Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1916 Dec 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1916 Dec 18 . 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 -1916 Dec 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits11°58.8'N133°07.7'W11°07.1'N133°30.0'W11°32.9'N133°18.8'W 1.031 - 104 km 01m41.9s
15:1408°12.3'N124°25.9'W07°17.5'N124°54.4'W07°44.4'N124°39.1'W 1.034 10° 115° 114 km 02m00.2s
15:1606°13.0'N120°07.3'W05°15.8'N120°37.2'W05°44.1'N120°21.5'W 1.035 15° 115° 119 km 02m10.9s
15:1804°46.6'N117°04.9'W03°47.5'N117°35.5'W04°16.7'N117°19.6'W 1.037 19° 116° 123 km 02m19.2s
15:2003°35.8'N114°37.8'W02°35.0'N115°08.9'W03°05.1'N114°52.8'W 1.037 22° 116° 126 km 02m26.4s
15:2202°34.6'N112°32.3'W01°32.5'N113°03.6'W02°03.3'N112°47.5'W 1.038 25° 116° 128 km 02m32.9s
15:2401°40.3'N110°41.4'W00°36.8'N111°13.0'W01°08.4'N110°56.8'W 1.039 27° 116° 131 km 02m39.0s
15:2600°51.2'N109°01.5'W00°13.5'S109°33.2'W00°18.6'N109°16.9'W 1.040 29° 116° 133 km 02m44.6s
15:2800°06.2'N107°29.9'W00°59.7'S108°01.7'W00°27.0'S107°45.4'W 1.040 32° 116° 135 km 02m50.0s
15:3000°35.5'S106°05.1'W01°42.4'S106°36.9'W01°09.1'S106°20.6'W 1.041 34° 117° 137 km 02m55.1s
15:3201°14.3'S104°45.9'W02°22.2'S105°17.5'W01°48.4'S105°01.3'W 1.041 36° 117° 138 km 03m00.0s
15:3401°50.6'S103°31.3'W02°59.5'S104°02.8'W02°25.2'S103°46.7'W 1.042 37° 117° 140 km 03m04.7s
15:3602°24.8'S102°20.6'W03°34.7'S102°52.0'W02°59.9'S102°36.0'W 1.042 39° 117° 141 km 03m09.3s
15:3802°57.0'S101°13.4'W04°07.8'S101°44.6'W03°32.6'S101°28.7'W 1.043 41° 117° 143 km 03m13.7s
15:4003°27.5'S100°09.1'W04°39.2'S100°40.1'W04°03.5'S100°24.3'W 1.043 42° 117° 144 km 03m18.0s
15:4203°56.5'S099°07.5'W05°09.1'S099°38.1'W04°32.9'S099°22.5'W 1.043 44° 117° 145 km 03m22.1s
15:4404°24.1'S098°08.1'W05°37.4'S098°38.5'W05°00.9'S098°23.0'W 1.044 46° 117° 146 km 03m26.2s
15:4604°50.3'S097°10.8'W06°04.5'S097°40.9'W05°27.5'S097°25.5'W 1.044 47° 118° 147 km 03m30.1s
15:4805°15.3'S096°15.4'W06°30.3'S096°45.0'W05°52.9'S096°29.9'W 1.044 48° 118° 148 km 03m33.9s
15:5005°39.2'S095°21.6'W06°54.9'S095°50.9'W06°17.1'S095°35.9'W 1.045 50° 118° 149 km 03m37.6s
15:5206°02.0'S094°29.3'W07°18.4'S094°58.2'W06°40.3'S094°43.4'W 1.045 51° 118° 150 km 03m41.2s
15:5406°23.8'S093°38.3'W07°40.9'S094°06.8'W07°02.5'S093°52.3'W 1.045 53° 118° 151 km 03m44.7s
15:5606°44.6'S092°48.6'W08°02.5'S093°16.6'W07°23.6'S093°02.4'W 1.046 54° 119° 152 km 03m48.1s
15:5807°04.5'S092°00.1'W08°23.1'S092°27.6'W07°43.9'S092°13.5'W 1.046 55° 119° 153 km 03m51.4s
16:0007°23.6'S091°12.5'W08°42.8'S091°39.5'W08°03.3'S091°25.8'W 1.046 57° 119° 154 km 03m54.6s
