Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1948 Sep 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1948 Sep 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1948 Sep 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
Limits20°04.9'N058°52.3'W17°32.0'N058°10.3'W18°48.4'N058°30.8'W 0.924 - 291 km 05m14.4s
09:4421°33.4'N049°32.3'W19°18.8'N047°19.5'W20°26.9'N048°18.2'W 0.926 10° 83° 279 km 05m31.5s
09:4622°09.6'N044°46.6'W19°49.8'N043°20.7'W21°00.0'N043°59.7'W 0.927 15° 85° 274 km 05m40.1s
09:4822°31.0'N041°23.7'W20°09.8'N040°19.5'W21°20.5'N040°48.8'W 0.928 18° 86° 271 km 05m47.0s
09:5022°45.2'N038°39.4'W20°23.8'N037°48.9'W21°34.5'N038°12.0'W 0.929 21° 87° 268 km 05m53.1s
09:5222°55.1'N036°18.5'W20°33.8'N035°38.3'W21°44.4'N035°56.6'W 0.930 24° 88° 265 km 05m58.6s
09:5423°01.8'N034°14.0'W20°40.9'N033°41.8'W21°51.3'N033°56.4'W 0.930 26° 89° 263 km 06m03.8s
09:5623°06.2'N032°21.7'W20°45.8'N031°56.2'W21°55.9'N032°07.6'W 0.931 28° 90° 261 km 06m08.6s
09:5823°08.7'N030°39.0'W20°48.9'N030°19.1'W21°58.7'N030°27.9'W 0.931 30° 91° 259 km 06m13.2s
10:0023°09.6'N029°03.9'W20°50.5'N028°49.1'W22°00.0'N028°55.5'W 0.931 32° 92° 257 km 06m17.7s
10:0223°09.2'N027°35.3'W20°50.9'N027°25.0'W22°00.0'N027°29.2'W 0.932 34° 92° 255 km 06m21.9s
10:0423°07.8'N026°12.1'W20°50.1'N026°05.8'W21°58.9'N026°08.1'W 0.932 36° 93° 254 km 06m26.0s
10:0623°05.3'N024°53.6'W20°48.4'N024°51.1'W21°56.8'N024°51.6'W 0.933 37° 94° 252 km 06m30.0s
10:0823°01.9'N023°39.2'W20°45.8'N023°40.1'W21°53.8'N023°39.0'W 0.933 39° 95° 251 km 06m33.8s
10:1022°57.8'N022°28.4'W20°42.4'N022°32.6'W21°50.0'N022°29.9'W 0.933 40° 95° 250 km 06m37.5s
10:1222°53.0'N021°20.9'W20°38.3'N021°28.0'W21°45.6'N021°23.9'W 0.933 42° 96° 249 km 06m41.1s
10:1422°47.5'N020°16.3'W20°33.6'N020°26.2'W21°40.5'N020°20.7'W 0.934 43° 97° 248 km 06m44.6s
10:1622°41.4'N019°14.3'W20°28.3'N019°26.8'W21°34.8'N019°20.1'W 0.934 45° 97° 247 km 06m48.0s
10:1822°34.8'N018°14.6'W20°22.5'N018°29.7'W21°28.6'N018°21.8'W 0.934 46° 98° 246 km 06m51.3s
10:2022°27.7'N017°17.2'W20°16.1'N017°34.6'W21°21.8'N017°25.5'W 0.934 47° 98° 245 km 06m54.5s
10:2222°20.1'N016°21.8'W20°09.3'N016°41.5'W21°14.6'N016°31.3'W 0.935 49° 99° 244 km 06m57.7s
10:2422°12.1'N015°28.2'W20°02.0'N015°50.0'W21°07.0'N015°38.8'W 0.935 50° 100° 243 km 07m00.7s
10:2622°03.6'N014°36.3'W19°54.3'N015°00.2'W20°58.9'N014°48.0'W 0.935 51° 100° 242 km 07m03.6s
