Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2373 Dec 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2373 Dec 15 . 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 2373 Dec 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits59°48.8'N115°37.2'E58°40.7'N113°37.9'E59°14.7'N114°35.5'E 0.973 - 168 km 02m00.6s
01:2256°45.1'N120°16.6'E51°44.3'N124°46.2'E53°42.3'N123°14.9'E 0.975 148° 152 km 01m58.9s
01:2453°17.5'N125°24.6'E49°56.9'N127°32.4'E51°27.1'N126°39.6'E 0.976 11° 151° 147 km 01m58.2s
01:2651°15.9'N128°23.4'E48°31.3'N129°44.5'E49°47.9'N129°09.3'E 0.976 13° 154° 143 km 01m57.7s
01:2849°43.0'N130°40.3'E47°19.0'N131°36.5'E48°27.1'N131°11.5'E 0.977 15° 156° 140 km 01m57.3s
01:3048°26.2'N132°34.4'E46°16.0'N133°15.0'E47°18.1'N132°56.8'E 0.977 16° 158° 138 km 01m56.9s
01:3247°20.0'N134°14.0'E45°19.8'N134°43.7'E46°17.5'N134°30.2'E 0.978 18° 160° 137 km 01m56.7s
01:3446°21.7'N135°43.1'E44°29.1'N136°04.9'E45°23.4'N135°55.0'E 0.978 19° 161° 136 km 01m56.4s
01:3645°29.3'N137°04.5'E43°42.9'N137°20.1'E44°34.4'N137°13.0'E 0.978 20° 163° 135 km 01m56.2s
01:3844°41.9'N138°19.8'E43°00.4'N138°30.6'E43°49.6'N138°25.8'E 0.978 21° 165° 134 km 01m56.1s
01:4043°58.5'N139°30.2'E42°21.1'N139°37.2'E43°08.5'N139°34.1'E 0.979 22° 166° 134 km 01m55.9s
01:4243°18.6'N140°36.7'E41°44.7'N140°40.5'E42°30.4'N140°38.9'E 0.979 23° 168° 133 km 01m55.8s
01:4442°41.8'N141°39.9'E41°10.8'N141°40.9'E41°55.2'N141°40.7'E 0.979 24° 169° 133 km 01m55.7s
01:4642°07.6'N142°40.4'E40°39.2'N142°39.1'E41°22.3'N142°39.9'E 0.979 25° 171° 133 km 01m55.6s
01:4841°35.8'N143°38.5'E40°09.6'N143°35.1'E40°51.7'N143°36.9'E 0.979 26° 172° 133 km 01m55.6s
01:5041°06.3'N144°34.6'E39°41.9'N144°29.5'E40°23.2'N144°32.1'E 0.980 26° 173° 134 km 01m55.6s
01:5240°38.7'N145°29.0'E39°16.0'N145°22.3'E39°56.4'N145°25.7'E 0.980 27° 175° 134 km 01m55.5s
01:5440°13.0'N146°22.0'E38°51.7'N146°13.8'E39°31.5'N146°17.9'E 0.980 27° 176° 134 km 01m55.5s
01:5639°49.0'N147°13.7'E38°28.9'N147°04.3'E39°08.1'N147°09.0'E 0.980 28° 178° 135 km 01m55.5s
01:5839°26.6'N148°04.4'E38°07.6'N147°53.8'E38°46.3'N147°59.1'E 0.980 28° 179° 135 km 01m55.6s
02:0039°05.7'N148°54.3'E37°47.6'N148°42.4'E38°25.9'N148°48.3'E 0.980 28° 180° 136 km 01m55.6s
02:0238°46.4'N149°43.3'E37°29.0'N149°30.4'E38°06.9'N149°36.8'E 0.980 29° 182° 137 km 01m55.7s
02:0438°28.4'N150°31.8'E37°11.7'N150°17.9'E37°49.3'N150°24.8'E 0.980 29° 183° 137 km 01m55.7s
02:0638°11.8'N151°19.8'E36°55.6'N151°04.9'E37°32.9'N151°12.3'E 0.980 29° 184° 138 km 01m55.8s
02:0837°56.5'N152°07.5'E36°40.6'N151°51.6'E37°17.8'N151°59.4'E 0.980 29° 186° 139 km 01m55.9s
02:1037°42.4'N152°54.9'E36°26.9'N152°38.1'E37°04.0'N152°46.3'E 0.980 29° 187° 139 km 01m56.0s
02:1237°29.6'N153°42.2'E36°14.3'N153°24.4'E36°51.3'N153°33.1'E 0.980 29° 188° 140 km 01m56.1s
02:1437°18.1'N154°29.5'E36°02.8'N154°10.7'E36°39.8'N154°19.9'E 0.980 29° 190° 141 km 01m56.2s
02:1637°07.8'N155°16.8'E35°52.5'N154°57.1'E36°29.4'N155°06.7'E 0.980 29° 191° 141 km 01m56.3s
02:1836°58.6'N156°04.3'E35°43.3'N155°43.6'E36°20.3'N155°53.7'E 0.980 29° 193° 142 km 01m56.5s
