Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1854 May 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1854 May 26 . 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 1854 May 26
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°31.6'N162°13.6'E05°34.6'N163°34.0'E06°32.9'N162°54.2'E 0.942 - 255 km 03m39.0s
18:56 - - 09°48.9'N172°56.7'E09°23.9'N169°33.4'E 0.944 70° 249 km 03m42.7s
18:5811°20.7'N171°00.0'E11°34.0'N176°13.6'E11°32.2'N173°51.5'E 0.945 13° 71° 245 km 03m45.6s
19:0013°08.3'N174°29.6'E12°58.7'N178°40.7'E13°05.6'N176°42.4'E 0.946 16° 71° 242 km 03m47.7s
19:0214°33.5'N177°02.9'E14°12.4'N179°18.4'W14°24.2'N178°56.9'E 0.947 19° 72° 239 km 03m49.5s
19:0415°47.2'N179°07.7'E15°19.0'N177°34.2'W15°33.9'N179°09.9'W 0.947 22° 73° 236 km 03m51.2s
19:0616°53.5'N179°05.3'W16°20.3'N176°01.9'W16°37.4'N177°30.9'W 0.948 24° 74° 234 km 03m52.7s
19:0817°54.7'N177°30.7'W17°17.6'N174°38.5'W17°36.5'N176°02.4'W 0.948 26° 75° 231 km 03m54.1s
19:1018°51.8'N176°05.3'W18°11.8'N173°22.0'W18°32.0'N174°41.8'W 0.949 28° 75° 229 km 03m55.5s
19:1219°45.7'N174°47.2'W19°03.3'N172°11.1'W19°24.7'N173°27.5'W 0.949 30° 76° 227 km 03m56.8s
19:1420°37.0'N173°34.8'W19°52.6'N171°04.8'W20°14.9'N172°18.3'W 0.949 31° 77° 225 km 03m58.0s
19:1621°26.1'N172°27.2'W20°39.9'N170°02.4'W21°03.1'N171°13.5'W 0.950 33° 78° 223 km 03m59.2s
19:1822°13.3'N171°23.5'W21°25.6'N169°03.3'W21°49.5'N170°12.2'W 0.950 35° 79° 221 km 04m00.4s
19:2022°58.8'N170°23.2'W22°09.8'N168°06.9'W22°34.3'N169°13.9'W 0.950 36° 80° 219 km 04m01.5s
19:2223°42.9'N169°25.7'W22°52.6'N167°13.0'W23°17.8'N168°18.3'W 0.951 38° 80° 217 km 04m02.7s
19:2424°25.7'N168°30.7'W23°34.3'N166°21.3'W24°00.0'N167°25.0'W 0.951 39° 81° 215 km 04m03.8s
19:2625°07.2'N167°37.9'W24°14.8'N165°31.3'W24°41.0'N166°33.7'W 0.951 40° 82° 213 km 04m04.8s
19:2825°47.7'N166°46.9'W24°54.4'N164°43.0'W25°21.0'N165°44.1'W 0.952 42° 83° 212 km 04m05.9s
19:3026°27.3'N165°57.6'W25°33.0'N163°56.2'W26°00.1'N164°56.1'W 0.952 43° 84° 210 km 04m06.9s
19:3227°05.9'N165°09.8'W26°10.7'N163°10.6'W26°38.2'N164°09.4'W 0.952 44° 86° 208 km 04m07.9s
19:3427°43.6'N164°23.2'W26°47.6'N162°26.2'W27°15.6'N163°23.9'W 0.952 45° 87° 207 km 04m08.9s
19:3628°20.6'N163°37.8'W27°23.8'N161°42.7'W27°52.1'N162°39.5'W 0.952 46° 88° 205 km 04m09.9s
19:3828°56.9'N162°53.4'W27°59.2'N161°00.2'W28°28.0'N161°56.0'W 0.953 47° 89° 204 km 04m10.9s
19:4029°32.4'N162°09.8'W28°34.0'N160°18.4'W29°03.1'N161°13.4'W 0.953 48° 90° 202 km 04m11.8s
19:4230°07.3'N161°27.0'W29°08.1'N159°37.3'W29°37.6'N160°31.5'W 0.953 49° 91° 201 km 04m12.8s
19:4430°41.6'N160°44.9'W29°41.7'N158°56.8'W30°11.5'N159°50.2'W 0.953 50° 93° 200 km 04m13.7s
19:4631°15.3'N160°03.4'W30°14.6'N158°16.8'W30°44.8'N159°09.4'W 0.953 51° 94° 198 km 04m14.6s
