Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1883 Sep 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1883 Sep 15 . 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 -1883 Sep 15
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°42.8'N022°44.4'E26°42.9'N022°58.9'E27°12.8'N022°51.7'E 1.034 - 113 km 01m49.5s
04:1229°04.9'N032°47.0'E28°00.4'N033°12.5'E28°32.8'N033°01.5'E 1.037 84° 123 km 02m07.2s
04:1429°30.6'N038°28.8'E28°21.6'N038°38.3'E28°56.2'N038°34.6'E 1.038 15° 87° 128 km 02m18.2s
04:1629°38.5'N042°28.8'E28°27.1'N042°30.1'E29°02.8'N042°30.4'E 1.039 19° 89° 132 km 02m26.5s
04:1829°38.1'N045°42.6'E28°25.1'N045°38.0'E29°01.6'N045°41.0'E 1.040 22° 91° 135 km 02m33.6s
04:2029°32.7'N048°28.1'E28°18.5'N048°18.8'E28°55.6'N048°24.1'E 1.041 25° 93° 138 km 02m40.0s
04:2229°23.8'N050°54.0'E28°08.6'N050°40.6'E28°46.2'N050°47.9'E 1.042 27° 94° 140 km 02m45.8s
04:2429°12.2'N053°05.3'E27°56.4'N052°48.2'E28°34.2'N052°57.3'E 1.043 29° 95° 142 km 02m51.2s
04:2628°58.5'N055°04.9'E27°42.1'N054°44.6'E28°20.2'N054°55.3'E 1.043 32° 97° 144 km 02m56.2s
04:2828°43.1'N056°55.2'E27°26.3'N056°31.9'E28°04.6'N056°44.0'E 1.044 34° 98° 146 km 03m00.9s
04:3028°26.3'N058°37.6'E27°09.2'N058°11.6'E27°47.7'N058°25.0'E 1.044 36° 99° 148 km 03m05.5s
04:3228°08.2'N060°13.3'E26°51.0'N059°44.7'E27°29.5'N059°59.4'E 1.045 38° 100° 150 km 03m09.7s
04:3427°49.1'N061°43.2'E26°31.8'N061°12.2'E27°10.4'N061°28.0'E 1.045 39° 101° 151 km 03m13.8s
04:3627°29.1'N063°08.0'E26°11.8'N062°34.7'E26°50.4'N062°51.7'E 1.046 41° 101° 153 km 03m17.8s
04:3827°08.3'N064°28.3'E25°51.0'N063°52.9'E26°29.6'N064°10.9'E 1.046 43° 102° 154 km 03m21.5s
04:4026°46.8'N065°44.6'E25°29.5'N065°07.1'E26°08.1'N065°26.1'E 1.046 44° 103° 155 km 03m25.1s
04:4226°24.6'N066°57.2'E25°07.5'N066°17.8'E25°45.9'N066°37.7'E 1.047 46° 104° 156 km 03m28.5s
04:4426°01.8'N068°06.5'E24°44.8'N067°25.3'E25°23.2'N067°46.1'E 1.047 47° 104° 157 km 03m31.8s
04:4625°38.5'N069°12.8'E24°21.7'N068°29.9'E25°00.0'N068°51.5'E 1.047 49° 105° 159 km 03m35.0s
04:4825°14.7'N070°16.3'E23°58.1'N069°31.9'E24°36.3'N069°54.2'E 1.048 50° 106° 160 km 03m38.0s
04:5024°50.4'N071°17.3'E23°34.2'N070°31.4'E24°12.2'N070°54.5'E 1.048 52° 106° 160 km 03m41.0s
04:5224°25.8'N072°16.0'E23°09.8'N071°28.6'E23°47.7'N071°52.4'E 1.048 53° 107° 161 km 03m43.7s
04:5424°00.7'N073°12.5'E22°45.0'N072°23.7'E23°22.8'N072°48.2'E 1.048 55° 108° 162 km 03m46.4s
04:5623°35.3'N074°07.0'E22°19.9'N073°16.9'E22°57.5'N073°42.0'E 1.049 56° 108° 163 km 03m49.0s
04:5823°09.5'N074°59.6'E21°54.5'N074°08.3'E22°32.0'N074°34.1'E 1.049 57° 109° 164 km 03m51.4s
05:0022°43.5'N075°50.5'E21°28.8'N074°58.1'E22°06.1'N075°24.4'E 1.049 59° 109° 164 km 03m53.7s
