Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1955 Feb 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1955 Feb 08 . 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 -1955 Feb 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits01°57.9'S091°14.2'W03°43.3'S091°45.9'W02°50.7'S091°29.8'W 0.945 - 203 km 03m45.1s
12:2203°38.4'S086°34.7'W05°59.3'S085°11.7'W04°51.6'S085°46.5'W 0.947 109° 196 km 03m49.9s
12:2405°34.3'S080°48.7'W07°32.9'S080°15.5'W06°34.4'S080°30.5'W 0.949 12° 109° 191 km 03m55.0s
12:2606°37.1'S077°23.9'W08°29.3'S077°00.6'W07°33.7'S077°11.3'W 0.950 16° 109° 187 km 03m58.6s
12:2807°22.1'S074°45.5'W09°10.6'S074°26.2'W08°16.8'S074°35.1'W 0.950 19° 108° 184 km 04m01.6s
12:3007°57.1'S072°32.7'W09°42.9'S072°15.3'W08°50.3'S072°23.5'W 0.951 22° 108° 182 km 04m04.3s
12:3208°25.3'S070°36.8'W10°09.0'S070°20.2'W09°17.4'S070°28.1'W 0.952 24° 108° 180 km 04m06.8s
12:3408°48.5'S068°53.1'W10°30.5'S068°36.7'W09°39.8'S068°44.5'W 0.952 27° 107° 178 km 04m09.1s
12:3609°08.0'S067°18.6'W10°48.4'S067°02.1'W09°58.4'S067°10.0'W 0.953 29° 107° 176 km 04m11.3s
12:3809°24.3'S065°51.5'W11°03.4'S065°34.7'W10°14.0'S065°42.8'W 0.953 31° 107° 175 km 04m13.3s
12:4009°37.9'S064°30.5'W11°15.8'S064°13.2'W10°27.1'S064°21.6'W 0.954 32° 107° 174 km 04m15.3s
12:4209°49.4'S063°14.6'W11°26.1'S062°56.7'W10°38.0'S063°05.4'W 0.954 34° 107° 172 km 04m17.1s
12:4409°58.9'S062°03.0'W11°34.6'S061°44.5'W10°46.9'S061°53.6'W 0.954 36° 107° 171 km 04m18.9s
12:4610°06.7'S060°55.2'W11°41.3'S060°36.0'W10°54.2'S060°45.5'W 0.955 37° 107° 170 km 04m20.6s
12:4810°13.0'S059°50.7'W11°46.6'S059°30.8'W11°00.0'S059°40.6'W 0.955 39° 107° 169 km 04m22.3s
12:5010°17.9'S058°49.2'W11°50.6'S058°28.5'W11°04.4'S058°38.7'W 0.955 40° 107° 168 km 04m23.8s
12:5210°21.5'S057°50.2'W11°53.3'S057°28.8'W11°07.6'S057°39.4'W 0.956 42° 107° 167 km 04m25.3s
12:5410°24.0'S056°53.7'W11°54.9'S056°31.5'W11°09.7'S056°42.5'W 0.956 43° 107° 167 km 04m26.8s
12:5610°25.4'S055°59.3'W11°55.5'S055°36.3'W11°10.6'S055°47.7'W 0.956 44° 107° 166 km 04m28.2s
12:5810°25.8'S055°06.8'W11°55.1'S054°43.1'W11°10.6'S054°54.9'W 0.957 46° 107° 165 km 04m29.5s
13:0010°25.3'S054°16.1'W11°53.8'S053°51.6'W11°09.7'S054°03.8'W 0.957 47° 107° 164 km 04m30.8s
13:0210°23.9'S053°27.1'W11°51.6'S053°01.9'W11°07.9'S053°14.5'W 0.957 48° 107° 164 km 04m32.0s
13:0410°21.7'S052°39.6'W11°48.6'S052°13.6'W11°05.3'S052°26.6'W 0.957 49° 108° 163 km 04m33.1s
13:0610°18.7'S051°53.6'W11°44.9'S051°26.8'W11°02.0'S051°40.2'W 0.957 51° 108° 162 km 04m34.2s
13:0810°15.0'S051°08.8'W11°40.4'S050°41.3'W10°57.9'S050°55.1'W 0.958 52° 108° 162 km 04m35.3s
13:1010°10.6'S050°25.3'W11°35.3'S049°57.1'W10°53.1'S050°11.2'W 0.958 53° 109° 161 km 04m36.3s
13:1210°05.5'S049°42.9'W11°29.5'S049°14.0'W10°47.7'S049°28.4'W 0.958 54° 109° 161 km 04m37.2s
13:1409°59.8'S049°01.6'W11°23.1'S048°32.0'W10°41.6'S048°46.8'W 0.958 55° 109° 160 km 04m38.1s
