Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1847 Apr 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1847 Apr 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 1847 Apr 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
Limits46°51.7'S028°26.1'E48°10.2'S028°37.9'E47°30.8'S028°31.9'E 1.038 - 145 km 02m09.3s
04:5043°45.1'S042°54.0'E46°10.3'S038°53.7'E44°54.8'S041°11.0'E 1.041 66° 154 km 02m29.7s
04:5242°24.8'S047°46.8'E44°33.5'S045°31.9'E43°28.0'S046°45.6'E 1.042 14° 62° 158 km 02m40.6s
04:5441°18.8'S051°23.9'E43°21.1'S049°51.7'E42°19.1'S050°41.6'E 1.043 17° 59° 161 km 02m49.0s
04:5640°20.8'S054°20.8'E42°19.3'S053°13.8'E41°19.4'S053°49.9'E 1.044 20° 56° 164 km 02m56.3s
04:5839°28.0'S056°51.7'E41°24.0'S056°02.0'E40°25.4'S056°29.0'E 1.045 23° 54° 166 km 03m02.8s
05:0038°39.1'S059°04.4'E40°33.3'S058°27.5'E39°35.7'S058°47.6'E 1.045 25° 52° 168 km 03m08.8s
05:0237°53.3'S061°03.1'E39°45.9'S060°36.4'E38°49.1'S060°51.2'E 1.046 27° 50° 170 km 03m14.4s
05:0437°09.8'S062°51.0'E39°01.3'S062°32.6'E38°05.1'S062°43.0'E 1.047 29° 48° 172 km 03m19.6s
05:0636°28.4'S064°30.2'E38°18.9'S064°18.6'E37°23.2'S064°25.4'E 1.047 30° 46° 173 km 03m24.6s
05:0835°48.8'S066°02.0'E37°38.4'S065°56.3'E36°43.2'S066°00.0'E 1.048 32° 45° 175 km 03m29.3s
05:1035°10.7'S067°27.6'E36°59.6'S067°27.0'E36°04.8'S067°28.2'E 1.048 34° 43° 176 km 03m33.8s
05:1234°33.9'S068°48.0'E36°22.2'S068°51.9'E35°27.7'S068°50.7'E 1.048 35° 41° 178 km 03m38.0s
05:1433°58.4'S070°03.9'E35°46.0'S070°11.7'E34°51.8'S070°08.4'E 1.049 37° 40° 179 km 03m42.1s
05:1633°23.9'S071°15.8'E35°11.0'S071°27.1'E34°17.1'S071°22.0'E 1.049 38° 38° 180 km 03m46.1s
05:1832°50.4'S072°24.1'E34°37.1'S072°38.6'E33°43.4'S072°31.9'E 1.049 39° 37° 182 km 03m49.8s
05:2032°17.9'S073°29.3'E34°04.1'S073°46.7'E33°10.7'S073°38.5'E 1.050 40° 35° 183 km 03m53.5s
05:2231°46.1'S074°31.8'E33°32.0'S074°51.8'E32°38.7'S074°42.2'E 1.050 42° 34° 184 km 03m56.9s
05:2431°15.2'S075°31.8'E33°00.6'S075°54.2'E32°07.6'S075°43.4'E 1.050 43° 32° 185 km 04m00.3s
05:2630°45.0'S076°29.5'E32°30.1'S076°54.1'E31°37.2'S076°42.2'E 1.050 44° 31° 186 km 04m03.5s
05:2830°15.4'S077°25.2'E32°00.2'S077°51.8'E31°07.5'S077°38.8'E 1.051 45° 29° 187 km 04m06.6s
05:3029°46.5'S078°19.0'E31°31.0'S078°47.6'E30°38.5'S078°33.6'E 1.051 46° 27° 188 km 04m09.5s
