Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1959 Oct 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1959 Oct 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1959 Oct 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
Limits20°42.3'N098°19.6'W19°02.1'N098°34.0'W19°52.2'N098°26.7'W 0.950 - 186 km 03m12.2s
12:3419°48.7'N088°51.5'W18°32.2'N091°41.8'W19°10.6'N090°10.7'W 0.952 96° 179 km 03m14.6s
12:3619°00.4'N084°07.1'W17°45.9'N086°03.3'W18°23.4'N085°03.7'W 0.954 13° 97° 174 km 03m16.2s
12:3818°16.9'N080°49.5'W17°04.7'N082°29.0'W17°41.0'N081°38.4'W 0.955 17° 99° 171 km 03m17.2s
12:4017°35.7'N078°12.2'W16°25.6'N079°43.0'W17°00.9'N078°57.0'W 0.956 20° 99° 168 km 03m18.1s
12:4216°55.9'N075°59.6'W15°47.7'N077°24.9'W16°22.0'N076°41.8'W 0.956 23° 100° 166 km 03m18.8s
12:4416°17.2'N074°04.1'W15°10.8'N075°25.5'W15°44.2'N074°44.5'W 0.957 26° 101° 164 km 03m19.3s
12:4615°39.3'N072°21.3'W14°34.5'N073°39.8'W15°07.1'N073°00.3'W 0.958 28° 101° 162 km 03m19.9s
12:4815°02.1'N070°48.5'W13°58.8'N072°04.6'W14°30.6'N071°26.3'W 0.958 30° 102° 160 km 03m20.3s
12:5014°25.4'N069°23.7'W13°23.5'N070°37.9'W13°54.6'N070°00.6'W 0.959 32° 102° 159 km 03m20.7s
12:5213°49.2'N068°05.6'W12°48.6'N069°18.2'W13°19.1'N068°41.7'W 0.959 34° 102° 157 km 03m21.1s
12:5413°13.4'N066°53.1'W12°14.0'N068°04.3'W12°43.9'N067°28.6'W 0.959 35° 103° 156 km 03m21.4s
12:5612°37.9'N065°45.4'W11°39.8'N066°55.4'W12°09.0'N066°20.3'W 0.960 37° 103° 154 km 03m21.7s
12:5812°02.8'N064°42.0'W11°05.8'N065°50.9'W11°34.5'N065°16.3'W 0.960 39° 103° 153 km 03m21.9s
13:0011°28.0'N063°42.3'W10°32.0'N064°50.2'W11°00.2'N064°16.1'W 0.961 40° 103° 152 km 03m22.1s
13:0210°53.5'N062°45.8'W09°58.5'N063°52.8'W10°26.2'N063°19.2'W 0.961 42° 103° 151 km 03m22.3s
13:0410°19.2'N061°52.2'W09°25.2'N062°58.4'W09°52.4'N062°25.2'W 0.961 43° 103° 149 km 03m22.5s
13:0609°45.2'N061°01.3'W08°52.0'N062°06.7'W09°18.8'N061°33.9'W 0.962 45° 103° 148 km 03m22.7s
13:0809°11.3'N060°12.7'W08°19.0'N061°17.5'W08°45.4'N060°45.0'W 0.962 46° 103° 147 km 03m22.8s
13:1008°37.7'N059°26.3'W07°46.2'N060°30.4'W08°12.1'N059°58.3'W 0.962 47° 103° 146 km 03m22.9s
13:1208°04.3'N058°41.8'W07°13.5'N059°45.3'W07°39.1'N059°13.5'W 0.962 49° 103° 145 km 03m23.1s
13:1407°31.0'N057°59.2'W06°41.0'N059°02.0'W07°06.2'N058°30.5'W 0.963 50° 103° 144 km 03m23.1s
