Path of Annular Solar Eclipse of 1881 Nov 21

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1881 Nov 21 . 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 1881 Nov 21
UT1	Northern Limit		Southern Limit		Central Line		M:S	Sun	Sun	Path	Central
	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Ratio	Alt.	Azm.	Width	Duration
Limits	51°19.8'S	175°59.8'W	52°27.8'S	177°49.5'W	51°53.5'S	176°53.5'W	0.981	0°	-	174 km	01m00.3s
15:44	56°09.3'S	165°59.0'W	53°01.6'S	176°28.0'W	55°19.1'S	169°24.7'W	0.983	6°	117°	160 km	00m57.1s
15:46	58°06.3'S	162°30.8'W	57°02.0'S	167°58.7'W	57°39.9'S	164°59.2'W	0.984	9°	113°	150 km	00m55.0s
15:48	59°43.3'S	159°47.8'W	59°04.3'S	164°14.7'W	59°26.5'S	161°53.2'W	0.984	12°	110°	143 km	00m53.5s
15:50	61°09.4'S	157°28.5'W	60°43.6'S	161°24.4'W	60°58.2'S	159°21.0'W	0.985	13°	107°	137 km	00m52.3s
15:52	62°28.3'S	155°23.8'W	62°10.9'S	159°00.8'W	62°20.8'S	157°08.2'W	0.985	15°	104°	131 km	00m51.3s
15:54	63°42.1'S	153°28.9'W	63°30.8'S	156°53.3'W	63°37.3'S	155°07.7'W	0.986	17°	102°	126 km	00m50.3s
15:56	64°52.0'S	151°40.7'W	64°45.3'S	154°56.3'W	64°49.3'S	153°15.6'W	0.986	18°	100°	122 km	00m49.5s
15:58	65°58.9'S	149°57.0'W	65°55.8'S	153°06.2'W	65°57.9'S	151°29.2'W	0.986	19°	97°	118 km	00m48.7s
16:00	67°03.2'S	148°16.4'W	67°03.2'S	151°21.7'W	67°03.7'S	149°46.6'W	0.987	20°	95°	115 km	00m48.0s
16:02	68°05.4'S	146°37.3'W	68°08.1'S	149°40.1'W	68°07.2'S	148°06.4'W	0.987	21°	92°	111 km	00m47.4s
16:04	69°05.9'S	144°58.9'W	69°10.9'S	148°00.2'W	69°08.8'S	146°27.3'W	0.987	22°	90°	109 km	00m46.8s
16:06	70°04.9'S	143°20.0'W	70°12.0'S	146°20.9'W	70°08.8'S	144°48.2'W	0.987	22°	88°	106 km	00m46.3s
16:08	71°02.5'S	141°39.7'W	71°11.6'S	144°41.2'W	71°07.3'S	143°08.2'W	0.988	23°	85°	104 km	00m45.8s
16:10	71°59.0'S	139°57.0'W	72°09.9'S	142°59.9'W	72°04.7'S	141°26.2'W	0.988	24°	83°	101 km	00m45.3s
16:12	72°54.3'S	138°10.9'W	73°07.1'S	141°16.0'W	73°01.0'S	139°41.1'W	0.988	24°	80°	99 km	00m44.9s
16:14	73°48.7'S	136°20.2'W	74°03.3'S	139°28.3'W	73°56.2'S	137°51.8'W	0.988	24°	77°	98 km	00m44.6s
16:16	74°42.2'S	134°23.7'W	74°58.5'S	137°35.5'W	74°50.5'S	135°57.0'W	0.988	25°	74°	96 km	00m44.2s
16:18	75°34.7'S	132°19.9'W	75°52.9'S	135°36.0'W	75°44.0'S	133°55.2'W	0.988	25°	72°	95 km	00m44.0s
16:20	76°26.4'S	130°07.1'W	76°46.4'S	133°28.2'W	76°36.6'S	131°44.6'W	0.988	26°	68°	94 km	00m43.7s
16:22	77°17.1'S	127°43.1'W	77°39.2'S	131°09.8'W	77°28.3'S	129°23.2'W	0.989	26°	65°	93 km	00m43.5s
16:24	78°06.9'S	125°05.4'W	78°31.0'S	128°38.0'W	78°19.1'S	126°48.1'W	0.989	26°	62°	92 km	00m43.3s
16:26	78°55.6'S	122°10.9'W	79°22.0'S	125°49.5'W	79°08.9'S	123°56.2'W	0.989	26°	58°	91 km	00m43.1s
16:28	79°43.1'S	118°55.6'W	80°11.8'S	122°39.8'W	79°57.5'S	120°43.2'W	0.989	26°	54°	90 km	00m43.0s
16:30	80°29.1'S	115°14.7'W	81°00.5'S	119°03.1'W	80°44.8'S	117°03.9'W	0.989	26°	49°	90 km	00m42.9s
16:32	81°13.2'S	111°02.2'W	81°47.5'S	114°52.1'W	81°30.3'S	112°51.4'W	0.989	26°	44°	90 km	00m42.9s
