Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1948 Mar 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1948 Mar 21 . 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 -1948 Mar 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits21°36.7'S133°26.3'E23°15.0'S133°06.9'E22°25.8'S133°16.9'E 1.055 - 184 km 02m55.3s
21:1022°15.9'S140°17.8'E23°44.6'S137°37.5'E23°02.0'S139°12.2'E 1.057 95° 190 km 03m08.7s
21:1222°39.9'S146°47.3'E24°23.1'S145°43.5'E23°31.8'S146°18.8'E 1.059 13° 92° 196 km 03m26.9s
21:1422°47.5'S150°51.8'E24°35.0'S150°09.9'E23°41.4'S150°33.2'E 1.061 17° 90° 200 km 03m39.0s
21:1622°48.9'S154°03.0'E24°39.1'S153°33.3'E23°44.0'S153°50.1'E 1.062 20° 88° 204 km 03m49.0s
21:1822°46.8'S156°43.8'E24°38.9'S156°22.8'E23°42.8'S156°34.9'E 1.063 23° 87° 206 km 03m57.9s
21:2022°42.3'S159°04.3'E24°35.8'S158°50.1'E23°39.0'S158°58.7'E 1.063 26° 86° 209 km 04m06.0s
21:2222°35.9'S161°10.1'E24°30.7'S161°01.5'E23°33.3'S161°07.1'E 1.064 28° 85° 211 km 04m13.5s
21:2422°28.2'S163°04.6'E24°24.0'S163°00.8'E23°26.0'S163°03.9'E 1.065 31° 83° 213 km 04m20.6s
21:2622°19.4'S164°50.0'E24°16.0'S164°50.5'E23°17.6'S164°51.3'E 1.065 33° 82° 214 km 04m27.3s
21:2822°09.6'S166°27.9'E24°06.9'S166°32.3'E23°08.1'S166°31.1'E 1.066 35° 82° 216 km 04m33.7s
21:3021°59.1'S167°59.5'E23°56.9'S168°07.4'E22°57.9'S168°04.4'E 1.067 37° 81° 218 km 04m39.8s
21:3221°47.8'S169°25.7'E23°46.1'S169°36.9'E22°46.8'S169°32.2'E 1.067 39° 80° 219 km 04m45.6s
21:3421°35.9'S170°47.3'E23°34.6'S171°01.5'E22°35.2'S170°55.2'E 1.067 40° 79° 220 km 04m51.2s
21:3621°23.5'S172°04.7'E23°22.6'S172°21.7'E22°22.9'S172°14.0'E 1.068 42° 78° 222 km 04m56.7s
21:3821°10.6'S173°18.5'E23°09.9'S173°38.2'E22°10.1'S173°29.0'E 1.068 44° 77° 223 km 05m01.9s
21:4020°57.3'S174°29.0'E22°56.8'S174°51.2'E21°56.9'S174°40.8'E 1.069 45° 77° 224 km 05m06.9s
21:4220°43.5'S175°36.6'E22°43.2'S176°01.2'E21°43.2'S175°49.5'E 1.069 47° 76° 225 km 05m11.8s
21:4420°29.4'S176°41.5'E22°29.2'S177°08.4'E21°29.2'S176°55.5'E 1.069 48° 75° 226 km 05m16.5s
21:4620°14.9'S177°44.0'E22°14.9'S178°13.1'E21°14.8'S177°59.1'E 1.070 50° 74° 227 km 05m21.0s
21:4820°00.2'S178°44.4'E22°00.2'S179°15.5'E21°00.0'S179°00.4'E 1.070 51° 74° 228 km 05m25.4s
21:5019°45.1'S179°42.7'E21°45.1'S179°44.2'W20°45.0'S179°59.7'E 1.070 52° 73° 229 km 05m29.6s
21:5219°29.8'S179°20.9'W21°29.7'S178°45.9'W20°29.6'S179°03.0'W 1.071 54° 72° 230 km 05m33.7s
21:5419°14.2'S178°26.2'W21°14.1'S177°49.4'W20°14.0'S178°07.4'W 1.071 55° 71° 230 km 05m37.6s
21:5618°58.3'S177°33.1'W20°58.2'S176°54.5'W19°58.1'S177°13.4'W 1.071 57° 71° 231 km 05m41.4s
21:5818°42.2'S176°41.5'W20°42.0'S176°01.2'W19°42.0'S176°21.0'W 1.071 58° 70° 232 km 05m45.1s
