Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1871 Dec 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1871 Dec 12 . 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 1871 Dec 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits19°28.6'N061°28.8'E18°41.5'N061°06.3'E19°05.1'N061°17.6'E 1.028 - 96 km 01m34.3s
02:2415°09.6'N070°48.0'E14°20.4'N070°16.9'E14°44.6'N070°33.3'E 1.031 10° 117° 106 km 01m52.8s
02:2613°01.4'N074°56.3'E12°10.6'N074°22.8'E12°35.6'N074°40.2'E 1.033 15° 118° 111 km 02m02.6s
02:2811°25.0'N077°53.2'E10°32.9'N077°18.2'E10°58.7'N077°36.2'E 1.034 19° 119° 115 km 02m10.3s
02:3010°04.4'N080°15.6'E09°11.0'N079°39.7'E09°37.4'N079°58.1'E 1.035 22° 120° 118 km 02m17.0s
02:3208°53.7'N082°17.0'E07°59.2'N081°40.2'E08°26.2'N081°59.0'E 1.036 25° 120° 121 km 02m23.1s
02:3407°50.0'N084°03.8'E06°54.5'N083°26.3'E07°22.0'N083°45.4'E 1.037 27° 121° 123 km 02m28.7s
02:3606°51.6'N085°39.7'E05°55.2'N085°01.8'E06°23.2'N085°21.1'E 1.037 30° 121° 125 km 02m33.9s
02:3805°57.5'N087°07.3'E05°00.2'N086°28.9'E05°28.6'N086°48.4'E 1.038 32° 121° 127 km 02m38.9s
02:4005°06.8'N088°28.2'E04°08.7'N087°49.4'E04°37.6'N088°09.1'E 1.038 34° 122° 129 km 02m43.6s
02:4204°19.1'N089°43.6'E03°20.2'N089°04.5'E03°49.5'N089°24.4'E 1.039 36° 122° 131 km 02m48.2s
02:4403°34.0'N090°54.4'E02°34.2'N090°15.0'E03°03.9'N090°35.0'E 1.039 37° 122° 132 km 02m52.6s
02:4602°51.1'N092°01.2'E01°50.6'N091°21.7'E02°20.6'N091°41.7'E 1.040 39° 123° 133 km 02m56.8s
02:4802°10.2'N093°04.7'E01°08.9'N092°25.0'E01°39.3'N092°45.1'E 1.040 41° 123° 135 km 03m00.9s
02:5001°31.0'N094°05.3'E00°29.0'N093°25.5'E00°59.8'N093°45.6'E 1.041 42° 123° 136 km 03m04.8s
02:5200°53.4'N095°03.2'E00°09.3'S094°23.4'E00°21.9'N094°43.6'E 1.041 44° 123° 137 km 03m08.7s
02:5400°17.4'N095°59.0'E00°46.1'S095°19.1'E00°14.5'S095°39.3'E 1.041 46° 124° 138 km 03m12.4s
02:5600°17.4'S096°52.7'E01°21.6'S096°12.8'E00°49.6'S096°33.0'E 1.042 47° 124° 140 km 03m16.0s
02:5800°50.9'S097°44.6'E01°55.7'S097°04.7'E01°23.5'S097°24.9'E 1.042 49° 124° 141 km 03m19.5s
03:0001°23.2'S098°34.9'E02°28.8'S097°55.0'E01°56.1'S098°15.2'E 1.042 50° 125° 142 km 03m22.9s
03:0201°54.4'S099°23.7'E03°00.7'S098°44.0'E02°27.7'S099°04.1'E 1.043 51° 125° 143 km 03m26.3s
03:0402°24.7'S100°11.3'E03°31.5'S099°31.6'E02°58.2'S099°51.7'E 1.043 53° 125° 143 km 03m29.5s
03:0602°53.9'S100°57.6'E04°01.4'S100°18.2'E03°27.8'S100°38.1'E 1.043 54° 126° 144 km 03m32.7s
03:0803°22.2'S101°42.9'E04°30.4'S101°03.6'E03°56.4'S101°23.5'E 1.043 55° 126° 145 km 03m35.7s
03:1003°49.7'S102°27.2'E04°58.5'S101°48.1'E04°24.2'S102°07.9'E 1.044 57° 127° 146 km 03m38.7s
