Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1739 Feb 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1739 Feb 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 1739 Feb 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
Limits55°09.1'S018°59.4'E55°29.1'S018°33.3'E55°19.1'S018°46.4'E 1.008 - 45 km 00m26.4s
03:2857°45.9'S028°31.2'E56°51.7'S023°15.0'E57°24.6'S026°09.6'E 1.010 111° 53 km 00m31.9s
03:3059°51.3'S037°14.0'E59°44.9'S034°09.7'E59°49.0'S035°43.4'E 1.012 10° 102° 61 km 00m39.1s
03:3261°06.8'S043°17.0'E61°13.0'S040°38.5'E61°10.4'S041°58.2'E 1.013 14° 96° 66 km 00m43.7s
03:3462°02.1'S048°20.6'E62°16.2'S045°54.8'E62°09.6'S047°08.4'E 1.013 17° 91° 70 km 00m47.5s
03:3662°45.2'S052°50.9'E63°05.2'S050°34.7'E62°55.5'S051°43.5'E 1.014 19° 86° 73 km 00m50.7s
03:3863°19.6'S056°59.1'E63°44.4'S054°51.0'E63°32.4'S055°55.7'E 1.015 21° 82° 75 km 00m53.6s
03:4063°47.4'S060°51.1'E64°16.3'S058°50.4'E64°02.2'S059°51.5'E 1.015 23° 78° 77 km 00m56.3s
03:4264°09.8'S064°30.5'E64°42.2'S062°37.0'E64°26.3'S063°34.5'E 1.016 24° 73° 79 km 00m58.7s
03:4464°27.6'S067°59.5'E65°03.1'S066°13.2'E64°45.6'S067°07.1'E 1.016 26° 69° 81 km 01m01.0s
03:4664°41.4'S071°19.6'E65°19.7'S069°40.6'E65°00.7'S070°30.9'E 1.016 27° 65° 82 km 01m03.1s
03:4864°51.8'S074°32.0'E65°32.4'S073°00.2'E65°12.3'S073°46.8'E 1.017 29° 61° 84 km 01m05.1s
03:5064°59.0'S077°37.3'E65°41.8'S076°12.9'E65°20.5'S076°55.8'E 1.017 30° 58° 85 km 01m07.0s
03:5265°03.4'S080°36.1'E65°48.1'S079°19.1'E65°25.9'S079°58.3'E 1.017 31° 54° 86 km 01m08.8s
03:5465°05.2'S083°28.9'E65°51.6'S082°19.3'E65°28.5'S082°54.8'E 1.018 32° 50° 87 km 01m10.4s
03:5665°04.7'S086°16.0'E65°52.5'S085°13.8'E65°28.7'S085°45.5'E 1.018 33° 47° 88 km 01m12.0s
03:5865°02.0'S088°57.7'E65°51.1'S088°02.7'E65°26.6'S088°30.8'E 1.018 34° 43° 89 km 01m13.5s
04:0064°57.3'S091°34.1'E65°47.5'S090°46.4'E65°22.5'S091°10.8'E 1.018 35° 39° 90 km 01m14.9s
04:0264°50.8'S094°05.6'E65°41.8'S093°24.9'E65°16.4'S093°45.7'E 1.019 36° 36° 91 km 01m16.2s
04:0464°42.6'S096°32.3'E65°34.3'S095°58.5'E65°08.5'S096°15.8'E 1.019 37° 32° 92 km 01m17.4s
04:0664°32.8'S098°54.3'E65°25.1'S098°27.2'E64°59.0'S098°41.1'E 1.019 38° 29° 92 km 01m18.5s
04:0864°21.5'S101°11.9'E65°14.3'S100°51.2'E64°47.9'S101°01.8'E 1.019 38° 26° 93 km 01m19.6s
04:1064°08.9'S103°25.2'E65°01.9'S103°10.6'E64°35.4'S103°18.1'E 1.019 39° 22° 94 km 01m20.6s
04:1263°54.9'S105°34.3'E64°48.2'S105°25.6'E64°21.6'S105°30.1'E 1.019 40° 19° 94 km 01m21.5s
04:1463°39.8'S107°39.4'E64°33.1'S107°36.4'E64°06.5'S107°38.0'E 1.020 40° 16° 95 km 01m22.4s
04:1663°23.5'S109°40.6'E64°16.8'S109°43.1'E63°50.2'S109°41.9'E 1.020 41° 13° 95 km 01m23.2s
