Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0251 Dec 30

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0251 Dec 30 . 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 0251 Dec 30
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits20°19.1'S094°15.5'E20°41.7'S093°57.8'E20°30.4'S094°06.7'E 1.012 - 51 km 00m38.7s
23:1423°57.0'S102°15.1'E23°33.8'S100°08.9'E23°46.9'S101°14.5'E 1.015 112° 61 km 00m48.1s
23:1626°13.5'S106°58.3'E26°11.0'S105°29.3'E26°12.7'S106°14.3'E 1.016 13° 110° 67 km 00m55.7s
23:1827°51.1'S110°15.5'E27°56.4'S108°57.3'E27°54.0'S109°36.8'E 1.017 17° 108° 72 km 01m01.1s
23:2029°11.4'S112°55.7'E29°21.5'S111°42.9'E29°16.7'S112°19.5'E 1.018 20° 106° 75 km 01m05.7s
23:2230°21.1'S115°13.9'E30°34.9'S114°04.6'E30°28.2'S114°39.5'E 1.019 23° 105° 78 km 01m09.8s
23:2431°23.5'S117°17.5'E31°40.2'S116°10.6'E31°32.1'S116°44.2'E 1.020 25° 103° 81 km 01m13.5s
23:2632°20.3'S119°10.4'E32°39.6'S118°05.3'E32°30.2'S118°38.1'E 1.020 27° 102° 83 km 01m16.9s
23:2833°12.8'S120°55.3'E33°34.3'S119°51.6'E33°23.7'S120°23.6'E 1.021 29° 100° 85 km 01m20.1s
23:3034°01.6'S122°33.7'E34°25.1'S121°31.3'E34°13.5'S122°02.7'E 1.022 31° 99° 87 km 01m23.2s
23:3234°47.4'S124°07.1'E35°12.8'S123°05.8'E35°00.2'S123°36.6'E 1.022 33° 97° 88 km 01m26.1s
23:3435°30.5'S125°36.2'E35°57.6'S124°35.9'E35°44.2'S125°06.2'E 1.022 35° 96° 90 km 01m28.8s
23:3636°11.3'S127°01.7'E36°40.0'S126°02.4'E36°25.8'S126°32.3'E 1.023 36° 94° 91 km 01m31.4s
23:3836°50.0'S128°24.4'E37°20.3'S127°25.9'E37°05.3'S127°55.3'E 1.023 38° 92° 92 km 01m34.0s
23:4037°26.9'S129°44.4'E37°58.6'S128°46.9'E37°42.9'S129°15.8'E 1.024 39° 91° 93 km 01m36.4s
23:4238°02.0'S131°02.4'E38°35.1'S130°05.7'E38°18.7'S130°34.2'E 1.024 41° 89° 94 km 01m38.7s
23:4438°35.6'S132°18.4'E39°10.0'S131°22.6'E38°52.9'S131°50.7'E 1.024 42° 88° 95 km 01m41.0s
23:4639°07.7'S133°32.9'E39°43.4'S132°38.0'E39°25.6'S133°05.6'E 1.024 43° 86° 96 km 01m43.2s
23:4839°38.4'S134°45.9'E40°15.3'S133°51.9'E39°57.0'S134°19.1'E 1.025 45° 84° 97 km 01m45.2s
23:5040°07.8'S135°57.8'E40°45.9'S135°04.7'E40°27.0'S135°31.5'E 1.025 46° 82° 98 km 01m47.3s
23:5240°36.0'S137°08.6'E41°15.3'S136°16.5'E40°55.8'S136°42.7'E 1.025 47° 81° 98 km 01m49.2s
23:5441°03.1'S138°18.4'E41°43.4'S137°27.4'E41°23.3'S137°53.1'E 1.025 48° 79° 99 km 01m51.1s
23:5641°29.0'S139°27.5'E42°10.4'S138°37.6'E41°49.8'S139°02.8'E 1.026 49° 77° 99 km 01m52.8s
23:5841°53.9'S140°35.9'E42°36.3'S139°47.1'E42°15.2'S140°11.7'E 1.026 51° 75° 100 km 01m54.6s
