Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1958 Oct 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1958 Oct 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 1958 Oct 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
Limits00°09.0'N157°36.5'E01°11.5'S157°12.9'E00°31.2'S157°24.6'E 1.043 - 153 km 02m16.0s
19:1801°27.9'S167°38.9'E02°19.2'S164°14.3'E01°55.1'S166°04.9'E 1.046 97° 164 km 02m35.0s
19:2002°22.6'S171°53.0'E03°24.4'S169°29.2'E02°54.2'S170°43.9'E 1.047 14° 97° 171 km 02m46.9s
19:2203°08.2'S174°57.4'E04°14.5'S172°54.4'E03°41.8'S173°57.7'E 1.049 18° 97° 175 km 02m55.9s
19:2403°49.1'S177°27.4'E04°58.3'S175°35.6'E04°24.1'S176°32.8'E 1.050 21° 96° 179 km 03m03.6s
19:2604°27.1'S179°35.9'E05°38.4'S177°51.2'E05°03.1'S178°44.6'E 1.050 24° 96° 182 km 03m10.5s
19:2805°03.0'S178°30.6'W06°16.0'S179°49.7'E05°39.8'S179°19.5'W 1.051 26° 95° 185 km 03m16.9s
19:3005°37.3'S176°48.3'W06°51.8'S178°24.4'W06°14.8'S177°35.5'W 1.052 29° 95° 188 km 03m22.8s
19:3206°10.3'S175°14.8'W07°26.1'S176°48.0'W06°48.4'S176°00.7'W 1.052 31° 95° 190 km 03m28.3s
19:3406°42.3'S173°48.4'W07°59.2'S175°19.3'W07°20.9'S174°33.2'W 1.053 33° 94° 192 km 03m33.6s
19:3607°13.3'S172°27.9'W08°31.2'S173°56.8'W07°52.5'S173°11.7'W 1.054 35° 94° 194 km 03m38.6s
19:3807°43.6'S171°12.2'W09°02.5'S172°39.6'W08°23.2'S171°55.3'W 1.054 36° 93° 195 km 03m43.4s
19:4008°13.3'S170°00.8'W09°33.0'S171°26.8'W08°53.3'S170°43.2'W 1.054 38° 92° 197 km 03m48.0s
19:4208°42.3'S168°53.0'W10°02.8'S170°17.8'W09°22.7'S169°34.9'W 1.055 40° 92° 198 km 03m52.4s
19:4409°10.8'S167°48.4'W10°32.1'S169°12.1'W09°51.6'S168°29.8'W 1.055 41° 91° 200 km 03m56.7s
19:4609°38.8'S166°46.6'W11°00.8'S168°09.4'W10°20.0'S167°27.5'W 1.056 43° 91° 201 km 04m00.8s
19:4810°06.4'S165°47.3'W11°29.1'S167°09.2'W10°47.9'S166°27.8'W 1.056 44° 90° 202 km 04m04.8s
19:5010°33.6'S164°50.2'W11°56.9'S166°11.3'W11°15.4'S165°30.3'W 1.056 46° 89° 203 km 04m08.6s
19:5211°00.4'S163°55.1'W12°24.4'S165°15.5'W11°42.5'S164°34.9'W 1.057 47° 88° 204 km 04m12.3s
19:5411°26.9'S163°01.8'W12°51.4'S164°21.5'W12°09.3'S163°41.2'W 1.057 49° 87° 205 km 04m15.8s
19:5611°53.0'S162°10.1'W13°18.2'S163°29.2'W12°35.7'S162°49.2'W 1.057 50° 87° 205 km 04m19.3s
19:5812°18.9'S161°19.9'W13°44.6'S162°38.3'W13°01.8'S161°58.7'W 1.057 51° 86° 206 km 04m22.6s
20:0012°44.4'S160°31.0'W14°10.7'S161°48.8'W13°27.7'S161°09.5'W 1.058 52° 85° 207 km 04m25.8s
20:0213°09.7'S159°43.3'W14°36.5'S161°00.5'W13°53.2'S160°21.5'W 1.058 54° 84° 207 km 04m28.9s
20:0413°34.7'S158°56.6'W15°02.1'S160°13.3'W14°18.5'S159°34.6'W 1.058 55° 83° 208 km 04m31.9s
