Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1951 Nov 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1951 Nov 16 . 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 -1951 Nov 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits67°38.1'N076°10.1'W67°06.9'N077°04.4'W67°22.5'N076°37.8'W 1.012 - 70 km 00m43.5s
13:3463°18.7'N064°26.8'W61°05.2'N061°34.9'W62°09.0'N062°51.6'W 1.014 144° 82 km 00m56.2s
13:3660°53.4'N058°49.6'W59°04.4'N057°13.1'W59°57.8'N057°58.0'W 1.015 11° 149° 88 km 01m02.0s
13:3859°08.4'N055°03.0'W57°29.8'N053°58.9'W58°18.4'N054°29.1'W 1.016 14° 152° 92 km 01m06.4s
13:4057°42.3'N052°05.6'W56°09.8'N051°20.7'W56°55.6'N051°41.9'W 1.016 16° 155° 95 km 01m10.3s
13:4256°27.9'N049°37.2'W54°59.6'N049°05.4'W55°43.4'N049°20.5'W 1.017 17° 158° 98 km 01m13.6s
13:4455°21.8'N047°28.4'W53°56.5'N047°06.2'W54°38.9'N047°16.6'W 1.017 19° 160° 101 km 01m16.7s
13:4654°22.0'N045°33.6'W52°58.9'N045°18.9'W53°40.2'N045°25.8'W 1.018 20° 163° 104 km 01m19.5s
13:4853°27.0'N043°49.5'W52°05.7'N043°40.8'W52°46.2'N043°44.8'W 1.018 22° 165° 106 km 01m22.0s
13:5052°36.1'N042°13.8'W51°16.3'N042°10.1'W51°56.0'N042°11.6'W 1.019 23° 167° 109 km 01m24.4s
13:5251°48.6'N040°44.8'W50°30.0'N040°45.4'W51°09.2'N040°44.9'W 1.019 24° 169° 111 km 01m26.5s
13:5451°04.1'N039°21.3'W49°46.5'N039°25.7'W50°25.1'N039°23.3'W 1.019 25° 171° 113 km 01m28.6s
13:5650°22.0'N038°02.5'W49°05.4'N038°10.1'W49°43.6'N038°06.2'W 1.019 25° 172° 115 km 01m30.4s
13:5849°42.3'N036°47.6'W48°26.4'N036°58.1'W49°04.2'N036°52.7'W 1.020 26° 174° 117 km 01m32.2s
14:0049°04.5'N035°35.9'W47°49.4'N035°49.1'W48°26.8'N035°42.4'W 1.020 27° 176° 119 km 01m33.8s
14:0248°28.7'N034°27.1'W47°14.1'N034°42.7'W47°51.3'N034°34.8'W 1.020 28° 178° 121 km 01m35.2s
14:0447°54.5'N033°20.7'W46°40.4'N033°38.5'W47°17.4'N033°29.6'W 1.020 28° 179° 123 km 01m36.6s
14:0647°21.8'N032°16.5'W46°08.3'N032°36.2'W46°45.0'N032°26.3'W 1.020 29° 181° 124 km 01m37.8s
14:0846°50.6'N031°14.0'W45°37.5'N031°35.6'W46°14.0'N031°24.8'W 1.020 29° 183° 126 km 01m39.0s
14:1046°20.7'N030°13.0'W45°08.1'N030°36.4'W45°44.3'N030°24.7'W 1.021 30° 185° 127 km 01m40.0s
14:1245°52.2'N029°13.4'W44°39.9'N029°38.4'W45°16.0'N029°26.0'W 1.021 30° 186° 129 km 01m40.9s
14:1445°24.8'N028°14.9'W44°12.8'N028°41.5'W44°48.7'N028°28.3'W 1.021 30° 188° 130 km 01m41.7s
14:1644°58.5'N027°17.3'W43°46.9'N027°45.4'W44°22.7'N027°31.5'W 1.021 31° 190° 132 km 01m42.4s
14:1844°33.4'N026°20.5'W43°22.1'N026°50.1'W43°57.7'N026°35.4'W 1.021 31° 191° 133 km 01m42.9s
14:2044°09.3'N025°24.4'W42°58.3'N025°55.3'W43°33.7'N025°39.9'W 1.021 31° 193° 134 km 01m43.4s
14:2243°46.2'N024°28.7'W42°35.5'N025°01.0'W43°10.8'N024°44.9'W 1.021 31° 194° 135 km 01m43.8s
14:2443°24.1'N023°33.3'W42°13.6'N024°06.9'W42°48.8'N023°50.2'W 1.021 31° 196° 136 km 01m44.0s
14:2643°02.9'N022°38.1'W41°52.8'N023°13.1'W42°27.8'N022°55.7'W 1.021 31° 198° 137 km 01m44.2s
14:2842°42.7'N021°43.1'W41°32.8'N022°19.3'W42°07.7'N022°01.3'W 1.021 31° 199° 138 km 01m44.2s
14:3042°23.5'N020°47.9'W41°13.8'N021°25.4'W41°48.6'N021°06.8'W 1.021 31° 201° 138 km 01m44.2s
