Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0297 Dec 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0297 Dec 31 . 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 0297 Dec 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°19.6'S031°12.4'W24°58.2'S031°41.4'W24°38.9'S031°26.8'W 1.023 - 85 km 01m10.4s
07:2826°19.6'S026°35.3'W - - 25°29.9'S029°31.0'W 1.023 115° 88 km 01m13.1s
07:3029°20.9'S019°29.1'W29°23.1'S021°42.4'W29°23.3'S020°33.5'W 1.026 11° 110° 98 km 01m27.7s
07:3231°02.5'S015°21.5'W31°20.2'S017°08.4'W31°12.0'S016°13.9'W 1.027 16° 108° 103 km 01m35.4s
07:3432°19.3'S012°07.3'W32°45.2'S013°42.2'W32°32.8'S012°53.9'W 1.029 19° 106° 106 km 01m41.7s
07:3633°22.4'S009°21.8'W33°54.0'S010°49.1'W33°38.6'S010°04.7'W 1.029 22° 104° 109 km 01m47.2s
07:3834°16.2'S006°54.7'W34°52.3'S008°16.5'W34°34.6'S007°35.0'W 1.030 25° 102° 112 km 01m52.1s
07:4035°03.3'S004°40.7'W35°43.0'S005°58.2'W35°23.4'S005°18.8'W 1.031 27° 100° 114 km 01m56.7s
07:4235°45.0'S002°36.6'W36°27.9'S003°50.4'W36°06.7'S003°12.9'W 1.032 29° 99° 116 km 02m01.0s
07:4436°22.4'S000°40.3'W37°08.1'S001°50.7'W36°45.5'S001°14.9'W 1.032 31° 97° 117 km 02m05.1s
07:4636°56.2'S001°09.8'E37°44.4'S000°02.4'E37°20.5'S000°36.6'E 1.033 33° 95° 119 km 02m08.9s
07:4837°26.7'S002°54.6'E38°17.3'S001°50.0'E37°52.2'S002°22.9'E 1.033 35° 94° 120 km 02m12.6s
07:5037°54.6'S004°35.0'E38°47.2'S003°33.2'E38°21.1'S004°04.6'E 1.034 37° 92° 122 km 02m16.2s
07:5238°19.9'S006°11.7'E39°14.5'S005°12.4'E38°47.4'S005°42.6'E 1.034 39° 90° 123 km 02m19.6s
07:5438°43.1'S007°45.0'E39°39.4'S006°48.3'E39°11.4'S007°17.1'E 1.034 40° 89° 124 km 02m22.9s
07:5639°04.2'S009°15.3'E40°02.2'S008°21.3'E39°33.3'S008°48.8'E 1.035 42° 87° 125 km 02m26.0s
07:5839°23.4'S010°43.1'E40°23.0'S009°51.6'E39°53.3'S010°17.8'E 1.035 43° 85° 126 km 02m29.1s
08:0039°40.9'S012°08.6'E40°41.9'S011°19.6'E40°11.5'S011°44.6'E 1.035 45° 84° 127 km 02m32.0s
08:0239°56.7'S013°32.0'E40°59.2'S012°45.5'E40°28.1'S013°09.2'E 1.036 46° 82° 128 km 02m34.9s
08:0440°11.1'S014°53.4'E41°14.8'S014°09.4'E40°43.0'S014°31.9'E 1.036 48° 80° 129 km 02m37.6s
08:0640°24.0'S016°13.1'E41°28.9'S015°31.6'E40°56.6'S015°52.8'E 1.036 49° 78° 130 km 02m40.3s
08:0840°35.6'S017°31.1'E41°41.6'S016°52.2'E41°08.7'S017°12.1'E 1.037 50° 77° 130 km 02m42.8s
08:1040°45.9'S018°47.7'E41°52.9'S018°11.3'E41°19.5'S018°29.9'E 1.037 51° 75° 131 km 02m45.3s
08:1240°54.9'S020°02.8'E42°02.9'S019°29.0'E41°29.0'S019°46.3'E 1.037 53° 73° 132 km 02m47.7s
08:1441°02.8'S021°16.6'E42°11.7'S020°45.4'E41°37.3'S021°01.4'E 1.037 54° 71° 132 km 02m49.9s
