Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1940 Apr 07

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1940 Apr 07 . 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 1940 Apr 07
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits02°42.8'S174°15.2'E05°18.9'S174°56.7'E04°01.1'S174°36.3'E 0.925 - 295 km 05m10.1s
18:26 - - 04°10.3'S177°36.4'W03°26.5'S178°48.4'E 0.926 83° 291 km 05m16.5s
18:2801°26.3'S177°08.0'W03°13.2'S172°51.1'W02°19.1'S174°48.0'W 0.928 11° 82° 286 km 05m27.6s
18:3000°37.5'S173°00.6'W02°28.8'S169°41.9'W01°33.1'S171°16.0'W 0.929 15° 82° 283 km 05m34.5s
18:3200°02.6'N170°05.1'W01°49.8'S167°13.0'W00°53.7'S168°35.7'W 0.929 19° 82° 280 km 05m40.3s
18:3400°38.5'N167°44.0'W01°14.1'S165°07.9'W00°18.0'S166°23.5'W 0.930 21° 82° 278 km 05m45.3s
18:3601°11.7'N165°44.0'W00°40.7'S163°18.9'W00°15.3'N164°29.6'W 0.931 24° 82° 276 km 05m49.9s
18:3801°43.1'N163°58.7'W00°08.9'S161°41.7'W00°46.9'N162°48.6'W 0.931 26° 83° 274 km 05m54.2s
18:4002°13.1'N162°24.3'W00°21.5'N160°13.6'W01°17.1'N161°17.6'W 0.932 28° 83° 272 km 05m58.2s
18:4202°42.0'N160°58.4'W00°50.9'N158°52.7'W01°46.2'N159°54.4'W 0.932 30° 83° 271 km 06m02.1s
18:4403°09.9'N159°39.4'W01°19.4'N157°37.9'W02°14.4'N158°37.6'W 0.933 32° 83° 269 km 06m05.7s
18:4603°37.0'N158°26.1'W01°47.1'N156°28.1'W02°41.8'N157°26.2'W 0.933 34° 83° 268 km 06m09.2s
18:4804°03.5'N157°17.5'W02°14.1'N155°22.6'W03°08.6'N156°19.2'W 0.933 35° 84° 267 km 06m12.6s
18:5004°29.4'N156°13.0'W02°40.6'N154°20.8'W03°34.7'N155°16.2'W 0.934 37° 84° 265 km 06m15.8s
18:5204°54.8'N155°12.1'W03°06.5'N153°22.3'W04°00.4'N154°16.5'W 0.934 38° 84° 264 km 06m18.9s
18:5405°19.7'N154°14.3'W03°31.9'N152°26.6'W04°25.6'N153°19.8'W 0.934 40° 85° 263 km 06m22.0s
18:5605°44.2'N153°19.3'W03°56.9'N151°33.5'W04°50.3'N152°25.8'W 0.935 41° 85° 262 km 06m24.9s
18:5806°08.4'N152°26.7'W04°21.5'N150°42.7'W05°14.7'N151°34.1'W 0.935 43° 85° 260 km 06m27.8s
19:0006°32.2'N151°36.3'W04°45.8'N149°53.9'W05°38.7'N150°44.6'W 0.935 44° 86° 259 km 06m30.6s
19:0206°55.6'N150°47.9'W05°09.7'N149°06.9'W06°02.4'N149°56.9'W 0.935 45° 86° 258 km 06m33.3s
19:0407°18.8'N150°01.3'W05°33.2'N148°21.7'W06°25.8'N149°11.0'W 0.936 47° 87° 257 km 06m36.0s
19:0607°41.7'N149°16.3'W05°56.5'N147°37.9'W06°48.9'N148°26.7'W 0.936 48° 87° 256 km 06m38.5s
19:0808°04.4'N148°32.8'W06°19.5'N146°55.6'W07°11.7'N147°43.7'W 0.936 49° 88° 255 km 06m41.0s