02:2036°50.7'N156°52.1'E35°35.1'N156°30.3'E36°12.2'N156°41.0'E 0.980 29° 194° 143 km 01m56.6s
02:2236°44.1'N157°40.3'E35°28.1'N157°17.4'E36°05.4'N157°28.6'E 0.980 29° 195° 143 km 01m56.7s
02:2436°38.6'N158°29.0'E35°22.3'N158°04.9'E35°59.7'N158°16.7'E 0.980 29° 197° 144 km 01m56.9s
02:2636°34.4'N159°18.3'E35°17.5'N158°53.0'E35°55.3'N159°05.4'E 0.980 29° 198° 144 km 01m57.1s
02:2836°31.5'N160°08.4'E35°14.0'N159°41.8'E35°52.0'N159°54.7'E 0.980 28° 199° 145 km 01m57.2s
02:3036°29.9'N160°59.4'E35°11.6'N160°31.3'E35°50.0'N160°44.9'E 0.980 28° 201° 145 km 01m57.4s
02:3236°29.7'N161°51.3'E35°10.5'N161°21.7'E35°49.3'N161°36.1'E 0.980 28° 202° 146 km 01m57.6s
02:3436°30.8'N162°44.5'E35°10.6'N162°13.2'E35°49.9'N162°28.4'E 0.980 27° 203° 146 km 01m57.8s
02:3636°33.5'N163°39.1'E35°12.1'N163°05.9'E35°52.0'N163°22.0'E 0.979 27° 205° 146 km 01m58.0s
02:3836°37.7'N164°35.3'E35°15.0'N163°59.9'E35°55.5'N164°17.0'E 0.979 26° 206° 147 km 01m58.2s
02:4036°43.6'N165°33.3'E35°19.3'N164°55.6'E36°00.6'N165°13.8'E 0.979 26° 207° 147 km 01m58.4s
02:4236°51.4'N166°33.4'E35°25.2'N165°53.0'E36°07.3'N166°12.5'E 0.979 25° 209° 147 km 01m58.7s
02:4437°01.0'N167°36.0'E35°32.8'N166°52.6'E36°15.9'N167°13.5'E 0.979 24° 210° 147 km 01m58.9s
02:4637°12.9'N168°41.5'E35°42.3'N167°54.6'E36°26.5'N168°17.1'E 0.979 23° 211° 148 km 01m59.1s
02:4837°27.1'N169°50.4'E35°53.7'N168°59.3'E36°39.2'N169°23.8'E 0.978 23° 213° 148 km 01m59.4s
02:5037°44.0'N171°03.3'E36°07.4'N170°07.4'E36°54.4'N170°34.1'E 0.978 22° 214° 149 km 01m59.7s
02:5238°04.1'N172°21.2'E36°23.6'N171°19.3'E37°12.4'N171°48.8'E 0.978 21° 216° 149 km 01m59.9s
02:5438°27.9'N173°45.1'E36°42.6'N172°35.9'E37°33.6'N173°08.7'E 0.977 19° 217° 150 km 02m00.2s
02:5638°56.2'N175°16.7'E37°05.1'N173°58.2'E37°58.7'N174°35.1'E 0.977 18° 218° 150 km 02m00.5s
02:5839°30.3'N176°58.3'E37°31.5'N175°27.6'E38°28.5'N176°09.9'E 0.977 17° 220° 151 km 02m00.9s
03:0040°12.0'N178°54.0'E38°03.1'N177°06.1'E39°04.5'N177°55.9'E 0.976 15° 222° 153 km 02m01.2s
03:0241°05.0'N178°49.1'W38°41.2'N178°57.1'E39°48.8'N179°57.6'E 0.976 13° 224° 154 km 02m01.6s
03:0442°17.3'N175°55.0'W39°28.6'N178°54.0'W40°45.8'N177°36.3'W 0.975 11° 226° 157 km 02m02.1s
03:0644°18.8'N171°23.3'W40°30.7'N176°15.8'W42°06.0'N174°23.9'W 0.974 228° 160 km 02m02.6s
03:08 - - 42°02.4'N172°37.1'W44°46.6'N168°27.3'W 0.973 233° 167 km 02m03.6s
Limits47°05.0'N165°36.6'W45°34.6'N164°48.7'W46°19.4'N165°11.8'W 0.972 - 172 km 02m04.0s

ΔT = 707.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:25:53.902:14:06.036°39.2'N151°24.8'E 29.5° 189.9° 140.8 km01m56.21s
Greatest Duration03:20:03.803:08:15.946°19.4'N165°11.8'W 0.0° 235.2° 172.0 km02m04.03s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2373 Dec 15 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 707.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 184.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.77°.

Acknowledgments

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

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