Path of Annular Solar Eclipse of 1284 Dec 08

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1284 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1284 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
Limits	59°06.9'S	168°19.0'E	62°30.1'S	155°34.2'E	60°47.1'S	162°38.4'E	0.936	0°	-	774 km	03m35.4s
15:44	68°40.3'S	179°35.9'W	-	-	63°04.7'S	165°45.2'E	0.937	3°	142°	763 km	03m36.8s
15:46	70°27.3'S	177°47.5'W	-	-	66°52.9'S	170°00.1'E	0.938	7°	137°	736 km	03m39.1s
15:48	72°03.4'S	176°15.2'W	-	-	69°15.4'S	172°07.6'E	0.939	9°	135°	716 km	03m40.5s
15:50	73°32.1'S	174°53.7'W	64°51.1'S	158°22.3'E	71°11.8'S	173°33.7'E	0.939	11°	133°	699 km	03m41.6s
15:52	74°55.2'S	173°40.1'W	68°38.6'S	161°37.3'E	72°53.9'S	174°35.1'E	0.939	13°	131°	685 km	03m42.6s
15:54	76°14.1'S	172°32.2'W	70°58.5'S	162°48.3'E	74°26.8'S	175°17.9'E	0.940	14°	130°	672 km	03m43.4s
15:56	77°29.6'S	171°28.7'W	72°52.1'S	163°13.9'E	75°53.1'S	175°44.8'E	0.940	15°	129°	661 km	03m44.1s
15:58	78°42.2'S	170°28.4'W	74°31.2'S	163°07.5'E	77°14.3'S	175°56.3'E	0.940	16°	128°	651 km	03m44.8s
16:00	79°52.6'S	169°30.4'W	76°00.5'S	162°32.6'E	78°31.5'S	175°51.5'E	0.940	17°	127°	642 km	03m45.4s
16:02	81°01.0'S	168°33.6'W	77°22.4'S	161°28.5'E	79°45.3'S	175°28.0'E	0.941	18°	127°	634 km	03m45.9s
16:04	82°07.8'S	167°37.2'W	78°38.4'S	159°51.9'E	80°56.3'S	174°41.6'E	0.941	18°	126°	627 km	03m46.4s
16:06	83°13.2'S	166°39.8'W	79°48.9'S	157°36.8'E	82°04.7'S	173°25.4'E	0.941	19°	127°	621 km	03m46.8s
16:08	84°17.4'S	165°39.5'W	80°54.3'S	154°34.7'E	83°10.5'S	171°27.7'E	0.941	19°	128°	615 km	03m47.2s
16:10	85°20.5'S	164°33.1'W	81°54.2'S	150°33.6'E	84°13.6'S	168°29.3'E	0.941	20°	130°	611 km	03m47.6s
16:12	86°22.8'S	163°14.2'W	82°47.9'S	145°18.7'E	85°13.5'S	163°56.5'E	0.941	20°	134°	607 km	03m47.9s
16:14	87°24.3'S	161°25.5'W	83°34.1'S	138°33.4'E	86°08.7'S	156°48.5'E	0.941	20°	140°	604 km	03m48.1s
16:16	88°25.0'S	158°11.7'W	84°10.9'S	130°04.8'E	86°56.4'S	145°18.9'E	0.941	21°	151°	601 km	03m48.4s
16:18	89°24.5'S	146°22.0'W	84°35.9'S	119°55.0'E	87°30.3'S	127°07.4'E	0.941	21°	168°	600 km	03m48.6s
16:20	89°31.6'S	006°11.3'W	84°47.1'S	108°34.5'E	87°40.8'S	102°44.5'E	0.941	21°	191°	598 km	03m48.7s
16:22	88°33.3'S	009°47.1'E	84°43.3'S	097°02.1'E	87°23.8'S	079°37.3'E	0.941	21°	214°	598 km	03m48.8s
16:24	87°34.0'S	013°21.6'E	84°25.5'S	086°22.3'E	86°46.7'S	063°29.6'E	0.941	21°	229°	598 km	03m48.9s
16:26	86°34.7'S	015°13.5'E	83°55.8'S	077°16.0'E	85°58.8'S	053°25.5'E	0.941	21°	238°	598 km	03m49.0s
16:28	85°35.4'S	016°31.5'E	83°16.8'S	069°53.4'E	85°05.2'S	047°06.6'E	0.941	21°	243°	599 km	03m49.0s