13:1606°57.9'N057°18.1'W06°08.6'N058°20.4'W06°33.4'N057°49.2'W 0.963 51° 103° 143 km 03m23.2s
13:1806°25.0'N056°38.6'W05°36.3'N057°40.4'W06°00.8'N057°09.4'W 0.963 53° 102° 142 km 03m23.3s
13:2005°52.2'N056°00.5'W05°04.1'N057°01.8'W05°28.3'N056°31.1'W 0.963 54° 102° 141 km 03m23.3s
13:2205°19.5'N055°23.6'W04°32.1'N056°24.4'W04°55.9'N055°54.0'W 0.963 55° 102° 140 km 03m23.4s
13:2404°46.9'N054°47.9'W04°00.1'N055°48.3'W04°23.7'N055°18.1'W 0.964 56° 101° 139 km 03m23.4s
13:2604°14.5'N054°13.4'W03°28.2'N055°13.3'W03°51.5'N054°43.3'W 0.964 57° 101° 138 km 03m23.4s
13:2803°42.2'N053°39.8'W02°56.4'N054°39.3'W03°19.5'N054°09.5'W 0.964 58° 100° 137 km 03m23.5s
13:3003°10.0'N053°07.2'W02°24.7'N054°06.3'W02°47.5'N053°36.7'W 0.964 60° 100° 136 km 03m23.5s
13:3202°37.9'N052°35.4'W01°53.1'N053°34.1'W02°15.6'N053°04.7'W 0.964 61° 99° 135 km 03m23.5s
13:3402°05.9'N052°04.5'W01°21.5'N053°02.8'W01°43.8'N052°33.6'W 0.965 62° 99° 135 km 03m23.5s
13:3601°34.0'N051°34.3'W00°50.0'N052°32.3'W01°12.1'N052°03.2'W 0.965 63° 98° 134 km 03m23.5s
13:3801°02.2'N051°04.8'W00°18.6'N052°02.5'W00°40.5'N051°33.6'W 0.965 64° 97° 133 km 03m23.5s
13:4000°30.5'N050°35.9'W00°12.8'S051°33.3'W00°09.0'N051°04.6'W 0.965 65° 97° 132 km 03m23.4s
13:4200°01.2'S050°07.7'W00°44.1'S051°04.7'W00°22.5'S050°36.1'W 0.965 66° 96° 132 km 03m23.4s
13:4400°32.7'S049°39.9'W01°15.4'S050°36.7'W00°54.0'S050°08.3'W 0.965 67° 95° 131 km 03m23.4s
13:4601°04.3'S049°12.7'W01°46.6'S050°09.2'W01°25.3'S049°40.9'W 0.965 68° 93° 130 km 03m23.4s
13:4801°35.7'S048°46.0'W02°17.8'S049°42.2'W01°56.7'S049°14.1'W 0.965 69° 92° 130 km 03m23.3s
13:5002°07.1'S048°19.7'W02°49.0'S049°15.6'W02°27.9'S048°47.6'W 0.966 70° 91° 129 km 03m23.3s
13:5202°38.4'S047°53.8'W03°20.1'S048°49.4'W02°59.1'S048°21.6'W 0.966 71° 89° 128 km 03m23.3s
13:5403°09.7'S047°28.2'W03°51.2'S048°23.6'W03°30.3'S047°55.9'W 0.966 72° 88° 128 km 03m23.2s
13:5603°40.9'S047°03.0'W04°22.2'S047°58.2'W04°01.5'S047°30.5'W 0.966 73° 86° 127 km 03m23.2s
13:5804°12.1'S046°38.0'W04°53.2'S047°33.0'W04°32.6'S047°05.5'W 0.966 74° 84° 127 km 03m23.2s
14:0004°43.3'S046°13.3'W05°24.2'S047°08.1'W05°03.6'S046°40.6'W 0.966 74° 82° 126 km 03m23.1s
14:0205°14.3'S045°48.8'W05°55.2'S046°43.4'W05°34.7'S046°16.1'W 0.966 75° 79° 126 km 03m23.1s
