Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1785 Feb 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1785 Feb 09 . 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 1785 Feb 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits22°48.5'S076°50.0'W23°39.8'S077°08.3'W23°14.2'S076°59.1'W 1.029 - 100 km 01m35.7s
10:5824°36.5'S069°06.2'W25°23.6'S070°03.7'W25°00.6'S069°32.7'W 1.032 103° 107 km 01m48.4s
11:0025°44.2'S063°03.0'W26°41.2'S063°34.3'W26°12.9'S063°17.6'W 1.033 13° 100° 113 km 02m00.5s
11:0226°19.7'S059°01.8'W27°20.9'S059°24.0'W26°50.4'S059°12.1'W 1.035 18° 98° 117 km 02m09.1s
11:0426°42.1'S055°49.6'W27°46.0'S056°05.7'W27°14.1'S055°56.9'W 1.036 21° 96° 121 km 02m16.3s
11:0626°56.6'S053°05.9'W28°02.7'S053°17.3'W27°29.7'S053°10.9'W 1.037 24° 94° 123 km 02m22.6s
11:0827°05.7'S050°41.5'W28°13.5'S050°48.9'W27°39.7'S050°44.6'W 1.037 26° 93° 126 km 02m28.5s
11:1027°10.9'S048°31.4'W28°20.1'S048°35.3'W27°45.5'S048°32.8'W 1.038 29° 92° 128 km 02m33.9s
11:1227°12.9'S046°32.3'W28°23.2'S046°33.0'W27°48.0'S046°32.2'W 1.039 31° 91° 130 km 02m38.9s
11:1427°12.2'S044°42.2'W28°23.6'S044°39.9'W27°47.9'S044°40.6'W 1.039 33° 90° 132 km 02m43.7s
11:1627°09.5'S042°59.6'W28°21.6'S042°54.5'W27°45.5'S042°56.6'W 1.040 35° 89° 134 km 02m48.3s
11:1827°04.8'S041°23.3'W28°17.7'S041°15.6'W27°41.2'S041°19.1'W 1.040 37° 88° 135 km 02m52.7s
11:2026°58.5'S039°52.5'W28°12.0'S039°42.3'W27°35.3'S039°47.0'W 1.041 39° 87° 137 km 02m56.8s
11:2226°50.8'S038°26.4'W28°04.8'S038°13.8'W27°27.8'S038°19.8'W 1.041 41° 86° 138 km 03m00.8s
11:2426°41.9'S037°04.6'W27°56.3'S036°49.7'W27°19.0'S036°56.9'W 1.042 42° 85° 140 km 03m04.7s
11:2626°31.7'S035°46.6'W27°46.5'S035°29.5'W27°09.1'S035°37.8'W 1.042 44° 84° 141 km 03m08.3s
11:2826°20.6'S034°32.0'W27°35.6'S034°12.9'W26°58.0'S034°22.2'W 1.042 45° 83° 142 km 03m11.9s
11:3026°08.4'S033°20.5'W27°23.7'S032°59.4'W26°46.0'S033°09.7'W 1.043 47° 82° 143 km 03m15.3s
11:3225°55.4'S032°11.9'W27°10.8'S031°48.8'W26°33.1'S032°00.1'W 1.043 48° 82° 144 km 03m18.6s
11:3425°41.6'S031°05.8'W26°57.1'S030°40.8'W26°19.3'S030°53.1'W 1.043 50° 81° 145 km 03m21.7s
11:3625°27.0'S030°02.2'W26°42.6'S029°35.4'W26°04.8'S029°48.6'W 1.044 51° 80° 146 km 03m24.8s
11:3825°11.8'S029°00.7'W26°27.3'S028°32.2'W25°49.5'S028°46.3'W 1.044 53° 80° 147 km 03m27.7s
11:4024°55.8'S028°01.3'W26°11.4'S027°31.2'W25°33.5'S027°46.1'W 1.044 54° 79° 148 km 03m30.5s
11:4224°39.3'S027°03.8'W25°54.7'S026°32.1'W25°17.0'S026°47.8'W 1.045 56° 78° 149 km 03m33.2s
11:4424°22.1'S026°08.2'W25°37.5'S025°34.9'W24°59.8'S025°51.4'W 1.045 57° 78° 150 km 03m35.7s
11:4624°04.5'S025°14.1'W25°19.6'S024°39.4'W24°42.0'S024°56.6'W 1.045 58° 77° 151 km 03m38.2s
