Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0997 Dec 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0997 Dec 02 . 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 0997 Dec 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits51°13.5'S119°58.1'E54°14.3'S113°57.1'E52°40.5'S117°11.0'E 0.961 - 512 km 02m05.4s
19:5258°14.4'S130°01.0'E - - 55°47.3'S122°23.3'E 0.962 125° 503 km 02m04.8s
19:5459°56.6'S131°39.6'E - - 58°18.8'S125°33.2'E 0.963 122° 489 km 02m04.3s
19:5661°28.3'S132°56.2'E57°40.0'S119°30.7'E60°12.6'S127°27.3'E 0.964 10° 120° 476 km 02m04.0s
19:5862°53.2'S133°57.6'E60°04.7'S122°16.0'E61°50.9'S128°48.5'E 0.964 11° 118° 464 km 02m03.8s
20:0064°13.3'S134°47.4'E61°55.7'S123°52.3'E63°20.1'S129°49.2'E 0.964 12° 117° 453 km 02m03.5s
20:0265°29.7'S135°27.7'E63°32.1'S124°56.5'E64°43.2'S130°35.0'E 0.965 14° 115° 442 km 02m03.4s
20:0466°43.3'S135°59.8'E64°59.8'S125°39.7'E66°01.9'S131°08.7'E 0.965 14° 114° 433 km 02m03.2s
20:0667°54.6'S136°24.3'E66°21.5'S126°06.7'E67°17.2'S131°31.9'E 0.965 15° 113° 424 km 02m03.0s
20:0869°04.1'S136°41.5'E67°38.9'S126°19.8'E68°29.8'S131°45.2'E 0.965 16° 112° 416 km 02m02.9s
20:1070°12.1'S136°51.6'E68°52.9'S126°20.0'E69°40.2'S131°49.0'E 0.966 17° 111° 409 km 02m02.8s
20:1271°18.8'S136°54.2'E70°04.1'S126°07.7'E70°48.8'S131°43.1'E 0.966 17° 111° 402 km 02m02.6s
20:1472°24.3'S136°48.9'E71°13.0'S125°42.5'E71°55.8'S131°26.9'E 0.966 18° 110° 397 km 02m02.5s
20:1673°29.0'S136°34.9'E72°19.7'S125°03.3'E73°01.4'S130°59.5'E 0.966 18° 110° 392 km 02m02.5s
20:1874°32.8'S136°10.9'E73°24.5'S124°08.9'E74°05.7'S130°19.4'E 0.966 18° 109° 387 km 02m02.4s
20:2075°35.8'S135°35.5'E74°27.4'S122°57.2'E75°08.8'S129°24.8'E 0.966 19° 110° 383 km 02m02.3s
20:2276°38.1'S134°46.3'E75°28.4'S121°25.4'E76°10.6'S128°12.9'E 0.966 19° 110° 380 km 02m02.2s
20:2477°39.6'S133°40.5'E76°27.3'S119°30.2'E77°11.1'S126°40.4'E 0.966 19° 111° 377 km 02m02.2s
20:2678°40.3'S132°13.7'E77°23.9'S117°07.0'E78°10.2'S124°42.6'E 0.966 19° 112° 375 km 02m02.1s
20:2879°39.9'S130°20.3'E78°17.6'S114°10.5'E79°07.3'S122°13.4'E 0.966 19° 113° 374 km 02m02.1s
20:3080°38.3'S127°52.2'E79°07.8'S110°34.3'E80°02.2'S119°05.0'E 0.966 19° 115° 373 km 02m02.0s
20:3281°34.9'S124°38.3'E79°53.6'S106°11.3'E80°54.0'S115°07.2'E 0.966 19° 119° 373 km 02m02.0s
20:3482°29.0'S120°22.8'E80°33.6'S100°54.9'E81°41.7'S110°07.9'E 0.966 19° 123° 373 km 02m02.0s
20:3683°19.2'S114°44.6'E81°06.4'S094°40.5'E82°23.6'S103°54.2'E 0.966 18° 128° 374 km 02m02.0s
20:3884°03.6'S107°17.3'E81°29.9'S087°29.1'E82°57.6'S096°15.6'E 0.966 18° 135° 375 km 02m02.0s
20:4084°39.1'S097°36.0'E81°42.1'S079°30.5'E83°21.0'S087°12.0'E 0.966 18° 143° 377 km 02m02.0s
20:4285°01.7'S085°36.1'E81°41.1'S071°05.3'E83°31.1'S077°02.2'E 0.966 17° 152° 380 km 02m02.0s
20:4485°07.5'S072°01.9'E81°25.7'S062°41.7'E83°25.8'S066°27.4'E 0.966 17° 162° 383 km 02m02.0s
20:4684°54.0'S058°29.2'E80°55.4'S054°48.2'E83°04.1'S056°19.6'E 0.966 16° 171° 388 km 02m02.1s
20:4884°22.0'S046°34.2'E80°10.1'S047°46.1'E82°26.8'S047°20.8'E 0.966 15° 179° 393 km 02m02.1s
20:5083°34.4'S037°01.4'E79°09.9'S041°46.2'E81°35.1'S039°51.2'E 0.965 15° 186° 399 km 02m02.2s
20:5282°34.1'S029°46.8'E77°54.1'S036°51.3'E80°30.4'S033°51.5'E 0.965 14° 191° 407 km 02m02.3s
20:5481°23.1'S024°25.9'E76°20.2'S032°59.5'E79°13.0'S029°12.9'E 0.965 12° 195° 416 km 02m02.4s
20:5680°02.2'S020°33.5'E74°21.4'S030°09.7'E77°42.1'S025°44.3'E 0.964 11° 198° 426 km 02m02.5s
20:5878°31.0'S017°49.9'E71°34.1'S028°30.9'E75°54.7'S023°16.9'E 0.964 10° 199° 440 km 02m02.7s
21:0076°47.6'S016°01.9'E - - 73°42.4'S021°48.0'E 0.963 200° 456 km 02m02.9s
21:0274°47.3'S015°03.2'E - - 70°37.1'S021°33.3'E 0.963 200° 479 km 02m03.2s
Limits65°20.6'S018°46.3'E66°29.0'S029°40.5'E65°57.1'S023°50.6'E 0.961 - 509 km 02m03.8s

ΔT = 1571.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:53:22.720:27:11.478°44.4'S116°44.2'E 18.9° 112.5° 374.4 km02m02.10s
Greatest Duration20:17:09.219:50:57.952°40.5'S117°11.0'E 0.0° 129.9° 512.3 km02m05.41s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0997 Dec 02

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0997 Dec 02 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 1571.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 54.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.23°.

Acknowledgments

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

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