Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1839 Mar 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1839 Mar 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 1839 Mar 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
Limits31°51.9'S096°39.2'W32°52.5'S096°44.6'W32°22.2'S096°41.8'W 1.033 - 112 km 01m49.0s
12:3231°45.0'S084°37.1'W32°52.1'S084°47.0'W32°18.5'S084°40.4'W 1.037 11° 86° 123 km 02m08.9s
12:3431°19.4'S079°27.4'W32°28.6'S079°22.0'W31°53.9'S079°23.6'W 1.038 15° 83° 128 km 02m19.0s
12:3630°50.9'S075°41.7'W32°01.1'S075°27.9'W31°25.9'S075°34.0'W 1.039 19° 81° 132 km 02m26.9s
12:3830°21.0'S072°38.4'W31°31.9'S072°18.7'W30°56.3'S072°27.9'W 1.040 22° 79° 135 km 02m33.7s
12:4029°50.2'S070°02.0'W31°01.6'S069°37.6'W30°25.8'S069°49.2'W 1.041 25° 77° 137 km 02m39.7s
12:4229°18.9'S067°44.6'W30°30.5'S067°16.3'W29°54.6'S067°29.9'W 1.042 28° 76° 140 km 02m45.3s
12:4428°47.2'S065°41.7'W29°59.0'S065°09.9'W29°23.0'S065°25.3'W 1.042 30° 74° 142 km 02m50.5s
12:4628°15.2'S063°50.1'W29°27.0'S063°15.2'W28°51.0'S063°32.2'W 1.043 32° 73° 144 km 02m55.4s
12:4827°43.1'S062°07.7'W28°54.8'S061°30.2'W28°18.8'S061°48.6'W 1.044 34° 72° 146 km 02m59.9s
12:5027°10.8'S060°33.1'W28°22.5'S059°53.2'W27°46.5'S060°12.8'W 1.044 36° 71° 147 km 03m04.3s
12:5226°38.3'S059°05.1'W27°49.9'S058°23.0'W27°14.0'S058°43.8'W 1.045 38° 70° 149 km 03m08.4s
12:5426°05.8'S057°42.8'W27°17.2'S056°58.6'W26°41.4'S057°20.5'W 1.045 40° 69° 150 km 03m12.4s
12:5625°33.3'S056°25.5'W26°44.5'S055°39.4'W26°08.8'S056°02.2'W 1.045 41° 68° 152 km 03m16.2s
12:5825°00.7'S055°12.6'W26°11.7'S054°24.8'W25°36.1'S054°48.5'W 1.046 43° 67° 153 km 03m19.8s
13:0024°28.1'S054°03.6'W25°38.8'S053°14.2'W25°03.3'S053°38.7'W 1.046 44° 67° 154 km 03m23.3s
13:0223°55.4'S052°58.1'W25°05.9'S052°07.2'W24°30.6'S052°32.4'W 1.047 46° 66° 156 km 03m26.6s
13:0423°22.8'S051°55.7'W24°33.0'S051°03.4'W23°57.8'S051°29.4'W 1.047 48° 65° 157 km 03m29.8s
13:0622°50.2'S050°56.2'W24°00.1'S050°02.6'W23°25.0'S050°29.3'W 1.047 49° 64° 158 km 03m32.9s
13:0822°17.5'S049°59.3'W23°27.2'S049°04.5'W22°52.3'S049°31.8'W 1.048 50° 64° 159 km 03m35.9s
13:1021°44.9'S049°04.8'W22°54.3'S048°08.9'W22°19.5'S048°36.7'W 1.048 52° 63° 160 km 03m38.7s
13:1221°12.3'S048°12.4'W22°21.3'S047°15.5'W21°46.7'S047°43.9'W 1.048 53° 62° 161 km 03m41.5s
13:1420°39.8'S047°22.1'W21°48.5'S046°24.2'W21°14.0'S046°53.0'W 1.048 55° 62° 161 km 03m44.1s
13:1620°07.2'S046°33.6'W21°15.6'S045°34.8'W20°41.3'S046°04.1'W 1.049 56° 61° 162 km 03m46.6s
13:1819°34.7'S045°46.8'W20°42.7'S044°47.1'W20°08.6'S045°16.9'W 1.049 57° 60° 163 km 03m49.0s
13:2019°02.1'S045°01.6'W20°09.9'S044°01.1'W19°35.9'S044°31.3'W 1.049 59° 60° 164 km 03m51.3s
