Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1803 Feb 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1803 Feb 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 1803 Feb 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
Limits26°18.7'S154°21.7'E27°13.0'S154°06.5'E26°45.8'S154°14.2'E 1.030 - 103 km 01m39.7s
19:3627°32.8'S162°04.0'E28°26.2'S161°13.9'E28°00.0'S161°41.4'E 1.033 98° 110 km 01m52.0s
19:3828°14.8'S168°30.6'E29°16.3'S168°08.7'E28°45.7'S168°20.8'E 1.035 13° 95° 117 km 02m04.5s
19:4028°31.0'S172°42.3'E29°36.0'S172°30.4'E29°03.6'S172°37.3'E 1.036 17° 93° 121 km 02m13.1s
19:4228°37.1'S176°01.4'E29°44.2'S175°56.0'E29°10.7'S175°59.4'E 1.037 21° 91° 124 km 02m20.4s
19:4428°37.1'S178°49.8'E29°45.9'S178°49.5'E29°11.5'S178°50.3'E 1.038 24° 89° 127 km 02m26.8s
19:4628°33.1'S178°42.5'W29°43.1'S178°38.5'W29°08.1'S178°39.9'W 1.039 26° 88° 130 km 02m32.6s
19:4828°26.0'S176°30.1'W29°37.0'S176°22.3'W29°01.5'S176°25.7'W 1.039 29° 86° 132 km 02m38.0s
19:5028°16.5'S174°29.5'W29°28.3'S174°18.3'W28°52.4'S174°23.4'W 1.040 31° 85° 134 km 02m43.1s
19:5228°05.1'S172°38.5'W29°17.6'S172°24.2'W28°41.3'S172°30.9'W 1.040 33° 84° 136 km 02m47.8s
19:5427°52.1'S170°55.5'W29°05.1'S170°38.4'W28°28.6'S170°46.5'W 1.041 35° 83° 138 km 02m52.4s
19:5627°37.8'S169°19.3'W28°51.1'S168°59.4'W28°14.4'S169°09.0'W 1.042 37° 82° 139 km 02m56.7s
19:5827°22.3'S167°48.8'W28°35.9'S167°26.5'W27°59.0'S167°37.3'W 1.042 39° 81° 141 km 03m00.8s
20:0027°05.7'S166°23.5'W28°19.6'S165°58.8'W27°42.6'S166°10.9'W 1.042 40° 80° 142 km 03m04.7s
20:0226°48.2'S165°02.7'W28°02.2'S164°35.8'W27°25.2'S164°49.0'W 1.043 42° 79° 144 km 03m08.5s
20:0426°29.9'S163°45.9'W27°44.0'S163°16.9'W27°06.9'S163°31.1'W 1.043 44° 78° 145 km 03m12.1s
20:0626°10.9'S162°32.8'W27°25.0'S162°01.7'W26°47.9'S162°17.0'W 1.044 45° 78° 146 km 03m15.6s
20:0825°51.2'S161°22.9'W27°05.3'S160°50.0'W26°28.2'S161°06.2'W 1.044 47° 77° 147 km 03m19.0s
20:1025°30.9'S160°16.0'W26°44.9'S159°41.3'W26°07.8'S159°58.4'W 1.044 48° 76° 148 km 03m22.2s
20:1225°10.0'S159°11.8'W26°24.0'S158°35.4'W25°46.9'S158°53.4'W 1.045 50° 75° 149 km 03m25.3s
20:1424°48.6'S158°10.2'W26°02.5'S157°32.1'W25°25.5'S157°51.0'W 1.045 51° 75° 150 km 03m28.2s
20:1624°26.7'S157°10.8'W25°40.4'S156°31.2'W25°03.5'S156°50.9'W 1.045 53° 74° 151 km 03m31.1s
20:1824°04.4'S156°13.6'W25°17.9'S155°32.5'W24°41.1'S155°52.9'W 1.045 54° 73° 152 km 03m33.8s
20:2023°41.7'S155°18.4'W24°54.9'S154°35.9'W24°18.2'S154°57.0'W 1.046 55° 73° 153 km 03m36.4s
20:2223°18.5'S154°25.1'W24°31.6'S153°41.2'W23°55.0'S154°03.0'W 1.046 57° 72° 154 km 03m38.9s
20:2422°55.1'S153°33.4'W24°07.8'S152°48.3'W23°31.4'S153°10.8'W 1.046 58° 72° 155 km 03m41.3s
