Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1955 Jun 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1955 Jun 20 . 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 1955 Jun 20
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°53.4'S054°26.2'E04°29.5'S055°09.3'E03°41.4'S054°47.9'E 1.059 - 194 km 03m10.4s
02:3000°59.9'N063°05.1'E00°34.0'S064°06.2'E00°14.3'N063°38.5'E 1.062 10° 66° 204 km 03m36.0s
02:3202°56.4'N067°20.4'E01°17.0'N068°16.2'E02°07.6'N067°50.3'E 1.064 15° 66° 209 km 03m50.3s
02:3404°19.6'N070°23.4'E02°36.9'N071°16.6'E03°29.0'N070°51.6'E 1.065 19° 66° 213 km 04m01.5s
02:3605°26.8'N072°52.3'E03°41.5'N073°43.7'E04°34.8'N073°19.4'E 1.066 22° 67° 216 km 04m11.3s
02:3806°24.0'N075°00.4'E04°36.5'N075°50.2'E05°30.8'N075°26.6'E 1.067 25° 67° 219 km 04m20.1s
02:4007°14.1'N076°54.2'E05°24.6'N077°42.7'E06°19.9'N077°19.6'E 1.068 27° 67° 221 km 04m28.3s
02:4207°58.9'N078°37.4'E06°07.6'N079°24.6'E07°03.7'N079°02.2'E 1.068 30° 67° 223 km 04m36.0s
02:4408°39.3'N080°12.5'E06°46.4'N080°58.4'E07°43.3'N080°36.5'E 1.069 32° 67° 225 km 04m43.3s
02:4609°16.2'N081°40.9'E07°21.7'N082°25.5'E08°19.4'N082°04.3'E 1.070 34° 67° 226 km 04m50.3s
02:4809°50.1'N083°04.0'E07°54.2'N083°47.3'E08°52.5'N083°26.6'E 1.070 36° 67° 228 km 04m57.0s
02:5010°21.4'N084°22.4'E08°24.1'N085°04.5'E09°23.1'N084°44.4'E 1.071 38° 68° 229 km 05m03.5s
02:5210°50.4'N085°37.0'E08°51.8'N086°17.8'E09°51.5'N085°58.3'E 1.071 39° 68° 231 km 05m09.7s
02:5411°17.4'N086°48.3'E09°17.6'N087°27.7'E10°17.8'N087°08.9'E 1.071 41° 68° 232 km 05m15.8s
02:5611°42.6'N087°56.6'E09°41.6'N088°34.7'E10°42.4'N088°16.5'E 1.072 43° 68° 234 km 05m21.6s
02:5812°06.1'N089°02.3'E10°03.9'N089°39.1'E11°05.3'N089°21.5'E 1.072 44° 68° 235 km 05m27.3s
03:0012°28.1'N090°05.7'E10°24.8'N090°41.2'E11°26.7'N090°24.2'E 1.073 46° 68° 236 km 05m32.8s
03:0212°48.6'N091°07.1'E10°44.4'N091°41.2'E11°46.7'N091°24.9'E 1.073 47° 68° 237 km 05m38.1s
03:0413°07.9'N092°06.6'E11°02.6'N092°39.3'E12°05.5'N092°23.7'E 1.073 49° 68° 238 km 05m43.3s
03:0613°25.9'N093°04.5'E11°19.7'N093°35.8'E12°23.0'N093°20.8'E 1.073 50° 68° 239 km 05m48.3s
03:0813°42.7'N094°00.8'E11°35.7'N094°30.7'E12°39.4'N094°16.4'E 1.074 52° 68° 240 km 05m53.2s
03:1013°58.5'N094°55.8'E11°50.6'N095°24.2'E12°54.7'N095°10.6'E 1.074 53° 68° 241 km 05m57.9s
03:1214°13.2'N095°49.5'E12°04.5'N096°16.4'E13°09.1'N096°03.6'E 1.074 54° 68° 242 km 06m02.5s
03:1414°27.0'N096°42.0'E12°17.5'N097°07.5'E13°22.4'N096°55.3'E 1.075 56° 68° 243 km 06m07.0s
03:1614°39.8'N097°33.5'E12°29.6'N097°57.4'E13°34.8'N097°46.0'E 1.075 57° 68° 244 km 06m11.3s
