Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1687 Mar 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1687 Mar 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1687 Mar 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
Limits48°15.5'S090°39.4'W51°03.8'S092°29.0'W49°39.0'S091°32.6'W 0.929 - 333 km 04m45.9s
11:4449°56.2'S076°12.4'W - - 50°33.5'S084°24.4'W 0.930 97° 324 km 04m52.1s
11:4650°20.5'S070°40.5'W52°08.9'S083°27.1'W51°24.4'S075°28.6'W 0.932 11° 89° 313 km 05m00.8s
11:4850°33.1'S066°24.3'W52°52.2'S074°57.9'W51°45.1'S070°01.9'W 0.932 14° 84° 306 km 05m06.5s
11:5050°39.4'S062°49.0'W53°09.9'S069°31.3'W51°55.3'S065°45.5'W 0.933 17° 81° 301 km 05m11.2s
11:5250°41.4'S059°40.5'W53°17.9'S065°12.3'W51°59.6'S062°08.6'W 0.934 20° 77° 297 km 05m15.3s
11:5450°40.4'S056°51.5'W53°20.3'S061°32.2'W51°59.8'S058°58.0'W 0.934 22° 74° 293 km 05m19.1s
11:5650°37.0'S054°17.4'W53°18.9'S058°18.4'W51°57.2'S056°06.7'W 0.935 24° 71° 290 km 05m22.6s
11:5850°31.6'S051°55.4'W53°14.6'S055°23.9'W51°52.2'S053°30.4'W 0.935 26° 68° 287 km 05m25.8s
12:0050°24.7'S049°43.3'W53°08.2'S052°44.6'W51°45.5'S051°06.1'W 0.936 27° 66° 284 km 05m28.9s
12:0250°16.4'S047°39.7'W53°00.0'S050°17.5'W51°37.1'S048°51.9'W 0.936 29° 63° 281 km 05m31.8s
12:0450°07.0'S045°43.3'W52°50.3'S048°00.7'W51°27.5'S046°46.2'W 0.936 31° 61° 279 km 05m34.6s
12:0649°56.6'S043°53.4'W52°39.3'S045°52.6'W51°16.8'S044°48.0'W 0.937 32° 59° 277 km 05m37.2s
12:0849°45.3'S042°09.1'W52°27.3'S043°52.1'W51°05.1'S042°56.2'W 0.937 33° 56° 275 km 05m39.7s
12:1049°33.2'S040°29.8'W52°14.3'S041°58.3'W50°52.6'S041°10.2'W 0.937 35° 54° 273 km 05m42.1s
12:1249°20.4'S038°55.1'W52°00.6'S040°10.3'W50°39.3'S039°29.4'W 0.937 36° 52° 271 km 05m44.5s
12:1449°07.0'S037°24.6'W51°46.1'S038°27.7'W50°25.4'S037°53.2'W 0.938 37° 50° 270 km 05m46.7s
12:1648°53.0'S035°57.8'W51°31.0'S036°49.8'W50°10.9'S036°21.2'W 0.938 38° 48° 268 km 05m48.8s
12:1848°38.5'S034°34.5'W51°15.3'S035°16.3'W49°55.8'S034°53.2'W 0.938 39° 46° 267 km 05m50.9s
12:2048°23.5'S033°14.3'W50°59.0'S033°46.8'W49°40.2'S033°28.6'W 0.938 40° 44° 266 km 05m52.9s
12:2248°08.0'S031°57.2'W50°42.4'S032°20.9'W49°24.1'S032°07.3'W 0.938 41° 42° 265 km 05m54.8s
12:2447°52.2'S030°42.7'W50°25.3'S030°58.4'W49°07.7'S030°49.1'W 0.939 42° 40° 263 km 05m56.6s
12:2647°36.0'S029°30.9'W50°07.8'S029°38.9'W48°50.9'S029°33.7'W 0.939 43° 38° 262 km 05m58.3s
12:2847°19.5'S028°21.4'W49°49.9'S028°22.4'W48°33.7'S028°20.8'W 0.939 44° 36° 262 km 06m00.0s
12:3047°02.6'S027°14.1'W49°31.8'S027°08.6'W48°16.2'S027°10.4'W 0.939 45° 34° 261 km 06m01.6s
