Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0669 Dec 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0669 Dec 28 . 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 0669 Dec 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits49°58.0'S178°45.5'E50°19.3'S178°09.8'E50°08.6'S178°27.8'E 1.010 - 57 km 00m30.0s
16:1054°12.0'S172°33.0'W52°44.5'S177°04.6'W53°34.8'S174°38.1'W 1.012 122° 66 km 00m36.3s
16:1257°06.1'S166°18.6'W56°32.5'S169°24.0'W56°50.5'S167°50.1'W 1.013 11° 116° 74 km 00m42.8s
16:1459°05.5'S161°44.3'W58°47.8'S164°33.4'W58°57.4'S163°08.3'W 1.014 14° 112° 79 km 00m47.1s
16:1660°41.4'S157°48.3'W60°33.2'S160°31.1'W60°37.9'S159°09.4'W 1.015 17° 108° 83 km 00m50.7s
16:1862°02.8'S154°12.4'W62°01.8'S156°52.5'W62°02.9'S155°32.1'W 1.016 19° 104° 86 km 00m53.8s
16:2063°13.9'S150°48.3'W63°18.9'S153°26.8'W63°16.9'S152°07.2'W 1.016 21° 100° 88 km 00m56.6s
16:2264°17.1'S147°31.3'W64°27.3'S150°09.0'W64°22.7'S148°49.6'W 1.017 23° 96° 91 km 00m59.2s
16:2465°13.7'S144°18.4'W65°28.6'S146°55.3'W65°21.6'S145°36.2'W 1.017 25° 92° 92 km 01m01.5s
16:2666°04.8'S141°07.8'W66°24.0'S143°43.6'W66°14.8'S142°25.0'W 1.018 26° 89° 94 km 01m03.7s
16:2866°50.9'S137°58.1'W67°14.2'S140°32.4'W67°02.9'S139°14.4'W 1.018 28° 85° 96 km 01m05.8s
16:3067°32.4'S134°48.5'W67°59.6'S137°20.6'W67°46.4'S136°03.6'W 1.019 29° 81° 97 km 01m07.7s
16:3268°09.9'S131°38.2'W68°40.7'S134°07.4'W68°25.6'S132°51.7'W 1.019 30° 77° 98 km 01m09.6s
16:3468°43.3'S128°27.0'W69°17.6'S130°52.3'W69°00.8'S129°38.5'W 1.019 31° 73° 99 km 01m11.3s
16:3669°13.1'S125°14.7'W69°50.6'S127°35.2'W69°32.1'S126°23.7'W 1.020 32° 69° 100 km 01m12.9s
16:3869°39.2'S122°01.2'W70°19.9'S124°15.8'W69°59.8'S123°07.2'W 1.020 33° 65° 101 km 01m14.4s
16:4070°01.9'S118°46.6'W70°45.5'S120°54.4'W70°23.9'S119°49.2'W 1.020 34° 60° 102 km 01m15.9s
16:4270°21.3'S115°31.3'W71°07.5'S117°31.2'W70°44.6'S116°29.9'W 1.020 35° 56° 103 km 01m17.2s
16:4470°37.3'S112°15.5'W71°26.0'S114°06.5'W71°01.8'S113°09.7'W 1.021 36° 52° 104 km 01m18.5s
16:4670°50.2'S108°59.8'W71°41.1'S110°41.0'W71°15.8'S109°49.1'W 1.021 37° 48° 104 km 01m19.7s
16:4870°59.9'S105°44.7'W71°52.8'S107°15.2'W71°26.5'S106°28.7'W 1.021 38° 43° 105 km 01m20.9s
16:5071°06.6'S102°30.6'W72°01.3'S103°49.8'W71°34.1'S103°09.1'W 1.021 38° 39° 106 km 01m22.0s
16:5271°10.4'S099°18.2'W72°06.6'S100°25.6'W71°38.6'S099°50.9'W 1.021 39° 34° 106 km 01m23.0s
16:5471°11.3'S096°08.0'W72°08.7'S097°03.3'W71°40.1'S096°34.8'W 1.022 40° 30° 107 km 01m23.9s
16:5671°09.5'S093°00.7'W72°07.9'S093°43.7'W71°38.8'S093°21.5'W 1.022 40° 26° 107 km 01m24.7s
16:5871°05.1'S089°56.7'W72°04.2'S090°27.4'W71°34.7'S090°11.5'W 1.022 41° 21° 108 km 01m25.5s
