Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1662 Mar 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1662 Mar 20 . 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 1662 Mar 20
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°30.4'S082°08.2'E26°41.7'S082°03.2'E26°06.0'S082°05.6'E 1.039 - 132 km 02m06.6s
00:4025°18.0'S090°43.7'E26°36.4'S089°26.5'E25°57.2'S090°09.7'E 1.041 87° 139 km 02m21.9s
00:4224°54.9'S096°36.0'E26°16.2'S096°03.7'E25°35.5'S096°21.7'E 1.043 13° 84° 145 km 02m35.5s
00:4424°32.0'S100°30.3'E25°55.1'S100°12.8'E25°13.5'S100°22.9'E 1.044 18° 82° 149 km 02m45.3s
00:4624°09.3'S103°35.3'E25°33.7'S103°26.6'E24°51.4'S103°32.1'E 1.045 21° 80° 152 km 02m53.6s
00:4823°46.7'S106°11.4'E25°12.1'S106°09.0'E24°29.3'S106°11.1'E 1.046 24° 79° 155 km 03m00.9s
00:5023°24.2'S108°27.8'E24°50.4'S108°30.3'E24°07.2'S108°29.9'E 1.047 26° 77° 157 km 03m07.6s
00:5223°01.8'S110°29.7'E24°28.7'S110°36.4'E23°45.1'S110°33.8'E 1.048 29° 76° 159 km 03m13.9s
00:5422°39.5'S112°20.5'E24°06.9'S112°30.6'E23°23.1'S112°26.2'E 1.048 31° 75° 161 km 03m19.7s
00:5622°17.2'S114°02.2'E23°45.1'S114°15.4'E23°01.0'S114°09.4'E 1.049 33° 74° 163 km 03m25.3s
00:5821°55.0'S115°36.5'E23°23.4'S115°52.5'E22°39.1'S115°45.1'E 1.050 35° 73° 165 km 03m30.7s
01:0021°32.9'S117°04.6'E23°01.6'S117°23.0'E22°17.1'S117°14.4'E 1.050 37° 72° 166 km 03m35.8s
01:0221°10.9'S118°27.3'E22°39.9'S118°48.0'E21°55.2'S118°38.2'E 1.051 39° 71° 168 km 03m40.7s
01:0420°48.9'S119°45.4'E22°18.1'S120°08.2'E21°33.4'S119°57.3'E 1.051 40° 71° 169 km 03m45.4s
01:0620°26.9'S120°59.4'E21°56.4'S121°24.1'E21°11.5'S121°12.2'E 1.051 42° 70° 170 km 03m49.9s
01:0820°05.0'S122°09.8'E21°34.7'S122°36.3'E20°49.8'S122°23.5'E 1.052 44° 69° 172 km 03m54.3s
01:1019°43.2'S123°17.0'E21°13.1'S123°45.2'E20°28.0'S123°31.5'E 1.052 45° 68° 173 km 03m58.5s
01:1219°21.4'S124°21.3'E20°51.4'S124°51.1'E20°06.3'S124°36.6'E 1.052 47° 67° 174 km 04m02.6s
01:1418°59.7'S125°23.0'E20°29.8'S125°54.3'E19°44.6'S125°39.0'E 1.053 48° 67° 175 km 04m06.6s
01:1618°38.0'S126°22.4'E20°08.3'S126°55.0'E19°23.0'S126°39.0'E 1.053 50° 66° 176 km 04m10.4s
01:1818°16.4'S127°19.6'E19°46.7'S127°53.5'E19°01.4'S127°36.8'E 1.053 51° 65° 177 km 04m14.1s
01:2017°54.8'S128°14.8'E19°25.2'S128°50.0'E18°39.9'S128°32.7'E 1.054 52° 64° 178 km 04m17.6s
01:2217°33.3'S129°08.2'E19°03.7'S129°44.6'E18°18.4'S129°26.7'E 1.054 54° 63° 179 km 04m21.1s
01:2417°11.8'S129°59.9'E18°42.2'S130°37.5'E17°56.9'S130°19.0'E 1.054 55° 63° 179 km 04m24.4s
01:2616°50.4'S130°50.2'E18°20.8'S131°28.8'E17°35.5'S131°09.7'E 1.054 56° 62° 180 km 04m27.6s
01:2816°29.0'S131°39.0'E17°59.4'S132°18.6'E17°14.1'S131°59.0'E 1.055 58° 61° 181 km 04m30.7s
