Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0678 Dec 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0678 Dec 11 . 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 -0678 Dec 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits34°17.0'S073°52.0'E35°15.6'S072°49.0'E34°46.2'S073°20.9'E 1.023 - 140 km 01m05.8s
23:5839°43.8'S084°42.5'E38°22.3'S079°07.8'E39°10.7'S082°10.2'E 1.025 112° 160 km 01m17.5s
00:0041°38.3'S087°52.0'E40°55.3'S083°33.9'E41°19.7'S085°48.0'E 1.026 12° 109° 167 km 01m22.9s
00:0243°14.3'S090°20.9'E42°48.1'S086°31.8'E43°03.0'S088°29.2'E 1.027 15° 107° 172 km 01m27.1s
00:0444°39.8'S092°27.2'E44°24.0'S088°53.7'E44°33.3'S090°42.4'E 1.028 17° 105° 175 km 01m30.6s
00:0645°58.2'S094°19.0'E45°50.0'S090°55.1'E45°55.2'S092°38.5'E 1.029 19° 103° 178 km 01m33.7s
00:0847°11.5'S096°00.5'E47°09.3'S092°42.9'E47°11.4'S094°23.0'E 1.029 21° 101° 180 km 01m36.5s
00:1048°20.9'S097°34.5'E48°23.7'S094°21.2'E48°23.2'S095°59.0'E 1.030 23° 99° 182 km 01m39.0s
00:1249°27.1'S099°02.8'E49°34.2'S095°52.4'E49°31.5'S097°28.7'E 1.030 24° 97° 183 km 01m41.3s
00:1450°30.8'S100°26.8'E50°41.6'S097°18.2'E50°36.9'S098°53.5'E 1.030 26° 95° 185 km 01m43.5s
00:1651°32.2'S101°47.3'E51°46.5'S098°40.0'E51°40.1'S100°14.6'E 1.031 27° 93° 185 km 01m45.5s
00:1852°31.8'S103°05.3'E52°49.3'S099°58.6'E52°41.2'S101°32.9'E 1.031 28° 91° 186 km 01m47.4s
00:2053°29.7'S104°21.2'E53°50.2'S101°14.7'E53°40.6'S102°49.0'E 1.031 29° 89° 186 km 01m49.2s
00:2254°26.1'S105°35.7'E54°49.6'S102°29.1'E54°38.5'S104°03.4'E 1.032 30° 87° 187 km 01m50.8s
00:2455°21.3'S106°49.2'E55°47.5'S103°42.2'E55°35.0'S105°16.8'E 1.032 31° 85° 187 km 01m52.4s
00:2656°15.4'S108°02.1'E56°44.2'S104°54.5'E56°30.4'S106°29.4'E 1.032 32° 83° 187 km 01m53.8s
00:2857°08.4'S109°14.8'E57°39.8'S106°06.4'E57°24.6'S107°41.7'E 1.032 33° 81° 187 km 01m55.2s
00:3058°00.4'S110°27.6'E58°34.4'S107°18.2'E58°17.9'S108°54.1'E 1.033 33° 79° 187 km 01m56.4s
00:3258°51.5'S111°40.8'E59°28.0'S108°30.4'E59°10.3'S110°06.9'E 1.033 34° 77° 187 km 01m57.6s
00:3459°41.8'S112°54.8'E60°20.8'S109°43.2'E60°01.8'S111°20.3'E 1.033 35° 75° 187 km 01m58.7s
00:3660°31.4'S114°09.8'E61°12.8'S110°57.0'E60°52.6'S112°34.8'E 1.033 35° 73° 186 km 01m59.7s
00:3861°20.1'S115°26.2'E62°04.0'S112°12.2'E61°42.6'S113°50.7'E 1.033 36° 70° 186 km 02m00.6s
00:4062°08.2'S116°44.3'E62°54.6'S113°29.1'E62°31.9'S115°08.3'E 1.033 36° 68° 186 km 02m01.5s
00:4262°55.6'S118°04.4'E63°44.5'S114°48.0'E63°20.5'S116°27.9'E 1.033 37° 66° 186 km 02m02.2s
00:4463°42.3'S119°26.8'E64°33.7'S116°09.4'E64°08.5'S117°50.0'E 1.033 37° 63° 185 km 02m02.9s
00:4664°28.4'S120°51.9'E65°22.3'S117°33.6'E64°55.8'S119°14.7'E 1.034 37° 60° 185 km 02m03.5s
00:4865°13.8'S122°20.1'E66°10.2'S119°01.1'E65°42.4'S120°42.7'E 1.034 38° 58° 185 km 02m04.0s
00:5065°58.5'S123°51.8'E66°57.5'S120°32.4'E66°28.4'S122°14.3'E 1.034 38° 55° 184 km 02m04.5s
00:5266°42.5'S125°27.3'E67°44.2'S122°07.8'E67°13.8'S123°50.0'E 1.034 38° 52° 184 km 02m04.9s
00:5467°25.9'S127°07.3'E68°30.2'S123°48.1'E67°58.4'S125°30.3'E 1.034 38° 49° 183 km 02m05.2s
00:5668°08.4'S128°52.1'E69°15.4'S125°33.9'E68°42.3'S127°15.7'E 1.034 39° 47° 183 km 02m05.4s
00:5868°50.2'S130°42.3'E69°59.9'S127°25.7'E69°25.4'S129°06.8'E 1.034 39° 43° 183 km 02m05.6s
01:0069°31.1'S132°38.5'E70°43.6'S129°24.4'E70°07.7'S131°04.4'E 1.034 39° 40° 182 km 02m05.7s
01:0270°11.1'S134°41.3'E71°26.4'S131°30.8'E70°49.0'S133°09.2'E 1.034 39° 37° 182 km 02m05.7s
01:0470°50.1'S136°51.4'E72°08.2'S133°45.8'E71°29.4'S135°21.9'E 1.034 39° 33° 181 km 02m05.6s
