Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1679 Apr 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1679 Apr 10 . 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 1679 Apr 10
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits21°35.8'N161°22.5'W20°01.0'N160°39.0'W20°48.2'N161°00.5'W 1.042 - 184 km 02m11.6s
16:3422°16.3'N157°18.7'W21°59.3'N149°46.2'W22°15.0'N152°48.4'W 1.045 84° 198 km 02m27.7s
16:3623°39.3'N150°43.5'W22°54.9'N145°58.9'W23°19.0'N148°11.2'W 1.046 13° 87° 206 km 02m38.0s
16:3824°36.2'N147°02.3'W23°42.4'N143°07.1'W24°10.4'N144°59.3'W 1.047 16° 88° 212 km 02m45.7s
16:4025°25.0'N144°13.5'W24°25.7'N140°44.6'W24°56.2'N142°25.4'W 1.048 19° 90° 217 km 02m52.2s
16:4226°09.5'N141°52.7'W25°06.1'N138°41.0'W25°38.5'N140°14.0'W 1.049 21° 91° 220 km 02m58.0s
16:4426°51.1'N139°50.3'W25°44.5'N136°50.7'W26°18.4'N138°18.1'W 1.049 24° 93° 223 km 03m03.2s
16:4627°30.6'N138°00.7'W26°21.4'N135°10.3'W26°56.5'N136°33.5'W 1.050 26° 94° 226 km 03m08.1s
16:4828°08.5'N136°20.9'W26°57.0'N133°37.8'W27°33.2'N134°57.6'W 1.051 27° 95° 228 km 03m12.6s
16:5028°45.1'N134°48.7'W27°31.6'N132°11.6'W28°08.7'N133°28.6'W 1.051 29° 97° 230 km 03m16.8s
16:5229°20.7'N133°22.8'W28°05.4'N130°50.6'W28°43.4'N132°05.2'W 1.051 31° 98° 232 km 03m20.8s
16:5429°55.4'N132°01.8'W28°38.4'N129°34.0'W29°17.2'N130°46.6'W 1.052 32° 99° 234 km 03m24.6s
16:5630°29.4'N130°45.2'W29°10.8'N128°21.1'W29°50.3'N129°31.8'W 1.052 34° 101° 235 km 03m28.1s
16:5831°02.7'N129°32.1'W29°42.6'N127°11.3'W30°22.9'N128°20.5'W 1.053 35° 102° 236 km 03m31.6s
17:0031°35.4'N128°22.2'W30°13.9'N126°04.3'W30°54.9'N127°12.1'W 1.053 36° 103° 237 km 03m34.8s
17:0232°07.6'N127°14.9'W30°44.8'N124°59.7'W31°26.4'N126°06.2'W 1.053 37° 105° 238 km 03m37.9s
17:0432°39.3'N126°09.9'W31°15.2'N123°57.2'W31°57.5'N125°02.5'W 1.053 38° 106° 239 km 03m40.9s
17:0633°10.6'N125°06.9'W31°45.3'N122°56.6'W32°28.2'N124°00.7'W 1.054 40° 108° 239 km 03m43.7s
17:0833°41.6'N124°05.7'W32°15.1'N121°57.5'W32°58.5'N123°00.6'W 1.054 41° 109° 240 km 03m46.4s
17:1034°12.2'N123°06.1'W32°44.5'N120°59.8'W33°28.5'N122°02.0'W 1.054 42° 111° 240 km 03m48.9s
17:1234°42.5'N122°07.8'W33°13.7'N120°03.5'W33°58.2'N121°04.6'W 1.054 43° 113° 240 km 03m51.4s
17:1435°12.5'N121°10.6'W33°42.6'N119°08.1'W34°27.6'N120°08.4'W 1.055 43° 114° 241 km 03m53.7s
17:1635°42.2'N120°14.5'W34°11.2'N118°13.8'W34°56.8'N119°13.2'W 1.055 44° 116° 241 km 03m55.9s
17:1836°11.7'N119°19.3'W34°39.6'N117°20.3'W35°25.8'N118°18.9'W 1.055 45° 118° 241 km 03m58.0s
17:2036°40.9'N118°24.8'W35°07.8'N116°27.5'W35°54.5'N117°25.3'W 1.055 46° 120° 241 km 03m59.9s
17:2237°10.0'N117°30.9'W35°35.8'N115°35.3'W36°23.0'N116°32.3'W 1.055 47° 121° 240 km 04m01.8s
17:2437°38.8'N116°37.7'W36°03.6'N114°43.6'W36°51.2'N115°39.8'W 1.055 47° 123° 240 km 04m03.5s
17:2638°07.4'N115°44.8'W36°31.2'N113°52.4'W37°19.3'N114°47.8'W 1.056 48° 125° 240 km 04m05.2s
17:2838°35.8'N114°52.3'W36°58.7'N113°01.5'W37°47.3'N113°56.1'W 1.056 48° 127° 240 km 04m06.7s
