Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1744 Oct 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1744 Oct 06 . 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 1744 Oct 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits76°53.1'N114°14.5'E76°13.8'N113°18.1'E76°33.4'N113°45.4'E 1.015 - 77 km 00m53.6s
23:42 - - 73°38.2'N131°26.8'E75°20.0'N123°57.2'E 1.016 123° 80 km 00m57.7s
23:4472°34.9'N140°27.3'E70°25.9'N144°23.3'E71°28.2'N142°40.2'E 1.018 141° 88 km 01m08.1s
23:4669°57.3'N149°15.2'E68°08.0'N150°59.8'E69°01.6'N150°12.5'E 1.019 13° 149° 92 km 01m13.9s
23:4867°51.3'N154°42.1'E66°12.5'N155°32.4'E67°01.2'N155°09.6'E 1.020 16° 154° 94 km 01m18.6s
23:5066°02.4'N158°40.3'E64°30.4'N159°00.7'E65°15.8'N158°51.8'E 1.021 18° 158° 97 km 01m22.5s
23:5264°24.6'N161°47.9'E62°57.7'N161°49.5'E63°40.7'N161°49.5'E 1.021 20° 162° 99 km 01m26.1s
23:5462°55.1'N164°22.7'E61°32.1'N164°11.3'E62°13.2'N164°17.5'E 1.022 22° 165° 101 km 01m29.2s
23:5661°31.8'N166°34.5'E60°12.1'N166°13.7'E60°51.7'N166°24.3'E 1.022 23° 167° 103 km 01m32.2s
23:5860°13.7'N168°29.2'E58°56.7'N168°01.4'E59°34.9'N168°15.4'E 1.022 25° 170° 104 km 01m34.9s
00:0058°59.7'N170°10.8'E57°45.1'N169°37.5'E58°22.2'N169°54.2'E 1.023 26° 172° 106 km 01m37.4s
00:0257°49.3'N171°42.1'E56°36.8'N171°04.5'E57°12.8'N171°23.3'E 1.023 27° 174° 107 km 01m39.7s
00:0456°42.0'N173°05.1'E55°31.3'N172°23.9'E56°06.5'N172°44.4'E 1.024 29° 176° 109 km 01m41.9s
00:0655°37.4'N174°21.1'E54°28.3'N173°37.0'E55°02.7'N173°59.0'E 1.024 30° 178° 110 km 01m43.9s
00:0854°35.2'N175°31.4'E53°27.5'N174°44.9'E54°01.2'N175°08.1'E 1.024 31° 180° 111 km 01m45.8s
00:1053°35.1'N176°36.9'E52°28.7'N175°48.3'E53°01.8'N176°12.5'E 1.024 32° 182° 112 km 01m47.6s
00:1252°36.9'N177°38.2'E51°31.8'N176°47.8'E52°04.2'N177°12.9'E 1.025 33° 184° 113 km 01m49.3s
00:1451°40.4'N178°35.9'E50°36.4'N177°44.0'E51°08.3'N178°09.8'E 1.025 34° 186° 115 km 01m50.9s
00:1650°45.5'N179°30.5'E49°42.5'N178°37.3'E50°13.9'N179°03.8'E 1.025 34° 187° 116 km 01m52.4s
00:1849°52.1'N179°37.6'W48°50.0'N179°28.1'E49°21.0'N179°55.1'E 1.025 35° 189° 117 km 01m53.8s
00:2048°59.9'N178°48.0'W47°58.8'N179°43.4'W48°29.3'N179°15.9'W 1.025 36° 191° 118 km 01m55.1s
00:2248°09.1'N178°00.5'W47°08.8'N178°56.8'W47°38.8'N178°28.8'W 1.025 36° 192° 119 km 01m56.3s
00:2447°19.3'N177°14.9'W46°19.8'N178°12.0'W46°49.5'N177°43.6'W 1.026 37° 194° 120 km 01m57.4s
00:2646°30.7'N176°30.8'W45°31.9'N177°28.7'W46°01.2'N176°59.9'W 1.026 38° 196° 121 km 01m58.4s
