Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0801 Dec 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0801 Dec 09 . 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 0801 Dec 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits22°13.5'N064°34.6'W21°40.6'N064°46.7'W21°57.0'N064°40.7'W 1.018 - 64 km 01m04.4s
10:56 - - 20°01.3'N061°06.9'W20°55.7'N062°22.7'W 1.019 116° 67 km 01m08.2s
10:5817°55.1'N054°56.6'W16°53.8'N054°22.7'W17°24.1'N054°38.6'W 1.021 11° 119° 76 km 01m23.3s
11:0016°10.1'N051°07.7'W15°12.4'N050°47.9'W15°41.1'N050°57.2'W 1.023 15° 120° 80 km 01m31.8s
11:0214°52.4'N048°19.0'W13°55.7'N048°05.7'W14°23.9'N048°11.9'W 1.024 19° 121° 84 km 01m38.6s
11:0413°48.9'N046°00.8'W12°52.3'N045°51.6'W13°20.5'N045°55.8'W 1.025 21° 122° 87 km 01m44.7s
11:0612°54.6'N044°01.9'W11°57.8'N043°55.4'W12°26.1'N043°58.3'W 1.025 24° 123° 90 km 01m50.2s
11:0812°06.8'N042°16.5'W11°09.6'N042°11.9'W11°38.1'N042°13.9'W 1.026 26° 124° 92 km 01m55.3s
11:1011°24.0'N040°41.1'W10°26.4'N040°38.1'W10°55.1'N040°39.3'W 1.027 28° 124° 94 km 02m00.1s
11:1210°45.3'N039°13.6'W09°47.2'N039°11.8'W10°16.2'N039°12.4'W 1.027 30° 125° 96 km 02m04.7s
11:1410°10.0'N037°52.4'W09°11.3'N037°51.6'W09°40.6'N037°51.8'W 1.028 32° 126° 98 km 02m09.0s
11:1609°37.5'N036°36.5'W08°38.2'N036°36.5'W09°07.8'N036°36.3'W 1.028 34° 126° 100 km 02m13.2s
11:1809°07.4'N035°25.1'W08°07.6'N035°25.7'W08°37.4'N035°25.1'W 1.029 35° 127° 102 km 02m17.3s
11:2008°39.5'N034°17.4'W07°39.1'N034°18.5'W08°09.2'N034°17.7'W 1.029 37° 128° 103 km 02m21.1s
11:2208°13.5'N033°13.0'W07°12.6'N033°14.5'W07°43.0'N033°13.5'W 1.029 39° 128° 105 km 02m24.9s
11:2407°49.2'N032°11.4'W06°47.8'N032°13.3'W07°18.5'N032°12.1'W 1.030 40° 129° 107 km 02m28.5s
11:2607°26.5'N031°12.4'W06°24.6'N031°14.5'W06°55.5'N031°13.2'W 1.030 41° 130° 108 km 02m32.0s
11:2807°05.3'N030°15.6'W06°02.8'N030°17.9'W06°34.0'N030°16.6'W 1.030 43° 130° 109 km 02m35.4s
11:3006°45.4'N029°20.8'W05°42.4'N029°23.3'W06°13.9'N029°21.8'W 1.031 44° 131° 111 km 02m38.7s
11:3206°26.7'N028°27.8'W05°23.3'N028°30.4'W05°55.0'N028°28.9'W 1.031 45° 132° 112 km 02m41.9s
11:3406°09.2'N027°36.5'W05°05.3'N027°39.1'W05°37.2'N027°37.6'W 1.031 46° 133° 113 km 02m45.0s
11:3605°52.8'N026°46.6'W04°48.4'N026°49.2'W05°20.5'N026°47.7'W 1.031 48° 134° 114 km 02m48.0s
11:3805°37.4'N025°58.0'W04°32.6'N026°00.6'W05°04.9'N025°59.2'W 1.032 49° 135° 115 km 02m50.9s
11:4005°22.9'N025°10.7'W04°17.7'N025°13.2'W04°50.3'N025°11.8'W 1.032 50° 136° 116 km 02m53.6s
