Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1950 Sep 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1950 Sep 12 . 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 1950 Sep 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits85°00.4'N070°52.8'W85°16.9'N063°06.9'W85°09.3'N067°04.8'W 1.010 - 80 km 00m33.9s
02:5286°55.2'N154°38.9'W85°16.9'N171°01.2'E86°12.0'N176°33.5'W 1.012 228° 91 km 00m43.0s
02:5484°01.5'N175°29.6'E82°25.1'N164°15.1'E83°13.5'N169°04.8'E 1.013 10° 214° 96 km 00m47.3s
02:5681°30.7'N169°25.0'E80°05.0'N162°34.9'E80°47.9'N165°41.7'E 1.014 12° 211° 99 km 00m50.6s
02:5879°21.9'N167°16.6'E78°04.0'N162°09.8'E78°42.9'N164°33.4'E 1.014 14° 211° 102 km 00m53.3s
03:0077°27.8'N166°25.2'E76°15.7'N162°12.8'E76°51.8'N164°12.7'E 1.015 16° 211° 105 km 00m55.7s
03:0275°44.3'N166°07.5'E74°36.8'N162°28.6'E75°10.6'N164°13.6'E 1.015 17° 212° 107 km 00m57.8s
03:0474°08.8'N166°07.0'E73°04.9'N162°50.7'E73°36.9'N164°25.5'E 1.016 18° 213° 109 km 00m59.7s
03:0672°39.7'N166°16.1'E71°38.8'N163°16.3'E72°09.3'N164°43.6'E 1.016 19° 214° 111 km 01m01.4s
03:0871°15.6'N166°31.1'E70°17.3'N163°43.8'E70°46.5'N165°05.3'E 1.016 20° 215° 113 km 01m02.9s
03:1069°55.8'N166°49.9'E68°59.8'N164°12.3'E69°27.9'N165°29.3'E 1.016 21° 217° 114 km 01m04.3s
03:1268°39.6'N167°11.1'E67°45.5'N164°41.4'E68°12.7'N165°54.7'E 1.017 22° 218° 116 km 01m05.6s
03:1467°26.5'N167°34.1'E66°34.2'N165°10.8'E67°00.5'N166°21.1'E 1.017 23° 219° 117 km 01m06.8s
03:1666°16.1'N167°58.2'E65°25.5'N165°40.4'E65°50.9'N166°48.1'E 1.017 23° 220° 119 km 01m07.8s
03:1865°08.1'N168°23.3'E64°18.9'N166°10.1'E64°43.6'N167°15.7'E 1.017 24° 222° 120 km 01m08.8s
03:2064°02.1'N168°49.1'E63°14.4'N166°39.9'E63°38.4'N167°43.6'E 1.017 25° 223° 122 km 01m09.7s
03:2262°58.1'N169°15.5'E62°11.6'N167°09.7'E62°34.9'N168°11.8'E 1.018 25° 224° 123 km 01m10.4s
03:2461°55.7'N169°42.5'E61°10.4'N167°39.7'E61°33.2'N168°40.3'E 1.018 25° 226° 125 km 01m11.1s
03:2660°54.9'N170°10.0'E60°10.7'N168°09.8'E60°32.9'N169°09.1'E 1.018 26° 227° 126 km 01m11.7s
03:2859°55.5'N170°37.9'E59°12.3'N168°40.0'E59°34.0'N169°38.3'E 1.018 26° 229° 128 km 01m12.2s
03:3058°57.3'N171°06.4'E58°15.2'N169°10.5'E58°36.4'N170°07.8'E 1.018 26° 230° 129 km 01m12.7s
03:3258°00.3'N171°35.4'E57°19.1'N169°41.3'E57°39.8'N170°37.8'E 1.018 26° 231° 130 km 01m13.0s
03:3457°04.3'N172°04.9'E56°24.1'N170°12.5'E56°44.3'N171°08.2'E 1.018 27° 233° 132 km 01m13.3s
03:3656°09.3'N172°35.1'E55°30.0'N170°44.1'E55°49.8'N171°39.1'E 1.018 27° 234° 133 km 01m13.5s
03:3855°15.2'N173°06.0'E54°36.8'N171°16.1'E54°56.1'N172°10.6'E 1.018 27° 235° 134 km 01m13.6s
03:4054°22.0'N173°37.6'E53°44.3'N171°48.8'E54°03.3'N172°42.8'E 1.018 27° 237° 135 km 01m13.6s
