Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1840 May 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1840 May 25 . 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 -1840 May 25
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits09°02.6'N165°26.2'E07°25.0'N166°17.7'E08°13.7'N165°52.2'E 1.054 - 200 km 02m45.2s
18:3811°35.7'N172°52.7'E11°22.1'N177°44.0'E11°33.6'N175°31.7'E 1.057 11° 74° 214 km 03m08.4s
18:4013°26.7'N177°37.6'E12°47.5'N178°43.5'W13°09.1'N179°32.2'E 1.059 15° 76° 220 km 03m19.7s
18:4214°47.9'N179°09.3'W13°57.4'N175°59.6'W14°24.0'N177°31.3'W 1.060 19° 76° 224 km 03m28.6s
18:4415°56.2'N176°35.4'W14°58.5'N173°42.5'W15°28.3'N175°06.6'W 1.061 22° 77° 227 km 03m36.4s
18:4616°56.7'N174°24.6'W15°53.7'N171°42.9'W16°26.0'N173°01.8'W 1.062 24° 78° 230 km 03m43.4s
18:4817°51.8'N172°29.3'W16°44.6'N169°55.8'W17°18.9'N171°10.9'W 1.062 27° 79° 233 km 03m49.9s
18:5018°42.8'N170°45.4'W17°32.1'N168°18.2'W18°08.1'N169°30.3'W 1.063 29° 80° 235 km 03m55.9s
18:5219°30.7'N169°10.1'W18°17.0'N166°48.1'W18°54.4'N167°57.7'W 1.064 31° 81° 237 km 04m01.6s
18:5420°15.9'N167°41.7'W18°59.6'N165°23.9'W19°38.3'N166°31.6'W 1.064 33° 82° 238 km 04m07.0s
18:5620°59.0'N166°19.0'W19°40.3'N164°04.8'W20°20.1'N165°10.7'W 1.065 35° 83° 240 km 04m12.2s
18:5821°40.2'N165°00.9'W20°19.3'N162°49.8'W21°00.1'N163°54.2'W 1.065 36° 84° 241 km 04m17.1s
19:0022°19.7'N163°46.7'W20°56.8'N161°38.5'W21°38.7'N162°41.5'W 1.066 38° 85° 242 km 04m21.9s
19:0222°57.8'N162°36.0'W21°33.0'N160°30.2'W22°15.8'N161°32.0'W 1.066 40° 86° 243 km 04m26.5s
19:0423°34.6'N161°28.0'W22°08.0'N159°24.6'W22°51.7'N160°25.3'W 1.066 41° 87° 244 km 04m30.9s
19:0624°10.3'N160°22.7'W22°41.9'N158°21.3'W23°26.4'N159°21.0'W 1.067 43° 88° 245 km 04m35.2s
19:0824°44.8'N159°19.5'W23°14.8'N157°20.1'W24°00.2'N158°18.8'W 1.067 44° 89° 246 km 04m39.3s
19:1025°18.4'N158°18.2'W23°46.9'N156°20.7'W24°32.9'N157°18.5'W 1.067 45° 90° 247 km 04m43.3s
19:1225°51.1'N157°18.6'W24°18.0'N155°22.9'W25°04.8'N156°19.9'W 1.068 47° 91° 247 km 04m47.2s
19:1426°22.9'N156°20.5'W24°48.4'N154°26.6'W25°35.9'N155°22.7'W 1.068 48° 93° 248 km 04m50.9s
19:1626°54.0'N155°23.8'W25°18.0'N153°31.5'W26°06.2'N154°26.8'W 1.068 49° 94° 248 km 04m54.6s
19:1827°24.2'N154°28.2'W25°46.9'N152°37.6'W26°35.8'N153°32.0'W 1.069 51° 95° 248 km 04m58.1s
19:2027°53.8'N153°33.7'W26°15.1'N151°44.7'W27°04.7'N152°38.3'W 1.069 52° 97° 249 km 05m01.4s
19:2228°22.7'N152°40.1'W26°42.7'N150°52.6'W27°32.9'N151°45.5'W 1.069 53° 98° 249 km 05m04.7s
19:2428°51.0'N151°47.3'W27°09.7'N150°01.4'W28°00.5'N150°53.5'W 1.069 54° 100° 249 km 05m07.9s
