Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1944 Jan 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1944 Jan 25 . 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 1944 Jan 25
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°44.8'N111°52.1'W03°01.7'N112°06.0'W03°23.3'N111°59.0'W 1.025 - 84 km 01m22.9s
13:4601°12.4'N104°27.9'W00°18.5'N104°25.4'W00°45.1'N104°25.6'W 1.027 109° 92 km 01m37.5s
13:4800°28.0'S099°30.7'W01°22.8'S099°34.7'W00°55.6'S099°32.1'W 1.029 14° 110° 98 km 01m48.6s
13:5001°33.7'S096°11.1'W02°30.1'S096°17.1'W02°02.1'S096°13.5'W 1.030 18° 109° 102 km 01m56.9s
13:5202°24.7'S093°32.2'W03°22.6'S093°39.1'W02°53.8'S093°35.2'W 1.031 21° 109° 105 km 02m04.0s
13:5403°06.8'S091°17.2'W04°06.0'S091°24.5'W03°36.5'S091°20.4'W 1.032 24° 109° 108 km 02m10.3s
13:5603°42.8'S089°18.3'W04°43.3'S089°25.7'W04°13.2'S089°21.6'W 1.033 26° 109° 111 km 02m16.2s
13:5804°14.2'S087°31.3'W05°15.9'S087°38.6'W04°45.2'S087°34.5'W 1.033 29° 109° 113 km 02m21.7s
14:0004°42.0'S085°53.3'W05°44.8'S086°00.4'W05°13.5'S085°56.5'W 1.034 31° 109° 115 km 02m26.9s
14:0205°06.8'S084°22.5'W06°10.6'S084°29.5'W05°38.8'S084°25.7'W 1.035 33° 109° 117 km 02m31.9s
14:0405°29.1'S082°57.8'W06°33.9'S083°04.4'W06°01.6'S083°00.8'W 1.035 35° 109° 119 km 02m36.6s
14:0605°49.3'S081°38.1'W06°55.0'S081°44.4'W06°22.2'S081°40.9'W 1.036 37° 109° 120 km 02m41.2s
14:0806°07.6'S080°22.6'W07°14.2'S080°28.5'W06°41.0'S080°25.3'W 1.036 38° 109° 122 km 02m45.6s
14:1006°24.2'S079°10.9'W07°31.6'S079°16.3'W06°58.0'S079°13.3'W 1.036 40° 109° 123 km 02m49.9s
14:1206°39.3'S078°02.4'W07°47.5'S078°07.4'W07°13.5'S078°04.6'W 1.037 42° 109° 125 km 02m54.1s
14:1406°53.1'S076°56.7'W08°02.1'S077°01.2'W07°27.6'S076°58.7'W 1.037 43° 109° 126 km 02m58.1s
14:1607°05.6'S075°53.7'W08°15.3'S075°57.6'W07°40.5'S075°55.4'W 1.038 45° 109° 127 km 03m02.0s
14:1807°17.0'S074°52.8'W08°27.3'S074°56.2'W07°52.2'S074°54.3'W 1.038 46° 110° 129 km 03m05.7s
14:2007°27.3'S073°54.1'W08°38.3'S073°56.9'W08°02.8'S073°55.3'W 1.038 48° 110° 130 km 03m09.4s
14:2207°36.7'S072°57.2'W08°48.2'S072°59.5'W08°12.5'S072°58.1'W 1.039 49° 110° 131 km 03m12.9s
14:2407°45.1'S072°02.0'W08°57.1'S072°03.7'W08°21.1'S072°02.6'W 1.039 51° 110° 132 km 03m16.4s
14:2607°52.6'S071°08.4'W09°05.2'S071°09.4'W08°28.9'S071°08.7'W 1.039 52° 110° 133 km 03m19.7s
14:2807°59.3'S070°16.2'W09°12.4'S070°16.6'W08°35.9'S070°16.2'W 1.039 53° 111° 134 km 03m22.9s
14:3008°05.2'S069°25.3'W09°18.8'S069°25.1'W08°42.0'S069°25.0'W 1.040 55° 111° 135 km 03m26.1s
14:3208°10.4'S068°35.7'W09°24.4'S068°34.8'W08°47.4'S068°35.0'W 1.040 56° 111° 136 km 03m29.1s
