Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1724 May 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1724 May 22 . 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 1724 May 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°44.6'N152°22.2'W13°08.8'N151°14.4'W13°56.5'N151°48.0'W 1.049 - 209 km 02m24.5s
15:4417°23.5'N146°06.6'W18°12.6'N139°44.7'W17°57.4'N142°33.1'W 1.052 10° 72° 226 km 02m43.8s
15:4619°43.5'N141°23.7'W19°52.6'N136°38.4'W19°51.6'N138°53.2'W 1.053 14° 73° 233 km 02m52.7s
15:4821°24.8'N138°19.5'W21°16.9'N134°12.2'W21°23.0'N136°11.3'W 1.054 18° 74° 238 km 02m59.7s
15:5022°50.3'N135°54.7'W22°32.0'N132°09.0'W22°42.7'N133°58.6'W 1.055 21° 76° 242 km 03m05.7s
15:5224°06.6'N133°52.4'W23°40.8'N130°21.0'W23°55.0'N132°04.2'W 1.056 23° 77° 245 km 03m11.1s
15:5425°16.6'N132°05.2'W24°44.9'N128°44.0'W25°01.8'N130°22.5'W 1.057 25° 78° 247 km 03m16.0s
15:5626°21.9'N130°28.9'W25°45.5'N127°15.3'W26°04.6'N128°50.3'W 1.057 27° 79° 249 km 03m20.6s
15:5827°23.6'N129°00.7'W26°43.1'N125°53.2'W27°04.2'N127°25.3'W 1.058 29° 80° 251 km 03m24.9s
16:0028°22.4'N127°38.9'W27°38.3'N124°36.4'W28°01.1'N126°06.1'W 1.058 31° 82° 252 km 03m28.9s
16:0229°18.7'N126°22.4'W28°31.4'N123°23.9'W28°55.7'N124°51.7'W 1.059 32° 83° 254 km 03m32.7s
16:0430°12.9'N125°10.1'W29°22.7'N122°15.0'W29°48.4'N123°41.2'W 1.059 34° 84° 254 km 03m36.3s
16:0631°05.4'N124°01.3'W30°12.4'N121°09.1'W30°39.5'N122°33.9'W 1.059 35° 86° 255 km 03m39.8s
16:0831°56.2'N122°55.5'W31°00.7'N120°05.9'W31°29.0'N121°29.5'W 1.060 37° 87° 256 km 03m43.1s
16:1032°45.7'N121°52.2'W31°47.8'N119°04.8'W32°17.3'N120°27.3'W 1.060 38° 88° 256 km 03m46.3s
16:1233°33.9'N120°51.0'W32°33.7'N118°05.6'W33°04.3'N119°27.1'W 1.060 39° 90° 256 km 03m49.3s
16:1434°21.0'N119°51.6'W33°18.6'N117°08.1'W33°50.3'N118°28.7'W 1.061 41° 91° 257 km 03m52.2s
16:1635°07.0'N118°53.7'W34°02.6'N116°11.9'W34°35.2'N117°31.7'W 1.061 42° 93° 257 km 03m55.0s
16:1835°52.1'N117°57.2'W34°45.6'N115°16.9'W35°19.3'N116°35.9'W 1.061 43° 94° 257 km 03m57.7s
16:2036°36.2'N117°01.7'W35°27.8'N114°22.8'W36°02.4'N115°41.2'W 1.061 44° 96° 257 km 04m00.2s
16:2237°19.6'N116°07.2'W36°09.3'N113°29.7'W36°44.8'N114°47.3'W 1.062 45° 97° 257 km 04m02.7s
16:2438°02.2'N115°13.4'W36°50.0'N112°37.2'W37°26.5'N113°54.2'W 1.062 46° 99° 257 km 04m05.0s
16:2638°44.1'N114°20.2'W37°30.0'N111°45.2'W38°07.4'N113°01.6'W 1.062 47° 101° 256 km 04m07.3s
16:2839°25.3'N113°27.5'W38°09.3'N110°53.7'W38°47.7'N112°09.5'W 1.062 48° 103° 256 km 04m09.4s
16:3040°05.9'N112°35.1'W38°48.1'N110°02.6'W39°27.3'N111°17.7'W 1.062 49° 105° 256 km 04m11.5s
16:3240°45.8'N111°42.9'W39°26.2'N109°11.6'W40°06.3'N110°26.2'W 1.063 50° 107° 256 km 04m13.5s
16:3441°25.2'N110°50.9'W40°03.8'N108°20.8'W40°44.8'N109°34.7'W 1.063 50° 108° 255 km 04m15.3s
16:3642°04.0'N109°58.8'W40°40.8'N107°30.0'W41°22.7'N108°43.3'W 1.063 51° 111° 255 km 04m17.1s
16:3842°42.2'N109°06.7'W41°17.3'N106°39.2'W42°00.0'N107°51.8'W 1.063 52° 113° 254 km 04m18.8s
16:4043°19.9'N108°14.5'W41°53.3'N105°48.2'W42°36.8'N107°00.2'W 1.063 53° 115° 254 km 04m20.4s
