Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1898 Dec 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1898 Dec 29 . 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 -1898 Dec 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits07°06.5'N093°41.3'E06°11.6'N093°16.4'E06°39.0'N093°28.9'E 1.033 - 111 km 01m49.1s
00:0403°07.3'N102°34.2'E02°10.4'N102°00.2'E02°38.3'N102°18.3'E 1.036 10° 115° 122 km 02m08.6s
00:0601°11.7'N106°44.1'E00°11.4'N106°11.1'E00°41.2'N106°28.4'E 1.038 15° 115° 127 km 02m19.5s
00:0800°11.9'S109°43.6'E01°14.7'S109°11.0'E00°43.6'S109°28.0'E 1.039 19° 115° 130 km 02m28.0s
00:1001°19.9'S112°09.6'E02°24.7'S111°37.3'E01°52.6'S111°54.1'E 1.040 22° 115° 133 km 02m35.4s
00:1202°18.2'S114°15.0'E03°24.6'S113°43.1'E02°51.6'S113°59.6'E 1.041 25° 115° 136 km 02m42.1s
00:1403°09.4'S116°06.3'E04°17.5'S115°34.6'E03°43.7'S115°51.0'E 1.041 27° 115° 138 km 02m48.3s
00:1603°55.4'S117°47.0'E05°04.9'S117°15.7'E04°30.4'S117°31.8'E 1.042 30° 115° 141 km 02m54.2s
00:1804°37.2'S119°19.5'E05°48.0'S118°48.6'E05°12.8'S119°04.5'E 1.043 32° 115° 142 km 02m59.7s
00:2005°15.5'S120°45.5'E06°27.6'S120°15.1'E05°51.7'S120°30.7'E 1.043 34° 115° 144 km 03m05.0s
00:2205°50.8'S122°06.1'E07°04.1'S121°36.1'E06°27.7'S121°51.5'E 1.044 36° 115° 146 km 03m10.1s
00:2406°23.7'S123°22.1'E07°38.1'S122°52.6'E07°01.0'S123°07.8'E 1.044 37° 115° 147 km 03m15.0s
00:2606°54.3'S124°34.3'E08°09.8'S124°05.4'E07°32.2'S124°20.2'E 1.045 39° 115° 149 km 03m19.7s
00:2807°22.9'S125°43.1'E08°39.4'S125°14.7'E08°01.3'S125°29.3'E 1.045 41° 115° 150 km 03m24.3s
00:3007°49.7'S126°49.0'E09°07.2'S126°21.2'E08°28.6'S126°35.5'E 1.045 43° 115° 152 km 03m28.7s
00:3208°14.9'S127°52.4'E09°33.3'S127°25.2'E08°54.2'S127°39.2'E 1.046 44° 115° 153 km 03m33.0s
00:3408°38.6'S128°53.4'E09°58.0'S128°26.9'E09°18.4'S128°40.5'E 1.046 46° 115° 154 km 03m37.2s
00:3609°00.9'S129°52.4'E10°21.2'S129°26.6'E09°41.2'S129°39.9'E 1.047 47° 115° 155 km 03m41.2s
00:3809°22.0'S130°49.6'E10°43.0'S130°24.5'E10°02.6'S130°37.4'E 1.047 49° 115° 156 km 03m45.2s
00:4009°41.8'S131°45.2'E11°03.7'S131°20.7'E10°22.9'S131°33.3'E 1.047 50° 115° 157 km 03m49.0s
00:4210°00.5'S132°39.2'E11°23.2'S132°15.5'E10°42.0'S132°27.7'E 1.047 51° 115° 158 km 03m52.7s
00:4410°18.2'S133°31.9'E11°41.7'S133°08.9'E11°00.0'S133°20.7'E 1.048 53° 115° 159 km 03m56.3s
00:4610°34.9'S134°23.3'E11°59.1'S134°01.1'E11°17.1'S134°12.5'E 1.048 54° 115° 160 km 03m59.8s
00:4810°50.6'S135°13.5'E12°15.5'S134°52.2'E11°33.2'S135°03.2'E 1.048 55° 115° 161 km 04m03.2s
00:5011°05.5'S136°02.8'E12°31.0'S135°42.3'E11°48.3'S135°52.8'E 1.048 57° 115° 162 km 04m06.5s
