Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1886 Aug 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1886 Aug 29 . 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 1886 Aug 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits10°37.5'N079°52.9'W09°00.5'N079°37.9'W09°49.0'N079°45.2'W 1.055 - 181 km 02m55.7s
11:1411°41.0'N073°06.9'W09°54.8'N073°31.4'W10°48.5'N073°14.8'W 1.057 82° 188 km 03m11.9s
11:1612°26.9'N067°06.7'W10°39.2'N067°21.6'W11°33.3'N067°11.9'W 1.059 13° 83° 194 km 03m29.2s
11:1812°49.8'N063°18.5'W11°00.4'N063°33.0'W11°55.3'N063°24.1'W 1.060 17° 84° 199 km 03m41.2s
11:2013°04.0'N060°19.7'W11°13.2'N060°35.0'W12°08.7'N060°25.9'W 1.061 21° 85° 202 km 03m51.3s
11:2213°13.1'N057°48.9'W11°21.0'N058°05.4'W12°17.1'N057°55.9'W 1.062 24° 85° 205 km 04m00.3s
11:2413°18.8'N055°36.9'W11°25.6'N055°54.8'W12°22.2'N055°44.7'W 1.063 26° 86° 208 km 04m08.5s
11:2613°21.8'N053°38.6'W11°27.7'N053°57.8'W12°24.8'N053°47.1'W 1.064 29° 86° 210 km 04m16.2s
11:2813°22.9'N051°50.7'W11°27.9'N052°11.4'W12°25.4'N052°00.1'W 1.064 31° 86° 212 km 04m23.4s
11:3013°22.3'N050°11.2'W11°26.6'N050°33.3'W12°24.4'N050°21.4'W 1.065 33° 87° 214 km 04m30.2s
11:3213°20.3'N048°38.6'W11°24.0'N049°02.2'W12°22.1'N048°49.6'W 1.066 35° 87° 216 km 04m36.8s
11:3413°17.1'N047°11.9'W11°20.3'N047°36.8'W12°18.7'N047°23.5'W 1.066 37° 88° 217 km 04m43.0s
11:3613°12.9'N045°50.0'W11°15.6'N046°16.4'W12°14.2'N046°02.5'W 1.067 39° 88° 219 km 04m49.0s
11:3813°07.8'N044°32.5'W11°10.0'N045°00.2'W12°08.9'N044°45.7'W 1.067 40° 88° 221 km 04m54.8s
11:4013°01.9'N043°18.8'W11°03.7'N043°47.8'W12°02.8'N043°32.7'W 1.067 42° 88° 222 km 05m00.4s
11:4212°55.3'N042°08.4'W10°56.7'N042°38.7'W11°55.9'N042°23.0'W 1.068 44° 88° 223 km 05m05.7s
11:4412°47.9'N041°01.0'W10°49.1'N041°32.6'W11°48.4'N041°16.2'W 1.068 45° 89° 225 km 05m10.9s
11:4612°40.0'N039°56.3'W10°40.9'N040°29.2'W11°40.4'N040°12.2'W 1.069 47° 89° 226 km 05m15.9s
11:4812°31.5'N038°54.1'W10°32.1'N039°28.2'W11°31.7'N039°10.6'W 1.069 48° 89° 227 km 05m20.8s
11:5012°22.4'N037°54.0'W10°22.9'N038°29.3'W11°22.6'N038°11.2'W 1.069 50° 89° 228 km 05m25.4s
11:5212°12.9'N036°56.0'W10°13.2'N037°32.4'W11°13.0'N037°13.7'W 1.069 51° 89° 229 km 05m30.0s
11:5412°02.9'N035°59.8'W10°03.1'N036°37.4'W11°02.9'N036°18.2'W 1.070 53° 89° 230 km 05m34.3s
11:5611°52.4'N035°05.3'W09°52.5'N035°44.0'W10°52.4'N035°24.3'W 1.070 54° 89° 231 km 05m38.5s
11:5811°41.6'N034°12.4'W09°41.6'N034°52.2'W10°41.5'N034°31.9'W 1.070 55° 89° 232 km 05m42.6s
12:0011°30.3'N033°20.9'W09°30.3'N034°01.8'W10°30.3'N033°41.0'W 1.071 57° 89° 232 km 05m46.5s
12:0211°18.7'N032°30.8'W09°18.7'N033°12.8'W10°18.7'N032°51.5'W 1.071 58° 89° 233 km 05m50.2s
