Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2588 Dec 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2588 Dec 09 . 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 2588 Dec 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°51.1'N052°16.1'W15°09.7'N052°32.4'W15°30.3'N052°24.2'W 1.024 - 82 km 01m22.3s
09:5011°40.7'N042°42.1'W10°41.7'N042°34.8'W11°10.9'N042°37.6'W 1.027 11° 116° 93 km 01m42.0s
09:5209°53.7'N038°46.7'W08°56.0'N038°48.5'W09°24.6'N038°47.0'W 1.029 15° 117° 98 km 01m51.4s
09:5408°34.4'N035°54.2'W07°36.3'N036°00.1'W08°05.1'N035°56.7'W 1.030 19° 118° 101 km 01m58.9s
09:5607°29.1'N033°33.3'W06°30.5'N033°41.6'W06°59.6'N033°37.0'W 1.031 22° 118° 104 km 02m05.5s
09:5806°33.0'N031°32.0'W05°33.5'N031°41.9'W06°03.1'N031°36.6'W 1.031 25° 119° 107 km 02m11.5s
10:0005°43.3'N029°44.5'W04°43.0'N029°55.6'W05°13.0'N029°49.7'W 1.032 27° 119° 109 km 02m17.1s
10:0204°58.6'N028°07.2'W03°57.5'N028°19.2'W04°27.9'N028°12.9'W 1.033 29° 119° 112 km 02m22.4s
10:0404°17.9'N026°38.0'W03°15.9'N026°50.7'W03°46.8'N026°44.0'W 1.033 31° 120° 113 km 02m27.4s
10:0603°40.4'N025°15.2'W02°37.7'N025°28.4'W03°08.9'N025°21.5'W 1.034 33° 120° 115 km 02m32.2s
10:0803°05.7'N023°57.8'W02°02.2'N024°11.3'W02°33.9'N024°04.2'W 1.034 35° 120° 117 km 02m36.8s
10:1002°33.5'N022°44.8'W01°29.2'N022°58.6'W02°01.2'N022°51.4'W 1.035 37° 121° 119 km 02m41.3s
10:1202°03.3'N021°35.7'W00°58.3'N021°49.7'W01°30.7'N021°42.4'W 1.035 39° 121° 120 km 02m45.6s
10:1401°35.0'N020°29.9'W00°29.3'N020°44.0'W01°02.1'N020°36.7'W 1.036 40° 122° 122 km 02m49.7s
10:1601°08.5'N019°27.0'W00°02.1'N019°41.2'W00°35.2'N019°33.8'W 1.036 42° 122° 123 km 02m53.7s
10:1800°43.5'N018°26.7'W00°23.6'S018°40.9'W00°09.8'N018°33.5'W 1.036 43° 122° 124 km 02m57.7s
10:2000°19.9'N017°28.7'W00°47.9'S017°42.7'W00°14.1'S017°35.4'W 1.037 45° 123° 126 km 03m01.4s
10:2200°02.5'S016°32.6'W01°10.9'S016°46.6'W00°36.7'S016°39.4'W 1.037 46° 123° 127 km 03m05.1s
10:2400°23.5'S015°38.4'W01°32.6'S015°52.3'W00°58.2'S015°45.1'W 1.037 47° 124° 128 km 03m08.7s
10:2600°43.5'S014°45.9'W01°53.2'S014°59.5'W01°18.4'S014°52.5'W 1.038 49° 124° 129 km 03m12.2s
10:2801°02.4'S013°54.8'W02°12.7'S014°08.3'W01°37.6'S014°01.3'W 1.038 50° 125° 130 km 03m15.6s
10:3001°20.3'S013°05.1'W02°31.1'S013°18.3'W01°55.8'S013°11.5'W 1.038 51° 125° 131 km 03m18.8s
10:3201°37.3'S012°16.7'W02°48.6'S012°29.6'W02°13.0'S012°22.9'W 1.038 53° 126° 132 km 03m22.0s
10:3401°53.3'S011°29.3'W03°05.2'S011°41.9'W02°29.3'S011°35.4'W 1.039 54° 127° 133 km 03m25.1s
10:3602°08.5'S010°43.0'W03°20.9'S010°55.3'W02°44.8'S010°49.0'W 1.039 55° 127° 134 km 03m28.0s