11:4823°46.2'S024°21.7'W25°01.3'S023°45.5'W24°23.7'S024°03.5'W 1.045 59° 77° 151 km 03m40.6s
11:5023°27.5'S023°30.7'W24°42.3'S022°53.1'W24°04.9'S023°11.8'W 1.045 61° 76° 152 km 03m42.8s
11:5223°08.3'S022°41.1'W24°22.9'S022°02.2'W23°45.6'S022°21.6'W 1.046 62° 76° 153 km 03m44.9s
11:5422°48.7'S021°52.8'W24°03.0'S021°12.7'W23°25.8'S021°32.7'W 1.046 63° 75° 153 km 03m47.0s
11:5622°28.6'S021°05.7'W23°42.7'S020°24.4'W23°05.6'S020°45.0'W 1.046 64° 75° 154 km 03m48.9s
11:5822°08.1'S020°19.8'W23°21.9'S019°37.3'W22°45.0'S019°58.5'W 1.046 66° 74° 154 km 03m50.7s
12:0021°47.2'S019°35.0'W23°00.7'S018°51.4'W22°23.9'S019°13.1'W 1.046 67° 74° 155 km 03m52.5s
12:0221°25.9'S018°51.2'W22°39.1'S018°06.5'W22°02.5'S018°28.8'W 1.047 68° 73° 155 km 03m54.1s
12:0421°04.2'S018°08.4'W22°17.0'S017°22.7'W21°40.6'S017°45.5'W 1.047 69° 73° 156 km 03m55.6s
12:0620°42.2'S017°26.5'W21°54.7'S016°39.8'W21°18.4'S017°03.1'W 1.047 70° 73° 156 km 03m57.0s
12:0820°19.8'S016°45.5'W21°31.9'S015°57.8'W20°55.8'S016°21.7'W 1.047 72° 72° 157 km 03m58.3s
12:1019°57.1'S016°05.3'W21°08.8'S015°16.7'W20°32.9'S015°41.0'W 1.047 73° 72° 157 km 03m59.6s
12:1219°34.0'S015°25.9'W20°45.3'S014°36.4'W20°09.7'S015°01.2'W 1.047 74° 72° 157 km 04m00.7s
12:1419°10.6'S014°47.2'W20°21.5'S013°56.9'W19°46.1'S014°22.1'W 1.047 75° 71° 158 km 04m01.7s
12:1618°46.9'S014°09.2'W19°57.4'S013°18.1'W19°22.2'S013°43.7'W 1.047 76° 71° 158 km 04m02.7s
12:1818°22.9'S013°31.8'W19°33.0'S012°40.0'W18°57.9'S013°05.9'W 1.047 77° 71° 158 km 04m03.5s
12:2017°58.6'S012°55.1'W19°08.2'S012°02.5'W18°33.4'S012°28.8'W 1.048 79° 71° 158 km 04m04.2s
12:2217°33.9'S012°18.9'W18°43.2'S011°25.7'W18°08.6'S011°52.3'W 1.048 80° 70° 159 km 04m04.9s
12:2417°09.0'S011°43.3'W18°17.8'S010°49.4'W17°43.4'S011°16.4'W 1.048 81° 70° 159 km 04m05.4s
12:2616°43.8'S011°08.2'W17°52.2'S010°13.7'W17°18.0'S010°41.0'W 1.048 82° 70° 159 km 04m05.9s
12:2816°18.3'S010°33.5'W17°26.2'S009°38.4'W16°52.2'S010°06.0'W 1.048 83° 70° 159 km 04m06.3s
12:3015°52.5'S009°59.3'W17°00.0'S009°03.6'W16°26.2'S009°31.5'W 1.048 84° 71° 159 km 04m06.6s
12:3215°26.4'S009°25.5'W16°33.4'S008°29.3'W15°59.9'S008°57.4'W 1.048 85° 71° 159 km 04m06.8s
12:3415°00.0'S008°52.1'W16°06.6'S007°55.3'W15°33.3'S008°23.8'W 1.048 86° 72° 159 km 04m06.9s
12:3614°33.3'S008°19.0'W15°39.5'S007°21.8'W15°06.5'S007°50.4'W 1.048 87° 75° 159 km 04m06.9s
12:3814°06.4'S007°46.2'W15°12.2'S006°48.5'W14°39.3'S007°17.4'W 1.048 89° 81° 159 km 04m06.8s
12:4013°39.2'S007°13.7'W14°44.5'S006°15.6'W14°11.9'S006°44.7'W 1.048 90° 121° 159 km 04m06.6s
12:4213°11.7'S006°41.4'W14°16.6'S005°42.9'W13°44.2'S006°12.2'W 1.048 89° 221° 159 km 04m06.4s
