Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2457 Dec 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2457 Dec 17 . 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 2457 Dec 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits13°03.6'S045°42.7'E14°09.6'S044°59.6'E13°36.6'S045°21.2'E 0.963 - 143 km 02m11.6s
02:3015°17.0'S050°40.2'E - - 14°32.8'S047°29.3'E 0.964 113° 140 km 02m11.4s
02:3217°58.2'S056°30.7'E18°08.6'S054°01.7'E18°04.8'S055°20.1'E 0.966 11° 111° 130 km 02m10.7s
02:3419°36.5'S060°01.9'E20°01.5'S058°11.7'E19°49.4'S059°08.4'E 0.968 15° 110° 125 km 02m10.3s
02:3620°53.1'S062°46.7'E21°24.2'S061°14.5'E21°08.8'S062°01.6'E 0.968 19° 108° 122 km 02m10.0s
02:3821°57.5'S065°06.0'E22°32.0'S063°44.9'E22°14.8'S064°26.2'E 0.969 22° 107° 118 km 02m09.8s
02:4022°53.7'S067°08.7'E23°30.3'S065°55.6'E23°12.1'S066°32.7'E 0.970 24° 106° 115 km 02m09.6s
02:4223°43.9'S068°59.4'E24°22.0'S067°52.4'E24°03.0'S068°26.4'E 0.971 27° 105° 113 km 02m09.4s
02:4424°29.4'S070°41.2'E25°08.5'S069°39.2'E24°49.0'S070°10.6'E 0.971 29° 104° 110 km 02m09.2s
02:4625°11.1'S072°15.9'E25°50.9'S071°18.0'E25°31.0'S071°47.3'E 0.972 31° 103° 108 km 02m09.0s
02:4825°49.5'S073°44.8'E26°30.0'S072°50.5'E26°09.7'S073°18.0'E 0.972 33° 102° 106 km 02m08.9s
02:5026°25.2'S075°09.0'E27°06.1'S074°17.9'E26°45.6'S074°43.7'E 0.973 35° 101° 104 km 02m08.7s
02:5226°58.5'S076°29.2'E27°39.8'S075°40.9'E27°19.1'S076°05.2'E 0.973 36° 100° 102 km 02m08.6s
02:5427°29.7'S077°45.9'E28°11.2'S077°00.1'E27°50.4'S077°23.2'E 0.973 38° 99° 101 km 02m08.5s
02:5627°59.0'S078°59.7'E28°40.7'S078°16.2'E28°19.8'S078°38.1'E 0.974 40° 98° 99 km 02m08.3s
02:5828°26.5'S080°10.8'E29°08.4'S079°29.6'E28°47.4'S079°50.4'E 0.974 41° 97° 98 km 02m08.2s
03:0028°52.5'S081°19.7'E29°34.4'S080°40.5'E29°13.4'S081°00.2'E 0.974 43° 96° 96 km 02m08.1s
03:0229°16.9'S082°26.5'E29°59.0'S081°49.2'E29°37.9'S082°08.0'E 0.975 44° 95° 95 km 02m08.0s
03:0429°40.1'S083°31.5'E30°22.2'S082°56.0'E30°01.1'S083°13.9'E 0.975 46° 94° 93 km 02m07.9s
03:0630°01.9'S084°34.9'E30°44.1'S084°01.1'E30°23.0'S084°18.1'E 0.975 47° 93° 92 km 02m07.7s
03:0830°22.6'S085°36.7'E31°04.8'S085°04.6'E30°43.7'S085°20.8'E 0.976 48° 91° 91 km 02m07.6s
03:1030°42.2'S086°37.3'E31°24.3'S086°06.7'E31°03.2'S086°22.1'E 0.976 50° 90° 90 km 02m07.5s
03:1231°00.6'S087°36.6'E31°42.8'S087°07.5'E31°21.7'S087°22.2'E 0.976 51° 89° 89 km 02m07.4s
03:1431°18.1'S088°34.8'E32°00.2'S088°07.1'E31°39.1'S088°21.1'E 0.976 52° 88° 88 km 02m07.3s
03:1631°34.6'S089°32.0'E32°16.7'S089°05.7'E31°55.6'S089°19.0'E 0.977 53° 87° 87 km 02m07.2s
03:1831°50.2'S090°28.3'E32°32.2'S090°03.3'E32°11.2'S090°15.9'E 0.977 55° 86° 86 km 02m07.1s
03:2032°04.8'S091°23.7'E32°46.8'S091°00.0'E32°25.8'S091°11.9'E 0.977 56° 84° 85 km 02m07.0s
