Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1703 Jan 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1703 Jan 12 . 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 -1703 Jan 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits44°25.8'N027°50.4'E43°41.0'N027°24.4'E44°03.3'N027°37.3'E 1.020 - 88 km 01m16.9s
06:0242°23.1'N032°02.9'E39°22.9'N035°57.3'E40°42.4'N034°23.1'E 1.022 129° 96 km 01m28.6s
06:0439°12.4'N038°24.0'E37°10.5'N040°12.6'E38°09.7'N039°22.4'E 1.023 11° 132° 102 km 01m38.7s
06:0637°25.4'N041°54.4'E35°37.9'N043°09.7'E36°30.8'N042°34.2'E 1.024 14° 135° 107 km 01m45.9s
06:0836°04.4'N044°33.4'E34°23.9'N045°31.4'E35°13.6'N045°03.8'E 1.025 17° 137° 111 km 01m51.9s
06:1034°57.8'N046°44.8'E33°21.4'N047°31.8'E34°09.1'N047°09.3'E 1.026 19° 138° 114 km 01m57.2s
06:1234°00.6'N048°38.5'E32°27.0'N049°17.6'E33°13.4'N048°58.9'E 1.026 21° 140° 117 km 02m02.1s
06:1433°10.3'N050°19.6'E31°38.6'N050°52.7'E32°24.1'N050°36.9'E 1.027 23° 141° 119 km 02m06.5s
06:1632°25.3'N051°51.3'E30°55.1'N052°19.7'E31°39.9'N052°06.1'E 1.027 24° 143° 122 km 02m10.6s
06:1831°44.7'N053°15.5'E30°15.5'N053°40.2'E30°59.8'N053°28.4'E 1.028 26° 144° 124 km 02m14.5s
06:2031°07.6'N054°33.8'E29°39.2'N054°55.2'E30°23.2'N054°45.0'E 1.028 27° 146° 127 km 02m18.2s
06:2230°33.6'N055°47.1'E29°05.9'N056°05.9'E29°49.6'N055°56.9'E 1.028 29° 147° 129 km 02m21.6s
06:2430°02.3'N056°56.3'E28°35.0'N057°12.8'E29°18.5'N057°05.0'E 1.029 30° 148° 131 km 02m24.9s
06:2629°33.3'N058°02.0'E28°06.4'N058°16.5'E28°49.7'N058°09.6'E 1.029 31° 150° 133 km 02m28.0s
06:2829°06.4'N059°04.7'E27°39.8'N059°17.3'E28°23.0'N059°11.3'E 1.029 32° 151° 135 km 02m30.9s
06:3028°41.4'N060°04.7'E27°15.0'N060°15.8'E27°58.1'N060°10.5'E 1.030 33° 152° 137 km 02m33.7s
06:3228°18.2'N061°02.4'E26°51.9'N061°12.1'E27°34.9'N061°07.5'E 1.030 34° 154° 139 km 02m36.3s
06:3427°56.5'N061°58.1'E26°30.4'N062°06.5'E27°13.3'N062°02.6'E 1.030 35° 155° 140 km 02m38.8s
06:3627°36.3'N062°52.0'E26°10.3'N062°59.2'E26°53.2'N062°55.9'E 1.030 36° 156° 142 km 02m41.2s
06:3827°17.5'N063°44.3'E25°51.6'N063°50.5'E26°34.4'N063°47.6'E 1.030 36° 158° 144 km 02m43.4s
06:4027°00.0'N064°35.2'E25°34.1'N064°40.5'E26°16.9'N064°38.0'E 1.031 37° 159° 145 km 02m45.5s
06:4226°43.7'N065°24.9'E25°17.8'N065°29.2'E26°00.7'N065°27.2'E 1.031 38° 160° 147 km 02m47.5s
06:4426°28.6'N066°13.4'E25°02.7'N066°16.9'E25°45.5'N066°15.3'E 1.031 38° 162° 148 km 02m49.3s
06:4626°14.5'N067°00.9'E24°48.6'N067°03.7'E25°31.5'N067°02.4'E 1.031 39° 163° 149 km 02m51.0s
06:4826°01.6'N067°47.5'E24°35.7'N067°49.6'E25°18.5'N067°48.7'E 1.031 39° 164° 151 km 02m52.6s
