242 km 05m32.5s
06:1607°36.4'N061°50.0'E06°15.0'N063°33.5'E06°55.8'N062°41.9'E 1.072 68° 82° 242 km 05m34.5s
06:1808°11.6'N062°22.2'E06°49.8'N064°05.5'E07°30.8'N063°14.0'E 1.072 69° 83° 242 km 05m36.3s
06:2008°46.5'N062°54.0'E07°24.4'N064°37.1'E08°05.5'N063°45.8'E 1.072 70° 85° 242 km 05m38.1s
06:2209°21.2'N063°25.5'E07°58.8'N065°08.4'E08°40.1'N064°17.1'E 1.072 71° 86° 242 km 05m39.7s
06:2409°55.7'N063°56.6'E08°33.0'N065°39.4'E09°14.4'N064°48.2'E 1.073 72° 88° 242 km 05m41.3s
06:2610°30.0'N064°27.6'E09°07.0'N066°10.1'E09°48.6'N065°19.0'E 1.073 73° 90° 242 km 05m42.8s
06:2811°04.2'N064°58.2'E09°40.8'N066°40.6'E10°22.5'N065°49.6'E 1.073 74° 92° 242 km 05m44.2s
06:3011°38.2'N065°28.8'E10°14.4'N067°10.9'E10°56.3'N066°20.0'E 1.073 75° 94° 242 km 05m45.5s
06:3212°12.0'N065°59.2'E10°47.8'N067°41.0'E11°30.0'N066°50.2'E 1.073 76° 97° 241 km 05m46.7s
06:3412°45.7'N066°29.4'E11°21.1'N068°11.0'E12°03.4'N067°20.4'E 1.073 77° 100° 241 km 05m47.8s
06:3613°19.2'N066°59.7'E11°54.2'N068°41.0'E12°36.7'N067°50.5'E 1.073 78° 103° 241 km 05m48.8s
06:3813°52.6'N067°29.9'E12°27.1'N069°10.9'E13°09.8'N068°20.5'E 1.073 78° 107° 241 km 05m49.7s
06:4014°25.8'N068°00.1'E12°59.8'N069°40.8'E13°42.8'N068°50.6'E 1.073 79° 112° 241 km 05m50.6s
06:4214°58.8'N068°30.3'E13°32.4'N070°10.7'E14°15.6'N069°20.7'E 1.073 80° 117° 241 km 05m51.3s
06:4415°31.8'N069°00.7'E14°04.9'N070°40.7'E14°48.3'N069°50.9'E 1.073 80° 122° 241 km 05m52.0s
06:4616°04.6'N069°31.1'E14°37.1'N071°10.8'E15°20.9'N070°21.1'E 1.073 81° 129° 240 km 05m52.5s
06:4816°37.2'N070°01.8'E15°09.3'N071°41.0'E15°53.3'N070°51.5'E 1.073 81° 136° 240 km 05m53.0s
06:5017°09.8'N070°32.6'E15°41.3'N072°11.4'E16°25.5'N071°22.1'E 1.073 81° 143° 240 km 05m53.3s
06:5217°42.2'N071°03.6'E16°13.1'N072°42.0'E16°57.6'N071°52.9'E 1.073 81° 151° 240 km 05m53.6s
06:5418°14.4'N071°34.9'E16°44.8'N073°12.8'E17°29.6'N072°24.0'E 1.073 81° 158° 240 km 05m53.8s
06:5618°46.6'N072°06.5'E17°16.3'N073°43.9'E18°01.4'N072°55.3'E 1.073 81° 166° 239 km 05m53.8s
06:5819°18.6'N072°38.4'E17°47.7'N074°15.3'E18°33.2'N073°27.0'E 1.073 81° 173° 239 km 05m53.8s
07:0019°50.5'N073°10.7'E18°19.0'N074°47.0'E19°04.7'N073°59.0'E 1.073 80° 179° 239 km 05m53.7s
07:0220°22.3'N073°43.4'E18°50.1'N075°19.1'E19°36.2'N074°31.4'E 1.073 80° 185° 239 km 05m53.5s
07:0420°53.9'N074°16.5'E19°21.1'N075°51.6'E20°07.5'N075°04.2'E 1.073 79° 190° 238 km 05m53.1s
07:0621°25.4'N074°50.1'E19°52.0'N076°24.5'E20°38.7'N075°37.4'E 1.073 78° 195° 238 km 05m52.7s
