Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1970 May 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1970 May 23 . 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 -1970 May 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits00°33.0'S141°24.2'W02°15.0'S140°37.5'W01°24.1'S141°00.6'W 0.947 - 205 km 03m25.9s
15:16 - - 00°21.5'S134°39.6'W00°31.9'S138°06.9'W 0.948 74° 202 km 03m27.6s
15:1802°08.9'N132°52.4'W01°30.2'N129°30.7'W01°51.0'N131°04.7'W 0.950 11° 74° 195 km 03m32.1s
15:2003°37.1'N128°52.0'W02°46.8'N126°18.3'W03°12.4'N127°32.3'W 0.951 15° 74° 191 km 03m34.7s
15:2204°44.9'N126°01.2'W03°49.9'N123°49.4'W04°17.6'N124°53.5'W 0.952 19° 74° 188 km 03m36.8s
15:2405°42.7'N123°43.5'W04°45.4'N121°45.1'W05°14.1'N122°43.0'W 0.953 21° 75° 185 km 03m38.7s
15:2606°34.4'N121°46.3'W05°35.6'N119°57.1'W06°05.0'N120°50.7'W 0.953 24° 75° 183 km 03m40.4s
15:2807°21.7'N120°03.1'W06°21.9'N118°20.8'W06°51.8'N119°11.1'W 0.954 26° 75° 181 km 03m42.0s
15:3008°05.7'N118°30.3'W07°05.3'N116°53.5'W07°35.4'N117°41.3'W 0.954 28° 76° 179 km 03m43.5s
15:3208°47.0'N117°05.7'W07°46.2'N115°33.4'W08°16.5'N116°19.0'W 0.955 30° 76° 177 km 03m45.0s
15:3409°26.2'N115°47.7'W08°25.1'N114°19.1'W08°55.6'N115°02.9'W 0.955 32° 77° 175 km 03m46.4s
15:3610°03.6'N114°35.0'W09°02.2'N113°09.7'W09°32.8'N113°51.8'W 0.956 34° 77° 173 km 03m47.7s
15:3810°39.4'N113°26.8'W09°37.8'N112°04.3'W10°08.5'N112°45.1'W 0.956 35° 77° 172 km 03m49.0s
15:4011°13.8'N112°22.5'W10°12.1'N111°02.5'W10°42.9'N111°42.1'W 0.956 37° 78° 170 km 03m50.3s
15:4211°47.0'N111°21.5'W10°45.2'N110°03.7'W11°16.0'N110°42.2'W 0.957 39° 78° 169 km 03m51.5s
15:4412°19.1'N110°23.3'W11°17.3'N109°07.7'W11°48.1'N109°45.2'W 0.957 40° 79° 167 km 03m52.7s
15:4612°50.2'N109°27.8'W11°48.4'N108°14.0'W12°19.2'N108°50.6'W 0.957 42° 79° 166 km 03m53.8s
15:4813°20.5'N108°34.5'W12°18.6'N107°22.4'W12°49.4'N107°58.1'W 0.958 43° 80° 164 km 03m55.0s
15:5013°49.9'N107°43.2'W12°48.0'N106°32.7'W13°18.8'N107°07.7'W 0.958 44° 80° 163 km 03m56.1s
15:5214°18.5'N106°53.7'W13°16.6'N105°44.7'W13°47.5'N106°18.9'W 0.958 46° 81° 162 km 03m57.2s
15:5414°46.5'N106°05.8'W13°44.5'N104°58.2'W14°15.4'N105°31.7'W 0.958 47° 82° 161 km 03m58.3s
15:5615°13.8'N105°19.4'W14°11.8'N104°13.1'W14°42.7'N104°46.0'W 0.959 48° 82° 160 km 03m59.3s
15:5815°40.5'N104°34.2'W14°38.4'N103°29.3'W15°09.4'N104°01.5'W 0.959 50° 83° 158 km 04m00.3s
