Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1857 May 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1857 May 04 . 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 -1857 May 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°48.0'S068°16.1'E46°12.4'S068°20.1'E46°00.2'S068°18.1'E 1.012 - 45 km 00m42.7s
02:0643°40.3'S078°07.3'E44°35.8'S076°17.2'E44°07.5'S077°16.1'E 1.014 69° 52 km 00m52.8s
02:0842°00.2'S084°22.9'E42°48.7'S083°29.2'E42°24.4'S083°57.0'E 1.015 12° 64° 58 km 01m01.8s
02:1040°46.2'S088°27.6'E41°33.4'S087°51.5'E41°09.7'S088°10.2'E 1.016 16° 60° 62 km 01m08.3s
02:1239°43.3'S091°37.9'E40°30.3'S091°11.7'E40°06.7'S091°25.2'E 1.017 19° 58° 65 km 01m13.7s
02:1438°47.3'S094°16.2'E39°34.2'S093°56.8'E39°10.7'S094°06.9'E 1.018 21° 55° 67 km 01m18.5s
02:1637°56.0'S096°33.0'E38°43.0'S096°18.8'E38°19.4'S096°26.2'E 1.019 24° 53° 70 km 01m22.9s
02:1837°08.2'S098°34.2'E37°55.4'S098°24.0'E37°31.8'S098°29.4'E 1.019 26° 52° 72 km 01m27.0s
02:2036°23.3'S100°23.3'E37°10.7'S100°16.6'E36°46.9'S100°20.2'E 1.020 28° 50° 73 km 01m30.9s
02:2235°40.7'S102°02.8'E36°28.3'S101°59.0'E36°04.4'S102°01.1'E 1.020 30° 48° 75 km 01m34.6s
02:2435°00.0'S103°34.5'E35°47.8'S103°33.2'E35°23.9'S103°34.1'E 1.021 31° 47° 77 km 01m38.1s
02:2634°21.0'S104°59.6'E35°09.1'S105°00.5'E34°45.0'S105°00.3'E 1.021 33° 45° 78 km 01m41.4s
02:2833°43.5'S106°19.1'E34°31.8'S106°22.0'E34°07.6'S106°20.8'E 1.022 34° 44° 80 km 01m44.6s
02:3033°07.3'S107°33.9'E33°55.7'S107°38.6'E33°31.5'S107°36.4'E 1.022 36° 42° 81 km 01m47.7s
02:3232°32.3'S108°44.5'E33°20.9'S108°50.8'E32°56.5'S108°47.8'E 1.022 37° 41° 82 km 01m50.7s
02:3431°58.3'S109°51.4'E32°47.1'S109°59.2'E32°22.6'S109°55.5'E 1.023 38° 39° 84 km 01m53.6s
02:3631°25.3'S110°55.1'E32°14.3'S111°04.2'E31°49.7'S110°59.8'E 1.023 40° 38° 85 km 01m56.3s
02:3830°53.2'S111°55.9'E31°42.3'S112°06.3'E31°17.7'S112°01.3'E 1.023 41° 37° 86 km 01m59.0s
02:4030°21.9'S112°54.1'E31°11.1'S113°05.7'E30°46.5'S113°00.1'E 1.023 42° 35° 87 km 02m01.6s
02:4229°51.3'S113°50.0'E30°40.8'S114°02.7'E30°16.0'S113°56.5'E 1.024 43° 34° 88 km 02m04.1s
02:4429°21.5'S114°43.9'E30°11.1'S114°57.5'E29°46.2'S114°50.8'E 1.024 44° 32° 89 km 02m06.5s
02:4628°52.4'S115°35.7'E29°42.0'S115°50.3'E29°17.2'S115°43.2'E 1.024 45° 31° 90 km 02m08.8s
02:4828°23.8'S116°25.9'E29°13.6'S116°41.4'E28°48.7'S116°33.8'E 1.024 46° 30° 91 km 02m11.1s
02:5027°55.9'S117°14.5'E28°45.8'S117°30.8'E28°20.8'S117°22.8'E 1.025 47° 28° 92 km 02m13.2s