17:0070°58.2'S086°56.6'W71°57.7'S087°15.1'W71°28.0'S087°05.5'W 1.022 41° 17° 108 km 01m26.3s
17:0270°48.8'S084°00.6'W71°48.6'S084°07.4'W71°18.7'S084°03.8'W 1.022 42° 13° 109 km 01m26.9s
17:0470°37.2'S081°09.2'W71°37.0'S081°04.7'W71°07.1'S081°06.9'W 1.022 42° 109 km 01m27.6s
17:0670°23.4'S078°22.7'W71°23.0'S078°07.4'W70°53.2'S078°15.1'W 1.022 42° 110 km 01m28.1s
17:0870°07.5'S075°41.1'W71°06.8'S075°15.7'W70°37.1'S075°28.6'W 1.022 43° 110 km 01m28.6s
17:1069°49.7'S073°04.7'W70°48.4'S072°29.9'W70°19.1'S072°47.7'W 1.022 43° 356° 110 km 01m29.0s
17:1269°30.0'S070°33.6'W70°28.1'S069°50.1'W69°59.1'S070°12.2'W 1.023 43° 352° 111 km 01m29.3s
17:1469°08.7'S068°07.6'W70°06.0'S067°16.1'W69°37.3'S067°42.3'W 1.023 43° 348° 111 km 01m29.6s
17:1668°45.7'S065°46.7'W69°42.0'S064°48.1'W69°13.9'S065°17.9'W 1.023 43° 345° 111 km 01m29.9s
17:1868°21.2'S063°30.9'W69°16.5'S062°25.8'W68°48.9'S062°58.9'W 1.023 43° 341° 112 km 01m30.0s
17:2067°55.3'S061°20.0'W68°49.5'S060°09.1'W68°22.4'S060°45.2'W 1.023 44° 337° 112 km 01m30.1s
17:2267°28.0'S059°13.9'W68°21.0'S057°57.8'W67°54.5'S058°36.5'W 1.023 44° 334° 112 km 01m30.2s
17:2466°59.4'S057°12.3'W67°51.2'S055°51.6'W67°25.4'S056°32.7'W 1.023 44° 331° 112 km 01m30.2s
17:2666°29.6'S055°15.2'W67°20.1'S053°50.5'W66°55.0'S054°33.5'W 1.023 43° 327° 112 km 01m30.1s
17:2865°58.7'S053°22.1'W66°47.8'S051°54.0'W66°23.4'S052°38.7'W 1.023 43° 324° 113 km 01m30.0s
17:3065°26.7'S051°33.0'W66°14.4'S050°01.8'W65°50.7'S050°48.1'W 1.023 43° 321° 113 km 01m29.8s
17:3264°53.7'S049°47.6'W65°40.0'S048°13.9'W65°16.9'S049°01.4'W 1.023 43° 318° 113 km 01m29.5s
17:3464°19.6'S048°05.6'W65°04.5'S046°29.7'W64°42.2'S047°18.3'W 1.023 43° 315° 113 km 01m29.2s
17:3663°44.6'S046°26.9'W64°28.0'S044°49.2'W64°06.5'S045°38.7'W 1.023 43° 312° 113 km 01m28.8s
17:3863°08.6'S044°51.2'W63°50.6'S043°11.9'W63°29.8'S044°02.2'W 1.022 42° 309° 113 km 01m28.4s
17:4062°31.8'S043°18.2'W63°12.3'S041°37.7'W62°52.2'S042°28.5'W 1.022 42° 306° 113 km 01m27.9s
17:4261°54.0'S041°47.8'W62°33.1'S040°06.3'W62°13.7'S040°57.6'W 1.022 41° 303° 113 km 01m27.3s
17:4461°15.4'S040°19.7'W61°52.9'S038°37.4'W61°34.3'S039°29.1'W 1.022 41° 301° 113 km 01m26.7s
17:4660°35.9'S038°53.7'W61°11.9'S037°10.8'W60°54.1'S038°02.7'W 1.022 41° 298° 113 km 01m26.0s
17:4859°55.5'S037°29.5'W60°30.0'S035°46.2'W60°12.9'S036°38.3'W 1.022 40° 296° 113 km 01m25.2s
17:5059°14.2'S036°07.0'W59°47.2'S034°23.4'W59°30.9'S035°15.6'W 1.022 39° 293° 113 km 01m24.4s
17:5258°32.1'S034°45.9'W59°03.5'S033°02.2'W58°48.0'S033°54.4'W 1.022 39° 291° 112 km 01m23.5s
17:5457°49.0'S033°25.9'W58°18.9'S031°42.2'W58°04.1'S032°34.4'W 1.022 38° 288° 112 km 01m22.6s
