Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0768 Oct 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0768 Oct 17 . 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 -0768 Oct 17
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°52.1'S032°22.6'E24°46.8'S031°54.4'E24°19.3'S032°08.6'E 1.018 - 106 km 00m57.8s
03:3024°58.5'S039°13.0'E - - 24°53.8'S036°04.1'E 1.019 96° 115 km 01m02.9s
03:3226°06.1'S043°33.4'E26°16.4'S039°49.0'E26°12.4'S041°48.2'E 1.021 93° 129 km 01m11.3s
03:3427°03.6'S046°24.7'E27°21.1'S043°27.1'E27°13.0'S044°58.8'E 1.022 13° 91° 137 km 01m16.4s
03:3627°56.9'S048°39.0'E28°18.4'S046°02.7'E28°08.1'S047°22.6'E 1.023 15° 89° 144 km 01m20.4s
03:3828°47.8'S050°31.6'E29°11.9'S048°08.0'E29°00.2'S049°21.0'E 1.023 17° 88° 148 km 01m23.8s
03:4029°37.0'S052°09.7'E30°03.3'S049°54.5'E29°50.5'S051°03.0'E 1.024 19° 87° 152 km 01m26.9s
03:4230°25.2'S053°37.0'E30°53.2'S051°28.0'E30°39.5'S052°33.3'E 1.024 21° 85° 156 km 01m29.6s
03:4431°12.5'S054°56.2'E31°42.0'S052°51.7'E31°27.5'S053°54.7'E 1.025 22° 84° 159 km 01m32.1s
03:4631°59.2'S056°08.9'E32°29.9'S054°08.0'E32°14.8'S055°09.0'E 1.025 24° 83° 161 km 01m34.4s
03:4832°45.4'S057°16.3'E33°17.3'S055°18.2'E33°01.6'S056°17.8'E 1.025 25° 81° 163 km 01m36.5s
03:5033°31.2'S058°19.2'E34°04.2'S056°23.4'E33°47.9'S057°21.8'E 1.026 26° 80° 164 km 01m38.4s
03:5234°16.7'S059°18.5'E34°50.8'S057°24.6'E34°33.9'S058°22.0'E 1.026 27° 79° 165 km 01m40.2s
03:5435°02.0'S060°14.5'E35°37.0'S058°22.2'E35°19.7'S059°18.8'E 1.026 28° 77° 166 km 01m41.9s
03:5635°47.2'S061°07.8'E36°23.1'S059°16.8'E36°05.3'S060°12.7'E 1.027 29° 76° 167 km 01m43.5s
03:5836°32.2'S061°58.8'E37°09.0'S060°08.8'E36°50.8'S061°04.2'E 1.027 30° 74° 167 km 01m44.9s
04:0037°17.2'S062°47.7'E37°54.8'S060°58.5'E37°36.2'S061°53.5'E 1.027 31° 73° 167 km 01m46.3s
04:0238°02.1'S063°34.7'E38°40.6'S061°46.4'E38°21.5'S062°41.0'E 1.027 32° 72° 167 km 01m47.5s
04:0438°47.1'S064°20.3'E39°26.4'S062°32.5'E39°06.9'S063°26.8'E 1.027 32° 70° 167 km 01m48.7s
04:0639°32.1'S065°04.4'E40°12.2'S063°17.1'E39°52.3'S064°11.2'E 1.028 33° 69° 167 km 01m49.8s
04:0840°17.2'S065°47.3'E40°58.1'S064°00.5'E40°37.8'S064°54.3'E 1.028 34° 67° 166 km 01m50.8s
04:1041°02.3'S066°29.3'E41°44.1'S064°42.7'E41°23.3'S065°36.4'E 1.028 34° 66° 166 km 01m51.7s
04:1241°47.6'S067°10.3'E42°30.2'S065°23.9'E42°09.0'S066°17.5'E 1.028 35° 64° 165 km 01m52.5s
04:1442°33.1'S067°50.6'E43°16.5'S066°04.4'E42°54.9'S066°57.9'E 1.028 35° 63° 165 km 01m53.2s
04:1643°18.7'S068°30.3'E44°02.9'S066°44.2'E43°40.9'S067°37.6'E 1.028 35° 61° 164 km 01m53.8s
04:1844°04.6'S069°09.4'E44°49.6'S067°23.4'E44°27.2'S068°16.8'E 1.028 36° 60° 163 km 01m54.4s
04:2044°50.7'S069°48.2'E45°36.5'S068°02.2'E45°13.7'S068°55.6'E 1.028 36° 58° 163 km 01m54.9s
04:2245°37.0'S070°26.7'E46°23.7'S068°40.6'E46°00.4'S069°34.1'E 1.028 36° 56° 162 km 01m55.3s
04:2446°23.6'S071°05.1'E47°11.1'S069°18.9'E46°47.5'S070°12.4'E 1.028 37° 55° 161 km 01m55.7s
04:2647°10.6'S071°43.4'E47°58.9'S069°57.0'E47°34.8'S070°50.7'E 1.028 37° 53° 160 km 01m55.9s
04:2847°57.8'S072°21.7'E48°47.1'S070°35.2'E48°22.5'S071°28.9'E 1.028 37° 51° 159 km 01m56.1s
04:3048°45.5'S073°00.3'E49°35.6'S071°13.5'E49°10.6'S072°07.4'E 1.028 37° 50° 158 km 01m56.2s
04:3249°33.5'S073°39.0'E50°24.6'S071°52.0'E49°59.1'S072°46.0'E 1.028 37° 48° 157 km 01m56.2s
04:3450°21.9'S074°18.2'E51°14.0'S072°31.0'E50°48.0'S073°25.1'E 1.028 37° 46° 156 km 01m56.2s
