Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1872 Feb 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1872 Feb 20 . 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 -1872 Feb 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°07.4'S155°58.0'W15°21.4'S156°29.6'W14°44.4'S156°13.7'W 0.960 - 147 km 02m30.7s
16:2816°43.2'S147°19.0'W17°26.4'S149°20.8'W17°05.7'S148°15.8'W 0.963 105° 138 km 02m32.0s
16:3018°01.0'S142°45.3'W18°55.0'S144°01.4'W18°28.2'S143°22.1'W 0.964 14° 103° 133 km 02m33.0s
16:3218°53.8'S139°30.2'W19°50.6'S140°29.9'W19°22.3'S139°59.3'W 0.965 17° 102° 129 km 02m33.7s
16:3419°34.9'S136°51.5'W20°32.7'S137°41.7'W20°03.8'S137°16.1'W 0.966 20° 101° 125 km 02m34.4s
16:3620°08.5'S134°35.0'W21°06.8'S135°18.5'W20°37.7'S134°56.3'W 0.966 23° 100° 123 km 02m35.1s
16:3820°37.0'S132°33.7'W21°35.4'S133°12.2'W21°06.2'S132°52.6'W 0.967 26° 99° 120 km 02m35.7s
16:4021°01.5'S130°43.8'W21°59.8'S131°18.2'W21°30.6'S131°00.7'W 0.968 28° 98° 118 km 02m36.3s
16:4221°22.8'S129°02.7'W22°21.0'S129°33.6'W21°51.9'S129°17.9'W 0.968 30° 97° 116 km 02m36.8s
16:4421°41.6'S127°28.8'W22°39.5'S127°56.8'W22°10.5'S127°42.6'W 0.969 32° 96° 114 km 02m37.4s
16:4621°58.1'S126°00.8'W22°55.8'S126°26.1'W22°27.0'S126°13.3'W 0.969 34° 96° 113 km 02m37.9s
16:4822°12.8'S124°37.8'W23°10.2'S125°00.8'W22°41.5'S124°49.1'W 0.969 36° 95° 111 km 02m38.4s
16:5022°25.8'S123°19.1'W23°22.8'S123°39.9'W22°54.3'S123°29.4'W 0.970 37° 94° 110 km 02m38.9s
16:5222°37.3'S122°04.1'W23°34.0'S122°23.0'W23°05.6'S122°13.4'W 0.970 39° 93° 108 km 02m39.4s
16:5422°47.5'S120°52.4'W23°43.8'S121°09.6'W23°15.6'S121°00.9'W 0.970 40° 92° 107 km 02m39.9s
16:5622°56.4'S119°43.7'W23°52.4'S119°59.2'W23°24.4'S119°51.3'W 0.971 42° 92° 106 km 02m40.3s
16:5823°04.3'S118°37.6'W23°59.9'S118°51.5'W23°32.1'S118°44.5'W 0.971 43° 91° 105 km 02m40.8s
17:0023°11.1'S117°33.9'W24°06.4'S117°46.3'W23°38.7'S117°40.0'W 0.971 45° 90° 104 km 02m41.2s
17:0223°17.0'S116°32.3'W24°11.9'S116°43.3'W23°44.4'S116°37.7'W 0.971 46° 90° 103 km 02m41.7s
17:0423°21.9'S115°32.7'W24°16.5'S115°42.4'W23°49.2'S115°37.5'W 0.972 48° 89° 102 km 02m42.1s
17:0623°26.1'S114°34.9'W24°20.3'S114°43.3'W23°53.2'S114°39.1'W 0.972 49° 88° 101 km 02m42.5s
17:0823°29.5'S113°38.8'W24°23.4'S113°46.0'W23°56.4'S113°42.3'W 0.972 50° 87° 100 km 02m42.9s
