The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1939 Oct 12 . The geographic coordinates (WGS 84) of the northern and southern limits and the central line are listed at 60-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).
The global visibility of the eclipse is shown on an Orthographic Map . The features of this map are described in the Key to Solar Eclipse Path Tables. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on a Google Map .
M:S Central
Universal Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line Diam. Sun Sun Path Line
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Ratio Alt Azm Width Durat.
Time Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude
° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ° km
Limits 58 30.3S 130 59.3E 61 41.2S 127 49.3E 59 59.7S 129 33.0E 1.023 0 - 381 01m12.9s
20:18 61 23.5S 144 02.4E - - 61 03.3S 135 29.3E 1.024 3 99 409 01m17.6s
20:19 61 56.4S 145 34.2E - - 61 48.3S 138 23.1E 1.024 5 97 421 01m20.1s
20:20 62 28.1S 146 54.6E - - 62 26.8S 140 26.3E 1.025 6 94 429 01m21.9s
20:21 62 58.8S 148 06.7E 62 33.2S 132 26.3E 63 02.2S 142 05.4E 1.025 7 93 435 01m23.4s
20:22 63 29.0S 149 12.4E 63 21.2S 135 25.0E 63 36.0S 143 29.6E 1.025 8 91 438 01m24.6s
20:23 63 58.6S 150 13.0E 64 01.4S 137 25.8E 64 08.5S 144 43.4E 1.025 8 90 441 01m25.7s
20:24 64 27.9S 151 09.2E 64 38.4S 139 00.7E 64 40.2S 145 49.4E 1.026 9 88 442 01m26.6s
20:25 64 57.0S 152 01.7E 65 13.5S 140 16.0E 65 11.4S 146 49.1E 1.026 9 87 443 01m27.4s
20:26 65 25.9S 152 51.1E 65 47.4S 141 28.1E 65 42.1S 147 43.7E 1.026 10 86 443 01m28.2s
20:27 65 54.6S 153 37.6E 66 20.5S 142 27.7E 66 12.6S 148 34.0E 1.026 10 85 442 01m28.8s
20:28 66 23.3S 154 21.7E 66 52.9S 143 20.7E 66 42.8S 149 20.5E 1.026 11 84 441 01m29.4s
20:29 66 52.0S 155 03.5E 67 25.0S 144 08.1E 67 12.9S 150 03.6E 1.026 11 83 440 01m30.0s
20:30 67 20.6S 155 43.3E 67 56.7S 144 50.6E 67 42.9S 150 43.7E 1.026 11 82 439 01m30.4s
20:31 67 49.4S 156 21.1E 68 28.3S 145 28.7E 68 12.9S 151 21.0E 1.026 11 81 437 01m30.9s
20:32 68 18.1S 156 57.1E 68 59.7S 146 02.9E 68 42.9S 151 55.7E 1.026 12 80 435 01m31.2s
20:33 68 47.1S 157 31.5E 69 31.1S 146 33.3E 69 12.9S 152 27.9E 1.026 12 79 433 01m31.5s
20:34 69 16.1S 158 04.2E 70 02.4S 147 00.0E 69 43.1S 152 57.7E 1.026 12 79 431 01m31.8s
20:35 69 45.3S 158 35.3E 70 33.9S 147 23.2E 70 13.3S 153 25.2E 1.027 12 78 429 01m32.0s
20:36 70 14.7S 159 04.8E 71 05.4S 147 42.9E 70 43.8S 153 50.2E 1.027 12 77 427 01m32.2s
20:37 70 44.3S 159 32.8E 71 37.0S 147 58.9E 71 14.4S 154 12.9E 1.027 12 76 424 01m32.3s
20:38 71 14.2S 159 59.3E 72 08.7S 148 11.3E 71 45.2S 154 33.2E 1.027 12 76 422 01m32.4s
20:39 71 44.3S 160 24.1E 72 40.7S 148 19.6E 72 16.3S 154 50.9E 1.027 12 75 420 01m32.4s
