Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1857 Mar 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1857 Mar 25 . 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 1857 Mar 25
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits33°47.6'S141°18.5'E34°50.8'S141°19.6'E34°19.2'S141°19.2'E 1.035 - 117 km 01m54.0s
20:4832°44.0'S153°22.4'E33°54.0'S153°20.6'E33°18.8'S153°23.2'E 1.038 10° 81° 127 km 02m13.9s
20:5031°52.9'S158°31.9'E33°03.5'S158°46.2'E32°28.0'S158°40.1'E 1.039 15° 77° 132 km 02m24.0s
20:5231°05.6'S162°15.0'E32°16.5'S162°37.8'E31°40.9'S162°27.2'E 1.041 19° 75° 136 km 02m32.0s
20:5430°20.3'S165°14.9'E31°31.4'S165°43.5'E30°55.7'S165°29.9'E 1.042 22° 73° 139 km 02m38.8s
20:5629°36.5'S167°47.4'E30°47.6'S168°20.7'E30°11.9'S168°04.6'E 1.042 25° 72° 142 km 02m44.9s
20:5828°53.7'S170°00.8'E30°04.8'S170°37.8'E29°29.1'S170°19.8'E 1.043 27° 70° 144 km 02m50.5s
21:0028°11.7'S171°59.7'E29°22.8'S172°39.9'E28°47.1'S172°20.3'E 1.044 30° 69° 146 km 02m55.7s
21:0227°30.5'S173°47.3'E28°41.4'S174°30.2'E28°05.8'S174°09.1'E 1.044 32° 68° 148 km 03m00.6s
21:0426°50.0'S175°25.5'E28°00.6'S176°10.9'E27°25.1'S175°48.6'E 1.045 34° 67° 150 km 03m05.2s
21:0626°09.9'S176°56.1'E27°20.4'S177°43.7'E26°45.0'S177°20.2'E 1.045 36° 66° 152 km 03m09.5s
21:0825°30.4'S178°20.2'E26°40.6'S179°09.7'E26°05.4'S178°45.2'E 1.046 38° 65° 153 km 03m13.7s
21:1024°51.3'S179°38.7'E26°01.3'S179°30.1'W25°26.2'S179°55.5'W 1.046 39° 64° 155 km 03m17.7s
21:1224°12.6'S179°07.8'W25°22.4'S178°14.9'W24°47.4'S178°41.1'W 1.047 41° 63° 156 km 03m21.5s
21:1423°34.4'S177°58.5'W24°43.8'S177°04.1'W24°08.9'S177°31.1'W 1.047 43° 62° 158 km 03m25.1s
21:1622°56.4'S176°53.0'W24°05.6'S175°57.3'W23°30.8'S176°24.9'W 1.048 44° 61° 159 km 03m28.6s
21:1822°18.8'S175°50.9'W23°27.7'S174°53.9'W22°53.1'S175°22.2'W 1.048 46° 61° 160 km 03m32.0s
21:2021°41.5'S174°51.8'W22°50.1'S173°53.7'W22°15.6'S174°22.6'W 1.048 47° 60° 161 km 03m35.2s
21:2221°04.4'S173°55.5'W22°12.8'S172°56.4'W21°38.5'S173°25.8'W 1.049 49° 59° 162 km 03m38.3s
21:2420°27.7'S173°01.7'W21°35.7'S172°01.6'W21°01.6'S172°31.5'W 1.049 50° 58° 163 km 03m41.3s
21:2619°51.2'S172°10.2'W20°58.9'S171°09.1'W20°24.9'S171°39.5'W 1.049 52° 58° 164 km 03m44.2s
21:2819°14.9'S171°20.8'W20°22.4'S170°18.8'W19°48.5'S170°49.7'W 1.050 53° 57° 165 km 03m46.9s
21:3018°38.9'S170°33.2'W19°46.1'S169°30.4'W19°12.4'S170°01.7'W 1.050 54° 56° 166 km 03m49.6s
21:3218°03.1'S169°47.4'W19°10.0'S168°43.9'W18°36.4'S169°15.5'W 1.050 56° 56° 166 km 03m52.1s
21:3417°27.5'S169°03.2'W18°34.1'S167°59.0'W18°00.7'S168°31.0'W 1.050 57° 55° 167 km 03m54.6s
21:3616°52.0'S168°20.4'W17°58.4'S167°15.6'W17°25.1'S167°47.9'W 1.051 58° 54° 168 km 03m57.0s
