Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1908 Jan 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1908 Jan 03 . 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 1908 Jan 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits11°08.0'N154°51.6'E10°24.8'N154°33.1'E10°46.4'N154°42.4'E 1.025 - 86 km 01m25.7s
20:0410°15.8'N156°54.5'E09°24.1'N156°52.1'E09°48.5'N156°56.6'E 1.026 114° 89 km 01m29.8s
20:0606°40.8'N164°59.1'E05°51.3'N164°38.9'E06°15.7'N164°49.7'E 1.029 11° 115° 98 km 01m46.3s
20:0804°56.2'N168°45.6'E04°04.7'N168°23.5'E04°30.2'N168°35.1'E 1.031 16° 115° 103 km 01m55.5s
20:1003°36.7'N171°34.7'E02°43.7'N171°11.6'E03°10.0'N171°23.6'E 1.032 20° 116° 107 km 02m03.0s
20:1202°30.7'N173°54.1'E01°36.2'N173°30.4'E02°03.2'N173°42.7'E 1.033 23° 116° 110 km 02m09.6s
20:1401°33.4'N175°54.7'E00°37.5'N175°30.6'E01°05.3'N175°43.1'E 1.033 25° 116° 112 km 02m15.6s
20:1600°42.4'N177°42.0'E00°14.8'S177°17.6'E00°13.6'N177°30.2'E 1.034 28° 116° 115 km 02m21.2s
20:1800°03.8'S179°19.3'E01°02.1'S178°54.8'E00°33.1'S179°07.4'E 1.035 30° 116° 117 km 02m26.4s
20:2000°46.1'S179°11.2'W01°45.5'S179°35.8'W01°15.9'S179°23.2'W 1.035 32° 116° 119 km 02m31.4s
20:2201°25.1'S177°48.0'W02°25.6'S178°12.6'W01°55.5'S178°00.0'W 1.036 34° 117° 120 km 02m36.2s
20:2402°01.4'S176°30.0'W03°02.9'S176°54.6'W02°32.3'S176°42.0'W 1.036 36° 117° 122 km 02m40.8s
20:2602°35.3'S175°16.4'W03°37.8'S175°40.9'W03°06.7'S175°28.4'W 1.037 38° 117° 123 km 02m45.3s
20:2803°07.2'S174°06.6'W04°10.5'S174°30.9'W03°39.0'S174°18.5'W 1.037 39° 117° 125 km 02m49.6s
20:3003°37.1'S173°00.1'W04°41.3'S173°24.2'W04°09.3'S173°11.8'W 1.038 41° 117° 126 km 02m53.7s
20:3204°05.4'S171°56.3'W05°10.5'S172°20.3'W04°38.0'S172°08.0'W 1.038 43° 117° 128 km 02m57.8s
20:3404°32.1'S170°55.1'W05°38.0'S171°18.8'W05°05.2'S171°06.7'W 1.038 44° 117° 129 km 03m01.7s
20:3604°57.4'S169°56.2'W06°04.1'S170°19.5'W05°30.9'S170°07.6'W 1.039 46° 117° 130 km 03m05.5s
20:3805°21.4'S168°59.2'W06°28.9'S169°22.2'W05°55.3'S169°10.4'W 1.039 47° 118° 131 km 03m09.2s
20:4005°44.3'S168°04.0'W06°52.5'S168°26.7'W06°18.5'S168°15.1'W 1.039 49° 118° 132 km 03m12.8s
20:4206°05.9'S167°10.4'W07°14.9'S167°32.7'W06°40.5'S167°21.3'W 1.040 50° 118° 133 km 03m16.3s
20:4406°26.6'S166°18.3'W07°36.2'S166°40.2'W07°01.5'S166°29.0'W 1.040 51° 118° 134 km 03m19.6s
20:4606°46.2'S165°27.5'W07°56.5'S165°49.0'W07°21.4'S165°38.0'W 1.040 53° 119° 135 km 03m22.9s
20:4807°04.9'S164°37.9'W08°15.8'S164°58.9'W07°40.4'S164°48.2'W 1.040 54° 119° 136 km 03m26.1s
20:5007°22.6'S163°49.4'W08°34.2'S164°10.0'W07°58.5'S163°59.5'W 1.041 55° 119° 137 km 03m29.2s
