Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1738 Feb 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1738 Feb 18 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1738 Feb 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°09.9'S152°05.1'W16°30.5'S152°27.7'W15°50.2'S152°16.3'W 0.958 - 154 km 02m40.0s
16:1217°09.7'S141°43.5'W18°18.4'S142°42.5'W17°44.2'S142°11.5'W 0.961 10° 99° 143 km 02m42.5s
16:1417°50.9'S137°30.6'W19°00.8'S138°09.2'W18°25.9'S137°49.2'W 0.962 15° 97° 138 km 02m43.8s
16:1618°18.0'S134°22.1'W19°27.6'S134°51.2'W18°52.8'S134°36.1'W 0.963 18° 96° 134 km 02m44.8s
16:1818°37.7'S131°46.4'W19°46.8'S132°09.5'W19°12.2'S131°57.6'W 0.964 21° 95° 131 km 02m45.8s
16:2018°52.7'S129°31.7'W20°01.1'S129°50.3'W19°26.9'S129°40.7'W 0.964 24° 94° 129 km 02m46.6s
16:2219°04.3'S127°31.8'W20°11.9'S127°46.9'W19°38.1'S127°39.1'W 0.965 27° 93° 127 km 02m47.4s
16:2419°13.2'S125°43.1'W20°20.0'S125°55.3'W19°46.6'S125°49.0'W 0.966 29° 93° 125 km 02m48.2s
16:2619°20.0'S124°03.1'W20°26.1'S124°12.9'W19°53.1'S124°07.8'W 0.966 31° 92° 123 km 02m48.9s
16:2819°25.1'S122°30.4'W20°30.4'S122°38.0'W19°57.7'S122°34.0'W 0.966 33° 91° 121 km 02m49.6s
16:3019°28.7'S121°03.7'W20°33.2'S121°09.3'W20°00.9'S121°06.4'W 0.967 35° 90° 119 km 02m50.3s
16:3219°30.9'S119°42.1'W20°34.8'S119°46.0'W20°02.9'S119°43.9'W 0.967 36° 90° 118 km 02m50.9s
16:3419°32.1'S118°24.9'W20°35.2'S118°27.2'W20°03.7'S118°25.9'W 0.968 38° 89° 117 km 02m51.5s
16:3619°32.2'S117°11.5'W20°34.7'S117°12.4'W20°03.4'S117°11.9'W 0.968 40° 88° 115 km 02m52.1s
16:3819°31.4'S116°01.6'W20°33.2'S116°01.2'W20°02.3'S116°01.3'W 0.968 41° 88° 114 km 02m52.7s
16:4019°29.8'S114°54.7'W20°31.0'S114°53.1'W20°00.4'S114°53.8'W 0.969 43° 87° 113 km 02m53.3s
16:4219°27.4'S113°50.6'W20°28.0'S113°47.8'W19°57.7'S113°49.1'W 0.969 44° 87° 112 km 02m53.8s
16:4419°24.3'S112°48.9'W20°24.3'S112°45.0'W19°54.3'S112°46.9'W 0.969 46° 86° 111 km 02m54.4s
16:4619°20.6'S111°49.5'W20°20.0'S111°44.6'W19°50.3'S111°47.0'W 0.969 47° 86° 110 km 02m54.9s
16:4819°16.3'S110°52.2'W20°15.1'S110°46.3'W19°45.7'S110°49.2'W 0.970 48° 85° 109 km 02m55.4s
16:5019°11.4'S109°56.8'W20°09.7'S109°49.9'W19°40.5'S109°53.3'W 0.970 50° 85° 108 km 02m55.8s
16:5219°06.0'S109°03.1'W20°03.7'S108°55.4'W19°34.9'S108°59.2'W 0.970 51° 84° 107 km 02m56.3s
