Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1656 Jan 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1656 Jan 26 . 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 1656 Jan 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits46°56.6'N067°16.6'W39°32.5'N068°29.7'W42°57.8'N068°02.5'W 0.905 - 767 km 08m03.7s
12:00 - - 35°42.1'N053°22.7'W41°12.1'N062°38.4'W 0.906 120° 779 km 08m19.4s
12:02 - - 35°30.3'N051°41.2'W40°09.7'N058°39.3'W 0.907 123° 795 km 08m32.4s
12:04 - - 35°23.2'N050°11.4'W39°37.5'N056°02.6'W 0.907 10° 125° 809 km 08m41.4s
12:06 - - 35°19.5'N048°50.2'W39°17.9'N053°58.9'W 0.908 12° 127° 822 km 08m48.7s
12:0845°32.6'N063°13.5'W35°18.7'N047°35.8'W39°05.7'N052°14.4'W 0.908 14° 128° 834 km 08m54.9s
12:1044°19.4'N058°46.6'W35°20.4'N046°26.8'W38°58.8'N050°42.6'W 0.909 15° 130° 845 km 09m00.5s
12:1243°46.9'N056°06.6'W35°24.1'N045°22.2'W38°55.7'N049°20.2'W 0.909 16° 131° 855 km 09m05.4s
12:1443°28.5'N054°02.7'W35°29.6'N044°21.4'W38°55.8'N048°04.9'W 0.909 17° 133° 863 km 09m09.8s
12:1643°18.2'N052°18.7'W35°36.8'N043°23.8'W38°58.6'N046°55.2'W 0.909 18° 134° 870 km 09m13.8s
12:1843°13.5'N050°47.7'W35°45.6'N042°29.0'W39°03.6'N045°50.2'W 0.909 19° 135° 876 km 09m17.4s
12:2043°13.0'N049°26.1'W35°55.6'N041°36.5'W39°10.5'N044°49.0'W 0.910 19° 137° 880 km 09m20.6s
12:2243°15.9'N048°11.7'W36°07.0'N040°46.1'W39°19.3'N043°51.1'W 0.910 20° 138° 883 km 09m23.6s
12:2443°21.6'N047°02.8'W36°19.6'N039°57.6'W39°29.7'N042°55.9'W 0.910 21° 139° 885 km 09m26.2s
12:2643°29.7'N045°58.4'W36°33.4'N039°10.6'W39°41.7'N042°03.0'W 0.910 21° 140° 885 km 09m28.6s
12:2843°40.0'N044°57.8'W36°48.2'N038°25.1'W39°55.0'N041°12.3'W 0.910 22° 142° 883 km 09m30.6s
12:3043°52.2'N044°00.2'W37°04.2'N037°40.8'W40°09.7'N040°23.3'W 0.910 22° 143° 881 km 09m32.5s
12:3244°06.4'N043°05.4'W37°21.2'N036°57.6'W40°25.7'N039°35.9'W 0.910 23° 144° 877 km 09m34.0s
12:3444°22.2'N042°12.8'W37°39.1'N036°15.4'W40°43.0'N038°49.9'W 0.910 23° 145° 872 km 09m35.3s
12:3644°39.7'N041°22.1'W37°58.1'N035°34.1'W41°01.5'N038°05.0'W 0.910 23° 146° 866 km 09m36.4s
12:3844°58.7'N040°33.1'W38°18.1'N034°53.5'W41°21.2'N037°21.2'W 0.911 23° 148° 860 km 09m37.3s
12:4045°19.4'N039°45.6'W38°39.1'N034°13.5'W41°42.1'N036°38.3'W 0.911 24° 149° 852 km 09m37.9s
12:4245°41.6'N038°59.2'W39°01.0'N033°34.1'W42°04.1'N035°56.2'W 0.911 24° 150° 844 km 09m38.4s
12:4446°05.3'N038°14.0'W39°24.0'N032°55.1'W42°27.4'N035°14.7'W 0.911 24° 151° 836 km 09m38.6s
12:4646°30.6'N037°29.6'W39°47.9'N032°16.5'W42°51.8'N034°33.7'W 0.911 24° 153° 827 km 09m38.5s
12:4846°57.5'N036°45.9'W40°12.9'N031°38.2'W43°17.5'N033°53.1'W 0.911 24° 154° 818 km 09m38.3s
12:5047°25.9'N036°02.8'W40°38.8'N031°00.1'W43°44.4'N033°12.9'W 0.911 24° 155° 809 km 09m37.9s
