Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1856 Sep 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1856 Sep 29 . 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 1856 Sep 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits75°12.9'N154°19.3'W83°26.2'N162°37.1'W79°49.6'N156°26.1'W 0.920 - 912 km 05m46.7s
03:22 - - 72°03.5'N160°00.2'E77°30.7'N176°39.4'W 0.921 236° 849 km 05m54.1s
03:24 - - 70°28.0'N159°34.0'E75°01.8'N175°25.3'E 0.922 229° 815 km 05m59.1s
03:26 - - 69°00.5'N159°22.5'E73°02.1'N171°52.2'E 0.922 227° 795 km 06m02.6s
03:28 - - 67°39.2'N159°20.1'E71°18.0'N169°51.6'E 0.923 11° 225° 783 km 06m05.4s
03:30 - - 66°22.8'N159°23.9'E69°44.5'N168°37.1'E 0.923 12° 225° 774 km 06m07.7s
03:3272°46.6'N171°53.3'W65°10.7'N159°32.1'E68°18.7'N167°49.5'E 0.923 13° 225° 768 km 06m09.7s
03:3470°56.5'N176°56.0'W64°02.0'N159°43.5'E66°58.9'N167°19.2'E 0.923 14° 225° 764 km 06m11.5s
03:3669°21.0'N179°45.9'W62°56.3'N159°57.3'E65°44.0'N167°00.7'E 0.924 15° 225° 763 km 06m13.0s
03:3867°54.5'N178°25.4'E61°53.3'N160°13.0'E64°33.2'N166°50.9'E 0.924 16° 226° 763 km 06m14.4s
03:4066°34.8'N177°12.2'E60°52.7'N160°30.3'E63°25.7'N166°47.4'E 0.924 16° 227° 764 km 06m15.6s
03:4265°20.2'N176°22.0'E59°54.1'N160°48.8'E62°21.3'N166°49.0'E 0.924 17° 227° 766 km 06m16.7s
03:4464°09.9'N175°48.0'E58°57.4'N161°08.5'E61°19.4'N166°54.7'E 0.924 17° 228° 770 km 06m17.6s
03:4663°03.2'N175°25.8'E58°02.4'N161°29.3'E60°19.8'N167°03.7'E 0.924 18° 229° 775 km 06m18.4s
03:4861°59.5'N175°12.9'E57°09.0'N161°50.9'E59°22.3'N167°15.6'E 0.924 18° 230° 780 km 06m19.1s
03:5060°58.5'N175°07.3'E56°17.0'N162°13.5'E58°26.6'N167°29.9'E 0.924 18° 231° 787 km 06m19.7s
03:5259°59.8'N175°07.9'E55°26.2'N162°36.9'E57°32.6'N167°46.5'E 0.924 19° 232° 795 km 06m20.2s
03:5459°03.3'N175°13.7'E54°36.7'N163°01.2'E56°40.2'N168°05.2'E 0.925 19° 233° 803 km 06m20.6s
03:5658°08.6'N175°24.1'E53°48.4'N163°26.4'E55°49.2'N168°25.8'E 0.925 19° 234° 812 km 06m20.9s
03:5857°15.7'N175°38.7'E53°01.0'N163°52.5'E54°59.5'N168°48.3'E 0.925 19° 235° 822 km 06m21.0s
04:0056°24.4'N175°57.1'E52°14.7'N164°19.5'E54°11.0'N169°12.6'E 0.925 19° 236° 833 km 06m21.1s
04:0255°34.5'N176°19.4'E51°29.3'N164°47.5'E53°23.6'N169°38.7'E 0.925 19° 237° 845 km 06m21.1s
04:0454°46.0'N176°45.3'E50°44.7'N165°16.6'E52°37.3'N170°06.7'E 0.925 19° 238° 857 km 06m21.0s
04:0653°58.8'N177°14.9'E50°01.0'N165°46.8'E51°52.0'N170°36.7'E 0.925 19° 239° 870 km 06m20.7s
04:0853°12.9'N177°48.5'E49°18.1'N166°18.2'E51°07.7'N171°08.6'E 0.924 19° 240° 883 km 06m20.4s
04:1052°28.0'N178°26.1'E48°35.9'N166°51.0'E50°24.3'N171°42.8'E 0.924 18° 242° 896 km 06m20.0s
04:1251°44.4'N179°08.3'E47°54.4'N167°25.2'E49°41.7'N172°19.2'E 0.924 18° 243° 910 km 06m19.4s
04:1451°01.8'N179°55.5'E47°13.6'N168°01.0'E49°00.0'N172°58.2'E 0.924 18° 244° 924 km 06m18.8s
04:1650°20.3'N179°11.5'W46°33.5'N168°38.5'E48°19.1'N173°40.0'E 0.924 17° 245° 937 km 06m18.0s
04:1849°39.9'N178°11.5'W45°54.0'N169°17.9'E47°38.9'N174°25.0'E 0.924 17° 246° 950 km 06m17.1s
04:2049°00.7'N177°02.8'W45°15.1'N169°59.6'E46°59.6'N175°13.5'E 0.924 16° 248° 962 km 06m16.0s
04:2248°22.7'N175°42.7'W44°36.8'N170°43.6'E46°21.0'N176°06.3'E 0.924 16° 249° 973 km 06m14.9s
04:2447°46.1'N174°06.7'W43°59.1'N171°30.5'E45°43.1'N177°03.9'E 0.924 15° 250° 982 km 06m13.5s
04:2647°11.5'N172°05.2'W43°22.0'N172°20.5'E45°06.1'N178°07.4'E 0.923 14° 252° 988 km 06m12.0s
04:2846°40.1'N169°11.9'W42°45.5'N173°14.2'E44°29.9'N179°18.2'E 0.923 13° 253° 992 km 06m10.2s
04:30 - - 42°09.6'N174°12.2'E43°54.6'N179°21.5'W 0.923 12° 254° 993 km 06m08.2s
04:32 - - 41°34.2'N175°15.4'E43°20.3'N177°48.4'W 0.923 11° 256° 989 km 06m05.8s
04:34 - - 40°59.5'N176°25.0'E42°47.3'N175°56.4'W 0.922 258° 979 km 06m03.0s
04:36 - - 40°25.5'N177°42.7'E42°16.2'N173°32.2'W 0.922 260° 963 km 05m59.4s
04:38 - - 39°52.3'N179°10.9'E41°48.8'N169°49.8'W 0.921 263° 935 km 05m54.2s
Limits46°27.9'N162°26.6'W37°56.9'N165°56.6'W41°44.8'N164°23.2'W 0.920 - 898 km 05m47.1s

ΔT = 7.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:59:43.803:59:36.854°20.3'N169°06.0'E 19.1° 235.8° 831.0 km06m21.10s
Greatest Duration04:00:39.104:00:32.053°58.2'N169°19.4'E 19.1° 236.3° 836.1 km06m21.11s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1856 Sep 29 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 7.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.5 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.

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