Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1681 May 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1681 May 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of -1681 May 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
Limits48°45.0'S094°10.7'E50°19.6'S094°45.2'E49°32.2'S094°27.7'E 1.051 - 180 km 02m51.6s
00:3446°53.4'S101°29.4'E - - 49°12.4'S095°54.8'E 1.051 70° 180 km 02m53.8s
00:3644°13.9'S109°39.7'E46°52.1'S107°31.0'E45°29.9'S108°46.7'E 1.055 11° 60° 189 km 03m16.9s
00:3842°24.8'S114°15.6'E44°45.0'S113°23.5'E43°33.2'S113°54.5'E 1.056 15° 56° 192 km 03m28.2s
00:4040°53.5'S117°40.2'E43°05.0'S117°22.4'E41°58.0'S117°34.4'E 1.057 19° 53° 195 km 03m37.2s
00:4239°32.4'S120°25.7'E41°38.3'S120°28.6'E40°34.3'S120°29.4'E 1.058 21° 51° 197 km 03m45.0s
00:4438°18.2'S122°45.8'E40°20.1'S123°03.0'E39°18.2'S122°56.1'E 1.059 24° 49° 200 km 03m51.9s
00:4637°09.1'S124°47.8'E39°07.8'S125°15.4'E38°07.6'S125°03.0'E 1.059 26° 47° 201 km 03m58.3s
00:4836°04.1'S126°36.2'E38°00.1'S127°11.9'E37°01.3'S126°55.2'E 1.060 28° 45° 203 km 04m04.3s
00:5035°02.3'S128°13.7'E36°56.2'S128°56.0'E35°58.5'S128°35.8'E 1.061 30° 43° 205 km 04m09.8s
00:5234°03.3'S129°42.6'E35°55.3'S130°30.3'E34°58.6'S130°07.3'E 1.061 32° 42° 206 km 04m15.1s
00:5433°06.6'S131°04.4'E34°57.0'S131°56.5'E34°01.2'S131°31.1'E 1.062 34° 41° 208 km 04m20.1s
00:5632°12.0'S132°20.0'E34°00.9'S133°16.1'E33°05.8'S132°48.7'E 1.062 36° 39° 209 km 04m24.9s
00:5831°19.2'S133°30.6'E33°06.8'S134°29.9'E32°12.4'S134°00.8'E 1.062 37° 38° 211 km 04m29.5s
01:0030°28.0'S134°36.6'E32°14.5'S135°38.9'E31°20.7'S135°08.2'E 1.063 39° 37° 212 km 04m33.8s
01:0229°38.3'S135°38.8'E31°23.7'S136°43.6'E30°30.4'S136°11.6'E 1.063 40° 35° 213 km 04m38.0s
01:0428°49.9'S136°37.6'E30°34.3'S137°44.6'E29°41.6'S137°11.5'E 1.064 42° 34° 214 km 04m42.1s
01:0628°02.7'S137°33.4'E29°46.2'S138°42.4'E28°53.9'S138°08.2'E 1.064 43° 33° 216 km 04m45.9s
01:0827°16.6'S138°26.5'E28°59.3'S139°37.3'E28°07.5'S139°02.2'E 1.064 44° 31° 217 km 04m49.7s
01:1026°31.5'S139°17.1'E28°13.6'S140°29.6'E27°22.1'S139°53.6'E 1.065 46° 30° 218 km 04m53.3s
01:1225°47.4'S140°05.7'E27°28.8'S141°19.6'E26°37.6'S140°42.9'E 1.065 47° 29° 219 km 04m56.7s
01:1425°04.1'S140°52.3'E26°45.0'S142°07.5'E25°54.1'S141°30.1'E 1.065 48° 28° 220 km 05m00.1s
01:1624°21.7'S141°37.1'E26°02.0'S142°53.6'E25°11.4'S142°15.6'E 1.065 49° 26° 221 km 05m03.3s
01:1823°40.1'S142°20.4'E25°19.9'S143°37.9'E24°29.6'S142°59.4'E 1.066 50° 25° 222 km 05m06.4s
01:2022°59.2'S143°02.2'E24°38.6'S144°20.7'E23°48.5'S143°41.7'E 1.066 51° 23° 223 km 05m09.4s
