Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1836 May 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1836 May 15 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1836 May 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits08°54.1'N098°53.1'W06°41.7'N097°24.5'W07°47.5'N098°08.3'W 0.938 - 284 km 03m53.5s
12:18 - - 09°52.0'N089°32.0'W08°42.0'N095°37.5'W 0.939 71° 282 km 03m55.1s
12:2010°56.5'N093°25.6'W11°41.4'N085°47.1'W11°31.6'N088°55.9'W 0.941 10° 73° 277 km 03m59.8s
12:2213°04.9'N088°36.6'W13°06.5'N083°09.3'W13°09.6'N085°38.8'W 0.942 14° 73° 275 km 04m02.4s
12:2414°35.1'N085°38.1'W14°19.9'N081°02.9'W14°29.5'N083°12.4'W 0.942 17° 74° 272 km 04m04.5s
12:2615°50.9'N083°20.5'W15°26.2'N079°15.7'W15°39.7'N081°12.5'W 0.943 20° 75° 269 km 04m06.4s
12:2816°58.4'N081°26.0'W16°27.3'N077°41.8'W16°43.7'N079°29.6'W 0.944 22° 76° 267 km 04m08.1s
12:3018°00.4'N079°46.6'W17°24.7'N076°17.6'W17°43.1'N077°58.6'W 0.944 24° 77° 265 km 04m09.7s
12:3218°58.3'N078°18.2'W18°19.1'N075°00.9'W18°39.1'N076°36.7'W 0.945 26° 78° 263 km 04m11.2s
12:3419°53.0'N076°58.1'W19°11.0'N073°50.3'W19°32.2'N075°21.7'W 0.945 28° 78° 260 km 04m12.6s
12:3620°45.1'N075°44.6'W20°00.8'N072°44.6'W20°23.2'N074°12.4'W 0.945 30° 79° 258 km 04m13.9s
12:3821°35.2'N074°36.5'W20°48.9'N071°43.0'W21°12.2'N073°07.8'W 0.946 32° 80° 256 km 04m15.2s
12:4022°23.4'N073°32.8'W21°35.4'N070°44.9'W21°59.5'N072°07.1'W 0.946 33° 81° 254 km 04m16.5s
12:4223°10.1'N072°32.7'W22°20.6'N069°49.8'W22°45.4'N071°09.6'W 0.946 34° 82° 252 km 04m17.7s
12:4423°55.5'N071°35.9'W23°04.6'N068°57.3'W23°30.1'N070°15.1'W 0.947 36° 83° 250 km 04m18.9s
12:4624°39.6'N070°41.7'W23°47.5'N068°07.0'W24°13.6'N069°23.0'W 0.947 37° 84° 248 km 04m20.0s
12:4825°22.7'N069°50.0'W24°29.4'N067°18.7'W24°56.0'N068°33.0'W 0.947 38° 85° 246 km 04m21.1s
12:5026°04.8'N069°00.3'W25°10.5'N066°32.1'W25°37.6'N067°44.9'W 0.947 40° 86° 244 km 04m22.2s
12:5226°46.0'N068°12.4'W25°50.7'N065°47.1'W26°18.3'N066°58.5'W 0.948 41° 87° 242 km 04m23.3s
12:5427°26.4'N067°26.0'W26°30.2'N065°03.3'W26°58.2'N066°13.5'W 0.948 42° 88° 240 km 04m24.3s
12:5628°06.1'N066°41.1'W27°09.0'N064°20.8'W27°37.5'N065°29.8'W 0.948 43° 89° 238 km 04m25.3s
12:5828°45.1'N065°57.4'W27°47.1'N063°39.3'W28°16.0'N064°47.3'W 0.948 44° 90° 236 km 04m26.3s
13:0029°23.5'N065°14.8'W28°24.6'N062°58.8'W28°53.9'N064°05.8'W 0.949 45° 92° 235 km 04m27.3s
13:0230°01.3'N064°33.2'W29°01.5'N062°19.1'W29°31.3'N063°25.1'W 0.949 46° 93° 233 km 04m28.2s
13:0430°38.5'N063°52.4'W29°37.9'N061°40.1'W30°08.1'N062°45.2'W 0.949 47° 94° 231 km 04m29.2s
13:0631°15.1'N063°12.3'W30°13.7'N061°01.7'W30°44.3'N062°06.0'W 0.949 48° 96° 230 km 04m30.1s
