Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0429 Dec 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0429 Dec 12 . 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 0429 Dec 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits51°35.0'N074°14.5'E50°21.2'N073°14.1'E50°57.8'N073°43.5'E 1.026 - 151 km 01m41.8s
03:1449°07.6'N079°05.9'E44°35.5'N084°33.2'E46°31.8'N082°28.2'E 1.029 136° 164 km 01m58.3s
03:1646°28.9'N084°27.6'E43°06.1'N087°37.5'E44°41.5'N086°14.1'E 1.030 11° 139° 172 km 02m06.4s
03:1844°56.8'N087°42.0'E41°58.1'N090°02.8'E43°24.1'N088°58.7'E 1.030 13° 142° 177 km 02m12.7s
03:2043°48.2'N090°12.6'E41°02.8'N092°05.8'E42°23.2'N091°13.4'E 1.031 15° 144° 183 km 02m18.0s
03:2242°53.0'N092°19.1'E40°16.2'N093°54.0'E41°32.8'N093°09.6'E 1.032 17° 146° 187 km 02m22.7s
03:2442°06.8'N094°09.9'E39°35.9'N095°31.5'E40°49.9'N094°53.1'E 1.032 19° 148° 192 km 02m26.9s
03:2641°27.2'N095°49.5'E39°00.8'N097°00.9'E40°12.8'N096°27.2'E 1.033 20° 149° 196 km 02m30.7s
03:2840°52.8'N097°20.7'E38°29.8'N098°24.0'E39°40.2'N097°54.0'E 1.033 21° 151° 200 km 02m34.2s
03:3040°22.6'N098°45.4'E38°02.3'N099°41.9'E39°11.5'N099°15.0'E 1.033 22° 152° 204 km 02m37.4s
03:3239°56.0'N100°04.7'E37°37.9'N100°55.6'E38°46.1'N100°31.4'E 1.034 23° 154° 207 km 02m40.4s
03:3439°32.5'N101°19.7'E37°16.1'N102°05.7'E38°23.5'N101°43.8'E 1.034 24° 156° 211 km 02m43.1s
03:3639°11.6'N102°31.1'E36°56.7'N103°12.8'E38°03.5'N102°52.9'E 1.034 25° 157° 214 km 02m45.7s
03:3838°53.2'N103°39.5'E36°39.5'N104°17.4'E37°45.7'N103°59.2'E 1.034 26° 159° 217 km 02m48.0s
03:4038°36.9'N104°45.2'E36°24.2'N105°19.7'E37°29.9'N105°03.2'E 1.034 26° 160° 220 km 02m50.1s
03:4238°22.7'N105°48.7'E36°10.8'N106°20.2'E37°16.1'N106°05.1'E 1.035 27° 161° 223 km 02m52.1s
03:4438°10.3'N106°50.4'E35°59.1'N107°19.0'E37°04.1'N107°05.3'E 1.035 28° 163° 226 km 02m53.8s
03:4637°59.6'N107°50.4'E35°49.0'N108°16.5'E36°53.7'N108°04.0'E 1.035 28° 164° 228 km 02m55.4s
03:4837°50.6'N108°49.1'E35°40.5'N109°12.7'E36°44.9'N109°01.3'E 1.035 29° 166° 230 km 02m56.9s
03:5037°43.0'N109°46.5'E35°33.4'N110°07.9'E36°37.7'N109°57.6'E 1.035 29° 167° 232 km 02m58.1s
03:5237°37.0'N110°43.0'E35°27.7'N111°02.2'E36°31.8'N110°52.9'E 1.035 29° 169° 233 km 02m59.2s
03:5437°32.4'N111°38.6'E35°23.3'N111°55.8'E36°27.4'N111°47.5'E 1.035 30° 170° 235 km 03m00.1s
03:5637°29.2'N112°33.6'E35°20.3'N112°48.8'E36°24.3'N112°41.4'E 1.035 30° 172° 236 km 03m00.8s
03:5837°27.4'N113°28.0'E35°18.6'N113°41.3'E36°22.5'N113°34.8'E 1.035 30° 173° 237 km 03m01.4s
04:0037°26.9'N114°22.1'E35°18.2'N114°33.4'E36°22.0'N114°27.9'E 1.036 30° 175° 237 km 03m01.8s
04:0237°27.7'N115°15.8'E35°19.0'N115°25.3'E36°22.8'N115°20.7'E 1.036 30° 176° 237 km 03m02.1s
04:0437°29.8'N116°09.4'E35°21.1'N116°17.1'E36°24.9'N116°13.3'E 1.036 30° 178° 237 km 03m02.2s
04:0637°33.2'N117°03.0'E35°24.4'N117°08.9'E36°28.3'N117°06.0'E 1.036 30° 179° 237 km 03m02.1s
04:0837°37.9'N117°56.7'E35°29.0'N118°00.7'E36°32.9'N117°58.7'E 1.036 30° 180° 236 km 03m01.9s
