Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2216 Dec 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2216 Dec 10 . 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 2216 Dec 10
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits43°09.5'N070°18.7'E42°02.1'N069°44.9'E42°35.6'N070°01.5'E 1.030 - 130 km 01m50.4s
02:44 - - 37°57.3'N078°22.2'E39°51.7'N075°53.6'E 1.031 126° 137 km 02m01.7s
02:4638°44.6'N079°50.7'E35°52.6'N082°41.5'E37°14.3'N081°25.9'E 1.033 11° 130° 144 km 02m14.3s
02:4836°54.6'N083°45.5'E34°26.0'N085°42.0'E35°38.3'N084°48.3'E 1.034 14° 132° 149 km 02m22.8s
02:5035°34.8'N086°36.7'E33°17.3'N088°06.5'E34°24.7'N087°24.6'E 1.035 17° 134° 154 km 02m29.9s
02:5234°30.5'N088°56.3'E32°19.5'N090°09.5'E33°24.0'N089°35.1'E 1.036 19° 136° 157 km 02m36.1s
02:5433°36.2'N090°56.1'E31°29.5'N091°57.9'E32°32.0'N091°28.7'E 1.036 21° 138° 161 km 02m41.8s
02:5632°48.9'N092°42.3'E30°45.3'N093°35.4'E31°46.4'N093°10.2'E 1.037 23° 139° 164 km 02m46.9s
02:5832°07.0'N094°18.2'E30°05.7'N095°04.6'E31°05.8'N094°42.6'E 1.037 24° 141° 167 km 02m51.8s
03:0031°29.5'N095°46.3'E29°29.9'N096°27.2'E30°29.2'N096°07.8'E 1.038 26° 142° 169 km 02m56.3s
03:0230°55.6'N097°07.9'E28°57.3'N097°44.3'E29°56.0'N097°27.1'E 1.038 27° 143° 172 km 03m00.6s
03:0430°24.8'N098°24.4'E28°27.5'N098°57.0'E29°25.7'N098°41.5'E 1.038 29° 145° 175 km 03m04.6s
03:0629°56.5'N099°36.5'E28°00.2'N100°05.8'E28°58.0'N099°51.9'E 1.039 30° 146° 177 km 03m08.4s
03:0829°30.7'N100°44.8'E27°35.0'N101°11.4'E28°32.4'N100°58.8'E 1.039 31° 147° 180 km 03m12.0s
03:1029°06.8'N101°50.0'E27°11.7'N102°14.1'E28°08.9'N102°02.7'E 1.039 32° 149° 182 km 03m15.4s
03:1228°44.9'N102°52.4'E26°50.2'N103°14.3'E27°47.2'N103°03.9'E 1.040 33° 150° 184 km 03m18.7s
03:1428°24.7'N103°52.5'E26°30.4'N104°12.4'E27°27.2'N104°02.9'E 1.040 34° 151° 186 km 03m21.8s
03:1628°06.1'N104°50.4'E26°12.0'N105°08.5'E27°08.7'N104°59.9'E 1.040 35° 153° 188 km 03m24.7s
03:1827°48.9'N105°46.4'E25°55.1'N106°03.0'E26°51.7'N105°55.1'E 1.040 36° 154° 190 km 03m27.4s
03:2027°33.1'N106°40.8'E25°39.4'N106°55.9'E26°36.0'N106°48.7'E 1.041 36° 155° 192 km 03m30.0s
03:2227°18.5'N107°33.6'E25°25.0'N107°47.5'E26°21.5'N107°40.9'E 1.041 37° 157° 194 km 03m32.4s
03:2427°05.2'N108°25.2'E25°11.8'N108°37.9'E26°08.2'N108°31.9'E 1.041 38° 158° 196 km 03m34.7s
03:2626°53.0'N109°15.6'E24°59.7'N109°27.2'E25°56.1'N109°21.7'E 1.041 38° 160° 197 km 03m36.9s
03:2826°41.9'N110°05.0'E24°48.7'N110°15.5'E25°45.0'N110°10.5'E 1.041 39° 161° 199 km 03m38.8s
03:3026°31.8'N110°53.4'E24°38.7'N111°03.0'E25°35.0'N110°58.5'E 1.041 40° 162° 200 km 03m40.6s
