Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1944 Dec 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1944 Dec 27 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1944 Dec 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits46°32.1'S151°17.0'E47°14.9'S150°08.8'E46°53.4'S150°43.4'E 0.987 - 115 km 00m39.2s
18:1049°37.7'S156°48.9'E - - 48°15.6'S153°21.8'E 0.988 124° 110 km 00m37.7s
18:1252°21.8'S160°55.5'E51°20.1'S157°30.1'E51°55.2'S159°22.5'E 0.989 119° 96 km 00m33.9s
18:1454°21.7'S163°35.4'E53°46.5'S161°06.4'E54°05.7'S162°24.7'E 0.990 11° 116° 88 km 00m31.8s
18:1656°03.9'S165°40.8'E55°40.0'S163°36.6'E55°52.8'S164°41.0'E 0.991 13° 113° 81 km 00m30.2s
18:1857°35.7'S167°26.5'E57°18.4'S165°36.9'E57°27.6'S166°33.3'E 0.991 15° 111° 76 km 00m28.9s
18:2059°00.6'S168°59.2'E58°47.7'S167°19.4'E58°54.5'S168°10.5'E 0.992 16° 109° 72 km 00m27.7s
18:2260°20.4'S170°22.8'E60°10.6'S168°49.8'E60°15.8'S169°37.3'E 0.992 18° 107° 68 km 00m26.7s
18:2461°36.5'S171°39.6'E61°29.0'S170°11.7'E61°33.0'S170°56.5'E 0.993 19° 105° 64 km 00m25.8s
18:2662°49.5'S172°51.2'E62°43.9'S171°27.0'E62°46.9'S172°09.9'E 0.993 20° 103° 61 km 00m25.0s
18:2864°00.1'S173°58.8'E63°56.0'S172°37.4'E63°58.2'S173°18.8'E 0.993 21° 101° 58 km 00m24.2s
18:3065°08.7'S175°03.4'E65°05.8'S173°43.9'E65°07.4'S174°24.3'E 0.993 22° 100° 56 km 00m23.6s
18:3266°15.6'S176°05.6'E66°13.8'S174°47.6'E66°14.8'S175°27.2'E 0.994 22° 98° 54 km 00m23.0s
18:3467°21.1'S177°06.1'E67°20.2'S175°48.9'E67°20.8'S176°28.1'E 0.994 23° 96° 52 km 00m22.4s
18:3668°25.5'S178°05.5'E68°25.4'S176°48.5'E68°25.5'S177°27.6'E 0.994 24° 94° 50 km 00m21.9s
18:3869°28.8'S179°04.3'E69°29.4'S177°47.1'E69°29.2'S178°26.3'E 0.994 24° 92° 48 km 00m21.5s
18:4070°31.3'S179°57.0'W70°32.6'S178°45.0'E70°32.0'S179°24.6'E 0.994 25° 90° 47 km 00m21.1s
18:4271°33.1'S178°57.9'W71°35.0'S179°42.8'E71°34.1'S179°37.0'W 0.994 25° 88° 46 km 00m20.8s
18:4472°34.2'S177°57.9'W72°36.7'S179°18.9'W72°35.5'S178°37.9'W 0.994 26° 87° 45 km 00m20.5s
18:4673°34.9'S176°56.4'W73°37.9'S178°19.8'W73°36.4'S177°37.5'W 0.994 26° 85° 44 km 00m20.3s
18:4874°35.1'S175°52.6'W74°38.7'S177°19.0'W74°36.9'S176°35.2'W 0.994 27° 83° 43 km 00m20.1s
18:5075°35.0'S174°45.8'W75°39.2'S176°16.0'W75°37.1'S175°30.2'W 0.995 27° 81° 42 km 00m19.9s
18:5276°34.6'S173°35.0'W76°39.4'S175°09.8'W76°37.0'S174°21.7'W 0.995 27° 78° 42 km 00m19.8s
18:5477°34.0'S172°18.8'W77°39.4'S173°59.4'W77°36.7'S173°08.3'W 0.995 27° 76° 41 km 00m19.7s
18:5678°33.2'S170°55.7'W78°39.3'S172°43.3'W78°36.3'S171°48.6'W 0.995 27° 74° 41 km 00m19.7s
18:5879°32.3'S169°23.4'W79°39.1'S171°19.5'W79°35.7'S170°20.4'W 0.995 27° 71° 41 km 00m19.7s
19:0080°31.3'S167°38.7'W80°38.9'S169°45.3'W80°35.1'S168°40.8'W 0.995 27° 69° 41 km 00m19.7s
19:0281°30.1'S165°37.1'W81°38.7'S167°56.7'W81°34.4'S166°45.5'W 0.995 27° 66° 41 km 00m19.8s
