Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1672 May 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1672 May 27 . 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 -1672 May 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits58°09.5'S004°12.8'W60°28.1'S001°43.3'W59°18.2'S003°02.6'W 1.058 - 290 km 03m27.1s
08:1652°44.9'S008°21.4'E - - 57°38.8'S001°02.4'E 1.058 49° 293 km 03m34.8s
08:1850°42.7'S012°36.3'E59°12.5'S001°23.1'E53°52.6'S009°32.1'E 1.060 41° 299 km 03m54.0s
08:2049°09.6'S015°43.1'E55°11.5'S010°28.3'E51°51.7'S013°44.3'E 1.062 12° 37° 303 km 04m05.1s
08:2247°52.0'S018°15.0'E53°09.1'S014°44.2'E50°19.3'S016°50.1'E 1.062 15° 34° 307 km 04m13.9s
08:2446°44.6'S020°24.8'E51°36.1'S017°51.6'E49°02.3'S019°21.4'E 1.063 17° 32° 311 km 04m21.6s
08:2645°44.4'S022°19.3'E50°18.9'S020°24.0'E47°55.3'S021°31.0'E 1.064 19° 30° 314 km 04m28.4s
08:2844°49.9'S024°02.4'E49°12.0'S022°34.3'E46°55.7'S023°25.3'E 1.064 21° 27° 318 km 04m34.6s
08:3044°00.0'S025°36.6'E48°12.5'S024°29.3'E46°01.7'S025°08.4'E 1.065 22° 25° 321 km 04m40.3s
08:3243°13.7'S027°03.8'E47°18.7'S026°13.0'E45°12.2'S026°42.7'E 1.065 23° 24° 324 km 04m45.6s
08:3442°30.7'S028°25.2'E46°29.4'S027°47.8'E44°26.5'S028°10.0'E 1.065 25° 22° 327 km 04m50.5s
08:3641°50.4'S029°41.8'E45°44.0'S029°15.7'E43°43.9'S029°31.6'E 1.066 26° 20° 330 km 04m55.2s
08:3841°12.5'S030°54.3'E45°01.7'S030°37.8'E43°04.1'S030°48.4'E 1.066 27° 18° 334 km 04m59.5s
08:4040°36.8'S032°03.4'E44°22.3'S031°55.2'E42°26.8'S032°01.3'E 1.066 28° 17° 337 km 05m03.5s
08:4240°03.0'S033°09.5'E43°45.3'S033°08.6'E41°51.6'S033°10.7'E 1.067 29° 15° 340 km 05m07.3s
08:4439°31.0'S034°13.0'E43°10.5'S034°18.6'E41°18.3'S034°17.1'E 1.067 29° 13° 343 km 05m10.9s
08:4639°00.6'S035°14.3'E42°37.7'S035°25.6'E40°46.8'S035°21.1'E 1.067 30° 12° 346 km 05m14.2s
08:4838°31.7'S036°13.6'E42°06.7'S036°30.2'E40°17.0'S036°22.8'E 1.067 31° 10° 349 km 05m17.3s
08:5038°04.2'S037°11.2'E41°37.3'S037°32.5'E39°48.7'S037°22.6'E 1.068 32° 352 km 05m20.1s
08:5237°38.1'S038°07.3'E41°09.4'S038°33.0'E39°21.7'S038°20.7'E 1.068 32° 355 km 05m22.8s
08:5437°13.1'S039°02.1'E40°43.0'S039°31.9'E38°56.1'S039°17.4'E 1.068 33° 358 km 05m25.2s
08:5636°49.4'S039°55.8'E40°18.0'S040°29.3'E38°31.8'S040°12.8'E 1.068 33° 360 km 05m27.5s
08:5836°26.7'S040°48.4'E39°54.1'S041°25.5'E38°08.6'S041°07.1'E 1.068 34° 363 km 05m29.5s
09:0036°05.2'S041°40.2'E39°31.5'S042°20.6'E37°46.6'S042°00.4'E 1.068 34° 366 km 05m31.3s
09:0235°44.6'S042°31.2'E39°10.1'S043°14.8'E37°25.6'S042°52.9'E 1.068 34° 359° 368 km 05m33.0s
09:0435°25.1'S043°21.6'E38°49.7'S044°08.2'E37°05.7'S043°44.7'E 1.068 35° 357° 371 km 05m34.4s
09:0635°06.5'S044°11.4'E38°30.4'S045°01.0'E36°46.8'S044°35.9'E 1.068 35° 356° 373 km 05m35.6s
09:0834°48.8'S045°00.9'E38°12.1'S045°53.2'E36°28.8'S045°26.7'E 1.069 35° 354° 375 km 05m36.6s
09:1034°32.0'S045°50.0'E37°54.8'S046°45.1'E36°11.8'S046°17.1'E 1.069 35° 353° 377 km 05m37.5s
09:1234°16.2'S046°38.8'E37°38.5'S047°36.7'E35°55.8'S047°07.2'E 1.069 35° 351° 379 km 05m38.1s
09:1434°01.2'S047°27.5'E37°23.1'S048°28.0'E35°40.6'S047°57.1'E 1.069 36° 349° 381 km 05m38.5s
09:1633°47.1'S048°16.2'E37°08.7'S049°19.3'E35°26.4'S048°47.0'E 1.069 36° 348° 382 km 05m38.7s
09:1833°33.8'S049°04.8'E36°55.2'S050°10.5'E35°13.0'S049°36.8'E 1.069 35° 346° 384 km 05m38.7s
