Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1661 Mar 30

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1661 Mar 30 . 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 1661 Mar 30
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits17°30.6'N037°36.9'W16°08.2'N037°08.8'W16°49.3'N037°22.6'W 1.037 - 155 km 02m00.6s
08:3017°43.4'N035°06.4'W17°03.6'N027°47.9'W17°28.1'N030°33.6'W 1.040 88° 166 km 02m13.8s
08:3218°40.9'N027°23.0'W17°43.4'N023°29.5'W18°13.0'N025°18.7'W 1.041 12° 90° 174 km 02m25.4s
08:3419°20.8'N023°33.1'W18°18.2'N020°24.7'W18°50.1'N021°55.0'W 1.042 16° 91° 180 km 02m33.6s
08:3619°56.4'N020°40.4'W18°50.6'N017°54.9'W19°23.9'N019°15.1'W 1.043 19° 92° 185 km 02m40.5s
08:3820°29.7'N018°17.8'W19°21.5'N015°46.6'W19°56.0'N017°00.3'W 1.044 21° 94° 189 km 02m46.5s
08:4021°01.4'N016°14.5'W19°51.4'N013°53.3'W20°26.7'N015°02.3'W 1.045 24° 95° 192 km 02m52.0s
08:4221°32.1'N014°24.7'W20°20.5'N012°11.0'W20°56.6'N013°16.5'W 1.045 26° 96° 195 km 02m57.0s
08:4422°02.0'N012°45.2'W20°49.0'N010°37.3'W21°25.8'N011°40.1'W 1.046 28° 97° 197 km 03m01.7s
08:4622°31.3'N011°13.6'W21°17.0'N009°10.6'W21°54.4'N010°11.0'W 1.046 29° 98° 200 km 03m06.1s
08:4823°00.0'N009°48.6'W21°44.6'N007°49.5'W22°22.5'N008°48.1'W 1.047 31° 99° 202 km 03m10.3s
08:5023°28.3'N008°28.9'W22°11.9'N006°33.2'W22°50.3'N007°30.1'W 1.047 33° 100° 203 km 03m14.2s
08:5223°56.3'N007°13.7'W22°38.8'N005°20.9'W23°17.7'N006°16.5'W 1.048 34° 102° 205 km 03m18.0s
08:5424°23.9'N006°02.4'W23°05.5'N004°12.1'W23°44.8'N005°06.4'W 1.048 36° 103° 207 km 03m21.6s
08:5624°51.2'N004°54.3'W23°32.0'N003°06.4'W24°11.7'N003°59.6'W 1.048 37° 104° 208 km 03m25.0s
08:5825°18.4'N003°49.2'W23°58.3'N002°03.3'W24°38.4'N002°55.5'W 1.049 38° 105° 209 km 03m28.3s
09:0025°45.3'N002°46.6'W24°24.4'N001°02.5'W25°04.9'N001°53.8'W 1.049 39° 107° 210 km 03m31.4s
09:0226°12.0'N001°46.1'W24°50.3'N000°03.8'W25°31.2'N000°54.3'W 1.049 41° 108° 211 km 03m34.4s
09:0426°38.5'N000°47.7'W25°16.1'N000°53.0'E25°57.4'N000°03.3'E 1.050 42° 109° 212 km 03m37.2s
09:0627°04.9'N000°09.0'E25°41.8'N001°48.2'E26°23.4'N000°59.2'E 1.050 43° 111° 212 km 03m39.9s
09:0827°31.2'N001°04.1'E26°07.4'N002°42.0'E26°49.4'N001°53.6'E 1.050 44° 112° 213 km 03m42.5s
09:1027°57.4'N001°57.9'E26°32.8'N003°34.4'E27°15.2'N002°46.7'E 1.050 45° 113° 213 km 03m45.0s
09:1228°23.4'N002°50.4'E26°58.2'N004°25.7'E27°40.9'N003°38.6'E 1.050 46° 115° 214 km 03m47.4s
09:1428°49.4'N003°41.8'E27°23.5'N005°15.9'E28°06.5'N004°29.4'E 1.051 46° 117° 214 km 03m49.6s
09:1629°15.2'N004°32.3'E27°48.7'N006°05.2'E28°32.0'N005°19.3'E 1.051 47° 118° 214 km 03m51.7s
09:1829°41.0'N005°21.9'E28°13.9'N006°53.6'E28°57.5'N006°08.3'E 1.051 48° 120° 214 km 03m53.8s
09:2030°06.7'N006°10.7'E28°39.0'N007°41.3'E29°22.8'N006°56.5'E 1.051 49° 122° 214 km 03m55.7s
09:2230°32.4'N006°58.9'E29°04.0'N008°28.4'E29°48.2'N007°44.1'E 1.051 50° 123° 214 km 03m57.5s
09:2430°57.9'N007°46.5'E29°29.0'N009°14.9'E30°13.5'N008°31.1'E 1.051 50° 125° 214 km 03m59.1s
09:2631°23.5'N008°33.6'E29°53.9'N010°00.9'E30°38.7'N009°17.7'E 1.052 51° 127° 214 km 04m00.7s
