Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1568 Apr 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1568 Apr 18 . 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 -1568 Apr 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°29.3'S126°36.4'E17°03.9'S126°57.2'E16°16.7'S126°47.0'E 1.052 - 178 km 02m45.6s
21:40 - - 16°26.9'S132°16.9'E16°06.2'S128°28.5'E 1.052 84° 180 km 02m49.1s
21:4214°02.6'S136°17.5'E15°12.0'S139°12.2'E14°36.6'S137°49.2'E 1.055 11° 81° 192 km 03m10.6s
21:4413°01.0'S140°44.5'E14°14.4'S143°06.1'E13°37.3'S141°57.4'E 1.057 16° 80° 198 km 03m21.5s
21:4612°07.2'S143°54.6'E13°22.4'S146°02.7'E12°44.5'S145°00.1'E 1.058 19° 80° 202 km 03m30.2s
21:4811°17.3'S146°27.3'E12°33.5'S148°28.0'E11°55.2'S147°28.7'E 1.059 22° 79° 206 km 03m37.7s
21:5010°30.0'S148°36.7'E11°46.8'S150°32.7'E11°08.2'S149°35.6'E 1.060 25° 79° 209 km 03m44.4s
21:5209°44.4'S150°29.8'E11°01.7'S152°22.7'E10°22.9'S151°27.0'E 1.060 27° 78° 212 km 03m50.6s
21:5409°00.3'S152°10.8'E10°17.9'S154°01.4'E09°38.9'S153°06.7'E 1.061 30° 78° 215 km 03m56.3s
21:5608°17.2'S153°42.2'E09°35.0'S155°31.2'E08°55.9'S154°37.3'E 1.062 32° 78° 217 km 04m01.6s
21:5807°35.1'S155°06.0'E08°53.0'S156°53.7'E08°13.9'S156°00.4'E 1.062 34° 78° 219 km 04m06.7s
22:0006°53.7'S156°23.4'E08°11.7'S158°10.2'E07°32.5'S157°17.3'E 1.063 36° 78° 221 km 04m11.5s
22:0206°13.0'S157°35.4'E07°31.1'S159°21.4'E06°51.9'S158°28.9'E 1.063 37° 78° 223 km 04m16.0s
22:0405°32.9'S158°42.9'E06°51.0'S160°28.2'E06°11.8'S159°35.9'E 1.063 39° 78° 224 km 04m20.3s
22:0604°53.3'S159°46.3'E06°11.4'S161°31.1'E05°32.2'S160°39.1'E 1.064 41° 78° 226 km 04m24.5s
22:0804°14.1'S160°46.2'E05°32.3'S162°30.6'E04°53.1'S161°38.8'E 1.064 42° 78° 227 km 04m28.4s
22:1003°35.4'S161°43.0'E04°53.6'S163°27.1'E04°14.4'S162°35.4'E 1.065 44° 78° 228 km 04m32.2s
22:1202°57.1'S162°37.1'E04°15.3'S164°20.9'E03°36.1'S163°29.3'E 1.065 45° 79° 229 km 04m35.9s
22:1402°19.1'S163°28.7'E03°37.3'S165°12.3'E02°58.1'S164°20.8'E 1.065 47° 79° 230 km 04m39.4s
22:1601°41.5'S164°18.1'E02°59.6'S166°01.5'E02°20.4'S165°10.1'E 1.066 48° 79° 231 km 04m42.7s
22:1801°04.1'S165°05.5'E02°22.2'S166°48.7'E01°43.1'S165°57.4'E 1.066 50° 80° 232 km 04m46.0s
22:2000°27.0'S165°51.1'E01°45.1'S167°34.1'E01°06.0'S166°42.9'E 1.066 51° 80° 232 km 04m49.1s
22:2200°09.8'N166°35.0'E01°08.2'S168°17.9'E00°29.2'S167°26.7'E 1.066 52° 80° 233 km 04m52.1s
22:2400°46.4'N167°17.5'E00°31.6'S169°00.2'E00°07.4'N168°09.1'E 1.067 54° 81° 234 km 04m54.9s
22:2601°22.8'N167°58.5'E00°04.8'N169°41.2'E00°43.8'N168°50.1'E 1.067 55° 82° 234 km 04m57.7s
22:2801°59.0'N168°38.4'E00°40.9'N170°20.9'E01°20.0'N169°29.8'E 1.067 56° 82° 234 km 05m00.3s
