Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1940 Oct 01

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1940 Oct 01 . 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 1940 Oct 01
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits03°24.1'N078°23.0'W01°57.8'N078°38.6'W02°41.0'N078°30.7'W 1.046 - 160 km 02m27.9s
11:0602°27.9'N067°33.8'W01°13.3'N070°16.5'W01°50.0'N068°49.7'W 1.050 10° 94° 173 km 02m50.5s
11:0801°53.3'N063°27.1'W00°34.1'N065°28.1'W01°13.3'N064°25.3'W 1.051 15° 94° 179 km 03m02.5s
11:1001°22.1'N060°24.2'W00°00.5'N062°09.5'W00°41.0'N061°15.3'W 1.052 19° 94° 183 km 03m11.9s
11:1200°52.7'N057°54.2'W00°30.5'S059°31.0'W00°10.9'N058°41.4'W 1.053 22° 94° 187 km 03m20.1s
11:1400°24.6'N055°45.2'W01°00.0'S057°16.5'W00°17.9'S056°29.8'W 1.054 25° 93° 190 km 03m27.4s
11:1600°02.7'S053°51.0'W01°28.4'S055°18.5'W00°45.8'S054°33.9'W 1.055 27° 93° 192 km 03m34.1s
11:1800°29.3'S052°07.9'W01°56.0'S053°32.7'W01°12.8'S052°49.5'W 1.055 29° 93° 195 km 03m40.4s
11:2000°55.4'S050°33.6'W02°22.9'S051°56.3'W01°39.4'S051°14.2'W 1.056 31° 93° 197 km 03m46.3s
11:2201°21.1'S049°06.4'W02°49.3'S050°27.5'W02°05.4'S049°46.3'W 1.057 33° 92° 199 km 03m52.0s
11:2401°46.4'S047°45.1'W03°15.3'S049°04.9'W02°31.0'S048°24.4'W 1.057 35° 92° 201 km 03m57.3s
11:2602°11.3'S046°28.9'W03°40.9'S047°47.5'W02°56.3'S047°07.6'W 1.058 37° 92° 203 km 04m02.5s
11:2802°36.0'S045°16.9'W04°06.1'S046°34.6'W03°21.2'S045°55.2'W 1.058 39° 91° 204 km 04m07.4s
11:3003°00.4'S044°08.6'W04°31.1'S045°25.6'W03°45.9'S044°46.6'W 1.058 40° 91° 206 km 04m12.1s
11:3203°24.6'S043°03.6'W04°55.8'S044°20.0'W04°10.4'S043°41.3'W 1.059 42° 91° 207 km 04m16.7s
11:3403°48.6'S042°01.5'W05°20.3'S043°17.3'W04°34.6'S042°39.0'W 1.059 44° 90° 208 km 04m21.1s
11:3604°12.5'S041°02.0'W05°44.5'S042°17.3'W04°58.6'S041°39.2'W 1.060 45° 90° 210 km 04m25.3s
11:3804°36.1'S040°04.8'W06°08.6'S041°19.7'W05°22.5'S040°41.8'W 1.060 46° 89° 211 km 04m29.4s
11:4004°59.6'S039°09.7'W06°32.5'S040°24.1'W05°46.2'S039°46.5'W 1.060 48° 88° 212 km 04m33.4s
11:4205°23.0'S038°16.4'W06°56.2'S039°30.5'W06°09.7'S038°53.1'W 1.060 49° 88° 213 km 04m37.2s
11:4405°46.2'S037°24.9'W07°19.8'S038°38.6'W06°33.1'S038°01.4'W 1.061 51° 87° 213 km 04m40.9s
11:4606°09.3'S036°34.9'W07°43.2'S037°48.3'W06°56.3'S037°11.2'W 1.061 52° 86° 214 km 04m44.4s
11:4806°32.3'S035°46.3'W08°06.5'S036°59.4'W07°19.5'S036°22.5'W 1.061 53° 86° 215 km 04m47.8s
11:5006°55.1'S034°59.0'W08°29.7'S036°11.8'W07°42.5'S035°35.1'W 1.062 54° 85° 215 km 04m51.1s
11:5207°17.9'S034°12.9'W08°52.8'S035°25.4'W08°05.4'S034°48.8'W 1.062 56° 84° 216 km 04m54.3s
