Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1706 May 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1706 May 12 . 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 1706 May 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°56.2'N039°32.1'W14°21.2'N038°27.8'W15°08.5'N038°59.6'W 1.045 - 203 km 02m13.8s
08:12 - - 17°22.4'N030°24.0'W16°33.8'N034°59.0'W 1.046 72° 211 km 02m21.2s
08:1418°45.1'N032°14.0'W19°17.1'N026°16.3'W19°07.7'N028°57.3'W 1.048 11° 74° 224 km 02m33.8s
08:1620°42.9'N028°04.2'W20°46.2'N023°24.9'W20°47.4'N025°37.2'W 1.049 15° 76° 231 km 02m41.6s
08:1822°14.0'N025°12.6'W22°03.6'N021°07.8'W22°10.6'N023°05.8'W 1.050 18° 77° 236 km 02m47.8s
08:2023°32.9'N022°55.8'W23°13.9'N019°11.4'W23°24.8'N021°00.4'W 1.051 20° 79° 240 km 02m53.2s
08:2224°44.5'N020°59.8'W24°19.2'N017°29.0'W24°32.9'N019°11.9'W 1.052 23° 80° 243 km 02m58.1s
08:2425°51.0'N019°17.8'W25°20.7'N015°56.9'W25°36.8'N017°35.3'W 1.052 25° 81° 245 km 03m02.5s
08:2626°53.7'N017°46.1'W26°19.3'N014°32.7'W26°37.3'N016°07.6'W 1.053 27° 82° 248 km 03m06.6s
08:2827°53.5'N016°22.2'W27°15.6'N013°14.8'W27°35.2'N014°46.9'W 1.053 28° 83° 249 km 03m10.4s
08:3028°50.8'N015°04.6'W28°09.8'N012°02.0'W28°31.0'N013°31.8'W 1.054 30° 85° 251 km 03m14.0s
08:3229°46.2'N013°52.0'W29°02.4'N010°53.3'W29°24.9'N012°21.3'W 1.054 32° 86° 252 km 03m17.4s
08:3430°39.8'N012°43.6'W29°53.5'N009°48.2'W30°17.2'N011°14.6'W 1.055 33° 87° 253 km 03m20.6s
08:3631°32.0'N011°38.6'W30°43.3'N008°46.0'W31°08.2'N010°11.1'W 1.055 34° 89° 253 km 03m23.7s
08:3832°22.9'N010°36.6'W31°32.1'N007°46.4'W31°58.0'N009°10.4'W 1.055 36° 90° 254 km 03m26.6s
08:4033°12.7'N009°37.1'W32°19.8'N006°49.0'W32°46.7'N008°11.9'W 1.056 37° 91° 254 km 03m29.4s
08:4234°01.5'N008°39.6'W33°06.5'N005°53.4'W33°34.4'N007°15.4'W 1.056 38° 93° 254 km 03m32.0s
08:4434°49.4'N007°44.0'W33°52.5'N004°59.4'W34°21.3'N006°20.6'W 1.056 39° 94° 254 km 03m34.5s
08:4635°36.4'N006°50.0'W34°37.7'N004°06.8'W35°07.5'N005°27.3'W 1.056 40° 96° 254 km 03m37.0s
08:4836°22.7'N005°57.2'W35°22.2'N003°15.3'W35°52.8'N004°35.2'W 1.057 41° 97° 254 km 03m39.3s
08:5037°08.4'N005°05.5'W36°06.1'N002°24.8'W36°37.6'N003°44.1'W 1.057 42° 99° 254 km 03m41.5s
08:5237°53.4'N004°14.8'W36°49.4'N001°35.2'W37°21.7'N002°54.0'W 1.057 43° 101° 254 km 03m43.6s
08:5438°37.8'N003°24.8'W37°32.1'N000°46.3'W38°05.3'N002°04.5'W 1.057 44° 102° 254 km 03m45.6s
08:5639°21.6'N002°35.5'W38°14.3'N000°02.1'E38°48.3'N001°15.6'W 1.058 45° 104° 253 km 03m47.5s
08:5840°05.0'N001°46.6'W38°56.0'N000°50.1'E39°30.8'N000°27.2'W 1.058 46° 106° 253 km 03m49.3s
09:0040°47.9'N000°58.1'W39°37.3'N001°37.7'E40°12.9'N000°20.8'E 1.058 47° 108° 252 km 03m51.0s
09:0241°30.4'N000°09.9'W40°18.1'N002°25.2'E40°54.5'N001°08.7'E 1.058 47° 109° 252 km 03m52.6s
09:0442°12.4'N000°38.3'E40°58.5'N003°12.5'E41°35.7'N001°56.4'E 1.058 48° 111° 251 km 03m54.1s
09:0642°54.1'N001°26.4'E41°38.5'N003°59.8'E42°16.5'N002°44.2'E 1.058 49° 113° 251 km 03m55.6s
