Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1972 Jul 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1972 Jul 10 . 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 1972 Jul 10
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits51°28.7'N143°12.4'E50°37.1'N144°37.1'E51°02.9'N143°55.3'E 1.026 - 136 km 01m17.3s
18:3054°19.7'N149°13.4'E56°21.2'N157°36.4'E55°36.4'N153°53.8'E 1.028 61° 146 km 01m28.6s
18:3257°46.0'N156°57.7'E58°31.6'N163°07.7'E58°13.4'N160°09.9'E 1.029 12° 67° 151 km 01m35.7s
18:3459°51.6'N162°08.6'E60°09.0'N167°38.8'E60°03.1'N164°58.1'E 1.030 15° 72° 154 km 01m41.0s
18:3661°28.5'N166°31.8'E61°28.4'N171°41.0'E61°30.6'N169°09.9'E 1.031 18° 76° 157 km 01m45.4s
18:3862°48.7'N170°31.1'E62°35.6'N175°26.4'E62°43.9'N173°01.9'E 1.032 20° 80° 158 km 01m49.3s
18:4063°57.2'N174°16.6'E63°33.6'N179°01.2'E63°46.9'N176°42.1'E 1.032 22° 84° 160 km 01m52.8s
18:4264°56.8'N177°53.8'E64°24.3'N177°31.2'W64°41.8'N179°45.4'W 1.033 24° 88° 161 km 01m56.0s
18:4465°49.1'N178°34.3'W65°08.7'N174°08.4'W65°30.0'N176°18.0'W 1.033 26° 92° 162 km 01m59.0s
18:4666°35.1'N175°05.7'W65°47.7'N170°49.3'W66°12.4'N172°54.0'W 1.034 27° 96° 163 km 02m01.8s
18:4867°15.6'N171°39.2'W66°21.9'N167°32.8'W66°49.6'N169°32.3'W 1.034 29° 100° 164 km 02m04.4s
18:5067°51.1'N168°14.0'W66°51.6'N164°18.4'W67°22.1'N166°12.5'W 1.034 30° 104° 165 km 02m06.9s
18:5268°22.0'N164°49.7'W67°17.2'N161°05.9'W67°50.3'N162°54.0'W 1.035 31° 108° 166 km 02m09.2s
18:5468°48.7'N161°26.1'W67°39.0'N157°55.1'W68°14.4'N159°36.8'W 1.035 32° 112° 166 km 02m11.4s
18:5669°11.2'N158°03.3'W67°57.2'N154°46.1'W68°34.6'N156°20.9'W 1.035 33° 117° 167 km 02m13.5s
18:5869°29.9'N154°41.5'W68°11.9'N151°39.0'W68°51.3'N153°06.6'W 1.035 35° 121° 168 km 02m15.4s
19:0069°44.9'N151°21.0'W68°23.4'N148°34.0'W69°04.5'N149°54.0'W 1.036 36° 125° 168 km 02m17.3s
19:0269°56.5'N148°02.3'W68°31.9'N145°31.5'W69°14.4'N146°43.6'W 1.036 36° 129° 168 km 02m19.0s
19:0470°04.7'N144°45.7'W68°37.4'N142°31.6'W69°21.2'N143°35.6'W 1.036 37° 133° 169 km 02m20.6s
19:0670°09.7'N141°31.8'W68°40.1'N139°34.8'W69°25.0'N140°30.5'W 1.036 38° 137° 169 km 02m22.2s
19:0870°11.6'N138°21.0'W68°40.2'N136°41.3'W69°25.9'N137°28.7'W 1.036 39° 141° 170 km 02m23.6s
19:1070°10.6'N135°13.9'W68°37.7'N133°51.4'W69°24.1'N134°30.5'W 1.037 40° 145° 170 km 02m25.0s
19:1270°06.9'N132°10.8'W68°32.8'N131°05.3'W69°19.8'N131°36.3'W 1.037 40° 149° 170 km 02m26.3s
19:1470°00.6'N129°12.2'W68°25.7'N128°23.3'W69°13.1'N128°46.3'W 1.037 41° 153° 171 km 02m27.5s
19:1669°51.8'N126°18.4'W68°16.4'N125°45.6'W69°04.0'N126°00.9'W 1.037 42° 157° 171 km 02m28.6s
19:1869°40.7'N123°29.6'W68°05.1'N123°12.2'W68°52.8'N123°20.2'W 1.037 42° 161° 171 km 02m29.6s
19:2069°27.4'N120°46.0'W67°51.9'N120°43.4'W68°39.5'N120°44.3'W 1.037 43° 165° 172 km 02m30.5s
