Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0503 Dec 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0503 Dec 04 . 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 0503 Dec 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits32°17.8'S171°01.4'W35°48.7'S174°45.2'W34°02.0'S172°49.9'W 0.909 - 504 km 05m42.6s
16:2239°18.2'S156°21.4'W - - 38°27.1'S163°16.6'W 0.911 112° 493 km 05m56.9s
16:2440°40.3'S153°39.3'W38°50.1'S168°03.0'W40°22.9'S159°20.6'W 0.912 13° 109° 486 km 06m03.5s
16:2641°51.3'S151°19.6'W41°17.1'S162°55.2'W41°52.3'S156°21.3'W 0.913 16° 106° 480 km 06m08.8s
16:2842°54.7'S149°14.6'W42°58.2'S159°29.3'W43°08.1'S153°50.4'W 0.913 19° 104° 475 km 06m13.5s
16:3043°52.6'S147°19.9'W44°20.8'S156°42.8'W44°15.1'S151°37.0'W 0.914 21° 102° 470 km 06m17.6s
16:3244°46.0'S145°32.9'W45°32.5'S154°18.7'W45°15.7'S149°35.6'W 0.914 23° 100° 465 km 06m21.5s
16:3445°35.9'S143°52.0'W46°36.7'S152°09.0'W46°11.5'S147°43.1'W 0.915 24° 98° 461 km 06m25.1s
16:3646°22.7'S142°15.8'W47°35.3'S150°09.6'W47°03.3'S145°57.1'W 0.915 26° 96° 456 km 06m28.5s
16:3847°06.9'S140°43.4'W48°29.6'S148°17.8'W47°51.8'S144°16.4'W 0.916 28° 94° 452 km 06m31.7s
16:4047°48.7'S139°14.2'W49°20.3'S146°31.8'W48°37.6'S142°39.8'W 0.916 29° 92° 448 km 06m34.8s
16:4248°28.6'S137°47.4'W50°08.0'S144°50.3'W49°20.9'S141°06.4'W 0.916 30° 90° 445 km 06m37.7s
16:4449°06.5'S136°22.8'W50°53.0'S143°12.4'W50°02.0'S139°35.8'W 0.917 32° 88° 441 km 06m40.5s
16:4649°42.8'S134°59.9'W51°35.7'S141°37.4'W50°41.2'S138°07.4'W 0.917 33° 86° 437 km 06m43.3s
16:4850°17.5'S133°38.5'W52°16.4'S140°04.7'W51°18.6'S136°40.7'W 0.917 34° 84° 434 km 06m45.9s
16:5050°50.7'S132°18.2'W52°55.2'S138°33.8'W51°54.4'S135°15.4'W 0.917 35° 82° 431 km 06m48.4s
16:5251°22.6'S130°58.8'W53°32.3'S137°04.3'W52°28.6'S133°51.3'W 0.917 36° 80° 428 km 06m50.8s
16:5451°53.1'S129°40.3'W54°07.7'S135°36.0'W53°01.5'S132°28.1'W 0.918 37° 78° 425 km 06m53.1s
16:5652°22.5'S128°22.3'W54°41.7'S134°08.6'W53°32.9'S131°05.6'W 0.918 38° 76° 422 km 06m55.4s
16:5852°50.6'S127°04.8'W55°14.3'S132°41.7'W54°03.2'S129°43.7'W 0.918 39° 74° 419 km 06m57.5s
17:0053°17.6'S125°47.6'W55°45.5'S131°15.3'W54°32.1'S128°22.1'W 0.918 40° 72° 417 km 06m59.6s
17:0253°43.6'S124°30.7'W56°15.5'S129°49.2'W54°59.9'S127°00.8'W 0.918 41° 70° 414 km 07m01.6s
17:0454°08.4'S123°13.9'W56°44.2'S128°23.2'W55°26.6'S125°39.5'W 0.919 42° 67° 412 km 07m03.5s
