Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0288 Dec 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0288 Dec 18 . 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 -0288 Dec 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits10°53.3'S174°10.5'W11°44.7'S174°46.5'W11°19.0'S174°28.4'W 1.029 - 113 km 01m28.5s
17:2015°07.9'S165°09.0'W14°36.9'S168°42.1'W14°56.4'S166°47.6'W 1.032 112° 124 km 01m42.0s
17:2217°15.4'S161°04.6'W17°16.2'S163°34.7'W17°17.1'S162°17.5'W 1.033 14° 111° 131 km 01m51.2s
17:2418°52.2'S158°07.8'W19°04.9'S160°17.4'W18°59.4'S159°11.4'W 1.035 18° 110° 136 km 01m58.0s
17:2620°14.0'S155°43.2'W20°33.9'S157°42.0'W20°24.6'S156°41.7'W 1.036 21° 108° 139 km 02m03.8s
17:2821°26.3'S153°38.4'W21°51.4'S155°30.3'W21°39.4'S154°33.6'W 1.036 24° 107° 142 km 02m09.0s
17:3022°31.9'S151°47.2'W23°01.1'S153°34.2'W22°46.9'S152°40.1'W 1.037 26° 106° 145 km 02m13.7s
17:3223°32.4'S150°06.0'W24°05.0'S151°49.3'W23°49.1'S150°57.1'W 1.038 28° 105° 147 km 02m18.1s
17:3424°28.8'S148°32.4'W25°04.4'S150°12.9'W24°46.9'S149°22.1'W 1.038 30° 104° 149 km 02m22.3s
17:3625°21.8'S147°05.0'W26°00.1'S148°43.0'W25°41.3'S147°53.5'W 1.039 32° 103° 150 km 02m26.2s
17:3826°12.1'S145°42.5'W26°52.7'S147°18.5'W26°32.7'S146°30.0'W 1.039 34° 102° 152 km 02m29.9s
17:4026°59.8'S144°24.1'W27°42.6'S145°58.4'W27°21.5'S145°10.8'W 1.040 36° 100° 153 km 02m33.5s
17:4227°45.5'S143°09.2'W28°30.3'S144°41.9'W28°08.2'S143°55.1'W 1.040 38° 99° 154 km 02m36.9s
17:4428°29.2'S141°57.2'W29°15.9'S143°28.5'W28°52.8'S142°42.4'W 1.041 39° 98° 156 km 02m40.2s
17:4629°11.2'S140°47.7'W29°59.7'S142°17.6'W29°35.7'S141°32.2'W 1.041 41° 97° 157 km 02m43.3s
17:4829°51.6'S139°40.4'W30°41.9'S141°09.0'W30°17.0'S140°24.2'W 1.041 42° 96° 157 km 02m46.4s
17:5030°30.6'S138°34.8'W31°22.5'S140°02.3'W30°56.8'S139°18.1'W 1.042 44° 94° 158 km 02m49.3s
17:5231°08.2'S137°30.9'W32°01.8'S138°57.2'W31°35.2'S138°13.7'W 1.042 45° 93° 159 km 02m52.2s
17:5431°44.7'S136°28.4'W32°39.7'S137°53.6'W32°12.4'S137°10.6'W 1.042 46° 91° 160 km 02m54.9s
17:5632°19.9'S135°27.1'W33°16.5'S136°51.2'W32°48.4'S136°08.7'W 1.043 48° 90° 160 km 02m57.5s
17:5832°54.1'S134°26.9'W33°52.1'S135°49.8'W33°23.3'S135°07.9'W 1.043 49° 89° 161 km 03m00.1s
18:0033°27.2'S133°27.5'W34°26.6'S134°49.3'W33°57.1'S134°08.0'W 1.043 50° 87° 161 km 03m02.6s
18:0233°59.3'S132°28.9'W35°00.1'S133°49.6'W34°29.9'S133°08.8'W 1.043 51° 85° 162 km 03m05.0s
18:0434°30.5'S131°31.1'W35°32.7'S132°50.5'W35°01.8'S132°10.4'W 1.044 52° 84° 162 km 03m07.3s
