Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1876 May 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1876 May 03 . 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 -1876 May 03
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°21.6'S035°13.5'E06°04.1'S035°44.2'E05°12.9'S035°29.1'E 1.057 - 196 km 03m00.3s
03:3803°19.5'S040°20.2'E04°15.7'S044°31.8'E03°44.4'S042°41.4'E 1.060 79° 205 km 03m18.3s
03:4001°47.1'S046°36.9'E03°02.5'S049°16.7'E02°23.8'S048°00.6'E 1.062 14° 79° 212 km 03m33.6s
03:4200°43.8'S050°17.2'E02°05.3'S052°32.9'E01°23.9'S051°27.4'E 1.063 18° 79° 217 km 03m44.7s
03:4400°09.6'N053°05.7'E01°15.6'S055°09.3'E00°32.5'S054°09.3'E 1.064 21° 79° 221 km 03m54.0s
03:4600°57.3'N055°25.7'E00°30.3'S057°21.9'E00°14.0'N056°25.2'E 1.065 24° 79° 224 km 04m02.2s
03:4801°41.4'N057°27.0'E00°11.8'N059°18.1'E00°57.0'N058°23.8'E 1.066 26° 79° 226 km 04m09.8s
03:5002°22.7'N059°14.8'E00°51.5'N061°02.2'E01°37.5'N060°09.6'E 1.066 29° 79° 229 km 04m16.9s
03:5203°01.9'N060°52.5'E01°29.3'N062°37.1'E02°16.0'N061°45.8'E 1.067 31° 80° 231 km 04m23.5s
03:5403°39.4'N062°22.2'E02°05.6'N064°04.4'E02°52.8'N063°14.2'E 1.068 33° 80° 233 km 04m29.8s
03:5604°15.5'N063°45.2'E02°40.6'N065°25.7'E03°28.3'N064°36.3'E 1.068 35° 80° 235 km 04m35.8s
03:5804°50.3'N065°02.8'E03°14.4'N066°41.7'E04°02.7'N065°53.1'E 1.069 37° 80° 236 km 04m41.5s
04:0005°24.1'N066°15.8'E03°47.3'N067°53.4'E04°36.0'N067°05.4'E 1.069 38° 81° 238 km 04m47.0s
04:0205°57.0'N067°24.9'E04°19.3'N069°01.3'E05°08.4'N068°13.8'E 1.070 40° 81° 239 km 04m52.3s
04:0406°29.1'N068°30.5'E04°50.6'N070°05.9'E05°40.1'N069°18.9'E 1.070 42° 81° 241 km 04m57.4s
04:0607°00.4'N069°33.1'E05°21.1'N071°07.6'E06°11.0'N070°21.0'E 1.070 43° 82° 242 km 05m02.4s
04:0807°31.0'N070°33.0'E05°51.0'N072°06.7'E06°41.2'N071°20.5'E 1.071 45° 82° 243 km 05m07.2s
04:1008°01.0'N071°30.6'E06°20.3'N073°03.5'E07°10.9'N072°17.7'E 1.071 46° 83° 244 km 05m11.8s
04:1208°30.5'N072°26.1'E06°49.1'N073°58.2'E07°40.0'N073°12.8'E 1.071 48° 83° 245 km 05m16.3s
04:1408°59.4'N073°19.7'E07°17.4'N074°51.2'E08°08.6'N074°06.0'E 1.072 49° 84° 245 km 05m20.6s
04:1609°27.8'N074°11.5'E07°45.2'N075°42.4'E08°36.7'N074°57.5'E 1.072 51° 85° 246 km 05m24.8s
04:1809°55.8'N075°01.9'E08°12.5'N076°32.2'E09°04.3'N075°47.6'E 1.072 52° 85° 247 km 05m28.9s
04:2010°23.4'N075°50.9'E08°39.5'N077°20.5'E09°31.6'N076°36.2'E 1.073 53° 86° 247 km 05m32.8s
04:2210°50.5'N076°38.6'E09°06.0'N078°07.7'E09°58.4'N077°23.6'E 1.073 55° 87° 248 km 05m36.7s
04:2411°17.3'N077°25.1'E09°32.2'N078°53.6'E10°24.9'N078°09.9'E 1.073 56° 87° 249 km 05m40.3s
04:2611°43.7'N078°10.6'E09°58.0'N079°38.6'E10°51.0'N078°55.1'E 1.073 57° 88° 249 km 05m43.9s