11:5407°40.6'S033°27.9'W09°15.8'S034°40.1'W08°28.2'S034°03.7'W 1.062 57° 83° 217 km 04m57.4s
11:5608°03.1'S032°43.8'W09°38.6'S033°55.8'W08°50.9'S033°19.5'W 1.062 58° 82° 217 km 05m00.3s
11:5808°25.6'S032°00.7'W10°01.4'S033°12.4'W09°13.6'S032°36.3'W 1.062 59° 81° 217 km 05m03.1s
12:0008°48.0'S031°18.4'W10°24.1'S032°29.9'W09°36.1'S031°53.9'W 1.063 60° 80° 218 km 05m05.8s
12:0209°10.3'S030°36.9'W10°46.7'S031°48.0'W09°58.6'S031°12.2'W 1.063 61° 78° 218 km 05m08.4s
12:0409°32.6'S029°56.1'W11°09.2'S031°06.9'W10°20.9'S030°31.3'W 1.063 62° 77° 218 km 05m10.8s
12:0609°54.8'S029°15.9'W11°31.7'S030°26.5'W10°43.2'S029°50.9'W 1.063 63° 76° 219 km 05m13.2s
12:0810°16.9'S028°36.3'W11°54.0'S029°46.6'W11°05.5'S029°11.2'W 1.063 64° 74° 219 km 05m15.4s
12:1010°38.9'S027°57.3'W12°16.3'S029°07.2'W11°27.6'S028°32.0'W 1.063 65° 72° 219 km 05m17.5s
12:1211°00.9'S027°18.7'W12°38.6'S028°28.3'W11°49.7'S027°53.3'W 1.063 66° 71° 219 km 05m19.5s
12:1411°22.8'S026°40.5'W13°00.7'S027°49.8'W12°11.8'S027°15.0'W 1.064 67° 69° 219 km 05m21.4s
12:1611°44.6'S026°02.8'W13°22.8'S027°11.7'W12°33.7'S026°37.1'W 1.064 68° 66° 219 km 05m23.1s
12:1812°06.4'S025°25.4'W13°44.9'S026°34.0'W12°55.7'S025°59.5'W 1.064 69° 64° 219 km 05m24.8s
12:2012°28.2'S024°48.3'W14°06.9'S025°56.5'W13°17.5'S025°22.2'W 1.064 70° 62° 219 km 05m26.3s
12:2212°49.8'S024°11.4'W14°28.8'S025°19.3'W13°39.3'S024°45.2'W 1.064 71° 59° 219 km 05m27.7s
12:2413°11.5'S023°34.8'W14°50.7'S024°42.3'W14°01.1'S024°08.4'W 1.064 71° 56° 219 km 05m29.0s
12:2613°33.0'S022°58.4'W15°12.6'S024°05.5'W14°22.8'S023°31.8'W 1.064 72° 53° 219 km 05m30.2s
12:2813°54.6'S022°22.2'W15°34.4'S023°28.8'W14°44.4'S022°55.3'W 1.064 73° 50° 219 km 05m31.2s
12:3014°16.1'S021°46.1'W15°56.1'S022°52.2'W15°06.0'S022°19.0'W 1.064 73° 47° 219 km 05m32.2s
12:3214°37.5'S021°10.0'W16°17.8'S022°15.7'W15°27.6'S021°42.7'W 1.064 74° 43° 219 km 05m33.0s
12:3414°58.9'S020°34.1'W16°39.5'S021°39.2'W15°49.1'S021°06.5'W 1.064 74° 39° 219 km 05m33.7s
12:3615°20.2'S019°58.1'W17°01.1'S021°02.8'W16°10.6'S020°30.3'W 1.064 74° 35° 219 km 05m34.3s
12:3815°41.5'S019°22.2'W17°22.6'S020°26.3'W16°32.0'S019°54.1'W 1.064 75° 31° 219 km 05m34.7s
12:4016°02.8'S018°46.2'W17°44.2'S019°49.7'W16°53.4'S019°17.8'W 1.064 75° 27° 218 km 05m35.1s
12:4216°24.0'S018°10.1'W18°05.7'S019°13.0'W17°14.8'S018°41.5'W 1.064 75° 22° 218 km 05m35.3s
12:4416°45.2'S017°33.9'W18°27.1'S018°36.3'W17°36.1'S018°05.0'W 1.064 75° 18° 218 km 05m35.4s
12:4617°06.3'S016°57.6'W18°48.5'S017°59.3'W17°57.4'S017°28.4'W 1.064 75° 13° 218 km 05m35.4s