21:3816°16.8'S167°39.1'W17°22.9'S166°33.6'W16°49.8'S167°06.3'W 1.051 60° 54° 168 km 03m59.2s
21:4015°41.8'S166°59.0'W16°47.6'S165°52.9'W16°14.6'S166°25.9'W 1.051 61° 53° 169 km 04m01.4s
21:4215°06.9'S166°20.0'W16°12.5'S165°13.4'W15°39.6'S165°46.7'W 1.051 62° 52° 170 km 04m03.5s
21:4414°32.2'S165°42.1'W15°37.6'S164°35.1'W15°04.8'S165°08.6'W 1.051 63° 52° 170 km 04m05.5s
21:4613°57.6'S165°05.3'W15°02.8'S163°57.8'W14°30.1'S164°31.5'W 1.052 65° 51° 171 km 04m07.4s
21:4813°23.2'S164°29.3'W14°28.2'S163°21.4'W13°55.6'S163°55.3'W 1.052 66° 50° 171 km 04m09.2s
21:5012°48.9'S163°54.2'W13°53.7'S162°45.9'W13°21.2'S163°20.0'W 1.052 67° 49° 172 km 04m10.9s
21:5212°14.7'S163°19.9'W13°19.4'S162°11.2'W12°47.0'S162°45.5'W 1.052 68° 48° 172 km 04m12.5s
21:5411°40.7'S162°46.4'W12°45.2'S161°37.3'W12°12.9'S162°11.8'W 1.052 69° 48° 173 km 04m14.1s
21:5611°06.8'S162°13.5'W12°11.1'S161°04.1'W11°38.9'S161°38.7'W 1.052 70° 47° 173 km 04m15.6s
21:5810°33.1'S161°41.2'W11°37.2'S160°31.5'W11°05.1'S161°06.3'W 1.052 71° 45° 173 km 04m16.9s
22:0009°59.4'S161°09.5'W11°03.4'S159°59.5'W10°31.3'S160°34.5'W 1.053 73° 44° 174 km 04m18.2s
22:0209°25.9'S160°38.3'W10°29.7'S159°28.1'W09°57.7'S160°03.2'W 1.053 74° 43° 174 km 04m19.5s
22:0408°52.4'S160°07.6'W09°56.1'S158°57.1'W09°24.2'S159°32.3'W 1.053 75° 42° 174 km 04m20.6s
22:0608°19.1'S159°37.3'W09°22.7'S158°26.6'W08°50.8'S159°02.0'W 1.053 76° 40° 175 km 04m21.7s
22:0807°45.8'S159°07.5'W08°49.3'S157°56.5'W08°17.5'S158°32.0'W 1.053 77° 38° 175 km 04m22.6s
22:1007°12.6'S158°37.9'W08°16.1'S157°26.8'W07°44.3'S158°02.4'W 1.053 78° 36° 175 km 04m23.5s
22:1206°39.6'S158°08.7'W07°42.9'S156°57.4'W07°11.2'S157°33.1'W 1.053 79° 33° 176 km 04m24.4s
22:1406°06.6'S157°39.8'W07°09.9'S156°28.4'W06°38.2'S157°04.0'W 1.053 80° 30° 176 km 04m25.1s
22:1605°33.7'S157°11.1'W06°36.9'S155°59.5'W06°05.2'S156°35.3'W 1.053 81° 27° 176 km 04m25.8s
22:1805°00.8'S156°42.6'W06°04.0'S155°30.9'W05°32.4'S156°06.7'W 1.053 82° 22° 176 km 04m26.3s
22:2004°28.0'S156°14.3'W05°31.2'S155°02.5'W04°59.6'S155°38.4'W 1.053 83° 17° 177 km 04m26.9s
22:2203°55.3'S155°46.1'W04°58.5'S154°34.2'W04°26.9'S155°10.1'W 1.053 83° 10° 177 km 04m27.3s
22:2403°22.7'S155°18.0'W04°25.9'S154°06.1'W03°54.2'S154°42.0'W 1.053 84° 177 km 04m27.6s
22:2602°50.1'S154°50.0'W03°53.3'S153°38.0'W03°21.7'S154°14.0'W 1.053 85° 352° 177 km 04m27.9s
22:2802°17.6'S154°22.0'W03°20.8'S153°10.0'W02°49.2'S153°46.0'W 1.053 85° 340° 177 km 04m28.1s
22:3001°45.1'S153°54.0'W02°48.4'S152°42.0'W02°16.7'S153°18.0'W 1.053 85° 328° 177 km 04m28.2s
22:3201°12.7'S153°26.1'W02°16.0'S152°14.0'W01°44.4'S152°50.0'W 1.053 85° 316° 177 km 04m28.2s