00:0042°17.7'S141°43.7'E43°01.1'S140°56.1'E42°39.5'S141°20.1'E 1.026 52° 73° 101 km 01m56.2s
00:0242°40.5'S142°51.0'E43°24.9'S142°04.6'E43°02.8'S142°28.0'E 1.026 53° 71° 101 km 01m57.8s
00:0443°02.4'S143°57.9'E43°47.7'S143°12.7'E43°25.1'S143°35.5'E 1.026 54° 69° 101 km 01m59.3s
00:0643°23.3'S145°04.4'E44°09.5'S144°20.5'E43°46.5'S144°42.7'E 1.027 55° 67° 102 km 02m00.8s
00:0843°43.3'S146°10.6'E44°30.3'S145°28.1'E44°06.9'S145°49.6'E 1.027 55° 64° 102 km 02m02.2s
00:1044°02.5'S147°16.6'E44°50.3'S146°35.4'E44°26.4'S146°56.2'E 1.027 56° 62° 103 km 02m03.5s
00:1244°20.7'S148°22.4'E45°09.3'S147°42.7'E44°45.1'S148°02.7'E 1.027 57° 60° 103 km 02m04.7s
00:1444°38.1'S149°28.0'E45°27.4'S148°49.8'E45°02.8'S149°09.0'E 1.027 58° 57° 103 km 02m05.9s
00:1644°54.6'S150°33.4'E45°44.6'S149°56.8'E45°19.7'S150°15.3'E 1.027 59° 55° 103 km 02m07.0s
00:1845°10.3'S151°38.8'E46°01.0'S151°03.8'E45°35.7'S151°21.5'E 1.027 60° 52° 104 km 02m08.1s
00:2045°25.1'S152°44.2'E46°16.5'S152°10.8'E45°50.9'S152°27.6'E 1.028 60° 49° 104 km 02m09.0s
00:2245°39.1'S153°49.5'E46°31.1'S153°17.8'E46°05.2'S153°33.8'E 1.028 61° 46° 104 km 02m10.0s
00:2445°52.4'S154°54.8'E46°44.9'S154°24.8'E46°18.7'S154°39.9'E 1.028 62° 44° 104 km 02m10.8s
00:2646°04.8'S156°00.1'E46°57.9'S155°31.9'E46°31.4'S155°46.1'E 1.028 62° 41° 104 km 02m11.6s
00:2846°16.4'S157°05.4'E47°10.0'S156°39.1'E46°43.2'S156°52.4'E 1.028 63° 38° 105 km 02m12.3s
00:3046°27.2'S158°10.9'E47°21.3'S157°46.4'E46°54.2'S157°58.8'E 1.028 63° 35° 105 km 02m12.9s
00:3246°37.2'S159°16.4'E47°31.7'S158°53.8'E47°04.5'S159°05.2'E 1.028 64° 31° 105 km 02m13.5s
00:3446°46.4'S160°21.9'E47°41.3'S160°01.4'E47°13.9'S160°11.8'E 1.028 64° 28° 105 km 02m14.0s
00:3646°54.9'S161°27.6'E47°50.1'S161°09.0'E47°22.5'S161°18.4'E 1.028 64° 25° 105 km 02m14.4s
00:3847°02.5'S162°33.4'E47°58.0'S162°16.8'E47°30.3'S162°25.2'E 1.028 65° 21° 105 km 02m14.8s
00:4047°09.4'S163°39.3'E48°05.2'S163°24.8'E47°37.3'S163°32.1'E 1.028 65° 18° 105 km 02m15.1s
00:4247°15.5'S164°45.3'E48°11.5'S164°32.9'E47°43.5'S164°39.2'E 1.028 65° 14° 105 km 02m15.3s
00:4447°20.8'S165°51.5'E48°16.9'S165°41.2'E47°48.9'S165°46.4'E 1.028 65° 11° 105 km 02m15.5s
00:4647°25.3'S166°57.8'E48°21.6'S166°49.6'E47°53.4'S166°53.7'E 1.028 65° 105 km 02m15.6s
00:4847°29.0'S168°04.2'E48°25.4'S167°58.2'E47°57.2'S168°01.2'E 1.028 65° 105 km 02m15.6s
00:5047°31.9'S169°10.8'E48°28.4'S169°06.9'E48°00.1'S169°08.9'E 1.028 65° 105 km 02m15.5s
00:5247°34.0'S170°17.6'E48°30.5'S170°15.8'E48°02.3'S170°16.7'E 1.028 65° 356° 105 km 02m15.4s
