Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1620 Jan 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1620 Jan 26 . 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 -1620 Jan 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits59°53.2'S102°00.2'E60°37.7'S099°48.2'E60°15.5'S100°55.2'E 0.979 - 146 km 01m06.5s
20:3466°42.2'S114°27.9'E64°00.9'S105°48.7'E65°42.2'S110°44.4'E 0.981 130° 129 km 01m02.8s
20:3669°11.7'S119°43.9'E67°58.0'S113°22.4'E68°40.1'S116°42.8'E 0.982 11° 124° 119 km 01m00.7s
20:3871°08.6'S124°24.5'E70°25.0'S118°42.0'E70°49.5'S121°38.9'E 0.983 14° 119° 112 km 00m59.1s
20:4072°46.5'S128°55.2'E72°20.5'S123°30.2'E72°35.3'S126°17.1'E 0.984 16° 113° 107 km 00m57.7s
20:4274°11.3'S133°28.0'E73°57.6'S128°12.0'E74°05.8'S130°54.0'E 0.984 18° 108° 102 km 00m56.6s
20:4475°25.7'S138°10.3'E75°21.5'S132°59.4'E75°24.6'S135°38.8'E 0.985 19° 103° 98 km 00m55.5s
20:4676°31.2'S143°07.4'E76°35.0'S138°00.5'E76°33.9'S140°38.1'E 0.985 21° 97° 95 km 00m54.5s
20:4877°28.5'S148°23.9'E77°39.3'S143°21.5'E77°34.5'S145°57.2'E 0.986 22° 91° 91 km 00m53.6s
20:5078°18.1'S154°02.2'E78°35.1'S149°07.3'E78°27.1'S151°39.5'E 0.986 24° 85° 88 km 00m52.8s
20:5278°59.9'S160°03.9'E79°22.7'S155°20.6'E79°11.7'S157°47.4'E 0.986 25° 78° 86 km 00m52.0s
20:5479°34.1'S166°28.4'E80°01.9'S162°02.7'E79°48.2'S164°21.0'E 0.987 26° 70° 83 km 00m51.2s
20:5680°00.3'S173°12.8'E80°32.6'S169°11.6'E80°16.5'S171°17.6'E 0.987 27° 63° 81 km 00m50.5s
20:5880°18.5'S179°48.6'W80°54.5'S176°41.6'E80°36.5'S178°31.5'E 0.987 28° 55° 79 km 00m49.9s
21:0080°28.7'S172°43.5'W81°07.6'S175°36.3'W80°48.1'S174°05.5'W 0.987 29° 46° 77 km 00m49.3s
21:0280°31.3'S165°41.2'W81°12.1'S167°53.6'W80°51.5'S166°43.8'W 0.987 29° 38° 76 km 00m48.7s
21:0480°26.6'S158°50.5'W81°08.4'S160°22.3'W80°47.3'S159°34.0'W 0.988 30° 30° 74 km 00m48.2s
21:0680°15.2'S152°19.4'W80°57.3'S153°13.2'W80°36.0'S152°44.8'W 0.988 31° 22° 73 km 00m47.6s
21:0879°57.9'S146°13.4'W80°39.5'S146°33.8'W80°18.4'S146°23.0'W 0.988 31° 15° 72 km 00m47.2s
21:1079°35.4'S140°35.5'W80°16.1'S140°28.2'W79°55.5'S140°31.9'W 0.988 32° 71 km 00m46.7s
21:1279°08.7'S135°26.8'W79°48.1'S134°57.3'W79°28.1'S135°12.6'W 0.988 33° 70 km 00m46.3s
21:1478°38.2'S130°46.6'W79°16.1'S130°00.1'W78°57.0'S130°24.2'W 0.988 33° 356° 69 km 00m45.9s
21:1678°04.8'S126°33.2'W78°41.1'S125°34.0'W78°22.8'S126°04.6'W 0.989 33° 350° 68 km 00m45.5s
21:1877°28.9'S122°44.2'W78°03.5'S121°35.8'W77°46.0'S122°11.1'W 0.989 34° 345° 67 km 00m45.2s
21:2076°50.9'S119°17.1'W77°23.9'S118°02.4'W77°07.3'S118°40.9'W 0.989 34° 341° 67 km 00m44.9s
21:2276°11.3'S116°09.6'W76°42.7'S114°50.6'W76°26.9'S115°31.2'W 0.989 35° 336° 66 km 00m44.6s
21:2475°30.3'S113°19.2'W76°00.2'S111°57.4'W75°45.1'S112°39.4'W 0.989 35° 332° 66 km 00m44.3s
21:2674°48.2'S110°43.9'W75°16.6'S109°20.5'W75°02.3'S110°03.2'W 0.989 35° 329° 65 km 00m44.1s
21:2874°05.0'S108°21.7'W74°32.1'S106°57.6'W74°18.5'S107°40.6'W 0.989 35° 325° 65 km 00m43.9s
21:3073°21.1'S106°11.0'W73°46.9'S104°46.7'W73°34.0'S105°29.8'W 0.989 35° 322° 65 km 00m43.7s
21:3272°36.5'S104°10.3'W73°01.1'S102°46.3'W72°48.8'S103°29.2'W 0.989 36° 319° 64 km 00m43.6s
21:3471°51.4'S102°18.5'W72°14.8'S100°55.0'W72°03.0'S101°37.6'W 0.989 36° 316° 64 km 00m43.5s
21:3671°05.7'S100°34.3'W71°28.0'S099°11.5'W71°16.8'S099°53.7'W 0.989 36° 313° 64 km 00m43.4s
21:3870°19.5'S098°56.9'W70°40.9'S097°34.9'W70°30.1'S098°16.6'W 0.989 36° 310° 65 km 00m43.3s
21:4069°32.9'S097°25.3'W69°53.3'S096°04.1'W69°43.1'S096°45.5'W 0.989 36° 307° 65 km 00m43.3s