17:3039°04.1'N114°00.0'W37°25.9'N112°10.9'W38°15.0'N113°04.6'W 1.056 49° 129° 240 km 04m08.1s
17:3239°32.2'N113°07.9'W37°53.0'N111°20.4'W38°42.6'N112°13.4'W 1.056 50° 131° 239 km 04m09.4s
17:3440°00.1'N112°15.9'W38°20.0'N110°30.1'W39°10.0'N111°22.2'W 1.056 50° 133° 239 km 04m10.6s
17:3640°27.9'N111°23.9'W38°46.8'N109°39.8'W39°37.3'N110°31.1'W 1.056 50° 135° 238 km 04m11.7s
17:3840°55.5'N110°31.9'W39°13.4'N108°49.4'W40°04.4'N109°39.9'W 1.056 51° 138° 238 km 04m12.7s
17:4041°23.0'N109°39.7'W39°39.9'N107°59.0'W40°31.4'N108°48.6'W 1.056 51° 140° 238 km 04m13.6s
17:4241°50.3'N108°47.3'W40°06.3'N107°08.4'W40°58.2'N107°57.2'W 1.056 51° 142° 237 km 04m14.4s
17:4442°17.5'N107°54.6'W40°32.5'N106°17.6'W41°24.9'N107°05.4'W 1.056 52° 144° 237 km 04m15.1s
17:4642°44.5'N107°01.6'W40°58.6'N105°26.5'W41°51.5'N106°13.4'W 1.056 52° 147° 236 km 04m15.6s
17:4843°11.5'N106°08.2'W41°24.6'N104°35.1'W42°17.9'N105°21.0'W 1.056 52° 149° 235 km 04m16.1s
17:5043°38.2'N105°14.3'W41°50.4'N103°43.2'W42°44.2'N104°28.1'W 1.056 52° 151° 235 km 04m16.4s
17:5244°04.9'N104°19.8'W42°16.1'N102°50.9'W43°10.3'N103°34.7'W 1.056 52° 154° 234 km 04m16.7s
17:5444°31.4'N103°24.7'W42°41.6'N101°58.0'W43°36.4'N102°40.7'W 1.056 52° 156° 234 km 04m16.8s
17:5644°57.8'N102°28.9'W43°07.1'N101°04.5'W44°02.3'N101°46.1'W 1.056 52° 159° 233 km 04m16.8s
17:5845°24.0'N101°32.3'W43°32.4'N100°10.3'W44°28.0'N100°50.7'W 1.056 52° 161° 233 km 04m16.7s
18:0045°50.1'N100°34.8'W43°57.5'N099°15.4'W44°53.6'N099°54.6'W 1.056 52° 163° 232 km 04m16.5s
18:0246°16.0'N099°36.4'W44°22.6'N098°19.6'W45°19.1'N098°57.5'W 1.056 52° 166° 231 km 04m16.2s
18:0446°41.8'N098°37.0'W44°47.5'N097°22.9'W45°44.4'N097°59.5'W 1.056 52° 168° 231 km 04m15.8s
18:0647°07.5'N097°36.5'W45°12.2'N096°25.3'W46°09.6'N097°00.5'W 1.056 52° 171° 230 km 04m15.3s
18:0847°33.0'N096°34.8'W45°36.8'N095°26.6'W46°34.7'N096°00.3'W 1.056 51° 173° 229 km 04m14.7s
18:1047°58.3'N095°31.8'W46°01.2'N094°26.8'W46°59.5'N094°59.0'W 1.056 51° 176° 229 km 04m13.9s
18:1248°23.5'N094°27.4'W46°25.5'N093°25.8'W47°24.2'N093°56.3'W 1.056 51° 178° 228 km 04m13.1s
18:1448°48.4'N093°21.5'W46°49.6'N092°23.5'W47°48.8'N092°52.2'W 1.056 50° 181° 227 km 04m12.1s
18:1649°13.2'N092°14.0'W47°13.6'N091°19.7'W48°13.1'N091°46.7'W 1.056 50° 183° 227 km 04m11.0s
18:1849°37.8'N091°04.8'W47°37.3'N090°14.5'W48°37.2'N090°39.5'W 1.056 49° 185° 226 km 04m09.9s
18:2050°02.1'N089°53.8'W48°00.9'N089°07.6'W49°01.2'N089°30.6'W 1.056 49° 188° 225 km 04m08.6s
18:2250°26.2'N088°40.8'W48°24.2'N087°59.0'W49°24.9'N088°19.9'W 1.056 48° 190° 225 km 04m07.1s
18:2450°50.1'N087°25.7'W48°47.3'N086°48.6'W49°48.4'N087°07.2'W 1.055 48° 193° 224 km 04m05.6s
18:2651°13.7'N086°08.3'W49°10.2'N085°36.1'W50°11.6'N085°52.4'W 1.055 47° 195° 223 km 04m04.0s
18:2851°37.0'N084°48.5'W49°32.9'N084°21.6'W50°34.6'N084°35.3'W 1.055 46° 198° 223 km 04m02.2s
18:3052°00.0'N083°26.0'W49°55.2'N083°04.7'W50°57.3'N083°15.7'W 1.055 46° 200° 222 km 04m00.3s
