Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1712 Dec 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1712 Dec 28 . 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 1712 Dec 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits05°36.5'S092°40.6'E06°23.0'S092°17.0'E05°59.8'S092°28.8'E 1.028 - 96 km 01m31.2s
23:4207°20.1'S096°41.7'E07°16.9'S094°19.3'E07°23.7'S095°41.6'E 1.029 113° 100 km 01m37.2s
23:4410°14.0'S103°27.9'E10°52.5'S102°28.5'E10°33.8'S102°59.2'E 1.032 12° 112° 108 km 01m52.6s
23:4611°49.1'S107°13.8'E12°34.6'S106°23.7'E12°12.2'S106°49.5'E 1.033 16° 111° 113 km 02m01.7s
23:4813°00.6'S110°07.6'E13°50.4'S109°22.0'E13°25.8'S109°45.4'E 1.034 20° 110° 117 km 02m09.2s
23:5013°59.3'S112°33.3'E14°52.2'S111°50.7'E14°26.0'S112°12.6'E 1.035 23° 110° 119 km 02m15.8s
23:5214°49.3'S114°41.0'E15°44.8'S114°00.7'E15°17.3'S114°21.4'E 1.036 26° 109° 122 km 02m21.8s
23:5415°33.1'S116°35.8'E16°30.8'S115°57.4'E16°02.2'S116°17.1'E 1.037 28° 108° 124 km 02m27.4s
23:5616°12.0'S118°20.9'E17°11.7'S117°44.2'E16°42.0'S118°03.0'E 1.037 30° 108° 126 km 02m32.6s
23:5816°47.0'S119°58.4'E17°48.4'S119°23.2'E17°17.9'S119°41.2'E 1.038 33° 107° 128 km 02m37.6s
00:0017°18.6'S121°29.6'E18°21.7'S120°55.9'E17°50.3'S121°13.2'E 1.039 35° 106° 130 km 02m42.4s
00:0217°47.5'S122°55.6'E18°52.0'S122°23.3'E18°19.9'S122°39.9'E 1.039 36° 106° 131 km 02m47.0s
00:0418°13.8'S124°17.2'E19°19.8'S123°46.3'E18°46.9'S124°02.2'E 1.039 38° 105° 133 km 02m51.4s
00:0618°38.0'S125°35.1'E19°45.3'S125°05.5'E19°11.8'S125°20.7'E 1.040 40° 105° 134 km 02m55.7s
00:0819°00.2'S126°49.7'E20°08.7'S126°21.4'E19°34.6'S126°35.9'E 1.040 42° 104° 135 km 02m59.8s
00:1019°20.7'S128°01.3'E20°30.3'S127°34.4'E19°55.6'S127°48.2'E 1.041 43° 104° 137 km 03m03.8s
00:1219°39.6'S129°10.4'E20°50.3'S128°44.8'E20°15.0'S128°58.0'E 1.041 45° 103° 138 km 03m07.7s
00:1419°56.9'S130°17.2'E21°08.6'S129°52.9'E20°32.9'S130°05.4'E 1.041 47° 103° 139 km 03m11.4s
00:1620°12.9'S131°22.0'E21°25.6'S130°59.0'E20°49.3'S131°10.8'E 1.042 48° 102° 140 km 03m15.0s
00:1820°27.6'S132°24.9'E21°41.2'S132°03.2'E21°04.5'S132°14.3'E 1.042 50° 102° 141 km 03m18.6s
00:2020°41.1'S133°26.0'E21°55.5'S133°05.6'E21°18.4'S133°16.1'E 1.042 51° 101° 142 km 03m22.0s
00:2220°53.4'S134°25.6'E22°08.7'S134°06.6'E21°31.1'S134°16.4'E 1.043 52° 101° 143 km 03m25.3s
00:2421°04.7'S135°23.8'E22°20.7'S135°06.1'E21°42.8'S135°15.2'E 1.043 54° 100° 144 km 03m28.5s
00:2621°15.0'S136°20.7'E22°31.7'S136°04.3'E21°53.4'S136°12.8'E 1.043 55° 100° 144 km 03m31.6s
00:2821°24.3'S137°16.3'E22°41.6'S137°01.3'E22°03.0'S137°09.1'E 1.043 56° 99° 145 km 03m34.6s
00:3021°32.6'S138°10.8'E22°50.6'S137°57.2'E22°11.6'S138°04.2'E 1.044 58° 99° 146 km 03m37.5s