19:2629°18.6'N150°55.2'W27°36.1'N149°10.9'W28°27.5'N150°02.3'W 1.070 55° 101° 250 km 05m10.9s
19:2829°45.7'N150°03.7'W28°01.9'N148°21.1'W28°53.9'N149°11.6'W 1.070 56° 103° 250 km 05m13.8s
19:3030°12.1'N149°12.9'W28°27.1'N147°31.8'W29°19.8'N148°21.5'W 1.070 57° 104° 250 km 05m16.7s
19:3230°38.1'N148°22.4'W28°51.9'N146°42.9'W29°45.1'N147°31.9'W 1.070 58° 106° 250 km 05m19.4s
19:3431°03.5'N147°32.4'W29°16.1'N145°54.5'W30°09.9'N146°42.7'W 1.070 59° 108° 250 km 05m22.0s
19:3631°28.3'N146°42.7'W29°39.8'N145°06.5'W30°34.2'N145°53.9'W 1.070 60° 110° 250 km 05m24.4s
19:3831°52.7'N145°53.3'W30°03.1'N144°18.8'W30°58.0'N145°05.3'W 1.071 61° 112° 250 km 05m26.8s
19:4032°16.6'N145°04.2'W30°25.8'N143°31.3'W31°21.3'N144°17.0'W 1.071 62° 114° 250 km 05m29.1s
19:4232°40.0'N144°15.2'W30°48.1'N142°44.0'W31°44.1'N143°28.9'W 1.071 63° 116° 250 km 05m31.2s
19:4433°02.9'N143°26.3'W31°09.9'N141°56.9'W32°06.5'N142°41.0'W 1.071 64° 119° 250 km 05m33.3s
19:4633°25.3'N142°37.5'W31°31.3'N141°09.9'W32°28.4'N141°53.1'W 1.071 64° 121° 250 km 05m35.2s
19:4833°47.3'N141°48.8'W31°52.3'N140°23.0'W32°49.8'N141°05.3'W 1.071 65° 124° 250 km 05m37.0s
19:5034°08.8'N141°00.0'W32°12.7'N139°36.2'W33°10.8'N140°17.5'W 1.071 66° 126° 250 km 05m38.7s
19:5234°29.8'N140°11.2'W32°32.8'N138°49.3'W33°31.3'N139°29.7'W 1.071 66° 129° 250 km 05m40.3s
19:5434°50.4'N139°22.3'W32°52.4'N138°02.4'W33°51.4'N138°41.8'W 1.072 67° 132° 250 km 05m41.7s
19:5635°10.6'N138°33.3'W33°11.6'N137°15.4'W34°11.1'N137°53.8'W 1.072 68° 135° 250 km 05m43.1s
19:5835°30.3'N137°44.1'W33°30.4'N136°28.3'W34°30.3'N137°05.7'W 1.072 68° 138° 250 km 05m44.3s
20:0035°49.5'N136°54.8'W33°48.7'N135°41.1'W34°49.1'N136°17.4'W 1.072 68° 142° 250 km 05m45.4s
20:0236°08.3'N136°05.2'W34°06.6'N134°53.7'W35°07.4'N135°28.9'W 1.072 69° 145° 250 km 05m46.4s
20:0436°26.6'N135°15.3'W34°24.1'N134°06.1'W35°25.3'N134°40.2'W 1.072 69° 149° 250 km 05m47.2s
20:0636°44.5'N134°25.2'W34°41.1'N133°18.3'W35°42.8'N133°51.3'W 1.072 69° 152° 249 km 05m47.9s
20:0837°02.0'N133°34.7'W34°57.8'N132°30.2'W35°59.8'N133°02.0'W 1.072 70° 156° 249 km 05m48.6s
20:1037°19.0'N132°43.8'W35°14.0'N131°41.8'W36°16.4'N132°12.4'W 1.072 70° 160° 249 km 05m49.0s
20:1237°35.5'N131°52.6'W35°29.7'N130°53.1'W36°32.5'N131°22.5'W 1.072 70° 164° 249 km 05m49.4s
20:1437°51.6'N131°01.0'W35°45.1'N130°04.1'W36°48.2'N130°32.2'W 1.072 70° 167° 249 km 05m49.6s
20:1638°07.2'N130°08.9'W36°00.0'N129°14.6'W37°03.5'N129°41.4'W 1.072 70° 171° 249 km 05m49.8s
