Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1579 Feb 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1579 Feb 25 . 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 1579 Feb 25
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°04.2'S114°17.8'W16°28.5'S114°19.0'W15°46.4'S114°18.3'W 0.958 - 155 km 02m43.2s
13:4415°34.9'S106°56.3'W16°57.4'S105°02.0'W16°16.8'S105°55.8'W 0.960 93° 147 km 02m44.5s
13:4615°38.5'S101°39.6'W16°53.8'S100°22.2'W16°16.5'S100°59.9'W 0.962 14° 92° 143 km 02m45.3s
13:4815°31.2'S098°10.7'W16°42.6'S097°04.9'W16°07.1'S097°37.2'W 0.963 17° 91° 139 km 02m45.8s
13:5015°19.3'S095°26.3'W16°27.8'S094°26.3'W15°53.7'S094°55.9'W 0.964 20° 90° 137 km 02m46.3s
13:5215°04.6'S093°07.9'W16°10.9'S092°11.5'W15°37.9'S092°39.4'W 0.964 23° 89° 135 km 02m46.7s
13:5414°48.1'S091°07.3'W15°52.4'S090°13.3'W15°20.4'S090°40.1'W 0.965 25° 89° 133 km 02m47.0s
13:5614°30.2'S089°19.8'W15°32.7'S088°27.5'W15°01.6'S088°53.5'W 0.965 28° 88° 131 km 02m47.3s
13:5814°11.3'S087°42.4'W15°12.1'S086°51.4'W14°41.9'S087°16.8'W 0.966 30° 88° 130 km 02m47.6s
14:0013°51.5'S086°13.2'W14°50.9'S085°23.3'W14°21.3'S085°48.1'W 0.966 32° 87° 128 km 02m47.8s
14:0213°30.9'S084°50.7'W14°28.9'S084°01.6'W14°00.1'S084°26.1'W 0.967 33° 87° 127 km 02m48.0s
14:0413°09.8'S083°34.0'W14°06.5'S082°45.6'W13°38.3'S083°09.7'W 0.967 35° 87° 126 km 02m48.2s
14:0612°48.1'S082°22.2'W13°43.6'S081°34.4'W13°16.0'S081°58.2'W 0.967 37° 87° 124 km 02m48.3s
14:0812°25.9'S081°14.7'W13°20.3'S080°27.3'W12°53.3'S080°50.9'W 0.968 38° 87° 123 km 02m48.5s
14:1012°03.4'S080°10.9'W12°56.7'S079°24.0'W12°30.2'S079°47.4'W 0.968 40° 87° 122 km 02m48.6s
14:1211°40.4'S079°10.5'W12°32.7'S078°24.0'W12°06.7'S078°47.2'W 0.968 41° 86° 121 km 02m48.7s
14:1411°17.2'S078°13.0'W12°08.5'S077°26.9'W11°42.9'S077°49.9'W 0.969 43° 86° 120 km 02m48.8s
14:1610°53.6'S077°18.3'W11°44.0'S076°32.5'W11°18.9'S076°55.4'W 0.969 44° 86° 119 km 02m48.8s
14:1810°29.7'S076°26.0'W11°19.2'S075°40.5'W10°54.6'S076°03.2'W 0.969 46° 87° 118 km 02m48.9s
14:2010°05.6'S075°36.0'W10°54.3'S074°50.7'W10°30.1'S075°13.3'W 0.969 47° 87° 117 km 02m48.9s
14:2209°41.3'S074°48.0'W10°29.1'S074°03.0'W10°05.3'S074°25.5'W 0.970 48° 87° 117 km 02m49.0s
14:2409°16.7'S074°01.9'W10°03.7'S073°17.1'W09°40.3'S073°39.5'W 0.970 50° 87° 116 km 02m49.0s
