Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1901 May 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1901 May 18 . 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 1901 May 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits26°40.8'S039°56.5'E28°10.7'S040°27.5'E27°25.6'S040°12.0'E 1.051 - 173 km 02m51.8s
03:5824°02.3'S046°49.3'E27°02.3'S043°35.5'E25°22.2'S045°41.1'E 1.053 66° 178 km 03m04.9s
04:0021°43.5'S052°20.0'E23°53.5'S051°33.7'E22°47.0'S052°00.8'E 1.055 12° 63° 185 km 03m22.6s
04:0220°10.5'S055°48.5'E22°12.4'S055°29.4'E21°10.5'S055°41.3'E 1.056 16° 61° 189 km 03m34.3s
04:0418°55.5'S058°30.2'E20°53.9'S058°24.7'E19°53.9'S058°29.2'E 1.057 20° 60° 192 km 03m44.1s
04:0617°51.0'S060°45.2'E19°47.6'S060°48.2'E18°48.6'S060°48.2'E 1.058 22° 59° 195 km 03m52.7s
04:0816°53.7'S062°42.5'E18°49.2'S062°51.5'E17°50.9'S062°48.3'E 1.059 25° 58° 197 km 04m00.7s
04:1016°01.7'S064°27.1'E17°56.6'S064°40.6'E16°58.6'S064°34.9'E 1.059 27° 57° 199 km 04m08.0s
04:1215°13.9'S066°01.9'E17°08.3'S066°18.9'E16°10.6'S066°11.4'E 1.060 29° 56° 201 km 04m14.9s
04:1414°29.5'S067°28.9'E16°23.7'S067°48.7'E15°26.1'S067°39.7'E 1.061 31° 55° 203 km 04m21.5s
04:1613°47.8'S068°49.7'E15°42.0'S069°11.8'E14°44.4'S069°01.6'E 1.061 33° 54° 205 km 04m27.8s
04:1813°08.6'S070°05.2'E15°02.8'S070°29.3'E14°05.3'S070°18.0'E 1.062 35° 54° 207 km 04m33.9s
04:2012°31.5'S071°16.2'E14°25.8'S071°42.0'E13°28.2'S071°29.9'E 1.062 37° 53° 208 km 04m39.7s
04:2211°56.2'S072°23.5'E13°50.7'S072°50.7'E12°53.0'S072°37.8'E 1.062 38° 52° 210 km 04m45.3s
04:2411°22.6'S073°27.5'E13°17.3'S073°55.8'E12°19.6'S073°42.3'E 1.063 40° 51° 211 km 04m50.7s
04:2610°50.5'S074°28.5'E12°45.4'S074°57.9'E11°47.6'S074°43.8'E 1.063 41° 50° 212 km 04m55.9s
04:2810°19.8'S075°27.0'E12°14.9'S075°57.3'E11°17.0'S075°42.8'E 1.063 43° 50° 214 km 05m01.0s
04:3009°50.3'S076°23.3'E11°45.7'S076°54.3'E10°47.6'S076°39.4'E 1.064 44° 49° 215 km 05m05.9s
04:3209°21.9'S077°17.5'E11°17.7'S077°49.2'E10°19.5'S077°33.9'E 1.064 46° 48° 216 km 05m10.7s
04:3408°54.7'S078°09.9'E10°50.7'S078°42.2'E09°52.4'S078°26.5'E 1.064 47° 47° 217 km 05m15.4s
04:3608°28.4'S079°00.6'E10°24.8'S079°33.4'E09°26.3'S079°17.5'E 1.065 48° 46° 218 km 05m19.8s
04:3808°03.1'S079°49.9'E09°59.8'S080°23.1'E09°01.1'S080°07.0'E 1.065 49° 45° 219 km 05m24.2s
04:4007°38.6'S080°37.8'E09°35.7'S081°11.4'E08°36.9'S080°55.0'E 1.065 51° 44° 220 km 05m28.4s
04:4207°15.0'S081°24.5'E09°12.5'S081°58.3'E08°13.5'S081°41.9'E 1.065 52° 44° 221 km 05m32.5s
