Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2456 Dec 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2456 Dec 27 . 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 2456 Dec 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits58°21.4'S170°40.6'E58°52.6'S169°11.6'E58°37.0'S169°56.6'E 1.013 - 103 km 00m37.8s
15:4465°39.9'S177°15.1'W63°46.2'S176°45.0'E64°49.4'S179°50.5'E 1.015 130° 119 km 00m47.2s
15:4668°06.3'S173°08.4'W66°52.9'S178°33.6'W67°32.5'S175°50.4'W 1.016 11° 125° 125 km 00m51.3s
15:4870°05.2'S169°36.5'W69°11.1'S175°00.4'W69°40.2'S172°19.0'W 1.017 13° 121° 129 km 00m54.4s
15:5071°48.5'S166°18.6'W71°07.2'S171°52.3'W71°29.6'S169°06.2'W 1.018 15° 118° 132 km 00m57.1s
15:5273°21.1'S163°04.4'W72°49.7'S168°54.1'W73°07.0'S166°00.1'W 1.018 17° 114° 134 km 00m59.4s
15:5474°45.7'S159°47.0'W74°22.8'S165°57.5'W74°35.8'S162°52.9'W 1.019 19° 110° 136 km 01m01.5s
15:5676°03.7'S156°20.8'W75°48.6'S162°56.2'W75°57.7'S159°38.9'W 1.019 20° 106° 138 km 01m03.3s
15:5877°16.1'S152°40.5'W77°08.5'S159°44.5'W77°13.9'S156°12.2'W 1.019 21° 102° 139 km 01m05.0s
16:0078°23.4'S148°40.3'W78°23.2'S156°16.3'W78°24.9'S152°27.1'W 1.020 22° 97° 140 km 01m06.6s
16:0279°25.8'S144°13.9'W79°33.3'S152°24.7'W79°31.2'S148°16.6'W 1.020 23° 92° 142 km 01m08.0s
16:0480°23.1'S139°14.0'W80°38.9'S148°00.7'W80°32.7'S143°32.5'W 1.020 24° 87° 142 km 01m09.4s
16:0681°15.2'S133°32.5'W81°39.7'S142°53.4'W81°29.2'S138°05.0'W 1.021 25° 80° 143 km 01m10.6s
16:0882°01.2'S127°01.3'W82°35.4'S136°48.9'W82°20.0'S131°43.0'W 1.021 26° 73° 144 km 01m11.7s
16:1082°40.5'S119°33.4'W83°24.8'S129°30.6'W83°04.2'S124°14.8'W 1.021 26° 65° 145 km 01m12.7s
16:1283°11.8'S111°06.0'W84°06.7'S120°41.5'W83°40.6'S115°31.7'W 1.021 27° 55° 145 km 01m13.6s
16:1483°34.0'S101°44.2'W84°39.2'S110°11.3'W84°07.5'S105°33.2'W 1.021 28° 44° 146 km 01m14.5s
16:1683°46.2'S091°44.5'W84°59.9'S098°08.3'W84°23.5'S094°34.3'W 1.022 28° 32° 147 km 01m15.2s
16:1883°47.8'S081°33.3'W85°07.3'S085°11.2'W84°27.6'S083°08.4'W 1.022 28° 20° 147 km 01m15.9s
16:2083°39.2'S071°41.1'W85°00.9'S072°23.0'W84°19.9'S071°59.0'W 1.022 29° 148 km 01m16.5s
16:2283°21.4'S062°33.1'W84°42.0'S060°42.8'W84°01.6'S061°43.8'W 1.022 29° 356° 148 km 01m17.0s
16:2482°55.7'S054°23.4'W84°13.1'S050°41.9'W83°34.5'S052°43.6'W 1.022 29° 346° 149 km 01m17.5s
16:2682°23.8'S047°15.8'W83°36.7'S042°23.4'W83°00.5'S045°02.2'W 1.022 30° 337° 149 km 01m17.8s
16:2881°47.0'S041°06.5'W82°54.8'S035°34.4'W82°21.3'S038°32.8'W 1.022 30° 330° 149 km 01m18.2s
16:3081°06.3'S035°48.4'W82°09.1'S029°57.9'W81°38.3'S033°04.3'W 1.022 30° 323° 150 km 01m18.4s
16:3280°22.7'S031°13.8'W81°20.6'S025°18.3'W80°52.3'S028°25.6'W 1.022 30° 318° 150 km 01m18.5s
16:3479°36.8'S027°15.1'W80°30.1'S021°22.7'W80°04.2'S024°27.0'W 1.022 30° 313° 151 km 01m18.6s
16:3678°49.1'S023°45.9'W79°38.1'S018°01.1'W79°14.3'S021°00.3'W 1.022 30° 308° 151 km 01m18.7s
16:3877°59.9'S020°40.8'W78°44.9'S015°06.2'W78°23.1'S017°59.1'W 1.022 30° 304° 151 km 01m18.6s
