Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1481 May 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1481 May 28 . 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 1481 May 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits04°32.6'S129°32.5'W06°17.7'S128°30.9'W05°25.2'S129°01.5'W 0.942 - 223 km 03m46.0s
14:4402°10.9'S124°11.1'W02°08.6'S119°41.2'W02°04.0'S121°41.0'W 0.945 67° 215 km 03m51.0s
14:4600°19.7'N119°05.6'W00°12.4'S116°03.8'W00°04.9'N117°30.7'W 0.946 13° 67° 211 km 03m54.4s
14:4801°59.6'N115°59.2'W01°17.1'N113°26.7'W01°38.9'N114°40.7'W 0.947 17° 67° 207 km 03m57.0s
14:5003°20.8'N113°35.7'W02°33.0'N111°19.4'W02°57.3'N112°26.0'W 0.948 20° 67° 204 km 03m59.3s
14:5204°31.4'N111°36.3'W03°40.4'N109°30.6'W04°06.1'N110°32.3'W 0.948 23° 67° 202 km 04m01.3s
14:5405°34.9'N109°52.6'W04°41.6'N107°54.8'W05°08.3'N108°52.8'W 0.949 25° 67° 199 km 04m03.2s
14:5606°33.0'N108°20.4'W05°38.1'N106°28.6'W06°05.6'N107°23.7'W 0.949 27° 68° 197 km 04m05.0s
14:5807°27.0'N106°56.8'W06°30.9'N105°10.0'W06°59.0'N106°02.7'W 0.950 29° 68° 195 km 04m06.7s
15:0008°17.8'N105°40.0'W07°20.6'N103°57.3'W07°49.2'N104°48.0'W 0.950 31° 68° 193 km 04m08.3s
15:0209°05.7'N104°28.8'W08°07.7'N102°49.6'W08°36.7'N103°38.6'W 0.951 33° 68° 191 km 04m09.9s
15:0409°51.3'N103°22.1'W08°52.7'N101°46.0'W09°22.0'N102°33.6'W 0.951 35° 69° 190 km 04m11.4s
15:0610°34.9'N102°19.4'W09°35.6'N100°46.0'W10°05.2'N101°32.2'W 0.951 37° 69° 188 km 04m12.9s
15:0811°16.7'N101°20.0'W10°16.9'N099°49.1'W10°46.7'N100°34.1'W 0.952 38° 69° 186 km 04m14.4s
15:1011°56.8'N100°23.4'W10°56.6'N098°54.7'W11°26.7'N099°38.7'W 0.952 40° 70° 185 km 04m15.8s
15:1212°35.6'N099°29.4'W11°34.8'N098°02.7'W12°05.2'N098°45.7'W 0.952 41° 70° 183 km 04m17.2s
15:1413°13.0'N098°37.6'W12°11.9'N097°12.8'W12°42.4'N097°54.8'W 0.953 43° 71° 182 km 04m18.6s
15:1613°49.2'N097°47.7'W12°47.7'N096°24.6'W13°18.4'N097°05.8'W 0.953 44° 71° 181 km 04m20.0s
15:1814°24.3'N096°59.5'W13°22.5'N095°38.1'W13°53.4'N096°18.5'W 0.953 45° 72° 179 km 04m21.3s
15:2014°58.4'N096°12.9'W13°56.2'N094°53.1'W14°27.3'N095°32.7'W 0.953 47° 72° 178 km 04m22.7s
15:2215°31.6'N095°27.7'W14°29.0'N094°09.3'W15°00.3'N094°48.2'W 0.954 48° 73° 177 km 04m24.0s
15:2416°03.8'N094°43.8'W15°01.0'N093°26.8'W15°32.4'N094°05.0'W 0.954 49° 73° 176 km 04m25.3s
15:2616°35.3'N094°00.9'W15°32.1'N092°45.3'W16°03.6'N093°22.8'W 0.954 51° 74° 175 km 04m26.5s
