Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1917 Dec 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1917 Dec 29 . 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 -1917 Dec 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits30°04.1'S071°01.3'E30°14.1'S070°51.9'E30°09.1'S070°56.6'E 1.005 - 23 km 00m16.2s
00:2232°23.5'S076°06.1'E31°45.8'S074°07.5'E32°06.6'S075°10.4'E 1.006 115° 29 km 00m20.7s
00:2435°27.5'S082°36.2'E35°19.4'S081°29.7'E35°23.7'S082°03.1'E 1.009 11° 111° 38 km 00m28.7s
00:2637°19.3'S086°30.6'E37°17.9'S085°31.0'E37°18.8'S086°00.8'E 1.010 15° 108° 43 km 00m33.6s
00:2838°47.4'S089°35.7'E38°50.1'S088°39.0'E38°48.9'S089°07.4'E 1.011 18° 106° 47 km 00m37.6s
00:3040°02.2'S092°14.5'E40°08.0'S091°19.3'E40°05.2'S091°46.9'E 1.011 21° 104° 50 km 00m41.1s
00:3241°08.0'S094°36.3'E41°16.4'S093°42.2'E41°12.3'S094°09.3'E 1.012 23° 102° 53 km 00m44.2s
00:3442°07.2'S096°46.4'E42°17.9'S095°52.9'E42°12.6'S096°19.7'E 1.013 26° 100° 55 km 00m47.1s
00:3643°01.3'S098°47.6'E43°13.9'S097°54.7'E43°07.7'S098°21.2'E 1.013 27° 98° 57 km 00m49.8s
00:3843°51.1'S100°42.2'E44°05.7'S099°49.8'E43°58.5'S100°16.0'E 1.014 29° 96° 59 km 00m52.3s
00:4044°37.4'S102°31.4'E44°53.7'S101°39.5'E44°45.7'S102°05.5'E 1.014 31° 94° 61 km 00m54.6s
00:4245°20.7'S104°16.3'E45°38.6'S103°24.9'E45°29.7'S103°50.7'E 1.015 33° 92° 62 km 00m56.9s
00:4446°01.2'S105°57.8'E46°20.6'S105°06.9'E46°11.0'S105°32.4'E 1.015 34° 90° 64 km 00m59.0s
00:4646°39.4'S107°36.3'E47°00.2'S106°46.0'E46°49.9'S107°11.3'E 1.015 36° 88° 65 km 01m01.1s
00:4847°15.3'S109°12.5'E47°37.6'S108°22.8'E47°26.5'S108°47.7'E 1.016 37° 86° 66 km 01m03.0s
00:5047°49.2'S110°46.6'E48°12.8'S109°57.6'E48°01.1'S110°22.2'E 1.016 38° 83° 67 km 01m04.9s
00:5248°21.3'S112°19.0'E48°46.2'S111°30.7'E48°33.8'S111°55.0'E 1.016 40° 81° 68 km 01m06.7s
00:5448°51.7'S113°50.0'E49°17.7'S113°02.5'E49°04.8'S113°26.4'E 1.016 41° 79° 69 km 01m08.4s
00:5649°20.4'S115°19.8'E49°47.6'S114°33.2'E49°34.1'S114°56.6'E 1.017 42° 77° 70 km 01m10.1s
00:5849°47.5'S116°48.5'E50°15.9'S116°02.9'E50°01.8'S116°25.9'E 1.017 43° 75° 71 km 01m11.7s
01:0050°13.2'S118°16.4'E50°42.7'S117°31.9'E50°28.0'S117°54.3'E 1.017 44° 73° 72 km 01m13.2s
01:0250°37.5'S119°43.6'E51°08.0'S119°00.1'E50°52.8'S119°22.0'E 1.017 45° 70° 72 km 01m14.6s
01:0451°00.4'S121°10.1'E51°31.9'S120°27.9'E51°16.2'S120°49.1'E 1.018 46° 68° 73 km 01m16.0s
