Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1376 Dec 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1376 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 -1376 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
Limits58°43.2'N088°02.2'W57°14.1'N090°13.5'W57°58.2'N089°11.0'W 1.029 - 207 km 01m54.6s
14:48 - - 51°56.0'N080°49.4'W55°33.3'N084°58.1'W 1.030 141° 214 km 02m02.2s
14:5056°01.5'N083°19.7'W50°08.5'N077°27.8'W52°33.9'N079°33.2'W 1.032 146° 225 km 02m13.0s
14:5253°21.0'N078°25.9'W48°50.4'N074°54.9'W50°54.0'N076°22.6'W 1.033 10° 149° 233 km 02m19.7s
14:5451°46.3'N075°22.4'W47°48.2'N072°47.3'W49°40.2'N073°54.8'W 1.033 12° 152° 240 km 02m25.1s
14:5650°35.6'N072°57.9'W46°56.4'N070°55.8'W48°41.0'N071°50.2'W 1.034 14° 154° 246 km 02m29.6s
14:5849°38.8'N070°55.2'W46°12.0'N069°15.5'W47°51.5'N070°00.5'W 1.034 16° 156° 252 km 02m33.6s
15:0048°51.4'N069°06.7'W45°33.5'N067°43.4'W47°09.2'N068°21.4'W 1.035 17° 158° 257 km 02m37.1s
15:0248°10.8'N067°28.2'W44°59.7'N066°17.8'W46°32.6'N066°50.1'W 1.035 18° 159° 263 km 02m40.2s
15:0447°35.8'N065°57.2'W44°29.9'N064°57.3'W46°00.5'N065°24.9'W 1.035 19° 161° 268 km 02m43.1s
15:0647°05.2'N064°32.1'W44°03.6'N063°40.9'W45°32.2'N064°04.6'W 1.036 20° 163° 273 km 02m45.6s
15:0846°38.5'N063°11.6'W43°40.2'N062°27.9'W45°07.3'N062°48.2'W 1.036 20° 165° 277 km 02m47.9s
15:1046°15.0'N061°54.9'W43°19.5'N061°17.7'W44°45.4'N061°35.0'W 1.036 21° 166° 282 km 02m49.9s
15:1245°54.5'N060°41.2'W43°01.2'N060°09.9'W44°26.1'N060°24.4'W 1.036 22° 168° 286 km 02m51.8s
15:1445°36.6'N059°30.1'W42°45.2'N059°03.9'W44°09.3'N059°16.1'W 1.036 22° 169° 290 km 02m53.4s
15:1645°21.2'N058°20.9'W42°31.3'N057°59.6'W43°54.7'N058°09.5'W 1.037 23° 171° 293 km 02m54.8s
15:1845°08.0'N057°13.5'W42°19.3'N056°56.7'W43°42.2'N057°04.5'W 1.037 23° 172° 296 km 02m55.9s
15:2044°56.9'N056°07.4'W42°09.2'N055°54.8'W43°31.6'N056°00.6'W 1.037 23° 174° 299 km 02m56.9s
15:2244°47.8'N055°02.4'W42°01.0'N054°53.7'W43°23.0'N054°57.7'W 1.037 23° 176° 301 km 02m57.7s
15:2444°40.7'N053°58.2'W41°54.4'N053°53.3'W43°16.2'N053°55.5'W 1.037 24° 177° 302 km 02m58.3s
15:2644°35.4'N052°54.5'W41°49.5'N052°53.4'W43°11.1'N052°53.9'W 1.037 24° 179° 304 km 02m58.8s
15:2844°32.0'N051°51.2'W41°46.3'N051°53.8'W43°07.8'N051°52.5'W 1.037 24° 180° 304 km 02m59.0s
15:3044°30.4'N050°48.0'W41°44.8'N050°54.2'W43°06.2'N050°51.2'W 1.037 24° 182° 305 km 02m59.0s
15:3244°30.6'N049°44.7'W41°44.9'N049°54.6'W43°06.4'N049°49.9'W 1.037 24° 183° 304 km 02m58.9s
