Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0559 Dec 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0559 Dec 14 . 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 0559 Dec 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits39°44.5'N177°51.1'E37°55.0'N177°05.8'E38°49.3'N177°27.9'E 0.955 - 207 km 03m18.6s
19:32 - - 33°59.4'N174°25.8'W36°41.2'N177°59.4'W 0.956 124° 201 km 03m20.8s
19:3436°15.8'N174°53.6'W32°13.6'N170°38.2'W34°00.3'N172°19.4'W 0.958 10° 127° 194 km 03m24.3s
19:3634°11.2'N170°34.4'W30°58.4'N167°54.6'W32°28.5'N169°04.2'W 0.959 13° 130° 191 km 03m26.6s
19:3832°48.6'N167°40.5'W29°58.3'N165°42.0'W31°19.5'N166°35.4'W 0.959 16° 131° 188 km 03m28.6s
19:4031°44.3'N165°23.0'W29°07.8'N163°48.7'W30°23.1'N164°31.9'W 0.960 18° 133° 186 km 03m30.3s
19:4230°50.9'N163°26.8'W28°24.1'N162°08.7'W29°35.2'N162°44.8'W 0.960 20° 134° 185 km 03m32.0s
19:4430°05.2'N161°45.0'W27°45.6'N160°38.5'W28°53.4'N161°09.5'W 0.961 22° 136° 183 km 03m33.5s
19:4629°25.1'N160°13.7'W27°11.2'N159°16.0'W28°16.4'N159°43.0'W 0.961 24° 137° 182 km 03m34.9s
19:4828°49.5'N158°50.4'W26°40.2'N157°59.6'W27°43.3'N158°23.5'W 0.962 25° 138° 181 km 03m36.3s
19:5028°17.5'N157°33.5'W26°12.1'N156°48.3'W27°13.5'N157°09.7'W 0.962 27° 139° 181 km 03m37.7s
19:5227°48.7'N156°21.9'W25°46.5'N155°41.3'W26°46.3'N156°00.5'W 0.962 28° 141° 180 km 03m38.9s
19:5427°22.4'N155°14.7'W25°23.1'N154°37.9'W26°21.6'N154°55.4'W 0.963 29° 142° 180 km 03m40.2s
19:5626°58.5'N154°11.2'W25°01.6'N153°37.6'W25°59.0'N153°53.6'W 0.963 30° 143° 180 km 03m41.4s
19:5826°36.7'N153°10.8'W24°41.9'N152°40.0'W25°38.3'N152°54.7'W 0.963 31° 144° 179 km 03m42.5s
20:0026°16.7'N152°13.2'W24°23.8'N151°44.8'W25°19.3'N151°58.4'W 0.963 32° 145° 179 km 03m43.6s
20:0225°58.4'N151°18.1'W24°07.1'N150°51.7'W25°01.8'N151°04.3'W 0.964 33° 146° 179 km 03m44.7s
20:0425°41.6'N150°25.0'W23°51.8'N150°00.5'W24°45.8'N150°12.2'W 0.964 34° 147° 179 km 03m45.7s
20:0625°26.2'N149°33.9'W23°37.8'N149°10.9'W24°31.2'N149°21.9'W 0.964 35° 149° 179 km 03m46.7s
20:0825°12.1'N148°44.4'W23°25.0'N148°22.9'W24°17.8'N148°33.2'W 0.964 36° 150° 179 km 03m47.6s
20:1024°59.3'N147°56.5'W23°13.2'N147°36.2'W24°05.5'N147°46.0'W 0.964 37° 151° 179 km 03m48.5s
20:1224°47.6'N147°09.9'W23°02.5'N146°50.8'W23°54.3'N147°00.0'W 0.964 37° 152° 180 km 03m49.4s
20:1424°37.1'N146°24.5'W22°52.9'N146°06.4'W23°44.2'N146°15.1'W 0.965 38° 153° 180 km 03m50.2s
20:1624°27.5'N145°40.2'W22°44.1'N145°23.0'W23°35.1'N145°31.3'W 0.965 39° 155° 180 km 03m51.0s
20:1824°19.0'N144°56.9'W22°36.3'N144°40.5'W23°26.9'N144°48.4'W 0.965 39° 156° 180 km 03m51.7s
20:2024°11.4'N144°14.5'W22°29.4'N143°58.9'W23°19.7'N144°06.4'W 0.965 40° 157° 180 km 03m52.4s
20:2224°04.7'N143°32.9'W22°23.3'N143°18.0'W23°13.3'N143°25.2'W 0.965 40° 159° 180 km 03m53.1s
