Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1788 Jun 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1788 Jun 04 . 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 1788 Jun 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits12°51.4'N025°35.2'W11°37.1'N024°48.0'W12°14.2'N025°11.4'W 1.044 - 160 km 02m16.1s
07:2016°34.5'N017°11.9'W16°27.9'N013°40.4'W16°34.4'N015°19.6'W 1.047 11° 70° 172 km 02m38.1s
07:2218°38.4'N012°46.5'W18°08.6'N010°01.8'W18°25.0'N011°21.3'W 1.049 16° 71° 177 km 02m48.4s
07:2420°08.8'N009°37.1'W19°27.8'N007°12.5'W19°49.3'N008°22.8'W 1.050 19° 72° 181 km 02m56.7s
07:2621°23.3'N007°02.6'W20°34.9'N004°49.9'W21°00.0'N005°54.7'W 1.051 22° 73° 184 km 03m03.9s
07:2822°28.0'N004°49.3'W21°34.1'N002°44.8'W22°01.8'N003°45.7'W 1.052 25° 74° 186 km 03m10.5s
07:3023°25.7'N002°50.3'W22°27.4'N000°51.9'W22°57.2'N001°49.9'W 1.052 27° 76° 188 km 03m16.6s
07:3224°18.2'N001°01.8'W23°16.1'N000°51.6'E23°47.7'N000°04.0'W 1.053 29° 77° 190 km 03m22.3s
07:3425°06.5'N000°38.5'E24°01.1'N002°27.9'E24°34.3'N001°34.2'E 1.054 31° 78° 192 km 03m27.7s
07:3625°51.3'N002°12.4'E24°42.9'N003°58.2'E25°17.6'N003°06.3'E 1.054 33° 79° 193 km 03m32.9s
07:3826°33.2'N003°41.0'E25°22.2'N005°23.7'E25°58.1'N004°33.3'E 1.055 35° 80° 195 km 03m37.9s
07:4027°12.6'N005°05.3'E25°59.1'N006°45.1'E26°36.2'N005°56.1'E 1.055 37° 81° 196 km 03m42.6s
07:4227°49.7'N006°25.8'E26°33.9'N008°03.0'E27°12.2'N007°15.3'E 1.055 39° 82° 197 km 03m47.2s
07:4428°24.8'N007°43.2'E27°06.9'N009°17.9'E27°46.2'N008°31.4'E 1.056 40° 83° 198 km 03m51.7s
07:4628°58.2'N008°57.9'E27°38.3'N010°30.2'E28°18.5'N009°44.9'E 1.056 42° 84° 199 km 03m55.9s
07:4829°29.9'N010°10.2'E28°08.1'N011°40.2'E28°49.3'N010°56.0'E 1.057 43° 85° 200 km 04m00.1s
07:5030°00.1'N011°20.4'E28°36.5'N012°48.2'E29°18.6'N012°05.1'E 1.057 45° 87° 201 km 04m04.1s
07:5230°28.9'N012°28.8'E29°03.5'N013°54.5'E29°46.5'N013°12.4'E 1.057 46° 88° 202 km 04m08.0s
07:5430°56.4'N013°35.5'E29°29.4'N014°59.1'E30°13.2'N014°18.1'E 1.058 48° 89° 202 km 04m11.8s
07:5631°22.7'N014°40.9'E29°54.1'N016°02.3'E30°38.7'N015°22.4'E 1.058 49° 90° 203 km 04m15.5s
07:5831°47.9'N015°44.9'E30°17.7'N017°04.3'E31°03.0'N016°25.3'E 1.058 50° 92° 203 km 04m19.1s
08:0032°11.9'N016°47.8'E30°40.3'N018°05.1'E31°26.3'N017°27.2'E 1.059 52° 93° 204 km 04m22.5s
08:0232°34.9'N017°49.7'E31°01.9'N019°04.8'E31°48.6'N018°28.0'E 1.059 53° 94° 205 km 04m25.9s
08:0432°57.0'N018°50.6'E31°22.6'N020°03.7'E32°09.9'N019°27.8'E 1.059 54° 96° 205 km 04m29.1s
08:0633°18.0'N019°50.7'E31°42.3'N021°01.6'E32°30.3'N020°26.9'E 1.059 55° 97° 206 km 04m32.2s