14:3408°14.8'S067°47.1'W09°29.3'S067°45.5'W08°52.1'S067°46.1'W 1.040 57° 112° 136 km 03m32.0s
14:3608°18.6'S066°59.6'W09°33.4'S066°57.4'W08°56.1'S066°58.3'W 1.040 58° 112° 137 km 03m34.8s
14:3808°21.7'S066°13.1'W09°36.9'S066°10.1'W08°59.3'S066°11.4'W 1.040 59° 113° 138 km 03m37.5s
14:4008°24.2'S065°27.4'W09°39.8'S065°23.8'W09°02.0'S065°25.5'W 1.041 61° 113° 139 km 03m40.1s
14:4208°26.1'S064°42.6'W09°41.9'S064°38.3'W09°04.0'S064°40.3'W 1.041 62° 114° 139 km 03m42.6s
14:4408°27.4'S063°58.6'W09°43.5'S063°53.6'W09°05.5'S063°55.9'W 1.041 63° 115° 140 km 03m45.0s
14:4608°28.1'S063°15.2'W09°44.5'S063°09.6'W09°06.3'S063°12.3'W 1.041 64° 115° 141 km 03m47.3s
14:4808°28.3'S062°32.6'W09°44.9'S062°26.3'W09°06.6'S062°29.3'W 1.041 65° 116° 141 km 03m49.4s
14:5008°27.9'S061°50.6'W09°44.7'S061°43.6'W09°06.3'S061°47.0'W 1.042 66° 117° 142 km 03m51.5s
14:5208°27.0'S061°09.2'W09°44.0'S061°01.5'W09°05.5'S061°05.2'W 1.042 67° 118° 142 km 03m53.4s
14:5408°25.5'S060°28.3'W09°42.7'S060°19.9'W09°04.1'S060°24.0'W 1.042 68° 120° 143 km 03m55.3s
14:5608°23.6'S059°48.0'W09°40.9'S059°38.9'W09°02.3'S059°43.3'W 1.042 69° 121° 143 km 03m57.0s
14:5808°21.2'S059°08.1'W09°38.6'S058°58.3'W08°59.9'S059°03.1'W 1.042 70° 123° 144 km 03m58.6s
15:0008°18.3'S058°28.7'W09°35.8'S058°18.2'W08°57.1'S058°23.4'W 1.042 71° 124° 144 km 04m00.1s
15:0208°14.9'S057°49.7'W09°32.5'S057°38.5'W08°53.7'S057°44.0'W 1.042 72° 126° 144 km 04m01.4s
15:0408°11.1'S057°11.0'W09°28.7'S056°59.2'W08°49.9'S057°05.0'W 1.042 73° 128° 145 km 04m02.7s
15:0608°06.7'S056°32.7'W09°24.4'S056°20.2'W08°45.6'S056°26.4'W 1.042 74° 131° 145 km 04m03.9s
15:0808°02.0'S055°54.8'W09°19.7'S055°41.6'W08°40.8'S055°48.1'W 1.042 74° 134° 145 km 04m04.9s
15:1007°56.8'S055°17.1'W09°14.4'S055°03.3'W08°35.6'S055°10.2'W 1.043 75° 136° 145 km 04m05.8s
15:1207°51.1'S054°39.7'W09°08.8'S054°25.2'W08°29.9'S054°32.4'W 1.043 76° 140° 146 km 04m06.6s
15:1407°45.0'S054°02.6'W09°02.6'S053°47.5'W08°23.8'S053°55.0'W 1.043 76° 143° 146 km 04m07.3s
15:1607°38.4'S053°25.6'W08°56.0'S053°09.9'W08°17.2'S053°17.8'W 1.043 77° 147° 146 km 04m07.8s
15:1807°31.5'S052°48.9'W08°48.9'S052°32.5'W08°10.2'S052°40.7'W 1.043 77° 152° 146 km 04m08.3s
15:2007°24.1'S052°12.4'W08°41.4'S051°55.4'W08°02.8'S052°03.9'W 1.043 78° 156° 146 km 04m08.6s
15:2207°16.2'S051°35.9'W08°33.5'S051°18.4'W07°54.9'S051°27.2'W 1.043 78° 161° 146 km 04m08.8s
15:2407°08.0'S050°59.7'W08°25.1'S050°41.5'W07°46.5'S050°50.6'W 1.043 78° 166° 146 km 04m08.9s
15:2606°59.3'S050°23.5'W08°16.2'S050°04.7'W07°37.8'S050°14.1'W 1.043 78° 172° 146 km 04m08.9s
15:2806°50.2'S049°47.4'W08°07.0'S049°28.1'W07°28.6'S049°37.8'W 1.043 78° 177° 146 km 04m08.7s
