Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1820 Mar 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1820 Mar 14 . 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 1820 Mar 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits74°20.1'S102°32.3'W75°48.4'S103°59.3'W75°04.0'S103°14.0'W 1.034 - 169 km 01m50.6s
12:2674°09.0'S073°52.3'W - - 75°21.0'S087°49.8'W 1.035 84° 172 km 01m57.7s
12:2872°52.7'S059°09.6'W75°43.4'S073°21.6'W74°18.2'S064°45.6'W 1.037 10° 62° 177 km 02m09.4s
12:3071°32.0'S049°55.9'W74°24.3'S057°24.9'W72°56.5'S053°04.1'W 1.039 14° 50° 180 km 02m16.6s
12:3270°12.4'S043°13.6'W72°59.4'S047°35.3'W71°34.1'S045°05.7'W 1.039 17° 41° 182 km 02m22.4s
12:3468°55.3'S038°00.6'W71°35.7'S040°34.2'W70°13.8'S039°06.8'W 1.040 19° 35° 184 km 02m27.3s
12:3667°40.7'S033°46.5'W70°14.7'S035°11.0'W68°56.2'S034°22.4'W 1.041 21° 30° 185 km 02m31.7s
12:3866°28.7'S030°14.0'W68°56.7'S030°51.4'W67°41.3'S030°29.0'W 1.041 23° 25° 187 km 02m35.7s
12:4065°19.1'S027°12.4'W67°41.7'S027°16.3'W66°29.2'S027°12.1'W 1.042 24° 22° 188 km 02m39.4s
12:4264°11.7'S024°34.3'W66°29.3'S024°13.5'W65°19.4'S024°22.7'W 1.042 26° 18° 189 km 02m42.7s
12:4463°06.4'S022°14.8'W65°19.4'S021°35.4'W64°11.9'S021°54.5'W 1.043 27° 15° 190 km 02m45.9s
12:4662°02.9'S020°10.2'W64°11.8'S019°16.5'W63°06.5'S019°43.2'W 1.043 29° 12° 191 km 02m48.8s
12:4861°01.1'S018°17.9'W63°06.2'S017°12.9'W62°02.9'S017°45.6'W 1.043 30° 193 km 02m51.5s
12:5060°00.9'S016°35.7'W62°02.5'S015°21.8'W61°01.0'S015°59.2'W 1.044 31° 194 km 02m54.1s
12:5259°02.1'S015°02.1'W61°00.5'S013°41.0'W60°00.7'S014°22.1'W 1.044 32° 195 km 02m56.5s
12:5458°04.7'S013°35.8'W60°00.1'S012°08.8'W59°01.8'S012°53.0'W 1.044 33° 196 km 02m58.7s
12:5657°08.4'S012°15.8'W59°01.1'S010°43.9'W58°04.2'S011°30.6'W 1.044 34° 360° 197 km 03m00.9s
12:5856°13.4'S011°01.2'W58°03.4'S009°25.3'W57°07.9'S010°14.0'W 1.045 35° 358° 198 km 03m02.9s
13:0055°19.4'S009°51.2'W57°07.0'S008°12.0'W56°12.7'S009°02.4'W 1.045 36° 356° 199 km 03m04.7s
13:0254°26.3'S008°45.4'W56°11.7'S007°03.4'W55°18.6'S007°55.2'W 1.045 37° 353° 200 km 03m06.5s
13:0453°34.2'S007°43.2'W55°17.5'S005°58.8'W54°25.5'S006°51.8'W 1.045 38° 351° 201 km 03m08.1s
13:0652°43.0'S006°44.3'W54°24.2'S004°57.8'W53°33.3'S005°51.8'W 1.045 38° 349° 202 km 03m09.6s
13:0851°52.6'S005°48.1'W53°31.9'S004°00.0'W52°41.9'S004°54.8'W 1.046 39° 347° 203 km 03m11.0s
13:1051°02.9'S004°54.5'W52°40.5'S003°04.9'W51°51.4'S004°00.5'W 1.046 40° 345° 205 km 03m12.3s
13:1250°14.0'S004°03.2'W51°49.8'S002°12.2'W51°01.6'S003°08.5'W 1.046 40° 344° 206 km 03m13.5s
