Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1666 Jan 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1666 Jan 24 . 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 -1666 Jan 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits02°07.7'N122°46.8'W01°06.7'N123°14.6'W01°37.2'N123°00.6'W 1.037 - 124 km 01m59.4s
14:3201°32.2'S114°01.0'W02°23.1'S115°06.0'W01°58.4'S114°31.9'W 1.040 10° 112° 134 km 02m18.5s
14:3403°23.5'S109°41.6'W04°22.3'S110°35.3'W03°53.4'S110°07.4'W 1.041 15° 112° 139 km 02m30.1s
14:3604°43.2'S106°36.6'W05°46.2'S107°26.0'W05°15.1'S107°00.5'W 1.043 19° 112° 143 km 02m39.1s
14:3805°47.8'S104°06.4'W06°53.8'S104°53.2'W06°21.1'S104°29.1'W 1.044 22° 112° 146 km 02m46.9s
14:4006°43.0'S101°57.4'W07°51.4'S102°42.3'W07°17.5'S102°19.1'W 1.044 25° 111° 149 km 02m53.9s
14:4207°31.5'S100°02.9'W08°42.0'S100°46.3'W08°07.0'S100°24.0'W 1.045 27° 111° 151 km 03m00.4s
14:4408°15.0'S098°19.2'W09°27.3'S099°01.4'W08°51.4'S098°39.7'W 1.046 30° 111° 153 km 03m06.5s
14:4608°54.4'S096°43.9'W10°08.4'S097°24.9'W09°31.6'S097°03.8'W 1.046 32° 110° 155 km 03m12.3s
14:4809°30.5'S095°15.3'W10°46.1'S095°55.2'W10°08.5'S095°34.7'W 1.047 34° 110° 157 km 03m17.8s
14:5010°03.8'S093°52.2'W11°20.8'S094°31.1'W10°42.5'S094°11.1'W 1.048 36° 110° 158 km 03m23.1s
14:5210°34.6'S092°33.7'W11°53.0'S093°11.6'W11°14.0'S092°52.2'W 1.048 38° 110° 160 km 03m28.2s
14:5411°03.4'S091°19.2'W12°23.0'S091°56.1'W11°43.4'S091°37.2'W 1.048 39° 109° 161 km 03m33.2s
14:5611°30.2'S090°08.2'W12°51.0'S090°44.1'W12°10.8'S090°25.6'W 1.049 41° 109° 163 km 03m38.0s
14:5811°55.3'S089°00.1'W13°17.3'S089°35.0'W12°36.5'S089°17.1'W 1.049 43° 109° 164 km 03m42.6s
15:0012°18.9'S087°54.6'W13°42.0'S088°28.5'W13°00.6'S088°11.1'W 1.050 44° 109° 165 km 03m47.1s
15:0212°41.0'S086°51.5'W14°05.1'S087°24.4'W13°23.2'S087°07.5'W 1.050 46° 108° 166 km 03m51.4s
15:0413°01.9'S085°50.5'W14°27.0'S086°22.4'W13°44.5'S086°06.0'W 1.050 47° 108° 167 km 03m55.7s
15:0613°21.5'S084°51.3'W14°47.5'S085°22.2'W14°04.6'S085°06.4'W 1.051 49° 108° 168 km 03m59.8s
15:0813°39.9'S083°53.9'W15°06.9'S084°23.8'W14°23.5'S084°08.4'W 1.051 50° 108° 169 km 04m03.8s
15:1013°57.3'S082°57.9'W15°25.1'S083°26.8'W14°41.3'S083°12.0'W 1.051 52° 108° 170 km 04m07.7s
15:1214°13.7'S082°03.4'W15°42.3'S082°31.2'W14°58.1'S082°17.0'W 1.052 53° 107° 171 km 04m11.4s
15:1414°29.1'S081°10.2'W15°58.6'S081°37.0'W15°13.9'S081°23.2'W 1.052 54° 107° 172 km 04m15.1s
15:1614°43.6'S080°18.2'W16°13.8'S080°43.8'W15°28.8'S080°30.6'W 1.052 56° 107° 173 km 04m18.6s
15:1814°57.2'S079°27.2'W16°28.2'S079°51.8'W15°42.8'S079°39.1'W 1.052 57° 107° 173 km 04m22.1s
15:2015°10.0'S078°37.2'W16°41.7'S079°00.7'W15°55.9'S078°48.6'W 1.053 58° 107° 174 km 04m25.4s
