Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1597 Mar 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1597 Mar 17 . 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 1597 Mar 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits17°52.1'S129°08.0'E19°04.2'S129°12.6'E18°28.2'S129°10.4'E 0.964 - 133 km 02m18.3s
21:3217°43.7'S138°03.9'E18°44.5'S139°37.5'E18°14.4'S138°52.4'E 0.966 10° 88° 124 km 02m17.6s
21:3417°19.8'S142°50.4'E18°16.7'S143°59.6'E17°48.5'S143°25.6'E 0.968 14° 86° 120 km 02m17.2s
21:3616°53.8'S146°09.6'E17°48.0'S147°09.7'E17°21.1'S146°40.0'E 0.969 18° 85° 116 km 02m16.8s
21:3816°26.8'S148°48.6'E17°18.9'S149°43.6'E16°53.0'S149°16.4'E 0.969 21° 85° 114 km 02m16.5s
21:4015°59.3'S151°03.0'E16°49.5'S151°54.8'E16°24.5'S151°29.1'E 0.970 24° 84° 112 km 02m16.1s
21:4215°31.4'S153°00.5'E16°20.0'S153°49.9'E15°55.8'S153°25.3'E 0.971 26° 83° 110 km 02m15.8s
21:4415°03.2'S154°45.3'E15°50.3'S155°32.9'E15°26.9'S155°09.2'E 0.971 28° 83° 108 km 02m15.5s
21:4614°34.8'S156°20.1'E15°20.6'S157°06.4'E14°57.8'S156°43.4'E 0.972 30° 82° 106 km 02m15.2s
21:4814°06.3'S157°47.0'E14°50.8'S158°32.1'E14°28.7'S158°09.6'E 0.972 32° 82° 105 km 02m14.9s
21:5013°37.7'S159°07.2'E14°21.0'S159°51.3'E13°59.5'S159°29.3'E 0.973 34° 82° 103 km 02m14.6s
21:5213°08.9'S160°21.8'E13°51.2'S161°05.0'E13°30.2'S160°43.5'E 0.973 36° 81° 102 km 02m14.3s
21:5412°40.1'S161°31.5'E13°21.4'S162°14.0'E13°00.8'S161°52.8'E 0.973 37° 81° 101 km 02m14.0s
21:5612°11.2'S162°37.0'E12°51.6'S163°18.8'E12°31.5'S162°58.0'E 0.974 39° 81° 100 km 02m13.7s
21:5811°42.3'S163°38.8'E12°21.7'S164°20.0'E12°02.1'S163°59.5'E 0.974 41° 81° 99 km 02m13.4s
22:0011°13.3'S164°37.3'E11°51.9'S165°18.0'E11°32.7'S164°57.7'E 0.974 42° 81° 97 km 02m13.1s
22:0210°44.2'S165°32.9'E11°22.0'S166°13.0'E11°03.2'S165°53.0'E 0.975 43° 81° 96 km 02m12.9s
22:0410°15.2'S166°25.7'E10°52.2'S167°05.4'E10°33.8'S166°45.6'E 0.975 45° 81° 95 km 02m12.6s
22:0609°46.1'S167°16.2'E10°22.4'S167°55.4'E10°04.3'S167°35.8'E 0.975 46° 81° 94 km 02m12.3s
22:0809°16.9'S168°04.5'E09°52.6'S168°43.3'E09°34.9'S168°23.9'E 0.975 48° 81° 93 km 02m12.0s
22:1008°47.8'S168°50.8'E09°22.8'S169°29.2'E09°05.4'S169°10.0'E 0.976 49° 81° 93 km 02m11.8s
22:1208°18.6'S169°35.2'E08°53.0'S170°13.3'E08°35.9'S169°54.3'E 0.976 50° 81° 92 km 02m11.5s
22:1407°49.4'S170°18.0'E08°23.2'S170°55.7'E08°06.4'S170°36.9'E 0.976 51° 81° 91 km 02m11.3s
22:1607°20.2'S170°59.2'E07°53.4'S171°36.6'E07°36.9'S171°17.9'E 0.976 53° 82° 90 km 02m11.0s
22:1806°50.9'S171°39.0'E07°23.6'S172°16.0'E07°07.4'S171°57.5'E 0.976 54° 82° 89 km 02m10.8s
22:2006°21.7'S172°17.4'E06°53.9'S172°54.2'E06°37.8'S172°35.8'E 0.977 55° 82° 88 km 02m10.5s
22:2205°52.4'S172°54.6'E06°24.1'S173°31.1'E06°08.3'S173°12.9'E 0.977 56° 83° 88 km 02m10.3s