12:4817°27.4'S016°21.1'W19°09.9'S017°22.2'W18°18.6'S016°51.6'W 1.064 75° 217 km 05m35.2s
12:5017°48.5'S015°44.4'W19°31.2'S016°44.8'W18°39.8'S016°14.6'W 1.064 75° 217 km 05m35.0s
12:5218°09.5'S015°07.5'W19°52.5'S016°07.1'W19°00.9'S015°37.3'W 1.064 74° 217 km 05m34.6s
12:5418°30.5'S014°30.3'W20°13.8'S015°29.2'W19°22.0'S014°59.7'W 1.064 74° 356° 217 km 05m34.1s
12:5618°51.4'S013°52.9'W20°35.0'S014°50.9'W19°43.1'S014°21.9'W 1.064 73° 352° 216 km 05m33.4s
12:5819°12.3'S013°15.0'W20°56.2'S014°12.3'W20°04.2'S013°43.7'W 1.064 73° 349° 216 km 05m32.7s
13:0019°33.2'S012°36.8'W21°17.3'S013°33.2'W20°25.2'S013°05.0'W 1.064 72° 345° 215 km 05m31.8s
13:0219°54.0'S011°58.2'W21°38.4'S012°53.7'W20°46.1'S012°26.0'W 1.064 72° 342° 215 km 05m30.8s
13:0420°14.8'S011°19.2'W21°59.5'S012°13.7'W21°07.0'S011°46.5'W 1.064 71° 339° 215 km 05m29.7s
13:0620°35.5'S010°39.6'W22°20.5'S011°33.2'W21°27.9'S011°06.5'W 1.064 70° 336° 214 km 05m28.5s
13:0820°56.3'S009°59.6'W22°41.5'S010°52.1'W21°48.7'S010°25.9'W 1.064 69° 333° 214 km 05m27.1s
13:1021°16.9'S009°18.9'W23°02.4'S010°10.4'W22°09.5'S009°44.7'W 1.064 69° 331° 213 km 05m25.7s
13:1221°37.5'S008°37.6'W23°23.3'S009°28.1'W22°30.3'S009°02.9'W 1.064 68° 328° 213 km 05m24.1s
13:1421°58.1'S007°55.7'W23°44.2'S008°45.0'W22°51.0'S008°20.4'W 1.064 67° 326° 213 km 05m22.3s
13:1622°18.7'S007°13.1'W24°05.0'S008°01.1'W23°11.7'S007°37.2'W 1.063 66° 324° 212 km 05m20.5s
13:1822°39.2'S006°29.6'W24°25.7'S007°16.5'W23°32.3'S006°53.2'W 1.063 65° 322° 212 km 05m18.5s
13:2022°59.6'S005°45.4'W24°46.4'S006°30.9'W23°52.9'S006°08.3'W 1.063 64° 320° 211 km 05m16.4s
13:2223°20.0'S005°00.3'W25°07.0'S005°44.4'W24°13.4'S005°22.5'W 1.063 63° 318° 210 km 05m14.2s
13:2423°40.4'S004°14.2'W25°27.6'S004°56.9'W24°33.8'S004°35.7'W 1.063 62° 316° 210 km 05m11.9s
13:2624°00.7'S003°27.1'W25°48.1'S004°08.3'W24°54.2'S003°47.9'W 1.063 61° 315° 209 km 05m09.4s
13:2824°20.9'S002°38.9'W26°08.6'S003°18.6'W25°14.6'S002°59.0'W 1.063 60° 313° 209 km 05m06.8s
13:3024°41.1'S001°49.5'W26°29.0'S002°27.6'W25°34.8'S002°08.8'W 1.062 59° 312° 208 km 05m04.1s
13:3225°01.2'S000°58.9'W26°49.3'S001°35.3'W25°55.1'S001°17.4'W 1.062 57° 310° 207 km 05m01.3s
13:3425°21.2'S000°07.0'W27°09.5'S000°41.5'W26°15.2'S000°24.5'W 1.062 56° 309° 207 km 04m58.3s
13:3625°41.2'S000°46.4'E27°29.6'S000°13.8'E26°35.3'S000°29.8'E 1.062 55° 307° 206 km 04m55.2s
13:3826°01.1'S001°41.4'E27°49.7'S001°10.8'E26°55.2'S001°25.7'E 1.061 54° 306° 205 km 04m52.0s
13:4026°21.0'S002°38.1'E28°09.6'S002°09.5'E27°15.1'S002°23.4'E 1.061 53° 305° 204 km 04m48.6s
