Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1790 Mar 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1790 Mar 14 . 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 -1790 Mar 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits72°45.1'S088°10.3'W74°22.3'S092°27.0'W73°33.7'S090°12.2'W 1.043 - 225 km 02m13.0s
10:1476°09.1'S044°46.7'W76°44.9'S075°26.6'W76°56.4'S056°46.4'W 1.046 89° 231 km 02m30.5s
10:1675°54.1'S031°56.5'W78°08.7'S051°40.5'W77°09.3'S040°00.9'W 1.047 13° 72° 233 km 02m38.4s
10:1875°18.5'S021°56.8'W78°07.1'S035°14.5'W76°44.8'S027°25.3'W 1.048 16° 59° 234 km 02m44.5s
10:2074°32.0'S013°56.5'W77°33.7'S022°44.6'W76°02.4'S017°35.4'W 1.048 18° 49° 235 km 02m49.7s
10:2273°39.5'S007°24.0'W76°44.5'S013°02.6'W75°10.5'S009°45.1'W 1.049 20° 41° 236 km 02m54.3s
10:2472°43.8'S001°57.7'W75°47.3'S005°22.6'W74°13.7'S003°22.9'W 1.050 22° 34° 237 km 02m58.4s
10:2671°46.3'S002°37.9'E74°46.1'S000°48.1'E73°14.4'S001°53.2'E 1.050 24° 28° 238 km 03m02.2s
10:2870°48.1'S006°34.0'E73°43.2'S005°52.9'E72°13.9'S006°19.0'E 1.051 25° 23° 239 km 03m05.6s
10:3069°49.8'S009°58.8'E72°39.7'S010°07.9'E71°13.1'S010°06.0'E 1.051 27° 18° 239 km 03m08.8s
10:3268°51.6'S012°58.5'E71°36.3'S013°44.9'E70°12.5'S013°22.5'E 1.051 28° 14° 240 km 03m11.8s
10:3467°53.9'S015°37.7'E70°33.5'S016°52.1'E69°12.4'S016°14.5'E 1.052 29° 10° 241 km 03m14.6s
10:3666°56.8'S018°00.1'E69°31.4'S019°35.9'E68°12.9'S018°46.7'E 1.052 30° 242 km 03m17.2s
10:3866°00.3'S020°08.4'E68°30.2'S022°00.6'E67°14.2'S021°02.7'E 1.052 31° 243 km 03m19.6s
10:4065°04.4'S022°04.9'E67°29.9'S024°09.8'E66°16.2'S023°05.2'E 1.053 32° 244 km 03m21.9s
10:4264°09.3'S023°51.3'E66°30.6'S026°06.1'E65°19.1'S024°56.5'E 1.053 33° 358° 244 km 03m24.0s
10:4463°14.8'S025°29.2'E65°32.1'S027°51.8'E64°22.7'S026°38.1'E 1.053 34° 355° 245 km 03m26.0s
10:4662°21.0'S026°59.6'E64°34.6'S029°28.3'E63°27.1'S028°11.6'E 1.053 35° 353° 246 km 03m27.9s
10:4861°27.9'S028°23.6'E63°38.0'S030°57.2'E62°32.3'S029°38.0'E 1.053 36° 351° 247 km 03m29.6s
10:5060°35.4'S029°42.0'E62°42.1'S032°19.4'E61°38.2'S030°58.3'E 1.054 37° 348° 248 km 03m31.2s
10:5259°43.6'S030°55.5'E61°47.1'S033°35.9'E60°44.9'S032°13.4'E 1.054 37° 346° 249 km 03m32.7s
10:5458°52.3'S032°04.7'E60°52.8'S034°47.5'E59°52.1'S033°23.8'E 1.054 38° 344° 250 km 03m34.0s
10:5658°01.6'S033°10.0'E59°59.3'S035°54.7'E59°00.0'S034°30.1'E 1.054 38° 341° 251 km 03m35.3s
10:5857°11.4'S034°12.0'E59°06.4'S036°58.1'E58°08.5'S035°32.8'E 1.054 39° 339° 252 km 03m36.4s