16:34	81°55.1'S	106°10.6'W	82°32.4'S	109°56.9'W	82°13.7'S	107°57.5'W	0.989	26°	38°	90 km	00m42.9s
16:36	82°33.9'S	100°31.5'W	83°14.5'S	104°05.4'W	82°54.1'S	102°11.7'W	0.989	26°	31°	90 km	00m42.9s
16:38	83°08.9'S	093°55.8'W	83°52.8'S	097°02.9'W	83°30.7'S	095°22.6'W	0.989	26°	23°	90 km	00m42.9s
16:40	83°38.9'S	086°15.5'W	84°25.9'S	088°34.5'W	84°02.0'S	087°19.4'W	0.989	26°	14°	90 km	00m43.0s
16:42	84°02.3'S	077°27.0'W	84°51.7'S	078°30.5'W	84°26.6'S	077°56.0'W	0.989	26°	4°	91 km	00m43.1s
16:44	84°17.7'S	067°36.4'W	85°08.0'S	066°56.6'W	84°42.4'S	067°18.6'W	0.989	25°	353°	91 km	00m43.3s
16:46	84°23.6'S	057°02.8'W	85°12.9'S	054°23.7'W	84°47.9'S	055°51.1'W	0.988	25°	340°	92 km	00m43.5s
16:48	84°19.2'S	046°17.6'W	85°05.3'S	041°45.8'W	84°42.1'S	044°14.2'W	0.988	25°	328°	93 km	00m43.7s
16:50	84°04.4'S	035°55.4'W	84°45.5'S	029°58.4'W	84°25.0'S	033°11.4'W	0.988	24°	316°	94 km	00m43.9s
16:52	83°40.0'S	026°23.2'W	84°15.0'S	019°35.9'W	83°57.8'S	023°13.6'W	0.988	24°	305°	95 km	00m44.2s
16:54	83°07.0'S	017°54.6'W	83°35.5'S	010°46.6'W	83°21.7'S	014°32.7'W	0.988	23°	295°	97 km	00m44.6s
16:56	82°26.7'S	010°30.6'W	82°48.8'S	003°21.6'W	82°38.4'S	007°06.2'W	0.988	22°	287°	99 km	00m45.0s
16:58	81°40.2'S	004°05.4'W	81°56.1'S	002°53.9'E	81°48.9'S	000°44.0'W	0.988	22°	280°	101 km	00m45.4s
17:00	80°48.3'S	001°30.2'E	80°58.1'S	008°15.3'E	80°54.1'S	004°46.0'E	0.987	21°	273°	103 km	00m45.9s
17:02	79°51.4'S	006°25.6'E	79°55.2'S	012°55.6'E	79°54.3'S	009°34.9'E	0.987	20°	268°	106 km	00m46.4s
17:04	78°49.7'S	010°49.4'E	78°47.4'S	017°06.1'E	78°49.7'S	013°52.8'E	0.987	19°	263°	109 km	00m47.0s
17:06	77°43.3'S	014°49.6'E	77°34.4'S	020°55.3'E	77°40.0'S	017°47.8'E	0.987	18°	258°	112 km	00m47.7s
17:08	76°31.6'S	018°32.5'E	76°15.3'S	024°31.2'E	76°24.9'S	021°27.3'E	0.986	17°	254°	116 km	00m48.4s
17:10	75°14.0'S	022°04.6'E	74°48.7'S	028°01.2'E	75°03.1'S	024°58.0'E	0.986	15°	250°	120 km	00m49.2s
17:12	73°49.1'S	025°31.9'E	73°12.2'S	031°33.6'E	73°33.0'S	028°27.1'E	0.986	14°	245°	125 km	00m50.2s
17:14	72°14.6'S	029°01.8'E	71°20.9'S	035°20.4'E	71°51.3'S	032°03.5'E	0.985	12°	241°	131 km	00m51.3s
17:16	70°26.3'S	032°44.9'E	69°03.2'S	039°46.3'E	69°51.2'S	036°02.4'E	0.984	10°	237°	139 km	00m52.7s
17:18	68°14.0'S	037°02.2'E	65°23.7'S	046°40.5'E	67°13.5'S	041°02.7'E	0.983	6°	232°	149 km	00m54.5s
Limits	61°47.0'S	049°16.9'E	62°40.4'S	051°56.3'E	62°13.6'S	050°34.7'E	0.982	0°	-	169 km	00m58.1s

ΔT = -5.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event	Time TD	Time UT1	Latitude	Longitude	Sun Altitude	Sun Azimuth	Path Width	Central Duration
Greatest Eclipse	16:31:09.7	16:31:15.1	81°13.5'S	114°29.0'W	26.3°	45.9°	89.8 km	00m42.90s
Greatest Duration	15:42:40.5	15:42:45.9	51°53.5'S	176°53.5'W	0.0°	123.7°	174.3 km	01m00.26s

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1881 Nov 21 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 -5.4 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°.

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