06:5025°49.6'N068°33.3'E24°23.7'N068°34.8'E25°06.5'N068°34.2'E 1.031 40° 166° 152 km 02m54.0s
06:5225°38.6'N069°18.4'E24°12.7'N069°19.3'E24°55.6'N069°19.0'E 1.031 40° 167° 153 km 02m55.4s
06:5425°28.6'N070°02.9'E24°02.6'N070°03.2'E24°45.5'N070°03.2'E 1.031 41° 169° 154 km 02m56.5s
06:5625°19.5'N070°46.9'E23°53.5'N070°46.7'E24°36.4'N070°46.9'E 1.032 41° 170° 155 km 02m57.6s
06:5825°11.2'N071°30.4'E23°45.3'N071°29.7'E24°28.2'N071°30.1'E 1.032 41° 172° 156 km 02m58.5s
07:0025°03.9'N072°13.5'E23°37.9'N072°12.3'E24°20.8'N072°12.9'E 1.032 42° 173° 156 km 02m59.3s
07:0224°57.4'N072°56.2'E23°31.4'N072°54.6'E24°14.4'N072°55.4'E 1.032 42° 174° 157 km 03m00.0s
07:0424°51.8'N073°38.7'E23°25.8'N073°36.6'E24°08.7'N073°37.7'E 1.032 42° 176° 157 km 03m00.5s
07:0624°47.0'N074°21.0'E23°21.0'N074°18.4'E24°04.0'N074°19.7'E 1.032 42° 177° 158 km 03m00.9s
07:0824°43.1'N075°03.1'E23°17.1'N075°00.1'E24°00.0'N075°01.6'E 1.032 42° 179° 158 km 03m01.2s
07:1024°39.9'N075°45.1'E23°13.9'N075°41.7'E23°56.9'N075°43.4'E 1.032 42° 180° 158 km 03m01.3s
07:1224°37.6'N076°27.1'E23°11.6'N076°23.3'E23°54.5'N076°25.2'E 1.032 42° 182° 158 km 03m01.4s
07:1424°36.1'N077°09.1'E23°10.2'N077°04.9'E23°53.1'N077°07.0'E 1.032 42° 183° 158 km 03m01.2s
07:1624°35.4'N077°51.2'E23°09.5'N077°46.5'E23°52.4'N077°48.8'E 1.032 42° 185° 158 km 03m01.0s
07:1824°35.5'N078°33.3'E23°09.7'N078°28.3'E23°52.5'N078°30.8'E 1.032 42° 186° 158 km 03m00.6s
07:2024°36.5'N079°15.7'E23°10.7'N079°10.3'E23°53.5'N079°12.9'E 1.032 42° 188° 158 km 03m00.1s
07:2224°38.3'N079°58.3'E23°12.5'N079°52.4'E23°55.3'N079°55.3'E 1.032 42° 189° 157 km 02m59.5s
07:2424°40.9'N080°41.2'E23°15.2'N080°34.9'E23°58.0'N080°38.0'E 1.032 42° 191° 157 km 02m58.7s
07:2624°44.4'N081°24.5'E23°18.7'N081°17.7'E24°01.5'N081°21.0'E 1.031 41° 192° 156 km 02m57.8s
07:2824°48.8'N082°08.2'E23°23.2'N082°00.9'E24°05.9'N082°04.5'E 1.031 41° 194° 155 km 02m56.7s
07:3024°54.0'N082°52.4'E23°28.5'N082°44.6'E24°11.2'N082°48.4'E 1.031 41° 195° 154 km 02m55.6s
07:3225°00.2'N083°37.2'E23°34.7'N083°28.9'E24°17.4'N083°32.9'E 1.031 40° 196° 153 km 02m54.3s
07:3425°07.3'N084°22.6'E23°41.9'N084°13.7'E24°24.5'N084°18.0'E 1.031 40° 198° 152 km 02m52.9s
07:3625°15.4'N085°08.7'E23°50.0'N084°59.2'E24°32.6'N085°03.8'E 1.031 39° 199° 151 km 02m51.3s
07:3825°24.4'N085°55.7'E23°59.2'N085°45.6'E24°41.7'N085°50.4'E 1.031 39° 201° 150 km 02m49.6s
07:4025°34.5'N086°43.6'E24°09.3'N086°32.8'E24°51.9'N086°38.0'E 1.031 38° 202° 148 km 02m47.8s
07:4225°45.7'N087°32.5'E24°20.6'N087°20.9'E25°03.1'N087°26.5'E 1.030 38° 203° 147 km 02m45.9s