03:1814°51.7'N098°24.0'E12°40.8'N098°46.4'E13°46.4'N098°35.7'E 1.075 58° 68° 244 km 06m15.4s
03:2015°02.7'N099°13.6'E12°51.2'N099°34.4'E13°57.1'N099°24.5'E 1.075 59° 67° 245 km 06m19.4s
03:2215°13.0'N100°02.3'E13°00.8'N100°21.6'E14°07.0'N100°12.5'E 1.075 61° 67° 246 km 06m23.2s
03:2415°22.4'N100°50.3'E13°09.6'N101°08.0'E14°16.1'N100°59.6'E 1.076 62° 67° 247 km 06m27.0s
03:2615°31.0'N101°37.5'E13°17.7'N101°53.6'E14°24.4'N101°46.0'E 1.076 63° 66° 247 km 06m30.5s
03:2815°38.8'N102°24.0'E13°25.0'N102°38.6'E14°32.0'N102°31.7'E 1.076 64° 66° 248 km 06m33.9s
03:3015°46.0'N103°09.9'E13°31.7'N103°22.9'E14°38.9'N103°16.8'E 1.076 65° 65° 248 km 06m37.2s
03:3215°52.4'N103°55.3'E13°37.7'N104°06.6'E14°45.1'N104°01.3'E 1.076 66° 65° 249 km 06m40.2s
03:3415°58.1'N104°40.0'E13°43.0'N104°49.8'E14°50.6'N104°45.3'E 1.076 68° 64° 250 km 06m43.2s
03:3616°03.1'N105°24.3'E13°47.7'N105°32.4'E14°55.5'N105°28.7'E 1.077 69° 63° 250 km 06m46.0s
03:3816°07.5'N106°08.1'E13°51.7'N106°14.6'E14°59.7'N106°11.6'E 1.077 70° 62° 251 km 06m48.6s
03:4016°11.2'N106°51.5'E13°55.1'N106°56.3'E15°03.3'N106°54.2'E 1.077 71° 61° 251 km 06m51.0s
03:4216°14.3'N107°34.4'E13°58.0'N107°37.6'E15°06.2'N107°36.3'E 1.077 72° 60° 251 km 06m53.3s
03:4416°16.7'N108°17.0'E14°00.2'N108°18.5'E15°08.5'N108°18.0'E 1.077 73° 59° 252 km 06m55.5s
03:4616°18.5'N108°59.2'E14°01.8'N108°59.0'E15°10.2'N108°59.3'E 1.077 74° 57° 252 km 06m57.4s
03:4816°19.7'N109°41.0'E14°02.9'N109°39.3'E15°11.4'N109°40.3'E 1.077 75° 55° 252 km 06m59.2s
03:5016°20.3'N110°22.6'E14°03.4'N110°19.2'E15°11.9'N110°21.0'E 1.077 76° 53° 253 km 07m00.8s
03:5216°20.3'N111°03.9'E14°03.3'N110°58.8'E15°11.9'N111°01.5'E 1.077 77° 51° 253 km 07m02.3s
03:5416°19.8'N111°44.9'E14°02.7'N111°38.2'E15°11.3'N111°41.6'E 1.077 77° 48° 253 km 07m03.6s
03:5616°18.6'N112°25.6'E14°01.5'N112°17.3'E15°10.1'N112°21.6'E 1.077 78° 44° 253 km 07m04.7s
03:5816°16.8'N113°06.2'E13°59.8'N112°56.3'E15°08.4'N113°01.3'E 1.077 79° 40° 253 km 07m05.7s
04:0016°14.5'N113°46.6'E13°57.5'N113°35.0'E15°06.1'N113°40.8'E 1.077 80° 36° 254 km 07m06.4s
04:0216°11.6'N114°26.7'E13°54.7'N114°13.6'E15°03.2'N114°20.2'E 1.078 80° 31° 254 km 07m07.1s
04:0416°08.2'N115°06.8'E13°51.4'N114°52.0'E14°59.8'N114°59.4'E 1.078 81° 25° 254 km 07m07.5s
04:0616°04.1'N115°46.6'E13°47.5'N115°30.3'E14°55.9'N115°38.4'E 1.078 81° 19° 254 km 07m07.8s
04:0815°59.6'N116°26.4'E13°43.1'N116°08.5'E14°51.4'N116°17.4'E 1.078 81° 12° 254 km 07m07.8s
04:1015°54.4'N117°06.0'E13°38.2'N116°46.6'E14°46.4'N116°56.2'E 1.078 81° 254 km 07m07.8s
04:1215°48.7'N117°45.6'E13°32.8'N117°24.6'E14°40.8'N117°35.0'E 1.078 81° 358° 254 km 07m07.5s
