Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1887 Feb 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1887 Feb 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 1887 Feb 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
Limits49°59.5'S142°07.6'E53°38.1'S139°04.9'E51°47.6'S140°40.1'E 0.912 - 448 km 05m55.4s
20:0052°51.1'S161°01.7'E - - 53°37.4'S151°54.4'E 0.914 97° 432 km 06m09.2s
20:0253°19.6'S165°41.0'E54°58.1'S147°08.7'E54°32.6'S159°08.9'E 0.915 12° 91° 422 km 06m19.0s
20:0453°38.6'S169°34.4'E56°12.8'S156°31.9'E55°03.7'S164°17.7'E 0.916 15° 86° 415 km 06m26.2s
20:0653°51.6'S172°58.8'E56°48.5'S162°24.2'E55°23.7'S168°31.2'E 0.916 18° 82° 409 km 06m32.4s
20:0854°00.3'S176°02.6'E57°10.5'S167°04.8'E55°37.0'S172°11.1'E 0.917 20° 78° 404 km 06m37.8s
20:1054°05.5'S178°50.7'E57°24.5'S171°05.0'E55°45.5'S175°27.9'E 0.917 22° 75° 399 km 06m42.8s
20:1254°08.1'S178°33.8'W57°33.1'S174°38.2'E55°50.3'S178°27.1'E 0.918 24° 72° 395 km 06m47.5s
20:1454°08.4'S176°08.6'W57°37.7'S177°51.4'E55°52.2'S178°47.4'W 0.918 26° 69° 392 km 06m51.8s
20:1654°06.7'S173°52.2'W57°39.1'S179°11.0'W55°51.8'S176°13.4'W 0.918 27° 66° 388 km 06m55.9s
20:1854°03.4'S171°43.4'W57°38.0'S176°26.1'W55°49.3'S173°48.9'W 0.919 29° 63° 385 km 06m59.8s
20:2053°58.7'S169°41.2'W57°34.7'S173°51.9'W55°45.1'S171°32.6'W 0.919 30° 61° 383 km 07m03.5s
20:2253°52.7'S167°44.9'W57°29.6'S171°26.8'W55°39.3'S169°23.6'W 0.919 31° 58° 380 km 07m07.1s
20:2453°45.5'S165°53.9'W57°22.8'S169°09.7'W55°32.3'S167°21.0'W 0.920 33° 55° 378 km 07m10.4s
20:2653°37.3'S164°07.7'W57°14.7'S166°59.7'W55°24.1'S165°24.2'W 0.920 34° 53° 375 km 07m13.7s
20:2853°28.2'S162°25.8'W57°05.3'S164°56.0'W55°14.8'S163°32.5'W 0.920 35° 51° 373 km 07m16.8s
20:3053°18.2'S160°48.0'W56°54.9'S162°58.0'W55°04.5'S161°45.6'W 0.920 36° 48° 372 km 07m19.7s
20:3253°07.4'S159°13.9'W56°43.4'S161°05.2'W54°53.4'S160°03.1'W 0.921 37° 46° 370 km 07m22.6s
20:3452°55.9'S157°43.2'W56°31.1'S159°17.2'W54°41.4'S158°24.5'W 0.921 38° 43° 368 km 07m25.3s
20:3652°43.7'S156°15.7'W56°17.9'S157°33.6'W54°28.8'S156°49.7'W 0.921 39° 41° 367 km 07m27.9s
20:3852°31.0'S154°51.2'W56°04.0'S155°54.0'W54°15.5'S155°18.2'W 0.921 40° 39° 365 km 07m30.4s
20:4052°17.6'S153°29.4'W55°49.4'S154°18.2'W54°01.5'S153°50.0'W 0.921 41° 37° 364 km 07m32.8s
20:4252°03.8'S152°10.2'W55°34.3'S152°45.8'W53°47.0'S152°24.8'W 0.921 42° 34° 363 km 07m35.1s
20:4451°49.4'S150°53.5'W55°18.5'S151°16.8'W53°32.0'S151°02.4'W 0.922 43° 32° 362 km 07m37.3s