11:4205°09.4'N024°24.5'W04°03.8'N024°26.9'W04°36.6'N024°25.5'W 1.032 51° 137° 117 km 02m56.3s
11:4404°56.8'N023°39.3'W03°50.8'N023°41.6'W04°23.7'N023°40.3'W 1.032 52° 138° 118 km 02m58.9s
11:4604°45.0'N022°55.0'W03°38.6'N022°57.2'W04°11.8'N022°56.0'W 1.033 53° 139° 119 km 03m01.4s
11:4804°34.0'N022°11.6'W03°27.3'N022°13.7'W04°00.6'N022°12.5'W 1.033 54° 140° 120 km 03m03.8s
11:5004°23.8'N021°29.0'W03°16.7'N021°30.9'W03°50.2'N021°29.8'W 1.033 55° 141° 121 km 03m06.0s
11:5204°14.4'N020°47.1'W03°06.9'N020°48.8'W03°40.6'N020°47.8'W 1.033 55° 143° 122 km 03m08.2s
11:5404°05.6'N020°05.9'W02°57.9'N020°07.4'W03°31.8'N020°06.5'W 1.033 56° 144° 123 km 03m10.3s
11:5603°57.6'N019°25.3'W02°49.6'N019°26.5'W03°23.6'N019°25.8'W 1.033 57° 145° 124 km 03m12.2s
11:5803°50.3'N018°45.3'W02°42.0'N018°46.2'W03°16.1'N018°45.7'W 1.034 58° 147° 124 km 03m14.1s
12:0003°43.6'N018°05.8'W02°35.1'N018°06.5'W03°09.3'N018°06.0'W 1.034 59° 148° 125 km 03m15.8s
12:0203°37.6'N017°26.7'W02°28.8'N017°27.2'W03°03.2'N017°26.9'W 1.034 59° 150° 126 km 03m17.5s
12:0403°32.3'N016°48.1'W02°23.2'N016°48.3'W02°57.7'N016°48.1'W 1.034 60° 152° 126 km 03m19.0s
12:0603°27.5'N016°09.9'W02°18.3'N016°09.7'W02°52.9'N016°09.8'W 1.034 60° 153° 127 km 03m20.4s
12:0803°23.4'N015°32.1'W02°14.0'N015°31.6'W02°48.7'N015°31.8'W 1.034 61° 155° 127 km 03m21.7s
12:1003°19.9'N014°54.5'W02°10.3'N014°53.7'W02°45.1'N014°54.1'W 1.034 62° 157° 128 km 03m22.9s
12:1203°16.9'N014°17.3'W02°07.2'N014°16.2'W02°42.1'N014°16.7'W 1.034 62° 159° 128 km 03m24.0s
12:1403°14.6'N013°40.3'W02°04.7'N013°38.9'W02°39.7'N013°39.5'W 1.034 62° 161° 128 km 03m25.0s
12:1603°12.8'N013°03.6'W02°02.9'N013°01.8'W02°37.8'N013°02.6'W 1.034 63° 163° 129 km 03m25.8s
12:1803°11.7'N012°27.0'W02°01.6'N012°24.9'W02°36.6'N012°25.9'W 1.034 63° 165° 129 km 03m26.6s
12:2003°11.0'N011°50.6'W02°00.9'N011°48.2'W02°36.0'N011°49.4'W 1.034 63° 167° 129 km 03m27.2s
12:2203°11.0'N011°14.4'W02°00.8'N011°11.6'W02°35.9'N011°12.9'W 1.035 64° 170° 129 km 03m27.7s
12:2403°11.5'N010°38.2'W02°01.3'N010°35.1'W02°36.4'N010°36.7'W 1.035 64° 172° 130 km 03m28.1s
12:2603°12.6'N010°02.2'W02°02.3'N009°58.7'W02°37.4'N010°00.4'W 1.035 64° 174° 130 km 03m28.4s
12:2803°14.2'N009°26.2'W02°03.9'N009°22.4'W02°39.1'N009°24.3'W 1.035 64° 176° 130 km 03m28.5s
12:3003°16.4'N008°50.3'W02°06.1'N008°46.1'W02°41.3'N008°48.2'W 1.035 64° 179° 130 km 03m28.5s
12:3203°19.1'N008°14.3'W02°08.9'N008°09.8'W02°44.0'N008°12.1'W 1.035 64° 181° 130 km 03m28.5s
