Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1882 May 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1882 May 17 . 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 1882 May 17
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°39.4'N003°12.6'W10°30.9'N003°07.5'W10°35.1'N003°10.1'W 1.005 - 18 km 00m15.3s
05:5411°30.3'N000°53.7'W11°50.0'N000°32.5'E11°41.4'N000°07.5'W 1.006 71° 22 km 00m18.9s
05:5614°32.0'N006°40.5'E14°30.5'N007°20.4'E14°31.4'N007°00.5'E 1.008 11° 73° 31 km 00m28.4s
05:5816°09.3'N010°22.8'E16°03.9'N010°58.4'E16°06.7'N010°40.6'E 1.009 15° 74° 36 km 00m33.9s
06:0017°26.1'N013°10.0'E17°18.1'N013°43.9'E17°22.2'N013°27.0'E 1.010 19° 75° 39 km 00m38.3s
06:0218°31.9'N015°28.6'E18°21.9'N016°01.5'E18°27.0'N015°45.1'E 1.011 22° 76° 42 km 00m42.2s
06:0419°30.6'N017°28.9'E19°18.9'N018°01.3'E19°24.8'N017°45.2'E 1.011 24° 77° 45 km 00m45.8s
06:0620°24.1'N019°16.4'E20°11.0'N019°48.5'E20°17.6'N019°32.5'E 1.012 27° 78° 47 km 00m49.0s
06:0821°13.6'N020°54.3'E20°59.2'N021°26.1'E21°06.5'N021°10.3'E 1.013 29° 79° 49 km 00m52.1s
06:1021°59.9'N022°24.7'E21°44.4'N022°56.4'E21°52.2'N022°40.6'E 1.013 31° 80° 51 km 00m55.0s
06:1222°43.5'N023°49.1'E22°27.0'N024°20.6'E22°35.3'N024°04.9'E 1.014 32° 81° 53 km 00m57.7s
06:1423°25.0'N025°08.5'E23°07.4'N025°39.9'E23°16.2'N025°24.3'E 1.014 34° 82° 54 km 01m00.3s
06:1624°04.4'N026°23.8'E23°45.9'N026°55.1'E23°55.2'N026°39.5'E 1.014 36° 83° 56 km 01m02.8s
06:1824°42.2'N027°35.5'E24°22.7'N028°06.7'E24°32.5'N027°51.2'E 1.015 38° 84° 57 km 01m05.2s
06:2025°18.4'N028°44.3'E24°58.1'N029°15.3'E25°08.3'N028°59.8'E 1.015 39° 85° 58 km 01m07.6s
06:2225°53.2'N029°50.4'E25°32.1'N030°21.3'E25°42.7'N030°05.9'E 1.015 41° 86° 60 km 01m09.8s
06:2426°26.8'N030°54.2'E26°04.9'N031°25.0'E26°15.9'N031°09.6'E 1.016 42° 87° 61 km 01m12.0s
06:2626°59.2'N031°56.0'E26°36.6'N032°26.6'E26°48.0'N032°11.4'E 1.016 43° 88° 62 km 01m14.1s
06:2827°30.6'N032°56.1'E27°07.2'N033°26.5'E27°19.0'N033°11.3'E 1.016 45° 89° 62 km 01m16.1s
06:3028°01.0'N033°54.6'E27°36.9'N034°24.8'E27°49.0'N034°09.8'E 1.017 46° 90° 63 km 01m18.0s
06:3228°30.4'N034°51.7'E28°05.6'N035°21.7'E28°18.1'N035°06.8'E 1.017 47° 92° 64 km 01m19.9s
06:3428°59.0'N035°47.6'E28°33.6'N036°17.4'E28°46.3'N036°02.5'E 1.017 49° 93° 65 km 01m21.8s
06:3629°26.8'N036°42.3'E29°00.7'N037°11.9'E29°13.8'N036°57.2'E 1.017 50° 94° 66 km 01m23.5s
06:3829°53.7'N037°36.1'E29°27.0'N038°05.5'E29°40.4'N037°50.9'E 1.018 51° 96° 66 km 01m25.2s
06:4030°19.9'N038°29.1'E29°52.6'N038°58.1'E30°06.3'N038°43.7'E 1.018 52° 97° 67 km 01m26.9s
06:4230°45.5'N039°21.2'E30°17.6'N039°50.0'E30°31.6'N039°35.7'E 1.018 53° 98° 67 km 01m28.5s
