Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1826 Feb 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1826 Feb 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of -1826 Feb 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
Limits58°54.0'S153°17.6'E59°58.2'S151°30.4'E59°26.1'S152°25.0'E 1.032 - 155 km 01m38.8s
18:1463°18.6'S169°27.6'E - - 62°42.1'S163°29.2'E 1.034 113° 162 km 01m49.3s
18:1665°00.3'S178°12.2'E64°52.0'S169°01.3'E65°02.8'S173°55.3'E 1.036 12° 103° 167 km 01m58.7s
18:1866°02.3'S174°46.9'W66°31.7'S177°34.8'E66°20.6'S178°23.9'W 1.037 15° 96° 170 km 02m05.3s
18:2066°43.3'S168°37.4'W67°34.8'S175°17.8'W67°11.5'S171°47.4'W 1.038 18° 89° 172 km 02m10.7s
18:2267°10.2'S163°01.8'W68°17.1'S168°55.7'W67°45.4'S165°49.6'W 1.039 20° 83° 173 km 02m15.4s
18:2467°26.6'S157°52.2'W68°45.1'S163°04.5'W68°07.0'S160°20.0'W 1.039 23° 77° 175 km 02m19.6s
18:2667°34.8'S153°04.0'W69°02.0'S157°37.9'W68°19.2'S155°13.3'W 1.040 25° 71° 176 km 02m23.5s
18:2867°36.1'S148°34.8'W69°10.3'S152°32.3'W68°23.7'S150°26.7'W 1.040 26° 66° 177 km 02m27.0s
18:3067°31.8'S144°22.8'W69°11.3'S147°46.0'W68°21.8'S145°58.3'W 1.041 28° 61° 178 km 02m30.4s
18:3267°22.8'S140°26.5'W69°06.2'S143°17.6'W68°14.6'S141°46.7'W 1.041 29° 56° 179 km 02m33.5s
18:3467°09.7'S136°44.9'W68°56.1'S139°06.0'W68°02.9'S137°50.9'W 1.042 31° 51° 180 km 02m36.4s
18:3666°53.1'S133°17.1'W68°41.7'S135°10.5'W67°47.3'S134°09.9'W 1.042 32° 47° 181 km 02m39.2s
18:3866°33.6'S130°02.0'W68°23.5'S131°29.9'W67°28.4'S130°42.8'W 1.042 34° 43° 182 km 02m41.8s
18:4066°11.5'S126°58.8'W68°02.1'S128°03.5'W67°06.6'S127°28.6'W 1.043 35° 39° 182 km 02m44.2s
18:4265°47.2'S124°06.8'W67°38.1'S124°50.4'W66°42.4'S124°26.6'W 1.043 36° 35° 183 km 02m46.6s
18:4465°21.0'S121°25.0'W67°11.7'S121°49.7'W66°16.0'S121°35.9'W 1.043 37° 31° 184 km 02m48.8s
18:4664°53.1'S118°52.9'W66°43.3'S119°00.5'W65°47.9'S118°55.6'W 1.043 38° 28° 184 km 02m50.8s
18:4864°23.7'S116°29.7'W66°13.2'S116°22.0'W65°18.2'S116°25.1'W 1.044 39° 24° 185 km 02m52.8s
18:5063°53.1'S114°14.7'W65°41.7'S113°53.3'W64°47.1'S114°03.6'W 1.044 40° 21° 186 km 02m54.6s
18:5263°21.4'S112°07.3'W65°08.8'S111°33.7'W64°14.8'S111°50.4'W 1.044 41° 18° 186 km 02m56.4s
18:5462°48.8'S110°07.0'W64°34.9'S109°22.5'W63°41.6'S109°44.8'W 1.044 42° 14° 187 km 02m58.0s
18:5662°15.3'S108°13.1'W64°00.0'S107°19.0'W63°07.4'S107°46.3'W 1.044 43° 11° 187 km 02m59.5s
18:5861°41.1'S106°25.3'W63°24.3'S105°22.6'W62°32.5'S105°54.4'W 1.045 43° 188 km 03m01.0s
19:0061°06.2'S104°43.0'W62°47.9'S103°32.7'W61°56.8'S104°08.4'W 1.045 44° 189 km 03m02.3s
19:0260°30.8'S103°05.9'W62°10.9'S101°48.8'W61°20.6'S102°28.0'W 1.045 45° 189 km 03m03.5s
19:0459°54.8'S101°33.5'W61°33.4'S100°10.5'W60°43.9'S100°52.7'W 1.045 45° 360° 190 km 03m04.7s
19:0659°18.5'S100°05.5'W60°55.4'S098°37.1'W60°06.8'S099°22.1'W 1.045 46° 357° 190 km 03m05.7s
