Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1746 Sep 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1746 Sep 15 . 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 1746 Sep 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°34.9'S022°58.9'W15°53.2'S023°18.8'W15°13.9'S023°08.7'W 1.031 - 142 km 01m44.1s
07:3214°31.3'S013°55.5'W15°48.5'S021°09.0'W15°07.6'S016°36.9'W 1.033 85° 155 km 01m56.2s
07:3414°49.9'S010°07.0'W15°58.5'S014°00.1'W15°24.1'S011°55.6'W 1.034 11° 84° 165 km 02m06.1s
07:3615°12.4'S007°21.8'W16°19.7'S010°30.3'W15°46.1'S008°52.2'W 1.035 15° 82° 173 km 02m13.1s
07:3815°36.9'S005°07.9'W16°43.9'S007°53.8'W16°10.5'S006°28.3'W 1.036 18° 81° 179 km 02m18.8s
07:4016°02.7'S003°13.5'W17°09.6'S005°45.4'W16°36.2'S004°27.6'W 1.037 20° 80° 184 km 02m23.9s
07:4216°29.4'S001°32.8'W17°36.5'S003°55.0'W17°03.0'S002°42.4'W 1.037 22° 79° 188 km 02m28.4s
07:4416°56.8'S000°02.3'W18°04.1'S002°17.4'W17°30.5'S001°08.6'W 1.038 24° 78° 192 km 02m32.6s
07:4617°24.9'S001°20.2'E18°32.4'S000°49.4'W17°58.7'S000°16.5'E 1.039 25° 77° 195 km 02m36.4s
07:4817°53.5'S002°36.1'E19°01.2'S000°31.0'E18°27.4'S001°34.5'E 1.039 27° 76° 198 km 02m40.0s
07:5018°22.6'S003°46.8'E19°30.6'S001°45.3'E18°56.6'S002°46.8'E 1.039 28° 75° 201 km 02m43.3s
07:5218°52.1'S004°52.9'E20°00.3'S002°54.4'E19°26.3'S003°54.4'E 1.040 30° 74° 203 km 02m46.4s
07:5419°22.0'S005°55.1'E20°30.5'S003°59.1'E19°56.3'S004°57.8'E 1.040 31° 73° 205 km 02m49.4s
07:5619°52.3'S006°53.9'E21°01.0'S005°00.1'E20°26.7'S005°57.7'E 1.040 32° 72° 207 km 02m52.1s
07:5820°22.9'S007°49.9'E21°31.9'S005°57.9'E20°57.4'S006°54.5'E 1.041 33° 71° 208 km 02m54.8s
08:0020°53.8'S008°43.2'E22°03.0'S006°52.9'E21°28.5'S007°48.7'E 1.041 34° 70° 209 km 02m57.2s
08:0221°25.1'S009°34.3'E22°34.6'S007°45.4'E21°59.8'S008°40.4'E 1.041 35° 69° 210 km 02m59.6s
08:0421°56.7'S010°23.3'E23°06.4'S008°35.7'E22°31.5'S009°30.0'E 1.042 36° 68° 211 km 03m01.8s
08:0622°28.5'S011°10.5'E23°38.5'S009°24.1'E23°03.5'S010°17.8'E 1.042 37° 67° 212 km 03m03.8s
08:0823°00.7'S011°56.0'E24°10.9'S010°10.7'E23°35.8'S011°03.8'E 1.042 38° 65° 212 km 03m05.8s
08:1023°33.1'S012°40.1'E24°43.6'S010°55.7'E24°08.4'S011°48.4'E 1.042 39° 64° 212 km 03m07.6s
08:1224°05.9'S013°22.9'E25°16.6'S011°39.3'E24°41.2'S012°31.6'E 1.042 40° 63° 212 km 03m09.4s
08:1424°38.9'S014°04.5'E25°49.9'S012°21.7'E25°14.4'S013°13.5'E 1.043 40° 61° 212 km 03m11.0s
08:1625°12.2'S014°44.9'E26°23.5'S013°02.9'E25°47.8'S013°54.4'E 1.043 41° 60° 212 km 03m12.5s
08:1825°45.8'S015°24.5'E26°57.4'S013°43.1'E26°21.6'S014°34.2'E 1.043 42° 59° 212 km 03m13.9s
08:2026°19.7'S016°03.1'E27°31.6'S014°22.4'E26°55.6'S015°13.2'E 1.043 42° 57° 211 km 03m15.2s