14:3242°05.1'N019°52.6'W40°55.6'N020°31.4'W41°30.3'N020°12.2'W 1.021 31° 203° 139 km 01m44.0s
14:3441°47.6'N018°57.0'W40°38.4'N019°37.0'W41°13.0'N019°17.2'W 1.021 31° 204° 139 km 01m43.7s
14:3641°31.1'N018°01.0'W40°22.1'N018°42.3'W40°56.6'N018°21.8'W 1.021 31° 206° 140 km 01m43.3s
14:3841°15.5'N017°04.4'W40°06.6'N017°47.0'W40°41.0'N017°25.9'W 1.021 30° 207° 140 km 01m42.8s
14:4041°00.8'N016°07.0'W39°52.1'N016°51.0'W40°26.4'N016°29.2'W 1.021 30° 209° 139 km 01m42.2s
14:4240°47.0'N015°08.8'W39°38.5'N015°54.2'W40°12.8'N015°31.7'W 1.021 30° 210° 139 km 01m41.5s
14:4440°34.1'N014°09.6'W39°25.9'N014°56.4'W40°00.0'N014°33.2'W 1.021 29° 212° 139 km 01m40.6s
14:4640°22.3'N013°09.1'W39°14.2'N013°57.4'W39°48.3'N013°33.5'W 1.021 29° 214° 138 km 01m39.7s
14:4840°11.5'N012°07.3'W39°03.6'N012°57.1'W39°37.5'N012°32.5'W 1.020 28° 215° 137 km 01m38.6s
14:5040°01.7'N011°03.7'W38°54.0'N011°55.2'W39°27.8'N011°29.8'W 1.020 28° 217° 136 km 01m37.4s
14:5239°53.0'N009°58.3'W38°45.4'N010°51.6'W39°19.2'N010°25.2'W 1.020 27° 218° 135 km 01m36.1s
14:5439°45.5'N008°50.6'W38°38.1'N009°45.9'W39°11.8'N009°18.6'W 1.020 27° 220° 133 km 01m34.6s
14:5639°39.2'N007°40.4'W38°31.9'N008°37.8'W39°05.6'N008°09.4'W 1.020 26° 221° 132 km 01m33.0s
14:5839°34.3'N006°27.2'W38°27.1'N007°26.9'W39°00.7'N006°57.4'W 1.020 25° 223° 130 km 01m31.3s
15:0039°30.9'N005°10.5'W38°23.7'N006°12.8'W38°57.3'N005°42.1'W 1.019 24° 224° 128 km 01m29.4s
15:0239°29.1'N003°49.6'W38°21.9'N004°54.9'W38°55.5'N004°22.7'W 1.019 23° 226° 125 km 01m27.3s
15:0439°29.2'N002°23.7'W38°21.9'N003°32.5'W38°55.6'N002°58.7'W 1.019 22° 228° 122 km 01m25.1s
15:0639°31.4'N000°51.8'W38°24.0'N002°04.7'W38°57.7'N001°28.9'W 1.018 21° 229° 119 km 01m22.7s
15:0839°36.2'N000°47.6'E38°28.4'N000°30.2'W39°02.3'N000°08.0'E 1.018 20° 231° 116 km 01m20.0s
15:1039°44.0'N002°36.7'E38°35.6'N001°12.6'E39°09.8'N001°53.8'E 1.018 18° 233° 113 km 01m17.1s
15:1239°55.9'N004°38.6'E38°46.4'N003°06.4'E39°21.1'N003°51.5'E 1.017 16° 235° 109 km 01m13.9s
15:1440°13.1'N006°58.8'E39°01.9'N005°15.0'E39°37.4'N006°05.6'E 1.017 15° 237° 104 km 01m10.3s
15:1640°38.4'N009°47.4'E39°24.0'N007°45.6'E40°00.9'N008°44.5'E 1.016 12° 239° 99 km 01m06.1s
15:1841°18.7'N013°30.1'E39°56.9'N010°53.0'E40°37.0'N012°07.3'E 1.015 242° 92 km 01m00.9s
15:2042°53.3'N020°35.4'E40°53.2'N015°23.2'E41°45.5'N017°27.8'E 1.014 245° 82 km 00m53.3s
Limits43°39.4'N023°37.1'E42°58.8'N023°41.4'E43°19.0'N023°39.3'E 1.012 - 72 km 00m45.4s

ΔT = 45222.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:59:58.714:26:16.042°25.1'N148°14.9'E 31.2° 197.9° 137.2 km01m44.19s
Greatest Duration03:01:29.814:27:47.142°09.8'N022°07.1'W 31.2° 199.1° 137.8 km01m44.22s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1951 Nov 16 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 45222.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3525.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.73°.

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"

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