Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1937 Dec 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1937 Dec 02 . 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 1937 Dec 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits28°05.7'N139°59.9'E24°50.6'N138°49.4'E26°27.6'N139°24.5'E 0.906 - 376 km 07m17.3s
21:2025°37.9'N145°39.6'E20°17.6'N149°19.2'E22°39.9'N148°07.0'E 0.908 119° 365 km 07m43.0s
21:2223°11.5'N150°57.0'E18°48.0'N152°31.8'E20°52.9'N151°57.0'E 0.909 13° 120° 360 km 07m56.9s
21:2421°39.8'N154°07.7'E17°37.6'N154°59.4'E19°34.2'N154°41.1'E 0.910 17° 121° 356 km 08m08.1s
21:2620°28.0'N156°33.6'E16°38.0'N157°02.0'E18°29.5'N156°53.2'E 0.910 20° 123° 354 km 08m18.0s
21:2819°27.4'N158°34.7'E15°45.7'N158°48.2'E17°33.7'N158°45.6'E 0.911 22° 123° 351 km 08m27.0s
21:3018°34.3'N160°19.4'E14°58.9'N160°22.4'E16°44.1'N160°24.3'E 0.911 24° 124° 349 km 08m35.5s
21:3217°46.9'N161°52.3'E14°16.2'N161°47.7'E15°59.3'N161°52.9'E 0.912 26° 125° 348 km 08m43.5s
21:3417°03.7'N163°16.3'E13°36.9'N163°05.8'E15°18.3'N163°13.5'E 0.912 28° 126° 346 km 08m51.2s
21:3616°24.0'N164°33.2'E13°00.4'N164°18.1'E14°40.3'N164°27.8'E 0.913 30° 126° 345 km 08m58.6s
21:3815°47.3'N165°44.3'E12°26.3'N165°25.6'E14°05.0'N165°36.9'E 0.913 31° 127° 344 km 09m05.8s
21:4015°13.0'N166°50.6'E11°54.2'N166°28.9'E13°32.0'N166°41.5'E 0.913 33° 128° 343 km 09m12.8s
21:4214°40.9'N167°52.8'E11°24.1'N167°28.8'E13°00.9'N167°42.4'E 0.914 34° 129° 342 km 09m19.6s
21:4414°10.7'N168°51.5'E10°55.5'N168°25.5'E12°31.6'N168°40.0'E 0.914 36° 129° 341 km 09m26.3s
21:4613°42.1'N169°47.2'E10°28.4'N169°19.6'E12°03.9'N169°34.8'E 0.914 37° 130° 340 km 09m32.8s
21:4813°15.1'N170°40.2'E10°02.7'N170°11.3'E11°37.6'N170°27.0'E 0.915 38° 131° 340 km 09m39.2s
21:5012°49.5'N171°30.8'E09°38.2'N171°00.9'E11°12.6'N171°17.0'E 0.915 40° 131° 339 km 09m45.4s
21:5212°25.1'N172°19.4'E09°14.8'N171°48.5'E10°48.7'N172°05.0'E 0.915 41° 132° 339 km 09m51.5s
21:5412°01.9'N173°06.0'E08°52.5'N172°34.5'E10°26.0'N172°51.3'E 0.915 42° 133° 338 km 09m57.5s
21:5611°39.8'N173°50.9'E08°31.1'N173°18.9'E10°04.3'N173°35.9'E 0.915 43° 134° 338 km 10m03.4s
21:5811°18.7'N174°34.3'E08°10.7'N174°01.9'E09°43.5'N174°19.0'E 0.916 44° 134° 338 km 10m09.2s
22:0010°58.5'N175°16.3'E07°51.1'N174°43.6'E09°23.7'N175°00.8'E 0.916 45° 135° 338 km 10m14.9s
22:0210°39.2'N175°57.0'E07°32.4'N175°24.1'E09°04.7'N175°41.3'E 0.916 46° 136° 337 km 10m20.4s
22:0410°20.8'N176°36.5'E07°14.4'N176°03.5'E08°46.5'N176°20.8'E 0.916 47° 137° 337 km 10m25.9s
22:0610°03.2'N177°14.9'E06°57.1'N176°42.0'E08°29.1'N176°59.2'E 0.916 48° 138° 337 km 10m31.2s
22:0809°46.3'N177°52.4'E06°40.5'N177°19.5'E08°12.4'N177°36.7'E 0.916 49° 138° 337 km 10m36.4s