20:40 72 14.7S 160 47.2E 73 12.9S 148 23.8E 72 47.7S 155 05.8E 1.027 12 74 418 01m32.4s
20:41 72 45.5S 161 08.6E 73 45.3S 148 23.3E 73 19.4S 155 17.9E 1.027 12 74 415 01m32.4s
20:42 73 16.6S 161 28.0E 74 18.0S 148 17.8E 73 51.5S 155 26.8E 1.027 12 73 413 01m32.3s
20:43 73 48.1S 161 45.5E 74 50.9S 148 06.5E 74 23.9S 155 32.1E 1.027 12 73 411 01m32.1s
20:44 74 20.0S 162 00.7E 75 24.2S 147 48.8E 74 56.7S 155 33.6E 1.026 12 73 409 01m32.0s
20:45 74 52.4S 162 13.4E 75 57.8S 147 23.7E 75 29.9S 155 30.5E 1.026 12 72 407 01m31.7s
20:46 75 25.3S 162 23.2E 76 31.6S 146 50.0E 76 03.6S 155 22.3E 1.026 12 72 405 01m31.5s
20:47 75 58.7S 162 29.9E 77 05.8S 146 06.1E 76 37.8S 155 08.2E 1.026 12 72 403 01m31.1s
20:48 76 32.7S 162 32.7E 77 40.2S 145 09.9E 77 12.5S 154 47.0E 1.026 12 72 401 01m30.8s
20:49 77 07.3S 162 31.1E 78 14.8S 143 59.1E 77 47.7S 154 17.3E 1.026 11 72 400 01m30.4s
20:50 77 42.6S 162 24.2E 78 49.5S 142 30.1E 78 23.5S 153 37.3E 1.026 11 72 398 01m29.9s
20:51 78 18.6S 162 10.8E 79 24.1S 140 38.6E 78 59.8S 152 44.6E 1.026 11 73 396 01m29.4s
20:52 78 55.4S 161 49.4E 79 58.3S 138 18.9E 79 36.7S 151 36.0E 1.026 10 74 395 01m28.8s
20:53 79 33.0S 161 18.1E 80 31.8S 135 23.5E 80 14.0S 150 07.2E 1.026 10 75 393 01m28.1s
20:54 80 11.5S 160 33.9E 81 03.6S 131 38.6E 80 51.7S 148 12.2E 1.026 10 76 392 01m27.4s
20:55 80 50.8S 159 33.0E 81 32.7S 126 55.6E 81 29.4S 145 42.4E 1.025 9 78 391 01m26.5s
20:56 81 31.1S 158 09.7E 81 57.0S 120 53.5E 82 06.8S 142 26.0E 1.025 9 81 390 01m25.6s
20:57 82 12.3S 156 15.7E 82 12.4S 113 07.5E 82 43.1S 138 05.8E 1.025 8 85 389 01m24.6s
20:58 82 54.1S 153 38.5E 82 11.1S 103 04.9E 83 16.7S 132 19.9E 1.025 7 91 388 01m23.4s
20:59 83 36.1S 149 58.2E 81 22.8S 088 56.8E 83 45.0S 124 29.3E 1.025 6 98 387 01m22.1s
21:00 84 17.5S 144 43.2E - - 84 02.8S 114 03.7E 1.024 5 108 387 01m20.5s
M:S Central
Universal Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line Diam. Sun Sun Path Line
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Ratio Alt Azm Width Durat.
Time Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude
° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ° km
21:01 84 56.2S 137 04.0E - - 83 59.7S 100 32.6E 1.024 4 121 386 01m18.4s
21:02 85 27.6S 125 44.9E - - 83 06.3S 083 23.6E 1.023 2 138 385 01m15.3s
Limits 82 08.3S 062 17.0E 80 27.0S 082 15.5E 81 27.6S 072 30.5E 1.023 0 - 382 01m12.1s
Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1939 Oct 12 were generated using the VSOP87/ELP2000-82 solar and lunar ephemerides and a value of ΔT = 24.3 seconds. The accuracy of the northern and southern edges of the eclipse path are limited to approximately 1-2 kilometers due to the lunar limb profile.
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"
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