Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0809 Dec 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0809 Dec 20 . 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 -0809 Dec 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits06°30.5'S149°28.9'E06°57.6'S149°10.9'E06°44.0'S149°20.0'E 1.015 - 59 km 00m48.6s
19:5208°48.3'S154°33.7'E07°53.5'S151°14.4'E08°28.5'S153°10.3'E 1.017 113° 64 km 00m54.2s
19:5411°40.9'S160°19.6'E11°39.1'S158°50.4'E11°40.6'S159°35.8'E 1.019 12° 112° 73 km 01m04.8s
19:5613°30.9'S163°43.8'E13°38.1'S162°28.6'E13°34.8'S163°06.6'E 1.020 16° 111° 79 km 01m11.4s
19:5814°59.6'S166°21.2'E15°11.8'S165°12.1'E15°06.0'S165°46.9'E 1.021 20° 110° 83 km 01m16.7s
20:0016°16.5'S168°32.9'E16°32.1'S167°27.4'E16°24.5'S168°00.4'E 1.022 22° 109° 86 km 01m21.4s
20:0217°25.3'S170°27.9'E17°43.7'S169°24.8'E17°34.7'S169°56.6'E 1.023 25° 108° 89 km 01m25.6s
20:0418°28.3'S172°11.2'E18°49.0'S171°09.7'E18°38.8'S171°40.6'E 1.024 27° 107° 91 km 01m29.6s
20:0619°26.8'S173°45.4'E19°49.4'S172°45.2'E19°38.3'S173°15.5'E 1.024 30° 106° 93 km 01m33.2s
20:0820°21.6'S175°12.7'E20°46.0'S174°13.5'E20°34.0'S174°43.3'E 1.025 32° 106° 95 km 01m36.7s
20:1021°13.3'S176°34.4'E21°39.4'S175°35.9'E21°26.5'S176°05.3'E 1.025 33° 105° 97 km 01m40.0s
20:1222°02.4'S177°51.4'E22°30.0'S176°53.6'E22°16.4'S177°22.7'E 1.026 35° 104° 98 km 01m43.2s
20:1422°49.3'S179°04.6'E23°18.3'S178°07.4'E23°04.0'S178°36.1'E 1.026 37° 103° 100 km 01m46.3s
20:1623°34.2'S179°45.6'W24°04.5'S179°17.8'E23°49.5'S179°46.3'E 1.027 39° 102° 101 km 01m49.2s
20:1824°17.3'S178°38.5'W24°48.9'S179°34.7'W24°33.2'S179°06.4'W 1.027 40° 101° 102 km 01m52.0s
20:2024°58.8'S177°33.8'W25°31.6'S178°29.5'W25°15.3'S178°01.5'W 1.027 42° 100° 104 km 01m54.7s
20:2225°38.8'S176°31.2'W26°12.8'S177°26.5'W25°55.9'S176°58.7'W 1.028 43° 99° 105 km 01m57.4s
20:2426°17.5'S175°30.5'W26°52.6'S176°25.3'W26°35.2'S175°57.7'W 1.028 45° 98° 106 km 01m59.9s
20:2626°54.9'S174°31.3'W27°31.1'S175°25.7'W27°13.2'S174°58.3'W 1.029 46° 96° 107 km 02m02.4s
20:2827°31.2'S173°33.5'W28°08.5'S174°27.5'W27°50.0'S174°00.3'W 1.029 47° 95° 107 km 02m04.8s
20:3028°06.4'S172°37.0'W28°44.7'S173°30.5'W28°25.6'S173°03.6'W 1.029 49° 94° 108 km 02m07.1s
20:3228°40.5'S171°41.5'W29°19.8'S172°34.6'W29°00.3'S172°07.8'W 1.029 50° 93° 109 km 02m09.4s
20:3429°13.7'S170°46.9'W29°54.0'S171°39.5'W29°34.0'S171°13.1'W 1.030 51° 91° 110 km 02m11.5s
20:3629°46.0'S169°53.2'W30°27.2'S170°45.3'W30°06.7'S170°19.1'W 1.030 53° 90° 110 km 02m13.7s
20:3830°17.4'S169°00.2'W30°59.5'S169°51.8'W30°38.6'S169°25.8'W 1.030 54° 89° 111 km 02m15.7s
