Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1915 Dec 07

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1915 Dec 07 . 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 -1915 Dec 07
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits58°55.6'N017°09.9'E58°32.1'N016°39.8'E58°43.8'N016°54.7'E 1.009 - 52 km 00m35.1s
07:22 - - 55°53.4'N021°56.7'E58°01.1'N018°22.5'E 1.009 134° 54 km 00m36.7s
07:2454°21.4'N026°22.2'E52°36.7'N028°13.0'E53°27.5'N027°21.5'E 1.011 142° 65 km 00m48.1s
07:2652°10.3'N030°35.6'E50°43.1'N031°45.5'E51°26.1'N031°12.1'E 1.012 11° 146° 71 km 00m53.7s
07:2850°36.4'N033°35.4'E49°16.5'N034°26.6'E49°56.1'N034°01.9'E 1.013 14° 148° 75 km 00m58.2s
07:3049°20.8'N036°00.3'E48°05.0'N036°40.1'E48°42.7'N036°20.9'E 1.014 16° 151° 79 km 01m02.0s
07:3248°16.6'N038°04.0'E47°03.4'N038°35.9'E47°39.8'N038°20.5'E 1.014 17° 153° 83 km 01m05.4s
07:3447°20.5'N039°53.3'E46°09.1'N040°19.2'E46°44.7'N040°06.7'E 1.015 19° 155° 86 km 01m08.5s
07:3646°30.5'N041°31.9'E45°20.5'N041°53.1'E45°55.4'N041°42.9'E 1.015 20° 157° 89 km 01m11.3s
07:3845°45.4'N043°02.5'E44°36.4'N043°19.8'E45°10.8'N043°11.4'E 1.015 21° 159° 91 km 01m13.8s
07:4045°04.4'N044°26.6'E43°56.1'N044°40.6'E44°30.2'N044°33.8'E 1.016 22° 160° 94 km 01m16.2s
07:4244°26.8'N045°45.5'E43°19.1'N045°56.6'E43°52.9'N045°51.3'E 1.016 23° 162° 96 km 01m18.4s
07:4443°52.1'N047°00.0'E42°44.9'N047°08.7'E43°18.5'N047°04.6'E 1.016 24° 164° 99 km 01m20.5s
07:4643°20.1'N048°11.0'E42°13.2'N048°17.4'E42°46.6'N048°14.4'E 1.017 25° 165° 101 km 01m22.4s
07:4842°50.3'N049°18.9'E41°43.8'N049°23.3'E42°17.0'N049°21.3'E 1.017 26° 167° 103 km 01m24.1s
07:5042°22.7'N050°24.2'E41°16.4'N050°26.8'E41°49.5'N050°25.6'E 1.017 27° 168° 105 km 01m25.7s
07:5241°56.9'N051°27.3'E40°50.9'N051°28.2'E41°23.9'N051°27.9'E 1.017 27° 170° 107 km 01m27.2s
07:5441°33.0'N052°28.5'E40°27.1'N052°27.9'E41°00.0'N052°28.3'E 1.017 28° 172° 109 km 01m28.6s
07:5641°10.6'N053°28.0'E40°04.9'N053°25.9'E40°37.7'N053°27.0'E 1.018 28° 173° 110 km 01m29.9s
07:5840°49.9'N054°26.1'E39°44.2'N054°22.7'E40°17.0'N054°24.5'E 1.018 29° 175° 112 km 01m31.0s
08:0040°30.5'N055°23.0'E39°24.9'N055°18.3'E39°57.7'N055°20.7'E 1.018 29° 176° 114 km 01m32.0s
08:0240°12.6'N056°18.9'E39°07.1'N056°13.0'E39°39.8'N056°16.0'E 1.018 30° 178° 115 km 01m32.9s
08:0439°55.9'N057°14.0'E38°50.5'N057°06.9'E39°23.2'N057°10.5'E 1.018 30° 179° 116 km 01m33.7s
08:0639°40.5'N058°08.3'E38°35.2'N058°00.1'E39°07.8'N058°04.2'E 1.018 30° 181° 118 km 01m34.4s
08:0839°26.4'N059°02.1'E38°21.1'N058°52.8'E38°53.7'N058°57.4'E 1.018 30° 182° 119 km 01m35.0s
08:1039°13.4'N059°55.4'E38°08.2'N059°45.0'E38°40.8'N059°50.2'E 1.018 31° 184° 120 km 01m35.4s
08:1239°01.6'N060°48.4'E37°56.4'N060°37.0'E38°29.0'N060°42.7'E 1.018 31° 185° 120 km 01m35.8s
08:1438°50.9'N061°41.2'E37°45.8'N061°28.8'E38°18.3'N061°35.0'E 1.018 31° 187° 121 km 01m36.0s
08:1638°41.4'N062°34.0'E37°36.3'N062°20.6'E38°08.8'N062°27.3'E 1.018 31° 188° 121 km 01m36.1s
08:1838°33.0'N063°26.8'E37°27.9'N063°12.4'E38°00.4'N063°19.5'E 1.018 31° 190° 122 km 01m36.1s