19:0858°41.7'S098°41.5'W60°17.0'S097°08.4'W59°29.2'S097°55.8'W 1.045 46° 354° 191 km 03m06.7s
19:1058°04.6'S097°21.2'W59°38.2'S095°44.0'W58°51.3'S096°33.5'W 1.045 47° 352° 192 km 03m07.5s
19:1257°27.2'S096°04.4'W58°59.1'S094°23.5'W58°13.1'S095°14.9'W 1.046 47° 349° 192 km 03m08.3s
19:1456°49.5'S094°50.8'W58°19.8'S093°06.6'W57°34.5'S093°59.6'W 1.046 48° 346° 193 km 03m09.0s
19:1656°11.5'S093°40.2'W57°40.2'S091°53.1'W56°55.8'S092°47.5'W 1.046 48° 344° 193 km 03m09.6s
19:1855°33.3'S092°32.2'W57°00.4'S090°42.6'W56°16.8'S091°38.3'W 1.046 49° 341° 194 km 03m10.1s
19:2054°54.9'S091°26.8'W56°20.4'S089°34.9'W55°37.6'S090°31.8'W 1.046 49° 339° 194 km 03m10.6s
19:2254°16.3'S090°23.7'W55°40.2'S088°29.8'W54°58.2'S089°27.7'W 1.046 49° 336° 195 km 03m10.9s
19:2453°37.5'S089°22.8'W54°59.8'S087°27.1'W54°18.7'S088°25.8'W 1.046 49° 333° 195 km 03m11.2s
19:2652°58.5'S088°23.8'W54°19.3'S086°26.6'W53°38.9'S087°26.1'W 1.046 50° 331° 196 km 03m11.4s
19:2852°19.4'S087°26.6'W53°38.6'S085°28.0'W52°59.0'S086°28.2'W 1.046 50° 329° 197 km 03m11.5s
19:3051°40.1'S086°31.2'W52°57.8'S084°31.3'W52°19.0'S085°32.1'W 1.046 50° 326° 197 km 03m11.5s
19:3251°00.6'S085°37.2'W52°16.9'S083°36.3'W51°38.8'S084°37.6'W 1.046 50° 324° 198 km 03m11.5s
19:3450°21.0'S084°44.6'W51°35.8'S082°42.8'W50°58.5'S083°44.6'W 1.046 50° 321° 198 km 03m11.4s
19:3649°41.2'S083°53.4'W50°54.6'S081°50.7'W50°18.0'S082°52.8'W 1.046 50° 319° 199 km 03m11.1s
19:3849°01.3'S083°03.3'W50°13.3'S080°59.8'W49°37.4'S082°02.3'W 1.046 50° 317° 199 km 03m10.9s
19:4048°21.2'S082°14.2'W49°31.8'S080°10.1'W48°56.6'S081°12.9'W 1.046 50° 314° 200 km 03m10.5s
19:4247°41.0'S081°26.1'W48°50.2'S079°21.4'W48°15.7'S080°24.5'W 1.046 49° 312° 201 km 03m10.0s
19:4447°00.6'S080°38.8'W48°08.4'S078°33.6'W47°34.6'S079°36.9'W 1.046 49° 310° 201 km 03m09.5s
19:4646°20.0'S079°52.2'W47°26.5'S077°46.5'W46°53.4'S078°50.1'W 1.046 49° 308° 202 km 03m08.9s
19:4845°39.3'S079°06.3'W46°44.4'S077°00.2'W46°11.9'S078°04.0'W 1.046 49° 306° 202 km 03m08.2s
19:5044°58.3'S078°21.0'W46°02.1'S076°14.4'W45°30.4'S077°18.4'W 1.046 48° 303° 203 km 03m07.5s
19:5244°17.2'S077°36.0'W45°19.7'S075°29.1'W44°48.6'S076°33.3'W 1.045 48° 301° 203 km 03m06.7s
19:5443°35.8'S076°51.5'W44°37.0'S074°44.2'W44°06.6'S075°48.5'W 1.045 48° 299° 204 km 03m05.7s
19:5642°54.3'S076°07.2'W43°54.2'S073°59.6'W43°24.4'S075°04.1'W 1.045 47° 297° 204 km 03m04.8s
19:5842°12.5'S075°23.0'W43°11.1'S073°15.1'W42°42.0'S074°19.8'W 1.045 47° 295° 205 km 03m03.7s
20:0041°30.5'S074°39.0'W42°27.8'S072°30.7'W41°59.3'S073°35.5'W 1.045 46° 293° 205 km 03m02.5s
20:0240°48.2'S073°54.9'W41°44.2'S071°46.3'W41°16.4'S072°51.3'W 1.045 46° 292° 205 km 03m01.3s
20:0440°05.6'S073°10.7'W41°00.4'S071°01.8'W40°33.2'S072°06.9'W 1.045 45° 290° 206 km 03m00.0s
20:0639°22.7'S072°26.3'W40°16.2'S070°17.0'W39°49.7'S071°22.3'W 1.045 44° 288° 206 km 02m58.6s
20:0838°39.5'S071°41.6'W39°31.7'S069°31.8'W39°05.8'S070°37.3'W 1.044 44° 286° 206 km 02m57.2s