05:0222°17.1'N076°39.8'E21°02.8'N075°46.2'E21°39.9'N076°13.1'E 1.049 60° 110° 165 km 03m56.0s
05:0421°50.4'N077°27.5'E20°36.5'N076°32.9'E21°13.4'N077°00.3'E 1.050 61° 110° 166 km 03m58.1s
05:0621°23.5'N078°13.8'E20°10.0'N077°18.3'E20°46.7'N077°46.1'E 1.050 62° 110° 166 km 04m00.1s
05:0820°56.3'N078°58.8'E19°43.2'N078°02.3'E20°19.7'N078°30.6'E 1.050 64° 111° 167 km 04m02.0s
05:1020°28.9'N079°42.6'E19°16.2'N078°45.2'E19°52.5'N079°13.9'E 1.050 65° 111° 167 km 04m03.8s
05:1220°01.3'N080°25.1'E18°49.0'N079°26.9'E19°25.1'N079°56.0'E 1.050 66° 112° 168 km 04m05.5s
05:1419°33.4'N081°06.6'E18°21.6'N080°07.6'E18°57.5'N080°37.1'E 1.050 67° 112° 168 km 04m07.1s
05:1619°05.3'N081°47.0'E17°53.9'N080°47.2'E18°29.6'N081°17.1'E 1.051 68° 112° 169 km 04m08.6s
05:1818°37.1'N082°26.5'E17°26.1'N081°26.0'E18°01.5'N081°56.2'E 1.051 70° 113° 169 km 04m10.0s
05:2018°08.6'N083°05.1'E16°58.0'N082°03.9'E17°33.3'N082°34.5'E 1.051 71° 113° 169 km 04m11.3s
05:2217°39.9'N083°42.8'E16°29.8'N082°40.9'E17°04.8'N083°11.8'E 1.051 72° 113° 170 km 04m12.5s
05:2417°11.1'N084°19.6'E16°01.4'N083°17.2'E16°36.2'N083°48.4'E 1.051 73° 114° 170 km 04m13.7s
05:2616°42.0'N084°55.8'E15°32.7'N083°52.8'E16°07.4'N084°24.3'E 1.051 74° 114° 170 km 04m14.7s
05:2816°12.8'N085°31.2'E15°04.0'N084°27.7'E15°38.4'N084°59.4'E 1.051 76° 114° 170 km 04m15.6s
05:3015°43.4'N086°06.0'E14°35.0'N085°01.9'E15°09.2'N085°33.9'E 1.051 77° 114° 171 km 04m16.5s
05:3215°13.9'N086°40.2'E14°05.8'N085°35.6'E14°39.8'N086°07.9'E 1.051 78° 114° 171 km 04m17.2s
05:3414°44.1'N087°13.7'E13°36.5'N086°08.8'E14°10.3'N086°41.2'E 1.052 79° 115° 171 km 04m17.9s
05:3614°14.2'N087°46.8'E13°07.0'N086°41.4'E13°40.6'N087°14.0'E 1.052 80° 115° 171 km 04m18.5s
05:3813°44.2'N088°19.3'E12°37.4'N087°13.5'E13°10.8'N087°46.4'E 1.052 81° 115° 171 km 04m19.0s
05:4013°14.0'N088°51.4'E12°07.5'N087°45.3'E12°40.8'N088°18.3'E 1.052 82° 115° 171 km 04m19.4s
05:4212°43.6'N089°23.1'E11°37.6'N088°16.6'E12°10.6'N088°49.8'E 1.052 83° 115° 171 km 04m19.7s
05:4412°13.0'N089°54.4'E11°07.4'N088°47.6'E11°40.2'N089°21.0'E 1.052 85° 114° 171 km 04m19.9s
05:4611°42.3'N090°25.4'E10°37.1'N089°18.2'E11°09.7'N089°51.8'E 1.052 86° 114° 172 km 04m20.1s
05:4811°11.4'N090°56.0'E10°06.5'N089°48.6'E10°39.0'N090°22.2'E 1.052 87° 113° 172 km 04m20.2s
05:5010°40.4'N091°26.3'E09°35.9'N090°18.7'E10°08.2'N090°52.5'E 1.052 88° 111° 172 km 04m20.1s
05:5210°09.2'N091°56.4'E09°05.0'N090°48.6'E09°37.2'N091°22.4'E 1.052 89° 104° 172 km 04m20.0s
05:5409°37.9'N092°26.3'E08°34.0'N091°18.2'E09°06.0'N091°52.2'E 1.052 90° 172 km 04m19.9s
05:5609°06.3'N092°56.0'E08°02.8'N091°47.7'E08°34.6'N092°21.8'E 1.052 89° 310° 172 km 04m19.6s