10:2821°54.8'N013°46.0'W19°46.2'N014°11.9'W20°50.5'N013°58.7'W 0.935 52° 101° 241 km 07m06.5s
10:3021°45.5'N012°57.2'W19°37.8'N013°25.0'W20°41.6'N013°10.9'W 0.935 54° 101° 241 km 07m09.2s
10:3221°36.0'N012°09.8'W19°29.0'N012°39.4'W20°32.4'N012°24.4'W 0.936 55° 102° 240 km 07m11.9s
10:3421°26.1'N011°23.6'W19°19.8'N011°55.0'W20°22.9'N011°39.1'W 0.936 56° 102° 239 km 07m14.5s
10:3621°15.9'N010°38.7'W19°10.3'N011°11.8'W20°13.0'N010°55.1'W 0.936 57° 103° 239 km 07m16.9s
10:3821°05.3'N009°54.9'W19°00.5'N010°29.6'W20°02.9'N010°12.1'W 0.936 58° 104° 238 km 07m19.3s
10:4020°54.5'N009°12.2'W18°50.4'N009°48.4'W19°52.4'N009°30.2'W 0.936 59° 104° 238 km 07m21.7s
10:4220°43.4'N008°30.5'W18°40.1'N009°08.2'W19°41.7'N008°49.2'W 0.936 61° 105° 237 km 07m23.9s
10:4420°32.1'N007°49.7'W18°29.4'N008°28.9'W19°30.7'N008°09.2'W 0.936 62° 105° 237 km 07m26.0s
10:4620°20.4'N007°09.8'W18°18.5'N007°50.4'W19°19.4'N007°30.0'W 0.937 63° 106° 236 km 07m28.1s
10:4820°08.6'N006°30.8'W18°07.3'N007°12.7'W19°07.9'N006°51.7'W 0.937 64° 107° 236 km 07m30.0s
10:5019°56.4'N005°52.5'W17°55.9'N006°35.8'W18°56.1'N006°14.1'W 0.937 65° 107° 235 km 07m31.9s
10:5219°44.1'N005°15.1'W17°44.2'N005°59.6'W18°44.1'N005°37.3'W 0.937 66° 108° 235 km 07m33.7s
10:5419°31.5'N004°38.3'W17°32.3'N005°24.1'W18°31.9'N005°01.1'W 0.937 67° 108° 234 km 07m35.4s
10:5619°18.7'N004°02.2'W17°20.2'N004°49.2'W18°19.4'N004°25.7'W 0.937 68° 109° 234 km 07m37.0s
10:5819°05.7'N003°26.7'W17°07.8'N004°14.9'W18°06.8'N003°50.8'W 0.937 69° 110° 234 km 07m38.5s
11:0018°52.5'N002°51.9'W16°55.3'N003°41.1'W17°53.9'N003°16.5'W 0.937 70° 111° 233 km 07m39.9s
11:0218°39.1'N002°17.6'W16°42.5'N003°08.0'W17°40.8'N002°42.8'W 0.937 71° 111° 233 km 07m41.3s
11:0418°25.5'N001°43.9'W16°29.5'N002°35.3'W17°27.5'N002°09.6'W 0.937 72° 112° 233 km 07m42.5s
11:0618°11.7'N001°10.6'W16°16.3'N002°03.1'W17°14.0'N001°36.9'W 0.938 73° 113° 232 km 07m43.7s
11:0817°57.7'N000°37.9'W16°02.9'N001°31.3'W17°00.3'N001°04.6'W 0.938 74° 114° 232 km 07m44.8s
11:1017°43.5'N000°05.6'W15°49.3'N001°00.0'W16°46.4'N000°32.8'W 0.938 75° 115° 232 km 07m45.8s
11:1217°29.1'N000°26.2'E15°35.5'N000°29.1'W16°32.3'N000°01.5'W 0.938 76° 116° 232 km 07m46.7s
11:1417°14.6'N000°57.7'E15°21.5'N000°01.4'E16°18.0'N000°29.5'E 0.938 77° 117° 231 km 07m47.5s
11:1616°59.9'N001°28.8'E15°07.3'N000°31.6'E16°03.6'N001°00.1'E 0.938 78° 119° 231 km 07m48.2s
