Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1872 Aug 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1872 Aug 15 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1872 Aug 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits12°28.8'N020°38.7'W11°37.6'N020°14.1'W12°03.2'N020°26.4'W 0.972 - 104 km 01m43.7s
07:0813°11.1'N018°36.5'W13°22.1'N015°20.6'W13°23.1'N016°38.6'W 0.973 71° 100 km 01m42.7s
07:1016°02.3'N010°17.2'W15°32.6'N009°10.0'W15°47.6'N009°42.8'W 0.975 12° 73° 92 km 01m40.6s
07:1217°21.6'N006°19.8'W16°48.3'N005°30.2'W17°04.9'N005°54.6'W 0.976 16° 74° 87 km 01m39.3s
07:1418°20.0'N003°20.4'W17°45.5'N002°39.5'W18°02.7'N002°59.7'W 0.977 19° 75° 83 km 01m38.2s
07:1619°07.2'N000°51.0'W18°32.5'N000°15.8'W18°49.8'N000°33.3'W 0.978 22° 76° 80 km 01m37.3s
07:1819°47.2'N001°19.1'E19°12.5'N001°50.3'E19°29.8'N001°34.8'E 0.979 25° 77° 78 km 01m36.4s
07:2020°22.0'N003°15.8'E19°47.4'N003°43.6'E20°04.7'N003°29.8'E 0.979 27° 78° 75 km 01m35.6s
07:2220°52.6'N005°02.2'E20°18.4'N005°27.4'E20°35.5'N005°14.8'E 0.980 29° 79° 73 km 01m34.8s
07:2421°20.0'N006°40.5'E20°46.1'N007°03.4'E21°03.0'N006°52.0'E 0.980 31° 80° 71 km 01m34.1s
07:2621°44.7'N008°12.3'E21°11.1'N008°33.3'E21°27.9'N008°22.9'E 0.981 33° 81° 70 km 01m33.4s
07:2822°07.0'N009°38.7'E21°33.8'N009°58.0'E21°50.4'N009°48.4'E 0.981 35° 81° 68 km 01m32.7s
07:3022°27.3'N011°00.5'E21°54.5'N011°18.2'E22°10.9'N011°09.3'E 0.982 37° 82° 66 km 01m32.1s
07:3222°45.8'N012°18.2'E22°13.4'N012°34.6'E22°29.6'N012°26.4'E 0.982 38° 83° 65 km 01m31.4s
07:3423°02.7'N013°32.6'E22°30.7'N013°47.6'E22°46.7'N013°40.1'E 0.982 40° 84° 63 km 01m30.8s
07:3623°18.1'N014°43.9'E22°46.6'N014°57.7'E23°02.3'N014°50.8'E 0.983 42° 84° 62 km 01m30.2s
07:3823°32.2'N015°52.4'E23°01.1'N016°05.2'E23°16.6'N015°58.8'E 0.983 43° 85° 61 km 01m29.6s
07:4023°45.1'N016°58.6'E23°14.4'N017°10.3'E23°29.8'N017°04.4'E 0.983 45° 86° 60 km 01m29.0s
07:4223°56.9'N018°02.5'E23°26.6'N018°13.3'E23°41.7'N018°07.9'E 0.984 46° 86° 58 km 01m28.4s
07:4424°07.7'N019°04.5'E23°37.7'N019°14.4'E23°52.7'N019°09.4'E 0.984 48° 87° 57 km 01m27.9s
07:4624°17.4'N020°04.6'E23°47.9'N020°13.7'E24°02.6'N020°09.1'E 0.984 49° 88° 56 km 01m27.3s
07:4824°26.3'N021°03.1'E23°57.1'N021°11.4'E24°11.7'N021°07.2'E 0.984 50° 89° 55 km 01m26.8s
