Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1918 Aug 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1918 Aug 14 . 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 -1918 Aug 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits27°24.2'S037°26.1'E29°03.9'S037°39.4'E28°13.6'S037°32.7'E 1.039 - 178 km 02m22.4s
04:1824°06.8'S047°14.0'E - - 25°52.8'S044°25.5'E 1.041 64° 191 km 02m38.8s
04:2023°10.7'S050°38.5'E26°12.3'S046°26.2'E24°36.7'S048°46.5'E 1.042 11° 62° 200 km 02m50.7s
04:2222°33.7'S053°13.4'E25°15.5'S049°58.7'E23°52.2'S051°43.2'E 1.043 14° 60° 207 km 02m59.3s
04:2422°07.2'S055°21.9'E24°39.0'S052°36.8'E23°21.6'S054°04.1'E 1.044 17° 59° 213 km 03m06.6s
04:2621°47.5'S057°13.5'E24°13.3'S054°47.0'E22°59.3'S056°03.8'E 1.045 19° 58° 219 km 03m13.0s
04:2821°32.8'S058°53.1'E23°54.6'S056°39.5'E22°42.8'S057°49.1'E 1.045 21° 57° 224 km 03m18.8s
04:3021°22.1'S060°23.6'E23°40.9'S058°19.6'E22°30.7'S059°23.9'E 1.046 23° 55° 228 km 03m24.1s
04:3221°14.5'S061°46.9'E23°31.1'S059°50.3'E22°22.2'S060°50.6'E 1.046 24° 54° 232 km 03m29.0s
04:3421°09.6'S063°04.3'E23°24.5'S061°13.8'E22°16.5'S062°10.8'E 1.047 26° 53° 236 km 03m33.5s
04:3621°07.0'S064°16.9'E23°20.5'S062°31.3'E22°13.2'S063°25.6'E 1.047 27° 52° 240 km 03m37.8s
04:3821°06.4'S065°25.4'E23°18.8'S063°43.9'E22°12.1'S064°36.0'E 1.048 28° 51° 243 km 03m41.8s
04:4021°07.6'S066°30.4'E23°19.0'S064°52.4'E22°12.8'S065°42.6'E 1.048 29° 50° 246 km 03m45.5s
04:4221°10.4'S067°32.4'E23°21.0'S065°57.3'E22°15.2'S066°46.0'E 1.048 30° 49° 249 km 03m49.0s
04:4421°14.6'S068°31.6'E23°24.6'S066°59.2'E22°19.2'S067°46.5'E 1.048 31° 47° 252 km 03m52.3s
04:4621°20.3'S069°28.6'E23°29.7'S067°58.3'E22°24.6'S068°44.4'E 1.049 32° 46° 254 km 03m55.4s
04:4821°27.2'S070°23.4'E23°36.1'S068°55.2'E22°31.2'S069°40.2'E 1.049 33° 45° 256 km 03m58.3s
04:5021°35.2'S071°16.3'E23°43.7'S069°49.9'E22°39.1'S070°34.0'E 1.049 34° 44° 258 km 04m00.9s
04:5221°44.4'S072°07.6'E23°52.5'S070°42.8'E22°48.1'S071°26.0'E 1.049 35° 43° 260 km 04m03.5s
04:5421°54.7'S072°57.4'E24°02.4'S071°34.1'E22°58.2'S072°16.5'E 1.050 35° 41° 261 km 04m05.8s
04:5622°06.0'S073°45.8'E24°13.4'S072°23.9'E23°09.3'S073°05.5'E 1.050 36° 40° 262 km 04m07.9s
04:5822°18.2'S074°33.1'E24°25.4'S073°12.3'E23°21.4'S073°53.3'E 1.050 37° 39° 263 km 04m09.9s
05:0022°31.4'S075°19.2'E24°38.3'S073°59.5'E23°34.5'S074°40.0'E 1.050 37° 38° 264 km 04m11.7s
05:0222°45.5'S076°04.3'E24°52.2'S074°45.7'E23°48.4'S075°25.6'E 1.050 38° 36° 264 km 04m13.4s
