Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1755 Mar 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1755 Mar 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1755 Mar 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
Limits32°27.7'N141°09.4'E28°30.5'N142°20.7'E30°26.8'N141°46.2'E 0.922 - 428 km 05m31.9s
20:52 - - 28°31.3'N156°11.5'E30°13.4'N150°21.7'E 0.924 98° 427 km 05m46.2s
20:5432°13.8'N146°20.9'E28°42.8'N158°46.4'E30°19.3'N154°20.8'E 0.925 12° 101° 427 km 05m53.9s
20:5632°12.8'N151°54.5'E28°55.7'N160°55.5'E30°29.2'N157°12.0'E 0.926 14° 103° 426 km 05m59.9s
20:5832°20.2'N155°14.1'E29°09.7'N162°47.6'E30°41.1'N159°30.8'E 0.927 17° 104° 426 km 06m04.9s
21:0032°30.5'N157°47.9'E29°24.4'N164°27.6'E30°54.2'N161°29.5'E 0.927 19° 106° 426 km 06m09.4s
21:0232°42.7'N159°56.4'E29°39.6'N165°58.3'E31°08.3'N163°14.3'E 0.927 20° 107° 426 km 06m13.5s
21:0432°55.9'N161°48.2'E29°55.4'N167°21.7'E31°23.1'N164°48.9'E 0.928 22° 108° 426 km 06m17.3s
21:0633°10.1'N163°28.0'E30°11.6'N168°39.3'E31°38.5'N166°15.4'E 0.928 24° 110° 425 km 06m20.8s
21:0833°25.1'N164°58.8'E30°28.2'N169°51.9'E31°54.3'N167°35.5'E 0.928 25° 111° 425 km 06m24.2s
21:1033°40.6'N166°22.4'E30°45.1'N171°00.3'E32°10.6'N168°50.4'E 0.929 26° 112° 424 km 06m27.3s
21:1233°56.6'N167°40.1'E31°02.3'N172°05.2'E32°27.3'N170°00.8'E 0.929 27° 114° 423 km 06m30.2s
21:1434°13.1'N168°53.1'E31°19.8'N173°07.0'E32°44.4'N171°07.4'E 0.929 28° 115° 422 km 06m33.0s
21:1634°29.9'N170°01.9'E31°37.6'N174°06.2'E33°01.8'N172°10.8'E 0.930 30° 116° 421 km 06m35.6s
21:1834°47.2'N171°07.3'E31°55.6'N175°02.9'E33°19.4'N173°11.3'E 0.930 31° 118° 420 km 06m38.1s
21:2035°04.8'N172°09.6'E32°13.8'N175°57.6'E33°37.4'N174°09.4'E 0.930 31° 119° 419 km 06m40.5s
21:2235°22.8'N173°09.4'E32°32.3'N176°50.4'E33°55.6'N175°05.3'E 0.930 32° 120° 417 km 06m42.8s
21:2435°41.0'N174°06.8'E32°51.0'N177°41.5'E34°14.1'N175°59.2'E 0.930 33° 122° 416 km 06m44.9s
21:2635°59.6'N175°02.2'E33°09.9'N178°31.2'E34°32.9'N176°51.5'E 0.930 34° 123° 414 km 06m47.0s
21:2836°18.4'N175°55.9'E33°29.0'N179°19.5'E34°51.9'N177°42.2'E 0.931 35° 124° 413 km 06m48.9s
21:3036°37.5'N176°47.9'E33°48.4'N179°53.3'W35°11.1'N178°31.6'E 0.931 35° 126° 411 km 06m50.7s
21:3236°56.8'N177°38.5'E34°07.9'N179°07.2'W35°30.6'N179°19.7'E 0.931 36° 127° 409 km 06m52.4s
21:3437°16.5'N178°27.9'E34°27.6'N178°22.1'W35°50.2'N179°53.2'W 0.931 37° 129° 408 km 06m54.0s
21:3637°36.4'N179°16.2'E34°47.5'N177°37.8'W36°10.1'N179°07.1'W 0.931 37° 130° 406 km 06m55.6s
21:3837°56.5'N179°56.6'W35°07.6'N176°54.3'W36°30.3'N178°21.8'W 0.931 38° 131° 404 km 06m57.0s
21:4038°16.9'N179°10.2'W35°27.9'N176°11.4'W36°50.6'N177°37.3'W 0.931 38° 133° 402 km 06m58.3s
21:4238°37.5'N178°24.5'W35°48.4'N175°29.2'W37°11.2'N176°53.5'W 0.931 39° 134° 400 km 06m59.5s