04:1863°06.2'S111°38.2'E63°59.4'S111°45.7'E63°32.8'S111°42.0'E 1.020 41° 10° 96 km 01m23.9s
04:2062°47.9'S113°32.2'E63°40.9'S113°44.6'E63°14.5'S113°38.4'E 1.020 42° 96 km 01m24.6s
04:2262°28.7'S115°22.8'E63°21.5'S115°39.8'E62°55.1'S115°31.2'E 1.020 42° 97 km 01m25.2s
04:2462°08.6'S117°10.2'E63°01.0'S117°31.4'E62°34.8'S117°20.7'E 1.020 43° 97 km 01m25.7s
04:2661°47.7'S118°54.5'E62°39.7'S119°19.7'E62°13.7'S119°07.0'E 1.020 43° 357° 97 km 01m26.1s
04:2861°26.0'S120°35.9'E62°17.6'S121°04.9'E61°51.8'S120°50.2'E 1.020 43° 354° 98 km 01m26.5s
04:3061°03.6'S122°14.4'E61°54.7'S122°47.0'E61°29.2'S122°30.5'E 1.020 43° 352° 98 km 01m26.8s
04:3260°40.5'S123°50.4'E61°31.0'S124°26.2'E61°05.8'S124°08.1'E 1.020 44° 349° 98 km 01m27.1s
04:3460°16.7'S125°23.8'E61°06.6'S126°02.6'E60°41.7'S125°43.0'E 1.020 44° 346° 98 km 01m27.3s
04:3659°52.3'S126°54.8'E60°41.6'S127°36.5'E60°17.0'S127°15.4'E 1.020 44° 343° 99 km 01m27.4s
04:3859°27.3'S128°23.6'E60°15.9'S129°07.9'E59°51.6'S128°45.5'E 1.020 44° 340° 99 km 01m27.5s
04:4059°01.7'S129°50.2'E59°49.6'S130°37.0'E59°25.7'S130°13.4'E 1.020 44° 337° 99 km 01m27.5s
04:4258°35.5'S131°15.0'E59°22.7'S132°04.0'E58°59.2'S131°39.2'E 1.020 44° 335° 99 km 01m27.4s
04:4458°08.9'S132°37.8'E58°55.2'S133°29.0'E58°32.1'S133°03.2'E 1.020 44° 332° 99 km 01m27.3s
04:4657°41.6'S133°59.0'E58°27.2'S134°52.1'E58°04.5'S134°25.3'E 1.020 44° 329° 99 km 01m27.1s
04:4857°13.9'S135°18.5'E57°58.7'S136°13.4'E57°36.4'S135°45.7'E 1.020 44° 327° 99 km 01m26.8s
04:5056°45.7'S136°36.7'E57°29.7'S137°33.2'E57°07.8'S137°04.7'E 1.020 44° 324° 100 km 01m26.5s
04:5256°17.0'S137°53.4'E57°00.1'S138°51.4'E56°38.7'S138°22.2'E 1.020 43° 322° 100 km 01m26.1s
04:5455°47.8'S139°09.0'E56°30.1'S140°08.4'E56°09.0'S139°38.4'E 1.020 43° 319° 100 km 01m25.7s
04:5655°18.2'S140°23.4'E55°59.5'S141°24.1'E55°38.9'S140°53.5'E 1.020 43° 317° 99 km 01m25.2s
04:5854°48.1'S141°36.8'E55°28.5'S142°38.7'E55°08.4'S142°07.5'E 1.020 43° 314° 99 km 01m24.6s
05:0054°17.5'S142°49.5'E54°57.0'S143°52.4'E54°37.3'S143°20.7'E 1.020 42° 312° 99 km 01m24.0s
05:0253°46.4'S144°01.3'E54°25.0'S145°05.2'E54°05.8'S144°33.0'E 1.020 42° 310° 99 km 01m23.3s
05:0453°14.8'S145°12.6'E53°52.5'S146°17.4'E53°33.7'S145°44.8'E 1.020 41° 307° 99 km 01m22.5s
05:0652°42.8'S146°23.4'E53°19.4'S147°29.0'E53°01.2'S146°56.0'E 1.019 41° 305° 99 km 01m21.7s
05:0852°10.2'S147°33.8'E52°45.9'S148°40.2'E52°28.2'S148°06.8'E 1.019 40° 303° 98 km 01m20.8s
05:1051°37.1'S148°44.1'E52°11.8'S149°51.1'E51°54.6'S149°17.4'E 1.019 40° 301° 98 km 01m19.8s
05:1251°03.5'S149°54.2'E51°37.2'S151°01.9'E51°20.5'S150°27.9'E 1.019 39° 299° 98 km 01m18.8s
