Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1757 Feb 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1757 Feb 18 . 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 1757 Feb 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits57°32.0'S104°38.4'W58°03.1'S105°13.4'W57°47.5'S104°55.8'W 1.013 - 67 km 00m41.3s
12:0060°06.6'S090°38.2'W59°45.7'S096°48.7'W60°00.5'S093°27.4'W 1.015 102° 76 km 00m49.7s
12:0261°17.4'S082°13.2'W61°31.1'S086°14.1'W61°25.4'S084°09.9'W 1.016 11° 93° 82 km 00m56.7s
12:0461°58.5'S075°59.0'W62°25.0'S079°18.8'W62°12.4'S077°36.5'W 1.017 15° 87° 86 km 01m01.7s
12:0662°25.3'S070°44.6'W62°59.8'S073°39.3'W62°43.1'S072°10.0'W 1.018 17° 81° 89 km 01m05.8s
12:0862°43.2'S066°07.2'W63°23.5'S068°43.0'W63°03.8'S067°23.4'W 1.019 20° 76° 92 km 01m09.4s
12:1062°54.5'S061°56.0'W63°39.4'S064°16.0'W63°17.3'S063°04.4'W 1.019 22° 72° 94 km 01m12.7s
12:1263°00.7'S058°05.0'W63°49.5'S060°11.0'W63°25.3'S059°06.5'W 1.020 23° 67° 96 km 01m15.6s
12:1463°02.9'S054°30.2'W63°54.8'S056°23.5'W63°29.1'S055°25.5'W 1.020 25° 63° 98 km 01m18.4s
12:1663°01.8'S051°09.2'W63°56.2'S052°50.6'W63°29.1'S051°58.7'W 1.021 27° 59° 100 km 01m20.9s
12:1862°57.8'S048°00.1'W63°54.3'S049°30.4'W63°26.2'S048°44.1'W 1.021 28° 55° 101 km 01m23.3s
12:2062°51.3'S045°01.4'W63°49.6'S046°21.3'W63°20.6'S045°40.3'W 1.022 29° 52° 102 km 01m25.6s
12:2262°42.7'S042°11.9'W63°42.5'S043°22.0'W63°12.7'S042°46.0'W 1.022 31° 48° 104 km 01m27.7s
12:2462°32.2'S039°31.0'W63°33.3'S040°31.7'W63°02.8'S040°00.5'W 1.022 32° 45° 105 km 01m29.7s
12:2662°20.0'S036°57.6'W63°22.1'S037°49.6'W62°51.1'S037°22.9'W 1.022 33° 41° 106 km 01m31.6s
12:2862°06.4'S034°31.4'W63°09.2'S035°15.0'W62°37.8'S034°52.5'W 1.023 34° 38° 107 km 01m33.4s
12:3061°51.4'S032°11.6'W62°54.8'S032°47.4'W62°23.1'S032°28.9'W 1.023 35° 35° 108 km 01m35.1s
12:3261°35.2'S029°57.8'W62°39.1'S030°26.2'W62°07.1'S030°11.5'W 1.023 36° 32° 109 km 01m36.7s
12:3461°17.9'S027°49.6'W62°22.2'S028°11.0'W61°50.0'S027°59.9'W 1.023 37° 29° 109 km 01m38.2s
12:3660°59.6'S025°46.6'W62°04.1'S026°01.5'W61°31.8'S025°53.7'W 1.024 38° 26° 110 km 01m39.6s
12:3860°40.5'S023°48.4'W61°45.0'S023°57.1'W61°12.7'S023°52.5'W 1.024 39° 23° 111 km 01m40.9s
12:4060°20.5'S021°54.7'W61°25.0'S021°57.7'W60°52.7'S021°56.0'W 1.024 39° 20° 112 km 01m42.2s
12:4259°59.8'S020°05.2'W61°04.2'S020°02.8'W60°32.0'S020°03.9'W 1.024 40° 17° 112 km 01m43.3s
12:4459°38.4'S018°19.7'W60°42.6'S018°12.2'W60°10.5'S018°15.9'W 1.024 41° 14° 113 km 01m44.4s
12:4659°16.3'S016°37.9'W60°20.3'S016°25.6'W59°48.3'S016°31.7'W 1.024 41° 11° 114 km 01m45.4s
12:4858°53.7'S014°59.6'W59°57.4'S014°42.8'W59°25.5'S014°51.2'W 1.024 42° 114 km 01m46.3s
