Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1656 Dec 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1656 Dec 23 . 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 -1656 Dec 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits03°35.9'S055°24.1'W05°51.5'S056°43.5'W04°43.6'S056°03.4'W 0.926 - 288 km 04m52.7s
09:4008°11.1'S045°28.7'W08°44.6'S050°13.5'W08°33.9'S047°35.7'W 0.929 10° 112° 278 km 05m04.7s
09:4209°50.9'S042°03.0'W10°57.0'S045°28.2'W10°25.9'S043°40.0'W 0.930 14° 112° 273 km 05m11.3s
09:4411°08.2'S039°26.4'W12°26.3'S042°20.3'W11°48.3'S040°49.9'W 0.931 18° 111° 269 km 05m16.6s
09:4612°13.0'S037°16.1'W13°37.9'S039°51.6'W12°56.2'S038°31.3'W 0.932 21° 110° 266 km 05m21.2s
09:4813°09.6'S035°22.6'W14°39.0'S037°45.4'W13°54.9'S036°31.9'W 0.932 23° 110° 263 km 05m25.5s
09:5014°00.3'S033°41.0'W15°33.0'S035°54.3'W14°47.1'S034°45.9'W 0.933 26° 109° 260 km 05m29.4s
09:5214°46.4'S032°08.6'W16°21.6'S034°14.1'W15°34.3'S033°09.8'W 0.933 28° 109° 258 km 05m33.2s
09:5415°28.8'S030°43.2'W17°06.0'S032°42.3'W16°17.7'S031°41.4'W 0.934 30° 108° 256 km 05m36.8s
09:5616°08.1'S029°23.5'W17°47.0'S031°17.1'W16°57.8'S030°19.1'W 0.934 32° 107° 254 km 05m40.3s
09:5816°44.8'S028°08.7'W18°25.0'S029°57.4'W17°35.1'S029°01.9'W 0.935 34° 107° 252 km 05m43.6s
10:0017°19.2'S026°57.8'W19°00.7'S028°42.2'W18°10.1'S027°49.0'W 0.935 36° 106° 250 km 05m46.9s
10:0217°51.6'S025°50.4'W19°34.1'S027°30.9'W18°43.0'S026°39.7'W 0.935 37° 106° 248 km 05m50.0s
10:0418°22.1'S024°46.0'W20°05.7'S026°22.8'W19°14.0'S025°33.5'W 0.936 39° 105° 246 km 05m53.1s
10:0618°51.1'S023°44.2'W20°35.5'S025°17.6'W19°43.4'S024°30.1'W 0.936 40° 104° 245 km 05m56.1s
10:0819°18.6'S022°44.7'W21°03.8'S024°15.0'W20°11.2'S023°29.0'W 0.936 42° 104° 243 km 05m59.1s
10:1019°44.7'S021°47.2'W21°30.7'S023°14.5'W20°37.7'S022°30.1'W 0.937 43° 103° 242 km 06m02.0s
10:1220°09.5'S020°51.6'W21°56.2'S022°16.0'W21°02.9'S021°33.1'W 0.937 45° 103° 240 km 06m04.8s
10:1420°33.2'S019°57.6'W22°20.6'S021°19.3'W21°26.9'S020°37.8'W 0.937 46° 102° 239 km 06m07.6s
10:1620°55.8'S019°05.1'W22°43.8'S020°24.1'W21°49.8'S019°44.0'W 0.937 47° 101° 238 km 06m10.3s
10:1821°17.4'S018°14.0'W23°05.9'S019°30.4'W22°11.7'S018°51.6'W 0.938 49° 101° 236 km 06m12.9s
10:2021°38.0'S017°24.1'W23°27.1'S018°38.0'W22°32.6'S018°00.5'W 0.938 50° 100° 235 km 06m15.5s