05:0423°00.4'S076°48.5'E25°07.0'S075°30.9'E24°03.3'S076°10.3'E 1.050 38° 35° 264 km 04m14.8s
05:0623°16.3'S077°31.9'E25°22.6'S076°15.3'E24°19.1'S076°54.1'E 1.050 39° 34° 264 km 04m16.1s
05:0823°32.9'S078°14.7'E25°39.2'S076°58.9'E24°35.7'S077°37.3'E 1.051 39° 32° 264 km 04m17.3s
05:1023°50.4'S078°56.7'E25°56.6'S077°41.8'E24°53.1'S078°19.7'E 1.051 39° 31° 264 km 04m18.3s
05:1224°08.8'S079°38.2'E26°14.8'S078°24.2'E25°11.4'S079°01.6'E 1.051 40° 29° 263 km 04m19.1s
05:1424°27.9'S080°19.2'E26°33.9'S079°06.0'E25°30.5'S079°43.0'E 1.051 40° 28° 262 km 04m19.8s
05:1624°47.9'S080°59.8'E26°53.8'S079°47.4'E25°50.4'S080°24.0'E 1.051 40° 27° 261 km 04m20.3s
05:1825°08.6'S081°40.0'E27°14.5'S080°28.4'E26°11.1'S081°04.6'E 1.051 40° 25° 260 km 04m20.7s
05:2025°30.2'S082°20.0'E27°36.1'S081°09.0'E26°32.7'S081°44.9'E 1.051 40° 24° 259 km 04m20.9s
05:2225°52.6'S082°59.7'E27°58.5'S081°49.5'E26°55.1'S082°24.9'E 1.051 40° 22° 258 km 04m21.0s
05:2426°15.7'S083°39.2'E28°21.7'S082°29.8'E27°18.3'S083°04.8'E 1.051 40° 21° 257 km 04m20.9s
05:2626°39.7'S084°18.6'E28°45.8'S083°10.0'E27°42.3'S083°44.6'E 1.051 40° 19° 255 km 04m20.7s
05:2827°04.6'S084°57.9'E29°10.8'S083°50.1'E28°07.2'S084°24.3'E 1.051 40° 18° 254 km 04m20.4s
05:3027°30.3'S085°37.3'E29°36.6'S084°30.3'E28°32.9'S085°04.1'E 1.051 40° 16° 252 km 04m19.9s
05:3227°56.8'S086°16.7'E30°03.3'S085°10.6'E28°59.6'S085°43.9'E 1.051 40° 15° 250 km 04m19.2s
05:3428°24.2'S086°56.3'E30°31.0'S085°51.0'E29°27.1'S086°23.9'E 1.051 40° 13° 248 km 04m18.4s
05:3628°52.6'S087°36.1'E30°59.6'S086°31.8'E29°55.5'S087°04.1'E 1.051 40° 12° 247 km 04m17.5s
05:3829°21.8'S088°16.1'E31°29.2'S087°12.8'E30°24.9'S087°44.6'E 1.051 39° 10° 245 km 04m16.4s
05:4029°52.0'S088°56.6'E31°59.8'S087°54.2'E30°55.3'S088°25.5'E 1.051 39° 243 km 04m15.2s
05:4230°23.2'S089°37.4'E32°31.4'S088°36.1'E31°26.7'S089°06.9'E 1.051 39° 241 km 04m13.8s
05:4430°55.4'S090°18.8'E33°04.1'S089°18.6'E31°59.1'S089°48.8'E 1.051 38° 239 km 04m12.3s
05:4631°28.7'S091°00.7'E33°38.0'S090°01.8'E32°32.7'S090°31.3'E 1.050 38° 237 km 04m10.6s
05:4832°03.1'S091°43.4'E34°13.0'S090°45.8'E33°07.4'S091°14.6'E 1.050 37° 235 km 04m08.8s
05:5032°38.7'S092°26.9'E34°49.3'S091°30.7'E33°43.3'S091°58.8'E 1.050 37° 233 km 04m06.9s
05:5233°15.5'S093°11.4'E35°27.0'S092°16.6'E34°20.5'S092°44.0'E 1.050 36° 360° 231 km 04m04.8s
05:5433°53.6'S093°56.9'E36°06.1'S093°03.8'E34°59.1'S093°30.3'E 1.050 35° 359° 229 km 04m02.6s