04:2812°09.7'N078°55.2'E10°23.5'N080°22.6'E11°16.8'N079°39.4'E 1.074 58° 89° 249 km 05m47.3s
04:3012°35.5'N079°38.9'E10°48.7'N081°05.8'E11°42.2'N080°22.8'E 1.074 60° 90° 250 km 05m50.7s
04:3213°00.9'N080°21.9'E11°13.5'N081°48.2'E12°07.3'N081°05.5'E 1.074 61° 91° 250 km 05m53.9s
04:3413°26.0'N081°04.1'E11°38.1'N082°29.8'E12°32.2'N081°47.4'E 1.074 62° 92° 251 km 05m57.0s
04:3613°50.8'N081°45.7'E12°02.4'N083°10.8'E12°56.7'N082°28.7'E 1.074 63° 93° 251 km 05m59.9s
04:3814°15.4'N082°26.7'E12°26.4'N083°51.3'E13°21.0'N083°09.4'E 1.075 64° 94° 251 km 06m02.8s
04:4014°39.7'N083°07.2'E12°50.1'N084°31.2'E13°45.0'N083°49.6'E 1.075 65° 96° 251 km 06m05.5s
04:4215°03.7'N083°47.2'E13°13.6'N085°10.6'E14°08.7'N084°29.3'E 1.075 66° 97° 251 km 06m08.1s
04:4415°27.4'N084°26.8'E13°36.8'N085°49.5'E14°32.2'N085°08.6'E 1.075 67° 99° 252 km 06m10.6s
04:4615°50.9'N085°06.1'E13°59.7'N086°28.1'E14°55.4'N085°47.5'E 1.075 68° 100° 252 km 06m12.9s
04:4816°14.2'N085°45.0'E14°22.4'N087°06.4'E15°18.4'N086°26.0'E 1.075 69° 102° 252 km 06m15.2s
04:5016°37.2'N086°23.6'E14°44.9'N087°44.4'E15°41.1'N087°04.3'E 1.075 70° 104° 252 km 06m17.3s
04:5217°00.0'N087°02.0'E15°07.2'N088°22.0'E16°03.6'N087°42.3'E 1.076 71° 106° 252 km 06m19.3s
04:5417°22.5'N087°40.2'E15°29.2'N088°59.5'E16°25.9'N088°20.2'E 1.076 72° 109° 252 km 06m21.1s
04:5617°44.9'N088°18.2'E15°51.0'N089°36.8'E16°48.0'N088°57.8'E 1.076 73° 111° 252 km 06m22.9s
04:5818°07.0'N088°56.1'E16°12.5'N090°13.9'E17°09.8'N089°35.3'E 1.076 74° 114° 252 km 06m24.5s
05:0018°28.9'N089°33.9'E16°33.9'N090°51.0'E17°31.4'N090°12.7'E 1.076 75° 117° 252 km 06m26.0s
05:0218°50.6'N090°11.6'E16°55.0'N091°27.9'E17°52.8'N090°50.0'E 1.076 76° 121° 252 km 06m27.4s
05:0419°12.0'N090°49.4'E17°16.0'N092°04.8'E18°14.0'N091°27.3'E 1.076 76° 125° 252 km 06m28.6s
05:0619°33.3'N091°27.1'E17°36.7'N092°41.6'E18°35.0'N092°04.6'E 1.076 77° 129° 252 km 06m29.7s
05:0819°54.3'N092°04.8'E17°57.2'N093°18.5'E18°55.8'N092°41.9'E 1.076 78° 134° 252 km 06m30.7s
05:1020°15.2'N092°42.7'E18°17.5'N093°55.4'E19°16.3'N093°19.3'E 1.076 78° 139° 252 km 06m31.6s
05:1220°35.8'N093°20.6'E18°37.6'N094°32.4'E19°36.7'N093°56.7'E 1.076 78° 144° 252 km 06m32.3s
05:1420°56.2'N093°58.7'E18°57.5'N095°09.5'E19°56.8'N094°34.3'E 1.076 79° 150° 251 km 06m32.9s
05:1621°16.4'N094°36.9'E19°17.2'N095°46.7'E20°16.8'N095°12.0'E 1.076 79° 156° 251 km 06m33.3s
05:1821°36.4'N095°15.4'E19°36.7'N096°24.1'E20°36.5'N095°49.9'E 1.076 79° 162° 251 km 06m33.6s
05:2021°56.2'N095°54.0'E19°55.9'N097°01.7'E20°56.0'N096°28.0'E 1.076 79° 168° 251 km 06m33.8s
05:2222°15.8'N096°33.0'E20°15.0'N097°39.5'E21°15.3'N097°06.4'E 1.076 79° 174° 251 km 06m33.9s
