Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0977 Dec 13

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0977 Dec 13 . 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 0977 Dec 13
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits31°06.2'N000°24.5'W30°16.8'N000°47.2'W30°41.5'N000°35.9'W 1.028 - 98 km 01m37.4s
07:0229°33.3'N002°58.2'E27°18.7'N005°25.2'E28°19.3'N004°27.2'E 1.029 120° 103 km 01m46.9s
07:0425°56.8'N010°18.3'E24°27.7'N010°57.1'E25°11.5'N010°39.6'E 1.031 12° 123° 110 km 02m00.7s
07:0623°59.6'N014°01.5'E22°37.5'N014°20.2'E23°18.1'N014°12.0'E 1.033 16° 125° 114 km 02m09.7s
07:0822°29.2'N016°47.9'E21°10.1'N016°56.5'E21°49.3'N016°53.0'E 1.034 19° 126° 118 km 02m17.1s
07:1021°13.4'N019°04.3'E19°55.7'N019°06.7'E20°34.2'N019°06.1'E 1.034 22° 128° 121 km 02m23.7s
07:1220°07.1'N021°01.5'E18°50.1'N020°59.5'E19°28.3'N021°01.1'E 1.035 24° 129° 123 km 02m29.7s
07:1419°07.6'N022°45.3'E17°51.1'N022°40.0'E18°29.1'N022°43.1'E 1.036 27° 130° 125 km 02m35.2s
07:1618°13.5'N024°19.0'E16°57.1'N024°11.0'E17°35.1'N024°15.5'E 1.036 29° 131° 127 km 02m40.5s
07:1817°23.6'N025°44.7'E16°07.3'N025°34.6'E16°45.2'N025°40.1'E 1.037 31° 132° 129 km 02m45.5s
07:2016°37.3'N027°04.0'E15°20.9'N026°52.2'E15°58.9'N026°58.5'E 1.037 32° 132° 131 km 02m50.2s
07:2215°54.0'N028°18.1'E14°37.4'N028°04.8'E15°15.5'N028°11.8'E 1.038 34° 133° 133 km 02m54.7s
07:2415°13.3'N029°27.7'E13°56.5'N029°13.2'E14°34.7'N029°20.8'E 1.038 36° 134° 135 km 02m59.1s
07:2614°34.9'N030°33.5'E13°17.8'N030°18.0'E13°56.1'N030°26.1'E 1.039 37° 135° 136 km 03m03.3s
07:2813°58.5'N031°36.0'E12°41.1'N031°19.6'E13°19.6'N031°28.2'E 1.039 39° 136° 138 km 03m07.4s
07:3013°23.9'N032°35.7'E12°06.2'N032°18.6'E12°44.9'N032°27.4'E 1.039 40° 137° 139 km 03m11.3s
07:3212°51.0'N033°32.9'E11°33.0'N033°15.1'E12°11.9'N033°24.3'E 1.040 42° 138° 140 km 03m15.1s
07:3412°19.7'N034°27.9'E11°01.3'N034°09.5'E11°40.3'N034°18.9'E 1.040 43° 138° 142 km 03m18.8s
07:3611°49.7'N035°20.9'E10°31.0'N035°02.0'E11°10.2'N035°11.7'E 1.040 44° 139° 143 km 03m22.3s
07:3811°21.1'N036°12.1'E10°02.0'N035°52.8'E10°41.4'N036°02.7'E 1.041 45° 140° 144 km 03m25.7s
07:4010°53.7'N037°01.7'E09°34.2'N036°42.1'E10°13.8'N036°52.1'E 1.041 47° 141° 145 km 03m29.1s
07:4210°27.4'N037°49.9'E09°07.5'N037°30.0'E09°47.3'N037°40.2'E 1.041 48° 142° 146 km 03m32.3s
07:4410°02.2'N038°36.8'E08°41.9'N038°16.7'E09°21.9'N038°27.0'E 1.041 49° 143° 148 km 03m35.4s
