Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0986 Dec 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0986 Dec 26 . 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 -0986 Dec 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°21.2'N018°12.1'W23°39.9'N018°27.0'W24°00.5'N018°19.5'W 1.022 - 80 km 01m19.1s
08:0420°52.2'N010°30.0'W19°24.7'N009°18.0'W20°07.4'N009°51.3'W 1.025 120° 90 km 01m36.0s
08:0618°50.2'N006°03.5'W17°33.9'N005°22.6'W18°11.7'N005°41.9'W 1.026 14° 121° 95 km 01m45.8s
08:0817°26.8'N003°01.0'W16°14.0'N002°32.0'W16°50.1'N002°45.7'W 1.027 17° 122° 99 km 01m53.5s
08:1016°20.9'N000°35.3'W15°09.4'N000°13.0'W15°45.0'N000°23.6'W 1.028 20° 123° 102 km 02m00.1s
08:1215°25.6'N001°28.4'E14°14.7'N001°46.2'E14°50.0'N001°37.8'E 1.029 23° 124° 105 km 02m06.1s
08:1414°37.6'N003°17.1'E13°27.0'N003°31.8'E14°02.2'N003°25.0'E 1.030 25° 125° 108 km 02m11.6s
08:1613°55.3'N004°55.0'E12°44.5'N005°07.3'E13°19.8'N005°01.5'E 1.030 27° 126° 110 km 02m16.8s
08:1813°17.3'N006°24.3'E12°06.4'N006°34.8'E12°41.7'N006°30.0'E 1.031 29° 127° 112 km 02m21.7s
08:2012°42.9'N007°47.0'E11°31.7'N007°56.0'E12°07.2'N007°51.8'E 1.031 31° 127° 114 km 02m26.3s
08:2212°11.5'N009°04.1'E11°00.1'N009°11.9'E11°35.7'N009°08.3'E 1.032 33° 128° 116 km 02m30.8s
08:2411°42.8'N010°16.5'E10°31.0'N010°23.4'E11°06.8'N010°20.3'E 1.032 34° 129° 118 km 02m35.1s
08:2611°16.3'N011°25.0'E10°04.1'N011°31.1'E10°40.1'N011°28.4'E 1.033 36° 130° 120 km 02m39.2s
08:2810°51.9'N012°30.2'E09°39.3'N012°35.6'E10°15.5'N012°33.2'E 1.033 37° 131° 122 km 02m43.2s
08:3010°29.3'N013°32.3'E09°16.3'N013°37.2'E09°52.7'N013°35.0'E 1.033 39° 131° 123 km 02m47.0s
08:3210°08.4'N014°31.9'E08°54.9'N014°36.3'E09°31.6'N014°34.4'E 1.034 40° 132° 125 km 02m50.7s
08:3409°48.9'N015°29.1'E08°35.1'N015°33.2'E09°11.9'N015°31.4'E 1.034 41° 133° 126 km 02m54.2s
08:3609°30.9'N016°24.3'E08°16.6'N016°28.1'E08°53.7'N016°26.5'E 1.034 42° 134° 128 km 02m57.7s
08:3809°14.1'N017°17.6'E07°59.5'N017°21.3'E08°36.7'N017°19.7'E 1.035 44° 135° 129 km 03m01.0s
08:4008°58.5'N018°09.3'E07°43.5'N018°12.8'E08°21.0'N018°11.3'E 1.035 45° 136° 131 km 03m04.2s
08:4208°44.1'N018°59.5'E07°28.7'N019°02.9'E08°06.4'N019°01.4'E 1.035 46° 137° 132 km 03m07.3s
08:4408°30.8'N019°48.3'E07°15.0'N019°51.6'E07°52.8'N019°50.1'E 1.035 47° 138° 133 km 03m10.2s
08:4608°18.4'N020°35.8'E07°02.3'N020°39.2'E07°40.3'N020°37.7'E 1.036 48° 139° 134 km 03m13.1s