08:2038°25.6'N064°19.7'E37°20.6'N064°04.3'E37°53.1'N064°12.0'E 1.018 31° 191° 122 km 01m36.0s
08:2238°19.4'N065°12.9'E37°14.4'N064°56.5'E37°46.9'N065°04.7'E 1.018 31° 193° 122 km 01m35.8s
08:2438°14.4'N066°06.5'E37°09.4'N065°49.1'E37°41.9'N065°57.7'E 1.018 30° 194° 122 km 01m35.5s
08:2638°10.4'N067°00.7'E37°05.5'N066°42.2'E37°37.9'N066°51.3'E 1.018 30° 196° 121 km 01m35.0s
08:2838°07.6'N067°55.4'E37°02.7'N067°35.8'E37°35.2'N067°45.5'E 1.018 30° 197° 121 km 01m34.4s
08:3038°06.0'N068°51.0'E37°01.1'N068°30.3'E37°33.6'N068°40.5'E 1.018 30° 199° 120 km 01m33.8s
08:3238°05.6'N069°47.4'E37°00.7'N069°25.6'E37°33.2'N069°36.4'E 1.018 29° 200° 119 km 01m33.0s
08:3438°06.5'N070°45.0'E37°01.6'N070°21.9'E37°34.1'N070°33.3'E 1.018 29° 202° 118 km 01m32.1s
08:3638°08.7'N071°43.8'E37°03.8'N071°19.5'E37°36.2'N071°31.5'E 1.018 28° 203° 117 km 01m31.0s
08:3838°12.2'N072°44.1'E37°07.4'N072°18.5'E37°39.8'N072°31.2'E 1.018 28° 204° 116 km 01m29.9s
08:4038°17.2'N073°46.2'E37°12.4'N073°19.1'E37°44.8'N073°32.5'E 1.017 27° 206° 114 km 01m28.6s
08:4238°23.8'N074°50.2'E37°18.9'N074°21.5'E37°51.3'N074°35.7'E 1.017 27° 207° 112 km 01m27.1s
08:4438°32.0'N075°56.5'E37°27.0'N075°26.1'E37°59.5'N075°41.1'E 1.017 26° 209° 111 km 01m25.6s
08:4638°42.1'N077°05.4'E37°37.0'N076°33.2'E38°09.5'N076°49.1'E 1.017 25° 210° 108 km 01m23.9s
08:4838°54.1'N078°17.5'E37°48.9'N077°43.2'E38°21.5'N078°00.1'E 1.017 24° 212° 106 km 01m22.1s
08:5039°08.4'N079°33.3'E38°02.9'N078°56.6'E38°35.7'N079°14.7'E 1.016 23° 213° 104 km 01m20.1s
08:5239°25.2'N080°53.4'E38°19.4'N080°14.0'E38°52.3'N080°33.4'E 1.016 22° 215° 101 km 01m17.9s
08:5439°44.8'N082°18.8'E38°38.6'N081°36.3'E39°11.7'N081°57.2'E 1.016 21° 217° 98 km 01m15.5s
08:5640°07.9'N083°50.8'E39°01.1'N083°04.5'E39°34.5'N083°27.2'E 1.015 20° 218° 95 km 01m13.0s
08:5840°35.1'N085°30.9'E39°27.4'N084°40.0'E40°01.2'N085°05.0'E 1.015 18° 220° 92 km 01m10.2s
09:0041°07.5'N087°21.9'E39°58.5'N086°25.1'E40°32.9'N086°52.9'E 1.015 17° 222° 89 km 01m07.1s
09:0241°46.9'N089°27.7'E40°35.8'N088°22.9'E41°11.2'N088°54.5'E 1.014 15° 224° 85 km 01m03.6s
09:0442°36.1'N091°55.5'E41°21.7'N090°38.9'E41°58.7'N091°16.1'E 1.013 13° 226° 80 km 00m59.7s
09:0643°41.9'N095°01.0'E42°20.9'N093°24.0'E43°00.9'N094°10.6'E 1.013 11° 228° 75 km 00m55.0s
09:0845°25.6'N099°35.6'E43°45.4'N097°06.2'E44°33.5'N098°15.1'E 1.012 232° 68 km 00m48.8s
Limits48°15.0'N106°38.2'E47°46.0'N106°52.5'E48°00.4'N106°45.4'E 1.009 - 55 km 00m37.4s

ΔT = 44361.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:35:03.208:15:42.038°10.2'N123°01.3'W 30.7° 187.9° 121.4 km01m36.10s
Greatest Duration20:36:27.708:17:06.538°04.0'N062°56.2'E 30.7° 189.0° 121.6 km01m36.13s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1915 Dec 07

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1915 Dec 07 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 44361.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3378.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.12°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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