11:1816°45.0'N001°59.5'E14°53.0'N001°01.5'E15°49.0'N001°30.4'E 0.938 79° 120° 231 km 07m48.8s
11:2016°29.9'N002°29.9'E14°38.5'N001°31.0'E15°34.2'N002°00.4'E 0.938 80° 122° 231 km 07m49.4s
11:2216°14.7'N002°59.9'E14°23.7'N002°00.2'E15°19.2'N002°30.0'E 0.938 81° 125° 231 km 07m49.9s
11:2415°59.3'N003°29.7'E14°08.8'N002°29.2'E15°04.0'N002°59.4'E 0.938 82° 127° 231 km 07m50.2s
11:2615°43.7'N003°59.2'E13°53.8'N002°57.9'E14°48.7'N003°28.5'E 0.938 83° 130° 231 km 07m50.5s
11:2815°28.0'N004°28.4'E13°38.5'N003°26.4'E14°33.2'N003°57.4'E 0.938 84° 134° 231 km 07m50.8s
11:3015°12.1'N004°57.5'E13°23.1'N003°54.7'E14°17.6'N004°26.0'E 0.938 85° 140° 231 km 07m50.9s
11:3214°56.1'N005°26.3'E13°07.5'N004°22.8'E14°01.8'N004°54.5'E 0.938 85° 147° 231 km 07m50.9s
11:3414°39.9'N005°54.9'E12°51.7'N004°50.7'E13°45.8'N005°22.7'E 0.938 86° 156° 231 km 07m50.9s
11:3614°23.5'N006°23.4'E12°35.8'N005°18.5'E13°29.6'N005°50.8'E 0.938 87° 169° 231 km 07m50.8s
11:3814°07.0'N006°51.7'E12°19.7'N005°46.1'E13°13.3'N006°18.8'E 0.938 87° 185° 231 km 07m50.6s
11:4013°50.3'N007°19.8'E12°03.4'N006°13.6'E12°56.8'N006°46.6'E 0.938 87° 204° 231 km 07m50.3s
11:4213°33.5'N007°47.9'E11°46.9'N006°41.0'E12°40.2'N007°14.4'E 0.938 87° 221° 231 km 07m50.0s
11:4413°16.5'N008°15.9'E11°30.3'N007°08.4'E12°23.4'N007°42.0'E 0.938 86° 234° 231 km 07m49.6s
11:4612°59.4'N008°43.8'E11°13.5'N007°35.6'E12°06.4'N008°09.6'E 0.938 85° 244° 231 km 07m49.1s
11:4812°42.1'N009°11.6'E10°56.5'N008°02.9'E11°49.2'N008°37.1'E 0.938 85° 252° 231 km 07m48.5s
11:5012°24.6'N009°39.4'E10°39.3'N008°30.1'E11°31.9'N009°04.6'E 0.938 84° 257° 231 km 07m47.9s
11:5212°07.0'N010°07.2'E10°22.0'N008°57.3'E11°14.5'N009°32.1'E 0.938 83° 261° 232 km 07m47.2s
11:5411°49.3'N010°35.0'E10°04.5'N009°24.5'E10°56.8'N009°59.6'E 0.938 82° 265° 232 km 07m46.4s
11:5611°31.3'N011°02.8'E09°46.8'N009°51.7'E10°39.0'N010°27.2'E 0.938 81° 267° 232 km 07m45.5s
11:5811°13.2'N011°30.7'E09°28.9'N010°19.0'E10°21.0'N010°54.7'E 0.938 80° 269° 233 km 07m44.6s
12:0010°55.0'N011°58.6'E09°10.9'N010°46.4'E10°02.9'N011°22.4'E 0.938 79° 271° 233 km 07m43.6s
12:0210°36.6'N012°26.6'E08°52.7'N011°13.9'E09°44.6'N011°50.1'E 0.938 78° 273° 233 km 07m42.5s
12:0410°18.0'N012°54.8'E08°34.3'N011°41.5'E09°26.1'N012°18.0'E 0.938 77° 274° 234 km 07m41.4s
12:0609°59.3'N013°23.0'E08°15.7'N012°09.2'E09°07.4'N012°46.0'E 0.937 76° 275° 234 km 07m40.2s
12:0809°40.4'N013°51.4'E07°56.9'N012°37.1'E08°48.6'N013°14.1'E 0.937 75° 276° 234 km 07m38.9s