22:1009°30.1'N178°28.9'E06°24.7'N177°56.2'E07°56.3'N178°13.3'E 0.917 50° 139° 337 km 10m41.5s
22:1209°14.6'N179°04.7'E06°09.4'N178°32.2'E07°41.0'N178°49.0'E 0.917 51° 140° 337 km 10m46.4s
22:1408°59.8'N179°39.6'E05°54.8'N179°07.4'E07°26.3'N179°24.1'E 0.917 52° 141° 337 km 10m51.2s
22:1608°45.6'N179°46.2'W05°40.8'N179°41.9'E07°12.2'N179°58.4'E 0.917 53° 142° 338 km 10m56.0s
22:1808°32.0'N179°12.6'W05°27.3'N179°44.1'W06°58.7'N179°27.8'W 0.917 54° 143° 338 km 11m00.5s
22:2008°19.0'N178°39.7'W05°14.4'N179°10.8'W06°45.8'N178°54.7'W 0.917 54° 145° 338 km 11m05.0s
22:2208°06.6'N178°07.3'W05°02.1'N178°37.9'W06°33.4'N178°22.1'W 0.917 55° 146° 338 km 11m09.3s
22:2407°54.7'N177°35.5'W04°50.3'N178°05.6'W06°21.6'N177°50.1'W 0.917 56° 147° 338 km 11m13.4s
22:2607°43.4'N177°04.1'W04°39.0'N177°33.7'W06°10.3'N177°18.5'W 0.918 57° 148° 339 km 11m17.4s
22:2807°32.6'N176°33.2'W04°28.2'N177°02.2'W05°59.5'N176°47.3'W 0.918 57° 150° 339 km 11m21.3s
22:3007°22.3'N176°02.7'W04°17.9'N176°31.1'W05°49.2'N176°16.5'W 0.918 58° 151° 339 km 11m25.0s
22:3207°12.5'N175°32.6'W04°08.0'N176°00.4'W05°39.4'N175°46.1'W 0.918 59° 152° 340 km 11m28.5s
22:3407°03.2'N175°02.8'W03°58.7'N175°29.9'W05°30.1'N175°16.0'W 0.918 59° 154° 340 km 11m31.9s
22:3606°54.4'N174°33.4'W03°49.8'N174°59.8'W05°21.2'N174°46.3'W 0.918 60° 155° 340 km 11m35.1s
22:3806°46.1'N174°04.3'W03°41.3'N174°30.0'W05°12.8'N174°16.8'W 0.918 60° 157° 341 km 11m38.2s
22:4006°38.2'N173°35.4'W03°33.4'N174°00.4'W05°04.9'N173°47.6'W 0.918 61° 158° 341 km 11m41.0s
22:4206°30.7'N173°06.8'W03°25.8'N173°31.0'W04°57.4'N173°18.6'W 0.918 61° 160° 341 km 11m43.7s
22:4406°23.7'N172°38.4'W03°18.7'N173°01.8'W04°50.4'N172°49.8'W 0.918 62° 162° 342 km 11m46.2s
22:4606°17.2'N172°10.2'W03°12.0'N172°32.8'W04°43.7'N172°21.3'W 0.918 62° 164° 342 km 11m48.5s
22:4806°11.1'N171°42.2'W03°05.8'N172°04.0'W04°37.6'N171°52.9'W 0.918 62° 165° 342 km 11m50.6s
22:5006°05.4'N171°14.3'W03°00.0'N171°35.3'W04°31.8'N171°24.6'W 0.918 63° 167° 343 km 11m52.5s
22:5206°00.1'N170°46.6'W02°54.6'N171°06.7'W04°26.5'N170°56.5'W 0.918 63° 169° 343 km 11m54.2s
22:5405°55.2'N170°19.0'W02°49.6'N170°38.2'W04°21.6'N170°28.4'W 0.918 63° 171° 343 km 11m55.7s
22:5605°50.8'N169°51.4'W02°45.0'N170°09.8'W04°17.1'N170°00.5'W 0.918 63° 173° 343 km 11m57.0s
22:5805°46.8'N169°24.0'W02°40.9'N169°41.5'W04°13.0'N169°32.7'W 0.918 64° 175° 344 km 11m58.1s
23:0005°43.2'N168°56.6'W02°37.1'N169°13.2'W04°09.3'N169°04.8'W 0.918 64° 177° 344 km 11m59.0s
23:0205°40.0'N168°29.3'W02°33.8'N168°45.0'W04°06.0'N168°37.1'W 0.918 64° 179° 344 km 11m59.7s
23:0405°37.2'N168°02.0'W02°30.9'N168°16.8'W04°03.2'N168°09.3'W 0.918 64° 181° 344 km 12m00.1s
23:0605°34.8'N167°34.6'W02°28.3'N167°48.5'W04°00.7'N167°41.6'W 0.918 64° 183° 344 km 12m00.4s
