Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1887 Aug 19

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1887 Aug 19 . 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 1887 Aug 19
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits52°19.2'N010°35.9'E50°58.1'N011°53.9'E51°38.5'N011°15.6'E 1.037 - 173 km 01m55.5s
04:12 - - 53°57.4'N026°05.0'E53°48.5'N020°56.6'E 1.039 77° 180 km 02m07.1s
04:1455°31.3'N025°12.2'E55°05.4'N032°46.2'E55°23.5'N029°18.8'E 1.041 12° 84° 185 km 02m17.8s
04:1656°41.6'N031°51.5'E55°49.5'N037°53.2'E56°18.3'N035°03.4'E 1.042 15° 89° 189 km 02m25.3s
04:1857°28.3'N037°03.0'E56°21.2'N042°13.5'E56°56.5'N039°46.4'E 1.043 18° 94° 191 km 02m31.6s
04:2058°02.2'N041°29.7'E56°44.8'N046°04.3'E57°24.8'N043°53.7'E 1.044 21° 98° 194 km 02m37.1s
04:2258°27.7'N045°27.8'E57°02.5'N049°34.2'E57°46.1'N047°36.8'E 1.044 23° 102° 195 km 02m42.0s
04:2458°47.0'N049°05.5'E57°15.6'N052°48.0'E58°02.0'N051°02.0'E 1.045 25° 106° 197 km 02m46.6s
04:2659°01.4'N052°27.4'E57°24.8'N055°49.1'E58°13.6'N054°13.0'E 1.045 26° 109° 198 km 02m50.9s
04:2859°11.8'N055°36.6'E57°31.0'N058°39.5'E58°21.7'N057°12.3'E 1.046 28° 113° 199 km 02m54.9s
04:3059°18.8'N058°35.1'E57°34.4'N061°20.8'E58°26.8'N060°01.9'E 1.046 30° 116° 201 km 02m58.7s
04:3259°22.8'N061°24.5'E57°35.4'N063°54.1'E58°29.3'N062°42.9'E 1.047 31° 119° 202 km 03m02.2s
04:3459°24.3'N064°05.8'E57°34.3'N066°20.5'E58°29.4'N065°16.5'E 1.047 32° 122° 203 km 03m05.6s
04:3659°23.5'N066°40.0'E57°31.4'N068°40.5'E58°27.5'N067°43.3'E 1.047 34° 125° 204 km 03m08.8s
04:3859°20.7'N069°07.7'E57°26.8'N070°54.8'E58°23.7'N070°04.0'E 1.048 35° 128° 204 km 03m11.9s
04:4059°16.0'N071°29.5'E57°20.6'N073°03.8'E58°18.2'N072°19.1'E 1.048 36° 131° 205 km 03m14.8s
04:4259°09.7'N073°45.8'E57°13.1'N075°08.1'E58°11.3'N074°29.2'E 1.048 37° 134° 206 km 03m17.6s
04:4459°01.9'N075°57.0'E57°04.3'N077°07.8'E58°02.9'N076°34.4'E 1.049 38° 137° 207 km 03m20.2s
04:4658°52.6'N078°03.5'E56°54.2'N079°03.4'E57°53.2'N078°35.2'E 1.049 39° 140° 207 km 03m22.7s
04:4858°42.1'N080°05.6'E56°43.1'N080°55.1'E57°42.4'N080°31.9'E 1.049 40° 143° 208 km 03m25.1s
04:5058°30.4'N082°03.6'E56°31.0'N082°43.1'E57°30.5'N082°24.7'E 1.049 41° 145° 209 km 03m27.4s
04:5258°17.6'N083°57.6'E56°18.0'N084°27.7'E57°17.5'N084°13.8'E 1.050 42° 148° 210 km 03m29.5s
04:5458°03.8'N085°47.9'E56°04.1'N086°09.1'E57°03.6'N085°59.5'E 1.050 43° 151° 210 km 03m31.6s
04:5657°49.0'N087°34.8'E55°49.3'N087°47.4'E56°48.9'N087°41.9'E 1.050 44° 154° 211 km 03m33.5s
04:5857°33.3'N089°18.3'E55°33.8'N089°22.8'E56°33.3'N089°21.2'E 1.050 44° 156° 211 km 03m35.3s
05:0057°16.8'N090°58.7'E55°17.6'N090°55.5'E56°16.9'N090°57.6'E 1.050 45° 159° 212 km 03m37.0s
05:0256°59.6'N092°36.1'E55°00.7'N092°25.6'E55°59.8'N092°31.2'E 1.051 46° 162° 213 km 03m38.6s
05:0456°41.6'N094°10.8'E54°43.1'N093°53.3'E55°42.1'N094°02.3'E 1.051 46° 165° 213 km 03m40.0s
