Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0837 Dec 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0837 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 0837 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
Limits13°09.9'N027°58.6'E12°40.7'N027°49.7'E12°55.3'N027°54.1'E 1.016 - 56 km 00m56.3s
04:4009°50.8'N036°00.4'E08°55.0'N036°41.8'E09°22.6'N036°22.1'E 1.019 115° 66 km 01m11.8s
04:4208°09.7'N040°14.9'E07°17.9'N040°40.6'E07°43.7'N040°28.3'E 1.020 14° 116° 72 km 01m20.7s
04:4407°01.3'N043°14.2'E06°10.1'N043°33.8'E06°35.6'N043°24.4'E 1.021 18° 117° 76 km 01m27.7s
04:4606°08.2'N045°38.9'E05°16.8'N045°55.2'E05°42.4'N045°47.4'E 1.022 21° 117° 79 km 01m33.7s
04:4805°24.6'N047°42.7'E04°32.7'N047°56.9'E04°58.6'N047°50.1'E 1.023 23° 117° 82 km 01m39.1s
04:5004°47.6'N049°32.2'E03°55.1'N049°45.0'E04°21.3'N049°38.9'E 1.023 26° 118° 84 km 01m44.2s
04:5204°15.7'N051°11.1'E03°22.6'N051°22.9'E03°49.1'N051°17.2'E 1.024 28° 118° 87 km 01m48.9s
04:5403°47.8'N052°41.7'E02°54.0'N052°52.8'E03°20.9'N052°47.5'E 1.025 30° 119° 89 km 01m53.4s
04:5603°23.2'N054°05.6'E02°28.8'N054°16.2'E02°56.0'N054°11.2'E 1.025 32° 119° 91 km 01m57.6s
04:5803°01.4'N055°24.1'E02°06.4'N055°34.4'E02°33.9'N055°29.5'E 1.026 33° 120° 93 km 02m01.7s
05:0002°42.0'N056°38.0'E01°46.4'N056°48.1'E02°14.2'N056°43.3'E 1.026 35° 120° 95 km 02m05.6s
05:0202°24.7'N057°48.0'E01°28.5'N057°57.9'E01°56.6'N057°53.1'E 1.026 37° 121° 96 km 02m09.4s
05:0402°09.3'N058°54.5'E01°12.5'N059°04.4'E01°40.9'N058°59.6'E 1.027 38° 121° 98 km 02m13.0s
05:0601°55.6'N059°58.1'E00°58.3'N060°07.9'E01°26.9'N060°03.2'E 1.027 40° 122° 100 km 02m16.5s
05:0801°43.4'N060°58.9'E00°45.6'N061°08.9'E01°14.5'N061°04.1'E 1.028 41° 122° 101 km 02m19.9s
05:1001°32.7'N061°57.5'E00°34.3'N062°07.6'E01°03.5'N062°02.7'E 1.028 42° 123° 103 km 02m23.2s
05:1201°23.2'N062°53.9'E00°24.4'N063°04.1'E00°53.8'N062°59.2'E 1.028 44° 123° 104 km 02m26.3s
05:1401°14.9'N063°48.4'E00°15.7'N063°58.8'E00°45.3'N063°53.8'E 1.028 45° 124° 105 km 02m29.4s
05:1601°07.8'N064°41.1'E00°08.1'N064°51.8'E00°38.0'N064°46.6'E 1.029 46° 125° 106 km 02m32.3s
05:1801°01.7'N065°32.3'E00°01.7'N065°43.2'E00°31.7'N065°37.9'E 1.029 47° 126° 108 km 02m35.1s
05:2000°56.7'N066°22.1'E00°03.8'S066°33.3'E00°26.5'N066°27.8'E 1.029 48° 126° 109 km 02m37.8s
05:2200°52.5'N067°10.5'E00°08.2'S067°22.0'E00°22.2'N067°16.4'E 1.030 49° 127° 110 km 02m40.5s
05:2400°49.3'N067°57.7'E00°11.8'S068°09.5'E00°18.8'N068°03.7'E 1.030 51° 128° 111 km 02m43.0s