01:2222°19.0'S143°42.8'E23°58.0'S145°02.2'E23°08.1'S144°22.6'E 1.066 52° 22° 224 km 05m12.2s
01:2421°39.5'S144°22.1'E23°18.2'S145°42.4'E22°28.4'S145°02.4'E 1.066 53° 21° 225 km 05m15.0s
01:2621°00.6'S145°00.3'E22°39.0'S146°21.4'E21°49.4'S145°41.0'E 1.066 54° 19° 226 km 05m17.6s
01:2820°22.3'S145°37.6'E22°00.4'S146°59.4'E21°11.0'S146°18.6'E 1.067 55° 18° 227 km 05m20.2s
01:3019°44.5'S146°14.0'E21°22.4'S147°36.4'E20°33.1'S146°55.3'E 1.067 56° 16° 228 km 05m22.6s
01:3219°07.4'S146°49.5'E20°45.1'S148°12.6'E19°55.8'S147°31.2'E 1.067 57° 14° 228 km 05m24.9s
01:3418°30.7'S147°24.3'E20°08.2'S148°47.9'E19°19.1'S148°06.2'E 1.067 58° 13° 229 km 05m27.1s
01:3617°54.5'S147°58.5'E19°32.0'S149°22.6'E18°42.9'S148°40.6'E 1.067 59° 11° 230 km 05m29.3s
01:3817°18.9'S148°32.0'E18°56.2'S149°56.6'E18°07.2'S149°14.4'E 1.067 59° 231 km 05m31.3s
01:4016°43.7'S149°05.0'E18°20.9'S150°30.0'E17°32.0'S149°47.6'E 1.068 60° 232 km 05m33.2s
01:4216°08.9'S149°37.5'E17°46.1'S151°02.9'E16°57.2'S150°20.3'E 1.068 61° 233 km 05m35.0s
01:4415°34.6'S150°09.6'E17°11.8'S151°35.4'E16°22.9'S150°52.5'E 1.068 61° 234 km 05m36.7s
01:4615°00.7'S150°41.2'E16°38.0'S152°07.4'E15°49.0'S151°24.3'E 1.068 62° 234 km 05m38.3s
01:4814°27.2'S151°12.6'E16°04.5'S152°39.0'E15°15.6'S151°55.8'E 1.068 63° 359° 235 km 05m39.8s
01:5013°54.2'S151°43.6'E15°31.5'S153°10.3'E14°42.5'S152°27.0'E 1.068 63° 357° 236 km 05m41.1s
01:5213°21.5'S152°14.4'E14°58.9'S153°41.4'E14°09.9'S152°57.9'E 1.068 64° 354° 237 km 05m42.4s
01:5412°49.2'S152°44.9'E14°26.8'S154°12.2'E13°37.7'S153°28.6'E 1.068 64° 352° 238 km 05m43.6s
01:5612°17.3'S153°15.4'E13°55.0'S154°42.8'E13°05.9'S153°59.1'E 1.068 64° 350° 238 km 05m44.7s
01:5811°45.7'S153°45.6'E13°23.6'S155°13.2'E12°34.4'S154°29.5'E 1.068 65° 347° 239 km 05m45.6s
02:0011°14.6'S154°15.8'E12°52.6'S155°43.6'E12°03.3'S154°59.7'E 1.068 65° 345° 240 km 05m46.5s
02:0210°43.7'S154°45.9'E12°21.9'S156°13.9'E11°32.6'S155°29.9'E 1.068 65° 342° 241 km 05m47.2s
02:0410°13.2'S155°16.0'E11°51.7'S156°44.1'E11°02.2'S156°00.1'E 1.068 65° 340° 242 km 05m47.9s
02:0609°43.1'S155°46.1'E11°21.8'S157°14.3'E10°32.2'S156°30.2'E 1.068 65° 337° 242 km 05m48.4s
02:0809°13.3'S156°16.3'E10°52.2'S157°44.5'E10°02.5'S157°00.4'E 1.068 66° 334° 243 km 05m48.8s
02:1008°43.8'S156°46.6'E10°23.0'S158°14.9'E09°33.2'S157°30.7'E 1.068 65° 332° 244 km 05m49.1s
02:1208°14.7'S157°16.9'E09°54.2'S158°45.3'E09°04.2'S158°01.1'E 1.068 65° 329° 244 km 05m49.3s
02:1407°45.9'S157°47.4'E09°25.7'S159°15.8'E08°35.6'S158°31.6'E 1.068 65° 327° 245 km 05m49.4s
