Path of Annular Solar Eclipse of 1878 Feb 02

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1878 Feb 02 . 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 1878 Feb 02
UT1	Northern Limit		Southern Limit		Central Line		M:S	Sun	Sun	Path	Central
	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Ratio	Alt.	Azm.	Width	Duration
Limits	72°18.7'S	091°02.7'W	73°06.7'S	118°49.5'W	73°02.8'S	103°39.4'W	0.913	0°	-	911 km	05m23.0s
07:40	85°35.5'S	079°31.4'W	-	-	77°34.2'S	103°01.8'W	0.914	5°	172°	869 km	05m29.0s
07:42	87°25.3'S	077°55.8'W	-	-	81°12.0'S	105°58.1'W	0.915	8°	174°	833 km	05m34.0s
07:44	89°04.9'S	075°18.9'W	-	-	83°34.9'S	112°16.2'W	0.916	10°	180°	809 km	05m37.4s
07:46	89°22.9'S	099°41.0'E	-	-	85°20.2'S	123°45.7'W	0.916	12°	191°	791 km	05m40.1s
07:48	87°56.7'S	103°02.6'E	78°28.3'S	124°58.3'W	86°29.2'S	143°40.3'W	0.917	14°	210°	776 km	05m42.4s
07:50	86°35.1'S	104°15.4'E	80°57.5'S	134°41.7'W	86°50.5'S	171°26.2'W	0.917	15°	237°	763 km	05m44.4s
07:52	85°17.4'S	105°09.9'E	82°21.0'S	146°52.7'W	86°24.3'S	163°45.0'E	0.917	16°	261°	753 km	05m46.2s
07:54	84°02.9'S	105°56.7'E	83°01.5'S	160°47.0'W	85°30.7'S	148°01.4'E	0.918	17°	276°	744 km	05m47.8s
07:56	82°51.2'S	106°39.0'E	83°07.6'S	174°41.5'W	84°26.2'S	138°48.4'E	0.918	18°	284°	737 km	05m49.2s
07:58	81°41.9'S	107°18.1'E	82°47.8'S	173°05.3'E	83°18.4'S	133°11.6'E	0.918	19°	289°	731 km	05m50.5s
08:00	80°34.7'S	107°54.8'E	82°10.3'S	163°16.9'E	82°10.1'S	129°35.4'E	0.918	20°	292°	726 km	05m51.7s
08:02	79°29.3'S	108°29.5'E	81°21.9'S	155°46.2'E	81°02.3'S	127°10.4'E	0.918	21°	293°	722 km	05m52.8s
08:04	78°25.5'S	109°02.7'E	80°27.3'S	150°06.8'E	79°55.6'S	125°30.1'E	0.918	21°	294°	718 km	05m53.7s
08:06	77°23.1'S	109°34.6'E	79°29.2'S	145°48.9'E	78°50.1'S	124°19.4'E	0.919	22°	294°	716 km	05m54.6s
08:08	76°22.1'S	110°05.4'E	78°29.3'S	142°31.9'E	77°45.8'S	123°29.2'E	0.919	22°	294°	714 km	05m55.4s
08:10	75°22.2'S	110°35.3'E	77°28.7'S	139°59.7'E	76°42.7'S	122°53.6'E	0.919	23°	294°	713 km	05m56.0s
08:12	74°23.3'S	111°04.5'E	76°27.8'S	138°01.2'E	75°40.7'S	122°28.9'E	0.919	23°	293°	712 km	05m56.6s
08:14	73°25.3'S	111°33.1'E	75°27.0'S	136°28.2'E	74°39.6'S	122°12.6'E	0.919	23°	293°	712 km	05m57.1s
08:16	72°28.2'S	112°01.2'E	74°26.5'S	135°14.9'E	73°39.5'S	122°02.7'E	0.919	24°	292°	713 km	05m57.6s
08:18	71°31.9'S	112°28.9'E	73°26.4'S	134°17.2'E	72°40.3'S	121°57.9'E	0.919	24°	291°	714 km	05m57.9s
08:20	70°36.2'S	112°56.3'E	72°26.7'S	133°32.1'E	71°41.8'S	121°57.5'E	0.919	24°	290°	716 km	05m58.2s
08:22	69°41.1'S	113°23.5'E	71°27.5'S	132°57.2'E	70°44.0'S	122°00.5'E	0.919	24°	289°	719 km	05m58.4s
08:24	68°46.6'S	113°50.6'E	70°28.7'S	132°30.9'E	69°46.8'S	122°06.6'E	0.919	24°	288°	722 km	05m58.5s
08:26	67°52.6'S	114°17.7'E	69°30.3'S	132°11.7'E	68°50.2'S	122°15.3'E	0.919	24°	287°	725 km	05m58.6s
08:28	66°59.0'S	114°44.9'E	68°32.2'S	131°58.7'E	67°54.0'S	122°26.4'E	0.919	24°	286°	729 km	05m58.6s
08:30	66°05.7'S	115°12.3'E	67°34.4'S	131°51.2'E	66°58.3'S	122°39.5'E	0.919	24°	285°	734 km	05m58.5s
