Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2885 Dec 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2885 Dec 27 . 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 2885 Dec 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits31°06.4'N032°49.1'W27°46.9'N033°45.9'W29°25.5'N033°18.0'W 0.916 - 370 km 06m39.1s
09:10 - - 22°58.5'N022°40.0'W26°09.8'N025°55.8'W 0.918 120° 361 km 06m58.8s
09:1227°49.3'N025°31.3'W21°47.6'N019°51.6'W24°26.4'N021°58.4'W 0.919 12° 123° 357 km 07m11.6s
09:1426°03.6'N021°32.1'W20°52.5'N017°37.6'W23°16.5'N019°14.1'W 0.920 15° 124° 355 km 07m21.5s
09:1624°52.7'N018°48.2'W20°07.0'N015°44.1'W22°21.9'N017°02.9'W 0.921 18° 125° 354 km 07m30.1s
09:1823°57.7'N016°37.5'W19°28.1'N014°04.5'W21°36.8'N015°11.5'W 0.921 20° 126° 353 km 07m37.9s
09:2023°12.3'N014°46.8'W18°54.3'N012°35.1'W20°58.2'N013°33.6'W 0.922 22° 127° 352 km 07m45.1s
09:2222°33.7'N013°09.7'W18°24.3'N011°13.6'W20°24.6'N012°05.7'W 0.922 24° 128° 352 km 07m51.9s
09:2422°00.1'N011°42.5'W17°57.6'N009°58.5'W19°55.0'N010°45.5'W 0.922 25° 129° 352 km 07m58.4s
09:2621°30.4'N010°23.1'W17°33.7'N008°48.5'W19°28.6'N009°31.5'W 0.923 27° 130° 352 km 08m04.6s
09:2821°04.1'N009°09.9'W17°12.0'N007°42.9'W19°04.9'N008°22.7'W 0.923 28° 131° 352 km 08m10.5s
09:3020°40.5'N008°01.7'W16°52.5'N006°41.0'W18°43.5'N007°18.1'W 0.923 30° 132° 352 km 08m16.2s
09:3220°19.3'N006°57.8'W16°34.7'N005°42.4'W18°24.2'N006°17.1'W 0.924 31° 133° 352 km 08m21.7s
09:3420°00.1'N005°57.5'W16°18.6'N004°46.5'W18°06.7'N005°19.4'W 0.924 32° 134° 353 km 08m27.0s
09:3619°42.8'N005°00.3'W16°03.9'N003°53.1'W17°50.9'N004°24.3'W 0.924 33° 135° 353 km 08m32.1s
09:3819°27.1'N004°05.9'W15°50.6'N003°01.9'W17°36.5'N003°31.7'W 0.924 34° 136° 354 km 08m37.0s
09:4019°12.9'N003°13.9'W15°38.6'N002°12.6'W17°23.5'N002°41.3'W 0.925 35° 137° 355 km 08m41.8s
09:4219°00.1'N002°24.0'W15°27.7'N001°25.1'W17°11.7'N001°52.8'W 0.925 36° 138° 355 km 08m46.4s
09:4418°48.6'N001°36.0'W15°17.9'N000°39.2'W17°01.1'N001°06.0'W 0.925 37° 139° 356 km 08m50.8s
09:4618°38.2'N000°49.8'W15°09.1'N000°05.2'E16°51.6'N000°20.7'W 0.925 38° 140° 357 km 08m55.1s
09:4818°28.9'N000°05.1'W15°01.3'N000°48.4'E16°43.1'N000°23.1'E 0.925 39° 141° 357 km 08m59.2s
09:5018°20.7'N000°38.2'E14°54.3'N001°30.3'E16°35.6'N001°05.6'E 0.926 40° 142° 358 km 09m03.1s
09:5218°13.4'N001°20.2'E14°48.3'N002°11.2'E16°28.9'N001°46.9'E 0.926 41° 143° 359 km 09m06.9s
