Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1772 Mar 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1772 Mar 25 . 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 -1772 Mar 25
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits80°04.4'S155°18.2'E82°06.0'S146°33.9'E81°05.6'S151°26.4'E 1.047 - 272 km 02m29.5s
18:0680°08.3'S137°26.7'W - - 82°29.1'S157°47.6'W 1.050 70° 274 km 02m44.3s
18:0878°29.2'S123°23.3'W83°34.8'S151°32.0'W80°57.6'S131°16.6'W 1.051 11° 43° 275 km 02m53.1s
18:1076°50.2'S114°30.1'W81°46.3'S124°33.4'W79°09.2'S117°43.6'W 1.052 14° 29° 276 km 02m59.6s
18:1275°15.5'S108°15.5'W79°47.9'S111°37.4'W77°24.1'S109°21.4'W 1.053 16° 20° 276 km 03m05.0s
18:1473°45.6'S103°33.2'W77°56.6'S103°52.9'W75°45.1'S103°33.0'W 1.053 18° 14° 277 km 03m09.7s
18:1672°20.2'S099°49.9'W76°13.4'S098°35.0'W74°12.0'S099°12.0'W 1.054 20° 278 km 03m13.9s
18:1870°58.8'S096°46.8'W74°37.1'S094°38.3'W72°44.1'S095°46.1'W 1.054 22° 279 km 03m17.6s
18:2069°40.9'S094°12.4'W73°06.7'S091°31.9'W71°20.6'S092°57.4'W 1.055 23° 279 km 03m21.1s
18:2268°26.1'S091°59.5'W71°41.2'S088°59.1'W70°01.0'S090°35.1'W 1.055 24° 358° 280 km 03m24.3s
18:2467°14.1'S090°03.1'W70°19.9'S086°50.0'W68°44.8'S088°32.5'W 1.055 26° 355° 281 km 03m27.2s
18:2666°04.6'S088°19.6'W69°02.3'S084°58.5'W67°31.5'S086°44.9'W 1.056 27° 352° 282 km 03m29.9s
18:2864°57.2'S086°46.6'W67°47.7'S083°20.3'W66°20.8'S085°09.1'W 1.056 28° 350° 283 km 03m32.4s
18:3063°51.9'S085°22.1'W66°36.0'S081°52.6'W65°12.5'S083°42.7'W 1.056 29° 348° 284 km 03m34.7s
18:3262°48.3'S084°04.6'W65°26.6'S080°33.3'W64°06.2'S082°24.0'W 1.056 30° 345° 286 km 03m36.9s
18:3461°46.4'S082°53.1'W64°19.4'S079°20.8'W63°01.8'S081°11.7'W 1.057 31° 343° 287 km 03m38.8s
18:3660°46.0'S081°46.6'W63°14.2'S078°13.9'W61°59.1'S080°04.8'W 1.057 31° 341° 288 km 03m40.7s
18:3859°46.9'S080°44.3'W62°10.7'S077°11.8'W60°57.9'S079°02.3'W 1.057 32° 339° 289 km 03m42.4s
18:4058°49.0'S079°45.7'W61°08.9'S076°13.6'W59°58.2'S078°03.7'W 1.057 33° 337° 291 km 03m43.9s
18:4257°52.3'S078°50.3'W60°08.4'S075°18.8'W58°59.7'S077°08.4'W 1.057 33° 335° 292 km 03m45.4s
18:4456°56.7'S077°57.6'W59°09.4'S074°26.8'W58°02.4'S076°15.9'W 1.058 34° 333° 293 km 03m46.7s
18:4656°02.1'S077°07.3'W58°11.5'S073°37.3'W57°06.2'S075°25.8'W 1.058 34° 332° 295 km 03m47.8s
18:4855°08.4'S076°19.1'W57°14.7'S072°50.0'W56°11.0'S074°37.8'W 1.058 35° 330° 296 km 03m48.9s
18:5054°15.5'S075°32.6'W56°19.0'S072°04.4'W55°16.8'S073°51.7'W 1.058 35° 328° 298 km 03m49.8s
18:5253°23.5'S074°47.8'W55°24.3'S071°20.4'W54°23.5'S073°07.2'W 1.058 36° 326° 300 km 03m50.6s
18:5452°32.1'S074°04.3'W54°30.5'S070°37.7'W53°30.9'S072°24.0'W 1.058 36° 324° 301 km 03m51.3s
18:5651°41.5'S073°22.0'W53°37.5'S069°56.2'W52°39.1'S071°42.0'W 1.058 36° 323° 303 km 03m51.9s
18:5850°51.5'S072°40.7'W52°45.2'S069°15.7'W51°48.1'S071°01.0'W 1.058 36° 321° 305 km 03m52.4s
19:0050°02.2'S072°00.3'W51°53.7'S068°35.9'W50°57.7'S070°20.8'W 1.058 36° 319° 307 km 03m52.7s
19:0249°13.4'S071°20.6'W51°02.9'S067°56.8'W50°07.9'S069°41.3'W 1.058 37° 318° 308 km 03m53.0s
19:0448°25.1'S070°41.5'W50°12.7'S067°18.2'W49°18.7'S069°02.4'W 1.058 37° 316° 310 km 03m53.1s
19:0647°37.4'S070°02.9'W49°23.1'S066°40.0'W48°30.0'S068°23.9'W 1.058 37° 314° 312 km 03m53.2s
19:0846°50.1'S069°24.6'W48°34.0'S066°02.1'W47°41.9'S067°45.7'W 1.058 37° 312° 314 km 03m53.1s
19:1046°03.3'S068°46.6'W47°45.5'S065°24.3'W46°54.2'S067°07.8'W 1.058 37° 311° 316 km 03m52.9s
