Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1954 Dec 25

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1954 Dec 25 . 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 1954 Dec 25
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits18°52.8'S004°02.0'W21°28.9'S005°58.3'W20°10.6'S004°59.3'W 0.918 - 346 km 05m21.5s
05:4423°19.7'S005°47.8'E - - 23°01.8'S001°24.8'E 0.919 113° 339 km 05m31.2s
05:4625°02.7'S009°34.7'E25°20.0'S002°45.6'E25°21.1'S006°35.0'E 0.921 12° 110° 332 km 05m40.2s
05:4826°20.5'S012°27.8'E27°15.1'S007°05.7'E26°52.2'S009°59.1'E 0.922 16° 108° 327 km 05m46.8s
05:5027°24.7'S014°52.8'E28°38.0'S010°14.8'E28°04.0'S012°42.2'E 0.923 19° 107° 322 km 05m52.4s
05:5228°20.1'S017°00.1'E29°45.2'S012°50.7'E29°04.5'S015°01.8'E 0.923 22° 105° 319 km 05m57.4s
05:5429°09.1'S018°54.9'E30°42.6'S015°06.3'E29°57.2'S017°05.8'E 0.924 24° 104° 315 km 06m02.0s
05:5629°53.2'S020°40.2'E31°33.1'S017°08.1'E30°44.1'S018°58.6'E 0.924 27° 103° 312 km 06m06.4s
05:5830°33.2'S022°18.3'E32°18.3'S018°59.6'E31°26.5'S020°42.9'E 0.925 29° 101° 309 km 06m10.5s
06:0031°09.9'S023°50.4'E32°59.3'S020°43.2'E32°05.2'S022°20.3'E 0.925 30° 100° 307 km 06m14.5s
06:0231°43.7'S025°17.6'E33°36.7'S022°20.4'E32°40.7'S023°52.3'E 0.926 32° 99° 304 km 06m18.3s
06:0432°15.1'S026°40.7'E34°11.2'S023°52.5'E33°13.5'S025°19.6'E 0.926 34° 98° 302 km 06m21.9s
06:0632°44.2'S028°00.3'E34°43.1'S025°20.2'E33°44.0'S026°43.0'E 0.926 36° 96° 299 km 06m25.5s
06:0833°11.4'S029°16.8'E35°12.7'S026°44.3'E34°12.3'S028°03.1'E 0.927 37° 95° 297 km 06m28.9s
06:1033°36.8'S030°30.6'E35°40.3'S028°05.1'E34°38.7'S029°20.3'E 0.927 39° 94° 295 km 06m32.2s
06:1234°00.5'S031°42.1'E36°06.0'S029°23.1'E35°03.4'S030°34.9'E 0.927 40° 93° 293 km 06m35.5s
06:1434°22.8'S032°51.4'E36°30.0'S030°38.8'E35°26.5'S031°47.3'E 0.928 42° 91° 291 km 06m38.7s
06:1634°43.6'S033°58.9'E36°52.5'S031°52.2'E35°48.1'S032°57.6'E 0.928 43° 90° 290 km 06m41.7s
06:1835°03.2'S035°04.7'E37°13.5'S033°03.7'E36°08.4'S034°06.1'E 0.928 44° 89° 288 km 06m44.7s
06:2035°21.5'S036°08.9'E37°33.2'S034°13.5'E36°27.3'S035°13.0'E 0.928 45° 87° 286 km 06m47.6s
06:2235°38.6'S037°11.7'E37°51.6'S035°21.6'E36°45.1'S036°18.5'E 0.929 47° 86° 285 km 06m50.5s
06:2435°54.7'S038°13.3'E38°08.8'S036°28.4'E37°01.7'S037°22.5'E 0.929 48° 85° 283 km 06m53.3s