05:2422°35.2'N097°12.2'E20°33.8'N098°17.5'E21°34.4'N097°45.0'E 1.076 79° 180° 251 km 06m33.8s
05:2622°54.3'N097°51.7'E20°52.5'N098°55.8'E21°53.3'N098°23.9'E 1.076 78° 185° 250 km 06m33.6s
05:2823°13.3'N098°31.5'E21°10.9'N099°34.4'E22°12.0'N099°03.1'E 1.076 78° 190° 250 km 06m33.2s
05:3023°32.0'N099°11.8'E21°29.2'N100°13.4'E22°30.5'N099°42.7'E 1.076 77° 195° 250 km 06m32.8s
05:3223°50.5'N099°52.5'E21°47.2'N100°52.7'E22°48.7'N100°22.7'E 1.076 77° 200° 250 km 06m32.1s
05:3424°08.8'N100°33.6'E22°05.0'N101°32.5'E23°06.8'N101°03.1'E 1.076 76° 204° 250 km 06m31.4s
05:3624°26.8'N101°15.2'E22°22.5'N102°12.6'E23°24.6'N101°43.9'E 1.076 75° 208° 249 km 06m30.5s
05:3824°44.6'N101°57.3'E22°39.9'N102°53.3'E23°42.2'N102°25.3'E 1.076 74° 211° 249 km 06m29.4s
05:4025°02.2'N102°40.0'E22°57.0'N103°34.4'E23°59.5'N103°07.2'E 1.076 74° 214° 249 km 06m28.2s
05:4225°19.5'N103°23.2'E23°13.9'N104°16.1'E24°16.6'N103°49.6'E 1.076 73° 217° 248 km 06m26.9s
05:4425°36.6'N104°07.1'E23°30.6'N104°58.4'E24°33.5'N104°32.7'E 1.076 72° 220° 248 km 06m25.4s
05:4625°53.4'N104°51.7'E23°47.0'N105°41.3'E24°50.1'N105°16.4'E 1.076 71° 222° 248 km 06m23.8s
05:4826°10.0'N105°37.0'E24°03.2'N106°24.8'E25°06.5'N106°00.8'E 1.076 70° 225° 247 km 06m22.1s
05:5026°26.3'N106°23.0'E24°19.1'N107°09.0'E25°22.6'N106°45.9'E 1.075 69° 227° 247 km 06m20.2s
05:5226°42.3'N107°09.8'E24°34.8'N107°54.0'E25°38.4'N107°31.8'E 1.075 68° 229° 247 km 06m18.1s
05:5426°58.1'N107°57.5'E24°50.2'N108°39.8'E25°54.0'N108°18.5'E 1.075 67° 231° 246 km 06m16.0s
05:5627°13.5'N108°46.2'E25°05.3'N109°26.4'E26°09.3'N109°06.1'E 1.075 66° 232° 246 km 06m13.7s
05:5827°28.7'N109°35.7'E25°20.2'N110°13.9'E26°24.3'N109°54.6'E 1.075 65° 234° 245 km 06m11.2s
06:0027°43.5'N110°26.3'E25°34.7'N111°02.4'E26°39.0'N110°44.1'E 1.075 64° 236° 245 km 06m08.6s
06:0227°58.0'N111°18.0'E25°49.0'N111°51.9'E26°53.4'N111°34.7'E 1.075 62° 237° 244 km 06m05.9s
06:0428°12.2'N112°10.9'E26°03.0'N112°42.5'E27°07.4'N112°26.3'E 1.074 61° 239° 244 km 06m03.0s
06:0628°26.0'N113°05.0'E26°16.6'N113°34.2'E27°21.1'N113°19.2'E 1.074 60° 240° 243 km 05m59.9s
06:0828°39.4'N114°00.4'E26°29.9'N114°27.1'E27°34.5'N114°13.3'E 1.074 59° 241° 243 km 05m56.8s
06:1028°52.4'N114°57.2'E26°42.8'N115°21.4'E27°47.5'N115°08.8'E 1.074 58° 243° 242 km 05m53.4s
06:1229°05.1'N115°55.4'E26°55.3'N116°17.0'E28°00.1'N116°05.7'E 1.074 56° 244° 241 km 05m50.0s
06:1429°17.3'N116°55.3'E27°07.5'N117°14.1'E28°12.2'N117°04.2'E 1.073 55° 245° 241 km 05m46.4s
06:1629°29.0'N117°56.9'E27°19.3'N118°12.9'E28°24.0'N118°04.3'E 1.073 54° 246° 240 km 05m42.6s