04:3651°10.8'S074°57.9'E52°03.9'S073°10.3'E51°37.4'S074°04.7'E 1.028 37° 45° 155 km 01m56.1s
04:3852°00.2'S075°38.2'E52°54.3'S073°50.4'E52°27.3'S074°44.9'E 1.028 37° 43° 154 km 01m55.9s
04:4052°50.1'S076°19.4'E53°45.2'S074°31.2'E53°17.7'S075°25.8'E 1.028 37° 41° 153 km 01m55.6s
04:4253°40.6'S077°01.4'E54°36.8'S075°12.9'E54°08.7'S076°07.7'E 1.028 36° 39° 152 km 01m55.3s
04:4454°31.6'S077°44.6'E55°29.0'S075°55.7'E55°00.4'S076°50.7'E 1.028 36° 38° 151 km 01m54.9s
04:4655°23.3'S078°29.0'E56°21.9'S076°39.7'E55°52.6'S077°35.0'E 1.028 36° 36° 150 km 01m54.4s
04:4856°15.7'S079°14.9'E57°15.6'S077°25.3'E56°45.7'S078°20.8'E 1.028 36° 34° 149 km 01m53.8s
04:5057°08.9'S080°02.5'E58°10.0'S078°12.6'E57°39.4'S079°08.3'E 1.028 35° 32° 148 km 01m53.1s
04:5258°02.8'S080°52.0'E59°05.3'S079°01.8'E58°34.0'S079°57.7'E 1.028 35° 30° 147 km 01m52.4s
04:5458°57.5'S081°43.9'E60°01.5'S079°53.4'E59°29.5'S080°49.4'E 1.028 34° 28° 146 km 01m51.6s
04:5659°53.2'S082°38.3'E60°58.7'S080°47.6'E60°26.0'S081°43.8'E 1.028 34° 26° 145 km 01m50.7s
04:5860°49.9'S083°35.7'E61°57.0'S081°45.0'E61°23.4'S082°41.2'E 1.027 33° 24° 143 km 01m49.7s
05:0061°47.7'S084°36.5'E62°56.5'S082°45.9'E62°22.0'S083°42.1'E 1.027 33° 22° 142 km 01m48.6s
05:0262°46.6'S085°41.3'E63°57.3'S083°51.0'E63°21.8'S084°47.2'E 1.027 32° 20° 141 km 01m47.4s
05:0463°46.7'S086°50.9'E64°59.4'S085°01.1'E64°23.0'S085°57.0'E 1.027 31° 18° 140 km 01m46.1s
05:0664°48.2'S088°05.9'E66°03.0'S086°17.0'E65°25.5'S087°12.6'E 1.027 30° 16° 139 km 01m44.8s
05:0865°51.3'S089°27.5'E67°08.4'S087°40.0'E66°29.7'S088°34.9'E 1.026 30° 14° 138 km 01m43.3s
05:1066°55.9'S090°56.9'E68°15.5'S089°11.6'E67°35.5'S090°05.5'E 1.026 29° 11° 136 km 01m41.7s
05:1268°02.3'S092°35.7'E69°24.6'S090°53.7'E68°43.3'S091°46.0'E 1.026 28° 135 km 01m40.0s
05:1469°10.7'S094°26.3'E70°36.0'S092°49.0'E69°53.1'S093°38.9'E 1.025 27° 134 km 01m38.1s
05:1670°21.2'S096°31.4'E71°49.9'S095°01.1'E71°05.2'S095°47.5'E 1.025 26° 133 km 01m36.2s
05:1871°34.0'S098°55.1'E73°06.5'S097°35.2'E72°19.9'S098°16.3'E 1.025 24° 360° 131 km 01m34.1s
05:2072°49.5'S101°43.2'E74°26.1'S100°39.0'E73°37.4'S101°11.9'E 1.024 23° 356° 130 km 01m31.8s
05:2274°07.8'S105°04.1'E75°49.1'S104°24.5'E74°57.9'S104°44.3'E 1.024 22° 352° 128 km 01m29.3s
05:2475°29.0'S109°10.7'E77°15.4'S109°11.2'E76°21.6'S109°09.4'E 1.023 20° 347° 126 km 01m26.6s
05:2676°53.2'S114°24.4'E78°45.0'S115°33.4'E77°48.3'S114°53.9'E 1.023 18° 340° 124 km 01m23.6s
05:2878°19.7'S121°21.6'E80°16.2'S124°35.6'E79°17.2'S122°45.6'E 1.022 16° 332° 122 km 01m20.2s
05:3079°46.2'S131°10.2'E81°43.5'S138°29.5'E80°44.6'S134°17.7'E 1.022 14° 320° 120 km 01m16.4s
05:3281°05.2'S146°04.5'E82°46.5'S161°42.5'E81°58.5'S152°39.3'E 1.021 11° 301° 116 km 01m11.7s
05:3481°51.1'S170°34.8'E81°58.4'S158°11.0'W82°13.5'S176°07.3'W 1.019 269° 112 km 01m05.3s
Limits78°59.0'S139°28.0'W79°40.3'S136°08.1'W79°19.7'S137°51.5'W 1.017 - 103 km 00m55.9s

ΔT = 21282.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:27:20.504:32:38.450°14.7'S015°56.6'W 36.9° 47.5° 156.8 km01m56.25s
Greatest Duration10:26:39.404:31:57.249°58.0'S072°45.1'E 36.9° 48.1° 157.1 km01m56.25s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0768 Oct 17 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 21282.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 533.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.23°.

Acknowledgments

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

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