Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1655 Aug 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1655 Aug 02 . 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 1655 Aug 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits06°24.6'N092°16.3'E04°47.6'N092°42.2'E05°36.2'N092°29.5'E 1.056 - 185 km 03m02.9s
23:5009°25.6'N102°10.5'E07°19.7'N101°12.3'E08°23.6'N101°45.1'E 1.059 10° 73° 196 km 03m28.5s
23:5210°31.8'N106°26.3'E08°30.2'N105°47.4'E09°31.5'N106°09.0'E 1.060 15° 74° 201 km 03m42.5s
23:5411°15.1'N109°35.4'E09°14.3'N109°02.5'E10°15.0'N109°20.7'E 1.062 19° 74° 205 km 03m53.4s
23:5611°46.7'N112°11.3'E09°45.8'N111°40.9'E10°46.5'N111°57.5'E 1.062 22° 75° 209 km 04m02.9s
23:5812°10.9'N114°26.4'E10°09.6'N113°56.7'E11°10.4'N114°12.8'E 1.063 24° 75° 212 km 04m11.4s
00:0012°29.6'N116°26.7'E10°28.0'N115°57.1'E11°29.0'N116°13.0'E 1.064 27° 76° 214 km 04m19.3s
00:0212°44.3'N118°16.0'E10°42.2'N117°45.9'E11°43.4'N118°02.0'E 1.065 29° 76° 217 km 04m26.7s
00:0412°55.6'N119°56.5'E10°53.1'N119°25.7'E11°54.4'N119°42.1'E 1.065 31° 76° 219 km 04m33.6s
00:0613°04.1'N121°30.0'E11°01.3'N120°58.2'E12°02.8'N121°15.0'E 1.066 33° 76° 221 km 04m40.2s
00:0813°10.4'N122°57.5'E11°07.1'N122°24.7'E12°08.8'N122°41.9'E 1.066 35° 76° 223 km 04m46.4s
00:1013°14.5'N124°20.0'E11°11.0'N123°46.0'E12°12.9'N124°03.7'E 1.067 37° 77° 225 km 04m52.4s
00:1213°16.9'N125°38.1'E11°13.2'N125°02.8'E12°15.1'N125°21.2'E 1.067 39° 77° 227 km 04m58.1s
00:1413°17.7'N126°52.4'E11°13.7'N126°15.8'E12°15.8'N126°34.8'E 1.068 40° 77° 229 km 05m03.6s
00:1613°17.1'N128°03.4'E11°12.9'N127°25.4'E12°15.1'N127°45.0'E 1.068 42° 77° 230 km 05m08.9s
00:1813°15.1'N129°11.3'E11°10.9'N128°31.9'E12°13.0'N128°52.2'E 1.068 43° 77° 232 km 05m14.0s
00:2013°12.0'N130°16.5'E11°07.6'N129°35.7'E12°09.8'N129°56.6'E 1.069 45° 77° 233 km 05m18.9s
00:2213°07.7'N131°19.2'E11°03.3'N130°37.1'E12°05.5'N130°58.6'E 1.069 46° 77° 235 km 05m23.5s
00:2413°02.4'N132°19.7'E10°58.0'N131°36.2'E12°00.2'N131°58.4'E 1.069 48° 76° 236 km 05m28.0s
00:2612°56.1'N133°18.1'E10°51.8'N132°33.2'E11°54.0'N132°56.1'E 1.070 49° 76° 237 km 05m32.4s
00:2812°48.9'N134°14.6'E10°44.8'N133°28.4'E11°46.9'N133°51.9'E 1.070 50° 76° 238 km 05m36.5s
00:3012°40.9'N135°09.4'E10°36.9'N134°21.8'E11°38.9'N134°45.9'E 1.070 52° 76° 240 km 05m40.5s
00:3212°32.1'N136°02.5'E10°28.2'N135°13.6'E11°30.2'N135°38.4'E 1.070 53° 75° 241 km 05m44.3s
00:3412°22.5'N136°54.1'E10°18.8'N136°04.0'E11°20.7'N136°29.4'E 1.071 54° 75° 242 km 05m47.9s
00:3612°12.2'N137°44.4'E10°08.8'N136°52.9'E11°10.5'N137°18.9'E 1.071 55° 75° 242 km 05m51.4s
