Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1951 May 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1951 May 22 . 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 -1951 May 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits39°04.4'S120°02.1'E41°18.1'S120°41.5'E40°10.9'S120°21.5'E 0.938 - 251 km 04m35.8s
22:4635°27.5'S131°05.9'E39°56.2'S125°01.6'E37°20.6'S129°07.0'E 0.939 63° 240 km 04m45.4s
22:4833°55.4'S135°08.5'E37°11.7'S132°44.9'E35°28.3'S134°09.2'E 0.941 12° 60° 234 km 04m52.2s
22:5032°42.8'S138°06.6'E35°37.4'S136°41.9'E34°07.0'S137°30.5'E 0.942 16° 57° 230 km 04m57.3s
22:5231°40.8'S140°31.2'E34°22.9'S139°37.2'E32°59.6'S140°08.2'E 0.942 19° 56° 227 km 05m01.7s
22:5430°45.6'S142°34.4'E33°19.2'S141°59.8'E32°00.6'S142°19.9'E 0.943 21° 54° 224 km 05m05.7s
22:5629°55.4'S144°22.5'E32°22.5'S144°01.5'E31°07.4'S144°14.1'E 0.943 23° 53° 222 km 05m09.3s
22:5829°09.0'S145°59.2'E31°31.0'S145°48.3'E30°18.6'S145°55.5'E 0.944 25° 51° 220 km 05m12.8s
23:0028°25.6'S147°27.1'E30°43.4'S147°24.0'E29°33.3'S147°26.9'E 0.944 27° 50° 218 km 05m16.1s
23:0227°44.8'S148°47.8'E29°59.0'S148°50.8'E28°50.9'S148°50.4'E 0.945 29° 49° 216 km 05m19.2s
23:0427°06.2'S150°02.5'E29°17.3'S150°10.6'E28°10.7'S150°07.5'E 0.945 30° 48° 215 km 05m22.3s
23:0626°29.4'S151°12.1'E28°37.8'S151°24.5'E27°32.7'S151°19.2'E 0.945 32° 46° 214 km 05m25.2s
23:0825°54.2'S152°17.5'E28°00.3'S152°33.5'E26°56.4'S152°26.2'E 0.946 33° 45° 213 km 05m28.1s
23:1025°20.5'S153°19.2'E27°24.5'S153°38.1'E26°21.7'S153°29.3'E 0.946 35° 44° 211 km 05m30.8s
23:1224°48.1'S154°17.6'E26°50.2'S154°39.1'E25°48.4'S154°28.9'E 0.946 36° 43° 210 km 05m33.5s
23:1424°16.8'S155°13.1'E26°17.2'S155°36.9'E25°16.3'S155°25.5'E 0.946 37° 42° 210 km 05m36.1s
23:1623°46.7'S156°06.0'E25°45.5'S156°31.8'E24°45.4'S156°19.4'E 0.947 39° 41° 209 km 05m38.7s
23:1823°17.5'S156°56.7'E25°15.0'S157°24.2'E24°15.6'S157°10.9'E 0.947 40° 40° 208 km 05m41.2s
23:2022°49.2'S157°45.3'E24°45.4'S158°14.4'E23°46.7'S158°00.2'E 0.947 41° 39° 207 km 05m43.6s
23:2222°21.8'S158°32.1'E24°16.9'S159°02.5'E23°18.7'S158°47.6'E 0.947 42° 38° 207 km 05m46.0s
23:2421°55.2'S159°17.1'E23°49.2'S159°48.8'E22°51.6'S159°33.2'E 0.948 43° 37° 206 km 05m48.4s
23:2621°29.3'S160°00.7'E23°22.3'S160°33.4'E22°25.2'S160°17.3'E 0.948 44° 36° 206 km 05m50.7s
23:2821°04.2'S160°42.8'E22°56.3'S161°16.5'E21°59.6'S160°59.9'E 0.948 45° 34° 205 km 05m52.9s
23:3020°39.7'S161°23.7'E22°30.9'S161°58.2'E21°34.7'S161°41.2'E 0.948 46° 33° 205 km 05m55.1s
23:3220°15.8'S162°03.3'E22°06.3'S162°38.7'E21°10.5'S162°21.2'E 0.948 47° 32° 204 km 05m57.2s
23:3419°52.5'S162°42.0'E21°42.3'S163°18.0'E20°46.9'S163°00.2'E 0.948 48° 31° 204 km 05m59.3s
