Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1777 Jan 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1777 Jan 21 . 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 -1777 Jan 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits46°32.1'S064°42.9'E50°35.3'S058°01.0'E48°31.4'S061°33.8'E 0.912 - 652 km 05m23.2s
00:1654°54.7'S081°00.0'E - - 52°36.9'S069°41.4'E 0.914 119° 639 km 05m32.4s
00:1856°21.5'S083°45.2'E - - 55°02.4'S074°16.5'E 0.914 11° 115° 627 km 05m38.1s
00:2057°38.3'S086°13.7'E53°40.3'S064°09.4'E56°50.2'S077°38.5'E 0.915 13° 112° 617 km 05m42.3s
00:2258°47.9'S088°31.1'E56°35.6'S069°39.5'E58°20.6'S080°28.8'E 0.916 15° 109° 608 km 05m45.9s
00:2459°52.0'S090°41.3'E58°33.9'S073°17.7'E59°40.2'S083°01.3'E 0.916 17° 106° 600 km 05m49.1s
00:2660°51.6'S092°46.5'E60°10.7'S076°16.6'E60°52.3'S085°22.6'E 0.916 19° 103° 592 km 05m51.9s
00:2861°47.6'S094°48.2'E61°35.2'S078°54.8'E61°58.7'S087°36.7'E 0.917 20° 100° 585 km 05m54.6s
00:3062°40.3'S096°47.7'E62°51.4'S081°20.6'E63°00.6'S089°45.8'E 0.917 22° 98° 578 km 05m57.0s
00:3263°30.3'S098°46.0'E64°01.3'S083°38.6'E63°58.6'S091°52.0'E 0.917 23° 95° 572 km 05m59.3s
00:3464°17.8'S100°43.9'E65°06.4'S085°51.7'E64°53.4'S093°56.4'E 0.918 24° 92° 566 km 06m01.4s
00:3665°02.9'S102°41.9'E66°07.5'S088°02.1'E65°45.3'S096°00.2'E 0.918 25° 90° 560 km 06m03.5s
00:3865°46.0'S104°40.7'E67°05.2'S090°11.2'E66°34.7'S098°04.3'E 0.918 26° 87° 555 km 06m05.4s
00:4066°27.0'S106°40.6'E67°59.9'S092°20.4'E67°21.7'S100°09.4'E 0.918 27° 84° 550 km 06m07.2s
00:4267°06.1'S108°42.2'E68°51.9'S094°30.7'E68°06.5'S102°16.2'E 0.919 28° 81° 545 km 06m08.9s
00:4467°43.4'S110°45.9'E69°41.6'S096°43.1'E68°49.2'S104°25.2'E 0.919 29° 78° 541 km 06m10.5s
00:4668°18.9'S112°51.8'E70°28.9'S098°58.4'E69°30.0'S106°37.1'E 0.919 30° 75° 537 km 06m12.0s
00:4868°52.6'S115°00.5'E71°14.2'S101°17.4'E70°08.8'S108°52.2'E 0.919 31° 72° 533 km 06m13.4s
00:5069°24.6'S117°12.0'E71°57.3'S103°40.9'E70°45.7'S111°11.1'E 0.919 31° 69° 529 km 06m14.7s
00:5269°54.8'S119°26.7'E72°38.4'S106°09.7'E71°20.7'S113°34.2'E 0.919 32° 66° 526 km 06m16.0s
00:5470°23.3'S121°44.7'E73°17.6'S108°44.4'E71°53.9'S116°01.9'E 0.920 32° 62° 523 km 06m17.2s
00:5670°50.0'S124°06.2'E73°54.6'S111°25.7'E72°25.2'S118°34.4'E 0.920 33° 59° 520 km 06m18.3s
00:5871°15.0'S126°31.3'E74°29.6'S114°14.4'E72°54.5'S121°12.1'E 0.920 34° 55° 517 km 06m19.3s
01:0071°38.2'S129°00.0'E75°02.5'S117°10.9'E73°21.8'S123°55.2'E 0.920 34° 52° 515 km 06m20.3s
01:0271°59.5'S131°32.4'E75°33.1'S120°15.7'E73°47.1'S126°43.7'E 0.920 34° 48° 513 km 06m21.2s