07:5024°34.2'N022°00.0'E24°05.5'N022°07.6'E24°19.8'N022°03.8'E 0.985 52° 89° 54 km 01m26.2s
07:5224°41.4'N022°55.6'E24°13.0'N023°02.4'E24°27.2'N022°59.0'E 0.985 53° 90° 54 km 01m25.7s
07:5424°47.8'N023°49.8'E24°19.7'N023°56.0'E24°33.7'N023°52.9'E 0.985 54° 91° 53 km 01m25.2s
07:5624°53.4'N024°42.8'E24°25.7'N024°48.3'E24°39.5'N024°45.6'E 0.985 55° 92° 52 km 01m24.7s
07:5824°58.3'N025°34.7'E24°30.9'N025°39.6'E24°44.6'N025°37.1'E 0.986 57° 92° 51 km 01m24.2s
08:0025°02.5'N026°25.5'E24°35.5'N026°29.8'E24°49.0'N026°27.6'E 0.986 58° 93° 50 km 01m23.7s
08:0225°06.1'N027°15.3'E24°39.4'N027°19.1'E24°52.7'N027°17.2'E 0.986 59° 94° 50 km 01m23.3s
08:0425°09.0'N028°04.2'E24°42.6'N028°07.4'E24°55.8'N028°05.8'E 0.986 60° 95° 49 km 01m22.8s
08:0625°11.4'N028°52.2'E24°45.3'N028°54.9'E24°58.3'N028°53.6'E 0.986 61° 96° 48 km 01m22.3s
08:0825°13.1'N029°39.4'E24°47.3'N029°41.6'E25°00.2'N029°40.5'E 0.987 62° 96° 48 km 01m21.9s
08:1025°14.3'N030°25.9'E24°48.8'N030°27.6'E25°01.5'N030°26.7'E 0.987 64° 97° 47 km 01m21.4s
08:1225°14.9'N031°11.5'E24°49.6'N031°12.8'E25°02.2'N031°12.2'E 0.987 65° 98° 47 km 01m21.0s
08:1425°14.9'N031°56.5'E24°50.0'N031°57.3'E25°02.5'N031°56.9'E 0.987 66° 99° 46 km 01m20.6s
08:1625°14.5'N032°40.9'E24°49.8'N032°41.2'E25°02.1'N032°41.0'E 0.987 67° 100° 46 km 01m20.2s
08:1825°13.5'N033°24.6'E24°49.1'N033°24.5'E25°01.3'N033°24.6'E 0.987 68° 101° 45 km 01m19.8s
08:2025°12.0'N034°07.7'E24°47.9'N034°07.3'E24°59.9'N034°07.5'E 0.987 69° 102° 45 km 01m19.4s
08:2225°10.1'N034°50.3'E24°46.2'N034°49.5'E24°58.1'N034°49.9'E 0.988 70° 103° 44 km 01m19.0s
08:2425°07.6'N035°32.4'E24°44.0'N035°31.1'E24°55.8'N035°31.7'E 0.988 71° 104° 44 km 01m18.6s
08:2625°04.7'N036°13.9'E24°41.3'N036°12.3'E24°53.0'N036°13.1'E 0.988 72° 105° 43 km 01m18.3s
08:2825°01.4'N036°55.0'E24°38.1'N036°53.0'E24°49.7'N036°54.0'E 0.988 73° 107° 43 km 01m17.9s
08:3024°57.5'N037°35.6'E24°34.5'N037°33.3'E24°46.0'N037°34.5'E 0.988 74° 108° 43 km 01m17.6s
08:3224°53.3'N038°15.8'E24°30.5'N038°13.2'E24°41.9'N038°14.5'E 0.988 75° 110° 42 km 01m17.3s
08:3424°48.6'N038°55.6'E24°26.0'N038°52.6'E24°37.3'N038°54.1'E 0.988 76° 111° 42 km 01m17.0s
08:3624°43.5'N039°35.0'E24°21.0'N039°31.8'E24°32.2'N039°33.4'E 0.988 77° 113° 42 km 01m16.7s