16:0207°41.9'S090°25.9'W09°01.7'S090°52.4'W08°21.9'S090°38.9'W 1.046 58° 120° 155 km 03m57.6s
16:0407°59.3'S089°40.2'W09°19.8'S090°06.1'W08°39.6'S089°52.9'W 1.046 59° 120° 155 km 04m00.6s
16:0608°16.0'S088°55.3'W09°37.1'S089°20.6'W08°56.6'S089°07.7'W 1.047 60° 121° 156 km 04m03.5s
16:0808°32.0'S088°11.1'W09°53.6'S088°35.7'W09°12.9'S088°23.2'W 1.047 61° 121° 157 km 04m06.3s
16:1008°47.3'S087°27.5'W10°09.4'S087°51.6'W09°28.4'S087°39.3'W 1.047 63° 122° 157 km 04m09.0s
16:1209°01.9'S086°44.6'W10°24.5'S087°08.0'W09°43.3'S086°56.1'W 1.047 64° 122° 158 km 04m11.6s
16:1409°15.8'S086°02.3'W10°39.0'S086°25.0'W09°57.4'S086°13.4'W 1.047 65° 123° 159 km 04m14.0s
16:1609°29.0'S085°20.4'W10°52.7'S085°42.5'W10°10.9'S085°31.3'W 1.048 66° 124° 159 km 04m16.4s
16:1809°41.7'S084°39.1'W11°05.8'S085°00.4'W10°23.8'S084°49.6'W 1.048 67° 125° 160 km 04m18.6s
16:2009°53.7'S083°58.2'W11°18.3'S084°18.8'W10°36.1'S084°08.3'W 1.048 68° 126° 160 km 04m20.8s
16:2210°05.1'S083°17.6'W11°30.2'S083°37.5'W10°47.7'S083°27.4'W 1.048 69° 127° 161 km 04m22.8s
16:2410°15.9'S082°37.5'W11°41.4'S082°56.6'W10°58.7'S082°46.9'W 1.048 70° 128° 161 km 04m24.8s
16:2610°26.2'S081°57.7'W11°52.1'S082°16.0'W11°09.2'S082°06.7'W 1.048 71° 130° 162 km 04m26.6s
16:2810°35.9'S081°18.2'W12°02.1'S081°35.7'W11°19.0'S081°26.8'W 1.048 72° 131° 162 km 04m28.3s
16:3010°45.0'S080°38.9'W12°11.6'S080°55.6'W11°28.3'S080°47.1'W 1.048 73° 133° 162 km 04m29.8s
16:3210°53.5'S079°59.9'W12°20.5'S080°15.8'W11°37.0'S080°07.7'W 1.048 74° 135° 163 km 04m31.3s
16:3411°01.6'S079°21.1'W12°28.8'S079°36.2'W11°45.2'S079°28.5'W 1.048 75° 138° 163 km 04m32.6s
16:3611°09.0'S078°42.5'W12°36.6'S078°56.7'W11°52.8'S078°49.5'W 1.049 76° 140° 163 km 04m33.9s
16:3811°16.0'S078°04.1'W12°43.8'S078°17.4'W11°59.9'S078°10.7'W 1.049 77° 143° 164 km 04m35.0s
16:4011°22.4'S077°25.8'W12°50.5'S077°38.3'W12°06.5'S077°32.0'W 1.049 77° 147° 164 km 04m35.9s
16:4211°28.3'S076°47.6'W12°56.6'S076°59.2'W12°12.5'S076°53.3'W 1.049 78° 151° 164 km 04m36.8s
16:4411°33.7'S076°09.5'W13°02.1'S076°20.3'W12°17.9'S076°14.8'W 1.049 79° 155° 164 km 04m37.5s
16:4611°38.5'S075°31.5'W13°07.2'S075°41.4'W12°22.9'S075°36.4'W 1.049 79° 160° 164 km 04m38.1s
16:4811°42.9'S074°53.6'W13°11.7'S075°02.5'W12°27.3'S074°58.0'W 1.049 79° 165° 165 km 04m38.6s
16:5011°46.7'S074°15.6'W13°15.6'S074°23.7'W12°31.2'S074°19.6'W 1.049 80° 171° 165 km 04m39.0s
16:5211°50.0'S073°37.7'W13°19.1'S073°44.8'W12°34.6'S073°41.2'W 1.049 80° 177° 165 km 04m39.2s
16:5411°52.9'S072°59.8'W13°22.0'S073°06.0'W12°37.4'S073°02.9'W 1.049 80° 183° 165 km 04m39.3s
16:5611°55.2'S072°21.8'W13°24.3'S072°27.1'W12°39.7'S072°24.5'W 1.049 80° 189° 165 km 04m39.3s
