Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0344 Dec 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0344 Dec 21 . 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 0344 Dec 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits26°32.6'N117°02.7'W23°39.9'N118°18.4'W25°05.9'N117°40.6'W 0.912 - 342 km 06m36.5s
14:4224°36.5'N112°55.4'W19°51.5'N110°11.5'W21°56.5'N110°58.8'W 0.914 119° 334 km 06m52.2s
14:4421°30.4'N106°45.7'W17°51.6'N106°15.5'W19°36.3'N106°22.7'W 0.915 12° 121° 328 km 07m05.2s
14:4619°44.0'N103°26.6'W16°23.8'N103°29.6'W18°00.9'N103°23.5'W 0.916 16° 122° 324 km 07m14.9s
14:4818°21.5'N100°57.3'W15°11.4'N101°16.6'W16°44.1'N101°03.7'W 0.917 19° 123° 321 km 07m23.2s
14:5017°12.0'N098°54.6'W14°08.7'N099°23.9'W15°38.4'N099°06.7'W 0.917 22° 124° 318 km 07m30.7s
14:5216°11.2'N097°09.2'W13°12.7'N097°45.0'W14°40.3'N097°25.0'W 0.918 24° 125° 316 km 07m37.7s
14:5415°16.6'N095°35.9'W12°21.9'N096°16.4'W13°47.8'N095°54.4'W 0.918 26° 125° 314 km 07m44.3s
14:5614°26.8'N094°11.9'W11°35.1'N094°55.8'W12°59.6'N094°32.3'W 0.919 28° 126° 312 km 07m50.6s
14:5813°41.0'N092°55.1'W10°51.7'N093°41.6'W12°15.1'N093°17.0'W 0.919 30° 127° 311 km 07m56.7s
15:0012°58.3'N091°44.2'W10°11.1'N092°32.6'W11°33.6'N092°07.2'W 0.920 31° 127° 309 km 08m02.6s
15:0212°18.4'N090°38.2'W09°32.9'N091°28.1'W10°54.6'N091°02.0'W 0.920 33° 128° 308 km 08m08.3s
15:0411°40.9'N089°36.3'W08°56.9'N090°27.3'W10°17.8'N090°00.8'W 0.920 35° 128° 307 km 08m13.9s
15:0611°05.4'N088°37.9'W08°22.6'N089°29.8'W09°43.1'N089°02.9'W 0.921 36° 129° 306 km 08m19.3s
15:0810°31.8'N087°42.5'W07°50.1'N088°35.0'W09°10.0'N088°07.9'W 0.921 38° 130° 305 km 08m24.6s
15:1009°59.8'N086°49.9'W07°19.1'N087°42.8'W08°38.6'N087°15.5'W 0.921 39° 130° 304 km 08m29.8s
15:1209°29.4'N085°59.6'W06°49.5'N086°52.8'W08°08.6'N086°25.4'W 0.921 40° 131° 303 km 08m35.0s
15:1409°00.3'N085°11.4'W06°21.1'N086°04.8'W07°39.9'N085°37.4'W 0.922 42° 131° 302 km 08m40.0s
15:1608°32.5'N084°25.1'W05°53.9'N085°18.5'W07°12.4'N084°51.1'W 0.922 43° 132° 302 km 08m44.9s
15:1808°05.9'N083°40.4'W05°27.8'N084°33.8'W06°46.1'N084°06.5'W 0.922 44° 133° 301 km 08m49.7s
15:2007°40.4'N082°57.3'W05°02.7'N083°50.6'W06°20.8'N083°23.4'W 0.922 45° 133° 300 km 08m54.5s
15:2207°15.9'N082°15.6'W04°38.6'N083°08.7'W05°56.5'N082°41.6'W 0.923 46° 134° 300 km 08m59.2s
15:2406°52.3'N081°35.2'W04°15.3'N082°27.9'W05°33.1'N082°01.0'W 0.923 47° 135° 299 km 09m03.8s
15:2606°29.7'N080°55.9'W03°52.9'N081°48.3'W05°10.6'N081°21.6'W 0.923 49° 135° 299 km 09m08.3s
15:2806°07.9'N080°17.6'W03°31.4'N081°09.7'W04°48.9'N080°43.2'W 0.923 50° 136° 299 km 09m12.7s
15:3005°46.9'N079°40.3'W03°10.6'N080°32.0'W04°28.1'N080°05.7'W 0.923 51° 137° 298 km 09m17.0s
15:3205°26.8'N079°03.9'W02°50.5'N079°55.1'W04°07.9'N079°29.1'W 0.923 52° 138° 298 km 09m21.3s