20:0613°59.5'S158°11.0'W15°27.4'S159°27.1'W14°43.6'S158°48.7'W 1.058 56° 81° 208 km 04m34.7s
20:0814°24.1'S157°26.3'W15°52.5'S158°41.9'W15°08.4'S158°03.8'W 1.059 57° 80° 209 km 04m37.5s
20:1014°48.5'S156°42.4'W16°17.3'S157°57.4'W15°33.0'S157°19.6'W 1.059 58° 79° 209 km 04m40.1s
20:1215°12.6'S155°59.3'W16°42.0'S157°13.7'W15°57.3'S156°36.2'W 1.059 59° 77° 209 km 04m42.7s
20:1415°36.5'S155°16.8'W17°06.4'S156°30.7'W16°21.5'S155°53.5'W 1.059 60° 76° 209 km 04m45.1s
20:1616°00.3'S154°35.0'W17°30.6'S155°48.3'W16°45.5'S155°11.4'W 1.059 61° 74° 210 km 04m47.4s
20:1816°23.8'S153°53.7'W17°54.6'S155°06.5'W17°09.3'S154°29.8'W 1.059 62° 73° 210 km 04m49.6s
20:2016°47.2'S153°12.9'W18°18.5'S154°25.1'W17°32.9'S153°48.7'W 1.060 63° 71° 210 km 04m51.7s
20:2217°10.4'S152°32.5'W18°42.2'S153°44.2'W17°56.3'S153°08.1'W 1.060 64° 69° 210 km 04m53.7s
20:2417°33.4'S151°52.6'W19°05.6'S153°03.6'W18°19.6'S152°27.8'W 1.060 65° 67° 210 km 04m55.6s
20:2617°56.3'S151°13.0'W19°29.0'S152°23.4'W18°42.7'S151°47.9'W 1.060 66° 65° 210 km 04m57.4s
20:2818°19.0'S150°33.7'W19°52.1'S151°43.5'W19°05.6'S151°08.3'W 1.060 67° 63° 210 km 04m59.1s
20:3018°41.5'S149°54.6'W20°15.1'S151°03.8'W19°28.3'S150°29.0'W 1.060 67° 60° 210 km 05m00.6s
20:3219°03.9'S149°15.8'W20°38.0'S150°24.3'W19°50.9'S149°49.8'W 1.060 68° 58° 210 km 05m02.1s
20:3419°26.1'S148°37.1'W21°00.6'S149°45.0'W20°13.4'S149°10.8'W 1.060 69° 55° 210 km 05m03.4s
20:3619°48.2'S147°58.6'W21°23.2'S149°05.8'W20°35.7'S148°32.0'W 1.060 70° 52° 210 km 05m04.6s
20:3820°10.2'S147°20.2'W21°45.6'S148°26.7'W20°57.9'S147°53.2'W 1.061 70° 49° 210 km 05m05.8s
20:4020°32.0'S146°41.9'W22°07.8'S147°47.6'W21°19.9'S147°14.5'W 1.061 71° 46° 210 km 05m06.8s
20:4220°53.6'S146°03.5'W22°29.9'S147°08.6'W21°41.7'S146°35.9'W 1.061 71° 43° 210 km 05m07.7s
20:4421°15.1'S145°25.2'W22°51.8'S146°29.5'W22°03.5'S145°57.2'W 1.061 72° 39° 210 km 05m08.5s
20:4621°36.5'S144°46.9'W23°13.6'S145°50.3'W22°25.0'S145°18.4'W 1.061 72° 35° 210 km 05m09.1s
20:4821°57.7'S144°08.4'W23°35.3'S145°11.0'W22°46.5'S144°39.6'W 1.061 72° 32° 210 km 05m09.7s
20:5022°18.8'S143°29.9'W23°56.8'S144°31.7'W23°07.8'S144°00.6'W 1.061 72° 28° 209 km 05m10.2s
20:5222°39.8'S142°51.2'W24°18.2'S143°52.1'W23°29.0'S143°21.5'W 1.061 73° 24° 209 km 05m10.5s
20:5423°00.6'S142°12.4'W24°39.5'S143°12.3'W23°50.0'S142°42.2'W 1.061 73° 20° 209 km 05m10.7s
20:5623°21.3'S141°33.3'W25°00.6'S142°32.3'W24°10.9'S142°02.7'W 1.061 73° 16° 209 km 05m10.8s
20:5823°41.8'S140°54.0'W25°21.5'S141°52.0'W24°31.6'S141°22.9'W 1.061 73° 12° 208 km 05m10.8s
