Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2746 Dec 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2746 Dec 04 . 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 2746 Dec 04
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°06.8'N157°55.8'E44°08.7'N157°19.2'E44°37.7'N157°37.3'E 1.031 - 117 km 01m50.9s
20:5443°20.7'N161°47.6'E39°55.6'N165°59.3'E41°23.7'N164°26.2'E 1.033 127° 123 km 02m03.2s
20:5639°26.1'N169°30.6'E37°13.6'N170°55.8'E38°17.7'N170°17.9'E 1.034 12° 131° 129 km 02m15.8s
20:5837°16.0'N173°24.0'E35°19.1'N174°11.9'E36°16.4'N173°50.4'E 1.036 16° 134° 133 km 02m24.5s
21:0035°34.9'N176°16.0'E33°45.7'N176°45.1'E34°39.5'N176°32.2'E 1.037 19° 136° 136 km 02m31.8s
21:0234°09.6'N178°35.9'E32°25.0'N178°53.0'E33°16.6'N178°45.7'E 1.037 21° 137° 139 km 02m38.2s
21:0432°54.6'N179°24.6'W31°13.1'N179°15.9'W32°03.2'N179°19.3'W 1.038 23° 139° 141 km 02m44.0s
21:0631°47.0'N177°39.5'W30°07.8'N177°37.2'W30°56.9'N177°37.5'W 1.039 25° 140° 143 km 02m49.4s
21:0830°45.2'N176°05.2'W29°07.6'N176°07.8'W29°55.9'N176°05.8'W 1.039 27° 142° 145 km 02m54.5s
21:1029°48.0'N174°39.3'W28°11.7'N174°45.9'W28°59.4'N174°42.0'W 1.040 29° 143° 147 km 02m59.2s
21:1228°54.7'N173°20.1'W27°19.3'N173°30.0'W28°06.6'N173°24.5'W 1.040 31° 144° 149 km 03m03.8s
21:1428°04.6'N172°06.4'W26°30.0'N172°19.2'W27°16.9'N172°12.3'W 1.041 32° 146° 151 km 03m08.1s
21:1627°17.3'N170°57.4'W25°43.3'N171°12.6'W26°29.9'N171°04.5'W 1.041 34° 147° 153 km 03m12.2s
21:1826°32.4'N169°52.3'W24°58.9'N170°09.6'W25°45.4'N170°00.6'W 1.041 35° 148° 154 km 03m16.2s
21:2025°49.8'N168°50.7'W24°16.7'N169°09.8'W25°02.9'N168°59.9'W 1.042 36° 149° 156 km 03m20.0s
21:2225°09.1'N167°52.0'W23°36.3'N168°12.7'W24°22.4'N168°02.0'W 1.042 38° 151° 157 km 03m23.6s
21:2424°30.3'N166°55.8'W22°57.6'N167°18.0'W23°43.7'N167°06.6'W 1.042 39° 152° 159 km 03m27.1s
21:2623°53.0'N166°02.0'W22°20.5'N166°25.4'W23°06.5'N166°13.4'W 1.042 40° 153° 160 km 03m30.5s
21:2823°17.3'N165°10.1'W21°44.9'N165°34.7'W22°30.8'N165°22.1'W 1.043 41° 154° 162 km 03m33.7s
21:3022°43.0'N164°20.1'W21°10.6'N164°45.6'W21°56.5'N164°32.6'W 1.043 42° 156° 163 km 03m36.8s
21:3222°09.9'N163°31.6'W20°37.6'N163°58.1'W21°23.5'N163°44.6'W 1.043 43° 157° 164 km 03m39.8s
21:3421°38.1'N162°44.5'W20°05.7'N163°11.8'W20°51.7'N162°58.0'W 1.043 44° 158° 166 km 03m42.7s
21:3621°07.4'N161°58.8'W19°35.0'N162°26.8'W20°21.0'N162°12.6'W 1.044 45° 160° 167 km 03m45.4s
21:3820°37.8'N161°14.2'W19°05.3'N161°42.9'W19°51.3'N161°28.3'W 1.044 46° 161° 168 km 03m48.1s
21:4020°09.2'N160°30.6'W18°36.7'N160°59.9'W19°22.7'N160°45.1'W 1.044 47° 162° 170 km 03m50.6s
21:4219°41.6'N159°48.0'W18°08.9'N160°17.8'W18°55.1'N160°02.8'W 1.044 47° 164° 171 km 03m53.0s
21:4419°15.0'N159°06.2'W17°42.1'N159°36.6'W18°28.3'N159°21.2'W 1.044 48° 165° 172 km 03m55.2s
21:4618°49.2'N158°25.2'W17°16.2'N158°56.0'W18°02.5'N158°40.4'W 1.044 49° 167° 173 km 03m57.4s
21:4818°24.3'N157°44.9'W16°51.2'N158°16.0'W17°37.5'N158°00.3'W 1.045 49° 168° 174 km 03m59.4s