07:4425°58.1'N088°22.6'E24°33.0'N088°10.2'E25°15.4'N088°16.2'E 1.030 37° 205° 145 km 02m43.8s
07:4626°11.6'N089°14.0'E24°46.6'N089°00.7'E25°29.0'N089°07.1'E 1.030 36° 206° 144 km 02m41.6s
07:4826°26.5'N090°06.8'E25°01.4'N089°52.5'E25°43.8'N089°59.4'E 1.030 35° 207° 142 km 02m39.2s
07:5026°42.6'N091°01.3'E25°17.6'N090°45.9'E26°00.0'N090°53.3'E 1.030 35° 209° 140 km 02m36.8s
07:5227°00.3'N091°57.5'E25°35.2'N091°41.0'E26°17.6'N091°49.0'E 1.029 34° 210° 138 km 02m34.1s
07:5427°19.5'N092°55.9'E25°54.3'N092°38.0'E26°36.8'N092°46.7'E 1.029 33° 211° 136 km 02m31.4s
07:5627°40.4'N093°56.6'E26°15.1'N093°37.3'E26°57.6'N093°46.6'E 1.029 32° 212° 134 km 02m28.5s
07:5828°03.1'N095°00.0'E26°37.7'N094°39.0'E27°20.3'N094°49.1'E 1.029 31° 214° 132 km 02m25.4s
08:0028°27.9'N096°06.6'E27°02.3'N095°43.5'E27°45.0'N095°54.6'E 1.028 30° 215° 130 km 02m22.2s
08:0228°55.1'N097°16.7'E27°29.1'N096°51.4'E28°11.9'N097°03.6'E 1.028 28° 216° 128 km 02m18.8s
08:0429°24.9'N098°31.0'E27°58.4'N098°03.2'E28°41.5'N098°16.6'E 1.028 27° 218° 125 km 02m15.2s
08:0629°57.7'N099°50.4'E28°30.6'N099°19.5'E29°13.9'N099°34.4'E 1.027 26° 219° 123 km 02m11.4s
08:0830°34.0'N101°16.0'E29°06.1'N100°41.3'E29°49.8'N100°58.0'E 1.027 24° 220° 120 km 02m07.4s
08:1031°14.7'N102°49.2'E29°45.5'N102°09.9'E30°29.9'N102°28.8'E 1.026 23° 222° 118 km 02m03.2s
08:1232°00.7'N104°32.1'E30°29.8'N103°47.1'E31°15.0'N104°08.7'E 1.026 21° 223° 115 km 01m58.6s
08:1432°53.8'N106°28.3'E31°20.3'N105°35.4'E32°06.6'N106°00.7'E 1.025 19° 225° 111 km 01m53.6s
08:1633°56.5'N108°43.3'E32°19.0'N107°39.1'E33°07.2'N108°09.7'E 1.024 16° 226° 108 km 01m48.1s
08:1835°14.4'N111°28.3'E33°29.9'N110°05.8'E34°21.3'N110°44.9'E 1.024 14° 228° 104 km 01m41.9s
08:2037°01.4'N115°12.5'E35°01.0'N113°12.6'E35°59.2'N114°07.9'E 1.022 10° 231° 99 km 01m34.3s
08:22 - - 37°21.2'N117°58.3'E38°49.0'N119°58.6'E 1.021 235° 91 km 01m22.6s
Limits41°30.9'N124°39.7'E40°46.8'N125°01.2'E41°08.8'N124°50.6'E 1.019 - 85 km 01m14.3s

ΔT = 39484.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:09:50.607:11:46.523°54.8'N088°37.6'W 42.5° 181.7° 158.5 km03m01.37s
Greatest Duration18:09:15.207:11:11.123°55.4'N076°08.2'E 42.5° 181.3° 158.4 km03m01.37s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1703 Jan 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1703 Jan 12 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 39484.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2578.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.77°.

Acknowledgments

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

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