Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0651 Dec 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0651 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 0651 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
Limits45°31.2'S045°48.6'W45°55.9'S046°24.3'W45°43.5'S046°06.4'W 1.011 - 64 km 00m33.7s
07:2049°57.5'S036°44.9'W48°41.2'S040°57.5'W49°24.6'S038°42.5'W 1.013 119° 74 km 00m41.1s
07:2252°35.3'S031°22.6'W52°03.6'S034°21.7'W52°20.7'S032°50.7'W 1.015 11° 114° 82 km 00m47.3s
07:2454°28.8'S027°24.6'W54°11.9'S030°06.1'W54°21.2'S028°44.7'W 1.016 15° 110° 87 km 00m51.6s
07:2656°02.1'S024°02.3'W55°54.2'S026°36.0'W55°58.8'S025°18.7'W 1.017 17° 107° 91 km 00m55.2s
07:2857°22.8'S020°59.7'W57°21.7'S023°29.4'W57°22.8'S022°14.1'W 1.017 19° 104° 94 km 00m58.4s
07:3058°34.7'S018°09.5'W58°39.0'S020°37.0'W58°37.3'S019°22.8'W 1.018 21° 101° 96 km 01m01.2s
07:3259°39.7'S015°27.4'W59°48.8'S017°53.5'W59°44.7'S016°40.0'W 1.018 23° 97° 99 km 01m03.8s
07:3460°39.2'S012°50.7'W60°52.5'S015°15.8'W60°46.3'S014°02.8'W 1.019 25° 94° 100 km 01m06.2s
07:3661°34.0'S010°17.6'W61°51.2'S012°41.8'W61°43.0'S011°29.1'W 1.019 26° 91° 102 km 01m08.5s
07:3862°24.8'S007°46.7'W62°45.6'S010°10.0'W62°35.6'S008°57.7'W 1.020 28° 88° 103 km 01m10.6s
07:4063°11.9'S005°17.0'W63°36.1'S007°39.3'W63°24.4'S006°27.4'W 1.020 29° 85° 105 km 01m12.5s
07:4263°55.8'S002°47.7'W64°23.2'S005°08.7'W64°09.9'S003°57.4'W 1.020 30° 82° 106 km 01m14.4s
07:4464°36.5'S000°18.2'W65°07.1'S002°37.5'W64°52.2'S001°27.1'W 1.021 31° 78° 107 km 01m16.2s
07:4665°14.4'S002°11.9'E65°48.0'S000°05.4'W65°31.5'S001°04.2'E 1.021 33° 75° 108 km 01m17.8s
07:4865°49.5'S004°43.0'E66°26.0'S002°28.3'E66°08.1'S003°36.6'E 1.021 34° 72° 109 km 01m19.4s
07:5066°22.0'S007°15.4'E67°01.3'S005°03.9'E66°41.9'S006°10.7'E 1.022 35° 68° 110 km 01m20.9s
07:5266°52.0'S009°49.2'E67°33.8'S007°41.5'E67°13.2'S008°46.4'E 1.022 35° 65° 111 km 01m22.3s
07:5467°19.4'S012°24.6'E68°03.8'S010°21.3'E67°41.8'S011°24.1'E 1.022 36° 61° 111 km 01m23.6s
07:5667°44.3'S015°01.7'E68°31.2'S013°03.5'E68°08.0'S014°03.8'E 1.022 37° 58° 112 km 01m24.9s
07:5868°06.9'S017°40.4'E68°56.0'S015°48.0'E68°31.6'S016°45.3'E 1.022 38° 54° 113 km 01m26.1s
08:0068°27.0'S020°20.5'E69°18.3'S018°34.7'E68°52.8'S019°28.8'E 1.023 39° 50° 113 km 01m27.2s
08:0268°44.8'S023°02.1'E69°38.1'S021°23.5'E69°11.6'S022°14.0'E 1.023 39° 46° 114 km 01m28.2s
08:0469°00.2'S025°44.9'E69°55.3'S024°14.2'E69°27.9'S025°00.6'E 1.023 40° 42° 114 km 01m29.2s
08:0669°13.2'S028°28.6'E70°10.0'S027°06.5'E69°41.7'S027°48.6'E 1.023 40° 38° 115 km 01m30.1s
08:0869°23.9'S031°13.0'E70°22.2'S030°00.0'E69°53.2'S030°37.5'E 1.023 41° 34° 115 km 01m30.9s