15:2817°05.9'N093°19.1'W16°02.4'N092°04.7'W16°34.1'N092°41.6'W 0.954 52° 74° 173 km 04m27.8s
15:3017°35.8'N092°38.2'W16°31.9'N091°25.0'W17°03.8'N092°01.3'W 0.955 53° 75° 172 km 04m29.0s
15:3218°05.0'N091°58.1'W17°00.8'N090°46.1'W17°32.8'N091°21.9'W 0.955 54° 75° 171 km 04m30.2s
15:3418°33.5'N091°18.8'W17°28.9'N090°08.0'W18°01.2'N090°43.1'W 0.955 55° 76° 170 km 04m31.4s
15:3619°01.3'N090°40.1'W17°56.5'N089°30.4'W18°28.8'N090°05.0'W 0.955 57° 77° 169 km 04m32.6s
15:3819°28.5'N090°02.1'W18°23.3'N088°53.5'W18°55.9'N089°27.6'W 0.955 58° 77° 169 km 04m33.8s
15:4019°55.2'N089°24.6'W18°49.6'N088°17.1'W19°22.3'N088°50.6'W 0.955 59° 78° 168 km 04m34.9s
15:4220°21.2'N088°47.6'W19°15.3'N087°41.2'W19°48.2'N088°14.2'W 0.956 60° 79° 167 km 04m36.0s
15:4420°46.7'N088°11.1'W19°40.5'N087°05.7'W20°13.5'N087°38.2'W 0.956 61° 79° 166 km 04m37.2s
15:4621°11.6'N087°34.9'W20°05.0'N086°30.5'W20°38.3'N087°02.5'W 0.956 62° 80° 165 km 04m38.2s
15:4821°36.0'N086°59.2'W20°29.1'N085°55.8'W21°02.5'N086°27.3'W 0.956 63° 81° 164 km 04m39.3s
15:5021°59.9'N086°23.7'W20°52.6'N085°21.3'W21°26.2'N085°52.3'W 0.956 64° 82° 164 km 04m40.4s
15:5222°23.3'N085°48.5'W21°15.6'N084°47.2'W21°49.4'N085°17.7'W 0.956 65° 83° 163 km 04m41.4s
15:5422°46.2'N085°13.6'W21°38.2'N084°13.2'W22°12.2'N084°43.2'W 0.956 66° 84° 162 km 04m42.4s
15:5623°08.6'N084°38.9'W22°00.2'N083°39.5'W22°34.4'N084°09.0'W 0.956 67° 85° 162 km 04m43.4s
15:5823°30.6'N084°04.3'W22°21.8'N083°06.0'W22°56.2'N083°35.0'W 0.957 68° 86° 161 km 04m44.4s
16:0023°52.1'N083°30.0'W22°42.9'N082°32.6'W23°17.5'N083°01.1'W 0.957 69° 87° 161 km 04m45.3s
16:0224°13.1'N082°55.7'W23°03.5'N081°59.3'W23°38.3'N082°27.3'W 0.957 70° 88° 160 km 04m46.2s
16:0424°33.7'N082°21.6'W23°23.7'N081°26.2'W23°58.7'N081°53.7'W 0.957 71° 90° 160 km 04m47.1s
16:0624°53.9'N081°47.5'W23°43.5'N080°53.1'W24°18.6'N081°20.1'W 0.957 72° 91° 159 km 04m48.0s
16:0825°13.6'N081°13.4'W24°02.8'N080°20.1'W24°38.2'N080°46.6'W 0.957 73° 93° 159 km 04m48.8s
16:1025°32.9'N080°39.4'W24°21.7'N079°47.1'W24°57.2'N080°13.1'W 0.957 74° 95° 158 km 04m49.6s
16:1225°51.7'N080°05.4'W24°40.1'N079°14.1'W25°15.9'N079°39.6'W 0.957 75° 96° 158 km 04m50.4s
16:1426°10.2'N079°31.4'W24°58.1'N078°41.1'W25°34.1'N079°06.1'W 0.957 76° 99° 157 km 04m51.1s
16:1626°28.2'N078°57.3'W25°15.7'N078°08.1'W25°51.9'N078°32.6'W 0.957 77° 101° 157 km 04m51.8s
