Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0819 Dec 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0819 Dec 20 . 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 0819 Dec 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits17°40.2'N161°24.6'E17°09.7'N161°14.1'E17°24.9'N161°19.4'E 1.017 - 59 km 00m59.5s
19:5014°35.6'N168°25.0'E13°34.0'N169°12.4'E14°04.3'N168°50.1'E 1.019 117° 68 km 01m13.2s
19:5212°32.3'N173°06.6'E11°37.5'N173°31.7'E12°04.7'N173°19.8'E 1.021 13° 118° 74 km 01m22.9s
19:5411°11.2'N176°14.5'E10°17.6'N176°31.9'E10°44.3'N176°23.7'E 1.022 17° 119° 78 km 01m30.2s
19:5610°08.0'N178°43.5'E09°14.5'N178°56.7'E09°41.2'N178°50.5'E 1.023 20° 120° 81 km 01m36.5s
19:5809°15.6'N179°10.3'W08°21.8'N178°59.7'W08°48.6'N179°04.7'W 1.024 23° 120° 84 km 01m42.1s
20:0008°30.6'N177°19.5'W07°36.3'N177°10.7'W08°03.4'N177°14.8'W 1.024 25° 121° 87 km 01m47.3s
20:0207°51.1'N175°39.8'W06°56.3'N175°32.4'W07°23.6'N175°35.9'W 1.025 27° 121° 89 km 01m52.1s
20:0407°16.0'N174°08.8'W06°20.6'N174°02.4'W06°48.2'N174°05.3'W 1.025 29° 122° 91 km 01m56.7s
20:0606°44.5'N172°44.6'W05°48.4'N172°39.0'W06°16.4'N172°41.6'W 1.026 31° 122° 93 km 02m01.1s
20:0806°15.9'N171°26.1'W05°19.3'N171°21.1'W05°47.5'N171°23.3'W 1.026 33° 123° 95 km 02m05.3s
20:1005°49.9'N170°12.3'W04°52.7'N170°07.7'W05°21.3'N170°09.8'W 1.027 35° 124° 97 km 02m09.3s
20:1205°26.2'N169°02.5'W04°28.4'N168°58.2'W04°57.3'N169°00.1'W 1.027 36° 124° 98 km 02m13.2s
20:1405°04.5'N167°56.1'W04°06.1'N167°52.1'W04°35.3'N167°53.9'W 1.028 38° 125° 100 km 02m16.9s
20:1604°44.6'N166°52.8'W03°45.6'N166°49.0'W04°15.1'N166°50.7'W 1.028 39° 125° 102 km 02m20.5s
20:1804°26.3'N165°52.1'W03°26.8'N165°48.4'W03°56.5'N165°50.1'W 1.028 41° 126° 103 km 02m24.0s
20:2004°09.5'N164°53.9'W03°09.5'N164°50.2'W03°39.4'N164°51.8'W 1.029 42° 127° 105 km 02m27.4s
20:2203°54.1'N163°57.7'W02°53.5'N163°54.0'W03°23.8'N163°55.6'W 1.029 43° 127° 106 km 02m30.6s
20:2403°39.9'N163°03.4'W02°38.9'N162°59.6'W03°09.4'N163°01.3'W 1.029 45° 128° 107 km 02m33.8s
20:2603°26.9'N162°10.8'W02°25.4'N162°07.0'W02°56.1'N162°08.7'W 1.030 46° 129° 108 km 02m36.9s
20:2803°15.0'N161°19.8'W02°13.1'N161°15.8'W02°44.1'N161°17.7'W 1.030 47° 130° 110 km 02m39.8s
20:3003°04.2'N160°30.2'W02°01.9'N160°26.1'W02°33.0'N160°28.0'W 1.030 48° 130° 111 km 02m42.6s
20:3202°54.4'N159°41.9'W01°51.6'N159°37.6'W02°23.0'N159°39.6'W 1.030 49° 131° 112 km 02m45.4s
20:3402°45.5'N158°54.8'W01°42.3'N158°50.3'W02°13.9'N158°52.4'W 1.031 50° 132° 113 km 02m48.0s