12:3246°45.4'S026°08.9'W49°13.3'S025°57.2'W47°58.4'S026°02.3'W 0.939 46° 32° 260 km 06m03.1s
12:3446°28.0'S025°05.6'W48°54.6'S024°48.2'W47°40.3'S024°56.3'W 0.939 47° 30° 259 km 06m04.6s
12:3646°10.3'S024°04.2'W48°35.6'S023°41.4'W47°22.0'S023°52.3'W 0.940 47° 28° 259 km 06m05.9s
12:3845°52.4'S023°04.5'W48°16.3'S022°36.6'W47°03.4'S022°50.2'W 0.940 48° 26° 258 km 06m07.3s
12:4045°34.2'S022°06.5'W47°56.9'S021°33.7'W46°44.7'S021°49.8'W 0.940 49° 24° 258 km 06m08.5s
12:4245°15.8'S021°09.9'W47°37.3'S020°32.6'W46°25.7'S020°51.1'W 0.940 50° 22° 257 km 06m09.7s
12:4444°57.2'S020°14.9'W47°17.4'S019°33.3'W46°06.5'S019°54.0'W 0.940 50° 20° 257 km 06m10.8s
12:4644°38.4'S019°21.1'W46°57.4'S018°35.5'W45°47.1'S018°58.3'W 0.940 51° 18° 256 km 06m11.8s
12:4844°19.4'S018°28.7'W46°37.2'S017°39.2'W45°27.5'S018°04.0'W 0.940 51° 16° 256 km 06m12.8s
12:5044°00.3'S017°37.5'W46°16.9'S016°44.4'W45°07.8'S017°11.1'W 0.940 52° 14° 256 km 06m13.7s
12:5243°41.0'S016°47.4'W45°56.4'S015°50.8'W44°47.9'S016°19.3'W 0.940 53° 11° 256 km 06m14.6s
12:5443°21.5'S015°58.4'W45°35.8'S014°58.6'W44°27.9'S015°28.8'W 0.940 53° 256 km 06m15.4s
12:5643°01.9'S015°10.5'W45°15.0'S014°07.5'W44°07.7'S014°39.3'W 0.941 54° 256 km 06m16.1s
12:5842°42.1'S014°23.5'W44°54.1'S013°17.5'W43°47.4'S013°50.9'W 0.941 54° 256 km 06m16.8s
13:0042°22.2'S013°37.4'W44°33.1'S012°28.6'W43°26.9'S013°03.4'W 0.941 54° 256 km 06m17.4s
13:0242°02.2'S012°52.2'W44°12.0'S011°40.6'W43°06.4'S012°16.9'W 0.941 55° 256 km 06m17.9s
13:0441°42.0'S012°07.8'W43°50.8'S010°53.6'W42°45.7'S011°31.2'W 0.941 55° 359° 256 km 06m18.4s
13:0641°21.7'S011°24.2'W43°29.5'S010°07.5'W42°24.9'S010°46.3'W 0.941 55° 356° 256 km 06m18.8s
13:0841°01.2'S010°41.2'W43°08.0'S009°22.1'W42°03.9'S010°02.2'W 0.941 56° 354° 256 km 06m19.1s
13:1040°40.7'S009°59.0'W42°46.5'S008°37.6'W41°42.9'S009°18.9'W 0.941 56° 352° 257 km 06m19.4s
13:1240°20.0'S009°17.4'W42°24.9'S007°53.7'W41°21.8'S008°36.2'W 0.941 56° 350° 257 km 06m19.7s
13:1439°59.2'S008°36.4'W42°03.2'S007°10.6'W41°00.5'S007°54.1'W 0.941 56° 348° 257 km 06m19.8s
13:1639°38.3'S007°55.9'W41°41.3'S006°28.0'W40°39.2'S007°12.6'W 0.941 56° 345° 258 km 06m19.9s
13:1839°17.3'S007°15.9'W41°19.5'S005°46.0'W40°17.7'S006°31.7'W 0.941 57° 343° 258 km 06m20.0s
13:2038°56.2'S006°36.4'W40°57.5'S005°04.6'W39°56.2'S005°51.2'W 0.941 57° 341° 259 km 06m20.0s
13:2238°34.9'S005°57.4'W40°35.4'S004°23.6'W39°34.5'S005°11.2'W 0.941 57° 339° 259 km 06m19.9s
13:2438°13.6'S005°18.7'W40°13.2'S003°43.1'W39°12.8'S004°31.7'W 0.941 57° 337° 260 km 06m19.8s
13:2637°52.1'S004°40.4'W39°51.0'S003°03.0'W38°51.0'S003°52.5'W 0.941 57° 334° 261 km 06m19.6s
