Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1789 Mar 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1789 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 -1789 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
Limits25°49.4'S052°08.6'E27°14.0'S051°40.8'E26°31.7'S051°54.9'E 1.049 - 163 km 02m35.8s
02:2627°13.6'S059°20.6'E28°26.9'S057°30.4'E27°51.9'S058°32.9'E 1.051 101° 169 km 02m49.2s
02:2828°11.3'S065°56.8'E29°41.0'S065°08.1'E28°56.6'S065°35.0'E 1.053 13° 97° 175 km 03m05.1s
02:3028°37.3'S070°11.3'E30°12.1'S069°40.4'E29°24.9'S069°57.7'E 1.054 17° 95° 179 km 03m15.9s
02:3228°51.0'S073°32.2'E30°28.8'S073°12.3'E29°40.0'S073°23.8'E 1.055 21° 93° 183 km 03m24.8s
02:3428°57.5'S076°22.3'E30°37.5'S076°10.7'E29°47.6'S076°17.9'E 1.056 24° 91° 185 km 03m32.6s
02:3628°59.2'S078°51.7'E30°40.8'S078°46.9'E29°50.0'S078°50.5'E 1.057 26° 90° 188 km 03m39.8s
02:3828°57.4'S081°05.7'E30°40.1'S081°07.0'E29°48.7'S081°07.4'E 1.058 29° 88° 190 km 03m46.4s
02:4028°52.6'S083°08.0'E30°36.3'S083°14.5'E29°44.4'S083°12.2'E 1.058 31° 87° 192 km 03m52.5s
02:4228°45.6'S085°00.8'E30°30.0'S085°12.0'E29°37.7'S085°07.2'E 1.059 33° 86° 194 km 03m58.4s
02:4428°36.7'S086°45.5'E30°21.6'S087°01.1'E29°29.1'S086°54.1'E 1.059 35° 85° 196 km 04m03.9s
02:4628°26.1'S088°23.6'E30°11.4'S088°43.2'E29°18.7'S088°34.1'E 1.060 37° 84° 197 km 04m09.1s
02:4828°14.1'S089°55.8'E29°59.7'S090°19.2'E29°06.8'S090°08.1'E 1.060 39° 83° 199 km 04m14.2s
02:5028°00.9'S091°22.9'E29°46.6'S091°49.9'E28°53.7'S091°37.0'E 1.061 40° 82° 200 km 04m19.0s
02:5227°46.6'S092°45.5'E29°32.4'S093°15.8'E28°39.4'S093°01.2'E 1.061 42° 81° 202 km 04m23.5s
02:5427°31.3'S094°04.1'E29°17.0'S094°37.6'E28°24.1'S094°21.4'E 1.062 44° 80° 203 km 04m27.9s
02:5627°15.1'S095°19.1'E29°00.8'S095°55.6'E28°07.8'S095°37.8'E 1.062 45° 79° 204 km 04m32.2s
02:5826°58.1'S096°30.8'E28°43.6'S097°10.1'E27°50.7'S096°50.8'E 1.062 47° 78° 205 km 04m36.2s
03:0026°40.3'S097°39.4'E28°25.6'S098°21.5'E27°32.9'S098°00.8'E 1.063 48° 77° 206 km 04m40.1s
03:0226°21.9'S098°45.4'E28°06.9'S099°30.0'E27°14.3'S099°08.0'E 1.063 50° 76° 207 km 04m43.8s
03:0426°02.8'S099°48.8'E27°47.5'S100°35.8'E26°55.1'S100°12.6'E 1.063 51° 76° 208 km 04m47.4s
03:0625°43.2'S100°49.9'E27°27.5'S101°39.2'E26°35.2'S101°14.8'E 1.064 53° 75° 209 km 04m50.9s
03:0825°23.0'S101°48.8'E27°06.9'S102°40.3'E26°14.9'S102°14.8'E 1.064 54° 74° 210 km 04m54.2s
03:1025°02.3'S102°45.7'E26°45.8'S103°39.3'E25°53.9'S103°12.7'E 1.064 55° 74° 211 km 04m57.3s
03:1224°41.1'S103°40.8'E26°24.1'S104°36.4'E25°32.5'S104°08.7'E 1.064 57° 73° 212 km 05m00.3s
03:1424°19.4'S104°34.0'E26°02.0'S105°31.5'E25°10.6'S105°03.0'E 1.065 58° 72° 212 km 05m03.2s
