Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1970 Nov 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1970 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 -1970 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
Limits23°40.0'N089°59.6'W22°53.1'N090°12.4'W23°16.6'N090°06.0'W 1.026 - 89 km 01m27.6s
12:1822°37.9'N086°06.6'W21°37.2'N085°39.8'W22°06.7'N085°50.0'W 1.028 107° 94 km 01m34.7s
12:2020°14.7'N078°18.2'W19°19.3'N078°27.2'W19°46.7'N078°21.9'W 1.030 12° 110° 102 km 01m49.2s
12:2218°50.2'N074°16.0'W17°54.3'N074°31.5'W18°22.1'N074°23.2'W 1.031 16° 112° 106 km 01m58.1s
12:2417°42.2'N071°15.1'W16°45.5'N071°34.2'W17°13.7'N071°24.2'W 1.032 20° 113° 110 km 02m05.4s
12:2616°43.0'N068°46.6'W15°45.7'N069°08.3'W16°14.1'N068°57.1'W 1.033 23° 114° 112 km 02m11.8s
12:2815°49.7'N066°39.1'W14°51.7'N067°02.7'W15°20.5'N066°50.5'W 1.034 26° 115° 115 km 02m17.6s
12:3015°00.7'N064°46.4'W14°02.0'N065°11.6'W14°31.2'N064°58.7'W 1.035 28° 115° 117 km 02m23.0s
12:3214°14.9'N063°04.9'W13°15.7'N063°31.4'W13°45.2'N063°17.8'W 1.035 30° 116° 119 km 02m28.1s
12:3413°31.9'N061°32.2'W12°32.0'N061°59.8'W13°01.8'N061°45.7'W 1.036 32° 117° 121 km 02m32.9s
12:3612°51.0'N060°06.7'W11°50.6'N060°35.3'W12°20.7'N060°20.7'W 1.037 34° 117° 123 km 02m37.5s
12:3812°12.1'N058°47.0'W11°11.2'N059°16.5'W11°41.5'N059°01.5'W 1.037 36° 118° 124 km 02m41.9s
12:4011°34.7'N057°32.4'W10°33.3'N058°02.6'W11°03.9'N057°47.2'W 1.037 38° 118° 126 km 02m46.2s
12:4210°58.9'N056°22.0'W09°56.9'N056°52.9'W10°27.8'N056°37.2'W 1.038 40° 119° 127 km 02m50.2s
12:4410°24.2'N055°15.4'W09°21.9'N055°46.9'W09°52.9'N055°30.9'W 1.038 41° 119° 129 km 02m54.2s
12:4609°50.8'N054°12.0'W08°47.9'N054°44.0'W09°19.2'N054°27.8'W 1.039 43° 120° 130 km 02m58.0s
12:4809°18.4'N053°11.4'W08°15.1'N053°44.0'W08°46.6'N053°27.5'W 1.039 45° 120° 131 km 03m01.7s
12:5008°46.9'N052°13.4'W07°43.2'N052°46.4'W08°14.9'N052°29.7'W 1.039 46° 121° 132 km 03m05.3s
12:5208°16.3'N051°17.7'W07°12.2'N051°51.1'W07°44.2'N051°34.2'W 1.040 48° 121° 133 km 03m08.7s
12:5407°46.6'N050°24.1'W06°42.1'N050°57.8'W07°14.2'N050°40.7'W 1.040 49° 122° 134 km 03m12.1s
12:5607°17.6'N049°32.2'W06°12.7'N050°06.3'W06°45.0'N049°49.1'W 1.040 50° 122° 135 km 03m15.3s
12:5806°49.3'N048°42.1'W05°44.0'N049°16.5'W06°16.6'N048°59.1'W 1.041 52° 123° 136 km 03m18.5s
13:0006°21.7'N047°53.4'W05°16.0'N048°28.1'W05°48.8'N048°10.6'W 1.041 53° 123° 137 km 03m21.6s
13:0205°54.8'N047°06.2'W04°48.7'N047°41.0'W05°21.6'N047°23.4'W 1.041 54° 124° 138 km 03m24.5s
13:0405°28.4'N046°20.2'W04°21.9'N046°55.2'W04°55.1'N046°37.5'W 1.041 56° 125° 138 km 03m27.4s
13:0605°02.6'N045°35.3'W03°55.8'N046°10.5'W04°29.1'N045°52.8'W 1.042 57° 125° 139 km 03m30.2s