13:0831°51.3'N062°32.9'W30°49.1'N060°23.9'W31°20.1'N061°27.4'W 0.949 49° 97° 228 km 04m31.0s
13:1032°27.1'N061°54.0'W31°24.0'N059°46.5'W31°55.4'N060°49.4'W 0.949 50° 98° 227 km 04m31.8s
13:1233°02.3'N061°15.6'W31°58.5'N059°09.6'W32°30.3'N060°11.7'W 0.949 51° 100° 225 km 04m32.7s
13:1433°37.2'N060°37.6'W32°32.6'N058°33.0'W33°04.7'N059°34.4'W 0.950 52° 101° 224 km 04m33.5s
13:1634°11.6'N059°59.9'W33°06.2'N057°56.7'W33°38.8'N058°57.4'W 0.950 52° 103° 222 km 04m34.4s
13:1834°45.7'N059°22.5'W33°39.4'N057°20.5'W34°12.4'N058°20.7'W 0.950 53° 105° 221 km 04m35.2s
13:2035°19.4'N058°45.3'W34°12.3'N056°44.6'W34°45.7'N057°44.1'W 0.950 54° 106° 220 km 04m36.0s
13:2235°52.7'N058°08.3'W34°44.8'N056°08.8'W35°18.6'N057°07.7'W 0.950 55° 108° 218 km 04m36.7s
13:2436°25.7'N057°31.3'W35°16.9'N055°33.0'W35°51.1'N056°31.3'W 0.950 55° 110° 217 km 04m37.5s
13:2636°58.3'N056°54.4'W35°48.7'N054°57.2'W36°23.3'N055°55.0'W 0.950 56° 112° 216 km 04m38.2s
13:2837°30.6'N056°17.4'W36°20.1'N054°21.4'W36°55.2'N055°18.6'W 0.950 57° 114° 215 km 04m38.9s
13:3038°02.6'N055°40.4'W36°51.2'N053°45.5'W37°26.7'N054°42.2'W 0.950 57° 116° 214 km 04m39.6s
13:3238°34.2'N055°03.3'W37°22.0'N053°09.6'W37°58.0'N054°05.6'W 0.950 58° 118° 213 km 04m40.3s
13:3439°05.6'N054°26.0'W37°52.5'N052°33.4'W38°28.9'N053°28.9'W 0.950 58° 120° 212 km 04m40.9s
13:3639°36.6'N053°48.5'W38°22.6'N051°57.0'W38°59.4'N052°52.0'W 0.951 59° 122° 211 km 04m41.5s
13:3840°07.4'N053°10.7'W38°52.5'N051°20.4'W39°29.7'N052°14.8'W 0.951 59° 124° 210 km 04m42.1s
13:4040°37.8'N052°32.6'W39°22.0'N050°43.5'W39°59.7'N051°37.3'W 0.951 60° 126° 209 km 04m42.7s
13:4241°08.0'N051°54.2'W39°51.2'N050°06.2'W40°29.4'N050°59.5'W 0.951 60° 128° 208 km 04m43.3s
13:4441°37.9'N051°15.4'W40°20.1'N049°28.6'W40°58.8'N050°21.3'W 0.951 60° 131° 208 km 04m43.8s
13:4642°07.5'N050°36.2'W40°48.7'N048°50.6'W41°27.9'N049°42.6'W 0.951 61° 133° 207 km 04m44.3s
13:4842°36.8'N049°56.4'W41°17.0'N048°12.1'W41°56.7'N049°03.5'W 0.951 61° 136° 206 km 04m44.8s
13:5043°05.8'N049°16.2'W41°45.0'N047°33.2'W42°25.2'N048°24.0'W 0.951 61° 138° 206 km 04m45.3s
13:5243°34.5'N048°35.4'W42°12.7'N046°53.7'W42°53.4'N047°43.8'W 0.951 61° 141° 205 km 04m45.7s
13:5444°03.0'N047°53.9'W42°40.1'N046°13.7'W43°21.3'N047°03.1'W 0.951 61° 143° 205 km 04m46.1s
13:5644°31.1'N047°11.8'W43°07.2'N045°33.0'W43°48.9'N046°21.7'W 0.951 62° 146° 204 km 04m46.5s
13:5844°58.9'N046°29.0'W43°33.9'N044°51.7'W44°16.2'N045°39.7'W 0.951 62° 149° 204 km 04m46.8s
14:0045°26.5'N045°45.5'W44°00.4'N044°09.7'W44°43.2'N044°56.9'W 0.951 62° 151° 203 km 04m47.2s
14:0245°53.7'N045°01.1'W44°26.5'N043°27.0'W45°09.9'N044°13.4'W 0.951 62° 154° 203 km 04m47.5s
