Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1868 Aug 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1868 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 1868 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
Limits12°02.9'N035°40.9'E10°24.6'N036°07.3'E11°13.8'N035°54.3'E 1.057 - 187 km 03m00.8s
03:3013°15.5'N040°55.3'E11°44.4'N042°10.4'E12°31.4'N041°39.0'E 1.059 78° 193 km 03m15.3s
03:3214°41.0'N047°42.1'E12°58.1'N048°22.1'E13°50.1'N048°04.7'E 1.061 13° 79° 200 km 03m33.7s
03:3415°25.8'N051°41.5'E13°38.5'N052°11.9'E14°32.5'N051°58.7'E 1.062 17° 81° 204 km 03m46.1s
03:3615°57.0'N054°46.7'E14°06.8'N055°11.4'E15°02.1'N055°00.7'E 1.063 21° 81° 208 km 03m56.5s
03:3816°20.6'N057°22.3'E14°28.2'N057°42.6'E15°24.6'N057°33.9'E 1.064 24° 82° 210 km 04m05.7s
03:4016°39.2'N059°38.3'E14°44.9'N059°55.0'E15°42.2'N059°48.0'E 1.065 26° 83° 213 km 04m14.1s
03:4216°54.0'N061°40.4'E14°58.1'N061°53.8'E15°56.2'N061°48.3'E 1.066 29° 84° 215 km 04m21.9s
03:4417°05.9'N063°31.7'E15°08.7'N063°42.3'E16°07.4'N063°38.1'E 1.066 31° 84° 217 km 04m29.3s
03:4617°15.4'N065°14.5'E15°17.0'N065°22.4'E16°16.3'N065°19.5'E 1.067 33° 85° 219 km 04m36.3s
03:4817°22.9'N066°50.3'E15°23.4'N066°55.7'E16°23.2'N066°54.0'E 1.068 35° 85° 221 km 04m43.0s
03:5017°28.7'N068°20.3'E15°28.3'N068°23.3'E16°28.6'N068°22.7'E 1.068 37° 86° 222 km 04m49.4s
03:5217°33.1'N069°45.3'E15°31.8'N069°46.0'E16°32.5'N069°46.5'E 1.069 39° 86° 224 km 04m55.6s
03:5417°36.1'N071°05.9'E15°34.1'N071°04.4'E16°35.1'N071°06.0'E 1.069 40° 87° 225 km 05m01.6s
03:5617°37.9'N072°22.8'E15°35.2'N072°19.1'E16°36.6'N072°21.7'E 1.069 42° 87° 226 km 05m07.3s
03:5817°38.7'N073°36.3'E15°35.4'N073°30.6'E16°37.1'N073°34.2'E 1.070 44° 88° 228 km 05m12.8s
04:0017°38.6'N074°46.8'E15°34.7'N074°39.1'E16°36.6'N074°43.6'E 1.070 45° 88° 229 km 05m18.2s
04:0217°37.5'N075°54.5'E15°33.1'N075°44.9'E16°35.3'N075°50.4'E 1.071 47° 88° 230 km 05m23.4s
04:0417°35.6'N076°59.9'E15°30.8'N076°48.4'E16°33.2'N076°54.8'E 1.071 48° 89° 231 km 05m28.4s
04:0617°32.9'N078°03.0'E15°27.7'N077°49.6'E16°30.3'N077°56.9'E 1.071 50° 89° 232 km 05m33.2s
04:0817°29.6'N079°04.1'E15°24.0'N078°48.9'E16°26.8'N078°57.1'E 1.071 51° 90° 233 km 05m37.9s
04:1017°25.5'N080°03.3'E15°19.7'N079°46.4'E16°22.6'N079°55.4'E 1.072 53° 90° 234 km 05m42.4s
04:1217°20.8'N081°00.8'E15°14.8'N080°42.2'E16°17.8'N080°52.0'E 1.072 54° 90° 235 km 05m46.8s
04:1417°15.5'N081°56.7'E15°09.3'N081°36.4'E16°12.4'N081°47.0'E 1.072 55° 90° 236 km 05m51.0s
04:1617°09.7'N082°51.2'E15°03.3'N082°29.2'E16°06.4'N082°40.6'E 1.073 57° 91° 236 km 05m55.0s
04:1817°03.3'N083°44.2'E14°56.7'N083°20.6'E16°00.0'N083°32.9'E 1.073 58° 91° 237 km 05m58.9s
