Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0660 Dec 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0660 Dec 21 . 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 -0660 Dec 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits37°48.0'S061°33.2'W38°50.3'S062°47.8'W38°19.0'S062°10.1'W 1.025 - 154 km 01m12.1s
08:5041°33.6'S054°01.5'W - - 39°58.9'S058°45.0'W 1.026 119° 161 km 01m16.4s
08:5244°07.4'S049°29.2'W42°42.3'S055°23.8'W43°32.5'S052°12.6'W 1.028 114° 174 km 01m25.4s
08:5446°01.0'S046°20.7'W45°13.6'S051°07.9'W45°40.7'S048°39.0'W 1.029 13° 111° 180 km 01m30.6s
08:5647°37.2'S043°47.6'W47°07.8'S048°06.8'W47°24.8'S045°53.9'W 1.030 16° 108° 184 km 01m34.8s
08:5849°02.9'S041°34.4'W48°45.3'S045°38.5'W48°55.8'S043°34.1'W 1.031 18° 106° 187 km 01m38.4s
09:0050°21.4'S039°34.5'W50°12.5'S043°29.2'W50°18.4'S041°30.0'W 1.031 20° 103° 190 km 01m41.5s
09:0251°34.5'S037°43.8'W51°32.6'S041°32.5'W51°34.8'S039°36.5'W 1.032 22° 101° 192 km 01m44.4s
09:0452°43.5'S035°59.7'W52°47.4'S039°44.4'W52°46.6'S037°50.6'W 1.032 23° 99° 193 km 01m47.0s
09:0653°49.1'S034°20.5'W53°58.1'S038°02.7'W53°54.6'S036°10.2'W 1.033 25° 97° 194 km 01m49.4s
09:0854°51.8'S032°44.9'W55°05.4'S036°25.6'W54°59.6'S034°33.8'W 1.033 26° 95° 195 km 01m51.6s
09:1055°52.1'S031°12.0'W56°10.0'S034°51.8'W56°01.9'S033°00.5'W 1.033 27° 93° 196 km 01m53.7s
09:1256°50.2'S029°40.9'W57°12.1'S033°20.3'W57°02.0'S031°29.2'W 1.034 28° 90° 196 km 01m55.7s
09:1457°46.5'S028°11.0'W58°12.1'S031°50.5'W58°00.2'S029°59.2'W 1.034 29° 88° 197 km 01m57.5s
09:1658°41.1'S026°41.7'W59°10.3'S030°21.6'W58°56.5'S028°30.1'W 1.034 30° 86° 197 km 01m59.2s
09:1859°34.2'S025°12.5'W60°06.8'S028°53.0'W59°51.3'S027°01.1'W 1.034 31° 84° 197 km 02m00.8s
09:2060°25.9'S023°42.9'W61°01.8'S027°24.2'W60°44.6'S025°31.8'W 1.035 32° 81° 197 km 02m02.3s
09:2261°16.2'S022°12.6'W61°55.5'S025°54.7'W61°36.6'S024°01.8'W 1.035 33° 79° 197 km 02m03.7s
09:2462°05.3'S020°41.2'W62°47.8'S024°24.1'W62°27.3'S022°30.7'W 1.035 34° 76° 197 km 02m05.0s
09:2662°53.2'S019°08.2'W63°39.0'S022°51.8'W63°16.8'S020°57.9'W 1.035 34° 74° 197 km 02m06.2s
09:2863°40.0'S017°33.2'W64°28.9'S021°17.6'W64°05.1'S019°23.2'W 1.035 35° 71° 197 km 02m07.3s
09:3064°25.7'S015°55.9'W65°17.8'S019°40.8'W64°52.4'S017°46.0'W 1.036 36° 69° 197 km 02m08.4s
09:3265°10.3'S014°15.9'W66°05.5'S018°01.1'W65°38.5'S016°06.0'W 1.036 36° 66° 197 km 02m09.3s