09:5418°07.0'N002°01.1'E14°43.0'N002°51.0'E16°23.1'N002°27.2'E 0.926 41° 144° 360 km 09m10.5s
09:5618°01.5'N002°40.9'E14°38.6'N003°29.9'E16°18.2'N003°06.5'E 0.926 42° 145° 360 km 09m13.9s
09:5817°56.8'N003°19.7'E14°34.9'N004°08.0'E16°14.0'N003°44.9'E 0.926 43° 146° 361 km 09m17.2s
10:0017°52.9'N003°57.7'E14°31.9'N004°45.3'E16°10.6'N004°22.4'E 0.926 43° 147° 361 km 09m20.3s
10:0217°49.7'N004°34.8'E14°29.6'N005°21.9'E16°07.9'N004°59.2'E 0.926 44° 148° 362 km 09m23.3s
10:0417°47.3'N005°11.2'E14°28.0'N005°57.8'E16°06.0'N005°35.3'E 0.926 45° 149° 363 km 09m26.1s
10:0617°45.6'N005°46.9'E14°27.1'N006°33.1'E16°04.7'N006°10.8'E 0.926 45° 150° 363 km 09m28.7s
10:0817°44.6'N006°22.0'E14°26.8'N007°07.8'E16°04.1'N006°45.6'E 0.927 46° 152° 363 km 09m31.1s
10:1017°44.3'N006°56.5'E14°27.2'N007°42.0'E16°04.1'N007°19.9'E 0.927 46° 153° 364 km 09m33.3s
10:1217°44.6'N007°30.5'E14°28.1'N008°15.7'E16°04.7'N007°53.7'E 0.927 47° 154° 364 km 09m35.4s
10:1417°45.6'N008°04.0'E14°29.7'N008°49.0'E16°06.0'N008°27.1'E 0.927 47° 155° 364 km 09m37.3s
10:1617°47.2'N008°37.1'E14°31.9'N009°21.9'E16°07.9'N009°00.0'E 0.927 47° 157° 364 km 09m39.0s
10:1817°49.4'N009°09.8'E14°34.6'N009°54.4'E16°10.4'N009°32.6'E 0.927 48° 158° 364 km 09m40.6s
10:2017°52.2'N009°42.1'E14°37.9'N010°26.6'E16°13.4'N010°04.8'E 0.927 48° 159° 364 km 09m41.9s
10:2217°55.6'N010°14.1'E14°41.8'N010°58.6'E16°17.0'N010°36.7'E 0.927 48° 161° 364 km 09m43.1s
10:2417°59.5'N010°45.8'E14°46.2'N011°30.2'E16°21.3'N011°08.3'E 0.927 49° 162° 364 km 09m44.1s
10:2618°04.1'N011°17.2'E14°51.2'N012°01.6'E16°26.0'N011°39.7'E 0.927 49° 164° 363 km 09m44.9s
10:2818°09.2'N011°48.5'E14°56.7'N012°32.8'E16°31.4'N012°10.9'E 0.927 49° 165° 363 km 09m45.5s
10:3018°14.9'N012°19.5'E15°02.8'N013°03.8'E16°37.2'N012°41.9'E 0.927 49° 166° 362 km 09m46.0s
10:3218°21.2'N012°50.4'E15°09.4'N013°34.7'E16°43.7'N013°12.8'E 0.927 49° 168° 362 km 09m46.3s
10:3418°28.0'N013°21.2'E15°16.5'N014°05.5'E16°50.7'N013°43.5'E 0.927 49° 169° 361 km 09m46.4s
10:3618°35.4'N013°51.9'E15°24.2'N014°36.1'E16°58.2'N014°14.2'E 0.927 49° 171° 360 km 09m46.3s
10:3818°43.4'N014°22.5'E15°32.4'N015°06.7'E17°06.3'N014°44.8'E 0.927 49° 172° 360 km 09m46.0s
10:4018°51.9'N014°53.1'E15°41.2'N015°37.3'E17°14.9'N015°15.3'E 0.927 49° 173° 359 km 09m45.6s