04:4406°52.2'S082°10.1'E08°50.1'S082°44.2'E07°50.9'S082°27.6'E 1.066 53° 42° 222 km 05m36.4s
04:4606°30.2'S082°54.7'E08°28.4'S083°28.9'E07°29.0'S083°12.2'E 1.066 54° 41° 223 km 05m40.3s
04:4806°08.9'S083°38.4'E08°07.5'S084°12.7'E07°07.9'S083°55.9'E 1.066 55° 40° 224 km 05m43.9s
04:5005°48.3'S084°21.2'E07°47.2'S084°55.6'E06°47.5'S084°38.8'E 1.066 56° 39° 225 km 05m47.5s
04:5205°28.3'S085°03.3'E07°27.7'S085°37.6'E06°27.8'S085°20.8'E 1.066 57° 38° 226 km 05m50.9s
04:5405°09.0'S085°44.6'E07°08.8'S086°19.0'E06°08.7'S086°02.1'E 1.067 58° 37° 227 km 05m54.2s
04:5604°50.4'S086°25.3'E06°50.5'S086°59.6'E05°50.2'S086°42.8'E 1.067 59° 35° 228 km 05m57.3s
04:5804°32.3'S087°05.4'E06°32.8'S087°39.6'E05°32.3'S087°22.8'E 1.067 60° 34° 229 km 06m00.3s
05:0004°14.8'S087°45.0'E06°15.7'S088°19.1'E05°15.1'S088°02.3'E 1.067 61° 32° 229 km 06m03.2s
05:0203°58.0'S088°24.1'E05°59.2'S088°58.0'E04°58.3'S088°41.3'E 1.067 62° 31° 230 km 06m05.9s
05:0403°41.6'S089°02.8'E05°43.2'S089°36.5'E04°42.2'S089°19.9'E 1.067 62° 29° 231 km 06m08.4s
05:0603°25.8'S089°41.0'E05°27.8'S090°14.5'E04°26.6'S089°58.0'E 1.067 63° 27° 232 km 06m10.9s
05:0803°10.6'S090°18.9'E05°12.9'S090°52.1'E04°11.5'S090°35.8'E 1.067 64° 25° 232 km 06m13.2s
05:1002°55.9'S090°56.5'E04°58.5'S091°29.4'E03°57.0'S091°13.2'E 1.068 65° 23° 233 km 06m15.3s
05:1202°41.7'S091°33.8'E04°44.6'S092°06.4'E03°43.0'S091°50.3'E 1.068 65° 21° 233 km 06m17.3s
05:1402°28.0'S092°10.9'E04°31.3'S092°43.2'E03°29.4'S092°27.2'E 1.068 66° 19° 234 km 06m19.1s
05:1602°14.8'S092°47.7'E04°18.4'S093°19.6'E03°16.4'S093°03.8'E 1.068 66° 17° 235 km 06m20.8s
05:1802°02.1'S093°24.3'E04°06.0'S093°55.9'E03°03.9'S093°40.3'E 1.068 67° 14° 235 km 06m22.3s
05:2001°49.9'S094°00.8'E03°54.1'S094°32.0'E02°51.8'S094°16.6'E 1.068 67° 12° 236 km 06m23.7s
05:2201°38.1'S094°37.2'E03°42.7'S095°08.0'E02°40.2'S094°52.7'E 1.068 68° 236 km 06m24.9s
05:2401°26.9'S095°13.5'E03°31.7'S095°43.8'E02°29.1'S095°28.8'E 1.068 68° 236 km 06m26.0s
05:2601°16.1'S095°49.7'E03°21.2'S096°19.6'E02°18.5'S096°04.7'E 1.068 68° 237 km 06m26.8s
05:2801°05.8'S096°25.9'E03°11.1'S096°55.2'E02°08.3'S096°40.6'E 1.068 68° 237 km 06m27.6s
05:3000°56.0'S097°02.0'E03°01.6'S097°30.9'E01°58.7'S097°16.5'E 1.068 69° 358° 237 km 06m28.1s
05:3200°46.7'S097°38.2'E02°52.4'S098°06.6'E01°49.4'S097°52.4'E 1.068 69° 355° 238 km 06m28.5s
05:3400°37.8'S098°14.4'E02°43.8'S098°42.3'E01°40.7'S098°28.4'E 1.068 69° 352° 238 km 06m28.8s
05:3600°29.4'S098°50.7'E02°35.6'S099°18.0'E01°32.3'S099°04.4'E 1.068 69° 350° 238 km 06m28.8s