02:5227°28.5'S118°01.7'E28°18.6'S118°18.8'E27°53.5'S118°10.3'E 1.025 48° 27° 93 km 02m15.3s
02:5427°01.7'S118°47.5'E27°51.9'S119°05.3'E27°26.7'S118°56.5'E 1.025 49° 25° 94 km 02m17.3s
02:5626°35.3'S119°32.1'E27°25.6'S119°50.7'E27°00.4'S119°41.5'E 1.025 50° 23° 94 km 02m19.2s
02:5826°09.5'S120°15.7'E26°59.9'S120°34.8'E26°34.6'S120°25.3'E 1.025 51° 22° 95 km 02m21.1s
03:0025°44.1'S120°58.2'E26°34.6'S121°18.0'E26°09.3'S121°08.1'E 1.026 52° 20° 96 km 02m22.8s
03:0225°19.2'S121°39.7'E26°09.8'S122°00.1'E25°44.4'S121°50.0'E 1.026 52° 19° 97 km 02m24.5s
03:0424°54.7'S122°20.5'E25°45.4'S122°41.4'E25°20.0'S122°31.0'E 1.026 53° 17° 98 km 02m26.1s
03:0624°30.6'S123°00.4'E25°21.4'S123°21.9'E24°56.0'S123°11.2'E 1.026 54° 15° 98 km 02m27.6s
03:0824°06.9'S123°39.6'E24°57.8'S124°01.6'E24°32.3'S123°50.7'E 1.026 54° 14° 99 km 02m29.1s
03:1023°43.6'S124°18.2'E24°34.6'S124°40.6'E24°09.1'S124°29.5'E 1.026 55° 12° 100 km 02m30.5s
03:1223°20.7'S124°56.1'E24°11.8'S125°19.0'E23°46.2'S125°07.6'E 1.026 56° 10° 100 km 02m31.8s
03:1422°58.1'S125°33.6'E23°49.3'S125°56.9'E23°23.7'S125°45.3'E 1.027 56° 101 km 02m33.0s
03:1622°36.0'S126°10.5'E23°27.2'S126°34.2'E23°01.6'S126°22.4'E 1.027 57° 101 km 02m34.1s
03:1822°14.1'S126°47.0'E23°05.5'S127°11.1'E22°39.8'S126°59.1'E 1.027 57° 102 km 02m35.2s
03:2021°52.6'S127°23.0'E22°44.0'S127°47.5'E22°18.3'S127°35.3'E 1.027 57° 103 km 02m36.1s
03:2221°31.5'S127°58.8'E22°23.0'S128°23.6'E21°57.2'S128°11.2'E 1.027 58° 103 km 02m37.0s
03:2421°10.6'S128°34.2'E22°02.2'S128°59.3'E21°36.4'S128°46.8'E 1.027 58° 358° 104 km 02m37.8s
03:2620°50.1'S129°09.3'E21°41.7'S129°34.8'E21°15.9'S129°22.1'E 1.027 58° 356° 104 km 02m38.6s
03:2820°29.9'S129°44.2'E21°21.6'S130°09.9'E20°55.8'S129°57.1'E 1.027 59° 354° 105 km 02m39.2s
03:3020°10.0'S130°18.9'E21°01.8'S130°44.9'E20°35.9'S130°31.9'E 1.027 59° 352° 105 km 02m39.8s
03:3219°50.5'S130°53.4'E20°42.3'S131°19.7'E20°16.4'S131°06.6'E 1.027 59° 350° 105 km 02m40.2s
03:3419°31.2'S131°27.8'E20°23.0'S131°54.4'E19°57.1'S131°41.1'E 1.027 59° 348° 106 km 02m40.6s
03:3619°12.2'S132°02.2'E20°04.1'S132°28.9'E19°38.2'S132°15.5'E 1.027 59° 346° 106 km 02m40.9s
03:3818°53.6'S132°36.4'E19°45.5'S133°03.4'E19°19.5'S132°49.9'E 1.027 59° 343° 107 km 02m41.2s
03:4018°35.2'S133°10.6'E19°27.1'S133°37.8'E19°01.2'S133°24.3'E 1.027 59° 341° 107 km 02m41.3s
03:4218°17.1'S133°44.9'E19°09.1'S134°12.3'E18°43.1'S133°58.6'E 1.027 59° 339° 107 km 02m41.3s
