Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2914 Dec 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2914 Dec 08 . 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 2914 Dec 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits19°26.0'S055°11.3'W20°20.1'S055°54.6'W19°53.0'S055°32.8'W 1.027 - 122 km 01m21.4s
08:5822°03.8'S049°16.6'W - - 20°51.8'S053°17.3'W 1.028 113° 126 km 01m24.7s
09:0024°43.0'S043°58.9'W24°09.4'S047°48.6'W24°29.6'S045°47.2'W 1.031 11° 110° 138 km 01m37.4s
09:0226°31.2'S040°40.5'W26°21.5'S043°42.4'W26°27.8'S042°08.8'W 1.032 15° 108° 144 km 01m44.2s
09:0428°00.4'S038°05.0'W28°02.2'S040°46.5'W28°02.4'S039°24.2'W 1.033 18° 107° 149 km 01m49.7s
09:0629°18.8'S035°53.6'W29°28.1'S038°23.3'W29°24.3'S037°07.3'W 1.034 21° 105° 152 km 01m54.4s
09:0830°29.9'S033°57.9'W30°44.8'S036°19.7'W30°38.0'S035°07.9'W 1.034 23° 103° 155 km 01m58.6s
09:1031°35.5'S032°13.3'W31°54.9'S034°29.5'W31°45.8'S033°20.6'W 1.035 25° 102° 157 km 02m02.5s
09:1232°37.0'S030°37.1'W33°00.1'S032°49.0'W32°49.1'S031°42.3'W 1.035 27° 100° 159 km 02m06.1s
09:1433°35.1'S029°07.4'W34°01.5'S031°16.0'W33°48.8'S030°11.0'W 1.036 29° 99° 161 km 02m09.5s
09:1634°30.4'S027°42.8'W34°59.7'S029°48.7'W34°45.5'S028°45.1'W 1.036 31° 98° 162 km 02m12.7s
09:1835°23.2'S026°22.5'W35°55.2'S028°26.1'W35°39.6'S027°23.7'W 1.037 32° 96° 164 km 02m15.7s
09:2036°14.0'S025°05.6'W36°48.4'S027°07.4'W36°31.6'S026°05.9'W 1.037 34° 94° 165 km 02m18.6s
09:2237°02.9'S023°51.6'W37°39.6'S025°51.7'W37°21.6'S024°51.1'W 1.038 35° 93° 166 km 02m21.3s
09:2437°50.1'S022°40.0'W38°29.1'S024°38.6'W38°10.0'S023°38.7'W 1.038 37° 91° 167 km 02m23.9s
09:2638°35.9'S021°30.4'W39°16.9'S023°27.7'W38°56.7'S022°28.5'W 1.038 38° 90° 167 km 02m26.4s
09:2839°20.3'S020°22.5'W40°03.3'S022°18.5'W39°42.1'S021°19.9'W 1.039 39° 88° 168 km 02m28.8s
09:3040°03.5'S019°15.9'W40°48.4'S021°10.8'W40°26.2'S020°12.8'W 1.039 40° 86° 169 km 02m31.1s
09:3240°45.5'S018°10.6'W41°32.2'S020°04.3'W41°09.1'S019°06.9'W 1.039 42° 85° 169 km 02m33.2s
09:3441°26.4'S017°06.1'W42°14.9'S018°58.8'W41°50.9'S018°01.9'W 1.039 43° 83° 169 km 02m35.3s
09:3642°06.3'S016°02.5'W42°56.5'S017°54.1'W42°31.7'S016°57.7'W 1.040 44° 81° 170 km 02m37.4s
09:3842°45.3'S014°59.4'W43°37.2'S016°50.0'W43°11.5'S015°54.1'W 1.040 45° 79° 170 km 02m39.3s
09:4043°23.3'S013°56.8'W44°16.9'S015°46.3'W43°50.3'S014°50.9'W 1.040 46° 77° 170 km 02m41.1s
09:4244°00.5'S012°54.4'W44°55.6'S014°42.8'W44°28.3'S013°48.0'W 1.040 47° 75° 171 km 02m42.9s
09:4444°36.8'S011°52.3'W45°33.6'S013°39.6'W45°05.4'S012°45.3'W 1.041 48° 73° 171 km 02m44.5s
09:4645°12.3'S010°50.2'W46°10.6'S012°36.3'W45°41.7'S011°42.6'W 1.041 48° 71° 171 km 02m46.1s
09:4845°47.0'S009°48.1'W46°46.9'S011°33.0'W46°17.2'S010°39.9'W 1.041 49° 69° 171 km 02m47.6s
09:5046°21.0'S008°45.9'W47°22.4'S010°29.4'W46°51.9'S009°37.0'W 1.041 50° 67° 171 km 02m49.1s
09:5246°54.2'S007°43.4'W47°57.1'S009°25.6'W47°25.9'S008°33.8'W 1.041 51° 64° 171 km 02m50.4s
09:5447°26.7'S006°40.6'W48°31.1'S008°21.3'W47°59.1'S007°30.3'W 1.041 51° 62° 171 km 02m51.7s