10:2221°57.7'S016°35.3'W23°47.3'S017°46.8'W22°52.5'S017°10.5'W 0.938 51° 99° 234 km 06m18.1s
10:2422°16.6'S015°47.5'W24°06.6'S016°56.7'W23°11.6'S016°21.6'W 0.938 53° 99° 233 km 06m20.6s
10:2622°34.6'S015°00.7'W24°25.1'S016°07.6'W23°29.8'S015°33.6'W 0.939 54° 98° 232 km 06m23.0s
10:2822°51.8'S014°14.8'W24°42.7'S015°19.3'W23°47.2'S014°46.5'W 0.939 55° 97° 231 km 06m25.4s
10:3023°08.2'S013°29.6'W24°59.6'S014°31.9'W24°03.9'S014°00.3'W 0.939 56° 97° 230 km 06m27.8s
10:3223°23.9'S012°45.2'W25°15.7'S013°45.3'W24°19.8'S013°14.8'W 0.939 57° 96° 229 km 06m30.0s
10:3423°38.9'S012°01.5'W25°31.1'S012°59.4'W24°35.0'S012°30.0'W 0.939 58° 95° 228 km 06m32.3s
10:3623°53.2'S011°18.4'W25°45.8'S012°14.2'W24°49.5'S011°45.9'W 0.939 60° 94° 227 km 06m34.4s
10:3824°06.8'S010°35.9'W25°59.8'S011°29.5'W25°03.3'S011°02.3'W 0.940 61° 94° 227 km 06m36.5s
10:4024°19.8'S009°54.0'W26°13.2'S010°45.4'W25°16.5'S010°19.3'W 0.940 62° 93° 226 km 06m38.6s
10:4224°32.2'S009°12.5'W26°25.9'S010°01.9'W25°29.0'S009°36.8'W 0.940 63° 92° 225 km 06m40.6s
10:4424°44.0'S008°31.6'W26°37.9'S009°18.8'W25°40.9'S008°54.9'W 0.940 64° 91° 224 km 06m42.5s
10:4624°55.1'S007°51.1'W26°49.4'S008°36.2'W25°52.2'S008°13.3'W 0.940 65° 90° 224 km 06m44.4s
10:4825°05.7'S007°11.0'W27°00.3'S007°54.0'W26°03.0'S007°32.2'W 0.940 66° 89° 223 km 06m46.2s
10:5025°15.7'S006°31.2'W27°10.6'S007°12.2'W26°13.1'S006°51.4'W 0.940 67° 88° 223 km 06m47.9s
10:5225°25.2'S005°51.9'W27°20.3'S006°30.8'W26°22.7'S006°11.0'W 0.940 68° 87° 222 km 06m49.5s
10:5425°34.1'S005°12.8'W27°29.5'S005°49.7'W26°31.7'S005°31.0'W 0.941 69° 86° 221 km 06m51.1s
10:5625°42.5'S004°34.1'W27°38.1'S005°08.9'W26°40.2'S004°51.2'W 0.941 70° 85° 221 km 06m52.6s
10:5825°50.3'S003°55.7'W27°46.1'S004°28.4'W26°48.2'S004°11.8'W 0.941 71° 84° 221 km 06m54.1s
11:0025°57.7'S003°17.5'W27°53.7'S003°48.1'W26°55.6'S003°32.6'W 0.941 72° 83° 220 km 06m55.4s
11:0226°04.5'S002°39.6'W28°00.7'S003°08.2'W27°02.5'S002°53.7'W 0.941 73° 81° 220 km 06m56.7s
11:0426°10.8'S002°01.9'W28°07.1'S002°28.4'W27°08.9'S002°15.0'W 0.941 74° 80° 219 km 06m57.9s
11:0626°16.6'S001°24.4'W28°13.1'S001°48.9'W27°14.8'S001°36.5'W 0.941 75° 78° 219 km 06m59.1s
11:0826°21.9'S000°47.1'W28°18.6'S001°09.6'W27°20.2'S000°58.2'W 0.941 76° 77° 219 km 07m00.1s
11:1026°26.8'S000°10.0'W28°23.5'S000°30.4'W27°25.1'S000°20.1'W 0.941 77° 75° 218 km 07m01.1s
11:1226°31.1'S000°26.9'E28°28.0'S000°08.6'E27°29.5'S000°17.8'E 0.941 78° 73° 218 km 07m02.0s
