Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2187 Dec 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2187 Dec 29 . 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 2187 Dec 29
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°31.3'S157°50.1'E47°56.9'S154°04.8'E46°43.1'S156°01.5'E 0.948 - 384 km 02m54.6s
17:5051°34.7'S169°13.4'E - - 49°12.5'S160°58.2'E 0.949 121° 377 km 02m55.6s
17:5253°29.8'S172°32.3'E - - 52°20.4'S166°42.3'E 0.950 116° 366 km 02m56.9s
17:5455°05.7'S175°15.5'E52°56.4'S163°41.2'E54°22.8'S170°15.2'E 0.951 12° 113° 358 km 02m57.7s
17:5656°30.3'S177°38.8'E55°10.3'S167°36.0'E56°02.7'S173°05.4'E 0.952 15° 110° 350 km 02m58.4s
17:5857°47.2'S179°49.7'E56°55.9'S170°36.1'E57°30.1'S175°33.2'E 0.952 17° 107° 344 km 02m59.1s
18:0058°58.3'S178°08.0'W58°27.0'S173°09.6'E58°49.1'S177°47.3'E 0.953 18° 105° 338 km 02m59.7s
18:0260°04.8'S176°11.4'W59°48.8'S175°27.5'E60°02.0'S179°52.5'E 0.953 20° 102° 332 km 03m00.2s
18:0461°07.6'S174°18.6'W61°04.0'S177°35.3'E61°10.2'S178°08.9'W 0.953 21° 100° 327 km 03m00.7s
18:0662°07.3'S172°28.4'W62°14.1'S179°36.5'E62°14.5'S176°14.1'W 0.954 23° 97° 323 km 03m01.2s
18:0863°04.3'S170°39.6'W63°20.2'S178°26.8'W63°15.6'S174°21.8'W 0.954 24° 95° 318 km 03m01.6s
18:1063°58.9'S168°51.4'W64°23.0'S176°32.7'W64°13.9'S172°31.0'W 0.954 25° 92° 314 km 03m02.1s
18:1264°51.4'S167°03.1'W65°22.9'S174°39.9'W65°09.8'S170°40.6'W 0.955 26° 90° 310 km 03m02.5s
18:1465°41.9'S165°13.8'W66°20.4'S172°47.6'W66°03.6'S168°49.7'W 0.955 27° 87° 307 km 03m02.9s
18:1666°30.6'S163°23.1'W67°15.6'S170°54.5'W66°55.3'S166°57.7'W 0.955 28° 84° 303 km 03m03.3s
18:1867°17.6'S161°30.3'W68°08.9'S169°00.0'W67°45.2'S165°03.8'W 0.955 29° 82° 300 km 03m03.6s
18:2068°02.9'S159°34.9'W69°00.2'S167°03.2'W68°33.4'S163°07.4'W 0.955 29° 79° 297 km 03m04.0s
18:2268°46.6'S157°36.4'W69°49.8'S165°03.3'W69°19.9'S161°07.8'W 0.955 30° 76° 295 km 03m04.3s
18:2469°28.8'S155°34.2'W70°37.8'S162°59.6'W70°04.8'S159°04.4'W 0.956 31° 73° 292 km 03m04.6s
18:2670°09.5'S153°27.8'W71°24.1'S160°51.2'W70°48.1'S156°56.5'W 0.956 31° 70° 290 km 03m04.9s
18:2870°48.5'S151°16.7'W72°08.9'S158°37.4'W71°29.9'S154°43.5'W 0.956 32° 67° 288 km 03m05.2s
18:3071°26.0'S149°00.4'W72°52.0'S156°17.3'W72°10.1'S152°24.7'W 0.956 32° 63° 286 km 03m05.4s
18:3272°02.0'S146°38.4'W73°33.5'S153°50.1'W72°48.6'S149°59.5'W 0.956 33° 60° 284 km 03m05.7s
