Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1620 Jul 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1620 Jul 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of -1620 Jul 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
Limits62°25.4'N053°42.2'E61°54.1'N055°55.3'E62°09.8'N054°49.8'E 1.014 - 128 km 00m42.1s
22:40 - - 66°21.7'N061°49.0'E63°03.0'N055°59.8'E 1.015 33° 131 km 00m43.3s
22:4267°11.7'N059°16.9'E69°56.7'N066°11.6'E68°44.6'N062°49.7'E 1.016 40° 144 km 00m51.0s
22:4470°33.3'N062°42.6'E72°26.9'N069°10.2'E71°34.5'N065°54.4'E 1.017 10° 43° 149 km 00m54.7s
22:4673°00.6'N065°00.4'E74°31.3'N071°39.6'E73°49.0'N068°15.9'E 1.018 13° 46° 152 km 00m57.6s
22:4875°04.4'N066°49.2'E76°20.9'N073°56.3'E75°45.2'N070°17.2'E 1.018 14° 49° 154 km 00m59.9s
22:5076°54.3'N068°21.4'E78°00.4'N076°09.0'E77°29.7'N072°08.3'E 1.019 16° 51° 156 km 01m02.0s
22:5278°34.7'N069°42.7'E79°32.6'N078°24.5'E79°06.0'N073°55.2'E 1.019 17° 54° 157 km 01m03.8s
22:5480°08.1'N070°56.6'E80°59.1'N080°50.1'E80°36.1'N075°42.9'E 1.020 18° 57° 158 km 01m05.4s
22:5681°36.2'N072°05.6'E82°20.8'N083°35.3'E82°01.2'N077°37.4'E 1.020 19° 59° 159 km 01m06.8s
22:5883°00.0'N073°11.7'E83°38.4'N086°54.7'E83°22.3'N079°46.6'E 1.020 20° 62° 160 km 01m08.1s
23:0084°20.4'N074°17.5'E84°52.2'N091°14.6'E84°40.1'N082°24.4'E 1.020 21° 66° 161 km 01m09.3s
23:0285°37.9'N075°26.5'E86°01.9'N097°27.5'E85°54.7'N085°59.2'E 1.021 22° 70° 161 km 01m10.4s
23:0486°53.0'N076°47.1'E87°05.9'N107°33.1'E87°06.0'N091°42.2'E 1.021 23° 77° 162 km 01m11.3s
23:0688°06.0'N078°45.6'E87°59.2'N126°27.5'E88°12.7'N103°22.2'E 1.021 23° 90° 162 km 01m12.2s
23:0889°17.0'N084°41.2'E88°26.3'N161°40.9'E89°04.1'N139°50.9'E 1.021 24° 127° 163 km 01m12.9s
23:1089°32.1'N115°53.0'W88°09.3'N160°20.2'W88°53.7'N151°50.6'W 1.021 24° 196° 163 km 01m13.6s
23:1288°24.2'N106°00.3'W87°23.4'N138°48.0'W87°58.4'N126°30.4'W 1.021 25° 223° 163 km 01m14.2s
23:1487°16.9'N103°48.5'W86°27.6'N127°37.9'W86°56.1'N117°21.1'W 1.021 25° 233° 164 km 01m14.7s
23:1686°10.6'N102°32.0'W85°28.3'N121°02.9'W85°52.6'N112°36.7'W 1.022 26° 238° 164 km 01m15.1s
23:1885°05.2'N101°33.4'W84°28.0'N116°40.5'W84°49.2'N109°35.7'W 1.022 26° 242° 164 km 01m15.5s
23:2084°00.4'N100°43.1'W83°27.3'N113°30.1'W83°46.1'N107°24.9'W 1.022 26° 246° 165 km 01m15.7s
23:2282°56.3'N099°57.4'W82°26.5'N111°02.5'W82°43.3'N105°42.4'W 1.022 26° 248° 165 km 01m15.9s
23:2481°52.6'N099°14.3'W81°25.8'N109°02.3'W81°40.9'N104°17.2'W 1.022 26° 251° 165 km 01m16.0s
23:2680°49.3'N098°32.9'W80°25.3'N107°20.7'W80°38.9'N103°03.3'W 1.022 26° 253° 166 km 01m16.1s
23:2879°46.4'N097°52.5'W79°24.8'N105°52.0'W79°37.0'N101°57.2'W 1.022 26° 255° 166 km 01m16.1s
23:3078°43.6'N097°12.8'W78°24.4'N104°32.6'W78°35.3'N100°56.6'W 1.022 26° 257° 166 km 01m15.9s
