Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1837 Mar 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1837 Mar 24 . 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 -1837 Mar 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits39°56.4'N035°31.0'E36°03.4'N036°34.5'E37°57.0'N036°03.7'E 0.935 - 415 km 04m41.0s
04:06 - - 35°38.0'N050°45.9'E37°26.0'N044°44.8'E 0.937 102° 415 km 04m51.1s
04:0839°36.8'N039°22.6'E35°45.7'N053°15.7'E37°24.9'N048°40.8'E 0.937 11° 105° 415 km 04m56.4s
04:1039°20.3'N045°46.4'E35°55.6'N055°21.7'E37°30.2'N051°30.9'E 0.938 13° 107° 416 km 05m00.4s
04:1239°21.3'N049°14.9'E36°07.1'N057°11.9'E37°38.6'N053°49.1'E 0.939 15° 109° 416 km 05m03.9s
04:1439°27.4'N051°53.0'E36°19.9'N058°50.6'E37°49.1'N055°47.7'E 0.939 17° 111° 416 km 05m06.9s
04:1639°36.5'N054°04.4'E36°33.6'N060°20.6'E38°01.2'N057°32.6'E 0.939 19° 113° 416 km 05m09.6s
04:1839°47.5'N055°58.4'E36°48.1'N061°43.7'E38°14.3'N059°07.5'E 0.940 20° 114° 416 km 05m12.1s
04:2039°59.9'N057°40.1'E37°03.4'N063°01.2'E38°28.5'N060°34.6'E 0.940 21° 116° 416 km 05m14.4s
04:2240°13.5'N059°12.6'E37°19.2'N064°14.0'E38°43.4'N061°55.4'E 0.940 22° 117° 415 km 05m16.6s
04:2440°28.1'N060°37.8'E37°35.6'N065°22.8'E38°59.1'N063°11.0'E 0.941 24° 119° 415 km 05m18.6s
04:2640°43.6'N061°57.2'E37°52.6'N066°28.3'E39°15.4'N064°22.3'E 0.941 25° 120° 414 km 05m20.4s
04:2840°59.7'N063°11.7'E38°10.0'N067°30.8'E39°32.3'N065°30.0'E 0.941 25° 122° 413 km 05m22.2s
04:3041°16.5'N064°22.3'E38°27.8'N068°30.9'E39°49.7'N066°34.6'E 0.941 26° 123° 412 km 05m23.8s
04:3241°34.0'N065°29.4'E38°46.1'N069°28.7'E40°07.6'N067°36.4'E 0.941 27° 124° 410 km 05m25.3s
04:3441°52.0'N066°33.5'E39°04.8'N070°24.6'E40°26.0'N068°36.0'E 0.942 28° 126° 409 km 05m26.8s
04:3642°10.5'N067°35.2'E39°23.9'N071°18.8'E40°44.9'N069°33.4'E 0.942 29° 127° 407 km 05m28.1s
04:3842°29.6'N068°34.6'E39°43.3'N072°11.5'E41°04.1'N070°29.1'E 0.942 29° 129° 405 km 05m29.4s
04:4042°49.1'N069°32.1'E40°03.1'N073°02.9'E41°23.8'N071°23.3'E 0.942 30° 130° 403 km 05m30.5s
04:4243°09.1'N070°28.0'E40°23.3'N073°53.1'E41°43.9'N072°16.0'E 0.942 30° 132° 401 km 05m31.6s
04:4443°29.5'N071°22.4'E40°43.8'N074°42.3'E42°04.4'N073°07.6'E 0.942 31° 133° 399 km 05m32.6s
04:4643°50.5'N072°15.5'E41°04.6'N075°30.6'E42°25.3'N073°58.1'E 0.942 31° 135° 397 km 05m33.5s
04:4844°11.8'N073°07.5'E41°25.8'N076°18.1'E42°46.6'N074°47.6'E 0.942 32° 136° 395 km 05m34.3s
