Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0215 Dec 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0215 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 0215 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
Limits11°57.6'S000°01.7'E12°09.9'S000°07.1'W12°03.8'S000°02.7'W 1.007 - 27 km 00m20.7s
05:3614°47.8'S006°19.2'E14°28.8'S004°55.3'E14°39.0'S005°38.6'E 1.008 112° 35 km 00m27.7s
05:3817°20.2'S011°20.0'E17°16.5'S010°23.2'E17°18.5'S010°51.7'E 1.010 12° 110° 43 km 00m35.1s
05:4019°05.6'S014°32.1'E19°06.9'S013°41.0'E19°06.4'S014°06.6'E 1.011 16° 109° 48 km 00m40.1s
05:4220°32.5'S017°02.8'E20°37.0'S016°14.3'E20°34.9'S016°38.6'E 1.012 19° 108° 52 km 00m44.2s
05:4421°48.8'S019°10.1'E21°55.7'S018°23.0'E21°52.4'S018°46.6'E 1.013 22° 107° 55 km 00m47.8s
05:4622°57.9'S021°01.9'E23°06.6'S020°15.7'E23°02.4'S020°38.8'E 1.014 25° 106° 58 km 00m51.1s
05:4824°01.5'S022°42.6'E24°12.0'S021°56.9'E24°06.9'S022°19.8'E 1.014 27° 105° 60 km 00m54.2s
05:5025°01.0'S024°14.9'E25°13.0'S023°29.6'E25°07.1'S023°52.3'E 1.015 29° 103° 62 km 00m57.0s
05:5225°57.1'S025°40.6'E26°10.4'S024°55.6'E26°03.9'S025°18.1'E 1.015 31° 102° 64 km 00m59.7s
05:5426°50.4'S027°01.0'E27°04.9'S026°16.2'E26°57.7'S026°38.6'E 1.016 33° 101° 66 km 01m02.2s
05:5627°41.2'S028°17.1'E27°56.9'S027°32.4'E27°49.2'S027°54.8'E 1.016 34° 100° 68 km 01m04.6s
05:5828°29.9'S029°29.5'E28°46.8'S028°44.9'E28°38.4'S029°07.3'E 1.017 36° 99° 69 km 01m06.9s
06:0029°16.8'S030°38.9'E29°34.7'S029°54.4'E29°25.8'S030°16.7'E 1.017 37° 98° 70 km 01m09.1s
06:0230°02.0'S031°45.7'E30°20.9'S031°01.3'E30°11.5'S031°23.6'E 1.017 39° 96° 71 km 01m11.3s
06:0430°45.7'S032°50.3'E31°05.6'S032°06.0'E30°55.7'S032°28.2'E 1.018 40° 95° 73 km 01m13.3s
06:0631°28.0'S033°53.0'E31°48.8'S033°08.7'E31°38.5'S033°30.9'E 1.018 42° 94° 74 km 01m15.2s
06:0832°09.1'S034°54.0'E32°30.8'S034°09.9'E32°20.1'S034°32.0'E 1.018 43° 92° 75 km 01m17.1s
06:1032°49.0'S035°53.6'E33°11.6'S035°09.6'E33°00.4'S035°31.7'E 1.019 44° 91° 75 km 01m18.9s
06:1233°27.9'S036°52.0'E33°51.3'S036°08.1'E33°39.7'S036°30.1'E 1.019 46° 89° 76 km 01m20.7s
06:1434°05.7'S037°49.4'E34°30.0'S037°05.7'E34°17.9'S037°27.6'E 1.019 47° 88° 77 km 01m22.3s
06:1634°42.5'S038°45.9'E35°07.6'S038°02.3'E34°55.2'S038°24.2'E 1.019 48° 86° 78 km 01m24.0s
06:1835°18.5'S039°41.6'E35°44.4'S038°58.2'E35°31.5'S039°20.0'E 1.020 49° 85° 78 km 01m25.5s
06:2035°53.6'S040°36.7'E36°20.3'S039°53.5'E36°07.0'S040°15.2'E 1.020 50° 83° 79 km 01m27.0s