05:3800°21.5'S099°27.1'E02°27.8'S099°53.8'E01°24.5'S099°40.4'E 1.068 69° 347° 238 km 06m28.7s
05:4000°14.0'S100°03.5'E02°20.5'S100°29.7'E01°17.1'S100°16.6'E 1.068 68° 344° 238 km 06m28.4s
05:4200°07.0'S100°40.1'E02°13.7'S101°05.8'E01°10.2'S100°52.9'E 1.068 68° 341° 238 km 06m28.0s
05:4400°00.5'S101°16.9'E02°07.3'S101°42.0'E01°03.8'S101°29.4'E 1.068 68° 338° 238 km 06m27.4s
05:4600°05.5'N101°53.9'E02°01.4'S102°18.3'E00°57.8'S102°06.1'E 1.068 68° 336° 238 km 06m26.6s
05:4800°11.1'N102°31.1'E01°55.9'S102°54.9'E00°52.3'S102°42.9'E 1.068 67° 333° 238 km 06m25.6s
05:5000°16.1'N103°08.6'E01°50.9'S103°31.8'E00°47.3'S103°20.1'E 1.068 67° 331° 238 km 06m24.5s
05:5200°20.7'N103°46.3'E01°46.4'S104°08.9'E00°42.7'S103°57.5'E 1.068 66° 328° 238 km 06m23.2s
05:5400°24.8'N104°24.3'E01°42.4'S104°46.3'E00°38.7'S104°35.2'E 1.068 66° 326° 237 km 06m21.8s
05:5600°28.3'N105°02.7'E01°38.8'S105°24.1'E00°35.1'S105°13.2'E 1.067 65° 324° 237 km 06m20.1s
05:5800°31.4'N105°41.4'E01°35.8'S106°02.2'E00°32.1'S105°51.7'E 1.067 64° 322° 237 km 06m18.3s
06:0000°33.9'N106°20.6'E01°33.2'S106°40.7'E00°29.5'S106°30.5'E 1.067 64° 320° 236 km 06m16.4s
06:0200°35.9'N107°00.2'E01°31.2'S107°19.7'E00°27.5'S107°09.7'E 1.067 63° 318° 236 km 06m14.2s
06:0400°37.4'N107°40.2'E01°29.6'S107°59.1'E00°26.0'S107°49.4'E 1.067 62° 317° 235 km 06m11.9s
06:0600°38.3'N108°20.8'E01°28.6'S108°39.1'E00°25.1'S108°29.7'E 1.067 61° 315° 234 km 06m09.5s
06:0800°38.7'N109°01.9'E01°28.2'S109°19.6'E00°24.7'S109°10.5'E 1.067 61° 314° 234 km 06m06.8s
06:1000°38.4'N109°43.6'E01°28.3'S110°00.7'E00°24.8'S109°51.9'E 1.067 60° 312° 233 km 06m04.0s
06:1200°37.6'N110°26.0'E01°29.0'S110°42.5'E00°25.6'S110°33.9'E 1.066 59° 311° 232 km 06m01.1s
06:1400°36.2'N111°09.0'E01°30.2'S111°25.0'E00°26.9'S111°16.7'E 1.066 58° 310° 232 km 05m58.0s
06:1600°34.1'N111°52.8'E01°32.1'S112°08.2'E00°28.8'S112°00.1'E 1.066 57° 308° 231 km 05m54.7s
06:1800°31.4'N112°37.4'E01°34.6'S112°52.3'E00°31.4'S112°44.5'E 1.066 56° 307° 230 km 05m51.3s
06:2000°28.1'N113°22.8'E01°37.7'S113°37.2'E00°34.7'S113°29.6'E 1.066 55° 306° 229 km 05m47.7s
06:2200°24.0'N114°09.2'E01°41.5'S114°23.1'E00°38.6'S114°15.8'E 1.065 54° 305° 228 km 05m44.0s
06:2400°19.2'N114°56.6'E01°46.0'S115°10.1'E00°43.3'S115°02.9'E 1.065 53° 304° 227 km 05m40.1s
06:2600°13.7'N115°45.1'E01°51.3'S115°58.1'E00°48.7'S115°51.2'E 1.065 52° 304° 226 km 05m36.0s
06:2800°07.3'N116°34.8'E01°57.3'S116°47.4'E00°54.8'S116°40.6'E 1.065 50° 303° 225 km 05m31.8s
06:3000°00.2'N117°25.8'E02°04.1'S117°38.0'E01°01.8'S117°31.4'E 1.065 49° 302° 224 km 05m27.4s
