Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1973 Jan 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1973 Jan 04 . 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 Jan 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits23°40.6'S127°07.2'W26°20.9'S129°10.3'W25°00.5'S128°07.7'W 0.916 - 356 km 05m30.7s
13:5428°36.9'S115°33.4'W27°13.8'S127°05.4'W28°39.7'S119°31.6'W 0.918 111° 344 km 05m44.4s
13:5630°05.3'S111°56.8'W30°46.4'S118°34.9'W30°33.9'S114°53.9'W 0.919 14° 109° 338 km 05m52.9s
13:5831°13.6'S109°04.1'W32°25.5'S114°27.2'W31°53.6'S111°33.1'W 0.920 17° 106° 333 km 05m59.4s
14:0032°10.0'S106°36.1'W33°38.9'S111°17.0'W32°57.0'S108°47.6'W 0.921 20° 105° 328 km 06m05.2s
14:0232°58.5'S104°24.4'W34°38.6'S108°36.4'W33°50.3'S106°23.4'W 0.921 23° 103° 325 km 06m10.3s
14:0433°40.9'S102°24.6'W35°29.3'S106°14.7'W34°36.4'S104°13.7'W 0.922 25° 101° 321 km 06m15.1s
14:0634°18.7'S100°33.7'W36°13.4'S104°06.2'W35°17.0'S102°14.8'W 0.922 27° 100° 318 km 06m19.6s
14:0834°52.6'S098°50.0'W36°52.4'S102°07.6'W35°53.2'S100°24.3'W 0.923 29° 98° 315 km 06m23.9s
14:1035°23.2'S097°12.1'W37°27.2'S100°16.9'W36°25.8'S098°40.4'W 0.923 31° 97° 312 km 06m28.0s
14:1235°51.1'S095°39.2'W37°58.6'S098°32.4'W36°55.3'S097°02.0'W 0.924 33° 95° 310 km 06m31.9s
14:1436°16.4'S094°10.4'W38°27.1'S096°53.2'W37°22.1'S095°28.3'W 0.924 34° 94° 307 km 06m35.7s
14:1636°39.6'S092°45.2'W38°52.9'S095°18.4'W37°46.5'S093°58.6'W 0.924 36° 92° 305 km 06m39.4s
14:1837°00.8'S091°23.1'W39°16.4'S093°47.5'W38°08.8'S092°32.3'W 0.925 37° 91° 303 km 06m42.9s
14:2037°20.3'S090°03.8'W39°37.9'S092°19.8'W38°29.2'S091°09.0'W 0.925 39° 89° 301 km 06m46.3s
14:2237°38.0'S088°47.1'W39°57.4'S090°55.1'W38°47.8'S089°48.5'W 0.925 40° 88° 299 km 06m49.6s
14:2437°54.3'S087°32.5'W40°15.3'S089°33.0'W39°04.8'S088°30.3'W 0.926 42° 87° 297 km 06m52.9s
14:2638°09.1'S086°20.0'W40°31.5'S088°13.3'W39°20.3'S087°14.3'W 0.926 43° 85° 296 km 06m56.0s
14:2838°22.6'S085°09.4'W40°46.3'S086°55.7'W39°34.4'S086°00.4'W 0.926 44° 84° 294 km 06m59.0s
14:3038°34.9'S084°00.5'W40°59.6'S085°40.1'W39°47.1'S084°48.2'W 0.926 46° 82° 292 km 07m02.0s
14:3238°45.9'S082°53.1'W41°11.7'S084°26.2'W39°58.7'S083°37.7'W 0.927 47° 81° 291 km 07m04.8s
14:3438°55.9'S081°47.2'W41°22.5'S083°14.0'W40°09.0'S082°28.8'W 0.927 48° 79° 289 km 07m07.6s
