Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2458 Dec 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2458 Dec 06 . 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 2458 Dec 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits31°38.4'N007°35.4'W28°44.0'N008°37.8'W30°10.6'N008°07.0'W 0.918 - 333 km 06m15.3s
07:2029°52.3'N003°36.4'W23°56.7'N002°11.1'E26°24.3'N000°21.2'E 0.921 120° 322 km 06m34.7s
07:2226°57.0'N002°41.6'E22°28.5'N005°19.7'E24°33.8'N004°17.1'E 0.922 13° 122° 317 km 06m45.7s
07:2425°19.9'N006°03.7'E21°19.1'N007°45.6'E23°14.1'N007°03.6'E 0.922 16° 124° 313 km 06m54.5s
07:2624°05.8'N008°35.3'E20°20.6'N009°47.2'E22°09.2'N009°17.3'E 0.923 19° 125° 311 km 07m02.2s
07:2823°04.2'N010°39.9'E19°29.5'N011°32.8'E21°13.7'N011°10.9'E 0.924 21° 126° 308 km 07m09.2s
07:3022°10.9'N012°27.3'E18°43.9'N013°06.8'E20°24.7'N012°50.6'E 0.924 23° 127° 307 km 07m15.8s
07:3221°23.6'N014°02.2'E18°02.5'N014°31.9'E19°40.7'N014°20.0'E 0.925 25° 128° 305 km 07m22.0s
07:3420°41.0'N015°27.9'E17°24.6'N015°50.1'E19°00.7'N015°41.5'E 0.925 27° 129° 304 km 07m27.9s
07:3620°02.0'N016°46.3'E16°49.6'N017°02.5'E18°23.9'N016°56.5'E 0.925 29° 130° 303 km 07m33.6s
07:3819°26.2'N017°58.7'E16°17.1'N018°10.1'E17°49.8'N018°06.3'E 0.926 30° 131° 302 km 07m39.1s
07:4018°52.9'N019°06.3'E15°46.7'N019°13.7'E17°18.1'N019°11.6'E 0.926 32° 132° 301 km 07m44.5s
07:4218°22.0'N020°09.6'E15°18.1'N020°13.8'E16°48.5'N020°13.2'E 0.926 33° 132° 300 km 07m49.6s
07:4417°53.0'N021°09.4'E14°51.3'N021°10.9'E16°20.7'N021°11.5'E 0.927 35° 133° 299 km 07m54.7s
07:4617°25.9'N022°06.1'E14°26.0'N022°05.3'E15°54.5'N022°06.9'E 0.927 36° 134° 299 km 07m59.6s
07:4817°00.3'N023°00.1'E14°02.0'N022°57.4'E15°29.8'N022°59.9'E 0.927 37° 135° 298 km 08m04.4s
07:5016°36.2'N023°51.7'E13°39.4'N023°47.4'E15°06.5'N023°50.6'E 0.928 38° 136° 298 km 08m09.0s
07:5216°13.4'N024°41.2'E13°17.9'N024°35.5'E14°44.4'N024°39.3'E 0.928 39° 137° 298 km 08m13.6s
07:5415°51.8'N025°28.8'E12°57.5'N025°21.9'E14°23.4'N025°26.2'E 0.928 41° 138° 298 km 08m18.0s
07:5615°31.4'N026°14.6'E12°38.1'N026°06.8'E14°03.6'N026°11.5'E 0.928 42° 139° 297 km 08m22.4s
07:5815°12.0'N026°59.0'E12°19.7'N026°50.3'E13°44.7'N026°55.4'E 0.928 43° 139° 297 km 08m26.6s
08:0014°53.6'N027°41.9'E12°02.1'N027°32.5'E13°26.7'N027°37.9'E 0.929 44° 140° 297 km 08m30.7s
08:0214°36.2'N028°23.5'E11°45.4'N028°13.6'E13°09.7'N028°19.2'E 0.929 45° 141° 297 km 08m34.8s
08:0414°19.6'N029°04.0'E11°29.5'N028°53.6'E12°53.5'N028°59.4'E 0.929 45° 142° 297 km 08m38.7s
08:0614°03.9'N029°43.3'E11°14.4'N029°32.7'E12°38.1'N029°38.6'E 0.929 46° 143° 297 km 08m42.5s