20:2622°31.2'S152°43.4'W23°43.7'S151°57.1'W23°07.4'S152°20.1'W 1.046 59° 71° 155 km 03m43.6s
20:2822°07.0'S151°54.9'W23°19.2'S151°07.4'W22°43.1'S151°31.1'W 1.047 61° 70° 156 km 03m45.8s
20:3021°42.5'S151°07.8'W22°54.4'S150°19.2'W22°18.4'S150°43.4'W 1.047 62° 70° 157 km 03m47.9s
20:3221°17.8'S150°22.0'W22°29.3'S149°32.3'W21°53.5'S149°57.1'W 1.047 63° 69° 157 km 03m49.9s
20:3420°52.7'S149°37.4'W22°03.8'S148°46.8'W21°28.2'S149°12.1'W 1.047 64° 69° 158 km 03m51.8s
20:3620°27.3'S148°54.1'W21°38.1'S148°02.4'W21°02.7'S148°28.2'W 1.047 66° 68° 158 km 03m53.5s
20:3820°01.7'S148°11.8'W21°12.2'S147°19.2'W20°36.9'S147°45.5'W 1.048 67° 68° 159 km 03m55.2s
20:4019°35.9'S147°30.5'W20°45.9'S146°37.1'W20°10.9'S147°03.8'W 1.048 68° 67° 159 km 03m56.8s
20:4219°09.8'S146°50.2'W20°19.4'S145°56.0'W19°44.6'S146°23.1'W 1.048 69° 67° 160 km 03m58.3s
20:4418°43.4'S146°10.9'W19°52.7'S145°15.9'W19°18.0'S145°43.4'W 1.048 70° 66° 160 km 03m59.7s
20:4618°16.8'S145°32.4'W19°25.7'S144°36.6'W18°51.2'S145°04.5'W 1.048 72° 66° 160 km 04m01.0s
20:4817°50.0'S144°54.6'W18°58.5'S143°58.2'W18°24.2'S144°26.4'W 1.048 73° 66° 161 km 04m02.2s
20:5017°23.0'S144°17.7'W18°31.1'S143°20.6'W17°57.0'S143°49.1'W 1.048 74° 65° 161 km 04m03.3s
20:5216°55.8'S143°41.4'W18°03.5'S142°43.7'W17°29.6'S143°12.6'W 1.048 75° 65° 161 km 04m04.3s
20:5416°28.3'S143°05.9'W17°35.6'S142°07.5'W17°01.9'S142°36.7'W 1.049 76° 64° 162 km 04m05.2s
20:5616°00.6'S142°30.9'W17°07.6'S141°32.0'W16°34.1'S142°01.5'W 1.049 77° 64° 162 km 04m06.1s
20:5815°32.8'S141°56.5'W16°39.3'S140°57.1'W16°06.0'S141°26.8'W 1.049 78° 63° 162 km 04m06.8s
21:0015°04.7'S141°22.7'W16°10.8'S140°22.7'W15°37.8'S140°52.7'W 1.049 80° 63° 162 km 04m07.5s
21:0214°36.5'S140°49.4'W15°42.2'S139°48.9'W15°09.3'S140°19.2'W 1.049 81° 62° 163 km 04m08.0s
21:0414°08.0'S140°16.5'W15°13.3'S139°15.6'W14°40.7'S139°46.1'W 1.049 82° 61° 163 km 04m08.5s
21:0613°39.3'S139°44.1'W14°44.3'S138°42.8'W14°11.8'S139°13.4'W 1.049 83° 60° 163 km 04m08.9s
21:0813°10.5'S139°12.0'W14°15.1'S138°10.3'W13°42.8'S138°41.2'W 1.049 84° 59° 163 km 04m09.2s
21:1012°41.4'S138°40.4'W13°45.6'S137°38.3'W13°13.5'S138°09.4'W 1.049 85° 58° 163 km 04m09.5s
21:1212°12.2'S138°09.0'W13°16.0'S137°06.6'W12°44.1'S137°37.8'W 1.049 86° 56° 163 km 04m09.6s
21:1411°42.8'S137°38.0'W12°46.2'S136°35.2'W12°14.5'S137°06.6'W 1.049 87° 53° 163 km 04m09.7s
21:1611°13.1'S137°07.2'W12°16.2'S136°04.1'W11°44.7'S136°35.7'W 1.049 88° 45° 163 km 04m09.6s
21:1810°43.3'S136°36.6'W11°46.0'S135°33.3'W11°14.7'S136°05.0'W 1.049 89° 163 km 04m09.5s
21:2010°13.3'S136°06.3'W11°15.7'S135°02.7'W10°44.5'S135°34.5'W 1.049 89° 276° 163 km 04m09.4s
