Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1718 Oct 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1718 Oct 21 . 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 -1718 Oct 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits77°46.1'N070°23.1'W84°12.2'N107°30.7'W81°47.5'N082°52.7'W 0.904 - 921 km 07m16.6s
20:44 - - 70°34.2'N115°39.1'W79°00.8'N096°16.7'W 0.904 216° 879 km 07m25.0s
20:46 - - 68°52.8'N115°05.0'W75°20.3'N102°52.4'W 0.905 210° 839 km 07m34.5s
20:48 - - 67°21.1'N114°30.6'W72°51.7'N104°47.7'W 0.906 10° 209° 818 km 07m40.6s
20:50 - - 65°56.6'N113°56.8'W70°50.6'N105°36.2'W 0.906 11° 209° 805 km 07m45.4s
20:52 - - 64°37.9'N113°23.6'W69°05.5'N105°56.4'W 0.907 13° 209° 795 km 07m49.4s
20:5474°23.4'N086°50.0'W63°24.0'N112°51.3'W67°31.4'N106°01.8'W 0.907 14° 210° 788 km 07m52.9s
20:5671°52.1'N091°45.2'W62°14.0'N112°19.7'W66°05.4'N105°58.5'W 0.907 15° 211° 784 km 07m56.0s
20:5869°53.6'N094°02.5'W61°07.4'N111°48.9'W64°45.6'N105°49.7'W 0.908 16° 212° 781 km 07m58.8s
21:0068°11.6'N095°20.2'W60°03.7'N111°18.7'W63°30.9'N105°37.1'W 0.908 17° 213° 779 km 08m01.3s
21:0266°40.6'N096°06.8'W59°02.6'N110°49.1'W62°20.4'N105°21.8'W 0.908 18° 214° 779 km 08m03.6s
21:0465°17.4'N096°34.8'W58°03.8'N110°20.0'W61°13.6'N105°04.6'W 0.908 19° 215° 780 km 08m05.6s
21:0664°00.3'N096°50.6'W57°07.0'N109°51.3'W60°09.8'N104°45.9'W 0.908 19° 216° 782 km 08m07.5s
21:0862°48.2'N096°57.6'W56°12.1'N109°22.9'W59°08.7'N104°25.9'W 0.908 20° 217° 785 km 08m09.2s
21:1061°40.1'N096°58.3'W55°18.9'N108°54.8'W58°10.0'N104°05.0'W 0.909 21° 218° 788 km 08m10.7s
21:1260°35.5'N096°54.0'W54°27.2'N108°26.8'W57°13.4'N103°43.1'W 0.909 21° 219° 793 km 08m12.0s
21:1459°33.9'N096°45.8'W53°36.9'N107°59.0'W56°18.8'N103°20.5'W 0.909 21° 220° 798 km 08m13.2s
21:1658°35.0'N096°34.3'W52°47.9'N107°31.2'W55°25.9'N102°57.2'W 0.909 22° 221° 804 km 08m14.3s
21:1857°38.3'N096°20.0'W52°00.2'N107°03.4'W54°34.7'N102°33.1'W 0.909 22° 222° 810 km 08m15.2s
21:2056°43.8'N096°03.3'W51°13.5'N106°35.6'W53°44.9'N102°08.3'W 0.909 22° 223° 817 km 08m16.0s
21:2255°51.3'N095°44.4'W50°28.0'N106°07.5'W52°56.5'N101°42.9'W 0.909 22° 224° 825 km 08m16.6s
21:2455°00.4'N095°23.4'W49°43.4'N105°39.3'W52°09.3'N101°16.6'W 0.909 23° 226° 834 km 08m17.2s
21:2654°11.2'N095°00.5'W48°59.7'N105°10.8'W51°23.4'N100°49.7'W 0.909 23° 227° 843 km 08m17.5s
21:2853°23.5'N094°35.7'W48°17.0'N104°41.9'W50°38.5'N100°21.9'W 0.909 23° 228° 853 km 08m17.8s
21:3052°37.2'N094°09.1'W47°35.1'N104°12.7'W49°54.8'N099°53.2'W 0.909 23° 229° 863 km 08m17.9s
21:3251°52.1'N093°40.5'W46°54.0'N103°42.9'W49°12.0'N099°23.7'W 0.909 23° 230° 873 km 08m17.9s
