Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1728 Sep 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1728 Sep 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 1728 Sep 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
Limits19°30.1'S095°07.2'E21°07.8'S094°49.0'E20°18.6'S094°58.3'E 1.036 - 174 km 02m04.1s
23:5018°47.7'S103°02.4'E - - 19°55.3'S098°33.7'E 1.037 81° 182 km 02m11.0s
23:5218°45.4'S107°10.7'E20°34.4'S101°40.9'E19°37.7'S104°46.3'E 1.039 10° 79° 196 km 02m24.6s
23:5418°53.3'S110°03.1'E20°32.9'S105°57.5'E19°42.3'S108°08.5'E 1.040 13° 77° 205 km 02m32.7s
23:5619°06.1'S112°20.9'E20°41.9'S108°51.8'E19°53.6'S110°41.3'E 1.041 16° 76° 212 km 02m39.2s
23:5819°21.8'S114°18.0'E20°55.7'S111°10.3'E20°08.5'S112°47.7'E 1.042 18° 75° 218 km 02m44.8s
00:0019°39.8'S116°00.7'E21°12.4'S113°07.5'E20°25.9'S114°36.8'E 1.042 20° 74° 224 km 02m49.7s
00:0219°59.4'S117°32.9'E21°31.2'S114°50.2'E20°45.1'S116°13.7'E 1.043 22° 73° 228 km 02m54.3s
00:0420°20.3'S118°56.8'E21°51.6'S116°22.1'E21°05.8'S117°41.3'E 1.043 24° 71° 232 km 02m58.4s
00:0620°42.4'S120°14.1'E22°13.3'S117°45.8'E21°27.7'S119°01.5'E 1.044 25° 70° 236 km 03m02.2s
00:0821°05.4'S121°25.9'E22°36.1'S119°02.8'E21°50.7'S120°15.8'E 1.044 27° 69° 239 km 03m05.8s
00:1021°29.3'S122°33.2'E22°59.9'S120°14.3'E22°14.5'S121°25.1'E 1.045 28° 68° 241 km 03m09.1s
00:1221°54.0'S123°36.5'E23°24.5'S121°21.3'E22°39.1'S122°30.1'E 1.045 29° 67° 244 km 03m12.2s
00:1422°19.4'S124°36.5'E23°49.8'S122°24.4'E23°04.5'S123°31.5'E 1.045 30° 66° 246 km 03m15.1s
00:1622°45.5'S125°33.5'E24°15.8'S123°24.1'E23°30.6'S124°29.8'E 1.046 31° 65° 247 km 03m17.8s
00:1823°12.2'S126°27.9'E24°42.5'S124°20.8'E23°57.2'S125°25.4'E 1.046 32° 64° 249 km 03m20.4s
00:2023°39.4'S127°20.1'E25°09.9'S125°15.0'E24°24.5'S126°18.5'E 1.046 33° 62° 250 km 03m22.8s
00:2224°07.2'S128°10.1'E25°37.7'S126°07.0'E24°52.4'S127°09.4'E 1.046 34° 61° 251 km 03m25.0s
00:2424°35.6'S128°58.4'E26°06.2'S126°56.9'E25°20.7'S127°58.5'E 1.047 35° 60° 251 km 03m27.1s
00:2625°04.4'S129°45.0'E26°35.2'S127°45.0'E25°49.7'S128°45.8'E 1.047 36° 59° 251 km 03m29.1s
00:2825°33.8'S130°30.2'E27°04.7'S128°31.5'E26°19.1'S129°31.6'E 1.047 36° 57° 251 km 03m30.9s
00:3026°03.6'S131°14.0'E27°34.7'S129°16.6'E26°49.0'S130°16.1'E 1.047 37° 56° 251 km 03m32.6s
00:3226°34.0'S131°56.7'E28°05.2'S130°00.4'E27°19.4'S130°59.3'E 1.047 38° 55° 251 km 03m34.2s
00:3427°04.8'S132°38.3'E28°36.2'S130°43.0'E27°50.3'S131°41.4'E 1.047 38° 53° 251 km 03m35.6s
