Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0846 Dec 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0846 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 -0846 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
Limits33°57.9'N052°36.8'W33°13.6'N052°58.8'W33°35.8'N052°47.8'W 1.025 - 89 km 01m28.5s
10:3032°05.3'N048°19.4'W30°26.8'N046°52.8'W31°13.0'N047°28.6'W 1.027 120° 94 km 01m37.5s
10:3228°33.7'N041°07.6'W27°23.1'N040°54.6'W27°57.9'N040°59.9'W 1.029 12° 123° 101 km 01m50.6s
10:3426°30.2'N037°20.5'W25°24.1'N037°22.4'W25°56.8'N037°20.7'W 1.031 16° 125° 105 km 01m59.0s
10:3624°52.6'N034°31.7'W23°48.3'N034°41.2'W24°20.2'N034°35.9'W 1.032 20° 127° 108 km 02m06.0s
10:3823°29.3'N032°13.8'W22°25.8'N032°28.3'W22°57.3'N032°20.6'W 1.032 22° 128° 111 km 02m12.1s
10:4022°15.3'N030°15.9'W21°12.3'N030°33.9'W21°43.5'N030°24.4'W 1.033 25° 129° 113 km 02m17.7s
10:4221°08.1'N028°31.9'W20°05.3'N028°52.7'W20°36.5'N028°41.9'W 1.034 27° 130° 116 km 02m22.9s
10:4420°06.1'N026°58.6'W19°03.4'N027°21.5'W19°34.6'N027°09.7'W 1.034 29° 131° 117 km 02m27.7s
10:4619°08.4'N025°33.5'W18°05.6'N025°58.2'W18°36.8'N025°45.5'W 1.035 31° 132° 119 km 02m32.3s
10:4818°14.2'N024°15.0'W17°11.3'N024°41.2'W17°42.6'N024°27.8'W 1.035 33° 133° 121 km 02m36.7s
10:5017°23.0'N023°02.1'W16°19.9'N023°29.6'W16°51.3'N023°15.6'W 1.036 35° 134° 123 km 02m40.9s
10:5216°34.4'N021°53.8'W15°31.0'N022°22.4'W16°02.5'N022°07.8'W 1.036 37° 135° 124 km 02m44.9s
10:5415°48.0'N020°49.4'W14°44.4'N021°19.0'W15°16.0'N021°04.0'W 1.037 38° 135° 126 km 02m48.8s
10:5615°03.6'N019°48.4'W13°59.8'N020°18.9'W14°31.5'N020°03.4'W 1.037 40° 136° 127 km 02m52.6s
10:5814°21.0'N018°50.4'W13°16.9'N019°21.6'W13°48.8'N019°05.8'W 1.037 41° 137° 128 km 02m56.2s
11:0013°40.1'N017°55.0'W12°35.7'N018°26.9'W13°07.7'N018°10.7'W 1.038 43° 138° 129 km 02m59.7s
11:0213°00.7'N017°01.9'W11°56.0'N017°34.3'W12°28.2'N017°17.9'W 1.038 44° 139° 131 km 03m03.1s
11:0412°22.7'N016°10.8'W11°17.6'N016°43.8'W11°50.0'N016°27.1'W 1.038 45° 140° 132 km 03m06.3s
11:0611°45.9'N015°21.5'W10°40.5'N015°55.0'W11°13.0'N015°38.1'W 1.039 47° 140° 133 km 03m09.5s
11:0811°10.3'N014°33.9'W10°04.6'N015°07.7'W10°37.3'N014°50.6'W 1.039 48° 141° 134 km 03m12.6s
11:1010°35.9'N013°47.8'W09°29.8'N014°21.9'W10°02.7'N014°04.7'W 1.039 49° 142° 135 km 03m15.6s
11:1210°02.4'N013°02.9'W08°56.0'N013°37.4'W09°29.1'N013°20.0'W 1.039 50° 143° 136 km 03m18.5s
11:1409°30.0'N012°19.3'W08°23.2'N012°54.0'W08°56.5'N012°36.5'W 1.040 52° 144° 137 km 03m21.2s