05:3229°18.2'S079°11.2'E31°02.4'S079°41.5'E30°10.0'S079°26.6'E 1.051 47° 26° 189 km 04m12.3s
05:3428°50.4'S080°01.8'E30°34.4'S080°33.8'E29°42.2'S080°18.1'E 1.051 48° 24° 190 km 04m15.0s
05:3628°23.2'S080°51.1'E30°07.0'S081°24.6'E29°14.9'S081°08.0'E 1.051 49° 23° 191 km 04m17.6s
05:3827°56.6'S081°39.1'E29°40.1'S082°14.0'E28°48.1'S081°56.7'E 1.052 49° 21° 192 km 04m20.1s
05:4027°30.4'S082°25.9'E29°13.7'S083°02.1'E28°21.8'S082°44.2'E 1.052 50° 19° 193 km 04m22.4s
05:4227°04.7'S083°11.6'E28°47.8'S083°49.1'E27°56.0'S083°30.6'E 1.052 51° 17° 194 km 04m24.6s
05:4426°39.4'S083°56.4'E28°22.4'S084°35.1'E27°30.7'S084°15.9'E 1.052 52° 16° 195 km 04m26.7s
05:4626°14.6'S084°40.3'E27°57.4'S085°20.1'E27°05.8'S085°00.4'E 1.052 52° 14° 196 km 04m28.7s
05:4825°50.2'S085°23.4'E27°32.9'S086°04.3'E26°41.3'S085°44.0'E 1.052 53° 12° 197 km 04m30.5s
05:5025°26.2'S086°05.8'E27°08.8'S086°47.6'E26°17.3'S086°26.8'E 1.052 54° 10° 197 km 04m32.3s
05:5225°02.7'S086°47.5'E26°45.1'S087°30.3'E25°53.6'S087°09.0'E 1.052 54° 198 km 04m33.9s
05:5424°39.5'S087°28.6'E26°21.7'S088°12.2'E25°30.4'S087°50.5'E 1.053 55° 199 km 04m35.4s
05:5624°16.6'S088°09.1'E25°58.8'S088°53.6'E25°07.5'S088°31.4'E 1.053 55° 200 km 04m36.7s
05:5823°54.2'S088°49.1'E25°36.2'S089°34.5'E24°45.0'S089°11.8'E 1.053 56° 201 km 04m38.0s
06:0023°32.1'S089°28.7'E25°14.0'S090°14.8'E24°22.9'S089°51.8'E 1.053 56° 201 km 04m39.1s
06:0223°10.3'S090°08.0'E24°52.2'S090°54.8'E24°01.1'S090°31.4'E 1.053 56° 358° 202 km 04m40.1s
06:0422°48.9'S090°46.8'E24°30.7'S091°34.3'E23°39.7'S091°10.6'E 1.053 57° 356° 203 km 04m41.0s
06:0622°27.9'S091°25.4'E24°09.6'S092°13.5'E23°18.5'S091°49.5'E 1.053 57° 354° 203 km 04m41.8s
06:0822°07.1'S092°03.7'E23°48.8'S092°52.5'E22°57.8'S092°28.1'E 1.053 57° 352° 204 km 04m42.4s
06:1021°46.7'S092°41.9'E23°28.3'S093°31.2'E22°37.3'S093°06.5'E 1.053 57° 350° 205 km 04m43.0s
06:1221°26.6'S093°19.8'E23°08.1'S094°09.8'E22°17.2'S093°44.7'E 1.053 57° 348° 205 km 04m43.4s
06:1421°06.9'S093°57.6'E22°48.3'S094°48.1'E21°57.4'S094°22.8'E 1.053 58° 345° 206 km 04m43.6s
06:1620°47.4'S094°35.4'E22°28.7'S095°26.4'E21°37.9'S095°00.8'E 1.053 58° 343° 206 km 04m43.8s
06:1820°28.3'S095°13.1'E22°09.5'S096°04.6'E21°18.8'S095°38.8'E 1.053 58° 341° 207 km 04m43.8s
06:2020°09.4'S095°50.8'E21°50.6'S096°42.8'E20°59.9'S096°16.7'E 1.053 58° 339° 207 km 04m43.7s
