Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1643 Mar 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1643 Mar 20 . 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 1643 Mar 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°37.9'N087°25.3'E13°27.4'N087°41.7'E14°02.5'N087°33.6'E 1.033 - 130 km 01m48.0s
00:18 - - 13°30.1'N093°30.2'E14°02.4'N088°49.0'E 1.033 91° 131 km 01m50.3s
00:2014°52.6'N095°58.3'E13°47.6'N099°24.9'E14°20.4'N097°49.1'E 1.036 10° 93° 145 km 02m08.5s
00:2215°13.3'N100°24.6'E14°06.5'N102°59.3'E14°40.1'N101°45.0'E 1.037 15° 94° 151 km 02m17.7s
00:2415°34.1'N103°32.4'E14°25.9'N105°44.8'E15°00.2'N104°40.5'E 1.038 18° 95° 156 km 02m25.0s
00:2615°55.0'N106°03.7'E14°45.6'N108°03.2'E15°20.5'N107°04.9'E 1.039 21° 96° 160 km 02m31.4s
00:2816°16.0'N108°12.9'E15°05.5'N110°03.6'E15°40.9'N109°09.4'E 1.040 23° 97° 163 km 02m37.1s
00:3016°37.1'N110°06.7'E15°25.6'N111°51.1'E16°01.5'N110°59.9'E 1.040 25° 98° 166 km 02m42.4s
00:3216°58.2'N111°49.2'E15°45.9'N113°28.8'E16°22.2'N112°39.9'E 1.041 27° 99° 169 km 02m47.3s
00:3417°19.3'N113°23.0'E16°06.3'N114°58.7'E16°42.9'N114°11.6'E 1.042 29° 100° 171 km 02m51.9s
00:3617°40.5'N114°49.6'E16°26.7'N116°22.2'E17°03.7'N115°36.6'E 1.042 31° 101° 173 km 02m56.2s
00:3818°01.8'N116°10.5'E16°47.3'N117°40.5'E17°24.7'N116°56.1'E 1.042 33° 102° 175 km 03m00.3s
00:4018°23.1'N117°26.4'E17°08.0'N118°54.2'E17°45.7'N118°10.9'E 1.043 34° 103° 177 km 03m04.2s
00:4218°44.5'N118°38.2'E17°28.8'N120°04.0'E18°06.7'N119°21.7'E 1.043 36° 104° 179 km 03m08.0s
00:4419°05.9'N119°46.4'E17°49.6'N121°10.5'E18°27.8'N120°29.0'E 1.044 37° 105° 180 km 03m11.5s
00:4619°27.4'N120°51.5'E18°10.6'N122°14.1'E18°49.0'N121°33.3'E 1.044 38° 106° 182 km 03m14.9s
00:4819°48.9'N121°53.8'E18°31.6'N123°15.0'E19°10.3'N122°34.9'E 1.044 40° 107° 183 km 03m18.2s
00:5020°10.5'N122°53.7'E18°52.7'N124°13.7'E19°31.6'N123°34.1'E 1.045 41° 108° 184 km 03m21.3s
00:5220°32.1'N123°51.4'E19°13.8'N125°10.3'E19°53.0'N124°31.3'E 1.045 42° 109° 185 km 03m24.3s
00:5420°53.8'N124°47.2'E19°35.1'N126°05.0'E20°14.5'N125°26.5'E 1.045 43° 111° 186 km 03m27.2s
00:5621°15.5'N125°41.3'E19°56.4'N126°58.1'E20°36.0'N126°20.1'E 1.045 44° 112° 187 km 03m29.9s
00:5821°37.3'N126°33.8'E20°17.8'N127°49.7'E20°57.6'N127°12.1'E 1.046 45° 113° 188 km 03m32.5s
01:0021°59.2'N127°24.9'E20°39.2'N128°39.9'E21°19.2'N128°02.7'E 1.046 46° 115° 188 km 03m35.0s
