Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1755 Sep 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1755 Sep 06 . 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 1755 Sep 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits23°02.3'S009°40.0'W23°51.1'S009°47.4'W23°26.6'S009°43.6'W 1.020 - 88 km 01m11.5s
06:5022°07.9'S000°02.7'E23°15.4'S003°19.7'W22°41.0'S001°29.3'W 1.023 79° 99 km 01m25.3s
06:5221°56.7'S004°05.4'E22°58.8'S001°51.3'E22°27.7'S003°01.0'E 1.024 12° 77° 107 km 01m34.0s
06:5421°53.7'S007°02.7'E22°54.8'S005°12.1'E22°24.3'S006°08.9'E 1.025 16° 76° 112 km 01m40.7s
06:5621°54.9'S009°27.4'E22°55.9'S007°49.7'E22°25.4'S008°39.6'E 1.026 18° 74° 116 km 01m46.3s
06:5821°58.7'S011°31.9'E23°00.0'S010°02.6'E22°29.4'S010°48.1'E 1.027 21° 73° 120 km 01m51.3s
07:0022°04.5'S013°22.1'E23°06.2'S011°58.8'E22°35.4'S012°41.1'E 1.027 23° 72° 123 km 01m55.9s
07:0222°11.8'S015°01.8'E23°13.9'S013°42.9'E22°42.9'S014°22.9'E 1.028 25° 71° 126 km 02m00.2s
07:0422°20.3'S016°33.1'E23°22.8'S015°17.8'E22°51.7'S015°56.0'E 1.028 26° 70° 129 km 02m04.1s
07:0622°29.8'S017°57.8'E23°32.8'S016°45.4'E23°01.4'S017°22.0'E 1.029 28° 68° 131 km 02m07.9s
07:0822°40.2'S019°16.9'E23°43.6'S018°06.9'E23°12.0'S018°42.3'E 1.029 30° 67° 133 km 02m11.4s
07:1022°51.4'S020°31.3'E23°55.2'S019°23.4'E23°23.3'S019°57.8'E 1.029 31° 66° 136 km 02m14.8s
07:1223°03.2'S021°41.8'E24°07.5'S020°35.7'E23°35.4'S021°09.1'E 1.030 32° 65° 138 km 02m18.0s
07:1423°15.6'S022°48.8'E24°20.3'S021°44.3'E23°48.0'S022°16.9'E 1.030 34° 64° 139 km 02m21.0s
07:1623°28.5'S023°52.8'E24°33.7'S022°49.7'E24°01.2'S023°21.6'E 1.031 35° 63° 141 km 02m23.9s
07:1823°42.0'S024°54.2'E24°47.5'S023°52.3'E24°14.8'S024°23.6'E 1.031 36° 61° 142 km 02m26.7s
07:2023°56.0'S025°53.3'E25°01.9'S024°52.5'E24°29.0'S025°23.2'E 1.031 37° 60° 144 km 02m29.3s
07:2224°10.4'S026°50.2'E25°16.6'S025°50.4'E24°43.5'S026°20.6'E 1.031 38° 59° 145 km 02m31.8s
07:2424°25.2'S027°45.3'E25°31.8'S026°46.5'E24°58.5'S027°16.2'E 1.032 39° 57° 146 km 02m34.2s
07:2624°40.4'S028°38.7'E25°47.4'S027°40.8'E25°13.9'S028°10.0'E 1.032 40° 56° 147 km 02m36.5s
07:2824°56.0'S029°30.6'E26°03.3'S028°33.5'E25°29.7'S029°02.3'E 1.032 41° 55° 148 km 02m38.7s
07:3025°11.9'S030°21.2'E26°19.6'S029°24.8'E25°45.8'S029°53.2'E 1.032 42° 53° 149 km 02m40.8s
07:3225°28.2'S031°10.5'E26°36.2'S030°14.9'E26°02.2'S030°42.9'E 1.032 42° 52° 150 km 02m42.7s
07:3425°44.9'S031°58.7'E26°53.2'S031°03.8'E26°19.0'S031°31.5'E 1.033 43° 50° 150 km 02m44.6s
07:3626°01.9'S032°45.9'E27°10.4'S031°51.7'E26°36.2'S032°19.1'E 1.033 44° 49° 151 km 02m46.3s
07:3826°19.1'S033°32.3'E27°28.0'S032°38.7'E26°53.6'S033°05.7'E 1.033 44° 47° 151 km 02m47.9s
07:4026°36.8'S034°17.8'E27°45.9'S033°24.9'E27°11.3'S033°51.5'E 1.033 45° 46° 152 km 02m49.5s
07:4226°54.7'S035°02.6'E28°04.1'S034°10.3'E27°29.4'S034°36.6'E 1.033 46° 44° 152 km 02m50.9s