20:1838°22.3'N129°16.3'W36°14.4'N128°24.8'W37°18.3'N128°50.3'W 1.072 70° 175° 248 km 05m49.7s
20:2038°37.0'N128°23.2'W36°28.4'N127°34.5'W37°32.6'N127°58.6'W 1.072 70° 179° 248 km 05m49.6s
20:2238°51.1'N127°29.6'W36°42.0'N126°43.7'W37°46.4'N127°06.5'W 1.072 69° 183° 248 km 05m49.3s
20:2439°04.8'N126°35.4'W36°55.1'N125°52.5'W37°59.8'N126°13.8'W 1.072 69° 186° 248 km 05m48.9s
20:2639°18.0'N125°40.6'W37°07.7'N125°00.7'W38°12.7'N125°20.5'W 1.072 69° 190° 248 km 05m48.4s
20:2839°30.6'N124°45.2'W37°19.9'N124°08.4'W38°25.1'N124°26.7'W 1.072 68° 193° 247 km 05m47.7s
20:3039°42.8'N123°49.1'W37°31.6'N123°15.5'W38°37.0'N123°32.3'W 1.072 68° 197° 247 km 05m46.9s
20:3239°54.4'N122°52.3'W37°42.8'N122°22.0'W38°48.4'N122°37.1'W 1.072 67° 200° 247 km 05m46.0s
20:3440°05.5'N121°54.8'W37°53.5'N121°27.8'W38°59.3'N121°41.3'W 1.072 67° 203° 247 km 05m45.0s
20:3640°16.0'N120°56.5'W38°03.7'N120°32.9'W39°09.7'N120°44.8'W 1.072 66° 206° 246 km 05m43.8s
20:3840°25.9'N119°57.4'W38°13.3'N119°37.3'W39°19.5'N119°47.5'W 1.072 65° 209° 246 km 05m42.5s
20:4040°35.3'N118°57.5'W38°22.5'N118°41.0'W39°28.7'N118°49.5'W 1.071 65° 212° 246 km 05m41.0s
20:4240°44.1'N117°56.7'W38°31.1'N117°43.9'W39°37.4'N117°50.6'W 1.071 64° 215° 245 km 05m39.5s
20:4440°52.3'N116°55.0'W38°39.1'N116°46.0'W39°45.6'N116°50.8'W 1.071 63° 217° 245 km 05m37.8s
20:4640°59.8'N115°52.4'W38°46.6'N115°47.1'W39°53.1'N115°50.2'W 1.071 62° 220° 245 km 05m35.9s
20:4841°06.7'N114°48.8'W38°53.5'N114°47.4'W40°00.0'N114°48.5'W 1.071 61° 222° 244 km 05m34.0s
20:5041°12.9'N113°44.1'W38°59.8'N113°46.8'W40°06.2'N113°45.9'W 1.071 61° 225° 244 km 05m31.9s
20:5241°18.5'N112°38.3'W39°05.5'N112°45.1'W40°11.8'N112°42.3'W 1.071 60° 227° 244 km 05m29.6s
20:5441°23.3'N111°31.4'W39°10.5'N111°42.3'W40°16.8'N111°37.5'W 1.071 59° 229° 243 km 05m27.3s
20:5641°27.4'N110°23.3'W39°14.9'N110°38.5'W40°21.0'N110°31.6'W 1.070 58° 232° 243 km 05m24.8s
20:5841°30.8'N109°14.0'W39°18.6'N109°33.5'W40°24.5'N109°24.5'W 1.070 57° 234° 243 km 05m22.1s
21:0041°33.3'N108°03.3'W39°21.5'N108°27.2'W40°27.3'N108°16.1'W 1.070 56° 236° 242 km 05m19.4s
21:0241°35.0'N106°51.2'W39°23.8'N107°19.7'W40°29.3'N107°06.3'W 1.070 55° 238° 242 km 05m16.5s
21:0441°35.9'N105°37.7'W39°25.2'N106°10.8'W40°30.5'N105°55.2'W 1.070 53° 240° 241 km 05m13.5s
21:0641°35.9'N104°22.5'W39°25.9'N105°00.4'W40°30.8'N104°42.5'W 1.069 52° 242° 241 km 05m10.3s
21:0841°34.9'N103°05.8'W39°25.7'N103°48.4'W40°30.3'N103°28.2'W 1.069 51° 244° 240 km 05m07.0s
21:1041°33.0'N101°47.2'W39°24.6'N102°34.8'W40°28.8'N102°12.2'W 1.069 50° 246° 240 km 05m03.6s