01:3016°07.6'S132°26.5'E17°38.0'S133°07.1'E16°52.7'S132°47.0'E 1.055 59° 60° 182 km 04m33.7s
01:3215°46.3'S133°12.7'E17°16.7'S133°54.3'E16°31.4'S133°33.7'E 1.055 60° 59° 182 km 04m36.5s
01:3415°25.0'S133°57.9'E16°55.3'S134°40.3'E16°10.1'S134°19.3'E 1.055 61° 58° 183 km 04m39.3s
01:3615°03.7'S134°42.0'E16°34.1'S135°25.3'E15°48.8'S135°03.8'E 1.056 63° 57° 184 km 04m41.9s
01:3814°42.5'S135°25.2'E16°12.8'S136°09.2'E15°27.5'S135°47.4'E 1.056 64° 56° 184 km 04m44.4s
01:4014°21.3'S136°07.4'E15°51.6'S136°52.2'E15°06.3'S136°30.0'E 1.056 65° 55° 185 km 04m46.8s
01:4214°00.2'S136°48.8'E15°30.4'S137°34.3'E14°45.2'S137°11.7'E 1.056 66° 54° 185 km 04m49.1s
01:4413°39.0'S137°29.5'E15°09.2'S138°15.7'E14°24.0'S137°52.7'E 1.056 67° 53° 186 km 04m51.3s
01:4613°18.0'S138°09.4'E14°48.0'S138°56.2'E14°02.9'S138°32.9'E 1.056 68° 52° 186 km 04m53.4s
01:4812°56.9'S138°48.6'E14°26.9'S139°36.1'E13°41.8'S139°12.4'E 1.056 69° 50° 187 km 04m55.4s
01:5012°35.9'S139°27.2'E14°05.8'S140°15.3'E13°20.7'S139°51.4'E 1.057 70° 49° 187 km 04m57.2s
01:5212°14.8'S140°05.2'E13°44.7'S140°53.9'E12°59.7'S140°29.7'E 1.057 71° 47° 188 km 04m58.9s
01:5411°53.9'S140°42.8'E13°23.7'S141°31.9'E12°38.7'S141°07.4'E 1.057 73° 45° 188 km 05m00.6s
01:5611°32.9'S141°19.8'E13°02.6'S142°09.5'E12°17.7'S141°44.7'E 1.057 74° 43° 188 km 05m02.1s
01:5811°12.0'S141°56.3'E12°41.6'S142°46.5'E11°56.7'S142°21.5'E 1.057 75° 41° 189 km 05m03.5s
02:0010°51.1'S142°32.5'E12°20.7'S143°23.1'E11°35.8'S142°57.9'E 1.057 75° 38° 189 km 05m04.8s
02:0210°30.2'S143°08.3'E11°59.7'S143°59.3'E11°14.9'S143°33.9'E 1.057 76° 36° 189 km 05m05.9s
02:0410°09.3'S143°43.7'E11°38.8'S144°35.2'E10°54.0'S144°09.5'E 1.057 77° 32° 190 km 05m07.0s
02:0609°48.5'S144°18.9'E11°17.8'S145°10.7'E10°33.1'S144°44.8'E 1.057 78° 29° 190 km 05m08.0s
02:0809°27.6'S144°53.8'E10°56.9'S145°46.0'E10°12.2'S145°19.9'E 1.057 79° 25° 190 km 05m08.8s
02:1009°06.8'S145°28.4'E10°36.1'S146°20.9'E09°51.4'S145°54.7'E 1.057 80° 20° 190 km 05m09.5s
02:1208°46.0'S146°02.8'E10°15.2'S146°55.7'E09°30.6'S146°29.3'E 1.057 80° 15° 191 km 05m10.1s
02:1408°25.3'S146°37.1'E09°54.4'S147°30.2'E09°09.8'S147°03.6'E 1.058 81° 191 km 05m10.6s
02:1608°04.5'S147°11.2'E09°33.5'S148°04.6'E08°49.0'S147°37.9'E 1.058 81° 191 km 05m11.0s
02:1807°43.8'S147°45.2'E09°12.7'S148°38.8'E08°28.2'S148°12.0'E 1.058 82° 355° 191 km 05m11.3s
02:2007°23.1'S148°19.0'E08°51.9'S149°13.0'E08°07.5'S148°46.0'E 1.058 82° 347° 191 km 05m11.4s
02:2207°02.3'S148°52.9'E08°31.2'S149°47.0'E07°46.7'S149°19.9'E 1.058 82° 339° 192 km 05m11.5s
02:2406°41.7'S149°26.7'E08°10.4'S150°21.0'E07°26.0'S149°53.8'E 1.058 82° 331° 192 km 05m11.4s