03:3226°22.8'N111°41.1'E24°29.7'N111°49.7'E25°26.0'N111°45.6'E 1.041 40° 164° 201 km 03m42.3s
03:3426°14.7'N112°28.0'E24°21.7'N112°35.7'E25°18.0'N112°32.1'E 1.042 40° 165° 203 km 03m43.8s
03:3626°07.6'N113°14.2'E24°14.6'N113°21.2'E25°10.8'N113°17.9'E 1.042 41° 167° 204 km 03m45.2s
03:3826°01.4'N113°59.9'E24°08.4'N114°06.1'E25°04.6'N114°03.2'E 1.042 41° 168° 205 km 03m46.4s
03:4025°56.1'N114°45.1'E24°03.1'N114°50.6'E24°59.3'N114°48.0'E 1.042 41° 170° 206 km 03m47.5s
03:4225°51.6'N115°30.0'E23°58.6'N115°34.8'E24°54.9'N115°32.5'E 1.042 42° 171° 206 km 03m48.4s
03:4425°48.1'N116°14.4'E23°55.1'N116°18.6'E24°51.3'N116°16.6'E 1.042 42° 173° 207 km 03m49.2s
03:4625°45.4'N116°58.6'E23°52.3'N117°02.1'E24°48.6'N117°00.4'E 1.042 42° 174° 208 km 03m49.8s
03:4825°43.5'N117°42.6'E23°50.5'N117°45.5'E24°46.8'N117°44.1'E 1.042 42° 176° 208 km 03m50.2s
03:5025°42.4'N118°26.5'E23°49.4'N118°28.7'E24°45.7'N118°27.6'E 1.042 42° 177° 208 km 03m50.5s
03:5225°42.2'N119°10.2'E23°49.2'N119°11.8'E24°45.5'N119°11.0'E 1.042 42° 179° 208 km 03m50.7s
03:5425°42.8'N119°54.0'E23°49.8'N119°54.9'E24°46.1'N119°54.4'E 1.042 42° 180° 208 km 03m50.7s
03:5625°44.3'N120°37.7'E23°51.2'N120°38.0'E24°47.5'N120°37.9'E 1.042 42° 182° 208 km 03m50.5s
03:5825°46.6'N121°21.6'E23°53.5'N121°21.3'E24°49.8'N121°21.4'E 1.042 42° 183° 208 km 03m50.2s
04:0025°49.7'N122°05.6'E23°56.6'N122°04.6'E24°52.9'N122°05.1'E 1.042 42° 185° 207 km 03m49.7s
04:0225°53.6'N122°49.8'E24°00.5'N122°48.2'E24°56.9'N122°48.9'E 1.042 42° 187° 207 km 03m49.1s
04:0425°58.4'N123°34.4'E24°05.3'N123°32.0'E25°01.7'N123°33.1'E 1.042 42° 188° 206 km 03m48.4s
04:0626°04.1'N124°19.2'E24°11.0'N124°16.2'E25°07.3'N124°17.6'E 1.042 41° 190° 205 km 03m47.5s
04:0826°10.7'N125°04.5'E24°17.5'N125°00.7'E25°13.9'N125°02.5'E 1.042 41° 191° 204 km 03m46.4s
04:1026°18.1'N125°50.3'E24°25.0'N125°45.7'E25°21.3'N125°47.8'E 1.042 41° 192° 203 km 03m45.2s
04:1226°26.5'N126°36.6'E24°33.3'N126°31.2'E25°29.7'N126°33.7'E 1.042 40° 194° 202 km 03m43.8s
04:1426°35.9'N127°23.6'E24°42.6'N127°17.3'E25°39.0'N127°20.2'E 1.042 40° 195° 201 km 03m42.3s
04:1626°46.2'N128°11.3'E24°52.9'N128°04.1'E25°49.3'N128°07.5'E 1.041 39° 197° 200 km 03m40.6s
04:1826°57.6'N128°59.9'E25°04.1'N128°51.7'E26°00.6'N128°55.5'E 1.041 39° 198° 198 km 03m38.8s
04:2027°10.0'N129°49.4'E25°16.4'N129°40.2'E26°12.9'N129°44.5'E 1.041 38° 200° 197 km 03m36.8s
04:2227°23.5'N130°40.0'E25°29.8'N130°29.6'E26°26.4'N130°34.5'E 1.041 38° 201° 195 km 03m34.7s
04:2427°38.2'N131°31.7'E25°44.4'N131°20.1'E26°41.0'N131°25.6'E 1.041 37° 203° 193 km 03m32.4s
