Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1952 Aug 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1952 Aug 20 . 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 1952 Aug 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits10°09.9'S111°19.1'W13°03.6'S111°28.6'W11°35.9'S111°23.4'W 0.930 - 309 km 05m11.0s
13:4008°27.5'S101°24.7'W - - 10°26.8'S105°31.5'W 0.932 76° 306 km 05m20.6s
13:4208°07.5'S098°12.0'W11°43.7'S104°44.4'W09°46.1'S100°52.9'W 0.933 11° 75° 304 km 05m29.4s
13:4407°57.7'S095°44.9'W11°07.8'S100°34.4'W09°28.0'S097°54.3'W 0.934 15° 74° 303 km 05m35.6s
13:4607°53.5'S093°42.8'W10°50.7'S097°45.5'W09°18.8'S095°34.7'W 0.935 17° 74° 303 km 05m40.8s
13:4807°53.1'S091°57.1'W10°41.9'S095°31.6'W09°14.9'S093°37.7'W 0.935 20° 73° 303 km 05m45.3s
13:5007°55.5'S090°23.3'W10°38.0'S093°38.4'W09°14.6'S091°55.8'W 0.936 22° 73° 303 km 05m49.4s
13:5208°00.1'S088°58.4'W10°37.7'S091°59.5'W09°17.0'S090°24.9'W 0.936 24° 72° 303 km 05m53.1s
13:5408°06.4'S087°40.8'W10°40.0'S090°31.0'W09°21.5'S089°02.5'W 0.937 25° 71° 303 km 05m56.6s
13:5608°14.2'S086°29.0'W10°44.3'S089°10.6'W09°27.7'S087°47.0'W 0.937 27° 71° 303 km 05m59.8s
13:5808°23.3'S085°22.2'W10°50.4'S087°56.8'W09°35.4'S086°37.0'W 0.937 28° 70° 303 km 06m02.9s
14:0008°33.5'S084°19.6'W10°57.9'S086°48.3'W09°44.3'S085°31.8'W 0.938 30° 70° 303 km 06m05.7s
14:0208°44.6'S083°20.6'W11°06.6'S085°44.4'W09°54.3'S084°30.6'W 0.938 31° 69° 303 km 06m08.4s
14:0408°56.7'S082°24.9'W11°16.5'S084°44.4'W10°05.3'S083°32.9'W 0.938 32° 68° 303 km 06m11.0s
14:0609°09.5'S081°31.9'W11°27.3'S083°47.8'W10°17.2'S082°38.2'W 0.938 34° 68° 303 km 06m13.4s
14:0809°23.1'S080°41.4'W11°39.0'S082°54.2'W10°29.9'S081°46.3'W 0.939 35° 67° 303 km 06m15.7s
14:1009°37.4'S079°53.2'W11°51.5'S082°03.1'W10°43.3'S080°56.8'W 0.939 36° 66° 303 km 06m17.8s
14:1209°52.2'S079°07.0'W12°04.8'S081°14.5'W10°57.4'S080°09.5'W 0.939 37° 65° 302 km 06m19.9s
14:1410°07.7'S078°22.7'W12°18.7'S080°27.9'W11°12.1'S079°24.1'W 0.939 38° 64° 302 km 06m21.8s
14:1610°23.7'S077°40.0'W12°33.2'S079°43.2'W11°27.4'S078°40.5'W 0.940 39° 64° 301 km 06m23.6s
14:1810°40.3'S076°58.9'W12°48.4'S079°00.3'W11°43.3'S077°58.5'W 0.940 40° 63° 301 km 06m25.3s
14:2010°57.3'S076°19.1'W13°04.1'S078°18.9'W11°59.6'S077°18.0'W 0.940 41° 62° 300 km 06m26.9s
14:2211°14.8'S075°40.7'W13°20.4'S077°39.0'W12°16.5'S076°38.9'W 0.940 42° 61° 299 km 06m28.4s
14:2411°32.7'S075°03.4'W13°37.2'S077°00.4'W12°33.9'S076°01.0'W 0.940 42° 60° 298 km 06m29.9s
