Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0400 Dec 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0400 Dec 31 . 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 0400 Dec 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits59°10.7'S136°00.5'E62°16.9'S124°53.3'E60°41.3'S131°03.4'E 0.951 - 683 km 02m40.3s
18:0869°05.9'S147°15.2'E - - 65°49.8'S137°18.0'E 0.953 137° 653 km 02m41.1s
18:1070°44.2'S148°21.4'E - - 68°12.6'S139°12.6'E 0.953 135° 633 km 02m41.5s
18:1272°14.2'S149°10.3'E65°12.1'S128°23.2'E70°07.1'S140°17.6'E 0.954 10° 133° 616 km 02m41.8s
18:1473°38.3'S149°44.9'E68°18.6'S130°42.9'E71°46.9'S140°53.0'E 0.954 11° 132° 602 km 02m42.1s
18:1674°57.9'S150°06.2'E70°24.7'S131°26.7'E73°17.4'S141°05.3'E 0.954 13° 131° 589 km 02m42.3s
18:1876°13.9'S150°14.5'E72°08.9'S131°27.0'E74°41.1'S140°56.6'E 0.955 14° 131° 577 km 02m42.6s
18:2077°27.0'S150°08.6'E73°40.3'S130°54.7'E75°59.6'S140°26.8'E 0.955 14° 130° 568 km 02m42.8s
18:2278°37.5'S149°46.7'E75°02.8'S129°52.4'E77°13.8'S139°34.2'E 0.955 15° 130° 559 km 02m42.9s
18:2479°45.8'S149°05.6'E76°18.2'S128°19.4'E78°24.2'S138°15.4'E 0.955 16° 131° 552 km 02m43.1s
18:2680°52.1'S148°00.2'E77°27.5'S126°13.0'E79°31.1'S136°25.1'E 0.955 16° 132° 545 km 02m43.2s
18:2881°56.3'S146°22.9'E78°31.0'S123°28.8'E80°34.4'S133°55.9'E 0.955 17° 134° 540 km 02m43.4s
18:3082°58.5'S144°01.5'E79°28.7'S120°01.3'E81°33.8'S130°37.5'E 0.955 17° 136° 535 km 02m43.5s
18:3283°58.2'S140°36.6'E80°20.0'S115°44.3'E82°28.8'S126°16.0'E 0.956 17° 140° 531 km 02m43.6s
18:3484°54.6'S135°36.7'E81°04.3'S110°32.2'E83°18.2'S120°34.0'E 0.956 18° 144° 528 km 02m43.7s
18:3685°46.1'S128°10.2'E81°40.3'S104°22.1'E84°00.3'S113°13.0'E 0.956 18° 151° 526 km 02m43.8s
18:3886°29.6'S117°00.5'E82°06.7'S097°16.7'E84°32.9'S104°00.3'E 0.956 18° 159° 525 km 02m43.9s
18:4086°59.7'S100°52.9'E82°22.2'S089°27.6'E84°53.1'S093°03.5'E 0.956 18° 169° 524 km 02m44.0s
18:4287°09.3'S080°40.1'E82°26.0'S081°16.1'E84°58.7'S081°05.3'E 0.956 18° 180° 524 km 02m44.0s
18:4486°55.2'S060°57.7'E82°17.7'S073°09.2'E84°48.9'S069°16.8'E 0.956 18° 191° 525 km 02m44.0s
18:4686°21.9'S045°48.4'E81°57.7'S065°32.9'E84°24.9'S058°44.2'E 0.956 18° 201° 526 km 02m44.1s
18:4885°36.2'S035°27.4'E81°27.2'S058°45.4'E83°49.1'S050°00.7'E 0.955 18° 209° 529 km 02m44.1s
18:5084°43.1'S028°33.9'E80°47.4'S052°55.2'E83°04.3'S043°07.1'E 0.955 17° 215° 532 km 02m44.1s
18:5283°45.4'S023°55.7'E79°59.5'S048°02.8'E82°12.6'S037°48.2'E 0.955 17° 219° 536 km 02m44.1s
18:5482°44.5'S020°45.4'E79°04.4'S044°04.2'E81°15.4'S033°45.3'E 0.955 17° 223° 540 km 02m44.1s
18:5681°41.0'S018°34.5'E78°02.9'S040°53.5'E80°13.6'S030°41.9'E 0.955 16° 225° 546 km 02m44.0s
18:5880°35.2'S017°05.1'E76°55.1'S038°24.6'E79°07.9'S028°25.2'E 0.955 16° 226° 553 km 02m44.0s
19:0079°27.2'S016°06.4'E75°40.7'S036°32.9'E77°58.2'S026°45.6'E 0.955 15° 227° 560 km 02m43.9s
19:0278°16.9'S015°31.1'E74°18.9'S035°14.6'E76°44.5'S025°36.5'E 0.955 14° 227° 569 km 02m43.8s
19:0477°03.9'S015°14.7'E72°47.8'S034°28.6'E75°26.3'S024°53.3'E 0.954 14° 227° 579 km 02m43.7s
19:0675°47.9'S015°14.5'E71°03.8'S034°16.8'E74°02.8'S024°33.6'E 0.954 13° 227° 591 km 02m43.6s
19:0874°28.3'S015°28.9'E68°57.7'S034°48.9'E72°32.3'S024°36.4'E 0.954 11° 226° 604 km 02m43.4s
19:1073°04.2'S015°57.6'E65°52.7'S036°52.8'E70°52.5'S025°03.3'E 0.953 10° 225° 619 km 02m43.2s
19:1271°34.1'S016°41.2'E - - 68°58.1'S026°00.2'E 0.953 224° 636 km 02m43.0s
19:1469°55.8'S017°42.2'E - - 66°36.0'S027°45.3'E 0.952 221° 657 km 02m42.7s
19:1668°05.1'S019°06.5'E - - 62°07.7'S032°43.1'E 0.951 216° 686 km 02m42.0s
Limits59°45.8'S028°49.9'E62°47.6'S040°22.0'E61°14.8'S033°58.3'E 0.951 - 690 km 02m41.8s

ΔT = 6651.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:31:54.318:41:03.384°58.0'S059°01.0'E 18.1° 175.1° 523.8 km02m43.98s
Greatest Duration20:40:12.118:49:21.183°19.7'S045°10.0'E 17.5° 213.1° 530.6 km02m44.09s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0400 Dec 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0400 Dec 31 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 6651.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 161.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.67°.

Acknowledgments

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

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