22:2405°23.1'S173°30.7'E05°54.3'S174°06.9'E05°38.8'S173°48.8'E 0.977 57° 83° 87 km 02m10.1s
22:2604°53.8'S174°05.7'E05°24.6'S174°41.7'E05°09.2'S174°23.7'E 0.977 59° 84° 86 km 02m09.9s
22:2804°24.4'S174°39.7'E04°54.8'S175°15.4'E04°39.7'S174°57.6'E 0.977 60° 84° 86 km 02m09.6s
22:3003°55.0'S175°12.8'E04°25.1'S175°48.3'E04°10.1'S175°30.6'E 0.977 61° 85° 85 km 02m09.4s
22:3203°25.6'S175°45.1'E03°55.3'S176°20.3'E03°40.5'S176°02.7'E 0.978 62° 85° 84 km 02m09.2s
22:3402°56.2'S176°16.5'E03°25.5'S176°51.5'E03°10.9'S176°34.1'E 0.978 63° 86° 84 km 02m09.1s
22:3602°26.8'S176°47.2'E02°55.8'S177°22.0'E02°41.3'S177°04.6'E 0.978 64° 87° 83 km 02m08.9s
22:3801°57.3'S177°17.2'E02°26.0'S177°51.8'E02°11.7'S177°34.6'E 0.978 65° 88° 83 km 02m08.7s
22:4001°27.8'S177°46.6'E01°56.2'S178°21.0'E01°42.1'S178°03.8'E 0.978 66° 89° 82 km 02m08.6s
22:4200°58.3'S178°15.3'E01°26.4'S178°49.6'E01°12.4'S178°32.5'E 0.978 67° 90° 82 km 02m08.4s
22:4400°28.8'S178°43.5'E00°56.6'S179°17.6'E00°42.7'S179°00.6'E 0.978 68° 91° 81 km 02m08.3s
22:4600°00.8'N179°11.2'E00°26.8'S179°45.2'E00°13.0'S179°28.2'E 0.978 69° 92° 81 km 02m08.1s
22:4800°30.4'N179°38.4'E00°03.1'N179°47.8'W00°16.7'N179°55.3'E 0.978 70° 94° 80 km 02m08.0s
22:5001°00.1'N179°54.8'W00°32.9'N179°21.2'W00°46.4'N179°38.0'W 0.978 71° 95° 80 km 02m07.9s
22:5201°29.8'N179°28.5'W01°02.8'N178°54.9'W01°16.2'N179°11.7'W 0.978 72° 97° 80 km 02m07.8s
22:5401°59.5'N179°02.5'W01°32.7'N178°29.1'W01°46.0'N178°45.7'W 0.979 72° 99° 79 km 02m07.7s
22:5602°29.2'N178°36.8'W02°02.6'N178°03.5'W02°15.9'N178°20.1'W 0.979 73° 101° 79 km 02m07.6s
22:5802°59.0'N178°11.5'W02°32.5'N177°38.3'W02°45.7'N177°54.9'W 0.979 74° 104° 79 km 02m07.6s
23:0003°28.9'N177°46.4'W03°02.5'N177°13.3'W03°15.6'N177°29.8'W 0.979 75° 106° 78 km 02m07.5s
23:0203°58.8'N177°21.6'W03°32.5'N176°48.6'W03°45.6'N177°05.1'W 0.979 75° 109° 78 km 02m07.5s
23:0404°28.7'N176°57.0'W04°02.5'N176°24.1'W04°15.6'N176°40.5'W 0.979 76° 112° 78 km 02m07.4s
23:0604°58.7'N176°32.6'W04°32.6'N175°59.7'W04°45.6'N176°16.1'W 0.979 77° 116° 78 km 02m07.4s
23:0805°28.7'N176°08.3'W05°02.7'N175°35.5'W05°15.7'N175°51.9'W 0.979 77° 120° 77 km 02m07.4s
23:1005°58.8'N175°44.2'W05°32.8'N175°11.5'W05°45.8'N175°27.8'W 0.979 78° 124° 77 km 02m07.4s
23:1206°28.9'N175°20.2'W06°03.0'N174°47.5'W06°15.9'N175°03.8'W 0.979 78° 128° 77 km 02m07.4s
23:1406°59.1'N174°56.3'W06°33.2'N174°23.6'W06°46.1'N174°39.9'W 0.979 79° 133° 77 km 02m07.4s
23:1607°29.4'N174°32.4'W07°03.4'N173°59.8'W07°16.4'N174°16.1'W 0.979 79° 138° 77 km 02m07.5s
23:1807°59.7'N174°08.6'W07°33.7'N173°36.0'W07°46.7'N173°52.3'W 0.979 79° 143° 77 km 02m07.5s
23:2008°30.1'N173°44.7'W08°04.1'N173°12.2'W08°17.1'N173°28.4'W 0.979 79° 149° 77 km 02m07.6s
23:2209°00.5'N173°20.9'W08°34.5'N172°48.3'W08°47.5'N173°04.6'W 0.979 79° 154° 77 km 02m07.7s
