Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1955 Dec 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1955 Dec 14 . 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 1955 Dec 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits22°57.0'N020°13.7'E19°42.0'N019°03.4'E21°18.9'N019°38.6'E 0.905 - 377 km 07m21.3s
05:1620°05.0'N026°32.6'E15°03.8'N029°26.3'E17°21.0'N028°26.2'E 0.907 10° 118° 366 km 07m49.1s
05:1817°53.8'N031°11.8'E13°37.3'N032°32.5'E15°39.7'N032°02.6'E 0.908 14° 119° 362 km 08m03.1s
05:2016°28.3'N034°10.4'E12°29.8'N034°56.5'E14°25.1'N034°39.9'E 0.909 17° 120° 359 km 08m14.6s
05:2215°21.2'N036°29.5'E11°33.2'N036°56.7'E13°24.1'N036°47.9'E 0.910 20° 121° 356 km 08m24.7s
05:2414°24.8'N038°26.0'E10°43.9'N038°41.2'E12°31.8'N038°37.4'E 0.910 22° 122° 354 km 08m34.1s
05:2613°35.7'N040°07.5'E10°00.1'N040°14.3'E11°45.7'N040°14.0'E 0.911 24° 122° 352 km 08m42.8s
05:2812°52.1'N041°38.0'E09°20.5'N041°38.7'E11°04.3'N041°41.0'E 0.911 26° 123° 351 km 08m51.2s
05:3012°12.6'N043°00.1'E08°44.3'N042°56.3'E10°26.6'N043°00.6'E 0.912 28° 124° 349 km 08m59.2s
05:3211°36.6'N044°15.5'E08°11.0'N044°08.3'E09°52.1'N044°14.0'E 0.912 30° 124° 348 km 09m06.9s
05:3411°03.5'N045°25.5'E07°40.1'N045°15.6'E09°20.2'N045°22.5'E 0.912 32° 125° 347 km 09m14.4s
05:3610°32.9'N046°30.9'E07°11.4'N046°19.0'E08°50.6'N046°26.7'E 0.913 33° 125° 346 km 09m21.6s
05:3810°04.4'N047°32.5'E06°44.5'N047°18.9'E08°23.0'N047°27.3'E 0.913 35° 126° 346 km 09m28.7s
05:4009°37.8'N048°30.7'E06°19.3'N048°15.9'E07°57.2'N048°24.7'E 0.913 36° 126° 345 km 09m35.7s
05:4209°12.9'N049°26.0'E05°55.5'N049°10.2'E07°32.9'N049°19.4'E 0.913 37° 127° 344 km 09m42.5s
05:4408°49.5'N050°18.7'E05°33.2'N050°02.3'E07°10.1'N050°11.7'E 0.914 39° 127° 344 km 09m49.1s
05:4608°27.5'N051°09.1'E05°12.1'N050°52.2'E06°48.6'N051°01.8'E 0.914 40° 128° 343 km 09m55.6s
05:4808°06.7'N051°57.5'E04°52.2'N051°40.3'E06°28.3'N051°50.0'E 0.914 41° 129° 343 km 10m02.0s
05:5007°47.2'N052°44.1'E04°33.4'N052°26.8'E06°09.1'N052°36.5'E 0.914 42° 129° 343 km 10m08.2s
05:5207°28.7'N053°29.1'E04°15.5'N053°11.7'E05°51.0'N053°21.3'E 0.915 43° 130° 342 km 10m14.3s
05:5407°11.2'N054°12.5'E03°58.6'N053°55.2'E05°33.9'N054°04.8'E 0.915 45° 131° 342 km 10m20.3s
05:5606°54.7'N054°54.6'E03°42.6'N054°37.5'E05°17.6'N054°46.9'E 0.915 46° 131° 342 km 10m26.2s
05:5806°39.1'N055°35.4'E03°27.4'N055°18.6'E05°02.3'N055°27.8'E 0.915 47° 132° 342 km 10m31.9s
06:0006°24.4'N056°15.1'E03°13.1'N055°58.6'E04°47.7'N056°07.6'E 0.915 48° 133° 342 km 10m37.5s
06:0206°10.4'N056°53.7'E02°59.5'N056°37.7'E04°34.0'N056°46.4'E 0.916 49° 134° 342 km 10m43.0s
06:0405°57.3'N057°31.3'E02°46.6'N057°15.8'E04°21.0'N057°24.3'E 0.916 50° 134° 342 km 10m48.3s
06:0605°44.8'N058°08.1'E02°34.4'N057°53.2'E04°08.7'N058°01.3'E 0.916 51° 135° 342 km 10m53.5s
