Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1889 Jan 01

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1889 Jan 01 . 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 Jan 01
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits53°28.7'N179°38.9'E52°41.0'N178°54.3'E53°04.8'N179°16.1'E 1.017 - 100 km 01m08.2s
20:2650°09.2'N173°49.6'W47°03.8'N170°17.2'W48°28.7'N171°47.5'W 1.020 138° 113 km 01m22.5s
20:2847°47.4'N169°08.6'W45°23.5'N167°00.3'W46°32.9'N167°59.2'W 1.021 11° 141° 119 km 01m29.5s
20:3046°16.2'N166°03.7'W44°08.1'N164°28.6'W45°10.7'N165°13.2'W 1.021 13° 144° 124 km 01m34.8s
20:3245°06.0'N163°37.6'W43°06.6'N162°21.6'W44°05.4'N162°57.6'W 1.022 15° 146° 129 km 01m39.4s
20:3444°08.4'N161°33.9'W42°14.6'N160°30.8'W43°10.8'N161°00.9'W 1.023 17° 148° 133 km 01m43.4s
20:3643°19.4'N159°45.0'W41°29.5'N158°51.4'W42°23.8'N159°17.0'W 1.023 19° 150° 136 km 01m47.0s
20:3842°36.7'N158°06.9'W40°49.8'N157°20.5'W41°42.8'N157°42.8'W 1.023 20° 151° 140 km 01m50.3s
20:4041°59.1'N156°36.9'W40°14.4'N155°56.4'W41°06.4'N156°15.9'W 1.024 21° 153° 143 km 01m53.3s
20:4241°25.7'N155°13.3'W39°42.7'N154°37.7'W40°33.8'N154°54.8'W 1.024 22° 155° 146 km 01m56.0s
20:4440°55.8'N153°54.9'W39°14.2'N153°23.4'W40°04.6'N153°38.6'W 1.024 23° 156° 149 km 01m58.6s
20:4640°28.9'N152°40.7'W38°48.4'N152°12.9'W39°38.3'N152°26.3'W 1.025 24° 158° 152 km 02m00.9s
20:4840°04.6'N151°30.1'W38°25.1'N151°05.4'W39°14.6'N151°17.3'W 1.025 25° 159° 155 km 02m03.1s
20:5039°42.7'N150°22.5'W38°04.0'N150°00.6'W38°53.1'N150°11.2'W 1.025 26° 161° 157 km 02m05.1s
20:5239°23.0'N149°17.4'W37°44.9'N148°58.1'W38°33.7'N149°07.4'W 1.025 26° 162° 160 km 02m06.9s
20:5439°05.2'N148°14.6'W37°27.6'N147°57.5'W38°16.2'N148°05.7'W 1.025 27° 164° 162 km 02m08.5s
20:5638°49.2'N147°13.6'W37°12.1'N146°58.6'W38°00.4'N147°05.8'W 1.026 28° 165° 164 km 02m10.0s
20:5838°34.9'N146°14.2'W36°58.3'N146°01.2'W37°46.4'N146°07.4'W 1.026 28° 167° 166 km 02m11.4s
21:0038°22.3'N145°16.2'W36°45.9'N145°05.0'W37°33.9'N145°10.4'W 1.026 29° 168° 168 km 02m12.6s
21:0238°11.1'N144°19.3'W36°35.0'N144°09.8'W37°22.9'N144°14.4'W 1.026 29° 170° 169 km 02m13.7s
21:0438°01.4'N143°23.5'W36°25.6'N143°15.6'W37°13.3'N143°19.4'W 1.026 29° 171° 171 km 02m14.6s
21:0637°53.0'N142°28.5'W36°17.4'N142°22.2'W37°05.0'N142°25.2'W 1.026 30° 173° 172 km 02m15.4s
21:0837°46.0'N141°34.1'W36°10.6'N141°29.3'W36°58.1'N141°31.6'W 1.026 30° 174° 173 km 02m16.0s
21:1037°40.4'N140°40.3'W36°05.1'N140°37.0'W36°52.5'N140°38.6'W 1.026 30° 176° 174 km 02m16.5s
21:1237°35.9'N139°47.0'W36°00.8'N139°45.0'W36°48.2'N139°46.0'W 1.026 30° 177° 174 km 02m16.9s
21:1437°32.8'N138°53.9'W35°57.7'N138°53.3'W36°45.1'N138°53.6'W 1.026 30° 178° 175 km 02m17.1s
21:1637°30.9'N138°01.0'W35°55.8'N138°01.8'W36°43.2'N138°01.4'W 1.026 30° 180° 175 km 02m17.2s
21:1837°30.2'N137°08.1'W35°55.2'N137°10.3'W36°42.5'N137°09.2'W 1.026 30° 181° 175 km 02m17.2s