14:3639°04.8'S080°42.7'W41°32.2'S082°03.3'W40°18.3'S081°21.3'W 0.927 49° 78° 288 km 07m10.3s
14:3839°12.7'S079°39.5'W41°40.7'S080°54.0'W40°26.5'S080°15.2'W 0.927 51° 76° 287 km 07m12.9s
14:4039°19.6'S078°37.4'W41°48.2'S079°46.1'W40°33.7'S079°10.3'W 0.927 52° 75° 286 km 07m15.4s
14:4239°25.6'S077°36.5'W41°54.7'S078°39.5'W40°39.9'S078°06.6'W 0.928 53° 73° 284 km 07m17.8s
14:4439°30.8'S076°36.7'W42°00.1'S077°34.1'W40°45.2'S077°04.1'W 0.928 54° 72° 283 km 07m20.2s
14:4639°35.0'S075°37.9'W42°04.7'S076°29.8'W40°49.6'S076°02.6'W 0.928 55° 70° 282 km 07m22.4s
14:4839°38.4'S074°40.1'W42°08.3'S075°26.6'W40°53.1'S075°02.2'W 0.928 56° 68° 281 km 07m24.6s
14:5039°41.1'S073°43.2'W42°11.1'S074°24.4'W40°55.8'S074°02.7'W 0.928 57° 67° 280 km 07m26.7s
14:5239°42.9'S072°47.1'W42°13.1'S073°23.2'W40°57.7'S073°04.2'W 0.928 58° 65° 280 km 07m28.7s
14:5439°44.0'S071°52.0'W42°14.2'S072°22.9'W40°58.8'S072°06.6'W 0.929 59° 63° 279 km 07m30.6s
14:5639°44.4'S070°57.6'W42°14.5'S071°23.6'W40°59.2'S071°09.8'W 0.929 60° 61° 278 km 07m32.4s
14:5839°44.1'S070°04.1'W42°14.1'S070°25.1'W40°58.8'S070°13.9'W 0.929 61° 59° 277 km 07m34.1s
15:0039°43.1'S069°11.3'W42°13.0'S069°27.5'W40°57.7'S069°18.8'W 0.929 62° 57° 276 km 07m35.8s
15:0239°41.4'S068°19.2'W42°11.1'S068°30.8'W40°55.9'S068°24.4'W 0.929 63° 55° 276 km 07m37.3s
15:0439°39.1'S067°27.8'W42°08.5'S067°34.8'W40°53.5'S067°30.8'W 0.929 64° 53° 275 km 07m38.8s
15:0639°36.2'S066°37.1'W42°05.2'S066°39.6'W40°50.3'S066°37.9'W 0.929 64° 51° 275 km 07m40.1s
15:0839°32.6'S065°47.1'W42°01.3'S065°45.1'W40°46.6'S065°45.8'W 0.929 65° 49° 274 km 07m41.4s
15:1039°28.4'S064°57.7'W41°56.7'S064°51.4'W40°42.2'S064°54.3'W 0.929 66° 47° 274 km 07m42.6s
15:1239°23.6'S064°09.0'W41°51.4'S063°58.4'W40°37.2'S064°03.4'W 0.930 67° 44° 273 km 07m43.7s
15:1439°18.2'S063°20.8'W41°45.6'S063°06.0'W40°31.6'S063°13.2'W 0.930 68° 42° 273 km 07m44.7s
15:1639°12.3'S062°33.2'W41°39.1'S062°14.4'W40°25.4'S062°23.7'W 0.930 68° 39° 272 km 07m45.6s
15:1839°05.8'S061°46.2'W41°32.0'S061°23.3'W40°18.6'S061°34.7'W 0.930 69° 37° 272 km 07m46.4s
15:2038°58.8'S060°59.7'W41°24.4'S060°33.0'W40°11.3'S060°46.4'W 0.930 70° 34° 272 km 07m47.2s
15:2238°51.2'S060°13.8'W41°16.2'S059°43.2'W40°03.4'S059°58.6'W 0.930 70° 31° 271 km 07m47.8s
15:2438°43.1'S059°28.4'W41°07.4'S058°54.0'W39°54.9'S059°11.3'W 0.930 71° 28° 271 km 07m48.4s