23:3619°29.8'S163°19.6'E21°19.0'S163°56.3'E20°23.8'S163°38.1'E 0.949 49° 30° 204 km 06m01.4s
23:3819°07.6'S163°56.3'E20°56.3'S164°33.6'E20°01.4'S164°15.1'E 0.949 50° 29° 204 km 06m03.4s
23:4018°45.9'S164°32.2'E20°34.1'S165°10.0'E19°39.5'S164°51.2'E 0.949 50° 27° 204 km 06m05.3s
23:4218°24.8'S165°07.3'E20°12.5'S165°45.5'E19°18.1'S165°26.5'E 0.949 51° 26° 203 km 06m07.2s
23:4418°04.1'S165°41.7'E19°51.4'S166°20.3'E18°57.3'S166°01.1'E 0.949 52° 25° 203 km 06m09.0s
23:4617°43.9'S166°15.4'E19°30.8'S166°54.4'E18°36.9'S166°35.0'E 0.949 53° 23° 203 km 06m10.8s
23:4817°24.2'S166°48.5'E19°10.7'S167°27.9'E18°17.0'S167°08.3'E 0.949 53° 22° 203 km 06m12.5s
23:5017°04.9'S167°21.1'E18°51.1'S168°00.8'E17°57.5'S167°41.0'E 0.949 54° 20° 203 km 06m14.2s
23:5216°46.0'S167°53.1'E18°32.0'S168°33.1'E17°38.5'S168°13.2'E 0.949 55° 19° 204 km 06m15.8s
23:5416°27.5'S168°24.7'E18°13.3'S169°04.9'E17°19.9'S168°44.9'E 0.950 55° 18° 204 km 06m17.4s
23:5616°09.4'S168°55.8'E17°55.0'S169°36.3'E17°01.8'S169°16.1'E 0.950 56° 16° 204 km 06m18.9s
23:5815°51.8'S169°26.6'E17°37.2'S170°07.2'E16°44.0'S169°47.0'E 0.950 56° 14° 204 km 06m20.3s
00:0015°34.5'S169°57.0'E17°19.8'S170°37.8'E16°26.6'S170°17.4'E 0.950 57° 13° 204 km 06m21.7s
00:0215°17.6'S170°27.0'E17°02.7'S171°08.0'E16°09.7'S170°47.6'E 0.950 57° 11° 204 km 06m23.1s
00:0415°01.0'S170°56.8'E16°46.1'S171°37.9'E15°53.1'S171°17.4'E 0.950 58° 10° 205 km 06m24.3s
00:0614°44.8'S171°26.3'E16°29.9'S172°07.5'E15°36.9'S171°46.9'E 0.950 58° 205 km 06m25.5s
00:0814°29.0'S171°55.6'E16°14.1'S172°36.9'E15°21.1'S172°16.3'E 0.950 58° 205 km 06m26.6s
00:1014°13.5'S172°24.6'E15°58.6'S173°06.0'E15°05.6'S172°45.3'E 0.950 59° 206 km 06m27.7s
00:1213°58.4'S172°53.5'E15°43.5'S173°35.0'E14°50.5'S173°14.3'E 0.950 59° 206 km 06m28.7s
00:1413°43.6'S173°22.2'E15°28.8'S174°03.8'E14°35.7'S173°43.0'E 0.950 59° 206 km 06m29.6s
00:1613°29.2'S173°50.8'E15°14.4'S174°32.4'E14°21.3'S174°11.6'E 0.950 60° 359° 207 km 06m30.4s
00:1813°15.0'S174°19.3'E15°00.4'S175°00.9'E14°07.3'S174°40.1'E 0.950 60° 357° 207 km 06m31.2s
00:2013°01.3'S174°47.7'E14°46.7'S175°29.3'E13°53.5'S175°08.5'E 0.950 60° 355° 207 km 06m31.9s
00:2212°47.8'S175°16.0'E14°33.4'S175°57.7'E13°40.1'S175°36.9'E 0.950 60° 353° 208 km 06m32.5s
00:2412°34.7'S175°44.4'E14°20.4'S176°26.0'E13°27.1'S176°05.2'E 0.950 60° 351° 208 km 06m33.1s
00:2612°21.9'S176°12.7'E14°07.8'S176°54.3'E13°14.4'S176°33.5'E 0.950 60° 349° 209 km 06m33.5s
00:2812°09.4'S176°41.0'E13°55.5'S177°22.6'E13°02.0'S177°01.8'E 0.950 60° 347° 209 km 06m33.9s
00:3011°57.2'S177°09.3'E13°43.6'S177°51.0'E12°50.0'S177°30.1'E 0.950 60° 345° 210 km 06m34.2s
00:3211°45.4'S177°37.7'E13°32.0'S178°19.4'E12°38.2'S177°58.5'E 0.950 60° 344° 210 km 06m34.4s
