Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1284 Dec 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1284 Dec 21 . 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 -1284 Dec 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits29°47.0'S132°30.9'W32°57.1'S135°42.9'W31°21.2'S134°04.5'W 0.913 - 452 km 05m29.1s
13:5836°11.3'S119°16.6'W - - 35°18.6'S125°37.1'W 0.915 113° 442 km 05m41.1s
14:0037°40.2'S116°15.3'W36°08.4'S128°47.0'W37°25.3'S121°18.3'W 0.916 13° 110° 435 km 05m48.1s
14:0238°55.1'S113°46.6'W38°34.0'S123°44.3'W38°58.8'S118°09.7'W 0.916 16° 107° 429 km 05m53.5s
14:0440°00.9'S111°35.4'W40°14.3'S120°19.5'W40°16.5'S115°33.4'W 0.917 19° 105° 424 km 05m58.2s
14:0641°00.1'S109°36.4'W41°35.8'S117°33.5'W41°24.3'S113°16.6'W 0.918 21° 103° 419 km 06m02.3s
14:0841°54.2'S107°46.3'W42°46.3'S115°09.7'W42°25.1'S111°12.9'W 0.918 23° 101° 415 km 06m06.2s
14:1042°44.3'S106°03.0'W43°49.1'S113°00.4'W43°20.5'S109°18.8'W 0.919 25° 99° 411 km 06m09.8s
14:1243°31.0'S104°25.2'W44°46.3'S111°01.4'W44°11.8'S107°31.9'W 0.919 27° 98° 407 km 06m13.2s
14:1444°14.8'S102°51.7'W45°38.9'S109°10.2'W44°59.4'S105°50.6'W 0.919 28° 96° 403 km 06m16.5s
14:1644°56.1'S101°21.7'W46°27.8'S107°25.0'W45°44.1'S104°13.8'W 0.920 30° 94° 399 km 06m19.6s
14:1845°35.1'S099°54.8'W47°13.6'S105°44.5'W46°26.2'S102°40.6'W 0.920 31° 92° 396 km 06m22.5s
14:2046°12.1'S098°30.2'W47°56.7'S104°07.7'W47°06.0'S101°10.5'W 0.920 33° 90° 393 km 06m25.4s
14:2246°47.3'S097°07.8'W48°37.4'S102°34.1'W47°43.7'S099°42.9'W 0.921 34° 88° 389 km 06m28.1s
14:2447°20.8'S095°47.1'W49°15.9'S101°03.0'W48°19.5'S098°17.3'W 0.921 35° 86° 386 km 06m30.8s
14:2647°52.8'S094°27.9'W49°52.5'S099°34.0'W48°53.6'S096°53.5'W 0.921 36° 84° 384 km 06m33.3s
14:2848°23.2'S093°09.9'W50°27.3'S098°06.7'W49°26.1'S095°31.1'W 0.921 38° 83° 381 km 06m35.8s
14:3048°52.4'S091°53.0'W51°00.5'S096°40.8'W49°57.1'S094°09.9'W 0.922 39° 81° 378 km 06m38.2s
14:3249°20.2'S090°37.0'W51°32.2'S095°16.1'W50°26.7'S092°49.8'W 0.922 40° 79° 376 km 06m40.5s
14:3449°46.7'S089°21.7'W52°02.4'S093°52.3'W50°55.0'S091°30.5'W 0.922 41° 77° 373 km 06m42.8s
14:3650°12.1'S088°07.1'W52°31.2'S092°29.4'W51°22.0'S090°11.9'W 0.922 42° 75° 371 km 06m44.9s
14:3850°36.4'S086°53.1'W52°58.7'S091°07.0'W51°47.7'S088°53.8'W 0.922 43° 72° 369 km 06m47.0s
14:4050°59.6'S085°39.4'W53°24.9'S089°45.2'W52°12.4'S087°36.2'W 0.923 44° 70° 367 km 06m49.0s
14:4251°21.7'S084°26.2'W53°50.0'S088°23.7'W52°35.9'S086°19.0'W 0.923 45° 68° 365 km 06m50.9s
14:4451°42.8'S083°13.2'W54°13.9'S087°02.5'W52°58.2'S085°02.1'W 0.923 45° 66° 363 km 06m52.8s
