Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0280 Dec 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0280 Dec 09 . 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 0280 Dec 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits22°00.1'N081°25.1'W21°21.6'N081°39.5'W21°40.8'N081°32.3'W 0.980 - 75 km 01m19.1s
12:0417°54.1'N072°27.6'W17°03.8'N072°02.2'W17°28.6'N072°14.4'W 0.982 10° 118° 64 km 01m13.5s
12:0616°01.6'N068°31.4'W15°20.6'N068°20.2'W15°40.9'N068°25.6'W 0.984 15° 120° 59 km 01m10.7s
12:0814°39.7'N065°41.8'W14°03.3'N065°36.0'W14°21.4'N065°38.9'W 0.985 18° 121° 56 km 01m08.5s
12:1013°32.9'N063°24.5'W12°59.6'N063°21.5'W13°16.2'N063°23.0'W 0.986 21° 121° 53 km 01m06.6s
12:1212°35.6'N061°27.0'W12°04.8'N061°25.7'W12°20.2'N061°26.4'W 0.986 23° 122° 50 km 01m04.8s
12:1411°45.2'N059°43.3'W11°16.3'N059°43.1'W11°30.7'N059°43.2'W 0.987 26° 123° 48 km 01m03.2s
12:1610°59.9'N058°09.9'W10°32.6'N058°10.4'W10°46.2'N058°10.1'W 0.987 28° 124° 46 km 01m01.7s
12:1810°18.8'N056°44.4'W09°52.8'N056°45.5'W10°05.8'N056°44.9'W 0.988 30° 124° 44 km 01m00.2s
12:2009°41.0'N055°25.3'W09°16.3'N055°26.7'W09°28.6'N055°26.0'W 0.988 31° 125° 42 km 00m58.9s
12:2209°06.1'N054°11.5'W08°42.5'N054°13.1'W08°54.3'N054°12.3'W 0.989 33° 125° 41 km 00m57.5s
12:2408°33.7'N053°02.1'W08°11.1'N053°03.9'W08°22.3'N053°03.0'W 0.989 35° 126° 39 km 00m56.3s
12:2608°03.4'N051°56.5'W07°41.7'N051°58.4'W07°52.5'N051°57.5'W 0.990 36° 127° 38 km 00m55.0s
12:2807°35.1'N050°54.2'W07°14.2'N050°56.2'W07°24.6'N050°55.2'W 0.990 38° 127° 37 km 00m53.8s
12:3007°08.5'N049°54.7'W06°48.4'N049°56.7'W06°58.4'N049°55.8'W 0.990 39° 128° 35 km 00m52.7s
12:3206°43.5'N048°57.8'W06°24.1'N048°59.8'W06°33.7'N048°58.8'W 0.991 41° 128° 34 km 00m51.6s
12:3406°19.9'N048°03.1'W06°01.2'N048°05.1'W06°10.5'N048°04.1'W 0.991 42° 129° 33 km 00m50.5s
12:3605°57.6'N047°10.4'W05°39.5'N047°12.3'W05°48.5'N047°11.4'W 0.991 43° 130° 32 km 00m49.4s
12:3805°36.5'N046°19.4'W05°19.1'N046°21.3'W05°27.8'N046°20.4'W 0.992 45° 131° 31 km 00m48.4s
12:4005°16.6'N045°30.1'W04°59.7'N045°32.0'W05°08.2'N045°31.1'W 0.992 46° 131° 30 km 00m47.4s
12:4204°57.8'N044°42.3'W04°41.4'N044°44.1'W04°49.6'N044°43.2'W 0.992 47° 132° 29 km 00m46.4s
12:4404°40.0'N043°55.8'W04°24.1'N043°57.5'W04°32.0'N043°56.7'W 0.992 48° 133° 29 km 00m45.5s
12:4604°23.1'N043°10.5'W04°07.7'N043°12.1'W04°15.4'N043°11.3'W 0.993 49° 134° 28 km 00m44.6s
12:4804°07.2'N042°26.3'W03°52.2'N042°27.9'W03°59.7'N042°27.1'W 0.993 50° 135° 27 km 00m43.7s
12:5003°52.1'N041°43.2'W03°37.5'N041°44.6'W03°44.8'N041°43.9'W 0.993 51° 135° 26 km 00m42.8s