03:1204°16.3'S103°10.7'E05°25.7'S102°31.8'E04°51.2'S102°51.5'E 1.044 58° 127° 147 km 03m41.6s
03:1404°42.1'S103°53.3'E05°52.2'S103°14.7'E05°17.3'S103°34.2'E 1.044 59° 128° 147 km 03m44.3s
03:1605°07.2'S104°35.3'E06°17.8'S103°56.9'E05°42.6'S104°16.3'E 1.044 60° 128° 148 km 03m47.0s
03:1805°31.5'S105°16.5'E06°42.8'S104°38.5'E06°07.3'S104°57.7'E 1.044 61° 129° 149 km 03m49.7s
03:2005°55.1'S105°57.2'E07°07.0'S105°19.4'E06°31.2'S105°38.5'E 1.045 63° 129° 149 km 03m52.2s
03:2206°18.1'S106°37.3'E07°30.5'S105°59.9'E06°54.4'S106°18.8'E 1.045 64° 130° 150 km 03m54.6s
03:2406°40.3'S107°16.9'E07°53.3'S106°39.9'E07°16.9'S106°58.6'E 1.045 65° 131° 151 km 03m56.9s
03:2607°01.9'S107°56.1'E08°15.5'S107°19.5'E07°38.8'S107°37.9'E 1.045 66° 132° 151 km 03m59.2s
03:2807°22.9'S108°34.8'E08°37.0'S107°58.7'E08°00.0'S108°16.9'E 1.045 67° 133° 152 km 04m01.3s
03:3007°43.2'S109°13.2'E08°57.9'S108°37.5'E08°20.6'S108°55.5'E 1.045 68° 134° 152 km 04m03.4s
03:3208°03.0'S109°51.3'E09°18.2'S109°16.1'E08°40.7'S109°33.9'E 1.046 69° 135° 153 km 04m05.4s
03:3408°22.2'S110°29.1'E09°37.8'S109°54.4'E09°00.1'S110°11.9'E 1.046 70° 137° 153 km 04m07.2s
03:3608°40.7'S111°06.7'E09°56.9'S110°32.5'E09°18.9'S110°49.7'E 1.046 71° 138° 154 km 04m09.0s
03:3808°58.7'S111°44.1'E10°15.4'S111°10.4'E09°37.2'S111°27.4'E 1.046 72° 140° 154 km 04m10.7s
03:4009°16.2'S112°21.2'E10°33.4'S111°48.1'E09°54.8'S112°04.8'E 1.046 73° 142° 155 km 04m12.2s
03:4209°33.1'S112°58.2'E10°50.7'S112°25.7'E10°12.0'S112°42.1'E 1.046 74° 144° 155 km 04m13.7s
03:4409°49.4'S113°35.1'E11°07.5'S113°03.2'E10°28.5'S113°19.3'E 1.046 75° 147° 155 km 04m15.1s
03:4610°05.2'S114°11.9'E11°23.8'S113°40.6'E10°44.6'S113°56.4'E 1.046 76° 149° 156 km 04m16.3s
03:4810°20.5'S114°48.6'E11°39.5'S114°18.0'E11°00.1'S114°33.4'E 1.046 76° 152° 156 km 04m17.5s
03:5010°35.3'S115°25.3'E11°54.7'S114°55.3'E11°15.0'S115°10.4'E 1.046 77° 156° 156 km 04m18.5s
03:5210°49.5'S116°01.9'E12°09.3'S115°32.6'E11°29.4'S115°47.4'E 1.046 78° 160° 156 km 04m19.5s
03:5411°03.2'S116°38.5'E12°23.4'S116°10.0'E11°43.3'S116°24.3'E 1.046 78° 164° 157 km 04m20.3s
03:5611°16.4'S117°15.2'E12°37.0'S116°47.4'E11°56.7'S117°01.4'E 1.046 79° 169° 157 km 04m21.0s
03:5811°29.1'S117°51.9'E12°50.0'S117°24.8'E12°09.5'S117°38.4'E 1.046 79° 174° 157 km 04m21.6s
04:0011°41.2'S118°28.7'E13°02.5'S118°02.4'E12°21.9'S118°15.6'E 1.046 79° 179° 157 km 04m22.1s
04:0211°52.8'S119°05.5'E13°14.4'S118°40.0'E12°33.6'S118°52.8'E 1.047 79° 185° 157 km 04m22.4s
04:0412°04.0'S119°42.5'E13°25.8'S119°17.8'E12°44.9'S119°30.2'E 1.047 80° 191° 157 km 04m22.7s
04:0612°14.6'S120°19.6'E13°36.7'S119°55.8'E12°55.7'S120°07.7'E 1.047 79° 196° 158 km 04m22.8s
