Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1955 Aug 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1955 Aug 03 . 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 -1955 Aug 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits07°38.0'N164°36.8'E06°29.6'N165°06.0'E07°03.9'N164°51.5'E 1.041 - 137 km 02m14.9s
18:5211°35.8'N174°34.6'E10°23.4'N175°11.2'E11°00.2'N174°54.4'E 1.045 11° 70° 148 km 02m39.1s
18:5413°07.0'N178°41.2'E11°49.8'N179°12.4'E12°28.8'N178°58.0'E 1.046 16° 70° 153 km 02m50.4s
18:5614°11.5'N178°13.8'W12°51.2'N177°45.9'W13°31.7'N177°58.9'W 1.047 19° 71° 157 km 02m59.5s
18:5815°02.3'N175°40.2'W13°39.4'N175°14.8'W14°21.1'N175°26.6'W 1.048 22° 72° 160 km 03m07.5s
19:0015°44.1'N173°26.4'W14°19.2'N173°03.2'W15°01.9'N173°14.0'W 1.049 25° 72° 162 km 03m14.7s
19:0216°19.5'N171°26.4'W14°52.7'N171°05.3'W15°36.3'N171°15.1'W 1.049 28° 73° 164 km 03m21.5s
19:0416°49.9'N169°36.9'W15°21.5'N169°17.8'W16°05.9'N169°26.6'W 1.050 30° 74° 166 km 03m27.8s
19:0617°16.3'N167°55.7'W15°46.4'N167°38.5'W16°31.5'N167°46.4'W 1.051 32° 74° 168 km 03m33.8s
19:0817°39.4'N166°21.1'W16°08.2'N166°05.8'W16°53.9'N166°12.8'W 1.051 34° 75° 170 km 03m39.5s
19:1017°59.6'N164°52.1'W16°27.2'N164°38.6'W17°13.5'N164°44.7'W 1.052 36° 75° 172 km 03m45.0s
19:1218°17.3'N163°27.8'W16°43.8'N163°16.1'W17°30.7'N163°21.4'W 1.052 38° 75° 173 km 03m50.2s
19:1418°32.9'N162°07.6'W16°58.4'N161°57.7'W17°45.7'N162°02.1'W 1.053 40° 76° 175 km 03m55.3s
19:1618°46.5'N160°50.9'W17°11.0'N160°42.9'W17°58.8'N160°46.4'W 1.053 41° 76° 176 km 04m00.1s
19:1818°58.3'N159°37.4'W17°22.0'N159°31.2'W18°10.2'N159°33.8'W 1.053 43° 77° 177 km 04m04.9s
19:2019°08.5'N158°26.8'W17°31.4'N158°22.2'W18°20.1'N158°24.0'W 1.054 44° 77° 179 km 04m09.4s
19:2219°17.3'N157°18.6'W17°39.5'N157°15.8'W18°28.4'N157°16.8'W 1.054 46° 77° 180 km 04m13.8s
19:2419°24.6'N156°12.8'W17°46.2'N156°11.7'W18°35.4'N156°11.8'W 1.054 47° 77° 181 km 04m18.0s
19:2619°30.7'N155°09.0'W17°51.7'N155°09.7'W18°41.2'N155°08.9'W 1.055 49° 78° 182 km 04m22.1s
19:2819°35.6'N154°07.1'W17°56.0'N154°09.5'W18°45.8'N154°07.9'W 1.055 50° 78° 183 km 04m26.1s
19:3019°39.4'N153°07.0'W17°59.3'N153°11.1'W18°49.4'N153°08.7'W 1.055 52° 78° 184 km 04m29.9s
19:3219°42.0'N152°08.5'W18°01.6'N152°14.3'W18°51.8'N152°11.1'W 1.056 53° 78° 185 km 04m33.6s
19:3419°43.7'N151°11.5'W18°02.9'N151°19.0'W18°53.3'N151°15.0'W 1.056 54° 78° 186 km 04m37.2s
19:3619°44.5'N150°16.0'W18°03.3'N150°25.1'W18°53.9'N150°20.2'W 1.056 56° 78° 187 km 04m40.6s
19:3819°44.3'N149°21.7'W18°02.9'N149°32.5'W18°53.6'N149°26.8'W 1.056 57° 79° 188 km 04m43.9s
19:4019°43.3'N148°28.6'W18°01.6'N148°41.1'W18°52.4'N148°34.6'W 1.057 58° 79° 188 km 04m47.0s