11:1608°58.5'N011°36.7'W07°51.3'N012°11.7'W08°24.8'N011°54.0'W 1.040 53° 145° 138 km 03m23.9s
11:1808°27.9'N010°55.1'W07°20.4'N011°30.3'W07°54.0'N011°12.5'W 1.040 54° 146° 138 km 03m26.6s
11:2007°58.2'N010°14.4'W06°50.2'N010°49.7'W07°24.1'N010°31.9'W 1.040 55° 148° 139 km 03m29.1s
11:2207°29.2'N009°34.5'W06°20.9'N010°09.9'W06°55.0'N009°52.1'W 1.041 56° 149° 140 km 03m31.5s
11:2407°01.1'N008°55.4'W05°52.4'N009°30.9'W06°26.6'N009°13.0'W 1.041 57° 150° 141 km 03m33.8s
11:2606°33.7'N008°16.9'W05°24.6'N008°52.4'W05°59.0'N008°34.5'W 1.041 58° 151° 142 km 03m36.1s
11:2806°07.0'N007°39.0'W04°57.5'N008°14.5'W05°32.1'N007°56.6'W 1.041 59° 153° 142 km 03m38.3s
11:3005°41.0'N007°01.6'W04°31.2'N007°37.2'W05°06.0'N007°19.3'W 1.041 60° 154° 143 km 03m40.3s
11:3205°15.7'N006°24.7'W04°05.5'N007°00.3'W04°40.5'N006°42.4'W 1.041 60° 156° 144 km 03m42.3s
11:3404°51.0'N005°48.3'W03°40.4'N006°23.8'W04°15.6'N006°05.9'W 1.041 61° 157° 145 km 03m44.2s
11:3604°27.0'N005°12.3'W03°16.0'N005°47.6'W03°51.4'N005°29.8'W 1.042 62° 159° 145 km 03m46.0s
11:3804°03.6'N004°36.5'W02°52.2'N005°11.8'W03°27.8'N004°54.1'W 1.042 63° 161° 146 km 03m47.6s
11:4003°40.8'N004°01.1'W02°29.1'N004°36.3'W03°04.9'N004°18.6'W 1.042 64° 163° 146 km 03m49.2s
11:4203°18.6'N003°26.0'W02°06.5'N004°01.0'W02°42.5'N003°43.4'W 1.042 64° 165° 147 km 03m50.7s
11:4402°57.0'N002°51.1'W01°44.5'N003°25.9'W02°20.7'N003°08.4'W 1.042 65° 167° 148 km 03m52.1s
11:4602°36.0'N002°16.3'W01°23.1'N002°51.0'W01°59.5'N002°33.6'W 1.042 65° 169° 148 km 03m53.4s
11:4802°15.5'N001°41.8'W01°02.3'N002°16.2'W01°38.8'N001°58.9'W 1.042 66° 171° 149 km 03m54.6s
11:5001°55.6'N001°07.3'W00°42.0'N001°41.5'W01°18.7'N001°24.3'W 1.042 66° 173° 149 km 03m55.7s
11:5201°36.2'N000°33.0'W00°22.3'N001°06.9'W00°59.2'N000°49.9'W 1.042 67° 176° 150 km 03m56.7s
11:5401°17.4'N000°01.3'E00°03.2'N000°32.3'W00°40.2'N000°15.4'W 1.042 67° 178° 150 km 03m57.6s
11:5600°59.1'N000°35.6'E00°15.5'S000°02.2'E00°21.8'N000°19.0'E 1.042 68° 181° 150 km 03m58.4s
11:5800°41.3'N001°09.8'E00°33.5'S000°36.8'E00°03.8'N000°53.4'E 1.042 68° 184° 151 km 03m59.1s
12:0000°24.1'N001°44.1'E00°51.1'S001°11.4'E00°13.5'S001°27.8'E 1.042 68° 186° 151 km 03m59.6s
12:0200°07.4'N002°18.4'E01°08.1'S001°46.1'E00°30.4'S002°02.3'E 1.042 68° 189° 151 km 04m00.1s
12:0400°08.8'S002°52.8'E01°24.6'S002°20.9'E00°46.7'S002°36.9'E 1.042 68° 192° 152 km 04m00.4s
12:0600°24.5'S003°27.3'E01°40.5'S002°55.8'E01°02.5'S003°11.6'E 1.042 68° 194° 152 km 04m00.7s
12:0800°39.6'S004°01.9'E01°55.9'S003°30.8'E01°17.8'S003°46.4'E 1.042 68° 197° 152 km 04m00.8s