00:3411°33.9'S178°06.2'E13°20.7'S178°47.8'E12°26.9'S178°27.0'E 0.950 60° 342° 211 km 06m34.5s
00:3611°22.7'S178°34.8'E13°09.8'S179°16.4'E12°15.8'S178°55.5'E 0.950 60° 340° 211 km 06m34.6s
00:3811°11.9'S179°03.5'E12°59.2'S179°45.0'E12°05.1'S179°24.2'E 0.950 60° 338° 212 km 06m34.5s
00:4011°01.3'S179°32.3'E12°49.0'S179°46.1'W11°54.7'S179°53.0'E 0.950 60° 336° 212 km 06m34.4s
00:4210°51.1'S179°58.7'W12°39.1'S179°17.1'W11°44.7'S179°38.0'W 0.950 59° 334° 213 km 06m34.2s
00:4410°41.2'S179°29.4'W12°29.6'S178°48.0'W11°34.9'S179°08.8'W 0.950 59° 333° 213 km 06m33.9s
00:4610°31.7'S179°00.0'W12°20.4'S178°18.6'W11°25.6'S178°39.4'W 0.950 59° 331° 214 km 06m33.5s
00:4810°22.5'S178°30.3'W12°11.5'S177°48.9'W11°16.5'S178°09.7'W 0.950 58° 329° 214 km 06m33.0s
00:5010°13.6'S178°00.4'W12°03.0'S177°19.0'W11°07.9'S177°39.8'W 0.950 58° 327° 215 km 06m32.4s
00:5210°05.1'S177°30.2'W11°54.9'S176°48.8'W10°59.5'S177°09.6'W 0.950 58° 326° 215 km 06m31.7s
00:5409°56.9'S176°59.6'W11°47.1'S176°18.2'W10°51.5'S176°39.0'W 0.950 57° 324° 215 km 06m31.0s
00:5609°49.0'S176°28.7'W11°39.7'S175°47.3'W10°43.9'S176°08.1'W 0.950 57° 323° 216 km 06m30.1s
00:5809°41.5'S175°57.4'W11°32.7'S175°16.0'W10°36.6'S175°36.8'W 0.950 56° 321° 216 km 06m29.2s
01:0009°34.4'S175°25.7'W11°26.0'S174°44.3'W10°29.8'S175°05.1'W 0.949 55° 320° 217 km 06m28.1s
01:0209°27.7'S174°53.6'W11°19.7'S174°12.1'W10°23.2'S174°33.0'W 0.949 55° 318° 217 km 06m27.0s
01:0409°21.3'S174°21.0'W11°13.9'S173°39.5'W10°17.1'S174°00.4'W 0.949 54° 317° 218 km 06m25.8s
01:0609°15.3'S173°47.9'W11°08.4'S173°06.3'W10°11.4'S173°27.2'W 0.949 54° 316° 218 km 06m24.5s
01:0809°09.7'S173°14.2'W11°03.3'S172°32.5'W10°06.0'S172°53.5'W 0.949 53° 315° 218 km 06m23.1s
01:1009°04.5'S172°39.9'W10°58.7'S171°58.1'W10°01.1'S172°19.2'W 0.949 52° 313° 219 km 06m21.6s
01:1208°59.7'S172°05.0'W10°54.5'S171°23.1'W09°56.6'S171°44.3'W 0.949 52° 312° 219 km 06m20.0s
01:1408°55.4'S171°29.4'W10°50.7'S170°47.3'W09°52.6'S171°08.6'W 0.949 51° 311° 219 km 06m18.4s
01:1608°51.5'S170°53.1'W10°47.4'S170°10.8'W09°49.0'S170°32.2'W 0.949 50° 310° 220 km 06m16.6s
01:1808°48.0'S170°16.0'W10°44.6'S169°33.5'W09°45.8'S169°55.0'W 0.948 49° 309° 220 km 06m14.8s
01:2008°45.0'S169°38.1'W10°42.3'S168°55.2'W09°43.2'S169°16.9'W 0.948 48° 308° 220 km 06m12.8s
01:2208°42.5'S168°59.2'W10°40.5'S168°16.1'W09°41.0'S168°37.9'W 0.948 47° 307° 221 km 06m10.8s
01:2408°40.6'S168°19.3'W10°39.2'S167°35.8'W09°39.4'S167°57.9'W 0.948 47° 306° 221 km 06m08.7s
01:2608°39.1'S167°38.4'W10°38.5'S166°54.5'W09°38.3'S167°16.8'W 0.948 46° 305° 221 km 06m06.5s
01:2808°38.2'S166°56.4'W10°38.4'S166°11.9'W09°37.8'S166°34.5'W 0.948 45° 304° 222 km 06m04.2s
01:3008°37.9'S166°13.1'W10°39.0'S165°28.0'W09°37.9'S165°51.0'W 0.947 44° 303° 222 km 06m01.9s
