Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0521 Dec 15
Fred Espenak
Introduction
The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0521 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 .
| Annular Solar Eclipse of -0521 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 | |
| Limits | 48°42.9'S | 020°05.2'W | 51°54.6'S | 025°49.2'W | 50°17.1'S | 022°48.2'W | 0.933 | 0° | - | 529 km | 03m51.4s |
| 05:26 | 55°41.8'S | 007°13.9'W | - | - | 52°03.2'S | 019°22.1'W | 0.934 | 3° | 125° | 524 km | 03m53.2s |
| 05:28 | 57°30.4'S | 004°04.9'W | - | - | 55°45.1'S | 012°39.2'W | 0.935 | 8° | 119° | 510 km | 03m57.0s |
| 05:30 | 59°03.0'S | 001°23.5'W | 54°38.1'S | 020°37.6'W | 57°55.7'S | 008°52.8'W | 0.936 | 11° | 116° | 499 km | 03m59.2s |
| 05:32 | 60°25.4'S | 001°01.9'E | 57°52.9'S | 014°53.1'W | 59°40.4'S | 005°53.2'W | 0.936 | 14° | 112° | 490 km | 04m01.0s |
| 05:34 | 61°40.7'S | 003°17.3'E | 59°59.7'S | 011°18.2'W | 61°11.1'S | 003°17.0'W | 0.937 | 16° | 110° | 482 km | 04m02.6s |
| 05:36 | 62°50.4'S | 005°26.2'E | 61°43.3'S | 008°24.6'W | 62°32.7'S | 000°54.6'W | 0.937 | 18° | 107° | 474 km | 04m04.0s |
| 05:38 | 63°55.7'S | 007°31.0'E | 63°13.9'S | 005°52.3'W | 63°47.6'S | 001°19.3'E | 0.938 | 19° | 104° | 467 km | 04m05.3s |
| 05:40 | 64°57.3'S | 009°33.4'E | 64°35.8'S | 003°32.4'W | 64°57.4'S | 003°27.7'E | 0.938 | 20° | 101° | 461 km | 04m06.5s |
| 05:42 | 65°55.8'S | 011°34.8'E | 65°51.4'S | 001°20.2'W | 66°03.0'S | 005°33.2'E | 0.938 | 22° | 99° | 455 km | 04m07.6s |
| 05:44 | 66°51.4'S | 013°36.3'E | 67°02.0'S | 000°47.5'E | 67°05.1'S | 007°37.2'E | 0.939 | 23° | 96° | 449 km | 04m08.6s |
| 05:46 | 67°44.6'S | 015°38.9'E | 68°08.7'S | 002°52.9'E | 68°04.3'S | 009°41.2'E | 0.939 | 24° | 93° | 444 km | 04m09.6s |
| 05:48 | 68°35.6'S | 017°43.3'E | 69°12.1'S | 004°57.8'E | 69°00.8'S | 011°46.3'E | 0.939 | 25° | 90° | 439 km | 04m10.5s |
| 05:50 | 69°24.3'S | 019°50.5'E | 70°12.5'S | 007°03.7'E | 69°54.8'S | 013°53.7'E | 0.939 | 26° | 87° | 434 km | 04m11.4s |
| 05:52 | 70°11.1'S | 022°01.1'E | 71°10.4'S | 009°11.9'E | 70°46.7'S | 016°04.3'E | 0.940 | 27° | 84° | 430 km | 04m12.2s |
| 05:54 | 70°55.9'S | 024°15.8'E | 72°06.0'S | 011°23.7'E | 71°36.4'S | 018°19.0'E | 0.940 | 27° | 81° | 426 km | 04m12.9s |
| 05:56 | 71°38.8'S | 026°35.4'E | 72°59.4'S | 013°40.4'E | 72°24.2'S | 020°39.0'E | 0.940 | 28° | 78° | 423 km | 04m13.6s |
