Path of Annular Solar Eclipse of -1944 Dec 27

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1944 Dec 27 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1944 Dec 27
UT1	Northern Limit		Southern Limit		Central Line		M:S	Sun	Sun	Path	Central
	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Ratio	Alt.	Azm.	Width	Duration
Limits	46°32.1'S	151°17.0'E	47°14.9'S	150°08.8'E	46°53.4'S	150°43.4'E	0.987	0°	-	115 km	00m39.2s
18:10	49°37.7'S	156°48.9'E	-	-	48°15.6'S	153°21.8'E	0.988	2°	124°	110 km	00m37.7s
18:12	52°21.8'S	160°55.5'E	51°20.1'S	157°30.1'E	51°55.2'S	159°22.5'E	0.989	8°	119°	96 km	00m33.9s
18:14	54°21.7'S	163°35.4'E	53°46.5'S	161°06.4'E	54°05.7'S	162°24.7'E	0.990	11°	116°	88 km	00m31.8s
18:16	56°03.9'S	165°40.8'E	55°40.0'S	163°36.6'E	55°52.8'S	164°41.0'E	0.991	13°	113°	81 km	00m30.2s
18:18	57°35.7'S	167°26.5'E	57°18.4'S	165°36.9'E	57°27.6'S	166°33.3'E	0.991	15°	111°	76 km	00m28.9s
18:20	59°00.6'S	168°59.2'E	58°47.7'S	167°19.4'E	58°54.5'S	168°10.5'E	0.992	16°	109°	72 km	00m27.7s
18:22	60°20.4'S	170°22.8'E	60°10.6'S	168°49.8'E	60°15.8'S	169°37.3'E	0.992	18°	107°	68 km	00m26.7s
18:24	61°36.5'S	171°39.6'E	61°29.0'S	170°11.7'E	61°33.0'S	170°56.5'E	0.993	19°	105°	64 km	00m25.8s
18:26	62°49.5'S	172°51.2'E	62°43.9'S	171°27.0'E	62°46.9'S	172°09.9'E	0.993	20°	103°	61 km	00m25.0s
18:28	64°00.1'S	173°58.8'E	63°56.0'S	172°37.4'E	63°58.2'S	173°18.8'E	0.993	21°	101°	58 km	00m24.2s
18:30	65°08.7'S	175°03.4'E	65°05.8'S	173°43.9'E	65°07.4'S	174°24.3'E	0.993	22°	100°	56 km	00m23.6s
18:32	66°15.6'S	176°05.6'E	66°13.8'S	174°47.6'E	66°14.8'S	175°27.2'E	0.994	22°	98°	54 km	00m23.0s
18:34	67°21.1'S	177°06.1'E	67°20.2'S	175°48.9'E	67°20.8'S	176°28.1'E	0.994	23°	96°	52 km	00m22.4s
18:36	68°25.5'S	178°05.5'E	68°25.4'S	176°48.5'E	68°25.5'S	177°27.6'E	0.994	24°	94°	50 km	00m21.9s
18:38	69°28.8'S	179°04.3'E	69°29.4'S	177°47.1'E	69°29.2'S	178°26.3'E	0.994	24°	92°	48 km	00m21.5s
18:40	70°31.3'S	179°57.0'W	70°32.6'S	178°45.0'E	70°32.0'S	179°24.6'E	0.994	25°	90°	47 km	00m21.1s
18:42	71°33.1'S	178°57.9'W	71°35.0'S	179°42.8'E	71°34.1'S	179°37.0'W	0.994	25°	88°	46 km	00m20.8s
18:44	72°34.2'S	177°57.9'W	72°36.7'S	179°18.9'W	72°35.5'S	178°37.9'W	0.994	26°	87°	45 km	00m20.5s
18:46	73°34.9'S	176°56.4'W	73°37.9'S	178°19.8'W	73°36.4'S	177°37.5'W	0.994	26°	85°	44 km	00m20.3s
18:48	74°35.1'S	175°52.6'W	74°38.7'S	177°19.0'W	74°36.9'S	176°35.2'W	0.994	27°	83°	43 km	00m20.1s
18:50	75°35.0'S	174°45.8'W	75°39.2'S	176°16.0'W	75°37.1'S	175°30.2'W	0.995	27°	81°	42 km	00m19.9s
18:52	76°34.6'S	173°35.0'W	76°39.4'S	175°09.8'W	76°37.0'S	174°21.7'W	0.995	27°	78°	42 km	00m19.8s
18:54	77°34.0'S	172°18.8'W	77°39.4'S	173°59.4'W	77°36.7'S	173°08.3'W	0.995	27°	76°	41 km	00m19.7s
18:56	78°33.2'S	170°55.7'W	78°39.3'S	172°43.3'W	78°36.3'S	171°48.6'W	0.995	27°	74°	41 km	00m19.7s
18:58	79°32.3'S	169°23.4'W	79°39.1'S	171°19.5'W	79°35.7'S	170°20.4'W	0.995	27°	71°	41 km	00m19.7s
19:00	80°31.3'S	167°38.7'W	80°38.9'S	169°45.3'W	80°35.1'S	168°40.8'W	0.995	27°	69°	41 km	00m19.7s
19:02	81°30.1'S	165°37.1'W	81°38.7'S	167°56.7'W	81°34.4'S	166°45.5'W	0.995	27°	66°	41 km	00m19.8s
