Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2978 Dec 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2978 Dec 21 . 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 2978 Dec 21
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°28.7'S061°49.5'E13°46.3'S061°38.5'E13°37.5'S061°44.1'E 1.010 - 38 km 00m33.6s
01:2616°29.5'S068°44.3'E16°25.3'S067°34.2'E16°28.0'S068°10.3'E 1.012 112° 45 km 00m42.5s
01:2818°48.5'S073°59.7'E18°58.1'S073°11.3'E18°53.5'S073°35.8'E 1.014 13° 110° 52 km 00m51.2s
01:3020°20.2'S077°28.3'E20°34.9'S076°45.5'E20°27.7'S077°07.1'E 1.016 17° 109° 56 km 00m57.3s
01:3221°32.6'S080°14.9'E21°50.8'S079°34.9'E21°41.8'S079°55.1'E 1.017 21° 108° 60 km 01m02.5s
01:3422°33.6'S082°37.4'E22°54.5'S081°59.2'E22°44.2'S082°18.5'E 1.017 23° 107° 63 km 01m07.1s
01:3623°26.8'S084°43.8'E23°50.0'S084°06.9'E23°38.6'S084°25.5'E 1.018 26° 105° 65 km 01m11.3s
01:3824°14.2'S086°38.5'E24°39.4'S086°02.8'E24°26.9'S086°20.8'E 1.019 28° 104° 67 km 01m15.3s
01:4024°57.0'S088°24.4'E25°24.0'S087°49.5'E25°10.6'S088°07.1'E 1.019 31° 103° 69 km 01m19.0s
01:4225°36.1'S090°03.2'E26°04.6'S089°29.2'E25°50.5'S089°46.4'E 1.020 33° 102° 71 km 01m22.5s
01:4426°11.9'S091°36.3'E26°42.0'S091°03.1'E26°27.0'S091°19.8'E 1.020 34° 101° 73 km 01m25.9s
01:4626°45.0'S093°04.5'E27°16.5'S092°32.1'E27°00.9'S092°48.5'E 1.021 36° 100° 74 km 01m29.2s
01:4827°15.7'S094°28.7'E27°48.5'S093°57.1'E27°32.2'S094°13.1'E 1.021 38° 99° 76 km 01m32.3s
01:5027°44.3'S095°49.4'E28°18.3'S095°18.6'E28°01.4'S095°34.2'E 1.022 40° 98° 77 km 01m35.3s
01:5228°11.0'S097°07.1'E28°46.1'S096°37.0'E28°28.6'S096°52.3'E 1.022 41° 97° 78 km 01m38.3s
01:5428°35.8'S098°22.2'E29°12.1'S097°52.9'E28°54.1'S098°07.7'E 1.023 43° 96° 80 km 01m41.1s
01:5628°59.1'S099°34.8'E29°36.5'S099°06.3'E29°17.9'S099°20.7'E 1.023 45° 95° 81 km 01m43.8s
01:5829°20.9'S100°45.4'E29°59.3'S100°17.7'E29°40.1'S100°31.7'E 1.023 46° 94° 82 km 01m46.5s
02:0029°41.3'S101°54.1'E30°20.6'S101°27.2'E30°01.0'S101°40.8'E 1.024 47° 93° 83 km 01m49.1s
02:0230°00.4'S103°01.1'E30°40.6'S102°35.1'E30°20.6'S102°48.2'E 1.024 49° 92° 84 km 01m51.6s
02:0430°18.3'S104°06.5'E30°59.4'S103°41.4'E30°38.9'S103°54.1'E 1.024 50° 90° 85 km 01m54.1s
02:0630°35.0'S105°10.6'E31°17.0'S104°46.3'E30°56.0'S104°58.6'E 1.024 52° 89° 85 km 01m56.4s
02:0830°50.6'S106°13.3'E31°33.4'S105°50.0'E31°12.1'S106°01.8'E 1.025 53° 88° 86 km 01m58.7s
02:1031°05.2'S107°14.9'E31°48.7'S106°52.5'E31°27.0'S107°03.9'E 1.025 54° 87° 87 km 02m01.0s
02:1231°18.8'S108°15.4'E32°03.0'S107°54.0'E31°41.0'S108°04.8'E 1.025 55° 86° 88 km 02m03.1s
02:1431°31.4'S109°14.8'E32°16.4'S108°54.4'E31°53.9'S109°04.8'E 1.025 57° 84° 88 km 02m05.2s