06:2636°09.7'S039°13.6'E38°24.9'S037°33.8'E37°17.2'S038°25.3'E 0.929 49° 83° 282 km 06m55.9s
06:2836°23.8'S040°12.9'E38°39.9'S038°38.0'E37°31.7'S039°27.0'E 0.929 50° 82° 281 km 06m58.6s
06:3036°36.8'S041°11.1'E38°53.9'S039°41.1'E37°45.2'S040°27.6'E 0.929 51° 80° 279 km 07m01.1s
06:3236°49.0'S042°08.4'E39°06.8'S040°43.2'E37°57.8'S041°27.2'E 0.930 53° 79° 278 km 07m03.6s
06:3437°00.3'S043°04.8'E39°18.9'S041°44.3'E38°09.4'S042°25.8'E 0.930 54° 78° 277 km 07m06.0s
06:3637°10.8'S044°00.4'E39°30.0'S042°44.5'E38°20.2'S043°23.7'E 0.930 55° 76° 276 km 07m08.3s
06:3837°20.4'S044°55.2'E39°40.3'S043°43.8'E38°30.1'S044°20.7'E 0.930 56° 74° 275 km 07m10.5s
06:4037°29.2'S045°49.3'E39°49.7'S044°42.4'E38°39.2'S045°17.0'E 0.930 57° 73° 274 km 07m12.7s
06:4237°37.3'S046°42.7'E39°58.2'S045°40.3'E38°47.5'S046°12.5'E 0.930 58° 71° 273 km 07m14.8s
06:4437°44.6'S047°35.4'E40°06.0'S046°37.4'E38°55.1'S047°07.4'E 0.930 59° 70° 272 km 07m16.8s
06:4637°51.2'S048°27.5'E40°13.0'S047°33.8'E39°01.9'S048°01.6'E 0.931 60° 68° 271 km 07m18.7s
06:4837°57.1'S049°19.0'E40°19.2'S048°29.7'E39°07.9'S048°55.2'E 0.931 61° 66° 270 km 07m20.6s
06:5038°02.3'S050°10.0'E40°24.7'S049°24.9'E39°13.2'S049°48.3'E 0.931 62° 64° 269 km 07m22.3s
06:5238°06.8'S051°00.4'E40°29.5'S050°19.6'E39°17.9'S050°40.7'E 0.931 63° 62° 269 km 07m24.0s
06:5438°10.7'S051°50.4'E40°33.5'S051°13.7'E39°21.8'S051°32.7'E 0.931 64° 60° 268 km 07m25.6s
06:5638°13.9'S052°39.8'E40°36.9'S052°07.2'E39°25.1'S052°24.1'E 0.931 64° 58° 267 km 07m27.1s
06:5838°16.5'S053°28.8'E40°39.6'S053°00.3'E39°27.7'S053°15.1'E 0.931 65° 56° 267 km 07m28.6s
07:0038°18.4'S054°17.3'E40°41.6'S053°52.8'E39°29.7'S054°05.6'E 0.931 66° 54° 266 km 07m29.9s
07:0238°19.8'S055°05.4'E40°42.9'S054°44.9'E39°31.1'S054°55.6'E 0.932 67° 52° 266 km 07m31.2s
07:0438°20.5'S055°53.0'E40°43.7'S055°36.6'E39°31.8'S055°45.2'E 0.932 68° 49° 265 km 07m32.4s
07:0638°20.7'S056°40.3'E40°43.8'S056°27.7'E39°31.9'S056°34.4'E 0.932 68° 47° 265 km 07m33.5s
07:0838°20.3'S057°27.1'E40°43.2'S057°18.5'E39°31.4'S057°23.1'E 0.932 69° 44° 264 km 07m34.5s
07:1038°19.3'S058°13.6'E40°42.1'S058°08.9'E39°30.4'S058°11.5'E 0.932 70° 41° 264 km 07m35.4s
07:1238°17.7'S058°59.8'E40°40.3'S058°58.8'E39°28.7'S058°59.5'E 0.932 71° 38° 264 km 07m36.2s
07:1438°15.6'S059°45.6'E40°38.0'S059°48.3'E39°26.5'S059°47.1'E 0.932 71° 35° 263 km 07m36.9s
