Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1904 May 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1904 May 12 . 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 -1904 May 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits01°16.7'N046°09.4'E00°12.1'S046°52.1'E00°32.2'N046°30.8'E 1.045 - 177 km 02m21.7s
02:46 - - 01°32.3'N053°22.0'E01°00.1'N048°24.6'E 1.046 77° 180 km 02m25.3s
02:4803°30.9'N053°54.1'E03°19.4'N058°31.4'E03°28.1'N056°23.9'E 1.049 11° 77° 195 km 02m42.8s
02:5005°07.2'N058°11.4'E04°39.0'N061°44.9'E04°54.4'N060°02.5'E 1.050 15° 78° 201 km 02m51.9s
02:5206°23.8'N061°07.8'E05°48.0'N064°14.4'E06°06.7'N062°43.7'E 1.051 18° 78° 207 km 02m59.2s
02:5407°31.3'N063°27.7'E06°50.8'N066°18.7'E07°11.7'N064°55.1'E 1.052 21° 79° 211 km 03m05.4s
02:5608°33.4'N065°25.7'E07°49.5'N068°06.3'E08°11.9'N066°47.4'E 1.053 24° 79° 214 km 03m11.0s
02:5809°31.6'N067°08.6'E08°45.0'N069°41.8'E09°08.7'N068°26.4'E 1.053 26° 80° 217 km 03m16.1s
03:0010°26.9'N068°40.5'E09°38.2'N071°08.0'E10°02.9'N069°55.3'E 1.054 28° 80° 220 km 03m20.8s
03:0211°19.9'N070°03.9'E10°29.4'N072°26.9'E10°55.0'N071°16.3'E 1.054 30° 81° 222 km 03m25.2s
03:0412°11.1'N071°20.4'E11°19.0'N073°39.9'E11°45.4'N072°30.9'E 1.055 32° 82° 224 km 03m29.4s
03:0613°00.7'N072°31.3'E12°07.3'N074°47.8'E12°34.3'N073°40.3'E 1.055 34° 82° 225 km 03m33.3s
03:0813°49.0'N073°37.5'E12°54.4'N075°51.6'E13°22.0'N074°45.3'E 1.056 35° 83° 227 km 03m37.1s
03:1014°36.2'N074°39.8'E13°40.4'N076°51.8'E14°08.6'N075°46.5'E 1.056 37° 84° 228 km 03m40.7s
03:1215°22.5'N075°38.7'E14°25.6'N077°48.8'E14°54.2'N076°44.4'E 1.057 38° 85° 229 km 03m44.1s
03:1416°07.8'N076°34.6'E15°09.9'N078°43.2'E15°39.0'N077°39.5'E 1.057 40° 86° 230 km 03m47.4s
03:1616°52.3'N077°28.0'E15°53.5'N079°35.1'E16°23.1'N078°32.1'E 1.057 41° 87° 231 km 03m50.5s
03:1817°36.2'N078°19.1'E16°36.4'N080°25.0'E17°06.5'N079°22.6'E 1.058 42° 88° 231 km 03m53.5s
03:2018°19.4'N079°08.2'E17°18.7'N081°13.0'E17°49.2'N080°11.1'E 1.058 44° 89° 232 km 03m56.4s
03:2219°02.0'N079°55.5'E18°00.5'N081°59.3'E18°31.4'N080°57.9'E 1.058 45° 90° 232 km 03m59.2s
03:2419°44.1'N080°41.3'E18°41.7'N082°44.1'E19°13.0'N081°43.2'E 1.058 46° 91° 233 km 04m01.8s
03:2620°25.7'N081°25.7'E19°22.5'N083°27.7'E19°54.2'N082°27.2'E 1.059 47° 92° 233 km 04m04.4s
03:2821°06.8'N082°08.8'E20°02.8'N084°10.0'E20°35.0'N083°09.9'E 1.059 48° 93° 233 km 04m06.8s
03:3021°47.6'N082°50.8'E20°42.8'N084°51.3'E21°15.3'N083°51.5'E 1.059 49° 95° 233 km 04m09.2s