15:3444°32.6'N048°41.1'W41°46.6'N048°54.7'W43°08.2'N048°48.3'W 1.037 24° 185° 304 km 02m58.5s
15:3644°36.5'N047°37.0'W41°50.0'N047°54.4'W43°11.8'N047°46.2'W 1.037 24° 186° 302 km 02m58.0s
15:3844°42.2'N046°32.1'W41°55.1'N046°53.5'W43°17.3'N046°43.4'W 1.037 23° 188° 301 km 02m57.3s
15:4044°50.0'N045°26.2'W42°02.0'N045°51.7'W43°24.5'N045°39.7'W 1.037 23° 189° 298 km 02m56.4s
15:4244°59.8'N044°19.0'W42°10.7'N044°48.9'W43°33.7'N044°34.8'W 1.037 23° 191° 296 km 02m55.3s
15:4445°11.8'N043°10.2'W42°21.3'N043°44.9'W43°45.0'N043°28.5'W 1.036 22° 192° 293 km 02m54.0s
15:4645°26.1'N041°59.4'W42°34.0'N042°39.2'W43°58.4'N042°20.5'W 1.036 22° 194° 289 km 02m52.5s
15:4845°42.9'N040°46.1'W42°48.8'N041°31.7'W44°14.1'N041°10.4'W 1.036 21° 196° 285 km 02m50.7s
15:5046°02.6'N039°30.0'W43°05.9'N040°22.0'W44°32.3'N039°57.7'W 1.036 21° 197° 281 km 02m48.8s
15:5246°25.3'N038°10.2'W43°25.6'N039°09.5'W44°53.4'N038°41.9'W 1.036 20° 199° 277 km 02m46.6s
15:5446°51.6'N036°46.1'W43°48.2'N037°53.8'W45°17.6'N037°22.4'W 1.035 19° 201° 272 km 02m44.1s
15:5647°22.1'N035°16.4'W44°14.0'N036°34.2'W45°45.5'N035°58.3'W 1.035 18° 202° 267 km 02m41.4s
15:5847°57.6'N033°39.7'W44°43.4'N035°09.8'W46°17.5'N034°28.4'W 1.035 17° 204° 261 km 02m38.4s
16:0048°39.4'N031°53.6'W45°17.3'N033°39.3'W46°54.8'N032°51.2'W 1.035 16° 206° 256 km 02m35.0s
16:0249°29.5'N029°54.6'W45°56.5'N032°01.0'W47°38.5'N031°04.2'W 1.034 15° 208° 250 km 02m31.2s
16:0450°31.4'N027°36.5'W46°42.4'N030°12.5'W48°30.8'N029°03.7'W 1.034 13° 210° 243 km 02m26.8s
16:0651°52.9'N024°45.6'W47°37.5'N028°09.6'W49°35.6'N026°42.9'W 1.033 11° 212° 237 km 02m21.7s
16:0853°58.2'N020°39.1'W48°45.9'N025°44.6'W51°01.3'N023°46.8'W 1.032 215° 229 km 02m15.5s
16:10 - - 50°17.6'N022°40.2'W53°16.8'N019°24.1'W 1.031 219° 219 km 02m06.6s
Limits57°29.9'N014°08.9'W55°57.0'N012°09.3'W56°42.9'N013°06.2'W 1.030 - 208 km 01m55.0s

ΔT = 32470.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:30:27.015:29:16.343°06.6'N173°06.6'E 23.9° 181.1° 304.6 km02m59.04s
Greatest Duration00:30:37.215:29:26.543°06.5'N051°08.3'W 23.9° 181.3° 304.7 km02m59.04s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1376 Dec 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1376 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 32470.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1527.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 6.38°.

Acknowledgments

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

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