Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1720 Feb 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1720 Feb 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1720 Feb 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
Limits13°20.6'S029°55.1'W14°49.4'S030°28.4'W14°05.0'S030°11.6'W 0.953 - 174 km 02m59.2s
08:0014°34.6'S025°25.8'W - - 14°49.6'S027°27.4'W 0.954 105° 171 km 03m00.2s
08:0216°18.8'S018°47.5'W17°27.0'S020°17.9'W16°53.2'S019°30.5'W 0.956 11° 103° 162 km 03m03.7s
08:0417°14.6'S014°58.9'W18°27.0'S016°04.4'W17°50.9'S015°30.5'W 0.957 16° 101° 157 km 03m05.8s
08:0617°55.1'S012°02.8'W19°08.9'S012°55.9'W18°32.0'S012°28.6'W 0.958 19° 100° 154 km 03m07.5s
08:0818°27.1'S009°35.3'W19°41.3'S010°20.4'W19°04.2'S009°57.2'W 0.959 22° 99° 151 km 03m09.1s
08:1018°53.4'S007°26.4'W20°07.7'S008°05.5'W19°30.6'S007°45.4'W 0.960 24° 98° 148 km 03m10.5s
08:1219°15.6'S005°30.8'W20°29.8'S006°05.3'W19°52.7'S005°47.6'W 0.960 27° 97° 146 km 03m11.8s
08:1419°34.6'S003°45.4'W20°48.5'S004°16.0'W20°11.5'S004°00.4'W 0.961 29° 97° 144 km 03m13.1s
08:1619°50.9'S002°08.1'W21°04.5'S002°35.4'W20°27.7'S002°21.5'W 0.961 31° 96° 142 km 03m14.3s
08:1820°05.0'S000°37.5'W21°18.3'S001°01.8'W20°41.6'S000°49.4'W 0.962 33° 95° 140 km 03m15.5s
08:2020°17.3'S000°47.6'E21°30.1'S000°25.9'E20°53.7'S000°37.0'E 0.962 35° 94° 138 km 03m16.6s
08:2220°27.9'S002°08.0'E21°40.4'S001°48.7'E21°04.1'S001°58.6'E 0.962 37° 94° 137 km 03m17.7s
08:2420°37.1'S003°24.3'E21°49.1'S003°07.2'E21°13.1'S003°15.9'E 0.963 38° 93° 136 km 03m18.7s
08:2620°45.0'S004°37.0'E21°56.6'S004°21.9'E21°20.8'S004°29.6'E 0.963 40° 92° 134 km 03m19.8s
08:2820°51.7'S005°46.6'E22°02.9'S005°33.3'E21°27.3'S005°40.1'E 0.963 41° 92° 133 km 03m20.8s
08:3020°57.4'S006°53.3'E22°08.2'S006°41.8'E21°32.7'S006°47.7'E 0.964 43° 91° 132 km 03m21.7s
08:3221°02.1'S007°57.4'E22°12.4'S007°47.6'E21°37.2'S007°52.6'E 0.964 44° 90° 131 km 03m22.7s
08:3421°05.9'S008°59.3'E22°15.8'S008°51.0'E21°40.8'S008°55.2'E 0.964 46° 90° 130 km 03m23.6s
08:3621°08.8'S009°59.0'E22°18.3'S009°52.2'E21°43.6'S009°55.7'E 0.964 47° 89° 129 km 03m24.5s
08:3821°11.0'S010°56.8'E22°20.1'S010°51.5'E21°45.5'S010°54.2'E 0.965 49° 89° 128 km 03m25.4s
08:4021°12.4'S011°52.9'E22°21.1'S011°48.9'E21°46.8'S011°51.0'E 0.965 50° 88° 127 km 03m26.2s
