Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1688 Apr 30

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1688 Apr 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 1688 Apr 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°49.4'N074°11.4'E16°15.9'N075°10.8'E17°02.4'N074°41.5'E 1.040 - 194 km 02m02.0s
00:40 - - 19°13.2'N084°13.5'E18°48.6'N080°24.3'E 1.042 76° 207 km 02m12.2s
00:4220°33.5'N082°19.2'E20°48.1'N087°55.1'E20°45.4'N085°22.0'E 1.044 11° 78° 219 km 02m22.3s
00:4422°11.7'N086°05.0'E22°06.3'N090°35.2'E22°11.2'N088°26.8'E 1.045 15° 80° 226 km 02m29.1s
00:4623°31.8'N088°46.2'E23°15.9'N092°45.0'E23°25.4'N090°49.8'E 1.046 18° 81° 231 km 02m34.7s
00:4824°43.0'N090°56.2'E24°20.3'N094°35.9'E24°32.8'N092°49.1'E 1.046 20° 82° 235 km 02m39.5s
00:5025°48.7'N092°47.1'E25°20.9'N096°13.7'E25°35.7'N094°32.8'E 1.047 22° 83° 238 km 02m43.8s
00:5226°50.5'N094°24.7'E26°18.7'N097°41.8'E26°35.4'N096°05.3'E 1.048 24° 85° 241 km 02m47.8s
00:5427°49.4'N095°52.5'E27°14.2'N099°02.3'E27°32.5'N097°29.2'E 1.048 26° 86° 243 km 02m51.5s
00:5628°46.0'N097°12.8'E28°08.0'N100°16.8'E28°27.6'N098°46.4'E 1.049 28° 87° 245 km 02m54.9s
00:5829°40.8'N098°27.0'E29°00.2'N101°26.4'E29°21.1'N099°58.1'E 1.049 29° 88° 246 km 02m58.1s
01:0030°34.1'N099°36.3'E29°51.2'N102°31.9'E30°13.1'N101°05.4'E 1.049 31° 90° 248 km 03m01.1s
01:0231°26.1'N100°41.6'E30°41.0'N103°33.9'E31°04.0'N102°09.0'E 1.050 32° 91° 248 km 03m03.9s
01:0432°16.9'N101°43.4'E31°29.9'N104°33.0'E31°53.9'N103°09.4'E 1.050 33° 92° 249 km 03m06.6s
01:0633°06.8'N102°42.3'E32°18.0'N105°29.6'E32°42.8'N104°07.1'E 1.050 34° 94° 249 km 03m09.2s
01:0833°55.9'N103°38.7'E33°05.3'N106°24.0'E33°31.0'N105°02.4'E 1.051 35° 95° 250 km 03m11.6s
01:1034°44.3'N104°33.0'E33°52.0'N107°16.6'E34°18.5'N105°55.8'E 1.051 36° 97° 250 km 03m13.9s
01:1235°32.0'N105°25.4'E34°38.0'N108°07.6'E35°05.3'N106°47.5'E 1.051 37° 98° 250 km 03m16.0s
01:1436°19.1'N106°16.3'E35°23.6'N108°57.2'E35°51.6'N107°37.8'E 1.051 38° 100° 249 km 03m18.1s
01:1637°05.6'N107°05.8'E36°08.6'N109°45.6'E36°37.4'N108°26.7'E 1.052 39° 101° 249 km 03m20.1s
01:1837°51.8'N107°54.2'E36°53.2'N110°33.0'E37°22.8'N109°14.6'E 1.052 40° 103° 249 km 03m21.9s
01:2038°37.5'N108°41.7'E37°37.4'N111°19.5'E38°07.7'N110°01.6'E 1.052 41° 104° 248 km 03m23.7s
01:2239°22.8'N109°28.3'E38°21.3'N112°05.3'E38°52.3'N110°47.8'E 1.052 42° 106° 248 km 03m25.3s
01:2440°07.7'N110°14.3'E39°04.8'N112°50.5'E39°36.5'N111°33.4'E 1.052 43° 108° 247 km 03m26.9s
01:2640°52.4'N110°59.7'E39°48.0'N113°35.3'E40°20.4'N112°18.5'E 1.053 43° 109° 247 km 03m28.4s
01:2841°36.8'N111°44.7'E40°30.9'N114°19.7'E41°04.1'N113°03.2'E 1.053 44° 111° 246 km 03m29.8s
01:3042°20.9'N112°29.5'E41°13.6'N115°03.9'E41°47.4'N113°47.7'E 1.053 44° 113° 245 km 03m31.0s
01:3243°04.7'N113°14.1'E41°56.0'N115°48.0'E42°30.6'N114°32.1'E 1.053 45° 115° 245 km 03m32.2s