17:1023°32.1'S112°44.2'W24°25.6'S112°50.2'W23°58.9'S112°47.2'W 0.972 52° 87° 99 km 02m43.3s
17:1223°34.0'S111°51.1'W24°27.2'S111°56.0'W24°00.6'S111°53.5'W 0.973 53° 86° 98 km 02m43.7s
17:1423°35.3'S110°59.2'W24°28.2'S111°03.1'W24°01.7'S111°01.1'W 0.973 54° 85° 98 km 02m44.0s
17:1623°35.9'S110°08.7'W24°28.5'S110°11.5'W24°02.2'S110°10.0'W 0.973 55° 85° 97 km 02m44.4s
17:1823°36.0'S109°19.2'W24°28.2'S109°21.1'W24°02.0'S109°20.1'W 0.973 57° 84° 96 km 02m44.7s
17:2023°35.4'S108°30.9'W24°27.3'S108°31.8'W24°01.3'S108°31.3'W 0.973 58° 83° 96 km 02m45.1s
17:2223°34.3'S107°43.6'W24°25.8'S107°43.5'W24°00.1'S107°43.5'W 0.973 59° 82° 95 km 02m45.4s
17:2423°32.7'S106°57.2'W24°23.9'S106°56.3'W23°58.2'S106°56.7'W 0.974 60° 82° 95 km 02m45.7s
17:2623°30.5'S106°11.8'W24°21.4'S106°10.0'W23°55.9'S106°10.9'W 0.974 61° 81° 94 km 02m46.0s
17:2823°27.8'S105°27.2'W24°18.4'S105°24.5'W23°53.1'S105°25.9'W 0.974 62° 80° 93 km 02m46.3s
17:3023°24.7'S104°43.4'W24°14.9'S104°39.9'W23°49.8'S104°41.7'W 0.974 64° 79° 93 km 02m46.5s
17:3223°21.0'S104°00.4'W24°11.0'S103°56.1'W23°46.0'S103°58.3'W 0.974 65° 79° 93 km 02m46.8s
17:3423°17.0'S103°18.1'W24°06.6'S103°13.1'W23°41.8'S103°15.6'W 0.974 66° 78° 92 km 02m47.1s
17:3623°12.4'S102°36.5'W24°01.8'S102°30.7'W23°37.1'S102°33.6'W 0.974 67° 77° 92 km 02m47.3s
17:3823°07.5'S101°55.6'W23°56.6'S101°49.0'W23°32.0'S101°52.3'W 0.974 68° 76° 91 km 02m47.5s
17:4023°02.1'S101°15.3'W23°50.9'S101°08.0'W23°26.5'S101°11.6'W 0.975 69° 75° 91 km 02m47.7s
17:4222°56.3'S100°35.5'W23°44.9'S100°27.6'W23°20.6'S100°31.5'W 0.975 70° 74° 91 km 02m47.9s
17:4422°50.1'S099°56.3'W23°38.4'S099°47.7'W23°14.3'S099°52.0'W 0.975 71° 73° 90 km 02m48.1s
17:4622°43.6'S099°17.7'W23°31.6'S099°08.4'W23°07.6'S099°13.0'W 0.975 72° 72° 90 km 02m48.3s
17:4822°36.6'S098°39.5'W23°24.3'S098°29.6'W23°00.5'S098°34.6'W 0.975 73° 71° 90 km 02m48.4s
17:5022°29.3'S098°01.9'W23°16.7'S097°51.2'W22°53.0'S097°56.6'W 0.975 74° 70° 90 km 02m48.6s
17:5222°21.5'S097°24.6'W23°08.8'S097°13.4'W22°45.1'S097°19.0'W 0.975 75° 68° 89 km 02m48.7s
17:5422°13.5'S096°47.8'W23°00.4'S096°36.0'W22°36.9'S096°41.9'W 0.975 76° 67° 89 km 02m48.8s
17:5622°05.0'S096°11.4'W22°51.8'S095°59.0'W22°28.4'S096°05.2'W 0.975 77° 65° 89 km 02m48.9s
17:5821°56.2'S095°35.4'W22°42.7'S095°22.4'W22°19.5'S095°28.9'W 0.975 78° 63° 89 km 02m49.0s
