Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1731 Jan 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1731 Jan 08 . 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 1731 Jan 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits10°12.5'S041°03.3'W10°58.9'S041°26.2'W10°35.7'S041°14.7'W 1.028 - 95 km 01m30.4s
08:3613°50.5'S031°58.1'W14°26.9'S033°01.5'W14°09.3'S032°28.5'W 1.031 10° 111° 105 km 01m47.4s
08:3815°33.0'S027°28.0'W16°18.9'S028°16.7'W15°56.3'S027°51.6'W 1.032 15° 109° 110 km 01m57.7s
08:4016°44.0'S024°12.3'W17°34.7'S024°54.9'W17°09.6'S024°32.9'W 1.034 19° 108° 114 km 02m05.7s
08:4217°39.6'S021°31.6'W18°33.8'S022°10.3'W18°07.0'S021°50.4'W 1.035 22° 107° 117 km 02m12.5s
08:4418°25.7'S019°12.5'W19°22.6'S019°48.2'W18°54.3'S019°29.8'W 1.035 25° 106° 120 km 02m18.7s
08:4619°04.8'S017°08.2'W20°04.1'S017°41.5'W19°34.6'S017°24.3'W 1.036 27° 106° 122 km 02m24.4s
08:4819°38.8'S015°15.0'W20°40.1'S015°46.1'W20°09.6'S015°30.1'W 1.037 30° 105° 124 km 02m29.8s
08:5020°08.6'S013°30.4'W21°11.7'S013°59.5'W20°40.2'S013°44.5'W 1.037 32° 104° 126 km 02m34.8s
08:5220°34.9'S011°52.7'W21°39.6'S012°20.0'W21°07.4'S012°05.9'W 1.038 34° 103° 128 km 02m39.7s
08:5420°58.3'S010°20.9'W22°04.5'S010°46.4'W21°31.5'S010°33.2'W 1.039 36° 103° 130 km 02m44.3s
08:5621°19.1'S008°53.9'W22°26.7'S009°17.6'W21°53.0'S009°05.3'W 1.039 38° 102° 131 km 02m48.7s
08:5821°37.7'S007°31.1'W22°46.5'S007°53.1'W22°12.2'S007°41.7'W 1.039 39° 101° 132 km 02m53.0s
09:0021°54.3'S006°11.9'W23°04.3'S006°32.3'W22°29.4'S006°21.7'W 1.040 41° 101° 134 km 02m57.2s
09:0222°09.0'S004°56.0'W23°20.1'S005°14.7'W22°44.7'S005°05.0'W 1.040 43° 100° 135 km 03m01.1s
09:0422°22.2'S003°42.9'W23°34.3'S004°00.0'W22°58.3'S003°51.1'W 1.041 44° 99° 136 km 03m05.0s
09:0622°33.8'S002°32.4'W23°46.8'S002°47.9'W23°10.4'S002°39.8'W 1.041 46° 99° 137 km 03m08.7s
09:0822°44.0'S001°24.2'W23°57.9'S001°38.1'W23°21.0'S001°30.8'W 1.041 47° 98° 139 km 03m12.3s
09:1022°52.9'S000°18.2'W24°07.6'S000°30.4'W23°30.3'S000°24.0'W 1.042 49° 98° 140 km 03m15.8s
09:1223°00.6'S000°46.0'E24°16.1'S000°35.3'E23°38.4'S000°41.0'E 1.042 50° 97° 141 km 03m19.2s
09:1423°07.2'S001°48.4'E24°23.3'S001°39.3'E23°45.3'S001°44.2'E 1.042 52° 96° 141 km 03m22.5s
09:1623°12.7'S002°49.2'E24°29.4'S002°41.7'E23°51.1'S002°45.7'E 1.043 53° 96° 142 km 03m25.7s
09:1823°17.1'S003°48.4'E24°34.5'S003°42.5'E23°55.8'S003°45.7'E 1.043 55° 95° 143 km 03m28.7s
09:2023°20.6'S004°46.3'E24°38.5'S004°41.9'E23°59.6'S004°44.4'E 1.043 56° 95° 144 km 03m31.7s
09:2223°23.2'S005°42.8'E24°41.6'S005°40.0'E24°02.4'S005°41.7'E 1.043 57° 94° 145 km 03m34.5s
09:2423°24.8'S006°38.2'E24°43.7'S006°36.9'E24°04.3'S006°37.8'E 1.044 59° 94° 146 km 03m37.3s