14:2608°51.9'S073°17.5'W09°38.2'S072°32.9'W09°15.2'S072°55.2'W 0.970 51° 87° 115 km 02m49.0s
14:2808°26.9'S072°34.7'W09°12.5'S071°50.3'W08°49.8'S072°12.5'W 0.970 52° 87° 114 km 02m49.0s
14:3008°01.7'S071°53.4'W08°46.7'S071°09.2'W08°24.3'S071°31.2'W 0.970 53° 88° 113 km 02m49.0s
14:3207°36.4'S071°13.4'W08°20.6'S070°29.4'W07°58.6'S070°51.4'W 0.971 54° 88° 113 km 02m49.0s
14:3407°10.9'S070°34.7'W07°54.5'S069°50.9'W07°32.8'S070°12.8'W 0.971 56° 88° 112 km 02m49.0s
14:3606°45.2'S069°57.2'W07°28.2'S069°13.6'W07°06.8'S069°35.4'W 0.971 57° 89° 111 km 02m49.0s
14:3806°19.3'S069°20.9'W07°01.8'S068°37.4'W06°40.7'S068°59.1'W 0.971 58° 89° 110 km 02m48.9s
14:4005°53.3'S068°45.5'W06°35.2'S068°02.2'W06°14.4'S068°23.9'W 0.971 59° 90° 110 km 02m48.9s
14:4205°27.2'S068°11.1'W06°08.6'S067°28.0'W05°48.0'S067°49.5'W 0.971 60° 91° 109 km 02m48.9s
14:4405°00.9'S067°37.7'W05°41.8'S066°54.7'W05°21.5'S067°16.1'W 0.972 61° 91° 109 km 02m48.8s
14:4604°34.5'S067°05.1'W05°14.9'S066°22.2'W04°54.8'S066°43.6'W 0.972 62° 92° 108 km 02m48.8s
14:4804°07.9'S066°33.2'W04°47.9'S065°50.5'W04°28.0'S066°11.8'W 0.972 63° 93° 107 km 02m48.7s
14:5003°41.2'S066°02.1'W04°20.7'S065°19.5'W04°01.1'S065°40.8'W 0.972 64° 94° 107 km 02m48.7s
14:5203°14.4'S065°31.7'W03°53.5'S064°49.2'W03°34.0'S065°10.5'W 0.972 65° 95° 106 km 02m48.6s
14:5402°47.5'S065°02.0'W03°26.2'S064°19.6'W03°06.9'S064°40.8'W 0.972 66° 96° 106 km 02m48.6s
14:5602°20.4'S064°32.8'W02°58.7'S063°50.6'W02°39.6'S064°11.7'W 0.972 67° 97° 105 km 02m48.5s
14:5801°53.2'S064°04.3'W02°31.1'S063°22.1'W02°12.2'S063°43.1'W 0.972 68° 99° 105 km 02m48.5s
15:0001°25.8'S063°36.2'W02°03.5'S062°54.1'W01°44.7'S063°15.1'W 0.972 69° 100° 104 km 02m48.4s
15:0200°58.4'S063°08.6'W01°35.7'S062°26.7'W01°17.1'S062°47.6'W 0.972 69° 102° 104 km 02m48.4s
15:0400°30.8'S062°41.5'W01°07.8'S061°59.6'W00°49.4'S062°20.6'W 0.972 70° 104° 103 km 02m48.3s
15:0600°03.1'S062°14.8'W00°39.8'S061°33.0'W00°21.6'S061°53.9'W 0.973 71° 106° 103 km 02m48.3s
15:0800°24.7'N061°48.5'W00°11.8'S061°06.8'W00°06.4'N061°27.7'W 0.973 72° 108° 102 km 02m48.2s
15:1000°52.6'N061°22.6'W00°16.4'N060°40.9'W00°34.5'N061°01.8'W 0.973 73° 110° 102 km 02m48.2s
15:1201°20.7'N060°57.0'W00°44.7'N060°15.4'W01°02.6'N060°36.2'W 0.973 73° 113° 102 km 02m48.1s
15:1401°48.9'N060°31.7'W01°13.1'N059°50.1'W01°30.9'N060°10.9'W 0.973 74° 115° 101 km 02m48.1s