19:2269°12.0'N118°07.8'W67°36.9'N118°19.1'W68°24.3'N118°13.4'W 1.037 43° 168° 172 km 02m31.4s
19:2468°54.8'N115°35.1'W67°20.2'N115°59.5'W68°07.3'N115°47.4'W 1.038 44° 172° 172 km 02m32.1s
19:2668°35.7'N113°07.8'W67°01.9'N113°44.3'W67°48.7'N113°26.4'W 1.038 44° 176° 173 km 02m32.8s
19:2868°15.0'N110°45.9'W66°42.1'N111°33.7'W67°28.4'N111°10.4'W 1.038 45° 179° 173 km 02m33.4s
19:3067°52.8'N108°29.3'W66°20.9'N109°27.6'W67°06.7'N108°59.2'W 1.038 45° 183° 173 km 02m34.0s
19:3267°29.0'N106°17.9'W65°58.4'N107°25.7'W66°43.6'N106°52.7'W 1.038 45° 186° 173 km 02m34.4s
19:3467°04.0'N104°11.6'W65°34.7'N105°28.1'W66°19.3'N104°50.9'W 1.038 46° 190° 174 km 02m34.8s
19:3666°37.6'N102°10.1'W65°09.8'N103°34.6'W65°53.7'N102°53.5'W 1.038 46° 193° 174 km 02m35.1s
19:3866°10.1'N100°13.4'W64°43.8'N101°45.0'W65°26.9'N101°00.4'W 1.038 46° 196° 174 km 02m35.4s
19:4065°41.5'N098°21.0'W64°16.7'N099°59.1'W64°59.1'N099°11.3'W 1.038 46° 200° 175 km 02m35.5s
19:4265°11.9'N096°33.0'W63°48.7'N098°16.9'W64°30.3'N097°26.2'W 1.038 46° 203° 175 km 02m35.6s
19:4464°41.3'N094°49.0'W63°19.8'N096°38.0'W64°00.6'N095°44.8'W 1.038 46° 206° 175 km 02m35.6s
19:4664°09.7'N093°08.8'W62°50.0'N095°02.5'W63°30.0'N094°07.0'W 1.038 46° 209° 175 km 02m35.5s
19:4863°37.3'N091°32.2'W62°19.4'N093°30.0'W62°58.5'N092°32.5'W 1.038 46° 212° 176 km 02m35.4s
19:5063°04.1'N089°59.0'W61°48.0'N092°00.5'W62°26.2'N091°01.1'W 1.038 46° 215° 176 km 02m35.2s
19:5262°30.1'N088°28.9'W61°15.8'N090°33.6'W61°53.1'N089°32.6'W 1.038 46° 218° 176 km 02m34.9s
19:5461°55.4'N087°01.8'W60°42.9'N089°09.4'W61°19.3'N088°06.9'W 1.038 46° 220° 176 km 02m34.5s
19:5661°19.9'N085°37.5'W60°09.3'N087°47.5'W60°44.8'N086°43.8'W 1.038 46° 223° 177 km 02m34.1s
19:5860°43.8'N084°15.7'W59°35.0'N086°27.9'W60°09.6'N085°23.1'W 1.038 46° 226° 177 km 02m33.5s
20:0060°07.0'N082°56.2'W59°00.1'N085°10.3'W59°33.7'N084°04.5'W 1.038 45° 228° 177 km 02m33.0s
20:0259°29.5'N081°38.9'W58°24.5'N083°54.7'W58°57.2'N082°48.0'W 1.038 45° 231° 177 km 02m32.3s
20:0458°51.3'N080°23.6'W57°48.2'N082°40.8'W58°20.0'N081°33.4'W 1.037 45° 234° 177 km 02m31.6s
20:0658°12.5'N079°10.1'W57°11.3'N081°28.6'W57°42.2'N080°20.5'W 1.037 44° 236° 178 km 02m30.8s
20:0857°33.1'N077°58.2'W56°33.7'N080°17.7'W57°03.7'N079°09.1'W 1.037 44° 238° 178 km 02m29.9s
20:1056°53.1'N076°47.8'W55°55.6'N079°08.2'W56°24.6'N077°59.1'W 1.037 43° 241° 178 km 02m28.9s
20:1256°12.3'N075°38.6'W55°16.7'N077°59.8'W55°44.8'N076°50.3'W 1.037 43° 243° 178 km 02m27.9s
20:1455°31.0'N074°30.6'W54°37.3'N076°52.4'W55°04.4'N075°42.5'W 1.037 42° 245° 178 km 02m26.8s
20:1654°48.9'N073°23.5'W53°57.1'N075°45.9'W54°23.3'N074°35.7'W 1.037 42° 248° 178 km 02m25.6s
20:1854°06.2'N072°17.1'W53°16.3'N074°40.0'W53°41.6'N073°29.5'W 1.037 41° 250° 178 km 02m24.4s