20:4030°47.9'S168°07.8'W31°31.0'S168°58.9'W31°09.6'S168°33.2'W 1.030 55° 87° 111 km 02m17.7s
20:4231°17.7'S167°16.0'W32°01.6'S168°06.5'W31°39.8'S167°41.1'W 1.031 56° 85° 112 km 02m19.6s
20:4431°46.6'S166°24.6'W32°31.5'S167°14.5'W32°09.1'S166°49.4'W 1.031 57° 84° 112 km 02m21.4s
20:4632°14.8'S165°33.6'W33°00.5'S166°22.9'W32°37.8'S165°58.1'W 1.031 58° 82° 113 km 02m23.2s
20:4832°42.3'S164°43.0'W33°28.8'S165°31.6'W33°05.7'S165°07.1'W 1.031 59° 80° 113 km 02m24.9s
20:5033°09.1'S163°52.6'W33°56.4'S164°40.5'W33°32.8'S164°16.4'W 1.031 60° 79° 114 km 02m26.5s
20:5233°35.1'S163°02.4'W34°23.3'S163°49.6'W33°59.3'S163°25.8'W 1.031 61° 77° 114 km 02m28.1s
20:5434°00.5'S162°12.3'W34°49.4'S162°58.8'W34°25.0'S162°35.4'W 1.032 62° 75° 114 km 02m29.6s
20:5634°25.2'S161°22.4'W35°14.9'S162°08.1'W34°50.1'S161°45.1'W 1.032 63° 72° 115 km 02m31.0s
20:5834°49.2'S160°32.5'W35°39.7'S161°17.4'W35°14.5'S160°54.8'W 1.032 64° 70° 115 km 02m32.4s
21:0035°12.6'S159°42.7'W36°03.9'S160°26.7'W35°38.3'S160°04.5'W 1.032 65° 68° 115 km 02m33.7s
21:0235°35.4'S158°52.8'W36°27.3'S159°35.9'W36°01.4'S159°14.2'W 1.032 66° 65° 115 km 02m35.0s
21:0435°57.5'S158°02.8'W36°50.2'S158°45.0'W36°23.9'S158°23.8'W 1.032 67° 63° 116 km 02m36.1s
21:0636°19.0'S157°12.8'W37°12.4'S157°54.0'W36°45.8'S157°33.3'W 1.032 67° 60° 116 km 02m37.2s
21:0836°39.9'S156°22.7'W37°33.9'S157°02.8'W37°07.0'S156°42.6'W 1.032 68° 57° 116 km 02m38.3s
21:1037°00.2'S155°32.4'W37°54.9'S156°11.4'W37°27.6'S155°51.8'W 1.033 69° 54° 116 km 02m39.2s
21:1237°19.9'S154°41.9'W38°15.1'S155°19.8'W37°47.5'S155°00.7'W 1.033 69° 51° 116 km 02m40.1s
21:1437°38.9'S153°51.2'W38°34.8'S154°28.0'W38°06.9'S154°09.4'W 1.033 70° 47° 116 km 02m40.9s
21:1637°57.3'S153°00.2'W38°53.8'S153°35.8'W38°25.6'S153°17.9'W 1.033 71° 44° 117 km 02m41.7s
21:1838°15.2'S152°09.0'W39°12.2'S152°43.3'W38°43.7'S152°26.0'W 1.033 71° 40° 117 km 02m42.4s
21:2038°32.4'S151°17.5'W39°30.0'S151°50.5'W39°01.2'S151°33.9'W 1.033 72° 36° 117 km 02m43.0s
21:2238°49.0'S150°25.7'W39°47.1'S150°57.4'W39°18.1'S150°41.4'W 1.033 72° 32° 117 km 02m43.5s
21:2439°05.0'S149°33.5'W40°03.6'S150°03.8'W39°34.3'S149°48.5'W 1.033 72° 28° 117 km 02m43.9s
21:2639°20.3'S148°40.9'W40°19.4'S149°09.8'W39°49.9'S148°55.3'W 1.033 72° 24° 117 km 02m44.3s
21:2839°35.1'S147°48.0'W40°34.6'S148°15.4'W40°04.8'S148°01.6'W 1.033 73° 19° 117 km 02m44.6s
21:3039°49.2'S146°54.7'W40°49.1'S147°20.6'W40°19.2'S147°07.5'W 1.033 73° 15° 117 km 02m44.9s
21:3240°02.7'S146°00.9'W41°03.0'S146°25.3'W40°32.9'S146°13.0'W 1.033 73° 11° 117 km 02m45.0s
21:3440°15.5'S145°06.7'W41°16.2'S145°29.5'W40°45.9'S145°18.0'W 1.033 73° 117 km 02m45.1s