03:4253°29.5'N174°10.0'E52°52.6'N172°22.2'E53°11.2'N173°15.7'E 1.018 27° 238° 137 km 01m13.6s
03:4452°37.6'N174°43.4'E52°01.6'N172°56.3'E52°19.8'N173°49.4'E 1.018 27° 240° 138 km 01m13.4s
03:4651°46.5'N175°17.7'E51°11.2'N173°31.3'E51°29.0'N174°24.1'E 1.018 26° 241° 139 km 01m13.2s
03:4850°55.9'N175°53.2'E50°21.4'N174°07.3'E50°38.8'N174°59.8'E 1.018 26° 242° 140 km 01m12.9s
03:5050°05.8'N176°29.9'E49°32.1'N174°44.4'E49°49.1'N175°36.7'E 1.018 26° 244° 141 km 01m12.6s
03:5249°16.3'N177°08.0'E48°43.3'N175°22.7'E48°59.9'N176°15.0'E 1.018 26° 245° 142 km 01m12.1s
03:5448°27.1'N177°47.6'E47°55.0'N176°02.4'E48°11.2'N176°54.6'E 1.018 25° 246° 143 km 01m11.6s
03:5647°38.4'N178°29.0'E47°07.0'N176°43.7'E47°22.9'N177°36.0'E 1.018 25° 248° 143 km 01m10.9s
03:5846°50.0'N179°12.3'E46°19.5'N177°26.8'E46°34.9'N178°19.2'E 1.018 24° 249° 144 km 01m10.2s
04:0046°02.0'N179°57.8'E45°32.2'N178°11.9'E45°47.2'N179°04.5'E 1.018 24° 251° 144 km 01m09.4s
04:0245°14.1'N179°14.3'W44°45.2'N178°59.3'E44°59.8'N179°52.1'E 1.017 23° 252° 144 km 01m08.5s
04:0444°26.5'N178°23.4'W43°58.4'N179°49.2'E44°12.6'N179°17.5'W 1.017 23° 253° 144 km 01m07.5s
04:0643°39.0'N177°29.3'W43°11.8'N179°17.8'W43°25.6'N178°23.9'W 1.017 22° 255° 143 km 01m06.4s
04:0842°51.6'N176°31.3'W42°25.3'N178°21.3'W42°38.6'N177°26.7'W 1.017 21° 256° 143 km 01m05.1s
04:1042°04.2'N175°28.8'W41°38.9'N177°20.8'W41°51.7'N176°25.3'W 1.017 20° 258° 141 km 01m03.8s
04:1241°16.7'N174°20.8'W40°52.4'N176°15.4'W41°04.7'N175°18.6'W 1.016 19° 259° 140 km 01m02.2s
04:1440°28.9'N173°06.1'W40°05.8'N175°04.0'W40°17.6'N174°05.7'W 1.016 18° 260° 137 km 01m00.6s
04:1639°40.8'N171°42.9'W39°19.0'N173°45.3'W39°30.1'N172°44.8'W 1.016 17° 262° 135 km 00m58.7s
04:1838°52.0'N170°08.4'W38°31.8'N172°17.2'W38°42.2'N171°13.6'W 1.015 15° 263° 131 km 00m56.6s
04:2038°02.3'N168°18.2'W37°43.9'N170°36.3'W37°53.4'N169°28.4'W 1.015 13° 265° 126 km 00m54.1s
04:2237°10.8'N166°03.7'W36°54.8'N168°36.9'W37°03.2'N167°22.1'W 1.014 11° 267° 120 km 00m51.3s
04:2436°15.8'N163°04.1'W36°03.8'N166°07.6'W36°10.4'N164°39.7'W 1.013 269° 112 km 00m47.7s
04:2635°08.6'N157°31.8'W35°08.3'N162°35.1'W35°10.9'N160°27.5'W 1.012 272° 100 km 00m42.6s
Limits34°46.9'N154°22.5'W34°02.9'N154°46.1'W34°24.8'N154°34.4'W 1.011 - 84 km 00m36.1s

ΔT = 29.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:38:46.903:38:17.554°48.4'N172°07.9'E 26.7° 235.6° 134.4 km01m13.58s
Greatest Duration03:40:16.303:39:47.054°09.0'N172°39.2'E 26.7° 236.7° 135.4 km01m13.60s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1950 Sep 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1950 Sep 12 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 29.4 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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