19:4831°48.4'N159°22.4'W30°47.0'N157°37.3'W31°17.6'N158°29.2'W 0.953 52° 96° 197 km 04m15.5s
19:5032°20.9'N158°41.8'W31°18.8'N156°58.1'W31°49.8'N157°49.3'W 0.954 53° 97° 196 km 04m16.3s
19:5232°53.0'N158°01.6'W31°50.1'N156°19.3'W32°21.5'N157°09.8'W 0.954 54° 98° 195 km 04m17.2s
19:5433°24.5'N157°21.7'W32°21.0'N155°40.7'W32°52.6'N156°30.6'W 0.954 55° 100° 193 km 04m18.0s
19:5633°55.6'N156°42.0'W32°51.3'N155°02.4'W33°23.3'N155°51.6'W 0.954 56° 102° 192 km 04m18.9s
19:5834°26.2'N156°02.6'W33°21.1'N154°24.2'W33°53.6'N155°12.8'W 0.954 57° 103° 191 km 04m19.7s
20:0034°56.3'N155°23.2'W33°50.5'N153°46.2'W34°23.3'N154°34.1'W 0.954 58° 105° 190 km 04m20.5s
20:0235°26.0'N154°44.0'W34°19.5'N153°08.2'W34°52.6'N153°55.5'W 0.954 58° 107° 189 km 04m21.2s
20:0435°55.3'N154°04.8'W34°48.0'N152°30.2'W35°21.5'N153°16.9'W 0.954 59° 109° 188 km 04m22.0s
20:0636°24.1'N153°25.6'W35°16.1'N151°52.3'W35°50.0'N152°38.4'W 0.954 60° 111° 187 km 04m22.7s
20:0836°52.5'N152°46.3'W35°43.7'N151°14.2'W36°18.0'N151°59.7'W 0.954 60° 113° 187 km 04m23.5s
20:1037°20.5'N152°06.9'W36°11.0'N150°36.1'W36°45.6'N151°21.0'W 0.955 61° 115° 186 km 04m24.2s
20:1237°48.1'N151°27.4'W36°37.8'N149°57.9'W37°12.8'N150°42.1'W 0.955 62° 117° 185 km 04m24.8s
20:1438°15.3'N150°47.8'W37°04.2'N149°19.5'W37°39.6'N150°03.1'W 0.955 62° 119° 184 km 04m25.5s
20:1638°42.1'N150°07.9'W37°30.2'N148°40.9'W38°06.0'N149°23.9'W 0.955 63° 122° 184 km 04m26.1s
20:1839°08.5'N149°27.8'W37°55.8'N148°02.1'W38°32.0'N148°44.4'W 0.955 63° 124° 183 km 04m26.8s
20:2039°34.5'N148°47.4'W38°21.0'N147°23.0'W38°57.6'N148°04.7'W 0.955 64° 127° 182 km 04m27.4s
20:2240°00.1'N148°06.7'W38°45.9'N146°43.7'W39°22.8'N147°24.7'W 0.955 64° 129° 182 km 04m27.9s
20:2440°25.3'N147°25.6'W39°10.3'N146°04.0'W39°47.6'N146°44.3'W 0.955 65° 132° 181 km 04m28.5s
20:2640°50.1'N146°44.1'W39°34.3'N145°23.9'W40°12.1'N146°03.6'W 0.955 65° 134° 181 km 04m29.0s
20:2841°14.6'N146°02.3'W39°57.9'N144°43.5'W40°36.1'N145°22.4'W 0.955 66° 137° 180 km 04m29.5s
20:3041°38.6'N145°20.0'W40°21.1'N144°02.7'W40°59.7'N144°40.9'W 0.955 66° 140° 180 km 04m30.0s
20:3242°02.3'N144°37.2'W40°44.0'N143°21.4'W41°23.0'N143°58.8'W 0.955 66° 143° 179 km 04m30.4s
20:3442°25.5'N143°53.8'W41°06.4'N142°39.7'W41°45.8'N143°16.3'W 0.955 66° 146° 179 km 04m30.9s
20:3642°48.4'N143°10.0'W41°28.4'N141°57.4'W42°08.2'N142°33.3'W 0.955 66° 149° 179 km 04m31.2s
20:3843°10.8'N142°25.5'W41°50.0'N141°14.7'W42°30.3'N141°49.7'W 0.955 67° 152° 178 km 04m31.6s
20:4043°32.9'N141°40.5'W42°11.2'N140°31.4'W42°51.9'N141°05.5'W 0.955 67° 155° 178 km 04m32.0s
20:4243°54.5'N140°54.8'W42°32.0'N139°47.5'W43°13.1'N140°20.7'W 0.955 67° 158° 178 km 04m32.3s
20:4444°15.7'N140°08.4'W42°52.3'N139°03.0'W43°33.8'N139°35.3'W 0.955 67° 161° 178 km 04m32.5s