16:4243°57.1'N107°21.9'W42°28.7'N104°57.1'W43°13.1'N106°08.4'W 1.063 53° 117° 254 km 04m21.9s
16:4444°33.8'N106°29.0'W43°03.7'N104°05.6'W43°48.9'N105°16.2'W 1.063 54° 119° 253 km 04m23.2s
16:4645°10.0'N105°35.7'W43°38.1'N103°13.8'W44°24.2'N104°23.6'W 1.064 54° 122° 253 km 04m24.6s
16:4845°45.7'N104°41.9'W44°12.1'N102°21.5'W44°59.0'N103°30.5'W 1.064 55° 124° 252 km 04m25.8s
16:5046°20.9'N103°47.4'W44°45.6'N101°28.7'W45°33.4'N102°36.9'W 1.064 55° 127° 252 km 04m26.9s
16:5246°55.6'N102°52.3'W45°18.6'N100°35.4'W46°07.2'N101°42.7'W 1.064 56° 129° 251 km 04m27.9s
16:5447°29.9'N101°56.4'W45°51.2'N099°41.4'W46°40.6'N100°47.7'W 1.064 56° 132° 251 km 04m28.8s
16:5648°03.6'N100°59.7'W46°23.3'N098°46.6'W47°13.5'N099°52.0'W 1.064 57° 134° 250 km 04m29.7s
16:5848°36.9'N100°02.0'W46°54.9'N097°51.1'W47°46.0'N098°55.4'W 1.064 57° 137° 250 km 04m30.4s
17:0049°09.7'N099°03.4'W47°26.0'N096°54.7'W48°17.9'N097°57.9'W 1.064 57° 140° 250 km 04m31.1s
17:0249°42.0'N098°03.6'W47°56.6'N095°57.4'W48°49.4'N096°59.4'W 1.064 57° 143° 249 km 04m31.6s
17:0450°13.9'N097°02.7'W48°26.8'N094°59.1'W49°20.3'N095°59.7'W 1.064 57° 145° 249 km 04m32.1s
17:0650°45.2'N096°00.5'W48°56.4'N093°59.7'W49°50.8'N094°59.0'W 1.064 58° 148° 248 km 04m32.4s
17:0851°15.9'N094°57.0'W49°25.6'N092°59.2'W50°20.7'N093°57.0'W 1.064 58° 151° 248 km 04m32.7s
17:1051°46.2'N093°52.0'W49°54.2'N091°57.4'W50°50.2'N092°53.6'W 1.064 58° 154° 247 km 04m32.9s
17:1252°15.9'N092°45.6'W50°22.3'N090°54.4'W51°19.0'N091°48.9'W 1.064 58° 157° 247 km 04m32.9s
17:1452°45.0'N091°37.5'W50°49.9'N089°50.0'W51°47.4'N090°42.7'W 1.064 58° 160° 246 km 04m32.9s
17:1653°13.6'N090°27.8'W51°16.9'N088°44.1'W52°15.1'N089°35.0'W 1.064 57° 163° 246 km 04m32.8s
17:1853°41.5'N089°16.2'W51°43.3'N087°36.8'W52°42.3'N088°25.6'W 1.064 57° 166° 245 km 04m32.5s
17:2054°08.8'N088°02.8'W52°09.1'N086°27.8'W53°08.8'N087°14.4'W 1.064 57° 169° 245 km 04m32.2s
17:2254°35.5'N086°47.5'W52°34.3'N085°17.2'W53°34.8'N086°01.5'W 1.064 57° 172° 244 km 04m31.8s
17:2455°01.5'N085°30.0'W52°58.9'N084°04.9'W54°00.0'N084°46.7'W 1.064 56° 175° 244 km 04m31.2s
17:2655°26.7'N084°10.4'W53°22.8'N082°50.7'W54°24.6'N083°29.8'W 1.064 56° 178° 244 km 04m30.6s
17:2855°51.2'N082°48.6'W53°46.0'N081°34.6'W54°48.4'N082°10.9'W 1.064 56° 181° 243 km 04m29.8s
17:3056°14.9'N081°24.3'W54°08.5'N080°16.5'W55°11.5'N080°49.9'W 1.064 55° 184° 243 km 04m29.0s
17:3256°37.8'N079°57.7'W54°30.2'N078°56.3'W55°33.8'N079°26.6'W 1.063 55° 187° 242 km 04m28.0s
17:3456°59.8'N078°28.5'W54°51.2'N077°34.0'W55°55.2'N078°01.0'W 1.063 54° 190° 242 km 04m27.0s
17:3657°20.9'N076°56.6'W55°11.3'N076°09.5'W56°15.8'N076°32.9'W 1.063 54° 193° 241 km 04m25.8s
17:3857°41.0'N075°22.0'W55°30.5'N074°42.7'W56°35.5'N075°02.3'W 1.063 53° 196° 241 km 04m24.5s
17:4058°00.1'N073°44.6'W55°48.8'N073°13.4'W56°54.2'N073°29.2'W 1.063 52° 199° 241 km 04m23.2s
17:4258°18.1'N072°04.3'W56°06.2'N071°41.7'W57°11.8'N071°53.3'W 1.063 52° 202° 240 km 04m21.7s
17:4458°34.9'N070°20.9'W56°22.5'N070°07.4'W57°28.4'N070°14.7'W 1.063 51° 205° 240 km 04m20.1s
17:4658°50.6'N068°34.4'W56°37.7'N068°30.5'W57°43.9'N068°33.2'W 1.062 50° 208° 239 km 04m18.4s