16:5419°00.1'S108°11.0'W19°57.3'S108°02.5'W19°28.7'S108°06.7'W 0.970 52° 84° 107 km 02m56.8s
16:5618°53.7'S107°20.4'W19°50.4'S107°11.1'W19°22.0'S107°15.7'W 0.971 54° 83° 106 km 02m57.2s
16:5818°46.9'S106°31.2'W19°43.0'S106°21.2'W19°15.0'S106°26.2'W 0.971 55° 83° 105 km 02m57.6s
17:0018°39.6'S105°43.3'W19°35.3'S105°32.5'W19°07.5'S105°37.9'W 0.971 56° 82° 104 km 02m58.0s
17:0218°32.0'S104°56.7'W19°27.1'S104°45.2'W18°59.6'S104°50.9'W 0.971 57° 82° 104 km 02m58.4s
17:0418°23.9'S104°11.1'W19°18.6'S103°59.0'W18°51.3'S104°05.1'W 0.971 59° 81° 103 km 02m58.8s
17:0618°15.5'S103°26.7'W19°09.7'S103°13.9'W18°42.6'S103°20.3'W 0.971 60° 81° 103 km 02m59.1s
17:0818°06.7'S102°43.2'W19°00.5'S102°29.8'W18°33.6'S102°36.5'W 0.972 61° 80° 102 km 02m59.5s
17:1017°57.6'S102°00.7'W18°51.0'S101°46.7'W18°24.3'S101°53.7'W 0.972 62° 80° 102 km 02m59.8s
17:1217°48.1'S101°19.1'W18°41.1'S101°04.5'W18°14.6'S101°11.8'W 0.972 63° 79° 101 km 03m00.1s
17:1417°38.3'S100°38.3'W18°30.9'S100°23.2'W18°04.6'S100°30.7'W 0.972 64° 79° 101 km 03m00.4s
17:1617°28.2'S099°58.3'W18°20.4'S099°42.6'W17°54.3'S099°50.5'W 0.972 66° 78° 100 km 03m00.7s
17:1817°17.8'S099°19.0'W18°09.6'S099°02.9'W17°43.7'S099°10.9'W 0.972 67° 78° 100 km 03m00.9s
17:2017°07.1'S098°40.5'W17°58.6'S098°23.8'W17°32.9'S098°32.1'W 0.972 68° 77° 99 km 03m01.2s
17:2216°56.2'S098°02.6'W17°47.2'S097°45.4'W17°21.7'S097°54.0'W 0.972 69° 77° 99 km 03m01.4s
17:2416°44.9'S097°25.3'W17°35.6'S097°07.7'W17°10.3'S097°16.5'W 0.972 70° 76° 99 km 03m01.6s
17:2616°33.4'S096°48.7'W17°23.8'S096°30.6'W16°58.6'S096°39.6'W 0.973 71° 76° 98 km 03m01.9s
17:2816°21.6'S096°12.5'W17°11.6'S095°54.0'W16°46.6'S096°03.3'W 0.973 72° 75° 98 km 03m02.0s
17:3016°09.6'S095°37.0'W16°59.3'S095°18.0'W16°34.4'S095°27.5'W 0.973 73° 75° 98 km 03m02.2s
17:3215°57.3'S095°01.9'W16°46.7'S094°42.5'W16°22.0'S094°52.2'W 0.973 74° 74° 97 km 03m02.4s
17:3415°44.7'S094°27.2'W16°33.8'S094°07.5'W16°09.3'S094°17.4'W 0.973 75° 73° 97 km 03m02.5s
17:3615°31.9'S093°53.1'W16°20.7'S093°32.9'W15°56.3'S093°43.0'W 0.973 76° 73° 97 km 03m02.7s
17:3815°18.9'S093°19.3'W16°07.4'S092°58.7'W15°43.1'S093°09.0'W 0.973 77° 72° 97 km 03m02.8s
17:4015°05.6'S092°45.9'W15°53.9'S092°25.0'W15°29.7'S092°35.4'W 0.973 78° 71° 97 km 03m02.9s
