Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1837 Sep 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1837 Sep 18 . 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 -1837 Sep 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits27°42.7'S096°45.3'W28°07.9'S096°48.3'W27°55.3'S096°46.8'W 1.010 - 45 km 00m35.0s
12:4826°28.7'S087°16.4'W27°11.7'S089°14.5'W26°50.1'S088°12.9'W 1.012 76° 57 km 00m46.7s
12:5026°08.4'S083°10.6'W26°48.6'S084°34.4'W26°28.6'S083°51.7'W 1.013 12° 74° 64 km 00m53.7s
12:5225°59.0'S080°12.3'W26°39.1'S081°23.4'W26°19.1'S080°47.3'W 1.014 15° 72° 69 km 00m58.9s
12:5425°55.1'S077°47.0'W26°35.6'S078°50.9'W26°15.4'S078°18.6'W 1.015 18° 70° 73 km 01m03.4s
12:5625°54.7'S075°42.2'W26°35.8'S076°41.4'W26°15.3'S076°11.5'W 1.016 20° 69° 77 km 01m07.4s
12:5825°56.9'S073°51.7'W26°38.5'S074°47.5'W26°17.8'S074°19.3'W 1.016 22° 68° 80 km 01m11.1s
13:0026°01.0'S072°11.7'W26°43.2'S073°05.0'W26°22.2'S072°38.1'W 1.017 24° 66° 83 km 01m14.4s
13:0226°06.7'S070°40.1'W26°49.5'S071°31.3'W26°28.1'S071°05.5'W 1.017 25° 65° 86 km 01m17.6s
13:0426°13.6'S069°15.2'W26°57.0'S070°04.6'W26°35.4'S069°39.7'W 1.018 27° 64° 88 km 01m20.6s
13:0626°21.8'S067°55.7'W27°05.7'S068°43.7'W26°43.8'S068°19.5'W 1.018 28° 63° 90 km 01m23.3s
13:0826°30.8'S066°40.9'W27°15.3'S067°27.7'W26°53.1'S067°04.1'W 1.019 30° 61° 92 km 01m26.0s
13:1026°40.8'S065°30.0'W27°25.8'S066°15.7'W27°03.4'S065°52.7'W 1.019 31° 60° 94 km 01m28.5s
13:1226°51.6'S064°22.5'W27°37.0'S065°07.3'W27°14.4'S064°44.7'W 1.019 32° 59° 96 km 01m30.8s
13:1427°03.0'S063°18.0'W27°48.9'S064°01.9'W27°26.1'S063°39.8'W 1.020 33° 57° 98 km 01m33.1s
13:1627°15.2'S062°16.1'W28°01.5'S062°59.2'W27°38.4'S062°37.5'W 1.020 34° 56° 99 km 01m35.2s
13:1827°27.9'S061°16.4'W28°14.7'S061°58.9'W27°51.4'S061°37.5'W 1.020 35° 55° 101 km 01m37.2s
13:2027°41.3'S060°18.8'W28°28.5'S061°00.6'W28°04.9'S060°39.6'W 1.020 36° 53° 102 km 01m39.2s
13:2227°55.2'S059°23.1'W28°42.7'S060°04.2'W28°19.0'S059°43.5'W 1.021 37° 52° 103 km 01m41.0s
13:2428°09.6'S058°28.9'W28°57.5'S059°09.5'W28°33.6'S058°49.1'W 1.021 38° 51° 104 km 01m42.7s
13:2628°24.5'S057°36.2'W29°12.8'S058°16.2'W28°48.7'S057°56.1'W 1.021 39° 49° 105 km 01m44.3s
13:2828°39.9'S056°44.8'W29°28.5'S057°24.3'W29°04.2'S057°04.4'W 1.021 39° 48° 106 km 01m45.9s
13:3028°55.7'S055°54.6'W29°44.7'S056°33.5'W29°20.2'S056°14.0'W 1.021 40° 46° 106 km 01m47.3s
13:3229°12.0'S055°05.4'W30°01.3'S055°43.9'W29°36.7'S055°24.5'W 1.021 41° 45° 107 km 01m48.6s
13:3429°28.7'S054°17.1'W30°18.3'S054°55.1'W29°53.6'S054°36.0'W 1.022 41° 43° 108 km 01m49.9s
13:3629°45.9'S053°29.7'W30°35.8'S054°07.2'W30°10.9'S053°48.4'W 1.022 42° 42° 108 km 01m51.1s