05:2600°46.9'N068°43.8'E00°14.4'S068°55.9'E00°16.3'N068°49.9'E 1.030 52° 129° 112 km 02m45.4s
05:2800°45.4'N069°28.8'E00°16.2'S069°41.3'E00°14.6'N069°35.1'E 1.030 53° 130° 113 km 02m47.7s
05:3000°44.6'N070°12.9'E00°17.2'S070°25.7'E00°13.7'N070°19.4'E 1.030 53° 131° 114 km 02m49.9s
05:3200°44.6'N070°56.1'E00°17.5'S071°09.2'E00°13.6'N071°02.7'E 1.031 54° 132° 115 km 02m52.0s
05:3400°45.4'N071°38.4'E00°16.9'S071°52.0'E00°14.2'N071°45.3'E 1.031 55° 133° 115 km 02m54.0s
05:3600°46.8'N072°20.0'E00°15.7'S072°33.9'E00°15.6'N072°27.1'E 1.031 56° 135° 116 km 02m55.9s
05:3800°48.9'N073°00.9'E00°13.7'S073°15.2'E00°17.6'N073°08.1'E 1.031 57° 136° 117 km 02m57.7s
05:4000°51.7'N073°41.1'E00°11.0'S073°55.8'E00°20.4'N073°48.5'E 1.031 58° 137° 117 km 02m59.4s
05:4200°55.2'N074°20.7'E00°07.7'S074°35.8'E00°23.8'N074°28.3'E 1.031 58° 139° 118 km 03m01.0s
05:4400°59.3'N074°59.8'E00°03.7'S075°15.2'E00°27.8'N075°07.5'E 1.031 59° 140° 118 km 03m02.4s
05:4601°04.0'N075°38.3'E00°01.0'N075°54.1'E00°32.5'N075°46.2'E 1.032 60° 142° 119 km 03m03.8s
05:4801°09.3'N076°16.3'E00°06.2'N076°32.4'E00°37.8'N076°24.4'E 1.032 60° 144° 119 km 03m05.1s
05:5001°15.3'N076°53.8'E00°12.1'N077°10.4'E00°43.7'N077°02.2'E 1.032 61° 145° 120 km 03m06.2s
05:5201°21.8'N077°31.0'E00°18.6'N077°47.9'E00°50.2'N077°39.5'E 1.032 62° 147° 120 km 03m07.3s
05:5401°28.9'N078°07.7'E00°25.7'N078°25.0'E00°57.3'N078°16.4'E 1.032 62° 149° 120 km 03m08.2s
05:5601°36.5'N078°44.2'E00°33.4'N079°01.8'E01°05.0'N078°53.0'E 1.032 62° 151° 121 km 03m09.0s
05:5801°44.8'N079°20.2'E00°41.7'N079°38.2'E01°13.2'N079°29.3'E 1.032 63° 153° 121 km 03m09.7s
06:0001°53.6'N079°56.0'E00°50.5'N080°14.4'E01°22.1'N080°05.2'E 1.032 63° 155° 121 km 03m10.3s
06:0202°02.9'N080°31.6'E01°00.0'N080°50.2'E01°31.4'N080°40.9'E 1.032 63° 157° 121 km 03m10.8s
06:0402°12.8'N081°06.9'E01°09.9'N081°25.9'E01°41.4'N081°16.4'E 1.032 64° 159° 121 km 03m11.2s
06:0602°23.3'N081°42.0'E01°20.5'N082°01.3'E01°51.9'N081°51.6'E 1.032 64° 162° 121 km 03m11.5s
06:0802°34.2'N082°16.9'E01°31.6'N082°36.5'E02°02.9'N082°26.7'E 1.032 64° 164° 121 km 03m11.7s
06:1002°45.8'N082°51.7'E01°43.3'N083°11.6'E02°14.5'N083°01.6'E 1.032 64° 166° 121 km 03m11.8s
06:1202°57.9'N083°26.3'E01°55.5'N083°46.5'E02°26.7'N083°36.4'E 1.032 64° 169° 121 km 03m11.8s
06:1403°10.5'N084°00.9'E02°08.3'N084°21.4'E02°39.4'N084°11.1'E 1.032 64° 171° 121 km 03m11.6s
06:1603°23.6'N084°35.4'E02°21.6'N084°56.1'E02°52.6'N084°45.7'E 1.032 64° 173° 120 km 03m11.4s