14:0405°45.4'S045°24.5'W06°26.2'S046°18.9'W06°05.7'S045°51.7'W 0.966 76° 76° 125 km 03m23.0s
14:0606°16.4'S045°00.4'W06°57.1'S045°54.6'W06°36.7'S045°27.5'W 0.966 77° 73° 125 km 03m23.0s
14:0806°47.4'S044°36.5'W07°28.0'S045°30.5'W07°07.6'S045°03.4'W 0.966 77° 70° 124 km 03m23.0s
14:1007°18.4'S044°12.6'W07°59.0'S045°06.5'W07°38.6'S044°39.5'W 0.966 78° 66° 124 km 03m22.9s
14:1207°49.3'S043°48.8'W08°29.9'S044°42.5'W08°09.5'S044°15.6'W 0.966 79° 62° 124 km 03m22.9s
14:1408°20.2'S043°25.1'W09°00.8'S044°18.7'W08°40.4'S043°51.9'W 0.966 79° 57° 123 km 03m22.8s
14:1608°51.1'S043°01.4'W09°31.7'S043°54.8'W09°11.4'S043°28.1'W 0.966 79° 52° 123 km 03m22.8s
14:1809°22.0'S042°37.7'W10°02.6'S043°31.0'W09°42.3'S043°04.3'W 0.966 80° 47° 123 km 03m22.8s
14:2009°52.9'S042°14.0'W10°33.5'S043°07.2'W10°13.1'S042°40.6'W 0.966 80° 41° 123 km 03m22.7s
14:2210°23.7'S041°50.3'W11°04.5'S042°43.3'W10°44.0'S042°16.7'W 0.966 80° 35° 122 km 03m22.7s
14:2410°54.6'S041°26.4'W11°35.4'S042°19.3'W11°14.9'S041°52.9'W 0.967 80° 29° 122 km 03m22.7s
14:2611°25.4'S041°02.5'W12°06.4'S041°55.3'W11°45.8'S041°28.9'W 0.967 80° 23° 122 km 03m22.6s
14:2811°56.2'S040°38.4'W12°37.3'S041°31.1'W12°16.7'S041°04.7'W 0.967 80° 17° 122 km 03m22.6s
14:3012°27.0'S040°14.2'W13°08.3'S041°06.8'W12°47.6'S040°40.5'W 0.967 80° 11° 122 km 03m22.6s
14:3212°57.9'S039°49.8'W13°39.3'S040°42.3'W13°18.5'S040°16.0'W 0.967 79° 122 km 03m22.5s
14:3413°28.7'S039°25.2'W14°10.3'S040°17.6'W13°49.5'S039°51.4'W 0.967 79° 122 km 03m22.5s
14:3613°59.5'S039°00.3'W14°41.4'S039°52.6'W14°20.4'S039°26.5'W 0.966 78° 356° 122 km 03m22.5s
14:3814°30.3'S038°35.2'W15°12.5'S039°27.4'W14°51.3'S039°01.3'W 0.966 78° 352° 122 km 03m22.4s
14:4015°01.2'S038°09.8'W15°43.6'S039°01.9'W15°22.3'S038°35.8'W 0.966 77° 348° 122 km 03m22.4s
14:4215°32.0'S037°44.1'W16°14.7'S038°36.1'W15°53.3'S038°10.0'W 0.966 76° 345° 122 km 03m22.4s
14:4416°02.9'S037°18.0'W16°45.9'S038°09.9'W16°24.3'S037°43.9'W 0.966 76° 342° 122 km 03m22.3s
14:4616°33.7'S036°51.5'W17°17.1'S037°43.3'W16°55.4'S037°17.4'W 0.966 75° 339° 122 km 03m22.3s
14:4817°04.6'S036°24.5'W17°48.3'S037°16.3'W17°26.4'S036°50.4'W 0.966 74° 337° 122 km 03m22.3s
14:5017°35.5'S035°57.2'W18°19.6'S036°48.8'W17°57.5'S036°23.0'W 0.966 73° 334° 122 km 03m22.2s
14:5218°06.4'S035°29.3'W18°50.9'S036°20.9'W18°28.6'S035°55.0'W 0.966 72° 332° 122 km 03m22.2s
