Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1947 Sep 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1947 Sep 03 . 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 -1947 Sep 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits60°51.3'N169°27.7'W59°43.5'N167°40.6'W60°17.2'N168°33.1'W 0.974 - 158 km 01m29.3s
15:34 - - 62°59.6'N154°58.5'W62°03.3'N161°54.6'W 0.975 67° 150 km 01m28.1s
15:3664°17.1'N155°38.3'W64°43.5'N146°48.6'W64°37.3'N150°42.7'W 0.976 77° 138 km 01m26.0s
15:3865°59.5'N147°06.7'W65°50.7'N140°31.3'W65°57.6'N143°34.5'W 0.977 13° 84° 131 km 01m24.8s
15:4067°05.0'N140°32.1'W66°40.1'N135°04.0'W66°53.8'N137°38.5'W 0.978 15° 90° 126 km 01m23.8s
15:4267°52.5'N134°49.3'W67°17.9'N130°06.7'W67°35.9'N132°20.6'W 0.979 18° 96° 122 km 01m22.9s
15:4468°28.2'N129°37.5'W67°47.1'N125°30.2'W68°08.0'N127°27.8'W 0.979 20° 101° 118 km 01m22.2s
15:4668°55.2'N124°47.5'W68°09.5'N121°09.6'W68°32.5'N122°53.5'W 0.980 21° 106° 115 km 01m21.5s
15:4869°15.3'N120°14.3'W68°26.2'N117°02.0'W68°50.8'N118°33.8'W 0.980 23° 111° 112 km 01m20.9s
15:5069°29.7'N115°55.2'W68°38.2'N113°05.8'W69°03.9'N114°26.7'W 0.980 24° 116° 109 km 01m20.3s
15:5269°39.3'N111°48.2'W68°45.9'N109°19.6'W69°12.4'N110°30.7'W 0.981 26° 120° 107 km 01m19.8s
15:5469°44.6'N107°52.3'W68°50.0'N105°42.7'W69°17.1'N106°44.8'W 0.981 27° 125° 104 km 01m19.3s
15:5669°46.2'N104°06.7'W68°50.8'N102°14.6'W69°18.2'N103°08.3'W 0.981 28° 129° 103 km 01m18.9s
15:5869°44.5'N100°30.8'W68°48.6'N098°54.8'W69°16.3'N099°40.8'W 0.982 29° 133° 101 km 01m18.4s
16:0069°39.8'N097°04.2'W68°43.8'N095°42.9'W69°11.5'N096°21.9'W 0.982 30° 137° 99 km 01m18.0s
16:0269°32.5'N093°46.4'W68°36.5'N092°38.7'W69°04.2'N093°11.2'W 0.982 31° 141° 98 km 01m17.7s
16:0469°22.8'N090°37.2'W68°27.1'N089°41.9'W68°54.6'N090°08.4'W 0.982 32° 145° 96 km 01m17.3s
16:0669°11.0'N087°36.1'W68°15.7'N086°52.2'W68°43.0'N087°13.2'W 0.982 33° 149° 95 km 01m17.0s
16:0868°57.3'N084°42.8'W68°02.4'N084°09.3'W68°29.5'N084°25.4'W 0.983 34° 153° 94 km 01m16.7s
16:1068°41.8'N081°57.1'W67°47.6'N081°33.0'W68°14.4'N081°44.5'W 0.983 34° 156° 93 km 01m16.4s
16:1268°24.7'N079°18.5'W67°31.2'N079°03.1'W67°57.6'N079°10.4'W 0.983 35° 160° 92 km 01m16.1s
16:1468°06.2'N076°46.8'W67°13.5'N076°39.1'W67°39.5'N076°42.7'W 0.983 36° 163° 91 km 01m15.9s
16:1667°46.4'N074°21.6'W66°54.5'N074°20.9'W67°20.1'N074°21.1'W 0.983 36° 167° 90 km 01m15.7s
16:1867°25.5'N072°02.5'W66°34.3'N072°08.2'W66°59.6'N072°05.3'W 0.983 37° 170° 90 km 01m15.5s
16:2067°03.4'N069°49.2'W66°13.1'N070°00.7'W66°38.0'N069°55.0'W 0.983 37° 173° 89 km 01m15.3s
