Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1868 Feb 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1868 Feb 23 . 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 1868 Feb 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits10°03.6'S094°26.0'W12°45.7'S094°57.3'W11°24.7'S094°41.2'W 0.920 - 304 km 05m36.9s
12:2611°36.0'S085°04.1'W14°13.8'S085°27.4'W12°55.5'S085°11.5'W 0.922 10° 98° 294 km 05m55.7s
12:2812°09.4'S080°54.8'W14°45.8'S081°06.7'W13°28.1'S080°58.2'W 0.923 14° 97° 289 km 06m05.6s
12:3012°30.2'S077°52.9'W15°05.4'S077°58.7'W13°48.1'S077°53.8'W 0.924 18° 96° 286 km 06m13.5s
12:3212°44.7'S075°24.4'W15°18.5'S075°25.5'W14°01.8'S075°23.3'W 0.925 21° 95° 283 km 06m20.5s
12:3412°55.0'S073°16.8'W15°27.6'S073°14.0'W14°11.5'S073°14.0'W 0.926 23° 95° 280 km 06m26.7s
12:3613°02.4'S071°23.9'W15°33.9'S071°17.7'W14°18.3'S071°19.6'W 0.926 26° 94° 278 km 06m32.6s
12:3813°07.7'S069°41.9'W15°38.0'S069°32.8'W14°23.0'S069°36.3'W 0.927 28° 94° 276 km 06m38.1s
12:4013°11.1'S068°08.6'W15°40.3'S067°56.8'W14°25.9'S068°01.8'W 0.927 30° 93° 275 km 06m43.3s
12:4213°13.1'S066°42.4'W15°41.3'S066°28.1'W14°27.3'S066°34.4'W 0.928 32° 93° 273 km 06m48.3s
12:4413°13.9'S065°22.0'W15°41.0'S065°05.4'W14°27.6'S065°12.9'W 0.928 34° 92° 271 km 06m53.1s
12:4613°13.6'S064°06.5'W15°39.7'S063°47.8'W14°26.7'S063°56.5'W 0.928 35° 92° 270 km 06m57.7s
12:4813°12.3'S062°55.4'W15°37.5'S062°34.6'W14°25.0'S062°44.4'W 0.929 37° 92° 269 km 07m02.2s
12:5013°10.2'S061°48.0'W15°34.5'S061°25.2'W14°22.4'S061°36.1'W 0.929 39° 91° 268 km 07m06.5s
12:5213°07.4'S060°43.9'W15°30.7'S060°19.3'W14°19.1'S060°31.1'W 0.929 40° 91° 266 km 07m10.7s
12:5413°03.9'S059°42.7'W15°26.3'S059°16.4'W14°15.2'S059°29.1'W 0.930 42° 91° 265 km 07m14.8s
12:5612°59.8'S058°44.2'W15°21.3'S058°16.2'W14°10.6'S058°29.8'W 0.930 43° 90° 264 km 07m18.7s
12:5812°55.1'S057°48.1'W15°15.7'S057°18.4'W14°05.5'S057°32.9'W 0.930 44° 90° 263 km 07m22.5s
13:0012°49.9'S056°54.1'W15°09.6'S056°22.9'W13°59.8'S056°38.2'W 0.930 46° 90° 262 km 07m26.2s
13:0212°44.2'S056°02.2'W15°03.0'S055°29.4'W13°53.7'S055°45.5'W 0.931 47° 90° 261 km 07m29.8s
13:0412°38.0'S055°12.0'W14°56.0'S054°37.8'W13°47.1'S054°54.6'W 0.931 48° 90° 261 km 07m33.3s
13:0612°31.4'S054°23.5'W14°48.6'S053°47.9'W13°40.1'S054°05.5'W 0.931 50° 89° 260 km 07m36.7s
13:0812°24.4'S053°36.5'W14°40.8'S052°59.6'W13°32.7'S053°17.9'W 0.931 51° 89° 259 km 07m40.0s