13:0804°37.4'N044°51.5'W03°30.2'N045°26.9'W04°03.7'N045°09.0'W 1.042 58° 126° 140 km 03m32.9s
13:1004°12.6'N044°08.7'W03°05.1'N044°44.2'W03°38.8'N044°26.3'W 1.042 59° 127° 141 km 03m35.5s
13:1203°48.4'N043°26.7'W02°40.5'N044°02.3'W03°14.4'N043°44.4'W 1.042 61° 127° 141 km 03m38.0s
13:1403°24.7'N042°45.6'W02°16.4'N043°21.2'W02°50.5'N043°03.2'W 1.042 62° 128° 142 km 03m40.4s
13:1603°01.4'N042°05.1'W01°52.8'N042°40.9'W02°27.0'N042°22.9'W 1.043 63° 129° 143 km 03m42.8s
13:1802°38.6'N041°25.4'W01°29.7'N042°01.1'W02°04.0'N041°43.2'W 1.043 64° 130° 143 km 03m45.0s
13:2002°16.2'N040°46.3'W01°06.9'N041°22.0'W01°41.5'N041°04.1'W 1.043 65° 131° 144 km 03m47.2s
13:2201°54.2'N040°07.8'W00°44.6'N040°43.5'W01°19.3'N040°25.5'W 1.043 66° 132° 144 km 03m49.2s
13:2401°32.6'N039°29.7'W00°22.8'N040°05.4'W00°57.6'N039°47.5'W 1.043 67° 133° 145 km 03m51.2s
13:2601°11.5'N038°52.2'W00°01.3'N039°27.8'W00°36.3'N039°09.9'W 1.043 68° 135° 145 km 03m53.1s
13:2800°50.7'N038°15.1'W00°19.8'S038°50.6'W00°15.4'N038°32.7'W 1.043 69° 136° 146 km 03m54.8s
13:3000°30.3'N037°38.3'W00°40.5'S038°13.8'W00°05.2'S037°55.9'W 1.043 70° 138° 146 km 03m56.5s
13:3200°10.3'N037°01.9'W01°00.8'S037°37.2'W00°25.4'S037°19.5'W 1.044 71° 139° 146 km 03m58.1s
13:3400°09.4'S036°25.8'W01°20.8'S037°01.0'W00°45.2'S036°43.3'W 1.044 72° 141° 147 km 03m59.6s
13:3600°28.7'S035°50.0'W01°40.4'S036°25.0'W01°04.6'S036°07.4'W 1.044 73° 144° 147 km 04m01.0s
13:3800°47.7'S035°14.4'W01°59.6'S035°49.3'W01°23.7'S035°31.8'W 1.044 74° 146° 147 km 04m02.3s
13:4001°06.3'S034°39.0'W02°18.5'S035°13.7'W01°42.4'S034°56.3'W 1.044 75° 149° 148 km 04m03.5s
13:4201°24.5'S034°03.8'W02°37.0'S034°38.3'W02°00.8'S034°21.0'W 1.044 76° 152° 148 km 04m04.6s
13:4401°42.4'S033°28.8'W02°55.2'S034°03.0'W02°18.9'S033°45.8'W 1.044 77° 155° 148 km 04m05.6s
13:4602°00.0'S032°53.8'W03°13.1'S033°27.8'W02°36.6'S033°10.8'W 1.044 77° 159° 149 km 04m06.5s
13:4802°17.3'S032°19.0'W03°30.6'S032°52.7'W02°54.0'S032°35.8'W 1.044 78° 163° 149 km 04m07.3s
13:5002°34.2'S031°44.2'W03°47.8'S032°17.6'W03°11.0'S032°00.9'W 1.044 79° 168° 149 km 04m08.0s
13:5202°50.8'S031°09.4'W04°04.6'S031°42.6'W03°27.8'S031°25.9'W 1.044 79° 173° 149 km 04m08.5s
13:5403°07.1'S030°34.6'W04°21.1'S031°07.5'W03°44.1'S030°51.0'W 1.044 79° 178° 149 km 04m09.0s
13:5603°23.1'S029°59.8'W04°37.3'S030°32.4'W04°00.2'S030°16.1'W 1.044 80° 184° 150 km 04m09.4s
13:5803°38.7'S029°25.0'W04°53.2'S029°57.2'W04°16.0'S029°41.1'W 1.044 80° 190° 150 km 04m09.7s
14:0003°54.0'S028°50.1'W05°08.7'S029°21.9'W04°31.4'S029°06.0'W 1.044 80° 196° 150 km 04m09.8s
14:0204°09.0'S028°15.1'W05°23.9'S028°46.5'W04°46.5'S028°30.8'W 1.044 80° 202° 150 km 04m09.9s