13:1609°53.5'S048°21.3'W11°16.0'S047°51.0'W10°34.9'S048°06.2'W 0.958 56° 110° 160 km 04m38.9s
13:1809°46.6'S047°41.9'W11°08.4'S047°11.0'W10°27.7'S047°26.5'W 0.959 57° 110° 159 km 04m39.6s
13:2009°39.1'S047°03.5'W11°00.3'S046°31.9'W10°19.8'S046°47.7'W 0.959 58° 111° 158 km 04m40.3s
13:2209°31.0'S046°25.9'W10°51.5'S045°53.6'W10°11.5'S046°09.7'W 0.959 59° 112° 158 km 04m41.0s
13:2409°22.5'S045°49.0'W10°42.3'S045°16.1'W10°02.6'S045°32.6'W 0.959 60° 113° 157 km 04m41.6s
13:2609°13.4'S045°13.0'W10°32.6'S044°39.4'W09°53.2'S044°56.2'W 0.959 61° 113° 157 km 04m42.1s
13:2809°03.8'S044°37.6'W10°22.3'S044°03.5'W09°43.3'S044°20.6'W 0.959 62° 114° 156 km 04m42.6s
13:3008°53.8'S044°02.9'W10°11.6'S043°28.2'W09°32.9'S043°45.6'W 0.959 63° 115° 156 km 04m43.0s
13:3208°43.2'S043°28.8'W10°00.5'S042°53.6'W09°22.0'S043°11.2'W 0.960 64° 116° 155 km 04m43.4s
13:3408°32.2'S042°55.4'W09°48.8'S042°19.5'W09°10.7'S042°37.5'W 0.960 64° 117° 155 km 04m43.7s
13:3608°20.8'S042°22.5'W09°36.8'S041°46.1'W08°58.9'S042°04.3'W 0.960 65° 119° 155 km 04m44.0s
13:3808°08.9'S041°50.1'W09°24.3'S041°13.2'W08°46.7'S041°31.7'W 0.960 66° 120° 154 km 04m44.2s
13:4007°56.5'S041°18.3'W09°11.3'S040°40.8'W08°34.1'S040°59.6'W 0.960 67° 121° 154 km 04m44.4s
13:4207°43.8'S040°46.9'W08°58.0'S040°08.9'W08°21.1'S040°28.0'W 0.960 68° 123° 153 km 04m44.5s
13:4407°30.6'S040°16.0'W08°44.2'S039°37.5'W08°07.6'S039°56.8'W 0.960 68° 125° 153 km 04m44.6s
13:4607°17.0'S039°45.5'W08°30.1'S039°06.6'W07°53.7'S039°26.1'W 0.960 69° 127° 152 km 04m44.6s
13:4807°03.0'S039°15.4'W08°15.5'S038°36.0'W07°39.5'S038°55.8'W 0.960 70° 129° 152 km 04m44.6s
13:5006°48.6'S038°45.7'W08°00.6'S038°05.9'W07°24.8'S038°25.8'W 0.960 70° 131° 151 km 04m44.5s
13:5206°33.9'S038°16.4'W07°45.3'S037°36.1'W07°09.7'S037°56.3'W 0.960 71° 133° 151 km 04m44.4s
13:5406°18.7'S037°47.4'W07°29.6'S037°06.6'W06°54.3'S037°27.1'W 0.960 71° 135° 151 km 04m44.2s
13:5606°03.1'S037°18.7'W07°13.5'S036°37.5'W06°38.5'S036°58.2'W 0.961 72° 138° 150 km 04m44.0s
13:5805°47.2'S036°50.3'W06°57.1'S036°08.7'W06°22.3'S036°29.6'W 0.961 72° 141° 150 km 04m43.8s
14:0005°30.8'S036°22.2'W06°40.2'S035°40.2'W06°05.7'S036°01.2'W 0.961 73° 143° 150 km 04m43.5s
14:0205°14.1'S035°54.3'W06°23.0'S035°11.9'W05°48.8'S035°33.2'W 0.961 73° 146° 149 km 04m43.2s
14:0404°57.1'S035°26.7'W06°05.5'S034°43.9'W05°31.5'S035°05.3'W 0.961 73° 150° 149 km 04m42.8s
14:0604°39.6'S034°59.3'W05°47.6'S034°16.1'W05°13.8'S034°37.7'W 0.961 73° 153° 149 km 04m42.4s
14:0804°21.8'S034°32.1'W05°29.3'S033°48.5'W04°55.7'S034°10.3'W 0.961 74° 156° 148 km 04m42.0s
14:1004°03.6'S034°05.0'W05°10.7'S033°21.1'W04°37.3'S033°43.1'W 0.961 74° 159° 148 km 04m41.5s
14:1203°45.0'S033°38.1'W04°51.7'S032°53.8'W04°18.5'S033°16.0'W 0.961 74° 163° 148 km 04m41.0s
14:1403°26.1'S033°11.3'W04°32.4'S032°26.7'W03°59.4'S032°49.1'W 0.961 74° 166° 147 km 04m40.5s
