Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1972 Jul 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1972 Jul 12 . 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 -1972 Jul 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits49°56.7'S050°41.0'E52°43.8'S053°03.7'E51°18.3'S051°46.9'E 1.052 - 342 km 03m20.1s
04:4443°42.1'S063°20.8'E - - 47°31.7'S059°11.8'E 1.054 44° 359 km 03m39.3s
04:4642°38.4'S065°50.8'E50°41.5'S056°58.5'E45°47.0'S062°58.2'E 1.055 10° 40° 370 km 03m50.2s
04:4841°48.9'S067°56.1'E48°13.0'S062°07.4'E44°38.0'S065°40.1'E 1.056 12° 38° 381 km 03m58.3s
04:5041°08.7'S069°45.7'E46°52.8'S065°11.9'E43°45.9'S067°52.3'E 1.057 14° 36° 390 km 04m05.0s
04:5240°35.3'S071°24.1'E45°55.5'S067°35.7'E43°04.4'S069°46.5'E 1.057 15° 34° 398 km 04m10.8s
04:5440°07.3'S072°54.3'E45°11.3'S069°37.3'E42°30.4'S071°28.4'E 1.058 17° 32° 406 km 04m16.0s
04:5639°43.5'S074°18.0'E44°35.8'S071°24.4'E42°02.2'S073°01.3'E 1.058 18° 30° 414 km 04m20.6s
04:5839°23.5'S075°36.6'E44°06.7'S073°01.4'E41°38.6'S074°27.3'E 1.058 19° 29° 421 km 04m24.7s
05:0039°06.6'S076°51.0'E43°42.8'S074°30.7'E41°18.9'S075°47.8'E 1.059 20° 27° 428 km 04m28.5s
05:0238°52.5'S078°01.9'E43°23.1'S075°54.1'E41°02.5'S077°03.9'E 1.059 21° 26° 435 km 04m31.9s
05:0438°40.9'S079°09.9'E43°06.9'S077°12.7'E40°49.0'S078°16.4'E 1.059 21° 24° 441 km 04m34.9s
05:0638°31.5'S080°15.4'E42°53.9'S078°27.4'E40°38.1'S079°25.9'E 1.059 22° 23° 446 km 04m37.7s
05:0838°24.3'S081°18.8'E42°43.7'S079°39.0'E40°29.6'S080°32.9'E 1.060 23° 21° 451 km 04m40.1s
05:1038°19.0'S082°20.4'E42°35.9'S080°47.9'E40°23.3'S081°37.7'E 1.060 23° 20° 455 km 04m42.3s
05:1238°15.6'S083°20.5'E42°30.5'S081°54.7'E40°19.1'S082°40.7'E 1.060 24° 18° 459 km 04m44.2s
05:1438°13.9'S084°19.3'E42°27.3'S082°59.7'E40°16.7'S083°42.3'E 1.060 24° 17° 462 km 04m45.8s
05:1638°14.0'S085°17.1'E42°26.1'S084°03.1'E40°16.2'S084°42.6'E 1.060 24° 15° 464 km 04m47.1s
05:1838°15.6'S086°14.0'E42°26.9'S085°05.4'E40°17.5'S085°41.9'E 1.060 25° 14° 465 km 04m48.2s
05:2038°18.9'S087°10.2'E42°29.5'S086°06.6'E40°20.5'S086°40.3'E 1.060 25° 12° 466 km 04m49.1s
05:2238°23.7'S088°05.8'E42°34.0'S087°07.2'E40°25.2'S087°38.2'E 1.060 25° 11° 466 km 04m49.7s
05:2438°30.0'S089°01.0'E42°40.3'S088°07.1'E40°31.5'S088°35.6'E 1.060 25° 466 km 04m50.1s
05:2638°37.9'S089°56.1'E42°48.5'S089°06.8'E40°39.5'S089°32.7'E 1.060 25° 465 km 04m50.2s
05:2838°47.4'S090°51.0'E42°58.4'S090°06.3'E40°49.2'S090°29.7'E 1.060 25° 463 km 04m50.1s
05:3038°58.4'S091°45.9'E43°10.2'S091°05.9'E41°00.5'S091°26.7'E 1.060 25° 460 km 04m49.7s
