Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1952 Feb 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1952 Feb 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 1952 Feb 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
Limits01°08.6'N021°15.2'W00°25.1'N021°14.1'W00°46.8'N021°14.6'W 1.021 - 79 km 01m13.1s
07:4000°15.6'N014°39.2'W00°45.6'S012°31.3'W00°15.4'S013°31.4'W 1.024 99° 89 km 01m26.8s
07:4200°08.0'S009°32.4'W01°04.2'S008°06.8'W00°36.1'S008°48.5'W 1.025 13° 100° 96 km 01m36.4s
07:4400°13.7'S006°12.7'W01°09.0'S005°00.2'W00°41.3'S005°35.8'W 1.026 17° 100° 101 km 01m43.5s
07:4600°12.2'S003°35.7'W01°07.3'S002°29.9'W00°39.7'S003°02.3'W 1.027 20° 100° 105 km 01m49.4s
07:4800°06.4'S001°23.5'W01°01.6'S000°21.7'W00°33.9'S000°52.2'W 1.028 23° 100° 109 km 01m54.7s
07:5000°02.4'N000°31.9'E00°53.0'S001°31.0'E00°25.2'S001°01.8'E 1.029 25° 100° 112 km 01m59.5s
07:5200°13.4'N002°15.0'E00°42.2'S003°12.3'E00°14.3'S002°43.9'E 1.029 27° 100° 115 km 02m04.0s
07:5400°26.2'N003°48.6'E00°29.6'S004°44.7'E00°01.7'S004°16.9'E 1.030 29° 101° 117 km 02m08.1s
07:5600°40.3'N005°14.6'E00°15.7'S006°09.7'E00°12.4'N005°42.4'E 1.030 31° 101° 120 km 02m12.0s
07:5800°55.7'N006°34.4'E00°00.5'S007°28.8'E00°27.7'N007°01.8'E 1.031 33° 102° 122 km 02m15.7s
08:0001°12.1'N007°48.9'E00°15.7'N008°42.7'E00°44.0'N008°16.0'E 1.031 34° 102° 124 km 02m19.2s
08:0201°29.4'N008°58.8'E00°32.9'N009°52.3'E01°01.2'N009°25.7'E 1.032 36° 102° 126 km 02m22.5s
08:0401°47.5'N010°04.8'E00°50.9'N010°58.0'E01°19.2'N010°31.6'E 1.032 37° 103° 127 km 02m25.7s
08:0602°06.3'N011°07.4'E01°09.6'N012°00.4'E01°38.0'N011°34.0'E 1.032 39° 103° 129 km 02m28.7s
08:0802°25.8'N012°06.9'E01°29.0'N012°59.8'E01°57.4'N012°33.5'E 1.033 40° 104° 131 km 02m31.6s
08:1002°45.9'N013°03.7'E01°49.0'N013°56.5'E02°17.5'N013°30.2'E 1.033 41° 105° 132 km 02m34.3s
08:1203°06.5'N013°58.0'E02°09.6'N014°50.8'E02°38.1'N014°24.5'E 1.033 43° 105° 133 km 02m36.9s
08:1403°27.7'N014°50.2'E02°30.7'N015°42.9'E02°59.3'N015°16.7'E 1.033 44° 106° 134 km 02m39.4s
08:1603°49.3'N015°40.3'E02°52.4'N016°33.0'E03°20.9'N016°06.8'E 1.034 45° 107° 135 km 02m41.8s
08:1804°11.5'N016°28.7'E03°14.5'N017°21.4'E03°43.0'N016°55.1'E 1.034 46° 108° 136 km 02m44.1s
08:2004°34.0'N017°15.3'E03°37.0'N018°08.1'E04°05.5'N017°41.8'E 1.034 47° 109° 137 km 02m46.2s
08:2204°57.0'N018°00.5'E04°00.0'N018°53.2'E04°28.5'N018°26.9'E 1.034 48° 110° 138 km 02m48.3s
