Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0483 Dec 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0483 Dec 15 . 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 -0483 Dec 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits31°42.7'N157°00.6'E30°49.9'N156°40.2'E31°16.2'N156°50.4'E 1.027 - 101 km 01m37.6s
20:32 - - 28°25.3'N161°54.6'E30°06.6'N159°24.8'E 1.028 119° 104 km 01m42.4s
20:3427°31.5'N166°13.7'E25°37.6'N167°48.2'E26°32.9'N167°05.0'E 1.030 11° 123° 113 km 01m59.1s
20:3625°38.2'N170°16.0'E23°57.8'N171°15.3'E24°47.3'N170°47.5'E 1.032 15° 125° 118 km 02m08.5s
20:3824°16.1'N173°10.4'E22°41.1'N173°53.7'E23°28.1'N173°33.3'E 1.033 18° 126° 122 km 02m16.1s
20:4023°09.6'N175°31.8'E21°37.4'N176°05.6'E22°23.1'N175°49.7'E 1.033 21° 128° 125 km 02m22.8s
20:4222°12.9'N177°32.8'E20°42.4'N178°00.0'E21°27.4'N177°47.2'E 1.034 23° 129° 128 km 02m28.9s
20:4421°23.3'N179°19.6'E19°53.8'N179°42.1'E20°38.3'N179°31.5'E 1.035 25° 130° 130 km 02m34.5s
20:4620°39.0'N179°04.0'W19°10.2'N178°45.3'W19°54.3'N178°54.0'W 1.035 27° 131° 133 km 02m39.8s
20:4819°59.0'N177°35.8'W18°30.6'N177°20.0'W19°14.5'N177°27.4'W 1.036 29° 132° 135 km 02m44.7s
20:5019°22.5'N176°14.2'W17°54.3'N176°00.8'W18°38.2'N176°07.0'W 1.036 30° 133° 137 km 02m49.5s
20:5218°48.9'N174°57.9'W17°20.8'N174°46.6'W18°04.7'N174°51.8'W 1.037 32° 134° 139 km 02m54.0s
20:5418°18.0'N173°46.2'W16°49.9'N173°36.5'W17°33.7'N173°40.9'W 1.037 34° 135° 141 km 02m58.3s
20:5617°49.3'N172°38.4'W16°21.1'N172°30.1'W17°05.0'N172°33.8'W 1.037 35° 136° 143 km 03m02.4s
20:5817°22.6'N171°33.8'W15°54.3'N171°26.8'W16°38.3'N171°29.9'W 1.038 36° 137° 145 km 03m06.4s
21:0016°57.7'N170°32.2'W15°29.3'N170°26.2'W16°13.3'N170°28.8'W 1.038 38° 138° 146 km 03m10.2s
21:0216°34.5'N169°33.1'W15°05.9'N169°28.0'W15°50.0'N169°30.2'W 1.038 39° 139° 148 km 03m13.9s
21:0416°12.7'N168°36.3'W14°44.0'N168°31.9'W15°28.2'N168°33.8'W 1.039 40° 140° 149 km 03m17.4s
21:0615°52.4'N167°41.4'W14°23.4'N167°37.7'W15°07.8'N167°39.3'W 1.039 41° 141° 151 km 03m20.8s
21:0815°33.3'N166°48.4'W14°04.1'N166°45.3'W14°48.6'N166°46.6'W 1.039 42° 142° 152 km 03m24.1s
21:1015°15.5'N165°57.0'W13°46.1'N165°54.4'W14°30.7'N165°55.4'W 1.039 43° 143° 154 km 03m27.2s
21:1214°58.8'N165°07.0'W13°29.1'N165°04.8'W14°13.8'N165°05.7'W 1.040 44° 145° 155 km 03m30.2s
21:1414°43.1'N164°18.4'W13°13.3'N164°16.5'W13°58.1'N164°17.2'W 1.040 45° 146° 156 km 03m33.1s
21:1614°28.5'N163°30.9'W12°58.4'N163°29.4'W13°43.3'N163°29.9'W 1.040 46° 147° 158 km 03m35.9s
21:1814°14.8'N162°44.5'W12°44.5'N162°43.3'W13°29.6'N162°43.7'W 1.040 47° 148° 159 km 03m38.5s
21:2014°02.1'N161°59.1'W12°31.5'N161°58.1'W13°16.7'N161°58.4'W 1.040 48° 150° 160 km 03m41.0s
21:2213°50.2'N161°14.6'W12°19.5'N161°13.7'W13°04.7'N161°14.0'W 1.041 49° 151° 161 km 03m43.3s
21:2413°39.2'N160°30.9'W12°08.2'N160°30.2'W12°53.6'N160°30.4'W 1.041 49° 152° 162 km 03m45.6s
21:2613°29.0'N159°48.0'W11°57.9'N159°47.4'W12°43.3'N159°47.5'W 1.041 50° 154° 163 km 03m47.7s
21:2813°19.6'N159°05.7'W11°48.3'N159°05.2'W12°33.8'N159°05.3'W 1.041 51° 155° 164 km 03m49.7s