06:4431°10.3'N040°12.7'E30°41.8'N040°41.1'E30°56.1'N040°27.0'E 1.018 54° 100° 68 km 01m30.0s
06:4631°34.4'N041°03.6'E31°05.4'N041°31.7'E31°20.0'N041°17.7'E 1.018 55° 101° 68 km 01m31.5s
06:4831°58.0'N041°53.9'E31°28.4'N042°21.6'E31°43.2'N042°07.8'E 1.018 56° 103° 69 km 01m32.9s
06:5032°20.9'N042°43.7'E31°50.8'N043°11.1'E32°05.9'N042°57.5'E 1.019 57° 105° 69 km 01m34.3s
06:5232°43.2'N043°33.1'E32°12.6'N044°00.1'E32°27.9'N043°46.7'E 1.019 58° 107° 70 km 01m35.6s
06:5433°04.9'N044°22.2'E32°33.8'N044°48.7'E32°49.4'N044°35.5'E 1.019 59° 108° 70 km 01m36.9s
06:5633°26.1'N045°11.0'E32°54.5'N045°37.1'E33°10.3'N045°24.1'E 1.019 60° 110° 70 km 01m38.1s
06:5833°46.7'N045°59.5'E33°14.7'N046°25.1'E33°30.7'N046°12.3'E 1.019 61° 112° 71 km 01m39.2s
07:0034°06.7'N046°47.8'E33°34.3'N047°12.9'E33°50.5'N047°00.4'E 1.019 62° 114° 71 km 01m40.3s
07:0234°26.2'N047°35.9'E33°53.3'N048°00.5'E34°09.8'N047°48.2'E 1.019 63° 116° 71 km 01m41.4s
07:0434°45.2'N048°23.8'E34°11.9'N048°47.9'E34°28.6'N048°35.9'E 1.019 64° 119° 71 km 01m42.3s
07:0635°03.7'N049°11.7'E34°30.0'N049°35.3'E34°46.9'N049°23.5'E 1.019 64° 121° 72 km 01m43.3s
07:0835°21.6'N049°59.5'E34°47.5'N050°22.5'E35°04.6'N050°11.1'E 1.020 65° 124° 72 km 01m44.1s
07:1035°39.1'N050°47.3'E35°04.6'N051°09.7'E35°21.9'N050°58.5'E 1.020 66° 126° 72 km 01m44.9s
07:1235°56.0'N051°35.1'E35°21.2'N051°56.8'E35°38.6'N051°46.0'E 1.020 66° 129° 72 km 01m45.7s
07:1436°12.4'N052°22.9'E35°37.2'N052°44.0'E35°54.9'N052°33.5'E 1.020 67° 132° 72 km 01m46.3s
07:1636°28.3'N053°10.7'E35°52.8'N053°31.2'E36°10.6'N053°21.0'E 1.020 68° 135° 72 km 01m47.0s
07:1836°43.8'N053°58.7'E36°08.0'N054°18.4'E36°25.9'N054°08.6'E 1.020 68° 138° 72 km 01m47.5s
07:2036°58.7'N054°46.7'E36°22.6'N055°05.8'E36°40.7'N054°56.3'E 1.020 69° 141° 73 km 01m48.0s
07:2237°13.1'N055°34.9'E36°36.8'N055°53.2'E36°55.0'N055°44.1'E 1.020 69° 144° 73 km 01m48.5s
07:2437°27.1'N056°23.2'E36°50.4'N056°40.8'E37°08.8'N056°32.0'E 1.020 70° 147° 73 km 01m48.9s
07:2637°40.5'N057°11.7'E37°03.7'N057°28.5'E37°22.1'N057°20.2'E 1.020 70° 151° 73 km 01m49.2s
07:2837°53.5'N058°00.4'E37°16.4'N058°16.5'E37°35.0'N058°08.5'E 1.020 70° 155° 73 km 01m49.5s
07:3038°06.0'N058°49.4'E37°28.6'N059°04.6'E37°47.3'N058°57.0'E 1.020 70° 158° 73 km 01m49.7s
07:3238°17.9'N059°38.6'E37°40.4'N059°52.9'E37°59.2'N059°45.8'E 1.020 71° 162° 73 km 01m49.8s
07:3438°29.4'N060°28.0'E37°51.7'N060°41.5'E38°10.6'N060°34.8'E 1.020 71° 166° 72 km 01m49.9s
07:3638°40.3'N061°17.7'E38°02.5'N061°30.4'E38°21.4'N061°24.0'E 1.020 71° 170° 72 km 01m49.9s
07:3838°50.8'N062°07.7'E38°12.8'N062°19.5'E38°31.8'N062°13.6'E 1.020 71° 173° 72 km 01m49.8s