00:3812°01.2'N138°33.3'E09°58.0'N137°40.6'E10°59.6'N138°07.2'E 1.071 57° 74° 243 km 05m54.7s
00:4011°49.5'N139°21.0'E09°46.6'N138°27.1'E10°48.1'N138°54.3'E 1.071 58° 73° 244 km 05m57.9s
00:4211°37.2'N140°07.6'E09°34.7'N139°12.4'E10°36.0'N139°40.2'E 1.072 59° 73° 245 km 06m00.9s
00:4411°24.3'N140°53.0'E09°22.1'N139°56.7'E10°23.3'N140°25.1'E 1.072 60° 72° 245 km 06m03.7s
00:4611°10.8'N141°37.5'E09°09.0'N140°40.0'E10°10.0'N141°08.9'E 1.072 61° 71° 246 km 06m06.4s
00:4810°56.8'N142°21.0'E08°55.3'N141°22.4'E09°56.1'N141°51.9'E 1.072 62° 70° 246 km 06m08.9s
00:5010°42.1'N143°03.6'E08°41.1'N142°03.9'E09°41.7'N142°33.9'E 1.072 63° 69° 247 km 06m11.2s
00:5210°27.0'N143°45.4'E08°26.4'N142°44.6'E09°26.8'N143°15.1'E 1.072 64° 68° 247 km 06m13.4s
00:5410°11.3'N144°26.3'E08°11.2'N143°24.6'E09°11.3'N143°55.5'E 1.072 65° 67° 248 km 06m15.5s
00:5609°55.1'N145°06.6'E07°55.5'N144°03.8'E08°55.4'N144°35.2'E 1.073 66° 66° 248 km 06m17.4s
00:5809°38.5'N145°46.1'E07°39.3'N144°42.3'E08°39.0'N145°14.2'E 1.073 67° 64° 248 km 06m19.1s
01:0009°21.3'N146°24.9'E07°22.6'N145°20.2'E08°22.1'N145°52.6'E 1.073 68° 62° 248 km 06m20.7s
01:0209°03.7'N147°03.1'E07°05.5'N145°57.6'E08°04.7'N146°30.4'E 1.073 69° 61° 248 km 06m22.1s
01:0408°45.6'N147°40.7'E06°48.0'N146°34.3'E07°46.9'N147°07.5'E 1.073 70° 59° 249 km 06m23.4s
01:0608°27.1'N148°17.8'E06°30.0'N147°10.5'E07°28.7'N147°44.2'E 1.073 70° 56° 249 km 06m24.6s
01:0808°08.1'N148°54.4'E06°11.6'N147°46.3'E07°10.0'N148°20.3'E 1.073 71° 54° 249 km 06m25.5s
01:1007°48.7'N149°30.4'E05°52.7'N148°21.6'E06°50.8'N148°56.0'E 1.073 72° 51° 249 km 06m26.4s
01:1207°28.9'N150°06.1'E05°33.4'N148°56.4'E06°31.3'N149°31.2'E 1.073 72° 49° 248 km 06m27.1s
01:1407°08.6'N150°41.3'E05°13.7'N149°30.9'E06°11.3'N150°06.0'E 1.073 73° 46° 248 km 06m27.6s
01:1606°47.9'N151°16.1'E04°53.6'N150°05.0'E05°50.9'N150°40.5'E 1.073 73° 42° 248 km 06m28.1s
01:1806°26.8'N151°50.5'E04°33.1'N150°38.8'E05°30.1'N151°14.6'E 1.073 74° 39° 248 km 06m28.3s
01:2006°05.3'N152°24.6'E04°12.2'N151°12.3'E05°08.9'N151°48.4'E 1.073 74° 36° 248 km 06m28.5s
01:2205°43.4'N152°58.4'E03°50.8'N151°45.5'E04°47.3'N152°21.9'E 1.073 74° 32° 247 km 06m28.5s
01:2405°21.1'N153°32.0'E03°29.1'N152°18.5'E04°25.2'N152°55.1'E 1.073 75° 28° 247 km 06m28.3s
01:2604°58.3'N154°05.3'E03°06.9'N152°51.2'E04°02.8'N153°28.1'E 1.073 75° 24° 247 km 06m28.1s
01:2804°35.2'N154°38.3'E02°44.3'N153°23.8'E03°39.9'N154°00.9'E 1.073 75° 20° 247 km 06m27.7s
01:3004°11.6'N155°11.2'E02°21.4'N153°56.2'E03°16.7'N154°33.6'E 1.073 75° 16° 246 km 06m27.1s