16:5811°56.9'S071°43.8'W13°26.1'S071°48.1'W12°41.5'S071°46.0'W 1.049 80° 195° 165 km 04m39.1s
17:0011°58.2'S071°05.7'W13°27.4'S071°09.1'W12°42.8'S071°07.5'W 1.049 79° 200° 165 km 04m38.8s
17:0211°59.0'S070°27.6'W13°28.1'S070°30.0'W12°43.6'S070°28.8'W 1.049 79° 205° 165 km 04m38.4s
17:0411°59.2'S069°49.3'W13°28.3'S069°50.8'W12°43.8'S069°50.1'W 1.049 78° 210° 164 km 04m37.9s
17:0611°58.9'S069°10.9'W13°28.0'S069°11.4'W12°43.5'S069°11.2'W 1.049 78° 214° 164 km 04m37.2s
17:0811°58.1'S068°32.3'W13°27.1'S068°31.9'W12°42.6'S068°32.1'W 1.049 77° 218° 164 km 04m36.4s
17:1011°56.8'S067°53.5'W13°25.7'S067°52.2'W12°41.3'S067°52.9'W 1.049 76° 222° 164 km 04m35.5s
17:1211°55.0'S067°14.5'W13°23.7'S067°12.2'W12°39.3'S067°13.5'W 1.049 76° 225° 164 km 04m34.4s
17:1411°52.6'S066°35.3'W13°21.1'S066°32.1'W12°36.9'S066°33.8'W 1.048 75° 227° 163 km 04m33.3s
17:1611°49.6'S065°55.9'W13°18.0'S065°51.7'W12°33.8'S065°53.9'W 1.048 74° 229° 163 km 04m32.0s
17:1811°46.1'S065°16.1'W13°14.3'S065°11.1'W12°30.2'S065°13.7'W 1.048 73° 232° 163 km 04m30.5s
17:2011°42.1'S064°36.1'W13°10.0'S064°30.1'W12°26.1'S064°33.2'W 1.048 72° 233° 162 km 04m29.0s
17:2211°37.5'S063°55.7'W13°05.1'S063°48.9'W12°21.3'S063°52.4'W 1.048 71° 235° 162 km 04m27.3s
17:2411°32.3'S063°15.0'W12°59.6'S063°07.2'W12°16.0'S063°11.3'W 1.048 70° 236° 162 km 04m25.6s
17:2611°26.5'S062°33.9'W12°53.5'S062°25.2'W12°10.0'S062°29.7'W 1.048 69° 238° 161 km 04m23.7s
17:2811°20.1'S061°52.3'W12°46.8'S061°42.8'W12°03.5'S061°47.7'W 1.048 68° 239° 161 km 04m21.6s
17:3011°13.1'S061°10.3'W12°39.5'S060°59.9'W11°56.3'S061°05.3'W 1.048 67° 240° 160 km 04m19.5s
17:3211°05.5'S060°27.8'W12°31.5'S060°16.5'W11°48.5'S060°22.4'W 1.047 66° 240° 159 km 04m17.3s
17:3410°57.3'S059°44.8'W12°22.8'S059°32.6'W11°40.1'S059°38.9'W 1.047 65° 241° 159 km 04m14.9s
17:3610°48.4'S059°01.2'W12°13.4'S058°48.2'W11°31.0'S058°54.9'W 1.047 64° 242° 158 km 04m12.4s
17:3810°38.8'S058°16.9'W12°03.4'S058°03.1'W11°21.1'S058°10.2'W 1.047 62° 242° 158 km 04m09.8s
17:4010°28.5'S057°32.0'W11°52.6'S057°17.4'W11°10.6'S057°24.9'W 1.047 61° 243° 157 km 04m07.2s
17:4210°17.5'S056°46.4'W11°41.1'S056°30.9'W10°59.4'S056°38.9'W 1.047 60° 243° 156 km 04m04.3s
17:4410°05.8'S055°59.9'W11°28.8'S055°43.7'W10°47.4'S055°52.1'W 1.046 59° 244° 156 km 04m01.4s
17:4609°53.3'S055°12.6'W11°15.7'S054°55.7'W10°34.6'S055°04.4'W 1.046 58° 244° 155 km 03m58.4s
17:4809°40.0'S054°24.4'W11°01.8'S054°06.7'W10°21.0'S054°15.8'W 1.046 56° 244° 154 km 03m55.3s
17:5009°25.8'S053°35.2'W10°47.1'S053°16.8'W10°06.5'S053°26.3'W 1.046 55° 245° 153 km 03m52.1s
17:5209°10.8'S052°44.9'W10°31.4'S052°25.8'W09°51.2'S052°35.6'W 1.045 54° 245° 152 km 03m48.7s
