Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1739 Dec 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1739 Dec 11 . 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 Dec 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits17°00.4'N043°35.4'E16°11.5'N043°10.9'E16°35.9'N043°23.2'E 1.029 - 100 km 01m35.3s
03:3213°10.8'N052°17.9'E12°43.1'N050°57.8'E12°56.3'N051°39.1'E 1.032 115° 110 km 01m50.9s
03:3410°55.8'N056°44.0'E10°19.7'N055°37.7'E10°37.3'N056°11.5'E 1.034 15° 116° 116 km 02m01.1s
03:3609°14.9'N059°47.2'E08°35.3'N058°45.2'E08°54.8'N059°16.7'E 1.035 18° 117° 120 km 02m08.7s
03:3807°50.0'N062°12.9'E07°08.0'N061°12.8'E07°28.7'N061°43.2'E 1.036 22° 117° 123 km 02m15.3s
03:4006°35.0'N064°15.9'E05°51.1'N063°17.0'E06°12.8'N063°46.8'E 1.037 25° 117° 126 km 02m21.1s
03:4205°26.8'N066°03.4'E04°41.5'N065°05.2'E05°03.9'N065°34.7'E 1.038 27° 118° 129 km 02m26.5s
03:4404°23.8'N067°39.7'E03°37.2'N066°41.9'E04°00.3'N067°11.1'E 1.038 29° 118° 131 km 02m31.5s
03:4603°25.0'N069°07.1'E02°37.2'N068°09.7'E03°00.9'N068°38.7'E 1.039 32° 118° 133 km 02m36.2s
03:4802°29.5'N070°27.6'E01°40.6'N069°30.4'E02°04.8'N069°59.3'E 1.040 34° 118° 135 km 02m40.7s
03:5001°36.8'N071°42.4'E00°47.0'N070°45.3'E01°11.7'N071°14.1'E 1.040 36° 118° 136 km 02m45.0s
03:5200°46.6'N072°52.4'E00°04.2'S071°55.4'E00°21.0'N072°24.2'E 1.041 38° 118° 138 km 02m49.1s
03:5400°01.5'S073°58.4'E00°53.2'S073°01.5'E00°27.5'S073°30.2'E 1.041 39° 118° 139 km 02m53.1s
03:5600°47.7'S075°00.9'E01°40.2'S074°04.1'E01°14.2'S074°32.7'E 1.041 41° 118° 141 km 02m56.9s
03:5801°32.3'S076°00.4'E02°25.6'S075°03.7'E01°59.1'S075°32.3'E 1.042 43° 118° 142 km 03m00.6s
04:0002°15.3'S076°57.3'E03°09.4'S076°00.6'E02°42.5'S076°29.2'E 1.042 44° 118° 143 km 03m04.2s
04:0202°56.9'S077°51.9'E03°51.8'S076°55.3'E03°24.5'S077°23.8'E 1.043 46° 118° 144 km 03m07.7s
04:0403°37.3'S078°44.4'E04°32.9'S077°47.9'E04°05.3'S078°16.3'E 1.043 47° 118° 145 km 03m11.0s
04:0604°16.5'S079°35.1'E05°12.8'S078°38.7'E04°44.8'S079°07.1'E 1.043 49° 118° 146 km 03m14.3s
04:0804°54.6'S080°24.2'E05°51.7'S079°27.9'E05°23.3'S079°56.2'E 1.044 50° 118° 147 km 03m17.5s
04:1005°31.7'S081°11.8'E06°29.5'S080°15.7'E06°00.7'S080°43.9'E 1.044 52° 118° 148 km 03m20.5s
04:1206°07.8'S081°58.1'E07°06.3'S081°02.1'E06°37.2'S081°30.3'E 1.044 53° 118° 149 km 03m23.5s
04:1406°43.1'S082°43.3'E07°42.2'S081°47.4'E07°12.8'S082°15.6'E 1.044 55° 118° 149 km 03m26.4s
04:1607°17.5'S083°27.4'E08°17.3'S082°31.7'E07°47.5'S082°59.7'E 1.045 56° 118° 150 km 03m29.3s
04:1807°51.0'S084°10.5'E08°51.6'S083°15.0'E08°21.4'S083°43.0'E 1.045 57° 118° 151 km 03m32.0s
04:2008°23.9'S084°52.8'E09°25.0'S083°57.5'E08°54.6'S084°25.4'E 1.045 59° 117° 151 km 03m34.7s
