Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1320 Dec 30

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1320 Dec 30 . 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 1320 Dec 30
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits65°26.5'S097°45.5'W67°06.4'S113°28.5'W66°21.4'S104°52.9'W 0.942 - 721 km 03m15.7s
08:2675°31.8'S091°23.3'W - - 67°43.9'S103°51.2'W 0.942 161° 712 km 03m16.2s
08:2877°32.9'S091°21.4'W - - 72°46.9'S101°49.4'W 0.943 159° 672 km 03m18.2s
08:3079°19.0'S091°57.8'W - - 75°25.7'S102°13.8'W 0.944 158° 648 km 03m19.2s
08:3280°54.6'S093°17.2'W70°18.3'S112°23.5'W77°29.3'S103°40.4'W 0.944 11° 159° 630 km 03m20.0s
08:3482°22.0'S095°32.2'W74°00.5'S113°28.1'W79°13.3'S106°05.7'W 0.945 12° 161° 616 km 03m20.7s
08:3683°42.2'S099°07.1'W76°16.2'S116°04.9'W80°43.2'S109°38.6'W 0.945 14° 164° 603 km 03m21.2s
08:3884°54.9'S104°46.1'W77°59.9'S119°48.9'W82°01.1'S114°35.8'W 0.945 15° 168° 593 km 03m21.8s
08:4085°58.4'S113°48.4'W79°22.8'S124°41.2'W83°07.1'S121°20.0'W 0.946 16° 174° 584 km 03m22.2s
08:4286°48.4'S128°19.2'W80°28.8'S130°45.1'W83°59.9'S130°14.8'W 0.946 16° 182° 576 km 03m22.6s
08:4487°16.3'S149°44.9'W81°18.9'S138°00.6'W84°37.0'S141°29.2'W 0.946 17° 192° 570 km 03m23.0s
08:4687°13.8'S174°04.1'W81°53.3'S146°18.4'W84°55.9'S154°31.6'W 0.946 18° 204° 565 km 03m23.3s
08:4886°44.3'S166°25.6'E82°11.8'S155°16.0'W84°55.3'S167°58.9'W 0.946 18° 217° 560 km 03m23.6s
08:5085°58.7'S153°39.5'E82°15.0'S164°20.6'W84°37.1'S179°45.8'E 0.946 19° 228° 557 km 03m23.9s
08:5285°05.4'S145°37.0'E82°04.2'S172°57.8'W84°05.1'S169°38.1'E 0.947 19° 237° 554 km 03m24.1s
08:5484°08.3'S140°24.0'E81°41.5'S179°17.6'E83°23.5'S161°43.6'E 0.947 20° 244° 552 km 03m24.3s
08:5683°09.4'S136°55.3'E81°09.3'S172°37.4'E82°35.4'S155°41.6'E 0.947 20° 250° 550 km 03m24.5s
08:5882°09.8'S134°30.4'E80°29.6'S167°02.1'E81°43.2'S151°06.7'E 0.947 20° 253° 550 km 03m24.6s
09:0081°09.8'S132°48.0'E79°44.5'S162°25.9'E80°48.3'S147°37.1'E 0.947 20° 256° 550 km 03m24.8s
09:0280°09.6'S131°34.9'E78°55.1'S158°40.4'E79°51.6'S144°56.2'E 0.947 21° 258° 550 km 03m24.8s
09:0479°09.4'S130°42.9'E78°02.6'S155°37.1'E78°53.6'S142°52.2'E 0.947 21° 259° 551 km 03m24.9s
09:0678°09.3'S130°06.6'E77°07.7'S153°08.6'E77°54.7'S141°16.2'E 0.947 21° 259° 553 km 03m25.0s
09:0877°09.1'S129°42.2'E76°10.8'S151°08.8'E76°55.1'S140°02.3'E 0.947 21° 260° 556 km 03m25.0s
09:1076°08.9'S129°27.3'E75°12.3'S149°32.6'E75°54.9'S139°05.8'E 0.947 21° 260° 559 km 03m25.0s
09:1275°08.7'S129°20.0'E74°12.5'S148°16.2'E74°54.2'S138°23.6'E 0.947 20° 260° 562 km 03m24.9s
09:1474°08.3'S129°19.1'E73°11.3'S147°16.6'E73°53.0'S137°53.1'E 0.947 20° 259° 567 km 03m24.9s
09:1673°07.7'S129°23.6'E72°08.9'S146°31.4'E72°51.2'S137°32.6'E 0.947 20° 259° 572 km 03m24.8s
09:1872°06.8'S129°33.0'E71°05.1'S145°58.8'E71°48.8'S137°20.8'E 0.947 20° 258° 577 km 03m24.7s
09:2071°05.6'S129°46.7'E70°00.0'S145°37.6'E70°45.7'S137°16.6'E 0.946 19° 257° 583 km 03m24.5s
09:2270°03.9'S130°04.3'E68°53.4'S145°26.9'E69°41.7'S137°19.4'E 0.946 19° 257° 590 km 03m24.4s
09:2469°01.6'S130°25.9'E67°45.0'S145°26.1'E68°36.7'S137°28.8'E 0.946 18° 256° 598 km 03m24.2s
09:2667°58.5'S130°50.6'E66°34.4'S145°35.1'E67°30.6'S137°44.6'E 0.946 18° 255° 606 km 03m24.0s
09:2866°54.6'S131°20.1'E65°21.3'S145°54.2'E66°23.1'S138°06.6'E 0.946 17° 253° 616 km 03m23.7s
09:3065°49.6'S131°53.2'E64°04.9'S146°24.2'E65°13.8'S138°35.2'E 0.946 17° 252° 625 km 03m23.4s
09:3264°43.2'S132°30.5'E62°44.2'S147°06.7'E64°02.4'S139°10.8'E 0.945 16° 251° 636 km 03m23.1s
09:3463°35.3'S133°12.4'E61°17.6'S148°04.7'E62°48.4'S139°54.2'E 0.945 15° 250° 647 km 03m22.8s
09:3662°25.4'S133°59.6'E59°42.0'S149°24.0'E61°30.9'S140°46.7'E 0.945 14° 248° 659 km 03m22.3s
09:3861°13.0'S134°53.0'E57°50.7'S151°18.4'E60°08.8'S141°50.6'E 0.945 13° 247° 672 km 03m21.9s
09:4059°57.5'S135°53.7'E55°18.2'S154°40.3'E58°40.3'S143°09.5'E 0.944 11° 245° 685 km 03m21.3s
09:4258°37.9'S137°03.8'E - - 57°01.7'S144°50.7'E 0.944 243° 699 km 03m20.7s
09:4457°12.7'S138°26.3'E - - 55°04.8'S147°11.4'E 0.943 240° 712 km 03m19.8s
09:4655°39.2'S140°06.7'E - - 52°10.6'S151°32.9'E 0.942 236° 722 km 03m18.5s
Limits48°10.1'S151°34.8'E52°37.7'S159°28.0'E50°17.1'S155°08.5'E 0.941 - 722 km 03m17.4s

ΔT = 444.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:13:26.809:06:02.177°53.7'S139°23.3'E 20.7° 259.5° 553.2 km03m24.95s
Greatest Duration09:15:43.209:08:18.476°45.9'S139°52.6'E 20.7° 259.8° 556.1 km03m24.97s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1320 Dec 30

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1320 Dec 30 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 444.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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