14:0446°20.6'N044°15.9'W44°52.3'N042°43.5'W45°36.2'N043°29.0'W 0.951 62° 157° 203 km 04m47.7s
14:0646°47.3'N043°29.8'W45°17.8'N041°59.2'W46°02.2'N042°43.8'W 0.951 62° 159° 202 km 04m48.0s
14:0847°13.5'N042°42.7'W45°42.9'N041°14.0'W46°27.9'N041°57.7'W 0.951 62° 162° 202 km 04m48.2s
14:1047°39.5'N041°54.7'W46°07.7'N040°28.0'W46°53.3'N041°10.7'W 0.951 61° 165° 202 km 04m48.3s
14:1248°05.1'N041°05.6'W46°32.1'N039°41.0'W47°18.3'N040°22.6'W 0.951 61° 167° 202 km 04m48.5s
14:1448°30.3'N040°15.3'W46°56.1'N038°53.0'W47°42.9'N039°33.5'W 0.951 61° 170° 202 km 04m48.6s
14:1648°55.2'N039°23.9'W47°19.8'N038°03.9'W48°07.2'N038°43.3'W 0.951 61° 173° 202 km 04m48.6s
14:1849°19.7'N038°31.3'W47°43.1'N037°13.8'W48°31.1'N037°52.0'W 0.951 60° 175° 202 km 04m48.7s
14:2049°43.8'N037°37.4'W48°06.0'N036°22.5'W48°54.6'N036°59.4'W 0.951 60° 178° 202 km 04m48.7s
14:2250°07.5'N036°42.2'W48°28.5'N035°30.1'W49°17.7'N036°05.6'W 0.951 60° 181° 202 km 04m48.6s
14:2450°30.8'N035°45.6'W48°50.5'N034°36.4'W49°40.3'N035°10.5'W 0.950 59° 183° 202 km 04m48.5s
14:2650°53.7'N034°47.5'W49°12.2'N033°41.4'W50°02.6'N034°14.0'W 0.950 59° 186° 202 km 04m48.4s
14:2851°16.1'N033°47.9'W49°33.3'N032°45.1'W50°24.3'N033°16.0'W 0.950 58° 189° 202 km 04m48.3s
14:3051°38.0'N032°46.6'W49°54.0'N031°47.4'W50°45.6'N032°16.6'W 0.950 58° 191° 203 km 04m48.1s
14:3251°59.4'N031°43.8'W50°14.2'N030°48.2'W51°06.4'N031°15.6'W 0.950 57° 194° 203 km 04m47.9s
14:3452°20.2'N030°39.1'W50°33.8'N029°47.5'W51°26.6'N030°13.1'W 0.950 57° 196° 203 km 04m47.6s
14:3652°40.6'N029°32.7'W50°53.0'N028°45.3'W51°46.4'N029°08.8'W 0.950 56° 199° 204 km 04m47.3s
14:3853°00.3'N028°24.4'W51°11.5'N027°41.4'W52°05.5'N028°02.7'W 0.950 55° 201° 204 km 04m46.9s
14:4053°19.4'N027°14.2'W51°29.5'N026°35.8'W52°24.0'N026°54.9'W 0.950 55° 204° 205 km 04m46.5s
14:4253°37.9'N026°01.9'W51°46.8'N025°28.5'W52°41.9'N025°45.2'W 0.950 54° 206° 205 km 04m46.1s
14:4453°55.8'N024°47.5'W52°03.5'N024°19.3'W52°59.2'N024°33.5'W 0.950 53° 208° 206 km 04m45.6s
14:4654°12.9'N023°30.9'W52°19.6'N023°08.3'W53°15.7'N023°19.7'W 0.949 53° 211° 206 km 04m45.1s
14:4854°29.2'N022°12.0'W52°34.9'N021°55.3'W53°31.6'N022°03.9'W 0.949 52° 213° 207 km 04m44.5s
14:5054°44.7'N020°50.7'W52°49.4'N020°40.3'W53°46.6'N020°45.9'W 0.949 51° 216° 208 km 04m43.9s
14:5254°59.4'N019°27.0'W53°03.2'N019°23.1'W54°00.8'N019°25.6'W 0.949 50° 218° 209 km 04m43.2s
14:5455°13.2'N018°00.7'W53°16.1'N018°03.8'W54°14.2'N018°02.9'W 0.949 49° 220° 209 km 04m42.5s
14:5655°26.0'N016°31.7'W53°28.1'N016°42.2'W54°26.6'N016°37.7'W 0.949 48° 223° 210 km 04m41.8s
14:5855°37.9'N015°00.0'W53°39.2'N015°18.2'W54°38.0'N015°10.1'W 0.949 48° 225° 211 km 04m41.0s
