Path of the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1870 Dec 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1870 Dec 20 . 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 .

Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1870 Dec 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits41°17.8'N130°58.5'E41°01.8'N130°49.2'E41°09.8'N130°53.9'E 0.992 - 32 km 00m32.5s
22:4438°51.8'N136°00.9'E38°10.1'N136°50.6'E38°29.8'N136°27.7'E 0.993 125° 26 km 00m27.7s
22:4635°22.0'N142°33.1'E35°03.9'N142°43.4'E35°12.8'N142°38.3'E 0.995 11° 129° 19 km 00m21.2s
22:4833°16.6'N146°08.2'E33°04.6'N146°12.2'E33°10.5'N146°10.2'E 0.996 15° 131° 15 km 00m17.0s
22:5031°38.0'N148°49.0'E31°29.5'N148°50.6'E31°33.8'N148°49.8'E 0.997 18° 133° 11 km 00m13.4s
22:5230°14.3'N151°00.5'E30°08.3'N151°01.0'E30°11.3'N151°00.7'E 0.998 21° 135° 8 km 00m10.3s
22:5429°00.5'N152°53.1'E28°56.4'N152°53.1'E28°58.5'N152°53.1'E 0.998 23° 136° 6 km 00m07.5s
22:5627°53.9'N154°32.4'E27°51.4'N154°32.2'E27°52.6'N154°32.3'E 0.999 25° 137° 4 km 00m04.8s
22:5826°52.8'N156°01.6'E26°51.6'N156°01.5'E26°52.2'N156°01.5'E 1.000 27° 139° 2 km 00m02.3s
23:0025°56.1'N157°22.9'E25°56.1'N157°22.9'E25°56.1'N157°22.9'E 1.000 29° 140° 0 km 00m00.0s
23:0225°03.2'N158°37.9'E25°04.2'N158°38.1'E25°03.7'N158°38.0'E 1.000 31° 141° 2 km 00m02.2s
23:0424°13.4'N159°47.6'E24°15.4'N159°48.0'E24°14.4'N159°47.8'E 1.001 32° 142° 3 km 00m04.4s
23:0623°26.4'N160°53.0'E23°29.2'N160°53.6'E23°27.8'N160°53.3'E 1.001 34° 143° 5 km 00m06.4s
23:0822°41.7'N161°54.5'E22°45.3'N161°55.4'E22°43.5'N161°55.0'E 1.002 35° 144° 6 km 00m08.4s
23:1021°59.2'N162°52.9'E22°03.5'N162°54.0'E22°01.3'N162°53.4'E 1.002 37° 145° 7 km 00m10.3s
23:1221°18.6'N163°48.4'E21°23.5'N163°49.8'E21°21.0'N163°49.1'E 1.002 38° 146° 9 km 00m12.1s
23:1420°39.7'N164°41.5'E20°45.2'N164°43.1'E20°42.5'N164°42.3'E 1.003 39° 147° 10 km 00m13.9s
23:1620°02.4'N165°32.4'E20°08.5'N165°34.2'E20°05.4'N165°33.3'E 1.003 40° 149° 11 km 00m15.6s
23:1819°26.6'N166°21.3'E19°33.2'N166°23.4'E19°29.9'N166°22.4'E 1.003 41° 150° 12 km 00m17.2s
23:2018°52.1'N167°08.5'E18°59.2'N167°10.8'E18°55.6'N167°09.7'E 1.003 43° 151° 13 km 00m18.8s
23:2218°18.8'N167°54.2'E18°26.5'N167°56.7'E18°22.6'N167°55.5'E 1.004 44° 152° 14 km 00m20.4s
23:2417°46.8'N168°38.5'E17°54.9'N168°41.2'E17°50.8'N168°39.9'E 1.004 45° 153° 15 km 00m21.9s
23:2617°15.8'N169°21.5'E17°24.3'N169°24.4'E17°20.1'N169°23.0'E 1.004 46° 154° 16 km 00m23.3s