17:5408°54.9'S051°53.4'W10°14.8'S051°33.6'W09°34.9'S051°43.8'W 1.045 52° 245° 151 km 03m45.3s
17:5608°37.9'S051°00.6'W09°57.2'S050°40.2'W09°17.6'S050°50.7'W 1.045 51° 245° 150 km 03m41.8s
17:5808°20.0'S050°06.4'W09°38.5'S049°45.4'W08°59.4'S049°56.2'W 1.045 50° 245° 149 km 03m38.1s
18:0008°01.0'S049°10.7'W09°18.7'S048°49.0'W08°40.0'S049°00.1'W 1.044 48° 246° 148 km 03m34.3s
18:0207°40.8'S048°13.2'W08°57.8'S047°50.9'W08°19.4'S048°02.4'W 1.044 47° 246° 147 km 03m30.5s
18:0407°19.4'S047°13.8'W08°35.5'S046°51.0'W07°57.6'S047°02.7'W 1.044 45° 246° 146 km 03m26.5s
18:0606°56.7'S046°12.3'W08°11.9'S045°48.9'W07°34.4'S046°01.0'W 1.043 44° 246° 145 km 03m22.4s
18:0806°32.5'S045°08.4'W07°46.8'S044°44.6'W07°09.8'S044°56.8'W 1.043 42° 246° 144 km 03m18.1s
18:1006°06.7'S044°01.8'W07°20.1'S043°37.5'W06°43.5'S043°50.0'W 1.043 41° 246° 142 km 03m13.8s
18:1205°39.2'S042°52.2'W06°51.6'S042°27.5'W06°15.5'S042°40.2'W 1.042 39° 246° 141 km 03m09.3s
18:1405°09.7'S041°39.1'W06°21.1'S041°14.0'W05°45.6'S041°26.9'W 1.042 37° 246° 139 km 03m04.6s
18:1604°38.0'S040°22.0'W05°48.4'S039°56.4'W05°13.4'S040°09.6'W 1.041 35° 246° 138 km 02m59.8s
18:1804°03.9'S039°00.1'W05°13.1'S038°34.2'W04°38.7'S038°47.6'W 1.041 33° 246° 136 km 02m54.8s
18:2003°26.8'S037°32.5'W04°34.9'S037°06.3'W04°01.0'S037°19.8'W 1.040 31° 246° 134 km 02m49.5s
18:2202°46.3'S035°57.9'W03°53.1'S035°31.6'W03°19.9'S035°45.2'W 1.039 29° 246° 132 km 02m44.1s
18:2402°01.5'S034°14.7'W03°07.0'S033°48.2'W02°34.5'S034°01.9'W 1.039 27° 246° 130 km 02m38.3s
18:2601°11.5'S032°20.2'W02°15.4'S031°53.6'W01°43.7'S032°07.4'W 1.038 24° 246° 128 km 02m32.1s
18:2800°14.3'S030°10.3'W01°16.7'S029°43.7'W00°45.8'S029°57.6'W 1.037 21° 246° 125 km 02m25.4s
18:3000°53.0'N027°37.8'W00°07.5'S027°11.3'W00°22.5'N027°25.2'W 1.036 18° 246° 122 km 02m18.0s
18:3202°17.2'N024°26.8'W01°18.9'N024°00.7'W01°47.7'N024°14.5'W 1.035 14° 246° 118 km 02m09.3s
18:3404°19.4'N019°47.0'W03°24.0'N019°21.8'W03°51.2'N019°35.5'W 1.033 246° 112 km 01m57.8s
Limits07°36.5'N012°02.3'W06°45.0'N011°40.5'W07°10.7'N011°51.5'W 1.031 - 103 km 01m41.5s

ΔT = 44384.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:13:35.016:53:50.812°37.2'S101°27.8'E 80.0° 182.2° 164.7 km04m39.29s
Greatest Duration05:14:16.016:54:31.912°38.1'S072°52.7'W 80.0° 184.3° 164.7 km04m39.29s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1916 Dec 18 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 44384.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3382.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 14.13°.

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

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