16:4077°09.4'S017°55.6'W77°50.7'S012°32.1'W77°30.8'S015°18.5'W 1.022 30° 300° 151 km 01m18.5s
16:4276°18.0'S015°26.5'W76°55.7'S010°14.6'W76°37.6'S012°54.5'W 1.022 30° 297° 152 km 01m18.3s
16:4475°25.6'S013°10.9'W76°00.0'S008°10.3'W75°43.5'S010°43.9'W 1.022 30° 293° 152 km 01m18.0s
16:4674°32.3'S011°06.2'W75°03.6'S006°16.6'W74°48.7'S008°44.2'W 1.022 29° 290° 152 km 01m17.7s
16:4873°38.2'S009°10.6'W74°06.5'S004°31.5'W73°53.1'S006°53.4'W 1.022 29° 288° 152 km 01m17.3s
16:5072°43.4'S007°22.5'W73°08.7'S002°53.2'W72°56.8'S005°09.8'W 1.022 29° 285° 152 km 01m16.8s
16:5271°47.7'S005°40.5'W72°10.3'S001°20.4'W71°59.7'S003°32.1'W 1.022 28° 282° 153 km 01m16.2s
16:5470°51.2'S004°03.6'W71°11.0'S000°08.0'E71°01.8'S001°59.2'W 1.022 28° 280° 153 km 01m15.6s
16:5669°53.8'S002°30.6'W70°10.9'S001°33.1'E70°03.0'S000°29.9'W 1.022 27° 277° 153 km 01m14.9s
16:5868°55.5'S001°00.8'W69°09.8'S002°55.7'E69°03.4'S000°56.5'E 1.021 27° 275° 153 km 01m14.1s
17:0067°56.1'S000°26.8'E68°07.8'S004°16.7'E68°02.6'S002°20.8'E 1.021 26° 273° 152 km 01m13.2s
17:0266°55.7'S001°52.7'E67°04.5'S005°36.7'E67°00.8'S003°44.0'E 1.021 26° 270° 152 km 01m12.2s
17:0465°53.9'S003°17.9'E65°59.9'S006°56.4'E65°57.6'S005°06.5'E 1.021 25° 268° 152 km 01m11.1s
17:0664°50.6'S004°42.9'E64°53.7'S008°16.7'E64°52.9'S006°29.2'E 1.021 24° 266° 151 km 01m10.0s
17:0863°45.7'S006°08.6'E63°45.7'S009°38.4'E63°46.4'S007°53.0'E 1.020 23° 264° 151 km 01m08.7s
17:1062°38.8'S007°35.8'E62°35.5'S011°02.2'E62°37.9'S009°18.5'E 1.020 22° 262° 150 km 01m07.3s
17:1261°29.6'S009°05.4'E61°22.7'S012°29.3'E61°26.9'S010°47.0'E 1.020 21° 260° 149 km 01m05.8s
17:1460°17.7'S010°38.7'E60°06.7'S014°01.3'E60°13.0'S012°19.5'E 1.019 20° 257° 148 km 01m04.1s
17:1659°02.3'S012°17.1'E58°46.7'S015°39.5'E58°55.3'S013°57.8'E 1.019 18° 255° 146 km 01m02.2s
17:1857°42.6'S014°02.7'E57°21.3'S017°26.9'E57°32.9'S015°44.1'E 1.019 17° 253° 144 km 01m00.2s
17:2056°17.1'S015°58.4'E55°48.8'S019°27.3'E56°04.1'S017°42.0'E 1.018 15° 251° 141 km 00m57.9s
17:2254°43.5'S018°09.3'E54°05.4'S021°48.2'E54°25.9'S019°57.3'E 1.017 13° 248° 138 km 00m55.2s
17:2452°57.5'S020°44.6'E52°03.2'S024°45.7'E52°32.7'S022°42.1'E 1.017 10° 245° 133 km 00m51.9s
17:2650°48.1'S024°07.1'E49°13.5'S029°18.0'E50°07.8'S026°30.6'E 1.016 242° 125 km 00m47.6s
Limits45°30.0'S033°57.1'E46°10.9'S034°58.0'E45°50.4'S034°27.2'E 1.013 - 106 km 00m39.3s

ΔT = 1001.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:51:24.516:34:43.179°46.4'S027°20.4'W 30.2° 310.8° 150.6 km01m18.65s
Greatest Duration16:52:13.116:35:31.779°26.2'S021°46.5'W 30.2° 309.0° 150.8 km01m18.66s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2456 Dec 27

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2456 Dec 27 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 1001.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 256.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.07°.

Acknowledgments

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

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