15:2638°34.5'S058°43.5'W40°58.0'S058°05.5'W39°45.9'S058°24.6'W 0.930 72° 25° 271 km 07m48.8s
15:2838°25.3'S057°59.1'W40°48.2'S057°17.5'W39°36.4'S057°38.5'W 0.930 72° 21° 271 km 07m49.2s
15:3038°15.7'S057°15.1'W40°37.8'S056°30.0'W39°26.4'S056°52.8'W 0.930 73° 18° 271 km 07m49.4s
15:3238°05.5'S056°31.6'W40°26.8'S055°43.1'W39°15.9'S056°07.6'W 0.930 73° 14° 271 km 07m49.6s
15:3437°54.9'S055°48.6'W40°15.4'S054°56.7'W39°04.8'S055°23.0'W 0.930 73° 10° 270 km 07m49.7s
15:3637°43.7'S055°06.0'W40°03.4'S054°10.8'W38°53.3'S054°38.7'W 0.930 74° 270 km 07m49.7s
15:3837°32.1'S054°23.8'W39°51.0'S053°25.4'W38°41.3'S053°55.0'W 0.930 74° 270 km 07m49.6s
15:4037°20.1'S053°41.9'W39°38.0'S052°40.5'W38°28.8'S053°11.6'W 0.930 74° 358° 270 km 07m49.5s
15:4237°07.5'S053°00.5'W39°24.6'S051°56.0'W38°15.8'S052°28.7'W 0.930 74° 354° 271 km 07m49.2s
15:4436°54.5'S052°19.5'W39°10.7'S051°11.9'W38°02.3'S051°46.2'W 0.930 74° 350° 271 km 07m48.9s
15:4636°41.0'S051°38.8'W38°56.3'S050°28.3'W37°48.4'S051°04.1'W 0.930 74° 346° 271 km 07m48.5s
15:4836°27.1'S050°58.4'W38°41.4'S049°45.1'W37°34.0'S050°22.3'W 0.930 74° 341° 271 km 07m48.0s
15:5036°12.7'S050°18.3'W38°26.1'S049°02.3'W37°19.1'S049°40.9'W 0.930 74° 337° 271 km 07m47.4s
15:5235°57.9'S049°38.6'W38°10.3'S048°19.8'W37°03.8'S048°59.8'W 0.930 74° 333° 271 km 07m46.7s
15:5435°42.6'S048°59.2'W37°54.0'S047°37.7'W36°48.1'S048°19.1'W 0.930 74° 329° 272 km 07m46.0s
15:5635°26.8'S048°20.0'W37°37.3'S046°56.0'W36°31.9'S047°38.6'W 0.930 74° 325° 272 km 07m45.1s
15:5835°10.7'S047°41.1'W37°20.1'S046°14.5'W36°15.2'S046°58.5'W 0.930 73° 321° 272 km 07m44.2s
16:0034°54.0'S047°02.4'W37°02.5'S045°33.4'W35°58.1'S046°18.6'W 0.930 73° 318° 273 km 07m43.3s
16:0234°37.0'S046°24.0'W36°44.4'S044°52.5'W35°40.5'S045°39.0'W 0.930 72° 314° 273 km 07m42.2s
16:0434°19.5'S045°45.7'W36°25.9'S044°11.9'W35°22.5'S044°59.5'W 0.930 72° 311° 274 km 07m41.1s
16:0634°01.5'S045°07.7'W36°06.9'S043°31.5'W35°04.1'S044°20.3'W 0.930 71° 308° 274 km 07m39.9s
16:0833°43.1'S044°29.8'W35°47.5'S042°51.3'W34°45.2'S043°41.3'W 0.930 71° 305° 275 km 07m38.7s
16:1033°24.3'S043°52.0'W35°27.7'S042°11.3'W34°25.8'S043°02.5'W 0.930 70° 302° 275 km 07m37.4s
16:1233°05.0'S043°14.4'W35°07.4'S041°31.5'W34°06.0'S042°23.8'W 0.930 70° 299° 276 km 07m36.0s
16:1432°45.3'S042°36.9'W34°46.6'S040°51.8'W33°45.8'S041°45.2'W 0.930 69° 296° 276 km 07m34.5s
