Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1770 Mar 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1770 Mar 04 . 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 -1770 Mar 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits16°37.2'N070°34.4'E16°15.5'N070°35.8'E16°26.4'N070°35.1'E 1.009 - 38 km 00m32.6s
01:5215°22.6'N077°26.8'E14°41.7'N079°01.2'E15°02.0'N078°15.7'E 1.011 105° 50 km 00m44.0s
01:5414°51.6'N081°46.9'E14°14.5'N082°54.7'E14°33.1'N082°21.3'E 1.012 12° 106° 57 km 00m51.0s
01:5614°39.1'N084°43.4'E14°02.6'N085°41.7'E14°20.9'N085°12.8'E 1.013 15° 107° 62 km 00m56.3s
01:5814°34.8'N087°03.6'E13°58.3'N087°56.9'E14°16.6'N087°30.4'E 1.014 18° 108° 66 km 01m00.9s
02:0014°35.5'N089°02.3'E13°58.7'N089°52.4'E14°17.2'N089°27.5'E 1.015 20° 109° 70 km 01m04.9s
02:0214°39.6'N090°46.4'E14°02.5'N091°34.3'E14°21.2'N091°10.5'E 1.015 22° 110° 73 km 01m08.6s
02:0414°46.4'N092°19.6'E14°09.0'N093°05.9'E14°27.7'N092°42.9'E 1.016 24° 111° 76 km 01m11.9s
02:0614°55.3'N093°44.5'E14°17.5'N094°29.6'E14°36.4'N094°07.2'E 1.016 26° 112° 79 km 01m15.1s
02:0815°05.9'N095°02.7'E14°27.7'N095°46.8'E14°46.9'N095°24.8'E 1.017 27° 113° 81 km 01m18.0s
02:1015°17.9'N096°15.3'E14°39.4'N096°58.7'E14°58.8'N096°37.1'E 1.017 29° 113° 84 km 01m20.8s
02:1215°31.3'N097°23.2'E14°52.5'N098°06.0'E15°11.9'N097°44.7'E 1.018 30° 114° 86 km 01m23.4s
02:1415°45.8'N098°27.2'E15°06.6'N099°09.5'E15°26.3'N098°48.4'E 1.018 31° 115° 88 km 01m25.9s
02:1616°01.3'N099°27.7'E15°21.9'N100°09.6'E15°41.6'N099°48.7'E 1.018 33° 116° 90 km 01m28.3s
02:1816°17.7'N100°25.2'E15°38.0'N101°06.7'E15°57.9'N100°46.0'E 1.019 34° 117° 92 km 01m30.5s
02:2016°34.9'N101°20.0'E15°55.0'N102°01.3'E16°15.0'N101°40.7'E 1.019 35° 118° 93 km 01m32.7s
02:2216°53.0'N102°12.5'E16°12.8'N102°53.5'E16°33.0'N102°33.0'E 1.019 36° 119° 95 km 01m34.7s
02:2417°11.8'N103°02.8'E16°31.4'N103°43.6'E16°51.6'N103°23.3'E 1.019 37° 120° 96 km 01m36.6s
02:2617°31.3'N103°51.2'E16°50.7'N104°31.9'E17°11.0'N104°11.6'E 1.020 38° 121° 97 km 01m38.4s
02:2817°51.4'N104°37.9'E17°10.6'N105°18.4'E17°31.1'N104°58.2'E 1.020 38° 122° 98 km 01m40.1s
02:3018°12.1'N105°23.1'E17°31.2'N106°03.4'E17°51.7'N105°43.3'E 1.020 39° 124° 99 km 01m41.7s
02:3218°33.5'N106°06.8'E17°52.4'N106°47.0'E18°13.0'N106°27.0'E 1.020 40° 125° 100 km 01m43.3s
02:3418°55.4'N106°49.2'E18°14.2'N107°29.3'E18°34.9'N107°09.3'E 1.020 41° 126° 101 km 01m44.7s
02:3619°17.9'N107°30.5'E18°36.5'N108°10.5'E18°57.3'N107°50.6'E 1.021 41° 127° 101 km 01m46.1s
02:3819°41.0'N108°10.7'E18°59.4'N108°50.6'E19°20.2'N108°30.7'E 1.021 42° 128° 102 km 01m47.3s
02:4020°04.5'N108°49.9'E19°22.9'N109°29.7'E19°43.7'N109°09.9'E 1.021 43° 130° 102 km 01m48.5s
02:4220°28.6'N109°28.3'E19°46.8'N110°08.0'E20°07.8'N109°48.2'E 1.021 43° 131° 102 km 01m49.6s
