Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1855 Sep 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1855 Sep 06 . 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 -1855 Sep 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits27°18.5'S032°37.7'E27°55.9'S032°37.3'E27°37.2'S032°37.5'E 1.015 - 67 km 00m55.4s
04:2025°36.1'S040°35.9'E26°56.8'S037°18.8'E26°14.3'S039°08.8'E 1.017 73° 76 km 01m05.5s
04:2224°46.2'S045°13.7'E25°50.3'S043°23.4'E25°18.0'S044°20.6'E 1.019 11° 70° 83 km 01m14.8s
04:2424°17.2'S048°23.5'E25°18.1'S046°56.0'E24°47.6'S047°40.8'E 1.020 15° 68° 89 km 01m21.4s
04:2623°57.6'S050°54.9'E24°57.3'S049°39.2'E24°27.5'S050°17.8'E 1.021 17° 67° 93 km 01m26.9s
04:2823°43.6'S053°03.6'E24°43.0'S051°55.3'E24°13.3'S052°30.0'E 1.021 20° 65° 97 km 01m31.8s
04:3023°33.7'S054°56.8'E24°33.0'S053°53.7'E24°03.3'S054°25.7'E 1.022 22° 64° 100 km 01m36.2s
04:3223°26.7'S056°38.6'E24°26.1'S055°39.5'E23°56.4'S056°09.5'E 1.022 24° 63° 103 km 01m40.3s
04:3423°22.1'S058°11.7'E24°21.7'S057°15.6'E23°51.9'S057°44.0'E 1.023 25° 62° 106 km 01m44.1s
04:3623°19.4'S059°37.7'E24°19.3'S058°44.1'E23°49.4'S059°11.3'E 1.023 27° 60° 108 km 01m47.6s
04:3823°18.5'S060°58.0'E24°18.7'S060°06.5'E23°48.6'S060°32.5'E 1.024 29° 59° 111 km 01m51.0s
04:4023°18.9'S062°13.4'E24°19.4'S061°23.7'E23°49.2'S061°48.8'E 1.024 30° 58° 113 km 01m54.2s
04:4223°20.7'S063°24.7'E24°21.5'S062°36.5'E23°51.1'S063°00.9'E 1.025 31° 57° 115 km 01m57.2s
04:4423°23.5'S064°32.5'E24°24.7'S063°45.6'E23°54.1'S064°09.3'E 1.025 32° 56° 117 km 02m00.1s
04:4623°27.4'S065°37.2'E24°28.9'S064°51.5'E23°58.2'S065°14.6'E 1.025 34° 54° 119 km 02m02.9s
04:4823°32.3'S066°39.2'E24°34.0'S065°54.5'E24°03.2'S066°17.1'E 1.025 35° 53° 121 km 02m05.5s
04:5023°38.0'S067°38.8'E24°40.0'S066°55.0'E24°09.0'S067°17.1'E 1.026 36° 52° 122 km 02m08.0s
04:5223°44.5'S068°36.3'E24°46.8'S067°53.4'E24°15.7'S068°15.0'E 1.026 37° 51° 124 km 02m10.3s
04:5423°51.7'S069°31.9'E24°54.4'S068°49.7'E24°23.1'S069°11.0'E 1.026 38° 49° 125 km 02m12.6s
04:5623°59.7'S070°25.7'E25°02.6'S069°44.3'E24°31.2'S070°05.2'E 1.026 38° 48° 126 km 02m14.7s
04:5824°08.3'S071°18.0'E25°11.5'S070°37.3'E24°39.9'S070°57.8'E 1.027 39° 47° 127 km 02m16.7s
05:0024°17.6'S072°09.0'E25°21.0'S071°28.9'E24°49.3'S071°49.1'E 1.027 40° 45° 128 km 02m18.6s
05:0224°27.5'S072°58.7'E25°31.1'S072°19.1'E24°59.3'S072°39.1'E 1.027 41° 44° 129 km 02m20.4s
05:0424°38.0'S073°47.2'E25°41.9'S073°08.3'E25°09.9'S073°27.9'E 1.027 42° 43° 130 km 02m22.1s
05:0624°49.0'S074°34.8'E25°53.1'S073°56.4'E25°21.1'S074°15.7'E 1.027 42° 41° 131 km 02m23.7s
05:0825°00.7'S075°21.4'E26°04.9'S074°43.5'E25°32.8'S075°02.6'E 1.028 43° 40° 131 km 02m25.1s
05:1025°12.8'S076°07.2'E26°17.3'S075°29.8'E25°45.0'S075°48.6'E 1.028 43° 38° 132 km 02m26.5s