04:2208°55.9'S085°34.3'E09°57.8'S084°39.3'E09°27.0'S085°07.0'E 1.045 60° 117° 152 km 03m37.2s
04:2409°27.3'S086°15.2'E10°29.8'S085°20.3'E09°58.7'S085°47.9'E 1.046 61° 117° 152 km 03m39.7s
04:2609°58.0'S086°55.4'E11°01.1'S086°00.8'E10°29.7'S086°28.3'E 1.046 62° 117° 153 km 03m42.2s
04:2810°28.0'S087°35.0'E11°31.8'S086°40.7'E11°00.0'S087°08.0'E 1.046 64° 117° 154 km 03m44.5s
04:3010°57.4'S088°14.1'E12°01.9'S087°20.2'E11°29.8'S087°47.3'E 1.046 65° 117° 154 km 03m46.8s
04:3211°26.2'S088°52.8'E12°31.3'S087°59.2'E11°58.9'S088°26.2'E 1.046 66° 117° 154 km 03m48.9s
04:3411°54.4'S089°31.1'E13°00.1'S088°37.8'E12°27.4'S089°04.7'E 1.046 67° 117° 155 km 03m51.0s
04:3612°22.0'S090°09.1'E13°28.4'S089°16.2'E12°55.3'S089°42.8'E 1.047 69° 117° 155 km 03m53.0s
04:3812°49.1'S090°46.7'E13°56.1'S089°54.2'E13°22.7'S090°20.6'E 1.047 70° 117° 156 km 03m55.0s
04:4013°15.6'S091°24.1'E14°23.2'S090°32.0'E13°49.5'S090°58.2'E 1.047 71° 117° 156 km 03m56.8s
04:4213°41.6'S092°01.3'E14°49.8'S091°09.6'E14°15.8'S091°35.6'E 1.047 72° 117° 156 km 03m58.6s
04:4414°07.0'S092°38.3'E15°15.9'S091°47.1'E14°41.5'S092°12.9'E 1.047 73° 117° 157 km 04m00.3s
04:4614°32.0'S093°15.1'E15°41.4'S092°24.4'E15°06.8'S092°49.9'E 1.047 74° 117° 157 km 04m01.9s
04:4814°56.4'S093°51.9'E16°06.4'S093°01.7'E15°31.5'S093°26.9'E 1.047 76° 117° 157 km 04m03.4s
04:5015°20.3'S094°28.5'E16°30.9'S093°38.9'E15°55.7'S094°03.9'E 1.047 77° 118° 158 km 04m04.8s
04:5215°43.7'S095°05.2'E16°54.9'S094°16.1'E16°19.4'S094°40.8'E 1.047 78° 118° 158 km 04m06.2s
04:5416°06.7'S095°41.7'E17°18.5'S094°53.3'E16°42.6'S095°17.7'E 1.048 79° 118° 158 km 04m07.4s
04:5616°29.1'S096°18.4'E17°41.5'S095°30.5'E17°05.4'S095°54.6'E 1.048 80° 119° 158 km 04m08.6s
04:5816°51.1'S096°55.0'E18°04.0'S096°07.8'E17°27.6'S096°31.5'E 1.048 81° 120° 158 km 04m09.6s
05:0017°12.6'S097°31.7'E18°26.1'S096°45.2'E17°49.4'S097°08.6'E 1.048 82° 121° 159 km 04m10.6s
05:0217°33.6'S098°08.5'E18°47.6'S097°22.7'E18°10.7'S097°45.7'E 1.048 83° 123° 159 km 04m11.5s
05:0417°54.1'S098°45.4'E19°08.7'S098°00.4'E18°31.5'S098°23.0'E 1.048 84° 125° 159 km 04m12.3s
05:0618°14.2'S099°22.5'E19°29.3'S098°38.2'E18°51.8'S099°00.5'E 1.048 85° 129° 159 km 04m12.9s
05:0818°33.8'S099°59.8'E19°49.4'S099°16.3'E19°11.6'S099°38.1'E 1.048 86° 136° 159 km 04m13.5s
05:1018°52.9'S100°37.2'E20°09.1'S099°54.6'E19°31.0'S100°16.0'E 1.048 87° 147° 159 km 04m14.0s
05:1219°11.6'S101°14.8'E20°28.2'S100°33.1'E19°49.9'S100°54.1'E 1.048 88° 170° 159 km 04m14.4s
05:1419°29.8'S101°52.7'E20°46.9'S101°11.9'E20°08.4'S101°32.4'E 1.048 88° 205° 159 km 04m14.7s
05:1619°47.5'S102°30.9'E21°05.1'S101°50.9'E20°26.3'S102°11.0'E 1.048 88° 235° 159 km 04m14.9s
