Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1849 Aug 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1849 Aug 18 . 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 1849 Aug 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits31°58.0'S032°20.6'E32°59.3'S032°20.8'E32°28.5'S032°20.7'E 1.023 - 109 km 01m26.5s
04:3029°41.7'S042°39.3'E31°41.6'S038°14.8'E30°38.0'S040°44.8'E 1.026 70° 121 km 01m41.4s
04:3229°00.9'S046°26.0'E30°40.3'S043°37.9'E29°49.7'S045°07.0'E 1.027 12° 67° 128 km 01m50.4s
04:3428°34.6'S049°15.5'E30°07.7'S047°00.9'E29°20.7'S048°11.0'E 1.028 15° 65° 134 km 01m57.2s
04:3628°16.0'S051°35.2'E29°45.9'S049°39.2'E29°00.7'S050°39.2'E 1.029 17° 63° 138 km 02m02.9s
04:3828°02.4'S053°36.1'E29°30.6'S051°52.3'E28°46.3'S052°45.7'E 1.029 20° 62° 142 km 02m08.1s
04:4027°52.4'S055°23.6'E29°19.6'S053°48.6'E28°35.9'S054°37.3'E 1.030 21° 60° 145 km 02m12.7s
04:4227°45.3'S057°01.2'E29°11.8'S055°32.8'E28°28.4'S056°18.0'E 1.030 23° 59° 149 km 02m17.0s
04:4427°40.5'S058°30.8'E29°06.5'S057°07.7'E28°23.4'S057°50.2'E 1.031 25° 58° 151 km 02m20.9s
04:4627°37.6'S059°54.1'E29°03.3'S058°35.4'E28°20.4'S059°15.5'E 1.031 26° 56° 154 km 02m24.7s
04:4827°36.3'S061°12.1'E29°01.9'S059°57.1'E28°19.0'S060°35.3'E 1.031 28° 55° 157 km 02m28.2s
04:5027°36.5'S062°25.7'E29°01.9'S061°13.8'E28°19.1'S061°50.4'E 1.032 29° 54° 159 km 02m31.4s
04:5227°37.9'S063°35.5'E29°03.3'S062°26.3'E28°20.6'S063°01.5'E 1.032 30° 52° 161 km 02m34.5s
04:5427°40.5'S064°42.1'E29°05.9'S063°35.3'E28°23.1'S064°09.2'E 1.032 31° 51° 163 km 02m37.5s
04:5627°44.1'S065°45.8'E29°09.6'S064°41.1'E28°26.8'S065°13.9'E 1.033 32° 50° 165 km 02m40.2s
04:5827°48.7'S066°46.9'E29°14.2'S065°44.2'E28°31.4'S066°16.0'E 1.033 33° 48° 166 km 02m42.8s
05:0027°54.2'S067°45.9'E29°19.8'S066°44.8'E28°36.9'S067°15.8'E 1.033 34° 47° 168 km 02m45.3s
05:0228°00.5'S068°42.9'E29°26.1'S067°43.4'E28°43.3'S068°13.6'E 1.033 35° 46° 169 km 02m47.6s
05:0428°07.6'S069°38.1'E29°33.3'S068°40.1'E28°50.4'S069°09.5'E 1.034 36° 44° 171 km 02m49.8s
05:0628°15.4'S070°31.8'E29°41.2'S069°35.1'E28°58.3'S070°03.8'E 1.034 36° 43° 172 km 02m51.8s
05:0828°23.9'S071°24.0'E29°49.9'S070°28.7'E29°06.9'S070°56.7'E 1.034 37° 42° 173 km 02m53.7s
05:1028°33.2'S072°15.0'E29°59.2'S071°20.9'E29°16.1'S071°48.3'E 1.034 38° 40° 173 km 02m55.5s
05:1228°43.0'S073°04.9'E30°09.2'S072°11.8'E29°26.0'S072°38.7'E 1.034 38° 39° 174 km 02m57.1s
05:1428°53.5'S073°53.7'E30°19.8'S073°01.8'E29°36.6'S073°28.0'E 1.034 39° 37° 175 km 02m58.7s
05:1629°04.6'S074°41.6'E30°31.0'S073°50.7'E29°47.7'S074°16.5'E 1.034 39° 36° 175 km 03m00.0s