08:1069°32.3'S033°57.8'E70°31.9'S032°54.4'E70°02.2'S033°27.0'E 1.023 41° 30° 115 km 01m31.7s
08:1269°38.4'S036°42.6'E70°39.2'S035°49.3'E70°08.9'S036°16.7'E 1.023 42° 26° 116 km 01m32.4s
08:1469°42.3'S039°27.1'E70°43.9'S038°44.2'E70°13.1'S039°06.3'E 1.024 42° 22° 116 km 01m33.0s
08:1669°43.9'S042°10.9'E70°46.3'S041°38.5'E70°15.1'S041°55.2'E 1.024 43° 18° 116 km 01m33.6s
08:1869°43.3'S044°53.5'E70°46.2'S044°31.9'E70°14.8'S044°43.1'E 1.024 43° 14° 117 km 01m34.1s
08:2069°40.6'S047°34.8'E70°43.8'S047°23.8'E70°12.2'S047°29.5'E 1.024 43° 10° 117 km 01m34.5s
08:2269°35.8'S050°14.2'E70°39.1'S050°13.8'E70°07.4'S050°14.1'E 1.024 43° 117 km 01m34.9s
08:2469°28.9'S052°51.6'E70°32.1'S053°01.4'E70°00.5'S052°56.4'E 1.024 44° 117 km 01m35.2s
08:2669°20.0'S055°26.5'E70°22.9'S055°46.4'E69°51.5'S055°36.2'E 1.024 44° 358° 118 km 01m35.4s
08:2869°09.1'S057°58.8'E70°11.7'S058°28.2'E69°40.4'S058°13.2'E 1.024 44° 354° 118 km 01m35.6s
08:3068°56.4'S060°28.2'E69°58.3'S061°06.8'E69°27.4'S060°47.0'E 1.024 44° 350° 118 km 01m35.7s
08:3268°41.8'S062°54.5'E69°43.0'S063°41.7'E69°12.4'S063°17.6'E 1.024 44° 346° 118 km 01m35.8s
08:3468°25.4'S065°17.6'E69°25.8'S066°12.9'E68°55.6'S065°44.7'E 1.024 44° 342° 118 km 01m35.8s
08:3668°07.4'S067°37.5'E69°06.7'S068°40.3'E68°37.1'S068°08.2'E 1.024 44° 338° 118 km 01m35.7s
08:3867°47.7'S069°54.0'E68°45.9'S071°03.7'E68°16.8'S070°28.1'E 1.024 44° 335° 118 km 01m35.6s
08:4067°26.4'S072°07.1'E68°23.4'S073°23.1'E67°54.9'S072°44.4'E 1.024 44° 331° 118 km 01m35.4s
08:4267°03.5'S074°16.9'E67°59.2'S075°38.6'E67°31.5'S074°56.9'E 1.024 43° 328° 119 km 01m35.1s
08:4466°39.2'S076°23.3'E67°33.5'S077°50.2'E67°06.5'S077°05.9'E 1.024 43° 324° 119 km 01m34.8s
08:4666°13.5'S078°26.5'E67°06.3'S079°58.0'E66°40.0'S079°11.4'E 1.024 43° 321° 119 km 01m34.4s
08:4865°46.3'S080°26.5'E66°37.6'S082°02.1'E66°12.1'S081°13.5'E 1.024 43° 317° 119 km 01m34.0s
08:5065°17.8'S082°23.5'E66°07.4'S084°02.6'E65°42.8'S083°12.3'E 1.024 42° 314° 118 km 01m33.5s
08:5264°47.9'S084°17.6'E65°36.0'S085°59.8'E65°12.1'S085°07.9'E 1.024 42° 311° 118 km 01m32.9s
08:5464°16.8'S086°08.9'E65°03.1'S087°53.8'E64°40.1'S087°00.6'E 1.024 41° 308° 118 km 01m32.3s
08:5663°44.4'S087°57.5'E64°29.0'S089°44.9'E64°06.9'S088°50.4'E 1.024 41° 305° 118 km 01m31.6s
08:5863°10.7'S089°43.8'E63°53.6'S091°33.1'E63°32.3'S090°37.7'E 1.023 40° 302° 118 km 01m30.8s
09:0062°35.8'S091°27.8'E63°16.9'S093°18.8'E62°56.5'S092°22.6'E 1.023 40° 299° 118 km 01m30.0s
09:0261°59.6'S093°09.8'E62°38.9'S095°02.2'E62°19.5'S094°05.3'E 1.023 39° 296° 118 km 01m29.1s
09:0461°22.2'S094°50.0'E61°59.6'S096°43.5'E61°41.1'S095°46.1'E 1.023 39° 294° 117 km 01m28.1s