18:0635°00.8'S130°33.7'W36°04.3'S131°52.0'W35°32.7'S131°12.4'W 1.044 54° 82° 163 km 03m09.5s
18:0835°30.3'S129°36.9'W36°35.0'S130°53.9'W36°02.8'S130°15.0'W 1.044 55° 80° 163 km 03m11.6s
18:1035°58.9'S128°40.5'W37°04.8'S129°56.2'W36°32.0'S129°17.9'W 1.044 56° 78° 163 km 03m13.7s
18:1236°26.6'S127°44.3'W37°33.8'S128°58.8'W37°00.3'S128°21.1'W 1.044 57° 76° 164 km 03m15.6s
18:1436°53.6'S126°48.5'W38°01.9'S128°01.6'W37°27.9'S127°24.6'W 1.045 58° 74° 164 km 03m17.5s
18:1637°19.8'S125°52.8'W38°29.3'S127°04.5'W37°54.7'S126°28.3'W 1.045 59° 72° 164 km 03m19.3s
18:1837°45.3'S124°57.3'W38°55.9'S126°07.6'W38°20.7'S125°32.0'W 1.045 60° 70° 164 km 03m21.0s
18:2038°10.0'S124°01.8'W39°21.7'S125°10.6'W38°45.9'S124°35.8'W 1.045 61° 68° 165 km 03m22.7s
18:2238°34.0'S123°06.4'W39°46.7'S124°13.6'W39°10.4'S123°39.6'W 1.045 61° 65° 165 km 03m24.2s
18:2438°57.2'S122°11.0'W40°11.0'S123°16.6'W39°34.2'S122°43.4'W 1.045 62° 63° 165 km 03m25.7s
18:2639°19.8'S121°15.5'W40°34.6'S122°19.4'W39°57.3'S121°47.1'W 1.045 63° 60° 165 km 03m27.1s
18:2839°41.6'S120°19.9'W40°57.5'S121°22.1'W40°19.6'S120°50.6'W 1.046 64° 58° 165 km 03m28.4s
18:3040°02.8'S119°24.2'W41°19.6'S120°24.6'W40°41.2'S119°54.0'W 1.046 64° 55° 165 km 03m29.6s
18:3240°23.2'S118°28.3'W41°41.0'S119°26.8'W41°02.2'S118°57.2'W 1.046 65° 52° 165 km 03m30.8s
18:3440°43.0'S117°32.2'W42°01.7'S118°28.8'W41°22.4'S118°00.1'W 1.046 66° 49° 165 km 03m31.8s
18:3641°02.1'S116°35.8'W42°21.6'S117°30.4'W41°41.9'S117°02.8'W 1.046 66° 46° 165 km 03m32.8s
18:3841°20.5'S115°39.2'W42°40.9'S116°31.8'W42°00.7'S116°05.1'W 1.046 67° 42° 165 km 03m33.7s
18:4041°38.3'S114°42.3'W42°59.4'S115°32.7'W42°18.9'S115°07.2'W 1.046 67° 39° 165 km 03m34.5s
18:4241°55.3'S113°45.1'W43°17.2'S114°33.3'W42°36.3'S114°08.9'W 1.046 68° 36° 165 km 03m35.2s
18:4442°11.7'S112°47.5'W43°34.3'S113°33.4'W42°53.0'S113°10.2'W 1.046 68° 32° 165 km 03m35.8s
18:4642°27.4'S111°49.5'W43°50.7'S112°33.1'W43°09.0'S112°11.1'W 1.046 68° 28° 165 km 03m36.4s
18:4842°42.3'S110°51.2'W44°06.3'S111°32.4'W43°24.4'S111°11.6'W 1.046 69° 24° 165 km 03m36.8s
18:5042°56.6'S109°52.4'W44°21.3'S110°31.1'W43°39.0'S110°11.6'W 1.046 69° 21° 165 km 03m37.2s
18:5243°10.2'S108°53.3'W44°35.4'S109°29.4'W43°52.8'S109°11.1'W 1.046 69° 17° 165 km 03m37.4s
18:5443°23.1'S107°53.6'W44°48.9'S108°27.1'W44°06.0'S108°10.2'W 1.046 69° 13° 165 km 03m37.6s
18:5643°35.3'S106°53.5'W45°01.5'S107°24.3'W44°18.4'S107°08.8'W 1.046 69° 165 km 03m37.7s
18:5843°46.8'S105°52.9'W45°13.5'S106°21.0'W44°30.1'S106°06.8'W 1.046 69° 165 km 03m37.7s