05:1829°16.3'S075°28.8'E30°42.7'S074°38.9'E29°59.5'S075°04.1'E 1.034 40° 34° 175 km 03m01.3s
05:2029°28.6'S076°15.2'E30°55.1'S075°26.2'E30°11.8'S075°50.9'E 1.035 40° 33° 176 km 03m02.5s
05:2229°41.4'S077°00.9'E31°08.1'S076°12.9'E30°24.7'S076°37.2'E 1.035 41° 31° 176 km 03m03.5s
05:2429°54.8'S077°46.2'E31°21.6'S076°59.1'E30°38.1'S077°22.8'E 1.035 41° 30° 176 km 03m04.4s
05:2630°08.8'S078°30.9'E31°35.6'S077°44.7'E30°52.1'S078°08.0'E 1.035 41° 28° 176 km 03m05.2s
05:2830°23.3'S079°15.2'E31°50.2'S078°29.9'E31°06.6'S078°52.7'E 1.035 42° 27° 175 km 03m05.8s
05:3030°38.3'S079°59.2'E32°05.3'S079°14.8'E31°21.7'S079°37.2'E 1.035 42° 25° 175 km 03m06.3s
05:3230°53.9'S080°42.9'E32°21.0'S079°59.4'E31°37.3'S080°21.3'E 1.035 42° 23° 175 km 03m06.8s
05:3431°10.0'S081°26.4'E32°37.2'S080°43.7'E31°53.5'S081°05.2'E 1.035 42° 22° 174 km 03m07.1s
05:3631°26.6'S082°09.7'E32°54.0'S081°28.0'E32°10.2'S081°49.0'E 1.035 42° 20° 174 km 03m07.3s
05:3831°43.8'S082°52.9'E33°11.3'S082°12.1'E32°27.4'S082°32.6'E 1.035 42° 18° 173 km 03m07.3s
05:4032°01.5'S083°36.2'E33°29.1'S082°56.2'E32°45.2'S083°16.3'E 1.035 43° 17° 172 km 03m07.3s
05:4232°19.8'S084°19.4'E33°47.5'S083°40.4'E33°03.5'S084°00.0'E 1.035 43° 15° 172 km 03m07.1s
05:4432°38.6'S085°02.8'E34°06.4'S084°24.7'E33°22.4'S084°43.8'E 1.035 42° 13° 171 km 03m06.8s
05:4632°58.0'S085°46.3'E34°25.9'S085°09.2'E33°41.8'S085°27.8'E 1.035 42° 12° 170 km 03m06.4s
05:4833°17.9'S086°30.0'E34°46.0'S085°53.9'E34°01.8'S086°12.0'E 1.035 42° 10° 169 km 03m05.9s
05:5033°38.5'S087°14.0'E35°06.7'S086°38.9'E34°22.4'S086°56.5'E 1.035 42° 168 km 03m05.3s
05:5233°59.6'S087°58.4'E35°28.0'S087°24.4'E34°43.6'S087°41.4'E 1.035 42° 167 km 03m04.6s
05:5434°21.3'S088°43.2'E35°49.9'S088°10.3'E35°05.4'S088°26.7'E 1.035 42° 166 km 03m03.7s
05:5634°43.7'S089°28.5'E36°12.4'S088°56.7'E35°27.9'S089°12.6'E 1.035 41° 165 km 03m02.8s
05:5835°06.7'S090°14.3'E36°35.6'S089°43.8'E35°50.9'S089°59.0'E 1.034 41° 164 km 03m01.7s
06:0035°30.3'S091°00.9'E36°59.4'S090°31.6'E36°14.7'S090°46.2'E 1.034 41° 163 km 03m00.5s
06:0235°54.6'S091°48.2'E37°23.9'S091°20.2'E36°39.1'S091°34.1'E 1.034 40° 359° 162 km 02m59.2s
06:0436°19.7'S092°36.3'E37°49.2'S092°09.7'E37°04.3'S092°23.0'E 1.034 40° 357° 160 km 02m57.8s
06:0636°45.5'S093°25.4'E38°15.2'S093°00.3'E37°30.2'S093°12.8'E 1.034 39° 355° 159 km 02m56.3s
06:0837°12.0'S094°15.6'E38°42.1'S093°52.1'E37°56.8'S094°03.7'E 1.034 39° 354° 158 km 02m54.6s
06:1037°39.4'S095°07.0'E39°09.7'S094°45.1'E38°24.3'S094°55.9'E 1.034 38° 352° 156 km 02m52.9s
06:1238°07.6'S095°59.7'E39°38.3'S095°39.6'E38°52.7'S095°49.5'E 1.034 37° 350° 155 km 02m51.0s
