Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2997 Dec 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2997 Dec 20 . 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 2997 Dec 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits26°04.8'N145°54.9'E24°32.5'N145°24.9'E25°18.5'N145°39.8'E 0.956 - 175 km 03m07.1s
21:0223°21.1'N151°56.2'E20°22.9'N154°50.2'E21°44.3'N153°38.5'E 0.958 119° 165 km 03m10.7s
21:0421°06.2'N156°51.2'E18°49.2'N158°21.6'E19°55.2'N157°40.6'E 0.959 13° 121° 161 km 03m12.9s
21:0619°41.6'N159°57.0'E17°39.9'N160°59.0'E18°39.3'N160°30.2'E 0.960 16° 122° 157 km 03m14.7s
21:0818°36.5'N162°21.6'E16°43.6'N163°08.5'E17°39.0'N162°46.4'E 0.961 19° 123° 154 km 03m16.2s
21:1017°42.6'N164°22.7'E15°55.8'N165°00.1'E16°48.3'N164°42.4'E 0.962 21° 124° 152 km 03m17.6s
21:1216°56.3'N166°08.3'E15°14.1'N166°39.1'E16°04.5'N166°24.5'E 0.962 24° 125° 150 km 03m18.9s
21:1416°15.7'N167°42.7'E14°37.1'N168°08.7'E15°25.8'N167°56.3'E 0.963 26° 126° 149 km 03m20.1s
21:1615°39.6'N169°08.5'E14°03.8'N169°30.9'E14°51.1'N169°20.2'E 0.963 27° 127° 147 km 03m21.3s
21:1815°07.0'N170°27.4'E13°33.7'N170°47.0'E14°19.8'N170°37.6'E 0.964 29° 128° 146 km 03m22.4s
21:2014°37.4'N171°40.8'E13°06.2'N171°58.2'E13°51.3'N171°49.9'E 0.964 31° 128° 145 km 03m23.5s
21:2214°10.4'N172°49.6'E12°41.0'N173°05.1'E13°25.3'N172°57.7'E 0.964 32° 129° 144 km 03m24.5s
21:2413°45.6'N173°54.4'E12°17.8'N174°08.5'E13°01.3'N174°01.7'E 0.965 34° 130° 143 km 03m25.5s
21:2613°22.8'N174°55.9'E11°56.5'N175°08.7'E12°39.3'N175°02.5'E 0.965 35° 131° 142 km 03m26.5s
21:2813°01.8'N175°54.3'E11°36.8'N176°06.2'E12°18.9'N176°00.5'E 0.965 36° 132° 141 km 03m27.4s
21:3012°42.4'N176°50.2'E11°18.5'N177°01.2'E12°00.1'N176°55.9'E 0.966 38° 132° 140 km 03m28.3s
21:3212°24.5'N177°43.8'E11°01.6'N177°54.1'E11°42.7'N177°49.1'E 0.966 39° 133° 139 km 03m29.2s
21:3412°07.9'N178°35.4'E10°46.0'N178°45.1'E11°26.6'N178°40.4'E 0.966 40° 134° 139 km 03m30.0s
21:3611°52.5'N179°25.0'E10°31.5'N179°34.3'E11°11.7'N179°29.8'E 0.966 41° 135° 138 km 03m30.9s
21:3811°38.3'N179°46.9'W10°18.1'N179°38.1'W10°57.9'N179°42.4'W 0.967 42° 136° 138 km 03m31.6s
21:4011°25.1'N179°00.4'W10°05.8'N178°51.8'W10°45.2'N178°56.0'W 0.967 43° 137° 137 km 03m32.4s
21:4211°13.0'N178°15.2'W09°54.4'N178°06.9'W10°33.4'N178°11.0'W 0.967 44° 138° 137 km 03m33.1s
21:4411°01.9'N177°31.3'W09°43.9'N177°23.2'W10°22.6'N177°27.2'W 0.967 45° 139° 136 km 03m33.8s
21:4610°51.6'N176°48.5'W09°34.3'N176°40.6'W10°12.7'N176°44.5'W 0.967 46° 140° 136 km 03m34.5s
