Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0541 Dec 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0541 Dec 03 . 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 0541 Dec 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits44°29.6'N052°59.0'W42°33.5'N053°57.2'W43°31.1'N053°28.9'W 0.952 - 223 km 03m31.8s
11:02 - - 38°09.8'N044°27.2'W40°56.9'N047°57.6'W 0.954 126° 216 km 03m35.0s
11:0440°47.8'N045°14.9'W36°23.2'N040°44.7'W38°18.9'N042°29.3'W 0.955 10° 130° 209 km 03m38.9s
11:0638°36.2'N040°48.3'W35°04.3'N038°01.5'W36°42.8'N039°12.7'W 0.956 13° 132° 205 km 03m41.6s
11:0837°07.1'N037°49.7'W33°59.8'N035°48.6'W35°28.7'N036°42.1'W 0.957 16° 134° 202 km 03m43.9s
11:1035°56.8'N035°28.8'W33°04.8'N033°54.6'W34°27.2'N034°37.0'W 0.957 18° 136° 200 km 03m46.0s
11:1234°57.7'N033°30.0'W32°16.4'N032°13.9'W33°34.2'N032°48.5'W 0.958 20° 138° 198 km 03m47.9s
11:1434°06.3'N031°46.1'W31°33.1'N030°43.1'W32°47.4'N031°12.0'W 0.958 22° 139° 197 km 03m49.7s
11:1633°20.8'N030°13.1'W30°54.0'N029°20.0'W32°05.4'N029°44.5'W 0.958 24° 140° 196 km 03m51.4s
11:1832°39.9'N028°48.5'W30°18.2'N028°03.2'W31°27.3'N028°24.1'W 0.959 25° 142° 195 km 03m53.0s
11:2032°02.8'N027°30.5'W29°45.4'N026°51.5'W30°52.4'N027°09.5'W 0.959 26° 143° 194 km 03m54.6s
11:2231°28.8'N026°17.8'W29°15.0'N025°44.1'W30°20.4'N025°59.7'W 0.959 28° 144° 193 km 03m56.1s
11:2430°57.5'N025°09.8'W28°46.8'N024°40.3'W29°50.8'N024°54.0'W 0.960 29° 146° 193 km 03m57.6s
11:2630°28.5'N024°05.5'W28°20.6'N023°39.7'W29°23.3'N023°51.7'W 0.960 30° 147° 193 km 03m58.9s
11:2830°01.7'N023°04.5'W27°56.1'N022°41.9'W28°57.7'N022°52.4'W 0.960 31° 148° 192 km 04m00.3s
11:3029°36.7'N022°06.3'W27°33.3'N021°46.5'W28°33.9'N021°55.7'W 0.960 32° 149° 192 km 04m01.6s
11:3229°13.5'N021°10.6'W27°11.9'N020°53.1'W28°11.6'N021°01.2'W 0.961 33° 151° 192 km 04m02.9s
11:3428°51.8'N020°17.1'W26°51.8'N020°01.7'W27°50.7'N020°08.8'W 0.961 34° 152° 192 km 04m04.1s
11:3628°31.5'N019°25.5'W26°33.0'N019°12.0'W27°31.2'N019°18.2'W 0.961 35° 153° 192 km 04m05.2s
11:3828°12.5'N018°35.6'W26°15.4'N018°23.8'W27°13.0'N018°29.2'W 0.961 36° 154° 192 km 04m06.4s
11:4027°54.8'N017°47.2'W25°58.9'N017°36.9'W26°55.9'N017°41.7'W 0.961 36° 156° 193 km 04m07.5s
11:4227°38.3'N017°00.2'W25°43.4'N016°51.3'W26°39.9'N016°55.4'W 0.961 37° 157° 193 km 04m08.5s
11:4427°22.9'N016°14.5'W25°28.9'N016°06.7'W26°25.0'N016°10.3'W 0.962 38° 158° 193 km 04m09.5s
11:4627°08.5'N015°29.8'W25°15.4'N015°23.1'W26°11.1'N015°26.2'W 0.962 38° 159° 194 km 04m10.4s
11:4826°55.1'N014°46.2'W25°02.8'N014°40.5'W25°58.1'N014°43.1'W 0.962 39° 161° 194 km 04m11.3s
11:5026°42.6'N014°03.4'W24°51.0'N013°58.6'W25°46.0'N014°00.8'W 0.962 39° 162° 194 km 04m12.2s
11:5226°31.1'N013°21.4'W24°40.1'N013°17.5'W25°34.8'N013°19.2'W 0.962 40° 163° 195 km 04m13.0s