13:2218°29.6'S044°17.9'W19°37.0'S043°16.6'W19°03.2'S043°47.2'W 1.049 60° 59° 164 km 03m53.5s
13:2417°57.1'S043°35.5'W19°04.2'S042°33.5'W18°30.6'S043°04.5'W 1.050 61° 59° 165 km 03m55.7s
13:2617°24.7'S042°54.4'W18°31.5'S041°51.7'W17°58.0'S042°23.0'W 1.050 62° 58° 166 km 03m57.7s
13:2816°52.2'S042°14.5'W17°58.7'S041°11.1'W17°25.4'S041°42.8'W 1.050 64° 57° 166 km 03m59.6s
13:3016°19.8'S041°35.6'W17°26.0'S040°31.7'W16°52.8'S041°03.6'W 1.050 65° 57° 167 km 04m01.4s
13:3215°47.4'S040°57.8'W16°53.2'S039°53.3'W16°20.3'S040°25.5'W 1.050 66° 56° 167 km 04m03.2s
13:3415°15.0'S040°20.9'W16°20.6'S039°15.9'W15°47.7'S039°48.4'W 1.050 67° 55° 168 km 04m04.8s
13:3614°42.6'S039°44.9'W15°47.9'S038°39.4'W15°15.2'S039°12.1'W 1.051 68° 55° 168 km 04m06.4s
13:3814°10.3'S039°09.7'W15°15.2'S038°03.7'W14°42.7'S038°36.7'W 1.051 70° 54° 168 km 04m07.9s
13:4013°37.9'S038°35.3'W14°42.6'S037°28.9'W14°10.2'S038°02.1'W 1.051 71° 53° 169 km 04m09.3s
13:4213°05.6'S038°01.6'W14°10.0'S036°54.8'W13°37.7'S037°28.1'W 1.051 72° 52° 169 km 04m10.6s
13:4412°33.2'S037°28.5'W13°37.4'S036°21.3'W13°05.3'S036°54.9'W 1.051 73° 51° 170 km 04m11.8s
13:4612°00.9'S036°56.1'W13°04.8'S035°48.5'W12°32.8'S036°22.3'W 1.051 74° 51° 170 km 04m12.9s
13:4811°28.6'S036°24.2'W12°32.2'S035°16.3'W12°00.4'S035°50.2'W 1.051 75° 49° 170 km 04m14.0s
13:5010°56.3'S035°52.8'W11°59.7'S034°44.6'W11°27.9'S035°18.7'W 1.051 76° 48° 170 km 04m15.0s
13:5210°23.9'S035°21.8'W11°27.1'S034°13.4'W10°55.5'S034°47.6'W 1.052 77° 47° 171 km 04m15.9s
13:5409°51.6'S034°51.4'W10°54.6'S033°42.6'W10°23.1'S034°17.0'W 1.052 79° 45° 171 km 04m16.7s
13:5609°19.3'S034°21.3'W10°22.0'S033°12.3'W09°50.6'S033°46.8'W 1.052 80° 43° 171 km 04m17.4s
13:5808°46.9'S033°51.5'W09°49.5'S032°42.3'W09°18.2'S033°16.9'W 1.052 81° 41° 171 km 04m18.0s
14:0008°14.6'S033°22.1'W09°17.0'S032°12.7'W08°45.7'S032°47.4'W 1.052 82° 38° 172 km 04m18.6s
14:0207°42.2'S032°53.0'W08°44.4'S031°43.3'W08°13.3'S032°18.2'W 1.052 83° 35° 172 km 04m19.1s
14:0407°09.8'S032°24.1'W08°11.9'S031°14.3'W07°40.8'S031°49.2'W 1.052 84° 30° 172 km 04m19.5s
14:0606°37.4'S031°55.4'W07°39.3'S030°45.4'W07°08.4'S031°20.4'W 1.052 85° 24° 172 km 04m19.8s
14:0806°05.0'S031°26.9'W07°06.8'S030°16.8'W06°35.9'S030°51.8'W 1.052 86° 15° 172 km 04m20.1s
14:1005°32.6'S030°58.5'W06°34.2'S029°48.3'W06°03.4'S030°23.4'W 1.052 86° 172 km 04m20.2s
14:1205°00.1'S030°30.3'W06°01.6'S029°20.0'W05°30.9'S029°55.1'W 1.052 87° 347° 172 km 04m20.3s
14:1404°27.6'S030°02.1'W05°29.0'S028°51.7'W04°58.3'S029°26.9'W 1.052 87° 327° 173 km 04m20.4s
14:1603°55.1'S029°34.0'W04°56.4'S028°23.5'W04°25.7'S028°58.8'W 1.052 87° 309° 173 km 04m20.3s
