Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1851 Jul 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1851 Jul 28 . 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 1851 Jul 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits54°34.6'N139°37.0'W52°48.7'N136°51.0'W53°41.3'N138°11.7'W 1.045 - 264 km 02m12.8s
13:28 - - 58°42.6'N120°49.6'W57°42.4'N127°46.0'W 1.048 65° 275 km 02m26.4s
13:3059°08.7'N128°02.2'W60°25.2'N115°40.5'W60°03.6'N121°15.0'W 1.049 11° 72° 279 km 02m34.9s
13:3261°21.8'N121°59.1'W61°45.9'N111°17.8'W61°43.3'N116°17.9'W 1.050 14° 77° 282 km 02m41.3s
13:3462°59.9'N117°10.5'W62°53.6'N107°20.6'W63°03.4'N111°59.6'W 1.051 17° 81° 284 km 02m46.6s
13:3664°20.1'N112°54.9'W63°51.8'N103°38.4'W64°11.2'N108°02.6'W 1.052 19° 85° 285 km 02m51.2s
13:3865°28.5'N108°57.4'W64°42.9'N100°06.3'W65°10.0'N104°18.6'W 1.052 21° 89° 286 km 02m55.4s
13:4066°28.2'N105°10.7'W65°28.1'N096°41.0'W66°01.8'N100°42.9'W 1.053 23° 94° 287 km 02m59.2s
13:4267°21.0'N101°30.6'W66°08.2'N093°20.6'W66°47.7'N097°12.6'W 1.053 24° 98° 288 km 03m02.7s
13:4468°07.9'N097°54.3'W66°43.8'N090°03.6'W67°28.5'N093°45.9'W 1.053 25° 102° 288 km 03m06.0s
13:4668°49.7'N094°20.2'W67°15.4'N086°49.2'W68°04.8'N090°21.6'W 1.054 27° 106° 289 km 03m09.1s
13:4869°26.8'N090°47.1'W67°43.3'N083°36.7'W68°37.0'N086°58.7'W 1.054 28° 110° 289 km 03m11.9s
13:5069°59.6'N087°14.4'W68°07.8'N080°25.8'W69°05.3'N083°37.0'W 1.055 29° 114° 289 km 03m14.6s
13:5270°28.5'N083°41.5'W68°29.0'N077°16.4'W69°30.0'N080°15.9'W 1.055 30° 118° 290 km 03m17.1s
13:5470°53.6'N080°08.4'W68°47.1'N074°08.2'W69°51.3'N076°55.6'W 1.055 31° 122° 290 km 03m19.5s
13:5671°15.1'N076°35.1'W69°02.3'N071°01.4'W70°09.4'N073°35.9'W 1.055 32° 127° 290 km 03m21.7s
13:5871°33.1'N073°01.8'W69°14.6'N067°56.1'W70°24.3'N070°17.2'W 1.056 33° 131° 290 km 03m23.8s
14:0071°47.7'N069°28.8'W69°24.2'N064°52.4'W70°36.2'N066°59.6'W 1.056 34° 135° 291 km 03m25.7s
14:0271°59.1'N065°56.6'W69°31.3'N061°50.6'W70°45.2'N063°43.5'W 1.056 34° 139° 291 km 03m27.6s
14:0472°07.3'N062°25.7'W69°35.8'N058°51.0'W70°51.4'N060°29.3'W 1.056 35° 143° 291 km 03m29.3s
14:0672°12.4'N058°56.7'W69°37.9'N055°53.7'W70°54.9'N057°17.2'W 1.056 36° 148° 291 km 03m30.8s
14:0872°14.7'N055°30.2'W69°37.7'N052°59.1'W70°55.8'N054°07.9'W 1.057 36° 152° 291 km 03m32.3s
14:1072°14.1'N052°06.7'W69°35.3'N050°07.4'W70°54.2'N051°01.6'W 1.057 37° 156° 292 km 03m33.6s