05:5808°34.6'N093°25.6'E07°31.4'N092°17.1'E08°03.1'N092°51.3'E 1.052 88° 304° 171 km 04m19.3s
06:0008°02.8'N093°55.0'E06°59.9'N092°46.4'E07°31.4'N093°20.6'E 1.052 87° 302° 171 km 04m18.8s
06:0207°30.8'N094°24.4'E06°28.2'N093°15.6'E06°59.5'N093°49.9'E 1.052 85° 302° 171 km 04m18.3s
06:0406°58.5'N094°53.6'E05°56.2'N093°44.8'E06°27.4'N094°19.1'E 1.052 84° 301° 171 km 04m17.8s
06:0606°26.2'N095°22.9'E05°24.1'N094°13.9'E05°55.2'N094°48.4'E 1.052 83° 301° 171 km 04m17.1s
06:0805°53.6'N095°52.2'E04°51.8'N094°43.1'E05°22.8'N095°17.6'E 1.052 82° 301° 171 km 04m16.4s
06:1005°20.8'N096°21.5'E04°19.4'N095°12.4'E04°50.1'N095°46.9'E 1.052 81° 300° 171 km 04m15.6s
06:1204°47.9'N096°50.9'E03°46.7'N095°41.7'E04°17.3'N096°16.3'E 1.051 80° 300° 171 km 04m14.7s
06:1404°14.7'N097°20.5'E03°13.8'N096°11.2'E03°44.3'N096°45.8'E 1.051 79° 300° 171 km 04m13.7s
06:1603°41.4'N097°50.1'E02°40.7'N096°40.8'E03°11.1'N097°15.4'E 1.051 78° 300° 170 km 04m12.7s
06:1803°07.9'N098°20.0'E02°07.3'N097°10.7'E02°37.7'N097°45.3'E 1.051 76° 300° 170 km 04m11.5s
06:2002°34.1'N098°50.1'E01°33.8'N097°40.8'E02°04.0'N098°15.3'E 1.051 75° 300° 170 km 04m10.3s
06:2202°00.1'N099°20.4'E01°00.0'N098°11.1'E01°30.1'N098°45.7'E 1.051 74° 300° 170 km 04m09.1s
06:2401°25.9'N099°51.1'E00°26.0'N098°41.8'E00°56.0'N099°16.4'E 1.051 73° 300° 169 km 04m07.7s
06:2600°51.5'N100°22.1'E00°08.2'S099°12.8'E00°21.7'N099°47.4'E 1.051 72° 300° 169 km 04m06.3s
06:2800°16.8'N100°53.5'E00°42.7'S099°44.3'E00°12.9'S100°18.8'E 1.051 71° 300° 169 km 04m04.8s
06:3000°18.1'S101°25.3'E01°17.5'S100°16.2'E00°47.7'S100°50.7'E 1.051 69° 300° 169 km 04m03.2s
06:3200°53.3'S101°57.6'E01°52.5'S100°48.6'E01°22.8'S101°23.0'E 1.050 68° 300° 168 km 04m01.6s
06:3401°28.7'S102°30.5'E02°27.8'S101°21.6'E01°58.2'S101°56.0'E 1.050 67° 300° 168 km 03m59.8s
06:3602°04.4'S103°04.0'E03°03.4'S101°55.2'E02°33.8'S102°29.5'E 1.050 66° 300° 167 km 03m58.0s
06:3802°40.4'S103°38.1'E03°39.3'S102°29.4'E03°09.8'S103°03.7'E 1.050 65° 300° 167 km 03m56.1s
06:4003°16.8'S104°12.9'E04°15.5'S103°04.4'E03°46.0'S103°38.6'E 1.050 63° 300° 166 km 03m54.1s
06:4203°53.4'S104°48.6'E04°52.0'S103°40.2'E04°22.6'S104°14.3'E 1.050 62° 300° 166 km 03m52.1s
06:4404°30.4'S105°25.1'E05°28.9'S104°16.9'E04°59.5'S104°50.9'E 1.049 61° 299° 165 km 03m50.0s
06:4605°07.7'S106°02.5'E06°06.1'S104°54.5'E05°36.8'S105°28.4'E 1.049 60° 299° 165 km 03m47.7s
06:4805°45.4'S106°41.0'E06°43.7'S105°33.2'E06°14.4'S106°07.0'E 1.049 58° 299° 164 km 03m45.4s
06:5006°23.4'S107°20.6'E07°21.7'S106°13.0'E06°52.5'S106°46.7'E 1.049 57° 299° 164 km 03m43.0s
06:5207°01.9'S108°01.4'E08°00.1'S106°54.1'E07°30.9'S107°27.6'E 1.048 56° 299° 163 km 03m40.6s
