Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1573 Jul 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1573 Jul 12 . 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 -1573 Jul 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits54°00.9'S157°15.5'E55°13.9'S158°40.6'E54°37.2'S157°56.7'E 1.029 - 161 km 01m55.1s
22:0047°17.6'S168°52.1'E52°21.0'S163°43.8'E49°26.2'S166°57.6'E 1.031 38° 173 km 02m13.4s
22:0245°36.3'S171°46.2'E49°22.5'S168°53.7'E47°21.9'S170°32.2'E 1.032 11° 35° 179 km 02m21.9s
22:0444°16.9'S174°04.2'E47°34.9'S172°01.8'E45°51.6'S173°09.7'E 1.033 13° 33° 184 km 02m28.5s
22:0643°10.7'S176°01.3'E46°12.8'S174°27.2'E44°38.7'S175°18.6'E 1.034 15° 30° 188 km 02m34.2s
22:0842°13.5'S177°44.3'E45°05.2'S176°29.0'E43°37.0'S177°09.9'E 1.034 17° 28° 192 km 02m39.2s
22:1041°23.1'S179°17.1'E44°07.5'S178°15.4'E42°43.4'S178°48.8'E 1.035 19° 27° 196 km 02m43.8s
22:1240°38.0'S179°17.8'W43°16.9'S179°51.0'E41°55.9'S179°41.4'W 1.035 20° 25° 200 km 02m48.0s
22:1439°57.3'S177°58.9'W42°32.0'S178°41.7'W41°13.3'S178°18.7'W 1.035 21° 23° 204 km 02m51.8s
22:1639°20.4'S176°44.9'W41°51.6'S177°20.9'W40°34.7'S177°01.5'W 1.036 22° 22° 207 km 02m55.4s
22:1838°46.6'S175°35.0'W41°15.1'S176°05.2'W39°59.7'S175°49.0'W 1.036 23° 20° 211 km 02m58.7s
22:2038°15.6'S174°28.5'W40°41.8'S174°53.8'W39°27.7'S174°40.2'W 1.036 24° 19° 214 km 03m01.8s
22:2237°47.1'S173°25.0'W40°11.4'S173°45.9'W38°58.3'S173°34.6'W 1.037 25° 17° 217 km 03m04.6s
22:2437°20.8'S172°23.9'W39°43.6'S172°41.0'W38°31.3'S172°31.7'W 1.037 26° 16° 221 km 03m07.3s
22:2636°56.6'S171°24.9'W39°18.0'S171°38.6'W38°06.5'S171°31.1'W 1.037 27° 14° 224 km 03m09.7s
22:2836°34.3'S170°27.7'W38°54.5'S170°38.4'W37°43.6'S170°32.5'W 1.037 27° 13° 227 km 03m12.0s
22:3036°13.7'S169°32.2'W38°33.0'S169°40.0'W37°22.6'S169°35.6'W 1.037 28° 12° 229 km 03m14.1s
22:3235°54.7'S168°38.0'W38°13.2'S168°43.2'W37°03.2'S168°40.2'W 1.038 28° 10° 232 km 03m16.0s
22:3435°37.3'S167°45.0'W37°55.1'S167°47.8'W36°45.5'S167°46.0'W 1.038 29° 235 km 03m17.7s
22:3635°21.4'S166°53.0'W37°38.6'S166°53.6'W36°29.3'S166°53.0'W 1.038 29° 237 km 03m19.3s
22:3835°06.9'S166°01.8'W37°23.6'S166°00.3'W36°14.6'S166°00.8'W 1.038 30° 239 km 03m20.7s
22:4034°53.7'S165°11.4'W37°10.0'S165°07.9'W36°01.2'S165°09.5'W 1.038 30° 242 km 03m21.9s
22:4234°41.8'S164°21.6'W36°57.8'S164°16.2'W35°49.2'S164°18.8'W 1.038 30° 243 km 03m22.9s
22:4434°31.2'S163°32.3'W36°46.9'S163°25.0'W35°38.4'S163°28.6'W 1.038 31° 245 km 03m23.8s
22:4634°21.8'S162°43.4'W36°37.3'S162°34.3'W35°29.0'S162°38.8'W 1.038 31° 247 km 03m24.5s
22:4834°13.7'S161°54.7'W36°29.0'S161°43.9'W35°20.7'S161°49.3'W 1.038 31° 359° 248 km 03m25.1s
22:5034°06.7'S161°06.2'W36°21.9'S160°53.7'W35°13.7'S161°00.0'W 1.038 31° 357° 249 km 03m25.5s
22:5234°00.9'S160°17.8'W36°16.0'S160°03.6'W35°07.8'S160°10.8'W 1.038 31° 356° 249 km 03m25.7s
22:5433°56.2'S159°29.4'W36°11.4'S159°13.6'W35°03.2'S159°21.6'W 1.038 31° 355° 250 km 03m25.7s
22:5633°52.8'S158°40.9'W36°07.9'S158°23.3'W34°59.8'S158°32.3'W 1.038 31° 353° 250 km 03m25.6s