14:1272°10.8'N048°46.9'W69°30.8'N047°18.9'W70°50.2'N047°58.6'W 1.057 37° 160° 292 km 03m34.8s
14:1472°04.9'N045°31.1'W69°24.2'N044°33.7'W70°43.9'N044°59.4'W 1.057 38° 164° 292 km 03m35.9s
14:1671°56.6'N042°19.9'W69°15.6'N041°52.1'W70°35.4'N042°04.1'W 1.057 38° 168° 293 km 03m36.9s
14:1871°45.9'N039°13.6'W69°05.2'N039°14.1'W70°24.8'N039°13.1'W 1.057 39° 172° 293 km 03m37.8s
14:2071°33.0'N036°12.5'W68°53.0'N036°40.0'W70°12.3'N036°26.5'W 1.057 39° 176° 293 km 03m38.6s
14:2271°18.0'N033°16.7'W68°39.2'N034°09.7'W69°57.9'N033°44.5'W 1.057 39° 180° 294 km 03m39.3s
14:2471°01.0'N030°26.5'W68°23.7'N031°43.3'W69°41.7'N031°07.0'W 1.057 39° 184° 294 km 03m39.8s
14:2670°42.2'N027°41.8'W68°06.6'N029°20.8'W69°23.8'N028°34.2'W 1.058 40° 188° 294 km 03m40.3s
14:2870°21.6'N025°02.7'W67°48.1'N027°02.2'W69°04.4'N026°06.0'W 1.058 40° 192° 295 km 03m40.6s
14:3069°59.4'N022°29.0'W67°28.2'N024°47.4'W68°43.4'N023°42.3'W 1.058 40° 195° 295 km 03m40.9s
14:3269°35.7'N020°00.7'W67°07.0'N022°36.4'W68°21.0'N021°23.2'W 1.058 40° 199° 296 km 03m41.0s
14:3469°10.4'N017°37.6'W66°44.6'N020°29.1'W67°57.2'N019°08.3'W 1.058 40° 202° 296 km 03m41.1s
14:3668°43.8'N015°19.5'W66°20.9'N018°25.3'W67°32.2'N016°57.6'W 1.058 40° 206° 297 km 03m41.0s
14:3868°15.9'N013°06.2'W65°56.1'N016°24.9'W67°05.9'N014°51.0'W 1.058 40° 209° 297 km 03m40.8s
14:4067°46.8'N010°57.4'W65°30.1'N014°27.8'W66°38.4'N012°48.2'W 1.058 40° 212° 298 km 03m40.5s
14:4267°16.5'N008°52.8'W65°03.1'N012°33.8'W66°09.9'N010°49.0'W 1.058 39° 215° 298 km 03m40.2s
14:4466°45.1'N006°52.3'W64°35.1'N010°42.8'W65°40.2'N008°53.3'W 1.058 39° 218° 299 km 03m39.7s
14:4666°12.7'N004°55.5'W64°06.0'N008°54.4'W65°09.6'N007°00.7'W 1.058 39° 221° 299 km 03m39.1s
14:4865°39.1'N003°02.2'W63°36.0'N007°08.7'W64°37.9'N005°11.2'W 1.057 39° 224° 300 km 03m38.4s
14:5065°04.6'N001°12.0'W63°05.1'N005°25.4'W64°05.2'N003°24.4'W 1.057 38° 227° 300 km 03m37.6s
14:5264°29.1'N000°35.2'E62°33.2'N003°44.3'W63°31.6'N001°40.2'W 1.057 38° 230° 301 km 03m36.7s
14:5463°52.6'N002°19.8'E62°00.4'N002°05.1'W62°57.1'N000°01.8'E 1.057 38° 233° 302 km 03m35.7s
14:5663°15.2'N004°02.2'E61°26.7'N000°27.8'W62°21.6'N001°41.7'E 1.057 37° 236° 302 km 03m34.5s
14:5862°36.8'N005°42.4'E60°52.1'N001°07.9'E61°45.1'N003°19.8'E 1.057 37° 238° 303 km 03m33.3s
15:0061°57.4'N007°20.9'E60°16.5'N002°42.2'E61°07.7'N004°56.3'E 1.057 36° 241° 303 km 03m32.0s
15:0261°17.0'N008°57.9'E59°40.0'N004°15.4'E60°29.4'N006°31.5'E 1.057 35° 244° 304 km 03m30.5s
