Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1730 Jan 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1730 Jan 18 . 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 1730 Jan 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits52°03.7'S162°53.9'E52°33.8'S162°07.2'E52°18.8'S162°30.7'E 1.015 - 76 km 00m46.3s
17:2656°04.9'S173°02.6'E54°24.0'S166°26.1'E55°26.9'S170°09.9'E 1.017 119° 84 km 00m53.4s
17:2858°39.6'S179°28.0'W58°15.4'S176°26.7'E58°29.5'S178°32.4'E 1.019 11° 111° 91 km 01m01.1s
17:3060°20.0'S173°53.5'W60°16.3'S177°28.1'W60°19.3'S175°39.0'W 1.020 15° 105° 95 km 01m06.3s
17:3261°36.2'S169°04.4'W61°44.9'S172°23.3'W61°41.4'S170°42.4'W 1.021 18° 100° 98 km 01m10.6s
17:3462°37.2'S164°40.7'W62°55.1'S167°48.6'W62°46.9'S166°13.2'W 1.021 20° 96° 101 km 01m14.3s
17:3663°27.4'S160°33.4'W63°52.6'S163°32.0'W63°40.6'S162°01.3'W 1.022 22° 91° 103 km 01m17.6s
17:3864°08.9'S156°37.8'W64°40.3'S159°27.8'W64°25.1'S158°01.3'W 1.023 24° 87° 105 km 01m20.6s
17:4064°43.3'S152°51.2'W65°20.1'S155°32.5'W65°02.2'S154°10.3'W 1.023 26° 83° 107 km 01m23.4s
17:4265°11.7'S149°12.0'W65°53.2'S151°44.2'W65°32.8'S150°26.6'W 1.023 28° 78° 108 km 01m26.0s
17:4465°34.6'S145°39.3'W66°20.4'S148°02.0'W65°57.9'S146°49.1'W 1.024 29° 74° 109 km 01m28.5s
17:4665°52.8'S142°12.4'W66°42.3'S144°25.2'W66°17.9'S143°17.2'W 1.024 31° 70° 111 km 01m30.8s
17:4866°06.7'S138°51.0'W66°59.5'S140°53.5'W66°33.3'S139°50.7'W 1.025 32° 66° 112 km 01m33.0s
17:5066°16.6'S135°35.0'W67°12.3'S137°26.8'W66°44.6'S136°29.4'W 1.025 33° 62° 113 km 01m35.1s
17:5266°22.8'S132°24.3'W67°21.1'S134°05.1'W66°52.1'S133°13.3'W 1.025 35° 58° 114 km 01m37.0s
17:5466°25.8'S129°19.0'W67°26.2'S130°48.7'W66°56.1'S130°02.5'W 1.026 36° 54° 114 km 01m38.9s
17:5666°25.6'S126°19.1'W67°27.9'S127°37.6'W66°56.8'S126°57.1'W 1.026 37° 50° 115 km 01m40.6s
17:5866°22.6'S123°24.6'W67°26.4'S124°31.9'W66°54.5'S123°57.2'W 1.026 38° 46° 116 km 01m42.3s
18:0066°16.9'S120°35.7'W67°22.0'S121°32.0'W66°49.5'S121°02.9'W 1.026 39° 42° 117 km 01m43.8s
18:0266°08.7'S117°52.2'W67°14.8'S118°37.8'W66°41.8'S118°14.1'W 1.027 40° 38° 117 km 01m45.3s
18:0465°58.3'S115°14.2'W67°05.2'S115°49.4'W66°31.7'S115°31.1'W 1.027 41° 35° 118 km 01m46.7s
18:0665°45.8'S112°41.6'W66°53.2'S113°06.9'W66°19.5'S112°53.7'W 1.027 42° 31° 119 km 01m48.0s
18:0865°31.3'S110°14.5'W66°39.0'S110°30.2'W66°05.1'S110°21.9'W 1.027 42° 27° 119 km 01m49.3s
18:1065°15.0'S107°52.7'W66°22.8'S107°59.4'W65°48.9'S107°55.7'W 1.027 43° 24° 120 km 01m50.4s
18:1264°57.0'S105°36.2'W66°04.8'S105°34.3'W65°30.9'S105°35.0'W 1.027 44° 20° 120 km 01m51.5s
18:1464°37.5'S103°24.7'W65°45.1'S103°14.8'W65°11.3'S103°19.6'W 1.028 45° 17° 121 km 01m52.5s
18:1664°16.5'S101°18.1'W65°23.8'S101°00.8'W64°50.2'S101°09.5'W 1.028 45° 13° 121 km 01m53.4s
18:1863°54.2'S099°16.3'W65°01.1'S098°52.1'W64°27.7'S099°04.3'W 1.028 46° 10° 122 km 01m54.3s