22:3002°35.0'N169°17.0'E01°16.9'N170°59.4'E01°56.0'N170°08.4'E 1.067 57° 83° 235 km 05m02.9s
22:3203°10.8'N169°54.7'E01°52.7'N171°36.9'E02°31.8'N170°46.0'E 1.067 59° 84° 235 km 05m05.3s
22:3403°46.4'N170°31.3'E02°28.3'N172°13.5'E03°07.4'N171°22.6'E 1.068 60° 85° 235 km 05m07.6s
22:3604°21.9'N171°07.1'E03°03.8'N172°49.2'E03°42.9'N171°58.3'E 1.068 61° 86° 235 km 05m09.8s
22:3804°57.3'N171°42.1'E03°39.1'N173°24.0'E04°18.2'N172°33.2'E 1.068 62° 87° 236 km 05m12.0s
22:4005°32.5'N172°16.3'E04°14.2'N173°58.2'E04°53.4'N173°07.4'E 1.068 63° 88° 236 km 05m14.0s
22:4206°07.6'N172°49.9'E04°49.2'N174°31.6'E05°28.4'N173°40.9'E 1.068 64° 89° 236 km 05m15.9s
22:4406°42.6'N173°22.9'E05°24.1'N175°04.5'E06°03.3'N174°13.8'E 1.068 65° 90° 236 km 05m17.7s
22:4607°17.4'N173°55.3'E05°58.8'N175°36.8'E06°38.1'N174°46.2'E 1.069 66° 92° 236 km 05m19.5s
22:4807°52.2'N174°27.2'E06°33.5'N176°08.5'E07°12.8'N175°18.0'E 1.069 67° 93° 236 km 05m21.1s
22:5008°26.8'N174°58.7'E07°08.0'N176°39.9'E07°47.4'N175°49.4'E 1.069 68° 95° 235 km 05m22.7s
22:5209°01.4'N175°29.7'E07°42.4'N177°10.8'E08°21.9'N176°20.4'E 1.069 69° 97° 235 km 05m24.1s
22:5409°35.9'N176°00.4'E08°16.7'N177°41.4'E08°56.3'N176°51.1'E 1.069 70° 99° 235 km 05m25.5s
22:5610°10.3'N176°30.9'E08°50.9'N178°11.6'E09°30.6'N177°21.4'E 1.069 71° 101° 235 km 05m26.8s
22:5810°44.6'N177°01.0'E09°25.0'N178°41.6'E10°04.8'N177°51.4'E 1.069 72° 103° 235 km 05m28.0s
23:0011°18.8'N177°30.9'E09°59.0'N179°11.3'E10°38.9'N178°21.3'E 1.069 73° 106° 235 km 05m29.0s
23:0211°53.0'N178°00.6'E10°33.0'N179°40.8'E11°13.0'N178°50.9'E 1.069 73° 109° 234 km 05m30.1s
23:0412°27.1'N178°30.2'E11°06.8'N179°49.8'W11°47.0'N179°20.4'E 1.069 74° 112° 234 km 05m31.0s
23:0613°01.2'N178°59.7'E11°40.6'N179°20.5'W12°20.9'N179°49.7'E 1.069 75° 116° 234 km 05m31.8s
23:0813°35.2'N179°29.1'E12°14.4'N178°51.3'W12°54.8'N179°41.0'W 1.070 75° 119° 234 km 05m32.5s
23:1014°09.2'N179°58.5'E12°48.0'N178°22.2'W13°28.6'N179°11.7'W 1.070 76° 123° 233 km 05m33.2s
23:1214°43.1'N179°32.1'W13°21.6'N177°53.1'W14°02.3'N178°42.5'W 1.070 76° 128° 233 km 05m33.7s
23:1415°17.0'N179°02.7'W13°55.2'N177°23.9'W14°36.0'N178°13.2'W 1.070 77° 132° 233 km 05m34.2s
23:1615°50.8'N178°33.2'W14°28.6'N176°54.7'W15°09.7'N177°43.9'W 1.070 77° 137° 233 km 05m34.6s
23:1816°24.6'N178°03.6'W15°02.1'N176°25.4'W15°43.3'N177°14.4'W 1.070 77° 142° 232 km 05m34.8s
23:2016°58.4'N177°33.9'W15°35.5'N175°56.0'W16°16.9'N176°44.8'W 1.070 77° 147° 232 km 05m35.0s
23:2217°32.2'N177°03.9'W16°08.8'N175°26.4'W16°50.4'N176°15.1'W 1.070 77° 152° 232 km 05m35.1s
23:2418°05.9'N176°33.8'W16°42.1'N174°56.6'W17°23.9'N175°45.1'W 1.070 77° 157° 231 km 05m35.1s