13:4226°40.7'S003°36.6'E28°29.5'S003°10.2'E27°34.9'S003°23.0'E 1.061 51° 303° 204 km 04m45.1s
13:4427°00.3'S004°37.0'E28°49.2'S004°13.0'E27°54.6'S004°24.6'E 1.061 50° 302° 203 km 04m41.5s
13:4627°19.9'S005°39.7'E29°08.8'S005°18.1'E28°14.1'S005°28.4'E 1.060 49° 301° 202 km 04m37.8s
13:4827°39.3'S006°44.6'E29°28.2'S006°25.6'E28°33.6'S006°34.6'E 1.060 47° 300° 201 km 04m33.9s
13:5027°58.6'S007°52.2'E29°47.5'S007°35.9'E28°52.9'S007°43.5'E 1.060 46° 298° 200 km 04m29.8s
13:5228°17.8'S009°02.5'E30°06.6'S008°49.2'E29°12.0'S008°55.2'E 1.059 44° 297° 199 km 04m25.6s
13:5428°36.8'S010°16.0'E30°25.5'S010°05.8'E29°30.9'S010°10.2'E 1.059 43° 296° 198 km 04m21.3s
13:5628°55.6'S011°32.9'E30°44.2'S011°26.1'E29°49.7'S011°28.8'E 1.059 41° 295° 197 km 04m16.8s
13:5829°14.2'S012°53.6'E31°02.6'S012°50.5'E30°08.2'S012°51.3'E 1.058 40° 293° 196 km 04m12.1s
14:0029°32.6'S014°18.7'E31°20.8'S014°19.6'E30°26.5'S014°18.3'E 1.058 38° 292° 194 km 04m07.2s
14:0229°50.8'S015°48.8'E31°38.6'S015°53.9'E30°44.5'S015°50.4'E 1.057 36° 291° 193 km 04m02.1s
14:0430°08.6'S017°24.5'E31°56.1'S017°34.4'E31°02.2'S017°28.4'E 1.057 35° 289° 192 km 03m56.8s
14:0630°26.1'S019°06.8'E32°13.1'S019°22.0'E31°19.5'S019°13.3'E 1.056 33° 288° 190 km 03m51.3s
14:0830°43.2'S020°56.8'E32°29.5'S021°18.1'E31°36.3'S021°06.2'E 1.056 31° 287° 189 km 03m45.4s
14:1030°59.8'S022°56.3'E32°45.4'S023°24.4'E31°52.5'S023°09.0'E 1.055 28° 285° 187 km 03m39.3s
14:1231°15.8'S025°07.3'E33°00.4'S025°43.7'E32°08.0'S025°23.9'E 1.055 26° 283° 185 km 03m32.7s
14:1431°30.9'S027°33.2'E33°14.3'S028°19.6'E32°22.5'S027°54.6'E 1.054 24° 282° 183 km 03m25.7s
14:1631°45.0'S030°19.0'E33°26.8'S031°18.6'E32°35.8'S030°46.7'E 1.053 21° 280° 180 km 03m18.0s
14:1831°57.5'S033°33.8'E33°37.0'S034°52.4'E32°47.3'S034°10.3'E 1.052 17° 278° 177 km 03m09.4s
14:2032°07.3'S037°36.6'E33°43.3'S039°28.0'E32°55.5'S038°27.9'E 1.051 13° 275° 174 km 02m59.1s
14:2232°11.3'S043°25.8'E33°38.5'S047°01.8'E32°55.9'S044°58.5'E 1.049 271° 168 km 02m44.9s
Limits31°53.2'S053°37.4'E33°19.4'S053°55.3'E32°36.2'S053°46.2'E 1.046 - 161 km 02m28.1s

ΔT = 24.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:44:06.112:43:41.417°32.8'S018°16.8'W 75.0° 18.3° 218.0 km05m35.38s
Greatest Duration12:45:03.912:44:39.217°43.0'S017°53.1'W 75.0° 16.1° 217.9 km05m35.39s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1940 Oct 01

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1940 Oct 01 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 24.7 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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