Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2606 Dec 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2606 Dec 21 . 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 2606 Dec 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits10°53.7'N176°17.0'E10°17.4'N176°02.8'E10°35.6'N176°09.9'E 1.021 - 72 km 01m12.3s
18:3207°21.7'N175°37.0'W06°29.1'N175°27.6'W06°55.1'N175°31.5'W 1.024 115° 81 km 01m28.4s
18:3405°26.2'N171°14.8'W04°34.6'N171°14.7'W05°00.2'N171°14.2'W 1.025 14° 116° 87 km 01m38.2s
18:3604°05.9'N168°11.6'W03°13.6'N168°15.1'W03°39.6'N168°12.9'W 1.027 18° 116° 91 km 01m45.8s
18:3803°01.8'N165°44.1'W02°08.7'N165°49.5'W02°35.1'N165°46.4'W 1.027 21° 116° 94 km 01m52.3s
18:4002°07.8'N163°38.1'W01°13.7'N163°44.8'W01°40.6'N163°41.1'W 1.028 24° 117° 97 km 01m58.3s
18:4201°20.9'N161°46.9'W00°25.7'N161°54.3'W00°53.2'N161°50.2'W 1.029 26° 117° 99 km 02m03.8s
18:4400°39.2'N160°06.4'W00°16.9'S160°14.4'W00°11.1'N160°10.1'W 1.030 29° 117° 101 km 02m08.9s
18:4600°01.8'N158°34.4'W00°55.3'S158°42.7'W00°26.9'S158°38.2'W 1.030 31° 117° 103 km 02m13.8s
18:4800°32.2'S157°09.0'W01°30.2'S157°17.6'W01°01.3'S157°13.0'W 1.031 33° 117° 105 km 02m18.5s
18:5001°03.2'S155°49.2'W02°02.1'S155°57.9'W01°32.8'S155°53.3'W 1.031 35° 118° 107 km 02m23.0s
18:5201°31.8'S154°34.1'W02°31.5'S154°42.7'W02°01.7'S154°38.1'W 1.032 36° 118° 109 km 02m27.3s
18:5401°58.1'S153°22.8'W02°58.6'S153°31.4'W02°28.4'S153°26.9'W 1.032 38° 118° 110 km 02m31.4s
18:5602°22.5'S152°15.1'W03°23.7'S152°23.5'W02°53.2'S152°19.0'W 1.033 40° 118° 112 km 02m35.5s
18:5802°45.0'S151°10.3'W03°47.1'S151°18.6'W03°16.1'S151°14.2'W 1.033 41° 119° 113 km 02m39.4s
19:0003°06.0'S150°08.1'W04°08.8'S150°16.2'W03°37.5'S150°11.9'W 1.033 43° 119° 114 km 02m43.2s
19:0203°25.6'S149°08.3'W04°29.0'S149°16.1'W03°57.3'S149°12.0'W 1.034 44° 119° 116 km 02m46.9s
19:0403°43.7'S148°10.6'W04°47.8'S148°18.1'W04°15.8'S148°14.1'W 1.034 46° 120° 117 km 02m50.4s
19:0604°00.6'S147°14.8'W05°05.4'S147°21.9'W04°33.1'S147°18.1'W 1.034 47° 120° 118 km 02m53.9s
19:0804°16.4'S146°20.6'W05°21.7'S146°27.4'W04°49.1'S146°23.8'W 1.035 48° 120° 119 km 02m57.2s
19:1004°31.0'S145°28.1'W05°37.0'S145°34.5'W05°04.1'S145°31.1'W 1.035 50° 121° 120 km 03m00.5s
19:1204°44.7'S144°36.9'W05°51.1'S144°42.9'W05°17.9'S144°39.7'W 1.035 51° 121° 121 km 03m03.7s
19:1404°57.3'S143°47.1'W06°04.3'S143°52.6'W05°30.8'S143°49.6'W 1.035 52° 122° 122 km 03m06.7s
19:1605°09.0'S142°58.4'W06°16.5'S143°03.5'W05°42.8'S143°00.7'W 1.036 54° 122° 123 km 03m09.7s
19:1805°19.8'S142°10.8'W06°27.8'S142°15.4'W05°53.9'S142°12.9'W 1.036 55° 123° 124 km 03m12.5s
