Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1709 May 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1709 May 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 -1709 May 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
Limits24°28.5'S104°49.0'E26°01.7'S105°14.7'E25°15.1'S105°01.9'E 1.053 - 177 km 02m55.5s
23:2221°02.9'S115°51.2'E22°53.6'S115°44.3'E21°57.3'S115°50.9'E 1.057 11° 69° 188 km 03m22.3s
23:2419°32.5'S119°59.0'E21°19.5'S120°12.4'E20°25.3'S120°07.6'E 1.058 16° 67° 192 km 03m35.1s
23:2618°20.7'S123°01.6'E20°06.5'S123°24.6'E19°13.0'S123°14.6'E 1.059 19° 66° 196 km 03m45.3s
23:2817°18.8'S125°30.5'E19°04.1'S125°59.5'E18°10.9'S125°46.2'E 1.060 22° 65° 198 km 03m54.3s
23:3016°23.3'S127°38.0'E18°08.4'S128°11.2'E17°15.4'S127°55.7'E 1.061 25° 64° 201 km 04m02.4s
23:3215°32.5'S129°30.4'E17°17.6'S130°07.0'E16°24.6'S129°49.7'E 1.062 27° 63° 203 km 04m09.8s
23:3414°45.3'S131°11.6'E16°30.4'S131°50.7'E15°37.4'S131°32.0'E 1.062 30° 62° 205 km 04m16.9s
23:3614°00.9'S132°43.8'E15°46.1'S133°25.1'E14°53.1'S133°05.3'E 1.063 32° 62° 207 km 04m23.5s
23:3813°18.9'S134°08.9'E15°04.3'S134°52.0'E14°11.2'S134°31.2'E 1.064 34° 61° 208 km 04m29.8s
23:4012°38.9'S135°28.1'E14°24.5'S136°12.7'E13°31.3'S135°51.1'E 1.064 36° 60° 210 km 04m35.9s
23:4212°00.6'S136°42.2'E13°46.4'S137°28.2'E12°53.2'S137°05.9'E 1.064 37° 60° 211 km 04m41.7s
23:4411°23.9'S137°52.1'E13°10.0'S138°39.2'E12°16.6'S138°16.3'E 1.065 39° 59° 213 km 04m47.4s
23:4610°48.6'S138°58.2'E12°34.9'S139°46.4'E11°41.4'S139°22.9'E 1.065 41° 58° 214 km 04m52.8s
23:4810°14.5'S140°01.1'E12°01.0'S140°50.2'E11°07.4'S140°26.2'E 1.066 42° 58° 215 km 04m58.0s
23:5009°41.5'S141°01.2'E11°28.3'S141°51.1'E10°34.5'S141°26.7'E 1.066 44° 57° 216 km 05m03.1s
23:5209°09.5'S141°58.7'E10°56.6'S142°49.4'E10°02.7'S142°24.6'E 1.066 45° 57° 217 km 05m08.1s
23:5408°38.4'S142°54.0'E10°25.8'S143°45.3'E09°31.8'S143°20.1'E 1.067 47° 56° 219 km 05m12.8s
23:5608°08.2'S143°47.2'E09°55.9'S144°39.1'E09°01.8'S144°13.6'E 1.067 48° 55° 219 km 05m17.5s
23:5807°38.9'S144°38.7'E09°26.8'S145°31.0'E08°32.5'S145°05.3'E 1.067 50° 55° 220 km 05m22.0s
00:0007°10.2'S145°28.4'E08°58.5'S146°21.2'E08°04.1'S145°55.2'E 1.068 51° 54° 221 km 05m26.4s
00:0206°42.3'S146°16.7'E08°30.9'S147°09.8'E07°36.3'S146°43.7'E 1.068 52° 53° 222 km 05m30.6s
00:0406°15.1'S147°03.6'E08°04.0'S147°57.1'E07°09.2'S147°30.7'E 1.068 54° 53° 223 km 05m34.7s
00:0605°48.4'S147°49.3'E07°37.7'S148°43.0'E06°42.8'S148°16.5'E 1.068 55° 52° 224 km 05m38.7s
00:0805°22.4'S148°33.8'E07°12.0'S149°27.8'E06°16.9'S149°01.2'E 1.069 56° 51° 225 km 05m42.6s
00:1004°57.0'S149°17.3'E06°46.9'S150°11.5'E05°51.7'S149°44.7'E 1.069 57° 50° 225 km 05m46.3s