14:4652°02.8'S082°00.4'W54°36.6'S085°41.5'W53°19.6'S083°45.4'W 0.923 46° 64° 361 km 06m54.6s
14:4852°22.0'S080°47.9'W54°58.3'S084°20.6'W53°39.9'S082°28.8'W 0.923 47° 62° 359 km 06m56.3s
14:5052°40.1'S079°35.4'W55°18.8'S082°59.7'W53°59.2'S081°12.3'W 0.923 48° 59° 358 km 06m58.0s
14:5252°57.3'S078°23.1'W55°38.4'S081°38.9'W54°17.5'S079°55.9'W 0.924 48° 57° 356 km 06m59.5s
14:5453°13.6'S077°10.8'W55°56.8'S080°18.0'W54°34.8'S078°39.5'W 0.924 49° 55° 355 km 07m01.0s
14:5653°29.0'S075°58.5'W56°14.3'S078°57.0'W54°51.1'S077°23.1'W 0.924 50° 52° 353 km 07m02.5s
14:5853°43.4'S074°46.3'W56°30.7'S077°35.9'W55°06.5'S076°06.6'W 0.924 50° 50° 352 km 07m03.8s
15:0053°57.0'S073°34.0'W56°46.2'S076°14.7'W55°21.0'S074°50.1'W 0.924 51° 47° 351 km 07m05.1s
15:0254°09.7'S072°21.8'W57°00.6'S074°53.3'W55°34.5'S073°33.4'W 0.924 52° 45° 349 km 07m06.3s
15:0454°21.6'S071°09.4'W57°14.1'S073°31.8'W55°47.1'S072°16.7'W 0.924 52° 42° 348 km 07m07.5s
15:0654°32.5'S069°57.1'W57°26.6'S072°10.1'W55°58.8'S070°59.9'W 0.924 53° 39° 347 km 07m08.6s
15:0854°42.6'S068°44.7'W57°38.1'S070°48.2'W56°09.5'S069°43.0'W 0.924 53° 37° 346 km 07m09.6s
15:1054°51.9'S067°32.2'W57°48.7'S069°26.2'W56°19.4'S068°26.0'W 0.924 54° 34° 346 km 07m10.5s
15:1255°00.3'S066°19.7'W57°58.3'S068°04.0'W56°28.4'S067°08.9'W 0.925 54° 31° 345 km 07m11.3s
15:1455°07.9'S065°07.2'W58°06.9'S066°41.6'W56°36.5'S065°51.7'W 0.925 54° 29° 344 km 07m12.1s
15:1655°14.6'S063°54.6'W58°14.6'S065°19.1'W56°43.7'S064°34.4'W 0.925 55° 26° 343 km 07m12.8s
15:1855°20.5'S062°42.0'W58°21.4'S063°56.5'W56°50.0'S063°17.1'W 0.925 55° 23° 343 km 07m13.4s
15:2055°25.6'S061°29.3'W58°27.2'S062°33.8'W56°55.4'S061°59.7'W 0.925 55° 20° 342 km 07m14.0s
15:2255°29.9'S060°16.7'W58°32.0'S061°11.0'W56°59.9'S060°42.3'W 0.925 56° 17° 342 km 07m14.4s
15:2455°33.3'S059°04.1'W58°35.9'S059°48.2'W57°03.5'S059°24.8'W 0.925 56° 14° 341 km 07m14.8s
15:2655°35.9'S057°51.4'W58°38.9'S058°25.3'W57°06.3'S058°07.4'W 0.925 56° 11° 341 km 07m15.1s
15:2855°37.7'S056°38.8'W58°41.0'S057°02.5'W57°08.2'S056°49.9'W 0.925 56° 341 km 07m15.4s
15:3055°38.6'S055°26.3'W58°42.1'S055°39.7'W57°09.2'S055°32.5'W 0.925 56° 341 km 07m15.5s
15:3255°38.8'S054°13.8'W58°42.2'S054°16.9'W57°09.4'S054°15.2'W 0.925 56° 340 km 07m15.6s
15:3455°38.1'S053°01.3'W58°41.5'S052°54.3'W57°08.7'S052°58.0'W 0.925 56° 360° 340 km 07m15.6s
15:3655°36.6'S051°49.0'W58°39.8'S051°31.7'W57°07.1'S051°40.8'W 0.925 56° 357° 340 km 07m15.5s
15:3855°34.3'S050°36.8'W58°37.2'S050°09.3'W57°04.6'S050°23.8'W 0.925 56° 354° 340 km 07m15.4s