13:3830°03.5'S052°43.0'W30°53.6'S053°20.0'W30°28.6'S053°01.4'W 1.022 42° 40° 108 km 01m52.1s
13:4030°21.5'S051°57.0'W31°11.9'S052°33.5'W30°46.7'S052°15.2'W 1.022 43° 38° 109 km 01m53.1s
13:4230°39.8'S051°11.5'W31°30.5'S051°47.6'W31°05.2'S051°29.5'W 1.022 43° 37° 109 km 01m54.0s
13:4430°58.6'S050°26.5'W31°49.6'S051°02.2'W31°24.1'S050°44.3'W 1.022 43° 35° 109 km 01m54.8s
13:4631°17.8'S049°42.0'W32°09.0'S050°17.1'W31°43.4'S049°59.5'W 1.022 44° 33° 109 km 01m55.5s
13:4831°37.4'S048°57.8'W32°28.8'S049°32.4'W32°03.2'S049°15.0'W 1.022 44° 32° 109 km 01m56.2s
13:5031°57.4'S048°13.9'W32°49.0'S048°48.0'W32°23.3'S048°30.9'W 1.022 44° 30° 109 km 01m56.7s
13:5232°17.8'S047°30.2'W33°09.6'S048°03.8'W32°43.7'S047°46.9'W 1.022 45° 28° 109 km 01m57.2s
13:5432°38.6'S046°46.6'W33°30.6'S047°19.8'W33°04.6'S047°03.1'W 1.023 45° 27° 109 km 01m57.6s
13:5632°59.8'S046°03.2'W33°52.0'S046°35.8'W33°25.9'S046°19.4'W 1.023 45° 25° 109 km 01m57.9s
13:5833°21.4'S045°19.7'W34°13.8'S045°51.8'W33°47.6'S045°35.7'W 1.023 45° 23° 108 km 01m58.1s
14:0033°43.4'S044°36.3'W34°36.0'S045°07.8'W34°09.7'S044°52.0'W 1.023 45° 21° 108 km 01m58.2s
14:0234°05.8'S043°52.7'W34°58.6'S044°23.7'W34°32.2'S044°08.2'W 1.023 45° 20° 108 km 01m58.2s
14:0434°28.6'S043°09.0'W35°21.6'S043°39.4'W34°55.1'S043°24.2'W 1.023 45° 18° 107 km 01m58.2s
14:0634°51.9'S042°25.1'W35°45.1'S042°54.8'W35°18.5'S042°39.9'W 1.023 45° 16° 107 km 01m58.1s
14:0835°15.6'S041°40.9'W36°08.9'S042°10.0'W35°42.2'S041°55.4'W 1.023 45° 14° 106 km 01m57.9s
14:1035°39.7'S040°56.3'W36°33.2'S041°24.7'W36°06.5'S041°10.5'W 1.023 45° 12° 106 km 01m57.6s
14:1236°04.3'S040°11.3'W36°58.0'S040°39.0'W36°31.1'S040°25.1'W 1.023 44° 11° 105 km 01m57.2s
14:1436°29.3'S039°25.8'W37°23.2'S039°52.8'W36°56.3'S039°39.3'W 1.023 44° 105 km 01m56.7s
14:1636°54.9'S038°39.7'W37°48.9'S039°06.0'W37°21.9'S038°52.8'W 1.022 44° 104 km 01m56.2s
14:1837°20.9'S037°53.0'W38°15.1'S038°18.4'W37°48.0'S038°05.7'W 1.022 44° 103 km 01m55.5s
14:2037°47.4'S037°05.6'W38°41.8'S037°30.1'W38°14.6'S037°17.9'W 1.022 43° 103 km 01m54.8s
14:2238°14.5'S036°17.3'W39°09.0'S036°40.9'W38°41.8'S036°29.1'W 1.022 43° 102 km 01m54.0s
14:2438°42.1'S035°28.1'W39°36.8'S035°50.8'W39°09.4'S035°39.4'W 1.022 42° 360° 101 km 01m53.1s
14:2639°10.3'S034°37.8'W40°05.1'S034°59.5'W39°37.7'S034°48.7'W 1.022 42° 358° 100 km 01m52.2s
14:2839°39.1'S033°46.4'W40°34.1'S034°07.1'W40°06.6'S033°56.8'W 1.022 41° 356° 100 km 01m51.1s
14:3040°08.5'S032°53.7'W41°03.6'S033°13.3'W40°36.0'S033°03.5'W 1.022 41° 355° 99 km 01m49.9s
14:3240°38.5'S031°59.6'W41°33.8'S032°18.0'W41°06.2'S032°08.8'W 1.022 40° 353° 98 km 01m48.7s
14:3441°09.2'S031°04.0'W42°04.7'S031°21.0'W41°37.0'S031°12.5'W 1.022 39° 351° 97 km 01m47.4s
