Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1868 Aug 18

Fred Espenak

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1868 Aug 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).

The global visibility of the eclipse is shown on an Orthographic Map . The features of this map are described in the Key to Solar Eclipse Path Tables. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on a Google Map .


Total Solar Eclipse of 1868 Aug 18

  
                                                                      M:S                 Central
Universal  Northern Limit      Southern Limit       Central Line     Diam.  Sun Sun Path   Line
         ------------------  ------------------  ------------------  Ratio  Alt Azm Width Durat.
  Time   Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude
          °   ´     °   ´      °   ´     °   ´      °   ´     °   ´            °   °   km
  
 Limits  12 02.9N 035 40.9E  10 24.5N 036 07.3E  11 13.7N 035 54.3E  1.057   0   -  187  03m00.8s
 03:30   13 15.4N 040 54.8E  11 44.3N 042 10.0E  12 31.3N 041 38.5E  1.059   6  78  193  03m15.2s
 03:32   14 41.0N 047 41.9E  12 58.0N 048 21.9E  13 50.0N 048 04.5E  1.061  13  79  200  03m33.7s
 03:34   15 25.7N 051 41.3E  13 38.4N 052 11.8E  14 32.4N 051 58.5E  1.062  17  81  204  03m46.1s
 03:36   15 56.9N 054 46.6E  14 06.8N 055 11.3E  15 02.1N 055 00.6E  1.063  21  81  208  03m56.5s
 03:38   16 20.6N 057 22.2E  14 28.2N 057 42.5E  15 24.6N 057 33.8E  1.064  24  82  210  04m05.7s
 03:40   16 39.1N 059 38.2E  14 44.9N 059 54.9E  15 42.2N 059 47.9E  1.065  26  83  213  04m14.1s

 03:42   16 53.9N 061 40.3E  14 58.1N 061 53.7E  15 56.2N 061 48.2E  1.066  29  84  215  04m21.9s
 03:44   17 05.8N 063 31.6E  15 08.6N 063 42.2E  16 07.3N 063 38.0E  1.066  31  84  217  04m29.3s
 03:46   17 15.3N 065 14.4E  15 16.9N 065 22.3E  16 16.2N 065 19.4E  1.067  33  85  219  04m36.3s
 03:48   17 22.9N 066 50.3E  15 23.4N 066 55.6E  16 23.2N 066 53.9E  1.068  35  85  221  04m43.0s
 03:50   17 28.7N 068 20.2E  15 28.3N 068 23.2E  16 28.5N 068 22.7E  1.068  37  86  222  04m49.4s
 03:52   17 33.0N 069 45.2E  15 31.8N 069 45.9E  16 32.4N 069 46.4E  1.069  39  86  224  04m55.6s
 03:54   17 36.1N 071 05.9E  15 34.0N 071 04.3E  16 35.1N 071 05.9E  1.069  40  87  225  05m01.6s
 03:56   17 37.9N 072 22.7E  15 35.2N 072 19.1E  16 36.6N 072 21.7E  1.069  42  87  226  05m07.3s
 03:58   17 38.7N 073 36.2E  15 35.4N 073 30.5E  16 37.0N 073 34.1E  1.070  44  88  228  05m12.8s
 04:00   17 38.5N 074 46.7E  15 34.6N 074 39.0E  16 36.6N 074 43.5E  1.070  45  88  229  05m18.2s

 04:02   17 37.5N 075 54.5E  15 33.1N 075 44.8E  16 35.3N 075 50.3E  1.071  47  88  230  05m23.4s
 04:04   17 35.6N 076 59.8E  15 30.8N 076 48.3E  16 33.1N 076 54.7E  1.071  48  89  231  05m28.4s
 04:06   17 32.9N 078 02.9E  15 27.7N 077 49.6E  16 30.3N 077 56.9E  1.071  50  89  232  05m33.2s
 04:08   17 29.5N 079 04.0E  15 24.0N 078 48.9E  16 26.7N 078 57.0E  1.072  51  90  233  05m37.9s
 04:10   17 25.5N 080 03.3E  15 19.7N 079 46.3E  16 22.5N 079 55.3E  1.072  53  90  234  05m42.4s
 04:12   17 20.8N 081 00.8E  15 14.7N 080 42.1E  16 17.7N 080 51.9E  1.072  54  90  235  05m46.8s
 04:14   17 15.5N 081 56.7E  15 09.2N 081 36.3E  16 12.4N 081 47.0E  1.072  55  90  236  05m51.0s
 04:16   17 09.7N 082 51.1E  15 03.2N 082 29.1E  16 06.4N 082 40.6E  1.073  57  91  236  05m55.0s
 04:18   17 03.3N 083 44.2E  14 56.7N 083 20.6E  16 00.0N 083 32.8E  1.073  58  91  237  05m58.9s
 04:20   16 56.4N 084 36.0E  14 49.7N 084 10.8E  15 53.0N 084 23.8E  1.073  59  91  238  06m02.7s