06:1803°37.4'N085°09.8'E02°35.5'N085°30.8'E03°06.4'N085°20.3'E 1.032 64° 175° 120 km 03m11.0s
06:2003°51.6'N085°44.2'E02°50.0'N086°05.5'E03°20.8'N085°54.8'E 1.032 64° 178° 120 km 03m10.6s
06:2204°06.4'N086°18.7'E03°05.0'N086°40.1'E03°35.7'N086°29.4'E 1.032 64° 180° 120 km 03m10.1s
06:2404°21.8'N086°53.2'E03°20.6'N087°14.8'E03°51.2'N087°04.0'E 1.032 63° 182° 119 km 03m09.4s
06:2604°37.7'N087°27.7'E03°36.8'N087°49.6'E04°07.2'N087°38.6'E 1.032 63° 184° 119 km 03m08.7s
06:2804°54.2'N088°02.4'E03°53.5'N088°24.4'E04°23.9'N088°13.4'E 1.032 63° 187° 118 km 03m07.8s
06:3005°11.3'N088°37.2'E04°10.9'N088°59.4'E04°41.1'N088°48.2'E 1.032 62° 189° 118 km 03m06.9s
06:3205°29.0'N089°12.2'E04°28.8'N089°34.5'E04°58.8'N089°23.3'E 1.032 62° 191° 117 km 03m05.8s
06:3405°47.2'N089°47.3'E04°47.3'N090°09.8'E05°17.2'N089°58.5'E 1.032 61° 192° 117 km 03m04.7s
06:3606°06.1'N090°22.7'E05°06.4'N090°45.3'E05°36.2'N090°33.9'E 1.032 61° 194° 116 km 03m03.5s
06:3806°25.5'N090°58.4'E05°26.2'N091°21.0'E05°55.8'N091°09.6'E 1.032 60° 196° 116 km 03m02.2s
06:4006°45.6'N091°34.3'E05°46.6'N091°57.0'E06°16.1'N091°45.6'E 1.032 59° 198° 115 km 03m00.8s
06:4207°06.3'N092°10.7'E06°07.6'N092°33.4'E06°36.9'N092°22.0'E 1.032 59° 200° 115 km 02m59.3s
06:4407°27.7'N092°47.4'E06°29.3'N093°10.1'E06°58.5'N092°58.7'E 1.032 58° 201° 114 km 02m57.7s
06:4607°49.8'N093°24.5'E06°51.7'N093°47.3'E07°20.7'N093°35.8'E 1.031 57° 203° 113 km 02m56.0s
06:4808°12.6'N094°02.2'E07°14.7'N094°24.9'E07°43.6'N094°13.4'E 1.031 56° 204° 113 km 02m54.2s
06:5008°36.0'N094°40.3'E07°38.5'N095°03.1'E08°07.2'N094°51.6'E 1.031 56° 206° 112 km 02m52.4s
06:5209°00.2'N095°19.1'E08°03.1'N095°41.8'E08°31.6'N095°30.3'E 1.031 55° 207° 111 km 02m50.4s
06:5409°25.2'N095°58.5'E08°28.4'N096°21.1'E08°56.7'N096°09.7'E 1.031 54° 208° 110 km 02m48.4s
06:5609°51.0'N096°38.7'E08°54.5'N097°01.1'E09°22.7'N096°49.8'E 1.031 53° 210° 110 km 02m46.3s
06:5810°17.6'N097°19.7'E09°21.4'N097°41.9'E09°49.4'N097°30.7'E 1.030 52° 211° 109 km 02m44.1s
07:0010°45.1'N098°01.5'E09°49.2'N098°23.6'E10°17.1'N098°12.4'E 1.030 51° 212° 108 km 02m41.8s
07:0211°13.4'N098°44.3'E10°18.0'N099°06.2'E10°45.6'N098°55.1'E 1.030 50° 213° 107 km 02m39.4s
07:0411°42.8'N099°28.2'E10°47.6'N099°49.8'E11°15.1'N099°38.9'E 1.030 49° 214° 106 km 02m37.0s
07:0612°13.1'N100°13.3'E11°18.3'N100°34.6'E11°45.6'N100°23.8'E 1.030 48° 215° 105 km 02m34.4s
07:0812°44.5'N100°59.7'E11°50.1'N101°20.6'E12°17.2'N101°10.0'E 1.029 47° 216° 104 km 02m31.8s