04:1037°43.9'N118°50.6'E35°34.8'N118°52.8'E36°38.8'N118°51.6'E 1.036 30° 182° 235 km 03m01.5s
04:1237°51.3'N119°44.9'E35°42.0'N119°45.1'E36°46.1'N119°44.9'E 1.035 30° 183° 234 km 03m01.0s
04:1438°00.0'N120°39.7'E35°50.4'N120°37.9'E36°54.7'N120°38.6'E 1.035 30° 185° 233 km 03m00.3s
04:1638°10.2'N121°35.1'E36°00.2'N121°31.2'E37°04.6'N121°32.9'E 1.035 29° 186° 231 km 02m59.4s
04:1838°21.8'N122°31.2'E36°11.4'N122°25.3'E37°16.0'N122°28.0'E 1.035 29° 188° 229 km 02m58.3s
04:2038°34.9'N123°28.4'E36°24.0'N123°20.1'E37°28.9'N123°23.9'E 1.035 29° 189° 227 km 02m57.1s
04:2238°49.7'N124°26.6'E36°38.1'N124°15.9'E37°43.3'N124°20.9'E 1.035 28° 191° 225 km 02m55.7s
04:2439°06.1'N125°26.2'E36°53.7'N125°12.9'E37°59.3'N125°19.1'E 1.035 28° 192° 223 km 02m54.2s
04:2639°24.3'N126°27.4'E37°11.1'N126°11.3'E38°17.0'N126°18.8'E 1.035 27° 194° 220 km 02m52.5s
04:2839°44.4'N127°30.4'E37°30.1'N127°11.2'E38°36.6'N127°20.2'E 1.035 26° 195° 217 km 02m50.6s
04:3040°06.5'N128°35.5'E37°51.1'N128°13.0'E38°58.1'N128°23.6'E 1.034 26° 197° 214 km 02m48.5s
04:3240°31.0'N129°43.2'E38°14.1'N129°16.9'E39°21.8'N129°29.2'E 1.034 25° 198° 211 km 02m46.2s
04:3440°57.9'N130°53.8'E38°39.4'N130°23.3'E39°47.8'N130°37.6'E 1.034 24° 200° 208 km 02m43.7s
04:3641°27.7'N132°08.0'E39°07.2'N131°32.6'E40°16.5'N131°49.3'E 1.034 23° 201° 205 km 02m41.0s
04:3842°00.6'N133°26.5'E39°37.7'N132°45.4'E40°48.1'N133°04.7'E 1.033 22° 203° 201 km 02m38.1s
04:4042°37.3'N134°50.1'E40°11.3'N134°02.4'E41°23.2'N134°24.8'E 1.033 21° 204° 198 km 02m35.0s
04:4243°18.4'N136°20.2'E40°48.7'N135°24.4'E42°02.2'N135°50.5'E 1.033 20° 206° 194 km 02m31.5s
04:4444°04.9'N137°58.5'E41°30.3'N136°52.6'E42°46.1'N137°23.4'E 1.032 19° 208° 190 km 02m27.8s
04:4644°58.4'N139°47.8'E42°17.3'N138°28.8'E43°35.9'N139°05.4'E 1.032 17° 210° 186 km 02m23.6s
04:4846°01.2'N141°52.4'E43°10.9'N140°15.4'E44°33.6'N140°59.9'E 1.031 15° 212° 182 km 02m19.0s
04:5047°17.8'N144°20.3'E44°13.4'N142°16.4'E45°42.1'N143°12.4'E 1.031 13° 214° 177 km 02m13.8s
04:5248°58.3'N147°29.8'E45°29.0'N144°39.0'E47°07.5'N145°53.6'E 1.030 11° 216° 172 km 02m07.7s
04:5451°41.5'N152°31.9'E47°06.1'N147°38.7'E49°05.5'N149°32.0'E 1.029 220° 165 km 01m59.9s
Limits54°43.6'N158°08.1'E53°33.2'N159°23.9'E54°08.2'N158°47.1'E 1.026 - 152 km 01m42.6s

ΔT = 6364.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:50:11.304:04:06.436°25.1'N089°40.6'E 30.1° 177.6° 237.2 km03m02.20s
Greatest Duration05:50:16.804:04:11.936°25.2'N116°18.6'E 30.1° 177.7° 237.2 km03m02.20s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0429 Dec 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0429 Dec 12 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 6364.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 154.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.65°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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