Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2979 Dec 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2979 Dec 10 . 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 2979 Dec 10
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°06.1'N089°15.0'W29°43.0'N089°44.8'W30°24.5'N089°30.0'W 0.960 - 158 km 02m47.4s
12:4827°53.2'N082°10.0'W25°14.9'N079°42.1'W26°28.3'N080°44.8'W 0.963 121° 148 km 02m49.5s
12:5025°41.9'N077°30.5'W23°38.2'N076°12.4'W24°38.0'N076°48.1'W 0.964 13° 123° 143 km 02m50.7s
12:5224°14.5'N074°27.3'W22°24.9'N073°35.0'W23°18.4'N073°59.3'W 0.965 17° 125° 139 km 02m51.6s
12:5423°05.5'N072°03.6'W21°24.3'N071°25.3'W22°14.0'N071°43.2'W 0.965 19° 126° 137 km 02m52.5s
12:5622°07.4'N070°02.7'W20°32.1'N069°33.4'W21°19.0'N069°47.2'W 0.966 22° 127° 134 km 02m53.2s
12:5821°16.9'N068°17.2'W19°45.9'N067°54.1'W20°30.8'N068°05.0'W 0.967 24° 128° 132 km 02m54.0s
13:0020°32.0'N066°42.9'W19°04.5'N066°24.4'W19°47.7'N066°33.2'W 0.967 26° 129° 130 km 02m54.7s
13:0219°51.4'N065°17.2'W18°26.8'N065°02.2'W19°08.6'N065°09.3'W 0.968 27° 130° 129 km 02m55.3s
13:0419°14.5'N063°58.2'W17°52.2'N063°46.0'W18°32.9'N063°51.8'W 0.968 29° 131° 127 km 02m56.0s
13:0618°40.5'N062°44.9'W17°20.3'N062°34.9'W18°00.0'N062°39.6'W 0.968 31° 132° 126 km 02m56.6s
13:0818°09.1'N061°36.2'W16°50.8'N061°28.0'W17°29.6'N061°31.9'W 0.969 32° 133° 125 km 02m57.2s
13:1017°40.0'N060°31.5'W16°23.2'N060°24.7'W17°01.3'N060°27.9'W 0.969 34° 134° 124 km 02m57.7s
13:1217°12.9'N059°30.2'W15°57.5'N059°24.6'W16°34.9'N059°27.2'W 0.969 35° 135° 123 km 02m58.3s
13:1416°47.5'N058°31.8'W15°33.4'N058°27.3'W16°10.1'N058°29.4'W 0.970 36° 136° 122 km 02m58.9s
13:1616°23.7'N057°36.1'W15°10.8'N057°32.4'W15°47.0'N057°34.1'W 0.970 38° 136° 121 km 02m59.4s
13:1816°01.4'N056°42.6'W14°49.5'N056°39.6'W15°25.2'N056°41.0'W 0.970 39° 137° 120 km 02m59.9s
13:2015°40.5'N055°51.2'W14°29.5'N055°48.8'W15°04.7'N055°49.9'W 0.971 40° 138° 120 km 03m00.4s
13:2215°20.8'N055°01.6'W14°10.7'N054°59.8'W14°45.5'N055°00.6'W 0.971 41° 139° 119 km 03m00.9s
13:2415°02.2'N054°13.7'W13°52.9'N054°12.3'W14°27.3'N054°12.9'W 0.971 42° 140° 118 km 03m01.4s
13:2614°44.8'N053°27.2'W13°36.2'N053°26.2'W14°10.2'N053°26.6'W 0.971 43° 141° 118 km 03m01.8s
13:2814°28.3'N052°42.2'W13°20.4'N052°41.4'W13°54.1'N052°41.7'W 0.971 44° 142° 117 km 03m02.3s
13:3014°12.8'N051°58.3'W13°05.6'N051°57.8'W13°39.0'N051°58.0'W 0.972 45° 143° 117 km 03m02.7s
13:3213°58.3'N051°15.6'W12°51.6'N051°15.2'W13°24.7'N051°15.3'W 0.972 46° 145° 116 km 03m03.1s