15:3405°07.3'N078°28.3'W02°31.1'N079°19.0'W03°48.5'N078°53.2'W 0.924 53° 138° 298 km 09m25.4s
15:3604°48.6'N077°53.5'W02°12.4'N078°43.6'W03°29.8'N078°18.1'W 0.924 54° 139° 298 km 09m29.5s
15:3804°30.6'N077°19.4'W01°54.4'N078°08.9'W03°11.8'N077°43.7'W 0.924 54° 140° 298 km 09m33.5s
15:4004°13.2'N076°45.9'W01°37.0'N077°34.8'W02°54.4'N077°10.0'W 0.924 55° 141° 298 km 09m37.3s
15:4203°56.4'N076°13.0'W01°20.1'N077°01.2'W02°37.6'N076°36.7'W 0.924 56° 142° 298 km 09m41.1s
15:4403°40.3'N075°40.7'W01°03.9'N076°28.2'W02°21.5'N076°04.1'W 0.924 57° 143° 298 km 09m44.8s
15:4603°24.8'N075°08.8'W00°48.3'N075°55.6'W02°05.9'N075°31.9'W 0.924 58° 144° 298 km 09m48.4s
15:4803°09.8'N074°37.4'W00°33.2'N075°23.5'W01°50.9'N075°00.1'W 0.925 59° 146° 298 km 09m51.9s
15:5002°55.4'N074°06.5'W00°18.7'N074°51.8'W01°36.4'N074°28.8'W 0.925 59° 147° 298 km 09m55.2s
15:5202°41.6'N073°36.0'W00°04.6'N074°20.4'W01°22.5'N073°57.9'W 0.925 60° 148° 298 km 09m58.5s
15:5402°28.3'N073°05.8'W00°08.8'S073°49.4'W01°09.1'N073°27.3'W 0.925 61° 149° 298 km 10m01.6s
15:5602°15.5'N072°35.9'W00°21.8'S073°18.7'W00°56.2'N072°57.1'W 0.925 62° 151° 298 km 10m04.6s
15:5802°03.2'N072°06.4'W00°34.3'S072°48.3'W00°43.8'N072°27.1'W 0.925 62° 152° 298 km 10m07.5s
16:0001°51.4'N071°37.1'W00°46.3'S072°18.2'W00°32.0'N071°57.4'W 0.925 63° 154° 298 km 10m10.2s
16:0201°40.1'N071°08.1'W00°57.8'S071°48.3'W00°20.6'N071°28.0'W 0.925 63° 155° 299 km 10m12.8s
16:0401°29.4'N070°39.4'W01°08.9'S071°18.6'W00°09.7'N070°58.8'W 0.925 64° 157° 299 km 10m15.3s
16:0601°19.0'N070°10.8'W01°19.4'S070°49.1'W00°00.8'S070°29.8'W 0.925 65° 159° 299 km 10m17.7s
16:0801°09.2'N069°42.5'W01°29.5'S070°19.7'W00°10.8'S070°00.9'W 0.925 65° 161° 299 km 10m19.8s
16:1000°59.8'N069°14.3'W01°39.2'S069°50.6'W00°20.3'S069°32.2'W 0.925 65° 163° 299 km 10m21.9s
16:1200°50.9'N068°46.2'W01°48.4'S069°21.5'W00°29.3'S069°03.7'W 0.926 66° 165° 300 km 10m23.8s
16:1400°42.4'N068°18.3'W01°57.1'S068°52.5'W00°37.9'S068°35.3'W 0.926 66° 167° 300 km 10m25.5s
16:1600°34.4'N067°50.5'W02°05.4'S068°23.7'W00°46.1'S068°06.9'W 0.926 67° 169° 300 km 10m27.1s
16:1800°26.8'N067°22.7'W02°13.3'S067°54.9'W00°53.8'S067°38.7'W 0.926 67° 171° 300 km 10m28.5s
16:2000°19.7'N066°55.1'W02°20.7'S067°26.2'W01°01.1'S067°10.5'W 0.926 67° 173° 301 km 10m29.8s
16:2200°13.0'N066°27.5'W02°27.6'S066°57.5'W01°07.9'S066°42.4'W 0.926 67° 175° 301 km 10m30.9s
16:2400°06.7'N065°59.9'W02°34.2'S066°28.8'W01°14.3'S066°14.3'W 0.926 68° 178° 301 km 10m31.8s
16:2600°00.9'N065°32.3'W02°40.3'S066°00.2'W01°20.3'S065°46.2'W 0.926 68° 180° 301 km 10m32.5s
16:2800°04.5'S065°04.8'W02°46.0'S065°31.5'W01°25.8'S065°18.1'W 0.926 68° 182° 301 km 10m33.1s
16:3000°09.5'S064°37.2'W02°51.2'S065°02.8'W01°30.9'S064°50.0'W 0.926 68° 185° 302 km 10m33.5s
16:3200°14.1'S064°09.6'W02°56.0'S064°34.1'W01°35.6'S064°21.8'W 0.926 68° 187° 302 km 10m33.7s