19:1008°26.8'N147°50.6'W06°42.3'N146°14.6'W07°34.3'N147°02.2'W 0.936 50° 88° 254 km 06m43.5s
19:1208°49.0'N147°09.6'W07°04.8'N145°34.7'W07°56.6'N146°21.8'W 0.936 51° 89° 253 km 06m45.9s
19:1409°10.9'N146°29.8'W07°27.1'N144°55.9'W08°18.7'N145°42.5'W 0.937 53° 89° 252 km 06m48.2s
19:1609°32.7'N145°51.1'W07°49.1'N144°18.1'W08°40.7'N145°04.2'W 0.937 54° 90° 251 km 06m50.4s
19:1809°54.3'N145°13.3'W08°11.0'N143°41.3'W09°02.4'N144°26.9'W 0.937 55° 91° 250 km 06m52.6s
19:2010°15.7'N144°36.4'W08°32.6'N143°05.2'W09°23.9'N143°50.5'W 0.937 56° 91° 249 km 06m54.7s
19:2210°36.9'N144°00.3'W08°54.0'N142°30.0'W09°45.2'N143°14.9'W 0.937 57° 92° 248 km 06m56.8s
19:2410°58.0'N143°25.0'W09°15.3'N141°55.5'W10°06.4'N142°40.0'W 0.937 58° 93° 247 km 06m58.8s
19:2611°18.9'N142°50.4'W09°36.4'N141°21.7'W10°27.4'N142°05.7'W 0.938 59° 94° 246 km 07m00.8s
19:2811°39.7'N142°16.4'W09°57.3'N140°48.5'W10°48.2'N141°32.2'W 0.938 60° 95° 245 km 07m02.7s
19:3012°00.3'N141°43.0'W10°18.0'N140°15.8'W11°08.9'N140°59.2'W 0.938 61° 96° 244 km 07m04.5s
19:3212°20.7'N141°10.2'W10°38.6'N139°43.8'W11°29.4'N140°26.7'W 0.938 62° 97° 243 km 07m06.3s
19:3412°41.1'N140°37.9'W10°59.0'N139°12.1'W11°49.8'N139°54.7'W 0.938 63° 98° 242 km 07m08.0s
19:3613°01.3'N140°06.0'W11°19.3'N138°41.0'W12°10.0'N139°23.2'W 0.938 64° 99° 242 km 07m09.6s
19:3813°21.3'N139°34.6'W11°39.4'N138°10.2'W12°30.1'N138°52.2'W 0.938 65° 100° 241 km 07m11.2s
19:4013°41.3'N139°03.5'W11°59.4'N137°39.9'W12°50.1'N138°21.5'W 0.938 66° 102° 240 km 07m12.8s
19:4214°01.1'N138°32.8'W12°19.2'N137°09.8'W13°09.9'N137°51.1'W 0.938 67° 103° 239 km 07m14.2s
19:4414°20.8'N138°02.5'W12°38.9'N136°40.1'W13°29.7'N137°21.1'W 0.939 68° 105° 239 km 07m15.7s
19:4614°40.4'N137°32.4'W12°58.5'N136°10.7'W13°49.2'N136°51.3'W 0.939 68° 106° 238 km 07m17.0s
19:4814°59.9'N137°02.6'W13°17.9'N135°41.6'W14°08.7'N136°21.9'W 0.939 69° 108° 237 km 07m18.3s
19:5015°19.3'N136°33.0'W13°37.3'N135°12.6'W14°28.1'N135°52.6'W 0.939 70° 110° 237 km 07m19.5s
19:5215°38.6'N136°03.6'W13°56.4'N134°43.9'W14°47.3'N135°23.6'W 0.939 71° 112° 236 km 07m20.7s
19:5415°57.8'N135°34.4'W14°15.5'N134°15.4'W15°06.4'N134°54.7'W 0.939 72° 114° 235 km 07m21.8s
19:5616°16.8'N135°05.4'W14°34.5'N133°47.0'W15°25.4'N134°26.0'W 0.939 72° 117° 235 km 07m22.9s
19:5816°35.8'N134°36.5'W14°53.3'N133°18.7'W15°44.3'N133°57.4'W 0.939 73° 119° 234 km 07m23.8s