20:2423°58.9'N142°52.0'W22°18.0'N142°37.7'W23°07.8'N142°44.7'W 0.965 41° 160° 181 km 03m53.7s
20:2623°53.9'N142°11.8'W22°13.5'N141°58.1'W23°03.1'N142°04.7'W 0.965 41° 161° 181 km 03m54.3s
20:2823°49.8'N141°32.1'W22°09.9'N141°18.9'W22°59.2'N141°25.4'W 0.965 41° 162° 181 km 03m54.8s
20:3023°46.5'N140°53.0'W22°06.9'N140°40.3'W22°56.0'N140°46.5'W 0.965 42° 164° 181 km 03m55.3s
20:3223°43.9'N140°14.3'W22°04.7'N140°02.1'W22°53.7'N140°08.1'W 0.965 42° 165° 181 km 03m55.7s
20:3423°42.2'N139°36.1'W22°03.2'N139°24.3'W22°52.1'N139°30.0'W 0.965 42° 166° 181 km 03m56.1s
20:3623°41.2'N138°58.1'W22°02.5'N138°46.7'W22°51.2'N138°52.3'W 0.965 43° 168° 181 km 03m56.5s
20:3823°40.9'N138°20.5'W22°02.4'N138°09.5'W22°51.1'N138°14.9'W 0.965 43° 169° 181 km 03m56.8s
20:4023°41.4'N137°43.1'W22°03.1'N137°32.5'W22°51.6'N137°37.7'W 0.965 43° 171° 181 km 03m57.0s
20:4223°42.6'N137°06.0'W22°04.4'N136°55.7'W22°52.9'N137°00.7'W 0.965 43° 172° 181 km 03m57.3s
20:4423°44.5'N136°28.9'W22°06.5'N136°19.0'W22°54.9'N136°23.9'W 0.965 43° 173° 181 km 03m57.4s
20:4623°47.2'N135°52.0'W22°09.2'N135°42.5'W22°57.6'N135°47.2'W 0.965 43° 175° 181 km 03m57.5s
20:4823°50.6'N135°15.2'W22°12.6'N135°06.0'W23°01.0'N135°10.5'W 0.965 43° 176° 181 km 03m57.6s
20:5023°54.7'N134°38.4'W22°16.7'N134°29.5'W23°05.1'N134°33.9'W 0.965 43° 178° 181 km 03m57.6s
20:5223°59.5'N134°01.6'W22°21.5'N133°53.0'W23°09.9'N133°57.3'W 0.965 43° 179° 181 km 03m57.6s
20:5424°05.1'N133°24.7'W22°26.9'N133°16.5'W23°15.4'N133°20.5'W 0.965 43° 180° 181 km 03m57.6s
20:5624°11.4'N132°47.7'W22°33.1'N132°39.8'W23°21.6'N132°43.7'W 0.965 43° 182° 180 km 03m57.5s
20:5824°18.4'N132°10.5'W22°39.9'N132°03.0'W23°28.5'N132°06.8'W 0.965 43° 183° 180 km 03m57.3s
21:0024°26.2'N131°33.1'W22°47.5'N131°26.0'W23°36.2'N131°29.6'W 0.965 43° 185° 180 km 03m57.1s
21:0224°34.7'N130°55.5'W22°55.7'N130°48.8'W23°44.6'N130°52.2'W 0.965 42° 186° 180 km 03m56.9s
21:0424°44.0'N130°17.6'W23°04.7'N130°11.3'W23°53.7'N130°14.5'W 0.965 42° 187° 179 km 03m56.6s
21:0624°54.1'N129°39.3'W23°14.4'N129°33.5'W24°03.6'N129°36.4'W 0.965 42° 189° 179 km 03m56.3s
21:0825°05.0'N129°00.6'W23°24.9'N128°55.3'W24°14.3'N128°58.0'W 0.965 42° 190° 179 km 03m55.9s
21:1025°16.7'N128°21.5'W23°36.2'N128°16.6'W24°25.8'N128°19.1'W 0.965 41° 191° 178 km 03m55.5s
21:1225°29.3'N127°41.8'W23°48.2'N127°37.5'W24°38.1'N127°39.7'W 0.965 41° 193° 178 km 03m55.0s
21:1425°42.8'N127°01.5'W24°01.1'N126°57.8'W24°51.2'N126°59.7'W 0.965 40° 194° 178 km 03m54.5s
21:1625°57.1'N126°20.5'W24°14.8'N126°17.5'W25°05.2'N126°19.1'W 0.965 40° 195° 178 km 03m54.0s
21:1826°12.4'N125°38.8'W24°29.4'N125°36.5'W25°20.2'N125°37.8'W 0.964 39° 197° 177 km 03m53.4s
21:2026°28.7'N124°56.2'W24°44.8'N124°54.7'W25°36.0'N124°55.6'W 0.964 39° 198° 177 km 03m52.8s
