Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0939 Dec 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0939 Dec 16 . 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 -0939 Dec 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°37.9'S133°45.9'W18°50.4'S136°26.5'W17°13.3'S135°04.6'W 0.911 - 440 km 05m39.5s
14:3020°58.8'S123°02.8'W - - 19°45.2'S129°36.7'W 0.912 112° 437 km 05m47.4s
14:3222°38.6'S120°10.0'W20°35.6'S132°31.9'W22°15.4'S124°48.2'W 0.914 11° 111° 433 km 05m55.6s
14:3424°01.7'S117°53.4'W23°27.9'S126°48.3'W23°57.8'S121°47.3'W 0.915 15° 109° 429 km 06m01.3s
14:3625°14.8'S115°57.8'W25°14.6'S123°35.3'W25°22.1'S119°26.3'W 0.915 18° 108° 425 km 06m06.0s
14:3826°21.2'S114°16.2'W26°41.1'S121°07.9'W26°36.1'S117°27.6'W 0.916 20° 106° 422 km 06m10.2s
14:4027°22.5'S112°44.6'W27°56.3'S119°05.1'W27°43.1'S115°43.5'W 0.916 23° 105° 419 km 06m14.0s
14:4228°19.9'S111°20.7'W29°04.2'S117°17.9'W28°44.9'S114°10.0'W 0.917 25° 104° 415 km 06m17.6s
14:4429°14.1'S110°02.9'W30°06.8'S115°41.9'W29°42.6'S112°44.4'W 0.917 27° 103° 412 km 06m21.0s
14:4630°05.6'S108°49.9'W31°05.2'S114°14.2'W30°37.2'S111°25.0'W 0.918 28° 102° 409 km 06m24.2s
14:4830°54.8'S107°40.9'W32°00.3'S112°53.0'W31°29.0'S110°10.6'W 0.918 30° 100° 406 km 06m27.3s
14:5031°42.0'S106°35.3'W32°52.6'S111°37.0'W32°18.6'S109°00.4'W 0.918 31° 99° 403 km 06m30.2s
14:5232°27.4'S105°32.6'W33°42.6'S110°25.1'W33°06.1'S107°53.5'W 0.919 33° 98° 400 km 06m33.1s
14:5433°11.3'S104°32.2'W34°30.6'S109°16.8'W33°51.9'S106°49.5'W 0.919 34° 97° 397 km 06m35.8s
14:5633°53.8'S103°33.9'W35°16.9'S108°11.4'W34°36.2'S105°48.0'W 0.919 36° 95° 394 km 06m38.5s
14:5834°35.0'S102°37.3'W36°01.5'S107°08.5'W35°19.0'S104°48.5'W 0.920 37° 94° 391 km 06m41.0s
15:0035°15.0'S101°42.3'W36°44.8'S106°07.7'W36°00.5'S103°50.8'W 0.920 38° 93° 388 km 06m43.5s
15:0235°54.0'S100°48.6'W37°26.8'S105°08.7'W36°40.9'S102°54.6'W 0.920 39° 91° 385 km 06m46.0s
15:0436°31.9'S099°56.1'W38°07.6'S104°11.3'W37°20.2'S101°59.7'W 0.920 40° 90° 383 km 06m48.3s
15:0637°08.9'S099°04.5'W38°47.3'S103°15.1'W37°58.5'S101°06.0'W 0.921 42° 89° 380 km 06m50.6s
15:0837°45.0'S098°13.8'W39°26.0'S102°20.1'W38°35.8'S100°13.2'W 0.921 43° 87° 378 km 06m52.9s
15:1038°20.2'S097°23.8'W40°03.8'S101°26.0'W39°12.3'S099°21.2'W 0.921 44° 86° 375 km 06m55.0s
15:1238°54.7'S096°34.4'W40°40.7'S100°32.7'W39°47.9'S098°30.0'W 0.921 45° 84° 373 km 06m57.2s
15:1439°28.3'S095°45.5'W41°16.8'S099°40.0'W40°22.8'S097°39.3'W 0.921 46° 83° 370 km 06m59.2s
15:1640°01.3'S094°57.0'W41°52.1'S098°47.9'W40°56.9'S096°49.0'W 0.921 46° 81° 368 km 07m01.2s
15:1840°33.6'S094°08.8'W42°26.7'S097°56.2'W41°30.2'S095°59.2'W 0.922 47° 79° 366 km 07m03.2s
