Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1883 May 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1883 May 06 . 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 1883 May 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits34°01.0'S155°47.0'E35°27.8'S156°13.0'E34°44.3'S156°00.0'E 1.047 - 164 km 02m39.9s
20:2229°55.7'S167°34.9'E32°21.4'S165°38.1'E31°06.0'S166°44.9'E 1.050 10° 64° 174 km 03m04.3s
20:2428°17.7'S171°40.9'E30°27.4'S170°42.3'E29°21.3'S171°15.2'E 1.052 15° 61° 178 km 03m16.6s
20:2627°00.5'S174°43.6'E29°04.0'S174°09.4'E28°01.4'S174°28.9'E 1.053 18° 59° 182 km 03m26.4s
20:2825°54.6'S177°13.0'E27°54.6'S176°53.2'E26°53.9'S177°04.9'E 1.054 21° 57° 184 km 03m34.9s
20:3024°56.0'S179°21.0'E26°53.9'S179°11.1'E25°54.3'S179°17.5'E 1.054 24° 56° 187 km 03m42.6s
20:3224°02.8'S178°46.1'W25°59.2'S178°48.7'W25°00.4'S178°46.1'W 1.055 26° 55° 189 km 03m49.7s
20:3423°13.7'S177°04.5'W25°09.0'S177°01.4'W24°10.8'S177°01.8'W 1.056 28° 53° 191 km 03m56.4s
20:3622°27.9'S175°31.8'W24°22.5'S175°24.1'W23°24.7'S175°26.9'W 1.056 30° 52° 193 km 04m02.6s
20:3821°44.9'S174°06.3'W23°38.9'S173°54.8'W22°41.4'S173°59.6'W 1.057 32° 51° 195 km 04m08.6s
20:4021°04.2'S172°46.7'W22°57.8'S172°32.0'W22°00.6'S172°38.5'W 1.057 34° 50° 196 km 04m14.3s
20:4220°25.6'S171°32.2'W22°18.9'S171°14.7'W21°21.8'S171°22.7'W 1.058 35° 49° 198 km 04m19.8s
20:4419°48.7'S170°21.9'W21°41.8'S170°02.0'W20°44.8'S170°11.3'W 1.058 37° 48° 199 km 04m25.1s
20:4619°13.5'S169°15.4'W21°06.4'S168°53.3'W20°09.5'S169°03.7'W 1.058 39° 47° 201 km 04m30.2s
20:4818°39.6'S168°12.0'W20°32.4'S167°48.1'W19°35.6'S167°59.5'W 1.059 40° 46° 202 km 04m35.1s
20:5018°07.1'S167°11.6'W19°59.8'S166°46.0'W19°03.1'S166°58.2'W 1.059 41° 45° 203 km 04m39.8s
20:5217°35.7'S166°13.6'W19°28.5'S165°46.6'W18°31.7'S165°59.6'W 1.059 43° 44° 205 km 04m44.4s
20:5417°05.5'S165°17.9'W18°58.2'S164°49.6'W18°01.5'S165°03.2'W 1.060 44° 43° 206 km 04m48.8s
20:5616°36.2'S164°24.2'W18°29.0'S163°54.7'W17°32.3'S164°09.0'W 1.060 45° 42° 207 km 04m53.1s
20:5816°07.9'S163°32.4'W18°00.8'S163°01.7'W17°04.0'S163°16.6'W 1.060 47° 41° 208 km 04m57.2s
21:0015°40.5'S162°42.1'W17°33.5'S162°10.6'W16°36.7'S162°25.9'W 1.061 48° 40° 209 km 05m01.2s
21:0215°13.9'S161°53.4'W17°07.0'S161°20.9'W16°10.1'S161°36.8'W 1.061 49° 38° 210 km 05m05.1s
21:0414°48.1'S161°06.0'W16°41.4'S160°32.7'W15°44.4'S160°49.0'W 1.061 50° 37° 211 km 05m08.8s
