Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0995 Dec 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0995 Dec 06 . 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 -0995 Dec 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits64°38.6'N164°45.2'E64°16.5'N163°37.4'E64°27.6'N164°10.8'E 1.011 - 68 km 00m45.5s
22:42 - - 59°22.9'N170°13.5'E61°10.3'N168°41.3'E 1.013 153° 74 km 00m51.9s
22:4458°20.8'N173°10.7'E56°04.8'N174°23.5'E57°10.0'N173°50.9'E 1.014 158° 82 km 01m00.3s
22:4655°43.7'N176°27.8'E53°51.8'N177°06.3'E54°46.5'N176°48.6'E 1.015 12° 161° 86 km 01m05.8s
22:4853°46.5'N178°52.0'E52°05.9'N179°13.9'E52°55.5'N179°03.8'E 1.016 14° 163° 90 km 01m10.2s
22:5052°09.8'N179°10.3'W50°36.1'N178°58.6'W51°22.4'N179°03.9'W 1.016 16° 165° 94 km 01m13.9s
22:5250°46.4'N177°29.1'W49°17.3'N177°24.5'W50°01.4'N177°26.3'W 1.017 17° 167° 97 km 01m17.3s
22:5449°32.3'N175°59.1'W48°06.6'N175°59.9'W48°49.1'N175°59.2'W 1.017 19° 169° 100 km 01m20.3s
22:5648°25.4'N174°37.5'W47°02.3'N174°42.4'W47°43.6'N174°39.7'W 1.018 20° 171° 102 km 01m23.0s
22:5847°24.3'N173°22.2'W46°03.2'N173°30.7'W46°43.5'N173°26.3'W 1.018 21° 172° 105 km 01m25.6s
23:0046°27.8'N172°12.1'W45°08.4'N172°23.4'W45°47.9'N172°17.6'W 1.018 22° 174° 108 km 01m27.9s
23:0245°35.4'N171°06.0'W44°17.3'N171°19.8'W44°56.2'N171°12.8'W 1.019 23° 176° 110 km 01m30.1s
23:0444°46.5'N170°03.4'W43°29.5'N170°19.3'W44°07.8'N170°11.3'W 1.019 24° 177° 112 km 01m32.1s
23:0644°00.5'N169°03.5'W42°44.5'N169°21.4'W43°22.4'N169°12.4'W 1.019 25° 179° 115 km 01m33.9s
23:0843°17.3'N168°06.0'W42°02.0'N168°25.6'W42°39.5'N168°15.7'W 1.019 26° 180° 117 km 01m35.6s
23:1042°36.5'N167°10.5'W41°21.9'N167°31.6'W41°59.1'N167°21.0'W 1.020 26° 181° 119 km 01m37.2s
23:1241°58.0'N166°16.7'W40°43.9'N166°39.2'W41°20.8'N166°27.9'W 1.020 27° 183° 121 km 01m38.7s
23:1441°21.4'N165°24.3'W40°07.9'N165°48.1'W40°44.5'N165°36.2'W 1.020 28° 184° 123 km 01m40.0s
23:1640°46.8'N164°33.1'W39°33.7'N164°58.1'W40°10.1'N164°45.6'W 1.020 28° 186° 125 km 01m41.2s
23:1840°13.9'N163°42.8'W39°01.1'N164°09.0'W39°37.4'N163°55.9'W 1.020 28° 187° 127 km 01m42.3s
23:2039°42.6'N162°53.5'W38°30.2'N163°20.7'W39°06.3'N163°07.1'W 1.020 29° 189° 129 km 01m43.2s
23:2239°12.9'N162°04.8'W38°00.8'N162°33.0'W38°36.8'N162°18.9'W 1.020 29° 190° 130 km 01m44.1s
23:2438°44.7'N161°16.6'W37°32.9'N161°45.8'W38°08.7'N161°31.2'W 1.020 29° 191° 132 km 01m44.8s
23:2638°18.0'N160°28.8'W37°06.4'N160°58.9'W37°42.1'N160°43.9'W 1.021 30° 193° 134 km 01m45.4s
23:2837°52.6'N159°41.3'W36°41.2'N160°12.4'W37°16.8'N159°56.9'W 1.021 30° 194° 135 km 01m45.9s
23:3037°28.5'N158°54.0'W36°17.3'N159°25.9'W36°52.8'N159°10.0'W 1.021 30° 196° 137 km 01m46.3s
23:3237°05.7'N158°06.7'W35°54.7'N158°39.5'W36°30.1'N158°23.2'W 1.021 30° 197° 138 km 01m46.6s
23:3436°44.2'N157°19.3'W35°33.3'N157°53.0'W36°08.7'N157°36.2'W 1.021 30° 198° 139 km 01m46.7s
23:3636°24.0'N156°31.8'W35°13.1'N157°06.3'W35°48.5'N156°49.2'W 1.021 30° 200° 140 km 01m46.8s
23:3836°04.9'N155°44.0'W34°54.2'N156°19.4'W35°29.5'N156°01.8'W 1.021 30° 201° 141 km 01m46.7s