09:5647°58.5'S005°37.3'W49°04.3'S007°16.5'W48°31.6'S006°26.3'W 1.041 52° 59° 171 km 02m52.9s
09:5848°29.6'S004°33.7'W49°36.8'S006°11.2'W49°03.3'S005°21.8'W 1.042 53° 57° 171 km 02m54.0s
10:0049°00.0'S003°29.4'W50°08.6'S005°05.2'W49°34.4'S004°16.6'W 1.042 53° 54° 171 km 02m55.1s
10:0249°29.6'S002°24.5'W50°39.6'S003°58.4'W50°04.7'S003°10.8'W 1.042 54° 52° 171 km 02m56.0s
10:0449°58.6'S001°18.9'W51°09.9'S002°50.8'W50°34.4'S002°04.2'W 1.042 54° 49° 171 km 02m56.9s
10:0650°26.9'S000°12.5'W51°39.5'S001°42.3'W51°03.3'S000°56.8'W 1.042 55° 46° 170 km 02m57.7s
10:0850°54.4'S000°54.8'E52°08.4'S000°32.8'W51°31.5'S000°11.6'E 1.042 55° 44° 170 km 02m58.5s
10:1051°21.3'S002°02.9'E52°36.5'S000°37.7'E51°59.0'S001°20.9'E 1.042 55° 41° 170 km 02m59.1s
10:1251°47.4'S003°12.0'E53°03.9'S001°49.4'E52°25.7'S002°31.3'E 1.042 56° 38° 170 km 02m59.7s
10:1452°12.8'S004°22.2'E53°30.6'S003°02.3'E52°51.8'S003°42.8'E 1.042 56° 35° 170 km 03m00.2s
10:1652°37.5'S005°33.4'E53°56.4'S004°16.4'E53°17.0'S004°55.5'E 1.042 56° 32° 170 km 03m00.6s
10:1853°01.5'S006°45.8'E54°21.5'S005°31.9'E53°41.6'S006°09.4'E 1.042 56° 29° 169 km 03m01.0s
10:2053°24.7'S007°59.4'E54°45.8'S006°48.7'E54°05.3'S007°24.6'E 1.042 56° 26° 169 km 03m01.2s
10:2253°47.1'S009°14.3'E55°09.3'S008°07.0'E54°28.2'S008°41.2'E 1.042 57° 23° 169 km 03m01.4s
10:2454°08.8'S010°30.5'E55°32.0'S009°26.9'E54°50.4'S009°59.2'E 1.042 57° 20° 169 km 03m01.5s
10:2654°29.6'S011°48.0'E55°53.8'S010°48.2'E55°11.7'S011°18.6'E 1.042 57° 17° 169 km 03m01.5s
10:2854°49.6'S013°06.9'E56°14.7'S012°11.2'E55°32.1'S012°39.5'E 1.042 57° 13° 168 km 03m01.5s
10:3055°08.8'S014°27.3'E56°34.7'S013°35.9'E55°51.7'S014°02.0'E 1.042 56° 10° 168 km 03m01.4s
10:3255°27.1'S015°49.1'E56°53.8'S015°02.2'E56°10.4'S015°26.0'E 1.042 56° 168 km 03m01.1s
10:3455°44.4'S017°12.5'E57°11.9'S016°30.3'E56°28.1'S016°51.7'E 1.042 56° 168 km 03m00.8s
10:3656°00.9'S018°37.5'E57°29.1'S018°00.2'E56°44.9'S018°19.0'E 1.042 56° 167 km 03m00.5s
10:3856°16.5'S020°04.0'E57°45.2'S019°31.8'E57°00.7'S019°48.1'E 1.042 56° 357° 167 km 03m00.0s
10:4056°31.0'S021°32.2'E58°00.2'S021°05.3'E57°15.5'S021°18.8'E 1.042 55° 354° 167 km 02m59.5s
10:4256°44.5'S023°01.9'E58°14.1'S022°40.7'E57°29.3'S022°51.4'E 1.042 55° 351° 166 km 02m58.8s
10:4456°57.0'S024°33.4'E58°27.0'S024°17.9'E57°41.9'S024°25.6'E 1.042 54° 347° 166 km 02m58.1s
10:4657°08.5'S026°06.6'E58°38.6'S025°57.0'E57°53.5'S026°01.7'E 1.042 54° 344° 166 km 02m57.3s
10:4857°18.8'S027°41.4'E58°49.0'S027°38.0'E58°03.8'S027°39.5'E 1.042 53° 341° 165 km 02m56.5s
10:5057°27.9'S029°18.0'E58°58.2'S029°20.9'E58°13.0'S029°19.2'E 1.041 53° 338° 165 km 02m55.5s
10:5257°35.9'S030°56.2'E59°06.0'S031°05.7'E58°20.9'S031°00.6'E 1.041 52° 335° 165 km 02m54.5s
10:5457°42.6'S032°36.2'E59°12.5'S032°52.3'E58°27.5'S032°43.8'E 1.041 52° 332° 164 km 02m53.3s
10:5657°48.1'S034°18.0'E59°17.6'S034°40.9'E58°32.8'S034°28.9'E 1.041 51° 328° 164 km 02m52.1s
10:5857°52.2'S036°01.4'E59°21.3'S036°31.2'E58°36.7'S036°15.7'E 1.041 50° 325° 164 km 02m50.8s
11:0057°55.0'S037°46.6'E59°23.4'S038°23.4'E58°39.2'S038°04.2'E 1.041 50° 322° 163 km 02m49.4s
