Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1962 Feb 05

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1962 Feb 05 . 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 1962 Feb 05
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits00°57.8'N116°04.7'E00°13.4'N115°53.5'E00°35.5'N115°59.2'E 1.025 - 84 km 01m23.4s
22:3201°14.4'S123°58.9'E02°11.5'S124°15.4'E01°43.2'S124°08.2'E 1.027 106° 94 km 01m39.2s
22:3402°30.8'S128°50.9'E03°28.4'S128°58.6'E02°59.7'S128°55.4'E 1.029 14° 106° 99 km 01m50.0s
22:3603°20.1'S132°10.8'E04°19.0'S132°15.8'E03°49.6'S132°13.9'E 1.030 18° 106° 103 km 01m58.2s
22:3803°57.3'S134°50.8'E04°57.5'S134°54.7'E04°27.5'S134°53.2'E 1.031 21° 106° 107 km 02m05.3s
22:4004°27.2'S137°07.1'E05°28.7'S137°10.5'E04°58.0'S137°09.3'E 1.032 24° 105° 109 km 02m11.7s
22:4204°52.1'S139°07.3'E05°54.7'S139°10.6'E05°23.5'S139°09.4'E 1.033 27° 105° 112 km 02m17.5s
22:4405°13.1'S140°55.7'E06°16.8'S140°58.9'E05°45.0'S140°57.7'E 1.034 29° 105° 114 km 02m23.0s
22:4605°31.1'S142°34.8'E06°35.8'S142°38.3'E06°03.5'S142°36.9'E 1.034 31° 105° 116 km 02m28.2s
22:4805°46.7'S144°06.6'E06°52.3'S144°10.3'E06°19.5'S144°08.8'E 1.035 33° 105° 118 km 02m33.2s
22:5006°00.1'S145°32.3'E07°06.6'S145°36.3'E06°33.4'S145°34.6'E 1.035 35° 105° 120 km 02m38.0s
22:5206°11.7'S146°52.8'E07°19.0'S146°57.3'E06°45.4'S146°55.4'E 1.036 37° 105° 122 km 02m42.5s
22:5406°21.8'S148°09.0'E07°29.8'S148°13.9'E06°55.8'S148°11.8'E 1.036 39° 105° 123 km 02m47.0s
22:5606°30.4'S149°21.4'E07°39.2'S149°26.8'E07°04.8'S149°24.4'E 1.037 40° 105° 125 km 02m51.2s
22:5806°37.8'S150°30.4'E07°47.2'S150°36.4'E07°12.5'S150°33.7'E 1.037 42° 105° 126 km 02m55.3s
23:0006°44.0'S151°36.5'E07°54.1'S151°43.0'E07°19.1'S151°40.0'E 1.037 43° 105° 128 km 02m59.3s
23:0206°49.2'S152°40.0'E07°59.8'S152°47.0'E07°24.5'S152°43.7'E 1.038 45° 105° 129 km 03m03.2s
23:0406°53.4'S153°41.1'E08°04.6'S153°48.6'E07°29.0'S153°45.1'E 1.038 46° 106° 130 km 03m06.9s
23:0606°56.7'S154°40.0'E08°08.5'S154°48.2'E07°32.6'S154°44.3'E 1.038 48° 106° 131 km 03m10.5s
23:0806°59.2'S155°37.0'E08°11.4'S155°45.7'E07°35.3'S155°41.6'E 1.039 49° 106° 132 km 03m14.1s
23:1007°00.9'S156°32.2'E08°13.6'S156°41.6'E07°37.3'S156°37.1'E 1.039 51° 106° 133 km 03m17.5s
23:1207°01.9'S157°25.8'E08°15.0'S157°35.8'E07°38.4'S157°31.0'E 1.039 52° 106° 134 km 03m20.7s
23:1407°02.2'S158°17.9'E08°15.6'S158°28.5'E07°38.9'S158°23.4'E 1.039 53° 107° 135 km 03m23.9s
23:1607°01.8'S159°08.6'E08°15.6'S159°19.8'E07°38.7'S159°14.4'E 1.040 55° 107° 136 km 03m27.0s
23:1807°00.8'S159°58.1'E08°14.9'S160°09.9'E07°37.9'S160°04.2'E 1.040 56° 108° 137 km 03m30.0s