17:4214°52.1'S092°12.9'W15°40.1'S091°51.6'W15°16.1'S092°02.2'W 0.973 79° 70° 96 km 03m03.0s
17:4414°38.4'S091°40.2'W15°26.1'S091°18.5'W15°02.2'S091°29.4'W 0.973 80° 69° 96 km 03m03.1s
17:4614°24.4'S091°07.9'W15°11.9'S090°45.8'W14°48.2'S090°56.8'W 0.973 82° 68° 96 km 03m03.1s
17:4814°10.2'S090°35.8'W14°57.5'S090°13.4'W14°33.9'S090°24.6'W 0.973 83° 67° 96 km 03m03.2s
17:5013°55.8'S090°04.0'W14°42.9'S089°41.2'W14°19.3'S089°52.6'W 0.973 84° 65° 96 km 03m03.2s
17:5213°41.2'S089°32.4'W14°28.0'S089°09.3'W14°04.6'S089°20.9'W 0.973 85° 62° 96 km 03m03.3s
17:5413°26.3'S089°01.1'W14°13.0'S088°37.7'W13°49.6'S088°49.4'W 0.973 86° 59° 96 km 03m03.3s
17:5613°11.2'S088°30.0'W13°57.7'S088°06.2'W13°34.5'S088°18.1'W 0.973 86° 54° 96 km 03m03.3s
17:5812°55.9'S087°59.1'W13°42.3'S087°35.0'W13°19.1'S087°47.0'W 0.973 87° 45° 96 km 03m03.3s
18:0012°40.4'S087°28.3'W13°26.6'S087°03.9'W13°03.5'S087°16.1'W 0.973 88° 28° 96 km 03m03.3s
18:0212°24.7'S086°57.6'W13°10.8'S086°32.9'W12°47.7'S086°45.3'W 0.973 89° 353° 96 km 03m03.2s
18:0412°08.8'S086°27.1'W12°54.7'S086°02.1'W12°31.7'S086°14.6'W 0.973 88° 312° 96 km 03m03.2s
18:0611°52.6'S085°56.7'W12°38.4'S085°31.4'W12°15.5'S085°44.1'W 0.973 88° 289° 96 km 03m03.2s
18:0811°36.3'S085°26.4'W12°21.9'S085°00.7'W11°59.1'S085°13.6'W 0.973 87° 279° 96 km 03m03.1s
18:1011°19.7'S084°56.1'W12°05.3'S084°30.2'W11°42.5'S084°43.2'W 0.973 86° 272° 96 km 03m03.0s
18:1211°02.9'S084°25.9'W11°48.4'S083°59.6'W11°25.6'S084°12.8'W 0.973 85° 269° 96 km 03m02.9s
18:1410°45.9'S083°55.7'W11°31.3'S083°29.1'W11°08.6'S083°42.4'W 0.973 84° 266° 97 km 03m02.9s
18:1610°28.7'S083°25.5'W11°14.0'S082°58.6'W10°51.3'S083°12.1'W 0.973 83° 264° 97 km 03m02.8s
18:1810°11.2'S082°55.3'W10°56.5'S082°28.1'W10°33.8'S082°41.7'W 0.973 82° 263° 97 km 03m02.7s
18:2009°53.6'S082°25.0'W10°38.8'S081°57.5'W10°16.1'S082°11.3'W 0.973 81° 261° 97 km 03m02.5s
18:2209°35.7'S081°54.7'W10°20.9'S081°26.9'W09°58.2'S081°40.8'W 0.973 80° 260° 98 km 03m02.4s
18:2409°17.6'S081°24.2'W10°02.7'S080°56.1'W09°40.1'S081°10.2'W 0.973 79° 260° 98 km 03m02.3s
18:2608°59.2'S080°53.7'W09°44.4'S080°25.3'W09°21.8'S080°39.5'W 0.973 78° 259° 98 km 03m02.2s
18:2808°40.7'S080°23.0'W09°25.8'S079°54.3'W09°03.2'S080°08.6'W 0.973 77° 258° 98 km 03m02.0s
18:3008°21.9'S079°52.1'W09°07.0'S079°23.1'W08°44.4'S079°37.6'W 0.973 76° 258° 99 km 03m01.9s
