Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1844 Feb 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1844 Feb 10 . 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 -1844 Feb 10
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°22.7'S082°50.9'W53°14.1'S084°05.2'W52°48.4'S083°27.6'W 1.027 - 125 km 01m21.6s
10:0657°25.8'S068°02.2'W56°17.3'S075°56.1'W57°02.1'S071°35.8'W 1.029 113° 135 km 01m34.3s
10:0859°15.1'S061°20.4'W59°06.9'S067°05.8'W59°14.3'S064°05.9'W 1.031 13° 106° 139 km 01m42.1s
10:1060°30.4'S055°54.4'W60°46.4'S060°53.9'W60°40.5'S058°19.2'W 1.032 16° 100° 143 km 01m48.0s
10:1261°27.1'S051°06.5'W61°58.5'S055°37.4'W61°44.3'S053°17.8'W 1.033 19° 95° 145 km 01m53.0s
10:1462°11.2'S046°42.7'W62°54.0'S050°51.5'W62°33.8'S048°43.2'W 1.033 21° 90° 147 km 01m57.4s
10:1662°45.9'S042°36.1'W63°37.6'S046°25.7'W63°12.7'S044°27.2'W 1.034 24° 86° 149 km 02m01.3s
10:1863°12.9'S038°42.9'W64°12.0'S042°14.6'W63°43.2'S040°25.2'W 1.035 26° 82° 150 km 02m05.0s
10:2063°33.6'S035°00.9'W64°38.9'S038°15.4'W64°06.9'S036°34.7'W 1.035 27° 77° 151 km 02m08.4s
10:2263°48.9'S031°28.5'W64°59.4'S034°26.3'W64°24.6'S032°54.2'W 1.035 29° 73° 152 km 02m11.5s
10:2463°59.4'S028°04.9'W65°14.4'S030°46.1'W64°37.3'S029°22.5'W 1.036 31° 69° 153 km 02m14.5s
10:2664°05.7'S024°49.5'W65°24.5'S027°14.3'W64°45.4'S025°59.0'W 1.036 32° 65° 154 km 02m17.3s
10:2864°08.3'S021°41.6'W65°30.3'S023°50.4'W64°49.5'S022°43.3'W 1.037 33° 61° 155 km 02m20.0s
10:3064°07.4'S018°41.0'W65°32.1'S020°34.1'W64°49.9'S019°35.1'W 1.037 35° 57° 156 km 02m22.5s
10:3264°03.6'S015°47.5'W65°30.4'S017°25.2'W64°47.1'S016°34.1'W 1.037 36° 54° 157 km 02m24.9s
10:3463°56.9'S013°00.7'W65°25.6'S014°23.6'W64°41.3'S013°40.2'W 1.038 37° 50° 158 km 02m27.2s
10:3663°47.8'S010°20.4'W65°17.8'S011°29.1'W64°32.7'S010°53.1'W 1.038 38° 46° 158 km 02m29.4s
10:3863°36.3'S007°46.5'W65°07.3'S008°41.6'W64°21.8'S008°12.6'W 1.038 39° 43° 159 km 02m31.4s
10:4063°22.8'S005°18.7'W64°54.5'S006°00.8'W64°08.6'S005°38.6'W 1.038 41° 39° 160 km 02m33.3s
10:4263°07.3'S002°56.9'W64°39.5'S003°26.7'W63°53.3'S003°10.8'W 1.039 42° 36° 160 km 02m35.2s
10:4462°50.1'S000°40.7'W64°22.5'S000°59.0'W63°36.2'S000°49.1'W 1.039 42° 32° 161 km 02m36.9s
10:4662°31.3'S001°29.9'E64°03.6'S001°22.4'E63°17.3'S001°26.8'E 1.039 43° 29° 161 km 02m38.5s
10:4862°11.0'S003°35.3'E63°43.1'S003°37.9'E62°56.9'S003°37.1'E 1.039 44° 26° 162 km 02m40.1s
10:5061°49.4'S005°35.6'E63°21.1'S005°47.7'E62°35.1'S005°41.9'E 1.039 45° 23° 162 km 02m41.5s
10:5261°26.5'S007°31.1'E62°57.7'S007°51.9'E62°12.0'S007°41.7'E 1.040 46° 19° 163 km 02m42.9s
10:5461°02.5'S009°22.0'E62°33.1'S009°50.9'E61°47.6'S009°36.5'E 1.040 47° 16° 163 km 02m44.2s
10:5660°37.4'S011°08.5'E62°07.2'S011°44.9'E61°22.2'S011°26.6'E 1.040 47° 13° 164 km 02m45.4s
10:5860°11.4'S012°50.9'E61°40.4'S013°34.1'E60°55.8'S013°12.3'E 1.040 48° 10° 164 km 02m46.5s
11:0059°44.5'S014°29.2'E61°12.5'S015°18.8'E60°28.4'S014°53.7'E 1.040 48° 165 km 02m47.5s