13:1012°17.0'S052°51.0'W14°32.6'S052°12.8'W13°24.9'S052°31.7'W 0.931 52° 89° 258 km 07m43.2s
13:1212°09.3'S052°06.8'W14°24.1'S051°27.3'W13°16.8'S051°46.9'W 0.932 53° 89° 258 km 07m46.3s
13:1412°01.2'S051°23.9'W14°15.2'S050°43.1'W13°08.3'S051°03.3'W 0.932 55° 89° 257 km 07m49.2s
13:1611°52.8'S050°42.0'W14°06.0'S050°00.2'W12°59.5'S050°21.0'W 0.932 56° 89° 256 km 07m52.1s
13:1811°44.1'S050°01.3'W13°56.5'S049°18.3'W12°50.4'S049°39.7'W 0.932 57° 89° 256 km 07m54.9s
13:2011°35.1'S049°21.6'W13°46.7'S048°37.4'W12°41.0'S048°59.4'W 0.932 58° 88° 255 km 07m57.6s
13:2211°25.7'S048°42.8'W13°36.7'S047°57.6'W12°31.3'S048°20.1'W 0.933 59° 88° 254 km 08m00.1s
13:2411°16.2'S048°04.9'W13°26.4'S047°18.6'W12°21.4'S047°41.7'W 0.933 60° 88° 254 km 08m02.6s
13:2611°06.3'S047°27.9'W13°15.8'S046°40.6'W12°11.2'S047°04.2'W 0.933 61° 88° 253 km 08m05.0s
13:2810°56.2'S046°51.6'W13°04.9'S046°03.3'W12°00.7'S046°27.4'W 0.933 63° 88° 253 km 08m07.2s
13:3010°45.8'S046°16.1'W12°53.9'S045°26.8'W11°50.0'S045°51.4'W 0.933 64° 89° 252 km 08m09.4s
13:3210°35.2'S045°41.3'W12°42.6'S044°51.1'W11°39.0'S045°16.1'W 0.933 65° 89° 251 km 08m11.5s
13:3410°24.4'S045°07.1'W12°31.0'S044°16.0'W11°27.8'S044°41.5'W 0.933 66° 89° 251 km 08m13.4s
13:3610°13.3'S044°33.5'W12°19.3'S043°41.6'W11°16.4'S044°07.5'W 0.933 67° 89° 250 km 08m15.3s
13:3810°02.0'S044°00.6'W12°07.3'S043°07.7'W11°04.8'S043°34.2'W 0.934 68° 89° 250 km 08m17.0s
13:4009°50.4'S043°28.2'W11°55.1'S042°34.5'W10°52.9'S043°01.3'W 0.934 69° 89° 250 km 08m18.7s
13:4209°38.7'S042°56.3'W11°42.7'S042°01.8'W10°40.8'S042°29.0'W 0.934 70° 90° 249 km 08m20.2s
13:4409°26.7'S042°24.9'W11°30.1'S041°29.6'W10°28.6'S041°57.2'W 0.934 71° 90° 249 km 08m21.7s
13:4609°14.6'S041°53.9'W11°17.4'S040°57.9'W10°16.1'S041°25.9'W 0.934 72° 91° 248 km 08m23.0s
13:4809°02.2'S041°23.4'W11°04.4'S040°26.6'W10°03.4'S040°55.1'W 0.934 73° 91° 248 km 08m24.3s
13:5008°49.7'S040°53.3'W10°51.2'S039°55.8'W09°50.6'S040°24.6'W 0.934 74° 92° 247 km 08m25.4s
13:5208°36.9'S040°23.6'W10°37.9'S039°25.4'W09°37.5'S039°54.5'W 0.934 75° 93° 247 km 08m26.4s
13:5408°24.0'S039°54.2'W10°24.4'S038°55.3'W09°24.3'S039°24.8'W 0.934 76° 93° 247 km 08m27.4s
13:5608°10.8'S039°25.2'W10°10.7'S038°25.6'W09°10.9'S038°55.5'W 0.934 77° 94° 246 km 08m28.2s
13:5807°57.5'S038°56.5'W09°56.8'S037°56.3'W08°57.3'S038°26.4'W 0.934 78° 96° 246 km 08m28.9s
