Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1932 Aug 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1932 Aug 31 . 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 1932 Aug 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits79°51.3'N106°54.8'E79°21.6'N111°13.6'E79°36.8'N109°07.8'E 1.016 - 103 km 00m51.1s
19:0684°05.9'N132°28.0'E84°39.7'N170°11.4'E84°43.5'N152°13.9'E 1.018 78° 113 km 01m01.4s
19:0885°44.8'N178°55.7'E84°14.4'N156°14.1'W85°05.1'N166°10.9'W 1.019 11° 120° 117 km 01m06.7s
19:1084°55.6'N145°37.1'W82°56.0'N136°28.4'W83°55.6'N140°06.8'W 1.020 14° 147° 120 km 01m10.7s
19:1283°23.5'N127°13.9'W81°25.6'N124°49.9'W82°23.6'N125°48.4'W 1.020 16° 162° 122 km 01m14.1s
19:1481°46.0'N117°01.8'W79°55.0'N117°17.0'W80°49.7'N117°08.1'W 1.021 18° 171° 124 km 01m17.1s
19:1680°11.3'N110°32.6'W78°27.4'N111°56.9'W79°18.7'N111°17.0'W 1.021 19° 178° 126 km 01m19.8s
19:1878°41.0'N105°58.9'W77°03.3'N107°55.5'W77°51.7'N107°00.3'W 1.022 21° 183° 128 km 01m22.2s
19:2077°15.0'N102°32.1'W75°42.8'N104°44.6'W76°28.5'N103°41.6'W 1.022 22° 187° 130 km 01m24.4s
19:2275°53.0'N099°47.8'W74°25.4'N102°08.0'W75°09.0'N101°00.9'W 1.023 23° 190° 131 km 01m26.4s
19:2474°34.5'N097°32.3'W73°11.0'N099°55.9'W73°52.6'N098°46.9'W 1.023 24° 193° 132 km 01m28.3s
19:2673°19.1'N095°37.4'W71°59.2'N098°02.1'W72°39.0'N096°52.2'W 1.023 25° 196° 134 km 01m30.0s
19:2872°06.5'N093°57.7'W70°49.7'N096°22.1'W71°28.0'N095°12.2'W 1.024 26° 199° 135 km 01m31.6s
19:3070°56.2'N092°29.6'W69°42.3'N094°53.1'W70°19.2'N093°43.4'W 1.024 27° 201° 136 km 01m33.1s
19:3269°48.2'N091°10.7'W68°36.8'N093°32.8'W69°12.5'N092°23.6'W 1.024 28° 203° 137 km 01m34.5s
19:3468°42.0'N089°59.0'W67°33.0'N092°19.5'W68°07.5'N091°11.0'W 1.024 29° 205° 139 km 01m35.8s
19:3667°37.6'N088°53.3'W66°30.8'N091°12.1'W67°04.2'N090°04.3'W 1.024 29° 207° 140 km 01m37.0s
19:3866°34.8'N087°52.5'W65°30.0'N090°09.6'W66°02.4'N089°02.5'W 1.025 30° 209° 141 km 01m38.0s
19:4065°33.4'N086°55.8'W64°30.5'N089°11.1'W65°01.9'N088°04.8'W 1.025 30° 211° 142 km 01m39.0s
19:4264°33.3'N086°02.4'W63°32.1'N088°16.1'W64°02.7'N087°10.5'W 1.025 31° 213° 143 km 01m39.9s
19:4463°34.3'N085°12.0'W62°34.8'N087°24.1'W63°04.6'N086°19.2'W 1.025 31° 215° 144 km 01m40.8s
19:4662°36.5'N084°24.0'W61°38.6'N086°34.5'W62°07.6'N085°30.3'W 1.025 32° 217° 145 km 01m41.5s
19:4861°39.7'N083°38.1'W60°43.2'N085°47.1'W61°11.5'N084°43.6'W 1.025 32° 219° 146 km 01m42.2s
19:5060°43.8'N082°53.9'W59°48.7'N085°01.6'W60°16.4'N083°58.7'W 1.025 33° 220° 147 km 01m42.8s
19:5259°48.8'N082°11.3'W58°55.0'N084°17.7'W59°22.0'N083°15.3'W 1.025 33° 222° 149 km 01m43.3s
19:5458°54.5'N081°29.9'W58°02.0'N083°35.1'W58°28.4'N082°33.3'W 1.026 33° 224° 150 km 01m43.7s
19:5658°01.0'N080°49.6'W57°09.7'N082°53.6'W57°35.4'N081°52.4'W 1.026 33° 225° 151 km 01m44.0s
19:5857°08.1'N080°10.1'W56°18.0'N082°13.1'W56°43.2'N081°12.3'W 1.026 33° 227° 152 km 01m44.3s
20:0056°15.9'N079°31.4'W55°26.9'N081°33.4'W55°51.5'N080°33.1'W 1.026 33° 229° 153 km 01m44.5s
20:0255°24.2'N078°53.2'W54°36.3'N080°54.3'W55°00.3'N079°54.4'W 1.026 34° 230° 154 km 01m44.6s
20:0454°33.0'N078°15.4'W53°46.2'N080°15.7'W54°09.7'N079°16.2'W 1.026 34° 232° 155 km 01m44.7s
20:0653°42.3'N077°37.9'W52°56.6'N079°37.4'W53°19.6'N078°38.3'W 1.026 33° 234° 156 km 01m44.7s