00:5211°19.4'S136°51.0'E12°45.6'S136°31.4'E12°02.6'S136°41.5'E 1.049 58° 116° 163 km 04m09.6s
00:5411°32.5'S137°38.4'E12°59.3'S137°19.6'E12°16.0'S137°29.3'E 1.049 59° 116° 163 km 04m12.7s
00:5611°44.8'S138°24.9'E13°12.2'S138°07.1'E12°28.6'S138°16.3'E 1.049 60° 116° 164 km 04m15.7s
00:5811°56.4'S139°10.7'E13°24.3'S138°53.8'E12°40.4'S139°02.5'E 1.049 62° 117° 165 km 04m18.5s
01:0012°07.2'S139°55.8'E13°35.6'S139°39.8'E12°51.4'S139°48.0'E 1.049 63° 117° 165 km 04m21.2s
01:0212°17.3'S140°40.3'E13°46.2'S140°25.1'E13°01.8'S140°32.9'E 1.050 64° 118° 166 km 04m23.8s
01:0412°26.6'S141°24.1'E13°56.0'S141°09.9'E13°11.4'S141°17.2'E 1.050 65° 118° 167 km 04m26.3s
01:0612°35.3'S142°07.4'E14°05.1'S141°54.2'E13°20.3'S142°01.0'E 1.050 66° 119° 167 km 04m28.7s
01:0812°43.3'S142°50.1'E14°13.5'S142°37.9'E13°28.5'S142°44.2'E 1.050 67° 120° 168 km 04m31.0s
01:1012°50.7'S143°32.4'E14°21.3'S143°21.2'E13°36.0'S143°27.0'E 1.050 68° 121° 168 km 04m33.2s
01:1212°57.4'S144°14.2'E14°28.4'S144°04.0'E13°42.9'S144°09.3'E 1.050 69° 122° 169 km 04m35.2s
01:1413°03.5'S144°55.7'E14°34.8'S144°46.5'E13°49.2'S144°51.2'E 1.050 70° 123° 169 km 04m37.1s
01:1613°08.9'S145°36.7'E14°40.6'S145°28.5'E13°54.8'S145°32.8'E 1.051 72° 124° 170 km 04m38.9s
01:1813°13.8'S146°17.4'E14°45.8'S146°10.3'E13°59.8'S146°14.0'E 1.051 72° 126° 170 km 04m40.6s
01:2013°18.1'S146°57.8'E14°50.3'S146°51.7'E14°04.2'S146°54.9'E 1.051 73° 128° 170 km 04m42.1s
01:2213°21.8'S147°37.9'E14°54.2'S147°32.8'E14°08.0'S147°35.5'E 1.051 74° 130° 171 km 04m43.5s
01:2413°24.9'S148°17.7'E14°57.5'S148°13.7'E14°11.3'S148°15.8'E 1.051 75° 132° 171 km 04m44.8s
01:2613°27.5'S148°57.3'E15°00.3'S148°54.3'E14°13.9'S148°55.9'E 1.051 76° 135° 171 km 04m46.0s
01:2813°29.5'S149°36.6'E15°02.4'S149°34.8'E14°16.0'S149°35.8'E 1.051 77° 138° 171 km 04m47.1s
01:3013°30.9'S150°15.8'E15°03.9'S150°15.0'E14°17.4'S150°15.4'E 1.051 78° 141° 172 km 04m48.0s
01:3213°31.8'S150°54.7'E15°04.9'S150°55.0'E14°18.4'S150°54.9'E 1.051 78° 145° 172 km 04m48.8s
01:3413°32.1'S151°33.6'E15°05.3'S151°34.9'E14°18.7'S151°34.3'E 1.051 79° 149° 172 km 04m49.4s
01:3613°31.9'S152°12.3'E15°05.1'S152°14.7'E14°18.5'S152°13.5'E 1.051 80° 154° 172 km 04m49.9s
01:3813°31.1'S152°50.8'E15°04.4'S152°54.3'E14°17.8'S152°52.6'E 1.051 80° 160° 172 km 04m50.3s
01:4013°29.8'S153°29.3'E15°03.1'S153°33.9'E14°16.5'S153°31.6'E 1.051 80° 166° 172 km 04m50.6s
01:4213°28.0'S154°07.7'E15°01.2'S154°13.3'E14°14.6'S154°10.5'E 1.051 80° 172° 172 km 04m50.7s
01:4413°25.6'S154°46.1'E14°58.7'S154°52.8'E14°12.2'S154°49.4'E 1.051 80° 178° 172 km 04m50.7s
01:4613°22.7'S155°24.4'E14°55.7'S155°32.2'E14°09.2'S155°28.3'E 1.051 80° 184° 172 km 04m50.6s