06:1829°40.3'N119°00.3'E27°30.6'N119°13.3'E28°35.3'N119°06.2'E 1.073 53° 248° 239 km 05m38.7s
06:2029°51.1'N120°05.7'E27°41.5'N120°15.6'E28°46.1'N120°10.0'E 1.073 51° 249° 238 km 05m34.6s
06:2230°01.3'N121°13.2'E27°51.8'N121°19.9'E28°56.4'N121°15.8'E 1.072 50° 250° 238 km 05m30.4s
06:2430°11.0'N122°23.0'E28°01.7'N122°26.4'E29°06.2'N122°23.9'E 1.072 48° 251° 237 km 05m26.0s
06:2630°20.0'N123°35.3'E28°11.0'N123°35.2'E29°15.4'N123°34.4'E 1.072 47° 252° 236 km 05m21.5s
06:2830°28.3'N124°50.4'E28°19.7'N124°46.6'E29°23.9'N124°47.6'E 1.071 46° 253° 235 km 05m16.8s
06:3030°36.0'N126°08.5'E28°27.8'N126°00.8'E29°31.8'N126°03.7'E 1.071 44° 255° 234 km 05m11.9s
06:3230°42.8'N127°29.9'E28°35.1'N127°18.2'E29°38.9'N127°23.0'E 1.071 42° 256° 233 km 05m06.8s
06:3430°48.8'N128°55.0'E28°41.7'N128°38.9'E29°45.1'N128°45.8'E 1.070 41° 257° 232 km 05m01.6s
06:3630°53.8'N130°24.2'E28°47.4'N130°03.6'E29°50.5'N130°12.7'E 1.070 39° 258° 231 km 04m56.1s
06:3830°57.7'N131°58.1'E28°52.2'N131°32.5'E29°54.9'N131°44.0'E 1.069 37° 259° 230 km 04m50.5s
06:4031°00.5'N133°37.3'E28°55.9'N133°06.5'E29°58.2'N133°20.5'E 1.069 36° 261° 229 km 04m44.6s
06:4231°01.8'N135°22.7'E28°58.5'N134°46.1'E30°00.1'N135°02.9'E 1.068 34° 262° 227 km 04m38.4s
06:4431°01.6'N137°15.4'E28°59.6'N136°32.4'E30°00.6'N136°52.3'E 1.068 32° 263° 226 km 04m32.0s
06:4630°59.4'N139°16.9'E28°59.1'N138°26.6'E29°59.3'N138°50.0'E 1.067 30° 265° 224 km 04m25.2s
06:4830°55.0'N141°29.1'E28°56.7'N140°30.5'E29°56.0'N140°57.8'E 1.067 27° 266° 222 km 04m18.0s
06:5030°47.7'N143°55.0'E28°51.8'N142°46.6'E29°49.9'N143°18.6'E 1.066 25° 268° 220 km 04m10.3s
06:5230°36.7'N146°39.4'E28°43.8'N145°18.6'E29°40.5'N145°56.4'E 1.065 22° 269° 218 km 04m02.0s
06:5430°20.2'N149°50.4'E28°31.5'N148°12.9'E29°26.3'N148°58.5'E 1.064 19° 271° 216 km 03m52.8s
06:5629°55.2'N153°45.1'E28°12.8'N151°41.5'E29°04.7'N152°39.0'E 1.063 15° 273° 212 km 03m42.2s
06:5829°11.9'N159°14.8'E27°42.3'N156°14.1'E28°28.7'N157°35.8'E 1.061 11° 276° 208 km 03m29.0s
Limits27°31.6'N169°19.2'E25°48.6'N168°43.4'E26°40.0'N169°01.0'E 1.058 - 198 km 03m02.3s

ΔT = 43452.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:22:42.205:18:29.420°41.3'N085°33.7'W 79.0° 163.2° 251.2 km06m33.71s
Greatest Duration17:26:02.305:21:49.521°13.7'N097°03.0'E 78.8° 173.3° 250.9 km06m33.90s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1876 May 03 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 43452.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3226.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.48°.

Acknowledgments

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

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