Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1246 Dec 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1246 Dec 20 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1246 Dec 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits47°32.6'N008°15.2'W45°20.4'N009°33.5'W46°25.8'N008°55.9'W 0.950 - 257 km 03m47.8s
08:26 - - 39°36.3'N002°17.6'E42°17.8'N000°32.6'W 0.952 131° 246 km 03m54.2s
08:2843°09.1'N000°27.4'E38°13.5'N005°07.9'E40°22.5'N003°19.2'E 0.953 11° 134° 241 km 03m57.8s
08:3041°14.9'N004°12.6'E37°07.8'N007°24.0'E39°01.2'N006°03.6'E 0.954 14° 137° 238 km 04m00.7s
08:3239°54.0'N006°53.5'E36°12.7'N009°19.7'E37°56.5'N008°16.1'E 0.954 16° 138° 236 km 04m03.2s
08:3438°49.5'N009°03.7'E35°25.1'N011°01.4'E37°02.0'N010°09.2'E 0.955 18° 140° 235 km 04m05.5s
08:3637°55.4'N010°55.0'E34°43.0'N012°32.8'E36°14.9'N011°48.8'E 0.955 20° 142° 234 km 04m07.6s
08:3837°08.5'N012°33.2'E34°05.4'N013°56.3'E35°33.3'N013°18.6'E 0.956 21° 143° 233 km 04m09.6s
08:4036°27.2'N014°01.8'E33°31.4'N015°13.5'E34°56.2'N014°40.8'E 0.956 23° 145° 233 km 04m11.4s
08:4235°50.3'N015°22.9'E33°00.6'N016°25.5'E34°22.6'N015°56.8'E 0.956 24° 146° 233 km 04m13.2s
08:4435°17.0'N016°38.0'E32°32.3'N017°33.2'E33°52.1'N017°07.8'E 0.957 25° 147° 232 km 04m14.9s
08:4634°46.9'N017°48.3'E32°06.4'N018°37.3'E33°24.3'N018°14.7'E 0.957 26° 149° 233 km 04m16.5s
08:4834°19.4'N018°54.5'E31°42.6'N019°38.3'E32°58.8'N019°18.0'E 0.957 27° 150° 233 km 04m18.0s
08:5033°54.3'N019°57.2'E31°20.6'N020°36.5'E32°35.4'N020°18.3'E 0.957 28° 151° 233 km 04m19.5s
08:5233°31.3'N020°57.0'E31°00.3'N021°32.4'E32°13.9'N021°15.9'E 0.957 29° 153° 233 km 04m20.9s
08:5433°10.1'N021°54.2'E30°41.6'N022°26.1'E31°54.0'N022°11.3'E 0.958 30° 154° 234 km 04m22.2s
08:5632°50.7'N022°49.2'E30°24.3'N023°18.1'E31°35.8'N023°04.6'E 0.958 31° 155° 235 km 04m23.5s
08:5832°32.8'N023°42.2'E30°08.3'N024°08.4'E31°18.9'N023°56.2'E 0.958 32° 156° 235 km 04m24.7s
09:0032°16.4'N024°33.4'E29°53.6'N024°57.3'E31°03.4'N024°46.1'E 0.958 32° 158° 236 km 04m25.9s
09:0232°01.4'N025°23.2'E29°40.1'N025°44.8'E30°49.2'N025°34.7'E 0.958 33° 159° 236 km 04m27.0s
09:0431°47.7'N026°11.6'E29°27.7'N026°31.3'E30°36.2'N026°22.1'E 0.958 33° 160° 237 km 04m28.0s
09:0631°35.1'N026°58.8'E29°16.4'N027°16.7'E30°24.3'N027°08.3'E 0.959 34° 162° 238 km 04m29.0s
09:0831°23.7'N027°44.9'E29°06.0'N028°01.1'E30°13.5'N027°53.5'E 0.959 34° 163° 238 km 04m29.9s
09:1031°13.5'N028°30.1'E28°56.7'N028°44.8'E30°03.7'N028°37.9'E 0.959 35° 164° 239 km 04m30.7s
