Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1736 Apr 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1736 Apr 15 . 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 -1736 Apr 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits83°07.5'S090°22.6'E79°09.1'S102°21.5'E81°17.9'S097°38.3'E 1.055 - 486 km 03m01.7s
09:4474°38.2'S063°15.7'E - - 80°48.5'S092°23.2'E 1.055 302° 484 km 03m03.9s
09:4672°13.0'S062°09.8'E - - 76°06.9'S073°22.4'E 1.057 320° 474 km 03m18.0s
09:4870°10.3'S061°48.7'E78°45.2'S098°03.7'E73°23.1'S069°45.6'E 1.058 323° 472 km 03m24.7s
09:5068°22.0'S061°48.0'E74°50.6'S080°44.8'E71°10.9'S068°12.9'E 1.059 11° 324° 471 km 03m29.7s
09:5266°43.9'S061°58.4'E72°21.5'S076°32.0'E69°16.6'S067°29.2'E 1.059 13° 324° 472 km 03m33.9s
09:5465°13.5'S062°15.3'E70°18.2'S074°30.3'E67°34.3'S067°10.4'E 1.060 14° 324° 473 km 03m37.4s
09:5663°49.2'S062°36.4'E68°30.1'S073°24.2'E66°00.8'S067°06.2'E 1.060 15° 323° 475 km 03m40.5s
09:5862°30.0'S063°00.3'E66°52.6'S072°48.0'E64°34.1'S067°11.3'E 1.060 16° 322° 478 km 03m43.2s
10:0061°14.9'S063°26.3'E65°22.9'S072°29.9'E63°13.0'S067°22.8'E 1.060 17° 321° 481 km 03m45.6s
10:0260°03.5'S063°53.9'E63°59.3'S072°24.0'E61°56.4'S067°38.9'E 1.061 18° 320° 485 km 03m47.7s
10:0458°55.2'S064°22.7'E62°40.9'S072°26.6'E60°43.7'S067°58.4'E 1.061 19° 319° 489 km 03m49.5s
10:0657°49.6'S064°52.5'E61°26.6'S072°35.5'E59°34.3'S068°20.7'E 1.061 19° 318° 494 km 03m51.1s
10:0856°46.5'S065°23.2'E60°15.9'S072°49.4'E58°27.8'S068°45.3'E 1.061 20° 317° 498 km 03m52.5s
10:1055°45.6'S065°54.8'E59°08.4'S073°07.3'E57°23.9'S069°11.8'E 1.061 20° 316° 504 km 03m53.6s
10:1254°46.6'S066°27.3'E58°03.6'S073°28.5'E56°22.3'S069°40.0'E 1.061 21° 314° 509 km 03m54.6s
10:1453°49.5'S067°00.5'E57°01.2'S073°52.6'E55°22.8'S070°09.8'E 1.062 21° 313° 515 km 03m55.4s
10:1652°54.0'S067°34.7'E56°01.1'S074°19.4'E54°25.2'S070°41.2'E 1.062 21° 312° 521 km 03m56.0s
10:1852°00.1'S068°09.7'E55°03.0'S074°48.7'E53°29.3'S071°14.0'E 1.062 21° 311° 527 km 03m56.4s
10:2051°07.5'S068°45.8'E54°06.7'S075°20.3'E52°35.0'S071°48.4'E 1.062 21° 309° 533 km 03m56.6s
10:2250°16.3'S069°22.9'E53°12.1'S075°54.2'E51°42.2'S072°24.3'E 1.062 21° 308° 540 km 03m56.7s
10:2449°26.3'S070°01.1'E52°19.0'S076°30.5'E50°50.8'S073°01.8'E 1.062 21° 307° 546 km 03m56.6s
10:2648°37.5'S070°40.6'E51°27.5'S077°09.2'E50°00.7'S073°41.1'E 1.062 21° 305° 553 km 03m56.2s
10:2847°49.8'S071°21.5'E50°37.3'S077°50.5'E49°11.9'S074°22.2'E 1.062 21° 304° 559 km 03m55.8s
10:3047°03.2'S072°04.0'E49°48.4'S078°34.5'E48°24.2'S075°05.3'E 1.061 21° 303° 566 km 03m55.1s
10:3246°17.6'S072°48.1'E49°00.8'S079°21.5'E47°37.6'S075°50.7'E 1.061 21° 301° 572 km 03m54.2s
10:3445°33.0'S073°34.2'E48°14.3'S080°11.8'E46°52.1'S076°38.5'E 1.061 20° 300° 578 km 03m53.2s
10:3644°49.3'S074°22.4'E47°29.1'S081°05.9'E46°07.6'S077°29.1'E 1.061 20° 299° 583 km 03m51.9s
10:3844°06.5'S075°13.1'E46°45.0'S082°04.3'E45°24.2'S078°22.8'E 1.061 19° 297° 587 km 03m50.4s
10:4043°24.7'S076°06.5'E46°02.1'S083°07.7'E44°41.8'S079°20.1'E 1.061 19° 296° 591 km 03m48.7s
10:4242°43.7'S077°03.1'E45°20.3'S084°17.1'E44°00.4'S080°21.7'E 1.061 18° 294° 593 km 03m46.8s
10:4442°03.7'S078°03.5'E44°39.8'S085°34.0'E43°20.1'S081°28.2'E 1.060 17° 293° 594 km 03m44.6s
10:4641°24.6'S079°08.2'E44°00.7'S087°00.4'E42°40.8'S082°40.8'E 1.060 16° 291° 593 km 03m42.1s
10:4840°46.5'S080°18.1'E43°23.1'S088°39.4'E42°02.7'S084°00.8'E 1.060 15° 290° 590 km 03m39.2s
10:5040°09.4'S081°34.3'E42°47.3'S090°36.9'E41°25.8'S085°30.5'E 1.059 14° 288° 585 km 03m35.9s
10:5239°33.4'S082°58.5'E42°14.2'S093°04.4'E40°50.5'S087°13.0'E 1.059 13° 287° 576 km 03m32.1s
10:5438°58.7'S084°33.1'E41°46.1'S096°36.8'E40°17.0'S089°14.4'E 1.058 11° 285° 564 km 03m27.7s
10:5638°25.5'S086°21.9'E - - 39°46.2'S091°46.8'E 1.058 283° 547 km 03m22.1s
10:5837°54.4'S088°31.8'E - - 39°20.8'S095°26.9'E 1.057 280° 521 km 03m14.4s
Limits37°14.9'S101°46.4'E41°42.8'S103°07.3'E39°22.2'S102°24.8'E 1.055 - 478 km 03m00.9s

ΔT = 40222.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:31:45.710:21:23.851°58.0'S095°49.8'W 21.4° 308.4° 537.7 km03m56.68s
Greatest Duration21:31:57.110:21:35.151°53.1'S072°16.7'E 21.4° 308.3° 538.3 km03m56.68s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1736 Apr 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1736 Apr 15 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 40222.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2696.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 11.27°.

Acknowledgments

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

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