Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1969 May 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1969 May 12 . 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 -1969 May 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits47°54.8'S144°06.3'W50°22.2'S143°28.0'W49°08.0'S143°47.9'W 0.937 - 273 km 04m39.5s
16:2845°00.2'S132°53.7'W - - 47°43.7'S138°07.1'W 0.938 66° 266 km 04m44.8s
16:3043°27.1'S127°56.1'W47°52.0'S133°58.5'W45°25.4'S130°09.9'W 0.939 10° 60° 256 km 04m53.6s
16:3242°14.8'S124°26.2'W45°56.2'S127°50.3'W43°58.9'S125°50.3'W 0.940 14° 57° 251 km 04m59.1s
16:3441°12.9'S121°39.0'W44°33.8'S123°55.7'W42°48.9'S122°37.1'W 0.941 17° 54° 247 km 05m03.7s
16:3640°17.7'S119°18.1'W43°25.3'S120°55.2'W41°48.2'S119°59.8'W 0.942 19° 52° 244 km 05m07.8s
16:3839°27.3'S117°15.4'W42°25.2'S118°25.8'W40°53.5'S117°45.7'W 0.942 21° 50° 241 km 05m11.5s
16:4038°40.5'S115°26.3'W41°30.9'S116°17.4'W40°03.4'S115°48.1'W 0.943 23° 48° 238 km 05m14.9s
16:4237°56.7'S113°47.8'W40°40.9'S114°24.0'W39°16.7'S114°03.0'W 0.943 25° 46° 236 km 05m18.2s
16:4437°15.2'S112°17.8'W39°54.2'S112°42.2'W38°32.9'S112°27.7'W 0.943 27° 44° 235 km 05m21.3s
16:4636°35.8'S110°54.7'W39°10.4'S111°09.7'W37°51.4'S111°00.3'W 0.944 28° 43° 233 km 05m24.2s
16:4835°58.1'S109°37.5'W38°28.8'S109°44.6'W37°11.9'S109°39.4'W 0.944 30° 41° 232 km 05m27.0s
16:5035°22.0'S108°25.3'W37°49.3'S108°25.8'W36°34.2'S108°24.2'W 0.944 31° 40° 230 km 05m29.7s
16:5234°47.2'S107°17.5'W37°11.5'S107°12.2'W35°58.0'S107°13.7'W 0.945 33° 38° 229 km 05m32.3s
16:5434°13.7'S106°13.4'W36°35.2'S106°03.2'W35°23.2'S106°07.3'W 0.945 34° 37° 228 km 05m34.9s
16:5633°41.2'S105°12.6'W36°00.3'S104°58.2'W34°49.6'S105°04.6'W 0.945 35° 36° 227 km 05m37.3s
16:5833°09.8'S104°14.8'W35°26.7'S103°56.6'W34°17.1'S104°05.0'W 0.945 36° 34° 226 km 05m39.7s
17:0032°39.3'S103°19.6'W34°54.2'S102°58.1'W33°45.7'S103°08.2'W 0.946 37° 33° 225 km 05m42.0s
17:0232°09.7'S102°26.8'W34°22.7'S102°02.4'W33°15.2'S102°14.0'W 0.946 38° 32° 225 km 05m44.3s
17:0431°40.9'S101°36.1'W33°52.1'S101°09.0'W32°45.5'S101°22.1'W 0.946 39° 30° 224 km 05m46.4s
17:0631°12.8'S100°47.3'W33°22.5'S100°17.9'W32°16.7'S100°32.2'W 0.946 40° 29° 224 km 05m48.6s
17:0830°45.4'S100°00.3'W32°53.6'S099°28.7'W31°48.6'S099°44.1'W 0.946 41° 28° 223 km 05m50.6s
17:1030°18.7'S099°14.8'W32°25.6'S098°41.3'W31°21.2'S098°57.7'W 0.947 42° 26° 223 km 05m52.6s
17:1229°52.6'S098°30.8'W31°58.2'S097°55.5'W30°54.5'S098°12.9'W 0.947 43° 25° 223 km 05m54.6s
