Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1879 Jan 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1879 Jan 22 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1879 Jan 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits26°47.4'S068°08.9'W28°09.8'S069°01.8'W27°28.6'S068°35.1'W 0.955 - 174 km 02m45.3s
10:0429°52.6'S059°26.2'W29°47.9'S064°24.1'W29°58.6'S061°30.1'W 0.957 109° 166 km 02m46.7s
10:0631°32.1'S054°15.4'W32°14.9'S056°53.3'W31°54.6'S055°29.9'W 0.959 13° 105° 158 km 02m48.2s
10:0832°37.2'S050°33.4'W33°31.1'S052°33.9'W33°04.6'S051°31.2'W 0.960 17° 103° 154 km 02m49.2s
10:1033°26.5'S047°31.2'W34°25.6'S049°11.0'W33°56.3'S048°19.4'W 0.960 20° 101° 150 km 02m50.1s
10:1234°05.8'S044°53.0'W35°08.1'S046°18.6'W34°37.1'S045°34.6'W 0.961 23° 99° 147 km 02m50.9s
10:1434°38.2'S042°31.2'W35°42.5'S043°46.2'W35°10.4'S043°07.7'W 0.962 25° 97° 144 km 02m51.7s
10:1635°05.4'S040°21.7'W36°10.9'S041°28.1'W35°38.2'S040°54.1'W 0.962 27° 96° 141 km 02m52.4s
10:1835°28.3'S038°21.8'W36°34.7'S039°21.0'W36°01.5'S038°50.6'W 0.963 29° 94° 139 km 02m53.1s
10:2035°47.8'S036°29.6'W36°54.8'S037°22.5'W36°21.2'S036°55.4'W 0.963 31° 92° 137 km 02m53.7s
10:2236°04.2'S034°43.9'W37°11.6'S035°31.2'W36°37.9'S035°07.0'W 0.964 33° 91° 135 km 02m54.3s
10:2436°18.1'S033°03.7'W37°25.7'S033°46.0'W36°51.9'S033°24.3'W 0.964 35° 89° 133 km 02m54.9s
10:2636°29.7'S031°28.2'W37°37.5'S032°06.0'W37°03.5'S031°46.7'W 0.964 37° 88° 132 km 02m55.5s
10:2836°39.3'S029°56.9'W37°47.1'S030°30.6'W37°13.1'S030°13.4'W 0.965 38° 86° 130 km 02m56.0s
10:3036°47.1'S028°29.4'W37°54.7'S028°59.1'W37°20.9'S028°43.9'W 0.965 40° 85° 129 km 02m56.5s
10:3236°53.2'S027°05.2'W38°00.7'S027°31.3'W37°26.9'S027°17.9'W 0.965 42° 84° 128 km 02m57.0s
10:3436°57.8'S025°44.0'W38°05.1'S026°06.8'W37°31.4'S025°55.1'W 0.966 43° 82° 126 km 02m57.5s
10:3637°01.0'S024°25.6'W38°08.1'S024°45.2'W37°34.5'S024°35.1'W 0.966 44° 81° 125 km 02m57.9s
10:3837°02.9'S023°09.7'W38°09.7'S023°26.3'W37°36.2'S023°17.8'W 0.966 46° 80° 124 km 02m58.4s
10:4037°03.6'S021°56.2'W38°10.0'S022°09.9'W37°36.8'S022°02.9'W 0.967 47° 78° 123 km 02m58.8s
10:4237°03.2'S020°44.9'W38°09.2'S020°55.9'W37°36.2'S020°50.2'W 0.967 48° 77° 122 km 02m59.2s
10:4437°01.7'S019°35.6'W38°07.4'S019°44.1'W37°34.5'S019°39.7'W 0.967 50° 75° 121 km 02m59.6s
10:4636°59.2'S018°28.2'W38°04.4'S018°34.2'W37°31.7'S018°31.1'W 0.967 51° 74° 120 km 03m00.0s
10:4836°55.7'S017°22.6'W38°00.6'S017°26.3'W37°28.1'S017°24.3'W 0.967 52° 73° 119 km 03m00.3s
10:5036°51.4'S016°18.7'W37°55.7'S016°20.2'W37°23.5'S016°19.4'W 0.968 54° 71° 118 km 03m00.7s
10:5236°46.1'S015°16.4'W37°50.1'S015°15.8'W37°18.0'S015°16.0'W 0.968 55° 70° 118 km 03m01.0s
10:5436°40.1'S014°15.7'W37°43.6'S014°13.0'W37°11.8'S014°14.3'W 0.968 56° 69° 117 km 03m01.3s