00:5447°35.3'S171°24.5'E48°31.8'S171°24.9'E48°03.6'S171°24.7'E 1.028 65° 353° 105 km 02m15.2s
00:5647°35.9'S172°31.6'E48°32.2'S172°34.2'E48°04.1'S172°32.8'E 1.028 65° 349° 105 km 02m14.9s
00:5847°35.6'S173°38.8'E48°31.9'S173°43.6'E48°03.7'S173°41.1'E 1.028 65° 346° 104 km 02m14.6s
01:0047°34.5'S174°46.2'E48°30.6'S174°53.2'E48°02.6'S174°49.6'E 1.028 65° 342° 104 km 02m14.2s
01:0247°32.6'S175°53.8'E48°28.5'S176°02.9'E48°00.6'S175°58.2'E 1.028 64° 339° 104 km 02m13.7s
01:0447°29.9'S177°01.5'E48°25.5'S177°12.8'E47°57.7'S177°07.1'E 1.028 64° 336° 104 km 02m13.2s
01:0647°26.3'S178°09.5'E48°21.7'S178°22.9'E47°54.0'S178°16.1'E 1.028 63° 332° 104 km 02m12.6s
01:0847°22.0'S179°17.6'E48°17.0'S179°33.2'E47°49.5'S179°25.3'E 1.028 63° 329° 103 km 02m11.9s
01:1047°16.8'S179°34.0'W48°11.4'S179°16.4'W47°44.1'S179°25.4'W 1.028 62° 326° 103 km 02m11.2s
01:1247°10.7'S178°25.5'W48°04.9'S178°05.8'W47°37.8'S178°15.8'W 1.028 62° 323° 103 km 02m10.3s
01:1447°03.8'S177°16.7'W47°57.6'S176°55.0'W47°30.7'S177°06.0'W 1.027 61° 320° 103 km 02m09.5s
01:1646°56.0'S176°07.7'W47°49.3'S175°43.9'W47°22.7'S175°56.0'W 1.027 61° 317° 102 km 02m08.5s
01:1846°47.4'S174°58.4'W47°40.1'S174°32.7'W47°13.8'S174°45.7'W 1.027 60° 314° 102 km 02m07.5s
01:2046°37.8'S173°48.9'W47°30.0'S173°21.2'W47°03.9'S173°35.2'W 1.027 59° 312° 102 km 02m06.4s
01:2246°27.4'S172°39.0'W47°18.9'S172°09.5'W46°53.2'S172°24.5'W 1.027 58° 309° 101 km 02m05.2s
01:2446°16.0'S171°28.9'W47°06.9'S170°57.5'W46°41.5'S171°13.4'W 1.027 58° 306° 101 km 02m04.0s
01:2646°03.8'S170°18.4'W46°53.9'S169°45.2'W46°28.9'S170°02.0'W 1.027 57° 304° 101 km 02m02.7s
01:2845°50.5'S169°07.5'W46°39.9'S168°32.6'W46°15.3'S168°50.3'W 1.026 56° 301° 100 km 02m01.4s
01:3045°36.3'S167°56.3'W46°24.9'S167°19.6'W46°00.7'S167°38.2'W 1.026 55° 299° 100 km 01m59.9s
01:3245°21.2'S166°44.6'W46°08.9'S166°06.2'W45°45.1'S166°25.6'W 1.026 54° 297° 99 km 01m58.5s
01:3445°05.0'S165°32.3'W45°51.8'S164°52.4'W45°28.4'S165°12.6'W 1.026 53° 294° 99 km 01m56.9s
01:3644°47.7'S164°19.6'W45°33.6'S163°38.0'W45°10.8'S163°59.0'W 1.026 52° 292° 98 km 01m55.3s
01:3844°29.4'S163°06.2'W45°14.4'S162°23.1'W44°52.0'S162°44.9'W 1.025 51° 290° 98 km 01m53.6s
01:4044°10.0'S161°52.1'W44°53.9'S161°07.6'W44°32.1'S161°30.1'W 1.025 50° 288° 97 km 01m51.8s
01:4243°49.5'S160°37.3'W44°32.3'S159°51.4'W44°11.0'S160°14.6'W 1.025 49° 286° 96 km 01m50.0s
01:4443°27.8'S159°21.6'W44°09.5'S158°34.3'W43°48.7'S158°58.2'W 1.025 48° 284° 96 km 01m48.1s