08:2226°53.9'S016°41.0'E28°06.1'S015°00.9'E27°30.0'S015°51.4'E 1.043 43° 56° 211 km 03m16.4s
08:2427°28.4'S017°18.2'E28°40.9'S015°38.6'E28°04.6'S016°28.8'E 1.043 43° 54° 210 km 03m17.5s
08:2628°03.2'S017°54.8'E29°16.1'S016°15.8'E28°39.6'S017°05.7'E 1.044 44° 53° 210 km 03m18.5s
08:2828°38.3'S018°30.9'E29°51.5'S016°52.3'E29°14.8'S017°42.0'E 1.044 44° 51° 209 km 03m19.4s
08:3029°13.7'S019°06.5'E30°27.3'S017°28.4'E29°50.4'S018°17.8'E 1.044 44° 50° 208 km 03m20.2s
08:3229°49.4'S019°41.7'E31°03.4'S018°04.1'E30°26.3'S018°53.3'E 1.044 45° 48° 207 km 03m20.9s
08:3430°25.4'S020°16.6'E31°39.8'S018°39.4'E31°02.5'S019°28.4'E 1.044 45° 46° 207 km 03m21.5s
08:3631°01.8'S020°51.3'E32°16.6'S019°14.5'E31°39.1'S020°03.3'E 1.044 45° 45° 206 km 03m22.1s
08:3831°38.5'S021°25.7'E32°53.8'S019°49.4'E32°16.1'S020°37.9'E 1.044 45° 43° 205 km 03m22.5s
08:4032°15.6'S022°00.1'E33°31.3'S020°24.2'E32°53.4'S021°12.5'E 1.044 46° 41° 204 km 03m22.8s
08:4232°53.1'S022°34.3'E34°09.2'S020°58.8'E33°31.0'S021°46.9'E 1.044 46° 40° 203 km 03m23.1s
08:4433°30.9'S023°08.6'E34°47.5'S021°33.5'E34°09.1'S022°21.4'E 1.044 46° 38° 202 km 03m23.3s
08:4634°09.1'S023°42.9'E35°26.3'S022°08.3'E34°47.5'S022°55.9'E 1.044 46° 36° 201 km 03m23.3s
08:4834°47.7'S024°17.3'E36°05.4'S022°43.2'E35°26.4'S023°30.6'E 1.044 46° 34° 200 km 03m23.3s
08:5035°26.7'S024°52.0'E36°45.0'S023°18.3'E36°05.7'S024°05.5'E 1.044 46° 33° 199 km 03m23.2s
08:5236°06.1'S025°26.9'E37°25.1'S023°53.6'E36°45.4'S024°40.6'E 1.044 46° 31° 198 km 03m23.0s
08:5436°46.0'S026°02.1'E38°05.6'S024°29.3'E37°25.6'S025°16.1'E 1.044 45° 29° 197 km 03m22.7s
08:5637°26.4'S026°37.7'E38°46.6'S025°05.5'E38°06.3'S025°52.0'E 1.044 45° 27° 195 km 03m22.3s
08:5838°07.2'S027°13.8'E39°28.2'S025°42.1'E38°47.5'S026°28.3'E 1.044 45° 26° 194 km 03m21.9s
09:0038°48.5'S027°50.5'E40°10.2'S026°19.4'E39°29.2'S027°05.3'E 1.044 45° 24° 193 km 03m21.3s
09:0239°30.4'S028°27.8'E40°52.9'S026°57.3'E40°11.4'S027°42.9'E 1.044 44° 22° 192 km 03m20.6s
09:0440°12.8'S029°05.8'E41°36.1'S027°36.0'E40°54.3'S028°21.3'E 1.044 44° 20° 191 km 03m19.9s
09:0640°55.8'S029°44.7'E42°20.0'S028°15.6'E41°37.7'S029°00.5'E 1.044 44° 18° 190 km 03m19.1s
09:0841°39.4'S030°24.5'E43°04.5'S028°56.2'E42°21.7'S029°40.7'E 1.044 43° 17° 189 km 03m18.1s
09:1042°23.6'S031°05.4'E43°49.7'S029°38.0'E43°06.4'S030°22.1'E 1.044 43° 15° 188 km 03m17.1s
09:1243°08.5'S031°47.5'E44°35.6'S030°21.0'E43°51.8'S031°04.6'E 1.043 42° 13° 187 km 03m16.0s
09:1443°54.1'S032°30.9'E45°22.3'S031°05.5'E44°37.9'S031°48.5'E 1.043 42° 11° 186 km 03m14.7s
09:1644°40.4'S033°15.8'E46°09.8'S031°51.5'E45°24.8'S032°34.0'E 1.043 41° 10° 185 km 03m13.4s
09:1845°27.5'S034°02.4'E46°58.2'S032°39.3'E46°12.6'S033°21.2'E 1.043 40° 184 km 03m12.0s