17:0654°32.3'S121°57.2'W57°11.8'S126°57.2'W55°52.2'S124°18.3'W 0.919 43° 65° 410 km 07m05.4s
17:0854°55.1'S120°40.4'W57°38.2'S125°31.1'W56°16.7'S122°57.1'W 0.919 43° 63° 408 km 07m07.1s
17:1055°17.0'S119°23.6'W58°03.5'S124°04.7'W56°40.1'S121°35.7'W 0.919 44° 60° 405 km 07m08.8s
17:1255°37.9'S118°06.6'W58°27.6'S122°38.0'W57°02.5'S120°14.0'W 0.919 45° 58° 404 km 07m10.4s
17:1455°57.8'S116°49.4'W58°50.7'S121°10.9'W57°23.9'S118°52.1'W 0.919 45° 56° 402 km 07m12.0s
17:1656°16.8'S115°32.0'W59°12.7'S119°43.4'W57°44.3'S117°29.8'W 0.919 46° 53° 400 km 07m13.4s
17:1856°34.8'S114°14.3'W59°33.7'S118°15.3'W58°03.7'S116°07.2'W 0.920 47° 51° 398 km 07m14.8s
17:2056°52.0'S112°56.4'W59°53.6'S116°46.7'W58°22.1'S114°44.2'W 0.920 47° 48° 397 km 07m16.1s
17:2257°08.2'S111°38.1'W60°12.4'S115°17.5'W58°39.6'S113°20.7'W 0.920 48° 46° 395 km 07m17.4s
17:2457°23.5'S110°19.5'W60°30.2'S113°47.7'W58°56.0'S111°56.8'W 0.920 48° 43° 394 km 07m18.5s
17:2657°37.9'S109°00.5'W60°47.0'S112°17.2'W59°11.5'S110°32.4'W 0.920 49° 40° 393 km 07m19.6s
17:2857°51.4'S107°41.2'W61°02.8'S110°46.1'W59°26.1'S109°07.5'W 0.920 49° 38° 392 km 07m20.6s
17:3058°04.0'S106°21.5'W61°17.5'S109°14.3'W59°39.6'S107°42.1'W 0.920 49° 35° 391 km 07m21.5s
17:3258°15.7'S105°01.4'W61°31.1'S107°41.9'W59°52.2'S106°16.2'W 0.920 50° 32° 390 km 07m22.4s
17:3458°26.5'S103°41.0'W61°43.7'S106°08.8'W60°03.9'S104°49.8'W 0.920 50° 29° 389 km 07m23.1s
17:3658°36.4'S102°20.2'W61°55.3'S104°35.0'W60°14.5'S103°23.0'W 0.920 50° 27° 388 km 07m23.8s
17:3858°45.3'S100°59.1'W62°05.8'S103°00.7'W60°24.2'S101°55.7'W 0.920 51° 24° 387 km 07m24.4s
17:4058°53.4'S099°37.6'W62°15.2'S101°25.8'W60°32.9'S100°27.9'W 0.920 51° 21° 386 km 07m25.0s
17:4259°00.6'S098°15.8'W62°23.6'S099°50.3'W60°40.7'S098°59.8'W 0.920 51° 18° 386 km 07m25.4s
17:4459°06.9'S096°53.8'W62°31.0'S098°14.3'W60°47.4'S097°31.3'W 0.920 51° 15° 385 km 07m25.8s
17:4659°12.2'S095°31.5'W62°37.2'S096°37.9'W60°53.2'S096°02.4'W 0.920 51° 12° 385 km 07m26.1s
17:4859°16.6'S094°08.9'W62°42.4'S095°01.1'W60°58.0'S094°33.2'W 0.920 52° 385 km 07m26.3s
17:5059°20.2'S092°46.1'W62°46.5'S093°23.8'W61°01.7'S093°03.7'W 0.920 52° 384 km 07m26.5s
17:5259°22.8'S091°23.1'W62°49.5'S091°46.3'W61°04.5'S091°34.0'W 0.920 52° 384 km 07m26.5s
17:5459°24.5'S090°00.0'W62°51.4'S090°08.5'W61°06.3'S090°04.1'W 0.920 52° 384 km 07m26.5s
17:5659°25.2'S088°36.7'W62°52.2'S088°30.6'W61°07.1'S088°34.0'W 0.920 52° 357° 384 km 07m26.4s
