Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1737 Aug 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1737 Aug 26 . 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 1737 Aug 26
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°54.6'S107°47.0'E20°51.9'S107°44.9'E20°23.1'S107°46.0'E 1.026 - 103 km 01m31.3s
23:0818°09.5'S118°08.7'E19°38.3'S115°09.5'E18°52.9'S116°46.7'E 1.028 76° 115 km 01m48.8s
23:1017°40.1'S121°57.8'E19°00.6'S119°55.0'E18°20.1'S120°59.1'E 1.030 13° 74° 121 km 01m58.4s
23:1217°22.2'S124°49.1'E18°40.3'S123°08.0'E18°01.1'S124°00.2'E 1.031 17° 73° 126 km 02m05.9s
23:1417°10.4'S127°10.3'E18°27.6'S125°41.4'E17°49.0'S126°27.1'E 1.032 19° 71° 130 km 02m12.4s
23:1617°02.7'S129°12.4'E18°19.5'S127°51.4'E17°41.1'S128°32.9'E 1.032 22° 70° 133 km 02m18.2s
23:1816°57.8'S131°00.9'E18°14.6'S129°45.6'E17°36.2'S130°24.1'E 1.033 24° 69° 137 km 02m23.6s
23:2016°55.3'S132°39.1'E18°12.1'S131°28.2'E17°33.7'S132°04.4'E 1.034 26° 68° 139 km 02m28.5s
23:2216°54.5'S134°09.3'E18°11.5'S133°01.8'E17°33.0'S133°36.2'E 1.034 28° 67° 142 km 02m33.2s
23:2416°55.3'S135°32.9'E18°12.5'S134°28.2'E17°33.9'S135°01.1'E 1.035 29° 67° 145 km 02m37.6s
23:2616°57.4'S136°51.1'E18°14.8'S135°48.7'E17°36.1'S136°20.4'E 1.035 31° 66° 147 km 02m41.9s
23:2817°00.6'S138°04.8'E18°18.3'S137°04.2'E17°39.4'S137°35.0'E 1.035 32° 65° 149 km 02m45.9s
23:3017°04.8'S139°14.4'E18°22.8'S138°15.5'E17°43.8'S138°45.4'E 1.036 34° 64° 151 km 02m49.7s
23:3217°09.9'S140°20.7'E18°28.1'S139°23.2'E17°49.0'S139°52.4'E 1.036 35° 63° 153 km 02m53.4s
23:3417°15.8'S141°24.0'E18°34.3'S140°27.7'E17°55.1'S140°56.2'E 1.036 36° 61° 154 km 02m56.9s
23:3617°22.4'S142°24.6'E18°41.3'S141°29.4'E18°01.9'S141°57.3'E 1.037 38° 60° 156 km 03m00.2s
23:3817°29.8'S143°22.8'E18°48.9'S142°28.6'E18°09.3'S142°56.1'E 1.037 39° 59° 158 km 03m03.4s
23:4017°37.8'S144°18.9'E18°57.1'S143°25.6'E18°17.4'S143°52.6'E 1.037 40° 58° 159 km 03m06.5s
23:4217°46.4'S145°13.2'E19°05.9'S144°20.6'E18°26.2'S144°47.2'E 1.038 41° 57° 160 km 03m09.5s
23:4417°55.5'S146°05.7'E19°15.3'S145°13.9'E18°35.4'S145°40.1'E 1.038 42° 56° 162 km 03m12.3s
23:4618°05.2'S146°56.6'E19°25.2'S146°05.5'E18°45.2'S146°31.3'E 1.038 43° 55° 163 km 03m15.0s
23:4818°15.4'S147°46.2'E19°35.6'S146°55.6'E18°55.5'S147°21.2'E 1.038 44° 53° 164 km 03m17.5s
23:5018°26.1'S148°34.5'E19°46.5'S147°44.5'E19°06.3'S148°09.7'E 1.039 45° 52° 165 km 03m20.0s
23:5218°37.2'S149°21.6'E19°57.8'S148°32.1'E19°17.5'S148°57.1'E 1.039 46° 51° 165 km 03m22.3s
23:5418°48.8'S150°07.6'E20°09.6'S149°18.6'E19°29.2'S149°43.3'E 1.039 46° 49° 166 km 03m24.5s
23:5619°00.9'S150°52.6'E20°21.8'S150°04.2'E19°41.3'S150°28.6'E 1.039 47° 48° 167 km 03m26.6s
23:5819°13.3'S151°36.8'E20°34.4'S150°48.8'E19°53.8'S151°13.0'E 1.039 48° 46° 167 km 03m28.5s
00:0019°26.1'S152°20.1'E20°47.4'S151°32.6'E20°06.8'S151°56.6'E 1.039 48° 45° 168 km 03m30.4s
00:0219°39.4'S153°02.8'E21°00.8'S152°15.6'E20°20.1'S152°39.4'E 1.040 49° 43° 168 km 03m32.1s
