Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1874 Apr 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1874 Apr 16 . 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 1874 Apr 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits77°27.1'S052°04.2'W78°45.1'S042°14.7'W78°08.4'S047°31.7'W 1.047 - 269 km 02m42.0s
13:0668°50.6'S033°27.1'W - - 73°01.7'S036°10.3'W 1.049 19° 270 km 02m55.5s
13:0866°11.1'S029°37.9'W73°28.9'S032°12.0'W69°12.6'S030°12.4'W 1.050 10° 13° 272 km 03m06.0s
13:1064°02.2'S026°52.4'W69°41.2'S026°57.2'W66°34.9'S026°45.1'W 1.051 13° 274 km 03m13.4s
13:1262°11.3'S024°40.6'W67°03.5'S023°49.6'W64°26.9'S024°12.8'W 1.052 15° 276 km 03m19.4s
13:1460°32.4'S022°50.0'W64°55.4'S021°29.8'W62°36.4'S022°10.2'W 1.052 17° 278 km 03m24.6s
13:1659°02.3'S021°14.1'W63°04.9'S019°36.2'W60°57.8'S020°26.5'W 1.053 19° 279 km 03m29.2s
13:1857°39.2'S019°48.9'W61°26.2'S017°59.3'W59°28.0'S018°56.0'W 1.053 20° 359° 281 km 03m33.4s
13:2056°21.6'S018°31.8'W59°56.4'S016°34.1'W58°05.0'S017°35.1'W 1.054 22° 357° 283 km 03m37.2s
13:2255°08.5'S017°21.3'W58°33.5'S015°17.6'W56°47.6'S016°21.7'W 1.054 23° 356° 285 km 03m40.6s
13:2453°59.4'S016°15.9'W57°16.1'S014°07.7'W55°34.8'S015°14.1'W 1.054 24° 354° 287 km 03m43.8s
13:2652°53.6'S015°14.8'W56°03.3'S013°03.1'W54°25.8'S014°11.2'W 1.055 25° 352° 290 km 03m46.8s
13:2851°50.8'S014°17.2'W54°54.5'S012°02.8'W53°20.2'S013°12.3'W 1.055 26° 350° 292 km 03m49.5s
13:3050°50.5'S013°22.6'W53°49.0'S011°05.9'W52°17.6'S012°16.5'W 1.055 27° 349° 294 km 03m52.1s
13:3249°52.6'S012°30.6'W52°46.4'S010°12.0'W51°17.5'S011°23.5'W 1.055 28° 347° 296 km 03m54.4s
13:3448°56.7'S011°40.7'W51°46.5'S009°20.4'W50°19.8'S010°32.7'W 1.056 28° 345° 299 km 03m56.6s
13:3648°02.8'S010°52.6'W50°49.0'S008°31.0'W49°24.2'S009°43.9'W 1.056 29° 344° 301 km 03m58.6s
13:3847°10.6'S010°06.0'W49°53.5'S007°43.2'W48°30.5'S008°56.7'W 1.056 30° 342° 304 km 04m00.4s
13:4046°20.0'S009°20.9'W49°00.0'S006°56.9'W47°38.5'S008°10.9'W 1.056 30° 341° 306 km 04m02.1s
13:4245°30.9'S008°36.8'W48°08.3'S006°11.7'W46°48.2'S007°26.3'W 1.056 31° 339° 309 km 04m03.6s
13:4444°43.2'S007°53.7'W47°18.1'S005°27.7'W45°59.3'S006°42.7'W 1.056 31° 338° 312 km 04m04.9s
13:4643°56.7'S007°11.4'W46°29.5'S004°44.4'W45°11.9'S005°59.9'W 1.057 32° 336° 314 km 04m06.1s
13:4843°11.5'S006°29.8'W45°42.3'S004°01.8'W44°25.7'S005°17.8'W 1.057 32° 335° 317 km 04m07.2s
13:5042°27.4'S005°48.7'W44°56.4'S003°19.8'W43°40.8'S004°36.2'W 1.057 32° 333° 320 km 04m08.1s
13:5241°44.4'S005°08.0'W44°11.8'S002°38.2'W42°57.0'S003°55.0'W 1.057 32° 331° 323 km 04m08.9s
13:5441°02.5'S004°27.6'W43°28.4'S001°56.9'W42°14.4'S003°14.2'W 1.057 33° 330° 325 km 04m09.5s
13:5640°21.5'S003°47.4'W42°46.0'S001°15.7'W41°32.8'S002°33.5'W 1.057 33° 328° 328 km 04m10.0s
13:5839°41.5'S003°07.3'W42°04.7'S000°34.6'W40°52.2'S001°52.9'W 1.057 33° 327° 331 km 04m10.4s
14:0039°02.4'S002°27.2'W41°24.5'S000°06.6'E40°12.5'S001°12.2'W 1.057 33° 326° 334 km 04m10.6s
14:0238°24.1'S001°47.0'W40°45.2'S000°47.9'E39°33.8'S000°31.5'W 1.057 33° 324° 336 km 04m10.7s
