Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1720 Aug 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1720 Aug 04 . 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 1720 Aug 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits23°40.0'N041°06.9'E23°01.2'N041°28.9'E23°20.6'N041°17.9'E 0.979 - 80 km 01m14.7s
02:5024°56.1'N045°13.2'E25°06.2'N048°02.8'E25°04.2'N046°48.9'E 0.981 73° 74 km 01m12.2s
02:5227°09.6'N052°39.5'E26°53.2'N053°52.7'E27°01.5'N053°17.1'E 0.983 12° 77° 66 km 01m08.9s
02:5428°19.8'N056°46.6'E27°59.5'N057°39.5'E28°09.7'N057°13.5'E 0.984 16° 79° 62 km 01m06.6s
02:5629°11.6'N059°57.4'E28°50.0'N060°39.7'E29°00.8'N060°18.8'E 0.985 19° 80° 58 km 01m04.8s
02:5829°53.3'N062°38.0'E29°31.3'N063°13.6'E29°42.3'N062°55.9'E 0.985 22° 82° 55 km 01m03.1s
03:0030°28.3'N064°59.1'E30°06.2'N065°29.7'E30°17.2'N065°14.5'E 0.986 25° 84° 53 km 01m01.5s
03:0230°58.4'N067°06.3'E30°36.4'N067°33.1'E30°47.4'N067°19.8'E 0.987 27° 85° 50 km 01m00.1s
03:0431°24.6'N069°03.0'E31°02.9'N069°26.7'E31°13.7'N069°14.9'E 0.987 29° 86° 48 km 00m58.7s
03:0631°47.7'N070°51.3'E31°26.4'N071°12.4'E31°37.0'N071°01.9'E 0.988 31° 88° 46 km 00m57.4s
03:0832°08.2'N072°32.8'E31°47.3'N072°51.7'E31°57.7'N072°42.3'E 0.988 33° 89° 44 km 00m56.2s
03:1032°26.4'N074°08.6'E32°05.9'N074°25.6'E32°16.1'N074°17.2'E 0.988 35° 90° 43 km 00m55.0s
03:1232°42.7'N075°39.6'E32°22.7'N075°54.9'E32°32.7'N075°47.3'E 0.989 36° 92° 41 km 00m53.8s
03:1432°57.3'N077°06.4'E32°37.7'N077°20.2'E32°47.4'N077°13.3'E 0.989 38° 93° 40 km 00m52.7s
03:1633°10.3'N078°29.5'E32°51.2'N078°41.9'E33°00.7'N078°35.7'E 0.990 39° 94° 38 km 00m51.6s
03:1833°21.9'N079°49.3'E33°03.2'N080°00.6'E33°12.5'N079°55.0'E 0.990 41° 96° 37 km 00m50.5s
03:2033°32.2'N081°06.3'E33°14.0'N081°16.4'E33°23.1'N081°11.4'E 0.990 42° 97° 36 km 00m49.5s
03:2233°41.3'N082°20.6'E33°23.6'N082°29.8'E33°32.4'N082°25.2'E 0.991 44° 98° 35 km 00m48.5s
03:2433°49.3'N083°32.6'E33°32.0'N083°40.8'E33°40.7'N083°36.7'E 0.991 45° 99° 33 km 00m47.5s
03:2633°56.3'N084°42.4'E33°39.5'N084°49.8'E33°47.9'N084°46.1'E 0.991 46° 101° 32 km 00m46.5s
03:2834°02.4'N085°50.3'E33°45.9'N085°56.9'E33°54.2'N085°53.6'E 0.991 48° 102° 31 km 00m45.6s
03:3034°07.5'N086°56.3'E33°51.5'N087°02.2'E33°59.5'N086°59.3'E 0.992 49° 103° 30 km 00m44.7s
03:3234°11.8'N088°00.6'E33°56.2'N088°05.9'E34°04.0'N088°03.3'E 0.992 50° 105° 29 km 00m43.8s
03:3434°15.3'N089°03.4'E34°00.1'N089°08.1'E34°07.7'N089°05.7'E 0.992 52° 106° 29 km 00m42.9s
03:3634°18.0'N090°04.7'E34°03.2'N090°08.8'E34°10.6'N090°06.8'E 0.992 53° 107° 28 km 00m42.0s
03:3834°20.0'N091°04.7'E34°05.5'N091°08.3'E34°12.8'N091°06.5'E 0.993 54° 109° 27 km 00m41.2s
03:4034°21.3'N092°03.4'E34°07.2'N092°06.5'E34°14.2'N092°04.9'E 0.993 55° 110° 26 km 00m40.4s