11:5426°20.4'N012°40.2'W24°30.0'N012°37.0'W25°24.4'N012°38.4'W 0.962 40° 165° 195 km 04m13.8s
11:5626°10.6'N011°59.6'W24°20.7'N011°57.1'W25°14.8'N011°58.2'W 0.962 41° 166° 195 km 04m14.5s
11:5826°01.6'N011°19.5'W24°12.1'N011°17.8'W25°06.1'N011°18.5'W 0.962 41° 167° 196 km 04m15.2s
12:0025°53.4'N010°40.0'W24°04.3'N010°38.9'W24°58.1'N010°39.3'W 0.962 42° 169° 196 km 04m15.8s
12:0225°46.0'N010°00.9'W23°57.2'N010°00.4'W24°50.8'N010°00.5'W 0.962 42° 170° 196 km 04m16.3s
12:0425°39.3'N009°22.2'W23°50.8'N009°22.2'W24°44.3'N009°22.1'W 0.962 42° 171° 197 km 04m16.9s
12:0625°33.4'N008°43.8'W23°45.1'N008°44.4'W24°38.5'N008°44.0'W 0.962 42° 173° 197 km 04m17.3s
12:0825°28.3'N008°05.7'W23°40.1'N008°06.8'W24°33.5'N008°06.2'W 0.962 43° 174° 197 km 04m17.7s
12:1025°23.8'N007°27.9'W23°35.8'N007°29.4'W24°29.1'N007°28.6'W 0.962 43° 176° 198 km 04m18.1s
12:1225°20.1'N006°50.2'W23°32.2'N006°52.2'W24°25.4'N006°51.2'W 0.962 43° 177° 198 km 04m18.4s
12:1425°17.1'N006°12.6'W23°29.3'N006°15.1'W24°22.4'N006°13.9'W 0.962 43° 178° 198 km 04m18.6s
12:1625°14.8'N005°35.2'W23°27.0'N005°38.1'W24°20.1'N005°36.6'W 0.962 43° 180° 198 km 04m18.8s
12:1825°13.2'N004°57.7'W23°25.3'N005°01.1'W24°18.5'N004°59.4'W 0.962 43° 181° 199 km 04m19.0s
12:2025°12.3'N004°20.3'W23°24.4'N004°24.2'W24°17.6'N004°22.3'W 0.962 43° 183° 199 km 04m19.1s
12:2225°12.1'N003°42.8'W23°24.0'N003°47.2'W24°17.3'N003°45.0'W 0.962 43° 184° 199 km 04m19.1s
12:2425°12.6'N003°05.2'W23°24.4'N003°10.0'W24°17.8'N003°07.7'W 0.962 43° 185° 199 km 04m19.1s
12:2625°13.8'N002°27.5'W23°25.4'N002°32.8'W24°18.9'N002°30.2'W 0.962 43° 187° 199 km 04m19.0s
12:2825°15.7'N001°49.6'W23°27.1'N001°55.4'W24°20.7'N001°52.6'W 0.962 43° 188° 199 km 04m18.9s
12:3025°18.4'N001°11.4'W23°29.5'N001°17.7'W24°23.2'N001°14.7'W 0.962 42° 190° 199 km 04m18.7s
12:3225°21.8'N000°33.0'W23°32.5'N000°39.8'W24°26.4'N000°36.5'W 0.962 42° 191° 199 km 04m18.4s
12:3425°25.9'N000°05.8'E23°36.3'N000°01.6'W24°30.3'N000°02.0'E 0.962 42° 192° 199 km 04m18.1s
12:3625°30.8'N000°45.0'E23°40.8'N000°37.0'E24°35.0'N000°40.8'E 0.962 42° 194° 199 km 04m17.8s
12:3825°36.4'N001°24.6'E23°46.0'N001°16.0'E24°40.4'N001°20.1'E 0.962 41° 195° 199 km 04m17.4s
12:4025°42.9'N002°04.8'E23°51.9'N001°55.4'E24°46.6'N001°59.9'E 0.962 41° 196° 198 km 04m16.9s
12:4225°50.1'N002°45.5'E23°58.6'N002°35.4'E24°53.6'N002°40.3'E 0.962 40° 198° 198 km 04m16.4s
12:4425°58.3'N003°26.9'E24°06.0'N003°16.0'E25°01.3'N003°21.2'E 0.962 40° 199° 198 km 04m15.8s
12:4626°07.2'N004°09.0'E24°14.3'N003°57.3'E25°09.9'N004°02.9'E 0.962 39° 200° 198 km 04m15.2s
12:4826°17.1'N004°51.9'E24°23.4'N004°39.3'E25°19.4'N004°45.3'E 0.961 39° 202° 198 km 04m14.5s
12:5026°27.9'N005°35.7'E24°33.3'N005°22.0'E25°29.8'N005°28.6'E 0.961 38° 203° 198 km 04m13.8s