16:1632°25.1'S041°59.5'W34°25.4'S040°12.3'W33°25.1'S041°06.7'W 0.930 68° 294° 277 km 07m33.0s
16:1832°04.4'S041°22.1'W34°03.7'S039°32.8'W33°03.9'S040°28.3'W 0.930 67° 292° 278 km 07m31.5s
16:2031°43.3'S040°44.8'W33°41.6'S038°53.4'W32°42.3'S039°50.0'W 0.930 67° 289° 278 km 07m29.8s
16:2231°21.8'S040°07.5'W33°19.0'S038°14.0'W32°20.2'S039°11.6'W 0.930 66° 287° 279 km 07m28.1s
16:2430°59.7'S039°30.1'W32°55.9'S037°34.7'W31°57.7'S038°33.3'W 0.930 65° 285° 280 km 07m26.4s
16:2630°37.2'S038°52.8'W32°32.3'S036°55.3'W31°34.7'S037°55.0'W 0.930 64° 283° 281 km 07m24.6s
16:2830°14.2'S038°15.3'W32°08.3'S036°15.8'W31°11.1'S037°16.5'W 0.929 63° 282° 282 km 07m22.7s
16:3029°50.7'S037°37.8'W31°43.8'S035°36.3'W30°47.1'S036°38.0'W 0.929 62° 280° 283 km 07m20.8s
16:3229°26.8'S037°00.1'W31°18.7'S034°56.6'W30°22.6'S035°59.3'W 0.929 62° 278° 284 km 07m18.9s
16:3429°02.3'S036°22.3'W30°53.2'S034°16.8'W29°57.6'S035°20.5'W 0.929 61° 277° 285 km 07m16.9s
16:3628°37.2'S035°44.2'W30°27.1'S033°36.8'W29°32.1'S034°41.5'W 0.929 60° 275° 286 km 07m14.8s
16:3828°11.7'S035°05.9'W30°00.5'S032°56.5'W29°06.0'S034°02.2'W 0.929 59° 274° 287 km 07m12.7s
16:4027°45.6'S034°27.3'W29°33.4'S032°15.8'W28°39.4'S033°22.6'W 0.929 58° 272° 288 km 07m10.6s
16:4227°18.9'S033°48.4'W29°05.6'S031°34.9'W28°12.2'S032°42.7'W 0.929 57° 271° 289 km 07m08.4s
16:4426°51.7'S033°09.1'W28°37.3'S030°53.5'W27°44.4'S032°02.4'W 0.929 56° 270° 291 km 07m06.1s
16:4626°23.8'S032°29.4'W28°08.4'S030°11.7'W27°16.1'S031°21.7'W 0.928 55° 269° 292 km 07m03.8s
16:4825°55.4'S031°49.2'W27°38.8'S029°29.3'W26°47.1'S030°40.4'W 0.928 54° 267° 293 km 07m01.5s
16:5025°26.3'S031°08.4'W27°08.6'S028°46.4'W26°17.4'S029°58.6'W 0.928 52° 266° 295 km 06m59.1s
16:5224°56.5'S030°27.1'W26°37.7'S028°02.7'W25°47.1'S029°16.1'W 0.928 51° 265° 296 km 06m56.7s
16:5424°26.0'S029°45.0'W26°06.1'S027°18.3'W25°16.0'S028°32.9'W 0.928 50° 264° 298 km 06m54.2s
16:5623°54.8'S029°02.2'W25°33.7'S026°33.0'W24°44.2'S027°48.9'W 0.928 49° 263° 299 km 06m51.7s
16:5823°22.8'S028°18.5'W25°00.5'S025°46.8'W24°11.6'S027°03.9'W 0.927 48° 262° 301 km 06m49.1s
17:0022°49.9'S027°33.8'W24°26.4'S024°59.4'W23°38.2'S026°18.0'W 0.927 47° 261° 302 km 06m46.5s
17:0222°16.3'S026°48.1'W23°51.5'S024°10.9'W23°03.9'S025°30.9'W 0.927 45° 260° 304 km 06m43.9s