19:4219°41.4'N147°36.7'W17°59.5'N147°50.8'W18°50.5'N147°43.5'W 1.057 59° 79° 189 km 04m50.0s
19:4419°38.7'N146°45.9'W17°56.7'N147°01.6'W18°47.7'N146°53.5'W 1.057 61° 78° 190 km 04m52.9s
19:4619°35.2'N145°56.1'W17°53.1'N146°13.3'W18°44.2'N146°04.5'W 1.057 62° 78° 190 km 04m55.7s
19:4819°31.0'N145°07.3'W17°48.9'N145°26.1'W18°39.9'N145°16.5'W 1.057 63° 78° 191 km 04m58.3s
19:5019°26.1'N144°19.3'W17°43.9'N144°39.7'W18°35.0'N144°29.3'W 1.057 64° 78° 192 km 05m00.8s
19:5219°20.5'N143°32.3'W17°38.3'N143°54.1'W18°29.4'N143°43.0'W 1.058 65° 77° 192 km 05m03.1s
19:5419°14.2'N142°46.0'W17°32.0'N143°09.3'W18°23.1'N142°57.5'W 1.058 67° 77° 193 km 05m05.4s
19:5619°07.2'N142°00.5'W17°25.2'N142°25.3'W18°16.2'N142°12.8'W 1.058 68° 77° 193 km 05m07.5s
19:5818°59.6'N141°15.7'W17°17.7'N141°42.0'W18°08.6'N141°28.8'W 1.058 69° 76° 193 km 05m09.4s
20:0018°51.4'N140°31.7'W17°09.6'N140°59.4'W18°00.5'N140°45.4'W 1.058 70° 75° 194 km 05m11.2s
20:0218°42.5'N139°48.3'W17°00.9'N140°17.3'W17°51.7'N140°02.7'W 1.058 71° 74° 194 km 05m12.9s
20:0418°33.1'N139°05.5'W16°51.7'N139°35.9'W17°42.4'N139°20.7'W 1.058 72° 73° 195 km 05m14.5s
20:0618°23.1'N138°23.3'W16°41.9'N138°55.1'W17°32.5'N138°39.2'W 1.058 73° 72° 195 km 05m15.9s
20:0818°12.5'N137°41.7'W16°31.6'N138°14.8'W17°22.1'N137°58.2'W 1.058 74° 71° 195 km 05m17.2s
20:1018°01.3'N137°00.6'W16°20.8'N137°35.0'W17°11.1'N137°17.8'W 1.059 75° 69° 195 km 05m18.3s
20:1217°49.6'N136°20.0'W16°09.4'N136°55.6'W16°59.5'N136°37.8'W 1.059 76° 67° 195 km 05m19.4s
20:1417°37.4'N135°39.9'W15°57.5'N136°16.8'W16°47.5'N135°58.3'W 1.059 77° 65° 196 km 05m20.2s
20:1617°24.6'N135°00.3'W15°45.1'N135°38.3'W16°34.9'N135°19.3'W 1.059 78° 62° 196 km 05m21.0s
20:1817°11.3'N134°21.0'W15°32.1'N135°00.3'W16°21.8'N134°40.7'W 1.059 79° 59° 196 km 05m21.6s
20:2016°57.5'N133°42.2'W15°18.7'N134°22.6'W16°08.1'N134°02.4'W 1.059 79° 55° 196 km 05m22.1s
20:2216°43.1'N133°03.8'W15°04.8'N133°45.2'W15°54.0'N133°24.6'W 1.059 80° 51° 196 km 05m22.5s
20:2416°28.3'N132°25.7'W14°50.4'N133°08.2'W15°39.4'N132°47.0'W 1.059 81° 45° 196 km 05m22.7s
20:2616°13.0'N131°47.9'W14°35.6'N132°31.5'W15°24.3'N132°09.8'W 1.059 81° 40° 196 km 05m22.8s
20:2815°57.1'N131°10.5'W14°20.2'N131°55.1'W15°08.7'N131°32.9'W 1.059 82° 33° 196 km 05m22.8s
20:3015°40.8'N130°33.3'W14°04.4'N131°18.9'W14°52.6'N130°56.2'W 1.059 82° 26° 196 km 05m22.7s
20:3215°23.9'N129°56.4'W13°48.1'N130°43.0'W14°36.1'N130°19.8'W 1.059 82° 18° 196 km 05m22.4s
20:3415°06.6'N129°19.8'W13°31.3'N130°07.3'W14°19.0'N129°43.6'W 1.059 82° 10° 196 km 05m22.0s
20:3614°48.8'N128°43.4'W13°14.0'N129°31.7'W14°01.5'N129°07.7'W 1.059 82° 195 km 05m21.5s