08:0813°48.9'N030°21.8'E11°00.0'N030°10.8'E12°23.4'N030°16.8'E 0.929 47° 144° 298 km 08m46.2s
08:1013°34.7'N030°59.3'E10°46.4'N030°48.2'E12°09.5'N030°54.2'E 0.929 48° 146° 298 km 08m49.7s
08:1213°21.3'N031°36.0'E10°33.4'N031°24.7'E11°56.3'N031°30.8'E 0.930 49° 147° 298 km 08m53.2s
08:1413°08.5'N032°11.9'E10°21.0'N032°00.6'E11°43.8'N032°06.7'E 0.930 50° 148° 298 km 08m56.5s
08:1612°56.4'N032°47.1'E10°09.3'N032°35.8'E11°31.9'N032°41.9'E 0.930 50° 149° 298 km 08m59.7s
08:1812°45.0'N033°21.7'E09°58.2'N033°10.5'E11°20.6'N033°16.5'E 0.930 51° 150° 299 km 09m02.8s
08:2012°34.2'N033°55.7'E09°47.7'N033°44.6'E11°10.0'N033°50.5'E 0.930 52° 151° 299 km 09m05.8s
08:2212°24.0'N034°29.1'E09°37.7'N034°18.1'E10°59.9'N034°24.0'E 0.930 52° 153° 299 km 09m08.6s
08:2412°14.4'N035°02.1'E09°28.4'N034°51.3'E10°50.5'N034°57.0'E 0.930 53° 154° 300 km 09m11.3s
08:2612°05.3'N035°34.5'E09°19.5'N035°23.9'E10°41.5'N035°29.5'E 0.930 53° 155° 300 km 09m13.9s
08:2811°56.9'N036°06.6'E09°11.3'N035°56.2'E10°33.2'N036°01.7'E 0.930 54° 157° 300 km 09m16.3s
08:3011°48.9'N036°38.2'E09°03.5'N036°28.2'E10°25.3'N036°33.4'E 0.931 55° 158° 300 km 09m18.6s
08:3211°41.5'N037°09.5'E08°56.2'N036°59.8'E10°18.0'N037°04.9'E 0.931 55° 160° 301 km 09m20.8s
08:3411°34.7'N037°40.5'E08°49.5'N037°31.1'E10°11.2'N037°36.0'E 0.931 55° 161° 301 km 09m22.8s
08:3611°28.3'N038°11.1'E08°43.2'N038°02.1'E10°04.9'N038°06.8'E 0.931 56° 163° 301 km 09m24.6s
08:3811°22.5'N038°41.6'E08°37.5'N038°32.9'E09°59.1'N038°37.4'E 0.931 56° 164° 302 km 09m26.3s
08:4011°17.1'N039°11.7'E08°32.2'N039°03.5'E09°53.8'N039°07.7'E 0.931 57° 166° 302 km 09m27.8s
08:4211°12.3'N039°41.7'E08°27.4'N039°33.9'E09°49.0'N039°37.9'E 0.931 57° 167° 302 km 09m29.2s
08:4411°07.9'N040°11.5'E08°23.1'N040°04.1'E09°44.6'N040°07.9'E 0.931 57° 169° 302 km 09m30.4s
08:4611°04.0'N040°41.1'E08°19.3'N040°34.1'E09°40.8'N040°37.7'E 0.931 57° 171° 303 km 09m31.5s
08:4811°00.6'N041°10.6'E08°15.9'N041°04.1'E09°37.4'N041°07.4'E 0.931 58° 172° 303 km 09m32.4s
08:5010°57.7'N041°40.0'E08°13.0'N041°33.9'E09°34.5'N041°37.0'E 0.931 58° 174° 303 km 09m33.1s
08:5210°55.2'N042°09.3'E08°10.5'N042°03.7'E09°32.0'N042°06.5'E 0.931 58° 176° 303 km 09m33.7s
08:5410°53.2'N042°38.5'E08°08.5'N042°33.4'E09°30.0'N042°36.0'E 0.931 58° 177° 303 km 09m34.1s
08:5610°51.7'N043°07.7'E08°07.0'N043°03.0'E09°28.5'N043°05.4'E 0.931 58° 179° 303 km 09m34.3s
08:5810°50.6'N043°36.9'E08°05.9'N043°32.7'E09°27.4'N043°34.8'E 0.931 58° 181° 303 km 09m34.3s
09:0010°50.0'N044°06.0'E08°05.3'N044°02.4'E09°26.8'N044°04.2'E 0.931 58° 183° 303 km 09m34.2s
