Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1903 Sep 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1903 Sep 21 . 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 1903 Sep 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°24.4'S031°33.9'E47°05.5'S030°56.5'E46°14.2'S031°15.5'E 1.024 - 185 km 01m21.9s
03:5445°34.9'S041°44.1'E - - 46°14.6'S036°21.7'E 1.025 84° 197 km 01m28.1s
03:5645°57.1'S045°49.8'E47°13.7'S038°03.9'E46°35.5'S042°32.3'E 1.027 80° 213 km 01m36.2s
03:5846°21.3'S048°51.3'E47°37.9'S043°02.0'E46°59.8'S046°11.5'E 1.027 11° 76° 222 km 01m41.3s
04:0046°46.5'S051°20.8'E48°04.1'S046°22.9'E47°25.5'S049°01.1'E 1.028 13° 74° 229 km 01m45.4s
04:0247°12.6'S053°30.5'E48°31.3'S049°03.4'E47°52.1'S051°23.8'E 1.028 15° 71° 234 km 01m48.8s
04:0447°39.3'S055°26.6'E48°59.3'S051°20.5'E48°19.5'S053°29.0'E 1.029 16° 69° 239 km 01m51.7s
04:0648°06.6'S057°12.4'E49°27.8'S053°21.9'E48°47.4'S055°21.8'E 1.029 17° 67° 242 km 01m54.3s
04:0848°34.5'S058°50.5'E49°56.9'S055°12.1'E49°15.8'S057°05.3'E 1.030 19° 65° 245 km 01m56.7s
04:1049°02.8'S060°22.4'E50°26.5'S056°53.7'E49°44.8'S058°41.7'E 1.030 20° 63° 247 km 01m58.8s
04:1249°31.7'S061°49.4'E50°56.6'S058°28.6'E50°14.2'S060°12.3'E 1.030 20° 61° 249 km 02m00.7s
04:1450°01.0'S063°12.2'E51°27.2'S059°58.3'E50°44.2'S061°38.3'E 1.030 21° 59° 250 km 02m02.4s
04:1650°30.9'S064°31.8'E51°58.3'S061°23.6'E51°14.6'S063°00.6'E 1.031 22° 57° 251 km 02m04.0s
04:1851°01.2'S065°48.5'E52°29.9'S062°45.3'E51°45.5'S064°19.7'E 1.031 23° 56° 251 km 02m05.4s
04:2051°32.0'S067°02.9'E53°02.0'S064°04.2'E52°17.0'S065°36.2'E 1.031 23° 54° 251 km 02m06.6s
04:2252°03.2'S068°15.4'E53°34.6'S065°20.8'E52°48.9'S066°50.7'E 1.031 24° 52° 251 km 02m07.7s
04:2452°35.0'S069°26.4'E54°07.7'S066°35.4'E53°21.3'S068°03.4'E 1.031 24° 50° 251 km 02m08.7s
04:2653°07.3'S070°36.2'E54°41.4'S067°48.5'E53°54.3'S069°14.8'E 1.031 25° 48° 250 km 02m09.5s
04:2853°40.2'S071°45.1'E55°15.6'S069°00.4'E54°27.8'S070°25.1'E 1.031 25° 46° 249 km 02m10.2s
04:3054°13.6'S072°53.2'E55°50.5'S070°11.4'E55°01.9'S071°34.7'E 1.031 25° 44° 248 km 02m10.8s
04:3254°47.6'S074°01.0'E56°25.9'S071°21.8'E55°36.6'S072°43.8'E 1.031 25° 43° 247 km 02m11.3s
04:3455°22.1'S075°08.5'E57°02.1'S072°31.9'E56°11.9'S073°52.6'E 1.032 26° 41° 245 km 02m11.6s
04:3655°57.3'S076°16.1'E57°38.9'S073°42.0'E56°47.9'S075°01.4'E 1.032 26° 39° 244 km 02m11.8s
04:3856°33.2'S077°23.9'E58°16.4'S074°52.4'E57°24.6'S076°10.5'E 1.032 26° 37° 242 km 02m11.9s
04:4057°09.8'S078°32.3'E58°54.7'S076°03.2'E58°02.0'S077°20.1'E 1.032 26° 35° 241 km 02m11.9s
04:4257°47.1'S079°41.4'E59°33.8'S077°14.8'E58°40.1'S078°30.5'E 1.032 26° 33° 239 km 02m11.8s
