Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1943 Feb 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1943 Feb 04 . 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 1943 Feb 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits47°44.4'N130°01.8'E46°19.6'N129°41.2'E47°01.6'N129°51.1'E 1.025 - 154 km 01m31.3s
22:48 - - 43°40.2'N138°48.1'E45°40.7'N134°23.3'E 1.026 118° 162 km 01m38.2s
22:5045°38.6'N137°28.3'E42°37.1'N143°02.0'E44°00.4'N140°40.9'E 1.027 123° 174 km 01m48.8s
22:5244°30.7'N142°08.5'E41°57.5'N146°03.8'E43°11.1'N144°16.8'E 1.028 11° 126° 182 km 01m55.3s
22:5443°50.5'N145°20.5'E41°29.4'N148°31.7'E42°38.2'N147°02.6'E 1.029 14° 128° 189 km 02m00.5s
22:5643°22.7'N147°54.3'E41°08.4'N150°39.0'E42°14.3'N149°21.2'E 1.029 15° 130° 195 km 02m05.0s
22:5843°02.4'N150°05.8'E40°52.7'N152°32.0'E41°56.6'N151°22.4'E 1.030 17° 132° 200 km 02m08.9s
23:0042°47.5'N152°02.1'E40°40.8'N154°14.6'E41°43.3'N153°11.2'E 1.030 19° 134° 204 km 02m12.4s
23:0242°36.5'N153°47.4'E40°32.1'N155°49.2'E41°33.6'N154°50.7'E 1.031 20° 136° 209 km 02m15.6s
23:0442°28.8'N155°24.3'E40°26.1'N157°17.3'E41°26.8'N156°22.9'E 1.031 21° 137° 213 km 02m18.5s
23:0642°23.8'N156°54.5'E40°22.4'N158°40.3'E41°22.5'N157°49.2'E 1.031 22° 139° 216 km 02m21.2s
23:0842°21.1'N158°19.3'E40°20.6'N159°58.9'E41°20.4'N159°10.7'E 1.032 23° 141° 219 km 02m23.6s
23:1042°20.4'N159°39.7'E40°20.7'N161°13.8'E41°20.1'N160°28.3'E 1.032 24° 142° 222 km 02m25.8s
23:1242°21.5'N160°56.4'E40°22.4'N162°25.7'E41°21.5'N161°42.4'E 1.032 24° 144° 224 km 02m27.8s
23:1442°24.3'N162°10.0'E40°25.6'N163°35.0'E41°24.5'N162°53.7'E 1.032 25° 146° 226 km 02m29.7s
23:1642°28.6'N163°20.9'E40°30.2'N164°41.9'E41°29.0'N164°02.5'E 1.032 26° 147° 228 km 02m31.3s
23:1842°34.3'N164°29.5'E40°36.2'N165°47.0'E41°34.8'N165°09.3'E 1.032 26° 149° 230 km 02m32.8s
23:2042°41.4'N165°36.2'E40°43.3'N166°50.4'E41°41.9'N166°14.2'E 1.033 27° 150° 231 km 02m34.1s
23:2242°49.7'N166°41.3'E40°51.7'N167°52.3'E41°50.3'N167°17.7'E 1.033 27° 152° 232 km 02m35.3s
23:2442°59.2'N167°44.9'E41°01.3'N168°53.0'E41°59.8'N168°19.8'E 1.033 28° 154° 232 km 02m36.3s
23:2643°09.9'N168°47.4'E41°11.9'N169°52.8'E42°10.5'N169°20.9'E 1.033 28° 155° 233 km 02m37.1s
23:2843°21.8'N169°49.0'E41°23.7'N170°51.6'E42°22.3'N170°21.0'E 1.033 28° 157° 233 km 02m37.8s
23:3043°34.8'N170°49.7'E41°36.5'N171°49.8'E42°35.2'N171°20.4'E 1.033 28° 158° 232 km 02m38.4s
23:3243°49.0'N171°49.9'E41°50.4'N172°47.4'E42°49.3'N172°19.3'E 1.033 29° 160° 232 km 02m38.8s
23:3444°04.2'N172°49.6'E42°05.4'N173°44.7'E43°04.4'N173°17.7'E 1.033 29° 162° 231 km 02m39.1s
23:3644°20.6'N173°49.1'E42°21.4'N174°41.7'E43°20.6'N174°15.9'E 1.033 29° 163° 230 km 02m39.2s
23:3844°38.1'N174°48.4'E42°38.5'N175°38.6'E43°37.9'N175°14.0'E 1.033 29° 165° 229 km 02m39.2s
23:4044°56.8'N175°47.8'E42°56.7'N176°35.5'E43°56.3'N176°12.1'E 1.033 29° 167° 228 km 02m39.0s