22:3400°40.4'S152°58.0'W01°43.7'S151°45.9'W01°12.0'S152°22.0'W 1.053 84° 305° 177 km 04m28.1s
22:3600°08.1'S152°29.9'W01°11.5'S151°17.8'W00°39.8'S151°53.8'W 1.053 84° 296° 178 km 04m28.0s
22:3800°24.2'N152°01.6'W00°39.3'S150°49.6'W00°07.5'S151°25.6'W 1.053 83° 289° 178 km 04m27.8s
22:4000°56.4'N151°33.2'W00°07.2'S150°21.2'W00°24.6'N150°57.2'W 1.053 82° 283° 178 km 04m27.5s
22:4201°28.6'N151°04.6'W00°24.9'N149°52.7'W00°56.8'N150°28.6'W 1.053 81° 278° 178 km 04m27.1s
22:4402°00.7'N150°35.8'W00°56.9'N149°23.9'W01°28.8'N149°59.9'W 1.053 80° 274° 178 km 04m26.7s
22:4602°32.9'N150°06.7'W01°28.9'N148°54.9'W02°00.9'N149°30.8'W 1.053 79° 271° 178 km 04m26.1s
22:4803°04.9'N149°37.4'W02°00.8'N148°25.7'W02°32.9'N149°01.5'W 1.053 79° 268° 178 km 04m25.5s
22:5003°37.0'N149°07.7'W02°32.7'N147°56.1'W03°04.8'N148°31.9'W 1.053 77° 266° 178 km 04m24.8s
22:5204°09.0'N148°37.6'W03°04.6'N147°26.2'W03°36.8'N148°01.9'W 1.053 76° 264° 178 km 04m24.0s
22:5404°41.0'N148°07.2'W03°36.4'N146°55.9'W04°08.7'N147°31.5'W 1.053 75° 262° 178 km 04m23.2s
22:5605°12.9'N147°36.3'W04°08.2'N146°25.2'W04°40.5'N147°00.7'W 1.053 74° 261° 177 km 04m22.2s
22:5805°44.9'N147°04.9'W04°39.9'N145°54.0'W05°12.4'N146°29.4'W 1.053 73° 260° 177 km 04m21.2s
23:0006°16.8'N146°33.0'W05°11.6'N145°22.3'W05°44.2'N145°57.6'W 1.053 72° 259° 177 km 04m20.0s
23:0206°48.7'N146°00.5'W05°43.3'N144°50.0'W06°16.0'N145°25.3'W 1.053 71° 258° 177 km 04m18.8s
23:0407°20.6'N145°27.4'W06°15.0'N144°17.2'W06°47.7'N144°52.3'W 1.052 70° 257° 177 km 04m17.5s
23:0607°52.4'N144°53.6'W06°46.6'N143°43.7'W07°19.5'N144°18.7'W 1.052 69° 257° 177 km 04m16.1s
23:0808°24.2'N144°19.2'W07°18.2'N143°09.5'W07°51.2'N143°44.4'W 1.052 68° 256° 176 km 04m14.7s
23:1008°56.1'N143°43.9'W07°49.8'N142°34.5'W08°22.9'N143°09.3'W 1.052 66° 256° 176 km 04m13.1s
23:1209°27.9'N143°07.8'W08°21.3'N141°58.7'W08°54.6'N142°33.3'W 1.052 65° 255° 176 km 04m11.4s
23:1409°59.7'N142°30.8'W08°52.9'N141°22.1'W09°26.2'N141°56.5'W 1.052 64° 255° 175 km 04m09.7s
23:1610°31.4'N141°52.8'W09°24.4'N140°44.5'W09°57.9'N141°18.7'W 1.052 63° 255° 175 km 04m07.8s
23:1811°03.2'N141°13.8'W09°55.9'N140°05.9'W10°29.5'N140°39.9'W 1.051 62° 255° 174 km 04m05.9s
23:2011°34.9'N140°33.7'W10°27.3'N139°26.2'W11°01.1'N140°00.0'W 1.051 60° 255° 174 km 04m03.9s
23:2212°06.6'N139°52.4'W10°58.8'N138°45.3'W11°32.7'N139°18.9'W 1.051 59° 254° 173 km 04m01.7s
23:2412°38.3'N139°09.7'W11°30.2'N138°03.2'W12°04.2'N138°36.5'W 1.051 58° 254° 173 km 03m59.5s
23:2613°10.0'N138°25.7'W12°01.7'N137°19.7'W12°35.8'N137°52.8'W 1.051 56° 254° 172 km 03m57.1s
23:2813°41.7'N137°40.2'W12°33.1'N136°34.7'W13°07.3'N137°07.5'W 1.050 55° 254° 172 km 03m54.7s
