Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1891 Aug 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1891 Aug 16 . 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 -1891 Aug 16
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°12.0'S074°44.3'W28°09.1'S074°33.0'W27°40.5'S074°38.6'W 1.027 - 105 km 01m37.1s
11:4424°57.7'S068°30.0'W - - 26°22.1'S070°57.8'W 1.028 66° 109 km 01m44.2s
11:4623°06.5'S063°10.7'W24°59.5'S065°23.1'W24°01.5'S064°11.8'W 1.030 11° 63° 118 km 01m59.2s
11:4821°59.5'S059°50.3'W23°40.6'S061°23.5'W22°49.4'S060°34.5'W 1.031 14° 61° 123 km 02m08.3s
11:5021°09.2'S057°14.2'W22°45.5'S058°29.3'W21°57.0'S057°50.2'W 1.032 17° 60° 127 km 02m15.8s
11:5220°28.7'S055°03.1'W22°02.5'S056°07.3'W21°15.3'S055°34.0'W 1.033 20° 59° 131 km 02m22.4s
11:5419°54.8'S053°08.6'W21°27.1'S054°05.4'W20°40.7'S053°36.0'W 1.033 22° 58° 134 km 02m28.4s
11:5619°25.7'S051°26.1'W20°57.2'S052°17.4'W20°11.3'S051°50.9'W 1.034 24° 57° 137 km 02m33.9s
11:5819°00.5'S049°52.7'W20°31.4'S050°39.9'W19°45.8'S050°15.6'W 1.035 26° 55° 140 km 02m39.1s
12:0018°38.5'S048°26.6'W20°09.0'S049°10.5'W19°23.6'S048°47.9'W 1.035 28° 54° 142 km 02m44.0s
12:0218°19.0'S047°06.4'W19°49.4'S047°47.6'W19°04.1'S047°26.4'W 1.036 30° 53° 145 km 02m48.6s
12:0418°01.8'S045°51.2'W19°32.1'S046°30.1'W18°46.9'S046°10.1'W 1.036 31° 52° 147 km 02m53.1s
12:0617°46.6'S044°40.2'W19°16.9'S045°17.2'W18°31.6'S044°58.2'W 1.036 32° 51° 149 km 02m57.3s
12:0817°33.1'S043°32.8'W19°03.4'S044°08.2'W18°18.1'S043°50.0'W 1.037 34° 50° 151 km 03m01.3s
12:1017°21.1'S042°28.5'W18°51.6'S043°02.5'W18°06.3'S042°45.1'W 1.037 35° 49° 153 km 03m05.2s
12:1217°10.6'S041°27.0'W18°41.2'S041°59.8'W17°55.8'S041°43.0'W 1.037 36° 48° 155 km 03m08.9s
12:1417°01.4'S040°27.9'W18°32.1'S040°59.7'W17°46.6'S040°43.4'W 1.038 37° 47° 157 km 03m12.5s
12:1616°53.4'S039°31.0'W18°24.2'S040°01.9'W17°38.7'S039°46.1'W 1.038 39° 46° 158 km 03m15.9s
12:1816°46.4'S038°36.1'W18°17.4'S039°06.1'W17°31.8'S038°50.7'W 1.038 40° 45° 160 km 03m19.1s
12:2016°40.6'S037°42.9'W18°11.7'S038°12.2'W17°26.0'S037°57.2'W 1.038 41° 44° 161 km 03m22.2s
12:2216°35.7'S036°51.2'W18°06.9'S037°19.9'W17°21.2'S037°05.3'W 1.039 42° 42° 163 km 03m25.2s
12:2416°31.7'S036°01.0'W18°03.1'S036°29.1'W17°17.3'S036°14.8'W 1.039 42° 41° 164 km 03m28.1s
12:2616°28.6'S035°12.1'W18°00.1'S035°39.7'W17°14.3'S035°25.7'W 1.039 43° 40° 166 km 03m30.8s
12:2816°26.3'S034°24.4'W17°58.0'S034°51.5'W17°12.0'S034°37.7'W 1.039 44° 39° 167 km 03m33.3s
12:3016°24.8'S033°37.8'W17°56.6'S034°04.5'W17°10.6'S033°50.9'W 1.040 45° 37° 168 km 03m35.8s
12:3216°24.1'S032°52.1'W17°56.0'S033°18.4'W17°10.0'S033°05.1'W 1.040 46° 36° 169 km 03m38.1s
12:3416°24.1'S032°07.3'W17°56.2'S032°33.3'W17°10.1'S032°20.1'W 1.040 46° 35° 170 km 03m40.2s
12:3616°24.9'S031°23.4'W17°57.0'S031°49.1'W17°10.9'S031°36.0'W 1.040 47° 33° 171 km 03m42.3s
12:3816°26.3'S030°40.2'W17°58.5'S031°05.6'W17°12.3'S030°52.7'W 1.040 48° 32° 172 km 03m44.2s
