Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2820 Dec 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2820 Dec 26 . 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 2820 Dec 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits41°36.0'S099°37.4'W43°15.0'S101°49.9'W42°25.1'S100°42.3'W 0.962 - 251 km 02m05.0s
11:1046°27.1'S090°09.8'W - - 44°44.9'S095°56.0'W 0.963 119° 245 km 02m04.5s
11:1248°35.5'S086°20.0'W46°30.7'S095°09.9'W47°52.6'S090°01.3'W 0.965 10° 114° 234 km 02m03.7s
11:1450°17.3'S083°23.2'W49°14.0'S090°03.7'W49°53.0'S086°25.9'W 0.965 13° 111° 227 km 02m03.3s
11:1651°44.9'S080°52.7'W51°08.3'S086°38.7'W51°30.9'S083°34.9'W 0.966 15° 108° 221 km 02m02.9s
11:1853°03.5'S078°38.4'W52°43.2'S083°52.3'W52°56.2'S081°07.5'W 0.967 18° 106° 216 km 02m02.6s
11:2054°15.6'S076°34.8'W54°06.6'S081°27.1'W54°13.2'S078°54.7'W 0.967 19° 103° 211 km 02m02.3s
11:2255°22.6'S074°38.8'W55°22.3'S079°15.4'W55°24.1'S076°51.7'W 0.968 21° 101° 207 km 02m02.1s
11:2456°25.6'S072°48.2'W56°32.2'S077°12.7'W56°30.2'S074°55.7'W 0.968 23° 98° 202 km 02m01.8s
11:2657°25.3'S071°01.4'W57°37.6'S075°16.5'W57°32.6'S073°04.7'W 0.968 24° 96° 199 km 02m01.6s
11:2858°22.1'S069°17.3'W58°39.4'S073°24.8'W58°31.7'S071°17.1'W 0.969 25° 94° 195 km 02m01.4s
11:3059°16.4'S067°35.2'W59°38.1'S071°36.2'W59°28.0'S069°31.9'W 0.969 27° 91° 192 km 02m01.2s
11:3260°08.5'S065°54.1'W60°34.1'S069°49.8'W60°22.0'S067°48.3'W 0.969 28° 89° 189 km 02m01.1s
11:3460°58.6'S064°13.5'W61°27.8'S068°04.5'W61°13.8'S066°05.5'W 0.970 29° 86° 186 km 02m00.9s
11:3661°46.8'S062°32.9'W62°19.4'S066°19.8'W62°03.6'S064°22.9'W 0.970 30° 84° 183 km 02m00.7s
11:3862°33.4'S060°51.8'W63°09.0'S064°34.9'W62°51.7'S062°40.0'W 0.970 31° 82° 181 km 02m00.6s
11:4063°18.3'S059°09.8'W63°56.9'S062°49.4'W63°38.0'S060°56.2'W 0.970 31° 79° 178 km 02m00.4s
11:4264°01.8'S057°26.5'W64°43.2'S061°02.8'W64°22.8'S059°11.3'W 0.971 32° 76° 176 km 02m00.3s
11:4464°43.7'S055°41.5'W65°27.9'S059°14.5'W65°06.1'S057°24.6'W 0.971 33° 74° 174 km 02m00.1s
11:4665°24.2'S053°54.4'W66°11.0'S057°24.2'W65°47.9'S055°35.9'W 0.971 34° 71° 172 km 02m00.0s
11:4866°03.4'S052°05.0'W66°52.7'S055°31.4'W66°28.3'S053°44.8'W 0.971 34° 68° 170 km 01m59.9s
11:5066°41.2'S050°12.9'W67°33.0'S053°35.7'W67°07.2'S051°50.9'W 0.971 35° 65° 169 km 01m59.8s
11:5267°17.5'S048°17.8'W68°11.9'S051°36.7'W67°44.8'S049°53.8'W 0.971 36° 62° 167 km 01m59.7s
11:5467°52.5'S046°19.5'W68°49.3'S049°34.1'W68°21.0'S047°53.3'W 0.972 36° 59° 166 km 01m59.5s
11:5668°26.2'S044°17.5'W69°25.3'S047°27.4'W68°55.7'S045°48.9'W 0.972 37° 56° 164 km 01m59.4s