16:0016°06.6'N103°50.3'W15°04.5'N102°46.5'W15°35.4'N103°18.2'W 0.959 51° 84° 157 km 04m01.4s
16:0216°32.1'N103°07.5'W15°30.0'N102°04.9'W16°01.0'N102°36.0'W 0.959 52° 84° 156 km 04m02.4s
16:0416°57.2'N102°25.7'W15°55.0'N101°24.2'W16°26.0'N101°54.7'W 0.959 53° 85° 155 km 04m03.3s
16:0617°21.7'N101°44.8'W16°19.4'N100°44.3'W16°50.5'N101°14.4'W 0.960 54° 86° 154 km 04m04.3s
16:0817°45.8'N101°04.7'W16°43.4'N100°05.2'W17°14.5'N100°34.8'W 0.960 55° 87° 153 km 04m05.2s
16:1018°09.4'N100°25.4'W17°07.0'N099°26.9'W17°38.1'N099°55.9'W 0.960 57° 87° 153 km 04m06.1s
16:1218°32.5'N099°46.7'W17°30.0'N098°49.2'W18°01.2'N099°17.8'W 0.960 58° 88° 152 km 04m07.0s
16:1418°55.3'N099°08.7'W17°52.7'N098°12.1'W18°23.9'N098°40.2'W 0.960 59° 89° 151 km 04m07.9s
16:1619°17.6'N098°31.3'W18°14.9'N097°35.6'W18°46.2'N098°03.3'W 0.961 60° 90° 150 km 04m08.8s
16:1819°39.6'N097°54.3'W18°36.8'N096°59.5'W19°08.1'N097°26.8'W 0.961 61° 91° 149 km 04m09.6s
16:2020°01.1'N097°17.9'W18°58.2'N096°24.0'W19°29.6'N096°50.8'W 0.961 62° 92° 148 km 04m10.4s
16:2220°22.3'N096°41.9'W19°19.3'N095°48.8'W19°50.7'N096°15.2'W 0.961 63° 93° 148 km 04m11.2s
16:2420°43.2'N096°06.2'W19°40.0'N095°14.0'W20°11.5'N095°40.0'W 0.961 64° 95° 147 km 04m12.0s
16:2621°03.7'N095°31.0'W20°00.4'N094°39.6'W20°31.9'N095°05.1'W 0.961 65° 96° 146 km 04m12.8s
16:2821°23.8'N094°56.0'W20°20.4'N094°05.4'W20°52.0'N094°30.6'W 0.961 66° 97° 146 km 04m13.5s
16:3021°43.6'N094°21.3'W20°40.0'N093°31.5'W21°11.7'N093°56.3'W 0.961 67° 99° 145 km 04m14.2s
16:3222°03.1'N093°46.9'W20°59.3'N092°57.9'W21°31.1'N093°22.3'W 0.962 68° 100° 144 km 04m14.9s
16:3422°22.3'N093°12.6'W21°18.3'N092°24.5'W21°50.2'N092°48.4'W 0.962 69° 102° 144 km 04m15.6s
16:3622°41.1'N092°38.6'W21°37.0'N091°51.2'W22°09.0'N092°14.8'W 0.962 69° 104° 143 km 04m16.3s
16:3822°59.7'N092°04.7'W21°55.3'N091°18.2'W22°27.4'N091°41.3'W 0.962 70° 105° 143 km 04m16.9s
16:4023°17.9'N091°31.0'W22°13.3'N090°45.2'W22°45.5'N091°08.0'W 0.962 71° 107° 142 km 04m17.5s
16:4223°35.8'N090°57.3'W22°31.0'N090°12.4'W23°03.4'N090°34.7'W 0.962 72° 110° 142 km 04m18.1s
16:4423°53.5'N090°23.8'W22°48.4'N089°39.6'W23°20.9'N090°01.6'W 0.962 73° 112° 141 km 04m18.6s
16:4624°10.8'N089°50.3'W23°05.5'N089°06.9'W23°38.1'N089°28.5'W 0.962 74° 115° 141 km 04m19.2s
16:4824°27.8'N089°16.8'W23°22.3'N088°34.2'W23°55.0'N088°55.4'W 0.962 74° 117° 141 km 04m19.7s