16:2266°40.4'N067°41.4'W65°51.0'N067°58.2'W66°15.4'N067°49.9'W 0.983 38° 176° 89 km 01m15.1s
16:2466°16.5'N065°38.8'W65°28.0'N066°00.3'W65°52.0'N065°49.8'W 0.984 38° 179° 88 km 01m15.0s
16:2665°51.8'N063°41.1'W65°04.1'N064°06.9'W65°27.7'N063°54.2'W 0.984 39° 182° 88 km 01m14.8s
16:2865°26.4'N061°47.9'W64°39.5'N062°17.6'W65°02.7'N062°03.0'W 0.984 39° 185° 87 km 01m14.7s
16:3065°00.2'N059°59.1'W64°14.2'N060°32.2'W64°37.0'N060°15.9'W 0.984 39° 188° 87 km 01m14.6s
16:3264°33.5'N058°14.2'W63°48.3'N058°50.5'W64°10.7'N058°32.7'W 0.984 39° 191° 87 km 01m14.5s
16:3464°06.1'N056°33.0'W63°21.8'N057°12.3'W63°43.7'N056°53.0'W 0.984 40° 194° 87 km 01m14.5s
16:3663°38.2'N054°55.4'W62°54.7'N055°37.3'W63°16.2'N055°16.8'W 0.984 40° 196° 87 km 01m14.4s
16:3863°09.8'N053°21.0'W62°27.0'N054°05.4'W62°48.2'N053°43.6'W 0.984 40° 199° 87 km 01m14.4s
16:4062°41.0'N051°49.6'W61°58.9'N052°36.3'W62°19.7'N052°13.4'W 0.984 40° 202° 87 km 01m14.4s
16:4262°11.6'N050°21.1'W61°30.3'N051°09.8'W61°50.8'N050°45.9'W 0.984 40° 204° 87 km 01m14.4s
16:4461°41.9'N048°55.1'W61°01.3'N049°45.8'W61°21.4'N049°20.9'W 0.984 40° 207° 88 km 01m14.5s
16:4661°11.8'N047°31.6'W60°31.8'N048°24.0'W60°51.6'N047°58.3'W 0.984 40° 209° 88 km 01m14.5s
16:4860°41.3'N046°10.2'W60°02.0'N047°04.4'W60°21.5'N046°37.8'W 0.984 40° 212° 88 km 01m14.6s
16:5060°10.4'N044°50.9'W59°31.7'N045°46.7'W59°50.9'N045°19.3'W 0.984 40° 214° 89 km 01m14.7s
16:5259°39.1'N043°33.5'W59°01.1'N044°30.8'W59°20.0'N044°02.6'W 0.984 40° 217° 89 km 01m14.8s
16:5459°07.5'N042°17.7'W58°30.1'N043°16.5'W58°48.7'N042°47.6'W 0.984 40° 219° 90 km 01m14.9s
16:5658°35.6'N041°03.4'W57°58.7'N042°03.7'W58°17.0'N041°34.1'W 0.984 40° 221° 90 km 01m15.0s
16:5858°03.3'N039°50.5'W57°27.0'N040°52.2'W57°45.0'N040°21.9'W 0.984 40° 224° 91 km 01m15.2s
17:0057°30.7'N038°38.9'W56°54.9'N039°41.9'W57°12.7'N039°10.9'W 0.984 39° 226° 92 km 01m15.3s
17:0256°57.7'N037°28.2'W56°22.5'N038°32.7'W56°39.9'N038°01.0'W 0.983 39° 228° 92 km 01m15.5s
17:0456°24.4'N036°18.5'W55°49.7'N037°24.4'W56°06.9'N036°52.0'W 0.983 39° 230° 93 km 01m15.7s
17:0655°50.7'N035°09.5'W55°16.5'N036°16.9'W55°33.5'N035°43.8'W 0.983 38° 233° 94 km 01m15.9s
17:0855°16.7'N034°01.2'W54°42.9'N035°10.0'W54°59.7'N034°36.1'W 0.983 38° 235° 95 km 01m16.2s
17:1054°42.2'N032°53.3'W54°09.0'N034°03.6'W54°25.5'N033°29.0'W 0.983 37° 237° 96 km 01m16.4s
17:1254°07.4'N031°45.6'W53°34.7'N032°57.5'W53°51.0'N032°22.2'W 0.983 37° 239° 98 km 01m16.7s
17:1453°32.2'N030°38.2'W52°59.9'N031°51.7'W53°16.0'N031°15.5'W 0.983 36° 241° 99 km 01m17.0s
17:1652°56.6'N029°30.6'W52°24.8'N030°45.9'W52°40.6'N030°08.9'W 0.983 36° 243° 100 km 01m17.3s