12:5058°30.6'S013°24.4'W59°33.9'S013°03.5'W59°02.2'S013°14.0'W 1.025 42° 115 km 01m47.2s
12:5258°06.9'S011°52.4'W59°09.8'S011°27.5'W58°38.3'S011°40.0'W 1.025 43° 115 km 01m47.9s
12:5457°42.8'S010°23.1'W58°45.2'S009°54.6'W58°14.0'S010°08.9'W 1.025 43° 116 km 01m48.6s
12:5657°18.2'S008°56.5'W58°20.1'S008°24.6'W57°49.2'S008°40.7'W 1.025 44° 358° 116 km 01m49.2s
12:5856°53.3'S007°32.4'W57°54.6'S006°57.3'W57°24.0'S007°15.0'W 1.025 44° 355° 117 km 01m49.8s
13:0056°28.0'S006°10.6'W57°28.7'S005°32.5'W56°58.4'S005°51.8'W 1.025 44° 352° 117 km 01m50.2s
13:0256°02.3'S004°51.0'W57°02.4'S004°10.1'W56°32.4'S004°30.8'W 1.025 45° 350° 117 km 01m50.6s
13:0455°36.2'S003°33.5'W56°35.8'S002°49.9'W56°06.0'S003°11.9'W 1.025 45° 347° 118 km 01m51.0s
13:0655°09.9'S002°17.8'W56°08.7'S001°31.8'W55°39.3'S001°55.0'W 1.025 45° 345° 118 km 01m51.2s
13:0854°43.2'S001°03.8'W55°41.4'S000°15.6'W55°12.3'S000°39.9'W 1.025 45° 342° 118 km 01m51.4s
13:1054°16.3'S000°08.5'E55°13.7'S000°58.9'E54°45.0'S000°33.4'E 1.025 45° 340° 119 km 01m51.5s
13:1253°49.0'S001°19.3'E54°45.8'S002°11.7'E54°17.4'S001°45.2'E 1.025 45° 337° 119 km 01m51.5s
13:1453°21.5'S002°28.7'E54°17.5'S003°23.0'E53°49.6'S002°55.6'E 1.025 45° 335° 119 km 01m51.5s
13:1652°53.7'S003°36.8'E53°49.0'S004°32.8'E53°21.4'S004°04.6'E 1.025 45° 332° 120 km 01m51.4s
13:1852°25.7'S004°43.8'E53°20.2'S005°41.5'E52°53.0'S005°12.4'E 1.025 45° 330° 120 km 01m51.2s
13:2051°57.4'S005°49.7'E52°51.1'S006°48.9'E52°24.3'S006°19.0'E 1.025 45° 328° 120 km 01m51.0s
13:2251°28.8'S006°54.7'E52°21.7'S007°55.3'E51°55.3'S007°24.7'E 1.025 45° 325° 120 km 01m50.6s
13:2451°00.0'S007°58.8'E51°52.1'S009°00.8'E51°26.1'S008°29.5'E 1.025 45° 323° 120 km 01m50.2s
13:2650°31.0'S009°02.2'E51°22.3'S010°05.4'E50°56.7'S009°33.5'E 1.025 45° 321° 120 km 01m49.8s
13:2850°01.7'S010°04.9'E50°52.1'S011°09.3'E50°27.0'S010°36.8'E 1.025 44° 318° 120 km 01m49.3s
13:3049°32.1'S011°07.0'E50°21.7'S012°12.6'E49°57.0'S011°39.5'E 1.025 44° 316° 120 km 01m48.7s
13:3249°02.3'S012°08.7'E49°51.0'S013°15.3'E49°26.7'S012°41.8'E 1.025 44° 314° 120 km 01m48.0s
13:3448°32.2'S013°10.1'E49°20.1'S014°17.7'E48°56.2'S013°43.6'E 1.025 43° 312° 120 km 01m47.2s
13:3648°01.8'S014°11.2'E48°48.8'S015°19.8'E48°25.4'S014°45.2'E 1.024 43° 310° 120 km 01m46.4s
13:3847°31.2'S015°12.2'E48°17.3'S016°21.6'E47°54.3'S015°46.6'E 1.024 42° 308° 120 km 01m45.5s
13:4047°00.3'S016°13.1'E47°45.5'S017°23.5'E47°23.0'S016°48.0'E 1.024 42° 306° 120 km 01m44.6s
13:4246°29.0'S017°14.2'E47°13.3'S018°25.3'E46°51.3'S017°49.5'E 1.024 41° 303° 120 km 01m43.6s
13:4445°57.5'S018°15.4'E46°40.9'S019°27.3'E46°19.3'S018°51.1'E 1.024 41° 301° 120 km 01m42.5s
13:4645°25.6'S019°16.9'E46°08.1'S020°29.7'E45°47.0'S019°53.0'E 1.024 40° 300° 119 km 01m41.3s
