Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0978 Dec 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0978 Dec 03 . 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 0978 Dec 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits00°47.9'S112°47.1'E01°10.7'S112°33.2'E00°59.3'S112°40.1'E 1.013 - 49 km 00m42.2s
22:2202°56.4'S117°39.2'E02°24.9'S115°20.7'E02°44.0'S116°37.0'E 1.014 113° 54 km 00m47.9s
22:2405°49.7'S123°33.7'E05°52.9'S122°25.8'E05°51.7'S123°00.2'E 1.017 12° 112° 63 km 00m58.4s
22:2607°39.1'S126°58.8'E07°48.9'S126°00.4'E07°44.2'S126°29.9'E 1.018 16° 112° 68 km 01m04.8s
22:2809°07.3'S129°35.7'E09°20.9'S128°41.5'E09°14.3'S129°08.8'E 1.019 20° 111° 72 km 01m10.2s
22:3010°23.7'S131°46.4'E10°40.1'S130°54.4'E10°32.0'S131°20.5'E 1.020 23° 111° 75 km 01m14.8s
22:3211°32.2'S133°40.0'E11°50.7'S132°49.5'E11°41.6'S133°14.9'E 1.021 25° 110° 78 km 01m19.1s
22:3412°34.9'S135°21.5'E12°55.3'S134°32.0'E12°45.3'S134°56.9'E 1.021 28° 109° 80 km 01m23.0s
22:3613°33.2'S136°53.8'E13°55.2'S136°05.1'E13°44.3'S136°29.6'E 1.022 30° 109° 82 km 01m26.7s
22:3814°27.8'S138°19.0'E14°51.4'S137°30.8'E14°39.7'S137°55.0'E 1.023 32° 108° 84 km 01m30.1s
22:4015°19.5'S139°38.4'E15°44.4'S138°50.6'E15°32.1'S139°14.6'E 1.023 34° 107° 86 km 01m33.5s
22:4216°08.6'S140°53.0'E16°34.8'S140°05.6'E16°21.8'S140°29.4'E 1.024 36° 107° 88 km 01m36.6s
22:4416°55.5'S142°03.6'E17°22.8'S141°16.5'E17°09.3'S141°40.2'E 1.024 38° 106° 89 km 01m39.7s
22:4617°40.5'S143°10.8'E18°08.9'S142°24.0'E17°54.8'S142°47.5'E 1.025 39° 105° 91 km 01m42.6s
22:4818°23.7'S144°15.1'E18°53.2'S143°28.5'E18°38.6'S143°51.9'E 1.025 41° 104° 92 km 01m45.5s
22:5019°05.4'S145°16.9'E19°35.8'S144°30.5'E19°20.7'S144°53.8'E 1.025 42° 104° 93 km 01m48.2s
22:5219°45.6'S146°16.5'E20°17.0'S145°30.4'E20°01.4'S145°53.5'E 1.026 44° 103° 94 km 01m50.9s
22:5420°24.5'S147°14.1'E20°56.9'S146°28.2'E20°40.8'S146°51.3'E 1.026 45° 102° 95 km 01m53.4s
22:5621°02.2'S148°10.1'E21°35.5'S147°24.4'E21°19.0'S147°47.4'E 1.026 47° 101° 96 km 01m55.9s
22:5821°38.8'S149°04.6'E22°13.0'S148°19.1'E21°56.0'S148°42.0'E 1.027 48° 100° 97 km 01m58.4s
23:0022°14.3'S149°57.7'E22°49.4'S149°12.5'E22°32.0'S149°35.2'E 1.027 50° 99° 98 km 02m00.7s
23:0222°48.9'S150°49.7'E23°24.8'S150°04.7'E23°06.9'S150°27.3'E 1.027 51° 98° 99 km 02m03.0s
23:0423°22.5'S151°40.6'E23°59.2'S150°55.9'E23°41.0'S151°18.4'E 1.028 52° 97° 99 km 02m05.2s
23:0623°55.3'S152°30.6'E24°32.8'S151°46.2'E24°14.1'S152°08.5'E 1.028 54° 96° 100 km 02m07.3s
23:0824°27.2'S153°19.8'E25°05.5'S152°35.7'E24°46.4'S152°57.9'E 1.028 55° 95° 101 km 02m09.4s
23:1024°58.3'S154°08.3'E25°37.4'S153°24.5'E25°17.9'S153°46.5'E 1.028 56° 94° 101 km 02m11.4s