12:0411°06.7'N031°42.0'W09°06.7'N032°25.0'W10°06.7'N032°03.2'W 1.071 59° 89° 234 km 05m53.8s
12:0610°54.4'N030°54.3'W08°54.4'N031°38.3'W09°54.4'N031°16.0'W 1.071 60° 89° 234 km 05m57.3s
12:0810°41.7'N030°07.8'W08°41.9'N030°52.7'W09°41.8'N030°29.9'W 1.071 62° 88° 235 km 06m00.6s
12:1010°28.8'N029°22.2'W08°29.0'N030°08.0'W09°28.8'N029°44.9'W 1.072 63° 88° 236 km 06m03.7s
12:1210°15.5'N028°37.6'W08°15.8'N029°24.3'W09°15.6'N029°00.7'W 1.072 64° 88° 236 km 06m06.7s
12:1410°02.0'N027°53.8'W08°02.3'N028°41.5'W09°02.1'N028°17.4'W 1.072 65° 87° 237 km 06m09.6s
12:1609°48.1'N027°10.9'W07°48.6'N027°59.4'W08°48.4'N027°35.0'W 1.072 67° 87° 237 km 06m12.3s
12:1809°34.0'N026°28.8'W07°34.7'N027°18.1'W08°34.3'N026°53.3'W 1.072 68° 86° 238 km 06m14.9s
12:2009°19.6'N025°47.4'W07°20.4'N026°37.5'W08°20.0'N026°12.3'W 1.072 69° 86° 238 km 06m17.3s
12:2209°05.0'N025°06.7'W07°06.0'N025°57.6'W08°05.5'N025°32.0'W 1.072 70° 85° 238 km 06m19.6s
12:2408°50.1'N024°26.6'W06°51.2'N025°18.3'W07°50.7'N024°52.3'W 1.073 71° 84° 239 km 06m21.7s
12:2608°35.0'N023°47.1'W06°36.3'N024°39.5'W07°35.6'N024°13.2'W 1.073 72° 83° 239 km 06m23.7s
12:2808°19.6'N023°08.2'W06°21.1'N024°01.3'W07°20.3'N023°34.6'W 1.073 73° 82° 239 km 06m25.5s
12:3008°04.0'N022°29.7'W06°05.7'N023°23.5'W07°04.8'N022°56.5'W 1.073 74° 81° 239 km 06m27.2s
12:3207°48.1'N021°51.8'W05°50.0'N022°46.2'W06°49.1'N022°18.9'W 1.073 75° 79° 240 km 06m28.8s
12:3407°32.0'N021°14.3'W05°34.2'N022°09.3'W06°33.1'N021°41.7'W 1.073 76° 77° 240 km 06m30.2s
12:3607°15.7'N020°37.1'W05°18.1'N021°32.8'W06°16.9'N021°04.9'W 1.073 77° 75° 240 km 06m31.4s
12:3806°59.2'N020°00.4'W05°01.8'N020°56.7'W06°00.5'N020°28.5'W 1.073 78° 73° 240 km 06m32.6s
12:4006°42.4'N019°24.0'W04°45.3'N020°20.8'W05°43.9'N019°52.4'W 1.073 79° 70° 240 km 06m33.5s
12:4206°25.5'N018°47.9'W04°28.6'N019°45.3'W05°27.0'N019°16.6'W 1.073 80° 66° 240 km 06m34.3s
12:4406°08.3'N018°12.1'W04°11.6'N019°10.0'W05°10.0'N018°41.1'W 1.073 81° 62° 240 km 06m35.0s
12:4605°50.9'N017°36.6'W03°54.5'N018°34.9'W04°52.7'N018°05.8'W 1.073 82° 56° 240 km 06m35.6s
12:4805°33.3'N017°01.3'W03°37.2'N018°00.1'W04°35.3'N017°30.7'W 1.073 83° 50° 240 km 06m36.0s
12:5005°15.5'N016°26.1'W03°19.6'N017°25.4'W04°17.6'N016°55.8'W 1.073 83° 42° 240 km 06m36.2s
12:5204°57.4'N015°51.2'W03°01.8'N016°50.8'W03°59.7'N016°21.0'W 1.074 84° 33° 240 km 06m36.3s
12:5404°39.2'N015°16.3'W02°43.9'N016°16.4'W03°41.6'N015°46.4'W 1.074 84° 24° 240 km 06m36.3s
12:5604°20.8'N014°41.6'W02°25.7'N015°42.0'W03°23.3'N015°11.9'W 1.074 84° 13° 240 km 06m36.1s
12:5804°02.1'N014°07.0'W02°07.3'N015°07.8'W03°04.8'N014°37.5'W 1.074 84° 240 km 06m35.8s
