Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1851 Dec 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1851 Dec 20 . 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 -1851 Dec 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits04°34.1'N134°46.8'W02°34.5'N135°59.5'W03°34.4'N135°22.9'W 0.935 - 255 km 04m07.6s
15:1000°35.3'S124°09.1'W00°41.2'S128°48.7'W00°42.9'S126°16.1'W 0.938 11° 113° 246 km 04m15.0s
15:1202°19.7'S121°02.9'W02°52.9'S124°32.8'W02°37.8'S122°42.9'W 0.939 15° 113° 242 km 04m18.5s
15:1403°44.8'S118°39.6'W04°28.8'S121°39.9'W04°07.6'S120°06.8'W 0.940 18° 113° 239 km 04m21.3s
15:1604°58.8'S116°40.3'W05°48.8'S119°23.1'W05°24.3'S117°59.6'W 0.941 21° 112° 236 km 04m23.8s
15:1806°05.3'S114°56.7'W06°59.3'S117°27.5'W06°32.6'S116°10.5'W 0.942 24° 112° 233 km 04m26.1s
15:2007°06.3'S113°24.6'W08°03.2'S115°46.4'W07°35.0'S114°34.1'W 0.942 26° 112° 231 km 04m28.2s
15:2208°03.1'S112°01.0'W09°02.1'S114°15.8'W08°32.7'S113°07.2'W 0.943 28° 111° 228 km 04m30.1s
15:2408°56.4'S110°44.3'W09°57.1'S112°53.3'W09°26.9'S111°47.8'W 0.943 30° 111° 226 km 04m32.0s
15:2609°46.8'S109°33.0'W10°48.9'S111°37.2'W10°17.9'S110°34.2'W 0.944 32° 111° 224 km 04m33.9s
15:2810°34.8'S108°26.4'W11°38.1'S110°26.4'W11°06.5'S109°25.6'W 0.944 34° 110° 222 km 04m35.6s
15:3011°20.7'S107°23.6'W12°24.9'S109°20.0'W11°52.8'S108°21.0'W 0.944 36° 110° 220 km 04m37.3s
15:3212°04.6'S106°24.1'W13°09.8'S108°17.2'W12°37.2'S107°20.0'W 0.945 37° 109° 219 km 04m39.0s
15:3412°47.0'S105°27.4'W13°52.9'S107°17.7'W13°19.9'S106°21.9'W 0.945 39° 109° 217 km 04m40.6s
15:3613°27.8'S104°33.2'W14°34.5'S106°20.9'W14°01.1'S105°26.4'W 0.945 41° 108° 215 km 04m42.2s
15:3814°07.2'S103°41.2'W15°14.6'S105°26.4'W14°40.9'S104°33.3'W 0.946 42° 108° 214 km 04m43.7s
15:4014°45.5'S102°51.1'W15°53.4'S104°34.1'W15°19.4'S103°42.1'W 0.946 43° 107° 212 km 04m45.2s
15:4215°22.5'S102°02.7'W16°31.1'S103°43.7'W15°56.8'S102°52.7'W 0.946 45° 107° 211 km 04m46.7s
15:4415°58.5'S101°15.9'W17°07.7'S102°54.9'W16°33.1'S102°04.9'W 0.947 46° 106° 209 km 04m48.2s
15:4616°33.5'S100°30.3'W17°43.2'S102°07.5'W17°08.4'S101°18.5'W 0.947 48° 105° 208 km 04m49.6s
15:4817°07.6'S099°46.0'W18°17.9'S101°21.5'W17°42.7'S100°33.3'W 0.947 49° 105° 206 km 04m51.0s
15:5017°40.8'S099°02.8'W18°51.6'S100°36.6'W18°16.2'S099°49.3'W 0.947 50° 104° 205 km 04m52.4s
