Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1889 Dec 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1889 Dec 22 . 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 1889 Dec 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°16.1'N071°42.9'W14°31.5'N072°03.5'W14°53.8'N071°53.2'W 1.027 - 90 km 01m29.2s
11:1412°03.9'N064°40.2'W11°16.4'N065°04.7'W11°39.6'N064°51.4'W 1.029 116° 98 km 01m42.9s
11:1609°38.3'N059°42.4'W08°48.7'N060°10.0'W09°13.1'N059°55.6'W 1.031 14° 117° 104 km 01m54.3s
11:1807°59.0'N056°28.2'W07°07.7'N056°57.3'W07°33.1'N056°42.2'W 1.032 18° 118° 109 km 02m02.5s
11:2006°38.9'N053°55.8'W05°46.1'N054°25.7'W06°12.2'N054°10.3'W 1.033 21° 118° 112 km 02m09.5s
11:2205°30.1'N051°47.5'W04°36.0'N052°18.1'W05°02.8'N052°02.4'W 1.034 24° 118° 115 km 02m15.8s
11:2404°29.0'N049°55.2'W03°33.8'N050°26.3'W04°01.2'N050°10.4'W 1.035 26° 119° 117 km 02m21.6s
11:2603°33.9'N048°14.7'W02°37.5'N048°46.2'W03°05.5'N048°30.1'W 1.035 29° 119° 119 km 02m26.9s
11:2802°43.2'N046°43.1'W01°45.7'N047°14.9'W02°14.3'N046°58.7'W 1.036 31° 119° 121 km 02m32.0s
11:3001°56.2'N045°18.6'W00°57.7'N045°50.6'W01°26.8'N045°34.3'W 1.037 33° 119° 123 km 02m36.9s
11:3201°12.4'N043°59.9'W00°13.0'N044°32.1'W00°42.5'N044°15.7'W 1.037 35° 120° 125 km 02m41.6s
11:3400°31.2'N042°46.0'W00°29.2'S043°18.3'W00°00.8'N043°01.8'W 1.038 37° 120° 126 km 02m46.0s
11:3600°07.7'S041°36.2'W01°08.9'S042°08.5'W00°38.5'S041°52.1'W 1.038 39° 120° 128 km 02m50.4s
11:3800°44.5'S040°29.9'W01°46.6'S041°02.2'W01°15.7'S040°45.8'W 1.038 40° 120° 129 km 02m54.5s
11:4001°19.5'S039°26.6'W02°22.4'S039°58.9'W01°51.1'S039°42.5'W 1.039 42° 120° 130 km 02m58.6s
11:4201°52.8'S038°26.0'W02°56.6'S038°58.2'W02°24.8'S038°41.8'W 1.039 43° 121° 132 km 03m02.5s
11:4402°24.6'S037°27.8'W03°29.2'S037°59.8'W02°57.0'S037°43.5'W 1.040 45° 121° 133 km 03m06.4s
11:4602°55.1'S036°31.6'W04°00.4'S037°03.5'W03°27.8'S036°47.3'W 1.040 46° 121° 134 km 03m10.1s
11:4803°24.2'S035°37.3'W04°30.2'S036°09.0'W03°57.3'S035°52.9'W 1.040 48° 121° 135 km 03m13.7s
11:5003°52.1'S034°44.6'W04°58.9'S035°16.2'W04°25.6'S035°00.2'W 1.041 49° 122° 136 km 03m17.2s
11:5204°18.9'S033°53.5'W05°26.4'S034°24.8'W04°52.8'S034°08.9'W 1.041 51° 122° 137 km 03m20.6s
11:5404°44.6'S033°03.7'W05°52.9'S033°34.8'W05°18.9'S033°19.0'W 1.041 52° 122° 138 km 03m23.9s
11:5605°09.4'S032°15.1'W06°18.3'S032°45.9'W05°44.0'S032°30.3'W 1.041 53° 122° 139 km 03m27.1s
11:5805°33.2'S031°27.7'W06°42.8'S031°58.2'W06°08.1'S031°42.7'W 1.042 55° 123° 140 km 03m30.3s
12:0005°56.1'S030°41.3'W07°06.3'S031°11.4'W06°31.3'S030°56.1'W 1.042 56° 123° 141 km 03m33.3s