12:4016°28.4'S029°57.7'W18°00.7'S030°22.8'W17°14.5'S030°10.1'W 1.040 48° 30° 172 km 03m45.9s
12:4216°31.2'S029°15.8'W18°03.5'S029°40.6'W17°17.3'S029°28.1'W 1.040 49° 29° 173 km 03m47.6s
12:4416°34.5'S028°34.4'W18°07.0'S028°59.1'W17°20.7'S028°46.6'W 1.041 49° 27° 174 km 03m49.1s
12:4616°38.6'S027°53.6'W18°11.1'S028°18.0'W17°24.7'S028°05.7'W 1.041 50° 26° 174 km 03m50.4s
12:4816°43.2'S027°13.2'W18°15.7'S027°37.4'W17°29.4'S027°25.2'W 1.041 50° 24° 175 km 03m51.6s
12:5016°48.4'S026°33.3'W18°21.0'S026°57.2'W17°34.7'S026°45.1'W 1.041 50° 23° 175 km 03m52.7s
12:5216°54.3'S025°53.6'W18°26.9'S026°17.4'W17°40.5'S026°05.4'W 1.041 51° 21° 175 km 03m53.7s
12:5417°00.7'S025°14.3'W18°33.3'S025°37.9'W17°46.9'S025°26.1'W 1.041 51° 19° 175 km 03m54.5s
12:5617°07.7'S024°35.3'W18°40.3'S024°58.7'W17°53.9'S024°46.9'W 1.041 51° 18° 175 km 03m55.2s
12:5817°15.3'S023°56.5'W18°47.9'S024°19.7'W18°01.5'S024°08.1'W 1.041 51° 16° 175 km 03m55.8s
13:0017°23.4'S023°17.9'W18°56.0'S023°40.9'W18°09.7'S023°29.4'W 1.041 52° 14° 175 km 03m56.2s
13:0217°32.2'S022°39.5'W19°04.7'S023°02.2'W18°18.4'S022°50.8'W 1.041 52° 12° 175 km 03m56.5s
13:0417°41.5'S022°01.1'W19°14.0'S022°23.7'W18°27.6'S022°12.4'W 1.041 52° 11° 175 km 03m56.6s
13:0617°51.3'S021°22.8'W19°23.8'S021°45.2'W18°37.5'S021°34.0'W 1.041 52° 175 km 03m56.6s
13:0818°01.8'S020°44.6'W19°34.2'S021°06.7'W18°47.9'S020°55.6'W 1.041 52° 174 km 03m56.5s
13:1018°12.8'S020°06.3'W19°45.2'S020°28.2'W18°58.9'S020°17.3'W 1.041 52° 174 km 03m56.3s
13:1218°24.4'S019°28.0'W19°56.7'S019°49.6'W19°10.4'S019°38.8'W 1.041 52° 174 km 03m55.9s
13:1418°36.6'S018°49.6'W20°08.8'S019°11.0'W19°22.6'S019°00.3'W 1.041 51° 173 km 03m55.4s
13:1618°49.3'S018°11.1'W20°21.5'S018°32.2'W19°35.3'S018°21.7'W 1.041 51° 172 km 03m54.8s
13:1819°02.7'S017°32.4'W20°34.8'S017°53.2'W19°48.6'S017°42.8'W 1.041 51° 358° 172 km 03m54.0s
13:2019°16.6'S016°53.5'W20°48.6'S017°13.9'W20°02.5'S017°03.8'W 1.041 51° 357° 171 km 03m53.1s
13:2219°31.2'S016°14.4'W21°03.1'S016°34.4'W20°17.0'S016°24.4'W 1.041 50° 355° 170 km 03m52.1s
13:2419°46.3'S015°34.9'W21°18.2'S015°54.6'W20°32.2'S015°44.8'W 1.041 50° 353° 170 km 03m50.9s
13:2620°02.2'S014°55.0'W21°33.9'S015°14.3'W20°47.9'S015°04.8'W 1.041 50° 352° 169 km 03m49.7s
13:2820°18.6'S014°14.8'W21°50.3'S014°33.6'W21°04.3'S014°24.3'W 1.041 49° 350° 168 km 03m48.3s
13:3020°35.7'S013°34.1'W22°07.3'S013°52.5'W21°21.4'S013°43.4'W 1.041 49° 348° 167 km 03m46.7s
13:3220°53.5'S012°52.9'W22°25.1'S013°10.7'W21°39.2'S013°02.0'W 1.041 48° 347° 166 km 03m45.1s
13:3421°12.0'S012°11.1'W22°43.5'S012°28.4'W21°57.6'S012°19.9'W 1.040 48° 345° 165 km 03m43.3s
13:3621°31.3'S011°28.7'W23°02.6'S011°45.4'W22°16.8'S011°37.2'W 1.040 47° 344° 164 km 03m41.4s
13:3821°51.2'S010°45.5'W23°22.5'S011°01.5'W22°36.7'S010°53.7'W 1.040 46° 342° 163 km 03m39.4s
13:4022°12.0'S010°01.5'W23°43.2'S010°16.9'W22°57.4'S010°09.4'W 1.040 46° 341° 162 km 03m37.3s
13:4222°33.5'S009°16.7'W24°04.7'S009°31.3'W23°19.0'S009°24.2'W 1.040 45° 339° 161 km 03m35.0s