09:3465°53.8'S012°32.8'W66°52.2'S016°18.0'W66°23.6'S014°22.7'W 1.036 37° 63° 197 km 02m10.2s
09:3666°36.2'S010°46.1'W67°37.8'S014°30.9'W67°07.6'S012°35.6'W 1.036 37° 60° 196 km 02m11.0s
09:3867°17.5'S008°55.6'W68°22.3'S012°39.4'W67°50.5'S010°44.4'W 1.036 37° 57° 196 km 02m11.7s
09:4067°57.7'S007°00.7'W69°05.7'S010°42.8'W68°32.2'S008°48.5'W 1.036 38° 54° 196 km 02m12.3s
09:4268°36.8'S005°01.0'W69°48.0'S008°40.7'W69°12.8'S006°47.4'W 1.036 38° 51° 196 km 02m12.9s
09:4469°14.6'S002°56.1'W70°29.0'S006°32.4'W69°52.2'S004°40.6'W 1.036 38° 48° 195 km 02m13.4s
09:4669°51.1'S000°45.4'W71°08.7'S004°17.2'W70°30.3'S002°27.6'W 1.036 39° 44° 195 km 02m13.7s
09:4870°26.2'S001°31.4'E71°47.1'S001°54.5'W71°07.0'S000°07.7'W 1.036 39° 41° 195 km 02m14.1s
09:5071°00.0'S003°54.9'E72°23.9'S000°36.4'E71°42.2'S002°19.6'E 1.036 39° 37° 195 km 02m14.3s
09:5271°32.2'S006°25.4'E72°59.2'S003°16.1'E72°15.9'S004°54.8'E 1.036 39° 33° 194 km 02m14.5s
09:5472°02.7'S009°03.4'E73°32.7'S006°05.5'E72°47.9'S007°38.4'E 1.036 39° 29° 194 km 02m14.5s
09:5672°31.4'S011°49.3'E74°04.3'S009°05.1'E73°18.0'S010°31.0'E 1.036 39° 25° 194 km 02m14.5s
09:5872°58.2'S014°43.4'E74°33.9'S012°15.4'E73°46.1'S013°33.0'E 1.036 39° 21° 194 km 02m14.5s
10:0073°23.0'S017°45.9'E75°01.1'S015°37.0'E74°12.0'S016°44.7'E 1.036 39° 16° 193 km 02m14.3s
10:0273°45.4'S020°57.0'E75°25.7'S019°10.1'E74°35.5'S020°06.3'E 1.036 39° 12° 193 km 02m14.1s
10:0474°05.5'S024°16.5'E75°47.6'S022°54.7'E74°56.4'S023°37.7'E 1.036 39° 193 km 02m13.8s
10:0674°22.9'S027°44.4'E76°06.4'S026°50.6'E75°14.5'S027°18.8'E 1.036 38° 192 km 02m13.4s
10:0874°37.5'S031°20.1'E76°22.0'S030°57.1'E75°29.6'S031°09.0'E 1.036 38° 357° 192 km 02m12.9s
10:1074°49.2'S035°03.1'E76°34.0'S035°13.3'E75°41.4'S035°07.5'E 1.036 38° 352° 192 km 02m12.4s
10:1274°57.6'S038°52.6'E76°42.2'S039°37.8'E75°49.8'S039°13.3'E 1.036 37° 346° 191 km 02m11.8s
10:1475°02.8'S042°47.5'E76°46.4'S044°08.8'E75°54.5'S043°25.1'E 1.036 37° 341° 191 km 02m11.0s
10:1675°04.5'S046°46.6'E76°46.5'S048°44.1'E75°55.4'S047°41.1'E 1.036 37° 336° 191 km 02m10.3s
10:1875°02.6'S050°48.5'E76°42.2'S053°21.5'E75°52.4'S051°59.8'E 1.036 36° 330° 191 km 02m09.4s
10:2074°56.9'S054°51.7'E76°33.5'S057°58.7'E75°45.4'S056°19.1'E 1.035 36° 325° 190 km 02m08.4s
10:2274°47.5'S058°54.9'E76°20.4'S062°33.3'E75°34.2'S060°37.3'E 1.035 35° 319° 190 km 02m07.4s
10:2474°34.3'S062°56.6'E76°02.8'S067°03.3'E75°19.0'S064°52.8'E 1.035 34° 314° 189 km 02m06.2s