08:32	65°12.8'S	115°39.8'E	66°36.9'S	131°48.5'E	66°02.9'S	122°54.7'E	0.919	24°	284°	739 km	05m58.4s
08:34	64°20.1'S	116°07.7'E	65°39.6'S	131°50.2'E	65°07.8'S	123°11.7'E	0.919	24°	283°	745 km	05m58.2s
08:36	63°27.7'S	116°36.0'E	64°42.4'S	131°56.0'E	64°12.9'S	123°30.6'E	0.919	24°	282°	751 km	05m57.9s
08:38	62°35.4'S	117°04.9'E	63°45.2'S	132°05.6'E	63°18.2'S	123°51.2'E	0.919	24°	280°	757 km	05m57.5s
08:40	61°43.2'S	117°34.3'E	62°47.9'S	132°18.9'E	62°23.5'S	124°13.6'E	0.919	24°	279°	765 km	05m57.1s
08:42	60°51.1'S	118°04.4'E	61°50.6'S	132°35.9'E	61°28.9'S	124°37.8'E	0.919	23°	278°	772 km	05m56.6s
08:44	59°59.0'S	118°35.3'E	60°53.0'S	132°56.5'E	60°34.3'S	125°03.9'E	0.919	23°	277°	781 km	05m56.1s
08:46	59°06.9'S	119°07.1'E	59°55.1'S	133°20.8'E	59°39.6'S	125°32.0'E	0.919	23°	275°	790 km	05m55.4s
08:48	58°14.6'S	119°40.0'E	58°56.7'S	133°49.1'E	58°44.6'S	126°02.2'E	0.919	22°	274°	799 km	05m54.7s
08:50	57°22.2'S	120°14.1'E	57°57.7'S	134°21.6'E	57°49.4'S	126°34.7'E	0.918	22°	273°	809 km	05m53.9s
08:52	56°29.6'S	120°49.6'E	56°57.9'S	134°58.8'E	56°53.8'S	127°09.7'E	0.918	21°	272°	819 km	05m53.1s
08:54	55°36.6'S	121°26.6'E	55°57.1'S	135°41.1'E	55°57.7'S	127°47.4'E	0.918	21°	270°	829 km	05m52.1s
08:56	54°43.3'S	122°05.5'E	54°54.9'S	136°29.5'E	55°00.9'S	128°28.2'E	0.918	20°	269°	840 km	05m51.1s
08:58	53°49.5'S	122°46.3'E	53°50.9'S	137°25.0'E	54°03.4'S	129°12.5'E	0.918	19°	268°	852 km	05m50.0s
09:00	52°55.1'S	123°29.5'E	52°44.6'S	138°24.7'E	53°04.8'S	130°00.9'E	0.918	18°	266°	863 km	05m48.7s
09:02	51°59.9'S	124°15.3'E	51°35.1'S	139°45.8'E	52°05.0'S	130°54.2'E	0.917	17°	265°	875 km	05m47.4s
09:04	51°03.9'S	125°04.3'E	50°20.7'S	141°18.6'E	51°03.6'S	131°53.2'E	0.917	16°	263°	886 km	05m45.9s
09:06	50°06.8'S	125°57.0'E	48°58.6'S	143°17.6'E	50°00.2'S	132°59.4'E	0.917	15°	262°	897 km	05m44.2s
09:08	49°08.4'S	126°54.1'E	47°20.3'S	146°09.4'E	48°54.0'S	134°14.8'E	0.916	14°	260°	907 km	05m42.4s
09:10	48°08.4'S	127°56.6'E	-	-	47°44.1'S	135°42.7'E	0.916	13°	259°	916 km	05m40.3s
09:12	47°06.2'S	129°05.8'E	-	-	46°28.5'S	137°28.9'E	0.916	11°	257°	923 km	05m37.9s
09:14	46°01.3'S	130°23.7'E	-	-	45°03.4'S	139°45.5'E	0.915	9°	255°	927 km	05m34.9s
09:16	44°52.8'S	131°53.1'E	-	-	43°16.6'S	143°11.2'E	0.914	5°	252°	924 km	05m30.8s
Limits	37°46.4'S	146°06.1'E	44°28.7'S	153°18.1'E	40°54.4'S	149°20.5'E	0.913	0°	-	905 km	05m24.4s

ΔT = -4.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event	Time TD	Time UT1	Latitude	Longitude	Sun Altitude	Sun Azimuth	Path Width	Central Duration
Greatest Eclipse	08:27:51.9	08:27:56.5	67°55.7'S	122°27.1'E	24.5°	286.2°	729.1 km	05m58.58s
Greatest Duration	08:26:43.7	08:26:48.3	68°27.6'S	122°19.5'E	24.5°	286.8°	726.7 km	05m58.59s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1878 Feb 02 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 -4.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

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