08:4221°13.2'S012°47.3'E22°21.5'S012°44.6'E21°47.3'S012°46.0'E 0.965 51° 87° 126 km 03m27.1s
08:4421°13.3'S013°40.2'E22°21.2'S013°38.7'E21°47.2'S013°39.5'E 0.965 53° 87° 125 km 03m27.9s
08:4621°12.8'S014°31.7'E22°20.2'S014°31.4'E21°46.5'S014°31.6'E 0.966 54° 86° 125 km 03m28.6s
08:4821°11.7'S015°21.9'E22°18.7'S015°22.8'E21°45.2'S015°22.4'E 0.966 55° 86° 124 km 03m29.4s
08:5021°10.0'S016°10.9'E22°16.7'S016°12.9'E21°43.3'S016°11.9'E 0.966 56° 85° 123 km 03m30.1s
08:5221°07.8'S016°58.7'E22°14.1'S017°01.8'E21°40.9'S017°00.3'E 0.966 57° 84° 122 km 03m30.8s
08:5421°05.1'S017°45.5'E22°11.0'S017°49.6'E21°38.0'S017°47.6'E 0.966 59° 84° 122 km 03m31.5s
08:5621°01.8'S018°31.2'E22°07.4'S018°36.4'E21°34.6'S018°33.8'E 0.966 60° 83° 121 km 03m32.2s
08:5820°58.1'S019°16.0'E22°03.3'S019°22.1'E21°30.7'S019°19.1'E 0.967 61° 83° 121 km 03m32.8s
09:0020°54.0'S019°59.9'E21°58.8'S020°07.0'E21°26.4'S020°03.5'E 0.967 62° 82° 120 km 03m33.4s
09:0220°49.4'S020°43.0'E21°53.8'S020°51.0'E21°21.6'S020°47.0'E 0.967 63° 81° 120 km 03m34.0s
09:0420°44.4'S021°25.3'E21°48.4'S021°34.2'E21°16.4'S021°29.8'E 0.967 64° 81° 119 km 03m34.5s
09:0620°38.9'S022°06.8'E21°42.6'S022°16.6'E21°10.8'S022°11.7'E 0.967 66° 80° 119 km 03m35.1s
09:0820°33.1'S022°47.6'E21°36.4'S022°58.3'E21°04.7'S022°53.0'E 0.967 67° 79° 118 km 03m35.6s
09:1020°26.8'S023°27.8'E21°29.8'S023°39.3'E20°58.3'S023°33.5'E 0.967 68° 79° 118 km 03m36.0s
09:1220°20.2'S024°07.3'E21°22.8'S024°19.6'E20°51.5'S024°13.4'E 0.967 69° 78° 118 km 03m36.5s
09:1420°13.2'S024°46.2'E21°15.5'S024°59.3'E20°44.3'S024°52.7'E 0.967 70° 77° 117 km 03m36.9s
09:1620°05.8'S025°24.5'E21°07.8'S025°38.4'E20°36.8'S025°31.5'E 0.968 71° 77° 117 km 03m37.3s
09:1819°58.1'S026°02.3'E20°59.7'S026°16.9'E20°28.9'S026°09.6'E 0.968 72° 76° 117 km 03m37.7s
09:2019°50.0'S026°39.6'E20°51.3'S026°55.0'E20°20.7'S026°47.3'E 0.968 73° 75° 116 km 03m38.0s
09:2219°41.5'S027°16.4'E20°42.6'S027°32.5'E20°12.1'S027°24.5'E 0.968 74° 74° 116 km 03m38.3s
09:2419°32.8'S027°52.8'E20°33.5'S028°09.6'E20°03.2'S028°01.2'E 0.968 75° 73° 116 km 03m38.6s
09:2619°23.7'S028°28.7'E20°24.1'S028°46.2'E19°53.9'S028°37.4'E 0.968 76° 72° 116 km 03m38.9s
09:2819°14.3'S029°04.2'E20°14.4'S029°22.3'E19°44.3'S029°13.3'E 0.968 77° 71° 115 km 03m39.1s
09:3019°04.5'S029°39.3'E20°04.4'S029°58.1'E19°34.5'S029°48.7'E 0.968 78° 70° 115 km 03m39.3s
