Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2243 Dec 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2243 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 2243 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
Limits44°33.0'N043°34.3'W43°49.7'N044°01.6'W44°11.3'N043°48.1'W 1.022 - 87 km 01m21.9s
10:26 - - 40°34.6'N037°28.7'W42°05.5'N039°27.9'W 1.023 126° 91 km 01m28.9s
10:2839°23.1'N033°15.4'W37°29.8'N031°48.1'W38°24.7'N032°27.9'W 1.025 11° 131° 99 km 01m42.2s
10:3037°09.2'N029°13.1'W35°31.1'N028°21.9'W36°19.4'N028°45.7'W 1.027 14° 134° 103 km 01m50.5s
10:3235°28.5'N026°18.4'W33°57.2'N025°44.4'W34°42.3'N026°00.2'W 1.028 18° 136° 107 km 01m57.2s
10:3434°04.9'N023°57.4'W32°37.4'N023°34.0'W33°20.7'N023°44.8'W 1.028 20° 138° 110 km 02m03.1s
10:3632°52.2'N021°57.4'W31°27.1'N021°41.4'W32°09.3'N021°48.7'W 1.029 22° 139° 112 km 02m08.5s
10:3831°47.3'N020°12.0'W30°23.9'N020°01.4'W31°05.3'N020°06.1'W 1.030 24° 141° 115 km 02m13.4s
10:4030°48.4'N018°37.3'W29°26.2'N018°31.1'W30°07.0'N018°33.7'W 1.030 26° 142° 117 km 02m18.0s
10:4229°54.3'N017°11.1'W28°33.0'N017°08.4'W29°13.4'N017°09.2'W 1.031 28° 143° 119 km 02m22.4s
10:4429°04.1'N015°51.5'W27°43.4'N015°51.7'W28°23.5'N015°51.2'W 1.031 30° 145° 121 km 02m26.5s
10:4628°17.2'N014°37.5'W26°57.0'N014°40.2'W27°36.9'N014°38.5'W 1.032 31° 146° 123 km 02m30.5s
10:4827°33.2'N013°28.1'W26°13.4'N013°32.9'W26°53.1'N013°30.1'W 1.032 32° 147° 125 km 02m34.2s
10:5026°51.8'N012°22.6'W25°32.1'N012°29.2'W26°11.8'N012°25.6'W 1.032 34° 149° 126 km 02m37.8s
10:5226°12.5'N011°20.4'W24°53.1'N011°28.6'W25°32.6'N011°24.2'W 1.033 35° 150° 128 km 02m41.3s
10:5425°35.3'N010°21.2'W24°15.9'N010°30.8'W24°55.4'N010°25.7'W 1.033 36° 151° 130 km 02m44.6s
10:5624°59.9'N009°24.5'W23°40.6'N009°35.4'W24°20.0'N009°29.6'W 1.033 37° 152° 131 km 02m47.8s
10:5824°26.1'N008°30.0'W23°06.8'N008°42.0'W23°46.3'N008°35.8'W 1.033 38° 153° 133 km 02m50.8s
11:0023°53.9'N007°37.5'W22°34.6'N007°50.5'W23°14.1'N007°43.8'W 1.034 39° 155° 134 km 02m53.8s
11:0223°23.1'N006°46.8'W22°03.7'N007°00.7'W22°43.3'N006°53.5'W 1.034 40° 156° 136 km 02m56.6s
11:0422°53.7'N005°57.6'W21°34.1'N006°12.4'W22°13.7'N006°04.8'W 1.034 41° 157° 137 km 02m59.3s
11:0622°25.4'N005°09.9'W21°05.8'N005°25.4'W21°45.5'N005°17.5'W 1.034 42° 159° 138 km 03m01.9s
11:0821°58.4'N004°23.4'W20°38.6'N004°39.6'W21°18.3'N004°31.3'W 1.035 43° 160° 140 km 03m04.3s
11:1021°32.4'N003°38.1'W20°12.5'N003°54.8'W20°52.3'N003°46.3'W 1.035 44° 161° 141 km 03m06.7s
11:1221°07.5'N002°53.7'W19°47.4'N003°11.0'W20°27.3'N003°02.2'W 1.035 45° 163° 142 km 03m09.0s
11:1420°43.6'N002°10.3'W19°23.4'N002°28.1'W20°03.3'N002°19.1'W 1.035 45° 164° 143 km 03m11.1s
11:1620°20.6'N001°27.7'W19°00.2'N001°46.0'W19°40.3'N001°36.7'W 1.035 46° 166° 145 km 03m13.1s
11:1819°58.6'N000°45.9'W18°38.0'N001°04.5'W19°18.2'N000°55.1'W 1.035 47° 167° 146 km 03m15.0s