15:0460°35.7'N010°33.8'E59°02.6'N005°47.6'E59°50.1'N008°05.6'E 1.057 35° 246° 304 km 03m28.9s
15:0659°53.2'N012°08.8'E58°24.2'N007°19.1'E59°09.7'N009°39.0'E 1.056 34° 249° 305 km 03m27.2s
15:0859°09.7'N013°43.3'E57°44.8'N008°50.2'E58°28.3'N011°11.8'E 1.056 33° 251° 305 km 03m25.4s
15:1058°24.9'N015°17.6'E57°04.3'N010°21.1'E57°45.8'N012°44.5'E 1.056 33° 253° 306 km 03m23.5s
15:1257°38.9'N016°52.1'E56°22.7'N011°52.1'E57°02.0'N014°17.3'E 1.056 32° 256° 306 km 03m21.4s
15:1456°51.6'N018°27.3'E55°39.9'N013°23.5'E56°17.1'N015°50.7'E 1.055 31° 258° 306 km 03m19.2s
15:1656°02.7'N020°03.7'E54°55.8'N014°55.8'E55°30.7'N017°25.0'E 1.055 30° 260° 307 km 03m16.9s
15:1855°12.2'N021°41.7'E54°10.3'N016°29.3'E54°42.8'N019°00.7'E 1.055 29° 263° 307 km 03m14.4s
15:2054°19.9'N023°22.1'E53°23.3'N018°04.5'E53°53.2'N020°38.4'E 1.055 28° 265° 307 km 03m11.7s
15:2253°25.4'N025°05.7'E52°34.5'N019°42.0'E53°01.8'N022°18.8'E 1.054 26° 267° 306 km 03m08.8s
15:2452°28.4'N026°53.4'E51°43.8'N021°22.4'E52°08.1'N024°02.7'E 1.054 25° 269° 306 km 03m05.8s
15:2651°28.5'N028°46.8'E50°50.9'N023°06.8'E51°11.9'N025°51.2'E 1.053 24° 272° 305 km 03m02.5s
15:2850°24.8'N030°47.7'E49°55.4'N024°56.1'E50°12.7'N027°45.7'E 1.053 22° 274° 304 km 02m59.0s
15:3049°16.5'N032°58.8'E48°56.6'N026°51.9'E49°09.6'N029°48.3'E 1.052 20° 276° 303 km 02m55.2s
15:3248°01.9'N035°24.5'E47°54.0'N028°56.5'E48°01.7'N032°01.9'E 1.052 18° 278° 301 km 02m50.9s
15:3446°38.1'N038°13.0'E46°46.2'N031°13.1'E46°47.1'N034°31.4'E 1.051 16° 281° 298 km 02m46.2s
15:3644°58.5'N041°40.9'E45°31.3'N033°47.2'E45°22.6'N037°25.8'E 1.050 14° 284° 295 km 02m40.7s
15:3842°40.8'N046°49.1'E44°05.5'N036°49.1'E43°40.4'N041°05.9'E 1.049 10° 287° 289 km 02m34.0s
15:40 - - 42°19.3'N040°45.5'E41°09.0'N046°58.8'E 1.048 291° 278 km 02m23.7s
Limits39°58.2'N053°37.6'E38°01.1'N051°39.7'E38°59.1'N052°37.4'E 1.046 - 267 km 02m14.7s

ΔT = 7.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:33:41.914:33:34.868°02.3'N019°38.0'W 39.8° 201.4° 296.0 km03m41.07s
Greatest Duration14:33:48.314:33:41.268°01.0'N019°29.1'W 39.8° 201.6° 296.1 km03m41.07s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1851 Jul 28

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1851 Jul 28 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 7.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.5 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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