02:1631°43.1'S110°13.4'E32°28.7'S109°54.0'E32°06.0'S110°03.8'E 1.026 58° 83° 89 km 02m07.2s
02:1831°53.9'S111°11.1'E32°40.2'S110°52.7'E32°17.1'S111°02.0'E 1.026 59° 82° 90 km 02m09.2s
02:2032°03.9'S112°08.0'E32°50.7'S111°50.6'E32°27.3'S111°59.4'E 1.026 60° 80° 90 km 02m11.0s
02:2232°13.0'S113°04.1'E33°00.4'S112°47.8'E32°36.7'S112°56.1'E 1.026 62° 79° 91 km 02m12.9s
02:2432°21.3'S113°59.5'E33°09.2'S113°44.3'E32°45.3'S113°52.0'E 1.026 63° 77° 91 km 02m14.6s
02:2632°28.8'S114°54.3'E33°17.2'S114°40.1'E32°53.1'S114°47.3'E 1.027 64° 76° 92 km 02m16.3s
02:2832°35.6'S115°48.4'E33°24.5'S115°35.3'E33°00.0'S115°42.0'E 1.027 65° 74° 92 km 02m17.9s
02:3032°41.6'S116°42.0'E33°30.9'S116°30.0'E33°06.3'S116°36.1'E 1.027 66° 72° 93 km 02m19.4s
02:3232°46.9'S117°35.0'E33°36.6'S117°24.1'E33°11.7'S117°29.6'E 1.027 67° 71° 93 km 02m20.8s
02:3432°51.4'S118°27.4'E33°41.5'S118°17.7'E33°16.5'S118°22.7'E 1.027 68° 69° 94 km 02m22.2s
02:3632°55.3'S119°19.4'E33°45.7'S119°10.9'E33°20.5'S119°15.2'E 1.027 69° 67° 94 km 02m23.5s
02:3832°58.5'S120°11.0'E33°49.2'S120°03.5'E33°23.9'S120°07.3'E 1.027 70° 64° 94 km 02m24.8s
02:4033°01.0'S121°02.1'E33°52.0'S120°55.8'E33°26.5'S120°59.0'E 1.028 71° 62° 95 km 02m25.9s
02:4233°02.8'S121°52.7'E33°54.1'S121°47.6'E33°28.5'S121°50.3'E 1.028 72° 60° 95 km 02m27.0s
02:4433°04.0'S122°43.0'E33°55.5'S122°39.1'E33°29.8'S122°41.1'E 1.028 73° 57° 95 km 02m28.0s
02:4633°04.6'S123°32.9'E33°56.3'S123°30.1'E33°30.4'S123°31.6'E 1.028 74° 54° 96 km 02m28.9s
02:4833°04.5'S124°22.5'E33°56.4'S124°20.9'E33°30.4'S124°21.7'E 1.028 75° 51° 96 km 02m29.8s
02:5033°03.8'S125°11.7'E33°55.8'S125°11.2'E33°29.8'S125°11.5'E 1.028 76° 47° 96 km 02m30.6s
02:5233°02.4'S126°00.7'E33°54.6'S126°01.3'E33°28.5'S126°01.0'E 1.028 77° 43° 96 km 02m31.3s
02:5433°00.5'S126°49.3'E33°52.7'S126°51.1'E33°26.6'S126°50.2'E 1.028 77° 39° 97 km 02m31.9s
02:5632°57.9'S127°37.6'E33°50.2'S127°40.6'E33°24.1'S127°39.1'E 1.028 78° 35° 97 km 02m32.5s
02:5832°54.8'S128°25.7'E33°47.1'S128°29.8'E33°21.0'S128°27.8'E 1.028 79° 30° 97 km 02m32.9s
03:0032°51.0'S129°13.5'E33°43.4'S129°18.8'E33°17.2'S129°16.1'E 1.028 79° 24° 97 km 02m33.3s
03:0232°46.7'S130°01.1'E33°39.0'S130°07.5'E33°12.9'S130°04.3'E 1.028 80° 18° 97 km 02m33.6s
03:0432°41.8'S130°48.5'E33°34.1'S130°56.0'E33°07.9'S130°52.2'E 1.028 80° 12° 97 km 02m33.9s
03:0632°36.3'S131°35.6'E33°28.5'S131°44.3'E33°02.4'S131°39.9'E 1.028 80° 97 km 02m34.0s
03:0832°30.2'S132°22.6'E33°22.3'S132°32.3'E32°56.3'S132°27.5'E 1.028 80° 358° 98 km 02m34.1s
03:1032°23.5'S133°09.4'E33°15.5'S133°20.3'E32°49.5'S133°14.8'E 1.028 80° 351° 98 km 02m34.1s
03:1232°16.3'S133°56.1'E33°08.1'S134°08.0'E32°42.2'S134°02.0'E 1.028 80° 344° 98 km 02m34.0s