20:0016°54.7'N134°07.7'W15°12.0'N132°50.5'W16°03.1'N133°28.9'W 0.939 74° 122° 234 km 07m24.7s
20:0217°13.4'N133°38.9'W15°30.6'N132°22.5'W16°21.8'N133°00.5'W 0.939 74° 125° 233 km 07m25.6s
20:0417°32.1'N133°10.3'W15°49.0'N131°54.5'W16°40.4'N132°32.2'W 0.939 75° 128° 233 km 07m26.4s
20:0617°50.7'N132°41.6'W16°07.4'N131°26.5'W16°58.8'N132°03.9'W 0.939 75° 131° 232 km 07m27.1s
20:0818°09.2'N132°13.0'W16°25.7'N130°58.5'W17°17.2'N131°35.6'W 0.939 76° 135° 232 km 07m27.8s
20:1018°27.6'N131°44.4'W16°43.8'N130°30.6'W17°35.5'N131°07.3'W 0.939 76° 139° 232 km 07m28.3s
20:1218°45.9'N131°15.7'W17°01.8'N130°02.6'W17°53.6'N130°39.0'W 0.939 77° 143° 231 km 07m28.9s
20:1419°04.1'N130°47.0'W17°19.7'N129°34.6'W18°11.7'N130°10.7'W 0.939 77° 147° 231 km 07m29.3s
20:1619°22.2'N130°18.2'W17°37.5'N129°06.5'W18°29.7'N129°42.2'W 0.939 77° 151° 231 km 07m29.7s
20:1819°40.2'N129°49.4'W17°55.2'N128°38.4'W18°47.5'N129°13.7'W 0.939 77° 156° 230 km 07m30.0s
20:2019°58.2'N129°20.4'W18°12.8'N128°10.1'W19°05.3'N128°45.1'W 0.939 77° 160° 230 km 07m30.3s
20:2220°16.0'N128°51.2'W18°30.3'N127°41.8'W19°22.9'N128°16.4'W 0.939 77° 165° 230 km 07m30.4s
20:2420°33.8'N128°22.0'W18°47.6'N127°13.2'W19°40.5'N127°47.5'W 0.939 77° 170° 230 km 07m30.5s
20:2620°51.4'N127°52.5'W19°04.9'N126°44.6'W19°58.0'N127°18.4'W 0.939 77° 174° 229 km 07m30.6s
20:2821°09.0'N127°22.8'W19°22.0'N126°15.7'W20°15.3'N126°49.1'W 0.939 77° 179° 229 km 07m30.5s
20:3021°26.5'N126°53.0'W19°39.1'N125°46.6'W20°32.6'N126°19.7'W 0.939 76° 183° 229 km 07m30.4s
20:3221°43.8'N126°22.8'W19°56.0'N125°17.3'W20°49.7'N125°50.0'W 0.939 76° 187° 229 km 07m30.2s
20:3422°01.1'N125°52.4'W20°12.8'N124°47.8'W21°06.8'N125°20.0'W 0.939 76° 191° 229 km 07m29.9s
20:3622°18.3'N125°21.7'W20°29.5'N124°18.0'W21°23.7'N124°49.8'W 0.939 75° 194° 229 km 07m29.6s
20:3822°35.4'N124°50.7'W20°46.1'N123°47.9'W21°40.6'N124°19.2'W 0.939 75° 198° 229 km 07m29.2s
20:4022°52.4'N124°19.4'W21°02.6'N123°17.5'W21°57.3'N123°48.3'W 0.939 74° 201° 229 km 07m28.7s
20:4223°09.3'N123°47.7'W21°18.9'N122°46.7'W22°13.9'N123°17.1'W 0.939 73° 204° 229 km 07m28.1s
20:4423°26.1'N123°15.6'W21°35.1'N122°15.6'W22°30.4'N122°45.5'W 0.939 73° 207° 229 km 07m27.5s
20:4623°42.8'N122°43.1'W21°51.3'N121°44.1'W22°46.8'N122°13.5'W 0.939 72° 209° 229 km 07m26.8s
20:4823°59.4'N122°10.1'W22°07.3'N121°12.2'W23°03.1'N121°41.1'W 0.939 71° 212° 229 km 07m26.0s
