Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1880 Jan 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1880 Jan 20 . 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 -1880 Jan 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits40°20.2'S170°39.6'E40°49.5'S170°05.8'E40°34.8'S170°22.8'E 1.016 - 71 km 00m47.9s
17:2844°57.5'S178°55.7'W44°12.6'S177°25.5'E44°38.4'S179°20.8'E 1.018 115° 81 km 00m58.3s
17:3047°12.0'S173°33.4'W47°00.4'S176°14.2'W47°07.3'S174°52.3'W 1.020 13° 110° 87 km 01m05.4s
17:3248°47.9'S169°29.0'W48°49.7'S171°51.3'W48°49.5'S170°39.4'W 1.021 16° 107° 91 km 01m10.6s
17:3450°05.0'S166°01.3'W50°15.2'S168°12.9'W50°10.7'S167°06.3'W 1.021 19° 103° 94 km 01m15.0s
17:3651°10.0'S162°54.6'W51°26.5'S164°59.3'W51°18.7'S163°56.2'W 1.022 22° 100° 97 km 01m18.9s
17:3852°06.3'S160°02.2'W52°28.0'S162°01.6'W52°17.5'S161°01.2'W 1.023 24° 97° 99 km 01m22.4s
17:4052°55.8'S157°20.3'W53°21.9'S159°15.1'W53°09.2'S158°17.0'W 1.023 26° 94° 101 km 01m25.7s
17:4253°39.8'S154°46.1'W54°09.8'S156°36.8'W53°55.1'S155°40.8'W 1.024 28° 91° 103 km 01m28.7s
17:4454°19.1'S152°18.1'W54°52.6'S154°04.9'W54°36.2'S153°10.8'W 1.024 30° 89° 104 km 01m31.6s
17:4654°54.4'S149°55.1'W55°31.0'S151°38.1'W55°13.0'S150°45.9'W 1.025 31° 86° 105 km 01m34.3s
17:4855°26.1'S147°36.1'W56°05.6'S149°15.3'W55°46.1'S148°25.0'W 1.025 33° 83° 107 km 01m36.8s
17:5055°54.6'S145°20.6'W56°36.8'S146°55.9'W56°15.9'S146°07.5'W 1.026 34° 80° 108 km 01m39.3s
17:5256°20.1'S143°08.1'W57°04.7'S144°39.4'W56°42.6'S143°53.0'W 1.026 36° 78° 109 km 01m41.6s
17:5456°42.9'S140°58.2'W57°29.8'S142°25.3'W57°06.6'S141°41.1'W 1.026 37° 75° 110 km 01m43.8s
17:5657°03.2'S138°50.7'W57°52.2'S140°13.5'W57°27.9'S139°31.4'W 1.027 38° 72° 110 km 01m45.9s
17:5857°21.1'S136°45.3'W58°12.0'S138°03.8'W57°46.7'S137°23.8'W 1.027 40° 69° 111 km 01m48.0s
18:0057°36.7'S134°41.9'W58°29.5'S135°55.8'W58°03.2'S135°18.2'W 1.027 41° 66° 112 km 01m49.9s
18:0257°50.2'S132°40.3'W58°44.7'S133°49.6'W58°17.6'S133°14.3'W 1.027 42° 63° 113 km 01m51.7s
18:0458°01.7'S130°40.6'W58°57.7'S131°45.2'W58°29.8'S131°12.2'W 1.028 43° 60° 113 km 01m53.5s
18:0658°11.3'S128°42.6'W59°08.7'S129°42.3'W58°40.1'S129°11.8'W 1.028 44° 57° 114 km 01m55.2s
18:0858°19.1'S126°46.3'W59°17.8'S127°41.0'W58°48.5'S127°13.1'W 1.028 45° 55° 115 km 01m56.8s
