Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1738 Dec 01

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1738 Dec 01 . 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 -1738 Dec 01
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits19°43.7'S158°53.2'E19°45.0'S158°52.3'E19°44.3'S158°52.7'E 1.001 - 3 km 00m01.8s
18:5022°03.8'S164°52.9'E21°56.5'S164°19.5'E22°00.1'S164°36.0'E 1.002 108° 12 km 00m07.7s
18:5224°20.3'S169°43.0'E24°16.8'S169°11.0'E24°18.6'S169°26.9'E 1.004 11° 106° 21 km 00m13.4s
18:5425°58.3'S172°45.5'E25°56.8'S172°13.1'E25°57.6'S172°29.2'E 1.005 15° 105° 26 km 00m17.3s
18:5627°21.4'S175°07.5'E27°21.5'S174°34.5'E27°21.5'S174°50.9'E 1.006 18° 103° 31 km 00m20.5s
18:5828°36.1'S177°06.6'E28°37.4'S176°32.9'E28°36.8'S176°49.7'E 1.007 20° 102° 35 km 00m23.4s
19:0029°45.0'S178°50.6'E29°47.5'S178°16.3'E29°46.3'S178°33.4'E 1.007 22° 100° 38 km 00m25.9s
19:0230°49.6'S179°36.3'W30°53.2'S179°48.8'E30°51.5'S179°53.8'W 1.008 24° 99° 41 km 00m28.2s
19:0431°51.1'S178°11.3'W31°55.6'S178°46.8'W31°53.4'S178°29.1'W 1.008 26° 98° 43 km 00m30.4s
19:0632°49.9'S176°52.7'W32°55.4'S177°28.9'W32°52.7'S177°10.8'W 1.009 28° 96° 45 km 00m32.4s
19:0833°46.6'S175°39.3'W33°52.9'S176°16.0'W33°49.8'S175°57.7'W 1.009 29° 95° 47 km 00m34.3s
19:1034°41.4'S174°30.1'W34°48.6'S175°07.3'W34°45.0'S174°48.7'W 1.010 30° 93° 49 km 00m36.1s
19:1235°34.7'S173°24.3'W35°42.6'S174°02.1'W35°38.7'S173°43.2'W 1.010 32° 92° 51 km 00m37.8s
19:1436°26.6'S172°21.5'W36°35.3'S172°59.8'W36°31.0'S172°40.7'W 1.010 33° 91° 52 km 00m39.5s
19:1637°17.4'S171°21.1'W37°26.8'S171°59.9'W37°22.1'S171°40.6'W 1.011 34° 89° 54 km 00m41.0s
19:1838°07.0'S170°22.9'W38°17.2'S171°02.1'W38°12.2'S170°42.5'W 1.011 35° 88° 55 km 00m42.5s
19:2038°55.7'S169°26.3'W39°06.6'S170°06.0'W39°01.2'S169°46.2'W 1.011 37° 86° 56 km 00m43.9s
19:2239°43.6'S168°31.3'W39°55.1'S169°11.4'W39°49.4'S168°51.3'W 1.011 38° 84° 57 km 00m45.2s
19:2440°30.7'S167°37.4'W40°42.8'S168°17.9'W40°36.8'S167°57.7'W 1.012 39° 83° 58 km 00m46.5s
19:2641°17.0'S166°44.6'W41°29.9'S167°25.5'W41°23.5'S167°05.1'W 1.012 39° 81° 59 km 00m47.7s
19:2842°02.7'S165°52.7'W42°16.2'S166°33.9'W42°09.5'S166°13.3'W 1.012 40° 80° 60 km 00m48.8s
19:3042°47.8'S165°01.4'W43°01.9'S165°42.9'W42°54.9'S165°22.1'W 1.012 41° 78° 60 km 00m49.9s
19:3243°32.3'S164°10.5'W43°47.1'S164°52.4'W43°39.7'S164°31.5'W 1.012 42° 76° 61 km 00m50.9s
19:3444°16.3'S163°20.1'W44°31.7'S164°02.3'W44°24.0'S163°41.2'W 1.013 43° 74° 61 km 00m51.9s
19:3644°59.8'S162°29.9'W45°15.8'S163°12.3'W45°07.9'S162°51.1'W 1.013 43° 72° 62 km 00m52.9s
19:3845°42.8'S161°39.7'W45°59.5'S162°22.5'W45°51.2'S162°01.1'W 1.013 44° 71° 62 km 00m53.7s
19:4046°25.4'S160°49.6'W46°42.7'S161°32.5'W46°34.1'S161°11.0'W 1.013 45° 69° 63 km 00m54.6s
19:4247°07.6'S159°59.3'W47°25.5'S160°42.4'W47°16.6'S160°20.8'W 1.013 45° 67° 63 km 00m55.4s