16:3400°18.2'S063°42.0'W03°00.4'S064°05.3'W01°39.8'S063°53.6'W 0.926 68° 189° 302 km 10m33.8s
16:3600°21.8'S063°14.2'W03°04.3'S063°36.4'W01°43.6'S063°25.3'W 0.926 68° 192° 302 km 10m33.6s
16:3800°25.1'S062°46.4'W03°07.8'S063°07.4'W01°47.0'S062°56.9'W 0.926 67° 194° 302 km 10m33.3s
16:4000°27.9'S062°18.5'W03°10.8'S062°38.4'W01°49.9'S062°28.5'W 0.926 67° 196° 302 km 10m32.8s
16:4200°30.3'S061°50.5'W03°13.4'S062°09.2'W01°52.4'S061°59.9'W 0.926 67° 198° 302 km 10m32.1s
16:4400°32.2'S061°22.4'W03°15.6'S061°39.9'W01°54.5'S061°31.2'W 0.926 67° 201° 303 km 10m31.3s
16:4600°33.7'S060°54.1'W03°17.3'S061°10.4'W01°56.1'S061°02.3'W 0.926 66° 203° 303 km 10m30.2s
16:4800°34.8'S060°25.6'W03°18.6'S060°40.7'W01°57.2'S060°33.2'W 0.926 66° 205° 303 km 10m29.0s
16:5000°35.4'S059°56.9'W03°19.4'S060°10.9'W01°58.0'S060°04.0'W 0.926 66° 207° 303 km 10m27.6s
16:5200°35.5'S059°28.0'W03°19.8'S059°40.8'W01°58.2'S059°34.5'W 0.926 65° 209° 303 km 10m26.1s
16:5400°35.2'S058°58.9'W03°19.7'S059°10.5'W01°58.0'S059°04.8'W 0.926 65° 210° 303 km 10m24.3s
16:5600°34.4'S058°29.6'W03°19.1'S058°40.0'W01°57.3'S058°34.9'W 0.925 64° 212° 303 km 10m22.4s
16:5800°33.2'S057°59.9'W03°18.0'S058°09.2'W01°56.2'S058°04.7'W 0.925 64° 214° 303 km 10m20.3s
17:0000°31.5'S057°30.0'W03°16.5'S057°38.1'W01°54.6'S057°34.2'W 0.925 63° 215° 303 km 10m18.1s
17:0200°29.3'S056°59.8'W03°14.5'S057°06.7'W01°52.5'S057°03.4'W 0.925 62° 217° 303 km 10m15.6s
17:0400°26.6'S056°29.2'W03°12.0'S056°34.9'W01°49.9'S056°32.3'W 0.925 62° 218° 303 km 10m13.1s
17:0600°23.4'S055°58.2'W03°09.0'S056°02.9'W01°46.7'S056°00.8'W 0.925 61° 220° 303 km 10m10.3s
17:0800°19.7'S055°26.9'W03°05.4'S055°30.4'W01°43.1'S055°28.9'W 0.925 60° 221° 302 km 10m07.4s
17:1000°15.4'S054°55.1'W03°01.4'S054°57.5'W01°39.0'S054°56.6'W 0.925 60° 222° 302 km 10m04.4s
17:1200°10.7'S054°22.9'W02°56.8'S054°24.1'W01°34.3'S054°23.8'W 0.925 59° 223° 302 km 10m01.1s
17:1400°05.3'S053°50.2'W02°51.6'S053°50.3'W01°29.1'S053°50.6'W 0.925 58° 224° 302 km 09m57.8s
17:1600°00.6'N053°16.9'W02°45.9'S053°16.0'W01°23.3'S053°16.8'W 0.925 57° 225° 302 km 09m54.3s
17:1800°07.0'N052°43.1'W02°39.6'S052°41.2'W01°16.9'S052°42.5'W 0.925 56° 226° 302 km 09m50.7s
17:2000°14.1'N052°08.8'W02°32.8'S052°05.7'W01°09.9'S052°07.6'W 0.924 55° 227° 302 km 09m46.9s
17:2200°21.8'N051°33.7'W02°25.3'S051°29.7'W01°02.4'S051°32.1'W 0.924 55° 228° 302 km 09m43.0s
17:2400°30.1'N050°58.0'W02°17.1'S050°53.0'W00°54.1'S050°55.9'W 0.924 54° 229° 302 km 09m38.9s
17:2600°39.1'N050°21.6'W02°08.4'S050°15.6'W00°45.3'S050°19.0'W 0.924 53° 230° 302 km 09m34.8s
17:2800°48.8'N049°44.3'W01°58.9'S049°37.4'W00°35.7'S049°41.3'W 0.924 52° 231° 302 km 09m30.5s
17:3000°59.2'N049°06.2'W01°48.8'S048°58.4'W00°25.4'S049°02.8'W 0.924 51° 231° 303 km 09m26.1s
17:3201°10.4'N048°27.2'W01°37.9'S048°18.5'W00°14.4'S048°23.4'W 0.924 50° 232° 303 km 09m21.5s