14:0404°23.7'S027°39.9'W05°38.8'S028°11.0'W05°01.2'S027°55.4'W 1.044 79° 208° 150 km 04m09.8s
14:0604°38.0'S027°04.6'W05°53.3'S027°35.2'W05°15.7'S027°19.9'W 1.044 79° 213° 150 km 04m09.6s
14:0804°52.0'S026°29.1'W06°07.5'S026°59.3'W05°29.8'S026°44.2'W 1.044 79° 218° 150 km 04m09.3s
14:1005°05.7'S025°53.4'W06°21.3'S026°23.2'W05°43.5'S026°08.3'W 1.044 78° 223° 150 km 04m08.9s
14:1205°19.1'S025°17.5'W06°34.9'S025°46.8'W05°57.0'S025°32.2'W 1.044 77° 227° 150 km 04m08.4s
14:1405°32.2'S024°41.3'W06°48.0'S025°10.2'W06°10.1'S024°55.8'W 1.044 77° 231° 150 km 04m07.8s
14:1605°44.9'S024°04.8'W07°00.9'S024°33.2'W06°22.9'S024°19.0'W 1.044 76° 234° 149 km 04m07.1s
14:1805°57.3'S023°28.0'W07°13.4'S023°55.9'W06°35.3'S023°42.0'W 1.044 75° 237° 149 km 04m06.3s
14:2006°09.3'S022°50.9'W07°25.5'S023°18.3'W06°47.4'S023°04.6'W 1.044 74° 240° 149 km 04m05.3s
14:2206°21.0'S022°13.4'W07°37.3'S022°40.2'W06°59.1'S022°26.8'W 1.044 73° 242° 149 km 04m04.2s
14:2406°32.4'S021°35.4'W07°48.7'S022°01.7'W07°10.5'S021°48.6'W 1.044 73° 244° 149 km 04m03.1s
14:2606°43.4'S020°57.1'W07°59.7'S021°22.8'W07°21.5'S021°10.0'W 1.043 72° 246° 148 km 04m01.8s
14:2806°54.0'S020°18.2'W08°10.4'S020°43.4'W07°32.2'S020°30.9'W 1.043 71° 248° 148 km 04m00.4s
14:3007°04.3'S019°38.9'W08°20.7'S020°03.4'W07°42.5'S019°51.2'W 1.043 70° 249° 148 km 03m58.9s
14:3207°14.2'S018°59.0'W08°30.6'S019°22.9'W07°52.4'S019°11.0'W 1.043 69° 250° 147 km 03m57.2s
14:3407°23.7'S018°18.5'W08°40.1'S018°41.8'W08°01.9'S018°30.2'W 1.043 68° 252° 147 km 03m55.5s
14:3607°32.8'S017°37.3'W08°49.2'S018°00.1'W08°11.0'S017°48.8'W 1.043 66° 253° 146 km 03m53.6s
14:3807°41.6'S016°55.5'W08°57.9'S017°17.7'W08°19.7'S017°06.7'W 1.043 65° 254° 146 km 03m51.7s
14:4007°49.9'S016°13.0'W09°06.1'S016°34.5'W08°28.0'S016°23.9'W 1.043 64° 254° 145 km 03m49.6s
14:4207°57.8'S015°29.7'W09°13.9'S015°50.6'W08°35.9'S015°40.3'W 1.042 63° 255° 145 km 03m47.4s
14:4408°05.3'S014°45.6'W09°21.3'S015°05.8'W08°43.3'S014°55.8'W 1.042 62° 256° 144 km 03m45.1s
14:4608°12.3'S014°00.6'W09°28.1'S014°20.1'W08°50.2'S014°10.5'W 1.042 61° 256° 144 km 03m42.7s
14:4808°18.8'S013°14.6'W09°34.5'S013°33.5'W08°56.7'S013°24.2'W 1.042 60° 257° 143 km 03m40.2s
14:5008°24.9'S012°27.7'W09°40.4'S012°45.8'W09°02.6'S012°36.9'W 1.042 58° 257° 142 km 03m37.6s
14:5208°30.5'S011°39.6'W09°45.7'S011°57.1'W09°08.1'S011°48.5'W 1.041 57° 258° 141 km 03m34.9s
14:5408°35.5'S010°50.4'W09°50.5'S011°07.2'W09°13.0'S010°59.0'W 1.041 56° 258° 141 km 03m32.1s
14:5608°40.0'S009°59.9'W09°54.8'S010°16.0'W09°17.4'S010°08.1'W 1.041 55° 258° 140 km 03m29.1s
14:5808°43.9'S009°08.1'W09°58.4'S009°23.4'W09°21.2'S009°15.9'W 1.041 53° 258° 139 km 03m26.0s