20:5024°15.9'N121°36.7'W22°23.1'N120°39.9'W23°19.3'N121°08.2'W 0.939 71° 214° 229 km 07m25.1s
20:5224°32.2'N121°02.8'W22°38.9'N120°07.1'W23°35.4'N120°34.9'W 0.939 70° 216° 229 km 07m24.2s
20:5424°48.5'N120°28.3'W22°54.5'N119°33.8'W23°51.3'N120°01.0'W 0.939 69° 219° 230 km 07m23.1s
20:5625°04.7'N119°53.3'W23°10.0'N119°00.0'W24°07.1'N119°26.6'W 0.939 68° 220° 230 km 07m22.0s
20:5825°20.7'N119°17.7'W23°25.3'N118°25.6'W24°22.8'N118°51.7'W 0.939 67° 222° 230 km 07m20.8s
21:0025°36.6'N118°41.5'W23°40.5'N117°50.7'W24°38.4'N118°16.1'W 0.939 67° 224° 230 km 07m19.6s
21:0225°52.4'N118°04.5'W23°55.6'N117°15.1'W24°53.8'N117°39.9'W 0.939 66° 226° 231 km 07m18.2s
21:0426°08.0'N117°26.9'W24°10.6'N116°38.9'W25°09.1'N117°03.0'W 0.939 65° 227° 231 km 07m16.8s
21:0626°23.5'N116°48.6'W24°25.3'N116°02.0'W25°24.2'N116°25.3'W 0.938 64° 229° 231 km 07m15.3s
21:0826°38.9'N116°09.4'W24°40.0'N115°24.4'W25°39.2'N115°47.0'W 0.938 63° 230° 232 km 07m13.7s
21:1026°54.1'N115°29.5'W24°54.4'N114°46.0'W25°54.1'N115°07.8'W 0.938 62° 232° 232 km 07m12.1s
21:1227°09.2'N114°48.6'W25°08.7'N114°06.7'W26°08.8'N114°27.8'W 0.938 61° 233° 233 km 07m10.3s
21:1427°24.1'N114°06.8'W25°22.9'N113°26.7'W26°23.3'N113°46.8'W 0.938 60° 234° 233 km 07m08.5s
21:1627°38.9'N113°24.0'W25°36.8'N112°45.6'W26°37.7'N113°05.0'W 0.938 59° 236° 233 km 07m06.6s
21:1827°53.5'N112°40.2'W25°50.6'N112°03.7'W26°51.8'N112°22.1'W 0.938 58° 237° 234 km 07m04.6s
21:2028°07.9'N111°55.2'W26°04.2'N111°20.7'W27°05.8'N111°38.1'W 0.938 57° 238° 235 km 07m02.6s
21:2228°22.1'N111°09.1'W26°17.6'N110°36.5'W27°19.6'N110°53.0'W 0.937 56° 239° 235 km 07m00.4s
21:2428°36.2'N110°21.6'W26°30.8'N109°51.3'W27°33.2'N110°06.7'W 0.937 55° 240° 236 km 06m58.2s
21:2628°50.0'N109°32.9'W26°43.7'N109°04.8'W27°46.6'N109°19.1'W 0.937 54° 241° 237 km 06m55.9s
21:2829°03.6'N108°42.7'W26°56.5'N108°16.9'W27°59.8'N108°30.1'W 0.937 52° 242° 237 km 06m53.5s
21:3029°17.0'N107°51.0'W27°09.0'N107°27.7'W28°12.7'N107°39.7'W 0.937 51° 243° 238 km 06m51.1s
21:3229°30.1'N106°57.6'W27°21.2'N106°36.9'W28°25.4'N106°47.6'W 0.937 50° 245° 239 km 06m48.5s
21:3429°43.0'N106°02.4'W27°33.1'N105°44.6'W28°37.8'N105°53.9'W 0.936 49° 246° 240 km 06m45.9s
21:3629°55.6'N105°05.4'W27°44.8'N104°50.5'W28°49.9'N104°58.4'W 0.936 48° 247° 241 km 06m43.2s