15:3006°40.6'S049°11.4'W07°57.2'S048°51.5'W07°18.9'S049°01.5'W 1.043 78° 182° 146 km 04m08.5s
15:3206°30.7'S048°35.3'W07°47.1'S048°14.9'W07°08.9'S048°25.2'W 1.043 78° 187° 146 km 04m08.1s
15:3406°20.3'S047°59.3'W07°36.4'S047°38.4'W06°58.4'S047°48.9'W 1.043 78° 192° 146 km 04m07.6s
15:3606°09.4'S047°23.3'W07°25.4'S047°01.9'W06°47.4'S047°12.7'W 1.043 77° 196° 145 km 04m07.0s
15:3805°58.2'S046°47.3'W07°13.9'S046°25.3'W06°36.1'S046°36.4'W 1.043 77° 200° 145 km 04m06.3s
15:4005°46.5'S046°11.2'W07°01.9'S045°48.7'W06°24.2'S046°00.0'W 1.043 76° 204° 145 km 04m05.5s
15:4205°34.4'S045°35.0'W06°49.5'S045°12.0'W06°12.0'S045°23.6'W 1.043 75° 207° 145 km 04m04.6s
15:4405°21.8'S044°58.7'W06°36.7'S044°35.3'W05°59.3'S044°47.0'W 1.043 75° 210° 145 km 04m03.5s
15:4605°08.8'S044°22.2'W06°23.4'S043°58.4'W05°46.1'S044°10.4'W 1.043 74° 213° 144 km 04m02.4s
15:4804°55.3'S043°45.6'W06°09.6'S043°21.3'W05°32.5'S043°33.5'W 1.042 73° 216° 144 km 04m01.1s
15:5004°41.4'S043°08.8'W05°55.4'S042°44.1'W05°18.4'S042°56.5'W 1.042 72° 218° 144 km 03m59.8s
15:5204°27.0'S042°31.7'W05°40.6'S042°06.6'W05°03.9'S042°19.3'W 1.042 71° 220° 143 km 03m58.3s
15:5404°12.2'S041°54.4'W05°25.4'S041°29.0'W04°48.9'S041°41.8'W 1.042 70° 222° 143 km 03m56.7s
15:5603°56.9'S041°16.8'W05°09.8'S040°51.0'W04°33.4'S041°04.0'W 1.042 69° 224° 142 km 03m55.1s
15:5803°41.1'S040°38.9'W04°53.6'S040°12.7'W04°17.4'S040°25.9'W 1.042 68° 225° 142 km 03m53.3s
16:0003°24.7'S040°00.6'W04°36.9'S039°34.1'W04°00.9'S039°47.5'W 1.042 67° 227° 141 km 03m51.4s
16:0203°07.9'S039°22.0'W04°19.7'S038°55.2'W03°43.9'S039°08.7'W 1.042 66° 228° 141 km 03m49.4s
16:0402°50.6'S038°42.8'W04°01.9'S038°15.8'W03°26.3'S038°29.4'W 1.042 65° 229° 140 km 03m47.4s
16:0602°32.7'S038°03.2'W03°43.6'S037°35.9'W03°08.3'S037°49.7'W 1.041 64° 230° 140 km 03m45.2s
16:0802°14.3'S037°23.1'W03°24.8'S036°55.5'W02°49.6'S037°09.5'W 1.041 63° 231° 139 km 03m43.0s
16:1001°55.4'S036°42.4'W03°05.4'S036°14.6'W02°30.4'S036°28.6'W 1.041 62° 232° 139 km 03m40.6s
16:1201°35.8'S036°01.0'W02°45.4'S035°33.0'W02°10.7'S035°47.2'W 1.041 61° 233° 138 km 03m38.2s
16:1401°15.6'S035°19.0'W02°24.8'S034°50.8'W01°50.3'S035°05.1'W 1.041 60° 233° 137 km 03m35.6s
16:1600°54.9'S034°36.2'W02°03.5'S034°07.9'W01°29.3'S034°22.2'W 1.041 59° 234° 137 km 03m33.0s
16:1800°33.4'S033°52.6'W01°41.6'S033°24.1'W01°07.6'S033°38.5'W 1.040 57° 235° 136 km 03m30.3s
16:2000°11.4'S033°08.1'W01°19.1'S032°39.5'W00°45.3'S032°53.9'W 1.040 56° 235° 135 km 03m27.5s
16:2200°11.4'N032°22.6'W00°55.8'S031°53.9'W00°22.2'S032°08.4'W 1.040 55° 236° 135 km 03m24.6s