21:3640°27.8'S144°12.1'W41°28.7'S144°33.1'W40°58.3'S144°22.5'W 1.033 72° 117 km 02m45.1s
21:3840°39.3'S143°16.9'W41°40.6'S143°36.3'W41°10.0'S143°26.6'W 1.033 72° 357° 117 km 02m45.0s
21:4040°50.2'S142°21.3'W41°51.8'S142°38.9'W41°21.0'S142°30.1'W 1.033 72° 353° 117 km 02m44.8s
21:4241°00.5'S141°25.1'W42°02.2'S141°41.0'W41°31.4'S141°33.0'W 1.033 72° 349° 116 km 02m44.6s
21:4441°10.0'S140°28.4'W42°12.0'S140°42.5'W41°41.0'S140°35.4'W 1.033 71° 345° 116 km 02m44.3s
21:4641°18.9'S139°31.1'W42°21.0'S139°43.3'W41°50.0'S139°37.2'W 1.033 71° 341° 116 km 02m43.9s
21:4841°27.1'S138°33.3'W42°29.3'S138°43.6'W41°58.2'S138°38.5'W 1.033 70° 337° 116 km 02m43.4s
21:5041°34.6'S137°34.8'W42°36.9'S137°43.3'W42°05.7'S137°39.1'W 1.033 70° 334° 116 km 02m42.9s
21:5241°41.4'S136°35.8'W42°43.7'S136°42.3'W42°12.5'S136°39.1'W 1.033 69° 330° 116 km 02m42.3s
21:5441°47.4'S135°36.1'W42°49.8'S135°40.7'W42°18.6'S135°38.5'W 1.033 68° 327° 115 km 02m41.6s
21:5641°52.7'S134°35.8'W42°55.0'S134°38.4'W42°23.8'S134°37.2'W 1.033 68° 324° 115 km 02m40.8s
21:5841°57.2'S133°34.9'W42°59.5'S133°35.4'W42°28.3'S133°35.2'W 1.033 67° 321° 115 km 02m39.9s
22:0042°01.0'S132°33.2'W43°03.1'S132°31.7'W42°32.0'S132°32.5'W 1.032 66° 318° 115 km 02m39.0s
22:0242°04.0'S131°30.8'W43°05.9'S131°27.2'W42°34.9'S131°29.1'W 1.032 65° 315° 114 km 02m38.0s
22:0442°06.1'S130°27.7'W43°07.9'S130°22.0'W42°37.0'S130°25.0'W 1.032 64° 312° 114 km 02m36.9s
22:0642°07.5'S129°23.9'W43°09.0'S129°16.1'W42°38.2'S129°20.1'W 1.032 64° 310° 114 km 02m35.7s
22:0842°08.0'S128°19.2'W43°09.2'S128°09.4'W42°38.6'S128°14.4'W 1.032 63° 307° 113 km 02m34.4s
22:1042°07.6'S127°13.8'W43°08.4'S127°01.8'W42°38.0'S127°08.0'W 1.032 62° 305° 113 km 02m33.1s
22:1242°06.3'S126°07.5'W43°06.8'S125°53.4'W42°36.6'S126°00.7'W 1.032 61° 302° 113 km 02m31.7s
22:1442°04.2'S125°00.4'W43°04.2'S124°44.2'W42°34.2'S124°52.5'W 1.032 60° 300° 112 km 02m30.2s
22:1642°01.1'S123°52.4'W43°00.5'S123°34.0'W42°30.8'S123°43.4'W 1.031 59° 298° 112 km 02m28.6s
22:1841°57.0'S122°43.4'W42°55.9'S122°22.9'W42°26.5'S122°33.3'W 1.031 58° 296° 111 km 02m27.0s
22:2041°51.9'S121°33.4'W42°50.2'S121°10.8'W42°21.1'S121°22.3'W 1.031 57° 294° 111 km 02m25.3s
22:2241°45.8'S120°22.4'W42°43.4'S119°57.7'W42°14.6'S120°10.3'W 1.031 55° 292° 110 km 02m23.5s
22:2441°38.6'S119°10.3'W42°35.5'S118°43.5'W42°07.1'S118°57.1'W 1.031 54° 290° 110 km 02m21.6s
22:2641°30.3'S117°57.0'W42°26.5'S117°28.1'W41°58.4'S117°42.8'W 1.031 53° 288° 109 km 02m19.6s
22:2841°20.9'S116°42.5'W42°16.2'S116°11.5'W41°48.6'S116°27.3'W 1.030 52° 286° 108 km 02m17.6s
22:3041°10.2'S115°26.8'W42°04.6'S114°53.7'W41°37.5'S115°10.5'W 1.030 51° 284° 108 km 02m15.5s