21:0024°02.2'S140°14.5'W25°42.4'S141°11.5'W24°52.2'S140°42.9'W 1.061 72° 208 km 05m10.7s
21:0224°22.5'S139°34.6'W26°03.0'S140°30.5'W25°12.7'S140°02.5'W 1.061 72° 208 km 05m10.5s
21:0424°42.6'S138°54.4'W26°23.6'S139°49.2'W25°33.0'S139°21.7'W 1.061 72° 360° 208 km 05m10.1s
21:0625°02.6'S138°13.8'W26°43.9'S139°07.5'W25°53.2'S138°40.6'W 1.061 72° 356° 207 km 05m09.6s
21:0825°22.4'S137°32.8'W27°04.2'S138°25.3'W26°13.2'S137°59.0'W 1.061 71° 353° 207 km 05m09.1s
21:1025°42.1'S136°51.3'W27°24.3'S137°42.6'W26°33.1'S137°16.9'W 1.061 71° 349° 207 km 05m08.3s
21:1226°01.7'S136°09.4'W27°44.2'S136°59.4'W26°52.8'S136°34.4'W 1.061 70° 346° 206 km 05m07.5s
21:1426°21.1'S135°26.9'W28°04.0'S136°15.6'W27°12.4'S135°51.2'W 1.061 69° 343° 206 km 05m06.6s
21:1626°40.3'S134°43.9'W28°23.6'S135°31.2'W27°31.9'S135°07.5'W 1.060 69° 340° 205 km 05m05.5s
21:1826°59.4'S134°00.2'W28°43.0'S134°46.1'W27°51.1'S134°23.2'W 1.060 68° 337° 205 km 05m04.4s
21:2027°18.4'S133°15.9'W29°02.3'S134°00.3'W28°10.2'S133°38.1'W 1.060 67° 334° 205 km 05m03.1s
21:2227°37.1'S132°30.8'W29°21.4'S133°13.7'W28°29.2'S132°52.3'W 1.060 67° 332° 204 km 05m01.6s
21:2427°55.7'S131°45.1'W29°40.3'S132°26.4'W28°47.9'S132°05.8'W 1.060 66° 329° 204 km 05m00.1s
21:2628°14.2'S130°58.5'W29°59.1'S131°38.1'W29°06.5'S131°18.4'W 1.060 65° 327° 203 km 04m58.5s
21:2828°32.4'S130°11.0'W30°17.6'S130°49.0'W29°24.9'S130°30.1'W 1.060 64° 325° 203 km 04m56.7s
21:3028°50.5'S129°22.7'W30°36.0'S129°58.9'W29°43.1'S129°40.9'W 1.060 63° 322° 202 km 04m54.8s
21:3229°08.4'S128°33.4'W30°54.1'S129°07.7'W30°01.1'S128°50.7'W 1.060 62° 320° 202 km 04m52.8s
21:3429°26.1'S127°43.0'W31°12.0'S128°15.4'W30°18.9'S127°59.4'W 1.059 61° 318° 201 km 04m50.7s
21:3629°43.5'S126°51.5'W31°29.7'S127°21.9'W30°36.5'S127°06.9'W 1.059 60° 317° 201 km 04m48.4s
21:3830°00.8'S125°58.9'W31°47.2'S126°27.2'W30°53.9'S126°13.3'W 1.059 59° 315° 200 km 04m46.0s
21:4030°17.8'S125°04.9'W32°04.4'S125°31.1'W31°11.0'S125°18.3'W 1.059 58° 313° 200 km 04m43.5s
21:4230°34.6'S124°09.7'W32°21.4'S124°33.6'W31°27.9'S124°21.9'W 1.059 57° 311° 199 km 04m40.9s
21:4430°51.2'S123°13.0'W32°38.0'S123°34.5'W31°44.5'S123°24.1'W 1.058 56° 310° 198 km 04m38.2s
21:4631°07.5'S122°14.7'W32°54.4'S122°33.8'W32°00.8'S122°24.6'W 1.058 55° 308° 198 km 04m35.3s
21:4831°23.5'S121°14.8'W33°10.5'S121°31.3'W32°16.9'S121°23.4'W 1.058 53° 306° 197 km 04m32.3s
21:5031°39.3'S120°13.1'W33°26.3'S120°26.9'W32°32.6'S120°20.4'W 1.058 52° 305° 196 km 04m29.2s
21:5231°54.7'S119°09.5'W33°41.7'S119°20.5'W32°48.0'S119°15.5'W 1.058 51° 303° 195 km 04m26.0s