05:1225°25.5'S076°52.3'E26°30.1'S076°15.3'E25°57.8'S076°33.9'E 1.028 44° 37° 132 km 02m27.8s
05:1425°38.6'S077°36.6'E26°43.5'S077°00.2'E26°11.1'S077°18.5'E 1.028 44° 35° 133 km 02m28.9s
05:1625°52.3'S078°20.4'E26°57.3'S077°44.5'E26°24.8'S078°02.5'E 1.028 45° 33° 133 km 02m30.0s
05:1826°06.5'S079°03.7'E27°11.6'S078°28.2'E26°39.1'S078°46.0'E 1.028 45° 32° 133 km 02m31.0s
05:2026°21.1'S079°46.5'E27°26.4'S079°11.5'E26°53.8'S079°29.1'E 1.028 45° 30° 133 km 02m31.8s
05:2226°36.3'S080°28.9'E27°41.7'S079°54.3'E27°09.0'S080°11.7'E 1.028 46° 29° 133 km 02m32.6s
05:2426°51.9'S081°10.9'E27°57.5'S080°36.9'E27°24.7'S080°54.0'E 1.028 46° 27° 133 km 02m33.2s
05:2627°08.0'S081°52.7'E28°13.7'S081°19.1'E27°40.8'S081°36.0'E 1.028 46° 25° 133 km 02m33.8s
05:2827°24.6'S082°34.3'E28°30.4'S082°01.2'E27°57.5'S082°17.8'E 1.029 46° 24° 133 km 02m34.2s
05:3027°41.6'S083°15.7'E28°47.6'S082°43.1'E28°14.6'S082°59.4'E 1.029 47° 22° 133 km 02m34.6s
05:3227°59.1'S083°56.9'E29°05.2'S083°24.8'E28°32.1'S083°40.9'E 1.029 47° 20° 132 km 02m34.8s
05:3428°17.1'S084°38.2'E29°23.3'S084°06.6'E28°50.2'S084°22.4'E 1.029 47° 18° 132 km 02m35.0s
05:3628°35.6'S085°19.4'E29°41.9'S084°48.3'E29°08.7'S085°03.9'E 1.029 47° 17° 132 km 02m35.0s
05:3828°54.5'S086°00.6'E30°00.9'S085°30.1'E29°27.7'S085°45.4'E 1.029 47° 15° 131 km 02m35.0s
05:4029°14.0'S086°41.9'E30°20.5'S086°12.0'E29°47.2'S086°27.0'E 1.029 47° 13° 131 km 02m34.8s
05:4229°33.9'S087°23.4'E30°40.5'S086°54.0'E30°07.2'S087°08.7'E 1.029 47° 11° 130 km 02m34.6s
05:4429°54.3'S088°05.1'E31°01.0'S087°36.3'E30°27.7'S087°50.7'E 1.029 46° 10° 130 km 02m34.2s
05:4630°15.3'S088°47.1'E31°22.1'S088°18.9'E30°48.7'S088°33.0'E 1.029 46° 129 km 02m33.8s
05:4830°36.8'S089°29.3'E31°43.7'S089°01.9'E31°10.2'S089°15.6'E 1.029 46° 128 km 02m33.2s
05:5030°58.8'S090°12.0'E32°05.8'S089°45.2'E31°32.2'S089°58.6'E 1.028 46° 128 km 02m32.6s
05:5231°21.3'S090°55.1'E32°28.4'S090°29.0'E31°54.8'S090°42.1'E 1.028 45° 127 km 02m31.8s
05:5431°44.4'S091°38.8'E32°51.6'S091°13.4'E32°18.0'S091°26.1'E 1.028 45° 126 km 02m31.0s
05:5632°08.1'S092°23.0'E33°15.4'S091°58.5'E32°41.7'S092°10.7'E 1.028 45° 359° 125 km 02m30.1s
05:5832°32.4'S093°07.9'E33°39.8'S092°44.2'E33°06.0'S092°56.0'E 1.028 44° 358° 125 km 02m29.1s
06:0032°57.3'S093°53.5'E34°04.8'S093°30.7'E33°31.0'S093°42.1'E 1.028 44° 356° 124 km 02m27.9s
06:0233°22.8'S094°40.0'E34°30.4'S094°18.1'E33°56.6'S094°29.0'E 1.028 43° 354° 123 km 02m26.7s
06:0433°49.0'S095°27.4'E34°56.7'S095°06.5'E34°22.8'S095°16.9'E 1.028 43° 353° 122 km 02m25.4s
06:0634°15.9'S096°15.9'E35°23.7'S095°56.0'E34°49.7'S096°05.9'E 1.028 42° 351° 121 km 02m24.0s
06:0834°43.5'S097°05.5'E35°51.5'S096°46.8'E35°17.4'S096°56.0'E 1.028 42° 349° 120 km 02m22.5s
