Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1543 Feb 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1543 Feb 03 . 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 1543 Feb 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits08°15.2'S124°57.2'E10°00.5'S124°40.1'E09°08.0'S124°48.9'E 0.947 - 196 km 03m31.8s
21:4809°32.3'S130°37.3'E11°41.3'S132°44.1'E10°38.9'S131°47.7'E 0.949 102° 189 km 03m36.3s
21:5010°34.7'S136°15.5'E12°26.6'S137°28.6'E11°31.4'S136°53.8'E 0.951 13° 101° 184 km 03m40.1s
21:5211°05.0'S139°45.5'E12°50.7'S140°44.9'E11°58.3'S140°16.2'E 0.952 17° 101° 181 km 03m42.8s
21:5411°23.4'S142°29.1'E13°05.2'S143°22.3'E12°14.7'S142°56.4'E 0.953 20° 100° 178 km 03m45.1s
21:5611°35.1'S144°46.5'E13°13.8'S145°36.3'E12°24.8'S145°11.9'E 0.953 22° 100° 176 km 03m47.2s
21:5811°42.1'S146°46.4'E13°18.4'S147°34.2'E12°30.5'S147°10.7'E 0.954 25° 99° 174 km 03m49.0s
22:0011°45.7'S148°33.6'E13°19.9'S149°20.2'E12°33.1'S148°57.2'E 0.954 27° 99° 173 km 03m50.8s
22:0211°46.6'S150°10.9'E13°19.0'S150°56.8'E12°33.1'S150°34.2'E 0.955 29° 99° 171 km 03m52.4s
22:0411°45.4'S151°40.5'E13°16.1'S152°25.9'E12°31.0'S152°03.4'E 0.955 31° 98° 170 km 03m53.9s
22:0611°42.4'S153°03.5'E13°11.5'S153°48.7'E12°27.2'S153°26.3'E 0.956 33° 98° 169 km 03m55.3s
22:0811°37.8'S154°21.1'E13°05.5'S155°06.2'E12°21.9'S154°43.8'E 0.956 35° 98° 168 km 03m56.6s
22:1011°31.9'S155°34.0'E12°58.2'S156°19.1'E12°15.3'S155°56.7'E 0.956 36° 98° 167 km 03m57.9s
22:1211°24.8'S156°42.8'E12°49.9'S157°28.0'E12°07.5'S157°05.6'E 0.957 38° 98° 166 km 03m59.1s
22:1411°16.7'S157°48.1'E12°40.5'S158°33.4'E11°58.8'S158°10.9'E 0.957 39° 98° 165 km 04m00.3s
22:1611°07.5'S158°50.1'E12°30.2'S159°35.7'E11°49.1'S159°13.0'E 0.957 41° 98° 164 km 04m01.4s
22:1810°57.6'S159°49.3'E12°19.0'S160°35.1'E11°38.5'S160°12.3'E 0.958 42° 98° 163 km 04m02.4s
22:2010°46.8'S160°45.9'E12°07.2'S161°31.9'E11°27.2'S161°09.0'E 0.958 44° 98° 162 km 04m03.4s
22:2210°35.3'S161°40.1'E11°54.6'S162°26.4'E11°15.1'S162°03.4'E 0.958 45° 98° 162 km 04m04.3s
22:2410°23.1'S162°32.3'E11°41.4'S163°18.8'E11°02.4'S162°55.6'E 0.958 46° 98° 161 km 04m05.2s
22:2610°10.3'S163°22.4'E11°27.6'S164°09.2'E10°49.1'S163°45.9'E 0.959 47° 98° 160 km 04m06.1s
22:2809°56.8'S164°10.8'E11°13.2'S164°57.8'E10°35.2'S164°34.3'E 0.959 49° 98° 160 km 04m06.9s
22:3009°42.8'S164°57.4'E10°58.3'S165°44.7'E10°20.8'S165°21.1'E 0.959 50° 99° 159 km 04m07.6s
22:3209°28.3'S165°42.5'E10°42.9'S166°30.1'E10°05.8'S166°06.4'E 0.959 51° 99° 158 km 04m08.3s
22:3409°13.3'S166°26.2'E10°27.0'S167°14.1'E09°50.3'S166°50.2'E 0.959 52° 99° 158 km 04m09.0s
22:3608°57.8'S167°08.6'E10°10.6'S167°56.7'E09°34.4'S167°32.6'E 0.960 53° 100° 157 km 04m09.6s
22:3808°41.9'S167°49.6'E09°53.9'S168°38.0'E09°18.1'S168°13.9'E 0.960 54° 100° 156 km 04m10.2s