02:1607°17.4'S158°18.1'E08°57.5'S159°46.5'E08°07.2'S159°02.3'E 1.068 65° 324° 246 km 05m49.4s
02:1806°49.3'S158°49.1'E08°29.7'S160°17.4'E07°39.3'S159°33.2'E 1.068 65° 322° 246 km 05m49.2s
02:2006°21.5'S159°20.2'E08°02.2'S160°48.6'E07°11.6'S160°04.4'E 1.068 65° 319° 247 km 05m49.0s
02:2205°54.0'S159°51.7'E07°35.1'S161°20.0'E06°44.3'S160°35.8'E 1.068 64° 317° 247 km 05m48.6s
02:2405°26.8'S160°23.5'E07°08.3'S161°51.8'E06°17.3'S161°07.6'E 1.068 64° 315° 248 km 05m48.0s
02:2605°00.0'S160°55.7'E06°41.8'S162°23.8'E05°50.7'S161°39.7'E 1.068 63° 312° 248 km 05m47.4s
02:2804°33.5'S161°28.2'E06°15.7'S162°56.3'E05°24.4'S162°12.2'E 1.068 63° 310° 249 km 05m46.7s
02:3004°07.3'S162°01.2'E05°49.9'S163°29.2'E04°58.4'S162°45.1'E 1.068 62° 308° 249 km 05m45.8s
02:3203°41.4'S162°34.7'E05°24.4'S164°02.6'E04°32.8'S163°18.6'E 1.068 62° 306° 249 km 05m44.8s
02:3403°15.9'S163°08.7'E04°59.3'S164°36.4'E04°07.5'S163°52.5'E 1.068 61° 305° 250 km 05m43.6s
02:3602°50.8'S163°43.3'E04°34.6'S165°10.9'E03°42.5'S164°27.0'E 1.068 61° 303° 250 km 05m42.4s
02:3802°26.0'S164°18.4'E04°10.2'S165°45.9'E03°17.9'S165°02.0'E 1.068 60° 301° 250 km 05m41.0s
02:4002°01.5'S164°54.3'E03°46.1'S166°21.5'E02°53.7'S165°37.8'E 1.068 59° 300° 250 km 05m39.4s
02:4201°37.4'S165°30.8'E03°22.5'S166°57.9'E02°29.8'S166°14.2'E 1.068 58° 298° 250 km 05m37.8s
02:4401°13.7'S166°08.1'E02°59.2'S167°35.0'E02°06.3'S166°51.4'E 1.067 58° 297° 250 km 05m36.0s
02:4600°50.3'S166°46.2'E02°36.2'S168°12.9'E01°43.1'S167°29.4'E 1.067 57° 295° 250 km 05m34.0s
02:4800°27.3'S167°25.2'E02°13.7'S168°51.7'E01°20.4'S168°08.3'E 1.067 56° 294° 250 km 05m32.0s
02:5000°04.8'S168°05.2'E01°51.6'S169°31.5'E00°58.0'S168°48.1'E 1.067 55° 293° 249 km 05m29.8s
02:5200°17.4'N168°46.1'E01°29.8'S170°12.2'E00°36.1'S169°29.0'E 1.067 54° 292° 249 km 05m27.4s
02:5400°39.1'N169°28.2'E01°08.5'S170°54.0'E00°14.6'S170°10.9'E 1.067 53° 291° 248 km 05m24.9s
02:5601°00.4'N170°11.4'E00°47.6'S171°37.0'E00°06.5'N170°54.0'E 1.066 52° 290° 248 km 05m22.2s
02:5801°21.2'N170°55.9'E00°27.2'S172°21.3'E00°27.1'N171°38.3'E 1.066 51° 289° 247 km 05m19.4s
03:0001°41.6'N171°41.7'E00°07.3'S173°06.9'E00°47.2'N172°24.0'E 1.066 50° 288° 246 km 05m16.5s
03:0202°01.4'N172°29.0'E00°12.1'N173°54.0'E01°06.8'N173°11.2'E 1.066 49° 287° 246 km 05m13.4s
03:0402°20.7'N173°17.9'E00°31.0'N174°42.8'E01°25.9'N174°00.0'E 1.065 47° 286° 245 km 05m10.1s
03:0602°39.4'N174°08.6'E00°49.4'N175°33.2'E01°44.5'N174°50.6'E 1.065 46° 286° 243 km 05m06.6s