18:3472°36.2'S144°10.1'W74°13.3'S151°14.9'W73°25.4'S147°27.2'W 0.956 33° 57° 282 km 03m05.9s
18:3673°08.7'S141°35.3'W74°51.4'S148°30.8'W74°00.6'S144°47.1'W 0.956 34° 53° 281 km 03m06.1s
18:3873°39.4'S138°53.3'W75°27.6'S145°36.8'W74°33.8'S141°58.7'W 0.956 34° 49° 280 km 03m06.3s
18:4074°08.2'S136°03.8'W76°01.8'S142°32.0'W75°05.1'S139°01.3'W 0.956 34° 45° 278 km 03m06.5s
18:4274°35.0'S133°06.7'W76°33.9'S139°15.6'W75°34.3'S135°54.5'W 0.956 35° 41° 277 km 03m06.7s
18:4474°59.7'S130°01.7'W77°03.7'S135°46.9'W76°01.3'S132°37.8'W 0.956 35° 36° 277 km 03m06.9s
18:4675°22.1'S126°48.7'W77°31.0'S132°05.3'W76°26.0'S129°11.1'W 0.956 35° 32° 276 km 03m07.0s
18:4875°42.1'S123°27.8'W77°55.6'S128°10.5'W76°48.0'S125°34.3'W 0.957 35° 27° 275 km 03m07.1s
18:5075°59.6'S119°59.5'W78°17.2'S124°02.6'W77°07.4'S121°47.7'W 0.957 35° 22° 275 km 03m07.3s
18:5276°14.5'S116°24.1'W78°35.6'S119°42.0'W77°23.8'S117°51.8'W 0.957 35° 17° 275 km 03m07.4s
18:5476°26.6'S112°42.4'W78°50.6'S115°09.9'W77°37.2'S113°47.6'W 0.957 35° 12° 274 km 03m07.4s
18:5676°35.7'S108°55.3'W79°01.9'S110°27.8'W77°47.3'S109°36.1'W 0.957 35° 274 km 03m07.5s
18:5876°41.9'S105°04.1'W79°09.4'S105°37.9'W77°54.0'S105°19.1'W 0.956 35° 274 km 03m07.6s
19:0076°45.1'S101°10.0'W79°12.9'S100°42.8'W77°57.4'S100°58.3'W 0.956 35° 356° 275 km 03m07.6s
19:0276°45.1'S097°14.4'W79°12.3'S095°45.7'W77°57.1'S096°35.7'W 0.956 35° 350° 275 km 03m07.6s
19:0476°41.9'S093°18.9'W79°07.6'S090°49.6'W77°53.3'S092°13.6'W 0.956 35° 345° 276 km 03m07.6s
19:0676°35.6'S089°24.9'W78°58.9'S085°57.7'W77°46.0'S087°53.9'W 0.956 35° 340° 276 km 03m07.6s
19:0876°26.2'S085°33.8'W78°46.1'S081°12.5'W77°35.1'S083°38.5'W 0.956 34° 334° 277 km 03m07.6s
19:1076°13.8'S081°46.9'W78°29.6'S076°36.5'W77°20.9'S079°29.3'W 0.956 34° 329° 278 km 03m07.5s
19:1275°58.3'S078°05.2'W78°09.4'S072°11.3'W77°03.4'S075°27.4'W 0.956 34° 324° 279 km 03m07.5s
19:1475°40.0'S074°29.6'W77°45.7'S067°58.1'W76°42.6'S071°34.0'W 0.956 34° 319° 281 km 03m07.4s
19:1675°18.9'S071°00.8'W77°18.7'S063°57.3'W76°18.9'S067°49.8'W 0.956 33° 314° 282 km 03m07.3s
19:1874°55.0'S067°39.1'W76°48.7'S060°09.2'W75°52.3'S064°14.9'W 0.956 33° 310° 284 km 03m07.2s
19:2074°28.6'S064°24.8'W76°15.7'S056°33.4'W75°22.9'S060°49.6'W 0.956 32° 305° 285 km 03m07.1s
19:2273°59.6'S061°17.9'W75°40.1'S053°09.4'W74°50.8'S057°33.6'W 0.956 32° 301° 287 km 03m06.9s
19:2473°28.3'S058°18.2'W75°01.8'S049°56.4'W74°16.3'S054°26.6'W 0.955 31° 297° 289 km 03m06.7s