10:4219°01.0'N015°23.7'E15°50.5'N016°07.8'E17°24.1'N015°45.9'E 0.927 49° 175° 358 km 09m45.0s
10:4419°10.7'N015°54.4'E16°00.3'N016°38.4'E17°33.9'N016°16.4'E 0.927 49° 176° 357 km 09m44.2s
10:4619°20.9'N016°25.1'E16°10.7'N017°09.0'E17°44.2'N016°47.1'E 0.927 49° 178° 356 km 09m43.3s
10:4819°31.8'N016°55.8'E16°21.6'N017°39.7'E17°55.0'N017°17.8'E 0.927 49° 179° 355 km 09m42.2s
10:5019°43.2'N017°26.8'E16°33.1'N018°10.5'E18°06.5'N017°48.6'E 0.927 49° 181° 354 km 09m40.9s
10:5219°55.2'N017°57.8'E16°45.2'N018°41.4'E18°18.5'N018°19.5'E 0.927 48° 182° 353 km 09m39.5s
10:5420°07.8'N018°29.1'E16°57.8'N019°12.5'E18°31.1'N018°50.7'E 0.927 48° 183° 352 km 09m37.9s
10:5620°21.1'N019°00.6'E17°10.9'N019°43.8'E18°44.3'N019°22.0'E 0.927 48° 185° 350 km 09m36.1s
10:5820°34.9'N019°32.3'E17°24.7'N020°15.3'E18°58.1'N019°53.6'E 0.927 48° 186° 349 km 09m34.2s
11:0020°49.5'N020°04.4'E17°39.1'N020°47.0'E19°12.5'N020°25.5'E 0.927 47° 188° 348 km 09m32.2s
11:0221°04.6'N020°36.7'E17°54.0'N021°19.1'E19°27.5'N020°57.7'E 0.927 47° 189° 347 km 09m30.0s
11:0421°20.5'N021°09.5'E18°09.6'N021°51.5'E19°43.2'N021°30.2'E 0.926 46° 190° 346 km 09m27.7s
11:0621°37.0'N021°42.7'E18°25.8'N022°24.3'E19°59.6'N022°03.2'E 0.926 46° 191° 345 km 09m25.2s
11:0821°54.2'N022°16.4'E18°42.6'N022°57.5'E20°16.6'N022°36.6'E 0.926 46° 193° 344 km 09m22.6s
11:1022°12.2'N022°50.7'E19°00.1'N023°31.1'E20°34.3'N023°10.5'E 0.926 45° 194° 343 km 09m19.9s
11:1222°31.0'N023°25.5'E19°18.3'N024°05.3'E20°52.7'N023°44.9'E 0.926 44° 195° 342 km 09m17.0s
11:1422°50.5'N024°00.9'E19°37.2'N024°40.0'E21°11.9'N024°20.0'E 0.926 44° 197° 341 km 09m14.0s
11:1623°10.9'N024°37.1'E19°56.8'N025°15.4'E21°31.9'N024°55.7'E 0.926 43° 198° 340 km 09m10.9s
11:1823°32.1'N025°14.1'E20°17.2'N025°51.4'E21°52.6'N025°32.1'E 0.926 43° 199° 339 km 09m07.6s
11:2023°54.2'N025°51.9'E20°38.4'N026°28.2'E22°14.2'N026°09.4'E 0.926 42° 200° 339 km 09m04.3s
11:2224°17.3'N026°30.7'E21°00.4'N027°05.8'E22°36.7'N026°47.5'E 0.925 41° 201° 338 km 09m00.8s
11:2424°41.3'N027°10.6'E21°23.3'N027°44.4'E23°00.1'N027°26.7'E 0.925 40° 203° 337 km 08m57.2s
11:2625°06.4'N027°51.6'E21°47.1'N028°23.9'E23°24.5'N028°06.9'E 0.925 40° 204° 337 km 08m53.5s
11:2825°32.6'N028°33.9'E22°11.8'N029°04.5'E23°49.9'N028°48.3'E 0.925 39° 205° 336 km 08m49.6s
11:3026°00.1'N029°17.7'E22°37.5'N029°46.4'E24°16.4'N029°31.0'E 0.925 38° 206° 336 km 08m45.7s