02:2606°21.0'S150°00.5'E07°49.7'S150°55.0'E07°05.3'S150°27.7'E 1.058 81° 324° 192 km 05m11.2s
02:2806°00.3'S150°34.4'E07°28.9'S151°29.0'E06°44.6'S151°01.6'E 1.058 81° 317° 192 km 05m10.9s
02:3005°39.6'S151°08.3'E07°08.2'S152°03.0'E06°23.9'S151°35.6'E 1.058 80° 311° 192 km 05m10.5s
02:3205°19.0'S151°42.2'E06°47.5'S152°37.2'E06°03.2'S152°09.7'E 1.058 80° 306° 192 km 05m10.0s
02:3404°58.4'S152°16.4'E06°26.8'S153°11.4'E05°42.6'S152°43.8'E 1.057 79° 301° 192 km 05m09.4s
02:3604°37.7'S152°50.6'E06°06.1'S153°45.7'E05°21.9'S153°18.1'E 1.057 78° 297° 192 km 05m08.6s
02:3804°17.1'S153°25.0'E05°45.4'S154°20.2'E05°01.3'S153°52.6'E 1.057 78° 293° 192 km 05m07.8s
02:4003°56.5'S153°59.7'E05°24.7'S154°54.9'E04°40.6'S154°27.2'E 1.057 77° 290° 192 km 05m06.8s
02:4203°35.9'S154°34.6'E05°04.1'S155°29.8'E04°20.0'S155°02.1'E 1.057 76° 287° 192 km 05m05.7s
02:4403°15.3'S155°09.8'E04°43.4'S156°05.0'E03°59.4'S155°37.3'E 1.057 75° 284° 192 km 05m04.5s
02:4602°54.7'S155°45.2'E04°22.8'S156°40.5'E03°38.7'S156°12.8'E 1.057 74° 282° 192 km 05m03.2s
02:4802°34.1'S156°21.1'E04°02.1'S157°16.3'E03°18.1'S156°48.6'E 1.057 73° 280° 192 km 05m01.8s
02:5002°13.5'S156°57.3'E03°41.5'S157°52.5'E02°57.5'S157°24.8'E 1.057 72° 279° 191 km 05m00.2s
02:5201°53.0'S157°33.9'E03°20.8'S158°29.1'E02°36.9'S158°01.4'E 1.057 71° 277° 191 km 04m58.6s
02:5401°32.4'S158°11.0'E03°00.2'S159°06.1'E02°16.3'S158°38.5'E 1.057 70° 276° 191 km 04m56.8s
02:5601°11.8'S158°48.6'E02°39.5'S159°43.7'E01°55.7'S159°16.0'E 1.057 69° 275° 191 km 04m54.9s
02:5800°51.2'S159°26.8'E02°18.9'S160°21.7'E01°35.1'S159°54.1'E 1.056 67° 274° 190 km 04m52.9s
03:0000°30.7'S160°05.5'E01°58.3'S161°00.4'E01°14.5'S160°32.8'E 1.056 66° 273° 190 km 04m50.8s
03:0200°10.1'S160°44.9'E01°37.6'S161°39.7'E00°53.9'S161°12.2'E 1.056 65° 272° 190 km 04m48.6s
03:0400°10.4'N161°25.1'E01°17.0'S162°19.7'E00°33.3'S161°52.2'E 1.056 64° 271° 189 km 04m46.3s
03:0600°31.0'N162°05.9'E00°56.3'S163°00.4'E00°12.7'S162°33.0'E 1.056 63° 270° 189 km 04m43.9s
03:0800°51.5'N162°47.6'E00°35.7'S163°41.9'E00°07.9'N163°14.6'E 1.056 62° 270° 189 km 04m41.3s
03:1001°12.1'N163°30.2'E00°15.0'S164°24.3'E00°28.5'N163°57.1'E 1.055 60° 269° 188 km 04m38.7s
03:1201°32.7'N164°13.7'E00°05.7'N165°07.7'E00°49.1'N164°40.5'E 1.055 59° 268° 188 km 04m35.9s
03:1401°53.2'N164°58.3'E00°26.4'N165°52.0'E01°09.7'N165°25.0'E 1.055 58° 268° 187 km 04m33.0s
03:1602°13.8'N165°44.0'E00°47.0'N166°37.5'E01°30.3'N166°10.6'E 1.055 57° 268° 186 km 04m30.0s
03:1802°34.3'N166°31.0'E01°07.7'N167°24.2'E01°51.0'N166°57.4'E 1.055 55° 267° 186 km 04m26.8s
03:2002°54.9'N167°19.2'E01°28.5'N168°12.2'E02°11.6'N167°45.5'E 1.054 54° 267° 185 km 04m23.6s