00:1204°32.1'S149°59.8'E06°22.3'S150°54.2'E05°27.0'S150°27.3'E 1.069 58° 50° 226 km 05m49.9s
00:1404°07.7'S150°41.5'E05°58.3'S151°36.0'E05°02.8'S151°09.1'E 1.069 60° 49° 227 km 05m53.4s
00:1603°43.9'S151°22.4'E05°34.8'S152°16.9'E04°39.1'S151°50.0'E 1.069 61° 48° 227 km 05m56.8s
00:1803°20.5'S152°02.6'E05°11.7'S152°57.1'E04°15.9'S152°30.2'E 1.070 62° 47° 228 km 06m00.0s
00:2002°57.6'S152°42.1'E04°49.2'S153°36.7'E03°53.2'S153°09.6'E 1.070 63° 46° 229 km 06m03.1s
00:2202°35.1'S153°20.9'E04°27.1'S154°15.5'E03°30.9'S153°48.5'E 1.070 64° 44° 229 km 06m06.1s
00:2402°13.1'S153°59.3'E04°05.4'S154°53.8'E03°09.1'S154°26.8'E 1.070 65° 43° 230 km 06m09.0s
00:2601°51.5'S154°37.1'E03°44.2'S155°31.6'E02°47.7'S155°04.6'E 1.070 66° 42° 230 km 06m11.7s
00:2801°30.4'S155°14.5'E03°23.4'S156°08.8'E02°26.7'S155°41.9'E 1.070 67° 40° 231 km 06m14.4s
00:3001°09.6'S155°51.4'E03°03.0'S156°45.7'E02°06.1'S156°18.8'E 1.070 68° 39° 231 km 06m16.8s
00:3200°49.3'S156°28.0'E02°43.0'S157°22.1'E01°45.9'S156°55.3'E 1.070 69° 37° 232 km 06m19.2s
00:3400°29.3'S157°04.3'E02°23.4'S157°58.2'E01°26.2'S157°31.4'E 1.071 70° 35° 232 km 06m21.4s
00:3600°09.7'S157°40.2'E02°04.2'S158°33.9'E01°06.8'S158°07.3'E 1.071 71° 33° 233 km 06m23.5s
00:3800°09.5'N158°15.9'E01°45.3'S159°09.4'E00°47.8'S158°42.8'E 1.071 72° 31° 233 km 06m25.5s
00:4000°28.3'N158°51.4'E01°26.8'S159°44.6'E00°29.1'S159°18.2'E 1.071 72° 28° 234 km 06m27.3s
00:4200°46.8'N159°26.7'E01°08.7'S160°19.6'E00°10.8'S159°53.3'E 1.071 73° 26° 234 km 06m29.0s
00:4401°04.9'N160°01.8'E00°51.0'S160°54.3'E00°07.1'N160°28.2'E 1.071 74° 23° 235 km 06m30.6s
00:4601°22.6'N160°36.8'E00°33.6'S161°29.0'E00°24.7'N161°03.0'E 1.071 75° 20° 235 km 06m32.0s
00:4801°40.0'N161°11.6'E00°16.5'S162°03.5'E00°41.9'N161°37.7'E 1.071 75° 16° 235 km 06m33.2s
00:5001°57.1'N161°46.4'E00°00.2'N162°37.9'E00°58.8'N162°12.3'E 1.071 76° 12° 236 km 06m34.4s
00:5202°13.8'N162°21.2'E00°16.6'N163°12.3'E01°15.3'N162°46.8'E 1.071 76° 236 km 06m35.3s
00:5402°30.1'N162°55.9'E00°32.6'N163°46.6'E01°31.5'N163°21.3'E 1.071 77° 236 km 06m36.2s
00:5602°46.2'N163°30.6'E00°48.3'N164°20.8'E01°47.3'N163°55.8'E 1.071 77° 360° 236 km 06m36.9s
00:5803°01.8'N164°05.4'E01°03.6'N164°55.1'E02°02.8'N164°30.4'E 1.071 77° 355° 237 km 06m37.4s
01:0003°17.2'N164°40.2'E01°18.6'N165°29.5'E02°18.0'N165°04.9'E 1.071 77° 350° 237 km 06m37.8s
01:0203°32.2'N165°15.1'E01°33.3'N166°03.8'E02°32.8'N165°39.6'E 1.071 77° 345° 237 km 06m38.1s
01:0403°46.8'N165°50.1'E01°47.7'N166°38.3'E02°47.3'N166°14.3'E 1.071 77° 341° 237 km 06m38.2s
01:0604°01.1'N166°25.3'E02°01.7'N167°12.9'E03°01.5'N166°49.1'E 1.071 77° 336° 237 km 06m38.1s
