Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1638 Jan 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1638 Jan 14 . 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 -1638 Jan 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits54°07.6'S127°12.2'W54°54.1'S128°53.2'W54°30.8'S128°02.1'W 0.979 - 137 km 01m05.4s
12:1659°36.0'S117°12.8'W55°49.8'S127°10.5'W58°31.1'S120°41.8'W 0.981 127° 125 km 01m02.4s
12:1862°14.2'S112°09.0'W61°05.1'S117°21.7'W61°44.7'S114°35.0'W 0.982 10° 121° 115 km 00m59.8s
12:2064°13.6'S108°04.2'W63°35.0'S112°24.1'W63°56.6'S110°08.9'W 0.983 13° 116° 108 km 00m58.1s
12:2265°53.0'S104°24.3'W65°30.3'S108°17.9'W65°43.1'S106°17.5'W 0.984 16° 112° 102 km 00m56.6s
12:2467°19.6'S100°56.2'W67°07.2'S104°33.7'W67°14.3'S102°42.0'W 0.984 18° 108° 97 km 00m55.3s
12:2668°36.6'S097°33.3'W68°31.7'S100°59.6'W68°34.9'S099°13.9'W 0.985 20° 104° 93 km 00m54.2s
12:2869°46.1'S094°11.1'W69°47.1'S097°29.0'W69°47.1'S095°47.8'W 0.985 21° 100° 90 km 00m53.1s
12:3070°49.2'S090°47.4'W70°55.1'S093°58.1'W70°52.6'S092°20.5'W 0.986 23° 96° 86 km 00m52.2s
12:3271°46.8'S087°19.3'W71°56.7'S090°23.8'W71°52.1'S088°49.4'W 0.986 24° 92° 83 km 00m51.2s
12:3472°39.2'S083°45.5'W72°52.7'S086°43.8'W72°46.2'S085°12.5'W 0.987 25° 88° 81 km 00m50.4s
12:3673°26.9'S080°04.4'W73°43.6'S082°56.5'W73°35.4'S081°28.4'W 0.987 26° 83° 78 km 00m49.6s
12:3874°10.0'S076°15.2'W74°29.5'S079°00.5'W74°19.9'S077°35.8'W 0.987 28° 78° 76 km 00m48.9s
12:4074°48.5'S072°17.3'W75°10.7'S074°54.9'W74°59.7'S073°34.0'W 0.987 29° 74° 74 km 00m48.2s
12:4275°22.7'S068°10.4'W75°47.1'S070°39.2'W75°34.9'S069°22.7'W 0.988 29° 69° 72 km 00m47.5s
12:4475°52.3'S063°54.6'W76°18.8'S066°13.4'W76°05.6'S065°02.0'W 0.988 30° 63° 70 km 00m46.9s
12:4676°17.4'S059°30.6'W76°45.8'S061°38.1'W76°31.6'S060°32.4'W 0.988 31° 58° 69 km 00m46.3s
12:4876°38.1'S054°59.6'W77°08.0'S056°54.3'W76°53.0'S055°55.2'W 0.988 32° 52° 67 km 00m45.7s
12:5076°54.1'S050°23.1'W77°25.4'S052°03.8'W77°09.7'S051°11.9'W 0.989 33° 47° 66 km 00m45.2s
12:5277°05.6'S045°43.2'W77°37.9'S047°08.9'W77°21.7'S046°24.6'W 0.989 33° 41° 65 km 00m44.7s
12:5477°12.7'S041°02.1'W77°45.7'S042°12.2'W77°29.0'S041°36.0'W 0.989 34° 35° 64 km 00m44.2s
12:5677°15.3'S036°22.4'W77°48.8'S037°16.5'W77°31.9'S036°48.5'W 0.989 34° 29° 63 km 00m43.8s
12:5877°13.6'S031°46.4'W77°47.3'S032°24.9'W77°30.3'S032°05.0'W 0.989 35° 23° 62 km 00m43.4s
13:0077°07.9'S027°16.6'W77°41.5'S027°40.1'W77°24.5'S027°27.9'W 0.989 35° 18° 61 km 00m43.0s