03:2203°15.4'N168°08.9'E01°49.2'N169°01.6'E02°32.2'N168°35.0'E 1.054 53° 266° 184 km 04m20.2s
03:2403°36.0'N169°00.1'E02°09.9'N169°52.6'E02°52.9'N169°26.1'E 1.054 51° 266° 183 km 04m16.7s
03:2603°56.6'N169°53.1'E02°30.7'N170°45.3'E03°13.5'N170°18.9'E 1.054 50° 266° 182 km 04m13.1s
03:2804°17.1'N170°47.9'E02°51.5'N171°39.9'E03°34.2'N171°13.6'E 1.053 49° 266° 181 km 04m09.4s
03:3004°37.7'N171°44.8'E03°12.3'N172°36.4'E03°54.9'N172°10.3'E 1.053 47° 266° 180 km 04m05.5s
03:3204°58.3'N172°43.9'E03°33.1'N173°35.3'E04°15.6'N173°09.3'E 1.053 46° 265° 179 km 04m01.5s
03:3405°18.8'N173°45.6'E03°54.0'N174°36.7'E04°36.3'N174°10.8'E 1.052 44° 265° 178 km 03m57.3s
03:3605°39.4'N174°50.0'E04°14.9'N175°40.9'E04°57.0'N175°15.1'E 1.052 42° 265° 177 km 03m53.0s
03:3806°00.0'N175°57.6'E04°35.8'N176°48.2'E05°17.8'N176°22.5'E 1.052 41° 265° 176 km 03m48.6s
03:4006°20.6'N177°08.7'E04°56.7'N177°59.0'E05°38.5'N177°33.5'E 1.051 39° 265° 174 km 03m43.9s
03:4206°41.1'N178°23.8'E05°17.7'N179°14.0'E05°59.3'N178°48.5'E 1.051 37° 265° 173 km 03m39.1s
03:4407°01.7'N179°43.6'E05°38.7'N179°26.4'W06°20.1'N179°51.9'W 1.050 36° 265° 171 km 03m34.1s
03:4607°22.3'N178°51.3'W05°59.8'N178°01.3'W06°40.9'N178°26.8'W 1.050 34° 265° 169 km 03m28.9s
03:4807°42.8'N177°19.7'W06°20.9'N176°29.8'W07°01.8'N176°55.3'W 1.049 32° 266° 167 km 03m23.4s
03:5008°03.4'N175°40.5'W06°42.1'N174°50.4'W07°22.6'N175°16.0'W 1.049 29° 266° 165 km 03m17.6s
03:5208°23.9'N173°51.8'W07°03.4'N173°01.2'W07°43.5'N173°27.1'W 1.048 27° 266° 163 km 03m11.5s
03:5408°44.4'N171°50.8'W07°24.8'N170°59.4'W08°04.5'N171°25.8'W 1.047 25° 266° 160 km 03m04.9s
03:5609°04.9'N169°33.6'W07°46.3'N168°40.7'W08°25.5'N169°08.0'W 1.046 22° 267° 157 km 02m57.8s
03:5809°25.4'N166°53.0'W08°07.9'N165°57.3'W08°46.5'N166°26.1'W 1.045 19° 267° 154 km 02m49.8s
04:0009°45.7'N163°34.6'W08°29.8'N162°32.9'W09°07.6'N163°05.0'W 1.044 15° 267° 150 km 02m40.6s
04:0210°05.9'N158°57.5'W08°52.3'N157°37.0'W09°28.9'N158°19.6'W 1.043 10° 268° 144 km 02m28.6s
Limits10°21.2'N149°00.0'W09°08.8'N148°58.7'W09°45.0'N148°57.4'W 1.039 - 134 km 02m08.4s

ΔT = 32.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:21:48.002:21:15.907°54.4'S148°59.4'E 81.8° 342.1° 191.5 km05m11.49s
Greatest Duration02:22:19.602:21:47.507°48.9'S149°16.4'E 81.8° 340.0° 191.5 km05m11.49s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1662 Mar 20 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 32.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 10.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.04°.

Acknowledgments

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

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