07:0821°56.8'N075°24.3'E20°22.7'N076°58.0'E21°09.7'N076°11.2'E 1.073 78° 199° 238 km 05m52.2s
07:1022°28.1'N075°59.0'E20°53.3'N077°31.9'E21°40.6'N076°45.6'E 1.073 77° 203° 237 km 05m51.5s
07:1222°59.2'N076°34.3'E21°23.7'N078°06.4'E22°11.4'N077°20.5'E 1.073 76° 206° 237 km 05m50.8s
07:1423°30.2'N077°10.3'E21°54.0'N078°41.6'E22°42.1'N077°56.0'E 1.073 75° 209° 237 km 05m50.0s
07:1624°01.1'N077°47.0'E22°24.1'N079°17.4'E23°12.6'N078°32.3'E 1.073 74° 212° 236 km 05m49.0s
07:1824°31.9'N078°24.4'E22°54.1'N079°53.8'E23°42.9'N079°09.2'E 1.072 73° 214° 236 km 05m48.0s
07:2025°02.5'N079°02.6'E23°24.0'N080°31.1'E24°13.1'N079°46.9'E 1.072 72° 216° 236 km 05m46.8s
07:2225°32.9'N079°41.7'E23°53.7'N081°09.1'E24°43.2'N080°25.5'E 1.072 71° 218° 235 km 05m45.5s
07:2426°03.2'N080°21.7'E24°23.2'N081°48.0'E25°13.1'N081°04.9'E 1.072 70° 220° 235 km 05m44.1s
07:2626°33.4'N081°02.7'E24°52.6'N082°27.8'E25°42.9'N081°45.3'E 1.072 69° 222° 234 km 05m42.6s
07:2827°03.4'N081°44.8'E25°21.8'N083°08.5'E26°12.5'N082°26.7'E 1.072 68° 224° 234 km 05m41.0s
07:3027°33.2'N082°27.9'E25°50.8'N083°50.3'E26°41.9'N083°09.1'E 1.072 67° 225° 233 km 05m39.2s
07:3228°02.9'N083°12.2'E26°19.7'N084°33.2'E27°11.2'N083°52.7'E 1.071 66° 227° 233 km 05m37.4s
07:3428°32.3'N083°57.7'E26°48.4'N085°17.2'E27°40.2'N084°37.4'E 1.071 64° 228° 232 km 05m35.4s
07:3629°01.6'N084°44.6'E27°16.8'N086°02.5'E28°09.1'N085°23.5'E 1.071 63° 230° 232 km 05m33.3s
07:3829°30.7'N085°32.9'E27°45.1'N086°49.0'E28°37.8'N086°10.9'E 1.071 62° 231° 231 km 05m31.1s
07:4029°59.5'N086°22.7'E28°13.2'N087°37.0'E29°06.2'N086°59.8'E 1.071 61° 232° 231 km 05m28.8s
07:4230°28.1'N087°14.1'E28°41.0'N088°26.5'E29°34.4'N087°50.2'E 1.071 60° 233° 230 km 05m26.3s
07:4430°56.5'N088°07.2'E29°08.6'N089°17.6'E30°02.4'N088°42.3'E 1.070 58° 235° 229 km 05m23.7s
07:4631°24.6'N089°02.2'E29°35.9'N090°10.4'E30°30.1'N089°36.1'E 1.070 57° 236° 229 km 05m21.0s
07:4831°52.5'N089°59.1'E30°03.0'N091°05.0'E30°57.6'N090°31.9'E 1.070 56° 237° 228 km 05m18.1s
07:5032°20.0'N090°58.2'E30°29.8'N092°01.6'E31°24.7'N091°29.7'E 1.070 55° 238° 227 km 05m15.2s
07:5232°47.1'N091°59.5'E30°56.3'N093°00.3'E31°51.5'N092°29.6'E 1.069 53° 239° 226 km 05m12.0s
07:5433°14.0'N093°03.2'E31°22.4'N094°01.2'E32°18.0'N093°31.9'E 1.069 52° 241° 225 km 05m08.8s
07:5633°40.4'N094°09.5'E31°48.1'N095°04.6'E32°44.1'N094°36.7'E 1.069 51° 242° 225 km 05m05.3s