17:1429°27.1'S097°48.2'W31°31.6'S097°11.3'W30°28.5'S097°29.5'W 0.947 44° 24° 222 km 05m56.4s
17:1629°02.2'S097°06.8'W31°05.6'S096°28.4'W30°03.0'S096°47.4'W 0.947 45° 22° 222 km 05m58.3s
17:1828°37.7'S096°26.5'W30°40.1'S095°46.7'W29°38.1'S096°06.4'W 0.947 45° 21° 222 km 06m00.0s
17:2028°13.8'S095°47.2'W30°15.3'S095°06.1'W29°13.8'S095°26.5'W 0.947 46° 19° 222 km 06m01.7s
17:2227°50.4'S095°08.9'W29°51.1'S094°26.6'W28°49.9'S094°47.6'W 0.947 47° 18° 222 km 06m03.4s
17:2427°27.4'S094°31.4'W29°27.3'S093°48.1'W28°26.6'S094°09.7'W 0.948 48° 17° 222 km 06m05.0s
17:2627°04.9'S093°54.8'W29°04.1'S093°10.4'W28°03.8'S093°32.5'W 0.948 48° 15° 222 km 06m06.5s
17:2826°42.9'S093°18.9'W28°41.4'S092°33.6'W27°41.4'S092°56.2'W 0.948 49° 14° 222 km 06m08.0s
17:3026°21.2'S092°43.6'W28°19.2'S091°57.5'W27°19.4'S092°20.5'W 0.948 49° 12° 222 km 06m09.4s
17:3226°00.0'S092°09.0'W27°57.4'S091°22.0'W26°57.9'S091°45.5'W 0.948 50° 11° 223 km 06m10.8s
17:3425°39.1'S091°35.0'W27°36.0'S090°47.2'W26°36.9'S091°11.1'W 0.948 50° 223 km 06m12.1s
17:3625°18.7'S091°01.5'W27°15.1'S090°13.0'W26°16.2'S090°37.2'W 0.948 51° 223 km 06m13.4s
17:3824°58.6'S090°28.5'W26°54.6'S089°39.2'W25°55.9'S090°03.9'W 0.948 51° 224 km 06m14.5s
17:4024°38.8'S089°55.9'W26°34.5'S089°06.0'W25°36.0'S089°30.9'W 0.948 52° 224 km 06m15.7s
17:4224°19.5'S089°23.7'W26°14.8'S088°33.1'W25°16.5'S088°58.4'W 0.948 52° 224 km 06m16.7s
17:4424°00.4'S088°51.8'W25°55.5'S088°00.7'W24°57.3'S088°26.3'W 0.948 52° 225 km 06m17.7s
17:4623°41.7'S088°20.3'W25°36.6'S087°28.6'W24°38.5'S087°54.5'W 0.948 53° 359° 225 km 06m18.6s
17:4823°23.4'S087°49.1'W25°18.1'S086°56.8'W24°20.0'S087°23.0'W 0.948 53° 358° 226 km 06m19.5s
17:5023°05.4'S087°18.1'W24°59.9'S086°25.3'W24°01.9'S086°51.8'W 0.948 53° 356° 226 km 06m20.3s
17:5222°47.7'S086°47.3'W24°42.0'S085°54.0'W23°44.2'S086°20.8'W 0.948 54° 354° 227 km 06m21.0s
17:5422°30.3'S086°16.7'W24°24.6'S085°22.9'W23°26.8'S085°49.9'W 0.949 54° 353° 228 km 06m21.7s
17:5622°13.2'S085°46.3'W24°07.4'S084°52.0'W23°09.7'S085°19.3'W 0.949 54° 351° 228 km 06m22.3s
17:5821°56.5'S085°16.0'W23°50.6'S084°21.2'W22°52.9'S084°48.8'W 0.949 54° 349° 229 km 06m22.8s
18:0021°40.0'S084°45.8'W23°34.2'S083°50.6'W22°36.4'S084°18.3'W 0.949 54° 347° 230 km 06m23.2s
18:0221°23.9'S084°15.7'W23°18.1'S083°20.0'W22°20.3'S083°48.0'W 0.949 54° 346° 230 km 06m23.6s
18:0421°08.0'S083°45.5'W23°02.3'S082°49.4'W22°04.5'S083°17.6'W 0.949 54° 344° 231 km 06m23.9s
18:0620°52.5'S083°15.5'W22°46.8'S082°18.9'W21°49.0'S082°47.3'W 0.949 54° 342° 232 km 06m24.1s
