Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1302 Dec 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1302 Dec 20 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1302 Dec 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits62°10.5'S035°45.5'E64°45.0'S021°33.9'E63°29.5'S029°23.7'E 0.939 - 752 km 03m26.0s
00:0673°07.3'S046°24.0'E - - 68°10.2'S033°52.4'E 0.940 148° 721 km 03m28.3s
00:0874°55.3'S047°30.8'E - - 71°12.8'S035°47.3'E 0.941 146° 696 km 03m29.8s
00:1076°33.1'S048°19.9'E - - 73°27.5'S036°36.3'E 0.941 10° 145° 676 km 03m30.8s
00:1278°03.6'S048°53.7'E69°49.5'S024°56.9'E75°20.8'S036°47.9'E 0.942 12° 144° 660 km 03m31.7s
00:1479°28.4'S049°12.4'E72°38.5'S025°17.6'E77°01.1'S036°28.3'E 0.942 13° 143° 646 km 03m32.5s
00:1680°48.9'S049°14.5'E74°43.8'S024°34.0'E78°32.1'S035°37.3'E 0.942 14° 143° 634 km 03m33.1s
00:1882°05.7'S048°56.0'E76°27.9'S023°03.2'E79°55.9'S034°10.4'E 0.943 15° 144° 624 km 03m33.7s
00:2083°19.4'S048°09.7'E77°58.1'S020°46.3'E81°13.6'S031°58.8'E 0.943 16° 146° 615 km 03m34.2s
00:2284°30.3'S046°41.6'E79°17.3'S017°38.7'E82°25.6'S028°48.3'E 0.943 17° 148° 607 km 03m34.7s
00:2485°38.4'S044°03.8'E80°26.8'S013°32.3'E83°31.7'S024°16.4'E 0.943 18° 152° 601 km 03m35.2s
00:2686°43.4'S039°13.1'E81°26.8'S008°17.7'E84°30.9'S017°49.8'E 0.943 18° 157° 595 km 03m35.5s
00:2887°43.4'S029°24.9'E82°16.6'S001°45.7'E85°21.1'S008°43.0'E 0.943 19° 165° 590 km 03m35.9s
00:3088°31.7'S006°34.3'E82°55.1'S006°06.8'W85°58.6'S003°47.2'W 0.944 19° 177° 586 km 03m36.2s
00:3288°45.4'S038°42.8'W83°20.7'S015°10.8'W86°18.8'S019°32.0'W 0.944 20° 192° 583 km 03m36.5s
00:3488°12.3'S073°31.9'W83°32.3'S024°59.3'W86°18.3'S036°28.8'W 0.944 20° 208° 580 km 03m36.7s
00:3687°20.0'S088°24.1'W83°29.8'S034°51.1'W85°58.1'S051°37.6'W 0.944 20° 222° 578 km 03m36.9s
00:3886°22.6'S095°17.9'W83°14.3'S044°04.1'W85°23.2'S063°23.4'W 0.944 21° 233° 577 km 03m37.1s
00:4085°23.6'S098°59.8'W82°47.6'S052°10.1'W84°38.8'S071°56.2'W 0.944 21° 241° 576 km 03m37.2s
00:4284°23.9'S101°07.9'W82°11.9'S058°58.9'W83°48.5'S078°02.9'W 0.944 21° 246° 576 km 03m37.3s
00:4483°24.1'S102°26.1'W81°29.5'S064°33.4'W82°54.6'S082°26.7'W 0.944 21° 249° 577 km 03m37.4s
00:4682°24.2'S103°13.7'W80°41.9'S069°03.2'W81°58.4'S085°38.9'W 0.944 21° 252° 578 km 03m37.4s
00:4881°24.2'S103°41.3'W79°50.4'S072°39.0'W81°00.5'S088°00.3'W 0.944 21° 253° 580 km 03m37.5s
00:5080°24.2'S103°55.5'W78°55.7'S075°31.0'W80°01.5'S089°45.1'W 0.944 21° 254° 582 km 03m37.4s
00:5279°24.1'S103°59.2'W77°58.6'S077°47.4'W79°01.5'S091°02.4'W 0.944 21° 254° 585 km 03m37.4s
00:5478°23.8'S103°55.5'W76°59.3'S079°34.8'W78°00.6'S091°58.8'W 0.944 21° 254° 589 km 03m37.3s
00:5677°23.2'S103°45.0'W75°58.1'S080°58.4'W76°59.0'S092°38.7'W 0.944 20° 254° 593 km 03m37.2s
00:5876°22.3'S103°30.6'W74°55.1'S082°02.0'W75°56.5'S093°05.3'W 0.944 20° 254° 598 km 03m37.1s
01:0075°20.9'S103°11.6'W73°50.3'S082°48.6'W74°53.2'S093°20.7'W 0.943 20° 253° 603 km 03m36.9s
01:0274°19.0'S102°48.6'W72°43.5'S083°20.3'W73°48.9'S093°26.6'W 0.943 19° 252° 610 km 03m36.7s
01:0473°16.4'S102°22.0'W71°34.5'S083°38.6'W72°43.4'S093°24.1'W 0.943 19° 252° 617 km 03m36.5s
01:0672°13.1'S101°51.8'W70°23.1'S083°44.5'W71°36.6'S093°13.8'W 0.943 18° 251° 624 km 03m36.2s
01:0871°08.7'S101°18.2'W69°08.8'S083°38.2'W70°28.2'S092°56.2'W 0.943 18° 250° 633 km 03m35.9s
01:1070°03.1'S100°41.1'W67°50.9'S083°19.5'W69°17.9'S092°31.4'W 0.943 17° 248° 642 km 03m35.5s
01:1268°56.2'S100°00.1'W66°28.3'S082°47.3'W68°05.4'S091°59.2'W 0.942 16° 247° 652 km 03m35.1s
01:1467°47.5'S099°15.0'W64°59.3'S081°59.2'W66°50.0'S091°18.9'W 0.942 15° 246° 663 km 03m34.7s
01:1666°36.8'S098°25.1'W63°21.0'S080°50.2'W65°31.1'S090°29.6'W 0.942 14° 244° 675 km 03m34.2s
01:1865°23.5'S097°29.6'W61°27.0'S079°09.1'W64°07.4'S089°29.4'W 0.942 13° 243° 688 km 03m33.6s
01:2064°07.0'S096°27.5'W58°56.1'S076°17.8'W62°37.1'S088°15.2'W 0.941 12° 241° 702 km 03m32.9s
01:2262°46.4'S095°17.2'W - - 60°57.1'S086°41.3'W 0.941 10° 239° 716 km 03m32.1s
01:2461°20.2'S093°55.9'W - - 59°00.3'S084°34.7'W 0.940 237° 732 km 03m31.1s
01:2659°46.2'S092°19.5'W - - 56°22.9'S081°10.7'W 0.939 233° 747 km 03m29.7s
Limits51°03.9'S079°56.5'W55°22.9'S070°46.2'W53°07.5'S075°49.4'W 0.938 - 755 km 03m27.8s

ΔT = 479.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:53:47.300:45:48.182°04.0'S087°22.4'W 21.1° 251.5° 577.7 km03m37.44s
Greatest Duration00:56:01.800:48:02.680°59.2'S088°03.0'W 21.0° 253.2° 579.7 km03m37.46s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1302 Dec 20

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1302 Dec 20 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 479.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 21.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.09°.

Acknowledgments

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

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