Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2001 Dec 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2001 Dec 14 . 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 2001 Dec 14
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°48.8'N176°01.5'E29°22.3'N175°21.5'E30°05.4'N175°41.4'E 0.954 - 171 km 03m07.6s
19:10 - - 26°52.3'N179°11.9'W28°26.6'N179°16.8'E 0.955 119° 167 km 03m08.7s
19:1226°04.5'N174°16.4'W24°04.5'N173°36.8'W25°02.5'N173°53.4'W 0.957 11° 122° 159 km 03m11.2s
19:1424°01.2'N170°28.3'W22°17.7'N170°17.4'W23°08.5'N170°21.5'W 0.958 15° 124° 154 km 03m12.9s
19:1622°28.0'N167°43.8'W20°52.9'N167°45.2'W21°39.7'N167°43.7'W 0.959 18° 125° 151 km 03m14.3s
19:1821°10.2'N165°30.9'W19°40.4'N165°39.4'W20°24.8'N165°34.5'W 0.960 21° 126° 148 km 03m15.5s
19:2020°02.2'N163°37.7'W18°36.4'N163°50.7'W19°18.8'N163°43.8'W 0.961 23° 127° 146 km 03m16.7s
19:2219°01.2'N161°58.3'W17°38.4'N162°14.4'W18°19.4'N162°06.0'W 0.961 26° 128° 144 km 03m17.9s
19:2418°05.6'N160°29.1'W16°45.2'N160°47.5'W17°25.1'N160°38.0'W 0.962 28° 129° 142 km 03m19.0s
19:2617°14.2'N159°08.0'W15°55.9'N159°28.0'W16°34.8'N159°17.7'W 0.962 30° 130° 140 km 03m20.0s
19:2816°26.4'N157°53.2'W15°09.8'N158°14.5'W15°47.8'N158°03.6'W 0.962 31° 131° 139 km 03m21.1s
19:3015°41.6'N156°43.7'W14°26.4'N157°05.9'W15°03.7'N156°54.6'W 0.963 33° 131° 138 km 03m22.1s
19:3214°59.3'N155°38.6'W13°45.4'N156°01.6'W14°22.1'N155°50.0'W 0.963 35° 132° 136 km 03m23.1s
19:3414°19.2'N154°37.4'W13°06.5'N155°00.9'W13°42.6'N154°49.0'W 0.964 36° 133° 135 km 03m24.1s
19:3613°41.1'N153°39.4'W12°29.4'N154°03.3'W13°05.0'N153°51.2'W 0.964 38° 134° 134 km 03m25.1s
19:3813°04.8'N152°44.2'W11°54.0'N153°08.4'W12°29.2'N152°56.2'W 0.964 39° 134° 133 km 03m26.1s
19:4012°30.2'N151°51.5'W11°20.1'N152°16.0'W11°55.0'N152°03.7'W 0.964 40° 135° 132 km 03m27.1s
19:4211°57.0'N151°01.1'W10°47.7'N151°25.7'W11°22.1'N151°13.3'W 0.965 42° 136° 131 km 03m28.0s
19:4411°25.1'N150°12.6'W10°16.5'N150°37.3'W10°50.6'N150°24.9'W 0.965 43° 137° 131 km 03m29.0s
19:4610°54.6'N149°25.9'W09°46.4'N149°50.7'W10°20.3'N149°38.2'W 0.965 44° 137° 130 km 03m29.9s
19:4810°25.1'N148°40.7'W09°17.5'N149°05.5'W09°51.2'N148°53.1'W 0.965 45° 138° 129 km 03m30.9s
19:5009°56.8'N147°57.0'W08°49.7'N148°21.8'W09°23.1'N148°09.4'W 0.966 47° 139° 129 km 03m31.8s
19:5209°29.5'N147°14.6'W08°22.8'N147°39.3'W08°56.0'N147°26.9'W 0.966 48° 140° 128 km 03m32.7s
19:5409°03.1'N146°33.4'W07°56.8'N146°58.0'W08°29.8'N146°45.7'W 0.966 49° 141° 127 km 03m33.6s
19:5608°37.7'N145°53.3'W07°31.7'N146°17.8'W08°04.5'N146°05.5'W 0.966 50° 142° 127 km 03m34.5s
19:5808°13.1'N145°14.1'W07°07.4'N145°38.5'W07°40.1'N145°26.3'W 0.966 51° 143° 127 km 03m35.4s