07:4609°38.0'N039°22.6'E08°17.3'N039°02.2'E08°57.5'N039°12.6'E 1.042 50° 145° 149 km 03m38.4s
07:4809°14.8'N040°07.3'E07°53.7'N039°46.8'E08°34.1'N039°57.2'E 1.042 51° 146° 150 km 03m41.3s
07:5008°52.5'N040°51.0'E07°31.1'N040°30.4'E08°11.6'N040°40.9'E 1.042 52° 147° 151 km 03m44.0s
07:5208°31.0'N041°33.8'E07°09.3'N041°13.2'E07°50.0'N041°23.7'E 1.042 53° 148° 152 km 03m46.7s
07:5408°10.5'N042°15.8'E06°48.3'N041°55.2'E07°29.3'N042°05.7'E 1.042 54° 149° 153 km 03m49.3s
07:5607°50.7'N042°57.2'E06°28.2'N042°36.5'E07°09.3'N042°47.0'E 1.043 55° 151° 154 km 03m51.7s
07:5807°31.7'N043°37.8'E06°08.9'N043°17.2'E06°50.2'N043°27.7'E 1.043 55° 152° 154 km 03m54.1s
08:0007°13.5'N044°17.9'E05°50.3'N043°57.3'E06°31.8'N044°07.8'E 1.043 56° 154° 155 km 03m56.3s
08:0206°56.0'N044°57.4'E05°32.5'N044°37.0'E06°14.1'N044°47.3'E 1.043 57° 155° 156 km 03m58.4s
08:0406°39.3'N045°36.4'E05°15.3'N045°16.1'E05°57.2'N045°26.4'E 1.043 58° 157° 157 km 04m00.4s
08:0606°23.2'N046°14.9'E04°58.9'N045°54.8'E05°41.0'N046°05.0'E 1.043 58° 158° 158 km 04m02.3s
08:0806°07.8'N046°53.1'E04°43.2'N046°33.2'E05°25.4'N046°43.3'E 1.043 59° 160° 158 km 04m04.1s
08:1005°53.1'N047°30.9'E04°28.2'N047°11.2'E05°10.5'N047°21.2'E 1.043 60° 162° 159 km 04m05.7s
08:1205°39.0'N048°08.4'E04°13.8'N047°48.9'E04°56.3'N047°58.8'E 1.044 60° 164° 160 km 04m07.3s
08:1405°25.5'N048°45.6'E04°00.1'N048°26.3'E04°42.7'N048°36.1'E 1.044 61° 165° 160 km 04m08.7s
08:1605°12.7'N049°22.6'E03°47.0'N049°03.6'E04°29.8'N049°13.2'E 1.044 61° 167° 161 km 04m10.0s
08:1805°00.5'N049°59.3'E03°34.5'N049°40.6'E04°17.4'N049°50.1'E 1.044 62° 169° 161 km 04m11.1s
08:2004°48.9'N050°35.9'E03°22.6'N050°17.5'E04°05.7'N050°26.8'E 1.044 62° 171° 162 km 04m12.2s
08:2204°37.9'N051°12.3'E03°11.4'N050°54.3'E03°54.6'N051°03.4'E 1.044 62° 174° 162 km 04m13.1s
08:2404°27.5'N051°48.7'E03°00.8'N051°30.9'E03°44.1'N051°39.9'E 1.044 63° 176° 163 km 04m13.9s
08:2604°17.7'N052°24.9'E02°50.8'N052°07.5'E03°34.2'N052°16.3'E 1.044 63° 178° 163 km 04m14.6s
08:2804°08.5'N053°01.1'E02°41.4'N052°44.0'E03°24.9'N052°52.6'E 1.044 63° 180° 163 km 04m15.1s
08:3003°59.8'N053°37.3'E02°32.5'N053°20.6'E03°16.1'N053°29.0'E 1.044 63° 182° 164 km 04m15.5s
08:3203°51.8'N054°13.4'E02°24.3'N053°57.1'E03°08.0'N054°05.3'E 1.044 63° 185° 164 km 04m15.8s
08:3403°44.3'N054°49.6'E02°16.7'N054°33.7'E03°00.4'N054°41.7'E 1.044 63° 187° 164 km 04m15.9s
08:3603°37.4'N055°25.9'E02°09.7'N055°10.4'E02°53.5'N055°18.1'E 1.044 63° 189° 164 km 04m15.9s
