Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1598 May 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1598 May 20 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1598 May 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits26°40.3'N136°31.2'E24°09.2'N138°22.7'E25°24.1'N137°28.0'E 0.938 - 322 km 03m53.5s
20:10 - - 27°35.9'N148°26.6'E26°53.8'N142°15.1'E 0.939 74° 319 km 03m56.9s
20:1228°15.1'N141°39.1'E28°57.8'N151°49.6'E28°54.8'N147°52.7'E 0.941 10° 77° 314 km 04m01.5s
20:1430°12.3'N147°10.0'E30°05.0'N154°25.1'E30°14.8'N151°12.7'E 0.942 14° 79° 310 km 04m04.5s
20:1631°31.1'N150°29.3'E31°04.2'N156°35.0'E31°20.9'N153°47.2'E 0.942 17° 81° 307 km 04m07.0s
20:1832°36.4'N153°03.8'E31°58.0'N158°28.4'E32°19.3'N155°56.7'E 0.943 19° 83° 304 km 04m09.2s
20:2033°34.2'N155°13.7'E32°47.8'N160°10.1'E33°12.5'N157°50.1'E 0.943 21° 84° 301 km 04m11.2s
20:2234°27.0'N157°07.5'E33°34.7'N161°42.9'E34°01.9'N159°31.9'E 0.944 23° 86° 298 km 04m13.0s
20:2435°16.1'N158°49.8'E34°19.2'N163°08.9'E34°48.4'N161°05.0'E 0.944 25° 87° 295 km 04m14.7s
20:2636°02.4'N160°23.5'E35°01.7'N164°29.3'E35°32.6'N162°31.4'E 0.945 26° 89° 293 km 04m16.3s
20:2836°46.4'N161°50.5'E35°42.4'N165°45.2'E36°14.8'N163°52.3'E 0.945 28° 90° 290 km 04m17.9s
20:3037°28.5'N163°12.0'E36°21.7'N166°57.3'E36°55.4'N165°08.7'E 0.945 29° 91° 288 km 04m19.4s
20:3238°08.9'N164°29.1'E36°59.8'N168°06.3'E37°34.6'N166°21.4'E 0.946 31° 93° 285 km 04m20.8s
20:3438°48.0'N165°42.5'E37°36.6'N169°12.5'E38°12.5'N167°30.9'E 0.946 32° 94° 283 km 04m22.1s
20:3639°25.9'N166°52.8'E38°12.5'N170°16.4'E38°49.3'N168°37.8'E 0.946 33° 96° 280 km 04m23.4s
20:3840°02.6'N168°00.5'E38°47.4'N171°18.3'E39°25.1'N169°42.4'E 0.946 34° 97° 278 km 04m24.7s
20:4040°38.4'N169°05.9'E39°21.5'N172°18.4'E39°59.9'N170°45.0'E 0.947 35° 99° 276 km 04m25.9s
20:4241°13.3'N170°09.3'E39°54.7'N173°17.0'E40°34.0'N171°45.9'E 0.947 36° 100° 273 km 04m27.1s
20:4441°47.4'N171°11.1'E40°27.3'N174°14.4'E41°07.3'N172°45.3'E 0.947 37° 102° 271 km 04m28.2s
20:4642°20.7'N172°11.4'E40°59.2'N175°10.6'E41°39.8'N173°43.5'E 0.947 38° 103° 269 km 04m29.3s
20:4842°53.3'N173°10.6'E41°30.4'N176°05.9'E42°11.8'N174°40.6'E 0.948 39° 105° 267 km 04m30.3s
20:5043°25.3'N174°08.7'E42°01.1'N177°00.3'E42°43.1'N175°36.8'E 0.948 40° 107° 265 km 04m31.3s
20:5243°56.7'N175°05.9'E42°31.1'N177°54.0'E43°13.8'N176°32.2'E 0.948 41° 108° 263 km 04m32.3s
20:5444°27.5'N176°02.3'E43°00.7'N178°47.1'E43°43.9'N177°26.9'E 0.948 42° 110° 261 km 04m33.3s
