Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1893 Apr 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1893 Apr 16 . 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 1893 Apr 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits35°56.2'S095°57.6'W37°02.5'S095°41.8'W36°29.3'S095°49.7'W 1.037 - 125 km 02m03.2s
12:5435°14.9'S092°34.0'W - - 36°05.3'S093°45.3'W 1.038 76° 127 km 02m06.4s
12:5632°47.4'S083°10.2'W34°03.3'S083°02.4'W33°24.8'S083°04.6'W 1.041 11° 69° 136 km 02m25.5s
12:5831°15.9'S078°38.1'W32°29.8'S078°14.0'W31°52.5'S078°25.0'W 1.042 16° 67° 141 km 02m35.3s
13:0029°59.1'S075°18.6'W31°12.0'S074°46.1'W30°35.2'S075°01.5'W 1.043 19° 65° 144 km 02m43.2s
13:0228°50.2'S072°37.4'W30°02.4'S071°59.2'W29°26.0'S072°17.6'W 1.044 22° 63° 147 km 02m50.0s
13:0427°46.6'S070°20.5'W28°58.3'S069°38.2'W28°22.1'S069°58.8'W 1.045 25° 61° 150 km 02m56.2s
13:0626°46.8'S068°21.1'W27°58.1'S067°35.3'W27°22.2'S067°57.7'W 1.046 28° 60° 152 km 03m01.8s
13:0825°50.1'S066°34.7'W27°01.0'S065°46.2'W26°25.3'S066°10.0'W 1.046 30° 59° 154 km 03m07.1s
13:1024°55.8'S064°58.5'W26°06.4'S064°07.7'W25°30.8'S064°32.7'W 1.047 32° 58° 156 km 03m12.0s
13:1224°03.5'S063°30.7'W25°13.8'S062°37.9'W24°38.4'S063°03.9'W 1.047 34° 57° 158 km 03m16.7s
13:1423°13.0'S062°09.8'W24°23.0'S061°15.2'W23°47.8'S061°42.2'W 1.048 36° 56° 159 km 03m21.2s
13:1622°24.0'S060°54.7'W23°33.8'S059°58.6'W22°58.7'S060°26.3'W 1.048 38° 55° 161 km 03m25.5s
13:1821°36.3'S059°44.5'W22°45.9'S058°47.1'W22°10.9'S059°15.5'W 1.049 39° 54° 162 km 03m29.5s
13:2020°49.9'S058°38.7'W21°59.2'S057°40.0'W21°24.3'S058°09.1'W 1.049 41° 53° 163 km 03m33.5s
13:2220°04.5'S057°36.7'W21°13.6'S056°36.9'W20°38.8'S057°06.6'W 1.050 43° 53° 165 km 03m37.2s
13:2419°20.0'S056°38.0'W20°29.0'S055°37.2'W19°54.3'S056°07.4'W 1.050 44° 52° 166 km 03m40.9s
13:2618°36.5'S055°42.3'W19°45.3'S054°40.5'W19°10.7'S055°11.2'W 1.050 46° 51° 167 km 03m44.4s
13:2817°53.8'S054°49.2'W19°02.4'S053°46.6'W18°27.9'S054°17.7'W 1.051 47° 50° 168 km 03m47.7s
13:3017°11.8'S053°58.5'W18°20.4'S052°55.1'W17°45.9'S053°26.6'W 1.051 49° 50° 169 km 03m51.0s
13:3216°30.6'S053°09.9'W17°39.0'S052°05.8'W17°04.6'S052°37.7'W 1.051 50° 49° 170 km 03m54.1s
13:3415°50.0'S052°23.2'W16°58.3'S051°18.5'W16°24.0'S051°50.7'W 1.052 51° 48° 171 km 03m57.2s
13:3615°10.0'S051°38.3'W16°18.2'S050°33.0'W15°44.0'S051°05.5'W 1.052 53° 47° 172 km 04m00.1s
13:3814°30.6'S050°55.0'W15°38.8'S049°49.1'W15°04.5'S050°21.9'W 1.052 54° 47° 172 km 04m03.0s
13:4013°51.8'S050°13.1'W14°59.9'S049°06.7'W14°25.6'S049°39.8'W 1.052 55° 46° 173 km 04m05.7s
13:4213°13.4'S049°32.6'W14°21.5'S048°25.7'W13°47.3'S048°59.0'W 1.053 57° 45° 174 km 04m08.3s