01:4813°19.3'S156°02.8'E14°52.2'S156°11.5'E14°05.7'S156°07.1'E 1.051 80° 191° 172 km 04m50.3s
01:5013°15.3'S156°41.1'E14°48.0'S156°50.9'E14°01.7'S156°45.9'E 1.051 80° 196° 172 km 04m49.9s
01:5213°10.7'S157°19.5'E14°43.3'S157°30.3'E13°57.1'S157°24.8'E 1.051 79° 202° 172 km 04m49.4s
01:5413°05.7'S157°57.9'E14°38.1'S158°09.7'E13°51.9'S158°03.7'E 1.051 79° 207° 172 km 04m48.8s
01:5613°00.1'S158°36.3'E14°32.2'S158°49.2'E13°46.2'S158°42.7'E 1.051 78° 211° 172 km 04m48.0s
01:5812°53.9'S159°14.9'E14°25.8'S159°28.8'E13°39.9'S159°21.7'E 1.051 78° 215° 171 km 04m47.1s
02:0012°47.2'S159°53.6'E14°18.8'S160°08.4'E13°33.0'S160°00.9'E 1.051 77° 218° 171 km 04m46.1s
02:0212°39.9'S160°32.4'E14°11.3'S160°48.2'E13°25.6'S160°40.2'E 1.051 76° 221° 171 km 04m44.9s
02:0412°32.1'S161°11.4'E14°03.1'S161°28.2'E13°17.7'S161°19.6'E 1.051 75° 224° 171 km 04m43.6s
02:0612°23.7'S161°50.5'E13°54.4'S162°08.3'E13°09.1'S161°59.3'E 1.051 74° 226° 170 km 04m42.2s
02:0812°14.7'S162°29.9'E13°45.1'S162°48.6'E12°59.9'S162°39.1'E 1.051 73° 228° 170 km 04m40.7s
02:1012°05.2'S163°09.5'E13°35.1'S163°29.1'E12°50.2'S163°19.1'E 1.051 72° 230° 169 km 04m39.1s
02:1211°55.1'S163°49.4'E13°24.6'S164°09.8'E12°39.9'S163°59.4'E 1.051 71° 231° 169 km 04m37.3s
02:1411°44.3'S164°29.5'E13°13.4'S164°50.9'E12°28.9'S164°40.0'E 1.050 70° 233° 169 km 04m35.4s
02:1611°33.0'S165°10.0'E13°01.6'S165°32.2'E12°17.4'S165°20.9'E 1.050 69° 234° 168 km 04m33.4s
02:1811°21.0'S165°50.8'E12°49.2'S166°13.9'E12°05.2'S166°02.2'E 1.050 68° 235° 168 km 04m31.3s
02:2011°08.4'S166°32.1'E12°36.1'S166°55.9'E11°52.3'S166°43.8'E 1.050 67° 236° 167 km 04m29.1s
02:2210°55.2'S167°13.7'E12°22.3'S167°38.4'E11°38.8'S167°25.8'E 1.050 66° 237° 167 km 04m26.8s
02:2410°41.3'S167°55.8'E12°07.8'S168°21.3'E11°24.6'S168°08.3'E 1.050 65° 238° 166 km 04m24.4s
02:2610°26.7'S168°38.4'E11°52.7'S169°04.7'E11°09.8'S168°51.3'E 1.050 64° 238° 165 km 04m21.8s
02:2810°11.4'S169°21.6'E11°36.8'S169°48.6'E10°54.2'S169°34.8'E 1.049 63° 239° 165 km 04m19.2s
02:3009°55.4'S170°05.4'E11°20.2'S170°33.1'E10°37.9'S170°19.0'E 1.049 61° 239° 164 km 04m16.4s
02:3209°38.6'S170°49.8'E11°02.8'S171°18.2'E10°20.8'S171°03.7'E 1.049 60° 240° 163 km 04m13.5s
02:3409°21.1'S171°34.9'E10°44.7'S172°04.0'E10°03.0'S171°49.2'E 1.049 59° 240° 163 km 04m10.6s
02:3609°02.8'S172°20.8'E10°25.7'S172°50.6'E09°44.3'S172°35.4'E 1.049 58° 240° 162 km 04m07.5s
02:3808°43.7'S173°07.6'E10°05.8'S173°38.0'E09°24.9'S173°22.5'E 1.048 57° 241° 161 km 04m04.3s
02:4008°23.6'S173°55.3'E09°45.1'S174°26.3'E09°04.5'S174°10.5'E 1.048 55° 241° 160 km 04m01.0s
02:4208°02.7'S174°44.0'E09°23.5'S175°15.6'E08°43.2'S174°59.5'E 1.048 54° 241° 160 km 03m57.7s