06:1035°11.9'S097°56.4'E36°20.0'S097°38.8'E35°45.8'S097°47.5'E 1.027 41° 348° 119 km 02m20.8s
06:1235°41.0'S098°48.7'E36°49.3'S098°32.4'E36°15.1'S098°40.4'E 1.027 40° 346° 118 km 02m19.1s
06:1436°11.1'S099°42.6'E37°19.5'S099°27.7'E36°45.2'S099°35.0'E 1.027 39° 344° 117 km 02m17.3s
06:1636°42.0'S100°38.2'E37°50.5'S100°24.8'E37°16.2'S100°31.3'E 1.027 38° 343° 116 km 02m15.4s
06:1837°13.8'S101°35.8'E38°22.6'S101°23.9'E37°48.1'S101°29.7'E 1.027 38° 341° 115 km 02m13.4s
06:2037°46.7'S102°35.5'E38°55.7'S102°25.4'E38°21.1'S102°30.3'E 1.027 37° 339° 113 km 02m11.2s
06:2238°20.7'S103°37.7'E39°29.9'S103°29.5'E38°55.2'S103°33.4'E 1.026 36° 338° 112 km 02m09.0s
06:2438°55.9'S104°42.7'E40°05.3'S104°36.6'E39°30.5'S104°39.4'E 1.026 35° 336° 111 km 02m06.6s
06:2639°32.3'S105°50.7'E40°42.1'S105°46.9'E40°07.1'S105°48.6'E 1.026 34° 334° 109 km 02m04.2s
06:2840°10.2'S107°02.3'E41°20.3'S107°01.1'E40°45.1'S107°01.4'E 1.025 32° 333° 108 km 02m01.6s
06:3040°49.7'S108°17.9'E42°00.2'S108°19.6'E41°24.8'S108°18.4'E 1.025 31° 331° 107 km 01m58.8s
06:3241°30.9'S109°38.2'E42°41.8'S109°43.1'E42°06.2'S109°40.3'E 1.025 30° 329° 105 km 01m55.9s
06:3442°14.1'S111°04.0'E43°25.5'S111°12.6'E42°49.7'S111°07.9'E 1.024 29° 327° 104 km 01m52.9s
06:3642°59.5'S112°36.3'E44°11.6'S112°49.2'E43°35.4'S112°42.3'E 1.024 27° 326° 102 km 01m49.7s
06:3843°47.6'S114°16.3'E45°00.4'S114°34.4'E44°23.9'S114°24.8'E 1.024 26° 324° 100 km 01m46.3s
06:4044°38.8'S116°05.9'E45°52.6'S116°30.1'E45°15.5'S116°17.4'E 1.023 24° 322° 98 km 01m42.6s
06:4245°33.8'S118°07.6'E46°48.8'S118°39.4'E46°11.1'S118°22.7'E 1.023 22° 319° 96 km 01m38.7s
06:4446°33.6'S120°24.9'E47°50.2'S121°06.6'E47°11.7'S120°44.8'E 1.022 20° 317° 94 km 01m34.5s
06:4647°39.7'S123°03.7'E48°58.7'S123°59.1'E48°18.9'S123°30.1'E 1.021 18° 314° 91 km 01m29.8s
06:4848°54.8'S126°14.3'E50°17.6'S127°30.5'E49°35.8'S126°50.5'E 1.021 15° 311° 88 km 01m24.5s
06:5050°24.4'S130°18.4'E51°54.9'S132°13.0'E51°08.9'S131°12.1'E 1.020 11° 307° 84 km 01m18.1s
06:5252°25.3'S136°23.3'E54°24.0'S140°28.0'E53°21.0'S138°08.5'E 1.018 301° 78 km 01m09.2s
Limits55°41.8'S148°18.5'E56°19.2'S148°02.0'E56°00.4'S148°10.3'E 1.016 - 71 km 00m58.5s

ΔT = 42952.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:32:01.905:36:09.929°10.2'S094°20.1'W 46.8° 16.6° 131.7 km02m35.00s
Greatest Duration17:31:50.605:35:58.629°08.5'S085°03.4'E 46.8° 16.7° 131.8 km02m35.00s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1855 Sep 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1855 Sep 06 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 42952.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3142.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.13°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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