13:0276°58.3'S022°54.9'W77°31.6'S023°04.4'W77°14.8'S022°59.5'W 0.989 36° 12° 60 km 00m42.6s
13:0476°45.1'S018°43.0'W77°17.9'S018°39.7'W77°01.4'S018°41.4'W 0.990 36° 59 km 00m42.3s
13:0676°28.6'S014°42.1'W77°00.7'S014°27.5'W76°44.5'S014°35.0'W 0.990 37° 59 km 00m42.0s
13:0876°09.0'S010°52.9'W76°40.4'S010°28.4'W76°24.6'S010°41.0'W 0.990 37° 356° 58 km 00m41.7s
13:1075°46.7'S007°15.9'W76°17.2'S006°42.8'W76°01.8'S006°59.8'W 0.990 37° 351° 58 km 00m41.5s
13:1275°21.8'S003°51.0'W75°51.4'S003°10.8'W75°36.5'S003°31.4'W 0.990 37° 347° 57 km 00m41.2s
13:1474°54.7'S000°38.1'W75°23.3'S000°08.1'E75°08.9'S000°15.5'W 0.990 38° 342° 57 km 00m41.0s
13:1674°25.5'S002°23.3'E74°53.1'S003°14.4'E74°39.2'S002°48.3'E 0.990 38° 338° 57 km 00m40.9s
13:1873°54.5'S005°13.8'E74°21.1'S006°08.8'E74°07.7'S005°40.7'E 0.990 38° 334° 57 km 00m40.7s
13:2073°21.8'S007°54.0'E73°47.4'S008°52.1'E73°34.5'S008°22.4'E 0.990 38° 330° 57 km 00m40.6s
13:2272°47.7'S010°24.5'E73°12.3'S011°25.2'E72°59.9'S010°54.3'E 0.990 38° 326° 56 km 00m40.5s
13:2472°12.1'S012°46.2'E72°35.9'S013°48.9'E72°23.9'S013°17.0'E 0.990 38° 323° 56 km 00m40.4s
13:2671°35.4'S014°59.7'E71°58.2'S016°04.0'E71°46.7'S015°31.3'E 0.990 38° 320° 57 km 00m40.4s
13:2870°57.5'S017°05.8'E71°19.5'S018°11.2'E71°08.4'S017°37.9'E 0.990 38° 316° 57 km 00m40.4s
13:3070°18.6'S019°05.0'E70°39.7'S020°11.3'E70°29.1'S019°37.6'E 0.990 38° 313° 57 km 00m40.4s
13:3269°38.7'S020°57.9'E69°59.0'S022°05.1'E69°48.8'S021°30.9'E 0.990 38° 310° 57 km 00m40.4s
13:3468°58.0'S022°45.3'E69°17.4'S023°53.0'E69°07.7'S023°18.6'E 0.990 37° 307° 58 km 00m40.5s
13:3668°16.3'S024°27.6'E68°35.0'S025°35.8'E68°25.6'S025°01.2'E 0.990 37° 304° 58 km 00m40.6s
13:3867°33.9'S026°05.4'E67°51.8'S027°14.0'E67°42.8'S026°39.1'E 0.990 37° 301° 59 km 00m40.7s
13:4066°50.6'S027°39.0'E67°07.8'S028°48.0'E66°59.2'S028°13.0'E 0.990 37° 299° 59 km 00m40.9s
13:4266°06.6'S029°09.0'E66°23.1'S030°18.4'E66°14.8'S029°43.2'E 0.990 36° 296° 60 km 00m41.1s
13:4465°21.8'S030°35.8'E65°37.6'S031°45.6'E65°29.7'S031°10.2'E 0.990 36° 294° 61 km 00m41.3s
13:4664°36.2'S031°59.7'E64°51.3'S033°09.9'E64°43.8'S032°34.3'E 0.990 35° 291° 61 km 00m41.5s
13:4863°49.9'S033°21.2'E64°04.3'S034°31.9'E63°57.1'S033°56.0'E 0.990 35° 289° 62 km 00m41.8s
13:5063°02.7'S034°40.5'E63°16.5'S035°51.8'E63°09.6'S035°15.7'E 0.989 34° 287° 63 km 00m42.0s
13:5262°14.7'S035°58.1'E62°27.8'S037°10.1'E62°21.3'S036°33.6'E 0.989 34° 284° 64 km 00m42.4s