03:1623°57.4'S105°25.7'E25°39.4'S106°25.0'E24°48.3'S105°55.5'E 1.065 59° 72° 213 km 05m05.9s
03:1823°34.9'S106°15.8'E25°16.3'S107°16.9'E24°25.5'S106°46.4'E 1.065 61° 71° 214 km 05m08.5s
03:2023°12.0'S107°04.5'E24°52.9'S108°07.2'E24°02.4'S107°35.9'E 1.065 62° 70° 214 km 05m11.0s
03:2222°48.8'S107°51.8'E24°29.1'S108°56.1'E23°38.9'S108°24.0'E 1.066 63° 70° 215 km 05m13.4s
03:2422°25.2'S108°37.9'E24°04.9'S109°43.6'E23°15.0'S109°10.8'E 1.066 64° 69° 216 km 05m15.6s
03:2622°01.2'S109°22.7'E23°40.4'S110°29.9'E22°50.7'S109°56.4'E 1.066 66° 69° 216 km 05m17.7s
03:2821°37.0'S110°06.5'E23°15.5'S111°15.0'E22°26.2'S110°40.8'E 1.066 67° 68° 217 km 05m19.7s
03:3021°12.4'S110°49.1'E22°50.3'S111°58.9'E22°01.3'S111°24.1'E 1.066 68° 67° 217 km 05m21.6s
03:3220°47.5'S111°30.8'E22°24.8'S112°41.8'E21°36.1'S112°06.3'E 1.066 69° 67° 217 km 05m23.3s
03:3420°22.4'S112°11.5'E21°59.0'S113°23.7'E21°10.6'S112°47.6'E 1.067 70° 66° 218 km 05m24.9s
03:3619°56.9'S112°51.4'E21°32.9'S114°04.7'E20°44.9'S113°28.0'E 1.067 72° 66° 218 km 05m26.4s
03:3819°31.2'S113°30.4'E21°06.5'S114°44.8'E20°18.8'S114°07.5'E 1.067 73° 65° 219 km 05m27.8s
03:4019°05.2'S114°08.6'E20°39.9'S115°24.0'E19°52.5'S114°46.2'E 1.067 74° 65° 219 km 05m29.1s
03:4218°38.9'S114°46.1'E20°13.0'S116°02.4'E19°25.9'S115°24.2'E 1.067 75° 64° 219 km 05m30.3s
03:4418°12.4'S115°22.8'E19°45.8'S116°40.1'E18°59.1'S116°01.4'E 1.067 76° 63° 219 km 05m31.3s
03:4617°45.6'S115°59.0'E19°18.4'S117°17.1'E18°32.0'S116°38.0'E 1.067 77° 63° 220 km 05m32.3s
03:4817°18.5'S116°34.5'E18°50.7'S117°53.4'E18°04.6'S117°13.9'E 1.067 79° 62° 220 km 05m33.1s
03:5016°51.3'S117°09.4'E18°22.8'S118°29.1'E17°37.0'S117°49.2'E 1.067 80° 61° 220 km 05m33.8s
03:5216°23.8'S117°43.8'E17°54.7'S119°04.2'E17°09.2'S118°23.9'E 1.067 81° 60° 220 km 05m34.4s
03:5415°56.0'S118°17.7'E17°26.3'S119°38.8'E16°41.2'S118°58.2'E 1.067 82° 59° 220 km 05m34.9s
03:5615°28.0'S118°51.1'E16°57.7'S120°12.9'E16°12.9'S119°31.9'E 1.068 83° 58° 220 km 05m35.3s
03:5814°59.8'S119°24.2'E16°28.8'S120°46.6'E15°44.3'S120°05.3'E 1.068 84° 56° 221 km 05m35.6s
04:0014°31.3'S119°56.8'E15°59.8'S121°19.8'E15°15.6'S120°38.2'E 1.068 85° 54° 221 km 05m35.8s
04:0214°02.6'S120°29.0'E15°30.5'S121°52.6'E14°46.6'S121°10.7'E 1.068 86° 50° 221 km 05m35.9s
04:0413°33.7'S121°01.0'E15°01.0'S122°25.0'E14°17.4'S121°42.9'E 1.068 87° 44° 221 km 05m35.9s
04:0613°04.5'S121°32.6'E14°31.2'S122°57.1'E13°47.9'S122°14.8'E 1.068 88° 30° 221 km 05m35.8s
04:0812°35.1'S122°04.0'E14°01.3'S123°29.0'E13°18.2'S122°46.3'E 1.068 89° 348° 221 km 05m35.6s
04:1012°05.5'S122°35.1'E13°31.1'S124°00.5'E12°48.3'S123°17.7'E 1.068 89° 289° 221 km 05m35.3s