10:2674°17.3'S066°55.5'E75°40.8'S071°27.0'E74°59.6'S069°03.9'E 1.035 34° 309° 189 km 02m05.0s
10:2873°56.3'S070°50.6'E75°14.5'S075°43.1'E74°36.1'S073°09.5'E 1.035 33° 304° 189 km 02m03.7s
10:3073°31.6'S074°41.1'E74°43.9'S079°50.7'E74°08.6'S077°08.8'E 1.034 32° 299° 188 km 02m02.3s
10:3273°02.9'S078°26.3'E74°09.1'S083°49.3'E73°37.0'S081°01.1'E 1.034 31° 294° 188 km 02m00.7s
10:3472°30.4'S082°05.9'E73°30.1'S087°39.1'E73°01.4'S084°46.3'E 1.034 30° 289° 187 km 01m59.1s
10:3671°54.0'S085°39.9'E72°47.0'S091°20.2'E72°21.7'S088°24.3'E 1.034 29° 285° 187 km 01m57.4s
10:3871°13.7'S089°08.3'E71°59.6'S094°53.3'E71°38.0'S091°55.6'E 1.033 28° 280° 186 km 01m55.5s
10:4070°29.3'S092°31.7'E71°07.9'S098°19.3'E70°50.0'S095°20.9'E 1.033 27° 276° 185 km 01m53.5s
10:4269°40.7'S095°50.6'E70°11.6'S101°39.5'E69°57.7'S098°40.9'E 1.033 26° 272° 185 km 01m51.4s
10:4468°47.6'S099°06.0'E69°10.4'S104°55.2'E69°00.7'S101°57.0'E 1.032 25° 268° 184 km 01m49.1s
10:4667°49.6'S102°19.1'E68°03.8'S108°08.3'E67°58.5'S105°10.4'E 1.032 23° 264° 183 km 01m46.7s
10:4866°46.1'S105°31.5'E66°50.8'S111°20.9'E66°50.5'S108°23.0'E 1.031 22° 260° 181 km 01m44.0s
10:5065°36.4'S108°45.4'E65°30.3'S114°36.3'E65°35.6'S111°38.1'E 1.031 20° 257° 180 km 01m41.1s
10:5264°19.0'S112°03.6'E64°00.2'S117°58.8'E64°12.1'S114°58.4'E 1.030 18° 253° 178 km 01m37.9s
10:5462°51.7'S115°30.8'E62°16.6'S121°35.8'E62°37.4'S118°29.9'E 1.030 16° 249° 176 km 01m34.3s
10:5661°10.8'S119°14.6'E60°12.0'S125°41.6'E60°45.9'S122°22.9'E 1.029 13° 245° 173 km 01m30.1s
10:5859°07.9'S123°31.2'E57°23.4'S130°57.8'E58°24.8'S127°01.7'E 1.028 10° 240° 168 km 01m24.9s
11:0056°17.3'S129°09.4'E - - 54°32.1'S134°22.3'E 1.026 234° 159 km 01m16.5s
Limits51°26.9'S138°29.2'E52°21.1'S140°11.4'E51°53.9'S139°19.6'E 1.025 - 152 km 01m11.0s

ΔT = 19537.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:20:45.909:55:08.473°05.2'S072°22.1'W 39.0° 26.8° 193.9 km02m14.55s
Greatest Duration15:20:44.009:55:06.573°04.8'S009°12.9'E 39.0° 26.8° 193.9 km02m14.55s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0660 Dec 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0660 Dec 21 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 19537.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 491.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.05°.

Acknowledgments

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

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