Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1917 Dec 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1917 Dec 14 . 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 1917 Dec 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits58°17.8'S085°41.7'W59°44.5'S090°03.2'W59°00.8'S087°47.3'W 0.972 - 294 km 01m26.9s
08:4464°15.9'S077°05.7'W - - 61°24.5'S084°06.2'W 0.973 137° 285 km 01m25.8s
08:4666°39.1'S074°09.5'W62°03.3'S086°31.1'W65°09.9'S079°04.9'W 0.974 132° 267 km 01m24.1s
08:4868°36.3'S071°54.6'W65°57.0'S081°26.6'W67°32.6'S076°17.4'W 0.975 10° 128° 256 km 01m23.1s
08:5070°19.2'S070°01.3'W68°20.8'S078°47.1'W69°29.5'S074°11.2'W 0.976 12° 126° 246 km 01m22.2s
08:5271°53.0'S068°21.3'W70°18.2'S076°50.7'W71°12.4'S072°27.3'W 0.976 13° 123° 238 km 01m21.6s
08:5473°20.2'S066°50.3'W72°01.4'S075°18.1'W72°46.2'S070°57.7'W 0.977 15° 121° 231 km 01m20.9s
08:5674°42.5'S065°25.2'W73°35.5'S074°01.7'W74°13.6'S069°38.3'W 0.977 16° 119° 225 km 01m20.4s
08:5876°01.0'S064°04.0'W75°03.1'S072°57.5'W75°36.1'S068°26.6'W 0.977 17° 117° 220 km 01m19.9s
09:0077°16.3'S062°44.8'W76°25.8'S072°03.7'W76°54.8'S067°20.8'W 0.978 18° 116° 215 km 01m19.5s
09:0278°29.1'S061°26.2'W77°44.7'S071°19.3'W78°10.5'S066°19.8'W 0.978 19° 114° 211 km 01m19.1s
09:0479°39.7'S060°06.3'W79°00.6'S070°44.2'W79°23.7'S065°22.8'W 0.978 20° 112° 207 km 01m18.7s
09:0680°48.5'S058°43.0'W80°13.9'S070°19.1'W80°34.8'S064°29.1'W 0.978 20° 110° 204 km 01m18.4s
09:0881°55.8'S057°13.6'W81°25.2'S070°05.9'W81°44.2'S063°38.3'W 0.978 21° 108° 201 km 01m18.1s
09:1083°01.7'S055°33.9'W82°34.7'S070°07.8'W82°52.1'S062°50.2'W 0.978 21° 107° 198 km 01m17.8s
09:1284°06.4'S053°37.2'W83°42.6'S070°31.0'W83°58.9'S062°04.6'W 0.979 22° 105° 196 km 01m17.6s
09:1485°10.1'S051°12.1'W84°49.1'S071°26.8'W85°04.6'S061°21.7'W 0.979 22° 104° 194 km 01m17.4s
09:1686°12.5'S047°52.3'W85°54.3'S073°18.9'W86°09.5'S060°42.3'W 0.979 22° 102° 193 km 01m17.2s
09:1887°13.6'S042°39.1'W86°57.7'S077°03.1'W87°13.7'S060°08.3'W 0.979 23° 100° 191 km 01m17.0s
09:2088°12.0'S032°30.4'W87°58.2'S085°21.7'W88°17.3'S059°48.9'W 0.979 23° 99° 190 km 01m16.9s
09:2289°01.1'S004°18.7'W88°49.9'S108°41.0'W89°20.5'S060°47.2'W 0.979 23° 99° 189 km 01m16.7s
09:2489°05.6'S062°18.0'E89°02.6'S167°18.7'W89°36.5'S127°33.3'E 0.979 23° 270° 189 km 01m16.6s
09:2688°19.8'S095°17.6'E88°20.6'S156°14.0'E88°34.0'S124°40.3'E 0.979 23° 272° 189 km 01m16.6s
09:2887°22.9'S106°36.8'E87°23.2'S144°13.2'E87°31.4'S124°50.7'E 0.979 23° 271° 189 km 01m16.5s
