Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1788 Aug 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1788 Aug 16 . 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 -1788 Aug 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°28.9'S171°18.3'E16°01.8'S171°22.2'E15°45.3'S171°20.3'E 0.985 - 59 km 00m58.3s
19:0014°07.3'S175°26.9'E - - 14°55.2'S173°48.1'E 0.986 70° 56 km 00m56.6s
19:0212°25.4'S178°47.6'W13°08.5'S179°43.8'W12°46.4'S179°14.5'W 0.988 10° 68° 48 km 00m51.0s
19:0411°34.5'S175°29.2'W12°08.1'S176°05.0'W11°51.0'S175°46.7'W 0.989 14° 67° 44 km 00m47.9s
19:0610°59.9'S172°57.1'W11°28.6'S173°24.1'W11°14.1'S173°10.4'W 0.990 17° 66° 41 km 00m45.4s
19:0810°34.5'S170°50.5'W11°00.0'S171°12.2'W10°47.1'S171°01.2'W 0.991 20° 65° 38 km 00m43.2s
19:1010°15.3'S169°00.4'W10°38.2'S169°18.7'W10°26.7'S169°09.5'W 0.991 22° 65° 36 km 00m41.2s
19:1210°00.5'S167°22.2'W10°21.5'S167°38.0'W10°10.9'S167°30.1'W 0.992 24° 64° 34 km 00m39.4s
19:1409°49.2'S165°53.1'W10°08.5'S166°07.0'W09°58.8'S166°00.0'W 0.992 26° 63° 32 km 00m37.7s
19:1609°40.8'S164°31.2'W09°58.6'S164°43.6'W09°49.6'S164°37.4'W 0.993 27° 63° 30 km 00m36.1s
19:1809°34.7'S163°15.2'W09°51.3'S163°26.4'W09°42.9'S163°20.8'W 0.993 29° 62° 29 km 00m34.6s
19:2009°30.7'S162°04.1'W09°46.1'S162°14.2'W09°38.3'S162°09.2'W 0.994 31° 61° 27 km 00m33.1s
19:2209°28.4'S160°57.2'W09°42.8'S161°06.5'W09°35.6'S161°01.8'W 0.994 32° 60° 26 km 00m31.8s
19:2409°27.7'S159°53.9'W09°41.2'S160°02.4'W09°34.4'S159°58.1'W 0.994 33° 60° 25 km 00m30.5s
19:2609°28.3'S158°53.7'W09°41.1'S159°01.6'W09°34.7'S158°57.7'W 0.995 35° 59° 24 km 00m29.2s
19:2809°30.3'S157°56.3'W09°42.3'S158°03.7'W09°36.3'S158°00.0'W 0.995 36° 58° 23 km 00m28.0s
19:3009°33.4'S157°01.5'W09°44.7'S157°08.3'W09°39.0'S157°04.9'W 0.995 37° 57° 22 km 00m26.9s
19:3209°37.6'S156°08.8'W09°48.3'S156°15.2'W09°42.9'S156°12.0'W 0.995 38° 57° 21 km 00m25.8s
19:3409°42.8'S155°18.1'W09°52.9'S155°24.1'W09°47.8'S155°21.1'W 0.996 39° 56° 20 km 00m24.7s
19:3609°49.0'S154°29.2'W09°58.5'S154°34.9'W09°53.7'S154°32.0'W 0.996 40° 55° 19 km 00m23.7s
19:3809°56.0'S153°42.0'W10°05.0'S153°47.3'W10°00.5'S153°44.6'W 0.996 41° 54° 18 km 00m22.8s
19:4010°03.8'S152°56.3'W10°12.3'S153°01.3'W10°08.1'S152°58.8'W 0.996 42° 53° 17 km 00m21.9s