11:1426°35.0'S001°03.7'E28°31.9'S000°47.4'E27°33.4'S000°55.6'E 0.941 79° 70° 218 km 07m02.8s
11:1626°38.4'S001°40.3'E28°35.4'S001°26.1'E27°36.8'S001°33.3'E 0.941 80° 67° 217 km 07m03.5s
11:1826°41.3'S002°16.8'E28°38.4'S002°04.6'E27°39.8'S002°10.8'E 0.942 81° 64° 217 km 07m04.1s
11:2026°43.8'S002°53.2'E28°40.9'S002°43.1'E27°42.3'S002°48.2'E 0.942 82° 60° 217 km 07m04.7s
11:2226°45.8'S003°29.5'E28°42.9'S003°21.4'E27°44.3'S003°25.5'E 0.942 83° 56° 217 km 07m05.1s
11:2426°47.3'S004°05.7'E28°44.5'S003°59.7'E27°45.8'S004°02.7'E 0.942 83° 50° 217 km 07m05.5s
11:2626°48.4'S004°41.9'E28°45.5'S004°37.8'E27°46.9'S004°39.9'E 0.942 84° 44° 217 km 07m05.8s
11:2826°49.0'S005°18.0'E28°46.1'S005°16.0'E27°47.5'S005°17.0'E 0.942 85° 35° 216 km 07m06.0s
11:3026°49.1'S005°54.0'E28°46.3'S005°54.0'E27°47.6'S005°54.0'E 0.942 85° 25° 216 km 07m06.1s
11:3226°48.8'S006°30.0'E28°45.9'S006°32.0'E27°47.3'S006°31.0'E 0.942 86° 13° 216 km 07m06.1s
11:3426°48.1'S007°05.9'E28°45.1'S007°10.0'E27°46.5'S007°07.9'E 0.942 86° 360° 216 km 07m06.0s
11:3626°46.9'S007°41.8'E28°43.8'S007°47.9'E27°45.3'S007°44.8'E 0.942 86° 346° 216 km 07m05.9s
11:3826°45.2'S008°17.8'E28°42.0'S008°25.9'E27°43.6'S008°21.8'E 0.942 85° 334° 216 km 07m05.6s
11:4026°43.1'S008°53.7'E28°39.8'S009°03.8'E27°41.4'S008°58.7'E 0.942 85° 324° 216 km 07m05.3s
11:4226°40.5'S009°29.6'E28°37.1'S009°41.8'E27°38.7'S009°35.6'E 0.942 84° 315° 216 km 07m04.8s
11:4426°37.5'S010°05.6'E28°33.9'S010°19.8'E27°35.6'S010°12.6'E 0.942 83° 308° 216 km 07m04.3s
11:4626°34.0'S010°41.6'E28°30.2'S010°57.8'E27°32.0'S010°49.6'E 0.942 83° 303° 216 km 07m03.7s
11:4826°30.0'S011°17.7'E28°26.1'S011°35.8'E27°28.0'S011°26.6'E 0.942 82° 298° 217 km 07m03.1s
11:5026°25.6'S011°53.8'E28°21.5'S012°13.9'E27°23.5'S012°03.7'E 0.942 81° 294° 217 km 07m02.3s
11:5226°20.7'S012°30.0'E28°16.4'S012°52.1'E27°18.5'S012°40.9'E 0.942 80° 291° 217 km 07m01.4s
11:5426°15.3'S013°06.3'E28°10.8'S013°30.4'E27°13.0'S013°18.2'E 0.942 79° 288° 217 km 07m00.5s
11:5626°09.5'S013°42.7'E28°04.8'S014°08.8'E27°07.1'S013°55.6'E 0.942 78° 286° 217 km 06m59.5s
11:5826°03.2'S014°19.3'E27°58.2'S014°47.2'E27°00.7'S014°33.0'E 0.942 77° 283° 217 km 06m58.4s
12:0025°56.4'S014°55.9'E27°51.2'S015°25.8'E26°53.8'S015°10.7'E 0.941 76° 282° 218 km 06m57.2s
12:0225°49.2'S015°32.7'E27°43.6'S016°04.6'E26°46.4'S015°48.4'E 0.941 75° 280° 218 km 06m56.0s