02:4407°40.9'S175°33.8'E09°00.8'S176°05.9'E08°21.0'S175°49.6'E 1.048 53° 242° 159 km 03m54.2s
02:4607°18.0'S176°24.9'E08°37.2'S176°57.5'E07°57.7'S176°40.9'E 1.047 51° 242° 158 km 03m50.6s
02:4806°54.1'S177°17.2'E08°12.5'S177°50.4'E07°33.4'S177°33.5'E 1.047 50° 242° 157 km 03m46.9s
02:5006°29.0'S178°11.1'E07°46.6'S178°44.7'E07°08.0'S178°27.6'E 1.047 48° 242° 156 km 03m43.1s
02:5206°02.8'S179°06.6'E07°19.5'S179°40.6'E06°41.3'S179°23.3'E 1.046 47° 242° 155 km 03m39.2s
02:5405°35.2'S179°56.1'W06°51.1'S179°21.6'W06°13.3'S179°39.2'W 1.046 45° 242° 154 km 03m35.2s
02:5605°06.3'S178°56.8'W06°21.3'S178°21.9'W05°44.0'S178°39.7'W 1.046 44° 242° 152 km 03m31.1s
02:5804°35.9'S177°55.1'W05°50.0'S177°19.9'W05°13.1'S177°37.9'W 1.045 42° 242° 151 km 03m26.8s
03:0004°03.8'S176°50.9'W05°16.9'S176°15.3'W04°40.6'S176°33.5'W 1.045 41° 243° 150 km 03m22.4s
03:0203°29.9'S175°43.7'W04°42.1'S175°07.9'W04°06.2'S175°26.2'W 1.045 39° 243° 149 km 03m17.9s
03:0402°54.0'S174°33.1'W04°05.2'S173°57.0'W03°29.8'S174°15.5'W 1.044 37° 243° 147 km 03m13.2s
03:0602°15.8'S173°18.6'W03°25.9'S172°42.3'W02°51.1'S173°00.8'W 1.044 35° 243° 146 km 03m08.4s
03:0801°35.1'S171°59.4'W02°44.0'S171°22.9'W02°09.8'S171°41.6'W 1.043 33° 243° 144 km 03m03.3s
03:1000°51.3'S170°34.7'W01°59.0'S169°58.1'W01°25.4'S170°16.8'W 1.043 31° 243° 142 km 02m58.1s
03:1200°03.9'S169°03.2'W01°10.4'S168°26.5'W00°37.4'S168°45.3'W 1.042 29° 243° 140 km 02m52.6s
03:1400°47.9'N167°23.3'W00°17.3'S166°46.5'W00°15.0'N167°05.4'W 1.041 27° 243° 138 km 02m46.8s
03:1601°45.2'N165°32.3'W00°41.4'N164°55.5'W01°13.0'N165°14.4'W 1.041 24° 243° 136 km 02m40.6s
03:1802°49.8'N163°26.4'W01°47.7'N162°49.6'W02°18.4'N163°08.6'W 1.040 22° 243° 133 km 02m33.9s
03:2004°04.9'N160°58.4'W03°04.6'N160°21.7'W03°34.4'N160°40.7'W 1.039 18° 244° 130 km 02m26.5s
03:2205°37.1'N157°53.7'W04°39.1'N157°16.9'W05°07.7'N157°36.1'W 1.038 14° 244° 126 km 02m17.8s
03:2407°46.8'N153°26.5'W06°52.2'N152°49.0'W07°18.9'N153°09.0'W 1.036 244° 121 km 02m06.4s
Limits11°30.3'N145°17.7'W10°35.6'N144°52.3'W11°02.9'N145°05.0'W 1.033 - 111 km 01m49.0s

ΔT = 43956.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:56:28.201:43:51.714°12.4'S028°52.5'W 80.5° 177.7° 172.2 km04m50.73s
Greatest Duration13:55:37.501:43:01.014°13.5'S154°30.3'E 80.5° 175.0° 172.2 km04m50.74s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1898 Dec 29 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 43956.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3310.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.83°.

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

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