00:2845°43.0'N175°48.2'W44°44.9'N176°46.7'W45°13.9'N176°17.6'W 1.026 38° 197° 122 km 01m59.3s
00:3044°56.3'N175°06.8'W43°58.9'N176°05.9'W44°27.5'N175°36.5'W 1.026 39° 199° 123 km 02m00.2s
00:3244°10.5'N174°26.6'W43°13.7'N175°26.2'W43°42.0'N174°56.5'W 1.026 39° 201° 124 km 02m00.9s
00:3443°25.5'N173°47.2'W42°29.3'N174°47.3'W42°57.3'N174°17.4'W 1.026 39° 202° 125 km 02m01.6s
00:3642°41.3'N173°08.8'W41°45.6'N174°09.3'W42°13.4'N173°39.2'W 1.026 40° 204° 126 km 02m02.2s
00:3841°57.9'N172°31.0'W41°02.7'N173°32.0'W41°30.3'N173°01.6'W 1.026 40° 206° 127 km 02m02.8s
00:4041°15.1'N171°53.9'W40°20.5'N172°55.2'W40°47.8'N172°24.7'W 1.026 40° 207° 128 km 02m03.2s
00:4240°33.1'N171°17.2'W39°39.0'N172°19.0'W40°06.0'N171°48.3'W 1.026 41° 209° 129 km 02m03.6s
00:4439°51.7'N170°41.1'W38°58.0'N171°43.1'W39°24.9'N171°12.2'W 1.026 41° 211° 130 km 02m03.9s
00:4639°11.0'N170°05.2'W38°17.7'N171°07.6'W38°44.3'N170°36.6'W 1.026 41° 212° 130 km 02m04.1s
00:4838°30.8'N169°29.6'W37°38.0'N170°32.4'W38°04.4'N170°01.1'W 1.026 41° 214° 131 km 02m04.2s
00:5037°51.2'N168°54.2'W36°58.8'N169°57.3'W37°25.0'N169°25.9'W 1.026 41° 215° 132 km 02m04.3s
00:5237°12.2'N168°19.0'W36°20.2'N169°22.3'W36°46.2'N168°50.8'W 1.026 41° 217° 133 km 02m04.3s
00:5436°33.7'N167°43.7'W35°42.0'N168°47.3'W36°07.9'N168°15.6'W 1.026 41° 219° 134 km 02m04.2s
00:5635°55.7'N167°08.4'W35°04.4'N168°12.3'W35°30.1'N167°40.5'W 1.026 41° 220° 134 km 02m04.0s
00:5835°18.3'N166°33.0'W34°27.3'N167°37.2'W34°52.8'N167°05.2'W 1.026 41° 222° 135 km 02m03.8s
01:0034°41.3'N165°57.4'W33°50.7'N167°01.9'W34°16.0'N166°29.8'W 1.026 41° 223° 136 km 02m03.4s
01:0234°04.8'N165°21.6'W33°14.5'N166°26.3'W33°39.7'N165°54.1'W 1.026 40° 225° 136 km 02m03.0s
01:0433°28.8'N164°45.4'W32°38.8'N165°50.4'W33°03.8'N165°18.1'W 1.026 40° 226° 137 km 02m02.5s
01:0632°53.2'N164°08.9'W32°03.5'N165°14.2'W32°28.4'N164°41.7'W 1.026 40° 228° 137 km 02m02.0s
01:0832°18.0'N163°31.8'W31°28.7'N164°37.4'W31°53.4'N164°04.8'W 1.026 40° 229° 138 km 02m01.3s
01:1031°43.3'N162°54.2'W30°54.3'N164°00.1'W31°18.8'N163°27.3'W 1.026 39° 231° 138 km 02m00.6s
01:1231°09.1'N162°15.9'W30°20.3'N163°22.2'W30°44.7'N162°49.2'W 1.026 39° 232° 138 km 01m59.8s
01:1430°35.2'N161°36.9'W29°46.8'N162°43.5'W30°11.0'N162°10.4'W 1.026 38° 234° 138 km 01m58.9s
01:1630°01.8'N160°57.1'W29°13.6'N162°04.0'W29°37.7'N161°30.7'W 1.025 38° 235° 139 km 01m57.9s
01:1829°28.8'N160°16.3'W28°40.9'N161°23.6'W29°04.9'N160°50.1'W 1.025 37° 236° 139 km 01m56.8s
01:2028°56.2'N159°34.5'W28°08.6'N160°42.2'W28°32.4'N160°08.5'W 1.025 37° 238° 138 km 01m55.7s