21:2037°30.8'N136°15.2'W35°55.8'N136°18.7'W36°43.1'N136°17.0'W 1.026 30° 183° 175 km 02m17.0s
21:2237°32.5'N135°22.1'W35°57.6'N135°27.0'W36°44.9'N135°24.6'W 1.026 30° 184° 174 km 02m16.6s
21:2437°35.6'N134°28.7'W36°00.6'N134°35.0'W36°47.9'N134°31.9'W 1.026 30° 186° 174 km 02m16.2s
21:2637°39.9'N133°34.8'W36°04.8'N133°42.6'W36°52.2'N133°38.8'W 1.026 30° 187° 173 km 02m15.6s
21:2837°45.5'N132°40.4'W36°10.4'N132°49.7'W36°57.8'N132°45.2'W 1.026 30° 189° 172 km 02m14.9s
21:3037°52.5'N131°45.3'W36°17.2'N131°56.1'W37°04.7'N131°50.9'W 1.026 29° 190° 170 km 02m14.0s
21:3238°00.9'N130°49.4'W36°25.4'N131°01.8'W37°12.9'N130°55.8'W 1.026 29° 192° 169 km 02m13.0s
21:3438°10.6'N129°52.4'W36°35.0'N130°06.5'W37°22.6'N129°59.7'W 1.026 29° 193° 167 km 02m11.8s
21:3638°21.9'N128°54.3'W36°46.0'N129°10.2'W37°33.8'N129°02.5'W 1.025 28° 195° 165 km 02m10.5s
21:3838°34.8'N127°54.7'W36°58.6'N128°12.6'W37°46.5'N128°03.9'W 1.025 28° 196° 163 km 02m09.1s
21:4038°49.3'N126°53.6'W37°12.7'N127°13.5'W38°00.8'N127°03.8'W 1.025 27° 197° 161 km 02m07.5s
21:4239°05.7'N125°50.5'W37°28.7'N126°12.7'W38°16.9'N126°01.9'W 1.025 26° 199° 159 km 02m05.7s
21:4439°24.0'N124°45.2'W37°46.4'N125°09.9'W38°34.9'N124°58.0'W 1.025 26° 200° 156 km 02m03.8s
21:4639°44.4'N123°37.4'W38°06.2'N124°04.8'W38°55.0'N123°51.6'W 1.025 25° 202° 154 km 02m01.7s
21:4840°07.2'N122°26.5'W38°28.1'N122°57.0'W39°17.4'N122°42.3'W 1.024 24° 203° 151 km 01m59.5s
21:5040°32.6'N121°12.1'W38°52.5'N121°46.1'W39°42.3'N121°29.7'W 1.024 23° 205° 148 km 01m57.1s
21:5241°01.0'N119°53.3'W39°19.7'N120°31.4'W40°10.0'N120°13.1'W 1.024 22° 207° 145 km 01m54.4s
21:5441°32.9'N118°29.3'W39°50.0'N119°12.3'W40°41.1'N118°51.6'W 1.023 21° 208° 141 km 01m51.6s
21:5642°08.9'N116°58.8'W40°23.9'N117°47.6'W41°16.0'N117°24.2'W 1.023 20° 210° 138 km 01m48.5s
21:5842°49.9'N115°20.1'W41°02.3'N116°16.2'W41°55.5'N115°49.3'W 1.023 18° 212° 134 km 01m45.2s
22:0043°37.4'N113°30.6'W41°46.0'N114°35.9'W42°41.0'N114°04.7'W 1.022 17° 213° 131 km 01m41.5s
22:0244°33.3'N111°25.9'W42°36.6'N112°44.1'W43°34.1'N112°07.0'W 1.022 15° 215° 126 km 01m37.4s
22:0445°41.9'N108°58.4'W43°36.7'N110°35.7'W44°37.9'N109°50.0'W 1.021 13° 218° 122 km 01m32.8s
22:0647°11.8'N105°51.0'W44°51.1'N108°01.8'W45°58.9'N107°01.6'W 1.020 11° 220° 117 km 01m27.3s
22:0849°34.7'N101°01.0'W46°31.1'N104°40.2'W47°54.8'N103°07.4'W 1.019 223° 110 km 01m20.1s
Limits52°39.8'N094°51.5'W51°52.7'N094°10.4'W52°16.1'N094°30.6'W 1.017 - 97 km 01m06.4s

ΔT = -6.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:16:50.021:16:56.036°42.7'N137°35.5'W 30.3° 180.6° 175.0 km02m17.20s
Greatest Duration21:16:12.221:16:18.336°43.0'N137°53.4'W 30.3° 180.1° 175.0 km02m17.20s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1889 Jan 01 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 -6.1 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°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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