13:4422°55.9'S008°30.8'W24°27.1'S008°44.6'W23°41.3'S008°37.9'W 1.040 44° 338° 160 km 03m32.7s
13:4623°19.2'S007°43.9'W24°50.3'S007°56.8'W24°04.6'S007°50.6'W 1.040 43° 336° 158 km 03m30.2s
13:4823°43.4'S006°55.8'W25°14.5'S007°07.7'W24°28.8'S007°02.0'W 1.039 42° 335° 157 km 03m27.5s
13:5024°08.6'S006°06.4'W25°39.7'S006°17.2'W24°54.0'S006°12.1'W 1.039 42° 334° 156 km 03m24.8s
13:5224°34.9'S005°15.4'W26°06.0'S005°25.2'W25°20.2'S005°20.6'W 1.039 41° 332° 155 km 03m21.9s
13:5425°02.2'S004°22.9'W26°33.4'S004°31.4'W25°47.6'S004°27.4'W 1.039 40° 331° 153 km 03m18.9s
13:5625°30.7'S003°28.5'W27°02.0'S003°35.6'W26°16.2'S003°32.4'W 1.038 39° 330° 152 km 03m15.8s
13:5826°00.5'S002°32.1'W27°31.9'S002°37.6'W26°46.0'S002°35.2'W 1.038 37° 328° 150 km 03m12.5s
14:0026°31.7'S001°33.4'W28°03.3'S001°37.1'W27°17.3'S001°35.6'W 1.038 36° 327° 149 km 03m09.2s
14:0227°04.4'S000°32.0'W28°36.2'S000°33.9'W27°50.0'S000°33.4'W 1.038 35° 326° 147 km 03m05.6s
14:0427°38.7'S000°32.2'E29°10.8'S000°32.6'E28°24.5'S000°31.9'E 1.037 34° 324° 146 km 03m01.9s
14:0628°14.8'S001°39.9'E29°47.4'S001°42.7'E29°00.8'S001°40.8'E 1.037 33° 323° 144 km 02m58.1s
14:0828°53.0'S002°51.5'E30°26.1'S002°57.1'E29°39.3'S002°53.7'E 1.037 31° 322° 142 km 02m54.0s
14:1029°33.6'S004°07.6'E31°07.2'S004°16.6'E30°20.1'S004°11.5'E 1.036 30° 320° 141 km 02m49.8s
14:1230°16.8'S005°29.2'E31°51.2'S005°42.0'E31°03.7'S005°34.9'E 1.036 28° 319° 139 km 02m45.4s
14:1431°03.1'S006°57.3'E32°38.6'S007°14.8'E31°50.5'S007°05.3'E 1.035 26° 318° 137 km 02m40.7s
14:1631°53.1'S008°33.5'E33°30.1'S008°56.7'E32°41.2'S008°44.2'E 1.035 24° 316° 135 km 02m35.8s
14:1832°47.8'S010°19.8'E34°26.6'S010°50.3'E33°36.7'S010°34.0'E 1.034 22° 314° 132 km 02m30.5s
14:2033°48.3'S012°19.5'E35°29.9'S012°59.8'E34°38.5'S012°38.3'E 1.034 20° 313° 130 km 02m24.7s
14:2234°56.7'S014°37.8'E36°42.5'S015°32.1'E35°48.9'S015°03.1'E 1.033 18° 311° 127 km 02m18.4s
14:2436°16.8'S017°24.2'E38°09.8'S018°41.1'E37°12.2'S017°59.8'E 1.032 15° 309° 124 km 02m11.1s
14:2637°56.8'S021°00.0'E40°05.8'S023°04.5'E38°59.2'S021°56.2'E 1.031 11° 306° 120 km 02m02.3s
14:2840°27.2'S026°45.1'E - - 42°03.1'S029°14.2'E 1.029 301° 112 km 01m48.1s
Limits43°26.8'S034°17.2'E44°23.1'S033°52.1'E43°54.8'S034°04.7'E 1.027 - 108 km 01m40.2s

ΔT = 43799.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:16:05.613:06:05.918°38.0'S155°28.0'E 51.7° 8.8° 174.7 km03m56.64s
Greatest Duration01:15:17.713:05:17.918°34.0'S021°47.4'W 51.7° 9.5° 174.8 km03m56.65s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1891 Aug 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1891 Aug 16 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 43799.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3284.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.72°.

Acknowledgments

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

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