19:2005°29.8'S141°24.2'W06°38.3'S141°28.3'W06°04.1'S141°26.1'W 1.036 56° 124° 125 km 03m15.3s
19:2205°38.9'S140°38.6'W06°47.9'S140°42.2'W06°13.4'S140°40.2'W 1.036 57° 124° 126 km 03m18.0s
19:2405°47.3'S139°53.8'W06°56.7'S139°56.9'W06°22.0'S139°55.2'W 1.036 58° 125° 127 km 03m20.5s
19:2605°54.9'S139°09.8'W07°04.7'S139°12.3'W06°29.8'S139°10.9'W 1.037 59° 126° 128 km 03m23.0s
19:2806°01.8'S138°26.6'W07°11.9'S138°28.5'W06°36.9'S138°27.4'W 1.037 60° 127° 128 km 03m25.3s
19:3006°08.0'S137°44.0'W07°18.5'S137°45.4'W06°43.3'S137°44.6'W 1.037 61° 128° 129 km 03m27.6s
19:3206°13.5'S137°02.1'W07°24.3'S137°02.9'W06°48.9'S137°02.4'W 1.037 62° 129° 130 km 03m29.7s
19:3406°18.3'S136°20.8'W07°29.4'S136°21.0'W06°53.9'S136°20.8'W 1.037 63° 130° 130 km 03m31.8s
19:3606°22.5'S135°40.0'W07°33.9'S135°39.6'W06°58.2'S135°39.7'W 1.037 64° 132° 131 km 03m33.7s
19:3806°26.1'S134°59.7'W07°37.7'S134°58.7'W07°01.9'S134°59.1'W 1.038 65° 133° 131 km 03m35.6s
19:4006°29.0'S134°19.9'W07°40.8'S134°18.3'W07°04.9'S134°19.0'W 1.038 66° 134° 132 km 03m37.3s
19:4206°31.3'S133°40.6'W07°43.4'S133°38.4'W07°07.4'S133°39.4'W 1.038 67° 136° 132 km 03m38.9s
19:4406°33.1'S133°01.6'W07°45.3'S132°58.8'W07°09.2'S133°00.1'W 1.038 68° 138° 133 km 03m40.4s
19:4606°34.2'S132°23.1'W07°46.6'S132°19.6'W07°10.4'S132°21.3'W 1.038 68° 140° 133 km 03m41.8s
19:4806°34.8'S131°44.8'W07°47.3'S131°40.7'W07°11.1'S131°42.7'W 1.038 69° 142° 134 km 03m43.1s
19:5006°34.8'S131°06.9'W07°47.4'S131°02.2'W07°11.1'S131°04.5'W 1.038 70° 144° 134 km 03m44.3s
19:5206°34.2'S130°29.3'W07°47.0'S130°24.0'W07°10.6'S130°26.6'W 1.038 70° 147° 134 km 03m45.3s
19:5406°33.1'S129°52.0'W07°45.9'S129°46.0'W07°09.5'S129°48.9'W 1.038 71° 149° 135 km 03m46.2s
19:5606°31.5'S129°14.9'W07°44.3'S129°08.2'W07°07.9'S129°11.5'W 1.038 71° 152° 135 km 03m47.1s
19:5806°29.3'S128°38.0'W07°42.2'S128°30.7'W07°05.7'S128°34.3'W 1.039 72° 155° 135 km 03m47.8s
20:0006°26.5'S128°01.3'W07°39.4'S127°53.4'W07°03.0'S127°57.3'W 1.039 72° 158° 135 km 03m48.4s
20:0206°23.3'S127°24.7'W07°36.2'S127°16.2'W06°59.7'S127°20.4'W 1.039 73° 161° 135 km 03m48.8s
20:0406°19.5'S126°48.3'W07°32.3'S126°39.2'W06°55.9'S126°43.7'W 1.039 73° 164° 135 km 03m49.2s
20:0606°15.1'S126°12.0'W07°28.0'S126°02.3'W06°51.6'S126°07.2'W 1.039 73° 168° 135 km 03m49.4s
20:0806°10.3'S125°35.9'W07°23.0'S125°25.5'W06°46.7'S125°30.7'W 1.039 73° 171° 135 km 03m49.6s
20:1006°04.9'S124°59.8'W07°17.6'S124°48.8'W06°41.2'S124°54.3'W 1.039 73° 175° 135 km 03m49.6s
20:1205°59.0'S124°23.7'W07°11.5'S124°12.2'W06°35.3'S124°18.0'W 1.039 73° 178° 135 km 03m49.5s
