Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0624 Dec 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0624 Dec 16 . 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 0624 Dec 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits30°13.7'S083°48.9'E31°01.1'S083°02.0'E30°37.4'S083°25.6'E 1.022 - 112 km 01m05.6s
23:2834°55.9'S093°29.8'E33°41.2'S088°31.0'E34°26.1'S091°15.0'E 1.025 113° 125 km 01m16.5s
23:3037°04.6'S097°28.8'E36°35.1'S093°57.8'E36°52.0'S095°46.9'E 1.026 13° 110° 133 km 01m23.5s
23:3238°45.0'S100°28.3'E38°32.1'S097°24.7'E38°39.9'S098°58.4'E 1.027 16° 108° 138 km 01m28.7s
23:3440°11.0'S102°58.2'E40°08.1'S100°08.8'E40°10.5'S101°34.8'E 1.028 19° 106° 141 km 01m33.0s
23:3641°27.8'S105°10.0'E41°32.0'S102°29.5'E41°30.7'S103°50.8'E 1.029 21° 103° 144 km 01m36.9s
23:3842°38.0'S107°09.6'E42°47.8'S104°35.0'E42°43.6'S105°53.2'E 1.029 23° 101° 147 km 01m40.4s
23:4043°43.2'S109°00.2'E43°57.7'S106°30.0'E43°51.1'S107°45.9'E 1.030 25° 99° 149 km 01m43.6s
23:4244°44.3'S110°44.2'E45°02.9'S108°17.2'E44°54.2'S109°31.5'E 1.030 27° 98° 151 km 01m46.6s
23:4445°42.1'S112°22.9'E46°04.3'S109°58.6'E45°53.8'S111°11.5'E 1.031 28° 96° 152 km 01m49.4s
23:4646°37.1'S113°57.7'E47°02.6'S111°35.4'E46°50.3'S112°47.3'E 1.031 30° 94° 153 km 01m52.1s
23:4847°29.6'S115°29.2'E47°58.2'S113°08.7'E47°44.4'S114°19.7'E 1.032 31° 92° 155 km 01m54.6s
23:5048°20.0'S116°58.3'E48°51.4'S114°39.3'E48°36.1'S115°49.5'E 1.032 33° 90° 156 km 01m56.9s
23:5249°08.3'S118°25.4'E49°42.5'S116°07.7'E49°25.8'S117°17.3'E 1.032 34° 88° 156 km 01m59.2s
23:5449°55.0'S119°51.0'E50°31.7'S117°34.6'E50°13.7'S118°43.5'E 1.033 35° 85° 157 km 02m01.3s
23:5650°40.0'S121°15.4'E51°19.2'S119°00.2'E51°00.0'S120°08.6'E 1.033 36° 83° 158 km 02m03.4s
23:5851°23.5'S122°39.1'E52°05.1'S120°25.0'E51°44.6'S121°32.8'E 1.033 37° 81° 158 km 02m05.3s
00:0052°05.6'S124°02.2'E52°49.5'S121°49.3'E52°27.9'S122°56.6'E 1.034 38° 79° 159 km 02m07.2s
00:0252°46.3'S125°25.0'E53°32.5'S123°13.4'E53°09.7'S124°20.0'E 1.034 39° 77° 159 km 02m08.9s
00:0453°25.8'S126°47.8'E54°14.2'S124°37.4'E53°50.3'S125°43.5'E 1.034 40° 74° 160 km 02m10.6s
00:0654°04.1'S128°10.7'E54°54.7'S126°01.7'E54°29.7'S127°07.1'E 1.034 41° 72° 160 km 02m12.2s
00:0854°41.2'S129°34.0'E55°33.9'S127°26.5'E55°07.9'S128°31.2'E 1.035 42° 70° 160 km 02m13.7s
00:1055°17.2'S130°57.7'E56°12.0'S128°51.9'E55°44.9'S129°55.8'E 1.035 43° 67° 161 km 02m15.2s
00:1255°52.1'S132°22.1'E56°48.9'S130°18.1'E56°20.8'S131°21.1'E 1.035 43° 65° 161 km 02m16.5s
00:1456°26.0'S133°47.3'E57°24.7'S131°45.2'E56°55.6'S132°47.3'E 1.035 44° 62° 161 km 02m17.8s
00:1656°58.7'S135°13.5'E57°59.4'S133°13.5'E57°29.3'S134°14.5'E 1.035 45° 59° 161 km 02m19.0s
00:1857°30.4'S136°40.7'E58°33.0'S134°43.1'E58°01.9'S135°42.9'E 1.035 45° 57° 161 km 02m20.1s
00:2058°01.1'S138°09.0'E59°05.5'S136°14.1'E58°33.5'S137°12.6'E 1.036 46° 54° 161 km 02m21.1s