17:5859°25.1'S087°13.3'W62°52.0'S086°52.5'W61°06.9'S087°03.8'W 0.920 52° 354° 384 km 07m26.2s
18:0059°24.0'S085°49.8'W62°50.6'S085°14.3'W61°05.7'S085°33.5'W 0.920 51° 351° 385 km 07m26.0s
18:0259°22.0'S084°26.3'W62°48.1'S083°36.2'W61°03.5'S084°03.2'W 0.920 51° 348° 385 km 07m25.6s
18:0459°19.1'S083°02.8'W62°44.6'S081°58.1'W61°00.3'S082°33.0'W 0.920 51° 345° 385 km 07m25.2s
18:0659°15.2'S081°39.4'W62°39.9'S080°20.1'W60°56.0'S081°02.8'W 0.920 51° 343° 386 km 07m24.7s
18:0859°10.4'S080°15.9'W62°34.1'S078°42.3'W60°50.8'S079°32.6'W 0.920 51° 340° 386 km 07m24.1s
18:1059°04.6'S078°52.5'W62°27.2'S077°04.7'W60°44.5'S078°02.6'W 0.920 50° 337° 387 km 07m23.5s
18:1258°57.9'S077°29.3'W62°19.2'S075°27.3'W60°37.2'S076°32.8'W 0.920 50° 334° 387 km 07m22.7s
18:1458°50.3'S076°06.1'W62°10.1'S073°50.3'W60°28.9'S075°03.2'W 0.920 50° 331° 388 km 07m21.9s
18:1658°41.7'S074°43.1'W61°59.9'S072°13.6'W60°19.6'S073°33.8'W 0.920 49° 328° 389 km 07m21.0s
18:1858°32.2'S073°20.2'W61°48.6'S070°37.3'W60°09.2'S072°04.6'W 0.920 49° 325° 390 km 07m20.0s
18:2058°21.7'S071°57.5'W61°36.1'S069°01.4'W59°57.9'S070°35.7'W 0.920 49° 323° 391 km 07m19.0s
18:2258°10.3'S070°35.0'W61°22.6'S067°25.9'W59°45.4'S069°07.1'W 0.920 48° 320° 392 km 07m17.9s
18:2457°57.9'S069°12.6'W61°07.9'S065°50.9'W59°32.0'S067°38.8'W 0.920 48° 317° 393 km 07m16.7s
18:2657°44.5'S067°50.4'W60°52.1'S064°16.3'W59°17.5'S066°10.7'W 0.920 47° 315° 394 km 07m15.4s
18:2857°30.2'S066°28.4'W60°35.1'S062°42.1'W59°02.0'S064°43.0'W 0.920 47° 312° 396 km 07m14.0s
18:3057°14.8'S065°06.5'W60°17.0'S061°08.4'W58°45.4'S063°15.5'W 0.920 46° 309° 397 km 07m12.6s
18:3256°58.5'S063°44.8'W59°57.8'S059°35.1'W58°27.7'S061°48.2'W 0.920 45° 307° 399 km 07m11.1s
18:3456°41.2'S062°23.2'W59°37.4'S058°02.1'W58°08.9'S060°21.2'W 0.919 45° 304° 401 km 07m09.5s
18:3656°22.8'S061°01.7'W59°15.8'S056°29.4'W57°49.1'S058°54.4'W 0.919 44° 302° 402 km 07m07.8s
18:3856°03.4'S059°40.2'W58°53.0'S054°57.0'W57°28.1'S057°27.7'W 0.919 43° 299° 404 km 07m06.1s
18:4055°43.0'S058°18.8'W58°29.0'S053°24.7'W57°06.0'S056°01.1'W 0.919 43° 297° 406 km 07m04.3s
18:4255°21.4'S056°57.3'W58°03.8'S051°52.6'W56°42.8'S054°34.5'W 0.919 42° 295° 408 km 07m02.4s
18:4454°58.8'S055°35.7'W57°37.2'S050°20.5'W56°18.3'S053°07.8'W 0.919 41° 292° 411 km 07m00.4s
18:4654°35.0'S054°13.9'W57°09.4'S048°48.3'W55°52.7'S051°41.0'W 0.919 40° 290° 413 km 06m58.3s
18:4854°10.1'S052°51.8'W56°40.1'S047°15.8'W55°25.8'S050°14.0'W 0.918 39° 288° 415 km 06m56.2s
