Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1715 May 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1715 May 03 . 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 1715 May 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits32°57.8'N047°34.0'W30°55.7'N046°01.8'W31°56.2'N046°47.1'W 1.050 - 259 km 02m28.9s
08:24 - - 33°49.9'N036°46.4'W32°36.1'N044°30.9'W 1.051 73° 264 km 02m32.7s
08:2634°37.4'N042°15.4'W35°27.6'N032°23.0'W35°19.0'N036°25.4'W 1.053 10° 78° 279 km 02m48.2s
08:2836°44.3'N036°23.9'W36°44.0'N029°12.9'W36°50.2'N032°29.9'W 1.055 13° 81° 286 km 02m56.5s
08:3038°11.3'N032°47.7'W37°50.3'N026°37.3'W38°04.5'N029°31.5'W 1.056 16° 83° 291 km 03m03.0s
08:3239°24.2'N029°58.2'W38°50.2'N024°22.4'W39°09.9'N027°02.4'W 1.056 19° 85° 295 km 03m08.7s
08:3440°29.1'N027°34.4'W39°45.7'N022°21.7'W40°09.5'N024°51.8'W 1.057 21° 87° 298 km 03m13.7s
08:3641°28.6'N025°27.3'W40°37.8'N020°31.3'W41°05.0'N022°54.0'W 1.058 23° 89° 300 km 03m18.3s
08:3842°24.3'N023°31.9'W41°27.3'N018°48.7'W41°57.3'N021°05.6'W 1.058 25° 91° 302 km 03m22.5s
08:4043°16.9'N021°45.3'W42°14.6'N017°12.4'W42°47.1'N019°24.6'W 1.059 26° 93° 303 km 03m26.4s
08:4244°07.2'N020°05.4'W43°00.1'N015°40.9'W43°34.8'N017°49.2'W 1.059 28° 95° 304 km 03m30.1s
08:4444°55.4'N018°30.9'W43°44.1'N014°13.5'W44°20.8'N016°18.5'W 1.059 29° 96° 305 km 03m33.5s
08:4645°41.9'N017°00.6'W44°26.6'N012°49.4'W45°05.3'N014°51.5'W 1.060 30° 98° 306 km 03m36.7s
08:4846°26.9'N015°33.9'W45°08.0'N011°28.0'W45°48.4'N013°27.5'W 1.060 31° 100° 306 km 03m39.8s
08:5047°10.7'N014°09.9'W45°48.3'N010°08.9'W46°30.3'N012°06.0'W 1.060 33° 102° 306 km 03m42.7s
08:5247°53.3'N012°48.2'W46°27.6'N008°51.6'W47°11.2'N010°46.6'W 1.061 34° 104° 306 km 03m45.4s
08:5448°34.8'N011°28.4'W47°06.0'N007°35.8'W47°51.1'N009°28.9'W 1.061 35° 106° 306 km 03m48.0s
08:5649°15.4'N010°10.1'W47°43.6'N006°21.3'W48°30.1'N008°12.5'W 1.061 36° 108° 306 km 03m50.4s
08:5849°55.2'N008°52.9'W48°20.4'N005°07.7'W49°08.4'N006°57.2'W 1.061 36° 110° 306 km 03m52.7s
09:0050°34.1'N007°36.6'W48°56.5'N003°54.9'W49°45.8'N005°42.6'W 1.062 37° 112° 306 km 03m54.9s
09:0251°12.3'N006°21.0'W49°31.9'N002°42.6'W50°22.6'N004°28.7'W 1.062 38° 114° 305 km 03m56.9s
09:0451°49.8'N005°05.8'W50°06.7'N001°30.7'W50°58.7'N003°15.1'W 1.062 39° 116° 305 km 03m58.9s
09:0652°26.6'N003°50.7'W50°40.8'N000°19.0'W51°34.1'N002°01.8'W 1.062 39° 119° 304 km 04m00.7s
09:0853°02.8'N002°35.7'W51°14.4'N000°52.7'E52°09.0'N000°48.4'W 1.062 40° 121° 304 km 04m02.4s
09:1053°38.4'N001°20.5'W51°47.4'N002°04.5'E52°43.2'N000°25.1'E 1.062 41° 123° 303 km 04m03.9s
09:1254°13.4'N000°05.0'W52°19.9'N003°16.6'E53°16.9'N001°38.9'E 1.063 41° 125° 303 km 04m05.4s