03:1432°08.5'S134°42.6'E33°00.1'S134°55.6'E32°34.3'S134°49.1'E 1.028 80° 337° 98 km 02m33.9s
03:1632°00.1'S135°29.0'E32°51.6'S135°43.0'E32°25.8'S135°36.0'E 1.028 80° 330° 98 km 02m33.7s
03:1831°51.1'S136°15.3'E32°42.4'S136°30.3'E32°16.8'S136°22.8'E 1.028 79° 324° 98 km 02m33.4s
03:2031°41.6'S137°01.5'E32°32.6'S137°17.5'E32°07.1'S137°09.5'E 1.028 79° 319° 98 km 02m33.0s
03:2231°31.5'S137°47.7'E32°22.3'S138°04.7'E31°56.9'S137°56.1'E 1.028 78° 314° 98 km 02m32.5s
03:2431°20.8'S138°33.7'E32°11.3'S138°51.7'E31°46.1'S138°42.7'E 1.028 77° 309° 97 km 02m32.0s
03:2631°09.6'S139°19.8'E31°59.7'S139°38.7'E31°34.7'S139°29.2'E 1.028 77° 305° 97 km 02m31.4s
03:2830°57.7'S140°05.8'E31°47.6'S140°25.7'E31°22.7'S140°15.7'E 1.028 76° 301° 97 km 02m30.7s
03:3030°45.3'S140°51.8'E31°34.8'S141°12.6'E31°10.1'S141°02.2'E 1.028 75° 298° 97 km 02m29.9s
03:3230°32.3'S141°37.9'E31°21.4'S141°59.6'E30°56.9'S141°48.7'E 1.028 74° 295° 97 km 02m29.1s
03:3430°18.8'S142°24.0'E31°07.4'S142°46.5'E30°43.1'S142°35.2'E 1.028 73° 292° 97 km 02m28.2s
03:3630°04.6'S143°10.2'E30°52.8'S143°33.6'E30°28.7'S143°21.8'E 1.028 72° 289° 97 km 02m27.2s
03:3829°49.8'S143°56.4'E30°37.6'S144°20.6'E30°13.7'S144°08.5'E 1.028 71° 287° 96 km 02m26.2s
03:4029°34.4'S144°42.8'E30°21.8'S145°07.8'E29°58.1'S144°55.2'E 1.028 70° 285° 96 km 02m25.1s
03:4229°18.4'S145°29.4'E30°05.3'S145°55.2'E29°41.9'S145°42.2'E 1.028 69° 283° 96 km 02m23.9s
03:4429°01.8'S146°16.1'E29°48.2'S146°42.6'E29°25.0'S146°29.3'E 1.028 68° 281° 96 km 02m22.6s
03:4628°44.5'S147°03.0'E29°30.4'S147°30.3'E29°07.5'S147°16.6'E 1.027 67° 279° 95 km 02m21.3s
03:4828°26.6'S147°50.2'E29°12.0'S148°18.2'E28°49.3'S148°04.1'E 1.027 66° 277° 95 km 02m19.9s
03:5028°08.1'S148°37.7'E28°52.9'S149°06.3'E28°30.5'S148°51.9'E 1.027 65° 276° 95 km 02m18.5s
03:5227°48.8'S149°25.4'E28°33.1'S149°54.8'E28°11.0'S149°40.0'E 1.027 64° 274° 94 km 02m17.0s
03:5427°28.9'S150°13.6'E28°12.5'S150°43.5'E27°50.8'S150°28.4'E 1.027 63° 273° 94 km 02m15.4s
03:5627°08.3'S151°02.1'E27°51.3'S151°32.7'E27°29.9'S151°17.3'E 1.027 62° 271° 93 km 02m13.7s
03:5826°47.0'S151°51.1'E27°29.4'S152°22.3'E27°08.2'S152°06.6'E 1.027 60° 270° 93 km 02m12.0s
04:0026°24.9'S152°40.6'E27°06.6'S153°12.4'E26°45.8'S152°56.4'E 1.026 59° 269° 93 km 02m10.2s
04:0226°02.0'S153°30.7'E26°43.1'S154°03.0'E26°22.6'S153°46.8'E 1.026 58° 268° 92 km 02m08.3s
04:0425°38.4'S154°21.5'E26°18.8'S154°54.3'E25°58.7'S154°37.8'E 1.026 57° 267° 91 km 02m06.4s
04:0625°13.9'S155°12.9'E25°53.6'S155°46.2'E25°33.8'S155°29.5'E 1.026 55° 265° 91 km 02m04.4s
04:0824°48.6'S156°05.1'E25°27.6'S156°38.9'E25°08.2'S156°21.9'E 1.026 54° 264° 90 km 02m02.4s
