Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1839 May 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1839 May 14 . 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 -1839 May 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits38°17.4'S037°36.4'W38°33.8'S037°32.4'W38°25.6'S037°34.4'W 1.008 - 31 km 00m31.0s
09:0836°29.0'S031°06.3'W37°10.2'S032°17.2'W36°49.2'S031°39.4'W 1.010 68° 36 km 00m38.0s
09:1034°18.5'S024°20.8'W34°52.4'S024°47.0'W34°35.4'S024°33.4'W 1.012 12° 64° 43 km 00m47.9s
09:1232°52.7'S020°23.0'W33°26.3'S020°39.0'W33°09.5'S020°30.7'W 1.013 16° 61° 47 km 00m54.5s
09:1431°42.7'S017°22.7'W32°16.6'S017°33.0'W31°59.6'S017°27.6'W 1.014 19° 59° 50 km 00m59.9s
09:1630°41.7'S014°54.2'W31°16.0'S015°00.7'W30°58.8'S014°57.2'W 1.015 21° 57° 53 km 01m04.7s
09:1829°46.7'S012°46.5'W30°21.6'S012°50.1'W30°04.1'S012°48.1'W 1.015 24° 56° 55 km 01m09.1s
09:2028°56.2'S010°53.8'W29°31.6'S010°55.0'W29°13.9'S010°54.3'W 1.016 26° 54° 57 km 01m13.2s
09:2228°09.2'S009°12.4'W28°45.0'S009°11.7'W28°27.1'S009°11.9'W 1.017 28° 53° 59 km 01m17.0s
09:2427°25.0'S007°40.0'W28°01.3'S007°37.6'W27°43.1'S007°38.7'W 1.017 30° 52° 61 km 01m20.7s
09:2626°43.2'S006°14.9'W27°19.9'S006°11.1'W27°01.5'S006°12.8'W 1.018 32° 51° 63 km 01m24.2s
09:2826°03.3'S004°55.9'W26°40.5'S004°50.7'W26°21.9'S004°53.2'W 1.018 33° 50° 64 km 01m27.5s
09:3025°25.2'S003°42.0'W26°02.8'S003°35.6'W25°44.0'S003°38.7'W 1.018 35° 48° 66 km 01m30.7s
09:3224°48.7'S002°32.5'W25°26.6'S002°25.1'W25°07.6'S002°28.7'W 1.019 37° 47° 67 km 01m33.8s
09:3424°13.5'S001°26.8'W24°51.8'S001°18.4'W24°32.6'S001°22.5'W 1.019 38° 46° 68 km 01m36.8s
09:3623°39.6'S000°24.5'W24°18.2'S000°15.2'W23°58.8'S000°19.7'W 1.019 39° 45° 69 km 01m39.8s
09:3823°06.7'S000°34.9'E23°45.7'S000°45.0'E23°26.2'S000°40.1'E 1.020 41° 44° 71 km 01m42.6s
09:4022°35.0'S001°31.7'E23°14.3'S001°42.5'E22°54.6'S001°37.2'E 1.020 42° 43° 72 km 01m45.3s
09:4222°04.1'S002°26.1'E22°43.7'S002°37.6'E22°23.9'S002°32.0'E 1.020 43° 42° 73 km 01m48.0s
09:4421°34.1'S003°18.4'E22°14.1'S003°30.6'E21°54.1'S003°24.6'E 1.021 45° 41° 74 km 01m50.5s
09:4621°05.0'S004°08.7'E21°45.2'S004°21.6'E21°25.1'S004°15.2'E 1.021 46° 39° 75 km 01m53.0s
09:4820°36.6'S004°57.4'E21°17.1'S005°10.8'E20°56.8'S005°04.2'E 1.021 47° 38° 76 km 01m55.4s
09:5020°09.0'S005°44.5'E20°49.8'S005°58.4'E20°29.3'S005°51.5'E 1.021 48° 37° 77 km 01m57.8s
09:5219°42.0'S006°30.1'E20°23.0'S006°44.6'E20°02.5'S006°37.4'E 1.022 49° 36° 78 km 02m00.0s
09:5419°15.6'S007°14.5'E19°57.0'S007°29.4'E19°36.3'S007°22.0'E 1.022 50° 35° 79 km 02m02.2s