01:0651°22.0'S122°36.1'E51°54.4'S121°55.1'E51°38.3'S122°15.8'E 1.018 47° 65° 73 km 01m17.3s
01:0851°42.3'S124°01.6'E52°15.7'S123°22.1'E51°59.1'S123°42.0'E 1.018 48° 63° 74 km 01m18.6s
01:1052°01.4'S125°26.8'E52°35.6'S124°48.7'E52°18.6'S125°07.9'E 1.018 49° 61° 74 km 01m19.8s
01:1252°19.3'S126°51.7'E52°54.4'S126°15.1'E52°36.9'S126°33.5'E 1.018 50° 58° 75 km 01m20.9s
01:1452°36.0'S128°16.3'E53°11.9'S127°41.2'E52°54.0'S127°58.9'E 1.019 51° 55° 75 km 01m22.0s
01:1652°51.5'S129°40.6'E53°28.2'S129°07.3'E53°09.9'S129°24.1'E 1.019 52° 53° 76 km 01m23.0s
01:1853°05.9'S131°04.8'E53°43.3'S130°33.2'E53°24.7'S130°49.1'E 1.019 52° 50° 76 km 01m24.0s
01:2053°19.2'S132°28.8'E53°57.2'S131°59.0'E53°38.3'S132°14.0'E 1.019 53° 47° 76 km 01m24.9s
01:2253°31.4'S133°52.6'E54°10.0'S133°24.7'E53°50.8'S133°38.8'E 1.019 54° 45° 77 km 01m25.7s
01:2453°42.5'S135°16.3'E54°21.7'S134°50.3'E54°02.2'S135°03.4'E 1.019 54° 42° 77 km 01m26.5s
01:2653°52.6'S136°39.8'E54°32.3'S136°15.9'E54°12.5'S136°28.0'E 1.019 55° 39° 77 km 01m27.3s
01:2854°01.6'S138°03.3'E54°41.7'S137°41.4'E54°21.7'S137°52.4'E 1.019 55° 36° 78 km 01m27.9s
01:3054°09.5'S139°26.6'E54°50.1'S139°06.8'E54°29.8'S139°16.8'E 1.019 56° 33° 78 km 01m28.5s
01:3254°16.4'S140°49.7'E54°57.4'S140°32.1'E54°36.9'S140°41.0'E 1.019 56° 30° 78 km 01m29.1s
01:3454°22.2'S142°12.8'E55°03.6'S141°57.3'E54°42.9'S142°05.1'E 1.019 57° 27° 78 km 01m29.6s
01:3654°27.0'S143°35.6'E55°08.7'S143°22.4'E54°47.9'S143°29.1'E 1.020 57° 24° 78 km 01m30.0s
01:3854°30.9'S144°58.4'E55°12.8'S144°47.4'E54°51.8'S144°52.9'E 1.020 58° 20° 78 km 01m30.4s
01:4054°33.7'S146°20.9'E55°15.8'S146°12.2'E54°54.7'S146°16.6'E 1.020 58° 17° 78 km 01m30.7s
01:4254°35.5'S147°43.3'E55°17.7'S147°36.9'E54°56.6'S147°40.1'E 1.020 58° 14° 79 km 01m31.0s
01:4454°36.3'S149°05.5'E55°18.6'S149°01.4'E54°57.5'S149°03.4'E 1.020 58° 11° 79 km 01m31.2s
01:4654°36.1'S150°27.4'E55°18.5'S150°25.6'E54°57.3'S150°26.6'E 1.020 59° 79 km 01m31.4s
01:4854°34.9'S151°49.2'E55°17.3'S151°49.7'E54°56.1'S151°49.4'E 1.020 59° 79 km 01m31.5s
01:5054°32.8'S153°10.7'E55°15.1'S153°13.4'E54°54.0'S153°12.1'E 1.020 59° 79 km 01m31.5s
01:5254°29.6'S154°31.9'E55°11.9'S154°37.0'E54°50.8'S154°34.4'E 1.020 59° 357° 79 km 01m31.5s
01:5454°25.5'S155°52.9'E55°07.7'S156°00.2'E54°46.6'S155°56.5'E 1.020 59° 354° 79 km 01m31.4s
