Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1960 Oct 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1960 Oct 26 . 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 -1960 Oct 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits59°56.7'N061°13.2'E59°52.2'N061°12.0'E59°54.5'N061°12.6'E 1.002 - 8 km 00m07.5s
02:3858°13.7'N072°10.4'E57°54.5'N073°01.0'E58°04.1'N072°36.1'E 1.004 114° 16 km 00m14.9s
02:4056°01.6'N081°42.1'E55°41.0'N082°08.2'E55°51.3'N081°55.3'E 1.006 12° 122° 22 km 00m22.3s
02:4254°21.6'N087°16.3'E53°59.7'N087°33.0'E54°10.7'N087°24.8'E 1.007 16° 127° 26 km 00m27.4s
02:4452°54.8'N091°23.7'E52°31.8'N091°34.2'E52°43.3'N091°29.1'E 1.008 19° 131° 30 km 00m31.6s
02:4651°35.9'N094°42.3'E51°12.2'N094°48.3'E51°24.0'N094°45.4'E 1.009 21° 134° 32 km 00m35.3s
02:4850°22.6'N097°29.1'E49°58.3'N097°31.4'E50°10.4'N097°30.3'E 1.009 24° 137° 35 km 00m38.7s
02:5049°13.6'N099°53.0'E48°48.9'N099°52.3'E49°01.2'N099°52.8'E 1.010 26° 140° 37 km 00m41.8s
02:5248°08.1'N101°59.8'E47°43.0'N101°56.5'E47°55.5'N101°58.2'E 1.010 28° 142° 39 km 00m44.7s
02:5447°05.5'N103°53.1'E46°40.0'N103°47.6'E46°52.8'N103°50.4'E 1.011 30° 144° 41 km 00m47.4s
02:5646°05.3'N105°35.5'E45°39.6'N105°28.0'E45°52.5'N105°31.8'E 1.011 31° 146° 42 km 00m49.9s
02:5845°07.3'N107°08.9'E44°41.3'N106°59.7'E44°54.3'N107°04.4'E 1.012 33° 148° 44 km 00m52.4s
03:0044°11.1'N108°34.8'E43°45.0'N108°24.0'E43°58.1'N108°29.5'E 1.012 34° 150° 45 km 00m54.7s
03:0243°16.7'N109°54.3'E42°50.4'N109°42.1'E43°03.5'N109°48.3'E 1.013 36° 151° 47 km 00m56.9s
03:0442°23.7'N111°08.3'E41°57.2'N110°54.8'E42°10.4'N111°01.6'E 1.013 37° 153° 48 km 00m59.0s
03:0641°32.1'N112°17.5'E41°05.5'N112°02.8'E41°18.8'N112°10.2'E 1.013 38° 155° 49 km 01m01.0s
03:0840°41.7'N113°22.5'E40°15.0'N113°06.8'E40°28.3'N113°14.7'E 1.013 40° 156° 50 km 01m03.0s
03:1039°52.5'N114°23.9'E39°25.7'N114°07.1'E39°39.1'N114°15.5'E 1.014 41° 158° 51 km 01m04.8s
03:1239°04.3'N115°21.9'E38°37.5'N115°04.2'E38°50.9'N115°13.1'E 1.014 42° 160° 52 km 01m06.6s
03:1438°17.1'N116°17.0'E37°50.3'N115°58.4'E38°03.7'N116°07.8'E 1.014 43° 161° 53 km 01m08.3s
03:1637°30.8'N117°09.5'E37°03.9'N116°50.1'E37°17.4'N116°59.8'E 1.015 44° 163° 54 km 01m10.0s
03:1836°45.4'N117°59.6'E36°18.5'N117°39.5'E36°31.9'N117°49.6'E 1.015 45° 164° 55 km 01m11.5s
03:2036°00.8'N118°47.6'E35°33.8'N118°26.8'E35°47.3'N118°37.2'E 1.015 46° 166° 56 km 01m13.0s