09:5618°49.9'S007°57.7'E19°31.5'S008°13.0'E19°10.7'S008°05.4'E 1.022 51° 33° 79 km 02m04.4s
09:5818°24.7'S008°39.7'E19°06.6'S008°55.5'E18°45.6'S008°47.7'E 1.022 52° 32° 80 km 02m06.4s
10:0018°00.2'S009°20.8'E18°42.2'S009°36.9'E18°21.2'S009°28.9'E 1.022 53° 31° 81 km 02m08.4s
10:0217°36.1'S010°01.0'E18°18.4'S010°17.4'E17°57.2'S010°09.3'E 1.023 54° 29° 82 km 02m10.3s
10:0417°12.5'S010°40.3'E17°55.1'S010°57.1'E17°33.8'S010°48.7'E 1.023 55° 28° 82 km 02m12.2s
10:0616°49.5'S011°18.8'E17°32.3'S011°35.9'E17°10.8'S011°27.4'E 1.023 56° 26° 83 km 02m13.9s
10:0816°26.9'S011°56.6'E17°09.9'S012°14.0'E16°48.4'S012°05.4'E 1.023 56° 25° 84 km 02m15.6s
10:1016°04.8'S012°33.8'E16°48.0'S012°51.5'E16°26.4'S012°42.7'E 1.023 57° 23° 84 km 02m17.3s
10:1215°43.1'S013°10.4'E16°26.5'S013°28.3'E16°04.8'S013°19.4'E 1.023 58° 22° 85 km 02m18.8s
10:1415°21.9'S013°46.4'E16°05.5'S014°04.6'E15°43.6'S013°55.5'E 1.023 59° 20° 86 km 02m20.3s
10:1615°01.0'S014°21.9'E15°44.8'S014°40.3'E15°22.9'S014°31.2'E 1.024 59° 18° 86 km 02m21.7s
10:1814°40.6'S014°57.0'E15°24.6'S015°15.6'E15°02.6'S015°06.4'E 1.024 60° 16° 87 km 02m23.0s
10:2014°20.6'S015°31.7'E15°04.8'S015°50.5'E14°42.7'S015°41.1'E 1.024 60° 14° 87 km 02m24.3s
10:2214°01.0'S016°06.0'E14°45.4'S016°25.0'E14°23.2'S016°15.5'E 1.024 61° 13° 88 km 02m25.5s
10:2413°41.7'S016°40.0'E14°26.3'S016°59.1'E14°04.0'S016°49.6'E 1.024 62° 11° 88 km 02m26.6s
10:2613°22.9'S017°13.6'E14°07.6'S017°32.9'E13°45.2'S017°23.3'E 1.024 62° 89 km 02m27.6s
10:2813°04.4'S017°47.1'E13°49.3'S018°06.5'E13°26.8'S017°56.8'E 1.024 62° 89 km 02m28.6s
10:3012°46.3'S018°20.3'E13°31.3'S018°39.8'E13°08.8'S018°30.1'E 1.024 63° 90 km 02m29.4s
10:3212°28.5'S018°53.3'E13°13.7'S019°12.9'E12°51.1'S019°03.1'E 1.024 63° 90 km 02m30.2s
10:3412°11.1'S019°26.1'E12°56.4'S019°45.8'E12°33.7'S019°36.0'E 1.024 64° 360° 91 km 02m31.0s
10:3611°54.0'S019°58.9'E12°39.5'S020°18.6'E12°16.7'S020°08.8'E 1.024 64° 357° 91 km 02m31.6s
10:3811°37.3'S020°31.5'E12°22.9'S020°51.3'E12°00.1'S020°41.4'E 1.024 64° 355° 91 km 02m32.1s
10:4011°20.9'S021°04.0'E12°06.6'S021°23.9'E11°43.7'S021°14.0'E 1.024 64° 353° 92 km 02m32.6s
10:4211°04.9'S021°36.5'E11°50.7'S021°56.5'E11°27.8'S021°46.5'E 1.025 64° 350° 92 km 02m33.0s
10:4410°49.1'S022°09.0'E11°35.1'S022°29.0'E11°12.1'S022°19.0'E 1.025 64° 348° 92 km 02m33.3s
10:4610°33.8'S022°41.5'E11°19.8'S023°01.5'E10°56.8'S022°51.6'E 1.025 64° 346° 92 km 02m33.5s
10:4810°18.8'S023°14.1'E11°04.9'S023°34.1'E10°41.8'S023°24.1'E 1.025 64° 343° 93 km 02m33.6s