19:4210°12.5'S152°11.9'W10°20.5'S152°16.7'W10°16.5'S152°14.3'W 0.996 43° 52° 16 km 00m21.0s
19:4410°21.8'S151°28.8'W10°29.5'S151°33.3'W10°25.6'S151°31.1'W 0.997 44° 51° 16 km 00m20.2s
19:4610°31.9'S150°46.9'W10°39.2'S150°51.2'W10°35.5'S150°49.0'W 0.997 45° 50° 15 km 00m19.4s
19:4810°42.7'S150°06.0'W10°49.6'S150°10.1'W10°46.1'S150°08.1'W 0.997 45° 49° 14 km 00m18.7s
19:5010°54.1'S149°26.2'W11°00.7'S149°30.0'W10°57.4'S149°28.1'W 0.997 46° 47° 14 km 00m18.0s
19:5211°06.2'S148°47.2'W11°12.4'S148°50.9'W11°09.3'S148°49.0'W 0.997 47° 46° 13 km 00m17.3s
19:5411°18.9'S148°09.1'W11°24.9'S148°12.6'W11°21.9'S148°10.8'W 0.997 47° 45° 13 km 00m16.7s
19:5611°32.2'S147°31.7'W11°37.9'S147°35.1'W11°35.0'S147°33.4'W 0.997 48° 44° 12 km 00m16.1s
19:5811°46.0'S146°55.1'W11°51.5'S146°58.4'W11°48.8'S146°56.7'W 0.997 49° 43° 12 km 00m15.6s
20:0012°00.5'S146°19.1'W12°05.8'S146°22.3'W12°03.1'S146°20.7'W 0.998 49° 41° 11 km 00m15.1s
20:0212°15.5'S145°43.8'W12°20.6'S145°46.8'W12°18.0'S145°45.3'W 0.998 50° 40° 11 km 00m14.6s
20:0412°31.1'S145°09.0'W12°36.0'S145°11.9'W12°33.5'S145°10.5'W 0.998 50° 38° 10 km 00m14.2s
20:0612°47.2'S144°34.7'W12°51.9'S144°37.6'W12°49.5'S144°36.2'W 0.998 51° 37° 10 km 00m13.9s
20:0813°03.8'S144°01.0'W13°08.4'S144°03.7'W13°06.1'S144°02.3'W 0.998 51° 36° 10 km 00m13.5s
20:1013°21.0'S143°27.6'W13°25.5'S143°30.3'W13°23.2'S143°28.9'W 0.998 51° 34° 10 km 00m13.3s
20:1213°38.7'S142°54.6'W13°43.0'S142°57.3'W13°40.8'S142°55.9'W 0.998 52° 33° 9 km 00m13.0s
20:1413°56.9'S142°22.0'W14°01.1'S142°24.6'W13°59.0'S142°23.3'W 0.998 52° 31° 9 km 00m12.8s
20:1614°15.6'S141°49.7'W14°19.8'S141°52.3'W14°17.7'S141°51.0'W 0.998 52° 29° 9 km 00m12.6s
20:1814°34.8'S141°17.7'W14°39.0'S141°20.2'W14°36.9'S141°19.0'W 0.998 52° 28° 9 km 00m12.5s
20:2014°54.6'S140°45.9'W14°58.7'S140°48.4'W14°56.6'S140°47.2'W 0.998 52° 26° 9 km 00m12.4s
20:2215°14.8'S140°14.4'W15°18.9'S140°16.9'W15°16.8'S140°15.6'W 0.998 53° 25° 9 km 00m12.4s
20:2415°35.6'S139°43.0'W15°39.7'S139°45.5'W15°37.6'S139°44.2'W 0.998 53° 23° 9 km 00m12.4s
20:2615°56.9'S139°11.8'W16°00.9'S139°14.2'W15°58.9'S139°13.0'W 0.998 53° 21° 9 km 00m12.4s
20:2816°18.7'S138°40.6'W16°22.8'S138°43.1'W16°20.7'S138°41.9'W 0.998 53° 20° 9 km 00m12.5s
20:3016°41.0'S138°09.6'W16°45.1'S138°12.1'W16°43.0'S138°10.8'W 0.998 53° 18° 9 km 00m12.6s