07:1013°17.0'N101°47.5'E12°22.9'N102°08.1'E12°49.9'N101°57.6'E 1.029 45° 217° 103 km 02m29.1s
07:1213°50.8'N102°36.9'E12°57.0'N102°57.1'E13°23.8'N102°46.9'E 1.029 44° 218° 102 km 02m26.3s
07:1414°25.8'N103°28.1'E13°32.4'N103°47.8'E13°59.0'N103°37.8'E 1.029 43° 219° 101 km 02m23.4s
07:1615°02.3'N104°21.4'E14°09.2'N104°40.5'E14°35.6'N104°30.8'E 1.028 42° 220° 100 km 02m20.4s
07:1815°40.2'N105°16.9'E14°47.5'N105°35.4'E15°13.8'N105°26.0'E 1.028 40° 221° 98 km 02m17.3s
07:2016°19.9'N106°14.9'E15°27.5'N106°32.7'E15°53.6'N106°23.7'E 1.028 39° 222° 97 km 02m14.1s
07:2217°01.3'N107°15.9'E16°09.2'N107°32.9'E16°35.2'N107°24.2'E 1.027 37° 223° 96 km 02m10.7s
07:2417°44.9'N108°20.2'E16°53.1'N108°36.3'E17°18.9'N108°28.1'E 1.027 36° 224° 94 km 02m07.3s
07:2618°30.7'N109°28.4'E17°39.2'N109°43.4'E18°04.8'N109°35.7'E 1.026 34° 225° 93 km 02m03.7s
07:2819°19.1'N110°41.1'E18°27.9'N110°55.0'E18°53.4'N110°47.8'E 1.026 32° 225° 91 km 02m00.0s
07:3020°10.6'N111°59.2'E19°19.6'N112°11.7'E19°44.9'N112°05.3'E 1.026 31° 226° 90 km 01m56.1s
07:3221°05.6'N113°23.9'E20°14.8'N113°34.8'E20°40.1'N113°29.1'E 1.025 29° 227° 88 km 01m52.0s
07:3422°04.9'N114°56.8'E21°14.2'N115°05.7'E21°39.4'N115°01.0'E 1.024 27° 228° 86 km 01m47.6s
07:3623°09.6'N116°40.0'E22°18.9'N116°46.4'E22°44.1'N116°42.9'E 1.024 24° 229° 84 km 01m43.0s
07:3824°21.2'N118°37.1'E23°30.3'N118°40.3'E23°55.6'N118°38.4'E 1.023 22° 231° 81 km 01m38.0s
07:4025°42.4'N120°53.8'E24°50.9'N120°52.6'E25°16.5'N120°52.8'E 1.022 19° 232° 79 km 01m32.6s
07:4227°18.1'N123°41.2'E26°25.3'N123°33.1'E26°51.5'N123°36.7'E 1.021 16° 234° 75 km 01m26.3s
07:4429°20.8'N127°27.0'E28°24.2'N127°05.4'E28°52.2'N127°15.4'E 1.020 12° 236° 71 km 01m18.7s
07:4632°59.9'N134°48.8'E31°34.6'N133°13.1'E32°14.4'N133°54.0'E 1.018 239° 64 km 01m06.8s
Limits34°40.2'N138°31.5'E34°10.7'N138°46.3'E34°25.4'N138°38.9'E 1.017 - 59 km 00m59.5s

ΔT = 2635.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:56:23.106:12:28.002°29.6'N072°43.9'E 64.2° 169.1° 120.8 km03m11.73s
Greatest Duration06:54:21.006:10:25.902°17.1'N083°09.1'E 64.2° 166.7° 120.9 km03m11.79s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0837 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 2635.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 77.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.32°.

Acknowledgments

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

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