18:1058°25.1'S124°51.7'W59°24.9'S125°41.4'W58°55.0'S125°16.0'W 1.028 46° 52° 115 km 01m58.3s
18:1258°29.4'S122°58.8'W59°30.2'S123°43.4'W58°59.8'S123°20.6'W 1.028 47° 49° 116 km 01m59.7s
18:1458°32.0'S121°07.5'W59°33.7'S121°47.0'W59°02.9'S121°26.8'W 1.029 48° 46° 116 km 02m01.1s
18:1658°33.1'S119°17.9'W59°35.6'S119°52.3'W59°04.4'S119°34.7'W 1.029 49° 43° 116 km 02m02.4s
18:1858°32.7'S117°30.0'W59°35.9'S117°59.3'W59°04.3'S117°44.3'W 1.029 49° 40° 117 km 02m03.6s
18:2058°30.8'S115°43.8'W59°34.5'S116°08.0'W59°02.7'S115°55.6'W 1.029 50° 36° 117 km 02m04.7s
18:2258°27.5'S113°59.3'W59°31.7'S114°18.5'W58°59.6'S114°08.6'W 1.029 51° 33° 118 km 02m05.8s
18:2458°22.9'S112°16.5'W59°27.4'S112°30.7'W58°55.1'S112°23.3'W 1.029 52° 30° 118 km 02m06.8s
18:2658°16.9'S110°35.4'W59°21.7'S110°44.7'W58°49.3'S110°39.8'W 1.029 52° 27° 118 km 02m07.7s
18:2858°09.7'S108°56.1'W59°14.6'S109°00.5'W58°42.2'S108°58.1'W 1.030 53° 24° 119 km 02m08.6s
18:3058°01.3'S107°18.4'W59°06.3'S107°18.2'W58°33.7'S107°18.2'W 1.030 53° 21° 119 km 02m09.4s
18:3257°51.6'S105°42.5'W58°56.6'S105°37.7'W58°24.1'S105°40.1'W 1.030 54° 18° 119 km 02m10.1s
18:3457°40.8'S104°08.3'W58°45.7'S103°59.1'W58°13.3'S104°03.7'W 1.030 54° 14° 120 km 02m10.7s
18:3657°29.0'S102°35.9'W58°33.7'S102°22.4'W58°01.3'S102°29.1'W 1.030 55° 11° 120 km 02m11.3s
18:3857°16.0'S101°05.1'W58°20.5'S100°47.5'W57°48.2'S100°56.3'W 1.030 55° 120 km 02m11.8s
18:4057°02.0'S099°36.1'W58°06.1'S099°14.4'W57°34.1'S099°25.3'W 1.030 55° 120 km 02m12.3s
18:4256°47.0'S098°08.7'W57°50.8'S097°43.2'W57°18.9'S097°56.1'W 1.030 56° 120 km 02m12.6s
18:4456°31.1'S096°42.9'W57°34.3'S096°13.8'W57°02.7'S096°28.5'W 1.030 56° 358° 121 km 02m12.9s
18:4656°14.2'S095°18.8'W57°16.9'S094°46.2'W56°45.6'S095°02.7'W 1.030 56° 355° 121 km 02m13.2s
18:4855°56.4'S093°56.3'W56°58.5'S093°20.3'W56°27.5'S093°38.5'W 1.030 56° 352° 121 km 02m13.3s
18:5055°37.7'S092°35.3'W56°39.2'S091°56.1'W56°08.5'S092°15.9'W 1.030 57° 349° 121 km 02m13.4s
18:5255°18.1'S091°15.8'W56°19.0'S090°33.6'W55°48.6'S090°55.0'W 1.030 57° 346° 121 km 02m13.5s
18:5454°57.7'S089°57.9'W55°57.9'S089°12.8'W55°27.8'S089°35.6'W 1.030 57° 342° 121 km 02m13.4s
18:5654°36.5'S088°41.3'W55°35.9'S087°53.6'W55°06.2'S088°17.7'W 1.030 57° 339° 121 km 02m13.3s
18:5854°14.4'S087°26.1'W55°13.1'S086°35.8'W54°43.8'S087°01.3'W 1.030 57° 336° 122 km 02m13.2s