04:1211°35.6'S123°06.0'E13°00.7'S124°31.9'E12°18.2'S123°48.8'E 1.068 88° 267° 221 km 05m34.9s
04:1411°05.5'S123°36.8'E12°30.0'S125°03.0'E11°47.8'S124°19.8'E 1.068 87° 259° 221 km 05m34.4s
04:1610°35.2'S124°07.4'E11°59.2'S125°34.0'E11°17.2'S124°50.6'E 1.068 86° 255° 221 km 05m33.8s
04:1810°04.6'S124°37.9'E11°28.1'S126°04.9'E10°46.4'S125°21.3'E 1.068 85° 252° 221 km 05m33.1s
04:2009°33.7'S125°08.4'E10°56.8'S126°35.6'E10°15.3'S125°51.9'E 1.068 83° 250° 221 km 05m32.3s
04:2209°02.7'S125°38.8'E10°25.2'S127°06.3'E09°44.0'S126°22.4'E 1.068 82° 249° 221 km 05m31.4s
04:2408°31.3'S126°09.2'E09°53.4'S127°37.0'E09°12.5'S126°52.9'E 1.068 81° 248° 221 km 05m30.4s
04:2607°59.8'S126°39.6'E09°21.4'S128°07.7'E08°40.7'S127°23.5'E 1.067 80° 247° 221 km 05m29.4s
04:2807°27.9'S127°10.1'E08°49.1'S128°38.3'E08°08.6'S127°54.1'E 1.067 79° 246° 221 km 05m28.2s
04:3006°55.8'S127°40.6'E08°16.6'S129°09.1'E07°36.3'S128°24.7'E 1.067 78° 246° 221 km 05m27.0s
04:3206°23.5'S128°11.3'E07°43.8'S129°40.0'E07°03.7'S128°55.5'E 1.067 77° 245° 220 km 05m25.6s
04:3405°50.8'S128°42.2'E07°10.7'S130°11.0'E06°30.9'S129°26.4'E 1.067 76° 245° 220 km 05m24.2s
04:3605°17.9'S129°13.2'E06°37.4'S130°42.2'E05°57.7'S129°57.6'E 1.067 74° 245° 220 km 05m22.7s
04:3804°44.6'S129°44.5'E06°03.8'S131°13.7'E05°24.3'S130°28.9'E 1.067 73° 244° 220 km 05m21.1s
04:4004°11.1'S130°16.0'E05°29.9'S131°45.4'E04°50.6'S131°00.5'E 1.067 72° 244° 220 km 05m19.4s
04:4203°37.3'S130°47.9'E04°55.8'S132°17.4'E04°16.6'S131°32.5'E 1.067 71° 244° 220 km 05m17.6s
04:4403°03.2'S131°20.2'E04°21.3'S132°49.7'E03°42.3'S132°04.8'E 1.067 70° 244° 219 km 05m15.7s
04:4602°28.7'S131°52.9'E03°46.5'S133°22.5'E03°07.7'S132°37.5'E 1.066 69° 243° 219 km 05m13.8s
04:4801°53.9'S132°26.0'E03°11.4'S133°55.7'E02°32.8'S133°10.7'E 1.066 67° 243° 219 km 05m11.7s
04:5001°18.7'S132°59.7'E02°35.9'S134°29.4'E01°57.5'S133°44.4'E 1.066 66° 243° 219 km 05m09.6s
04:5200°43.2'S133°33.9'E02°00.1'S135°03.7'E01°21.8'S134°18.6'E 1.066 65° 243° 218 km 05m07.3s
04:5400°07.3'S134°08.8'E01°24.0'S135°38.6'E00°45.8'S134°53.5'E 1.066 64° 243° 218 km 05m05.0s
04:5600°28.9'N134°44.3'E00°47.5'S136°14.2'E00°09.4'S135°29.1'E 1.066 62° 243° 217 km 05m02.6s
04:5801°05.6'N135°20.7'E00°10.5'S136°50.5'E00°27.4'N136°05.4'E 1.065 61° 243° 217 km 05m00.1s
05:0001°42.7'N135°57.9'E00°26.8'N137°27.7'E01°04.6'N136°42.6'E 1.065 60° 243° 217 km 04m57.5s
05:0202°20.3'N136°36.0'E01°04.6'N138°05.7'E01°42.3'N137°20.7'E 1.065 59° 243° 216 km 04m54.8s
05:0402°58.3'N137°15.1'E01°42.8'N138°44.8'E02°20.4'N137°59.8'E 1.065 57° 243° 216 km 04m52.0s
05:0603°36.8'N137°55.3'E02°21.5'N139°25.0'E02°59.0'N138°40.0'E 1.065 56° 243° 215 km 04m49.1s