04:2016°56.4'N084°36.0'E14°49.7'N084°10.8'E15°53.0'N084°23.8'E 1.073 59° 91° 238 km 06m02.7s
04:2216°49.0'N085°26.6'E14°42.3'N084°59.9'E15°45.6'N085°13.6'E 1.073 61° 91° 238 km 06m06.3s
04:2416°41.1'N086°16.1'E14°34.3'N085°47.9'E15°37.7'N086°02.3'E 1.073 62° 92° 239 km 06m09.7s
04:2616°32.8'N087°04.6'E14°26.0'N086°34.8'E15°29.4'N086°50.0'E 1.074 63° 92° 240 km 06m13.0s
04:2816°24.0'N087°52.0'E14°17.3'N087°20.8'E15°20.6'N087°36.7'E 1.074 64° 92° 240 km 06m16.2s
04:3016°14.8'N088°38.6'E14°08.1'N088°06.0'E15°11.4'N088°22.5'E 1.074 66° 92° 241 km 06m19.2s
04:3216°05.2'N089°24.3'E13°58.6'N088°50.3'E15°01.8'N089°07.5'E 1.074 67° 92° 241 km 06m22.0s
04:3415°55.2'N090°09.1'E13°48.7'N089°33.8'E14°51.9'N089°51.7'E 1.074 68° 92° 242 km 06m24.7s
04:3615°44.7'N090°53.3'E13°38.4'N090°16.6'E14°41.5'N090°35.1'E 1.074 69° 92° 242 km 06m27.2s
04:3815°34.0'N091°36.7'E13°27.8'N090°58.7'E14°30.8'N091°17.9'E 1.075 70° 92° 243 km 06m29.6s
04:4015°22.8'N092°19.4'E13°16.8'N091°40.2'E14°19.8'N091°59.9'E 1.075 72° 92° 243 km 06m31.8s
04:4215°11.3'N093°01.5'E13°05.5'N092°21.0'E14°08.4'N092°41.4'E 1.075 73° 92° 243 km 06m33.9s
04:4414°59.4'N093°43.0'E12°53.8'N093°01.4'E13°56.6'N093°22.3'E 1.075 74° 91° 244 km 06m35.9s
04:4614°47.2'N094°24.0'E12°41.9'N093°41.1'E13°44.5'N094°02.6'E 1.075 75° 91° 244 km 06m37.6s
04:4814°34.7'N095°04.4'E12°29.6'N094°20.4'E13°32.1'N094°42.5'E 1.075 76° 90° 244 km 06m39.3s
04:5014°21.8'N095°44.3'E12°17.0'N094°59.3'E13°19.4'N095°21.9'E 1.075 77° 90° 244 km 06m40.7s
04:5214°08.6'N096°23.8'E12°04.1'N095°37.7'E13°06.3'N096°00.8'E 1.075 78° 89° 244 km 06m42.1s
04:5413°55.1'N097°02.9'E11°50.8'N096°15.7'E12°53.0'N096°39.3'E 1.075 80° 88° 245 km 06m43.2s
04:5613°41.3'N097°41.6'E11°37.3'N096°53.3'E12°39.3'N097°17.5'E 1.075 81° 87° 245 km 06m44.2s
04:5813°27.2'N098°19.9'E11°23.5'N097°30.7'E12°25.4'N097°55.3'E 1.075 82° 85° 245 km 06m45.1s
05:0013°12.7'N098°57.9'E11°09.4'N098°07.7'E12°11.1'N098°32.8'E 1.075 83° 82° 245 km 06m45.8s
05:0212°58.0'N099°35.6'E10°55.0'N098°44.4'E11°56.5'N099°10.0'E 1.076 84° 79° 245 km 06m46.4s
05:0412°42.9'N100°13.0'E10°40.3'N099°20.9'E11°41.7'N099°46.9'E 1.076 85° 74° 245 km 06m46.8s
05:0612°27.6'N100°50.1'E10°25.3'N099°57.2'E11°26.5'N100°23.6'E 1.076 86° 67° 245 km 06m47.1s
05:0812°12.0'N101°27.0'E10°10.1'N100°33.2'E11°11.1'N101°00.1'E 1.076 87° 57° 245 km 06m47.2s
05:1011°56.0'N102°03.8'E09°54.5'N101°09.1'E10°55.3'N101°36.4'E 1.076 87° 40° 245 km 06m47.1s
05:1211°39.8'N102°40.3'E09°38.7'N101°44.9'E10°39.3'N102°12.5'E 1.076 88° 16° 245 km 06m47.0s
05:1411°23.3'N103°16.7'E09°22.6'N102°20.5'E10°23.0'N102°48.5'E 1.076 87° 352° 245 km 06m46.6s