09:3218°54.5'S030°14.1'E19°54.1'S030°33.5'E19°24.3'S030°23.8'E 0.968 79° 68° 115 km 03m39.5s
09:3418°44.1'S030°48.5'E19°43.4'S031°08.6'E19°13.7'S030°58.6'E 0.968 80° 67° 115 km 03m39.7s
09:3618°33.4'S031°22.6'E19°32.5'S031°43.3'E19°02.9'S031°33.0'E 0.968 81° 65° 115 km 03m39.8s
09:3818°22.4'S031°56.4'E19°21.2'S032°17.8'E18°51.8'S032°07.1'E 0.968 82° 63° 115 km 03m39.9s
09:4018°11.1'S032°30.0'E19°09.7'S032°51.9'E18°40.4'S032°40.9'E 0.968 83° 60° 115 km 03m40.0s
09:4217°59.5'S033°03.2'E18°57.9'S033°25.8'E18°28.7'S033°14.5'E 0.968 84° 56° 115 km 03m40.1s
09:4417°47.7'S033°36.3'E18°45.7'S033°59.4'E18°16.7'S033°47.8'E 0.968 85° 51° 115 km 03m40.1s
09:4617°35.5'S034°09.1'E18°33.3'S034°32.8'E18°04.4'S034°20.9'E 0.968 86° 44° 115 km 03m40.1s
09:4817°23.0'S034°41.7'E18°20.6'S035°06.0'E17°51.8'S034°53.8'E 0.968 87° 33° 115 km 03m40.1s
09:5017°10.3'S035°14.1'E18°07.7'S035°39.0'E17°38.9'S035°26.5'E 0.968 87° 16° 115 km 03m40.1s
09:5216°57.2'S035°46.4'E17°54.4'S036°11.8'E17°25.8'S035°59.1'E 0.968 88° 353° 115 km 03m40.0s
09:5416°43.9'S036°18.6'E17°40.9'S036°44.5'E17°12.4'S036°31.5'E 0.968 88° 327° 115 km 03m40.0s
09:5616°30.2'S036°50.6'E17°27.1'S037°17.1'E16°58.6'S037°03.8'E 0.968 87° 308° 115 km 03m39.9s
09:5816°16.3'S037°22.5'E17°13.0'S037°49.5'E16°44.6'S037°36.0'E 0.968 86° 295° 115 km 03m39.7s
10:0016°02.1'S037°54.3'E16°58.6'S038°21.8'E16°30.3'S038°08.1'E 0.968 86° 287° 115 km 03m39.6s
10:0215°47.6'S038°26.1'E16°43.9'S038°54.1'E16°15.8'S038°40.1'E 0.968 85° 281° 115 km 03m39.4s
10:0415°32.8'S038°57.8'E16°29.0'S039°26.4'E16°00.9'S039°12.0'E 0.968 84° 277° 115 km 03m39.2s
10:0615°17.8'S039°29.5'E16°13.8'S039°58.6'E15°45.8'S039°44.0'E 0.968 83° 274° 116 km 03m39.0s
10:0815°02.4'S040°01.1'E15°58.3'S040°30.8'E15°30.3'S040°15.9'E 0.968 82° 271° 116 km 03m38.8s
10:1014°46.8'S040°32.8'E15°42.5'S041°03.0'E15°14.6'S040°47.9'E 0.968 81° 269° 116 km 03m38.5s
10:1214°30.8'S041°04.6'E15°26.4'S041°35.2'E14°58.6'S041°19.9'E 0.968 80° 267° 116 km 03m38.3s
10:1414°14.6'S041°36.4'E15°10.1'S042°07.5'E14°42.3'S041°51.9'E 0.968 79° 266° 117 km 03m38.0s
10:1613°58.0'S042°08.2'E14°53.5'S042°39.8'E14°25.7'S042°24.0'E 0.968 78° 265° 117 km 03m37.7s
10:1813°41.2'S042°40.2'E14°36.5'S043°12.3'E14°08.8'S042°56.2'E 0.968 77° 264° 117 km 03m37.4s