20:3814°30.5'N128°07.1'W12°56.3'N128°56.3'W13°43.5'N128°31.9'W 1.059 82° 355° 195 km 05m20.8s
20:4014°11.8'N127°31.0'W12°38.1'N128°21.1'W13°25.0'N127°56.2'W 1.059 81° 349° 195 km 05m20.1s
20:4213°52.5'N126°55.1'W12°19.4'N127°46.0'W13°06.0'N127°20.7'W 1.059 81° 343° 195 km 05m19.2s
20:4413°32.7'N126°19.3'W12°00.2'N127°10.9'W12°46.6'N126°45.3'W 1.059 80° 338° 195 km 05m18.2s
20:4613°12.5'N125°43.6'W11°40.6'N126°35.9'W12°26.7'N126°09.9'W 1.059 79° 334° 194 km 05m17.1s
20:4812°51.8'N125°07.9'W11°20.5'N126°01.0'W12°06.2'N125°34.6'W 1.059 79° 330° 194 km 05m15.9s
20:5012°30.6'N124°32.3'W10°59.9'N125°26.1'W11°45.3'N124°59.4'W 1.059 78° 327° 194 km 05m14.6s
20:5212°08.9'N123°56.8'W10°38.8'N124°51.2'W11°23.9'N124°24.2'W 1.059 77° 324° 193 km 05m13.1s
20:5411°46.7'N123°21.2'W10°17.2'N124°16.2'W11°02.0'N123°48.9'W 1.058 76° 322° 193 km 05m11.6s
20:5611°23.9'N122°45.5'W09°55.1'N123°41.2'W10°39.6'N123°13.6'W 1.058 75° 319° 193 km 05m09.9s
20:5811°00.7'N122°09.9'W09°32.5'N123°06.1'W10°16.7'N122°38.2'W 1.058 74° 318° 192 km 05m08.2s
21:0010°37.0'N121°34.1'W09°09.4'N122°30.8'W09°53.3'N122°02.7'W 1.058 73° 316° 192 km 05m06.3s
21:0210°12.7'N120°58.2'W08°45.8'N121°55.5'W09°29.4'N121°27.0'W 1.058 72° 315° 191 km 05m04.4s
21:0409°47.9'N120°22.1'W08°21.6'N121°19.9'W09°04.9'N120°51.2'W 1.058 71° 314° 191 km 05m02.3s
21:0609°22.6'N119°45.8'W07°57.0'N120°44.1'W08°39.9'N120°15.2'W 1.058 70° 313° 191 km 05m00.1s
21:0808°56.7'N119°09.3'W07°31.7'N120°08.0'W08°14.3'N119°38.9'W 1.058 69° 312° 190 km 04m57.9s
21:1008°30.2'N118°32.6'W07°05.9'N119°31.6'W07°48.2'N119°02.3'W 1.058 67° 311° 190 km 04m55.5s
21:1208°03.1'N117°55.5'W06°39.5'N118°54.9'W07°21.5'N118°25.4'W 1.057 66° 310° 189 km 04m53.1s
21:1407°35.5'N117°18.0'W06°12.5'N118°17.8'W06°54.2'N117°48.2'W 1.057 65° 309° 189 km 04m50.5s
21:1607°07.3'N116°40.2'W05°44.9'N117°40.3'W06°26.3'N117°10.5'W 1.057 64° 309° 188 km 04m47.9s
21:1806°38.4'N116°01.9'W05°16.7'N117°02.3'W05°57.7'N116°32.3'W 1.057 63° 308° 187 km 04m45.2s
21:2006°08.8'N115°23.0'W04°47.8'N116°23.8'W05°28.5'N115°53.7'W 1.057 62° 308° 187 km 04m42.3s
21:2205°38.6'N114°43.7'W04°18.3'N115°44.6'W04°58.6'N115°14.4'W 1.056 60° 307° 186 km 04m39.4s
21:2405°07.7'N114°03.6'W03°48.0'N115°04.9'W04°28.1'N114°34.5'W 1.056 59° 307° 185 km 04m36.4s
21:2604°36.1'N113°22.9'W03°17.1'N114°24.3'W03°56.8'N113°53.9'W 1.056 58° 307° 185 km 04m33.3s
21:2804°03.7'N112°41.4'W02°45.3'N113°43.0'W03°24.7'N113°12.5'W 1.056 57° 306° 184 km 04m30.1s
21:3003°30.5'N111°59.0'W02°12.8'N113°00.8'W02°51.9'N112°30.2'W 1.056 55° 306° 183 km 04m26.8s
21:3202°56.5'N111°15.7'W01°39.4'N112°17.6'W02°18.2'N111°46.9'W 1.055 54° 306° 183 km 04m23.4s