19:1245°16.8'S068°08.7'W46°57.4'S064°46.5'W46°07.0'S066°29.9'W 1.058 37° 309° 318 km 03m52.6s
19:1444°30.8'S067°30.9'W46°09.8'S064°08.7'W45°20.2'S065°52.1'W 1.058 36° 308° 320 km 03m52.2s
19:1643°45.1'S066°52.9'W45°22.6'S063°30.7'W44°33.8'S065°14.1'W 1.058 36° 306° 322 km 03m51.7s
19:1842°59.8'S066°14.9'W44°35.8'S062°52.5'W43°47.7'S064°35.9'W 1.058 36° 304° 324 km 03m51.1s
19:2042°14.7'S065°36.5'W43°49.3'S062°13.8'W43°02.0'S063°57.4'W 1.058 36° 303° 326 km 03m50.4s
19:2241°30.0'S064°57.8'W43°03.2'S061°34.6'W42°16.6'S063°18.4'W 1.058 35° 301° 328 km 03m49.6s
19:2440°45.5'S064°18.6'W42°17.4'S060°54.8'W41°31.5'S062°38.9'W 1.058 35° 300° 330 km 03m48.6s
19:2640°01.3'S063°38.8'W41°31.8'S060°14.2'W40°46.6'S061°58.7'W 1.058 35° 298° 331 km 03m47.6s
19:2839°17.3'S062°58.3'W40°46.6'S059°32.8'W40°02.0'S061°17.8'W 1.058 34° 297° 333 km 03m46.4s
19:3038°33.5'S062°17.0'W40°01.5'S058°50.3'W39°17.6'S060°35.9'W 1.057 34° 295° 335 km 03m45.1s
19:3237°49.9'S061°34.7'W39°16.6'S058°06.6'W38°33.4'S059°52.9'W 1.057 33° 294° 336 km 03m43.7s
19:3437°06.5'S060°51.2'W38°32.0'S057°21.5'W37°49.3'S059°08.7'W 1.057 33° 292° 338 km 03m42.1s
19:3636°23.2'S060°06.5'W37°47.4'S056°34.9'W37°05.4'S058°23.1'W 1.057 32° 291° 339 km 03m40.5s
19:3835°40.0'S059°20.3'W37°03.0'S055°46.5'W36°21.6'S057°35.9'W 1.057 31° 289° 340 km 03m38.7s
19:4034°56.8'S058°32.5'W36°18.6'S054°56.0'W35°37.9'S056°46.8'W 1.056 30° 288° 341 km 03m36.7s
19:4234°13.8'S057°42.7'W35°34.3'S054°03.1'W34°54.2'S055°55.6'W 1.056 30° 287° 342 km 03m34.7s
19:4433°30.7'S056°50.8'W34°50.0'S053°07.6'W34°10.6'S055°02.0'W 1.056 29° 285° 342 km 03m32.4s
19:4632°47.7'S055°56.4'W34°05.6'S052°08.9'W33°26.9'S054°05.6'W 1.056 28° 284° 342 km 03m30.0s
19:4832°04.6'S054°59.1'W33°21.1'S051°06.5'W32°43.2'S053°06.0'W 1.055 27° 283° 341 km 03m27.4s
19:5031°21.4'S053°58.4'W32°36.5'S049°59.8'W31°59.3'S052°02.6'W 1.055 26° 281° 340 km 03m24.7s
19:5230°38.1'S052°53.9'W31°51.6'S048°47.8'W31°15.3'S050°54.7'W 1.055 24° 280° 339 km 03m21.7s
19:5429°54.6'S051°44.7'W31°06.4'S047°29.5'W30°30.9'S049°41.4'W 1.054 23° 279° 337 km 03m18.5s
19:5629°10.8'S050°29.9'W30°20.7'S046°03.2'W29°46.3'S048°21.6'W 1.054 21° 277° 334 km 03m15.0s
19:5828°26.6'S049°08.2'W29°34.2'S044°26.5'W29°01.0'S046°53.4'W 1.053 20° 276° 330 km 03m11.1s
20:0027°41.8'S047°37.9'W28°46.8'S042°35.7'W28°15.1'S045°14.5'W 1.053 18° 275° 325 km 03m06.9s
20:0226°56.3'S045°56.2'W27°57.7'S040°24.2'W27°28.1'S043°20.7'W 1.052 16° 273° 319 km 03m02.1s
20:0426°09.7'S043°58.7'W27°05.9'S037°37.8'W26°39.5'S041°04.9'W 1.051 14° 272° 312 km 02m56.6s
20:0625°21.3'S041°37.3'W26°07.7'S033°31.8'W25°47.9'S038°11.1'W 1.050 11° 270° 302 km 02m49.9s
20:0824°29.8'S038°33.4'W - - 24°49.1'S033°44.4'W 1.049 268° 287 km 02m40.3s
Limits22°51.2'S027°53.9'W25°11.7'S026°49.1'W24°00.5'S027°22.2'W 1.047 - 267 km 02m28.1s

ΔT = 41042.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:30:36.619:06:34.148°16.3'S120°18.3'E 36.8° 313.7° 312.7 km03m53.16s
Greatest Duration06:29:41.619:05:39.248°38.4'S068°30.6'W 36.8° 314.4° 311.8 km03m53.17s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1772 Mar 25 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 41042.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2829.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 11.82°.

Acknowledgments

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

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