Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1843 Dec 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1843 Dec 21 . 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 1843 Dec 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°14.8'N047°30.3'E24°10.7'N047°28.9'E24°12.7'N047°29.6'E 1.002 - 8 km 00m07.9s
03:3421°17.0'N054°11.3'E20°59.1'N054°29.8'E21°08.1'N054°20.6'E 1.004 119° 16 km 00m17.2s
03:3619°09.0'N058°58.3'E18°50.4'N059°10.4'E18°59.7'N059°04.4'E 1.006 13° 121° 22 km 00m24.6s
03:3817°45.6'N062°06.3'E17°25.8'N062°15.9'E17°35.7'N062°11.2'E 1.007 16° 122° 26 km 00m30.0s
03:4016°40.7'N064°34.3'E16°19.8'N064°42.5'E16°30.2'N064°38.4'E 1.008 19° 123° 29 km 00m34.6s
03:4215°46.8'N066°39.2'E15°24.8'N066°46.2'E15°35.8'N066°42.8'E 1.009 22° 124° 32 km 00m38.7s
03:4415°00.4'N068°28.5'E14°37.4'N068°34.7'E14°48.9'N068°31.7'E 1.009 24° 125° 34 km 00m42.4s
03:4614°19.6'N070°06.5'E13°55.7'N070°12.1'E14°07.7'N070°09.3'E 1.010 26° 125° 36 km 00m45.9s
03:4813°43.2'N071°35.8'E13°18.5'N071°40.9'E13°30.8'N071°38.4'E 1.010 28° 126° 38 km 00m49.2s
03:5013°10.4'N072°58.3'E12°44.9'N073°02.9'E12°57.7'N073°00.7'E 1.011 30° 127° 40 km 00m52.3s
03:5212°40.6'N074°15.1'E12°14.4'N074°19.4'E12°27.5'N074°17.3'E 1.011 32° 128° 42 km 00m55.3s
03:5412°13.4'N075°27.2'E11°46.5'N075°31.2'E12°00.0'N075°29.3'E 1.012 33° 129° 44 km 00m58.1s
03:5611°48.5'N076°35.3'E11°21.0'N076°39.0'E11°34.7'N076°37.2'E 1.012 35° 129° 45 km 01m00.8s
03:5811°25.5'N077°40.0'E10°57.4'N077°43.5'E11°11.5'N077°41.8'E 1.012 36° 130° 47 km 01m03.5s
04:0011°04.4'N078°41.6'E10°35.7'N078°44.9'E10°50.1'N078°43.3'E 1.013 37° 131° 48 km 01m06.0s
04:0210°44.9'N079°40.6'E10°15.7'N079°43.8'E10°30.3'N079°42.2'E 1.013 39° 132° 49 km 01m08.4s
04:0410°26.9'N080°37.3'E09°57.1'N080°40.3'E10°12.0'N080°38.8'E 1.013 40° 133° 51 km 01m10.7s
04:0610°10.2'N081°31.9'E09°40.0'N081°34.8'E09°55.1'N081°33.4'E 1.013 41° 134° 52 km 01m13.0s
04:0809°54.8'N082°24.6'E09°24.1'N082°27.4'E09°39.5'N082°26.0'E 1.014 42° 135° 53 km 01m15.2s
04:1009°40.6'N083°15.6'E09°09.5'N083°18.4'E09°25.1'N083°17.0'E 1.014 43° 135° 54 km 01m17.2s
04:1209°27.5'N084°05.1'E08°56.0'N084°07.9'E09°11.8'N084°06.5'E 1.014 45° 136° 55 km 01m19.2s
04:1409°15.5'N084°53.2'E08°43.5'N084°56.0'E08°59.5'N084°54.6'E 1.014 46° 137° 56 km 01m21.2s