11:3226°28.8'N030°03.0'E23°04.4'N030°29.5'E24°44.1'N030°15.1'E 0.925 37° 207° 336 km 08m41.6s
11:3426°58.8'N030°50.2'E23°32.3'N031°14.2'E25°13.0'N031°00.9'E 0.924 36° 208° 335 km 08m37.4s
11:3627°30.4'N031°39.3'E24°01.5'N032°00.5'E25°43.3'N031°48.4'E 0.924 35° 209° 335 km 08m33.1s
11:3828°03.6'N032°30.7'E24°32.0'N032°48.7'E26°15.0'N032°38.1'E 0.924 34° 210° 335 km 08m28.7s
11:4028°38.6'N033°24.7'E25°04.0'N033°38.9'E26°48.3'N033°30.0'E 0.924 33° 212° 335 km 08m24.1s
11:4229°15.6'N034°21.6'E25°37.5'N034°31.5'E27°23.4'N034°24.4'E 0.923 32° 213° 336 km 08m19.4s
11:4429°54.9'N035°21.9'E26°12.8'N035°26.7'E28°00.4'N035°21.9'E 0.923 30° 214° 336 km 08m14.5s
11:4630°36.6'N036°26.2'E26°49.9'N036°24.9'E28°39.6'N036°22.8'E 0.923 29° 215° 337 km 08m09.5s
11:4831°21.4'N037°35.2'E27°29.3'N037°26.7'E29°21.3'N037°27.7'E 0.923 28° 216° 337 km 08m04.4s
11:5032°09.5'N038°49.9'E28°11.0'N038°32.5'E30°05.9'N038°37.3'E 0.922 26° 217° 338 km 07m59.0s
11:5233°01.8'N040°11.5'E28°55.6'N039°43.1'E30°53.8'N039°52.7'E 0.922 25° 219° 339 km 07m53.4s
11:5433°59.1'N041°42.0'E29°43.5'N040°59.6'E31°45.7'N041°15.0'E 0.921 23° 220° 341 km 07m47.5s
11:5635°03.0'N043°24.1'E30°35.4'N042°23.2'E32°42.5'N042°46.2'E 0.921 21° 221° 342 km 07m41.3s
11:5836°15.7'N045°22.3'E31°32.2'N043°55.9'E33°45.7'N044°29.1'E 0.920 19° 223° 344 km 07m34.8s
12:0037°41.4'N047°45.0'E32°35.2'N045°40.5'E34°57.4'N046°28.0'E 0.920 17° 224° 347 km 07m27.6s
12:0239°29.5'N050°50.8'E33°46.7'N047°41.6'E36°21.6'N048°51.1'E 0.919 14° 226° 350 km 07m19.7s
12:0442°14.7'N055°49.8'E35°10.7'N050°07.7'E38°07.2'N051°56.6'E 0.918 11° 228° 355 km 07m10.3s
12:06 - - 36°56.3'N053°17.8'E40°45.5'N056°49.8'E 0.917 232° 362 km 06m57.4s
Limits45°43.1'N062°39.4'E42°34.8'N064°31.8'E44°08.2'N063°37.7'E 0.916 - 373 km 06m42.7s

ΔT = 3387.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:34:17.610:37:50.417°05.6'N000°33.2'E 49.3° 171.9° 359.6 km09m46.05s
Greatest Duration11:30:31.410:34:04.216°50.9'N013°44.6'E 49.3° 169.2° 361.0 km09m46.36s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2885 Dec 27 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 3387.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 757.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.17°.

Acknowledgments

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

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