06:5407°40.8'S108°43.6'E08°39.0'S107°36.5'E08°09.8'S108°09.9'E 1.048 54° 299° 162 km 03m38.0s
06:5608°20.2'S109°27.2'E09°18.3'S108°20.5'E08°49.1'S108°53.7'E 1.048 53° 299° 161 km 03m35.3s
06:5809°00.0'S110°12.5'E09°58.1'S109°06.1'E09°29.0'S109°39.2'E 1.048 51° 298° 161 km 03m32.6s
07:0009°40.4'S110°59.6'E10°38.4'S109°53.5'E10°09.3'S110°26.4'E 1.047 50° 298° 160 km 03m29.7s
07:0210°21.4'S111°48.6'E11°19.3'S110°42.9'E10°50.2'S111°15.6'E 1.047 49° 298° 159 km 03m26.8s
07:0411°02.9'S112°39.9'E12°00.8'S111°34.5'E11°31.7'S112°07.0'E 1.047 47° 298° 158 km 03m23.7s
07:0611°45.1'S113°33.5'E12°43.0'S112°28.6'E12°13.9'S113°00.9'E 1.046 46° 297° 157 km 03m20.5s
07:0812°28.0'S114°29.9'E13°25.8'S113°25.4'E12°56.8'S113°57.4'E 1.046 44° 297° 156 km 03m17.2s
07:1013°11.7'S115°29.3'E14°09.5'S114°25.2'E13°40.4'S114°57.1'E 1.046 42° 297° 154 km 03m13.8s
07:1213°56.2'S116°32.1'E14°53.9'S115°28.6'E14°24.9'S116°00.1'E 1.045 41° 296° 153 km 03m10.2s
07:1414°41.7'S117°38.8'E15°39.3'S116°35.9'E15°10.4'S117°07.1'E 1.045 39° 296° 151 km 03m06.5s
07:1615°28.2'S118°50.1'E16°25.8'S117°47.7'E15°56.8'S118°18.6'E 1.044 37° 295° 150 km 03m02.6s
07:1816°15.9'S120°06.5'E17°13.4'S119°04.7'E16°44.5'S119°35.4'E 1.044 35° 295° 148 km 02m58.5s
07:2017°05.0'S121°29.1'E18°02.3'S120°27.9'E17°33.5'S120°58.3'E 1.043 33° 294° 146 km 02m54.3s
07:2217°55.7'S122°59.1'E18°52.8'S121°58.5'E18°24.1'S122°28.5'E 1.043 31° 294° 145 km 02m49.8s
07:2418°48.2'S124°38.0'E19°45.2'S123°38.1'E19°16.5'S124°07.7'E 1.042 29° 293° 142 km 02m45.0s
07:2619°43.1'S126°28.1'E20°39.8'S125°29.0'E20°11.2'S125°58.2'E 1.041 27° 292° 140 km 02m39.9s
07:2820°40.8'S128°32.9'E21°37.2'S127°34.5'E21°08.8'S128°03.3'E 1.041 24° 291° 137 km 02m34.4s
07:3021°42.5'S130°57.9'E22°38.4'S130°00.0'E22°10.2'S130°28.5'E 1.040 21° 290° 134 km 02m28.3s
07:3222°49.7'S133°53.1'E23°44.9'S132°55.3'E23°17.1'S133°23.6'E 1.039 18° 289° 131 km 02m21.4s
07:3424°06.5'S137°40.6'E25°00.4'S136°41.7'E24°33.2'S137°10.4'E 1.037 14° 287° 126 km 02m13.1s
07:3625°46.9'S143°42.7'E26°37.3'S142°33.9'E26°11.6'S143°06.6'E 1.035 284° 120 km 02m01.5s
Limits27°20.5'S151°17.9'E28°19.6'S151°03.7'E27°50.1'S151°10.7'E 1.033 - 112 km 01m47.9s

ΔT = 43609.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:00:34.505:53:45.509°09.7'N090°23.5'W 89.8° 34.2° 171.5 km04m19.89s
Greatest Duration17:55:25.805:48:36.810°29.6'N090°31.5'E 87.1° 112.6° 171.6 km04m20.16s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1883 Sep 15 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 43609.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3252.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.59°.

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