21:0614°23.0'S160°19.8'W16°16.4'S159°45.9'W15°19.4'S160°02.5'W 1.061 51° 36° 212 km 05m12.4s
21:0813°58.7'S159°34.8'W15°52.2'S159°00.2'W14°55.2'S159°17.1'W 1.061 52° 35° 213 km 05m15.9s
21:1013°35.0'S158°50.7'W15°28.7'S158°15.5'W14°31.6'S158°32.8'W 1.062 53° 33° 214 km 05m19.3s
21:1213°12.0'S158°07.6'W15°05.9'S157°31.9'W14°08.7'S157°49.5'W 1.062 54° 32° 215 km 05m22.5s
21:1412°49.6'S157°25.4'W14°43.7'S156°49.2'W13°46.3'S157°07.0'W 1.062 55° 31° 216 km 05m25.5s
21:1612°27.7'S156°43.9'W14°22.1'S156°07.3'W13°24.6'S156°25.3'W 1.062 56° 29° 217 km 05m28.5s
21:1812°06.5'S156°03.1'W14°01.0'S155°26.2'W13°03.5'S155°44.4'W 1.062 57° 27° 218 km 05m31.3s
21:2011°45.8'S155°23.0'W13°40.6'S154°45.7'W12°42.9'S155°04.1'W 1.062 57° 26° 219 km 05m34.0s
21:2211°25.7'S154°43.4'W13°20.6'S154°05.9'W12°22.9'S154°24.4'W 1.063 58° 24° 220 km 05m36.6s
21:2411°06.1'S154°04.4'W13°01.3'S153°26.6'W12°03.4'S153°45.3'W 1.063 59° 23° 220 km 05m39.0s
21:2610°47.0'S153°25.9'W12°42.4'S152°47.9'W11°44.4'S153°06.7'W 1.063 60° 21° 221 km 05m41.3s
21:2810°28.4'S152°47.8'W12°24.0'S152°09.6'W11°26.0'S152°28.5'W 1.063 60° 19° 222 km 05m43.4s
21:3010°10.3'S152°10.1'W12°06.1'S151°31.8'W11°08.0'S151°50.7'W 1.063 61° 17° 223 km 05m45.4s
21:3209°52.6'S151°32.7'W11°48.7'S150°54.3'W10°50.5'S151°13.3'W 1.063 62° 15° 223 km 05m47.3s
21:3409°35.5'S150°55.7'W11°31.8'S150°17.1'W10°33.4'S150°36.3'W 1.063 62° 13° 224 km 05m49.0s
21:3609°18.7'S150°18.9'W11°15.3'S149°40.3'W10°16.8'S149°59.5'W 1.063 63° 11° 225 km 05m50.6s
21:3809°02.5'S149°42.3'W10°59.3'S149°03.7'W10°00.7'S149°22.9'W 1.063 63° 225 km 05m52.0s
21:4008°46.7'S149°06.0'W10°43.7'S148°27.3'W09°45.0'S148°46.5'W 1.063 63° 226 km 05m53.3s
21:4208°31.3'S148°29.8'W10°28.5'S147°51.2'W09°29.8'S148°10.4'W 1.063 64° 226 km 05m54.5s
21:4408°16.4'S147°53.7'W10°13.8'S147°15.1'W09°14.9'S147°34.3'W 1.063 64° 227 km 05m55.5s
21:4608°01.9'S147°17.7'W09°59.5'S146°39.2'W09°00.6'S146°58.4'W 1.063 64° 359° 227 km 05m56.3s
21:4807°47.9'S146°41.8'W09°45.7'S146°03.4'W08°46.6'S146°22.5'W 1.063 65° 357° 228 km 05m57.1s
21:5007°34.2'S146°05.9'W09°32.3'S145°27.6'W08°33.1'S145°46.7'W 1.063 65° 354° 228 km 05m57.6s
21:5207°21.0'S145°30.1'W09°19.2'S144°51.9'W08°20.0'S145°10.9'W 1.063 65° 352° 229 km 05m58.0s
21:5407°08.2'S144°54.2'W09°06.6'S144°16.1'W08°07.3'S144°35.1'W 1.063 65° 349° 229 km 05m58.2s
21:5606°55.9'S144°18.2'W08°54.5'S143°40.3'W07°55.0'S143°59.3'W 1.063 65° 347° 229 km 05m58.3s