12:5226°39.7'N006°20.6'E24°44.2'N006°05.7'E25°41.1'N006°12.8'E 0.961 38° 204° 197 km 04m13.1s
12:5426°52.5'N007°06.5'E24°55.9'N006°50.4'E25°53.3'N006°58.1'E 0.961 37° 206° 197 km 04m12.2s
12:5627°06.4'N007°53.7'E25°08.7'N007°36.2'E26°06.6'N007°44.5'E 0.961 36° 207° 197 km 04m11.3s
12:5827°21.5'N008°42.2'E25°22.5'N008°23.3'E26°21.0'N008°32.3'E 0.961 36° 208° 197 km 04m10.4s
13:0027°37.7'N009°32.3'E25°37.4'N009°11.6'E26°36.5'N009°21.4'E 0.960 35° 209° 197 km 04m09.4s
13:0227°55.3'N010°24.1'E25°53.4'N010°01.5'E26°53.3'N010°12.2'E 0.960 34° 211° 197 km 04m08.4s
13:0428°14.3'N011°17.9'E26°10.6'N010°53.1'E27°11.4'N011°04.8'E 0.960 33° 212° 197 km 04m07.3s
13:0628°34.8'N012°13.8'E26°29.2'N011°46.6'E27°30.9'N011°59.4'E 0.960 32° 213° 197 km 04m06.2s
13:0828°57.0'N013°12.2'E26°49.3'N012°42.2'E27°51.9'N012°56.3'E 0.960 31° 214° 198 km 04m05.0s
13:1029°21.0'N014°13.4'E27°10.9'N013°40.1'E28°14.7'N013°55.8'E 0.959 30° 215° 198 km 04m03.8s
13:1229°47.1'N015°18.0'E27°34.2'N014°40.9'E28°39.3'N014°58.3'E 0.959 29° 217° 198 km 04m02.5s
13:1430°15.5'N016°26.3'E27°59.4'N015°44.7'E29°06.0'N016°04.2'E 0.959 28° 218° 199 km 04m01.1s
13:1630°46.6'N017°39.2'E28°26.8'N016°52.3'E29°35.1'N017°14.2'E 0.958 26° 219° 199 km 03m59.7s
13:1831°20.8'N018°57.5'E28°56.6'N018°04.1'E30°06.9'N018°29.0'E 0.958 25° 220° 200 km 03m58.2s
13:2031°58.6'N020°22.4'E29°29.2'N019°21.0'E30°41.9'N019°49.5'E 0.958 24° 222° 201 km 03m56.6s
13:2232°41.0'N021°55.8'E30°05.2'N020°44.0'E31°20.7'N021°17.1'E 0.957 22° 223° 202 km 03m54.9s
13:2433°29.1'N023°40.0'E30°45.2'N022°14.8'E32°04.3'N022°53.8'E 0.957 20° 224° 204 km 03m53.2s
13:2634°25.0'N025°39.4'E31°30.2'N023°55.5'E32°54.0'N024°42.5'E 0.956 18° 226° 205 km 03m51.2s
13:2835°32.0'N028°01.2'E32°21.8'N025°49.3'E33°52.0'N026°47.8'E 0.956 16° 228° 208 km 03m49.2s
13:3036°58.0'N031°01.7'E33°22.6'N028°02.2'E35°02.6'N029°18.9'E 0.955 13° 229° 210 km 03m46.8s
13:3239°08.6'N035°36.2'E34°37.7'N030°45.3'E36°35.3'N032°36.9'E 0.954 10° 232° 214 km 03m44.0s
13:34 - - 36°20.5'N034°28.6'E39°13.7'N038°16.8'E 0.952 236° 222 km 03m39.7s
Limits42°30.0'N042°46.8'E40°29.8'N043°39.9'E41°29.4'N043°14.0'E 0.951 - 228 km 03m36.6s

ΔT = 5266.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:45:42.612:17:56.124°18.6'N027°00.9'W 43.0° 181.2° 198.7 km04m18.98s
Greatest Duration13:49:56.712:22:10.224°17.3'N003°41.9'W 42.9° 184.2° 198.9 km04m19.11s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0541 Dec 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0541 Dec 03 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 5266.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 130.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.55°.

Acknowledgments

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

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