09:2033°21.4'S049°53.6'E36°42.6'S051°01.9'E35°00.5'S050°26.8'E 1.069 35° 345° 385 km 05m38.5s
09:2233°09.9'S050°42.5'E36°31.0'S051°53.5'E34°49.0'S051°17.0'E 1.069 35° 343° 386 km 05m38.1s
09:2432°59.2'S051°31.7'E36°20.2'S052°45.4'E34°38.2'S052°07.4'E 1.069 35° 342° 386 km 05m37.5s
09:2632°49.3'S052°21.3'E36°10.4'S053°37.7'E34°28.4'S052°58.3'E 1.069 35° 340° 387 km 05m36.7s
09:2832°40.4'S053°11.3'E36°01.5'S054°30.5'E34°19.5'S053°49.6'E 1.068 35° 339° 387 km 05m35.7s
09:3032°32.3'S054°01.9'E35°53.6'S055°24.0'E34°11.5'S054°41.5'E 1.068 34° 337° 387 km 05m34.4s
09:3232°25.1'S054°53.1'E35°46.6'S056°18.2'E34°04.4'S055°34.1'E 1.068 34° 336° 386 km 05m33.0s
09:3432°18.8'S055°45.0'E35°40.6'S057°13.3'E33°58.2'S056°27.5'E 1.068 34° 334° 386 km 05m31.3s
09:3632°13.5'S056°37.8'E35°35.6'S058°09.5'E33°53.1'S057°21.8'E 1.068 33° 333° 385 km 05m29.4s
09:3832°09.1'S057°31.6'E35°31.7'S059°06.8'E33°48.9'S058°17.2'E 1.068 33° 331° 383 km 05m27.3s
09:4032°05.7'S058°26.5'E35°28.9'S060°05.5'E33°45.8'S059°13.9'E 1.068 32° 330° 382 km 05m25.0s
09:4232°03.3'S059°22.7'E35°27.3'S061°05.8'E33°43.8'S060°11.9'E 1.068 32° 328° 380 km 05m22.5s
09:4432°02.1'S060°20.4'E35°26.8'S062°07.8'E33°42.9'S061°11.6'E 1.067 31° 327° 378 km 05m19.7s
09:4632°02.0'S061°19.6'E35°27.7'S063°11.9'E33°43.2'S062°13.1'E 1.067 30° 325° 375 km 05m16.7s
09:4832°03.1'S062°20.8'E35°29.9'S064°18.4'E33°44.8'S063°16.6'E 1.067 29° 324° 373 km 05m13.4s
09:5032°05.5'S063°24.0'E35°33.7'S065°27.5'E33°47.8'S064°22.5'E 1.067 29° 322° 370 km 05m09.9s
09:5232°09.3'S064°29.6'E35°39.1'S066°39.8'E33°52.3'S065°31.1'E 1.067 28° 321° 367 km 05m06.1s
09:5432°14.6'S065°38.0'E35°46.3'S067°55.8'E33°58.5'S066°42.9'E 1.066 27° 319° 363 km 05m02.0s
09:5632°21.6'S066°49.6'E35°55.6'S069°16.1'E34°06.5'S067°58.4'E 1.066 26° 318° 359 km 04m57.6s
09:5832°30.4'S068°04.9'E36°07.2'S070°41.6'E34°16.5'S069°18.2'E 1.066 24° 316° 355 km 04m52.9s
10:0032°41.3'S069°24.6'E36°21.6'S072°13.5'E34°29.0'S070°43.2'E 1.065 23° 315° 351 km 04m47.9s
10:0232°54.7'S070°49.5'E36°39.3'S073°53.2'E34°44.1'S072°14.4'E 1.065 22° 313° 346 km 04m42.5s
10:0433°10.8'S072°20.8'E37°01.1'S075°43.2'E35°02.6'S073°53.6'E 1.064 20° 312° 341 km 04m36.6s
10:0633°30.2'S073°59.9'E37°28.2'S077°46.9'E35°25.2'S075°42.8'E 1.064 19° 310° 336 km 04m30.2s
10:0833°53.8'S075°49.3'E38°02.8'S080°10.3'E35°53.1'S077°45.6'E 1.063 17° 308° 330 km 04m23.1s
10:1034°22.9'S077°52.4'E38°48.9'S083°05.5'E36°28.4'S080°07.9'E 1.063 15° 306° 324 km 04m15.1s
10:1234°59.5'S080°15.1'E39°57.8'S087°05.2'E37°15.1'S083°01.3'E 1.062 12° 304° 317 km 04m05.7s
10:1435°47.8'S083°09.3'E - - 38°24.2'S086°56.7'E 1.061 301° 308 km 03m53.7s
Limits40°13.6'S096°51.4'E42°54.1'S096°13.5'E41°32.6'S096°33.3'E 1.058 - 291 km 03m28.4s

ΔT = 38783.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:02:08.509:15:45.035°28.1'S113°21.7'W 35.5° 348.1° 382.2 km05m38.68s
Greatest Duration20:03:29.309:17:05.835°18.9'S049°14.3'E 35.5° 347.0° 383.1 km05m38.73s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1672 May 27

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1672 May 27 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 38783.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2468.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.31°.

Acknowledgments

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

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