06:0805°33.1'N058°44.0'E02°22.9'N058°29.7'E03°57.1'N058°37.5'E 0.916 52° 136° 342 km 10m58.6s
06:1005°22.0'N059°19.2'E02°12.1'N059°05.5'E03°46.1'N059°12.9'E 0.916 52° 137° 342 km 11m03.6s
06:1205°11.6'N059°53.6'E02°01.8'N059°40.7'E03°35.8'N059°47.7'E 0.916 53° 138° 342 km 11m08.3s
06:1405°01.8'N060°27.4'E01°52.2'N060°15.2'E03°26.1'N060°21.8'E 0.916 54° 139° 343 km 11m13.0s
06:1604°52.6'N061°00.6'E01°43.1'N060°49.2'E03°17.0'N060°55.4'E 0.916 55° 140° 343 km 11m17.5s
06:1804°44.0'N061°33.2'E01°34.7'N061°22.6'E03°08.4'N061°28.4'E 0.917 56° 141° 343 km 11m21.8s
06:2004°35.9'N062°05.3'E01°26.7'N061°55.5'E03°00.4'N062°00.8'E 0.917 56° 142° 343 km 11m26.0s
06:2204°28.4'N062°36.9'E01°19.3'N062°28.0'E02°53.0'N062°32.8'E 0.917 57° 144° 343 km 11m30.0s
06:2404°21.5'N063°08.0'E01°12.5'N063°00.0'E02°46.1'N063°04.4'E 0.917 58° 145° 344 km 11m33.8s
06:2604°15.0'N063°38.7'E01°06.1'N063°31.6'E02°39.7'N063°35.5'E 0.917 59° 146° 344 km 11m37.4s
06:2804°09.1'N064°09.0'E01°00.3'N064°02.9'E02°33.9'N064°06.3'E 0.917 59° 147° 344 km 11m40.9s
06:3004°03.7'N064°38.9'E00°55.0'N064°33.8'E02°28.5'N064°36.7'E 0.917 60° 149° 344 km 11m44.2s
06:3203°58.7'N065°08.5'E00°50.1'N065°04.4'E02°23.6'N065°06.7'E 0.917 60° 150° 345 km 11m47.3s
06:3403°54.3'N065°37.8'E00°45.7'N065°34.7'E02°19.2'N065°36.5'E 0.917 61° 152° 345 km 11m50.2s
06:3603°50.3'N066°06.8'E00°41.8'N066°04.7'E02°15.2'N066°06.0'E 0.917 61° 153° 345 km 11m52.9s
06:3803°46.8'N066°35.5'E00°38.4'N066°34.5'E02°11.8'N066°35.2'E 0.917 62° 155° 345 km 11m55.5s
06:4003°43.7'N067°04.0'E00°35.4'N067°04.0'E02°08.8'N067°04.2'E 0.917 62° 157° 345 km 11m57.8s
06:4203°41.1'N067°32.3'E00°32.9'N067°33.4'E02°06.2'N067°33.0'E 0.917 63° 159° 346 km 11m59.9s
06:4403°39.0'N068°00.4'E00°30.8'N068°02.5'E02°04.1'N068°01.6'E 0.917 63° 160° 346 km 12m01.8s
06:4603°37.3'N068°28.3'E00°29.2'N068°31.5'E02°02.4'N068°30.0'E 0.918 63° 162° 346 km 12m03.5s
06:4803°36.0'N068°56.0'E00°28.0'N069°00.3'E02°01.2'N068°58.3'E 0.918 64° 164° 346 km 12m04.9s
06:5003°35.2'N069°23.6'E00°27.3'N069°29.0'E02°00.4'N069°26.4'E 0.918 64° 166° 346 km 12m06.2s
06:5203°34.8'N069°51.1'E00°26.9'N069°57.6'E02°00.0'N069°54.4'E 0.918 64° 168° 346 km 12m07.2s
06:5403°34.8'N070°18.5'E00°27.1'N070°26.1'E02°00.1'N070°22.4'E 0.918 64° 170° 346 km 12m08.1s
06:5603°35.2'N070°45.8'E00°27.6'N070°54.5'E02°00.6'N070°50.2'E 0.918 65° 172° 346 km 12m08.7s
06:5803°36.1'N071°13.1'E00°28.6'N071°22.8'E02°01.5'N071°18.0'E 0.918 65° 174° 346 km 12m09.1s
07:0003°37.4'N071°40.3'E00°30.0'N071°51.1'E02°02.9'N071°45.7'E 0.918 65° 176° 346 km 12m09.2s
07:0203°39.1'N072°07.4'E00°31.8'N072°19.4'E02°04.7'N072°13.4'E 0.918 65° 178° 346 km 12m09.2s
07:0403°41.3'N072°34.6'E00°34.1'N072°47.7'E02°06.9'N072°41.1'E 0.918 65° 180° 346 km 12m08.9s