16:5024°44.6'N088°43.3'W23°38.8'N088°01.6'W24°11.6'N088°22.4'W 0.962 75° 120° 140 km 04m20.1s
16:5225°01.0'N088°09.9'W23°55.0'N087°28.9'W24°27.9'N087°49.3'W 0.962 76° 124° 140 km 04m20.6s
16:5425°17.2'N087°36.4'W24°10.9'N086°56.2'W24°44.0'N087°16.2'W 0.962 76° 127° 140 km 04m21.0s
16:5625°33.0'N087°02.8'W24°26.5'N086°23.5'W24°59.7'N086°43.1'W 0.962 77° 131° 139 km 04m21.4s
16:5825°48.6'N086°29.2'W24°41.9'N085°50.7'W25°15.2'N086°09.9'W 0.962 77° 135° 139 km 04m21.7s
17:0026°03.9'N085°55.5'W24°56.9'N085°17.8'W25°30.3'N085°36.6'W 0.962 78° 140° 139 km 04m22.1s
17:0226°18.9'N085°21.6'W25°11.6'N084°44.9'W25°45.2'N085°03.2'W 0.962 78° 144° 139 km 04m22.4s
17:0426°33.6'N084°47.7'W25°26.0'N084°11.8'W25°59.8'N084°29.7'W 0.962 79° 149° 139 km 04m22.6s
17:0626°48.1'N084°13.6'W25°40.2'N083°38.6'W26°14.1'N083°56.0'W 0.963 79° 155° 138 km 04m22.9s
17:0827°02.2'N083°39.3'W25°54.0'N083°05.2'W26°28.0'N083°22.2'W 0.963 79° 160° 138 km 04m23.1s
17:1027°16.1'N083°04.9'W26°07.5'N082°31.6'W26°41.7'N082°48.2'W 0.963 79° 165° 138 km 04m23.2s
17:1227°29.6'N082°30.2'W26°20.8'N081°57.9'W26°55.1'N082°14.0'W 0.963 79° 171° 138 km 04m23.4s
17:1427°42.9'N081°55.3'W26°33.7'N081°23.9'W27°08.3'N081°39.5'W 0.963 79° 177° 138 km 04m23.5s
17:1627°55.9'N081°20.2'W26°46.4'N080°49.7'W27°21.1'N081°04.9'W 0.963 79° 182° 138 km 04m23.5s
17:1828°08.6'N080°44.8'W26°58.7'N080°15.3'W27°33.6'N080°30.0'W 0.963 78° 187° 138 km 04m23.6s
17:2028°20.9'N080°09.1'W27°10.8'N079°40.6'W27°45.8'N079°54.8'W 0.963 78° 192° 138 km 04m23.6s
17:2228°33.0'N079°33.1'W27°22.5'N079°05.6'W27°57.7'N079°19.3'W 0.963 78° 197° 138 km 04m23.5s
17:2428°44.8'N078°56.8'W27°33.9'N078°30.3'W28°09.3'N078°43.5'W 0.962 77° 201° 138 km 04m23.4s
17:2628°56.2'N078°20.2'W27°45.1'N077°54.8'W28°20.6'N078°07.4'W 0.962 77° 205° 138 km 04m23.3s
17:2829°07.4'N077°43.2'W27°55.8'N077°18.8'W28°31.5'N077°31.0'W 0.962 76° 209° 138 km 04m23.2s
17:3029°18.2'N077°05.8'W28°06.3'N076°42.5'W28°42.2'N076°54.2'W 0.962 75° 212° 138 km 04m23.0s
17:3229°28.7'N076°28.1'W28°16.5'N076°05.9'W28°52.5'N076°16.9'W 0.962 75° 215° 138 km 04m22.8s
17:3429°38.9'N075°49.9'W28°26.3'N075°28.8'W29°02.5'N075°39.3'W 0.962 74° 218° 138 km 04m22.5s
17:3629°48.7'N075°11.2'W28°35.8'N074°51.3'W29°12.2'N075°01.3'W 0.962 73° 221° 138 km 04m22.2s
17:3829°58.2'N074°32.1'W28°44.9'N074°13.4'W29°21.5'N074°22.8'W 0.962 72° 224° 139 km 04m21.8s