13:0003°43.2'N013°32.4'W01°48.7'N014°33.5'W02°46.1'N014°03.1'W 1.073 83° 353° 239 km 06m35.3s
13:0203°24.2'N012°57.9'W01°29.9'N013°59.3'W02°27.1'N013°28.7'W 1.073 83° 345° 239 km 06m34.7s
13:0403°04.9'N012°23.3'W01°10.9'N013°25.0'W02°08.0'N012°54.3'W 1.073 82° 338° 239 km 06m34.0s
13:0602°45.4'N011°48.8'W00°51.7'N012°50.7'W01°48.6'N012°19.8'W 1.073 82° 332° 239 km 06m33.1s
13:0802°25.7'N011°14.1'W00°32.2'N012°16.3'W01°29.1'N011°45.3'W 1.073 81° 327° 239 km 06m32.1s
13:1002°05.8'N010°39.4'W00°12.6'N011°41.8'W01°09.3'N011°10.7'W 1.073 80° 323° 238 km 06m31.0s
13:1201°45.6'N010°04.6'W00°07.3'S011°07.1'W00°49.3'N010°36.0'W 1.073 79° 320° 238 km 06m29.7s
13:1401°25.3'N009°29.6'W00°27.4'S010°32.3'W00°29.1'N010°01.1'W 1.073 78° 317° 238 km 06m28.3s
13:1601°04.7'N008°54.5'W00°47.7'S009°57.3'W00°08.6'N009°26.1'W 1.073 77° 315° 238 km 06m26.8s
13:1800°43.9'N008°19.1'W01°08.2'S009°22.1'W00°12.0'S008°50.8'W 1.073 76° 313° 237 km 06m25.1s
13:2000°22.9'N007°43.5'W01°29.0'S008°46.6'W00°32.9'S008°15.2'W 1.073 75° 311° 237 km 06m23.3s
13:2200°01.6'N007°07.6'W01°50.0'S008°10.7'W00°54.1'S007°39.4'W 1.073 74° 309° 237 km 06m21.4s
13:2400°19.9'S006°31.4'W02°11.3'S007°34.6'W01°15.5'S007°03.2'W 1.073 73° 308° 236 km 06m19.4s
13:2600°41.6'S005°54.8'W02°32.8'S006°58.0'W01°37.1'S006°26.7'W 1.073 72° 307° 236 km 06m17.2s
13:2801°03.6'S005°17.9'W02°54.5'S006°21.1'W01°58.9'S005°49.7'W 1.072 70° 306° 236 km 06m14.9s
13:3001°25.9'S004°40.5'W03°16.5'S005°43.7'W02°21.1'S005°12.3'W 1.072 69° 305° 235 km 06m12.4s
13:3201°48.4'S004°02.6'W03°38.8'S005°05.8'W02°43.4'S004°34.4'W 1.072 68° 304° 235 km 06m09.9s
13:3402°11.2'S003°24.3'W04°01.3'S004°27.3'W03°06.1'S003°56.0'W 1.072 67° 303° 234 km 06m07.2s
13:3602°34.2'S002°45.3'W04°24.1'S003°48.2'W03°29.0'S003°17.0'W 1.072 66° 302° 234 km 06m04.4s
13:3802°57.5'S002°05.7'W04°47.2'S003°08.5'W03°52.2'S002°37.4'W 1.072 65° 301° 233 km 06m01.5s
13:4003°21.2'S001°25.4'W05°10.6'S002°28.0'W04°15.7'S001°57.0'W 1.072 63° 301° 233 km 05m58.4s
13:4203°45.1'S000°44.4'W05°34.3'S001°46.8'W04°39.5'S001°15.9'W 1.071 62° 300° 232 km 05m55.2s
13:4404°09.3'S000°02.5'W05°58.3'S001°04.7'W05°03.7'S000°33.9'W 1.071 61° 300° 231 km 05m51.9s
13:4604°33.9'S000°40.2'E06°22.7'S000°21.7'W05°28.1'S000°08.9'E 1.071 60° 299° 231 km 05m48.5s
13:4804°58.8'S001°23.9'E06°47.4'S000°22.3'E05°52.9'S000°52.8'E 1.071 59° 299° 230 km 05m45.0s
13:5005°24.1'S002°08.7'E07°12.4'S001°07.4'E06°18.1'S001°37.7'E 1.071 57° 298° 229 km 05m41.3s
13:5205°49.7'S002°54.6'E07°37.8'S001°53.6'E06°43.6'S002°23.7'E 1.070 56° 298° 229 km 05m37.5s
13:5406°15.8'S003°41.8'E08°03.7'S002°41.2'E07°09.5'S003°11.1'E 1.070 55° 297° 228 km 05m33.6s
