Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0306 Dec 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0306 Dec 08 . 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 -0306 Dec 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits06°43.9'S039°35.7'W07°34.0'S040°09.1'W07°08.9'S039°52.3'W 1.028 - 109 km 01m25.6s
08:2410°04.4'S032°09.4'W09°11.2'S036°30.1'W09°45.7'S034°02.4'W 1.030 112° 118 km 01m35.6s
08:2612°25.3'S027°33.6'W12°22.0'S030°05.6'W12°25.0'S028°47.2'W 1.032 13° 111° 126 km 01m45.9s
08:2814°07.5'S024°28.2'W14°17.2'S026°36.1'W14°13.1'S025°30.9'W 1.033 17° 110° 131 km 01m52.9s
08:3015°33.1'S022°01.1'W15°49.9'S023°57.1'W15°42.1'S022°58.3'W 1.034 20° 109° 135 km 01m58.8s
08:3216°48.6'S019°56.2'W17°10.4'S021°45.1'W17°00.0'S020°50.0'W 1.035 23° 108° 138 km 02m04.0s
08:3417°57.2'S018°06.3'W18°22.8'S019°50.3'W18°10.4'S018°57.8'W 1.036 25° 107° 141 km 02m08.7s
08:3619°00.6'S016°27.3'W19°29.4'S018°07.7'W19°15.4'S017°17.0'W 1.037 28° 106° 143 km 02m13.0s
08:3820°00.0'S014°56.6'W20°31.5'S016°34.2'W20°16.1'S015°45.0'W 1.037 30° 105° 145 km 02m17.1s
08:4020°56.1'S013°32.5'W21°29.9'S015°07.9'W21°13.3'S014°19.7'W 1.038 32° 104° 147 km 02m20.9s
08:4221°49.4'S012°13.6'W22°25.3'S013°47.2'W22°07.7'S013°00.0'W 1.038 34° 103° 149 km 02m24.6s
08:4422°40.3'S010°59.1'W23°18.2'S012°31.2'W22°59.5'S011°44.8'W 1.039 35° 102° 150 km 02m28.0s
08:4623°29.2'S009°48.3'W24°08.9'S011°19.0'W23°49.3'S010°33.3'W 1.039 37° 101° 151 km 02m31.4s
08:4824°16.2'S008°40.6'W24°57.6'S010°10.2'W24°37.2'S009°25.0'W 1.039 39° 100° 153 km 02m34.6s
08:5025°01.6'S007°35.5'W25°44.6'S009°04.1'W25°23.3'S008°19.4'W 1.040 40° 99° 154 km 02m37.6s
08:5225°45.5'S006°32.8'W26°30.0'S008°00.3'W26°08.0'S007°16.2'W 1.040 42° 98° 155 km 02m40.6s
08:5426°28.1'S005°32.0'W27°14.1'S006°58.6'W26°51.3'S006°15.0'W 1.041 43° 97° 155 km 02m43.5s
08:5627°09.4'S004°32.9'W27°56.8'S005°58.7'W27°33.3'S005°15.5'W 1.041 45° 95° 156 km 02m46.2s
08:5827°49.6'S003°35.3'W28°38.4'S005°00.3'W28°14.2'S004°17.5'W 1.041 46° 94° 157 km 02m48.9s
09:0028°28.7'S002°39.0'W29°18.8'S004°03.3'W28°53.9'S003°20.8'W 1.041 47° 93° 158 km 02m51.5s
09:0229°06.8'S001°43.9'W29°58.2'S003°07.4'W29°32.7'S002°25.3'W 1.042 48° 91° 158 km 02m53.9s
09:0429°44.0'S000°49.7'W30°36.6'S002°12.4'W30°10.5'S001°30.7'W 1.042 50° 90° 159 km 02m56.3s
09:0630°20.2'S000°03.6'E31°14.1'S001°18.3'W30°47.3'S000°37.0'W 1.042 51° 89° 159 km 02m58.6s
09:0830°55.6'S000°56.2'E31°50.7'S000°25.0'W31°23.4'S000°16.0'E 1.043 52° 87° 160 km 03m00.9s
