Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1712 Jan 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1712 Jan 08 . 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 1712 Jan 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits47°26.7'S064°19.6'W47°51.6'S064°55.1'W47°39.1'S064°37.3'W 1.013 - 63 km 00m37.9s
08:4053°01.6'S051°30.4'W52°22.9'S054°59.9'W52°44.4'S053°12.1'W 1.015 115° 76 km 00m49.2s
08:4255°08.4'S046°07.5'W54°54.3'S048°59.9'W55°02.3'S047°32.6'W 1.017 13° 110° 81 km 00m54.8s
08:4456°42.9'S041°46.5'W56°40.8'S044°24.9'W56°42.6'S043°04.9'W 1.018 16° 106° 85 km 00m59.2s
08:4657°59.7'S037°56.0'W58°06.0'S040°26.5'W58°03.4'S039°10.6'W 1.018 19° 102° 88 km 01m02.9s
08:4859°04.8'S034°23.7'W59°17.5'S036°48.7'W59°11.6'S035°35.5'W 1.019 21° 98° 91 km 01m06.2s
08:5060°01.0'S031°03.5'W60°19.1'S033°24.1'W60°10.5'S032°13.1'W 1.020 23° 94° 93 km 01m09.2s
08:5260°50.1'S027°51.9'W61°13.0'S030°08.4'W61°02.0'S028°59.4'W 1.020 25° 91° 95 km 01m12.0s
08:5461°33.4'S024°46.6'W62°00.5'S026°59.0'W61°47.3'S025°52.0'W 1.021 27° 87° 96 km 01m14.6s
08:5662°11.5'S021°46.1'W62°42.5'S023°54.2'W62°27.4'S022°49.3'W 1.021 29° 84° 98 km 01m17.0s
08:5862°45.1'S018°49.4'W63°19.7'S020°53.0'W63°02.7'S019°50.3'W 1.021 30° 80° 99 km 01m19.3s
09:0063°14.7'S015°55.8'W63°52.5'S017°54.5'W63°33.9'S016°54.3'W 1.022 32° 77° 100 km 01m21.4s
09:0263°40.5'S013°05.0'W64°21.3'S014°58.4'W64°01.1'S014°00.7'W 1.022 33° 73° 101 km 01m23.4s
09:0464°02.8'S010°16.5'W64°46.4'S012°04.2'W64°24.8'S011°09.4'W 1.022 34° 69° 102 km 01m25.4s
09:0664°21.9'S007°30.4'W65°08.0'S009°11.9'W64°45.2'S008°20.2'W 1.023 35° 66° 103 km 01m27.2s
09:0864°38.0'S004°46.4'W65°26.4'S006°21.5'W65°02.4'S005°33.0'W 1.023 36° 62° 104 km 01m28.9s
09:1064°51.1'S002°04.6'W65°41.7'S003°32.8'W65°16.5'S002°47.8'W 1.023 38° 59° 105 km 01m30.6s
09:1265°01.5'S000°34.9'E65°54.0'S000°46.1'W65°27.9'S000°04.7'W 1.023 39° 55° 106 km 01m32.1s
09:1465°09.4'S003°12.2'E66°03.5'S001°58.5'E65°36.5'S002°36.2'E 1.024 39° 51° 106 km 01m33.6s
09:1665°14.7'S005°46.9'E66°10.4'S004°41.0'E65°42.6'S005°14.7'E 1.024 40° 48° 107 km 01m35.0s
09:1865°17.7'S008°19.1'E66°14.7'S007°21.0'E65°46.2'S007°50.8'E 1.024 41° 44° 108 km 01m36.3s
09:2065°18.4'S010°48.6'E66°16.5'S009°58.4'E65°47.5'S010°24.2'E 1.024 42° 40° 108 km 01m37.5s
09:2265°16.9'S013°15.3'E66°16.0'S012°33.0'E65°46.5'S012°54.7'E 1.024 43° 37° 109 km 01m38.7s
09:2465°13.4'S015°39.1'E66°13.2'S015°04.6'E65°43.4'S015°22.4'E 1.025 44° 33° 109 km 01m39.8s
09:2665°07.9'S017°59.9'E66°08.4'S017°33.1'E65°38.2'S017°46.9'E 1.025 44° 30° 110 km 01m40.8s
09:2865°00.6'S020°17.5'E66°01.5'S019°58.3'E65°31.1'S020°08.3'E 1.025 45° 26° 110 km 01m41.7s
09:3064°51.5'S022°31.9'E65°52.7'S022°20.2'E65°22.1'S022°26.3'E 1.025 46° 23° 111 km 01m42.6s
09:3264°40.7'S024°43.1'E65°42.0'S024°38.6'E65°11.3'S024°41.0'E 1.025 46° 19° 111 km 01m43.4s