11:0056°21.7'S035°10.9'E58°14.1'S037°58.2'E57°17.6'S036°32.4'E 1.054 39° 337° 253 km 03m37.4s
11:0255°32.5'S036°07.2'E57°22.5'S038°55.3'E56°27.2'S037°29.2'E 1.054 40° 335° 254 km 03m38.3s
11:0454°43.8'S037°01.0'E56°31.4'S039°49.8'E55°37.3'S038°23.4'E 1.055 40° 333° 255 km 03m39.2s
11:0653°55.4'S037°52.8'E55°40.8'S040°42.0'E54°47.9'S039°15.5'E 1.055 41° 331° 256 km 03m39.9s
11:0853°07.5'S038°42.6'E54°50.8'S041°32.2'E53°59.0'S040°05.5'E 1.055 41° 329° 257 km 03m40.5s
11:1052°20.0'S039°30.7'E54°01.2'S042°20.6'E53°10.5'S040°53.9'E 1.055 41° 327° 258 km 03m41.0s
11:1251°32.9'S040°17.4'E53°12.1'S043°07.4'E52°22.3'S041°40.6'E 1.055 41° 325° 260 km 03m41.4s
11:1450°46.1'S041°02.7'E52°23.3'S043°52.8'E51°34.6'S042°26.0'E 1.055 42° 323° 261 km 03m41.7s
11:1649°59.6'S041°46.8'E51°35.0'S044°37.0'E50°47.2'S043°10.2'E 1.055 42° 321° 262 km 03m42.0s
11:1849°13.4'S042°29.9'E50°47.1'S045°20.1'E50°00.2'S043°53.4'E 1.055 42° 319° 263 km 03m42.1s
11:2048°27.5'S043°12.1'E49°59.4'S046°02.3'E49°13.4'S044°35.6'E 1.055 42° 317° 265 km 03m42.1s
11:2247°41.8'S043°53.5'E49°12.1'S046°43.7'E48°26.9'S045°17.0'E 1.055 42° 315° 266 km 03m42.0s
11:2446°56.4'S044°34.2'E48°25.1'S047°24.5'E47°40.7'S045°57.8'E 1.055 42° 313° 267 km 03m41.9s
11:2646°11.2'S045°14.4'E47°38.4'S048°04.7'E46°54.8'S046°38.0'E 1.055 42° 312° 268 km 03m41.6s
11:2845°26.2'S045°54.1'E46°51.9'S048°44.5'E46°09.1'S047°17.8'E 1.055 42° 310° 270 km 03m41.3s
11:3044°41.4'S046°33.5'E46°05.6'S049°24.0'E45°23.6'S047°57.3'E 1.055 42° 308° 271 km 03m40.8s
11:3243°56.8'S047°12.7'E45°19.6'S050°03.2'E44°38.2'S048°36.5'E 1.055 41° 306° 272 km 03m40.3s
11:3443°12.3'S047°51.7'E44°33.7'S050°42.4'E43°53.1'S049°15.7'E 1.055 41° 304° 273 km 03m39.7s
11:3642°28.0'S048°30.7'E43°48.0'S051°21.6'E43°08.0'S049°54.8'E 1.055 41° 303° 275 km 03m39.0s
11:3841°43.7'S049°09.7'E43°02.4'S052°00.9'E42°23.1'S050°33.9'E 1.054 41° 301° 276 km 03m38.1s
11:4040°59.6'S049°48.9'E42°16.9'S052°40.4'E41°38.4'S051°13.3'E 1.054 40° 299° 277 km 03m37.2s
11:4240°15.5'S050°28.3'E41°31.6'S053°20.2'E40°53.7'S051°52.9'E 1.054 40° 298° 278 km 03m36.2s
11:4439°31.5'S051°08.1'E40°46.3'S054°00.4'E40°09.0'S052°32.9'E 1.054 39° 296° 280 km 03m35.1s
11:4638°47.5'S051°48.3'E40°01.0'S054°41.2'E39°24.4'S053°13.4'E 1.054 39° 294° 281 km 03m33.9s
11:4838°03.6'S052°29.1'E39°15.8'S055°22.7'E38°39.9'S053°54.6'E 1.054 38° 293° 282 km 03m32.6s
11:5037°19.6'S053°10.6'E38°30.6'S056°05.0'E37°55.3'S054°36.4'E 1.054 38° 291° 283 km 03m31.2s
11:5236°35.6'S053°52.8'E37°45.4'S056°48.2'E37°10.7'S055°19.2'E 1.053 37° 290° 284 km 03m29.7s