05:0804°15.9'N138°36.8'E03°00.8'N140°06.4'E03°38.2'N139°21.4'E 1.064 55° 243° 214 km 04m46.1s
05:1004°55.5'N139°19.6'E03°40.5'N140°49.2'E04°17.8'N140°04.2'E 1.064 53° 243° 214 km 04m43.0s
05:1205°35.7'N140°03.9'E04°20.9'N141°33.4'E04°58.1'N140°48.4'E 1.064 52° 243° 213 km 04m39.8s
05:1406°16.5'N140°49.9'E05°01.9'N142°19.3'E05°39.0'N141°34.3'E 1.064 50° 243° 212 km 04m36.4s
05:1606°57.9'N141°37.6'E05°43.5'N143°06.9'E06°20.5'N142°22.0'E 1.063 49° 243° 211 km 04m33.0s
05:1807°40.1'N142°27.4'E06°25.8'N143°56.5'E07°02.8'N143°11.7'E 1.063 47° 243° 211 km 04m29.4s
05:2008°23.1'N143°19.3'E07°08.9'N144°48.4'E07°45.8'N144°03.6'E 1.063 46° 243° 210 km 04m25.7s
05:2209°06.9'N144°13.8'E07°52.9'N145°42.8'E08°29.7'N144°58.0'E 1.062 44° 243° 209 km 04m21.9s
05:2409°51.6'N145°11.1'E08°37.7'N146°39.9'E09°14.4'N145°55.2'E 1.062 43° 244° 207 km 04m17.9s
05:2610°37.3'N146°11.5'E09°23.6'N147°40.2'E10°00.2'N146°55.5'E 1.061 41° 244° 206 km 04m13.8s
05:2811°24.2'N147°15.5'E10°10.6'N148°44.1'E10°47.1'N147°59.5'E 1.061 39° 244° 205 km 04m09.5s
05:3012°12.3'N148°23.6'E10°58.8'N149°52.1'E11°35.3'N149°07.5'E 1.061 38° 244° 203 km 04m05.1s
05:3213°01.7'N149°36.6'E11°48.5'N151°05.0'E12°24.8'N150°20.4'E 1.060 36° 245° 202 km 04m00.4s
05:3413°52.8'N150°55.1'E12°39.7'N152°23.5'E13°16.0'N151°38.8'E 1.060 34° 245° 200 km 03m55.5s
05:3614°45.7'N152°20.3'E13°32.9'N153°48.7'E14°09.0'N153°04.1'E 1.059 32° 245° 198 km 03m50.3s
05:3815°40.9'N153°53.7'E14°28.3'N155°22.2'E15°04.3'N154°37.4'E 1.058 29° 246° 196 km 03m44.8s
05:4016°38.7'N155°37.2'E15°26.5'N157°06.0'E16°02.3'N156°21.0'E 1.058 27° 247° 194 km 03m39.0s
05:4217°39.8'N157°33.8'E16°28.2'N159°03.3'E17°03.6'N158°17.8'E 1.057 25° 247° 191 km 03m32.6s
05:4418°45.4'N159°48.0'E17°34.4'N161°18.8'E18°09.5'N160°32.6'E 1.056 22° 248° 188 km 03m25.7s
05:4619°57.2'N162°28.1'E18°47.3'N164°01.2'E19°21.8'N163°13.6'E 1.055 18° 249° 185 km 03m17.9s
05:4821°19.0'N165°50.5'E20°11.2'N167°29.3'E20°44.6'N166°38.5'E 1.054 14° 250° 180 km 03m08.7s
05:5023°02.0'N170°45.4'E21°59.9'N172°44.2'E22°30.0'N171°41.9'E 1.052 252° 174 km 02m56.4s
Limits25°40.2'N179°20.3'W24°14.7'N178°53.1'W24°57.4'N179°06.8'W 1.049 - 164 km 02m37.3s

ΔT = 41433.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:38:53.804:08:20.313°13.2'S050°15.1'W 89.1° 336.1° 221.0 km05m35.53s
Greatest Duration15:33:20.804:02:47.214°35.1'S121°23.4'E 86.7° 48.2° 220.8 km05m35.92s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1789 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 41433.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2892.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.09°.

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