Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1663 May 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1663 May 18 . 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 -1663 May 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits50°06.7'S013°22.9'W51°37.4'S012°33.4'W50°51.9'S012°58.6'W 1.049 - 177 km 02m48.6s
08:0445°51.1'S001°24.2'W49°33.1'S006°07.7'W47°29.8'S003°06.8'W 1.051 57° 183 km 03m05.9s
08:0643°29.3'S003°52.3'E46°13.6'S002°17.3'E44°48.3'S003°13.0'E 1.053 13° 52° 188 km 03m19.6s
08:0841°40.0'S007°28.7'E44°07.3'S006°46.3'E42°51.7'S007°11.8'E 1.054 17° 49° 191 km 03m29.4s
08:1040°06.7'S010°18.0'E42°24.7'S010°03.3'E41°14.2'S010°13.5'E 1.055 20° 46° 193 km 03m37.7s
08:1238°43.5'S012°38.8'E40°55.2'S012°41.7'E39°48.1'S012°42.3'E 1.056 22° 44° 195 km 03m45.0s
08:1437°27.5'S014°40.1'E39°34.7'S014°55.5'E38°30.0'S014°49.4'E 1.057 25° 42° 198 km 03m51.6s
08:1636°17.0'S016°27.0'E38°20.6'S016°51.8'E37°17.8'S016°40.7'E 1.057 27° 41° 199 km 03m57.8s
08:1835°10.8'S018°02.8'E37°11.6'S018°35.0'E36°10.3'S018°20.0'E 1.058 29° 39° 201 km 04m03.5s
08:2034°08.2'S019°29.9'E36°06.7'S020°08.0'E35°06.6'S019°49.9'E 1.058 30° 37° 203 km 04m08.9s
08:2233°08.7'S020°49.8'E35°05.2'S021°32.8'E34°06.1'S021°12.1'E 1.059 32° 36° 204 km 04m14.1s
08:2432°11.8'S022°03.7'E34°06.5'S022°50.9'E33°08.4'S022°28.0'E 1.059 34° 35° 206 km 04m19.0s
08:2631°17.1'S023°12.6'E33°10.4'S024°03.2'E32°13.1'S023°38.5'E 1.060 35° 33° 207 km 04m23.6s
08:2830°24.5'S024°17.1'E32°16.5'S025°10.8'E31°19.8'S024°44.5'E 1.060 37° 32° 209 km 04m28.1s
08:3029°33.7'S025°17.8'E31°24.5'S026°14.2'E30°28.5'S025°46.5'E 1.061 38° 31° 210 km 04m32.4s
08:3228°44.5'S026°15.3'E30°34.4'S027°14.1'E29°38.8'S026°45.1'E 1.061 40° 29° 211 km 04m36.6s
08:3427°56.8'S027°09.9'E29°45.8'S028°10.7'E28°50.7'S027°40.7'E 1.061 41° 28° 213 km 04m40.5s
08:3627°10.4'S028°02.0'E28°58.7'S029°04.7'E28°04.0'S028°33.7'E 1.062 42° 27° 214 km 04m44.4s
08:3826°25.3'S028°51.8'E28°12.9'S029°56.1'E27°18.6'S029°24.3'E 1.062 43° 25° 215 km 04m48.1s
08:4025°41.4'S029°39.6'E27°28.3'S030°45.4'E26°34.3'S030°12.8'E 1.062 45° 24° 216 km 04m51.6s
08:4224°58.5'S030°25.5'E26°44.9'S031°32.7'E25°51.2'S030°59.4'E 1.062 46° 23° 217 km 04m55.0s
08:4424°16.6'S031°09.9'E26°02.6'S032°18.2'E25°09.1'S031°44.3'E 1.063 47° 21° 219 km 04m58.3s
08:4623°35.7'S031°52.7'E25°21.3'S033°02.2'E24°28.0'S032°27.7'E 1.063 48° 20° 220 km 05m01.5s