21:2209°43.1'S135°36.1'W10°45.1'S134°32.2'W10°14.1'S135°04.2'W 1.049 88° 258° 163 km 04m09.1s
21:2409°12.6'S135°06.1'W10°14.4'S134°02.0'W09°43.5'S134°34.1'W 1.049 87° 252° 163 km 04m08.7s
21:2608°42.0'S134°36.2'W09°43.4'S133°31.8'W09°12.7'S134°04.1'W 1.049 86° 249° 163 km 04m08.3s
21:2808°11.2'S134°06.3'W09°12.3'S133°01.8'W08°41.8'S133°34.1'W 1.049 85° 248° 163 km 04m07.8s
21:3007°40.2'S133°36.5'W08°40.9'S132°31.8'W08°10.6'S133°04.2'W 1.049 84° 247° 163 km 04m07.2s
21:3207°08.9'S133°06.7'W08°09.4'S132°01.9'W07°39.2'S132°34.4'W 1.049 83° 246° 163 km 04m06.6s
21:3406°37.4'S132°36.9'W07°37.6'S131°31.9'W07°07.6'S132°04.5'W 1.049 81° 245° 163 km 04m05.8s
21:3606°05.8'S132°07.0'W07°05.6'S131°01.9'W06°35.7'S131°34.5'W 1.049 80° 245° 163 km 04m05.0s
21:3805°33.9'S131°37.1'W06°33.4'S130°31.9'W06°03.7'S131°04.5'W 1.049 79° 244° 163 km 04m04.1s
21:4005°01.7'S131°07.0'W06°01.0'S130°01.7'W05°31.4'S130°34.4'W 1.049 78° 244° 163 km 04m03.2s
21:4204°29.4'S130°36.8'W05°28.4'S129°31.4'W04°58.9'S130°04.2'W 1.049 77° 244° 163 km 04m02.1s
21:4403°56.8'S130°06.3'W04°55.6'S129°00.9'W04°26.2'S129°33.7'W 1.049 76° 243° 162 km 04m01.0s
21:4603°23.9'S129°35.7'W04°22.5'S128°30.2'W03°53.3'S129°03.0'W 1.049 75° 243° 162 km 03m59.8s
21:4802°50.8'S129°04.8'W03°49.1'S127°59.3'W03°20.0'S128°32.1'W 1.049 73° 243° 162 km 03m58.5s
21:5002°17.5'S128°33.5'W03°15.5'S127°28.0'W02°46.6'S128°00.8'W 1.048 72° 243° 162 km 03m57.2s
21:5201°43.8'S128°01.9'W02°41.7'S126°56.4'W02°12.8'S127°29.3'W 1.048 71° 243° 162 km 03m55.8s
21:5401°09.9'S127°30.0'W02°07.6'S126°24.4'W01°38.8'S126°57.3'W 1.048 70° 243° 161 km 03m54.3s
21:5600°35.8'S126°57.5'W01°33.2'S125°52.0'W01°04.6'S126°24.9'W 1.048 69° 243° 161 km 03m52.7s
21:5800°01.3'S126°24.6'W00°58.5'S125°19.2'W00°30.0'S125°52.0'W 1.048 68° 242° 161 km 03m51.0s
22:0000°33.5'N125°51.1'W00°23.6'S124°45.7'W00°04.9'N125°18.5'W 1.048 66° 242° 160 km 03m49.3s
22:0201°08.6'N125°17.0'W00°11.7'N124°11.7'W00°40.1'N124°44.5'W 1.048 65° 242° 160 km 03m47.5s
22:0401°44.0'N124°42.3'W00°47.3'N123°37.1'W01°15.6'N124°09.8'W 1.047 64° 242° 160 km 03m45.6s
22:0602°19.8'N124°06.8'W01°23.2'N123°01.7'W01°51.4'N123°34.3'W 1.047 63° 242° 159 km 03m43.7s
22:0802°55.9'N123°30.5'W01°59.5'N122°25.5'W02°27.6'N122°58.1'W 1.047 61° 242° 159 km 03m41.6s
22:1003°32.4'N122°53.4'W02°36.2'N121°48.5'W03°04.2'N122°21.0'W 1.047 60° 242° 158 km 03m39.5s
22:1204°09.3'N122°15.3'W03°13.2'N121°10.5'W03°41.2'N121°43.0'W 1.047 59° 242° 158 km 03m37.3s
22:1404°46.6'N121°36.1'W03°50.7'N120°31.5'W04°18.5'N121°03.9'W 1.046 58° 242° 157 km 03m35.0s
22:1605°24.3'N120°55.8'W04°28.5'N119°51.4'W04°56.3'N120°23.7'W 1.046 56° 242° 156 km 03m32.6s