 04:22   16 49.0N 085 26.6E  14 42.2N 084 59.8E  15 45.6N 085 13.6E  1.073  61  91  238  06m06.3s
 04:24   16 41.1N 086 16.1E  14 34.3N 085 47.8E  15 37.7N 086 02.3E  1.073  62  92  239  06m09.7s
 04:26   16 32.8N 087 04.5E  14 26.0N 086 34.8E  15 29.3N 086 50.0E  1.074  63  92  240  06m13.0s
 04:28   16 24.0N 087 52.0E  14 17.2N 087 20.8E  15 20.6N 087 36.7E  1.074  64  92  240  06m16.1s
 04:30   16 14.8N 088 38.5E  14 08.1N 088 05.9E  15 11.4N 088 22.5E  1.074  66  92  241  06m19.1s
 04:32   16 05.2N 089 24.2E  13 58.6N 088 50.2E  15 01.8N 089 07.5E  1.074  67  92  241  06m22.0s
 04:34   15 55.1N 090 09.1E  13 48.6N 089 33.8E  14 51.9N 089 51.6E  1.074  68  92  242  06m24.7s
 04:36   15 44.7N 090 53.2E  13 38.4N 090 16.5E  14 41.5N 090 35.1E  1.074  69  92  242  06m27.2s
 04:38   15 33.9N 091 36.6E  13 27.7N 090 58.7E  14 30.8N 091 17.8E  1.075  70  92  242  06m29.6s
 04:40   15 22.8N 092 19.3E  13 16.8N 091 40.1E  14 19.8N 091 59.9E  1.075  72  92  243  06m31.8s

 04:42   15 11.3N 093 01.4E  13 05.5N 092 21.0E  14 08.4N 092 41.4E  1.075  73  92  243  06m33.9s
 04:44   14 59.4N 093 42.9E  12 53.8N 093 01.3E  13 56.6N 093 22.2E  1.075  74  91  244  06m35.9s
 04:46   14 47.2N 094 23.9E  12 41.8N 093 41.1E  13 44.5N 094 02.6E  1.075  75  91  244  06m37.6s
 04:48   14 34.7N 095 04.3E  12 29.6N 094 20.4E  13 32.1N 094 42.4E  1.075  76  90  244  06m39.3s
 04:50   14 21.8N 095 44.3E  12 16.9N 094 59.2E  13 19.4N 095 21.8E  1.075  77  90  244  06m40.7s
 04:52   14 08.6N 096 23.8E  12 04.0N 095 37.6E  13 06.3N 096 00.7E  1.075  78  89  244  06m42.1s
 04:54   13 55.1N 097 02.9E  11 50.8N 096 15.6E  12 53.0N 096 39.3E  1.075  80  88  245  06m43.2s
 04:56   13 41.3N 097 41.5E  11 37.3N 096 53.3E  12 39.3N 097 17.4E  1.075  81  87  245  06m44.2s
 04:58   13 27.2N 098 19.9E  11 23.5N 097 30.6E  12 25.3N 097 55.2E  1.075  82  85  245  06m45.1s
 05:00   13 12.7N 098 57.8E  11 09.4N 098 07.6E  12 11.1N 098 32.7E  1.075  83  82  245  06m45.8s