03:4417°59.3'S134°19.2'E18°51.3'S134°46.7'E18°25.3'S134°33.0'E 1.027 59° 337° 107 km 02m41.3s
03:4617°41.8'S134°53.5'E18°33.8'S135°21.3'E18°07.8'S135°07.4'E 1.027 59° 335° 108 km 02m41.2s
03:4817°24.6'S135°28.0'E18°16.7'S135°55.9'E17°50.6'S135°42.0'E 1.027 59° 333° 108 km 02m40.9s
03:5017°07.7'S136°02.6'E17°59.7'S136°30.7'E17°33.7'S136°16.7'E 1.027 58° 331° 108 km 02m40.6s
03:5216°51.1'S136°37.4'E17°43.1'S137°05.6'E17°17.1'S136°51.5'E 1.027 58° 329° 108 km 02m40.3s
03:5416°34.8'S137°12.4'E17°26.8'S137°40.8'E17°00.8'S137°26.6'E 1.027 58° 327° 108 km 02m39.8s
03:5616°18.7'S137°47.7'E17°10.7'S138°16.2'E16°44.7'S138°01.9'E 1.027 58° 325° 108 km 02m39.2s
03:5816°03.0'S138°23.2'E16°55.0'S138°51.8'E16°29.0'S138°37.5'E 1.027 57° 323° 108 km 02m38.5s
04:0015°47.6'S138°59.1'E16°39.5'S139°27.8'E16°13.5'S139°13.4'E 1.027 57° 321° 108 km 02m37.8s
04:0215°32.4'S139°35.4'E16°24.3'S140°04.2'E15°58.4'S139°49.7'E 1.027 56° 320° 108 km 02m37.0s
04:0415°17.6'S140°12.0'E16°09.4'S140°40.9'E15°43.5'S140°26.4'E 1.027 56° 318° 108 km 02m36.0s
04:0615°03.1'S140°49.1'E15°54.8'S141°18.1'E15°29.0'S141°03.6'E 1.027 55° 316° 108 km 02m35.0s
04:0814°48.9'S141°26.7'E15°40.6'S141°55.8'E15°14.7'S141°41.2'E 1.027 55° 314° 108 km 02m33.9s
04:1014°35.0'S142°04.8'E15°26.6'S142°34.0'E15°00.8'S142°19.3'E 1.027 54° 313° 107 km 02m32.7s
04:1214°21.4'S142°43.5'E15°12.9'S143°12.8'E14°47.2'S142°58.1'E 1.026 53° 311° 107 km 02m31.4s
04:1414°08.2'S143°22.8'E14°59.6'S143°52.2'E14°33.9'S143°37.5'E 1.026 53° 310° 107 km 02m30.0s
04:1613°55.3'S144°02.9'E14°46.6'S144°32.4'E14°21.0'S144°17.6'E 1.026 52° 308° 106 km 02m28.6s
04:1813°42.7'S144°43.7'E14°33.9'S145°13.3'E14°08.4'S144°58.4'E 1.026 51° 307° 106 km 02m27.0s
04:2013°30.6'S145°25.3'E14°21.6'S145°55.0'E13°56.1'S145°40.1'E 1.026 50° 306° 105 km 02m25.3s
04:2213°18.8'S146°07.9'E14°09.6'S146°37.6'E13°44.2'S146°22.7'E 1.026 49° 304° 105 km 02m23.6s
04:2413°07.3'S146°51.4'E13°58.0'S147°21.2'E13°32.7'S147°06.2'E 1.026 48° 303° 104 km 02m21.7s
04:2612°56.3'S147°35.9'E13°46.8'S148°05.9'E13°21.6'S147°50.8'E 1.025 48° 302° 103 km 02m19.8s
04:2812°45.7'S148°21.7'E13°36.0'S148°51.7'E13°10.9'S148°36.6'E 1.025 47° 301° 103 km 02m17.8s
04:3012°35.5'S149°08.6'E13°25.6'S149°38.9'E13°00.6'S149°23.6'E 1.025 46° 300° 102 km 02m15.7s
04:3212°25.8'S149°57.0'E13°15.7'S150°27.3'E12°50.8'S150°12.1'E 1.025 45° 299° 101 km 02m13.4s