10:2013°24.1'S043°12.3'E14°19.3'S043°44.9'E13°51.7'S043°28.5'E 0.967 76° 263° 118 km 03m37.0s
10:2213°06.6'S043°44.5'E14°01.8'S044°17.6'E13°34.2'S044°01.0'E 0.967 75° 262° 118 km 03m36.7s
10:2412°48.8'S044°16.9'E13°44.0'S044°50.5'E13°16.4'S044°33.7'E 0.967 74° 261° 118 km 03m36.3s
10:2612°30.8'S044°49.5'E13°25.9'S045°23.6'E12°58.3'S045°06.5'E 0.967 72° 261° 119 km 03m35.9s
10:2812°12.4'S045°22.3'E13°07.4'S045°57.0'E12°39.9'S045°39.6'E 0.967 71° 260° 119 km 03m35.5s
10:3011°53.6'S045°55.4'E12°48.7'S046°30.6'E12°21.1'S046°13.0'E 0.967 70° 259° 120 km 03m35.1s
10:3211°34.6'S046°28.8'E12°29.6'S047°04.5'E12°02.1'S046°46.6'E 0.967 69° 259° 120 km 03m34.7s
10:3411°15.2'S047°02.5'E12°10.2'S047°38.7'E11°42.6'S047°20.5'E 0.967 68° 258° 121 km 03m34.3s
10:3610°55.4'S047°36.5'E11°50.5'S048°13.2'E11°22.9'S047°54.8'E 0.967 67° 258° 121 km 03m33.8s
10:3810°35.3'S048°10.9'E11°30.4'S048°48.2'E11°02.8'S048°29.5'E 0.966 66° 257° 122 km 03m33.3s
10:4010°14.8'S048°45.8'E11°10.0'S049°23.6'E10°42.3'S049°04.6'E 0.966 65° 257° 123 km 03m32.8s
10:4209°54.0'S049°21.1'E10°49.2'S049°59.4'E10°21.5'S049°40.2'E 0.966 64° 257° 123 km 03m32.4s
10:4409°32.7'S049°56.9'E10°28.0'S050°35.8'E10°00.3'S050°16.3'E 0.966 63° 256° 124 km 03m31.8s
10:4609°11.1'S050°33.3'E10°06.4'S051°12.7'E09°38.7'S050°53.0'E 0.966 61° 256° 125 km 03m31.3s
10:4808°49.0'S051°10.3'E09°44.5'S051°50.3'E09°16.7'S051°30.2'E 0.966 60° 256° 125 km 03m30.8s
10:5008°26.6'S051°47.9'E09°22.1'S052°28.5'E08°54.3'S052°08.1'E 0.966 59° 255° 126 km 03m30.2s
10:5208°03.7'S052°26.2'E08°59.3'S053°07.4'E08°31.5'S052°46.8'E 0.965 58° 255° 127 km 03m29.7s
10:5407°40.3'S053°05.4'E08°36.1'S053°47.2'E08°08.1'S053°26.2'E 0.965 57° 255° 128 km 03m29.1s
10:5607°16.4'S053°45.3'E08°12.4'S054°27.8'E07°44.4'S054°06.5'E 0.965 55° 254° 129 km 03m28.5s
10:5806°52.1'S054°26.2'E07°48.2'S055°09.3'E07°20.1'S054°47.7'E 0.965 54° 254° 129 km 03m28.0s
11:0006°27.2'S055°08.1'E07°23.5'S055°51.9'E06°55.3'S055°30.0'E 0.965 53° 254° 130 km 03m27.3s
11:0206°01.8'S055°51.1'E06°58.3'S056°35.6'E06°30.0'S056°13.3'E 0.964 52° 254° 131 km 03m26.7s
11:0405°35.8'S056°35.3'E06°32.5'S057°20.6'E06°04.1'S056°57.9'E 0.964 50° 253° 132 km 03m26.1s
11:0605°09.1'S057°20.8'E06°06.1'S058°06.9'E05°37.6'S057°43.8'E 0.964 49° 253° 133 km 03m25.5s
11:0804°41.9'S058°07.8'E05°39.1'S058°54.6'E05°10.4'S058°31.1'E 0.964 48° 253° 134 km 03m24.8s