14:3641°40.7'S030°06.6'W42°36.4'S030°22.2'W42°08.5'S030°14.5'W 1.021 39° 349° 96 km 01m46.0s
14:3842°12.9'S029°07.2'W43°08.7'S029°21.4'W42°40.8'S029°14.4'W 1.021 38° 347° 95 km 01m44.5s
14:4042°46.0'S028°05.7'W43°41.9'S028°18.3'W43°13.9'S028°12.1'W 1.021 37° 346° 94 km 01m42.9s
14:4243°19.9'S027°01.8'W44°16.0'S027°12.7'W43°47.9'S027°07.4'W 1.021 36° 344° 93 km 01m41.2s
14:4443°54.7'S025°55.3'W44°51.0'S026°04.2'W44°22.8'S025°59.9'W 1.021 35° 342° 92 km 01m39.4s
14:4644°30.5'S024°45.7'W45°27.1'S024°52.6'W44°58.8'S024°49.3'W 1.020 34° 340° 91 km 01m37.5s
14:4845°07.4'S023°32.7'W46°04.2'S023°37.4'W45°35.8'S023°35.2'W 1.020 33° 338° 89 km 01m35.5s
14:5045°45.6'S022°15.9'W46°42.5'S022°18.0'W46°14.0'S022°17.1'W 1.020 32° 336° 88 km 01m33.4s
14:5246°25.0'S020°54.6'W47°22.1'S020°54.0'W46°53.5'S020°54.5'W 1.020 31° 335° 87 km 01m31.2s
14:5447°05.8'S019°28.3'W48°03.2'S019°24.6'W47°34.5'S019°26.7'W 1.019 30° 333° 85 km 01m28.9s
14:5647°48.3'S017°56.1'W48°46.0'S017°48.9'W48°17.1'S017°52.7'W 1.019 29° 331° 84 km 01m26.4s
14:5848°32.6'S016°17.0'W49°30.5'S016°05.8'W49°01.5'S016°11.7'W 1.019 27° 328° 82 km 01m23.8s
15:0049°19.0'S014°29.6'W50°17.2'S014°13.7'W49°48.1'S014°22.0'W 1.018 26° 326° 81 km 01m21.0s
15:0250°07.8'S012°32.1'W51°06.4'S012°10.8'W50°37.1'S012°21.9'W 1.018 24° 324° 79 km 01m18.0s
15:0450°59.5'S010°22.3'W51°58.6'S009°54.3'W51°29.0'S010°08.7'W 1.017 23° 321° 77 km 01m14.8s
15:0651°54.8'S007°56.5'W52°54.5'S007°20.1'W52°24.6'S007°38.9'W 1.017 21° 319° 75 km 01m11.4s
15:0852°54.6'S005°09.4'W53°55.2'S004°22.2'W53°24.8'S004°46.6'W 1.016 19° 316° 72 km 01m07.6s
15:1054°00.5'S001°52.3'W55°02.4'S000°49.9'W54°31.4'S001°22.1'W 1.015 16° 312° 69 km 01m03.4s
15:1255°15.5'S002°11.4'E56°19.7'S003°38.1'E55°47.4'S002°53.2'E 1.015 13° 308° 66 km 00m58.5s
15:1456°46.3'S007°42.3'E57°56.1'S009°59.4'E57°20.9'S008°47.2'E 1.013 10° 303° 61 km 00m52.3s
15:1659°05.9'S017°58.7'E - - 60°05.5'S021°57.8'E 1.011 291° 52 km 00m40.9s
Limits60°29.7'S025°48.9'E60°56.1'S025°40.3'E60°42.9'S025°44.6'E 1.011 - 49 km 00m38.1s

ΔT = 42531.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:50:18.414:01:27.234°26.0'S137°57.9'E 45.0° 20.1° 107.9 km01m58.24s
Greatest Duration01:50:48.114:01:57.034°31.6'S044°09.3'W 45.0° 19.7° 107.8 km01m58.25s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1837 Sep 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1837 Sep 18 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 42531.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3073.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.84°.

Acknowledgments

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

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