10:3802°22.9'S009°57.7'W03°35.8'S010°09.6'W02°59.4'S010°03.5'W 1.039 56° 128° 135 km 03m30.9s
10:4002°36.5'S009°13.2'W03°49.9'S009°24.8'W03°13.2'S009°18.8'W 1.039 57° 129° 136 km 03m33.7s
10:4202°49.3'S008°29.6'W04°03.2'S008°40.7'W03°26.3'S008°35.0'W 1.040 58° 130° 136 km 03m36.4s
10:4403°01.4'S007°46.7'W04°15.7'S007°57.4'W03°38.6'S007°51.9'W 1.040 59° 131° 137 km 03m38.9s
10:4603°12.8'S007°04.5'W04°27.5'S007°14.8'W03°50.2'S007°09.4'W 1.040 60° 132° 138 km 03m41.4s
10:4803°23.5'S006°22.9'W04°38.7'S006°32.7'W04°01.1'S006°27.6'W 1.040 61° 133° 139 km 03m43.8s
10:5003°33.6'S005°41.9'W04°49.1'S005°51.2'W04°11.4'S005°46.4'W 1.040 62° 134° 139 km 03m46.0s
10:5203°43.0'S005°01.4'W04°58.9'S005°10.3'W04°21.0'S005°05.7'W 1.040 63° 136° 140 km 03m48.2s
10:5403°51.8'S004°21.4'W05°08.0'S004°29.8'W04°29.9'S004°25.5'W 1.040 64° 137° 141 km 03m50.2s
10:5603°59.9'S003°41.9'W05°16.5'S003°49.8'W04°38.2'S003°45.7'W 1.041 65° 138° 141 km 03m52.2s
10:5804°07.5'S003°02.8'W05°24.3'S003°10.2'W04°45.9'S003°06.4'W 1.041 66° 140° 142 km 03m54.0s
11:0004°14.4'S002°24.1'W05°31.6'S002°30.9'W04°53.0'S002°27.4'W 1.041 67° 142° 142 km 03m55.7s
11:0204°20.8'S001°45.7'W05°38.2'S001°52.0'W04°59.5'S001°48.8'W 1.041 67° 144° 143 km 03m57.3s
11:0404°26.6'S001°07.7'W05°44.3'S001°13.4'W05°05.5'S001°10.4'W 1.041 68° 146° 143 km 03m58.8s
11:0604°31.9'S000°29.9'W05°49.8'S000°35.1'W05°10.8'S000°32.4'W 1.041 69° 148° 144 km 04m00.1s
11:0804°36.6'S000°07.6'E05°54.7'S000°03.0'E05°15.6'S000°05.4'E 1.041 70° 150° 144 km 04m01.4s
11:1004°40.7'S000°44.8'E05°59.0'S000°40.9'E05°19.9'S000°42.9'E 1.041 70° 153° 144 km 04m02.5s
11:1204°44.3'S001°21.9'E06°02.8'S001°18.5'E05°23.6'S001°20.3'E 1.041 71° 155° 145 km 04m03.5s
11:1404°47.4'S001°58.8'E06°06.0'S001°56.0'E05°26.7'S001°57.4'E 1.041 71° 158° 145 km 04m04.4s
11:1604°50.0'S002°35.5'E06°08.7'S002°33.3'E05°29.4'S002°34.4'E 1.041 72° 161° 145 km 04m05.2s
11:1804°52.0'S003°12.1'E06°10.8'S003°10.5'E05°31.4'S003°11.3'E 1.042 72° 164° 145 km 04m05.9s
11:2004°53.5'S003°48.5'E06°12.4'S003°47.6'E05°33.0'S003°48.1'E 1.042 72° 167° 145 km 04m06.4s
11:2204°54.5'S004°24.9'E06°13.5'S004°24.6'E05°34.0'S004°24.8'E 1.042 72° 171° 146 km 04m06.8s
11:2404°55.0'S005°01.3'E06°14.0'S005°01.5'E05°34.5'S005°01.4'E 1.042 73° 174° 146 km 04m07.1s
11:2604°54.9'S005°37.5'E06°14.0'S005°38.4'E05°34.4'S005°38.0'E 1.042 73° 178° 146 km 04m07.2s
11:2804°54.3'S006°13.8'E06°13.4'S006°15.3'E05°33.9'S006°14.6'E 1.042 73° 181° 146 km 04m07.3s
11:3004°53.3'S006°50.1'E06°12.3'S006°52.2'E05°32.8'S006°51.1'E 1.042 73° 184° 146 km 04m07.2s