10:5636°33.3'S013°16.3'W37°36.3'S013°11.8'W37°04.7'S013°14.0'W 0.968 57° 67° 116 km 03m01.6s
10:5836°25.7'S012°18.4'W37°28.2'S012°12.0'W36°56.9'S012°15.1'W 0.968 58° 66° 116 km 03m01.8s
11:0036°17.5'S011°21.8'W37°19.5'S011°13.5'W36°48.4'S011°17.6'W 0.968 59° 64° 115 km 03m02.1s
11:0236°08.5'S010°26.4'W37°10.0'S010°16.5'W36°39.2'S010°21.4'W 0.969 60° 63° 114 km 03m02.3s
11:0435°58.9'S009°32.2'W36°59.9'S009°20.6'W36°29.4'S009°26.4'W 0.969 61° 61° 114 km 03m02.5s
11:0635°48.7'S008°39.2'W36°49.2'S008°26.0'W36°18.9'S008°32.6'W 0.969 63° 60° 113 km 03m02.7s
11:0835°37.8'S007°47.3'W36°37.8'S007°32.6'W36°07.7'S007°39.9'W 0.969 64° 58° 113 km 03m02.9s
11:1035°26.3'S006°56.4'W36°25.8'S006°40.2'W35°56.0'S006°48.3'W 0.969 65° 56° 113 km 03m03.0s
11:1235°14.3'S006°06.5'W36°13.3'S005°49.0'W35°43.8'S005°57.8'W 0.969 66° 54° 112 km 03m03.2s
11:1435°01.7'S005°17.7'W36°00.2'S004°58.7'W35°30.9'S005°08.2'W 0.969 67° 53° 112 km 03m03.3s
11:1634°48.6'S004°29.7'W35°46.6'S004°09.5'W35°17.6'S004°19.6'W 0.969 68° 51° 111 km 03m03.4s
11:1834°35.0'S003°42.6'W35°32.5'S003°21.2'W35°03.7'S003°31.9'W 0.969 69° 49° 111 km 03m03.5s
11:2034°20.9'S002°56.4'W35°17.8'S002°33.8'W34°49.3'S002°45.1'W 0.970 69° 47° 111 km 03m03.6s
11:2234°06.3'S002°11.1'W35°02.7'S001°47.3'W34°34.4'S001°59.2'W 0.970 70° 44° 110 km 03m03.7s
11:2433°51.2'S001°26.5'W34°47.1'S001°01.6'W34°19.1'S001°14.1'W 0.970 71° 42° 110 km 03m03.8s
11:2633°35.6'S000°42.7'W34°31.0'S000°16.7'W34°03.3'S000°29.7'W 0.970 72° 39° 110 km 03m03.8s
11:2833°19.6'S000°00.4'E34°14.5'S000°27.4'E33°47.0'S000°13.9'E 0.970 73° 37° 110 km 03m03.8s
11:3033°03.1'S000°42.8'E33°57.6'S001°10.8'E33°30.3'S000°56.7'E 0.970 74° 34° 110 km 03m03.8s
11:3232°46.2'S001°24.4'E33°40.2'S001°53.5'E33°13.1'S001°38.9'E 0.970 75° 31° 110 km 03m03.8s
11:3432°28.9'S002°05.5'E33°22.4'S002°35.5'E32°55.6'S002°20.4'E 0.970 75° 27° 109 km 03m03.8s
11:3632°11.1'S002°45.9'E33°04.2'S003°16.8'E32°37.6'S003°01.3'E 0.970 76° 24° 109 km 03m03.8s
11:3831°53.0'S003°25.7'E32°45.6'S003°57.5'E32°19.2'S003°41.6'E 0.970 77° 20° 109 km 03m03.8s
11:4031°34.4'S004°05.0'E32°26.5'S004°37.6'E32°00.4'S004°21.2'E 0.970 77° 16° 109 km 03m03.7s
11:4231°15.5'S004°43.7'E32°07.1'S005°17.1'E31°41.3'S005°00.4'E 0.970 78° 11° 109 km 03m03.7s
11:4430°56.1'S005°21.9'E31°47.4'S005°56.1'E31°21.7'S005°39.0'E 0.970 78° 109 km 03m03.6s
11:4630°36.4'S005°59.6'E31°27.2'S006°34.6'E31°01.8'S006°17.0'E 0.970 79° 109 km 03m03.5s
11:4830°16.3'S006°36.8'E31°06.7'S007°12.6'E30°41.5'S006°54.6'E 0.970 79° 355° 109 km 03m03.4s
11:5029°55.8'S007°13.6'E30°45.8'S007°50.1'E30°20.8'S007°31.8'E 0.970 79° 350° 109 km 03m03.3s
11:5229°35.0'S007°50.0'E30°24.5'S008°27.2'E29°59.7'S008°08.5'E 0.970 79° 344° 109 km 03m03.2s
11:5429°13.8'S008°26.0'E30°02.9'S009°03.9'E29°38.3'S008°44.8'E 0.970 79° 338° 110 km 03m03.1s