20:5644°57.8'N176°58.1'E43°29.7'N179°39.7'E44°13.5'N178°21.1'E 0.948 43° 112° 260 km 04m34.2s
20:5845°27.6'N177°53.5'E43°58.2'N179°28.0'W44°42.7'N179°14.8'E 0.948 43° 113° 258 km 04m35.1s
21:0045°56.8'N178°48.4'E44°26.2'N178°36.1'W45°11.3'N179°51.8'W 0.948 44° 115° 256 km 04m35.9s
21:0246°25.6'N179°43.0'E44°53.8'N177°44.4'W45°39.5'N178°58.7'W 0.949 45° 117° 255 km 04m36.7s
21:0446°53.9'N179°22.5'W45°20.9'N176°52.8'W46°07.2'N178°05.7'W 0.949 45° 119° 253 km 04m37.5s
21:0647°21.8'N178°28.2'W45°47.6'N176°01.3'W46°34.4'N177°12.9'W 0.949 46° 121° 252 km 04m38.2s
21:0847°49.3'N177°34.0'W46°13.9'N175°09.9'W47°01.3'N176°20.0'W 0.949 47° 123° 250 km 04m39.0s
21:1048°16.3'N176°39.6'W46°39.8'N174°18.4'W47°27.7'N175°27.1'W 0.949 47° 125° 249 km 04m39.6s
21:1248°42.9'N175°45.2'W47°05.2'N173°26.7'W47°53.7'N174°34.2'W 0.949 48° 127° 248 km 04m40.3s
21:1449°09.1'N174°50.6'W47°30.2'N172°34.9'W48°19.3'N173°41.0'W 0.949 48° 129° 246 km 04m40.9s
21:1649°34.9'N173°55.8'W47°54.9'N171°42.9'W48°44.5'N172°47.6'W 0.949 48° 131° 245 km 04m41.5s
21:1850°00.4'N173°00.6'W48°19.1'N170°50.6'W49°09.4'N171°53.8'W 0.949 49° 133° 244 km 04m42.0s
21:2050°25.4'N172°05.0'W48°43.0'N169°57.9'W49°33.8'N170°59.8'W 0.949 49° 135° 243 km 04m42.5s
21:2250°50.0'N171°09.0'W49°06.5'N169°04.9'W49°57.8'N170°05.3'W 0.950 50° 137° 242 km 04m43.0s
21:2451°14.3'N170°12.5'W49°29.5'N168°11.4'W50°21.5'N169°10.3'W 0.950 50° 139° 241 km 04m43.4s
21:2651°38.1'N169°15.5'W49°52.2'N167°17.4'W50°44.7'N168°14.8'W 0.950 50° 142° 240 km 04m43.8s
21:2852°01.6'N168°17.8'W50°14.5'N166°22.9'W51°07.6'N167°18.8'W 0.950 50° 144° 239 km 04m44.2s
21:3052°24.7'N167°19.5'W50°36.4'N165°27.7'W51°30.1'N166°22.1'W 0.950 51° 146° 239 km 04m44.5s
21:3252°47.3'N166°20.4'W50°57.9'N164°32.0'W51°52.1'N165°24.7'W 0.950 51° 148° 238 km 04m44.8s
21:3453°09.6'N165°20.5'W51°19.0'N163°35.6'W52°13.8'N164°26.6'W 0.950 51° 151° 237 km 04m45.0s
21:3653°31.5'N164°19.8'W51°39.7'N162°38.4'W52°35.1'N163°27.7'W 0.950 51° 153° 237 km 04m45.2s
21:3853°52.9'N163°18.1'W52°00.0'N161°40.5'W52°55.9'N162°28.0'W 0.950 51° 156° 236 km 04m45.4s
21:4054°14.0'N162°15.5'W52°19.9'N160°41.7'W53°16.4'N161°27.4'W 0.950 51° 158° 236 km 04m45.6s
21:4254°34.6'N161°11.9'W52°39.3'N159°42.1'W53°36.4'N160°25.8'W 0.950 51° 160° 235 km 04m45.7s
21:4454°54.7'N160°07.3'W52°58.3'N158°41.6'W53°55.9'N159°23.3'W 0.950 51° 163° 235 km 04m45.7s