08:1641°09.6'S022°29.2'E42°19.3'S022°00.5'E41°44.5'S022°15.2'E 1.038 55° 69° 133 km 02m52.1s
08:1841°15.2'S023°40.6'E42°25.7'S023°14.5'E41°50.5'S023°27.9'E 1.038 56° 67° 134 km 02m54.3s
08:2041°19.9'S024°50.9'E42°31.0'S024°27.4'E41°55.5'S024°39.5'E 1.038 57° 65° 134 km 02m56.3s
08:2241°23.5'S026°00.2'E42°35.3'S025°39.2'E41°59.4'S025°50.0'E 1.038 58° 63° 135 km 02m58.2s
08:2441°26.1'S027°08.4'E42°38.5'S026°50.0'E42°02.3'S026°59.5'E 1.038 59° 61° 135 km 03m00.1s
08:2641°27.8'S028°15.7'E42°40.7'S027°59.8'E42°04.3'S028°08.0'E 1.039 61° 59° 136 km 03m01.8s
08:2841°28.6'S029°22.0'E42°41.9'S029°08.7'E42°05.3'S029°15.6'E 1.039 62° 57° 136 km 03m03.5s
08:3041°28.5'S030°27.5'E42°42.2'S030°16.7'E42°05.4'S030°22.3'E 1.039 63° 54° 136 km 03m05.1s
08:3241°27.5'S031°32.1'E42°41.6'S031°23.8'E42°04.6'S031°28.2'E 1.039 63° 52° 137 km 03m06.6s
08:3441°25.7'S032°35.9'E42°40.1'S032°30.1'E42°02.9'S032°33.2'E 1.039 64° 49° 137 km 03m08.0s
08:3641°23.0'S033°38.9'E42°37.7'S033°35.5'E42°00.3'S033°37.4'E 1.039 65° 47° 138 km 03m09.4s
08:3841°19.6'S034°41.1'E42°34.4'S034°40.2'E41°57.0'S034°40.8'E 1.039 66° 44° 138 km 03m10.6s
08:4041°15.3'S035°42.6'E42°30.3'S035°44.1'E41°52.8'S035°43.5'E 1.040 67° 41° 138 km 03m11.8s
08:4241°10.3'S036°43.4'E42°25.4'S036°47.3'E41°47.8'S036°45.4'E 1.040 68° 38° 139 km 03m12.8s
08:4441°04.6'S037°43.4'E42°19.6'S037°49.7'E41°42.1'S037°46.6'E 1.040 69° 35° 139 km 03m13.8s
08:4640°58.1'S038°42.8'E42°13.1'S038°51.4'E41°35.6'S038°47.2'E 1.040 69° 31° 139 km 03m14.7s
08:4840°50.8'S039°41.5'E42°05.9'S039°52.4'E41°28.3'S039°47.0'E 1.040 70° 28° 139 km 03m15.5s
08:5040°42.9'S040°39.6'E41°57.8'S040°52.8'E41°20.3'S040°46.2'E 1.040 71° 24° 140 km 03m16.2s
08:5240°34.3'S041°37.1'E41°49.0'S041°52.5'E41°11.6'S041°44.8'E 1.040 71° 21° 140 km 03m16.9s
08:5440°24.9'S042°34.0'E41°39.5'S042°51.5'E41°02.2'S042°42.8'E 1.040 72° 17° 140 km 03m17.4s
08:5640°14.9'S043°30.3'E41°29.3'S043°50.0'E40°52.1'S043°40.1'E 1.040 72° 13° 140 km 03m17.9s
08:5840°04.3'S044°26.0'E41°18.4'S044°47.8'E40°41.3'S044°36.9'E 1.040 72° 141 km 03m18.2s
09:0039°52.9'S045°21.3'E41°06.8'S045°45.1'E40°29.9'S045°33.1'E 1.040 73° 141 km 03m18.5s
09:0239°41.0'S046°15.9'E40°54.5'S046°41.8'E40°17.7'S046°28.8'E 1.040 73° 360° 141 km 03m18.7s
09:0439°28.4'S047°10.1'E40°41.5'S047°37.9'E40°04.9'S047°23.9'E 1.040 73° 355° 141 km 03m18.8s
09:0639°15.1'S048°03.9'E40°27.9'S048°33.5'E39°51.5'S048°18.6'E 1.040 73° 351° 141 km 03m18.9s
09:0839°01.2'S048°57.1'E40°13.5'S049°28.6'E39°37.4'S049°12.8'E 1.040 73° 346° 141 km 03m18.8s
09:1038°46.7'S049°49.9'E39°58.6'S050°23.3'E39°22.7'S050°06.5'E 1.040 73° 342° 141 km 03m18.6s
