Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1638 Jul 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1638 Jul 10 . 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 -1638 Jul 10
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits54°56.8'N174°11.3'W54°23.6'N172°55.8'W54°40.2'N173°33.2'W 1.014 - 100 km 00m40.8s
14:5657°15.5'N170°18.1'W59°51.3'N163°24.5'W58°49.4'N166°28.0'W 1.015 52° 112 km 00m47.7s
14:5861°17.6'N163°45.9'W62°33.5'N158°45.6'W61°59.0'N161°12.8'W 1.017 10° 57° 119 km 00m52.9s
15:0063°45.2'N159°47.2'W64°36.8'N155°08.0'W64°13.0'N157°26.7'W 1.017 13° 61° 124 km 00m56.6s
15:0265°43.6'N156°30.6'W66°21.0'N151°56.2'W66°03.9'N154°13.0'W 1.018 15° 64° 127 km 00m59.5s
15:0467°25.9'N153°33.4'W67°53.1'N148°57.1'W67°40.9'N151°15.0'W 1.019 17° 68° 129 km 01m02.1s
15:0668°57.6'N150°45.6'W69°16.5'N146°03.9'W69°08.3'N148°24.5'W 1.019 19° 71° 131 km 01m04.4s
15:0870°21.4'N148°01.5'W70°33.2'N143°12.1'W70°28.5'N145°36.4'W 1.020 20° 75° 133 km 01m06.4s
15:1071°39.1'N145°17.2'W71°44.4'N140°18.5'W71°42.9'N142°47.2'W 1.020 21° 78° 134 km 01m08.3s
15:1272°51.6'N142°29.3'W72°50.8'N137°20.3'W72°52.3'N139°54.0'W 1.020 23° 82° 135 km 01m10.0s
15:1473°59.6'N139°35.4'W73°53.0'N134°14.9'W73°57.4'N136°53.6'W 1.021 24° 86° 136 km 01m11.6s
15:1675°03.7'N136°31.6'W74°51.3'N131°00.1'W74°58.6'N133°44.0'W 1.021 25° 90° 137 km 01m13.0s
15:1876°04.0'N133°16.1'W75°45.9'N127°33.6'W75°56.0'N130°22.3'W 1.021 26° 94° 138 km 01m14.4s
15:2077°00.7'N129°45.6'W76°36.8'N123°52.8'W76°49.8'N126°45.9'W 1.021 26° 98° 138 km 01m15.6s
15:2277°53.8'N125°56.8'W77°23.9'N119°55.7'W77°39.9'N122°51.9'W 1.021 27° 103° 139 km 01m16.8s
15:2478°43.1'N121°46.2'W78°07.2'N115°39.9'W78°26.1'N118°37.7'W 1.022 28° 108° 139 km 01m17.8s
15:2679°28.5'N117°10.3'W78°46.4'N111°03.5'W79°08.3'N114°00.4'W 1.022 29° 114° 140 km 01m18.8s
15:2880°09.4'N112°05.8'W79°21.2'N106°05.3'W79°46.1'N108°57.9'W 1.022 29° 120° 140 km 01m19.6s
15:3080°45.6'N106°30.0'W79°51.3'N100°44.5'W80°19.2'N103°28.6'W 1.022 30° 126° 140 km 01m20.5s
15:3281°16.5'N100°21.6'W80°16.3'N095°02.0'W80°46.9'N097°32.6'W 1.022 30° 133° 141 km 01m21.2s
15:3481°41.3'N093°41.5'W80°35.8'N089°00.1'W81°09.0'N091°11.6'W 1.022 31° 141° 141 km 01m21.8s
15:3681°59.7'N086°33.7'W80°49.6'N082°43.0'W81°24.9'N084°30.1'W 1.022 31° 148° 141 km 01m22.4s
15:3882°11.0'N079°05.9'W80°57.4'N076°16.4'W81°34.3'N077°34.6'W 1.023 32° 156° 141 km 01m22.9s
15:4082°15.1'N071°29.0'W80°59.1'N069°47.5'W81°37.1'N070°34.1'W 1.023 32° 164° 141 km 01m23.3s
15:4282°11.9'N063°55.5'W80°54.9'N063°23.6'W81°33.4'N063°38.1'W 1.023 32° 172° 142 km 01m23.7s
15:4482°01.8'N056°37.4'W80°45.0'N057°11.8'W81°23.4'N056°55.7'W 1.023 32° 180° 142 km 01m24.0s
15:4681°45.3'N049°44.4'W80°29.9'N051°17.4'W81°07.6'N050°34.1'W 1.023 33° 188° 142 km 01m24.2s
15:4881°23.1'N043°22.5'W80°10.0'N045°44.5'W80°46.6'N044°38.2'W 1.023 33° 195° 142 km 01m24.4s
15:5080°56.0'N037°34.6'W79°45.7'N040°35.1'W80°21.0'N039°10.3'W 1.023 33° 201° 142 km 01m24.5s
15:5280°24.7'N032°20.4'W79°17.7'N035°49.8'W79°51.4'N034°10.9'W 1.023 33° 207° 142 km 01m24.5s
15:5479°49.9'N027°38.2'W78°46.5'N031°27.9'W79°18.5'N029°38.8'W 1.023 33° 213° 142 km 01m24.5s
15:5679°12.1'N023°25.0'W78°12.3'N027°28.2'W78°42.6'N025°32.1'W 1.023 33° 218° 142 km 01m24.4s