11:1004°13.9'S058°56.4'E05°11.4'S059°44.1'E04°42.6'S059°20.1'E 0.963 46° 253° 136 km 03m24.1s
11:1203°45.2'S059°46.7'E04°42.9'S060°35.3'E04°14.0'S060°10.9'E 0.963 45° 253° 137 km 03m23.5s
11:1403°15.6'S060°39.0'E04°13.7'S061°28.6'E03°44.6'S061°03.7'E 0.963 43° 253° 138 km 03m22.8s
11:1602°45.2'S061°33.5'E03°43.6'S062°24.1'E03°14.4'S061°58.7'E 0.962 42° 252° 139 km 03m22.1s
11:1802°13.9'S062°30.5'E03°12.6'S063°22.1'E02°43.2'S062°56.2'E 0.962 40° 252° 141 km 03m21.3s
11:2001°41.5'S063°30.2'E02°40.6'S064°23.1'E02°11.0'S063°56.5'E 0.962 39° 252° 142 km 03m20.6s
11:2201°07.9'S064°33.1'E02°07.4'S065°27.3'E01°37.6'S065°00.0'E 0.961 37° 252° 144 km 03m19.8s
11:2400°33.0'S065°39.6'E01°32.9'S066°35.2'E01°02.9'S066°07.2'E 0.961 35° 252° 145 km 03m19.0s
11:2600°03.3'N066°50.3'E00°57.0'S067°47.6'E00°26.8'S067°18.8'E 0.960 34° 252° 147 km 03m18.2s
11:2800°41.3'N068°06.0'E00°19.4'S069°05.1'E00°11.0'N068°35.3'E 0.960 32° 252° 148 km 03m17.4s
11:3001°21.3'N069°27.6'E00°20.2'N070°28.8'E00°50.8'N069°58.0'E 0.960 30° 252° 150 km 03m16.5s
11:3202°03.6'N070°56.3'E01°02.1'N072°00.2'E01°32.9'N071°28.0'E 0.959 28° 252° 152 km 03m15.5s
11:3402°48.8'N072°34.2'E01°47.0'N073°41.1'E02°17.9'N073°07.3'E 0.958 25° 252° 155 km 03m14.6s
11:3603°37.7'N074°23.7'E02°35.6'N075°34.7'E03°06.7'N074°58.8'E 0.958 23° 252° 157 km 03m13.5s
11:3804°31.5'N076°29.2'E03°29.3'N077°45.9'E04°00.4'N077°07.0'E 0.957 20° 252° 160 km 03m12.4s
11:4005°32.3'N078°58.5'E04°30.6'N080°23.7'E05°01.4'N079°40.3'E 0.956 17° 252° 163 km 03m11.1s
11:4206°44.9'N082°08.0'E05°45.3'N083°49.4'E06°14.9'N082°57.3'E 0.955 13° 253° 167 km 03m09.6s
11:4408°24.8'N086°52.9'E07°37.4'N089°32.5'E07°59.8'N088°06.5'E 0.954 254° 172 km 03m07.4s
Limits10°43.4'N094°27.9'E09°11.6'N095°01.2'E09°57.5'N094°44.5'E 0.952 - 179 km 03m05.0s

ΔT = 9.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:52:30.509:52:20.817°23.5'S036°02.3'E 87.7° 348.1° 114.7 km03m40.02s
Greatest Duration09:46:12.109:46:02.418°04.2'S034°21.6'E 86.1° 43.5° 114.6 km03m40.14s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1720 Feb 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 9.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 4.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.02°.

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