03:3222°27.9'N083°31.9'E21°22.3'N085°31.7'E21°55.2'N084°32.2'E 1.059 50° 96° 233 km 04m11.4s
03:3423°07.9'N084°12.0'E22°01.5'N086°11.2'E22°34.8'N085°12.1'E 1.059 51° 97° 233 km 04m13.6s
03:3623°47.5'N084°51.4'E22°40.4'N086°50.0'E23°14.1'N085°51.2'E 1.060 52° 99° 233 km 04m15.7s
03:3824°26.9'N085°30.2'E23°18.9'N087°28.2'E23°53.0'N086°29.6'E 1.060 53° 100° 233 km 04m17.6s
03:4025°05.9'N086°08.3'E23°57.2'N088°05.8'E24°31.6'N087°07.5'E 1.060 54° 102° 232 km 04m19.5s
03:4225°44.6'N086°45.9'E24°35.1'N088°42.9'E25°10.0'N087°44.8'E 1.060 55° 104° 232 km 04m21.3s
03:4426°23.1'N087°23.1'E25°12.8'N089°19.5'E25°48.1'N088°21.8'E 1.060 56° 105° 232 km 04m23.1s
03:4627°01.4'N088°00.0'E25°50.3'N089°55.9'E26°25.9'N088°58.4'E 1.060 57° 107° 231 km 04m24.7s
03:4827°39.4'N088°36.5'E26°27.5'N090°31.9'E27°03.5'N089°34.6'E 1.061 57° 109° 231 km 04m26.2s
03:5028°17.2'N089°12.9'E27°04.4'N091°07.7'E27°40.9'N090°10.7'E 1.061 58° 111° 231 km 04m27.7s
03:5228°54.8'N089°49.0'E27°41.2'N091°43.3'E28°18.0'N090°46.6'E 1.061 59° 113° 230 km 04m29.0s
03:5429°32.2'N090°25.0'E28°17.7'N092°18.9'E28°55.0'N091°22.4'E 1.061 59° 115° 230 km 04m30.3s
03:5630°09.3'N091°01.0'E28°54.1'N092°54.3'E29°31.8'N091°58.1'E 1.061 60° 117° 229 km 04m31.5s
03:5830°46.3'N091°37.0'E29°30.2'N093°29.8'E30°08.3'N092°33.8'E 1.061 61° 120° 229 km 04m32.6s
04:0031°23.2'N092°13.1'E30°06.2'N094°05.3'E30°44.7'N093°09.6'E 1.061 61° 122° 228 km 04m33.7s
04:0231°59.8'N092°49.3'E30°42.0'N094°40.9'E31°20.9'N093°45.5'E 1.061 61° 124° 228 km 04m34.6s
04:0432°36.3'N093°25.6'E31°17.6'N095°16.6'E31°57.0'N094°21.5'E 1.061 62° 127° 227 km 04m35.5s
04:0633°12.7'N094°02.2'E31°53.0'N095°52.5'E32°32.9'N094°57.8'E 1.061 62° 129° 227 km 04m36.3s
04:0833°48.9'N094°39.0'E32°28.3'N096°28.7'E33°08.6'N095°34.3'E 1.061 63° 132° 226 km 04m37.0s
04:1034°24.9'N095°16.2'E33°03.4'N097°05.2'E33°44.2'N096°11.1'E 1.061 63° 135° 226 km 04m37.6s
04:1235°00.8'N095°53.7'E33°38.4'N097°42.0'E34°19.6'N096°48.3'E 1.061 63° 138° 225 km 04m38.1s
04:1435°36.6'N096°31.7'E34°13.2'N098°19.3'E34°54.9'N097°25.9'E 1.061 63° 140° 225 km 04m38.5s
04:1636°12.2'N097°10.2'E34°47.8'N098°57.0'E35°30.0'N098°04.0'E 1.061 63° 143° 224 km 04m38.8s
04:1836°47.7'N097°49.3'E35°22.4'N099°35.1'E36°05.0'N098°42.6'E 1.061 63° 146° 224 km 04m39.1s
04:2037°23.1'N098°28.9'E35°56.7'N100°13.9'E36°39.8'N099°21.8'E 1.061 63° 149° 223 km 04m39.3s
04:2237°58.3'N099°09.2'E36°30.9'N100°53.2'E37°14.5'N100°01.6'E 1.061 63° 152° 223 km 04m39.3s
