Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1762 Oct 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1762 Oct 17 . 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 1762 Oct 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits75°59.8'N008°28.3'E75°26.6'N006°46.7'E75°43.2'N007°36.2'E 1.015 - 78 km 00m53.5s
07:5673°38.2'N017°46.2'E70°11.9'N024°25.9'E71°42.0'N021°59.6'E 1.017 145° 84 km 01m02.4s
07:5869°14.1'N029°35.1'E67°02.4'N031°24.4'E68°06.0'N030°36.4'E 1.018 10° 154° 90 km 01m10.1s
08:0066°33.3'N034°54.4'E64°42.0'N035°39.4'E65°36.5'N035°19.4'E 1.019 13° 159° 93 km 01m15.4s
08:0264°25.0'N038°32.0'E62°44.7'N038°47.0'E63°34.1'N038°40.7'E 1.020 16° 162° 96 km 01m19.7s
08:0462°34.9'N041°19.2'E61°01.8'N041°16.7'E61°47.8'N041°18.7'E 1.020 18° 165° 98 km 01m23.5s
08:0660°56.8'N043°35.9'E59°29.0'N043°22.0'E60°12.4'N043°29.3'E 1.021 20° 168° 101 km 01m26.9s
08:0859°27.4'N045°32.1'E58°03.6'N045°10.0'E58°45.1'N045°21.3'E 1.021 22° 170° 102 km 01m29.9s
08:1058°04.8'N047°13.4'E56°44.3'N046°45.2'E57°24.2'N046°59.4'E 1.022 23° 173° 104 km 01m32.7s
08:1256°47.6'N048°43.5'E55°29.8'N048°10.7'E56°08.4'N048°27.2'E 1.022 24° 175° 106 km 01m35.3s
08:1455°34.8'N050°04.9'E54°19.3'N049°28.3'E54°56.8'N049°46.6'E 1.022 26° 177° 108 km 01m37.7s
08:1654°25.9'N051°19.2'E53°12.3'N050°39.6'E53°48.9'N050°59.4'E 1.023 27° 178° 109 km 01m39.9s
08:1853°20.2'N052°27.8'E52°08.4'N051°45.7'E52°44.1'N052°06.7'E 1.023 28° 180° 111 km 01m42.0s
08:2052°17.4'N053°31.6'E51°07.1'N052°47.4'E51°42.1'N053°09.4'E 1.023 29° 182° 112 km 01m44.0s
08:2251°17.1'N054°31.4'E50°08.1'N053°45.4'E50°42.4'N054°08.3'E 1.023 30° 184° 113 km 01m45.8s
08:2450°19.0'N055°27.7'E49°11.2'N054°40.2'E49°45.0'N055°03.9'E 1.024 31° 185° 115 km 01m47.5s
08:2649°22.9'N056°21.2'E48°16.3'N055°32.3'E48°49.5'N055°56.6'E 1.024 32° 187° 116 km 01m49.1s
08:2848°28.7'N057°12.1'E47°23.1'N056°22.1'E47°55.8'N056°47.0'E 1.024 32° 189° 117 km 01m50.6s
08:3047°36.2'N058°00.8'E46°31.4'N057°09.7'E47°03.7'N057°35.2'E 1.024 33° 190° 119 km 01m52.0s
08:3246°45.2'N058°47.7'E45°41.3'N057°55.6'E46°13.1'N058°21.5'E 1.024 34° 192° 120 km 01m53.3s
08:3445°55.6'N059°32.9'E44°52.4'N058°40.0'E45°23.9'N059°06.3'E 1.025 34° 193° 121 km 01m54.5s
08:3645°07.3'N060°16.6'E44°04.9'N059°23.0'E44°36.0'N059°49.7'E 1.025 35° 195° 122 km 01m55.6s