20:3217°03.8'S137°38.5'W17°08.0'S137°41.1'W17°05.9'S137°39.8'W 0.998 53° 16° 9 km 00m12.8s
20:3417°27.2'S137°07.5'W17°31.4'S137°10.1'W17°29.3'S137°08.8'W 0.998 52° 15° 9 km 00m12.9s
20:3617°51.1'S136°36.5'W17°55.4'S136°39.1'W17°53.3'S136°37.8'W 0.998 52° 13° 9 km 00m13.2s
20:3818°15.6'S136°05.4'W18°20.0'S136°08.0'W18°17.8'S136°06.7'W 0.998 52° 11° 9 km 00m13.4s
20:4018°40.6'S135°34.1'W18°45.1'S135°36.9'W18°42.8'S135°35.5'W 0.998 52° 10° 9 km 00m13.8s
20:4219°06.2'S135°02.8'W19°10.8'S135°05.6'W19°08.5'S135°04.1'W 0.998 52° 10 km 00m14.1s
20:4419°32.3'S134°31.2'W19°37.1'S134°34.1'W19°34.7'S134°32.6'W 0.998 51° 10 km 00m14.5s
20:4619°59.1'S133°59.4'W20°04.0'S134°02.4'W20°01.5'S134°00.9'W 0.998 51° 10 km 00m14.9s
20:4820°26.4'S133°27.4'W20°31.5'S133°30.4'W20°28.9'S133°28.9'W 0.997 51° 11 km 00m15.4s
20:5020°54.4'S132°55.0'W20°59.7'S132°58.2'W20°57.0'S132°56.6'W 0.997 50° 11 km 00m15.9s
20:5221°22.9'S132°22.3'W21°28.5'S132°25.5'W21°25.7'S132°23.9'W 0.997 50° 11 km 00m16.4s
20:5421°52.2'S131°49.2'W21°57.9'S131°52.5'W21°55.1'S131°50.8'W 0.997 49° 359° 12 km 00m17.0s
20:5622°22.1'S131°15.6'W22°28.1'S131°19.0'W22°25.1'S131°17.3'W 0.997 49° 357° 12 km 00m17.6s
20:5822°52.7'S130°41.4'W22°59.0'S130°45.0'W22°55.9'S130°43.2'W 0.997 48° 356° 13 km 00m18.3s
21:0023°24.1'S130°06.7'W23°30.6'S130°10.4'W23°27.4'S130°08.6'W 0.997 47° 354° 13 km 00m18.9s
21:0223°56.2'S129°31.3'W24°03.1'S129°35.2'W23°59.6'S129°33.3'W 0.997 47° 353° 14 km 00m19.7s
21:0424°29.1'S128°55.3'W24°36.3'S128°59.2'W24°32.7'S128°57.2'W 0.996 46° 351° 14 km 00m20.4s
21:0625°02.8'S128°18.3'W25°10.4'S128°22.5'W25°06.6'S128°20.4'W 0.996 45° 350° 15 km 00m21.2s
21:0825°37.3'S127°40.5'W25°45.3'S127°44.8'W25°41.3'S127°42.7'W 0.996 45° 349° 15 km 00m22.1s
21:1026°12.8'S127°01.8'W26°21.2'S127°06.1'W26°17.0'S127°03.9'W 0.996 44° 347° 16 km 00m23.0s
21:1226°49.2'S126°21.9'W26°58.1'S126°26.4'W26°53.6'S126°24.1'W 0.996 43° 346° 17 km 00m23.9s
21:1427°26.7'S125°40.8'W27°36.0'S125°45.4'W27°31.3'S125°43.1'W 0.996 42° 345° 18 km 00m24.8s
21:1628°05.2'S124°58.3'W28°15.1'S125°03.1'W28°10.1'S125°00.7'W 0.995 41° 343° 18 km 00m25.8s
21:1828°44.8'S124°14.3'W28°55.3'S124°19.2'W28°50.0'S124°16.8'W 0.995 40° 342° 19 km 00m26.9s
21:2029°25.7'S123°28.7'W29°36.8'S123°33.7'W29°31.2'S123°31.2'W 0.995 39° 341° 20 km 00m28.0s