01:5654°20.5'S157°13.6'E55°02.5'S157°23.1'E54°41.5'S157°18.3'E 1.020 59° 351° 79 km 01m31.3s
01:5854°14.5'S158°34.0'E54°56.2'S158°45.6'E54°35.4'S158°39.8'E 1.020 59° 348° 79 km 01m31.1s
02:0054°07.5'S159°54.1'E54°49.0'S160°07.9'E54°28.3'S160°00.9'E 1.020 58° 344° 78 km 01m30.8s
02:0253°59.6'S161°13.9'E54°40.8'S161°29.7'E54°20.2'S161°21.7'E 1.020 58° 341° 78 km 01m30.5s
02:0453°50.7'S162°33.3'E54°31.5'S162°51.2'E54°11.1'S162°42.2'E 1.020 58° 338° 78 km 01m30.2s
02:0653°40.9'S163°52.5'E54°21.3'S164°12.3'E54°01.1'S164°02.3'E 1.019 58° 335° 78 km 01m29.8s
02:0853°30.1'S165°11.3'E54°10.1'S165°33.1'E53°50.1'S165°22.1'E 1.019 57° 332° 78 km 01m29.3s
02:1053°18.4'S166°29.8'E53°57.9'S166°53.4'E53°38.2'S166°41.5'E 1.019 57° 328° 78 km 01m28.7s
02:1253°05.7'S167°48.0'E53°44.8'S168°13.4'E53°25.3'S168°00.6'E 1.019 57° 325° 77 km 01m28.2s
02:1452°52.1'S169°05.8'E53°30.6'S169°33.0'E53°11.4'S169°19.3'E 1.019 56° 322° 77 km 01m27.5s
02:1652°37.5'S170°23.4'E53°15.5'S170°52.2'E52°56.5'S170°37.7'E 1.019 56° 320° 77 km 01m26.8s
02:1852°22.0'S171°40.7'E52°59.4'S172°11.1'E52°40.7'S171°55.7'E 1.019 55° 317° 77 km 01m26.1s
02:2052°05.6'S172°57.7'E52°42.2'S173°29.6'E52°24.0'S173°13.5'E 1.019 55° 314° 76 km 01m25.2s
02:2251°48.2'S174°14.5'E52°24.1'S174°47.8'E52°06.2'S174°31.0'E 1.019 54° 311° 76 km 01m24.4s
02:2451°29.8'S175°31.0'E52°05.0'S176°05.8'E51°47.5'S175°48.3'E 1.019 53° 308° 76 km 01m23.5s
02:2651°10.4'S176°47.4'E51°44.9'S177°23.4'E51°27.7'S177°05.3'E 1.018 53° 306° 75 km 01m22.5s
02:2850°50.1'S178°03.6'E51°23.8'S178°40.9'E51°07.0'S178°22.1'E 1.018 52° 303° 75 km 01m21.4s
02:3050°28.7'S179°19.8'E51°01.7'S179°58.2'E50°45.3'S179°38.8'E 1.018 51° 301° 74 km 01m20.3s
02:3250°06.4'S179°24.1'W50°38.5'S178°44.7'W50°22.5'S179°04.5'W 1.018 50° 298° 74 km 01m19.2s
02:3449°43.0'S178°08.0'W50°14.2'S177°27.6'W49°58.7'S177°47.9'W 1.018 50° 296° 73 km 01m18.0s
02:3649°18.6'S176°51.8'W49°48.9'S176°10.5'W49°33.8'S176°31.3'W 1.018 49° 293° 73 km 01m16.7s
02:3848°53.1'S175°35.5'W49°22.5'S174°53.3'W49°07.9'S175°14.5'W 1.017 48° 291° 72 km 01m15.4s
02:4048°26.5'S174°18.9'W48°55.0'S173°36.0'W48°40.8'S173°57.6'W 1.017 47° 289° 71 km 01m14.0s
02:4247°58.7'S173°02.0'W48°26.2'S172°18.4'W48°12.6'S172°40.3'W 1.017 46° 287° 71 km 01m12.6s
02:4447°29.8'S171°44.7'W47°56.3'S171°00.5'W47°43.1'S171°22.7'W 1.017 45° 285° 70 km 01m11.1s
02:4646°59.7'S170°26.8'W47°25.1'S169°42.0'W47°12.5'S170°04.5'W 1.016 44° 283° 69 km 01m09.6s