12:1000°54.2'S004°36.7'E02°10.8'S004°06.1'E01°32.5'S004°21.4'E 1.042 68° 200° 152 km 04m00.8s
12:1201°08.3'S005°11.7'E02°25.1'S004°41.5'E01°46.8'S004°56.6'E 1.042 68° 203° 152 km 04m00.7s
12:1401°21.9'S005°46.9'E02°39.0'S005°17.1'E02°00.5'S005°32.0'E 1.042 68° 205° 152 km 04m00.4s
12:1601°35.0'S006°22.4'E02°52.2'S005°53.0'E02°13.6'S006°07.7'E 1.042 67° 208° 152 km 04m00.1s
12:1801°47.5'S006°58.1'E03°04.9'S006°29.2'E02°26.2'S006°43.6'E 1.042 67° 210° 152 km 03m59.6s
12:2001°59.5'S007°34.0'E03°17.1'S007°05.7'E02°38.3'S007°19.9'E 1.042 67° 213° 152 km 03m59.0s
12:2202°10.9'S008°10.4'E03°28.7'S007°42.6'E02°49.8'S007°56.4'E 1.042 66° 215° 152 km 03m58.3s
12:2402°21.8'S008°47.0'E03°39.8'S008°19.8'E03°00.8'S008°33.4'E 1.042 66° 217° 152 km 03m57.5s
12:2602°32.2'S009°24.1'E03°50.3'S008°57.4'E03°11.2'S009°10.7'E 1.042 65° 219° 152 km 03m56.6s
12:2802°42.0'S010°01.5'E04°00.2'S009°35.4'E03°21.1'S009°48.4'E 1.042 64° 221° 152 km 03m55.5s
12:3002°51.2'S010°39.5'E04°09.5'S010°13.9'E03°30.4'S010°26.6'E 1.042 64° 223° 151 km 03m54.4s
12:3202°59.9'S011°17.9'E04°18.3'S010°52.9'E03°39.1'S011°05.3'E 1.042 63° 225° 151 km 03m53.1s
12:3403°08.0'S011°56.8'E04°26.4'S011°32.4'E03°47.2'S011°44.5'E 1.041 62° 227° 151 km 03m51.6s
12:3603°15.5'S012°36.3'E04°33.9'S012°12.4'E03°54.7'S012°24.3'E 1.041 62° 228° 150 km 03m50.1s
12:3803°22.3'S013°16.3'E04°40.8'S012°53.1'E04°01.6'S013°04.6'E 1.041 61° 230° 150 km 03m48.4s
12:4003°28.6'S013°57.0'E04°47.0'S013°34.4'E04°07.8'S013°45.6'E 1.041 60° 231° 149 km 03m46.7s
12:4203°34.2'S014°38.4'E04°52.6'S014°16.4'E04°13.4'S014°27.3'E 1.041 59° 232° 148 km 03m44.8s
12:4403°39.1'S015°20.6'E04°57.5'S014°59.1'E04°18.3'S015°09.7'E 1.041 58° 233° 148 km 03m42.7s
12:4603°43.4'S016°03.5'E05°01.6'S015°42.7'E04°22.5'S015°52.9'E 1.041 57° 235° 147 km 03m40.6s
12:4803°47.0'S016°47.2'E05°05.1'S016°27.0'E04°26.0'S016°37.0'E 1.040 56° 236° 146 km 03m38.3s
12:5003°49.8'S017°31.9'E05°07.8'S017°12.3'E04°28.8'S017°21.9'E 1.040 55° 237° 145 km 03m36.0s
12:5203°51.9'S018°17.5'E05°09.7'S017°58.5'E04°30.8'S018°07.8'E 1.040 54° 238° 145 km 03m33.5s
12:5403°53.2'S019°04.1'E05°10.9'S018°45.8'E04°32.1'S018°54.8'E 1.040 53° 238° 144 km 03m30.9s
12:5603°53.7'S019°51.9'E05°11.1'S019°34.1'E04°32.4'S019°42.9'E 1.040 52° 239° 143 km 03m28.1s
12:5803°53.4'S020°40.9'E05°10.5'S020°23.7'E04°32.0'S020°32.1'E 1.039 51° 240° 142 km 03m25.3s
13:0003°52.1'S021°31.2'E05°09.0'S021°14.6'E04°30.6'S021°22.7'E 1.039 50° 241° 141 km 03m22.3s
13:0203°50.0'S022°22.9'E05°06.5'S022°06.8'E04°28.3'S022°14.7'E 1.039 49° 241° 139 km 03m19.2s