01:0222°21.1'N128°14.7'E21°00.7'N129°28.9'E21°41.0'N128°52.1'E 1.046 47° 116° 189 km 03m37.4s
01:0422°43.1'N129°03.4'E21°22.3'N130°16.8'E22°02.7'N129°40.4'E 1.046 48° 117° 189 km 03m39.6s
01:0623°05.2'N129°51.0'E21°44.0'N131°03.7'E22°24.6'N130°27.7'E 1.046 49° 119° 190 km 03m41.8s
01:0823°27.3'N130°37.8'E22°05.8'N131°49.7'E22°46.5'N131°14.0'E 1.047 50° 120° 190 km 03m43.8s
01:1023°49.4'N131°23.6'E22°27.6'N132°34.8'E23°08.5'N131°59.5'E 1.047 51° 122° 190 km 03m45.8s
01:1224°11.7'N132°08.8'E22°49.5'N133°19.3'E23°30.6'N132°44.3'E 1.047 51° 124° 190 km 03m47.6s
01:1424°34.0'N132°53.2'E23°11.4'N134°03.0'E23°52.7'N133°28.4'E 1.047 52° 125° 190 km 03m49.3s
01:1624°56.4'N133°37.1'E23°33.5'N134°46.2'E24°14.9'N134°11.9'E 1.047 53° 127° 190 km 03m50.9s
01:1825°18.9'N134°20.4'E23°55.6'N135°28.8'E24°37.2'N134°54.9'E 1.047 53° 129° 190 km 03m52.4s
01:2025°41.4'N135°03.3'E24°17.8'N136°11.0'E24°59.6'N135°37.4'E 1.047 54° 131° 190 km 03m53.8s
01:2226°04.0'N135°45.7'E24°40.1'N136°52.8'E25°22.0'N136°19.5'E 1.047 55° 133° 190 km 03m55.0s
01:2426°26.7'N136°27.8'E25°02.4'N137°34.2'E25°44.5'N137°01.2'E 1.047 55° 135° 190 km 03m56.2s
01:2626°49.4'N137°09.7'E25°24.9'N138°15.3'E26°07.1'N137°42.7'E 1.048 56° 137° 190 km 03m57.3s
01:2827°12.3'N137°51.2'E25°47.4'N138°56.2'E26°29.8'N138°23.9'E 1.048 56° 139° 190 km 03m58.2s
01:3027°35.2'N138°32.6'E26°10.0'N139°36.8'E26°52.6'N139°04.9'E 1.048 56° 141° 190 km 03m59.1s
01:3227°58.2'N139°13.9'E26°32.7'N140°17.4'E27°15.4'N139°45.8'E 1.048 57° 143° 189 km 03m59.8s
01:3428°21.3'N139°55.1'E26°55.5'N140°57.8'E27°38.3'N140°26.6'E 1.048 57° 145° 189 km 04m00.5s
01:3628°44.5'N140°36.2'E27°18.3'N141°38.2'E28°01.4'N141°07.4'E 1.048 57° 147° 189 km 04m01.0s
01:3829°07.8'N141°17.3'E27°41.3'N142°18.5'E28°24.5'N141°48.1'E 1.048 58° 150° 188 km 04m01.5s
01:4029°31.1'N141°58.5'E28°04.3'N142°58.9'E28°47.7'N142°28.9'E 1.048 58° 152° 188 km 04m01.8s
01:4229°54.6'N142°39.9'E28°27.5'N143°39.4'E29°10.9'N143°09.8'E 1.048 58° 154° 187 km 04m02.0s
01:4430°18.1'N143°21.3'E28°50.7'N144°20.0'E29°34.3'N143°50.8'E 1.048 58° 157° 187 km 04m02.2s
01:4630°41.8'N144°03.0'E29°14.0'N145°00.8'E29°57.8'N144°32.0'E 1.048 58° 159° 186 km 04m02.2s
01:4831°05.5'N144°44.9'E29°37.5'N145°41.8'E30°21.4'N145°13.4'E 1.048 58° 161° 186 km 04m02.1s