21:4438°58.4'N177°39.5'W36°09.1'N174°47.4'W37°32.0'N176°10.2'W 0.931 39° 136° 398 km 07m00.7s
21:4639°19.6'N176°55.1'W36°30.0'N174°06.1'W37°53.0'N175°27.5'W 0.932 40° 137° 396 km 07m01.7s
21:4839°41.0'N176°11.2'W36°51.0'N173°25.2'W38°14.2'N174°45.2'W 0.932 40° 139° 394 km 07m02.7s
21:5040°02.6'N175°27.8'W37°12.3'N172°44.6'W38°35.6'N174°03.2'W 0.932 40° 140° 392 km 07m03.6s
21:5240°24.5'N174°44.6'W37°33.7'N172°04.2'W38°57.3'N173°21.5'W 0.932 41° 142° 390 km 07m04.3s
21:5440°46.7'N174°01.7'W37°55.4'N171°24.0'W39°19.2'N172°40.1'W 0.932 41° 144° 388 km 07m05.0s
21:5641°09.1'N173°19.0'W38°17.2'N170°44.0'W39°41.3'N171°58.8'W 0.932 41° 145° 386 km 07m05.6s
21:5841°31.7'N172°36.5'W38°39.3'N170°04.1'W40°03.6'N171°17.6'W 0.932 41° 147° 385 km 07m06.2s
22:0041°54.7'N171°54.0'W39°01.5'N169°24.1'W40°26.2'N170°36.5'W 0.932 42° 148° 383 km 07m06.6s
22:0242°17.9'N171°11.5'W39°24.0'N168°44.2'W40°49.0'N169°55.3'W 0.932 42° 150° 381 km 07m06.9s
22:0442°41.4'N170°28.9'W39°46.7'N168°04.2'W41°12.1'N169°14.1'W 0.932 42° 152° 379 km 07m07.2s
22:0643°05.1'N169°46.2'W40°09.5'N167°24.0'W41°35.4'N168°32.7'W 0.932 42° 153° 377 km 07m07.4s
22:0843°29.2'N169°03.3'W40°32.6'N166°43.6'W41°58.9'N167°51.1'W 0.932 42° 155° 376 km 07m07.4s
22:1043°53.5'N168°20.1'W40°56.0'N166°03.0'W42°22.7'N167°09.3'W 0.932 42° 157° 374 km 07m07.4s
22:1244°18.1'N167°36.5'W41°19.5'N165°22.1'W42°46.8'N166°27.1'W 0.932 42° 158° 373 km 07m07.3s
22:1444°43.1'N166°52.6'W41°43.3'N164°40.9'W43°11.1'N165°44.6'W 0.932 42° 160° 371 km 07m07.2s
22:1645°08.3'N166°08.2'W42°07.3'N163°59.2'W43°35.7'N165°01.6'W 0.932 42° 162° 370 km 07m06.9s
22:1845°33.9'N165°23.2'W42°31.6'N163°17.0'W44°00.6'N164°18.1'W 0.932 42° 164° 369 km 07m06.6s
22:2045°59.8'N164°37.6'W42°56.1'N162°34.3'W44°25.8'N163°34.0'W 0.932 41° 165° 367 km 07m06.1s
22:2246°26.1'N163°51.2'W43°20.9'N161°50.9'W44°51.3'N162°49.2'W 0.932 41° 167° 366 km 07m05.6s
22:2446°52.7'N163°04.1'W43°45.9'N161°06.9'W45°17.0'N162°03.7'W 0.932 41° 169° 365 km 07m05.0s
22:2647°19.7'N162°16.0'W44°11.2'N160°22.1'W45°43.1'N161°17.4'W 0.932 41° 170° 364 km 07m04.3s
22:2847°47.1'N161°27.0'W44°36.8'N159°36.5'W46°09.6'N160°30.2'W 0.932 40° 172° 363 km 07m03.6s
22:3048°14.9'N160°36.8'W45°02.7'N158°50.0'W46°36.3'N159°41.9'W 0.932 40° 174° 362 km 07m02.7s
22:3248°43.1'N159°45.4'W45°28.9'N158°02.5'W47°03.5'N158°52.6'W 0.931 40° 176° 362 km 07m01.8s
22:3449°11.7'N158°52.7'W45°55.4'N157°13.8'W47°31.0'N158°02.0'W 0.931 39° 177° 361 km 07m00.7s
22:3649°40.7'N157°58.5'W46°22.3'N156°24.0'W47°58.8'N157°10.1'W 0.931 39° 179° 360 km 06m59.6s
22:3850°10.3'N157°02.6'W46°49.4'N155°32.8'W48°27.1'N156°16.7'W 0.931 38° 181° 360 km 06m58.4s
22:4050°40.3'N156°04.9'W47°17.0'N154°40.2'W48°55.8'N155°21.8'W 0.931 38° 183° 360 km 06m57.1s
