Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1595 Mar 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1595 Mar 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 -1595 Mar 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
Limits57°34.2'N012°57.2'W52°36.2'N012°32.7'W54°54.7'N012°46.8'W 1.049 - 527 km 02m47.5s
07:44 - - 52°03.4'N004°22.9'E54°18.3'N003°44.5'W 1.051 109° 570 km 03m00.9s
07:46 - - 52°18.4'N006°55.4'E54°22.5'N000°30.6'E 1.052 113° 592 km 03m07.6s
07:4857°08.2'N006°40.2'W52°36.5'N009°07.6'E54°35.7'N003°36.0'E 1.053 10° 116° 607 km 03m12.4s
07:5057°10.5'N001°37.0'W52°57.0'N011°05.9'E54°53.6'N006°08.3'E 1.053 11° 119° 618 km 03m16.3s
07:5257°25.4'N001°44.0'E53°19.5'N012°54.0'E55°14.6'N008°20.5'E 1.053 12° 121° 626 km 03m19.5s
07:5457°45.8'N004°24.5'E53°43.8'N014°34.5'E55°38.2'N010°19.0'E 1.054 13° 124° 631 km 03m22.3s
07:5658°09.9'N006°41.7'E54°09.6'N016°08.9'E56°03.8'N012°07.5'E 1.054 14° 126° 634 km 03m24.6s
07:5858°36.8'N008°43.6'E54°36.9'N017°38.5'E56°31.3'N013°48.4'E 1.054 15° 128° 635 km 03m26.6s
08:0059°06.1'N010°34.6'E55°05.6'N019°04.2'E57°00.6'N015°23.5'E 1.054 15° 130° 634 km 03m28.2s
08:0259°37.6'N012°17.4'E55°35.6'N020°26.9'E57°31.4'N016°53.8'E 1.054 16° 132° 632 km 03m29.6s
08:0460°11.1'N013°53.9'E56°06.9'N021°47.1'E58°03.8'N018°20.4'E 1.055 16° 134° 629 km 03m30.7s
08:0660°46.6'N015°25.4'E56°39.7'N023°05.3'E58°37.9'N019°44.1'E 1.055 17° 136° 625 km 03m31.6s
08:0861°24.1'N016°52.9'E57°13.7'N024°21.9'E59°13.5'N021°05.5'E 1.055 17° 138° 620 km 03m32.2s
08:1062°03.6'N018°17.3'E57°49.2'N025°37.5'E59°50.8'N022°25.1'E 1.055 17° 140° 615 km 03m32.6s
08:1262°45.3'N019°39.2'E58°26.2'N026°52.4'E60°29.9'N023°43.4'E 1.055 17° 142° 609 km 03m32.8s
08:1463°29.2'N020°59.2'E59°04.7'N028°06.9'E61°10.7'N025°00.8'E 1.055 17° 144° 603 km 03m32.7s
08:1664°15.7'N022°17.6'E59°44.8'N029°21.4'E61°53.6'N026°17.8'E 1.055 17° 145° 596 km 03m32.4s
08:1865°04.8'N023°35.0'E60°26.7'N030°36.3'E62°38.5'N027°34.8'E 1.055 17° 147° 590 km 03m31.9s
08:2065°57.0'N024°51.7'E61°10.4'N031°52.0'E63°25.8'N028°52.2'E 1.055 17° 149° 583 km 03m31.1s
08:2266°52.7'N026°08.0'E61°56.3'N033°08.8'E64°15.7'N030°10.4'E 1.054 16° 151° 577 km 03m30.1s
08:2467°52.5'N027°24.3'E62°44.4'N034°27.3'E65°08.4'N031°30.0'E 1.054 16° 153° 570 km 03m28.9s
08:2668°57.1'N028°40.6'E63°35.0'N035°48.0'E66°04.6'N032°51.5'E 1.054 15° 155° 564 km 03m27.4s
08:2870°07.7'N029°57.0'E64°28.5'N037°11.5'E67°04.6'N034°15.6'E 1.054 15° 157° 558 km 03m25.6s
08:3071°26.0'N031°13.2'E65°25.4'N038°38.6'E68°09.2'N035°43.1'E 1.054 14° 159° 552 km 03m23.5s
08:3272°54.9'N032°28.1'E66°26.1'N040°10.4'E69°19.6'N037°15.0'E 1.053 13° 161° 547 km 03m21.0s
08:3474°39.4'N033°37.7'E67°31.5'N041°48.1'E70°37.3'N038°52.9'E 1.053 12° 164° 542 km 03m18.1s
08:3676°52.0'N034°27.7'E68°42.6'N043°33.7'E72°04.8'N040°38.8'E 1.053 11° 166° 537 km 03m14.7s
08:3880°27.9'N033°04.6'E70°01.0'N045°29.9'E73°46.6'N042°35.9'E 1.052 169° 533 km 03m10.7s
08:40 - - 71°29.2'N047°41.2'E75°52.2'N044°50.2'E 1.052 171° 530 km 03m05.5s
08:42 - - 73°11.9'N050°15.8'E78°53.3'N047°33.4'E 1.051 175° 529 km 02m58.0s
Limits82°45.2'N028°04.1'E83°11.9'N067°53.1'E83°27.1'N048°47.4'E 1.049 - 531 km 02m46.9s

ΔT = 37094.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:31:11.108:12:56.260°48.8'N130°39.3'W 17.1° 142.5° 606.2 km03m32.75s
Greatest Duration18:30:41.108:12:26.360°38.7'N024°00.4'E 17.1° 142.0° 607.8 km03m32.76s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1595 Mar 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1595 Mar 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 37094.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2205.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 9.22°.

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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