16:1826°45.8'N078°23.2'W25°32.9'N077°35.0'W26°09.3'N077°59.0'W 0.957 78° 104° 157 km 04m52.5s
16:2027°03.0'N077°49.0'W25°49.7'N077°01.9'W26°26.3'N077°25.3'W 0.957 79° 106° 156 km 04m53.1s
16:2227°19.7'N077°14.7'W26°06.0'N076°28.7'W26°42.8'N076°51.6'W 0.958 79° 110° 156 km 04m53.7s
16:2427°36.1'N076°40.3'W26°21.9'N075°55.4'W26°59.0'N076°17.8'W 0.958 80° 114° 156 km 04m54.3s
16:2627°52.0'N076°05.8'W26°37.4'N075°22.0'W27°14.7'N075°43.8'W 0.958 81° 118° 156 km 04m54.9s
16:2828°07.6'N075°31.2'W26°52.5'N074°48.5'W27°30.0'N075°09.7'W 0.958 82° 123° 155 km 04m55.4s
16:3028°22.7'N074°56.3'W27°07.2'N074°14.8'W27°44.9'N074°35.4'W 0.958 82° 129° 155 km 04m55.8s
16:3228°37.4'N074°21.3'W27°21.4'N073°40.9'W27°59.4'N074°01.0'W 0.958 83° 136° 155 km 04m56.2s
16:3428°51.7'N073°46.1'W27°35.3'N073°06.9'W28°13.4'N073°26.4'W 0.958 83° 144° 155 km 04m56.6s
16:3629°05.5'N073°10.7'W27°48.7'N072°32.7'W28°27.1'N072°51.6'W 0.958 84° 152° 155 km 04m57.0s
16:3829°19.0'N072°35.0'W28°01.7'N071°58.3'W28°40.3'N072°16.6'W 0.958 84° 161° 155 km 04m57.2s
16:4029°32.0'N071°59.2'W28°14.3'N071°23.7'W28°53.1'N071°41.3'W 0.958 84° 171° 155 km 04m57.5s
16:4229°44.6'N071°23.0'W28°26.5'N070°48.8'W29°05.5'N071°05.8'W 0.958 84° 180° 155 km 04m57.7s
16:4429°56.8'N070°46.6'W28°38.3'N070°13.7'W29°17.5'N070°30.1'W 0.958 83° 189° 155 km 04m57.9s
16:4630°08.6'N070°09.9'W28°49.6'N069°38.4'W29°29.0'N069°54.1'W 0.958 83° 197° 155 km 04m58.0s
16:4830°19.9'N069°32.9'W29°00.5'N069°02.7'W29°40.1'N069°17.8'W 0.958 82° 204° 155 km 04m58.1s
16:5030°30.8'N068°55.6'W29°11.0'N068°26.8'W29°50.8'N068°41.2'W 0.958 82° 210° 155 km 04m58.1s
16:5230°41.2'N068°18.0'W29°21.0'N067°50.6'W30°01.1'N068°04.2'W 0.958 81° 216° 155 km 04m58.0s
16:5430°51.2'N067°40.0'W29°30.6'N067°14.0'W30°10.8'N067°27.0'W 0.958 80° 220° 155 km 04m58.0s
16:5631°00.7'N067°01.7'W29°39.7'N066°37.1'W30°20.2'N066°49.4'W 0.958 80° 224° 155 km 04m57.9s
16:5831°09.8'N066°23.0'W29°48.4'N065°59.9'W30°29.1'N066°11.4'W 0.958 79° 228° 155 km 04m57.7s
17:0031°18.5'N065°43.9'W29°56.7'N065°22.3'W30°37.5'N065°33.1'W 0.958 78° 231° 155 km 04m57.5s
17:0231°26.6'N065°04.4'W30°04.4'N064°44.4'W30°45.5'N064°54.3'W 0.958 77° 234° 155 km 04m57.2s
17:0431°34.3'N064°24.5'W30°11.7'N064°06.0'W30°53.0'N064°15.2'W 0.957 76° 237° 155 km 04m56.9s
17:0631°41.5'N063°44.1'W30°18.6'N063°27.2'W31°00.0'N063°35.7'W 0.957 75° 239° 156 km 04m56.5s
