Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1973 Dec 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1973 Dec 24 . 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 1973 Dec 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits17°57.9'N100°41.3'W14°42.6'N101°48.2'W16°19.6'N101°14.6'W 0.905 - 377 km 07m21.5s
13:14 - - 11°51.6'N095°17.5'W14°53.4'N097°59.4'W 0.905 115° 373 km 07m31.1s
13:1614°35.9'N093°13.4'W09°54.8'N090°53.2'W12°06.1'N091°45.0'W 0.907 11° 117° 366 km 07m52.9s
13:1812°47.0'N089°13.6'W08°37.5'N087°57.6'W10°37.5'N088°27.0'W 0.908 15° 118° 362 km 08m06.4s
13:2011°32.1'N086°28.0'W07°36.9'N085°38.9'W09°31.1'N085°57.8'W 0.909 18° 118° 359 km 08m17.8s
13:2210°32.8'N084°15.7'W06°46.3'N083°41.8'W08°36.8'N083°54.4'W 0.910 20° 119° 357 km 08m27.9s
13:2409°43.0'N082°23.4'W06°02.5'N081°59.2'W07°50.5'N082°07.8'W 0.910 23° 120° 355 km 08m37.3s
13:2608°59.9'N080°44.8'W05°23.8'N080°27.2'W07°09.9'N080°33.0'W 0.911 25° 120° 354 km 08m46.1s
13:2808°21.8'N079°16.2'W04°49.2'N079°03.4'W06°33.7'N079°07.3'W 0.911 27° 120° 352 km 08m54.5s
13:3007°47.7'N077°55.5'W04°17.9'N077°46.1'W06°01.1'N077°48.5'W 0.911 29° 121° 351 km 09m02.5s
13:3207°16.8'N076°41.0'W03°49.3'N076°34.1'W05°31.5'N076°35.6'W 0.912 30° 121° 350 km 09m10.3s
13:3406°48.7'N075°31.7'W03°23.1'N075°26.7'W05°04.5'N075°27.4'W 0.912 32° 122° 349 km 09m17.9s
13:3606°22.9'N074°26.7'W02°59.0'N074°23.1'W04°39.6'N074°23.3'W 0.912 34° 122° 348 km 09m25.2s
13:3805°59.2'N073°25.5'W02°36.7'N073°22.8'W04°16.6'N073°22.6'W 0.913 35° 123° 348 km 09m32.3s
13:4005°37.3'N072°27.4'W02°16.0'N072°25.4'W03°55.4'N072°25.0'W 0.913 36° 123° 347 km 09m39.3s
13:4205°17.0'N071°32.2'W01°56.9'N071°30.5'W03°35.7'N071°30.0'W 0.913 38° 124° 347 km 09m46.1s
13:4404°58.2'N070°39.4'W01°39.0'N070°37.9'W03°17.5'N070°37.5'W 0.914 39° 124° 346 km 09m52.8s
13:4604°40.7'N069°48.9'W01°22.4'N069°47.4'W03°00.5'N069°47.0'W 0.914 40° 125° 346 km 09m59.3s
13:4804°24.5'N069°00.3'W01°07.0'N068°58.7'W02°44.7'N068°58.4'W 0.914 42° 125° 346 km 10m05.6s
13:5004°09.4'N068°13.5'W00°52.6'N068°11.6'W02°30.0'N068°11.6'W 0.914 43° 126° 346 km 10m11.8s
13:5203°55.4'N067°28.3'W00°39.3'N067°26.0'W02°16.3'N067°26.2'W 0.914 44° 126° 346 km 10m17.9s
13:5403°42.4'N066°44.6'W00°26.8'N066°41.9'W02°03.6'N066°42.4'W 0.915 45° 127° 345 km 10m23.8s
13:5603°30.3'N066°02.3'W00°15.3'N065°58.9'W01°51.9'N065°59.8'W 0.915 46° 127° 345 km 10m29.6s
13:5803°19.1'N065°21.2'W00°04.6'N065°17.2'W01°40.9'N065°18.4'W 0.915 47° 128° 345 km 10m35.3s
14:0003°08.8'N064°41.2'W00°05.3'S064°36.5'W01°30.8'N064°38.1'W 0.915 48° 129° 345 km 10m40.8s
14:0202°59.2'N064°02.3'W00°14.4'S063°56.8'W01°21.5'N063°58.9'W 0.915 49° 129° 345 km 10m46.1s
14:0402°50.4'N063°24.4'W00°22.8'S063°18.0'W01°12.9'N063°20.6'W 0.915 50° 130° 345 km 10m51.3s