02:4846°28.3'S169°08.2'W46°52.6'S168°22.9'W46°40.5'S168°45.7'W 1.016 43° 280° 68 km 01m07.9s
02:5045°55.5'S167°48.7'W46°18.8'S167°03.1'W46°07.2'S167°26.0'W 1.016 42° 278° 67 km 01m06.3s
02:5245°21.3'S166°28.2'W45°43.5'S165°42.2'W45°32.5'S166°05.3'W 1.016 40° 276° 66 km 01m04.5s
02:5444°45.6'S165°06.5'W45°06.6'S164°20.1'W44°56.2'S164°43.4'W 1.015 39° 275° 65 km 01m02.7s
02:5644°08.3'S163°43.2'W44°28.1'S162°56.6'W44°18.3'S163°20.0'W 1.015 38° 273° 64 km 01m00.8s
02:5843°29.2'S162°18.2'W43°47.8'S161°31.4'W43°38.6'S161°54.9'W 1.015 36° 271° 63 km 00m58.8s
03:0042°48.3'S160°51.0'W43°05.5'S160°04.0'W42°57.0'S160°27.6'W 1.014 35° 269° 62 km 00m56.8s
03:0242°05.2'S159°21.2'W42°21.1'S158°34.1'W42°13.3'S158°57.7'W 1.014 34° 267° 60 km 00m54.7s
03:0441°19.8'S157°48.3'W41°34.3'S157°01.0'W41°27.2'S157°24.7'W 1.013 32° 265° 59 km 00m52.4s
03:0640°31.8'S156°11.5'W40°44.8'S155°24.2'W40°38.4'S155°47.9'W 1.013 30° 264° 57 km 00m50.1s
03:0839°40.7'S154°30.1'W39°52.1'S153°42.7'W39°46.5'S154°06.4'W 1.013 29° 262° 55 km 00m47.6s
03:1038°46.0'S152°42.8'W38°55.7'S151°55.3'W38°50.9'S152°19.1'W 1.012 27° 260° 53 km 00m45.0s
03:1237°46.9'S150°48.0'W37°54.8'S150°00.3'W37°51.0'S150°24.2'W 1.011 25° 258° 51 km 00m42.2s
03:1436°42.5'S148°43.4'W36°48.3'S147°55.3'W36°45.5'S148°19.4'W 1.011 22° 256° 48 km 00m39.2s
03:1635°30.9'S146°25.1'W35°34.3'S145°36.4'W35°32.7'S146°00.8'W 1.010 20° 254° 45 km 00m36.0s
03:1834°09.2'S143°46.7'W34°09.6'S142°56.8'W34°09.5'S143°21.8'W 1.009 17° 252° 41 km 00m32.3s
03:2032°31.2'S140°34.8'W32°27.5'S139°42.2'W32°29.5'S140°08.5'W 1.008 13° 250° 37 km 00m28.0s
03:2230°19.5'S136°10.5'W30°07.7'S135°08.5'W30°13.8'S135°39.7'W 1.007 248° 30 km 00m22.3s
Limits26°10.2'S127°18.2'W26°18.2'S127°11.1'W26°14.2'S127°14.6'W 1.004 - 18 km 00m12.9s

ΔT = 44407.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:12:39.201:52:31.954°49.8'S030°35.9'W 58.8° 356.6° 78.7 km01m31.48s
Greatest Duration14:10:26.501:50:19.154°53.5'S153°25.2'E 58.8° 0.2° 78.7 km01m31.51s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1917 Dec 29 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 44407.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3386.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.15°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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