08:4822°55.7'S032°34.2'E24°40.9'S033°44.8'E23°47.8'S033°09.7'E 1.063 49° 19° 221 km 05m04.6s
08:5022°16.5'S033°14.6'E24°01.4'S034°26.0'E23°08.5'S033°50.5'E 1.063 50° 17° 222 km 05m07.5s
08:5221°38.1'S033°53.8'E23°22.8'S035°06.1'E22°30.0'S034°30.1'E 1.064 51° 16° 223 km 05m10.4s
08:5421°00.5'S034°32.1'E22°45.0'S035°45.1'E21°52.3'S035°08.8'E 1.064 52° 14° 224 km 05m13.1s
08:5620°23.6'S035°09.4'E22°07.9'S036°23.2'E21°15.3'S035°46.5'E 1.064 52° 13° 225 km 05m15.7s
08:5819°47.4'S035°46.0'E21°31.6'S037°00.4'E20°39.0'S036°23.4'E 1.064 53° 11° 226 km 05m18.2s
09:0019°11.8'S036°21.8'E20°55.9'S037°36.9'E20°03.4'S036°59.5'E 1.064 54° 227 km 05m20.5s
09:0218°36.9'S036°57.0'E20°21.0'S038°12.6'E19°28.5'S037°35.0'E 1.064 55° 228 km 05m22.8s
09:0418°02.6'S037°31.6'E19°46.6'S038°47.7'E18°54.2'S038°09.8'E 1.065 55° 229 km 05m25.0s
09:0617°28.9'S038°05.7'E19°12.9'S039°22.3'E18°20.5'S038°44.1'E 1.065 56° 230 km 05m27.0s
09:0816°55.7'S038°39.3'E18°39.8'S039°56.3'E17°47.4'S039°17.9'E 1.065 57° 232 km 05m28.9s
09:1016°23.1'S039°12.5'E18°07.3'S040°29.9'E17°14.8'S039°51.3'E 1.065 57° 233 km 05m30.8s
09:1215°51.1'S039°45.4'E17°35.3'S041°03.1'E16°42.8'S040°24.3'E 1.065 58° 359° 234 km 05m32.5s
09:1415°19.5'S040°17.9'E17°03.9'S041°35.9'E16°11.4'S040°57.0'E 1.065 58° 357° 235 km 05m34.1s
09:1614°48.5'S040°50.1'E16°33.1'S042°08.5'E15°40.4'S041°29.4'E 1.065 59° 355° 236 km 05m35.6s
09:1814°18.0'S041°22.2'E16°02.7'S042°40.8'E15°10.0'S042°01.5'E 1.065 59° 353° 237 km 05m36.9s
09:2013°48.0'S041°54.0'E15°32.9'S043°12.9'E14°40.1'S042°33.5'E 1.065 59° 351° 238 km 05m38.2s
09:2213°18.4'S042°25.8'E15°03.5'S043°44.8'E14°10.6'S043°05.3'E 1.065 60° 349° 238 km 05m39.3s
09:2412°49.3'S042°57.4'E14°34.7'S044°16.6'E13°41.7'S043°37.0'E 1.065 60° 347° 239 km 05m40.4s
09:2612°20.7'S043°28.9'E14°06.3'S044°48.3'E13°13.2'S044°08.7'E 1.065 60° 345° 240 km 05m41.3s
09:2811°52.5'S044°00.5'E13°38.4'S045°20.0'E12°45.1'S044°40.2'E 1.066 60° 342° 241 km 05m42.0s
09:3011°24.8'S044°32.0'E13°10.9'S045°51.6'E12°17.5'S045°11.8'E 1.066 60° 340° 242 km 05m42.7s
09:3210°57.5'S045°03.6'E12°43.9'S046°23.3'E11°50.4'S045°43.5'E 1.066 61° 338° 243 km 05m43.2s
09:3410°30.7'S045°35.3'E12°17.4'S046°55.1'E11°23.7'S046°15.2'E 1.066 61° 336° 244 km 05m43.7s
09:3610°04.3'S046°07.1'E11°51.3'S047°26.9'E10°57.5'S046°47.0'E 1.066 60° 334° 245 km 05m44.0s
09:3809°38.3'S046°39.0'E11°25.7'S047°58.9'E10°31.7'S047°18.9'E 1.066 60° 332° 245 km 05m44.1s