09:1238°31.6'S050°42.4'E39°43.0'S051°17.4'E39°07.3'S050°59.8'E 1.040 73° 337° 141 km 03m18.4s
09:1438°15.9'S051°34.4'E39°26.7'S052°11.1'E38°51.3'S051°52.6'E 1.040 73° 333° 142 km 03m18.1s
09:1637°59.5'S052°26.0'E39°09.8'S053°04.4'E38°34.7'S052°45.1'E 1.040 73° 328° 142 km 03m17.7s
09:1837°42.6'S053°17.3'E38°52.3'S053°57.3'E38°17.5'S053°37.2'E 1.040 72° 324° 142 km 03m17.2s
09:2037°25.1'S054°08.3'E38°34.2'S054°49.9'E37°59.6'S054°28.9'E 1.040 72° 320° 142 km 03m16.6s
09:2237°06.9'S054°59.0'E38°15.4'S055°42.0'E37°41.2'S055°20.3'E 1.040 71° 316° 142 km 03m16.0s
09:2436°48.2'S055°49.4'E37°56.0'S056°33.9'E37°22.1'S056°11.4'E 1.040 71° 313° 142 km 03m15.3s
09:2636°28.8'S056°39.5'E37°36.0'S057°25.4'E37°02.4'S057°02.3'E 1.040 70° 309° 142 km 03m14.5s
09:2836°08.9'S057°29.4'E37°15.3'S058°16.7'E36°42.1'S057°52.9'E 1.040 69° 306° 142 km 03m13.6s
09:3035°48.3'S058°19.2'E36°54.0'S059°07.8'E36°21.2'S058°43.3'E 1.040 69° 303° 141 km 03m12.6s
09:3235°27.1'S059°08.8'E36°32.1'S059°58.6'E35°59.7'S059°33.5'E 1.040 68° 300° 141 km 03m11.6s
09:3435°05.4'S059°58.2'E36°09.6'S060°49.3'E35°37.5'S060°23.5'E 1.040 67° 297° 141 km 03m10.4s
09:3634°43.0'S060°47.6'E35°46.4'S061°39.8'E35°14.8'S061°13.5'E 1.040 66° 294° 141 km 03m09.2s
09:3834°20.0'S061°36.9'E35°22.6'S062°30.3'E34°51.4'S062°03.3'E 1.040 66° 292° 141 km 03m07.9s
09:4033°56.3'S062°26.2'E34°58.2'S063°20.6'E34°27.3'S062°53.2'E 1.040 65° 289° 141 km 03m06.6s
09:4233°32.1'S063°15.5'E34°33.1'S064°11.0'E34°02.6'S063°43.0'E 1.039 64° 287° 141 km 03m05.1s
09:4433°07.1'S064°04.9'E34°07.3'S065°01.3'E33°37.3'S064°32.9'E 1.039 63° 285° 140 km 03m03.6s
09:4632°41.6'S064°54.3'E33°40.8'S065°51.8'E33°11.3'S065°22.8'E 1.039 62° 283° 140 km 03m02.0s
09:4832°15.3'S065°44.0'E33°13.7'S066°42.3'E32°44.6'S066°12.9'E 1.039 61° 281° 140 km 03m00.4s
09:5031°48.4'S066°33.8'E32°45.9'S067°33.1'E32°17.2'S067°03.2'E 1.039 60° 279° 140 km 02m58.6s
09:5231°20.8'S067°23.9'E32°17.3'S068°24.0'E31°49.1'S067°53.7'E 1.039 59° 277° 139 km 02m56.8s
09:5430°52.4'S068°14.3'E31°48.0'S069°15.3'E31°20.3'S068°44.6'E 1.038 58° 276° 139 km 02m54.9s
09:5630°23.3'S069°05.1'E31°17.9'S070°06.9'E30°50.8'S069°35.8'E 1.038 57° 274° 139 km 02m53.0s
09:5829°53.5'S069°56.4'E30°47.1'S070°58.9'E30°20.4'S070°27.4'E 1.038 55° 273° 138 km 02m51.0s
10:0029°22.8'S070°48.2'E30°15.4'S071°51.5'E29°49.3'S071°19.6'E 1.038 54° 271° 138 km 02m48.8s
10:0228°51.3'S071°40.6'E29°42.9'S072°44.6'E29°17.3'S072°12.4'E 1.038 53° 270° 137 km 02m46.7s
10:0428°19.0'S072°33.7'E29°09.5'S073°38.5'E28°44.4'S073°05.9'E 1.037 52° 268° 137 km 02m44.4s
10:0627°45.7'S073°27.7'E28°35.2'S074°33.1'E28°10.6'S074°00.2'E 1.037 51° 267° 136 km 02m42.0s
