Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0818 Dec 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0818 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 0818 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
Limits22°49.1'S020°54.9'E23°35.5'S020°22.3'E23°12.3'S020°38.7'E 1.027 - 101 km 01m25.8s
04:0425°39.9'S027°40.5'E24°51.6'S023°16.9'E25°25.8'S025°50.5'E 1.029 113° 107 km 01m34.2s
04:0628°05.2'S033°37.3'E28°20.2'S031°26.4'E28°13.9'S032°34.0'E 1.031 12° 110° 114 km 01m46.4s
04:0829°36.2'S037°30.5'E30°04.8'S035°43.2'E29°51.2'S036°38.1'E 1.033 17° 107° 119 km 01m54.4s
04:1030°46.0'S040°37.5'E31°22.4'S039°02.2'E31°04.7'S039°50.8'E 1.034 20° 105° 122 km 02m01.0s
04:1231°43.6'S043°18.4'E32°25.5'S041°50.9'E32°04.9'S042°35.4'E 1.035 23° 103° 125 km 02m06.9s
04:1432°32.6'S045°41.9'E33°18.9'S044°20.3'E32°56.1'S045°01.8'E 1.035 26° 102° 127 km 02m12.2s
04:1633°15.4'S047°52.9'E34°05.3'S046°36.1'E33°40.6'S047°15.2'E 1.036 28° 100° 129 km 02m17.1s
04:1833°53.1'S049°54.3'E34°46.1'S048°41.7'E34°19.9'S049°18.7'E 1.037 30° 98° 131 km 02m21.7s
04:2034°26.7'S051°48.2'E35°22.5'S050°39.3'E34°54.9'S051°14.4'E 1.037 32° 97° 132 km 02m26.1s
04:2234°56.9'S053°35.9'E35°55.1'S052°30.4'E35°26.2'S053°03.8'E 1.038 34° 95° 134 km 02m30.2s
04:2435°24.0'S055°18.3'E36°24.5'S054°16.2'E35°54.5'S054°47.9'E 1.038 36° 94° 135 km 02m34.2s
04:2635°48.5'S056°56.4'E36°51.1'S055°57.3'E36°20.0'S056°27.4'E 1.039 38° 92° 137 km 02m38.0s
04:2836°10.7'S058°30.6'E37°15.1'S057°34.5'E36°43.0'S058°03.1'E 1.039 39° 91° 138 km 02m41.7s
04:3036°30.7'S060°01.5'E37°36.8'S059°08.3'E37°03.9'S059°35.5'E 1.039 41° 89° 139 km 02m45.2s
04:3236°48.7'S061°29.4'E37°56.5'S060°39.1'E37°22.7'S061°04.8'E 1.040 43° 88° 140 km 02m48.6s
04:3437°05.0'S062°54.6'E38°14.2'S062°07.1'E37°39.7'S062°31.4'E 1.040 44° 86° 141 km 02m51.9s
04:3637°19.6'S064°17.5'E38°30.2'S063°32.8'E37°55.0'S063°55.6'E 1.041 46° 85° 142 km 02m55.1s
04:3837°32.6'S065°38.1'E38°44.5'S064°56.2'E38°08.6'S065°17.7'E 1.041 47° 83° 143 km 02m58.1s
04:4037°44.2'S066°56.8'E38°57.3'S066°17.6'E38°20.8'S066°37.7'E 1.041 49° 82° 143 km 03m01.1s
04:4237°54.4'S068°13.6'E39°08.6'S067°37.2'E38°31.6'S067°55.9'E 1.041 50° 80° 144 km 03m03.9s
04:4438°03.4'S069°28.8'E39°18.5'S068°55.0'E38°41.0'S069°12.3'E 1.042 51° 78° 145 km 03m06.7s
04:4638°11.1'S070°42.3'E39°27.2'S070°11.3'E38°49.2'S070°27.2'E 1.042 53° 77° 145 km 03m09.3s
04:4838°17.6'S071°54.4'E39°34.6'S071°26.0'E38°56.1'S071°40.6'E 1.042 54° 75° 146 km 03m11.9s
04:5038°23.0'S073°05.1'E39°40.8'S072°39.4'E39°01.9'S072°52.6'E 1.042 55° 73° 147 km 03m14.3s
04:5238°27.4'S074°14.5'E39°45.8'S073°51.5'E39°06.6'S074°03.3'E 1.043 56° 72° 147 km 03m16.7s