13:1449°25.7'S003°13.8'W51°00.0'S001°21.8'W50°12.6'S002°18.6'W 1.046 41° 342° 207 km 03m14.6s
13:1648°38.1'S002°26.3'W50°10.8'S000°33.3'W49°24.2'S001°30.5'W 1.046 41° 340° 208 km 03m15.6s
13:1847°51.1'S001°40.3'W49°22.3'S000°13.5'E48°36.5'S000°44.2'W 1.046 42° 338° 209 km 03m16.5s
13:2047°04.6'S000°55.8'W48°34.5'S000°58.8'E47°49.3'S000°00.7'E 1.046 42° 336° 210 km 03m17.3s
13:2246°18.7'S000°12.6'W47°47.2'S001°42.7'E47°02.8'S000°44.3'E 1.046 42° 334° 211 km 03m18.0s
13:2445°33.3'S000°29.6'E47°00.6'S002°25.5'E46°16.7'S001°26.8'E 1.046 43° 332° 212 km 03m18.6s
13:2644°48.4'S001°10.7'E46°14.4'S003°07.1'E45°31.2'S002°08.2'E 1.047 43° 330° 213 km 03m19.1s
13:2844°03.9'S001°50.9'E45°28.8'S003°47.9'E44°46.2'S002°48.7'E 1.047 43° 328° 215 km 03m19.5s
13:3043°19.9'S002°30.4'E44°43.7'S004°27.8'E44°01.6'S003°28.4'E 1.047 43° 327° 216 km 03m19.8s
13:3242°36.2'S003°09.2'E43°59.0'S005°07.0'E43°17.5'S004°07.4'E 1.047 44° 325° 217 km 03m20.1s
13:3441°53.0'S003°47.5'E43°14.7'S005°45.7'E42°33.8'S004°45.9'E 1.047 44° 323° 218 km 03m20.2s
13:3641°10.2'S004°25.3'E42°30.9'S006°23.9'E41°50.4'S005°23.9'E 1.047 44° 321° 219 km 03m20.3s
13:3840°27.7'S005°02.7'E41°47.5'S007°01.7'E41°07.5'S006°01.5'E 1.047 44° 319° 220 km 03m20.2s
13:4039°45.5'S005°39.8'E41°04.4'S007°39.2'E40°24.9'S006°38.8'E 1.047 44° 317° 221 km 03m20.1s
13:4239°03.7'S006°16.7'E40°21.7'S008°16.4'E39°42.6'S007°15.9'E 1.047 44° 316° 223 km 03m19.9s
13:4438°22.2'S006°53.4'E39°39.3'S008°53.6'E39°00.7'S007°52.8'E 1.047 43° 314° 224 km 03m19.6s
13:4637°40.9'S007°30.1'E38°57.3'S009°30.7'E38°19.0'S008°29.8'E 1.047 43° 312° 225 km 03m19.2s
13:4837°00.0'S008°06.9'E38°15.5'S010°07.8'E37°37.7'S009°06.7'E 1.046 43° 310° 226 km 03m18.7s
13:5036°19.3'S008°43.7'E37°34.0'S010°45.1'E36°56.6'S009°43.7'E 1.046 43° 309° 227 km 03m18.1s
13:5235°38.8'S009°20.7'E36°52.8'S011°22.5'E36°15.8'S010°21.0'E 1.046 43° 307° 228 km 03m17.5s
13:5434°58.6'S009°58.0'E36°11.9'S012°00.3'E35°35.2'S010°58.5'E 1.046 42° 305° 229 km 03m16.7s
13:5634°18.6'S010°35.6'E35°31.2'S012°38.4'E34°54.9'S011°36.4'E 1.046 42° 304° 230 km 03m15.9s
13:5833°38.8'S011°13.7'E34°50.7'S013°17.0'E34°14.8'S012°14.7'E 1.046 41° 302° 231 km 03m14.9s
14:0032°59.2'S011°52.2'E34°10.4'S013°56.2'E33°34.8'S012°53.6'E 1.046 41° 301° 231 km 03m13.9s
14:0232°19.8'S012°31.4'E33°30.4'S014°36.0'E32°55.1'S013°33.1'E 1.046 40° 299° 232 km 03m12.7s
14:0431°40.6'S013°11.3'E32°50.5'S015°16.6'E32°15.6'S014°13.3'E 1.046 40° 298° 233 km 03m11.5s
14:0631°01.5'S013°52.0'E32°10.8'S015°58.1'E31°36.2'S014°54.4'E 1.045 39° 296° 233 km 03m10.1s
14:0830°22.6'S014°33.6'E31°31.2'S016°40.6'E30°57.0'S015°36.4'E 1.045 39° 295° 234 km 03m08.7s