16:2400°35.0'N031°36.0'W00°31.7'S031°07.2'W00°01.5'N031°21.8'W 1.040 54° 236° 134 km 03m21.6s
16:2600°59.3'N030°48.2'W00°06.9'S030°19.4'W00°26.1'N030°34.0'W 1.040 52° 237° 133 km 03m18.5s
16:2801°24.4'N029°59.1'W00°18.8'N029°30.3'W00°51.5'N029°44.9'W 1.039 51° 237° 132 km 03m15.3s
16:3001°50.4'N029°08.6'W00°45.3'N028°39.8'W01°17.8'N028°54.4'W 1.039 50° 238° 131 km 03m12.1s
16:3202°17.3'N028°16.5'W01°12.8'N027°47.8'W01°44.9'N028°02.4'W 1.039 48° 238° 130 km 03m08.7s
16:3402°45.2'N027°22.7'W01°41.3'N026°54.1'W02°13.1'N027°08.6'W 1.038 47° 239° 129 km 03m05.2s
16:3603°14.2'N026°26.9'W02°10.8'N025°58.4'W02°42.4'N026°12.9'W 1.038 45° 239° 128 km 03m01.6s
16:3803°44.3'N025°29.0'W02°41.5'N025°00.7'W03°12.7'N025°15.1'W 1.038 44° 239° 127 km 02m58.0s
16:4004°15.6'N024°28.6'W03°13.4'N024°00.5'W03°44.4'N024°14.8'W 1.037 42° 240° 126 km 02m54.2s
16:4204°48.3'N023°25.5'W03°46.7'N022°57.6'W04°17.4'N023°11.8'W 1.037 41° 240° 124 km 02m50.2s
16:4405°22.4'N022°19.2'W04°21.6'N021°51.7'W04°51.9'N022°05.7'W 1.037 39° 241° 123 km 02m46.2s
16:4605°58.3'N021°09.4'W04°58.1'N020°42.2'W05°28.1'N020°56.1'W 1.036 37° 241° 122 km 02m42.0s
16:4806°36.0'N019°55.4'W05°36.5'N019°28.6'W06°06.1'N019°42.3'W 1.036 35° 241° 120 km 02m37.7s
16:5007°15.9'N018°36.5'W06°17.1'N018°10.2'W06°46.4'N018°23.6'W 1.035 33° 242° 119 km 02m33.2s
16:5207°58.3'N017°11.8'W07°00.2'N016°46.1'W07°29.1'N016°59.3'W 1.035 31° 242° 117 km 02m28.5s
16:5408°43.6'N015°40.0'W07°46.3'N015°15.0'W08°14.8'N015°27.8'W 1.034 29° 243° 115 km 02m23.6s
16:5609°32.5'N013°59.3'W08°36.1'N013°35.3'W09°04.1'N013°47.7'W 1.033 27° 243° 113 km 02m18.4s
16:5810°25.9'N012°07.3'W09°30.3'N011°44.4'W09°57.9'N011°56.2'W 1.033 25° 244° 110 km 02m12.8s
17:0011°25.3'N009°59.8'W10°30.6'N009°38.4'W10°57.8'N009°49.5'W 1.032 22° 244° 108 km 02m06.8s
17:0212°33.1'N007°30.0'W11°39.4'N007°10.5'W12°06.0'N007°20.7'W 1.031 19° 245° 105 km 02m00.2s
17:0413°54.4'N004°23.6'W13°01.6'N004°07.1'W13°27.7'N004°15.9'W 1.030 15° 246° 101 km 01m52.5s
17:0615°43.7'N000°00.8'E14°51.3'N000°10.5'E15°17.2'N000°04.8'E 1.028 10° 247° 96 km 01m42.6s
Limits19°10.6'N009°15.7'E18°26.7'N009°31.6'E18°48.6'N009°23.6'E 1.025 - 86 km 01m25.0s

ΔT = 26.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:26:42.215:26:15.807°36.6'S050°16.0'W 78.4° 172.2° 146.0 km04m08.86s
Greatest Duration15:25:00.215:24:33.807°44.1'S050°40.3'W 78.3° 167.8° 146.0 km04m08.90s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1944 Jan 25 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 26.4 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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