01:0804°15.1'N167°00.6'E02°15.4'N167°47.6'E03°15.3'N167°24.1'E 1.071 77° 331° 237 km 06m37.9s
01:1004°28.7'N167°36.1'E02°28.7'N168°22.5'E03°28.8'N167°59.3'E 1.071 76° 327° 237 km 06m37.5s
01:1204°42.0'N168°11.8'E02°41.7'N168°57.6'E03°41.9'N168°34.7'E 1.071 76° 323° 237 km 06m37.0s
01:1404°54.9'N168°47.7'E02°54.4'N169°32.9'E03°54.7'N169°10.3'E 1.071 75° 319° 237 km 06m36.3s
01:1605°07.5'N169°24.0'E03°06.7'N170°08.5'E04°07.2'N169°46.2'E 1.071 75° 316° 237 km 06m35.5s
01:1805°19.7'N170°00.5'E03°18.7'N170°44.3'E04°19.3'N170°22.3'E 1.071 74° 313° 237 km 06m34.5s
01:2005°31.5'N170°37.3'E03°30.4'N171°20.4'E04°31.0'N170°58.8'E 1.071 73° 310° 237 km 06m33.4s
01:2205°43.0'N171°14.4'E03°41.6'N171°56.8'E04°42.4'N171°35.6'E 1.071 73° 307° 237 km 06m32.1s
01:2405°54.2'N171°52.0'E03°52.6'N172°33.7'E04°53.4'N172°12.7'E 1.071 72° 305° 237 km 06m30.6s
01:2606°04.9'N172°29.9'E04°03.2'N173°10.9'E05°04.1'N172°50.3'E 1.070 71° 302° 236 km 06m29.0s
01:2806°15.3'N173°08.3'E04°13.4'N173°48.5'E05°14.4'N173°28.3'E 1.070 70° 300° 236 km 06m27.2s
01:3006°25.3'N173°47.2'E04°23.2'N174°26.6'E05°24.3'N174°06.7'E 1.070 69° 299° 236 km 06m25.3s
01:3206°34.9'N174°26.6'E04°32.7'N175°05.1'E05°33.8'N174°45.7'E 1.070 68° 297° 236 km 06m23.2s
01:3406°44.0'N175°06.5'E04°41.8'N175°44.2'E05°42.9'N175°25.2'E 1.070 67° 296° 235 km 06m21.0s
01:3606°52.8'N175°47.0'E04°50.5'N176°23.9'E05°51.7'N176°05.3'E 1.070 66° 294° 235 km 06m18.6s
01:3807°01.2'N176°28.1'E04°58.8'N177°04.2'E06°00.0'N176°46.0'E 1.070 65° 293° 234 km 06m16.0s
01:4007°09.1'N177°09.9'E05°06.7'N177°45.1'E06°07.9'N177°27.3'E 1.069 64° 292° 234 km 06m13.3s
01:4207°16.6'N177°52.4'E05°14.1'N178°26.8'E06°15.4'N178°09.4'E 1.069 63° 291° 233 km 06m10.4s
01:4407°23.6'N178°35.7'E05°21.1'N179°09.2'E06°22.4'N178°52.2'E 1.069 62° 290° 233 km 06m07.4s
01:4607°30.2'N179°19.8'E05°27.7'N179°52.4'E06°29.0'N179°35.8'E 1.069 61° 289° 232 km 06m04.2s
01:4807°36.2'N179°55.2'W05°33.8'N179°23.6'W06°35.1'N179°39.7'W 1.069 60° 289° 231 km 06m00.9s
01:5007°41.8'N179°09.4'W05°39.5'N178°38.6'W06°40.7'N178°54.3'W 1.069 59° 288° 231 km 05m57.4s
01:5207°46.9'N178°22.5'W05°44.6'N177°52.6'W06°45.8'N178°07.9'W 1.068 58° 287° 230 km 05m53.8s
01:5407°51.4'N177°34.5'W05°49.3'N177°05.6'W06°50.3'N177°20.4'W 1.068 56° 287° 229 km 05m50.0s
01:5607°55.3'N176°45.4'W05°53.4'N176°17.4'W06°54.4'N176°31.8'W 1.068 55° 286° 228 km 05m46.1s
01:5807°58.7'N175°55.1'W05°56.9'N175°28.0'W06°57.8'N175°41.9'W 1.068 54° 286° 227 km 05m42.0s
02:0008°01.4'N175°03.4'W05°59.8'N174°37.2'W07°00.7'N174°50.7'W 1.067 53° 285° 226 km 05m37.8s