09:1454°47.8'N001°11.1'E52°51.8'N004°29.1'E53°50.0'N002°53.2'E 1.063 42° 128° 302 km 04m06.7s
09:1655°21.7'N002°27.8'E53°23.1'N005°42.0'E54°22.6'N004°08.0'E 1.063 42° 130° 302 km 04m07.9s
09:1855°55.0'N003°45.4'E53°54.0'N006°55.7'E54°54.6'N005°23.6'E 1.063 43° 133° 301 km 04m09.0s
09:2056°27.8'N005°03.9'E54°24.3'N008°10.1'E55°26.2'N006°40.0'E 1.063 43° 135° 300 km 04m10.0s
09:2257°00.0'N006°23.5'E54°54.2'N009°25.4'E55°57.1'N007°57.5'E 1.063 43° 137° 300 km 04m10.9s
09:2457°31.7'N007°44.5'E55°23.5'N010°41.7'E56°27.6'N009°16.1'E 1.063 44° 140° 299 km 04m11.7s
09:2658°02.8'N009°06.8'E55°52.2'N011°59.1'E56°57.5'N010°36.0'E 1.063 44° 143° 298 km 04m12.3s
09:2858°33.4'N010°30.7'E56°20.5'N013°17.8'E57°26.8'N011°57.2'E 1.063 44° 145° 298 km 04m12.9s
09:3059°03.4'N011°56.4'E56°48.2'N014°37.9'E57°55.7'N013°20.0'E 1.063 44° 148° 297 km 04m13.3s
09:3259°32.8'N013°23.9'E57°15.4'N015°59.4'E58°23.9'N014°44.5'E 1.063 44° 151° 297 km 04m13.7s
09:3460°01.6'N014°53.5'E57°42.0'N017°22.5'E58°51.6'N016°10.8'E 1.063 44° 153° 296 km 04m13.9s
09:3660°29.8'N016°25.2'E58°08.0'N018°47.4'E59°18.6'N017°39.0'E 1.063 44° 156° 295 km 04m14.0s
09:3860°57.4'N017°59.4'E58°33.4'N020°14.1'E59°45.1'N019°09.3'E 1.063 44° 159° 295 km 04m14.0s
09:4061°24.3'N019°36.0'E58°58.3'N021°42.8'E60°10.9'N020°41.8'E 1.063 44° 162° 294 km 04m13.9s
09:4261°50.4'N021°15.3'E59°22.4'N023°13.6'E60°36.0'N022°16.7'E 1.063 44° 165° 293 km 04m13.6s
09:4462°15.9'N022°57.4'E59°46.0'N024°46.6'E61°00.5'N023°54.1'E 1.063 44° 168° 293 km 04m13.3s
09:4662°40.6'N024°42.6'E60°08.8'N026°22.0'E61°24.2'N025°34.1'E 1.063 44° 171° 292 km 04m12.8s
09:4863°04.4'N026°30.9'E60°30.9'N027°59.8'E61°47.1'N027°17.0'E 1.063 44° 174° 292 km 04m12.3s
09:5063°27.4'N028°22.6'E60°52.2'N029°40.2'E62°09.2'N029°02.8'E 1.063 43° 177° 291 km 04m11.6s
09:5263°49.4'N030°17.9'E61°12.8'N031°23.4'E62°30.5'N030°51.6'E 1.063 43° 180° 291 km 04m10.8s
09:5464°10.5'N032°16.8'E61°32.5'N033°09.4'E62°50.8'N032°43.7'E 1.063 43° 183° 290 km 04m09.9s
09:5664°30.5'N034°19.6'E61°51.3'N034°58.5'E63°10.2'N034°39.3'E 1.063 42° 186° 290 km 04m08.8s
09:5864°49.4'N036°26.4'E62°09.1'N036°50.6'E63°28.6'N036°38.3'E 1.063 42° 189° 289 km 04m07.7s
10:0065°07.1'N038°37.4'E62°26.0'N038°46.1'E63°45.8'N038°41.1'E 1.062 41° 192° 289 km 04m06.4s
10:0265°23.5'N040°52.7'E62°41.8'N040°44.9'E64°02.0'N040°47.6'E 1.062 41° 196° 288 km 04m05.0s
10:0465°38.6'N043°12.6'E62°56.4'N042°47.3'E64°16.8'N042°58.2'E 1.062 40° 199° 288 km 04m03.5s
10:0665°52.2'N045°37.1'E63°09.9'N044°53.3'E64°30.4'N045°12.8'E 1.062 40° 202° 287 km 04m01.9s
10:0866°04.2'N048°06.4'E63°22.1'N047°03.1'E64°42.5'N047°31.7'E 1.062 39° 206° 287 km 04m00.1s