08:3844°20.2'N060°59.1'E43°18.5'N060°04.7'E43°49.3'N060°31.8'E 1.025 35° 197° 123 km 01m56.6s
08:4043°34.4'N061°40.5'E42°33.2'N060°45.5'E43°03.7'N061°12.9'E 1.025 36° 198° 125 km 01m57.5s
08:4242°49.5'N062°20.9'E41°49.0'N061°25.3'E42°19.2'N061°53.0'E 1.025 36° 200° 126 km 01m58.3s
08:4442°05.8'N063°00.6'E41°05.8'N062°04.4'E41°35.7'N062°32.4'E 1.025 37° 201° 127 km 01m59.0s
08:4641°22.9'N063°39.5'E40°23.5'N062°42.9'E40°53.1'N063°11.1'E 1.025 37° 203° 128 km 01m59.7s
08:4840°41.0'N064°17.9'E39°42.0'N063°20.7'E40°11.5'N063°49.2'E 1.025 37° 204° 129 km 02m00.2s
08:5040°00.0'N064°55.8'E39°01.5'N063°58.2'E39°30.7'N064°26.8'E 1.025 38° 206° 130 km 02m00.7s
08:5239°19.8'N065°33.3'E38°21.7'N064°35.2'E38°50.7'N065°04.1'E 1.025 38° 208° 131 km 02m01.1s
08:5438°40.4'N066°10.5'E37°42.7'N065°12.0'E38°11.5'N065°41.1'E 1.025 38° 209° 132 km 02m01.4s
08:5638°01.8'N066°47.5'E37°04.5'N065°48.6'E37°33.1'N066°17.9'E 1.025 38° 211° 133 km 02m01.6s
08:5837°23.9'N067°24.4'E36°26.9'N066°25.1'E36°55.4'N066°54.6'E 1.025 38° 212° 134 km 02m01.8s
09:0036°46.7'N068°01.2'E35°50.1'N067°01.6'E36°18.4'N067°31.2'E 1.025 38° 214° 135 km 02m01.8s
09:0236°10.2'N068°38.0'E35°14.0'N067°38.0'E35°42.1'N068°07.9'E 1.025 38° 215° 136 km 02m01.8s
09:0435°34.4'N069°15.0'E34°38.5'N068°14.6'E35°06.4'N068°44.7'E 1.025 38° 217° 137 km 02m01.6s
09:0634°59.3'N069°52.1'E34°03.6'N068°51.4'E34°31.4'N069°21.6'E 1.025 38° 218° 138 km 02m01.4s
09:0834°24.8'N070°29.5'E33°29.4'N069°28.5'E33°57.1'N069°58.9'E 1.025 38° 220° 138 km 02m01.1s
09:1033°50.9'N071°07.3'E32°55.8'N070°05.8'E33°23.3'N070°36.4'E 1.025 38° 221° 139 km 02m00.8s
09:1233°17.6'N071°45.4'E32°22.8'N070°43.6'E32°50.2'N071°14.4'E 1.025 37° 222° 140 km 02m00.3s
09:1432°45.0'N072°24.1'E31°50.4'N071°21.9'E32°17.7'N071°52.8'E 1.025 37° 224° 140 km 01m59.8s
09:1632°12.9'N073°03.3'E31°18.6'N072°00.7'E31°45.8'N072°31.8'E 1.025 37° 225° 141 km 01m59.1s
09:1831°41.4'N073°43.2'E30°47.4'N072°40.2'E31°14.4'N073°11.5'E 1.025 37° 227° 141 km 01m58.4s
09:2031°10.6'N074°23.9'E30°16.8'N073°20.4'E30°43.7'N073°52.0'E 1.025 36° 228° 141 km 01m57.6s
09:2230°40.3'N075°05.4'E29°46.7'N074°01.5'E30°13.5'N074°33.3'E 1.025 36° 229° 141 km 01m56.6s
09:2430°10.6'N075°47.9'E29°17.3'N074°43.5'E29°44.0'N075°15.5'E 1.024 35° 231° 141 km 01m55.6s
09:2629°41.5'N076°31.5'E28°48.4'N075°26.6'E29°15.0'N075°58.9'E 1.024 35° 232° 141 km 01m54.5s
