Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2912 Dec 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2912 Dec 29 . 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 2912 Dec 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits57°49.2'N064°30.4'W54°12.2'N068°46.7'W55°58.5'N066°51.8'W 0.929 - 471 km 05m49.8s
13:06 - - 46°36.4'N054°28.1'W51°33.8'N058°54.9'W 0.931 141° 456 km 06m03.9s
13:08 - - 45°29.0'N052°19.3'W49°34.5'N055°19.1'W 0.931 10° 145° 452 km 06m11.6s
13:1053°56.7'N057°56.1'W44°32.2'N050°29.1'W48°10.4'N052°44.5'W 0.932 12° 147° 451 km 06m17.5s
13:1251°39.8'N053°59.4'W43°43.0'N048°51.6'W47°03.4'N050°39.0'W 0.932 14° 149° 451 km 06m22.5s
13:1450°09.8'N051°19.9'W42°59.5'N047°23.6'W46°07.3'N048°51.5'W 0.933 15° 151° 451 km 06m27.0s
13:1649°00.1'N049°12.7'W42°20.7'N046°02.9'W45°18.8'N047°16.1'W 0.933 17° 153° 453 km 06m31.1s
13:1848°02.6'N047°24.5'W41°45.6'N044°48.0'W44°36.2'N045°49.8'W 0.933 18° 155° 454 km 06m34.8s
13:2047°13.4'N045°48.9'W41°13.7'N043°37.7'W43°58.2'N044°30.5'W 0.934 19° 156° 457 km 06m38.3s
13:2246°30.5'N044°22.5'W40°44.5'N042°31.4'W43°24.0'N043°16.6'W 0.934 20° 158° 459 km 06m41.5s
13:2445°52.5'N043°03.1'W40°17.8'N041°28.4'W42°53.0'N042°07.3'W 0.934 21° 159° 462 km 06m44.5s
13:2645°18.7'N041°49.2'W39°53.3'N040°28.2'W42°24.9'N041°01.7'W 0.934 22° 161° 465 km 06m47.3s
13:2844°48.3'N040°39.8'W39°30.8'N039°30.5'W41°59.3'N039°59.2'W 0.935 23° 162° 468 km 06m49.9s
13:3044°20.8'N039°34.0'W39°10.0'N038°34.8'W41°35.9'N038°59.4'W 0.935 24° 163° 471 km 06m52.4s
13:3243°55.9'N038°31.3'W38°50.9'N037°40.9'W41°14.4'N038°01.9'W 0.935 24° 165° 474 km 06m54.6s
13:3443°33.4'N037°31.1'W38°33.3'N036°48.7'W40°54.9'N037°06.3'W 0.935 25° 166° 477 km 06m56.7s
13:3643°13.0'N036°33.2'W38°17.2'N035°57.8'W40°37.0'N036°12.4'W 0.935 25° 168° 481 km 06m58.7s
13:3842°54.6'N035°37.1'W38°02.4'N035°08.1'W40°20.7'N035°20.0'W 0.935 26° 169° 484 km 07m00.5s
13:4042°37.9'N034°42.5'W37°49.0'N034°19.4'W40°05.9'N034°28.8'W 0.935 26° 170° 487 km 07m02.1s
13:4242°22.9'N033°49.3'W37°36.7'N033°31.7'W39°52.5'N033°38.8'W 0.935 27° 172° 490 km 07m03.6s
13:4442°09.5'N032°57.3'W37°25.6'N032°44.7'W39°40.5'N032°49.6'W 0.935 27° 173° 493 km 07m04.9s
13:4641°57.6'N032°06.2'W37°15.7'N031°58.4'W39°29.7'N032°01.2'W 0.936 27° 174° 496 km 07m06.1s
13:4841°47.1'N031°15.9'W37°06.8'N031°12.7'W39°20.2'N031°13.5'W 0.936 27° 176° 498 km 07m07.1s
13:5041°38.0'N030°26.3'W36°59.1'N030°27.4'W39°11.9'N030°26.3'W 0.936 28° 177° 501 km 07m07.9s
13:5241°30.2'N029°37.1'W36°52.4'N029°42.5'W39°04.7'N029°39.5'W 0.936 28° 178° 503 km 07m08.7s
13:5441°23.7'N028°48.4'W36°46.7'N028°57.8'W38°58.7'N028°53.1'W 0.936 28° 180° 504 km 07m09.2s
13:5641°18.6'N027°59.9'W36°42.0'N028°13.4'W38°53.8'N028°06.8'W 0.936 28° 181° 506 km 07m09.6s
13:5841°14.6'N027°11.5'W36°38.3'N027°29.0'W38°50.0'N027°20.7'W 0.936 28° 182° 507 km 07m09.9s
14:0041°11.9'N026°23.2'W36°35.7'N026°44.7'W38°47.4'N026°34.6'W 0.936 28° 183° 507 km 07m10.0s
14:0241°10.5'N025°34.8'W36°34.0'N026°00.2'W38°45.8'N025°48.4'W 0.936 28° 185° 508 km 07m09.9s