01:5031°29.4'N145°27.1'E30°01.0'N146°23.0'E30°45.1'N145°55.2'E 1.048 58° 164° 185 km 04m01.9s
01:5231°53.3'N146°09.6'E30°24.6'N147°04.6'E31°08.9'N146°37.2'E 1.048 58° 166° 185 km 04m01.6s
01:5432°17.4'N146°52.6'E30°48.4'N147°46.5'E31°32.8'N147°19.6'E 1.048 58° 168° 184 km 04m01.2s
01:5632°41.6'N147°36.0'E31°12.2'N148°28.8'E31°56.8'N148°02.5'E 1.048 57° 171° 184 km 04m00.7s
01:5833°05.9'N148°19.9'E31°36.2'N149°11.6'E32°20.9'N148°45.8'E 1.048 57° 173° 183 km 04m00.1s
02:0033°30.3'N149°04.3'E32°00.3'N149°54.9'E32°45.1'N149°29.7'E 1.048 57° 175° 183 km 03m59.4s
02:0233°54.8'N149°49.4'E32°24.4'N150°38.8'E33°09.5'N150°14.1'E 1.048 57° 178° 182 km 03m58.6s
02:0434°19.5'N150°35.1'E32°48.8'N151°23.3'E33°34.0'N150°59.2'E 1.048 56° 180° 181 km 03m57.7s
02:0634°44.2'N151°21.6'E33°13.2'N152°08.5'E33°58.6'N151°45.1'E 1.047 56° 182° 181 km 03m56.6s
02:0835°09.1'N152°08.9'E33°37.7'N152°54.4'E34°23.3'N152°31.7'E 1.047 55° 184° 180 km 03m55.5s
02:1035°34.1'N152°57.1'E34°02.4'N153°41.2'E34°48.1'N153°19.1'E 1.047 55° 187° 179 km 03m54.3s
02:1235°59.3'N153°46.2'E34°27.3'N154°28.8'E35°13.1'N154°07.5'E 1.047 54° 189° 179 km 03m52.9s
02:1436°24.6'N154°36.4'E34°52.2'N155°17.4'E35°38.2'N154°56.8'E 1.047 54° 191° 178 km 03m51.5s
02:1636°50.0'N155°27.7'E35°17.3'N156°07.0'E36°03.5'N155°47.3'E 1.047 53° 193° 177 km 03m49.9s
02:1837°15.6'N156°20.2'E35°42.6'N156°57.8'E36°28.9'N156°38.9'E 1.047 52° 195° 176 km 03m48.3s
02:2037°41.3'N157°14.0'E36°07.9'N157°49.7'E36°54.5'N157°31.8'E 1.047 52° 197° 176 km 03m46.5s
02:2238°07.2'N158°09.3'E36°33.5'N158°43.0'E37°20.2'N158°26.0'E 1.046 51° 199° 175 km 03m44.7s
02:2438°33.2'N159°06.0'E36°59.2'N159°37.7'E37°46.0'N159°21.7'E 1.046 50° 201° 174 km 03m42.7s
02:2638°59.4'N160°04.5'E37°25.0'N160°34.0'E38°12.1'N160°19.0'E 1.046 49° 203° 173 km 03m40.6s
02:2839°25.8'N161°04.7'E37°51.1'N161°31.9'E38°38.2'N161°18.1'E 1.046 48° 205° 172 km 03m38.4s
02:3039°52.3'N162°06.9'E38°17.3'N162°31.6'E39°04.6'N162°19.0'E 1.046 47° 207° 171 km 03m36.1s
02:3240°19.0'N163°11.3'E38°43.7'N163°33.4'E39°31.1'N163°22.0'E 1.045 46° 209° 170 km 03m33.7s
02:3440°45.9'N164°18.0'E39°10.2'N164°37.2'E39°57.9'N164°27.3'E 1.045 45° 211° 170 km 03m31.1s
02:3641°13.0'N165°27.2'E39°37.0'N165°43.4'E40°24.8'N165°34.9'E 1.045 44° 213° 169 km 03m28.5s
02:3841°40.2'N166°39.1'E40°03.9'N166°52.2'E40°51.9'N166°45.2'E 1.045 43° 214° 168 km 03m25.7s