12:3403°22.4'N007°38.4'W02°12.3'N007°33.6'W02°47.3'N007°36.0'W 1.035 64° 183° 130 km 03m28.3s
12:3603°26.3'N007°02.4'W02°16.2'N006°57.2'W02°51.2'N006°59.8'W 1.035 64° 186° 129 km 03m27.9s
12:3803°30.7'N006°26.3'W02°20.7'N006°20.8'W02°55.7'N006°23.6'W 1.035 63° 188° 129 km 03m27.5s
12:4003°35.7'N005°50.1'W02°25.8'N005°44.3'W03°00.7'N005°47.2'W 1.035 63° 190° 129 km 03m27.0s
12:4203°41.2'N005°13.8'W02°31.5'N005°07.7'W03°06.4'N005°10.8'W 1.035 63° 192° 129 km 03m26.3s
12:4403°47.4'N004°37.3'W02°37.8'N004°31.0'W03°12.6'N004°34.2'W 1.034 63° 194° 128 km 03m25.5s
12:4603°54.1'N004°00.7'W02°44.6'N003°54.0'W03°19.3'N003°57.4'W 1.034 62° 196° 128 km 03m24.6s
12:4804°01.4'N003°23.8'W02°52.1'N003°16.9'W03°26.7'N003°20.4'W 1.034 62° 198° 128 km 03m23.6s
12:5004°09.3'N002°46.7'W03°00.2'N002°39.5'W03°34.7'N002°43.2'W 1.034 61° 200° 127 km 03m22.5s
12:5204°17.8'N002°09.3'W03°08.9'N002°01.8'W03°43.3'N002°05.6'W 1.034 61° 202° 127 km 03m21.3s
12:5404°26.9'N001°31.6'W03°18.2'N001°23.9'W03°52.5'N001°27.8'W 1.034 60° 204° 126 km 03m20.0s
12:5604°36.6'N000°53.5'W03°28.2'N000°45.6'W04°02.4'N000°49.6'W 1.034 59° 206° 126 km 03m18.5s
12:5804°47.0'N000°15.1'W03°38.8'N000°06.9'W04°12.9'N000°11.1'W 1.034 59° 207° 125 km 03m17.0s
13:0004°58.0'N000°23.8'E03°50.1'N000°32.2'E04°24.0'N000°27.9'E 1.034 58° 209° 124 km 03m15.3s
13:0205°09.7'N001°03.2'E04°02.1'N001°11.7'E04°35.9'N001°07.4'E 1.034 57° 210° 124 km 03m13.5s
13:0405°22.1'N001°43.1'E04°14.7'N001°51.8'E04°48.4'N001°47.3'E 1.034 57° 212° 123 km 03m11.7s
13:0605°35.2'N002°23.5'E04°28.1'N002°32.4'E05°01.6'N002°27.8'E 1.033 56° 213° 122 km 03m09.7s
13:0805°49.0'N003°04.6'E04°42.3'N003°13.6'E05°15.6'N003°09.0'E 1.033 55° 215° 122 km 03m07.6s
13:1006°03.5'N003°46.3'E04°57.2'N003°55.4'E05°30.3'N003°50.8'E 1.033 54° 216° 121 km 03m05.5s
13:1206°18.9'N004°28.9'E05°12.9'N004°38.0'E05°45.8'N004°33.3'E 1.033 53° 217° 120 km 03m03.2s
13:1406°35.0'N005°12.2'E05°29.4'N005°21.3'E06°02.1'N005°16.6'E 1.033 52° 218° 119 km 03m00.8s
13:1606°52.0'N005°56.4'E05°46.7'N006°05.6'E06°19.3'N006°00.8'E 1.033 51° 219° 118 km 02m58.3s
13:1807°09.9'N006°41.5'E06°05.0'N006°50.7'E06°37.4'N006°46.0'E 1.032 50° 220° 117 km 02m55.8s
13:2007°28.7'N007°27.8'E06°24.2'N007°36.9'E06°56.4'N007°32.2'E 1.032 49° 221° 116 km 02m53.1s
13:2207°48.4'N008°15.2'E06°44.3'N008°24.3'E07°16.3'N008°19.5'E 1.032 48° 222° 115 km 02m50.3s
13:2408°09.2'N009°03.8'E07°05.5'N009°12.8'E07°37.3'N009°08.2'E 1.032 47° 223° 114 km 02m47.5s