22:1806°02.5'N120°14.3'W05°06.9'N119°10.0'W05°34.6'N119°42.3'W 1.046 55° 243° 156 km 03m30.2s
22:2006°41.2'N119°31.3'W05°45.7'N118°27.3'W06°13.3'N118°59.4'W 1.046 54° 243° 155 km 03m27.6s
22:2207°20.3'N118°46.9'W06°25.0'N117°43.1'W06°52.6'N118°15.1'W 1.045 52° 243° 154 km 03m25.0s
22:2408°00.1'N118°00.8'W07°04.8'N116°57.2'W07°32.3'N117°29.1'W 1.045 51° 243° 153 km 03m22.2s
22:2608°40.4'N117°12.9'W07°45.3'N116°09.6'W08°12.7'N116°41.4'W 1.045 49° 243° 153 km 03m19.4s
22:2809°21.3'N116°22.9'W08°26.3'N115°19.9'W08°53.7'N115°51.6'W 1.045 48° 243° 152 km 03m16.5s
22:3010°02.9'N115°30.7'W09°08.1'N114°28.0'W09°35.4'N114°59.5'W 1.044 46° 243° 151 km 03m13.4s
22:3210°45.2'N114°36.0'W09°50.6'N113°33.6'W10°17.8'N114°05.0'W 1.044 45° 244° 149 km 03m10.2s
22:3411°28.4'N113°38.5'W10°33.8'N112°36.5'W11°01.0'N113°07.7'W 1.044 43° 244° 148 km 03m07.0s
22:3612°12.4'N112°37.9'W11°18.0'N111°36.2'W11°45.0'N112°07.2'W 1.043 41° 244° 147 km 03m03.6s
22:3812°57.3'N111°33.7'W12°03.1'N110°32.3'W12°30.0'N111°03.2'W 1.043 40° 245° 146 km 03m00.0s
22:4013°43.3'N110°25.3'W12°49.3'N109°24.4'W13°16.1'N109°55.1'W 1.042 38° 245° 144 km 02m56.3s
22:4214°30.5'N109°12.3'W13°36.7'N108°11.8'W14°03.4'N108°42.3'W 1.042 36° 245° 143 km 02m52.4s
22:4415°19.1'N107°53.8'W14°25.4'N106°53.7'W14°52.1'N107°23.9'W 1.041 34° 246° 141 km 02m48.4s
22:4616°09.2'N106°28.7'W15°15.8'N105°29.0'W15°42.3'N105°59.1'W 1.041 32° 246° 139 km 02m44.1s
22:4817°01.2'N104°55.7'W16°08.1'N103°56.5'W16°34.5'N104°26.3'W 1.040 30° 247° 137 km 02m39.6s
22:5017°55.3'N103°13.0'W17°02.6'N102°14.1'W17°28.8'N102°43.8'W 1.040 28° 247° 135 km 02m34.8s
22:5218°52.3'N101°17.8'W18°00.0'N100°19.2'W18°25.9'N100°48.8'W 1.039 25° 248° 132 km 02m29.6s
22:5419°52.7'N099°06.0'W19°01.1'N098°07.6'W19°26.7'N098°37.2'W 1.038 22° 249° 130 km 02m24.0s
22:5620°58.1'N096°30.7'W20°07.3'N095°32.0'W20°32.5'N096°01.8'W 1.037 19° 250° 126 km 02m17.7s
22:5822°11.0'N093°18.1'W21°21.5'N092°18.0'W21°46.0'N092°48.7'W 1.036 16° 251° 123 km 02m10.4s
23:0023°38.3'N088°52.3'W22°51.3'N087°46.8'W23°14.5'N088°20.5'W 1.035 11° 253° 117 km 02m01.1s
Limits26°24.8'N077°20.0'W25°29.4'N077°04.8'W25°57.1'N077°12.4'W 1.031 - 105 km 01m41.7s

ΔT = 12.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:18:45.921:18:33.411°06.3'S135°59.6'W 89.5° 337.0° 163.4 km04m09.50s
Greatest Duration21:14:41.221:14:28.712°07.4'S136°59.2'W 87.7° 51.4° 163.3 km04m09.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1803 Feb 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 12.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

Acknowledgments

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

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