22:4008°25.5'S168°29.6'E09°36.7'S169°18.2'E09°01.3'S168°53.9'E 0.960 56° 101° 156 km 04m10.8s
22:4208°08.8'S169°08.4'E09°19.1'S169°57.2'E08°44.1'S169°32.8'E 0.960 57° 101° 155 km 04m11.3s
22:4407°51.6'S169°46.2'E09°01.2'S170°35.2'E08°26.6'S170°10.7'E 0.960 58° 102° 155 km 04m11.7s
22:4607°34.0'S170°23.0'E08°42.8'S171°12.3'E08°08.6'S170°47.6'E 0.960 59° 102° 154 km 04m12.2s
22:4807°16.1'S170°58.9'E08°24.2'S171°48.4'E07°50.3'S171°23.7'E 0.960 60° 103° 153 km 04m12.6s
22:5006°57.8'S171°33.9'E08°05.2'S172°23.7'E07°31.6'S171°58.8'E 0.961 61° 104° 153 km 04m12.9s
22:5206°39.1'S172°08.2'E07°45.8'S172°58.1'E07°12.7'S172°33.2'E 0.961 62° 105° 152 km 04m13.3s
22:5406°20.1'S172°41.6'E07°26.2'S173°31.8'E06°53.3'S173°06.7'E 0.961 63° 106° 152 km 04m13.6s
22:5606°00.8'S173°14.4'E07°06.2'S174°04.7'E06°33.7'S173°39.6'E 0.961 63° 107° 151 km 04m13.8s
22:5805°41.2'S173°46.5'E06°45.9'S174°37.0'E06°13.7'S174°11.8'E 0.961 64° 108° 151 km 04m14.1s
23:0005°21.2'S174°18.0'E06°25.4'S175°08.6'E05°53.5'S174°43.3'E 0.961 65° 109° 150 km 04m14.3s
23:0205°00.9'S174°48.8'E06°04.5'S175°39.7'E05°32.9'S175°14.3'E 0.961 66° 111° 150 km 04m14.4s
23:0404°40.4'S175°19.1'E05°43.4'S176°10.1'E05°12.0'S175°44.6'E 0.961 67° 112° 149 km 04m14.6s
23:0604°19.5'S175°48.9'E05°22.0'S176°40.1'E04°50.9'S176°14.5'E 0.961 68° 114° 149 km 04m14.7s
23:0803°58.3'S176°18.1'E05°00.3'S177°09.5'E04°29.5'S176°43.8'E 0.961 68° 116° 148 km 04m14.8s
23:1003°36.9'S176°46.9'E04°38.3'S177°38.4'E04°07.8'S177°12.7'E 0.961 69° 117° 148 km 04m14.9s
23:1203°15.2'S177°15.3'E04°16.1'S178°06.9'E03°45.8'S177°41.1'E 0.962 70° 119° 147 km 04m14.9s
23:1402°53.2'S177°43.2'E03°53.6'S178°35.0'E03°23.5'S178°09.1'E 0.962 70° 122° 147 km 04m14.9s
23:1602°30.9'S178°10.8'E03°30.8'S179°02.7'E03°01.0'S178°36.8'E 0.962 71° 124° 147 km 04m14.9s
23:1802°08.3'S178°38.0'E03°07.8'S179°30.1'E02°38.2'S179°04.0'E 0.962 72° 126° 146 km 04m14.9s
23:2001°45.5'S179°04.8'E02°44.6'S179°57.1'E02°15.2'S179°31.0'E 0.962 72° 129° 146 km 04m14.8s
23:2201°22.4'S179°31.4'E02°21.1'S179°36.2'W01°51.9'S179°57.6'E 0.962 72° 132° 145 km 04m14.7s
23:2400°59.0'S179°57.7'E01°57.3'S179°09.8'W01°28.3'S179°36.0'W 0.962 73° 135° 145 km 04m14.6s
23:2600°35.3'S179°36.3'W01°33.3'S178°43.6'W01°04.5'S179°09.9'W 0.962 73° 138° 145 km 04m14.5s
23:2800°11.4'S179°10.5'W01°09.0'S178°17.7'W00°40.4'S178°44.0'W 0.962 74° 141° 144 km 04m14.4s
23:3000°12.8'N178°44.9'W00°44.5'S177°51.9'W00°16.0'S178°18.4'W 0.962 74° 145° 144 km 04m14.2s
23:3200°37.2'N178°19.5'W00°19.7'S177°26.4'W00°08.6'N177°52.9'W 0.962 74° 148° 144 km 04m14.1s
23:3401°02.0'N177°54.2'W00°05.3'N177°01.0'W00°33.5'N177°27.6'W 0.962 74° 152° 144 km 04m13.9s
23:3601°27.0'N177°29.1'W00°30.6'N176°35.8'W00°58.6'N177°02.4'W 0.962 74° 155° 143 km 04m13.7s
23:3801°52.2'N177°04.1'W00°56.1'N176°10.6'W01°24.0'N176°37.3'W 0.962 74° 159° 143 km 04m13.4s
