Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1802 Mar 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1802 Mar 04 . 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 1802 Mar 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits70°35.0'S013°43.2'E71°45.8'S011°52.9'E71°10.3'S012°49.7'E 1.030 - 147 km 01m35.3s
04:0272°21.9'S049°09.8'E73°36.0'S034°27.9'E73°05.6'S042°53.7'E 1.033 82° 156 km 01m51.5s
04:0471°56.0'S060°08.0'E73°44.5'S050°55.6'E72°52.0'S056°02.9'E 1.034 13° 69° 159 km 01m58.7s
04:0671°15.5'S068°28.3'E73°16.1'S062°10.9'E72°16.1'S065°39.0'E 1.035 16° 59° 161 km 02m04.4s
04:0870°27.8'S075°09.7'E72°32.9'S070°47.9'E71°30.1'S073°11.7'E 1.036 19° 51° 163 km 02m09.2s
04:1069°36.3'S080°42.0'E71°42.4'S077°42.1'E70°38.8'S079°20.8'E 1.036 21° 44° 165 km 02m13.5s
04:1268°42.7'S085°23.0'E70°48.0'S083°23.3'E69°44.7'S084°29.1'E 1.037 23° 39° 166 km 02m17.4s
04:1467°48.1'S089°24.6'E69°51.7'S088°10.2'E68°49.2'S088°51.5'E 1.038 25° 34° 168 km 02m20.9s
04:1666°53.1'S092°55.2'E68°54.5'S092°15.7'E67°53.2'S092°38.2'E 1.038 26° 30° 169 km 02m24.2s
04:1865°58.2'S096°01.0'E67°57.1'S095°48.5'E66°57.0'S095°56.5'E 1.038 28° 26° 170 km 02m27.2s
04:2065°03.4'S098°46.3'E66°59.8'S098°55.3'E66°01.0'S098°51.9'E 1.039 29° 22° 171 km 02m30.1s
04:2264°09.1'S101°14.8'E66°02.9'S101°41.0'E65°05.5'S101°28.5'E 1.039 31° 19° 172 km 02m32.7s
04:2463°15.3'S103°29.2'E65°06.5'S104°09.3'E64°10.4'S103°49.5'E 1.040 32° 15° 173 km 02m35.3s
04:2662°22.1'S105°31.5'E64°10.8'S106°23.0'E63°16.0'S105°57.2'E 1.040 33° 13° 174 km 02m37.6s
04:2861°29.4'S107°23.7'E63°15.7'S108°24.5'E62°22.1'S107°53.9'E 1.040 34° 10° 175 km 02m39.8s
04:3060°37.4'S109°07.0'E62°21.3'S110°15.5'E61°28.9'S109°40.9'E 1.040 35° 176 km 02m41.9s
04:3259°45.9'S110°42.7'E61°27.6'S111°57.6'E60°36.4'S111°19.7'E 1.041 36° 177 km 02m43.9s
04:3458°55.0'S112°11.7'E60°34.6'S113°32.0'E59°44.5'S112°51.3'E 1.041 37° 178 km 02m45.7s
04:3658°04.7'S113°34.8'E59°42.2'S114°59.7'E58°53.2'S114°16.7'E 1.041 38° 360° 179 km 02m47.4s
04:3857°15.0'S114°52.8'E58°50.5'S116°21.6'E58°02.5'S115°36.6'E 1.041 39° 357° 180 km 02m49.0s
04:4056°25.8'S116°06.2'E57°59.4'S117°38.2'E57°12.3'S116°51.5'E 1.041 39° 355° 181 km 02m50.5s
04:4255°37.1'S117°15.5'E57°08.9'S118°50.3'E56°22.8'S118°02.2'E 1.042 40° 353° 182 km 02m51.9s
04:4454°48.9'S118°21.1'E56°19.0'S119°58.4'E55°33.8'S119°09.1'E 1.042 41° 351° 183 km 02m53.2s
04:4654°01.3'S119°23.5'E55°29.7'S121°02.8'E54°45.3'S120°12.5'E 1.042 41° 348° 183 km 02m54.4s
04:4853°14.0'S120°23.0'E54°40.8'S122°04.1'E53°57.3'S121°12.9'E 1.042 42° 346° 184 km 02m55.6s
04:5052°27.3'S121°19.8'E53°52.5'S123°02.5'E53°09.7'S122°10.5'E 1.042 43° 344° 185 km 02m56.6s