23:2816°45.9'N170°03.4'E16°54.8'N170°06.5'E16°50.4'N170°05.0'E 1.004 47° 155° 17 km 00m24.7s
23:3016°17.0'N170°44.3'E16°26.3'N170°47.6'E16°21.7'N170°45.9'E 1.005 47° 157° 17 km 00m26.0s
23:3215°49.0'N171°24.2'E15°58.7'N171°27.7'E15°53.9'N171°26.0'E 1.005 48° 158° 18 km 00m27.3s
23:3415°22.0'N172°03.4'E15°32.0'N172°07.0'E15°27.0'N172°05.2'E 1.005 49° 159° 19 km 00m28.5s
23:3614°55.8'N172°41.7'E15°06.1'N172°45.5'E15°00.9'N172°43.6'E 1.005 50° 161° 20 km 00m29.7s
23:3814°30.4'N173°19.4'E14°41.0'N173°23.3'E14°35.7'N173°21.4'E 1.005 51° 162° 20 km 00m30.8s
23:4014°05.8'N173°56.5'E14°16.7'N174°00.5'E14°11.3'N173°58.5'E 1.005 51° 163° 21 km 00m31.9s
23:4213°42.0'N174°33.0'E13°53.2'N174°37.1'E13°47.6'N174°35.1'E 1.005 52° 165° 21 km 00m32.9s
23:4413°18.9'N175°09.0'E13°30.4'N175°13.2'E13°24.6'N175°11.1'E 1.006 53° 166° 22 km 00m33.9s
23:4612°56.5'N175°44.5'E13°08.3'N175°48.9'E13°02.4'N175°46.7'E 1.006 53° 168° 23 km 00m34.8s
23:4812°34.9'N176°19.7'E12°46.9'N176°24.1'E12°40.9'N176°21.9'E 1.006 54° 169° 23 km 00m35.7s
23:5012°13.9'N176°54.5'E12°26.1'N176°59.0'E12°20.0'N176°56.8'E 1.006 54° 171° 24 km 00m36.5s
23:5211°53.6'N177°29.0'E12°06.0'N177°33.6'E11°59.8'N177°31.3'E 1.006 55° 173° 24 km 00m37.2s
23:5411°33.9'N178°03.2'E11°46.6'N178°07.9'E11°40.3'N178°05.6'E 1.006 55° 174° 24 km 00m37.9s
23:5611°14.9'N178°37.2'E11°27.8'N178°41.9'E11°21.3'N178°39.6'E 1.006 56° 176° 25 km 00m38.6s
23:5810°56.5'N179°11.0'E11°09.5'N179°15.8'E11°03.0'N179°13.4'E 1.006 56° 178° 25 km 00m39.2s
00:0010°38.7'N179°44.6'E10°51.9'N179°49.4'E10°45.4'N179°47.1'E 1.006 56° 179° 26 km 00m39.8s
00:0210°21.6'N179°41.8'W10°34.9'N179°37.0'W10°28.3'N179°39.4'W 1.006 57° 181° 26 km 00m40.2s
00:0410°05.0'N179°08.4'W10°18.5'N179°03.6'W10°11.8'N179°06.0'W 1.006 57° 183° 26 km 00m40.7s
00:0609°49.1'N178°35.1'W10°02.7'N178°30.2'W09°55.9'N178°32.6'W 1.007 57° 185° 26 km 00m41.1s
00:0809°33.7'N178°01.7'W09°47.4'N177°56.9'W09°40.5'N177°59.3'W 1.007 57° 187° 27 km 00m41.4s
00:1009°18.9'N177°28.4'W09°32.7'N177°23.5'W09°25.8'N177°26.0'W 1.007 57° 188° 27 km 00m41.6s
00:1209°04.7'N176°55.0'W09°18.6'N176°50.2'W09°11.6'N176°52.6'W 1.007 57° 190° 27 km 00m41.9s
00:1408°51.0'N176°21.6'W09°05.0'N176°16.8'W08°58.0'N176°19.2'W 1.007 57° 192° 27 km 00m42.0s
00:1608°38.0'N175°48.1'W08°52.0'N175°43.3'W08°45.0'N175°45.7'W 1.007 57° 194° 27 km 00m42.1s