20:1405°52.6'S123°47.7'W07°05.0'S123°35.6'W06°28.8'S123°41.7'W 1.039 73° 182° 135 km 03m49.3s
20:1605°45.6'S123°11.7'W06°57.9'S122°59.0'W06°21.8'S123°05.4'W 1.039 73° 185° 135 km 03m48.9s
20:1805°38.2'S122°35.7'W06°50.2'S122°22.5'W06°14.2'S122°29.1'W 1.039 73° 189° 135 km 03m48.5s
20:2005°30.1'S121°59.7'W06°42.0'S121°45.9'W06°06.1'S121°52.8'W 1.039 72° 192° 135 km 03m47.9s
20:2205°21.6'S121°23.6'W06°33.3'S121°09.2'W05°57.5'S121°16.5'W 1.039 72° 195° 135 km 03m47.2s
20:2405°12.5'S120°47.4'W06°24.0'S120°32.5'W05°48.3'S120°40.0'W 1.039 71° 198° 134 km 03m46.5s
20:2605°02.9'S120°11.2'W06°14.1'S119°55.7'W05°38.5'S120°03.5'W 1.039 71° 201° 134 km 03m45.6s
20:2804°52.8'S119°34.7'W06°03.7'S119°18.8'W05°28.3'S119°26.8'W 1.038 70° 203° 134 km 03m44.6s
20:3004°42.1'S118°58.2'W05°52.7'S118°41.7'W05°17.4'S118°50.0'W 1.038 70° 206° 133 km 03m43.4s
20:3204°30.8'S118°21.4'W05°41.2'S118°04.5'W05°06.0'S118°13.1'W 1.038 69° 208° 133 km 03m42.2s
20:3404°19.0'S117°44.5'W05°29.0'S117°27.1'W04°54.0'S117°35.9'W 1.038 68° 210° 133 km 03m40.9s
20:3604°06.6'S117°07.3'W05°16.3'S116°49.5'W04°41.5'S116°58.5'W 1.038 68° 212° 132 km 03m39.5s
20:3803°53.6'S116°29.8'W05°03.0'S116°11.6'W04°28.3'S116°20.8'W 1.038 67° 214° 132 km 03m37.9s
20:4003°40.0'S115°52.1'W04°49.1'S115°33.4'W04°14.6'S115°42.8'W 1.038 66° 216° 131 km 03m36.3s
20:4203°25.8'S115°14.0'W04°34.5'S114°54.9'W04°00.2'S115°04.5'W 1.038 65° 218° 131 km 03m34.6s
20:4403°11.0'S114°35.5'W04°19.3'S114°16.0'W03°45.2'S114°25.9'W 1.038 64° 219° 130 km 03m32.7s
20:4602°55.6'S113°56.6'W04°03.5'S113°36.8'W03°29.6'S113°46.8'W 1.038 63° 220° 130 km 03m30.8s
20:4802°39.6'S113°17.3'W03°47.0'S112°57.1'W03°13.3'S113°07.3'W 1.038 62° 222° 129 km 03m28.8s
20:5002°22.8'S112°37.5'W03°29.9'S112°17.0'W02°56.4'S112°27.3'W 1.037 61° 223° 129 km 03m26.7s
20:5202°05.4'S111°57.1'W03°12.0'S111°36.3'W02°38.8'S111°46.8'W 1.037 60° 224° 128 km 03m24.4s
20:5401°47.3'S111°16.1'W02°53.4'S110°55.1'W02°20.4'S111°05.7'W 1.037 59° 225° 127 km 03m22.1s
20:5601°28.5'S110°34.5'W02°34.1'S110°13.2'W02°01.4'S110°24.0'W 1.037 58° 226° 126 km 03m19.7s
20:5801°08.9'S109°52.2'W02°14.1'S109°30.7'W01°41.5'S109°41.6'W 1.037 57° 227° 126 km 03m17.2s
21:0000°48.5'S109°09.1'W01°53.2'S108°47.4'W01°20.9'S108°58.4'W 1.037 56° 228° 125 km 03m14.7s
21:0200°27.3'S108°25.2'W01°31.5'S108°03.3'W00°59.5'S108°14.4'W 1.036 55° 228° 124 km 03m12.0s
21:0400°05.3'S107°40.4'W01°09.0'S107°18.3'W00°37.2'S107°29.5'W 1.036 54° 229° 123 km 03m09.2s
21:0600°17.7'N106°54.5'W00°45.5'S106°32.3'W00°14.0'S106°43.6'W 1.036 52° 230° 122 km 03m06.4s
21:0800°41.5'N106°07.5'W00°21.1'S105°45.2'W00°10.1'N105°56.6'W 1.036 51° 231° 122 km 03m03.4s