00:0419°53.0'S153°44.7'E21°14.6'S152°58.0'E20°33.8'S153°21.5'E 1.040 50° 42° 169 km 03m33.7s
00:0620°07.0'S154°26.0'E21°28.7'S153°39.7'E20°47.8'S154°03.0'E 1.040 50° 40° 169 km 03m35.2s
00:0820°21.4'S155°06.8'E21°43.2'S154°20.9'E21°02.3'S154°44.0'E 1.040 51° 39° 169 km 03m36.6s
00:1020°36.1'S155°47.1'E21°58.1'S155°01.6'E21°17.1'S155°24.5'E 1.040 51° 37° 169 km 03m37.9s
00:1220°51.2'S156°26.9'E22°13.3'S155°41.8'E21°32.2'S156°04.5'E 1.040 52° 35° 169 km 03m39.0s
00:1421°06.7'S157°06.4'E22°28.8'S156°21.7'E21°47.7'S156°44.2'E 1.040 52° 33° 169 km 03m40.1s
00:1621°22.5'S157°45.5'E22°44.8'S157°01.2'E22°03.6'S157°23.5'E 1.040 52° 32° 169 km 03m41.0s
00:1821°38.7'S158°24.3'E23°01.0'S157°40.4'E22°19.8'S158°02.5'E 1.040 53° 30° 169 km 03m41.8s
00:2021°55.2'S159°02.9'E23°17.6'S158°19.4'E22°36.4'S158°41.3'E 1.040 53° 28° 169 km 03m42.5s
00:2222°12.1'S159°41.3'E23°34.6'S158°58.2'E22°53.3'S159°19.8'E 1.041 53° 26° 169 km 03m43.1s
00:2422°29.3'S160°19.5'E23°51.9'S159°36.8'E23°10.5'S159°58.2'E 1.041 53° 24° 169 km 03m43.5s
00:2622°46.8'S160°57.6'E24°09.5'S160°15.4'E23°28.1'S160°36.5'E 1.041 54° 22° 168 km 03m43.9s
00:2823°04.7'S161°35.5'E24°27.5'S160°53.8'E23°46.0'S161°14.8'E 1.041 54° 20° 168 km 03m44.1s
00:3023°23.0'S162°13.5'E24°45.8'S161°32.3'E24°04.3'S161°53.0'E 1.041 54° 19° 168 km 03m44.3s
00:3223°41.6'S162°51.5'E25°04.5'S162°10.7'E24°23.0'S162°31.2'E 1.041 54° 17° 167 km 03m44.3s
00:3424°00.5'S163°29.5'E25°23.5'S162°49.2'E24°41.9'S163°09.4'E 1.041 54° 15° 167 km 03m44.2s
00:3624°19.8'S164°07.6'E25°42.9'S163°27.9'E25°01.3'S163°47.8'E 1.041 54° 13° 166 km 03m44.0s
00:3824°39.5'S164°45.8'E26°02.7'S164°06.6'E25°21.0'S164°26.3'E 1.041 54° 11° 166 km 03m43.7s
00:4024°59.5'S165°24.2'E26°22.8'S164°45.6'E25°41.1'S165°05.0'E 1.041 53° 165 km 03m43.3s
00:4225°19.9'S166°02.9'E26°43.3'S165°24.8'E26°01.5'S165°43.9'E 1.041 53° 165 km 03m42.7s
00:4425°40.7'S166°41.8'E27°04.1'S166°04.4'E26°22.3'S166°23.1'E 1.041 53° 164 km 03m42.1s
00:4626°01.9'S167°21.0'E27°25.4'S166°44.2'E26°43.5'S167°02.6'E 1.041 53° 163 km 03m41.3s
00:4826°23.4'S168°00.6'E27°47.0'S167°24.5'E27°05.1'S167°42.5'E 1.041 52° 163 km 03m40.5s
00:5026°45.4'S168°40.6'E28°09.1'S168°05.2'E27°27.1'S168°22.8'E 1.040 52° 359° 162 km 03m39.5s
00:5227°07.7'S169°21.0'E28°31.5'S168°46.4'E27°49.5'S169°03.7'E 1.040 52° 357° 161 km 03m38.4s
00:5427°30.5'S170°02.0'E28°54.4'S169°28.2'E28°12.3'S169°45.0'E 1.040 51° 356° 161 km 03m37.2s
00:5627°53.7'S170°43.6'E29°17.7'S170°10.6'E28°35.6'S170°27.0'E 1.040 51° 354° 160 km 03m35.9s
00:5828°17.4'S171°25.8'E29°41.5'S170°53.6'E28°59.3'S171°09.6'E 1.040 50° 352° 159 km 03m34.5s
01:0028°41.5'S172°08.7'E30°05.7'S171°37.5'E29°23.5'S171°53.0'E 1.040 50° 350° 158 km 03m33.0s
01:0229°06.1'S172°52.5'E30°30.4'S172°22.2'E29°48.1'S172°37.2'E 1.040 49° 348° 157 km 03m31.4s
01:0429°31.1'S173°37.1'E30°55.6'S173°07.9'E30°13.2'S173°22.3'E 1.040 48° 347° 157 km 03m29.7s
01:0629°56.7'S174°22.6'E31°21.3'S173°54.5'E30°38.9'S174°08.4'E 1.040 48° 345° 156 km 03m27.9s