08:3803°31.0'N056°02.2'E02°03.2'N055°47.1'E02°47.1'N055°54.7'E 1.044 63° 191° 164 km 04m15.8s
08:4003°25.3'N056°38.7'E01°57.4'N056°24.0'E02°41.3'N056°31.3'E 1.044 63° 194° 164 km 04m15.6s
08:4203°20.1'N057°15.3'E01°52.1'N057°01.0'E02°36.1'N057°08.1'E 1.044 63° 196° 164 km 04m15.2s
08:4403°15.5'N057°52.1'E01°47.5'N057°38.2'E02°31.5'N057°45.1'E 1.044 63° 198° 164 km 04m14.7s
08:4603°11.5'N058°29.1'E01°43.5'N058°15.6'E02°27.5'N058°22.3'E 1.044 62° 200° 164 km 04m14.0s
08:4803°08.1'N059°06.3'E01°40.0'N058°53.3'E02°24.1'N058°59.7'E 1.044 62° 202° 164 km 04m13.2s
08:5003°05.3'N059°43.7'E01°37.2'N059°31.2'E02°21.2'N059°37.4'E 1.044 61° 204° 163 km 04m12.3s
08:5203°03.1'N060°21.5'E01°35.1'N060°09.4'E02°19.1'N060°15.4'E 1.044 61° 206° 163 km 04m11.2s
08:5403°01.5'N060°59.6'E01°33.5'N060°47.9'E02°17.5'N060°53.7'E 1.043 61° 208° 163 km 04m10.0s
08:5603°00.5'N061°38.0'E01°32.6'N061°26.8'E02°16.5'N061°32.3'E 1.043 60° 210° 162 km 04m08.7s
08:5803°00.2'N062°16.9'E01°32.4'N062°06.1'E02°16.2'N062°11.4'E 1.043 59° 212° 162 km 04m07.3s
09:0003°00.5'N062°56.2'E01°32.8'N062°45.8'E02°16.6'N062°50.9'E 1.043 59° 213° 161 km 04m05.7s
09:0203°01.5'N063°35.9'E01°33.9'N063°26.0'E02°17.6'N063°30.8'E 1.043 58° 215° 161 km 04m04.0s
09:0403°03.1'N064°16.2'E01°35.6'N064°06.7'E02°19.3'N064°11.3'E 1.043 57° 216° 160 km 04m02.1s
09:0603°05.4'N064°57.1'E01°38.1'N064°47.9'E02°21.7'N064°52.3'E 1.043 57° 218° 159 km 04m00.2s
09:0803°08.4'N065°38.5'E01°41.3'N065°29.7'E02°24.8'N065°34.0'E 1.043 56° 219° 159 km 03m58.1s
09:1003°12.2'N066°20.6'E01°45.3'N066°12.2'E02°28.7'N066°16.2'E 1.043 55° 221° 158 km 03m55.8s
09:1203°16.6'N067°03.4'E01°50.0'N066°55.4'E02°33.3'N066°59.2'E 1.042 54° 222° 157 km 03m53.5s
09:1403°21.9'N067°47.0'E01°55.5'N067°39.3'E02°38.7'N067°43.0'E 1.042 53° 223° 156 km 03m51.0s
09:1603°28.0'N068°31.4'E02°01.8'N068°24.0'E02°44.8'N068°27.5'E 1.042 52° 224° 155 km 03m48.4s
09:1803°34.8'N069°16.8'E02°09.0'N069°09.7'E02°51.9'N069°13.0'E 1.042 51° 225° 154 km 03m45.7s
09:2003°42.6'N070°03.1'E02°17.1'N069°56.3'E02°59.8'N069°59.5'E 1.042 50° 226° 153 km 03m42.8s
09:2203°51.2'N070°50.5'E02°26.0'N070°43.9'E03°08.6'N070°47.0'E 1.041 49° 227° 152 km 03m39.8s
09:2404°00.8'N071°39.1'E02°36.0'N071°32.7'E03°18.3'N071°35.7'E 1.041 48° 228° 151 km 03m36.7s
09:2604°11.4'N072°28.9'E02°46.9'N072°22.7'E03°29.1'N072°25.6'E 1.041 47° 229° 149 km 03m33.5s
09:2804°23.1'N073°20.2'E02°59.0'N073°14.1'E03°40.9'N073°16.9'E 1.041 46° 230° 148 km 03m30.2s