08:2405°20.3'N018°44.2'E04°23.4'N019°37.0'E04°51.9'N019°10.7'E 1.035 49° 111° 139 km 02m50.2s
08:2605°44.1'N019°26.6'E04°47.2'N020°19.5'E05°15.6'N019°53.1'E 1.035 50° 112° 139 km 02m52.1s
08:2806°08.2'N020°07.9'E05°11.4'N021°00.8'E05°39.8'N020°34.4'E 1.035 51° 113° 140 km 02m53.8s
08:3006°32.6'N020°48.0'E05°35.9'N021°41.0'E06°04.3'N021°14.6'E 1.035 52° 114° 140 km 02m55.4s
08:3206°57.4'N021°27.2'E06°00.8'N022°20.2'E06°29.1'N021°53.7'E 1.035 53° 115° 141 km 02m57.0s
08:3407°22.6'N022°05.4'E06°26.0'N022°58.4'E06°54.3'N022°32.0'E 1.035 54° 117° 141 km 02m58.4s
08:3607°48.0'N022°42.7'E06°51.5'N023°35.8'E07°19.8'N023°09.3'E 1.036 55° 118° 141 km 02m59.8s
08:3808°13.8'N023°19.2'E07°17.4'N024°12.4'E07°45.6'N023°45.9'E 1.036 55° 119° 141 km 03m01.1s
08:4008°40.0'N023°55.0'E07°43.6'N024°48.2'E08°11.8'N024°21.7'E 1.036 56° 121° 142 km 03m02.2s
08:4209°06.4'N024°30.2'E08°10.1'N025°23.3'E08°38.2'N024°56.8'E 1.036 57° 122° 142 km 03m03.3s
08:4409°33.1'N025°04.7'E08°36.9'N025°57.8'E09°05.0'N025°31.3'E 1.036 58° 124° 142 km 03m04.3s
08:4610°00.2'N025°38.6'E09°04.1'N026°31.8'E09°32.1'N026°05.2'E 1.036 58° 126° 142 km 03m05.2s
08:4810°27.5'N026°12.0'E09°31.5'N027°05.2'E09°59.5'N026°38.6'E 1.036 59° 128° 141 km 03m06.0s
08:5010°55.2'N026°44.9'E09°59.2'N027°38.1'E10°27.2'N027°11.5'E 1.036 59° 129° 141 km 03m06.8s
08:5211°23.1'N027°17.4'E10°27.3'N028°10.5'E10°55.2'N027°44.0'E 1.036 60° 131° 141 km 03m07.4s
08:5411°51.4'N027°49.5'E10°55.6'N028°42.6'E11°23.5'N028°16.1'E 1.036 60° 133° 141 km 03m08.0s
08:5612°19.9'N028°21.2'E11°24.3'N029°14.3'E11°52.1'N028°47.8'E 1.036 61° 135° 141 km 03m08.5s
08:5812°48.8'N028°52.7'E11°53.2'N029°45.7'E12°20.9'N029°19.2'E 1.037 61° 137° 140 km 03m08.9s
09:0013°17.9'N029°23.9'E12°22.4'N030°16.8'E12°50.1'N029°50.3'E 1.037 61° 140° 140 km 03m09.2s
09:0213°47.4'N029°54.8'E12°52.0'N030°47.7'E13°19.6'N030°21.3'E 1.037 61° 142° 140 km 03m09.4s
09:0414°17.1'N030°25.6'E13°21.8'N031°18.4'E13°49.4'N030°52.0'E 1.037 62° 144° 139 km 03m09.5s
09:0614°47.2'N030°56.2'E13°52.0'N031°48.9'E14°19.6'N031°22.5'E 1.037 62° 146° 139 km 03m09.6s
09:0815°17.6'N031°26.7'E14°22.4'N032°19.3'E14°50.0'N031°53.0'E 1.037 62° 149° 138 km 03m09.6s
09:1015°48.3'N031°57.1'E14°53.2'N032°49.6'E15°20.7'N032°23.3'E 1.037 62° 151° 138 km 03m09.5s
09:1216°19.4'N032°27.5'E15°24.3'N033°19.8'E15°51.8'N032°53.6'E 1.037 62° 153° 138 km 03m09.3s
