Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2540 Dec 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2540 Dec 29 . 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 2540 Dec 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits23°53.6'N035°10.5'W21°08.7'N036°16.6'W22°30.8'N035°43.6'W 0.916 - 323 km 06m12.4s
09:0621°14.8'N029°23.7'W17°07.6'N027°23.9'W19°01.2'N028°03.9'W 0.919 118° 314 km 06m29.5s
09:0818°45.8'N024°16.7'W15°21.1'N023°43.6'W16°59.7'N023°53.6'W 0.920 13° 120° 309 km 06m41.0s
09:1017°11.1'N021°09.2'W14°01.4'N021°03.3'W15°33.8'N021°02.3'W 0.921 17° 121° 305 km 06m49.8s
09:1215°56.6'N018°44.8'W12°55.4'N018°53.1'W14°24.0'N018°46.1'W 0.921 20° 121° 302 km 06m57.6s
09:1414°53.6'N016°44.8'W11°58.1'N017°01.8'W13°24.2'N016°51.0'W 0.922 22° 122° 300 km 07m04.6s
09:1613°58.3'N015°00.7'W11°07.0'N015°23.6'W12°31.3'N015°10.3'W 0.922 24° 123° 298 km 07m11.2s
09:1813°08.8'N013°28.2'W10°20.8'N013°55.2'W11°43.5'N013°40.1'W 0.923 26° 123° 296 km 07m17.5s
09:2012°23.7'N012°04.4'W09°38.3'N012°34.5'W10°59.9'N012°18.1'W 0.923 28° 124° 294 km 07m23.5s
09:2211°42.3'N010°47.6'W08°59.0'N011°20.0'W10°19.6'N011°02.5'W 0.924 30° 125° 293 km 07m29.3s
09:2411°03.9'N009°36.5'W08°22.4'N010°10.6'W09°42.1'N009°52.4'W 0.924 32° 125° 292 km 07m34.9s
09:2610°28.0'N008°30.1'W07°48.0'N009°05.5'W09°07.1'N008°46.7'W 0.924 33° 126° 290 km 07m40.3s
09:2809°54.4'N007°27.7'W07°15.7'N008°04.0'W08°34.1'N007°44.9'W 0.925 35° 126° 289 km 07m45.7s
09:3009°22.7'N006°28.7'W06°45.1'N007°05.8'W08°03.0'N006°46.4'W 0.925 36° 127° 288 km 07m50.9s
09:3208°52.8'N005°32.7'W06°16.2'N006°10.3'W07°33.6'N005°50.7'W 0.925 38° 127° 287 km 07m56.0s
09:3408°24.4'N004°39.4'W05°48.6'N005°17.3'W07°05.7'N004°57.6'W 0.926 39° 128° 287 km 08m01.0s
09:3607°57.5'N003°48.3'W05°22.5'N004°26.5'W06°39.2'N004°06.7'W 0.926 41° 128° 286 km 08m05.9s
09:3807°31.9'N002°59.4'W04°57.5'N003°37.6'W06°14.0'N003°17.8'W 0.926 42° 129° 285 km 08m10.7s
09:4007°07.5'N002°12.3'W04°33.6'N002°50.5'W05°49.9'N002°30.7'W 0.926 43° 130° 285 km 08m15.4s
09:4206°44.3'N001°26.8'W04°10.9'N002°04.9'W05°26.9'N001°45.3'W 0.926 44° 130° 284 km 08m20.1s
09:4406°22.1'N000°42.9'W03°49.0'N001°20.8'W05°04.9'N001°01.3'W 0.927 45° 131° 284 km 08m24.6s
09:4606°00.8'N000°00.4'W03°28.2'N000°38.0'W04°43.8'N000°18.7'W 0.927 47° 131° 283 km 08m29.1s
09:4805°40.5'N000°40.9'E03°08.1'N000°03.6'E04°23.7'N000°22.7'E 0.927 48° 132° 283 km 08m33.5s
09:5005°21.1'N001°21.0'E02°49.0'N000°44.1'E04°04.4'N001°03.0'E 0.927 49° 133° 283 km 08m37.8s
09:5205°02.5'N002°00.1'E02°30.6'N001°23.6'E03°45.9'N001°42.3'E 0.927 50° 134° 282 km 08m42.1s
09:5404°44.7'N002°38.2'E02°12.9'N002°02.1'E03°28.2'N002°20.6'E 0.928 51° 134° 282 km 08m46.2s
09:5604°27.6'N003°15.4'E01°56.0'N002°39.8'E03°11.2'N002°58.0'E 0.928 52° 135° 282 km 08m50.3s