11:0259°16.8'S016°03.8'E60°43.7'S016°59.2'E60°00.2'S016°31.2'E 1.040 49° 165 km 02m48.4s
11:0458°48.2'S017°34.9'E60°14.2'S018°35.6'E59°31.1'S018°04.8'E 1.040 50° 166 km 02m49.3s
11:0658°19.0'S019°02.6'E59°43.8'S020°08.1'E59°01.4'S019°34.9'E 1.040 50° 358° 166 km 02m50.0s
11:0857°49.2'S020°27.1'E59°12.8'S021°37.1'E58°30.9'S021°01.5'E 1.040 51° 355° 166 km 02m50.7s
11:1057°18.7'S021°48.6'E58°41.1'S023°02.6'E57°59.8'S022°25.0'E 1.041 51° 352° 167 km 02m51.3s
11:1256°47.6'S023°07.2'E58°08.8'S024°25.0'E57°28.2'S023°45.5'E 1.041 51° 350° 167 km 02m51.8s
11:1456°16.0'S024°23.2'E57°35.9'S025°44.3'E56°55.9'S025°03.2'E 1.041 52° 347° 168 km 02m52.3s
11:1655°43.9'S025°36.7'E57°02.5'S027°00.9'E56°23.2'S026°18.2'E 1.041 52° 344° 168 km 02m52.6s
11:1855°11.3'S026°47.9'E56°28.7'S028°14.8'E55°50.0'S027°30.7'E 1.041 52° 341° 168 km 02m52.9s
11:2054°38.2'S027°56.8'E55°54.3'S029°26.2'E55°16.3'S028°40.9'E 1.041 52° 338° 169 km 02m53.1s
11:2254°04.7'S029°03.6'E55°19.5'S030°35.3'E54°42.1'S029°48.9'E 1.041 53° 336° 169 km 02m53.3s
11:2453°30.8'S030°08.6'E54°44.3'S031°42.3'E54°07.6'S030°54.8'E 1.041 53° 333° 170 km 02m53.3s
11:2652°56.5'S031°11.7'E54°08.7'S032°47.3'E53°32.6'S031°58.8'E 1.041 53° 330° 170 km 02m53.3s
11:2852°21.8'S032°13.1'E53°32.7'S033°50.4'E52°57.3'S033°01.1'E 1.041 53° 328° 170 km 02m53.2s
11:3051°46.8'S033°12.9'E52°56.3'S034°51.8'E52°21.6'S034°01.7'E 1.041 53° 325° 171 km 02m53.0s
11:3251°11.3'S034°11.3'E52°19.6'S035°51.5'E51°45.5'S035°00.8'E 1.041 53° 322° 171 km 02m52.8s
11:3450°35.6'S035°08.3'E51°42.5'S036°49.8'E51°09.1'S035°58.4'E 1.041 53° 320° 171 km 02m52.5s
11:3649°59.4'S036°04.1'E51°05.0'S037°46.7'E50°32.3'S036°54.8'E 1.041 52° 317° 172 km 02m52.1s
11:3849°22.9'S036°58.7'E50°27.3'S038°42.3'E49°55.2'S037°49.9'E 1.041 52° 315° 172 km 02m51.6s
11:4048°46.1'S037°52.3'E49°49.1'S039°36.8'E49°17.7'S038°44.0'E 1.041 52° 312° 172 km 02m51.1s
11:4248°08.9'S038°44.9'E49°10.7'S040°30.3'E48°39.9'S039°37.0'E 1.041 52° 310° 173 km 02m50.5s
11:4447°31.4'S039°36.7'E48°31.9'S041°22.8'E48°01.8'S040°29.2'E 1.040 51° 307° 173 km 02m49.8s
11:4646°53.6'S040°27.8'E47°52.8'S042°14.5'E47°23.3'S041°20.6'E 1.040 51° 305° 173 km 02m49.1s
11:4846°15.4'S041°18.1'E47°13.3'S043°05.5'E46°44.5'S042°11.2'E 1.040 51° 303° 174 km 02m48.2s
11:5045°36.8'S042°07.9'E46°33.4'S043°55.8'E46°05.3'S043°01.3'E 1.040 50° 301° 174 km 02m47.3s
11:5244°57.9'S042°57.2'E45°53.2'S044°45.6'E45°25.7'S043°50.9'E 1.040 50° 298° 174 km 02m46.4s
11:5444°18.6'S043°46.1'E45°12.7'S045°35.0'E44°45.8'S044°40.0'E 1.040 49° 296° 174 km 02m45.3s
11:5643°38.9'S044°34.7'E44°31.7'S046°24.0'E44°05.5'S045°28.8'E 1.040 49° 294° 174 km 02m44.2s
11:5842°58.8'S045°23.0'E43°50.4'S047°12.8'E43°24.8'S046°17.4'E 1.040 48° 292° 175 km 02m43.0s
12:0042°18.3'S046°11.3'E43°08.6'S048°01.5'E42°43.6'S047°05.9'E 1.040 47° 290° 175 km 02m41.8s
12:0241°37.4'S046°59.5'E42°26.4'S048°50.1'E42°02.1'S047°54.4'E 1.039 47° 288° 175 km 02m40.4s
12:0440°56.0'S047°47.9'E41°43.7'S049°38.8'E41°20.0'S048°42.9'E 1.039 46° 286° 175 km 02m39.0s