19:0053°51.6'S086°12.3'W54°49.5'S085°19.6'W54°20.6'S085°46.3'W 1.030 57° 333° 122 km 02m12.9s
19:0253°28.1'S084°59.8'W54°25.1'S084°04.9'W53°56.6'S084°32.6'W 1.030 57° 330° 122 km 02m12.6s
19:0453°03.8'S083°48.5'W53°59.9'S082°51.5'W53°31.9'S083°20.3'W 1.030 56° 327° 122 km 02m12.3s
19:0652°38.7'S082°38.4'W53°33.9'S081°39.4'W53°06.4'S082°09.2'W 1.030 56° 324° 122 km 02m11.8s
19:0852°13.0'S081°29.4'W53°07.2'S080°28.6'W52°40.2'S080°59.3'W 1.030 56° 321° 122 km 02m11.3s
19:1051°46.5'S080°21.5'W52°39.8'S079°18.9'W52°13.2'S079°50.5'W 1.030 56° 318° 122 km 02m10.8s
19:1251°19.3'S079°14.6'W52°11.6'S078°10.4'W51°45.6'S078°42.8'W 1.030 55° 316° 122 km 02m10.1s
19:1450°51.5'S078°08.6'W51°42.8'S077°03.0'W51°17.2'S077°36.1'W 1.030 55° 313° 122 km 02m09.5s
19:1650°22.9'S077°03.5'W51°13.2'S075°56.5'W50°48.1'S076°30.4'W 1.030 54° 310° 122 km 02m08.7s
19:1849°53.7'S075°59.3'W50°42.9'S074°51.0'W50°18.4'S075°25.4'W 1.029 54° 308° 122 km 02m07.9s
19:2049°23.7'S074°55.7'W50°11.9'S073°46.3'W49°47.9'S074°21.3'W 1.029 53° 305° 121 km 02m07.0s
19:2248°53.1'S073°52.9'W49°40.2'S072°42.4'W49°16.8'S073°17.9'W 1.029 53° 302° 121 km 02m06.1s
19:2448°21.8'S072°50.6'W49°07.8'S071°39.1'W48°44.9'S072°15.2'W 1.029 52° 300° 121 km 02m05.1s
19:2647°49.8'S071°48.9'W48°34.7'S070°36.5'W48°12.3'S071°13.0'W 1.029 52° 298° 121 km 02m04.0s
19:2847°17.1'S070°47.6'W48°00.8'S069°34.4'W47°39.1'S070°11.3'W 1.029 51° 295° 121 km 02m02.9s
19:3046°43.6'S069°46.7'W47°26.3'S068°32.7'W47°05.1'S069°10.0'W 1.029 50° 293° 121 km 02m01.7s
19:3246°09.5'S068°46.1'W46°51.0'S067°31.4'W46°30.4'S068°09.0'W 1.028 50° 291° 120 km 02m00.4s
19:3445°34.6'S067°45.7'W46°14.9'S066°30.3'W45°54.9'S067°08.3'W 1.028 49° 289° 120 km 01m59.1s
19:3644°58.9'S066°45.3'W45°38.1'S065°29.3'W45°18.6'S066°07.6'W 1.028 48° 287° 120 km 01m57.7s
19:3844°22.4'S065°45.0'W45°00.4'S064°28.4'W44°41.6'S065°07.0'W 1.028 47° 285° 119 km 01m56.2s
19:4043°45.2'S064°44.5'W44°21.9'S063°27.5'W44°03.7'S064°06.2'W 1.028 46° 283° 119 km 01m54.7s
19:4243°07.1'S063°43.8'W43°42.6'S062°26.3'W43°25.0'S063°05.3'W 1.028 45° 281° 118 km 01m53.1s
19:4442°28.0'S062°42.7'W43°02.3'S061°24.7'W42°45.3'S062°04.0'W 1.027 44° 279° 118 km 01m51.5s
19:4641°48.1'S061°41.1'W42°21.1'S060°22.7'W42°04.8'S061°02.2'W 1.027 43° 277° 117 km 01m49.7s
19:4841°07.2'S060°38.9'W41°38.8'S059°20.1'W41°23.2'S059°59.7'W 1.027 42° 275° 117 km 01m47.9s