00:1808°25.5'N175°14.5'W08°39.6'N175°09.7'W08°32.6'N175°12.1'W 1.007 57° 196° 27 km 00m42.1s
00:2008°13.6'N174°40.7'W08°27.7'N174°35.9'W08°20.7'N174°38.3'W 1.007 57° 198° 27 km 00m42.1s
00:2208°02.3'N174°06.8'W08°16.4'N174°02.0'W08°09.4'N174°04.4'W 1.007 57° 199° 27 km 00m42.0s
00:2407°51.5'N173°32.6'W08°05.7'N173°27.9'W07°58.6'N173°30.3'W 1.007 57° 201° 27 km 00m41.9s
00:2607°41.4'N172°58.2'W07°55.5'N172°53.6'W07°48.4'N172°55.9'W 1.007 57° 203° 27 km 00m41.7s
00:2807°31.8'N172°23.5'W07°45.9'N172°19.0'W07°38.9'N172°21.3'W 1.007 56° 205° 27 km 00m41.4s
00:3007°22.8'N171°48.6'W07°36.9'N171°44.1'W07°29.9'N171°46.3'W 1.007 56° 206° 27 km 00m41.1s
00:3207°14.5'N171°13.3'W07°28.4'N171°08.9'W07°21.5'N171°11.1'W 1.006 56° 208° 27 km 00m40.7s
00:3407°06.7'N170°37.6'W07°20.6'N170°33.3'W07°13.6'N170°35.5'W 1.006 55° 210° 27 km 00m40.2s
00:3606°59.5'N170°01.6'W07°13.3'N169°57.3'W07°06.4'N169°59.4'W 1.006 55° 211° 26 km 00m39.7s
00:3806°53.0'N169°25.1'W07°06.7'N169°20.9'W06°59.9'N169°23.0'W 1.006 54° 213° 26 km 00m39.1s
00:4006°47.1'N168°48.1'W07°00.6'N168°44.0'W06°53.9'N168°46.1'W 1.006 54° 214° 26 km 00m38.5s
00:4206°41.9'N168°10.6'W06°55.2'N168°06.6'W06°48.6'N168°08.6'W 1.006 53° 216° 25 km 00m37.8s
00:4406°37.3'N167°32.6'W06°50.5'N167°28.7'W06°43.9'N167°30.6'W 1.006 53° 217° 25 km 00m37.1s
00:4606°33.4'N166°53.9'W06°46.4'N166°50.1'W06°39.9'N166°52.0'W 1.006 52° 218° 25 km 00m36.3s
00:4806°30.2'N166°14.6'W06°43.0'N166°10.9'W06°36.6'N166°12.8'W 1.006 51° 220° 24 km 00m35.4s
00:5006°27.7'N165°34.6'W06°40.3'N165°31.0'W06°34.0'N165°32.8'W 1.006 51° 221° 23 km 00m34.5s
00:5206°25.9'N164°53.9'W06°38.3'N164°50.3'W06°32.1'N164°52.1'W 1.006 50° 222° 23 km 00m33.5s
00:5406°24.9'N164°12.3'W06°37.0'N164°08.9'W06°31.0'N164°10.6'W 1.005 49° 223° 22 km 00m32.4s
00:5606°24.7'N163°29.8'W06°36.5'N163°26.5'W06°30.6'N163°28.2'W 1.005 48° 224° 22 km 00m31.3s
00:5806°25.4'N162°46.4'W06°36.8'N162°43.2'W06°31.1'N162°44.8'W 1.005 47° 225° 21 km 00m30.1s
01:0006°26.8'N162°01.9'W06°37.9'N161°58.8'W06°32.4'N162°00.4'W 1.005 46° 226° 20 km 00m28.9s
01:0206°29.2'N161°16.3'W06°39.9'N161°13.3'W06°34.6'N161°14.8'W 1.005 45° 227° 19 km 00m27.6s
01:0406°32.5'N160°29.4'W06°42.8'N160°26.6'W06°37.7'N160°28.0'W 1.005 45° 228° 19 km 00m26.2s
01:0606°36.8'N159°41.3'W06°46.7'N159°38.5'W06°41.7'N159°39.9'W 1.004 43° 229° 18 km 00m24.8s
01:0806°42.1'N158°51.6'W06°51.5'N158°49.0'W06°46.8'N158°50.3'W 1.004 42° 230° 17 km 00m23.4s