04:5251°40.9'S122°14.3'E53°04.7'S123°58.3'E52°22.6'S123°05.6'E 1.042 43° 342° 186 km 02m57.5s
04:5450°54.9'S123°06.7'E52°17.3'S124°51.8'E51°36.0'S123°58.6'E 1.042 44° 340° 187 km 02m58.3s
04:5650°09.4'S123°57.1'E51°30.3'S125°43.2'E50°49.7'S124°49.5'E 1.042 44° 338° 188 km 02m59.1s
04:5849°24.1'S124°45.8'E50°43.8'S126°32.8'E50°03.9'S125°38.7'E 1.043 44° 336° 189 km 02m59.7s
05:0048°39.3'S125°33.0'E49°57.6'S127°20.8'E49°18.4'S126°26.2'E 1.043 45° 334° 190 km 03m00.3s
05:0247°54.7'S126°18.8'E49°11.8'S128°07.2'E48°33.2'S127°12.3'E 1.043 45° 332° 190 km 03m00.8s
05:0447°10.5'S127°03.3'E48°26.4'S128°52.3'E47°48.4'S127°57.2'E 1.043 45° 330° 191 km 03m01.2s
05:0646°26.6'S127°46.6'E47°41.3'S129°36.2'E47°03.9'S128°40.8'E 1.043 45° 328° 192 km 03m01.5s
05:0845°42.9'S128°29.0'E46°56.5'S130°19.1'E46°19.7'S129°23.5'E 1.043 46° 326° 193 km 03m01.7s
05:1044°59.5'S129°10.5'E46°12.0'S131°01.0'E45°35.7'S130°05.2'E 1.043 46° 324° 194 km 03m01.9s
05:1244°16.4'S129°51.3'E45°27.8'S131°42.1'E44°52.1'S130°46.1'E 1.043 46° 322° 195 km 03m01.9s
05:1443°33.5'S130°31.3'E44°43.9'S132°22.5'E44°08.7'S131°26.3'E 1.043 46° 320° 196 km 03m01.9s
05:1642°50.8'S131°10.8'E44°00.2'S133°02.3'E43°25.5'S132°06.0'E 1.043 46° 318° 197 km 03m01.8s
05:1842°08.3'S131°49.8'E43°16.8'S133°41.6'E42°42.5'S132°45.2'E 1.043 46° 316° 197 km 03m01.7s
05:2041°26.0'S132°28.4'E42°33.5'S134°20.5'E41°59.8'S133°23.9'E 1.043 46° 314° 198 km 03m01.4s
05:2240°43.9'S133°06.6'E41°50.5'S134°59.1'E41°17.2'S134°02.3'E 1.043 46° 312° 199 km 03m01.0s
05:2440°01.9'S133°44.7'E41°07.6'S135°37.5'E40°34.8'S134°40.5'E 1.043 45° 310° 200 km 03m00.6s
05:2639°20.1'S134°22.6'E40°24.9'S136°15.7'E39°52.5'S135°18.6'E 1.043 45° 309° 201 km 03m00.1s
05:2838°38.4'S135°00.4'E39°42.4'S136°53.8'E39°10.4'S135°56.6'E 1.043 45° 307° 201 km 02m59.5s
05:3037°56.9'S135°38.3'E39°00.0'S137°32.0'E38°28.5'S136°34.6'E 1.042 45° 305° 202 km 02m58.9s
05:3237°15.4'S136°16.2'E38°17.7'S138°10.3'E37°46.6'S137°12.7'E 1.042 44° 303° 203 km 02m58.1s
05:3436°34.1'S136°54.4'E37°35.5'S138°48.7'E37°04.9'S137°51.0'E 1.042 44° 301° 204 km 02m57.3s
05:3635°52.8'S137°32.8'E36°53.5'S139°27.5'E36°23.2'S138°29.6'E 1.042 43° 300° 204 km 02m56.4s
05:3835°11.6'S138°11.6'E36°11.5'S140°06.7'E35°41.6'S139°08.6'E 1.042 43° 298° 205 km 02m55.4s
05:4034°30.5'S138°50.8'E35°29.5'S140°46.3'E35°00.1'S139°48.0'E 1.042 42° 296° 205 km 02m54.3s
05:4233°49.4'S139°30.5'E34°47.7'S141°26.6'E34°18.6'S140°28.0'E 1.042 42° 295° 206 km 02m53.1s
05:4433°08.3'S140°10.9'E34°05.8'S142°07.5'E33°37.1'S141°08.7'E 1.042 41° 293° 206 km 02m51.8s