04:2627°54.1'N132°24.9'E26°00.1'N132°11.9'E26°56.8'N132°18.0'E 1.041 36° 204° 192 km 03m30.0s
04:2828°11.3'N133°19.5'E26°17.1'N133°05.0'E27°13.9'N133°11.8'E 1.040 36° 205° 190 km 03m27.4s
04:3028°29.9'N134°15.8'E26°35.4'N133°59.7'E27°32.4'N134°07.3'E 1.040 35° 207° 188 km 03m24.6s
04:3228°50.0'N135°14.0'E26°55.2'N134°56.1'E27°52.3'N135°04.5'E 1.040 34° 208° 186 km 03m21.7s
04:3429°11.7'N136°14.4'E27°16.5'N135°54.5'E28°13.8'N136°03.9'E 1.040 33° 209° 184 km 03m18.6s
04:3629°35.2'N137°17.3'E27°39.5'N136°55.1'E28°37.0'N137°05.6'E 1.039 32° 211° 181 km 03m15.4s
04:3830°00.6'N138°23.0'E28°04.3'N137°58.2'E29°02.1'N138°09.9'E 1.039 31° 212° 179 km 03m11.9s
04:4030°28.2'N139°32.0'E28°31.1'N139°04.3'E29°29.2'N139°17.4'E 1.039 30° 213° 177 km 03m08.3s
04:4230°58.1'N140°44.8'E29°00.1'N140°13.7'E29°58.6'N140°28.4'E 1.038 28° 215° 174 km 03m04.5s
04:4431°30.8'N142°02.2'E29°31.6'N141°27.1'E30°30.7'N141°43.7'E 1.038 27° 216° 172 km 03m00.4s
04:4632°06.7'N143°25.0'E30°06.0'N142°45.1'E31°05.8'N143°04.0'E 1.038 26° 217° 169 km 02m56.2s
04:4832°46.4'N144°54.4'E30°43.7'N144°08.8'E31°44.4'N144°30.4'E 1.037 24° 219° 166 km 02m51.6s
04:5033°30.6'N146°32.1'E31°25.5'N145°39.4'E32°27.3'N146°04.3'E 1.037 22° 220° 164 km 02m46.7s
04:5234°20.6'N148°20.7'E32°12.0'N147°18.8'E33°15.5'N147°47.9'E 1.036 21° 222° 160 km 02m41.5s
04:5435°18.1'N150°23.9'E33°04.8'N149°09.5'E34°10.4'N149°44.4'E 1.036 19° 224° 157 km 02m35.8s
04:5636°26.5'N152°48.5'E34°05.8'N151°16.0'E35°14.7'N151°59.1'E 1.035 16° 225° 153 km 02m29.5s
04:5837°52.3'N155°48.7'E35°18.9'N153°46.0'E36°33.3'N154°42.1'E 1.034 13° 228° 149 km 02m22.2s
05:0039°54.6'N160°05.4'E36°52.1'N156°56.5'E38°17.9'N158°18.7'E 1.033 10° 230° 144 km 02m13.2s
05:02 - - 39°12.8'N161°45.0'E41°31.6'N165°03.9'E 1.031 235° 136 km 01m58.6s
Limits43°55.9'N168°42.3'E42°48.4'N169°17.7'E43°22.0'N169°00.3'E 1.030 - 131 km 01m51.2s

ΔT = 302.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:57:51.403:52:49.124°45.6'N118°13.0'E 42.4° 179.5° 208.2 km03m50.68s
Greatest Duration03:58:00.903:52:58.624°45.7'N119°32.2'E 42.4° 179.7° 208.2 km03m50.68s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2216 Dec 10

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2216 Dec 10 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 302.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 75.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.32°.

Acknowledgments

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

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