Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1668 May 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1668 May 10 . 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 1668 May 10
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits65°39.1'S158°23.6'E67°39.7'S163°31.9'E66°40.1'S160°47.5'E 0.942 - 317 km 04m26.8s
22:3056°57.0'S173°41.7'E - - 60°38.3'S171°19.8'E 0.944 29° 296 km 04m35.0s
22:3255°01.3'S176°24.7'E62°12.6'S172°27.6'E57°56.1'S175°15.7'E 0.945 11° 25° 288 km 04m39.1s
22:3453°23.6'S178°34.4'E59°07.5'S176°44.0'E55°54.3'S177°59.1'E 0.946 14° 22° 282 km 04m42.2s
22:3651°57.8'S179°36.5'W56°56.6'S179°30.9'E54°13.1'S179°52.3'W 0.946 16° 20° 278 km 04m45.0s
22:3850°40.5'S178°01.8'W55°10.0'S178°20.2'W52°44.7'S178°04.8'W 0.947 18° 18° 275 km 04m47.4s
22:4049°29.7'S176°37.6'W53°38.2'S176°33.5'W51°25.5'S176°31.7'W 0.947 19° 16° 273 km 04m49.7s
22:4248°24.1'S175°21.6'W52°16.4'S175°01.5'W50°13.3'S175°09.1'W 0.948 21° 14° 271 km 04m51.7s
22:4447°22.8'S174°12.1'W51°02.3'S173°40.1'W49°06.6'S173°54.6'W 0.948 22° 12° 270 km 04m53.7s
22:4646°25.1'S173°07.8'W49°54.1'S172°26.8'W48°04.4'S172°46.4'W 0.948 23° 11° 269 km 04m55.5s
22:4845°30.5'S172°07.9'W48°50.8'S171°19.8'W47°06.0'S171°43.3'W 0.949 24° 268 km 04m57.3s
22:5044°38.6'S171°11.8'W47°51.5'S170°17.8'W46°10.8'S170°44.6'W 0.949 25° 267 km 04m59.0s
22:5243°49.1'S170°18.7'W46°55.6'S169°20.0'W45°18.5'S169°49.4'W 0.949 26° 267 km 05m00.6s
22:5443°01.8'S169°28.4'W46°02.8'S168°25.7'W44°28.7'S168°57.3'W 0.949 27° 267 km 05m02.1s
22:5642°16.3'S168°40.4'W45°12.5'S167°34.4'W43°41.1'S168°07.7'W 0.949 28° 267 km 05m03.5s
22:5841°32.7'S167°54.5'W44°24.6'S166°45.6'W42°55.6'S167°20.5'W 0.950 29° 267 km 05m04.9s
23:0040°50.7'S167°10.4'W43°38.8'S165°59.0'W42°11.8'S166°35.2'W 0.950 30° 267 km 05m06.3s
23:0240°10.1'S166°27.8'W42°55.0'S165°14.2'W41°29.8'S165°51.6'W 0.950 30° 359° 268 km 05m07.6s
23:0439°31.0'S165°46.6'W42°12.8'S164°31.1'W40°49.3'S165°09.5'W 0.950 31° 358° 268 km 05m08.8s
23:0638°53.1'S165°06.7'W41°32.3'S163°49.4'W40°10.2'S164°28.8'W 0.950 32° 357° 269 km 05m10.0s
23:0838°16.5'S164°27.8'W40°53.3'S163°09.0'W39°32.5'S163°49.2'W 0.950 32° 355° 270 km 05m11.1s
23:1037°40.9'S163°49.9'W40°15.6'S162°29.7'W38°56.0'S163°10.6'W 0.950 33° 354° 271 km 05m12.2s
23:1237°06.5'S163°12.9'W39°39.3'S161°51.3'W38°20.6'S162°32.9'W 0.951 33° 353° 273 km 05m13.2s
23:1436°33.1'S162°36.6'W39°04.2'S161°13.8'W37°46.4'S161°56.0'W 0.951 34° 351° 274 km 05m14.2s