21:3830°07.8'N104°06.3'W27°56.2'N103°54.5'W29°01.7'N104°00.9'W 0.936 46° 248° 241 km 06m40.4s
21:4030°19.8'N103°04.9'W28°07.2'N102°56.4'W29°13.2'N103°01.3'W 0.936 45° 249° 243 km 06m37.5s
21:4230°31.4'N102°01.2'W28°17.9'N101°56.2'W29°24.4'N101°59.3'W 0.935 44° 250° 244 km 06m34.5s
21:4430°42.7'N100°54.7'W28°28.2'N100°53.6'W29°35.1'N100°54.9'W 0.935 42° 251° 245 km 06m31.5s
21:4630°53.5'N099°45.4'W28°38.1'N099°48.3'W29°45.5'N099°47.6'W 0.935 41° 252° 246 km 06m28.3s
21:4831°03.8'N098°32.8'W28°47.5'N098°40.1'W29°55.4'N098°37.3'W 0.935 40° 253° 247 km 06m25.0s
21:5031°13.7'N097°16.6'W28°56.5'N097°28.8'W30°04.8'N097°23.7'W 0.934 38° 254° 248 km 06m21.7s
21:5231°23.0'N095°56.4'W29°04.9'N096°13.8'W30°13.6'N096°06.2'W 0.934 37° 255° 250 km 06m18.2s
21:5431°31.7'N094°31.6'W29°12.7'N094°54.8'W30°21.9'N094°44.5'W 0.934 35° 256° 251 km 06m14.6s
21:5631°39.7'N093°01.7'W29°19.8'N093°31.3'W30°29.4'N093°17.9'W 0.933 33° 257° 253 km 06m10.8s
21:5831°46.8'N091°25.6'W29°26.1'N092°02.5'W30°36.1'N091°45.6'W 0.933 32° 259° 255 km 06m06.9s
22:0031°53.0'N089°42.5'W29°31.5'N090°27.6'W30°41.9'N090°06.9'W 0.933 30° 260° 257 km 06m02.9s
22:0231°58.1'N087°50.8'W29°35.9'N088°45.5'W30°46.6'N088°20.2'W 0.932 28° 261° 259 km 05m58.6s
22:0432°01.8'N085°48.6'W29°39.0'N086°54.6'W30°50.0'N086°24.1'W 0.932 26° 263° 261 km 05m54.2s
22:0632°03.7'N083°32.8'W29°40.5'N084°52.9'W30°51.8'N084°15.9'W 0.931 24° 264° 264 km 05m49.4s
22:0832°03.3'N080°59.0'W29°40.1'N082°37.1'W30°51.4'N081°51.8'W 0.931 21° 266° 267 km 05m44.3s
22:1031°59.6'N077°59.0'W29°37.0'N080°02.1'W30°48.1'N079°05.7'W 0.930 18° 267° 270 km 05m38.8s
22:1231°50.5'N074°15.9'W29°30.0'N076°58.8'W30°40.3'N075°45.2'W 0.929 15° 269° 274 km 05m32.4s
22:1431°29.8'N068°58.5'W29°16.4'N073°06.2'W30°24.1'N071°19.8'W 0.928 11° 272° 279 km 05m24.6s
22:16 - - 28°46.1'N067°08.5'W29°34.2'N062°26.4'W 0.926 277° 289 km 05m11.0s
Limits30°30.8'N059°09.2'W27°56.8'N059°56.7'W29°13.6'N059°33.5'W 0.925 - 292 km 05m07.1s

ΔT = 24.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:21:20.820:20:56.419°13.6'N128°37.8'W 77.2° 162.6° 229.9 km07m30.35s
Greatest Duration20:26:12.220:25:47.719°56.2'N127°21.4'W 77.0° 173.7° 229.4 km07m30.56s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1940 Apr 07 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 24.5 seconds for this eclipse.

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