18:2063°30.7'S097°19.2'W64°37.0'S096°48.6'W64°03.9'S097°04.0'W 1.028 46° 122 km 01m55.1s
18:2263°06.1'S095°26.4'W64°11.7'S094°49.9'W63°38.9'S095°08.4'W 1.028 47° 123 km 01m55.8s
18:2462°40.3'S093°37.9'W63°45.3'S092°56.0'W63°12.8'S093°17.2'W 1.028 47° 123 km 01m56.5s
18:2662°13.6'S091°53.4'W63°17.8'S091°06.5'W62°45.7'S091°30.3'W 1.028 48° 357° 123 km 01m57.0s
18:2861°46.0'S090°12.8'W62°49.3'S089°21.4'W62°17.6'S089°47.4'W 1.028 48° 354° 124 km 01m57.5s
18:3061°17.5'S088°35.8'W62°19.9'S087°40.2'W61°48.7'S088°08.4'W 1.028 48° 351° 124 km 01m58.0s
18:3260°48.2'S087°02.3'W61°49.6'S086°03.0'W61°18.9'S086°33.0'W 1.028 49° 348° 124 km 01m58.4s
18:3460°18.1'S085°32.1'W61°18.6'S084°29.4'W60°48.4'S085°01.1'W 1.028 49° 345° 125 km 01m58.7s
18:3659°47.4'S084°05.0'W60°46.8'S082°59.2'W60°17.1'S083°32.5'W 1.029 49° 342° 125 km 01m58.9s
18:3859°15.9'S082°40.8'W60°14.4'S081°32.2'W59°45.2'S082°07.0'W 1.029 49° 339° 125 km 01m59.1s
18:4058°43.9'S081°19.4'W59°41.2'S080°08.3'W59°12.6'S080°44.3'W 1.029 50° 336° 126 km 01m59.2s
18:4258°11.2'S080°00.5'W59°07.5'S078°47.2'W58°39.4'S079°24.3'W 1.029 50° 333° 126 km 01m59.2s
18:4457°38.0'S078°44.1'W58°33.1'S077°28.8'W58°05.6'S078°06.9'W 1.029 50° 330° 126 km 01m59.2s
18:4657°04.2'S077°30.0'W57°58.3'S076°12.8'W57°31.3'S076°51.9'W 1.029 50° 327° 126 km 01m59.1s
18:4856°29.9'S076°18.0'W57°22.8'S074°59.2'W56°56.4'S075°39.0'W 1.029 50° 325° 127 km 01m59.0s
18:5055°55.1'S075°07.9'W56°46.9'S073°47.7'W56°21.1'S074°28.2'W 1.029 50° 322° 127 km 01m58.7s
18:5255°19.7'S073°59.7'W56°10.4'S072°38.3'W55°45.2'S073°19.4'W 1.028 49° 319° 127 km 01m58.5s
18:5454°43.9'S072°53.2'W55°33.5'S071°30.6'W55°08.8'S072°12.3'W 1.028 49° 317° 127 km 01m58.1s
18:5654°07.7'S071°48.2'W54°56.1'S070°24.7'W54°32.0'S071°06.8'W 1.028 49° 314° 127 km 01m57.7s
18:5853°31.0'S070°44.7'W54°18.2'S069°20.3'W53°54.7'S070°02.9'W 1.028 49° 312° 127 km 01m57.2s
19:0052°53.8'S069°42.4'W53°39.9'S068°17.3'W53°16.9'S069°00.2'W 1.028 49° 309° 128 km 01m56.7s
19:0252°16.1'S068°41.4'W53°01.1'S067°15.6'W52°38.7'S067°58.9'W 1.028 48° 307° 128 km 01m56.1s
19:0451°38.0'S067°41.4'W52°21.8'S066°15.1'W52°00.1'S066°58.6'W 1.028 48° 304° 128 km 01m55.5s
19:0650°59.4'S066°42.4'W51°42.1'S065°15.5'W51°20.9'S065°59.3'W 1.028 47° 302° 128 km 01m54.7s
19:0850°20.4'S065°44.2'W51°01.9'S064°16.9'W50°41.3'S065°00.9'W 1.028 47° 300° 128 km 01m53.9s
19:1049°40.9'S064°46.7'W50°21.3'S063°19.1'W50°01.2'S064°03.2'W 1.028 46° 298° 128 km 01m53.1s
19:1249°00.9'S063°49.8'W49°40.1'S062°21.9'W49°20.7'S063°06.2'W 1.028 46° 295° 128 km 01m52.2s
19:1448°20.4'S062°53.4'W48°58.5'S061°25.2'W48°39.6'S062°09.6'W 1.027 45° 293° 128 km 01m51.2s
19:1647°39.4'S061°57.3'W48°16.3'S060°28.9'W47°58.0'S061°13.4'W 1.027 45° 291° 127 km 01m50.2s
19:1846°57.8'S061°01.5'W47°33.6'S059°32.9'W47°15.9'S060°17.5'W 1.027 44° 289° 127 km 01m49.0s