01:4643°04.8'S158°04.9'W43°45.4'S157°16.4'W43°25.2'S157°40.9'W 1.025 47° 282° 95 km 01m46.1s
01:4842°40.5'S156°47.2'W43°19.9'S155°57.4'W43°00.3'S156°22.5'W 1.024 45° 280° 94 km 01m44.1s
01:5042°14.9'S155°28.2'W42°53.1'S154°37.2'W42°34.1'S155°03.0'W 1.024 44° 278° 93 km 01m41.9s
01:5241°47.9'S154°07.9'W42°24.7'S153°15.7'W42°06.4'S153°42.0'W 1.024 43° 276° 92 km 01m39.7s
01:5441°19.3'S152°46.0'W41°54.8'S151°52.6'W41°37.1'S152°19.5'W 1.023 41° 274° 91 km 01m37.5s
01:5640°49.1'S151°22.2'W41°23.1'S150°27.8'W41°06.2'S150°55.2'W 1.023 40° 273° 90 km 01m35.1s
01:5840°17.1'S149°56.4'W40°49.6'S149°00.8'W40°33.5'S149°28.9'W 1.023 39° 271° 89 km 01m32.7s
02:0039°43.2'S148°28.2'W40°14.2'S147°31.5'W39°58.8'S148°00.1'W 1.022 37° 269° 88 km 01m30.1s
02:0239°07.2'S146°57.2'W39°36.6'S145°59.4'W39°22.0'S146°28.5'W 1.022 36° 267° 87 km 01m27.5s
02:0438°28.9'S145°22.8'W38°56.5'S144°24.0'W38°42.9'S144°53.6'W 1.021 34° 266° 85 km 01m24.7s
02:0637°48.0'S143°44.6'W38°13.7'S142°44.6'W38°01.0'S143°14.8'W 1.021 32° 264° 84 km 01m21.8s
02:0837°04.1'S142°01.6'W37°27.8'S141°00.3'W37°16.1'S141°31.2'W 1.020 30° 262° 82 km 01m18.8s
02:1036°16.7'S140°12.8'W36°38.2'S139°10.2'W36°27.6'S139°41.7'W 1.020 28° 261° 80 km 01m15.6s
02:1235°25.2'S138°16.8'W35°44.2'S137°12.5'W35°34.9'S137°44.9'W 1.019 26° 259° 78 km 01m12.3s
02:1434°28.6'S136°11.4'W34°44.8'S135°05.1'W34°36.9'S135°38.4'W 1.019 24° 257° 76 km 01m08.7s
02:1633°25.4'S133°53.4'W33°38.3'S132°44.4'W33°32.1'S133°19.1'W 1.018 21° 255° 73 km 01m04.8s
02:1832°13.3'S131°17.5'W32°21.9'S130°04.4'W32°17.9'S130°41.2'W 1.017 19° 254° 70 km 01m00.4s
02:2030°47.5'S128°13.3'W30°50.2'S126°53.3'W30°49.2'S127°33.7'W 1.016 15° 252° 66 km 00m55.5s
02:2228°56.7'S124°15.3'W28°48.6'S122°39.1'W28°53.3'S123°28.0'W 1.015 11° 249° 60 km 00m49.3s
02:2425°36.7'S116°57.7'W - - 24°46.2'S114°31.3'W 1.012 245° 49 km 00m37.2s
Limits23°58.9'S113°16.9'W24°19.7'S113°00.0'W24°09.3'S113°08.5'W 1.011 - 47 km 00m35.7s

ΔT = 8098.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:03:29.100:48:31.247°58.0'S134°28.7'E 65.4° 2.7° 104.8 km02m15.57s
Greatest Duration03:02:26.600:47:28.647°56.3'S167°43.5'E 65.4° 4.6° 104.9 km02m15.57s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0251 Dec 30 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 8098.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 196.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.82°.

Acknowledgments

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

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