04:5044°33.6'N073°58.6'E41°47.4'N077°05.0'E43°08.3'N075°36.4'E 0.942 32° 138° 393 km 05m35.1s
04:5244°55.8'N074°48.9'E42°09.3'N077°51.2'E43°30.3'N076°24.6'E 0.943 33° 139° 390 km 05m35.8s
04:5445°18.5'N075°38.5'E42°31.5'N078°37.0'E43°52.8'N077°12.1'E 0.943 33° 141° 388 km 05m36.4s
04:5645°41.6'N076°27.6'E42°54.1'N079°22.5'E44°15.6'N077°59.2'E 0.943 33° 142° 386 km 05m36.9s
04:5846°05.1'N077°16.2'E43°17.0'N080°07.6'E44°38.8'N078°46.0'E 0.943 33° 144° 383 km 05m37.4s
05:0046°29.1'N078°04.5'E43°40.3'N080°52.5'E45°02.4'N079°32.5'E 0.943 34° 145° 381 km 05m37.8s
05:0246°53.5'N078°52.5'E44°03.9'N081°37.3'E45°26.4'N080°18.8'E 0.943 34° 147° 379 km 05m38.1s
05:0447°18.4'N079°40.4'E44°27.9'N082°22.1'E45°50.8'N081°05.0'E 0.943 34° 148° 376 km 05m38.3s
05:0647°43.8'N080°28.3'E44°52.3'N083°06.8'E46°15.7'N081°51.2'E 0.943 34° 150° 374 km 05m38.5s
05:0848°09.6'N081°16.3'E45°17.0'N083°51.7'E46°40.9'N082°37.6'E 0.943 34° 151° 372 km 05m38.6s
05:1048°35.9'N082°04.4'E45°42.1'N084°36.8'E47°06.6'N083°24.1'E 0.943 34° 153° 370 km 05m38.7s
05:1249°02.7'N082°52.7'E46°07.6'N085°22.1'E47°32.7'N084°10.9'E 0.943 34° 155° 368 km 05m38.6s
05:1449°30.1'N083°41.5'E46°33.6'N086°07.8'E47°59.3'N084°58.0'E 0.943 34° 156° 366 km 05m38.5s
05:1649°58.0'N084°30.7'E46°59.9'N086°54.0'E48°26.4'N085°45.6'E 0.943 34° 158° 364 km 05m38.4s
05:1850°26.4'N085°20.5'E47°26.6'N087°40.6'E48°53.9'N086°33.8'E 0.943 34° 159° 362 km 05m38.1s
05:2050°55.4'N086°11.0'E47°53.8'N088°27.9'E49°21.9'N087°22.6'E 0.943 34° 161° 361 km 05m37.8s
05:2251°25.0'N087°02.3'E48°21.5'N089°15.9'E49°50.5'N088°12.1'E 0.943 34° 163° 359 km 05m37.5s
05:2451°55.3'N087°54.6'E48°49.6'N090°04.7'E50°19.6'N089°02.6'E 0.943 33° 164° 358 km 05m37.0s
05:2652°26.1'N088°48.0'E49°18.2'N090°54.4'E50°49.3'N089°54.1'E 0.943 33° 166° 356 km 05m36.5s
05:2852°57.7'N089°42.7'E49°47.4'N091°45.2'E51°19.5'N090°46.7'E 0.942 33° 168° 355 km 05m35.9s
05:3053°30.0'N090°38.8'E50°17.0'N092°37.1'E51°50.4'N091°40.6'E 0.942 32° 170° 354 km 05m35.3s
05:3254°03.1'N091°36.5'E50°47.3'N093°30.4'E52°21.9'N092°35.9'E 0.942 32° 171° 353 km 05m34.5s
05:3454°37.0'N092°36.0'E51°18.1'N094°25.1'E52°54.1'N093°32.9'E 0.942 32° 173° 352 km 05m33.7s
05:3655°11.7'N093°37.6'E51°49.5'N095°21.5'E53°27.1'N094°31.7'E 0.942 31° 175° 352 km 05m32.9s
05:3855°47.4'N094°41.6'E52°21.6'N096°19.7'E54°00.8'N095°32.6'E 0.942 31° 177° 351 km 05m31.9s
