Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1983 Dec 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1983 Dec 04 . 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 1983 Dec 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits34°52.3'N057°57.3'W33°23.0'N058°41.0'W34°07.6'N058°19.3'W 0.953 - 177 km 03m14.1s
10:4833°42.9'N055°21.0'W30°21.3'N051°56.6'W31°44.8'N053°01.5'W 0.954 120° 171 km 03m15.8s
10:5029°44.3'N047°16.5'W27°44.2'N046°45.5'W28°42.4'N046°57.9'W 0.956 12° 123° 164 km 03m18.2s
10:5227°41.6'N043°33.6'W25°57.2'N043°29.8'W26°48.3'N043°30.3'W 0.957 16° 125° 160 km 03m19.8s
10:5426°06.2'N040°50.5'W24°30.1'N040°59.2'W25°17.4'N040°54.0'W 0.958 19° 127° 156 km 03m21.2s
10:5624°45.3'N038°38.3'W23°14.8'N038°54.2'W23°59.5'N038°45.6'W 0.958 21° 128° 154 km 03m22.5s
10:5823°34.0'N036°45.7'W22°07.5'N037°06.3'W22°50.3'N036°55.6'W 0.959 24° 129° 151 km 03m23.7s
11:0022°29.4'N035°07.0'W21°06.2'N035°30.7'W21°47.4'N035°18.5'W 0.960 26° 130° 149 km 03m24.8s
11:0221°30.1'N033°38.5'W20°09.4'N034°04.6'W20°49.4'N033°51.2'W 0.960 28° 131° 147 km 03m25.9s
11:0420°34.9'N032°18.1'W19°16.5'N032°45.9'W19°55.4'N032°31.8'W 0.961 30° 132° 146 km 03m26.9s
11:0619°43.2'N031°04.2'W18°26.6'N031°33.3'W19°04.6'N031°18.5'W 0.961 32° 133° 144 km 03m27.9s
11:0818°54.5'N029°55.6'W17°39.5'N030°25.8'W18°16.7'N030°10.5'W 0.961 33° 134° 143 km 03m29.0s
11:1018°08.3'N028°51.5'W16°54.7'N029°22.5'W17°31.2'N029°06.9'W 0.962 35° 135° 141 km 03m29.9s
11:1217°24.3'N027°51.3'W16°11.9'N028°22.9'W16°47.8'N028°07.0'W 0.962 36° 135° 140 km 03m30.9s
11:1416°42.3'N026°54.4'W15°31.0'N027°26.5'W16°06.4'N027°10.3'W 0.962 38° 136° 139 km 03m31.9s
11:1616°02.0'N026°00.4'W14°51.7'N026°32.8'W15°26.6'N026°16.5'W 0.963 39° 137° 138 km 03m32.8s
11:1815°23.3'N025°08.9'W14°13.9'N025°41.6'W14°48.4'N025°25.2'W 0.963 41° 138° 137 km 03m33.8s
11:2014°46.1'N024°19.7'W13°37.5'N024°52.6'W14°11.6'N024°36.0'W 0.963 42° 139° 136 km 03m34.7s
11:2214°10.3'N023°32.5'W13°02.3'N024°05.5'W13°36.1'N023°48.9'W 0.963 43° 139° 136 km 03m35.7s
11:2413°35.6'N022°47.0'W12°28.3'N023°20.1'W13°01.8'N023°03.5'W 0.964 44° 140° 135 km 03m36.6s
11:2613°02.1'N022°03.2'W11°55.3'N022°36.4'W12°28.6'N022°19.7'W 0.964 46° 141° 134 km 03m37.5s
11:2812°29.7'N021°20.8'W11°23.4'N021°54.0'W11°56.4'N021°37.3'W 0.964 47° 142° 134 km 03m38.4s
11:3011°58.3'N020°39.8'W10°52.5'N021°12.9'W11°25.2'N020°56.3'W 0.964 48° 143° 133 km 03m39.3s
11:3211°27.9'N019°59.9'W10°22.4'N020°33.0'W10°55.0'N020°16.4'W 0.964 49° 144° 132 km 03m40.2s
11:3410°58.3'N019°21.1'W09°53.2'N019°54.1'W10°25.6'N019°37.6'W 0.965 50° 145° 132 km 03m41.1s
11:3610°29.6'N018°43.3'W09°24.8'N019°16.2'W09°57.1'N018°59.7'W 0.965 51° 146° 131 km 03m42.0s