18:5053°43.9'S051°29.4'W56°09.5'S045°42.9'W54°57.5'S048°46.6'W 0.918 38° 286° 418 km 06m54.0s
18:5253°16.5'S050°06.5'W55°37.3'S044°09.3'W54°27.9'S047°18.6'W 0.918 37° 283° 421 km 06m51.7s
18:5452°47.8'S048°43.0'W55°03.5'S042°35.0'W53°56.9'S045°50.0'W 0.918 36° 281° 423 km 06m49.3s
18:5652°17.7'S047°18.7'W54°28.0'S040°59.6'W53°24.3'S044°20.4'W 0.918 35° 279° 426 km 06m46.8s
18:5851°46.2'S045°53.5'W53°50.7'S039°22.8'W52°50.2'S042°49.8'W 0.917 34° 277° 429 km 06m44.3s
19:0051°13.1'S044°27.1'W53°11.5'S037°44.2'W52°14.3'S041°17.7'W 0.917 33° 275° 433 km 06m41.6s
19:0250°38.4'S042°59.3'W52°30.0'S036°03.3'W51°36.5'S039°43.9'W 0.917 32° 273° 436 km 06m38.8s
19:0450°01.9'S041°29.7'W51°46.1'S034°19.7'W50°56.7'S038°07.9'W 0.917 30° 271° 440 km 06m35.9s
19:0649°23.4'S039°58.1'W50°59.5'S032°32.5'W50°14.6'S036°29.2'W 0.916 29° 269° 443 km 06m32.9s
19:0848°42.7'S038°23.9'W50°09.7'S030°40.8'W49°29.9'S034°47.3'W 0.916 28° 267° 447 km 06m29.8s
19:1047°59.7'S036°46.5'W49°16.2'S028°43.2'W48°42.4'S033°01.2'W 0.916 26° 265° 451 km 06m26.5s
19:1247°13.9'S035°05.4'W48°18.1'S026°38.1'W47°51.4'S031°10.0'W 0.915 24° 262° 456 km 06m23.1s
19:1446°25.0'S033°19.5'W47°14.3'S024°22.7'W46°56.3'S029°12.1'W 0.915 23° 260° 460 km 06m19.4s
19:1645°32.3'S031°27.5'W46°02.7'S021°52.5'W45°56.2'S027°05.3'W 0.914 21° 258° 465 km 06m15.5s
19:1844°35.0'S029°27.7'W44°39.9'S018°59.8'W44°49.5'S024°46.3'W 0.914 18° 256° 470 km 06m11.3s
19:2043°32.0'S027°17.4'W42°57.9'S015°26.7'W43°33.7'S022°09.4'W 0.913 16° 254° 476 km 06m06.6s
19:2242°21.1'S024°52.1'W40°28.0'S010°08.2'W42°03.7'S019°03.6'W 0.913 13° 251° 482 km 06m01.2s
19:2440°58.7'S022°03.9'W - - 40°06.2'S014°59.0'W 0.912 248° 489 km 05m54.5s
Limits33°57.6'S007°12.5'W37°26.0'S003°24.6'W35°40.7'S005°22.2'W 0.909 - 501 km 05m40.4s

ΔT = 5637.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:26:56.917:52:59.161°05.5'S114°23.0'W 51.6° 1.8° 384.3 km07m26.53s
Greatest Duration19:26:25.817:52:28.061°05.0'S091°13.0'W 51.6° 2.5° 384.3 km07m26.53s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0503 Dec 04 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 5637.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 138.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.58°.

Acknowledgments

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

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