20:0007°49.4'N144°35.9'W06°43.9'N145°00.1'W07°16.5'N144°47.9'W 0.966 52° 144° 126 km 03m36.3s
20:0207°26.5'N143°58.4'W06°21.2'N144°22.4'W06°53.7'N144°10.4'W 0.967 53° 145° 126 km 03m37.2s
20:0407°04.3'N143°21.7'W05°59.2'N143°45.6'W06°31.6'N143°33.6'W 0.967 54° 146° 125 km 03m38.0s
20:0606°42.8'N142°45.7'W05°37.9'N143°09.4'W06°10.2'N142°57.5'W 0.967 55° 147° 125 km 03m38.9s
20:0806°22.0'N142°10.3'W05°17.3'N142°33.8'W05°49.5'N142°22.0'W 0.967 55° 148° 125 km 03m39.7s
20:1006°01.9'N141°35.5'W04°57.3'N141°58.8'W05°29.5'N141°47.1'W 0.967 56° 149° 125 km 03m40.6s
20:1205°42.5'N141°01.3'W04°38.0'N141°24.2'W05°10.1'N141°12.7'W 0.967 57° 150° 125 km 03m41.4s
20:1405°23.7'N140°27.5'W04°19.3'N140°50.2'W04°51.3'N140°38.8'W 0.967 58° 152° 124 km 03m42.2s
20:1605°05.5'N139°54.1'W04°01.1'N140°16.6'W04°33.2'N140°05.3'W 0.967 59° 153° 124 km 03m42.9s
20:1804°48.0'N139°21.2'W03°43.6'N139°43.4'W04°15.6'N139°32.3'W 0.968 59° 155° 124 km 03m43.7s
20:2004°31.0'N138°48.6'W03°26.6'N139°10.5'W03°58.6'N138°59.5'W 0.968 60° 156° 124 km 03m44.4s
20:2204°14.5'N138°16.3'W03°10.2'N138°38.0'W03°42.2'N138°27.1'W 0.968 61° 158° 124 km 03m45.2s
20:2403°58.7'N137°44.4'W02°54.3'N138°05.8'W03°26.4'N137°55.0'W 0.968 61° 159° 124 km 03m45.9s
20:2603°43.4'N137°12.7'W02°39.0'N137°33.8'W03°11.0'N137°23.2'W 0.968 62° 161° 124 km 03m46.5s
20:2803°28.6'N136°41.2'W02°24.2'N137°02.0'W02°56.2'N136°51.6'W 0.968 63° 163° 124 km 03m47.2s
20:3003°14.4'N136°10.0'W02°09.9'N136°30.5'W02°42.0'N136°20.2'W 0.968 63° 165° 124 km 03m47.8s
20:3203°00.7'N135°38.9'W01°56.1'N135°59.1'W02°28.2'N135°49.0'W 0.968 64° 166° 124 km 03m48.4s
20:3402°47.5'N135°08.0'W01°42.8'N135°27.9'W02°15.0'N135°17.9'W 0.968 64° 168° 124 km 03m49.0s
20:3602°34.8'N134°37.2'W01°30.0'N134°56.8'W02°02.2'N134°47.0'W 0.968 64° 170° 124 km 03m49.6s
20:3802°22.6'N134°06.6'W01°17.7'N134°25.8'W01°50.0'N134°16.1'W 0.968 65° 172° 124 km 03m50.1s
20:4002°10.9'N133°36.0'W01°05.9'N133°54.9'W01°38.2'N133°45.4'W 0.968 65° 175° 125 km 03m50.6s
20:4201°59.7'N133°05.5'W00°54.5'N133°24.0'W01°27.0'N133°14.7'W 0.968 65° 177° 125 km 03m51.1s
20:4401°49.0'N132°35.0'W00°43.7'N132°53.2'W01°16.2'N132°44.1'W 0.968 65° 179° 125 km 03m51.5s
20:4601°38.8'N132°04.5'W00°33.3'N132°22.4'W01°05.9'N132°13.4'W 0.968 66° 181° 125 km 03m51.9s
20:4801°29.1'N131°34.1'W00°23.4'N131°51.6'W00°56.1'N131°42.8'W 0.968 66° 184° 125 km 03m52.3s
20:5001°19.8'N131°03.6'W00°14.0'N131°20.7'W00°46.8'N131°12.1'W 0.968 66° 186° 125 km 03m52.7s
20:5201°11.1'N130°33.1'W00°05.0'N130°49.8'W00°37.9'N130°41.4'W 0.968 66° 188° 126 km 03m53.0s
