Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1717 Apr 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1717 Apr 16 . 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 -1717 Apr 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits43°46.4'S047°56.2'W45°23.8'S047°52.8'W44°35.0'S047°54.4'W 1.053 - 180 km 02m51.8s
09:3043°07.0'S041°19.3'W - - 44°19.8'S044°50.9'W 1.054 82° 182 km 02m56.7s
09:3241°40.9'S032°22.2'W43°44.1'S033°55.7'W42°41.6'S033°01.8'W 1.057 11° 74° 190 km 03m17.9s
09:3440°33.5'S027°20.9'W42°32.4'S027°58.4'W41°32.2'S027°36.0'W 1.058 16° 69° 194 km 03m29.3s
09:3639°32.6'S023°35.2'W41°28.8'S023°45.2'W40°30.1'S023°37.7'W 1.059 19° 66° 197 km 03m38.3s
09:3838°35.5'S020°31.0'W40°29.7'S020°23.5'W39°32.1'S020°25.4'W 1.060 22° 64° 200 km 03m46.2s
09:4037°41.2'S017°54.2'W39°33.6'S017°33.9'W38°36.8'S017°42.6'W 1.061 25° 62° 202 km 03m53.2s
09:4236°48.8'S015°37.1'W38°39.7'S015°07.0'W37°43.8'S015°20.8'W 1.062 27° 60° 204 km 03m59.6s
09:4435°58.2'S013°34.8'W37°47.7'S012°56.9'W36°52.4'S013°14.8'W 1.062 30° 58° 206 km 04m05.6s
09:4635°08.9'S011°44.5'W36°57.1'S011°00.0'W36°02.5'S011°21.4'W 1.063 32° 56° 207 km 04m11.2s
09:4834°20.9'S010°03.8'W36°07.8'S009°13.9'W35°13.9'S009°38.1'W 1.063 34° 55° 209 km 04m16.5s
09:5033°33.9'S008°31.2'W35°19.6'S007°36.6'W34°26.3'S008°03.2'W 1.064 35° 54° 210 km 04m21.5s
09:5232°47.8'S007°05.5'W34°32.5'S006°06.7'W33°39.7'S006°35.5'W 1.064 37° 52° 212 km 04m26.3s
09:5432°02.6'S005°45.6'W33°46.2'S004°43.3'W32°54.0'S005°14.0'W 1.065 39° 51° 213 km 04m30.8s
09:5631°18.2'S004°30.9'W33°00.8'S003°25.4'W32°09.1'S003°57.7'W 1.065 41° 50° 214 km 04m35.1s
09:5830°34.5'S003°20.6'W32°16.1'S002°12.3'W31°24.9'S002°46.1'W 1.066 42° 48° 216 km 04m39.3s
10:0029°51.4'S002°14.4'W31°32.1'S001°03.5'W30°41.4'S001°38.6'W 1.066 44° 47° 217 km 04m43.3s
10:0229°08.9'S001°11.7'W30°48.7'S000°01.5'E29°58.5'S000°34.8'W 1.066 45° 46° 218 km 04m47.1s
10:0428°27.0'S000°12.1'W30°05.9'S001°03.0'E29°16.1'S000°25.7'E 1.067 46° 45° 219 km 04m50.8s
10:0627°45.6'S000°44.5'E29°23.7'S002°01.6'E28°34.3'S001°23.3'E 1.067 48° 44° 220 km 04m54.3s
10:0827°04.7'S001°38.6'E28°42.1'S002°57.4'E27°53.1'S002°18.2'E 1.067 49° 42° 221 km 04m57.7s
10:1026°24.3'S002°30.4'E28°00.9'S003°50.7'E27°12.3'S003°10.7'E 1.068 51° 41° 222 km 05m01.0s
10:1225°44.3'S003°19.9'E27°20.2'S004°41.7'E26°31.9'S004°01.0'E 1.068 52° 40° 222 km 05m04.1s
10:1425°04.7'S004°07.6'E26°39.9'S005°30.6'E25°52.0'S004°49.3'E 1.068 53° 39° 223 km 05m07.1s
10:1624°25.5'S004°53.4'E26°00.1'S006°17.7'E25°12.5'S005°35.7'E 1.068 54° 38° 224 km 05m10.0s
