Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1774 May 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1774 May 15 . 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 -1774 May 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits05°26.9'S053°30.6'W07°28.2'S052°32.0'W06°27.8'S053°01.0'W 0.940 - 243 km 03m53.4s
09:3203°54.4'S048°04.4'W04°00.9'S042°00.2'W03°51.8'S044°35.3'W 0.943 75° 238 km 03m58.9s
09:3402°04.5'S042°54.0'W02°37.7'S038°46.1'W02°19.8'S040°42.3'W 0.944 14° 75° 235 km 04m01.8s
09:3600°45.9'S039°46.1'W01°27.5'S036°19.5'W01°06.2'S037°58.6'W 0.945 17° 75° 232 km 04m04.0s
09:3800°21.1'N037°22.6'W00°24.6'S034°19.1'W00°01.5'S035°48.0'W 0.946 20° 75° 230 km 04m05.9s
09:4001°21.6'N035°24.0'W00°33.4'N032°35.9'W00°57.6'N033°57.8'W 0.946 23° 75° 228 km 04m07.6s
09:4202°17.6'N033°42.0'W01°27.9'N031°04.9'W01°52.7'N032°21.8'W 0.947 25° 75° 227 km 04m09.1s
09:4403°10.3'N032°11.9'W02°19.6'N029°43.3'W02°44.9'N030°56.2'W 0.947 27° 75° 225 km 04m10.6s
09:4604°00.5'N030°50.8'W03°09.0'N028°29.1'W03°34.7'N029°38.8'W 0.948 29° 76° 223 km 04m11.9s
09:4804°48.7'N029°37.0'W03°56.7'N027°20.9'W04°22.5'N028°27.9'W 0.948 31° 76° 222 km 04m13.2s
09:5005°35.1'N028°29.1'W04°42.7'N026°17.7'W05°08.8'N027°22.4'W 0.948 32° 76° 220 km 04m14.4s
09:5206°20.1'N027°26.0'W05°27.5'N025°18.7'W05°53.6'N026°21.6'W 0.949 34° 77° 218 km 04m15.6s
09:5407°03.8'N026°27.2'W06°11.0'N024°23.4'W06°37.2'N025°24.5'W 0.949 36° 77° 217 km 04m16.7s
09:5607°46.5'N025°31.9'W06°53.5'N023°31.2'W07°19.8'N024°30.9'W 0.949 37° 78° 215 km 04m17.8s
09:5808°28.1'N024°39.7'W07°35.0'N022°41.8'W08°01.4'N023°40.1'W 0.950 39° 78° 214 km 04m18.8s
10:0009°09.0'N023°50.3'W08°15.7'N021°54.8'W08°42.2'N022°51.9'W 0.950 40° 79° 212 km 04m19.8s
10:0209°49.0'N023°03.2'W08°55.7'N021°10.0'W09°22.1'N022°06.0'W 0.950 41° 79° 211 km 04m20.8s
10:0410°28.3'N022°18.3'W09°34.9'N020°27.1'W10°01.4'N021°22.2'W 0.950 43° 80° 209 km 04m21.8s
10:0611°06.9'N021°35.2'W10°13.5'N019°46.0'W10°40.0'N020°40.1'W 0.951 44° 80° 208 km 04m22.7s
10:0811°45.0'N020°53.9'W10°51.5'N019°06.4'W11°18.1'N019°59.7'W 0.951 45° 81° 207 km 04m23.6s
10:1012°22.5'N020°14.1'W11°28.9'N018°28.2'W11°55.5'N019°20.7'W 0.951 46° 82° 205 km 04m24.5s
10:1212°59.5'N019°35.7'W12°05.9'N017°51.3'W12°32.5'N018°43.1'W 0.951 48° 82° 204 km 04m25.4s
