Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1023 Dec 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1023 Dec 15 . 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 -1023 Dec 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits07°16.5'S111°34.0'E07°55.2'S111°11.2'E07°35.9'S111°22.6'E 1.023 - 82 km 01m12.6s
22:2211°44.1'S121°40.9'E11°54.1'S120°01.0'E11°49.9'S120°52.4'E 1.026 11° 111° 94 km 01m29.5s
22:2413°32.7'S125°34.3'E13°54.5'S124°14.4'E13°44.1'S124°55.1'E 1.028 15° 110° 99 km 01m37.9s
22:2614°55.7'S128°29.4'E15°23.6'S127°17.9'E15°10.0'S127°54.2'E 1.029 19° 109° 103 km 01m44.6s
22:2816°05.2'S130°54.7'E16°37.2'S129°48.0'E16°21.5'S130°21.8'E 1.030 22° 109° 106 km 01m50.3s
22:3017°05.9'S133°01.2'E17°41.1'S131°57.7'E17°23.8'S132°29.9'E 1.030 25° 108° 109 km 01m55.6s
22:3218°00.4'S134°54.5'E18°38.2'S133°53.5'E18°19.5'S134°24.3'E 1.031 27° 107° 111 km 02m00.4s
22:3418°49.9'S136°37.9'E19°30.1'S135°38.8'E19°10.2'S136°08.7'E 1.032 30° 106° 113 km 02m05.0s
22:3619°35.6'S138°13.6'E20°17.8'S137°16.2'E19°56.9'S137°45.2'E 1.032 32° 105° 115 km 02m09.3s
22:3820°18.0'S139°43.1'E21°02.0'S138°47.2'E20°40.2'S139°15.5'E 1.033 34° 104° 116 km 02m13.4s
22:4020°57.6'S141°07.6'E21°43.4'S140°12.9'E21°20.7'S140°40.5'E 1.033 36° 104° 118 km 02m17.3s
22:4221°34.8'S142°27.7'E22°22.2'S141°34.2'E21°58.7'S142°01.3'E 1.034 38° 103° 119 km 02m21.0s
22:4422°09.9'S143°44.3'E22°58.8'S142°51.9'E22°34.5'S143°18.4'E 1.034 39° 102° 121 km 02m24.7s
22:4622°43.1'S144°57.7'E23°33.4'S144°06.4'E23°08.4'S144°32.3'E 1.035 41° 101° 122 km 02m28.2s
22:4823°14.6'S146°08.3'E24°06.2'S145°18.1'E23°40.5'S145°43.5'E 1.035 43° 100° 123 km 02m31.6s
22:5023°44.5'S147°16.6'E24°37.3'S146°27.4'E24°11.1'S146°52.3'E 1.035 44° 99° 124 km 02m34.9s
22:5224°13.0'S148°22.8'E25°07.0'S147°34.6'E24°40.1'S147°59.0'E 1.036 46° 98° 125 km 02m38.0s
22:5424°40.1'S149°27.2'E25°35.3'S148°39.9'E25°07.8'S149°03.8'E 1.036 47° 97° 126 km 02m41.1s
22:5625°06.0'S150°29.8'E26°02.3'S149°43.6'E25°34.2'S150°07.0'E 1.036 49° 96° 127 km 02m44.1s
22:5825°30.7'S151°31.0'E26°28.1'S150°45.8'E25°59.5'S151°08.6'E 1.037 50° 95° 128 km 02m47.0s
23:0025°54.3'S152°30.8'E26°52.7'S151°46.6'E26°23.6'S152°09.0'E 1.037 51° 94° 128 km 02m49.8s
23:0226°16.9'S153°29.4'E27°16.3'S152°46.3'E26°46.7'S153°08.1'E 1.037 53° 93° 129 km 02m52.5s
23:0426°38.4'S154°26.9'E27°38.8'S153°44.8'E27°08.7'S154°06.1'E 1.037 54° 92° 130 km 02m55.2s
23:0626°59.1'S155°23.4'E28°00.3'S154°42.4'E27°29.8'S155°03.2'E 1.038 55° 91° 130 km 02m57.7s
23:0827°18.8'S156°19.0'E28°20.9'S155°39.1'E27°49.9'S155°59.3'E 1.038 57° 90° 131 km 03m00.2s
23:1027°37.6'S157°13.8'E28°40.6'S156°35.0'E28°09.2'S156°54.6'E 1.038 58° 89° 131 km 03m02.6s