11:5868°58.3'S042°11.7'W69°59.8'S045°16.3'W69°29.0'S043°40.5'W 0.972 37° 53° 163 km 01m59.3s
12:0069°29.0'S040°01.9'W70°32.8'S043°00.4'W70°00.8'S041°27.6'W 0.972 37° 50° 162 km 01m59.3s
12:0269°58.3'S037°47.7'W71°04.3'S040°39.5'W70°31.1'S039°10.1'W 0.972 38° 46° 161 km 01m59.2s
12:0470°25.9'S035°29.0'W71°34.1'S038°13.2'W70°59.8'S036°47.6'W 0.972 38° 43° 160 km 01m59.1s
12:0670°51.9'S033°05.7'W72°02.3'S035°41.2'W71°26.9'S034°20.0'W 0.972 38° 39° 159 km 01m59.0s
12:0871°16.3'S030°37.6'W72°28.7'S033°03.4'W71°52.2'S031°47.2'W 0.972 39° 35° 158 km 01m58.9s
12:1071°38.9'S028°04.6'W72°53.2'S030°19.6'W72°15.7'S029°08.9'W 0.972 39° 32° 158 km 01m58.8s
12:1271°59.7'S025°26.8'W73°15.8'S027°29.7'W72°37.4'S026°25.3'W 0.972 39° 28° 157 km 01m58.8s
12:1472°18.6'S022°44.2'W73°36.4'S024°33.7'W72°57.1'S023°36.2'W 0.972 39° 24° 157 km 01m58.7s
12:1672°35.5'S019°56.9'W73°54.8'S021°31.8'W73°14.7'S020°42.0'W 0.972 39° 20° 156 km 01m58.6s
12:1872°50.3'S017°05.2'W74°11.0'S018°24.2'W73°30.2'S017°42.7'W 0.973 39° 15° 156 km 01m58.6s
12:2073°03.0'S014°09.4'W74°24.8'S015°11.2'W73°43.4'S014°38.7'W 0.973 39° 11° 156 km 01m58.5s
12:2273°13.5'S011°09.8'W74°36.2'S011°53.4'W73°54.3'S011°30.5'W 0.973 39° 156 km 01m58.5s
12:2473°21.6'S008°06.9'W74°45.0'S008°31.3'W74°02.8'S008°18.5'W 0.973 39° 156 km 01m58.4s
12:2673°27.5'S005°01.3'W74°51.3'S005°05.8'W74°08.8'S005°03.5'W 0.973 39° 358° 156 km 01m58.4s
12:2873°30.9'S001°53.6'W74°54.8'S001°37.6'W74°12.3'S001°46.1'W 0.973 39° 354° 156 km 01m58.4s
12:3073°31.9'S001°15.7'E74°55.6'S001°52.4'E74°13.2'S001°32.9'E 0.972 39° 349° 156 km 01m58.3s
12:3273°30.3'S004°25.6'E74°53.5'S005°23.1'E74°11.4'S004°52.6'E 0.972 39° 345° 156 km 01m58.3s
12:3473°26.3'S007°35.7'E74°48.7'S008°53.7'E74°07.0'S008°12.4'E 0.972 38° 340° 157 km 01m58.3s
12:3673°19.8'S010°45.1'E74°41.1'S012°23.0'E74°00.0'S011°31.2'E 0.972 38° 336° 157 km 01m58.2s
12:3873°10.7'S013°53.2'E74°30.6'S015°50.3'E73°50.3'S014°48.4'E 0.972 38° 331° 158 km 01m58.2s
12:4072°59.1'S016°59.5'E74°17.4'S019°14.7'E73°37.9'S018°03.3'E 0.972 37° 327° 158 km 01m58.2s
12:4272°45.1'S020°03.2'E74°01.4'S022°35.5'E73°23.0'S021°15.3'E 0.972 37° 322° 159 km 01m58.2s
12:4472°28.6'S023°04.1'E73°42.8'S025°52.2'E73°05.4'S024°23.7'E 0.972 36° 318° 160 km 01m58.2s
12:4672°09.7'S026°01.6'E73°21.4'S029°04.3'E72°45.4'S027°28.3'E 0.972 36° 314° 161 km 01m58.2s
12:4871°48.3'S028°55.5'E72°57.5'S032°11.4'E72°22.8'S030°28.7'E 0.972 35° 310° 162 km 01m58.2s
12:5071°24.7'S031°45.7'E72°31.1'S035°13.5'E71°57.8'S033°24.7'E 0.972 35° 306° 164 km 01m58.2s