21:2226°46.0'N124°12.7'W25°01.3'N124°12.1'W25°52.9'N124°12.6'W 0.964 38° 199° 177 km 03m52.2s
21:2427°04.4'N123°28.1'W25°18.7'N123°28.5'W26°10.7'N123°28.5'W 0.964 37° 201° 177 km 03m51.5s
21:2627°23.9'N122°42.4'W25°37.1'N122°43.9'W26°29.7'N122°43.4'W 0.964 37° 202° 177 km 03m50.8s
21:2827°44.6'N121°55.4'W25°56.6'N121°58.1'W26°49.8'N121°57.0'W 0.964 36° 203° 177 km 03m50.0s
21:3028°06.6'N121°06.9'W26°17.3'N121°11.0'W27°11.1'N121°09.3'W 0.963 35° 204° 177 km 03m49.2s
21:3228°30.0'N120°16.8'W26°39.2'N120°22.4'W27°33.7'N120°20.0'W 0.963 34° 206° 177 km 03m48.4s
21:3428°54.8'N119°24.9'W27°02.4'N119°32.3'W27°57.7'N119°29.0'W 0.963 33° 207° 177 km 03m47.5s
21:3629°21.3'N118°30.9'W27°27.0'N118°40.3'W28°23.1'N118°36.1'W 0.963 33° 208° 177 km 03m46.6s
21:3829°49.5'N117°34.5'W27°53.1'N117°46.2'W28°50.2'N117°40.9'W 0.963 32° 209° 178 km 03m45.7s
21:4030°19.6'N116°35.5'W28°20.9'N116°49.9'W29°19.1'N116°43.3'W 0.962 30° 210° 178 km 03m44.7s
21:4230°51.9'N115°33.4'W28°50.5'N115°50.9'W29°50.0'N115°42.9'W 0.962 29° 212° 179 km 03m43.7s
21:4431°26.6'N114°27.6'W29°22.1'N114°48.8'W30°23.1'N114°39.1'W 0.962 28° 213° 179 km 03m42.6s
21:4632°04.0'N113°17.7'W29°56.0'N113°43.2'W30°58.6'N113°31.5'W 0.961 27° 214° 180 km 03m41.5s
21:4832°44.7'N112°02.6'W30°32.5'N112°33.6'W31°37.0'N112°19.3'W 0.961 26° 215° 181 km 03m40.3s
21:5033°29.1'N110°41.3'W31°11.9'N111°19.0'W32°18.7'N111°01.7'W 0.961 24° 217° 182 km 03m39.1s
21:5234°18.1'N109°12.4'W31°54.9'N109°58.4'W33°04.4'N109°37.4'W 0.960 23° 218° 183 km 03m37.8s
21:5435°12.9'N107°33.4'W32°42.0'N108°30.5'W33°55.0'N108°04.6'W 0.960 21° 220° 185 km 03m36.5s
21:5636°15.3'N105°41.0'W33°34.3'N106°53.3'W34°51.8'N106°20.7'W 0.959 19° 221° 187 km 03m35.0s
21:5837°28.3'N103°29.0'W34°33.4'N105°03.5'W35°56.8'N104°21.5'W 0.959 17° 223° 189 km 03m33.5s
22:0038°58.3'N100°45.4'W35°41.8'N102°56.2'W37°14.0'N101°59.6'W 0.958 14° 225° 192 km 03m31.7s
22:0241°02.2'N096°56.4'W37°04.2'N100°21.7'W38°51.3'N098°58.6'W 0.957 11° 227° 196 km 03m29.7s
22:04 - - 38°52.0'N096°56.3'W41°16.0'N094°23.7'W 0.956 231° 202 km 03m26.9s
Limits45°48.4'N087°42.2'W44°00.6'N086°37.7'W44°54.1'N087°09.1'W 0.954 - 212 km 03m23.4s

ΔT = 5092.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:13:12.620:48:20.323°01.6'N156°20.9'W 43.4° 176.4° 181.1 km03m57.62s
Greatest Duration22:15:11.020:50:18.623°05.8'N134°28.2'W 43.3° 177.8° 180.9 km03m57.65s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0559 Dec 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0559 Dec 14 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 5092.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 127.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.53°.

Acknowledgments

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

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