02:4420°53.2'N110°05.8'E20°11.3'N110°45.4'E20°32.3'N110°25.7'E 1.021 44° 132° 103 km 01m50.6s
02:4621°18.3'N110°42.6'E20°36.3'N111°22.1'E20°57.3'N111°02.4'E 1.021 44° 134° 103 km 01m51.5s
02:4821°43.9'N111°18.8'E21°01.8'N111°58.2'E21°22.9'N111°38.5'E 1.021 45° 135° 103 km 01m52.4s
02:5022°10.0'N111°54.3'E21°27.8'N112°33.6'E21°48.9'N112°14.0'E 1.021 45° 137° 103 km 01m53.1s
02:5222°36.5'N112°29.3'E21°54.3'N113°08.5'E22°15.4'N112°48.9'E 1.022 45° 138° 103 km 01m53.8s
02:5423°03.6'N113°03.8'E22°21.3'N113°42.9'E22°42.5'N113°23.4'E 1.022 46° 139° 103 km 01m54.4s
02:5623°31.1'N113°37.9'E22°48.7'N114°16.9'E23°10.0'N113°57.4'E 1.022 46° 141° 103 km 01m55.0s
02:5823°59.2'N114°11.7'E23°16.7'N114°50.5'E23°38.0'N114°31.1'E 1.022 46° 142° 102 km 01m55.4s
03:0024°27.7'N114°45.1'E23°45.2'N115°23.8'E24°06.4'N115°04.4'E 1.022 46° 144° 102 km 01m55.8s
03:0224°56.7'N115°18.2'E24°14.1'N115°56.8'E24°35.4'N115°37.5'E 1.022 47° 146° 102 km 01m56.1s
03:0425°26.3'N115°51.2'E24°43.6'N116°29.6'E25°04.9'N116°10.4'E 1.022 47° 147° 101 km 01m56.3s
03:0625°56.3'N116°24.0'E25°13.5'N117°02.2'E25°34.9'N116°43.1'E 1.022 47° 149° 101 km 01m56.5s
03:0826°26.8'N116°56.6'E25°44.0'N117°34.7'E26°05.4'N117°15.7'E 1.022 47° 150° 100 km 01m56.6s
03:1026°57.9'N117°29.2'E26°15.0'N118°07.1'E26°36.5'N117°48.2'E 1.022 47° 152° 100 km 01m56.6s
03:1227°29.5'N118°01.8'E26°46.5'N118°39.5'E27°08.0'N118°20.6'E 1.022 47° 154° 99 km 01m56.5s
03:1428°01.7'N118°34.4'E27°18.6'N119°11.9'E27°40.1'N118°53.1'E 1.022 47° 155° 99 km 01m56.3s
03:1628°34.4'N119°07.1'E27°51.2'N119°44.3'E28°12.8'N119°25.7'E 1.022 47° 157° 98 km 01m56.1s
03:1829°07.7'N119°40.0'E28°24.4'N120°16.9'E28°46.0'N119°58.5'E 1.022 46° 158° 98 km 01m55.8s
03:2029°41.5'N120°13.0'E28°58.2'N120°49.7'E29°19.8'N120°31.4'E 1.022 46° 160° 97 km 01m55.5s
03:2230°16.0'N120°46.3'E29°32.5'N121°22.7'E29°54.2'N121°04.5'E 1.022 46° 162° 96 km 01m55.0s
03:2430°51.1'N121°19.9'E30°07.5'N121°56.0'E30°29.3'N121°38.0'E 1.022 46° 163° 96 km 01m54.5s
03:2631°26.8'N121°53.9'E30°43.1'N122°29.7'E31°04.9'N122°11.8'E 1.022 45° 165° 95 km 01m53.9s
03:2832°03.2'N122°28.3'E31°19.4'N123°03.7'E31°41.3'N122°46.0'E 1.022 45° 166° 94 km 01m53.3s
03:3032°40.3'N123°03.2'E31°56.3'N123°38.3'E32°18.3'N123°20.7'E 1.022 45° 168° 94 km 01m52.5s
03:3233°18.1'N123°38.7'E32°34.0'N124°13.4'E32°56.0'N123°56.1'E 1.022 44° 170° 93 km 01m51.7s
03:3433°56.6'N124°14.9'E33°12.4'N124°49.1'E33°34.5'N124°32.0'E 1.021 44° 171° 92 km 01m50.8s
03:3634°36.0'N124°51.8'E33°51.6'N125°25.6'E34°13.8'N125°08.7'E 1.021 43° 173° 91 km 01m49.9s
03:3835°16.1'N125°29.6'E34°31.6'N126°02.9'E34°53.8'N125°46.2'E 1.021 43° 174° 90 km 01m48.9s
03:4035°57.2'N126°08.3'E35°12.4'N126°41.1'E35°34.8'N126°24.7'E 1.021 42° 176° 90 km 01m47.8s
03:4236°39.1'N126°48.1'E35°54.2'N127°20.3'E36°16.6'N127°04.2'E 1.021 41° 177° 89 km 01m46.6s