23:1225°28.6'S154°56.1'E26°08.5'S154°12.7'E25°48.6'S154°34.5'E 1.028 57° 93° 102 km 02m13.4s
23:1425°58.2'S155°43.4'E26°38.8'S155°00.3'E26°18.6'S155°22.0'E 1.029 58° 91° 102 km 02m15.3s
23:1626°27.1'S156°30.2'E27°08.4'S155°47.5'E26°47.8'S156°09.0'E 1.029 60° 90° 103 km 02m17.1s
23:1826°55.3'S157°16.5'E27°37.3'S156°34.3'E27°16.4'S156°55.5'E 1.029 61° 89° 103 km 02m18.9s
23:2027°22.8'S158°02.5'E28°05.5'S157°20.7'E27°44.2'S157°41.7'E 1.029 62° 87° 104 km 02m20.6s
23:2227°49.7'S158°48.2'E28°33.1'S158°06.9'E28°11.5'S158°27.7'E 1.029 63° 85° 104 km 02m22.2s
23:2428°15.9'S159°33.7'E29°00.0'S158°52.8'E28°38.0'S159°13.4'E 1.030 64° 84° 105 km 02m23.8s
23:2628°41.5'S160°18.9'E29°26.3'S159°38.6'E29°04.0'S159°58.9'E 1.030 65° 82° 105 km 02m25.3s
23:2829°06.5'S161°04.0'E29°52.0'S160°24.2'E29°29.3'S160°44.2'E 1.030 66° 80° 105 km 02m26.7s
23:3029°30.9'S161°49.0'E30°17.0'S161°09.7'E29°54.0'S161°29.5'E 1.030 67° 78° 106 km 02m28.1s
23:3229°54.8'S162°33.9'E30°41.5'S161°55.2'E30°18.2'S162°14.7'E 1.030 68° 76° 106 km 02m29.4s
23:3430°18.0'S163°18.7'E31°05.4'S162°40.7'E30°41.7'S162°59.8'E 1.030 69° 74° 106 km 02m30.7s
23:3630°40.7'S164°03.5'E31°28.7'S163°26.2'E31°04.7'S163°45.0'E 1.030 70° 71° 106 km 02m31.8s
23:3831°02.8'S164°48.4'E31°51.4'S164°11.8'E31°27.1'S164°30.2'E 1.030 71° 68° 107 km 02m32.9s
23:4031°24.4'S165°33.3'E32°13.5'S164°57.4'E31°49.0'S165°15.5'E 1.031 72° 66° 107 km 02m34.0s
23:4231°45.4'S166°18.4'E32°35.1'S165°43.2'E32°10.3'S166°00.9'E 1.031 72° 62° 107 km 02m35.0s
23:4432°05.8'S167°03.5'E32°56.1'S166°29.2'E32°31.0'S166°46.5'E 1.031 73° 59° 107 km 02m35.9s
23:4632°25.7'S167°48.8'E33°16.5'S167°15.3'E32°51.2'S167°32.2'E 1.031 74° 56° 107 km 02m36.7s
23:4832°45.1'S168°34.3'E33°36.4'S168°01.6'E33°10.8'S168°18.1'E 1.031 74° 52° 108 km 02m37.5s
23:5033°03.9'S169°20.0'E33°55.7'S168°48.2'E33°29.8'S169°04.2'E 1.031 75° 48° 108 km 02m38.2s
23:5233°22.2'S170°05.9'E34°14.4'S169°35.1'E33°48.3'S169°50.6'E 1.031 76° 43° 108 km 02m38.8s
23:5433°39.9'S170°52.1'E34°32.6'S170°22.2'E34°06.3'S170°37.2'E 1.031 76° 39° 108 km 02m39.4s
23:5633°57.1'S171°38.5'E34°50.3'S171°09.7'E34°23.7'S171°24.2'E 1.031 76° 34° 108 km 02m39.9s
23:5834°13.7'S172°25.3'E35°07.3'S171°57.4'E34°40.5'S172°11.4'E 1.031 77° 29° 108 km 02m40.3s
00:0034°29.8'S173°12.3'E35°23.8'S172°45.6'E34°56.8'S172°59.0'E 1.031 77° 23° 108 km 02m40.6s
00:0234°45.3'S173°59.8'E35°39.7'S173°34.1'E35°12.5'S173°47.0'E 1.031 77° 18° 108 km 02m40.9s
00:0435°00.3'S174°47.5'E35°55.0'S174°23.0'E35°27.7'S174°35.4'E 1.031 77° 12° 108 km 02m41.0s
00:0635°14.7'S175°35.7'E36°09.8'S175°12.4'E35°42.2'S175°24.1'E 1.031 77° 108 km 02m41.1s