13:3413°44.6'N050°33.8'W12°38.4'N050°33.7'W13°11.3'N050°33.7'W 0.972 47° 146° 116 km 03m03.5s
13:3613°31.7'N049°53.1'W12°26.0'N049°53.0'W12°58.7'N049°53.0'W 0.972 47° 147° 116 km 03m03.9s
13:3813°19.6'N049°13.1'W12°14.4'N049°13.2'W12°46.8'N049°13.1'W 0.972 48° 148° 115 km 03m04.2s
13:4013°08.3'N048°34.0'W12°03.6'N048°34.1'W12°35.7'N048°34.0'W 0.972 49° 149° 115 km 03m04.6s
13:4212°57.7'N047°55.6'W11°53.4'N047°55.8'W12°25.4'N047°55.7'W 0.973 50° 151° 115 km 03m04.9s
13:4412°47.9'N047°17.8'W11°43.9'N047°18.0'W12°15.7'N047°17.9'W 0.973 50° 152° 114 km 03m05.2s
13:4612°38.7'N046°40.7'W11°35.1'N046°40.9'W12°06.7'N046°40.8'W 0.973 51° 153° 114 km 03m05.4s
13:4812°30.2'N046°04.1'W11°26.9'N046°04.3'W11°58.4'N046°04.2'W 0.973 51° 155° 114 km 03m05.7s
13:5012°22.3'N045°28.0'W11°19.3'N045°28.2'W11°50.6'N045°28.1'W 0.973 52° 156° 114 km 03m05.9s
13:5212°15.1'N044°52.4'W11°12.4'N044°52.5'W11°43.6'N044°52.5'W 0.973 53° 157° 113 km 03m06.2s
13:5412°08.5'N044°17.2'W11°06.1'N044°17.3'W11°37.1'N044°17.2'W 0.973 53° 159° 113 km 03m06.3s
13:5612°02.5'N043°42.4'W11°00.3'N043°42.4'W11°31.2'N043°42.4'W 0.973 54° 160° 113 km 03m06.5s
13:5811°57.1'N043°07.9'W10°55.1'N043°07.9'W11°25.9'N043°07.9'W 0.974 54° 162° 113 km 03m06.7s
14:0011°52.3'N042°33.8'W10°50.5'N042°33.6'W11°21.2'N042°33.7'W 0.974 54° 163° 113 km 03m06.8s
14:0211°48.1'N041°59.9'W10°46.5'N041°59.7'W11°17.1'N041°59.8'W 0.974 55° 165° 113 km 03m06.9s
14:0411°44.4'N041°26.2'W10°42.9'N041°25.9'W11°13.5'N041°26.1'W 0.974 55° 167° 113 km 03m07.0s
14:0611°41.3'N040°52.8'W10°40.0'N040°52.4'W11°10.5'N040°52.6'W 0.974 55° 168° 113 km 03m07.0s
14:0811°38.7'N040°19.6'W10°37.6'N040°19.1'W11°08.0'N040°19.3'W 0.974 56° 170° 112 km 03m07.1s
14:1011°36.7'N039°46.5'W10°35.7'N039°45.9'W11°06.0'N039°46.2'W 0.974 56° 172° 112 km 03m07.1s
14:1211°35.3'N039°13.5'W10°34.3'N039°12.8'W11°04.6'N039°13.2'W 0.974 56° 173° 112 km 03m07.0s
14:1411°34.4'N038°40.7'W10°33.5'N038°39.8'W11°03.7'N038°40.2'W 0.974 56° 175° 112 km 03m07.0s
14:1611°34.0'N038°07.9'W10°33.2'N038°06.9'W11°03.4'N038°07.4'W 0.974 56° 177° 112 km 03m06.9s
14:1811°34.2'N037°35.1'W10°33.4'N037°34.0'W11°03.6'N037°34.6'W 0.974 56° 179° 112 km 03m06.9s
14:2011°34.9'N037°02.4'W10°34.1'N037°01.2'W11°04.3'N037°01.8'W 0.974 56° 180° 112 km 03m06.7s
14:2211°36.1'N036°29.6'W10°35.4'N036°28.3'W11°05.6'N036°29.0'W 0.974 56° 182° 112 km 03m06.6s
14:2411°37.9'N035°56.9'W10°37.2'N035°55.4'W11°07.3'N035°56.2'W 0.974 56° 184° 112 km 03m06.4s