18:0820°37.2'S082°45.3'W22°31.7'S081°48.3'W21°33.8'S082°17.0'W 0.949 54° 341° 232 km 06m24.3s
18:1020°22.3'S082°15.2'W22°16.9'S081°17.7'W21°18.9'S081°46.6'W 0.949 54° 339° 233 km 06m24.4s
18:1220°07.6'S081°44.9'W22°02.4'S080°47.0'W21°04.4'S081°16.2'W 0.948 54° 337° 234 km 06m24.3s
18:1419°53.3'S081°14.6'W21°48.2'S080°16.2'W20°50.1'S080°45.6'W 0.948 54° 336° 235 km 06m24.3s
18:1619°39.2'S080°44.1'W21°34.4'S079°45.3'W20°36.2'S080°14.9'W 0.948 53° 334° 235 km 06m24.1s
18:1819°25.5'S080°13.5'W21°20.9'S079°14.2'W20°22.5'S079°44.1'W 0.948 53° 332° 236 km 06m23.8s
18:2019°12.0'S079°42.6'W21°07.7'S078°42.9'W20°09.2'S079°13.0'W 0.948 53° 331° 237 km 06m23.5s
18:2218°58.9'S079°11.6'W20°54.9'S078°11.4'W19°56.2'S078°41.8'W 0.948 53° 329° 238 km 06m23.1s
18:2418°46.0'S078°40.3'W20°42.3'S077°39.6'W19°43.5'S078°10.2'W 0.948 52° 328° 239 km 06m22.6s
18:2618°33.5'S078°08.7'W20°30.1'S077°07.5'W19°31.1'S077°38.4'W 0.948 52° 326° 239 km 06m22.1s
18:2818°21.2'S077°36.8'W20°18.3'S076°35.1'W19°19.1'S077°06.3'W 0.948 52° 324° 240 km 06m21.4s
18:3018°09.3'S077°04.6'W20°06.7'S076°02.3'W19°07.3'S076°33.7'W 0.948 51° 323° 241 km 06m20.7s
18:3217°57.7'S076°31.9'W19°55.6'S075°29.1'W18°55.9'S076°00.8'W 0.948 51° 322° 241 km 06m19.8s
18:3417°46.4'S075°58.9'W19°44.7'S074°55.4'W18°44.9'S075°27.5'W 0.948 50° 320° 242 km 06m18.9s
18:3617°35.4'S075°25.3'W19°34.2'S074°21.3'W18°34.2'S074°53.7'W 0.948 50° 319° 243 km 06m17.9s
18:3817°24.8'S074°51.3'W19°24.1'S073°46.6'W18°23.8'S074°19.3'W 0.948 49° 317° 244 km 06m16.9s
18:4017°14.5'S074°16.7'W19°14.4'S073°11.3'W18°13.8'S073°44.4'W 0.948 49° 316° 244 km 06m15.7s
18:4217°04.6'S073°41.5'W19°05.0'S072°35.4'W18°04.1'S073°08.9'W 0.947 48° 315° 245 km 06m14.4s
18:4416°55.0'S073°05.7'W18°56.0'S071°58.8'W17°54.8'S072°32.7'W 0.947 47° 313° 245 km 06m13.1s
18:4616°45.8'S072°29.2'W18°47.4'S071°21.4'W17°45.9'S071°55.8'W 0.947 47° 312° 246 km 06m11.7s
18:4816°36.9'S071°51.9'W18°39.2'S070°43.2'W17°37.4'S071°18.1'W 0.947 46° 311° 247 km 06m10.2s
18:5016°28.5'S071°13.8'W18°31.5'S070°04.1'W17°29.3'S070°39.5'W 0.947 45° 310° 247 km 06m08.6s
18:5216°20.4'S070°34.8'W18°24.2'S069°24.1'W17°21.6'S070°00.0'W 0.947 44° 309° 248 km 06m06.9s
18:5416°12.8'S069°54.9'W18°17.3'S068°43.0'W17°14.3'S069°19.6'W 0.947 44° 308° 248 km 06m05.1s
18:5616°05.6'S069°13.9'W18°11.0'S068°00.8'W17°07.5'S068°38.0'W 0.947 43° 307° 249 km 06m03.3s
18:5815°58.8'S068°31.8'W18°05.1'S067°17.3'W17°01.2'S067°55.2'W 0.946 42° 305° 249 km 06m01.3s
19:0015°52.5'S067°48.4'W17°59.7'S066°32.5'W16°55.4'S067°11.2'W 0.946 41° 304° 250 km 05m59.3s