09:2046°15.5'S034°50.8'E47°47.5'S033°29.2'E47°01.2'S034°10.3'E 1.043 40° 182 km 03m10.4s
09:2247°04.4'S035°41.3'E48°37.8'S034°21.3'E47°50.7'S035°01.6'E 1.043 39° 181 km 03m08.8s
09:2447°54.2'S036°34.1'E49°29.1'S035°16.0'E48°41.3'S035°55.3'E 1.043 38° 180 km 03m07.1s
09:2648°45.0'S037°29.5'E50°21.5'S036°13.5'E49°32.9'S036°51.8'E 1.042 37° 179 km 03m05.2s
09:2849°37.0'S038°27.9'E51°15.2'S037°14.3'E50°25.7'S037°51.3'E 1.042 37° 359° 178 km 03m03.2s
09:3050°30.1'S039°29.6'E52°10.2'S038°18.7'E51°19.7'S038°54.4'E 1.042 36° 357° 177 km 03m01.1s
09:3251°24.5'S040°35.1'E53°06.6'S039°27.5'E52°15.1'S040°01.4'E 1.042 35° 355° 176 km 02m58.9s
09:3452°20.3'S041°44.9'E54°04.6'S040°41.1'E53°11.9'S041°13.1'E 1.041 34° 353° 175 km 02m56.5s
09:3653°17.6'S042°59.8'E55°04.3'S042°00.4'E54°10.4'S042°30.1'E 1.041 32° 351° 173 km 02m54.0s
09:3854°16.7'S044°20.5'E56°05.9'S043°26.5'E55°10.7'S043°53.4'E 1.041 31° 349° 172 km 02m51.4s
09:4055°17.6'S045°47.9'E57°09.7'S045°00.4'E56°12.9'S045°23.9'E 1.040 30° 347° 171 km 02m48.6s
09:4256°20.5'S047°23.5'E58°15.8'S046°43.8'E57°17.4'S047°03.3'E 1.040 29° 344° 170 km 02m45.6s
09:4457°25.8'S049°08.7'E59°24.7'S048°38.9'E58°24.4'S048°53.1'E 1.040 27° 342° 169 km 02m42.4s
09:4658°33.8'S051°05.8'E60°36.7'S050°48.4'E59°34.3'S050°56.1'E 1.039 26° 339° 167 km 02m38.9s
09:4859°44.8'S053°17.5'E61°52.3'S053°16.5'E60°47.6'S053°15.4'E 1.039 24° 336° 166 km 02m35.3s
09:5060°59.5'S055°48.1'E63°12.4'S056°08.8'E62°04.8'S055°56.0'E 1.038 22° 333° 164 km 02m31.3s
09:5262°18.5'S058°43.4'E64°37.9'S059°34.6'E63°26.8'S059°05.2'E 1.038 20° 330° 163 km 02m26.9s
09:5463°42.9'S062°12.9'E66°10.3'S063°49.4'E64°54.9'S062°54.9'E 1.037 18° 326° 161 km 02m22.1s
09:5665°14.2'S066°32.7'E67°52.2'S069°22.8'E66°31.1'S067°46.6'E 1.036 15° 320° 159 km 02m16.6s
09:5866°55.2'S072°14.2'E69°49.0'S077°26.5'E68°19.0'S074°26.0'E 1.035 12° 314° 156 km 02m10.0s
10:0068°52.1'S080°37.5'E72°20.2'S093°24.0'E70°28.4'S085°14.9'E 1.034 303° 153 km 02m01.1s
Limits72°14.4'S108°39.8'E73°32.9'S108°15.8'E72°53.5'S108°28.7'E 1.031 - 146 km 01m46.7s

ΔT = 12.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:46:36.308:46:24.134°55.3'S022°59.8'E 45.8° 35.8° 200.5 km03m23.33s
Greatest Duration08:46:47.308:46:35.134°58.9'S023°06.1'E 45.8° 35.7° 200.4 km03m23.33s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1746 Sep 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1746 Sep 15 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 12.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.01°.

Acknowledgments

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

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