09:0210°49.8'N044°35.2'E08°05.1'N044°32.0'E09°26.6'N044°33.6'E 0.931 58° 184° 303 km 09m34.0s
09:0410°50.2'N045°04.5'E08°05.4'N045°01.8'E09°26.9'N045°03.1'E 0.931 58° 186° 303 km 09m33.5s
09:0610°51.0'N045°33.8'E08°06.2'N045°31.6'E09°27.7'N045°32.6'E 0.931 58° 188° 303 km 09m32.9s
09:0810°52.2'N046°03.2'E08°07.4'N046°01.5'E09°28.9'N046°02.2'E 0.931 58° 189° 303 km 09m32.1s
09:1010°54.0'N046°32.8'E08°09.0'N046°31.5'E09°30.6'N046°32.0'E 0.931 57° 191° 303 km 09m31.2s
09:1210°56.2'N047°02.4'E08°11.2'N047°01.6'E09°32.8'N047°01.9'E 0.931 57° 193° 303 km 09m30.1s
09:1410°58.9'N047°32.3'E08°13.8'N047°31.9'E09°35.5'N047°31.9'E 0.931 57° 194° 303 km 09m28.8s
09:1611°02.0'N048°02.3'E08°16.9'N048°02.3'E09°38.6'N048°02.2'E 0.931 57° 196° 302 km 09m27.3s
09:1811°05.7'N048°32.6'E08°20.4'N048°33.0'E09°42.2'N048°32.6'E 0.931 56° 198° 302 km 09m25.7s
09:2011°09.9'N049°03.1'E08°24.5'N049°03.9'E09°46.3'N049°03.3'E 0.931 56° 199° 302 km 09m24.0s
09:2211°14.5'N049°33.9'E08°29.0'N049°35.1'E09°50.9'N049°34.2'E 0.931 55° 201° 301 km 09m22.1s
09:2411°19.7'N050°05.0'E08°34.1'N050°06.5'E09°56.0'N050°05.5'E 0.931 55° 202° 301 km 09m20.0s
09:2611°25.4'N050°36.4'E08°39.6'N050°38.3'E10°01.6'N050°37.0'E 0.931 55° 204° 301 km 09m17.8s
09:2811°31.7'N051°08.1'E08°45.7'N051°10.3'E10°07.8'N051°08.9'E 0.931 54° 205° 300 km 09m15.4s
09:3011°38.4'N051°40.3'E08°52.2'N051°42.8'E10°14.4'N051°41.2'E 0.931 53° 206° 300 km 09m12.9s
09:3211°45.8'N052°12.9'E08°59.4'N052°15.7'E10°21.7'N052°13.9'E 0.931 53° 208° 300 km 09m10.3s
09:3411°53.7'N052°46.0'E09°07.0'N052°49.0'E10°29.4'N052°47.1'E 0.930 52° 209° 299 km 09m07.5s
09:3612°02.2'N053°19.6'E09°15.3'N053°22.7'E10°37.8'N053°20.8'E 0.930 52° 210° 299 km 09m04.6s
09:3812°11.3'N053°53.7'E09°24.1'N053°57.0'E10°46.7'N053°55.0'E 0.930 51° 211° 299 km 09m01.5s
09:4012°21.0'N054°28.5'E09°33.5'N054°31.9'E10°56.3'N054°29.7'E 0.930 50° 213° 298 km 08m58.3s
09:4212°31.4'N055°03.9'E09°43.5'N055°07.3'E11°06.5'N055°05.1'E 0.930 50° 214° 298 km 08m55.0s
09:4412°42.4'N055°40.0'E09°54.1'N055°43.4'E11°17.3'N055°41.2'E 0.930 49° 215° 298 km 08m51.6s
09:4612°54.2'N056°16.9'E10°05.4'N056°20.2'E11°28.8'N056°18.0'E 0.930 48° 216° 298 km 08m48.1s
09:4813°06.6'N056°54.6'E10°17.4'N056°57.8'E11°41.0'N056°55.6'E 0.930 47° 217° 297 km 08m44.4s
09:5013°19.8'N057°33.2'E10°30.1'N057°36.2'E11°53.9'N057°34.1'E 0.930 46° 218° 297 km 08m40.6s
09:5213°33.8'N058°12.8'E10°43.5'N058°15.5'E12°07.6'N058°13.5'E 0.929 45° 219° 297 km 08m36.7s
09:5413°48.7'N058°53.5'E10°57.6'N058°55.8'E12°22.1'N058°54.0'E 0.929 45° 220° 297 km 08m32.7s