21:5018°00.2'N157°05.1'W16°26.9'N157°36.6'W17°13.4'N157°20.7'W 1.045 50° 170° 175 km 04m01.3s
21:5217°36.9'N156°25.9'W16°03.4'N156°57.7'W16°50.0'N156°41.7'W 1.045 51° 171° 176 km 04m03.1s
21:5417°14.4'N155°47.2'W15°40.8'N156°19.2'W16°27.4'N156°03.1'W 1.045 51° 173° 177 km 04m04.8s
21:5616°52.7'N155°08.9'W15°18.8'N155°41.2'W16°05.6'N155°24.9'W 1.045 52° 175° 178 km 04m06.4s
21:5816°31.6'N154°30.9'W14°57.6'N155°03.4'W15°44.5'N154°47.1'W 1.045 52° 176° 179 km 04m07.8s
22:0016°11.3'N153°53.3'W14°37.1'N154°26.0'W15°24.1'N154°09.6'W 1.045 52° 178° 180 km 04m09.1s
22:0215°51.7'N153°16.0'W14°17.3'N153°48.8'W15°04.4'N153°32.3'W 1.045 53° 180° 181 km 04m10.3s
22:0415°32.8'N152°38.9'W13°58.2'N153°11.8'W14°45.4'N152°55.2'W 1.045 53° 181° 182 km 04m11.4s
22:0615°14.6'N152°01.9'W13°39.8'N152°34.9'W14°27.0'N152°18.3'W 1.045 53° 183° 183 km 04m12.3s
22:0814°57.0'N151°25.1'W13°22.0'N151°58.2'W14°09.4'N151°41.6'W 1.045 54° 185° 183 km 04m13.1s
22:1014°40.1'N150°48.4'W13°04.9'N151°21.5'W13°52.4'N151°04.9'W 1.045 54° 187° 184 km 04m13.8s
22:1214°23.8'N150°11.7'W12°48.4'N150°44.9'W13°36.0'N150°28.3'W 1.045 54° 188° 185 km 04m14.4s
22:1414°08.2'N149°35.1'W12°32.6'N150°08.3'W13°20.3'N149°51.7'W 1.045 54° 190° 185 km 04m14.8s
22:1613°53.2'N148°58.4'W12°17.4'N149°31.6'W13°05.2'N149°15.0'W 1.045 54° 192° 186 km 04m15.1s
22:1813°38.9'N148°21.7'W12°02.9'N148°54.9'W12°50.8'N148°38.3'W 1.045 54° 194° 186 km 04m15.2s
22:2013°25.1'N147°44.9'W11°49.0'N148°18.0'W12°37.0'N148°01.5'W 1.045 54° 195° 187 km 04m15.2s
22:2213°12.0'N147°08.0'W11°35.8'N147°41.0'W12°23.8'N147°24.5'W 1.045 54° 197° 187 km 04m15.1s
22:2412°59.6'N146°30.8'W11°23.2'N147°03.8'W12°11.3'N146°47.4'W 1.045 54° 199° 187 km 04m14.8s
22:2612°47.7'N145°53.5'W11°11.2'N146°26.5'W11°59.4'N146°10.0'W 1.045 54° 201° 188 km 04m14.4s
22:2812°36.6'N145°15.9'W10°59.9'N145°48.8'W11°48.1'N145°32.4'W 1.045 53° 202° 188 km 04m13.9s
22:3012°26.0'N144°38.1'W10°49.2'N145°10.9'W11°37.5'N144°54.5'W 1.045 53° 204° 188 km 04m13.2s
22:3212°16.1'N143°59.9'W10°39.2'N144°32.6'W11°27.5'N144°16.3'W 1.045 53° 206° 188 km 04m12.4s
22:3412°06.8'N143°21.3'W10°29.8'N143°53.9'W11°18.2'N143°37.7'W 1.045 52° 207° 187 km 04m11.5s
22:3611°58.2'N142°42.4'W10°21.1'N143°14.9'W11°09.6'N142°58.7'W 1.045 52° 209° 187 km 04m10.4s
22:3811°50.3'N142°02.9'W10°13.1'N142°35.3'W11°01.6'N142°19.2'W 1.045 51° 210° 187 km 04m09.1s
22:4011°43.0'N141°23.0'W10°05.8'N141°55.3'W10°54.3'N141°39.3'W 1.045 51° 212° 187 km 04m07.8s
22:4211°36.5'N140°42.5'W09°59.2'N141°14.7'W10°47.8'N140°58.7'W 1.045 50° 213° 186 km 04m06.3s
22:4411°30.6'N140°01.3'W09°53.3'N140°33.5'W10°41.9'N140°17.6'W 1.045 50° 215° 185 km 04m04.6s
22:4611°25.5'N139°19.5'W09°48.2'N139°51.7'W10°36.8'N139°35.8'W 1.044 49° 216° 185 km 04m02.8s
22:4811°21.1'N138°37.0'W09°43.8'N139°09.1'W10°32.4'N138°53.2'W 1.044 49° 218° 184 km 04m00.9s
22:5011°17.5'N137°53.7'W09°40.2'N138°25.8'W10°28.8'N138°09.9'W 1.044 48° 219° 183 km 03m58.8s
22:5211°14.7'N137°09.5'W09°37.4'N137°41.6'W10°26.0'N137°25.7'W 1.044 47° 220° 182 km 03m56.6s