23:4035°47.1'N154°55.8'W34°36.5'N155°32.1'W35°11.8'N155°14.0'W 1.021 30° 203° 141 km 01m46.5s
23:4235°30.5'N154°07.1'W34°20.0'N154°44.2'W34°55.2'N154°25.8'W 1.021 30° 204° 142 km 01m46.2s
23:4435°15.2'N153°17.8'W34°04.7'N153°55.8'W34°39.9'N153°36.9'W 1.021 29° 205° 142 km 01m45.8s
23:4635°01.1'N152°27.7'W33°50.6'N153°06.7'W34°25.8'N152°47.4'W 1.021 29° 207° 142 km 01m45.2s
23:4834°48.2'N151°36.7'W33°37.8'N152°16.7'W34°12.9'N151°56.9'W 1.020 29° 208° 142 km 01m44.5s
23:5034°36.6'N150°44.8'W33°26.2'N151°25.8'W34°01.4'N151°05.5'W 1.020 28° 209° 141 km 01m43.7s
23:5234°26.3'N149°51.6'W33°15.9'N150°33.7'W33°51.1'N150°12.8'W 1.020 28° 211° 140 km 01m42.8s
23:5434°17.5'N148°57.0'W33°07.0'N149°40.3'W33°42.2'N149°18.9'W 1.020 28° 212° 139 km 01m41.7s
23:5634°10.0'N148°00.9'W32°59.5'N148°45.5'W33°34.7'N148°23.4'W 1.020 27° 213° 138 km 01m40.6s
23:5834°04.1'N147°03.0'W32°53.5'N147°48.9'W33°28.8'N147°26.2'W 1.020 26° 215° 137 km 01m39.2s
00:0033°59.7'N146°03.0'W32°49.1'N146°50.4'W33°24.4'N146°27.0'W 1.020 26° 216° 135 km 01m37.8s
00:0233°57.1'N145°00.6'W32°46.3'N145°49.7'W33°21.7'N145°25.4'W 1.019 25° 217° 133 km 01m36.2s
00:0433°56.3'N143°55.4'W32°45.3'N144°46.4'W33°20.8'N144°21.2'W 1.019 24° 219° 131 km 01m34.4s
00:0633°57.6'N142°47.0'W32°46.3'N143°40.1'W33°21.9'N143°13.9'W 1.019 23° 220° 128 km 01m32.5s
00:0834°01.2'N141°34.8'W32°49.5'N142°30.4'W33°25.3'N142°03.0'W 1.019 22° 222° 125 km 01m30.3s
00:1034°07.3'N140°17.9'W32°55.1'N141°16.4'W33°31.2'N140°47.6'W 1.018 21° 223° 122 km 01m28.0s
00:1234°16.5'N138°55.5'W33°03.6'N139°57.5'W33°40.0'N139°27.0'W 1.018 20° 224° 119 km 01m25.5s
00:1434°29.2'N137°26.2'W33°15.4'N138°32.5'W33°52.2'N137°59.9'W 1.018 19° 226° 115 km 01m22.8s
00:1634°46.4'N135°48.0'W33°31.1'N136°59.7'W34°08.6'N136°24.6'W 1.017 17° 227° 111 km 01m19.8s
00:1835°09.2'N133°57.8'W33°51.9'N135°16.9'W34°30.3'N134°38.3'W 1.017 16° 229° 107 km 01m16.4s
00:2035°39.8'N131°50.5'W34°19.3'N133°20.3'W34°59.2'N132°36.6'W 1.016 14° 231° 102 km 01m12.6s
00:2236°22.6'N129°16.0'W34°56.2'N131°03.0'W35°38.9'N130°11.5'W 1.016 12° 232° 96 km 01m08.1s
00:2437°28.8'N125°47.4'W35°49.2'N128°10.2'W36°37.5'N127°03.3'W 1.015 235° 89 km 01m02.6s
00:26 - - 37°20.3'N123°50.8'W38°33.6'N121°41.5'W 1.013 238° 78 km 00m53.8s
Limits40°35.7'N117°34.0'W39°56.9'N117°22.5'W40°16.2'N117°28.2'W 1.012 - 71 km 00m47.5s

ΔT = 25182.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:33:33.523:33:50.636°10.4'N097°07.1'E 30.0° 198.4° 138.8 km01m46.73s
Greatest Duration06:35:22.823:35:39.935°51.8'N156°57.1'W 30.0° 199.6° 139.7 km01m46.77s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0995 Dec 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0995 Dec 06 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 25182.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 619.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.59°.

Acknowledgments

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

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