14:0437°46.7'S001°06.6'W40°06.9'S001°29.4'E38°56.0'S000°09.5'E 1.057 33° 323° 339 km 04m10.6s
14:0637°10.2'S000°26.0'W39°29.5'S002°11.4'E38°19.0'S000°50.7'E 1.057 33° 321° 342 km 04m10.4s
14:0836°34.4'S000°15.1'E38°52.9'S002°53.8'E37°42.9'S001°32.4'E 1.057 33° 320° 344 km 04m10.0s
14:1035°59.5'S000°56.6'E38°17.3'S003°36.8'E37°07.6'S002°14.7'E 1.057 33° 318° 347 km 04m09.5s
14:1235°25.3'S001°38.7'E37°42.5'S004°20.4'E36°33.1'S002°57.5'E 1.057 32° 317° 349 km 04m08.9s
14:1434°51.9'S002°21.5'E37°08.6'S005°04.9'E35°59.5'S003°41.1'E 1.057 32° 315° 351 km 04m08.1s
14:1634°19.2'S003°05.1'E36°35.5'S005°50.4'E35°26.6'S004°25.6'E 1.057 32° 314° 353 km 04m07.1s
14:1833°47.3'S003°49.5'E36°03.2'S006°36.9'E34°54.5'S005°11.0'E 1.056 31° 313° 355 km 04m06.0s
14:2033°16.2'S004°35.1'E35°31.7'S007°24.6'E34°23.3'S005°57.6'E 1.056 31° 311° 356 km 04m04.8s
14:2232°45.8'S005°21.8'E35°01.1'S008°13.8'E33°52.8'S006°45.4'E 1.056 30° 310° 358 km 04m03.3s
14:2432°16.2'S006°09.8'E34°31.4'S009°04.6'E33°23.1'S007°34.7'E 1.056 30° 308° 358 km 04m01.7s
14:2631°47.4'S006°59.3'E34°02.5'S009°57.1'E32°54.3'S008°25.7'E 1.056 29° 307° 359 km 04m00.0s
14:2831°19.4'S007°50.6'E33°34.5'S010°51.8'E32°26.3'S009°18.5'E 1.056 29° 306° 359 km 03m58.0s
14:3030°52.3'S008°43.7'E33°07.5'S011°48.8'E31°59.2'S010°13.4'E 1.055 28° 304° 359 km 03m55.9s
14:3230°26.0'S009°39.0'E32°41.4'S012°48.5'E31°33.0'S011°10.7'E 1.055 27° 303° 358 km 03m53.6s
14:3430°00.6'S010°36.8'E32°16.4'S013°51.3'E31°07.8'S012°10.8'E 1.055 26° 302° 356 km 03m51.1s
14:3629°36.2'S011°37.4'E31°52.5'S014°57.8'E30°43.6'S013°14.1'E 1.055 25° 301° 355 km 03m48.3s
14:3829°12.8'S012°41.3'E31°29.8'S016°08.6'E30°20.5'S014°21.0'E 1.054 24° 299° 352 km 03m45.4s
14:4028°50.5'S013°49.0'E31°08.5'S017°24.5'E29°58.7'S015°32.4'E 1.054 23° 298° 349 km 03m42.1s
14:4228°29.5'S015°01.1'E30°48.7'S018°46.6'E29°38.2'S016°48.9'E 1.054 22° 297° 345 km 03m38.6s
14:4428°09.9'S016°18.6'E30°30.8'S020°16.5'E29°19.3'S018°11.8'E 1.053 21° 295° 340 km 03m34.7s
14:4627°52.0'S017°42.6'E30°15.1'S021°56.4'E29°02.3'S019°42.6'E 1.053 19° 294° 335 km 03m30.5s
14:4827°35.9'S019°14.7'E30°02.3'S023°50.0'E28°47.6'S021°23.6'E 1.052 17° 293° 328 km 03m25.8s
14:5027°22.2'S020°57.4'E29°53.4'S026°03.4'E28°35.8'S023°18.5'E 1.052 16° 291° 321 km 03m20.5s
14:5227°11.6'S022°54.5'E29°50.9'S028°49.6'E28°28.1'S025°33.7'E 1.051 13° 290° 312 km 03m14.5s
14:5427°05.4'S025°12.9'E30°01.8'S032°47.8'E28°27.1'S028°22.7'E 1.050 11° 288° 301 km 03m07.1s
14:5627°06.3'S028°07.2'E - - 28°40.4'S032°27.4'E 1.049 286° 287 km 02m57.1s
Limits28°25.7'S039°33.5'E30°56.5'S039°53.5'E29°39.8'S039°43.3'E 1.047 - 265 km 02m41.1s

ΔT = -2.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:00:52.714:00:55.539°54.5'S000°52.7'W 33.0° 324.8° 335.0 km04m10.65s
Greatest Duration14:01:57.114:01:59.839°33.8'S000°31.6'W 33.0° 324.0° 336.4 km04m10.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1874 Apr 16 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 -2.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.3 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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