19:0043°57.5'S104°51.8'W45°24.6'S105°17.1'W44°41.0'S105°04.3'W 1.046 69° 165 km 03m37.6s
19:0244°07.6'S103°50.2'W45°35.0'S104°12.6'W44°51.2'S104°01.3'W 1.046 69° 357° 165 km 03m37.4s
19:0444°16.8'S102°48.0'W45°44.5'S103°07.4'W45°00.7'S102°57.7'W 1.046 68° 353° 164 km 03m37.1s
19:0644°25.4'S101°45.3'W45°53.3'S102°01.7'W45°09.3'S101°53.5'W 1.046 68° 349° 164 km 03m36.8s
19:0844°33.1'S100°42.0'W46°01.3'S100°55.4'W45°17.2'S100°48.7'W 1.046 68° 345° 164 km 03m36.3s
19:1044°40.1'S099°38.1'W46°08.4'S099°48.4'W45°24.2'S099°43.3'W 1.046 67° 342° 164 km 03m35.7s
19:1244°46.3'S098°33.6'W46°14.7'S098°40.8'W45°30.5'S098°37.3'W 1.046 67° 338° 164 km 03m35.1s
19:1444°51.7'S097°28.5'W46°20.1'S097°32.5'W45°35.9'S097°30.6'W 1.046 66° 335° 163 km 03m34.4s
19:1644°56.3'S096°22.8'W46°24.7'S096°23.5'W45°40.5'S096°23.3'W 1.046 66° 331° 163 km 03m33.5s
19:1845°00.1'S095°16.5'W46°28.4'S095°13.9'W45°44.2'S095°15.4'W 1.046 65° 328° 163 km 03m32.6s
19:2045°03.1'S094°09.4'W46°31.2'S094°03.6'W45°47.1'S094°06.7'W 1.046 64° 325° 163 km 03m31.6s
19:2245°05.2'S093°01.8'W46°33.1'S092°52.6'W45°49.1'S092°57.4'W 1.046 64° 322° 162 km 03m30.5s
19:2445°06.4'S091°53.4'W46°34.0'S091°40.8'W45°50.2'S091°47.4'W 1.045 63° 319° 162 km 03m29.3s
19:2645°06.7'S090°44.3'W46°34.0'S090°28.4'W45°50.3'S090°36.6'W 1.045 62° 316° 162 km 03m28.0s
19:2845°06.1'S089°34.5'W46°33.0'S089°15.2'W45°49.6'S089°25.2'W 1.045 61° 313° 162 km 03m26.6s
19:3045°04.6'S088°23.9'W46°31.0'S088°01.2'W45°47.8'S088°12.9'W 1.045 61° 311° 161 km 03m25.1s
19:3245°02.2'S087°12.6'W46°28.0'S086°46.4'W45°45.1'S086°59.9'W 1.045 60° 308° 161 km 03m23.5s
19:3444°58.7'S086°00.4'W46°23.9'S085°30.9'W45°41.3'S085°46.1'W 1.045 59° 306° 160 km 03m21.9s
19:3644°54.3'S084°47.5'W46°18.8'S084°14.5'W45°36.5'S084°31.4'W 1.045 58° 303° 160 km 03m20.1s
19:3844°48.8'S083°33.6'W46°12.5'S082°57.2'W45°30.7'S083°15.9'W 1.044 57° 301° 160 km 03m18.3s
19:4044°42.3'S082°18.9'W46°05.1'S081°39.0'W45°23.8'S081°59.5'W 1.044 56° 298° 159 km 03m16.3s
19:4244°34.7'S081°03.2'W45°56.6'S080°20.0'W45°15.7'S080°42.1'W 1.044 55° 296° 159 km 03m14.3s
19:4444°25.9'S079°46.5'W45°46.8'S078°59.9'W45°06.4'S079°23.7'W 1.044 54° 294° 158 km 03m12.2s
19:4644°16.0'S078°28.7'W45°35.8'S077°38.8'W44°56.0'S078°04.3'W 1.044 52° 292° 158 km 03m09.9s
19:4844°04.9'S077°09.9'W45°23.5'S076°16.6'W44°44.3'S076°43.8'W 1.043 51° 290° 157 km 03m07.6s
19:5043°52.5'S075°49.8'W45°09.9'S074°53.2'W44°31.3'S075°22.1'W 1.043 50° 288° 157 km 03m05.2s
19:5243°38.8'S074°28.5'W44°54.8'S073°28.5'W44°16.9'S073°59.2'W 1.043 49° 285° 156 km 03m02.7s
