Path of the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1789 May 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1789 May 24 . 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 .

Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1789 May 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits34°21.4'S154°46.0'E34°37.4'S154°52.0'E34°29.4'S154°49.0'E 0.992 - 30 km 00m31.6s
20:4030°17.6'S164°29.3'E30°37.7'S164°11.4'E30°27.5'S164°20.5'E 0.995 59° 20 km 00m22.6s
20:4228°28.8'S168°29.9'E28°41.5'S168°22.6'E28°35.1'S168°26.3'E 0.996 14° 56° 15 km 00m17.9s
20:4427°07.6'S171°23.7'E27°16.5'S171°20.0'E27°12.0'S171°21.9'E 0.997 17° 55° 12 km 00m14.2s
20:4626°00.3'S173°44.2'E26°06.6'S173°42.3'E26°03.5'S173°43.3'E 0.998 20° 53° 9 km 00m10.9s
20:4825°02.0'S175°44.1'E25°06.3'S175°43.1'E25°04.1'S175°43.6'E 0.998 22° 52° 6 km 00m08.0s
20:5024°10.0'S177°29.5'E24°12.7'S177°29.1'E24°11.3'S177°29.3'E 0.999 24° 51° 4 km 00m05.2s
20:5223°22.9'S179°04.3'E23°24.2'S179°04.1'E23°23.5'S179°04.2'E 0.999 26° 50° 2 km 00m02.7s
20:5422°39.6'S179°29.4'W22°39.7'S179°29.4'W22°39.7'S179°29.4'W 1.000 28° 49° 0 km 00m00.2s
20:5621°59.6'S178°09.8'W21°58.6'S178°09.7'W21°59.1'S178°09.7'W 1.000 30° 48° 2 km 00m02.1s
20:5821°22.3'S176°55.7'W21°20.3'S176°55.6'W21°21.3'S176°55.6'W 1.001 31° 46° 3 km 00m04.3s
21:0020°47.3'S175°46.2'W20°44.5'S175°46.3'W20°45.9'S175°46.2'W 1.001 33° 45° 5 km 00m06.4s
21:0220°14.3'S174°40.8'W20°10.7'S174°40.9'W20°12.5'S174°40.8'W 1.002 34° 44° 6 km 00m08.5s
21:0419°43.2'S173°38.8'W19°38.8'S173°39.0'W19°41.0'S173°38.9'W 1.002 36° 44° 7 km 00m10.5s
21:0619°13.7'S172°39.7'W19°08.6'S172°40.0'W19°11.2'S172°39.9'W 1.002 37° 43° 9 km 00m12.4s
21:0818°45.7'S171°43.3'W18°40.0'S171°43.7'W18°42.8'S171°43.5'W 1.003 38° 42° 10 km 00m14.3s
21:1018°19.0'S170°49.3'W18°12.7'S170°49.8'W18°15.9'S170°49.5'W 1.003 40° 40° 11 km 00m16.1s
21:1217°53.6'S169°57.3'W17°46.7'S169°57.9'W17°50.1'S169°57.6'W 1.003 41° 39° 12 km 00m17.8s
21:1417°29.3'S169°07.2'W17°21.9'S169°07.9'W17°25.6'S169°07.5'W 1.003 42° 38° 13 km 00m19.6s
21:1617°06.1'S168°18.7'W16°58.1'S168°19.6'W17°02.1'S168°19.2'W 1.004 43° 37° 14 km 00m21.2s
21:1816°43.9'S167°31.8'W16°35.5'S167°32.8'W16°39.7'S167°32.3'W 1.004 44° 36° 15 km 00m22.8s
21:2016°22.7'S166°46.3'W16°13.7'S166°47.4'W16°18.2'S166°46.8'W 1.004 45° 35° 16 km 00m24.3s
21:2216°02.3'S166°02.0'W15°52.9'S166°03.2'W15°57.7'S166°02.6'W 1.004 46° 34° 17 km 00m25.8s