05:3239°10.9'S092°41.0'E43°23.8'S092°05.7'E41°13.5'S092°24.0'E 1.060 25° 457 km 04m49.1s
05:3439°25.1'S093°36.5'E43°39.4'S093°06.0'E41°28.3'S093°21.6'E 1.060 25° 454 km 04m48.2s
05:3639°41.0'S094°32.5'E43°56.9'S094°07.0'E41°44.9'S094°19.9'E 1.060 24° 450 km 04m47.1s
05:3839°58.5'S095°29.1'E44°16.6'S095°08.9'E42°03.4'S095°18.9'E 1.060 24° 359° 445 km 04m45.8s
05:4040°17.9'S096°26.6'E44°38.5'S096°11.9'E42°23.8'S096°18.8'E 1.060 24° 358° 441 km 04m44.2s
05:4240°39.2'S097°25.1'E45°02.7'S097°16.5'E42°46.3'S097°20.1'E 1.060 23° 356° 436 km 04m42.3s
05:4441°02.4'S098°24.9'E45°29.5'S098°22.8'E43°11.1'S098°22.8'E 1.060 23° 354° 430 km 04m40.2s
05:4641°27.9'S099°26.3'E45°59.2'S099°31.3'E43°38.3'S099°27.3'E 1.059 22° 353° 425 km 04m37.8s
05:4841°55.6'S100°29.4'E46°32.0'S100°42.6'E44°08.2'S100°34.0'E 1.059 21° 351° 419 km 04m35.1s
05:5042°25.9'S101°34.8'E47°08.3'S101°57.2'E44°41.0'S101°43.3'E 1.059 21° 350° 413 km 04m32.1s
05:5242°59.0'S102°42.7'E47°48.8'S103°15.9'E45°17.1'S102°55.9'E 1.059 20° 348° 407 km 04m28.8s
05:5443°35.2'S103°53.8'E48°34.1'S104°39.8'E45°57.1'S104°12.4'E 1.059 19° 347° 401 km 04m25.2s
05:5644°15.1'S105°08.7'E49°25.4'S106°10.4'E46°41.4'S105°33.8'E 1.058 18° 345° 394 km 04m21.1s
05:5844°59.1'S106°28.3'E50°24.2'S107°49.9'E47°31.2'S107°01.3'E 1.058 17° 343° 388 km 04m16.7s
06:0045°48.1'S107°53.8'E51°33.2'S109°41.9'E48°27.6'S108°36.9'E 1.057 15° 341° 382 km 04m11.7s
06:0246°43.3'S109°26.8'E52°57.2'S111°52.9'E49°32.7'S110°23.5'E 1.057 14° 339° 375 km 04m06.1s
06:0447°46.3'S111°09.9'E54°46.8'S114°37.6'E50°50.1'S112°26.0'E 1.056 12° 337° 369 km 03m59.7s
06:0649°00.1'S113°07.2'E57°42.7'S118°51.4'E52°26.6'S114°54.3'E 1.056 10° 335° 362 km 03m52.0s
06:0850°29.9'S115°26.6'E - - 54°41.1'S118°15.2'E 1.055 331° 354 km 03m41.9s
Limits58°59.4'S128°09.5'E61°07.6'S123°36.2'E60°03.3'S126°02.9'E 1.052 - 344 km 03m20.9s

ΔT = 45736.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:08:29.605:26:13.140°40.5'S101°26.5'W 25.0° 7.7° 464.5 km04m50.18s
Greatest Duration18:08:14.505:25:58.140°39.4'S089°31.8'E 25.0° 7.9° 464.7 km04m50.18s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1972 Jul 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1972 Jul 12 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 45736.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3612.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.10°.

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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