09:2623°25.7'S007°32.3'E24°44.9'S007°32.6'E24°05.3'S007°32.7'E 1.044 60° 93° 146 km 03m39.9s
09:2823°25.7'S008°25.4'E24°45.3'S008°27.2'E24°05.5'S008°26.5'E 1.044 61° 93° 147 km 03m42.4s
09:3023°24.9'S009°17.5'E24°44.8'S009°20.8'E24°04.9'S009°19.4'E 1.044 62° 92° 148 km 03m44.8s
09:3223°23.4'S010°08.7'E24°43.6'S010°13.5'E24°03.5'S010°11.3'E 1.044 64° 92° 148 km 03m47.1s
09:3423°21.2'S010°58.9'E24°41.5'S011°05.2'E24°01.3'S011°02.2'E 1.045 65° 92° 149 km 03m49.3s
09:3623°18.2'S011°48.3'E24°38.8'S011°56.1'E23°58.5'S011°52.3'E 1.045 66° 91° 149 km 03m51.4s
09:3823°14.5'S012°36.9'E24°35.3'S012°46.1'E23°54.9'S012°41.6'E 1.045 67° 91° 150 km 03m53.4s
09:4023°10.2'S013°24.7'E24°31.1'S013°35.4'E23°50.6'S013°30.2'E 1.045 69° 91° 150 km 03m55.3s
09:4223°05.3'S014°11.8'E24°26.2'S014°23.9'E23°45.7'S014°17.9'E 1.045 70° 90° 151 km 03m57.1s
09:4422°59.7'S014°58.2'E24°20.6'S015°11.7'E23°40.1'S015°05.0'E 1.045 71° 90° 151 km 03m58.8s
09:4622°53.4'S015°43.9'E24°14.4'S015°58.8'E23°33.9'S015°51.5'E 1.045 72° 90° 152 km 04m00.3s
09:4822°46.6'S016°29.1'E24°07.6'S016°45.3'E23°27.1'S016°37.3'E 1.046 73° 90° 152 km 04m01.8s
09:5022°39.2'S017°13.6'E24°00.1'S017°31.2'E23°19.6'S017°22.5'E 1.046 74° 90° 152 km 04m03.1s
09:5222°31.2'S017°57.6'E23°52.0'S018°16.5'E23°11.6'S018°07.1'E 1.046 76° 90° 153 km 04m04.3s
09:5422°22.6'S018°41.1'E23°43.3'S019°01.3'E23°03.0'S018°51.2'E 1.046 77° 90° 153 km 04m05.5s
09:5622°13.5'S019°24.0'E23°34.1'S019°45.5'E22°53.8'S019°34.8'E 1.046 78° 90° 153 km 04m06.5s
09:5822°03.8'S020°06.5'E23°24.2'S020°29.2'E22°44.0'S020°17.9'E 1.046 79° 90° 154 km 04m07.4s
10:0021°53.6'S020°48.5'E23°13.8'S021°12.5'E22°33.7'S021°00.5'E 1.046 80° 91° 154 km 04m08.2s
10:0221°42.8'S021°30.1'E23°02.8'S021°55.3'E22°22.8'S021°42.7'E 1.046 81° 91° 154 km 04m08.8s
10:0421°31.5'S022°11.3'E22°51.3'S022°37.6'E22°11.4'S022°24.5'E 1.046 82° 92° 154 km 04m09.4s
10:0621°19.7'S022°52.1'E22°39.2'S023°19.6'E21°59.5'S023°05.8'E 1.046 83° 94° 154 km 04m09.9s
10:0821°07.4'S023°32.6'E22°26.6'S024°01.2'E21°47.0'S023°46.9'E 1.046 84° 96° 154 km 04m10.2s
10:1020°54.6'S024°12.7'E22°13.5'S024°42.4'E21°34.0'S024°27.5'E 1.046 85° 100° 154 km 04m10.5s
10:1220°41.2'S024°52.5'E21°59.8'S025°23.3'E21°20.5'S025°07.9'E 1.046 86° 106° 154 km 04m10.6s
10:1420°27.4'S025°32.0'E21°45.6'S026°03.9'E21°06.5'S025°47.9'E 1.046 87° 118° 155 km 04m10.7s
10:1620°13.1'S026°11.3'E21°30.9'S026°44.2'E20°52.0'S026°27.7'E 1.046 88° 139° 155 km 04m10.6s
10:1819°58.2'S026°50.3'E21°15.6'S027°24.2'E20°37.0'S027°07.2'E 1.046 88° 174° 155 km 04m10.4s
10:2019°42.9'S027°29.1'E20°59.9'S028°04.0'E20°21.4'S027°46.5'E 1.046 88° 205° 155 km 04m10.1s
