Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1768 Jan 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1768 Jan 12 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1768 Jan 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits47°53.2'S142°21.9'E51°23.0'S136°10.8'E49°37.0'S139°25.5'E 0.912 - 580 km 05m25.0s
18:5056°01.3'S158°24.8'E - - 53°31.2'S146°58.4'E 0.913 122° 566 km 05m33.5s
18:5257°36.9'S161°47.4'E - - 56°19.6'S152°29.2'E 0.914 11° 117° 553 km 05m40.1s
18:5458°58.3'S164°48.6'E55°39.2'S144°21.5'E58°16.4'S156°27.5'E 0.915 14° 113° 542 km 05m44.9s
18:5660°10.0'S167°36.8'E58°26.2'S149°47.0'E59°51.0'S159°50.0'E 0.916 16° 110° 534 km 05m48.9s
18:5861°14.3'S170°16.5'E60°23.9'S153°46.0'E61°12.3'S162°53.4'E 0.916 18° 106° 526 km 05m52.4s
19:0062°12.7'S172°50.7'E61°59.9'S157°11.2'E62°24.3'S165°45.5'E 0.916 20° 103° 518 km 05m55.6s
19:0263°06.2'S175°21.4'E63°22.6'S160°18.7'E63°29.1'S168°30.4'E 0.917 22° 100° 512 km 05m58.6s
19:0463°55.5'S177°49.8'E64°36.1'S163°16.0'E64°28.1'S171°11.1'E 0.917 23° 97° 506 km 06m01.3s
19:0664°41.1'S179°43.1'W65°42.4'S166°08.0'E65°22.2'S173°49.3'E 0.918 25° 94° 500 km 06m03.9s
19:0865°23.2'S177°16.3'W66°42.9'S168°55.9'E66°12.1'S176°26.4'E 0.918 26° 90° 495 km 06m06.3s
19:1066°02.2'S174°49.5'W67°38.4'S171°43.2'E66°58.2'S179°03.5'E 0.918 27° 87° 490 km 06m08.6s
19:1266°38.2'S172°22.2'W68°29.6'S174°30.8'E67°40.7'S178°18.8'W 0.918 28° 84° 485 km 06m10.8s
19:1467°11.5'S169°54.0'W69°16.8'S177°19.9'E68°20.1'S175°39.8'W 0.919 29° 81° 481 km 06m12.8s
19:1667°42.1'S167°24.7'W70°00.5'S179°48.7'W68°56.4'S172°59.0'W 0.919 30° 77° 477 km 06m14.8s
19:1868°10.2'S164°54.2'W70°40.7'S176°54.3'W69°29.7'S170°16.2'W 0.919 31° 74° 474 km 06m16.6s
19:2068°35.7'S162°22.3'W71°17.7'S173°56.4'W70°00.2'S167°31.2'W 0.919 32° 70° 470 km 06m18.4s
19:2268°58.9'S159°49.2'W71°51.5'S170°54.8'W70°28.0'S164°43.8'W 0.919 33° 66° 467 km 06m20.1s
19:2469°19.6'S157°14.8'W72°22.2'S167°49.2'W70°53.0'S161°54.1'W 0.920 34° 63° 464 km 06m21.7s
19:2669°38.1'S154°39.4'W72°49.9'S164°39.5'W71°15.4'S159°02.1'W 0.920 35° 59° 461 km 06m23.2s
19:2869°54.2'S152°03.0'W73°14.6'S161°25.9'W71°35.2'S156°08.1'W 0.920 35° 55° 458 km 06m24.6s
19:3070°08.1'S149°25.8'W73°36.2'S158°08.7'W71°52.3'S153°12.3'W 0.920 36° 51° 456 km 06m25.9s
19:3270°19.7'S146°48.3'W73°54.9'S154°48.1'W72°06.9'S150°15.1'W 0.920 37° 47° 454 km 06m27.2s
19:3470°29.1'S144°10.6'W74°10.5'S151°24.9'W72°18.9'S147°16.9'W 0.920 37° 43° 452 km 06m28.4s
19:3670°36.4'S141°33.0'W74°23.2'S147°59.6'W72°28.4'S144°18.1'W 0.920 38° 39° 450 km 06m29.5s
19:3870°41.5'S138°56.0'W74°32.9'S144°33.1'W72°35.4'S141°19.3'W 0.920 38° 35° 448 km 06m30.6s
19:4070°44.6'S136°19.9'W74°39.7'S141°06.1'W72°40.0'S138°21.0'W 0.921 39° 31° 447 km 06m31.5s
19:4270°45.6'S133°45.1'W74°43.7'S137°39.7'W72°42.1'S135°23.9'W 0.921 39° 27° 445 km 06m32.4s