21:4810°42.3'N176°06.8'W09°25.5'N175°58.9'W10°03.6'N176°02.8'W 0.968 47° 141° 135 km 03m35.1s
21:5010°33.7'N175°26.0'W09°17.5'N175°18.2'W09°55.4'N175°22.0'W 0.968 48° 142° 135 km 03m35.7s
21:5210°26.0'N174°46.1'W09°10.3'N174°38.4'W09°47.9'N174°42.2'W 0.968 48° 143° 135 km 03m36.3s
21:5410°19.0'N174°07.0'W09°03.8'N173°59.3'W09°41.1'N174°03.1'W 0.968 49° 144° 134 km 03m36.8s
21:5610°12.8'N173°28.7'W08°58.0'N173°20.9'W09°35.1'N173°24.7'W 0.968 50° 145° 134 km 03m37.3s
21:5810°07.2'N172°51.0'W08°52.9'N172°43.2'W09°29.8'N172°47.1'W 0.968 51° 147° 134 km 03m37.8s
22:0010°02.4'N172°14.0'W08°48.4'N172°06.1'W09°25.2'N172°10.0'W 0.968 51° 148° 134 km 03m38.3s
22:0209°58.2'N171°37.5'W08°44.6'N171°29.6'W09°21.2'N171°33.6'W 0.969 52° 149° 133 km 03m38.7s
22:0409°54.7'N171°01.6'W08°41.5'N170°53.6'W09°17.8'N170°57.6'W 0.969 52° 151° 133 km 03m39.0s
22:0609°51.8'N170°26.2'W08°38.9'N170°18.1'W09°15.1'N170°22.2'W 0.969 53° 152° 133 km 03m39.4s
22:0809°49.5'N169°51.3'W08°37.0'N169°43.1'W09°13.0'N169°47.1'W 0.969 54° 153° 133 km 03m39.7s
22:1009°47.9'N169°16.8'W08°35.6'N169°08.4'W09°11.5'N169°12.5'W 0.969 54° 155° 132 km 03m39.9s
22:1209°46.8'N168°42.6'W08°34.9'N168°34.1'W09°10.6'N168°38.3'W 0.969 54° 156° 132 km 03m40.1s
22:1409°46.3'N168°08.8'W08°34.7'N168°00.1'W09°10.3'N168°04.4'W 0.969 55° 158° 132 km 03m40.3s
22:1609°46.4'N167°35.3'W08°35.0'N167°26.5'W09°10.5'N167°30.9'W 0.969 55° 159° 132 km 03m40.5s
22:1809°47.1'N167°02.1'W08°35.9'N166°53.1'W09°11.3'N166°57.6'W 0.969 56° 161° 132 km 03m40.6s
22:2009°48.3'N166°29.1'W08°37.4'N166°20.0'W09°12.6'N166°24.5'W 0.969 56° 163° 131 km 03m40.7s
22:2209°50.1'N165°56.3'W08°39.4'N165°47.1'W09°14.5'N165°51.7'W 0.969 56° 164° 131 km 03m40.7s
22:2409°52.5'N165°23.8'W08°41.9'N165°14.3'W09°17.0'N165°19.1'W 0.970 56° 166° 131 km 03m40.7s
22:2609°55.4'N164°51.4'W08°45.0'N164°41.8'W09°19.9'N164°46.6'W 0.970 57° 168° 131 km 03m40.7s
22:2809°58.8'N164°19.1'W08°48.6'N164°09.4'W09°23.5'N164°14.2'W 0.970 57° 169° 131 km 03m40.6s
22:3010°02.8'N163°47.0'W08°52.7'N163°37.0'W09°27.5'N163°42.0'W 0.970 57° 171° 130 km 03m40.5s
22:3210°07.3'N163°15.0'W08°57.3'N163°04.8'W09°32.1'N163°09.9'W 0.970 57° 173° 130 km 03m40.4s
22:3410°12.3'N162°43.0'W09°02.5'N162°32.7'W09°37.2'N162°37.8'W 0.970 57° 175° 130 km 03m40.2s
22:3610°17.9'N162°11.0'W09°08.2'N162°00.5'W09°42.8'N162°05.8'W 0.970 57° 176° 130 km 03m40.0s
22:3810°24.0'N161°39.1'W09°14.4'N161°28.4'W09°49.0'N161°33.7'W 0.970 57° 178° 130 km 03m39.7s
