Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1801 Apr 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1801 Apr 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 -1801 Apr 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
Limits66°33.3'N168°37.9'E55°59.2'N176°41.2'E60°01.5'N173°50.4'E 0.942 - 1076 km 03m51.6s
18:06 - - 59°46.3'N164°59.3'W60°39.5'N179°55.9'E 0.943 89° 1105 km 03m54.2s
18:08 - - 60°29.6'N163°12.7'W61°33.8'N175°32.4'W 0.943 94° 1118 km 03m56.4s
18:10 - - 61°12.7'N161°36.8'W62°23.2'N172°38.7'W 0.944 97° 1119 km 03m57.7s
18:12 - - 61°55.8'N160°09.0'W63°11.1'N170°24.1'W 0.944 99° 1112 km 03m58.8s
18:14 - - 62°39.2'N158°47.8'W63°58.6'N168°32.4'W 0.944 101° 1101 km 03m59.6s
18:16 - - 63°23.0'N157°31.7'W64°46.0'N166°56.4'W 0.944 10° 103° 1087 km 04m00.3s
18:18 - - 64°07.2'N156°20.0'W65°33.6'N165°32.0'W 0.944 10° 105° 1071 km 04m00.9s
18:2067°32.3'N175°43.6'E64°52.0'N155°11.9'W66°21.8'N164°17.1'W 0.944 11° 107° 1055 km 04m01.4s
18:2268°30.3'N178°14.8'E65°37.4'N154°06.9'W67°10.7'N163°10.1'W 0.945 11° 109° 1039 km 04m01.8s
18:2469°26.6'N179°47.2'E66°23.6'N153°04.6'W68°00.5'N162°10.2'W 0.945 11° 110° 1024 km 04m02.0s
18:2670°23.0'N179°18.8'W67°10.6'N152°04.7'W68°51.3'N161°16.8'W 0.945 12° 112° 1009 km 04m02.2s
18:2871°20.1'N178°56.1'W67°58.6'N151°06.8'W69°43.2'N160°29.8'W 0.945 12° 113° 996 km 04m02.4s
18:3072°18.1'N179°04.8'W68°47.7'N150°10.8'W70°36.6'N159°49.5'W 0.945 12° 115° 984 km 04m02.4s
18:3273°17.5'N179°49.7'W69°38.0'N149°16.6'W71°31.5'N159°16.3'W 0.945 12° 116° 973 km 04m02.4s
18:3474°18.0'N178°37.3'E70°29.7'N148°24.0'W72°28.3'N158°51.3'W 0.945 11° 117° 964 km 04m02.2s
18:3675°19.3'N175°51.7'E71°22.9'N147°33.2'W73°27.1'N158°36.1'W 0.945 11° 118° 957 km 04m02.0s
18:3876°19.0'N170°53.3'E72°17.9'N146°44.1'W74°28.4'N158°33.3'W 0.944 11° 119° 952 km 04m01.7s
18:40 - - 73°15.0'N145°57.1'W75°32.5'N158°47.0'W 0.944 10° 119° 949 km 04m01.3s
18:42 - - 74°14.3'N145°12.7'W76°39.8'N159°24.0'W 0.944 10° 119° 950 km 04m00.8s
18:44 - - 75°16.4'N144°31.6'W77°51.1'N160°36.0'W 0.944 119° 953 km 04m00.2s
18:46 - - 76°21.6'N143°55.2'W79°06.9'N162°44.6'W 0.944 117° 960 km 03m59.4s
18:48 - - 77°30.7'N143°26.0'W80°27.7'N166°34.6'W 0.943 114° 973 km 03m58.4s
18:50 - - 78°44.6'N143°08.4'W81°53.0'N173°54.8'W 0.943 107° 995 km 03m57.1s
18:52 - - 80°04.4'N143°10.7'W83°12.4'N169°14.9'E 0.942 91° 1035 km 03m55.1s
Limits76°42.7'N156°57.4'E86°03.6'N110°05.0'E82°54.7'N140°22.7'E 0.942 - 1100 km 03m52.2s

ΔT = 41707.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:04:25.018:29:18.070°17.7'N025°41.8'E 11.7° 114.2° 987.6 km04m02.39s
Greatest Duration06:05:01.818:29:54.770°34.2'N159°51.1'W 11.7° 114.6° 984.0 km04m02.39s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1801 Apr 15

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1801 Apr 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 41707.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2937.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.27°.

Acknowledgments

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

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