21:3451°08.4'N093°10.1'W46°13.7'N103°12.6'W48°30.2'N098°53.1'W 0.909 23° 231° 884 km 08m17.7s
21:3650°25.8'N092°37.5'W45°34.1'N102°41.7'W47°49.3'N098°21.4'W 0.909 23° 232° 896 km 08m17.5s
21:3849°44.4'N092°02.8'W44°55.3'N102°10.1'W47°09.3'N097°48.6'W 0.909 22° 234° 908 km 08m17.1s
21:4049°04.0'N091°25.8'W44°17.1'N101°37.6'W46°30.1'N097°14.5'W 0.909 22° 235° 920 km 08m16.5s
21:4248°24.8'N090°46.3'W43°39.6'N101°04.2'W45°51.8'N096°38.9'W 0.909 22° 236° 932 km 08m15.8s
21:4447°46.6'N090°03.9'W43°02.7'N100°29.8'W45°14.2'N096°01.8'W 0.909 22° 237° 944 km 08m15.0s
21:4647°09.4'N089°18.4'W42°26.5'N099°54.3'W44°37.4'N095°23.0'W 0.909 21° 238° 956 km 08m14.0s
21:4846°33.3'N088°29.2'W41°50.9'N099°17.6'W44°01.5'N094°42.2'W 0.909 21° 240° 967 km 08m12.8s
21:5045°58.4'N087°35.9'W41°15.9'N098°39.4'W43°26.2'N093°59.3'W 0.909 20° 241° 978 km 08m11.5s
21:5245°24.5'N086°37.7'W40°41.5'N097°59.7'W42°51.8'N093°13.9'W 0.908 20° 242° 988 km 08m10.1s
21:5444°51.9'N085°33.6'W40°07.8'N097°18.2'W42°18.1'N092°25.8'W 0.908 19° 243° 998 km 08m08.4s
21:5644°20.5'N084°22.0'W39°34.6'N096°34.7'W41°45.3'N091°34.4'W 0.908 19° 244° 1005 km 08m06.5s
21:5843°50.8'N083°00.9'W39°02.0'N095°49.0'W41°13.3'N090°39.3'W 0.908 18° 246° 1012 km 08m04.5s
22:0043°22.9'N081°26.7'W38°30.1'N095°00.8'W40°42.1'N089°39.8'W 0.908 17° 247° 1016 km 08m02.1s
22:0242°57.5'N079°32.8'W37°58.8'N094°09.6'W40°11.9'N088°35.0'W 0.908 16° 248° 1018 km 07m59.5s
22:0442°36.2'N077°04.6'W37°28.2'N093°15.1'W39°42.8'N087°23.7'W 0.907 15° 250° 1018 km 07m56.7s
22:0642°24.8'N073°04.8'W36°58.3'N092°16.6'W39°14.8'N086°04.1'W 0.907 14° 251° 1014 km 07m53.4s
22:08 - - 36°29.2'N091°13.4'W38°48.3'N084°33.5'W 0.907 13° 252° 1007 km 07m49.7s
22:10 - - 36°00.9'N090°04.4'W38°23.7'N082°47.4'W 0.906 11° 254° 997 km 07m45.3s
22:12 - - 35°33.5'N088°48.4'W38°01.8'N080°36.9'W 0.906 256° 981 km 07m40.1s
22:14 - - 35°07.3'N087°23.3'W37°44.8'N077°39.1'W 0.905 258° 959 km 07m33.2s
Limits42°41.0'N068°19.8'W33°57.6'N071°10.2'W37°55.4'N069°52.7'W 0.904 - 910 km 07m16.9s

ΔT = 39803.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:32:47.621:29:23.750°07.9'N093°39.8'E 22.8° 228.6° 859.6 km08m17.88s
Greatest Duration08:34:13.121:30:49.249°37.1'N099°41.2'W 22.8° 229.4° 867.1 km08m17.91s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1718 Oct 21 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 39803.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2629.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.99°.

Acknowledgments

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

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