16:30	84°36.0'S	017°34.6'E	82°30.9'S	064°05.0'E	84°08.6'S	043°00.6'E	0.941	21°	247°	601 km	03m49.0s
16:32	83°36.5'S	018°30.2'E	81°39.7'S	059°34.4'E	83°09.9'S	040°16.3'E	0.941	21°	248°	604 km	03m48.9s
16:34	82°36.7'S	019°21.3'E	80°44.6'S	056°05.6'E	82°09.8'S	038°24.7'E	0.941	21°	249°	606 km	03m48.8s
16:36	81°36.7'S	020°13.2'E	79°46.1'S	053°25.2'E	81°08.6'S	037°09.1'E	0.941	21°	250°	610 km	03m48.7s
16:38	80°36.2'S	020°57.5'E	78°44.9'S	051°23.0'E	80°06.3'S	036°19.1'E	0.941	20°	250°	614 km	03m48.5s
16:40	79°35.2'S	021°44.5'E	77°41.0'S	049°51.3'E	79°02.9'S	035°48.2'E	0.941	20°	249°	619 km	03m48.3s
16:42	78°33.5'S	022°31.5'E	76°34.6'S	048°44.7'E	77°58.3'S	035°32.2'E	0.941	20°	249°	625 km	03m48.1s
16:44	77°31.1'S	023°19.0'E	75°25.6'S	047°59.0'E	76°52.4'S	035°28.3'E	0.941	19°	248°	631 km	03m47.8s
16:46	76°27.8'S	024°07.4'E	74°13.6'S	047°31.6'E	75°45.1'S	035°34.7'E	0.941	18°	247°	638 km	03m47.4s
16:48	75°23.4'S	024°57.3'E	72°58.2'S	047°20.8'E	74°36.0'S	035°50.2'E	0.940	18°	246°	646 km	03m47.1s
16:50	74°17.7'S	025°48.9'E	71°38.6'S	047°25.9'E	73°24.8'S	036°14.1'E	0.940	17°	245°	655 km	03m46.6s
16:52	73°10.5'S	026°42.9'E	70°13.8'S	047°47.2'E	72°11.2'S	036°46.4'E	0.940	16°	244°	664 km	03m46.2s
16:54	72°01.4'S	027°39.9'E	68°41.9'S	048°26.5'E	70°54.4'S	037°27.3'E	0.940	15°	242°	675 km	03m45.6s
16:56	70°50.0'S	028°40.4'E	66°59.5'S	049°28.6'E	69°33.8'S	038°17.6'E	0.939	14°	241°	687 km	03m45.0s
16:58	69°36.0'S	029°45.5'E	64°59.5'S	051°04.5'E	68°08.1'S	039°19.0'E	0.939	13°	239°	699 km	03m44.3s
17:00	68°18.5'S	030°56.2'E	62°17.5'S	053°53.8'E	66°35.4'S	040°34.4'E	0.939	12°	237°	713 km	03m43.5s
17:02	66°56.8'S	032°14.4'E	-	-	64°52.4'S	042°09.3'E	0.938	10°	235°	729 km	03m42.5s
17:04	65°29.2'S	033°42.4'E	-	-	62°51.9'S	044°15.9'E	0.938	8°	233°	746 km	03m41.4s
17:06	63°53.6'S	035°24.5'E	-	-	60°10.6'S	047°34.3'E	0.937	5°	229°	764 km	03m39.7s
Limits	54°26.6'S	048°34.2'E	58°33.4'S	059°13.1'E	56°25.4'S	053°19.3'E	0.936	0°	-	779 km	03m37.2s

ΔT = 516.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event	Time TD	Time UT1	Latitude	Longitude	Sun Altitude	Sun Azimuth	Path Width	Central Duration
Greatest Eclipse	16:33:57.7	16:25:21.6	86°14.9'S	053°59.0'E	21.3°	235.6°	598.0 km	03m48.97s
Greatest Duration	16:36:20.3	16:27:44.3	85°12.5'S	047°47.1'E	21.3°	242.9°	599.2 km	03m48.99s

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1284 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 516.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 22.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.10°.

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