14:0007°44.0'S038°28.1'W09°42.8'S037°27.2'W08°43.5'S037°57.7'W 0.934 79° 97° 246 km 08m29.6s
14:0207°30.3'S037°59.9'W09°28.6'S036°58.5'W08°29.6'S037°29.3'W 0.935 80° 99° 245 km 08m30.1s
14:0407°16.4'S037°32.0'W09°14.2'S036°30.0'W08°15.4'S037°01.1'W 0.935 81° 101° 245 km 08m30.5s
14:0607°02.4'S037°04.4'W08°59.6'S036°01.7'W08°01.1'S036°33.1'W 0.935 81° 104° 245 km 08m30.8s
14:0806°48.1'S036°36.9'W08°44.9'S035°33.7'W07°46.7'S036°05.4'W 0.935 82° 107° 245 km 08m31.1s
14:1006°33.7'S036°09.6'W08°30.1'S035°05.9'W07°32.0'S035°37.8'W 0.935 83° 111° 244 km 08m31.2s
14:1206°19.1'S035°42.5'W08°15.0'S034°38.2'W07°17.2'S035°10.5'W 0.935 84° 116° 244 km 08m31.3s
14:1406°04.4'S035°15.6'W07°59.8'S034°10.8'W07°02.2'S034°43.3'W 0.935 85° 123° 244 km 08m31.2s
14:1605°49.4'S034°48.8'W07°44.5'S033°43.5'W06°47.1'S034°16.2'W 0.935 85° 131° 244 km 08m31.1s
14:1805°34.3'S034°22.1'W07°28.9'S033°16.3'W06°31.7'S033°49.3'W 0.935 86° 142° 244 km 08m30.8s
14:2005°19.0'S033°55.5'W07°13.3'S032°49.2'W06°16.2'S033°22.4'W 0.935 86° 154° 244 km 08m30.5s
14:2205°03.5'S033°29.0'W06°57.4'S032°22.2'W06°00.6'S032°55.7'W 0.935 86° 168° 243 km 08m30.1s
14:2404°47.8'S033°02.5'W06°41.4'S031°55.3'W05°44.8'S032°29.0'W 0.935 86° 181° 243 km 08m29.5s
14:2604°32.0'S032°36.1'W06°25.3'S031°28.5'W05°28.8'S032°02.4'W 0.935 85° 193° 243 km 08m28.9s
14:2804°16.0'S032°09.8'W06°09.0'S031°01.7'W05°12.6'S031°35.8'W 0.935 85° 203° 243 km 08m28.3s
14:3003°59.8'S031°43.4'W05°52.5'S030°34.9'W04°56.3'S031°09.2'W 0.935 84° 210° 243 km 08m27.5s
14:3203°43.5'S031°17.0'W05°35.9'S030°08.1'W04°39.8'S030°42.7'W 0.935 83° 216° 243 km 08m26.6s
14:3403°26.9'S030°50.6'W05°19.1'S029°41.3'W04°23.1'S030°16.1'W 0.935 83° 220° 243 km 08m25.7s
14:3603°10.2'S030°24.2'W05°02.1'S029°14.4'W04°06.3'S029°49.4'W 0.935 82° 224° 243 km 08m24.7s
14:3802°53.3'S029°57.6'W04°45.0'S028°47.5'W03°49.2'S029°22.7'W 0.935 81° 227° 243 km 08m23.6s
14:4002°36.2'S029°31.0'W04°27.7'S028°20.6'W03°32.1'S028°55.9'W 0.935 80° 230° 243 km 08m22.4s
14:4202°18.9'S029°04.3'W04°10.3'S027°53.5'W03°14.7'S028°29.0'W 0.935 79° 232° 244 km 08m21.1s
14:4402°01.5'S028°37.5'W03°52.7'S027°26.3'W02°57.1'S028°02.0'W 0.935 78° 233° 244 km 08m19.8s
14:4601°43.8'S028°10.5'W03°34.9'S026°59.0'W02°39.4'S027°34.8'W 0.935 77° 235° 244 km 08m18.4s
14:4801°26.0'S027°43.3'W03°16.9'S026°31.5'W02°21.5'S027°07.5'W 0.935 76° 236° 244 km 08m16.9s
14:5001°07.9'S027°16.0'W02°58.8'S026°03.8'W02°03.4'S026°40.0'W 0.934 75° 237° 244 km 08m15.3s
