Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1644 Mar 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1644 Mar 08 . 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 1644 Mar 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits26°48.3'S154°31.1'W27°56.2'S154°44.2'W27°22.2'S154°37.6'W 1.037 - 127 km 01m59.5s
16:2227°21.6'S142°24.4'W28°34.1'S143°47.2'W27°58.1'S143°02.7'W 1.040 11° 89° 137 km 02m21.4s
16:2427°21.8'S137°40.1'W28°39.0'S138°32.4'W28°00.5'S138°04.5'W 1.042 15° 87° 142 km 02m32.3s
16:2627°16.5'S134°07.7'W28°36.4'S134°45.5'W27°56.5'S134°25.2'W 1.043 19° 85° 146 km 02m41.0s
16:2827°08.3'S131°12.4'W28°30.2'S131°40.8'W27°49.2'S131°25.5'W 1.044 22° 83° 148 km 02m48.5s
16:3026°58.2'S128°41.1'W28°21.6'S129°02.4'W27°39.9'S128°50.7'W 1.045 25° 82° 151 km 02m55.4s
16:3226°46.8'S126°26.6'W28°11.4'S126°42.3'W27°29.1'S126°33.6'W 1.045 27° 80° 153 km 03m01.7s
16:3426°34.4'S124°25.1'W28°00.0'S124°35.9'W27°17.1'S124°29.7'W 1.046 30° 79° 155 km 03m07.6s
16:3626°21.1'S122°33.7'W27°47.6'S122°40.4'W27°04.3'S122°36.3'W 1.047 32° 78° 157 km 03m13.1s
16:3826°07.2'S120°50.6'W27°34.4'S120°53.6'W26°50.8'S120°51.5'W 1.047 34° 76° 159 km 03m18.4s
16:4025°52.8'S119°14.5'W27°20.6'S119°14.2'W26°36.6'S119°13.7'W 1.048 36° 75° 160 km 03m23.5s
16:4225°37.8'S117°44.3'W27°06.2'S117°40.9'W26°21.9'S117°42.0'W 1.048 38° 74° 162 km 03m28.4s
16:4425°22.4'S116°19.2'W26°51.3'S116°13.0'W26°06.8'S116°15.6'W 1.049 39° 73° 163 km 03m33.0s
16:4625°06.7'S114°58.6'W26°35.9'S114°49.8'W25°51.2'S114°53.7'W 1.049 41° 72° 164 km 03m37.5s
16:4824°50.6'S113°41.9'W26°20.2'S113°30.7'W25°35.3'S113°35.9'W 1.050 43° 71° 165 km 03m41.9s
16:5024°34.3'S112°28.8'W26°04.1'S112°15.3'W25°19.1'S112°21.6'W 1.050 44° 70° 167 km 03m46.0s
16:5224°17.6'S111°18.8'W25°47.7'S111°03.1'W25°02.6'S111°10.6'W 1.050 46° 69° 168 km 03m50.1s
16:5424°00.8'S110°11.7'W25°31.1'S109°54.0'W24°45.8'S110°02.5'W 1.051 47° 68° 169 km 03m54.0s
16:5623°43.7'S109°07.2'W25°14.2'S108°47.5'W24°28.8'S108°57.0'W 1.051 49° 67° 170 km 03m57.7s
16:5823°26.4'S108°05.0'W24°57.0'S107°43.5'W24°11.6'S107°53.9'W 1.051 50° 66° 171 km 04m01.3s
17:0023°08.9'S107°05.0'W24°39.6'S106°41.8'W23°54.2'S106°53.1'W 1.052 51° 65° 172 km 04m04.9s
17:0222°51.3'S106°07.0'W24°22.1'S105°42.1'W23°36.6'S105°54.3'W 1.052 53° 64° 172 km 04m08.2s
17:0422°33.5'S105°10.8'W24°04.3'S104°44.4'W23°18.8'S104°57.3'W 1.052 54° 63° 173 km 04m11.5s
17:0622°15.5'S104°16.4'W23°46.4'S103°48.4'W23°00.9'S104°02.1'W 1.052 55° 62° 174 km 04m14.6s
17:0821°57.5'S103°23.4'W23°28.3'S102°54.0'W22°42.8'S103°08.5'W 1.053 57° 61° 175 km 04m17.7s