11:5628°52.2'S009°01.6'E29°41.0'S009°40.2'E29°16.5'S009°20.8'E 0.970 79° 332° 110 km 03m03.0s
11:5828°30.3'S009°36.8'E29°18.6'S010°16.1'E28°54.4'S009°56.4'E 0.970 79° 326° 110 km 03m02.8s
12:0028°08.0'S010°11.7'E28°56.0'S010°51.7'E28°31.9'S010°31.6'E 0.970 79° 320° 110 km 03m02.7s
12:0227°45.3'S010°46.3'E28°33.0'S011°26.9'E28°09.1'S011°06.6'E 0.970 78° 315° 110 km 03m02.5s
12:0427°22.3'S011°20.7'E28°09.6'S012°01.9'E27°45.9'S011°41.2'E 0.970 78° 310° 111 km 03m02.4s
12:0626°58.9'S011°54.8'E27°45.9'S012°36.6'E27°22.4'S012°15.6'E 0.970 77° 306° 111 km 03m02.2s
12:0826°35.2'S012°28.7'E27°21.8'S013°11.1'E26°58.5'S012°49.8'E 0.970 77° 301° 111 km 03m02.1s
12:1026°11.1'S013°02.3'E26°57.4'S013°45.4'E26°34.2'S013°23.8'E 0.970 76° 297° 111 km 03m01.9s
12:1225°46.7'S013°35.8'E26°32.7'S014°19.5'E26°09.6'S013°57.6'E 0.970 76° 294° 112 km 03m01.7s
12:1425°21.9'S014°09.1'E26°07.6'S014°53.4'E25°44.7'S014°31.2'E 0.970 75° 290° 112 km 03m01.5s
12:1624°56.7'S014°42.4'E25°42.1'S015°27.3'E25°19.4'S015°04.7'E 0.970 74° 287° 113 km 03m01.4s
12:1824°31.2'S015°15.5'E25°16.3'S016°01.0'E24°53.7'S015°38.1'E 0.969 73° 285° 113 km 03m01.2s
12:2024°05.3'S015°48.5'E24°50.1'S016°34.6'E24°27.7'S016°11.5'E 0.969 72° 282° 114 km 03m01.0s
12:2223°39.0'S016°21.5'E24°23.6'S017°08.2'E24°01.3'S016°44.8'E 0.969 72° 280° 114 km 03m00.8s
12:2423°12.4'S016°54.5'E23°56.7'S017°41.8'E23°34.5'S017°18.1'E 0.969 71° 278° 115 km 03m00.6s
12:2622°45.4'S017°27.5'E23°29.4'S018°15.4'E23°07.4'S017°51.4'E 0.969 70° 276° 115 km 03m00.4s
12:2822°18.0'S018°00.6'E23°01.8'S018°49.1'E22°39.8'S018°24.7'E 0.969 69° 274° 116 km 03m00.2s
12:3021°50.2'S018°33.7'E22°33.8'S019°22.8'E22°11.9'S018°58.2'E 0.969 68° 272° 116 km 03m00.0s
12:3221°22.0'S019°06.9'E22°05.4'S019°56.7'E21°43.6'S019°31.7'E 0.969 67° 271° 117 km 02m59.8s
12:3420°53.4'S019°40.3'E21°36.5'S020°30.7'E21°14.9'S020°05.4'E 0.969 66° 269° 118 km 02m59.6s
12:3620°24.3'S020°13.9'E21°07.3'S021°05.0'E20°45.8'S020°39.3'E 0.969 65° 268° 118 km 02m59.4s
12:3819°54.9'S020°47.7'E20°37.7'S021°39.4'E20°16.2'S021°13.5'E 0.968 64° 266° 119 km 02m59.2s
12:4019°25.0'S021°21.8'E20°07.6'S022°14.2'E19°46.2'S021°47.9'E 0.968 63° 265° 120 km 02m59.0s
12:4218°54.6'S021°56.2'E19°37.1'S022°49.3'E19°15.8'S022°22.6'E 0.968 62° 264° 121 km 02m58.8s
12:4418°23.8'S022°30.9'E19°06.1'S023°24.7'E18°44.9'S022°57.7'E 0.968 61° 263° 122 km 02m58.6s
12:4617°52.5'S023°06.1'E18°34.7'S024°00.6'E18°13.5'S023°33.2'E 0.968 60° 262° 122 km 02m58.4s
12:4817°20.7'S023°41.7'E18°02.7'S024°37.0'E17°41.7'S024°09.2'E 0.968 59° 261° 123 km 02m58.2s
12:5016°48.4'S024°17.8'E17°30.3'S025°13.9'E17°09.3'S024°45.7'E 0.967 57° 260° 124 km 02m58.0s
12:5216°15.5'S024°54.5'E16°57.3'S025°51.4'E16°36.3'S025°22.9'E 0.967 56° 259° 125 km 02m57.8s
12:5415°42.1'S025°31.9'E16°23.8'S026°29.6'E16°02.9'S026°00.6'E 0.967 55° 258° 126 km 02m57.6s