10:1413°36.1'N018°58.6'W12°42.3'N017°15.5'W13°09.0'N018°06.6'W 0.952 49° 83° 203 km 04m26.3s
10:1614°12.1'N018°22.6'W13°18.3'N016°40.8'W13°45.0'N017°31.3'W 0.952 50° 84° 201 km 04m27.1s
10:1814°47.8'N017°47.6'W13°53.9'N016°07.0'W14°20.6'N016°56.9'W 0.952 51° 85° 200 km 04m27.9s
10:2015°23.1'N017°13.6'W14°29.0'N015°34.1'W14°55.9'N016°23.5'W 0.952 52° 86° 199 km 04m28.7s
10:2215°58.0'N016°40.4'W15°03.8'N015°02.0'W15°30.7'N015°50.8'W 0.952 53° 87° 197 km 04m29.5s
10:2416°32.5'N016°08.0'W15°38.2'N014°30.6'W16°05.2'N015°18.9'W 0.952 54° 88° 196 km 04m30.3s
10:2617°06.7'N015°36.3'W16°12.3'N013°59.8'W16°39.3'N014°47.7'W 0.953 55° 89° 195 km 04m31.1s
10:2817°40.7'N015°05.2'W16°46.0'N013°29.6'W17°13.1'N014°17.1'W 0.953 56° 90° 194 km 04m31.8s
10:3018°14.3'N014°34.7'W17°19.4'N013°00.0'W17°46.7'N013°47.0'W 0.953 57° 91° 193 km 04m32.6s
10:3218°47.6'N014°04.7'W17°52.5'N012°30.8'W18°19.9'N013°17.4'W 0.953 58° 92° 192 km 04m33.3s
10:3419°20.6'N013°35.1'W18°25.4'N012°02.0'W18°52.8'N012°48.3'W 0.953 59° 93° 191 km 04m34.0s
10:3619°53.4'N013°06.0'W18°57.9'N011°33.7'W19°25.5'N012°19.5'W 0.953 60° 95° 190 km 04m34.7s
10:3820°26.0'N012°37.3'W19°30.2'N011°05.6'W19°57.9'N011°51.1'W 0.953 61° 96° 189 km 04m35.4s
10:4020°58.3'N012°08.8'W20°02.2'N010°37.9'W20°30.1'N011°23.0'W 0.953 61° 98° 188 km 04m36.1s
10:4221°30.3'N011°40.6'W20°34.0'N010°10.3'W21°02.0'N010°55.2'W 0.953 62° 99° 187 km 04m36.7s
10:4422°02.2'N011°12.7'W21°05.6'N009°43.1'W21°33.7'N010°27.6'W 0.954 63° 101° 186 km 04m37.4s
10:4622°33.8'N010°45.0'W21°36.9'N009°16.0'W22°05.2'N010°00.2'W 0.954 64° 103° 185 km 04m38.0s
10:4823°05.2'N010°17.4'W22°07.9'N008°49.0'W22°36.4'N009°32.9'W 0.954 65° 104° 184 km 04m38.6s
10:5023°36.4'N009°49.9'W22°38.8'N008°22.1'W23°07.5'N009°05.7'W 0.954 65° 106° 183 km 04m39.3s
10:5224°07.5'N009°22.6'W23°09.4'N007°55.3'W23°38.3'N008°38.7'W 0.954 66° 108° 183 km 04m39.9s
10:5424°38.3'N008°55.3'W23°39.9'N007°28.6'W24°08.9'N008°11.7'W 0.954 67° 111° 182 km 04m40.4s
10:5625°08.9'N008°28.0'W24°10.1'N007°01.9'W24°39.4'N007°44.7'W 0.954 67° 113° 181 km 04m41.0s
10:5825°39.4'N008°00.7'W24°40.1'N006°35.1'W25°09.6'N007°17.6'W 0.954 68° 115° 181 km 04m41.6s
11:0026°09.7'N007°33.4'W25°10.0'N006°08.3'W25°39.7'N006°50.6'W 0.954 68° 118° 180 km 04m42.1s