05:4056°24.1'N095°48.2'E52°54.4'N097°19.9'E54°35.4'N096°35.8'E 0.942 30° 178° 351 km 05m30.9s
05:4257°01.8'N096°57.8'E53°28.0'N098°22.4'E55°10.8'N097°41.6'E 0.942 30° 180° 350 km 05m29.8s
05:4457°40.7'N098°10.8'E54°02.3'N099°27.4'E55°47.1'N098°50.2'E 0.942 29° 182° 350 km 05m28.7s
05:4658°20.9'N099°27.8'E54°37.4'N100°35.3'E56°24.5'N100°02.2'E 0.941 28° 184° 350 km 05m27.4s
05:4859°02.5'N100°49.4'E55°13.5'N101°46.4'E57°03.0'N101°18.0'E 0.941 28° 186° 351 km 05m26.1s
05:5059°45.5'N102°16.2'E55°50.5'N103°01.1'E57°42.7'N102°38.1'E 0.941 27° 188° 351 km 05m24.6s
05:5260°30.3'N103°49.1'E56°28.5'N104°19.9'E58°23.7'N104°03.1'E 0.941 26° 190° 352 km 05m23.1s
05:5461°17.0'N105°29.4'E57°07.7'N105°43.5'E59°06.1'N105°33.9'E 0.941 25° 192° 353 km 05m21.5s
05:5662°05.9'N107°18.5'E57°48.2'N107°12.4'E59°50.2'N107°11.4'E 0.940 24° 194° 354 km 05m19.8s
05:5862°57.3'N109°18.3'E58°30.1'N108°47.6'E60°36.1'N108°56.8'E 0.940 23° 197° 355 km 05m17.9s
06:0063°51.7'N111°31.4'E59°13.5'N110°30.1'E61°24.1'N110°51.9'E 0.940 22° 199° 357 km 05m16.0s
06:0264°49.7'N114°01.6'E59°58.7'N112°21.4'E62°14.5'N112°58.6'E 0.940 21° 202° 360 km 05m13.9s
06:0465°52.1'N116°54.6'E60°45.8'N114°23.1'E63°07.7'N115°19.9'E 0.939 19° 205° 362 km 05m11.6s
06:0667°00.2'N120°19.1'E61°35.3'N116°37.8'E64°04.3'N118°00.0'E 0.939 18° 208° 365 km 05m09.1s
06:0868°16.2'N124°31.2'E62°27.6'N119°08.7'E65°05.2'N121°05.3'E 0.939 16° 211° 369 km 05m06.4s
06:1069°44.4'N130°04.1'E63°23.2'N122°00.7'E66°11.7'N124°45.9'E 0.938 14° 215° 374 km 05m03.4s
06:1271°36.6'N138°37.1'E64°23.0'N125°21.2'E67°26.0'N129°20.9'E 0.937 12° 220° 380 km 04m59.9s
06:14 - - 65°28.4'N129°23.0'E68°52.9'N135°32.8'E 0.937 227° 388 km 04m55.7s
06:16 - - 66°42.1'N134°30.8'E70°48.3'N145°53.5'E 0.936 237° 401 km 04m49.7s
Limits74°41.7'N160°16.8'E70°58.2'N162°45.5'E72°47.8'N161°45.4'E 0.934 - 420 km 04m42.4s

ΔT = 42542.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:59:51.705:10:49.247°17.3'N094°01.5'W 34.1° 153.7° 369.2 km05m38.67s
Greatest Duration16:59:09.005:10:06.547°08.0'N083°26.6'E 34.1° 153.1° 369.9 km05m38.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1837 Mar 24 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 42542.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3074.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.85°.

Acknowledgments

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

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