22:4010°30.7'N161°07.1'W09°21.2'N160°56.3'W09°55.7'N161°01.7'W 0.970 57° 180° 129 km 03m39.4s
22:4210°37.9'N160°35.1'W09°28.5'N160°24.1'W10°03.0'N160°29.6'W 0.970 57° 182° 129 km 03m39.1s
22:4410°45.7'N160°03.0'W09°36.3'N159°51.9'W10°10.8'N159°57.5'W 0.970 56° 183° 129 km 03m38.8s
22:4610°54.0'N159°30.8'W09°44.6'N159°19.5'W10°19.1'N159°25.2'W 0.970 56° 185° 129 km 03m38.4s
22:4811°02.9'N158°58.5'W09°53.5'N158°47.1'W10°28.0'N158°52.8'W 0.970 56° 187° 129 km 03m38.0s
22:5011°12.3'N158°26.1'W10°02.9'N158°14.5'W10°37.4'N158°20.3'W 0.970 56° 188° 128 km 03m37.5s
22:5211°22.3'N157°53.4'W10°12.9'N157°41.7'W10°47.4'N157°47.6'W 0.970 55° 190° 128 km 03m37.1s
22:5411°32.9'N157°20.6'W10°23.5'N157°08.7'W10°57.9'N157°14.7'W 0.969 55° 192° 128 km 03m36.6s
22:5611°44.0'N156°47.5'W10°34.6'N156°35.5'W11°09.1'N156°41.5'W 0.969 55° 193° 128 km 03m36.0s
22:5811°55.8'N156°14.1'W10°46.3'N156°02.0'W11°20.8'N156°08.1'W 0.969 54° 195° 128 km 03m35.5s
23:0012°08.2'N155°40.4'W10°58.5'N155°28.2'W11°33.1'N155°34.3'W 0.969 54° 196° 128 km 03m34.9s
23:0212°21.2'N155°06.4'W11°11.4'N154°54.1'W11°46.0'N155°00.3'W 0.969 53° 198° 128 km 03m34.3s
23:0412°34.8'N154°31.9'W11°24.9'N154°19.6'W11°59.6'N154°25.8'W 0.969 53° 199° 128 km 03m33.7s
23:0612°49.0'N153°57.1'W11°39.0'N153°44.7'W12°13.8'N153°50.9'W 0.969 52° 201° 128 km 03m33.0s
23:0813°04.0'N153°21.7'W11°53.7'N153°09.3'W12°28.6'N153°15.6'W 0.969 51° 202° 128 km 03m32.4s
23:1013°19.6'N152°45.9'W12°09.1'N152°33.4'W12°44.1'N152°39.7'W 0.969 51° 203° 128 km 03m31.7s
23:1213°36.0'N152°09.4'W12°25.2'N151°57.0'W13°00.3'N152°03.3'W 0.969 50° 205° 128 km 03m31.0s
23:1413°53.0'N151°32.4'W12°42.0'N151°20.0'W13°17.2'N151°26.2'W 0.969 49° 206° 128 km 03m30.2s
23:1614°10.9'N150°54.6'W12°59.5'N150°42.3'W13°34.9'N150°48.5'W 0.969 49° 207° 128 km 03m29.5s
23:1814°29.5'N150°16.2'W13°17.8'N150°03.9'W13°53.4'N150°10.1'W 0.968 48° 208° 128 km 03m28.7s
23:2014°48.9'N149°36.8'W13°36.8'N149°24.7'W14°12.6'N149°30.8'W 0.968 47° 209° 128 km 03m27.9s
23:2215°09.2'N148°56.6'W13°56.7'N148°44.6'W14°32.7'N148°50.7'W 0.968 46° 211° 129 km 03m27.1s
23:2415°30.4'N148°15.4'W14°17.4'N148°03.6'W14°53.6'N148°09.6'W 0.968 45° 212° 129 km 03m26.3s
23:2615°52.6'N147°33.1'W14°39.0'N147°21.5'W15°15.5'N147°27.4'W 0.968 44° 213° 129 km 03m25.5s
23:2816°15.7'N146°49.7'W15°01.5'N146°38.3'W15°38.3'N146°44.1'W 0.968 43° 214° 130 km 03m24.6s
23:3016°39.9'N146°04.9'W15°25.1'N145°53.9'W16°02.2'N145°59.5'W 0.967 42° 215° 130 km 03m23.8s