14:2611°51.1'S074°27.3'W13°54.4'S076°23.0'W12°51.8'S075°24.3'W 0.940 43° 59° 297 km 06m31.2s
14:2812°09.9'S073°52.2'W14°12.2'S075°46.7'W13°10.0'S074°48.7'W 0.941 44° 58° 296 km 06m32.4s
14:3012°29.1'S073°18.0'W14°30.4'S075°11.5'W13°28.7'S074°14.0'W 0.941 45° 57° 295 km 06m33.5s
14:3212°48.7'S072°44.7'W14°49.0'S074°37.2'W13°47.9'S073°40.2'W 0.941 45° 56° 294 km 06m34.6s
14:3413°08.7'S072°12.2'W15°08.0'S074°03.8'W14°07.4'S073°07.3'W 0.941 46° 55° 292 km 06m35.6s
14:3613°29.1'S071°40.5'W15°27.5'S073°31.2'W14°27.3'S072°35.1'W 0.941 47° 54° 291 km 06m36.4s
14:3813°49.8'S071°09.4'W15°47.4'S072°59.3'W14°47.6'S072°03.7'W 0.941 47° 52° 290 km 06m37.3s
14:4014°10.9'S070°39.0'W16°07.7'S072°28.2'W15°08.3'S071°33.0'W 0.941 48° 51° 288 km 06m38.0s
14:4214°32.3'S070°09.2'W16°28.3'S071°57.7'W15°29.3'S071°02.8'W 0.941 48° 50° 287 km 06m38.6s
14:4414°54.1'S069°40.0'W16°49.4'S071°27.8'W15°50.8'S070°33.3'W 0.941 49° 49° 285 km 06m39.2s
14:4615°16.2'S069°11.2'W17°10.8'S070°58.4'W16°12.5'S070°04.2'W 0.942 49° 47° 284 km 06m39.7s
14:4815°38.6'S068°43.0'W17°32.7'S070°29.5'W16°34.7'S069°35.7'W 0.942 50° 46° 282 km 06m40.1s
14:5016°01.4'S068°15.1'W17°54.8'S070°01.1'W16°57.2'S069°07.6'W 0.942 50° 45° 281 km 06m40.5s
14:5216°24.5'S067°47.7'W18°17.4'S069°33.2'W17°20.0'S068°39.9'W 0.942 50° 43° 279 km 06m40.7s
14:5416°48.0'S067°20.6'W18°40.3'S069°05.6'W17°43.2'S068°12.6'W 0.942 51° 42° 278 km 06m41.0s
14:5617°11.7'S066°53.8'W19°03.6'S068°38.3'W18°06.7'S067°45.6'W 0.942 51° 40° 276 km 06m41.1s
14:5817°35.8'S066°27.4'W19°27.3'S068°11.4'W18°30.6'S067°18.9'W 0.942 51° 39° 275 km 06m41.2s
15:0018°00.2'S066°01.2'W19°51.3'S067°44.8'W18°54.8'S066°52.5'W 0.942 52° 37° 273 km 06m41.2s
15:0218°25.0'S065°35.2'W20°15.7'S067°18.4'W19°19.4'S066°26.3'W 0.942 52° 36° 272 km 06m41.2s
15:0418°50.1'S065°09.4'W20°40.5'S066°52.2'W19°44.3'S066°00.3'W 0.942 52° 34° 270 km 06m41.1s
15:0619°15.5'S064°43.8'W21°05.6'S066°26.2'W20°09.6'S065°34.5'W 0.942 52° 33° 269 km 06m40.9s
15:0819°41.2'S064°18.3'W21°31.1'S066°00.3'W20°35.2'S065°08.9'W 0.942 52° 31° 268 km 06m40.7s
15:1020°07.3'S063°52.9'W21°57.0'S065°34.6'W21°01.2'S064°43.3'W 0.942 52° 30° 266 km 06m40.4s
15:1220°33.8'S063°27.6'W22°23.3'S065°08.9'W21°27.6'S064°17.8'W 0.942 52° 28° 265 km 06m40.1s
15:1421°00.5'S063°02.4'W22°50.0'S064°43.3'W21°54.3'S063°52.4'W 0.942 52° 26° 264 km 06m39.7s