14:2611°40.2'N035°24.0'W10°39.5'N035°22.5'W11°09.7'N035°23.3'W 0.974 56° 185° 112 km 03m06.3s
14:2811°43.0'N034°51.1'W10°42.3'N034°49.4'W11°12.5'N034°50.3'W 0.974 56° 187° 112 km 03m06.1s
14:3011°46.5'N034°18.0'W10°45.7'N034°16.3'W11°15.9'N034°17.2'W 0.974 56° 189° 112 km 03m05.8s
14:3211°50.4'N033°44.8'W10°49.6'N033°42.9'W11°19.8'N033°43.9'W 0.974 55° 190° 112 km 03m05.6s
14:3411°54.9'N033°11.4'W10°54.1'N033°09.5'W11°24.3'N033°10.5'W 0.974 55° 192° 111 km 03m05.3s
14:3612°00.0'N032°37.8'W10°59.1'N032°35.8'W11°29.3'N032°36.8'W 0.974 55° 194° 111 km 03m05.0s
14:3812°05.6'N032°04.0'W11°04.6'N032°01.9'W11°34.9'N032°02.9'W 0.974 54° 195° 111 km 03m04.7s
14:4012°11.9'N031°29.9'W11°10.7'N031°27.7'W11°41.1'N031°28.8'W 0.974 54° 197° 111 km 03m04.4s
14:4212°18.7'N030°55.5'W11°17.4'N030°53.2'W11°47.8'N030°54.3'W 0.974 54° 198° 111 km 03m04.0s
14:4412°26.1'N030°20.7'W11°24.6'N030°18.4'W11°55.2'N030°19.6'W 0.974 53° 200° 111 km 03m03.6s
14:4612°34.1'N029°45.6'W11°32.5'N029°43.2'W12°03.1'N029°44.4'W 0.974 53° 201° 112 km 03m03.2s
14:4812°42.8'N029°10.0'W11°40.9'N029°07.6'W12°11.6'N029°08.8'W 0.974 52° 203° 112 km 03m02.8s
14:5012°52.0'N028°34.0'W11°50.0'N028°31.6'W12°20.8'N028°32.8'W 0.973 51° 204° 112 km 03m02.4s
14:5213°02.0'N027°57.5'W11°59.7'N027°55.0'W12°30.6'N027°56.3'W 0.973 51° 206° 112 km 03m02.0s
14:5413°12.6'N027°20.4'W12°10.0'N027°18.0'W12°41.1'N027°19.2'W 0.973 50° 207° 112 km 03m01.5s
14:5613°23.9'N026°42.7'W12°21.0'N026°40.3'W12°52.2'N026°41.6'W 0.973 50° 208° 112 km 03m01.0s
14:5813°35.9'N026°04.4'W12°32.7'N026°02.0'W13°04.1'N026°03.3'W 0.973 49° 210° 112 km 03m00.5s
15:0013°48.7'N025°25.3'W12°45.1'N025°23.0'W13°16.7'N025°24.2'W 0.973 48° 211° 112 km 03m00.0s
15:0214°02.2'N024°45.5'W12°58.2'N024°43.3'W13°30.0'N024°44.4'W 0.973 47° 212° 113 km 02m59.5s
15:0414°16.5'N024°04.8'W13°12.1'N024°02.7'W13°44.1'N024°03.8'W 0.973 46° 213° 113 km 02m59.0s
15:0614°31.7'N023°23.1'W13°26.8'N023°21.2'W13°59.1'N023°22.3'W 0.972 46° 214° 113 km 02m58.4s
15:0814°47.8'N022°40.5'W13°42.4'N022°38.8'W14°14.8'N022°39.7'W 0.972 45° 215° 113 km 02m57.9s
15:1015°04.7'N021°56.7'W13°58.8'N021°55.2'W14°31.5'N021°56.0'W 0.972 44° 217° 114 km 02m57.3s
15:1215°22.7'N021°11.6'W14°16.1'N021°10.5'W14°49.2'N021°11.2'W 0.972 43° 218° 114 km 02m56.8s
15:1415°41.7'N020°25.2'W14°34.5'N020°24.5'W15°07.8'N020°25.0'W 0.972 42° 219° 115 km 02m56.2s
15:1616°01.8'N019°37.4'W14°53.8'N019°37.0'W15°27.5'N019°37.3'W 0.972 41° 220° 115 km 02m55.6s