21:5806°43.9'S143°42.2'W08°42.7'S143°04.5'W07°43.2'S143°23.3'W 1.063 65° 344° 230 km 05m58.3s
22:0006°32.4'S143°06.0'W08°31.3'S142°28.5'W07°31.7'S142°47.3'W 1.063 65° 342° 230 km 05m58.0s
22:0206°21.3'S142°29.7'W08°20.4'S141°52.4'W07°20.7'S142°11.1'W 1.063 64° 339° 230 km 05m57.7s
22:0406°10.6'S141°53.3'W08°09.9'S141°16.1'W07°10.1'S141°34.7'W 1.063 64° 337° 230 km 05m57.1s
22:0606°00.4'S141°16.6'W07°59.8'S140°39.7'W07°00.0'S140°58.2'W 1.063 64° 335° 230 km 05m56.4s
22:0805°50.6'S140°39.7'W07°50.1'S140°03.0'W06°50.2'S140°21.4'W 1.063 63° 332° 230 km 05m55.6s
22:1005°41.2'S140°02.5'W07°40.8'S139°26.1'W06°40.9'S139°44.4'W 1.063 63° 330° 230 km 05m54.6s
22:1205°32.3'S139°25.0'W07°32.0'S138°48.8'W06°32.0'S139°07.0'W 1.063 63° 328° 230 km 05m53.4s
22:1405°23.8'S138°47.2'W07°23.6'S138°11.3'W06°23.6'S138°29.4'W 1.063 62° 326° 230 km 05m52.1s
22:1605°15.8'S138°09.0'W07°15.6'S137°33.3'W06°15.6'S137°51.3'W 1.063 62° 324° 229 km 05m50.6s
22:1805°08.2'S137°30.5'W07°08.1'S136°55.0'W06°08.0'S137°12.9'W 1.063 61° 322° 229 km 05m48.9s
22:2005°01.1'S136°51.4'W07°01.0'S136°16.3'W06°01.0'S136°34.0'W 1.063 60° 320° 229 km 05m47.1s
22:2204°54.5'S136°11.9'W06°54.4'S135°37.0'W05°54.3'S135°54.7'W 1.063 60° 318° 228 km 05m45.1s
22:2404°48.3'S135°31.9'W06°48.3'S134°57.3'W05°48.2'S135°14.8'W 1.062 59° 317° 228 km 05m43.0s
22:2604°42.6'S134°51.3'W06°42.6'S134°16.9'W05°42.5'S134°34.4'W 1.062 58° 315° 227 km 05m40.7s
22:2804°37.5'S134°10.1'W06°37.4'S133°36.0'W05°37.3'S133°53.3'W 1.062 57° 314° 227 km 05m38.3s
22:3004°32.8'S133°28.3'W06°32.7'S132°54.3'W05°32.7'S133°11.6'W 1.062 57° 312° 226 km 05m35.7s
22:3204°28.7'S132°45.7'W06°28.6'S132°12.0'W05°28.5'S132°29.1'W 1.062 56° 311° 226 km 05m32.9s
22:3404°25.1'S132°02.3'W06°24.9'S131°28.9'W05°24.9'S131°45.9'W 1.062 55° 309° 225 km 05m30.0s
22:3604°22.1'S131°18.1'W06°21.9'S130°44.9'W05°21.9'S131°01.8'W 1.061 54° 308° 224 km 05m27.0s
22:3804°19.7'S130°33.1'W06°19.3'S130°00.0'W05°19.4'S130°16.9'W 1.061 53° 307° 223 km 05m23.7s
22:4004°17.9'S129°47.0'W06°17.4'S129°14.1'W05°17.6'S129°30.9'W 1.061 52° 306° 222 km 05m20.4s
22:4204°16.7'S128°59.9'W06°16.1'S128°27.1'W05°16.3'S128°43.9'W 1.061 51° 305° 221 km 05m16.8s
22:4404°16.2'S128°11.6'W06°15.4'S127°38.9'W05°15.7'S127°55.7'W 1.061 50° 304° 220 km 05m13.2s
22:4604°16.4'S127°22.1'W06°15.4'S126°49.5'W05°15.8'S127°06.3'W 1.060 49° 303° 219 km 05m09.3s
22:4804°17.3'S126°31.3'W06°16.1'S125°58.7'W05°16.6'S126°15.4'W 1.060 48° 302° 218 km 05m05.3s