14:1603°06.7'S032°44.7'W04°12.6'S031°59.8'W03°39.9'S032°22.3'W 0.961 74° 169° 147 km 04m39.9s
14:1802°47.0'S032°18.1'W03°52.6'S031°32.9'W03°20.0'S031°55.5'W 0.961 73° 172° 147 km 04m39.3s
14:2002°27.0'S031°51.7'W03°32.2'S031°06.1'W02°59.7'S031°28.9'W 0.961 73° 176° 147 km 04m38.7s
14:2202°06.5'S031°25.2'W03°11.4'S030°39.3'W02°39.1'S031°02.3'W 0.961 73° 179° 147 km 04m38.0s
14:2401°45.7'S030°58.9'W02°50.2'S030°12.6'W02°18.1'S030°35.8'W 0.961 72° 182° 146 km 04m37.4s
14:2601°24.5'S030°32.5'W02°28.7'S029°46.0'W01°56.7'S030°09.3'W 0.961 72° 185° 146 km 04m36.7s
14:2801°02.9'S030°06.1'W02°06.8'S029°19.3'W01°35.0'S029°42.7'W 0.961 72° 187° 146 km 04m35.9s
14:3000°40.9'S029°39.7'W01°44.5'S028°52.6'W01°12.9'S029°16.2'W 0.961 71° 190° 146 km 04m35.2s
14:3200°18.5'S029°13.2'W01°21.9'S028°25.8'W00°50.4'S028°49.6'W 0.961 71° 192° 146 km 04m34.4s
14:3400°04.3'N028°46.7'W00°58.9'S027°59.0'W00°27.4'S028°22.9'W 0.961 70° 195° 146 km 04m33.6s
14:3600°27.5'N028°20.1'W00°35.5'S027°32.1'W00°04.1'S027°56.2'W 0.961 69° 197° 146 km 04m32.8s
14:3800°51.1'N027°53.4'W00°11.7'S027°05.1'W00°19.6'N027°29.3'W 0.960 69° 199° 146 km 04m32.0s
14:4001°15.1'N027°26.5'W00°12.5'N026°37.9'W00°43.7'N027°02.2'W 0.960 68° 201° 146 km 04m31.2s
14:4201°39.5'N026°59.4'W00°37.1'N026°10.6'W01°08.2'N026°35.1'W 0.960 67° 203° 146 km 04m30.3s
14:4402°04.4'N026°32.2'W01°02.1'N025°43.1'W01°33.1'N026°07.7'W 0.960 66° 204° 146 km 04m29.4s
14:4602°29.7'N026°04.7'W01°27.6'N025°15.3'W01°58.5'N025°40.0'W 0.960 66° 206° 146 km 04m28.6s
14:4802°55.5'N025°36.9'W01°53.4'N024°47.3'W02°24.3'N025°12.2'W 0.960 65° 207° 146 km 04m27.7s
14:5003°21.7'N025°08.9'W02°19.7'N024°19.0'W02°50.6'N024°44.0'W 0.960 64° 209° 147 km 04m26.7s
14:5203°48.5'N024°40.5'W02°46.5'N023°50.4'W03°17.3'N024°15.5'W 0.960 63° 210° 147 km 04m25.8s
14:5404°15.7'N024°11.8'W03°13.7'N023°21.4'W03°44.6'N023°46.7'W 0.960 62° 211° 147 km 04m24.9s
14:5604°43.4'N023°42.7'W03°41.4'N022°52.0'W04°12.3'N023°17.4'W 0.960 61° 212° 147 km 04m23.9s
14:5805°11.6'N023°13.1'W04°09.6'N022°22.2'W04°40.5'N022°47.7'W 0.960 60° 214° 148 km 04m23.0s
15:0005°40.3'N022°43.1'W04°38.3'N021°52.0'W05°09.2'N022°17.6'W 0.960 59° 215° 148 km 04m22.0s
15:0206°09.6'N022°12.5'W05°07.5'N021°21.1'W05°38.5'N021°46.9'W 0.959 58° 216° 148 km 04m21.0s
15:0406°39.5'N021°41.4'W05°37.3'N020°49.7'W06°08.3'N021°15.6'W 0.959 57° 217° 149 km 04m20.0s
15:0607°10.0'N021°09.6'W06°07.6'N020°17.7'W06°38.7'N020°43.7'W 0.959 56° 217° 149 km 04m19.0s
15:0807°41.1'N020°37.2'W06°38.6'N019°45.0'W07°09.7'N020°11.1'W 0.959 55° 218° 150 km 04m18.0s
15:1008°12.8'N020°03.9'W07°10.1'N019°11.6'W07°41.3'N019°37.8'W 0.959 54° 219° 150 km 04m17.0s
15:1208°45.2'N019°29.9'W07°42.3'N018°37.3'W08°13.6'N019°03.6'W 0.959 53° 220° 151 km 04m16.0s
15:1409°18.3'N018°54.9'W08°15.1'N018°02.1'W08°46.6'N018°28.6'W 0.959 52° 221° 151 km 04m15.0s