11:3204°51.7'S007°26.4'E06°10.7'S007°29.1'E05°31.2'S007°27.7'E 1.042 73° 188° 146 km 04m07.0s
11:3404°49.5'S008°02.7'E06°08.5'S008°06.1'E05°29.0'S008°04.4'E 1.042 72° 191° 146 km 04m06.7s
11:3604°46.9'S008°39.2'E06°05.8'S008°43.1'E05°26.4'S008°41.1'E 1.042 72° 194° 145 km 04m06.2s
11:3804°43.8'S009°15.7'E06°02.5'S009°20.2'E05°23.2'S009°17.9'E 1.042 72° 197° 145 km 04m05.6s
11:4004°40.1'S009°52.3'E05°58.7'S009°57.5'E05°19.4'S009°54.8'E 1.042 71° 200° 145 km 04m04.9s
11:4204°35.9'S010°29.1'E05°54.4'S010°34.8'E05°15.1'S010°31.9'E 1.041 71° 203° 145 km 04m04.1s
11:4404°31.1'S011°06.0'E05°49.4'S011°12.4'E05°10.3'S011°09.1'E 1.041 70° 206° 145 km 04m03.2s
11:4604°25.8'S011°43.2'E05°44.0'S011°50.1'E05°04.9'S011°46.6'E 1.041 70° 208° 144 km 04m02.1s
11:4804°20.0'S012°20.6'E05°38.0'S012°28.0'E04°59.0'S012°24.2'E 1.041 69° 211° 144 km 04m00.9s
11:5004°13.6'S012°58.2'E05°31.3'S013°06.2'E04°52.5'S013°02.1'E 1.041 68° 213° 144 km 03m59.6s
11:5204°06.7'S013°36.0'E05°24.2'S013°44.6'E04°45.5'S013°40.2'E 1.041 68° 215° 143 km 03m58.2s
11:5403°59.2'S014°14.2'E05°16.4'S014°23.3'E04°37.8'S014°18.7'E 1.041 67° 217° 143 km 03m56.7s
11:5603°51.1'S014°52.8'E05°08.0'S015°02.4'E04°29.6'S014°57.5'E 1.041 66° 219° 142 km 03m55.1s
11:5803°42.4'S015°31.7'E04°59.1'S015°41.8'E04°20.8'S015°36.6'E 1.041 65° 220° 142 km 03m53.3s
12:0003°33.1'S016°11.0'E04°49.5'S016°21.6'E04°11.3'S016°16.2'E 1.041 64° 222° 141 km 03m51.5s
12:0203°23.3'S016°50.7'E04°39.2'S017°01.8'E04°01.3'S016°56.1'E 1.041 63° 223° 141 km 03m49.5s
12:0403°12.7'S017°31.0'E04°28.4'S017°42.5'E03°50.6'S017°36.6'E 1.040 62° 225° 140 km 03m47.4s
12:0603°01.6'S018°11.7'E04°16.8'S018°23.7'E03°39.2'S018°17.6'E 1.040 61° 226° 140 km 03m45.2s
12:0802°49.7'S018°53.0'E04°04.6'S019°05.5'E03°27.2'S018°59.1'E 1.040 60° 227° 139 km 03m42.9s
12:1002°37.2'S019°35.0'E03°51.7'S019°47.8'E03°14.5'S019°41.2'E 1.040 59° 228° 138 km 03m40.5s
12:1202°24.0'S020°17.6'E03°38.0'S020°30.9'E03°01.1'S020°24.1'E 1.040 58° 229° 137 km 03m38.0s
12:1402°10.1'S021°00.9'E03°23.7'S021°14.6'E02°46.9'S021°07.6'E 1.040 57° 230° 137 km 03m35.4s
12:1601°55.4'S021°45.1'E03°08.5'S021°59.1'E02°32.0'S021°51.9'E 1.040 56° 231° 136 km 03m32.7s
12:1801°39.9'S022°30.1'E02°52.5'S022°44.4'E02°16.3'S022°37.0'E 1.039 55° 232° 135 km 03m29.9s
12:2001°23.6'S023°16.0'E02°35.7'S023°30.6'E01°59.7'S023°23.1'E 1.039 54° 232° 134 km 03m27.0s
12:2201°06.4'S024°03.0'E02°18.1'S024°17.9'E01°42.3'S024°10.2'E 1.039 53° 233° 133 km 03m24.0s
12:2400°48.4'S024°51.0'E01°59.5'S025°06.2'E01°24.0'S024°58.4'E 1.039 51° 234° 132 km 03m20.9s
12:2600°29.4'S025°40.3'E01°39.9'S025°55.7'E01°04.7'S025°47.8'E 1.038 50° 234° 131 km 03m17.7s