23:4245°16.6'N176°47.4'E43°16.0'N177°32.6'E44°15.8'N177°10.4'E 1.033 29° 168° 226 km 02m38.7s
23:4445°37.6'N177°47.3'E43°36.5'N178°30.0'E44°36.6'N178°09.0'E 1.033 29° 170° 225 km 02m38.3s
23:4645°59.9'N178°47.8'E43°58.1'N179°27.9'E44°58.5'N179°08.1'E 1.033 28° 171° 223 km 02m37.7s
23:4846°23.4'N179°48.9'E44°20.9'N179°33.6'W45°21.6'N179°52.1'W 1.033 28° 173° 221 km 02m36.9s
23:5046°48.3'N179°09.0'W44°45.0'N178°34.4'W45°46.1'N178°51.5'W 1.033 28° 175° 219 km 02m36.0s
23:5247°14.6'N178°05.9'W45°10.4'N177°34.2'W46°11.9'N177°49.9'W 1.033 27° 176° 217 km 02m35.0s
23:5447°42.4'N177°01.4'W45°37.1'N176°32.8'W46°39.2'N176°47.0'W 1.033 27° 178° 215 km 02m33.8s
23:5648°11.8'N175°55.3'W46°05.4'N175°30.1'W47°07.9'N175°42.7'W 1.032 27° 180° 212 km 02m32.5s
23:5848°42.9'N174°47.4'W46°35.1'N174°25.7'W47°38.3'N174°36.6'W 1.032 26° 181° 210 km 02m31.0s
00:0049°15.8'N173°37.2'W47°06.6'N173°19.4'W48°10.5'N173°28.5'W 1.032 26° 183° 207 km 02m29.4s
00:0249°50.8'N172°24.4'W47°39.9'N172°11.0'W48°44.6'N172°17.9'W 1.032 25° 185° 205 km 02m27.6s
00:0450°28.0'N171°08.5'W48°15.1'N170°59.8'W49°20.7'N171°04.5'W 1.032 24° 187° 202 km 02m25.6s
00:0651°07.7'N169°48.9'W48°52.6'N169°45.7'W49°59.2'N169°47.8'W 1.031 23° 189° 199 km 02m23.5s
00:0851°50.2'N168°24.8'W49°32.5'N168°27.8'W50°40.3'N168°27.0'W 1.031 22° 190° 196 km 02m21.1s
00:1052°36.0'N166°55.4'W50°15.1'N167°05.7'W51°24.4'N167°01.4'W 1.031 22° 192° 193 km 02m18.6s
00:1253°25.6'N165°19.4'W51°00.9'N165°38.2'W52°12.0'N165°30.0'W 1.031 20° 194° 190 km 02m15.8s
00:1454°19.7'N163°35.0'W51°50.4'N164°04.4'W53°03.6'N163°51.3'W 1.030 19° 196° 187 km 02m12.8s
00:1655°19.5'N161°39.8'W52°44.3'N162°22.5'W54°00.2'N162°03.3'W 1.030 18° 199° 184 km 02m09.5s
00:1856°26.6'N159°30.2'W53°43.6'N160°30.2'W55°03.0'N160°03.2'W 1.029 17° 201° 181 km 02m05.8s
00:2057°43.7'N156°59.8'W54°50.0'N158°24.2'W56°14.0'N157°46.5'W 1.029 15° 204° 177 km 02m01.8s
00:2259°15.9'N153°57.0'W56°05.7'N155°58.8'W57°36.7'N155°05.3'W 1.028 13° 206° 173 km 01m57.1s
00:2461°14.9'N149°53.3'W57°35.3'N153°03.5'W59°17.9'N151°43.4'W 1.027 10° 210° 168 km 01m51.5s
00:2664°34.9'N142°35.9'W59°28.9'N149°14.6'W61°36.6'N146°54.7'W 1.026 215° 163 km 01m44.2s
Limits67°03.6'N136°37.4'W65°58.5'N134°31.0'W66°31.0'N135°31.8'W 1.024 - 152 km 01m30.1s

ΔT = 25.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:38:10.323:37:44.443°35.6'N175°00.0'E 28.8° 164.7° 229.4 km02m39.19s
Greatest Duration23:37:07.623:36:41.743°26.4'N174°36.1'E 28.8° 163.8° 230.0 km02m39.21s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1943 Feb 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1943 Feb 04 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 25.9 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.

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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