22:0018°25.9'S175°51.2'W20°25.6'S175°09.4'W19°25.6'S175°29.9'W 1.072 59° 69° 233 km 05m48.5s
22:0218°09.4'S175°02.2'W20°08.9'S174°18.8'W19°09.1'S174°40.2'W 1.072 60° 68° 233 km 05m51.9s
22:0417°52.7'S174°14.4'W19°52.1'S173°29.5'W18°52.3'S173°51.7'W 1.072 62° 68° 234 km 05m55.1s
22:0617°35.8'S173°27.7'W19°35.0'S172°41.4'W18°35.3'S173°04.3'W 1.072 63° 67° 234 km 05m58.2s
22:0817°18.7'S172°42.0'W19°17.7'S171°54.4'W18°18.1'S172°18.0'W 1.072 64° 66° 235 km 06m01.1s
22:1017°01.5'S171°57.4'W19°00.2'S171°08.4'W18°00.7'S171°32.7'W 1.073 65° 65° 236 km 06m03.9s
22:1216°44.0'S171°13.6'W18°42.6'S170°23.3'W17°43.2'S170°48.3'W 1.073 67° 64° 236 km 06m06.6s
22:1416°26.4'S170°30.7'W18°24.8'S169°39.2'W17°25.5'S170°04.7'W 1.073 68° 63° 237 km 06m09.1s
22:1616°08.7'S169°48.5'W18°06.7'S168°55.9'W17°07.6'S169°22.0'W 1.073 69° 62° 237 km 06m11.5s
22:1815°50.7'S169°07.1'W17°48.6'S168°13.3'W16°49.6'S168°40.1'W 1.073 70° 61° 237 km 06m13.7s
22:2015°32.7'S168°26.4'W17°30.2'S167°31.5'W16°31.4'S167°58.9'W 1.073 71° 60° 238 km 06m15.8s
22:2215°14.4'S167°46.4'W17°11.7'S166°50.4'W16°13.0'S167°18.3'W 1.073 72° 58° 238 km 06m17.8s
22:2414°56.1'S167°06.9'W16°53.1'S166°10.0'W15°54.5'S166°38.3'W 1.073 73° 57° 239 km 06m19.6s
22:2614°37.6'S166°28.0'W16°34.3'S165°30.1'W15°35.8'S165°59.0'W 1.074 74° 56° 239 km 06m21.3s
22:2814°18.9'S165°49.6'W16°15.4'S164°50.8'W15°17.1'S165°20.2'W 1.074 76° 54° 239 km 06m22.9s
22:3014°00.1'S165°11.7'W15°56.3'S164°12.0'W14°58.1'S164°41.8'W 1.074 77° 52° 240 km 06m24.3s
22:3213°41.2'S164°34.3'W15°37.1'S163°33.7'W14°39.0'S164°04.0'W 1.074 78° 50° 240 km 06m25.6s
22:3413°22.1'S163°57.3'W15°17.7'S162°55.8'W14°19.8'S163°26.5'W 1.074 79° 47° 240 km 06m26.7s
22:3613°02.9'S163°20.6'W14°58.2'S162°18.4'W14°00.5'S162°49.5'W 1.074 80° 44° 240 km 06m27.7s
22:3812°43.6'S162°44.3'W14°38.6'S161°41.3'W13°41.0'S162°12.8'W 1.074 81° 40° 241 km 06m28.6s
22:4012°24.1'S162°08.3'W14°18.8'S161°04.6'W13°21.4'S161°36.5'W 1.074 82° 36° 241 km 06m29.3s
22:4212°04.5'S161°32.6'W13°58.9'S160°28.2'W13°01.7'S161°00.4'W 1.074 82° 31° 241 km 06m29.9s
22:4411°44.8'S160°57.1'W13°38.9'S159°52.0'W12°41.8'S160°24.6'W 1.074 83° 24° 241 km 06m30.4s
22:4611°25.0'S160°21.9'W13°18.7'S159°16.1'W12°21.8'S159°49.1'W 1.074 84° 16° 241 km 06m30.7s
22:4811°05.0'S159°46.8'W12°58.4'S158°40.5'W12°01.7'S159°13.7'W 1.074 84° 241 km 06m30.9s
22:5010°44.9'S159°12.0'W12°38.0'S158°05.0'W11°41.4'S158°38.6'W 1.074 85° 354° 242 km 06m31.0s
22:5210°24.6'S158°37.2'W12°17.5'S157°29.7'W11°21.1'S158°03.5'W 1.074 85° 342° 242 km 06m30.9s
22:5410°04.3'S158°02.6'W11°56.8'S156°54.5'W11°00.6'S157°28.6'W 1.074 85° 329° 242 km 06m30.7s
22:5609°43.8'S157°28.0'W11°36.1'S156°19.4'W10°39.9'S156°53.8'W 1.074 84° 318° 242 km 06m30.4s