15:0008°47.3'S008°14.8'W10°01.4'S008°29.4'W09°24.3'S008°22.3'W 1.040 52° 259° 138 km 03m22.9s
15:0208°50.0'S007°19.8'W10°03.7'S007°33.8'W09°26.8'S007°27.0'W 1.040 51° 259° 137 km 03m19.6s
15:0408°52.0'S006°23.2'W10°05.3'S006°36.4'W09°28.6'S006°30.0'W 1.040 49° 259° 136 km 03m16.2s
15:0608°53.2'S005°24.6'W10°06.1'S005°37.1'W09°29.7'S005°31.1'W 1.040 48° 259° 135 km 03m12.7s
15:0808°53.8'S004°24.0'W10°06.2'S004°35.8'W09°30.0'S004°30.1'W 1.039 46° 259° 134 km 03m09.1s
15:1008°53.5'S003°21.1'W10°05.4'S003°32.2'W09°29.4'S003°26.9'W 1.039 45° 259° 132 km 03m05.3s
15:1208°52.3'S002°15.6'W10°03.6'S002°26.0'W09°27.9'S002°21.1'W 1.038 43° 259° 131 km 03m01.4s
15:1408°50.1'S001°07.3'W10°00.9'S001°17.0'W09°25.5'S001°12.5'W 1.038 42° 259° 130 km 02m57.4s
15:1608°46.8'S000°04.1'E09°57.0'S000°04.9'W09°21.9'S000°00.7'W 1.038 40° 259° 128 km 02m53.3s
15:1808°42.4'S001°19.1'E09°51.9'S001°10.8'E09°17.2'S001°14.6'E 1.037 38° 259° 127 km 02m49.0s
15:2008°36.7'S002°38.3'E09°45.4'S002°30.5'E09°11.0'S002°34.1'E 1.037 36° 259° 125 km 02m44.5s
15:2208°29.5'S004°02.1'E09°37.4'S003°55.0'E09°03.4'S003°58.2'E 1.036 35° 259° 123 km 02m39.9s
15:2408°20.5'S005°31.5'E09°27.5'S005°25.0'E08°54.1'S005°27.9'E 1.036 33° 259° 121 km 02m35.1s
15:2608°09.6'S007°07.6'E09°15.7'S007°01.5'E08°42.7'S007°04.2'E 1.035 31° 258° 120 km 02m30.0s
15:2807°56.3'S008°51.7'E09°01.3'S008°46.1'E08°28.8'S008°48.5'E 1.035 28° 258° 117 km 02m24.7s
15:3007°40.0'S010°46.0'E08°43.9'S010°40.7'E08°12.0'S010°42.9'E 1.034 26° 258° 115 km 02m19.1s
15:3207°20.0'S012°53.6'E08°22.7'S012°48.5'E07°51.4'S012°50.5'E 1.033 23° 258° 112 km 02m13.0s
15:3406°54.9'S015°19.7'E07°56.2'S015°14.4'E07°25.6'S015°16.5'E 1.032 20° 257° 109 km 02m06.4s
15:3606°22.1'S018°13.8'E07°22.0'S018°07.7'E06°52.1'S018°10.1'E 1.031 17° 257° 106 km 01m59.0s
15:3805°36.0'S021°58.5'E06°34.2'S021°49.9'E06°05.2'S021°53.4'E 1.030 13° 257° 101 km 01m50.1s
15:4004°11.0'S028°13.1'E05°09.3'S027°50.1'E04°40.5'S027°59.9'E 1.028 256° 94 km 01m37.0s
Limits02°51.4'S033°36.4'E03°38.0'S033°46.9'E03°14.7'S033°41.6'E 1.026 - 88 km 01m26.4s

ΔT = 45679.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:40:27.113:59:07.204°24.6'S139°47.4'E 79.7° 193.3° 149.7 km04m09.76s
Greatest Duration02:43:10.714:01:50.904°45.3'S028°33.4'W 79.6° 201.5° 149.8 km04m09.86s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1970 Nov 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1970 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 45679.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3603.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.05°.

Acknowledgments

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

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