02:0208°03.5'N174°10.2'W06°02.2'N173°45.0'W07°02.9'N173°58.1'W 1.067 51° 285° 225 km 05m33.4s
02:0408°04.9'N173°15.5'W06°03.8'N172°51.2'W07°04.4'N173°03.9'W 1.067 50° 285° 224 km 05m28.8s
02:0608°05.6'N172°19.2'W06°04.8'N171°55.7'W07°05.2'N172°08.0'W 1.067 49° 285° 223 km 05m24.1s
02:0808°05.5'N171°20.9'W06°05.1'N170°58.4'W07°05.3'N171°10.2'W 1.066 47° 284° 222 km 05m19.2s
02:1008°04.5'N170°20.6'W06°04.5'N169°59.0'W07°04.6'N170°10.4'W 1.066 46° 284° 220 km 05m14.2s
02:1208°02.7'N169°18.1'W06°03.1'N168°57.3'W07°03.0'N169°08.3'W 1.066 44° 284° 219 km 05m09.0s
02:1408°00.0'N168°13.0'W06°00.8'N167°53.1'W07°00.4'N168°03.7'W 1.065 43° 284° 218 km 05m03.6s
02:1607°56.2'N167°05.2'W05°57.5'N166°46.1'W06°56.9'N166°56.4'W 1.065 41° 284° 216 km 04m58.0s
02:1807°51.2'N165°54.3'W05°53.1'N165°36.0'W06°52.2'N165°45.9'W 1.064 39° 284° 215 km 04m52.3s
02:2007°45.0'N164°39.9'W05°47.4'N164°22.3'W06°46.3'N164°31.9'W 1.064 38° 284° 213 km 04m46.3s
02:2207°37.4'N163°21.5'W05°40.4'N163°04.5'W06°39.0'N163°13.8'W 1.063 36° 284° 211 km 04m40.1s
02:2407°28.2'N161°58.5'W05°31.9'N161°42.0'W06°30.2'N161°51.1'W 1.063 34° 284° 210 km 04m33.7s
02:2607°17.2'N160°30.0'W05°21.6'N160°13.9'W06°19.5'N160°22.9'W 1.062 32° 284° 208 km 04m27.0s
02:2807°04.1'N158°55.0'W05°09.2'N158°39.2'W06°06.8'N158°48.1'W 1.062 30° 284° 206 km 04m20.0s
02:3006°48.5'N157°12.2'W04°54.3'N156°56.4'W05°51.6'N157°05.3'W 1.061 28° 284° 203 km 04m12.6s
02:3206°29.7'N155°19.4'W04°36.4'N155°03.2'W05°33.2'N155°12.5'W 1.060 26° 284° 201 km 04m04.8s
02:3406°07.0'N153°13.6'W04°14.5'N152°56.6'W05°11.0'N153°06.4'W 1.060 23° 284° 198 km 03m56.4s
02:3605°39.0'N150°49.9'W03°47.2'N150°31.0'W04°43.3'N150°41.9'W 1.059 20° 284° 195 km 03m47.3s
02:3805°03.0'N147°59.1'W03°11.7'N147°36.3'W04°07.7'N147°49.5'W 1.058 17° 284° 192 km 03m37.0s
02:4004°13.2'N144°20.0'W02°21.3'N143°47.5'W03°17.7'N144°06.3'W 1.056 12° 285° 187 km 03m24.6s
02:4202°45.2'N138°24.5'W00°41.6'N136°54.8'W01°45.6'N137°48.7'W 1.054 285° 180 km 03m05.9s
Limits01°10.9'N132°30.0'W00°21.6'S132°50.0'W00°24.7'N132°40.1'W 1.052 - 174 km 02m52.7s

ΔT = 39611.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:01:26.201:01:15.102°27.3'N000°03.3'W 77.2° 347.2° 236.8 km06m37.99s
Greatest Duration12:04:25.101:04:13.902°49.0'N166°18.3'E 77.1° 340.0° 237.0 km06m38.16s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1709 May 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 39611.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2598.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.86°.

Acknowledgments

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

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