20:3602°37.5'N158°08.8'W01°34.0'N158°04.0'W02°05.7'N158°06.3'W 1.031 51° 133° 114 km 02m50.6s
20:3802°30.4'N157°23.7'W01°26.5'N157°18.7'W01°58.4'N157°21.1'W 1.031 52° 134° 115 km 02m53.0s
20:4002°24.1'N156°39.6'W01°19.9'N156°34.4'W01°52.0'N156°36.9'W 1.031 53° 135° 116 km 02m55.3s
20:4202°18.5'N155°56.4'W01°14.1'N155°50.8'W01°46.3'N155°53.5'W 1.031 54° 137° 117 km 02m57.6s
20:4402°13.8'N155°13.9'W01°09.0'N155°08.1'W01°41.4'N155°10.9'W 1.032 55° 138° 118 km 02m59.7s
20:4602°09.8'N154°32.2'W01°04.7'N154°26.0'W01°37.2'N154°29.0'W 1.032 56° 139° 118 km 03m01.7s
20:4802°06.5'N153°51.1'W01°01.2'N153°44.6'W01°33.8'N153°47.8'W 1.032 57° 140° 119 km 03m03.6s
20:5002°03.9'N153°10.7'W00°58.4'N153°03.9'W01°31.1'N153°07.2'W 1.032 57° 142° 120 km 03m05.4s
20:5202°01.9'N152°30.8'W00°56.2'N152°23.7'W01°29.1'N152°27.2'W 1.032 58° 143° 120 km 03m07.1s
20:5402°00.7'N151°51.5'W00°54.8'N151°44.0'W01°27.7'N151°47.7'W 1.032 59° 145° 121 km 03m08.7s
20:5602°00.0'N151°12.7'W00°54.0'N151°04.8'W01°27.0'N151°08.7'W 1.032 60° 146° 122 km 03m10.2s
20:5802°00.0'N150°34.3'W00°53.9'N150°26.0'W01°27.0'N150°30.1'W 1.033 60° 148° 122 km 03m11.6s
21:0002°00.7'N149°56.3'W00°54.4'N149°47.7'W01°27.5'N149°51.9'W 1.033 61° 150° 122 km 03m12.9s
21:0202°01.9'N149°18.7'W00°55.6'N149°09.7'W01°28.7'N149°14.2'W 1.033 61° 152° 123 km 03m14.0s
21:0402°03.8'N148°41.4'W00°57.3'N148°32.1'W01°30.5'N148°36.7'W 1.033 62° 154° 123 km 03m15.1s
21:0602°06.2'N148°04.5'W00°59.7'N147°54.8'W01°33.0'N147°59.6'W 1.033 62° 155° 124 km 03m16.0s
21:0802°09.2'N147°27.8'W01°02.7'N147°17.8'W01°36.0'N147°22.8'W 1.033 63° 158° 124 km 03m16.8s
21:1002°12.8'N146°51.4'W01°06.3'N146°41.0'W01°39.6'N146°46.2'W 1.033 63° 160° 124 km 03m17.5s
21:1202°17.0'N146°15.2'W01°10.4'N146°04.5'W01°43.7'N146°09.8'W 1.033 63° 162° 124 km 03m18.1s
21:1402°21.8'N145°39.2'W01°15.2'N145°28.1'W01°48.5'N145°33.7'W 1.033 64° 164° 124 km 03m18.6s
21:1602°27.1'N145°03.4'W01°20.6'N144°52.0'W01°53.8'N144°57.7'W 1.033 64° 166° 124 km 03m19.0s
21:1802°33.0'N144°27.7'W01°26.5'N144°15.9'W01°59.7'N144°21.8'W 1.033 64° 168° 124 km 03m19.2s
21:2002°39.4'N143°52.1'W01°33.0'N143°40.0'W02°06.2'N143°46.1'W 1.033 64° 171° 124 km 03m19.4s
21:2202°46.4'N143°16.6'W01°40.1'N143°04.2'W02°13.2'N143°10.4'W 1.033 64° 173° 124 km 03m19.4s
21:2402°54.0'N142°41.2'W01°47.7'N142°28.5'W02°20.9'N142°34.9'W 1.033 64° 175° 124 km 03m19.3s
21:2603°02.1'N142°05.8'W01°56.0'N141°52.7'W02°29.0'N141°59.3'W 1.033 64° 178° 124 km 03m19.1s