11:2019°37.4'N000°04.7'W18°16.7'N000°23.7'W18°57.0'N000°14.0'W 1.036 47° 168° 147 km 03m16.8s
11:2219°17.1'N000°35.9'E17°56.2'N000°16.6'E18°36.6'N000°26.4'E 1.036 48° 170° 148 km 03m18.5s
11:2418°57.7'N001°16.0'E17°36.5'N000°56.4'E18°17.0'N001°06.3'E 1.036 48° 171° 149 km 03m20.1s
11:2618°39.0'N001°55.7'E17°17.7'N001°35.8'E17°58.2'N001°45.8'E 1.036 49° 173° 150 km 03m21.5s
11:2818°21.1'N002°34.9'E16°59.6'N002°14.7'E17°40.3'N002°24.9'E 1.036 49° 175° 151 km 03m22.9s
11:3018°04.0'N003°13.7'E16°42.3'N002°53.4'E17°23.1'N003°03.6'E 1.036 50° 176° 152 km 03m24.1s
11:3217°47.6'N003°52.3'E16°25.7'N003°31.8'E17°06.6'N003°42.1'E 1.036 50° 178° 153 km 03m25.2s
11:3417°31.9'N004°30.6'E16°09.9'N004°09.9'E16°50.9'N004°20.3'E 1.036 50° 179° 154 km 03m26.2s
11:3617°17.0'N005°08.7'E15°54.8'N004°47.9'E16°35.8'N004°58.4'E 1.036 50° 181° 154 km 03m27.0s
11:3817°02.8'N005°46.7'E15°40.4'N005°25.7'E16°21.5'N005°36.3'E 1.036 51° 183° 155 km 03m27.8s
11:4016°49.3'N006°24.5'E15°26.7'N006°03.5'E16°07.9'N006°14.0'E 1.036 51° 184° 156 km 03m28.4s
11:4216°36.4'N007°02.3'E15°13.8'N006°41.1'E15°55.0'N006°51.7'E 1.036 51° 186° 156 km 03m28.9s
11:4416°24.3'N007°40.0'E15°01.5'N007°18.8'E15°42.8'N007°29.4'E 1.036 51° 188° 157 km 03m29.3s
11:4616°12.8'N008°17.8'E14°49.9'N007°56.4'E15°31.3'N008°07.1'E 1.037 51° 189° 157 km 03m29.5s
11:4816°02.0'N008°55.5'E14°38.9'N008°34.2'E15°20.4'N008°44.9'E 1.037 51° 191° 158 km 03m29.6s
11:5015°51.9'N009°33.4'E14°28.7'N009°12.0'E15°10.2'N009°22.7'E 1.037 51° 193° 158 km 03m29.6s
11:5215°42.4'N010°11.4'E14°19.2'N009°49.9'E15°00.7'N010°00.7'E 1.036 51° 194° 158 km 03m29.5s
11:5415°33.6'N010°49.6'E14°10.3'N010°28.1'E14°51.9'N010°38.8'E 1.036 51° 196° 158 km 03m29.2s
11:5615°25.5'N011°27.9'E14°02.1'N011°06.4'E14°43.8'N011°17.1'E 1.036 50° 198° 158 km 03m28.8s
11:5815°18.1'N012°06.6'E13°54.6'N011°45.0'E14°36.3'N011°55.7'E 1.036 50° 199° 158 km 03m28.3s
12:0015°11.4'N012°45.5'E13°47.9'N012°23.9'E14°29.6'N012°34.6'E 1.036 50° 201° 158 km 03m27.7s
12:0215°05.4'N013°24.7'E13°41.8'N013°03.1'E14°23.5'N013°13.9'E 1.036 50° 202° 158 km 03m26.9s
12:0415°00.1'N014°04.4'E13°36.4'N013°42.7'E14°18.2'N013°53.5'E 1.036 49° 204° 158 km 03m26.0s
12:0614°55.5'N014°44.5'E13°31.8'N014°22.8'E14°13.6'N014°33.5'E 1.036 49° 205° 157 km 03m25.0s
12:0814°51.6'N015°25.0'E13°27.9'N015°03.3'E14°09.7'N015°14.1'E 1.036 48° 207° 157 km 03m23.8s
12:1014°48.4'N016°06.1'E13°24.8'N015°44.3'E14°06.6'N015°55.1'E 1.036 48° 208° 156 km 03m22.5s
12:1214°46.0'N016°47.8'E13°22.4'N016°26.0'E14°04.2'N016°36.8'E 1.036 47° 210° 156 km 03m21.1s
12:1414°44.4'N017°30.1'E13°20.9'N017°08.2'E14°02.6'N017°19.1'E 1.036 47° 211° 155 km 03m19.5s
12:1614°43.6'N018°13.2'E13°20.1'N017°51.2'E14°01.8'N018°02.1'E 1.036 46° 212° 154 km 03m17.8s
12:1814°43.6'N018°57.1'E13°20.2'N018°34.9'E14°01.9'N018°45.8'E 1.035 46° 214° 153 km 03m16.0s
12:2014°44.5'N019°41.8'E13°21.1'N019°19.5'E14°02.8'N019°30.5'E 1.035 45° 215° 152 km 03m14.1s