19:0215°46.8'S067°03.7'W17°55.0'S065°46.2'W16°50.1'S066°25.7'W 0.946 40° 303° 250 km 05m57.1s
19:0415°41.5'S066°17.5'W17°50.8'S064°58.2'W16°45.3'S065°38.7'W 0.946 39° 302° 250 km 05m54.9s
19:0615°36.8'S065°29.8'W17°47.2'S064°08.4'W16°41.2'S064°50.0'W 0.946 38° 302° 251 km 05m52.6s
19:0815°32.7'S064°40.2'W17°44.3'S063°16.7'W16°37.7'S063°59.4'W 0.945 37° 301° 251 km 05m50.2s
19:1015°29.3'S063°48.7'W17°42.2'S062°22.7'W16°34.8'S063°06.8'W 0.945 36° 300° 252 km 05m47.7s
19:1215°26.5'S062°55.0'W17°40.8'S061°26.1'W16°32.8'S062°11.8'W 0.945 35° 299° 252 km 05m45.0s
19:1415°24.5'S061°58.9'W17°40.3'S060°26.8'W16°31.5'S061°14.2'W 0.945 33° 298° 253 km 05m42.3s
19:1615°23.3'S061°00.0'W17°40.8'S059°24.2'W16°31.0'S060°13.6'W 0.944 32° 297° 253 km 05m39.5s
19:1815°22.9'S059°58.1'W17°42.3'S058°18.0'W16°31.6'S059°09.7'W 0.944 31° 296° 254 km 05m36.5s
19:2015°23.6'S058°52.6'W17°45.1'S057°07.5'W16°33.3'S058°01.9'W 0.944 29° 295° 254 km 05m33.5s
19:2215°25.4'S057°43.0'W17°49.3'S055°51.9'W16°36.2'S056°49.5'W 0.943 28° 295° 255 km 05m30.2s
19:2415°28.5'S056°28.6'W17°55.1'S054°30.2'W16°40.6'S055°31.9'W 0.943 26° 294° 255 km 05m26.9s
19:2615°33.1'S055°08.4'W18°03.0'S053°01.0'W16°46.6'S054°07.7'W 0.943 25° 293° 256 km 05m23.3s
19:2815°39.5'S053°41.3'W18°13.2'S051°22.4'W16°54.8'S052°35.5'W 0.942 23° 292° 257 km 05m19.5s
19:3015°48.0'S052°05.5'W18°26.7'S049°31.2'W17°05.5'S050°53.0'W 0.942 21° 291° 258 km 05m15.5s
19:3215°59.4'S050°18.3'W18°44.5'S047°22.5'W17°19.6'S048°56.7'W 0.941 18° 290° 259 km 05m11.1s
19:3416°14.4'S048°15.6'W19°09.0'S044°46.4'W17°38.6'S046°40.4'W 0.940 16° 289° 261 km 05m06.3s
19:3616°34.9'S045°49.8'W19°45.8'S041°18.7'W18°05.2'S043°51.9'W 0.940 13° 288° 263 km 05m00.7s
19:3817°04.5'S042°44.2'W21°07.9'S034°36.8'W18°47.4'S039°56.0'W 0.939 286° 266 km 04m53.6s
Limits19°17.1'S031°31.2'W21°50.2'S031°29.3'W20°33.1'S031°30.4'W 0.936 - 274 km 04m40.8s

ΔT = 45668.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:44:38.518:03:30.322°08.4'S085°46.6'E 54.1° 344.5° 230.8 km06m23.84s
Greatest Duration06:51:58.218:10:50.021°12.8'S081°33.9'W 53.9° 338.2° 233.5 km06m24.36s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1969 May 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1969 May 12 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 45668.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3601.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.05°.

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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