21:4268°45.9'S095°59.0'W69°05.5'S094°38.6'W68°55.7'S095°19.5'W 0.989 36° 305° 65 km 00m43.2s
21:4467°58.6'S094°37.1'W68°17.3'S093°17.5'W68°07.9'S093°58.0'W 0.989 35° 302° 65 km 00m43.3s
21:4667°10.9'S093°19.3'W67°28.7'S092°00.4'W67°19.8'S092°40.4'W 0.989 35° 300° 66 km 00m43.3s
21:4866°22.8'S092°04.8'W66°39.9'S090°46.6'W66°31.3'S091°26.3'W 0.989 35° 298° 66 km 00m43.4s
21:5065°34.4'S090°53.4'W65°50.7'S089°35.7'W65°42.5'S090°15.2'W 0.989 35° 295° 67 km 00m43.5s
21:5264°45.6'S089°44.6'W65°01.2'S088°27.3'W64°53.4'S089°06.6'W 0.989 34° 293° 67 km 00m43.6s
21:5463°56.4'S088°38.0'W64°11.3'S087°21.1'W64°03.8'S088°00.1'W 0.989 34° 291° 68 km 00m43.7s
21:5663°06.8'S087°33.3'W63°21.0'S086°16.6'W63°13.9'S086°55.5'W 0.989 34° 289° 69 km 00m43.9s
21:5862°16.7'S086°30.2'W62°30.3'S085°13.5'W62°23.5'S085°52.4'W 0.989 33° 287° 70 km 00m44.1s
22:0061°26.2'S085°28.3'W61°39.1'S084°11.6'W61°32.7'S084°50.5'W 0.989 33° 285° 71 km 00m44.4s
22:0260°35.2'S084°27.4'W60°47.5'S083°10.5'W60°41.4'S083°49.5'W 0.989 32° 283° 72 km 00m44.6s
22:0459°43.7'S083°27.2'W59°55.2'S082°09.9'W59°49.5'S082°49.1'W 0.989 32° 281° 73 km 00m44.9s
22:0658°51.5'S082°27.5'W59°02.4'S081°09.5'W58°57.0'S081°49.1'W 0.988 31° 279° 75 km 00m45.3s
22:0857°58.7'S081°27.9'W58°08.8'S080°09.1'W58°03.8'S080°49.1'W 0.988 31° 277° 76 km 00m45.6s
22:1057°05.1'S080°28.1'W57°14.5'S079°08.4'W57°09.8'S079°48.9'W 0.988 30° 275° 78 km 00m46.0s
22:1256°10.7'S079°28.0'W56°19.3'S078°07.0'W56°15.1'S078°48.1'W 0.988 29° 274° 80 km 00m46.5s
22:1455°15.4'S078°27.0'W55°23.2'S077°04.6'W55°19.4'S077°46.5'W 0.988 28° 272° 81 km 00m46.9s
22:1654°19.1'S077°25.0'W54°25.9'S076°00.7'W54°22.6'S076°43.6'W 0.988 27° 270° 83 km 00m47.5s
22:1853°21.6'S076°21.5'W53°27.3'S074°55.0'W53°24.5'S075°39.0'W 0.987 27° 268° 86 km 00m48.0s
22:2052°22.7'S075°16.1'W52°27.3'S073°46.8'W52°25.1'S074°32.3'W 0.987 25° 266° 88 km 00m48.6s
22:2251°22.3'S074°08.2'W51°25.5'S072°35.7'W51°24.1'S073°22.8'W 0.987 24° 265° 91 km 00m49.3s
22:2450°20.1'S072°57.2'W50°21.7'S071°20.7'W50°21.1'S072°09.9'W 0.986 23° 263° 93 km 00m50.0s
22:2649°15.7'S071°42.3'W49°15.4'S070°00.8'W49°15.8'S070°52.7'W 0.986 22° 261° 96 km 00m50.8s
22:2848°08.8'S070°22.4'W48°06.0'S068°34.7'W48°07.7'S069°29.8'W 0.986 21° 260° 100 km 00m51.6s
22:3046°58.5'S068°56.1'W46°52.7'S067°00.3'W46°56.0'S067°59.7'W 0.985 19° 258° 103 km 00m52.6s
22:3245°44.2'S067°21.3'W45°34.2'S065°14.5'W45°39.7'S066°19.9'W 0.985 17° 256° 107 km 00m53.6s
22:3444°24.4'S065°34.8'W44°08.3'S063°12.3'W44°17.2'S064°26.5'W 0.984 15° 254° 111 km 00m54.8s
22:3642°56.6'S063°31.1'W42°30.7'S060°43.6'W42°45.1'S062°11.7'W 0.984 13° 252° 116 km 00m56.2s
22:3841°16.3'S060°59.5'W40°30.2'S057°21.8'W40°56.7'S059°20.0'W 0.983 10° 249° 122 km 00m57.9s
22:4039°10.3'S057°30.1'W - - 38°26.3'S054°51.4'W 0.982 246° 130 km 01m00.5s
Limits35°17.2'S049°41.9'W36°15.0'S048°37.9'W35°46.0'S049°10.2'W 0.980 - 139 km 01m03.4s

ΔT = 37643.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:03:57.121:36:33.771°03.7'S103°17.6'E 35.7° 312.1° 64.4 km00m43.35s
Greatest Duration06:59:55.920:32:32.560°15.5'S100°55.2'E 0.0° 139.1° 146.3 km01m06.50s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1620 Jan 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1620 Jan 26 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 37643.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2290.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 9.57°.

Acknowledgments

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

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