09:3086°23.5'S112°11.3'E86°22.3'S139°11.6'E86°28.9'S125°19.7'E 0.979 23° 269° 189 km 01m16.5s
09:3285°23.0'S115°38.8'E85°19.9'S136°43.3'E85°26.2'S125°56.0'E 0.979 23° 268° 189 km 01m16.5s
09:3484°22.0'S118°06.7'E84°16.8'S135°26.1'E84°23.3'S126°35.1'E 0.979 23° 266° 190 km 01m16.5s
09:3683°20.5'S120°02.6'E83°13.0'S134°47.9'E83°20.1'S127°16.5'E 0.979 23° 265° 191 km 01m16.5s
09:3882°18.4'S121°39.7'E82°08.5'S134°33.5'E82°16.5'S127°59.1'E 0.979 22° 263° 192 km 01m16.6s
09:4081°15.7'S123°05.6'E81°03.2'S134°34.9'E81°12.3'S128°43.3'E 0.979 22° 261° 194 km 01m16.7s
09:4280°12.3'S124°22.1'E79°57.0'S134°48.0'E80°07.4'S129°29.3'E 0.979 22° 260° 196 km 01m16.8s
09:4479°08.1'S125°34.7'E78°49.8'S135°09.9'E79°01.5'S130°16.9'E 0.979 21° 258° 198 km 01m16.9s
09:4678°02.9'S126°44.4'E77°41.3'S135°39.2'E77°54.7'S131°06.6'E 0.979 21° 256° 200 km 01m17.1s
09:4876°56.6'S127°52.4'E76°31.3'S136°15.2'E76°46.5'S131°58.7'E 0.978 20° 255° 203 km 01m17.3s
09:5075°48.9'S128°59.9'E75°19.5'S136°57.3'E75°36.8'S132°53.6'E 0.978 20° 253° 207 km 01m17.5s
09:5274°39.5'S130°08.0'E74°05.4'S137°45.7'E74°25.2'S133°51.7'E 0.978 19° 251° 210 km 01m17.8s
09:5473°28.3'S131°17.6'E72°48.6'S138°40.8'E73°11.4'S134°53.7'E 0.978 18° 249° 214 km 01m18.1s
09:5672°14.7'S132°29.7'E71°28.4'S139°43.3'E71°54.9'S136°00.6'E 0.978 17° 247° 219 km 01m18.4s
09:5870°58.3'S133°45.5'E70°03.8'S140°54.8'E70°34.8'S137°13.5'E 0.977 16° 245° 224 km 01m18.8s
10:0069°38.4'S135°06.4'E68°33.3'S142°17.6'E69°10.3'S138°34.1'E 0.977 15° 243° 230 km 01m19.3s
10:0268°13.9'S136°34.2'E66°54.6'S143°55.8'E67°40.0'S140°04.9'E 0.977 14° 241° 236 km 01m19.8s
10:0466°43.3'S138°11.8'E65°03.0'S145°57.2'E66°01.2'S141°50.3'E 0.976 12° 239° 244 km 01m20.4s
10:0665°04.2'S140°03.5'E62°47.7'S148°40.8'E64°09.7'S143°58.2'E 0.976 10° 236° 252 km 01m21.2s
10:0863°12.0'S142°17.7'E59°16.1'S153°40.3'E61°54.5'S146°47.5'E 0.975 233° 263 km 01m22.1s
10:1060°55.4'S145°14.2'E - - 58°25.2'S151°48.7'E 0.974 228° 279 km 01m23.8s
Limits55°20.7'S153°51.9'E56°54.0'S157°38.7'E56°06.8'S155°41.0'E 0.973 - 287 km 01m25.0s

ΔT = 20.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:27:19.709:26:59.688°02.9'S124°37.1'E 23.3° 271.3° 188.6 km01m16.54s
Greatest Duration08:43:56.608:43:36.559°00.8'S087°47.3'W 0.0° 139.9° 294.4 km01m26.89s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1917 Dec 14 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 20.1 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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