12:5203°37.8'N041°01.0'W03°23.6'N041°02.3'W03°30.7'N041°01.7'W 0.993 52° 136° 26 km 00m42.0s
12:5403°24.3'N040°19.6'W03°10.5'N040°20.9'W03°17.4'N040°20.3'W 0.993 53° 137° 25 km 00m41.2s
12:5603°11.6'N039°39.0'W02°58.2'N039°40.3'W03°04.9'N039°39.6'W 0.994 54° 139° 24 km 00m40.4s
12:5802°59.6'N038°59.2'W02°46.5'N039°00.3'W02°53.1'N038°59.8'W 0.994 55° 140° 24 km 00m39.6s
13:0002°48.3'N038°20.0'W02°35.6'N038°21.1'W02°41.9'N038°20.6'W 0.994 56° 141° 23 km 00m38.9s
13:0202°37.7'N037°41.4'W02°25.3'N037°42.5'W02°31.5'N037°42.0'W 0.994 57° 142° 23 km 00m38.2s
13:0402°27.8'N037°03.5'W02°15.7'N037°04.4'W02°21.7'N037°03.9'W 0.994 58° 143° 22 km 00m37.5s
13:0602°18.5'N036°26.0'W02°06.6'N036°26.9'W02°12.6'N036°26.5'W 0.994 59° 145° 22 km 00m36.9s
13:0802°09.9'N035°49.1'W01°58.3'N035°49.8'W02°04.0'N035°49.5'W 0.994 59° 146° 21 km 00m36.2s
13:1002°01.8'N035°12.5'W01°50.5'N035°13.3'W01°56.1'N035°12.9'W 0.995 60° 148° 21 km 00m35.7s
13:1201°54.4'N034°36.4'W01°43.3'N034°37.1'W01°48.8'N034°36.8'W 0.995 61° 149° 20 km 00m35.1s
13:1401°47.5'N034°00.7'W01°36.6'N034°01.3'W01°42.1'N034°01.0'W 0.995 61° 151° 20 km 00m34.6s
13:1601°41.3'N033°25.3'W01°30.6'N033°25.8'W01°35.9'N033°25.6'W 0.995 62° 153° 20 km 00m34.1s
13:1801°35.6'N032°50.2'W01°25.0'N032°50.7'W01°30.3'N032°50.4'W 0.995 62° 154° 19 km 00m33.6s
13:2001°30.4'N032°15.4'W01°20.1'N032°15.8'W01°25.2'N032°15.6'W 0.995 63° 156° 19 km 00m33.1s
13:2201°25.8'N031°40.9'W01°15.7'N031°41.2'W01°20.7'N031°41.1'W 0.995 63° 158° 19 km 00m32.7s
13:2401°21.8'N031°06.6'W01°11.8'N031°06.8'W01°16.8'N031°06.7'W 0.995 64° 160° 18 km 00m32.3s
13:2601°18.3'N030°32.4'W01°08.4'N030°32.7'W01°13.3'N030°32.6'W 0.995 64° 162° 18 km 00m32.0s
13:2801°15.3'N029°58.5'W01°05.5'N029°58.7'W01°10.4'N029°58.6'W 0.995 65° 164° 18 km 00m31.7s
13:3001°12.9'N029°24.7'W01°03.2'N029°24.8'W01°08.0'N029°24.8'W 0.995 65° 167° 18 km 00m31.4s
13:3201°11.0'N028°51.1'W01°01.4'N028°51.1'W01°06.2'N028°51.1'W 0.995 65° 169° 18 km 00m31.1s
13:3401°09.6'N028°17.5'W01°00.1'N028°17.5'W01°04.8'N028°17.5'W 0.995 65° 171° 18 km 00m30.9s
13:3601°08.7'N027°44.1'W00°59.3'N027°44.0'W01°04.0'N027°44.0'W 0.995 66° 173° 17 km 00m30.7s
13:3801°08.3'N027°10.7'W00°58.9'N027°10.6'W01°03.6'N027°10.6'W 0.995 66° 176° 17 km 00m30.5s
13:4001°08.5'N026°37.3'W00°59.1'N026°37.1'W01°03.8'N026°37.2'W 0.996 66° 178° 17 km 00m30.4s
13:4201°09.1'N026°03.9'W00°59.8'N026°03.8'W01°04.5'N026°03.9'W 0.996 66° 180° 17 km 00m30.3s
13:4401°10.3'N025°30.6'W01°01.0'N025°30.3'W01°05.7'N025°30.5'W 0.996 66° 183° 17 km 00m30.2s