03:2232°18.6'S092°18.2'E33°00.6'S091°55.9'E32°39.6'S092°07.1'E 0.977 57° 83° 84 km 02m06.9s
03:2432°31.6'S093°12.1'E33°13.5'S092°50.9'E32°52.5'S093°01.6'E 0.977 58° 82° 83 km 02m06.8s
03:2632°43.8'S094°05.2'E33°25.6'S093°45.3'E33°04.7'S093°55.3'E 0.977 59° 80° 83 km 02m06.7s
03:2832°55.2'S094°57.7'E33°36.9'S094°39.0'E33°16.0'S094°48.4'E 0.978 60° 79° 82 km 02m06.6s
03:3033°05.8'S095°49.6'E33°47.5'S095°32.0'E33°26.6'S095°40.9'E 0.978 61° 77° 81 km 02m06.5s
03:3233°15.7'S096°41.0'E33°57.3'S096°24.5'E33°36.5'S096°32.8'E 0.978 62° 76° 81 km 02m06.4s
03:3433°24.9'S097°31.8'E34°06.4'S097°16.4'E33°45.6'S097°24.1'E 0.978 63° 74° 80 km 02m06.3s
03:3633°33.4'S098°22.1'E34°14.8'S098°07.8'E33°54.0'S098°15.0'E 0.978 64° 72° 79 km 02m06.2s
03:3833°41.2'S099°12.0'E34°22.5'S098°58.8'E34°01.8'S099°05.4'E 0.978 65° 71° 79 km 02m06.1s
03:4033°48.3'S100°01.4'E34°29.5'S099°49.3'E34°08.9'S099°55.3'E 0.979 66° 69° 78 km 02m06.0s
03:4233°54.7'S100°50.4'E34°35.8'S100°39.3'E34°15.3'S100°44.9'E 0.979 67° 67° 78 km 02m05.9s
03:4434°00.5'S101°39.0'E34°41.5'S101°29.0'E34°21.0'S101°34.0'E 0.979 68° 65° 77 km 02m05.8s
03:4634°05.7'S102°27.3'E34°46.6'S102°18.3'E34°26.1'S102°22.8'E 0.979 69° 63° 77 km 02m05.7s
03:4834°10.2'S103°15.3'E34°51.0'S103°07.2'E34°30.6'S103°11.2'E 0.979 70° 60° 76 km 02m05.5s
03:5034°14.1'S104°02.9'E34°54.8'S103°55.8'E34°34.5'S103°59.3'E 0.979 71° 58° 76 km 02m05.4s
03:5234°17.4'S104°50.2'E34°58.0'S104°44.0'E34°37.7'S104°47.1'E 0.979 72° 55° 76 km 02m05.3s
03:5434°20.1'S105°37.2'E35°00.6'S105°32.0'E34°40.3'S105°34.6'E 0.979 73° 52° 75 km 02m05.2s
03:5634°22.2'S106°23.9'E35°02.6'S106°19.7'E34°42.4'S106°21.8'E 0.979 74° 49° 75 km 02m05.1s
03:5834°23.7'S107°10.4'E35°04.0'S107°07.1'E34°43.9'S107°08.8'E 0.979 74° 46° 75 km 02m05.0s
04:0034°24.7'S107°56.7'E35°04.8'S107°54.3'E34°44.7'S107°55.5'E 0.980 75° 43° 74 km 02m04.9s
04:0234°25.0'S108°42.7'E35°05.1'S108°41.2'E34°45.0'S108°41.9'E 0.980 76° 39° 74 km 02m04.7s
04:0434°24.8'S109°28.5'E35°04.8'S109°27.9'E34°44.8'S109°28.2'E 0.980 76° 35° 74 km 02m04.6s
04:0634°24.0'S110°14.1'E35°03.9'S110°14.4'E34°43.9'S110°14.2'E 0.980 77° 30° 74 km 02m04.5s
04:0834°22.7'S110°59.5'E35°02.4'S111°00.7'E34°42.5'S111°00.1'E 0.980 78° 26° 74 km 02m04.4s
04:1034°20.8'S111°44.7'E35°00.4'S111°46.8'E34°40.5'S111°45.8'E 0.980 78° 20° 73 km 02m04.3s
04:1234°18.3'S112°29.8'E34°57.8'S112°32.7'E34°38.0'S112°31.3'E 0.980 78° 15° 73 km 02m04.1s
04:1434°15.3'S113°14.7'E34°54.7'S113°18.5'E34°34.9'S113°16.6'E 0.980 79° 10° 73 km 02m04.0s
04:1634°11.7'S113°59.5'E34°51.0'S114°04.1'E34°31.3'S114°01.8'E 0.980 79° 73 km 02m03.9s
04:1834°07.6'S114°44.1'E34°46.8'S114°49.6'E34°27.1'S114°46.8'E 0.980 79° 358° 73 km 02m03.8s
04:2034°02.9'S115°28.6'E34°42.0'S115°35.0'E34°22.4'S115°31.8'E 0.980 79° 352° 73 km 02m03.7s
