Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1672 Aug 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1672 Aug 22 . 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 1672 Aug 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits58°49.5'N172°51.1'W58°18.6'N172°17.0'W58°34.0'N172°33.9'W 1.015 - 66 km 00m49.1s
16:1660°36.0'N163°37.4'W60°46.7'N157°48.7'W60°45.2'N160°28.1'W 1.017 78° 73 km 00m58.2s
16:1862°11.3'N151°42.0'W61°47.3'N148°09.1'W62°00.3'N149°51.9'W 1.019 12° 88° 79 km 01m06.3s
16:2062°48.5'N143°57.1'W62°12.3'N141°09.4'W62°30.9'N142°30.8'W 1.020 16° 95° 82 km 01m11.9s
16:2263°04.4'N137°42.1'W62°21.0'N135°23.4'W62°43.1'N136°30.8'W 1.020 19° 101° 85 km 01m16.6s
16:2463°07.9'N132°20.6'W62°19.7'N130°24.1'W62°44.0'N131°20.7'W 1.021 21° 107° 87 km 01m20.7s
16:2663°03.1'N127°36.7'W62°11.2'N125°58.7'W62°37.3'N126°46.3'W 1.022 23° 111° 89 km 01m24.4s
16:2862°52.1'N123°21.8'W61°57.6'N121°59.9'W62°25.0'N122°39.6'W 1.022 25° 116° 91 km 01m27.8s
16:3062°36.4'N119°30.6'W61°39.9'N118°22.8'W62°08.2'N118°55.6'W 1.023 27° 120° 93 km 01m30.9s
16:3262°17.1'N115°59.3'W61°19.1'N115°03.9'W61°48.1'N115°30.7'W 1.023 29° 124° 94 km 01m33.9s
16:3461°54.7'N112°45.0'W60°55.6'N112°00.9'W61°25.2'N112°22.1'W 1.024 31° 127° 95 km 01m36.6s
16:3661°29.9'N109°45.6'W60°30.1'N109°11.5'W61°00.0'N109°27.9'W 1.024 32° 131° 96 km 01m39.2s
16:3861°03.2'N106°59.3'W60°02.8'N106°34.3'W60°33.0'N106°46.2'W 1.024 34° 134° 98 km 01m41.7s
16:4060°34.7'N104°24.6'W59°34.1'N104°07.8'W60°04.4'N104°15.7'W 1.025 35° 137° 99 km 01m44.1s
16:4260°04.9'N102°00.4'W59°04.2'N101°51.0'W59°34.5'N101°55.3'W 1.025 36° 140° 100 km 01m46.3s
16:4459°33.9'N099°45.6'W58°33.3'N099°42.9'W59°03.5'N099°43.9'W 1.025 38° 143° 101 km 01m48.4s
16:4659°02.0'N097°39.2'W58°01.5'N097°42.6'W58°31.7'N097°40.6'W 1.026 39° 146° 101 km 01m50.4s
16:4858°29.2'N095°40.5'W57°28.9'N095°49.4'W57°59.0'N095°44.7'W 1.026 40° 148° 102 km 01m52.3s
16:5057°55.8'N093°48.8'W56°55.8'N094°02.6'W57°25.7'N093°55.5'W 1.026 41° 151° 103 km 01m54.2s
16:5257°21.7'N092°03.4'W56°22.1'N092°21.8'W56°51.9'N092°12.5'W 1.026 42° 153° 104 km 01m55.9s
16:5456°47.2'N090°23.8'W55°48.0'N090°46.3'W56°17.6'N090°35.0'W 1.027 43° 156° 105 km 01m57.5s
16:5656°12.2'N088°49.6'W55°13.6'N089°15.8'W55°42.8'N089°02.6'W 1.027 44° 159° 105 km 01m59.1s
16:5855°36.9'N087°20.2'W54°38.8'N087°49.8'W55°07.8'N087°35.0'W 1.027 45° 161° 106 km 02m00.6s