03:2235°16.9'N119°33.6'E34°50.0'N119°12.3'E35°03.4'N119°23.0'E 1.015 47° 168° 57 km 01m14.5s
03:2434°33.8'N120°18.0'E34°06.8'N119°56.0'E34°20.3'N120°07.0'E 1.015 48° 169° 58 km 01m15.8s
03:2633°51.3'N121°00.7'E33°24.3'N120°38.2'E33°37.8'N120°49.5'E 1.016 49° 171° 59 km 01m17.1s
03:2833°09.5'N121°42.0'E32°42.4'N121°19.0'E32°55.9'N121°30.5'E 1.016 50° 173° 59 km 01m18.4s
03:3032°28.2'N122°22.0'E32°01.2'N121°58.5'E32°14.7'N122°10.3'E 1.016 51° 174° 60 km 01m19.6s
03:3231°47.6'N123°00.8'E31°20.6'N122°36.8'E31°34.1'N122°48.9'E 1.016 51° 176° 61 km 01m20.7s
03:3431°07.5'N123°38.5'E30°40.4'N123°14.1'E30°54.0'N123°26.4'E 1.016 52° 178° 62 km 01m21.8s
03:3630°27.9'N124°15.2'E30°00.9'N123°50.5'E30°14.4'N124°02.9'E 1.016 53° 180° 62 km 01m22.8s
03:3829°48.8'N124°51.1'E29°21.8'N124°25.9'E29°35.3'N124°38.5'E 1.017 53° 181° 63 km 01m23.7s
03:4029°10.3'N125°26.1'E28°43.2'N125°00.6'E28°56.7'N125°13.4'E 1.017 54° 183° 63 km 01m24.6s
03:4228°32.1'N126°00.3'E28°05.1'N125°34.5'E28°18.6'N125°47.5'E 1.017 55° 185° 64 km 01m25.5s
03:4427°54.5'N126°33.9'E27°27.5'N126°07.8'E27°41.0'N126°20.9'E 1.017 55° 187° 65 km 01m26.3s
03:4627°17.2'N127°06.9'E26°50.2'N126°40.5'E27°03.7'N126°53.8'E 1.017 56° 189° 65 km 01m27.0s
03:4826°40.4'N127°39.4'E26°13.4'N127°12.7'E26°26.9'N127°26.1'E 1.017 56° 191° 66 km 01m27.6s
03:5026°04.0'N128°11.4'E25°37.0'N127°44.5'E25°50.5'N127°57.9'E 1.017 56° 193° 66 km 01m28.3s
03:5225°28.0'N128°42.9'E25°01.0'N128°15.8'E25°14.5'N128°29.4'E 1.017 57° 195° 67 km 01m28.8s
03:5424°52.3'N129°14.1'E24°25.3'N128°46.8'E24°38.8'N129°00.5'E 1.017 57° 197° 67 km 01m29.3s
03:5624°17.1'N129°45.0'E23°50.1'N129°17.4'E24°03.6'N129°31.2'E 1.017 57° 199° 68 km 01m29.8s
03:5823°42.1'N130°15.6'E23°15.2'N129°47.9'E23°28.7'N130°01.7'E 1.017 58° 201° 68 km 01m30.1s
04:0023°07.6'N130°46.0'E22°40.6'N130°18.1'E22°54.1'N130°32.0'E 1.017 58° 203° 68 km 01m30.5s
04:0222°33.3'N131°16.2'E22°06.4'N130°48.1'E22°19.8'N131°02.1'E 1.017 58° 205° 69 km 01m30.8s
04:0421°59.4'N131°46.2'E21°32.5'N131°18.0'E21°45.9'N131°32.1'E 1.018 58° 207° 69 km 01m31.0s
04:0621°25.8'N132°16.2'E20°58.9'N131°47.8'E21°12.4'N132°02.0'E 1.018 58° 210° 69 km 01m31.1s
04:0820°52.5'N132°46.1'E20°25.6'N132°17.6'E20°39.1'N132°31.9'E 1.018 58° 212° 70 km 01m31.2s
04:1020°19.6'N133°16.0'E19°52.7'N132°47.4'E20°06.1'N133°01.7'E 1.018 58° 214° 70 km 01m31.3s