04:1415°42.5'N118°25.1'E13°26.8'N118°02.6'E14°34.7'N118°13.7'E 1.078 81° 352° 254 km 07m07.1s
04:1615°35.6'N119°04.6'E13°20.3'N118°40.5'E14°28.1'N118°52.4'E 1.078 81° 345° 253 km 07m06.5s
04:1815°28.3'N119°44.0'E13°13.3'N119°18.5'E14°20.9'N119°31.1'E 1.077 80° 339° 253 km 07m05.7s
04:2015°20.3'N120°23.5'E13°05.7'N119°56.4'E14°13.1'N120°09.8'E 1.077 80° 334° 253 km 07m04.8s
04:2215°11.9'N121°02.9'E12°57.6'N120°34.4'E14°04.8'N120°48.5'E 1.077 79° 330° 253 km 07m03.7s
04:2415°02.8'N121°42.4'E12°49.0'N121°12.5'E13°56.0'N121°27.2'E 1.077 78° 326° 253 km 07m02.5s
04:2614°53.2'N122°22.0'E12°39.9'N121°50.6'E13°46.6'N122°06.1'E 1.077 78° 322° 252 km 07m01.1s
04:2814°43.0'N123°01.6'E12°30.2'N122°28.9'E13°36.7'N122°45.0'E 1.077 77° 319° 252 km 06m59.5s
04:3014°32.2'N123°41.3'E12°19.9'N123°07.2'E13°26.2'N123°24.0'E 1.077 76° 316° 252 km 06m57.7s
04:3214°20.9'N124°21.2'E12°09.1'N123°45.8'E13°15.1'N124°03.2'E 1.077 75° 314° 251 km 06m55.9s
04:3414°09.0'N125°01.2'E11°57.8'N124°24.4'E13°03.5'N124°42.5'E 1.077 74° 312° 251 km 06m53.8s
04:3613°56.5'N125°41.4'E11°45.8'N125°03.3'E12°51.3'N125°22.0'E 1.077 73° 310° 250 km 06m51.6s
04:3813°43.4'N126°21.8'E11°33.3'N125°42.4'E12°38.5'N126°01.8'E 1.077 72° 309° 250 km 06m49.3s
04:4013°29.6'N127°02.4'E11°20.3'N126°21.8'E12°25.1'N126°41.7'E 1.077 71° 308° 250 km 06m46.8s
04:4213°15.3'N127°43.3'E11°06.6'N127°01.5'E12°11.1'N127°22.0'E 1.077 70° 306° 249 km 06m44.1s
04:4413°00.3'N128°24.4'E10°52.3'N127°41.5'E11°56.5'N128°02.6'E 1.076 69° 305° 249 km 06m41.3s
04:4612°44.8'N129°05.9'E10°37.4'N128°21.8'E11°41.3'N128°43.5'E 1.076 68° 304° 248 km 06m38.4s
04:4812°28.5'N129°47.8'E10°21.9'N129°02.5'E11°25.4'N129°24.7'E 1.076 67° 304° 247 km 06m35.3s
04:5012°11.6'N130°30.1'E10°05.7'N129°43.7'E11°08.8'N130°06.4'E 1.076 65° 303° 247 km 06m32.1s
04:5211°54.0'N131°12.8'E09°48.9'N130°25.3'E10°51.6'N130°48.6'E 1.076 64° 302° 246 km 06m28.8s
04:5411°35.7'N131°56.0'E09°31.4'N131°07.5'E10°33.7'N131°31.3'E 1.076 63° 302° 246 km 06m25.3s
04:5611°16.7'N132°39.7'E09°13.1'N131°50.2'E10°15.1'N132°14.5'E 1.075 62° 301° 245 km 06m21.7s
04:5810°56.9'N133°24.0'E08°54.2'N132°33.6'E09°55.8'N132°58.3'E 1.075 61° 301° 244 km 06m17.9s
05:0010°36.4'N134°09.0'E08°34.5'N133°17.6'E09°35.7'N133°42.8'E 1.075 60° 301° 244 km 06m14.1s
05:0210°15.1'N134°54.7'E08°14.0'N134°02.3'E09°14.8'N134°28.0'E 1.075 58° 300° 243 km 06m10.1s
05:0409°53.0'N135°41.2'E07°52.8'N134°47.9'E08°53.1'N135°14.0'E 1.075 57° 300° 242 km 06m05.9s
05:0609°30.0'N136°28.5'E07°30.7'N135°34.4'E08°30.6'N136°00.9'E 1.074 56° 300° 241 km 06m01.7s
05:0809°06.1'N137°16.8'E07°07.7'N136°21.8'E08°07.2'N136°48.7'E 1.074 54° 299° 240 km 05m57.3s