12:0425°41.4'S016°09.7'E27°35.6'S016°43.5'E26°38.5'S016°26.3'E 0.941 74° 278° 218 km 06m54.6s
12:0625°33.2'S016°46.8'E27°27.1'S017°22.6'E26°30.1'S017°04.4'E 0.941 73° 277° 218 km 06m53.2s
12:0825°24.5'S017°24.1'E27°18.0'S018°01.9'E26°21.2'S017°42.7'E 0.941 72° 275° 219 km 06m51.8s
12:1025°15.2'S018°01.7'E27°08.4'S018°41.3'E26°11.8'S018°21.2'E 0.941 71° 274° 219 km 06m50.2s
12:1225°05.4'S018°39.5'E26°58.3'S019°21.1'E26°01.9'S019°00.0'E 0.941 70° 273° 220 km 06m48.6s
12:1424°55.2'S019°17.5'E26°47.7'S020°01.0'E25°51.4'S019°38.9'E 0.941 69° 272° 220 km 06m46.9s
12:1624°44.4'S019°55.8'E26°36.5'S020°41.3'E25°40.4'S020°18.2'E 0.941 68° 271° 220 km 06m45.2s
12:1824°33.0'S020°34.4'E26°24.8'S021°21.8'E25°28.9'S020°57.8'E 0.941 67° 270° 221 km 06m43.4s
12:2024°21.1'S021°13.4'E26°12.5'S022°02.7'E25°16.8'S021°37.7'E 0.941 66° 269° 221 km 06m41.5s
12:2224°08.6'S021°52.7'E25°59.7'S022°43.9'E25°04.1'S022°17.9'E 0.941 65° 268° 222 km 06m39.5s
12:2423°55.6'S022°32.4'E25°46.3'S023°25.5'E24°50.9'S022°58.5'E 0.941 64° 267° 223 km 06m37.5s
12:2623°42.0'S023°12.4'E25°32.2'S024°07.5'E24°37.1'S023°39.6'E 0.940 63° 266° 223 km 06m35.5s
12:2823°27.8'S023°53.0'E25°17.6'S024°50.0'E24°22.7'S024°21.1'E 0.940 62° 266° 224 km 06m33.4s
12:3023°12.9'S024°34.0'E25°02.3'S025°33.0'E24°07.6'S025°03.0'E 0.940 61° 265° 225 km 06m31.2s
12:3222°57.5'S025°15.5'E24°46.4'S026°16.5'E23°51.9'S025°45.5'E 0.940 60° 264° 225 km 06m29.0s
12:3422°41.3'S025°57.6'E24°29.8'S027°00.5'E23°35.6'S026°28.6'E 0.940 59° 263° 226 km 06m26.7s
12:3622°24.5'S026°40.3'E24°12.5'S027°45.2'E23°18.5'S027°12.3'E 0.940 57° 263° 227 km 06m24.4s
12:3822°07.1'S027°23.6'E23°54.5'S028°30.6'E23°00.8'S027°56.6'E 0.940 56° 262° 228 km 06m22.0s
12:4021°48.8'S028°07.7'E23°35.8'S029°16.7'E22°42.3'S028°41.7'E 0.939 55° 261° 229 km 06m19.6s
12:4221°29.9'S028°52.5'E23°16.3'S030°03.6'E22°23.1'S029°27.5'E 0.939 54° 260° 229 km 06m17.1s
12:4421°10.1'S029°38.2'E22°56.1'S030°51.4'E22°03.1'S030°14.2'E 0.939 53° 260° 230 km 06m14.6s
12:4620°49.5'S030°24.8'E22°34.9'S031°40.2'E21°42.3'S031°01.9'E 0.939 51° 259° 231 km 06m12.1s
12:4820°28.1'S031°12.4'E22°12.9'S032°30.0'E21°20.5'S031°50.6'E 0.939 50° 259° 232 km 06m09.5s
12:5020°05.8'S032°01.1'E21°50.0'S033°20.9'E20°57.9'S032°40.4'E 0.938 49° 258° 234 km 06m06.8s
12:5219°42.5'S032°50.9'E21°26.1'S034°13.2'E20°34.3'S033°31.4'E 0.938 47° 257° 235 km 06m04.1s