23:2618°39.6'N176°03.4'W17°15.4'N174°26.6'W17°57.4'N175°14.9'W 1.070 77° 162° 231 km 05m35.0s
23:2819°13.3'N175°32.7'W17°48.6'N173°56.3'W18°30.9'N174°44.4'W 1.070 77° 167° 231 km 05m34.9s
23:3019°47.0'N175°01.6'W18°21.8'N173°25.7'W19°04.3'N174°13.5'W 1.069 76° 172° 230 km 05m34.6s
23:3220°20.6'N174°30.2'W18°54.9'N172°54.7'W19°37.7'N173°42.4'W 1.069 76° 176° 230 km 05m34.2s
23:3420°54.3'N173°58.3'W19°28.0'N172°23.4'W20°11.1'N173°10.8'W 1.069 75° 181° 229 km 05m33.8s
23:3621°27.9'N173°26.1'W20°01.1'N171°51.6'W20°44.4'N172°38.7'W 1.069 75° 184° 229 km 05m33.2s
23:3822°01.5'N172°53.3'W20°34.2'N171°19.4'W21°17.8'N172°06.2'W 1.069 74° 188° 229 km 05m32.6s
23:4022°35.1'N172°19.9'W21°07.2'N170°46.6'W21°51.1'N171°33.2'W 1.069 73° 191° 228 km 05m31.8s
23:4223°08.8'N171°46.0'W21°40.2'N170°13.3'W22°24.4'N170°59.6'W 1.069 73° 194° 228 km 05m31.0s
23:4423°42.4'N171°11.4'W22°13.2'N169°39.4'W22°57.7'N170°25.3'W 1.069 72° 197° 227 km 05m30.0s
23:4624°16.0'N170°36.1'W22°46.2'N169°04.9'W23°30.9'N169°50.4'W 1.069 71° 200° 227 km 05m29.0s
23:4824°49.6'N170°00.1'W23°19.1'N168°29.6'W24°04.2'N169°14.8'W 1.069 70° 203° 226 km 05m27.9s
23:5025°23.1'N169°23.2'W23°52.0'N167°53.6'W24°37.5'N168°38.4'W 1.069 69° 205° 226 km 05m26.6s
23:5225°56.7'N168°45.5'W24°24.9'N167°16.8'W25°10.7'N168°01.1'W 1.069 68° 207° 225 km 05m25.3s
23:5426°30.3'N168°06.9'W24°57.8'N166°39.1'W25°43.9'N167°23.0'W 1.068 67° 209° 225 km 05m23.8s
23:5627°03.9'N167°27.3'W25°30.7'N166°00.5'W26°17.1'N166°43.9'W 1.068 66° 211° 224 km 05m22.3s
23:5827°37.5'N166°46.6'W26°03.5'N165°20.9'W26°50.3'N166°03.7'W 1.068 65° 213° 224 km 05m20.6s
00:0028°11.0'N166°04.8'W26°36.4'N164°40.2'W27°23.5'N165°22.5'W 1.068 64° 215° 223 km 05m18.8s
00:0228°44.6'N165°21.7'W27°09.1'N163°58.4'W27°56.7'N164°40.1'W 1.068 63° 216° 223 km 05m17.0s
00:0429°18.1'N164°37.4'W27°41.9'N163°15.4'W28°29.8'N163°56.4'W 1.068 62° 218° 222 km 05m15.0s
00:0629°51.6'N163°51.6'W28°14.7'N162°31.0'W29°03.0'N163°11.3'W 1.067 61° 219° 222 km 05m12.9s
00:0830°25.1'N163°04.4'W28°47.4'N161°45.2'W29°36.1'N162°24.8'W 1.067 60° 221° 221 km 05m10.7s
00:1030°58.6'N162°15.5'W29°20.1'N160°58.0'W30°09.1'N161°36.8'W 1.067 59° 222° 220 km 05m08.4s
00:1231°32.1'N161°24.9'W29°52.7'N160°09.1'W30°42.2'N160°47.1'W 1.067 57° 224° 220 km 05m05.9s
00:1432°05.5'N160°32.4'W30°25.3'N159°18.4'W31°15.2'N159°55.5'W 1.067 56° 225° 219 km 05m03.3s
00:1632°38.8'N159°37.9'W30°57.8'N158°25.9'W31°48.1'N159°02.0'W 1.066 55° 227° 218 km 05m00.7s
00:1833°12.1'N158°41.3'W31°30.3'N157°31.4'W32°21.0'N158°06.5'W 1.066 54° 228° 217 km 04m57.8s
00:2033°45.4'N157°42.3'W32°02.7'N156°34.7'W32°53.8'N157°08.7'W 1.066 52° 229° 217 km 04m54.9s