15:2215°22.0'S077°48.2'W16°54.4'S078°10.5'W16°08.3'S077°59.0'W 1.053 60° 107° 175 km 04m28.6s
15:2415°33.3'S077°00.0'W17°06.2'S077°21.2'W16°19.8'S077°10.3'W 1.053 61° 107° 176 km 04m31.7s
15:2615°43.8'S076°12.6'W17°17.3'S076°32.6'W16°30.6'S076°22.3'W 1.053 62° 107° 176 km 04m34.7s
15:2815°53.5'S075°25.9'W17°27.7'S075°44.8'W16°40.7'S075°35.1'W 1.053 63° 107° 177 km 04m37.6s
15:3016°02.6'S074°39.9'W17°37.3'S074°57.6'W16°50.0'S074°48.5'W 1.054 65° 107° 177 km 04m40.4s
15:3216°11.0'S073°54.5'W17°46.2'S074°11.1'W16°58.7'S074°02.5'W 1.054 66° 107° 178 km 04m43.0s
15:3416°18.8'S073°09.7'W17°54.4'S073°25.1'W17°06.6'S073°17.2'W 1.054 67° 107° 179 km 04m45.5s
15:3616°25.9'S072°25.5'W18°02.0'S072°39.6'W17°14.0'S072°32.3'W 1.054 68° 107° 179 km 04m48.0s
15:3816°32.4'S071°41.8'W18°08.9'S071°54.7'W17°20.7'S071°48.0'W 1.054 69° 108° 180 km 04m50.2s
15:4016°38.2'S070°58.5'W18°15.1'S071°10.2'W17°26.7'S071°04.1'W 1.054 71° 108° 180 km 04m52.4s
15:4216°43.5'S070°15.7'W18°20.8'S070°26.1'W17°32.2'S070°20.7'W 1.054 72° 108° 180 km 04m54.5s
15:4416°48.2'S069°33.3'W18°25.8'S069°42.5'W17°37.0'S069°37.7'W 1.055 73° 109° 181 km 04m56.4s
15:4616°52.3'S068°51.2'W18°30.2'S068°59.2'W17°41.3'S068°55.0'W 1.055 74° 110° 181 km 04m58.2s
15:4816°55.9'S068°09.5'W18°34.0'S068°16.2'W17°45.0'S068°12.7'W 1.055 75° 110° 182 km 04m59.9s
15:5016°58.8'S067°28.1'W18°37.2'S067°33.6'W17°48.1'S067°30.7'W 1.055 76° 111° 182 km 05m01.4s
15:5217°01.3'S066°47.0'W18°39.9'S066°51.2'W17°50.6'S066°49.0'W 1.055 77° 113° 182 km 05m02.9s
15:5417°03.2'S066°06.2'W18°42.0'S066°09.1'W17°52.6'S066°07.6'W 1.055 78° 114° 182 km 05m04.2s
15:5617°04.5'S065°25.6'W18°43.5'S065°27.3'W17°54.0'S065°26.4'W 1.055 79° 116° 183 km 05m05.3s
15:5817°05.3'S064°45.3'W18°44.4'S064°45.7'W17°54.9'S064°45.4'W 1.055 80° 119° 183 km 05m06.4s
16:0017°05.6'S064°05.1'W18°44.8'S064°04.2'W17°55.2'S064°04.6'W 1.055 81° 122° 183 km 05m07.3s
16:0217°05.4'S063°25.2'W18°44.7'S063°23.0'W17°55.0'S063°24.0'W 1.055 82° 126° 183 km 05m08.0s
16:0417°04.7'S062°45.3'W18°43.9'S062°41.9'W17°54.3'S062°43.6'W 1.055 83° 131° 183 km 05m08.7s
16:0617°03.4'S062°05.7'W18°42.7'S062°01.0'W17°53.1'S062°03.3'W 1.055 84° 137° 183 km 05m09.2s
16:0817°01.6'S061°26.1'W18°40.9'S061°20.2'W17°51.3'S061°23.1'W 1.055 85° 145° 184 km 05m09.5s
16:1016°59.3'S060°46.6'W18°38.6'S060°39.5'W17°49.0'S060°43.0'W 1.055 85° 156° 184 km 05m09.8s
16:1216°56.5'S060°07.3'W18°35.7'S059°58.8'W17°46.1'S060°03.1'W 1.055 85° 168° 184 km 05m09.9s
16:1416°53.2'S059°27.9'W18°32.3'S059°18.3'W17°42.8'S059°23.1'W 1.055 85° 182° 184 km 05m09.9s
16:1616°49.4'S058°48.7'W18°28.4'S058°37.8'W17°38.9'S058°43.2'W 1.055 85° 194° 184 km 05m09.7s