17:3401°22.3'N047°47.1'W01°26.2'S047°37.6'W00°02.6'S047°43.0'W 0.923 49° 233° 303 km 09m16.9s
17:3601°35.1'N047°06.0'W01°13.8'S046°55.8'W00°10.0'N047°01.5'W 0.923 48° 233° 303 km 09m12.1s
17:3801°48.7'N046°23.8'W01°00.5'S046°12.7'W00°23.4'N046°18.9'W 0.923 46° 234° 303 km 09m07.3s
17:4002°03.3'N045°40.2'W00°46.3'S045°28.5'W00°37.7'N045°35.0'W 0.923 45° 234° 303 km 09m02.3s
17:4202°18.8'N044°55.3'W00°31.2'S044°43.0'W00°53.1'N044°49.8'W 0.923 44° 235° 304 km 08m57.2s
17:4402°35.4'N044°08.8'W00°15.1'S043°56.0'W01°09.4'N044°03.1'W 0.922 43° 235° 304 km 08m52.0s
17:4602°53.1'N043°20.6'W00°02.0'N043°07.4'W01°26.8'N043°14.8'W 0.922 42° 236° 305 km 08m46.7s
17:4803°12.0'N042°30.6'W00°20.3'N042°17.0'W01°45.4'N042°24.6'W 0.922 40° 236° 305 km 08m41.3s
17:5003°32.2'N041°38.5'W00°39.9'N041°24.7'W02°05.2'N041°32.5'W 0.922 39° 237° 306 km 08m35.8s
17:5203°53.8'N040°44.1'W01°00.7'N040°30.2'W02°26.4'N040°38.1'W 0.921 38° 237° 306 km 08m30.1s
17:5404°17.0'N039°47.0'W01°23.0'N039°33.2'W02°49.2'N039°41.2'W 0.921 36° 238° 307 km 08m24.3s
17:5604°42.0'N038°47.0'W01°47.0'N038°33.5'W03°13.5'N038°41.4'W 0.921 35° 238° 308 km 08m18.4s
17:5805°08.9'N037°43.6'W02°12.7'N037°30.6'W03°39.8'N037°38.4'W 0.921 33° 238° 309 km 08m12.3s
18:0005°38.0'N036°36.3'W02°40.4'N036°24.1'W04°08.1'N036°31.6'W 0.920 32° 239° 310 km 08m06.1s
18:0206°09.6'N035°24.3'W03°10.4'N035°13.4'W04°38.9'N035°20.3'W 0.920 30° 239° 311 km 07m59.7s
18:0406°44.2'N034°06.6'W03°43.1'N033°57.6'W05°12.4'N034°03.8'W 0.919 28° 240° 312 km 07m53.1s
18:0607°22.4'N032°42.2'W04°18.9'N032°35.7'W05°49.3'N032°40.8'W 0.919 26° 240° 314 km 07m46.3s
18:0808°05.0'N031°09.0'W04°58.5'N031°06.2'W06°30.3'N031°09.8'W 0.919 24° 240° 315 km 07m39.1s
18:1008°53.3'N029°24.5'W05°42.9'N029°27.1'W07°16.4'N029°28.4'W 0.918 22° 241° 317 km 07m31.6s
18:1209°49.4'N027°24.2'W06°33.6'N027°35.0'W08°09.4'N027°32.9'W 0.917 19° 241° 319 km 07m23.5s
18:1410°57.1'N024°59.6'W07°33.0'N025°24.3'W09°12.4'N025°16.4'W 0.917 16° 242° 322 km 07m14.6s
18:1612°25.3'N021°51.4'W08°46.2'N022°43.7'W10°31.7'N022°24.8'W 0.916 13° 243° 325 km 07m04.4s
18:1814°52.8'N016°34.2'W10°27.0'N019°02.3'W12°28.1'N018°12.0'W 0.915 244° 330 km 06m51.2s
Limits17°07.8'N011°37.9'W14°14.1'N010°33.6'W15°40.5'N011°05.9'W 0.913 - 339 km 06m32.8s

ΔT = 7201.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:30:06.816:30:05.401°31.1'S094°53.9'W 67.8° 184.8° 301.7 km10m33.51s
Greatest Duration18:33:30.016:33:28.701°38.8'S064°01.0'W 67.7° 188.7° 301.9 km10m33.77s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0344 Dec 21 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 7201.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 174.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.73°.

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