Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1690 May 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1690 May 17 . 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 -1690 May 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits68°12.8'S115°32.3'E70°45.3'S122°08.6'E69°29.4'S118°30.2'E 1.059 - 381 km 03m30.7s
01:0260°26.3'S133°23.8'E - - 65°20.8'S128°16.6'E 1.061 33° 385 km 03m47.2s
01:0458°44.1'S136°45.1'E70°34.5'S122°34.9'E62°34.8'S134°01.9'E 1.062 27° 389 km 03m59.1s
01:0657°19.4'S139°26.6'E65°13.6'S134°10.7'E60°41.2'S137°44.2'E 1.063 12° 23° 393 km 04m07.6s
01:0856°06.0'S141°43.8'E62°58.1'S138°33.4'E59°10.2'S140°36.6'E 1.064 14° 20° 397 km 04m14.6s
01:1055°00.6'S143°44.3'E61°16.4'S141°43.6'E57°52.6'S143°00.5'E 1.064 16° 17° 401 km 04m20.7s
01:1254°01.4'S145°32.7'E59°52.3'S144°17.7'E56°44.3'S145°05.8'E 1.065 17° 15° 405 km 04m26.0s
01:1453°07.0'S147°11.7'E58°39.5'S146°29.7'E55°43.0'S146°57.7'E 1.065 18° 13° 409 km 04m30.8s
01:1652°16.8'S148°43.4'E57°34.9'S148°26.5'E54°47.0'S148°39.6'E 1.066 20° 10° 413 km 04m35.2s
01:1851°29.9'S150°09.1'E56°36.6'S150°12.2'E53°55.5'S150°13.7'E 1.066 21° 417 km 04m39.1s
01:2050°46.1'S151°30.0'E55°43.2'S151°49.4'E53°07.7'S151°41.5'E 1.066 22° 422 km 04m42.8s
01:2250°04.8'S152°46.8'E54°54.0'S153°19.9'E52°23.1'S153°04.3'E 1.067 22° 426 km 04m46.1s
01:2449°25.8'S154°00.3'E54°08.2'S154°45.1'E51°41.3'S154°22.9'E 1.067 23° 430 km 04m49.1s
01:2648°49.0'S155°10.8'E53°25.5'S156°05.9'E51°02.0'S155°38.0'E 1.067 24° 434 km 04m51.9s
01:2848°14.0'S156°18.9'E52°45.5'S157°23.1'E50°24.8'S156°50.2'E 1.067 25° 359° 439 km 04m54.3s
01:3047°40.8'S157°24.9'E52°07.9'S158°37.4'E49°49.7'S157°59.9'E 1.067 25° 357° 443 km 04m56.6s
01:3247°09.2'S158°29.1'E51°32.4'S159°49.1'E49°16.4'S159°07.6'E 1.068 26° 355° 447 km 04m58.6s
01:3446°39.1'S159°31.9'E50°58.9'S160°58.8'E48°44.9'S160°13.5'E 1.068 26° 354° 451 km 05m00.4s
01:3646°10.5'S160°33.3'E50°27.2'S162°06.8'E48°14.9'S161°18.0'E 1.068 26° 352° 455 km 05m01.9s
01:3845°43.2'S161°33.8'E49°57.2'S163°13.4'E47°46.4'S162°21.2'E 1.068 27° 350° 459 km 05m03.3s
01:4045°17.1'S162°33.4'E49°28.8'S164°18.8'E47°19.3'S163°23.5'E 1.068 27° 349° 463 km 05m04.4s
01:4244°52.3'S163°32.3'E49°02.0'S165°23.4'E46°53.6'S164°25.1'E 1.068 27° 347° 467 km 05m05.3s
01:4444°28.7'S164°30.7'E48°36.5'S166°27.4'E46°29.2'S165°26.0'E 1.068 27° 345° 470 km 05m05.9s
01:4644°06.2'S165°28.8'E48°12.4'S167°30.9'E46°06.0'S166°26.6'E 1.068 27° 344° 473 km 05m06.4s
01:4843°44.9'S166°26.7'E47°49.7'S168°34.2'E45°44.0'S167°27.0'E 1.068 27° 342° 476 km 05m06.6s
01:5043°24.6'S167°24.6'E47°28.3'S169°37.5'E45°23.2'S168°27.3'E 1.068 27° 340° 479 km 05m06.7s
01:5243°05.4'S168°22.5'E47°08.1'S170°40.9'E45°03.6'S169°27.8'E 1.068 27° 339° 482 km 05m06.5s