15:5218°13.2'S098°20.6'W19°24.5'S099°52.8'W18°48.8'S099°06.3'W 0.948 51° 103° 204 km 04m53.8s
15:5418°44.9'S097°39.2'W19°56.6'S099°09.9'W19°20.7'S098°24.2'W 0.948 53° 103° 202 km 04m55.1s
15:5619°15.7'S096°58.7'W20°28.0'S098°27.9'W19°51.8'S097°42.9'W 0.948 54° 102° 201 km 04m56.5s
15:5819°45.9'S096°18.8'W20°58.6'S097°46.7'W20°22.2'S097°02.4'W 0.948 55° 101° 200 km 04m57.8s
16:0020°15.4'S095°39.6'W21°28.6'S097°06.1'W20°51.9'S096°22.5'W 0.948 56° 100° 199 km 04m59.0s
16:0220°44.2'S095°01.0'W21°57.9'S096°26.1'W21°21.0'S095°43.2'W 0.949 57° 99° 198 km 05m00.3s
16:0421°12.4'S094°22.9'W22°26.6'S095°46.7'W21°49.4'S095°04.5'W 0.949 58° 99° 197 km 05m01.5s
16:0621°40.0'S093°45.3'W22°54.7'S095°07.8'W22°17.3'S094°26.2'W 0.949 60° 98° 196 km 05m02.7s
16:0822°07.0'S093°08.0'W23°22.2'S094°29.3'W22°44.5'S093°48.3'W 0.949 61° 97° 195 km 05m03.9s
16:1022°33.4'S092°31.2'W23°49.2'S093°51.1'W23°11.2'S093°10.8'W 0.949 62° 96° 194 km 05m05.0s
16:1222°59.3'S091°54.6'W24°15.6'S093°13.4'W23°37.4'S092°33.7'W 0.949 63° 94° 193 km 05m06.2s
16:1423°24.6'S091°18.3'W24°41.4'S092°35.9'W24°03.0'S091°56.8'W 0.949 64° 93° 192 km 05m07.3s
16:1623°49.4'S090°42.3'W25°06.8'S091°58.6'W24°28.0'S091°20.1'W 0.950 65° 92° 191 km 05m08.4s
16:1824°13.7'S090°06.5'W25°31.6'S091°21.6'W24°52.6'S090°43.7'W 0.950 66° 91° 191 km 05m09.4s
16:2024°37.5'S089°30.8'W25°55.9'S090°44.7'W25°16.7'S090°07.5'W 0.950 67° 89° 190 km 05m10.5s
16:2225°00.9'S088°55.3'W26°19.8'S090°08.0'W25°40.2'S089°31.3'W 0.950 68° 88° 189 km 05m11.4s
16:2425°23.7'S088°19.9'W26°43.1'S089°31.3'W26°03.3'S088°55.3'W 0.950 69° 86° 189 km 05m12.4s
16:2625°46.0'S087°44.6'W27°06.0'S088°54.8'W26°26.0'S088°19.4'W 0.950 70° 85° 188 km 05m13.4s
16:2826°07.9'S087°09.3'W27°28.4'S088°18.3'W26°48.1'S087°43.5'W 0.950 71° 83° 187 km 05m14.3s
16:3026°29.3'S086°34.0'W27°50.4'S087°41.8'W27°09.8'S087°07.7'W 0.950 72° 81° 187 km 05m15.1s
16:3226°50.3'S085°58.8'W28°11.9'S087°05.3'W27°31.0'S086°31.8'W 0.950 73° 79° 186 km 05m16.0s
16:3427°10.8'S085°23.5'W28°32.9'S086°28.8'W27°51.8'S085°55.9'W 0.951 73° 77° 186 km 05m16.8s
16:3627°30.8'S084°48.2'W28°53.5'S085°52.2'W28°12.1'S085°20.0'W 0.951 74° 74° 185 km 05m17.6s
16:3827°50.4'S084°12.8'W29°13.7'S085°15.5'W28°32.0'S084°43.9'W 0.951 75° 71° 185 km 05m18.3s
16:4028°09.5'S083°37.4'W29°33.4'S084°38.7'W28°51.4'S084°07.8'W 0.951 76° 68° 184 km 05m19.0s