09:1416°50.7'N032°57.9'E15°55.7'N033°50.0'E16°23.1'N033°24.0'E 1.037 62° 156° 137 km 03m09.1s
09:1617°22.4'N033°28.3'E16°27.4'N034°20.3'E16°54.9'N033°54.3'E 1.037 62° 158° 137 km 03m08.8s
09:1817°54.4'N033°58.8'E16°59.5'N034°50.6'E17°26.9'N034°24.7'E 1.037 62° 160° 136 km 03m08.4s
09:2018°26.8'N034°29.4'E17°31.9'N035°21.0'E17°59.3'N034°55.2'E 1.036 61° 162° 135 km 03m07.9s
09:2218°59.5'N035°00.2'E18°04.6'N035°51.6'E18°32.0'N035°25.9'E 1.036 61° 165° 135 km 03m07.3s
09:2419°32.6'N035°31.2'E18°37.7'N036°22.3'E19°05.1'N035°56.8'E 1.036 61° 167° 134 km 03m06.7s
09:2620°06.1'N036°02.4'E19°11.2'N036°53.3'E19°38.6'N036°27.9'E 1.036 60° 169° 134 km 03m06.0s
09:2820°39.9'N036°33.9'E19°45.0'N037°24.6'E20°12.4'N036°59.2'E 1.036 60° 171° 133 km 03m05.2s
09:3021°14.2'N037°05.8'E20°19.2'N037°56.1'E20°46.6'N037°30.9'E 1.036 60° 174° 132 km 03m04.3s
09:3221°48.8'N037°38.0'E20°53.8'N038°28.0'E21°21.2'N038°03.0'E 1.036 59° 176° 132 km 03m03.4s
09:3422°23.9'N038°10.7'E21°28.8'N039°00.4'E21°56.3'N038°35.5'E 1.036 59° 178° 131 km 03m02.4s
09:3622°59.3'N038°43.9'E22°04.3'N039°33.2'E22°31.7'N039°08.5'E 1.036 58° 180° 130 km 03m01.3s
09:3823°35.3'N039°17.6'E22°40.1'N040°06.5'E23°07.6'N039°42.0'E 1.036 57° 182° 130 km 03m00.1s
09:4024°11.6'N039°51.9'E23°16.4'N040°40.4'E23°43.9'N040°16.1'E 1.036 57° 183° 129 km 02m58.9s
09:4224°48.5'N040°26.9'E23°53.2'N041°15.0'E24°20.7'N040°50.9'E 1.036 56° 185° 128 km 02m57.6s
09:4425°25.8'N041°02.7'E24°30.4'N041°50.2'E24°58.0'N041°26.4'E 1.035 55° 187° 128 km 02m56.2s
09:4626°03.7'N041°39.2'E25°08.2'N042°26.3'E25°35.8'N042°02.7'E 1.035 55° 189° 127 km 02m54.7s
09:4826°42.1'N042°16.7'E25°46.5'N043°03.2'E26°14.2'N042°39.9'E 1.035 54° 191° 126 km 02m53.2s
09:5027°21.0'N042°55.2'E26°25.3'N043°41.1'E26°53.0'N043°18.1'E 1.035 53° 192° 125 km 02m51.6s
09:5228°00.6'N043°34.7'E27°04.6'N044°20.0'E27°32.5'N043°57.3'E 1.035 52° 194° 124 km 02m49.9s
09:5428°40.7'N044°15.5'E27°44.6'N045°00.0'E28°12.5'N044°37.7'E 1.035 51° 196° 124 km 02m48.1s
09:5629°21.5'N044°57.5'E28°25.2'N045°41.3'E28°53.2'N045°19.4'E 1.034 50° 197° 123 km 02m46.2s
09:5830°03.0'N045°41.0'E29°06.5'N046°24.0'E29°34.6'N046°02.5'E 1.034 49° 199° 122 km 02m44.3s
10:0030°45.1'N046°26.1'E29°48.4'N047°08.3'E30°16.7'N046°47.1'E 1.034 48° 200° 121 km 02m42.2s
10:0231°28.1'N047°12.9'E30°31.2'N047°54.1'E30°59.5'N047°33.5'E 1.034 47° 202° 120 km 02m40.1s
10:0432°11.8'N048°01.7'E31°14.6'N048°41.9'E31°43.1'N048°21.7'E 1.033 46° 203° 119 km 02m37.9s