08:4808°07.0'N021°22.3'E06°50.6'N021°25.6'E07°28.8'N021°24.1'E 1.036 49° 140° 135 km 03m15.8s
08:5007°56.5'N022°07.6'E06°39.8'N022°11.1'E07°18.1'N022°09.5'E 1.036 50° 141° 136 km 03m18.5s
08:5207°46.9'N022°52.1'E06°29.9'N022°55.6'E07°08.4'N022°54.0'E 1.036 51° 142° 138 km 03m21.0s
08:5407°38.2'N023°35.6'E06°20.8'N023°39.3'E06°59.5'N023°37.6'E 1.036 51° 144° 139 km 03m23.4s
08:5607°30.2'N024°18.4'E06°12.6'N024°22.2'E06°51.4'N024°20.4'E 1.036 52° 145° 139 km 03m25.6s
08:5807°23.1'N025°00.4'E06°05.2'N025°04.3'E06°44.1'N025°02.5'E 1.037 53° 146° 140 km 03m27.8s
09:0007°16.6'N025°41.8'E05°58.5'N025°45.9'E06°37.6'N025°44.0'E 1.037 54° 148° 141 km 03m29.8s
09:0207°11.0'N026°22.5'E05°52.6'N026°26.8'E06°31.8'N026°24.8'E 1.037 54° 149° 142 km 03m31.8s
09:0407°06.0'N027°02.7'E05°47.5'N027°07.2'E06°26.7'N027°05.1'E 1.037 55° 151° 143 km 03m33.6s
09:0607°01.7'N027°42.4'E05°43.0'N027°47.1'E06°22.4'N027°44.8'E 1.037 56° 152° 143 km 03m35.3s
09:0806°58.2'N028°21.5'E05°39.3'N028°26.5'E06°18.7'N028°24.1'E 1.037 56° 154° 144 km 03m36.8s
09:1006°55.2'N029°00.3'E05°36.2'N029°05.5'E06°15.7'N029°03.0'E 1.037 57° 155° 145 km 03m38.3s
09:1206°53.0'N029°38.7'E05°33.8'N029°44.1'E06°13.4'N029°41.5'E 1.037 57° 157° 145 km 03m39.6s
09:1406°51.4'N030°16.7'E05°32.1'N030°22.4'E06°11.7'N030°19.6'E 1.038 58° 159° 146 km 03m40.8s
09:1606°50.4'N030°54.4'E05°31.0'N031°00.4'E06°10.6'N030°57.5'E 1.038 58° 161° 146 km 03m41.9s
09:1806°50.0'N031°31.8'E05°30.5'N031°38.1'E06°10.2'N031°35.0'E 1.038 59° 162° 146 km 03m42.8s
09:2006°50.3'N032°09.0'E05°30.7'N032°15.5'E06°10.5'N032°12.3'E 1.038 59° 164° 147 km 03m43.6s
09:2206°51.1'N032°46.0'E05°31.5'N032°52.8'E06°11.3'N032°49.4'E 1.038 59° 166° 147 km 03m44.3s
09:2406°52.6'N033°22.8'E05°33.0'N033°29.8'E06°12.8'N033°26.3'E 1.038 59° 168° 147 km 03m44.9s
09:2606°54.7'N033°59.4'E05°35.1'N034°06.8'E06°14.9'N034°03.1'E 1.038 60° 170° 147 km 03m45.3s
09:2806°57.4'N034°35.9'E05°37.7'N034°43.6'E06°17.5'N034°39.8'E 1.038 60° 172° 147 km 03m45.6s
09:3007°00.6'N035°12.4'E05°41.0'N035°20.3'E06°20.8'N035°16.3'E 1.038 60° 174° 147 km 03m45.8s
09:3207°04.5'N035°48.7'E05°44.9'N035°56.9'E06°24.7'N035°52.8'E 1.038 60° 176° 147 km 03m45.9s
09:3407°09.0'N036°25.1'E05°49.5'N036°33.5'E06°29.2'N036°29.3'E 1.038 60° 178° 147 km 03m45.8s
09:3607°14.0'N037°01.4'E05°54.6'N037°10.1'E06°34.3'N037°05.7'E 1.038 60° 180° 147 km 03m45.6s