14:1029°43.8'S015°16.3'E30°51.8'S017°24.3'E30°17.9'S016°19.6'E 1.045 38° 293° 234 km 03m07.2s
14:1229°05.2'S016°00.2'E30°12.5'S018°09.2'E29°38.9'S017°04.0'E 1.045 37° 292° 234 km 03m05.5s
14:1428°26.6'S016°45.4'E29°33.4'S018°55.6'E29°00.1'S017°49.7'E 1.045 36° 290° 235 km 03m03.7s
14:1627°48.2'S017°32.1'E28°54.3'S019°43.7'E28°21.3'S018°37.1'E 1.045 36° 289° 234 km 03m01.9s
14:1827°09.8'S018°20.5'E28°15.3'S020°33.6'E27°42.6'S019°26.2'E 1.044 35° 288° 234 km 02m59.9s
14:2026°31.5'S019°10.8'E27°36.4'S021°25.6'E27°04.0'S020°17.4'E 1.044 34° 287° 234 km 02m57.7s
14:2225°53.3'S020°03.3'E26°57.5'S022°20.0'E26°25.5'S021°10.8'E 1.044 33° 285° 233 km 02m55.5s
14:2425°15.1'S020°58.2'E26°18.6'S023°17.2'E25°47.0'S022°06.8'E 1.043 32° 284° 232 km 02m53.1s
14:2624°36.9'S021°55.9'E25°39.7'S024°17.6'E25°08.5'S023°05.8'E 1.043 30° 283° 231 km 02m50.5s
14:2823°58.7'S022°56.9'E25°00.8'S025°21.6'E24°29.9'S024°08.2'E 1.043 29° 282° 229 km 02m47.8s
14:3023°20.5'S024°01.6'E24°21.8'S026°29.9'E23°51.3'S025°14.6'E 1.042 28° 281° 227 km 02m44.9s
14:3222°42.2'S025°10.7'E23°42.7'S027°43.4'E23°12.7'S026°25.7'E 1.042 27° 279° 225 km 02m41.8s
14:3422°03.9'S026°25.0'E23°03.4'S029°03.0'E22°33.9'S027°42.5'E 1.041 25° 278° 222 km 02m38.5s
14:3621°25.3'S027°45.5'E22°23.9'S030°30.3'E21°54.9'S029°06.2'E 1.041 23° 277° 219 km 02m35.0s
14:3820°46.6'S029°14.0'E21°44.1'S032°07.4'E21°15.6'S030°38.7'E 1.040 22° 276° 216 km 02m31.1s
14:4020°07.5'S030°52.3'E21°03.7'S033°57.6'E20°35.9'S032°22.4'E 1.040 20° 275° 211 km 02m26.8s
14:4219°28.1'S032°44.0'E20°22.5'S036°06.4'E19°55.7'S034°21.7'E 1.039 17° 274° 206 km 02m22.1s
14:4418°47.9'S034°54.7'E19°40.1'S038°44.7'E19°14.5'S036°44.2'E 1.038 15° 273° 200 km 02m16.6s
14:4618°06.6'S037°35.6'E18°55.1'S042°21.0'E18°31.7'S039°46.8'E 1.037 11° 271° 192 km 02m10.0s
14:4817°23.1'S041°16.5'E - - 17°44.8'S044°30.1'E 1.036 269° 180 km 02m00.4s
Limits16°28.8'S050°34.8'E17°57.6'S051°08.0'E17°12.9'S050°51.2'E 1.034 - 166 km 01m49.1s

ΔT = 11.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:37:15.113:37:03.541°27.6'S005°41.0'E 43.7° 320.1° 219.7 km03m20.26s
Greatest Duration13:36:26.413:36:14.941°45.1'S005°28.6'E 43.7° 320.8° 219.3 km03m20.27s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1820 Mar 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1820 Mar 14 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 11.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

Acknowledgments

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

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