21:5432°09.8'S118°03.8'W33°56.7'S118°11.9'W33°03.1'S118°08.4'W 1.057 50° 302° 195 km 04m22.6s
21:5632°24.5'S116°55.9'W34°11.3'S117°00.9'W33°17.8'S116°59.0'W 1.057 48° 300° 194 km 04m19.1s
21:5832°38.9'S115°45.6'W34°25.5'S115°47.3'W33°32.1'S115°47.0'W 1.057 47° 299° 193 km 04m15.4s
22:0032°52.8'S114°32.6'W34°39.3'S114°30.9'W33°45.9'S114°32.4'W 1.056 46° 297° 192 km 04m11.7s
22:0233°06.3'S113°16.8'W34°52.5'S113°11.4'W33°59.3'S113°14.8'W 1.056 44° 296° 191 km 04m07.7s
22:0433°19.3'S111°57.7'W35°05.2'S111°48.5'W34°12.1'S111°53.8'W 1.056 43° 294° 190 km 04m03.6s
22:0633°31.8'S110°35.1'W35°17.2'S110°21.8'W34°24.4'S110°29.3'W 1.055 41° 293° 189 km 03m59.4s
22:0833°43.7'S109°08.7'W35°28.6'S108°51.0'W34°36.0'S109°00.7'W 1.055 40° 291° 188 km 03m55.0s
22:1033°54.9'S107°37.8'W35°39.2'S107°15.4'W34°47.0'S107°27.6'W 1.054 38° 290° 187 km 03m50.4s
22:1234°05.4'S106°02.0'W35°49.0'S105°34.5'W34°57.1'S105°49.3'W 1.054 36° 288° 185 km 03m45.6s
22:1434°15.1'S104°20.6'W35°57.8'S103°47.5'W35°06.4'S104°05.1'W 1.054 34° 287° 184 km 03m40.7s
22:1634°23.8'S102°32.6'W36°05.5'S101°53.3'W35°14.6'S102°14.2'W 1.053 33° 285° 183 km 03m35.4s
22:1834°31.4'S100°36.9'W36°11.8'S099°50.7'W35°21.6'S100°15.1'W 1.052 31° 284° 181 km 03m30.0s
22:2034°37.7'S098°32.0'W36°16.6'S097°37.9'W35°27.2'S098°06.4'W 1.052 28° 282° 179 km 03m24.2s
22:2234°42.3'S096°15.7'W36°19.5'S095°12.4'W35°31.0'S095°45.7'W 1.051 26° 280° 177 km 03m18.0s
22:2434°45.0'S093°45.0'W36°19.9'S092°30.4'W35°32.5'S093°09.7'W 1.050 24° 278° 175 km 03m11.4s
22:2634°44.9'S090°55.1'W36°16.9'S089°26.0'W35°31.1'S090°12.8'W 1.050 21° 276° 173 km 03m04.2s
22:2834°41.1'S087°37.5'W36°09.0'S085°47.8'W35°25.4'S086°45.7'W 1.049 18° 273° 170 km 02m56.1s
22:3034°31.2'S083°35.2'W35°52.6'S081°10.4'W35°12.5'S082°27.5'W 1.047 14° 271° 167 km 02m46.6s
22:3234°08.8'S077°58.5'W35°13.3'S073°50.5'W34°43.4'S076°09.8'W 1.046 267° 161 km 02m33.7s
Limits32°58.7'S066°52.2'W34°19.0'S066°24.2'W33°38.8'S066°38.4'W 1.043 - 153 km 02m16.5s

ΔT = 32.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:55:28.020:54:55.423°59.6'S142°32.2'W 72.7° 17.9° 208.8 km05m10.79s
Greatest Duration20:57:26.020:56:53.524°20.1'S141°45.0'W 72.7° 14.0° 208.6 km05m10.84s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1958 Oct 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1958 Oct 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 32.6 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.

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