09:1031°30.3'S001°48.2'E32°26.5'S000°27.8'E31°58.6'S001°08.3'E 1.043 53° 85° 160 km 03m03.0s
09:1232°04.1'S002°39.6'E33°01.5'S001°20.0'E32°33.0'S002°00.2'E 1.043 54° 84° 160 km 03m05.1s
09:1432°37.2'S003°30.7'E33°35.8'S002°11.9'E33°06.6'S002°51.6'E 1.043 55° 82° 161 km 03m07.1s
09:1633°09.6'S004°21.3'E34°09.3'S003°03.4'E33°39.6'S003°42.7'E 1.043 56° 80° 161 km 03m09.0s
09:1833°41.3'S005°11.7'E34°42.1'S003°54.7'E34°11.8'S004°33.5'E 1.043 57° 78° 161 km 03m10.8s
09:2034°12.3'S006°01.9'E35°14.2'S004°45.7'E34°43.3'S005°24.2'E 1.044 58° 76° 161 km 03m12.6s
09:2234°42.6'S006°51.9'E35°45.6'S005°36.7'E35°14.2'S006°14.7'E 1.044 59° 74° 161 km 03m14.3s
09:2435°12.3'S007°41.9'E36°16.3'S006°27.6'E35°44.4'S007°05.1'E 1.044 60° 72° 162 km 03m15.9s
09:2635°41.4'S008°31.8'E36°46.4'S007°18.6'E36°14.0'S007°55.5'E 1.044 61° 70° 162 km 03m17.4s
09:2836°09.8'S009°21.8'E37°15.9'S008°09.6'E36°43.0'S008°46.0'E 1.044 62° 68° 162 km 03m18.9s
09:3036°37.7'S010°11.8'E37°44.8'S009°00.8'E37°11.3'S009°36.6'E 1.044 63° 65° 162 km 03m20.2s
09:3237°04.9'S011°02.0'E38°13.0'S009°52.1'E37°39.1'S010°27.4'E 1.044 63° 63° 162 km 03m21.5s
09:3437°31.6'S011°52.3'E38°40.7'S010°43.7'E38°06.2'S011°18.3'E 1.045 64° 60° 162 km 03m22.7s
09:3637°57.6'S012°42.8'E39°07.7'S011°35.5'E38°32.7'S012°09.5'E 1.045 65° 57° 162 km 03m23.9s
09:3838°23.1'S013°33.7'E39°34.1'S012°27.7'E38°58.7'S013°01.0'E 1.045 65° 54° 162 km 03m24.9s
09:4038°48.0'S014°24.8'E39°59.9'S013°20.2'E39°24.0'S013°52.8'E 1.045 66° 51° 162 km 03m25.9s
09:4239°12.3'S015°16.3'E40°25.1'S014°13.1'E39°48.8'S014°45.0'E 1.045 67° 48° 162 km 03m26.8s
09:4439°36.1'S016°08.1'E40°49.8'S015°06.5'E40°13.0'S015°37.6'E 1.045 67° 45° 162 km 03m27.6s
09:4639°59.2'S017°00.4'E41°13.8'S016°00.4'E40°36.5'S016°30.7'E 1.045 68° 42° 162 km 03m28.4s
09:4840°21.8'S017°53.1'E41°37.2'S016°54.8'E40°59.5'S017°24.2'E 1.045 68° 38° 162 km 03m29.0s
09:5040°43.8'S018°46.3'E42°00.0'S017°49.7'E41°21.9'S018°18.3'E 1.045 68° 34° 162 km 03m29.6s
09:5241°05.1'S019°40.0'E42°22.2'S018°45.3'E41°43.7'S019°12.9'E 1.045 68° 31° 162 km 03m30.1s
09:5441°25.9'S020°34.3'E42°43.8'S019°41.4'E42°04.9'S020°08.1'E 1.045 69° 27° 161 km 03m30.4s
09:5641°46.1'S021°29.1'E43°04.7'S020°38.3'E42°25.4'S021°04.0'E 1.045 69° 23° 161 km 03m30.8s
09:5842°05.7'S022°24.6'E43°25.0'S021°35.8'E42°45.4'S022°00.5'E 1.045 69° 19° 161 km 03m31.0s
10:0042°24.7'S023°20.7'E43°44.7'S022°34.1'E43°04.7'S022°57.6'E 1.045 69° 16° 161 km 03m31.1s
10:0242°43.1'S024°17.6'E44°03.7'S023°33.1'E43°23.4'S023°55.5'E 1.045 69° 12° 161 km 03m31.2s