03:4437°22.0'N127°29.1'E36°36.9'N128°00.6'E36°59.4'N127°44.9'E 1.021 41° 179° 88 km 01m45.3s
03:4638°05.9'N128°11.5'E37°20.6'N128°42.3'E37°43.2'N128°26.8'E 1.021 40° 181° 87 km 01m44.0s
03:4838°50.9'N128°55.3'E38°05.3'N129°25.3'E38°28.1'N129°10.3'E 1.021 39° 182° 86 km 01m42.6s
03:5039°37.1'N129°40.8'E38°51.2'N130°10.0'E39°14.1'N129°55.4'E 1.020 38° 184° 85 km 01m41.1s
03:5240°24.6'N130°28.2'E39°38.4'N130°56.5'E40°01.4'N130°42.3'E 1.020 38° 185° 84 km 01m39.5s
03:5441°13.3'N131°17.7'E40°26.8'N131°45.0'E40°50.0'N131°31.3'E 1.020 37° 187° 83 km 01m37.8s
03:5642°03.6'N132°09.7'E41°16.7'N132°35.8'E41°40.1'N132°22.7'E 1.020 36° 188° 82 km 01m36.0s
03:5842°55.4'N133°04.3'E42°08.1'N133°29.2'E42°31.7'N133°16.7'E 1.020 35° 190° 81 km 01m34.2s
04:0043°49.0'N134°02.1'E43°01.3'N134°25.6'E43°25.0'N134°13.8'E 1.019 34° 191° 80 km 01m32.2s
04:0244°44.4'N135°03.5'E43°56.3'N135°25.4'E44°20.3'N135°14.3'E 1.019 32° 193° 78 km 01m30.1s
04:0445°42.1'N136°09.0'E44°53.3'N136°29.1'E45°17.6'N136°19.0'E 1.019 31° 195° 77 km 01m28.0s
04:0646°42.1'N137°19.3'E45°52.8'N137°37.4'E46°17.4'N137°28.3'E 1.018 30° 196° 76 km 01m25.6s
04:0847°44.8'N138°35.4'E46°54.8'N138°51.1'E47°19.7'N138°43.2'E 1.018 29° 198° 74 km 01m23.2s
04:1048°50.7'N139°58.4'E47°59.9'N140°11.3'E48°25.2'N140°04.7'E 1.018 27° 200° 73 km 01m20.6s
04:1250°00.2'N141°29.8'E49°08.5'N141°39.3'E49°34.3'N141°34.4'E 1.017 26° 202° 71 km 01m17.9s
04:1451°14.1'N143°11.6'E50°21.3'N143°17.0'E50°47.6'N143°14.1'E 1.017 24° 204° 70 km 01m14.9s
04:1652°33.4'N145°06.8'E51°39.2'N145°07.1'E52°06.2'N145°06.7'E 1.016 22° 206° 68 km 01m11.8s
04:1853°59.4'N147°19.9'E53°03.4'N147°13.4'E53°31.3'N147°16.3'E 1.016 20° 208° 66 km 01m08.3s
04:2055°34.3'N149°58.2'E54°36.1'N149°42.2'E55°05.0'N149°49.7'E 1.015 18° 211° 63 km 01m04.5s
04:2257°22.2'N153°14.6'E56°20.4'N152°44.5'E56°51.1'N152°58.8'E 1.014 15° 214° 61 km 01m00.2s
04:2459°31.0'N157°38.3'E58°23.3'N156°42.9'E58°56.8'N157°09.2'E 1.013 12° 219° 57 km 00m55.0s
04:2662°26.9'N164°45.9'E61°03.0'N162°43.1'E61°43.9'N163°39.7'E 1.012 225° 53 km 00m48.2s
Limits66°26.2'N177°52.1'E66°05.0'N178°17.5'E66°15.6'N178°04.9'E 1.010 - 44 km 00m36.7s

ΔT = 40998.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:32:29.903:09:11.826°23.9'N053°42.5'W 46.9° 151.3° 100.2 km01m56.57s
Greatest Duration14:32:19.803:09:01.726°21.3'N117°32.4'E 46.9° 151.1° 100.2 km01m56.57s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1770 Mar 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1770 Mar 04 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 40998.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2821.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 11.79°.

Acknowledgments

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

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