Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1954 Jan 05

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1954 Jan 05 . 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 1954 Jan 05
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits64°57.1'S000°36.2'E66°03.6'S007°40.2'W65°31.5'S003°19.1'W 0.966 - 401 km 01m48.6s
01:5272°41.7'S006°21.7'E - - 68°03.6'S001°11.6'W 0.967 157° 388 km 01m48.0s
01:5475°07.4'S007°04.4'E - - 72°23.1'S001°02.2'E 0.968 154° 362 km 01m47.0s
01:5677°08.4'S007°03.8'E71°31.3'S004°39.9'W74°59.6'S001°17.2'E 0.969 153° 347 km 01m46.3s
01:5878°54.7'S006°24.3'E74°30.0'S004°45.7'W77°04.6'S000°36.5'E 0.969 11° 153° 335 km 01m45.8s
02:0080°30.5'S005°01.5'E76°41.6'S006°03.9'W78°51.6'S000°54.6'W 0.970 13° 154° 325 km 01m45.4s
02:0281°58.2'S002°43.4'E78°30.0'S008°22.8'W80°26.1'S003°22.6'W 0.970 14° 156° 316 km 01m45.0s
02:0483°18.4'S000°52.4'W80°02.6'S011°47.9'W81°50.3'S007°02.7'W 0.970 15° 158° 309 km 01m44.7s
02:0684°31.1'S006°25.0'W81°22.3'S016°32.5'W83°04.8'S012°19.5'W 0.970 16° 163° 303 km 01m44.4s
02:0885°34.6'S015°00.8'W82°29.5'S022°54.7'W84°08.6'S019°48.2'W 0.971 17° 169° 298 km 01m44.1s
02:1086°25.0'S028°17.2'W83°23.3'S031°12.3'W84°59.4'S030°09.3'W 0.971 18° 179° 294 km 01m43.9s
02:1286°54.9'S047°19.6'W84°01.8'S041°30.9'W85°33.2'S043°41.3'W 0.971 18° 192° 290 km 01m43.6s
02:1486°57.1'S069°25.7'W84°22.7'S053°24.8'W85°46.0'S059°27.0'W 0.971 19° 207° 286 km 01m43.4s
02:1686°32.7'S088°29.5'W84°25.0'S065°49.1'W85°36.8'S075°00.7'W 0.971 19° 221° 284 km 01m43.2s
02:1885°50.6'S101°50.8'W84°09.9'S077°24.3'W85°09.0'S088°07.4'W 0.972 20° 233° 282 km 01m43.1s
02:2084°58.9'S110°36.1'W83°40.7'S087°16.4'W84°28.3'S098°06.7'W 0.972 20° 242° 280 km 01m42.9s
02:2284°02.4'S116°23.0'W83°01.0'S095°11.7'W83°39.4'S105°24.7'W 0.972 21° 249° 278 km 01m42.8s
02:2483°03.4'S120°18.2'W82°14.1'S101°21.8'W82°45.6'S110°42.6'W 0.972 21° 253° 278 km 01m42.6s
02:2682°03.0'S123°02.0'W81°22.3'S106°07.0'W81°48.7'S114°35.0'W 0.972 21° 256° 277 km 01m42.5s
02:2881°01.8'S124°57.7'W80°27.2'S109°46.5'W80°49.9'S117°26.9'W 0.972 21° 258° 277 km 01m42.4s
02:3080°00.3'S126°19.6'W79°29.6'S112°35.8'W79°49.8'S119°35.1'W 0.972 21° 259° 277 km 01m42.3s
02:3278°58.4'S127°20.1'W78°30.4'S114°46.4'W78°48.9'S121°10.9'W 0.972 21° 260° 278 km 01m42.3s
02:3477°56.4'S128°01.2'W77°29.9'S116°27.3'W77°47.2'S122°22.4'W 0.972 21° 260° 279 km 01m42.2s
02:3676°54.1'S128°29.3'W76°28.3'S117°44.5'W76°45.0'S123°15.0'W 0.972 21° 260° 280 km 01m42.2s
02:3875°51.6'S128°46.1'W75°25.7'S118°42.7'W75°42.3'S123°52.6'W 0.972 21° 260° 282 km 01m42.1s
02:4074°48.8'S128°54.7'W74°22.3'S119°25.3'W74°39.1'S124°17.9'W 0.972 21° 259° 284 km 01m42.1s
02:4273°45.6'S128°54.9'W73°17.9'S119°54.8'W73°35.2'S124°32.9'W 0.972 20° 259° 287 km 01m42.2s
02:4472°42.0'S128°49.3'W72°12.6'S120°13.0'W72°30.7'S124°39.2'W 0.972 20° 258° 290 km 01m42.2s
02:4671°37.8'S128°38.0'W71°06.2'S120°21.3'W71°25.4'S124°37.6'W 0.972 20° 257° 293 km 01m42.2s
02:4870°32.9'S128°21.3'W69°58.5'S120°20.5'W70°19.2'S124°29.1'W 0.972 19° 256° 297 km 01m42.3s
02:5069°27.2'S127°59.8'W68°49.4'S120°11.2'W69°12.0'S124°13.9'W 0.972 19° 255° 302 km 01m42.4s
02:5268°20.5'S127°33.3'W67°38.5'S119°53.5'W68°03.4'S123°52.2'W 0.971 18° 254° 307 km 01m42.5s
02:5467°12.5'S127°02.0'W66°25.5'S119°27.4'W66°53.2'S123°24.1'W 0.971 17° 253° 312 km 01m42.6s
02:5666°03.0'S126°25.5'W65°09.8'S118°52.3'W65°41.0'S122°49.2'W 0.971 17° 252° 318 km 01m42.8s
02:5864°51.7'S125°43.4'W63°50.7'S118°07.2'W64°26.4'S122°06.8'W 0.971 16° 250° 324 km 01m43.0s
03:0063°38.0'S124°55.2'W62°27.1'S117°10.1'W63°08.7'S121°16.1'W 0.970 15° 249° 331 km 01m43.2s
03:0262°21.5'S123°59.7'W60°57.1'S115°57.8'W61°47.0'S120°15.3'W 0.970 14° 247° 339 km 01m43.4s
03:0461°01.1'S122°55.4'W59°17.4'S114°23.7'W60°19.7'S119°01.6'W 0.970 12° 245° 348 km 01m43.8s
03:0659°35.7'S121°39.8'W57°20.6'S112°12.7'W58°44.3'S117°30.0'W 0.969 11° 243° 357 km 01m44.1s
03:0858°03.2'S120°08.8'W54°36.9'S108°24.5'W56°55.7'S115°30.2'W 0.969 241° 367 km 01m44.6s
03:1056°19.4'S118°14.2'W - - 54°39.0'S112°32.2'W 0.968 238° 378 km 01m45.3s
Limits49°34.8'S107°52.6'W51°57.7'S103°35.7'W50°44.3'S105°50.9'W 0.966 - 391 km 01m46.8s

ΔT = 30.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:32:00.602:31:29.979°04.2'S120°57.2'W 21.2° 259.9° 277.7 km01m42.28s
Greatest Duration01:52:10.601:51:39.965°31.5'S003°19.1'W 0.0° 158.6° 400.7 km01m48.60s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1954 Jan 05

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1954 Jan 05 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 30.7 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:

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