23:2409°31.0'N172°56.9'W09°05.0'N172°24.4'W09°18.0'N172°40.6'W 0.979 79° 160° 77 km 02m07.7s
23:2610°01.6'N172°32.9'W09°35.5'N172°00.4'W09°48.5'N172°16.7'W 0.979 79° 165° 77 km 02m07.8s
23:2810°32.3'N172°08.8'W10°06.1'N171°36.3'W10°19.2'N171°52.6'W 0.979 78° 170° 77 km 02m08.0s
23:3011°03.0'N171°44.6'W10°36.7'N171°12.1'W10°49.8'N171°28.3'W 0.979 78° 175° 77 km 02m08.1s
23:3211°33.8'N171°20.2'W11°07.4'N170°47.7'W11°20.6'N171°03.9'W 0.979 78° 179° 77 km 02m08.2s
23:3412°04.8'N170°55.6'W11°38.2'N170°23.1'W11°51.4'N170°39.3'W 0.979 77° 183° 77 km 02m08.3s
23:3612°35.7'N170°30.8'W12°09.0'N169°58.2'W12°22.4'N170°14.5'W 0.979 76° 187° 77 km 02m08.5s
23:3813°06.8'N170°05.8'W12°39.9'N169°33.2'W12°53.4'N169°49.5'W 0.979 76° 190° 77 km 02m08.7s
23:4013°38.0'N169°40.5'W13°10.9'N169°07.8'W13°24.4'N169°24.1'W 0.978 75° 194° 77 km 02m08.8s
23:4214°09.3'N169°14.9'W13°42.0'N168°42.1'W13°55.6'N168°58.5'W 0.978 74° 197° 77 km 02m09.0s
23:4414°40.6'N168°48.9'W14°13.1'N168°16.1'W14°26.9'N168°32.5'W 0.978 74° 199° 78 km 02m09.2s
23:4615°12.1'N168°22.5'W14°44.4'N167°49.7'W14°58.2'N168°06.1'W 0.978 73° 202° 78 km 02m09.4s
23:4815°43.7'N167°55.8'W15°15.7'N167°22.9'W15°29.7'N167°39.3'W 0.978 72° 204° 78 km 02m09.6s
23:5016°15.4'N167°28.6'W15°47.1'N166°55.7'W16°01.2'N167°12.1'W 0.978 71° 206° 78 km 02m09.9s
23:5216°47.2'N167°00.9'W16°18.6'N166°27.9'W16°32.9'N166°44.4'W 0.978 70° 208° 79 km 02m10.1s
23:5417°19.1'N166°32.7'W16°50.2'N165°59.7'W17°04.7'N166°16.2'W 0.978 69° 210° 79 km 02m10.4s
23:5617°51.1'N166°03.9'W17°22.0'N165°30.8'W17°36.5'N165°47.4'W 0.978 68° 211° 80 km 02m10.6s
23:5818°23.3'N165°34.5'W17°53.8'N165°01.4'W18°08.5'N165°17.9'W 0.978 67° 213° 80 km 02m10.9s
00:0018°55.6'N165°04.5'W18°25.7'N164°31.3'W18°40.7'N164°47.9'W 0.978 66° 215° 80 km 02m11.2s
00:0219°28.1'N164°33.7'W18°57.8'N164°00.5'W19°12.9'N164°17.1'W 0.977 65° 216° 81 km 02m11.5s
00:0420°00.7'N164°02.2'W19°29.9'N163°28.9'W19°45.3'N163°45.6'W 0.977 64° 217° 81 km 02m11.7s
00:0620°33.4'N163°29.9'W20°02.2'N162°56.6'W20°17.8'N163°13.2'W 0.977 63° 218° 82 km 02m12.0s
00:0821°06.3'N162°56.7'W20°34.6'N162°23.3'W20°50.5'N162°40.0'W 0.977 62° 220° 82 km 02m12.4s
00:1021°39.3'N162°22.6'W21°07.2'N161°49.1'W21°23.3'N162°05.8'W 0.977 61° 221° 83 km 02m12.7s
00:1222°12.5'N161°47.4'W21°39.9'N161°14.0'W21°56.2'N161°30.7'W 0.977 60° 222° 83 km 02m13.0s
00:1422°45.9'N161°11.2'W22°12.7'N160°37.7'W22°29.3'N160°54.4'W 0.976 59° 223° 84 km 02m13.3s
00:1623°19.5'N160°33.7'W22°45.7'N160°00.3'W23°02.6'N160°17.0'W 0.976 58° 224° 85 km 02m13.7s
00:1823°53.2'N159°55.1'W23°18.8'N159°21.6'W23°36.0'N159°38.3'W 0.976 57° 225° 85 km 02m14.0s
00:2024°27.1'N159°15.1'W23°52.1'N158°41.7'W24°09.6'N158°58.3'W 0.976 56° 226° 86 km 02m14.4s
00:2225°01.3'N158°33.6'W24°25.5'N158°00.2'W24°43.4'N158°16.9'W 0.976 55° 227° 87 km 02m14.7s