22:5004°18.9'S125°39.0'W06°17.6'S125°06.3'W05°18.1'S125°23.1'W 1.060 46° 301° 216 km 05m01.1s
22:5204°21.4'S124°45.0'W06°19.8'S124°12.3'W05°20.5'S124°29.2'W 1.060 45° 300° 215 km 04m56.8s
22:5404°24.7'S123°49.3'W06°22.9'S123°16.4'W05°23.7'S123°33.4'W 1.059 44° 299° 214 km 04m52.3s
22:5604°28.9'S122°51.7'W06°26.9'S122°18.6'W05°27.8'S122°35.7'W 1.059 43° 299° 212 km 04m47.7s
22:5804°34.1'S121°51.9'W06°31.9'S121°18.4'W05°32.9'S121°35.8'W 1.059 41° 298° 210 km 04m42.9s
23:0004°40.4'S120°49.7'W06°37.9'S120°15.8'W05°39.0'S120°33.4'W 1.058 40° 297° 209 km 04m37.9s
23:0204°47.8'S119°44.8'W06°45.1'S119°10.3'W05°46.3'S119°28.2'W 1.058 38° 297° 207 km 04m32.7s
23:0404°56.5'S118°36.9'W06°53.5'S118°01.6'W05°54.8'S118°20.0'W 1.057 37° 296° 205 km 04m27.3s
23:0605°06.6'S117°25.5'W07°03.4'S116°49.3'W06°04.8'S117°08.2'W 1.057 35° 295° 203 km 04m21.7s
23:0805°18.2'S116°10.2'W07°14.8'S115°32.7'W06°16.3'S115°52.3'W 1.057 34° 295° 201 km 04m15.9s
23:1005°31.6'S114°50.2'W07°28.1'S114°11.2'W06°29.7'S114°31.6'W 1.056 32° 294° 199 km 04m09.9s
23:1205°47.1'S113°24.8'W07°43.4'S112°43.9'W06°45.1'S113°05.4'W 1.056 30° 294° 197 km 04m03.5s
23:1406°05.0'S111°52.9'W08°01.3'S111°09.4'W07°02.9'S111°32.2'W 1.055 28° 293° 195 km 03m56.9s
23:1606°25.7'S110°12.9'W08°22.2'S109°26.0'W07°23.7'S109°50.7'W 1.054 26° 293° 192 km 03m49.9s
23:1806°50.1'S108°22.7'W08°46.9'S107°31.1'W07°48.2'S107°58.3'W 1.054 24° 292° 189 km 03m42.4s
23:2007°19.0'S106°19.0'W09°16.7'S105°20.6'W08°17.5'S105°51.4'W 1.053 21° 291° 186 km 03m34.3s
23:2207°54.4'S103°56.0'W09°53.9'S102°47.3'W08°53.7'S103°23.8'W 1.052 18° 291° 183 km 03m25.3s
23:2408°39.5'S101°03.1'W10°43.0'S099°35.6'W09°40.5'S100°22.5'W 1.051 15° 290° 178 km 03m15.0s
23:2609°43.0'S097°12.8'W11°58.6'S094°57.1'W10°48.9'S096°12.2'W 1.049 10° 289° 173 km 03m02.0s
Limits12°48.0'S086°48.8'W14°15.4'S087°03.6'W13°31.6'S086°56.3'W 1.046 - 162 km 02m37.6s

ΔT = -5.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:53:48.921:53:54.408°07.9'S144°35.4'W 64.8° 349.3° 229.0 km05m58.24s
Greatest Duration21:56:03.621:56:09.207°54.1'S143°56.5'W 64.8° 346.5° 229.3 km05m58.34s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1883 May 06 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 -5.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.2 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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