15:2041°05.2'S093°20.9'W43°00.5'S097°04.9'W42°02.9'S095°09.6'W 0.922 48° 78° 364 km 07m05.1s
15:2241°36.1'S092°33.2'W43°33.7'S096°13.8'W42°34.9'S094°20.2'W 0.922 49° 76° 362 km 07m06.9s
15:2442°06.4'S091°45.5'W44°06.1'S095°22.8'W43°06.3'S093°30.9'W 0.922 50° 74° 360 km 07m08.7s
15:2642°36.1'S090°57.9'W44°38.0'S094°31.9'W43°37.0'S092°41.7'W 0.922 51° 72° 358 km 07m10.4s
15:2843°05.2'S090°10.3'W45°09.2'S093°41.0'W44°07.2'S091°52.5'W 0.922 51° 70° 356 km 07m12.0s
15:3043°33.8'S089°22.7'W45°39.8'S092°50.0'W44°36.7'S091°03.2'W 0.922 52° 68° 355 km 07m13.6s
15:3244°01.7'S088°34.9'W46°09.8'S091°58.9'W45°05.6'S090°13.8'W 0.923 53° 66° 353 km 07m15.2s
15:3444°29.1'S087°46.9'W46°39.3'S091°07.6'W45°34.0'S089°24.2'W 0.923 53° 64° 351 km 07m16.7s
15:3644°55.9'S086°58.7'W47°08.1'S090°16.0'W46°01.8'S088°34.3'W 0.923 54° 62° 350 km 07m18.1s
15:3845°22.2'S086°10.3'W47°36.4'S089°24.0'W46°29.1'S087°44.2'W 0.923 55° 60° 348 km 07m19.5s
15:4045°47.9'S085°21.6'W48°04.1'S088°31.7'W46°55.8'S086°53.7'W 0.923 55° 58° 347 km 07m20.8s
15:4246°13.1'S084°32.5'W48°31.3'S087°39.0'W47°21.9'S086°02.8'W 0.923 56° 56° 346 km 07m22.0s
15:4446°37.7'S083°43.0'W48°57.9'S086°45.8'W47°47.5'S085°11.5'W 0.923 56° 53° 344 km 07m23.2s
15:4647°01.8'S082°53.1'W49°24.0'S085°52.1'W48°12.6'S084°19.7'W 0.923 57° 51° 343 km 07m24.3s
15:4847°25.4'S082°02.7'W49°49.5'S084°57.8'W48°37.1'S083°27.4'W 0.923 57° 49° 342 km 07m25.4s
15:5047°48.4'S081°11.9'W50°14.5'S084°02.8'W49°01.0'S082°34.6'W 0.923 58° 46° 341 km 07m26.4s
15:5248°10.9'S080°20.5'W50°38.9'S083°07.2'W49°24.5'S081°41.1'W 0.923 58° 44° 340 km 07m27.3s
15:5448°32.9'S079°28.6'W51°02.7'S082°10.9'W49°47.3'S080°47.0'W 0.923 58° 41° 339 km 07m28.2s
15:5648°54.3'S078°36.0'W51°26.0'S081°13.8'W50°09.6'S079°52.3'W 0.923 59° 39° 338 km 07m29.0s
15:5849°15.1'S077°42.9'W51°48.7'S080°15.9'W50°31.4'S078°56.8'W 0.924 59° 36° 337 km 07m29.7s
16:0049°35.4'S076°49.0'W52°10.9'S079°17.2'W50°52.6'S078°00.6'W 0.924 59° 33° 336 km 07m30.4s
16:0249°55.2'S075°54.5'W52°32.4'S078°17.6'W51°13.2'S077°03.7'W 0.924 59° 30° 336 km 07m31.0s
16:0450°14.4'S074°59.3'W52°53.4'S077°17.1'W51°33.2'S076°05.9'W 0.924 59° 28° 335 km 07m31.5s
16:0650°33.0'S074°03.3'W53°13.7'S076°15.7'W51°52.7'S075°07.3'W 0.924 59° 25° 334 km 07m31.9s
16:0850°51.0'S073°06.6'W53°33.5'S075°13.2'W52°11.5'S074°07.8'W 0.924 60° 22° 334 km 07m32.3s
16:1051°08.4'S072°09.1'W53°52.6'S074°09.8'W52°29.8'S073°07.4'W 0.924 60° 19° 334 km 07m32.6s
16:1251°25.3'S071°10.8'W54°11.1'S073°05.3'W52°47.4'S072°06.1'W 0.924 60° 16° 333 km 07m32.8s
16:1451°41.5'S070°11.6'W54°28.9'S071°59.7'W53°04.4'S071°03.9'W 0.924 60° 14° 333 km 07m32.9s