04:3412°16.6'S150°46.8'E13°06.2'S151°17.4'E12°41.4'S151°02.0'E 1.025 43° 298° 100 km 02m11.1s
04:3612°07.8'S151°38.3'E12°57.1'S152°09.0'E12°32.5'S151°53.6'E 1.024 42° 297° 99 km 02m08.7s
04:3811°59.6'S152°31.6'E12°48.6'S153°02.5'E12°24.2'S152°47.0'E 1.024 41° 296° 98 km 02m06.2s
04:4011°52.0'S153°26.9'E12°40.7'S153°58.1'E12°16.4'S153°42.4'E 1.024 40° 295° 96 km 02m03.6s
04:4211°45.0'S154°24.4'E12°33.3'S154°55.9'E12°09.2'S154°40.0'E 1.024 39° 294° 95 km 02m00.8s
04:4411°38.6'S155°24.4'E12°26.6'S155°56.2'E12°02.7'S155°40.2'E 1.023 37° 293° 94 km 01m58.0s
04:4611°33.0'S156°27.2'E12°20.6'S156°59.4'E11°56.8'S156°43.1'E 1.023 36° 292° 92 km 01m55.0s
04:4811°28.2'S157°33.1'E12°15.4'S158°05.7'E11°51.8'S157°49.3'E 1.023 35° 292° 91 km 01m52.0s
04:5011°24.2'S158°42.6'E12°11.0'S159°15.8'E11°47.6'S158°59.0'E 1.022 33° 291° 89 km 01m48.7s
04:5211°21.2'S159°56.2'E12°07.5'S160°30.1'E11°44.4'S160°13.0'E 1.022 32° 290° 87 km 01m45.4s
04:5411°19.4'S161°14.6'E12°05.2'S161°49.4'E11°42.4'S161°31.8'E 1.022 30° 289° 86 km 01m41.8s
04:5611°18.9'S162°38.8'E12°04.1'S163°14.6'E11°41.5'S162°56.5'E 1.021 28° 289° 83 km 01m38.1s
04:5811°19.8'S164°09.9'E12°04.6'S164°47.0'E11°42.3'S164°28.2'E 1.021 26° 288° 81 km 01m34.2s
05:0011°22.7'S165°49.6'E12°06.8'S166°28.4'E11°44.8'S166°08.7'E 1.020 24° 287° 79 km 01m30.1s
05:0211°27.8'S167°40.2'E12°11.4'S168°21.4'E11°49.7'S168°00.6'E 1.019 22° 286° 76 km 01m25.6s
05:0411°36.0'S169°45.7'E12°19.1'S170°30.2'E11°57.6'S170°07.7'E 1.019 20° 286° 73 km 01m20.7s
05:0611°48.6'S172°12.7'E12°31.2'S173°02.3'E12°09.9'S172°37.1'E 1.018 17° 285° 70 km 01m15.3s
05:0812°08.0'S175°14.6'E12°50.7'S176°13.9'E12°29.4'S175°43.7'E 1.017 13° 284° 66 km 01m08.9s
05:1012°41.8'S179°31.1'E13°27.1'S179°01.8'W13°04.3'S179°47.1'W 1.015 283° 60 km 01m00.5s
Limits14°10.1'S171°42.7'W14°37.8'S171°42.1'W14°23.9'S171°42.4'W 1.013 - 50 km 00m47.5s

ΔT = 43006.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:34:54.403:38:07.619°18.4'S046°49.1'W 59.2° 343.3° 106.6 km02m41.16s
Greatest Duration15:38:51.203:42:04.318°42.5'S133°59.8'E 59.2° 339.1° 107.2 km02m41.33s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1857 May 04 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 43006.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3151.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.17°.

Acknowledgments

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

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