04:1219°46.9'N133°45.9'E19°20.0'N133°17.3'E19°33.5'N133°31.6'E 1.018 58° 216° 70 km 01m31.3s
04:1419°14.5'N134°15.9'E18°47.7'N133°47.2'E19°01.1'N134°01.6'E 1.018 58° 218° 71 km 01m31.2s
04:1618°42.4'N134°46.1'E18°15.6'N134°17.3'E18°29.0'N134°31.7'E 1.018 58° 220° 71 km 01m31.1s
04:1818°10.7'N135°16.3'E17°43.8'N134°47.5'E17°57.3'N135°01.9'E 1.017 57° 222° 71 km 01m30.9s
04:2017°39.1'N135°46.8'E17°12.3'N135°17.9'E17°25.8'N135°32.4'E 1.017 57° 224° 71 km 01m30.6s
04:2217°07.9'N136°17.5'E16°41.1'N135°48.6'E16°54.5'N136°03.1'E 1.017 57° 226° 71 km 01m30.3s
04:2416°37.0'N136°48.5'E16°10.2'N136°19.5'E16°23.6'N136°34.0'E 1.017 56° 228° 71 km 01m30.0s
04:2616°06.3'N137°19.8'E15°39.6'N136°50.9'E15°52.9'N137°05.3'E 1.017 56° 229° 71 km 01m29.6s
04:2815°35.9'N137°51.5'E15°09.2'N137°22.5'E15°22.6'N137°37.0'E 1.017 56° 231° 71 km 01m29.1s
04:3015°05.7'N138°23.6'E14°39.1'N137°54.6'E14°52.4'N138°09.1'E 1.017 55° 233° 71 km 01m28.5s
04:3214°35.9'N138°56.2'E14°09.3'N138°27.2'E14°22.6'N138°41.7'E 1.017 55° 235° 71 km 01m27.9s
04:3414°06.3'N139°29.3'E13°39.8'N139°00.3'E13°53.0'N139°14.8'E 1.017 54° 236° 71 km 01m27.3s
04:3613°36.9'N140°02.9'E13°10.5'N139°34.0'E13°23.7'N139°48.5'E 1.017 53° 238° 71 km 01m26.5s
04:3813°07.9'N140°37.2'E12°41.5'N140°08.3'E12°54.7'N140°22.8'E 1.017 53° 239° 71 km 01m25.7s
04:4012°39.1'N141°12.2'E12°12.8'N140°43.4'E12°26.0'N140°57.8'E 1.017 52° 241° 71 km 01m24.9s
04:4212°10.6'N141°47.8'E11°44.4'N141°19.1'E11°57.5'N141°33.5'E 1.017 51° 242° 70 km 01m23.9s
04:4411°42.3'N142°24.4'E11°16.2'N141°55.7'E11°29.3'N142°10.0'E 1.016 51° 244° 70 km 01m23.0s
04:4611°14.4'N143°01.8'E10°48.4'N142°33.2'E11°01.4'N142°47.5'E 1.016 50° 245° 69 km 01m21.9s
04:4810°46.7'N143°40.1'E10°20.8'N143°11.6'E10°33.8'N143°25.9'E 1.016 49° 246° 69 km 01m20.8s
04:5010°19.3'N144°19.5'E09°53.6'N143°51.1'E10°06.5'N144°05.3'E 1.016 48° 247° 68 km 01m19.6s
04:5209°52.3'N145°00.1'E09°26.7'N144°31.8'E09°39.5'N144°45.9'E 1.016 47° 248° 68 km 01m18.3s
04:5409°25.5'N145°41.8'E09°00.1'N145°13.7'E09°12.8'N145°27.7'E 1.016 46° 250° 67 km 01m17.0s
04:5608°59.1'N146°24.9'E08°33.8'N145°56.9'E08°46.5'N146°10.9'E 1.015 45° 251° 66 km 01m15.6s
04:5808°32.9'N147°09.5'E08°07.9'N146°41.6'E08°20.4'N146°55.6'E 1.015 44° 252° 65 km 01m14.1s
05:0008°07.2'N147°55.8'E07°42.3'N147°28.0'E07°54.8'N147°41.9'E 1.015 43° 253° 65 km 01m12.5s
05:0207°41.7'N148°43.7'E07°17.1'N148°16.1'E07°29.5'N148°29.9'E 1.015 42° 253° 64 km 01m10.9s