21:2803°10.8'N141°30.5'W02°04.8'N141°17.1'W02°37.8'N141°23.8'W 1.033 64° 180° 124 km 03m18.8s
21:3003°20.0'N140°55.1'W02°14.2'N140°41.4'W02°47.1'N140°48.2'W 1.033 64° 182° 124 km 03m18.4s
21:3203°29.8'N140°19.6'W02°24.2'N140°05.6'W02°57.0'N140°12.7'W 1.033 63° 184° 123 km 03m17.9s
21:3403°40.2'N139°44.1'W02°34.8'N139°29.8'W03°07.5'N139°37.0'W 1.033 63° 187° 123 km 03m17.2s
21:3603°51.2'N139°08.5'W02°45.9'N138°54.0'W03°18.5'N139°01.3'W 1.033 63° 189° 123 km 03m16.5s
21:3804°02.7'N138°32.7'W02°57.7'N138°18.0'W03°30.2'N138°25.4'W 1.033 62° 191° 122 km 03m15.6s
21:4004°14.9'N137°56.8'W03°10.0'N137°41.8'W03°42.4'N137°49.4'W 1.033 62° 193° 122 km 03m14.7s
21:4204°27.6'N137°20.7'W03°23.0'N137°05.5'W03°55.3'N137°13.1'W 1.033 62° 195° 122 km 03m13.6s
21:4404°41.0'N136°44.4'W03°36.6'N136°28.9'W04°08.8'N136°36.7'W 1.033 61° 197° 121 km 03m12.5s
21:4604°54.9'N136°07.8'W03°50.8'N135°52.2'W04°22.8'N136°00.0'W 1.033 60° 199° 121 km 03m11.2s
21:4805°09.5'N135°30.9'W04°05.7'N135°15.1'W04°37.5'N135°23.1'W 1.033 60° 200° 120 km 03m09.8s
21:5005°24.7'N134°53.6'W04°21.2'N134°37.7'W04°52.9'N134°45.8'W 1.033 59° 202° 119 km 03m08.4s
21:5205°40.6'N134°16.1'W04°37.3'N134°00.0'W05°08.9'N134°08.1'W 1.032 59° 204° 119 km 03m06.8s
21:5405°57.1'N133°38.1'W04°54.2'N133°21.9'W05°25.6'N133°30.1'W 1.032 58° 205° 118 km 03m05.2s
21:5606°14.3'N132°59.6'W05°11.7'N132°43.3'W05°43.0'N132°51.6'W 1.032 57° 207° 117 km 03m03.4s
21:5806°32.3'N132°20.6'W05°30.0'N132°04.3'W06°01.1'N132°12.6'W 1.032 56° 208° 117 km 03m01.6s
22:0006°50.9'N131°41.1'W05°49.0'N131°24.7'W06°19.9'N131°33.0'W 1.032 55° 210° 116 km 02m59.6s
22:0207°10.3'N131°00.9'W06°08.7'N130°44.5'W06°39.5'N130°52.9'W 1.032 55° 211° 115 km 02m57.6s
22:0407°30.5'N130°20.1'W06°29.3'N130°03.7'W06°59.8'N130°12.0'W 1.032 54° 212° 114 km 02m55.4s
22:0607°51.5'N129°38.6'W06°50.6'N129°22.2'W07°21.0'N129°30.5'W 1.032 53° 213° 114 km 02m53.2s
22:0808°13.3'N128°56.2'W07°12.8'N128°39.9'W07°43.0'N128°48.2'W 1.031 52° 215° 113 km 02m50.9s
22:1008°36.0'N128°12.9'W07°35.9'N127°56.7'W08°05.9'N128°05.0'W 1.031 51° 216° 112 km 02m48.5s
22:1208°59.6'N127°28.7'W07°59.9'N127°12.6'W08°29.7'N127°20.8'W 1.031 50° 217° 111 km 02m46.0s
22:1409°24.2'N126°43.4'W08°24.8'N126°27.4'W08°54.5'N126°35.6'W 1.031 49° 218° 110 km 02m43.4s
22:1609°49.8'N125°56.9'W08°50.8'N125°41.1'W09°20.2'N125°49.1'W 1.030 48° 219° 109 km 02m40.7s
22:1810°16.5'N125°09.1'W09°17.9'N124°53.6'W09°47.1'N125°01.5'W 1.030 46° 220° 108 km 02m38.0s