09:1231°04.2'N029°14.4'E28°48.3'N029°27.7'E29°54.9'N029°21.5'E 0.959 35° 165° 240 km 04m31.5s
09:1430°56.0'N029°58.0'E28°40.8'N030°10.0'E29°47.1'N030°04.3'E 0.959 36° 167° 240 km 04m32.3s
09:1630°48.8'N030°40.9'E28°34.2'N030°51.7'E29°40.2'N030°46.6'E 0.959 36° 168° 241 km 04m32.9s
09:1830°42.5'N031°23.3'E28°28.4'N031°32.9'E29°34.2'N031°28.4'E 0.959 36° 169° 242 km 04m33.5s
09:2030°37.1'N032°05.2'E28°23.5'N032°13.7'E29°29.0'N032°09.7'E 0.959 37° 171° 242 km 04m34.1s
09:2230°32.7'N032°46.7'E28°19.4'N032°54.1'E29°24.8'N032°50.6'E 0.959 37° 172° 243 km 04m34.5s
09:2430°29.1'N033°27.8'E28°16.2'N033°34.2'E29°21.4'N033°31.2'E 0.959 37° 173° 243 km 04m34.9s
09:2630°26.4'N034°08.7'E28°13.7'N034°14.0'E29°18.8'N034°11.5'E 0.959 37° 175° 243 km 04m35.3s
09:2830°24.6'N034°49.3'E28°12.0'N034°53.7'E29°17.0'N034°51.6'E 0.959 37° 176° 244 km 04m35.6s
09:3030°23.6'N035°29.8'E28°11.1'N035°33.2'E29°16.1'N035°31.6'E 0.959 37° 177° 244 km 04m35.8s
09:3230°23.5'N036°10.2'E28°11.0'N036°12.7'E29°16.0'N036°11.5'E 0.959 37° 179° 244 km 04m35.9s
09:3430°24.2'N036°50.6'E28°11.7'N036°52.1'E29°16.7'N036°51.4'E 0.959 37° 180° 244 km 04m36.0s
09:3630°25.8'N037°31.0'E28°13.2'N037°31.6'E29°18.2'N037°31.3'E 0.959 37° 181° 244 km 04m36.0s
09:3830°28.2'N038°11.5'E28°15.4'N038°11.1'E29°20.6'N038°11.3'E 0.959 37° 183° 244 km 04m36.0s
09:4030°31.5'N038°52.2'E28°18.4'N038°50.8'E29°23.7'N038°51.4'E 0.959 37° 184° 243 km 04m35.8s
09:4230°35.6'N039°33.0'E28°22.3'N039°30.7'E29°27.7'N039°31.7'E 0.959 37° 186° 243 km 04m35.7s
09:4430°40.7'N040°14.2'E28°26.9'N040°10.8'E29°32.5'N040°12.3'E 0.959 37° 187° 243 km 04m35.4s
09:4630°46.6'N040°55.7'E28°32.4'N040°51.2'E29°38.2'N040°53.3'E 0.959 37° 188° 242 km 04m35.1s
09:4830°53.4'N041°37.6'E28°38.6'N041°32.0'E29°44.7'N041°34.6'E 0.959 36° 190° 242 km 04m34.7s
09:5031°01.2'N042°20.0'E28°45.8'N042°13.2'E29°52.2'N042°16.3'E 0.959 36° 191° 241 km 04m34.3s
09:5231°10.0'N043°03.0'E28°53.8'N042°54.9'E30°00.5'N042°58.6'E 0.959 36° 192° 241 km 04m33.8s
09:5431°19.7'N043°46.6'E29°02.7'N043°37.2'E30°09.8'N043°41.6'E 0.959 35° 193° 240 km 04m33.2s
09:5631°30.4'N044°31.0'E29°12.5'N044°20.1'E30°20.1'N044°25.2'E 0.958 35° 195° 240 km 04m32.5s
09:5831°42.3'N045°16.2'E29°23.2'N045°03.8'E30°31.3'N045°09.6'E 0.958 34° 196° 239 km 04m31.8s
10:0031°55.2'N046°02.4'E29°35.0'N045°48.3'E30°43.6'N045°54.9'E 0.958 34° 197° 239 km 04m31.1s
10:0232°09.3'N046°49.7'E29°47.8'N046°33.8'E30°57.0'N046°41.1'E 0.958 33° 199° 238 km 04m30.3s
10:0432°24.6'N047°38.2'E30°01.6'N047°20.2'E31°11.6'N047°28.6'E 0.958 33° 200° 237 km 04m29.4s