05:1820°04.7'S103°09.4'E21°22.8'S102°30.4'E20°43.8'S102°49.9'E 1.048 87° 251° 159 km 04m15.0s
05:2020°21.5'S103°48.1'E21°40.0'S103°10.1'E21°00.7'S103°29.2'E 1.048 86° 260° 159 km 04m15.0s
05:2220°37.8'S104°27.2'E21°56.7'S103°50.2'E21°17.2'S104°08.8'E 1.048 85° 264° 159 km 04m14.8s
05:2420°53.5'S105°06.7'E22°12.9'S104°30.8'E21°33.2'S104°48.8'E 1.048 84° 268° 159 km 04m14.6s
05:2621°08.8'S105°46.5'E22°28.5'S105°11.7'E21°48.7'S105°29.2'E 1.048 83° 270° 159 km 04m14.3s
05:2821°23.7'S106°26.8'E22°43.7'S105°53.1'E22°03.7'S106°10.0'E 1.048 82° 271° 159 km 04m13.8s
05:3021°38.0'S107°07.5'E22°58.4'S106°34.9'E22°18.2'S106°51.2'E 1.048 81° 272° 159 km 04m13.3s
05:3221°51.8'S107°48.7'E23°12.5'S107°17.3'E22°32.1'S107°33.0'E 1.048 80° 273° 158 km 04m12.6s
05:3422°05.0'S108°30.3'E23°26.0'S108°00.1'E22°45.5'S108°15.2'E 1.048 78° 273° 158 km 04m11.9s
05:3622°17.8'S109°12.5'E23°39.1'S108°43.6'E22°58.4'S108°58.0'E 1.047 77° 273° 158 km 04m11.0s
05:3822°30.0'S109°55.2'E23°51.5'S109°27.5'E23°10.8'S109°41.4'E 1.047 76° 273° 158 km 04m10.0s
05:4022°41.7'S110°38.5'E24°03.4'S110°12.1'E23°22.5'S110°25.3'E 1.047 75° 273° 158 km 04m08.9s
05:4222°52.8'S111°22.4'E24°14.7'S110°57.4'E23°33.8'S111°09.9'E 1.047 74° 273° 157 km 04m07.7s
05:4423°03.4'S112°07.0'E24°25.5'S111°43.3'E23°44.4'S111°55.1'E 1.047 73° 273° 157 km 04m06.4s
05:4623°13.4'S112°52.2'E24°35.6'S112°29.9'E23°54.4'S112°40.9'E 1.047 72° 273° 156 km 04m05.0s
05:4823°22.7'S113°38.1'E24°45.1'S113°17.2'E24°03.9'S113°27.5'E 1.047 70° 273° 156 km 04m03.5s
05:5023°31.5'S114°24.7'E24°53.9'S114°05.3'E24°12.7'S114°14.9'E 1.047 69° 272° 156 km 04m01.8s
05:5223°39.7'S115°12.1'E25°02.1'S114°54.2'E24°20.9'S115°03.0'E 1.047 68° 272° 155 km 04m00.1s
05:5423°47.2'S116°00.4'E25°09.6'S115°43.9'E24°28.4'S115°52.0'E 1.046 67° 272° 155 km 03m58.2s
05:5623°54.1'S116°49.5'E25°16.4'S116°34.5'E24°35.2'S116°41.9'E 1.046 66° 271° 154 km 03m56.2s
05:5824°00.3'S117°39.5'E25°22.6'S117°26.1'E24°41.4'S117°32.6'E 1.046 64° 271° 154 km 03m54.1s
06:0024°05.7'S118°30.4'E25°27.9'S118°18.6'E24°46.8'S118°24.4'E 1.046 63° 271° 153 km 03m52.0s
06:0224°10.5'S119°22.4'E25°32.5'S119°12.2'E24°51.5'S119°17.1'E 1.046 62° 270° 152 km 03m49.7s
06:0424°14.5'S120°15.4'E25°36.3'S120°06.9'E24°55.4'S120°11.0'E 1.045 61° 270° 152 km 03m47.2s
06:0624°17.7'S121°09.6'E25°39.3'S121°02.7'E24°58.5'S121°05.9'E 1.045 59° 269° 151 km 03m44.7s
06:0824°20.1'S122°04.9'E25°41.4'S121°59.7'E25°00.8'S122°02.1'E 1.045 58° 269° 150 km 03m42.1s
06:1024°21.7'S123°01.6'E25°42.6'S122°58.1'E25°02.2'S122°59.6'E 1.045 57° 268° 150 km 03m39.3s
06:1224°22.4'S123°59.6'E25°42.9'S123°57.8'E25°02.6'S123°58.4'E 1.045 55° 268° 149 km 03m36.5s
06:1424°22.1'S124°59.0'E25°42.2'S124°59.0'E25°02.2'S124°58.7'E 1.044 54° 267° 148 km 03m33.5s