17:0055°01.3'N085°55.3'W54°03.7'N086°27.9'W54°32.4'N086°11.6'W 1.027 46° 163° 107 km 02m02.0s
17:0254°25.4'N084°34.5'W53°28.4'N085°09.9'W53°56.9'N084°52.2'W 1.027 47° 166° 107 km 02m03.3s
17:0453°49.3'N083°17.5'W52°52.9'N083°55.5'W53°21.1'N083°36.5'W 1.028 48° 168° 108 km 02m04.5s
17:0653°13.0'N082°04.0'W52°17.3'N082°44.3'W52°45.1'N082°24.2'W 1.028 48° 170° 108 km 02m05.7s
17:0852°36.6'N080°53.7'W51°41.4'N081°36.2'W52°09.0'N081°15.0'W 1.028 49° 173° 109 km 02m06.8s
17:1052°00.0'N079°46.5'W51°05.5'N080°30.9'W51°32.7'N080°08.7'W 1.028 50° 175° 110 km 02m07.8s
17:1251°23.3'N078°41.9'W50°29.5'N079°28.1'W50°56.4'N079°05.1'W 1.028 50° 177° 110 km 02m08.7s
17:1450°46.6'N077°40.0'W49°53.4'N078°27.8'W50°19.9'N078°04.0'W 1.028 51° 180° 111 km 02m09.6s
17:1650°09.7'N076°40.4'W49°17.2'N077°29.7'W49°43.4'N077°05.2'W 1.028 52° 182° 111 km 02m10.4s
17:1849°32.8'N075°43.0'W48°40.9'N076°33.7'W49°06.8'N076°08.5'W 1.028 52° 185° 112 km 02m11.1s
17:2048°55.8'N074°47.7'W48°04.6'N075°39.6'W48°30.2'N075°13.8'W 1.028 53° 187° 112 km 02m11.8s
17:2248°18.8'N073°54.3'W47°28.2'N074°47.2'W47°53.5'N074°20.9'W 1.029 53° 189° 113 km 02m12.4s
17:2447°41.8'N073°02.6'W46°51.8'N073°56.6'W47°16.8'N073°29.7'W 1.029 54° 192° 113 km 02m12.9s
17:2647°04.7'N072°12.5'W46°15.4'N073°07.5'W46°40.0'N072°40.1'W 1.029 54° 194° 113 km 02m13.4s
17:2846°27.6'N071°24.0'W45°38.9'N072°19.8'W46°03.3'N071°52.0'W 1.029 54° 196° 114 km 02m13.8s
17:3045°50.4'N070°36.8'W45°02.4'N071°33.4'W45°26.4'N071°05.3'W 1.029 55° 199° 114 km 02m14.1s
17:3245°13.2'N069°51.0'W44°25.9'N070°48.3'W44°49.6'N070°19.8'W 1.029 55° 201° 115 km 02m14.4s
17:3444°36.1'N069°06.3'W43°49.3'N070°04.3'W44°12.7'N069°35.4'W 1.029 55° 203° 115 km 02m14.6s
17:3643°58.8'N068°22.8'W43°12.7'N069°21.3'W43°35.8'N068°52.2'W 1.029 55° 206° 115 km 02m14.7s
17:3843°21.6'N067°40.2'W42°36.1'N068°39.3'W42°58.9'N068°09.9'W 1.029 56° 208° 116 km 02m14.8s
17:4042°44.3'N066°58.6'W41°59.4'N067°58.2'W42°21.9'N067°28.5'W 1.029 56° 211° 116 km 02m14.8s
17:4242°07.0'N066°17.8'W41°22.7'N067°17.8'W41°44.9'N066°48.0'W 1.029 56° 213° 116 km 02m14.8s
17:4441°29.7'N065°37.8'W40°46.0'N066°38.2'W41°07.9'N066°08.2'W 1.029 56° 215° 117 km 02m14.7s
17:4640°52.3'N064°58.5'W40°09.2'N065°59.3'W40°30.8'N065°29.0'W 1.029 56° 218° 117 km 02m14.5s