23:0805°32.9'N167°07.3'W02°26.2'N167°20.3'W03°58.7'N167°13.8'W 0.918 64° 185° 345 km 12m00.4s
23:1005°31.3'N166°39.9'W02°24.5'N166°52.0'W03°57.1'N166°46.0'W 0.918 64° 187° 345 km 12m00.2s
23:1205°30.1'N166°12.5'W02°23.3'N166°23.6'W03°55.9'N166°18.1'W 0.918 64° 189° 345 km 11m59.8s
23:1405°29.4'N165°45.0'W02°22.4'N165°55.2'W03°55.1'N165°50.1'W 0.918 64° 191° 345 km 11m59.2s
23:1605°29.1'N165°17.4'W02°21.9'N165°26.7'W03°54.7'N165°22.1'W 0.918 63° 193° 345 km 11m58.4s
23:1805°29.2'N164°49.7'W02°21.9'N164°58.1'W03°54.7'N164°54.0'W 0.918 63° 195° 345 km 11m57.4s
23:2005°29.7'N164°21.8'W02°22.2'N164°29.3'W03°55.1'N164°25.7'W 0.918 63° 197° 345 km 11m56.1s
23:2205°30.6'N163°53.8'W02°23.0'N164°00.4'W03°56.0'N163°57.3'W 0.918 63° 199° 345 km 11m54.6s
23:2405°31.9'N163°25.7'W02°24.3'N163°31.3'W03°57.3'N163°28.7'W 0.918 62° 200° 345 km 11m52.9s
23:2605°33.7'N162°57.3'W02°25.9'N163°02.1'W03°59.0'N162°59.9'W 0.918 62° 202° 345 km 11m51.1s
23:2805°35.9'N162°28.8'W02°28.0'N162°32.6'W04°01.1'N162°30.9'W 0.918 61° 204° 345 km 11m49.0s
23:3005°38.6'N162°00.0'W02°30.5'N162°03.0'W04°03.7'N162°01.7'W 0.918 61° 206° 344 km 11m46.7s
23:3205°41.7'N161°30.9'W02°33.4'N161°33.0'W04°06.7'N161°32.2'W 0.918 60° 207° 344 km 11m44.2s
23:3405°45.2'N161°01.5'W02°36.8'N161°02.8'W04°10.2'N161°02.5'W 0.918 60° 209° 344 km 11m41.5s
23:3605°49.2'N160°31.9'W02°40.7'N160°32.4'W04°14.1'N160°32.4'W 0.918 59° 210° 344 km 11m38.6s
23:3805°53.7'N160°01.9'W02°45.0'N160°01.5'W04°18.5'N160°02.0'W 0.918 59° 212° 344 km 11m35.5s
23:4005°58.6'N159°31.5'W02°49.8'N159°30.4'W04°23.4'N159°31.3'W 0.918 58° 213° 344 km 11m32.3s
23:4206°04.1'N159°00.8'W02°55.1'N158°58.9'W04°28.7'N159°00.2'W 0.918 58° 214° 343 km 11m28.8s
23:4406°10.0'N158°29.6'W03°00.9'N158°27.0'W04°34.5'N158°28.7'W 0.918 57° 216° 343 km 11m25.2s
23:4606°16.5'N157°58.0'W03°07.1'N157°54.6'W04°40.9'N157°56.7'W 0.917 56° 217° 343 km 11m21.4s
23:4806°23.4'N157°25.9'W03°13.9'N157°21.8'W04°47.8'N157°24.3'W 0.917 55° 218° 343 km 11m17.4s
23:5006°30.9'N156°53.2'W03°21.2'N156°48.5'W04°55.2'N156°51.4'W 0.917 55° 219° 343 km 11m13.3s
23:5206°39.0'N156°20.0'W03°29.0'N156°14.7'W05°03.1'N156°17.9'W 0.917 54° 220° 342 km 11m09.0s
23:5406°47.6'N155°46.2'W03°37.4'N155°40.3'W05°11.6'N155°43.8'W 0.917 53° 221° 342 km 11m04.6s
23:5606°56.9'N155°11.7'W03°46.4'N155°05.2'W05°20.7'N155°09.0'W 0.917 52° 223° 342 km 11m00.0s
23:5807°06.7'N154°36.5'W03°55.9'N154°29.5'W05°30.4'N154°33.6'W 0.917 51° 223° 342 km 10m55.2s
00:0007°17.2'N154°00.5'W04°06.1'N153°53.1'W05°40.7'N153°57.5'W 0.917 51° 224° 342 km 10m50.3s
00:0207°28.4'N153°23.7'W04°16.9'N153°16.0'W05°51.6'N153°20.5'W 0.916 50° 225° 342 km 10m45.3s
00:0407°40.2'N152°46.0'W04°28.3'N152°37.9'W06°03.3'N152°42.7'W 0.916 49° 226° 342 km 10m40.1s