23:2006°59.2'S160°46.3'E08°13.6'S160°58.8'E07°36.4'S160°52.7'E 1.040 57° 108° 138 km 03m32.8s
23:2206°57.0'S161°33.5'E08°11.7'S161°46.6'E07°34.4'S161°40.2'E 1.040 58° 109° 139 km 03m35.6s
23:2406°54.3'S162°19.7'E08°09.3'S162°33.4'E07°31.8'S162°26.7'E 1.041 59° 109° 140 km 03m38.2s
23:2606°51.0'S163°04.9'E08°06.2'S163°19.2'E07°28.6'S163°12.2'E 1.041 61° 110° 140 km 03m40.7s
23:2806°47.3'S163°49.2'E08°02.6'S164°04.1'E07°24.9'S163°56.8'E 1.041 62° 110° 141 km 03m43.1s
23:3006°43.0'S164°32.7'E07°58.6'S164°48.3'E07°20.8'S164°40.6'E 1.041 63° 111° 142 km 03m45.4s
23:3206°38.2'S165°15.4'E07°54.0'S165°31.6'E07°16.1'S165°23.6'E 1.041 64° 112° 142 km 03m47.7s
23:3406°33.0'S165°57.4'E07°48.9'S166°14.2'E07°10.9'S166°05.9'E 1.041 65° 113° 143 km 03m49.7s
23:3606°27.4'S166°38.7'E07°43.3'S166°56.2'E07°05.3'S166°47.6'E 1.042 66° 114° 143 km 03m51.7s
23:3806°21.2'S167°19.5'E07°37.3'S167°37.5'E06°59.3'S167°28.6'E 1.042 67° 115° 144 km 03m53.6s
23:4006°14.7'S167°59.6'E07°30.8'S168°18.2'E06°52.8'S168°09.0'E 1.042 68° 117° 144 km 03m55.3s
23:4206°07.7'S168°39.2'E07°23.9'S168°58.3'E06°45.8'S168°48.8'E 1.042 69° 118° 144 km 03m57.0s
23:4406°00.3'S169°18.2'E07°16.6'S169°38.0'E06°38.4'S169°28.2'E 1.042 70° 120° 145 km 03m58.5s
23:4605°52.6'S169°56.8'E07°08.8'S170°17.1'E06°30.7'S170°07.0'E 1.042 71° 122° 145 km 03m59.9s
23:4805°44.4'S170°35.0'E07°00.6'S170°55.9'E06°22.5'S170°45.5'E 1.042 72° 124° 145 km 04m01.2s
23:5005°35.8'S171°12.7'E06°52.0'S171°34.1'E06°13.9'S171°23.5'E 1.042 73° 126° 146 km 04m02.4s
23:5205°26.8'S171°50.1'E06°43.0'S172°12.1'E06°04.9'S172°01.1'E 1.043 73° 128° 146 km 04m03.5s
23:5405°17.5'S172°27.1'E06°33.6'S172°49.6'E05°55.5'S172°38.4'E 1.043 74° 131° 146 km 04m04.5s
23:5605°07.8'S173°03.8'E06°23.8'S173°26.8'E05°45.8'S173°15.4'E 1.043 75° 134° 146 km 04m05.3s
23:5804°57.7'S173°40.3'E06°13.6'S174°03.8'E05°35.6'S173°52.0'E 1.043 76° 137° 147 km 04m06.0s
00:0004°47.2'S174°16.4'E06°03.0'S174°40.4'E05°25.1'S174°28.4'E 1.043 76° 141° 147 km 04m06.7s
00:0204°36.4'S174°52.3'E05°52.1'S175°16.8'E05°14.2'S175°04.6'E 1.043 77° 145° 147 km 04m07.2s
00:0404°25.2'S175°28.1'E05°40.8'S175°53.0'E05°03.0'S175°40.5'E 1.043 77° 149° 147 km 04m07.6s
00:0604°13.6'S176°03.6'E05°29.1'S176°29.0'E04°51.3'S176°16.3'E 1.043 77° 154° 147 km 04m07.8s
00:0804°01.7'S176°39.0'E05°17.0'S177°04.8'E04°39.4'S176°51.9'E 1.043 78° 159° 147 km 04m08.0s
00:1003°49.4'S177°14.2'E05°04.5'S177°40.4'E04°27.0'S177°27.3'E 1.043 78° 164° 147 km 04m08.0s
00:1203°36.8'S177°49.3'E04°51.7'S178°16.0'E04°14.3'S178°02.6'E 1.043 78° 169° 147 km 04m08.0s
00:1403°23.8'S178°24.4'E04°38.5'S178°51.4'E04°01.2'S178°37.9'E 1.043 78° 174° 147 km 04m07.8s