00:0835°28.5'S176°24.3'E36°23.9'S176°02.2'E35°56.2'S176°13.3'E 1.031 77° 108 km 02m41.2s
00:1035°41.8'S177°13.4'E36°37.5'S176°52.5'E36°09.6'S177°03.0'E 1.031 77° 356° 108 km 02m41.1s
00:1235°54.5'S178°02.8'E36°50.5'S177°43.2'E36°22.5'S177°53.1'E 1.031 76° 351° 108 km 02m41.0s
00:1436°06.6'S178°52.8'E37°02.8'S178°34.5'E36°34.7'S178°43.7'E 1.031 76° 346° 108 km 02m40.8s
00:1636°18.1'S179°43.2'E37°14.5'S179°26.3'E36°46.3'S179°34.8'E 1.031 75° 341° 107 km 02m40.5s
00:1836°29.0'S179°25.8'W37°25.6'S179°41.4'W36°57.3'S179°33.6'W 1.031 75° 337° 107 km 02m40.2s
00:2036°39.3'S178°34.3'W37°36.1'S178°48.5'W37°07.7'S178°41.4'W 1.031 74° 333° 107 km 02m39.8s
00:2236°49.0'S177°42.2'W37°45.9'S177°55.0'W37°17.4'S177°48.6'W 1.031 74° 329° 107 km 02m39.2s
00:2436°58.0'S176°49.6'W37°55.0'S177°00.8'W37°26.5'S176°55.2'W 1.031 73° 325° 107 km 02m38.7s
00:2637°06.4'S175°56.3'W38°03.5'S176°06.1'W37°35.0'S176°01.2'W 1.031 72° 322° 107 km 02m38.0s
00:2837°14.2'S175°02.4'W38°11.3'S175°10.7'W37°42.7'S175°06.6'W 1.031 71° 319° 106 km 02m37.2s
00:3037°21.3'S174°07.9'W38°18.4'S174°14.7'W37°49.8'S174°11.3'W 1.031 70° 316° 106 km 02m36.4s
00:3237°27.7'S173°12.7'W38°24.8'S173°17.9'W37°56.2'S173°15.4'W 1.031 69° 313° 106 km 02m35.5s
00:3437°33.4'S172°16.8'W38°30.4'S172°20.4'W38°01.9'S172°18.7'W 1.030 69° 310° 105 km 02m34.5s
00:3637°38.4'S171°20.2'W38°35.3'S171°22.2'W38°06.9'S171°21.3'W 1.030 68° 307° 105 km 02m33.5s
00:3837°42.7'S170°22.8'W38°39.5'S170°23.2'W38°11.1'S170°23.1'W 1.030 67° 305° 105 km 02m32.3s
00:4037°46.2'S169°24.6'W38°42.8'S169°23.4'W38°14.5'S169°24.1'W 1.030 66° 303° 104 km 02m31.1s
00:4237°49.0'S168°25.7'W38°45.4'S168°22.8'W38°17.2'S168°24.3'W 1.030 65° 301° 104 km 02m29.8s
00:4437°51.0'S167°25.9'W38°47.1'S167°21.3'W38°19.0'S167°23.7'W 1.030 64° 299° 104 km 02m28.5s
00:4637°52.1'S166°25.2'W38°48.0'S166°18.9'W38°20.1'S166°22.2'W 1.030 63° 297° 103 km 02m27.0s
00:4837°52.5'S165°23.6'W38°48.0'S165°15.6'W38°20.3'S165°19.7'W 1.030 61° 295° 103 km 02m25.5s
00:5037°52.0'S164°21.0'W38°47.1'S164°11.3'W38°19.6'S164°16.3'W 1.029 60° 293° 102 km 02m23.9s
00:5237°50.6'S163°17.4'W38°45.3'S163°06.1'W38°18.0'S163°11.9'W 1.029 59° 291° 102 km 02m22.2s
00:5437°48.3'S162°12.8'W38°42.5'S161°59.7'W38°15.4'S162°06.4'W 1.029 58° 289° 101 km 02m20.4s
00:5637°45.1'S161°07.0'W38°38.8'S160°52.3'W38°11.9'S160°59.8'W 1.029 57° 287° 101 km 02m18.6s
00:5837°40.8'S160°00.1'W38°34.0'S159°43.6'W38°07.4'S159°52.0'W 1.029 56° 286° 100 km 02m16.7s
01:0037°35.6'S158°51.9'W38°28.1'S158°33.8'W38°01.9'S158°43.0'W 1.028 54° 284° 100 km 02m14.7s