06:2236°27.8'S041°31.2'E36°55.3'S040°48.3'E36°41.6'S041°09.8'E 1.020 51° 81° 79 km 01m28.4s
06:2437°01.3'S042°25.3'E37°29.5'S041°42.7'E37°15.5'S042°04.1'E 1.020 52° 80° 80 km 01m29.8s
06:2637°34.0'S043°19.1'E38°02.9'S042°36.8'E37°48.5'S042°58.1'E 1.020 53° 78° 80 km 01m31.1s
06:2838°06.0'S044°12.7'E38°35.6'S043°30.7'E38°20.9'S043°51.8'E 1.021 54° 76° 81 km 01m32.4s
06:3038°37.2'S045°06.0'E39°07.6'S044°24.5'E38°52.5'S044°45.3'E 1.021 55° 74° 81 km 01m33.6s
06:3239°07.8'S045°59.3'E39°38.9'S045°18.1'E39°23.4'S045°38.8'E 1.021 56° 72° 81 km 01m34.7s
06:3439°37.7'S046°52.5'E40°09.4'S046°11.8'E39°53.6'S046°32.3'E 1.021 57° 70° 82 km 01m35.8s
06:3640°06.9'S047°45.8'E40°39.3'S047°05.6'E40°23.2'S047°25.8'E 1.021 58° 67° 82 km 01m36.9s
06:3840°35.5'S048°39.1'E41°08.5'S047°59.4'E40°52.1'S048°19.4'E 1.021 58° 65° 82 km 01m37.8s
06:4041°03.4'S049°32.6'E41°37.1'S048°53.5'E41°20.3'S049°13.1'E 1.021 59° 63° 82 km 01m38.8s
06:4241°30.7'S050°26.3'E42°05.0'S049°47.8'E41°47.9'S050°07.1'E 1.021 60° 60° 83 km 01m39.6s
06:4441°57.4'S051°20.2'E42°32.3'S050°42.3'E42°14.9'S051°01.4'E 1.022 60° 58° 83 km 01m40.4s
06:4642°23.4'S052°14.4'E42°58.9'S051°37.2'E42°41.2'S051°55.9'E 1.022 61° 55° 83 km 01m41.2s
06:4842°48.8'S053°09.0'E43°24.9'S052°32.5'E43°06.9'S052°50.8'E 1.022 62° 52° 83 km 01m41.9s
06:5043°13.6'S054°03.9'E43°50.3'S053°28.3'E43°32.0'S053°46.2'E 1.022 62° 50° 83 km 01m42.5s
06:5243°37.8'S054°59.3'E44°15.0'S054°24.5'E43°56.5'S054°42.0'E 1.022 63° 47° 83 km 01m43.1s
06:5444°01.4'S055°55.1'E44°39.1'S055°21.2'E44°20.3'S055°38.2'E 1.022 63° 44° 83 km 01m43.6s
06:5644°24.3'S056°51.4'E45°02.6'S056°18.4'E44°43.5'S056°35.0'E 1.022 64° 41° 83 km 01m44.1s
06:5844°46.7'S057°48.3'E45°25.4'S057°16.3'E45°06.1'S057°32.4'E 1.022 64° 38° 83 km 01m44.5s
07:0045°08.4'S058°45.8'E45°47.6'S058°14.8'E45°28.0'S058°30.4'E 1.022 64° 34° 83 km 01m44.9s
07:0245°29.4'S059°43.9'E46°09.2'S059°14.0'E45°49.3'S059°29.0'E 1.022 64° 31° 83 km 01m45.2s
07:0445°49.9'S060°42.6'E46°30.0'S060°13.8'E46°10.0'S060°28.3'E 1.022 65° 28° 83 km 01m45.4s
07:0646°09.7'S061°42.0'E46°50.3'S061°14.4'E46°30.0'S061°28.3'E 1.022 65° 24° 83 km 01m45.6s
07:0846°28.8'S062°42.1'E47°09.8'S062°15.8'E46°49.3'S062°29.0'E 1.022 65° 21° 83 km 01m45.7s
07:1046°47.3'S063°42.9'E47°28.7'S063°17.9'E47°08.0'S063°30.5'E 1.022 65° 18° 83 km 01m45.8s
07:1247°05.2'S064°44.5'E47°46.8'S064°20.9'E47°26.0'S064°32.8'E 1.022 65° 14° 83 km 01m45.8s
07:1447°22.3'S065°47.0'E48°04.3'S065°24.8'E47°43.3'S065°35.9'E 1.022 65° 11° 83 km 01m45.7s