08:3824°37.9'N040°14.1'E24°15.7'N040°10.5'E24°26.8'N040°12.3'E 0.988 78° 115° 41 km 01m16.4s
08:4024°31.9'N040°52.8'E24°09.9'N040°48.9'E24°20.9'N040°50.9'E 0.988 79° 118° 41 km 01m16.1s
08:4224°25.6'N041°31.2'E24°03.7'N041°27.0'E24°14.6'N041°29.1'E 0.988 80° 120° 41 km 01m15.9s
08:4424°18.8'N042°09.3'E23°57.0'N042°04.8'E24°07.9'N042°07.1'E 0.988 81° 124° 41 km 01m15.6s
08:4624°11.6'N042°47.2'E23°50.0'N042°42.4'E24°00.8'N042°44.7'E 0.988 82° 128° 41 km 01m15.4s
08:4824°04.0'N043°24.7'E23°42.6'N043°19.6'E23°53.3'N043°22.2'E 0.989 83° 132° 40 km 01m15.1s
08:5023°56.0'N044°02.0'E23°34.7'N043°56.7'E23°45.3'N043°59.3'E 0.989 84° 138° 40 km 01m14.9s
08:5223°47.6'N044°39.1'E23°26.4'N044°33.5'E23°37.0'N044°36.3'E 0.989 85° 146° 40 km 01m14.7s
08:5423°38.8'N045°16.0'E23°17.8'N045°10.1'E23°28.3'N045°13.0'E 0.989 85° 156° 40 km 01m14.6s
08:5623°29.7'N045°52.7'E23°08.7'N045°46.5'E23°19.2'N045°49.6'E 0.989 86° 168° 40 km 01m14.4s
08:5823°20.1'N046°29.2'E22°59.3'N046°22.7'E23°09.7'N046°26.0'E 0.989 86° 182° 40 km 01m14.2s
09:0023°10.2'N047°05.6'E22°49.5'N046°58.8'E22°59.8'N047°02.2'E 0.989 86° 198° 40 km 01m14.1s
09:0222°59.9'N047°41.8'E22°39.3'N047°34.8'E22°49.6'N047°38.3'E 0.989 86° 212° 40 km 01m14.0s
09:0422°49.2'N048°17.9'E22°28.6'N048°10.6'E22°38.9'N048°14.3'E 0.989 85° 224° 40 km 01m13.9s
09:0622°38.1'N048°53.9'E22°17.6'N048°46.4'E22°27.9'N048°50.1'E 0.989 85° 233° 40 km 01m13.8s
09:0822°26.6'N049°29.8'E22°06.2'N049°22.0'E22°16.4'N049°25.9'E 0.989 84° 241° 40 km 01m13.7s
09:1022°14.8'N050°05.6'E21°54.5'N049°57.6'E22°04.6'N050°01.6'E 0.989 83° 246° 40 km 01m13.6s
09:1222°02.6'N050°41.4'E21°42.3'N050°33.1'E21°52.4'N050°37.3'E 0.989 82° 251° 40 km 01m13.6s
09:1421°50.0'N051°17.2'E21°29.7'N051°08.6'E21°39.8'N051°12.9'E 0.989 81° 255° 40 km 01m13.6s
09:1621°37.0'N051°53.0'E21°16.8'N051°44.1'E21°26.9'N051°48.5'E 0.989 80° 258° 40 km 01m13.5s
09:1821°23.6'N052°28.7'E21°03.4'N052°19.6'E21°13.5'N052°24.1'E 0.989 79° 261° 40 km 01m13.5s
09:2021°09.8'N053°04.5'E20°49.7'N052°55.1'E20°59.8'N052°59.8'E 0.989 78° 263° 41 km 01m13.6s
09:2220°55.7'N053°40.3'E20°35.5'N053°30.7'E20°45.6'N053°35.5'E 0.988 77° 265° 41 km 01m13.6s
09:2420°41.1'N054°16.3'E20°21.0'N054°06.3'E20°31.1'N054°11.3'E 0.988 76° 267° 41 km 01m13.6s