04:2438°33.4'N099°50.3'E37°05.0'N101°33.2'E37°49.1'N100°42.2'E 1.061 63° 155° 222 km 04m39.3s
04:2639°08.3'N100°32.1'E37°38.9'N102°14.0'E38°23.5'N101°23.4'E 1.061 63° 158° 222 km 04m39.2s
04:2839°43.1'N101°14.8'E38°12.7'N102°55.5'E38°57.8'N102°05.5'E 1.061 63° 160° 221 km 04m39.0s
04:3040°17.8'N101°58.4'E38°46.3'N103°37.8'E39°32.0'N102°48.5'E 1.061 63° 163° 220 km 04m38.7s
04:3240°52.4'N102°43.1'E39°19.7'N104°21.1'E40°05.9'N103°32.5'E 1.061 62° 166° 220 km 04m38.4s
04:3441°26.7'N103°28.8'E39°53.0'N105°05.3'E40°39.8'N104°17.4'E 1.061 62° 169° 219 km 04m37.9s
04:3642°01.0'N104°15.6'E40°26.2'N105°50.6'E41°13.5'N105°03.5'E 1.061 62° 172° 219 km 04m37.3s
04:3842°35.1'N105°03.7'E40°59.1'N106°37.0'E41°47.0'N105°50.7'E 1.061 61° 174° 218 km 04m36.7s
04:4043°09.0'N105°53.1'E41°31.9'N107°24.6'E42°20.3'N106°39.2'E 1.061 61° 177° 218 km 04m35.9s
04:4243°42.7'N106°43.9'E42°04.6'N108°13.5'E42°53.5'N107°29.0'E 1.061 60° 180° 217 km 04m35.0s
04:4444°16.3'N107°36.2'E42°37.0'N109°03.8'E43°26.5'N108°20.3'E 1.061 60° 182° 216 km 04m34.1s
04:4644°49.7'N108°30.1'E43°09.2'N109°55.5'E43°59.3'N109°13.1'E 1.060 59° 185° 216 km 04m33.0s
04:4845°22.8'N109°25.7'E43°41.3'N110°48.7'E44°31.9'N110°07.5'E 1.060 58° 187° 215 km 04m31.9s
04:5045°55.8'N110°23.2'E44°13.1'N111°43.6'E45°04.2'N111°03.6'E 1.060 58° 190° 215 km 04m30.6s
04:5246°28.5'N111°22.6'E44°44.6'N112°40.2'E45°36.3'N112°01.6'E 1.060 57° 192° 214 km 04m29.3s
04:5447°00.9'N112°24.1'E45°15.9'N113°38.7'E46°08.2'N113°01.6'E 1.060 56° 195° 213 km 04m27.8s
04:5647°33.1'N113°27.8'E45°47.0'N114°39.2'E46°39.8'N114°03.7'E 1.060 55° 197° 213 km 04m26.2s
04:5848°05.0'N114°33.9'E46°17.8'N115°41.9'E47°11.1'N115°08.0'E 1.060 55° 200° 212 km 04m24.5s
05:0048°36.5'N115°42.5'E46°48.2'N116°46.8'E47°42.1'N116°14.7'E 1.059 54° 202° 212 km 04m22.8s
05:0249°07.7'N116°53.8'E47°18.3'N117°54.1'E48°12.7'N117°23.9'E 1.059 53° 204° 211 km 04m20.9s
05:0449°38.5'N118°08.0'E47°48.1'N119°03.9'E48°43.0'N118°35.9'E 1.059 52° 207° 210 km 04m18.9s
05:0650°08.8'N119°25.3'E48°17.4'N120°16.6'E49°12.8'N119°50.8'E 1.059 51° 209° 210 km 04m16.7s
05:0850°38.7'N120°46.0'E48°46.3'N121°32.1'E49°42.2'N121°08.8'E 1.059 50° 211° 209 km 04m14.5s
05:1051°08.1'N122°10.1'E49°14.8'N122°50.9'E50°11.1'N122°30.2'E 1.058 49° 213° 208 km 04m12.2s
05:1251°36.9'N123°38.1'E49°42.7'N124°13.0'E50°39.5'N123°55.1'E 1.058 48° 216° 208 km 04m09.7s
05:1452°05.0'N125°10.2'E50°10.0'N125°38.7'E51°07.2'N125°23.9'E 1.058 47° 218° 207 km 04m07.1s
05:1652°32.4'N126°46.7'E50°36.7'N127°08.3'E51°34.2'N126°56.9'E 1.058 45° 220° 206 km 04m04.4s