16:1816°45.1'S058°09.4'W18°23.9'S057°57.3'W17°34.5'S058°03.4'W 1.055 85° 206° 184 km 05m09.4s
16:2016°40.3'S057°30.1'W18°18.9'S057°16.8'W17°29.6'S057°23.5'W 1.055 84° 215° 183 km 05m09.0s
16:2216°34.9'S056°50.9'W18°13.3'S056°36.3'W17°24.2'S056°43.7'W 1.055 83° 222° 183 km 05m08.5s
16:2416°29.1'S056°11.5'W18°07.3'S055°55.8'W17°18.2'S056°03.8'W 1.055 82° 227° 183 km 05m07.8s
16:2616°22.7'S055°32.2'W18°00.6'S055°15.2'W17°11.7'S055°23.8'W 1.055 82° 231° 183 km 05m07.0s
16:2816°15.9'S054°52.7'W17°53.5'S054°34.6'W17°04.7'S054°43.8'W 1.055 81° 235° 183 km 05m06.0s
16:3016°08.5'S054°13.1'W17°45.8'S053°53.9'W16°57.2'S054°03.6'W 1.055 80° 237° 183 km 05m05.0s
16:3216°00.5'S053°33.4'W17°37.5'S053°13.1'W16°49.1'S053°23.4'W 1.055 79° 239° 183 km 05m03.8s
16:3415°52.1'S052°53.6'W17°28.7'S052°32.1'W16°40.4'S052°43.0'W 1.055 78° 241° 182 km 05m02.4s
16:3615°43.1'S052°13.6'W17°19.3'S051°51.0'W16°31.3'S052°02.5'W 1.055 76° 243° 182 km 05m01.0s
16:3815°33.6'S051°33.4'W17°09.4'S051°09.7'W16°21.6'S051°21.7'W 1.055 75° 244° 182 km 04m59.4s
16:4015°23.5'S050°53.0'W16°58.9'S050°28.2'W16°11.3'S050°40.8'W 1.055 74° 245° 181 km 04m57.7s
16:4215°12.9'S050°12.3'W16°47.8'S049°46.4'W16°00.4'S049°59.6'W 1.055 73° 245° 181 km 04m55.9s
16:4415°01.7'S049°31.3'W16°36.2'S049°04.4'W15°49.0'S049°18.1'W 1.055 72° 246° 181 km 04m54.0s
16:4614°50.0'S048°50.1'W16°23.9'S048°22.2'W15°37.0'S048°36.3'W 1.055 71° 246° 180 km 04m52.0s
16:4814°37.6'S048°08.5'W16°11.0'S047°39.6'W15°24.4'S047°54.2'W 1.054 70° 247° 180 km 04m49.8s
16:5014°24.7'S047°26.5'W15°57.6'S046°56.6'W15°11.2'S047°11.8'W 1.054 69° 247° 179 km 04m47.5s
16:5214°11.1'S046°44.1'W15°43.5'S046°13.2'W14°57.4'S046°28.9'W 1.054 67° 248° 179 km 04m45.2s
16:5413°57.0'S046°01.2'W15°28.7'S045°29.5'W14°42.9'S045°45.6'W 1.054 66° 248° 179 km 04m42.7s
16:5613°42.2'S045°17.9'W15°13.3'S044°45.2'W14°27.8'S045°01.8'W 1.054 65° 248° 178 km 04m40.0s
16:5813°26.7'S044°34.0'W14°57.2'S044°00.4'W14°12.1'S044°17.5'W 1.054 64° 248° 177 km 04m37.3s
17:0013°10.6'S043°49.6'W14°40.4'S043°15.1'W13°55.6'S043°32.6'W 1.054 63° 248° 177 km 04m34.5s
17:0212°53.8'S043°04.5'W14°22.9'S042°29.1'W13°38.4'S042°47.1'W 1.053 61° 248° 176 km 04m31.6s
17:0412°36.2'S042°18.7'W14°04.7'S041°42.5'W13°20.6'S042°00.9'W 1.053 60° 248° 176 km 04m28.5s
17:0612°17.9'S041°32.2'W13°45.7'S040°55.2'W13°01.9'S041°14.0'W 1.053 59° 248° 175 km 04m25.4s
17:0811°58.9'S040°44.8'W13°25.9'S040°07.0'W12°42.5'S040°26.2'W 1.053 58° 248° 174 km 04m22.2s
17:1011°39.0'S039°56.5'W13°05.2'S039°17.9'W12°22.3'S039°37.6'W 1.052 56° 248° 174 km 04m18.8s
17:1211°18.3'S039°07.3'W12°43.8'S038°27.9'W12°01.2'S038°47.9'W 1.052 55° 248° 173 km 04m15.3s
