Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1965 Feb 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1965 Feb 28 . 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 -1965 Feb 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits70°29.9'S041°32.1'W71°22.6'S045°08.6'W70°56.3'S043°17.0'W 1.020 - 163 km 01m00.5s
06:0676°18.8'S021°40.4'W - - 75°03.6'S030°52.6'W 1.021 126° 173 km 01m08.3s
06:0878°18.6'S011°32.1'W76°49.8'S028°54.6'W77°47.1'S020°01.6'W 1.022 115° 179 km 01m13.8s
06:1079°42.8'S001°42.8'W79°07.8'S019°10.7'W79°34.0'S010°15.7'W 1.023 12° 105° 183 km 01m17.7s
06:1280°44.0'S008°24.6'E80°46.7'S009°28.7'W80°52.4'S000°11.8'W 1.024 14° 94° 185 km 01m20.9s
06:1481°26.6'S018°57.0'E82°01.1'S001°02.9'E81°49.7'S010°34.4'E 1.024 15° 83° 187 km 01m23.6s
06:1681°52.8'S029°45.4'E82°55.2'S012°49.0'E82°28.5'S022°04.3'E 1.025 17° 71° 189 km 01m26.1s
06:1882°04.1'S040°29.7'E83°30.1'S025°40.8'E82°50.1'S033°59.2'E 1.025 18° 58° 191 km 01m28.2s
06:2082°02.4'S050°46.3'E83°46.3'S039°06.2'E82°55.8'S045°46.2'E 1.025 19° 46° 192 km 01m30.2s
06:2281°49.6'S060°15.5'E83°45.1'S052°10.9'E82°47.7'S056°50.6'E 1.026 20° 34° 193 km 01m32.0s
06:2481°27.9'S068°46.3'E83°29.4'S064°05.6'E82°28.3'S066°48.2'E 1.026 21° 23° 194 km 01m33.6s
06:2680°59.5'S076°16.3'E83°02.5'S074°24.0'E82°00.3'S075°29.5'E 1.026 22° 13° 196 km 01m35.1s
06:2880°25.9'S082°49.1'E82°27.5'S083°04.0'E81°26.0'S082°56.9'E 1.027 23° 197 km 01m36.4s
06:3079°48.5'S088°31.1'E81°47.0'S090°17.2'E80°47.2'S089°19.1'E 1.027 23° 358° 198 km 01m37.6s
06:3279°08.4'S093°29.7'E81°02.8'S096°18.8'E80°05.2'S094°46.3'E 1.027 24° 352° 199 km 01m38.7s
06:3478°26.4'S097°51.7'E80°16.3'S101°23.5'E79°21.1'S099°28.4'E 1.027 24° 346° 200 km 01m39.7s
06:3677°42.9'S101°43.3'E79°28.3'S105°43.4'E78°35.5'S103°33.9'E 1.027 25° 341° 201 km 01m40.6s
06:3876°58.4'S105°09.6'E78°39.3'S109°28.0'E77°48.9'S107°09.5'E 1.027 25° 336° 201 km 01m41.4s
06:4076°13.2'S108°14.9'E77°49.7'S112°44.7'E77°01.6'S110°21.0'E 1.028 26° 332° 202 km 01m42.1s
06:4275°27.5'S111°02.7'E76°59.8'S115°39.1'E76°13.9'S113°12.7'E 1.028 26° 329° 203 km 01m42.6s
06:4474°41.4'S113°35.8'E76°09.7'S118°15.6'E75°25.9'S115°48.1'E 1.028 26° 325° 204 km 01m43.1s
06:4673°55.1'S115°56.6'E75°19.6'S120°37.6'E74°37.7'S118°10.1'E 1.028 27° 322° 205 km 01m43.5s
06:4873°08.6'S118°07.1'E74°29.4'S122°47.6'E73°49.4'S120°20.9'E 1.028 27° 319° 206 km 01m43.8s
06:5072°21.9'S120°08.7'E73°39.2'S124°47.8'E73°01.0'S122°22.3'E 1.028 27° 316° 207 km 01m44.0s
06:5271°35.2'S122°02.9'E72°49.1'S126°40.0'E72°12.6'S124°16.0'E 1.028 27° 313° 208 km 01m44.2s
06:5470°48.3'S123°50.8'E71°59.0'S128°25.4'E71°24.2'S126°03.1'E 1.028 27° 310° 209 km 01m44.2s
06:5670°01.4'S125°33.4'E71°08.9'S130°05.2'E70°35.7'S127°44.7'E 1.028 27° 307° 210 km 01m44.1s
