Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1852 Dec 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1852 Dec 11 . 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 1852 Dec 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits59°41.5'N093°08.8'E59°07.7'N092°08.4'E59°24.6'N092°38.1'E 1.015 - 84 km 00m58.8s
02:4856°51.9'N097°40.4'E53°19.3'N101°09.4'E54°52.4'N099°46.6'E 1.017 147° 93 km 01m09.6s
02:5053°15.8'N103°12.0'E50°52.4'N104°47.2'E52°01.3'N104°04.1'E 1.018 10° 150° 100 km 01m17.1s
02:5251°08.3'N106°23.1'E49°05.2'N107°24.2'E50°05.3'N106°55.9'E 1.019 13° 153° 104 km 01m22.6s
02:5449°30.4'N108°48.8'E47°37.9'N109°31.8'E48°33.2'N109°11.6'E 1.019 15° 156° 108 km 01m27.1s
02:5648°09.2'N110°49.9'E46°23.3'N111°21.1'E47°15.5'N111°06.5'E 1.020 17° 158° 111 km 01m31.1s
02:5846°58.9'N112°35.2'E45°17.7'N112°58.0'E46°07.7'N112°47.3'E 1.020 18° 160° 115 km 01m34.6s
03:0045°56.7'N114°09.3'E44°18.9'N114°25.8'E45°07.3'N114°18.1'E 1.021 20° 161° 118 km 01m37.8s
03:0245°00.8'N115°35.1'E43°25.5'N115°46.5'E44°12.8'N115°41.2'E 1.021 21° 163° 120 km 01m40.7s
03:0444°09.9'N116°54.4'E42°36.7'N117°01.6'E43°22.9'N116°58.4'E 1.021 22° 165° 123 km 01m43.4s
03:0643°23.1'N118°08.5'E41°51.6'N118°12.1'E42°37.1'N118°10.6'E 1.022 23° 166° 126 km 01m45.9s
03:0842°40.0'N119°18.3'E41°09.9'N119°18.9'E41°54.7'N119°18.9'E 1.022 24° 168° 128 km 01m48.2s
03:1042°00.0'N120°24.6'E40°31.0'N120°22.6'E41°15.3'N120°23.9'E 1.022 25° 169° 131 km 01m50.3s
03:1241°22.8'N121°28.0'E39°54.8'N121°23.7'E40°38.6'N121°26.0'E 1.022 26° 171° 133 km 01m52.3s
03:1440°48.0'N122°28.9'E39°20.8'N122°22.5'E40°04.2'N122°25.8'E 1.023 27° 172° 135 km 01m54.1s
03:1640°15.5'N123°27.6'E38°49.0'N123°19.3'E39°32.1'N123°23.6'E 1.023 27° 174° 137 km 01m55.7s
03:1839°45.1'N124°24.6'E38°19.1'N124°14.5'E39°01.9'N124°19.7'E 1.023 28° 175° 139 km 01m57.3s
03:2039°16.5'N125°19.9'E37°51.1'N125°08.3'E38°33.6'N125°14.2'E 1.023 28° 177° 141 km 01m58.6s
03:2238°49.7'N126°14.0'E37°24.7'N126°00.9'E38°07.1'N126°07.5'E 1.023 29° 178° 143 km 01m59.9s
03:2438°24.5'N127°06.9'E37°00.0'N126°52.5'E37°42.1'N126°59.8'E 1.023 29° 180° 145 km 02m01.0s
03:2638°01.0'N127°58.9'E36°36.8'N127°43.2'E37°18.7'N127°51.1'E 1.023 30° 181° 147 km 02m02.0s
03:2837°38.9'N128°50.1'E36°15.0'N128°33.2'E36°56.8'N128°41.6'E 1.024 30° 182° 148 km 02m02.8s
03:3037°18.2'N129°40.6'E35°54.6'N129°22.6'E36°36.3'N129°31.6'E 1.024 30° 184° 150 km 02m03.6s
03:3236°58.9'N130°30.7'E35°35.5'N130°11.5'E36°17.1'N130°21.0'E 1.024 30° 185° 151 km 02m04.2s
03:3436°40.9'N131°20.3'E35°17.8'N131°00.0'E35°59.2'N131°10.1'E 1.024 31° 187° 153 km 02m04.6s
03:3636°24.2'N132°09.6'E35°01.3'N131°48.4'E35°42.6'N131°58.9'E 1.024 31° 188° 154 km 02m05.0s
03:3836°08.8'N132°58.8'E34°46.0'N132°36.5'E35°27.3'N132°47.6'E 1.024 31° 190° 155 km 02m05.2s
03:4035°54.6'N133°48.0'E34°32.0'N133°24.7'E35°13.2'N133°36.2'E 1.024 31° 191° 155 km 02m05.3s
03:4235°41.6'N134°37.2'E34°19.1'N134°12.8'E35°00.3'N134°24.9'E 1.024 31° 192° 156 km 02m05.3s
03:4435°29.9'N135°26.5'E34°07.5'N135°01.2'E34°48.6'N135°13.7'E 1.024 31° 194° 156 km 02m05.1s