20:5207°39.5'S163°02.0'W08°51.8'S163°22.1'W08°15.7'S163°11.8'W 1.041 57° 120° 138 km 03m32.2s
20:5407°55.6'S162°15.5'W09°08.4'S162°35.0'W08°32.1'S162°25.0'W 1.041 58° 120° 139 km 03m35.2s
20:5608°10.9'S161°29.8'W09°24.3'S161°48.8'W08°47.7'S161°39.1'W 1.041 59° 121° 139 km 03m38.0s
20:5808°25.5'S160°44.9'W09°39.4'S161°03.4'W09°02.5'S160°54.0'W 1.042 60° 121° 140 km 03m40.7s
21:0008°39.3'S160°00.8'W09°53.7'S160°18.6'W09°16.5'S160°09.5'W 1.042 61° 122° 141 km 03m43.3s
21:0208°52.4'S159°17.3'W10°07.3'S159°34.6'W09°29.9'S159°25.8'W 1.042 63° 122° 141 km 03m45.8s
21:0409°04.8'S158°34.5'W10°20.2'S158°51.1'W09°42.5'S158°42.6'W 1.042 64° 123° 142 km 03m48.2s
21:0609°16.5'S157°52.2'W10°32.4'S158°08.2'W09°54.5'S158°00.0'W 1.042 65° 124° 143 km 03m50.6s
21:0809°27.6'S157°10.4'W10°43.9'S157°25.7'W10°05.8'S157°17.9'W 1.042 66° 125° 143 km 03m52.8s
21:1009°38.0'S156°29.1'W10°54.8'S156°43.8'W10°16.5'S156°36.3'W 1.043 67° 126° 144 km 03m54.9s
21:1209°47.9'S155°48.3'W11°05.1'S156°02.3'W10°26.5'S155°55.1'W 1.043 68° 127° 144 km 03m56.9s
21:1409°57.1'S155°07.9'W11°14.7'S155°21.1'W10°35.9'S155°14.4'W 1.043 69° 128° 145 km 03m58.8s
21:1610°05.7'S154°27.8'W11°23.7'S154°40.4'W10°44.7'S154°33.9'W 1.043 70° 130° 145 km 04m00.6s
21:1810°13.8'S153°48.1'W11°32.0'S153°59.9'W10°52.9'S153°53.9'W 1.043 71° 131° 146 km 04m02.3s
21:2010°21.3'S153°08.7'W11°39.8'S153°19.8'W11°00.6'S153°14.1'W 1.043 72° 133° 146 km 04m03.8s
21:2210°28.2'S152°29.6'W11°47.0'S152°39.9'W11°07.6'S152°34.6'W 1.043 73° 135° 147 km 04m05.3s
21:2410°34.5'S151°50.7'W11°53.7'S152°00.3'W11°14.1'S151°55.4'W 1.043 74° 137° 147 km 04m06.7s
21:2610°40.3'S151°12.1'W11°59.7'S151°20.9'W11°20.1'S151°16.4'W 1.043 74° 140° 147 km 04m07.9s
21:2810°45.6'S150°33.6'W12°05.2'S150°41.7'W11°25.4'S150°37.6'W 1.043 75° 142° 148 km 04m09.0s
21:3010°50.3'S149°55.4'W12°10.2'S150°02.7'W11°30.3'S149°58.9'W 1.044 76° 146° 148 km 04m10.0s
21:3210°54.5'S149°17.3'W12°14.5'S149°23.8'W11°34.5'S149°20.5'W 1.044 77° 149° 148 km 04m10.9s
21:3410°58.2'S148°39.3'W12°18.4'S148°45.0'W11°38.3'S148°42.1'W 1.044 77° 153° 148 km 04m11.7s
21:3611°01.3'S148°01.5'W12°21.7'S148°06.4'W11°41.5'S148°03.9'W 1.044 78° 157° 148 km 04m12.3s
21:3811°03.9'S147°23.7'W12°24.4'S147°27.8'W11°44.2'S147°25.7'W 1.044 78° 162° 149 km 04m12.9s
21:4011°06.0'S146°46.1'W12°26.6'S146°49.3'W11°46.3'S146°47.6'W 1.044 79° 167° 149 km 04m13.3s
21:4211°07.6'S146°08.4'W12°28.2'S146°10.8'W11°47.9'S146°09.6'W 1.044 79° 172° 149 km 04m13.6s
21:4411°08.7'S145°30.8'W12°29.4'S145°32.4'W11°49.0'S145°31.6'W 1.044 79° 177° 149 km 04m13.7s
21:4611°09.3'S144°53.2'W12°29.9'S144°54.0'W11°49.6'S144°53.6'W 1.044 79° 183° 149 km 04m13.8s