17:5657°05.0'S032°07.0'W57°33.3'S030°23.2'W57°19.3'S031°15.4'W 1.021 37° 286° 112 km 01m21.6s
17:5856°19.9'S030°48.7'W56°46.7'S029°05.0'W56°33.5'S029°57.2'W 1.021 37° 284° 112 km 01m20.5s
18:0055°33.9'S029°30.9'W55°59.0'S027°47.4'W55°46.7'S028°39.5'W 1.021 36° 282° 111 km 01m19.3s
18:0254°46.8'S028°13.3'W55°10.3'S026°30.0'W54°58.7'S027°21.9'W 1.021 35° 279° 111 km 01m18.1s
18:0453°58.5'S026°55.7'W54°20.3'S025°12.5'W54°09.6'S026°04.3'W 1.021 34° 277° 110 km 01m16.8s
18:0653°08.9'S025°37.6'W53°29.1'S023°54.6'W53°19.2'S024°46.4'W 1.020 33° 275° 109 km 01m15.4s
18:0852°18.1'S024°18.9'W52°36.4'S022°36.0'W52°27.5'S023°27.7'W 1.020 32° 273° 109 km 01m13.9s
18:1051°25.7'S022°59.1'W51°42.2'S021°16.3'W51°34.2'S022°07.9'W 1.020 31° 271° 108 km 01m12.4s
18:1250°31.7'S021°37.7'W50°46.3'S019°54.9'W50°39.3'S020°46.5'W 1.020 30° 269° 107 km 01m10.7s
18:1449°35.9'S020°14.3'W49°48.5'S018°31.4'W49°42.4'S019°23.0'W 1.019 29° 267° 106 km 01m09.0s
18:1648°38.0'S018°48.2'W48°48.5'S017°05.1'W48°43.5'S017°56.8'W 1.019 27° 265° 104 km 01m07.1s
18:1847°37.7'S017°18.8'W47°45.9'S015°35.1'W47°42.0'S016°27.1'W 1.018 26° 263° 103 km 01m05.1s
18:2046°34.5'S015°44.9'W46°40.2'S014°00.4'W46°37.7'S014°52.8'W 1.018 24° 261° 101 km 01m03.0s
18:2245°28.0'S014°05.2'W45°30.9'S012°19.5'W45°29.8'S013°12.5'W 1.018 23° 259° 99 km 01m00.7s
18:2444°17.3'S012°18.1'W44°16.9'S010°30.3'W44°17.4'S011°24.4'W 1.017 21° 257° 97 km 00m58.2s
18:2643°01.1'S010°20.6'W42°56.9'S008°29.7'W42°59.4'S009°25.4'W 1.016 19° 255° 94 km 00m55.4s
18:2841°37.6'S008°08.5'W41°28.3'S006°12.4'W41°33.4'S007°10.8'W 1.016 16° 253° 90 km 00m52.3s
18:3040°03.1'S005°33.8'W39°46.5'S003°28.2'W39°55.4'S004°31.6'W 1.015 14° 251° 86 km 00m48.7s
18:3238°09.6'S002°18.4'W37°39.4'S000°09.3'E37°55.6'S001°06.2'W 1.014 10° 248° 80 km 00m44.2s
18:3435°25.7'S002°47.9'E33°30.5'S008°11.6'E34°46.6'S004°50.5'E 1.012 244° 69 km 00m37.0s
Limits32°34.2'S008°51.0'E32°59.8'S009°17.8'E32°47.0'S009°04.4'E 1.011 - 61 km 00m32.3s

ΔT = 4059.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:29:25.017:21:45.867°57.9'S075°49.0'W 43.6° 334.4° 112.0 km01m30.18s
Greatest Duration18:30:10.917:22:31.867°46.9'S058°03.2'W 43.6° 333.1° 112.1 km01m30.19s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0669 Dec 28

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0669 Dec 28 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 4059.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 105.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.44°.

Acknowledgments

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

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