19:5040°25.2'S059°35.8'W40°55.5'S058°16.6'W40°40.5'S058°56.4'W 1.027 41° 273° 116 km 01m46.1s
19:5239°42.1'S058°31.7'W40°11.0'S057°12.1'W39°56.8'S057°52.1'W 1.026 40° 272° 115 km 01m44.1s
19:5438°57.9'S057°26.4'W39°25.3'S056°06.3'W39°11.8'S056°46.6'W 1.026 39° 270° 114 km 01m42.1s
19:5638°12.3'S056°19.5'W38°38.3'S054°59.0'W38°25.5'S055°39.5'W 1.026 37° 269° 113 km 01m40.0s
19:5837°25.3'S055°10.9'W37°49.7'S053°49.8'W37°37.7'S054°30.6'W 1.025 36° 267° 112 km 01m37.8s
20:0036°36.7'S054°00.1'W36°59.5'S052°38.4'W36°48.3'S053°19.5'W 1.025 35° 265° 111 km 01m35.5s
20:0235°46.4'S052°46.7'W36°07.5'S051°24.4'W35°57.2'S052°05.8'W 1.024 33° 264° 110 km 01m33.0s
20:0434°54.1'S051°30.3'W35°13.4'S050°07.1'W35°04.0'S050°48.9'W 1.024 32° 262° 109 km 01m30.5s
20:0633°59.6'S050°10.1'W34°17.0'S048°46.0'W34°08.5'S049°28.2'W 1.024 30° 261° 107 km 01m27.9s
20:0833°02.4'S048°45.3'W33°17.7'S047°20.0'W33°10.3'S048°02.9'W 1.023 28° 260° 105 km 01m25.1s
20:1032°02.2'S047°14.9'W32°15.1'S045°48.0'W32°08.9'S046°31.7'W 1.023 26° 258° 103 km 01m22.1s
20:1230°58.2'S045°37.3'W31°08.4'S044°08.2'W31°03.6'S044°53.0'W 1.022 24° 257° 101 km 01m18.9s
20:1429°49.5'S043°50.4'W29°56.5'S042°18.3'W29°53.3'S043°04.6'W 1.021 22° 255° 98 km 01m15.5s
20:1628°34.6'S041°50.7'W28°37.6'S040°14.2'W28°36.5'S041°02.8'W 1.021 20° 254° 95 km 01m11.8s
20:1827°10.9'S039°32.4'W27°08.6'S037°48.9'W27°10.2'S038°41.2'W 1.020 17° 252° 91 km 01m07.6s
20:2025°33.4'S036°44.0'W25°22.5'S034°47.1'W25°28.6'S035°46.5'W 1.019 13° 251° 86 km 01m02.6s
20:2223°28.3'S032°53.8'W22°57.2'S030°18.6'W23°14.6'S031°39.5'W 1.017 248° 80 km 00m56.1s
Limits19°10.8'S023°50.9'W19°40.1'S023°26.8'W19°25.5'S023°38.9'W 1.015 - 67 km 00m45.1s

ΔT = 43553.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:00:56.618:55:02.955°16.6'S089°07.2'E 56.8° 340.8° 121.4 km02m13.39s
Greatest Duration06:57:49.218:51:55.655°49.3'S090°57.9'W 56.7° 345.7° 121.2 km02m13.47s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1880 Jan 20 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 43553.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3243.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.55°.

Acknowledgments

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

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