12:5419°18.2'S033°42.1'E21°01.2'S035°06.8'E20°09.7'S034°23.8'E 0.938 46° 257° 236 km 06m01.4s
12:5618°52.8'S034°34.8'E20°35.1'S036°02.0'E19°44.0'S035°17.7'E 0.938 45° 256° 237 km 05m58.6s
12:5818°26.3'S035°29.1'E20°07.9'S036°58.9'E19°17.2'S036°13.2'E 0.937 43° 256° 238 km 05m55.7s
13:0017°58.5'S036°25.2'E19°39.4'S037°57.7'E18°49.0'S037°10.6'E 0.937 42° 255° 240 km 05m52.8s
13:0217°29.5'S037°23.2'E19°09.5'S038°58.7'E18°19.6'S038°10.2'E 0.937 40° 254° 241 km 05m49.9s
13:0416°58.9'S038°23.6'E18°38.0'S040°02.2'E17°48.6'S039°12.0'E 0.937 39° 254° 243 km 05m46.8s
13:0616°26.8'S039°26.5'E18°04.9'S041°08.5'E17°16.0'S040°16.6'E 0.936 37° 253° 244 km 05m43.8s
13:0815°52.8'S040°32.4'E17°29.9'S042°18.1'E16°41.5'S041°24.2'E 0.936 36° 253° 246 km 05m40.6s
13:1015°16.9'S041°41.6'E16°52.8'S043°31.4'E16°05.0'S042°35.4'E 0.936 34° 252° 248 km 05m37.4s
13:1214°38.8'S042°54.9'E16°13.3'S044°49.1'E15°26.2'S043°50.8'E 0.935 32° 252° 250 km 05m34.1s
13:1413°58.0'S044°12.8'E15°30.9'S046°12.2'E14°44.7'S045°11.2'E 0.935 30° 251° 252 km 05m30.7s
13:1613°14.2'S045°36.3'E14°45.2'S047°41.8'E14°00.0'S046°37.6'E 0.934 28° 251° 254 km 05m27.2s
13:1812°26.8'S047°06.9'E13°55.4'S049°19.6'E13°11.5'S048°11.6'E 0.934 26° 250° 256 km 05m23.5s
13:2011°34.8'S048°46.3'E13°00.4'S051°08.0'E12°18.1'S049°55.2'E 0.933 24° 250° 259 km 05m19.6s
13:2210°37.0'S050°37.4'E11°58.4'S053°11.1'E11°18.4'S051°51.8'E 0.933 21° 249° 261 km 05m15.5s
13:2409°31.3'S052°45.0'E10°46.3'S055°35.9'E10°09.8'S054°07.2'E 0.932 18° 249° 265 km 05m11.0s
13:2608°13.5'S055°17.9'E09°17.4'S058°37.8'E08°47.2'S056°52.7'E 0.931 15° 248° 268 km 05m05.9s
13:2806°34.2'S058°37.4'E07°09.4'S063°07.9'E06°56.9'S060°39.3'E 0.930 10° 247° 273 km 04m59.7s
Limits01°49.3'S068°47.2'E04°02.6'S070°05.0'E02°55.9'S069°25.8'E 0.927 - 283 km 04m47.7s

ΔT = 38415.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:14:20.511:34:04.627°46.5'S153°21.0'W 85.7° 359.0° 216.3 km07m06.02s
Greatest Duration22:11:37.611:31:21.727°47.5'S006°19.2'E 85.5° 16.8° 216.3 km07m06.10s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1656 Dec 23 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 38415.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2410.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 10.07°.

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