17:0831°48.2'N063°03.3'W30°24.9'N062°48.0'W31°06.5'N062°55.7'W 0.957 74° 241° 156 km 04m56.1s
17:1031°54.4'N062°22.0'W30°30.8'N062°08.4'W31°12.5'N062°15.2'W 0.957 74° 243° 156 km 04m55.6s
17:1232°00.1'N061°40.2'W30°36.1'N061°28.3'W31°18.1'N061°34.3'W 0.957 73° 245° 156 km 04m55.1s
17:1432°05.3'N060°57.9'W30°41.0'N060°47.8'W31°23.1'N060°52.9'W 0.957 72° 246° 157 km 04m54.5s
17:1632°09.9'N060°15.1'W30°45.3'N060°06.7'W31°27.6'N060°11.0'W 0.957 71° 248° 157 km 04m53.9s
17:1832°14.0'N059°31.8'W30°49.1'N059°25.1'W31°31.5'N059°28.5'W 0.957 70° 249° 157 km 04m53.2s
17:2032°17.6'N058°47.9'W30°52.4'N058°43.0'W31°34.9'N058°45.5'W 0.957 69° 251° 158 km 04m52.5s
17:2232°20.6'N058°03.3'W30°55.1'N058°00.4'W31°37.8'N058°01.9'W 0.957 68° 252° 158 km 04m51.7s
17:2432°23.0'N057°18.2'W30°57.3'N057°17.1'W31°40.1'N057°17.8'W 0.957 67° 254° 158 km 04m50.9s
17:2632°24.8'N056°32.4'W30°58.9'N056°33.3'W31°41.8'N056°33.0'W 0.957 66° 255° 159 km 04m50.0s
17:2832°26.1'N055°46.0'W30°59.9'N055°48.8'W31°42.9'N055°47.5'W 0.957 65° 256° 159 km 04m49.1s
17:3032°26.7'N054°58.9'W31°00.3'N055°03.7'W31°43.4'N055°01.4'W 0.956 64° 257° 160 km 04m48.1s
17:3232°26.6'N054°11.0'W31°00.0'N054°17.8'W31°43.3'N054°14.6'W 0.956 62° 258° 160 km 04m47.1s
17:3432°26.0'N053°22.4'W30°59.2'N053°31.3'W31°42.5'N053°27.0'W 0.956 61° 259° 161 km 04m46.1s
17:3632°24.6'N052°33.0'W30°57.6'N052°44.0'W31°41.1'N052°38.6'W 0.956 60° 260° 161 km 04m45.0s
17:3832°22.5'N051°42.7'W30°55.4'N051°55.9'W31°38.9'N051°49.5'W 0.956 59° 262° 162 km 04m43.8s
17:4032°19.8'N050°51.6'W30°52.5'N051°07.0'W31°36.1'N050°59.5'W 0.956 58° 263° 163 km 04m42.6s
17:4232°16.2'N049°59.5'W30°48.9'N050°17.2'W31°32.5'N050°08.6'W 0.956 57° 264° 163 km 04m41.4s
17:4432°11.9'N049°06.5'W30°44.5'N049°26.4'W31°28.2'N049°16.7'W 0.955 56° 265° 164 km 04m40.1s
17:4632°06.8'N048°12.4'W30°39.4'N048°34.7'W31°23.1'N048°23.8'W 0.955 55° 266° 165 km 04m38.8s
17:4832°00.9'N047°17.3'W30°33.4'N047°42.0'W31°17.1'N047°29.9'W 0.955 53° 267° 166 km 04m37.4s
17:5031°54.1'N046°21.0'W30°26.6'N046°48.1'W31°10.3'N046°34.8'W 0.955 52° 268° 166 km 04m36.0s
17:5231°46.3'N045°23.4'W30°18.9'N045°53.1'W31°02.6'N045°38.6'W 0.955 51° 268° 167 km 04m34.5s
17:5431°37.7'N044°24.5'W30°10.3'N044°56.8'W30°53.9'N044°41.0'W 0.955 50° 269° 168 km 04m33.1s
17:5631°28.0'N043°24.2'W30°00.7'N043°59.2'W30°44.3'N043°42.0'W 0.954 49° 270° 169 km 04m31.5s