20:0852°52.1'N077°00.5'W52°07.3'N078°59.4'W52°29.8'N078°00.6'W 1.026 33° 235° 157 km 01m44.6s
20:1052°02.2'N076°23.2'W51°18.5'N078°21.5'W51°40.5'N077°22.9'W 1.026 33° 237° 158 km 01m44.4s
20:1251°12.8'N075°45.8'W50°30.0'N077°43.5'W50°51.5'N076°45.2'W 1.026 33° 238° 159 km 01m44.2s
20:1450°23.6'N075°08.2'W49°41.8'N077°05.5'W50°02.8'N076°07.4'W 1.026 33° 240° 160 km 01m43.8s
20:1649°34.7'N074°30.2'W48°53.8'N076°27.2'W49°14.4'N075°29.2'W 1.026 33° 242° 161 km 01m43.4s
20:1848°46.1'N073°51.8'W48°06.2'N075°48.5'W48°26.3'N074°50.6'W 1.026 32° 243° 162 km 01m43.0s
20:2047°57.7'N073°12.8'W47°18.7'N075°09.3'W47°38.4'N074°11.5'W 1.025 32° 245° 162 km 01m42.4s
20:2247°09.5'N072°33.1'W46°31.4'N074°29.4'W46°50.6'N073°31.8'W 1.025 32° 246° 163 km 01m41.8s
20:2446°21.5'N071°52.5'W45°44.3'N073°48.8'W46°03.0'N072°51.2'W 1.025 31° 248° 164 km 01m41.1s
20:2645°33.5'N071°10.9'W44°57.3'N073°07.3'W45°15.6'N072°09.6'W 1.025 31° 249° 165 km 01m40.3s
20:2844°45.7'N070°28.1'W44°10.3'N072°24.8'W44°28.2'N071°26.9'W 1.025 30° 251° 165 km 01m39.4s
20:3043°57.8'N069°44.0'W43°23.4'N071°41.0'W43°40.8'N070°42.9'W 1.025 30° 252° 165 km 01m38.5s
20:3243°10.0'N068°58.2'W42°36.5'N070°55.7'W42°53.4'N069°57.4'W 1.025 29° 254° 166 km 01m37.4s
20:3442°22.1'N068°10.6'W41°49.6'N070°08.8'W42°06.0'N069°10.2'W 1.025 28° 255° 166 km 01m36.3s
20:3641°34.0'N067°20.9'W41°02.6'N069°19.9'W41°18.5'N068°20.9'W 1.024 28° 256° 166 km 01m35.0s
20:3840°45.8'N066°28.8'W40°15.4'N068°28.9'W40°30.8'N067°29.4'W 1.024 27° 258° 166 km 01m33.7s
20:4039°57.3'N065°33.8'W39°28.0'N067°35.3'W39°42.9'N066°35.1'W 1.024 26° 259° 165 km 01m32.2s
20:4239°08.5'N064°35.6'W38°40.4'N066°38.7'W38°54.7'N065°37.7'W 1.024 25° 261° 164 km 01m30.7s
20:4438°19.2'N063°33.4'W37°52.3'N065°38.7'W38°06.0'N064°36.6'W 1.023 24° 262° 163 km 01m29.0s
20:4637°29.4'N062°26.5'W37°03.9'N064°34.5'W37°16.9'N063°31.2'W 1.023 23° 263° 162 km 01m27.1s
20:4836°38.8'N061°14.0'W36°14.8'N063°25.4'W36°27.1'N062°20.4'W 1.023 21° 265° 160 km 01m25.1s
20:5035°47.3'N059°54.4'W35°24.9'N062°10.2'W35°36.4'N061°03.2'W 1.022 20° 266° 158 km 01m22.9s
20:5234°54.4'N058°25.8'W34°34.0'N060°47.5'W34°44.6'N059°37.6'W 1.022 18° 268° 155 km 01m20.5s
20:5433°59.8'N056°45.1'W33°41.8'N059°14.9'W33°51.2'N058°01.3'W 1.021 17° 269° 151 km 01m17.9s
20:5633°02.6'N054°47.1'W32°47.7'N057°29.1'W32°55.7'N056°09.9'W 1.021 15° 271° 146 km 01m14.8s
20:5832°01.2'N052°22.0'W31°50.8'N055°23.8'W31°56.7'N053°55.8'W 1.020 12° 272° 141 km 01m11.3s
21:0030°51.6'N049°03.7'W30°49.2'N052°46.6'W30°51.8'N051°01.5'W 1.019 10° 274° 133 km 01m06.9s
21:02 - - 29°37.4'N049°00.1'W29°30.3'N046°18.1'W 1.018 277° 120 km 01m00.2s
Limits28°55.8'N040°43.4'W28°01.6'N041°15.7'W28°28.5'N040°59.7'W 1.016 - 107 km 00m53.6s

ΔT = 23.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:03:41.120:03:17.254°27.7'N079°35.8'W 33.5° 231.5° 154.6 km01m44.68s
Greatest Duration20:04:47.820:04:23.953°59.7'N079°08.6'W 33.5° 232.4° 155.1 km01m44.69s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1932 Aug 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1932 Aug 31 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 23.9 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.

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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