20:4651°34.6'S149°39.1'W55°02.2'S149°50.8'W53°16.4'S149°42.7'W 0.922 43° 30° 361 km 07m39.3s
20:4851°19.3'S148°26.8'W54°45.5'S148°27.6'W53°00.5'S148°25.4'W 0.922 44° 28° 360 km 07m41.3s
20:5051°03.6'S147°16.6'W54°28.2'S147°07.2'W52°44.0'S147°10.4'W 0.922 45° 26° 359 km 07m43.2s
20:5250°47.6'S146°08.4'W54°10.6'S145°49.3'W52°27.2'S145°57.6'W 0.922 46° 23° 359 km 07m45.0s
20:5450°31.1'S145°01.9'W53°52.6'S144°33.7'W52°10.0'S144°47.0'W 0.922 46° 21° 358 km 07m46.7s
20:5650°14.4'S143°57.2'W53°34.2'S143°20.4'W51°52.5'S143°38.2'W 0.922 47° 19° 358 km 07m48.2s
20:5849°57.3'S142°54.1'W53°15.5'S142°09.2'W51°34.6'S142°31.3'W 0.922 47° 17° 357 km 07m49.7s
21:0049°39.9'S141°52.6'W52°56.4'S141°00.0'W51°16.4'S141°26.2'W 0.923 48° 15° 357 km 07m51.1s
21:0249°22.1'S140°52.6'W52°37.0'S139°52.6'W50°57.9'S140°22.7'W 0.923 49° 12° 357 km 07m52.4s
21:0449°04.2'S139°53.9'W52°17.4'S138°47.0'W50°39.1'S139°20.8'W 0.923 49° 10° 356 km 07m53.6s
21:0648°45.9'S138°56.6'W51°57.5'S137°43.2'W50°20.1'S138°20.4'W 0.923 49° 356 km 07m54.7s
21:0848°27.4'S138°00.5'W51°37.3'S136°40.8'W50°00.8'S137°21.4'W 0.923 50° 356 km 07m55.8s
21:1048°08.6'S137°05.6'W51°17.0'S135°40.0'W49°41.2'S136°23.6'W 0.923 50° 356 km 07m56.7s
21:1247°49.6'S136°11.8'W50°56.3'S134°40.6'W49°21.5'S135°27.2'W 0.923 51° 356 km 07m57.5s
21:1447°30.4'S135°19.1'W50°35.5'S133°42.5'W49°01.5'S134°31.9'W 0.923 51° 359° 357 km 07m58.3s
21:1647°10.9'S134°27.4'W50°14.4'S132°45.7'W48°41.2'S133°37.8'W 0.923 51° 357° 357 km 07m58.9s
21:1846°51.3'S133°36.6'W49°53.2'S131°50.0'W48°20.8'S132°44.7'W 0.923 52° 355° 357 km 07m59.5s
21:2046°31.4'S132°46.8'W49°31.7'S130°55.5'W48°00.2'S131°52.6'W 0.923 52° 352° 358 km 08m00.0s
21:2246°11.3'S131°57.8'W49°10.1'S130°02.0'W47°39.4'S131°01.4'W 0.923 52° 350° 358 km 08m00.3s
21:2445°51.0'S131°09.6'W48°48.3'S129°09.5'W47°18.4'S130°11.2'W 0.923 52° 348° 359 km 08m00.6s
21:2645°30.6'S130°22.1'W48°26.3'S128°17.9'W46°57.2'S129°21.7'W 0.923 52° 346° 359 km 08m00.8s
21:2845°09.9'S129°35.4'W48°04.2'S127°27.1'W46°35.8'S128°33.0'W 0.923 52° 344° 360 km 08m01.0s
21:3044°49.1'S128°49.2'W47°41.9'S126°37.2'W46°14.2'S127°45.1'W 0.923 53° 341° 360 km 08m01.0s
21:3244°28.1'S128°03.8'W47°19.4'S125°48.0'W45°52.5'S126°57.8'W 0.923 53° 339° 361 km 08m00.9s
21:3444°06.9'S127°18.8'W46°56.8'S124°59.5'W45°30.6'S126°11.2'W 0.923 53° 337° 362 km 08m00.8s
21:3643°45.5'S126°34.4'W46°34.0'S124°11.6'W45°08.6'S125°25.1'W 0.923 53° 335° 363 km 08m00.6s