14:1803°22.5'S029°05.9'W04°23.8'S027°55.3'W03°53.1'S028°30.6'W 1.052 86° 294° 173 km 04m20.1s
14:2002°49.9'S028°37.8'W03°51.1'S027°27.2'W03°20.5'S028°02.5'W 1.052 85° 283° 173 km 04m19.9s
14:2202°17.3'S028°09.6'W03°18.4'S026°59.0'W02°47.9'S027°34.3'W 1.052 84° 275° 173 km 04m19.6s
14:2401°44.6'S027°41.4'W02°45.7'S026°30.7'W02°15.2'S027°06.1'W 1.052 83° 270° 173 km 04m19.3s
14:2601°11.9'S027°13.0'W02°12.9'S026°02.3'W01°42.4'S026°37.7'W 1.052 82° 266° 173 km 04m18.8s
14:2800°39.1'S026°44.5'W01°40.1'S025°33.8'W01°09.6'S026°09.2'W 1.052 81° 263° 173 km 04m18.3s
14:3000°06.3'S026°15.9'W01°07.3'S025°05.2'W00°36.8'S025°40.5'W 1.052 80° 260° 173 km 04m17.7s
14:3200°26.6'N025°47.0'W00°34.4'S024°36.3'W00°03.9'S025°11.7'W 1.052 79° 258° 173 km 04m17.0s
14:3400°59.5'N025°17.8'W00°01.5'S024°07.2'W00°29.0'N024°42.5'W 1.052 78° 257° 173 km 04m16.2s
14:3601°32.5'N024°48.4'W00°31.5'N023°37.8'W01°02.0'N024°13.1'W 1.052 77° 255° 172 km 04m15.4s
14:3802°05.6'N024°18.6'W01°04.5'N023°08.1'W01°35.0'N023°43.4'W 1.052 76° 254° 172 km 04m14.4s
14:4002°38.7'N023°48.5'W01°37.6'N022°38.1'W02°08.1'N023°13.3'W 1.052 75° 253° 172 km 04m13.4s
14:4203°11.9'N023°17.9'W02°10.8'N022°07.7'W02°41.3'N022°42.8'W 1.051 74° 252° 172 km 04m12.4s
14:4403°45.2'N022°46.9'W02°44.0'N021°36.8'W03°14.5'N022°11.9'W 1.051 73° 252° 172 km 04m11.2s
14:4604°18.5'N022°15.5'W03°17.3'N021°05.5'W03°47.9'N021°40.5'W 1.051 71° 251° 172 km 04m09.9s
14:4804°52.0'N021°43.5'W03°50.6'N020°33.6'W04°21.3'N021°08.6'W 1.051 70° 251° 172 km 04m08.6s
14:5005°25.5'N021°10.8'W04°24.1'N020°01.1'W04°54.7'N020°36.0'W 1.051 69° 250° 171 km 04m07.2s
14:5205°59.1'N020°37.6'W04°57.6'N019°28.1'W05°28.3'N020°02.9'W 1.051 68° 250° 171 km 04m05.7s
14:5406°32.9'N020°03.7'W05°31.2'N018°54.3'W06°02.0'N019°29.1'W 1.051 67° 250° 171 km 04m04.1s
14:5607°06.7'N019°29.0'W06°04.9'N018°19.9'W06°35.8'N018°54.5'W 1.051 66° 250° 170 km 04m02.5s
14:5807°40.6'N018°53.4'W06°38.8'N017°44.6'W07°09.6'N018°19.1'W 1.050 64° 249° 170 km 04m00.7s
15:0008°14.7'N018°17.0'W07°12.7'N017°08.4'W07°43.6'N017°42.8'W 1.050 63° 249° 170 km 03m58.9s
15:0208°48.8'N017°39.7'W07°46.7'N016°31.4'W08°17.7'N017°05.6'W 1.050 62° 249° 169 km 03m57.0s
15:0409°23.1'N017°01.3'W08°20.9'N015°53.3'W08°51.9'N016°27.4'W 1.050 61° 249° 169 km 03m55.0s
15:0609°57.6'N016°21.8'W08°55.1'N015°14.1'W09°26.3'N015°48.0'W 1.050 59° 249° 168 km 03m52.9s
15:0810°32.1'N015°41.1'W09°29.6'N014°33.7'W10°00.8'N015°07.5'W 1.049 58° 249° 168 km 03m50.7s
15:1011°06.8'N014°59.0'W10°04.1'N013°52.1'W10°35.4'N014°25.6'W 1.049 57° 249° 167 km 03m48.4s
15:1211°41.7'N014°15.6'W10°38.8'N013°09.0'W11°10.2'N013°42.4'W 1.049 55° 249° 166 km 03m46.0s
