Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1972 Jan 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1972 Jan 16 . 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 1972 Jan 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits68°15.5'S137°59.9'W68°50.6'S148°56.2'W68°36.2'S143°10.8'W 0.963 - 450 km 01m58.1s
10:2677°41.2'S138°03.0'W - - 73°34.8'S142°32.9'W 0.965 169° 418 km 01m57.2s
10:2879°44.2'S141°04.3'W - - 76°41.7'S144°45.9'W 0.966 171° 396 km 01m56.7s
10:3081°25.4'S145°40.9'W75°00.5'S150°45.5'W78°51.3'S148°33.7'W 0.966 10° 174° 381 km 01m56.2s
10:3282°49.2'S152°19.9'W77°29.2'S155°00.0'W80°31.8'S153°57.5'W 0.967 12° 178° 369 km 01m55.9s
10:3483°55.7'S161°36.4'W79°13.7'S160°43.1'W81°50.4'S161°11.2'W 0.967 13° 185° 359 km 01m55.6s
10:3684°42.5'S173°54.0'W80°30.2'S167°54.8'W82°48.7'S170°25.0'W 0.967 14° 193° 351 km 01m55.3s
10:3885°06.2'S171°18.7'E81°23.7'S176°29.6'W83°26.1'S178°31.6'E 0.968 15° 203° 344 km 01m55.1s
10:4085°05.6'S155°58.1'E81°55.8'S173°53.6'E83°41.9'S166°25.2'E 0.968 16° 215° 339 km 01m54.8s
10:4284°43.4'S142°22.5'E82°07.8'S163°53.5'E83°37.2'S154°30.3'E 0.968 17° 226° 334 km 01m54.6s
10:4484°05.7'S131°38.2'E82°01.7'S154°15.8'E83°15.2'S143°54.1'E 0.968 17° 236° 330 km 01m54.4s
10:4683°18.0'S123°37.5'E81°40.7'S145°36.7'E82°40.0'S135°08.1'E 0.969 18° 243° 327 km 01m54.3s
10:4882°24.3'S117°44.5'E81°08.1'S138°13.7'E81°55.8'S128°10.9'E 0.969 18° 249° 324 km 01m54.1s
10:5081°27.1'S113°24.1'E80°26.8'S132°08.0'E81°05.4'S122°46.1'E 0.969 19° 254° 322 km 01m53.9s
10:5280°27.8'S110°10.0'E79°39.5'S127°11.6'E80°11.1'S118°34.3'E 0.969 19° 257° 321 km 01m53.8s
10:5479°27.4'S107°44.1'E78°47.8'S123°13.1'E79°14.2'S115°18.7'E 0.969 19° 260° 320 km 01m53.7s
10:5678°26.3'S105°52.9'E77°53.0'S120°02.0'E78°15.5'S112°46.0'E 0.969 20° 261° 319 km 01m53.6s
10:5877°24.9'S104°28.3'E76°56.0'S117°28.8'E77°15.7'S110°46.6'E 0.969 20° 262° 319 km 01m53.5s
11:0076°23.2'S103°23.9'E75°57.4'S115°26.3'E76°15.2'S109°13.1'E 0.969 20° 263° 320 km 01m53.4s
11:0275°21.4'S102°35.4'E74°57.7'S113°48.6'E75°14.0'S108°00.2'E 0.969 20° 263° 321 km 01m53.3s
11:0474°19.6'S101°59.7'E73°56.9'S112°31.1'E74°12.4'S107°04.0'E 0.969 20° 263° 322 km 01m53.2s
11:0673°17.6'S101°34.4'E72°55.3'S111°30.5'E73°10.4'S106°21.2'E 0.969 20° 263° 324 km 01m53.2s
11:0872°15.5'S101°17.7'E71°53.0'S110°44.2'E72°08.1'S105°50.0'E 0.969 20° 263° 327 km 01m53.1s
11:1071°13.2'S101°08.6'E70°49.9'S110°10.0'E71°05.3'S105°28.5'E 0.969 20° 262° 330 km 01m53.1s
11:1270°10.7'S101°06.0'E69°46.1'S109°46.5'E70°02.1'S105°15.6'E 0.969 19° 262° 333 km 01m53.1s
11:1469°07.8'S101°09.2'E68°41.4'S109°32.5'E68°58.3'S105°10.3'E 0.969 19° 261° 337 km 01m53.1s
11:1668°04.6'S101°17.9'E67°35.8'S109°27.4'E67°53.9'S105°11.9'E 0.969 19° 260° 341 km 01m53.1s
11:1867°00.7'S101°31.6'E66°29.0'S109°30.5'E66°48.8'S105°20.1'E 0.969 18° 259° 346 km 01m53.1s
11:2065°56.2'S101°50.2'E65°20.9'S109°41.8'E65°42.6'S105°34.7'E 0.969 18° 258° 351 km 01m53.2s
11:2264°50.8'S102°13.6'E64°11.2'S110°01.1'E64°35.4'S105°55.5'E 0.969 17° 257° 357 km 01m53.2s
11:2463°44.4'S102°42.1'E62°59.4'S110°29.1'E63°26.7'S106°22.8'E 0.968 17° 256° 364 km 01m53.3s
11:2662°36.6'S103°15.8'E61°45.1'S111°06.4'E62°16.2'S106°57.0'E 0.968 16° 255° 371 km 01m53.4s
11:2861°27.3'S103°55.3'E60°27.3'S111°54.6'E61°03.5'S107°39.0'E 0.968 15° 253° 378 km 01m53.5s
11:3060°15.8'S104°41.2'E59°04.9'S112°56.3'E59°47.8'S108°29.8'E 0.968 14° 252° 386 km 01m53.7s
11:3259°01.8'S105°34.7'E57°35.7'S114°16.2'E58°28.4'S109°31.4'E 0.967 13° 250° 395 km 01m53.9s
11:3457°44.4'S106°37.3'E55°55.3'S116°04.1'E57°03.5'S110°47.3'E 0.967 11° 249° 404 km 01m54.1s
11:3656°22.4'S107°51.8'E53°51.3'S118°48.8'E55°30.5'S112°23.6'E 0.967 10° 247° 414 km 01m54.4s
11:3854°53.7'S109°22.8'E - - 53°43.2'S114°34.4'E 0.966 244° 424 km 01m54.9s
11:4053°14.3'S111°19.2'E - - 51°19.6'S118°10.3'E 0.965 241° 434 km 01m55.5s
Limits47°23.9'S121°09.6'E50°15.5'S125°34.4'E48°46.7'S123°13.9'E 0.964 - 439 km 01m56.3s

ΔT = 42.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:03:22.311:02:40.074°53.5'S107°29.1'E 20.1° 263.4° 321.4 km01m53.27s
Greatest Duration10:25:28.810:24:46.568°36.2'S143°10.8'W 0.0° 170.1° 450.1 km01m58.11s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1972 Jan 16 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 42.3 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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