10:2219°27.1'S028°07.7'E20°43.6'S028°43.5'E20°05.4'S028°25.5'E 1.046 87° 222° 154 km 04m09.8s
10:2419°10.7'S028°46.1'E20°26.9'S029°22.8'E19°48.8'S029°04.4'E 1.046 86° 230° 154 km 04m09.3s
10:2618°53.9'S029°24.4'E20°09.6'S030°02.0'E19°31.8'S029°43.1'E 1.046 85° 235° 154 km 04m08.7s
10:2818°36.6'S030°02.6'E19°51.8'S030°41.0'E19°14.3'S030°21.7'E 1.046 84° 239° 154 km 04m08.0s
10:3018°18.8'S030°40.6'E19°33.5'S031°19.8'E18°56.2'S031°00.1'E 1.046 83° 241° 154 km 04m07.2s
10:3218°00.5'S031°18.5'E19°14.7'S031°58.6'E18°37.7'S031°38.4'E 1.046 82° 242° 154 km 04m06.3s
10:3417°41.7'S031°56.4'E18°55.4'S032°37.2'E18°18.6'S032°16.7'E 1.046 81° 243° 154 km 04m05.4s
10:3617°22.4'S032°34.3'E18°35.6'S033°15.8'E17°59.1'S032°54.9'E 1.046 80° 244° 154 km 04m04.3s
10:3817°02.6'S033°12.1'E18°15.2'S033°54.4'E17°39.0'S033°33.1'E 1.046 78° 244° 153 km 04m03.1s
10:4016°42.3'S033°50.0'E17°54.4'S034°32.9'E17°18.4'S034°11.3'E 1.046 77° 245° 153 km 04m01.9s
10:4216°21.5'S034°27.9'E17°33.0'S035°11.5'E16°57.3'S034°49.5'E 1.046 76° 245° 153 km 04m00.5s
10:4416°00.2'S035°05.9'E17°11.1'S035°50.1'E16°35.7'S035°27.8'E 1.046 75° 245° 153 km 03m59.1s
10:4615°38.3'S035°43.9'E16°48.6'S036°28.8'E16°13.5'S036°06.2'E 1.046 74° 245° 152 km 03m57.5s
10:4815°15.9'S036°22.2'E16°25.6'S037°07.6'E15°50.8'S036°44.7'E 1.046 73° 245° 152 km 03m55.9s
10:5014°53.0'S037°00.6'E16°02.1'S037°46.6'E15°27.6'S037°23.4'E 1.045 72° 245° 152 km 03m54.2s
10:5214°29.5'S037°39.2'E15°38.0'S038°25.7'E15°03.8'S038°02.3'E 1.045 70° 245° 151 km 03m52.4s
10:5414°05.4'S038°18.0'E15°13.3'S039°05.1'E14°39.4'S038°41.4'E 1.045 69° 245° 151 km 03m50.5s
10:5613°40.7'S038°57.1'E14°48.0'S039°44.7'E14°14.5'S039°20.7'E 1.045 68° 245° 151 km 03m48.6s
10:5813°15.5'S039°36.6'E14°22.1'S040°24.6'E13°48.9'S040°00.4'E 1.045 67° 245° 150 km 03m46.5s
11:0012°49.7'S040°16.4'E13°55.7'S041°04.8'E13°22.8'S040°40.4'E 1.045 66° 245° 150 km 03m44.4s
11:0212°23.2'S040°56.6'E13°28.5'S041°45.5'E12°56.0'S041°20.9'E 1.045 64° 245° 149 km 03m42.2s
11:0411°56.1'S041°37.3'E13°00.8'S042°26.6'E12°28.6'S042°01.8'E 1.044 63° 245° 149 km 03m39.9s
11:0611°28.4'S042°18.5'E12°32.4'S043°08.2'E12°00.5'S042°43.2'E 1.044 62° 245° 148 km 03m37.5s
11:0810°59.9'S043°00.3'E12°03.2'S043°50.3'E11°31.7'S043°25.1'E 1.044 61° 245° 148 km 03m35.0s
11:1010°30.8'S043°42.8'E11°33.4'S044°33.1'E11°02.2'S044°07.7'E 1.044 59° 245° 147 km 03m32.5s
11:1210°00.9'S044°25.9'E11°02.8'S045°16.5'E10°32.0'S044°51.0'E 1.044 58° 244° 147 km 03m29.9s
11:1409°30.2'S045°09.9'E10°31.5'S046°00.8'E10°01.0'S045°35.1'E 1.043 57° 244° 146 km 03m27.1s
11:1608°58.8'S045°54.7'E09°59.3'S046°45.9'E09°29.2'S046°20.1'E 1.043 55° 244° 145 km 03m24.4s