13:4412°35.6'S048°53.3'W13°43.6'S047°46.0'W13°09.4'S048°19.5'W 1.053 58° 44° 175 km 04m10.9s
13:4611°58.2'S048°15.1'W13°06.2'S047°07.4'W12°32.0'S047°41.1'W 1.053 59° 43° 175 km 04m13.4s
13:4811°21.3'S047°37.9'W12°29.2'S046°29.8'W11°55.1'S047°03.8'W 1.053 60° 43° 176 km 04m15.7s
13:5010°44.7'S047°01.7'W11°52.7'S045°53.2'W11°18.6'S046°27.3'W 1.053 61° 42° 177 km 04m18.0s
13:5210°08.6'S046°26.3'W11°16.6'S045°17.5'W10°42.5'S045°51.8'W 1.054 63° 41° 177 km 04m20.2s
13:5409°32.9'S045°51.7'W10°40.9'S044°42.6'W10°06.8'S045°17.1'W 1.054 64° 40° 178 km 04m22.3s
13:5608°57.5'S045°17.8'W10°05.6'S044°08.5'W09°31.4'S044°43.0'W 1.054 65° 38° 178 km 04m24.4s
13:5808°22.5'S044°44.6'W09°30.7'S043°35.0'W08°56.5'S044°09.7'W 1.054 66° 37° 179 km 04m26.3s
14:0007°47.9'S044°11.9'W08°56.1'S043°02.1'W08°21.9'S043°36.9'W 1.054 67° 36° 180 km 04m28.2s
14:0207°13.5'S043°39.8'W08°21.9'S042°29.8'W07°47.6'S043°04.7'W 1.054 68° 35° 180 km 04m29.9s
14:0406°39.5'S043°08.2'W07°48.0'S041°58.0'W07°13.6'S042°33.0'W 1.055 69° 33° 180 km 04m31.6s
14:0606°05.8'S042°37.0'W07°14.4'S041°26.7'W06°40.0'S042°01.8'W 1.055 70° 32° 181 km 04m33.2s
14:0805°32.4'S042°06.2'W06°41.1'S040°55.8'W06°06.7'S041°30.9'W 1.055 71° 30° 181 km 04m34.8s
14:1004°59.3'S041°35.8'W06°08.2'S040°25.2'W05°33.6'S041°00.4'W 1.055 72° 28° 182 km 04m36.2s
14:1204°26.5'S041°05.7'W05°35.5'S039°55.0'W05°00.9'S040°30.2'W 1.055 73° 26° 182 km 04m37.6s
14:1403°54.0'S040°35.8'W05°03.1'S039°25.0'W04°28.4'S040°00.4'W 1.055 74° 23° 183 km 04m38.8s
14:1603°21.7'S040°06.2'W04°31.0'S038°55.3'W03°56.3'S039°30.7'W 1.055 75° 21° 183 km 04m40.0s
14:1802°49.7'S039°36.8'W03°59.2'S038°25.9'W03°24.3'S039°01.2'W 1.055 76° 18° 183 km 04m41.2s
14:2002°17.9'S039°07.5'W03°27.7'S037°56.6'W02°52.7'S038°32.0'W 1.055 76° 15° 184 km 04m42.2s
14:2201°46.4'S038°38.3'W02°56.4'S037°27.4'W02°21.3'S038°02.8'W 1.055 77° 11° 184 km 04m43.1s
14:2401°15.2'S038°09.3'W02°25.4'S036°58.4'W01°50.2'S037°33.8'W 1.055 78° 184 km 04m44.0s
14:2600°44.1'S037°40.3'W01°54.6'S036°29.4'W01°19.3'S037°04.8'W 1.055 78° 185 km 04m44.7s
14:2800°13.4'S037°11.3'W01°24.1'S036°00.5'W00°48.6'S036°35.8'W 1.056 79° 358° 185 km 04m45.4s
14:3000°17.2'N036°42.4'W00°53.8'S035°31.6'W00°18.2'S036°06.9'W 1.056 79° 352° 185 km 04m46.0s
14:3200°47.5'N036°13.4'W00°23.7'S035°02.6'W00°12.0'N035°37.9'W 1.056 80° 347° 186 km 04m46.5s
14:3401°17.6'N035°44.3'W00°06.1'N034°33.6'W00°41.9'N035°08.9'W 1.056 80° 341° 186 km 04m47.0s
14:3601°47.5'N035°15.1'W00°35.6'N034°04.6'W01°11.6'N034°39.8'W 1.056 80° 335° 186 km 04m47.3s
14:3802°17.1'N034°45.8'W01°04.9'N033°35.4'W01°41.1'N034°10.6'W 1.056 80° 328° 186 km 04m47.5s