04:1024°22.4'S156°58.2'E25°00.6'S157°32.5'E24°41.6'S157°15.2'E 1.025 53° 263° 90 km 02m00.2s
04:1223°55.3'S157°52.3'E24°32.7'S158°27.0'E24°14.1'S158°09.5'E 1.025 52° 262° 89 km 01m58.1s
04:1423°27.2'S158°47.5'E24°03.8'S159°22.6'E23°45.5'S159°04.9'E 1.025 50° 262° 88 km 01m55.8s
04:1622°58.0'S159°43.9'E23°33.8'S160°19.4'E23°16.0'S160°01.5'E 1.025 49° 261° 87 km 01m53.5s
04:1822°27.7'S160°41.6'E23°02.6'S161°17.5'E22°45.3'S160°59.4'E 1.024 47° 260° 86 km 01m51.1s
04:2021°56.3'S161°40.9'E22°30.3'S162°17.1'E22°13.4'S161°58.9'E 1.024 46° 259° 86 km 01m48.6s
04:2221°23.6'S162°41.8'E21°56.7'S163°18.4'E21°40.2'S163°00.0'E 1.024 44° 258° 85 km 01m46.0s
04:2420°49.5'S163°44.7'E21°21.7'S164°21.6'E21°05.7'S164°03.1'E 1.023 43° 257° 84 km 01m43.4s
04:2620°14.0'S164°49.8'E20°45.2'S165°27.1'E20°29.7'S165°08.3'E 1.023 41° 256° 82 km 01m40.7s
04:2819°36.8'S165°57.3'E20°07.0'S166°35.0'E19°52.0'S166°16.0'E 1.023 40° 256° 81 km 01m37.9s
04:3018°57.9'S167°07.8'E19°27.0'S167°45.7'E19°12.5'S167°26.6'E 1.022 38° 255° 80 km 01m35.0s
04:3218°17.0'S168°21.5'E18°44.9'S168°59.9'E18°31.0'S168°40.6'E 1.022 36° 254° 79 km 01m31.9s
04:3417°33.8'S169°39.2'E18°00.5'S170°17.9'E17°47.3'S169°58.4'E 1.021 34° 254° 77 km 01m28.8s
04:3616°48.1'S171°01.5'E17°13.4'S171°40.6'E17°00.9'S171°20.9'E 1.021 33° 253° 75 km 01m25.5s
04:3815°59.3'S172°29.3'E16°23.3'S173°09.0'E16°11.4'S172°49.0'E 1.020 30° 252° 74 km 01m22.1s
04:4015°07.0'S174°04.1'E15°29.4'S174°44.3'E15°18.3'S174°24.1'E 1.020 28° 251° 72 km 01m18.5s
04:4214°10.3'S175°47.5'E14°30.9'S176°28.5'E14°20.7'S176°07.9'E 1.019 26° 251° 69 km 01m14.6s
04:4413°08.0'S177°42.4'E13°26.6'S178°24.5'E13°17.4'S178°03.3'E 1.018 23° 250° 67 km 01m10.5s
04:4611°58.1'S179°53.1'E12°14.2'S179°23.2'W12°06.3'S179°45.2'W 1.018 20° 249° 64 km 01m06.0s
04:4810°37.1'S177°32.4'W10°50.0'S176°45.9'W10°43.8'S177°09.3'W 1.017 17° 249° 61 km 01m00.8s
04:5008°57.3'S174°16.0'W09°05.1'S173°23.8'W09°01.4'S173°50.2'W 1.015 13° 248° 56 km 00m54.7s
04:5206°29.9'S169°11.9'W06°23.2'S167°55.1'W06°27.3'S168°34.7'W 1.013 247° 49 km 00m45.9s
Limits03°33.3'S162°38.2'W03°52.8'S162°26.5'W03°43.1'S162°32.4'W 1.011 - 42 km 00m37.2s

ΔT = 4096.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:17:14.703:08:58.132°53.1'S115°43.5'E 80.4° 354.2° 97.6 km02m34.12s
Greatest Duration04:17:22.603:09:06.032°52.6'S132°53.6'E 80.4° 353.8° 97.6 km02m34.12s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2978 Dec 21 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 4096.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 894.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.74°.

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