05:0656°22.9'N095°42.7'E54°25.0'N095°18.6'E55°23.7'N095°30.8'E 1.051 47° 167° 214 km 03m41.4s
05:0856°03.6'N097°12.1'E54°06.3'N096°41.7'E55°04.7'N096°57.0'E 1.051 47° 170° 214 km 03m42.7s
05:1055°43.6'N098°39.2'E53°47.0'N098°02.8'E54°45.1'N098°20.9'E 1.051 48° 173° 215 km 03m43.8s
05:1255°23.1'N100°03.9'E53°27.2'N099°21.9'E54°24.9'N099°42.8'E 1.051 48° 175° 215 km 03m44.9s
05:1455°02.1'N101°26.6'E53°06.9'N100°39.1'E54°04.3'N101°02.6'E 1.051 49° 178° 216 km 03m45.9s
05:1654°40.5'N102°47.1'E52°46.2'N101°54.6'E53°43.1'N102°20.5'E 1.051 49° 181° 217 km 03m46.7s
05:1854°18.5'N104°05.8'E52°25.0'N103°08.4'E53°21.5'N103°36.7'E 1.051 50° 183° 217 km 03m47.5s
05:2053°55.9'N105°22.6'E52°03.4'N104°20.6'E52°59.5'N104°51.2'E 1.052 50° 186° 218 km 03m48.1s
05:2253°32.9'N106°37.7'E51°41.4'N105°31.4'E52°37.0'N106°04.0'E 1.052 50° 189° 218 km 03m48.6s
05:2453°09.5'N107°51.3'E51°18.9'N106°40.7'E52°14.0'N107°15.4'E 1.052 50° 191° 219 km 03m49.1s
05:2652°45.7'N109°03.2'E50°56.1'N107°48.8'E51°50.7'N108°25.4'E 1.052 50° 194° 219 km 03m49.4s
05:2852°21.4'N110°13.8'E50°32.9'N108°55.6'E51°27.0'N109°34.0'E 1.052 50° 196° 220 km 03m49.7s
05:3051°56.8'N111°23.0'E50°09.3'N110°01.3'E51°02.9'N110°41.4'E 1.052 51° 199° 220 km 03m49.8s
05:3251°31.8'N112°31.0'E49°45.4'N111°05.9'E50°38.5'N111°47.7'E 1.052 51° 202° 221 km 03m49.9s
05:3451°06.4'N113°37.9'E49°21.2'N112°09.5'E50°13.7'N112°52.9'E 1.052 51° 204° 221 km 03m49.8s
05:3650°40.6'N114°43.6'E48°56.6'N113°12.2'E49°48.5'N113°57.1'E 1.052 51° 207° 222 km 03m49.6s
05:3850°14.5'N115°48.4'E48°31.6'N114°14.0'E49°23.0'N115°00.4'E 1.052 50° 209° 222 km 03m49.4s
05:4049°48.1'N116°52.3'E48°06.4'N115°15.1'E48°57.2'N116°02.8'E 1.052 50° 212° 223 km 03m49.0s
05:4249°21.3'N117°55.3'E47°40.8'N116°15.5'E48°31.0'N117°04.5'E 1.052 50° 214° 223 km 03m48.6s
05:4448°54.2'N118°57.6'E47°14.8'N117°15.2'E48°04.5'N118°05.5'E 1.052 50° 217° 224 km 03m48.0s
05:4648°26.7'N119°59.3'E46°48.6'N118°14.4'E47°37.6'N119°05.9'E 1.052 50° 219° 224 km 03m47.4s
05:4847°58.9'N121°00.4'E46°22.0'N119°13.1'E47°10.5'N120°05.8'E 1.052 49° 221° 224 km 03m46.6s
05:5047°30.8'N122°00.9'E45°55.2'N120°11.4'E46°43.0'N121°05.2'E 1.052 49° 224° 225 km 03m45.8s
05:5247°02.3'N123°01.1'E45°27.9'N121°09.4'E46°15.1'N122°04.3'E 1.051 49° 226° 225 km 03m44.8s
05:5446°33.4'N124°00.9'E45°00.4'N122°07.1'E45°47.0'N123°03.0'E 1.051 48° 228° 226 km 03m43.8s
05:5646°04.3'N125°00.5'E44°32.5'N123°04.6'E45°18.5'N124°01.6'E 1.051 48° 230° 226 km 03m42.7s
05:5845°34.7'N126°00.0'E44°04.3'N124°02.0'E44°49.6'N125°00.0'E 1.051 47° 233° 226 km 03m41.4s
06:0045°04.8'N126°59.4'E43°35.7'N124°59.4'E44°20.4'N125°58.4'E 1.051 47° 235° 226 km 03m40.1s
06:0244°34.5'N127°58.8'E43°06.8'N125°56.9'E43°50.8'N126°56.8'E 1.051 46° 237° 227 km 03m38.7s
06:0444°03.9'N128°58.3'E42°37.5'N126°54.5'E43°20.8'N127°55.4'E 1.051 45° 239° 227 km 03m37.1s