01:5442°47.2'S169°20.7'E46°49.2'S171°44.8'E44°45.1'S170°28.6'E 1.068 27° 337° 484 km 05m06.1s
01:5642°30.2'S170°19.3'E46°31.6'S172°49.1'E44°27.7'S171°29.8'E 1.068 27° 335° 485 km 05m05.4s
01:5842°14.1'S171°18.4'E46°15.2'S173°54.3'E44°11.5'S172°31.7'E 1.068 27° 334° 487 km 05m04.6s
02:0041°59.2'S172°18.3'E46°00.0'S175°00.5'E43°56.5'S173°34.4'E 1.068 27° 332° 487 km 05m03.5s
02:0241°45.3'S173°19.0'E45°46.2'S176°07.9'E43°42.6'S174°38.1'E 1.068 26° 330° 488 km 05m02.2s
02:0441°32.5'S174°20.8'E45°33.7'S177°16.8'E43°29.9'S175°43.1'E 1.068 26° 329° 487 km 05m00.6s
02:0641°20.9'S175°23.9'E45°22.5'S178°27.6'E43°18.5'S176°49.6'E 1.068 25° 327° 487 km 04m58.9s
02:0841°10.4'S176°28.5'E45°12.8'S179°40.6'E43°08.4'S177°57.9'E 1.067 25° 326° 485 km 04m56.8s
02:1041°01.2'S177°34.9'E45°04.7'S179°03.8'W42°59.5'S179°08.3'E 1.067 24° 324° 484 km 04m54.5s
02:1240°53.2'S178°43.3'E44°58.1'S177°45.2'W42°52.2'S179°38.8'W 1.067 24° 322° 481 km 04m52.0s
02:1440°46.6'S179°54.1'E44°53.4'S176°22.8'W42°46.3'S178°23.0'W 1.067 23° 321° 478 km 04m49.1s
02:1640°41.5'S178°52.3'W44°50.7'S174°55.9'W42°42.2'S177°03.8'W 1.067 22° 319° 474 km 04m46.0s
02:1840°38.0'S177°35.5'W44°50.2'S173°23.6'W42°39.9'S175°40.4'W 1.066 21° 317° 470 km 04m42.5s
02:2040°36.2'S176°14.7'W44°52.3'S171°44.4'W42°39.7'S174°12.1'W 1.066 20° 316° 465 km 04m38.7s
02:2240°36.4'S174°49.2'W44°57.5'S169°56.6'W42°41.8'S172°37.6'W 1.066 19° 314° 459 km 04m34.6s
02:2440°38.9'S173°18.1'W45°06.7'S167°57.3'W42°46.8'S170°55.5'W 1.065 18° 312° 453 km 04m29.9s
02:2640°44.0'S171°40.0'W45°21.1'S165°42.0'W42°55.3'S169°03.5'W 1.065 16° 310° 446 km 04m24.8s
02:2840°52.3'S169°52.9'W45°42.9'S163°02.5'W43°08.2'S166°58.2'W 1.064 15° 308° 438 km 04m19.0s
02:3041°04.6'S167°54.1'W46°17.4'S159°40.5'W43°27.2'S164°33.7'W 1.064 13° 306° 429 km 04m12.3s
02:3241°22.2'S165°38.9'W47°23.8'S154°27.6'W43°55.6'S161°38.7'W 1.063 11° 303° 418 km 04m04.4s
02:3441°47.7'S162°58.9'W - - 44°42.0'S157°42.9'W 1.062 300° 406 km 03m54.2s
Limits45°25.4'S147°41.5'W48°57.5'S148°21.9'W47°08.3'S147°59.5'W 1.060 - 381 km 03m31.6s

ΔT = 39185.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:41:22.601:48:17.245°40.9'S003°52.5'E 27.4° 341.6° 476.8 km05m06.66s
Greatest Duration12:42:19.001:49:13.645°31.1'S168°04.0'E 27.4° 340.9° 478.1 km05m06.68s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1690 May 17

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1690 May 17 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 39185.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2531.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.58°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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