23:3217°05.3'N145°18.6'W15°49.7'N145°08.0'W16°27.2'N145°13.5'W 0.967 41° 216° 131 km 03m22.9s
23:3417°31.8'N144°30.8'W16°15.4'N144°20.7'W16°53.3'N144°25.9'W 0.967 40° 217° 131 km 03m22.0s
23:3617°59.7'N143°41.2'W16°42.4'N143°31.6'W17°20.7'N143°36.5'W 0.967 39° 218° 132 km 03m21.2s
23:3818°28.9'N142°49.5'W17°10.6'N142°40.7'W17°49.4'N142°45.2'W 0.967 38° 219° 132 km 03m20.3s
23:4018°59.7'N141°55.6'W17°40.3'N141°47.6'W18°19.6'N141°51.8'W 0.966 37° 220° 133 km 03m19.3s
23:4219°32.2'N140°59.2'W18°11.5'N140°52.1'W18°51.5'N140°55.9'W 0.966 35° 221° 134 km 03m18.4s
23:4420°06.5'N139°59.8'W18°44.4'N139°54.0'W19°25.1'N139°57.2'W 0.966 34° 222° 135 km 03m17.5s
23:4620°42.9'N138°57.2'W19°19.2'N138°52.7'W20°00.6'N138°55.2'W 0.965 33° 223° 136 km 03m16.5s
23:4821°21.6'N137°50.6'W19°56.1'N137°47.9'W20°38.4'N137°49.6'W 0.965 31° 224° 137 km 03m15.5s
23:5022°03.0'N136°39.5'W20°35.4'N136°39.0'W21°18.7'N136°39.6'W 0.965 30° 225° 138 km 03m14.6s
23:5222°47.6'N135°22.9'W21°17.5'N135°25.1'W22°01.9'N135°24.4'W 0.964 28° 226° 139 km 03m13.5s
23:5423°35.8'N133°59.6'W22°02.7'N134°05.3'W22°48.6'N134°03.0'W 0.964 26° 227° 141 km 03m12.5s
23:5624°28.6'N132°28.0'W22°51.9'N132°38.2'W23°39.5'N132°33.8'W 0.963 24° 228° 143 km 03m11.4s
23:5825°27.1'N130°45.6'W23°45.9'N131°01.8'W24°35.6'N130°54.6'W 0.963 22° 229° 145 km 03m10.3s
00:0026°33.2'N128°48.5'W24°46.0'N129°13.4'W25°38.5'N129°02.2'W 0.962 20° 230° 147 km 03m09.2s
00:0227°50.2'N126°29.8'W25°54.5'N127°08.0'W26°50.9'N126°50.8'W 0.962 17° 232° 150 km 03m07.9s
00:0429°24.9'N123°35.2'W27°15.3'N124°37.0'W28°17.9'N124°09.4'W 0.961 14° 233° 153 km 03m06.6s
00:0631°37.6'N119°21.6'W28°57.8'N121°20.1'W30°12.6'N120°29.8'W 0.960 10° 235° 158 km 03m05.0s
00:08 - - 31°38.7'N115°56.0'W34°16.1'N112°11.1'W 0.957 240° 168 km 03m02.1s
Limits35°45.3'N110°51.9'W34°18.1'N110°12.4'W35°01.6'N110°32.0'W 0.957 - 170 km 03m01.6s

ΔT = 4249.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:45:10.322:34:20.409°38.1'N179°42.2'E 56.9° 174.9° 129.9 km03m40.14s
Greatest Duration23:33:57.022:23:07.109°15.8'N165°33.4'W 56.3° 165.3° 131.1 km03m40.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2997 Dec 20 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 4249.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 923.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.86°.

Acknowledgments

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

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