13:2608°31.0'N009°53.9'E07°27.8'N010°02.8'E07°59.4'N009°58.2'E 1.031 46° 224° 113 km 02m44.5s
13:2808°54.0'N010°45.6'E07°51.2'N010°54.2'E08°22.6'N010°49.7'E 1.031 44° 225° 112 km 02m41.4s
13:3009°18.3'N011°39.0'E08°15.9'N011°47.3'E08°47.0'N011°43.0'E 1.031 43° 226° 111 km 02m38.3s
13:3209°43.8'N012°34.3'E08°41.9'N012°42.3'E09°12.8'N012°38.1'E 1.031 42° 227° 109 km 02m35.0s
13:3410°10.8'N013°31.8'E09°09.4'N013°39.4'E09°40.0'N013°35.4'E 1.030 40° 228° 108 km 02m31.6s
13:3610°39.4'N014°31.7'E09°38.4'N014°38.9'E10°08.8'N014°35.1'E 1.030 39° 228° 107 km 02m28.1s
13:3811°09.6'N015°34.3'E10°09.1'N015°41.0'E10°39.3'N015°37.5'E 1.030 38° 229° 105 km 02m24.5s
13:4011°41.8'N016°40.1'E10°41.7'N016°46.2'E11°11.7'N016°42.9'E 1.029 36° 230° 104 km 02m20.7s
13:4212°16.1'N017°49.6'E11°16.5'N017°54.8'E11°46.2'N017°52.0'E 1.029 34° 231° 102 km 02m16.8s
13:4412°52.8'N019°03.2'E11°53.6'N019°07.6'E12°23.1'N019°05.2'E 1.028 33° 231° 101 km 02m12.8s
13:4613°32.2'N020°21.9'E12°33.5'N020°25.2'E13°02.8'N020°23.3'E 1.028 31° 232° 99 km 02m08.5s
13:4814°14.9'N021°46.6'E13°16.6'N021°48.5'E13°45.7'N021°47.3'E 1.027 29° 233° 97 km 02m04.1s
13:5015°01.5'N023°18.7'E14°03.5'N023°19.0'E14°32.4'N023°18.5'E 1.027 27° 234° 95 km 01m59.5s
13:5215°52.9'N025°00.2'E14°55.1'N024°58.4'E15°23.9'N024°58.9'E 1.026 25° 235° 93 km 01m54.5s
13:5416°50.4'N026°54.0'E15°52.7'N026°49.4'E16°21.4'N026°51.3'E 1.026 22° 235° 90 km 01m49.2s
13:5617°56.3'N029°05.1'E16°58.4'N028°56.6'E17°27.2'N029°00.4'E 1.025 20° 236° 87 km 01m43.5s
13:5819°14.6'N031°42.4'E18°15.8'N031°27.9'E18°45.0'N031°34.6'E 1.024 16° 238° 84 km 01m37.0s
14:0020°54.6'N035°06.8'E19°53.1'N034°41.0'E20°23.6'N034°53.1'E 1.023 13° 239° 80 km 01m29.2s
14:0223°35.2'N040°45.6'E22°18.9'N039°38.8'E22°55.8'N040°09.1'E 1.021 241° 74 km 01m18.3s
Limits26°08.0'N046°24.5'E25°33.9'N046°38.2'E25°50.9'N046°31.3'E 1.019 - 67 km 01m07.1s

ΔT = 2918.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:18:00.012:29:21.102°40.5'N021°11.6'W 64.0° 178.0° 129.6 km03m28.54s
Greatest Duration13:18:15.112:29:36.202°40.8'N008°55.3'W 64.0° 178.3° 129.6 km03m28.54s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0801 Dec 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0801 Dec 09 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 2918.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 82.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.35°.

Acknowledgments

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

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