17:4840°14.9'N064°19.9'W39°32.4'N065°21.0'W39°53.7'N064°50.5'W 1.029 56° 220° 117 km 02m14.3s
17:5039°37.5'N063°41.7'W38°55.5'N064°43.2'W39°16.5'N064°12.6'W 1.029 56° 222° 117 km 02m14.0s
17:5239°00.0'N063°04.1'W38°18.6'N064°05.9'W38°39.3'N063°35.1'W 1.029 55° 224° 118 km 02m13.6s
17:5438°22.4'N062°27.0'W37°41.7'N063°28.9'W38°02.1'N062°58.1'W 1.029 55° 227° 118 km 02m13.2s
17:5637°44.8'N061°50.1'W37°04.6'N062°52.3'W37°24.8'N062°21.4'W 1.029 55° 229° 118 km 02m12.7s
17:5837°07.2'N061°13.6'W36°27.5'N062°16.1'W36°47.4'N061°45.0'W 1.029 55° 231° 118 km 02m12.2s
18:0036°29.5'N060°37.4'W35°50.3'N061°40.0'W36°10.0'N061°08.8'W 1.028 54° 233° 118 km 02m11.6s
18:0235°51.6'N060°01.3'W35°13.1'N061°04.1'W35°32.4'N060°32.8'W 1.028 54° 235° 119 km 02m11.0s
18:0435°13.8'N059°25.3'W34°35.7'N060°28.3'W34°54.8'N059°56.9'W 1.028 54° 237° 119 km 02m10.2s
18:0634°35.8'N058°49.5'W33°58.3'N059°52.5'W34°17.1'N059°21.1'W 1.028 53° 239° 119 km 02m09.5s
18:0833°57.7'N058°13.6'W33°20.8'N059°16.8'W33°39.3'N058°45.3'W 1.028 53° 241° 119 km 02m08.6s
18:1033°19.5'N057°37.6'W32°43.1'N058°40.9'W33°01.4'N058°09.4'W 1.028 52° 243° 119 km 02m07.7s
18:1232°41.2'N057°01.5'W32°05.3'N058°05.0'W32°23.3'N057°33.4'W 1.028 52° 245° 119 km 02m06.8s
18:1432°02.7'N056°25.2'W31°27.4'N057°28.8'W31°45.1'N056°57.1'W 1.028 51° 247° 119 km 02m05.8s
18:1631°24.1'N055°48.7'W30°49.3'N056°52.4'W31°06.8'N056°20.6'W 1.028 50° 248° 119 km 02m04.7s
18:1830°45.3'N055°11.8'W30°11.1'N056°15.6'W30°28.3'N055°43.8'W 1.027 50° 250° 119 km 02m03.6s
18:2030°06.4'N054°34.5'W29°32.7'N055°38.4'W29°49.6'N055°06.6'W 1.027 49° 252° 119 km 02m02.4s
18:2229°27.3'N053°56.8'W28°54.1'N055°00.7'W29°10.8'N054°28.9'W 1.027 48° 253° 119 km 02m01.1s
18:2428°48.0'N053°18.4'W28°15.3'N054°22.5'W28°31.7'N053°50.6'W 1.027 48° 255° 118 km 01m59.8s
18:2628°08.4'N052°39.4'W27°36.3'N053°43.6'W27°52.5'N053°11.6'W 1.027 47° 256° 118 km 01m58.4s
18:2827°28.6'N051°59.6'W26°57.1'N053°03.9'W27°12.9'N052°31.9'W 1.027 46° 258° 118 km 01m56.9s
18:3026°48.6'N051°19.0'W26°17.6'N052°23.4'W26°33.2'N051°51.3'W 1.026 45° 259° 117 km 01m55.4s
18:3226°08.2'N050°37.4'W25°37.8'N051°41.9'W25°53.1'N051°09.7'W 1.026 44° 261° 117 km 01m53.8s
18:3425°27.5'N049°54.6'W24°57.7'N050°59.3'W25°12.7'N050°27.1'W 1.026 43° 262° 116 km 01m52.1s
18:3624°46.5'N049°10.6'W24°17.3'N050°15.5'W24°32.0'N049°43.2'W 1.026 42° 263° 116 km 01m50.4s