00:1603°10.4'S178°59.4'E04°25.0'S179°26.8'E03°47.7'S179°13.0'E 1.043 78° 179° 146 km 04m07.5s
00:1802°56.7'S179°34.3'E04°11.0'S179°57.9'W03°33.9'S179°48.2'E 1.043 77° 184° 146 km 04m07.1s
00:2002°42.6'S179°50.7'W03°56.7'S179°22.6'W03°19.7'S179°36.7'W 1.043 77° 188° 146 km 04m06.6s
00:2202°28.2'S179°15.8'W03°42.1'S178°47.3'W03°05.1'S179°01.6'W 1.043 77° 192° 146 km 04m06.0s
00:2402°13.4'S178°40.8'W03°27.0'S178°12.0'W02°50.2'S178°26.4'W 1.043 76° 196° 146 km 04m05.3s
00:2601°58.2'S178°05.7'W03°11.6'S177°36.6'W02°34.9'S177°51.2'W 1.043 76° 200° 146 km 04m04.5s
00:2801°42.6'S177°30.5'W02°55.8'S177°01.1'W02°19.2'S177°15.9'W 1.043 75° 204° 145 km 04m03.5s
00:3001°26.7'S176°55.2'W02°39.6'S176°25.5'W02°03.2'S176°40.4'W 1.043 74° 207° 145 km 04m02.5s
00:3201°10.4'S176°19.7'W02°23.0'S175°49.8'W01°46.8'S176°04.9'W 1.043 73° 210° 145 km 04m01.4s
00:3400°53.7'S175°44.1'W02°06.0'S175°13.9'W01°29.9'S175°29.1'W 1.043 73° 212° 144 km 04m00.1s
00:3600°36.7'S175°08.3'W01°48.7'S174°37.9'W01°12.7'S174°53.2'W 1.043 72° 214° 144 km 03m58.8s
00:3800°19.2'S174°32.1'W01°30.9'S174°01.6'W00°55.1'S174°17.0'W 1.042 71° 217° 144 km 03m57.3s
00:4000°01.3'S173°55.8'W01°12.7'S173°25.0'W00°37.1'S173°40.5'W 1.042 70° 219° 143 km 03m55.8s
00:4200°16.9'N173°19.1'W00°54.1'S172°48.1'W00°18.7'S173°03.7'W 1.042 69° 220° 143 km 03m54.1s
00:4400°35.6'N172°42.0'W00°35.1'S172°10.9'W00°00.2'N172°26.6'W 1.042 68° 222° 142 km 03m52.4s
00:4600°54.7'N172°04.6'W00°15.7'S171°33.4'W00°19.5'N171°49.1'W 1.042 67° 223° 142 km 03m50.6s
00:4801°14.3'N171°26.7'W00°04.2'N170°55.4'W00°39.2'N171°11.1'W 1.042 66° 225° 141 km 03m48.6s
00:5001°34.3'N170°48.3'W00°24.6'N170°16.9'W00°59.4'N170°32.7'W 1.042 65° 226° 141 km 03m46.6s
00:5201°54.8'N170°09.4'W00°45.4'N169°38.0'W01°20.0'N169°53.8'W 1.042 64° 227° 140 km 03m44.5s
00:5402°15.7'N169°30.0'W01°06.6'N168°58.5'W01°41.1'N169°14.4'W 1.041 63° 228° 140 km 03m42.3s
00:5602°37.1'N168°49.9'W01°28.4'N168°18.4'W02°02.7'N168°34.3'W 1.041 62° 229° 139 km 03m40.0s
00:5802°59.0'N168°09.1'W01°50.7'N167°37.6'W02°24.8'N167°53.5'W 1.041 61° 230° 139 km 03m37.6s
01:0003°21.5'N167°27.6'W02°13.5'N166°56.1'W02°47.4'N167°12.0'W 1.041 59° 231° 138 km 03m35.1s
01:0203°44.5'N166°45.2'W02°36.9'N166°13.8'W03°10.6'N166°29.7'W 1.041 58° 232° 137 km 03m32.5s
01:0404°08.0'N166°02.0'W03°00.8'N165°30.6'W03°34.3'N165°46.5'W 1.041 57° 233° 137 km 03m29.8s
01:0604°32.2'N165°17.8'W03°25.4'N164°46.5'W03°58.7'N165°02.3'W 1.040 56° 233° 136 km 03m27.1s
01:0804°56.9'N164°32.5'W03°50.5'N164°01.4'W04°23.6'N164°17.1'W 1.040 55° 234° 135 km 03m24.2s
01:1005°22.3'N163°46.1'W04°16.3'N163°15.1'W04°49.2'N163°30.8'W 1.040 53° 235° 134 km 03m21.3s