21:3013°10.9'N158°24.1'W11°39.5'N158°23.5'W12°25.1'N158°23.7'W 1.041 51° 157° 165 km 03m51.5s
21:3213°03.1'N157°42.9'W11°31.4'N157°42.5'W12°17.2'N157°42.6'W 1.041 52° 158° 166 km 03m53.2s
21:3412°55.9'N157°02.3'W11°24.1'N157°01.9'W12°09.9'N157°02.0'W 1.041 52° 160° 167 km 03m54.8s
21:3612°49.4'N156°22.2'W11°17.5'N156°21.7'W12°03.4'N156°21.8'W 1.041 53° 161° 167 km 03m56.2s
21:3812°43.7'N155°42.4'W11°11.6'N155°41.9'W11°57.6'N155°42.1'W 1.042 53° 163° 168 km 03m57.6s
21:4012°38.6'N155°03.0'W11°06.4'N155°02.4'W11°52.5'N155°02.6'W 1.042 54° 165° 168 km 03m58.7s
21:4212°34.2'N154°23.9'W11°02.0'N154°23.3'W11°48.0'N154°23.5'W 1.042 54° 166° 169 km 03m59.8s
21:4412°30.5'N153°45.1'W10°58.1'N153°44.4'W11°44.2'N153°44.7'W 1.042 54° 168° 169 km 04m00.7s
21:4612°27.4'N153°06.5'W10°55.0'N153°05.7'W11°41.1'N153°06.1'W 1.042 55° 170° 170 km 04m01.5s
21:4812°25.0'N152°28.1'W10°52.5'N152°27.2'W11°38.7'N152°27.6'W 1.042 55° 172° 170 km 04m02.1s
21:5012°23.2'N151°49.9'W10°50.7'N151°48.9'W11°36.9'N151°49.3'W 1.042 55° 174° 170 km 04m02.6s
21:5212°22.0'N151°11.7'W10°49.5'N151°10.7'W11°35.7'N151°11.2'W 1.042 55° 175° 170 km 04m02.9s
21:5412°21.5'N150°33.7'W10°49.0'N150°32.5'W11°35.2'N150°33.1'W 1.042 55° 177° 171 km 04m03.1s
21:5612°21.6'N149°55.7'W10°49.1'N149°54.4'W11°35.3'N149°55.1'W 1.042 55° 179° 171 km 04m03.2s
21:5812°22.4'N149°17.7'W10°49.9'N149°16.3'W11°36.1'N149°17.1'W 1.042 55° 181° 170 km 04m03.2s
22:0012°23.8'N148°39.7'W10°51.3'N148°38.2'W11°37.5'N148°39.0'W 1.042 55° 183° 170 km 04m03.0s
22:0212°25.8'N148°01.7'W10°53.3'N148°00.1'W11°39.5'N148°00.9'W 1.042 55° 184° 170 km 04m02.6s
22:0412°28.4'N147°23.5'W10°56.0'N147°21.8'W11°42.2'N147°22.7'W 1.042 55° 186° 170 km 04m02.1s
22:0612°31.7'N146°45.2'W10°59.4'N146°43.5'W11°45.5'N146°44.4'W 1.042 55° 188° 170 km 04m01.5s
22:0812°35.7'N146°06.8'W11°03.4'N146°04.9'W11°49.5'N146°05.9'W 1.042 54° 190° 169 km 04m00.8s
22:1012°40.2'N145°28.1'W11°08.1'N145°26.2'W11°54.1'N145°27.2'W 1.042 54° 192° 169 km 03m59.9s
22:1212°45.5'N144°49.2'W11°13.5'N144°47.3'W11°59.4'N144°48.3'W 1.042 54° 193° 168 km 03m58.8s
22:1412°51.4'N144°10.0'W11°19.6'N144°08.0'W12°05.4'N144°09.1'W 1.042 53° 195° 168 km 03m57.7s
22:1612°58.0'N143°30.5'W11°26.3'N143°28.5'W12°12.1'N143°29.6'W 1.041 53° 197° 167 km 03m56.4s
22:1813°05.3'N142°50.6'W11°33.8'N142°48.6'W12°19.4'N142°49.7'W 1.041 53° 198° 166 km 03m55.0s
22:2013°13.3'N142°10.3'W11°41.9'N142°08.3'W12°27.5'N142°09.5'W 1.041 52° 200° 165 km 03m53.4s
22:2213°22.0'N141°29.6'W11°50.8'N141°27.6'W12°36.3'N141°28.7'W 1.041 52° 201° 165 km 03m51.7s
22:2413°31.5'N140°48.3'W12°00.5'N140°46.4'W12°45.9'N140°47.5'W 1.041 51° 203° 164 km 03m49.9s
22:2613°41.7'N140°06.4'W12°10.9'N140°04.6'W12°56.2'N140°05.7'W 1.041 50° 204° 163 km 03m47.9s
22:2813°52.7'N139°24.0'W12°22.1'N139°22.2'W13°07.3'N139°23.2'W 1.041 50° 206° 162 km 03m45.8s
22:3014°04.5'N138°40.8'W12°34.1'N138°39.1'W13°19.2'N138°40.1'W 1.041 49° 207° 161 km 03m43.6s
22:3214°17.1'N137°56.8'W12°47.0'N137°55.4'W13°32.0'N137°56.3'W 1.040 48° 209° 160 km 03m41.3s