05:0407°16.7'N149°33.7'E06°52.3'N149°06.2'E07°04.5'N149°19.9'E 1.014 41° 254° 62 km 01m09.2s
05:0606°52.1'N150°25.7'E06°27.9'N149°58.4'E06°40.0'N150°12.1'E 1.014 40° 255° 61 km 01m07.4s
05:0806°27.8'N151°20.2'E06°04.0'N150°53.0'E06°16.0'N151°06.6'E 1.014 39° 256° 60 km 01m05.5s
05:1006°04.1'N152°17.3'E05°40.6'N151°50.3'E05°52.4'N152°03.8'E 1.014 37° 257° 59 km 01m03.5s
05:1205°40.8'N153°17.5'E05°17.7'N152°50.6'E05°29.3'N153°04.0'E 1.013 36° 257° 57 km 01m01.4s
05:1405°18.1'N154°21.0'E04°55.4'N153°54.3'E05°06.8'N154°07.6'E 1.013 34° 258° 55 km 00m59.2s
05:1604°56.0'N155°28.4'E04°33.7'N155°01.8'E04°44.9'N155°15.1'E 1.013 33° 258° 54 km 00m56.9s
05:1804°34.6'N156°40.2'E04°12.7'N156°13.8'E04°23.7'N156°27.0'E 1.012 31° 259° 52 km 00m54.5s
05:2004°13.9'N157°57.3'E03°52.6'N157°30.9'E04°03.3'N157°44.1'E 1.012 30° 260° 50 km 00m51.9s
05:2203°54.1'N159°20.6'E03°33.4'N158°54.3'E03°43.8'N159°07.4'E 1.011 28° 260° 48 km 00m49.2s
05:2403°35.4'N160°51.5'E03°15.3'N160°25.2'E03°25.4'N160°38.3'E 1.011 26° 260° 45 km 00m46.3s
05:2603°17.9'N162°31.8'E02°58.6'N162°05.4'E03°08.3'N162°18.6'E 1.010 24° 261° 43 km 00m43.1s
05:2803°02.1'N164°24.4'E02°43.6'N163°57.8'E02°52.9'N164°11.1'E 1.010 22° 261° 40 km 00m39.7s
05:3002°48.5'N166°33.9'E02°31.0'N166°06.7'E02°39.8'N166°20.2'E 1.009 19° 262° 36 km 00m36.0s
05:3202°38.1'N169°08.5'E02°21.7'N168°40.2'E02°29.9'N168°54.3'E 1.008 16° 262° 33 km 00m31.7s
05:3402°33.1'N172°26.9'E02°18.1'N171°56.2'E02°25.7'N172°11.5'E 1.007 12° 262° 28 km 00m26.6s
05:3602°42.3'N177°40.4'E02°28.5'N176°59.1'E02°35.5'N177°19.6'E 1.005 263° 21 km 00m19.2s
Limits03°14.8'N176°17.2'W03°07.9'N176°17.9'W03°11.4'N176°17.5'W 1.003 - 13 km 00m11.2s

ΔT = 45440.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:44:13.704:06:53.520°57.5'N057°35.8'W 58.1° 210.5° 69.6 km01m31.19s
Greatest Duration16:47:57.604:10:37.419°55.9'N133°11.0'E 58.0° 214.3° 70.2 km01m31.29s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1960 Oct 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1960 Oct 26 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 45440.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3562.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.88°.

Acknowledgments

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

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