17:0421°41.7'S026°01.2'W23°15.6'S023°21.0'W22°28.7'S024°42.5'W 0.927 44° 260° 306 km 06m41.2s
17:0621°06.1'S025°12.9'W22°38.6'S022°29.5'W21°52.4'S023°52.7'W 0.926 43° 259° 307 km 06m38.4s
17:0820°29.5'S024°23.2'W22°00.5'S021°36.3'W21°15.1'S023°01.3'W 0.926 41° 258° 309 km 06m35.6s
17:1019°51.7'S023°31.7'W21°21.2'S020°41.1'W20°36.6'S022°08.0'W 0.926 40° 257° 311 km 06m32.7s
17:1219°12.7'S022°38.3'W20°40.5'S019°43.6'W19°56.8'S021°12.7'W 0.926 39° 256° 313 km 06m29.8s
17:1418°32.3'S021°42.6'W19°58.4'S018°43.5'W19°15.5'S020°15.0'W 0.925 37° 256° 315 km 06m26.8s
17:1617°50.4'S020°44.5'W19°14.5'S017°40.4'W18°32.7'S019°14.5'W 0.925 35° 255° 317 km 06m23.7s
17:1817°06.9'S019°43.5'W18°28.8'S016°33.8'W17°48.1'S018°10.8'W 0.925 34° 254° 319 km 06m20.5s
17:2016°21.4'S018°39.1'W17°40.9'S015°23.0'W17°01.6'S017°03.5'W 0.924 32° 254° 321 km 06m17.3s
17:2215°33.9'S017°30.8'W16°50.4'S014°07.1'W16°12.6'S015°51.6'W 0.924 30° 253° 323 km 06m13.9s
17:2414°43.8'S016°17.7'W15°57.0'S012°45.2'W15°21.0'S014°34.5'W 0.924 28° 252° 326 km 06m10.4s
17:2613°50.8'S014°58.9'W14°59.8'S011°15.5'W14°26.1'S013°10.7'W 0.923 26° 252° 328 km 06m06.7s
17:2812°54.2'S013°33.0'W13°58.0'S009°35.9'W13°27.2'S011°38.6'W 0.923 24° 251° 330 km 06m02.9s
17:3011°53.2'S011°57.8'W12°50.0'S007°42.6'W12°23.1'S009°55.5'W 0.922 22° 250° 333 km 05m58.8s
17:3210°46.3'S010°10.4'W11°33.1'S005°29.4'W11°11.9'S007°57.2'W 0.921 19° 250° 336 km 05m54.3s
17:3409°31.3'S008°05.5'W10°01.8'S002°43.2'W09°50.4'S005°35.7'W 0.921 16° 249° 339 km 05m49.3s
17:3608°03.8'S005°32.9'W07°59.6'S001°15.7'E08°10.9'S002°33.2'W 0.920 12° 248° 342 km 05m43.4s
17:3806°12.2'S002°06.2'W - - 05°43.8'S002°19.8'E 0.918 248° 347 km 05m35.1s
Limits01°52.4'S007°03.6'E04°34.1'S008°50.6'E03°12.9'S007°56.5'E 0.917 - 351 km 05m26.9s

ΔT = 43.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:46:20.715:45:37.337°51.1'S051°22.9'W 74.5° 346.3° 270.7 km07m48.55s
Greatest Duration15:35:51.415:35:08.038°58.4'S054°57.8'W 73.6° 8.0° 270.5 km07m49.73s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1973 Jan 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1973 Jan 04 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 43.3 seconds for this eclipse.

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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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