14:0602°42.3'N062°47.3'W00°30.5'S062°40.1'W01°05.0'N062°43.1'W 0.916 51° 131° 346 km 10m56.4s
14:0802°34.9'N062°11.1'W00°37.6'S062°03.0'W00°57.8'N062°06.5'W 0.916 52° 132° 346 km 11m01.3s
14:1002°28.2'N061°35.7'W00°43.9'S061°26.6'W00°51.3'N061°30.6'W 0.916 53° 133° 346 km 11m06.0s
14:1202°22.1'N061°01.0'W00°49.7'S060°50.9'W00°45.3'N060°55.4'W 0.916 54° 134° 346 km 11m10.6s
14:1402°16.6'N060°27.0'W00°54.8'S060°15.8'W00°40.0'N060°20.9'W 0.916 55° 135° 346 km 11m15.0s
14:1602°11.7'N059°53.5'W00°59.4'S059°41.4'W00°35.3'N059°47.0'W 0.916 55° 136° 346 km 11m19.3s
14:1802°07.4'N059°20.7'W01°03.3'S059°07.5'W00°31.2'N059°13.7'W 0.916 56° 137° 346 km 11m23.3s
14:2002°03.7'N058°48.5'W01°06.7'S058°34.1'W00°27.6'N058°40.9'W 0.916 57° 138° 346 km 11m27.2s
14:2202°00.5'N058°16.7'W01°09.6'S058°01.3'W00°24.6'N058°08.6'W 0.917 58° 139° 347 km 11m30.9s
14:2401°57.8'N057°45.4'W01°11.9'S057°28.9'W00°22.1'N057°36.8'W 0.917 58° 140° 347 km 11m34.4s
14:2601°55.7'N057°14.6'W01°13.7'S056°56.9'W00°20.2'N057°05.4'W 0.917 59° 141° 347 km 11m37.7s
14:2801°54.1'N056°44.2'W01°15.0'S056°25.3'W00°18.7'N056°34.5'W 0.917 60° 143° 347 km 11m40.9s
14:3001°53.0'N056°14.1'W01°15.8'S055°54.1'W00°17.7'N056°03.9'W 0.917 60° 144° 347 km 11m43.8s
14:3201°52.3'N055°44.4'W01°16.2'S055°23.3'W00°17.3'N055°33.6'W 0.917 61° 146° 347 km 11m46.5s
14:3401°52.2'N055°15.1'W01°16.0'S054°52.7'W00°17.3'N055°03.7'W 0.917 61° 147° 347 km 11m49.1s
14:3601°52.5'N054°46.1'W01°15.3'S054°22.5'W00°17.8'N054°34.1'W 0.917 62° 149° 347 km 11m51.4s
14:3801°53.3'N054°17.3'W01°14.2'S053°52.6'W00°18.7'N054°04.8'W 0.917 62° 150° 347 km 11m53.5s
14:4001°54.5'N053°48.9'W01°12.6'S053°23.0'W00°20.1'N053°35.8'W 0.917 63° 152° 347 km 11m55.4s
14:4201°56.2'N053°20.6'W01°10.6'S052°53.5'W00°22.0'N053°07.0'W 0.917 63° 154° 347 km 11m57.1s
14:4401°58.4'N052°52.6'W01°08.1'S052°24.3'W00°24.3'N052°38.4'W 0.917 64° 156° 347 km 11m58.6s
14:4602°00.9'N052°24.8'W01°05.1'S051°55.4'W00°27.1'N052°10.0'W 0.917 64° 157° 347 km 11m59.9s
14:4802°04.0'N051°57.2'W01°01.7'S051°26.6'W00°30.3'N051°41.8'W 0.917 64° 159° 346 km 12m00.9s
14:5002°07.4'N051°29.7'W00°57.9'S050°57.9'W00°34.0'N051°13.8'W 0.917 65° 161° 346 km 12m01.8s
14:5202°11.3'N051°02.4'W00°53.6'S050°29.5'W00°38.0'N050°45.9'W 0.917 65° 163° 346 km 12m02.4s
14:5402°15.6'N050°35.2'W00°48.9'S050°01.1'W00°42.6'N050°18.2'W 0.917 65° 165° 346 km 12m02.8s
14:5602°20.4'N050°08.1'W00°43.7'S049°32.9'W00°47.5'N049°50.6'W 0.917 65° 167° 345 km 12m03.0s
14:5802°25.6'N049°41.2'W00°38.2'S049°04.8'W00°52.9'N049°23.0'W 0.917 65° 169° 345 km 12m03.0s
15:0002°31.2'N049°14.2'W00°32.2'S048°36.7'W00°58.7'N048°55.6'W 0.917 65° 172° 345 km 12m02.8s
15:0202°37.2'N048°47.4'W00°25.7'S048°08.8'W01°04.9'N048°28.2'W 0.917 65° 174° 345 km 12m02.4s
15:0402°43.7'N048°20.6'W00°18.9'S047°40.9'W01°11.6'N048°00.8'W 0.917 65° 176° 344 km 12m01.7s