21:3843°24.0'S125°50.5'W46°11.1'S123°24.3'W44°46.4'S124°39.5'W 0.923 53° 333° 364 km 08m00.3s
21:4043°02.3'S125°07.1'W45°48.0'S122°37.5'W44°24.0'S123°54.5'W 0.923 52° 331° 365 km 07m59.9s
21:4242°40.4'S124°24.0'W45°24.8'S121°51.2'W44°01.5'S123°09.9'W 0.923 52° 329° 366 km 07m59.4s
21:4442°18.3'S123°41.3'W45°01.4'S121°05.4'W43°38.8'S122°25.6'W 0.923 52° 326° 367 km 07m58.9s
21:4641°56.1'S122°58.9'W44°37.9'S120°19.9'W43°15.9'S121°41.8'W 0.923 52° 324° 368 km 07m58.2s
21:4841°33.7'S122°16.8'W44°14.2'S119°34.7'W42°52.9'S120°58.2'W 0.923 52° 322° 370 km 07m57.5s
21:5041°11.1'S121°34.9'W43°50.4'S118°49.9'W42°29.7'S120°14.9'W 0.923 51° 320° 371 km 07m56.7s
21:5240°48.4'S120°53.2'W43°26.4'S118°05.2'W42°06.4'S119°31.7'W 0.923 51° 318° 372 km 07m55.8s
21:5440°25.4'S120°11.7'W43°02.3'S117°20.8'W41°42.9'S118°48.8'W 0.923 51° 316° 374 km 07m54.9s
21:5640°02.3'S119°30.3'W42°38.0'S116°36.4'W41°19.2'S118°06.0'W 0.923 50° 314° 375 km 07m53.8s
21:5839°39.1'S118°49.0'W42°13.6'S115°52.1'W40°55.4'S117°23.2'W 0.923 50° 313° 377 km 07m52.7s
22:0039°15.6'S118°07.6'W41°49.0'S115°07.9'W40°31.4'S116°40.5'W 0.923 50° 311° 379 km 07m51.5s
22:0238°52.0'S117°26.3'W41°24.2'S114°23.6'W40°07.2'S115°57.7'W 0.923 49° 309° 380 km 07m50.2s
22:0438°28.1'S116°44.9'W40°59.2'S113°39.2'W39°42.8'S115°14.9'W 0.923 49° 307° 382 km 07m48.8s
22:0638°04.1'S116°03.3'W40°34.1'S112°54.7'W39°18.2'S114°31.9'W 0.922 48° 305° 384 km 07m47.4s
22:0837°39.9'S115°21.7'W40°08.8'S112°09.9'W38°53.5'S113°48.8'W 0.922 48° 304° 385 km 07m45.9s
22:1037°15.4'S114°39.7'W39°43.3'S111°24.9'W38°28.5'S113°05.3'W 0.922 47° 302° 387 km 07m44.3s
22:1236°50.8'S113°57.5'W39°17.6'S110°39.5'W38°03.4'S112°21.6'W 0.922 46° 300° 389 km 07m42.6s
22:1436°25.9'S113°15.0'W38°51.7'S109°53.7'W37°38.0'S111°37.5'W 0.922 46° 299° 391 km 07m40.9s
22:1636°00.8'S112°32.1'W38°25.5'S109°07.4'W37°12.4'S110°53.0'W 0.922 45° 297° 393 km 07m39.1s
22:1835°35.5'S111°48.7'W37°59.1'S108°20.5'W36°46.6'S110°08.0'W 0.922 44° 295° 395 km 07m37.1s
22:2035°09.9'S111°04.8'W37°32.5'S107°32.9'W36°20.5'S109°22.3'W 0.922 44° 294° 397 km 07m35.2s
22:2234°44.0'S110°20.2'W37°05.6'S106°44.6'W35°54.1'S108°36.0'W 0.922 43° 292° 399 km 07m33.1s
22:2434°17.9'S109°35.0'W36°38.5'S105°55.3'W35°27.5'S107°48.9'W 0.921 42° 291° 402 km 07m30.9s
22:2633°51.5'S108°49.0'W36°11.0'S105°05.1'W35°00.6'S107°00.9'W 0.921 41° 289° 404 km 07m28.7s
22:2833°24.8'S108°02.1'W35°43.2'S104°13.7'W34°33.4'S106°11.9'W 0.921 40° 288° 406 km 07m26.4s
