Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0539 Dec 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0539 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -0539 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°29.2'S109°18.4'E49°03.7'S103°58.9'E47°14.1'S106°47.1'E 0.930 - 550 km 04m05.6s
21:0652°43.3'S123°38.5'E - - 50°40.7'S114°01.8'E 0.931 117° 541 km 04m10.1s
21:0854°14.8'S126°21.7'E - - 53°05.7'S118°37.9'E 0.932 10° 113° 531 km 04m13.3s
21:1055°35.4'S128°43.4'E52°44.9'S111°43.0'E54°52.4'S121°51.1'E 0.933 13° 110° 522 km 04m15.7s
21:1256°48.6'S130°51.6'E55°07.8'S116°12.0'E56°22.4'S124°29.8'E 0.934 15° 107° 515 km 04m17.6s
21:1457°56.5'S132°50.7'E56°54.4'S119°22.3'E57°42.4'S126°49.1'E 0.934 17° 105° 507 km 04m19.4s
21:1659°00.1'S134°43.3'E58°24.8'S121°59.3'E58°55.5'S128°56.1'E 0.934 18° 102° 500 km 04m20.9s
21:1860°00.3'S136°31.3'E59°45.5'S124°17.5'E60°03.6'S130°54.4'E 0.935 20° 100° 494 km 04m22.4s
21:2060°57.6'S138°16.1'E60°59.5'S126°23.7'E61°07.6'S132°47.0'E 0.935 21° 97° 487 km 04m23.7s
21:2261°52.5'S139°58.7'E62°08.6'S128°21.7'E62°08.4'S134°35.6'E 0.935 22° 95° 482 km 04m25.0s
21:2462°45.2'S141°40.1'E63°13.7'S130°14.3'E63°06.4'S136°21.4'E 0.936 23° 92° 476 km 04m26.1s
21:2663°36.0'S143°20.9'E64°15.7'S132°03.3'E64°02.1'S138°05.7'E 0.936 24° 90° 471 km 04m27.2s
21:2864°25.1'S145°01.8'E65°15.0'S133°49.9'E64°55.6'S139°49.2'E 0.936 25° 88° 466 km 04m28.2s
21:3065°12.5'S146°43.2'E66°12.0'S135°35.4'E65°47.4'S141°32.7'E 0.936 26° 85° 461 km 04m29.2s
21:3265°58.5'S148°25.9'E67°07.0'S137°20.8'E66°37.5'S143°17.0'E 0.937 27° 83° 457 km 04m30.1s
21:3466°43.1'S150°10.1'E68°00.3'S139°06.7'E67°26.0'S145°02.6'E 0.937 28° 80° 453 km 04m31.0s
21:3667°26.3'S151°56.5'E68°51.9'S140°54.2'E68°13.1'S146°50.1'E 0.937 28° 77° 449 km 04m31.8s
21:3868°08.2'S153°45.4'E69°42.0'S142°43.8'E68°58.8'S148°40.3'E 0.937 29° 75° 446 km 04m32.6s
21:4068°48.8'S155°37.3'E70°30.7'S144°36.4'E69°43.1'S150°33.5'E 0.937 30° 72° 442 km 04m33.3s
21:4269°28.2'S157°32.7'E71°18.1'S146°32.7'E70°26.2'S152°30.5'E 0.937 30° 69° 439 km 04m34.0s
21:4470°06.3'S159°32.1'E72°04.1'S148°33.6'E71°08.0'S154°31.9'E 0.937 31° 66° 436 km 04m34.6s
21:4670°43.2'S161°35.8'E72°48.9'S150°39.8'E71°48.5'S156°38.2'E 0.937 31° 63° 434 km 04m35.2s
21:4871°18.7'S163°44.3'E73°32.4'S152°52.3'E72°27.7'S158°50.2'E 0.937 32° 60° 431 km 04m35.7s
21:5071°52.9'S165°58.1'E74°14.6'S155°12.1'E73°05.6'S161°08.4'E 0.938 32° 57° 429 km 04m36.2s
21:5272°25.7'S168°17.7'E74°55.4'S157°40.2'E73°42.0'S163°33.7'E 0.938 32° 53° 427 km 04m36.6s
21:5472°57.1'S170°43.5'E75°34.8'S160°17.7'E74°17.0'S166°06.7'E 0.938 33° 50° 426 km 04m37.0s
21:5673°26.9'S173°15.8'E76°12.7'S163°05.8'E74°50.4'S168°48.1'E 0.938 33° 46° 424 km 04m37.4s
21:5873°55.1'S175°55.2'E76°48.9'S166°05.8'E75°22.2'S171°38.6'E 0.938 33° 42° 423 km 04m37.7s
22:0074°21.6'S178°41.8'E77°23.3'S169°19.0'E75°52.2'S174°39.0'E 0.938 33° 38° 421 km 04m38.0s
22:0274°46.3'S178°24.0'W77°55.7'S172°46.6'E76°20.2'S177°49.6'E 0.938 33° 34° 420 km 04m38.2s
22:0475°09.0'S175°22.0'W78°25.8'S176°29.9'E76°46.1'S178°48.8'W 0.938 33° 30° 420 km 04m38.4s
22:0675°29.7'S172°12.3'W78°53.5'S179°30.2'W77°09.8'S175°16.1'W 0.938 33° 25° 419 km 04m38.6s
22:0875°48.1'S168°54.9'W79°18.4'S175°12.8'W77°30.9'S171°32.2'W 0.938 34° 20° 419 km 04m38.7s
22:1076°04.2'S165°30.0'W79°40.2'S170°37.8'W77°49.4'S167°37.2'W 0.938 34° 15° 418 km 04m38.8s
22:1276°17.9'S161°58.2'W79°58.6'S165°45.7'W78°05.0'S163°31.8'W 0.938 33° 10° 418 km 04m38.8s
