Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1608 Feb 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1608 Feb 16 . 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 1608 Feb 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits25°41.0'S097°19.3'E26°41.0'S096°53.9'E26°11.0'S097°06.7'E 1.033 - 118 km 01m45.8s
23:2227°35.2'S106°29.4'E28°08.7'S103°29.6'E27°54.1'S105°07.9'E 1.036 100° 126 km 01m59.8s
23:2428°35.9'S112°07.3'E29°29.7'S110°20.3'E29°03.4'S111°16.2'E 1.038 13° 97° 131 km 02m12.0s
23:2629°12.9'S116°02.4'E30°14.2'S114°37.8'E29°44.0'S115°21.7'E 1.039 18° 95° 135 km 02m20.7s
23:2829°39.4'S119°12.5'E30°45.4'S118°00.8'E30°12.7'S118°38.0'E 1.040 21° 93° 138 km 02m28.2s
23:3029°59.4'S121°55.8'E31°08.9'S120°53.2'E30°34.4'S121°25.6'E 1.041 24° 91° 141 km 02m34.8s
23:3230°14.9'S124°20.8'E31°27.1'S123°25.2'E30°51.2'S123°54.0'E 1.041 26° 89° 143 km 02m40.8s
23:3430°26.9'S126°32.1'E31°41.4'S125°42.3'E31°04.3'S126°08.1'E 1.042 29° 88° 145 km 02m46.5s
23:3630°36.2'S128°32.8'E31°52.7'S127°48.1'E31°14.5'S128°11.3'E 1.043 31° 86° 147 km 02m51.8s
23:3830°43.2'S130°25.0'E32°01.4'S129°44.8'E31°22.4'S130°05.7'E 1.043 33° 85° 149 km 02m56.8s
23:4030°48.4'S132°10.1'E32°08.1'S131°34.0'E31°28.3'S131°52.7'E 1.044 35° 84° 150 km 03m01.7s
23:4230°51.9'S133°49.1'E32°12.9'S133°16.8'E31°32.5'S133°33.7'E 1.044 37° 82° 152 km 03m06.3s
23:4430°54.0'S135°23.0'E32°16.2'S134°54.2'E31°35.1'S135°09.3'E 1.045 38° 81° 153 km 03m10.7s
23:4630°54.8'S136°52.4'E32°18.1'S136°26.9'E31°36.4'S136°40.2'E 1.045 40° 80° 154 km 03m15.0s
23:4830°54.4'S138°17.7'E32°18.7'S137°55.4'E31°36.6'S138°07.1'E 1.046 42° 78° 155 km 03m19.1s
23:5030°53.0'S139°39.5'E32°18.1'S139°20.1'E31°35.6'S139°30.4'E 1.046 43° 77° 157 km 03m23.0s
23:5230°50.7'S140°58.1'E32°16.5'S140°41.6'E31°33.6'S140°50.4'E 1.046 45° 76° 158 km 03m26.8s
23:5430°47.5'S142°13.8'E32°14.0'S142°00.1'E31°30.7'S142°07.4'E 1.047 46° 74° 159 km 03m30.5s
23:5630°43.5'S143°26.9'E32°10.6'S143°15.8'E31°27.0'S143°21.8'E 1.047 48° 73° 160 km 03m34.1s
23:5830°38.7'S144°37.5'E32°06.4'S144°29.0'E31°22.5'S144°33.7'E 1.047 49° 72° 160 km 03m37.5s
00:0030°33.2'S145°45.9'E32°01.4'S145°39.9'E31°17.3'S145°43.3'E 1.048 50° 71° 161 km 03m40.9s
00:0230°27.1'S146°52.3'E31°55.7'S146°48.7'E31°11.3'S146°50.9'E 1.048 52° 69° 162 km 03m44.1s
00:0430°20.3'S147°56.8'E31°49.3'S147°55.5'E31°04.8'S147°56.5'E 1.048 53° 68° 163 km 03m47.1s
00:0630°13.0'S148°59.5'E31°42.3'S149°00.4'E30°57.6'S149°00.3'E 1.048 54° 66° 164 km 03m50.1s
00:0830°05.1'S150°00.6'E31°34.6'S150°03.7'E30°49.8'S150°02.5'E 1.049 56° 65° 164 km 03m53.0s