10:1066°14.5'N050°40.5'E63°32.9'N049°16.9'E64°53.1'N049°55.0'E 1.062 38° 209° 286 km 03m58.2s
10:1266°23.0'N053°19.7'E63°42.3'N051°34.7'E65°02.1'N052°22.8'E 1.061 37° 212° 286 km 03m56.2s
10:1466°29.5'N056°04.1'E63°50.1'N053°56.8'E65°09.3'N054°55.3'E 1.061 37° 216° 285 km 03m54.0s
10:1666°33.9'N058°53.7'E63°56.2'N056°23.2'E65°14.7'N057°32.5'E 1.061 36° 219° 285 km 03m51.7s
10:1866°36.1'N061°48.6'E64°00.6'N058°54.2'E65°18.1'N060°14.7'E 1.061 35° 223° 284 km 03m49.3s
10:2066°35.8'N064°49.1'E64°03.0'N061°29.9'E65°19.3'N063°01.9'E 1.060 34° 227° 284 km 03m46.7s
10:2266°32.8'N067°55.2'E64°03.4'N064°10.5'E65°18.1'N065°54.5'E 1.060 33° 230° 283 km 03m44.0s
10:2466°27.0'N071°07.2'E64°01.5'N066°56.2'E65°14.5'N068°52.6'E 1.060 32° 234° 283 km 03m41.1s
10:2666°17.9'N074°25.3'E63°57.1'N069°47.4'E65°08.0'N071°56.5'E 1.059 30° 238° 282 km 03m38.0s
10:2866°05.5'N077°50.0'E63°50.1'N072°44.4'E64°58.5'N075°06.5'E 1.059 29° 242° 282 km 03m34.7s
10:3065°49.1'N081°21.8'E63°40.2'N075°47.7'E64°45.7'N078°23.3'E 1.059 28° 246° 281 km 03m31.2s
10:3265°28.4'N085°01.6'E63°27.0'N078°57.9'E64°29.1'N081°47.6'E 1.058 26° 250° 280 km 03m27.5s
10:3465°02.8'N088°50.7'E63°10.1'N082°16.0'E64°08.3'N085°20.3'E 1.058 25° 254° 280 km 03m23.6s
10:3664°31.4'N092°51.0'E62°49.1'N085°43.0'E63°42.6'N089°03.1'E 1.057 23° 258° 279 km 03m19.3s
10:3863°53.0'N097°05.7'E62°23.2'N089°20.9'E63°11.1'N092°58.2'E 1.057 21° 262° 278 km 03m14.7s
10:4063°05.6'N101°40.1'E61°51.5'N093°12.2'E62°32.5'N097°09.2'E 1.056 19° 267° 276 km 03m09.7s
10:4262°05.8'N106°44.0'E61°12.4'N097°21.2'E61°44.7'N101°42.3'E 1.055 17° 271° 275 km 03m04.0s
10:4460°46.4'N112°39.4'E60°23.6'N101°55.3'E60°43.6'N106°49.5'E 1.054 14° 277° 273 km 02m57.6s
10:4658°43.1'N120°41.2'E59°20.4'N107°09.2'E59°20.2'N112°59.0'E 1.053 11° 283° 270 km 02m49.6s
10:48 - - 57°50.8'N113°41.6'E56°56.5'N122°13.5'E 1.052 291° 264 km 02m37.6s
Limits55°35.7'N131°21.0'E53°42.9'N128°54.9'E54°38.9'N130°06.0'E 1.050 - 258 km 02m27.5s

ΔT = 9.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:36:29.509:36:20.159°23.1'N017°51.6'E 44.4° 156.6° 295.2 km04m14.00s
Greatest Duration09:37:04.109:36:54.659°30.8'N018°19.8'E 44.4° 157.4° 295.0 km04m14.00s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1715 May 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1715 May 03 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 9.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 4.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.02°.

Acknowledgments

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

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