Path of Annular Solar Eclipse of -0409 Dec 08

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0409 Dec 08 . 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 -0409 Dec 08
UT1	Northern Limit		Southern Limit		Central Line		M:S	Sun	Sun	Path	Central
	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Ratio	Alt.	Azm.	Width	Duration
Limits	52°41.9'S	128°43.2'E	56°51.8'S	119°43.1'E	54°43.0'S	124°37.1'E	0.929	0°	-	724 km	04m05.9s
19:16	61°51.1'S	144°10.9'E	-	-	58°56.9'S	132°09.2'E	0.930	6°	125°	708 km	04m10.3s
19:18	63°21.9'S	146°25.9'E	-	-	61°23.8'S	135°57.0'E	0.931	9°	121°	693 km	04m12.8s
19:20	64°44.5'S	148°27.6'E	-	-	63°16.9'S	138°40.9'E	0.932	11°	118°	679 km	04m14.6s
19:22	66°01.3'S	150°20.7'E	61°56.2'S	128°13.6'E	64°54.1'S	140°55.9'E	0.932	13°	115°	667 km	04m16.2s
19:24	67°13.6'S	152°08.2'E	64°12.3'S	131°22.7'E	66°21.7'S	142°54.3'E	0.933	15°	113°	656 km	04m17.5s
19:26	68°22.2'S	153°52.3'E	66°01.6'S	133°41.8'E	67°42.6'S	144°42.1'E	0.933	16°	110°	645 km	04m18.6s
19:28	69°27.9'S	155°34.5'E	67°37.4'S	135°35.8'E	68°58.6'S	146°22.8'E	0.933	17°	108°	636 km	04m19.7s
19:30	70°31.2'S	157°16.4'E	69°04.5'S	137°14.1'E	70°10.7'S	147°58.9'E	0.934	18°	106°	627 km	04m20.6s
19:32	71°32.3'S	158°59.0'E	70°25.7'S	138°41.7'E	71°19.8'S	149°32.2'E	0.934	19°	103°	619 km	04m21.4s
19:34	72°31.5'S	160°43.7'E	71°42.3'S	140°01.6'E	72°26.3'S	151°04.2'E	0.934	20°	101°	611 km	04m22.2s
19:36	73°29.1'S	162°31.5'E	72°55.6'S	141°15.7'E	73°30.7'S	152°36.3'E	0.934	21°	99°	604 km	04m22.9s
19:38	74°25.1'S	164°23.9'E	74°06.0'S	142°25.4'E	74°33.4'S	154°09.8'E	0.935	21°	96°	598 km	04m23.6s
19:40	75°19.7'S	166°22.0'E	75°14.3'S	143°31.8'E	75°34.4'S	155°45.6'E	0.935	22°	94°	592 km	04m24.1s
19:42	76°12.9'S	168°27.7'E	76°20.7'S	144°35.8'E	76°34.0'S	157°25.8'E	0.935	23°	92°	586 km	04m24.7s
19:44	77°04.8'S	170°42.7'E	77°25.5'S	145°38.2'E	77°32.4'S	159°11.8'E	0.935	23°	89°	581 km	04m25.1s
19:46	77°55.4'S	173°09.3'E	78°29.1'S	146°39.7'E	78°29.7'S	161°05.7'E	0.935	24°	86°	577 km	04m25.6s
19:48	78°44.6'S	175°50.1'E	79°31.6'S	147°41.4'E	79°25.9'S	163°10.2'E	0.935	24°	83°	573 km	04m25.9s
19:50	79°32.3'S	178°48.4'E	80°33.3'S	148°44.0'E	80°21.0'S	165°28.8'E	0.935	24°	80°	569 km	04m26.2s
19:52	80°18.3'S	177°51.8'W	81°34.1'S	149°48.5'E	81°15.0'S	168°06.0'E	0.935	25°	76°	566 km	04m26.5s
19:54	81°02.5'S	174°05.7'W	82°34.4'S	150°56.7'E	82°07.9'S	171°08.4'E	0.935	25°	72°	564 km	04m26.7s
19:56	81°44.4'S	169°47.3'W	83°34.2'S	152°11.5'E	82°59.4'S	174°45.1'E	0.936	25°	68°	561 km	04m26.9s
19:58	82°23.6'S	164°49.9'W	84°33.6'S	153°36.9'E	83°49.1'S	179°09.5'E	0.936	25°	63°	560 km	04m27.0s
20:00	82°59.5'S	159°05.8'W	85°32.6'S	155°19.4'E	84°36.6'S	175°18.5'W	0.936	25°	56°	558 km	04m27.1s
20:02	83°31.2'S	152°27.9'W	86°31.4'S	157°35.6'E	85°20.8'S	168°09.9'W	0.936	26°	48°	557 km	04m27.1s
20:04	83°57.6'S	144°51.0'W	87°29.8'S	161°05.4'E	86°00.0'S	158°44.2'W	0.936	26°	38°	556 km	04m27.1s
20:06	84°17.7'S	136°15.4'W	88°27.5'S	168°05.7'E	86°31.4'S	146°16.1'W	0.936	26°	24°	556 km	04m27.1s
20:08	84°30.2'S	126°50.5'W	89°20.7'S	166°20.1'W	86°51.2'S	130°29.0'W	0.936	26°	8°	556 km	04m27.0s