01:3203°47.7'N155°43.9'E01°58.0'N154°28.5'E02°53.0'N155°06.1'E 1.073 75° 12° 246 km 06m26.5s
01:3403°23.3'N156°16.5'E01°34.2'N155°00.6'E02°28.9'N155°38.4'E 1.073 74° 245 km 06m25.7s
01:3602°58.5'N156°49.0'E01°10.0'N155°32.7'E02°04.4'N156°10.7'E 1.073 74° 245 km 06m24.7s
01:3802°33.3'N157°21.5'E00°45.3'N156°04.8'E01°39.5'N156°43.0'E 1.073 74° 244 km 06m23.7s
01:4002°07.7'N157°53.8'E00°20.3'N156°36.8'E01°14.2'N157°15.2'E 1.073 73° 357° 244 km 06m22.5s
01:4201°41.7'N158°26.2'E00°05.2'S157°08.9'E00°48.5'N157°47.4'E 1.073 73° 354° 243 km 06m21.2s
01:4401°15.3'N158°58.6'E00°31.1'S157°41.0'E00°22.3'N158°19.6'E 1.073 72° 351° 243 km 06m19.8s
01:4600°48.4'N159°31.0'E00°57.4'S158°13.1'E00°04.3'S158°51.9'E 1.073 72° 348° 242 km 06m18.3s
01:4800°21.1'N160°03.5'E01°24.2'S158°45.4'E00°31.3'S159°24.2'E 1.073 71° 345° 242 km 06m16.7s
01:5000°06.6'S160°36.1'E01°51.4'S159°17.8'E00°58.8'S159°56.8'E 1.073 70° 343° 241 km 06m14.9s
01:5200°34.8'S161°08.9'E02°19.1'S159°50.4'E01°26.7'S160°29.4'E 1.073 69° 340° 241 km 06m13.0s
01:5401°03.5'S161°41.8'E02°47.3'S160°23.2'E01°55.1'S161°02.3'E 1.073 69° 338° 240 km 06m11.0s
01:5601°32.6'S162°15.0'E03°15.9'S160°56.2'E02°24.0'S161°35.4'E 1.073 68° 336° 239 km 06m09.0s
01:5802°02.2'S162°48.4'E03°45.0'S161°29.6'E02°53.3'S162°08.8'E 1.073 67° 334° 239 km 06m06.7s
02:0002°32.2'S163°22.1'E04°14.7'S162°03.2'E03°23.2'S162°42.5'E 1.072 66° 333° 238 km 06m04.4s
02:0203°02.8'S163°56.2'E04°44.8'S162°37.3'E03°53.5'S163°16.5'E 1.072 65° 331° 238 km 06m02.0s
02:0403°33.9'S164°30.7'E05°15.5'S163°11.8'E04°24.4'S163°51.0'E 1.072 64° 330° 237 km 05m59.5s
02:0604°05.5'S165°05.6'E05°46.7'S163°46.7'E04°55.8'S164°25.9'E 1.072 63° 328° 236 km 05m56.8s
02:0804°37.6'S165°41.0'E06°18.5'S164°22.2'E05°27.7'S165°01.3'E 1.072 62° 327° 236 km 05m54.1s
02:1005°10.3'S166°17.0'E06°50.8'S164°58.2'E06°00.3'S165°37.3'E 1.072 61° 326° 235 km 05m51.2s
02:1205°43.6'S166°53.5'E07°23.8'S165°34.9'E06°33.4'S166°14.0'E 1.071 60° 325° 234 km 05m48.2s
02:1406°17.5'S167°30.8'E07°57.3'S166°12.3'E07°07.1'S166°51.3'E 1.071 59° 323° 233 km 05m45.2s
02:1606°52.1'S168°08.8'E08°31.6'S166°50.5'E07°41.5'S167°29.4'E 1.071 58° 322° 233 km 05m42.0s
02:1807°27.3'S168°47.6'E09°06.5'S167°29.6'E08°16.6'S168°08.3'E 1.071 56° 321° 232 km 05m38.7s
02:2008°03.2'S169°27.3'E09°42.1'S168°09.6'E08°52.3'S168°48.2'E 1.071 55° 320° 231 km 05m35.3s
02:2208°39.8'S170°08.1'E10°18.5'S168°50.7'E09°28.8'S169°29.1'E 1.070 54° 320° 230 km 05m31.8s
02:2409°17.2'S170°49.9'E10°55.7'S169°32.9'E10°06.1'S170°11.1'E 1.070 53° 319° 229 km 05m28.2s
02:2609°55.4'S171°33.0'E11°33.7'S170°16.4'E10°44.2'S170°54.3'E 1.070 52° 318° 228 km 05m24.5s