21:4655°14.4'N159°01.4'W53°16.9'N157°40.1'W54°15.1'N158°19.7'W 0.950 51° 165° 234 km 04m45.7s
21:4855°33.7'N157°54.4'W53°35.0'N156°37.6'W54°33.7'N157°15.0'W 0.950 51° 168° 234 km 04m45.7s
21:5055°52.4'N156°46.2'W53°52.7'N155°34.1'W54°51.9'N156°09.2'W 0.950 51° 170° 234 km 04m45.7s
21:5256°10.7'N155°36.6'W54°09.8'N154°29.4'W55°09.6'N155°02.2'W 0.950 51° 173° 234 km 04m45.6s
21:5456°28.5'N154°25.7'W54°26.5'N153°23.6'W55°26.8'N153°53.9'W 0.950 51° 175° 234 km 04m45.4s
21:5656°45.7'N153°13.4'W54°42.7'N152°16.7'W55°43.5'N152°44.4'W 0.950 50° 178° 234 km 04m45.2s
21:5857°02.4'N151°59.6'W54°58.3'N151°08.5'W55°59.7'N151°33.5'W 0.950 50° 180° 234 km 04m45.0s
22:0057°18.6'N150°44.3'W55°13.4'N149°59.0'W56°15.3'N150°21.2'W 0.950 50° 183° 234 km 04m44.7s
22:0257°34.1'N149°27.4'W55°28.0'N148°48.2'W56°30.3'N149°07.4'W 0.950 50° 185° 234 km 04m44.4s
22:0457°49.1'N148°08.8'W55°42.0'N147°36.0'W56°44.8'N147°52.2'W 0.950 49° 188° 234 km 04m44.1s
22:0658°03.4'N146°48.5'W55°55.4'N146°22.4'W56°58.6'N146°35.4'W 0.949 49° 191° 234 km 04m43.7s
22:0858°17.1'N145°26.4'W56°08.2'N145°07.3'W57°11.8'N145°17.0'W 0.949 48° 193° 235 km 04m43.3s
22:1058°30.0'N144°02.5'W56°20.3'N143°50.7'W57°24.4'N143°56.9'W 0.949 48° 196° 235 km 04m42.8s
22:1258°42.3'N142°36.8'W56°31.8'N142°32.5'W57°36.2'N142°35.1'W 0.949 47° 198° 235 km 04m42.3s
22:1458°53.8'N141°09.0'W56°42.6'N141°12.7'W57°47.4'N141°11.5'W 0.949 47° 201° 236 km 04m41.7s
22:1659°04.5'N139°39.3'W56°52.7'N139°51.2'W57°57.8'N139°46.1'W 0.949 46° 203° 237 km 04m41.1s
22:1859°14.5'N138°07.4'W57°02.0'N138°28.1'W58°07.4'N138°18.8'W 0.949 46° 206° 237 km 04m40.4s
22:2059°23.5'N136°33.4'W57°10.6'N137°03.1'W58°16.2'N136°49.5'W 0.949 45° 208° 238 km 04m39.8s
22:2259°31.7'N134°57.2'W57°18.3'N135°36.3'W58°24.2'N135°18.3'W 0.949 45° 211° 239 km 04m39.0s
22:2459°38.9'N133°18.7'W57°25.2'N134°07.6'W58°31.2'N133°44.9'W 0.949 44° 214° 240 km 04m38.2s
22:2659°45.1'N131°37.8'W57°31.3'N132°36.9'W58°37.4'N132°09.4'W 0.948 43° 216° 241 km 04m37.4s
22:2859°50.3'N129°54.5'W57°36.3'N131°04.3'W58°42.5'N130°31.7'W 0.948 42° 219° 242 km 04m36.5s
22:3059°54.4'N128°08.7'W57°40.5'N129°29.5'W58°46.6'N128°51.7'W 0.948 42° 221° 243 km 04m35.6s
22:3259°57.3'N126°20.2'W57°43.6'N127°52.5'W58°49.7'N127°09.3'W 0.948 41° 224° 244 km 04m34.6s
22:3459°59.0'N124°28.9'W57°45.6'N126°13.3'W58°51.6'N125°24.5'W 0.948 40° 227° 245 km 04m33.6s
22:3659°59.4'N122°34.9'W57°46.5'N124°31.8'W58°52.3'N123°37.0'W 0.948 39° 229° 247 km 04m32.6s