19:4447°49.3'S159°08.7'W48°07.9'S159°52.0'W47°58.7'S159°30.3'W 1.013 46° 65° 63 km 00m56.1s
19:4648°30.7'S158°17.8'W48°49.9'S159°01.2'W48°40.4'S158°39.5'W 1.014 46° 63° 64 km 00m56.8s
19:4849°11.8'S157°26.3'W49°31.5'S158°09.9'W49°21.7'S157°48.1'W 1.014 47° 60° 64 km 00m57.4s
19:5049°52.4'S156°34.3'W50°12.8'S157°17.9'W50°02.7'S156°56.1'W 1.014 47° 58° 64 km 00m58.0s
19:5250°32.8'S155°41.6'W50°53.7'S156°25.2'W50°43.3'S156°03.3'W 1.014 47° 56° 64 km 00m58.5s
19:5451°12.8'S154°48.0'W51°34.3'S155°31.6'W51°23.6'S155°09.8'W 1.014 48° 54° 64 km 00m59.0s
19:5651°52.5'S153°53.5'W52°14.6'S154°37.0'W52°03.6'S154°15.2'W 1.014 48° 52° 65 km 00m59.4s
19:5852°31.8'S152°57.9'W52°54.6'S153°41.3'W52°43.2'S153°19.6'W 1.014 48° 49° 65 km 00m59.8s
20:0053°10.8'S152°01.1'W53°34.2'S152°44.4'W53°22.6'S152°22.7'W 1.014 49° 47° 65 km 01m00.1s
20:0253°49.5'S151°03.1'W54°13.5'S151°46.1'W54°01.6'S151°24.5'W 1.014 49° 44° 65 km 01m00.4s
20:0454°27.9'S150°03.6'W54°52.4'S150°46.3'W54°40.2'S150°24.8'W 1.014 49° 42° 65 km 01m00.7s
20:0655°05.9'S149°02.5'W55°31.0'S149°44.8'W55°18.5'S149°23.6'W 1.014 49° 40° 65 km 01m00.9s
20:0855°43.6'S147°59.7'W56°09.3'S148°41.5'W55°56.5'S148°20.5'W 1.014 49° 37° 64 km 01m01.0s
20:1056°21.0'S146°55.0'W56°47.3'S147°36.3'W56°34.2'S147°15.6'W 1.014 49° 34° 64 km 01m01.1s
20:1256°58.0'S145°48.3'W57°24.8'S146°29.0'W57°11.5'S146°08.6'W 1.014 49° 32° 64 km 01m01.1s
20:1457°34.6'S144°39.4'W58°02.0'S145°19.3'W57°48.4'S144°59.3'W 1.014 49° 29° 64 km 01m01.1s
20:1658°10.9'S143°28.1'W58°38.8'S144°07.2'W58°24.9'S143°47.6'W 1.014 49° 27° 64 km 01m01.1s
20:1858°46.7'S142°14.3'W59°15.1'S142°52.5'W59°00.9'S142°33.3'W 1.014 49° 24° 64 km 01m01.0s
20:2059°22.0'S140°57.7'W59°51.0'S141°34.8'W59°36.6'S141°16.2'W 1.014 48° 21° 63 km 01m00.8s
20:2259°57.0'S139°38.2'W60°26.5'S140°14.0'W60°11.8'S139°56.0'W 1.014 48° 18° 63 km 01m00.6s
20:2460°31.4'S138°15.5'W61°01.4'S138°49.9'W60°46.4'S138°32.6'W 1.014 48° 16° 63 km 01m00.3s
20:2661°05.2'S136°49.4'W61°35.7'S137°22.3'W61°20.5'S137°05.8'W 1.014 48° 13° 63 km 01m00.0s
20:2861°38.5'S135°19.7'W62°09.5'S135°50.8'W61°54.0'S135°35.2'W 1.014 47° 10° 62 km 00m59.6s
20:3062°11.2'S133°46.0'W62°42.5'S134°15.2'W62°26.9'S134°00.5'W 1.014 47° 62 km 00m59.2s
20:3262°43.2'S132°08.2'W63°14.9'S132°35.2'W62°59.1'S132°21.7'W 1.014 46° 62 km 00m58.7s
20:3463°14.4'S130°25.9'W63°46.5'S130°50.6'W63°30.5'S130°38.2'W 1.014 46° 61 km 00m58.2s
20:3663°44.8'S128°38.9'W64°17.2'S129°00.9'W64°01.0'S128°49.9'W 1.014 45° 358° 61 km 00m57.6s
20:3864°14.3'S126°46.9'W64°47.0'S127°05.9'W64°30.7'S126°56.4'W 1.014 45° 355° 60 km 00m57.0s
20:4064°42.8'S124°49.4'W65°15.7'S125°05.3'W64°59.3'S124°57.3'W 1.013 44° 351° 60 km 00m56.3s
20:4265°10.2'S122°46.3'W65°43.3'S122°58.7'W65°26.8'S122°52.5'W 1.013 44° 348° 59 km 00m55.6s
20:4465°36.5'S120°37.1'W66°09.5'S120°45.8'W65°53.0'S120°41.5'W 1.013 43° 345° 59 km 00m54.8s