00:3627°36.1'S133°18.9'E29°07.7'S131°24.6'E28°21.7'S132°22.5'E 1.048 39° 52° 250 km 03m37.0s
00:3828°07.8'S133°58.7'E29°39.7'S132°05.3'E28°53.6'S133°02.7'E 1.048 39° 51° 249 km 03m38.2s
00:4028°40.0'S134°37.7'E30°12.2'S132°45.2'E29°25.9'S133°42.1'E 1.048 40° 49° 248 km 03m39.2s
00:4229°12.7'S135°16.1'E30°45.2'S133°24.3'E29°58.8'S134°20.9'E 1.048 40° 48° 247 km 03m40.2s
00:4429°45.9'S135°53.9'E31°18.7'S134°02.9'E30°32.1'S134°59.0'E 1.048 40° 46° 246 km 03m41.0s
00:4630°19.6'S136°31.1'E31°52.6'S134°40.8'E31°05.9'S135°36.6'E 1.048 41° 45° 245 km 03m41.8s
00:4830°53.7'S137°07.9'E32°27.1'S135°18.4'E31°40.2'S136°13.7'E 1.048 41° 43° 244 km 03m42.4s
00:5031°28.3'S137°44.4'E33°02.2'S135°55.5'E32°15.0'S136°50.5'E 1.048 41° 42° 243 km 03m42.9s
00:5232°03.4'S138°20.6'E33°37.7'S136°32.3'E32°50.3'S137°27.0'E 1.048 41° 40° 241 km 03m43.3s
00:5432°39.0'S138°56.5'E34°13.8'S137°08.9'E33°26.2'S138°03.3'E 1.048 41° 39° 240 km 03m43.6s
00:5633°15.2'S139°32.3'E34°50.4'S137°45.3'E34°02.5'S138°39.3'E 1.048 41° 37° 239 km 03m43.8s
00:5833°51.9'S140°08.0'E35°27.6'S138°21.6'E34°39.5'S139°15.3'E 1.048 41° 35° 237 km 03m43.9s
01:0034°29.1'S140°43.7'E36°05.4'S138°57.9'E35°17.0'S139°51.3'E 1.048 41° 34° 236 km 03m43.9s
01:0235°06.9'S141°19.4'E36°43.8'S139°34.2'E35°55.0'S140°27.4'E 1.048 41° 32° 234 km 03m43.7s
01:0435°45.3'S141°55.3'E37°22.8'S140°10.7'E36°33.7'S141°03.5'E 1.048 41° 31° 233 km 03m43.5s
01:0636°24.3'S142°31.3'E38°02.5'S140°47.3'E37°13.0'S141°39.9'E 1.048 41° 29° 231 km 03m43.2s
01:0837°03.9'S143°07.6'E38°42.8'S141°24.3'E37°53.0'S142°16.5'E 1.048 41° 27° 230 km 03m42.7s
01:1037°44.1'S143°44.3'E39°23.9'S142°01.6'E38°33.6'S142°53.5'E 1.048 41° 26° 228 km 03m42.2s
01:1238°25.1'S144°21.4'E40°05.6'S142°39.4'E39°15.0'S143°31.0'E 1.048 41° 24° 227 km 03m41.5s
01:1439°06.7'S144°59.0'E40°48.2'S143°17.8'E39°57.0'S144°08.9'E 1.048 40° 22° 225 km 03m40.7s
01:1639°49.1'S145°37.2'E41°31.5'S143°56.8'E40°39.9'S144°47.5'E 1.048 40° 21° 224 km 03m39.8s
01:1840°32.2'S146°16.2'E42°15.7'S144°36.5'E41°23.5'S145°26.9'E 1.048 40° 19° 222 km 03m38.9s
01:2041°16.2'S146°55.9'E43°00.8'S145°17.2'E42°08.0'S146°07.1'E 1.048 39° 17° 221 km 03m37.8s
01:2242°01.0'S147°36.6'E43°46.8'S145°58.9'E42°53.4'S146°48.3'E 1.048 39° 16° 219 km 03m36.6s
01:2442°46.7'S148°18.4'E44°33.8'S146°41.7'E43°39.8'S147°30.6'E 1.048 38° 14° 218 km 03m35.2s
01:2643°33.4'S149°01.4'E45°21.9'S147°25.8'E44°27.1'S148°14.1'E 1.048 38° 13° 217 km 03m33.8s
01:2844°21.1'S149°45.7'E46°11.1'S148°11.5'E45°15.6'S148°59.1'E 1.047 37° 11° 215 km 03m32.2s
