Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1968 Sep 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1968 Sep 22 . 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 1968 Sep 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits79°19.9'N108°10.0'E79°44.3'N108°23.6'E79°32.1'N108°16.6'E 1.004 - 46 km 00m14.7s
10:44 - - 79°10.9'N091°58.8'E79°30.5'N104°03.3'E 1.004 267° 48 km 00m15.5s
10:4677°24.2'N082°23.1'E76°42.5'N075°42.6'E77°03.9'N078°52.4'E 1.006 243° 62 km 00m22.1s
10:4875°18.0'N074°07.7'E74°37.5'N069°42.1'E74°58.1'N071°50.8'E 1.007 237° 67 km 00m25.3s
10:5073°26.2'N069°55.7'E72°47.2'N066°27.9'E73°07.0'N068°09.5'E 1.007 10° 234° 72 km 00m27.6s
10:5271°45.0'N067°25.4'E71°07.4'N064°30.3'E71°26.4'N065°56.3'E 1.008 12° 232° 75 km 00m29.6s
10:5470°11.7'N065°49.4'E69°35.3'N063°15.2'E69°53.7'N064°31.2'E 1.008 13° 232° 79 km 00m31.2s
10:5668°44.8'N064°46.2'E68°09.4'N062°26.6'E68°27.3'N063°35.5'E 1.008 14° 232° 81 km 00m32.6s
10:5867°22.9'N064°04.6'E66°48.6'N061°55.7'E67°05.9'N062°59.5'E 1.009 15° 232° 84 km 00m33.9s
11:0066°05.4'N063°38.2'E65°32.0'N061°37.4'E65°48.8'N062°37.2'E 1.009 16° 232° 86 km 00m35.0s
11:0264°51.5'N063°22.8'E64°18.9'N061°28.4'E64°35.4'N062°25.1'E 1.009 16° 233° 89 km 00m35.9s
11:0463°40.7'N063°15.8'E63°08.9'N061°26.6'E63°25.0'N062°20.8'E 1.009 17° 233° 91 km 00m36.8s
11:0662°32.7'N063°15.5'E62°01.7'N061°30.5'E62°17.3'N062°22.7'E 1.009 17° 234° 93 km 00m37.5s
11:0861°27.1'N063°20.7'E60°56.8'N061°39.2'E61°12.1'N062°29.6'E 1.010 18° 235° 95 km 00m38.1s
11:1060°23.6'N063°30.4'E59°54.0'N061°51.8'E60°09.0'N062°40.8'E 1.010 18° 236° 97 km 00m38.6s
11:1259°22.1'N063°44.1'E58°53.1'N062°08.0'E59°07.8'N062°55.8'E 1.010 18° 237° 99 km 00m39.0s
11:1458°22.3'N064°01.3'E57°54.0'N062°27.2'E58°08.3'N063°14.1'E 1.010 18° 238° 100 km 00m39.3s
11:1657°24.1'N064°21.8'E56°56.4'N062°49.4'E57°10.4'N063°35.4'E 1.010 19° 239° 102 km 00m39.5s
11:1856°27.4'N064°45.3'E56°00.3'N063°14.3'E56°14.0'N063°59.6'E 1.010 19° 240° 104 km 00m39.6s
11:2055°32.0'N065°11.6'E55°05.4'N063°41.9'E55°18.8'N064°26.6'E 1.010 19° 241° 105 km 00m39.7s
11:2254°37.8'N065°40.9'E54°11.8'N064°12.1'E54°24.9'N064°56.4'E 1.010 19° 243° 106 km 00m39.6s
11:2453°44.7'N066°13.1'E53°19.4'N064°45.1'E53°32.2'N065°28.9'E 1.010 18° 244° 108 km 00m39.4s
11:2652°52.6'N066°48.3'E52°27.9'N065°20.8'E52°40.4'N066°04.4'E 1.010 18° 245° 109 km 00m39.2s
11:2852°01.6'N067°26.6'E51°37.5'N065°59.4'E51°49.7'N066°42.9'E 1.010 18° 246° 109 km 00m38.8s
11:3051°11.4'N068°08.4'E50°47.9'N066°41.3'E50°59.8'N067°24.7'E 1.010 17° 247° 110 km 00m38.4s
11:3250°22.1'N068°53.8'E49°59.2'N067°26.6'E50°10.8'N068°10.1'E 1.010 17° 249° 110 km 00m37.8s
11:3449°33.5'N069°43.5'E49°11.3'N068°15.8'E49°22.6'N068°59.5'E 1.009 17° 250° 110 km 00m37.1s
11:3648°45.7'N070°37.9'E48°24.2'N069°09.5'E48°35.1'N069°53.6'E 1.009 16° 251° 109 km 00m36.3s
11:3847°58.6'N071°37.9'E47°37.8'N070°08.4'E47°48.3'N070°53.0'E 1.009 15° 253° 108 km 00m35.4s
11:4047°12.1'N072°44.6'E46°52.1'N071°13.4'E47°02.2'N071°58.8'E 1.009 14° 254° 106 km 00m34.3s
11:4246°26.1'N073°59.7'E46°07.0'N072°25.9'E46°16.7'N073°12.6'E 1.009 13° 256° 104 km 00m33.1s
11:4445°40.7'N075°25.5'E45°22.5'N073°48.2'E45°31.8'N074°36.6'E 1.008 12° 257° 100 km 00m31.6s
11:4644°55.8'N077°06.2'E44°38.5'N075°23.3'E44°47.4'N076°14.4'E 1.008 11° 259° 95 km 00m29.9s
11:4844°11.3'N079°09.4'E43°55.2'N077°17.4'E44°03.4'N078°12.8'E 1.007 261° 89 km 00m27.8s
11:5043°26.9'N081°53.5'E43°12.4'N079°42.6'E43°19.9'N080°46.7'E 1.007 263° 80 km 00m25.1s
11:5242°42.2'N086°43.3'E42°30.1'N083°18.2'E42°36.6'N084°51.0'E 1.006 267° 66 km 00m21.1s
Limits42°31.4'N090°13.4'E42°04.2'N090°01.2'E42°17.7'N090°07.2'E 1.005 - 50 km 00m16.3s

ΔT = 38.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:18:46.011:18:07.056°10.7'N063°51.3'E 18.6° 240.3° 103.6 km00m39.63s
Greatest Duration11:20:13.711:19:34.855°30.3'N064°20.7'E 18.6° 241.1° 104.7 km00m39.66s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1968 Sep 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1968 Sep 22 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 38.9 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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