03:4635°19.3'N136°16.1'E33°57.0'N135°49.8'E34°38.1'N136°02.8'E 1.024 31° 195° 157 km 02m04.8s
03:4835°10.0'N137°06.1'E33°47.8'N136°38.7'E34°28.8'N136°52.3'E 1.024 31° 197° 157 km 02m04.4s
03:5035°01.8'N137°56.5'E33°39.7'N137°28.2'E34°20.7'N137°42.2'E 1.024 30° 198° 157 km 02m03.9s
03:5234°54.9'N138°47.6'E33°32.9'N138°18.1'E34°13.8'N138°32.7'E 1.023 30° 199° 156 km 02m03.2s
03:5434°49.3'N139°39.3'E33°27.3'N139°08.8'E34°08.2'N139°23.9'E 1.023 30° 201° 155 km 02m02.4s
03:5634°45.0'N140°32.0'E33°22.9'N140°00.3'E34°03.9'N140°15.9'E 1.023 30° 202° 155 km 02m01.5s
03:5834°42.0'N141°25.6'E33°19.9'N140°52.7'E34°00.8'N141°09.0'E 1.023 29° 204° 153 km 02m00.4s
04:0034°40.3'N142°20.5'E33°18.2'N141°46.3'E33°59.2'N142°03.1'E 1.023 29° 205° 152 km 01m59.2s
04:0234°40.1'N143°16.6'E33°18.0'N142°41.1'E33°59.0'N142°58.6'E 1.023 28° 206° 151 km 01m57.8s
04:0434°41.4'N144°14.4'E33°19.2'N143°37.3'E34°00.2'N143°55.5'E 1.023 28° 208° 149 km 01m56.4s
04:0634°44.3'N145°13.9'E33°22.0'N144°35.2'E34°03.1'N144°54.2'E 1.023 27° 209° 147 km 01m54.7s
04:0834°49.0'N146°15.5'E33°26.4'N145°35.0'E34°07.6'N145°54.9'E 1.022 26° 210° 145 km 01m52.9s
04:1034°55.4'N147°19.4'E33°32.6'N146°37.0'E34°13.9'N146°57.8'E 1.022 26° 212° 142 km 01m51.0s
04:1235°03.9'N148°26.2'E33°40.8'N147°41.6'E34°22.3'N148°03.4'E 1.022 25° 213° 140 km 01m48.9s
04:1435°14.7'N149°36.1'E33°51.1'N148°49.0'E34°32.8'N149°12.1'E 1.022 24° 215° 137 km 01m46.6s
04:1635°27.9'N150°50.0'E34°03.7'N150°00.0'E34°45.7'N150°24.5'E 1.021 23° 216° 134 km 01m44.2s
04:1835°44.0'N152°08.4'E34°19.1'N151°15.0'E35°01.4'N151°41.1'E 1.021 22° 217° 131 km 01m41.5s
04:2036°03.4'N153°32.5'E34°37.5'N152°35.0'E35°20.2'N153°03.1'E 1.021 21° 219° 127 km 01m38.7s
04:2236°26.8'N155°03.5'E34°59.5'N154°01.1'E35°42.9'N154°31.5'E 1.020 19° 220° 123 km 01m35.6s
04:2436°55.1'N156°43.6'E35°25.9'N155°34.8'E36°10.2'N156°08.2'E 1.020 18° 222° 119 km 01m32.2s
04:2637°29.8'N158°35.8'E35°57.7'N157°18.5'E36°43.4'N157°55.9'E 1.019 16° 224° 115 km 01m28.4s
04:2838°13.3'N160°45.3'E36°36.9'N159°15.8'E37°24.6'N159°58.9'E 1.019 14° 225° 110 km 01m24.2s
04:3039°10.6'N163°22.5'E37°26.5'N161°33.4'E38°17.6'N162°25.4'E 1.018 12° 227° 105 km 01m19.3s
04:3240°34.2'N166°54.7'E38°33.4'N164°25.4'E39°31.5'N165°34.4'E 1.017 230° 99 km 01m13.3s
04:34 - - 40°19.4'N168°37.7'E41°45.4'N170°48.8'E 1.016 234° 89 km 01m04.1s
Limits44°17.2'N175°24.2'E43°34.4'N175°44.0'E43°55.7'N175°34.3'E 1.014 - 81 km 00m56.7s

ΔT = 7.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:40:43.903:40:36.835°09.1'N133°49.3'E 31.0° 191.4° 155.7 km02m05.31s
Greatest Duration03:40:37.203:40:30.135°09.8'N133°48.4'E 31.0° 191.3° 155.6 km02m05.31s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1852 Dec 11

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1852 Dec 11 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 7.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.5 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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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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