10:5010°04.1'S023°46.7'E10°50.3'S024°06.7'E10°27.2'S023°56.7'E 1.025 64° 341° 93 km 02m33.7s
10:5209°49.7'S024°19.4'E10°36.0'S024°39.4'E10°12.9'S024°29.4'E 1.025 64° 338° 93 km 02m33.6s
10:5409°35.7'S024°52.3'E10°22.1'S025°12.3'E09°58.9'S025°02.3'E 1.025 64° 336° 93 km 02m33.5s
10:5609°22.0'S025°25.2'E10°08.4'S025°45.2'E09°45.2'S025°35.2'E 1.025 64° 334° 93 km 02m33.3s
10:5809°08.6'S025°58.4'E09°55.1'S026°18.4'E09°31.9'S026°08.4'E 1.025 63° 332° 93 km 02m33.0s
11:0008°55.6'S026°31.8'E09°42.2'S026°51.7'E09°18.9'S026°41.7'E 1.024 63° 329° 93 km 02m32.6s
11:0208°42.9'S027°05.4'E09°29.5'S027°25.3'E09°06.2'S027°15.3'E 1.024 63° 327° 93 km 02m32.1s
11:0408°30.6'S027°39.3'E09°17.2'S027°59.1'E08°53.9'S027°49.2'E 1.024 62° 325° 93 km 02m31.6s
11:0608°18.6'S028°13.5'E09°05.3'S028°33.2'E08°42.0'S028°23.3'E 1.024 62° 323° 93 km 02m30.9s
11:0808°07.0'S028°48.0'E08°53.6'S029°07.7'E08°30.3'S028°57.8'E 1.024 61° 321° 93 km 02m30.2s
11:1007°55.7'S029°22.9'E08°42.3'S029°42.5'E08°19.1'S029°32.7'E 1.024 61° 319° 93 km 02m29.4s
11:1207°44.8'S029°58.2'E08°31.4'S030°17.7'E08°08.1'S030°07.9'E 1.024 60° 318° 93 km 02m28.4s
11:1407°34.3'S030°33.9'E08°20.8'S030°53.3'E07°57.6'S030°43.6'E 1.024 60° 316° 92 km 02m27.4s
11:1607°24.1'S031°10.1'E08°10.6'S031°29.4'E07°47.4'S031°19.7'E 1.024 59° 314° 92 km 02m26.3s
11:1807°14.3'S031°46.7'E08°00.7'S032°06.0'E07°37.5'S031°56.3'E 1.024 58° 313° 92 km 02m25.2s
11:2007°04.9'S032°24.0'E07°51.2'S032°43.1'E07°28.1'S032°33.5'E 1.024 58° 311° 91 km 02m23.9s
11:2206°55.9'S033°01.8'E07°42.1'S033°20.9'E07°19.0'S033°11.3'E 1.024 57° 310° 91 km 02m22.5s
11:2406°47.3'S033°40.3'E07°33.4'S033°59.2'E07°10.4'S033°49.7'E 1.024 56° 308° 91 km 02m21.1s
11:2606°39.1'S034°19.5'E07°25.1'S034°38.3'E07°02.1'S034°28.9'E 1.023 55° 307° 90 km 02m19.5s
11:2806°31.3'S034°59.4'E07°17.2'S035°18.1'E06°54.3'S035°08.7'E 1.023 54° 306° 90 km 02m17.9s
11:3006°24.0'S035°40.1'E07°09.8'S035°58.7'E06°46.9'S035°49.4'E 1.023 53° 305° 89 km 02m16.2s
11:3206°17.1'S036°21.7'E07°02.7'S036°40.2'E06°40.0'S036°30.9'E 1.023 53° 303° 88 km 02m14.4s
11:3406°10.7'S037°04.2'E06°56.1'S037°22.6'E06°33.5'S037°13.4'E 1.023 52° 302° 88 km 02m12.5s
11:3606°04.9'S037°47.8'E06°50.0'S038°06.1'E06°27.5'S037°56.9'E 1.023 51° 301° 87 km 02m10.6s
11:3805°59.5'S038°32.4'E06°44.4'S038°50.6'E06°22.0'S038°41.4'E 1.023 50° 300° 86 km 02m08.5s
11:4005°54.6'S039°18.2'E06°39.3'S039°36.3'E06°17.0'S039°27.2'E 1.022 49° 299° 85 km 02m06.4s
11:4205°50.3'S040°05.3'E06°34.8'S040°23.3'E06°12.6'S040°14.2'E 1.022 47° 298° 84 km 02m04.1s
11:4405°46.6'S040°53.7'E06°30.8'S041°11.7'E06°08.7'S041°02.6'E 1.022 46° 298° 84 km 02m01.8s