02:4042°07.6'N167°54.2'E40°31.1'N168°03.7'E41°19.2'N167°58.5'E 1.044 42° 216° 167 km 03m22.8s
02:4242°35.3'N169°12.6'E40°58.5'N169°18.4'E41°46.7'N169°15.0'E 1.044 41° 218° 166 km 03m19.8s
02:4443°03.1'N170°34.7'E41°26.1'N170°36.5'E42°14.4'N170°35.0'E 1.044 40° 220° 164 km 03m16.7s
02:4643°31.2'N172°01.0'E41°53.9'N171°58.3'E42°42.3'N171°59.0'E 1.044 39° 222° 163 km 03m13.4s
02:4843°59.5'N173°31.9'E42°22.0'N173°24.4'E43°10.5'N173°27.4'E 1.043 37° 224° 162 km 03m10.0s
02:5044°28.0'N175°08.0'E42°50.3'N174°55.2'E43°38.9'N175°00.8'E 1.043 36° 226° 161 km 03m06.4s
02:5244°56.7'N176°50.1'E43°18.9'N176°31.4'E44°07.6'N176°39.9'E 1.042 34° 228° 160 km 03m02.7s
02:5445°25.7'N178°39.1'E43°47.8'N178°13.8'E44°36.5'N178°25.4'E 1.042 33° 230° 158 km 02m58.8s
02:5645°54.9'N179°24.1'W44°16.9'N179°56.8'W45°05.7'N179°41.6'W 1.042 31° 232° 157 km 02m54.7s
02:5846°24.4'N177°17.9'W44°46.4'N177°59.1'W45°35.2'N177°39.8'W 1.041 30° 234° 155 km 02m50.3s
03:0046°54.2'N175°00.5'W45°16.2'N175°51.6'W46°05.0'N175°27.6'W 1.041 28° 236° 154 km 02m45.8s
03:0247°24.2'N172°29.4'W45°46.4'N173°32.1'W46°35.1'N173°02.5'W 1.040 26° 239° 152 km 02m40.9s
03:0447°54.5'N169°40.8'W46°17.0'N170°57.9'W47°05.6'N170°21.5'W 1.039 24° 242° 150 km 02m35.7s
03:0648°25.2'N166°29.2'W46°48.0'N168°04.5'W47°36.4'N167°19.5'W 1.039 21° 244° 148 km 02m30.1s
03:0848°56.1'N162°45.1'W47°19.6'N164°45.2'W48°07.7'N163°48.6'W 1.038 19° 248° 145 km 02m23.9s
03:1049°27.4'N158°10.0'W47°51.8'N160°47.6'W48°39.5'N159°33.9'W 1.037 15° 251° 142 km 02m16.8s
03:1249°59.1'N151°55.0'W48°24.9'N155°45.1'W49°12.0'N154°00.2'W 1.036 11° 256° 139 km 02m08.2s
03:14 - - 48°59.7'N148°06.2'W49°46.0'N144°25.0'W 1.034 264° 132 km 01m54.9s
Limits50°29.5'N136°49.5'W49°20.9'N137°05.2'W49°55.1'N136°57.4'W 1.032 - 127 km 01m45.7s

ΔT = 58.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:47:17.701:46:18.930°01.5'N144°23.8'E 58.0° 159.4° 186.4 km04m02.17s
Greatest Duration01:46:20.801:45:22.029°50.4'N144°18.9'E 58.0° 158.3° 186.6 km04m02.18s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1643 Mar 20 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 58.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 13.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.06°.

Acknowledgments

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

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