20:4666°01.3'S118°21.6'W66°34.4'S118°26.2'W66°17.9'S118°23.9'W 1.013 42° 341° 58 km 00m53.9s
20:4866°24.7'S115°59.5'W66°57.7'S115°59.6'W66°41.3'S115°59.6'W 1.013 41° 338° 57 km 00m53.0s
20:5066°46.5'S113°30.3'W67°19.3'S113°25.7'W67°02.9'S113°28.1'W 1.013 41° 334° 57 km 00m52.0s
20:5267°06.5'S110°53.9'W67°39.0'S110°44.3'W67°22.8'S110°49.2'W 1.012 40° 330° 56 km 00m50.9s
20:5467°24.5'S108°09.9'W67°56.5'S107°55.0'W67°40.5'S108°02.6'W 1.012 39° 327° 55 km 00m49.8s
20:5667°40.2'S105°18.1'W68°11.7'S104°57.7'W67°56.0'S105°08.1'W 1.012 38° 323° 54 km 00m48.7s
20:5867°53.6'S102°18.3'W68°24.2'S101°52.3'W68°09.0'S102°05.5'W 1.012 37° 319° 53 km 00m47.4s
21:0068°04.2'S099°10.3'W68°34.0'S098°38.5'W68°19.1'S098°54.7'W 1.012 36° 315° 52 km 00m46.1s
21:0268°11.8'S095°54.2'W68°40.5'S095°16.5'W68°26.2'S095°35.6'W 1.011 35° 311° 51 km 00m44.7s
21:0468°16.2'S092°29.7'W68°43.6'S091°46.3'W68°29.9'S092°08.2'W 1.011 33° 306° 50 km 00m43.2s
21:0668°16.9'S088°56.8'W68°42.8'S088°07.9'W68°29.9'S088°32.6'W 1.011 32° 302° 49 km 00m41.7s
21:0868°13.5'S085°15.7'W68°37.7'S084°21.5'W68°25.7'S084°48.8'W 1.010 31° 298° 48 km 00m40.0s
21:1068°05.7'S081°26.2'W68°28.0'S080°27.1'W68°16.9'S080°56.9'W 1.010 30° 293° 46 km 00m38.3s
21:1267°52.9'S077°28.2'W68°13.0'S076°24.9'W68°03.0'S076°56.8'W 1.010 28° 288° 45 km 00m36.4s
21:1467°34.4'S073°21.5'W67°52.1'S072°14.5'W67°43.4'S072°48.2'W 1.009 26° 284° 43 km 00m34.5s
21:1667°09.5'S069°05.6'W67°24.6'S067°55.7'W67°17.2'S068°30.8'W 1.009 25° 279° 41 km 00m32.4s
21:1866°37.2'S064°39.3'W66°49.4'S063°27.3'W66°43.4'S064°03.4'W 1.008 23° 274° 39 km 00m30.1s
21:2065°56.0'S060°00.5'W66°05.1'S058°47.3'W66°00.7'S059°23.9'W 1.008 21° 269° 37 km 00m27.6s
21:2265°03.8'S055°05.3'W65°09.3'S053°51.8'W65°06.6'S054°28.5'W 1.007 19° 264° 34 km 00m24.9s
21:2463°56.8'S049°46.1'W63°58.2'S048°33.2'W63°57.6'S049°09.6'W 1.006 16° 258° 30 km 00m21.8s
21:2662°27.4'S043°46.3'W62°23.8'S042°34.3'W62°25.7'S043°10.1'W 1.005 13° 252° 26 km 00m18.1s
21:2860°13.7'S036°14.4'W60°02.4'S035°01.2'W60°08.2'S035°37.5'W 1.004 245° 20 km 00m13.2s
Limits55°27.9'S023°11.6'W55°31.0'S023°06.4'W55°29.5'S023°09.0'W 1.002 - 8 km 00m04.7s

ΔT = 40253.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:20:22.020:09:29.056°24.5'S044°16.6'E 49.0° 35.1° 64.4 km01m01.08s
Greatest Duration07:23:32.120:12:39.057°23.5'S145°46.3'W 48.9° 31.0° 64.2 km01m01.14s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1738 Dec 01

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1738 Dec 01 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 40253.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2701.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 11.29°.

Acknowledgments

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

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