11:1808°26.5'S046°40.5'E09°26.3'S047°32.0'E08°56.5'S047°06.0'E 1.043 54° 244° 145 km 03m21.5s
11:2007°53.3'S047°27.4'E08°52.3'S048°19.1'E08°22.9'S047°53.0'E 1.043 53° 244° 144 km 03m18.5s
11:2207°19.1'S048°15.5'E08°17.4'S049°07.4'E07°48.4'S048°41.3'E 1.042 51° 244° 143 km 03m15.5s
11:2406°44.0'S049°04.9'E07°41.5'S049°57.1'E07°12.9'S049°30.8'E 1.042 50° 244° 142 km 03m12.4s
11:2606°07.8'S049°55.9'E07°04.6'S050°48.2'E06°36.3'S050°21.8'E 1.042 48° 244° 141 km 03m09.1s
11:2805°30.5'S050°48.5'E06°26.4'S051°40.9'E05°58.6'S051°14.5'E 1.041 47° 244° 140 km 03m05.8s
11:3004°51.9'S051°42.9'E05°47.0'S052°35.6'E05°19.6'S052°09.0'E 1.041 45° 243° 139 km 03m02.4s
11:3204°12.0'S052°39.5'E05°06.3'S053°32.3'E04°39.3'S053°05.7'E 1.041 44° 243° 138 km 02m58.9s
11:3403°30.6'S053°38.4'E04°24.1'S054°31.4'E03°57.5'S054°04.7'E 1.040 42° 243° 137 km 02m55.2s
11:3602°47.7'S054°40.1'E03°40.2'S055°33.2'E03°14.1'S055°06.4'E 1.040 40° 243° 136 km 02m51.5s
11:3802°03.0'S055°44.9'E02°54.6'S056°38.2'E02°28.9'S056°11.3'E 1.040 39° 243° 134 km 02m47.6s
11:4001°16.2'S056°53.2'E02°06.9'S057°46.7'E01°41.7'S057°19.7'E 1.039 37° 243° 133 km 02m43.6s
11:4200°27.3'S058°05.8'E01°16.8'S058°59.5'E00°52.2'S058°32.4'E 1.039 35° 243° 131 km 02m39.4s
11:4400°24.3'N059°23.4'E00°24.1'S060°17.4'E00°00.1'S059°50.1'E 1.038 33° 243° 130 km 02m35.0s
11:4601°19.0'N060°47.1'E00°31.7'N061°41.3'E00°55.1'N061°13.9'E 1.037 31° 243° 128 km 02m30.4s
11:4802°17.2'N062°18.2'E01°31.3'N063°12.9'E01°54.0'N062°45.2'E 1.037 29° 243° 126 km 02m25.6s
11:5003°20.0'N063°58.7'E02°35.6'N064°54.0'E02°57.6'N064°26.0'E 1.036 26° 243° 124 km 02m20.5s
11:5204°28.6'N065°51.7'E03°45.9'N066°47.8'E04°07.0'N066°19.4'E 1.035 23° 244° 121 km 02m15.0s
11:5405°45.1'N068°02.0'E05°04.5'N068°59.6'E05°24.5'N068°30.4'E 1.035 21° 244° 118 km 02m08.9s
11:5607°13.3'N070°38.7'E06°35.6'N071°38.9'E06°54.1'N071°08.3'E 1.033 17° 244° 115 km 02m02.0s
11:5809°01.9'N074°02.7'E08°29.0'N075°09.0'E08°45.0'N074°35.1'E 1.032 13° 245° 110 km 01m53.7s
12:0011°46.4'N079°39.7'E11°30.9'N081°19.0'E11°37.3'N080°26.5'E 1.030 246° 103 km 01m41.3s
Limits14°22.0'N085°37.2'E13°35.2'N086°00.8'E13°58.6'N085°48.9'E 1.028 - 96 km 01m31.5s

ΔT = 10.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:17:43.710:17:33.220°40.4'S026°55.8'E 88.3° 166.0° 154.6 km04m10.47s
Greatest Duration10:13:51.610:13:41.121°08.8'S025°41.6'E 87.3° 115.2° 154.5 km04m10.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1731 Jan 08 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 10.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3.8 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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