19:4470°44.6'S131°11.8'W74°44.8'S134°14.8'W72°42.0'S132°28.4'W 0.921 40° 23° 444 km 06m33.2s
19:4670°41.8'S128°40.4'W74°43.2'S130°52.3'W72°39.6'S129°35.1'W 0.921 40° 19° 443 km 06m34.0s
19:4870°37.0'S126°11.3'W74°38.9'S127°33.0'W72°34.9'S126°44.5'W 0.921 41° 15° 442 km 06m34.7s
19:5070°30.4'S123°44.7'W74°32.1'S124°17.7'W72°28.2'S123°57.0'W 0.921 41° 11° 441 km 06m35.3s
19:5270°22.0'S121°20.9'W74°22.8'S121°07.2'W72°19.4'S121°13.2'W 0.921 41° 441 km 06m35.8s
19:5470°12.0'S119°00.1'W74°11.3'S118°02.0'W72°08.6'S118°33.2'W 0.921 42° 440 km 06m36.3s
19:5670°00.3'S116°42.4'W73°57.5'S115°02.5'W71°56.0'S115°57.4'W 0.921 42° 360° 440 km 06m36.7s
19:5869°47.1'S114°28.1'W73°41.6'S112°09.1'W71°41.6'S113°26.0'W 0.921 42° 356° 439 km 06m37.0s
20:0069°32.4'S112°17.3'W73°23.9'S109°22.0'W71°25.5'S110°59.1'W 0.921 42° 352° 439 km 06m37.3s
20:0269°16.3'S110°09.9'W73°04.2'S106°41.3'W71°07.9'S108°36.9'W 0.921 42° 349° 439 km 06m37.5s
20:0468°58.8'S108°06.1'W72°42.9'S104°07.0'W70°48.6'S106°19.4'W 0.921 42° 345° 440 km 06m37.6s
20:0668°40.0'S106°05.8'W72°20.0'S101°39.0'W70°28.0'S104°06.5'W 0.921 42° 342° 440 km 06m37.7s
20:0868°19.9'S104°09.0'W71°55.6'S099°17.3'W70°06.0'S101°58.3'W 0.921 43° 338° 440 km 06m37.7s
20:1067°58.7'S102°15.8'W71°29.8'S097°01.6'W69°42.7'S099°54.6'W 0.921 43° 335° 441 km 06m37.6s
20:1267°36.3'S100°26.0'W71°02.7'S094°51.6'W69°18.2'S097°55.3'W 0.921 42° 332° 441 km 06m37.5s
20:1467°12.8'S098°39.5'W70°34.4'S092°47.3'W68°52.5'S096°00.2'W 0.921 42° 329° 442 km 06m37.3s
20:1666°48.3'S096°56.3'W70°05.0'S090°48.2'W68°25.8'S094°09.3'W 0.921 42° 326° 443 km 06m37.0s
20:1866°22.8'S095°16.3'W69°34.4'S088°54.0'W67°58.0'S092°22.3'W 0.921 42° 323° 444 km 06m36.7s
20:2065°56.3'S093°39.3'W69°02.9'S087°04.6'W67°29.2'S090°39.1'W 0.921 42° 320° 445 km 06m36.3s
20:2265°29.0'S092°05.1'W68°30.4'S085°19.5'W66°59.4'S088°59.4'W 0.921 42° 317° 447 km 06m35.9s
20:2465°00.7'S090°33.8'W67°57.0'S083°38.5'W66°28.8'S087°23.1'W 0.921 42° 314° 448 km 06m35.4s
20:2664°31.5'S089°05.0'W67°22.7'S082°01.3'W65°57.3'S085°49.9'W 0.921 41° 311° 450 km 06m34.8s
20:2864°01.6'S087°38.8'W66°47.6'S080°27.5'W65°24.9'S084°19.7'W 0.921 41° 309° 452 km 06m34.1s
20:3063°30.8'S086°14.8'W66°11.6'S078°57.1'W64°51.7'S082°52.2'W 0.921 41° 306° 453 km 06m33.4s
20:3262°59.2'S084°53.1'W65°34.9'S077°29.5'W64°17.7'S081°27.3'W 0.921 40° 304° 456 km 06m32.6s
20:3462°26.8'S083°33.4'W64°57.3'S076°04.7'W63°42.9'S080°04.8'W 0.921 40° 301° 458 km 06m31.8s
20:3661°53.7'S082°15.6'W64°19.0'S074°42.2'W63°07.3'S078°44.4'W 0.921 40° 299° 460 km 06m30.9s
20:3861°19.7'S080°59.6'W63°39.9'S073°22.0'W62°31.0'S077°26.0'W 0.921 39° 296° 462 km 06m30.0s
20:4060°45.1'S079°45.1'W63°00.0'S072°03.7'W61°53.8'S076°09.3'W 0.920 39° 294° 465 km 06m28.9s
20:4260°09.6'S078°32.1'W62°19.3'S070°47.0'W61°15.9'S074°54.3'W 0.920 38° 292° 468 km 06m27.8s
20:4459°33.4'S077°20.4'W61°37.7'S069°31.9'W60°37.2'S073°40.6'W 0.920 38° 290° 471 km 06m26.7s
