Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1536 Dec 13

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1536 Dec 13 . 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 1536 Dec 13
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits55°50.0'S014°40.0'W56°03.1'S015°11.9'W55°56.5'S014°55.9'W 1.003 - 40 km 00m10.1s
04:2058°46.6'S009°52.8'W56°53.4'S013°49.0'W58°00.6'S011°34.5'W 1.004 132° 50 km 00m12.8s
04:2261°56.1'S005°46.1'W61°08.0'S008°05.1'W61°32.7'S006°55.8'W 1.006 128° 65 km 00m17.2s
04:2464°06.9'S003°25.8'W63°29.3'S005°38.1'W63°48.5'S004°32.6'W 1.006 125° 73 km 00m19.7s
04:2665°56.9'S001°44.8'W65°24.7'S003°58.4'W65°41.1'S002°52.3'W 1.007 11° 123° 78 km 00m21.7s
04:2867°35.2'S000°26.9'W67°06.5'S002°44.9'W67°21.1'S001°36.7'W 1.007 13° 121° 82 km 00m23.4s
04:3069°05.9'S000°34.6'E68°39.7'S001°49.7'W68°53.1'S000°38.4'W 1.008 14° 120° 85 km 00m24.8s
04:3270°31.1'S001°22.9'E70°06.9'S001°09.0'W70°19.2'S000°06.0'E 1.008 15° 118° 87 km 00m26.0s
04:3471°52.1'S001°59.8'E71°29.5'S000°41.1'W71°41.1'S000°38.3'E 1.008 16° 117° 89 km 00m27.1s
04:3673°09.9'S002°26.1'E72°48.5'S000°25.4'W72°59.5'S000°59.3'E 1.009 17° 116° 91 km 00m28.1s
04:3874°25.2'S002°41.7'E74°04.7'S000°21.8'W74°15.2'S001°08.7'E 1.009 18° 115° 92 km 00m29.0s
04:4075°38.2'S002°46.0'E75°18.4'S000°31.4'W75°28.6'S001°05.9'E 1.009 18° 114° 94 km 00m29.7s
04:4276°49.4'S002°37.8'E76°30.1'S000°55.7'W76°40.1'S000°49.5'E 1.009 19° 113° 95 km 00m30.4s
04:4477°59.1'S002°14.8'E77°39.9'S001°37.4'W77°49.9'S000°16.9'E 1.009 19° 113° 95 km 00m30.9s
04:4679°07.3'S001°33.7'E78°47.9'S002°40.3'W78°58.0'S000°35.4'W 1.009 20° 113° 96 km 00m31.4s
04:4880°14.1'S000°29.7'E79°54.2'S004°10.0'W80°04.6'S001°52.8'W 1.010 20° 114° 96 km 00m31.8s
04:5081°19.5'S001°04.7'W80°58.7'S006°14.8'W81°09.6'S003°43.2'W 1.010 20° 114° 97 km 00m32.1s
04:5282°23.3'S003°21.3'W82°00.9'S009°06.8'W82°12.6'S006°18.7'W 1.010 20° 116° 97 km 00m32.4s
04:5483°25.1'S006°38.4'W83°00.2'S013°04.2'W83°13.3'S009°57.6'W 1.010 20° 119° 97 km 00m32.5s
04:5684°24.0'S011°25.6'W83°55.6'S018°33.5'W84°10.4'S015°08.7'W 1.010 20° 123° 97 km 00m32.6s
04:5885°18.3'S018°31.0'W84°44.9'S026°11.6'W85°02.3'S022°34.7'W 1.010 20° 130° 97 km 00m32.7s
05:0086°05.0'S029°06.5'W85°25.1'S036°40.4'W85°45.5'S033°11.8'W 1.010 20° 139° 97 km 00m32.6s
05:0286°38.2'S044°26.3'W85°51.3'S050°19.9'W86°15.0'S047°41.9'W 1.010 20° 153° 97 km 00m32.5s
05:0486°50.3'S063°58.2'W85°58.6'S066°12.1'W86°24.4'S065°13.2'W 1.010 20° 169° 96 km 00m32.3s
05:0686°36.9'S083°35.5'W85°44.7'S081°48.2'W86°10.8'S082°35.5'W 1.010 20° 186° 96 km 00m32.0s
05:0886°01.4'S099°04.7'W85°12.0'S094°51.4'W85°36.8'S096°45.7'W 1.010 19° 199° 95 km 00m31.7s
05:1085°10.9'S109°46.1'W84°25.0'S104°41.8'W84°48.2'S107°02.3'W 1.009 19° 209° 95 km 00m31.2s
05:1284°10.9'S116°52.3'W83°28.0'S111°46.9'W83°49.8'S114°10.4'W 1.009 18° 215° 94 km 00m30.7s
05:1483°04.3'S121°35.8'W82°23.5'S116°48.7'W82°44.3'S119°05.2'W 1.009 18° 219° 93 km 00m30.1s
05:1681°52.8'S124°45.2'W81°13.2'S120°21.8'W81°33.3'S122°28.1'W 1.009 17° 221° 92 km 00m29.4s
05:1880°36.7'S126°50.5'W79°57.5'S122°50.7'W80°17.4'S124°46.3'W 1.009 17° 223° 91 km 00m28.6s
05:2079°16.0'S128°09.7'W78°36.5'S124°31.4'W78°56.6'S126°17.1'W 1.009 16° 223° 89 km 00m27.6s
05:2277°50.2'S128°53.6'W77°09.8'S125°34.4'W77°30.3'S127°11.1'W 1.008 15° 224° 87 km 00m26.5s
05:2476°18.3'S129°08.6'W75°36.1'S126°05.7'W75°57.5'S127°34.8'W 1.008 14° 223° 85 km 00m25.3s
05:2674°38.6'S128°57.5'W73°53.5'S126°08.2'W74°16.4'S127°30.8'W 1.008 12° 222° 82 km 00m23.8s
05:2872°47.8'S128°19.5'W71°58.2'S125°40.7'W72°23.3'S126°58.4'W 1.007 11° 221° 78 km 00m22.1s
05:3070°39.6'S127°08.8'W69°41.8'S124°35.6'W70°11.2'S125°50.8'W 1.006 220° 73 km 00m20.0s
05:3267°57.0'S125°04.0'W66°38.3'S122°21.2'W67°19.1'S123°42.4'W 1.006 217° 64 km 00m17.0s
Limits62°02.8'S118°28.8'W62°13.7'S117°41.4'W62°08.3'S118°05.2'W 1.004 - 45 km 00m11.4s

ΔT = 160.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:59:18.504:56:38.484°27.7'S017°54.4'W 20.4° 124.9° 97.1 km00m32.66s
Greatest Duration05:00:21.404:57:41.384°54.6'S021°14.0'W 20.4° 128.4° 97.0 km00m32.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1536 Dec 13

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1536 Dec 13 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 160.1 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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