18:3208°02.8'S079°21.1'W08°48.0'S078°51.8'W08°25.4'S079°06.4'W 0.972 75° 257° 99 km 03m01.7s
18:3407°43.6'S078°49.8'W08°28.8'S078°20.2'W08°06.2'S078°35.0'W 0.972 74° 257° 100 km 03m01.5s
18:3607°24.1'S078°18.3'W08°09.4'S077°48.4'W07°46.7'S078°03.4'W 0.972 72° 256° 100 km 03m01.4s
18:3807°04.3'S077°46.5'W07°49.7'S077°16.3'W07°27.0'S077°31.4'W 0.972 71° 256° 100 km 03m01.2s
18:4006°44.3'S077°14.5'W07°29.8'S076°43.9'W07°07.0'S076°59.2'W 0.972 70° 256° 101 km 03m01.0s
18:4206°24.0'S076°42.0'W07°09.6'S076°11.1'W06°46.8'S076°26.6'W 0.972 69° 255° 101 km 03m00.8s
18:4406°03.5'S076°09.2'W06°49.2'S075°38.0'W06°26.3'S075°53.6'W 0.972 68° 255° 102 km 03m00.6s
18:4605°42.7'S075°36.0'W06°28.5'S075°04.5'W06°05.6'S075°20.3'W 0.972 67° 255° 102 km 03m00.4s
18:4805°21.6'S075°02.4'W06°07.6'S074°30.5'W05°44.6'S074°46.5'W 0.972 66° 255° 103 km 03m00.2s
18:5005°00.3'S074°28.3'W05°46.4'S073°56.0'W05°23.3'S074°12.2'W 0.971 65° 254° 104 km 03m00.0s
18:5204°38.6'S073°53.6'W05°24.9'S073°21.0'W05°01.7'S073°37.3'W 0.971 64° 254° 104 km 02m59.7s
18:5404°16.7'S073°18.4'W05°03.1'S072°45.4'W04°39.8'S073°01.9'W 0.971 63° 254° 105 km 02m59.5s
18:5603°54.4'S072°42.5'W04°41.0'S072°09.2'W04°17.7'S072°25.9'W 0.971 61° 254° 106 km 02m59.3s
18:5803°31.8'S072°06.0'W04°18.7'S071°32.3'W03°55.2'S071°49.2'W 0.971 60° 254° 106 km 02m59.0s
19:0003°08.9'S071°28.7'W03°56.0'S070°54.6'W03°32.4'S071°11.7'W 0.971 59° 253° 107 km 02m58.8s
19:0202°45.6'S070°50.7'W03°33.0'S070°16.2'W03°09.3'S070°33.4'W 0.970 58° 253° 108 km 02m58.5s
19:0402°22.0'S070°11.8'W03°09.6'S069°36.8'W02°45.8'S069°54.3'W 0.970 57° 253° 109 km 02m58.3s
19:0601°58.0'S069°31.9'W02°45.9'S068°56.6'W02°21.9'S069°14.3'W 0.970 55° 253° 109 km 02m58.0s
19:0801°33.6'S068°51.0'W02°21.8'S068°15.2'W01°57.6'S068°33.2'W 0.970 54° 253° 110 km 02m57.7s
19:1001°08.7'S068°09.0'W01°57.3'S067°32.8'W01°33.0'S067°51.0'W 0.970 53° 253° 111 km 02m57.4s
19:1200°43.5'S067°25.9'W01°32.4'S066°49.1'W01°07.9'S067°07.5'W 0.969 52° 253° 112 km 02m57.2s
19:1400°17.8'S066°41.3'W01°07.1'S066°04.1'W00°42.4'S066°22.8'W 0.969 50° 253° 113 km 02m56.9s
19:1600°08.4'N065°55.4'W00°41.2'S065°17.7'W00°16.4'S065°36.6'W 0.969 49° 253° 114 km 02m56.6s
19:1800°35.2'N065°07.8'W00°14.9'S064°29.6'W00°10.2'N064°48.8'W 0.969 48° 253° 115 km 02m56.3s