17:1410°56.8'S038°16.9'W12°21.4'S037°36.9'W11°39.2'S037°57.2'W 1.052 54° 248° 172 km 04m11.8s
17:1610°34.3'S037°25.4'W11°58.0'S036°44.6'W11°16.3'S037°05.4'W 1.052 52° 248° 171 km 04m08.1s
17:1810°10.8'S036°32.6'W11°33.7'S035°51.1'W10°52.4'S036°12.2'W 1.051 51° 248° 170 km 04m04.3s
17:2009°46.3'S035°38.3'W11°08.3'S034°56.2'W10°27.4'S035°17.6'W 1.051 49° 248° 170 km 04m00.5s
17:2209°20.7'S034°42.5'W10°41.7'S033°59.7'W10°01.4'S034°21.5'W 1.051 48° 248° 169 km 03m56.5s
17:2408°53.9'S033°44.9'W10°14.0'S033°01.4'W09°34.1'S033°23.5'W 1.050 46° 248° 168 km 03m52.4s
17:2608°25.8'S032°45.3'W09°45.0'S032°01.2'W09°05.6'S032°23.6'W 1.050 45° 247° 167 km 03m48.1s
17:2807°56.4'S031°43.5'W09°14.5'S030°58.8'W08°35.6'S031°21.6'W 1.050 43° 247° 165 km 03m43.8s
17:3007°25.5'S030°39.2'W08°42.5'S029°53.9'W08°04.2'S030°17.0'W 1.049 42° 247° 164 km 03m39.3s
17:3206°52.9'S029°32.1'W08°08.8'S028°46.2'W07°31.1'S029°09.6'W 1.049 40° 247° 163 km 03m34.7s
17:3406°18.5'S028°21.8'W07°33.3'S027°35.2'W06°56.1'S027°59.0'W 1.049 38° 247° 162 km 03m29.9s
17:3605°42.1'S027°07.7'W06°55.7'S026°20.5'W06°19.1'S026°44.6'W 1.048 36° 247° 160 km 03m24.9s
17:3805°03.3'S025°49.2'W06°15.6'S025°01.4'W05°39.7'S025°25.8'W 1.048 34° 247° 159 km 03m19.8s
17:4004°21.9'S024°25.5'W05°32.8'S023°37.1'W04°57.6'S024°01.8'W 1.047 32° 247° 157 km 03m14.5s
17:4203°37.4'S022°55.6'W04°46.8'S022°06.3'W04°12.3'S022°31.5'W 1.046 30° 247° 155 km 03m08.9s
17:4402°49.0'S021°17.8'W03°56.8'S020°27.7'W03°23.2'S020°53.3'W 1.046 28° 246° 153 km 03m03.0s
17:4601°55.9'S019°30.0'W03°01.9'S018°39.0'W02°29.2'S019°05.1'W 1.045 25° 246° 151 km 02m56.7s
17:4800°56.8'S017°29.0'W02°00.6'S016°36.7'W01°29.0'S017°03.5'W 1.044 23° 246° 148 km 02m50.0s
17:5000°10.9'N015°09.2'W00°50.4'S014°15.0'W00°20.2'S014°42.8'W 1.043 20° 246° 145 km 02m42.6s
17:5201°31.4'N012°19.7'W00°33.6'N011°22.5'W01°02.0'N011°52.0'W 1.042 16° 246° 142 km 02m34.2s
17:5403°16.3'N008°33.4'W02°24.2'N007°28.9'W02°49.6'N008°02.4'W 1.041 11° 247° 137 km 02m23.8s
17:5606°41.5'N000°45.7'W - - 06°42.2'N000°45.0'E 1.038 247° 127 km 02m03.4s
Limits07°43.9'N001°44.9'E06°42.2'N002°13.3'E07°13.0'N001°59.0'E 1.037 - 125 km 02m00.9s

ΔT = 38657.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:57:36.016:13:18.217°44.0'S138°52.1'E 85.4° 177.0° 183.6 km05m09.90s
Greatest Duration02:56:56.116:12:38.317°45.1'S059°50.3'W 85.4° 172.6° 183.6 km05m09.91s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1666 Jan 24 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 38657.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2448.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.23°.

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

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