09:0843°35.3'N002°14.6'E42°18.2'N004°47.2'E42°57.0'N003°32.0'E 1.058 49° 115° 250 km 03m56.9s
09:1044°16.2'N003°03.1'E42°57.5'N005°34.7'E43°37.1'N004°20.0'E 1.059 50° 117° 250 km 03m58.2s
09:1244°56.8'N003°51.8'E43°36.4'N006°22.6'E44°16.8'N005°08.3'E 1.059 50° 120° 249 km 03m59.3s
09:1445°37.0'N004°40.8'E44°15.0'N007°10.7'E44°56.2'N005°56.9'E 1.059 51° 122° 248 km 04m00.4s
09:1646°16.9'N005°30.4'E44°53.2'N007°59.3'E45°35.2'N006°46.0'E 1.059 51° 124° 248 km 04m01.4s
09:1846°56.5'N006°20.6'E45°31.2'N008°48.5'E46°14.0'N007°35.7'E 1.059 51° 126° 247 km 04m02.3s
09:2047°35.8'N007°11.4'E46°08.8'N009°38.2'E46°52.4'N008°26.0'E 1.059 52° 129° 246 km 04m03.1s
09:2248°14.8'N008°03.0'E46°46.1'N010°28.6'E47°30.5'N009°17.0'E 1.059 52° 131° 246 km 04m03.8s
09:2448°53.4'N008°55.5'E47°23.1'N011°19.9'E48°08.4'N010°08.8'E 1.059 52° 133° 245 km 04m04.5s
09:2649°31.8'N009°48.9'E47°59.8'N012°11.9'E48°45.9'N011°01.6'E 1.059 53° 136° 245 km 04m05.0s
09:2850°09.9'N010°43.5'E48°36.2'N013°05.0'E49°23.1'N011°55.4'E 1.059 53° 138° 244 km 04m05.5s
09:3050°47.7'N011°39.2'E49°12.2'N013°59.1'E50°00.0'N012°50.4'E 1.059 53° 141° 243 km 04m05.8s
09:3251°25.1'N012°36.2'E49°48.0'N014°54.4'E50°36.6'N013°46.5'E 1.059 53° 143° 243 km 04m06.1s
09:3452°02.3'N013°34.7'E50°23.4'N015°50.9'E51°12.9'N014°44.0'E 1.059 53° 146° 242 km 04m06.3s
09:3652°39.2'N014°34.7'E50°58.5'N016°48.8'E51°48.9'N015°43.0'E 1.059 53° 149° 241 km 04m06.4s
09:3853°15.7'N015°36.4'E51°33.3'N017°48.2'E52°24.5'N016°43.5'E 1.059 53° 151° 241 km 04m06.4s
09:4053°51.9'N016°39.9'E52°07.8'N018°49.1'E52°59.8'N017°45.7'E 1.059 53° 154° 240 km 04m06.3s
09:4254°27.7'N017°45.3'E52°41.9'N019°51.8'E53°34.7'N018°49.8'E 1.059 53° 157° 239 km 04m06.1s
09:4455°03.2'N018°52.8'E53°15.6'N020°56.2'E54°09.3'N019°55.7'E 1.059 53° 159° 239 km 04m05.8s
09:4655°38.3'N020°02.6'E53°48.9'N022°02.6'E54°43.5'N021°03.8'E 1.059 52° 162° 238 km 04m05.5s
09:4856°13.0'N021°14.7'E54°21.8'N023°11.1'E55°17.3'N022°14.1'E 1.059 52° 165° 238 km 04m05.0s
09:5056°47.3'N022°29.5'E54°54.3'N024°21.8'E55°50.7'N023°26.8'E 1.059 52° 168° 237 km 04m04.4s
09:5257°21.1'N023°47.0'E55°26.4'N025°34.9'E56°23.6'N024°42.0'E 1.059 51° 170° 236 km 04m03.8s
09:5457°54.4'N025°07.5'E55°58.0'N026°50.5'E56°56.0'N026°00.0'E 1.059 51° 173° 236 km 04m03.0s
09:5658°27.1'N026°31.1'E56°29.0'N028°08.8'E57°27.8'N027°20.9'E 1.059 51° 176° 235 km 04m02.2s
09:5858°59.3'N027°58.0'E56°59.6'N029°29.9'E57°59.2'N028°44.9'E 1.058 50° 179° 235 km 04m01.2s
10:0059°30.9'N029°28.6'E57°29.5'N030°54.1'E58°29.9'N030°12.1'E 1.058 50° 182° 234 km 04m00.1s
10:0260°01.7'N031°03.0'E57°58.8'N032°21.5'E59°00.0'N031°42.9'E 1.058 49° 185° 234 km 03m59.0s
10:0460°31.9'N032°41.4'E58°27.4'N033°52.3'E59°29.3'N033°17.4'E 1.058 48° 188° 233 km 03m57.7s
10:0661°01.2'N034°24.2'E58°55.3'N035°26.7'E59°57.9'N034°55.8'E 1.058 48° 191° 233 km 03m56.3s
10:0861°29.6'N036°11.6'E59°22.4'N037°04.9'E60°25.7'N036°38.4'E 1.058 47° 194° 232 km 03m54.9s
10:1061°57.1'N038°03.8'E59°48.7'N038°47.2'E60°52.5'N038°25.5'E 1.058 46° 197° 231 km 03m53.3s