12:4412°43.9'S006°09.4'W13°48.4'S005°10.5'W13°16.2'S005°40.0'W 1.048 88° 234° 159 km 04m06.1s
12:4612°15.9'S005°37.5'W13°19.9'S004°38.3'W12°47.9'S005°08.0'W 1.048 87° 238° 159 km 04m05.7s
12:4811°47.5'S005°05.8'W12°51.1'S004°06.3'W12°19.3'S004°36.1'W 1.048 86° 239° 159 km 04m05.2s
12:5011°18.9'S004°34.3'W12°22.0'S003°34.4'W11°50.5'S004°04.4'W 1.048 85° 240° 159 km 04m04.6s
12:5210°50.0'S004°02.8'W11°52.7'S003°02.7'W11°21.4'S003°32.8'W 1.048 84° 241° 159 km 04m03.9s
12:5410°20.7'S003°31.4'W11°23.1'S002°31.0'W10°52.0'S003°01.3'W 1.048 82° 241° 159 km 04m03.2s
12:5609°51.2'S003°00.0'W10°53.2'S001°59.4'W10°22.3'S002°29.8'W 1.048 81° 241° 159 km 04m02.4s
12:5809°21.4'S002°28.7'W10°23.0'S001°27.8'W09°52.3'S001°58.3'W 1.048 80° 241° 159 km 04m01.5s
13:0008°51.3'S001°57.3'W09°52.5'S000°56.2'W09°22.0'S001°26.9'W 1.048 79° 241° 159 km 04m00.5s
13:0208°20.9'S001°25.9'W09°21.7'S000°24.6'W08°51.4'S000°55.3'W 1.048 78° 241° 159 km 03m59.5s
13:0407°50.2'S000°54.3'W08°50.6'S000°07.1'E08°20.5'S000°23.7'W 1.048 77° 241° 158 km 03m58.3s
13:0607°19.2'S000°22.7'W08°19.2'S000°38.9'E07°49.2'S000°08.0'E 1.047 76° 241° 158 km 03m57.1s
13:0806°47.8'S000°09.2'E07°47.4'S001°10.9'E07°17.7'S000°39.9'E 1.047 75° 241° 158 km 03m55.8s
13:1006°16.1'S000°41.2'E07°15.4'S001°43.0'E06°45.8'S001°12.0'E 1.047 73° 241° 158 km 03m54.5s
13:1205°44.1'S001°13.5'E06°43.0'S002°15.4'E06°13.6'S001°44.4'E 1.047 72° 241° 158 km 03m53.0s
13:1405°11.7'S001°46.0'E06°10.2'S002°48.1'E05°41.1'S002°17.0'E 1.047 71° 241° 157 km 03m51.5s
13:1604°39.0'S002°18.9'E05°37.1'S003°21.0'E05°08.2'S002°49.9'E 1.047 70° 241° 157 km 03m49.9s
13:1804°05.9'S002°52.2'E05°03.7'S003°54.3'E04°34.9'S003°23.2'E 1.047 69° 241° 157 km 03m48.3s
13:2003°32.4'S003°25.9'E04°29.9'S004°28.1'E04°01.2'S003°56.9'E 1.047 67° 241° 156 km 03m46.5s
13:2202°58.5'S004°00.0'E03°55.7'S005°02.2'E03°27.2'S004°31.0'E 1.047 66° 241° 156 km 03m44.7s
13:2402°24.3'S004°34.7'E03°21.0'S005°36.9'E02°52.7'S005°05.7'E 1.046 65° 241° 156 km 03m42.8s
13:2601°49.5'S005°10.0'E02°46.0'S006°12.2'E02°17.9'S005°41.0'E 1.046 64° 241° 155 km 03m40.9s
13:2801°14.4'S005°45.9'E02°10.6'S006°48.1'E01°42.6'S006°16.9'E 1.046 63° 241° 155 km 03m38.8s
13:3000°38.8'S006°22.5'E01°34.6'S007°24.7'E01°06.8'S006°53.5'E 1.046 61° 241° 154 km 03m36.7s
13:3200°02.7'S006°59.9'E00°58.3'S008°02.0'E00°30.6'S007°30.8'E 1.046 60° 241° 154 km 03m34.5s
13:3400°33.8'N007°38.1'E00°21.4'S008°40.2'E00°06.1'N008°09.1'E 1.045 59° 241° 153 km 03m32.2s
13:3601°10.9'N008°17.4'E00°16.0'N009°19.4'E00°43.3'N008°48.2'E 1.045 57° 241° 152 km 03m29.9s
13:3801°48.5'N008°57.6'E00°53.9'N009°59.5'E01°21.1'N009°28.5'E 1.045 56° 241° 152 km 03m27.4s