01:0237°29.3'S157°42.5'W38°21.1'S157°22.6'W37°55.2'S157°32.7'W 1.028 53° 283° 99 km 02m12.6s
01:0437°21.8'S156°31.6'W38°12.9'S156°10.0'W37°47.4'S156°21.0'W 1.028 52° 281° 98 km 02m10.5s
01:0637°13.2'S155°19.2'W38°03.6'S154°56.0'W37°38.4'S155°07.8'W 1.028 51° 279° 97 km 02m08.2s
01:0837°03.4'S154°05.3'W37°52.9'S153°40.3'W37°28.2'S153°53.0'W 1.028 49° 278° 97 km 02m05.9s
01:1036°52.3'S152°49.6'W37°40.9'S152°22.9'W37°16.6'S152°36.5'W 1.027 48° 276° 96 km 02m03.5s
01:1236°39.8'S151°32.0'W37°27.4'S151°03.7'W37°03.6'S151°18.1'W 1.027 46° 275° 95 km 02m01.0s
01:1436°25.8'S150°12.4'W37°12.4'S149°42.4'W36°49.2'S149°57.6'W 1.027 45° 274° 94 km 01m58.5s
01:1636°10.3'S148°50.5'W36°55.8'S148°18.9'W36°33.1'S148°34.9'W 1.026 43° 272° 93 km 01m55.8s
01:1835°53.1'S147°26.2'W36°37.4'S146°52.9'W36°15.3'S147°09.8'W 1.026 42° 271° 92 km 01m53.0s
01:2035°34.1'S145°59.0'W36°17.1'S145°24.1'W35°55.7'S145°41.8'W 1.026 40° 269° 91 km 01m50.2s
01:2235°13.0'S144°28.9'W35°54.7'S143°52.2'W35°34.0'S144°10.8'W 1.025 39° 268° 90 km 01m47.2s
01:2434°49.8'S142°55.1'W35°30.0'S142°16.8'W35°10.0'S142°36.2'W 1.025 37° 266° 88 km 01m44.1s
01:2634°24.2'S141°17.4'W35°02.8'S140°37.4'W34°43.6'S140°57.6'W 1.024 35° 265° 87 km 01m40.9s
01:2833°55.8'S139°35.0'W34°32.7'S138°53.2'W34°14.4'S139°14.3'W 1.024 33° 263° 86 km 01m37.6s
01:3033°24.3'S137°47.0'W33°59.3'S137°03.3'W33°42.0'S137°25.4'W 1.023 31° 262° 84 km 01m34.1s
01:3232°49.1'S135°52.3'W33°22.1'S135°06.7'W33°05.7'S135°29.8'W 1.023 29° 260° 82 km 01m30.4s
01:3432°09.6'S133°49.4'W32°40.2'S133°01.6'W32°25.0'S133°25.8'W 1.022 27° 259° 80 km 01m26.5s
01:3631°24.6'S131°36.0'W31°52.5'S130°45.5'W31°38.7'S131°11.0'W 1.022 25° 257° 78 km 01m22.3s
01:3830°32.6'S129°08.4'W30°57.4'S128°14.8'W30°45.2'S128°41.9'W 1.021 22° 256° 76 km 01m17.8s
01:4029°31.0'S126°20.6'W29°51.7'S125°22.7'W29°41.6'S125°52.0'W 1.020 19° 254° 73 km 01m12.8s
01:4228°14.4'S123°00.7'W28°29.5'S121°55.7'W28°22.2'S122°28.7'W 1.019 15° 252° 69 km 01m07.0s
01:4426°29.3'S118°37.1'W26°33.6'S117°15.5'W26°32.0'S117°57.2'W 1.017 10° 250° 64 km 00m59.7s
Limits22°05.6'S108°06.0'W22°29.7'S107°49.3'W22°17.7'S107°57.7'W 1.014 - 52 km 00m45.4s

ΔT = 1679.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:31:44.600:03:45.135°25.8'S167°28.3'E 77.2° 12.9° 107.9 km02m41.02s
Greatest Duration00:35:50.700:07:51.335°55.2'S176°09.7'E 76.9° 1.6° 107.8 km02m41.18s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0978 Dec 03 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 1679.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 56.6 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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