21:4811°09.3'S144°15.6'W12°30.0'S144°15.5'W11°49.6'S144°15.6'W 1.044 79° 188° 149 km 04m13.7s
21:5011°08.8'S143°37.9'W12°29.5'S143°37.1'W11°49.2'S143°37.5'W 1.044 79° 193° 149 km 04m13.5s
21:5211°07.8'S143°00.2'W12°28.4'S142°58.5'W11°48.1'S142°59.4'W 1.044 78° 198° 149 km 04m13.2s
21:5411°06.3'S142°22.5'W12°26.9'S142°19.9'W11°46.6'S142°21.2'W 1.044 78° 203° 149 km 04m12.8s
21:5611°04.3'S141°44.6'W12°24.7'S141°41.2'W11°44.5'S141°43.0'W 1.044 77° 207° 148 km 04m12.2s
21:5811°01.7'S141°06.6'W12°22.1'S141°02.4'W11°41.9'S141°04.6'W 1.044 77° 211° 148 km 04m11.6s
22:0010°58.6'S140°28.5'W12°18.8'S140°23.5'W11°38.7'S140°26.0'W 1.044 76° 215° 148 km 04m10.8s
22:0210°55.0'S139°50.2'W12°15.1'S139°44.4'W11°35.0'S139°47.3'W 1.044 75° 218° 148 km 04m09.9s
22:0410°50.9'S139°11.7'W12°10.7'S139°05.1'W11°30.8'S139°08.5'W 1.043 75° 221° 148 km 04m08.8s
22:0610°46.2'S138°33.0'W12°05.8'S138°25.6'W11°26.0'S138°29.4'W 1.043 74° 223° 147 km 04m07.7s
22:0810°40.9'S137°54.0'W12°00.3'S137°45.9'W11°20.7'S137°50.1'W 1.043 73° 226° 147 km 04m06.4s
22:1010°35.1'S137°14.8'W11°54.3'S137°05.9'W11°14.7'S137°10.5'W 1.043 72° 228° 147 km 04m05.1s
22:1210°28.8'S136°35.4'W11°47.7'S136°25.7'W11°08.2'S136°30.6'W 1.043 71° 229° 146 km 04m03.6s
22:1410°21.8'S135°55.6'W11°40.4'S135°45.2'W11°01.2'S135°50.5'W 1.043 70° 231° 146 km 04m02.0s
22:1610°14.3'S135°15.4'W11°32.6'S135°04.3'W10°53.5'S135°10.0'W 1.043 69° 232° 146 km 04m00.3s
22:1810°06.2'S134°34.9'W11°24.1'S134°23.0'W10°45.2'S134°29.1'W 1.043 68° 234° 145 km 03m58.5s
22:2009°57.5'S133°54.0'W11°15.1'S133°41.4'W10°36.3'S133°47.8'W 1.043 67° 235° 145 km 03m56.5s
22:2209°48.2'S133°12.6'W11°05.4'S132°59.3'W10°26.8'S133°06.1'W 1.043 66° 236° 144 km 03m54.5s
22:2409°38.2'S132°30.8'W10°55.0'S132°16.7'W10°16.6'S132°23.9'W 1.042 65° 237° 144 km 03m52.3s
22:2609°27.6'S131°48.4'W10°44.0'S131°33.7'W10°05.8'S131°41.2'W 1.042 64° 238° 143 km 03m50.1s
22:2809°16.3'S131°05.4'W10°32.2'S130°50.1'W09°54.3'S130°57.9'W 1.042 63° 238° 142 km 03m47.8s
22:3009°04.4'S130°21.8'W10°19.8'S130°05.8'W09°42.2'S130°14.0'W 1.042 62° 239° 142 km 03m45.3s
22:3208°51.7'S129°37.6'W10°06.7'S129°21.0'W09°29.2'S129°29.5'W 1.042 61° 240° 141 km 03m42.8s
22:3408°38.3'S128°52.6'W09°52.7'S128°35.4'W09°15.6'S128°44.2'W 1.042 59° 240° 140 km 03m40.1s
22:3608°24.2'S128°06.9'W09°38.1'S127°49.1'W09°01.2'S127°58.2'W 1.041 58° 241° 140 km 03m37.4s
22:3808°09.3'S127°20.3'W09°22.6'S127°01.9'W08°46.0'S127°11.3'W 1.041 57° 241° 139 km 03m34.5s
22:4007°53.5'S126°32.8'W09°06.2'S126°13.9'W08°30.0'S126°23.5'W 1.041 56° 241° 138 km 03m31.6s
22:4207°36.9'S125°44.3'W08°49.0'S125°24.8'W08°13.1'S125°34.8'W 1.041 54° 242° 137 km 03m28.5s