13:0403°46.8'S023°16.1'E05°03.0'S023°00.6'E04°24.9'S023°08.2'E 1.039 47° 242° 138 km 03m16.0s
13:0603°42.6'S024°11.1'E04°58.4'S023°56.1'E04°20.5'S024°03.3'E 1.038 46° 242° 137 km 03m12.7s
13:0803°37.2'S025°07.8'E04°52.7'S024°53.3'E04°15.0'S025°00.3'E 1.038 45° 243° 136 km 03m09.2s
13:1003°30.7'S026°06.6'E04°45.7'S025°52.6'E04°08.2'S025°59.3'E 1.038 43° 243° 134 km 03m05.6s
13:1203°22.8'S027°07.7'E04°37.4'S026°54.0'E04°00.1'S027°00.6'E 1.037 42° 244° 133 km 03m01.9s
13:1403°13.5'S028°11.2'E04°27.7'S027°57.9'E03°50.6'S028°04.3'E 1.037 40° 244° 131 km 02m58.0s
13:1603°02.7'S029°17.5'E04°16.3'S029°04.6'E03°39.6'S029°10.8'E 1.037 39° 244° 130 km 02m54.0s
13:1802°50.2'S030°27.0'E04°03.3'S030°14.3'E03°26.8'S030°20.3'E 1.036 37° 245° 128 km 02m49.9s
13:2002°35.8'S031°40.1'E03°48.3'S031°27.5'E03°12.1'S031°33.5'E 1.036 36° 245° 126 km 02m45.6s
13:2202°19.3'S032°57.3'E03°31.2'S032°44.8'E02°55.3'S032°50.8'E 1.035 34° 245° 124 km 02m41.1s
13:2402°00.4'S034°19.5'E03°11.7'S034°06.9'E02°36.1'S034°12.8'E 1.035 32° 245° 122 km 02m36.4s
13:2601°38.6'S035°47.4'E02°49.3'S035°34.5'E02°14.0'S035°40.5'E 1.034 30° 246° 120 km 02m31.5s
13:2801°13.5'S037°22.3'E02°23.5'S037°08.9'E01°48.6'S037°15.2'E 1.034 28° 246° 118 km 02m26.4s
13:3000°44.3'S039°05.9'E01°53.7'S038°51.8'E01°19.1'S038°58.4'E 1.033 26° 246° 115 km 02m20.9s
13:3200°09.9'S041°01.0'E01°18.8'S040°45.5'E00°44.5'S040°52.7'E 1.032 23° 246° 113 km 02m15.1s
13:3400°31.3'N043°11.5'E00°37.1'S042°53.8'E00°03.0'S043°02.1'E 1.031 21° 246° 110 km 02m08.7s
13:3601°22.6'N045°45.0'E00°14.2'N045°23.6'E00°48.2'N045°33.7'E 1.030 18° 246° 106 km 02m01.7s
13:3802°30.5'N048°57.6'E01°21.0'N048°28.7'E01°55.5'N048°42.3'E 1.029 14° 247° 102 km 01m53.4s
13:4004°17.4'N053°44.0'E03°01.3'N052°51.9'E03°38.7'N053°16.0'E 1.028 247° 96 km 01m42.5s
Limits07°04.4'N060°46.9'E06°19.2'N061°00.8'E06°41.8'N060°53.8'E 1.025 - 87 km 01m26.8s

ΔT = 22584.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:21:43.412:05:19.500°57.3'S091°21.6'W 68.2° 193.6° 151.8 km04m00.59s
Greatest Duration18:25:27.412:09:03.401°25.7'S004°04.9'E 68.1° 198.7° 152.1 km04m00.79s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0846 Dec 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0846 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 22584.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 563.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.35°.

Acknowledgments

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

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