Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1489 Dec 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1489 Dec 22 . 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 1489 Dec 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits59°56.4'N037°54.0'E58°34.5'N035°40.1'E59°14.0'N036°41.9'E 0.987 - 193 km 00m55.5s
06:42 - - 55°02.3'N043°24.6'E56°49.8'N041°16.2'E 0.988 144° 183 km 00m52.7s
06:4457°27.0'N042°24.5'E54°16.7'N045°54.1'E55°32.2'N044°36.4'E 0.989 148° 180 km 00m50.8s
06:4656°11.6'N045°38.8'E53°48.0'N047°56.9'E54°50.6'N046°59.2'E 0.989 150° 179 km 00m49.6s
06:4855°32.6'N047°58.0'E53°29.6'N049°44.4'E54°25.0'N048°58.0'E 0.990 152° 179 km 00m48.7s
06:5055°09.7'N049°54.2'E53°18.7'N051°21.7'E54°09.6'N050°42.7'E 0.990 154° 179 km 00m48.0s
06:5254°57.0'N051°37.0'E53°13.7'N052°51.9'E54°01.6'N052°18.1'E 0.990 10° 156° 179 km 00m47.4s
06:5454°52.1'N053°11.1'E53°13.8'N054°16.9'E53°59.6'N053°46.9'E 0.990 10° 158° 179 km 00m47.0s
06:5654°53.4'N054°39.0'E53°18.3'N055°37.9'E54°02.8'N055°10.9'E 0.990 11° 160° 179 km 00m46.8s
06:5855°00.2'N056°02.5'E53°26.9'N056°55.9'E54°10.7'N056°31.3'E 0.990 11° 161° 178 km 00m46.6s
07:0055°12.1'N057°22.7'E53°39.4'N058°11.7'E54°23.0'N057°49.1'E 0.990 11° 163° 177 km 00m46.5s
07:0255°29.0'N058°40.6'E53°55.8'N059°26.0'E54°39.6'N059°05.1'E 0.990 11° 165° 175 km 00m46.6s
07:0455°51.0'N059°57.0'E54°16.1'N060°39.3'E55°00.6'N060°19.8'E 0.990 11° 166° 173 km 00m46.7s
07:0656°18.2'N061°12.6'E54°40.4'N061°52.2'E55°26.2'N061°34.0'E 0.990 11° 168° 171 km 00m47.0s
07:0856°51.4'N062°27.9'E55°09.2'N063°05.2'E55°56.9'N062°48.1'E 0.990 10° 169° 169 km 00m47.3s
07:1057°31.4'N063°43.9'E55°42.9'N064°18.8'E56°33.2'N064°02.9'E 0.990 10° 171° 168 km 00m47.8s
07:1258°19.8'N065°01.1'E56°22.1'N065°33.8'E57°16.2'N065°19.1'E 0.990 173° 167 km 00m48.4s
07:1459°19.4'N066°20.7'E57°08.1'N066°51.0'E58°07.5'N066°37.5'E 0.990 174° 167 km 00m49.1s
07:1660°35.7'N067°44.1'E58°02.5'N068°11.3'E59°09.9'N067°59.5'E 0.989 176° 167 km 00m50.0s
07:1862°23.9'N069°13.8'E59°08.4'N069°36.5'E60°29.2'N069°27.0'E 0.989 178° 170 km 00m51.2s
07:20 - - 60°32.0'N071°09.1'E62°20.2'N071°04.3'E 0.988 180° 176 km 00m52.9s
Limits66°52.2'N070°41.8'E66°47.3'N075°14.0'E66°51.1'N073°04.7'E 0.987 - 198 km 00m56.7s

ΔT = 205.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:04:55.507:01:30.054°35.0'N057°54.7'E 10.9° 164.2° 175.3 km00m46.56s
Greatest Duration06:44:21.406:40:55.959°14.0'N036°41.9'E 0.0° 140.2° 192.5 km00m55.49s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1489 Dec 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1489 Dec 22 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 205.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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