17:1021°39.2'S102°32.0'W23°10.0'S102°01.2'W22°24.5'S102°16.4'W 1.053 58° 60° 175 km 04m20.6s
17:1221°20.9'S101°41.9'W22°51.6'S101°09.8'W22°06.1'S101°25.6'W 1.053 59° 59° 176 km 04m23.4s
17:1421°02.4'S100°53.1'W22°33.1'S100°19.6'W21°47.6'S100°36.2'W 1.053 60° 58° 177 km 04m26.0s
17:1620°43.8'S100°05.4'W22°14.4'S099°30.8'W21°29.0'S099°47.9'W 1.053 62° 57° 177 km 04m28.6s
17:1820°25.1'S099°18.8'W21°55.7'S098°43.0'W21°10.3'S099°00.8'W 1.054 63° 55° 178 km 04m31.1s
17:2020°06.3'S098°33.3'W21°36.7'S097°56.3'W20°51.4'S098°14.7'W 1.054 64° 54° 179 km 04m33.4s
17:2219°47.4'S097°48.7'W21°17.7'S097°10.7'W20°32.5'S097°29.5'W 1.054 65° 53° 179 km 04m35.6s
17:2419°28.4'S097°05.0'W20°58.6'S096°25.9'W20°13.4'S096°45.3'W 1.054 66° 51° 180 km 04m37.7s
17:2619°09.3'S096°22.1'W20°39.4'S095°42.1'W19°54.2'S096°02.0'W 1.054 67° 50° 180 km 04m39.7s
17:2818°50.1'S095°40.0'W20°20.0'S094°59.0'W19°35.0'S095°19.4'W 1.054 68° 48° 181 km 04m41.6s
17:3018°30.8'S094°58.7'W20°00.6'S094°16.7'W19°15.6'S094°37.6'W 1.054 69° 46° 181 km 04m43.4s
17:3218°11.4'S094°18.0'W19°41.1'S093°35.2'W18°56.2'S093°56.5'W 1.055 70° 44° 182 km 04m45.1s
17:3417°52.0'S093°37.9'W19°21.5'S092°54.3'W18°36.6'S093°16.0'W 1.055 71° 42° 182 km 04m46.6s
17:3617°32.4'S092°58.5'W19°01.8'S092°14.0'W18°17.0'S092°36.2'W 1.055 72° 40° 182 km 04m48.1s
17:3817°12.8'S092°19.6'W18°42.0'S091°34.3'W17°57.3'S091°56.9'W 1.055 73° 38° 183 km 04m49.4s
17:4016°53.1'S091°41.1'W18°22.1'S090°55.1'W17°37.6'S091°18.1'W 1.055 74° 35° 183 km 04m50.6s
17:4216°33.4'S091°03.2'W18°02.1'S090°16.5'W17°17.7'S090°39.8'W 1.055 75° 32° 183 km 04m51.7s
17:4416°13.5'S090°25.7'W17°42.1'S089°38.3'W16°57.8'S090°01.9'W 1.055 76° 29° 184 km 04m52.7s
17:4615°53.6'S089°48.5'W17°22.0'S089°00.5'W16°37.7'S089°24.5'W 1.055 77° 25° 184 km 04m53.6s
17:4815°33.6'S089°11.8'W17°01.8'S088°23.1'W16°17.6'S088°47.4'W 1.055 77° 21° 184 km 04m54.4s
17:5015°13.5'S088°35.3'W16°41.5'S087°46.0'W15°57.5'S088°10.7'W 1.055 78° 17° 185 km 04m55.0s
17:5214°53.4'S087°59.2'W16°21.2'S087°09.3'W15°37.2'S087°34.2'W 1.055 79° 12° 185 km 04m55.6s
17:5414°33.1'S087°23.3'W16°00.7'S086°32.8'W15°16.9'S086°58.1'W 1.055 79° 185 km 04m56.0s
17:5614°12.8'S086°47.6'W15°40.2'S085°56.6'W14°56.5'S086°22.2'W 1.055 80° 185 km 04m56.3s
17:5813°52.5'S086°12.2'W15°19.7'S085°20.7'W14°36.0'S085°46.4'W 1.055 80° 354° 185 km 04m56.6s
18:0013°32.0'S085°36.9'W14°59.0'S084°44.9'W14°15.5'S085°10.9'W 1.055 80° 348° 186 km 04m56.7s
18:0213°11.5'S085°01.7'W14°38.3'S084°09.3'W13°54.9'S084°35.5'W 1.055 80° 341° 186 km 04m56.7s
18:0412°50.9'S084°26.7'W14°17.5'S083°33.8'W13°34.2'S084°00.3'W 1.055 80° 335° 186 km 04m56.5s
18:0612°30.2'S083°51.7'W13°56.6'S082°58.4'W13°13.4'S083°25.1'W 1.055 80° 328° 186 km 04m56.3s
