Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1816 May 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1816 May 27 . 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 1816 May 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits68°29.2'S130°58.4'E68°43.5'S137°11.1'E68°38.5'S133°56.9'E 0.974 - 254 km 01m58.9s
02:4060°49.7'S135°59.1'E - - 64°04.8'S135°55.8'E 0.975 234 km 01m57.8s
02:4258°59.4'S137°33.3'E65°19.7'S137°56.5'E61°19.2'S137°45.2'E 0.976 225 km 01m57.0s
02:4457°30.0'S138°55.3'E62°02.2'S139°35.9'E59°25.3'S139°13.4'E 0.977 359° 221 km 01m56.5s
02:4656°13.7'S140°09.4'E60°00.7'S140°57.6'E57°54.3'S140°31.0'E 0.977 11° 357° 218 km 01m56.1s
02:4855°06.7'S141°17.9'E58°26.6'S142°10.7'E56°37.4'S141°41.8'E 0.977 12° 356° 217 km 01m55.7s
02:5054°06.8'S142°22.4'E57°08.1'S143°18.2'E55°30.3'S142°47.9'E 0.978 13° 354° 216 km 01m55.4s
02:5253°12.5'S143°23.7'E56°00.3'S144°21.9'E54°30.6'S143°50.5'E 0.978 14° 353° 216 km 01m55.1s
02:5452°23.0'S144°22.6'E55°00.4'S145°22.6'E53°36.7'S144°50.4'E 0.978 15° 351° 217 km 01m54.8s
02:5651°37.4'S145°19.5'E54°06.7'S146°21.3'E52°47.7'S145°48.2'E 0.978 15° 350° 218 km 01m54.6s
02:5850°55.3'S146°15.0'E53°18.1'S147°18.3'E52°02.8'S146°44.5'E 0.978 16° 348° 220 km 01m54.4s
03:0050°16.3'S147°09.2'E52°33.8'S148°14.1'E51°21.5'S147°39.6'E 0.979 16° 347° 221 km 01m54.2s
03:0249°40.1'S148°02.7'E51°53.3'S149°09.0'E50°43.4'S148°33.8'E 0.979 17° 346° 224 km 01m54.1s
03:0449°06.5'S148°55.5'E51°16.1'S150°03.4'E50°08.2'S149°27.4'E 0.979 17° 344° 226 km 01m53.9s
03:0648°35.2'S149°47.9'E50°41.9'S150°57.6'E49°35.6'S150°20.6'E 0.979 17° 343° 228 km 01m53.8s
03:0848°06.0'S150°40.1'E50°10.5'S151°51.6'E49°05.5'S151°13.7'E 0.979 18° 341° 231 km 01m53.7s
03:1047°39.0'S151°32.4'E49°41.7'S152°45.8'E48°37.7'S152°06.9'E 0.979 18° 340° 234 km 01m53.6s
03:1247°14.0'S152°24.8'E49°15.4'S153°40.5'E48°12.1'S153°00.4'E 0.979 18° 339° 236 km 01m53.6s
03:1446°50.9'S153°17.7'E48°51.4'S154°35.8'E47°48.6'S153°54.4'E 0.979 18° 337° 239 km 01m53.5s
03:1646°29.7'S154°11.2'E48°29.8'S155°32.0'E47°27.2'S154°49.1'E 0.979 18° 336° 241 km 01m53.5s
03:1846°10.4'S155°05.4'E48°10.4'S156°29.3'E47°07.8'S155°44.8'E 0.979 18° 335° 244 km 01m53.5s
03:2045°53.0'S156°00.7'E47°53.3'S157°28.1'E46°50.5'S156°41.7'E 0.979 17° 333° 246 km 01m53.5s
03:2245°37.4'S156°57.2'E47°38.5'S158°28.6'E46°35.2'S157°40.0'E 0.979 17° 332° 247 km 01m53.5s
03:2445°23.7'S157°55.3'E47°26.1'S159°31.2'E46°22.1'S158°40.1'E 0.979 17° 330° 249 km 01m53.5s
03:2645°12.0'S158°55.1'E47°16.2'S160°36.5'E46°11.2'S159°42.4'E 0.979 17° 329° 250 km 01m53.6s
03:2845°02.4'S159°57.2'E47°09.0'S161°44.9'E46°02.6'S160°47.2'E 0.979 16° 328° 250 km 01m53.6s
03:3044°54.9'S161°01.8'E47°04.8'S162°57.1'E45°56.5'S161°55.1'E 0.979 16° 326° 250 km 01m53.7s
03:3244°49.9'S162°09.5'E47°03.8'S164°14.1'E45°53.2'S163°06.8'E 0.978 15° 325° 250 km 01m53.8s
03:3444°47.5'S163°21.1'E47°06.7'S165°37.2'E45°52.9'S164°23.2'E 0.978 14° 323° 249 km 01m53.9s
03:3644°48.0'S164°37.2'E47°14.3'S167°08.2'E45°56.3'S165°45.4'E 0.978 13° 321° 248 km 01m54.1s
03:3844°51.9'S165°59.1'E47°27.8'S168°50.1'E46°04.0'S167°15.2'E 0.978 12° 320° 247 km 01m54.3s
03:4045°00.0'S167°28.5'E47°49.6'S170°47.8'E46°17.1'S168°55.1'E 0.977 11° 318° 246 km 01m54.5s
03:4245°13.2'S169°07.7'E48°24.4'S173°12.1'E46°37.7'S170°49.7'E 0.977 10° 316° 244 km 01m54.8s
03:4445°33.3'S171°00.9'E49°26.9'S176°34.7'E47°09.4'S173°07.5'E 0.977 314° 243 km 01m55.1s
03:4646°03.7'S173°15.8'E - - 48°02.5'S176°11.2'E 0.976 311° 242 km 01m55.6s
Limits49°49.5'S175°51.1'W52°01.4'S177°04.5'W50°53.3'S176°24.9'W 0.974 - 247 km 01m56.7s

ΔT = 12.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:13:23.603:13:11.447°57.9'S153°29.4'E 17.8° 337.8° 237.8 km01m53.54s
Greatest Duration02:38:59.302:38:47.168°38.5'S133°56.9'E 0.0° 5.2° 253.7 km01m58.89s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1816 May 27

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1816 May 27 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 12.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

Acknowledgments

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

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