21:3402°21.6'N110°31.3'W01°05.2'N111°33.3'W01°43.6'N111°02.6'W 1.055 53° 305° 182 km 04m19.9s
21:3601°45.8'N109°45.8'W00°30.0'N110°47.8'W01°08.1'N110°17.1'W 1.055 51° 305° 181 km 04m16.4s
21:3801°08.9'N108°58.9'W00°06.2'S110°01.0'W00°31.6'N109°30.2'W 1.054 50° 305° 180 km 04m12.7s
21:4000°31.1'N108°10.5'W00°43.4'S109°12.7'W00°05.9'S108°41.9'W 1.054 49° 304° 179 km 04m08.9s
21:4200°07.9'S107°20.6'W01°21.7'S108°22.8'W00°44.6'S107°52.0'W 1.054 47° 304° 178 km 04m05.0s
21:4400°48.2'S106°28.8'W02°01.3'S107°31.0'W01°24.5'S107°00.2'W 1.053 46° 304° 177 km 04m01.0s
21:4601°29.7'S105°35.0'W02°42.1'S106°37.1'W02°05.6'S106°06.4'W 1.053 44° 304° 176 km 03m56.9s
21:4802°12.7'S104°38.9'W03°24.4'S105°40.9'W02°48.3'S105°10.2'W 1.053 42° 303° 175 km 03m52.7s
21:5002°57.2'S103°40.1'W04°08.2'S104°42.1'W03°32.4'S104°11.5'W 1.052 41° 303° 174 km 03m48.3s
21:5203°43.5'S102°38.4'W04°53.8'S103°40.2'W04°18.4'S103°09.7'W 1.052 39° 303° 172 km 03m43.8s
21:5404°31.7'S101°33.2'W05°41.3'S102°34.8'W05°06.2'S102°04.4'W 1.051 37° 303° 171 km 03m39.1s
21:5605°22.2'S100°23.9'W06°31.1'S101°25.4'W05°56.3'S100°55.1'W 1.051 35° 302° 169 km 03m34.3s
21:5806°15.1'S099°09.9'W07°23.3'S100°11.2'W06°48.9'S099°41.0'W 1.050 34° 302° 168 km 03m29.2s
22:0007°11.0'S097°50.2'W08°18.4'S098°51.3'W07°44.4'S098°21.2'W 1.050 32° 302° 166 km 03m24.0s
22:0208°10.5'S096°23.5'W09°17.0'S097°24.3'W08°43.4'S096°54.4'W 1.049 29° 301° 164 km 03m18.4s
22:0409°14.1'S094°48.1'W10°19.8'S095°48.7'W09°46.6'S095°18.9'W 1.049 27° 301° 162 km 03m12.6s
22:0610°23.2'S093°01.4'W11°27.9'S094°01.7'W10°55.2'S093°32.1'W 1.048 25° 300° 160 km 03m06.3s
22:0811°39.5'S090°59.3'W12°43.0'S091°59.3'W12°10.8'S091°30.0'W 1.047 22° 300° 157 km 02m59.5s
22:1013°05.9'S088°34.6'W14°08.1'S089°34.6'W13°36.5'S089°05.4'W 1.046 19° 299° 154 km 02m52.0s
22:1214°48.9'S085°32.6'W15°49.3'S086°32.9'W15°18.5'S086°03.7'W 1.045 15° 298° 150 km 02m43.2s
22:1417°07.0'S081°09.0'W18°04.1'S082°11.8'W17°34.7'S081°41.9'W 1.043 10° 297° 145 km 02m31.8s
Limits21°02.9'S072°32.3'W22°09.2'S073°04.6'W21°36.1'S072°48.5'W 1.040 - 135 km 02m12.4s

ΔT = 45325.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:08:11.720:32:46.114°29.6'N040°31.7'E 82.3° 14.9° 195.6 km05m22.25s
Greatest Duration09:02:06.220:26:40.615°19.1'N131°57.3'W 81.6° 37.4° 195.9 km05m22.84s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1955 Aug 03 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 45325.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3542.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.80°.

Acknowledgments

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

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