10:1262°23.5'N040°01.2'E60°14.0'N040°33.8'E61°18.3'N040°17.2'E 1.057 46° 200° 231 km 03m51.6s
10:1462°48.7'N042°04.0'E60°38.2'N042°24.9'E61°43.1'N042°13.9'E 1.057 45° 203° 230 km 03m49.8s
10:1663°12.6'N044°12.6'E61°01.4'N044°20.7'E62°06.6'N044°15.8'E 1.057 44° 206° 230 km 03m47.9s
10:1863°35.1'N046°27.3'E61°23.3'N046°21.6'E62°28.8'N046°23.2'E 1.057 43° 209° 229 km 03m45.9s
10:2063°56.1'N048°48.3'E61°43.9'N048°27.8'E62°49.6'N048°36.4'E 1.057 42° 212° 229 km 03m43.7s
10:2264°15.2'N051°16.0'E62°03.0'N050°39.5'E63°08.8'N050°55.7'E 1.056 41° 216° 228 km 03m41.4s
10:2464°32.5'N053°50.7'E62°20.6'N052°57.1'E63°26.2'N053°21.4'E 1.056 40° 219° 228 km 03m39.0s
10:2664°47.6'N056°32.6'E62°36.3'N055°20.8'E63°41.7'N055°53.7'E 1.056 39° 222° 227 km 03m36.5s
10:2865°00.4'N059°22.2'E62°50.1'N057°50.8'E63°55.0'N058°33.0'E 1.055 38° 226° 226 km 03m33.9s
10:3065°10.5'N062°19.6'E63°01.8'N060°27.7'E64°06.0'N061°19.6'E 1.055 37° 229° 226 km 03m31.1s
10:3265°17.7'N065°25.2'E63°11.0'N063°11.5'E64°14.3'N064°13.7'E 1.055 35° 233° 225 km 03m28.1s
10:3465°21.6'N068°39.2'E63°17.7'N066°02.7'E64°19.7'N067°15.8'E 1.054 34° 237° 224 km 03m25.0s
10:3665°22.0'N072°02.1'E63°21.3'N069°01.7'E64°21.9'N070°26.1'E 1.054 33° 241° 224 km 03m21.8s
10:3865°18.2'N075°34.2'E63°21.8'N072°08.8'E64°20.4'N073°45.1'E 1.054 31° 245° 223 km 03m18.3s
10:4065°09.8'N079°16.0'E63°18.5'N075°24.7'E64°14.7'N077°13.4'E 1.053 30° 249° 222 km 03m14.7s
10:4264°56.2'N083°08.2'E63°11.1'N078°50.0'E64°04.5'N080°51.6'E 1.053 28° 253° 221 km 03m10.8s
10:4464°36.5'N087°12.0'E62°58.8'N082°25.6'E63°48.8'N084°40.8'E 1.052 26° 257° 220 km 03m06.7s
10:4664°09.6'N091°29.0'E62°41.1'N086°12.9'E63°26.8'N088°42.3'E 1.052 24° 261° 219 km 03m02.3s
10:4863°33.9'N096°02.0'E62°16.7'N090°13.7'E62°57.3'N092°58.5'E 1.051 22° 266° 218 km 02m57.5s
10:5062°47.1'N100°56.0'E61°44.3'N094°31.0'E62°18.4'N097°33.2'E 1.050 20° 271° 217 km 02m52.3s
10:5261°45.0'N106°20.3'E61°01.6'N099°10.0'E61°27.1'N102°33.0'E 1.049 17° 276° 215 km 02m46.4s
10:5460°18.7'N112°36.5'E60°04.6'N104°20.2'E60°17.6'N108°12.0'E 1.048 14° 281° 213 km 02m39.6s
10:5657°58.3'N121°00.3'E58°44.8'N110°23.2'E58°35.7'N115°06.4'E 1.047 10° 288° 210 km 02m31.1s
10:58 - - 56°35.0'N118°32.2'E54°41.9'N127°42.8'E 1.045 299° 202 km 02m15.3s
Limits54°19.1'N131°44.5'E52°55.2'N129°47.1'E53°37.1'N130°44.7'E 1.044 - 200 km 02m11.5s

ΔT = 8.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:35:08.309:34:59.651°30.8'N015°11.0'E 53.0° 147.3° 241.6 km04m06.37s
Greatest Duration09:37:10.109:37:01.552°07.2'N016°13.8'E 53.0° 150.0° 241.0 km04m06.41s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1706 May 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1706 May 12 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 8.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 4.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.02°.

Acknowledgments

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

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