19:2046°15.7'S060°05.7'W46°50.3'S058°37.0'W46°33.2'S059°21.6'W 1.027 43° 287° 127 km 01m47.9s
19:2245°33.0'S059°10.0'W46°06.4'S057°41.1'W45°49.9'S058°25.8'W 1.027 43° 285° 127 km 01m46.6s
19:2444°49.7'S058°14.0'W45°21.9'S056°45.0'W45°06.0'S057°29.8'W 1.027 42° 283° 127 km 01m45.3s
19:2644°05.8'S057°17.8'W44°36.7'S055°48.6'W44°21.4'S056°33.5'W 1.026 41° 282° 126 km 01m43.9s
19:2843°21.1'S056°21.1'W43°50.8'S054°51.8'W43°36.1'S055°36.7'W 1.026 40° 280° 126 km 01m42.5s
19:3042°35.7'S055°23.7'W43°04.1'S053°54.2'W42°50.1'S054°39.2'W 1.026 39° 278° 125 km 01m41.0s
19:3241°49.5'S054°25.5'W42°16.6'S052°55.9'W42°03.3'S053°40.9'W 1.026 38° 276° 125 km 01m39.4s
19:3441°02.4'S053°26.3'W41°28.2'S051°56.4'W41°15.5'S052°41.6'W 1.025 37° 275° 124 km 01m37.7s
19:3640°14.4'S052°25.8'W40°38.9'S050°55.6'W40°26.8'S051°40.9'W 1.025 36° 273° 123 km 01m35.9s
19:3839°25.4'S051°23.7'W39°48.4'S049°53.2'W39°37.1'S050°38.7'W 1.025 35° 271° 122 km 01m34.1s
19:4038°35.2'S050°19.8'W38°56.7'S048°48.8'W38°46.1'S049°34.5'W 1.025 34° 270° 121 km 01m32.1s
19:4237°43.7'S049°13.6'W38°03.7'S047°42.1'W37°53.9'S048°28.1'W 1.024 32° 268° 120 km 01m30.1s
19:4436°50.7'S048°04.7'W37°09.1'S046°32.6'W37°00.2'S047°18.9'W 1.024 31° 267° 119 km 01m27.9s
19:4635°56.2'S046°52.7'W36°12.8'S045°19.7'W36°04.7'S046°06.4'W 1.023 30° 265° 118 km 01m25.7s
19:4834°59.7'S045°36.8'W35°14.4'S044°02.6'W35°07.3'S044°49.9'W 1.023 28° 264° 116 km 01m23.3s
19:5034°01.0'S044°16.1'W34°13.7'S042°40.5'W34°07.6'S043°28.5'W 1.023 26° 262° 114 km 01m20.7s
19:5232°59.6'S042°49.4'W33°10.0'S041°11.9'W33°05.1'S042°00.9'W 1.022 25° 261° 112 km 01m18.0s
19:5431°54.9'S041°15.3'W32°02.6'S039°35.1'W31°59.1'S040°25.5'W 1.021 23° 259° 109 km 01m15.1s
19:5630°46.1'S039°31.3'W30°50.5'S037°47.3'W30°48.6'S038°39.7'W 1.021 21° 258° 106 km 01m11.9s
19:5829°31.6'S037°33.8'W29°32.0'S035°44.1'W29°32.2'S036°39.4'W 1.020 18° 256° 103 km 01m08.4s
20:0028°09.1'S035°16.4'W28°03.7'S033°17.2'W28°07.0'S034°17.5'W 1.019 15° 255° 98 km 01m04.4s
20:0226°33.6'S032°25.7'W26°18.4'S030°07.8'W26°26.9'S031°18.3'W 1.018 12° 253° 93 km 00m59.6s
20:0424°29.9'S028°22.2'W23°46.0'S024°58.4'W24°11.4'S026°48.0'W 1.017 251° 84 km 00m52.9s
Limits21°04.6'S020°17.7'W21°37.1'S019°51.9'W21°20.8'S020°04.8'W 1.014 - 72 km 00m44.1s

ΔT = 10.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:45:15.018:45:04.557°47.2'S077°28.9'W 49.7° 328.7° 126.2 km01m59.17s
Greatest Duration18:42:28.618:42:18.158°34.3'S079°12.5'W 49.6° 332.6° 125.9 km01m59.23s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1730 Jan 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1730 Jan 18 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 10.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3.8 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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