20:2053°22.7'N071°11.3'W52°34.8'N073°34.7'W52°59.1'N072°23.9'W 1.036 41° 252° 178 km 02m23.1s
20:2252°38.5'N070°05.9'W51°52.5'N072°29.8'W52°15.9'N071°18.8'W 1.036 40° 254° 178 km 02m21.7s
20:2451°53.6'N069°00.8'W51°09.5'N071°25.1'W51°31.9'N070°13.8'W 1.036 39° 256° 178 km 02m20.2s
20:2651°07.7'N067°55.7'W50°25.7'N070°20.4'W50°47.1'N069°08.9'W 1.036 38° 258° 178 km 02m18.6s
20:2850°21.0'N066°50.4'W49°41.0'N069°15.5'W50°01.4'N068°03.8'W 1.036 37° 260° 178 km 02m17.0s
20:3049°33.4'N065°44.7'W48°55.5'N068°10.3'W49°14.8'N066°58.3'W 1.035 37° 262° 178 km 02m15.3s
20:3248°44.7'N064°38.3'W48°08.9'N067°04.5'W48°27.3'N065°52.2'W 1.035 36° 264° 177 km 02m13.4s
20:3447°55.0'N063°31.1'W47°21.4'N065°57.9'W47°38.6'N064°45.3'W 1.035 35° 266° 177 km 02m11.5s
20:3647°04.0'N062°22.6'W46°32.7'N064°50.2'W46°48.8'N063°37.2'W 1.034 34° 267° 177 km 02m09.5s
20:3846°11.7'N061°12.6'W45°42.7'N063°41.1'W45°57.7'N062°27.6'W 1.034 32° 269° 176 km 02m07.4s
20:4045°17.9'N060°00.6'W44°51.4'N062°30.3'W45°05.1'N061°16.2'W 1.034 31° 271° 175 km 02m05.2s
20:4244°22.4'N058°46.1'W43°58.5'N061°17.2'W44°11.0'N060°02.4'W 1.034 30° 273° 175 km 02m02.9s
20:4443°25.0'N057°28.5'W43°03.9'N060°01.5'W43°15.0'N058°45.8'W 1.033 29° 274° 173 km 02m00.4s
20:4642°25.3'N056°07.2'W42°07.3'N058°42.5'W42°16.9'N057°25.7'W 1.033 27° 276° 172 km 01m57.8s
20:4841°23.0'N054°41.1'W41°08.4'N057°19.3'W41°16.3'N056°01.1'W 1.032 26° 278° 171 km 01m55.0s
20:5040°17.4'N053°09.0'W40°06.8'N055°51.0'W40°12.8'N054°31.0'W 1.032 24° 279° 169 km 01m52.1s
20:5239°07.9'N051°28.9'W39°01.8'N054°16.1'W39°05.6'N052°53.6'W 1.031 22° 281° 167 km 01m48.9s
20:5437°53.3'N049°38.2'W37°52.6'N052°32.6'W37°53.8'N051°06.8'W 1.031 20° 283° 164 km 01m45.5s
20:5636°31.5'N047°32.5'W36°37.9'N050°37.4'W36°35.8'N049°06.7'W 1.030 18° 285° 161 km 01m41.6s
20:5834°59.1'N045°03.4'W35°15.5'N048°25.2'W35°08.9'N046°47.0'W 1.029 15° 287° 157 km 01m37.3s
21:0033°07.9'N041°52.1'W33°41.2'N045°46.2'W33°27.2'N043°54.1'W 1.028 12° 289° 152 km 01m32.2s
21:0230°24.1'N036°39.3'W31°44.4'N042°14.9'W31°13.6'N039°47.3'W 1.027 291° 144 km 01m25.4s
Limits28°09.1'N031°44.3'W27°13.1'N032°36.3'W27°41.0'N032°10.6'W 1.025 - 130 km 01m14.4s

ΔT = 42.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:46:38.119:45:55.363°31.2'N094°21.5'W 46.3° 208.7° 175.4 km02m35.52s
Greatest Duration19:43:47.919:43:05.164°14.3'N096°30.8'W 46.3° 204.3° 175.0 km02m35.59s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1972 Jul 10

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1972 Jul 10 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 42.8 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.

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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