Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2169 Dec 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2169 Dec 18 . 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 2169 Dec 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits42°02.9'S075°29.2'W44°41.2'S079°13.0'W43°20.7'S077°17.1'W 0.946 - 409 km 03m01.5s
09:3048°19.7'S064°04.5'W - - 46°15.9'S071°34.1'W 0.947 119° 402 km 03m02.8s
09:3250°07.8'S061°14.1'W - - 49°01.3'S066°47.4'W 0.949 10° 115° 393 km 03m04.1s
09:3451°40.2'S058°54.0'W49°31.3'S070°04.1'W50°57.2'S063°41.9'W 0.949 12° 112° 385 km 03m05.0s
09:3653°03.0'S056°51.7'W51°40.1'S066°33.4'W52°34.0'S061°14.0'W 0.950 15° 109° 378 km 03m05.7s
09:3854°19.1'S055°01.2'W53°23.3'S063°54.2'W53°59.9'S059°07.0'W 0.950 17° 107° 372 km 03m06.4s
09:4055°30.3'S053°18.8'W54°53.3'S061°40.7'W55°18.4'S057°13.2'W 0.951 18° 105° 366 km 03m07.0s
09:4256°37.5'S051°42.3'W56°14.9'S059°42.8'W56°31.6'S055°28.5'W 0.951 20° 103° 360 km 03m07.6s
09:4457°41.6'S050°10.2'W57°30.5'S057°55.5'W57°40.5'S053°50.4'W 0.951 21° 101° 355 km 03m08.2s
09:4658°43.0'S048°41.3'W58°41.6'S056°15.5'W58°46.1'S052°16.9'W 0.952 22° 98° 350 km 03m08.7s
09:4859°42.1'S047°14.5'W59°49.1'S054°40.7'W59°49.0'S050°46.9'W 0.952 24° 96° 345 km 03m09.2s
09:5060°39.2'S045°49.3'W60°53.7'S053°09.8'W60°49.5'S049°19.3'W 0.952 25° 94° 341 km 03m09.6s
09:5261°34.6'S044°24.9'W61°55.8'S051°41.5'W61°48.0'S047°53.2'W 0.953 26° 92° 336 km 03m10.1s
09:5462°28.5'S043°00.7'W62°55.9'S050°14.9'W62°44.7'S046°28.0'W 0.953 27° 90° 332 km 03m10.5s
09:5663°20.9'S041°36.3'W63°54.1'S048°49.3'W63°39.8'S045°03.0'W 0.953 27° 88° 329 km 03m10.9s
09:5864°12.0'S040°11.2'W64°50.8'S047°24.0'W64°33.5'S043°37.7'W 0.953 28° 86° 325 km 03m11.3s
10:0065°01.9'S038°44.9'W65°46.0'S045°58.3'W65°26.0'S042°11.6'W 0.953 29° 83° 322 km 03m11.7s
10:0265°50.7'S037°17.0'W66°39.9'S044°31.8'W66°17.2'S040°44.1'W 0.953 30° 81° 319 km 03m12.0s
10:0466°38.4'S035°47.0'W67°32.7'S043°03.7'W67°07.3'S039°14.7'W 0.954 30° 79° 316 km 03m12.3s
10:0667°25.0'S034°14.5'W68°24.3'S041°33.5'W67°56.3'S037°43.0'W 0.954 31° 76° 313 km 03m12.7s
10:0868°10.7'S032°39.1'W69°15.0'S040°00.7'W68°44.4'S036°08.4'W 0.954 31° 74° 311 km 03m13.0s
10:1068°55.3'S031°00.1'W70°04.6'S038°24.5'W69°31.4'S034°30.3'W 0.954 32° 71° 309 km 03m13.2s
10:1269°39.0'S029°17.2'W70°53.3'S036°44.4'W70°17.5'S032°48.1'W 0.954 32° 68° 307 km 03m13.5s
10:1470°21.7'S027°29.7'W71°41.0'S034°59.5'W71°02.6'S031°01.2'W 0.954 33° 66° 305 km 03m13.8s
10:1671°03.3'S025°37.1'W72°27.8'S033°09.1'W71°46.7'S029°08.9'W 0.954 33° 63° 303 km 03m14.0s
10:1871°43.9'S023°38.8'W73°13.7'S031°12.4'W72°29.8'S027°10.5'W 0.954 33° 60° 301 km 03m14.2s
10:2072°23.4'S021°34.0'W73°58.5'S029°08.1'W73°11.8'S025°05.1'W 0.954 34° 57° 300 km 03m14.4s
10:2273°01.7'S019°22.1'W74°42.4'S026°55.4'W73°52.8'S022°51.8'W 0.954 34° 53° 299 km 03m14.6s
10:2473°38.8'S017°02.4'W75°25.0'S024°32.8'W74°32.5'S020°29.7'W 0.954 34° 50° 298 km 03m14.8s
10:2674°14.5'S014°33.9'W76°06.5'S021°59.0'W75°10.9'S017°57.6'W 0.954 34° 46° 297 km 03m14.9s
10:2874°48.8'S011°56.1'W76°46.6'S019°12.3'W75°47.9'S015°14.4'W 0.954 34° 42° 296 km 03m15.1s
10:3075°21.5'S009°07.9'W77°25.2'S016°11.1'W76°23.3'S012°19.0'W 0.954 34° 38° 295 km 03m15.2s
10:3275°52.4'S006°08.7'W78°02.1'S012°53.5'W76°57.0'S009°10.2'W 0.954 34° 34° 295 km 03m15.3s
10:3476°21.4'S002°57.8'W78°36.9'S009°17.5'W77°28.6'S005°46.7'W 0.954 34° 30° 294 km 03m15.4s
10:3676°48.2'S000°25.6'E79°09.5'S005°21.1'W77°58.0'S002°07.4'W 0.954 34° 25° 294 km 03m15.5s