09:0660°43.5'S096°28.5'E61°19.1'S098°22.9'E61°01.5'S097°25.1'E 1.023 38° 291° 117 km 01m27.0s
09:0860°03.5'S098°05.7'E60°37.2'S100°00.8'E60°20.6'S099°02.7'E 1.023 37° 288° 117 km 01m25.9s
09:1059°22.2'S099°41.7'E59°53.9'S101°37.4'E59°38.3'S100°39.1'E 1.022 36° 286° 116 km 01m24.7s
09:1258°39.6'S101°16.9'E59°09.3'S103°13.1'E58°54.7'S102°14.5'E 1.022 35° 283° 116 km 01m23.5s
09:1457°55.5'S102°51.6'E58°23.2'S104°48.0'E58°09.6'S103°49.3'E 1.022 35° 281° 115 km 01m22.1s
09:1657°09.9'S104°26.0'E57°35.5'S106°22.6'E57°23.0'S105°23.9'E 1.022 34° 278° 114 km 01m20.7s
09:1856°22.7'S106°00.4'E56°46.2'S107°57.3'E56°34.7'S106°58.5'E 1.022 33° 276° 114 km 01m19.2s
09:2055°33.7'S107°35.4'E55°55.1'S109°32.4'E55°44.7'S108°33.6'E 1.021 31° 274° 113 km 01m17.6s
09:2254°42.9'S109°11.3'E55°02.0'S111°08.5'E54°52.8'S110°09.6'E 1.021 30° 271° 112 km 01m15.9s
09:2453°50.1'S110°48.6'E54°06.8'S112°46.1'E53°58.7'S111°47.1'E 1.021 29° 269° 111 km 01m14.1s
09:2652°54.9'S112°28.0'E53°09.1'S114°25.9'E53°02.3'S113°26.7'E 1.020 28° 267° 110 km 01m12.2s
09:2851°57.2'S114°10.2'E52°08.6'S116°08.7'E52°03.2'S115°09.2'E 1.020 26° 265° 108 km 01m10.2s
09:3050°56.4'S115°56.2'E51°04.9'S117°55.6'E51°01.0'S116°55.6'E 1.019 25° 263° 107 km 01m08.0s
09:3249°52.0'S117°47.3'E49°57.2'S119°48.0'E49°55.0'S118°47.4'E 1.019 23° 260° 105 km 01m05.6s
09:3448°43.3'S119°45.1'E48°44.8'S121°47.9'E48°44.4'S120°46.2'E 1.018 21° 258° 103 km 01m03.1s
09:3647°29.0'S121°52.2'E47°26.1'S123°58.2'E47°28.0'S122°54.9'E 1.018 19° 256° 100 km 01m00.3s
09:3846°07.4'S124°12.7'E45°58.9'S126°23.8'E46°03.7'S125°17.8'E 1.017 17° 253° 97 km 00m57.2s
09:4044°35.2'S126°53.3'E44°18.9'S129°13.6'E44°27.8'S128°02.8'E 1.016 14° 251° 93 km 00m53.6s
09:4242°45.5'S130°09.0'E42°15.8'S132°49.0'E42°31.9'S131°27.5'E 1.015 11° 248° 87 km 00m49.3s
09:4440°16.8'S134°46.4'E39°03.4'S138°47.6'E39°45.8'S136°36.4'E 1.014 244° 79 km 00m43.0s
Limits36°22.3'S142°46.6'E36°50.1'S143°18.2'E36°36.2'S143°02.3'E 1.012 - 68 km 00m35.9s

ΔT = 4224.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:42:20.308:31:55.869°13.0'S045°33.4'E 43.9° 346.1° 118.1 km01m35.79s
Greatest Duration09:43:15.908:32:51.469°05.5'S064°21.1'E 43.9° 344.3° 118.1 km01m35.80s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0651 Dec 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0651 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 4224.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 109.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.46°.

Acknowledgments

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

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