09:3004°35.8'N074°13.0'E03°12.1'N074°07.0'E03°53.9'N074°09.7'E 1.040 45° 231° 147 km 03m26.7s
09:3204°49.8'N075°07.5'E03°26.5'N075°01.5'E04°08.0'N075°04.2'E 1.040 44° 232° 146 km 03m23.1s
09:3405°05.0'N076°03.9'E03°42.1'N075°57.9'E04°23.5'N076°00.6'E 1.040 42° 232° 144 km 03m19.4s
09:3605°21.6'N077°02.4'E03°59.1'N076°56.3'E04°40.3'N076°59.0'E 1.039 41° 233° 143 km 03m15.5s
09:3805°39.6'N078°03.2'E04°17.6'N077°56.9'E04°58.5'N077°59.7'E 1.039 40° 234° 141 km 03m11.5s
09:4005°59.3'N079°06.6'E04°37.8'N079°00.1'E05°18.5'N079°03.0'E 1.039 38° 234° 139 km 03m07.3s
09:4206°20.8'N080°13.1'E04°59.7'N080°06.1'E05°40.2'N080°09.2'E 1.038 37° 235° 138 km 03m03.0s
09:4406°44.3'N081°22.9'E05°23.6'N081°15.4'E06°03.9'N081°18.8'E 1.038 35° 236° 136 km 02m58.6s
09:4607°10.0'N082°36.8'E05°49.8'N082°28.6'E06°29.8'N082°32.3'E 1.037 33° 236° 134 km 02m54.0s
09:4807°38.3'N083°55.3'E06°18.5'N083°46.1'E06°58.3'N083°50.3'E 1.037 32° 237° 132 km 02m49.1s
09:5008°09.6'N085°19.3'E06°50.1'N085°09.0'E07°29.7'N085°13.7'E 1.036 30° 237° 130 km 02m44.1s
09:5208°44.3'N086°50.1'E07°25.2'N086°38.3'E08°04.6'N086°43.7'E 1.036 28° 238° 128 km 02m38.8s
09:5409°23.4'N088°29.4'E08°04.4'N088°15.4'E08°43.7'N088°21.8'E 1.035 26° 239° 125 km 02m33.2s
09:5610°07.9'N090°19.6'E08°48.9'N090°02.8'E09°28.2'N090°10.6'E 1.035 23° 239° 123 km 02m27.2s
09:5810°59.7'N092°24.6'E09°40.2'N092°03.8'E10°19.7'N092°13.5'E 1.034 21° 240° 120 km 02m20.7s
10:0012°01.8'N094°51.6'E10°41.1'N094°24.5'E11°21.2'N094°37.2'E 1.033 18° 241° 116 km 02m13.5s
10:0213°20.9'N097°55.4'E11°57.2'N097°16.9'E12°38.6'N097°34.9'E 1.032 14° 241° 112 km 02m05.2s
10:0415°17.8'N102°23.0'E13°43.5'N101°14.1'E14°29.6'N101°45.6'E 1.030 243° 107 km 01m54.6s
Limits18°39.7'N110°02.5'E17°49.5'N110°19.7'E18°14.5'N110°11.1'E 1.027 - 97 km 01m36.4s

ΔT = 1685.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:01:34.508:33:29.303°02.3'N047°30.0'E 63.2° 186.3° 164.0 km04m15.91s
Greatest Duration09:03:15.908:35:10.802°56.3'N055°03.2'E 63.2° 188.2° 164.1 km04m15.96s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0977 Dec 13

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0977 Dec 13 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 1685.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 56.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.24°.

Acknowledgments

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

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