14:4002°46.5'N034°16.3'W01°34.0'N033°06.1'W02°10.3'N033°41.2'W 1.056 80° 322° 187 km 04m47.7s
14:4203°15.7'N033°46.7'W02°02.9'N032°36.6'W02°39.4'N033°11.6'W 1.056 79° 317° 187 km 04m47.8s
14:4403°44.7'N033°16.8'W02°31.6'N032°06.9'W03°08.2'N032°41.8'W 1.056 79° 311° 187 km 04m47.7s
14:4604°13.4'N032°46.7'W03°00.0'N031°37.0'W03°36.8'N032°11.8'W 1.056 79° 306° 187 km 04m47.6s
14:4804°42.0'N032°16.3'W03°28.2'N031°06.8'W04°05.1'N031°41.5'W 1.056 78° 302° 187 km 04m47.4s
14:5005°10.3'N031°45.6'W03°56.1'N030°36.3'W04°33.3'N031°10.9'W 1.056 77° 298° 187 km 04m47.1s
14:5205°38.4'N031°14.5'W04°23.8'N030°05.5'W05°01.2'N030°40.0'W 1.055 77° 294° 187 km 04m46.7s
14:5406°06.3'N030°43.0'W04°51.4'N029°34.4'W05°28.9'N030°08.7'W 1.055 76° 291° 187 km 04m46.2s
14:5606°33.9'N030°11.2'W05°18.6'N029°02.8'W05°56.3'N029°37.0'W 1.055 75° 288° 187 km 04m45.6s
14:5807°01.3'N029°38.9'W05°45.7'N028°30.8'W06°23.5'N029°04.8'W 1.055 74° 286° 188 km 04m44.9s
15:0007°28.5'N029°06.0'W06°12.5'N027°58.4'W06°50.6'N028°32.2'W 1.055 73° 283° 187 km 04m44.1s
15:0207°55.5'N028°32.7'W06°39.1'N027°25.4'W07°17.3'N027°59.0'W 1.055 72° 281° 187 km 04m43.2s
15:0408°22.3'N027°58.8'W07°05.4'N026°51.9'W07°43.9'N027°25.4'W 1.055 71° 279° 187 km 04m42.2s
15:0608°48.8'N027°24.3'W07°31.5'N026°17.8'W08°10.2'N026°51.1'W 1.055 70° 278° 187 km 04m41.1s
15:0809°15.0'N026°49.2'W07°57.4'N025°43.1'W08°36.2'N026°16.2'W 1.055 69° 277° 187 km 04m39.9s
15:1009°41.0'N026°13.3'W08°23.0'N025°07.8'W09°02.0'N025°40.6'W 1.055 68° 275° 187 km 04m38.6s
15:1210°06.8'N025°36.7'W08°48.4'N024°31.7'W09°27.6'N025°04.2'W 1.055 67° 274° 187 km 04m37.2s
15:1410°32.3'N024°59.4'W09°13.5'N023°54.8'W09°52.9'N024°27.1'W 1.055 66° 273° 186 km 04m35.6s
15:1610°57.5'N024°21.2'W09°38.4'N023°17.2'W10°18.0'N023°49.2'W 1.054 65° 272° 186 km 04m34.0s
15:1811°22.5'N023°42.0'W10°02.9'N022°38.7'W10°42.7'N023°10.4'W 1.054 64° 272° 186 km 04m32.3s
15:2011°47.2'N023°02.0'W10°27.2'N021°59.2'W11°07.2'N022°30.6'W 1.054 63° 271° 185 km 04m30.4s
15:2212°11.6'N022°20.9'W10°51.3'N021°18.8'W11°31.4'N021°49.9'W 1.054 62° 270° 185 km 04m28.5s
15:2412°35.7'N021°38.7'W11°15.0'N020°37.3'W11°55.3'N021°08.1'W 1.054 61° 270° 184 km 04m26.4s
15:2612°59.4'N020°55.4'W11°38.4'N019°54.7'W12°18.9'N020°25.1'W 1.054 59° 270° 184 km 04m24.2s
15:2813°22.9'N020°10.8'W12°01.5'N019°10.8'W12°42.2'N019°40.9'W 1.053 58° 269° 183 km 04m21.9s
15:3013°46.0'N019°24.9'W12°24.3'N018°25.7'W13°05.1'N018°55.4'W 1.053 57° 269° 183 km 04m19.4s
15:3214°08.7'N018°37.5'W12°46.7'N017°39.2'W13°27.7'N018°08.5'W 1.053 56° 269° 182 km 04m16.9s
15:3414°31.1'N017°48.7'W13°08.7'N016°51.2'W13°49.8'N017°20.0'W 1.053 54° 269° 181 km 04m14.2s