15:1602°17.2'N060°06.7'W01°41.6'N059°25.1'W01°59.4'N059°45.9'W 0.973 74° 118° 101 km 02m48.0s
15:1802°45.7'N059°41.9'W02°10.2'N059°00.4'W02°27.9'N059°21.1'W 0.973 75° 122° 101 km 02m48.0s
15:2003°14.2'N059°17.3'W02°39.0'N058°35.8'W02°56.5'N058°56.5'W 0.973 76° 125° 101 km 02m48.0s
15:2203°42.9'N058°52.9'W03°07.8'N058°11.5'W03°25.3'N058°32.2'W 0.973 76° 129° 100 km 02m47.9s
15:2404°11.8'N058°28.7'W03°36.7'N057°47.3'W03°54.2'N058°08.0'W 0.973 76° 133° 100 km 02m47.9s
15:2604°40.7'N058°04.6'W04°05.8'N057°23.2'W04°23.2'N057°43.9'W 0.973 77° 137° 100 km 02m47.9s
15:2805°09.8'N057°40.6'W04°35.0'N056°59.2'W04°52.3'N057°19.9'W 0.973 77° 141° 100 km 02m47.9s
15:3005°39.0'N057°16.7'W05°04.3'N056°35.4'W05°21.6'N056°56.0'W 0.973 77° 146° 100 km 02m47.9s
15:3206°08.4'N056°52.9'W05°33.7'N056°11.5'W05°51.0'N056°32.2'W 0.973 77° 150° 100 km 02m47.9s
15:3406°37.9'N056°29.1'W06°03.2'N055°47.7'W06°20.5'N056°08.4'W 0.973 77° 155° 99 km 02m47.9s
15:3607°07.5'N056°05.3'W06°32.9'N055°23.9'W06°50.1'N055°44.6'W 0.973 77° 159° 99 km 02m47.9s
15:3807°37.3'N055°41.5'W07°02.7'N055°00.1'W07°19.9'N055°20.8'W 0.973 77° 163° 99 km 02m47.9s
15:4008°07.2'N055°17.6'W07°32.6'N054°36.2'W07°49.9'N054°56.9'W 0.973 77° 168° 99 km 02m47.9s
15:4208°37.3'N054°53.7'W08°02.6'N054°12.3'W08°19.9'N054°33.0'W 0.973 76° 172° 99 km 02m47.9s
15:4409°07.6'N054°29.7'W08°32.8'N053°48.2'W08°50.1'N054°08.9'W 0.973 76° 176° 99 km 02m48.0s
15:4609°38.0'N054°05.5'W09°03.1'N053°24.0'W09°20.5'N053°44.8'W 0.973 75° 179° 99 km 02m48.0s
15:4810°08.5'N053°41.2'W09°33.6'N052°59.7'W09°51.0'N053°20.5'W 0.973 75° 183° 100 km 02m48.0s
15:5010°39.2'N053°16.8'W10°04.2'N052°35.2'W10°21.7'N052°56.0'W 0.973 74° 186° 100 km 02m48.1s
15:5211°10.1'N052°52.1'W10°35.0'N052°10.5'W10°52.5'N052°31.3'W 0.972 74° 189° 100 km 02m48.1s
15:5411°41.2'N052°27.2'W11°05.9'N051°45.5'W11°23.5'N052°06.3'W 0.972 73° 192° 100 km 02m48.2s
15:5612°12.4'N052°02.0'W11°36.9'N051°20.2'W11°54.7'N051°41.1'W 0.972 72° 194° 100 km 02m48.2s
15:5812°43.9'N051°36.5'W12°08.2'N050°54.7'W12°26.0'N051°15.6'W 0.972 71° 197° 100 km 02m48.3s
16:0013°15.5'N051°10.7'W12°39.6'N050°28.8'W12°57.5'N050°49.7'W 0.972 71° 199° 101 km 02m48.4s
16:0213°47.3'N050°44.5'W13°11.2'N050°02.5'W13°29.2'N050°23.5'W 0.972 70° 201° 101 km 02m48.4s