22:5809°23.2'S156°53.5'W11°15.1'S155°44.4'W10°19.2'S156°19.0'W 1.074 84° 308° 242 km 06m29.9s
23:0009°02.4'S156°18.9'W10°54.1'S155°09.4'W09°58.3'S155°44.3'W 1.074 83° 300° 242 km 06m29.4s
23:0208°41.5'S155°44.4'W10°32.9'S154°34.5'W09°37.2'S155°09.6'W 1.074 82° 294° 242 km 06m28.6s
23:0408°20.5'S155°09.9'W10°11.6'S153°59.5'W09°16.1'S154°34.8'W 1.074 82° 289° 242 km 06m27.8s
23:0607°59.4'S154°35.2'W09°50.2'S153°24.5'W08°54.8'S154°00.0'W 1.074 81° 284° 242 km 06m26.8s
23:0807°38.1'S154°00.5'W09°28.6'S152°49.4'W08°33.4'S153°25.1'W 1.074 80° 281° 242 km 06m25.7s
23:1007°16.7'S153°25.6'W09°06.9'S152°14.2'W08°11.8'S152°50.1'W 1.074 79° 278° 242 km 06m24.5s
23:1206°55.1'S152°50.6'W08°45.1'S151°38.8'W07°50.1'S152°14.9'W 1.074 78° 275° 242 km 06m23.1s
23:1406°33.4'S152°15.4'W08°23.1'S151°03.3'W07°28.3'S151°39.5'W 1.074 77° 273° 242 km 06m21.6s
23:1606°11.5'S151°40.0'W08°01.0'S150°27.6'W07°06.3'S151°04.0'W 1.074 76° 272° 242 km 06m20.0s
23:1805°49.5'S151°04.2'W07°38.7'S149°51.6'W06°44.2'S150°28.1'W 1.074 74° 270° 241 km 06m18.2s
23:2005°27.4'S150°28.2'W07°16.3'S149°15.3'W06°21.9'S149°52.0'W 1.074 73° 269° 241 km 06m16.4s
23:2205°05.1'S149°51.9'W06°53.7'S148°38.8'W05°59.5'S149°15.5'W 1.073 72° 267° 241 km 06m14.4s
23:2404°42.6'S149°15.1'W06°31.0'S148°01.8'W05°36.9'S148°38.7'W 1.073 71° 266° 241 km 06m12.3s
23:2604°20.0'S148°38.0'W06°08.1'S147°24.5'W05°14.1'S148°01.5'W 1.073 70° 265° 241 km 06m10.0s
23:2803°57.2'S148°00.4'W05°45.1'S146°46.7'W04°51.2'S147°23.8'W 1.073 69° 265° 241 km 06m07.6s
23:3003°34.3'S147°22.3'W05°21.9'S146°08.4'W04°28.2'S146°45.6'W 1.073 68° 264° 240 km 06m05.2s
23:3203°11.2'S146°43.6'W04°58.5'S145°29.6'W04°04.9'S146°06.9'W 1.073 66° 263° 240 km 06m02.5s
23:3402°47.8'S146°04.3'W04°34.9'S144°50.2'W03°41.5'S145°27.5'W 1.073 65° 263° 240 km 05m59.8s
23:3602°24.4'S145°24.3'W04°11.2'S144°10.1'W03°17.9'S144°47.5'W 1.072 64° 262° 239 km 05m57.0s
23:3802°00.7'S144°43.7'W03°47.2'S143°29.4'W02°54.1'S144°06.8'W 1.072 63° 261° 239 km 05m54.0s
23:4001°36.8'S144°02.2'W03°23.1'S142°47.8'W02°30.1'S143°25.3'W 1.072 62° 261° 238 km 05m50.9s
23:4201°12.7'S143°19.9'W02°58.7'S142°05.5'W02°05.8'S142°43.0'W 1.072 60° 261° 238 km 05m47.6s
23:4400°48.4'S142°36.6'W02°34.2'S141°22.2'W01°41.4'S141°59.7'W 1.072 59° 260° 238 km 05m44.3s
23:4600°23.8'S141°52.4'W02°09.4'S140°37.9'W01°16.7'S141°15.5'W 1.071 58° 260° 237 km 05m40.8s
23:4800°00.9'N141°07.0'W01°44.3'S139°52.5'W00°51.9'S140°30.1'W 1.071 56° 260° 236 km 05m37.2s
23:5000°25.9'N140°20.4'W01°19.1'S139°05.9'W00°26.7'S139°43.5'W 1.071 55° 259° 236 km 05m33.5s
23:5200°51.2'N139°32.5'W00°53.5'S138°18.0'W00°01.3'S138°55.7'W 1.071 54° 259° 235 km 05m29.6s