 05:02   12 58.0N 099 35.5E  10 55.0N 098 44.4E  11 56.5N 099 09.9E  1.076  84  79  245  06m46.4s
 05:04   12 42.9N 100 12.9E  10 40.3N 099 20.9E  11 41.6N 099 46.8E  1.076  85  74  245  06m46.8s
 05:06   12 27.6N 100 50.1E  10 25.3N 099 57.1E  11 26.5N 100 23.5E  1.076  86  67  245  06m47.1s
 05:08   12 11.9N 101 27.0E  10 10.1N 100 33.2E  11 11.0N 101 00.0E  1.076  87  57  245  06m47.2s
 05:10   11 56.0N 102 03.7E  09 54.5N 101 09.1E  10 55.3N 101 36.3E  1.076  87  40  245  06m47.1s
 05:12   11 39.8N 102 40.3E  09 38.7N 101 44.8E  10 39.3N 102 12.5E  1.076  88  16  245  06m47.0s
 05:14   11 23.3N 103 16.7E  09 22.6N 102 20.5E  10 23.0N 102 48.5E  1.076  87 352  245  06m46.6s
 05:16   11 06.5N 103 53.0E  09 06.2N 102 56.0E  10 06.4N 103 24.4E  1.076  87 333  245  06m46.2s
 05:18   10 49.4N 104 29.2E  08 49.5N 103 31.5E  09 49.5N 104 00.2E  1.076  86 322  245  06m45.5s
 05:20   10 32.0N 105 05.3E  08 32.5N 104 06.9E  09 32.3N 104 36.0E  1.076  85 314  245  06m44.8s

 05:22   10 14.3N 105 41.4E  08 15.3N 104 42.3E  09 14.9N 105 11.7E  1.076  84 309  245  06m43.9s
 05:24   09 56.3N 106 17.5E  07 57.7N 105 17.8E  08 57.1N 105 47.4E  1.075  83 306  244  06m42.9s
 05:26   09 38.0N 106 53.6E  07 39.9N 105 53.2E  08 39.1N 106 23.2E  1.075  82 303  244  06m41.7s
 05:28   09 19.5N 107 29.7E  07 21.8N 106 28.8E  08 20.7N 106 59.0E  1.075  81 301  244  06m40.4s
 05:30   09 00.6N 108 05.9E  07 03.4N 107 04.4E  08 02.1N 107 34.9E  1.075  80 300  244  06m38.9s
 05:32   08 41.5N 108 42.2E  06 44.6N 107 40.2E  07 43.1N 108 11.0E  1.075  79 299  244  06m37.3s
 05:34   08 22.0N 109 18.6E  06 25.6N 108 16.1E  07 23.9N 108 47.1E  1.075  77 298  243  06m35.6s
 05:36   08 02.2N 109 55.2E  06 06.3N 108 52.2E  07 04.4N 109 23.5E  1.075  76 297  243  06m33.7s
 05:38   07 42.1N 110 32.0E  05 46.7N 109 28.5E  06 44.5N 110 00.0E  1.075  75 296  243  06m31.7s
 05:40   07 21.7N 111 09.0E  05 26.7N 110 05.1E  06 24.3N 110 36.8E  1.075  74 296  243  06m29.6s

 05:42   07 01.0N 111 46.3E  05 06.4N 110 41.9E  06 03.9N 111 13.9E  1.075  73 295  242  06m27.4s
 05:44   06 40.0N 112 23.9E  04 45.9N 111 19.1E  05 43.0N 111 51.2E  1.075  72 295  242  06m25.0s
 05:46   06 18.6N 113 01.8E  04 24.9N 111 56.7E  05 21.9N 112 29.0E  1.074  71 295  242  06m22.5s
 05:48   05 56.8N 113 40.1E  04 03.7N 112 34.6E  05 00.4N 113 07.1E  1.074  69 294  241  06m19.9s
 05:50   05 34.8N 114 18.9E  03 42.0N 113 13.0E  04 38.6N 113 45.6E  1.074  68 294  241  06m17.1s
 05:52   05 12.3N 114 58.1E  03 20.1N 113 51.9E  04 16.4N 114 24.7E  1.074  67 294  240  06m14.2s
 05:54   04 49.5N 115 37.8E  02 57.7N 114 31.3E  03 53.8N 115 04.2E  1.074  66 294  240  06m11.2s
 05:56   04 26.3N 116 18.1E  02 35.0N 115 11.4E  03 30.8N 115 44.4E  1.074  65 293  239  06m08.1s
 05:58   04 02.8N 116 59.0E  02 11.9N 115 52.0E  03 07.5N 116 25.1E  1.074  63 293  239  06m04.9s
 06:00   03 38.8N 117 40.6E  01 48.4N 116 33.4E  02 43.8N 117 06.6E  1.073  62 293  238  06m01.5s