03:4234°21.9'N093°00.9'E34°08.2'N093°03.5'E34°15.0'N093°02.2'E 0.993 56° 112° 25 km 00m39.6s
03:4434°21.8'N093°57.3'E34°08.5'N093°59.5'E34°15.1'N093°58.3'E 0.993 57° 113° 25 km 00m38.8s
03:4634°21.2'N094°52.6'E34°08.1'N094°54.4'E34°14.6'N094°53.5'E 0.993 58° 115° 24 km 00m38.1s
03:4834°19.9'N095°46.9'E34°07.2'N095°48.3'E34°13.5'N095°47.6'E 0.994 59° 116° 23 km 00m37.4s
03:5034°18.1'N096°40.2'E34°05.7'N096°41.3'E34°11.9'N096°40.7'E 0.994 60° 118° 23 km 00m36.7s
03:5234°15.7'N097°32.6'E34°03.6'N097°33.4'E34°09.6'N097°33.0'E 0.994 61° 120° 22 km 00m36.0s
03:5434°12.7'N098°24.2'E34°00.9'N098°24.7'E34°06.8'N098°24.4'E 0.994 62° 121° 22 km 00m35.3s
03:5634°09.2'N099°15.0'E33°57.7'N099°15.2'E34°03.5'N099°15.1'E 0.994 63° 123° 21 km 00m34.7s
03:5834°05.2'N100°05.0'E33°54.0'N100°04.9'E33°59.6'N100°04.9'E 0.994 64° 125° 21 km 00m34.1s
04:0034°00.7'N100°54.2'E33°49.8'N100°53.9'E33°55.3'N100°54.1'E 0.994 65° 127° 20 km 00m33.5s
04:0233°55.8'N101°42.8'E33°45.0'N101°42.2'E33°50.4'N101°42.5'E 0.995 66° 129° 20 km 00m32.9s
04:0433°50.3'N102°30.7'E33°39.8'N102°29.9'E33°45.1'N102°30.3'E 0.995 67° 131° 19 km 00m32.4s
04:0633°44.4'N103°17.9'E33°34.2'N103°16.9'E33°39.3'N103°17.4'E 0.995 68° 134° 19 km 00m31.8s
04:0833°38.0'N104°04.6'E33°28.0'N104°03.4'E33°33.0'N104°04.0'E 0.995 69° 136° 19 km 00m31.3s
04:1033°31.2'N104°50.6'E33°21.4'N104°49.3'E33°26.3'N104°49.9'E 0.995 69° 139° 18 km 00m30.9s
04:1233°24.0'N105°36.1'E33°14.3'N105°34.6'E33°19.2'N105°35.3'E 0.995 70° 141° 18 km 00m30.4s
04:1433°16.3'N106°21.1'E33°06.9'N106°19.4'E33°11.6'N106°20.2'E 0.995 71° 144° 18 km 00m30.0s
04:1633°08.2'N107°05.6'E32°58.9'N107°03.7'E33°03.6'N107°04.6'E 0.995 72° 147° 17 km 00m29.6s
04:1832°59.7'N107°49.5'E32°50.6'N107°47.6'E32°55.1'N107°48.5'E 0.995 72° 150° 17 km 00m29.2s
04:2032°50.8'N108°33.1'E32°41.8'N108°30.9'E32°46.3'N108°32.0'E 0.995 73° 154° 17 km 00m28.9s
04:2232°41.5'N109°16.2'E32°32.7'N109°13.9'E32°37.1'N109°15.0'E 0.995 74° 157° 17 km 00m28.5s
04:2432°31.8'N109°58.9'E32°23.1'N109°56.5'E32°27.4'N109°57.7'E 0.995 74° 161° 16 km 00m28.2s
04:2632°21.7'N110°41.2'E32°13.1'N110°38.7'E32°17.4'N110°39.9'E 0.995 75° 165° 16 km 00m28.0s
04:2832°11.2'N111°23.1'E32°02.8'N111°20.5'E32°07.0'N111°21.8'E 0.996 75° 169° 16 km 00m27.7s
04:3032°00.4'N112°04.7'E31°52.0'N112°01.9'E31°56.2'N112°03.3'E 0.996 75° 173° 16 km 00m27.5s
04:3231°49.1'N112°46.0'E31°40.9'N112°43.1'E31°45.0'N112°44.5'E 0.996 76° 178° 16 km 00m27.3s
04:3431°37.5'N113°26.9'E31°29.4'N113°23.9'E31°33.4'N113°25.4'E 0.996 76° 182° 16 km 00m27.1s
04:3631°25.5'N114°07.6'E31°17.5'N114°04.5'E31°21.5'N114°06.0'E 0.996 76° 187° 16 km 00m27.0s
04:3831°13.2'N114°48.0'E31°05.2'N114°44.8'E31°09.2'N114°46.4'E 0.996 76° 191° 16 km 00m26.9s
04:4031°00.5'N115°28.2'E30°52.6'N115°24.8'E30°56.5'N115°26.5'E 0.996 76° 196° 16 km 00m26.8s