00:1029°56.6'S151°00.2'E31°26.4'S151°05.4'E30°41.5'S151°03.1'E 1.049 57° 64° 165 km 03m55.7s
00:1229°47.7'S151°58.3'E31°17.7'S152°05.6'E30°32.6'S152°02.2'E 1.049 58° 62° 166 km 03m58.4s
00:1429°38.3'S152°55.1'E31°08.4'S153°04.4'E30°23.3'S153°00.0'E 1.049 59° 61° 166 km 04m00.9s
00:1629°28.4'S153°50.6'E30°58.6'S154°01.8'E30°13.4'S153°56.4'E 1.049 60° 59° 167 km 04m03.3s
00:1829°18.1'S154°44.9'E30°48.4'S154°58.1'E30°03.1'S154°51.7'E 1.050 62° 58° 168 km 04m05.6s
00:2029°07.3'S155°38.1'E30°37.6'S155°53.1'E29°52.4'S155°45.8'E 1.050 63° 56° 168 km 04m07.8s
00:2228°56.1'S156°30.3'E30°26.5'S156°47.1'E29°41.2'S156°38.9'E 1.050 64° 54° 169 km 04m09.9s
00:2428°44.6'S157°21.4'E30°14.9'S157°40.0'E29°29.7'S157°30.9'E 1.050 65° 52° 169 km 04m11.9s
00:2628°32.6'S158°11.7'E30°02.9'S158°32.0'E29°17.7'S158°22.0'E 1.050 66° 50° 170 km 04m13.7s
00:2828°20.3'S159°01.0'E29°50.5'S159°23.0'E29°05.3'S159°12.1'E 1.050 67° 48° 170 km 04m15.5s
00:3028°07.6'S159°49.5'E29°37.7'S160°13.1'E28°52.6'S160°01.4'E 1.051 68° 46° 170 km 04m17.1s
00:3227°54.6'S160°37.2'E29°24.5'S161°02.4'E28°39.5'S160°49.9'E 1.051 69° 44° 171 km 04m18.7s
00:3427°41.2'S161°24.2'E29°11.0'S161°50.9'E28°26.0'S161°37.7'E 1.051 70° 41° 171 km 04m20.1s
00:3627°27.5'S162°10.5'E28°57.1'S162°38.7'E28°12.2'S162°24.7'E 1.051 71° 39° 172 km 04m21.4s
00:3827°13.5'S162°56.1'E28°42.9'S163°25.8'E27°58.1'S163°11.0'E 1.051 72° 36° 172 km 04m22.6s
00:4026°59.1'S163°41.2'E28°28.3'S164°12.2'E27°43.6'S163°56.7'E 1.051 72° 33° 172 km 04m23.7s
00:4226°44.4'S164°25.6'E28°13.4'S164°58.0'E27°28.9'S164°41.8'E 1.051 73° 30° 173 km 04m24.7s
00:4426°29.5'S165°09.5'E27°58.1'S165°43.2'E27°13.8'S165°26.3'E 1.051 74° 26° 173 km 04m25.6s
00:4626°14.2'S165°52.8'E27°42.6'S166°27.9'E26°58.3'S166°10.3'E 1.051 75° 23° 173 km 04m26.4s
00:4825°58.6'S166°35.7'E27°26.7'S167°12.0'E26°42.6'S166°53.8'E 1.051 75° 19° 173 km 04m27.0s
00:5025°42.7'S167°18.1'E27°10.5'S167°55.7'E26°26.6'S167°36.9'E 1.051 76° 14° 174 km 04m27.6s
00:5225°26.6'S168°00.2'E26°54.0'S168°38.9'E26°10.3'S168°19.5'E 1.051 76° 10° 174 km 04m28.0s
00:5425°10.2'S168°41.8'E26°37.3'S169°21.7'E25°53.7'S169°01.7'E 1.051 77° 174 km 04m28.4s
00:5624°53.4'S169°23.1'E26°20.2'S170°04.1'E25°36.8'S169°43.5'E 1.051 77° 360° 174 km 04m28.6s
00:5824°36.4'S170°04.1'E26°02.8'S170°46.1'E25°19.6'S170°25.0'E 1.051 77° 355° 174 km 04m28.7s
01:0024°19.1'S170°44.8'E25°45.2'S171°27.9'E25°02.1'S171°06.2'E 1.052 77° 349° 175 km 04m28.8s
01:0224°01.6'S171°25.2'E25°27.2'S172°09.3'E24°44.4'S171°47.1'E 1.052 77° 344° 175 km 04m28.7s
01:0423°43.8'S172°05.4'E25°09.0'S172°50.5'E24°26.4'S172°27.8'E 1.052 77° 338° 175 km 04m28.5s