09:5804°11.3'N003°51.8'E01°39.7'N003°16.8'E02°54.9'N003°34.7'E 0.928 53° 136° 282 km 08m54.2s
10:0003°55.6'N004°27.4'E01°24.1'N003°53.0'E02°39.3'N004°10.6'E 0.928 54° 137° 282 km 08m58.1s
10:0203°40.6'N005°02.3'E01°09.2'N004°28.5'E02°24.3'N004°45.8'E 0.928 55° 138° 282 km 09m01.9s
10:0403°26.3'N005°36.6'E00°54.8'N005°03.5'E02°10.0'N005°20.4'E 0.928 56° 139° 282 km 09m05.6s
10:0603°12.5'N006°10.3'E00°41.1'N005°37.8'E01°56.2'N005°54.4'E 0.928 56° 140° 282 km 09m09.2s
10:0802°59.4'N006°43.4'E00°27.9'N006°11.6'E01°43.1'N006°27.8'E 0.928 57° 141° 282 km 09m12.7s
10:1002°46.8'N007°16.0'E00°15.3'N006°44.9'E01°30.5'N007°00.8'E 0.929 58° 142° 282 km 09m16.1s
10:1202°34.8'N007°48.1'E00°03.3'N007°17.8'E01°18.5'N007°33.2'E 0.929 59° 143° 282 km 09m19.3s
10:1402°23.4'N008°19.7'E00°08.3'S007°50.3'E01°07.0'N008°05.3'E 0.929 60° 144° 282 km 09m22.5s
10:1602°12.5'N008°51.0'E00°19.3'S008°22.3'E00°56.1'N008°36.9'E 0.929 60° 146° 282 km 09m25.6s
10:1802°02.1'N009°21.9'E00°29.7'S008°54.0'E00°45.6'N009°08.2'E 0.929 61° 147° 282 km 09m28.5s
10:2001°52.2'N009°52.4'E00°39.7'S009°25.4'E00°35.7'N009°39.1'E 0.929 62° 148° 282 km 09m31.3s
10:2201°42.8'N010°22.6'E00°49.2'S009°56.5'E00°26.3'N010°09.8'E 0.929 62° 150° 282 km 09m34.0s
10:2401°33.9'N010°52.5'E00°58.2'S010°27.2'E00°17.3'N010°40.1'E 0.929 63° 151° 282 km 09m36.5s
10:2601°25.5'N011°22.2'E01°06.8'S010°57.8'E00°08.8'N011°10.2'E 0.929 64° 153° 283 km 09m38.9s
10:2801°17.6'N011°51.5'E01°14.8'S011°28.1'E00°00.9'N011°40.0'E 0.929 64° 155° 283 km 09m41.2s
10:3001°10.1'N012°20.7'E01°22.4'S011°58.2'E00°06.7'S012°09.6'E 0.929 65° 157° 283 km 09m43.4s
10:3201°03.1'N012°49.7'E01°29.6'S012°28.1'E00°13.8'S012°39.1'E 0.929 65° 158° 283 km 09m45.3s
10:3400°56.6'N013°18.5'E01°36.3'S012°57.8'E00°20.4'S013°08.3'E 0.929 66° 160° 283 km 09m47.2s
10:3600°50.5'N013°47.1'E01°42.5'S013°27.4'E00°26.6'S013°37.4'E 0.929 66° 162° 284 km 09m48.9s
10:3800°44.8'N014°15.6'E01°48.4'S013°56.9'E00°32.3'S014°06.4'E 0.929 67° 165° 284 km 09m50.4s
10:4000°39.6'N014°43.9'E01°53.7'S014°26.2'E00°37.6'S014°35.2'E 0.930 67° 167° 284 km 09m51.8s
10:4200°34.8'N015°12.2'E01°58.6'S014°55.5'E00°42.4'S015°04.0'E 0.930 67° 169° 284 km 09m53.1s
10:4400°30.5'N015°40.4'E02°03.1'S015°24.7'E00°46.8'S015°32.6'E 0.930 67° 171° 284 km 09m54.2s
10:4600°26.6'N016°08.5'E02°07.2'S015°53.8'E00°50.8'S016°01.2'E 0.930 68° 173° 284 km 09m55.1s
10:4800°23.1'N016°36.5'E02°10.8'S016°22.9'E00°54.4'S016°29.8'E 0.930 68° 176° 285 km 09m55.8s
10:5000°20.0'N017°04.6'E02°14.0'S016°51.9'E00°57.5'S016°58.3'E 0.930 68° 178° 285 km 09m56.4s
10:5200°17.4'N017°32.6'E02°16.8'S017°21.0'E01°00.2'S017°26.8'E 0.930 68° 180° 285 km 09m56.9s
10:5400°15.2'N018°00.6'E02°19.2'S017°50.0'E01°02.5'S017°55.4'E 0.930 68° 183° 285 km 09m57.1s
10:5600°13.4'N018°28.6'E02°21.1'S018°19.1'E01°04.3'S018°23.9'E 0.930 68° 185° 285 km 09m57.2s