05:4632°27.2'S140°52.0'E33°23.9'S142°49.2'E32°55.6'S141°50.1'E 1.041 41° 292° 207 km 02m50.5s
05:4831°46.1'S141°34.0'E32°42.0'S143°31.8'E32°14.2'S142°32.4'E 1.041 40° 290° 207 km 02m49.0s
05:5031°04.9'S142°17.0'E32°00.1'S144°15.6'E31°32.6'S143°15.8'E 1.041 39° 289° 207 km 02m47.5s
05:5230°23.7'S143°01.2'E31°18.2'S145°00.5'E30°51.1'S144°00.3'E 1.041 38° 287° 207 km 02m45.9s
05:5429°42.5'S143°46.6'E30°36.1'S145°46.8'E30°09.4'S144°46.1'E 1.041 37° 286° 207 km 02m44.1s
05:5629°01.1'S144°33.4'E29°53.9'S146°34.7'E29°27.6'S145°33.5'E 1.040 37° 285° 207 km 02m42.3s
05:5828°19.6'S145°21.9'E29°11.6'S147°24.4'E28°45.7'S146°22.6'E 1.040 36° 283° 207 km 02m40.3s
06:0027°37.9'S146°12.3'E28°29.1'S148°16.1'E28°03.7'S147°13.6'E 1.040 35° 282° 206 km 02m38.3s
06:0226°56.1'S147°04.8'E27°46.4'S149°10.2'E27°21.4'S148°06.9'E 1.040 34° 281° 205 km 02m36.1s
06:0426°14.0'S147°59.7'E27°03.4'S150°06.9'E26°38.9'S149°02.6'E 1.039 32° 279° 205 km 02m33.8s
06:0625°31.7'S148°57.4'E26°20.1'S151°06.7'E25°56.1'S150°01.3'E 1.039 31° 278° 203 km 02m31.3s
06:0824°49.0'S149°58.3'E25°36.4'S152°10.0'E25°12.9'S151°03.4'E 1.039 30° 277° 202 km 02m28.8s
06:1024°05.9'S151°02.9'E24°52.2'S153°17.6'E24°29.3'S152°09.4'E 1.038 29° 276° 200 km 02m26.0s
06:1223°22.3'S152°11.9'E24°07.4'S154°30.1'E23°45.1'S153°20.1'E 1.038 27° 275° 198 km 02m23.1s
06:1422°38.2'S153°26.1'E23°22.0'S155°48.7'E23°00.3'S154°36.4'E 1.037 26° 274° 196 km 02m19.9s
06:1621°53.3'S154°46.7'E22°35.6'S157°14.8'E22°14.7'S155°59.5'E 1.037 24° 272° 193 km 02m16.6s
06:1821°07.5'S156°15.2'E21°48.1'S158°50.4'E21°28.1'S157°31.4'E 1.036 22° 271° 190 km 02m12.9s
06:2020°20.6'S157°53.8'E20°59.0'S160°38.7'E20°40.2'S159°14.5'E 1.036 20° 270° 186 km 02m08.9s
06:2219°32.0'S159°46.0'E20°07.7'S162°45.1'E19°50.4'S161°13.1'E 1.035 18° 269° 181 km 02m04.5s
06:2418°41.2'S161°57.7'E19°12.9'S165°19.5'E18°57.8'S163°34.8'E 1.034 15° 268° 175 km 01m59.4s
06:2617°46.7'S164°40.9'E18°11.5'S168°48.0'E18°00.4'S166°36.6'E 1.033 11° 267° 168 km 01m53.1s
06:2816°44.8'S168°28.2'E16°41.5'S176°11.3'E16°51.1'S171°18.5'E 1.031 265° 157 km 01m44.3s
Limits15°12.1'S177°26.1'E16°26.6'S178°00.0'E15°49.2'S177°42.9'E 1.029 - 144 km 01m33.6s

ΔT = 12.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:14:28.905:14:16.244°02.8'S131°28.5'E 45.8° 319.6° 195.8 km03m01.92s
Greatest Duration05:12:48.705:12:36.044°39.0'S130°58.2'E 45.8° 321.2° 195.1 km03m01.95s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1802 Mar 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1802 Mar 04 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 12.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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