06:0643°32.8'N129°58.1'E42°07.8'N127°52.4'E42°50.5'N128°54.2'E 1.051 45° 241° 227 km 03m35.5s
06:0843°01.3'N130°58.3'E41°37.7'N128°50.6'E42°19.7'N129°53.4'E 1.051 44° 243° 227 km 03m33.7s
06:1042°29.4'N131°58.9'E41°07.2'N129°49.3'E41°48.5'N130°53.1'E 1.050 43° 245° 227 km 03m31.9s
06:1241°57.0'N133°00.2'E40°36.3'N130°48.6'E41°16.9'N131°53.3'E 1.050 42° 246° 227 km 03m30.0s
06:1441°24.2'N134°02.1'E40°04.9'N131°48.6'E40°44.8'N132°54.3'E 1.050 42° 248° 227 km 03m27.9s
06:1640°50.8'N135°05.0'E39°33.1'N132°49.4'E40°12.2'N133°56.1'E 1.050 41° 250° 227 km 03m25.7s
06:1840°16.8'N136°09.0'E39°00.7'N133°51.3'E39°39.0'N134°59.0'E 1.050 40° 252° 227 km 03m23.5s
06:2039°42.3'N137°14.2'E38°27.8'N134°54.3'E39°05.3'N136°03.1'E 1.049 39° 254° 227 km 03m21.1s
06:2239°07.1'N138°21.0'E37°54.3'N135°58.7'E38°31.0'N137°08.7'E 1.049 38° 255° 226 km 03m18.6s
06:2438°31.3'N139°29.5'E37°20.2'N137°04.7'E37°56.0'N138°15.9'E 1.049 37° 257° 226 km 03m15.9s
06:2637°54.6'N140°40.0'E36°45.3'N138°12.5'E37°20.3'N139°25.0'E 1.048 35° 259° 225 km 03m13.2s
06:2837°17.1'N141°52.9'E36°09.8'N139°22.5'E36°43.8'N140°36.4'E 1.048 34° 260° 225 km 03m10.3s
06:3036°38.7'N143°08.7'E35°33.4'N140°34.9'E36°06.4'N141°50.5'E 1.048 33° 262° 224 km 03m07.2s
06:3235°59.2'N144°27.8'E34°56.0'N141°50.3'E35°28.1'N143°07.7'E 1.048 32° 263° 223 km 03m04.0s
06:3435°18.5'N145°50.8'E34°17.7'N143°09.2'E34°48.6'N144°28.5'E 1.047 30° 265° 221 km 03m00.6s
06:3634°36.4'N147°18.6'E33°38.1'N144°32.1'E34°07.8'N145°53.7'E 1.047 29° 266° 220 km 02m57.1s
06:3833°52.6'N148°52.2'E32°57.1'N145°59.9'E33°25.5'N147°24.3'E 1.046 27° 268° 218 km 02m53.3s
06:4033°06.9'N150°33.1'E32°14.5'N147°33.6'E32°41.3'N149°01.4'E 1.046 25° 269° 216 km 02m49.3s
06:4232°18.6'N152°23.2'E31°29.9'N149°14.8'E31°55.0'N150°46.8'E 1.045 23° 271° 214 km 02m44.9s
06:4431°27.1'N154°25.8'E30°42.9'N151°05.6'E31°05.9'N152°43.0'E 1.045 21° 273° 211 km 02m40.3s
06:4630°31.1'N156°45.7'E29°52.6'N153°09.0'E30°13.0'N154°53.9'E 1.044 19° 274° 208 km 02m35.1s
06:4829°28.4'N159°32.5'E28°57.9'N155°30.5'E29°14.7'N157°26.4'E 1.043 16° 276° 204 km 02m29.3s
06:5028°13.6'N163°08.5'E27°56.5'N158°19.8'E28°07.7'N160°34.8'E 1.042 13° 278° 198 km 02m22.4s
06:5226°22.2'N169°17.2'E26°42.8'N162°01.2'E26°41.9'N165°02.2'E 1.041 280° 191 km 02m13.3s
Limits25°10.7'N173°56.2'E23°44.2'N173°04.1'E24°27.2'N173°29.9'E 1.038 - 176 km 01m58.1s

ΔT = -6.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:32:05.205:32:11.150°36.2'N111°55.3'E 50.6° 201.9° 220.8 km03m49.85s
Greatest Duration05:31:45.205:31:51.150°40.3'N111°42.8'E 50.6° 201.5° 220.7 km03m49.86s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1887 Aug 19

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1887 Aug 19 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 -6.0 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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