12:1009°21.3'N014°20.0'E07°37.9'N013°05.1'E08°29.5'N013°42.5'E 0.937 74° 277° 235 km 07m37.6s
12:1209°02.0'N014°48.8'E07°18.8'N013°33.4'E08°10.3'N014°11.0'E 0.937 73° 278° 235 km 07m36.2s
12:1408°42.6'N015°17.9'E06°59.4'N014°01.9'E07°50.9'N014°39.7'E 0.937 72° 279° 236 km 07m34.7s
12:1608°23.0'N015°47.1'E06°39.8'N014°30.7'E07°31.3'N015°08.8'E 0.937 71° 279° 236 km 07m33.2s
12:1808°03.2'N016°16.7'E06°20.1'N014°59.7'E07°11.5'N015°38.0'E 0.937 70° 280° 237 km 07m31.6s
12:2007°43.2'N016°46.6'E06°00.1'N015°29.0'E06°51.6'N016°07.7'E 0.937 69° 280° 237 km 07m30.0s
12:2207°23.0'N017°16.8'E05°39.9'N015°58.7'E06°31.4'N016°37.6'E 0.937 68° 281° 238 km 07m28.3s
12:2407°02.6'N017°47.4'E05°19.5'N016°28.8'E06°11.0'N017°07.9'E 0.937 67° 281° 239 km 07m26.6s
12:2606°42.1'N018°18.4'E04°58.8'N016°59.3'E05°50.4'N017°38.7'E 0.937 66° 282° 239 km 07m24.7s
12:2806°21.3'N018°49.8'E04°38.0'N017°30.2'E05°29.5'N018°09.9'E 0.936 65° 282° 240 km 07m22.9s
12:3006°00.3'N019°21.8'E04°16.9'N018°01.6'E05°08.5'N018°41.5'E 0.936 64° 283° 241 km 07m20.9s
12:3205°39.0'N019°54.2'E03°55.5'N018°33.5'E04°47.2'N019°13.7'E 0.936 63° 283° 241 km 07m18.9s
12:3405°17.6'N020°27.2'E03°34.0'N019°06.0'E04°25.7'N019°46.4'E 0.936 62° 283° 242 km 07m16.9s
12:3604°55.9'N021°00.9'E03°12.1'N019°39.1'E04°03.9'N020°19.8'E 0.936 61° 283° 243 km 07m14.8s
12:3804°34.0'N021°35.2'E02°50.0'N020°12.8'E03°41.9'N020°53.8'E 0.936 60° 284° 244 km 07m12.6s
12:4004°11.8'N022°10.2'E02°27.6'N020°47.2'E03°19.6'N021°28.5'E 0.936 59° 284° 244 km 07m10.4s
12:4203°49.4'N022°46.0'E02°04.9'N021°22.4'E02°57.0'N022°04.0'E 0.935 57° 284° 245 km 07m08.1s
12:4403°26.6'N023°22.6'E01°41.9'N021°58.5'E02°34.2'N022°40.3'E 0.935 56° 284° 246 km 07m05.8s
12:4603°03.6'N024°00.1'E01°18.6'N022°35.4'E02°11.0'N023°17.5'E 0.935 55° 285° 247 km 07m03.4s
12:4802°40.3'N024°38.6'E00°55.0'N023°13.3'E01°47.5'N023°55.7'E 0.935 54° 285° 248 km 07m01.0s
12:5002°16.7'N025°18.2'E00°31.0'N023°52.2'E01°23.7'N024°35.0'E 0.935 53° 285° 249 km 06m58.5s
12:5201°52.7'N025°58.9'E00°06.7'N024°32.3'E00°59.6'N025°15.3'E 0.934 51° 285° 250 km 06m55.9s
12:5401°28.4'N026°40.9'E00°18.0'S025°13.6'E00°35.1'N025°57.0'E 0.934 50° 285° 251 km 06m53.3s
12:5601°03.7'N027°24.3'E00°43.1'S025°56.2'E00°10.2'N026°40.0'E 0.934 49° 285° 252 km 06m50.6s
12:5800°38.6'N028°09.2'E01°08.7'S026°40.3'E00°15.1'S027°24.4'E 0.934 48° 285° 253 km 06m47.8s