23:1227°55.7'S158°07.8'E28°59.4'S157°30.2'E28°27.6'S157°49.2'E 1.038 59° 88° 132 km 03m04.9s
23:1428°12.9'S159°01.2'E29°17.4'S158°24.7'E28°45.2'S158°43.2'E 1.038 60° 86° 132 km 03m07.1s
23:1628°29.3'S159°53.9'E29°34.6'S159°18.6'E29°02.0'S159°36.5'E 1.039 62° 85° 133 km 03m09.2s
23:1828°44.9'S160°46.1'E29°51.0'S160°12.0'E29°18.0'S160°29.2'E 1.039 63° 83° 133 km 03m11.3s
23:2028°59.8'S161°37.7'E30°06.6'S161°04.8'E29°33.2'S161°21.5'E 1.039 64° 82° 134 km 03m13.2s
23:2229°14.0'S162°28.9'E30°21.4'S161°57.2'E29°47.8'S162°13.3'E 1.039 65° 80° 134 km 03m15.1s
23:2429°27.5'S163°19.6'E30°35.5'S162°49.2'E30°01.5'S163°04.6'E 1.039 66° 79° 134 km 03m16.9s
23:2629°40.3'S164°10.0'E30°48.9'S163°40.9'E30°14.6'S163°55.6'E 1.039 67° 77° 135 km 03m18.6s
23:2829°52.4'S165°00.0'E31°01.6'S164°32.1'E30°27.0'S164°46.2'E 1.040 68° 75° 135 km 03m20.3s
23:3030°03.8'S165°49.6'E31°13.5'S165°23.1'E30°38.7'S165°36.5'E 1.040 69° 73° 135 km 03m21.8s
23:3230°14.6'S166°39.0'E31°24.8'S166°13.8'E30°49.7'S166°26.6'E 1.040 70° 71° 136 km 03m23.2s
23:3430°24.7'S167°28.1'E31°35.5'S167°04.3'E31°00.1'S167°16.4'E 1.040 71° 69° 136 km 03m24.6s
23:3630°34.2'S168°16.9'E31°45.4'S167°54.6'E31°09.8'S168°05.9'E 1.040 72° 66° 136 km 03m25.9s
23:3830°43.1'S169°05.6'E31°54.7'S168°44.6'E31°18.9'S168°55.2'E 1.040 73° 64° 136 km 03m27.1s
23:4030°51.3'S169°54.0'E32°03.3'S169°34.5'E31°27.4'S169°44.4'E 1.040 74° 61° 137 km 03m28.1s
23:4230°59.0'S170°42.3'E32°11.3'S170°24.2'E31°35.2'S170°33.4'E 1.040 75° 58° 137 km 03m29.1s
23:4431°06.0'S171°30.5'E32°18.7'S171°13.8'E31°42.4'S171°22.2'E 1.040 76° 54° 137 km 03m30.0s
23:4631°12.4'S172°18.5'E32°25.4'S172°03.3'E31°48.9'S172°11.0'E 1.040 77° 50° 137 km 03m30.9s
23:4831°18.2'S173°06.4'E32°31.5'S172°52.7'E31°54.9'S172°59.6'E 1.040 78° 46° 137 km 03m31.6s
23:5031°23.5'S173°54.2'E32°37.0'S173°42.0'E32°00.2'S173°48.2'E 1.040 78° 41° 137 km 03m32.2s
23:5231°28.1'S174°42.0'E32°41.8'S174°31.2'E32°05.0'S174°36.7'E 1.040 79° 36° 137 km 03m32.7s
23:5431°32.1'S175°29.7'E32°46.0'S175°20.4'E32°09.1'S175°25.1'E 1.040 79° 30° 137 km 03m33.2s
23:5631°35.6'S176°17.3'E32°49.6'S176°09.6'E32°12.6'S176°13.5'E 1.040 80° 24° 137 km 03m33.5s
23:5831°38.5'S177°04.9'E32°52.6'S176°58.8'E32°15.6'S177°01.9'E 1.040 80° 17° 137 km 03m33.7s
00:0031°40.8'S177°52.6'E32°55.0'S177°48.0'E32°17.9'S177°50.3'E 1.040 80° 10° 137 km 03m33.9s
00:0231°42.5'S178°40.2'E32°56.7'S178°37.1'E32°19.6'S178°38.7'E 1.040 81° 137 km 03m33.9s
00:0431°43.6'S179°27.9'E32°57.9'S179°26.4'E32°20.7'S179°27.1'E 1.040 81° 356° 137 km 03m33.9s
00:0631°44.1'S179°44.4'W32°58.4'S179°44.4'W32°21.2'S179°44.4'W 1.040 80° 348° 137 km 03m33.7s