13:2837°30.6'S004°02.5'W39°28.7'S002°23.2'W38°29.0'S003°13.7'W 0.941 56° 332° 261 km 06m19.3s
13:3037°08.9'S003°24.8'W39°06.3'S001°43.8'W38°07.0'S002°35.1'W 0.941 56° 330° 262 km 06m19.0s
13:3236°47.1'S002°47.4'W38°43.8'S001°04.7'W37°44.9'S001°56.9'W 0.941 56° 328° 263 km 06m18.7s
13:3436°25.3'S002°10.2'W38°21.2'S000°25.8'W37°22.6'S001°18.9'W 0.941 56° 326° 264 km 06m18.3s
13:3636°03.3'S001°33.2'W37°58.5'S000°12.9'E37°00.3'S000°41.0'W 0.941 56° 324° 265 km 06m17.8s
13:3835°41.2'S000°56.3'W37°35.8'S000°51.4'E36°37.9'S000°03.4'W 0.941 56° 322° 266 km 06m17.3s
13:4035°19.0'S000°19.6'W37°12.9'S001°29.8'E36°15.4'S000°34.2'E 0.941 55° 320° 267 km 06m16.7s
13:4234°56.7'S000°17.0'E36°50.0'S002°08.0'E35°52.8'S001°11.6'E 0.941 55° 318° 268 km 06m16.1s
13:4434°34.2'S000°53.6'E36°27.0'S002°46.3'E35°30.0'S001°49.0'E 0.941 55° 316° 269 km 06m15.4s
13:4634°11.7'S001°30.2'E36°03.8'S003°24.5'E35°07.2'S002°26.4'E 0.941 54° 314° 270 km 06m14.6s
13:4833°49.0'S002°06.9'E35°40.6'S004°02.8'E34°44.3'S003°03.8'E 0.941 54° 312° 271 km 06m13.9s
13:5033°26.2'S002°43.5'E35°17.3'S004°41.2'E34°21.2'S003°41.3'E 0.940 53° 310° 272 km 06m13.0s
13:5233°03.3'S003°20.3'E34°53.9'S005°19.6'E33°58.0'S004°18.9'E 0.940 53° 308° 273 km 06m12.1s
13:5432°40.3'S003°57.3'E34°30.3'S005°58.3'E33°34.7'S004°56.7'E 0.940 52° 306° 275 km 06m11.1s
13:5632°17.1'S004°34.4'E34°06.7'S006°37.1'E33°11.3'S005°34.7'E 0.940 52° 305° 276 km 06m10.1s
13:5831°53.8'S005°11.8'E33°42.9'S007°16.3'E32°47.8'S006°12.9'E 0.940 51° 303° 277 km 06m09.1s
14:0031°30.3'S005°49.4'E33°19.0'S007°55.7'E32°24.1'S006°51.4'E 0.940 51° 301° 278 km 06m08.0s
14:0231°06.7'S006°27.4'E32°55.0'S008°35.5'E32°00.3'S007°30.3'E 0.940 50° 300° 280 km 06m06.8s
14:0430°43.0'S007°05.7'E32°30.8'S009°15.8'E31°36.4'S008°09.5'E 0.940 49° 298° 281 km 06m05.6s
14:0630°19.1'S007°44.5'E32°06.5'S009°56.6'E31°12.3'S008°49.2'E 0.940 49° 297° 283 km 06m04.3s
14:0829°55.0'S008°23.7'E31°42.1'S010°37.9'E30°48.0'S009°29.5'E 0.940 48° 295° 284 km 06m03.0s
14:1029°30.8'S009°03.5'E31°17.5'S011°19.8'E30°23.6'S010°10.3'E 0.939 47° 294° 286 km 06m01.6s
14:1229°06.3'S009°43.9'E30°52.7'S012°02.5'E29°59.0'S010°51.8'E 0.939 46° 292° 287 km 06m00.2s
14:1428°41.7'S010°25.0'E30°27.8'S012°45.9'E29°34.2'S011°34.0'E 0.939 46° 291° 289 km 05m58.7s
14:1628°16.9'S011°06.9'E30°02.6'S013°30.2'E29°09.3'S012°17.1'E 0.939 45° 289° 290 km 05m57.1s
14:1827°51.9'S011°49.6'E29°37.3'S014°15.6'E28°44.1'S013°01.0'E 0.939 44° 288° 292 km 05m55.5s
14:2027°26.6'S012°33.3'E29°11.7'S015°02.0'E28°18.7'S013°46.0'E 0.939 43° 287° 294 km 05m53.9s