04:0812°24.7'S120°56.9'E13°47.1'S120°33.9'E13°05.9'S120°45.4'E 1.047 79° 202° 158 km 04m22.8s
04:1012°34.2'S121°34.3'E13°56.9'S121°12.2'E13°15.6'S121°23.3'E 1.046 79° 207° 158 km 04m22.7s
04:1212°43.3'S122°11.9'E14°06.1'S121°50.7'E13°24.7'S122°01.3'E 1.046 78° 212° 158 km 04m22.5s
04:1412°51.8'S122°49.8'E14°14.8'S122°29.5'E13°33.3'S122°39.6'E 1.046 78° 217° 158 km 04m22.2s
04:1612°59.8'S123°27.9'E14°23.0'S123°08.5'E13°41.4'S123°18.2'E 1.046 77° 221° 157 km 04m21.7s
04:1813°07.3'S124°06.3'E14°30.6'S123°47.8'E13°49.0'S123°57.0'E 1.046 77° 224° 157 km 04m21.1s
04:2013°14.2'S124°44.9'E14°37.7'S124°27.4'E13°55.9'S124°36.1'E 1.046 76° 228° 157 km 04m20.4s
04:2213°20.6'S125°23.9'E14°44.2'S125°07.3'E14°02.4'S125°15.6'E 1.046 75° 231° 157 km 04m19.6s
04:2413°26.4'S126°03.2'E14°50.1'S125°47.6'E14°08.3'S125°55.4'E 1.046 74° 233° 157 km 04m18.7s
04:2613°31.7'S126°42.9'E14°55.4'S126°28.2'E14°13.6'S126°35.5'E 1.046 74° 235° 157 km 04m17.6s
04:2813°36.4'S127°22.9'E15°00.2'S127°09.3'E14°18.3'S127°16.0'E 1.046 73° 237° 156 km 04m16.4s
04:3013°40.6'S128°03.4'E15°04.3'S127°50.8'E14°22.5'S127°57.0'E 1.046 72° 239° 156 km 04m15.1s
04:3213°44.2'S128°44.3'E15°07.8'S128°32.7'E14°26.0'S128°38.4'E 1.046 71° 241° 156 km 04m13.7s
04:3413°47.1'S129°25.7'E15°10.8'S129°15.1'E14°29.0'S129°20.3'E 1.046 70° 242° 155 km 04m12.2s
04:3613°49.5'S130°07.6'E15°13.0'S129°58.0'E14°31.3'S130°02.7'E 1.046 69° 243° 155 km 04m10.5s
04:3813°51.3'S130°50.0'E15°14.7'S130°41.4'E14°33.0'S130°45.6'E 1.045 68° 244° 154 km 04m08.7s
04:4013°52.4'S131°33.0'E15°15.7'S131°25.5'E14°34.0'S131°29.1'E 1.045 67° 245° 154 km 04m06.8s
04:4213°52.9'S132°16.6'E15°16.0'S132°10.1'E14°34.4'S132°13.2'E 1.045 66° 246° 153 km 04m04.8s
04:4413°52.7'S133°00.8'E15°15.6'S132°55.4'E14°34.2'S132°58.0'E 1.045 64° 247° 153 km 04m02.7s
04:4613°51.8'S133°45.8'E15°14.5'S133°41.4'E14°33.2'S133°43.4'E 1.045 63° 247° 152 km 04m00.4s
04:4813°50.3'S134°31.5'E15°12.7'S134°28.1'E14°31.5'S134°29.6'E 1.045 62° 248° 152 km 03m58.1s
04:5013°48.0'S135°17.9'E15°10.1'S135°15.6'E14°29.1'S135°16.6'E 1.045 61° 248° 151 km 03m55.6s
04:5213°45.0'S136°05.2'E15°06.7'S136°04.0'E14°25.9'S136°04.4'E 1.044 60° 249° 150 km 03m53.0s
04:5413°41.2'S136°53.4'E15°02.5'S136°53.2'E14°21.9'S136°53.1'E 1.044 59° 249° 149 km 03m50.3s
04:5613°36.6'S137°42.6'E14°57.5'S137°43.4'E14°17.1'S137°42.8'E 1.044 57° 249° 149 km 03m47.5s
04:5813°31.1'S138°32.8'E14°51.6'S138°34.6'E14°11.4'S138°33.5'E 1.044 56° 250° 148 km 03m44.6s
05:0013°24.8'S139°24.1'E14°44.9'S139°27.0'E14°04.9'S139°25.3'E 1.044 55° 250° 147 km 03m41.5s