05:1450°29.4'S151°04.5'E51°02.1'S152°12.7'E50°45.8'S151°38.4'E 1.019 39° 297° 97 km 01m17.7s
05:1649°54.7'S152°15.0'E50°26.3'S153°23.8'E50°10.6'S152°49.2'E 1.019 38° 294° 97 km 01m16.5s
05:1849°19.3'S153°25.9'E49°49.9'S154°35.2'E49°34.7'S154°00.4'E 1.018 37° 292° 96 km 01m15.3s
05:2048°43.3'S154°37.4'E49°12.8'S155°47.2'E48°58.2'S155°12.1'E 1.018 36° 290° 95 km 01m14.0s
05:2248°06.7'S155°49.7'E48°35.0'S157°00.0'E48°21.0'S156°24.7'E 1.018 35° 288° 94 km 01m12.6s
05:2447°29.3'S157°03.1'E47°56.4'S158°13.9'E47°43.0'S157°38.3'E 1.018 34° 287° 94 km 01m11.2s
05:2646°51.1'S158°17.8'E47°17.1'S159°29.0'E47°04.2'S158°53.2'E 1.017 33° 285° 93 km 01m09.6s
05:2846°12.0'S159°34.1'E46°36.8'S160°45.8'E46°24.5'S160°09.8'E 1.017 32° 283° 92 km 01m08.0s
05:3045°32.0'S160°52.4'E45°55.5'S162°04.5'E45°43.9'S161°28.3'E 1.017 31° 281° 90 km 01m06.3s
05:3244°51.0'S162°13.0'E45°13.1'S163°25.7'E45°02.2'S162°49.2'E 1.017 30° 279° 89 km 01m04.5s
05:3444°08.7'S163°36.5'E44°29.4'S164°49.8'E44°19.2'S164°13.0'E 1.016 29° 277° 88 km 01m02.6s
05:3643°25.2'S165°03.4'E43°44.4'S166°17.4'E43°34.9'S165°40.3'E 1.016 28° 275° 86 km 01m00.6s
05:3842°40.0'S166°34.6'E42°57.7'S167°49.4'E42°49.0'S167°11.9'E 1.015 26° 273° 84 km 00m58.5s
05:4041°53.1'S168°10.9'E42°09.0'S169°26.8'E42°01.2'S168°48.8'E 1.015 25° 272° 82 km 00m56.2s
05:4241°03.9'S169°53.8'E41°18.0'S171°11.1'E41°11.2'S170°32.3'E 1.015 23° 270° 80 km 00m53.7s
05:4440°12.1'S171°45.1'E40°24.1'S173°04.2'E40°18.3'S172°24.5'E 1.014 21° 268° 77 km 00m51.1s
05:4639°16.9'S173°47.4'E39°26.4'S175°09.2'E39°21.8'S174°28.2'E 1.013 19° 266° 74 km 00m48.2s
05:4838°17.0'S176°05.3'E38°23.5'S177°30.9'E38°20.5'S176°47.9'E 1.013 17° 264° 70 km 00m45.1s
05:5037°10.3'S178°46.4'E37°12.8'S179°41.5'W37°11.8'S179°32.2'E 1.012 14° 262° 66 km 00m41.4s
05:5235°52.1'S177°52.2'W35°48.1'S176°06.4'W35°50.5'S176°59.9'W 1.011 11° 259° 60 km 00m37.0s
05:5434°06.4'S172°51.6'W33°42.9'S170°09.4'W33°56.4'S171°35.2'W 1.009 256° 51 km 00m30.5s
Limits31°52.9'S165°24.9'W32°12.2'S165°10.3'W32°02.6'S165°17.6'W 1.008 - 41 km 00m23.9s

ΔT = 11.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:41:13.104:41:01.859°12.1'S130°55.0'E 44.1° 336.1° 99.1 km01m27.43s
Greatest Duration04:39:07.304:38:56.059°39.6'S129°26.8'E 44.0° 339.0° 99.0 km01m27.47s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1739 Feb 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1739 Feb 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 11.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.01°.

Acknowledgments

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

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