09:2831°49.0'N009°20.2'E30°18.8'N010°46.4'E31°03.9'N010°03.8'E 1.052 52° 129° 214 km 04m02.2s
09:3032°14.4'N010°06.5'E30°43.6'N011°31.7'E31°29.0'N010°49.5'E 1.052 52° 131° 214 km 04m03.6s
09:3232°39.9'N010°52.5'E31°08.5'N012°16.6'E31°54.1'N011°35.0'E 1.052 53° 133° 214 km 04m04.8s
09:3433°05.2'N011°38.3'E31°33.3'N013°01.3'E32°19.2'N012°20.2'E 1.052 53° 135° 213 km 04m06.0s
09:3633°30.6'N012°23.9'E31°58.0'N013°45.8'E32°44.3'N013°05.3'E 1.052 54° 137° 213 km 04m07.0s
09:3833°55.9'N013°09.5'E32°22.8'N014°30.2'E33°09.3'N013°50.2'E 1.052 54° 139° 213 km 04m08.0s
09:4034°21.2'N013°55.0'E32°47.5'N015°14.6'E33°34.3'N014°35.2'E 1.052 54° 141° 212 km 04m08.8s
09:4234°46.5'N014°40.5'E33°12.2'N015°58.9'E33°59.3'N015°20.1'E 1.052 55° 143° 212 km 04m09.5s
09:4435°11.8'N015°26.1'E33°36.9'N016°43.3'E34°24.3'N016°05.1'E 1.052 55° 146° 211 km 04m10.1s
09:4635°37.1'N016°11.9'E34°01.6'N017°27.8'E34°49.2'N016°50.2'E 1.052 55° 148° 211 km 04m10.7s
09:4836°02.3'N016°57.8'E34°26.2'N018°12.5'E35°14.2'N017°35.5'E 1.052 55° 150° 211 km 04m11.1s
09:5036°27.6'N017°44.0'E34°50.9'N018°57.4'E35°39.1'N018°21.0'E 1.052 55° 152° 210 km 04m11.4s
09:5236°52.8'N018°30.4'E35°15.6'N019°42.5'E36°04.1'N019°06.8'E 1.052 55° 155° 210 km 04m11.6s
09:5437°18.0'N019°17.3'E35°40.2'N020°27.9'E36°29.0'N019°52.9'E 1.052 55° 157° 209 km 04m11.7s
09:5637°43.3'N020°04.5'E36°04.8'N021°13.7'E36°53.9'N020°39.4'E 1.052 55° 160° 208 km 04m11.6s
09:5838°08.5'N020°52.3'E36°29.5'N022°00.0'E37°18.9'N021°26.4'E 1.052 55° 162° 208 km 04m11.5s
10:0038°33.7'N021°40.5'E36°54.1'N022°46.7'E37°43.8'N022°13.9'E 1.052 55° 164° 207 km 04m11.3s
10:0238°58.9'N022°29.4'E37°18.8'N023°33.9'E38°08.7'N023°01.9'E 1.052 55° 167° 207 km 04m11.0s
10:0439°24.2'N023°18.9'E37°43.4'N024°21.8'E38°33.6'N023°50.6'E 1.052 55° 169° 206 km 04m10.5s
10:0639°49.4'N024°09.2'E38°08.0'N025°10.3'E38°58.5'N024°39.9'E 1.052 55° 171° 205 km 04m10.0s
10:0840°14.6'N025°00.2'E38°32.7'N025°59.5'E39°23.5'N025°30.0'E 1.052 54° 174° 205 km 04m09.3s
10:1040°39.8'N025°52.1'E38°57.3'N026°49.5'E39°48.4'N026°21.0'E 1.052 54° 176° 204 km 04m08.6s
10:1241°05.0'N026°45.0'E39°21.9'N027°40.4'E40°13.3'N027°12.8'E 1.052 54° 178° 203 km 04m07.7s
10:1441°30.3'N027°38.9'E39°46.6'N028°32.2'E40°38.2'N028°05.6'E 1.052 53° 181° 203 km 04m06.7s
10:1641°55.5'N028°33.9'E40°11.2'N029°24.9'E41°03.1'N028°59.5'E 1.052 53° 183° 202 km 04m05.6s
10:1842°20.7'N029°30.1'E40°35.8'N030°18.8'E41°28.0'N029°54.5'E 1.052 52° 185° 201 km 04m04.4s
10:2042°45.9'N030°27.5'E41°00.5'N031°13.8'E41°52.9'N030°50.7'E 1.052 52° 188° 201 km 04m03.1s
10:2243°11.0'N031°26.4'E41°25.1'N032°10.1'E42°17.8'N031°48.2'E 1.051 51° 190° 200 km 04m01.7s
10:2443°36.2'N032°26.7'E41°49.7'N033°07.8'E42°42.7'N032°47.2'E 1.051 51° 192° 199 km 04m00.2s
10:2644°01.3'N033°28.7'E42°14.3'N034°06.9'E43°07.6'N033°47.7'E 1.051 50° 194° 199 km 03m58.6s
10:2844°26.5'N034°32.4'E42°38.9'N035°07.6'E43°32.4'N034°49.9'E 1.051 49° 197° 198 km 03m56.8s
10:3044°51.6'N035°38.0'E43°03.4'N036°10.0'E43°57.2'N035°53.8'E 1.051 49° 199° 197 km 03m54.9s