| 05:58 | 72°19.8'S | 029°00.5'E | 73°50.7'S | 016°03.3'E | 73°09.9'S | 023°05.1'E | 0.940 | 29° | 75° | 419 km | 04m14.3s |
| 06:00 | 72°58.9'S | 031°31.9'E | 74°40.1'S | 018°33.7'E | 73°53.7'S | 025°38.3'E | 0.940 | 29° | 71° | 416 km | 04m14.9s |
| 06:02 | 73°36.1'S | 034°10.2'E | 75°27.4'S | 021°13.2'E | 74°35.6'S | 028°19.6'E | 0.940 | 30° | 68° | 414 km | 04m15.5s |
| 06:04 | 74°11.2'S | 036°56.0'E | 76°12.8'S | 024°03.2'E | 75°15.4'S | 031°10.1'E | 0.940 | 30° | 64° | 411 km | 04m16.1s |
| 06:06 | 74°44.3'S | 039°49.8'E | 76°56.1'S | 027°05.5'E | 75°53.1'S | 034°10.9'E | 0.940 | 31° | 60° | 409 km | 04m16.6s |
| 06:08 | 75°15.3'S | 042°52.3'E | 77°37.2'S | 030°21.8'E | 76°28.6'S | 037°22.8'E | 0.941 | 31° | 56° | 407 km | 04m17.0s |
| 06:10 | 75°43.9'S | 046°03.8'E | 78°15.9'S | 033°54.0'E | 77°01.7'S | 040°46.8'E | 0.941 | 32° | 52° | 405 km | 04m17.5s |
| 06:12 | 76°10.2'S | 049°24.5'E | 78°52.0'S | 037°44.0'E | 77°32.3'S | 044°23.7'E | 0.941 | 32° | 47° | 403 km | 04m17.9s |
| 06:14 | 76°33.9'S | 052°54.5'E | 79°25.4'S | 041°53.4'E | 78°00.1'S | 048°14.1'E | 0.941 | 32° | 42° | 401 km | 04m18.2s |
| 06:16 | 76°54.9'S | 056°33.7'E | 79°55.6'S | 046°23.8'E | 78°25.0'S | 052°18.1'E | 0.941 | 33° | 37° | 400 km | 04m18.5s |
| 06:18 | 77°13.1'S | 060°21.6'E | 80°22.3'S | 051°16.0'E | 78°46.8'S | 056°35.8'E | 0.941 | 33° | 32° | 399 km | 04m18.8s |
| 06:20 | 77°28.3'S | 064°17.5'E | 80°45.1'S | 056°30.0'E | 79°05.1'S | 061°06.2'E | 0.941 | 33° | 26° | 398 km | 04m19.0s |
| 06:22 | 77°40.4'S | 068°20.3'E | 81°03.7'S | 062°04.5'E | 79°19.8'S | 065°48.1'E | 0.941 | 33° | 20° | 398 km | 04m19.3s |
| 06:24 | 77°49.3'S | 072°28.7'E | 81°17.6'S | 067°56.9'E | 79°30.8'S | 070°39.6'E | 0.941 | 33° | 14° | 397 km | 04m19.4s |
| 06:26 | 77°54.9'S | 076°41.1'E | 81°26.6'S | 074°02.8'E | 79°37.7'S | 075°38.0'E | 0.941 | 33° | 8° | 397 km | 04m19.5s |
| 06:28 | 77°57.2'S | 080°55.6'E | 81°30.4'S | 080°16.7'E | 79°40.5'S | 080°40.3'E | 0.941 | 34° | 2° | 397 km | 04m19.6s |
| 06:30 | 77°56.0'S | 085°10.4'E | 81°28.9'S | 086°31.8'E | 79°39.2'S | 085°43.0'E | 0.941 | 34° | 356° | 397 km | 04m19.7s |
| 06:32 | 77°51.5'S | 089°23.3'E | 81°22.1'S | 092°41.4'E | 79°33.9'S | 090°42.8'E | 0.941 | 33° | 350° | 397 km | 04m19.7s |