10:3877°12.7'S004°01.8'E79°39.4'S001°02.5'W78°24.9'S001°48.5'E 0.954 34° 20° 294 km 03m15.5s
10:4077°34.6'S007°50.9'E80°06.2'S003°39.6'E78°49.0'S006°01.7'E 0.954 34° 15° 294 km 03m15.6s
10:4277°53.6'S011°52.9'E80°29.5'S008°45.8'E79°09.8'S010°32.0'E 0.954 34° 295 km 03m15.6s
10:4478°09.5'S016°07.1'E80°48.6'S014°15.8'E79°27.2'S015°18.9'E 0.954 34° 295 km 03m15.6s
10:4678°21.9'S020°32.3'E81°03.3'S020°07.5'E79°40.6'S020°20.9'E 0.954 34° 357° 296 km 03m15.6s
10:4878°30.8'S025°07.1'E81°12.8'S026°17.2'E79°49.8'S025°35.7'E 0.954 33° 351° 297 km 03m15.5s
10:5078°35.8'S029°49.2'E81°16.9'S032°39.4'E79°54.5'S030°59.9'E 0.954 33° 344° 298 km 03m15.5s
10:5278°36.8'S034°36.1'E81°15.3'S039°07.2'E79°54.5'S036°29.5'E 0.954 33° 338° 299 km 03m15.4s
10:5478°33.7'S039°25.1'E81°07.8'S045°33.3'E79°49.6'S042°00.3'E 0.954 32° 331° 300 km 03m15.3s
10:5678°26.4'S044°13.2'E80°54.5'S051°50.5'E79°39.8'S047°27.6'E 0.954 32° 325° 301 km 03m15.2s
10:5878°14.8'S048°57.7'E80°35.5'S057°52.8'E79°25.2'S052°47.4'E 0.954 32° 318° 303 km 03m15.0s
11:0077°59.2'S053°36.0'E80°11.2'S063°36.0'E79°05.9'S057°56.5'E 0.953 31° 312° 305 km 03m14.9s
11:0277°39.4'S058°06.1'E79°41.8'S068°57.7'E78°42.0'S062°52.2'E 0.953 30° 306° 307 km 03m14.7s
11:0477°15.7'S062°26.5'E79°07.8'S073°56.9'E78°13.7'S067°33.2'E 0.953 30° 301° 309 km 03m14.5s
11:0676°48.1'S066°36.2'E78°29.5'S078°34.3'E77°41.4'S071°58.7'E 0.953 29° 295° 312 km 03m14.3s
11:0876°16.9'S070°34.8'E77°47.0'S082°51.1'E77°05.1'S076°08.8'E 0.953 28° 290° 314 km 03m14.1s
11:1075°42.1'S074°22.1'E77°00.7'S086°49.3'E76°25.1'S080°04.3'E 0.953 28° 285° 317 km 03m13.8s
11:1275°03.8'S077°58.7'E76°10.6'S090°31.0'E75°41.4'S083°46.0'E 0.952 27° 281° 321 km 03m13.5s
11:1474°22.1'S081°25.0'E75°16.8'S093°58.7'E74°54.1'S087°15.4'E 0.952 26° 276° 324 km 03m13.2s
11:1673°37.0'S084°42.0'E74°19.1'S097°14.7'E74°03.2'S090°34.0'E 0.952 25° 272° 328 km 03m12.8s
11:1872°48.5'S087°50.7'E73°17.4'S100°21.2'E73°08.7'S093°43.4'E 0.952 24° 268° 332 km 03m12.5s
11:2071°56.4'S090°52.3'E72°11.3'S103°21.4'E72°10.2'S096°45.5'E 0.951 23° 265° 337 km 03m12.1s
11:2271°00.6'S093°48.1'E71°00.2'S106°17.1'E71°07.5'S099°42.1'E 0.951 22° 261° 341 km 03m11.6s
11:2470°00.7'S096°39.7'E69°43.1'S109°11.8'E70°00.1'S102°35.2'E 0.951 20° 257° 347 km 03m11.1s
11:2668°56.3'S099°28.7'E68°18.7'S112°09.0'E68°47.2'S105°27.4'E 0.950 19° 254° 353 km 03m10.6s
11:2867°46.7'S102°17.2'E66°44.4'S115°14.0'E67°27.5'S108°21.7'E 0.950 17° 251° 359 km 03m10.0s
11:3066°30.9'S105°07.8'E64°55.9'S118°35.8'E65°59.2'S111°22.4'E 0.949 15° 247° 367 km 03m09.4s
11:3265°07.3'S108°04.0'E62°42.8'S122°33.1'E64°18.9'S114°36.3'E 0.949 13° 243° 375 km 03m08.7s
11:3463°33.0'S111°11.3'E59°25.9'S128°16.7'E62°19.6'S118°16.5'E 0.948 11° 240° 384 km 03m07.8s
11:3661°42.8'S114°39.8'E - - 59°41.3'S122°59.0'E 0.947 235° 397 km 03m06.6s
Limits53°25.3'S129°39.1'E55°44.9'S134°49.2'E54°34.6'S132°07.6'E 0.945 - 416 km 03m04.4s

ΔT = 218.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:37:07.010:33:28.177°20.4'S007°37.0'W 34.4° 30.9° 294.5 km03m15.38s
Greatest Duration10:46:36.410:42:57.579°18.6'S012°47.6'E 34.0° 6.2° 294.9 km03m15.58s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2169 Dec 18 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 218.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 50.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.21°.

Acknowledgments

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

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