15:5878°31.9'N019°37.6'W77°35.7'N023°48.8'W78°04.2'N021°48.3'W 1.023 33° 223° 142 km 01m24.2s
16:0077°49.5'N016°12.7'W76°57.0'N020°27.8'W77°23.7'N018°24.8'W 1.023 33° 228° 143 km 01m24.0s
16:0277°05.3'N013°07.2'W76°16.3'N017°23.3'W76°41.3'N015°19.3'W 1.023 33° 232° 143 km 01m23.7s
16:0476°19.5'N010°18.5'W75°34.0'N014°33.2'W75°57.3'N012°29.5'W 1.023 32° 236° 143 km 01m23.3s
16:0675°32.3'N007°44.1'W74°50.1'N011°55.9'W75°11.8'N009°53.2'W 1.022 32° 239° 142 km 01m22.9s
16:0874°43.8'N005°21.8'W74°04.9'N009°29.8'W74°24.9'N007°28.6'W 1.022 32° 243° 142 km 01m22.4s
16:1073°54.2'N003°10.0'W73°18.4'N007°13.4'W73°36.8'N005°14.1'W 1.022 32° 246° 142 km 01m21.8s
16:1273°03.4'N001°07.0'W72°30.6'N005°05.4'W72°47.6'N003°08.3'W 1.022 31° 249° 142 km 01m21.2s
16:1472°11.5'N000°48.5'E71°41.7'N003°04.6'W71°57.2'N001°09.9'W 1.022 31° 252° 142 km 01m20.5s
16:1671°18.5'N002°37.8'E70°51.6'N001°10.0'W71°05.6'N000°42.3'E 1.022 30° 255° 142 km 01m19.7s
16:1870°24.4'N004°21.8'E70°00.4'N000°39.3'E70°13.0'N002°29.2'E 1.022 30° 258° 142 km 01m18.8s
16:2069°29.2'N006°01.5'E69°08.0'N002°24.1'E69°19.2'N004°11.7'E 1.022 29° 260° 141 km 01m17.9s
16:2268°32.8'N007°37.8'E68°14.3'N004°05.4'E68°24.2'N005°50.6'E 1.021 29° 263° 141 km 01m16.9s
16:2467°35.1'N009°11.5'E67°19.4'N005°43.8'E67°27.8'N007°26.8'E 1.021 28° 266° 141 km 01m15.8s
16:2666°36.0'N010°43.3'E66°23.1'N007°20.0'E66°30.2'N009°00.9'E 1.021 27° 268° 140 km 01m14.6s
16:2865°35.4'N012°13.9'E65°25.4'N008°54.7'E65°31.0'N010°33.6'E 1.021 26° 270° 140 km 01m13.4s
16:3064°33.0'N013°44.1'E64°26.0'N010°28.7'E64°30.1'N012°05.8'E 1.020 25° 273° 139 km 01m12.0s
16:3263°28.7'N015°14.8'E63°24.7'N012°02.6'E63°27.3'N013°38.2'E 1.020 24° 275° 138 km 01m10.6s
16:3462°22.2'N016°46.6'E62°21.4'N013°37.3'E62°22.4'N015°11.5'E 1.020 23° 277° 137 km 01m09.0s
16:3661°13.0'N018°20.7'E61°15.7'N015°13.7'E61°15.0'N016°46.8'E 1.020 22° 279° 136 km 01m07.3s
16:3860°00.7'N019°58.4'E60°07.1'N016°52.8'E60°04.6'N018°25.2'E 1.019 21° 282° 134 km 01m05.5s
16:4058°44.4'N021°41.1'E58°55.2'N018°36.1'E58°50.5'N020°08.1'E 1.019 20° 284° 133 km 01m03.5s
16:4257°23.3'N023°31.1'E57°39.0'N020°25.3'E57°31.9'N021°57.7'E 1.018 18° 286° 131 km 01m01.4s
16:4455°55.6'N025°31.6'E56°17.4'N022°22.9'E56°07.4'N023°56.6'E 1.018 16° 289° 128 km 00m59.0s
16:4654°18.7'N027°48.1'E54°48.4'N024°33.1'E54°34.6'N026°09.7'E 1.017 14° 291° 125 km 00m56.3s
16:4852°27.0'N030°31.3'E53°08.6'N027°02.9'E52°49.4'N028°45.4'E 1.016 12° 294° 121 km 00m53.1s
16:5050°06.2'N034°09.4'E51°10.5'N030°07.4'E50°41.5'N032°04.0'E 1.016 297° 115 km 00m49.2s
16:52 - - 48°29.0'N034°37.6'E47°24.5'N037°38.4'E 1.014 302° 103 km 00m42.9s
Limits45°22.9'N042°31.9'E44°47.1'N041°38.3'E45°04.9'N042°04.9'E 1.013 - 94 km 00m38.4s

ΔT = 38028.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:27:29.115:53:40.479°24.1'N170°45.2'E 33.0° 212.2° 142.3 km01m24.49s
Greatest Duration02:25:40.915:51:52.179°53.5'N034°29.7'W 33.0° 207.0° 142.3 km01m24.52s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1638 Jul 10 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 38028.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2350.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 9.82°.

Acknowledgments

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

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