04:2233°57.7'S116°13.0'E34°36.7'S116°20.2'E34°17.1'S116°16.6'E 0.980 79° 346° 73 km 02m03.5s
04:2433°51.9'S116°57.4'E34°30.8'S117°05.4'E34°11.3'S117°01.3'E 0.980 79° 340° 73 km 02m03.4s
04:2633°45.6'S117°41.6'E34°24.4'S117°50.4'E34°05.0'S117°46.0'E 0.980 78° 335° 73 km 02m03.3s
04:2833°38.8'S118°25.8'E34°17.4'S118°35.4'E33°58.1'S118°30.6'E 0.980 78° 330° 73 km 02m03.2s
04:3033°31.4'S119°09.9'E34°09.9'S119°20.3'E33°50.6'S119°15.1'E 0.980 77° 325° 73 km 02m03.0s
04:3233°23.4'S119°53.9'E34°01.9'S120°05.2'E33°42.7'S119°59.5'E 0.980 77° 320° 73 km 02m02.9s
04:3433°15.0'S120°38.0'E33°53.3'S120°50.0'E33°34.1'S120°44.0'E 0.980 76° 316° 73 km 02m02.8s
04:3633°05.9'S121°22.0'E33°44.2'S121°34.8'E33°25.0'S121°28.4'E 0.980 76° 312° 73 km 02m02.7s
04:3832°56.4'S122°06.0'E33°34.5'S122°19.7'E33°15.4'S122°12.8'E 0.980 75° 308° 74 km 02m02.6s
04:4032°46.2'S122°50.0'E33°24.3'S123°04.5'E33°05.2'S122°57.2'E 0.980 74° 305° 74 km 02m02.5s
04:4232°35.5'S123°34.0'E33°13.5'S123°49.3'E32°54.5'S123°41.6'E 0.980 73° 301° 74 km 02m02.3s
04:4432°24.3'S124°18.1'E33°02.2'S124°34.2'E32°43.2'S124°26.1'E 0.980 73° 299° 74 km 02m02.2s
04:4632°12.5'S125°02.3'E32°50.3'S125°19.2'E32°31.4'S125°10.7'E 0.980 72° 296° 75 km 02m02.1s
04:4832°00.1'S125°46.6'E32°37.8'S126°04.3'E32°18.9'S125°55.4'E 0.979 71° 293° 75 km 02m02.0s
04:5031°47.2'S126°30.9'E32°24.8'S126°49.4'E32°05.9'S126°40.1'E 0.979 70° 291° 75 km 02m01.9s
04:5231°33.6'S127°15.4'E32°11.2'S127°34.7'E31°52.4'S127°25.0'E 0.979 69° 289° 76 km 02m01.8s
04:5431°19.5'S128°00.0'E31°57.0'S128°20.2'E31°38.2'S128°10.0'E 0.979 68° 287° 76 km 02m01.7s
04:5631°04.8'S128°44.8'E31°42.2'S129°05.8'E31°23.5'S128°55.2'E 0.979 67° 285° 76 km 02m01.7s
04:5830°49.5'S129°29.8'E31°26.8'S129°51.6'E31°08.1'S129°40.7'E 0.979 66° 283° 77 km 02m01.6s
05:0030°33.6'S130°15.1'E31°10.8'S130°37.7'E30°52.1'S130°26.3'E 0.979 65° 281° 77 km 02m01.5s
05:0230°17.0'S131°00.5'E30°54.1'S131°24.0'E30°35.6'S131°12.2'E 0.979 64° 280° 78 km 02m01.4s
05:0429°59.8'S131°46.3'E30°36.9'S132°10.6'E30°18.3'S131°58.4'E 0.979 63° 278° 78 km 02m01.4s
05:0629°42.0'S132°32.4'E30°19.0'S132°57.6'E30°00.5'S132°45.0'E 0.979 62° 277° 79 km 02m01.3s
05:0829°23.5'S133°18.9'E30°00.4'S133°45.0'E29°41.9'S133°31.9'E 0.978 61° 275° 79 km 02m01.2s
05:1029°04.3'S134°05.8'E29°41.1'S134°32.7'E29°22.7'S134°19.2'E 0.978 60° 274° 80 km 02m01.2s
05:1228°44.4'S134°53.1'E29°21.2'S135°21.0'E29°02.8'S135°07.0'E 0.978 59° 272° 81 km 02m01.1s
05:1428°23.8'S135°40.9'E29°00.5'S136°09.7'E28°42.2'S135°55.3'E 0.978 58° 271° 81 km 02m01.1s
05:1628°02.5'S136°29.3'E28°39.1'S136°59.1'E28°20.8'S136°44.1'E 0.978 57° 270° 82 km 02m01.1s
05:1827°40.4'S137°18.3'E28°16.9'S137°49.1'E27°58.6'S137°33.6'E 0.978 55° 269° 83 km 02m01.0s
05:2027°17.5'S138°08.0'E27°54.0'S138°39.8'E27°35.7'S138°23.8'E 0.978 54° 268° 84 km 02m01.0s