09:3807°19.7'N037°37.8'E06°00.4'N037°46.7'E06°40.0'N037°42.2'E 1.038 60° 182° 147 km 03m45.3s
09:4007°26.0'N038°14.2'E06°06.7'N038°23.4'E06°46.3'N038°18.8'E 1.038 59° 184° 147 km 03m44.8s
09:4207°32.8'N038°50.7'E06°13.7'N039°00.2'E06°53.2'N038°55.4'E 1.038 59° 186° 146 km 03m44.2s
09:4407°40.3'N039°27.4'E06°21.3'N039°37.0'E07°00.8'N039°32.2'E 1.038 59° 188° 146 km 03m43.6s
09:4607°48.4'N040°04.2'E06°29.6'N040°14.0'E07°08.9'N040°09.1'E 1.038 59° 190° 146 km 03m42.7s
09:4807°57.1'N040°41.2'E06°38.5'N040°51.2'E07°17.7'N040°46.1'E 1.038 58° 192° 145 km 03m41.8s
09:5008°06.4'N041°18.4'E06°48.0'N041°28.6'E07°27.2'N041°23.4'E 1.038 58° 194° 145 km 03m40.7s
09:5208°16.4'N041°55.8'E06°58.2'N042°06.3'E07°37.2'N042°01.0'E 1.038 57° 195° 144 km 03m39.5s
09:5408°27.0'N042°33.6'E07°09.0'N042°44.2'E07°48.0'N042°38.8'E 1.038 57° 197° 143 km 03m38.2s
09:5608°38.3'N043°11.6'E07°20.5'N043°22.4'E07°59.4'N043°16.9'E 1.037 56° 199° 143 km 03m36.8s
09:5808°50.3'N043°50.1'E07°32.7'N044°01.0'E08°11.5'N043°55.4'E 1.037 56° 201° 142 km 03m35.3s
10:0009°02.9'N044°29.0'E07°45.6'N044°39.9'E08°24.2'N044°34.3'E 1.037 55° 202° 141 km 03m33.6s
10:0209°16.3'N045°08.3'E07°59.2'N045°19.3'E08°37.7'N045°13.7'E 1.037 55° 204° 141 km 03m31.9s
10:0409°30.4'N045°48.1'E08°13.6'N045°59.2'E08°51.9'N045°53.6'E 1.037 54° 205° 140 km 03m30.0s
10:0609°45.2'N046°28.5'E08°28.7'N046°39.7'E09°06.9'N046°34.0'E 1.037 53° 207° 139 km 03m28.0s
10:0810°00.8'N047°09.6'E08°44.6'N047°20.7'E09°22.7'N047°15.0'E 1.037 52° 208° 138 km 03m25.9s
10:1010°17.2'N047°51.3'E09°01.3'N048°02.4'E09°39.2'N047°56.7'E 1.037 52° 209° 137 km 03m23.7s
10:1210°34.5'N048°33.7'E09°18.8'N048°44.8'E09°56.6'N048°39.1'E 1.036 51° 211° 136 km 03m21.3s
10:1410°52.6'N049°17.0'E09°37.3'N049°28.0'E10°14.8'N049°22.3'E 1.036 50° 212° 135 km 03m18.9s
10:1611°11.5'N050°01.2'E09°56.6'N050°12.0'E10°34.0'N050°06.4'E 1.036 49° 213° 134 km 03m16.4s
10:1811°31.5'N050°46.3'E10°16.8'N050°57.0'E10°54.0'N050°51.5'E 1.036 48° 214° 133 km 03m13.7s
10:2011°52.4'N051°32.6'E10°38.0'N051°43.1'E11°15.1'N051°37.6'E 1.036 47° 215° 132 km 03m11.0s
10:2212°14.3'N052°20.0'E11°00.3'N052°30.2'E11°37.2'N052°24.9'E 1.035 46° 217° 131 km 03m08.1s
10:2412°37.3'N053°08.8'E11°23.7'N053°18.7'E12°00.4'N053°13.5'E 1.035 45° 218° 130 km 03m05.1s
10:2613°01.5'N053°59.0'E11°48.2'N054°08.6'E12°24.7'N054°03.6'E 1.035 44° 219° 129 km 03m02.0s