13:4601°12.0'N024°57.2'W01°02.8'N024°56.9'W01°07.4'N024°57.1'W 0.996 66° 185° 17 km 00m30.2s
13:4801°14.2'N024°23.8'W01°05.0'N024°23.4'W01°09.6'N024°23.6'W 0.996 65° 188° 17 km 00m30.2s
13:5001°17.0'N023°50.3'W01°07.7'N023°49.9'W01°12.3'N023°50.1'W 0.996 65° 190° 17 km 00m30.2s
13:5201°20.2'N023°16.7'W01°10.9'N023°16.2'W01°15.6'N023°16.5'W 0.996 65° 192° 17 km 00m30.3s
13:5401°24.0'N022°43.0'W01°14.6'N022°42.5'W01°19.3'N022°42.7'W 0.995 65° 194° 17 km 00m30.4s
13:5601°28.3'N022°09.1'W01°18.9'N022°08.5'W01°23.6'N022°08.8'W 0.995 64° 196° 17 km 00m30.5s
13:5801°33.2'N021°35.1'W01°23.7'N021°34.5'W01°28.4'N021°34.8'W 0.995 64° 198° 17 km 00m30.7s
14:0001°38.5'N021°00.9'W01°29.0'N021°00.2'W01°33.7'N021°00.5'W 0.995 64° 200° 18 km 00m30.9s
14:0201°44.5'N020°26.4'W01°34.8'N020°25.7'W01°39.6'N020°26.1'W 0.995 63° 202° 18 km 00m31.1s
14:0401°50.9'N019°51.8'W01°41.2'N019°51.0'W01°46.0'N019°51.4'W 0.995 62° 204° 18 km 00m31.3s
14:0601°58.0'N019°16.8'W01°48.1'N019°16.0'W01°53.0'N019°16.4'W 0.995 62° 206° 18 km 00m31.6s
14:0802°05.6'N018°41.6'W01°55.5'N018°40.7'W02°00.5'N018°41.1'W 0.995 61° 208° 18 km 00m32.0s
14:1002°13.8'N018°06.0'W02°03.6'N018°05.0'W02°08.7'N018°05.5'W 0.995 61° 209° 19 km 00m32.3s
14:1202°22.5'N017°30.1'W02°12.2'N017°29.0'W02°17.3'N017°29.5'W 0.995 60° 211° 19 km 00m32.7s
14:1402°31.9'N016°53.7'W02°21.4'N016°52.6'W02°26.6'N016°53.2'W 0.995 59° 213° 19 km 00m33.1s
14:1602°41.9'N016°16.9'W02°31.2'N016°15.8'W02°36.5'N016°16.4'W 0.995 59° 214° 20 km 00m33.6s
14:1802°52.5'N015°39.7'W02°41.6'N015°38.5'W02°47.0'N015°39.1'W 0.995 58° 215° 20 km 00m34.0s
14:2003°03.8'N015°01.9'W02°52.6'N015°00.6'W02°58.2'N015°01.3'W 0.995 57° 217° 20 km 00m34.5s
14:2203°15.7'N014°23.6'W03°04.3'N014°22.2'W03°10.0'N014°22.9'W 0.994 56° 218° 21 km 00m35.1s
14:2403°28.4'N013°44.7'W03°16.7'N013°43.2'W03°22.5'N013°43.9'W 0.994 55° 219° 21 km 00m35.7s
14:2603°41.7'N013°05.1'W03°29.7'N013°03.5'W03°35.7'N013°04.3'W 0.994 54° 220° 22 km 00m36.3s
14:2803°55.8'N012°24.7'W03°43.5'N012°23.1'W03°49.6'N012°23.9'W 0.994 53° 221° 22 km 00m36.9s
14:3004°10.6'N011°43.6'W03°58.0'N011°42.0'W04°04.3'N011°42.8'W 0.994 52° 222° 23 km 00m37.6s
14:3204°26.2'N011°01.7'W04°13.3'N010°59.9'W04°19.7'N011°00.8'W 0.994 51° 223° 23 km 00m38.3s
14:3404°42.6'N010°18.8'W04°29.3'N010°17.0'W04°36.0'N010°17.9'W 0.994 50° 224° 24 km 00m39.0s
14:3605°00.0'N009°34.9'W04°46.3'N009°33.0'W04°53.1'N009°34.0'W 0.993 49° 225° 25 km 00m39.8s
14:3805°18.2'N008°49.9'W05°04.1'N008°48.0'W05°11.1'N008°48.9'W 0.993 48° 226° 25 km 00m40.5s