05:1008°41.3'N138°06.1'E06°43.8'N137°10.3'E07°42.8'N137°37.6'E 1.074 53° 299° 240 km 05m52.7s
05:1208°15.4'N138°56.5'E06°18.9'N138°00.0'E07°17.5'N138°27.6'E 1.074 52° 299° 239 km 05m48.1s
05:1407°48.6'N139°48.2'E05°53.0'N138°50.9'E06°51.1'N139°18.9'E 1.073 50° 299° 238 km 05m43.3s
05:1607°20.6'N140°41.3'E05°26.0'N139°43.3'E06°23.6'N140°11.6'E 1.073 49° 299° 237 km 05m38.4s
05:1806°51.5'N141°36.0'E04°57.8'N140°37.3'E05°55.0'N141°05.9'E 1.073 47° 299° 236 km 05m33.4s
05:2006°21.1'N142°32.3'E04°28.5'N141°33.0'E05°25.1'N142°02.0'E 1.072 46° 298° 235 km 05m28.2s
05:2205°49.3'N143°30.6'E03°57.7'N142°30.7'E04°53.9'N142°59.9'E 1.072 44° 298° 234 km 05m22.8s
05:2405°16.1'N144°31.1'E03°25.6'N143°30.5'E04°21.2'N144°00.1'E 1.072 43° 298° 232 km 05m17.3s
05:2604°41.2'N145°34.0'E02°51.8'N144°32.9'E03°46.9'N145°02.7'E 1.071 41° 298° 231 km 05m11.7s
05:2804°04.6'N146°39.8'E02°16.3'N145°38.1'E03°10.9'N146°08.2'E 1.071 40° 298° 230 km 05m05.9s
05:3003°26.0'N147°48.8'E01°38.9'N146°46.6'E02°32.9'N147°16.8'E 1.070 38° 298° 229 km 04m59.9s
05:3202°45.2'N149°01.4'E00°59.3'N147°58.8'E01°52.7'N148°29.3'E 1.070 36° 298° 227 km 04m53.6s
05:3402°01.9'N150°18.5'E00°17.2'N149°15.4'E01°10.0'N149°46.1'E 1.069 34° 298° 226 km 04m47.2s
05:3601°15.7'N151°40.9'E00°27.7'S150°37.3'E00°24.5'N151°08.1'E 1.069 32° 298° 224 km 04m40.5s
05:3800°26.0'N153°09.5'E01°16.0'S152°05.5'E00°24.5'S152°36.6'E 1.068 30° 298° 222 km 04m33.5s
05:4000°27.8'S154°46.1'E02°08.4'S153°41.7'E01°17.5'S154°12.8'E 1.067 28° 297° 220 km 04m26.1s
05:4201°26.8'S156°32.8'E03°05.8'S155°27.9'E02°15.7'S155°59.3'E 1.067 25° 297° 218 km 04m18.3s
05:4402°32.6'S158°33.2'E04°09.9'S157°27.8'E03°20.5'S157°59.2'E 1.066 23° 297° 215 km 04m09.8s
05:4603°47.8'S160°53.0'E05°23.1'S159°46.9'E04°34.7'S160°18.5'E 1.065 19° 297° 212 km 04m00.6s
05:4805°17.8'S163°44.1'E06°50.6'S162°36.8'E06°03.3'S163°08.7'E 1.064 16° 296° 209 km 03m50.0s
05:5007°16.6'S167°37.4'E08°45.5'S166°27.1'E07°59.8'S166°59.8'E 1.062 11° 296° 204 km 03m36.8s
Limits11°46.0'S177°09.0'E13°21.0'S176°24.4'E12°33.4'S176°46.6'E 1.059 - 193 km 03m09.0s

ΔT = 31.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:10:42.004:10:10.814°45.9'N116°51.9'E 81.3° 4.6° 253.7 km07m07.74s
Greatest Duration04:08:34.704:08:03.514°51.3'N116°18.5'E 81.2° 12.0° 253.8 km07m07.84s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1955 Jun 20

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1955 Jun 20 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 31.2 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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