05:1852°59.0'N128°27.9'E51°02.7'N128°42.1'E52°00.5'N128°34.2'E 1.057 44° 223° 205 km 04m01.5s
05:2053°24.7'N130°14.3'E51°27.9'N130°20.4'E52°26.0'N130°16.4'E 1.057 43° 225° 205 km 03m58.5s
05:2253°49.4'N132°06.3'E51°52.2'N132°03.6'E52°50.5'N132°03.9'E 1.057 42° 228° 204 km 03m55.4s
05:2454°12.9'N134°04.3'E52°15.5'N133°52.1'E53°13.9'N133°56.9'E 1.056 40° 230° 203 km 03m52.1s
05:2654°35.2'N136°09.0'E52°37.7'N135°46.4'E53°36.2'N135°56.2'E 1.056 39° 233° 202 km 03m48.7s
05:2854°56.0'N138°20.8'E52°58.7'N137°47.1'E53°57.1'N138°02.2'E 1.056 38° 235° 201 km 03m45.1s
05:3055°15.1'N140°40.6'E53°18.3'N139°54.7'E54°16.4'N140°15.7'E 1.055 36° 238° 200 km 03m41.3s
05:3255°32.2'N143°09.3'E53°36.2'N142°10.0'E54°34.0'N142°37.4'E 1.055 35° 241° 199 km 03m37.4s
05:3455°47.1'N145°47.9'E53°52.2'N144°33.9'E54°49.5'N145°08.3'E 1.054 33° 243° 198 km 03m33.2s
05:3655°59.4'N148°37.7'E54°06.1'N147°07.4'E55°02.7'N147°49.6'E 1.054 31° 246° 197 km 03m28.8s
05:3856°08.4'N151°40.3'E54°17.4'N149°52.0'E55°12.9'N150°42.7'E 1.053 29° 250° 196 km 03m24.2s
05:4056°13.7'N154°58.0'E54°25.6'N152°49.4'E55°19.8'N153°49.8'E 1.053 27° 253° 195 km 03m19.3s
05:4256°14.3'N158°33.8'E54°30.1'N156°02.0'E55°22.5'N157°13.4'E 1.052 25° 256° 193 km 03m14.0s
05:4456°08.8'N162°32.3'E54°29.9'N159°33.2'E55°19.9'N160°57.5'E 1.051 23° 260° 192 km 03m08.3s
05:4655°55.1'N167°01.0'E54°23.7'N163°28.1'E55°10.3'N165°08.1'E 1.051 20° 264° 190 km 03m02.0s
05:4855°29.6'N172°13.6'E54°09.1'N167°55.4'E54°50.8'N169°56.2'E 1.050 17° 269° 188 km 02m54.9s
05:5054°43.4'N178°42.8'E53°41.7'N173°12.0'E54°15.4'N175°44.5'E 1.049 13° 274° 185 km 02m46.5s
05:5252°59.6'N171°06.9'W52°50.5'N179°56.7'W53°05.8'N176°14.7'W 1.047 281° 181 km 02m35.3s
Limits51°11.9'N163°08.5'W49°49.0'N164°19.8'W50°30.4'N163°44.7'W 1.044 - 174 km 02m18.7s

ΔT = 44113.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:34:55.304:19:41.836°34.6'N085°02.8'W 63.4° 148.4° 223.3 km04m39.25s
Greatest Duration16:37:56.404:22:42.937°26.9'N100°16.0'E 63.4° 152.8° 222.5 km04m39.35s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1904 May 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1904 May 12 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 44113.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3337.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 13.94°.

Acknowledgments

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

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