01:0472°18.9'S134°08.3'E76°01.5'S123°29.3'E74°10.3'S129°37.9'E 0.920 35° 44° 511 km 06m22.0s
01:0672°36.4'S136°47.6'E76°27.4'S126°51.9'E74°31.3'S132°37.5'E 0.920 35° 40° 509 km 06m22.7s
01:0872°52.0'S139°30.2'E76°50.8'S130°23.5'E74°50.1'S135°42.4'E 0.920 36° 36° 507 km 06m23.4s
01:1073°05.6'S142°15.8'E77°11.5'S134°04.0'E75°06.6'S138°52.4'E 0.920 36° 31° 506 km 06m24.0s
01:1273°17.1'S145°04.0'E77°29.4'S137°52.9'E75°20.8'S142°06.9'E 0.920 36° 27° 504 km 06m24.5s
01:1473°26.6'S147°54.5'E77°44.4'S141°49.4'E75°32.5'S145°25.5'E 0.920 36° 23° 503 km 06m25.0s
01:1673°34.0'S150°46.8'E77°56.3'S145°52.5'E75°41.7'S148°47.4'E 0.920 37° 18° 502 km 06m25.4s
01:1873°39.3'S153°40.5'E78°05.1'S150°00.8'E75°48.3'S152°11.8'E 0.920 37° 14° 502 km 06m25.7s
01:2073°42.5'S156°34.9'E78°10.7'S154°12.7'E75°52.4'S155°37.8'E 0.920 37° 501 km 06m25.9s
01:2273°43.6'S159°29.6'E78°13.0'S158°26.5'E75°54.0'S159°04.5'E 0.920 37° 501 km 06m26.1s
01:2473°42.5'S162°24.0'E78°12.0'S162°40.1'E75°52.9'S162°31.0'E 0.920 37° 501 km 06m26.2s
01:2673°39.4'S165°17.5'E78°07.8'S166°51.7'E75°49.3'S165°56.1'E 0.920 37° 356° 501 km 06m26.3s
01:2873°34.1'S168°09.6'E78°00.5'S170°59.4'E75°43.2'S169°19.0'E 0.920 37° 351° 501 km 06m26.2s
01:3073°26.9'S170°59.7'E77°50.0'S175°01.6'E75°34.7'S172°38.9'E 0.920 37° 347° 501 km 06m26.1s
01:3273°17.6'S173°47.5'E77°36.6'S178°57.0'E75°23.7'S175°54.9'E 0.920 37° 342° 502 km 06m26.0s
01:3473°06.3'S176°32.5'E77°20.4'S177°15.5'W75°10.4'S179°06.4'E 0.920 37° 338° 502 km 06m25.7s
01:3672°53.2'S179°14.3'E77°01.4'S173°36.7'W74°54.9'S177°47.2'W 0.920 37° 334° 503 km 06m25.4s
01:3872°38.1'S178°07.4'W76°40.0'S170°07.1'W74°37.2'S174°46.2'W 0.920 36° 330° 504 km 06m25.0s
01:4072°21.3'S175°32.7'W76°16.2'S166°46.9'W74°17.4'S171°50.9'W 0.920 36° 326° 505 km 06m24.6s
01:4272°02.7'S173°01.9'W75°50.1'S163°36.0'W73°55.7'S169°01.4'W 0.920 36° 322° 507 km 06m24.1s
01:4471°42.4'S170°35.0'W75°21.9'S160°34.4'W73°32.0'S166°17.9'W 0.920 36° 318° 508 km 06m23.5s
01:4671°20.5'S168°12.1'W74°51.8'S157°41.5'W73°06.6'S163°40.2'W 0.920 35° 314° 510 km 06m22.8s
01:4870°57.0'S165°53.1'W74°19.9'S154°56.9'W72°39.4'S161°08.2'W 0.920 35° 311° 512 km 06m22.1s
01:5070°31.9'S163°38.1'W73°46.1'S152°20.2'W72°10.5'S158°41.8'W 0.920 35° 307° 514 km 06m21.3s
01:5270°05.3'S161°26.9'W73°10.7'S149°50.8'W71°40.0'S156°20.6'W 0.920 34° 304° 517 km 06m20.5s
01:5469°37.2'S159°19.4'W72°33.6'S147°27.9'W71°08.0'S154°04.5'W 0.920 34° 301° 519 km 06m19.5s
01:5669°07.7'S157°15.4'W71°55.0'S145°11.2'W70°34.4'S151°53.0'W 0.920 33° 298° 522 km 06m18.5s
01:5868°36.8'S155°14.7'W71°14.8'S142°59.8'W69°59.3'S149°45.8'W 0.920 33° 295° 525 km 06m17.4s