01:0623°25.7'S172°45.3'E24°50.5'S173°31.4'E24°08.1'S173°08.3'E 1.052 77° 333° 175 km 04m28.2s
01:0823°07.3'S173°25.1'E24°31.7'S174°12.1'E23°49.5'S173°48.5'E 1.051 77° 328° 175 km 04m27.8s
01:1022°48.6'S174°04.8'E24°12.6'S174°52.7'E23°30.6'S174°28.6'E 1.051 77° 323° 175 km 04m27.3s
01:1222°29.7'S174°44.3'E23°53.2'S175°33.1'E23°11.5'S175°08.6'E 1.051 76° 318° 175 km 04m26.7s
01:1422°10.5'S175°23.8'E23°33.6'S176°13.4'E22°52.1'S175°48.4'E 1.051 76° 314° 175 km 04m25.9s
01:1621°51.1'S176°03.2'E23°13.7'S176°53.6'E22°32.4'S176°28.2'E 1.051 75° 310° 175 km 04m25.1s
01:1821°31.3'S176°42.5'E22°53.5'S177°33.8'E22°12.4'S177°08.0'E 1.051 74° 306° 175 km 04m24.2s
01:2021°11.3'S177°21.9'E22°33.0'S178°13.9'E21°52.2'S177°47.8'E 1.051 74° 302° 175 km 04m23.2s
01:2220°51.0'S178°01.3'E22°12.2'S178°54.1'E21°31.6'S178°27.5'E 1.051 73° 299° 175 km 04m22.1s
01:2420°30.4'S178°40.8'E21°51.1'S179°34.3'E21°10.8'S179°07.4'E 1.051 72° 296° 175 km 04m20.9s
01:2620°09.6'S179°20.4'E21°29.8'S179°45.4'W20°49.7'S179°47.3'E 1.051 71° 293° 175 km 04m19.6s
01:2819°48.4'S179°59.9'W21°08.1'S179°05.0'W20°28.3'S179°32.6'W 1.051 70° 291° 175 km 04m18.1s
01:3019°27.0'S179°19.9'W20°46.2'S178°24.4'W20°06.6'S178°52.4'W 1.051 69° 288° 175 km 04m16.6s
01:3219°05.2'S178°39.8'W20°23.9'S177°43.6'W19°44.6'S178°11.9'W 1.051 69° 286° 175 km 04m15.0s
01:3418°43.2'S177°59.4'W20°01.3'S177°02.6'W19°22.3'S177°31.2'W 1.051 68° 284° 175 km 04m13.3s
01:3618°20.8'S177°18.8'W19°38.4'S176°21.4'W18°59.7'S176°50.3'W 1.050 67° 282° 174 km 04m11.5s
01:3817°58.2'S176°37.7'W19°15.2'S175°39.7'W18°36.8'S176°09.0'W 1.050 66° 281° 174 km 04m09.6s
01:4017°35.2'S175°56.3'W18°51.7'S174°57.8'W18°13.5'S175°27.3'W 1.050 64° 279° 174 km 04m07.7s
01:4217°11.8'S175°14.5'W18°27.8'S174°15.4'W17°49.9'S174°45.1'W 1.050 63° 278° 174 km 04m05.6s
01:4416°48.2'S174°32.1'W18°03.5'S173°32.5'W17°25.9'S174°02.5'W 1.050 62° 276° 173 km 04m03.4s
01:4616°24.1'S173°49.2'W17°38.9'S172°49.1'W17°01.6'S173°19.4'W 1.050 61° 275° 173 km 04m01.1s
01:4815°59.7'S173°05.8'W17°14.0'S172°05.0'W16°36.9'S172°35.6'W 1.050 60° 274° 173 km 03m58.8s
01:5015°35.0'S172°21.6'W16°48.6'S171°20.4'W16°11.9'S171°51.2'W 1.049 59° 272° 172 km 03m56.3s
01:5215°09.8'S171°36.7'W16°22.8'S170°34.9'W15°46.4'S171°06.1'W 1.049 58° 271° 172 km 03m53.8s
01:5414°44.2'S170°50.9'W15°56.6'S169°48.7'W15°20.6'S170°20.1'W 1.049 56° 270° 171 km 03m51.1s
01:5614°18.3'S170°04.3'W15°30.0'S169°01.6'W14°54.2'S169°33.2'W 1.049 55° 269° 171 km 03m48.4s
01:5813°51.8'S169°16.7'W15°02.9'S168°13.4'W14°27.5'S168°45.3'W 1.048 54° 268° 170 km 03m45.6s
02:0013°24.9'S168°27.9'W14°35.4'S167°24.2'W14°00.3'S167°56.3'W 1.048 53° 267° 170 km 03m42.6s