13:5461°25.9'S037°14.2'E61°38.3'S038°27.0'E61°32.1'S037°50.1'E 0.989 33° 282° 66 km 00m42.7s
13:5660°36.2'S038°29.2'E60°47.9'S039°42.9'E60°42.0'S039°05.6'E 0.989 32° 280° 67 km 00m43.1s
13:5859°45.5'S039°43.5'E59°56.4'S040°58.3'E59°51.0'S040°20.3'E 0.989 32° 278° 68 km 00m43.5s
14:0058°53.8'S040°57.2'E59°03.9'S042°13.3'E58°58.9'S041°34.7'E 0.989 31° 276° 70 km 00m44.0s
14:0258°01.0'S042°10.9'E58°10.2'S043°28.4'E58°05.6'S042°49.1'E 0.988 30° 274° 72 km 00m44.5s
14:0457°06.9'S043°24.8'E57°15.3'S044°44.1'E57°11.1'S044°03.9'E 0.988 29° 272° 73 km 00m45.0s
14:0656°11.5'S044°39.4'E56°18.9'S046°00.8'E56°15.3'S045°19.4'E 0.988 28° 270° 75 km 00m45.6s
14:0855°14.6'S045°55.1'E55°20.9'S047°18.9'E55°17.8'S046°36.3'E 0.988 27° 268° 78 km 00m46.2s
14:1054°16.0'S047°12.4'E54°21.0'S048°39.0'E54°18.6'S047°55.0'E 0.988 26° 266° 80 km 00m46.9s
14:1253°15.5'S048°31.9'E53°19.0'S050°02.0'E53°17.4'S049°16.2'E 0.987 25° 264° 82 km 00m47.6s
14:1452°12.7'S049°54.4'E52°14.5'S051°28.7'E52°13.8'S050°40.7'E 0.987 24° 262° 85 km 00m48.4s
14:1651°07.3'S051°20.8'E51°07.0'S053°00.2'E51°07.4'S052°09.5'E 0.987 22° 260° 88 km 00m49.2s
14:1849°58.7'S052°52.3'E49°55.7'S054°38.1'E49°57.5'S053°44.0'E 0.986 21° 258° 91 km 00m50.2s
14:2048°46.1'S054°30.6'E48°39.7'S056°24.7'E48°43.3'S055°26.2'E 0.986 19° 256° 95 km 00m51.2s
14:2247°28.5'S056°18.0'E47°17.3'S058°23.6'E47°23.5'S057°18.9'E 0.985 17° 254° 99 km 00m52.3s
14:2446°03.9'S058°18.4'E45°45.8'S060°40.8'E45°55.7'S059°26.9'E 0.985 15° 252° 103 km 00m53.6s
14:2644°29.2'S060°38.7'E43°59.1'S063°29.1'E44°15.8'S061°59.4'E 0.984 12° 249° 108 km 00m55.2s
14:2842°37.5'S063°33.6'E41°40.3'S067°25.9'E42°13.5'S065°18.5'E 0.983 247° 115 km 00m57.1s
14:3040°05.6'S067°52.1'E - - 38°52.1'S071°26.4'E 0.981 242° 125 km 01m00.5s
Limits36°49.5'S074°15.3'E37°42.1'S075°18.0'E37°15.7'S074°46.4'E 0.980 - 130 km 01m02.2s

ΔT = 38039.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:56:35.113:22:35.772°49.3'S147°18.3'W 38.0° 325.4° 56.5 km00m40.49s
Greatest Duration22:49:05.212:15:05.854°30.8'S231°57.9'E 0.0° 133.2° 137.5 km01m05.36s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1638 Jan 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1638 Jan 14 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 38039.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2351.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 9.83°.

Acknowledgments

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

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