22:3240°58.3'S114°09.6'W41°51.7'S113°34.5'W41°25.1'S113°52.3'W 1.030 49° 282° 107 km 02m13.3s
22:3440°45.1'S112°50.9'W41°37.5'S112°13.7'W41°11.3'S112°32.6'W 1.030 48° 281° 106 km 02m11.0s
22:3640°30.4'S111°30.5'W41°21.7'S110°51.4'W40°56.1'S111°11.3'W 1.029 47° 279° 106 km 02m08.6s
22:3840°14.3'S110°08.4'W41°04.4'S109°27.3'W40°39.5'S109°48.2'W 1.029 45° 277° 105 km 02m06.2s
22:4039°56.6'S108°44.4'W40°45.5'S108°01.3'W40°21.2'S108°23.1'W 1.029 44° 275° 104 km 02m03.6s
22:4239°37.3'S107°18.2'W40°24.8'S106°33.1'W40°01.2'S106°56.0'W 1.028 42° 274° 103 km 02m01.0s
22:4439°16.1'S105°49.6'W40°02.2'S105°02.6'W39°39.3'S105°26.4'W 1.028 41° 272° 102 km 01m58.3s
22:4638°53.1'S104°18.4'W39°37.6'S103°29.4'W39°15.5'S103°54.2'W 1.028 39° 270° 101 km 01m55.4s
22:4838°27.8'S102°44.1'W39°10.8'S101°53.1'W38°49.5'S102°19.0'W 1.027 38° 269° 100 km 01m52.5s
22:5038°00.3'S101°06.4'W38°41.5'S100°13.4'W38°21.0'S100°40.2'W 1.027 36° 267° 98 km 01m49.4s
22:5237°30.2'S099°24.7'W38°09.5'S098°29.6'W37°50.0'S098°57.5'W 1.026 34° 265° 97 km 01m46.2s
22:5436°57.1'S097°38.4'W37°34.3'S096°41.1'W37°15.9'S097°10.1'W 1.026 32° 264° 96 km 01m42.8s
22:5636°20.6'S095°46.4'W36°55.6'S094°46.9'W36°38.3'S095°17.0'W 1.025 30° 262° 94 km 01m39.3s
22:5835°40.3'S093°47.7'W36°12.7'S092°45.6'W35°56.7'S093°17.0'W 1.025 28° 260° 92 km 01m35.6s
23:0034°55.1'S091°40.5'W35°24.7'S090°35.5'W35°10.1'S091°08.4'W 1.024 26° 259° 90 km 01m31.7s
23:0234°04.1'S089°22.2'W34°30.3'S088°13.8'W34°17.5'S088°48.4'W 1.023 24° 257° 88 km 01m27.4s
23:0433°05.3'S086°48.9'W33°27.5'S085°36.2'W33°16.7'S086°13.0'W 1.023 21° 255° 85 km 01m22.8s
23:0631°55.7'S083°53.8'W32°12.5'S082°34.5'W32°04.4'S083°14.7'W 1.022 18° 253° 82 km 01m17.6s
23:0830°28.6'S080°22.2'W30°37.2'S078°51.5'W30°33.5'S079°37.6'W 1.021 14° 251° 78 km 01m11.6s
23:1028°25.1'S075°31.6'W28°14.5'S073°27.5'W28°21.1'S074°31.8'W 1.019 248° 72 km 01m03.5s
Limits24°23.6'S066°18.6'W24°51.7'S065°57.1'W24°37.6'S066°07.9'W 1.016 - 63 km 00m51.6s

ΔT = 21960.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:37:30.121:31:30.140°29.5'S121°48.3'E 72.7° 11.7° 116.8 km02m44.97s
Greatest Duration03:40:58.021:34:58.140°52.0'S144°51.2'W 72.6° 4.0° 116.7 km02m45.09s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0809 Dec 20 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 21960.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 549.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.29°.

Acknowledgments

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

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