15:0602°50.6'N047°53.8'W00°11.6'S047°13.0'W01°18.7'N047°33.5'W 0.917 65° 178° 344 km 12m00.9s
15:0802°57.9'N047°27.0'W00°03.8'S046°45.1'W01°26.2'N047°06.2'W 0.917 65° 180° 343 km 11m59.8s
15:1003°05.7'N047°00.2'W00°04.3'N046°17.3'W01°34.2'N046°38.9'W 0.917 65° 182° 343 km 11m58.6s
15:1203°13.9'N046°33.3'W00°12.9'N045°49.4'W01°42.5'N046°11.6'W 0.917 65° 184° 343 km 11m57.2s
15:1403°22.5'N046°06.5'W00°21.9'N045°21.5'W01°51.4'N045°44.2'W 0.917 65° 186° 342 km 11m55.5s
15:1603°31.6'N045°39.5'W00°31.4'N044°53.6'W02°00.6'N045°16.7'W 0.917 64° 188° 342 km 11m53.7s
15:1803°41.1'N045°12.5'W00°41.2'N044°25.5'W02°10.3'N044°49.2'W 0.917 64° 190° 341 km 11m51.7s
15:2003°51.0'N044°45.3'W00°51.6'N043°57.4'W02°20.4'N044°21.6'W 0.917 64° 192° 341 km 11m49.5s
15:2204°01.4'N044°18.0'W01°02.3'N043°29.2'W02°31.0'N043°53.9'W 0.917 63° 194° 340 km 11m47.2s
15:2404°12.3'N043°50.6'W01°13.6'N043°00.9'W02°42.1'N043°26.0'W 0.917 63° 196° 340 km 11m44.6s
15:2604°23.6'N043°23.0'W01°25.2'N042°32.4'W02°53.6'N042°58.0'W 0.917 62° 197° 339 km 11m41.9s
15:2804°35.4'N042°55.2'W01°37.4'N042°03.8'W03°05.5'N042°29.8'W 0.917 62° 199° 339 km 11m39.0s
15:3004°47.7'N042°27.2'W01°50.0'N041°34.9'W03°17.9'N042°01.4'W 0.917 61° 201° 339 km 11m36.0s
15:3205°00.5'N041°59.0'W02°03.0'N041°05.9'W03°30.8'N041°32.8'W 0.917 61° 202° 338 km 11m32.8s
15:3405°13.7'N041°30.5'W02°16.6'N040°36.6'W03°44.2'N041°03.9'W 0.917 60° 204° 338 km 11m29.5s
15:3605°27.5'N041°01.7'W02°30.6'N040°07.1'W03°58.1'N040°34.8'W 0.917 60° 205° 337 km 11m26.0s
15:3805°41.7'N040°32.6'W02°45.1'N039°37.3'W04°12.5'N040°05.3'W 0.917 59° 206° 337 km 11m22.4s
15:4005°56.6'N040°03.2'W03°00.1'N039°07.1'W04°27.4'N039°35.6'W 0.917 58° 208° 337 km 11m18.6s
15:4206°11.9'N039°33.4'W03°15.7'N038°36.6'W04°42.9'N039°05.4'W 0.916 58° 209° 337 km 11m14.7s
15:4406°27.8'N039°03.1'W03°31.8'N038°05.8'W04°58.8'N038°34.9'W 0.916 57° 210° 336 km 11m10.7s
15:4606°44.3'N038°32.5'W03°48.4'N037°34.5'W05°15.4'N038°03.9'W 0.916 56° 212° 336 km 11m06.6s
15:4807°01.3'N038°01.3'W04°05.5'N037°02.8'W05°32.5'N037°32.5'W 0.916 55° 213° 336 km 11m02.3s
15:5007°19.0'N037°29.6'W04°23.3'N036°30.6'W05°50.2'N037°00.6'W 0.916 55° 214° 336 km 10m57.9s
15:5207°37.3'N036°57.4'W04°41.6'N035°57.9'W06°08.5'N036°28.1'W 0.916 54° 215° 336 km 10m53.4s
15:5407°56.2'N036°24.5'W05°00.5'N035°24.6'W06°27.4'N035°55.1'W 0.916 53° 216° 336 km 10m48.8s
15:5608°15.8'N035°51.0'W05°20.1'N034°50.6'W06°47.0'N035°21.4'W 0.916 52° 217° 336 km 10m44.1s
15:5808°36.1'N035°16.7'W05°40.3'N034°16.0'W07°07.2'N034°46.9'W 0.915 51° 218° 336 km 10m39.2s
16:0008°57.2'N034°41.6'W06°01.2'N033°40.7'W07°28.2'N034°11.8'W 0.915 50° 219° 336 km 10m34.3s
16:0209°19.0'N034°05.7'W06°22.8'N033°04.6'W07°49.9'N033°35.8'W 0.915 49° 220° 336 km 10m29.3s