20:5401°02.8'N130°02.5'W00°03.4'S130°18.9'W00°29.5'N130°10.7'W 0.968 66° 190° 126 km 03m53.2s
20:5600°55.0'N129°31.8'W00°11.4'S129°47.8'W00°21.6'N129°39.8'W 0.968 66° 193° 126 km 03m53.5s
20:5800°47.7'N129°01.0'W00°19.0'S129°16.7'W00°14.2'N129°08.8'W 0.968 66° 195° 126 km 03m53.7s
21:0000°40.9'N128°30.1'W00°26.0'S128°45.4'W00°07.3'N128°37.7'W 0.968 65° 197° 126 km 03m53.8s
21:0200°34.6'N127°59.1'W00°32.6'S128°13.9'W00°00.8'N128°06.5'W 0.968 65° 199° 127 km 03m54.0s
21:0400°28.7'N127°27.9'W00°38.7'S127°42.3'W00°05.1'S127°35.1'W 0.968 65° 201° 127 km 03m54.1s
21:0600°23.3'N126°56.5'W00°44.3'S127°10.6'W00°10.6'S127°03.5'W 0.968 65° 204° 127 km 03m54.1s
21:0800°18.5'N126°24.9'W00°49.4'S126°38.6'W00°15.6'S126°31.7'W 0.968 64° 206° 127 km 03m54.1s
21:1000°14.1'N125°53.0'W00°54.0'S126°06.3'W00°20.1'S125°59.6'W 0.968 64° 208° 128 km 03m54.1s
21:1200°10.3'N125°20.9'W00°58.2'S125°33.8'W00°24.1'S125°27.4'W 0.968 63° 209° 128 km 03m54.0s
21:1400°06.9'N124°48.5'W01°01.8'S125°01.0'W00°27.6'S124°54.8'W 0.968 63° 211° 128 km 03m53.9s
21:1600°04.1'N124°15.8'W01°04.9'S124°28.0'W00°30.6'S124°21.9'W 0.968 63° 213° 129 km 03m53.7s
21:1800°01.8'N123°42.8'W01°07.5'S123°54.5'W00°33.0'S123°48.7'W 0.967 62° 215° 129 km 03m53.5s
21:20 - 123°09.5'W01°09.6'S123°20.8'W00°35.0'S123°15.1'W 0.967 61° 216° 129 km 03m53.3s
21:2200°01.2'S122°35.7'W01°11.1'S122°46.6'W00°36.3'S122°41.2'W 0.967 61° 218° 129 km 03m53.0s
21:2400°01.9'S122°01.5'W01°12.2'S122°12.1'W00°37.2'S122°06.8'W 0.967 60° 219° 130 km 03m52.7s
21:2600°02.0'S121°26.9'W01°12.6'S121°37.0'W00°37.5'S121°32.0'W 0.967 59° 221° 130 km 03m52.4s
21:2800°01.6'S120°51.8'W01°12.5'S121°01.6'W00°37.2'S120°56.7'W 0.967 59° 222° 130 km 03m52.0s
21:3000°00.5'S120°16.2'W01°11.8'S120°25.6'W00°36.3'S120°20.9'W 0.967 58° 223° 131 km 03m51.6s
21:3200°01.1'N119°40.1'W01°10.5'S119°49.0'W00°34.9'S119°44.6'W 0.967 57° 225° 131 km 03m51.1s
21:3400°03.4'N119°03.3'W01°08.6'S119°11.9'W00°32.8'S119°07.6'W 0.967 56° 226° 131 km 03m50.6s
21:3600°06.3'N118°26.0'W01°06.1'S118°34.2'W00°30.1'S118°30.1'W 0.966 55° 227° 132 km 03m50.0s
21:3800°09.9'N117°47.9'W01°03.0'S117°55.7'W00°26.7'S117°51.8'W 0.966 55° 228° 132 km 03m49.5s
21:4000°14.1'N117°09.1'W00°59.2'S117°16.6'W00°22.7'S117°12.9'W 0.966 54° 229° 133 km 03m48.8s
21:4200°19.0'N116°29.6'W00°54.7'S116°36.7'W00°18.0'S116°33.2'W 0.966 53° 230° 133 km 03m48.2s
21:4400°24.7'N115°49.2'W00°49.5'S115°56.0'W00°12.5'S115°52.6'W 0.966 52° 231° 134 km 03m47.5s
21:4600°31.1'N115°07.9'W00°43.5'S115°14.3'W00°06.4'S115°11.1'W 0.966 51° 232° 134 km 03m46.8s
21:4800°38.4'N114°25.6'W00°36.8'S114°31.7'W00°00.6'N114°28.7'W 0.965 50° 232° 135 km 03m46.0s