12:0206°18.1'S029°55.8'W07°29.0'S030°25.6'W06°53.7'S030°10.5'W 1.042 57° 124° 141 km 03m36.3s
12:0406°39.4'S029°11.2'W07°50.8'S029°40.5'W07°15.2'S029°25.6'W 1.042 58° 124° 142 km 03m39.1s
12:0606°59.8'S028°27.3'W08°11.9'S028°56.2'W07°35.9'S028°41.6'W 1.043 60° 125° 143 km 03m41.9s
12:0807°19.5'S027°44.1'W08°32.1'S028°12.6'W07°55.9'S027°58.2'W 1.043 61° 125° 144 km 03m44.5s
12:1007°38.4'S027°01.6'W08°51.7'S027°29.7'W08°15.1'S027°15.5'W 1.043 62° 126° 144 km 03m47.1s
12:1207°56.6'S026°19.7'W09°10.4'S026°47.3'W08°33.6'S026°33.3'W 1.043 63° 126° 145 km 03m49.6s
12:1408°14.2'S025°38.3'W09°28.5'S026°05.4'W08°51.4'S025°51.7'W 1.043 64° 127° 146 km 03m52.0s
12:1608°31.0'S024°57.5'W09°45.9'S025°24.0'W09°08.5'S025°10.5'W 1.043 65° 128° 146 km 03m54.3s
12:1808°47.2'S024°17.0'W10°02.6'S024°43.0'W09°25.0'S024°29.8'W 1.044 66° 129° 147 km 03m56.5s
12:2009°02.8'S023°37.0'W10°18.7'S024°02.4'W09°40.8'S023°49.5'W 1.044 68° 130° 147 km 03m58.6s
12:2209°17.8'S022°57.4'W10°34.2'S023°22.1'W09°56.0'S023°09.6'W 1.044 69° 131° 148 km 04m00.6s
12:2409°32.1'S022°18.1'W10°49.0'S022°42.2'W10°10.6'S022°30.0'W 1.044 70° 133° 148 km 04m02.5s
12:2609°45.8'S021°39.0'W11°03.2'S022°02.6'W10°24.5'S021°50.7'W 1.044 71° 134° 149 km 04m04.2s
12:2809°59.0'S021°00.3'W11°16.7'S021°23.2'W10°37.9'S021°11.6'W 1.044 72° 136° 149 km 04m05.9s
12:3010°11.6'S020°21.8'W11°29.7'S020°44.0'W10°50.7'S020°32.8'W 1.044 72° 138° 150 km 04m07.5s
12:3210°23.6'S019°43.5'W11°42.1'S020°05.0'W11°02.9'S019°54.1'W 1.044 73° 140° 150 km 04m09.0s
12:3410°35.0'S019°05.4'W11°54.0'S019°26.2'W11°14.5'S019°15.7'W 1.044 74° 142° 150 km 04m10.3s
12:3610°45.9'S018°27.4'W12°05.2'S018°47.5'W11°25.6'S018°37.4'W 1.045 75° 145° 151 km 04m11.6s
12:3810°56.2'S017°49.6'W12°15.9'S018°08.9'W11°36.1'S017°59.2'W 1.045 76° 148° 151 km 04m12.7s
12:4011°06.0'S017°11.9'W12°26.0'S017°30.4'W11°46.0'S017°21.1'W 1.045 77° 151° 151 km 04m13.8s
12:4211°15.3'S016°34.3'W12°35.5'S016°52.0'W11°55.4'S016°43.1'W 1.045 77° 155° 151 km 04m14.7s
12:4411°24.0'S015°56.7'W12°44.5'S016°13.7'W12°04.3'S016°05.1'W 1.045 78° 159° 152 km 04m15.5s
12:4611°32.2'S015°19.2'W12°53.0'S015°35.4'W12°12.6'S015°27.2'W 1.045 78° 163° 152 km 04m16.1s
12:4811°39.8'S014°41.7'W13°00.9'S014°57.0'W12°20.4'S014°49.3'W 1.045 79° 168° 152 km 04m16.7s
12:5011°46.9'S014°04.2'W13°08.2'S014°18.7'W12°27.6'S014°11.4'W 1.045 79° 173° 152 km 04m17.2s
12:5211°53.5'S013°26.6'W13°15.0'S013°40.3'W12°34.3'S013°33.4'W 1.045 79° 178° 152 km 04m17.5s
12:5411°59.6'S012°49.1'W13°21.2'S013°01.9'W12°40.4'S012°55.5'W 1.045 79° 184° 152 km 04m17.7s
12:5612°05.1'S012°11.4'W13°26.9'S012°23.4'W12°46.0'S012°17.4'W 1.045 79° 190° 152 km 04m17.8s