09:2829°13.0'N077°16.3'E28°20.2'N076°10.9'E28°46.6'N076°43.4'E 1.024 34° 233° 141 km 01m53.3s
09:3028°45.2'N078°02.6'E27°52.6'N076°56.5'E28°18.9'N077°29.3'E 1.024 34° 235° 140 km 01m52.0s
09:3228°18.0'N078°50.3'E27°25.6'N077°43.5'E27°51.8'N078°16.7'E 1.024 33° 236° 140 km 01m50.6s
09:3427°51.4'N079°39.8'E26°59.3'N078°32.3'E27°25.4'N079°05.8'E 1.024 32° 237° 139 km 01m49.1s
09:3627°25.5'N080°31.1'E26°33.6'N079°22.9'E26°59.6'N079°56.8'E 1.023 31° 239° 138 km 01m47.4s
09:3827°00.3'N081°24.7'E26°08.6'N080°15.5'E26°34.5'N080°49.9'E 1.023 30° 240° 137 km 01m45.7s
09:4026°35.9'N082°20.8'E25°44.4'N081°10.5'E26°10.2'N081°45.4'E 1.023 30° 241° 135 km 01m43.8s
09:4226°12.2'N083°19.6'E25°21.0'N082°08.2'E25°46.7'N082°43.6'E 1.023 29° 242° 133 km 01m41.8s
09:4425°49.5'N084°21.7'E24°58.5'N083°08.9'E25°24.0'N083°45.0'E 1.022 28° 243° 132 km 01m39.7s
09:4625°27.6'N085°27.5'E24°36.8'N084°13.1'E25°02.3'N084°50.0'E 1.022 26° 244° 129 km 01m37.4s
09:4825°06.8'N086°37.7'E24°16.2'N085°21.4'E24°41.6'N085°59.2'E 1.022 25° 246° 127 km 01m35.0s
09:5024°47.1'N087°53.2'E23°56.7'N086°34.5'E24°22.0'N087°13.5'E 1.021 24° 247° 124 km 01m32.4s
09:5224°28.8'N089°14.9'E23°38.6'N087°53.4'E24°03.8'N088°33.7'E 1.021 22° 248° 121 km 01m29.5s
09:5424°12.1'N090°44.6'E23°21.9'N089°19.4'E23°47.1'N090°01.5'E 1.020 21° 249° 117 km 01m26.5s
09:5623°57.4'N092°24.3'E23°07.1'N090°54.3'E23°32.3'N091°38.7'E 1.020 19° 250° 113 km 01m23.2s
09:5823°45.1'N094°17.7'E22°54.6'N092°41.0'E23°19.9'N093°28.6'E 1.019 17° 251° 109 km 01m19.5s
10:0023°36.5'N096°30.9'E22°45.3'N094°44.2'E23°10.9'N095°36.5'E 1.019 15° 253° 104 km 01m15.3s
10:0223°33.4'N099°16.6'E22°40.6'N097°12.4'E23°06.9'N098°12.7'E 1.018 12° 254° 98 km 01m10.5s
10:0423°42.0'N103°12.2'E22°44.1'N100°26.5'E23°12.6'N101°44.5'E 1.017 256° 90 km 01m04.2s
Limits24°33.5'N110°41.3'E23°52.3'N110°34.9'E24°12.8'N110°38.1'E 1.014 - 73 km 00m50.6s

ΔT = 14.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:00:34.009:00:19.336°12.5'N067°33.4'E 38.2° 213.8° 135.2 km02m01.80s
Greatest Duration09:00:25.409:00:10.736°15.1'N067°34.5'E 38.2° 213.7° 135.2 km02m01.80s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1762 Oct 17 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 14.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2.5 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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