10:1823°46.7'S005°37.7'E25°20.6'S007°03.0'E24°33.4'S006°20.5'E 1.069 56° 36° 225 km 05m12.8s
10:2023°08.2'S006°20.4'E24°41.5'S007°46.7'E23°54.6'S007°03.7'E 1.069 57° 35° 226 km 05m15.5s
10:2222°30.1'S007°01.7'E24°02.8'S008°29.0'E23°16.2'S007°45.4'E 1.069 58° 34° 226 km 05m18.0s
10:2421°52.2'S007°41.7'E23°24.5'S009°09.9'E22°38.1'S008°25.9'E 1.069 59° 32° 227 km 05m20.4s
10:2621°14.7'S008°20.6'E22°46.5'S009°49.6'E22°00.4'S009°05.2'E 1.069 60° 31° 228 km 05m22.8s
10:2820°37.5'S008°58.4'E22°08.8'S010°28.1'E21°22.9'S009°43.3'E 1.070 61° 29° 228 km 05m25.0s
10:3020°00.6'S009°35.2'E21°31.4'S011°05.6'E20°45.7'S010°20.5'E 1.070 62° 28° 229 km 05m27.1s
10:3219°23.9'S010°11.0'E20°54.3'S011°42.1'E20°08.9'S010°56.6'E 1.070 63° 26° 230 km 05m29.1s
10:3418°47.5'S010°46.1'E20°17.5'S012°17.8'E19°32.3'S011°31.9'E 1.070 64° 25° 230 km 05m31.0s
10:3618°11.3'S011°20.3'E19°41.0'S012°52.6'E18°55.9'S012°06.5'E 1.070 65° 23° 231 km 05m32.9s
10:3817°35.4'S011°53.8'E19°04.7'S013°26.6'E18°19.8'S012°40.2'E 1.070 66° 21° 232 km 05m34.6s
10:4016°59.7'S012°26.7'E18°28.7'S013°59.9'E17°44.0'S013°13.3'E 1.070 67° 19° 232 km 05m36.2s
10:4216°24.2'S012°58.9'E17°52.9'S014°32.7'E17°08.3'S013°45.8'E 1.071 68° 17° 233 km 05m37.7s
10:4415°48.9'S013°30.7'E17°17.3'S015°04.8'E16°32.9'S014°17.7'E 1.071 69° 14° 233 km 05m39.1s
10:4615°13.9'S014°01.9'E16°42.0'S015°36.4'E15°57.8'S014°49.1'E 1.071 69° 12° 234 km 05m40.5s
10:4814°39.0'S014°32.6'E16°06.9'S016°07.5'E15°22.8'S015°20.1'E 1.071 70° 234 km 05m41.7s
10:5014°04.3'S015°03.0'E15°32.1'S016°38.2'E14°48.0'S015°50.6'E 1.071 71° 235 km 05m42.8s
10:5213°29.9'S015°33.0'E14°57.4'S017°08.5'E14°13.5'S016°20.7'E 1.071 72° 235 km 05m43.8s
10:5412°55.6'S016°02.7'E14°23.0'S017°38.5'E13°39.1'S016°50.6'E 1.071 72° 236 km 05m44.8s
10:5612°21.4'S016°32.1'E13°48.7'S018°08.1'E13°04.9'S017°20.1'E 1.071 73° 357° 236 km 05m45.6s
10:5811°47.5'S017°01.2'E13°14.6'S018°37.5'E12°30.9'S017°49.4'E 1.071 73° 354° 237 km 05m46.4s
11:0011°13.7'S017°30.2'E12°40.7'S019°06.7'E11°57.0'S018°18.4'E 1.071 74° 350° 237 km 05m47.0s
11:0210°40.0'S017°59.0'E12°07.0'S019°35.7'E11°23.4'S018°47.3'E 1.071 74° 346° 238 km 05m47.6s
11:0410°06.5'S018°27.6'E11°33.5'S020°04.5'E10°49.8'S019°16.0'E 1.071 74° 342° 238 km 05m48.1s
11:0609°33.2'S018°56.2'E11°00.1'S020°33.3'E10°16.5'S019°44.7'E 1.071 74° 338° 239 km 05m48.4s
11:0809°00.0'S019°24.7'E10°26.9'S021°01.9'E09°43.3'S020°13.2'E 1.071 75° 334° 239 km 05m48.7s
11:1008°26.9'S019°53.1'E09°53.9'S021°30.5'E09°10.3'S020°41.8'E 1.071 75° 330° 240 km 05m48.9s
11:1207°54.0'S020°21.6'E09°21.0'S021°59.1'E08°37.4'S021°10.3'E 1.071 75° 326° 240 km 05m49.0s