16:0414°19.3'N050°17.9'W13°42.9'N049°35.8'W14°01.1'N049°56.8'W 0.972 69° 203° 101 km 02m48.5s
16:0614°51.5'N049°50.8'W14°14.8'N049°08.7'W14°33.2'N049°29.7'W 0.972 68° 205° 101 km 02m48.6s
16:0815°24.0'N049°23.3'W14°47.0'N048°41.1'W15°05.4'N049°02.2'W 0.972 67° 207° 102 km 02m48.7s
16:1015°56.6'N048°55.2'W15°19.3'N048°13.0'W15°37.9'N048°34.1'W 0.972 66° 208° 102 km 02m48.8s
16:1216°29.5'N048°26.6'W15°51.8'N047°44.2'W16°10.6'N048°05.4'W 0.972 65° 210° 103 km 02m48.9s
16:1417°02.6'N047°57.3'W16°24.5'N047°14.9'W16°43.6'N047°36.1'W 0.971 64° 211° 103 km 02m49.0s
16:1617°35.9'N047°27.4'W16°57.5'N046°44.9'W17°16.7'N047°06.1'W 0.971 63° 213° 103 km 02m49.1s
16:1818°09.6'N046°56.7'W17°30.7'N046°14.2'W17°50.1'N046°35.4'W 0.971 62° 214° 104 km 02m49.2s
16:2018°43.4'N046°25.3'W18°04.1'N045°42.7'W18°23.7'N046°04.0'W 0.971 61° 215° 104 km 02m49.3s
16:2219°17.6'N045°53.0'W18°37.7'N045°10.3'W18°57.6'N045°31.7'W 0.971 60° 216° 105 km 02m49.4s
16:2419°52.0'N045°19.8'W19°11.7'N044°37.1'W19°31.8'N044°58.4'W 0.971 59° 217° 105 km 02m49.5s
16:2620°26.7'N044°45.7'W19°45.8'N044°02.9'W20°06.2'N044°24.2'W 0.971 58° 219° 106 km 02m49.6s
16:2821°01.7'N044°10.4'W20°20.3'N043°27.6'W20°41.0'N043°49.0'W 0.970 57° 220° 107 km 02m49.7s
16:3021°37.1'N043°34.1'W20°55.0'N042°51.2'W21°16.0'N043°12.6'W 0.970 56° 221° 107 km 02m49.8s
16:3222°12.8'N042°56.4'W21°30.0'N042°13.6'W21°51.4'N042°35.0'W 0.970 55° 222° 108 km 02m50.0s
16:3422°48.8'N042°17.5'W22°05.4'N041°34.6'W22°27.1'N041°56.0'W 0.970 54° 223° 109 km 02m50.1s
16:3623°25.2'N041°37.1'W22°41.0'N040°54.2'W23°03.1'N041°15.6'W 0.970 53° 224° 110 km 02m50.2s
16:3824°02.0'N040°55.1'W23°17.1'N040°12.3'W23°39.5'N040°33.7'W 0.969 51° 225° 110 km 02m50.3s
16:4024°39.2'N040°11.4'W23°53.4'N039°28.7'W24°16.3'N039°50.0'W 0.969 50° 225° 111 km 02m50.4s
16:4225°16.9'N039°25.8'W24°30.2'N038°43.2'W24°53.5'N039°04.5'W 0.969 49° 226° 112 km 02m50.5s
16:4425°55.0'N038°38.2'W25°07.4'N037°55.8'W25°31.2'N038°16.9'W 0.969 48° 227° 113 km 02m50.6s
16:4626°33.5'N037°48.3'W25°45.0'N037°06.1'W26°09.2'N037°27.2'W 0.968 46° 228° 114 km 02m50.7s
16:4827°12.7'N036°56.0'W26°23.0'N036°14.0'W26°47.8'N036°35.0'W 0.968 45° 229° 115 km 02m50.8s
16:5027°52.3'N036°00.9'W27°01.6'N035°19.3'W27°26.9'N035°40.1'W 0.968 44° 230° 116 km 02m50.9s