22:4251°10.9'N155°05.3'W47°44.9'N153°46.0'W49°24.9'N154°25.0'W 0.931 37° 185° 359 km 06m55.7s
22:4451°42.0'N154°03.4'W48°13.1'N152°50.1'W49°54.5'N153°26.4'W 0.931 37° 186° 359 km 06m54.2s
22:4652°13.7'N152°59.1'W48°41.8'N151°52.3'W50°24.6'N152°25.6'W 0.931 36° 188° 359 km 06m52.7s
22:4852°46.0'N151°52.1'W49°10.9'N150°52.5'W50°55.1'N151°22.5'W 0.931 35° 190° 359 km 06m51.0s
22:5053°18.9'N150°42.1'W49°40.4'N149°50.4'W51°26.2'N150°16.7'W 0.930 35° 192° 360 km 06m49.2s
22:5253°52.6'N149°28.7'W50°10.4'N148°45.8'W51°57.9'N149°08.2'W 0.930 34° 194° 360 km 06m47.4s
22:5454°27.0'N148°11.6'W50°40.9'N147°38.5'W52°30.2'N147°56.4'W 0.930 33° 196° 361 km 06m45.4s
22:5655°02.2'N146°50.2'W51°11.9'N146°28.1'W53°03.1'N146°41.1'W 0.930 32° 198° 361 km 06m43.4s
22:5855°38.2'N145°24.1'W51°43.5'N145°14.4'W53°36.6'N145°21.8'W 0.930 32° 200° 362 km 06m41.2s
23:0056°15.2'N143°52.5'W52°15.6'N143°56.9'W54°11.0'N143°58.1'W 0.929 31° 202° 363 km 06m38.9s
23:0256°53.2'N142°14.6'W52°48.4'N142°35.2'W54°46.1'N142°29.3'W 0.929 30° 204° 364 km 06m36.5s
23:0457°32.4'N140°29.4'W53°21.9'N141°08.8'W55°22.1'N140°54.7'W 0.929 29° 206° 366 km 06m33.9s
23:0658°12.8'N138°35.7'W53°56.0'N139°37.0'W55°59.0'N139°13.5'W 0.929 27° 208° 367 km 06m31.3s
23:0858°54.6'N136°31.9'W54°31.0'N137°59.0'W56°36.9'N137°24.7'W 0.928 26° 210° 369 km 06m28.4s
23:1059°38.0'N134°15.8'W55°06.9'N136°14.0'W57°16.1'N135°26.7'W 0.928 25° 213° 371 km 06m25.4s
23:1260°23.3'N131°44.5'W55°43.7'N134°20.7'W57°56.5'N133°17.9'W 0.928 24° 216° 374 km 06m22.3s
23:1461°10.7'N128°54.1'W56°21.6'N132°17.7'W58°38.4'N130°56.0'W 0.927 22° 218° 377 km 06m18.9s
23:1662°00.9'N125°38.3'W57°00.6'N130°03.0'W59°22.0'N128°17.8'W 0.927 21° 221° 380 km 06m15.3s
23:1862°54.5'N121°47.3'W57°41.1'N127°33.9'W60°07.7'N125°18.5'W 0.927 19° 225° 384 km 06m11.3s
23:2063°52.8'N117°03.1'W58°23.2'N124°46.7'W60°55.9'N121°51.1'W 0.926 17° 228° 388 km 06m07.0s
23:2264°58.6'N110°45.4'W59°07.3'N121°35.8'W61°47.5'N117°43.5'W 0.926 15° 233° 393 km 06m02.2s
23:2466°21.6'N100°24.1'W59°53.8'N117°52.2'W62°43.9'N112°32.0'W 0.925 12° 238° 400 km 05m56.6s
23:26 - - 60°43.8'N113°19.7'W63°48.8'N105°14.3'W 0.924 245° 410 km 05m49.4s
Limits67°32.1'N086°20.8'W63°36.0'N086°33.7'W65°31.9'N086°25.1'W 0.922 - 433 km 05m34.0s

ΔT = 13.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:09:31.922:09:18.442°14.4'N167°27.2'W 41.9° 156.1° 374.8 km07m07.44s
Greatest Duration22:09:09.322:08:55.842°10.0'N167°31.7'W 41.9° 155.8° 375.1 km07m07.45s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1755 Mar 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1755 Mar 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 13.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2.8 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.

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