04:4458°25.1'S080°51.6'E60°13.8'S078°27.4'E59°19.1'S079°41.9'E 1.031 26° 31° 237 km 02m11.5s
04:4659°04.0'S082°03.0'E60°54.7'S079°41.5'E59°59.0'S080°54.7'E 1.031 26° 29° 235 km 02m11.2s
04:4859°43.8'S083°16.0'E61°36.6'S080°57.3'E60°39.8'S082°09.1'E 1.031 25° 27° 233 km 02m10.7s
04:5060°24.5'S084°30.9'E62°19.6'S082°15.2'E61°21.6'S083°25.5'E 1.031 25° 25° 232 km 02m10.1s
04:5261°06.3'S085°48.1'E63°03.7'S083°35.7'E62°04.5'S084°44.4'E 1.031 25° 23° 230 km 02m09.3s
04:5461°49.1'S087°08.0'E63°49.1'S084°59.2'E62°48.5'S086°06.1'E 1.031 24° 21° 228 km 02m08.5s
04:5662°33.1'S088°31.1'E64°35.9'S086°26.5'E63°33.8'S087°31.3'E 1.031 24° 19° 226 km 02m07.5s
04:5863°18.3'S089°57.9'E65°24.2'S087°58.1'E64°20.6'S089°00.5'E 1.031 24° 16° 224 km 02m06.4s
05:0064°05.0'S091°29.2'E66°14.2'S089°35.0'E65°08.8'S090°34.5'E 1.031 23° 14° 222 km 02m05.1s
05:0264°53.3'S093°05.7'E67°06.1'S091°18.2'E65°58.8'S092°14.3'E 1.030 22° 12° 220 km 02m03.7s
05:0465°43.2'S094°48.5'E68°00.1'S093°09.1'E66°50.6'S094°01.1'E 1.030 22° 218 km 02m02.2s
05:0666°35.1'S096°38.9'E68°56.5'S095°09.6'E67°44.6'S095°56.3'E 1.030 21° 216 km 02m00.5s
05:0867°29.1'S098°38.4'E69°55.7'S097°22.0'E68°41.0'S098°01.9'E 1.030 20° 213 km 01m58.6s
05:1068°25.7'S100°49.3'E70°58.1'S099°49.6'E69°40.3'S100°20.6'E 1.029 19° 211 km 01m56.6s
05:1269°25.0'S103°14.5'E72°04.3'S102°37.2'E70°42.8'S102°56.1'E 1.029 18° 357° 209 km 01m54.3s
05:1470°27.8'S105°58.1'E73°15.3'S105°52.2'E71°49.2'S105°53.8'E 1.029 17° 354° 207 km 01m51.8s
05:1671°34.6'S109°06.3'E74°32.2'S109°46.5'E73°00.5'S109°21.9'E 1.028 16° 350° 204 km 01m48.9s
05:1872°46.4'S112°48.5'E75°56.9'S114°41.6'E74°17.9'S113°34.4'E 1.028 14° 345° 202 km 01m45.8s
05:2074°04.6'S117°20.9'E77°32.5'S121°21.7'E75°43.5'S118°56.7'E 1.027 12° 339° 199 km 01m42.1s
05:2275°31.5'S123°14.2'E79°25.5'S131°45.9'E77°20.8'S126°23.8'E 1.027 10° 331° 196 km 01m37.7s
05:2477°11.3'S131°39.6'E81°56.9'S156°43.8'E79°17.7'S138°39.7'E 1.026 318° 191 km 01m32.0s
Limits81°09.4'S179°01.4'E82°46.9'S177°57.3'E81°57.4'S178°35.0'E 1.023 - 182 km 01m20.0s

ΔT = 2.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:39:51.904:39:49.757°58.7'S077°13.6'E 25.8° 35.1° 240.8 km02m11.93s
Greatest Duration04:38:45.604:38:43.457°38.0'S076°35.6'E 25.8° 36.2° 241.7 km02m11.94s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1903 Sep 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1903 Sep 21 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 2.2 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. 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"

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