15:1816°23.0'N018°47.8'W15°14.3'N018°48.0'W15°48.4'N018°48.0'W 0.971 40° 221° 116 km 02m55.0s
15:2016°45.5'N017°56.4'W15°35.9'N017°57.2'W16°10.4'N017°56.9'W 0.971 39° 222° 116 km 02m54.4s
15:2217°09.4'N017°02.9'W15°58.8'N017°04.4'W16°33.8'N017°03.8'W 0.971 37° 223° 117 km 02m53.8s
15:2417°34.8'N016°07.2'W16°23.1'N016°09.4'W16°58.7'N016°08.5'W 0.971 36° 223° 118 km 02m53.1s
15:2618°01.8'N015°08.7'W16°48.9'N015°12.0'W17°25.0'N015°10.6'W 0.970 35° 224° 119 km 02m52.5s
15:2818°30.6'N014°07.3'W17°16.4'N014°11.8'W17°53.2'N014°09.8'W 0.970 34° 225° 120 km 02m51.9s
15:3019°01.5'N013°02.5'W17°45.7'N013°08.4'W18°23.2'N013°05.7'W 0.970 32° 226° 121 km 02m51.2s
15:3219°34.6'N011°53.6'W18°17.1'N012°01.3'W18°55.4'N011°57.7'W 0.969 31° 227° 122 km 02m50.6s
15:3420°10.3'N010°40.0'W18°50.8'N010°49.9'W19°30.2'N010°45.3'W 0.969 29° 228° 123 km 02m49.9s
15:3620°49.2'N009°20.8'W19°27.3'N009°33.3'W20°07.8'N009°27.4'W 0.969 27° 229° 124 km 02m49.2s
15:3821°31.7'N007°54.5'W20°07.0'N008°10.6'W20°48.8'N008°03.0'W 0.968 26° 230° 126 km 02m48.5s
15:4022°18.7'N006°19.5'W20°50.6'N006°40.1'W21°34.0'N006°30.5'W 0.968 24° 231° 128 km 02m47.8s
15:4223°11.5'N004°33.1'W21°39.0'N004°59.9'W22°24.5'N004°47.3'W 0.967 21° 232° 130 km 02m47.1s
15:4424°12.0'N002°30.8'W22°33.7'N003°06.6'W23°22.0'N002°49.9'W 0.966 19° 233° 132 km 02m46.3s
15:4625°24.0'N000°04.8'W23°37.2'N000°54.8'W24°29.3'N000°31.6'W 0.966 16° 235° 135 km 02m45.5s
15:4826°55.3'N003°02.5'E24°54.0'N001°46.2'E25°52.6'N002°20.9'E 0.965 13° 236° 138 km 02m44.7s
15:5029°14.8'N007°55.1'E26°36.2'N005°23.4'E27°49.2'N006°27.0'E 0.964 238° 143 km 02m43.6s
Limits32°19.6'N014°39.4'E30°59.4'N015°09.5'E31°39.4'N014°54.6'E 0.961 - 153 km 02m42.0s

ΔT = 4104.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:27:20.714:18:56.311°03.9'N054°28.1'W 56.1° 179.3° 111.9 km03m06.80s
Greatest Duration15:18:01.714:09:37.311°06.3'N039°52.4'W 55.7° 171.3° 112.3 km03m07.07s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2979 Dec 10

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
  • Solar Eclipses - primary page for solar eclipse predictions
  • Solar Eclipse Links - detailed directory of links

Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2979 Dec 10 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 4104.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 896.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.74°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.