Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0018 Dec 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0018 Dec 26 . 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 0018 Dec 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits47°29.4'S091°23.0'E51°17.8'S084°42.2'E49°22.1'S088°13.5'E 0.907 - 630 km 05m40.4s
22:1055°55.6'S107°50.4'E - - 53°23.7'S095°59.1'E 0.909 122° 615 km 05m50.0s
22:1257°27.7'S110°59.8'E - - 56°06.2'S101°12.2'E 0.910 11° 117° 602 km 05m56.8s
22:1458°47.4'S113°50.3'E54°54.3'S091°35.3'E58°01.3'S104°59.7'E 0.911 14° 113° 591 km 06m01.8s
22:1659°58.2'S116°29.0'E57°54.9'S097°17.8'E59°35.5'S108°12.9'E 0.911 16° 110° 582 km 06m06.0s
22:1861°02.3'S119°00.0'E59°57.0'S101°15.2'E60°57.1'S111°07.6'E 0.912 18° 107° 574 km 06m09.7s
22:2062°01.1'S121°25.9'E61°36.0'S104°35.0'E62°09.8'S113°51.2'E 0.912 20° 104° 566 km 06m13.0s
22:2262°55.3'S123°48.6'E63°01.4'S107°35.4'E63°15.7'S116°27.8'E 0.913 21° 100° 559 km 06m16.1s
22:2463°45.6'S126°09.2'E64°17.4'S110°24.7'E64°16.1'S119°00.1'E 0.913 23° 97° 553 km 06m19.0s
22:2664°32.5'S128°28.9'E65°26.2'S113°07.6'E65°11.9'S121°30.0'E 0.913 24° 94° 547 km 06m21.7s
22:2865°16.2'S130°48.3'E66°29.4'S115°46.9'E66°03.8'S123°58.9'E 0.914 25° 91° 541 km 06m24.2s
22:3065°57.0'S133°08.0'E67°27.8'S118°24.8'E66°52.0'S126°27.8'E 0.914 27° 88° 536 km 06m26.6s
22:3266°35.0'S135°28.5'E68°22.0'S121°02.9'E67°37.0'S128°57.5'E 0.914 28° 85° 531 km 06m28.9s
22:3467°10.5'S137°50.3'E69°12.6'S123°42.4'E68°19.0'S131°28.8'E 0.914 29° 82° 526 km 06m31.1s
22:3667°43.5'S140°13.4'E69°59.7'S126°24.4'E68°58.1'S134°02.1'E 0.915 30° 78° 522 km 06m33.1s
22:3868°14.1'S142°38.3'E70°43.6'S129°09.5'E69°34.5'S136°37.9'E 0.915 31° 75° 518 km 06m35.0s
22:4068°42.4'S145°05.0'E71°24.5'S131°58.6'E70°08.3'S139°16.5'E 0.915 32° 72° 514 km 06m36.9s
22:4269°08.4'S147°33.6'E72°02.4'S134°52.1'E70°39.5'S141°58.2'E 0.915 32° 68° 511 km 06m38.6s
22:4469°32.2'S150°04.1'E72°37.5'S137°50.6'E71°08.1'S144°43.0'E 0.915 33° 64° 508 km 06m40.3s
22:4669°53.8'S152°36.4'E73°09.7'S140°54.3'E71°34.2'S147°31.0'E 0.915 34° 61° 505 km 06m41.8s
22:4870°13.1'S155°10.6'E73°39.1'S144°03.3'E71°57.8'S150°22.2'E 0.916 35° 57° 502 km 06m43.3s
22:5070°30.3'S157°46.3'E74°05.6'S147°17.8'E72°18.9'S153°16.4'E 0.916 35° 53° 499 km 06m44.7s
22:5270°45.3'S160°23.5'E74°29.2'S150°37.5'E72°37.4'S156°13.5'E 0.916 36° 49° 497 km 06m46.0s
22:5470°58.1'S163°01.8'E74°49.9'S154°02.2'E72°53.5'S159°13.0'E 0.916 36° 45° 495 km 06m47.2s
22:5671°08.8'S165°40.9'E75°07.6'S157°31.3'E73°07.1'S162°14.5'E 0.916 37° 41° 493 km 06m48.4s
22:5871°17.3'S168°20.6'E75°22.4'S161°04.2'E73°18.2'S165°17.6'E 0.916 38° 37° 491 km 06m49.5s
23:0071°23.8'S171°00.3'E75°34.1'S164°40.1'E73°26.8'S168°21.8'E 0.916 38° 33° 489 km 06m50.4s