07:0603°43.9'N073°01.8'E00°36.8'N073°15.9'E02°09.5'N073°08.8'E 0.918 65° 182° 345 km 12m08.4s
07:0803°46.9'N073°29.0'E00°39.9'N073°44.2'E02°12.6'N073°36.5'E 0.918 65° 184° 345 km 12m07.7s
07:1003°50.3'N073°56.2'E00°43.5'N074°12.5'E02°16.1'N074°04.2'E 0.918 64° 186° 345 km 12m06.8s
07:1203°54.1'N074°23.5'E00°47.5'N074°40.8'E02°20.0'N074°32.0'E 0.918 64° 188° 345 km 12m05.6s
07:1403°58.4'N074°50.9'E00°51.9'N075°09.3'E02°24.3'N074°59.9'E 0.918 64° 190° 345 km 12m04.3s
07:1604°03.1'N075°18.3'E00°56.7'N075°37.8'E02°29.1'N075°27.9'E 0.918 64° 192° 344 km 12m02.7s
07:1804°08.3'N075°45.9'E01°02.0'N076°06.4'E02°34.3'N075°56.0'E 0.917 63° 194° 344 km 12m01.0s
07:2004°13.9'N076°13.7'E01°07.7'N076°35.1'E02°40.0'N076°24.2'E 0.917 63° 196° 344 km 11m59.0s
07:2204°19.9'N076°41.5'E01°13.9'N077°04.0'E02°46.1'N076°52.6'E 0.917 63° 198° 344 km 11m56.8s
07:2404°26.4'N077°09.6'E01°20.5'N077°33.1'E02°52.6'N077°21.1'E 0.917 62° 200° 343 km 11m54.5s
07:2604°33.3'N077°37.9'E01°27.6'N078°02.3'E02°59.6'N077°49.8'E 0.917 62° 201° 343 km 11m51.9s
07:2804°40.8'N078°06.4'E01°35.1'N078°31.7'E03°07.1'N078°18.7'E 0.917 61° 203° 343 km 11m49.2s
07:3004°48.6'N078°35.1'E01°43.1'N079°01.3'E03°15.0'N078°47.9'E 0.917 61° 205° 342 km 11m46.2s
07:3204°57.0'N079°04.1'E01°51.6'N079°31.2'E03°23.4'N079°17.3'E 0.917 60° 206° 342 km 11m43.1s
07:3405°05.8'N079°33.4'E02°00.6'N080°01.4'E03°32.3'N079°47.0'E 0.917 60° 208° 342 km 11m39.9s
07:3605°15.2'N080°03.0'E02°10.0'N080°31.9'E03°41.7'N080°17.1'E 0.917 59° 209° 341 km 11m36.4s
07:3805°25.0'N080°32.9'E02°19.9'N081°02.6'E03°51.6'N080°47.4'E 0.917 58° 210° 341 km 11m32.8s
07:4005°35.4'N081°03.3'E02°30.3'N081°33.8'E04°02.0'N081°18.1'E 0.917 58° 212° 341 km 11m29.0s
07:4205°46.3'N081°34.0'E02°41.3'N082°05.3'E04°12.9'N081°49.2'E 0.917 57° 213° 340 km 11m25.1s
07:4405°57.8'N082°05.2'E02°52.8'N082°37.2'E04°24.4'N082°20.7'E 0.917 56° 214° 340 km 11m21.0s
07:4606°09.8'N082°36.9'E03°04.8'N083°09.5'E04°36.4'N082°52.7'E 0.916 56° 215° 340 km 11m16.7s
07:4806°22.3'N083°09.1'E03°17.4'N083°42.4'E04°48.9'N083°25.2'E 0.916 55° 216° 340 km 11m12.4s
07:5006°35.5'N083°41.8'E03°30.5'N084°15.7'E05°02.1'N083°58.2'E 0.916 54° 217° 340 km 11m07.8s
07:5206°49.3'N084°15.1'E03°44.2'N084°49.7'E05°15.8'N084°31.8'E 0.916 53° 219° 339 km 11m03.2s
07:5407°03.8'N084°49.1'E03°58.5'N085°24.2'E05°30.2'N085°06.1'E 0.916 52° 220° 339 km 10m58.4s
07:5607°18.8'N085°23.8'E04°13.5'N085°59.4'E05°45.2'N085°41.0'E 0.916 51° 220° 339 km 10m53.5s
07:5807°34.6'N085°59.3'E04°29.1'N086°35.2'E06°00.9'N086°16.6'E 0.916 51° 221° 339 km 10m48.4s
08:0007°51.1'N086°35.6'E04°45.4'N087°11.9'E06°17.3'N086°53.0'E 0.916 50° 222° 339 km 10m43.3s
08:0208°08.4'N087°12.7'E05°02.4'N087°49.4'E06°34.4'N087°30.3'E 0.915 49° 223° 339 km 10m38.0s