11:5435°51.5'S054°36.1'E37°00.1'S057°32.5'E36°26.0'S056°02.9'E 1.053 36° 288° 285 km 03m28.1s
11:5635°07.4'S055°20.4'E36°14.7'S058°18.1'E35°41.2'S056°47.8'E 1.053 36° 287° 285 km 03m26.3s
11:5834°23.1'S056°05.9'E35°29.1'S059°05.2'E34°56.4'S057°34.1'E 1.053 35° 285° 286 km 03m24.5s
12:0033°38.7'S056°53.0'E34°43.4'S059°53.9'E34°11.3'S058°22.0'E 1.053 34° 284° 286 km 03m22.5s
12:0232°54.1'S057°41.6'E33°57.5'S060°44.6'E33°26.1'S059°11.6'E 1.052 33° 282° 287 km 03m20.4s
12:0432°09.3'S058°32.2'E33°11.3'S061°37.4'E32°40.6'S060°03.2'E 1.052 32° 281° 287 km 03m18.2s
12:0631°24.2'S059°24.9'E32°24.8'S062°32.8'E31°54.8'S060°57.2'E 1.052 31° 280° 286 km 03m15.9s
12:0830°38.8'S060°20.0'E31°37.9'S063°31.2'E31°08.7'S061°53.9'E 1.051 30° 278° 286 km 03m13.4s
12:1029°53.0'S061°18.1'E30°50.5'S064°33.1'E30°22.2'S062°53.7'E 1.051 29° 277° 285 km 03m10.7s
12:1229°06.7'S062°19.5'E30°02.6'S065°39.0'E29°35.1'S063°57.2'E 1.051 28° 276° 284 km 03m07.8s
12:1428°19.9'S063°24.8'E29°13.9'S066°49.7'E28°47.4'S065°05.0'E 1.050 26° 275° 282 km 03m04.8s
12:1627°32.4'S064°34.8'E28°24.3'S068°06.4'E27°58.9'S066°18.1'E 1.050 25° 273° 281 km 03m01.6s
12:1826°44.0'S065°50.3'E27°33.6'S069°30.5'E27°09.4'S067°37.5'E 1.049 23° 272° 278 km 02m58.1s
12:2025°54.7'S067°12.9'E26°41.4'S071°03.9'E26°18.8'S069°04.9'E 1.049 21° 271° 275 km 02m54.3s
12:2225°04.0'S068°44.1'E25°47.3'S072°50.0'E25°26.5'S070°42.7'E 1.048 20° 270° 271 km 02m50.1s
12:2424°11.5'S070°26.9'E24°50.3'S074°53.8'E24°32.1'S072°34.6'E 1.048 17° 268° 266 km 02m45.5s
12:2623°16.6'S072°25.7'E23°48.9'S077°25.9'E23°34.5'S074°47.0'E 1.047 15° 267° 260 km 02m40.2s
12:2822°18.0'S074°48.7'E22°38.9'S080°52.9'E22°31.5'S077°33.6'E 1.046 12° 265° 252 km 02m33.8s
12:3021°12.8'S077°55.0'E - - 21°16.9'S081°35.9'E 1.045 264° 241 km 02m25.2s
Limits18°46.7'S088°39.2'E20°39.1'S089°38.1'E19°42.4'S089°08.2'E 1.042 - 221 km 02m11.1s

ΔT = 41455.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:52:24.411:21:28.548°39.1'S128°06.1'W 42.0° 315.8° 265.5 km03m42.07s
Greatest Duration22:50:34.511:19:38.649°21.7'S044°28.1'E 42.0° 317.5° 264.3 km03m42.11s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1790 Mar 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1790 Mar 14 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 41455.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2896.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.10°.

Acknowledgments

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

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