01:3208°38.2'S165°28.4'W10°40.2'S164°42.7'W09°38.6'S165°06.0'W 0.947 43° 302° 223 km 05m59.4s
01:3408°39.1'S164°42.3'W10°42.1'S163°55.8'W09°40.0'S164°19.5'W 0.947 41° 302° 223 km 05m56.9s
01:3608°40.8'S163°54.6'W10°44.7'S163°07.2'W09°42.2'S163°31.4'W 0.947 40° 301° 223 km 05m54.3s
01:3808°43.2'S163°05.1'W10°48.2'S162°16.6'W09°45.1'S162°41.4'W 0.947 39° 300° 224 km 05m51.6s
01:4008°46.4'S162°13.6'W10°52.5'S161°23.9'W09°48.8'S161°49.4'W 0.946 38° 299° 224 km 05m48.8s
01:4208°50.4'S161°20.0'W10°57.7'S160°28.9'W09°53.5'S160°55.1'W 0.946 37° 299° 225 km 05m45.9s
01:4408°55.4'S160°24.0'W11°04.1'S159°31.2'W09°59.1'S159°58.3'W 0.946 35° 298° 225 km 05m42.9s
01:4609°01.3'S159°25.3'W11°11.5'S158°30.5'W10°05.8'S158°58.7'W 0.945 34° 297° 226 km 05m39.8s
01:4809°08.5'S158°23.5'W11°20.2'S157°26.4'W10°13.6'S157°55.8'W 0.945 33° 297° 227 km 05m36.6s
01:5009°16.8'S157°18.3'W11°30.4'S156°18.3'W10°22.9'S156°49.3'W 0.945 31° 296° 228 km 05m33.2s
01:5209°26.6'S156°09.0'W11°42.2'S155°05.7'W10°33.6'S155°38.5'W 0.944 30° 295° 228 km 05m29.8s
01:5409°38.0'S154°55.0'W11°55.9'S153°47.5'W10°46.1'S154°22.6'W 0.944 28° 295° 229 km 05m26.2s
01:5609°51.3'S153°35.5'W12°11.9'S152°22.7'W11°00.6'S153°00.6'W 0.944 26° 294° 230 km 05m22.5s
01:5810°06.8'S152°09.1'W12°30.6'S150°49.7'W11°17.6'S151°31.2'W 0.943 24° 293° 232 km 05m18.5s
02:0010°25.0'S150°34.3'W12°52.8'S149°05.9'W11°37.7'S149°52.4'W 0.943 22° 293° 233 km 05m14.4s
02:0210°46.7'S148°48.5'W13°19.7'S147°07.7'W12°01.8'S148°01.2'W 0.942 20° 292° 235 km 05m09.9s
02:0411°13.0'S146°47.9'W13°53.2'S144°48.4'W12°31.2'S145°52.4'W 0.942 17° 291° 236 km 05m05.1s
02:0611°46.0'S144°25.4'W14°37.6'S141°53.8'W13°09.0'S143°16.7'W 0.941 14° 291° 239 km 04m59.6s
02:0812°29.9'S141°26.0'W15°46.1'S137°39.9'W14°02.0'S139°50.3'W 0.940 10° 290° 242 km 04m53.0s
02:1013°38.7'S137°01.1'W - - 15°48.5'S133°21.7'W 0.938 288° 249 km 04m42.3s
Limits15°38.0'S129°50.5'W17°56.4'S130°05.8'W16°46.8'S129°58.3'W 0.937 - 252 km 04m37.5s

ΔT = 45234.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:01:21.000:27:26.713°05.4'S012°05.6'W 60.3° 347.9° 209.2 km06m33.80s
Greatest Duration13:09:53.100:35:58.812°15.9'S178°55.2'E 59.9° 339.8° 211.2 km06m34.57s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1951 May 22

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
  • Solar Eclipses - primary page for solar eclipse predictions
  • Solar Eclipse Links - detailed directory of links

Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1951 May 22 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 45234.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3527.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.74°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.