15:3614°53.0'N016°58.2'W13°30.4'N016°01.6'W14°11.6'N016°30.0'W 1.052 53° 268° 180 km 04m11.4s
15:3815°14.5'N016°05.9'W13°51.6'N015°10.2'W14°33.0'N015°38.2'W 1.052 52° 268° 180 km 04m08.5s
15:4015°35.6'N015°11.7'W14°12.4'N014°17.0'W14°54.0'N014°44.6'W 1.052 50° 268° 179 km 04m05.4s
15:4215°56.2'N014°15.5'W14°32.8'N013°21.8'W15°14.4'N013°48.8'W 1.052 49° 268° 178 km 04m02.3s
15:4416°16.3'N013°17.1'W14°52.7'N012°24.4'W15°34.4'N012°50.9'W 1.051 48° 268° 177 km 03m58.9s
15:4616°35.8'N012°16.1'W15°12.0'N011°24.5'W15°53.8'N011°50.6'W 1.051 46° 268° 175 km 03m55.4s
15:4816°54.7'N011°12.6'W15°30.8'N010°22.1'W16°12.7'N010°47.5'W 1.051 45° 269° 174 km 03m51.8s
15:5017°12.9'N010°06.0'W15°48.9'N009°16.7'W16°30.8'N009°41.6'W 1.050 43° 269° 173 km 03m48.0s
15:5217°30.4'N008°56.3'W16°06.3'N008°08.1'W16°48.3'N008°32.4'W 1.050 42° 269° 171 km 03m44.1s
15:5417°47.2'N007°42.8'W16°23.0'N006°55.9'W17°05.0'N007°19.7'W 1.050 40° 269° 170 km 03m40.0s
15:5618°03.0'N006°25.4'W16°38.9'N005°39.7'W17°20.9'N006°02.8'W 1.049 38° 270° 168 km 03m35.7s
15:5818°17.9'N005°03.3'W16°53.8'N004°18.8'W17°35.8'N004°41.4'W 1.049 36° 270° 167 km 03m31.2s
16:0018°31.6'N003°35.9'W17°07.6'N002°52.7'W17°49.5'N003°14.7'W 1.048 35° 270° 165 km 03m26.5s
16:0218°44.0'N002°02.3'W17°20.2'N001°20.5'W18°02.0'N001°41.8'W 1.048 33° 271° 163 km 03m21.5s
16:0418°54.9'N000°21.5'W17°31.3'N000°19.1'E18°13.0'N000°01.7'W 1.047 31° 271° 161 km 03m16.3s
16:0619°03.9'N001°28.1'E17°40.7'N002°07.4'E18°22.3'N001°47.2'E 1.047 28° 272° 159 km 03m10.7s
16:0819°10.8'N003°28.5'E17°47.9'N004°06.8'E18°29.3'N003°47.1'E 1.046 26° 273° 156 km 03m04.8s
16:1019°14.7'N005°43.1'E17°52.3'N006°20.5'E18°33.5'N006°01.1'E 1.045 23° 274° 153 km 02m58.3s
16:1219°14.8'N008°16.8'E17°53.0'N008°53.7'E18°33.9'N008°34.5'E 1.044 21° 274° 150 km 02m51.3s
16:1419°09.3'N011°18.9'E17°48.1'N011°56.3'E18°28.7'N011°36.7'E 1.043 17° 275° 147 km 02m43.2s
16:1618°54.1'N015°10.1'E17°33.5'N015°50.9'E18°13.8'N015°29.3'E 1.042 13° 277° 142 km 02m33.6s
16:1818°14.6'N021°07.8'E16°52.0'N022°11.4'E17°33.6'N021°36.5'E 1.040 279° 135 km 02m19.7s
Limits17°03.2'N028°25.3'E15°54.6'N028°14.6'E16°28.9'N028°19.8'E 1.038 - 128 km 02m06.2s

ΔT = -6.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:36:11.014:36:17.401°15.9'N034°34.0'W 79.9° 333.6° 186.1 km04m47.34s
Greatest Duration14:42:16.814:42:23.202°45.0'N033°05.9'W 79.3° 315.6° 186.8 km04m47.76s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1893 Apr 16 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 -6.4 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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