00:3221°40.0'S139°04.3'E22°58.7'S138°52.0'E22°19.4'S138°58.4'E 1.044 59° 98° 147 km 03m40.3s
00:3421°46.7'S139°56.8'E23°05.8'S139°45.8'E22°26.3'S139°51.5'E 1.044 60° 98° 147 km 03m43.0s
00:3621°52.4'S140°48.3'E23°12.1'S140°38.7'E22°32.3'S140°43.8'E 1.044 62° 98° 148 km 03m45.6s
00:3821°57.4'S141°39.0'E23°17.6'S141°30.8'E22°37.5'S141°35.1'E 1.045 63° 97° 149 km 03m48.1s
00:4022°01.6'S142°28.9'E23°22.2'S142°22.1'E22°41.9'S142°25.7'E 1.045 64° 97° 149 km 03m50.5s
00:4222°05.1'S143°18.1'E23°26.1'S143°12.6'E22°45.6'S143°15.5'E 1.045 65° 97° 150 km 03m52.7s
00:4422°07.8'S144°06.5'E23°29.2'S144°02.4'E22°48.5'S144°04.7'E 1.045 67° 96° 150 km 03m54.9s
00:4622°09.9'S144°54.3'E23°31.5'S144°51.6'E22°50.7'S144°53.1'E 1.045 68° 96° 151 km 03m57.0s
00:4822°11.2'S145°41.4'E23°33.2'S145°40.1'E22°52.2'S145°40.9'E 1.045 69° 96° 151 km 03m58.9s
00:5022°11.9'S146°28.0'E23°34.1'S146°28.0'E22°53.0'S146°28.2'E 1.046 70° 96° 152 km 04m00.8s
00:5222°11.9'S147°14.0'E23°34.3'S147°15.4'E22°53.1'S147°14.8'E 1.046 71° 95° 152 km 04m02.5s
00:5422°11.3'S147°59.5'E23°33.9'S148°02.2'E22°52.6'S148°01.0'E 1.046 73° 95° 153 km 04m04.2s
00:5622°10.1'S148°44.4'E23°32.8'S148°48.5'E22°51.4'S148°46.6'E 1.046 74° 95° 153 km 04m05.7s
00:5822°08.2'S149°28.9'E23°31.0'S149°34.4'E22°49.6'S149°31.8'E 1.046 75° 95° 153 km 04m07.1s
01:0022°05.7'S150°13.0'E23°28.7'S150°19.8'E22°47.2'S150°16.5'E 1.046 76° 95° 154 km 04m08.4s
01:0222°02.6'S150°56.6'E23°25.6'S151°04.8'E22°44.1'S151°00.8'E 1.046 77° 95° 154 km 04m09.6s
01:0421°59.0'S151°39.9'E23°22.0'S151°49.3'E22°40.5'S151°44.7'E 1.046 78° 96° 154 km 04m10.7s
01:0621°54.8'S152°22.8'E23°17.8'S152°33.5'E22°36.2'S152°28.2'E 1.046 79° 96° 154 km 04m11.6s
01:0821°49.9'S153°05.3'E23°12.9'S153°17.4'E22°31.4'S153°11.4'E 1.046 80° 97° 155 km 04m12.5s
01:1021°44.6'S153°47.5'E23°07.5'S154°00.9'E22°26.0'S153°54.2'E 1.046 82° 98° 155 km 04m13.2s
01:1221°38.6'S154°29.4'E23°01.4'S154°44.0'E22°20.0'S154°36.8'E 1.046 83° 99° 155 km 04m13.9s
01:1421°32.1'S155°11.1'E22°54.8'S155°26.9'E22°13.5'S155°19.0'E 1.047 84° 101° 155 km 04m14.4s
01:1621°25.1'S155°52.4'E22°47.6'S156°09.5'E22°06.4'S156°01.0'E 1.047 85° 104° 155 km 04m14.8s
01:1821°17.5'S156°33.6'E22°39.9'S156°51.9'E21°58.7'S156°42.7'E 1.047 86° 109° 155 km 04m15.1s
01:2021°09.4'S157°14.5'E22°31.5'S157°34.0'E21°50.5'S157°24.2'E 1.047 87° 118° 155 km 04m15.2s
01:2221°00.8'S157°55.2'E22°22.7'S158°15.9'E21°41.7'S158°05.5'E 1.047 88° 132° 155 km 04m15.3s
01:2420°51.6'S158°35.7'E22°13.2'S158°57.5'E21°32.4'S158°46.6'E 1.047 88° 159° 155 km 04m15.3s
01:2620°41.8'S159°16.1'E22°03.2'S159°39.0'E21°22.5'S159°27.5'E 1.047 88° 191° 155 km 04m15.1s