23:0271°28.2'S173°39.9'E75°42.9'S168°17.9'E73°32.9'S171°26.3'E 0.916 38° 29° 488 km 06m51.4s
23:0471°30.5'S176°18.8'E75°48.7'S171°56.6'E73°36.6'S174°30.6'E 0.916 39° 24° 486 km 06m52.2s
23:0671°30.8'S178°56.6'E75°51.5'S175°35.1'E73°37.8'S177°34.0'E 0.916 39° 20° 485 km 06m52.9s
23:0871°29.1'S178°27.0'W75°51.5'S179°12.1'E73°36.8'S179°24.2'W 0.916 40° 16° 484 km 06m53.6s
23:1071°25.5'S175°52.4'W75°48.5'S177°13.4'W73°33.4'S176°24.5'W 0.917 40° 12° 483 km 06m54.2s
23:1271°20.0'S173°19.9'W75°42.9'S173°42.5'W73°27.7'S173°27.5'W 0.917 40° 483 km 06m54.8s
23:1471°12.7'S170°49.9'W75°34.5'S170°16.1'W73°19.9'S170°33.9'W 0.917 40° 482 km 06m55.2s
23:1671°03.6'S168°22.6'W75°23.7'S166°55.2'W73°10.1'S167°43.9'W 0.917 40° 360° 482 km 06m55.6s
23:1870°52.8'S165°58.3'W75°10.4'S163°40.3'W72°58.2'S164°58.1'W 0.917 41° 356° 482 km 06m55.9s
23:2070°40.4'S163°37.3'W74°54.8'S160°31.9'W72°44.4'S162°16.8'W 0.917 41° 352° 482 km 06m56.1s
23:2270°26.4'S161°19.6'W74°37.1'S157°30.5'W72°28.8'S159°40.1'W 0.917 41° 348° 482 km 06m56.3s
23:2470°10.8'S159°05.3'W74°17.4'S154°36.1'W72°11.4'S157°08.3'W 0.917 41° 345° 482 km 06m56.4s
23:2669°53.8'S156°54.6'W73°55.8'S151°48.9'W71°52.4'S154°41.3'W 0.917 41° 341° 482 km 06m56.4s
23:2869°35.4'S154°47.5'W73°32.5'S149°08.9'W71°31.8'S152°19.4'W 0.917 41° 337° 483 km 06m56.4s
23:3069°15.7'S152°44.1'W73°07.5'S146°35.9'W71°09.8'S150°02.3'W 0.917 41° 334° 483 km 06m56.2s
23:3268°54.6'S150°44.2'W72°41.0'S144°09.6'W70°46.3'S147°50.2'W 0.917 41° 330° 484 km 06m56.0s
23:3468°32.3'S148°47.8'W72°13.0'S141°49.9'W70°21.5'S145°42.7'W 0.917 41° 327° 485 km 06m55.8s
23:3668°08.9'S146°54.9'W71°43.7'S139°36.4'W69°55.4'S143°39.9'W 0.917 41° 324° 486 km 06m55.4s
23:3867°44.3'S145°05.4'W71°13.2'S137°28.8'W69°28.2'S141°41.5'W 0.917 40° 321° 488 km 06m55.0s
23:4067°18.6'S143°19.2'W70°41.4'S135°26.7'W68°59.8'S139°47.3'W 0.917 40° 318° 489 km 06m54.5s
23:4266°51.9'S141°36.2'W70°08.5'S133°29.8'W68°30.2'S137°57.2'W 0.917 40° 315° 491 km 06m54.0s
23:4466°24.1'S139°56.1'W69°34.6'S131°37.7'W67°59.7'S136°10.8'W 0.916 40° 312° 492 km 06m53.3s
23:4665°55.4'S138°18.9'W68°59.6'S129°50.0'W67°28.1'S134°28.1'W 0.916 39° 309° 494 km 06m52.6s
23:4865°25.7'S136°44.5'W68°23.7'S128°06.5'W66°55.5'S132°48.7'W 0.916 39° 306° 496 km 06m51.9s
23:5064°55.0'S135°12.6'W67°46.8'S126°26.7'W66°22.0'S131°12.4'W 0.916 39° 304° 499 km 06m51.0s
23:5264°23.5'S133°43.1'W67°08.9'S124°50.3'W65°47.5'S129°39.0'W 0.916 38° 301° 501 km 06m50.1s
23:5463°51.0'S132°15.9'W66°30.1'S123°17.0'W65°12.1'S128°08.3'W 0.916 38° 298° 503 km 06m49.2s
23:5663°17.6'S130°50.7'W65°50.4'S121°46.4'W64°35.8'S126°40.0'W 0.916 38° 296° 506 km 06m48.1s
23:5862°43.4'S129°27.5'W65°09.8'S120°18.3'W63°58.6'S125°13.9'W 0.916 37° 293° 509 km 06m47.0s
00:0062°08.2'S128°06.0'W64°28.2'S118°52.3'W63°20.5'S123°49.7'W 0.916 36° 291° 512 km 06m45.8s