04:5438°30.7'S075°22.6'E39°49.8'S075°02.3'E39°10.3'S075°12.8'E 1.043 57° 70° 148 km 03m18.9s
04:5638°33.0'S076°29.6'E39°52.7'S076°11.9'E39°12.9'S076°21.1'E 1.043 59° 68° 148 km 03m21.1s
04:5838°34.4'S077°35.5'E39°54.6'S077°20.4'E39°14.5'S077°28.2'E 1.043 60° 66° 149 km 03m23.1s
05:0038°34.9'S078°40.3'E39°55.5'S078°27.8'E39°15.2'S078°34.3'E 1.043 61° 64° 149 km 03m25.1s
05:0238°34.5'S079°44.1'E39°55.5'S079°34.2'E39°15.0'S079°39.4'E 1.044 62° 62° 150 km 03m27.0s
05:0438°33.2'S080°46.9'E39°54.6'S080°39.6'E39°13.8'S080°43.5'E 1.044 63° 60° 150 km 03m28.8s
05:0638°31.0'S081°48.8'E39°52.7'S081°44.1'E39°11.8'S081°46.7'E 1.044 64° 58° 151 km 03m30.4s
05:0838°28.1'S082°49.9'E39°50.0'S082°47.6'E39°09.0'S082°48.9'E 1.044 65° 56° 151 km 03m32.0s
05:1038°24.3'S083°50.0'E39°46.4'S083°50.2'E39°05.4'S083°50.3'E 1.044 66° 53° 151 km 03m33.5s
05:1238°19.8'S084°49.4'E39°42.0'S084°52.0'E39°00.9'S084°50.8'E 1.044 67° 51° 152 km 03m34.9s
05:1438°14.5'S085°47.9'E39°36.8'S085°53.0'E38°55.7'S085°50.6'E 1.044 68° 48° 152 km 03m36.2s
05:1638°08.5'S086°45.7'E39°30.9'S086°53.1'E38°49.7'S086°49.5'E 1.045 69° 45° 152 km 03m37.4s
05:1838°01.8'S087°42.8'E39°24.1'S087°52.5'E38°43.0'S087°47.7'E 1.045 70° 42° 153 km 03m38.5s
05:2037°54.4'S088°39.1'E39°16.6'S088°51.2'E38°35.5'S088°45.2'E 1.045 71° 39° 153 km 03m39.5s
05:2237°46.3'S089°34.8'E39°08.4'S089°49.1'E38°27.3'S089°42.0'E 1.045 71° 36° 153 km 03m40.4s
05:2437°37.5'S090°29.8'E38°59.5'S090°46.3'E38°18.5'S090°38.1'E 1.045 72° 33° 153 km 03m41.2s
05:2637°28.0'S091°24.1'E38°49.8'S091°42.8'E38°08.9'S091°33.5'E 1.045 73° 29° 154 km 03m42.0s
05:2837°17.9'S092°17.9'E38°39.5'S092°38.7'E37°58.7'S092°28.3'E 1.045 74° 25° 154 km 03m42.6s
05:3037°07.2'S093°11.0'E38°28.5'S093°34.0'E37°47.8'S093°22.5'E 1.045 74° 21° 154 km 03m43.1s
05:3236°55.8'S094°03.6'E38°16.8'S094°28.6'E37°36.3'S094°16.1'E 1.045 75° 17° 154 km 03m43.6s
05:3436°43.8'S094°55.7'E38°04.5'S095°22.6'E37°24.2'S095°09.1'E 1.045 75° 12° 154 km 03m43.9s
05:3636°31.2'S095°47.2'E37°51.5'S096°16.1'E37°11.4'S096°01.5'E 1.045 76° 155 km 03m44.2s
05:3836°18.0'S096°38.2'E37°37.9'S097°09.0'E36°58.0'S096°53.5'E 1.045 76° 155 km 03m44.3s
05:4036°04.2'S097°28.7'E37°23.7'S098°01.4'E36°43.9'S097°44.9'E 1.045 76° 357° 155 km 03m44.4s
05:4235°49.8'S098°18.8'E37°08.8'S098°53.2'E36°29.3'S098°35.9'E 1.045 76° 352° 155 km 03m44.3s
05:4435°34.8'S099°08.5'E36°53.3'S099°44.6'E36°14.1'S099°26.4'E 1.045 76° 346° 155 km 03m44.2s
05:4635°19.3'S099°57.7'E36°37.2'S100°35.5'E35°58.3'S100°16.5'E 1.045 76° 341° 155 km 03m44.0s
05:4835°03.2'S100°46.5'E36°20.6'S101°26.0'E35°41.9'S101°06.1'E 1.045 76° 336° 155 km 03m43.7s