20:1037°56.0'S070°56.4'W38°46.9'S068°46.2'W38°21.6'S069°51.9'W 1.044 43° 285° 206 km 02m55.6s
20:1237°12.0'S070°10.7'W38°01.6'S067°59.9'W37°37.1'S069°05.9'W 1.044 42° 283° 207 km 02m54.0s
20:1436°27.7'S069°24.2'W37°16.0'S067°12.9'W36°52.1'S068°19.2'W 1.044 41° 281° 207 km 02m52.3s
20:1635°42.9'S068°36.9'W36°29.8'S066°25.0'W36°06.6'S067°31.6'W 1.044 40° 280° 207 km 02m50.5s
20:1834°57.6'S067°48.7'W35°43.2'S065°36.0'W35°20.7'S066°43.0'W 1.043 39° 278° 207 km 02m48.6s
20:2034°11.8'S066°59.3'W34°56.0'S064°45.7'W34°34.1'S065°53.1'W 1.043 38° 277° 207 km 02m46.6s
20:2233°25.4'S066°08.5'W34°08.1'S063°53.9'W33°47.0'S065°01.9'W 1.043 37° 275° 206 km 02m44.5s
20:2432°38.3'S065°16.2'W33°19.6'S063°00.5'W32°59.2'S064°09.0'W 1.042 36° 274° 206 km 02m42.3s
20:2631°50.5'S064°22.0'W32°30.2'S062°05.0'W32°10.7'S063°14.2'W 1.042 35° 272° 205 km 02m40.0s
20:2831°01.9'S063°25.7'W31°40.0'S061°07.1'W31°21.3'S062°17.1'W 1.042 34° 271° 205 km 02m37.6s
20:3030°12.4'S062°27.0'W30°48.8'S060°06.6'W30°30.9'S061°17.5'W 1.041 33° 270° 204 km 02m35.0s
20:3229°21.9'S061°25.4'W29°56.4'S059°02.8'W29°39.5'S060°14.8'W 1.041 31° 268° 203 km 02m32.3s
20:3428°30.1'S060°20.4'W29°02.7'S057°55.2'W28°46.8'S059°08.6'W 1.041 30° 267° 202 km 02m29.5s
20:3627°37.1'S059°11.4'W28°07.4'S056°43.0'W27°52.7'S057°58.1'W 1.040 28° 266° 200 km 02m26.5s
20:3826°42.4'S057°57.6'W27°10.3'S055°25.2'W26°56.8'S056°42.4'W 1.040 27° 265° 198 km 02m23.3s
20:4025°45.7'S056°37.9'W26°10.8'S054°00.4'W25°58.8'S055°20.3'W 1.039 25° 263° 196 km 02m19.9s
20:4224°46.8'S055°10.9'W25°08.5'S052°26.8'W24°58.3'S053°50.2'W 1.039 23° 262° 193 km 02m16.3s
20:4423°44.8'S053°34.4'W24°02.5'S050°41.4'W23°54.4'S052°09.6'W 1.038 21° 261° 190 km 02m12.3s
20:4622°38.9'S051°45.3'W22°51.2'S048°39.2'W22°46.0'S050°14.5'W 1.037 18° 260° 186 km 02m07.9s
20:4821°27.5'S049°38.0'W21°31.9'S046°11.4'W21°31.1'S047°58.1'W 1.037 16° 259° 181 km 02m02.9s
20:5020°07.5'S047°02.0'W19°58.2'S042°55.6'W20°05.2'S045°05.6'W 1.035 12° 257° 175 km 01m56.9s
20:5218°30.8'S043°29.7'W17°37.4'S037°02.3'W18°14.5'S040°49.2'W 1.034 255° 166 km 01m48.6s
Limits15°12.1'S034°03.1'W16°24.2'S033°16.4'W15°48.0'S033°40.0'W 1.032 - 151 km 01m36.7s

ΔT = 42288.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:17:49.619:33:00.851°18.4'S099°08.3'E 49.9° 322.5° 198.0 km03m11.43s
Greatest Duration07:14:31.019:29:42.252°24.9'S085°40.3'W 49.8° 326.4° 197.1 km03m11.54s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1826 Feb 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1826 Feb 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 42288.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3032.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.67°.

Acknowledgments

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

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