04:4230°47.4'N116°08.2'E30°39.6'N116°04.7'E30°43.5'N116°06.4'E 0.996 76° 201° 16 km 00m26.7s
04:4430°34.0'N116°47.9'E30°26.2'N116°44.3'E30°30.1'N116°46.1'E 0.996 76° 205° 16 km 00m26.7s
04:4630°20.2'N117°27.5'E30°12.4'N117°23.7'E30°16.3'N117°25.6'E 0.996 75° 210° 16 km 00m26.6s
04:4830°06.1'N118°06.9'E29°58.3'N118°03.0'E30°02.2'N118°04.9'E 0.996 75° 214° 16 km 00m26.7s
04:5029°51.6'N118°46.2'E29°43.8'N118°42.1'E29°47.7'N118°44.1'E 0.996 75° 218° 16 km 00m26.7s
04:5229°36.8'N119°25.3'E29°29.0'N119°21.1'E29°32.9'N119°23.2'E 0.996 74° 222° 16 km 00m26.8s
04:5429°21.5'N120°04.4'E29°13.8'N120°00.1'E29°17.6'N120°02.2'E 0.996 74° 225° 16 km 00m26.9s
04:5629°06.0'N120°43.3'E28°58.2'N120°38.9'E29°02.1'N120°41.1'E 0.996 73° 229° 16 km 00m27.0s
04:5828°50.1'N121°22.3'E28°42.2'N121°17.7'E28°46.1'N121°20.0'E 0.996 72° 232° 16 km 00m27.1s
05:0028°33.8'N122°01.2'E28°25.9'N121°56.4'E28°29.8'N121°58.8'E 0.995 72° 235° 16 km 00m27.3s
05:0228°17.1'N122°40.1'E28°09.2'N122°35.1'E28°13.2'N122°37.6'E 0.995 71° 238° 17 km 00m27.5s
05:0428°00.1'N123°19.0'E27°52.2'N123°13.9'E27°56.1'N123°16.4'E 0.995 70° 241° 17 km 00m27.8s
05:0627°42.7'N123°58.0'E27°34.7'N123°52.7'E27°38.7'N123°55.3'E 0.995 70° 243° 17 km 00m28.0s
05:0827°25.0'N124°37.0'E27°16.9'N124°31.6'E27°20.9'N124°34.3'E 0.995 69° 246° 17 km 00m28.3s
05:1027°06.8'N125°16.2'E26°58.7'N125°10.5'E27°02.7'N125°13.3'E 0.995 68° 248° 18 km 00m28.6s
05:1226°48.3'N125°55.5'E26°40.1'N125°49.6'E26°44.2'N125°52.5'E 0.995 67° 250° 18 km 00m28.9s
05:1426°29.4'N126°34.9'E26°21.1'N126°28.8'E26°25.2'N126°31.9'E 0.995 66° 252° 18 km 00m29.3s
05:1626°10.1'N127°14.6'E26°01.7'N127°08.3'E26°05.9'N127°11.4'E 0.995 65° 254° 19 km 00m29.7s
05:1825°50.4'N127°54.5'E25°41.9'N127°47.9'E25°46.2'N127°51.2'E 0.995 64° 256° 19 km 00m30.1s
05:2025°30.3'N128°34.6'E25°21.7'N128°27.8'E25°26.0'N128°31.2'E 0.995 64° 257° 19 km 00m30.5s
05:2225°09.8'N129°15.1'E25°01.1'N129°08.0'E25°05.4'N129°11.5'E 0.995 63° 259° 20 km 00m31.0s
05:2424°48.9'N129°55.9'E24°40.0'N129°48.5'E24°44.4'N129°52.2'E 0.994 62° 261° 20 km 00m31.5s
05:2624°27.5'N130°37.1'E24°18.5'N130°29.5'E24°23.0'N130°33.3'E 0.994 61° 262° 21 km 00m32.0s
05:2824°05.7'N131°18.7'E23°56.5'N131°10.8'E24°01.1'N131°14.8'E 0.994 60° 263° 21 km 00m32.5s
05:3023°43.4'N132°00.9'E23°34.0'N131°52.6'E23°38.7'N131°56.7'E 0.994 58° 265° 22 km 00m33.1s
05:3223°20.6'N132°43.5'E23°11.1'N132°34.9'E23°15.9'N132°39.2'E 0.994 57° 266° 23 km 00m33.7s
05:3422°57.4'N133°26.8'E22°47.7'N133°17.8'E22°52.5'N133°22.3'E 0.994 56° 267° 23 km 00m34.3s
05:3622°33.6'N134°10.8'E22°23.7'N134°01.4'E22°28.7'N134°06.1'E 0.994 55° 268° 24 km 00m35.0s
05:3822°09.3'N134°55.5'E21°59.3'N134°45.7'E22°04.3'N134°50.6'E 0.993 54° 269° 25 km 00m35.6s
05:4021°44.5'N135°41.0'E21°34.2'N135°30.7'E21°39.3'N135°35.8'E 0.993 53° 270° 25 km 00m36.3s