16:4228°28.3'S083°01.8'W29°52.7'S084°01.8'W29°10.4'S083°31.6'W 0.951 77° 65° 184 km 05m19.7s
16:4428°46.5'S082°26.1'W30°11.5'S083°24.8'W29°29.0'S082°55.2'W 0.951 77° 61° 183 km 05m20.3s
16:4629°04.4'S081°50.3'W30°29.9'S082°47.6'W29°47.1'S082°18.7'W 0.951 78° 57° 183 km 05m20.9s
16:4829°21.7'S081°14.2'W30°47.9'S082°10.2'W30°04.8'S081°42.0'W 0.951 79° 53° 183 km 05m21.5s
16:5029°38.7'S080°38.1'W31°05.4'S081°32.6'W30°22.0'S081°05.1'W 0.951 79° 48° 183 km 05m22.0s
16:5229°55.2'S080°01.7'W31°22.5'S080°54.7'W30°38.8'S080°28.0'W 0.951 80° 43° 182 km 05m22.4s
16:5430°11.3'S079°25.0'W31°39.2'S080°16.7'W30°55.1'S079°50.7'W 0.951 80° 37° 182 km 05m22.8s
16:5630°26.9'S078°48.2'W31°55.4'S079°38.3'W31°11.1'S079°13.1'W 0.951 80° 31° 182 km 05m23.2s
16:5830°42.1'S078°11.1'W32°11.1'S078°59.7'W31°26.5'S078°35.2'W 0.951 81° 25° 182 km 05m23.5s
17:0030°56.8'S077°33.7'W32°26.4'S078°20.8'W31°41.6'S077°57.1'W 0.951 81° 18° 182 km 05m23.8s
17:0231°11.1'S076°56.1'W32°41.3'S077°41.5'W31°56.1'S077°18.7'W 0.951 81° 11° 181 km 05m24.1s
17:0431°25.0'S076°18.1'W32°55.7'S077°01.9'W32°10.3'S076°39.9'W 0.951 81° 181 km 05m24.2s
17:0631°38.4'S075°39.9'W33°09.6'S076°22.0'W32°23.9'S076°00.8'W 0.951 80° 358° 181 km 05m24.4s
17:0831°51.3'S075°01.3'W33°23.1'S075°41.7'W32°37.1'S075°21.4'W 0.951 80° 352° 181 km 05m24.5s
17:1032°03.8'S074°22.3'W33°36.1'S075°01.0'W32°49.9'S074°41.6'W 0.951 80° 346° 181 km 05m24.5s
17:1232°15.8'S073°43.0'W33°48.7'S074°20.0'W33°02.1'S074°01.4'W 0.951 79° 341° 181 km 05m24.5s
17:1432°27.3'S073°03.3'W34°00.7'S073°38.5'W33°13.9'S073°20.8'W 0.951 79° 336° 181 km 05m24.4s
17:1632°38.4'S072°23.3'W34°12.3'S072°56.5'W33°25.3'S072°39.8'W 0.951 78° 331° 181 km 05m24.3s
17:1832°49.0'S071°42.8'W34°23.4'S072°14.1'W33°36.1'S071°58.4'W 0.951 77° 327° 181 km 05m24.1s
17:2032°59.0'S071°01.8'W34°34.0'S071°31.3'W33°46.4'S071°16.5'W 0.951 77° 323° 181 km 05m23.9s
17:2233°08.6'S070°20.5'W34°44.1'S070°47.9'W33°56.3'S070°34.1'W 0.951 76° 320° 181 km 05m23.6s
17:2433°17.7'S069°38.6'W34°53.7'S070°04.1'W34°05.6'S069°51.3'W 0.951 75° 316° 182 km 05m23.3s
17:2633°26.3'S068°56.3'W35°02.7'S069°19.7'W34°14.4'S069°08.0'W 0.951 74° 313° 182 km 05m22.9s
17:2833°34.4'S068°13.5'W35°11.2'S068°34.8'W34°22.7'S068°24.2'W 0.951 74° 311° 182 km 05m22.5s