23:1636°00.6'S162°00.9'W38°30.2'S160°36.9'W37°13.3'S161°19.8'W 0.951 34° 350° 275 km 05m15.1s
23:1835°29.1'S161°25.8'W37°57.3'S160°00.7'W36°41.1'S160°44.1'W 0.951 35° 349° 277 km 05m16.0s
23:2034°58.4'S160°51.1'W37°25.5'S159°25.0'W36°09.9'S160°09.0'W 0.951 35° 347° 279 km 05m16.8s
23:2234°28.6'S160°16.9'W36°54.7'S158°49.8'W35°39.7'S159°34.3'W 0.951 35° 346° 280 km 05m17.5s
23:2433°59.6'S159°43.1'W36°24.8'S158°14.9'W35°10.3'S159°00.0'W 0.951 35° 345° 282 km 05m18.2s
23:2633°31.5'S159°09.5'W35°55.8'S157°40.4'W34°41.7'S158°25.9'W 0.951 36° 343° 284 km 05m18.9s
23:2833°04.1'S158°36.1'W35°27.8'S157°06.0'W34°14.0'S157°52.1'W 0.951 36° 342° 286 km 05m19.5s
23:3032°37.4'S158°02.9'W35°00.6'S156°31.8'W33°47.1'S157°18.4'W 0.951 36° 341° 288 km 05m20.0s
23:3232°11.5'S157°29.7'W34°34.2'S155°57.7'W33°21.0'S156°44.8'W 0.951 36° 340° 290 km 05m20.5s
23:3431°46.3'S156°56.7'W34°08.7'S155°23.7'W32°55.7'S156°11.3'W 0.951 36° 338° 292 km 05m20.9s
23:3631°21.8'S156°23.6'W33°43.9'S154°49.6'W32°31.1'S155°37.7'W 0.951 36° 337° 295 km 05m21.3s
23:3830°58.0'S155°50.5'W33°20.0'S154°15.4'W32°07.2'S155°04.1'W 0.951 36° 336° 297 km 05m21.6s
23:4030°34.9'S155°17.2'W32°56.8'S153°41.1'W31°44.1'S154°30.3'W 0.951 36° 334° 299 km 05m21.8s
23:4230°12.5'S154°43.8'W32°34.4'S153°06.5'W31°21.7'S153°56.4'W 0.951 36° 333° 301 km 05m22.0s
23:4429°50.7'S154°10.2'W32°12.7'S152°31.8'W31°00.0'S153°22.2'W 0.951 36° 332° 303 km 05m22.1s
23:4629°29.6'S153°36.3'W31°51.8'S151°56.6'W30°39.0'S152°47.8'W 0.951 36° 331° 306 km 05m22.1s
23:4829°09.1'S153°02.1'W31°31.7'S151°21.1'W30°18.7'S152°13.0'W 0.951 36° 329° 308 km 05m22.1s
23:5028°49.3'S152°27.5'W31°12.3'S150°45.2'W29°59.1'S151°37.7'W 0.951 35° 328° 310 km 05m22.0s
23:5228°30.2'S151°52.5'W30°53.6'S150°08.7'W29°40.2'S151°02.0'W 0.951 35° 327° 312 km 05m21.8s
23:5428°11.8'S151°17.0'W30°35.8'S149°31.7'W29°22.0'S150°25.8'W 0.951 35° 326° 314 km 05m21.6s
23:5627°54.0'S150°40.9'W30°18.6'S148°53.9'W29°04.6'S149°49.0'W 0.951 35° 324° 316 km 05m21.2s
23:5827°37.0'S150°04.2'W30°02.3'S148°15.5'W28°47.8'S149°11.4'W 0.951 34° 323° 318 km 05m20.8s
00:0027°20.6'S149°26.8'W29°46.7'S147°36.2'W28°31.8'S148°33.2'W 0.950 34° 322° 319 km 05m20.4s
00:0227°04.9'S148°48.6'W29°32.0'S146°55.9'W28°16.6'S147°54.0'W 0.950 33° 321° 321 km 05m19.8s
00:0426°49.9'S148°09.5'W29°18.1'S146°14.7'W28°02.2'S147°14.0'W 0.950 33° 320° 322 km 05m19.2s
00:0626°35.7'S147°29.6'W29°05.1'S145°32.3'W27°48.5'S146°32.9'W 0.950 32° 319° 323 km 05m18.4s