09:4009°12.8'S047°11.2'E11°00.5'S048°31.0'E10°06.3'S047°51.1'E 1.066 60° 330° 246 km 05m44.2s
09:4208°47.6'S047°43.5'E10°35.7'S049°03.4'E09°41.4'S048°23.4'E 1.066 60° 328° 247 km 05m44.1s
09:4408°23.0'S048°16.1'E10°11.4'S049°36.0'E09°16.9'S048°56.0'E 1.066 60° 325° 248 km 05m43.9s
09:4607°58.7'S048°49.1'E09°47.5'S050°08.9'E08°52.9'S049°28.9'E 1.065 60° 323° 248 km 05m43.5s
09:4807°34.9'S049°22.3'E09°24.1'S050°42.1'E08°29.3'S050°02.1'E 1.065 59° 321° 249 km 05m43.0s
09:5007°11.5'S049°55.9'E09°01.1'S051°15.6'E08°06.1'S050°35.7'E 1.065 59° 320° 249 km 05m42.4s
09:5206°48.6'S050°29.9'E08°38.6'S051°49.5'E07°43.4'S051°09.6'E 1.065 58° 318° 250 km 05m41.7s
09:5406°26.1'S051°04.4'E08°16.4'S052°23.9'E07°21.1'S051°44.0'E 1.065 58° 316° 250 km 05m40.8s
09:5606°04.1'S051°39.3'E07°54.8'S052°58.7'E06°59.2'S052°18.9'E 1.065 58° 314° 250 km 05m39.7s
09:5805°42.5'S052°14.8'E07°33.6'S053°34.1'E06°37.8'S052°54.3'E 1.065 57° 312° 251 km 05m38.5s
10:0005°21.3'S052°50.8'E07°12.9'S054°10.0'E06°16.9'S053°30.3'E 1.065 56° 311° 251 km 05m37.2s
10:0205°00.6'S053°27.5'E06°52.6'S054°46.5'E05°56.4'S054°06.8'E 1.065 56° 309° 251 km 05m35.8s
10:0404°40.5'S054°04.8'E06°32.8'S055°23.7'E05°36.4'S054°44.1'E 1.065 55° 308° 251 km 05m34.2s
10:0604°20.7'S054°42.8'E06°13.5'S056°01.6'E05°16.9'S055°22.0'E 1.065 54° 306° 251 km 05m32.4s
10:0804°01.5'S055°21.7'E05°54.7'S056°40.3'E04°57.9'S056°00.8'E 1.065 54° 305° 251 km 05m30.5s
10:1003°42.8'S056°01.3'E05°36.3'S057°19.8'E04°39.4'S056°40.3'E 1.064 53° 304° 250 km 05m28.4s
10:1203°24.7'S056°41.9'E05°18.6'S058°00.2'E04°21.5'S057°20.8'E 1.064 52° 302° 250 km 05m26.2s
10:1403°07.0'S057°23.4'E05°01.3'S058°41.6'E04°04.0'S058°02.2'E 1.064 51° 301° 250 km 05m23.9s
10:1602°50.0'S058°05.9'E04°44.6'S059°24.0'E03°47.1'S058°44.7'E 1.064 50° 300° 249 km 05m21.4s
10:1802°33.5'S058°49.6'E04°28.5'S060°07.5'E03°30.8'S059°28.3'E 1.064 49° 299° 248 km 05m18.7s
10:2002°17.6'S059°34.5'E04°13.0'S060°52.3'E03°15.1'S060°13.1'E 1.064 48° 298° 247 km 05m15.8s
10:2202°02.3'S060°20.6'E03°58.1'S061°38.4'E03°00.1'S060°59.2'E 1.063 47° 297° 247 km 05m12.8s
10:2401°47.8'S061°08.2'E03°43.9'S062°25.9'E02°45.7'S061°46.7'E 1.063 46° 296° 246 km 05m09.7s
10:2601°33.9'S061°57.3'E03°30.3'S063°15.0'E02°32.0'S062°35.8'E 1.063 45° 295° 244 km 05m06.3s
10:2801°20.7'S062°48.1'E03°17.5'S064°05.8'E02°19.0'S063°26.6'E 1.063 44° 294° 243 km 05m02.8s