00:0261°32.2'S126°46.0'W63°45.6'S117°28.2'W62°41.4'S122°27.3'W 0.916 36° 289° 515 km 06m44.5s
00:0460°55.3'S125°27.5'W63°02.1'S116°05.5'W62°01.4'S121°06.4'W 0.916 35° 286° 519 km 06m43.2s
00:0660°17.4'S124°10.1'W62°17.5'S114°44.1'W61°20.5'S119°46.7'W 0.915 35° 284° 522 km 06m41.8s
00:0859°38.6'S122°53.7'W61°31.9'S113°23.6'W60°38.5'S118°28.0'W 0.915 34° 282° 526 km 06m40.3s
00:1058°58.8'S121°38.2'W60°45.1'S112°03.7'W59°55.5'S117°10.2'W 0.915 33° 280° 530 km 06m38.8s
00:1258°18.0'S120°23.3'W59°57.0'S110°44.0'W59°11.3'S115°52.8'W 0.915 32° 278° 534 km 06m37.1s
00:1457°36.1'S119°08.8'W59°07.7'S109°24.1'W58°26.1'S114°35.6'W 0.915 32° 276° 539 km 06m35.4s
00:1656°53.2'S117°54.4'W58°16.8'S108°03.7'W57°39.5'S113°18.4'W 0.915 31° 274° 543 km 06m33.6s
00:1856°09.0'S116°40.0'W57°24.4'S106°42.3'W56°51.6'S112°00.8'W 0.914 30° 272° 548 km 06m31.7s
00:2055°23.6'S115°25.2'W56°30.1'S105°19.4'W56°02.3'S110°42.4'W 0.914 29° 270° 553 km 06m29.7s
00:2254°36.8'S114°09.8'W55°33.8'S103°54.3'W55°11.3'S109°22.8'W 0.914 28° 268° 558 km 06m27.6s
00:2453°48.5'S112°53.4'W54°35.1'S102°26.3'W54°18.5'S108°01.6'W 0.914 27° 266° 563 km 06m25.4s
00:2652°58.5'S111°35.6'W53°33.6'S100°54.4'W53°23.6'S106°38.1'W 0.913 25° 264° 569 km 06m23.1s
00:2852°06.7'S110°16.0'W52°28.7'S099°17.4'W52°26.4'S105°11.6'W 0.913 24° 262° 575 km 06m20.7s
00:3051°12.8'S108°53.9'W51°19.6'S097°33.4'W51°26.4'S103°41.2'W 0.913 23° 260° 581 km 06m18.1s
00:3250°16.6'S107°28.7'W50°05.1'S095°39.8'W50°23.1'S102°05.8'W 0.912 21° 258° 587 km 06m15.4s
00:3449°17.5'S105°59.5'W48°43.2'S093°32.4'W49°15.7'S100°23.6'W 0.912 20° 256° 593 km 06m12.4s
00:3648°15.1'S104°25.2'W47°10.2'S091°03.3'W48°03.0'S098°32.2'W 0.912 18° 254° 600 km 06m09.2s
00:3847°08.5'S102°44.0'W45°17.8'S087°54.8'W46°43.3'S096°27.7'W 0.911 16° 252° 606 km 06m05.7s
00:4045°56.7'S100°53.6'W42°31.9'S082°54.4'W45°13.2'S094°03.2'W 0.910 13° 250° 613 km 06m01.7s
00:4244°37.8'S098°50.1'W - - 43°25.4'S091°03.3'W 0.910 10° 247° 620 km 05m56.9s
00:4443°08.5'S096°26.7'W - - 40°55.1'S086°35.2'W 0.909 244° 627 km 05m50.2s
Limits35°41.6'S082°45.5'W39°52.8'S077°32.3'W37°44.7'S080°16.0'W 0.907 - 631 km 05m41.8s

ΔT = 10332.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:19:04.523:26:51.771°43.7'S163°10.2'E 41.0° 339.3° 482.4 km06m56.40s
Greatest Duration02:17:39.123:25:26.371°57.9'S155°22.1'W 41.0° 341.9° 482.1 km06m56.41s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0018 Dec 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0018 Dec 26 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 10332.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 259.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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