01:0830°22.8'S175°09.2'E31°47.6'S174°42.3'E31°05.1'S174°55.6'E 1.040 47° 343° 155 km 03m26.0s
01:1030°49.5'S175°57.0'E32°14.4'S175°31.3'E31°31.8'S175°44.0'E 1.039 46° 342° 154 km 03m23.9s
01:1231°16.7'S176°46.0'E32°41.9'S176°21.7'E31°59.1'S176°33.6'E 1.039 45° 340° 153 km 03m21.8s
01:1431°44.6'S177°36.4'E33°09.9'S177°13.5'E32°27.1'S177°24.7'E 1.039 45° 338° 152 km 03m19.5s
01:1632°13.1'S178°28.3'E33°38.6'S178°06.9'E32°55.7'S178°17.4'E 1.039 44° 337° 151 km 03m17.1s
01:1832°42.2'S179°21.9'E34°08.0'S179°02.2'E33°24.9'S179°11.8'E 1.039 43° 335° 150 km 03m14.7s
01:2033°12.1'S179°42.6'W34°38.1'S179°59.4'E33°54.9'S179°51.9'W 1.038 42° 334° 149 km 03m12.1s
01:2233°42.8'S178°45.2'W35°09.0'S179°01.2'W34°25.7'S178°53.4'W 1.038 41° 332° 148 km 03m09.4s
01:2434°14.2'S177°45.4'W35°40.8'S177°59.3'W34°57.3'S177°52.7'W 1.038 40° 330° 147 km 03m06.5s
01:2634°46.6'S176°43.1'W36°13.4'S176°54.7'W35°29.8'S176°49.3'W 1.038 39° 329° 146 km 03m03.6s
01:2835°19.9'S175°38.0'W36°47.0'S175°47.1'W36°03.2'S175°43.0'W 1.037 37° 327° 144 km 03m00.5s
01:3035°54.2'S174°29.8'W37°21.7'S174°36.1'W36°37.7'S174°33.4'W 1.037 36° 326° 143 km 02m57.3s
01:3236°29.6'S173°18.0'W37°57.6'S173°21.2'W37°13.4'S173°20.0'W 1.037 35° 324° 142 km 02m53.9s
01:3437°06.3'S172°02.0'W38°34.7'S172°01.8'W37°50.3'S172°02.4'W 1.037 34° 322° 141 km 02m50.4s
01:3637°44.3'S170°41.5'W39°13.3'S170°37.3'W38°28.6'S170°40.0'W 1.036 32° 321° 139 km 02m46.7s
01:3838°23.9'S169°15.5'W39°53.5'S169°06.8'W39°08.5'S169°11.8'W 1.036 31° 319° 138 km 02m42.9s
01:4039°05.3'S167°43.1'W40°35.6'S167°29.3'W39°50.2'S167°36.9'W 1.035 29° 317° 136 km 02m38.8s
01:4239°48.7'S166°03.1'W41°19.9'S165°43.2'W40°34.0'S165°54.0'W 1.035 27° 316° 134 km 02m34.6s
01:4440°34.5'S164°13.9'W42°06.7'S163°46.7'W41°20.3'S164°01.3'W 1.034 26° 314° 133 km 02m30.1s
01:4641°23.1'S162°13.2'W42°56.6'S161°37.0'W42°09.5'S161°56.3'W 1.034 24° 312° 131 km 02m25.2s
01:4842°15.4'S159°57.8'W43°50.6'S159°09.9'W43°02.6'S159°35.3'W 1.033 21° 309° 129 km 02m20.0s
01:5043°12.3'S157°22.4'W44°49.8'S156°18.8'W44°00.6'S156°52.6'W 1.033 19° 307° 126 km 02m14.3s
01:5244°15.6'S154°18.5'W45°56.9'S152°51.4'W45°05.7'S153°37.8'W 1.032 16° 304° 123 km 02m07.9s
01:5445°29.0'S150°28.5'W47°17.0'S148°19.9'W46°22.1'S149°29.2'W 1.031 13° 301° 120 km 02m00.4s
01:5647°02.1'S145°04.8'W49°10.5'S140°58.9'W48°03.2'S143°19.2'W 1.029 296° 115 km 01m50.3s
Limits50°05.1'S131°52.1'W51°03.1'S132°04.5'W50°34.0'S131°58.2'W 1.027 - 107 km 01m34.9s

ΔT = 11.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:32:07.600:31:56.524°22.4'S162°27.2'E 53.8° 16.6° 167.3 km03m44.29s
Greatest Duration00:31:30.700:31:19.624°16.6'S162°18.3'E 53.8° 17.2° 167.5 km03m44.30s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1737 Aug 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1737 Aug 26 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 11.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3.5 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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