09:2620°26.2'N054°52.3'E20°06.0'N054°42.0'E20°16.1'N054°47.1'E 0.988 75° 268° 41 km 01m13.7s
09:2820°10.8'N055°28.4'E19°50.7'N055°17.9'E20°00.8'N055°23.1'E 0.988 74° 270° 41 km 01m13.8s
09:3019°55.1'N056°04.7'E19°34.9'N055°53.8'E19°45.0'N055°59.2'E 0.988 73° 271° 42 km 01m13.9s
09:3219°38.9'N056°41.1'E19°18.7'N056°30.0'E19°28.8'N056°35.5'E 0.988 72° 272° 42 km 01m14.0s
09:3419°22.4'N057°17.7'E19°02.1'N057°06.3'E19°12.2'N057°12.0'E 0.988 71° 273° 42 km 01m14.1s
09:3619°05.4'N057°54.6'E18°45.0'N057°42.8'E18°55.2'N057°48.7'E 0.988 70° 274° 43 km 01m14.3s
09:3818°47.9'N058°31.7'E18°27.6'N058°19.6'E18°37.7'N058°25.6'E 0.988 69° 275° 43 km 01m14.4s
09:4018°30.0'N059°09.0'E18°09.6'N058°56.7'E18°19.8'N059°02.9'E 0.988 68° 276° 43 km 01m14.6s
09:4218°11.7'N059°46.7'E17°51.2'N059°34.1'E18°01.5'N059°40.4'E 0.988 67° 277° 44 km 01m14.8s
09:4417°53.0'N060°24.8'E17°32.4'N060°11.8'E17°42.7'N060°18.3'E 0.988 66° 277° 44 km 01m15.0s
09:4617°33.7'N061°03.2'E17°13.0'N060°49.8'E17°23.4'N060°56.5'E 0.987 65° 278° 45 km 01m15.2s
09:4817°14.0'N061°42.1'E16°53.2'N061°28.4'E17°03.6'N061°35.2'E 0.987 63° 279° 45 km 01m15.5s
09:5016°53.8'N062°21.4'E16°32.9'N062°07.3'E16°43.3'N062°14.4'E 0.987 62° 279° 46 km 01m15.8s
09:5216°33.0'N063°01.3'E16°12.1'N062°46.8'E16°22.5'N062°54.0'E 0.987 61° 280° 46 km 01m16.0s
09:5416°11.8'N063°41.7'E15°50.7'N063°26.8'E16°01.2'N063°34.3'E 0.987 60° 281° 47 km 01m16.3s
09:5615°50.0'N064°22.8'E15°28.8'N064°07.4'E15°39.4'N064°15.1'E 0.987 59° 281° 48 km 01m16.7s
09:5815°27.7'N065°04.5'E15°06.3'N064°48.7'E15°16.9'N064°56.6'E 0.987 58° 282° 48 km 01m17.0s
10:0015°04.7'N065°47.0'E14°43.2'N065°30.8'E14°53.9'N065°38.9'E 0.986 56° 282° 49 km 01m17.3s
10:0214°41.2'N066°30.2'E14°19.5'N066°13.6'E14°30.3'N066°21.9'E 0.986 55° 283° 50 km 01m17.7s
10:0414°17.0'N067°14.4'E13°55.1'N066°57.3'E14°06.1'N067°05.9'E 0.986 54° 283° 50 km 01m18.1s
10:0613°52.2'N067°59.6'E13°30.1'N067°42.0'E13°41.1'N067°50.8'E 0.986 53° 284° 51 km 01m18.5s
10:0813°26.7'N068°45.9'E13°04.4'N068°27.7'E13°15.5'N068°36.7'E 0.986 51° 284° 52 km 01m18.9s
10:1013°00.4'N069°33.3'E12°37.9'N069°14.5'E12°49.1'N069°23.9'E 0.985 50° 285° 53 km 01m19.4s
10:1212°33.4'N070°22.0'E12°10.6'N070°02.7'E12°22.0'N070°12.3'E 0.985 49° 285° 54 km 01m19.8s