17:1852°20.5'N028°22.9'W51°49.2'N029°40.0'W52°04.7'N029°02.1'W 0.982 35° 245° 102 km 01m17.7s
17:2051°43.9'N027°14.8'W51°13.0'N028°33.8'W51°28.4'N027°55.0'W 0.982 35° 247° 103 km 01m18.0s
17:2251°06.8'N026°06.0'W50°36.4'N027°27.2'W50°51.5'N026°47.3'W 0.982 34° 249° 105 km 01m18.4s
17:2450°29.2'N024°56.5'W49°59.3'N026°19.9'W50°14.1'N025°38.9'W 0.982 33° 251° 106 km 01m18.8s
17:2649°50.9'N023°45.8'W49°21.5'N025°11.8'W49°36.1'N024°29.6'W 0.982 32° 252° 108 km 01m19.2s
17:2849°11.9'N022°33.9'W48°43.1'N024°02.5'W48°57.5'N023°19.0'W 0.981 31° 254° 110 km 01m19.7s
17:3048°32.2'N021°20.2'W48°04.0'N022°51.9'W48°18.1'N022°06.9'W 0.981 31° 256° 112 km 01m20.1s
17:3247°51.7'N020°04.5'W47°24.1'N021°39.6'W47°37.9'N020°53.0'W 0.981 30° 258° 114 km 01m20.6s
17:3447°10.3'N018°46.3'W46°43.4'N020°25.2'W46°56.8'N019°36.8'W 0.981 28° 260° 116 km 01m21.2s
17:3646°27.8'N017°25.2'W46°01.7'N019°08.4'W46°14.7'N018°17.9'W 0.980 27° 262° 119 km 01m21.7s
17:3845°44.0'N016°00.3'W45°18.9'N017°48.5'W45°31.4'N016°55.6'W 0.980 26° 263° 121 km 01m22.3s
17:4044°58.9'N014°31.0'W44°34.8'N016°25.0'W44°46.9'N015°29.4'W 0.980 25° 265° 124 km 01m22.9s
17:4244°12.0'N012°56.0'W43°49.2'N014°57.1'W44°00.7'N013°58.2'W 0.979 23° 267° 126 km 01m23.6s
17:4443°23.1'N011°14.0'W43°01.9'N013°23.6'W43°12.6'N012°20.7'W 0.979 22° 269° 129 km 01m24.2s
17:4642°31.6'N009°22.9'W42°12.5'N011°43.2'W42°22.2'N010°35.3'W 0.979 20° 271° 132 km 01m25.0s
17:4841°36.6'N007°19.3'W41°20.4'N009°53.8'W41°28.8'N008°39.4'W 0.978 19° 273° 136 km 01m25.8s
17:5040°36.8'N004°57.9'W40°24.8'N007°52.1'W40°31.3'N006°28.9'W 0.977 16° 275° 140 km 01m26.7s
17:5239°29.6'N002°08.3'W39°24.2'N005°33.1'W39°27.9'N003°56.8'W 0.977 14° 277° 144 km 01m27.7s
17:5438°08.4'N001°35.6'E38°16.2'N002°46.9'W38°14.7'N000°47.7'W 0.976 11° 279° 148 km 01m28.9s
17:5635°50.8'N009°02.8'E36°54.3'N000°51.3'E36°39.1'N003°47.1'E 0.975 282° 155 km 01m30.6s
Limits35°06.6'N011°53.0'E33°49.1'N010°52.7'E34°27.6'N011°22.5'E 0.973 - 164 km 01m32.9s

ΔT = 45131.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:17:29.016:45:17.561°02.2'N122°59.0'E 40.3° 208.5° 87.7 km01m14.49s
Greatest Duration06:29:23.117:57:11.634°27.6'N011°22.5'E 0.0° 287.0° 163.6 km01m32.92s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1947 Sep 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1947 Sep 03 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 45131.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3509.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.66°.

Acknowledgments

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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