21:2415°42.8'S165°18.8'W15°33.0'S165°20.1'W15°37.9'S165°19.5'W 1.004 47° 33° 17 km 00m27.3s
21:2615°24.1'S164°36.7'W15°13.9'S164°38.1'W15°19.0'S164°37.4'W 1.005 48° 32° 18 km 00m28.7s
21:2815°06.2'S163°55.5'W14°55.6'S163°57.0'W15°00.9'S163°56.3'W 1.005 48° 30° 19 km 00m30.0s
21:3014°49.0'S163°15.2'W14°38.0'S163°16.8'W14°43.5'S163°16.0'W 1.005 49° 29° 20 km 00m31.3s
21:3214°32.5'S162°35.7'W14°21.2'S162°37.4'W14°26.9'S162°36.5'W 1.005 50° 28° 20 km 00m32.6s
21:3414°16.7'S161°56.9'W14°05.1'S161°58.7'W14°10.9'S161°57.8'W 1.005 51° 27° 21 km 00m33.8s
21:3614°01.5'S161°18.8'W13°49.6'S161°20.6'W13°55.6'S161°19.7'W 1.005 52° 25° 22 km 00m34.9s
21:3813°47.0'S160°41.3'W13°34.8'S160°43.2'W13°40.9'S160°42.3'W 1.006 52° 24° 22 km 00m36.0s
21:4013°33.1'S160°04.4'W13°20.6'S160°06.3'W13°26.9'S160°05.3'W 1.006 53° 22° 23 km 00m37.1s
21:4213°19.8'S159°28.0'W13°07.1'S159°29.9'W13°13.4'S159°28.9'W 1.006 53° 21° 23 km 00m38.1s
21:4413°07.1'S158°52.0'W12°54.1'S158°54.0'W13°00.6'S158°53.0'W 1.006 54° 19° 24 km 00m39.0s
21:4612°54.9'S158°16.4'W12°41.7'S158°18.5'W12°48.3'S158°17.4'W 1.006 55° 18° 24 km 00m39.9s
21:4812°43.4'S157°41.2'W12°29.9'S157°43.3'W12°36.6'S157°42.3'W 1.006 55° 16° 25 km 00m40.7s
21:5012°32.3'S157°06.4'W12°18.7'S157°08.5'W12°25.5'S157°07.4'W 1.006 56° 15° 25 km 00m41.5s
21:5212°21.8'S156°31.8'W12°08.0'S156°34.0'W12°14.9'S156°32.9'W 1.006 56° 13° 26 km 00m42.2s
21:5412°11.8'S155°57.6'W11°57.8'S155°59.7'W12°04.8'S155°58.6'W 1.006 56° 11° 26 km 00m42.9s
21:5612°02.4'S155°23.5'W11°48.2'S155°25.7'W11°55.3'S155°24.6'W 1.007 57° 26 km 00m43.5s
21:5811°53.4'S154°49.7'W11°39.1'S154°51.9'W11°46.3'S154°50.8'W 1.007 57° 27 km 00m44.1s
22:0011°45.0'S154°16.0'W11°30.5'S154°18.2'W11°37.7'S154°17.1'W 1.007 57° 27 km 00m44.6s
22:0211°37.0'S153°42.5'W11°22.4'S153°44.7'W11°29.7'S153°43.6'W 1.007 57° 27 km 00m45.0s
22:0411°29.6'S153°09.1'W11°14.9'S153°11.3'W11°22.2'S153°10.2'W 1.007 58° 27 km 00m45.4s
22:0611°22.6'S152°35.8'W11°07.8'S152°38.0'W11°15.2'S152°36.9'W 1.007 58° 27 km 00m45.7s
22:0811°16.1'S152°02.5'W11°01.3'S152°04.7'W11°08.7'S152°03.6'W 1.007 58° 359° 28 km 00m45.9s
22:1011°10.2'S151°29.3'W10°55.2'S151°31.4'W11°02.7'S151°30.3'W 1.007 58° 357° 28 km 00m46.1s
22:1211°04.7'S150°56.0'W10°49.7'S150°58.2'W10°57.2'S150°57.1'W 1.007 58° 355° 28 km 00m46.3s
22:1410°59.7'S150°22.8'W10°44.6'S150°24.9'W10°52.2'S150°23.8'W 1.007 58° 353° 28 km 00m46.4s
22:1610°55.1'S149°49.4'W10°40.1'S149°51.5'W10°47.6'S149°50.5'W 1.007 58° 351° 28 km 00m46.4s