23:4002°17.8'N176°39.2'W01°21.9'N175°45.6'W01°49.7'N176°12.4'W 0.962 74° 162° 143 km 04m13.2s
23:4202°43.6'N176°14.3'W01°47.9'N175°20.6'W02°15.6'N175°47.5'W 0.962 74° 166° 143 km 04m13.0s
23:4403°09.7'N175°49.5'W02°14.2'N174°55.7'W02°41.8'N175°22.6'W 0.962 74° 169° 143 km 04m12.7s
23:4603°36.1'N175°24.8'W02°40.7'N174°30.8'W03°08.3'N174°57.8'W 0.962 73° 172° 143 km 04m12.4s
23:4804°02.8'N175°00.0'W03°07.5'N174°05.9'W03°35.0'N174°32.9'W 0.962 73° 176° 143 km 04m12.1s
23:5004°29.7'N174°35.2'W03°34.6'N173°40.9'W04°02.0'N174°08.1'W 0.962 73° 179° 143 km 04m11.8s
23:5204°57.0'N174°10.3'W04°02.0'N173°16.0'W04°29.4'N173°43.1'W 0.961 72° 182° 143 km 04m11.5s
23:5405°24.5'N173°45.4'W04°29.6'N172°50.9'W04°56.9'N173°18.1'W 0.961 72° 184° 143 km 04m11.2s
23:5605°52.4'N173°20.4'W04°57.5'N172°25.7'W05°24.8'N172°53.0'W 0.961 71° 187° 143 km 04m10.9s
23:5806°20.5'N172°55.2'W05°25.7'N172°00.4'W05°53.0'N172°27.8'W 0.961 70° 190° 143 km 04m10.6s
00:0006°49.0'N172°29.9'W05°54.2'N171°35.0'W06°21.5'N172°02.4'W 0.961 70° 192° 143 km 04m10.2s
00:0207°17.8'N172°04.4'W06°22.9'N171°09.3'W06°50.2'N171°36.8'W 0.961 69° 194° 143 km 04m09.8s
00:0407°46.9'N171°38.6'W06°52.0'N170°43.4'W07°19.3'N171°11.0'W 0.961 68° 196° 143 km 04m09.5s
00:0608°16.3'N171°12.7'W07°21.4'N170°17.3'W07°48.8'N170°45.0'W 0.961 68° 198° 143 km 04m09.1s
00:0808°46.1'N170°46.4'W07°51.1'N169°50.9'W08°18.5'N170°18.6'W 0.961 67° 200° 143 km 04m08.7s
00:1009°16.2'N170°19.8'W08°21.1'N169°24.2'W08°48.6'N169°52.0'W 0.961 66° 202° 144 km 04m08.3s
00:1209°46.7'N169°52.9'W08°51.5'N168°57.1'W09°19.0'N169°25.0'W 0.961 65° 203° 144 km 04m07.9s
00:1410°17.6'N169°25.6'W09°22.2'N168°29.7'W09°49.8'N168°57.6'W 0.961 64° 205° 144 km 04m07.5s
00:1610°48.8'N168°57.9'W09°53.2'N168°01.8'W10°20.9'N168°29.8'W 0.960 64° 206° 145 km 04m07.1s
00:1811°20.5'N168°29.7'W10°24.6'N167°33.5'W10°52.4'N168°01.6'W 0.960 63° 208° 145 km 04m06.7s
00:2011°52.5'N168°01.0'W10°56.4'N167°04.6'W11°24.3'N167°32.8'W 0.960 62° 209° 145 km 04m06.2s
00:2212°25.0'N167°31.7'W11°28.5'N166°35.2'W11°56.7'N167°03.4'W 0.960 61° 210° 146 km 04m05.8s
00:2412°57.8'N167°01.8'W12°01.1'N166°05.2'W12°29.4'N166°33.5'W 0.960 60° 212° 146 km 04m05.4s
00:2613°31.2'N166°31.3'W12°34.1'N165°34.5'W13°02.6'N166°02.9'W 0.960 59° 213° 147 km 04m04.9s
00:2814°05.0'N166°00.0'W13°07.5'N165°03.1'W13°36.2'N165°31.5'W 0.960 58° 214° 147 km 04m04.4s
00:3014°39.3'N165°27.9'W13°41.4'N164°30.9'W14°10.3'N164°59.4'W 0.959 57° 215° 148 km 04m04.0s
00:3215°14.1'N164°55.0'W14°15.7'N163°57.8'W14°44.8'N164°26.4'W 0.959 56° 216° 148 km 04m03.5s
00:3415°49.4'N164°21.1'W14°50.6'N163°23.8'W15°19.9'N163°52.5'W 0.959 55° 217° 149 km 04m03.0s
00:3616°25.3'N163°46.2'W15°25.9'N162°48.9'W15°55.5'N163°17.5'W 0.959 54° 218° 150 km 04m02.5s