07:1638°12.9'S060°31.0'E40°35.1'S060°37.5'E39°23.7'S060°34.4'E 0.932 72° 32° 263 km 07m37.6s
07:1838°09.7'S061°16.1'E40°31.5'S061°26.3'E39°20.3'S061°21.3'E 0.932 72° 29° 263 km 07m38.1s
07:2038°05.9'S062°00.9'E40°27.5'S062°14.8'E39°16.4'S062°07.9'E 0.932 73° 25° 263 km 07m38.6s
07:2238°01.6'S062°45.5'E40°22.8'S063°02.8'E39°11.9'S062°54.1'E 0.932 73° 21° 262 km 07m39.0s
07:2437°56.8'S063°29.7'E40°17.6'S063°50.6'E39°06.9'S063°40.1'E 0.932 74° 18° 262 km 07m39.2s
07:2637°51.5'S064°13.6'E40°11.8'S064°38.0'E39°01.4'S064°25.7'E 0.932 74° 14° 262 km 07m39.4s
07:2837°45.6'S064°57.3'E40°05.5'S065°25.1'E38°55.3'S065°11.0'E 0.932 74° 262 km 07m39.5s
07:3037°39.3'S065°40.7'E39°58.7'S066°11.9'E38°48.7'S065°56.1'E 0.932 75° 262 km 07m39.5s
07:3237°32.4'S066°23.8'E39°51.3'S066°58.5'E38°41.6'S066°40.9'E 0.932 75° 262 km 07m39.5s
07:3437°25.0'S067°06.7'E39°43.3'S067°44.7'E38°33.9'S067°25.4'E 0.932 75° 357° 262 km 07m39.3s
07:3637°17.1'S067°49.4'E39°34.9'S068°30.6'E38°25.7'S068°09.7'E 0.932 75° 352° 262 km 07m39.1s
07:3837°08.7'S068°31.8'E39°25.9'S069°16.3'E38°17.0'S068°53.7'E 0.932 75° 348° 262 km 07m38.7s
07:4036°59.8'S069°14.1'E39°16.4'S070°01.7'E38°07.8'S069°37.5'E 0.932 75° 344° 262 km 07m38.3s
07:4236°50.4'S069°56.2'E39°06.4'S070°46.9'E37°58.1'S070°21.1'E 0.932 75° 339° 262 km 07m37.8s
07:4436°40.5'S070°38.0'E38°55.8'S071°31.9'E37°47.9'S071°04.5'E 0.932 74° 335° 262 km 07m37.2s
07:4636°30.2'S071°19.7'E38°44.7'S072°16.6'E37°37.2'S071°47.7'E 0.932 74° 331° 263 km 07m36.5s
07:4836°19.3'S072°01.3'E38°33.2'S073°01.1'E37°26.0'S072°30.7'E 0.932 74° 327° 263 km 07m35.8s
07:5036°07.9'S072°42.7'E38°21.1'S073°45.5'E37°14.3'S073°13.5'E 0.932 73° 323° 263 km 07m34.9s
07:5235°56.1'S073°23.9'E38°08.5'S074°29.6'E37°02.1'S073°56.2'E 0.932 73° 320° 264 km 07m34.0s
07:5435°43.7'S074°05.0'E37°55.4'S075°13.6'E36°49.3'S074°38.7'E 0.932 72° 316° 264 km 07m33.0s
07:5635°30.9'S074°46.1'E37°41.7'S075°57.5'E36°36.1'S075°21.1'E 0.932 72° 313° 264 km 07m31.9s
07:5835°17.5'S075°27.0'E37°27.6'S076°41.2'E36°22.4'S076°03.4'E 0.932 71° 310° 265 km 07m30.8s
08:0035°03.7'S076°07.9'E37°12.9'S077°24.8'E36°08.1'S076°45.6'E 0.932 71° 307° 265 km 07m29.6s
08:0234°49.4'S076°48.7'E36°57.8'S078°08.3'E35°53.4'S077°27.8'E 0.932 70° 304° 266 km 07m28.3s