16:5228°32.6'N035°02.8'W27°40.7'N034°21.7'W28°06.6'N034°42.2'W 0.967 42° 231° 117 km 02m51.0s
16:5429°13.5'N034°01.3'W28°20.3'N033°20.7'W28°46.8'N033°41.0'W 0.967 41° 232° 118 km 02m51.0s
16:5629°55.1'N032°56.1'W29°00.5'N032°16.2'W29°27.8'N032°36.1'W 0.967 39° 233° 120 km 02m51.1s
16:5830°37.4'N031°46.6'W29°41.4'N031°07.4'W30°09.4'N031°27.0'W 0.966 38° 234° 121 km 02m51.2s
17:0031°20.6'N030°32.2'W30°23.1'N029°54.1'W30°51.8'N030°13.1'W 0.966 36° 235° 122 km 02m51.2s
17:0232°04.7'N029°12.2'W31°05.5'N028°35.3'W31°35.0'N028°53.8'W 0.966 34° 236° 124 km 02m51.2s
17:0432°49.9'N027°45.6'W31°48.8'N027°10.3'W32°19.3'N027°28.0'W 0.965 33° 238° 125 km 02m51.2s
17:0633°36.2'N026°11.4'W32°33.1'N025°38.0'W33°04.6'N025°54.8'W 0.965 31° 239° 127 km 02m51.2s
17:0834°23.9'N024°27.8'W33°18.6'N023°56.9'W33°51.1'N024°12.5'W 0.964 29° 240° 129 km 02m51.2s
17:1035°13.2'N022°32.9'W34°05.4'N022°05.2'W34°39.2'N022°19.2'W 0.964 27° 242° 131 km 02m51.2s
17:1236°04.4'N020°23.4'W34°53.9'N020°00.0'W35°29.0'N020°11.9'W 0.963 24° 243° 133 km 02m51.1s
17:1436°58.1'N017°54.7'W35°44.3'N017°37.3'W36°21.0'N017°46.4'W 0.963 22° 245° 136 km 02m51.0s
17:1637°55.1'N014°59.0'W36°37.4'N014°50.4'W37°16.0'N014°55.3'W 0.962 19° 247° 139 km 02m50.8s
17:1838°56.9'N011°21.1'W37°34.3'N011°26.8'W38°15.3'N011°25.0'W 0.961 16° 250° 142 km 02m50.5s
17:2040°07.6'N006°22.4'W38°37.6'N006°58.2'W39°22.0'N006°42.6'W 0.960 12° 253° 147 km 02m50.2s
17:2241°56.0'N004°43.8'E39°58.0'N000°35.4'E40°52.2'N001°59.2'E 0.958 259° 155 km 02m49.4s
Limits42°14.1'N007°31.7'E40°47.3'N007°38.3'E41°30.6'N007°35.0'E 0.957 - 160 km 02m48.8s

ΔT = 129.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:34:45.915:32:36.906°00.0'N056°57.2'W 77.1° 151.4° 99.5 km02m47.88s
Greatest Duration17:00:05.116:57:56.041°30.6'N007°35.0'E 37.7° 234.2° 120.9 km02m51.16s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1579 Feb 25

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
  • Solar Eclipses - primary page for solar eclipse predictions
  • Solar Eclipse Links - detailed directory of links

Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1579 Feb 25 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 129.0 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°.

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"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.