Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0474 Dec 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0474 Dec 06 . 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 -0474 Dec 06
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°48.0'N170°31.7'W57°49.9'N171°58.3'W58°18.9'N171°16.0'W 1.028 - 136 km 01m46.5s
20:04 - - 53°31.8'N164°30.4'W57°46.3'N170°15.9'W 1.029 137° 137 km 01m48.0s
20:0654°14.5'N162°38.8'W50°14.0'N159°21.0'W52°02.7'N160°40.2'W 1.031 145° 146 km 02m05.4s
20:0851°09.9'N157°50.5'W48°02.8'N156°07.5'W49°31.9'N156°52.2'W 1.032 12° 148° 151 km 02m13.7s
20:1049°03.2'N154°43.0'W46°18.2'N153°38.8'W47°38.1'N154°07.1'W 1.033 15° 151° 154 km 02m20.4s
20:1247°21.5'N152°17.2'W44°49.4'N151°35.3'W46°03.5'N151°53.8'W 1.034 17° 153° 158 km 02m26.1s
20:1445°54.7'N150°15.5'W43°31.1'N149°48.5'W44°41.4'N150°00.2'W 1.034 19° 155° 160 km 02m31.1s
20:1644°38.1'N148°29.7'W42°20.8'N148°13.5'W43°28.2'N148°20.3'W 1.035 21° 157° 163 km 02m35.8s
20:1843°29.2'N146°55.4'W41°16.6'N146°47.4'W42°21.8'N146°50.4'W 1.035 23° 159° 166 km 02m40.0s
20:2042°26.3'N145°29.9'W40°17.4'N145°28.4'W41°20.9'N145°28.3'W 1.036 24° 161° 168 km 02m44.0s
20:2241°28.3'N144°11.1'W39°22.3'N144°15.0'W40°24.5'N144°12.3'W 1.036 25° 162° 171 km 02m47.7s
20:2440°34.3'N142°57.9'W38°30.8'N143°06.2'W39°31.8'N143°01.5'W 1.037 27° 164° 173 km 02m51.1s
20:2639°43.9'N141°49.2'W37°42.4'N142°01.3'W38°42.5'N141°54.8'W 1.037 28° 165° 175 km 02m54.4s
20:2838°56.5'N140°44.3'W36°56.7'N140°59.7'W37°56.0'N140°51.6'W 1.037 29° 167° 178 km 02m57.5s
20:3038°11.8'N139°42.6'W36°13.5'N140°00.9'W37°12.0'N139°51.4'W 1.037 30° 168° 180 km 03m00.3s
20:3237°29.5'N138°43.7'W35°32.4'N139°04.4'W36°30.4'N138°53.8'W 1.038 31° 170° 182 km 03m03.1s
20:3436°49.4'N137°47.1'W34°53.3'N138°10.1'W35°50.8'N137°58.3'W 1.038 32° 171° 184 km 03m05.6s
20:3636°11.2'N136°52.6'W34°16.1'N137°17.6'W35°13.2'N137°04.9'W 1.038 32° 173° 186 km 03m08.0s
20:3835°34.9'N135°59.8'W33°40.6'N136°26.6'W34°37.3'N136°13.0'W 1.038 33° 174° 189 km 03m10.3s
20:4035°00.3'N135°08.6'W33°06.7'N135°37.1'W34°03.0'N135°22.7'W 1.039 34° 175° 191 km 03m12.4s
20:4234°27.2'N134°18.7'W32°34.2'N134°48.7'W33°30.3'N134°33.6'W 1.039 34° 177° 193 km 03m14.3s
20:4433°55.7'N133°30.0'W32°03.2'N134°01.4'W32°59.0'N133°45.6'W 1.039 35° 178° 195 km 03m16.1s
20:4633°25.5'N132°42.3'W31°33.4'N133°15.0'W32°29.1'N132°58.6'W 1.039 35° 180° 197 km 03m17.8s
20:4832°56.6'N131°55.4'W31°04.9'N132°29.4'W32°00.4'N132°12.4'W 1.039 36° 181° 198 km 03m19.3s
20:5032°29.0'N131°09.4'W30°37.7'N131°44.5'W31°33.0'N131°26.9'W 1.039 36° 183° 200 km 03m20.7s
20:5232°02.6'N130°24.0'W30°11.5'N131°00.2'W31°06.7'N130°42.1'W 1.039 37° 184° 202 km 03m22.0s
20:5431°37.4'N129°39.1'W29°46.5'N130°16.3'W30°41.6'N129°57.7'W 1.039 37° 186° 204 km 03m23.1s
20:5631°13.2'N128°54.7'W29°22.6'N129°32.9'W30°17.6'N129°13.8'W 1.039 37° 187° 206 km 03m24.1s
20:5830°50.2'N128°10.6'W28°59.7'N128°49.7'W29°54.6'N128°30.2'W 1.040 38° 189° 207 km 03m24.9s
21:0030°28.1'N127°26.8'W28°37.8'N128°06.8'W29°32.7'N127°46.9'W 1.040 38° 190° 209 km 03m25.6s
21:0230°07.2'N126°43.2'W28°17.0'N127°24.0'W29°11.8'N127°03.7'W 1.040 38° 191° 210 km 03m26.2s
21:0429°47.2'N125°59.7'W27°57.1'N126°41.4'W28°51.8'N126°20.7'W 1.040 38° 193° 211 km 03m26.6s
21:0629°28.2'N125°16.2'W27°38.1'N125°58.7'W28°32.9'N125°37.6'W 1.040 38° 194° 213 km 03m26.9s
21:0829°10.1'N124°32.7'W27°20.1'N125°16.0'W28°14.8'N124°54.5'W 1.040 38° 196° 214 km 03m27.1s
21:1028°53.1'N123°49.1'W27°03.1'N124°33.2'W27°57.8'N124°11.3'W 1.040 38° 197° 215 km 03m27.1s