21:1001°06.4'N105°19.3'W00°04.3'N104°57.0'W00°35.2'N105°08.3'W 1.035 50° 231° 121 km 03m00.4s
21:1201°32.2'N104°29.8'W00°30.7'N104°07.4'W01°01.4'N104°18.8'W 1.035 49° 232° 120 km 02m57.3s
21:1401°59.2'N103°38.8'W00°58.3'N103°16.4'W01°28.7'N103°27.8'W 1.035 47° 232° 119 km 02m54.0s
21:1602°27.4'N102°46.1'W01°27.0'N102°23.8'W01°57.1'N102°35.2'W 1.035 46° 233° 118 km 02m50.7s
21:1802°56.9'N101°51.6'W01°57.1'N101°29.4'W02°26.9'N101°40.7'W 1.034 44° 233° 116 km 02m47.3s
21:2003°27.7'N100°55.1'W02°28.5'N100°33.0'W02°58.0'N100°44.2'W 1.034 43° 234° 115 km 02m43.8s
21:2204°00.0'N099°56.3'W03°01.4'N099°34.3'W03°30.6'N099°45.5'W 1.034 41° 234° 114 km 02m40.1s
21:2404°33.9'N098°54.8'W03°36.0'N098°33.1'W04°04.8'N098°44.2'W 1.033 40° 235° 113 km 02m36.4s
21:2605°09.6'N097°50.4'W04°12.4'N097°29.0'W04°40.9'N097°39.9'W 1.033 38° 235° 111 km 02m32.5s
21:2805°47.4'N096°42.6'W04°50.8'N096°21.6'W05°19.0'N096°32.3'W 1.032 37° 236° 110 km 02m28.5s
21:3006°27.4'N095°30.8'W05°31.5'N095°10.3'W05°59.3'N095°20.8'W 1.032 35° 236° 108 km 02m24.4s
21:3207°09.9'N094°14.4'W06°14.7'N093°54.4'W06°42.2'N094°04.7'W 1.031 33° 237° 107 km 02m20.1s
21:3407°55.5'N092°52.5'W07°01.0'N092°33.1'W07°28.1'N092°43.1'W 1.031 31° 237° 105 km 02m15.6s
21:3608°44.7'N091°23.7'W07°50.9'N091°05.2'W08°17.6'N091°14.8'W 1.030 29° 237° 103 km 02m10.8s
21:3809°38.2'N089°46.5'W08°45.1'N089°29.1'W09°11.5'N089°38.1'W 1.030 27° 238° 101 km 02m05.9s
21:4010°37.1'N087°58.3'W09°44.7'N087°42.3'W10°10.7'N087°50.6'W 1.029 24° 239° 99 km 02m00.6s
21:4211°43.3'N085°55.3'W10°51.5'N085°41.1'W11°17.2'N085°48.6'W 1.028 21° 239° 96 km 01m54.8s
21:4412°59.7'N083°30.6'W12°08.5'N083°19.0'W12°33.9'N083°25.2'W 1.027 18° 240° 93 km 01m48.4s
21:4614°32.8'N080°30.1'W13°41.7'N080°22.9'W14°07.0'N080°27.0'W 1.026 15° 241° 89 km 01m41.1s
21:4816°40.8'N076°12.1'W15°48.1'N076°15.2'W16°14.1'N076°14.5'W 1.025 10° 242° 84 km 01m31.6s
Limits20°39.4'N067°33.1'W20°02.2'N067°16.7'W20°20.8'N067°24.9'W 1.022 - 74 km 01m15.0s

ΔT = 1669.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:37:54.120:10:04.306°41.0'S131°51.6'W 73.3° 175.1° 135.5 km03m49.58s
Greatest Duration20:37:01.420:09:11.606°43.5'S125°09.0'W 73.3° 173.5° 135.5 km03m49.59s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2606 Dec 21 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 1669.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 406.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.70°.

Acknowledgments

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

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