01:2820°31.6'S159°56.3'E21°52.6'S160°20.4'E21°12.1'S160°08.3'E 1.047 87° 215° 155 km 04m14.8s
01:3020°20.8'S160°36.4'E21°41.5'S161°01.6'E21°01.2'S160°48.9'E 1.047 87° 228° 155 km 04m14.5s
01:3220°09.5'S161°16.4'E21°29.8'S161°42.6'E20°49.7'S161°29.4'E 1.047 86° 235° 155 km 04m14.0s
01:3419°57.6'S161°56.3'E21°17.6'S162°23.6'E20°37.6'S162°09.8'E 1.047 85° 240° 155 km 04m13.4s
01:3619°45.2'S162°36.1'E21°04.8'S163°04.5'E20°25.0'S162°50.2'E 1.047 83° 243° 155 km 04m12.7s
01:3819°32.3'S163°15.9'E20°51.5'S163°45.3'E20°11.9'S163°30.5'E 1.047 82° 244° 155 km 04m11.9s
01:4019°18.8'S163°55.7'E20°37.6'S164°26.1'E19°58.2'S164°10.8'E 1.046 81° 246° 155 km 04m11.0s
01:4219°04.8'S164°35.5'E20°23.1'S165°06.8'E19°44.0'S164°51.0'E 1.046 80° 247° 155 km 04m10.0s
01:4418°50.3'S165°15.3'E20°08.1'S165°47.6'E19°29.3'S165°31.3'E 1.046 79° 248° 154 km 04m08.9s
01:4618°35.2'S165°55.1'E19°52.5'S166°28.3'E19°13.9'S166°11.6'E 1.046 78° 248° 154 km 04m07.6s
01:4818°19.6'S166°35.1'E19°36.4'S167°09.1'E18°58.0'S166°52.0'E 1.046 77° 248° 154 km 04m06.3s
01:5018°03.4'S167°15.1'E19°19.7'S167°50.0'E18°41.6'S167°32.4'E 1.046 76° 249° 154 km 04m04.9s
01:5217°46.6'S167°55.3'E19°02.4'S168°31.0'E18°24.6'S168°13.0'E 1.046 75° 249° 153 km 04m03.4s
01:5417°29.3'S168°35.6'E18°44.5'S169°12.2'E18°06.9'S168°53.7'E 1.046 73° 249° 153 km 04m01.8s
01:5617°11.4'S169°16.1'E18°26.0'S169°53.5'E17°48.8'S169°34.6'E 1.046 72° 249° 153 km 04m00.1s
01:5816°52.9'S169°56.8'E18°06.9'S170°34.9'E17°30.0'S170°15.7'E 1.046 71° 249° 152 km 03m58.3s
02:0016°33.8'S170°37.8'E17°47.2'S171°16.6'E17°10.6'S170°57.0'E 1.046 70° 249° 152 km 03m56.4s
02:0216°14.1'S171°19.0'E17°26.8'S171°58.6'E16°50.5'S171°38.6'E 1.045 69° 249° 151 km 03m54.4s
02:0415°53.8'S172°00.6'E17°05.9'S172°40.9'E16°29.9'S172°20.5'E 1.045 68° 249° 151 km 03m52.3s
02:0615°32.8'S172°42.5'E16°44.2'S173°23.5'E16°08.6'S173°02.8'E 1.045 66° 249° 151 km 03m50.2s
02:0815°11.2'S173°24.8'E16°21.9'S174°06.4'E15°46.7'S173°45.4'E 1.045 65° 248° 150 km 03m47.9s
02:1014°48.9'S174°07.6'E15°59.0'S174°49.8'E15°24.0'S174°28.5'E 1.045 64° 248° 150 km 03m45.6s
02:1214°25.9'S174°50.9'E15°35.3'S175°33.7'E15°00.7'S175°12.1'E 1.045 63° 248° 149 km 03m43.2s
02:1414°02.2'S175°34.8'E15°10.9'S176°18.1'E14°36.6'S175°56.2'E 1.044 61° 248° 149 km 03m40.6s
02:1613°37.8'S176°19.2'E14°45.7'S177°03.1'E14°11.8'S176°41.0'E 1.044 60° 248° 148 km 03m38.0s
02:1813°12.6'S177°04.4'E14°19.7'S177°48.8'E13°46.3'S177°26.4'E 1.044 59° 248° 147 km 03m35.4s
02:2012°46.6'S177°50.2'E13°53.0'S178°35.2'E13°19.9'S178°12.5'E 1.044 58° 247° 147 km 03m32.6s
02:2212°19.7'S178°37.0'E13°25.4'S179°22.4'E12°52.7'S178°59.5'E 1.044 56° 247° 146 km 03m29.7s