00:0831°44.1'S178°56.6'W32°58.3'S178°55.1'W32°21.2'S178°55.9'W 1.040 80° 341° 137 km 03m33.5s
00:1031°43.4'S178°08.8'W32°57.6'S178°05.7'W32°20.5'S178°07.3'W 1.040 80° 335° 137 km 03m33.2s
00:1231°42.2'S177°20.9'W32°56.2'S177°16.2'W32°19.2'S177°18.6'W 1.040 79° 329° 137 km 03m32.7s
00:1431°40.3'S176°32.8'W32°54.3'S176°26.6'W32°17.3'S176°29.8'W 1.040 79° 323° 137 km 03m32.2s
00:1631°37.9'S175°44.7'W32°51.7'S175°36.9'W32°14.8'S175°40.9'W 1.040 78° 318° 137 km 03m31.6s
00:1831°34.9'S174°56.4'W32°48.4'S174°47.1'W32°11.7'S174°51.8'W 1.040 77° 314° 137 km 03m30.9s
00:2031°31.3'S174°07.9'W32°44.6'S173°57.1'W32°07.9'S174°02.6'W 1.040 76° 310° 136 km 03m30.1s
00:2231°27.0'S173°19.3'W32°40.1'S173°07.0'W32°03.6'S173°13.2'W 1.040 76° 306° 136 km 03m29.2s
00:2431°22.2'S172°30.5'W32°34.9'S172°16.6'W31°58.6'S172°23.7'W 1.040 75° 303° 136 km 03m28.2s
00:2631°16.7'S171°41.4'W32°29.1'S171°26.1'W31°52.9'S171°33.9'W 1.040 74° 300° 136 km 03m27.1s
00:2831°10.6'S170°52.1'W32°22.6'S170°35.3'W31°46.7'S170°43.9'W 1.040 73° 297° 136 km 03m25.9s
00:3031°03.9'S170°02.6'W32°15.5'S169°44.3'W31°39.7'S169°53.6'W 1.040 72° 294° 135 km 03m24.6s
00:3230°56.5'S169°12.8'W32°07.7'S168°53.1'W31°32.1'S169°03.1'W 1.040 71° 292° 135 km 03m23.3s
00:3430°48.5'S168°22.7'W31°59.2'S168°01.5'W31°23.9'S168°12.3'W 1.039 70° 290° 135 km 03m21.8s
00:3630°39.8'S167°32.2'W31°50.0'S167°09.6'W31°15.0'S167°21.1'W 1.039 69° 288° 134 km 03m20.3s
00:3830°30.5'S166°41.4'W31°40.1'S166°17.4'W31°05.3'S166°29.6'W 1.039 68° 286° 134 km 03m18.6s
00:4030°20.4'S165°50.2'W31°29.5'S165°24.8'W30°55.0'S165°37.7'W 1.039 67° 284° 134 km 03m16.9s
00:4230°09.7'S164°58.5'W31°18.2'S164°31.8'W30°44.0'S164°45.4'W 1.039 66° 282° 133 km 03m15.1s
00:4429°58.2'S164°06.4'W31°06.1'S163°38.4'W30°32.2'S163°52.6'W 1.039 64° 281° 133 km 03m13.2s
00:4629°46.1'S163°13.8'W30°53.3'S162°44.4'W30°19.7'S162°59.4'W 1.039 63° 279° 132 km 03m11.3s
00:4829°33.1'S162°20.7'W30°39.6'S161°50.0'W30°06.4'S162°05.6'W 1.038 62° 278° 132 km 03m09.2s
00:5029°19.4'S161°27.0'W30°25.2'S160°54.9'W29°52.4'S161°11.2'W 1.038 61° 276° 131 km 03m07.0s
00:5229°04.9'S160°32.6'W30°10.0'S159°59.3'W29°37.5'S160°16.2'W 1.038 60° 275° 131 km 03m04.8s
00:5428°49.6'S159°37.5'W29°53.8'S159°03.0'W29°21.8'S159°20.5'W 1.038 58° 274° 130 km 03m02.5s
00:5628°33.4'S158°41.7'W29°36.9'S158°05.9'W29°05.2'S158°24.1'W 1.038 57° 272° 130 km 03m00.1s
00:5828°16.4'S157°45.0'W29°19.0'S157°08.1'W28°47.8'S157°26.8'W 1.037 56° 271° 129 km 02m57.6s
01:0027°58.5'S156°47.5'W29°00.1'S156°09.3'W28°29.4'S156°28.7'W 1.037 55° 270° 128 km 02m55.1s
01:0227°39.6'S155°48.9'W28°40.3'S155°09.6'W28°10.0'S155°29.5'W 1.037 53° 269° 128 km 02m52.4s