11:4605°43.6'S041°43.7'E06°27.4'S042°01.6'E06°05.5'S041°52.6'E 1.022 45° 297° 83 km 01m59.4s
11:4805°41.1'S042°35.3'E06°24.7'S042°53.2'E06°02.9'S042°44.2'E 1.021 44° 296° 82 km 01m56.9s
11:5005°39.4'S043°28.8'E06°22.6'S043°46.6'E06°01.0'S043°37.6'E 1.021 43° 295° 80 km 01m54.3s
11:5205°38.5'S044°24.3'E06°21.3'S044°42.1'E05°59.9'S044°33.1'E 1.021 41° 295° 79 km 01m51.6s
11:5405°38.3'S045°21.9'E06°20.7'S045°39.8'E05°59.5'S045°30.8'E 1.021 40° 294° 78 km 01m48.8s
11:5605°39.0'S046°22.1'E06°21.0'S046°40.0'E06°00.0'S046°30.9'E 1.020 39° 293° 77 km 01m45.9s
11:5805°40.7'S047°25.0'E06°22.2'S047°42.9'E06°01.5'S047°33.9'E 1.020 37° 293° 75 km 01m42.9s
12:0005°43.5'S048°31.0'E06°24.5'S048°49.1'E06°04.0'S048°39.9'E 1.020 36° 292° 74 km 01m39.8s
12:0205°47.4'S049°40.6'E06°27.8'S049°58.9'E06°07.6'S049°49.6'E 1.019 34° 292° 72 km 01m36.5s
12:0405°52.6'S050°54.2'E06°32.5'S051°12.8'E06°12.6'S051°03.4'E 1.019 33° 291° 71 km 01m33.2s
12:0605°59.3'S052°12.6'E06°38.6'S052°31.5'E06°19.0'S052°22.0'E 1.018 31° 290° 69 km 01m29.6s
12:0806°07.7'S053°36.7'E06°46.4'S053°56.0'E06°27.1'S053°46.2'E 1.018 29° 290° 67 km 01m26.0s
12:1006°18.2'S055°07.6'E06°56.2'S055°27.5'E06°37.2'S055°17.4'E 1.018 27° 289° 65 km 01m22.1s
12:1206°31.1'S056°46.8'E07°08.4'S057°07.6'E06°49.8'S056°57.1'E 1.017 25° 289° 63 km 01m18.0s
12:1406°47.1'S058°36.9'E07°23.6'S058°58.8'E07°05.4'S058°47.7'E 1.016 23° 288° 61 km 01m13.6s
12:1607°07.2'S060°41.4'E07°42.9'S061°05.0'E07°25.1'S060°53.0'E 1.016 20° 288° 58 km 01m08.9s
12:1807°33.0'S063°06.7'E08°08.0'S063°33.0'E07°50.5'S063°19.7'E 1.015 17° 287° 55 km 01m03.6s
12:2008°07.9'S066°05.7'E08°42.3'S066°36.9'E08°25.1'S066°21.0'E 1.014 14° 287° 51 km 00m57.5s
12:2209°01.2'S070°14.9'E09°36.3'S070°59.0'E09°18.7'S070°36.4'E 1.012 286° 46 km 00m49.7s
Limits11°11.3'S079°14.4'E11°30.8'S079°12.6'E11°21.0'S079°13.5'E 1.010 - 36 km 00m36.2s

ΔT = 42585.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:35:13.310:45:27.411°00.9'S155°12.9'W 64.3° 346.2° 92.3 km02m33.46s
Greatest Duration22:39:50.310:50:04.410°26.6'S023°57.9'E 64.2° 340.7° 92.7 km02m33.69s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1839 May 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1839 May 14 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 42585.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3082.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.88°.

Acknowledgments

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

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