05:0213°17.6'S140°16.7'E14°37.1'S140°20.5'E13°57.4'S140°18.3'E 1.043 54° 250° 146 km 03m38.4s
05:0413°09.4'S141°10.5'E14°28.4'S141°15.3'E13°49.0'S141°12.6'E 1.043 52° 250° 145 km 03m35.2s
05:0613°00.3'S142°05.7'E14°18.6'S142°11.5'E13°39.5'S142°08.3'E 1.043 51° 250° 144 km 03m31.8s
05:0812°50.0'S143°02.4'E14°07.8'S143°09.2'E13°28.9'S143°05.5'E 1.042 49° 250° 143 km 03m28.3s
05:1012°38.6'S144°00.8'E13°55.7'S144°08.6'E13°17.2'S144°04.4'E 1.042 48° 250° 142 km 03m24.7s
05:1212°26.1'S145°01.1'E13°42.4'S145°09.8'E13°04.3'S145°05.1'E 1.042 47° 250° 141 km 03m21.0s
05:1412°12.2'S146°03.3'E13°27.8'S146°12.9'E12°50.1'S146°07.8'E 1.042 45° 250° 140 km 03m17.2s
05:1611°56.9'S147°07.8'E13°11.7'S147°18.3'E12°34.4'S147°12.7'E 1.041 44° 250° 139 km 03m13.2s
05:1811°40.1'S148°14.7'E12°54.1'S148°26.2'E12°17.2'S148°20.1'E 1.041 42° 250° 137 km 03m09.1s
05:2011°21.7'S149°24.5'E12°34.8'S149°36.8'E11°58.3'S149°30.3'E 1.040 40° 250° 136 km 03m04.9s
05:2211°01.5'S150°37.4'E12°13.6'S150°50.5'E11°37.6'S150°43.6'E 1.040 39° 250° 134 km 03m00.5s
05:2410°39.2'S151°53.9'E11°50.3'S152°07.9'E11°14.9'S152°00.5'E 1.040 37° 250° 133 km 02m56.0s
05:2610°14.7'S153°14.6'E11°24.7'S153°29.3'E10°49.8'S153°21.6'E 1.039 35° 249° 131 km 02m51.3s
05:2809°47.5'S154°40.2'E10°56.4'S154°55.7'E10°22.1'S154°47.5'E 1.039 33° 249° 129 km 02m46.4s
05:3009°17.3'S156°11.6'E10°25.0'S156°27.8'E09°51.3'S156°19.3'E 1.038 31° 249° 128 km 02m41.3s
05:3208°43.6'S157°50.1'E09°49.9'S158°07.0'E09°16.9'S157°58.1'E 1.037 29° 249° 126 km 02m35.9s
05:3408°05.4'S159°37.5'E09°10.3'S159°55.0'E08°38.1'S159°45.8'E 1.037 26° 248° 123 km 02m30.3s
05:3607°21.7'S161°36.4'E08°25.1'S161°54.5'E07°53.6'S161°45.0'E 1.036 24° 248° 121 km 02m24.2s
05:3806°30.6'S163°51.2'E07°32.2'S164°09.8'E07°01.6'S164°00.0'E 1.035 21° 248° 118 km 02m17.6s
05:4005°28.7'S166°29.6'E06°28.3'S166°48.5'E05°58.7'S166°38.4'E 1.034 18° 248° 115 km 02m10.3s
05:4204°08.7'S169°48.4'E05°05.9'S170°07.4'E04°37.6'S169°57.2'E 1.033 14° 247° 111 km 02m01.6s
05:4402°05.4'S174°46.5'E02°59.4'S175°04.7'E02°32.9'S174°54.5'E 1.031 247° 105 km 01m49.9s
Limits00°52.3'N178°11.8'W00°04.1'N177°51.4'W00°28.2'N178°01.7'W 1.029 - 97 km 01m35.3s

ΔT = -1.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:03:38.004:03:38.912°43.0'S119°23.9'E 79.5° 189.6° 157.5 km04m22.65s
Greatest Duration04:07:16.304:07:17.313°02.3'S120°32.0'E 79.3° 199.9° 157.6 km04m22.85s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1871 Dec 12 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 -1.0 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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