Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1973 Jan 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1973 Jan 28 . 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 -1973 Jan 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits03°53.3'N025°28.7'E02°07.6'N024°53.6'E03°00.3'N025°11.3'E 0.945 - 205 km 03m48.5s
04:4201°51.7'N030°26.7'E00°36.2'S031°49.3'E00°34.5'N031°15.1'E 0.947 112° 198 km 03m53.9s
04:4400°15.7'S035°51.5'E02°18.7'S036°22.5'E01°18.1'S036°08.8'E 0.948 12° 112° 192 km 03m59.0s
04:4601°29.0'S039°07.9'E03°24.4'S039°26.9'E02°27.3'S039°18.4'E 0.949 16° 112° 189 km 04m02.7s
04:4802°23.2'S041°40.1'E04°14.5'S041°53.9'E03°19.3'S041°47.8'E 0.950 19° 112° 186 km 04m05.8s
04:5003°06.7'S043°47.8'E04°55.0'S043°58.9'E04°01.3'S043°53.9'E 0.951 22° 112° 184 km 04m08.7s
04:5203°42.9'S045°39.4'E05°29.0'S045°49.0'E04°36.3'S045°44.7'E 0.951 24° 112° 182 km 04m11.3s
04:5404°13.8'S047°19.3'E05°58.1'S047°28.1'E05°06.3'S047°24.1'E 0.952 27° 112° 180 km 04m13.8s
04:5604°40.6'S048°50.3'E06°23.2'S048°58.8'E05°32.2'S048°54.9'E 0.952 29° 112° 178 km 04m16.1s
04:5805°03.9'S050°14.2'E06°45.3'S050°22.7'E05°54.9'S050°18.8'E 0.953 30° 112° 177 km 04m18.3s
05:0005°24.5'S051°32.4'E07°04.6'S051°41.1'E06°14.8'S051°37.0'E 0.953 32° 112° 175 km 04m20.4s
05:0205°42.6'S052°45.7'E07°21.6'S052°54.7'E06°32.4'S052°50.4'E 0.954 34° 112° 174 km 04m22.5s
05:0405°58.6'S053°54.8'E07°36.7'S054°04.2'E06°47.9'S053°59.8'E 0.954 36° 112° 173 km 04m24.5s
05:0606°12.8'S055°00.4'E07°49.9'S055°10.3'E07°01.6'S055°05.5'E 0.954 37° 112° 172 km 04m26.4s
05:0806°25.3'S056°02.8'E08°01.5'S056°13.3'E07°13.6'S056°08.2'E 0.955 39° 113° 171 km 04m28.2s
05:1006°36.3'S057°02.5'E08°11.7'S057°13.6'E07°24.2'S057°08.2'E 0.955 40° 113° 170 km 04m30.0s
05:1206°45.9'S057°59.7'E08°20.6'S058°11.4'E07°33.5'S058°05.7'E 0.955 41° 113° 169 km 04m31.7s
05:1406°54.3'S058°54.7'E08°28.2'S059°07.0'E07°41.5'S059°00.9'E 0.956 43° 113° 168 km 04m33.3s
05:1607°01.5'S059°47.6'E08°34.7'S060°00.6'E07°48.3'S059°54.2'E 0.956 44° 113° 168 km 04m34.9s
05:1807°07.7'S060°38.7'E08°40.1'S060°52.4'E07°54.1'S060°45.7'E 0.956 45° 114° 167 km 04m36.5s
05:2007°12.8'S061°28.2'E08°44.6'S061°42.6'E07°58.9'S061°35.4'E 0.956 47° 114° 166 km 04m37.9s
05:2207°17.0'S062°16.1'E08°48.1'S062°31.2'E08°02.7'S062°23.7'E 0.957 48° 114° 166 km 04m39.4s
05:2407°20.3'S063°02.5'E08°50.8'S063°18.4'E08°05.7'S063°10.5'E 0.957 49° 114° 165 km 04m40.7s
05:2607°22.7'S063°47.7'E08°52.6'S064°04.3'E08°07.8'S063°56.1'E 0.957 50° 115° 164 km 04m42.0s
05:2807°24.3'S064°31.7'E08°53.6'S064°49.0'E08°09.2'S064°40.4'E 0.957 51° 115° 164 km 04m43.3s
05:3007°25.2'S065°14.5'E08°53.9'S065°32.6'E08°09.7'S065°23.6'E 0.957 52° 116° 163 km 04m44.5s
05:3207°25.4'S065°56.3'E08°53.5'S066°15.1'E08°09.6'S066°05.7'E 0.958 53° 116° 163 km 04m45.6s