19:0482°28.8'S163°11.7'W82°38.4'S165°47.6'W82°33.7'S164°27.9'W 0.995 27° 63° 41 km 00m19.9s
19:0683°27.2'S160°11.7'W83°38.2'S163°07.9'W83°32.7'S161°37.4'W 0.995 27° 59° 42 km 00m20.1s
19:0884°25.0'S156°18.8'W84°37.6'S159°40.4'W84°31.4'S157°56.4'W 0.994 27° 54° 42 km 00m20.3s
19:1085°21.7'S151°00.6'W85°36.4'S154°52.7'W85°29.1'S152°52.0'W 0.994 27° 48° 43 km 00m20.5s
19:1286°16.0'S143°16.0'W86°33.6'S147°38.1'W86°24.8'S145°20.0'W 0.994 26° 39° 44 km 00m20.8s
19:1487°05.1'S131°05.1'W87°26.5'S135°25.4'W87°15.8'S133°05.1'W 0.994 26° 26° 44 km 00m21.1s
19:1687°42.5'S111°06.3'W88°07.7'S112°47.2'W87°54.9'S111°51.1'W 0.994 26° 45 km 00m21.5s
19:1887°55.5'S082°15.7'W88°19.5'S076°35.9'W88°07.4'S079°46.4'W 0.994 25° 331° 46 km 00m21.9s
19:2087°35.9'S054°17.9'W87°51.6'S044°45.7'W87°44.1'S049°52.4'W 0.994 25° 300° 48 km 00m22.4s
19:2286°52.6'S035°32.3'W87°00.3'S026°52.9'W86°56.9'S031°22.2'W 0.994 24° 280° 49 km 00m22.9s
19:2485°56.6'S024°01.9'W85°58.8'S016°53.7'W85°58.2'S020°34.4'W 0.993 24° 269° 51 km 00m23.4s
19:2684°53.8'S016°34.1'W84°51.9'S010°37.1'W84°53.3'S013°37.8'W 0.993 23° 261° 53 km 00m24.0s
19:2883°46.4'S011°18.7'W83°41.0'S006°12.1'W83°44.1'S008°47.0'W 0.993 22° 255° 55 km 00m24.7s
19:3082°35.1'S007°19.7'W82°26.7'S002°48.8'W82°31.3'S005°05.4'W 0.993 21° 251° 57 km 00m25.4s
19:3281°20.3'S004°06.8'W81°08.7'S000°01.5'W81°15.0'S002°05.2'W 0.993 20° 247° 60 km 00m26.2s
19:3480°01.8'S001°22.6'W79°46.8'S002°24.5'E79°54.8'S000°29.9'E 0.992 19° 243° 63 km 00m27.0s
19:3678°39.0'S001°03.8'E78°20.1'S004°38.5'E78°30.1'S002°50.1'E 0.992 18° 240° 66 km 00m28.0s
19:3877°11.2'S003°20.0'E76°47.4'S006°47.1'E77°00.0'S005°02.4'E 0.992 17° 237° 70 km 00m29.0s
19:4075°37.1'S005°32.1'E75°07.2'S008°56.3'E75°23.0'S007°12.8'E 0.991 15° 234° 74 km 00m30.2s
19:4273°54.8'S007°45.6'E73°16.3'S011°12.3'E73°36.7'S009°27.1'E 0.991 14° 231° 79 km 00m31.5s
19:4472°00.9'S010°07.2'E71°09.2'S013°44.5'E71°37.0'S011°53.0'E 0.990 12° 228° 85 km 00m33.0s
19:4669°49.2'S012°47.1'E68°32.9'S016°52.4'E69°14.8'S014°44.2'E 0.989 225° 93 km 00m34.8s
19:4867°03.1'S016°09.3'E64°27.2'S022°01.1'E66°02.5'S018°40.5'E 0.988 221° 104 km 00m37.3s
Limits60°42.0'S024°26.9'E61°13.5'S026°25.3'E60°57.8'S025°25.2'E 0.987 - 121 km 00m41.3s

ΔT = 45052.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:30:30.218:59:38.380°24.4'S002°46.3'E 27.3° 69.3° 41.1 km00m19.69s
Greatest Duration08:20:08.819:49:16.860°57.8'S025°25.2'E 0.0° 214.5° 121.4 km00m41.30s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1944 Dec 27 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 45052.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3496.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.61°.

Acknowledgments

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

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