13:5606°42.2'S004°30.3'E08°29.9'S003°30.1'E07°35.8'S003°59.8'E 1.070 53° 297° 227 km 05m29.5s
13:5807°09.1'S005°20.3'E08°56.6'S004°20.6'E08°02.6'S004°50.0'E 1.069 52° 296° 226 km 05m25.3s
14:0007°36.5'S006°12.0'E09°23.7'S005°12.8'E08°29.8'S005°42.0'E 1.069 50° 296° 225 km 05m21.0s
14:0208°04.3'S007°05.4'E09°51.3'S006°06.9'E08°57.6'S006°35.7'E 1.069 49° 295° 225 km 05m16.5s
14:0408°32.7'S008°00.9'E10°19.4'S007°02.9'E09°25.8'S007°31.4'E 1.069 47° 295° 224 km 05m11.9s
14:0609°01.6'S008°58.6'E10°48.2'S008°01.3'E09°54.6'S008°29.4'E 1.068 46° 295° 222 km 05m07.2s
14:0809°31.2'S009°58.7'E11°17.5'S009°02.2'E10°24.1'S009°29.9'E 1.068 44° 294° 221 km 05m02.3s
14:1010°01.4'S011°01.6'E11°47.5'S010°05.8'E10°54.2'S010°33.1'E 1.067 43° 294° 220 km 04m57.2s
14:1210°32.4'S012°07.5'E12°18.2'S011°12.7'E11°25.0'S011°39.5'E 1.067 41° 293° 219 km 04m52.0s
14:1411°04.1'S013°17.0'E12°49.7'S012°23.2'E11°56.6'S012°49.5'E 1.067 39° 293° 218 km 04m46.6s
14:1611°36.8'S014°30.5'E13°22.1'S013°37.7'E12°29.1'S014°03.4'E 1.066 38° 292° 216 km 04m40.9s
14:1812°10.5'S015°48.6'E13°55.5'S014°57.0'E13°02.7'S015°22.1'E 1.066 36° 292° 215 km 04m35.1s
14:2012°45.3'S017°12.2'E14°30.0'S016°21.9'E13°37.3'S016°46.2'E 1.065 34° 291° 213 km 04m29.0s
14:2213°21.5'S018°42.1'E15°05.9'S017°53.3'E14°13.3'S018°16.9'E 1.065 32° 291° 211 km 04m22.6s
14:2413°59.2'S020°19.8'E15°43.3'S019°32.7'E14°50.9'S019°55.4'E 1.064 30° 290° 209 km 04m15.9s
14:2614°38.9'S022°07.2'E16°22.5'S021°22.1'E15°30.3'S021°43.7'E 1.063 27° 289° 207 km 04m08.8s
14:2815°20.9'S024°07.0'E17°04.2'S023°24.1'E16°12.2'S023°44.5'E 1.063 25° 289° 205 km 04m01.2s
14:3016°06.1'S026°23.3'E17°48.9'S025°43.3'E16°57.1'S026°02.1'E 1.062 22° 288° 202 km 03m53.0s
14:3216°55.6'S029°03.6'E18°38.0'S028°27.2'E17°46.4'S028°43.9'E 1.061 19° 287° 199 km 03m43.9s
14:3417°52.1'S032°22.4'E19°34.0'S031°51.5'E18°42.6'S032°05.1'E 1.060 15° 286° 196 km 03m33.4s
14:3619°02.6'S037°01.1'E20°44.2'S036°40.9'E19°52.8'S036°48.2'E 1.058 10° 284° 191 km 03m19.9s
Limits21°05.1'S047°10.0'E22°41.6'S046°53.2'E21°53.3'S047°01.5'E 1.055 - 180 km 02m55.2s

ΔT = -5.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:55:22.712:55:28.603°28.1'N015°19.5'W 83.9° 15.8° 239.8 km06m36.16s
Greatest Duration12:52:24.812:52:30.603°55.1'N016°12.2'W 83.7° 31.0° 239.9 km06m36.31s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1886 Aug 29 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 -5.9 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°.

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All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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