Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0799 Dec 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0799 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 0799 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
Limits65°20.8'S068°31.8'W65°42.8'S071°26.2'W65°32.0'S069°57.3'W 0.988 - 141 km 00m35.8s
06:1671°29.1'S064°52.8'W67°04.4'S070°20.3'W70°03.8'S066°57.7'W 0.990 157° 121 km 00m32.6s
06:1874°15.2'S064°41.0'W72°20.8'S067°59.8'W73°24.3'S066°16.4'W 0.991 156° 108 km 00m30.3s
06:2076°24.8'S065°29.5'W75°01.5'S068°22.3'W75°46.2'S066°54.7'W 0.991 10° 156° 99 km 00m28.7s
06:2278°14.6'S067°10.3'W77°06.6'S069°49.7'W77°42.4'S068°29.9'W 0.992 12° 156° 92 km 00m27.5s
06:2479°50.6'S069°49.0'W78°51.6'S072°17.6'W79°22.5'S071°03.9'W 0.992 13° 158° 86 km 00m26.4s
06:2681°15.5'S073°38.9'W80°22.2'S075°54.5'W80°49.9'S074°47.8'W 0.992 14° 161° 81 km 00m25.6s
06:2882°29.8'S079°00.8'W81°40.3'S080°55.9'W82°05.9'S079°59.8'W 0.993 15° 166° 78 km 00m24.8s
06:3083°32.8'S086°22.5'W82°46.0'S087°42.2'W83°10.1'S087°03.7'W 0.993 16° 172° 74 km 00m24.1s
06:3284°22.3'S096°11.1'W83°38.0'S096°32.7'W84°00.7'S096°22.5'W 0.993 17° 180° 72 km 00m23.6s
06:3484°55.1'S108°31.6'W84°13.8'S107°30.3'W84°35.0'S107°59.9'W 0.993 18° 191° 69 km 00m23.1s
06:3685°08.1'S122°33.9'W84°31.0'S119°59.8'W84°50.1'S121°14.2'W 0.993 18° 203° 67 km 00m22.6s
06:3885°00.6'S136°30.5'W84°28.9'S132°43.9'W84°45.3'S134°34.1'W 0.994 19° 216° 66 km 00m22.3s
06:4084°35.5'S148°38.8'W84°09.4'S144°18.3'W84°22.9'S146°26.4'W 0.994 19° 227° 64 km 00m22.0s
06:4283°57.2'S158°17.4'W83°36.0'S153°55.1'W83°47.1'S156°05.3'W 0.994 19° 235° 63 km 00m21.7s
06:4483°10.1'S165°36.4'W82°52.9'S161°29.2'W83°01.9'S163°32.8'W 0.994 20° 242° 63 km 00m21.5s
06:4682°17.3'S171°04.6'W82°03.0'S167°18.2'W82°10.5'S169°11.9'W 0.994 20° 247° 62 km 00m21.4s
06:4881°20.7'S175°10.1'W81°08.6'S171°44.4'W81°15.0'S173°28.1'W 0.994 20° 250° 62 km 00m21.3s
06:5080°21.7'S178°14.8'W80°11.0'S175°07.7'W80°16.7'S176°42.3'W 0.994 20° 252° 62 km 00m21.2s
06:5279°21.0'S179°25.3'E79°11.4'S177°43.2'W79°16.4'S179°10.0'W 0.994 20° 254° 62 km 00m21.2s
06:5478°19.0'S177°39.4'E78°10.1'S179°42.3'W78°14.8'S178°57.5'E 0.994 20° 255° 62 km 00m21.3s
06:5677°16.0'S176°19.4'E77°07.5'S178°46.9'E77°12.0'S177°32.1'E 0.994 20° 255° 63 km 00m21.4s
06:5876°12.3'S175°19.7'E76°03.9'S177°38.5'E76°08.3'S176°28.1'E 0.994 20° 256° 64 km 00m21.6s
07:0075°07.7'S174°36.4'E74°59.3'S176°48.2'E75°03.7'S175°41.3'E 0.994 20° 255° 65 km 00m21.8s
07:0274°02.4'S174°06.5'E73°53.7'S176°12.8'E73°58.3'S175°08.6'E 0.994 20° 255° 66 km 00m22.0s
07:0472°56.2'S173°47.9'E72°47.1'S175°50.0'E72°51.9'S174°47.9'E 0.993 19° 255° 68 km 00m22.4s
07:0671°49.1'S173°39.1'E71°39.4'S175°38.2'E71°44.5'S174°37.6'E 0.993 19° 254° 70 km 00m22.7s
07:0870°40.9'S173°39.1'E70°30.4'S175°36.4'E70°36.0'S174°36.6'E 0.993 18° 253° 72 km 00m23.2s
07:1069°31.5'S173°47.1'E69°19.9'S175°43.6'E69°26.0'S174°44.2'E 0.993 18° 252° 75 km 00m23.7s
07:1268°20.6'S174°02.8'E68°07.7'S175°59.7'E68°14.5'S175°00.0'E 0.993 17° 251° 78 km 00m24.2s
07:1467°07.9'S174°26.0'E66°53.3'S176°24.5'E67°01.0'S175°24.0'E 0.993 16° 250° 81 km 00m24.8s
07:1665°53.0'S174°57.1'E65°36.1'S176°58.7'E65°45.0'S175°56.4'E 0.992 16° 249° 85 km 00m25.5s
07:1864°35.4'S175°36.6'E64°15.6'S177°43.0'E64°26.0'S176°38.1'E 0.992 15° 247° 90 km 00m26.4s
07:2063°14.2'S176°25.6'E62°50.4'S178°39.5'E63°03.0'S177°30.4'E 0.992 14° 246° 95 km 00m27.3s
07:2261°48.4'S177°26.1'E61°18.9'S179°51.1'E61°34.7'S178°35.9'E 0.991 12° 244° 100 km 00m28.3s
07:2460°16.1'S178°41.2'E59°37.8'S178°35.7'W59°58.5'S179°58.8'E 0.991 11° 242° 107 km 00m29.5s
07:2658°34.0'S179°42.6'W57°39.8'S176°26.7'W58°09.9'S178°11.6'W 0.990 240° 115 km 00m31.0s
07:2856°34.7'S177°31.2'W54°58.2'S172°48.3'W55°56.2'S175°30.6'W 0.990 237° 126 km 00m33.0s
Limits51°08.3'S169°11.6'W52°00.6'S167°34.1'W51°34.2'S168°23.8'W 0.988 - 146 km 00m37.3s

ΔT = 2934.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:41:11.906:52:17.379°07.6'S168°16.2'E 20.3° 254.1° 62.1 km00m21.25s
Greatest Duration07:03:52.006:14:57.465°32.0'S069°57.3'W 0.0° 159.9° 140.6 km00m35.82s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0799 Dec 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0799 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 2934.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 83.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.35°.

Acknowledgments

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

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