16:1651°57.1'S069°11.6'W54°46.1'S070°53.0'W53°20.8'S070°00.7'W 0.924 59° 11° 332 km 07m33.0s
16:1852°12.1'S068°10.7'W55°02.5'S069°45.2'W53°36.5'S068°56.5'W 0.924 59° 332 km 07m33.0s
16:2052°26.4'S067°08.9'W55°18.3'S068°36.3'W53°51.5'S067°51.2'W 0.924 59° 332 km 07m32.9s
16:2252°40.1'S066°06.3'W55°33.4'S067°26.1'W54°05.9'S066°45.0'W 0.924 59° 332 km 07m32.8s
16:2452°53.1'S065°02.6'W55°47.7'S066°14.8'W54°19.5'S065°37.7'W 0.924 59° 359° 332 km 07m32.5s
16:2653°05.5'S063°58.1'W56°01.3'S065°02.3'W54°32.4'S064°29.3'W 0.924 59° 356° 332 km 07m32.2s
16:2853°17.1'S062°52.6'W56°14.0'S063°48.5'W54°44.6'S063°19.9'W 0.924 58° 353° 332 km 07m31.8s
16:3053°28.0'S061°46.1'W56°26.0'S062°33.4'W54°56.0'S062°09.3'W 0.924 58° 350° 332 km 07m31.3s
16:3253°38.2'S060°38.6'W56°37.2'S061°17.2'W55°06.7'S060°57.7'W 0.923 58° 348° 332 km 07m30.8s
16:3453°47.6'S059°30.2'W56°47.5'S059°59.6'W55°16.6'S059°44.9'W 0.923 57° 345° 333 km 07m30.1s
16:3653°56.2'S058°20.7'W56°57.0'S058°40.8'W55°25.6'S058°31.0'W 0.923 57° 342° 333 km 07m29.4s
16:3854°04.1'S057°10.3'W57°05.6'S057°20.6'W55°33.8'S057°16.0'W 0.923 56° 339° 333 km 07m28.6s
16:4054°11.1'S055°58.8'W57°13.2'S055°59.2'W55°41.2'S055°59.9'W 0.923 56° 336° 334 km 07m27.7s
16:4254°17.4'S054°46.3'W57°19.9'S054°36.5'W55°47.6'S054°42.6'W 0.923 55° 334° 334 km 07m26.7s
16:4454°22.8'S053°32.8'W57°25.7'S053°12.6'W55°53.2'S053°24.1'W 0.923 55° 331° 335 km 07m25.7s
16:4654°27.3'S052°18.2'W57°30.4'S051°47.3'W55°57.8'S052°04.5'W 0.923 54° 328° 336 km 07m24.6s
16:4854°30.9'S051°02.7'W57°34.1'S050°20.8'W56°01.5'S050°43.8'W 0.923 54° 326° 336 km 07m23.4s
16:5054°33.6'S049°46.0'W57°36.8'S048°53.0'W56°04.2'S049°21.9'W 0.923 53° 323° 337 km 07m22.1s
16:5254°35.3'S048°28.4'W57°38.3'S047°23.9'W56°05.9'S047°58.9'W 0.923 52° 320° 338 km 07m20.7s
16:5454°36.1'S047°09.7'W57°38.7'S045°53.6'W56°06.5'S046°34.7'W 0.923 52° 318° 339 km 07m19.2s
16:5654°35.8'S045°49.9'W57°38.0'S044°22.0'W56°06.0'S045°09.3'W 0.923 51° 315° 340 km 07m17.7s
16:5854°34.6'S044°29.1'W57°36.0'S042°49.1'W56°04.5'S043°42.9'W 0.922 50° 313° 341 km 07m16.1s
17:0054°32.3'S043°07.2'W57°32.8'S041°15.0'W56°01.8'S042°15.2'W 0.922 49° 310° 342 km 07m14.4s
17:0254°28.9'S041°44.2'W57°28.4'S039°39.7'W55°57.9'S040°46.4'W 0.922 48° 308° 343 km 07m12.6s
17:0454°24.3'S040°20.2'W57°22.6'S038°03.1'W55°52.8'S039°16.4'W 0.922 48° 305° 345 km 07m10.7s
17:0654°18.6'S038°55.0'W57°15.4'S036°25.2'W55°46.4'S037°45.3'W 0.922 47° 303° 346 km 07m08.8s
17:0854°11.7'S037°28.7'W57°06.8'S034°46.0'W55°38.7'S036°12.9'W 0.922 46° 300° 348 km 07m06.8s