04:1609°04.4'N085°40.0'E08°32.1'N085°42.8'E08°48.2'N085°41.5'E 1.015 47° 138° 57 km 01m23.0s
04:1808°54.3'N086°25.7'E08°21.6'N086°28.5'E08°37.9'N086°27.2'E 1.015 47° 140° 58 km 01m24.8s
04:2008°45.0'N087°10.4'E08°12.0'N087°13.2'E08°28.5'N087°11.8'E 1.015 48° 141° 59 km 01m26.5s
04:2208°36.6'N087°54.0'E08°03.3'N087°56.9'E08°20.0'N087°55.5'E 1.015 49° 142° 59 km 01m28.1s
04:2408°29.1'N088°36.8'E07°55.5'N088°39.7'E08°12.3'N088°38.3'E 1.015 50° 143° 60 km 01m29.6s
04:2608°22.3'N089°18.8'E07°48.4'N089°21.7'E08°05.4'N089°20.3'E 1.015 51° 144° 61 km 01m31.1s
04:2808°16.3'N090°00.0'E07°42.2'N090°03.0'E07°59.3'N090°01.5'E 1.015 52° 146° 61 km 01m32.5s
04:3008°11.0'N090°40.5'E07°36.7'N090°43.6'E07°53.9'N090°42.1'E 1.016 52° 147° 62 km 01m33.7s
04:3208°06.5'N091°20.4'E07°31.9'N091°23.6'E07°49.2'N091°22.0'E 1.016 53° 148° 63 km 01m35.0s
04:3408°02.6'N091°59.7'E07°27.9'N092°03.0'E07°45.3'N092°01.4'E 1.016 54° 150° 63 km 01m36.1s
04:3607°59.4'N092°38.5'E07°24.5'N092°41.9'E07°42.0'N092°40.2'E 1.016 54° 151° 64 km 01m37.2s
04:3807°56.9'N093°16.8'E07°21.8'N093°20.3'E07°39.4'N093°18.6'E 1.016 55° 153° 64 km 01m38.1s
04:4007°55.0'N093°54.7'E07°19.8'N093°58.2'E07°37.5'N093°56.5'E 1.016 55° 154° 65 km 01m39.0s
04:4207°53.8'N094°32.1'E07°18.5'N094°35.8'E07°36.2'N094°33.9'E 1.016 56° 156° 65 km 01m39.8s
04:4407°53.2'N095°09.2'E07°17.8'N095°12.9'E07°35.5'N095°11.1'E 1.016 56° 158° 65 km 01m40.6s
04:4607°53.2'N095°45.9'E07°17.7'N095°49.8'E07°35.5'N095°47.9'E 1.016 57° 159° 65 km 01m41.2s
04:4807°53.8'N096°22.4'E07°18.2'N096°26.3'E07°36.0'N096°24.4'E 1.016 57° 161° 66 km 01m41.8s
04:5007°55.0'N096°58.5'E07°19.4'N097°02.6'E07°37.2'N097°00.6'E 1.016 57° 163° 66 km 01m42.3s
04:5207°56.8'N097°34.5'E07°21.1'N097°38.7'E07°39.0'N097°36.6'E 1.016 58° 165° 66 km 01m42.7s
04:5407°59.2'N098°10.3'E07°23.5'N098°14.6'E07°41.4'N098°12.4'E 1.016 58° 166° 66 km 01m43.0s
04:5608°02.2'N098°45.8'E07°26.5'N098°50.3'E07°44.4'N098°48.1'E 1.016 58° 168° 66 km 01m43.2s
04:5808°05.7'N099°21.3'E07°30.1'N099°25.8'E07°47.9'N099°23.5'E 1.016 58° 170° 66 km 01m43.4s
05:0008°09.9'N099°56.6'E07°34.2'N100°01.3'E07°52.1'N099°58.9'E 1.016 58° 172° 66 km 01m43.4s
05:0208°14.6'N100°31.9'E07°39.0'N100°36.6'E07°56.8'N100°34.2'E 1.016 58° 174° 66 km 01m43.4s
05:0408°19.9'N101°07.1'E07°44.3'N101°11.9'E08°02.1'N101°09.5'E 1.016 58° 176° 66 km 01m43.3s