00:0607°52.8'N152°07.4'W04°40.4'N151°59.0'W06°15.6'N152°04.0'W 0.916 48° 227° 342 km 10m34.7s
00:0808°06.1'N151°27.7'W04°53.3'N151°19.1'W06°28.7'N151°24.2'W 0.916 47° 228° 342 km 10m29.3s
00:1008°20.2'N150°46.8'W05°06.9'N150°38.2'W06°42.5'N150°43.4'W 0.916 46° 229° 342 km 10m23.7s
00:1208°35.2'N150°04.8'W05°21.3'N149°56.1'W06°57.2'N150°01.4'W 0.916 45° 229° 342 km 10m18.0s
00:1408°51.1'N149°21.3'W05°36.5'N149°12.8'W07°12.7'N149°18.0'W 0.915 44° 230° 342 km 10m12.1s
00:1609°07.9'N148°36.4'W05°52.6'N148°28.1'W07°29.1'N148°33.3'W 0.915 42° 231° 342 km 10m06.1s
00:1809°25.8'N147°49.8'W06°09.7'N147°41.9'W07°46.5'N147°47.0'W 0.915 41° 231° 343 km 10m00.0s
00:2009°44.7'N147°01.4'W06°27.7'N146°54.0'W08°05.0'N146°58.9'W 0.915 40° 232° 343 km 09m53.8s
00:2210°04.9'N146°11.0'W06°46.8'N146°04.4'W08°24.6'N146°09.0'W 0.914 39° 233° 343 km 09m47.4s
00:2410°26.3'N145°18.4'W07°07.2'N145°12.7'W08°45.4'N145°16.9'W 0.914 38° 233° 344 km 09m40.9s
00:2610°49.2'N144°23.2'W07°28.7'N144°18.7'W09°07.6'N144°22.4'W 0.914 36° 234° 344 km 09m34.2s
00:2811°13.6'N143°25.2'W07°51.7'N143°22.2'W09°31.2'N143°25.3'W 0.914 35° 235° 345 km 09m27.4s
00:3011°39.8'N142°23.9'W08°16.2'N142°22.8'W09°56.5'N142°25.1'W 0.913 33° 235° 346 km 09m20.4s
00:3212°08.0'N141°18.8'W08°42.4'N141°20.1'W10°23.6'N141°21.4'W 0.913 32° 236° 347 km 09m13.2s
00:3412°38.5'N140°09.3'W09°10.6'N140°13.6'W10°52.8'N140°13.6'W 0.913 30° 236° 348 km 09m05.9s
00:3613°11.6'N138°54.5'W09°41.0'N139°02.6'W11°24.4'N139°01.0'W 0.912 29° 237° 349 km 08m58.3s
00:3813°47.8'N137°33.2'W10°13.9'N137°46.3'W11°58.9'N137°42.5'W 0.912 27° 238° 350 km 08m50.4s
00:4014°27.9'N136°04.0'W10°50.0'N136°23.5'W12°36.7'N136°17.0'W 0.911 25° 238° 351 km 08m42.2s
00:4215°12.9'N134°24.4'W11°29.8'N134°52.6'W13°18.8'N134°42.4'W 0.911 23° 239° 353 km 08m33.6s
00:4416°04.3'N132°30.7'W12°14.3'N133°11.3'W14°06.2'N132°55.9'W 0.910 20° 240° 355 km 08m24.5s
00:4617°04.9'N130°16.6'W13°05.1'N131°15.8'W15°01.2'N130°52.7'W 0.910 18° 240° 357 km 08m14.6s
00:4818°20.6'N127°28.3'W14°04.9'N128°59.6'W16°07.3'N128°23.9'W 0.909 15° 241° 360 km 08m03.6s
00:5020°09.0'N123°24.3'W15°19.4'N126°09.0'W17°33.7'N125°08.1'W 0.908 11° 243° 364 km 07m50.5s
00:52 - - 17°05.8'N122°02.2'W20°02.9'N119°22.8'W 0.907 245° 371 km 07m30.7s
Limits23°30.9'N115°34.6'W20°13.9'N114°30.8'W21°51.8'N115°02.7'W 0.906 - 377 km 07m18.2s

ΔT = 23.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:05:45.123:05:21.104°01.5'N167°56.5'W 63.9° 182.3° 344.4 km12m00.33s
Greatest Duration23:07:42.423:07:18.403°59.4'N167°23.4'W 63.9° 184.3° 344.5 km12m00.43s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1937 Dec 02 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 23.9 seconds for this eclipse.

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