22:4407°19.4'S124°54.7'W08°30.9'S124°34.7'W07°55.3'S124°44.9'W 1.041 53° 242° 136 km 03m25.4s
22:4607°01.0'S124°03.9'W08°11.9'S123°43.4'W07°36.5'S123°53.9'W 1.040 52° 242° 135 km 03m22.1s
22:4806°41.6'S123°11.7'W07°51.8'S122°50.8'W07°16.8'S123°01.5'W 1.040 50° 243° 135 km 03m18.8s
22:5006°21.1'S122°18.2'W07°30.6'S121°56.8'W06°56.0'S122°07.8'W 1.040 49° 243° 134 km 03m15.3s
22:5205°59.6'S121°23.0'W07°08.3'S121°01.3'W06°34.0'S121°12.4'W 1.039 48° 243° 133 km 03m11.8s
22:5405°36.8'S120°26.1'W06°44.8'S120°04.0'W06°10.9'S120°15.3'W 1.039 46° 243° 131 km 03m08.1s
22:5605°12.8'S119°27.3'W06°20.0'S119°04.8'W05°46.5'S119°16.3'W 1.039 45° 243° 130 km 03m04.4s
22:5804°47.4'S118°26.3'W05°53.7'S118°03.5'W05°20.7'S118°15.2'W 1.038 43° 243° 129 km 03m00.5s
23:0004°20.4'S117°22.8'W05°26.0'S116°59.7'W04°53.3'S117°11.5'W 1.038 41° 244° 128 km 02m56.5s
23:0203°51.9'S116°16.6'W04°56.5'S115°53.2'W04°24.3'S116°05.2'W 1.038 40° 244° 127 km 02m52.4s
23:0403°21.5'S115°07.2'W04°25.3'S114°43.6'W03°53.5'S114°55.7'W 1.037 38° 244° 125 km 02m48.1s
23:0602°49.0'S113°54.1'W03°51.9'S113°30.4'W03°20.6'S113°42.6'W 1.037 36° 244° 124 km 02m43.7s
23:0802°14.3'S112°36.9'W03°16.2'S112°13.0'W02°45.4'S112°25.3'W 1.036 34° 244° 122 km 02m39.2s
23:1001°36.9'S111°14.6'W02°37.7'S110°50.7'W02°07.5'S111°03.0'W 1.036 33° 244° 120 km 02m34.4s
23:1200°56.4'S109°46.3'W01°56.1'S109°22.4'W01°26.4'S109°34.7'W 1.035 30° 244° 118 km 02m29.5s
23:1400°12.2'S108°10.5'W01°10.8'S107°46.7'W00°41.7'S107°59.0'W 1.035 28° 244° 116 km 02m24.3s
23:1600°36.5'N106°25.4'W00°20.8'S106°01.8'W00°07.7'N106°14.0'W 1.034 26° 244° 114 km 02m18.7s
23:1801°31.2'N104°28.0'W00°35.2'N104°04.6'W01°03.0'N104°16.7'W 1.033 23° 244° 112 km 02m12.8s
23:2002°33.9'N102°13.2'W01°39.4'N101°50.4'W02°06.4'N102°02.3'W 1.032 20° 245° 109 km 02m06.4s
23:2203°48.5'N099°32.1'W02°55.6'N099°10.1'W03°21.8'N099°21.6'W 1.031 17° 245° 106 km 01m59.1s
23:2405°24.2'N096°03.1'W04°33.2'N095°42.6'W04°58.4'N095°53.5'W 1.030 13° 245° 101 km 01m50.4s
23:2608°01.0'N090°12.5'W07°11.6'N089°57.6'W07°35.7'N090°06.3'W 1.028 246° 94 km 01m37.5s
Limits10°16.8'N084°56.5'W09°32.8'N084°37.7'W09°54.8'N084°47.1'W 1.026 - 88 km 01m27.3s

ΔT = 7.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:45:21.421:45:13.811°49.4'S145°10.2'W 78.9° 180.4° 148.8 km04m13.78s
Greatest Duration21:45:57.921:45:50.311°49.6'S144°56.7'W 78.9° 182.1° 148.8 km04m13.79s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1908 Jan 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1908 Jan 03 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 7.7 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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