22:1810°51.1'S149°16.0'W10°36.0'S149°18.1'W10°43.6'S149°17.1'W 1.007 58° 349° 28 km 00m46.3s
22:2010°47.5'S148°42.5'W10°32.5'S148°44.6'W10°40.0'S148°43.5'W 1.007 58° 347° 28 km 00m46.2s
22:2210°44.5'S148°08.9'W10°29.5'S148°10.9'W10°37.0'S148°09.9'W 1.007 57° 346° 28 km 00m46.1s
22:2410°41.9'S147°35.1'W10°26.9'S147°37.1'W10°34.4'S147°36.1'W 1.007 57° 344° 28 km 00m45.9s
22:2610°39.8'S147°01.1'W10°24.9'S147°03.0'W10°32.4'S147°02.0'W 1.007 57° 342° 28 km 00m45.6s
22:2810°38.3'S146°26.8'W10°23.4'S146°28.8'W10°30.8'S146°27.8'W 1.007 57° 340° 28 km 00m45.2s
22:3010°37.2'S145°52.4'W10°22.4'S145°54.3'W10°29.8'S145°53.3'W 1.007 56° 339° 27 km 00m44.8s
22:3210°36.7'S145°17.6'W10°21.9'S145°19.5'W10°29.3'S145°18.5'W 1.007 56° 337° 27 km 00m44.3s
22:3410°36.6'S144°42.5'W10°22.0'S144°44.3'W10°29.3'S144°43.4'W 1.007 55° 335° 27 km 00m43.8s
22:3610°37.1'S144°07.1'W10°22.6'S144°08.9'W10°29.9'S144°08.0'W 1.007 55° 334° 27 km 00m43.2s
22:3810°38.1'S143°31.3'W10°23.8'S143°33.0'W10°31.0'S143°32.1'W 1.006 54° 332° 26 km 00m42.6s
22:4010°39.7'S142°55.0'W10°25.5'S142°56.7'W10°32.6'S142°55.9'W 1.006 54° 331° 26 km 00m41.9s
22:4210°41.8'S142°18.3'W10°27.8'S142°20.0'W10°34.8'S142°19.1'W 1.006 53° 329° 26 km 00m41.1s
22:4410°44.5'S141°41.1'W10°30.7'S141°42.7'W10°37.6'S141°41.9'W 1.006 53° 328° 25 km 00m40.3s
22:4610°47.8'S141°03.3'W10°34.2'S141°04.9'W10°41.0'S141°04.1'W 1.006 52° 327° 25 km 00m39.4s
22:4810°51.7'S140°24.9'W10°38.3'S140°26.5'W10°45.0'S140°25.7'W 1.006 51° 325° 24 km 00m38.5s
22:5010°56.2'S139°45.9'W10°43.1'S139°47.5'W10°49.7'S139°46.7'W 1.006 51° 324° 24 km 00m37.5s
22:5211°01.4'S139°06.2'W10°48.5'S139°07.7'W10°54.9'S139°07.0'W 1.006 50° 323° 23 km 00m36.4s
22:5411°07.2'S138°25.7'W10°54.6'S138°27.2'W11°00.9'S138°26.4'W 1.006 49° 321° 23 km 00m35.3s
22:5611°13.7'S137°44.3'W11°01.4'S137°45.8'W11°07.5'S137°45.1'W 1.005 48° 320° 22 km 00m34.1s
22:5811°20.9'S137°02.1'W11°08.9'S137°03.6'W11°14.9'S137°02.8'W 1.005 47° 319° 21 km 00m32.9s
23:0011°28.8'S136°18.9'W11°17.2'S136°20.3'W11°23.0'S136°19.6'W 1.005 47° 318° 21 km 00m31.6s
23:0211°37.5'S135°34.6'W11°26.3'S135°36.0'W11°31.9'S135°35.3'W 1.005 46° 317° 20 km 00m30.3s
23:0411°47.0'S134°49.1'W11°36.2'S134°50.5'W11°41.6'S134°49.8'W 1.005 45° 316° 19 km 00m28.9s
23:0611°57.4'S134°02.4'W11°47.0'S134°03.7'W11°52.2'S134°03.1'W 1.005 44° 315° 18 km 00m27.4s
23:0812°08.7'S133°14.2'W11°58.7'S133°15.6'W12°03.7'S133°14.9'W 1.004 43° 314° 17 km 00m25.9s