01:3045°09.9'S150°31.7'E47°01.6'S148°58.8'E46°05.2'S149°45.8'E 1.047 36° 214 km 03m30.6s
01:3245°59.9'S151°19.4'E47°53.3'S149°48.1'E46°56.0'S150°34.3'E 1.047 36° 212 km 03m28.8s
01:3446°51.1'S152°09.1'E48°46.5'S150°39.7'E47°48.1'S151°24.9'E 1.047 35° 211 km 03m26.9s
01:3647°43.7'S153°01.1'E49°41.1'S151°33.7'E48°41.7'S152°17.9'E 1.047 34° 209 km 03m24.8s
01:3848°37.8'S153°55.7'E50°37.5'S152°30.7'E49°36.9'S153°13.6'E 1.046 33° 208 km 03m22.6s
01:4049°33.5'S154°53.2'E51°35.7'S153°31.1'E50°33.8'S154°12.5'E 1.046 32° 207 km 03m20.3s
01:4250°30.9'S155°54.2'E52°36.0'S154°35.3'E51°32.6'S155°15.1'E 1.046 31° 359° 205 km 03m17.8s
01:4451°30.3'S156°59.2'E53°38.5'S155°44.2'E52°33.5'S156°22.0'E 1.046 30° 357° 204 km 03m15.2s
01:4652°31.9'S158°08.8'E54°43.5'S156°58.5'E53°36.7'S157°33.8'E 1.045 29° 355° 202 km 03m12.4s
01:4853°35.9'S159°23.9'E55°51.5'S158°19.3'E54°42.6'S158°51.6'E 1.045 28° 353° 201 km 03m09.4s
01:5054°42.6'S160°45.5'E57°02.8'S159°48.0'E55°51.5'S160°16.5'E 1.045 27° 351° 200 km 03m06.2s
01:5255°52.6'S162°15.0'E58°18.0'S161°26.4'E57°03.9'S161°50.3'E 1.044 25° 349° 198 km 03m02.8s
01:5457°06.2'S163°54.2'E59°37.9'S163°17.4'E58°20.4'S163°34.9'E 1.044 24° 347° 197 km 02m59.1s
01:5658°24.2'S165°45.7'E61°03.4'S165°24.5'E59°41.9'S165°33.6'E 1.043 22° 344° 195 km 02m55.1s
01:5859°47.6'S167°53.2'E62°36.2'S167°53.8'E61°09.5'S167°50.9'E 1.043 20° 341° 193 km 02m50.8s
02:0061°17.7'S170°22.2'E64°18.4'S170°54.9'E62°45.1'S170°34.0'E 1.042 18° 338° 192 km 02m46.0s
02:0262°56.6'S173°21.8'E66°14.2'S174°46.3'E64°31.4'S173°55.5'E 1.042 16° 334° 190 km 02m40.6s
02:0464°48.0'S177°08.8'E68°31.8'S179°50.4'W66°33.6'S178°20.7'E 1.041 13° 330° 188 km 02m34.3s
02:0666°59.0'S177°40.1'W71°37.1'S170°28.8'W69°04.2'S175°04.9'W 1.040 10° 323° 185 km 02m26.3s
02:0869°50.6'S169°06.2'W - - 73°06.8'S159°48.9'W 1.038 308° 181 km 02m12.7s
Limits74°03.0'S148°53.0'W75°30.7'S151°22.2'W74°46.8'S150°02.8'W 1.037 - 178 km 02m06.4s

ΔT = 10.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:59:22.000:59:11.735°01.8'S139°34.2'E 41.5° 34.4° 236.4 km03m43.89s
Greatest Duration00:58:42.300:58:32.034°49.4'S139°24.9'E 41.5° 35.0° 236.8 km03m43.90s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1728 Sep 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1728 Sep 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 10.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.02°.

Acknowledgments

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

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