22:3032°57.8'S107°14.2'W35°15.1'S103°21.1'W34°05.8'S105°21.8'W 0.921 39° 287° 408 km 07m24.0s
22:3232°30.4'S106°25.2'W34°46.6'S102°26.9'W33°37.9'S104°30.4'W 0.921 39° 285° 410 km 07m21.5s
22:3432°02.6'S105°34.9'W34°17.7'S101°31.2'W33°09.6'S103°37.6'W 0.920 38° 284° 412 km 07m18.9s
22:3631°34.4'S104°43.3'W33°48.3'S100°33.5'W32°40.9'S102°43.2'W 0.920 36° 283° 415 km 07m16.2s
22:3831°05.9'S103°50.0'W33°18.5'S099°33.8'W32°11.7'S101°47.0'W 0.920 35° 281° 417 km 07m13.4s
22:4030°36.8'S102°55.0'W32°48.1'S098°31.6'W31°42.0'S100°48.7'W 0.920 34° 280° 419 km 07m10.5s
22:4230°07.2'S101°58.0'W32°17.1'S097°26.5'W31°11.8'S099°48.0'W 0.920 33° 279° 421 km 07m07.5s
22:4429°37.1'S100°58.6'W31°45.4'S096°18.3'W30°41.0'S098°44.7'W 0.919 32° 277° 424 km 07m04.4s
22:4629°06.3'S099°56.7'W31°13.0'S095°06.2'W30°09.5'S097°38.3'W 0.919 30° 276° 426 km 07m01.2s
22:4828°34.9'S098°51.7'W30°39.6'S093°49.6'W29°37.1'S096°28.2'W 0.919 29° 275° 428 km 06m57.8s
22:5028°02.6'S097°43.3'W30°05.1'S092°27.6'W29°03.9'S095°13.8'W 0.918 28° 274° 430 km 06m54.2s
22:5227°29.5'S096°30.7'W29°29.4'S090°58.9'W28°29.6'S093°54.4'W 0.918 26° 273° 432 km 06m50.5s
22:5426°55.3'S095°13.3'W28°52.0'S089°21.9'W27°54.1'S092°28.7'W 0.918 24° 271° 434 km 06m46.5s
22:5626°19.8'S093°50.0'W28°12.6'S087°33.9'W27°17.0'S090°55.4'W 0.917 23° 270° 436 km 06m42.3s
22:5825°42.8'S092°19.4'W27°30.5'S085°31.0'W26°38.0'S089°12.0'W 0.917 21° 269° 438 km 06m37.8s
23:0025°04.0'S090°39.5'W26°44.3'S083°05.7'W25°56.4'S087°15.3'W 0.916 18° 268° 440 km 06m32.9s
23:0224°22.6'S088°47.3'W25°51.3'S080°02.4'W25°11.1'S084°59.3'W 0.916 16° 266° 442 km 06m27.4s
23:0423°37.9'S086°37.8'W24°42.3'S075°28.1'W24°20.1'S082°12.3'W 0.915 13° 265° 443 km 06m21.1s
23:0622°48.0'S084°01.4'W - - 23°17.5'S078°22.1'W 0.914 263° 445 km 06m12.9s
Limits19°32.7'S070°33.7'W23°18.3'S068°29.3'W21°24.1'S069°33.1'W 0.912 - 448 km 05m56.9s

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 Eclipse21:33:03.421:33:09.345°39.9'S126°29.3'W 52.6° 338.0° 361.7 km08m00.88s
Greatest Duration21:29:41.421:29:47.346°16.5'S127°50.1'W 52.5° 341.7° 360.4 km08m01.00s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1887 Feb 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 -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°.

Acknowledgments

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

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