10:0632°56.4'N048°52.6'E31°59.0'N049°31.7'E32°27.6'N049°12.0'E 1.033 45° 205° 118 km 02m35.6s
10:0833°41.9'N049°45.9'E32°44.2'N050°23.7'E33°12.9'N050°04.7'E 1.033 44° 206° 117 km 02m33.2s
10:1034°28.4'N050°41.8'E33°30.4'N051°18.3'E33°59.3'N050°59.9'E 1.033 43° 208° 116 km 02m30.7s
10:1235°16.0'N051°40.6'E34°17.6'N052°15.7'E34°46.7'N051°58.0'E 1.032 41° 209° 115 km 02m28.1s
10:1436°04.7'N052°42.8'E35°05.9'N053°16.2'E35°35.2'N052°59.4'E 1.032 40° 210° 114 km 02m25.4s
10:1636°54.7'N053°48.7'E35°55.5'N054°20.3'E36°25.0'N054°04.4'E 1.032 39° 212° 112 km 02m22.6s
10:1837°46.1'N054°59.0'E36°46.4'N055°28.5'E37°16.1'N055°13.5'E 1.031 37° 213° 111 km 02m19.7s
10:2038°38.9'N056°14.1'E37°38.8'N056°41.3'E38°08.7'N056°27.5'E 1.031 36° 215° 110 km 02m16.6s
10:2239°33.5'N057°34.9'E38°32.8'N057°59.4'E39°03.0'N057°46.9'E 1.030 34° 217° 108 km 02m13.4s
10:2440°30.0'N059°02.3'E39°28.7'N059°23.9'E39°59.2'N059°12.8'E 1.030 32° 218° 107 km 02m10.0s
10:2641°28.7'N060°37.7'E40°26.7'N060°55.7'E40°57.5'N060°46.3'E 1.030 31° 220° 105 km 02m06.5s
10:2842°29.8'N062°22.5'E41°27.1'N062°36.4'E41°58.3'N062°29.1'E 1.029 29° 222° 104 km 02m02.7s
10:3043°34.0'N064°19.2'E42°30.4'N064°28.0'E43°02.0'N064°23.2'E 1.028 27° 224° 102 km 01m58.8s
10:3244°41.8'N066°30.8'E43°37.2'N066°33.3'E44°09.3'N066°31.5'E 1.028 25° 226° 100 km 01m54.5s
10:3445°54.1'N069°02.1'E44°48.2'N068°56.5'E45°20.9'N068°58.6'E 1.027 22° 228° 98 km 01m49.9s
10:3647°12.4'N072°00.7'E46°04.8'N071°44.1'E46°38.3'N071°51.5'E 1.026 20° 231° 95 km 01m44.8s
10:3848°39.2'N075°40.7'E47°29.3'N075°07.7'E48°03.9'N075°23.0'E 1.025 17° 234° 92 km 01m39.1s
10:4050°20.3'N080°33.7'E49°06.0'N079°31.5'E49°42.7'N080°00.4'E 1.024 13° 238° 89 km 01m32.2s
10:4252°35.8'N088°37.3'E51°08.6'N086°09.5'E51°51.0'N087°15.7'E 1.023 244° 84 km 01m22.9s
Limits54°44.2'N099°05.2'E54°03.8'N099°17.5'E54°24.0'N099°11.4'E 1.020 - 76 km 01m10.3s

ΔT = 29.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:11:34.809:11:04.915°37.5'N032°32.2'E 61.9° 152.1° 137.8 km03m09.43s
Greatest Duration09:07:12.809:06:42.914°30.4'N031°33.4'E 61.8° 147.1° 138.8 km03m09.62s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1952 Feb 25

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1952 Feb 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 29.9 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.

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