06:1438°36.7'S096°54.0'E40°07.7'S096°35.8'E39°22.0'S096°44.7'E 1.033 37° 349° 154 km 02m49.0s
06:1639°06.8'S097°49.9'E40°38.2'S097°33.7'E39°52.3'S097°41.6'E 1.033 36° 347° 152 km 02m46.9s
06:1839°37.8'S098°47.6'E41°09.7'S098°33.7'E40°23.5'S098°40.4'E 1.033 35° 345° 151 km 02m44.7s
06:2040°10.0'S099°47.5'E41°42.4'S099°36.0'E40°55.9'S099°41.5'E 1.033 34° 344° 149 km 02m42.3s
06:2240°43.4'S100°49.7'E42°16.2'S100°40.9'E41°29.5'S100°45.0'E 1.032 34° 342° 148 km 02m39.9s
06:2441°18.0'S101°54.6'E42°51.5'S101°48.7'E42°04.4'S101°51.3'E 1.032 33° 340° 146 km 02m37.3s
06:2641°53.9'S103°02.6'E43°28.1'S102°59.8'E42°40.7'S103°00.8'E 1.032 32° 339° 145 km 02m34.5s
06:2842°31.4'S104°13.9'E44°06.4'S104°14.8'E43°18.6'S104°13.9'E 1.032 31° 337° 143 km 02m31.6s
06:3043°10.6'S105°29.2'E44°46.4'S105°34.2'E43°58.2'S105°31.2'E 1.031 29° 335° 141 km 02m28.6s
06:3243°51.6'S106°49.2'E45°28.5'S106°58.8'E44°39.7'S106°53.4'E 1.031 28° 333° 139 km 02m25.4s
06:3444°34.7'S108°14.5'E46°12.9'S108°29.5'E45°23.4'S108°21.3'E 1.031 27° 331° 138 km 02m22.0s
06:3645°20.3'S109°46.2'E46°59.9'S110°07.5'E46°09.7'S109°56.0'E 1.030 26° 330° 136 km 02m18.5s
06:3846°08.7'S111°25.6'E47°50.0'S111°54.5'E46°58.9'S111°39.0'E 1.030 24° 328° 134 km 02m14.7s
06:4047°00.4'S113°14.4'E48°43.8'S113°52.6'E47°51.6'S113°32.2'E 1.029 22° 325° 132 km 02m10.6s
06:4247°56.2'S115°15.3'E49°42.4'S116°05.2'E48°48.7'S115°38.6'E 1.029 21° 323° 129 km 02m06.3s
06:4448°57.1'S117°31.8'E50°47.1'S118°37.4'E49°51.4'S118°02.4'E 1.028 19° 321° 127 km 02m01.5s
06:4650°04.9'S120°09.9'E52°00.2'S121°37.7'E51°01.6'S120°50.8'E 1.028 16° 318° 124 km 01m56.3s
06:4851°22.5'S123°20.2'E53°26.3'S125°23.3'E52°23.1'S124°16.9'E 1.027 14° 314° 121 km 01m50.3s
06:5052°56.0'S127°25.2'E55°17.4'S130°39.5'E54°04.0'S128°51.8'E 1.026 10° 310° 117 km 01m43.0s
06:5255°04.9'S133°36.8'E - - 56°38.8'S136°46.9'E 1.024 303° 111 km 01m32.2s
Limits58°27.6'S145°14.0'E59°22.2'S144°41.4'E58°54.9'S144°58.1'E 1.022 - 105 km 01m23.0s

ΔT = 6.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:40:49.305:40:42.432°51.6'S083°30.0'E 42.5° 16.2° 172.2 km03m07.23s
Greatest Duration05:38:16.805:38:09.932°28.9'S082°36.2'E 42.5° 18.3° 173.1 km03m07.32s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1849 Aug 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1849 Aug 18 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 6.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.6 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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