05:0608°25.7'N101°42.3'E07°50.2'N101°47.2'E08°08.0'N101°44.7'E 1.016 58° 178° 66 km 01m43.1s
05:0808°32.1'N102°17.5'E07°56.8'N102°22.5'E08°14.5'N102°19.9'E 1.016 58° 180° 66 km 01m42.8s
05:1008°39.2'N102°52.7'E08°03.9'N102°57.8'E08°21.5'N102°55.2'E 1.016 58° 182° 66 km 01m42.5s
05:1208°46.8'N103°28.0'E08°11.6'N103°33.1'E08°29.2'N103°30.5'E 1.016 58° 183° 65 km 01m42.1s
05:1408°54.9'N104°03.4'E08°19.9'N104°08.6'E08°37.5'N104°05.9'E 1.016 58° 185° 65 km 01m41.6s
05:1609°03.7'N104°38.9'E08°28.9'N104°44.2'E08°46.3'N104°41.5'E 1.016 58° 187° 65 km 01m41.0s
05:1809°13.1'N105°14.5'E08°38.4'N105°19.9'E08°55.8'N105°17.2'E 1.016 57° 189° 64 km 01m40.3s
05:2009°23.0'N105°50.4'E08°48.6'N105°55.8'E09°05.8'N105°53.1'E 1.016 57° 191° 64 km 01m39.5s
05:2209°33.6'N106°26.5'E08°59.3'N106°31.9'E09°16.5'N106°29.2'E 1.016 56° 192° 63 km 01m38.7s
05:2409°44.8'N107°02.8'E09°10.8'N107°08.3'E09°27.8'N107°05.5'E 1.016 56° 194° 63 km 01m37.8s
05:2609°56.7'N107°39.4'E09°22.8'N107°44.9'E09°39.8'N107°42.1'E 1.016 56° 196° 62 km 01m36.8s
05:2810°09.2'N108°16.4'E09°35.5'N108°21.9'E09°52.4'N108°19.1'E 1.016 55° 197° 62 km 01m35.8s
05:3010°22.3'N108°53.7'E09°48.9'N108°59.2'E10°05.6'N108°56.5'E 1.016 54° 199° 61 km 01m34.6s
05:3210°36.1'N109°31.5'E10°03.0'N109°37.0'E10°19.6'N109°34.2'E 1.015 54° 201° 61 km 01m33.4s
05:3410°50.6'N110°09.7'E10°17.8'N110°15.2'E10°34.2'N110°12.4'E 1.015 53° 202° 60 km 01m32.1s
05:3611°05.8'N110°48.5'E10°33.3'N110°53.9'E10°49.6'N110°51.1'E 1.015 53° 204° 59 km 01m30.8s
05:3811°21.8'N111°27.8'E10°49.6'N111°33.1'E11°05.7'N111°30.4'E 1.015 52° 205° 58 km 01m29.4s
05:4011°38.5'N112°07.7'E11°06.6'N112°13.0'E11°22.6'N112°10.3'E 1.015 51° 206° 58 km 01m27.9s
05:4211°56.0'N112°48.3'E11°24.4'N112°53.5'E11°40.2'N112°50.9'E 1.015 50° 208° 57 km 01m26.3s
05:4412°14.3'N113°29.6'E11°43.1'N113°34.8'E11°58.7'N113°32.2'E 1.015 50° 209° 56 km 01m24.6s
05:4612°33.4'N114°11.8'E12°02.6'N114°16.8'E12°18.0'N114°14.3'E 1.014 49° 210° 55 km 01m22.9s
05:4812°53.4'N114°54.9'E12°23.0'N114°59.8'E12°38.2'N114°57.3'E 1.014 48° 211° 54 km 01m21.2s
05:5013°14.3'N115°39.0'E12°44.3'N115°43.7'E12°59.3'N115°41.3'E 1.014 47° 213° 53 km 01m19.3s
05:5213°36.2'N116°24.1'E13°06.6'N116°28.7'E13°21.4'N116°26.4'E 1.014 46° 214° 52 km 01m17.4s
05:5413°59.1'N117°10.5'E13°29.9'N117°14.9'E13°44.5'N117°12.6'E 1.014 45° 215° 51 km 01m15.4s
