Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1751 May 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1751 May 25 . 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 1751 May 25
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits48°23.1'N063°21.9'E45°45.2'N066°57.5'E47°02.8'N065°13.9'E 1.057 - 390 km 02m39.3s
00:00 - - 52°06.4'N080°46.7'E50°31.4'N072°55.5'E 1.059 65° 406 km 02m51.6s
00:0250°50.9'N068°45.0'E53°50.1'N084°08.1'E53°00.3'N077°51.8'E 1.060 10° 69° 414 km 03m00.0s
00:0453°45.4'N074°28.4'E55°18.9'N086°56.9'E54°50.3'N081°19.6'E 1.061 13° 72° 418 km 03m06.1s
00:0655°44.3'N078°06.7'E56°38.5'N089°26.6'E56°23.5'N084°10.9'E 1.062 15° 75° 420 km 03m11.1s
00:0857°23.1'N081°01.9'E57°51.6'N091°44.0'E57°46.7'N086°41.7'E 1.062 17° 78° 421 km 03m15.4s
00:1058°50.7'N083°34.2'E58°59.8'N093°53.1'E59°02.9'N088°59.6'E 1.063 19° 81° 421 km 03m19.2s
00:1260°10.6'N085°52.2'E60°04.1'N095°56.4'E60°14.1'N091°08.8'E 1.063 20° 84° 421 km 03m22.7s
00:1461°25.1'N088°01.1'E61°05.3'N097°55.8'E61°21.1'N093°12.1'E 1.064 22° 86° 421 km 03m25.9s
00:1662°35.3'N090°03.8'E62°03.8'N099°52.6'E62°24.9'N095°11.5'E 1.064 23° 89° 420 km 03m28.8s
00:1863°42.0'N092°02.4'E62°59.9'N101°47.9'E63°25.9'N097°08.5'E 1.064 24° 91° 419 km 03m31.4s
00:2064°45.9'N093°58.6'E63°54.0'N103°42.7'E64°24.6'N099°04.3'E 1.065 25° 94° 418 km 03m33.9s
00:2265°47.4'N095°53.7'E64°46.1'N105°37.8'E65°21.1'N100°59.8'E 1.065 26° 97° 417 km 03m36.2s
00:2466°46.8'N097°48.8'E65°36.6'N107°33.9'E66°15.8'N102°56.0'E 1.065 27° 99° 416 km 03m38.3s
00:2667°44.2'N099°44.9'E66°25.5'N109°31.6'E67°08.7'N104°53.7'E 1.066 28° 102° 415 km 03m40.2s
00:2868°40.0'N101°43.1'E67°12.8'N111°31.6'E68°00.1'N106°53.7'E 1.066 28° 105° 414 km 03m42.0s
00:3069°34.2'N103°44.1'E67°58.7'N113°34.5'E68°49.9'N108°56.7'E 1.066 29° 108° 413 km 03m43.7s
00:3270°26.8'N105°49.0'E68°43.1'N115°41.0'E69°38.3'N111°03.6'E 1.066 30° 111° 411 km 03m45.2s
00:3471°18.1'N107°58.8'E69°26.2'N117°51.6'E70°25.2'N113°15.1'E 1.066 30° 114° 410 km 03m46.6s
00:3672°07.9'N110°14.4'E70°07.8'N120°06.9'E71°10.7'N115°31.9'E 1.066 31° 118° 409 km 03m47.8s
00:3872°56.4'N112°37.0'E70°48.0'N122°27.7'E71°54.8'N117°55.1'E 1.067 31° 121° 408 km 03m48.9s
00:4073°43.4'N115°07.8'E71°26.7'N124°54.4'E72°37.4'N120°25.4'E 1.067 32° 125° 407 km 03m49.9s
00:4274°28.9'N117°48.1'E72°03.9'N127°27.9'E73°18.5'N123°03.8'E 1.067 32° 128° 407 km 03m50.7s
00:4475°12.8'N120°39.5'E72°39.4'N130°08.6'E73°57.9'N125°51.3'E 1.067 32° 132° 406 km 03m51.5s
00:4675°55.1'N123°43.4'E73°13.3'N132°57.4'E74°35.6'N128°48.9'E 1.067 32° 136° 405 km 03m52.1s
00:4876°35.4'N127°01.5'E73°45.3'N135°54.6'E75°11.4'N131°57.6'E 1.067 33° 140° 404 km 03m52.5s
00:5077°13.6'N130°35.7'E74°15.4'N139°01.0'E75°45.1'N135°18.4'E 1.067 33° 145° 404 km 03m52.9s
00:5277°49.5'N134°27.8'E74°43.4'N142°16.9'E76°16.6'N138°52.1'E 1.067 33° 149° 403 km 03m53.2s
00:5478°22.7'N138°39.3'E75°09.1'N145°42.8'E76°45.6'N142°39.6'E 1.067 33° 154° 402 km 03m53.3s
00:5678°52.9'N143°11.8'E75°32.3'N149°18.7'E77°11.9'N146°41.4'E 1.067 33° 159° 402 km 03m53.3s
00:5879°19.6'N148°06.2'E75°52.9'N153°04.7'E77°35.1'N150°57.7'E 1.067 33° 165° 402 km 03m53.2s