14:5418°37.4'S035°00.9'W19°22.3'S035°52.3'W18°59.8'S035°26.6'W 0.966 71° 330° 123 km 03m22.1s
14:5619°08.4'S034°31.9'W19°53.7'S035°23.3'W19°31.0'S034°57.5'W 0.966 70° 328° 123 km 03m22.1s
14:5819°39.3'S034°02.3'W20°25.1'S034°53.5'W20°02.2'S034°27.9'W 0.966 69° 326° 123 km 03m22.0s
15:0020°10.4'S033°32.0'W20°56.7'S034°23.2'W20°33.5'S033°57.6'W 0.966 68° 325° 123 km 03m22.0s
15:0220°41.4'S033°01.1'W21°28.2'S033°52.1'W21°04.8'S033°26.5'W 0.966 68° 323° 124 km 03m21.9s
15:0421°12.5'S032°29.3'W21°59.8'S033°20.2'W21°36.1'S032°54.8'W 0.966 67° 322° 124 km 03m21.8s
15:0621°43.5'S031°56.8'W22°31.5'S032°47.6'W22°07.5'S032°22.2'W 0.966 65° 321° 124 km 03m21.8s
15:0822°14.7'S031°23.5'W23°03.3'S032°14.0'W22°38.9'S031°48.7'W 0.965 64° 319° 125 km 03m21.7s
15:1022°45.8'S030°49.2'W23°35.0'S031°39.5'W23°10.4'S031°14.3'W 0.965 63° 318° 125 km 03m21.6s
15:1223°17.0'S030°13.9'W24°06.9'S031°04.1'W23°41.9'S030°39.0'W 0.965 62° 317° 126 km 03m21.5s
15:1423°48.2'S029°37.6'W24°38.8'S030°27.5'W24°13.5'S030°02.5'W 0.965 61° 316° 126 km 03m21.4s
15:1624°19.5'S029°00.2'W25°10.8'S029°49.8'W24°45.1'S029°25.0'W 0.965 60° 315° 127 km 03m21.3s
15:1824°50.8'S028°21.5'W25°42.9'S029°10.9'W25°16.8'S028°46.2'W 0.965 59° 314° 127 km 03m21.2s
15:2025°22.1'S027°41.6'W26°15.0'S028°30.7'W25°48.5'S028°06.2'W 0.965 58° 312° 128 km 03m21.1s
15:2225°53.4'S027°00.4'W26°47.1'S027°49.1'W26°20.3'S027°24.7'W 0.965 57° 311° 128 km 03m21.0s
15:2426°24.8'S026°17.7'W27°19.4'S027°06.0'W26°52.1'S026°41.8'W 0.964 56° 310° 129 km 03m20.8s
15:2626°56.2'S025°33.4'W27°51.7'S026°21.3'W27°23.9'S025°57.3'W 0.964 54° 309° 130 km 03m20.7s
15:2827°27.6'S024°47.4'W28°24.1'S025°34.8'W27°55.8'S025°11.1'W 0.964 53° 308° 130 km 03m20.5s
15:3027°59.1'S023°59.6'W28°56.5'S024°46.4'W28°27.8'S024°23.0'W 0.964 52° 307° 131 km 03m20.3s
15:3228°30.5'S023°09.8'W29°29.1'S023°56.1'W28°59.8'S023°32.9'W 0.964 51° 306° 132 km 03m20.1s
15:3429°02.0'S022°17.9'W30°01.6'S023°03.5'W29°31.8'S022°40.7'W 0.963 49° 305° 133 km 03m19.9s
15:3629°33.6'S021°23.8'W30°34.3'S022°08.5'W30°03.9'S021°46.1'W 0.963 48° 304° 133 km 03m19.7s
15:3830°05.1'S020°27.1'W31°07.0'S021°10.9'W30°36.0'S020°49.0'W 0.963 47° 303° 134 km 03m19.5s
15:4030°36.6'S019°27.7'W31°39.7'S020°10.5'W31°08.1'S019°49.1'W 0.963 45° 302° 135 km 03m19.2s