10:3001°08.3'S063°40.7'E03°05.4'S064°58.5'E02°06.8'S064°19.2'E 1.062 43° 294° 242 km 04m59.1s
10:3200°56.8'S064°35.3'E02°54.2'S065°53.3'E01°55.4'S065°13.8'E 1.062 42° 293° 240 km 04m55.3s
10:3400°46.1'S065°32.0'E02°43.9'S066°50.3'E01°44.9'S066°10.6'E 1.062 40° 292° 238 km 04m51.2s
10:3600°36.4'S066°31.2'E02°34.5'S067°49.8'E01°35.3'S067°09.9'E 1.061 39° 292° 237 km 04m47.0s
10:3800°27.7'S067°33.0'E02°26.2'S068°52.1'E01°26.8'S068°12.0'E 1.061 38° 291° 235 km 04m42.5s
10:4000°20.1'S068°37.9'E02°19.0'S069°57.6'E01°19.4'S069°17.1'E 1.061 36° 291° 233 km 04m37.8s
10:4200°13.8'S069°46.1'E02°13.0'S071°06.7'E01°13.3'S070°25.7'E 1.060 35° 290° 230 km 04m32.9s
10:4400°08.9'S070°58.1'E02°08.5'S072°20.0'E01°08.6'S071°38.3'E 1.060 33° 290° 228 km 04m27.7s
10:4600°05.6'S072°14.6'E02°05.6'S073°38.0'E01°05.5'S072°55.5'E 1.059 32° 289° 226 km 04m22.3s
10:4800°04.0'S073°36.3'E02°04.6'S075°01.7'E01°04.1'S074°18.0'E 1.059 30° 289° 223 km 04m16.6s
10:5000°04.5'S075°04.2'E02°05.8'S076°32.2'E01°04.9'S075°47.1'E 1.058 28° 288° 220 km 04m10.5s
10:5200°07.5'S076°39.4'E02°09.6'S078°11.2'E01°08.3'S077°24.0'E 1.058 26° 288° 217 km 04m04.1s
10:5400°13.4'S078°24.0'E02°16.7'S080°00.8'E01°14.8'S079°10.9'E 1.057 24° 288° 213 km 03m57.1s
10:5600°23.2'S080°20.7'E02°28.2'S082°04.8'E01°25.4'S081°10.9'E 1.057 21° 287° 210 km 03m49.6s
10:5800°38.2'S082°33.8'E02°45.7'S084°29.3'E01°41.5'S083°29.1'E 1.056 19° 287° 205 km 03m41.2s
11:0001°00.6'S085°11.6'E03°13.0'S087°27.0'E02°06.0'S086°15.6'E 1.055 15° 287° 201 km 03m31.6s
11:0201°35.7'S088°32.1'E03°59.9'S091°33.6'E02°45.9'S089°54.7'E 1.053 11° 286° 195 km 03m19.9s
11:0402°42.9'S093°42.2'E - - 04°19.8'S096°43.4'E 1.051 286° 184 km 03m00.3s
Limits04°27.2'S100°17.6'E06°05.7'S100°08.0'E05°16.2'S100°12.6'E 1.050 - 180 km 02m51.4s

ΔT = 38584.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:16:34.609:33:30.311°30.3'S115°05.2'W 60.5° 336.5° 243.7 km05m43.57s
Greatest Duration20:22:42.209:39:37.910°11.0'S047°45.1'E 60.3° 330.0° 246.0 km05m44.17s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1663 May 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1663 May 18 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 38584.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2436.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.18°.

Acknowledgments

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

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