08:0434°34.5'S077°29.4'E36°42.1'S078°51.7'E35°38.1'S078°09.8'E 0.932 69° 301° 266 km 07m26.9s
08:0634°19.2'S078°10.2'E36°25.9'S079°35.1'E35°22.4'S078°51.9'E 0.932 69° 299° 267 km 07m25.5s
08:0834°03.3'S078°50.9'E36°09.2'S080°18.4'E35°06.1'S079°33.9'E 0.932 68° 296° 267 km 07m24.0s
08:1033°47.0'S079°31.6'E35°51.9'S081°01.8'E34°49.3'S080°15.9'E 0.932 67° 294° 268 km 07m22.4s
08:1233°30.1'S080°12.4'E35°34.1'S081°45.1'E34°32.0'S080°57.9'E 0.932 66° 292° 269 km 07m20.7s
08:1433°12.7'S080°53.2'E35°15.8'S082°28.5'E34°14.1'S081°40.0'E 0.932 66° 290° 269 km 07m19.0s
08:1632°54.8'S081°34.1'E34°57.0'S083°11.9'E33°55.7'S082°22.1'E 0.932 65° 288° 270 km 07m17.3s
08:1832°36.3'S082°15.1'E34°37.5'S083°55.4'E33°36.8'S083°04.4'E 0.931 64° 286° 271 km 07m15.5s
08:2032°17.3'S082°56.3'E34°17.6'S084°39.0'E33°17.3'S083°46.7'E 0.931 63° 284° 272 km 07m13.6s
08:2231°57.7'S083°37.6'E33°57.0'S085°22.8'E32°57.3'S084°29.2'E 0.931 62° 282° 273 km 07m11.6s
08:2431°37.6'S084°19.1'E33°35.9'S086°06.8'E32°36.7'S085°12.0'E 0.931 61° 281° 274 km 07m09.6s
08:2631°16.9'S085°00.8'E33°14.2'S086°51.0'E32°15.5'S085°54.9'E 0.931 60° 279° 274 km 07m07.6s
08:2830°55.6'S085°42.8'E32°51.9'S087°35.4'E31°53.7'S086°38.1'E 0.931 59° 277° 275 km 07m05.5s
08:3030°33.7'S086°25.1'E32°29.0'S088°20.2'E31°31.3'S087°21.6'E 0.931 58° 276° 277 km 07m03.3s
08:3230°11.2'S087°07.7'E32°05.4'S089°05.3'E31°08.3'S088°05.4'E 0.931 57° 275° 278 km 07m01.1s
08:3429°48.1'S087°50.8'E31°41.2'S089°50.8'E30°44.6'S088°49.7'E 0.931 56° 273° 279 km 06m58.8s
08:3629°24.3'S088°34.2'E31°16.4'S090°36.8'E30°20.3'S089°34.4'E 0.930 55° 272° 280 km 06m56.5s
08:3828°59.8'S089°18.1'E30°50.8'S091°23.3'E29°55.2'S090°19.5'E 0.930 54° 271° 281 km 06m54.2s
08:4028°34.6'S090°02.6'E30°24.5'S092°10.3'E29°29.5'S091°05.3'E 0.930 53° 269° 282 km 06m51.7s
08:4228°08.7'S090°47.7'E29°57.4'S092°58.1'E29°03.1'S091°51.7'E 0.930 52° 268° 284 km 06m49.3s
08:4427°42.1'S091°33.4'E29°29.6'S093°46.6'E28°35.8'S092°38.7'E 0.930 51° 267° 285 km 06m46.8s
08:4627°14.6'S092°19.9'E29°00.9'S094°35.9'E28°07.8'S093°26.6'E 0.930 49° 266° 287 km 06m44.2s
08:4826°46.3'S093°07.3'E28°31.4'S095°26.1'E27°38.9'S094°15.3'E 0.929 48° 265° 288 km 06m41.6s
08:5026°17.2'S093°55.6'E28°01.0'S096°17.4'E27°09.1'S095°05.1'E 0.929 47° 264° 290 km 06m38.9s
08:5225°47.2'S094°44.9'E27°29.6'S097°09.8'E26°38.4'S095°55.9'E 0.929 46° 263° 291 km 06m36.2s