17:3033°41.9'S067°30.2'W35°19.2'S067°49.3'W34°30.5'S067°39.8'W 0.951 73° 308° 182 km 05m22.0s
17:3233°48.9'S066°46.4'W35°26.6'S067°03.3'W34°37.7'S066°54.8'W 0.951 72° 306° 182 km 05m21.4s
17:3433°55.3'S066°02.0'W35°33.5'S066°16.6'W34°44.3'S066°09.3'W 0.951 71° 304° 183 km 05m20.8s
17:3634°01.2'S065°17.0'W35°39.8'S065°29.4'W34°50.4'S065°23.2'W 0.951 70° 302° 183 km 05m20.1s
17:3834°06.6'S064°31.4'W35°45.5'S064°41.5'W34°55.9'S064°36.5'W 0.951 69° 300° 183 km 05m19.4s
17:4034°11.3'S063°45.2'W35°50.6'S063°52.9'W35°00.8'S063°49.2'W 0.950 68° 298° 184 km 05m18.7s
17:4234°15.4'S062°58.4'W35°55.0'S063°03.6'W35°05.1'S063°01.1'W 0.950 67° 296° 184 km 05m17.8s
17:4434°19.0'S062°10.9'W35°58.9'S062°13.7'W35°08.8'S062°12.4'W 0.950 66° 294° 185 km 05m16.9s
17:4634°21.9'S061°22.8'W36°02.1'S061°23.0'W35°11.9'S061°23.0'W 0.950 65° 293° 185 km 05m16.0s
17:4834°24.1'S060°33.9'W36°04.6'S060°31.5'W35°14.3'S060°32.9'W 0.950 64° 291° 186 km 05m15.0s
17:5034°25.7'S059°44.3'W36°06.5'S059°39.2'W35°16.0'S059°42.0'W 0.950 63° 290° 186 km 05m14.0s
17:5234°26.7'S058°53.9'W36°07.6'S058°46.1'W35°17.0'S058°50.2'W 0.950 62° 288° 187 km 05m12.9s
17:5434°26.9'S058°02.7'W36°08.0'S057°52.1'W35°17.4'S057°57.7'W 0.950 61° 287° 187 km 05m11.7s
17:5634°26.4'S057°10.7'W36°07.7'S056°57.3'W35°17.0'S057°04.3'W 0.950 60° 286° 188 km 05m10.5s
17:5834°25.2'S056°17.7'W36°06.6'S056°01.5'W35°15.8'S056°09.9'W 0.949 59° 284° 188 km 05m09.3s
18:0034°23.2'S055°23.9'W36°04.7'S055°04.7'W35°13.8'S055°14.6'W 0.949 58° 283° 189 km 05m08.0s
18:0234°20.4'S054°29.1'W36°02.0'S054°06.8'W35°11.1'S054°18.3'W 0.949 56° 282° 190 km 05m06.6s
18:0434°16.7'S053°33.2'W35°58.4'S053°07.9'W35°07.5'S053°21.0'W 0.949 55° 280° 191 km 05m05.2s
18:0634°12.3'S052°36.3'W35°53.9'S052°07.8'W35°03.0'S052°22.5'W 0.949 54° 279° 191 km 05m03.8s
18:0834°06.9'S051°38.2'W35°48.5'S051°06.5'W34°57.6'S051°22.8'W 0.949 53° 278° 192 km 05m02.3s
18:1034°00.6'S050°39.0'W35°42.1'S050°03.9'W34°51.3'S050°21.9'W 0.948 52° 277° 193 km 05m00.7s
18:1233°53.3'S049°38.4'W35°34.7'S048°59.9'W34°43.9'S049°19.7'W 0.948 50° 275° 194 km 04m59.1s
18:1433°45.0'S048°36.5'W35°26.2'S047°54.4'W34°35.5'S048°16.0'W 0.948 49° 274° 195 km 04m57.5s
18:1633°35.6'S047°33.1'W35°16.6'S046°47.3'W34°26.1'S047°10.8'W 0.948 48° 273° 196 km 04m55.8s
18:1833°25.1'S046°28.1'W35°05.8'S045°38.5'W34°15.4'S046°04.0'W 0.948 47° 272° 197 km 04m54.0s