11:0226°39.8'N007°06.0'W25°39.6'N005°41.5'W26°09.6'N006°23.5'W 0.954 69° 120° 179 km 04m42.6s
11:0427°09.7'N006°38.5'W26°09.1'N005°14.5'W26°39.3'N005°56.2'W 0.954 69° 123° 179 km 04m43.1s
11:0627°39.5'N006°10.9'W26°38.3'N004°47.4'W27°08.8'N005°28.9'W 0.954 70° 126° 178 km 04m43.6s
11:0828°09.1'N005°43.1'W27°07.4'N004°20.2'W27°38.1'N005°01.3'W 0.954 70° 129° 178 km 04m44.1s
11:1028°38.6'N005°15.1'W27°36.3'N003°52.7'W28°07.3'N004°33.6'W 0.954 70° 132° 177 km 04m44.6s
11:1229°07.9'N004°46.9'W28°05.0'N003°25.0'W28°36.3'N004°05.7'W 0.954 71° 135° 177 km 04m45.0s
11:1429°37.0'N004°18.4'W28°33.6'N002°57.1'W29°05.1'N003°37.5'W 0.954 71° 138° 176 km 04m45.4s
11:1630°06.0'N003°49.7'W29°01.9'N002°29.0'W29°33.8'N003°09.1'W 0.954 71° 141° 176 km 04m45.9s
11:1830°34.8'N003°20.6'W29°30.1'N002°00.5'W30°02.3'N002°40.3'W 0.954 71° 145° 176 km 04m46.2s
11:2031°03.4'N002°51.2'W29°58.1'N001°31.7'W30°30.6'N002°11.2'W 0.954 71° 148° 175 km 04m46.6s
11:2231°31.9'N002°21.5'W30°25.9'N001°02.5'W30°58.8'N001°41.7'W 0.954 71° 151° 175 km 04m47.0s
11:2432°00.3'N001°51.3'W30°53.6'N000°33.0'W31°26.8'N001°11.9'W 0.954 71° 155° 175 km 04m47.3s
11:2632°28.4'N001°20.7'W31°21.0'N000°03.0'W31°54.6'N000°41.6'W 0.954 71° 158° 175 km 04m47.6s
11:2832°56.5'N000°49.6'W31°48.3'N000°27.4'E32°22.3'N000°10.9'W 0.954 71° 161° 174 km 04m47.9s
11:3033°24.3'N000°18.1'W32°15.4'N000°58.3'E32°49.7'N000°20.4'E 0.954 71° 165° 174 km 04m48.1s
11:3233°52.0'N000°14.0'E32°42.3'N001°29.7'E33°17.1'N000°52.1'E 0.954 71° 168° 174 km 04m48.4s
11:3434°19.6'N000°46.7'E33°09.1'N002°01.7'E33°44.2'N001°24.4'E 0.954 70° 171° 174 km 04m48.6s
11:3634°46.9'N001°20.0'E33°35.6'N002°34.2'E34°11.1'N001°57.3'E 0.954 70° 174° 174 km 04m48.7s
11:3835°14.1'N001°54.0'E34°02.0'N003°07.3'E34°37.9'N002°30.9'E 0.954 70° 177° 174 km 04m48.9s
11:4035°41.1'N002°28.6'E34°28.1'N003°41.1'E35°04.5'N003°05.1'E 0.954 69° 180° 174 km 04m49.0s
11:4236°08.0'N003°03.9'E34°54.1'N004°15.5'E35°30.9'N003°40.0'E 0.954 69° 183° 174 km 04m49.1s
11:4436°34.7'N003°40.0'E35°19.8'N004°50.7'E35°57.1'N004°15.6'E 0.954 68° 186° 174 km 04m49.2s
11:4637°01.1'N004°16.9'E35°45.4'N005°26.6'E36°23.1'N004°52.0'E 0.954 68° 189° 174 km 04m49.2s
11:4837°27.4'N004°54.7'E36°10.7'N006°03.3'E36°48.9'N005°29.2'E 0.954 67° 191° 174 km 04m49.2s