05:3407°24.8'S066°37.1'E08°52.3'S066°56.6'E08°08.7'S066°46.9'E 0.958 54° 117° 162 km 04m46.7s
05:3607°23.6'S067°17.0'E08°50.5'S067°37.2'E08°07.2'S067°27.1'E 0.958 56° 117° 162 km 04m47.7s
05:3807°21.7'S067°56.0'E08°48.1'S068°16.9'E08°05.1'S068°06.5'E 0.958 57° 118° 161 km 04m48.7s
05:4007°19.2'S068°34.2'E08°45.0'S068°55.8'E08°02.3'S068°45.0'E 0.958 57° 119° 161 km 04m49.6s
05:4207°16.1'S069°11.6'E08°41.3'S069°33.9'E07°58.9'S069°22.8'E 0.958 58° 120° 160 km 04m50.5s
05:4407°12.4'S069°48.3'E08°37.1'S070°11.4'E07°54.9'S069°59.8'E 0.959 59° 121° 160 km 04m51.2s
05:4607°08.1'S070°24.4'E08°32.3'S070°48.1'E07°50.4'S070°36.2'E 0.959 60° 121° 160 km 04m52.0s
05:4807°03.3'S070°59.8'E08°26.9'S071°24.2'E07°45.3'S071°12.0'E 0.959 61° 122° 159 km 04m52.6s
05:5006°57.9'S071°34.6'E08°21.1'S071°59.6'E07°39.7'S071°47.1'E 0.959 62° 124° 159 km 04m53.3s
05:5206°52.0'S072°08.8'E08°14.7'S072°34.5'E07°33.5'S072°21.7'E 0.959 63° 125° 158 km 04m53.8s
05:5406°45.6'S072°42.5'E08°07.7'S073°08.9'E07°26.9'S072°55.7'E 0.959 64° 126° 158 km 04m54.3s
05:5606°38.7'S073°15.7'E08°00.3'S073°42.7'E07°19.7'S073°29.2'E 0.959 64° 127° 158 km 04m54.7s
05:5806°31.4'S073°48.4'E07°52.4'S074°16.0'E07°12.1'S074°02.2'E 0.959 65° 129° 157 km 04m55.1s
06:0006°23.5'S074°20.7'E07°44.1'S074°48.9'E07°04.0'S074°34.8'E 0.959 66° 130° 157 km 04m55.4s
06:0206°15.1'S074°52.6'E07°35.2'S075°21.4'E06°55.4'S075°06.9'E 0.960 67° 132° 156 km 04m55.7s
06:0406°06.3'S075°24.0'E07°25.9'S075°53.4'E06°46.3'S075°38.7'E 0.960 67° 134° 156 km 04m55.9s
06:0605°57.0'S075°55.1'E07°16.2'S076°25.1'E06°36.8'S076°10.1'E 0.960 68° 136° 156 km 04m56.0s
06:0805°47.3'S076°25.8'E07°05.9'S076°56.4'E06°26.8'S076°41.1'E 0.960 68° 138° 155 km 04m56.1s
06:1005°37.1'S076°56.2'E06°55.3'S077°27.3'E06°16.4'S077°11.7'E 0.960 69° 140° 155 km 04m56.1s
06:1205°26.5'S077°26.3'E06°44.2'S077°58.0'E06°05.5'S077°42.1'E 0.960 69° 142° 155 km 04m56.1s
06:1405°15.4'S077°56.1'E06°32.7'S078°28.3'E05°54.3'S078°12.2'E 0.960 70° 144° 154 km 04m56.0s
06:1605°04.0'S078°25.6'E06°20.8'S078°58.4'E05°42.5'S078°41.9'E 0.960 70° 147° 154 km 04m55.9s
06:1804°52.0'S078°54.9'E06°08.4'S079°28.2'E05°30.4'S079°11.5'E 0.960 71° 149° 154 km 04m55.7s
06:2004°39.7'S079°23.9'E05°55.6'S079°57.7'E05°17.8'S079°40.8'E 0.960 71° 152° 153 km 04m55.4s
06:2204°26.9'S079°52.7'E05°42.4'S080°27.1'E05°04.8'S080°09.9'E 0.960 71° 155° 153 km 04m55.2s
06:2404°13.7'S080°21.4'E05°28.8'S080°56.2'E04°51.4'S080°38.8'E 0.960 71° 157° 153 km 04m54.8s
06:2604°00.1'S080°49.9'E05°14.8'S081°25.2'E04°37.6'S081°07.5'E 0.960 71° 160° 152 km 04m54.4s
06:2803°46.0'S081°18.2'E05°00.3'S081°54.0'E04°23.4'S081°36.0'E 0.960 72° 163° 152 km 04m54.0s
06:3003°31.6'S081°46.4'E04°45.5'S082°22.7'E04°08.7'S082°04.5'E 0.960 72° 166° 152 km 04m53.5s
06:3203°16.7'S082°14.5'E04°30.2'S082°51.2'E03°53.6'S082°32.8'E 0.960 72° 169° 152 km 04m53.0s