06:2219°50.9'S096°28.5'E21°32.1'S097°21.0'E20°41.4'S096°54.7'E 1.053 57° 337° 207 km 04m43.5s
06:2419°32.7'S097°06.4'E21°13.8'S097°59.3'E20°23.1'S097°32.7'E 1.053 57° 335° 208 km 04m43.1s
06:2619°14.8'S097°44.3'E20°55.8'S098°37.7'E20°05.2'S098°10.9'E 1.053 57° 333° 208 km 04m42.6s
06:2818°57.2'S098°22.4'E20°38.1'S099°16.2'E19°47.5'S098°49.2'E 1.053 57° 331° 208 km 04m42.0s
06:3018°39.9'S099°00.7'E20°20.8'S099°54.9'E19°30.2'S099°27.7'E 1.053 56° 329° 209 km 04m41.3s
06:3218°22.9'S099°39.2'E20°03.7'S100°33.9'E19°13.2'S100°06.4'E 1.053 56° 327° 209 km 04m40.4s
06:3418°06.2'S100°18.0'E19°47.0'S101°13.1'E18°56.5'S100°45.4'E 1.053 56° 325° 209 km 04m39.4s
06:3617°49.8'S100°57.1'E19°30.5'S101°52.6'E18°40.1'S101°24.7'E 1.052 55° 323° 209 km 04m38.3s
06:3817°33.8'S101°36.6'E19°14.4'S102°32.5'E18°24.0'S102°04.4'E 1.052 55° 321° 209 km 04m37.0s
06:4017°18.0'S102°16.6'E18°58.6'S103°12.8'E18°08.2'S102°44.5'E 1.052 54° 319° 209 km 04m35.6s
06:4217°02.6'S102°56.9'E18°43.1'S103°53.6'E17°52.8'S103°25.1'E 1.052 54° 317° 209 km 04m34.1s
06:4416°47.5'S103°37.8'E18°27.9'S104°34.9'E17°37.7'S104°06.2'E 1.052 53° 316° 209 km 04m32.4s
06:4616°32.8'S104°19.3'E18°13.1'S105°16.8'E17°22.9'S104°47.8'E 1.052 53° 314° 208 km 04m30.7s
06:4816°18.4'S105°01.4'E17°58.6'S105°59.4'E17°08.4'S105°30.1'E 1.052 52° 312° 208 km 04m28.7s
06:5016°04.3'S105°44.2'E17°44.4'S106°42.6'E16°54.3'S106°13.1'E 1.052 51° 311° 208 km 04m26.7s
06:5215°50.6'S106°27.8'E17°30.6'S107°26.6'E16°40.5'S106°56.9'E 1.051 50° 309° 207 km 04m24.5s
06:5415°37.2'S107°12.2'E17°17.1'S108°11.5'E16°27.1'S107°41.5'E 1.051 50° 308° 207 km 04m22.2s
06:5615°24.3'S107°57.5'E17°04.0'S108°57.2'E16°14.1'S108°27.0'E 1.051 49° 307° 206 km 04m19.8s
06:5815°11.7'S108°43.8'E16°51.3'S109°44.1'E16°01.4'S109°13.6'E 1.051 48° 305° 205 km 04m17.2s
07:0014°59.5'S109°31.1'E16°39.0'S110°32.0'E15°49.2'S110°01.2'E 1.051 47° 304° 205 km 04m14.5s
07:0214°47.7'S110°19.7'E16°27.1'S111°21.1'E15°37.4'S110°50.0'E 1.050 46° 303° 204 km 04m11.6s
07:0414°36.4'S111°09.5'E16°15.6'S112°11.6'E15°26.0'S111°40.2'E 1.050 45° 301° 203 km 04m08.6s
07:0614°25.5'S112°00.8'E16°04.5'S113°03.6'E15°15.0'S112°31.8'E 1.050 44° 300° 202 km 04m05.5s
07:0814°15.2'S112°53.6'E15°54.0'S113°57.2'E15°04.5'S113°25.0'E 1.050 43° 299° 200 km 04m02.2s