11:5037°53.5'N005°33.3'E36°35.8'N006°40.8'E37°14.5'N006°07.3'E 0.954 67° 194° 174 km 04m49.2s
11:5238°19.3'N006°12.9'E37°00.7'N007°19.2'E37°39.9'N006°46.3'E 0.954 66° 196° 175 km 04m49.2s
11:5438°45.0'N006°53.5'E37°25.3'N007°58.5'E38°05.0'N007°26.2'E 0.954 65° 199° 175 km 04m49.1s
11:5639°10.4'N007°35.1'E37°49.7'N008°38.8'E38°29.9'N008°07.2'E 0.954 65° 201° 175 km 04m49.0s
11:5839°35.6'N008°17.9'E38°13.8'N009°20.1'E38°54.6'N008°49.2'E 0.953 64° 203° 175 km 04m48.8s
12:0040°00.6'N009°01.8'E38°37.7'N010°02.5'E39°19.0'N009°32.3'E 0.953 63° 205° 176 km 04m48.6s
12:0240°25.3'N009°46.9'E39°01.3'N010°46.0'E39°43.1'N010°16.6'E 0.953 62° 208° 176 km 04m48.4s
12:0440°49.7'N010°33.2'E39°24.6'N011°30.7'E40°07.0'N011°02.1'E 0.953 61° 210° 176 km 04m48.1s
12:0641°13.8'N011°21.0'E39°47.7'N012°16.6'E40°30.6'N011°48.9'E 0.953 61° 212° 177 km 04m47.8s
12:0841°37.7'N012°10.1'E40°10.4'N013°03.8'E40°53.8'N012°37.1'E 0.953 60° 214° 177 km 04m47.4s
12:1042°01.2'N013°00.7'E40°32.7'N013°52.3'E41°16.8'N013°26.6'E 0.953 59° 215° 178 km 04m47.1s
12:1242°24.4'N013°52.9'E40°54.8'N014°42.3'E41°39.4'N014°17.7'E 0.953 58° 217° 178 km 04m46.6s
12:1442°47.3'N014°46.7'E41°16.4'N015°33.8'E42°01.6'N015°10.3'E 0.953 57° 219° 179 km 04m46.2s
12:1643°09.7'N015°42.3'E41°37.7'N016°26.9'E42°23.5'N016°04.6'E 0.952 56° 221° 179 km 04m45.6s
12:1843°31.8'N016°39.7'E41°58.6'N017°21.6'E42°45.0'N017°00.7'E 0.952 55° 223° 180 km 04m45.1s
12:2043°53.5'N017°39.1'E42°19.1'N018°18.1'E43°06.0'N017°58.6'E 0.952 54° 224° 181 km 04m44.5s
12:2244°14.7'N018°40.5'E42°39.1'N019°16.4'E43°26.6'N018°58.4'E 0.952 53° 226° 181 km 04m43.8s
12:2444°35.4'N019°44.0'E42°58.6'N020°16.6'E43°46.8'N020°00.2'E 0.952 52° 228° 182 km 04m43.1s
12:2644°55.6'N020°49.8'E43°17.6'N021°19.0'E44°06.4'N021°04.3'E 0.952 51° 230° 183 km 04m42.4s
12:2845°15.3'N021°58.1'E43°36.0'N022°23.5'E44°25.4'N022°10.6'E 0.951 50° 231° 184 km 04m41.6s
12:3045°34.4'N023°09.0'E43°53.9'N023°30.2'E44°43.9'N023°19.4'E 0.951 49° 233° 185 km 04m40.7s
12:3245°52.8'N024°22.5'E44°11.1'N024°39.5'E45°01.7'N024°30.7'E 0.951 48° 235° 186 km 04m39.8s
12:3446°10.5'N025°39.0'E44°27.7'N025°51.3'E45°18.8'N025°44.8'E 0.951 46° 236° 187 km 04m38.9s
12:3646°27.5'N026°58.7'E44°43.5'N027°05.9'E45°35.2'N027°01.8'E 0.951 45° 238° 188 km 04m37.9s