05:5614°23.1'N117°58.2'E13°54.4'N118°02.4'E14°08.7'N118°00.2'E 1.013 44° 216° 50 km 01m13.4s
05:5814°48.3'N118°47.3'E14°20.0'N118°51.3'E14°34.1'N118°49.2'E 1.013 43° 217° 49 km 01m11.2s
06:0015°14.6'N119°38.1'E14°46.8'N119°41.8'E15°00.7'N119°39.9'E 1.013 42° 218° 48 km 01m09.0s
06:0215°42.3'N120°30.7'E15°15.0'N120°34.1'E15°28.6'N120°32.3'E 1.012 40° 219° 47 km 01m06.8s
06:0416°11.3'N121°25.3'E15°44.6'N121°28.4'E15°58.0'N121°26.8'E 1.012 39° 220° 46 km 01m04.4s
06:0616°42.0'N122°22.2'E16°15.8'N122°24.9'E16°28.9'N122°23.5'E 1.012 38° 221° 44 km 01m02.0s
06:0817°14.3'N123°21.7'E16°48.6'N123°24.0'E17°01.4'N123°22.8'E 1.012 36° 222° 43 km 00m59.5s
06:1017°48.4'N124°24.1'E17°23.4'N124°26.0'E17°35.9'N124°25.0'E 1.011 35° 223° 42 km 00m56.8s
06:1218°24.6'N125°29.9'E18°00.3'N125°31.4'E18°12.5'N125°30.6'E 1.011 34° 224° 40 km 00m54.1s
06:1419°03.2'N126°39.6'E18°39.5'N126°40.5'E18°51.3'N126°40.0'E 1.010 32° 225° 39 km 00m51.3s
06:1619°44.4'N127°53.9'E19°21.4'N127°54.3'E19°32.9'N127°54.1'E 1.010 30° 226° 37 km 00m48.4s
06:1820°28.8'N129°13.8'E20°06.5'N129°13.5'E20°17.6'N129°13.6'E 1.009 29° 227° 35 km 00m45.4s
06:2021°16.8'N130°40.3'E20°55.3'N130°39.3'E21°06.0'N130°39.8'E 1.009 27° 228° 33 km 00m42.1s
06:2222°09.2'N132°15.3'E21°48.7'N132°13.4'E21°59.0'N132°14.3'E 1.008 25° 229° 31 km 00m38.7s
06:2423°07.3'N134°01.1'E22°47.7'N133°58.2'E22°57.5'N133°59.6'E 1.008 22° 230° 29 km 00m35.1s
06:2624°12.8'N136°01.5'E23°54.2'N135°57.4'E24°03.5'N135°59.4'E 1.007 20° 231° 26 km 00m31.2s
06:2825°28.8'N138°23.2'E25°11.4'N138°17.7'E25°20.1'N138°20.4'E 1.006 17° 233° 23 km 00m26.9s
06:3027°01.6'N141°19.8'E26°45.5'N141°12.2'E26°53.6'N141°15.9'E 1.005 14° 234° 19 km 00m21.8s
06:3229°08.8'N145°29.9'E28°54.3'N145°18.7'E29°01.5'N145°24.3'E 1.004 237° 14 km 00m15.4s
Limits33°24.2'N154°28.9'E33°22.3'N154°29.7'E33°23.3'N154°29.3'E 1.001 - 4 km 00m03.8s

ΔT = 5.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:03:25.605:03:19.908°00.3'N100°56.3'E 58.4° 175.3° 66.1 km01m43.34s
Greatest Duration05:00:37.105:00:31.307°53.2'N100°08.2'E 58.4° 172.6° 66.2 km01m43.43s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1843 Dec 21 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 5.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.6 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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