07:1014°05.3'S113°48.2'E15°43.9'S114°52.6'E14°54.6'S114°19.9'E 1.049 42° 298° 199 km 03m58.8s
07:1213°55.9'S114°44.6'E15°34.4'S115°50.0'E14°45.1'S115°16.8'E 1.049 41° 297° 198 km 03m55.2s
07:1413°47.2'S115°43.2'E15°25.4'S116°49.6'E14°36.3'S116°15.8'E 1.049 39° 296° 196 km 03m51.5s
07:1613°39.0'S116°44.1'E15°17.1'S117°51.7'E14°28.0'S117°17.3'E 1.049 38° 295° 195 km 03m47.6s
07:1813°31.6'S117°47.6'E15°09.4'S118°56.6'E14°20.5'S118°21.5'E 1.048 37° 294° 193 km 03m43.5s
07:2013°24.8'S118°54.1'E15°02.5'S120°04.6'E14°13.6'S119°28.7'E 1.048 35° 293° 191 km 03m39.3s
07:2213°18.9'S120°04.0'E14°56.3'S121°16.3'E14°07.6'S120°39.4'E 1.047 34° 292° 189 km 03m34.8s
07:2413°13.9'S121°17.7'E14°51.1'S122°32.1'E14°02.4'S121°54.1'E 1.047 32° 291° 187 km 03m30.2s
07:2613°09.8'S122°35.9'E14°46.9'S123°52.9'E13°58.3'S123°13.6'E 1.047 31° 290° 185 km 03m25.3s
07:2813°06.9'S123°59.4'E14°43.8'S125°19.4'E13°55.3'S124°38.5'E 1.046 29° 290° 182 km 03m20.2s
07:3013°05.4'S125°29.2'E14°42.2'S126°53.0'E13°53.7'S126°10.1'E 1.046 27° 289° 180 km 03m14.8s
07:3213°05.4'S127°06.7'E14°42.2'S128°35.4'E13°53.8'S127°49.9'E 1.045 25° 288° 177 km 03m09.1s
07:3413°07.4'S128°53.9'E14°44.4'S130°29.0'E13°55.8'S129°40.1'E 1.044 23° 287° 174 km 03m03.0s
07:3613°11.9'S130°53.9'E14°49.3'S132°37.7'E14°00.5'S131°44.1'E 1.044 21° 286° 170 km 02m56.3s
07:3813°19.7'S133°11.4'E14°58.2'S135°08.4'E14°08.8'S134°07.6'E 1.043 18° 285° 166 km 02m49.0s
07:4013°32.5'S135°55.5'E15°13.3'S138°15.0'E14°22.6'S137°01.8'E 1.042 15° 284° 162 km 02m40.6s
07:4213°54.0'S139°27.0'E15°41.6'S142°38.7'E14°46.8'S140°54.8'E 1.040 10° 283° 156 km 02m30.1s
07:4414°39.1'S145°11.3'E - - 15°57.1'S149°15.5'E 1.038 281° 144 km 02m10.7s
Limits15°37.3'S151°10.4'E16°55.8'S151°13.3'E16°16.4'S151°11.7'E 1.037 - 142 km 02m06.7s

ΔT = 6.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:16:12.906:16:06.421°36.9'S095°01.3'E 57.6° 343.2° 206.2 km04m43.78s
Greatest Duration06:17:26.606:17:20.121°25.1'S095°26.2'E 57.6° 341.9° 206.5 km04m43.80s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1847 Apr 15

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 Total Solar Eclipse of 1847 Apr 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 6.5 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.

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.