00:2258°30.7'S139°38.7'E59°37.0'S137°46.6'E59°04.0'S138°43.7'E 1.036 46° 51° 161 km 02m22.1s
00:2458°59.2'S141°09.7'E60°07.3'S139°20.8'E59°33.4'S140°16.3'E 1.036 47° 48° 161 km 02m23.0s
00:2659°26.7'S142°42.2'E60°36.5'S140°56.7'E60°01.7'S141°50.5'E 1.036 47° 45° 161 km 02m23.8s
00:2859°53.1'S144°16.3'E61°04.6'S142°34.6'E60°29.0'S143°26.5'E 1.036 48° 42° 161 km 02m24.6s
00:3060°18.4'S145°52.1'E61°31.6'S144°14.4'E60°55.1'S145°04.3'E 1.036 48° 39° 161 km 02m25.2s
00:3260°42.6'S147°29.5'E61°57.3'S145°56.3'E61°20.1'S146°43.9'E 1.036 48° 36° 161 km 02m25.8s
00:3461°05.7'S149°08.8'E62°21.9'S147°40.3'E61°43.9'S148°25.5'E 1.036 49° 33° 161 km 02m26.4s
00:3661°27.7'S150°49.8'E62°45.3'S149°26.5'E62°06.6'S150°09.1'E 1.036 49° 30° 161 km 02m26.8s
00:3861°48.5'S152°32.8'E63°07.5'S151°15.0'E62°28.0'S151°54.8'E 1.036 49° 27° 161 km 02m27.2s
00:4062°08.1'S154°17.6'E63°28.3'S153°05.8'E62°48.2'S153°42.5'E 1.036 49° 23° 161 km 02m27.5s
00:4262°26.4'S156°04.4'E63°47.9'S154°58.9'E63°07.2'S155°32.4'E 1.036 49° 20° 161 km 02m27.7s
00:4462°43.5'S157°53.1'E64°06.1'S156°54.3'E63°24.8'S157°24.4'E 1.036 49° 17° 161 km 02m27.9s
00:4662°59.4'S159°43.8'E64°22.9'S158°52.1'E63°41.1'S159°18.5'E 1.036 49° 13° 161 km 02m27.9s
00:4863°13.9'S161°36.4'E64°38.2'S160°52.1'E63°56.0'S161°14.8'E 1.036 49° 10° 161 km 02m27.9s
00:5063°27.0'S163°30.9'E64°52.1'S162°54.4'E64°09.5'S163°13.1'E 1.036 49° 161 km 02m27.9s
00:5263°38.7'S165°27.2'E65°04.5'S164°59.0'E64°21.6'S165°13.4'E 1.036 49° 161 km 02m27.7s
00:5463°49.1'S167°25.3'E65°15.3'S167°05.6'E64°32.1'S167°15.6'E 1.036 49° 359° 160 km 02m27.5s
00:5663°57.9'S169°25.2'E65°24.4'S169°14.3'E64°41.1'S169°19.8'E 1.036 49° 355° 160 km 02m27.2s
00:5864°05.3'S171°26.7'E65°32.0'S171°24.8'E64°48.6'S171°25.7'E 1.036 49° 352° 160 km 02m26.8s
01:0064°11.1'S173°29.8'E65°37.8'S173°37.2'E64°54.4'S173°33.3'E 1.036 48° 348° 160 km 02m26.4s
01:0264°15.4'S175°34.4'E65°41.9'S175°51.2'E64°58.6'S175°42.4'E 1.036 48° 345° 160 km 02m25.8s
01:0464°18.0'S177°40.3'E65°44.2'S178°06.6'E65°01.0'S177°52.9'E 1.036 48° 341° 160 km 02m25.2s
01:0664°19.0'S179°47.5'E65°44.7'S179°36.7'W65°01.8'S179°55.3'W 1.036 47° 337° 159 km 02m24.6s
01:0864°18.3'S178°04.2'W65°43.3'S177°18.8'W65°00.7'S177°42.4'W 1.036 47° 334° 159 km 02m23.8s
01:1064°15.8'S175°55.0'W65°40.0'S175°00.0'W64°57.9'S175°28.5'W 1.036 46° 330° 159 km 02m23.0s
01:1264°11.7'S173°44.9'W65°34.8'S172°40.5'W64°53.2'S173°13.8'W 1.036 46° 327° 159 km 02m22.1s
01:1464°05.7'S171°34.0'W65°27.6'S170°20.4'W64°46.7'S170°58.4'W 1.036 45° 323° 158 km 02m21.1s
01:1663°57.9'S169°22.6'W65°18.4'S167°59.9'W64°38.2'S168°42.6'W 1.035 45° 320° 158 km 02m20.0s
01:1863°48.3'S167°10.6'W65°07.1'S165°39.2'W64°27.8'S166°26.3'W 1.035 44° 316° 158 km 02m18.8s
01:2063°36.7'S164°58.3'W64°53.8'S163°18.4'W64°15.4'S164°09.8'W 1.035 43° 313° 157 km 02m17.6s