21:5000°46.4'N113°42.2'W00°29.3'S113°48.1'W00°08.4'N113°45.2'W 0.965 49° 233° 135 km 03m45.2s
21:5200°55.3'N112°57.8'W00°20.9'S113°03.3'W00°17.0'N113°00.6'W 0.965 48° 234° 136 km 03m44.4s
21:5401°05.1'N112°12.0'W00°11.6'S112°17.4'W00°26.6'N112°14.8'W 0.965 47° 234° 136 km 03m43.5s
21:5601°15.9'N111°24.9'W00°01.4'S111°30.1'W00°37.1'N111°27.6'W 0.964 45° 235° 137 km 03m42.6s
21:5801°27.8'N110°36.4'W00°09.7'N110°41.3'W00°48.6'N110°38.9'W 0.964 44° 236° 138 km 03m41.7s
22:0001°40.7'N109°46.2'W00°22.0'N109°51.0'W01°01.1'N109°48.7'W 0.964 43° 236° 138 km 03m40.7s
22:0201°54.8'N108°54.2'W00°35.3'N108°58.9'W01°14.8'N108°56.7'W 0.964 42° 237° 139 km 03m39.7s
22:0402°10.1'N108°00.3'W00°49.9'N108°04.9'W01°29.8'N108°02.7'W 0.963 40° 237° 140 km 03m38.7s
22:0602°26.8'N107°04.1'W01°05.8'N107°08.8'W01°46.1'N107°06.5'W 0.963 39° 238° 141 km 03m37.7s
22:0802°45.0'N106°05.5'W01°23.1'N106°10.2'W02°03.8'N106°08.0'W 0.963 38° 238° 142 km 03m36.6s
22:1003°04.9'N105°04.0'W01°41.9'N105°09.0'W02°23.2'N105°06.7'W 0.962 36° 239° 143 km 03m35.4s
22:1203°26.6'N103°59.4'W02°02.5'N104°04.7'W02°44.3'N104°02.2'W 0.962 35° 239° 144 km 03m34.3s
22:1403°50.3'N102°51.1'W02°25.0'N102°57.0'W03°07.4'N102°54.2'W 0.962 33° 240° 145 km 03m33.1s
22:1604°16.4'N101°38.6'W02°49.7'N101°45.1'W03°32.8'N101°42.1'W 0.961 31° 240° 146 km 03m31.8s
22:1804°45.2'N100°20.9'W03°16.9'N100°28.5'W04°00.8'N100°25.0'W 0.961 30° 240° 148 km 03m30.5s
22:2005°17.1'N098°57.2'W03°47.1'N099°06.1'W04°31.8'N099°02.0'W 0.960 28° 241° 149 km 03m29.2s
22:2205°52.9'N097°25.9'W04°20.8'N097°36.7'W05°06.5'N097°31.7'W 0.960 26° 241° 151 km 03m27.8s
22:2406°33.6'N095°45.0'W04°58.7'N095°58.5'W05°45.7'N095°52.2'W 0.959 23° 242° 153 km 03m26.3s
22:2607°20.5'N093°51.1'W05°42.3'N094°08.7'W06°30.9'N094°00.5'W 0.959 21° 242° 155 km 03m24.7s
22:2808°16.2'N091°38.7'W06°33.3'N092°02.8'W07°24.2'N091°51.7'W 0.958 18° 242° 158 km 03m23.0s
22:3009°25.7'N088°56.9'W07°35.6'N089°32.5'W08°29.8'N089°16.1'W 0.957 15° 243° 161 km 03m21.1s
22:3211°02.3'N085°16.0'W08°57.5'N086°18.4'W09°58.1'N085°50.3'W 0.956 11° 244° 165 km 03m18.8s
22:34 - - 11°14.1'N080°59.4'W12°47.7'N079°20.8'W 0.954 245° 173 km 03m15.1s
Limits14°59.0'N076°20.2'W13°27.4'N075°49.5'W14°13.1'N076°04.9'W 0.953 - 177 km 03m13.5s

ΔT = 64.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:53:01.420:51:57.100°38.1'N130°58.3'W 65.9° 188.0° 125.6 km03m52.96s
Greatest Duration21:08:28.121:07:23.800°14.2'S126°41.3'W 64.4° 205.0° 127.4 km03m54.11s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2001 Dec 14 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 64.3 seconds for this eclipse.

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