10:0632°41.3'N048°28.0'E30°16.6'N048°07.9'E31°27.3'N048°17.2'E 0.958 32° 201° 237 km 04m28.4s
10:0832°59.3'N049°19.4'E30°32.8'N048°56.8'E31°44.4'N049°07.3'E 0.958 31° 203° 236 km 04m27.4s
10:1033°18.8'N050°12.6'E30°50.3'N049°47.3'E32°02.8'N049°59.0'E 0.957 31° 204° 236 km 04m26.3s
10:1233°40.0'N051°07.8'E31°09.1'N050°39.3'E32°22.7'N050°52.5'E 0.957 30° 205° 236 km 04m25.2s
10:1434°02.9'N052°05.2'E31°29.4'N051°33.3'E32°44.2'N051°48.0'E 0.957 29° 206° 235 km 04m24.0s
10:1634°27.7'N053°05.3'E31°51.3'N052°29.3'E33°07.4'N052°45.9'E 0.957 28° 208° 235 km 04m22.7s
10:1834°54.7'N054°08.4'E32°14.9'N053°27.7'E33°32.6'N053°46.5'E 0.956 27° 209° 235 km 04m21.3s
10:2035°24.2'N055°15.0'E32°40.4'N054°28.9'E33°59.9'N054°50.1'E 0.956 26° 210° 235 km 04m19.9s
10:2235°56.4'N056°25.9'E33°08.0'N055°33.3'E34°29.6'N055°57.4'E 0.956 25° 212° 235 km 04m18.4s
10:2436°31.8'N057°41.7'E33°38.1'N056°41.4'E35°02.0'N057°09.0'E 0.956 24° 213° 235 km 04m16.8s
10:2637°11.0'N059°03.7'E34°10.8'N057°54.0'E35°37.6'N058°25.6'E 0.955 23° 214° 235 km 04m15.2s
10:2837°54.8'N060°33.5'E34°46.8'N059°11.8'E36°17.0'N059°48.6'E 0.955 21° 216° 236 km 04m13.4s
10:3038°44.5'N062°13.3'E35°26.5'N060°36.0'E37°01.0'N061°19.5'E 0.954 20° 217° 237 km 04m11.5s
10:3239°42.0'N064°06.9'E36°10.8'N062°08.5'E37°50.8'N063°00.7'E 0.954 18° 219° 238 km 04m09.4s
10:3440°50.6'N066°20.7'E37°01.0'N063°51.6'E38°48.3'N064°55.9'E 0.953 16° 221° 240 km 04m07.2s
10:3642°17.3'N069°08.2'E37°59.0'N065°49.3'E39°56.9'N067°11.8'E 0.953 14° 223° 242 km 04m04.7s
10:3844°23.1'N073°10.4'E39°08.3'N068°08.6'E41°23.5'N070°02.2'E 0.952 11° 225° 245 km 04m01.8s
10:40 - - 40°36.2'N071°04.6'E43°29.5'N074°10.0'E 0.951 228° 251 km 03m58.0s
Limits48°30.2'N081°13.4'E46°16.9'N082°38.2'E47°22.9'N081°57.6'E 0.949 - 262 km 03m52.0s

ΔT = 29879.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:50:52.509:32:52.729°16.2'N088°21.4'W 37.4° 179.4° 243.8 km04m35.95s
Greatest Duration17:53:25.809:35:25.929°17.7'N037°20.0'E 37.4° 181.1° 243.8 km04m36.01s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1246 Dec 20

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
  • Solar Eclipses - primary page for solar eclipse predictions
  • Solar Eclipse Links - detailed directory of links

Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1246 Dec 20 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 29879.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1176.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.92°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.