05:5034°46.5'S101°35.0'E36°03.3'S102°16.1'E35°24.9'S101°55.4'E 1.045 76° 331° 155 km 03m43.3s
05:5234°29.2'S102°23.2'E35°45.4'S103°05.8'E35°07.3'S102°44.3'E 1.045 76° 326° 155 km 03m42.8s
05:5434°11.4'S103°11.0'E35°26.9'S103°55.1'E34°49.2'S103°32.8'E 1.045 75° 321° 155 km 03m42.2s
05:5633°53.0'S103°58.5'E35°07.9'S104°44.0'E34°30.5'S104°21.1'E 1.045 75° 316° 155 km 03m41.5s
05:5833°34.0'S104°45.8'E34°48.3'S105°32.7'E34°11.2'S105°09.0'E 1.045 74° 312° 155 km 03m40.8s
06:0033°14.5'S105°32.8'E34°28.1'S106°21.1'E33°51.3'S105°56.7'E 1.045 74° 308° 155 km 03m39.9s
06:0232°54.4'S106°19.6'E34°07.3'S107°09.2'E33°30.9'S106°44.1'E 1.045 73° 305° 155 km 03m39.0s
06:0432°33.8'S107°06.2'E33°45.9'S107°57.0'E33°09.9'S107°31.4'E 1.045 72° 301° 155 km 03m38.0s
06:0632°12.5'S107°52.6'E33°23.9'S108°44.7'E32°48.3'S108°18.4'E 1.045 71° 298° 155 km 03m36.9s
06:0831°50.8'S108°39.0'E33°01.4'S109°32.2'E32°26.1'S109°05.3'E 1.045 71° 295° 155 km 03m35.7s
06:1031°28.4'S109°25.2'E32°38.2'S110°19.6'E32°03.4'S109°52.1'E 1.044 70° 292° 155 km 03m34.5s
06:1231°05.5'S110°11.4'E32°14.5'S111°06.8'E31°40.1'S110°38.8'E 1.044 69° 289° 154 km 03m33.1s
06:1430°42.0'S110°57.5'E31°50.2'S111°54.0'E31°16.2'S111°25.5'E 1.044 68° 287° 154 km 03m31.7s
06:1630°17.9'S111°43.7'E31°25.2'S112°41.2'E30°51.6'S112°12.2'E 1.044 67° 284° 154 km 03m30.2s
06:1829°53.2'S112°29.9'E30°59.7'S113°28.3'E30°26.5'S112°58.9'E 1.044 66° 282° 154 km 03m28.6s
06:2029°27.9'S113°16.2'E30°33.5'S114°15.6'E30°00.8'S113°45.6'E 1.044 65° 280° 154 km 03m26.9s
06:2229°01.9'S114°02.6'E30°06.7'S115°02.9'E29°34.4'S114°32.5'E 1.044 64° 278° 153 km 03m25.2s
06:2428°35.4'S114°49.2'E29°39.3'S115°50.4'E29°07.4'S115°19.5'E 1.044 63° 277° 153 km 03m23.3s
06:2628°08.2'S115°36.0'E29°11.1'S116°38.0'E28°39.8'S116°06.8'E 1.043 62° 275° 153 km 03m21.4s
06:2827°40.3'S116°23.2'E28°42.3'S117°25.9'E28°11.4'S116°54.3'E 1.043 61° 273° 152 km 03m19.4s
06:3027°11.8'S117°10.6'E28°12.9'S118°14.2'E27°42.4'S117°42.1'E 1.043 60° 272° 152 km 03m17.4s
06:3226°42.5'S117°58.5'E27°42.7'S119°02.8'E27°12.7'S118°30.3'E 1.043 58° 270° 152 km 03m15.2s
06:3426°12.6'S118°46.8'E27°11.7'S119°51.8'E26°42.3'S119°19.0'E 1.043 57° 269° 151 km 03m13.0s
06:3625°41.9'S119°35.6'E26°40.0'S120°41.3'E26°11.1'S120°08.2'E 1.042 56° 267° 151 km 03m10.7s
06:3825°10.4'S120°25.1'E26°07.5'S121°31.5'E25°39.1'S120°58.0'E 1.042 55° 266° 150 km 03m08.3s
06:4024°38.1'S121°15.3'E25°34.1'S122°22.3'E25°06.2'S121°48.5'E 1.042 54° 265° 150 km 03m05.9s
06:4224°04.9'S122°06.3'E24°59.9'S123°14.0'E24°32.6'S122°39.8'E 1.042 52° 264° 149 km 03m03.4s