08:0833°38.2'N020°50.1'E32°01.2'N021°58.9'E32°49.8'N021°25.2'E 1.060 57° 99° 206 km 04m35.3s
08:1033°57.4'N021°48.8'E32°19.3'N022°55.4'E33°08.5'N022°22.7'E 1.060 58° 100° 206 km 04m38.2s
08:1234°15.8'N022°46.9'E32°36.5'N023°51.3'E33°26.3'N023°19.7'E 1.060 59° 102° 207 km 04m41.0s
08:1434°33.4'N023°44.4'E32°53.0'N024°46.6'E33°43.3'N024°16.1'E 1.060 60° 104° 207 km 04m43.7s
08:1634°50.2'N024°41.4'E33°08.7'N025°41.4'E33°59.5'N025°12.0'E 1.060 61° 105° 207 km 04m46.3s
08:1835°06.1'N025°38.0'E33°23.6'N026°35.7'E34°14.9'N026°07.5'E 1.060 62° 107° 208 km 04m48.8s
08:2035°21.3'N026°34.2'E33°37.8'N027°29.6'E34°29.6'N027°02.5'E 1.061 63° 109° 208 km 04m51.2s
08:2235°35.7'N027°30.1'E33°51.3'N028°23.1'E34°43.6'N027°57.2'E 1.061 64° 111° 208 km 04m53.5s
08:2435°49.4'N028°25.6'E34°04.1'N029°16.3'E34°56.8'N028°51.5'E 1.061 65° 113° 209 km 04m55.7s
08:2636°02.4'N029°20.8'E34°16.2'N030°09.1'E35°09.3'N029°45.5'E 1.061 66° 116° 209 km 04m57.7s
08:2836°14.6'N030°15.8'E34°27.6'N031°01.7'E35°21.1'N030°39.2'E 1.061 67° 118° 209 km 04m59.7s
08:3036°26.1'N031°10.6'E34°38.3'N031°54.0'E35°32.3'N031°32.7'E 1.061 68° 121° 209 km 05m01.6s
08:3236°37.0'N032°05.1'E34°48.4'N032°46.1'E35°42.7'N032°26.0'E 1.061 69° 123° 209 km 05m03.3s
08:3436°47.1'N032°59.5'E34°57.9'N033°37.9'E35°52.5'N033°19.1'E 1.062 70° 126° 210 km 05m04.9s
08:3636°56.5'N033°53.8'E35°06.7'N034°29.6'E36°01.6'N034°12.1'E 1.062 70° 129° 210 km 05m06.4s
08:3837°05.3'N034°47.9'E35°14.9'N035°21.2'E36°10.1'N035°04.9'E 1.062 71° 132° 210 km 05m07.8s
08:4037°13.4'N035°41.9'E35°22.4'N036°12.6'E36°17.9'N035°57.5'E 1.062 72° 136° 210 km 05m09.1s
08:4237°20.8'N036°35.8'E35°29.4'N037°03.8'E36°25.1'N036°50.1'E 1.062 73° 140° 210 km 05m10.2s
08:4437°27.6'N037°29.6'E35°35.7'N037°55.0'E36°31.6'N037°42.6'E 1.062 73° 143° 210 km 05m11.3s
08:4637°33.7'N038°23.4'E35°41.3'N038°46.1'E36°37.5'N038°35.0'E 1.062 74° 147° 211 km 05m12.2s
08:4837°39.1'N039°17.1'E35°46.4'N039°37.2'E36°42.7'N039°27.3'E 1.062 74° 152° 211 km 05m13.0s
08:5037°43.9'N040°10.8'E35°50.9'N040°28.2'E36°47.4'N040°19.7'E 1.062 75° 156° 211 km 05m13.7s
08:5237°48.1'N041°04.5'E35°54.7'N041°19.1'E36°51.4'N041°12.0'E 1.062 75° 161° 211 km 05m14.3s
08:5437°51.5'N041°58.2'E35°58.0'N042°10.1'E36°54.7'N042°04.2'E 1.062 75° 166° 211 km 05m14.7s
08:5637°54.4'N042°51.9'E36°00.6'N043°01.0'E36°57.5'N042°56.5'E 1.062 75° 171° 211 km 05m15.0s
08:5837°56.6'N043°45.6'E36°02.7'N043°52.0'E36°59.6'N043°48.9'E 1.062 76° 176° 211 km 05m15.2s
09:0037°58.1'N044°39.4'E36°04.1'N044°43.0'E37°01.1'N044°41.2'E 1.062 76° 181° 211 km 05m15.3s
09:0237°59.0'N045°33.2'E36°05.0'N045°34.0'E37°01.9'N045°33.6'E 1.062 75° 186° 211 km 05m15.3s