01:2228°24.0'N158°51.5'W27°36.7'N159°59.6'W28°00.4'N159°25.7'W 1.025 36° 239° 138 km 01m54.4s
01:2427°52.2'N158°07.1'W27°05.3'N159°15.8'W27°28.8'N158°41.6'W 1.025 35° 240° 138 km 01m53.1s
01:2627°20.9'N157°21.3'W26°34.2'N158°30.5'W26°57.6'N157°56.1'W 1.025 35° 242° 137 km 01m51.6s
01:2826°49.9'N156°33.9'W26°03.6'N157°43.7'W26°26.8'N157°08.9'W 1.024 34° 243° 137 km 01m50.1s
01:3026°19.5'N155°44.6'W25°33.4'N156°55.0'W25°56.5'N156°20.0'W 1.024 33° 244° 136 km 01m48.5s
01:3225°49.4'N154°53.2'W25°03.7'N156°04.4'W25°26.6'N155°29.0'W 1.024 32° 245° 135 km 01m46.7s
01:3425°19.9'N153°59.5'W24°34.5'N155°11.5'W24°57.3'N154°35.7'W 1.024 31° 246° 133 km 01m44.9s
01:3624°50.8'N153°03.1'W24°05.7'N154°16.1'W24°28.4'N153°39.8'W 1.023 30° 248° 132 km 01m42.9s
01:3824°22.3'N152°03.7'W23°37.5'N153°17.9'W24°00.0'N152°41.0'W 1.023 29° 249° 130 km 01m40.8s
01:4023°54.3'N151°00.7'W23°09.9'N152°16.3'W23°32.1'N151°38.8'W 1.023 28° 250° 128 km 01m38.6s
01:4223°26.9'N149°53.7'W22°42.8'N151°10.9'W23°04.9'N150°32.6'W 1.022 27° 251° 126 km 01m36.2s
01:4423°00.1'N148°41.9'W22°16.4'N150°01.0'W22°38.3'N149°21.8'W 1.022 25° 252° 124 km 01m33.6s
01:4622°34.1'N147°24.4'W21°50.8'N148°45.7'W22°12.5'N148°05.4'W 1.022 24° 253° 121 km 01m30.9s
01:4822°08.9'N145°59.8'W21°26.0'N147°24.1'W21°47.5'N146°42.3'W 1.021 22° 254° 118 km 01m28.0s
01:5021°44.8'N144°26.2'W21°02.1'N145°54.4'W21°23.6'N145°10.8'W 1.021 21° 255° 114 km 01m24.8s
01:5221°21.9'N142°41.1'W20°39.5'N144°14.4'W21°00.8'N143°28.3'W 1.020 19° 256° 110 km 01m21.3s
01:5421°00.6'N140°39.7'W20°18.5'N142°20.5'W20°39.6'N141°30.9'W 1.019 17° 258° 105 km 01m17.4s
01:5620°41.7'N138°13.8'W19°59.6'N140°06.5'W20°20.8'N139°11.3'W 1.019 14° 259° 100 km 01m13.0s
01:5820°26.9'N135°03.9'W19°44.1'N137°19.7'W20°05.6'N136°14.1'W 1.018 11° 260° 94 km 01m07.6s
02:0020°23.6'N129°46.8'W19°35.6'N133°22.5'W19°59.0'N131°46.0'W 1.016 262° 84 km 01m00.2s
Limits20°39.6'N125°04.8'W19°59.4'N125°14.3'W20°19.5'N125°09.6'W 1.014 - 72 km 00m50.4s

ΔT = 12.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:51:23.400:51:11.537°01.8'N169°08.0'W 41.0° 216.3° 132.5 km02m04.30s
Greatest Duration00:50:45.400:50:33.437°14.1'N169°16.1'W 41.0° 215.8° 132.2 km02m04.30s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1744 Oct 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1744 Oct 06 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 12.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3.2 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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