20:4644°36.5'N139°21.3'W43°12.2'N138°17.8'W43°54.2'N138°49.2'W 0.955 67° 165° 178 km 04m32.8s
20:4844°56.8'N138°33.5'W43°31.7'N137°32.0'W44°14.1'N138°02.4'W 0.955 67° 168° 177 km 04m33.0s
20:5045°16.7'N137°44.9'W43°50.8'N136°45.5'W44°33.5'N137°14.8'W 0.955 66° 171° 177 km 04m33.2s
20:5245°36.1'N136°55.5'W44°09.3'N135°58.3'W44°52.5'N136°26.6'W 0.955 66° 174° 177 km 04m33.3s
20:5445°55.1'N136°05.3'W44°27.5'N135°10.3'W45°11.1'N135°37.5'W 0.955 66° 177° 177 km 04m33.5s
20:5646°13.6'N135°14.2'W44°45.1'N134°21.6'W45°29.1'N134°47.6'W 0.955 66° 180° 177 km 04m33.5s
20:5846°31.6'N134°22.3'W45°02.3'N133°32.1'W45°46.7'N133°56.9'W 0.955 65° 183° 177 km 04m33.6s
21:0046°49.1'N133°29.4'W45°18.9'N132°41.7'W46°03.8'N133°05.3'W 0.955 65° 186° 177 km 04m33.6s
21:0247°06.1'N132°35.5'W45°35.1'N131°50.5'W46°20.4'N132°12.8'W 0.955 65° 189° 178 km 04m33.6s
21:0447°22.6'N131°40.7'W45°50.8'N130°58.4'W46°36.5'N131°19.3'W 0.955 64° 192° 178 km 04m33.5s
21:0647°38.5'N130°44.8'W46°05.9'N130°05.4'W46°52.0'N130°24.9'W 0.955 64° 195° 178 km 04m33.4s
21:0847°53.9'N129°47.9'W46°20.5'N129°11.4'W47°07.0'N129°29.5'W 0.955 63° 197° 178 km 04m33.3s
21:1048°08.7'N128°49.9'W46°34.5'N128°16.5'W47°21.4'N128°33.1'W 0.955 63° 200° 178 km 04m33.1s
21:1248°22.9'N127°50.8'W46°48.0'N127°20.6'W47°35.2'N127°35.6'W 0.954 62° 203° 179 km 04m32.9s
21:1448°36.5'N126°50.5'W47°00.8'N126°23.7'W47°48.4'N126°37.0'W 0.954 61° 205° 179 km 04m32.6s
21:1648°49.5'N125°49.1'W47°13.1'N125°25.7'W48°01.0'N125°37.4'W 0.954 61° 208° 180 km 04m32.4s
21:1849°01.8'N124°46.4'W47°24.7'N124°26.6'W48°13.0'N124°36.5'W 0.954 60° 211° 180 km 04m32.0s
21:2049°13.5'N123°42.5'W47°35.7'N123°26.4'W48°24.3'N123°34.5'W 0.954 59° 213° 180 km 04m31.7s
21:2249°24.4'N122°37.3'W47°46.0'N122°25.1'W48°35.0'N122°31.3'W 0.954 59° 215° 181 km 04m31.3s
21:2449°34.7'N121°30.8'W47°55.6'N121°22.6'W48°44.9'N121°26.9'W 0.954 58° 218° 181 km 04m30.8s
21:2649°44.2'N120°22.9'W48°04.6'N120°18.9'W48°54.1'N120°21.1'W 0.954 57° 220° 182 km 04m30.3s
21:2849°52.9'N119°13.6'W48°12.7'N119°13.9'W49°02.5'N119°14.1'W 0.954 56° 222° 183 km 04m29.8s
21:3050°00.8'N118°02.9'W48°20.2'N118°07.7'W49°10.2'N118°05.6'W 0.954 56° 225° 183 km 04m29.2s
21:3250°07.8'N116°50.7'W48°26.8'N117°00.2'W49°17.0'N116°55.8'W 0.953 55° 227° 184 km 04m28.6s
21:3450°14.0'N115°37.0'W48°32.6'N115°51.3'W49°23.0'N115°44.6'W 0.953 54° 229° 185 km 04m28.0s
21:3650°19.3'N114°21.7'W48°37.5'N114°41.0'W49°28.1'N114°31.9'W 0.953 53° 231° 186 km 04m27.3s
21:3850°23.6'N113°04.8'W48°41.6'N113°29.2'W49°32.3'N113°17.6'W 0.953 52° 233° 187 km 04m26.5s
21:4050°27.0'N111°46.2'W48°44.7'N112°16.0'W49°35.6'N112°01.8'W 0.953 51° 236° 187 km 04m25.8s
21:4250°29.3'N110°25.9'W48°46.8'N111°01.3'W49°37.8'N110°44.4'W 0.953 50° 238° 188 km 04m24.9s