11:0257°56.3'S039°33.5'E59°24.0'S040°17.4'E58°40.1'S039°54.6'E 1.041 49° 319° 163 km 02m48.0s
11:0457°56.2'S041°22.1'E59°22.9'S042°13.1'E58°39.6'S041°46.7'E 1.040 48° 316° 162 km 02m46.4s
11:0657°54.5'S043°12.5'E59°20.2'S044°10.6'E58°37.4'S043°40.6'E 1.040 47° 313° 162 km 02m44.8s
11:0857°51.3'S045°04.6'E59°15.7'S046°09.9'E58°33.6'S045°36.2'E 1.040 46° 310° 161 km 02m43.0s
11:1057°46.4'S046°58.5'E59°09.4'S048°10.8'E58°28.0'S047°33.5'E 1.040 45° 307° 161 km 02m41.2s
11:1257°39.8'S048°54.1'E59°01.3'S050°13.6'E58°20.6'S049°32.6'E 1.040 44° 304° 160 km 02m39.3s
11:1457°31.4'S050°51.5'E58°51.1'S052°18.0'E58°11.4'S051°33.5'E 1.039 43° 301° 160 km 02m37.3s
11:1657°21.1'S052°50.8'E58°38.9'S054°24.2'E58°00.1'S053°36.1'E 1.039 42° 298° 159 km 02m35.1s
11:1857°08.8'S054°52.0'E58°24.5'S056°32.2'E57°46.8'S055°40.7'E 1.039 41° 295° 158 km 02m32.9s
11:2056°54.4'S056°55.2'E58°07.9'S058°42.1'E57°31.4'S057°47.2'E 1.038 40° 292° 158 km 02m30.6s
11:2256°37.9'S059°00.5'E57°48.8'S060°54.1'E57°13.6'S059°55.8'E 1.038 39° 290° 157 km 02m28.2s
11:2456°19.0'S061°08.0'E57°27.2'S063°08.1'E56°53.4'S062°06.6'E 1.038 37° 287° 156 km 02m25.7s
11:2655°57.7'S063°18.1'E57°02.9'S065°24.6'E56°30.6'S064°19.8'E 1.037 36° 284° 155 km 02m23.0s
11:2855°33.7'S065°30.9'E56°35.7'S067°43.8'E56°05.1'S066°35.7'E 1.037 35° 281° 154 km 02m20.2s
11:3055°06.8'S067°46.8'E56°05.2'S070°06.0'E55°36.4'S068°54.8'E 1.037 33° 278° 153 km 02m17.3s
11:3254°36.7'S070°06.3'E55°31.3'S072°31.8'E55°04.5'S071°17.5'E 1.036 32° 275° 152 km 02m14.2s
11:3454°03.2'S072°30.0'E54°53.5'S075°02.0'E54°28.9'S073°44.4'E 1.036 30° 273° 151 km 02m11.0s
11:3653°25.6'S074°58.8'E54°11.3'S077°37.5'E53°49.1'S076°16.5'E 1.035 28° 270° 150 km 02m07.6s
11:3852°43.6'S077°33.9'E53°23.9'S080°19.8'E53°04.4'S078°55.1'E 1.035 26° 267° 148 km 02m04.0s
11:4051°56.1'S080°16.8'E52°30.3'S083°10.8'E52°14.1'S081°42.0'E 1.034 24° 264° 146 km 02m00.1s
11:4251°02.2'S083°10.0'E51°29.1'S086°13.8'E51°16.6'S084°40.0'E 1.033 22° 261° 144 km 01m55.9s
11:4449°59.9'S086°17.5'E50°17.6'S089°33.8'E50°09.9'S087°53.5'E 1.033 19° 258° 142 km 01m51.3s
11:4648°46.1'S089°45.8'E48°51.3'S093°20.8'E48°50.3'S091°30.5'E 1.032 17° 254° 139 km 01m46.1s
11:4847°14.6'S093°48.7'E46°59.4'S097°57.3'E47°09.7'S095°48.4'E 1.031 13° 251° 135 km 01m39.9s
11:5045°08.6'S099°03.4'E43°57.8'S104°59.0'E44°42.5'S101°43.0'E 1.029 246° 129 km 01m31.6s
Limits40°19.0'S110°18.9'E41°08.9'S111°14.8'E40°43.9'S110°46.6'E 1.027 - 119 km 01m19.5s

ΔT = 3600.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:24:37.010:24:36.354°56.9'S004°39.6'W 56.6° 18.7° 168.7 km03m01.54s
Greatest Duration11:25:38.610:25:37.955°07.8'S011°03.8'E 56.6° 17.1° 168.6 km03m01.55s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2914 Dec 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2914 Dec 08 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 3600.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 799.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.34°.

Acknowledgments

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

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