00:2425°35.6'N157°50.6'W24°59.2'N157°17.3'W25°17.4'N157°33.9'W 0.976 53° 228° 87 km 02m15.1s
00:2626°10.2'N157°05.8'W25°33.0'N156°32.6'W25°51.6'N156°49.2'W 0.975 52° 229° 88 km 02m15.4s
00:2826°44.9'N156°19.2'W26°07.0'N155°46.2'W26°26.0'N156°02.7'W 0.975 51° 230° 89 km 02m15.8s
00:3027°19.9'N155°30.7'W26°41.2'N154°57.8'W27°00.6'N155°14.2'W 0.975 50° 231° 90 km 02m16.2s
00:3227°55.2'N154°39.9'W27°15.5'N154°07.2'W27°35.4'N154°23.5'W 0.975 48° 232° 91 km 02m16.5s
00:3428°30.7'N153°46.8'W27°50.1'N153°14.4'W28°10.4'N153°30.5'W 0.974 47° 233° 92 km 02m16.9s
00:3629°06.5'N152°51.1'W28°24.9'N152°19.0'W28°45.7'N152°35.0'W 0.974 46° 234° 93 km 02m17.3s
00:3829°42.6'N151°52.5'W29°00.0'N151°20.8'W29°21.3'N151°36.6'W 0.974 44° 235° 94 km 02m17.7s
00:4030°18.9'N150°50.7'W29°35.3'N150°19.5'W29°57.1'N150°35.1'W 0.973 43° 236° 95 km 02m18.0s
00:4230°55.6'N149°45.4'W30°10.8'N149°14.8'W30°33.2'N149°30.1'W 0.973 41° 237° 96 km 02m18.4s
00:4431°32.6'N148°36.3'W30°46.6'N148°06.4'W31°09.6'N148°21.3'W 0.973 40° 238° 98 km 02m18.8s
00:4632°10.0'N147°22.7'W31°22.6'N146°53.6'W31°46.3'N147°08.2'W 0.972 38° 239° 99 km 02m19.2s
00:4832°47.8'N146°04.1'W31°59.0'N145°36.1'W32°23.4'N145°50.1'W 0.972 37° 240° 100 km 02m19.6s
00:5033°25.9'N144°39.9'W32°35.7'N144°13.1'W33°00.8'N144°26.5'W 0.972 35° 241° 102 km 02m19.9s
00:5234°04.5'N143°09.1'W33°12.7'N142°43.8'W33°38.5'N142°56.5'W 0.971 33° 243° 103 km 02m20.3s
00:5434°43.5'N141°30.5'W33°50.0'N141°07.2'W34°16.7'N141°18.9'W 0.971 31° 244° 105 km 02m20.7s
00:5635°23.1'N139°42.8'W34°27.8'N139°21.8'W34°55.4'N139°32.3'W 0.970 29° 245° 107 km 02m21.1s
00:5836°03.3'N137°43.8'W35°05.9'N137°25.9'W35°34.5'N137°34.9'W 0.970 27° 247° 109 km 02m21.4s
01:0036°44.1'N135°30.9'W35°44.5'N135°16.8'W36°14.2'N135°24.0'W 0.969 25° 248° 111 km 02m21.8s
01:0237°25.7'N132°59.7'W36°23.6'N132°50.9'W36°54.6'N132°55.5'W 0.969 23° 250° 114 km 02m22.2s
01:0438°08.3'N130°03.4'W37°03.4'N130°02.0'W37°35.7'N130°03.1'W 0.968 20° 252° 116 km 02m22.5s
01:0638°52.2'N126°29.2'W37°43.9'N126°39.6'W38°17.8'N126°35.0'W 0.967 17° 255° 120 km 02m22.9s
01:0839°38.1'N121°47.7'W38°25.4'N122°20.1'W39°01.5'N122°05.2'W 0.966 13° 258° 124 km 02m23.3s
01:1040°29.0'N113°51.7'W39°09.1'N115°43.3'W39°48.4'N114°54.6'W 0.964 263° 131 km 02m23.7s
Limits40°50.3'N106°24.0'W39°35.4'N106°28.4'W40°12.8'N106°26.3'W 0.962 - 138 km 02m24.0s

ΔT = 119.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:22:37.923:20:38.408°26.8'N173°50.7'W 79.1° 150.6° 76.6 km02m07.61s
Greatest Duration00:48:16.600:46:17.140°12.8'N106°26.3'W 38.1° 239.1° 99.0 km02m19.24s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1597 Mar 17 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 119.5 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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