18:3252°22.7'N082°00.8'W50°17.3'N081°45.4'W51°19.6'N081°53.6'W 1.055 45° 202° 221 km 03m58.3s
18:3452°45.0'N080°32.6'W50°39.0'N080°23.5'W51°41.6'N080°28.6'W 1.055 44° 205° 220 km 03m56.2s
18:3653°06.8'N079°01.1'W51°00.4'N078°58.7'W52°03.3'N079°00.6'W 1.054 43° 207° 220 km 03m53.9s
18:3853°28.3'N077°26.1'W51°21.5'N077°30.9'W52°24.5'N077°29.4'W 1.054 42° 210° 219 km 03m51.6s
18:4053°49.2'N075°47.4'W51°42.1'N075°59.8'W52°45.3'N075°54.6'W 1.054 41° 212° 218 km 03m49.1s
18:4254°09.6'N074°04.5'W52°02.2'N074°25.2'W53°05.6'N074°16.1'W 1.054 40° 215° 217 km 03m46.4s
18:4454°29.4'N072°17.2'W52°21.9'N072°46.7'W53°25.3'N072°33.3'W 1.053 39° 217° 216 km 03m43.7s
18:4654°48.5'N070°25.1'W52°41.0'N071°04.0'W53°44.4'N070°46.1'W 1.053 38° 220° 215 km 03m40.8s
18:4855°06.9'N068°27.6'W52°59.5'N069°16.6'W54°02.9'N068°53.9'W 1.053 37° 222° 214 km 03m37.7s
18:5055°24.4'N066°24.2'W53°17.3'N067°24.3'W54°20.6'N066°56.3'W 1.052 36° 225° 214 km 03m34.5s
18:5255°41.0'N064°14.4'W53°34.4'N065°26.3'W54°37.4'N064°52.7'W 1.052 35° 228° 213 km 03m31.1s
18:5455°56.5'N061°57.3'W53°50.6'N063°22.2'W54°53.3'N062°42.4'W 1.052 33° 230° 212 km 03m27.6s
18:5656°10.7'N059°32.1'W54°05.8'N061°11.2'W55°08.0'N060°24.7'W 1.051 32° 233° 210 km 03m23.9s
18:5856°23.6'N056°57.6'W54°19.8'N058°52.4'W55°21.5'N057°58.4'W 1.051 30° 236° 209 km 03m19.9s
19:0056°34.7'N054°12.4'W54°32.6'N056°24.7'W55°33.5'N055°22.4'W 1.050 29° 239° 208 km 03m15.8s
19:0256°43.7'N051°14.8'W54°43.8'N053°46.6'W55°43.8'N052°35.1'W 1.050 27° 242° 207 km 03m11.4s
19:0456°50.4'N048°02.1'W54°53.1'N050°56.4'W55°51.9'N049°34.4'W 1.049 25° 245° 205 km 03m06.7s
19:0656°54.0'N044°30.8'W55°00.3'N047°51.5'W55°57.4'N046°17.2'W 1.049 23° 249° 204 km 03m01.7s
19:0856°53.6'N040°35.6'W55°04.6'N044°28.4'W55°59.6'N042°39.2'W 1.048 21° 253° 202 km 02m56.2s
19:1056°47.7'N036°07.5'W55°05.2'N040°41.5'W55°57.4'N038°33.5'W 1.047 19° 257° 200 km 02m50.2s
19:1256°33.5'N030°49.0'W55°00.8'N036°21.7'W55°48.7'N033°47.8'W 1.046 16° 261° 198 km 02m43.4s
19:1456°04.1'N023°55.9'W54°48.5'N031°10.7'W55°29.5'N027°55.0'W 1.045 12° 267° 194 km 02m35.3s
19:1654°28.0'N009°55.2'W54°21.4'N024°21.0'W54°45.7'N019°22.6'W 1.044 274° 189 km 02m24.0s
Limits54°04.9'N007°16.7'W52°33.3'N008°22.0'W53°18.8'N007°50.0'W 1.041 - 182 km 02m09.9s

ΔT = 14.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:55:12.517:54:57.843°48.9'N102°18.1'W 52.4° 157.3° 233.5 km04m16.82s
Greatest Duration17:55:41.317:55:26.743°55.1'N102°01.3'W 52.4° 157.9° 233.3 km04m16.82s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1679 Apr 10

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1679 Apr 10 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 14.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 8.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.03°.

Acknowledgments

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

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