00:0826°22.3'S146°48.5'W28°52.9'S144°48.6'W27°35.7'S145°50.6'W 0.950 32° 317° 324 km 05m17.6s
00:1026°09.7'S146°06.3'W28°41.7'S144°03.5'W27°23.7'S145°07.1'W 0.950 31° 316° 325 km 05m16.7s
00:1225°57.9'S145°22.9'W28°31.5'S143°16.8'W27°12.7'S144°22.2'W 0.950 31° 315° 325 km 05m15.7s
00:1425°46.9'S144°38.0'W28°22.3'S142°28.3'W27°02.5'S143°35.7'W 0.949 30° 314° 326 km 05m14.7s
00:1625°36.9'S143°51.5'W28°14.3'S141°37.8'W26°53.4'S142°47.4'W 0.949 29° 313° 326 km 05m13.5s
00:1825°27.9'S143°03.3'W28°07.4'S140°45.1'W26°45.4'S141°57.2'W 0.949 28° 312° 326 km 05m12.2s
00:2025°19.8'S142°13.2'W28°01.8'S139°49.9'W26°38.5'S141°04.8'W 0.949 28° 311° 326 km 05m10.8s
00:2225°12.9'S141°20.8'W27°57.7'S138°51.6'W26°32.8'S140°09.8'W 0.949 27° 310° 325 km 05m09.3s
00:2425°07.2'S140°25.9'W27°55.1'S137°50.0'W26°28.5'S139°12.0'W 0.948 26° 309° 325 km 05m07.7s
00:2625°02.8'S139°28.2'W27°54.2'S136°44.5'W26°25.7'S138°10.9'W 0.948 25° 307° 324 km 05m06.0s
00:2824°59.9'S138°27.3'W27°55.5'S135°34.1'W26°24.6'S137°05.9'W 0.948 24° 306° 323 km 05m04.1s
00:3024°58.5'S137°22.5'W27°59.0'S134°18.1'W26°25.4'S135°56.3'W 0.948 22° 305° 322 km 05m02.1s
00:3224°59.1'S136°13.3'W28°05.5'S132°54.9'W26°28.4'S134°41.3'W 0.947 21° 304° 321 km 05m00.0s
00:3425°01.7'S134°58.7'W28°15.4'S131°22.6'W26°34.1'S133°19.5'W 0.947 20° 303° 320 km 04m57.6s
00:3625°07.0'S133°37.6'W28°30.0'S129°38.1'W26°43.1'S131°49.1'W 0.947 18° 302° 319 km 04m55.0s
00:3825°15.3'S132°08.2'W28°51.2'S127°35.8'W26°56.4'S130°07.3'W 0.946 16° 301° 318 km 04m52.2s
00:4025°27.6'S130°28.0'W29°22.6'S125°04.7'W27°15.4'S128°09.4'W 0.946 14° 299° 317 km 04m49.0s
00:4225°45.3'S128°32.6'W30°15.2'S121°33.4'W27°43.3'S125°46.6'W 0.945 12° 298° 316 km 04m45.2s
00:4426°11.0'S126°14.3'W - - 28°27.7'S122°36.2'W 0.944 296° 316 km 04m40.5s
00:4626°50.8'S123°14.7'W - - 30°16.2'S116°15.5'W 0.942 292° 318 km 04m32.2s
Limits29°33.0'S113°48.1'W32°35.8'S113°56.6'W31°02.7'S113°52.1'W 0.942 - 319 km 04m29.4s

ΔT = 24.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:37:23.623:36:58.732°19.3'S155°27.5'W 36.2° 336.3° 295.6 km05m21.42s
Greatest Duration23:46:29.023:46:04.230°38.2'S152°46.6'W 35.8° 330.6° 305.8 km05m22.11s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1668 May 10

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1668 May 10 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 24.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 9.7 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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