01:2263°23.3'S162°45.6'W64°38.4'S160°57.6'W64°01.0'S161°53.2'W 1.035 42° 309° 157 km 02m16.3s
01:2463°07.8'S160°32.7'W64°20.8'S158°37.0'W63°44.5'S159°36.5'W 1.035 42° 306° 157 km 02m14.9s
01:2662°50.4'S158°19.7'W64°01.0'S156°16.6'W63°25.9'S157°19.8'W 1.035 41° 303° 156 km 02m13.4s
01:2862°30.8'S156°06.4'W63°39.0'S153°56.4'W63°05.2'S155°03.1'W 1.034 40° 299° 156 km 02m11.8s
01:3062°09.2'S153°53.0'W63°14.7'S151°36.5'W62°42.2'S152°46.4'W 1.034 39° 296° 155 km 02m10.1s
01:3261°45.3'S151°39.4'W62°48.0'S149°16.8'W62°17.0'S150°29.8'W 1.034 38° 293° 155 km 02m08.4s
01:3461°19.2'S149°25.5'W62°18.9'S146°57.2'W61°49.4'S148°13.0'W 1.034 37° 290° 154 km 02m06.5s
01:3660°50.7'S147°11.2'W61°47.3'S144°37.5'W61°19.4'S145°56.0'W 1.033 36° 287° 154 km 02m04.5s
01:3860°19.8'S144°56.3'W61°12.9'S142°17.7'W60°46.8'S143°38.6'W 1.033 35° 284° 153 km 02m02.5s
01:4059°46.2'S142°40.6'W60°35.8'S139°57.3'W60°11.5'S141°20.6'W 1.033 33° 281° 152 km 02m00.3s
01:4259°09.9'S140°23.7'W59°55.6'S137°36.0'W59°33.3'S139°01.4'W 1.032 32° 278° 151 km 01m58.0s
01:4458°30.6'S138°05.3'W59°12.3'S135°13.3'W58°52.0'S136°40.8'W 1.032 31° 275° 150 km 01m55.6s
01:4657°48.0'S135°44.8'W58°25.3'S132°48.6'W58°07.3'S134°18.1'W 1.032 29° 272° 149 km 01m53.0s
01:4857°01.8'S133°21.4'W57°34.3'S130°20.9'W57°18.7'S131°52.6'W 1.031 28° 269° 148 km 01m50.3s
01:5056°11.5'S130°54.1'W56°38.8'S127°49.1'W56°25.9'S129°23.1'W 1.031 26° 266° 147 km 01m47.4s
01:5255°16.4'S128°21.8'W55°37.9'S125°11.6'W55°28.0'S126°48.1'W 1.030 24° 263° 145 km 01m44.3s
01:5454°15.8'S125°42.5'W54°30.5'S122°26.0'W54°24.1'S124°05.7'W 1.030 22° 260° 143 km 01m40.9s
01:5653°08.1'S122°53.3'W53°14.7'S119°28.6'W53°12.6'S121°12.6'W 1.029 20° 257° 141 km 01m37.3s
01:5851°51.3'S119°49.9'W51°47.5'S116°13.2'W51°50.8'S118°03.5'W 1.028 18° 254° 139 km 01m33.2s
02:0050°21.5'S116°24.1'W50°02.5'S112°27.4'W50°14.0'S114°28.6'W 1.027 15° 251° 135 km 01m28.5s
02:0248°30.1'S112°18.6'W47°43.4'S107°37.8'W48°10.7'S110°04.4'W 1.026 11° 247° 131 km 01m22.7s
02:0445°49.3'S106°34.4'W - - 44°48.5'S103°02.9'W 1.024 241° 122 km 01m13.6s
Limits41°50.4'S098°08.9'W42°36.4'S097°10.6'W42°13.4'S097°40.0'W 1.023 - 115 km 01m07.1s

ΔT = 4475.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:00:13.800:45:38.563°38.3'S140°16.1'E 49.4° 13.8° 161.0 km02m27.93s
Greatest Duration02:01:39.200:47:03.963°49.2'S160°20.2'E 49.4° 11.3° 160.9 km02m27.95s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0624 Dec 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0624 Dec 16 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 4475.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 114.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.48°.

Acknowledgments

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

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