18:0812°09.5'S083°16.8'W13°35.6'S082°23.1'W12°52.5'S082°50.0'W 1.055 79° 322° 186 km 04m56.0s
18:1011°48.7'S082°41.9'W13°14.6'S081°47.8'W12°31.6'S082°14.9'W 1.055 79° 317° 186 km 04m55.5s
18:1211°27.8'S082°06.9'W12°53.5'S081°12.5'W12°10.6'S081°39.8'W 1.055 79° 312° 186 km 04m55.0s
18:1411°06.8'S081°32.0'W12°32.3'S080°37.2'W11°49.5'S081°04.7'W 1.055 78° 307° 186 km 04m54.3s
18:1610°45.7'S080°57.0'W12°11.0'S080°01.9'W11°28.4'S080°29.5'W 1.055 77° 303° 186 km 04m53.6s
18:1810°24.6'S080°21.8'W11°49.6'S079°26.4'W11°07.1'S079°54.2'W 1.055 76° 299° 186 km 04m52.7s
18:2010°03.3'S079°46.6'W11°28.2'S078°50.9'W10°45.8'S079°18.8'W 1.055 76° 295° 186 km 04m51.7s
18:2209°42.0'S079°11.1'W11°06.7'S078°15.2'W10°24.4'S078°43.2'W 1.055 75° 292° 186 km 04m50.6s
18:2409°20.6'S078°35.5'W10°45.1'S077°39.3'W10°02.9'S078°07.5'W 1.055 74° 289° 186 km 04m49.4s
18:2608°59.2'S077°59.6'W10°23.4'S077°03.1'W09°41.3'S077°31.5'W 1.055 73° 287° 186 km 04m48.1s
18:2808°37.6'S077°23.5'W10°01.6'S076°26.8'W09°19.6'S076°55.2'W 1.055 72° 285° 186 km 04m46.7s
18:3008°15.9'S076°47.0'W09°39.7'S075°50.1'W08°57.8'S076°18.7'W 1.055 71° 283° 186 km 04m45.2s
18:3207°54.2'S076°10.2'W09°17.7'S075°13.1'W08°36.0'S075°41.8'W 1.055 70° 281° 186 km 04m43.6s
18:3407°32.3'S075°33.0'W08°55.6'S074°35.7'W08°14.0'S075°04.5'W 1.055 69° 279° 186 km 04m41.8s
18:3607°10.3'S074°55.4'W08°33.4'S073°57.9'W07°51.9'S074°26.8'W 1.054 68° 278° 185 km 04m40.0s
18:3806°48.3'S074°17.3'W08°11.1'S073°19.7'W07°29.8'S073°48.6'W 1.054 67° 276° 185 km 04m38.1s
18:4006°26.1'S073°38.6'W07°48.7'S072°40.9'W07°07.5'S073°10.0'W 1.054 66° 275° 185 km 04m36.0s
18:4206°03.8'S072°59.5'W07°26.2'S072°01.6'W06°45.1'S072°30.7'W 1.054 65° 274° 185 km 04m33.9s
18:4405°41.5'S072°19.6'W07°03.6'S071°21.7'W06°22.6'S071°50.8'W 1.054 64° 273° 184 km 04m31.6s
18:4605°18.9'S071°39.1'W06°40.8'S070°41.1'W06°00.0'S071°10.3'W 1.054 62° 272° 184 km 04m29.3s
18:4804°56.3'S070°57.9'W06°18.0'S069°59.7'W05°37.2'S070°29.0'W 1.054 61° 271° 184 km 04m26.8s
18:5004°33.6'S070°15.8'W05°55.0'S069°17.6'W05°14.3'S069°46.9'W 1.053 60° 270° 183 km 04m24.3s
18:5204°10.7'S069°32.9'W05°31.8'S068°34.6'W04°51.3'S069°03.9'W 1.053 59° 269° 183 km 04m21.6s
18:5403°47.6'S068°49.0'W05°08.5'S067°50.6'W04°28.2'S068°20.0'W 1.053 58° 269° 182 km 04m18.8s
18:5603°24.5'S068°04.1'W04°45.1'S067°05.6'W04°04.8'S067°35.1'W 1.053 56° 268° 181 km 04m15.9s
18:5803°01.1'S067°18.0'W04°21.4'S066°19.5'W03°41.4'S066°49.0'W 1.053 55° 268° 181 km 04m12.9s
19:0002°37.7'S066°30.7'W03°57.7'S065°32.1'W03°17.7'S066°01.7'W 1.052 54° 267° 180 km 04m09.8s