20:4658°56.3'S076°09.9'W60°55.4'S068°17.9'W59°57.6'S072°28.2'W 0.920 37° 287° 474 km 06m25.5s
20:4858°18.5'S075°00.3'W60°12.1'S067°04.9'W59°17.3'S071°16.7'W 0.920 36° 285° 477 km 06m24.2s
20:5057°39.9'S073°51.6'W59°28.0'S065°52.6'W58°36.1'S070°06.1'W 0.920 36° 283° 480 km 06m22.9s
20:5257°00.4'S072°43.5'W58°42.9'S064°40.8'W57°53.9'S068°56.1'W 0.920 35° 281° 484 km 06m21.5s
20:5456°20.0'S071°35.9'W57°56.7'S063°29.2'W57°10.9'S067°46.4'W 0.919 34° 279° 488 km 06m20.0s
20:5655°38.7'S070°28.6'W57°09.5'S062°17.6'W56°26.8'S066°37.0'W 0.919 33° 277° 491 km 06m18.5s
20:5854°56.4'S069°21.4'W56°21.1'S061°05.5'W55°41.7'S065°27.5'W 0.919 33° 275° 496 km 06m16.8s
21:0054°13.1'S068°14.1'W55°31.3'S059°52.7'W54°55.5'S064°17.6'W 0.919 32° 273° 500 km 06m15.2s
21:0253°28.8'S067°06.5'W54°40.2'S058°38.9'W54°08.0'S063°07.2'W 0.919 31° 272° 504 km 06m13.4s
21:0452°43.2'S065°58.4'W53°47.4'S057°23.5'W53°19.2'S061°55.8'W 0.919 30° 270° 509 km 06m11.5s
21:0651°56.4'S064°49.4'W52°52.8'S056°06.0'W52°28.9'S060°43.1'W 0.918 29° 268° 513 km 06m09.6s
21:0851°08.2'S063°39.3'W51°56.2'S054°45.8'W51°36.9'S059°28.7'W 0.918 28° 266° 518 km 06m07.6s
21:1050°18.4'S062°27.7'W50°57.1'S053°22.2'W50°43.1'S058°12.1'W 0.918 26° 264° 523 km 06m05.5s
21:1249°26.9'S061°14.2'W49°55.1'S051°54.1'W49°47.2'S056°52.7'W 0.917 25° 262° 528 km 06m03.3s
21:1448°33.5'S059°58.3'W48°49.7'S050°20.1'W48°48.8'S055°29.6'W 0.917 24° 261° 534 km 06m00.9s
21:1647°37.9'S058°39.3'W47°39.9'S048°38.3'W47°47.4'S054°01.9'W 0.917 22° 259° 539 km 05m58.4s
21:1846°39.7'S057°16.4'W46°24.3'S046°45.9'W46°42.5'S052°28.1'W 0.916 21° 257° 545 km 05m55.8s
21:2045°38.5'S055°48.6'W45°00.7'S044°37.5'W45°33.1'S050°46.4'W 0.916 19° 255° 551 km 05m52.9s
21:2244°33.5'S054°14.5'W43°24.6'S042°04.0'W44°17.8'S048°53.7'W 0.916 17° 253° 557 km 05m49.8s
21:2443°23.7'S052°31.9'W41°24.7'S038°41.0'W42°54.2'S046°44.9'W 0.915 15° 251° 562 km 05m46.3s
21:2642°07.7'S050°37.6'W37°39.6'S031°32.0'W41°17.7'S044°10.3'W 0.914 12° 249° 568 km 05m42.3s
21:2840°42.9'S048°26.2'W - - 39°16.4'S040°44.2'W 0.913 246° 574 km 05m37.2s
Limits32°51.2'S034°11.7'W36°45.7'S029°37.2'W34°46.3'S031°59.8'W 0.911 - 581 km 05m25.9s

ΔT = 40955.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:31:59.720:09:24.169°49.8'S088°21.9'E 42.5° 336.0° 440.6 km06m37.67s
Greatest Duration07:29:34.920:06:59.370°17.3'S103°02.5'W 42.5° 340.0° 440.0 km06m37.72s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1768 Jan 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1768 Jan 12 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 40955.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2814.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 11.76°.

Acknowledgments

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

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