15:1621°27.6'S062°37.1'W23°17.0'S064°17.7'W22°21.4'S063°27.0'W 0.942 52° 25° 262 km 06m39.3s
15:1821°55.1'S062°11.8'W23°44.5'S063°52.1'W22°48.8'S063°01.5'W 0.942 52° 23° 261 km 06m38.8s
15:2022°22.9'S061°46.5'W24°12.3'S063°26.4'W23°16.7'S062°36.1'W 0.942 52° 22° 260 km 06m38.2s
15:2222°51.1'S061°21.1'W24°40.6'S063°00.7'W23°44.9'S062°10.5'W 0.942 52° 20° 259 km 06m37.6s
15:2423°19.7'S060°55.6'W25°09.3'S062°34.9'W24°13.6'S061°44.9'W 0.942 52° 18° 258 km 06m37.0s
15:2623°48.6'S060°30.0'W25°38.5'S062°08.9'W24°42.6'S061°19.0'W 0.942 52° 17° 257 km 06m36.3s
15:2824°18.0'S060°04.2'W26°08.0'S061°42.7'W25°12.0'S060°53.0'W 0.942 51° 15° 256 km 06m35.6s
15:3024°47.7'S059°38.1'W26°38.1'S061°16.3'W25°41.9'S060°26.8'W 0.942 51° 14° 255 km 06m34.8s
15:3225°17.8'S059°11.8'W27°08.6'S060°49.6'W26°12.2'S060°00.4'W 0.942 51° 12° 254 km 06m34.0s
15:3425°48.4'S058°45.2'W27°39.5'S060°22.7'W26°43.0'S059°33.6'W 0.942 50° 11° 254 km 06m33.1s
15:3626°19.4'S058°18.3'W28°11.0'S059°55.4'W27°14.2'S059°06.5'W 0.942 50° 253 km 06m32.2s
15:3826°50.8'S057°51.0'W28°43.0'S059°27.7'W27°45.9'S058°39.0'W 0.942 50° 252 km 06m31.3s
15:4027°22.7'S057°23.3'W29°15.5'S058°59.5'W28°18.1'S058°11.1'W 0.942 49° 252 km 06m30.3s
15:4227°55.1'S056°55.1'W29°48.5'S058°30.9'W28°50.8'S057°42.7'W 0.941 49° 251 km 06m29.2s
15:4428°27.9'S056°26.4'W30°22.1'S058°01.7'W29°24.0'S057°13.7'W 0.941 48° 251 km 06m28.1s
15:4629°01.2'S055°57.1'W30°56.3'S057°32.0'W29°57.7'S056°44.2'W 0.941 48° 250 km 06m27.0s
15:4829°35.1'S055°27.2'W31°31.1'S057°01.5'W30°32.0'S056°14.1'W 0.941 47° 250 km 06m25.8s
15:5030°09.5'S054°56.6'W32°06.5'S056°30.3'W31°07.0'S055°43.2'W 0.941 47° 359° 250 km 06m24.6s
15:5230°44.5'S054°25.3'W32°42.6'S055°58.3'W31°42.5'S055°11.5'W 0.941 46° 357° 249 km 06m23.4s
15:5431°20.1'S053°53.1'W33°19.4'S055°25.4'W32°18.6'S054°39.0'W 0.941 45° 356° 249 km 06m22.0s
15:5631°56.3'S053°20.0'W33°57.0'S054°51.5'W32°55.5'S054°05.5'W 0.941 45° 354° 249 km 06m20.7s
15:5832°33.2'S052°45.9'W34°35.3'S054°16.6'W33°33.0'S053°31.0'W 0.941 44° 353° 249 km 06m19.3s
16:0033°10.7'S052°10.7'W35°14.4'S053°40.4'W34°11.3'S052°55.3'W 0.941 43° 352° 249 km 06m17.9s
16:0233°49.0'S051°34.3'W35°54.3'S053°02.9'W34°50.4'S052°18.4'W 0.940 42° 350° 249 km 06m16.4s
16:0434°28.1'S050°56.6'W36°35.2'S052°24.0'W35°30.3'S051°40.1'W 0.940 41° 349° 249 km 06m14.9s
16:0635°07.9'S050°17.4'W37°17.1'S051°43.4'W36°11.1'S051°00.3'W 0.940 41° 347° 250 km 06m13.3s
16:0835°48.6'S049°36.7'W38°00.0'S051°01.1'W36°52.9'S050°18.8'W 0.940 40° 346° 250 km 06m11.6s