21:1228°36.9'N123°05.3'W26°47.0'N123°50.2'W27°41.7'N123°28.0'W 1.040 38° 199° 215 km 03m26.9s
21:1428°21.8'N122°21.3'W26°31.8'N123°06.9'W27°26.5'N122°44.3'W 1.040 38° 200° 216 km 03m26.6s
21:1628°07.6'N121°36.9'W26°17.6'N122°23.4'W27°12.3'N122°00.4'W 1.040 38° 202° 216 km 03m26.2s
21:1827°54.3'N120°52.1'W26°04.3'N121°39.4'W26°59.0'N121°16.0'W 1.040 37° 203° 217 km 03m25.6s
21:2027°42.0'N120°06.8'W25°51.9'N120°54.9'W26°46.7'N120°31.1'W 1.039 37° 204° 217 km 03m24.9s
21:2227°30.7'N119°20.9'W25°40.5'N120°09.9'W26°35.4'N119°45.7'W 1.039 37° 206° 217 km 03m24.0s
21:2427°20.4'N118°34.4'W25°30.1'N119°24.2'W26°25.0'N118°59.6'W 1.039 37° 207° 217 km 03m23.0s
21:2627°11.0'N117°47.0'W25°20.7'N118°37.9'W26°15.6'N118°12.8'W 1.039 36° 209° 216 km 03m21.8s
21:2827°02.8'N116°58.9'W25°12.3'N117°50.7'W26°07.3'N117°25.2'W 1.039 36° 210° 215 km 03m20.5s
21:3026°55.6'N116°09.7'W25°05.0'N117°02.6'W26°00.0'N116°36.5'W 1.039 35° 211° 215 km 03m19.0s
21:3226°49.5'N115°19.4'W24°58.7'N116°13.5'W25°53.8'N115°46.9'W 1.039 35° 213° 213 km 03m17.4s
21:3426°44.5'N114°27.9'W24°53.5'N115°23.2'W25°48.8'N114°56.0'W 1.039 34° 214° 212 km 03m15.6s
21:3626°40.8'N113°35.0'W24°49.6'N114°31.6'W25°44.9'N114°03.8'W 1.038 33° 215° 211 km 03m13.6s
21:3826°38.3'N112°40.5'W24°46.8'N113°38.6'W25°42.3'N113°10.1'W 1.038 33° 216° 209 km 03m11.5s
21:4026°37.1'N111°44.2'W24°45.3'N112°43.9'W25°41.0'N112°14.7'W 1.038 32° 218° 207 km 03m09.2s
21:4226°37.4'N110°46.0'W24°45.3'N111°47.5'W25°41.1'N111°17.4'W 1.038 31° 219° 205 km 03m06.7s
21:4426°39.2'N109°45.4'W24°46.6'N110°49.0'W25°42.6'N110°17.9'W 1.038 30° 220° 203 km 03m04.0s
21:4626°42.7'N108°42.3'W24°49.6'N109°48.1'W25°45.9'N109°16.0'W 1.037 29° 221° 200 km 03m01.2s
21:4826°48.0'N107°36.2'W24°54.3'N108°44.6'W25°50.8'N108°11.2'W 1.037 28° 223° 197 km 02m58.2s
21:5026°55.4'N106°26.6'W25°00.9'N107°38.1'W25°57.8'N107°03.2'W 1.037 27° 224° 194 km 02m54.9s
21:5227°05.0'N105°13.0'W25°09.6'N106°28.0'W26°06.9'N105°51.5'W 1.036 26° 225° 191 km 02m51.5s
21:5427°17.3'N103°54.5'W25°20.6'N105°13.7'W26°18.5'N104°35.2'W 1.036 25° 226° 188 km 02m47.8s
21:5627°32.6'N102°30.1'W25°34.4'N103°54.5'W26°33.0'N103°13.6'W 1.036 23° 228° 184 km 02m43.8s
21:5827°51.5'N100°58.5'W25°51.3'N102°29.3'W26°50.9'N101°45.5'W 1.035 22° 229° 180 km 02m39.5s
22:0028°15.0'N099°17.6'W26°12.1'N100°56.7'W27°12.9'N100°09.0'W 1.035 20° 230° 176 km 02m34.9s
22:0228°44.4'N097°24.3'W26°37.7'N099°14.4'W27°40.2'N098°21.7'W 1.034 18° 232° 172 km 02m29.8s
22:0429°21.9'N095°13.2'W27°09.4'N097°19.3'W28°14.5'N096°19.5'W 1.033 16° 233° 167 km 02m24.1s
22:0630°11.9'N092°34.1'W27°49.9'N095°05.7'W28°59.1'N093°54.9'W 1.033 14° 235° 161 km 02m17.7s
22:0831°26.1'N088°59.6'W28°44.0'N092°22.3'W30°01.1'N090°51.1'W 1.032 11° 237° 155 km 02m09.9s
22:10 - - 30°05.2'N088°37.8'W31°46.7'N086°07.0'W 1.030 240° 146 km 01m58.8s
Limits34°52.2'N080°14.0'W33°37.9'N079°54.7'W34°14.8'N080°04.2'W 1.028 - 136 km 01m46.4s

ΔT = 16633.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:44:32.221:07:18.428°21.0'N165°20.7'E 38.0° 195.3° 213.3 km03m27.03s
Greatest Duration01:46:13.621:08:59.828°06.2'N124°33.1'W 38.0° 196.6° 214.1 km03m27.08s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0474 Dec 06 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 16633.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 420.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.76°.

Acknowledgments

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

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