10:0443°00.8'S025°15.1'E44°22.1'S024°33.0'E43°41.4'S024°54.2'E 1.045 69° 161 km 03m31.2s
10:0643°17.9'S026°13.3'E44°39.8'S025°33.6'E43°58.8'S025°53.6'E 1.045 69° 161 km 03m31.0s
10:0843°34.4'S027°12.4'E44°56.8'S026°35.1'E44°15.5'S026°53.9'E 1.045 68° 160 km 03m30.8s
10:1043°50.1'S028°12.2'E45°13.1'S027°37.5'E44°31.6'S027°55.0'E 1.045 68° 356° 160 km 03m30.5s
10:1244°05.2'S029°12.8'E45°28.6'S028°40.8'E44°46.9'S028°56.9'E 1.045 68° 353° 160 km 03m30.1s
10:1444°19.7'S030°14.3'E45°43.5'S029°45.0'E45°01.5'S029°59.7'E 1.045 67° 349° 160 km 03m29.7s
10:1644°33.4'S031°16.7'E45°57.6'S030°50.2'E45°15.4'S031°03.5'E 1.045 67° 346° 159 km 03m29.1s
10:1844°46.4'S032°20.0'E46°10.9'S031°56.4'E45°28.6'S032°08.2'E 1.045 66° 342° 159 km 03m28.5s
10:2044°58.6'S033°24.2'E46°23.4'S033°03.6'E45°41.0'S033°13.9'E 1.045 66° 339° 159 km 03m27.7s
10:2245°10.1'S034°29.4'E46°35.2'S034°11.9'E45°52.6'S034°20.6'E 1.045 65° 336° 159 km 03m26.9s
10:2445°20.8'S035°35.6'E46°46.1'S035°21.2'E46°03.4'S035°28.3'E 1.045 64° 332° 158 km 03m26.0s
10:2645°30.8'S036°42.8'E46°56.1'S036°31.6'E46°13.4'S036°37.1'E 1.044 64° 329° 158 km 03m24.9s
10:2845°39.9'S037°51.0'E47°05.3'S037°43.2'E46°22.6'S037°46.9'E 1.044 63° 326° 158 km 03m23.8s
10:3045°48.2'S039°00.3'E47°13.6'S038°55.9'E46°30.9'S038°57.9'E 1.044 62° 323° 157 km 03m22.6s
10:3245°55.6'S040°10.7'E47°21.0'S040°09.8'E46°38.3'S040°10.0'E 1.044 61° 321° 157 km 03m21.3s
10:3446°02.1'S041°22.3'E47°27.4'S041°24.8'E46°44.7'S041°23.3'E 1.044 61° 318° 157 km 03m20.0s
10:3646°07.8'S042°35.0'E47°32.8'S042°41.2'E46°50.2'S042°37.8'E 1.044 60° 315° 156 km 03m18.5s
10:3846°12.4'S043°49.0'E47°37.2'S043°58.8'E46°54.8'S043°53.6'E 1.044 59° 313° 156 km 03m16.9s
10:4046°16.1'S045°04.2'E47°40.5'S045°17.7'E46°58.3'S045°10.6'E 1.043 58° 310° 155 km 03m15.3s
10:4246°18.8'S046°20.7'E47°42.8'S046°37.9'E47°00.8'S046°28.9'E 1.043 57° 308° 155 km 03m13.5s
10:4446°20.4'S047°38.5'E47°43.9'S047°59.5'E47°02.2'S047°48.6'E 1.043 56° 305° 154 km 03m11.7s
10:4646°21.0'S048°57.7'E47°43.9'S049°22.5'E47°02.4'S049°09.6'E 1.043 55° 303° 154 km 03m09.8s
10:4846°20.4'S050°18.3'E47°42.6'S050°47.0'E47°01.5'S050°32.2'E 1.043 54° 300° 153 km 03m07.7s
10:5046°18.7'S051°40.4'E47°40.1'S052°13.1'E46°59.4'S051°56.2'E 1.043 53° 298° 153 km 03m05.6s
10:5246°15.7'S053°04.1'E47°36.2'S053°40.7'E46°56.0'S053°21.8'E 1.042 51° 296° 152 km 03m03.4s
10:5446°11.4'S054°29.3'E47°31.0'S055°10.0'E46°51.3'S054°49.0'E 1.042 50° 294° 152 km 03m01.1s
10:5646°05.8'S055°56.3'E47°24.3'S056°41.0'E46°45.1'S056°18.0'E 1.042 49° 292° 151 km 02m58.7s