01:0079°42.4'N153°22.6'E76°10.6'N157°00.5'E77°54.9'N155°28.3'E 1.067 33° 170° 401 km 03m52.9s
01:0280°00.7'N159°00.1'E76°25.2'N161°05.5'E78°11.2'N160°12.3'E 1.067 33° 176° 401 km 03m52.6s
01:0480°14.2'N164°56.3'E76°36.6'N165°18.9'E78°23.5'N165°08.4'E 1.067 32° 182° 401 km 03m52.1s
01:0680°22.3'N171°07.4'E76°44.5'N169°39.4'E78°31.5'N170°14.4'E 1.067 32° 188° 401 km 03m51.5s
01:0880°24.8'N177°28.0'E76°48.8'N174°05.5'E78°35.1'N175°27.6'E 1.067 32° 195° 401 km 03m50.8s
01:1080°21.3'N176°08.0'W76°49.4'N178°35.4'E78°34.1'N179°15.0'W 1.067 32° 201° 401 km 03m49.9s
01:1280°11.9'N169°47.1'W76°46.0'N176°52.6'W78°28.4'N173°56.9'W 1.066 31° 207° 401 km 03m48.9s
01:1479°56.5'N163°35.4'W76°38.7'N172°20.7'W78°17.8'N168°41.5'W 1.066 31° 214° 401 km 03m47.8s
01:1679°35.5'N157°37.7'W76°27.5'N167°50.7'W78°02.5'N163°31.8'W 1.066 30° 220° 401 km 03m46.6s
01:1879°08.9'N151°57.4'W76°12.2'N163°24.3'W77°42.5'N158°30.4'W 1.066 30° 226° 401 km 03m45.2s
01:2078°37.1'N146°36.5'W75°53.0'N159°02.9'W77°17.9'N153°39.2'W 1.066 29° 232° 402 km 03m43.7s
01:2278°00.5'N141°35.4'W75°29.9'N154°47.8'W76°48.9'N148°59.5'W 1.066 28° 237° 402 km 03m42.0s
01:2477°19.2'N136°53.6'W75°02.9'N150°39.7'W76°15.6'N144°31.8'W 1.065 28° 243° 402 km 03m40.2s
01:2676°33.5'N132°29.7'W74°32.1'N146°39.1'W75°38.1'N140°16.2'W 1.065 27° 248° 403 km 03m38.3s
01:2875°43.5'N128°21.8'W73°57.5'N142°46.0'W74°56.5'N136°12.0'W 1.065 26° 253° 404 km 03m36.1s
01:3074°49.1'N124°27.6'W73°19.2'N139°00.1'W74°10.8'N132°18.3'W 1.065 25° 258° 404 km 03m33.8s
01:3273°50.3'N120°44.8'W72°36.9'N135°21.0'W73°21.0'N128°33.9'W 1.064 24° 262° 405 km 03m31.3s
01:3472°46.6'N117°10.5'W71°50.8'N131°47.8'W72°26.8'N124°57.1'W 1.064 23° 267° 405 km 03m28.6s
01:3671°37.7'N113°41.9'W71°00.4'N128°19.4'W71°28.0'N121°26.2'W 1.064 22° 271° 406 km 03m25.7s
01:3870°22.6'N110°15.5'W70°05.6'N124°54.5'W70°24.0'N117°58.9'W 1.063 20° 275° 406 km 03m22.5s
01:4069°00.0'N106°47.1'W69°05.9'N121°31.2'W69°14.2'N114°32.4'W 1.063 19° 279° 407 km 03m19.0s
01:4267°27.4'N103°10.5'W68°00.5'N118°07.3'W67°57.2'N111°03.1'W 1.062 17° 283° 407 km 03m15.1s
01:4465°40.2'N099°15.5'W66°48.4'N114°39.6'W66°31.0'N107°25.8'W 1.062 15° 287° 407 km 03m10.7s
01:4663°27.9'N094°39.7'W65°27.5'N111°03.4'W64°51.9'N103°31.7'W 1.061 13° 291° 406 km 03m05.6s
01:4860°06.9'N087°53.3'W63°54.7'N107°11.1'W62°51.5'N099°02.9'W 1.060 10° 296° 404 km 02m59.5s
01:50 - - 62°03.2'N102°47.2'W60°03.0'N093°01.6'W 1.059 302° 400 km 02m50.9s
Limits57°09.9'N081°52.4'W54°47.7'N086°35.4'W55°58.1'N084°20.3'W 1.057 - 389 km 02m38.6s

ΔT = 12.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:55:15.400:55:02.476°59.6'N144°40.4'E 32.9° 156.9° 402.1 km03m53.29s
Greatest Duration00:55:16.800:55:03.977°00.0'N144°46.6'E 32.9° 157.0° 402.1 km03m53.29s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1751 May 25

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1751 May 25 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 12.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.01°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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