12:2214°46.3'N020°27.4'E13°23.0'N020°05.0'E14°04.6'N020°16.0'E 1.035 44° 216° 151 km 03m12.0s
12:2414°48.9'N021°14.1'E13°25.7'N020°51.5'E14°07.3'N021°02.6'E 1.035 43° 218° 150 km 03m09.8s
12:2614°52.6'N022°02.0'E13°29.5'N021°39.0'E14°11.0'N021°50.3'E 1.035 43° 219° 149 km 03m07.4s
12:2814°57.2'N022°51.1'E13°34.2'N022°27.9'E14°15.7'N022°39.3'E 1.035 42° 220° 148 km 03m05.0s
12:3015°02.9'N023°41.6'E13°40.0'N023°18.0'E14°21.4'N023°29.6'E 1.034 41° 221° 146 km 03m02.3s
12:3215°09.7'N024°33.6'E13°47.0'N024°09.6'E14°28.3'N024°21.4'E 1.034 40° 222° 145 km 02m59.6s
12:3415°17.8'N025°27.3'E13°55.1'N025°02.8'E14°36.4'N025°14.8'E 1.034 39° 223° 143 km 02m56.7s
12:3615°27.1'N026°22.9'E14°04.6'N025°57.8'E14°45.8'N026°10.1'E 1.034 38° 224° 141 km 02m53.7s
12:3815°37.8'N027°20.6'E14°15.4'N026°54.9'E14°56.5'N027°07.4'E 1.033 37° 225° 140 km 02m50.5s
12:4015°50.0'N028°20.7'E14°27.6'N027°54.2'E15°08.7'N028°07.1'E 1.033 35° 226° 138 km 02m47.2s
12:4216°03.8'N029°23.4'E14°41.5'N028°56.0'E15°22.6'N029°09.4'E 1.033 34° 227° 136 km 02m43.7s
12:4416°19.4'N030°29.2'E14°57.2'N030°00.7'E15°38.2'N030°14.6'E 1.032 33° 228° 134 km 02m40.1s
12:4616°37.1'N031°38.5'E15°14.9'N031°08.7'E15°55.9'N031°23.2'E 1.032 31° 229° 132 km 02m36.3s
12:4816°57.0'N032°51.9'E15°34.8'N032°20.5'E16°15.8'N032°35.8'E 1.032 30° 230° 130 km 02m32.3s
12:5017°19.5'N034°10.1'E15°57.1'N033°36.8'E16°38.2'N033°53.0'E 1.031 28° 231° 127 km 02m28.1s
12:5217°45.1'N035°34.2'E16°22.5'N034°58.4'E17°03.6'N035°15.8'E 1.031 27° 232° 125 km 02m23.7s
12:5418°14.3'N037°05.3'E16°51.2'N036°26.6'E17°32.6'N036°45.4'E 1.030 25° 233° 122 km 02m19.0s
12:5618°48.0'N038°45.4'E17°24.2'N038°02.8'E18°05.9'N038°23.5'E 1.030 23° 234° 120 km 02m13.9s
12:5819°27.4'N040°37.4'E18°02.4'N039°49.5'E18°44.7'N040°12.7'E 1.029 21° 235° 116 km 02m08.5s
13:0020°14.7'N042°45.9'E18°47.7'N041°50.5'E19°30.9'N042°17.2'E 1.028 18° 236° 113 km 02m02.6s
13:0221°13.6'N045°19.5'E19°42.9'N044°12.2'E20°27.8'N044°44.5'E 1.028 16° 238° 109 km 01m56.0s
13:0422°33.1'N048°38.7'E20°54.3'N047°08.6'E21°42.8'N047°51.1'E 1.026 12° 239° 105 km 01m48.1s
13:0624°51.6'N054°11.7'E22°40.6'N051°21.3'E23°41.6'N052°35.1'E 1.025 241° 98 km 01m37.1s
Limits26°58.1'N059°07.5'E26°10.4'N059°21.2'E26°34.2'N059°14.4'E 1.023 - 89 km 01m24.0s

ΔT = 358.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:52:14.211:46:16.015°29.8'N006°42.4'E 51.0° 189.6° 157.3 km03m29.53s
Greatest Duration11:54:53.311:48:55.115°15.6'N009°02.2'E 50.9° 191.8° 157.7 km03m29.64s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2243 Dec 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2243 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 358.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 91.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.38°.

Acknowledgments

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

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