10:0827°11.5'S074°22.6'E27°59.9'S075°28.7'E27°35.9'S074°55.4'E 1.037 49° 266° 136 km 02m39.6s
10:1026°36.4'S075°18.5'E27°23.5'S076°25.3'E27°00.1'S075°51.6'E 1.037 48° 265° 135 km 02m37.1s
10:1226°00.1'S076°15.6'E26°46.1'S077°23.1'E26°23.3'S076°49.1'E 1.036 47° 263° 134 km 02m34.5s
10:1425°22.7'S077°14.1'E26°07.5'S078°22.3'E25°45.3'S077°48.0'E 1.036 45° 262° 134 km 02m31.9s
10:1624°44.1'S078°14.2'E25°27.6'S079°23.1'E25°06.0'S078°48.4'E 1.036 44° 261° 133 km 02m29.1s
10:1824°04.1'S079°16.1'E24°46.4'S080°25.7'E24°25.5'S079°50.6'E 1.035 42° 260° 132 km 02m26.2s
10:2023°22.8'S080°20.0'E24°03.7'S081°30.4'E23°43.4'S080°55.0'E 1.035 41° 259° 131 km 02m23.3s
10:2222°39.9'S081°26.3'E23°19.3'S082°37.5'E22°59.8'S082°01.6'E 1.035 39° 258° 130 km 02m20.2s
10:2421°55.2'S082°35.3'E22°33.2'S083°47.5'E22°14.4'S083°11.1'E 1.034 38° 257° 128 km 02m17.0s
10:2621°08.6'S083°47.5'E21°45.0'S085°00.7'E21°27.0'S084°23.8'E 1.034 36° 256° 127 km 02m13.7s
10:2820°19.9'S085°03.4'E20°54.5'S086°17.8'E20°37.4'S085°40.3'E 1.033 34° 255° 126 km 02m10.2s
10:3019°28.6'S086°23.8'E20°01.4'S087°39.5'E19°45.2'S087°01.4'E 1.033 32° 254° 124 km 02m06.6s
10:3218°34.4'S087°49.7'E19°05.1'S089°07.0'E18°50.0'S088°28.0'E 1.032 30° 254° 122 km 02m02.8s
10:3417°36.7'S089°22.2'E18°05.1'S090°41.5'E17°51.2'S090°01.6'E 1.032 28° 253° 120 km 01m58.8s
10:3616°34.7'S091°03.3'E17°00.4'S092°25.2'E16°47.9'S091°43.9'E 1.031 26° 252° 118 km 01m54.5s
10:3815°27.3'S092°55.5'E15°49.7'S094°20.9'E15°38.8'S093°37.8'E 1.030 23° 251° 115 km 01m49.9s
10:4014°12.5'S095°03.1'E14°30.8'S096°33.7'E14°22.0'S095°47.9'E 1.029 20° 250° 112 km 01m44.8s
10:4212°46.9'S097°34.0'E12°59.3'S099°13.1'E12°53.6'S098°22.8'E 1.029 17° 249° 109 km 01m39.0s
10:4411°03.2'S100°45.1'E11°05.2'S102°41.9'E11°05.1'S101°42.1'E 1.027 13° 248° 104 km 01m32.1s
10:4608°35.3'S105°36.8'E07°58.1'S108°54.4'E08°21.4'S107°05.7'E 1.025 247° 96 km 01m21.9s
Limits05°26.6'S112°31.0'E06°07.2'S112°57.4'E05°46.9'S112°44.1'E 1.023 - 88 km 01m12.6s

ΔT = 7657.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:14:53.109:07:16.139°42.6'S016°53.5'E 73.2° 347.8° 141.2 km03m18.83s
Greatest Duration11:13:10.409:05:33.439°54.5'S048°06.5'E 73.2° 351.7° 141.1 km03m18.86s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0297 Dec 31 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 7657.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 185.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.77°.

Acknowledgments

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

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