20:10	84°34.2'S	116°56.6'W	89°20.5'S	067°39.1'W	86°55.3'S	112°37.2'W	0.936	25°	349°	556 km	04m26.8s
20:12	84°29.4'S	107°01.7'W	88°26.7'S	042°05.5'W	86°42.7'S	095°26.4'W	0.936	25°	331°	557 km	04m26.7s
20:14	84°15.9'S	097°34.3'W	87°28.0'S	035°05.2'W	86°15.9'S	081°09.3'W	0.936	25°	315°	559 km	04m26.4s
20:16	83°54.6'S	088°54.9'W	86°27.8'S	031°34.0'W	85°39.0'S	070°09.9'W	0.936	25°	303°	560 km	04m26.1s
20:18	83°26.7'S	081°13.4'W	85°26.8'S	029°15.6'W	84°55.3'S	061°51.8'W	0.935	25°	294°	562 km	04m25.8s
20:20	82°53.1'S	074°30.4'W	84°24.7'S	027°28.9'W	84°07.1'S	055°29.8'W	0.935	24°	287°	565 km	04m25.4s
20:22	82°14.8'S	068°41.0'W	83°21.7'S	025°59.2'W	83°15.5'S	050°28.8'W	0.935	24°	281°	568 km	04m25.0s
20:24	81°32.8'S	063°37.8'W	82°17.5'S	024°38.9'W	82°21.4'S	046°24.1'W	0.935	23°	276°	571 km	04m24.5s
20:26	80°47.6'S	059°13.4'W	81°11.9'S	023°23.6'W	81°25.2'S	042°59.5'W	0.935	23°	272°	575 km	04m24.0s
20:28	79°59.5'S	055°20.6'W	80°04.7'S	022°10.8'W	80°26.9'S	040°03.4'W	0.935	22°	268°	579 km	04m23.4s
20:30	79°09.0'S	051°53.5'W	78°55.6'S	020°58.4'W	79°26.8'S	037°27.9'W	0.935	22°	265°	584 km	04m22.8s
20:32	78°16.1'S	048°47.1'W	77°44.2'S	019°45.0'W	78°24.6'S	035°07.6'W	0.935	21°	261°	590 km	04m22.1s
20:34	77°20.9'S	045°57.2'W	76°29.9'S	018°29.1'W	77°20.3'S	032°57.9'W	0.935	20°	258°	596 km	04m21.3s
20:36	76°23.5'S	043°20.4'W	75°12.3'S	017°09.1'W	76°13.6'S	030°55.5'W	0.934	20°	256°	602 km	04m20.5s
20:38	75°23.7'S	040°53.1'W	73°50.3'S	015°43.2'W	75°04.2'S	028°57.8'W	0.934	19°	253°	610 km	04m19.6s
20:40	74°21.4'S	038°34.3'W	72°22.5'S	014°08.9'W	73°51.6'S	027°02.0'W	0.934	18°	250°	618 km	04m18.6s
20:42	73°16.2'S	036°20.3'W	70°46.8'S	012°22.3'W	72°35.1'S	025°05.9'W	0.934	17°	248°	627 km	04m17.5s
20:44	72°07.9'S	034°09.4'W	68°59.2'S	010°16.5'W	71°13.7'S	023°06.5'W	0.933	15°	245°	636 km	04m16.3s
20:46	70°55.8'S	031°59.3'W	66°51.0'S	007°36.7'W	69°45.9'S	021°00.6'W	0.933	14°	242°	647 km	04m15.0s
20:48	69°39.0'S	029°47.6'W	63°51.0'S	003°29.5'W	68°09.1'S	018°42.9'W	0.933	12°	239°	659 km	04m13.5s
20:50	68°16.5'S	027°31.3'W	-	-	66°18.7'S	016°04.6'W	0.932	10°	236°	673 km	04m11.8s
20:52	66°46.1'S	025°06.0'W	-	-	64°03.2'S	012°44.9'W	0.931	8°	233°	689 km	04m09.6s
20:54	65°04.4'S	022°24.8'W	-	-	60°26.8'S	007°03.5'W	0.930	3°	227°	710 km	04m06.0s
Limits	56°19.6'S	007°45.4'W	60°07.1'S	002°26.5'E	58°10.9'S	003°07.7'W	0.929	0°	-	719 km	04m03.8s

ΔT = 15568.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event	Time TD	Time UT1	Latitude	Longitude	Sun Altitude	Sun Azimuth	Path Width	Central Duration
Greatest Eclipse	00:23:56.7	20:04:28.4	86°08.3'S	138°52.2'E	25.6°	34.8°	556.1 km	04m27.13s
Greatest Duration	00:22:05.0	20:02:36.7	85°33.5'S	165°33.5'W	25.6°	45.1°	556.7 km	04m27.15s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0409 Dec 08 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 15568.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 397.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.66°.

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