15:4231°08.1'S018°25.3'W32°12.5'S019°07.0'W31°40.3'S018°46.2'W 0.962 44° 301° 136 km 03m18.9s
15:4431°39.6'S017°19.6'W32°45.4'S018°00.0'W32°12.4'S017°39.9'W 0.962 43° 300° 137 km 03m18.6s
15:4632°11.0'S016°10.3'W33°18.3'S016°49.3'W32°44.6'S016°29.8'W 0.962 41° 299° 138 km 03m18.3s
15:4832°42.4'S014°57.0'W33°51.2'S015°34.2'W33°16.7'S015°15.7'W 0.962 40° 298° 140 km 03m18.0s
15:5033°13.8'S013°39.2'W34°24.0'S014°14.5'W33°48.8'S013°56.9'W 0.961 38° 297° 141 km 03m17.6s
15:5233°45.0'S012°16.3'W34°56.9'S012°49.3'W34°20.9'S012°32.9'W 0.961 36° 296° 142 km 03m17.2s
15:5434°16.1'S010°47.7'W35°29.8'S011°18.0'W34°52.8'S011°03.0'W 0.960 35° 294° 144 km 03m16.7s
15:5634°47.0'S009°12.4'W36°02.5'S009°39.6'W35°24.7'S009°26.2'W 0.960 33° 293° 145 km 03m16.3s
15:5835°17.8'S007°29.3'W36°35.1'S007°52.9'W35°56.3'S007°41.4'W 0.960 31° 292° 147 km 03m15.7s
16:0035°48.2'S005°37.1'W37°07.6'S005°56.2'W36°27.7'S005°47.0'W 0.959 29° 290° 149 km 03m15.2s
16:0236°18.2'S003°33.8'W37°39.8'S003°47.5'W36°58.8'S003°41.1'W 0.959 27° 288° 151 km 03m14.6s
16:0436°47.6'S001°16.7'W38°11.6'S001°23.5'W37°29.4'S001°20.6'W 0.958 24° 287° 153 km 03m13.9s
16:0637°16.4'S001°18.3'E38°42.7'S001°20.6'E37°59.3'S001°18.7'E 0.957 22° 285° 156 km 03m13.1s
16:0837°44.0'S004°17.8'E39°13.0'S004°32.7'E38°28.2'S004°24.2'E 0.957 19° 282° 159 km 03m12.2s
16:1038°09.8'S007°53.8'E39°41.7'S008°28.4'E38°55.5'S008°09.4'E 0.956 16° 280° 162 km 03m11.2s
16:1238°32.4'S012°34.3'E40°07.1'S013°47.7'E39°19.5'S013°07.4'E 0.955 11° 276° 167 km 03m09.9s
16:1438°45.6'S020°15.6'E - - 39°32.0'S022°12.1'E 0.953 270° 176 km 03m07.6s
Limits38°34.5'S027°17.7'E40°11.4'S027°34.5'E39°22.9'S027°25.9'E 0.952 - 181 km 03m06.4s

ΔT = 45416.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:00:35.314:23:38.411°09.4'S128°17.5'E 80.2° 29.9° 122.3 km03m22.67s
Greatest Duration02:09:02.713:32:05.802°14.1'N053°03.2'W 60.7° 99.4° 135.4 km03m23.48s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1959 Oct 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 45416.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3558.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.87°.

Acknowledgments

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

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