14:4005°37.3'N008°03.8'W05°22.8'N008°01.7'W05°30.1'N008°02.7'W 0.993 47° 227° 26 km 00m41.4s
14:4205°57.5'N007°16.2'W05°42.5'N007°14.1'W05°50.0'N007°15.2'W 0.993 46° 228° 27 km 00m42.2s
14:4406°18.8'N006°27.3'W06°03.3'N006°25.1'W06°11.0'N006°26.2'W 0.992 45° 228° 28 km 00m43.1s
14:4606°41.2'N005°36.7'W06°25.2'N005°34.5'W06°33.2'N005°35.6'W 0.992 43° 229° 29 km 00m44.0s
14:4807°04.8'N004°44.3'W06°48.2'N004°42.1'W06°56.5'N004°43.2'W 0.992 42° 230° 30 km 00m45.0s
14:5007°29.8'N003°50.0'W07°12.6'N003°47.7'W07°21.2'N003°48.8'W 0.992 41° 231° 31 km 00m46.0s
14:5207°56.2'N002°53.4'W07°38.3'N002°51.1'W07°47.2'N002°52.3'W 0.991 39° 231° 32 km 00m47.0s
14:5408°24.1'N001°54.4'W08°05.6'N001°52.1'W08°14.8'N001°53.2'W 0.991 38° 232° 33 km 00m48.1s
14:5608°53.8'N000°52.5'W08°34.5'N000°50.2'W08°44.2'N000°51.3'W 0.991 36° 232° 34 km 00m49.2s
14:5809°25.5'N000°12.7'E09°05.3'N000°14.9'E09°15.4'N000°13.8'E 0.990 35° 233° 35 km 00m50.4s
15:0009°59.3'N001°21.6'E09°38.2'N001°23.7'E09°48.7'N001°22.7'E 0.990 33° 234° 37 km 00m51.6s
15:0210°35.5'N002°35.0'E10°13.5'N002°36.9'E10°24.5'N002°35.9'E 0.990 32° 234° 38 km 00m52.9s
15:0411°14.7'N003°53.6'E10°51.5'N003°55.2'E11°03.0'N003°54.4'E 0.989 30° 235° 40 km 00m54.2s
15:0611°57.2'N005°18.6'E11°32.7'N005°19.7'E11°44.9'N005°19.1'E 0.989 28° 236° 41 km 00m55.6s
15:0812°43.9'N006°51.4'E12°17.8'N006°51.9'E12°30.8'N006°51.7'E 0.988 26° 236° 43 km 00m57.1s
15:1013°35.7'N008°34.5'E13°07.8'N008°34.0'E13°21.7'N008°34.2'E 0.988 23° 237° 45 km 00m58.8s
15:1214°34.2'N010°31.1'E14°04.2'N010°29.1'E14°19.1'N010°30.1'E 0.987 21° 238° 48 km 01m00.5s
15:1415°42.2'N012°47.4'E15°09.3'N012°42.9'E15°25.7'N012°45.1'E 0.986 18° 239° 51 km 01m02.5s
15:1617°05.2'N015°35.2'E16°27.8'N015°25.9'E16°46.4'N015°30.4'E 0.985 15° 240° 54 km 01m04.7s
15:1818°57.7'N019°27.2'E18°11.8'N019°05.3'E18°34.4'N019°15.8'E 0.984 10° 241° 59 km 01m07.6s
Limits23°13.8'N028°41.7'E22°37.9'N028°55.5'E22°55.8'N028°48.6'E 0.981 - 70 km 01m13.7s

ΔT = 7821.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:51:24.113:41:03.001°04.1'N059°00.3'W 65.8° 179.4° 17.2 km00m30.33s
Greatest Duration14:12:30.212:02:09.121°40.8'N081°32.3'W 0.0° 115.0° 74.9 km01m19.11s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0280 Dec 09 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 7821.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 189.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.79°.

Acknowledgments

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

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