12:5812°10.1'S011°33.7'W13°32.1'S011°44.8'W12°51.1'S011°39.2'W 1.045 79° 195° 152 km 04m17.7s
13:0012°14.6'S010°55.9'W13°36.7'S011°06.1'W12°55.7'S011°01.0'W 1.045 79° 200° 152 km 04m17.6s
13:0212°18.6'S010°17.9'W13°40.7'S010°27.2'W12°59.6'S010°22.6'W 1.045 78° 205° 152 km 04m17.3s
13:0412°22.0'S009°39.8'W13°44.2'S009°48.2'W13°03.1'S009°44.0'W 1.045 78° 210° 152 km 04m16.9s
13:0612°24.9'S009°01.5'W13°47.1'S009°09.1'W13°06.0'S009°05.3'W 1.045 77° 214° 152 km 04m16.4s
13:0812°27.2'S008°23.0'W13°49.4'S008°29.7'W13°08.3'S008°26.4'W 1.045 77° 218° 152 km 04m15.8s
13:1012°29.0'S007°44.4'W13°51.2'S007°50.1'W13°10.1'S007°47.3'W 1.045 76° 221° 152 km 04m15.0s
13:1212°30.3'S007°05.5'W13°52.4'S007°10.3'W13°11.3'S007°07.9'W 1.045 75° 224° 152 km 04m14.1s
13:1412°31.0'S006°26.3'W13°53.0'S006°30.2'W13°12.0'S006°28.3'W 1.045 74° 227° 151 km 04m13.1s
13:1612°31.1'S005°46.8'W13°53.0'S005°49.8'W13°12.1'S005°48.4'W 1.045 74° 229° 151 km 04m12.0s
13:1812°30.6'S005°07.1'W13°52.5'S005°09.1'W13°11.6'S005°08.2'W 1.044 73° 231° 151 km 04m10.8s
13:2012°29.6'S004°27.0'W13°51.3'S004°28.1'W13°10.5'S004°27.6'W 1.044 72° 233° 151 km 04m09.4s
13:2212°28.0'S003°46.5'W13°49.5'S003°46.8'W13°08.8'S003°46.8'W 1.044 71° 235° 150 km 04m08.0s
13:2412°25.8'S003°05.7'W13°47.1'S003°05.0'W13°06.5'S003°05.5'W 1.044 70° 236° 150 km 04m06.4s
13:2612°23.0'S002°24.4'W13°44.1'S002°22.9'W13°03.6'S002°23.8'W 1.044 69° 238° 149 km 04m04.7s
13:2812°19.6'S001°42.7'W13°40.4'S001°40.2'W13°00.0'S001°41.6'W 1.044 68° 239° 149 km 04m02.9s
13:3012°15.6'S001°00.5'W13°36.1'S000°57.2'W12°55.9'S000°59.0'W 1.044 67° 240° 148 km 04m00.9s
13:3212°10.9'S000°17.8'W13°31.1'S000°13.5'W12°51.0'S000°15.8'W 1.044 66° 241° 148 km 03m58.9s
13:3412°05.5'S000°25.4'E13°25.4'S000°30.6'E12°45.5'S000°27.9'E 1.044 65° 242° 147 km 03m56.7s
13:3611°59.5'S001°09.3'E13°19.0'S001°15.3'E12°39.3'S001°12.2'E 1.043 64° 242° 147 km 03m54.5s
13:3811°52.7'S001°53.8'E13°11.9'S002°00.7'E12°32.4'S001°57.1'E 1.043 62° 243° 146 km 03m52.1s
13:4011°45.3'S002°39.0'E13°04.0'S002°46.8'E12°24.7'S002°42.7'E 1.043 61° 243° 145 km 03m49.6s
13:4211°37.1'S003°25.0'E12°55.4'S003°33.6'E12°16.3'S003°29.1'E 1.043 60° 244° 145 km 03m47.0s
13:4411°28.1'S004°11.7'E12°46.0'S004°21.1'E12°07.1'S004°16.2'E 1.043 59° 244° 144 km 03m44.3s
13:4611°18.4'S004°59.3'E12°35.7'S005°09.5'E11°57.1'S005°04.2'E 1.042 58° 245° 143 km 03m41.5s
13:4811°07.8'S005°47.8'E12°24.6'S005°58.9'E11°46.3'S005°53.1'E 1.042 56° 245° 142 km 03m38.6s
13:5010°56.4'S006°37.3'E12°12.6'S006°49.2'E11°34.5'S006°43.0'E 1.042 55° 245° 142 km 03m35.6s
13:5210°44.0'S007°28.0'E11°59.7'S007°40.6'E11°21.9'S007°34.0'E 1.042 54° 246° 141 km 03m32.5s