05:1611°06.5'N103°53.0'E09°06.2'N102°56.1'E10°06.4'N103°24.4'E 1.076 87° 333° 245 km 06m46.2s
05:1810°49.4'N104°29.2'E08°49.5'N103°31.5'E09°49.5'N104°00.2'E 1.076 86° 322° 245 km 06m45.6s
05:2010°32.0'N105°05.3'E08°32.5'N104°07.0'E09°32.3'N104°36.0'E 1.076 85° 314° 245 km 06m44.8s
05:2210°14.3'N105°41.4'E08°15.3'N104°42.4'E09°14.9'N105°11.7'E 1.076 84° 309° 245 km 06m43.9s
05:2409°56.3'N106°17.5'E07°57.7'N105°17.8'E08°57.1'N105°47.5'E 1.075 83° 306° 244 km 06m42.9s
05:2609°38.1'N106°53.6'E07°39.9'N105°53.3'E08°39.1'N106°23.2'E 1.075 82° 303° 244 km 06m41.7s
05:2809°19.5'N107°29.7'E07°21.8'N106°28.8'E08°20.7'N106°59.1'E 1.075 81° 301° 244 km 06m40.4s
05:3009°00.6'N108°05.9'E07°03.4'N107°04.5'E08°02.1'N107°35.0'E 1.075 80° 300° 244 km 06m38.9s
05:3208°41.5'N108°42.2'E06°44.7'N107°40.2'E07°43.2'N108°11.0'E 1.075 79° 299° 244 km 06m37.3s
05:3408°22.0'N109°18.7'E06°25.6'N108°16.1'E07°23.9'N108°47.2'E 1.075 77° 298° 243 km 06m35.6s
05:3608°02.2'N109°55.3'E06°06.3'N108°52.2'E07°04.4'N109°23.5'E 1.075 76° 297° 243 km 06m33.7s
05:3807°42.1'N110°32.1'E05°46.7'N109°28.5'E06°44.5'N110°00.0'E 1.075 75° 296° 243 km 06m31.7s
05:4007°21.7'N111°09.1'E05°26.7'N110°05.1'E06°24.4'N110°36.8'E 1.075 74° 296° 243 km 06m29.6s
05:4207°01.0'N111°46.4'E05°06.5'N110°42.0'E06°03.9'N111°13.9'E 1.075 73° 295° 242 km 06m27.4s
05:4406°40.0'N112°23.9'E04°45.9'N111°19.2'E05°43.1'N111°51.3'E 1.075 72° 295° 242 km 06m25.0s
05:4606°18.6'N113°01.9'E04°24.9'N111°56.7'E05°21.9'N112°29.0'E 1.074 71° 295° 242 km 06m22.5s
05:4805°56.9'N113°40.2'E04°03.7'N112°34.7'E05°00.4'N113°07.1'E 1.074 69° 294° 241 km 06m19.9s
05:5005°34.8'N114°18.9'E03°42.1'N113°13.1'E04°38.6'N113°45.7'E 1.074 68° 294° 241 km 06m17.1s
05:5205°12.3'N114°58.1'E03°20.1'N113°51.9'E04°16.4'N114°24.7'E 1.074 67° 294° 240 km 06m14.2s
05:5404°49.5'N115°37.8'E02°57.7'N114°31.4'E03°53.8'N115°04.3'E 1.074 66° 294° 240 km 06m11.2s
05:5604°26.3'N116°18.1'E02°35.0'N115°11.4'E03°30.9'N115°44.4'E 1.074 65° 293° 239 km 06m08.1s
05:5804°02.8'N116°59.0'E02°11.9'N115°52.1'E03°07.5'N116°25.2'E 1.074 63° 293° 239 km 06m04.9s
06:0003°38.8'N117°40.6'E01°48.4'N116°33.5'E02°43.8'N117°06.7'E 1.073 62° 293° 238 km 06m01.5s
06:0203°14.4'N118°23.0'E01°24.4'N117°15.6'E02°19.6'N117°48.9'E 1.073 61° 293° 238 km 05m58.0s
06:0402°49.5'N119°06.2'E01°00.1'N117°58.6'E01°55.0'N118°32.0'E 1.073 60° 293° 237 km 05m54.4s
06:0602°24.2'N119°50.2'E00°35.2'N118°42.5'E01°29.9'N119°16.0'E 1.073 58° 293° 237 km 05m50.7s
06:0801°58.5'N120°35.3'E00°09.9'N119°27.5'E01°04.4'N120°01.0'E 1.072 57° 293° 236 km 05m46.8s
06:1001°32.2'N121°21.5'E00°15.9'S120°13.5'E00°38.4'N120°47.1'E 1.072 56° 292° 235 km 05m42.8s