05:2226°53.8'S138°58.4'E27°30.2'S139°31.2'E27°11.9'S139°14.7'E 0.977 53° 267° 85 km 02m01.0s
05:2426°29.2'S139°49.7'E27°05.5'S140°23.6'E26°47.3'S140°06.5'E 0.977 52° 266° 86 km 02m01.0s
05:2626°03.7'S140°41.9'E26°39.9'S141°16.9'E26°21.8'S140°59.2'E 0.977 50° 265° 87 km 02m01.0s
05:2825°37.2'S141°35.1'E26°13.4'S142°11.2'E25°55.3'S141°53.0'E 0.977 49° 264° 88 km 02m01.0s
05:3025°09.8'S142°29.4'E25°45.8'S143°06.8'E25°27.8'S142°48.0'E 0.976 48° 263° 89 km 02m01.1s
05:3224°41.3'S143°25.0'E25°17.2'S144°03.7'E24°59.2'S143°44.2'E 0.976 46° 262° 90 km 02m01.1s
05:3424°11.7'S144°22.0'E24°47.5'S145°02.0'E24°29.6'S144°41.9'E 0.976 45° 261° 91 km 02m01.1s
05:3623°40.9'S145°20.5'E24°16.6'S146°02.0'E23°58.7'S145°41.2'E 0.976 44° 260° 92 km 02m01.2s
05:3823°08.7'S146°20.9'E23°44.3'S147°03.9'E23°26.5'S146°42.3'E 0.975 42° 259° 93 km 02m01.3s
05:4022°35.2'S147°23.3'E23°10.6'S148°08.0'E22°52.9'S147°45.5'E 0.975 41° 258° 95 km 02m01.4s
05:4222°00.2'S148°27.9'E22°35.4'S149°14.4'E22°17.7'S148°51.0'E 0.975 39° 257° 96 km 02m01.5s
05:4421°23.4'S149°35.1'E21°58.4'S150°23.6'E21°40.9'S149°59.2'E 0.974 38° 257° 98 km 02m01.6s
05:4620°44.9'S150°45.4'E21°19.5'S151°36.1'E21°02.2'S151°10.5'E 0.974 36° 256° 99 km 02m01.7s
05:4820°04.2'S151°59.1'E20°38.5'S152°52.3'E20°21.3'S152°25.5'E 0.974 34° 255° 101 km 02m01.8s
05:5019°21.1'S153°17.0'E19°55.0'S154°12.9'E19°38.0'S153°44.7'E 0.973 32° 254° 103 km 02m02.0s
05:5218°35.3'S154°39.8'E19°08.6'S155°38.9'E18°51.9'S155°09.1'E 0.973 30° 253° 105 km 02m02.2s
05:5417°46.3'S156°08.6'E18°18.7'S157°11.5'E18°02.5'S156°39.7'E 0.972 28° 253° 107 km 02m02.4s
05:5616°53.3'S157°44.9'E17°24.7'S158°52.4'E17°09.0'S158°18.3'E 0.972 26° 252° 109 km 02m02.6s
05:5815°55.4'S159°30.8'E16°25.4'S160°44.2'E16°10.5'S160°07.0'E 0.971 24° 251° 112 km 02m02.9s
06:0014°51.1'S161°29.6'E15°18.9'S162°50.9'E15°05.1'S162°09.6'E 0.970 21° 250° 115 km 02m03.2s
06:0213°37.9'S163°47.1'E14°02.1'S165°19.9'E13°50.2'S164°32.5'E 0.970 18° 250° 118 km 02m03.6s
06:0412°10.7'S166°34.3'E12°27.9'S168°27.2'E12°19.8'S167°29.0'E 0.969 14° 249° 122 km 02m04.1s
06:0610°16.2'S170°21.1'E10°13.0'S173°06.9'E10°16.7'S171°38.2'E 0.967 248° 127 km 02m04.8s
Limits06°00.5'S179°27.8'E07°04.0'S179°52.2'W06°32.2'S179°47.7'E 0.965 - 137 km 02m06.1s

ΔT = 1005.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:35:26.104:18:40.934°25.6'S110°50.2'E 78.9° 355.8° 73.0 km02m03.73s
Greatest Duration02:46:39.702:29:54.613°36.6'S045°21.2'E 0.0° 114.0° 142.7 km02m11.58s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2457 Dec 17 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 1005.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 256.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.07°.

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