23:5401°16.8'N138°43.2'W00°27.7'S137°28.7'W00°24.4'N138°06.4'W 1.070 52° 259° 234 km 05m25.6s
23:5601°42.6'N137°52.3'W00°01.5'S136°37.8'W00°50.4'N137°15.5'W 1.070 51° 259° 234 km 05m21.5s
23:5802°08.8'N136°59.7'W00°24.9'N135°45.2'W01°16.7'N136°22.9'W 1.070 50° 258° 233 km 05m17.2s
00:0002°35.3'N136°05.2'W00°51.7'N134°50.8'W01°43.3'N135°28.5'W 1.070 48° 258° 232 km 05m12.8s
00:0203°02.1'N135°08.6'W01°18.9'N133°54.2'W02°10.3'N134°31.9'W 1.069 47° 258° 231 km 05m08.2s
00:0403°29.3'N134°09.7'W01°46.5'N132°55.3'W02°37.7'N133°33.0'W 1.069 45° 258° 230 km 05m03.5s
00:0603°57.0'N133°08.2'W02°14.5'N131°53.8'W03°05.5'N132°31.5'W 1.068 43° 258° 229 km 04m58.6s
00:0804°25.0'N132°03.8'W02°42.9'N130°49.4'W03°33.8'N131°27.1'W 1.068 42° 258° 227 km 04m53.6s
00:1004°53.6'N130°56.1'W03°11.9'N129°41.6'W04°02.6'N130°19.5'W 1.068 40° 258° 226 km 04m48.4s
00:1205°22.8'N129°44.7'W03°41.5'N128°30.1'W04°31.9'N129°08.0'W 1.067 38° 258° 225 km 04m42.9s
00:1405°52.5'N128°29.0'W04°11.7'N127°14.3'W05°01.9'N127°52.3'W 1.067 37° 258° 223 km 04m37.3s
00:1606°23.0'N127°08.3'W04°42.7'N125°53.4'W05°32.6'N126°31.6'W 1.066 35° 258° 221 km 04m31.4s
00:1806°54.2'N125°41.8'W05°14.6'N124°26.6'W06°04.1'N125°05.0'W 1.066 33° 258° 220 km 04m25.2s
00:2007°26.4'N124°08.3'W05°47.4'N122°52.5'W06°36.6'N123°31.2'W 1.065 31° 258° 218 km 04m18.8s
00:2207°59.7'N122°26.2'W06°21.5'N121°09.6'W07°10.3'N121°48.8'W 1.064 28° 259° 215 km 04m11.9s
00:2408°34.3'N120°33.3'W06°57.0'N119°15.5'W07°45.4'N119°55.4'W 1.064 26° 259° 213 km 04m04.6s
00:2609°10.8'N118°26.2'W07°34.5'N117°06.5'W08°22.3'N117°47.5'W 1.063 23° 259° 210 km 03m56.7s
00:2809°49.6'N115°59.4'W08°14.7'N114°36.5'W09°01.8'N115°19.4'W 1.062 20° 260° 207 km 03m48.1s
00:3010°31.9'N113°02.7'W08°59.1'N111°33.7'W09°45.1'N112°20.0'W 1.061 17° 260° 203 km 03m38.2s
00:3211°20.6'N109°11.8'W09°51.1'N107°28.4'W10°35.2'N108°22.8'W 1.060 12° 261° 199 km 03m26.2s
00:3412°27.3'N102°40.3'W11°14.6'N098°58.9'W11°48.0'N101°11.6'W 1.057 262° 190 km 03m06.9s
Limits13°12.3'N096°48.6'W11°33.3'N096°30.8'W12°22.8'N096°39.9'W 1.056 - 185 km 02m56.4s

ΔT = 45166.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:24:40.322:51:53.911°22.1'S013°12.2'E 84.9° 342.6° 241.6 km06m30.95s
Greatest Duration11:22:46.622:50:00.211°41.4'S158°38.5'W 84.8° 354.4° 241.5 km06m31.01s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1948 Mar 21 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 45166.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3515.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.69°.

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

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