11:1407°21.2'S020°50.1'E08°48.3'S022°27.7'E08°04.6'S021°38.9'E 1.071 74° 321° 241 km 05m49.0s
11:1606°48.6'S021°18.7'E08°15.7'S022°56.4'E07°32.0'S022°07.5'E 1.071 74° 317° 241 km 05m48.9s
11:1806°16.1'S021°47.4'E07°43.3'S023°25.2'E06°59.5'S022°36.3'E 1.071 74° 314° 241 km 05m48.6s
11:2005°43.7'S022°16.3'E07°11.0'S023°54.1'E06°27.2'S023°05.1'E 1.071 74° 310° 242 km 05m48.3s
11:2205°11.4'S022°45.3'E06°38.9'S024°23.2'E05°55.0'S023°34.2'E 1.071 73° 306° 242 km 05m47.9s
11:2404°39.2'S023°14.6'E06°06.9'S024°52.5'E05°22.9'S024°03.5'E 1.071 73° 303° 242 km 05m47.4s
11:2604°07.2'S023°44.1'E05°35.0'S025°22.0'E04°51.0'S024°33.0'E 1.071 72° 300° 243 km 05m46.8s
11:2803°35.3'S024°13.9'E05°03.3'S025°51.8'E04°19.2'S025°02.7'E 1.071 71° 297° 243 km 05m46.1s
11:3003°03.5'S024°44.0'E04°31.7'S026°21.9'E03°47.5'S025°32.8'E 1.071 71° 294° 243 km 05m45.3s
11:3202°31.8'S025°14.4'E04°00.2'S026°52.3'E03°15.9'S026°03.3'E 1.071 70° 292° 244 km 05m44.4s
11:3402°00.3'S025°45.3'E03°28.9'S027°23.2'E02°44.5'S026°34.2'E 1.071 69° 289° 244 km 05m43.4s
11:3601°28.8'S026°16.6'E02°57.7'S027°54.4'E02°13.2'S027°05.4'E 1.071 68° 287° 244 km 05m42.3s
11:3800°57.5'S026°48.4'E02°26.6'S028°26.2'E01°41.9'S027°37.2'E 1.071 68° 285° 244 km 05m41.0s
11:4000°26.2'S027°20.7'E01°55.6'S028°58.4'E01°10.9'S028°09.5'E 1.071 67° 283° 244 km 05m39.7s
11:4200°04.9'N027°53.6'E01°24.8'S029°31.2'E00°39.9'S028°42.3'E 1.071 66° 282° 244 km 05m38.3s
11:4400°35.9'N028°27.2'E00°54.1'S030°04.7'E00°09.0'S029°15.8'E 1.070 65° 280° 244 km 05m36.7s
11:4601°06.8'N029°01.4'E00°23.5'S030°38.8'E00°21.7'N029°50.0'E 1.070 64° 279° 244 km 05m35.0s
11:4801°37.6'N029°36.3'E00°06.9'N031°13.6'E00°52.3'N030°24.8'E 1.070 63° 277° 244 km 05m33.3s
11:5002°08.2'N030°12.1'E00°37.3'N031°49.2'E01°22.8'N031°00.5'E 1.070 62° 276° 244 km 05m31.4s
11:5202°38.8'N030°48.7'E01°07.5'N032°25.6'E01°53.2'N031°37.0'E 1.070 61° 275° 244 km 05m29.4s
11:5403°09.2'N031°26.2'E01°37.6'N033°02.9'E02°23.4'N032°14.4'E 1.070 60° 274° 244 km 05m27.3s
11:5603°39.5'N032°04.7'E02°07.5'N033°41.2'E02°53.6'N032°52.8'E 1.069 59° 273° 243 km 05m25.0s
11:5804°09.7'N032°44.2'E02°37.3'N034°20.6'E03°23.5'N033°32.2'E 1.069 58° 272° 243 km 05m22.6s
12:0004°39.8'N033°24.9'E03°07.0'N035°01.1'E03°53.4'N034°12.8'E 1.069 56° 272° 243 km 05m20.2s
12:0205°09.7'N034°06.9'E03°36.6'N035°42.8'E04°23.1'N034°54.7'E 1.069 55° 271° 242 km 05m17.5s
12:0405°39.5'N034°50.2'E04°06.0'N036°25.9'E04°52.7'N035°37.8'E 1.069 54° 270° 242 km 05m14.8s
12:0606°09.1'N035°34.9'E04°35.2'N037°10.4'E05°22.2'N036°22.4'E 1.068 53° 270° 241 km 05m11.9s
12:0806°38.6'N036°21.2'E05°04.3'N037°56.4'E05°51.5'N037°08.6'E 1.068 51° 269° 240 km 05m08.9s