01:1006°48.6'N158°00.3'W06°57.5'N157°57.8'W06°53.0'N157°59.1'W 1.004 41° 231° 16 km 00m21.8s
01:1206°56.2'N157°07.3'W07°04.6'N157°04.9'W07°00.4'N157°06.1'W 1.004 40° 232° 15 km 00m20.2s
01:1407°05.1'N156°12.3'W07°12.9'N156°10.0'W07°09.0'N156°11.2'W 1.003 39° 233° 14 km 00m18.5s
01:1607°15.3'N155°15.1'W07°22.5'N155°13.0'W07°19.0'N155°14.0'W 1.003 38° 233° 12 km 00m16.8s
01:1807°27.1'N154°15.4'W07°33.6'N154°13.5'W07°30.4'N154°14.5'W 1.003 36° 234° 11 km 00m15.0s
01:2007°40.5'N153°13.0'W07°46.3'N153°11.2'W07°43.4'N153°12.1'W 1.002 35° 235° 10 km 00m13.1s
01:2207°55.7'N152°07.4'W08°00.8'N152°05.9'W07°58.2'N152°06.7'W 1.002 34° 236° 8 km 00m11.2s
01:2408°12.9'N150°58.3'W08°17.1'N150°56.9'W08°15.0'N150°57.6'W 1.002 32° 236° 7 km 00m09.1s
01:2608°32.4'N149°44.9'W08°35.8'N149°43.8'W08°34.1'N149°44.3'W 1.001 31° 237° 5 km 00m07.0s
01:2808°54.6'N148°26.5'W08°56.9'N148°25.7'W08°55.8'N148°26.1'W 1.001 29° 238° 4 km 00m04.7s
01:3009°19.8'N147°02.2'W09°21.0'N147°01.8'W09°20.4'N147°02.0'W 1.000 27° 238° 2 km 00m02.4s
01:3209°48.8'N145°30.5'W09°48.8'N145°30.6'W09°48.8'N145°30.6'W 1.000 25° 239° 0 km 00m00.1s
01:3410°22.4'N143°49.5'W10°20.9'N143°50.2'W10°21.7'N143°49.9'W 0.999 23° 240° 2 km 00m02.8s
01:3611°02.0'N141°56.1'W10°58.7'N141°57.8'W11°00.4'N141°56.9'W 0.999 21° 240° 5 km 00m05.7s
01:3811°49.9'N139°45.3'W11°44.3'N139°48.4'W11°47.1'N139°46.8'W 0.998 18° 241° 8 km 00m08.9s
01:4012°50.3'N137°07.1'W12°41.8'N137°12.8'W12°46.0'N137°10.0'W 0.997 15° 242° 11 km 00m12.6s
01:4214°14.4'N133°36.8'W14°00.5'N133°48.9'W14°07.4'N133°42.9'W 0.996 11° 243° 15 km 00m17.0s
01:4417°11.4'N126°35.6'W16°29.0'N127°42.9'W16°48.2'N127°13.5'W 0.994 245° 23 km 00m24.5s
Limits18°20.2'N123°56.5'W18°05.6'N123°52.6'W18°12.9'N123°54.6'W 0.993 - 27 km 00m27.8s

ΔT = 43296.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:15:24.800:13:47.908°59.4'N002°43.6'E 57.4° 191.9° 27.2 km00m41.99s
Greatest Duration12:19:40.200:18:03.308°32.2'N175°11.1'W 57.3° 195.8° 27.4 km00m42.12s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1870 Dec 20

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1870 Dec 20 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 43296.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3200.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.37°.

Acknowledgments

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

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