06:3403°01.4'S082°42.4'E04°14.5'S083°19.6'E03°38.1'S083°01.0'E 0.960 71° 172° 151 km 04m52.4s
06:3602°45.7'S083°10.3'E03°58.4'S083°48.0'E03°22.2'S083°29.1'E 0.960 71° 175° 151 km 04m51.8s
06:3802°29.5'S083°38.2'E03°42.0'S084°16.2'E03°05.9'S083°57.1'E 0.960 71° 178° 151 km 04m51.2s
06:4002°12.9'S084°06.0'E03°25.0'S084°44.4'E02°49.2'S084°25.2'E 0.960 71° 180° 151 km 04m50.5s
06:4201°55.9'S084°33.7'E03°07.7'S085°12.6'E02°32.0'S084°53.1'E 0.960 70° 183° 150 km 04m49.8s
06:4401°38.5'S085°01.5'E02°50.0'S085°40.8'E02°14.4'S085°21.1'E 0.960 70° 186° 150 km 04m49.0s
06:4601°20.6'S085°29.3'E02°31.8'S086°09.0'E01°56.4'S085°49.1'E 0.960 70° 188° 150 km 04m48.3s
06:4801°02.3'S085°57.1'E02°13.2'S086°37.2'E01°38.0'S086°17.1'E 0.960 69° 191° 150 km 04m47.4s
06:5000°43.6'S086°25.0'E01°54.2'S087°05.5'E01°19.1'S086°45.2'E 0.960 69° 193° 150 km 04m46.6s
06:5200°24.4'S086°53.0'E01°34.8'S087°33.9'E00°59.8'S087°13.4'E 0.960 68° 195° 150 km 04m45.7s
06:5400°04.7'S087°21.1'E01°14.9'S088°02.3'E00°40.0'S087°41.6'E 0.960 68° 197° 150 km 04m44.8s
06:5600°15.4'N087°49.3'E00°54.6'S088°30.9'E00°19.8'S088°10.0'E 0.960 67° 199° 150 km 04m43.8s
06:5800°35.9'N088°17.7'E00°33.8'S088°59.6'E00°00.9'N088°38.6'E 0.960 66° 201° 150 km 04m42.9s
07:0000°57.0'N088°46.2'E00°12.6'S089°28.5'E00°22.0'N089°07.3'E 0.960 66° 203° 150 km 04m41.9s
07:0201°18.5'N089°14.9'E00°09.1'N089°57.6'E00°43.6'N089°36.2'E 0.960 65° 204° 150 km 04m40.9s
07:0401°40.5'N089°43.9'E00°31.2'N090°26.9'E01°05.7'N090°05.4'E 0.960 64° 206° 150 km 04m39.8s
07:0602°03.1'N090°13.2'E00°53.9'N090°56.5'E01°28.3'N090°34.8'E 0.960 63° 207° 150 km 04m38.8s
07:0802°26.1'N090°42.7'E01°17.0'N091°26.4'E01°51.4'N091°04.5'E 0.959 63° 209° 150 km 04m37.7s
07:1002°49.7'N091°12.6'E01°40.7'N091°56.6'E02°15.0'N091°34.5'E 0.959 62° 210° 150 km 04m36.6s
07:1203°13.8'N091°42.8'E02°04.8'N092°27.1'E02°39.1'N092°04.9'E 0.959 61° 211° 151 km 04m35.5s
07:1403°38.4'N092°13.4'E02°29.5'N092°58.0'E03°03.8'N092°35.7'E 0.959 60° 212° 151 km 04m34.4s
07:1604°03.7'N092°44.5'E02°54.8'N093°29.4'E03°29.0'N093°06.9'E 0.959 59° 214° 151 km 04m33.2s
07:1804°29.5'N093°16.1'E03°20.6'N094°01.3'E03°54.9'N093°38.6'E 0.959 58° 215° 151 km 04m32.1s
07:2004°55.9'N093°48.2'E03°47.0'N094°33.7'E04°21.3'N094°10.8'E 0.959 57° 216° 152 km 04m30.9s
07:2205°23.0'N094°20.8'E04°14.0'N095°06.6'E04°48.3'N094°43.7'E 0.959 56° 217° 152 km 04m29.7s
07:2405°50.7'N094°54.1'E04°41.6'N095°40.2'E05°16.0'N095°17.1'E 0.959 55° 218° 152 km 04m28.5s
07:2606°19.1'N095°28.1'E05°09.9'N096°14.5'E05°44.3'N095°51.2'E 0.958 54° 218° 153 km 04m27.3s
07:2806°48.2'N096°02.9'E05°38.8'N096°49.5'E06°13.4'N096°26.1'E 0.958 53° 219° 153 km 04m26.0s
07:3007°18.1'N096°38.5'E06°08.5'N097°25.3'E06°43.1'N097°01.8'E 0.958 52° 220° 154 km 04m24.8s
07:3207°48.7'N097°15.0'E06°38.9'N098°02.1'E07°13.7'N097°38.4'E 0.958 51° 221° 154 km 04m23.5s