17:4859°04.9'N066°44.8'W56°51.9'N066°50.8'W57°58.1'N066°48.7'W 1.062 50° 211° 239 km 04m16.5s
17:5059°17.8'N064°51.9'W57°04.8'N065°08.3'W58°11.0'N065°01.2'W 1.062 49° 214° 238 km 04m14.6s
17:5259°29.3'N062°55.6'W57°16.5'N063°23.0'W58°22.6'N063°10.7'W 1.062 48° 217° 238 km 04m12.5s
17:5459°39.3'N060°55.9'W57°26.8'N061°34.6'W58°32.8'N061°16.9'W 1.062 47° 220° 237 km 04m10.4s
17:5659°47.6'N058°52.7'W57°35.7'N059°43.2'W58°41.4'N059°19.8'W 1.061 46° 223° 237 km 04m08.1s
17:5859°54.1'N056°46.0'W57°43.1'N057°48.6'W58°48.4'N057°19.5'W 1.061 45° 226° 237 km 04m05.7s
18:0059°58.8'N054°35.6'W57°48.8'N055°50.8'W58°53.7'N055°15.6'W 1.061 44° 229° 236 km 04m03.1s
18:0260°01.5'N052°21.5'W57°52.9'N053°49.7'W58°57.1'N053°08.3'W 1.061 43° 232° 236 km 04m00.5s
18:0460°02.0'N050°03.6'W57°55.2'N051°45.1'W58°58.6'N050°57.3'W 1.060 42° 235° 235 km 03m57.7s
18:0660°00.3'N047°41.7'W57°55.5'N049°36.9'W58°57.9'N048°42.5'W 1.060 40° 238° 235 km 03m54.8s
18:0859°56.1'N045°15.9'W57°53.7'N047°25.0'W58°55.0'N046°23.9'W 1.060 39° 241° 234 km 03m51.7s
18:1059°49.3'N042°45.9'W57°49.7'N045°09.2'W58°49.7'N044°01.3'W 1.059 38° 244° 233 km 03m48.5s
18:1259°39.6'N040°11.5'W57°43.3'N042°49.3'W58°41.7'N041°34.4'W 1.059 37° 248° 233 km 03m45.1s
18:1459°26.8'N037°32.5'W57°34.2'N040°25.1'W58°31.0'N039°03.1'W 1.059 35° 251° 232 km 03m41.6s
18:1659°10.7'N034°48.5'W57°22.3'N037°56.2'W58°17.0'N036°26.9'W 1.058 34° 254° 232 km 03m37.9s
18:1858°50.8'N031°59.0'W57°07.3'N035°22.2'W57°59.7'N033°45.4'W 1.058 32° 257° 231 km 03m34.0s
18:2058°26.7'N029°03.5'W56°48.8'N032°42.6'W57°38.6'N030°58.1'W 1.057 31° 260° 230 km 03m29.9s
18:2257°57.8'N026°00.9'W56°26.3'N029°56.6'W57°13.1'N028°04.0'W 1.057 29° 263° 229 km 03m25.5s
18:2457°23.4'N022°49.9'W55°59.5'N027°03.3'W56°42.8'N025°02.1'W 1.056 27° 267° 228 km 03m20.9s
18:2656°42.6'N019°28.4'W55°27.4'N024°01.0'W56°06.6'N021°50.6'W 1.056 25° 270° 227 km 03m16.0s
18:2855°53.6'N015°53.3'W54°49.1'N020°47.9'W55°23.4'N018°27.0'W 1.055 23° 274° 226 km 03m10.7s
18:3054°54.0'N011°59.1'W54°03.2'N017°20.5'W54°31.2'N014°47.1'W 1.054 20° 277° 224 km 03m04.9s
18:3253°39.4'N007°35.9'W53°07.1'N013°33.3'W53°26.9'N010°43.7'W 1.053 17° 281° 222 km 02m58.4s
18:3451°59.4'N002°20.0'W51°56.4'N009°16.1'W52°03.8'N006°01.7'W 1.052 14° 286° 220 km 02m50.8s
18:3649°13.9'N005°23.0'E50°21.0'N004°04.3'W50°04.4'N000°01.2'E 1.051 291° 216 km 02m41.0s
Limits46°14.7'N012°53.8'E44°47.2'N011°12.3'E45°30.8'N012°02.2'E 1.048 - 206 km 02m22.2s

ΔT = 10.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:10:08.217:09:58.250°49.7'N092°57.1'W 57.6° 154.1° 247.2 km04m32.87s
Greatest Duration17:12:30.617:12:20.651°23.9'N091°37.7'W 57.6° 157.6° 246.7 km04m32.94s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1724 May 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1724 May 22 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 10.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 4.0 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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