02:0212°57.5'S167°38.0'W14°07.3'S166°33.7'W13°32.5'S167°06.1'W 1.048 51° 267° 169 km 03m39.6s
02:0412°29.6'S166°46.7'W13°38.7'S165°41.9'W13°04.3'S166°14.6'W 1.048 50° 266° 168 km 03m36.5s
02:0612°01.1'S165°53.9'W13°09.5'S164°48.6'W12°35.4'S165°21.5'W 1.047 49° 265° 167 km 03m33.2s
02:0811°32.0'S164°59.5'W12°39.7'S163°53.6'W12°06.0'S164°26.8'W 1.047 47° 264° 167 km 03m29.9s
02:1011°02.3'S164°03.2'W12°09.2'S162°56.8'W11°35.9'S163°30.3'W 1.047 46° 264° 166 km 03m26.4s
02:1210°32.0'S163°04.9'W11°38.0'S161°57.9'W11°05.1'S162°31.7'W 1.046 44° 263° 165 km 03m22.9s
02:1410°00.8'S162°04.3'W11°06.0'S160°56.6'W10°33.6'S161°30.8'W 1.046 43° 263° 164 km 03m19.2s
02:1609°28.9'S161°01.1'W10°33.2'S159°52.7'W10°01.2'S160°27.2'W 1.046 41° 262° 162 km 03m15.4s
02:1808°56.1'S159°54.9'W09°59.5'S158°45.7'W09°28.0'S159°20.7'W 1.045 39° 261° 161 km 03m11.4s
02:2008°22.3'S158°45.4'W09°24.7'S157°35.4'W08°53.7'S158°10.8'W 1.045 38° 261° 160 km 03m07.3s
02:2207°47.3'S157°32.0'W08°48.7'S156°21.0'W08°18.2'S156°56.9'W 1.044 36° 260° 158 km 03m03.0s
02:2407°11.1'S156°14.1'W08°11.4'S155°01.9'W07°41.5'S155°38.4'W 1.044 34° 260° 157 km 02m58.6s
02:2606°33.5'S154°50.9'W07°32.5'S153°37.2'W07°03.2'S154°14.5'W 1.043 32° 260° 155 km 02m53.9s
02:2805°54.2'S153°21.2'W06°51.8'S152°05.8'W06°23.2'S152°44.0'W 1.043 30° 259° 153 km 02m49.0s
02:3005°12.8'S151°43.6'W06°08.9'S150°26.1'W05°41.1'S151°05.4'W 1.042 28° 259° 151 km 02m43.9s
02:3204°28.9'S149°56.0'W05°23.1'S148°35.6'W04°56.3'S149°16.4'W 1.041 25° 258° 148 km 02m38.4s
02:3403°41.8'S147°55.2'W04°33.8'S146°30.8'W04°08.1'S147°13.7'W 1.041 23° 258° 145 km 02m32.4s
02:3602°50.2'S145°36.1'W03°39.4'S144°05.8'W03°15.2'S144°51.8'W 1.040 20° 258° 142 km 02m25.8s
02:3801°52.0'S142°48.9'W02°37.2'S141°08.5'W02°15.1'S141°59.9'W 1.039 16° 258° 138 km 02m18.3s
02:4000°42.2'S139°11.1'W01°20.0'S137°07.9'W01°01.9'S138°11.8'W 1.037 12° 257° 133 km 02m09.1s
02:4201°01.4'N133°03.1'W - - 00°57.7'N131°00.8'W 1.035 257° 123 km 01m53.9s
Limits02°21.7'N127°27.2'W01°20.6'N127°04.9'W01°51.1'N127°16.1'W 1.034 - 119 km 01m46.9s

ΔT = 109.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:03:27.101:01:38.024°47.7'S171°12.3'E 77.4° 344.8° 174.7 km04m28.69s
Greatest Duration01:01:09.200:59:20.025°08.0'S170°52.5'E 77.3° 351.1° 174.5 km04m28.76s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1608 Feb 16 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 109.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 18.8 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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