12:3846°43.6'N028°21.6'E44°58.6'N028°23.4'E45°50.8'N028°22.0'E 0.950 44° 240° 189 km 04m36.8s
12:4046°58.9'N029°48.2'E45°12.8'N029°44.1'E46°05.5'N029°45.5'E 0.950 43° 242° 190 km 04m35.7s
12:4247°13.1'N031°18.6'E45°26.0'N031°08.2'E46°19.3'N031°12.7'E 0.950 41° 243° 191 km 04m34.5s
12:4447°26.3'N032°53.2'E45°38.3'N032°36.0'E46°32.0'N032°43.7'E 0.950 40° 245° 193 km 04m33.3s
12:4647°38.3'N034°32.4'E45°49.4'N034°07.7'E46°43.5'N034°19.1'E 0.949 39° 247° 194 km 04m32.0s
12:4847°48.9'N036°16.6'E45°59.3'N035°43.8'E46°53.8'N035°59.1'E 0.949 37° 249° 196 km 04m30.6s
12:5047°58.1'N038°06.4'E46°07.9'N037°24.7'E47°02.7'N037°44.1'E 0.949 36° 251° 197 km 04m29.2s
12:5248°05.5'N040°02.3'E46°14.9'N039°10.7'E47°09.9'N039°34.9'E 0.948 34° 253° 199 km 04m27.7s
12:5448°11.1'N042°05.1'E46°20.2'N041°02.7'E47°15.4'N041°32.0'E 0.948 33° 255° 201 km 04m26.0s
12:5648°14.4'N044°15.8'E46°23.5'N043°01.2'E47°18.7'N043°36.4'E 0.948 31° 257° 203 km 04m24.4s
12:5848°15.2'N046°35.7'E46°24.7'N045°07.4'E47°19.7'N045°49.0'E 0.947 29° 259° 205 km 04m22.6s
13:0048°12.9'N049°06.4'E46°23.1'N047°22.3'E47°17.9'N048°11.3'E 0.947 27° 262° 208 km 04m20.6s
13:0248°06.8'N051°50.3'E46°18.5'N049°47.6'E47°12.6'N050°45.4'E 0.946 25° 264° 211 km 04m18.6s
13:0447°55.9'N054°50.9'E46°10.0'N052°25.8'E47°03.1'N053°33.9'E 0.946 23° 267° 214 km 04m16.4s
13:0647°38.7'N058°13.8'E45°56.7'N055°20.3'E46°48.0'N056°41.4'E 0.945 20° 269° 217 km 04m14.0s
13:0847°12.5'N062°09.2'E45°36.9'N058°36.7'E46°25.5'N060°15.2'E 0.944 18° 272° 221 km 04m11.2s
13:1046°31.1'N066°59.3'E45°07.7'N062°25.3'E45°51.2'N064°29.8'E 0.944 14° 276° 226 km 04m08.1s
13:1245°13.7'N074°02.8'E44°22.6'N067°09.3'E44°54.9'N070°04.1'E 0.942 10° 280° 232 km 04m04.1s
Limits43°01.2'N083°30.4'E41°02.3'N082°05.8'E42°01.6'N082°47.3'E 0.940 - 246 km 03m55.9s

ΔT = 41085.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:46:59.411:22:14.331°02.2'N173°17.6'W 71.4° 151.7° 175.1 km04m46.99s
Greatest Duration23:12:20.011:47:34.936°43.5'N005°21.4'E 67.3° 190.9° 174.2 km04m49.24s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1774 May 15 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 41085.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2835.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 11.85°.

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