12:0640°14.1'S048°36.4'E41°00.6'S050°27.8'E40°37.5'S049°31.6'E 1.039 45° 285° 175 km 02m37.6s
12:0839°31.7'S049°25.2'E40°16.9'S051°17.0'E39°54.5'S050°20.6'E 1.039 44° 283° 175 km 02m36.0s
12:1038°48.8'S050°14.5'E39°32.7'S052°06.7'E39°11.0'S051°10.1'E 1.039 44° 281° 175 km 02m34.4s
12:1238°05.4'S051°04.3'E38°47.9'S052°56.9'E38°26.9'S052°00.1'E 1.038 43° 279° 175 km 02m32.7s
12:1437°21.3'S051°54.7'E38°02.5'S053°47.9'E37°42.1'S052°50.9'E 1.038 42° 278° 174 km 02m30.9s
12:1636°36.6'S052°46.1'E37°16.4'S054°39.8'E36°56.7'S053°42.5'E 1.038 41° 276° 174 km 02m29.0s
12:1835°51.2'S053°38.4'E36°29.5'S055°32.7'E36°10.6'S054°35.1'E 1.038 40° 275° 174 km 02m27.0s
12:2035°05.0'S054°32.0'E35°41.9'S056°27.0'E35°23.7'S055°29.0'E 1.037 39° 273° 173 km 02m25.0s
12:2234°17.9'S055°26.9'E34°53.4'S057°22.7'E34°35.9'S056°24.4'E 1.037 38° 272° 173 km 02m22.8s
12:2433°30.0'S056°23.5'E34°03.9'S058°20.2'E33°47.2'S057°21.4'E 1.037 36° 270° 172 km 02m20.6s
12:2632°41.1'S057°22.1'E33°13.3'S059°19.9'E32°57.5'S058°20.5'E 1.036 35° 269° 171 km 02m18.2s
12:2831°51.0'S058°22.9'E32°21.5'S060°21.9'E32°06.6'S059°22.0'E 1.036 34° 267° 170 km 02m15.8s
12:3030°59.6'S059°26.4'E31°28.3'S061°26.9'E31°14.3'S060°26.2'E 1.036 32° 266° 169 km 02m13.2s
12:3230°06.9'S060°33.1'E30°33.6'S062°35.4'E30°20.6'S061°33.7'E 1.035 31° 265° 168 km 02m10.5s
12:3429°12.5'S061°43.5'E29°37.1'S063°48.0'E29°25.1'S062°45.2'E 1.035 29° 263° 167 km 02m07.6s
12:3628°16.1'S062°58.4'E28°38.4'S065°05.7'E28°27.7'S064°01.5'E 1.034 28° 262° 165 km 02m04.6s
12:3827°17.5'S064°18.9'E27°37.1'S066°29.7'E27°27.7'S065°23.6'E 1.034 26° 261° 163 km 02m01.4s
12:4026°16.2'S065°46.3'E26°32.6'S068°01.6'E26°24.9'S066°53.1'E 1.033 24° 260° 160 km 01m57.9s
12:4225°11.3'S067°22.5'E25°24.0'S069°43.9'E25°18.2'S068°32.3'E 1.033 22° 258° 158 km 01m54.2s
12:4424°02.0'S069°10.6'E24°09.8'S071°40.6'E24°06.6'S070°24.4'E 1.032 20° 257° 154 km 01m50.1s
12:4622°46.4'S071°15.3'E22°47.6'S073°58.8'E22°47.9'S072°35.2'E 1.031 17° 256° 150 km 01m45.5s
12:4821°21.4'S073°45.8'E21°11.8'S076°53.6'E21°18.1'S075°16.6'E 1.030 14° 255° 145 km 01m40.1s
12:5019°39.1'S077°04.5'E19°04.5'S081°15.1'E19°25.7'S079°00.2'E 1.029 253° 138 km 01m33.1s
Limits15°26.0'S087°18.2'E16°22.0'S087°58.0'E15°53.9'S087°38.0'E 1.026 - 121 km 01m19.2s

ΔT = 42708.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:19:52.811:28:04.452°56.0'S145°23.0'W 52.7° 327.4° 170.4 km02m53.21s
Greatest Duration23:16:18.611:24:30.253°58.8'S031°11.1'E 52.7° 332.2° 169.7 km02m53.33s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1844 Feb 10

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1844 Feb 10 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 42708.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3102.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.96°.

Acknowledgments

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

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