07:5834°06.4'N095°18.7'E32°13.5'N096°10.6'E33°09.7'N095°44.3'E 1.068 49° 243° 224 km 05m01.8s
08:0034°31.9'N096°31.0'E32°38.4'N097°19.5'E33°35.0'N096°54.8'E 1.068 48° 244° 223 km 04m58.1s
08:0234°56.9'N097°46.6'E33°02.9'N098°31.5'E33°59.7'N098°08.5'E 1.068 46° 245° 222 km 04m54.2s
08:0435°21.4'N099°05.8'E33°26.8'N099°46.8'E34°23.9'N099°25.8'E 1.067 45° 247° 221 km 04m50.1s
08:0635°45.2'N100°29.1'E33°50.2'N101°05.9'E34°47.5'N100°46.9'E 1.067 43° 248° 220 km 04m45.9s
08:0836°08.2'N101°56.8'E34°12.9'N102°29.1'E35°10.3'N102°12.3'E 1.067 42° 249° 218 km 04m41.5s
08:1036°30.5'N103°29.4'E34°34.9'N103°56.9'E35°32.5'N103°42.4'E 1.066 40° 250° 217 km 04m36.9s
08:1236°51.9'N105°07.6'E34°56.0'N105°29.8'E35°53.7'N105°17.8'E 1.066 38° 252° 216 km 04m32.1s
08:1437°12.1'N106°52.0'E35°16.2'N107°08.5'E36°14.0'N106°59.2'E 1.065 36° 253° 215 km 04m27.1s
08:1637°31.2'N108°43.5'E35°35.4'N108°53.7'E36°33.1'N108°47.5'E 1.065 35° 255° 213 km 04m21.8s
08:1837°48.8'N110°43.4'E35°53.2'N110°46.5'E36°50.9'N110°43.7'E 1.064 33° 256° 212 km 04m16.2s
08:2038°04.7'N112°53.0'E36°09.6'N112°48.3'E37°07.0'N112°49.2'E 1.064 31° 258° 210 km 04m10.3s
08:2238°18.6'N115°14.4'E36°24.2'N115°00.8'E37°21.2'N115°06.0'E 1.063 28° 260° 208 km 04m04.1s
08:2438°29.8'N117°50.5'E36°36.5'N117°26.4'E37°33.0'N117°36.6'E 1.062 26° 262° 206 km 03m57.4s
08:2638°37.5'N120°45.6'E36°45.9'N120°09.0'E37°41.7'N120°25.1'E 1.062 23° 264° 204 km 03m50.1s
08:2838°40.6'N124°06.8'E36°51.3'N123°14.3'E37°46.0'N123°38.0'E 1.061 20° 266° 202 km 03m42.1s
08:3038°36.5'N128°07.9'E36°51.1'N126°53.1'E37°44.0'N127°27.1'E 1.060 17° 269° 199 km 03m33.0s
08:3238°19.2'N133°22.5'E36°41.0'N131°28.7'E37°30.8'N132°20.3'E 1.058 13° 272° 195 km 03m21.9s
08:3437°15.6'N143°01.0'E36°06.9'N138°26.2'E36°46.0'N140°15.7'E 1.056 277° 189 km 03m05.3s
Limits36°31.3'N147°40.1'E34°55.8'N147°05.9'E35°43.5'N147°22.7'E 1.054 - 184 km 02m51.9s

ΔT = 36120.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:54:17.406:52:17.017°02.2'N078°57.5'W 81.5° 151.7° 239.7 km05m53.63s
Greatest Duration16:58:29.406:56:29.018°09.1'N073°02.9'E 81.1° 167.5° 239.2 km05m53.84s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1550 Apr 29 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 36120.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2057.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.60°.

Acknowledgments

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

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