07:4039°00.7'N062°58.1'E38°22.7'N063°08.9'E38°41.7'N063°03.5'E 1.020 71° 177° 72 km 01m49.7s
07:4239°10.1'N063°48.8'E38°32.0'N063°58.7'E38°51.1'N063°53.7'E 1.020 70° 181° 72 km 01m49.5s
07:4439°19.0'N064°39.8'E38°40.8'N064°48.8'E39°00.0'N064°44.3'E 1.020 70° 185° 72 km 01m49.3s
07:4639°27.4'N065°31.2'E38°49.2'N065°39.3'E39°08.3'N065°35.3'E 1.020 70° 188° 72 km 01m49.0s
07:4839°35.3'N066°23.1'E38°57.0'N066°30.2'E39°16.1'N066°26.6'E 1.020 70° 192° 72 km 01m48.6s
07:5039°42.6'N067°15.3'E39°04.3'N067°21.4'E39°23.5'N067°18.3'E 1.020 69° 196° 71 km 01m48.2s
07:5239°49.4'N068°08.0'E39°11.1'N068°13.1'E39°30.2'N068°10.5'E 1.020 69° 199° 71 km 01m47.7s
07:5439°55.6'N069°01.1'E39°17.3'N069°05.2'E39°36.5'N069°03.1'E 1.020 68° 202° 71 km 01m47.2s
07:5640°01.2'N069°54.7'E39°23.1'N069°57.8'E39°42.2'N069°56.2'E 1.020 68° 206° 71 km 01m46.6s
07:5840°06.3'N070°48.8'E39°28.2'N070°50.9'E39°47.3'N070°49.8'E 1.019 67° 209° 70 km 01m45.9s
08:0040°10.8'N071°43.4'E39°32.9'N071°44.5'E39°51.9'N071°43.9'E 1.019 67° 212° 70 km 01m45.2s
08:0240°14.7'N072°38.6'E39°36.9'N072°38.6'E39°55.9'N072°38.6'E 1.019 66° 215° 70 km 01m44.4s
08:0440°18.1'N073°34.3'E39°40.4'N073°33.3'E39°59.3'N073°33.7'E 1.019 65° 217° 69 km 01m43.5s
08:0640°20.8'N074°30.6'E39°43.3'N074°28.6'E40°02.1'N074°29.5'E 1.019 65° 220° 69 km 01m42.6s
08:0840°22.9'N075°27.5'E39°45.7'N075°24.4'E40°04.3'N075°25.9'E 1.019 64° 223° 69 km 01m41.6s
08:1040°24.4'N076°25.0'E39°47.4'N076°20.9'E40°05.9'N076°22.9'E 1.019 63° 225° 68 km 01m40.5s
08:1240°25.2'N077°23.2'E39°48.5'N077°18.1'E40°06.8'N077°20.6'E 1.019 62° 228° 68 km 01m39.4s
08:1440°25.3'N078°22.1'E39°48.9'N078°16.0'E40°07.1'N078°19.0'E 1.019 61° 230° 67 km 01m38.3s
08:1640°24.8'N079°21.8'E39°48.7'N079°14.5'E40°06.8'N079°18.1'E 1.018 61° 232° 67 km 01m37.1s
08:1840°23.6'N080°22.1'E39°47.8'N080°13.9'E40°05.7'N080°17.9'E 1.018 60° 234° 66 km 01m35.8s
08:2040°21.6'N081°23.3'E39°46.3'N081°14.0'E40°04.0'N081°18.6'E 1.018 59° 236° 66 km 01m34.4s
08:2240°19.0'N082°25.3'E39°44.0'N082°15.0'E40°01.5'N082°20.1'E 1.018 58° 239° 65 km 01m33.0s
08:2440°15.6'N083°28.2'E39°41.1'N083°16.9'E39°58.3'N083°22.5'E 1.018 57° 241° 65 km 01m31.6s
08:2640°11.4'N084°32.1'E39°37.3'N084°19.8'E39°54.4'N084°25.8'E 1.018 56° 242° 64 km 01m30.0s
08:2840°06.3'N085°36.9'E39°32.8'N085°23.6'E39°49.6'N085°30.1'E 1.017 55° 244° 64 km 01m28.5s
08:3040°00.5'N086°42.7'E39°27.5'N086°28.5'E39°44.0'N086°35.5'E 1.017 54° 246° 63 km 01m26.8s
08:3239°53.8'N087°49.7'E39°21.4'N087°34.5'E39°37.6'N087°42.0'E 1.017 53° 248° 62 km 01m25.1s
08:3439°46.2'N088°57.8'E39°14.4'N088°41.7'E39°30.3'N088°49.7'E 1.017 51° 250° 62 km 01m23.4s