07:1647°38.8'S066°50.2'E48°21.1'S066°29.5'E47°59.9'S066°39.9'E 1.022 65° 82 km 01m45.6s
07:1847°54.5'S067°54.3'E48°37.1'S067°35.1'E48°15.8'S067°44.7'E 1.022 65° 82 km 01m45.4s
07:2048°09.6'S068°59.3'E48°52.4'S068°41.6'E48°31.0'S068°50.5'E 1.022 64° 82 km 01m45.2s
07:2248°23.9'S070°05.2'E49°06.9'S069°49.2'E48°45.4'S069°57.2'E 1.022 64° 357° 82 km 01m44.9s
07:2448°37.5'S071°12.0'E49°20.6'S070°57.6'E48°59.1'S071°04.8'E 1.022 64° 353° 82 km 01m44.5s
07:2648°50.3'S072°19.8'E49°33.5'S072°07.1'E49°11.9'S072°13.4'E 1.022 63° 350° 81 km 01m44.1s
07:2849°02.3'S073°28.5'E49°45.7'S073°17.6'E49°24.0'S073°23.1'E 1.022 63° 347° 81 km 01m43.6s
07:3049°13.6'S074°38.2'E49°57.0'S074°29.2'E49°35.3'S074°33.7'E 1.022 63° 344° 81 km 01m43.0s
07:3249°24.0'S075°49.0'E50°07.4'S075°41.8'E49°45.7'S075°45.4'E 1.022 62° 340° 81 km 01m42.4s
07:3449°33.6'S077°00.8'E50°17.0'S076°55.5'E49°55.3'S076°58.1'E 1.021 62° 337° 80 km 01m41.8s
07:3649°42.3'S078°13.6'E50°25.7'S078°10.2'E50°04.0'S078°11.9'E 1.021 61° 334° 80 km 01m41.1s
07:3849°50.2'S079°27.6'E50°33.4'S079°26.1'E50°11.8'S079°26.8'E 1.021 60° 331° 79 km 01m40.3s
07:4049°57.1'S080°42.6'E50°40.2'S080°43.1'E50°18.7'S080°42.8'E 1.021 60° 328° 79 km 01m39.4s
07:4250°03.2'S081°58.7'E50°46.0'S082°01.3'E50°24.6'S081°59.9'E 1.021 59° 325° 79 km 01m38.5s
07:4450°08.2'S083°16.0'E50°50.9'S083°20.6'E50°29.6'S083°18.2'E 1.021 58° 323° 78 km 01m37.5s
07:4650°12.3'S084°34.5'E50°54.6'S084°41.1'E50°33.5'S084°37.7'E 1.021 57° 320° 78 km 01m36.5s
07:4850°15.4'S085°54.1'E50°57.4'S086°02.8'E50°36.4'S085°58.3'E 1.021 57° 317° 77 km 01m35.4s
07:5050°17.4'S087°14.9'E50°59.0'S087°25.7'E50°38.2'S087°20.2'E 1.020 56° 314° 77 km 01m34.2s
07:5250°18.4'S088°37.0'E50°59.5'S088°49.8'E50°39.0'S088°43.3'E 1.020 55° 312° 76 km 01m33.0s
07:5450°18.2'S090°00.3'E50°58.9'S090°15.2'E50°38.6'S090°07.6'E 1.020 54° 309° 76 km 01m31.7s
07:5650°16.9'S091°25.0'E50°57.0'S091°41.9'E50°37.0'S091°33.3'E 1.020 53° 307° 75 km 01m30.4s
07:5850°14.4'S092°50.9'E50°53.9'S093°09.9'E50°34.2'S093°00.3'E 1.020 52° 304° 74 km 01m29.0s
08:0050°10.6'S094°18.3'E50°49.5'S094°39.3'E50°30.1'S094°28.6'E 1.019 51° 302° 74 km 01m27.5s
08:0250°05.6'S095°47.1'E50°43.7'S096°10.0'E50°24.7'S095°58.4'E 1.019 50° 299° 73 km 01m26.0s
08:0449°59.2'S097°17.3'E50°36.5'S097°42.2'E50°17.9'S097°29.6'E 1.019 49° 297° 72 km 01m24.4s
08:0649°51.4'S098°49.1'E50°27.9'S099°15.9'E50°09.7'S099°02.4'E 1.019 48° 295° 72 km 01m22.7s
08:0849°42.2'S100°22.6'E50°17.8'S100°51.2'E50°00.0'S100°36.7'E 1.019 47° 292° 71 km 01m21.0s