10:5800°12.0'N018°56.7'E02°22.6'S018°48.2'E01°05.8'S018°52.5'E 0.930 68° 188° 285 km 09m57.1s
11:0000°11.1'N019°24.8'E02°23.6'S019°17.4'E01°06.8'S019°21.1'E 0.930 68° 190° 285 km 09m56.9s
11:0200°10.6'N019°53.0'E02°24.2'S019°46.7'E01°07.3'S019°49.8'E 0.929 67° 192° 285 km 09m56.5s
11:0400°10.5'N020°21.3'E02°24.4'S020°16.0'E01°07.5'S020°18.6'E 0.929 67° 195° 285 km 09m55.9s
11:0600°10.9'N020°49.7'E02°24.2'S020°45.4'E01°07.2'S020°47.5'E 0.929 67° 197° 286 km 09m55.1s
11:0800°11.7'N021°18.2'E02°23.5'S021°15.0'E01°06.4'S021°16.5'E 0.929 67° 199° 286 km 09m54.2s
11:1000°12.9'N021°46.8'E02°22.4'S021°44.7'E01°05.2'S021°45.7'E 0.929 66° 201° 286 km 09m53.2s
11:1200°14.6'N022°15.6'E02°20.8'S022°14.6'E01°03.6'S022°15.0'E 0.929 66° 203° 286 km 09m51.9s
11:1400°16.7'N022°44.6'E02°18.8'S022°44.6'E01°01.6'S022°44.5'E 0.929 65° 205° 286 km 09m50.5s
11:1600°19.2'N023°13.8'E02°16.3'S023°14.9'E00°59.1'S023°14.3'E 0.929 65° 207° 286 km 09m49.0s
11:1800°22.3'N023°43.3'E02°13.4'S023°45.3'E00°56.1'S023°44.2'E 0.929 64° 209° 286 km 09m47.2s
11:2000°25.7'N024°12.9'E02°10.0'S024°16.0'E00°52.7'S024°14.3'E 0.929 64° 210° 286 km 09m45.4s
11:2200°29.7'N024°42.9'E02°06.2'S024°46.9'E00°48.8'S024°44.8'E 0.929 63° 212° 286 km 09m43.3s
11:2400°34.1'N025°13.1'E02°01.8'S025°18.2'E00°44.4'S025°15.5'E 0.929 63° 214° 286 km 09m41.1s
11:2600°39.0'N025°43.6'E01°57.0'S025°49.7'E00°39.5'S025°46.5'E 0.929 62° 215° 286 km 09m38.8s
11:2800°44.4'N026°14.5'E01°51.7'S026°21.5'E00°34.2'S026°17.8'E 0.929 61° 217° 286 km 09m36.3s
11:3000°50.3'N026°45.7'E01°45.9'S026°53.7'E00°28.3'S026°49.5'E 0.929 61° 218° 286 km 09m33.7s
11:3200°56.7'N027°17.3'E01°39.6'S027°26.3'E00°22.0'S027°21.6'E 0.929 60° 219° 286 km 09m31.0s
11:3401°03.7'N027°49.4'E01°32.8'S027°59.3'E00°15.1'S027°54.1'E 0.928 59° 220° 286 km 09m28.1s
11:3601°11.1'N028°21.9'E01°25.4'S028°32.7'E00°07.7'S028°27.0'E 0.928 58° 222° 286 km 09m25.1s
11:3801°19.2'N028°54.9'E01°17.5'S029°06.6'E00°00.3'N029°00.5'E 0.928 58° 223° 286 km 09m21.9s
11:4001°27.8'N029°28.4'E01°09.0'S029°41.0'E00°08.8'N029°34.4'E 0.928 57° 224° 286 km 09m18.6s
11:4201°37.0'N030°02.5'E01°00.0'S030°15.9'E00°17.9'N030°08.9'E 0.928 56° 225° 286 km 09m15.3s
11:4401°46.7'N030°37.2'E00°50.4'S030°51.5'E00°27.6'N030°44.0'E 0.928 55° 226° 286 km 09m11.7s
11:4601°57.1'N031°12.5'E00°40.1'S031°27.6'E00°37.9'N031°19.7'E 0.928 54° 227° 286 km 09m08.1s
11:4802°08.2'N031°48.5'E00°29.3'S032°04.5'E00°48.9'N031°56.1'E 0.927 53° 228° 286 km 09m04.4s
11:5002°19.9'N032°25.3'E00°17.7'S032°42.0'E01°00.5'N032°33.3'E 0.927 52° 228° 286 km 09m00.5s
11:5202°32.3'N033°03.0'E00°05.6'S033°20.3'E01°12.8'N033°11.2'E 0.927 51° 229° 286 km 08m56.5s
11:5402°45.5'N033°41.5'E00°07.3'N033°59.5'E01°25.8'N033°50.1'E 0.927 50° 230° 287 km 08m52.5s
11:5602°59.4'N034°20.9'E00°21.0'N034°39.6'E01°39.6'N034°29.8'E 0.927 49° 231° 287 km 08m48.3s