10:3245°16.6'N036°45.6'E43°28.0'N037°14.2'E44°22.0'N036°59.6'E 1.051 48° 201° 196 km 03m53.0s
10:3445°41.6'N037°55.3'E43°52.5'N038°20.3'E44°46.8'N038°07.6'E 1.050 47° 203° 195 km 03m50.9s
10:3646°06.6'N039°07.5'E44°17.0'N039°28.6'E45°11.5'N039°17.7'E 1.050 46° 205° 195 km 03m48.7s
10:3846°31.4'N040°22.2'E44°41.4'N040°39.3'E45°36.1'N040°30.3'E 1.050 45° 207° 194 km 03m46.3s
10:4046°56.2'N041°39.6'E45°05.8'N041°52.4'E46°00.7'N041°45.5'E 1.050 44° 209° 193 km 03m43.9s
10:4247°20.9'N043°00.1'E45°30.1'N043°08.2'E46°25.2'N043°03.6'E 1.050 43° 212° 192 km 03m41.3s
10:4447°45.5'N044°23.9'E45°54.3'N044°27.0'E46°49.6'N044°24.8'E 1.049 42° 214° 191 km 03m38.6s
10:4648°10.0'N045°51.2'E46°18.4'N045°49.0'E47°13.9'N045°49.4'E 1.049 41° 216° 190 km 03m35.8s
10:4848°34.3'N047°22.5'E46°42.4'N047°14.5'E47°38.1'N047°17.7'E 1.049 40° 218° 189 km 03m32.9s
10:5048°58.4'N048°58.2'E47°06.3'N048°43.9'E48°02.1'N048°50.1'E 1.049 39° 220° 188 km 03m29.8s
10:5249°22.3'N050°38.6'E47°30.1'N050°17.6'E48°25.9'N050°27.0'E 1.048 38° 222° 187 km 03m26.5s
10:5449°46.0'N052°24.5'E47°53.6'N051°56.0'E48°49.5'N052°09.0'E 1.048 36° 225° 186 km 03m23.1s
10:5650°09.3'N054°16.3'E48°17.0'N053°39.7'E49°12.9'N053°56.7'E 1.047 35° 227° 185 km 03m19.6s
10:5850°32.3'N056°15.0'E48°40.0'N055°29.5'E49°35.9'N055°50.7'E 1.047 34° 229° 184 km 03m15.9s
11:0050°54.8'N058°21.5'E49°02.8'N057°26.0'E49°58.5'N057°52.0'E 1.047 32° 232° 182 km 03m12.0s
11:0251°16.8'N060°36.9'E49°25.1'N059°30.2'E50°20.7'N060°01.6'E 1.046 31° 234° 181 km 03m07.9s
11:0451°38.1'N063°02.8'E49°47.0'N061°43.5'E50°42.3'N062°20.9'E 1.046 29° 237° 180 km 03m03.6s
11:0651°58.6'N065°41.3'E50°08.3'N064°07.5'E51°03.3'N064°51.7'E 1.045 27° 240° 178 km 02m59.0s
11:0852°18.0'N068°35.1'E50°28.8'N066°44.2'E51°23.3'N067°36.5'E 1.045 25° 242° 177 km 02m54.1s
11:1052°36.1'N071°48.3'E50°48.4'N069°36.6'E51°42.2'N070°38.7'E 1.044 23° 245° 175 km 02m48.8s
11:1252°52.3'N075°27.1'E51°06.7'N072°49.3'E51°59.5'N074°03.6'E 1.043 21° 249° 173 km 02m43.1s
11:1453°05.7'N079°42.2'E51°23.3'N076°29.2'E52°14.7'N077°59.6'E 1.043 18° 253° 170 km 02m36.8s
11:1653°14.8'N084°55.3'E51°37.2'N080°48.7'E52°26.5'N082°43.0'E 1.042 15° 257° 168 km 02m29.6s
11:1853°14.6'N092°07.4'E51°46.6'N086°14.9'E52°32.1'N088°52.5'E 1.040 11° 262° 164 km 02m20.7s
11:20 - - 51°45.2'N094°19.6'E52°16.7'N099°51.5'E 1.038 271° 157 km 02m06.1s
Limits52°34.6'N106°30.4'E51°14.2'N105°53.9'E51°54.3'N106°11.9'E 1.037 - 153 km 01m58.6s

ΔT = 33.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:55:22.809:54:49.536°39.3'N020°03.7'E 55.5° 158.2° 208.7 km04m11.67s
Greatest Duration09:55:18.109:54:44.736°38.3'N020°10.2'E 55.5° 158.1° 208.8 km04m11.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1661 Mar 30

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1661 Mar 30 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 33.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 10.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.05°.

Acknowledgments

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

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