01:1205°48.4'N162°58.4'W04°42.8'N162°27.6'W05°15.5'N162°43.2'W 1.040 52° 235° 133 km 03m18.2s
01:1406°15.2'N162°09.3'W05°10.0'N161°38.7'W05°42.5'N161°54.2'W 1.039 51° 236° 132 km 03m15.1s
01:1606°42.7'N161°18.6'W05°38.0'N160°48.3'W06°10.3'N161°03.6'W 1.039 49° 236° 132 km 03m11.9s
01:1807°11.1'N160°26.3'W06°06.8'N159°56.2'W06°38.8'N160°11.4'W 1.039 48° 237° 131 km 03m08.5s
01:2007°40.3'N159°32.0'W06°36.5'N159°02.3'W07°08.3'N159°17.4'W 1.039 46° 237° 130 km 03m05.1s
01:2208°10.5'N158°35.7'W07°07.1'N158°06.3'W07°38.7'N158°21.2'W 1.038 45° 238° 128 km 03m01.6s
01:2408°41.7'N157°37.1'W07°38.8'N157°08.1'W08°10.1'N157°22.8'W 1.038 43° 239° 127 km 02m57.9s
01:2609°14.0'N156°35.8'W08°11.5'N156°07.3'W08°42.6'N156°21.8'W 1.038 42° 239° 126 km 02m54.2s
01:2809°47.4'N155°31.5'W08°45.5'N155°03.6'W09°16.3'N155°17.8'W 1.037 40° 240° 125 km 02m50.3s
01:3010°22.2'N154°23.9'W09°20.8'N153°56.5'W09°51.4'N154°10.5'W 1.037 39° 240° 124 km 02m46.3s
01:3210°58.5'N153°12.4'W09°57.6'N152°45.7'W10°28.0'N152°59.4'W 1.036 37° 241° 122 km 02m42.1s
01:3411°36.5'N151°56.5'W10°36.2'N151°30.5'W11°06.2'N151°43.8'W 1.036 35° 241° 121 km 02m37.8s
01:3612°16.4'N150°35.2'W11°16.6'N150°10.1'W11°46.4'N150°23.0'W 1.035 33° 242° 119 km 02m33.3s
01:3812°58.6'N149°07.6'W11°59.3'N148°43.6'W12°28.8'N148°55.9'W 1.035 31° 242° 117 km 02m28.6s
01:4013°43.4'N147°32.4'W12°44.7'N147°09.5'W13°13.9'N147°21.3'W 1.034 29° 243° 115 km 02m23.7s
01:4214°31.4'N145°47.5'W13°33.4'N145°26.1'W14°02.2'N145°37.1'W 1.034 27° 244° 113 km 02m18.5s
01:4415°23.6'N143°50.1'W14°26.2'N143°30.5'W14°54.7'N143°40.7'W 1.033 24° 244° 111 km 02m12.9s
01:4616°21.2'N141°35.8'W15°24.5'N141°18.4'W15°52.6'N141°27.5'W 1.032 21° 245° 108 km 02m06.8s
01:4817°26.6'N138°56.4'W16°30.5'N138°42.2'W16°58.4'N138°49.8'W 1.031 18° 246° 105 km 02m00.0s
01:5018°44.9'N135°35.1'W17°49.2'N135°25.9'W18°16.8'N135°31.2'W 1.030 14° 247° 101 km 01m52.2s
01:5220°31.7'N130°38.1'W19°35.2'N130°41.3'W20°03.1'N130°40.8'W 1.028 249° 96 km 01m41.8s
Limits23°16.0'N121°56.3'W22°30.7'N121°42.7'W22°53.3'N121°49.5'W 1.025 - 87 km 01m25.8s

ΔT = 34.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:12:37.800:12:03.804°13.9'S177°55.2'E 77.9° 168.8° 146.7 km04m07.98s
Greatest Duration00:10:27.300:09:53.304°27.7'S177°25.3'E 77.8° 163.4° 146.8 km04m08.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1962 Feb 05

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1962 Feb 05 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 34.0 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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