13:5410°30.8'S008°19.8'E11°45.8'S008°33.1'E11°08.3'S008°26.2'E 1.042 53° 246° 140 km 03m29.3s
13:5610°16.5'S009°12.8'E11°30.8'S009°26.9'E10°53.7'S009°19.6'E 1.041 51° 246° 139 km 03m26.0s
13:5810°01.2'S010°07.3'E11°14.8'S010°22.1'E10°38.1'S010°14.5'E 1.041 50° 246° 138 km 03m22.5s
14:0009°44.7'S011°03.3'E10°57.7'S011°18.8'E10°21.3'S011°10.8'E 1.041 48° 246° 137 km 03m19.0s
14:0209°27.1'S012°01.0'E10°39.3'S012°17.2'E10°03.3'S012°08.8'E 1.040 47° 246° 136 km 03m15.4s
14:0409°08.3'S013°00.6'E10°19.7'S013°17.4'E09°44.1'S013°08.7'E 1.040 46° 246° 135 km 03m11.6s
14:0608°48.0'S014°02.2'E09°58.6'S014°19.7'E09°23.4'S014°10.7'E 1.040 44° 246° 134 km 03m07.7s
14:0808°26.3'S015°06.2'E09°36.1'S015°24.2'E09°01.3'S015°14.9'E 1.039 42° 246° 132 km 03m03.7s
14:1008°03.0'S016°12.7'E09°11.9'S016°31.3'E08°37.5'S016°21.7'E 1.039 41° 246° 131 km 02m59.6s
14:1207°37.9'S017°22.2'E08°45.8'S017°41.3'E08°12.0'S017°31.5'E 1.039 39° 246° 130 km 02m55.4s
14:1407°10.9'S018°35.1'E08°17.8'S018°54.7'E07°44.5'S018°44.6'E 1.038 37° 246° 128 km 02m51.0s
14:1606°41.7'S019°51.8'E07°47.5'S020°11.9'E07°14.7'S020°01.5'E 1.038 36° 246° 127 km 02m46.4s
14:1806°09.9'S021°13.1'E07°14.7'S021°33.6'E06°42.5'S021°23.0'E 1.037 34° 246° 125 km 02m41.7s
14:2005°35.3'S022°39.8'E06°38.9'S023°00.6'E06°07.2'S022°49.8'E 1.037 32° 246° 123 km 02m36.8s
14:2204°57.3'S024°13.0'E05°59.6'S024°34.2'E05°28.6'S024°23.2'E 1.036 30° 246° 121 km 02m31.6s
14:2404°15.1'S025°54.4'E05°16.1'S026°15.8'E04°45.8'S026°04.6'E 1.035 27° 246° 119 km 02m26.2s
14:2603°27.7'S027°46.1'E04°27.3'S028°07.7'E03°57.7'S027°56.5'E 1.035 25° 246° 117 km 02m20.4s
14:2802°33.6'S029°52.0'E03°31.6'S030°13.6'E03°02.8'S030°02.3'E 1.034 22° 246° 114 km 02m14.1s
14:3001°29.9'S032°18.1'E02°26.2'S032°39.7'E01°58.3'S032°28.4'E 1.033 19° 246° 111 km 02m07.2s
14:3200°11.1'S035°17.1'E01°05.4'S035°38.3'E00°38.5'S035°27.1'E 1.032 15° 246° 107 km 01m59.3s
14:3401°38.2'N039°24.4'E00°46.5'N039°44.5'E01°12.0'N039°33.6'E 1.030 10° 246° 102 km 01m49.3s
Limits05°34.9'N048°24.8'E04°49.3'N048°44.5'E05°12.1'N048°34.6'E 1.027 - 92 km 01m30.6s

ΔT = -6.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:54:14.412:54:20.612°41.4'S012°47.4'W 79.2° 185.0° 152.4 km04m17.72s
Greatest Duration12:56:22.012:56:28.212°47.3'S012°08.4'W 79.1° 190.9° 152.4 km04m17.79s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1889 Dec 22 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 -6.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 0.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.00°.

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

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