01:0427°19.7'S154°49.3'W28°19.4'S154°08.8'W27°49.7'S154°29.3'W 1.037 52° 268° 127 km 02m49.7s
01:0626°58.8'S153°48.4'W27°57.5'S153°06.8'W27°28.2'S153°27.9'W 1.036 51° 267° 126 km 02m46.9s
01:0826°36.7'S152°46.3'W27°34.4'S152°03.6'W27°05.7'S152°25.2'W 1.036 49° 266° 125 km 02m44.0s
01:1026°13.6'S151°42.7'W27°10.1'S150°58.8'W26°42.0'S151°21.1'W 1.036 48° 265° 124 km 02m41.0s
01:1225°49.2'S150°37.5'W26°44.6'S149°52.5'W26°17.0'S150°15.3'W 1.035 46° 264° 124 km 02m37.9s
01:1425°23.5'S149°30.5'W26°17.7'S148°44.4'W25°50.7'S149°07.8'W 1.035 45° 263° 123 km 02m34.7s
01:1624°56.3'S148°21.5'W25°49.3'S147°34.3'W25°22.9'S147°58.2'W 1.035 43° 262° 121 km 02m31.4s
01:1824°27.7'S147°10.2'W25°19.3'S146°21.9'W24°53.6'S146°46.3'W 1.034 42° 261° 120 km 02m28.0s
01:2023°57.3'S145°56.3'W24°47.6'S145°06.8'W24°22.6'S145°31.9'W 1.034 40° 260° 119 km 02m24.5s
01:2223°25.2'S144°39.5'W24°13.9'S143°48.8'W23°49.7'S144°14.5'W 1.033 38° 259° 118 km 02m20.9s
01:2422°51.0'S143°19.3'W23°38.1'S142°27.4'W23°14.7'S142°53.6'W 1.033 37° 258° 117 km 02m17.2s
01:2622°14.5'S141°55.1'W23°00.0'S141°01.9'W22°37.4'S141°28.8'W 1.033 35° 257° 115 km 02m13.3s
01:2821°35.4'S140°26.2'W22°19.0'S139°31.5'W21°57.4'S139°59.2'W 1.032 33° 256° 113 km 02m09.3s
01:3020°53.2'S138°51.7'W21°34.9'S137°55.4'W21°14.3'S138°23.9'W 1.031 31° 255° 112 km 02m05.0s
01:3220°07.5'S137°10.2'W20°46.9'S136°12.1'W20°27.4'S136°41.5'W 1.031 29° 254° 110 km 02m00.6s
01:3419°17.4'S135°20.0'W19°54.3'S134°19.7'W19°36.1'S134°50.3'W 1.030 26° 253° 108 km 01m55.9s
01:3618°21.7'S133°18.5'W18°55.7'S132°15.3'W18°38.9'S132°47.3'W 1.029 24° 252° 105 km 01m50.8s
01:3817°18.5'S131°01.2'W17°48.9'S129°54.1'W17°34.0'S130°28.1'W 1.029 21° 252° 102 km 01m45.3s
01:4016°04.6'S128°20.4'W16°30.0'S127°07.3'W16°17.7'S127°44.5'W 1.028 17° 251° 99 km 01m39.1s
01:4214°32.6'S124°59.3'W14°50.1'S123°34.3'W14°41.9'S124°17.7'W 1.026 13° 249° 94 km 01m31.8s
01:4412°17.7'S119°59.5'W12°11.7'S117°49.3'W12°16.6'S118°58.2'W 1.024 248° 88 km 01m21.4s
Limits09°08.0'S112°41.4'W09°45.5'S112°19.0'W09°26.8'S112°30.2'W 1.022 - 80 km 01m10.5s

ΔT = 25686.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:10:36.400:02:29.832°19.9'S071°31.5'E 80.6° 1.1° 137.4 km03m33.93s
Greatest Duration07:10:09.500:02:02.832°19.6'S178°39.8'E 80.6° 2.7° 137.4 km03m33.93s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1023 Dec 15 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 25686.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 665.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.78°.

Acknowledgments

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

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