18:0021°47.1'S094°59.8'W22°33.4'S094°46.2'W22°10.2'S094°53.0'W 0.975 79° 61° 89 km 02m49.1s
18:0221°37.6'S094°24.5'W22°23.7'S094°10.3'W22°00.6'S094°17.4'W 0.975 80° 59° 88 km 02m49.1s
18:0421°27.8'S093°49.5'W22°13.6'S093°34.7'W21°50.7'S093°42.1'W 0.975 81° 56° 88 km 02m49.2s
18:0621°17.6'S093°14.8'W22°03.3'S092°59.5'W21°40.4'S093°07.2'W 0.975 82° 52° 88 km 02m49.2s
18:0821°07.2'S092°40.4'W21°52.6'S092°24.6'W21°29.9'S092°32.5'W 0.975 83° 48° 88 km 02m49.3s
18:1020°56.3'S092°06.3'W21°41.6'S091°49.9'W21°18.9'S091°58.1'W 0.975 84° 43° 88 km 02m49.3s
18:1220°45.2'S091°32.4'W21°30.2'S091°15.5'W21°07.7'S091°23.9'W 0.975 84° 36° 88 km 02m49.3s
18:1420°33.7'S090°58.7'W21°18.6'S090°41.3'W20°56.1'S090°50.0'W 0.975 85° 28° 88 km 02m49.3s
18:1620°21.9'S090°25.2'W21°06.6'S090°07.3'W20°44.3'S090°16.3'W 0.975 86° 17° 88 km 02m49.3s
18:1820°09.8'S089°51.9'W20°54.3'S089°33.5'W20°32.1'S089°42.7'W 0.975 86° 88 km 02m49.2s
18:2019°57.4'S089°18.8'W20°41.7'S088°59.9'W20°19.6'S089°09.4'W 0.975 86° 347° 88 km 02m49.2s
18:2219°44.7'S088°45.9'W20°28.8'S088°26.5'W20°06.7'S088°36.2'W 0.975 86° 332° 88 km 02m49.1s
18:2419°31.6'S088°13.1'W20°15.6'S087°53.2'W19°53.6'S088°03.1'W 0.975 86° 319° 88 km 02m49.1s
18:2619°18.2'S087°40.4'W20°02.1'S087°20.0'W19°40.2'S087°30.2'W 0.975 85° 308° 89 km 02m49.0s
18:2819°04.5'S087°07.8'W19°48.3'S086°46.9'W19°26.4'S086°57.3'W 0.975 84° 299° 89 km 02m48.9s
18:3018°50.5'S086°35.2'W19°34.2'S086°13.9'W19°12.3'S086°24.6'W 0.975 84° 293° 89 km 02m48.8s
18:3218°36.2'S086°02.8'W19°19.7'S085°40.9'W18°57.9'S085°51.9'W 0.975 83° 288° 89 km 02m48.7s
18:3418°21.6'S085°30.4'W19°05.0'S085°08.1'W18°43.3'S085°19.2'W 0.975 82° 284° 89 km 02m48.6s
18:3618°06.6'S084°58.0'W18°49.9'S084°35.2'W18°28.2'S084°46.6'W 0.975 81° 280° 89 km 02m48.5s
18:3817°51.3'S084°25.6'W18°34.5'S084°02.3'W18°12.9'S084°14.0'W 0.975 80° 278° 90 km 02m48.4s
18:4017°35.7'S083°53.2'W18°18.9'S083°29.5'W17°57.3'S083°41.3'W 0.975 79° 275° 90 km 02m48.3s
18:4217°19.8'S083°20.7'W18°02.9'S082°56.6'W17°41.3'S083°08.7'W 0.975 78° 273° 90 km 02m48.2s
18:4417°03.6'S082°48.2'W17°46.6'S082°23.6'W17°25.0'S082°35.9'W 0.975 77° 271° 90 km 02m48.0s
18:4616°47.0'S082°15.6'W17°29.9'S081°50.5'W17°08.4'S082°03.1'W 0.975 76° 270° 91 km 02m47.9s
18:4816°30.1'S081°43.0'W17°13.0'S081°17.4'W16°51.5'S081°30.2'W 0.975 75° 269° 91 km 02m47.7s