05:5634°33.1'S094°43.6'E36°46.7'S093°52.3'E35°39.1'S094°17.9'E 1.050 35° 357° 227 km 04m00.2s
05:5835°14.1'S095°31.7'E37°28.9'S094°42.5'E36°20.7'S095°06.9'E 1.049 34° 356° 225 km 03m57.7s
06:0035°56.7'S096°21.4'E38°12.9'S095°34.4'E37°03.9'S095°57.7'E 1.049 33° 354° 223 km 03m55.0s
06:0236°41.0'S097°12.9'E38°58.8'S096°28.4'E37°49.0'S096°50.4'E 1.049 32° 353° 221 km 03m52.1s
06:0437°27.2'S098°06.5'E39°46.8'S097°24.8'E38°36.0'S097°45.4'E 1.049 31° 351° 219 km 03m49.1s
06:0638°15.5'S099°02.5'E40°37.2'S098°24.0'E39°25.3'S098°42.9'E 1.048 30° 350° 217 km 03m45.9s
06:0839°06.1'S100°01.2'E41°30.2'S099°26.4'E40°17.0'S099°43.3'E 1.048 29° 348° 215 km 03m42.5s
06:1039°59.1'S101°03.2'E42°26.1'S100°32.7'E41°11.4'S100°47.3'E 1.048 28° 347° 213 km 03m39.0s
06:1240°55.1'S102°09.0'E43°25.4'S101°43.5'E42°08.9'S101°55.4'E 1.048 27° 345° 211 km 03m35.2s
06:1441°54.4'S103°19.2'E44°28.6'S102°59.8'E43°10.0'S103°08.5'E 1.047 26° 343° 208 km 03m31.1s
06:1642°57.4'S104°34.9'E45°36.5'S104°22.9'E44°15.2'S104°27.6'E 1.047 24° 342° 206 km 03m26.8s
06:1844°05.0'S105°57.2'E46°50.1'S105°54.6'E45°25.5'S105°54.3'E 1.046 23° 340° 204 km 03m22.2s
06:2045°18.0'S107°27.9'E48°10.7'S107°37.4'E46°42.0'S107°30.5'E 1.046 21° 338° 202 km 03m17.2s
06:2246°37.9'S109°09.5'E49°40.8'S109°35.6'E48°06.4'S109°19.5'E 1.045 19° 336° 199 km 03m11.8s
06:2448°06.6'S111°05.9'E51°24.0'S111°56.1'E49°41.5'S111°26.3'E 1.045 17° 334° 197 km 03m05.7s
06:2649°47.8'S113°23.5'E53°27.9'S114°53.2'E51°32.1'S114°00.2'E 1.044 14° 331° 194 km 02m58.8s
06:2851°48.1'S116°15.3'E56°12.3'S119°05.7'E53°49.0'S117°22.0'E 1.043 11° 328° 191 km 02m50.6s
06:3054°24.3'S120°14.3'E - - 57°08.5'S122°44.1'E 1.041 323° 186 km 02m39.0s
Limits61°05.5'S132°26.3'E62°22.1'S130°17.4'E61°43.9'S131°24.0'E 1.039 - 181 km 02m24.1s

ΔT = 44440.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:44:45.705:24:05.627°19.4'S102°33.8'W 40.4° 20.6° 256.5 km04m20.94s
Greatest Duration17:42:41.605:22:01.626°55.4'S082°25.4'E 40.3° 22.2° 258.0 km04m21.02s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1918 Aug 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1918 Aug 14 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 44440.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3392.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.17°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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