08:1049°31.4'S101°57.7'E50°06.0'S102°28.2'E49°48.8'S102°12.8'E 1.018 45° 290° 70 km 01m19.2s
08:1249°19.0'S103°34.7'E49°52.6'S104°07.0'E49°35.9'S103°50.7'E 1.018 44° 288° 69 km 01m17.4s
08:1449°04.9'S105°13.7'E49°37.4'S105°47.6'E49°21.2'S105°30.5'E 1.018 43° 285° 68 km 01m15.4s
08:1648°49.0'S106°54.8'E49°20.3'S107°30.4'E49°04.7'S107°12.4'E 1.017 42° 283° 67 km 01m13.4s
08:1848°31.2'S108°38.2'E49°01.2'S109°15.4'E48°46.3'S108°56.6'E 1.017 40° 281° 66 km 01m11.3s
08:2048°11.3'S110°24.2'E48°40.0'S111°02.9'E48°25.7'S110°43.4'E 1.017 39° 279° 65 km 01m09.2s
08:2247°49.1'S112°13.0'E48°16.5'S112°53.1'E48°02.9'S112°32.9'E 1.016 37° 277° 64 km 01m06.9s
08:2447°24.5'S114°05.1'E47°50.4'S114°46.6'E47°37.6'S114°25.7'E 1.016 36° 274° 62 km 01m04.6s
08:2646°57.3'S116°00.8'E47°21.6'S116°43.6'E47°09.5'S116°22.1'E 1.015 34° 272° 61 km 01m02.1s
08:2846°27.1'S118°00.9'E46°49.6'S118°44.9'E46°38.5'S118°22.7'E 1.015 32° 270° 59 km 00m59.6s
08:3045°53.5'S120°05.9'E46°14.2'S120°51.1'E46°04.0'S120°28.3'E 1.015 31° 268° 58 km 00m56.9s
08:3245°16.1'S122°17.0'E45°34.8'S123°03.4'E45°25.6'S122°40.0'E 1.014 29° 266° 56 km 00m54.1s
08:3444°34.1'S124°35.6'E44°50.7'S125°23.1'E44°42.5'S124°59.2'E 1.013 27° 263° 54 km 00m51.1s
08:3643°46.6'S127°03.6'E44°00.9'S127°52.4'E43°53.9'S127°27.9'E 1.013 24° 261° 51 km 00m47.9s
08:3842°52.3'S129°44.2'E43°03.8'S130°34.4'E42°58.1'S130°09.2'E 1.012 22° 259° 49 km 00m44.5s
08:4041°48.7'S132°42.4'E41°56.9'S133°34.4'E41°52.9'S133°08.3'E 1.011 19° 256° 46 km 00m40.7s
08:4240°31.6'S136°07.6'E40°35.7'S137°02.4'E40°33.8'S136°34.9'E 1.010 16° 253° 42 km 00m36.4s
08:4438°51.3'S140°21.4'E38°49.2'S141°22.1'E38°50.5'S140°51.6'E 1.009 12° 250° 37 km 00m31.2s
08:4636°08.7'S146°52.2'E35°47.5'S148°23.0'E35°58.9'S147°36.3'E 1.007 246° 30 km 00m23.5s
Limits33°18.1'S153°26.9'E33°28.0'S153°36.1'E33°23.1'S153°31.5'E 1.005 - 23 km 00m17.2s

ΔT = 8440.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:31:39.607:10:58.847°16.9'S028°44.9'E 65.0° 15.9° 82.8 km01m45.77s
Greatest Duration09:31:39.707:10:58.947°16.9'S064°01.0'E 65.0° 15.9° 82.8 km01m45.77s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0215 Dec 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0215 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 8440.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 205.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.86°.

Acknowledgments

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

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