14:5200°49.7'S026°48.4'W02°40.5'S025°35.9'W01°45.2'S026°12.3'W 0.934 74° 238° 244 km 08m13.7s
14:5400°31.2'S026°20.6'W02°22.0'S025°07.8'W01°26.7'S025°44.3'W 0.934 73° 239° 245 km 08m11.9s
14:5600°12.6'S025°52.5'W02°03.4'S024°39.5'W01°08.0'S025°16.1'W 0.934 72° 239° 245 km 08m10.2s
14:5800°06.3'N025°24.2'W01°44.5'S024°10.8'W00°49.2'S024°47.6'W 0.934 71° 240° 245 km 08m08.3s
15:0000°25.3'N024°55.5'W01°25.5'S023°41.9'W00°30.1'S024°18.8'W 0.934 70° 241° 246 km 08m06.4s
15:0200°44.6'N024°26.5'W01°06.2'S023°12.6'W00°10.9'S023°49.7'W 0.934 69° 241° 246 km 08m04.4s
15:0401°04.1'N023°57.1'W00°46.8'S022°42.9'W00°08.6'N023°20.1'W 0.934 68° 242° 246 km 08m02.4s
15:0601°23.9'N023°27.3'W00°27.2'S022°12.8'W00°28.3'N022°50.2'W 0.934 67° 242° 247 km 08m00.2s
15:0801°43.8'N022°57.1'W00°07.3'S021°42.3'W00°48.2'N022°19.8'W 0.934 66° 243° 247 km 07m58.0s
15:1002°04.0'N022°26.3'W00°12.7'N021°11.4'W01°08.3'N021°49.0'W 0.934 65° 243° 248 km 07m55.8s
15:1202°24.5'N021°55.1'W00°33.0'N020°39.9'W01°28.7'N021°17.7'W 0.934 64° 243° 248 km 07m53.5s
15:1402°45.2'N021°23.3'W00°53.5'N020°07.9'W01°49.3'N020°45.8'W 0.933 63° 244° 249 km 07m51.1s
15:1603°06.1'N020°51.0'W01°14.3'N019°35.3'W02°10.2'N020°13.3'W 0.933 62° 244° 249 km 07m48.7s
15:1803°27.4'N020°17.9'W01°35.2'N019°02.0'W02°31.3'N019°40.2'W 0.933 61° 244° 250 km 07m46.2s
15:2003°48.9'N019°44.2'W01°56.5'N018°28.1'W02°52.6'N019°06.3'W 0.933 60° 245° 250 km 07m43.6s
15:2204°10.7'N019°09.8'W02°18.0'N017°53.4'W03°14.3'N018°31.8'W 0.933 59° 245° 251 km 07m41.0s
15:2404°32.8'N018°34.5'W02°39.7'N017°18.0'W03°36.2'N017°56.4'W 0.933 58° 245° 252 km 07m38.3s
15:2604°55.2'N017°58.4'W03°01.8'N016°41.6'W03°58.4'N017°20.2'W 0.933 56° 245° 252 km 07m35.5s
15:2805°17.9'N017°21.3'W03°24.1'N016°04.4'W04°21.0'N016°43.1'W 0.932 55° 246° 253 km 07m32.7s
15:3005°41.0'N016°43.3'W03°46.7'N015°26.2'W04°43.8'N016°05.0'W 0.932 54° 246° 254 km 07m29.8s
15:3206°04.4'N016°04.1'W04°09.7'N014°46.8'W05°07.0'N015°25.7'W 0.932 53° 246° 255 km 07m26.9s
15:3406°28.2'N015°23.8'W04°33.0'N014°06.3'W05°30.6'N014°45.3'W 0.932 52° 246° 255 km 07m23.9s
15:3606°52.4'N014°42.2'W04°56.7'N013°24.6'W05°54.5'N014°03.6'W 0.932 50° 247° 256 km 07m20.8s
15:3807°17.0'N013°59.2'W05°20.7'N012°41.4'W06°18.8'N013°20.6'W 0.932 49° 247° 257 km 07m17.7s
15:4007°42.1'N013°14.7'W05°45.1'N011°56.7'W06°43.6'N012°36.0'W 0.931 48° 247° 258 km 07m14.5s