| 06:34 | 77°43.7'S | 093°32.6'E | 81°10.4'S | 098°39.4'E | 79°24.5'S | 095°36.6'E | 0.941 | 33° | 344° | 397 km | 04m19.7s |
| 06:36 | 77°32.7'S | 097°36.6'E | 80°53.8'S | 104°20.9'E | 79°11.2'S | 100°21.4'E | 0.941 | 33° | 338° | 398 km | 04m19.7s |
| 06:38 | 77°18.6'S | 101°33.9'E | 80°32.9'S | 109°42.7'E | 78°54.4'S | 104°55.2'E | 0.941 | 33° | 333° | 399 km | 04m19.6s |
| 06:40 | 77°01.5'S | 105°23.3'E | 80°08.0'S | 114°42.9'E | 78°34.0'S | 109°16.4'E | 0.941 | 33° | 327° | 400 km | 04m19.4s |
| 06:42 | 76°41.5'S | 109°04.0'E | 79°39.6'S | 119°21.0'E | 78°10.5'S | 113°24.2'E | 0.941 | 33° | 322° | 401 km | 04m19.3s |
| 06:44 | 76°18.9'S | 112°35.6'E | 79°07.9'S | 123°37.8'E | 77°44.0'S | 117°18.2'E | 0.941 | 33° | 317° | 403 km | 04m19.1s |
| 06:46 | 75°53.8'S | 115°57.7'E | 78°33.3'S | 127°34.3'E | 77°14.8'S | 120°58.5'E | 0.941 | 32° | 312° | 404 km | 04m18.8s |
| 06:48 | 75°26.2'S | 119°10.6'E | 77°56.1'S | 131°12.3'E | 76°43.0'S | 124°25.6'E | 0.940 | 32° | 308° | 406 km | 04m18.5s |
| 06:50 | 74°56.5'S | 122°14.2'E | 77°16.6'S | 134°33.5'E | 76°08.9'S | 127°40.2'E | 0.940 | 32° | 304° | 408 km | 04m18.2s |
| 06:52 | 74°24.6'S | 125°09.0'E | 76°35.0'S | 137°39.9'E | 75°32.6'S | 130°43.3'E | 0.940 | 31° | 300° | 410 km | 04m17.9s |
| 06:54 | 73°50.7'S | 127°55.5'E | 75°51.2'S | 140°33.2'E | 74°54.2'S | 133°35.6'E | 0.940 | 31° | 296° | 413 km | 04m17.5s |
| 06:56 | 73°14.8'S | 130°34.2'E | 75°05.6'S | 143°15.0'E | 74°13.9'S | 136°18.4'E | 0.940 | 30° | 292° | 415 km | 04m17.0s |
| 06:58 | 72°37.1'S | 133°05.7'E | 74°18.1'S | 145°47.1'E | 73°31.7'S | 138°52.5'E | 0.940 | 30° | 289° | 418 km | 04m16.6s |
| 07:00 | 71°57.6'S | 135°30.7'E | 73°28.8'S | 148°10.9'E | 72°47.7'S | 141°19.0'E | 0.940 | 29° | 285° | 422 km | 04m16.1s |
| 07:02 | 71°16.3'S | 137°49.8'E | 72°37.6'S | 150°27.6'E | 72°01.8'S | 143°38.8'E | 0.940 | 28° | 282° | 425 km | 04m15.5s |
| 07:04 | 70°33.2'S | 140°03.6'E | 71°44.5'S | 152°38.7'E | 71°14.1'S | 145°52.8'E | 0.939 | 28° | 279° | 429 km | 04m14.9s |
| 07:06 | 69°48.4'S | 142°12.8'E | 70°49.4'S | 154°45.3'E | 70°24.5'S | 148°02.1'E | 0.939 | 27° | 276° | 433 km | 04m14.2s |
| 07:08 | 69°01.7'S | 144°18.1'E | 69°52.1'S | 156°48.5'E | 69°33.0'S | 150°07.5'E | 0.939 | 26° | 273° | 437 km | 04m13.5s |
| 07:10 | 68°13.1'S | 146°20.2'E | 68°52.5'S | 158°49.6'E | 68°39.4'S | 152°09.9'E | 0.939 | 25° | 270° | 442 km | 04m12.8s |