22:2010°44.3'N124°19.8'W09°46.1'N124°04.6'W10°15.1'N124°12.3'W 1.030 45° 221° 107 km 02m35.1s
22:2211°13.3'N123°29.0'W10°15.5'N123°14.0'W10°44.3'N123°21.7'W 1.030 44° 222° 106 km 02m32.1s
22:2411°43.6'N122°36.3'W10°46.2'N122°21.8'W11°14.8'N122°29.2'W 1.029 43° 223° 104 km 02m29.1s
22:2612°15.3'N121°41.7'W11°18.4'N121°27.6'W11°46.7'N121°34.8'W 1.029 41° 223° 103 km 02m25.9s
22:2812°48.5'N120°44.8'W11°52.0'N120°31.2'W12°20.2'N120°38.2'W 1.029 40° 224° 102 km 02m22.6s
22:3013°23.5'N119°45.3'W12°27.3'N119°32.3'W12°55.3'N119°39.0'W 1.028 39° 225° 101 km 02m19.2s
22:3214°00.2'N118°43.0'W13°04.5'N118°30.7'W13°32.3'N118°37.0'W 1.028 37° 226° 99 km 02m15.7s
22:3414°39.0'N117°37.3'W13°43.7'N117°25.8'W14°11.3'N117°31.8'W 1.028 35° 227° 98 km 02m12.1s
22:3615°20.1'N116°27.8'W14°25.2'N116°17.3'W14°52.5'N116°22.8'W 1.027 34° 228° 96 km 02m08.3s
22:3816°03.8'N115°13.8'W15°09.3'N115°04.3'W15°36.4'N115°09.3'W 1.027 32° 228° 95 km 02m04.4s
22:4016°50.6'N113°54.4'W15°56.4'N113°46.2'W16°23.4'N113°50.6'W 1.026 30° 229° 93 km 02m00.3s
22:4217°40.9'N112°28.5'W16°47.0'N112°21.8'W17°13.9'N112°25.4'W 1.026 28° 230° 91 km 01m56.0s
22:4418°35.6'N110°54.4'W17°41.9'N110°49.7'W18°08.7'N110°52.3'W 1.025 26° 231° 89 km 01m51.5s
22:4619°35.7'N109°10.0'W18°42.2'N109°07.6'W19°08.8'N109°09.1'W 1.025 24° 232° 87 km 01m46.6s
22:4820°42.9'N107°11.5'W19°49.2'N107°12.3'W20°15.9'N107°12.3'W 1.024 21° 233° 84 km 01m41.4s
22:5022°00.0'N104°53.1'W21°05.8'N104°58.4'W21°32.8'N104°56.2'W 1.023 19° 234° 81 km 01m35.6s
22:5223°32.4'N102°02.9'W22°36.9'N102°15.2'W23°04.4'N102°09.6'W 1.022 15° 236° 78 km 01m29.1s
22:5425°34.4'N098°09.7'W24°34.4'N098°37.1'W25°04.0'N098°24.3'W 1.021 11° 237° 73 km 01m20.9s
22:56 - - 28°05.6'N091°39.0'W29°01.0'N090°24.7'W 1.018 241° 64 km 01m06.3s
Limits30°23.2'N088°07.2'W29°52.0'N087°52.9'W30°07.6'N088°00.1'W 1.017 - 62 km 01m02.5s

ΔT = 2775.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:08:44.521:22:29.302°15.0'N154°37.5'W 64.0° 173.5° 124.3 km03m19.37s
Greatest Duration22:07:47.221:21:31.902°11.5'N143°18.8'W 64.0° 172.5° 124.4 km03m19.38s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0819 Dec 20 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 2775.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 80.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.33°.

Acknowledgments

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

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