14:0441°10.3'N024°46.1'W36°33.3'N025°15.7'W38°45.4'N025°02.1'W 0.936 28° 186° 508 km 07m09.7s
14:0641°11.4'N023°57.1'W36°33.7'N024°30.9'W38°46.0'N024°15.5'W 0.936 28° 187° 507 km 07m09.3s
14:0841°13.8'N023°07.7'W36°35.0'N023°45.8'W38°47.8'N023°28.5'W 0.935 28° 189° 507 km 07m08.8s
14:1041°17.5'N022°17.7'W36°37.4'N023°00.3'W38°50.8'N022°41.0'W 0.935 27° 190° 505 km 07m08.1s
14:1241°22.6'N021°26.9'W36°40.9'N022°14.3'W38°54.9'N021°53.0'W 0.935 27° 191° 504 km 07m07.3s
14:1441°29.0'N020°35.3'W36°45.4'N021°27.7'W39°00.2'N021°04.2'W 0.935 27° 193° 502 km 07m06.3s
14:1641°36.9'N019°42.6'W36°51.1'N020°40.4'W39°06.9'N020°14.5'W 0.935 26° 194° 500 km 07m05.1s
14:1841°46.4'N018°48.7'W36°57.9'N019°52.2'W39°14.8'N019°23.9'W 0.935 26° 195° 498 km 07m03.8s
14:2041°57.5'N017°53.3'W37°05.9'N019°03.1'W39°24.1'N018°32.1'W 0.935 26° 197° 495 km 07m02.3s
14:2242°10.3'N016°56.2'W37°15.2'N018°12.9'W39°34.8'N017°39.0'W 0.935 25° 198° 493 km 07m00.6s
14:2442°25.1'N015°57.1'W37°25.8'N017°21.4'W39°47.1'N016°44.4'W 0.935 25° 199° 490 km 06m58.8s
14:2642°41.8'N014°55.8'W37°37.8'N016°28.5'W40°01.0'N015°48.0'W 0.935 24° 201° 487 km 06m56.8s
14:2843°00.9'N013°51.6'W37°51.2'N015°34.0'W40°16.7'N014°49.5'W 0.934 23° 202° 484 km 06m54.7s
14:3043°22.4'N012°44.3'W38°06.3'N014°37.6'W40°34.4'N013°48.6'W 0.934 23° 204° 481 km 06m52.3s
14:3243°46.9'N011°33.0'W38°23.1'N013°39.0'W40°54.2'N012°45.0'W 0.934 22° 205° 478 km 06m49.8s
14:3444°14.7'N010°16.9'W38°41.8'N012°37.9'W41°16.4'N011°38.1'W 0.934 21° 206° 475 km 06m47.0s
14:3644°46.5'N008°55.0'W39°02.7'N011°33.9'W41°41.3'N010°27.2'W 0.934 20° 208° 472 km 06m44.1s
14:3845°23.1'N007°25.5'W39°25.8'N010°26.4'W42°09.4'N009°11.7'W 0.933 19° 209° 469 km 06m40.9s
14:4046°06.0'N005°46.1'W39°51.7'N009°14.9'W42°41.2'N007°50.3'W 0.933 18° 211° 467 km 06m37.4s
14:4246°57.2'N003°52.7'W40°20.6'N007°58.6'W43°17.5'N006°21.6'W 0.933 17° 213° 464 km 06m33.7s
14:4448°01.0'N001°38.0'W40°53.2'N006°36.2'W43°59.6'N004°43.2'W 0.932 15° 214° 462 km 06m29.6s
14:4649°26.5'N001°15.0'E41°30.3'N005°06.2'W44°49.2'N002°51.8'W 0.932 14° 216° 461 km 06m25.0s
14:4851°52.1'N005°56.1'E42°12.9'N003°26.4'W45°49.8'N000°40.7'W 0.931 12° 218° 460 km 06m19.8s
14:50 - - 43°03.1'N001°33.0'W47°08.4'N002°03.3'E 0.931 221° 461 km 06m13.5s
14:52 - - 44°04.0'N000°40.4'E49°07.7'N006°03.9'E 0.930 224° 464 km 06m05.1s
Limits54°36.6'N011°02.2'E50°42.0'N014°22.2'E52°36.2'N012°52.5'E 0.928 - 475 km 05m52.8s

ΔT = 3586.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:58:31.713:58:45.538°48.9'N042°02.3'W 28.0° 182.7° 507.1 km07m09.91s
Greatest Duration14:59:59.214:00:13.038°47.1'N026°29.6'W 28.0° 183.6° 507.5 km07m09.95s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2912 Dec 29 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 3586.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 796.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.33°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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