10:5845°58.8'S057°25.2'E47°16.1'S058°13.8'E46°37.6'S057°48.8'E 1.042 48° 289° 150 km 02m56.1s
11:0045°50.4'S058°55.9'E47°06.4'S059°48.6'E46°28.4'S059°21.5'E 1.041 46° 287° 149 km 02m53.5s
11:0245°40.3'S060°28.7'E46°54.9'S061°25.5'E46°17.7'S060°56.4'E 1.041 45° 285° 149 km 02m50.8s
11:0445°28.6'S062°03.7'E46°41.6'S063°04.6'E46°05.2'S062°33.4'E 1.041 44° 283° 148 km 02m48.0s
11:0645°15.1'S063°41.1'E46°26.4'S064°46.1'E45°50.9'S064°12.8'E 1.040 42° 281° 147 km 02m45.0s
11:0844°59.7'S065°21.2'E46°09.2'S066°30.3'E45°34.6'S065°54.9'E 1.040 41° 279° 146 km 02m42.0s
11:1044°42.3'S067°04.1'E45°49.8'S068°17.4'E45°16.2'S067°39.9'E 1.040 39° 277° 145 km 02m38.8s
11:1244°22.6'S068°50.3'E45°28.0'S070°07.8'E44°55.5'S069°28.2'E 1.039 38° 275° 144 km 02m35.5s
11:1444°00.6'S070°40.0'E45°03.5'S072°01.9'E44°32.3'S071°20.1'E 1.039 36° 273° 143 km 02m32.0s
11:1643°35.8'S072°33.9'E44°36.1'S074°00.3'E44°06.2'S073°16.2'E 1.038 34° 271° 142 km 02m28.4s
11:1843°08.0'S074°32.6'E44°05.4'S076°03.7'E43°37.0'S075°17.2'E 1.038 33° 269° 140 km 02m24.7s
11:2042°36.8'S076°36.9'E43°31.0'S078°13.0'E43°04.2'S077°24.0'E 1.037 31° 267° 139 km 02m20.7s
11:2242°01.6'S078°48.0'E42°52.1'S080°29.6'E42°27.3'S079°37.8'E 1.037 29° 265° 137 km 02m16.5s
11:2441°21.7'S081°07.5'E42°08.0'S082°55.1'E41°45.3'S082°00.2'E 1.036 26° 262° 136 km 02m12.1s
11:2640°36.0'S083°37.6'E41°17.4'S085°32.4'E40°57.2'S084°33.9'E 1.035 24° 260° 133 km 02m07.3s
11:2839°43.0'S086°22.0'E40°18.2'S088°25.9'E40°01.2'S087°22.6'E 1.035 21° 258° 131 km 02m02.1s
11:3038°39.8'S089°26.7'E39°06.9'S091°43.1'E38°54.2'S090°33.3'E 1.034 18° 255° 128 km 01m56.3s
11:3237°21.3'S093°03.5'E37°36.0'S095°40.8'E37°29.9'S094°19.8'E 1.032 15° 253° 125 km 01m49.6s
11:3435°34.2'S097°42.9'E35°22.1'S101°11.1'E35°31.1'S099°21.2'E 1.031 10° 249° 120 km 01m41.1s
Limits30°47.4'S109°18.2'E31°35.7'S109°58.6'E31°11.5'S109°38.3'E 1.028 - 108 km 01m25.0s

ΔT = 14066.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:53:57.509:59:31.143°00.1'S036°02.5'W 68.9° 16.5° 161.1 km03m31.11s
Greatest Duration13:56:42.310:02:15.843°25.8'S024°03.2'E 68.9° 11.1° 160.9 km03m31.19s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0306 Dec 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0306 Dec 08 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 14066.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 361.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.51°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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