16:1036°30.2'S048°54.1'W38°44.0'S050°16.8'W37°35.7'S049°35.4'W 0.940 39° 345° 251 km 06m09.9s
16:1237°12.9'S048°09.6'W39°29.2'S049°30.3'W38°19.5'S048°50.0'W 0.939 38° 343° 251 km 06m08.2s
16:1437°56.5'S047°23.0'W40°15.7'S048°41.2'W39°04.5'S048°02.2'W 0.939 37° 342° 252 km 06m06.4s
16:1638°41.3'S046°33.9'W41°03.7'S047°49.4'W39°50.8'S047°11.8'W 0.939 36° 341° 253 km 06m04.5s
16:1839°27.4'S045°42.1'W41°53.2'S046°54.4'W40°38.5'S046°18.5'W 0.939 35° 339° 254 km 06m02.6s
16:2040°14.8'S044°47.2'W42°44.4'S045°55.7'W41°27.7'S045°21.9'W 0.939 33° 338° 254 km 06m00.6s
16:2241°03.7'S043°48.8'W43°37.5'S044°52.9'W42°18.5'S044°21.4'W 0.938 32° 336° 256 km 05m58.5s
16:2441°54.2'S042°46.5'W44°32.8'S043°45.1'W43°11.2'S043°16.6'W 0.938 31° 335° 257 km 05m56.3s
16:2642°46.5'S041°39.5'W45°30.5'S042°31.7'W44°06.1'S042°06.7'W 0.938 30° 333° 258 km 05m54.0s
16:2843°40.9'S040°27.3'W46°31.0'S041°11.4'W45°03.3'S040°50.8'W 0.937 28° 332° 260 km 05m51.7s
16:3044°37.7'S039°08.7'W47°34.7'S039°42.8'W46°03.2'S039°27.8'W 0.937 27° 330° 262 km 05m49.2s
16:3245°37.1'S037°42.6'W48°42.4'S038°04.0'W47°06.4'S037°56.0'W 0.937 25° 328° 264 km 05m46.5s
16:3446°39.7'S036°07.3'W49°54.9'S036°12.0'W48°13.4'S036°13.5'W 0.936 23° 326° 266 km 05m43.7s
16:3647°46.1'S034°20.6'W51°13.4'S034°02.6'W49°25.1'S034°17.0'W 0.936 21° 324° 269 km 05m40.7s
16:3848°57.3'S032°19.1'W52°40.1'S031°28.8'W50°42.8'S032°02.1'W 0.935 19° 322° 272 km 05m37.4s
16:4050°14.4'S029°57.8'W54°18.5'S028°17.8'W52°08.7'S029°21.2'W 0.935 17° 319° 276 km 05m33.8s
16:4251°39.8'S027°08.2'W56°16.4'S024°01.2'W53°46.4'S025°59.9'W 0.934 14° 316° 281 km 05m29.6s
16:4453°17.6'S023°33.7'W59°00.8'S016°57.3'W55°44.7'S021°25.2'W 0.933 11° 312° 287 km 05m24.5s
16:4655°17.8'S018°33.7'W - - 58°37.4'S013°20.2'W 0.932 304° 297 km 05m16.9s
Limits59°49.4'S003°18.6'W62°27.8'S005°11.4'W61°08.2'S004°11.6'W 0.931 - 309 km 05m09.9s

ΔT = 30.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:13:35.215:13:05.021°42.0'S064°11.6'W 52.3° 27.1° 264.3 km06m39.88s
Greatest Duration15:00:09.014:59:38.918°50.5'S066°57.1'W 51.5° 37.6° 273.6 km06m41.21s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1952 Aug 20

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1952 Aug 20 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 30.1 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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