12:5615°08.1'S026°10.0'E15°49.7'S027°08.6'E15°28.8'S026°39.1'E 0.967 54° 258° 127 km 02m57.4s
12:5814°33.4'S026°48.8'E15°15.0'S027°48.4'E14°54.1'S027°18.5'E 0.967 53° 257° 128 km 02m57.2s
13:0013°58.2'S027°28.6'E14°39.6'S028°29.2'E14°18.8'S027°58.7'E 0.966 51° 256° 130 km 02m57.0s
13:0213°22.2'S028°09.4'E14°03.5'S029°11.0'E13°42.8'S028°40.0'E 0.966 50° 256° 131 km 02m56.8s
13:0412°45.5'S028°51.2'E13°26.8'S029°53.9'E13°06.1'S029°22.4'E 0.966 49° 255° 132 km 02m56.6s
13:0612°08.0'S029°34.3'E12°49.2'S030°38.2'E12°28.6'S030°06.0'E 0.966 48° 254° 133 km 02m56.4s
13:0811°29.7'S030°18.7'E12°10.9'S031°23.8'E11°50.2'S030°51.1'E 0.965 46° 254° 135 km 02m56.2s
13:1010°50.6'S031°04.7'E11°31.6'S032°11.1'E11°11.0'S031°37.7'E 0.965 45° 253° 136 km 02m56.0s
13:1210°10.4'S031°52.3'E10°51.4'S033°00.2'E10°30.8'S032°26.0'E 0.965 43° 253° 137 km 02m55.8s
13:1409°29.2'S032°41.8'E10°10.1'S033°51.3'E09°49.6'S033°16.4'E 0.964 42° 252° 139 km 02m55.6s
13:1608°46.9'S033°33.5'E09°27.7'S034°44.7'E09°07.2'S034°08.9'E 0.964 40° 252° 140 km 02m55.4s
13:1808°03.4'S034°27.7'E08°44.0'S035°40.7'E08°23.6'S035°03.9'E 0.964 39° 251° 142 km 02m55.2s
13:2007°18.4'S035°24.6'E07°59.0'S036°39.7'E07°38.6'S036°01.9'E 0.963 37° 251° 143 km 02m55.0s
13:2206°32.0'S036°24.7'E07°12.3'S037°42.2'E06°52.1'S037°03.1'E 0.963 36° 251° 145 km 02m54.8s
13:2405°43.8'S037°28.5'E06°23.9'S038°48.6'E06°03.7'S038°08.2'E 0.963 34° 250° 147 km 02m54.6s
13:2604°53.6'S038°36.7'E05°33.3'S039°59.9'E05°13.4'S039°17.9'E 0.962 32° 250° 149 km 02m54.3s
13:2804°01.0'S039°50.0'E04°40.4'S041°16.9'E04°20.7'S040°33.0'E 0.962 30° 250° 151 km 02m54.1s
13:3003°05.8'S041°09.7'E03°44.5'S042°40.9'E03°25.1'S041°54.8'E 0.961 28° 249° 153 km 02m53.9s
13:3202°07.2'S042°37.3'E02°45.1'S044°13.9'E02°26.1'S043°25.0'E 0.961 26° 249° 155 km 02m53.6s
13:3401°04.4'S044°15.0'E01°41.0'S045°58.4'E01°22.7'S045°05.9'E 0.960 23° 249° 158 km 02m53.4s
13:3600°03.9'N046°06.2'E00°30.7'S047°59.1'E00°13.5'S047°01.6'E 0.959 21° 249° 160 km 02m53.1s
13:3801°19.9'N048°16.8'E00°48.7'N050°24.0'E01°04.1'N049°18.9'E 0.958 18° 249° 163 km 02m52.8s
13:4002°47.9'N050°58.5'E02°23.9'N053°31.2'E02°35.3'N052°12.0'E 0.957 14° 249° 167 km 02m52.4s
13:4204°39.8'N054°42.7'E04°38.9'N058°28.4'E04°36.2'N056°25.3'E 0.956 249° 171 km 02m51.9s
Limits08°30.8'N063°55.7'E07°04.1'N064°42.4'E07°47.5'N064°18.9'E 0.954 - 179 km 02m51.0s

ΔT = -4.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:53:08.011:53:12.929°46.8'S008°31.9'E 79.3° 340.0° 109.5 km03m03.14s
Greatest Duration11:31:00.111:31:05.033°21.1'S001°19.7'E 74.2° 32.2° 109.6 km03m03.84s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1879 Jan 22 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 -4.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

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