09:3464°28.2'S026°51.0'E65°29.6'S026°53.4'E64°58.9'S026°52.3'E 1.025 47° 15° 111 km 01m44.2s
09:3664°14.3'S028°55.6'E65°15.5'S029°04.6'E64°44.9'S029°00.1'E 1.025 47° 12° 112 km 01m44.8s
09:3863°58.9'S030°56.9'E64°59.8'S031°12.2'E64°29.4'S031°04.5'E 1.025 48° 112 km 01m45.4s
09:4063°42.1'S032°54.9'E64°42.7'S033°16.2'E64°12.4'S033°05.5'E 1.026 48° 112 km 01m46.0s
09:4263°23.9'S034°49.7'E64°24.1'S035°16.6'E63°54.0'S035°03.0'E 1.026 48° 113 km 01m46.5s
09:4463°04.6'S036°41.3'E64°04.2'S037°13.5'E63°34.4'S036°57.2'E 1.026 49° 358° 113 km 01m46.9s
09:4662°44.0'S038°29.7'E63°43.1'S039°06.8'E63°13.6'S038°48.1'E 1.026 49° 355° 113 km 01m47.2s
09:4862°22.3'S040°15.1'E63°20.7'S040°56.8'E62°51.5'S040°35.7'E 1.026 49° 352° 113 km 01m47.5s
09:5061°59.5'S041°57.5'E62°57.2'S042°43.5'E62°28.4'S042°20.2'E 1.026 50° 348° 114 km 01m47.7s
09:5261°35.7'S043°37.0'E62°32.6'S044°27.0'E62°04.2'S044°01.7'E 1.026 50° 345° 114 km 01m47.9s
09:5461°11.0'S045°13.7'E62°06.9'S046°07.3'E61°39.0'S045°40.2'E 1.026 50° 342° 114 km 01m48.0s
09:5660°45.2'S046°47.8'E61°40.3'S047°44.7'E61°12.8'S047°15.9'E 1.026 50° 339° 114 km 01m48.0s
09:5860°18.6'S048°19.2'E61°12.7'S049°19.3'E60°45.7'S048°48.9'E 1.026 50° 336° 114 km 01m48.0s
10:0059°51.1'S049°48.2'E60°44.3'S050°51.0'E60°17.8'S050°19.2'E 1.026 50° 333° 114 km 01m47.9s
10:0259°22.8'S051°14.8'E60°14.9'S052°20.2'E59°48.9'S051°47.1'E 1.026 50° 330° 114 km 01m47.7s
10:0458°53.7'S052°39.2'E59°44.8'S053°46.9'E59°19.3'S053°12.7'E 1.026 50° 327° 115 km 01m47.5s
10:0658°23.8'S054°01.5'E59°13.8'S055°11.3'E58°48.9'S054°36.0'E 1.026 50° 324° 115 km 01m47.2s
10:0857°53.2'S055°21.8'E58°42.1'S056°33.4'E58°17.7'S055°57.2'E 1.026 49° 321° 115 km 01m46.9s
10:1057°21.8'S056°40.1'E58°09.6'S057°53.5'E57°45.8'S057°16.4'E 1.026 49° 318° 115 km 01m46.5s
10:1256°49.7'S057°56.7'E57°36.4'S059°11.7'E57°13.1'S058°33.8'E 1.026 49° 316° 115 km 01m46.0s
10:1456°16.9'S059°11.7'E57°02.4'S060°28.0'E56°39.8'S059°49.5'E 1.025 49° 313° 115 km 01m45.5s
10:1655°43.4'S060°25.2'E56°27.8'S061°42.6'E56°05.7'S061°03.5'E 1.025 48° 310° 115 km 01m44.9s
10:1855°09.3'S061°37.2'E55°52.5'S062°55.7'E55°31.0'S062°16.1'E 1.025 48° 308° 115 km 01m44.3s
10:2054°34.4'S062°47.9'E55°16.4'S064°07.4'E54°55.6'S063°27.3'E 1.025 48° 305° 115 km 01m43.5s
10:2253°58.9'S063°57.5'E54°39.7'S065°17.8'E54°19.4'S064°37.3'E 1.025 47° 303° 115 km 01m42.8s
10:2453°22.7'S065°06.1'E54°02.3'S066°27.0'E53°42.6'S065°46.2'E 1.025 47° 300° 114 km 01m41.9s
10:2652°45.8'S066°13.7'E53°24.2'S067°35.2'E53°05.2'S066°54.1'E 1.025 46° 298° 114 km 01m41.0s
10:2852°08.2'S067°20.5'E52°45.4'S068°42.6'E52°27.0'S068°01.2'E 1.025 45° 296° 114 km 01m40.1s
10:3051°29.9'S068°26.6'E52°05.9'S069°49.2'E51°48.1'S069°07.6'E 1.025 45° 293° 114 km 01m39.1s
10:3250°50.9'S069°32.2'E51°25.7'S070°55.1'E51°08.5'S070°13.4'E 1.024 44° 291° 114 km 01m38.0s