21:1241°30.0'N100°26.8'W39°22.6'N101°19.4'W40°26.3'N100°54.4'W 1.069 49° 247° 239 km 05m00.0s
21:1441°26.0'N099°04.3'W39°19.6'N100°02.1'W40°22.8'N099°34.5'W 1.068 47° 249° 239 km 04m56.3s
21:1641°20.7'N097°39.6'W39°15.6'N098°42.8'W40°18.2'N098°12.6'W 1.068 46° 251° 238 km 04m52.4s
21:1841°14.3'N096°12.6'W39°10.5'N097°21.2'W40°12.5'N096°48.4'W 1.068 45° 253° 237 km 04m48.4s
21:2041°06.5'N094°42.9'W39°04.2'N095°57.2'W40°05.5'N095°21.6'W 1.067 43° 255° 237 km 04m44.3s
21:2240°57.3'N093°10.4'W38°56.7'N094°30.5'W39°57.1'N093°52.1'W 1.067 42° 256° 236 km 04m40.0s
21:2440°46.6'N091°34.7'W38°47.8'N093°00.9'W39°47.4'N092°19.5'W 1.067 40° 258° 235 km 04m35.5s
21:2640°34.2'N089°55.5'W38°37.4'N091°28.0'W39°36.0'N090°43.6'W 1.066 39° 260° 234 km 04m30.8s
21:2840°20.0'N088°12.4'W38°25.4'N089°51.5'W39°22.9'N089°03.9'W 1.066 37° 262° 234 km 04m26.0s
21:3040°03.7'N086°24.7'W38°11.7'N088°10.9'W39°08.0'N087°19.9'W 1.066 36° 263° 233 km 04m20.9s
21:3239°45.1'N084°31.8'W37°55.9'N086°25.6'W38°50.9'N085°30.9'W 1.065 34° 265° 231 km 04m15.6s
21:3439°24.0'N082°32.8'W37°37.9'N084°34.8'W38°31.4'N083°36.1'W 1.065 32° 267° 230 km 04m10.1s
21:3638°59.8'N080°26.5'W37°17.3'N082°37.6'W38°09.1'N081°34.6'W 1.064 30° 269° 229 km 04m04.3s
21:3838°32.0'N078°11.3'W36°53.7'N080°32.6'W37°43.5'N079°24.7'W 1.063 28° 271° 228 km 03m58.2s
21:4037°59.8'N075°44.7'W36°26.5'N078°18.1'W37°13.9'N077°04.4'W 1.063 26° 273° 226 km 03m51.7s
21:4237°21.9'N073°03.2'W35°54.8'N075°51.4'W36°39.4'N074°30.8'W 1.062 23° 275° 224 km 03m44.7s
21:4436°36.4'N070°00.7'W35°17.3'N073°08.3'W35°58.1'N071°38.7'W 1.061 20° 277° 222 km 03m37.1s
21:4635°39.4'N066°25.6'W34°31.6'N070°01.8'W35°07.4'N068°19.3'W 1.060 17° 279° 219 km 03m28.5s
21:4834°21.5'N061°49.0'W33°33.2'N066°17.1'W34°00.6'N064°12.6'W 1.059 13° 282° 216 km 03m18.3s
21:5031°48.8'N053°25.0'W32°09.0'N061°13.3'W32°15.4'N058°08.6'W 1.057 286° 210 km 03m04.1s
Limits30°36.3'N049°36.0'W28°59.0'N050°37.7'W29°47.5'N050°07.3'W 1.055 - 203 km 02m47.5s

ΔT = 42608.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:03:43.820:13:35.436°45.1'N051°16.2'E 69.9° 166.6° 248.9 km05m49.61s
Greatest Duration08:06:53.020:16:44.637°09.0'N129°22.5'W 69.8° 172.7° 248.6 km05m49.77s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1840 May 25 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 42608.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3085.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.89°.

Acknowledgments

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

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