12:2800°09.4'S026°31.0'E01°19.4'S026°46.5'E00°44.5'S026°38.5'E 1.038 49° 235° 130 km 03m14.4s
12:3000°11.7'N027°23.1'E00°57.7'S027°38.8'E00°23.1'S027°30.7'E 1.038 48° 235° 129 km 03m11.0s
12:3200°33.9'N028°16.8'E00°35.0'S028°32.6'E00°00.6'S028°24.5'E 1.038 46° 236° 128 km 03m07.5s
12:3400°57.2'N029°12.4'E00°11.0'S029°28.3'E00°23.0'N029°20.1'E 1.037 45° 236° 127 km 03m03.9s
12:3601°21.9'N030°09.9'E00°14.4'N030°25.8'E00°48.0'N030°17.6'E 1.037 43° 237° 126 km 03m00.1s
12:3801°48.0'N031°09.7'E00°41.1'N031°25.6'E01°14.4'N031°17.4'E 1.037 42° 237° 125 km 02m56.3s
12:4002°15.6'N032°12.0'E01°09.4'N032°27.8'E01°42.4'N032°19.7'E 1.036 40° 238° 123 km 02m52.3s
12:4202°44.9'N033°17.2'E01°39.4'N033°32.9'E02°12.0'N033°24.8'E 1.036 39° 238° 122 km 02m48.2s
12:4403°16.1'N034°25.7'E02°11.3'N034°41.1'E02°43.6'N034°33.1'E 1.035 37° 239° 121 km 02m44.0s
12:4603°49.4'N035°37.9'E02°45.3'N035°53.1'E03°17.2'N035°45.2'E 1.035 35° 239° 119 km 02m39.6s
12:4804°25.1'N036°54.6'E03°21.7'N037°09.3'E03°53.3'N037°01.6'E 1.034 33° 239° 117 km 02m35.1s
12:5005°03.5'N038°16.5'E04°00.9'N038°30.7'E04°32.1'N038°23.3'E 1.034 32° 240° 116 km 02m30.3s
12:5205°45.2'N039°44.8'E04°43.3'N039°58.3'E05°14.1'N039°51.2'E 1.033 29° 240° 114 km 02m25.4s
12:5406°30.8'N041°20.9'E05°29.7'N041°33.5'E06°00.1'N041°26.9'E 1.033 27° 240° 112 km 02m20.1s
12:5607°21.3'N043°07.1'E06°20.9'N043°18.5'E06°50.9'N043°12.4'E 1.032 25° 241° 109 km 02m14.6s
12:5808°18.1'N045°06.7'E07°18.4'N045°16.4'E07°48.1'N045°11.1'E 1.031 22° 241° 107 km 02m08.6s
13:0009°23.7'N047°25.3'E08°24.6'N047°32.5'E08°53.9'N047°28.4'E 1.031 19° 242° 104 km 02m02.1s
13:0210°42.8'N050°14.0'E09°44.0'N050°17.2'E10°13.2'N050°15.0'E 1.029 16° 243° 100 km 01m54.7s
13:0412°27.6'N054°00.8'E11°27.7'N053°55.5'E11°57.3'N053°57.3'E 1.028 11° 243° 96 km 01m45.6s
13:0616°11.0'N062°25.2'E14°38.2'N060°51.2'E15°19.5'N061°25.6'E 1.025 245° 87 km 01m29.7s
Limits16°52.8'N064°03.6'E16°10.2'N064°20.6'E16°31.5'N064°12.1'E 1.025 - 84 km 01m24.7s

ΔT = 1580.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:53:26.011:27:06.005°34.2'S000°38.0'W 72.7° 179.5° 145.8 km04m07.28s
Greatest Duration11:53:56.211:27:36.205°34.0'S006°07.3'E 72.7° 180.4° 145.8 km04m07.29s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2588 Dec 09 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 1580.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 387.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.62°.

Acknowledgments

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

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