15:4055°31.2'S049°24.7'W58°33.6'S048°47.1'W57°01.3'S049°06.9'W 0.925 56° 351° 341 km 07m15.2s
15:4255°27.2'S048°12.7'W58°29.2'S047°25.1'W56°57.1'S047°50.2'W 0.925 56° 348° 341 km 07m14.9s
15:4455°22.5'S047°00.8'W58°23.8'S046°03.3'W56°52.1'S046°33.7'W 0.925 56° 345° 341 km 07m14.5s
15:4655°17.0'S045°49.1'W58°17.5'S044°41.8'W56°46.2'S045°17.3'W 0.925 56° 342° 341 km 07m14.0s
15:4855°10.6'S044°37.6'W58°10.2'S043°20.6'W56°39.4'S044°01.2'W 0.925 55° 339° 342 km 07m13.5s
15:5055°03.4'S043°26.3'W58°02.1'S041°59.6'W56°31.8'S042°45.3'W 0.925 55° 336° 342 km 07m12.9s
15:5254°55.5'S042°15.1'W57°53.0'S040°39.0'W56°23.3'S041°29.6'W 0.925 55° 334° 343 km 07m12.2s
15:5454°46.7'S041°04.1'W57°43.1'S039°18.7'W56°14.0'S040°14.2'W 0.925 55° 331° 343 km 07m11.5s
15:5654°37.1'S039°53.3'W57°32.2'S037°58.7'W56°03.8'S038°59.1'W 0.925 54° 328° 344 km 07m10.6s
15:5854°26.7'S038°42.7'W57°20.4'S036°39.1'W55°52.7'S037°44.2'W 0.925 54° 325° 345 km 07m09.7s
16:0054°15.5'S037°32.3'W57°07.7'S035°19.8'W55°40.8'S036°29.6'W 0.925 53° 323° 346 km 07m08.8s
16:0254°03.4'S036°22.1'W56°54.1'S034°00.8'W55°28.0'S035°15.2'W 0.925 53° 320° 347 km 07m07.7s
16:0453°50.6'S035°12.1'W56°39.5'S032°42.2'W55°14.4'S034°01.0'W 0.924 53° 317° 348 km 07m06.6s
16:0653°36.9'S034°02.2'W56°24.1'S031°23.9'W54°59.9'S032°47.2'W 0.924 52° 315° 349 km 07m05.4s
16:0853°22.4'S032°52.5'W56°07.7'S030°06.0'W54°44.5'S031°33.5'W 0.924 51° 312° 350 km 07m04.1s
16:1053°07.1'S031°43.0'W55°50.4'S028°48.3'W54°28.2'S030°20.1'W 0.924 51° 310° 351 km 07m02.8s
16:1252°50.9'S030°33.5'W55°32.2'S027°30.9'W54°11.1'S029°06.8'W 0.924 50° 307° 352 km 07m01.4s
16:1452°33.9'S029°24.2'W55°13.0'S026°13.7'W53°53.0'S027°53.7'W 0.924 50° 305° 353 km 06m59.9s
16:1652°16.0'S028°15.0'W54°52.9'S024°56.8'W53°34.1'S026°40.7'W 0.924 49° 303° 355 km 06m58.4s
16:1851°57.2'S027°05.8'W54°31.8'S023°40.0'W53°14.2'S025°27.9'W 0.924 48° 300° 356 km 06m56.8s
16:2051°37.6'S025°56.6'W54°09.7'S022°23.3'W52°53.4'S024°15.1'W 0.924 48° 298° 358 km 06m55.1s
16:2251°17.1'S024°47.3'W53°46.6'S021°06.6'W52°31.7'S023°02.3'W 0.924 47° 296° 359 km 06m53.3s
16:2450°55.6'S023°38.0'W53°22.5'S019°50.0'W52°09.0'S021°49.4'W 0.923 46° 294° 361 km 06m51.5s
16:2650°33.2'S022°28.5'W52°57.4'S018°33.2'W51°45.3'S020°36.4'W 0.923 45° 292° 363 km 06m49.6s
16:2850°09.9'S021°18.9'W52°31.1'S017°16.3'W51°20.6'S019°23.3'W 0.923 44° 289° 365 km 06m47.7s
16:3049°45.5'S020°09.0'W52°03.8'S015°59.1'W50°54.9'S018°09.9'W 0.923 43° 287° 367 km 06m45.7s
16:3249°20.2'S018°58.7'W51°35.3'S014°41.6'W50°28.1'S016°56.1'W 0.923 42° 285° 369 km 06m43.6s
16:3448°53.8'S017°48.0'W51°05.7'S013°23.5'W50°00.1'S015°41.9'W 0.923 42° 283° 371 km 06m41.4s