08:5425°16.1'S095°35.3'E26°57.2'S098°03.6'E26°06.7'S096°48.0'E 0.929 44° 262° 293 km 06m33.4s
08:5624°44.1'S096°27.1'E26°23.6'S098°58.8'E25°34.0'S097°41.4'E 0.929 43° 261° 295 km 06m30.6s
08:5824°10.9'S097°20.4'E25°48.9'S099°55.7'E25°00.0'S098°36.4'E 0.928 42° 260° 296 km 06m27.8s
09:0023°36.5'S098°15.2'E25°12.9'S100°54.5'E24°24.9'S099°33.2'E 0.928 40° 259° 298 km 06m24.8s
09:0223°00.9'S099°12.0'E24°35.5'S101°55.5'E23°48.4'S100°31.9'E 0.928 39° 258° 300 km 06m21.8s
09:0422°23.8'S100°10.8'E23°56.5'S102°58.9'E23°10.4'S101°33.0'E 0.927 37° 258° 302 km 06m18.8s
09:0621°45.3'S101°12.0'E23°15.9'S104°05.3'E22°30.8'S102°36.6'E 0.927 36° 257° 304 km 06m15.6s
09:0821°04.9'S102°16.1'E22°33.2'S105°14.9'E21°49.4'S103°43.3'E 0.927 34° 256° 306 km 06m12.4s
09:1020°22.7'S103°23.3'E21°48.4'S106°28.5'E21°06.0'S104°53.6'E 0.926 33° 255° 308 km 06m09.1s
09:1219°38.3'S104°34.3'E21°01.0'S107°46.9'E20°20.2'S106°08.0'E 0.926 31° 254° 310 km 06m05.7s
09:1418°51.4'S105°49.8'E20°10.7'S109°11.0'E19°31.7'S107°27.5'E 0.926 29° 253° 313 km 06m02.1s
09:1618°01.5'S107°10.8'E19°16.6'S110°42.3'E18°39.9'S108°53.2'E 0.925 27° 253° 315 km 05m58.5s
09:1817°08.1'S108°38.5'E18°18.1'S112°22.8'E17°44.1'S110°26.7'E 0.925 25° 252° 318 km 05m54.6s
09:2016°10.3'S110°14.7'E17°13.5'S114°15.6'E16°43.4'S112°10.3'E 0.924 23° 251° 320 km 05m50.5s
09:2215°06.9'S112°02.3'E16°00.7'S116°26.2'E15°35.9'S114°07.8'E 0.924 20° 250° 323 km 05m46.1s
09:2413°55.8'S114°05.8'E14°35.0'S119°04.9'E14°18.7'S116°25.8'E 0.923 17° 249° 327 km 05m41.2s
09:2612°33.1'S116°33.7'E12°44.5'S122°39.0'E12°45.7'S119°18.3'E 0.922 13° 249° 330 km 05m35.6s
09:2810°49.7'S119°46.1'E - - 10°37.4'S123°29.2'E 0.921 248° 335 km 05m28.3s
Limits05°55.5'S129°55.3'E08°31.6'S131°42.0'E07°13.2'S130°48.0'E 0.919 - 342 km 05m17.5s

ΔT = 31.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:36:42.407:36:11.438°24.9'S068°06.1'E 74.9° 351.8° 262.0 km07m39.03s
Greatest Duration07:29:49.307:29:18.238°51.1'S065°40.4'E 74.5° 6.7° 261.9 km07m39.55s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1954 Dec 25

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1954 Dec 25 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 31.0 seconds for this eclipse.

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