19:04	82°28.8'S	163°11.7'W	82°38.4'S	165°47.6'W	82°33.7'S	164°27.9'W	0.995	27°	63°	41 km	00m19.9s
19:06	83°27.2'S	160°11.7'W	83°38.2'S	163°07.9'W	83°32.7'S	161°37.4'W	0.995	27°	59°	42 km	00m20.1s
19:08	84°25.0'S	156°18.8'W	84°37.6'S	159°40.4'W	84°31.4'S	157°56.4'W	0.994	27°	54°	42 km	00m20.3s
19:10	85°21.7'S	151°00.6'W	85°36.4'S	154°52.7'W	85°29.1'S	152°52.0'W	0.994	27°	48°	43 km	00m20.5s
19:12	86°16.0'S	143°16.0'W	86°33.6'S	147°38.1'W	86°24.8'S	145°20.0'W	0.994	26°	39°	44 km	00m20.8s
19:14	87°05.1'S	131°05.1'W	87°26.5'S	135°25.4'W	87°15.8'S	133°05.1'W	0.994	26°	26°	44 km	00m21.1s
19:16	87°42.5'S	111°06.3'W	88°07.7'S	112°47.2'W	87°54.9'S	111°51.1'W	0.994	26°	4°	45 km	00m21.5s
19:18	87°55.5'S	082°15.7'W	88°19.5'S	076°35.9'W	88°07.4'S	079°46.4'W	0.994	25°	331°	46 km	00m21.9s
19:20	87°35.9'S	054°17.9'W	87°51.6'S	044°45.7'W	87°44.1'S	049°52.4'W	0.994	25°	300°	48 km	00m22.4s
19:22	86°52.6'S	035°32.3'W	87°00.3'S	026°52.9'W	86°56.9'S	031°22.2'W	0.994	24°	280°	49 km	00m22.9s
19:24	85°56.6'S	024°01.9'W	85°58.8'S	016°53.7'W	85°58.2'S	020°34.4'W	0.993	24°	269°	51 km	00m23.4s
19:26	84°53.8'S	016°34.1'W	84°51.9'S	010°37.1'W	84°53.3'S	013°37.8'W	0.993	23°	261°	53 km	00m24.0s
19:28	83°46.4'S	011°18.7'W	83°41.0'S	006°12.1'W	83°44.1'S	008°47.0'W	0.993	22°	255°	55 km	00m24.7s
19:30	82°35.1'S	007°19.7'W	82°26.7'S	002°48.8'W	82°31.3'S	005°05.4'W	0.993	21°	251°	57 km	00m25.4s
19:32	81°20.3'S	004°06.8'W	81°08.7'S	000°01.5'W	81°15.0'S	002°05.2'W	0.993	20°	247°	60 km	00m26.2s
19:34	80°01.8'S	001°22.6'W	79°46.8'S	002°24.5'E	79°54.8'S	000°29.9'E	0.992	19°	243°	63 km	00m27.0s
19:36	78°39.0'S	001°03.8'E	78°20.1'S	004°38.5'E	78°30.1'S	002°50.1'E	0.992	18°	240°	66 km	00m28.0s
19:38	77°11.2'S	003°20.0'E	76°47.4'S	006°47.1'E	77°00.0'S	005°02.4'E	0.992	17°	237°	70 km	00m29.0s
19:40	75°37.1'S	005°32.1'E	75°07.2'S	008°56.3'E	75°23.0'S	007°12.8'E	0.991	15°	234°	74 km	00m30.2s
19:42	73°54.8'S	007°45.6'E	73°16.3'S	011°12.3'E	73°36.7'S	009°27.1'E	0.991	14°	231°	79 km	00m31.5s
19:44	72°00.9'S	010°07.2'E	71°09.2'S	013°44.5'E	71°37.0'S	011°53.0'E	0.990	12°	228°	85 km	00m33.0s
19:46	69°49.2'S	012°47.1'E	68°32.9'S	016°52.4'E	69°14.8'S	014°44.2'E	0.989	9°	225°	93 km	00m34.8s
19:48	67°03.1'S	016°09.3'E	64°27.2'S	022°01.1'E	66°02.5'S	018°40.5'E	0.988	6°	221°	104 km	00m37.3s
Limits	60°42.0'S	024°26.9'E	61°13.5'S	026°25.3'E	60°57.8'S	025°25.2'E	0.987	0°	-	121 km	00m41.3s

ΔT = 45052.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event	Time TD	Time UT1	Latitude	Longitude	Sun Altitude	Sun Azimuth	Path Width	Central Duration
Greatest Eclipse	07:30:30.2	18:59:38.3	80°24.4'S	002°46.3'E	27.3°	69.3°	41.1 km	00m19.69s
Greatest Duration	08:20:08.8	19:49:16.8	60°57.8'S	025°25.2'E	0.0°	214.5°	121.4 km	00m41.30s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1944 Dec 27 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 45052.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3496.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.61°.

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