14:2227°01.1'S013°18.0'E28°45.9'S015°49.6'E27°53.1'S014°32.1'E 0.938 42° 286° 295 km 05m52.1s
14:2426°35.4'S014°03.8'E28°19.9'S016°38.6'E27°27.2'S015°19.5'E 0.938 41° 284° 297 km 05m50.4s
14:2626°09.4'S014°50.9'E27°53.6'S017°29.2'E27°01.0'S016°08.2'E 0.938 40° 283° 298 km 05m48.5s
14:2825°43.1'S015°39.5'E27°26.9'S018°21.4'E26°34.5'S016°58.5'E 0.938 39° 282° 300 km 05m46.6s
14:3025°16.4'S016°29.7'E27°00.0'S019°15.6'E26°07.8'S017°50.5'E 0.938 38° 281° 302 km 05m44.6s
14:3224°49.5'S017°21.6'E26°32.7'S020°11.9'E25°40.6'S018°44.5'E 0.937 37° 280° 303 km 05m42.6s
14:3424°22.1'S018°15.5'E26°04.9'S021°10.6'E25°13.1'S019°40.7'E 0.937 35° 279° 305 km 05m40.5s
14:3623°54.3'S019°11.7'E25°36.8'S022°12.2'E24°45.1'S020°39.4'E 0.937 34° 278° 307 km 05m38.3s
14:3823°26.1'S020°10.4'E25°08.1'S023°16.9'E24°16.7'S021°40.9'E 0.937 33° 276° 308 km 05m36.0s
14:4022°57.3'S021°12.0'E24°38.9'S024°25.4'E23°47.7'S022°45.6'E 0.936 31° 275° 310 km 05m33.6s
14:4222°28.0'S022°16.9'E24°08.9'S025°38.2'E23°18.1'S023°54.1'E 0.936 30° 274° 312 km 05m31.1s
14:4421°58.0'S023°25.7'E23°38.2'S026°56.2'E22°47.8'S025°07.1'E 0.936 28° 273° 313 km 05m28.5s
14:4621°27.2'S024°39.1'E23°06.6'S028°20.5'E22°16.7'S026°25.4'E 0.935 27° 272° 315 km 05m25.8s
14:4820°55.6'S025°57.8'E22°33.8'S029°52.6'E21°44.5'S027°50.1'E 0.935 25° 271° 317 km 05m22.9s
14:5020°22.9'S027°23.2'E21°59.6'S031°34.7'E21°11.2'S029°22.8'E 0.934 23° 270° 318 km 05m19.9s
14:5219°48.9'S028°56.9'E21°23.5'S033°30.2'E20°36.3'S031°05.7'E 0.934 21° 269° 320 km 05m16.6s
14:5419°13.1'S030°41.2'E20°44.7'S035°45.0'E19°59.3'S033°02.6'E 0.933 19° 268° 322 km 05m13.0s
14:5618°35.2'S032°40.1'E20°01.7'S038°30.5'E19°19.4'S035°19.4'E 0.933 16° 267° 324 km 05m09.0s
14:5817°54.1'S035°00.1'E19°10.1'S042°18.3'E18°34.9'S038°08.8'E 0.932 13° 266° 326 km 05m04.3s
15:0017°07.6'S037°55.3'E - - 17°40.7'S042°06.2'E 0.931 264° 328 km 04m58.3s
Limits14°47.8'S049°56.2'E17°39.6'S051°15.1'E16°13.0'S050°34.9'E 0.929 - 333 km 04m47.2s

ΔT = 39122.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:14:28.413:22:26.239°29.8'S168°29.9'W 56.6° 338.3° 259.5 km06m19.88s
Greatest Duration00:10:40.413:18:38.240°10.9'S006°18.7'W 56.5° 342.5° 258.5 km06m19.98s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1687 Mar 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 39122.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2521.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.53°.

Acknowledgments

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

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