Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1509 May 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1509 May 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1509 May 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
Limits37°23.2'N155°41.6'E35°04.9'N158°10.3'E36°13.4'N156°57.6'E 0.943 - 328 km 03m22.9s
18:22 - - 39°50.4'N168°41.8'E38°17.7'N161°47.8'E 0.944 66° 323 km 03m25.0s
18:2439°20.2'N160°19.2'E41°34.6'N172°13.0'E41°00.9'N167°40.9'E 0.946 10° 70° 315 km 03m28.0s
18:2642°08.9'N166°29.2'E42°58.8'N174°59.2'E42°45.0'N171°14.2'E 0.947 13° 73° 309 km 03m29.9s
18:2843°53.9'N170°06.9'E44°11.8'N177°21.0'E44°09.1'N174°02.1'E 0.947 16° 76° 304 km 03m31.6s
18:3045°18.6'N172°57.6'E45°17.3'N179°27.2'E45°22.2'N176°25.5'E 0.948 18° 78° 300 km 03m33.0s
18:3246°32.0'N175°23.3'E46°17.3'N178°37.5'W46°27.7'N178°33.2'E 0.948 20° 80° 296 km 03m34.3s
18:3447°37.9'N177°33.0'E47°13.1'N176°50.2'W47°27.8'N179°29.9'W 0.949 22° 82° 292 km 03m35.6s
18:3648°38.3'N179°31.7'E48°05.4'N175°09.0'W48°23.7'N177°41.2'W 0.949 24° 84° 288 km 03m36.7s
18:3849°34.4'N178°37.7'W48°54.8'N173°32.7'W49°16.1'N175°58.5'W 0.950 25° 86° 285 km 03m37.8s
18:4050°27.1'N176°53.2'W49°41.7'N172°00.1'W50°05.7'N174°20.5'W 0.950 27° 88° 281 km 03m38.8s
18:4251°17.0'N175°13.5'W50°26.4'N170°30.5'W50°52.8'N172°46.3'W 0.950 28° 90° 278 km 03m39.8s
18:4452°04.3'N173°37.4'W51°09.3'N169°03.4'W51°37.7'N171°15.0'W 0.951 29° 92° 275 km 03m40.8s
18:4652°49.5'N172°04.2'W51°50.4'N167°38.2'W52°20.7'N169°46.1'W 0.951 31° 94° 272 km 03m41.7s
18:4853°32.8'N170°33.4'W52°29.9'N166°14.6'W53°02.0'N168°19.1'W 0.951 32° 96° 269 km 03m42.6s
18:5054°14.4'N169°04.3'W53°08.0'N164°52.2'W53°41.7'N166°53.5'W 0.951 33° 98° 267 km 03m43.4s
18:5254°54.3'N167°36.6'W53°44.7'N163°30.7'W54°20.0'N165°29.0'W 0.952 34° 100° 264 km 03m44.2s
18:5455°32.9'N166°09.9'W54°20.1'N162°09.8'W54°56.9'N164°05.4'W 0.952 35° 102° 262 km 03m45.0s
18:5656°10.1'N164°43.9'W54°54.4'N160°49.5'W55°32.5'N162°42.3'W 0.952 36° 104° 260 km 03m45.8s
18:5856°46.0'N163°18.4'W55°27.5'N159°29.3'W56°07.0'N161°19.6'W 0.952 36° 107° 258 km 03m46.5s
19:0057°20.7'N161°53.0'W55°59.5'N158°09.3'W56°40.3'N159°57.0'W 0.952 37° 109° 256 km 03m47.2s
19:0257°54.2'N160°27.7'W56°30.5'N156°49.2'W57°12.5'N158°34.3'W 0.952 38° 111° 254 km 03m47.9s
19:0458°26.6'N159°02.2'W57°00.4'N155°29.0'W57°43.6'N157°11.5'W 0.953 39° 113° 252 km 03m48.5s
19:0658°58.0'N157°36.4'W57°29.4'N154°08.3'W58°13.7'N155°48.3'W 0.953 40° 116° 250 km 03m49.2s
19:0859°28.3'N156°10.0'W57°57.3'N152°47.3'W58°42.8'N154°24.7'W 0.953 40° 118° 248 km 03m49.8s
19:1059°57.7'N154°43.0'W58°24.4'N151°25.7'W59°10.9'N153°00.5'W 0.953 41° 120° 247 km 03m50.3s
19:1260°26.0'N153°15.3'W58°50.5'N150°03.5'W59°38.1'N151°35.6'W 0.953 41° 123° 245 km 03m50.9s
19:1460°53.3'N151°46.7'W59°15.6'N148°40.6'W60°04.3'N150°09.9'W 0.953 42° 125° 244 km 03m51.4s
19:1661°19.6'N150°17.1'W59°39.9'N147°16.9'W60°29.5'N148°43.3'W 0.953 43° 128° 243 km 03m51.9s