21:2230°07.9'S122°41.2'W30°19.7'S122°46.3'W30°13.7'S122°43.7'W 0.995 38° 339° 21 km 00m29.1s
21:2430°51.5'S121°51.5'W31°04.0'S121°56.7'W30°57.7'S121°54.1'W 0.994 37° 338° 22 km 00m30.3s
21:2631°36.7'S120°59.5'W31°50.0'S121°04.7'W31°43.3'S121°02.1'W 0.994 36° 337° 23 km 00m31.5s
21:2832°23.5'S120°04.8'W32°37.8'S120°10.0'W32°30.6'S120°07.4'W 0.994 35° 335° 24 km 00m32.7s
21:3033°12.2'S119°07.0'W33°27.5'S119°12.2'W33°19.8'S119°09.6'W 0.993 34° 334° 25 km 00m34.1s
21:3234°03.1'S118°05.7'W34°19.4'S118°10.7'W34°11.2'S118°08.2'W 0.993 32° 333° 27 km 00m35.4s
21:3434°56.2'S117°00.3'W35°13.8'S117°05.0'W35°05.0'S117°02.6'W 0.993 31° 331° 28 km 00m36.9s
21:3635°52.0'S115°50.0'W36°11.1'S115°54.3'W36°01.5'S115°52.2'W 0.992 29° 330° 30 km 00m38.4s
21:3836°50.9'S114°34.0'W37°11.6'S114°37.7'W37°01.2'S114°35.9'W 0.992 28° 329° 31 km 00m40.0s
21:4037°53.4'S113°11.1'W38°16.0'S113°13.9'W38°04.6'S113°12.5'W 0.992 26° 327° 33 km 00m41.7s
21:4239°00.2'S111°39.5'W39°25.1'S111°41.0'W39°12.6'S111°40.3'W 0.991 24° 326° 35 km 00m43.4s
21:4440°12.4'S109°57.0'W40°40.0'S109°56.4'W40°26.1'S109°56.8'W 0.990 22° 324° 37 km 00m45.3s
21:4641°31.3'S108°00.0'W42°02.5'S107°56.2'W41°46.8'S107°58.2'W 0.990 20° 322° 40 km 00m47.4s
21:4842°59.4'S105°42.8'W43°35.5'S105°33.7'W43°17.2'S105°38.4'W 0.989 18° 320° 43 km 00m49.6s
21:5044°41.1'S102°54.7'W45°24.5'S102°35.8'W45°02.4'S102°45.7'W 0.988 15° 317° 46 km 00m52.2s
21:5246°45.8'S099°11.8'W47°42.7'S098°30.2'W47°13.4'S098°52.3'W 0.987 11° 314° 51 km 00m55.3s
21:5449°48.7'S093°04.1'W51°46.1'S090°08.8'W50°39.2'S091°55.1'W 0.986 308° 58 km 00m59.9s
Limits53°09.9'S085°04.7'W53°41.7'S085°30.1'W53°25.8'S085°17.3'W 0.984 - 65 km 01m03.5s

ΔT = 41400.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:57:19.520:27:19.316°13.3'S048°09.2'E 52.7° 20.3° 8.7 km00m12.46s
Greatest Duration06:29:51.918:59:51.815°45.3'S171°20.3'E 0.0° 70.3° 59.3 km00m58.35s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1788 Aug 16 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 41400.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2887.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.06°.

Acknowledgments

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

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