01:3443°48.4'N113°58.6'E42°38.3'N116°32.0'E43°13.5'N115°16.4'E 1.053 45° 117° 244 km 03m33.4s
01:3644°31.9'N114°43.3'E43°20.3'N117°16.1'E43°56.3'N116°00.7'E 1.053 46° 119° 243 km 03m34.4s
01:3845°15.2'N115°28.0'E44°02.1'N118°00.4'E44°38.8'N116°45.3'E 1.053 46° 121° 242 km 03m35.3s
01:4045°58.3'N116°13.1'E44°43.8'N118°45.0'E45°21.2'N117°30.1'E 1.053 47° 123° 242 km 03m36.2s
01:4246°41.3'N116°58.5'E45°25.3'N119°29.9'E46°03.4'N118°15.3'E 1.053 47° 125° 241 km 03m36.9s
01:4447°24.2'N117°44.3'E46°06.6'N120°15.2'E46°45.5'N119°00.9'E 1.053 47° 127° 240 km 03m37.6s
01:4648°06.9'N118°30.8'E46°47.8'N121°01.2'E47°27.5'N119°47.1'E 1.053 48° 129° 239 km 03m38.2s
01:4848°49.6'N119°18.0'E47°28.9'N121°47.7'E48°09.3'N120°34.0'E 1.053 48° 131° 238 km 03m38.7s
01:5049°32.1'N120°05.9'E48°09.9'N122°35.0'E48°51.1'N121°21.7'E 1.054 48° 133° 237 km 03m39.1s
01:5250°14.6'N120°54.8'E48°50.7'N123°23.2'E49°32.7'N122°10.2'E 1.054 48° 135° 237 km 03m39.5s
01:5450°56.9'N121°44.8'E49°31.5'N124°12.4'E50°14.3'N122°59.8'E 1.054 48° 138° 236 km 03m39.7s
01:5651°39.2'N122°35.9'E50°12.1'N125°02.6'E50°55.7'N123°50.5'E 1.054 48° 140° 235 km 03m39.9s
01:5852°21.4'N123°28.3'E50°52.6'N125°54.1'E51°37.1'N124°42.4'E 1.054 48° 142° 234 km 03m40.0s
02:0053°03.6'N124°22.2'E51°33.1'N126°46.8'E52°18.3'N125°35.8'E 1.054 48° 144° 233 km 03m40.0s
02:0253°45.6'N125°17.7'E52°13.4'N127°41.1'E52°59.5'N126°30.7'E 1.053 48° 147° 233 km 03m39.9s
02:0454°27.7'N126°15.0'E52°53.6'N128°36.9'E53°40.6'N127°27.3'E 1.053 48° 149° 232 km 03m39.7s
02:0655°09.6'N127°14.2'E53°33.8'N129°34.5'E54°21.6'N128°25.7'E 1.053 48° 152° 231 km 03m39.4s
02:0855°51.5'N128°15.5'E54°13.8'N130°34.0'E55°02.6'N129°26.1'E 1.053 48° 154° 230 km 03m39.0s
02:1056°33.2'N129°19.2'E54°53.7'N131°35.6'E55°43.4'N130°28.8'E 1.053 47° 156° 229 km 03m38.6s
02:1257°14.9'N130°25.5'E55°33.5'N132°39.5'E56°24.1'N131°33.9'E 1.053 47° 159° 229 km 03m38.0s
02:1457°56.5'N131°34.6'E56°13.2'N133°45.9'E57°04.7'N132°41.6'E 1.053 47° 161° 228 km 03m37.4s
02:1658°38.0'N132°46.7'E56°52.7'N134°55.0'E57°45.2'N133°52.2'E 1.053 46° 164° 227 km 03m36.6s
02:1859°19.3'N134°02.2'E57°32.0'N136°07.0'E58°25.5'N135°05.9'E 1.053 46° 167° 226 km 03m35.8s
02:2060°00.5'N135°21.4'E58°11.2'N137°22.2'E59°05.6'N136°23.1'E 1.053 46° 169° 226 km 03m34.9s
02:2260°41.5'N136°44.6'E58°50.2'N138°40.9'E59°45.6'N137°44.0'E 1.053 45° 172° 225 km 03m33.9s
02:2461°22.2'N138°12.2'E59°28.9'N140°03.4'E60°25.3'N139°09.0'E 1.053 44° 175° 224 km 03m32.7s
02:2662°02.7'N139°44.7'E60°07.3'N141°30.0'E61°04.7'N140°38.5'E 1.052 44° 177° 224 km 03m31.5s
02:2862°42.9'N141°22.5'E60°45.4'N143°01.1'E61°43.8'N142°12.9'E 1.052 43° 180° 223 km 03m30.2s
02:3063°22.7'N143°06.2'E61°23.2'N144°37.2'E62°22.6'N143°52.6'E 1.052 43° 183° 222 km 03m28.8s