12:1007°08.0'N037°09.2'E05°33.3'N038°44.2'E06°20.6'N037°56.5'E 1.068 50° 269° 240 km 05m05.7s
12:1207°37.1'N037°59.1'E06°02.1'N039°33.8'E06°49.6'N038°46.2'E 1.068 49° 269° 239 km 05m02.4s
12:1408°06.1'N038°50.9'E06°30.7'N040°25.4'E07°18.4'N039°37.9'E 1.067 47° 268° 238 km 04m59.0s
12:1608°34.9'N039°45.0'E06°59.1'N041°19.3'E07°47.0'N040°31.9'E 1.067 46° 268° 237 km 04m55.4s
12:1809°03.5'N040°41.5'E07°27.3'N042°15.6'E08°15.4'N041°28.2'E 1.067 45° 268° 235 km 04m51.6s
12:2009°31.9'N041°40.7'E07°55.3'N043°14.6'E08°43.5'N042°27.3'E 1.066 43° 268° 234 km 04m47.7s
12:2210°00.0'N042°42.9'E08°23.0'N044°16.6'E09°11.5'N043°29.4'E 1.066 42° 267° 233 km 04m43.6s
12:2410°27.8'N043°48.4'E08°50.5'N045°21.9'E09°39.1'N044°34.7'E 1.066 40° 267° 231 km 04m39.2s
12:2610°55.4'N044°57.6'E09°17.7'N046°31.1'E10°06.5'N045°43.9'E 1.065 38° 267° 230 km 04m34.7s
12:2811°22.6'N046°11.1'E09°44.6'N047°44.6'E10°33.5'N046°57.3'E 1.065 37° 267° 228 km 04m30.0s
12:3011°49.4'N047°29.3'E10°11.1'N049°03.0'E11°00.1'N048°15.6'E 1.064 35° 267° 226 km 04m25.0s
12:3212°15.7'N048°53.2'E10°37.1'N050°27.2'E11°26.4'N049°39.6'E 1.064 33° 268° 224 km 04m19.8s
12:3412°41.6'N050°23.7'E11°02.7'N051°58.3'E11°52.0'N051°10.3'E 1.063 31° 268° 221 km 04m14.2s
12:3613°06.8'N052°02.1'E11°27.6'N053°37.7'E12°17.1'N052°49.1'E 1.063 29° 268° 219 km 04m08.3s
12:3813°31.2'N053°50.2'E11°51.8'N055°27.3'E12°41.4'N054°37.9'E 1.062 27° 268° 216 km 04m02.0s
12:4013°54.7'N055°50.6'E12°15.0'N057°30.3'E13°04.8'N056°39.4'E 1.061 24° 269° 213 km 03m55.1s
12:4214°16.8'N058°07.4'E12°36.9'N059°51.1'E13°26.8'N058°58.0'E 1.060 21° 269° 209 km 03m47.6s
12:4414°37.2'N060°47.4'E12°56.9'N062°38.3'E13°47.0'N061°41.2'E 1.059 18° 270° 205 km 03m39.2s
12:4614°54.6'N064°04.4'E13°13.7'N066°10.1'E14°04.1'N065°04.7'E 1.058 14° 271° 201 km 03m29.2s
12:4815°06.3'N068°35.6'E13°23.0'N071°27.2'E14°14.8'N069°54.8'E 1.057 272° 194 km 03m16.1s
Limits14°46.2'N079°09.2'E13°06.9'N079°11.8'E13°56.7'N079°10.3'E 1.054 - 182 km 02m54.2s

ΔT = 39793.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:12:48.611:09:35.609°17.0'S145°39.5'W 74.6° 330.6° 239.6 km05m48.87s
Greatest Duration22:15:55.611:12:42.608°25.7'S021°20.5'E 74.5° 324.1° 240.3 km05m48.98s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1717 Apr 16 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 39793.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2627.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.98°.

Acknowledgments

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

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