22:5833°50.5'S157°52.3'W36°05.7'S157°32.9'W34°57.5'S157°42.8'W 1.038 31° 352° 250 km 03m25.3s
23:0033°49.3'S157°03.3'W36°04.8'S156°42.2'W34°56.5'S156°53.0'W 1.038 31° 350° 250 km 03m24.8s
23:0233°49.4'S156°13.9'W36°05.0'S155°51.0'W34°56.6'S156°02.7'W 1.038 30° 349° 249 km 03m24.2s
23:0433°50.7'S155°24.0'W36°06.6'S154°59.2'W34°58.0'S155°11.9'W 1.038 30° 348° 248 km 03m23.4s
23:0633°53.2'S154°33.5'W36°09.4'S154°06.7'W35°00.7'S154°20.5'W 1.038 30° 346° 247 km 03m22.4s
23:0833°57.0'S153°42.2'W36°13.6'S153°13.4'W35°04.7'S153°28.3'W 1.038 30° 345° 245 km 03m21.3s
23:1034°02.1'S152°50.1'W36°19.2'S152°19.1'W35°10.0'S152°35.2'W 1.038 29° 343° 244 km 03m20.0s
23:1234°08.6'S151°57.0'W36°26.3'S151°23.7'W35°16.8'S151°41.0'W 1.038 29° 342° 242 km 03m18.5s
23:1434°16.5'S151°02.8'W36°34.8'S150°26.9'W35°25.0'S150°45.5'W 1.038 28° 341° 240 km 03m16.8s
23:1634°26.0'S150°07.2'W36°45.0'S149°28.6'W35°34.8'S149°48.6'W 1.038 28° 339° 237 km 03m14.9s
23:1834°37.0'S149°10.1'W36°56.9'S148°28.5'W35°46.2'S148°50.1'W 1.038 27° 338° 234 km 03m12.9s
23:2034°49.7'S148°11.2'W37°10.7'S147°26.3'W35°59.4'S147°49.7'W 1.037 26° 336° 232 km 03m10.6s
23:2235°04.2'S147°10.2'W37°26.5'S146°21.7'W36°14.5'S146°47.0'W 1.037 26° 335° 229 km 03m08.2s
23:2435°20.8'S146°07.0'W37°44.5'S145°14.3'W36°31.7'S145°41.8'W 1.037 25° 334° 225 km 03m05.5s
23:2635°39.4'S145°01.0'W38°05.0'S144°03.6'W36°51.3'S144°33.6'W 1.037 24° 332° 222 km 03m02.6s
23:2836°00.6'S143°51.8'W38°28.2'S142°49.0'W37°13.4'S143°21.9'W 1.036 23° 331° 219 km 02m59.5s
23:3036°24.4'S142°38.8'W38°54.7'S141°29.5'W37°38.4'S142°06.0'W 1.036 22° 329° 215 km 02m56.1s
23:3236°51.3'S141°21.3'W39°24.9'S140°04.3'W38°06.8'S140°44.9'W 1.036 21° 328° 211 km 02m52.5s
23:3437°21.9'S139°58.2'W39°59.7'S138°31.7'W38°39.3'S139°17.5'W 1.035 19° 326° 207 km 02m48.5s
23:3637°56.9'S138°28.3'W40°40.2'S136°49.5'W39°16.7'S137°42.1'W 1.035 18° 324° 203 km 02m44.2s
23:3838°37.2'S136°49.5'W41°28.3'S134°54.4'W40°00.4'S135°56.1'W 1.035 16° 323° 198 km 02m39.4s
23:4039°24.6'S134°58.8'W42°26.9'S132°40.3'W40°52.5'S133°55.5'W 1.034 14° 321° 193 km 02m34.1s
23:4240°21.6'S132°51.2'W43°42.5'S129°54.9'W41°57.0'S131°32.6'W 1.033 12° 319° 188 km 02m27.9s
23:4441°33.5'S130°16.9'W45°33.6'S126°02.3'W43°22.7'S128°30.7'W 1.032 316° 182 km 02m20.4s
23:4643°13.4'S126°50.7'W - - 45°42.1'S123°46.8'W 1.031 312° 173 km 02m09.6s
Limits48°01.5'S117°23.1'W49°23.9'S118°21.3'W48°42.4'S117°51.4'W 1.030 - 164 km 01m57.7s

ΔT = 36611.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:02:36.822:52:25.635°06.8'S047°01.8'E 30.9° 355.7° 249.6 km03m25.69s
Greatest Duration09:03:43.122:53:31.935°04.2'S159°33.2'W 30.9° 354.9° 249.9 km03m25.72s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1573 Jul 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1573 Jul 12 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 36611.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2132.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.91°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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