08:0408°26.4'N087°50.9'E05°20.1'N088°27.7'E06°52.2'N088°08.6'E 0.915 48° 224° 339 km 10m32.6s
08:0608°45.2'N088°30.1'E05°38.6'N089°07.1'E07°10.9'N088°47.8'E 0.915 47° 225° 339 km 10m27.0s
08:0809°05.0'N089°10.4'E05°57.9'N089°47.5'E07°30.4'N089°28.1'E 0.915 46° 225° 340 km 10m21.4s
08:1009°25.6'N089°52.0'E06°18.1'N090°29.1'E07°50.7'N090°09.6'E 0.915 44° 226° 340 km 10m15.7s
08:1209°47.3'N090°34.9'E06°39.1'N091°11.9'E08°12.0'N090°52.5'E 0.914 43° 227° 340 km 10m09.8s
08:1410°09.9'N091°19.4'E07°01.1'N091°56.2'E08°34.4'N091°36.8'E 0.914 42° 228° 341 km 10m03.9s
08:1610°33.7'N092°05.6'E07°24.2'N092°41.9'E08°57.7'N092°22.7'E 0.914 41° 228° 341 km 09m57.8s
08:1810°58.8'N092°53.6'E07°48.3'N093°29.4'E09°22.3'N093°10.3'E 0.914 40° 229° 341 km 09m51.6s
08:2011°25.1'N093°43.6'E08°13.7'N094°18.7'E09°48.1'N094°00.0'E 0.914 39° 230° 342 km 09m45.3s
08:2211°52.9'N094°36.0'E08°40.3'N095°10.2'E10°15.2'N094°51.8'E 0.913 37° 230° 343 km 09m38.8s
08:2412°22.2'N095°31.0'E09°08.3'N096°04.0'E10°43.8'N095°46.1'E 0.913 36° 231° 343 km 09m32.2s
08:2612°53.3'N096°29.0'E09°37.9'N097°00.4'E11°14.1'N096°43.2'E 0.913 34° 232° 344 km 09m25.5s
08:2813°26.4'N097°30.4'E10°09.2'N098°00.0'E11°46.2'N097°43.5'E 0.912 33° 232° 345 km 09m18.6s
08:3014°01.7'N098°35.8'E10°42.4'N099°03.0'E12°20.4'N098°47.6'E 0.912 31° 233° 346 km 09m11.6s
08:3214°39.6'N099°46.0'E11°17.8'N100°10.1'E12°56.9'N099°56.0'E 0.912 30° 233° 347 km 09m04.3s
08:3415°20.5'N101°01.8'E11°55.7'N101°22.0'E13°36.2'N101°09.6'E 0.911 28° 234° 349 km 08m56.8s
08:3616°05.0'N102°24.5'E12°36.7'N102°39.7'E14°18.7'N102°29.4'E 0.911 26° 235° 350 km 08m49.1s
08:3816°54.0'N103°56.0'E13°21.2'N104°04.5'E15°05.2'N103°57.1'E 0.910 24° 235° 352 km 08m40.9s
08:4017°48.8'N105°39.0'E14°10.1'N105°38.4'E15°56.7'N105°34.9'E 0.910 22° 236° 354 km 08m32.4s
08:4218°51.4'N107°38.0'E15°04.8'N107°24.2'E16°54.8'N107°26.3'E 0.909 20° 237° 356 km 08m23.3s
08:4420°05.7'N110°01.4'E16°07.3'N109°26.7'E18°02.2'N109°37.3'E 0.909 17° 238° 359 km 08m13.3s
08:4621°40.5'N113°08.4'E17°21.6'N111°54.8'E19°24.5'N112°20.3'E 0.908 13° 239° 362 km 08m02.0s
08:4824°11.4'N118°18.1'E18°57.0'N115°09.6'E21°17.4'N116°10.4'E 0.907 241° 367 km 07m47.8s
Limits26°47.3'N123°56.5'E23°33.1'N125°12.7'E25°09.7'N124°34.7'E 0.905 - 378 km 07m22.5s

ΔT = 31.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:02:25.107:01:53.702°04.6'N072°04.1'E 64.7° 178.1° 345.7 km12m09.17s
Greatest Duration07:01:01.807:00:30.402°03.3'N071°52.7'E 64.7° 176.6° 345.8 km12m09.23s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1955 Dec 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1955 Dec 14 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 31.4 seconds for this eclipse.

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