06:4423°30.9'S122°58.2'E24°24.8'S124°06.5'E23°58.0'S123°32.0'E 1.041 51° 263° 149 km 03m00.7s
06:4622°55.9'S123°51.1'E23°48.7'S125°00.1'E23°22.5'S124°25.3'E 1.041 50° 262° 148 km 02m58.0s
06:4822°19.9'S124°45.1'E23°11.6'S125°54.8'E22°45.9'S125°19.7'E 1.041 48° 261° 147 km 02m55.3s
06:5021°42.8'S125°40.5'E22°33.4'S126°50.8'E22°08.3'S126°15.4'E 1.041 47° 260° 146 km 02m52.4s
06:5221°04.7'S126°37.4'E21°54.0'S127°48.3'E21°29.5'S127°12.6'E 1.040 45° 259° 146 km 02m49.4s
06:5420°25.3'S127°35.9'E21°13.4'S128°47.6'E20°49.5'S128°11.5'E 1.040 44° 258° 145 km 02m46.4s
06:5619°44.6'S128°36.4'E20°31.4'S129°48.8'E20°08.2'S129°12.3'E 1.040 42° 257° 144 km 02m43.2s
06:5819°02.4'S129°39.1'E19°47.9'S130°52.2'E19°25.3'S130°15.3'E 1.039 41° 256° 143 km 02m39.9s
07:0018°18.7'S130°44.3'E19°02.7'S131°58.2'E18°40.9'S131°20.9'E 1.039 39° 255° 141 km 02m36.5s
07:0217°33.2'S131°52.4'E18°15.7'S133°07.2'E17°54.7'S132°29.5'E 1.038 38° 255° 140 km 02m33.0s
07:0416°45.7'S133°03.9'E17°26.7'S134°19.8'E17°06.4'S133°41.5'E 1.038 36° 254° 139 km 02m29.4s
07:0615°56.0'S134°19.4'E16°35.3'S135°36.5'E16°15.9'S134°57.6'E 1.037 34° 253° 137 km 02m25.6s
07:0815°03.8'S135°39.8'E15°41.1'S136°58.2'E15°22.7'S136°18.7'E 1.037 32° 252° 135 km 02m21.6s
07:1014°08.5'S137°05.9'E14°43.8'S138°26.1'E14°26.4'S137°45.6'E 1.036 30° 252° 134 km 02m17.4s
07:1213°09.5'S138°39.3'E13°42.5'S140°01.6'E13°26.3'S139°20.0'E 1.036 28° 251° 131 km 02m13.0s
07:1412°06.1'S140°21.8'E12°36.3'S141°47.0'E12°21.5'S141°04.0'E 1.035 25° 250° 129 km 02m08.3s
07:1610°56.9'S142°16.6'E11°23.7'S143°45.7'E11°10.7'S143°00.6'E 1.034 23° 250° 126 km 02m03.2s
07:1809°39.7'S144°28.6'E10°02.0'S146°03.6'E09°51.3'S145°15.5'E 1.033 20° 249° 123 km 01m57.5s
07:2008°10.5'S147°07.2'E08°26.3'S148°52.4'E08°19.0'S147°58.9'E 1.032 16° 249° 119 km 01m51.1s
07:2206°19.7'S150°34.8'E06°22.7'S152°43.4'E06°22.4'S151°37.1'E 1.031 12° 248° 114 km 01m43.1s
07:2403°22.8'S156°37.0'E - - 02°48.6'S159°00.7'E 1.028 247° 103 km 01m28.9s
Limits01°17.1'S161°23.3'E02°03.6'S161°51.8'E01°40.3'S161°37.5'E 1.027 - 100 km 01m24.5s

ΔT = 2782.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:30:11.405:43:48.536°15.6'S087°44.0'E 76.3° 346.8° 155.0 km03m44.23s
Greatest Duration06:26:39.805:40:17.036°41.9'S097°52.2'E 76.1° 356.2° 154.8 km03m44.37s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0818 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 2782.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 80.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.33°.

Acknowledgments

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

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