02:3264°02.0'N144°56.2'E62°00.5'N146°18.5'E63°00.8'N145°38.1'E 1.052 42° 186° 221 km 03m27.3s
02:3464°40.8'N146°53.4'E62°37.3'N148°05.7'E63°38.6'N147°30.1'E 1.052 41° 189° 221 km 03m25.6s
02:3665°18.9'N148°58.3'E63°13.5'N149°59.3'E64°15.7'N149°29.1'E 1.052 40° 192° 220 km 03m23.9s
02:3865°56.3'N151°11.8'E63°49.0'N151°59.9'E64°52.1'N151°35.8'E 1.051 39° 195° 219 km 03m22.0s
02:4066°32.7'N153°34.7'E64°23.7'N154°08.0'E65°27.7'N153°50.9'E 1.051 39° 198° 219 km 03m20.0s
02:4267°07.9'N156°07.9'E64°57.5'N156°24.5'E66°02.2'N156°15.3'E 1.051 38° 202° 218 km 03m17.9s
02:4467°41.9'N158°52.6'E65°30.1'N158°50.1'E66°35.5'N158°49.9'E 1.051 37° 205° 217 km 03m15.7s
02:4668°14.2'N161°49.9'E66°01.5'N161°25.7'E67°07.3'N161°35.7'E 1.050 36° 209° 217 km 03m13.4s
02:4868°44.6'N165°00.9'E66°31.3'N164°12.1'E67°37.4'N164°33.6'E 1.050 34° 213° 216 km 03m10.9s
02:5069°12.7'N168°27.0'E66°59.3'N167°10.5'E68°05.5'N167°44.8'E 1.050 33° 217° 215 km 03m08.2s
02:5269°38.0'N172°09.5'E67°25.2'N170°21.7'E68°31.2'N171°10.6'E 1.049 32° 221° 214 km 03m05.4s
02:5470°00.0'N176°09.9'E67°48.5'N173°47.1'E68°54.0'N174°52.2'E 1.049 31° 225° 214 km 03m02.5s
02:5670°18.0'N179°30.6'W68°08.9'N177°27.9'E69°13.3'N178°51.0'E 1.049 29° 230° 213 km 02m59.3s
02:5870°31.2'N174°50.3'W68°25.6'N178°34.7'W69°28.5'N176°51.6'W 1.048 28° 235° 212 km 02m56.0s
03:0070°38.6'N169°47.9'W68°38.1'N174°19.2'W69°38.8'N172°14.2'W 1.048 26° 240° 211 km 02m52.4s
03:0270°38.9'N164°21.6'W68°45.4'N169°43.8'W69°43.0'N167°15.0'W 1.047 25° 246° 210 km 02m48.6s
03:0470°30.5'N158°29.4'W68°46.5'N164°46.7'W69°39.9'N161°52.0'W 1.047 23° 251° 209 km 02m44.5s
03:0670°11.1'N152°08.1'W68°39.9'N159°25.1'W69°27.6'N156°02.2'W 1.046 21° 258° 208 km 02m40.0s
03:0869°37.2'N145°11.6'W68°23.5'N153°35.2'W69°03.5'N149°40.9'W 1.045 18° 264° 206 km 02m35.0s
03:1068°42.6'N137°26.4'W67°54.2'N147°09.9'W68°23.3'N142°38.8'W 1.044 16° 272° 205 km 02m29.4s
03:1267°12.6'N128°14.2'W67°06.3'N139°55.1'W67°18.4'N134°34.1'W 1.043 12° 280° 202 km 02m22.6s
03:1463°36.4'N113°04.1'W65°46.6'N131°13.0'W65°22.4'N124°10.2'W 1.042 290° 199 km 02m13.4s
Limits62°16.2'N108°38.6'W60°56.5'N110°58.9'W61°36.3'N109°50.4'W 1.039 - 192 km 01m59.7s

ΔT = 9.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:57:33.001:57:23.651°24.5'N124°24.2'E 48.3° 141.5° 234.4 km03m39.96s
Greatest Duration01:58:54.101:58:44.751°52.4'N125°02.1'E 48.3° 143.0° 233.9 km03m39.98s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1688 Apr 30

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1688 Apr 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 9.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 6.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.03°.

Acknowledgments

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

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