11:3810°01.7'N018°06.4'W08°57.2'N018°39.2'W09°29.3'N018°22.8'W 0.965 52° 147° 131 km 03m42.9s
11:4009°34.6'N017°30.4'W08°30.4'N018°03.0'W09°02.3'N017°46.7'W 0.965 53° 148° 131 km 03m43.7s
11:4209°08.2'N016°55.1'W08°04.2'N017°27.6'W08°36.0'N017°11.3'W 0.965 54° 149° 130 km 03m44.6s
11:4408°42.6'N016°20.4'W07°38.7'N016°52.8'W08°10.5'N016°36.6'W 0.965 55° 150° 130 km 03m45.4s
11:4608°17.6'N015°46.4'W07°13.8'N016°18.6'W07°45.6'N016°02.5'W 0.965 56° 151° 130 km 03m46.3s
11:4807°53.3'N015°13.0'W06°49.6'N015°45.0'W07°21.3'N015°29.0'W 0.966 57° 152° 130 km 03m47.1s
11:5007°29.6'N014°40.1'W06°26.0'N015°11.9'W06°57.6'N014°56.0'W 0.966 57° 154° 129 km 03m47.9s
11:5207°06.5'N014°07.7'W06°03.0'N014°39.3'W06°34.6'N014°23.4'W 0.966 58° 155° 129 km 03m48.7s
11:5406°44.1'N013°35.6'W05°40.6'N014°07.1'W06°12.2'N013°51.3'W 0.966 59° 156° 129 km 03m49.5s
11:5606°22.2'N013°04.0'W05°18.7'N013°35.2'W05°50.3'N013°19.6'W 0.966 60° 158° 129 km 03m50.3s
11:5806°00.9'N012°32.8'W04°57.4'N013°03.8'W05°29.0'N012°48.2'W 0.966 60° 159° 129 km 03m51.1s
12:0005°40.1'N012°01.8'W04°36.6'N012°32.6'W05°08.2'N012°17.2'W 0.966 61° 161° 129 km 03m51.8s
12:0205°19.9'N011°31.2'W04°16.4'N012°01.7'W04°48.0'N011°46.4'W 0.966 62° 163° 129 km 03m52.6s
12:0405°00.2'N011°00.8'W03°56.6'N011°31.1'W04°28.2'N011°15.9'W 0.966 62° 164° 129 km 03m53.3s
12:0604°41.0'N010°30.6'W03°37.4'N011°00.6'W04°09.0'N010°45.6'W 0.966 63° 166° 129 km 03m54.0s
12:0804°22.4'N010°00.6'W03°18.6'N010°30.4'W03°50.3'N010°15.5'W 0.966 63° 168° 129 km 03m54.7s
12:1004°04.2'N009°30.8'W03°00.3'N010°00.3'W03°32.1'N009°45.5'W 0.966 64° 170° 129 km 03m55.3s
12:1203°46.6'N009°01.1'W02°42.5'N009°30.3'W03°14.4'N009°15.7'W 0.966 64° 172° 129 km 03m56.0s
12:1403°29.4'N008°31.5'W02°25.2'N009°00.5'W02°57.1'N008°46.0'W 0.966 65° 174° 129 km 03m56.6s
12:1603°12.7'N008°02.0'W02°08.4'N008°30.7'W02°40.4'N008°16.4'W 0.967 65° 176° 130 km 03m57.2s
12:1802°56.5'N007°32.6'W01°52.0'N008°01.0'W02°24.1'N007°46.8'W 0.967 65° 178° 130 km 03m57.8s
12:2002°40.8'N007°03.2'W01°36.0'N007°31.4'W02°08.3'N007°17.3'W 0.967 66° 180° 130 km 03m58.3s
12:2202°25.5'N006°33.9'W01°20.6'N007°01.7'W01°52.9'N006°47.8'W 0.967 66° 183° 130 km 03m58.8s
12:2402°10.8'N006°04.5'W01°05.6'N006°32.0'W01°38.0'N006°18.3'W 0.967 66° 185° 130 km 03m59.3s
12:2601°56.4'N005°35.1'W00°51.0'N006°02.3'W01°23.5'N005°48.7'W 0.967 66° 187° 131 km 03m59.8s
12:2801°42.6'N005°05.7'W00°36.9'N005°32.6'W01°09.5'N005°19.1'W 0.967 66° 190° 131 km 04m00.2s
12:3001°29.2'N004°36.2'W00°23.2'N005°02.8'W00°56.0'N004°49.5'W 0.967 66° 192° 131 km 04m00.6s
12:3201°16.2'N004°06.6'W00°10.0'N004°32.9'W00°42.9'N004°19.7'W 0.967 66° 194° 131 km 04m01.0s