09:0437°59.2'N046°27.1'E36°05.2'N046°25.1'E37°02.1'N046°26.1'E 1.062 75° 191° 211 km 05m15.1s
09:0637°58.8'N047°21.0'E36°04.8'N047°16.3'E37°01.7'N047°18.6'E 1.062 75° 196° 211 km 05m14.9s
09:0837°57.7'N048°15.1'E36°03.8'N048°07.5'E37°00.7'N048°11.2'E 1.062 75° 200° 211 km 05m14.5s
09:1037°55.9'N049°09.2'E36°02.2'N048°58.9'E36°59.0'N049°03.9'E 1.062 74° 205° 211 km 05m13.9s
09:1237°53.5'N050°03.5'E36°00.0'N049°50.4'E36°56.7'N049°56.8'E 1.062 74° 209° 211 km 05m13.3s
09:1437°50.4'N050°57.9'E35°57.2'N050°42.0'E36°53.8'N050°49.8'E 1.062 73° 213° 211 km 05m12.5s
09:1637°46.7'N051°52.4'E35°53.7'N051°33.8'E36°50.2'N051°42.9'E 1.062 73° 217° 211 km 05m11.6s
09:1837°42.3'N052°47.1'E35°49.6'N052°25.7'E36°45.9'N052°36.2'E 1.062 72° 221° 211 km 05m10.6s
09:2037°37.2'N053°42.0'E35°44.9'N053°17.8'E36°41.0'N053°29.6'E 1.062 71° 224° 211 km 05m09.5s
09:2237°31.4'N054°37.1'E35°39.6'N054°10.1'E36°35.5'N054°23.3'E 1.062 71° 228° 210 km 05m08.3s
09:2437°24.9'N055°32.3'E35°33.6'N055°02.7'E36°29.2'N055°17.2'E 1.062 70° 231° 210 km 05m06.9s
09:2637°17.7'N056°27.8'E35°26.9'N055°55.5'E36°22.3'N056°11.3'E 1.062 69° 234° 210 km 05m05.4s
09:2837°09.9'N057°23.6'E35°19.6'N056°48.5'E36°14.7'N057°05.6'E 1.062 68° 236° 210 km 05m03.9s
09:3037°01.3'N058°19.6'E35°11.6'N057°41.9'E36°06.5'N058°00.3'E 1.062 67° 239° 210 km 05m02.2s
09:3236°51.9'N059°15.9'E35°03.0'N058°35.5'E35°57.5'N058°55.3'E 1.061 66° 242° 210 km 05m00.3s
09:3436°41.9'N060°12.5'E34°53.6'N059°29.5'E35°47.8'N059°50.5'E 1.061 65° 244° 209 km 04m58.4s
09:3636°31.0'N061°09.5'E34°43.6'N060°23.9'E35°37.3'N060°46.2'E 1.061 64° 246° 209 km 04m56.3s
09:3836°19.5'N062°06.9'E34°32.8'N061°18.7'E35°26.2'N061°42.3'E 1.061 63° 248° 209 km 04m54.2s
09:4036°07.1'N063°04.7'E34°21.3'N062°13.9'E35°14.3'N062°38.7'E 1.061 62° 250° 209 km 04m51.9s
09:4235°53.9'N064°03.0'E34°09.1'N063°09.6'E35°01.6'N063°35.7'E 1.061 61° 252° 209 km 04m49.5s
09:4435°40.0'N065°01.7'E33°56.1'N064°05.8'E34°48.1'N064°33.2'E 1.061 60° 254° 208 km 04m47.0s
09:4635°25.2'N066°01.0'E33°42.3'N065°02.6'E34°33.8'N065°31.2'E 1.060 59° 256° 208 km 04m44.4s
09:4835°09.5'N067°00.9'E33°27.7'N066°00.0'E34°18.7'N066°29.8'E 1.060 58° 257° 208 km 04m41.7s
09:5034°52.9'N068°01.4'E33°12.3'N066°58.1'E34°02.7'N067°29.1'E 1.060 57° 259° 207 km 04m38.9s
09:5234°35.5'N069°02.7'E32°56.0'N067°56.9'E33°45.9'N068°29.1'E 1.060 56° 261° 207 km 04m36.0s
09:5434°17.1'N070°04.7'E32°38.9'N068°56.5'E33°28.1'N069°29.9'E 1.060 55° 262° 206 km 04m32.9s
09:5633°57.7'N071°07.6'E32°20.8'N069°57.0'E33°09.4'N070°31.6'E 1.059 53° 264° 206 km 04m29.8s
09:5833°37.3'N072°11.5'E32°01.7'N070°58.5'E32°49.7'N071°34.2'E 1.059 52° 265° 206 km 04m26.5s