00:2234°18.5'N156°40.7'W32°35.1'N155°35.6'W33°26.6'N156°08.4'W 1.066 51° 231° 216 km 04m51.8s
00:2434°51.6'N155°36.5'W33°07.3'N154°34.0'W33°59.2'N155°05.5'W 1.065 50° 232° 215 km 04m48.6s
00:2635°24.5'N154°29.2'W33°39.4'N153°29.6'W34°31.7'N153°59.7'W 1.065 48° 233° 214 km 04m45.3s
00:2835°57.3'N153°18.7'W34°11.4'N152°22.2'W35°04.1'N152°50.8'W 1.065 47° 235° 213 km 04m41.8s
00:3036°30.0'N152°04.6'W34°43.3'N151°11.5'W35°36.4'N151°38.4'W 1.064 45° 236° 212 km 04m38.1s
00:3237°02.4'N150°46.5'W35°15.0'N149°57.1'W36°08.5'N150°22.3'W 1.064 44° 237° 211 km 04m34.3s
00:3437°34.7'N149°24.1'W35°46.5'N148°38.7'W36°40.3'N149°01.9'W 1.064 42° 239° 210 km 04m30.3s
00:3638°06.6'N147°56.8'W36°17.7'N147°15.9'W37°11.9'N147°36.9'W 1.063 41° 240° 209 km 04m26.2s
00:3838°38.2'N146°24.1'W36°48.7'N145°48.0'W37°43.2'N146°06.7'W 1.063 39° 242° 208 km 04m21.8s
00:4039°09.4'N144°45.3'W37°19.3'N144°14.5'W38°14.1'N144°30.7'W 1.062 37° 243° 206 km 04m17.3s
00:4239°40.2'N142°59.5'W37°49.5'N142°34.7'W38°44.6'N142°48.0'W 1.062 36° 245° 205 km 04m12.5s
00:4440°10.3'N141°05.6'W38°19.2'N140°47.5'W39°14.5'N140°57.6'W 1.061 34° 246° 203 km 04m07.5s
00:4640°39.8'N139°02.3'W38°48.3'N138°51.8'W39°43.8'N138°58.2'W 1.061 32° 248° 202 km 04m02.2s
00:4841°08.3'N136°47.8'W39°16.7'N136°46.0'W40°12.2'N136°48.3'W 1.060 30° 250° 200 km 03m56.6s
00:5041°35.6'N134°19.7'W39°44.1'N134°28.0'W40°39.6'N134°25.4'W 1.060 28° 252° 199 km 03m50.6s
00:5242°01.5'N131°34.4'W40°10.2'N131°54.9'W41°05.6'N131°46.5'W 1.059 25° 254° 197 km 03m44.2s
00:5442°25.2'N128°26.6'W40°34.7'N129°02.2'W41°29.8'N128°46.7'W 1.058 23° 257° 194 km 03m37.2s
00:5642°46.0'N124°47.2'W40°56.9'N125°42.8'W41°51.3'N125°18.0'W 1.057 20° 259° 192 km 03m29.4s
00:5843°01.9'N120°18.4'W41°15.3'N121°43.6'W42°08.6'N121°05.0'W 1.056 16° 263° 189 km 03m20.5s
01:0043°08.0'N114°11.9'W41°27.3'N116°33.6'W42°18.0'N115°30.1'W 1.055 12° 267° 185 km 03m09.3s
01:02 - - 41°19.9'N107°58.9'W41°56.9'N104°40.9'W 1.052 274° 178 km 02m49.9s
Limits42°22.5'N100°16.4'W40°49.8'N100°43.5'W41°36.1'N100°30.2'W 1.051 - 175 km 02m43.1s

ΔT = 36508.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:29:35.523:21:07.316°35.7'N030°59.8'E 77.2° 150.1° 231.8 km05m35.09s
Greatest Duration09:31:37.923:23:09.717°09.9'N175°57.7'W 77.2° 155.3° 231.4 km05m35.14s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1568 Apr 18 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 36508.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2116.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.84°.

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

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