10:1412°05.5'N071°12.2'E11°42.5'N070°52.2'E11°54.0'N071°02.2'E 0.985 47° 285° 55 km 01m20.3s
10:1611°36.7'N072°04.0'E11°13.5'N071°43.3'E11°25.1'N071°53.6'E 0.985 46° 286° 56 km 01m20.8s
10:1811°07.0'N072°57.6'E10°43.6'N072°36.2'E10°55.3'N072°46.9'E 0.984 44° 286° 57 km 01m21.4s
10:2010°36.3'N073°53.1'E10°12.6'N073°31.0'E10°24.4'N073°42.0'E 0.984 43° 287° 58 km 01m21.9s
10:2210°04.4'N074°50.9'E09°40.4'N074°27.9'E09°52.4'N074°39.4'E 0.984 41° 287° 59 km 01m22.5s
10:2409°31.4'N075°51.2'E09°07.1'N075°27.3'E09°19.2'N075°39.3'E 0.983 40° 287° 60 km 01m23.1s
10:2608°56.9'N076°54.4'E08°32.4'N076°29.5'E08°44.6'N076°41.9'E 0.983 38° 288° 62 km 01m23.7s
10:2808°21.0'N078°00.9'E07°56.1'N077°34.9'E08°08.6'N077°47.9'E 0.983 37° 288° 63 km 01m24.4s
10:3007°43.4'N079°11.2'E07°18.2'N078°44.0'E07°30.8'N078°57.6'E 0.982 35° 288° 65 km 01m25.1s
10:3207°03.9'N080°26.0'E06°38.4'N079°57.4'E06°51.1'N080°11.6'E 0.982 33° 288° 66 km 01m25.8s
10:3406°22.1'N081°46.1'E05°56.3'N081°15.9'E06°09.2'N081°31.0'E 0.981 31° 289° 68 km 01m26.6s
10:3605°37.7'N083°12.7'E05°11.6'N082°40.6'E05°24.6'N082°56.6'E 0.981 29° 289° 70 km 01m27.4s
10:3804°50.1'N084°47.3'E04°23.7'N084°13.0'E04°36.9'N084°30.1'E 0.980 27° 289° 72 km 01m28.3s
10:4003°58.4'N086°32.2'E03°31.9'N085°55.2'E03°45.1'N086°13.6'E 0.980 24° 289° 74 km 01m29.2s
10:4203°01.5'N088°31.0'E02°34.9'N087°50.4'E02°48.2'N088°10.6'E 0.979 22° 290° 77 km 01m30.2s
10:4401°57.2'N090°49.7'E01°30.9'N090°04.0'E01°44.0'N090°26.7'E 0.978 19° 290° 79 km 01m31.4s
10:4600°41.1'N093°40.5'E00°15.9'N092°46.5'E00°28.5'N093°13.2'E 0.977 15° 290° 83 km 01m32.7s
10:4800°58.2'S097°36.6'E01°19.5'S096°24.3'E01°08.7'S096°59.6'E 0.976 11° 290° 87 km 01m34.4s
Limits04°24.4'S106°46.7'E05°12.9'S106°24.1'E04°48.7'S106°35.4'E 0.973 - 98 km 01m38.1s

ΔT = 43352.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:01:22.208:58:50.223°05.6'N134°26.5'W 86.0° 188.8° 40.0 km01m14.18s
Greatest Duration19:10:15.707:07:43.712°03.2'N339°33.6'E 0.0° 70.4° 103.9 km01m43.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1872 Aug 15 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 43352.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3209.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.41°.

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