12:5270°58.6'S034°31.9'E72°02.1'S038°10.5'E71°30.4'S036°16.2'E 0.972 34° 302° 165 km 01m58.2s
12:5470°30.3'S037°14.2'E71°30.7'S041°02.5'E71°00.6'S039°03.3'E 0.971 34° 298° 166 km 01m58.3s
12:5669°59.7'S039°52.7'E70°56.8'S043°49.6'E70°28.5'S041°46.1'E 0.971 33° 295° 168 km 01m58.3s
12:5869°26.8'S042°27.4'E70°20.5'S046°32.2'E69°54.0'S044°24.8'E 0.971 32° 291° 170 km 01m58.3s
13:0068°51.6'S044°58.6'E69°41.7'S049°10.6'E69°17.1'S046°59.6'E 0.971 31° 288° 172 km 01m58.4s
13:0268°14.1'S047°26.7'E69°00.4'S051°45.3'E68°37.7'S049°31.0'E 0.971 31° 284° 174 km 01m58.4s
13:0467°34.2'S049°51.9'E68°16.6'S054°16.7'E67°56.0'S051°59.4'E 0.971 30° 281° 176 km 01m58.5s
13:0666°51.9'S052°14.6'E67°30.0'S056°45.6'E67°11.6'S054°25.2'E 0.970 29° 278° 178 km 01m58.5s
13:0866°07.0'S054°35.4'E66°40.6'S059°12.6'E66°24.6'S056°49.0'E 0.970 28° 275° 181 km 01m58.6s
13:1065°19.4'S056°54.8'E65°48.0'S061°38.6'E65°34.7'S059°11.7'E 0.970 26° 272° 184 km 01m58.7s
13:1264°28.9'S059°13.6'E64°52.1'S064°04.5'E64°41.6'S061°33.9'E 0.970 25° 269° 187 km 01m58.8s
13:1463°35.2'S061°32.5'E63°52.3'S066°31.6'E63°45.1'S063°56.7'E 0.969 24° 266° 190 km 01m58.9s
13:1662°38.0'S063°52.6'E62°48.1'S069°01.4'E62°44.6'S066°21.3'E 0.969 23° 263° 194 km 01m59.1s
13:1861°36.6'S066°15.1'E61°38.5'S071°36.1'E61°39.4'S068°49.3'E 0.968 21° 260° 197 km 01m59.2s
13:2060°30.4'S068°41.8'E60°22.1'S074°18.6'E60°28.7'S071°23.0'E 0.968 19° 257° 202 km 01m59.4s
13:2259°18.2'S071°14.9'E58°56.8'S077°13.6'E59°10.8'S074°05.5'E 0.968 17° 254° 207 km 01m59.6s
13:2457°58.4'S073°58.2'E57°18.3'S080°29.7'E57°43.1'S077°02.2'E 0.967 15° 250° 212 km 01m59.8s
13:2656°28.0'S076°57.4'E55°17.4'S084°25.7'E56°01.0'S080°22.7'E 0.966 13° 247° 218 km 02m00.1s
13:2854°41.2'S080°24.2'E52°19.0'S090°12.7'E53°52.6'S084°30.7'E 0.965 243° 226 km 02m00.5s
13:3052°22.6'S084°49.2'E - - 50°20.4'S091°22.4'E 0.964 237° 238 km 02m01.3s
Limits47°21.9'S094°36.1'E48°53.9'S097°03.5'E48°07.6'S095°48.2'E 0.963 - 245 km 02m01.7s

ΔT = 2932.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:08:50.512:19:58.473°43.2'S026°56.2'W 39.3° 11.3° 155.7 km01m58.54s
Greatest Duration11:58:23.311:09:31.242°25.1'S100°42.3'W 0.0° 122.3° 251.4 km02m04.99s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2820 Dec 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2820 Dec 26 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 2932.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 668.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.79°.

Acknowledgments

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

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