10:2813°26.9'N054°50.9'E12°13.9'N055°00.0'E12°50.3'N054°55.2'E 1.035 43° 220° 127 km 02m58.8s
10:3013°53.7'N055°44.6'E12°41.0'N055°53.2'E13°17.3'N055°48.6'E 1.034 41° 221° 126 km 02m55.5s
10:3214°21.9'N056°40.3'E13°09.5'N056°48.3'E13°45.6'N056°44.0'E 1.034 40° 222° 125 km 02m52.1s
10:3414°51.7'N057°38.2'E13°39.6'N057°45.6'E14°15.5'N057°41.6'E 1.034 39° 223° 123 km 02m48.5s
10:3615°23.1'N058°38.8'E14°11.4'N058°45.3'E14°47.1'N058°41.8'E 1.034 37° 223° 122 km 02m44.9s
10:3815°56.4'N059°42.3'E14°45.0'N059°47.9'E15°20.6'N059°44.8'E 1.033 36° 224° 120 km 02m41.0s
10:4016°31.9'N060°49.1'E15°20.6'N060°53.6'E15°56.1'N060°51.1'E 1.033 34° 225° 119 km 02m37.1s
10:4217°09.7'N061°59.9'E15°58.6'N062°03.1'E16°34.0'N062°01.2'E 1.032 33° 226° 117 km 02m33.0s
10:4417°50.2'N063°15.3'E16°39.3'N063°17.0'E17°14.6'N063°15.8'E 1.032 31° 227° 115 km 02m28.7s
10:4618°33.8'N064°36.1'E17°22.9'N064°36.0'E17°58.2'N064°35.7'E 1.031 29° 228° 113 km 02m24.2s
10:4819°21.1'N066°03.7'E18°10.2'N066°01.4'E18°45.5'N066°02.1'E 1.031 27° 229° 111 km 02m19.4s
10:5020°12.9'N067°39.6'E19°01.8'N067°34.6'E19°37.2'N067°36.6'E 1.030 25° 230° 109 km 02m14.4s
10:5221°10.4'N069°26.4'E19°58.8'N069°17.7'E20°34.4'N069°21.5'E 1.030 23° 231° 107 km 02m09.1s
10:5422°15.3'N071°27.7'E21°02.8'N071°14.2'E21°38.8'N071°20.3'E 1.029 21° 232° 104 km 02m03.3s
10:5623°30.8'N073°50.3'E22°16.6'N073°29.7'E22°53.4'N073°39.2'E 1.028 18° 233° 101 km 01m57.0s
10:5825°03.2'N076°47.5'E23°45.3'N076°15.0'E24°23.8'N076°30.2'E 1.027 14° 235° 98 km 01m49.6s
11:0027°10.2'N080°58.1'E25°42.1'N079°58.1'E26°25.2'N080°25.7'E 1.026 10° 237° 93 km 01m40.4s
Limits31°27.7'N089°58.8'E30°45.8'N090°17.2'E31°06.7'N090°08.0'E 1.023 - 82 km 01m21.6s

ΔT = 25021.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:29:12.809:32:11.806°25.1'N068°36.0'W 59.8° 176.3° 147.3 km03m45.86s
Greatest Duration16:28:54.409:31:53.406°24.5'N035°50.8'E 59.8° 176.0° 147.4 km03m45.86s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0986 Dec 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0986 Dec 26 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 25021.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 616.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.57°.

Acknowledgments

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

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