11:5803°14.1'N035°01.4'E00°35.4'N035°20.7'E01°54.1'N035°10.6'E 0.927 48° 231° 287 km 08m44.0s
12:0003°29.7'N035°43.0'E00°50.6'N036°02.9'E02°09.5'N035°52.4'E 0.926 47° 232° 288 km 08m39.6s
12:0203°46.1'N036°25.9'E01°06.6'N036°46.2'E02°25.7'N036°35.5'E 0.926 46° 232° 288 km 08m35.2s
12:0404°03.5'N037°10.1'E01°23.6'N037°30.8'E02°42.9'N037°19.9'E 0.926 45° 233° 288 km 08m30.6s
12:0604°21.8'N037°55.7'E01°41.5'N038°16.8'E03°01.0'N038°05.6'E 0.926 44° 234° 289 km 08m25.9s
12:0804°41.3'N038°43.0'E02°00.4'N039°04.3'E03°20.1'N038°53.0'E 0.926 42° 234° 290 km 08m21.2s
12:1005°01.9'N039°32.0'E02°20.4'N039°53.5'E03°40.4'N039°42.1'E 0.925 41° 235° 290 km 08m16.3s
12:1205°23.8'N040°23.0'E02°41.5'N040°44.6'E04°01.9'N040°33.1'E 0.925 40° 235° 291 km 08m11.3s
12:1405°47.0'N041°16.3'E03°04.0'N041°37.8'E04°24.7'N041°26.2'E 0.925 38° 236° 292 km 08m06.2s
12:1606°11.6'N042°12.0'E03°27.8'N042°33.3'E04°48.9'N042°21.8'E 0.924 37° 236° 292 km 08m01.1s
12:1806°38.0'N043°10.5'E03°53.1'N043°31.4'E05°14.7'N043°20.0'E 0.924 36° 237° 293 km 07m55.7s
12:2007°06.1'N044°12.3'E04°20.1'N044°32.5'E05°42.2'N044°21.4'E 0.924 34° 237° 294 km 07m50.3s
12:2207°36.3'N045°17.7'E04°48.9'N045°37.1'E06°11.7'N045°26.3'E 0.923 32° 237° 295 km 07m44.7s
12:2408°08.9'N046°27.6'E05°20.0'N046°45.6'E06°43.4'N046°35.4'E 0.923 31° 238° 297 km 07m39.0s
12:2608°44.3'N047°42.6'E05°53.4'N047°58.9'E07°17.8'N047°49.3'E 0.923 29° 238° 298 km 07m33.1s
12:2809°22.8'N049°03.9'E06°29.7'N049°17.7'E07°55.1'N049°09.3'E 0.922 27° 239° 299 km 07m26.9s
12:3010°05.4'N050°33.1'E07°09.5'N050°43.5'E08°36.1'N050°36.5'E 0.922 25° 239° 301 km 07m20.6s
12:3210°52.9'N052°12.3'E07°53.5'N052°18.0'E09°21.7'N052°13.0'E 0.921 23° 240° 303 km 07m13.9s
12:3411°47.1'N054°05.2'E08°42.9'N054°03.9'E10°13.3'N054°01.9'E 0.921 21° 240° 305 km 07m06.7s
12:3612°50.6'N056°17.9'E09°39.7'N056°05.6'E11°13.0'N056°08.3'E 0.920 18° 241° 308 km 06m59.0s
12:3814°09.4'N059°03.2'E10°47.4'N058°31.3'E12°25.4'N058°42.1'E 0.919 15° 242° 311 km 06m50.3s
12:4016°00.0'N062°58.6'E12°14.2'N061°39.6'E14°01.5'N062°08.4'E 0.918 11° 243° 315 km 06m39.8s
12:42 - - 14°32.0'N066°44.9'E17°13.2'N069°12.1'E 0.916 245° 324 km 06m21.8s
Limits19°40.9'N071°06.1'E16°53.2'N072°08.3'E18°16.7'N071°37.1'E 0.916 - 327 km 06m16.5s

ΔT = 1353.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:15:57.410:53:23.601°01.9'S012°07.3'E 67.9° 182.1° 285.0 km09m57.05s
Greatest Duration11:18:39.410:56:05.601°04.4'S018°25.2'E 67.8° 185.3° 285.1 km09m57.20s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2540 Dec 29 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 1353.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 337.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.41°.

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