19:2001°02.5'N064°18.6'W00°11.9'N063°39.7'W00°37.2'N063°59.2'W 0.968 46° 253° 116 km 02m55.9s
19:2201°30.4'N063°27.4'W00°39.3'N062°47.9'W01°04.9'N063°07.7'W 0.968 45° 253° 117 km 02m55.6s
19:2401°58.9'N062°34.0'W01°07.4'N061°53.9'W01°33.2'N062°14.0'W 0.968 43° 253° 119 km 02m55.3s
19:2602°28.2'N061°38.3'W01°36.1'N060°57.5'W02°02.2'N061°18.0'W 0.967 42° 253° 120 km 02m54.9s
19:2802°58.2'N060°39.9'W02°05.5'N059°58.4'W02°31.9'N060°19.2'W 0.967 40° 253° 121 km 02m54.6s
19:3003°29.0'N059°38.5'W02°35.8'N058°56.2'W03°02.5'N059°17.4'W 0.967 39° 253° 122 km 02m54.2s
19:3204°00.8'N058°33.6'W03°06.9'N057°50.5'W03°33.9'N058°12.1'W 0.966 37° 253° 124 km 02m53.8s
19:3404°33.7'N057°24.8'W03°39.1'N056°40.7'W04°06.4'N057°02.9'W 0.966 35° 253° 125 km 02m53.4s
19:3605°07.7'N056°11.5'W04°12.4'N055°26.3'W04°40.1'N055°49.0'W 0.965 33° 253° 127 km 02m53.0s
19:3805°43.1'N054°52.7'W04°47.1'N054°06.3'W05°15.2'N054°29.6'W 0.965 31° 253° 129 km 02m52.6s
19:4006°20.1'N053°27.5'W05°23.3'N052°39.6'W05°51.8'N053°03.7'W 0.964 29° 253° 131 km 02m52.1s
19:4206°59.1'N051°54.3'W06°01.4'N051°04.8'W06°30.3'N051°29.7'W 0.964 27° 253° 133 km 02m51.6s
19:4407°40.4'N050°11.2'W06°41.9'N049°19.6'W07°11.2'N049°45.6'W 0.963 25° 254° 135 km 02m51.1s
19:4608°24.8'N048°15.0'W07°25.4'N047°20.7'W07°55.1'N047°48.1'W 0.963 22° 254° 137 km 02m50.5s
19:4809°13.4'N046°00.7'W08°13.0'N045°02.6'W08°43.2'N045°32.0'W 0.962 20° 254° 140 km 02m49.9s
19:5010°08.0'N043°19.0'W09°06.8'N042°14.8'W09°37.5'N042°47.4'W 0.961 16° 255° 143 km 02m49.2s
19:5211°13.4'N039°48.4'W10°12.1'N038°32.0'W10°42.8'N039°11.1'W 0.960 12° 256° 147 km 02m48.3s
19:5412°48.4'N034°00.0'W11°55.8'N031°39.9'W12°21.1'N032°56.4'W 0.958 257° 154 km 02m46.9s
Limits14°10.9'N028°00.5'W12°47.3'N027°37.7'W13°29.1'N027°49.1'W 0.957 - 159 km 02m45.8s

ΔT = 11.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:02:30.818:02:19.612°45.1'S086°43.1'W 88.7° 346.0° 96.0 km03m03.23s
Greatest Duration17:56:17.217:56:06.013°33.7'S088°16.6'W 86.5° 53.7° 95.9 km03m03.29s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1738 Feb 18 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 11.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.01°.

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