17:4030°07.4'N073°52.6'W28°53.7'N073°35.0'W29°30.5'N073°43.8'W 0.962 72° 226° 139 km 04m21.5s
17:4230°16.2'N073°12.5'W29°02.2'N072°56.2'W29°39.1'N073°04.3'W 0.962 71° 228° 139 km 04m21.0s
17:4430°24.6'N072°31.8'W29°10.3'N072°16.8'W29°47.4'N072°24.3'W 0.962 70° 231° 139 km 04m20.6s
17:4630°32.7'N071°50.6'W29°18.0'N071°36.9'W29°55.3'N071°43.8'W 0.962 69° 233° 140 km 04m20.1s
17:4830°40.4'N071°08.8'W29°25.3'N070°56.5'W30°02.8'N071°02.7'W 0.962 68° 235° 140 km 04m19.5s
17:5030°47.7'N070°26.4'W29°32.3'N070°15.4'W30°09.9'N070°21.0'W 0.962 67° 236° 140 km 04m19.0s
17:5230°54.7'N069°43.4'W29°38.8'N069°33.8'W30°16.7'N069°38.6'W 0.962 66° 238° 141 km 04m18.4s
17:5431°01.2'N068°59.6'W29°45.0'N068°51.5'W30°23.0'N068°55.6'W 0.962 65° 240° 141 km 04m17.7s
17:5631°07.3'N068°15.2'W29°50.8'N068°08.5'W30°29.0'N068°11.9'W 0.961 64° 241° 142 km 04m17.0s
17:5831°13.0'N067°30.0'W29°56.1'N067°24.8'W30°34.5'N067°27.5'W 0.961 63° 243° 142 km 04m16.3s
18:0031°18.3'N066°44.0'W30°01.0'N066°40.4'W30°39.6'N066°42.3'W 0.961 62° 244° 142 km 04m15.5s
18:0231°23.0'N065°57.2'W30°05.5'N065°55.2'W30°44.2'N065°56.3'W 0.961 61° 245° 143 km 04m14.7s
18:0431°27.4'N065°09.5'W30°09.5'N065°09.1'W30°48.3'N065°09.4'W 0.961 60° 247° 143 km 04m13.9s
18:0631°31.2'N064°20.9'W30°13.0'N064°22.2'W30°52.0'N064°21.7'W 0.961 59° 248° 144 km 04m13.0s
18:0831°34.6'N063°31.4'W30°16.0'N063°34.4'W30°55.2'N063°33.0'W 0.961 58° 249° 145 km 04m12.1s
18:1031°37.4'N062°40.8'W30°18.5'N062°45.6'W30°57.9'N062°43.3'W 0.961 57° 251° 145 km 04m11.1s
18:1231°39.7'N061°49.1'W30°20.5'N061°55.8'W31°00.0'N061°52.6'W 0.960 56° 252° 146 km 04m10.1s
18:1431°41.5'N060°56.3'W30°21.9'N061°04.9'W31°01.6'N061°00.8'W 0.960 55° 253° 147 km 04m09.1s
18:1631°42.6'N060°02.3'W30°22.8'N060°12.9'W31°02.6'N060°07.8'W 0.960 54° 254° 147 km 04m08.1s
18:1831°43.2'N059°07.0'W30°23.0'N059°19.7'W31°03.0'N059°13.5'W 0.960 53° 255° 148 km 04m07.0s
18:2031°43.1'N058°10.3'W30°22.7'N058°25.2'W31°02.8'N058°18.0'W 0.960 51° 256° 149 km 04m05.8s
18:2231°42.3'N057°12.2'W30°21.6'N057°29.2'W31°01.9'N057°21.0'W 0.960 50° 258° 150 km 04m04.7s
18:2431°40.8'N056°12.5'W30°19.9'N056°31.8'W31°00.3'N056°22.4'W 0.959 49° 259° 151 km 04m03.5s
18:2631°38.6'N055°11.1'W30°17.5'N055°32.8'W30°58.0'N055°22.2'W 0.959 48° 260° 152 km 04m02.2s
18:2831°35.6'N054°07.8'W30°14.2'N054°32.1'W30°54.8'N054°20.3'W 0.959 46° 261° 153 km 04m01.0s