23:3277°41.0'N096°33.4'W77°24.0'N103°20.2'W77°33.7'N099°59.9'W 1.022 26° 259° 167 km 01m15.8s
23:3476°38.4'N095°54.1'W76°23.6'N102°13.0'W76°32.2'N099°05.9'W 1.022 26° 261° 167 km 01m15.5s
23:3675°35.8'N095°14.5'W75°23.1'N101°09.6'W75°30.5'N098°14.0'W 1.021 26° 263° 167 km 01m15.2s
23:3874°33.0'N094°34.5'W74°22.4'N100°09.0'W74°28.7'N097°23.4'W 1.021 26° 265° 167 km 01m14.8s
23:4073°29.9'N093°53.9'W73°21.5'N099°10.5'W73°26.7'N096°33.5'W 1.021 25° 266° 168 km 01m14.3s
23:4272°26.5'N093°12.4'W72°20.2'N098°13.4'W72°24.3'N095°44.0'W 1.021 25° 268° 168 km 01m13.8s
23:4471°22.6'N092°29.9'W71°18.5'N097°17.1'W71°21.5'N094°54.4'W 1.021 25° 270° 168 km 01m13.1s
23:4670°18.2'N091°46.0'W70°16.2'N096°21.2'W70°18.1'N094°04.4'W 1.021 24° 272° 168 km 01m12.4s
23:4869°13.0'N091°00.6'W69°13.2'N095°25.1'W69°14.0'N093°13.5'W 1.021 24° 273° 168 km 01m11.6s
23:5068°06.9'N090°13.3'W68°09.5'N094°28.4'W68°09.1'N092°21.4'W 1.021 23° 275° 168 km 01m10.8s
23:5266°59.8'N089°23.8'W67°04.8'N093°30.6'W67°03.1'N091°27.7'W 1.020 23° 277° 168 km 01m09.8s
23:5465°51.3'N088°31.6'W65°58.9'N092°31.3'W65°56.0'N090°31.9'W 1.020 22° 279° 168 km 01m08.7s
23:5664°41.3'N087°36.2'W64°51.7'N091°29.8'W64°47.3'N089°33.4'W 1.020 21° 280° 167 km 01m07.5s
23:5863°29.3'N086°37.0'W63°42.8'N090°25.7'W63°36.9'N088°31.8'W 1.020 20° 282° 167 km 01m06.3s
00:0062°15.0'N085°33.1'W62°31.9'N089°18.0'W62°24.4'N087°26.0'W 1.019 19° 284° 166 km 01m04.8s
00:0260°57.7'N084°23.3'W61°18.5'N088°05.8'W61°09.1'N086°15.1'W 1.019 18° 286° 165 km 01m03.3s
00:0459°36.7'N083°06.2'W60°02.1'N086°47.9'W59°50.5'N084°57.7'W 1.019 17° 288° 163 km 01m01.6s
00:0658°10.7'N081°39.2'W58°41.8'N085°22.4'W58°27.4'N083°31.7'W 1.018 16° 289° 161 km 00m59.7s
00:0856°37.8'N079°58.6'W57°16.2'N083°46.7'W56°58.4'N081°53.9'W 1.018 14° 292° 159 km 00m57.5s
00:1054°54.3'N077°57.3'W55°43.2'N081°56.2'W55°20.6'N079°58.8'W 1.017 12° 294° 155 km 00m55.0s
00:1252°52.4'N075°19.2'W53°58.8'N079°42.9'W53°28.7'N077°35.3'W 1.017 10° 296° 150 km 00m52.0s
00:1450°01.4'N071°03.5'W51°53.5'N076°46.9'W51°06.9'N074°11.6'W 1.016 300° 142 km 00m47.9s
Limits47°20.1'N066°12.5'W46°34.1'N067°25.0'W46°56.9'N066°49.3'W 1.014 - 122 km 00m40.2s

ΔT = 37632.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:54:53.123:27:40.379°47.2'N100°38.3'E 26.4° 254.7° 166.1 km01m16.06s
Greatest Duration09:53:23.923:26:11.080°33.2'N102°57.0'W 26.4° 253.2° 165.8 km01m16.08s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1620 Jul 20

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1620 Jul 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 37632.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2288.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 9.56°.

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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