23:3014°13.3'N136°53.0'W13°04.4'N135°48.1'W13°38.8'N136°20.6'W 1.050 54° 254° 171 km 03m52.1s
23:3214°44.9'N136°04.0'W13°35.8'N134°59.7'W14°10.3'N135°32.0'W 1.050 52° 255° 170 km 03m49.5s
23:3415°16.5'N135°13.1'W14°07.1'N134°09.5'W14°41.7'N134°41.4'W 1.050 51° 255° 169 km 03m46.7s
23:3615°48.1'N134°20.1'W14°38.4'N133°17.2'W15°13.2'N133°48.8'W 1.049 50° 255° 168 km 03m43.8s
23:3816°19.6'N133°24.9'W15°09.7'N132°22.6'W15°44.6'N132°53.9'W 1.049 48° 255° 167 km 03m40.8s
23:4016°51.1'N132°27.1'W15°40.9'N131°25.6'W16°15.9'N131°56.5'W 1.049 47° 255° 166 km 03m37.6s
23:4217°22.5'N131°26.5'W16°12.1'N130°25.9'W16°47.2'N130°56.4'W 1.048 45° 256° 165 km 03m34.3s
23:4417°53.8'N130°22.9'W16°43.3'N129°23.1'W17°18.5'N129°53.2'W 1.048 44° 256° 164 km 03m30.9s
23:4618°25.1'N129°15.8'W17°14.4'N128°17.0'W17°49.7'N128°46.6'W 1.048 42° 256° 163 km 03m27.3s
23:4818°56.3'N128°05.0'W17°45.4'N127°07.1'W18°20.8'N127°36.3'W 1.047 40° 257° 161 km 03m23.6s
23:5019°27.4'N126°49.8'W18°16.4'N125°53.0'W18°51.8'N126°21.7'W 1.047 39° 257° 160 km 03m19.7s
23:5219°58.4'N125°29.8'W18°47.2'N124°34.0'W19°22.7'N125°02.2'W 1.046 37° 258° 158 km 03m15.6s
23:5420°29.2'N124°04.1'W19°18.0'N123°09.5'W19°53.5'N123°37.1'W 1.046 35° 258° 156 km 03m11.3s
23:5620°59.8'N122°31.9'W19°48.6'N121°38.4'W20°24.1'N122°05.5'W 1.045 33° 259° 154 km 03m06.8s
23:5821°30.1'N120°51.8'W20°19.0'N119°59.6'W20°54.4'N120°26.1'W 1.045 31° 259° 152 km 03m02.0s
00:0022°00.2'N119°02.4'W20°49.1'N118°11.4'W21°24.5'N118°37.3'W 1.044 29° 260° 150 km 02m56.9s
00:0222°29.9'N117°01.2'W21°19.0'N116°11.5'W21°54.3'N116°36.8'W 1.044 26° 261° 148 km 02m51.5s
00:0422°59.0'N114°44.8'W21°48.4'N113°56.4'W22°23.6'N114°21.1'W 1.043 24° 262° 145 km 02m45.6s
00:0623°27.4'N112°07.8'W22°17.1'N111°20.5'W22°52.1'N111°44.8'W 1.042 21° 263° 142 km 02m39.1s
00:0823°54.6'N109°00.3'W22°44.9'N108°13.5'W23°19.6'N108°37.7'W 1.041 17° 265° 138 km 02m31.7s
00:1024°19.7'N105°00.3'W23°10.9'N104°12.3'W23°45.2'N104°37.3'W 1.040 13° 266° 134 km 02m22.8s
00:1224°39.4'N098°47.2'W23°32.0'N097°46.1'W24°05.6'N098°18.8'W 1.038 269° 127 km 02m10.0s
Limits24°34.9'N090°46.7'W23°30.1'N090°47.5'W24°02.5'N090°47.1'W 1.035 - 120 km 01m56.6s

ΔT = 7.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:29:37.622:29:30.602°24.7'S153°26.6'W 84.9° 331.0° 177.3 km04m28.15s
Greatest Duration22:31:46.522:31:39.501°49.9'S152°54.8'W 84.7° 318.0° 177.4 km04m28.20s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1857 Mar 25 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 7.0 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°.

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