15:1412°16.7'N013°30.6'W11°13.7'N012°24.4'W11°45.1'N012°57.6'W 1.049 54° 249° 166 km 03m43.5s
15:1612°51.9'N012°43.9'W11°48.7'N011°38.2'W12°20.2'N012°11.2'W 1.049 53° 249° 165 km 03m40.9s
15:1813°27.3'N011°55.4'W12°23.9'N010°50.2'W12°55.5'N011°22.9'W 1.048 51° 249° 164 km 03m38.2s
15:2014°02.8'N011°04.9'W12°59.3'N010°00.2'W13°31.0'N010°32.7'W 1.048 50° 250° 163 km 03m35.4s
15:2214°38.6'N010°12.2'W13°34.9'N009°08.1'W14°06.7'N009°40.3'W 1.048 48° 250° 162 km 03m32.5s
15:2415°14.6'N009°17.1'W14°10.7'N008°13.6'W14°42.5'N008°45.5'W 1.047 47° 250° 161 km 03m29.4s
15:2615°50.8'N008°19.4'W14°46.8'N007°16.4'W15°18.7'N007°48.0'W 1.047 45° 250° 160 km 03m26.2s
15:2816°27.2'N007°18.6'W15°23.1'N006°16.4'W15°55.0'N006°47.7'W 1.047 44° 251° 159 km 03m23.0s
15:3017°03.9'N006°14.6'W15°59.6'N005°13.0'W16°31.6'N005°44.0'W 1.046 42° 251° 158 km 03m19.5s
15:3217°40.9'N005°06.9'W16°36.5'N004°06.1'W17°08.6'N004°36.7'W 1.046 41° 251° 156 km 03m15.9s
15:3418°18.1'N003°55.0'W17°13.7'N002°55.0'W17°45.8'N003°25.2'W 1.045 39° 252° 155 km 03m12.2s
15:3618°55.7'N002°38.3'W17°51.2'N001°39.1'W18°23.3'N002°09.0'W 1.045 37° 252° 153 km 03m08.3s
15:3819°33.7'N001°16.2'W18°29.1'N000°17.9'W19°01.3'N000°47.3'W 1.045 35° 253° 152 km 03m04.1s
15:4020°12.1'N000°12.4'E19°07.4'N001°09.8'E19°39.6'N000°40.8'E 1.044 33° 254° 150 km 02m59.8s
15:4220°50.9'N001°48.7'E19°46.3'N002°45.1'E20°18.5'N002°16.6'E 1.043 31° 254° 148 km 02m55.2s
15:4421°30.2'N003°34.1'E20°25.7'N004°29.5'E20°57.8'N004°01.5'E 1.043 29° 255° 146 km 02m50.4s
15:4622°10.2'N005°31.1'E21°05.8'N006°25.5'E21°37.8'N005°57.9'E 1.042 27° 256° 143 km 02m45.2s
15:4822°50.9'N007°42.9'E21°46.7'N008°36.3'E22°18.6'N008°09.2'E 1.041 24° 257° 141 km 02m39.5s
15:5023°32.5'N010°14.9'E22°28.7'N011°07.4'E23°00.5'N010°40.6'E 1.041 21° 258° 138 km 02m33.3s
15:5224°15.4'N013°16.4'E23°12.2'N014°08.5'E23°43.7'N013°41.8'E 1.040 18° 259° 134 km 02m26.3s
15:5425°00.4'N017°07.9'E23°58.2'N018°01.0'E24°29.1'N017°33.5'E 1.038 14° 261° 130 km 02m17.8s
15:5625°50.0'N022°58.1'E24°49.8'N024°00.9'E25°19.7'N023°27.8'E 1.036 264° 123 km 02m06.2s
Limits26°28.9'N031°55.6'E25°26.9'N032°00.5'E25°57.9'N031°58.0'E 1.034 - 115 km 01m51.5s

ΔT = 5.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:13:41.614:13:36.405°04.7'S029°33.8'W 86.8° 331.2° 172.5 km04m20.36s
Greatest Duration14:13:26.714:13:21.505°08.8'S029°36.0'W 86.8° 333.6° 172.5 km04m20.36s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1839 Mar 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 5.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

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