17:1054°03.5'S036°01.2'W56°56.7'S033°05.5'W55°29.7'S034°39.3'W 0.922 45° 298° 349 km 07m04.6s
17:1253°54.0'S034°32.5'W56°45.1'S031°23.6'W55°19.2'S033°04.3'W 0.921 44° 295° 351 km 07m02.4s
17:1453°43.2'S033°02.5'W56°31.8'S029°40.3'W55°07.3'S031°28.1'W 0.921 43° 293° 353 km 07m00.2s
17:1653°31.0'S031°31.3'W56°16.9'S027°55.6'W54°53.8'S029°50.4'W 0.921 42° 291° 355 km 06m57.8s
17:1853°17.3'S029°58.6'W56°00.2'S026°09.2'W54°38.8'S028°11.3'W 0.921 41° 288° 357 km 06m55.3s
17:2053°02.1'S028°24.5'W55°41.7'S024°21.2'W54°22.0'S026°30.6'W 0.921 40° 286° 359 km 06m52.8s
17:2252°45.2'S026°48.8'W55°21.1'S022°31.2'W54°03.5'S024°48.2'W 0.920 38° 284° 361 km 06m50.1s
17:2452°26.6'S025°11.4'W54°58.5'S020°39.3'W53°43.0'S023°03.9'W 0.920 37° 282° 364 km 06m47.4s
17:2652°06.2'S023°32.1'W54°33.6'S018°45.0'W53°20.6'S021°17.6'W 0.920 36° 279° 366 km 06m44.5s
17:2851°43.8'S021°50.8'W54°06.2'S016°48.1'W52°55.9'S019°29.0'W 0.920 35° 277° 369 km 06m41.6s
17:3051°19.3'S020°07.1'W53°36.1'S014°48.2'W52°29.0'S017°37.7'W 0.919 33° 275° 372 km 06m38.5s
17:3250°52.6'S018°20.8'W53°03.1'S012°44.7'W51°59.4'S015°43.4'W 0.919 32° 272° 375 km 06m35.3s
17:3450°23.4'S016°31.5'W52°26.8'S010°36.9'W51°27.0'S013°45.6'W 0.919 30° 270° 378 km 06m32.0s
17:3649°51.4'S014°38.7'W51°46.7'S008°24.0'W50°51.4'S011°43.6'W 0.918 29° 268° 382 km 06m28.6s
17:3849°16.3'S012°41.7'W51°02.1'S006°04.6'W50°12.2'S009°36.5'W 0.918 27° 266° 385 km 06m25.0s
17:4048°37.8'S010°39.7'W50°12.3'S003°37.0'W49°28.7'S007°23.2'W 0.918 25° 263° 389 km 06m21.1s
17:4247°55.1'S008°31.6'W49°15.7'S000°58.3'W48°40.2'S005°01.9'W 0.917 23° 261° 393 km 06m17.1s
17:4447°07.5'S006°15.8'W48°10.4'S001°56.0'E47°45.3'S002°30.0'W 0.917 21° 258° 398 km 06m12.8s
17:4646°13.9'S003°49.8'W46°52.5'S005°13.9'E46°42.2'S000°16.3'E 0.916 19° 256° 403 km 06m08.1s
17:4845°12.4'S001°10.0'W45°13.5'S009°13.7'E45°27.5'S003°24.4'E 0.915 16° 253° 409 km 06m02.8s
17:5043°59.9'S001°50.3'E42°43.8'S014°59.9'E43°54.0'S007°09.5'E 0.915 13° 250° 416 km 05m56.7s
17:5242°30.0'S005°24.6'E - - 41°39.5'S012°19.2'E 0.913 246° 425 km 05m48.7s
Limits36°17.1'S019°16.9'E39°18.5'S022°38.0'E37°47.2'S020°54.7'E 0.911 - 437 km 05m36.6s

ΔT = 24189.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:54:30.016:11:20.952°41.8'S173°30.0'W 59.6° 17.4° 333.2 km07m32.73s
Greatest Duration22:59:57.716:16:48.653°27.2'S069°34.8'W 59.4° 9.5° 332.4 km07m33.02s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0939 Dec 16 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 24189.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 598.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.50°.

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