12:3401°03.7'N003°36.9'W00°02.8'S004°02.8'W00°30.3'N003°49.8'W 0.967 66° 197° 132 km 04m01.3s
12:3600°51.7'N003°07.0'W00°15.1'S003°32.7'W00°18.1'N003°19.8'W 0.967 66° 199° 132 km 04m01.6s
12:3800°40.1'N002°37.0'W00°27.0'S003°02.3'W00°06.4'N002°49.7'W 0.966 66° 201° 132 km 04m01.9s
12:4000°29.0'N002°06.9'W00°38.4'S002°31.8'W00°04.9'S002°19.4'W 0.966 66° 203° 133 km 04m02.1s
12:4200°18.4'N001°36.5'W00°49.4'S002°01.1'W00°15.7'S001°48.8'W 0.966 66° 206° 133 km 04m02.3s
12:4400°08.2'N001°06.0'W00°59.9'S001°30.2'W00°26.0'S001°18.1'W 0.966 65° 208° 133 km 04m02.4s
12:4600°01.5'S000°35.1'W01°10.0'S000°59.0'W00°35.9'S000°47.1'W 0.966 65° 210° 134 km 04m02.5s
12:4800°10.7'S000°04.1'W01°19.6'S000°27.6'W00°45.3'S000°15.8'W 0.966 64° 212° 134 km 04m02.6s
12:5000°19.5'S000°27.3'E01°28.7'S000°04.1'E00°54.3'S000°15.7'E 0.966 64° 214° 134 km 04m02.7s
12:5200°27.7'S000°59.0'E01°37.3'S000°36.1'E01°02.7'S000°47.6'E 0.966 64° 216° 135 km 04m02.6s
12:5400°35.5'S001°31.0'E01°45.5'S001°08.5'E01°10.7'S001°19.7'E 0.966 63° 217° 135 km 04m02.6s
12:5600°42.8'S002°03.3'E01°53.2'S001°41.2'E01°18.2'S001°52.3'E 0.966 63° 219° 135 km 04m02.5s
12:5800°49.6'S002°36.1'E02°00.4'S002°14.4'E01°25.2'S002°25.2'E 0.966 62° 221° 136 km 04m02.4s
13:0000°55.9'S003°09.2'E02°07.1'S002°47.9'E01°31.6'S002°58.6'E 0.966 61° 222° 136 km 04m02.2s
13:0201°01.6'S003°42.8'E02°13.3'S003°21.9'E01°37.6'S003°32.4'E 0.966 61° 224° 137 km 04m02.0s
13:0401°06.8'S004°16.9'E02°18.9'S003°56.4'E01°43.1'S004°06.6'E 0.966 60° 225° 137 km 04m01.7s
13:0601°11.5'S004°51.5'E02°24.0'S004°31.3'E01°48.0'S004°41.4'E 0.965 59° 227° 137 km 04m01.4s
13:0801°15.6'S005°26.6'E02°28.6'S005°06.8'E01°52.3'S005°16.7'E 0.965 58° 228° 138 km 04m01.1s
13:1001°19.2'S006°02.3'E02°32.7'S005°42.9'E01°56.1'S005°52.6'E 0.965 58° 229° 138 km 04m00.7s
13:1201°22.1'S006°38.6'E02°36.1'S006°19.6'E01°59.3'S006°29.1'E 0.965 57° 230° 139 km 04m00.3s
13:1401°24.5'S007°15.6'E02°39.0'S006°57.0'E02°01.9'S007°06.3'E 0.965 56° 231° 139 km 03m59.8s
13:1601°26.3'S007°53.3'E02°41.3'S007°35.0'E02°04.0'S007°44.1'E 0.965 55° 232° 140 km 03m59.3s
13:1801°27.4'S008°31.7'E02°42.9'S008°13.8'E02°05.3'S008°22.7'E 0.965 54° 233° 140 km 03m58.7s
13:2001°27.9'S009°10.9'E02°43.9'S008°53.4'E02°06.1'S009°02.1'E 0.964 53° 234° 140 km 03m58.1s
13:2201°27.7'S009°51.0'E02°44.2'S009°33.9'E02°06.1'S009°42.4'E 0.964 52° 235° 141 km 03m57.5s
13:2401°26.7'S010°32.0'E02°43.9'S010°15.2'E02°05.5'S010°23.6'E 0.964 51° 236° 141 km 03m56.8s
13:2601°25.1'S011°14.0'E02°42.8'S010°57.6'E02°04.1'S011°05.7'E 0.964 50° 237° 142 km 03m56.1s
13:2801°22.6'S011°57.1'E02°41.0'S011°41.0'E02°02.0'S011°49.0'E 0.964 49° 237° 142 km 03m55.3s
13:3001°19.4'S012°41.3'E02°38.4'S012°25.5'E01°59.1'S012°33.3'E 0.963 48° 238° 143 km 03m54.5s