09:5614°04.4'N059°35.4'E11°12.6'N059°37.1'E12°37.4'N059°35.5'E 0.929 44° 221° 297 km 08m28.6s
09:5814°21.0'N060°18.5'E11°28.4'N060°19.6'E12°53.6'N060°18.3'E 0.929 43° 222° 297 km 08m24.3s
10:0014°38.6'N061°03.1'E11°45.2'N061°03.4'E13°10.7'N061°02.4'E 0.929 42° 223° 297 km 08m20.0s
10:0214°57.3'N061°49.2'E12°02.8'N061°48.6'E13°28.8'N061°48.0'E 0.928 41° 224° 297 km 08m15.5s
10:0415°17.1'N062°37.0'E12°21.5'N062°35.3'E13°48.0'N062°35.2'E 0.928 39° 225° 297 km 08m11.0s
10:0615°38.1'N063°26.7'E12°41.3'N063°23.7'E14°08.4'N063°24.2'E 0.928 38° 226° 297 km 08m06.3s
10:0816°00.4'N064°18.6'E13°02.2'N064°14.0'E14°30.0'N064°15.2'E 0.928 37° 226° 297 km 08m01.5s
10:1016°24.2'N065°12.8'E13°24.4'N065°06.4'E14°52.9'N065°08.4'E 0.928 36° 227° 298 km 07m56.6s
10:1216°49.5'N066°09.8'E13°48.0'N066°01.2'E15°17.3'N066°04.1'E 0.927 35° 228° 298 km 07m51.6s
10:1417°16.6'N067°09.8'E14°13.0'N066°58.6'E15°43.3'N067°02.7'E 0.927 33° 229° 299 km 07m46.5s
10:1617°45.7'N068°13.5'E14°39.8'N067°59.1'E16°11.1'N068°04.6'E 0.927 32° 230° 299 km 07m41.2s
10:1818°17.1'N069°21.3'E15°08.5'N069°03.0'E16°41.0'N069°10.2'E 0.926 30° 230° 300 km 07m35.7s
10:2018°51.1'N070°34.0'E15°39.3'N070°11.0'E17°13.3'N070°20.3'E 0.926 29° 231° 301 km 07m30.1s
10:2219°28.1'N071°52.6'E16°12.5'N071°23.8'E17°48.2'N071°35.7'E 0.926 27° 232° 302 km 07m24.3s
10:2420°08.9'N073°18.6'E16°48.6'N072°42.4'E18°26.4'N072°57.5'E 0.925 25° 233° 303 km 07m18.3s
10:2620°54.2'N074°53.9'E17°28.2'N074°08.0'E19°08.5'N074°27.4'E 0.925 23° 234° 305 km 07m12.0s
10:2821°45.6'N076°41.7'E18°12.1'N075°42.5'E19°55.7'N076°07.5'E 0.924 21° 235° 306 km 07m05.3s
10:3022°45.2'N078°46.9'E19°01.4'N077°28.7'E20°49.4'N078°01.7'E 0.924 19° 236° 308 km 06m58.2s
10:3223°57.5'N081°19.4'E19°58.2'N079°31.2'E21°52.5'N080°16.2'E 0.923 16° 237° 311 km 06m50.4s
10:3425°33.3'N084°43.9'E21°06.1'N081°58.3'E23°10.7'N083°04.3'E 0.922 13° 238° 314 km 06m41.5s
10:3628°36.7'N091°26.7'E22°33.3'N085°09.7'E25°01.0'N087°05.0'E 0.921 240° 319 km 06m30.1s
Limits30°02.4'N094°41.4'E27°09.1'N095°40.3'E28°35.1'N095°11.1'E 0.919 - 330 km 06m11.6s

ΔT = 1008.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:14:45.408:57:56.609°27.4'N039°21.0'E 58.1° 180.8° 303.4 km09m34.35s
Greatest Duration09:14:30.508:57:41.709°27.5'N043°30.3'E 58.1° 180.6° 303.4 km09m34.35s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2458 Dec 06 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 1008.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 257.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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