10:3450°11.2'S070°37.4'E50°44.7'S072°00.6'E50°28.1'S071°18.8'E 1.024 43° 289° 113 km 01m36.8s
10:3649°30.7'S071°42.3'E50°02.9'S073°05.8'E49°47.0'S072°23.8'E 1.024 43° 287° 113 km 01m35.6s
10:3848°49.4'S072°47.1'E49°20.3'S074°10.9'E49°05.0'S073°28.7'E 1.024 42° 285° 112 km 01m34.3s
10:4048°07.2'S073°52.0'E48°36.9'S075°15.9'E48°22.2'S074°33.7'E 1.024 41° 283° 112 km 01m33.0s
10:4247°24.2'S074°57.0'E47°52.5'S076°21.1'E47°38.6'S075°38.8'E 1.023 40° 281° 112 km 01m31.6s
10:4446°40.3'S076°02.5'E47°07.3'S077°26.7'E46°54.0'S076°44.4'E 1.023 39° 279° 111 km 01m30.1s
10:4645°55.4'S077°08.5'E46°21.0'S078°32.9'E46°08.4'S077°50.5'E 1.023 38° 277° 110 km 01m28.5s
10:4845°09.4'S078°15.3'E45°33.6'S079°39.9'E45°21.7'S078°57.4'E 1.023 37° 275° 110 km 01m26.9s
10:5044°22.3'S079°23.2'E44°45.0'S080°47.9'E44°33.9'S080°05.4'E 1.022 36° 273° 109 km 01m25.2s
10:5243°33.9'S080°32.5'E43°55.2'S081°57.3'E43°44.8'S081°14.7'E 1.022 35° 271° 108 km 01m23.4s
10:5442°44.2'S081°43.3'E43°03.9'S083°08.5'E42°54.3'S082°25.7'E 1.022 34° 270° 107 km 01m21.5s
10:5641°53.0'S082°56.3'E42°11.1'S084°21.7'E42°02.2'S083°38.8'E 1.021 32° 268° 106 km 01m19.5s
10:5841°00.1'S084°11.7'E41°16.5'S085°37.6'E41°08.5'S084°54.5'E 1.021 31° 266° 104 km 01m17.5s
11:0040°05.3'S085°30.2'E40°19.8'S086°56.6'E40°12.8'S086°13.2'E 1.021 30° 265° 103 km 01m15.3s
11:0239°08.2'S086°52.5'E39°20.9'S088°19.6'E39°14.8'S087°35.9'E 1.020 28° 263° 101 km 01m12.9s
11:0438°08.6'S088°19.4'E38°19.1'S089°47.5'E38°14.1'S089°03.3'E 1.020 26° 261° 99 km 01m10.5s
11:0637°05.9'S089°52.1'E37°14.0'S091°21.7'E37°10.2'S090°36.7'E 1.019 25° 260° 97 km 01m07.9s
11:0835°59.4'S091°32.4'E36°04.8'S093°04.0'E36°02.4'S092°18.0'E 1.019 23° 258° 94 km 01m05.0s
11:1034°48.1'S093°22.7'E34°50.3'S094°57.2'E34°49.5'S094°09.7'E 1.018 21° 256° 92 km 01m02.0s
11:1233°30.3'S095°26.9'E33°28.4'S097°05.8'E33°29.7'S096°16.0'E 1.017 18° 255° 88 km 00m58.5s
11:1432°03.2'S097°51.8'E31°55.5'S099°38.3'E31°59.8'S098°44.5'E 1.016 15° 253° 84 km 00m54.7s
11:1630°20.4'S100°52.0'E30°03.2'S102°54.3'E30°12.6'S101°52.1'E 1.015 12° 251° 78 km 00m50.0s
11:1828°02.6'S105°14.0'E27°15.6'S108°16.9'E27°42.2'S106°39.2'E 1.014 248° 70 km 00m43.3s
Limits24°35.3'S112°48.7'E25°01.1'S113°11.3'E24°48.2'S112°59.9'E 1.012 - 59 km 00m35.6s

ΔT = 9.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:58:38.909:58:29.760°38.9'S049°09.2'E 49.9° 335.1° 114.3 km01m47.97s
Greatest Duration09:56:07.309:55:58.161°13.2'S047°14.4'E 49.9° 339.0° 114.1 km01m48.02s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1712 Jan 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1712 Jan 08 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 9.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 4.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.02°.

Acknowledgments

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

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