13:3201°15.3'S013°26.7'E02°35.0'S013°11.2'E01°55.3'S013°18.9'E 0.963 47° 239° 144 km 03m53.7s
13:3401°10.3'S014°13.5'E02°30.7'S013°58.3'E01°50.7'S014°05.9'E 0.963 46° 239° 144 km 03m52.8s
13:3601°04.4'S015°01.8'E02°25.4'S014°46.8'E01°45.1'S014°54.3'E 0.963 45° 240° 145 km 03m51.8s
13:3800°57.5'S015°51.7'E02°19.3'S015°36.9'E01°38.6'S015°44.2'E 0.963 44° 240° 146 km 03m50.9s
13:4000°49.4'S016°43.3'E02°12.0'S016°28.7'E01°31.0'S016°35.9'E 0.962 42° 241° 146 km 03m49.8s
13:4200°40.3'S017°36.9'E02°03.7'S017°22.4'E01°22.2'S017°29.5'E 0.962 41° 241° 147 km 03m48.8s
13:4400°29.9'S018°32.5'E01°54.2'S018°18.1'E01°12.2'S018°25.2'E 0.962 40° 242° 148 km 03m47.7s
13:4600°18.1'S019°30.6'E01°43.3'S019°16.2'E01°00.9'S019°23.3'E 0.961 38° 242° 149 km 03m46.5s
13:4800°04.8'S020°31.4'E01°31.1'S020°16.8'E00°48.2'S020°23.9'E 0.961 37° 242° 150 km 03m45.4s
13:5000°10.1'N021°35.1'E01°17.3'S021°20.4'E00°33.9'S021°27.6'E 0.961 35° 243° 151 km 03m44.1s
13:5200°26.8'N022°42.3'E01°01.8'S022°27.2'E00°17.8'S022°34.6'E 0.960 34° 243° 152 km 03m42.9s
13:5400°45.6'N023°53.5'E00°44.3'S023°37.9'E00°00.4'N023°45.5'E 0.960 32° 243° 153 km 03m41.5s
13:5601°06.7'N025°09.4'E00°24.6'S024°52.9'E00°20.8'N025°00.9'E 0.960 31° 244° 154 km 03m40.1s
13:5801°30.7'N026°30.7'E00°02.4'S026°13.2'E00°43.8'N026°21.7'E 0.959 29° 244° 156 km 03m38.7s
14:0001°57.9'N027°58.9'E00°22.8'N027°39.8'E01°10.0'N027°49.0'E 0.959 27° 244° 157 km 03m37.2s
14:0202°29.1'N029°35.5'E00°51.7'N029°14.2'E01°40.0'N029°24.4'E 0.958 25° 245° 159 km 03m35.6s
14:0403°05.4'N031°23.1'E01°25.2'N030°58.6'E02°14.8'N031°10.3'E 0.957 22° 245° 161 km 03m33.9s
14:0603°48.6'N033°25.8'E02°04.6'N032°56.3'E02°56.0'N033°10.3'E 0.957 20° 245° 163 km 03m32.0s
14:0804°41.8'N035°50.9'E02°52.3'N035°13.1'E03°46.3'N035°30.9'E 0.956 17° 245° 166 km 03m30.0s
14:1005°52.0'N038°54.7'E03°53.3'N038°00.7'E04°51.5'N038°25.7'E 0.955 13° 246° 169 km 03m27.7s
14:1207°43.4'N043°34.9'E05°20.7'N041°51.1'E06°28.8'N042°36.4'E 0.954 246° 174 km 03m24.6s
Limits10°22.1'N049°59.8'E08°46.5'N050°28.2'E09°34.1'N050°13.9'E 0.951 - 183 km 03m20.0s

ΔT = 53.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:31:15.112:30:21.500°53.6'N004°57.6'W 66.3° 192.4° 131.2 km04m00.66s
Greatest Duration12:51:38.912:50:45.200°57.5'S000°27.7'E 63.9° 214.5° 134.5 km04m02.65s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1983 Dec 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1983 Dec 04 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 53.7 seconds for this eclipse.

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Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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