18:5016°12.9'S081°10.2'W16°55.7'S080°44.1'W16°34.3'S080°57.1'W 0.975 74° 267° 92 km 02m47.6s
18:5215°55.3'S080°37.2'W16°38.1'S080°10.7'W16°16.7'S080°23.9'W 0.975 73° 266° 92 km 02m47.4s
18:5415°37.4'S080°04.1'W16°20.1'S079°37.0'W15°58.7'S079°50.6'W 0.974 72° 265° 92 km 02m47.2s
18:5615°19.1'S079°30.7'W16°01.8'S079°03.2'W15°40.4'S079°17.0'W 0.974 71° 264° 93 km 02m47.0s
18:5815°00.5'S078°57.1'W15°43.2'S078°29.2'W15°21.8'S078°43.2'W 0.974 70° 263° 93 km 02m46.9s
19:0014°41.5'S078°23.3'W15°24.2'S077°54.9'W15°02.8'S078°09.1'W 0.974 69° 263° 94 km 02m46.7s
19:0214°22.1'S077°49.2'W15°04.9'S077°20.2'W14°43.5'S077°34.7'W 0.974 68° 262° 94 km 02m46.5s
19:0414°02.4'S077°14.8'W14°45.2'S076°45.3'W14°23.7'S077°00.0'W 0.974 67° 261° 95 km 02m46.3s
19:0613°42.3'S076°40.0'W14°25.1'S076°10.0'W14°03.6'S076°25.0'W 0.974 66° 261° 95 km 02m46.1s
19:0813°21.8'S076°04.8'W14°04.6'S075°34.3'W13°43.2'S075°49.5'W 0.974 65° 260° 96 km 02m45.9s
19:1013°00.9'S075°29.1'W13°43.7'S074°58.1'W13°22.3'S075°13.6'W 0.973 63° 259° 97 km 02m45.7s
19:1212°39.5'S074°53.0'W13°22.5'S074°21.5'W13°01.0'S074°37.3'W 0.973 62° 259° 97 km 02m45.5s
19:1412°17.8'S074°16.4'W13°00.8'S073°44.3'W12°39.2'S074°00.4'W 0.973 61° 258° 98 km 02m45.3s
19:1611°55.5'S073°39.2'W12°38.7'S073°06.5'W12°17.1'S073°22.9'W 0.973 60° 258° 99 km 02m45.1s
19:1811°32.9'S073°01.4'W12°16.1'S072°28.1'W11°54.4'S072°44.8'W 0.973 59° 257° 99 km 02m44.9s
19:2011°09.7'S072°22.9'W11°53.1'S071°49.0'W11°31.4'S072°06.0'W 0.973 58° 257° 100 km 02m44.6s
19:2210°46.1'S071°43.7'W11°29.5'S071°09.2'W11°07.8'S071°26.5'W 0.972 57° 257° 101 km 02m44.4s
19:2410°22.0'S071°03.7'W11°05.5'S070°28.5'W10°43.7'S070°46.1'W 0.972 55° 256° 102 km 02m44.2s
19:2609°57.3'S070°22.7'W10°41.0'S069°47.0'W10°19.1'S070°04.9'W 0.972 54° 256° 103 km 02m44.0s
19:2809°32.0'S069°40.9'W10°15.9'S069°04.4'W09°53.9'S069°22.7'W 0.972 53° 255° 104 km 02m43.7s
19:3009°06.2'S068°57.9'W09°50.2'S068°20.7'W09°28.2'S068°39.4'W 0.972 52° 255° 105 km 02m43.5s
19:3208°39.7'S068°13.9'W09°23.9'S067°35.9'W09°01.8'S067°54.9'W 0.971 50° 255° 106 km 02m43.3s
19:3408°12.6'S067°28.5'W08°57.0'S066°49.8'W08°34.8'S067°09.2'W 0.971 49° 254° 107 km 02m43.0s
19:3607°44.8'S066°41.8'W08°29.4'S066°02.2'W08°07.0'S066°22.1'W 0.971 48° 254° 108 km 02m42.8s