07:3408°20.2'N097°52.5'E07°10.1'N098°39.8'E07°45.0'N098°16.0'E 0.958 50° 222° 155 km 04m22.3s
07:3608°52.5'N098°31.0'E07°42.1'N099°18.6'E08°17.2'N098°54.7'E 0.958 49° 222° 156 km 04m21.0s
07:3809°25.8'N099°10.8'E08°15.0'N099°58.6'E08°50.2'N099°34.6'E 0.957 47° 223° 156 km 04m19.7s
07:4010°00.0'N099°51.9'E08°48.8'N100°39.8'E09°24.3'N100°15.8'E 0.957 46° 224° 157 km 04m18.4s
07:4210°35.3'N100°34.5'E09°23.7'N101°22.6'E09°59.3'N100°58.4'E 0.957 45° 224° 158 km 04m17.1s
07:4411°11.7'N101°18.7'E09°59.5'N102°06.9'E10°35.4'N101°42.7'E 0.957 44° 225° 159 km 04m15.7s
07:4611°49.2'N102°04.7'E10°36.5'N102°53.0'E11°12.7'N102°28.7'E 0.956 42° 226° 159 km 04m14.4s
07:4812°28.1'N102°52.7'E11°14.8'N103°41.0'E11°51.3'N103°16.7'E 0.956 41° 226° 160 km 04m13.0s
07:5013°08.4'N103°42.9'E11°54.4'N104°31.3'E12°31.2'N104°07.0'E 0.956 40° 227° 161 km 04m11.6s
07:5213°50.3'N104°35.7'E12°35.4'N105°24.1'E13°12.7'N104°59.8'E 0.956 38° 228° 162 km 04m10.2s
07:5414°33.9'N105°31.4'E13°18.1'N106°19.7'E13°55.8'N105°55.4'E 0.955 37° 228° 164 km 04m08.8s
07:5615°19.4'N106°30.5'E14°02.6'N107°18.5'E14°40.7'N106°54.3'E 0.955 35° 229° 165 km 04m07.4s
07:5816°07.1'N107°33.4'E14°49.1'N108°21.1'E15°27.8'N107°57.0'E 0.955 33° 230° 166 km 04m05.9s
08:0016°57.3'N108°40.8'E15°37.9'N109°28.1'E16°17.3'N109°04.2'E 0.954 32° 230° 168 km 04m04.4s
08:0217°50.3'N109°53.6'E16°29.4'N110°40.3'E17°09.5'N110°16.7'E 0.954 30° 231° 169 km 04m02.8s
08:0418°46.7'N111°13.0'E17°24.0'N111°58.7'E18°05.0'N111°35.5'E 0.953 28° 232° 171 km 04m01.2s
08:0619°47.3'N112°40.4'E18°22.4'N113°24.8'E19°04.5'N113°02.3'E 0.953 26° 232° 173 km 03m59.6s
08:0820°53.0'N114°18.3'E19°25.5'N115°00.7'E20°08.8'N114°39.1'E 0.952 24° 233° 175 km 03m57.8s
08:1022°05.5'N116°10.2'E20°34.7'N116°49.6'E21°19.6'N116°29.3'E 0.952 21° 234° 177 km 03m56.0s
08:1223°27.4'N118°22.0'E21°52.1'N118°56.6'E22°39.1'N118°38.5'E 0.951 18° 235° 180 km 03m54.0s
08:1425°03.8'N121°05.4'E23°21.9'N121°31.5'E24°12.0'N121°17.3'E 0.950 15° 237° 183 km 03m51.8s
08:1627°08.3'N124°51.4'E25°13.8'N124°57.3'E26°09.6'N124°52.0'E 0.949 11° 239° 188 km 03m49.1s
08:18 - - 28°11.2'N130°58.3'E29°34.5'N131°50.5'E 0.947 242° 196 km 03m44.7s
Limits32°01.2'N135°07.7'E30°21.5'N135°56.8'E31°11.3'N135°32.3'E 0.946 - 200 km 03m42.8s

ΔT = 45771.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:12:37.506:29:45.904°10.4'S109°13.1'W 71.5° 165.8° 151.8 km04m53.58s
Greatest Duration18:52:51.406:09:59.806°16.4'S077°11.7'E 68.9° 139.7° 155.0 km04m56.12s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1973 Jan 28 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 45771.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3618.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.12°.

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