19:1861°45.0'N148°46.4'W60°03.2'N145°52.3'W60°53.8'N147°15.7'W 0.953 43° 130° 242 km 03m52.4s
19:2062°09.3'N147°14.5'W60°25.6'N144°26.7'W61°17.2'N145°47.1'W 0.953 43° 133° 240 km 03m52.8s
19:2262°32.7'N145°41.4'W60°47.1'N143°00.2'W61°39.6'N144°17.3'W 0.953 44° 136° 239 km 03m53.2s
19:2462°55.2'N144°06.9'W61°07.6'N141°32.7'W62°01.0'N142°46.4'W 0.954 44° 138° 238 km 03m53.6s
19:2663°16.6'N142°31.1'W61°27.2'N140°04.0'W62°21.5'N141°14.3'W 0.954 45° 141° 238 km 03m54.0s
19:2863°37.0'N140°53.8'W61°45.9'N138°34.3'W62°41.0'N139°40.9'W 0.954 45° 144° 237 km 03m54.3s
19:3063°56.4'N139°15.1'W62°03.6'N137°03.4'W62°59.5'N138°06.2'W 0.954 45° 147° 236 km 03m54.6s
19:3264°14.8'N137°34.8'W62°20.4'N135°31.3'W63°17.0'N136°30.2'W 0.954 45° 149° 235 km 03m54.9s
19:3464°32.1'N135°53.0'W62°36.2'N133°58.0'W63°33.6'N134°52.9'W 0.954 46° 152° 235 km 03m55.2s
19:3664°48.3'N134°09.6'W62°51.0'N132°23.6'W63°49.1'N133°14.1'W 0.954 46° 155° 234 km 03m55.4s
19:3865°03.5'N132°24.7'W63°04.8'N130°48.0'W64°03.5'N131°34.1'W 0.954 46° 158° 234 km 03m55.6s
19:4065°17.5'N130°38.3'W63°17.6'N129°11.2'W64°16.9'N129°52.6'W 0.954 46° 161° 234 km 03m55.8s
19:4265°30.5'N128°50.2'W63°29.4'N127°33.2'W64°29.2'N128°09.9'W 0.954 46° 164° 233 km 03m55.9s
19:4465°42.3'N127°00.7'W63°40.1'N125°54.1'W64°40.4'N126°25.8'W 0.954 46° 167° 233 km 03m56.1s
19:4665°52.9'N125°09.8'W63°49.8'N124°13.9'W64°50.6'N124°40.5'W 0.954 46° 170° 233 km 03m56.1s
19:4866°02.3'N123°17.4'W63°58.4'N122°32.6'W64°59.5'N122°53.9'W 0.954 46° 173° 233 km 03m56.2s
19:5066°10.5'N121°23.7'W64°05.9'N120°50.2'W65°07.4'N121°06.2'W 0.954 46° 176° 233 km 03m56.2s
19:5266°17.4'N119°28.7'W64°12.2'N119°06.9'W65°14.0'N119°17.4'W 0.954 46° 180° 233 km 03m56.2s
19:5466°23.1'N117°32.5'W64°17.5'N117°22.7'W65°19.5'N117°27.5'W 0.954 46° 183° 233 km 03m56.2s
19:5666°27.5'N115°35.2'W64°21.6'N115°37.6'W65°23.7'N115°36.7'W 0.954 46° 186° 233 km 03m56.2s
19:5866°30.6'N113°37.0'W64°24.5'N113°51.7'W65°26.7'N113°44.9'W 0.954 46° 189° 233 km 03m56.1s
20:0066°32.4'N111°37.8'W64°26.3'N112°05.1'W65°28.5'N111°52.4'W 0.954 46° 192° 234 km 03m56.0s
20:0266°32.8'N109°37.8'W64°26.8'N110°17.8'W65°29.0'N109°59.1'W 0.954 45° 195° 234 km 03m55.8s
20:0466°31.9'N107°37.2'W64°26.2'N108°30.0'W65°28.2'N108°05.2'W 0.954 45° 198° 235 km 03m55.7s
20:0666°29.6'N105°36.1'W64°24.3'N106°41.6'W65°26.2'N106°10.8'W 0.953 45° 202° 235 km 03m55.5s
20:0866°25.9'N103°34.5'W64°21.2'N104°52.8'W65°22.8'N104°16.0'W 0.953 44° 205° 236 km 03m55.2s
20:1066°20.7'N101°32.5'W64°16.8'N103°03.7'W65°18.0'N102°20.8'W 0.953 44° 208° 237 km 03m55.0s
20:1266°14.2'N099°30.4'W64°11.2'N101°14.3'W65°12.0'N100°25.4'W 0.953 44° 211° 238 km 03m54.7s
20:1466°06.1'N097°28.1'W64°04.2'N099°24.7'W65°04.5'N098°29.8'W 0.953 43° 214° 238 km 03m54.4s
20:1665°56.7'N095°25.9'W63°56.0'N097°34.9'W64°55.7'N096°34.1'W 0.953 43° 217° 239 km 03m54.0s
20:1865°45.7'N093°23.7'W63°46.5'N095°45.0'W64°45.5'N094°38.3'W 0.953 42° 220° 240 km 03m53.6s
20:2065°33.2'N091°21.6'W63°35.6'N093°55.1'W64°33.9'N092°42.6'W 0.953 42° 223° 242 km 03m53.2s