22:5411°12.7'N136°24.3'W09°35.4'N136°56.5'W10°24.0'N136°40.6'W 1.044 46° 222° 181 km 03m54.2s
22:5611°11.5'N135°38.1'W09°34.3'N136°10.3'W10°22.8'N135°54.5'W 1.044 46° 223° 180 km 03m51.7s
22:5811°11.3'N134°50.8'W09°34.1'N135°23.1'W10°22.6'N135°07.2'W 1.043 45° 224° 179 km 03m49.0s
23:0011°12.0'N134°02.3'W09°34.9'N134°34.7'W10°23.3'N134°18.8'W 1.043 44° 225° 177 km 03m46.2s
23:0211°13.6'N133°12.4'W09°36.6'N133°44.9'W10°25.0'N133°28.9'W 1.043 43° 226° 176 km 03m43.3s
23:0411°16.3'N132°21.0'W09°39.4'N132°53.8'W10°27.8'N132°37.7'W 1.043 42° 227° 174 km 03m40.2s
23:0611°20.1'N131°27.9'W09°43.2'N132°01.1'W10°31.6'N131°44.8'W 1.042 41° 228° 173 km 03m36.9s
23:0811°25.1'N130°33.0'W09°48.3'N131°06.6'W10°36.6'N130°50.2'W 1.042 40° 229° 171 km 03m33.5s
23:1011°31.3'N129°36.2'W09°54.6'N130°10.2'W10°42.9'N129°53.5'W 1.042 39° 230° 169 km 03m30.0s
23:1211°38.9'N128°37.0'W10°02.3'N129°11.6'W10°50.5'N128°54.7'W 1.042 37° 231° 167 km 03m26.3s
23:1411°47.9'N127°35.3'W10°11.4'N128°10.7'W10°59.5'N127°53.5'W 1.041 36° 232° 166 km 03m22.4s
23:1611°58.6'N126°30.8'W10°22.1'N127°07.1'W11°10.2'N126°49.4'W 1.041 35° 233° 163 km 03m18.3s
23:1812°11.1'N125°23.0'W10°34.6'N126°00.4'W11°22.7'N125°42.2'W 1.040 33° 234° 161 km 03m14.1s
23:2012°25.5'N124°11.4'W10°49.0'N124°50.1'W11°37.1'N124°31.3'W 1.040 32° 234° 159 km 03m09.6s
23:2212°42.3'N122°55.4'W11°05.6'N123°35.8'W11°53.8'N123°16.2'W 1.040 30° 235° 157 km 03m05.0s
23:2413°01.7'N121°34.2'W11°24.8'N122°16.7'W12°13.1'N121°56.1'W 1.039 29° 236° 154 km 03m00.1s
23:2613°24.1'N120°06.6'W11°46.9'N120°51.8'W12°35.3'N120°30.0'W 1.039 27° 237° 151 km 02m55.0s
23:2813°50.3'N118°31.3'W12°12.4'N119°20.0'W13°01.2'N118°56.5'W 1.038 25° 238° 149 km 02m49.5s
23:3014°21.2'N116°46.0'W12°42.3'N117°39.2'W13°31.5'N117°13.6'W 1.037 23° 238° 146 km 02m43.7s
23:3214°58.1'N114°47.3'W13°17.7'N115°47.0'W14°07.6'N115°18.3'W 1.037 21° 239° 142 km 02m37.3s
23:3415°43.6'N112°29.4'W14°00.4'N113°38.7'W14°51.5'N113°05.6'W 1.036 18° 240° 139 km 02m30.4s
23:3616°42.4'N109°40.9'W14°54.0'N111°06.4'W15°47.4'N110°25.9'W 1.035 15° 241° 134 km 02m22.5s
23:3818°07.4'N105°50.5'W16°06.3'N107°51.6'W17°05.2'N106°55.7'W 1.034 11° 243° 129 km 02m12.8s
23:40 - - 18°07.8'N102°42.4'W19°38.2'N100°27.4'W 1.032 245° 120 km 01m57.0s
Limits21°37.9'N096°59.0'W20°36.0'N096°43.7'W21°06.8'N096°51.4'W 1.030 - 115 km 01m49.4s

ΔT = 2454.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:57:36.322:16:42.113°00.1'N159°17.4'W 54.0° 192.5° 186.1 km04m15.12s
Greatest Duration23:00:07.222:19:13.012°42.3'N148°15.9'W 54.0° 194.7° 186.7 km04m15.23s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2746 Dec 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2746 Dec 04 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 2454.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 571.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.39°.

Acknowledgments

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

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