18:3824°05.1'N048°25.2'W23°36.5'N049°30.3'W23°50.9'N048°57.9'W 1.025 41° 264° 115 km 01m48.6s
18:4023°23.3'N047°38.2'W22°55.3'N048°43.6'W23°09.4'N048°11.0'W 1.025 40° 266° 114 km 01m46.7s
18:4222°41.0'N046°49.5'W22°13.6'N047°55.1'W22°27.4'N047°22.4'W 1.025 39° 267° 113 km 01m44.7s
18:4421°58.2'N045°58.6'W21°31.5'N047°04.6'W21°45.0'N046°31.7'W 1.025 38° 268° 112 km 01m42.7s
18:4621°14.8'N045°05.5'W20°48.8'N046°11.8'W21°01.9'N045°38.7'W 1.024 36° 269° 111 km 01m40.5s
18:4820°30.8'N044°09.7'W20°05.5'N045°16.5'W20°18.2'N044°43.2'W 1.024 35° 270° 110 km 01m38.3s
18:5019°46.0'N043°10.8'W19°21.5'N044°18.2'W19°33.8'N043°44.6'W 1.024 34° 271° 108 km 01m35.9s
18:5219°00.3'N042°08.4'W18°36.7'N043°16.5'W18°48.6'N042°42.6'W 1.023 32° 272° 107 km 01m33.5s
18:5418°13.7'N041°01.9'W17°50.9'N042°10.8'W18°02.4'N041°36.5'W 1.023 31° 273° 105 km 01m30.9s
18:5617°25.9'N039°50.5'W17°04.1'N041°00.5'W17°15.2'N040°25.6'W 1.022 29° 274° 103 km 01m28.2s
18:5816°36.8'N038°33.1'W16°16.1'N039°44.4'W16°26.6'N039°08.9'W 1.022 27° 275° 100 km 01m25.3s
19:0015°46.0'N037°08.4'W15°26.5'N038°21.5'W15°36.4'N037°45.1'W 1.021 25° 275° 98 km 01m22.2s
19:0214°53.1'N035°34.4'W14°35.0'N036°49.9'W14°44.2'N036°12.3'W 1.021 23° 276° 95 km 01m18.8s
19:0413°57.5'N033°48.1'W13°41.1'N035°06.9'W13°49.5'N034°27.8'W 1.020 21° 277° 92 km 01m15.2s
19:0612°58.1'N031°44.6'W12°43.9'N033°08.4'W12°51.2'N032°26.9'W 1.019 18° 278° 88 km 01m11.2s
19:0811°53.0'N029°14.7'W11°41.8'N030°46.8'W11°47.7'N030°01.3'W 1.018 15° 279° 84 km 01m06.7s
19:1010°37.5'N025°56.0'W10°31.6'N027°45.4'W10°35.0'N026°51.9'W 1.017 12° 280° 78 km 01m01.1s
19:1208°49.1'N019°59.9'W09°01.5'N023°06.5'W08°57.5'N021°42.2'W 1.016 281° 69 km 00m52.9s
Limits07°52.4'N015°58.0'W07°22.2'N016°13.1'W07°37.3'N016°05.6'W 1.014 - 60 km 00m45.1s

ΔT = 20.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:44:05.617:43:45.241°12.4'N066°18.1'W 55.8° 214.9° 116.6 km02m14.69s
Greatest Duration17:39:48.517:39:28.142°31.7'N067°39.4'W 55.7° 209.9° 115.9 km02m14.84s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1672 Aug 22 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 20.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 9.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.04°.

Acknowledgments

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

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