| 07:12 | 67°22.6'S | 148°19.8'E | 67°50.1'S | 160°49.8'E | 67°43.5'S | 154°10.2'E | 0.939 | 24° | 268° | 447 km | 04m12.0s |
| 07:14 | 66°29.9'S | 150°17.6'E | 66°44.6'S | 162°50.3'E | 66°45.2'S | 156°09.4'E | 0.938 | 23° | 265° | 452 km | 04m11.1s |
| 07:16 | 65°34.9'S | 152°14.4'E | 65°35.5'S | 164°53.0'E | 65°44.1'S | 158°08.6'E | 0.938 | 22° | 262° | 458 km | 04m10.2s |
| 07:18 | 64°37.3'S | 154°11.1'E | 64°22.0'S | 166°59.7'E | 64°39.8'S | 160°08.9'E | 0.938 | 21° | 260° | 464 km | 04m09.2s |
| 07:20 | 63°36.8'S | 156°08.7'E | 63°02.8'S | 169°13.0'E | 63°31.7'S | 162°12.2'E | 0.937 | 20° | 257° | 470 km | 04m08.1s |
| 07:22 | 62°32.9'S | 158°08.3'E | 61°36.0'S | 171°37.2'E | 62°19.0'S | 164°20.1'E | 0.937 | 18° | 254° | 477 km | 04m06.9s |
| 07:24 | 61°25.1'S | 160°11.6'E | 59°58.3'S | 174°18.9'E | 61°00.3'S | 166°35.5'E | 0.937 | 16° | 252° | 485 km | 04m05.6s |
| 07:26 | 60°12.3'S | 162°20.6'E | 58°02.5'S | 177°32.6'E | 59°33.8'S | 169°02.6'E | 0.936 | 15° | 249° | 493 km | 04m04.2s |
| 07:28 | 58°53.1'S | 164°38.2'E | 55°25.8'S | 177°56.7'W | 57°55.6'S | 171°48.8'E | 0.935 | 12° | 246° | 502 km | 04m02.5s |
| 07:30 | 57°25.3'S | 167°09.1'E | - | - | 55°57.9'S | 175°10.0'E | 0.935 | 10° | 242° | 512 km | 04m00.5s |
| 07:32 | 55°44.6'S | 170°02.1'E | - | - | 53°13.0'S | 179°58.9'W | 0.934 | 6° | 238° | 524 km | 03m57.7s |
| Limits | 48°04.2'S | 175°56.0'W | 51°19.6'S | 170°14.2'W | 49°40.2'S | 173°13.9'W | 0.932 | 0° | - | 535 km | 03m54.0s |
ΔT = 17405.5 seconds
| Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration | ||||||||
| Event | Time TD |
Time UT1 |
Latitude | Longitude | Sun Altitude |
Sun Azimuth |
Path Width | Central Duration |
| Greatest Eclipse | 11:19:27.6 | 06:29:22.1 | 79°40.1'S | 011°24.3'E | 33.5° | 358.0° | 396.7 km | 04m19.69s |
| Greatest Duration | 11:22:12.6 | 06:32:07.1 | 79°33.4'S | 091°00.5'E | 33.5° | 349.7° | 397.0 km | 04m19.72s |
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Eclipse Predictions
Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0521 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 17405.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 438.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.83°.
Acknowledgments
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
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