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A large circular orthographic projection of the Earth's Northern Hemisphere. The North Pole is at the center, with lines of latitude and longitude. A large shaded gray circle represents the moon's penumbra moving across the Earth. The path is labeled "Path of the center of the penumbra" and "Moon's orbit." Key lines include the "Equator," "Equinoctial line," and "Ecliptic." Beneath the globe, a scale of hours is marked: "VI VII VIII IX X XI XII I II III IV V VI," divided into "Morning hours" and "Afternoon hours."
A rectangular map in the upper right corner showing a stereographic projection of the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, and parts of the Americas and Asia. Darkened areas indicate regions affected by the eclipse. Captions and labels are in Latin.
| Calculation Moments | |
|---|---|
| True time of the new moon at Nuremberg, year 1750, Jan 8th, before noon | 10h 17' 26" |
| True place of the Sun and Moon in the ecliptic | ♑︎ 18° 7' 3" 28 |
| True northern latitude of the Moon, increasing | 48' 16" |
| Semidiameter of the Sun | 16' 22" |
| Horizontal semidiameter of the Moon | 15' 52" |
| Semidiameter of the penumbra | 32' 14" |
| Horizontal parallax of the Sun | 0' 9" |
| Horizontal parallax of the Moon | 58' 20" |
| Semidiameter of the said Earth | 58' 11" |
| Hourly movement of the Sun | 2' 33" |
| True hourly movement of the Moon in orbit | 35' 10" |
| Moon's passage from the Sun | 32' 37" |
| Inclination of the path of the Moon's orbit to the ecliptic | 5° 40' 2" |
| Southern declination of the Sun | 22° 15' 22" |
| Angle of the meridian and ecliptic | 82° 58' 37" |
| Elevation of the pole of Nuremberg | 49° 27' 12" |
| From these emerge | |
| Beginning of universal eclipse, Sun ending at Nuremberg in the east, time at Nuremberg | 7h 55' 20" ant |
| Entry of center of penumbra, Sun centrally failing in the east | 8h 57' 1" |
| Middle and maximum eclipse | 10h 8' 50" |
| Exit of center of the penumbra, Sun centrally failing in the west | 11h 20' 39" |
| End of universal eclipse, Sun ending failing in the west | 0h 22' 22" afternoon |
A small circular diagram titled "Celestial projection of the solar eclipse for the position of the city of Nuremberg." It illustrates the visual path of the Moon across the Sun's disk ("Sun's disk") as seen from Nuremberg. Labels include "Ecliptic" and "Apparent path of the Moon."
A larger circular orthographic projection in the lower right, titled "Orthographic projection of the said Earth and path of the city of Nuremberg." It displays the path of the eclipse's penumbra ("Moon's orbit or center of the penumbra") across the Earth's disk ("Edge of the disk of the Earth") relative to the latitude of Nuremberg. Hour marks are included along the path.
It will be seen at Nuremberg
Beginning of eclipse before noon 8h 46' 4"
Maximum obscuration 9h 58' 14"
End 11h 11' 22"
Duration 2h 25' 18"
Quantity 6 Digits 33' 5"