13:0000°13.1'N028°55.7'E01°34.7'S027°26.1'E00°40.9'S028°10.6'E 0.934 46° 285° 254 km 06m45.0s
13:0200°12.9'S029°44.1'E02°01.1'S028°13.5'E01°07.1'S028°58.4'E 0.933 45° 285° 255 km 06m42.1s
13:0400°39.3'S030°34.4'E02°28.1'S029°03.0'E01°33.8'S029°48.3'E 0.933 43° 285° 256 km 06m39.2s
13:0601°06.3'S031°27.0'E02°55.7'S029°54.6'E02°01.1'S030°40.4'E 0.933 42° 286° 258 km 06m36.1s
13:0801°33.9'S032°22.1'E03°23.9'S030°48.6'E02°29.0'S031°34.9'E 0.932 41° 286° 259 km 06m33.0s
13:1002°02.1'S033°19.9'E03°52.7'S031°45.2'E02°57.5'S032°32.1'E 0.932 39° 286° 260 km 06m29.8s
13:1202°31.0'S034°20.9'E04°22.3'S032°45.0'E03°26.8'S033°32.4'E 0.932 37° 285° 261 km 06m26.5s
13:1403°00.8'S035°25.6'E04°52.7'S033°48.2'E03°56.8'S034°36.3'E 0.931 36° 285° 263 km 06m23.1s
13:1603°31.3'S036°34.3'E05°24.0'S034°55.3'E04°27.8'S035°44.2'E 0.931 34° 285° 264 km 06m19.5s
13:1804°03.0'S037°47.9'E05°56.4'S036°07.1'E04°59.7'S036°56.8'E 0.931 32° 285° 266 km 06m15.9s
13:2004°35.7'S039°07.3'E06°30.0'S037°24.2'E05°32.9'S038°15.0'E 0.930 30° 285° 267 km 06m12.1s
13:2205°09.9'S040°33.6'E07°05.0'S038°47.9'E06°07.5'S039°39.9'E 0.930 28° 285° 269 km 06m08.1s
13:2405°45.8'S042°08.5'E07°41.7'S040°19.5'E06°43.7'S041°13.0'E 0.929 26° 285° 271 km 06m03.9s
13:2606°23.8'S043°54.3'E08°20.5'S042°01.2'E07°22.1'S042°56.5'E 0.929 24° 285° 273 km 05m59.4s
13:2807°04.5'S045°54.8'E09°02.0'S043°56.0'E08°03.2'S044°54.0'E 0.928 21° 284° 275 km 05m54.6s
13:3007°49.2'S048°16.3'E09°47.2'S046°09.2'E08°48.1'S047°10.9'E 0.927 19° 284° 278 km 05m49.3s
13:3208°40.0'S051°11.6'E10°37.8'S048°50.4'E09°38.7'S049°58.2'E 0.927 15° 283° 281 km 05m43.3s
13:3409°43.0'S055°15.3'E11°38.3'S052°22.3'E10°40.1'S053°43.5'E 0.926 11° 283° 285 km 05m35.9s
13:36 - - 13°07.7'S058°27.7'E12°24.3'S061°24.8'E 0.923 281° 292 km 05m22.8s
Limits11°37.3'S064°28.5'E14°12.5'S063°48.2'E12°55.0'S064°08.1'E 0.923 - 295 km 05m18.8s

ΔT = 45154.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:11:42.311:39:07.613°04.0'N177°54.9'E 86.9° 195.8° 230.7 km07m50.48s
Greatest Duration00:04:50.811:32:16.113°59.6'N004°58.3'E 85.4° 147.9° 230.5 km07m50.95s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1948 Sep 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 45154.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3513.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.68°.

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