22:3414°30.6'N137°12.0'W13°00.7'N137°10.8'W13°45.6'N137°11.6'W 1.040 47° 210° 158 km 03m38.8s
22:3614°45.0'N136°26.2'W13°15.4'N136°25.3'W14°00.1'N136°26.0'W 1.040 47° 211° 157 km 03m36.2s
22:3815°00.4'N135°39.5'W13°31.0'N135°38.8'W14°15.6'N135°39.4'W 1.040 46° 213° 156 km 03m33.5s
22:4015°16.8'N134°51.6'W13°47.6'N134°51.3'W14°32.1'N134°51.7'W 1.040 45° 214° 155 km 03m30.7s
22:4215°34.2'N134°02.4'W14°05.3'N134°02.6'W14°49.6'N134°02.8'W 1.039 44° 215° 153 km 03m27.7s
22:4415°52.7'N133°11.9'W14°24.0'N133°12.5'W15°08.2'N133°12.5'W 1.039 43° 216° 152 km 03m24.6s
22:4616°12.4'N132°19.9'W14°43.9'N132°21.0'W15°28.0'N132°20.8'W 1.039 42° 217° 151 km 03m21.4s
22:4816°33.3'N131°26.1'W15°05.1'N131°28.0'W15°49.1'N131°27.4'W 1.039 41° 218° 149 km 03m18.1s
22:5016°55.6'N130°30.5'W15°27.6'N130°33.1'W16°11.4'N130°32.1'W 1.038 40° 219° 147 km 03m14.6s
22:5217°19.3'N129°32.7'W15°51.5'N129°36.2'W16°35.3'N129°34.8'W 1.038 38° 221° 146 km 03m11.0s
22:5417°44.6'N128°32.6'W16°17.0'N128°37.0'W17°00.6'N128°35.2'W 1.038 37° 222° 144 km 03m07.2s
22:5618°11.7'N127°29.8'W16°44.2'N127°35.3'W17°27.8'N127°32.9'W 1.037 36° 223° 143 km 03m03.3s
22:5818°40.6'N126°23.8'W17°13.2'N126°30.7'W17°56.8'N126°27.7'W 1.037 34° 224° 141 km 02m59.2s
23:0019°11.7'N125°14.3'W17°44.4'N125°22.8'W18°27.9'N125°19.0'W 1.037 33° 225° 139 km 02m55.0s
23:0219°45.3'N124°00.6'W18°17.8'N124°10.9'W19°01.3'N124°06.3'W 1.036 31° 226° 137 km 02m50.6s
23:0420°21.6'N122°42.0'W18°54.0'N122°54.5'W19°37.6'N122°48.8'W 1.036 30° 227° 135 km 02m46.0s
23:0621°01.1'N121°17.4'W19°33.2'N121°32.7'W20°16.9'N121°25.6'W 1.035 28° 228° 133 km 02m41.1s
23:0821°44.5'N119°45.6'W20°16.2'N120°04.2'W21°00.1'N119°55.5'W 1.035 26° 229° 130 km 02m36.0s
23:1022°32.7'N118°04.6'W21°03.6'N118°27.3'W21°47.9'N118°16.7'W 1.034 24° 230° 128 km 02m30.6s
23:1223°27.0'N116°11.5'W21°56.5'N116°39.8'W22°41.5'N116°26.6'W 1.033 22° 231° 125 km 02m24.8s
23:1424°29.6'N114°01.7'W22°56.9'N114°37.8'W23°42.8'N114°20.8'W 1.033 19° 232° 122 km 02m18.5s
23:1625°44.3'N111°26.6'W24°07.8'N112°14.6'W24°55.5'N111°52.1'W 1.032 16° 234° 119 km 02m11.4s
23:1827°19.9'N108°06.8'W25°35.5'N109°16.8'W26°26.7'N108°44.3'W 1.031 13° 236° 115 km 02m03.1s
23:2029°49.5'N102°48.6'W27°38.0'N105°05.3'W28°40.2'N104°05.5'W 1.029 238° 109 km 01m52.0s
Limits32°41.7'N096°29.0'W31°49.8'N096°08.1'W32°15.7'N096°18.5'W 1.027 - 100 km 01m36.4s

ΔT = 16789.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:36:21.321:56:31.711°35.4'N140°06.1'E 55.2° 179.5° 170.5 km04m03.22s
Greatest Duration02:35:55.321:56:05.711°35.3'N149°53.3'W 55.2° 179.1° 170.5 km04m03.22s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0483 Dec 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0483 Dec 15 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 16789.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 423.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.77°.

Acknowledgments

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

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