17:5831°17.2'N042°22.3'W29°50.0'N043°00.1'W30°33.6'N042°41.6'W 0.954 47° 271° 170 km 04m29.9s
18:0031°05.3'N041°18.8'W29°38.3'N041°59.4'W30°21.8'N041°39.5'W 0.954 46° 272° 171 km 04m28.3s
18:0230°52.2'N040°13.4'W29°25.4'N040°57.1'W30°08.8'N040°35.7'W 0.954 45° 273° 172 km 04m26.7s
18:0430°37.9'N039°06.1'W29°11.3'N039°52.9'W29°54.6'N039°29.9'W 0.953 43° 274° 174 km 04m25.0s
18:0630°22.1'N037°56.5'W28°55.9'N038°46.6'W29°39.0'N038°22.1'W 0.953 42° 275° 175 km 04m23.2s
18:0830°04.9'N036°44.6'W28°39.1'N037°38.0'W29°22.0'N037°11.9'W 0.953 40° 276° 176 km 04m21.4s
18:1029°46.0'N035°29.9'W28°20.7'N036°27.0'W29°03.3'N035°59.0'W 0.952 39° 277° 178 km 04m19.6s
18:1229°25.3'N034°12.2'W28°00.6'N035°13.1'W28°43.0'N034°43.3'W 0.952 37° 278° 179 km 04m17.7s
18:1429°02.7'N032°50.9'W27°38.6'N033°56.1'W28°20.7'N033°24.2'W 0.952 35° 279° 181 km 04m15.8s
18:1628°37.8'N031°25.7'W27°14.6'N032°35.4'W27°56.2'N032°01.4'W 0.951 34° 280° 182 km 04m13.8s
18:1828°10.4'N029°55.9'W26°48.2'N031°10.5'W27°29.4'N030°34.1'W 0.951 32° 281° 184 km 04m11.8s
18:2027°40.1'N028°20.5'W26°19.1'N029°40.7'W26°59.7'N029°01.5'W 0.951 30° 282° 186 km 04m09.6s
18:2227°06.4'N026°38.4'W25°46.9'N028°04.9'W26°26.8'N027°22.7'W 0.950 28° 283° 188 km 04m07.4s
18:2426°28.5'N024°47.9'W25°10.9'N026°21.9'W25°49.9'N025°36.1'W 0.950 26° 284° 191 km 04m05.1s
18:2625°45.4'N022°46.7'W24°30.3'N024°29.7'W25°08.1'N023°39.7'W 0.949 24° 285° 193 km 04m02.7s
18:2824°55.4'N020°31.0'W23°43.9'N022°25.5'W24°20.0'N021°30.0'W 0.949 21° 286° 196 km 04m00.1s
18:3023°55.6'N017°54.0'W22°49.4'N020°04.6'W23°23.1'N019°01.7'W 0.948 18° 288° 199 km 03m57.3s
18:3222°40.1'N014°41.7'W21°43.1'N017°18.1'W22°12.7'N016°03.6'W 0.947 15° 289° 203 km 03m54.2s
18:3420°50.8'N010°11.9'W20°15.8'N013°45.3'W20°36.4'N012°07.3'W 0.946 10° 291° 208 km 03m50.3s
Limits17°23.5'N001°54.7'W15°40.9'N002°59.0'W16°32.1'N002°27.1'W 0.943 - 219 km 03m42.5s

ΔT = 214.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:42:57.216:39:22.428°49.2'N072°46.2'W 83.8° 167.8° 154.7 km04m57.42s
Greatest Duration16:53:30.616:49:55.829°50.5'N068°42.4'W 81.9° 210.0° 154.6 km04m58.07s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1481 May 28 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 214.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

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