 06:02   03 14.4N 118 22.9E  01 24.4N 117 15.6E  02 19.6N 117 48.9E  1.073  61 293  238  05m58.0s
 06:04   02 49.5N 119 06.1E  01 00.1N 117 58.6E  01 55.0N 118 32.0E  1.073  60 293  237  05m54.4s
 06:06   02 24.2N 119 50.2E  00 35.2N 118 42.5E  01 29.9N 119 15.9E  1.073  58 293  237  05m50.7s
 06:08   01 58.4N 120 35.3E  00 09.9N 119 27.4E  01 04.4N 120 00.9E  1.072  57 293  236  05m46.8s
 06:10   01 32.2N 121 21.4E  00 15.9S 120 13.5E  00 38.4N 120 47.0E  1.072  56 292  235  05m42.8s
 06:12   01 05.4N 122 08.8E  00 42.2S 121 00.7E  00 11.8N 121 34.3E  1.072  54 292  235  05m38.7s
 06:14   00 38.0N 122 57.4E  01 09.1S 121 49.3E  00 15.3S 122 22.9E  1.072  53 292  234  05m34.5s
 06:16   00 10.1N 123 47.5E  01 36.5S 122 39.3E  00 43.0S 123 12.9E  1.071  51 292  233  05m30.1s
 06:18   00 18.5S 124 39.1E  02 04.6S 123 30.9E  01 11.3S 124 04.5E  1.071  50 292  232  05m25.6s
 06:20   00 47.7S 125 32.5E  02 33.3S 124 24.3E  01 40.2S 124 57.9E  1.071  49 292  231  05m21.0s

 06:22   01 17.7S 126 27.8E  03 02.7S 125 19.7E  02 09.9S 125 53.2E  1.070  47 292  230  05m16.2s
 06:24   01 48.4S 127 25.3E  03 32.9S 126 17.2E  02 40.4S 126 50.7E  1.070  46 292  229  05m11.3s
 06:26   02 19.9S 128 25.1E  04 03.9S 127 17.1E  03 11.6S 127 50.5E  1.070  44 292  228  05m06.2s
 06:28   02 52.4S 129 27.7E  04 35.8S 128 19.7E  03 43.8S 128 53.1E  1.069  42 291  227  05m01.0s
 06:30   03 25.8S 130 33.3E  05 08.7S 129 25.5E  04 16.9S 129 58.8E  1.069  41 291  226  04m55.6s
 06:32   04 00.4S 131 42.4E  05 42.6S 130 34.7E  04 51.2S 131 07.9E  1.068  39 291  224  04m50.0s
 06:34   04 36.2S 132 55.6E  06 17.8S 131 47.9E  05 26.7S 132 21.1E  1.068  37 291  223  04m44.2s
 06:36   05 13.4S 134 13.4E  06 54.4S 133 05.9E  06 03.5S 133 38.9E  1.067  35 291  221  04m38.2s
 06:38   05 52.2S 135 36.7E  07 32.5S 134 29.3E  06 42.0S 135 02.2E  1.067  33 290  220  04m31.9s
 06:40   06 33.0S 137 06.7E  08 12.5S 135 59.4E  07 22.3S 136 32.2E  1.066  31 290  218  04m25.3s

 06:42   07 16.0S 138 44.7E  08 54.6S 137 37.5E  08 04.9S 138 10.2E  1.066  29 290  216  04m18.4s
 06:44   08 01.8S 140 33.0E  09 39.5S 139 25.8E  08 50.2S 139 58.4E  1.065  26 289  214  04m11.1s
 06:46   08 51.1S 142 34.7E  10 27.8S 141 27.3E  09 39.0S 141 59.9E  1.064  24 289  211  04m03.2s
 06:48   09 45.3S 144 55.0E  11 20.7S 143 47.1E  10 32.5S 144 19.8E  1.063  21 288  208  03m54.6s
 06:50   10 46.7S 147 43.4E  12 20.4S 146 34.2E  11 33.0S 147 07.2E  1.062  18 288  205  03m44.9s
 06:52   12 00.5S 151 21.6E  13 31.6S 150 08.8E  12 45.3S 150 43.2E  1.061  13 287  201  03m33.4s
 06:54   13 47.5S 157 16.6E  15 11.5S 155 45.6E  14 28.2S 156 26.8E  1.059   7 285  194  03m17.0s

 Limits  15 25.1S 163 34.3E  17 02.8S 163 07.2E  16 13.9S 163 20.6E  1.057   0   -  187  03m00.1s

ΔT = 2.2 seconds


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Acknowledgments

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1868 Aug 18 were generated using the VSOP87/ELP2000-82 solar and lunar ephemerides and a value of ΔT = 2.2 seconds. The accuracy of the northern and southern edges of the eclipse path are limited to approximately 1-2 kilometers due to the lunar limb profile.

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"

For more information, see: NASA Copyright Information

2009 Jun 11