02:2810°34.5'S172°17.4'E12°12.6'S171°01.3'E11°23.1'S171°39.0'E 1.070 50° 317° 227 km 05m20.6s
02:3011°14.4'S173°03.4'E12°52.4'S171°47.7'E12°03.0'S172°25.2'E 1.069 49° 316° 226 km 05m16.6s
02:3211°55.4'S173°50.9'E13°33.2'S172°35.9'E12°43.9'S173°13.0'E 1.069 48° 316° 225 km 05m12.5s
02:3412°37.4'S174°40.4'E14°15.2'S173°26.0'E13°25.8'S174°02.8'E 1.069 46° 315° 224 km 05m08.3s
02:3613°20.5'S175°31.9'E14°58.2'S174°18.2'E14°08.9'S174°54.6'E 1.068 45° 314° 223 km 05m03.9s
02:3814°04.8'S176°25.7'E15°42.6'S175°12.9'E14°53.3'S175°48.8'E 1.068 43° 313° 222 km 04m59.4s
02:4014°50.5'S177°22.1'E16°28.3'S176°10.2'E15°39.0'S176°45.7'E 1.068 42° 313° 221 km 04m54.8s
02:4215°37.7'S178°21.5'E17°15.5'S177°10.7'E16°26.2'S177°45.6'E 1.067 40° 312° 220 km 04m50.0s
02:4416°26.5'S179°24.2'E18°04.5'S178°14.7'E17°15.0'S178°48.9'E 1.067 38° 311° 218 km 04m45.0s
02:4617°17.1'S179°29.1'W18°55.3'S179°22.7'E18°05.7'S179°56.2'E 1.066 37° 310° 217 km 04m39.8s
02:4818°09.7'S178°18.0'W19°48.2'S179°24.5'W18°58.5'S178°51.9'W 1.066 35° 309° 215 km 04m34.4s
02:5019°04.8'S177°01.5'W20°43.6'S178°06.2'W19°53.6'S177°34.5'W 1.065 33° 309° 214 km 04m28.7s
02:5220°02.5'S175°38.6'W21°41.8'S176°41.1'W20°51.6'S176°10.6'W 1.065 31° 308° 212 km 04m22.8s
02:5421°03.5'S174°07.9'W22°43.5'S175°07.7'W21°52.9'S174°38.7'W 1.064 29° 307° 210 km 04m16.6s
02:5622°08.5'S172°27.6'W23°49.2'S173°24.1'W22°58.2'S172°56.7'W 1.063 27° 306° 208 km 04m10.0s
02:5823°18.5'S170°34.6'W25°00.3'S171°26.9'W24°08.7'S171°01.8'W 1.063 24° 305° 206 km 04m02.8s
03:0024°35.0'S168°24.6'W26°18.4'S169°11.2'W25°25.9'S168°49.2'W 1.062 21° 303° 203 km 03m55.1s
03:0226°00.8'S165°49.7'W27°46.6'S166°28.0'W26°52.8'S166°10.5'W 1.061 18° 302° 200 km 03m46.4s
03:0427°41.5'S162°34.0'W29°31.5'S162°57.9'W28°35.4'S162°48.3'W 1.060 14° 300° 197 km 03m36.2s
03:0629°53.0'S157°51.1'W31°54.5'S157°37.5'W30°51.8'S157°49.2'W 1.058 297° 192 km 03m22.7s
Limits33°42.3'S147°55.4'W35°15.8'S148°35.0'W34°29.0'S148°15.2'W 1.055 - 183 km 03m01.2s

ΔT = 40.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:28:35.701:27:54.903°40.9'N153°49.3'E 74.8° 20.1° 246.5 km06m27.67s
Greatest Duration01:21:38.801:20:57.904°58.5'N152°04.6'E 74.3° 33.7° 247.6 km06m28.49s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1655 Aug 02 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 40.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 11.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.05°.

Acknowledgments

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

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