15:4208°07.6'N012°28.5'W06°10.0'N011°10.4'W07°08.8'N011°49.8'W 0.931 46° 247° 259 km 07m11.2s
15:4408°33.6'N011°40.5'W06°35.3'N010°22.3'W07°34.4'N011°01.7'W 0.931 45° 248° 260 km 07m07.9s
15:4609°00.2'N010°50.4'W07°01.2'N009°32.1'W08°00.6'N010°11.6'W 0.931 44° 248° 261 km 07m04.4s
15:4809°27.3'N009°58.2'W07°27.5'N008°39.8'W08°27.3'N009°19.4'W 0.930 42° 248° 262 km 07m00.9s
15:5009°55.1'N009°03.5'W07°54.4'N007°45.0'W08°54.7'N008°24.6'W 0.930 41° 249° 263 km 06m57.3s
15:5210°23.6'N008°06.0'W08°22.0'N006°47.4'W09°22.7'N007°27.1'W 0.930 39° 249° 264 km 06m53.6s
15:5410°52.8'N007°05.4'W08°50.3'N005°46.7'W09°51.4'N006°26.5'W 0.929 38° 249° 266 km 06m49.9s
15:5611°22.8'N006°01.2'W09°19.3'N004°42.5'W10°20.9'N005°22.4'W 0.929 36° 250° 267 km 06m46.0s
15:5811°53.8'N004°53.0'W09°49.2'N003°34.2'W10°51.4'N004°14.2'W 0.929 34° 250° 268 km 06m41.9s
16:0012°25.9'N003°40.1'W10°20.1'N002°21.3'W11°22.8'N003°01.3'W 0.928 33° 250° 270 km 06m37.8s
16:0212°59.2'N002°21.6'W10°52.1'N001°02.8'W11°55.5'N001°42.9'W 0.928 31° 251° 271 km 06m33.5s
16:0413°33.9'N000°56.5'W11°25.4'N000°22.3'E12°29.5'N000°17.9'W 0.928 29° 251° 273 km 06m29.0s
16:0614°10.4'N000°36.7'E12°00.3'N001°55.5'E13°05.1'N001°15.1'E 0.927 27° 252° 275 km 06m24.3s
16:0814°48.9'N002°20.0'E12°37.2'N003°38.8'E13°42.8'N002°58.4'E 0.927 25° 252° 277 km 06m19.3s
16:1015°30.2'N004°16.8'E13°16.7'N005°35.6'E14°23.2'N004°54.9'E 0.926 22° 253° 279 km 06m14.0s
16:1216°15.2'N006°31.9'E13°59.5'N007°50.8'E15°07.0'N007°09.8'E 0.925 19° 254° 282 km 06m08.2s
16:1417°05.5'N009°15.0'E14°47.5'N010°34.3'E15°56.1'N009°52.6'E 0.925 16° 254° 285 km 06m01.7s
16:1618°05.4'N012°47.7'E15°44.4'N014°08.5'E16°54.3'N013°25.1'E 0.924 12° 256° 288 km 05m53.9s
16:1819°31.2'N018°39.4'E17°07.1'N020°10.8'E18°17.8'N019°17.9'E 0.922 258° 295 km 05m42.6s
Limits20°47.0'N024°56.7'E18°07.1'N025°29.5'E19°27.0'N025°12.8'E 0.921 - 301 km 05m32.9s

ΔT = 2.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:21:30.614:21:27.806°04.8'S033°03.6'W 86.0° 164.4° 243.5 km08m30.18s
Greatest Duration14:11:55.214:11:52.507°18.1'S035°12.2'W 83.8° 115.7° 244.2 km08m31.26s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1868 Feb 23 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 2.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.4 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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