20:2265°19.3'N089°19.8'W63°23.4'N092°05.2'W64°20.9'N090°47.0'W 0.953 41° 226° 243 km 03m52.8s
20:2465°03.7'N087°18.1'W63°09.8'N090°15.3'W64°06.4'N088°51.5'W 0.953 40° 229° 244 km 03m52.3s
20:2664°46.7'N085°16.8'W62°54.8'N088°25.4'W63°50.4'N086°56.2'W 0.952 40° 232° 246 km 03m51.8s
20:2864°28.0'N083°15.7'W62°38.4'N086°35.7'W63°33.0'N085°00.9'W 0.952 39° 235° 247 km 03m51.3s
20:3064°07.7'N081°14.8'W62°20.6'N084°45.9'W63°14.0'N083°05.8'W 0.952 38° 238° 249 km 03m50.8s
20:3263°45.8'N079°14.2'W62°01.3'N082°56.1'W62°53.5'N081°10.8'W 0.952 38° 240° 251 km 03m50.2s
20:3463°22.2'N077°13.7'W61°40.6'N081°06.3'W62°31.4'N079°15.9'W 0.952 37° 243° 252 km 03m49.5s
20:3662°56.8'N075°13.2'W61°18.3'N079°16.5'W62°07.7'N077°20.9'W 0.952 36° 246° 254 km 03m48.9s
20:3862°29.7'N073°12.5'W60°54.4'N077°26.4'W61°42.3'N075°25.7'W 0.951 35° 249° 256 km 03m48.2s
20:4062°00.6'N071°11.6'W60°28.8'N075°36.0'W61°15.1'N073°30.3'W 0.951 34° 251° 259 km 03m47.5s
20:4261°29.6'N069°10.2'W60°01.6'N073°45.1'W60°46.1'N071°34.3'W 0.951 33° 254° 261 km 03m46.7s
20:4460°56.5'N067°08.0'W59°32.5'N071°53.7'W60°15.1'N069°37.7'W 0.951 32° 257° 263 km 03m45.9s
20:4660°21.1'N065°04.6'W59°01.6'N070°01.3'W59°42.1'N067°40.1'W 0.951 31° 259° 266 km 03m45.1s
20:4859°43.3'N062°59.6'W58°28.6'N068°07.8'W59°06.9'N065°41.1'W 0.950 30° 262° 269 km 03m44.2s
20:5059°02.9'N060°52.4'W57°53.5'N066°12.9'W58°29.4'N063°40.4'W 0.950 29° 265° 272 km 03m43.3s
20:5258°19.5'N058°42.4'W57°16.0'N064°16.0'W57°49.2'N061°37.4'W 0.950 27° 267° 275 km 03m42.3s
20:5457°32.8'N056°28.5'W56°36.0'N062°16.6'W57°06.1'N059°31.3'W 0.949 26° 270° 278 km 03m41.3s
20:5656°42.1'N054°09.5'W55°53.1'N060°14.2'W56°19.7'N057°21.3'W 0.949 25° 272° 282 km 03m40.3s
20:5855°46.9'N051°43.6'W55°06.9'N058°07.6'W55°29.5'N055°06.1'W 0.949 23° 275° 286 km 03m39.1s
21:0054°45.8'N049°08.3'W54°16.9'N055°55.8'W54°34.7'N052°44.0'W 0.948 21° 278° 290 km 03m37.9s
21:0253°37.2'N046°19.3'W53°22.4'N053°37.0'W53°34.2'N050°12.5'W 0.948 19° 280° 295 km 03m36.6s
21:0452°17.8'N043°09.4'W52°22.2'N051°08.7'W52°26.3'N047°27.6'W 0.947 17° 283° 300 km 03m35.2s
21:0650°41.1'N039°23.0'W51°14.6'N048°27.1'W51°07.8'N044°22.2'W 0.946 15° 286° 305 km 03m33.5s
21:0848°26.1'N034°11.7'W49°56.6'N045°25.1'W49°32.5'N040°41.6'W 0.946 12° 289° 312 km 03m31.7s
21:10 - - 48°21.8'N041°48.6'W47°21.1'N035°41.5'W 0.945 294° 320 km 03m29.2s
Limits44°39.5'N025°23.9'W42°24.1'N028°15.2'W43°31.3'N026°51.7'W 0.943 - 332 km 03m25.1s

ΔT = 185.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:49:34.219:46:28.664°52.8'N125°01.7'W 46.3° 171.0° 232.8 km03m56.17s
Greatest Duration19:54:23.619:51:18.065°11.8'N119°55.6'W 46.3° 178.4° 232.8 km03m56.25s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1509 May 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 185.6 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°.

Acknowledgments

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

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