19:5443°23.7'S073°05.7'W44°38.3'S072°02.5'W44°01.1'S072°34.8'W 1.043 48° 283° 155 km 03m00.1s
19:5643°07.2'S071°41.5'W44°20.2'S070°35.0'W43°43.8'S071°09.0'W 1.042 46° 282° 155 km 02m57.4s
19:5842°49.1'S070°15.6'W44°00.5'S069°05.9'W43°25.0'S069°41.5'W 1.042 45° 280° 154 km 02m54.6s
20:0042°29.5'S068°48.0'W43°39.1'S067°35.0'W43°04.5'S068°12.2'W 1.042 44° 278° 153 km 02m51.7s
20:0242°08.1'S067°18.3'W43°15.8'S066°02.1'W42°42.2'S066°41.0'W 1.041 42° 276° 152 km 02m48.6s
20:0441°44.9'S065°46.5'W42°50.6'S064°27.0'W42°18.0'S065°07.5'W 1.041 41° 274° 151 km 02m45.5s
20:0641°19.7'S064°12.1'W42°23.3'S062°49.3'W41°51.7'S063°31.5'W 1.041 39° 272° 150 km 02m42.2s
20:0840°52.4'S062°34.9'W41°53.6'S061°08.7'W41°23.3'S061°52.6'W 1.040 38° 270° 149 km 02m38.8s
20:1040°22.7'S060°54.5'W41°21.4'S059°24.8'W40°52.3'S060°10.4'W 1.040 36° 268° 148 km 02m35.3s
20:1239°50.3'S059°10.2'W40°46.3'S057°36.9'W40°18.7'S058°24.4'W 1.039 34° 267° 147 km 02m31.6s
20:1439°15.1'S057°21.6'W40°08.1'S055°44.4'W39°41.9'S056°33.8'W 1.039 32° 265° 146 km 02m27.7s
20:1638°36.4'S055°27.6'W39°26.1'S053°46.3'W39°01.7'S054°37.8'W 1.038 30° 263° 144 km 02m23.7s
20:1837°53.9'S053°27.1'W38°39.8'S051°41.1'W38°17.3'S052°35.0'W 1.038 28° 261° 142 km 02m19.4s
20:2037°06.6'S051°18.5'W37°48.3'S049°27.1'W37°27.9'S050°23.8'W 1.037 26° 259° 141 km 02m14.9s
20:2236°13.5'S048°59.4'W36°50.1'S047°01.4'W36°32.4'S048°01.5'W 1.036 24° 257° 138 km 02m10.0s
20:2435°12.9'S046°26.0'W35°43.1'S044°19.4'W35°28.7'S045°24.0'W 1.036 21° 255° 136 km 02m04.6s
20:2634°01.7'S043°32.0'W34°23.3'S041°12.7'W34°13.4'S042°24.0'W 1.035 18° 253° 133 km 01m58.7s
20:2832°34.2'S040°04.5'W32°42.1'S037°22.6'W32°39.6'S038°46.1'W 1.033 14° 251° 129 km 01m51.7s
20:3030°34.1'S035°27.6'W30°07.9'S031°41.3'W30°25.2'S033°42.5'W 1.032 248° 123 km 01m42.4s
Limits26°05.1'S025°20.7'W26°55.3'S024°40.0'W26°30.2'S025°00.5'W 1.029 - 113 km 01m28.1s

ΔT = 13823.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:45:27.418:55:04.144°12.7'S165°22.7'W 69.1° 10.6° 165.0 km03m37.66s
Greatest Duration22:47:17.918:56:54.644°23.8'S106°40.6'W 69.1° 6.9° 164.9 km03m37.70s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0288 Dec 18 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 13823.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 355.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.48°.

Acknowledgments

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

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