18:2033°13.4'S045°21.3'W34°53.7'S044°27.9'W34°03.5'S044°55.4'W 0.947 45° 271° 199 km 04m52.2s
18:2233°00.4'S044°12.8'W34°40.2'S043°15.3'W33°50.3'S043°44.8'W 0.947 44° 270° 200 km 04m50.4s
18:2432°46.0'S043°02.1'W34°25.3'S042°00.4'W33°35.7'S042°32.1'W 0.947 42° 268° 201 km 04m48.5s
18:2632°30.2'S041°49.2'W34°08.9'S040°43.0'W33°19.5'S041°17.0'W 0.946 41° 267° 203 km 04m46.5s
18:2832°12.7'S040°33.9'W33°50.7'S039°23.0'W33°01.7'S039°59.4'W 0.946 39° 266° 204 km 04m44.5s
18:3031°53.5'S039°15.7'W33°30.6'S037°59.9'W32°42.1'S038°38.8'W 0.946 38° 265° 206 km 04m42.5s
18:3231°32.4'S037°54.5'W33°08.5'S036°33.2'W32°20.5'S037°15.0'W 0.946 36° 264° 208 km 04m40.3s
18:3431°09.2'S036°29.7'W32°44.1'S035°02.7'W31°56.7'S035°47.4'W 0.945 34° 263° 209 km 04m38.1s
18:3630°43.6'S035°00.7'W32°17.1'S033°27.4'W31°30.5'S034°15.4'W 0.945 33° 261° 211 km 04m35.9s
18:3830°15.3'S033°27.0'W31°47.1'S031°46.7'W31°01.3'S032°38.4'W 0.944 31° 260° 213 km 04m33.5s
18:4029°43.8'S031°47.7'W31°13.5'S029°59.4'W30°28.9'S030°55.2'W 0.944 29° 259° 216 km 04m31.1s
18:4229°08.7'S030°01.4'W30°35.8'S028°03.9'W29°52.6'S029°04.5'W 0.943 27° 258° 218 km 04m28.5s
18:4428°29.1'S028°06.5'W29°52.8'S025°57.9'W29°11.4'S027°04.4'W 0.943 24° 256° 221 km 04m25.8s
18:4627°43.8'S026°00.4'W29°02.9'S023°37.8'W28°24.0'S024°51.8'W 0.942 22° 255° 224 km 04m23.0s
18:4826°51.1'S023°39.1'W28°03.5'S020°57.4'W27°28.2'S022°21.8'W 0.942 19° 254° 227 km 04m19.9s
18:5025°47.6'S020°55.3'W26°49.2'S017°44.4'W26°20.0'S019°25.0'W 0.941 16° 252° 231 km 04m16.4s
18:5224°26.5'S017°33.6'W25°04.9'S013°24.2'W24°49.5'S015°39.4'W 0.940 12° 250° 236 km 04m12.3s
18:5422°25.3'S012°43.0'W - - 22°11.7'S009°21.2'W 0.938 247° 244 km 04m06.2s
Limits19°11.2'S005°12.2'W21°06.7'S003°54.5'W20°08.8'S004°33.8'W 0.937 - 250 km 04m02.2s

ΔT = 42851.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:55:28.417:01:16.731°50.9'S103°25.2'E 80.8° 13.7° 181.4 km05m23.98s
Greatest Duration05:04:37.917:10:26.132°52.6'S074°32.9'W 79.7° 344.7° 181.1 km05m24.51s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1851 Dec 20 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 42851.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3126.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.06°.

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