16:0409°41.6'N033°28.9'W06°45.2'N032°27.6'W08°12.3'N032°58.9'W 0.915 48° 220° 336 km 10m24.2s
16:0610°05.0'N032°51.1'W07°08.3'N031°49.7'W08°35.6'N032°21.1'W 0.915 47° 221° 336 km 10m18.9s
16:0810°29.4'N032°12.1'W07°32.2'N031°10.7'W08°59.7'N031°42.2'W 0.915 46° 222° 336 km 10m13.6s
16:1010°54.6'N031°32.0'W07°57.0'N030°30.6'W09°24.7'N031°02.1'W 0.914 45° 223° 337 km 10m08.2s
16:1211°20.9'N030°50.5'W08°22.7'N029°49.3'W09°50.7'N030°20.7'W 0.914 44° 223° 337 km 10m02.7s
16:1411°48.2'N030°07.5'W08°49.4'N029°06.6'W10°17.7'N029°37.9'W 0.914 43° 224° 338 km 09m57.1s
16:1612°16.7'N029°23.0'W09°17.1'N028°22.4'W10°45.7'N028°53.6'W 0.914 41° 225° 338 km 09m51.4s
16:1812°46.4'N028°36.6'W09°46.0'N027°36.6'W11°14.9'N028°07.6'W 0.914 40° 226° 339 km 09m45.6s
16:2013°17.5'N027°48.2'W10°16.0'N026°49.0'W11°45.4'N027°19.6'W 0.913 39° 226° 339 km 09m39.6s
16:2213°50.0'N026°57.6'W10°47.3'N025°59.3'W12°17.3'N026°29.6'W 0.913 38° 227° 340 km 09m33.6s
16:2414°24.1'N026°04.4'W11°20.0'N025°07.2'W12°50.6'N025°37.1'W 0.913 36° 228° 341 km 09m27.5s
16:2614°59.9'N025°08.4'W11°54.3'N024°12.6'W13°25.7'N024°41.8'W 0.913 35° 228° 342 km 09m21.2s
16:2815°37.8'N024°09.0'W12°30.4'N023°15.0'W14°02.5'N023°43.5'W 0.912 33° 229° 343 km 09m14.7s
16:3016°17.9'N023°05.8'W13°08.4'N022°14.0'W14°41.5'N022°41.5'W 0.912 32° 230° 344 km 09m08.2s
16:3217°00.6'N021°58.0'W13°48.5'N021°09.1'W15°22.8'N021°35.3'W 0.912 30° 230° 345 km 09m01.4s
16:3417°46.3'N020°44.8'W14°31.3'N019°59.4'W16°06.9'N020°24.1'W 0.911 29° 231° 347 km 08m54.4s
16:3618°35.6'N019°25.0'W15°16.9'N018°44.1'W16°54.2'N019°06.9'W 0.911 27° 232° 348 km 08m47.2s
16:3819°29.3'N017°56.9'W16°06.2'N017°22.0'W17°45.4'N017°42.2'W 0.910 25° 233° 350 km 08m39.6s
16:4020°28.6'N016°18.0'W16°59.8'N015°51.2'W18°41.5'N016°07.9'W 0.910 23° 233° 352 km 08m31.7s
16:4221°35.3'N014°24.4'W17°59.0'N014°09.1'W19°44.0'N014°21.0'W 0.909 20° 234° 354 km 08m23.3s
16:4422°52.8'N012°09.1'W19°05.7'N012°11.5'W20°55.3'N012°16.0'W 0.909 18° 235° 357 km 08m14.1s
16:4624°28.0'N009°17.2'W20°23.4'N009°50.7'W22°20.1'N009°42.9'W 0.908 14° 237° 361 km 08m03.8s
16:4826°43.0'N005°01.4'W21°59.6'N006°49.7'W24°10.1'N006°15.8'W 0.907 10° 238° 365 km 07m51.3s
16:50 - - 24°21.0'N002°08.9'W27°38.6'N000°47.3'E 0.905 242° 375 km 07m30.0s
Limits30°30.7'N002°49.7'E27°19.1'N004°15.3'E28°54.4'N003°32.8'E 0.904 - 378 km 07m23.0s

ΔT = 44.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:02:43.515:01:59.201°04.9'N048°39.5'W 65.3° 173.6° 344.5 km12m02.37s
Greatest Duration14:57:39.114:56:54.700°49.9'N049°38.0'W 65.2° 168.3° 345.4 km12m03.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1973 Dec 24

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1973 Dec 24 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 44.4 seconds for this eclipse.

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