02:2411°52.1'S179°24.6'E12°56.9'S179°49.5'W12°24.6'S179°47.3'E 1.043 55° 247° 145 km 03m26.8s
02:2611°23.5'S179°46.7'W12°27.5'S179°00.4'W11°55.6'S179°23.8'W 1.043 53° 247° 145 km 03m23.7s
02:2810°53.9'S178°57.0'W11°57.1'S178°10.2'W11°25.6'S178°33.8'W 1.043 52° 247° 144 km 03m20.6s
02:3010°23.3'S178°06.0'W11°25.7'S177°18.8'W10°54.6'S177°42.6'W 1.043 51° 246° 143 km 03m17.4s
02:3209°51.7'S177°13.6'W10°53.2'S176°26.0'W10°22.6'S176°50.0'W 1.042 49° 246° 142 km 03m14.1s
02:3409°18.9'S176°19.6'W10°19.5'S175°31.7'W09°49.3'S175°55.9'W 1.042 48° 246° 141 km 03m10.7s
02:3608°44.9'S175°24.0'W09°44.6'S174°35.7'W09°14.9'S175°00.1'W 1.042 46° 246° 140 km 03m07.2s
02:3808°09.6'S174°26.4'W09°08.3'S173°37.7'W08°39.1'S174°02.3'W 1.041 45° 246° 139 km 03m03.6s
02:4007°32.8'S173°26.7'W08°30.5'S172°37.7'W08°01.8'S173°02.4'W 1.041 43° 245° 138 km 02m59.9s
02:4206°54.4'S172°24.4'W07°51.2'S171°35.1'W07°23.0'S172°00.0'W 1.040 41° 245° 137 km 02m56.1s
02:4406°14.4'S171°19.4'W07°10.0'S170°29.7'W06°42.4'S170°54.8'W 1.040 40° 245° 135 km 02m52.1s
02:4605°32.4'S170°11.1'W06°26.9'S169°21.1'W05°59.8'S169°46.4'W 1.040 38° 245° 134 km 02m48.0s
02:4804°48.2'S168°59.1'W05°41.6'S168°08.7'W05°15.1'S168°34.2'W 1.039 36° 245° 133 km 02m43.8s
02:5004°01.6'S167°42.6'W04°53.7'S166°51.8'W04°27.9'S167°17.5'W 1.039 34° 245° 131 km 02m39.4s
02:5203°12.1'S166°20.8'W04°02.9'S165°29.5'W03°37.7'S165°55.5'W 1.038 32° 245° 129 km 02m34.8s
02:5402°19.2'S164°52.6'W03°08.6'S164°00.8'W02°44.1'S164°27.0'W 1.037 30° 245° 127 km 02m30.0s
02:5601°22.3'S163°16.4'W02°10.0'S162°23.8'W01°46.4'S162°50.5'W 1.037 28° 245° 125 km 02m24.9s
02:5800°20.2'S161°29.8'W01°06.1'S160°36.3'W00°43.4'S161°03.4'W 1.036 25° 244° 123 km 02m19.5s
03:0000°48.6'N159°29.3'W00°04.8'N158°34.5'W00°26.4'N159°02.3'W 1.035 22° 244° 120 km 02m13.6s
03:0202°06.9'N157°08.8'W01°25.8'N156°11.9'W01°46.0'N156°40.8'W 1.034 19° 245° 117 km 02m07.1s
03:0403°39.9'N154°16.0'W03°02.8'N153°15.1'W03°21.0'N153°46.2'W 1.033 15° 245° 113 km 01m59.6s
03:0605°42.3'N150°17.6'W05°12.8'N149°06.0'W05°26.9'N149°42.9'W 1.032 10° 245° 108 km 01m50.1s
Limits10°06.3'N140°48.6'W09°19.4'N140°24.6'W09°42.9'N140°36.7'W 1.028 - 97 km 01m32.0s

ΔT = 9.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:24:53.901:24:44.721°28.8'S158°59.5'E 88.1° 171.0° 155.4 km04m15.22s
Greatest Duration01:22:20.901:22:11.621°40.8'S158°09.5'E 87.7° 134.4° 155.4 km04m15.32s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1712 Dec 28 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 9.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 4.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.02°.

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