13:4002°26.7'N009°39.0'E01°32.5'N010°40.8'E01°59.5'N010°09.8'E 1.045 55° 241° 151 km 03m24.9s
13:4203°05.6'N010°21.7'E02°11.6'N011°23.4'E02°38.5'N010°52.4'E 1.044 53° 241° 150 km 03m22.3s
13:4403°45.0'N011°05.8'E02°51.3'N012°07.3'E03°18.1'N011°36.4'E 1.044 52° 241° 150 km 03m19.6s
13:4604°25.2'N011°51.4'E03°31.8'N012°52.8'E03°58.4'N012°21.9'E 1.044 51° 241° 149 km 03m16.8s
13:4805°06.1'N012°38.7'E04°13.0'N013°39.9'E04°39.4'N013°09.2'E 1.044 49° 242° 148 km 03m13.9s
13:5005°47.8'N013°27.9'E04°55.0'N014°29.0'E05°21.3'N013°58.3'E 1.043 48° 242° 147 km 03m10.9s
13:5206°30.3'N014°19.2'E05°37.8'N015°20.1'E06°03.9'N014°49.5'E 1.043 46° 242° 146 km 03m07.8s
13:5407°13.8'N015°12.9'E06°21.6'N016°13.5'E06°47.6'N015°43.0'E 1.043 45° 242° 145 km 03m04.6s
13:5607°58.3'N016°09.2'E07°06.4'N017°09.6'E07°32.2'N016°39.2'E 1.042 43° 242° 144 km 03m01.3s
13:5808°43.8'N017°08.4'E07°52.3'N018°08.7'E08°17.9'N017°38.4'E 1.042 41° 242° 143 km 02m57.9s
14:0009°30.6'N018°11.1'E08°39.5'N019°11.1'E09°04.9'N018°40.9'E 1.041 40° 243° 141 km 02m54.3s
14:0210°18.8'N019°17.7'E09°28.0'N020°17.5'E09°53.2'N019°47.4'E 1.041 38° 243° 140 km 02m50.6s
14:0411°08.5'N020°28.8'E10°18.1'N021°28.3'E10°43.1'N020°58.3'E 1.041 36° 243° 138 km 02m46.7s
14:0611°59.9'N021°45.2'E11°10.0'N022°44.5'E11°34.8'N022°14.6'E 1.040 34° 244° 137 km 02m42.7s
14:0812°53.4'N023°07.9'E12°04.0'N024°06.9'E12°28.5'N023°37.2'E 1.039 32° 244° 135 km 02m38.4s
14:1013°49.4'N024°38.2'E13°00.4'N025°37.1'E13°24.7'N025°07.4'E 1.039 30° 244° 133 km 02m33.9s
14:1214°48.2'N026°18.1'E13°59.8'N027°16.9'E14°23.8'N026°47.2'E 1.038 27° 245° 131 km 02m29.1s
14:1415°50.6'N028°10.2'E15°03.0'N029°09.0'E15°26.6'N028°39.2'E 1.038 25° 246° 128 km 02m23.9s
14:1616°57.9'N030°18.6'E16°11.2'N031°17.7'E16°34.3'N030°47.8'E 1.037 22° 246° 125 km 02m18.3s
14:1818°11.8'N032°50.7'E17°26.4'N033°50.6'E17°48.9'N033°20.2'E 1.036 19° 247° 122 km 02m12.0s
14:2019°36.3'N036°00.9'E18°52.7'N037°03.1'E19°14.2'N036°31.4'E 1.035 15° 248° 118 km 02m04.7s
14:2221°21.8'N040°29.1'E20°42.0'N041°39.3'E21°01.5'N041°03.2'E 1.033 10° 250° 113 km 01m55.2s
Limits24°35.7'N050°58.9'E23°43.6'N051°17.6'E24°09.6'N051°08.2'E 1.030 - 101 km 01m37.4s

ΔT = 16.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:40:41.212:40:24.614°06.2'S006°42.2'W 89.6° 150.0° 159.5 km04m06.60s
Greatest Duration12:35:39.412:35:22.815°14.8'S008°00.7'W 87.1° 73.8° 159.4 km04m06.88s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1785 Feb 09 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 16.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.01°.

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

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