Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1480 Dec 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1480 Dec 28 . 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 -1480 Dec 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits66°06.4'N055°11.6'W65°56.8'N068°10.3'W66°12.9'N062°51.9'W 0.969 - 552 km 02m20.7s
16:04 - - 59°00.4'N062°20.1'W65°25.4'N062°42.6'W 0.970 177° 544 km 02m20.6s
16:06 - - 57°53.7'N060°49.4'W61°55.3'N060°42.0'W 0.971 180° 529 km 02m20.5s
16:08 - - 56°59.6'N059°25.4'W60°20.9'N059°06.6'W 0.971 182° 533 km 02m20.4s
16:10 - - 56°14.6'N058°06.0'W59°13.6'N057°39.6'W 0.971 183° 542 km 02m20.3s
16:1263°45.9'N055°03.7'W55°36.6'N056°49.6'W58°21.4'N056°17.3'W 0.972 185° 553 km 02m20.2s
16:1462°00.6'N053°45.5'W55°04.4'N055°35.3'W57°39.6'N054°57.9'W 0.972 187° 566 km 02m20.2s
16:1660°58.9'N052°24.0'W54°37.2'N054°22.3'W57°05.8'N053°40.2'W 0.972 189° 578 km 02m20.1s
16:1860°16.4'N051°01.4'W54°14.3'N053°10.0'W56°38.5'N052°23.2'W 0.972 190° 590 km 02m20.0s
16:2059°46.7'N049°37.2'W53°55.6'N051°57.8'W56°16.9'N051°06.0'W 0.972 192° 599 km 02m19.9s
16:2259°27.3'N048°10.3'W53°40.7'N050°45.3'W56°00.8'N049°48.1'W 0.972 193° 607 km 02m19.9s
16:2459°17.6'N046°39.0'W53°29.6'N049°31.7'W55°49.7'N048°28.5'W 0.972 195° 611 km 02m19.8s
16:2659°18.2'N045°01.1'W53°22.3'N048°16.7'W55°43.9'N047°06.5'W 0.972 197° 611 km 02m19.8s
16:2859°31.4'N043°12.5'W53°18.9'N046°59.5'W55°43.6'N045°40.8'W 0.972 199° 607 km 02m19.7s
16:3060°04.2'N041°03.8'W53°19.5'N045°39.3'W55°49.4'N044°10.0'W 0.972 200° 599 km 02m19.6s
16:3261°35.0'N037°48.6'W53°24.8'N044°15.2'W56°02.6'N042°31.9'W 0.972 202° 589 km 02m19.6s
16:34 - - 53°35.3'N042°45.7'W56°25.4'N040°42.9'W 0.972 204° 575 km 02m19.5s
16:36 - - 53°52.0'N041°09.0'W57°02.5'N038°35.8'W 0.971 207° 561 km 02m19.5s
16:38 - - 54°16.9'N039°21.8'W58°07.7'N035°50.5'W 0.971 210° 547 km 02m19.4s
Limits62°52.2'N036°09.0'W59°20.8'N027°57.8'W60°54.1'N031°01.6'W 0.970 - 543 km 02m19.5s

ΔT = 34620.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:58:38.916:21:38.756°03.2'N165°19.3'E 9.3° 193.2° 605.6 km02m19.89s
Greatest Duration01:40:56.216:03:56.066°12.9'N297°08.1'E 0.0° 177.3° 551.7 km02m20.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1480 Dec 28

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
  • Solar Eclipses - primary page for solar eclipse predictions
  • Solar Eclipse Links - detailed directory of links

Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1480 Dec 28 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 34620.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1835.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 7.67°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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