00:3817°01.8'N163°10.2'W16°01.8'N162°12.8'W16°31.7'N162°41.5'W 0.959 52° 219° 150 km 04m01.9s
00:4017°38.9'N162°33.0'W16°38.3'N161°35.5'W17°08.5'N162°04.2'W 0.959 51° 220° 151 km 04m01.4s
00:4218°16.7'N161°54.4'W17°15.3'N160°56.9'W17°45.9'N161°25.7'W 0.958 50° 220° 152 km 04m00.9s
00:4418°55.1'N161°14.5'W17°53.0'N160°16.9'W18°24.0'N160°45.7'W 0.958 49° 221° 153 km 04m00.3s
00:4619°34.3'N160°32.9'W18°31.4'N159°35.3'W19°02.8'N160°04.1'W 0.958 48° 222° 154 km 03m59.8s
00:4820°14.3'N159°49.5'W19°10.5'N158°52.0'W19°42.3'N159°20.8'W 0.958 46° 223° 155 km 03m59.2s
00:5020°55.1'N159°04.3'W19°50.4'N158°06.8'W20°22.7'N158°35.5'W 0.957 45° 224° 156 km 03m58.6s
00:5221°36.9'N158°16.8'W20°31.1'N157°19.5'W21°03.9'N157°48.2'W 0.957 44° 225° 157 km 03m58.0s
00:5422°19.6'N157°27.0'W21°12.7'N156°29.9'W21°46.0'N156°58.5'W 0.957 42° 225° 158 km 03m57.3s
00:5623°03.3'N156°34.6'W21°55.3'N155°37.7'W22°29.2'N156°06.2'W 0.956 41° 226° 159 km 03m56.7s
00:5823°48.2'N155°39.1'W22°38.9'N154°42.6'W23°13.4'N155°10.9'W 0.956 40° 227° 160 km 03m56.0s
01:0024°34.4'N154°40.3'W23°23.7'N153°44.2'W23°58.9'N154°12.3'W 0.956 38° 228° 161 km 03m55.3s
01:0225°22.0'N153°37.6'W24°09.8'N152°42.1'W24°45.7'N153°09.9'W 0.955 36° 229° 163 km 03m54.6s
01:0426°11.2'N152°30.4'W24°57.3'N151°35.7'W25°34.1'N152°03.2'W 0.955 35° 230° 164 km 03m53.8s
01:0627°02.2'N151°18.1'W25°46.4'N150°24.4'W26°24.1'N150°51.4'W 0.955 33° 231° 166 km 03m53.0s
01:0827°55.3'N149°59.7'W26°37.3'N149°07.3'W27°16.1'N149°33.7'W 0.954 31° 232° 167 km 03m52.1s
01:1028°50.7'N148°33.9'W27°30.4'N147°43.3'W28°10.3'N148°08.8'W 0.954 29° 233° 169 km 03m51.2s
01:1229°49.0'N146°59.2'W28°26.1'N146°10.9'W29°07.3'N146°35.3'W 0.953 27° 234° 171 km 03m50.3s
01:1430°50.8'N145°13.3'W29°24.7'N144°28.1'W30°07.4'N144°51.0'W 0.953 25° 235° 173 km 03m49.3s
01:1631°57.0'N143°12.7'W30°27.2'N142°31.8'W31°11.7'N142°52.7'W 0.952 23° 237° 175 km 03m48.1s
01:1833°09.0'N140°51.9'W31°34.7'N140°17.5'W32°21.4'N140°35.4'W 0.952 20° 238° 178 km 03m46.9s
01:2034°29.5'N138°01.1'W32°49.1'N137°36.9'W33°38.7'N137°50.1'W 0.951 17° 240° 181 km 03m45.5s
01:2236°04.2'N134°18.6'W34°14.6'N134°13.8'W35°08.4'N134°18.2'W 0.950 14° 243° 185 km 03m43.7s
01:2438°11.9'N128°30.1'W36°02.3'N129°21.8'W37°04.8'N129°02.3'W 0.948 246° 191 km 03m41.4s
Limits40°50.9'N119°20.5'W39°05.2'N118°46.0'W39°58.0'N119°03.1'W 0.946 - 201 km 03m37.5s

ΔT = 155.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:38:50.323:36:15.301°01.8'N177°38.0'W 74.1° 155.5° 143.4 km04m13.63s
Greatest Duration23:16:38.523:14:03.503°22.9'S178°09.9'E 70.4° 121.7° 146.9 km04m14.90s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1543 Feb 03 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 155.0 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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