06:3200°07.8'S118°18.2'E02°11.8'S118°30.1'E01°09.6'S118°23.6'E 1.064 48° 301° 222 km 05m22.9s
06:3400°16.8'S119°12.2'E02°20.3'S119°23.8'E01°18.4'S119°17.4'E 1.064 47° 301° 221 km 05m18.2s
06:3600°26.7'S120°07.8'E02°29.9'S120°19.2'E01°28.1'S120°12.9'E 1.064 45° 300° 220 km 05m13.4s
06:3800°37.7'S121°05.3'E02°40.5'S121°16.6'E01°38.9'S121°10.3'E 1.063 44° 299° 218 km 05m08.4s
06:4000°49.8'S122°04.9'E02°52.1'S122°16.1'E01°50.8'S122°09.8'E 1.063 43° 299° 217 km 05m03.2s
06:4201°03.1'S123°06.7'E03°05.0'S123°18.0'E02°03.9'S123°11.7'E 1.063 41° 298° 215 km 04m57.9s
06:4401°17.7'S124°11.1'E03°19.2'S124°22.5'E02°18.3'S124°16.1'E 1.062 40° 298° 214 km 04m52.3s
06:4601°33.8'S125°18.4'E03°34.9'S125°30.1'E02°34.1'S125°23.5'E 1.062 38° 297° 212 km 04m46.6s
06:4801°51.5'S126°29.1'E03°52.1'S126°41.2'E02°51.5'S126°34.3'E 1.061 37° 297° 210 km 04m40.7s
06:5002°10.9'S127°43.4'E04°11.1'S127°56.2'E03°10.8'S127°49.0'E 1.061 35° 296° 208 km 04m34.6s
06:5202°32.4'S129°02.2'E04°32.2'S129°15.9'E03°32.0'S129°08.1'E 1.060 33° 296° 206 km 04m28.2s
06:5402°56.1'S130°26.2'E04°55.6'S130°41.0'E03°55.6'S130°32.6'E 1.060 31° 296° 204 km 04m21.6s
06:5603°22.6'S131°56.3'E05°21.8'S132°12.8'E04°21.9'S132°03.5'E 1.059 29° 295° 202 km 04m14.6s
06:5803°52.3'S133°34.1'E05°51.4'S133°52.7'E04°51.5'S133°42.2'E 1.059 27° 295° 200 km 04m07.3s
07:0004°26.0'S135°21.4'E06°25.1'S135°43.2'E05°25.2'S135°31.0'E 1.058 25° 294° 197 km 03m59.5s
07:0205°04.8'S137°21.4'E07°04.2'S137°47.6'E06°04.1'S137°33.0'E 1.057 22° 294° 195 km 03m51.1s
07:0405°50.6'S139°39.0'E07°51.0'S140°12.0'E06°50.3'S139°53.7'E 1.056 19° 293° 191 km 03m42.0s
07:0606°46.8'S142°23.4'E08°49.6'S143°08.2'E07°47.5'S142°43.4'E 1.055 16° 293° 188 km 03m31.6s
07:0808°01.3'S145°56.6'E10°11.4'S147°08.0'E09°05.1'S146°28.2'E 1.054 11° 292° 183 km 03m19.0s
07:1010°10.0'S151°56.5'E - - 11°38.5'S153°42.6'E 1.051 291° 174 km 02m57.8s
Limits12°02.1'S157°07.0'E13°32.2'S156°43.2'E12°47.0'S156°55.0'E 1.050 - 171 km 02m49.6s

ΔT = -0.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:33:48.005:33:48.901°41.4'S098°25.3'E 68.7° 352.7° 237.8 km06m28.74s
Greatest Duration05:35:43.205:35:44.101°33.4'S098°59.6'E 68.7° 349.9° 237.9 km06m28.82s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1901 May 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1901 May 18 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 -0.9 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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