07:4427°12.9'S035°46.8'E28°22.6'S034°55.1'E27°47.7'S035°21.1'E 1.033 46° 43° 152 km 02m52.2s
07:4627°31.4'S036°30.3'E28°41.4'S035°39.3'E28°06.4'S036°05.0'E 1.034 47° 41° 153 km 02m53.5s
07:4827°50.2'S037°13.4'E29°00.5'S036°22.9'E28°25.3'S036°48.3'E 1.034 47° 39° 153 km 02m54.6s
07:5028°09.3'S037°56.0'E29°19.8'S037°06.2'E28°44.6'S037°31.3'E 1.034 48° 38° 153 km 02m55.6s
07:5228°28.7'S038°38.3'E29°39.5'S037°49.0'E29°04.1'S038°13.8'E 1.034 48° 36° 153 km 02m56.5s
07:5428°48.4'S039°20.2'E29°59.4'S038°31.6'E29°23.9'S038°56.1'E 1.034 48° 34° 153 km 02m57.4s
07:5629°08.4'S040°01.9'E30°19.6'S039°13.9'E29°44.0'S039°38.0'E 1.034 49° 32° 152 km 02m58.1s
07:5829°28.7'S040°43.4'E30°40.1'S039°56.0'E30°04.4'S040°19.8'E 1.034 49° 31° 152 km 02m58.7s
08:0029°49.2'S041°24.7'E31°00.9'S040°37.9'E30°25.1'S041°01.4'E 1.034 49° 29° 152 km 02m59.2s
08:0230°10.1'S042°05.9'E31°22.0'S041°19.8'E30°46.0'S041°43.0'E 1.034 49° 27° 152 km 02m59.7s
08:0430°31.2'S042°47.1'E31°43.4'S042°01.6'E31°07.3'S042°24.5'E 1.034 49° 25° 151 km 03m00.0s
08:0630°52.7'S043°28.3'E32°05.1'S042°43.5'E31°28.8'S043°06.0'E 1.034 49° 23° 151 km 03m00.2s
08:0831°14.4'S044°09.5'E32°27.0'S043°25.4'E31°50.7'S043°47.6'E 1.034 49° 21° 151 km 03m00.4s
08:1031°36.5'S044°50.8'E32°49.3'S044°07.5'E32°12.8'S044°29.3'E 1.034 49° 19° 150 km 03m00.4s
08:1231°58.8'S045°32.4'E33°11.9'S044°49.7'E32°35.3'S045°11.1'E 1.034 49° 18° 150 km 03m00.4s
08:1432°21.5'S046°14.1'E33°34.8'S045°32.2'E32°58.1'S045°53.2'E 1.034 49° 16° 149 km 03m00.2s
08:1632°44.5'S046°56.1'E33°58.0'S046°15.0'E33°21.2'S046°35.6'E 1.034 49° 14° 149 km 03m00.0s
08:1833°07.8'S047°38.4'E34°21.6'S046°58.2'E33°44.6'S047°18.4'E 1.034 49° 12° 148 km 02m59.6s
08:2033°31.4'S048°21.1'E34°45.4'S047°41.8'E34°08.4'S048°01.5'E 1.034 49° 10° 147 km 02m59.2s
08:2233°55.4'S049°04.3'E35°09.7'S048°25.8'E34°32.5'S048°45.1'E 1.034 49° 147 km 02m58.6s
08:2434°19.7'S049°47.9'E35°34.2'S049°10.4'E34°56.9'S049°29.2'E 1.034 48° 146 km 02m58.0s
08:2634°44.4'S050°32.2'E35°59.2'S049°55.6'E35°21.7'S050°13.9'E 1.034 48° 145 km 02m57.2s
08:2835°09.4'S051°17.1'E36°24.5'S050°41.6'E35°46.9'S050°59.3'E 1.034 48° 145 km 02m56.4s
08:3035°34.8'S052°02.7'E36°50.1'S051°28.2'E36°12.4'S051°45.5'E 1.034 47° 144 km 02m55.5s
08:3236°00.6'S052°49.1'E37°16.2'S052°15.8'E36°38.3'S052°32.4'E 1.034 47° 359° 143 km 02m54.5s
08:3436°26.9'S053°36.4'E37°42.7'S053°04.3'E37°04.7'S053°20.3'E 1.034 46° 357° 142 km 02m53.3s
08:3636°53.5'S054°24.6'E38°09.6'S053°53.8'E37°31.4'S054°09.2'E 1.034 46° 355° 142 km 02m52.1s
08:3837°20.5'S055°13.9'E38°36.9'S054°44.5'E37°58.6'S054°59.1'E 1.034 45° 353° 141 km 02m50.8s
08:4037°48.1'S056°04.4'E39°04.7'S055°36.4'E38°26.3'S055°50.3'E 1.033 45° 351° 140 km 02m49.4s
08:4238°16.0'S056°56.2'E39°33.0'S056°29.7'E38°54.4'S056°42.9'E 1.033 44° 349° 139 km 02m47.9s
08:4438°44.5'S057°49.4'E40°01.7'S057°24.5'E39°23.0'S057°36.8'E 1.033 43° 348° 138 km 02m46.3s