06:1624°20.9'S126°00.0'E25°40.5'S126°01.7'E25°00.7'S126°00.6'E 1.044 53° 266° 147 km 03m30.4s
06:1824°18.6'S127°02.7'E25°37.7'S127°06.2'E24°58.1'S127°04.1'E 1.044 51° 266° 146 km 03m27.3s
06:2024°15.2'S128°07.2'E25°33.7'S128°12.5'E24°54.5'S128°09.5'E 1.043 50° 265° 145 km 03m23.9s
06:2224°10.7'S129°13.6'E25°28.5'S129°20.7'E24°49.6'S129°16.8'E 1.043 48° 265° 144 km 03m20.5s
06:2424°04.9'S130°22.2'E25°22.0'S130°31.1'E24°43.5'S130°26.3'E 1.043 47° 264° 143 km 03m17.0s
06:2623°57.8'S131°33.0'E25°14.1'S131°43.9'E24°36.0'S131°38.1'E 1.042 45° 263° 142 km 03m13.3s
06:2823°49.2'S132°46.5'E25°04.6'S132°59.2'E24°27.0'S132°52.4'E 1.042 44° 263° 141 km 03m09.5s
06:3023°39.1'S134°02.7'E24°53.6'S134°17.3'E24°16.4'S134°09.6'E 1.042 42° 262° 140 km 03m05.6s
06:3223°27.3'S135°22.1'E24°40.7'S135°38.7'E24°04.1'S135°30.0'E 1.041 40° 261° 138 km 03m01.5s
06:3423°13.6'S136°45.1'E24°25.8'S137°03.7'E23°49.8'S136°54.0'E 1.041 39° 261° 137 km 02m57.3s
06:3622°57.8'S138°12.2'E24°08.8'S138°32.7'E23°33.4'S138°22.0'E 1.040 37° 260° 135 km 02m52.9s
06:3822°39.6'S139°43.9'E23°49.2'S140°06.5'E23°14.5'S139°54.7'E 1.040 35° 259° 134 km 02m48.3s
06:4022°18.7'S141°21.0'E23°26.8'S141°45.9'E22°52.9'S141°32.9'E 1.039 33° 258° 132 km 02m43.6s
06:4221°54.7'S143°04.7'E23°01.1'S143°31.8'E22°28.0'S143°17.7'E 1.039 31° 257° 130 km 02m38.6s
06:4421°26.9'S144°56.3'E22°31.4'S145°25.8'E21°59.3'S145°10.5'E 1.038 28° 256° 128 km 02m33.3s
06:4620°54.5'S146°57.8'E21°56.9'S147°30.1'E21°25.9'S147°13.4'E 1.037 26° 256° 126 km 02m27.7s
06:4820°16.3'S149°12.3'E21°16.0'S149°47.7'E20°46.4'S149°29.4'E 1.037 23° 255° 124 km 02m21.7s
06:5019°30.1'S151°44.9'E20°26.7'S152°24.1'E19°58.6'S152°03.8'E 1.036 20° 253° 121 km 02m15.1s
06:5218°32.1'S154°44.9'E19°24.7'S155°29.4'E18°58.7'S155°06.3'E 1.035 17° 252° 118 km 02m07.6s
06:5417°13.4'S158°34.3'E17°59.6'S159°28.3'E17°37.0'S159°00.2'E 1.033 12° 251° 113 km 01m58.6s
06:5614°55.7'S164°48.9'E15°18.9'S166°28.4'E15°09.2'S165°34.5'E 1.031 249° 106 km 01m44.8s
Limits12°47.3'S170°19.0'E13°36.5'S170°43.0'E13°11.9'S170°30.9'E 1.029 - 100 km 01m35.6s

ΔT = 40275.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:24:49.305:13:34.220°04.4'S066°52.2'W 88.3° 196.9° 159.2 km04m14.65s
Greatest Duration16:29:55.105:18:40.020°49.5'S103°03.0'E 86.7° 254.4° 159.2 km04m14.99s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1739 Dec 11 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 40275.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2705.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 11.30°.

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

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