22:3859°58.4'N120°37.8'W57°46.2'N122°47.7'W58°51.7'N121°46.8'W 0.948 38° 232° 248 km 04m31.4s
22:4059°56.0'N118°37.6'W57°44.7'N121°01.1'W58°49.7'N119°53.8'W 0.947 37° 234° 250 km 04m30.3s
22:4259°51.9'N116°34.0'W57°41.8'N119°11.8'W58°46.3'N117°57.8'W 0.947 36° 237° 251 km 04m29.1s
22:4459°46.2'N114°26.9'W57°37.5'N117°19.6'W58°41.4'N115°58.6'W 0.947 35° 240° 253 km 04m27.8s
22:4659°38.7'N112°16.0'W57°31.6'N115°24.3'W58°34.8'N113°56.0'W 0.947 34° 242° 255 km 04m26.5s
22:4859°29.2'N110°01.0'W57°24.1'N113°25.7'W58°26.4'N111°49.7'W 0.946 33° 245° 257 km 04m25.1s
22:5059°17.5'N107°41.3'W57°14.9'N111°23.5'W58°16.0'N109°39.4'W 0.946 32° 248° 260 km 04m23.6s
22:5259°03.4'N105°16.6'W57°03.7'N109°17.4'W58°03.6'N107°24.6'W 0.946 30° 251° 262 km 04m22.1s
22:5458°46.7'N102°46.1'W56°50.5'N107°06.9'W57°48.8'N105°04.8'W 0.946 29° 253° 265 km 04m20.6s
22:5658°27.0'N100°09.0'W56°34.9'N104°51.5'W57°31.4'N102°39.4'W 0.945 28° 256° 267 km 04m18.9s
22:5858°03.9'N097°24.0'W56°16.7'N102°30.5'W57°11.0'N100°07.4'W 0.945 26° 259° 270 km 04m17.1s
23:0057°36.7'N094°29.4'W55°55.7'N100°03.0'W56°47.2'N097°27.7'W 0.945 24° 262° 274 km 04m15.3s
23:0257°04.7'N091°22.8'W55°31.2'N097°27.7'W56°19.5'N094°38.4'W 0.944 23° 265° 277 km 04m13.3s
23:0456°26.4'N088°00.2'W55°02.7'N094°42.9'W55°46.8'N091°37.1'W 0.944 21° 268° 281 km 04m11.2s
23:0655°39.8'N084°15.0'W54°29.3'N091°46.1'W55°08.0'N088°19.9'W 0.943 19° 272° 285 km 04m09.0s
23:0854°40.8'N079°54.3'W53°49.7'N088°33.2'W54°20.8'N084°40.2'W 0.943 16° 275° 290 km 04m06.4s
23:1053°19.1'N074°25.4'W53°01.6'N084°57.5'W53°21.1'N080°24.9'W 0.942 13° 279° 296 km 04m03.5s
23:1250°28.2'N064°10.5'W52°00.7'N080°45.5'W51°58.3'N075°00.5'W 0.941 284° 304 km 03m59.9s
23:14 - - 50°35.5'N075°21.7'W48°55.1'N064°17.5'W 0.939 293° 318 km 03m53.2s
Limits49°24.5'N060°37.3'W47°01.5'N063°13.0'W48°12.5'N061°57.3'W 0.938 - 321 km 03m51.9s

ΔT = 37156.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:01:09.121:41:52.853°35.2'N044°16.0'E 51.2° 160.3° 235.1 km04m45.65s
Greatest Duration08:05:16.921:46:00.554°15.1'N158°19.4'W 51.1° 165.3° 234.4 km04m45.74s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1598 May 20 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 37156.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2215.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 9.26°.

Acknowledgments

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

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