23:1012°21.0'S132°24.5'W12°11.5'S132°25.9'W12°16.2'S132°25.2'W 1.004 41° 313° 16 km 00m24.4s
23:1212°34.3'S131°33.1'W12°25.2'S131°34.4'W12°29.8'S131°33.8'W 1.004 40° 312° 15 km 00m22.7s
23:1412°48.7'S130°39.8'W12°40.2'S130°41.1'W12°44.4'S130°40.5'W 1.004 39° 311° 14 km 00m21.0s
23:1613°04.2'S129°44.5'W12°56.3'S129°45.8'W13°00.3'S129°45.1'W 1.003 38° 310° 13 km 00m19.3s
23:1813°21.1'S128°46.8'W13°13.8'S128°48.0'W13°17.5'S128°47.4'W 1.003 37° 309° 12 km 00m17.5s
23:2013°39.4'S127°46.4'W13°32.8'S127°47.6'W13°36.1'S127°47.0'W 1.003 35° 309° 11 km 00m15.6s
23:2213°59.2'S126°43.0'W13°53.3'S126°44.2'W13°56.3'S126°43.6'W 1.003 34° 308° 10 km 00m13.6s
23:2414°20.8'S125°36.2'W14°15.7'S125°37.3'W14°18.2'S125°36.8'W 1.002 32° 307° 8 km 00m11.6s
23:2614°44.4'S124°25.4'W14°40.0'S124°26.4'W14°42.2'S124°25.9'W 1.002 31° 306° 7 km 00m09.5s
23:2815°10.2'S123°10.0'W15°06.7'S123°10.8'W15°08.5'S123°10.4'W 1.001 29° 305° 5 km 00m07.3s
23:3015°38.5'S121°49.0'W15°36.2'S121°49.6'W15°37.4'S121°49.3'W 1.001 28° 304° 4 km 00m04.9s
23:3216°10.0'S120°21.1'W16°08.8'S120°21.5'W16°09.4'S120°21.3'W 1.000 26° 304° 2 km 00m02.5s
23:3416°45.3'S118°44.8'W16°45.4'S118°44.8'W16°45.3'S118°44.8'W 1.000 24° 303° 0 km 00m00.1s
23:3617°25.4'S116°57.6'W17°26.9'S116°56.9'W17°26.2'S116°57.2'W 0.999 21° 302° 2 km 00m02.9s
23:3818°11.8'S114°55.3'W18°15.2'S114°53.7'W18°13.5'S114°54.5'W 0.999 19° 301° 5 km 00m05.9s
23:4019°07.4'S112°31.1'W19°13.3'S112°27.7'W19°10.3'S112°29.4'W 0.998 16° 300° 8 km 00m09.3s
23:4220°18.0'S109°30.0'W20°27.6'S109°22.8'W20°22.7'S109°26.5'W 0.997 13° 298° 11 km 00m13.3s
23:4422°02.1'S105°04.8'W22°20.1'S104°44.6'W22°10.9'S104°55.0'W 0.996 296° 17 km 00m18.7s
Limits24°59.8'S097°29.7'W25°13.3'S097°33.3'W25°06.6'S097°31.5'W 0.993 - 25 km 00m26.2s

ΔT = 16.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:11:57.622:11:41.410°58.0'S151°06.3'W 57.9° 355.1° 27.9 km00m46.27s
Greatest Duration22:15:52.422:15:36.210°48.5'S149°57.1'W 57.9° 351.5° 28.0 km00m46.39s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1789 May 24

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
  • Solar Eclipses - primary page for solar eclipse predictions
  • Solar Eclipse Links - detailed directory of links

Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1789 May 24 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 16.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.01°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.