12:5247°56.1'N035°20.2'W41°05.8'N030°22.0'W44°12.6'N032°32.8'W 0.911 24° 156° 800 km 09m37.3s
12:5448°28.0'N034°38.0'W41°33.9'N029°44.0'W44°42.2'N031°52.9'W 0.911 24° 158° 791 km 09m36.4s
12:5649°01.8'N033°55.9'W42°03.2'N029°05.9'W45°13.0'N031°13.0'W 0.911 23° 159° 782 km 09m35.4s
12:5849°37.5'N033°13.9'W42°33.5'N028°27.7'W45°45.4'N030°32.9'W 0.911 23° 160° 773 km 09m34.1s
13:0050°15.3'N032°31.8'W43°05.1'N027°49.2'W46°19.2'N029°52.7'W 0.910 23° 161° 764 km 09m32.7s
13:0250°55.4'N031°49.5'W43°38.0'N027°10.4'W46°54.7'N029°12.1'W 0.910 23° 163° 756 km 09m31.0s
13:0451°38.0'N031°06.8'W44°12.1'N026°31.1'W47°31.9'N028°31.0'W 0.910 22° 164° 749 km 09m29.2s
13:0652°23.3'N030°23.6'W44°47.7'N025°51.2'W48°10.9'N027°49.3'W 0.910 22° 165° 741 km 09m27.1s
13:0853°11.7'N029°39.7'W45°24.8'N025°10.6'W48°51.9'N027°06.9'W 0.910 21° 166° 734 km 09m24.8s
13:1054°03.6'N028°54.9'W46°03.4'N024°29.2'W49°35.0'N026°23.5'W 0.910 21° 168° 728 km 09m22.3s
13:1254°59.6'N028°08.9'W46°43.8'N023°46.8'W50°20.6'N025°38.9'W 0.910 20° 169° 722 km 09m19.6s
13:1456°00.5'N027°21.4'W47°26.1'N023°03.2'W51°08.8'N024°52.9'W 0.910 20° 170° 717 km 09m16.6s
13:1657°07.3'N026°32.1'W48°10.4'N022°18.2'W52°00.1'N024°05.3'W 0.910 19° 172° 713 km 09m13.4s
13:1858°21.7'N025°40.5'W48°57.0'N021°31.5'W52°54.8'N023°15.5'W 0.909 18° 173° 709 km 09m09.9s
13:2059°46.2'N024°46.0'W49°46.1'N020°42.9'W53°53.5'N022°23.3'W 0.909 17° 174° 706 km 09m06.1s
13:2261°25.3'N023°47.6'W50°38.0'N019°52.0'W54°57.0'N021°27.9'W 0.909 16° 176° 704 km 09m01.9s
13:2463°29.0'N022°44.0'W51°33.2'N018°58.4'W56°06.4'N020°28.7'W 0.909 15° 177° 703 km 08m57.3s
13:2666°30.0'N021°33.4'W52°32.1'N018°01.4'W57°23.1'N019°24.3'W 0.908 14° 179° 703 km 08m52.3s
13:28 - - 53°35.5'N017°00.3'W58°49.8'N018°13.1'W 0.908 12° 180° 705 km 08m46.7s
13:30 - - 54°44.2'N015°54.0'W60°30.5'N016°52.1'W 0.908 11° 182° 709 km 08m40.3s
13:32 - - 55°59.7'N014°41.2'W62°34.1'N015°15.4'W 0.907 184° 717 km 08m32.5s
13:34 - - 57°24.0'N013°19.4'W65°26.2'N013°06.2'W 0.906 187° 732 km 08m22.2s
Limits71°16.4'N021°06.9'W69°56.7'N000°16.7'W70°57.8'N009°27.2'W 0.905 - 773 km 08m03.9s

ΔT = 40.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:48:09.412:47:29.343°10.8'N034°13.5'W 23.8° 153.5° 820.3 km09m38.40s
Greatest Duration12:45:34.012:44:53.842°38.2'N034°56.2'W 23.8° 151.9° 831.8 km09m38.58s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1656 Jan 26 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 40.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 11.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.05°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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