13:4844°53.4'S020°19.0'E45°34.9'S021°32.5'E45°14.3'S020°55.4'E 1.024 39° 298° 119 km 01m40.0s
13:5044°20.8'S021°21.6'E45°01.3'S022°35.8'E44°41.2'S021°58.4'E 1.023 39° 296° 118 km 01m38.7s
13:5243°47.9'S022°24.9'E44°27.4'S023°40.0'E44°07.7'S023°02.2'E 1.023 38° 294° 118 km 01m37.3s
13:5443°14.5'S023°29.3'E43°52.9'S024°45.1'E43°33.8'S024°06.9'E 1.023 37° 292° 117 km 01m35.8s
13:5642°40.6'S024°34.7'E43°18.0'S025°51.3'E42°59.5'S025°12.7'E 1.023 36° 290° 117 km 01m34.2s
13:5842°06.3'S025°41.5'E42°42.6'S026°58.9'E42°24.6'S026°19.9'E 1.022 35° 288° 116 km 01m32.6s
14:0041°31.4'S026°49.8'E42°06.6'S028°08.1'E41°49.2'S027°28.7'E 1.022 34° 287° 115 km 01m30.8s
14:0240°56.0'S028°00.0'E41°30.0'S029°19.2'E41°13.1'S028°39.4'E 1.022 33° 285° 114 km 01m29.0s
14:0440°19.9'S029°12.4'E40°52.7'S030°32.6'E40°36.4'S029°52.3'E 1.022 32° 283° 113 km 01m27.1s
14:0639°43.0'S030°27.4'E40°14.6'S031°48.7'E39°59.0'S031°07.8'E 1.021 31° 282° 111 km 01m25.0s
14:0839°05.4'S031°45.4'E39°35.6'S033°07.9'E39°20.7'S032°26.4'E 1.021 30° 280° 110 km 01m22.9s
14:1038°26.8'S033°07.0'E38°55.6'S034°30.9'E38°41.4'S033°48.7'E 1.021 28° 278° 108 km 01m20.6s
14:1237°47.1'S034°32.9'E38°14.4'S035°58.5'E38°01.0'S035°15.5'E 1.020 27° 277° 106 km 01m18.2s
14:1437°06.2'S036°04.1'E37°31.8'S037°31.7'E37°19.2'S036°47.6'E 1.020 25° 275° 104 km 01m15.6s
14:1636°23.8'S037°41.7'E36°47.5'S039°11.9'E36°35.8'S038°26.5'E 1.019 24° 273° 102 km 01m12.9s
14:1835°39.4'S039°27.6'E36°01.1'S041°00.9'E35°50.5'S040°13.9'E 1.019 22° 272° 99 km 01m09.9s
14:2034°52.7'S041°24.1'E35°12.0'S043°01.7'E35°02.6'S042°12.5'E 1.018 20° 270° 96 km 01m06.7s
14:2234°02.9'S043°35.1'E34°19.1'S045°19.0'E34°11.3'S044°26.5'E 1.017 18° 268° 92 km 01m03.2s
14:2433°08.5'S046°07.5'E33°20.8'S048°01.1'E33°15.0'S047°03.5'E 1.017 15° 266° 88 km 00m59.2s
14:2632°06.7'S049°15.1'E32°12.8'S051°27.5'E32°10.3'S050°19.9'E 1.016 12° 264° 82 km 00m54.4s
14:2830°49.2'S053°39.0'E30°39.6'S056°52.6'E30°46.2'S055°09.3'E 1.014 261° 74 km 00m47.8s
Limits28°43.9'S062°33.9'E29°14.6'S062°52.8'E28°59.2'S062°43.3'E 1.012 - 62 km 00m38.7s

ΔT = 13.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:14:11.913:13:58.153°50.0'S002°51.0'E 45.3° 334.8° 119.3 km01m51.49s
Greatest Duration13:12:11.813:11:58.054°17.9'S001°44.0'E 45.3° 337.2° 119.1 km01m51.53s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1757 Feb 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1757 Feb 18 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 13.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2.7 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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