10:0033°15.8'N073°16.4'E31°41.7'N072°01.0'E32°28.9'N072°37.9'E 1.059 51° 267° 205 km 04m23.2s
10:0232°53.3'N074°22.5'E31°20.6'N073°04.7'E32°07.1'N073°42.8'E 1.059 49° 268° 205 km 04m19.7s
10:0432°29.5'N075°29.8'E30°58.4'N074°09.6'E31°44.2'N074°48.9'E 1.058 48° 269° 204 km 04m16.1s
10:0632°04.5'N076°38.7'E30°35.0'N075°16.0'E31°20.0'N075°56.5'E 1.058 47° 270° 203 km 04m12.4s
10:0831°38.2'N077°49.1'E30°10.4'N076°24.0'E30°54.6'N077°05.7'E 1.058 45° 272° 203 km 04m08.5s
10:1031°10.5'N079°01.4'E29°44.5'N077°33.7'E30°27.8'N078°16.7'E 1.058 44° 273° 202 km 04m04.6s
10:1230°41.3'N080°15.7'E29°17.2'N078°45.5'E29°59.5'N079°29.7'E 1.057 42° 274° 201 km 04m00.5s
10:1430°10.4'N081°32.4'E28°48.3'N079°59.5'E29°29.7'N080°45.0'E 1.057 41° 275° 200 km 03m56.2s
10:1629°37.7'N082°51.7'E28°17.8'N081°16.0'E28°58.1'N082°02.9'E 1.056 39° 277° 199 km 03m51.8s
10:1829°03.0'N084°14.1'E27°45.4'N082°35.5'E28°24.6'N083°23.9'E 1.056 37° 278° 198 km 03m47.3s
10:2028°26.1'N085°40.2'E27°10.9'N083°58.4'E27°48.9'N084°48.3'E 1.056 36° 279° 197 km 03m42.6s
10:2227°46.7'N087°10.5'E26°34.2'N085°25.3'E27°10.9'N086°16.9'E 1.055 34° 280° 196 km 03m37.7s
10:2427°04.4'N088°45.9'E25°54.9'N086°56.9'E26°30.1'N087°50.3'E 1.055 32° 281° 195 km 03m32.6s
10:2626°18.7'N090°27.5'E25°12.5'N088°34.1'E25°46.2'N089°29.7'E 1.054 30° 282° 193 km 03m27.2s
10:2825°29.0'N092°16.8'E24°26.5'N090°18.4'E24°58.4'N091°16.4'E 1.053 28° 283° 192 km 03m21.6s
10:3024°34.1'N094°16.1'E23°36.2'N092°11.5'E24°05.8'N093°12.4'E 1.053 25° 285° 190 km 03m15.5s
10:3223°32.7'N096°28.9'E22°40.2'N094°16.1'E23°07.3'N095°20.9'E 1.052 23° 286° 187 km 03m09.1s
10:3422°22.2'N099°01.0'E21°36.7'N096°36.8'E22°00.5'N097°47.0'E 1.051 20° 287° 185 km 03m01.9s
10:3620°57.4'N102°04.1'E20°22.3'N099°21.5'E20°41.3'N100°40.1'E 1.050 16° 288° 181 km 02m53.9s
10:3819°05.0'N106°09.1'E18°49.4'N102°48.3'E18°59.8'N104°23.3'E 1.049 12° 290° 177 km 02m44.1s
10:40 - - 16°31.0'N108°01.4'E16°09.3'N110°47.5'E 1.046 292° 169 km 02m28.9s
Limits14°48.8'N115°49.0'E13°32.9'N115°00.1'E14°10.8'N115°24.3'E 1.045 - 163 km 02m19.2s

ΔT = 16.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:59:30.308:59:14.037°00.6'N044°17.0'E 75.5° 178.8° 210.9 km05m15.31s
Greatest Duration09:00:39.309:00:22.937°01.3'N044°51.2'E 75.5° 181.7° 210.9 km05m15.34s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1788 Jun 04 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 16.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1.5 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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