15:1609°52.2'N018°19.0'W08°48.7'N017°25.9'W09°20.3'N017°52.5'W 0.958 51° 221° 152 km 04m13.9s
15:1810°26.8'N017°42.0'W09°22.9'N016°48.7'W09°54.8'N017°15.4'W 0.958 50° 222° 153 km 04m12.9s
15:2011°02.3'N017°03.7'W09°58.0'N016°10.3'W10°30.0'N016°37.1'W 0.958 49° 223° 153 km 04m11.8s
15:2211°38.6'N016°24.2'W10°33.9'N015°30.5'W11°06.2'N015°57.4'W 0.958 47° 224° 154 km 04m10.7s
15:2412°15.9'N015°43.2'W11°10.7'N014°49.4'W11°43.2'N015°16.4'W 0.958 46° 224° 155 km 04m09.6s
15:2612°54.2'N015°00.7'W11°48.5'N014°06.7'W12°21.2'N014°33.8'W 0.957 45° 225° 156 km 04m08.5s
15:2813°33.6'N014°16.3'W12°27.2'N013°22.2'W13°00.3'N013°49.4'W 0.957 44° 226° 157 km 04m07.4s
15:3014°14.1'N013°30.1'W13°07.1'N012°35.8'W13°40.5'N013°03.0'W 0.957 42° 226° 157 km 04m06.3s
15:3214°56.0'N012°41.6'W13°48.2'N011°47.2'W14°21.9'N012°14.5'W 0.957 41° 227° 158 km 04m05.2s
15:3415°39.1'N011°50.6'W14°30.5'N010°56.2'W15°04.7'N011°23.5'W 0.956 39° 227° 160 km 04m04.0s
15:3616°23.8'N010°56.8'W15°14.3'N010°02.4'W15°48.9'N010°29.7'W 0.956 38° 228° 161 km 04m02.9s
15:3817°10.2'N009°59.8'W15°59.7'N009°05.5'W16°34.8'N009°32.8'W 0.956 36° 229° 162 km 04m01.7s
15:4017°58.5'N008°59.1'W16°46.8'N008°05.0'W17°22.5'N008°32.2'W 0.955 35° 229° 163 km 04m00.5s
15:4218°49.0'N007°54.2'W17°36.0'N007°00.3'W18°12.3'N007°27.4'W 0.955 33° 230° 165 km 03m59.2s
15:4419°41.9'N006°44.2'W18°27.4'N005°50.7'W19°04.4'N006°17.7'W 0.955 31° 231° 166 km 03m57.9s
15:4620°37.6'N005°28.2'W19°21.5'N004°35.3'W19°59.3'N005°02.0'W 0.954 29° 232° 168 km 03m56.6s
15:4821°36.8'N004°04.8'W20°18.8'N003°12.8'W20°57.5'N003°39.1'W 0.954 27° 233° 169 km 03m55.2s
15:5022°40.2'N002°32.1'W21°19.8'N001°41.5'W21°59.7'N002°07.1'W 0.953 25° 233° 171 km 03m53.8s
15:5223°48.9'N000°47.5'W22°25.8'N000°01.2'E23°07.0'N000°23.6'W 0.953 23° 234° 174 km 03m52.3s
15:5425°04.6'N001°13.5'E23°38.0'N001°59.1'E24°20.9'N001°35.8'E 0.952 20° 236° 176 km 03m50.7s
15:5626°30.5'N003°38.6'E24°59.1'N004°19.1'E25°44.2'N003°58.1'E 0.951 17° 237° 179 km 03m48.9s
15:5828°12.8'N006°44.0'E26°34.2'N007°14.7'E27°22.7'N006°58.1'E 0.950 14° 239° 183 km 03m46.8s
16:0030°31.0'N011°20.0'E28°37.1'N011°22.9'E29°32.4'N011°18.4'E 0.949 241° 188 km 03m44.2s
Limits34°18.8'N020°17.3'E32°39.1'N021°04.0'E33°28.9'N020°40.8'E 0.947 - 198 km 03m39.5s

ΔT = 45337.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:47:06.214:11:29.104°23.4'S137°11.7'E 73.7° 161.7° 147.7 km04m41.12s
Greatest Duration02:21:33.413:45:56.207°54.2'S039°27.0'W 69.0° 126.5° 152.3 km04m44.59s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1955 Feb 08 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 45337.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3544.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.81°.

Acknowledgments

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

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