22:1476°28.9'S158°20.1'W80°13.1'S160°37.9'W78°17.6'S159°16.8'W 0.938 33° 418 km 04m38.8s
22:1676°37.3'S154°36.6'W80°23.7'S155°16.5'W78°26.8'S154°53.6'W 0.938 33° 359° 419 km 04m38.7s
22:1876°42.7'S150°48.6'W80°29.8'S149°44.8'W78°32.6'S150°24.0'W 0.938 33° 354° 419 km 04m38.6s
22:2076°45.3'S146°57.4'W80°31.4'S144°07.0'W78°34.9'S145°50.0'W 0.938 33° 348° 420 km 04m38.4s
22:2276°44.9'S143°04.2'W80°28.3'S138°27.5'W78°33.4'S141°14.0'W 0.938 33° 343° 421 km 04m38.2s
22:2476°41.4'S139°10.6'W80°20.5'S132°51.1'W78°28.3'S136°38.2'W 0.938 32° 337° 422 km 04m38.0s
22:2676°34.9'S135°17.7'W80°08.1'S127°22.2'W78°19.5'S132°05.2'W 0.937 32° 331° 423 km 04m37.7s
22:2876°25.3'S131°27.0'W79°51.2'S122°04.3'W78°07.0'S127°37.0'W 0.937 32° 326° 425 km 04m37.4s
22:3076°12.6'S127°39.6'W79°29.9'S117°00.1'W77°50.9'S123°15.4'W 0.937 31° 321° 427 km 04m37.0s
22:3275°57.0'S123°56.7'W79°04.6'S112°11.4'W77°31.4'S119°01.9'W 0.937 31° 315° 429 km 04m36.6s
22:3475°38.5'S120°18.9'W78°35.5'S107°39.0'W77°08.4'S114°57.6'W 0.937 30° 310° 431 km 04m36.1s
22:3675°17.0'S116°47.0'W78°02.8'S103°22.7'W76°42.2'S111°02.9'W 0.937 30° 305° 433 km 04m35.6s
22:3874°52.8'S113°21.4'W77°26.7'S099°22.1'W76°12.9'S107°18.3'W 0.937 29° 301° 436 km 04m35.0s
22:4074°25.8'S110°02.2'W76°47.4'S095°36.0'W75°40.6'S103°43.5'W 0.937 29° 296° 439 km 04m34.4s
22:4273°56.1'S106°49.6'W76°05.0'S092°03.2'W75°05.4'S100°18.2'W 0.936 28° 292° 442 km 04m33.7s
22:4473°23.8'S103°43.4'W75°19.6'S088°42.2'W74°27.2'S097°01.9'W 0.936 27° 288° 446 km 04m33.0s
22:4672°48.8'S100°43.2'W74°31.1'S085°31.3'W73°46.3'S093°53.7'W 0.936 27° 284° 450 km 04m32.2s
22:4872°11.3'S097°48.8'W73°39.5'S082°28.9'W73°02.5'S090°52.8'W 0.936 26° 280° 454 km 04m31.4s
22:5071°31.0'S094°59.5'W72°44.6'S079°33.4'W72°15.8'S087°58.2'W 0.936 25° 276° 458 km 04m30.5s
22:5270°48.1'S092°14.7'W71°46.2'S076°42.9'W71°26.1'S085°08.9'W 0.935 24° 273° 463 km 04m29.5s
22:5470°02.4'S089°33.8'W70°43.9'S073°55.4'W70°33.1'S082°23.5'W 0.935 23° 269° 468 km 04m28.4s
22:5669°13.7'S086°55.7'W69°37.0'S071°08.8'W69°36.7'S079°40.7'W 0.935 22° 266° 474 km 04m27.3s
22:5868°21.8'S084°19.7'W68°24.8'S068°20.4'W68°36.3'S076°59.0'W 0.935 21° 263° 480 km 04m26.1s
23:0067°26.4'S081°44.4'W67°05.7'S065°26.5'W67°31.4'S074°16.5'W 0.934 19° 259° 487 km 04m24.8s
23:0266°27.0'S079°08.6'W65°37.4'S062°21.8'W66°21.0'S071°30.7'W 0.934 18° 256° 494 km 04m23.3s
23:0465°23.0'S076°30.4'W63°55.5'S058°56.7'W65°03.7'S068°38.2'W 0.933 16° 253° 502 km 04m21.7s
23:0664°13.3'S073°47.4'W61°49.5'S054°49.5'W63°37.2'S065°33.6'W 0.933 14° 249° 510 km 04m19.9s
23:0862°56.4'S070°56.1'W58°33.4'S048°26.1'W61°56.8'S062°07.5'W 0.932 12° 246° 520 km 04m17.8s
23:1061°29.8'S067°50.9'W - - 59°52.1'S057°57.7'W 0.931 241° 532 km 04m15.2s
23:1259°48.4'S064°21.3'W - - 56°34.8'S051°24.5'W 0.930 235° 547 km 04m11.2s
Limits52°25.6'S049°21.1'W55°45.8'S042°47.6'W54°04.2'S046°15.9'W 0.929 - 557 km 04m08.1s

ΔT = 17675.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:03:17.522:08:42.377°37.8'S115°58.6'E 33.5° 18.4° 418.5 km04m38.72s
Greatest Duration03:06:39.222:12:04.078°05.5'S163°23.3'W 33.5° 9.9° 418.3 km04m38.78s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0539 Dec 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0539 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 17675.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 444.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.86°.

Acknowledgments

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

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