06:1201°05.4'N122°08.8'E00°42.2'S121°00.8'E00°11.8'N121°34.3'E 1.072 54° 292° 235 km 05m38.7s
06:1400°38.0'N122°57.4'E01°09.1'S121°49.3'E00°15.3'S122°22.9'E 1.072 53° 292° 234 km 05m34.5s
06:1600°10.1'N123°47.5'E01°36.5'S122°39.4'E00°43.0'S123°13.0'E 1.071 51° 292° 233 km 05m30.1s
06:1800°18.5'S124°39.1'E02°04.6'S123°31.0'E01°11.3'S124°04.6'E 1.071 50° 292° 232 km 05m25.6s
06:2000°47.7'S125°32.5'E02°33.3'S124°24.4'E01°40.2'S124°57.9'E 1.071 49° 292° 231 km 05m21.0s
06:2201°17.7'S126°27.8'E03°02.7'S125°19.7'E02°09.9'S125°53.2'E 1.070 47° 292° 230 km 05m16.2s
06:2401°48.4'S127°25.3'E03°32.9'S126°17.2'E02°40.3'S126°50.7'E 1.070 46° 292° 229 km 05m11.3s
06:2602°19.9'S128°25.2'E04°03.9'S127°17.1'E03°11.6'S127°50.6'E 1.070 44° 292° 228 km 05m06.2s
06:2802°52.4'S129°27.7'E04°35.8'S128°19.8'E03°43.8'S128°53.2'E 1.069 42° 291° 227 km 05m01.0s
06:3003°25.8'S130°33.4'E05°08.7'S129°25.5'E04°16.9'S129°58.8'E 1.069 41° 291° 226 km 04m55.6s
06:3204°00.4'S131°42.5'E05°42.6'S130°34.7'E04°51.2'S131°07.9'E 1.068 39° 291° 224 km 04m50.0s
06:3404°36.2'S132°55.6'E06°17.8'S131°48.0'E05°26.7'S132°21.1'E 1.068 37° 291° 223 km 04m44.2s
06:3605°13.4'S134°13.4'E06°54.4'S133°05.9'E06°03.5'S133°38.9'E 1.067 35° 291° 221 km 04m38.2s
06:3805°52.2'S135°36.8'E07°32.5'S134°29.4'E06°42.0'S135°02.3'E 1.067 33° 290° 220 km 04m31.9s
06:4006°33.0'S137°06.7'E08°12.5'S135°59.4'E07°22.3'S136°32.2'E 1.066 31° 290° 218 km 04m25.3s
06:4207°16.0'S138°44.8'E08°54.6'S137°37.6'E08°04.9'S138°10.3'E 1.066 29° 290° 216 km 04m18.4s
06:4408°01.7'S140°33.1'E09°39.5'S139°25.8'E08°50.2'S139°58.5'E 1.065 26° 289° 214 km 04m11.1s
06:4608°51.1'S142°34.8'E10°27.8'S141°27.4'E09°39.0'S142°00.0'E 1.064 24° 289° 211 km 04m03.2s
06:4809°45.3'S144°55.1'E11°20.7'S143°47.1'E10°32.5'S144°19.8'E 1.063 21° 288° 208 km 03m54.6s
06:5010°46.7'S147°43.5'E12°20.4'S146°34.2'E11°33.0'S147°07.3'E 1.062 18° 288° 205 km 03m44.9s
06:5212°00.5'S151°21.7'E13°31.6'S150°08.9'E12°45.3'S150°43.3'E 1.061 13° 287° 201 km 03m33.4s
06:5413°47.5'S157°16.8'E15°11.6'S155°45.8'E14°28.3'S156°27.0'E 1.059 285° 194 km 03m17.0s
Limits15°25.0'S163°34.3'E17°02.8'S163°07.2'E16°13.9'S163°20.6'E 1.057 - 187 km 03m00.2s

ΔT = 2.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:12:09.605:12:07.410°38.3'N102°14.2'E 87.5° 14.3° 245.1 km06m46.95s
Greatest Duration05:08:35.705:08:33.411°06.7'N101°10.2'E 86.8° 52.5° 245.1 km06m47.18s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1868 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 2.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

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