08:3639°37.7'N090°07.2'E39°06.5'N089°50.2'E39°22.1'N089°58.6'E 1.017 50° 251° 61 km 01m21.6s
08:3839°28.1'N091°18.0'E38°57.7'N091°00.0'E39°12.9'N091°08.9'E 1.016 49° 253° 60 km 01m19.7s
08:4039°17.6'N092°30.2'E38°47.8'N092°11.4'E39°02.8'N092°20.7'E 1.016 48° 255° 59 km 01m17.7s
08:4239°06.0'N093°44.0'E38°37.0'N093°24.3'E38°51.5'N093°34.1'E 1.016 47° 256° 58 km 01m15.7s
08:4438°53.2'N094°59.5'E38°25.0'N094°39.1'E38°39.1'N094°49.2'E 1.016 45° 258° 57 km 01m13.7s
08:4638°39.3'N096°17.0'E38°11.8'N095°55.7'E38°25.6'N096°06.2'E 1.015 44° 260° 56 km 01m11.6s
08:4838°24.0'N097°36.4'E37°57.5'N097°14.4'E38°10.8'N097°25.3'E 1.015 43° 261° 55 km 01m09.4s
08:5038°07.4'N098°58.2'E37°41.7'N098°35.4'E37°54.6'N098°46.7'E 1.015 41° 263° 54 km 01m07.1s
08:5237°49.3'N100°22.5'E37°24.6'N099°58.9'E37°37.0'N100°10.6'E 1.014 40° 264° 53 km 01m04.8s
08:5437°29.5'N101°49.6'E37°05.9'N101°25.4'E37°17.8'N101°37.4'E 1.014 38° 266° 52 km 01m02.4s
08:5637°08.0'N103°20.0'E36°45.5'N102°55.1'E36°56.8'N103°07.5'E 1.013 37° 267° 51 km 00m59.9s
08:5836°44.6'N104°54.1'E36°23.2'N104°28.6'E36°33.9'N104°41.2'E 1.013 35° 269° 49 km 00m57.3s
09:0036°19.0'N106°32.4'E35°58.8'N106°06.3'E36°08.9'N106°19.2'E 1.013 33° 271° 48 km 00m54.6s
09:0235°50.9'N108°15.7'E35°32.0'N107°49.0'E35°41.5'N108°02.3'E 1.012 32° 272° 46 km 00m51.8s
09:0435°19.9'N110°05.0'E35°02.4'N109°37.7'E35°11.2'N109°51.3'E 1.012 30° 274° 44 km 00m48.9s
09:0634°45.7'N112°01.6'E34°29.6'N111°33.8'E34°37.7'N111°47.6'E 1.011 28° 275° 42 km 00m45.8s
09:0834°07.3'N114°07.3'E33°52.9'N113°38.9'E34°00.2'N113°53.0'E 1.010 25° 277° 40 km 00m42.6s
09:1033°23.9'N116°24.8'E33°11.3'N115°55.7'E33°17.6'N116°10.2'E 1.010 23° 279° 38 km 00m39.1s
09:1232°33.7'N118°58.4'E32°23.2'N118°28.6'E32°28.5'N118°43.5'E 1.009 20° 281° 35 km 00m35.4s
09:1431°33.9'N121°56.0'E31°25.8'N121°25.1'E31°29.9'N121°40.5'E 1.008 17° 282° 32 km 00m31.2s
09:1630°18.2'N125°34.0'E30°13.5'N125°01.2'E30°16.0'N125°17.6'E 1.007 14° 285° 28 km 00m26.3s
09:1828°27.0'N130°46.3'E28°28.2'N130°07.3'E28°27.7'N130°26.7'E 1.006 288° 22 km 00m19.8s
Limits25°30.4'N138°53.2'E25°24.7'N138°49.3'E25°27.5'N138°51.3'E 1.003 - 12 km 00m10.5s

ΔT = -5.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:36:26.907:36:32.338°24.3'N061°38.8'E 70.7° 170.6° 72.3 km01m49.87s
Greatest Duration07:35:20.907:35:26.438°18.4'N061°10.2'E 70.7° 168.5° 72.4 km01m49.88s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1882 May 17 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 -5.5 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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