19:2672°54.5'S055°25.5'W74°21.0'S046°53.4'W73°39.3'S051°28.0'W 0.955 31° 293° 292 km 03m06.6s
19:2872°18.5'S052°39.4'W73°37.8'S043°59.5'W72°59.9'S048°37.2'W 0.955 30° 289° 294 km 03m06.4s
19:3071°40.3'S049°59.5'W72°52.1'S041°13.6'W72°18.2'S045°53.5'W 0.955 29° 286° 297 km 03m06.1s
19:3270°59.8'S047°25.1'W72°04.0'S038°34.7'W71°34.2'S043°16.1'W 0.955 28° 282° 300 km 03m05.9s
19:3470°17.0'S044°55.7'W71°13.4'S036°01.6'W70°47.8'S040°44.2'W 0.954 28° 279° 303 km 03m05.7s
19:3669°31.9'S042°30.8'W70°20.1'S033°33.2'W69°58.9'S038°17.0'W 0.954 27° 275° 307 km 03m05.4s
19:3868°44.5'S040°09.5'W69°24.1'S031°08.3'W69°07.5'S035°53.5'W 0.954 26° 272° 310 km 03m05.1s
19:4067°54.6'S037°51.1'W68°25.0'S028°45.8'W68°13.4'S033°32.8'W 0.954 25° 269° 314 km 03m04.7s
19:4267°02.1'S035°34.9'W67°22.5'S026°24.1'W67°16.3'S031°13.9'W 0.953 24° 266° 318 km 03m04.4s
19:4466°06.6'S033°19.8'W66°16.0'S024°01.7'W66°15.9'S028°55.5'W 0.953 22° 263° 323 km 03m04.0s
19:4665°08.0'S031°05.0'W65°04.9'S021°36.6'W65°11.8'S026°36.2'W 0.953 21° 260° 328 km 03m03.6s
19:4864°05.7'S028°49.0'W63°47.9'S019°06.2'W64°03.1'S024°14.3'W 0.952 20° 257° 333 km 03m03.2s
19:5062°59.1'S026°30.4'W62°23.3'S016°26.5'W62°49.1'S021°47.4'W 0.952 18° 254° 339 km 03m02.7s
19:5261°47.4'S024°07.2'W60°47.9'S013°31.2'W61°28.0'S019°12.4'W 0.951 16° 251° 346 km 03m02.1s
19:5460°29.2'S021°36.3'W58°55.6'S010°07.7'W59°57.5'S016°23.8'W 0.951 14° 248° 353 km 03m01.5s
19:5659°02.2'S018°53.2'W56°28.6'S005°41.0'W58°12.5'S013°11.9'W 0.950 12° 245° 361 km 03m00.8s
19:5857°22.4'S015°49.9'W - - 56°01.0'S009°13.1'W 0.949 241° 371 km 02m59.9s
20:0055°20.7'S012°08.4'W - - 52°19.8'S002°21.8'W 0.948 235° 385 km 02m58.4s
Limits49°11.4'S000°33.2'W51°33.6'S003°39.5'E50°21.8'S001°28.4'E 0.947 - 391 km 02m57.7s

ΔT = 248.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:59:02.818:54:54.077°42.1'S112°57.5'W 35.3° 9.7° 274.3 km03m07.47s
Greatest Duration19:07:38.319:03:29.577°54.6'S093°20.1'W 35.0° 346.4° 275.5 km03m07.62s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2187 Dec 29 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 248.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 59.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.25°.

Acknowledgments

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

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