15:0055°48.6'N013°25.4'W53°49.4'N013°51.8'W54°48.5'N013°39.7'W 0.948 47° 227° 212 km 04m40.2s
15:0255°58.2'N011°47.8'W53°58.4'N012°22.9'W54°57.8'N012°06.7'W 0.948 46° 230° 214 km 04m39.3s
15:0456°06.5'N010°07.1'W54°06.4'N010°51.3'W55°06.0'N010°30.7'W 0.948 45° 232° 215 km 04m38.3s
15:0656°13.6'N008°23.1'W54°13.1'N009°16.9'W55°12.9'N008°51.8'W 0.948 44° 234° 216 km 04m37.3s
15:0856°19.2'N006°35.8'W54°18.6'N007°39.7'W55°18.4'N007°09.7'W 0.948 42° 237° 217 km 04m36.3s
15:1056°23.3'N004°44.9'W54°22.8'N005°59.5'W55°22.6'N005°24.4'W 0.947 41° 239° 219 km 04m35.2s
15:1256°25.7'N002°50.2'W54°25.5'N004°16.1'W55°25.2'N003°35.7'W 0.947 40° 242° 220 km 04m34.0s
15:1456°26.4'N000°51.6'W54°26.7'N002°29.4'W55°26.2'N001°43.3'W 0.947 39° 244° 222 km 04m32.8s
15:1656°25.2'N001°11.3'E54°26.2'N000°39.2'W55°25.4'N000°12.9'E 0.947 38° 247° 224 km 04m31.6s
15:1856°21.9'N003°18.6'E54°23.9'N001°14.8'E55°22.6'N002°13.2'E 0.946 36° 249° 226 km 04m30.2s
15:2056°16.3'N005°30.8'E54°19.7'N003°12.8'E55°17.8'N004°18.0'E 0.946 35° 252° 228 km 04m28.8s
15:2256°08.2'N007°48.2'E54°13.3'N005°15.2'E55°10.6'N006°27.4'E 0.946 34° 254° 230 km 04m27.4s
15:2455°57.2'N010°11.5'E54°04.5'N007°22.3'E55°00.8'N008°42.2'E 0.945 32° 257° 232 km 04m25.9s
15:2655°43.1'N012°41.3'E53°53.2'N009°34.6'E54°48.2'N011°02.7'E 0.945 31° 259° 235 km 04m24.2s
15:2855°25.3'N015°18.5'E53°38.9'N011°52.7'E54°32.4'N013°29.8'E 0.945 29° 262° 237 km 04m22.6s
15:3055°03.4'N018°04.6'E53°21.3'N014°17.6'E54°12.8'N016°04.5'E 0.944 27° 265° 240 km 04m20.8s
15:3254°36.5'N021°01.1'E52°59.9'N016°50.2'E53°48.9'N018°48.2'E 0.944 25° 268° 244 km 04m18.9s
15:3454°03.4'N024°10.9'E52°34.0'N019°32.2'E53°19.9'N021°42.9'E 0.943 23° 271° 247 km 04m16.8s
15:3653°22.5'N027°38.2'E52°02.6'N022°25.6'E52°44.4'N024°51.5'E 0.943 21° 274° 251 km 04m14.6s
15:3852°30.8'N031°30.6'E51°24.4'N025°34.1'E52°00.4'N028°19.0'E 0.942 19° 277° 255 km 04m12.2s
15:4051°22.3'N036°03.6'E50°37.0'N029°03.2'E51°04.5'N032°14.4'E 0.941 16° 281° 260 km 04m09.5s
15:4249°40.3'N042°02.0'E49°36.1'N033°03.8'E49°49.2'N036°57.1'E 0.941 12° 285° 267 km 04m06.2s
15:44 - - 48°11.9'N038°01.7'E47°49.2'N043°34.1'E 0.939 290° 276 km 04m01.8s
Limits45°44.2'N053°46.7'E43°38.7'N051°32.9'E44°41.2'N052°38.4'E 0.937 - 288 km 03m56.1s

ΔT = 5.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:01:38.514:01:33.145°03.9'N044°24.5'W 61.7° 153.3° 203.1 km04m47.40s
Greatest Duration14:18:55.414:18:50.048°40.9'N037°30.2'W 60.2° 176.5° 201.7 km04m48.66s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1836 May 15 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 5.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

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