05:4221°19.1'N136°27.4'E21°08.6'N136°16.7'E21°13.8'N136°22.0'E 0.993 52° 271° 26 km 00m37.1s
05:4420°53.0'N137°14.8'E20°42.3'N137°03.6'E20°47.7'N137°09.2'E 0.993 50° 272° 27 km 00m37.8s
05:4620°26.4'N138°03.2'E20°15.4'N137°51.5'E20°20.9'N137°57.4'E 0.993 49° 273° 28 km 00m38.6s
05:4819°59.0'N138°53.0'E19°47.8'N138°40.7'E19°53.4'N138°46.8'E 0.992 48° 274° 29 km 00m39.4s
05:5019°31.0'N139°44.0'E19°19.5'N139°31.1'E19°25.2'N139°37.5'E 0.992 47° 275° 30 km 00m40.2s
05:5219°02.2'N140°36.6'E18°50.4'N140°23.0'E18°56.3'N140°29.8'E 0.992 45° 276° 31 km 00m41.1s
05:5418°32.5'N141°30.8'E18°20.5'N141°16.5'E18°26.5'N141°23.6'E 0.992 44° 276° 32 km 00m42.0s
05:5618°02.0'N142°26.9'E17°49.7'N142°11.8'E17°55.8'N142°19.3'E 0.991 43° 277° 33 km 00m42.9s
05:5817°30.5'N143°25.1'E17°18.0'N143°09.2'E17°24.2'N143°17.1'E 0.991 41° 278° 34 km 00m43.9s
06:0016°58.0'N144°25.6'E16°45.1'N144°08.8'E16°51.5'N144°17.2'E 0.991 40° 279° 35 km 00m44.9s
06:0216°24.3'N145°28.9'E16°11.2'N145°11.1'E16°17.7'N145°20.0'E 0.990 38° 279° 37 km 00m46.0s
06:0415°49.4'N146°35.2'E15°35.9'N146°16.3'E15°42.6'N146°25.7'E 0.990 36° 280° 38 km 00m47.0s
06:0615°13.0'N147°45.2'E14°59.2'N147°25.0'E15°06.1'N147°35.0'E 0.990 35° 281° 39 km 00m48.2s
06:0814°35.0'N148°59.3'E14°21.0'N148°37.6'E14°27.9'N148°48.4'E 0.989 33° 281° 41 km 00m49.4s
06:1013°55.1'N150°18.3'E13°40.8'N149°55.0'E13°47.9'N150°06.6'E 0.989 31° 282° 43 km 00m50.6s
06:1213°13.0'N151°43.3'E12°58.5'N151°18.1'E13°05.7'N151°30.7'E 0.988 29° 283° 45 km 00m51.9s
06:1412°28.3'N153°15.7'E12°13.5'N152°48.1'E12°20.9'N153°01.8'E 0.988 27° 283° 47 km 00m53.3s
06:1611°40.3'N154°57.4'E11°25.4'N154°26.9'E11°32.8'N154°42.1'E 0.987 25° 284° 49 km 00m54.8s
06:1810°48.1'N156°51.4'E10°33.2'N156°17.1'E10°40.6'N156°34.1'E 0.987 22° 284° 51 km 00m56.4s
06:2009°50.1'N159°02.6'E09°35.5'N158°23.1'E09°42.8'N158°42.7'E 0.986 20° 285° 54 km 00m58.1s
06:2208°43.5'N161°40.2'E08°29.8'N160°52.7'E08°36.7'N161°16.1'E 0.985 16° 286° 57 km 01m00.1s
06:2407°21.5'N165°05.9'E07°10.6'N164°03.0'E07°16.1'N164°33.7'E 0.984 12° 286° 61 km 01m02.5s
06:2605°13.5'N170°58.3'E05°18.2'N168°54.8'E05°17.2'N169°51.4'E 0.982 287° 68 km 01m06.0s
Limits03°37.7'N175°53.6'E03°01.3'N175°35.3'E03°19.5'N175°44.4'E 0.981 - 74 km 01m09.4s

ΔT = 9.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:38:14.104:38:04.331°08.8'N114°45.4'E 75.9° 191.5° 15.7 km00m26.85s
Greatest Duration02:49:38.702:49:28.923°20.6'N041°17.9'E 0.0° 71.1° 79.8 km01m14.73s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1720 Aug 04 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 9.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 4.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.02°.

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