19:3807°16.2'S065°53.5'W08°01.0'S065°13.1'W07°38.6'S065°33.3'W 0.970 46° 254° 109 km 02m42.6s
19:4006°46.8'S065°03.5'W07°31.9'S064°22.2'W07°09.3'S064°42.9'W 0.970 45° 254° 110 km 02m42.3s
19:4206°16.6'S064°11.6'W07°01.9'S063°29.3'W06°39.2'S063°50.5'W 0.970 43° 253° 111 km 02m42.1s
19:4405°45.4'S063°17.6'W06°31.0'S062°34.3'W06°08.2'S062°56.0'W 0.970 42° 253° 112 km 02m41.8s
19:4605°13.3'S062°21.3'W05°59.1'S061°36.8'W05°36.1'S061°59.1'W 0.969 40° 253° 114 km 02m41.6s
19:4804°40.0'S061°22.2'W05°26.1'S060°36.5'W05°03.0'S060°59.5'W 0.969 39° 253° 115 km 02m41.3s
19:5004°05.4'S060°20.2'W04°51.8'S059°33.1'W04°28.6'S059°56.7'W 0.969 37° 253° 117 km 02m41.1s
19:5203°29.5'S059°14.6'W04°16.2'S058°26.0'W03°52.8'S058°50.4'W 0.968 35° 252° 118 km 02m40.8s
19:5402°52.0'S058°04.9'W03°39.0'S057°14.6'W03°15.4'S057°39.9'W 0.968 34° 252° 120 km 02m40.5s
19:5602°12.7'S056°50.5'W03°00.0'S055°58.3'W02°36.3'S056°24.5'W 0.967 32° 252° 122 km 02m40.2s
19:5801°31.4'S055°30.4'W02°18.9'S054°35.9'W01°55.1'S055°03.3'W 0.967 30° 252° 123 km 02m39.9s
20:0000°47.5'S054°03.3'W01°35.2'S053°06.1'W01°11.3'S053°34.9'W 0.966 28° 252° 125 km 02m39.6s
20:0200°00.6'S052°27.5'W00°48.5'S051°27.1'W00°24.5'S051°57.5'W 0.966 25° 252° 128 km 02m39.3s
20:0400°50.2'N050°40.4'W00°02.3'N049°35.8'W00°26.3'N050°08.5'W 0.965 23° 252° 130 km 02m39.0s
20:0601°46.2'N048°38.0'W00°58.5'N047°27.7'W01°22.4'N048°03.3'W 0.964 20° 252° 133 km 02m38.6s
20:0802°49.5'N046°13.0'W02°02.8'N044°54.0'W02°26.1'N045°34.1'W 0.964 17° 252° 136 km 02m38.2s
20:1004°05.1'N043°10.1'W03°21.0'N041°35.0'W03°42.9'N042°23.7'W 0.963 13° 252° 140 km 02m37.7s
20:1205°48.0'N038°40.6'W05°16.6'N036°12.1'W05°31.1'N037°31.4'W 0.961 252° 145 km 02m37.0s
Limits08°24.9'N030°51.0'W07°08.0'N030°19.6'W07°46.5'N030°35.4'W 0.959 - 152 km 02m36.1s

ΔT = 43363.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:22:35.918:19:52.520°20.4'S089°38.0'E 86.2° 348.5° 88.2 km02m49.19s
Greatest Duration06:14:37.518:11:54.121°08.3'S091°25.6'W 84.5° 36.5° 88.1 km02m49.27s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1872 Feb 20 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 43363.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3211.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.42°.

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