16:3648°26.3'S016°36.8'W50°34.7'S012°04.8'W49°31.0'S014°27.0'W 0.922 41° 281° 374 km 06m39.2s
16:3847°57.7'S015°24.9'W50°02.5'S010°45.2'W49°00.7'S013°11.5'W 0.922 40° 280° 376 km 06m36.9s
16:4047°27.8'S014°12.3'W49°28.8'S009°24.7'W48°29.0'S011°55.1'W 0.922 38° 278° 378 km 06m34.5s
16:4246°56.7'S012°58.7'W48°53.7'S008°02.8'W47°56.1'S010°37.6'W 0.922 37° 276° 381 km 06m32.0s
16:4446°24.3'S011°44.0'W48°16.9'S006°39.5'W47°21.6'S009°18.8'W 0.922 36° 274° 384 km 06m29.5s
16:4645°50.4'S010°28.0'W47°38.4'S005°14.4'W46°45.6'S007°58.5'W 0.921 35° 272° 387 km 06m26.9s
16:4845°15.0'S009°10.4'W46°58.0'S003°47.1'W46°07.9'S006°36.4'W 0.921 34° 270° 390 km 06m24.2s
16:5044°38.0'S007°51.1'W46°15.5'S002°17.0'W45°28.3'S005°12.1'W 0.921 32° 268° 393 km 06m21.4s
16:5243°59.1'S006°29.5'W45°30.6'S000°43.8'W44°46.7'S003°45.2'W 0.921 31° 267° 396 km 06m18.5s
16:5443°18.2'S005°05.4'W44°43.0'S000°53.5'E44°02.8'S002°15.2'W 0.920 29° 265° 399 km 06m15.5s
16:5642°35.1'S003°38.2'W43°52.2'S002°35.9'E43°16.2'S000°41.2'W 0.920 28° 263° 403 km 06m12.3s
16:5841°49.4'S002°07.2'W42°57.6'S004°24.5'E42°26.6'S000°57.5'E 0.920 26° 261° 406 km 06m09.1s
17:0041°00.7'S000°31.6'W41°58.4'S006°21.5'E41°33.4'S002°42.2'E 0.919 24° 260° 410 km 06m05.6s
17:0240°08.6'S001°09.8'E40°53.2'S008°29.6'E40°35.8'S004°34.7'E 0.919 22° 258° 414 km 06m01.9s
17:0439°12.3'S002°58.4'E39°39.8'S010°53.7'E39°32.7'S006°37.4'E 0.918 20° 256° 419 km 05m58.0s
17:0638°10.6'S004°56.7'E38°14.2'S013°42.8'E38°22.0'S008°54.5'E 0.918 18° 254° 423 km 05m53.8s
17:0837°02.0'S007°08.3'E36°26.7'S017°18.2'E37°00.5'S011°33.4'E 0.917 15° 252° 428 km 05m49.0s
17:1035°43.4'S009°39.6'E33°31.8'S023°21.7'E35°20.6'S014°50.4'E 0.916 12° 250° 434 km 05m43.4s
17:1234°08.6'S012°44.0'E - - 32°56.5'S019°42.8'E 0.915 246° 441 km 05m35.7s
Limits28°15.3'S024°53.7'E31°24.7'S028°00.6'E29°49.2'S026°24.8'E 0.913 - 448 km 05m26.4s

ΔT = 30625.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:05:09.515:34:43.657°08.2'S179°32.6'E 56.2° 358.6° 340.4 km07m15.59s
Greatest Duration00:03:34.415:33:08.557°09.1'S053°31.1'W 56.2° 0.9° 340.4 km07m15.62s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1284 Dec 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1284 Dec 21 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 30625.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1275.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 5.33°.

Acknowledgments

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

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