06:5869°14.4'S127°11.5'E70°18.9'S131°40.5'E69°47.2'S129°21.7'E 1.028 27° 305° 211 km 01m44.0s
07:0068°27.2'S128°45.8'E69°28.7'S133°12.1'E68°58.6'S130°54.9'E 1.028 27° 302° 211 km 01m43.8s
07:0267°39.9'S130°17.0'E68°38.6'S134°40.6'E68°09.9'S132°25.0'E 1.028 26° 300° 212 km 01m43.4s
07:0466°52.5'S131°45.6'E67°48.2'S136°06.7'E67°21.0'S133°52.7'E 1.028 26° 298° 213 km 01m43.0s
07:0666°04.8'S133°12.2'E66°57.7'S137°31.0'E66°31.9'S135°18.3'E 1.028 26° 295° 214 km 01m42.5s
07:0865°16.9'S134°37.4'E66°07.0'S138°54.1'E65°42.6'S136°42.6'E 1.028 25° 293° 214 km 01m41.9s
07:1064°28.7'S136°01.5'E65°16.0'S140°16.5'E64°53.1'S138°06.0'E 1.027 25° 291° 215 km 01m41.2s
07:1263°40.1'S137°25.0'E64°24.6'S141°38.6'E64°03.1'S139°29.0'E 1.027 24° 289° 215 km 01m40.4s
07:1462°51.1'S138°48.5'E63°32.7'S143°01.0'E63°12.7'S140°52.0'E 1.027 24° 287° 216 km 01m39.5s
07:1662°01.6'S140°12.3'E62°40.2'S144°24.3'E62°21.7'S142°15.7'E 1.027 23° 285° 216 km 01m38.4s
07:1861°11.5'S141°37.0'E61°47.1'S145°49.1'E61°30.1'S143°40.5'E 1.027 23° 282° 216 km 01m37.3s
07:2060°20.7'S143°03.2'E60°53.1'S147°16.0'E60°37.7'S145°07.0'E 1.027 22° 280° 216 km 01m36.0s
07:2259°29.0'S144°31.5'E59°58.0'S148°45.7'E59°44.4'S146°36.1'E 1.026 21° 278° 216 km 01m34.6s
07:2458°36.2'S146°02.7'E59°01.6'S150°19.4'E58°49.9'S148°08.4'E 1.026 20° 276° 216 km 01m33.1s
07:2657°42.2'S147°37.7'E58°03.6'S151°58.1'E57°54.0'S149°45.1'E 1.026 19° 274° 215 km 01m31.4s
07:2856°46.7'S149°17.6'E57°03.6'S153°43.5'E56°56.3'S151°27.6'E 1.026 18° 272° 214 km 01m29.5s
07:3055°49.2'S151°04.1'E56°00.9'S155°38.0'E55°56.4'S153°17.7'E 1.025 17° 269° 212 km 01m27.4s
07:3254°49.2'S152°59.2'E54°54.6'S157°45.1'E54°53.5'S155°18.1'E 1.025 15° 267° 209 km 01m25.1s
07:3453°45.8'S155°06.4'E53°43.1'S160°10.6'E53°46.4'S157°33.2'E 1.024 14° 265° 206 km 01m22.4s
07:3652°37.6'S157°31.1'E52°23.1'S163°06.5'E52°33.1'S160°10.8'E 1.024 12° 262° 202 km 01m19.3s
07:3851°21.8'S160°24.6'E50°46.0'S167°04.5'E51°09.1'S163°27.8'E 1.023 259° 195 km 01m15.4s
07:4049°51.5'S164°11.2'E - - 49°18.9'S168°23.0'E 1.022 254° 184 km 01m09.8s
Limits46°34.7'S174°42.6'E47°51.5'S176°01.0'E47°12.7'S175°21.1'E 1.020 - 167 km 01m02.5s

ΔT = 45576.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:32:24.906:52:48.371°53.1'S065°25.5'W 26.8° 311.7° 208.3 km01m44.19s
Greatest Duration19:33:21.906:53:45.471°30.1'S125°50.4'E 26.8° 310.4° 208.7 km01m44.20s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1965 Feb 28

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1965 Feb 28 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 45576.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3585.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.98°.

Acknowledgments

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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