21:4450°30.5'N109°03.8'W48°48.0'N109°44.9'W49°39.0'N109°25.2'W 0.952 49° 240° 189 km 04m24.1s
21:4650°30.6'N107°39.8'W48°48.1'N108°26.9'W49°39.1'N108°04.3'W 0.952 48° 242° 191 km 04m23.2s
21:4850°29.5'N106°13.9'W48°47.1'N107°07.1'W49°38.0'N106°41.6'W 0.952 47° 244° 192 km 04m22.2s
21:5050°27.1'N104°46.0'W48°44.9'N105°45.6'W49°35.8'N105°17.0'W 0.952 46° 246° 193 km 04m21.2s
21:5250°23.4'N103°15.9'W48°41.5'N104°22.1'W49°32.2'N103°50.3'W 0.952 45° 248° 194 km 04m20.2s
21:5450°18.2'N101°43.6'W48°36.8'N102°56.7'W49°27.3'N102°21.5'W 0.951 44° 250° 196 km 04m19.1s
21:5650°11.6'N100°08.8'W48°30.7'N101°29.1'W49°21.0'N100°50.5'W 0.951 42° 252° 197 km 04m18.0s
21:5850°03.4'N098°31.5'W48°23.2'N099°59.3'W49°13.1'N099°17.1'W 0.951 41° 254° 199 km 04m16.8s
22:0049°53.4'N096°51.5'W48°14.2'N098°27.0'W49°03.7'N097°41.1'W 0.951 40° 256° 200 km 04m15.6s
22:0249°41.7'N095°08.5'W48°03.5'N096°52.2'W48°52.5'N096°02.3'W 0.950 38° 258° 202 km 04m14.3s
22:0449°27.9'N093°22.2'W47°50.9'N095°14.5'W48°39.4'N094°20.5'W 0.950 37° 260° 204 km 04m13.0s
22:0649°11.9'N091°32.3'W47°36.5'N093°33.8'W48°24.2'N092°35.3'W 0.950 36° 262° 206 km 04m11.6s
22:0848°53.5'N089°38.3'W47°20.0'N091°49.5'W48°06.8'N090°46.5'W 0.949 34° 264° 208 km 04m10.2s
22:1048°32.5'N087°39.8'W47°01.1'N090°01.5'W47°46.9'N088°53.4'W 0.949 33° 266° 210 km 04m08.7s
22:1248°08.4'N085°36.0'W46°39.6'N088°09.0'W47°24.2'N086°55.5'W 0.949 31° 268° 212 km 04m07.2s
22:1447°40.9'N083°25.9'W46°15.3'N086°11.6'W46°58.4'N084°52.1'W 0.948 29° 270° 215 km 04m05.5s
22:1647°09.4'N081°08.3'W45°47.6'N084°08.2'W46°29.0'N082°42.0'W 0.948 27° 273° 218 km 04m03.8s
22:1846°33.1'N078°41.4'W45°16.1'N081°57.6'W45°55.2'N080°23.8'W 0.947 25° 275° 221 km 04m02.0s
22:2045°50.7'N076°02.5'W44°39.9'N079°38.3'W45°16.3'N077°55.5'W 0.947 23° 277° 224 km 04m00.0s
22:2245°00.5'N073°07.3'W43°58.0'N077°07.7'W44°30.6'N075°13.8'W 0.946 21° 280° 227 km 03m57.9s
22:2443°59.2'N069°48.2'W43°08.7'N074°22.0'W43°36.1'N072°13.3'W 0.946 18° 282° 232 km 03m55.7s
22:2642°40.1'N065°48.7'W42°09.0'N071°14.3'W42°28.5'N068°44.2'W 0.945 15° 285° 236 km 03m53.1s
22:2840°42.2'N060°17.6'W40°53.1'N067°31.0'W40°57.6'N064°22.2'W 0.944 11° 288° 242 km 03m49.9s
22:30 - - 39°04.5'N062°32.4'W38°17.5'N057°15.7'W 0.942 293° 252 km 03m45.2s
Limits37°07.5'N051°03.6'W35°13.9'N052°49.1'W36°10.6'N051°57.2'W 0.941 - 259 km 03m41.9s

ΔT = 7.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:42:52.620:42:45.543°21.0'N140°05.3'W 66.7° 159.5° 177.8 km04m32.37s
Greatest Duration20:59:47.720:59:40.546°01.1'N133°13.7'W 65.1° 185.6° 177.5 km04m33.59s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1854 May 26 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 7.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

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