02:0068°04.5'S153°17.2'W70°33.1'S140°53.2'W69°22.8'S147°42.6'W 0.919 32° 292° 528 km 06m16.3s
02:0267°30.7'S151°22.5'W69°49.8'S138°50.8'W68°44.7'S145°43.0'W 0.919 32° 289° 532 km 06m15.0s
02:0466°55.6'S149°30.5'W69°04.9'S136°51.9'W68°05.2'S143°46.5'W 0.919 31° 286° 536 km 06m13.7s
02:0666°19.1'S147°40.8'W68°18.3'S134°56.0'W67°24.2'S141°52.7'W 0.919 30° 283° 539 km 06m12.3s
02:0865°41.1'S145°53.2'W67°30.0'S133°02.3'W66°41.6'S140°01.3'W 0.919 29° 281° 544 km 06m10.9s
02:1065°01.7'S144°07.4'W66°39.9'S131°10.3'W65°57.3'S138°11.8'W 0.919 29° 278° 548 km 06m09.3s
02:1264°20.7'S142°22.9'W65°47.7'S129°19.2'W65°11.4'S136°23.6'W 0.919 28° 275° 553 km 06m07.6s
02:1463°38.1'S140°39.6'W64°53.3'S127°28.2'W64°23.6'S134°36.3'W 0.918 27° 273° 558 km 06m05.9s
02:1662°53.9'S138°56.9'W63°56.5'S125°36.5'W63°33.9'S132°49.3'W 0.918 26° 270° 563 km 06m04.1s
02:1862°07.8'S137°14.5'W62°56.8'S123°43.1'W62°42.0'S131°01.9'W 0.918 25° 268° 568 km 06m02.1s
02:2061°19.8'S135°31.8'W61°53.7'S121°46.5'W61°47.7'S129°13.5'W 0.918 24° 266° 574 km 06m00.0s
02:2260°29.7'S133°48.3'W60°46.6'S119°45.4'W60°50.6'S127°23.0'W 0.917 23° 263° 580 km 05m57.8s
02:2459°37.2'S132°03.3'W59°34.4'S117°37.2'W59°50.3'S125°29.5'W 0.917 21° 261° 587 km 05m55.5s
02:2658°41.9'S130°16.1'W58°15.6'S115°18.6'W58°46.2'S123°31.4'W 0.917 20° 258° 594 km 05m53.0s
02:2857°43.5'S128°25.5'W56°47.4'S112°43.6'W57°37.4'S121°26.8'W 0.916 18° 256° 601 km 05m50.3s
02:3056°41.4'S126°30.3'W55°04.3'S109°40.9'W56°22.4'S119°12.6'W 0.916 16° 253° 609 km 05m47.3s
02:3255°34.7'S124°28.4'W52°51.5'S105°39.0'W54°59.2'S116°44.1'W 0.915 14° 251° 617 km 05m44.0s
02:3454°22.1'S122°17.5'W - - 53°23.3'S113°52.3'W 0.915 12° 248° 626 km 05m40.2s
02:3653°01.6'S119°52.8'W - - 51°24.6'S110°15.8'W 0.914 244° 635 km 05m35.4s
02:3851°29.3'S117°06.5'W - - 48°14.3'S104°11.6'W 0.913 239° 647 km 05m28.0s
Limits44°06.7'S102°51.7'W48°15.4'S096°33.1'W46°08.4'S099°53.1'W 0.912 - 651 km 05m23.1s

ΔT = 41160.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:52:30.901:26:30.175°48.1'S005°11.2'W 37.0° 354.6° 500.7 km06m26.27s
Greatest Duration12:52:08.301:26:07.475°49.0'S166°08.8'E 37.0° 355.4° 500.6 km06m26.27s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1777 Jan 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1777 Jan 21 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 41160.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2848.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 11.90°.

Acknowledgments

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

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