19:0202°14.0'S065°42.0'W03°33.7'S064°43.4'W02°53.9'S065°13.0'W 1.052 52° 267° 179 km 04m06.6s
19:0401°50.2'S064°51.9'W03°09.5'S063°53.3'W02°29.9'S064°22.8'W 1.052 51° 266° 179 km 04m03.2s
19:0601°26.1'S064°00.2'W02°45.2'S063°01.5'W02°05.7'S063°31.1'W 1.051 50° 266° 178 km 03m59.8s
19:0801°01.9'S063°06.6'W02°20.6'S062°07.9'W01°41.3'S062°37.5'W 1.051 48° 265° 177 km 03m56.2s
19:1000°37.4'S062°11.1'W01°55.8'S061°12.3'W01°16.7'S061°42.0'W 1.051 47° 265° 176 km 03m52.5s
19:1200°12.7'S061°13.5'W01°30.7'S060°14.6'W00°51.8'S060°44.4'W 1.051 45° 265° 175 km 03m48.7s
19:1400°12.2'N060°13.4'W01°05.3'S059°14.4'W00°26.7'S059°44.3'W 1.050 44° 264° 174 km 03m44.7s
19:1600°37.4'N059°10.7'W00°39.6'S058°11.6'W00°01.2'S058°41.5'W 1.050 42° 264° 172 km 03m40.6s
19:1801°02.9'N058°04.9'W00°13.6'S057°05.6'W00°24.5'N057°35.6'W 1.049 41° 264° 171 km 03m36.4s
19:2001°28.8'N056°55.7'W00°12.7'N055°56.2'W00°50.6'N056°26.4'W 1.049 39° 264° 170 km 03m32.0s
19:2201°55.0'N055°42.6'W00°39.5'N054°42.8'W01°17.1'N055°13.1'W 1.049 37° 263° 168 km 03m27.4s
19:2402°21.7'N054°25.0'W01°06.8'N053°24.8'W01°44.1'N053°55.4'W 1.048 35° 263° 166 km 03m22.6s
19:2602°48.8'N053°02.2'W01°34.6'N052°01.5'W02°11.6'N052°32.3'W 1.048 33° 263° 165 km 03m17.6s
19:2803°16.5'N051°33.1'W02°03.0'N050°31.7'W02°39.6'N051°02.8'W 1.047 31° 263° 163 km 03m12.4s
19:3003°44.9'N049°56.4'W02°32.2'N048°54.1'W03°08.4'N049°25.8'W 1.046 29° 263° 161 km 03m06.9s
19:3204°14.0'N048°10.4'W03°02.2'N047°06.7'W03°38.0'N047°39.1'W 1.046 27° 263° 158 km 03m01.1s
19:3404°44.2'N046°12.4'W03°33.5'N045°06.8'W04°08.7'N045°40.2'W 1.045 24° 263° 156 km 02m54.8s
19:3605°15.7'N043°58.2'W04°06.3'N042°49.7'W04°40.8'N043°24.7'W 1.044 22° 263° 153 km 02m48.0s
19:3805°49.0'N041°20.9'W04°41.3'N040°07.5'W05°14.9'N040°45.1'W 1.043 18° 264° 149 km 02m40.4s
19:4006°25.2'N038°05.8'W05°19.9'N036°42.7'W05°52.3'N037°25.6'W 1.042 15° 264° 145 km 02m31.5s
19:4207°07.5'N033°31.6'W06°06.8'N031°39.3'W06°36.7'N032°38.5'W 1.040 264° 139 km 02m19.8s
Limits08°08.1'N023°47.9'W06°59.2'N023°36.2'W07°33.7'N023°42.2'W 1.037 - 128 km 02m01.2s

ΔT = 57.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:02:41.918:01:44.613°57.5'S084°54.4'W 80.0° 342.3° 185.8 km04m56.67s
Greatest Duration18:01:52.618:00:55.314°06.0'S084°54.6'W 80.0° 345.0° 185.7 km04m56.68s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1644 Mar 08 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 57.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 13.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.06°.

Acknowledgments

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

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