08:4639°13.5'S058°44.1'E40°31.0'S058°21.0'E39°52.1'S058°32.4'E 1.033 43° 346° 137 km 02m44.5s
08:4839°43.0'S059°40.6'E41°00.9'S059°19.2'E40°21.8'S059°29.8'E 1.033 42° 344° 136 km 02m42.7s
08:5040°13.1'S060°38.9'E41°31.3'S060°19.6'E40°52.1'S060°29.1'E 1.033 41° 342° 135 km 02m40.8s
08:5240°43.8'S061°39.3'E42°02.3'S061°22.1'E41°22.9'S061°30.5'E 1.032 40° 340° 134 km 02m38.8s
08:5441°15.1'S062°41.9'E42°34.0'S062°27.1'E41°54.4'S062°34.3'E 1.032 39° 339° 133 km 02m36.6s
08:5641°47.1'S063°47.1'E43°06.4'S063°34.8'E42°26.6'S063°40.7'E 1.032 38° 337° 132 km 02m34.4s
08:5842°19.8'S064°55.2'E43°39.5'S064°45.5'E42°59.5'S064°50.1'E 1.032 37° 335° 131 km 02m32.0s
09:0042°53.4'S066°06.3'E44°13.4'S065°59.7'E43°33.2'S066°02.7'E 1.032 36° 333° 130 km 02m29.6s
09:0243°27.7'S067°21.0'E44°48.2'S067°17.7'E44°07.8'S067°19.0'E 1.031 35° 331° 129 km 02m27.0s
09:0444°03.0'S068°39.7'E45°24.0'S068°40.0'E44°43.3'S068°39.4'E 1.031 34° 329° 128 km 02m24.2s
09:0644°39.3'S070°02.8'E46°00.7'S070°07.2'E45°19.8'S070°04.6'E 1.031 33° 328° 126 km 02m21.4s
09:0845°16.6'S071°31.2'E46°38.6'S071°40.1'E45°57.4'S071°35.1'E 1.030 31° 326° 125 km 02m18.4s
09:1045°55.2'S073°05.4'E47°17.8'S073°19.6'E46°36.3'S073°11.9'E 1.030 30° 324° 124 km 02m15.2s
09:1246°35.2'S074°46.7'E47°58.4'S075°06.9'E47°16.6'S074°56.1'E 1.030 29° 321° 122 km 02m11.9s
09:1447°16.7'S076°36.2'E48°40.6'S077°03.4'E47°58.5'S076°49.0'E 1.029 27° 319° 121 km 02m08.3s
09:1648°00.1'S078°35.7'E49°24.7'S079°11.1'E48°42.2'S078°52.4'E 1.029 25° 317° 119 km 02m04.6s
09:1848°45.6'S080°47.4'E50°11.2'S081°32.8'E49°28.1'S081°08.9'E 1.028 24° 315° 117 km 02m00.6s
09:2049°33.6'S083°14.5'E51°00.4'S084°12.7'E50°16.7'S083°42.1'E 1.028 22° 312° 115 km 01m56.3s
09:2250°25.0'S086°02.1'E51°53.2'S087°16.9'E51°08.8'S086°37.6'E 1.027 19° 309° 113 km 01m51.5s
09:2451°20.6'S089°18.1'E52°50.9'S090°56.4'E52°05.4'S090°04.6'E 1.026 17° 306° 110 km 01m46.3s
09:2652°22.5'S093°17.3'E53°56.2'S095°33.2'E53°08.9'S094°21.0'E 1.025 14° 302° 107 km 01m40.2s
09:2853°35.0'S098°33.9'E55°16.4'S102°09.3'E54°24.8'S100°11.9'E 1.024 10° 296° 103 km 01m32.7s
09:3055°15.7'S107°29.4'E - - 56°27.9'S112°30.9'E 1.022 286° 95 km 01m19.1s
Limits56°35.7'S116°53.5'E57°25.9'S116°48.5'E57°00.7'S116°51.0'E 1.021 - 92 km 01m15.0s

ΔT = 13.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:09:45.208:09:31.632°07.6'S044°16.0'E 49.4° 19.9° 150.2 km03m00.42s
Greatest Duration08:10:02.908:09:49.432°10.9'S044°25.6'E 49.4° 19.6° 150.1 km03m00.42s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1755 Sep 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1755 Sep 06 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 13.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2.8 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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