01:0671°28.0'S139°09.6'E72°48.9'S136°10.3'E72°08.6'S137°43.3'E 1.034 39° 30° 181 km 02m05.5s
01:0872°04.7'S141°36.5'E73°28.4'S138°45.5'E72°46.7'S140°14.4'E 1.034 38° 26° 181 km 02m05.2s
01:1072°39.9'S144°13.0'E74°06.4'S141°32.5'E73°23.3'S142°56.2'E 1.034 38° 22° 180 km 02m04.9s
01:1273°13.7'S146°59.9'E74°42.8'S144°32.6'E73°58.3'S145°49.5'E 1.034 38° 18° 180 km 02m04.6s
01:1473°45.7'S149°58.0'E75°17.3'S147°46.8'E74°31.5'S148°55.5'E 1.034 38° 14° 179 km 02m04.1s
01:1674°15.8'S153°08.0'E75°49.7'S151°16.5'E75°02.7'S152°14.9'E 1.033 37° 179 km 02m03.6s
01:1874°43.6'S156°30.6'E76°19.6'S155°02.7'E75°31.5'S155°48.8'E 1.033 37° 178 km 02m03.0s
01:2075°09.0'S160°06.4'E76°46.7'S159°06.2'E75°57.7'S159°37.6'E 1.033 37° 360° 178 km 02m02.3s
01:2275°31.6'S163°55.5'E77°10.5'S163°27.5'E76°20.9'S163°41.9'E 1.033 36° 354° 177 km 02m01.6s
01:2475°51.2'S167°58.1'E77°30.7'S168°06.5'E76°40.7'S168°01.4'E 1.033 36° 349° 177 km 02m00.7s
01:2676°07.2'S172°13.6'E77°46.6'S173°02.5'E76°56.8'S172°35.8'E 1.033 35° 343° 176 km 01m59.8s
01:2876°19.5'S176°41.3'E77°58.0'S178°13.7'E77°08.6'S177°23.8'E 1.033 35° 337° 176 km 01m58.8s
01:3076°27.6'S178°40.1'W78°04.2'S176°22.3'W77°15.9'S177°36.5'W 1.033 34° 331° 175 km 01m57.7s
01:3276°31.3'S173°52.5'W78°05.0'S170°49.0'W77°18.2'S172°27.4'W 1.032 33° 325° 175 km 01m56.5s
01:3476°30.2'S168°58.1'W77°59.9'S165°10.2'W77°15.3'S167°12.0'W 1.032 33° 319° 174 km 01m55.2s
01:3676°24.0'S163°59.5'W77°48.8'S159°30.4'W77°06.8'S161°53.6'W 1.032 32° 312° 174 km 01m53.8s
01:3876°12.5'S158°59.4'W77°31.5'S153°53.8'W76°52.7'S156°35.7'W 1.032 31° 306° 173 km 01m52.3s
01:4075°55.6'S154°00.3'W77°07.8'S148°24.0'W76°32.6'S151°21.2'W 1.031 30° 300° 173 km 01m50.7s
01:4275°33.1'S149°04.7'W76°37.9'S143°04.0'W76°06.6'S146°13.0'W 1.031 29° 294° 172 km 01m49.0s
01:4475°04.9'S144°14.4'W76°01.5'S137°55.6'W75°34.5'S141°13.0'W 1.031 28° 288° 171 km 01m47.2s
01:4674°30.9'S139°30.8'W75°18.8'S132°59.8'W74°56.3'S136°22.3'W 1.030 27° 282° 170 km 01m45.3s
01:4873°50.9'S134°54.5'W74°29.7'S128°16.4'W74°11.9'S131°41.6'W 1.030 26° 277° 169 km 01m43.2s
01:5073°04.7'S130°25.7'W73°33.7'S123°44.4'W73°21.0'S127°10.2'W 1.030 24° 272° 168 km 01m41.0s
01:5272°11.9'S126°03.6'W72°30.6'S119°22.1'W72°23.2'S122°47.1'W 1.029 23° 267° 167 km 01m38.6s
01:5471°12.0'S121°46.9'W71°19.5'S115°06.8'W71°17.8'S118°30.3'W 1.029 21° 262° 166 km 01m35.9s
01:5670°04.0'S117°33.2'W69°59.0'S110°54.7'W70°03.8'S114°16.9'W 1.028 19° 257° 164 km 01m33.1s
01:5868°46.4'S113°19.1'W68°26.8'S106°40.3'W68°39.3'S110°02.4'W 1.028 17° 252° 162 km 01m29.9s
02:0067°16.6'S108°58.9'W66°38.5'S102°14.5'W67°00.9'S105°39.7'W 1.027 15° 247° 160 km 01m26.3s
02:0265°29.8'S104°22.7'W64°24.2'S097°18.9'W65°01.8'S100°55.6'W 1.026 12° 242° 157 km 01m22.0s
02:0463°14.4'S099°08.6'W61°10.7'S090°53.7'W62°24.0'S095°16.2'W 1.025 237° 152 km 01m16.6s
Limits55°55.3'S084°23.0'W56°42.1'S082°36.9'W56°18.6'S083°30.7'W 1.022 - 138 km 01m04.6s

ΔT = 19823.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:31:30.201:01:07.070°30.9'S049°23.8'E 38.7° 38.4° 182.0 km02m05.67s
Greatest Duration06:31:36.001:01:12.870°32.9'S132°19.3'E 38.7° 38.3° 182.0 km02m05.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0678 Dec 11

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0678 Dec 11 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 19823.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 498.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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