18:3031°31.8'N053°02.6'W30°10.2'N053°29.6'W30°50.9'N053°16.4'W 0.959 45° 262° 154 km 03m59.7s
18:3231°27.0'N051°55.2'W30°05.3'N052°25.0'W30°46.1'N052°10.5'W 0.958 44° 263° 155 km 03m58.3s
18:3431°21.3'N050°45.5'W29°59.4'N051°18.2'W30°40.3'N051°02.2'W 0.958 42° 264° 156 km 03m56.9s
18:3631°14.6'N049°33.1'W29°52.6'N050°09.0'W30°33.5'N049°51.5'W 0.958 41° 265° 157 km 03m55.5s
18:3831°06.7'N048°17.9'W29°44.6'N048°57.1'W30°25.6'N048°38.0'W 0.958 39° 266° 159 km 03m54.1s
18:4030°57.6'N046°59.5'W29°35.5'N047°42.3'W30°16.5'N047°21.4'W 0.957 38° 267° 160 km 03m52.6s
18:4230°47.1'N045°37.4'W29°25.0'N046°24.2'W30°06.0'N046°01.4'W 0.957 36° 268° 161 km 03m51.0s
18:4430°35.1'N044°11.3'W29°13.1'N045°02.2'W29°54.0'N044°37.4'W 0.957 35° 269° 163 km 03m49.4s
18:4630°21.3'N042°40.4'W28°59.6'N043°36.0'W29°40.4'N043°08.9'W 0.956 33° 271° 165 km 03m47.8s
18:4830°05.6'N041°03.9'W28°44.2'N042°04.8'W29°24.9'N041°35.1'W 0.956 31° 272° 167 km 03m46.1s
18:5029°47.6'N039°20.9'W28°26.7'N040°27.8'W29°07.1'N039°55.2'W 0.955 29° 273° 168 km 03m44.3s
18:5229°26.9'N037°29.8'W28°06.7'N038°43.6'W28°46.8'N038°07.8'W 0.955 27° 274° 171 km 03m42.5s
18:5429°02.8'N035°28.7'W27°43.7'N036°50.9'W28°23.3'N036°11.0'W 0.954 25° 275° 173 km 03m40.5s
18:5628°34.5'N033°14.6'W27°16.9'N034°47.1'W27°55.8'N034°02.3'W 0.954 23° 277° 175 km 03m38.5s
18:5828°00.5'N030°42.4'W26°45.3'N032°28.6'W27°23.1'N031°37.4'W 0.953 20° 278° 178 km 03m36.3s
19:0027°18.0'N027°43.0'W26°06.9'N029°49.2'W26°42.8'N028°48.8'W 0.953 17° 280° 182 km 03m33.8s
19:0226°21.0'N023°55.6'W25°17.9'N026°36.4'W25°50.4'N025°20.7'W 0.952 13° 282° 186 km 03m31.0s
19:0424°44.9'N017°55.6'W24°08.2'N022°16.6'W24°30.8'N020°23.2'W 0.950 284° 192 km 03m27.4s
Limits22°58.0'N011°36.4'W21°18.6'N012°27.1'W22°08.2'N012°02.0'W 0.948 - 201 km 03m22.2s

ΔT = 45691.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:52:05.817:10:34.226°45.6'N086°27.4'E 79.1° 167.1° 138.0 km04m23.28s
Greatest Duration06:00:10.217:18:38.727°37.5'N080°18.7'W 78.3° 188.6° 137.8 km04m23.57s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1970 May 23 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 45691.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3605.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.06°.

Acknowledgments

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

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