03:0802°57.6'N175°01.1'E01°07.2'N176°25.6'E02°02.5'N175°43.0'E 1.065 45° 285° 242 km 05m03.0s
03:1003°15.1'N175°55.6'E01°24.3'N177°20.1'E02°19.8'N176°37.5'E 1.065 44° 285° 241 km 04m59.2s
03:1203°32.0'N176°52.5'E01°40.8'N178°16.9'E02°36.4'N177°34.3'E 1.064 42° 284° 239 km 04m55.3s
03:1403°48.1'N177°51.8'E01°56.5'N179°16.3'E02°52.4'N178°33.6'E 1.064 41° 284° 238 km 04m51.1s
03:1604°03.4'N178°53.8'E02°11.5'N179°41.5'W03°07.5'N179°35.7'E 1.064 40° 283° 236 km 04m46.8s
03:1804°17.8'N179°59.0'E02°25.6'N178°36.1'W03°21.8'N179°19.1'W 1.063 38° 283° 234 km 04m42.2s
03:2004°31.3'N178°52.4'W02°38.7'N177°27.2'W03°35.1'N178°10.4'W 1.063 37° 282° 232 km 04m37.4s
03:2204°43.7'N177°39.9'W02°50.8'N176°14.1'W03°47.3'N176°57.7'W 1.062 35° 282° 230 km 04m32.4s
03:2404°55.0'N176°23.0'W03°01.7'N174°56.2'W03°58.4'N175°40.3'W 1.062 33° 282° 228 km 04m27.1s
03:2605°04.9'N175°00.8'W03°11.1'N173°32.9'W04°08.1'N174°17.7'W 1.062 31° 282° 225 km 04m21.6s
03:2805°13.2'N173°32.5'W03°19.0'N172°02.9'W04°16.2'N172°48.6'W 1.061 29° 282° 223 km 04m15.7s
03:3005°19.7'N171°56.9'W03°25.0'N170°24.9'W04°22.4'N171°11.9'W 1.060 27° 281° 220 km 04m09.4s
03:3205°23.9'N170°12.2'W03°28.5'N168°36.8'W04°26.3'N169°25.7'W 1.060 25° 281° 217 km 04m02.7s
03:3405°25.3'N168°15.9'W03°29.0'N166°35.6'W04°27.3'N167°27.2'W 1.059 23° 281° 213 km 03m55.4s
03:3605°22.9'N166°04.1'W03°25.4'N164°16.2'W04°24.4'N165°12.0'W 1.058 20° 281° 209 km 03m47.4s
03:3805°15.4'N163°29.9'W03°15.5'N161°29.1'W04°15.8'N162°32.1'W 1.057 17° 281° 205 km 03m38.4s
03:4004°59.5'N160°19.5'W02°54.6'N157°52.0'W03°57.8'N159°10.2'W 1.056 13° 282° 199 km 03m27.6s
03:4204°26.1'N155°51.8'W02°01.0'N151°43.3'W03°17.2'N154°06.6'W 1.054 282° 192 km 03m12.8s
Limits02°45.6'N146°51.0'W01°05.9'N146°57.2'W01°56.0'N146°54.4'W 1.052 - 182 km 02m54.2s

ΔT = 38985.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:58:07.902:08:22.809°56.9'S005°46.8'W 65.5° 333.9° 243.1 km05m48.90s
Greatest Duration13:04:07.402:14:22.308°30.3'S158°37.3'E 65.3° 326.2° 245.1 km05m49.41s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1681 May 08

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
  • Solar Eclipses - primary page for solar eclipse predictions
  • Solar Eclipse Links - detailed directory of links

Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1681 May 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 38985.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2499.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.44°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.