Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0763 Dec 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0763 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 0763 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
Limits60°01.1'S152°06.8'W61°01.0'S155°36.8'W60°30.9'S153°48.4'W 0.982 - 220 km 00m56.4s
12:5465°12.3'S145°30.8'W - - 62°47.7'S150°38.0'W 0.982 141° 210 km 00m54.8s
12:5667°47.8'S142°59.0'W64°39.3'S150°48.4'W66°36.0'S146°21.5'W 0.984 136° 192 km 00m52.4s
12:5869°51.1'S141°18.8'W67°51.1'S147°36.2'W68°59.6'S144°16.0'W 0.984 134° 181 km 00m51.1s
13:0071°38.2'S140°06.8'W70°05.9'S145°53.9'W70°57.2'S142°53.9'W 0.985 11° 132° 173 km 00m50.0s
13:0273°15.2'S139°14.7'W71°58.9'S144°50.7'W72°40.7'S141°58.6'W 0.985 13° 130° 166 km 00m49.1s
13:0474°45.1'S138°39.1'W73°39.2'S144°13.9'W74°15.0'S141°23.7'W 0.986 14° 129° 160 km 00m48.4s
13:0676°09.7'S138°18.9'W75°11.0'S143°59.5'W75°42.7'S141°07.3'W 0.986 15° 128° 154 km 00m47.8s
13:0877°30.1'S138°14.3'W76°36.5'S144°06.4'W77°05.4'S141°09.3'W 0.986 16° 127° 150 km 00m47.2s
13:1078°47.0'S138°27.2'W77°57.1'S144°36.3'W78°24.0'S141°31.5'W 0.986 17° 127° 146 km 00m46.8s
13:1280°01.0'S139°00.8'W79°13.6'S145°32.6'W79°39.1'S142°17.4'W 0.987 17° 127° 143 km 00m46.4s
13:1481°12.5'S140°00.8'W80°26.3'S147°01.5'W80°51.2'S143°33.2'W 0.987 18° 127° 140 km 00m46.0s
13:1682°21.4'S141°36.5'W81°35.6'S149°12.7'W82°00.3'S145°28.4'W 0.987 18° 128° 138 km 00m45.7s
13:1883°27.9'S144°03.1'W82°41.1'S152°21.0'W83°06.3'S148°18.8'W 0.987 19° 130° 136 km 00m45.4s
13:2084°31.4'S147°46.6'W83°42.3'S156°49.5'W84°08.7'S152°29.2'W 0.987 19° 133° 134 km 00m45.2s
13:2285°31.0'S153°33.1'W84°37.9'S163°12.3'W85°06.3'S158°40.8'W 0.987 20° 139° 133 km 00m45.1s
13:2486°24.5'S162°44.8'W85°25.5'S172°16.0'W85°56.7'S167°57.3'W 0.987 20° 147° 132 km 00m45.0s
13:2687°07.1'S177°30.6'W86°01.3'S175°14.1'E86°35.5'S178°22.5'E 0.987 20° 160° 131 km 00m44.9s
13:2887°30.1'S160°44.3'E86°20.1'S159°26.0'E86°56.0'S159°58.6'E 0.987 20° 177° 131 km 00m44.8s
13:3087°25.0'S136°19.5'E86°17.9'S142°25.4'E86°52.6'S139°50.1'E 0.987 20° 197° 130 km 00m44.8s
13:3286°54.3'S117°03.3'E85°55.7'S127°17.7'E86°26.6'S122°44.3'E 0.987 20° 213° 131 km 00m44.9s
13:3486°08.1'S104°35.9'E85°18.0'S115°38.6'E85°44.9'S110°30.8'E 0.987 20° 224° 131 km 00m45.0s
13:3685°13.6'S096°50.7'E84°30.0'S107°16.2'E84°53.6'S102°17.1'E 0.987 20° 231° 132 km 00m45.1s
13:3884°14.5'S091°54.3'E83°35.4'S101°22.1'E83°56.7'S096°45.6'E 0.987 20° 236° 133 km 00m45.2s
13:4083°12.6'S088°40.1'E82°36.2'S097°12.0'E82°56.1'S092°59.8'E 0.987 20° 239° 134 km 00m45.4s
13:4282°08.6'S086°30.7'E81°33.7'S094°14.8'E81°52.8'S090°24.4'E 0.987 19° 241° 136 km 00m45.7s
13:4481°02.9'S085°04.8'E80°28.5'S092°09.5'E80°47.3'S088°37.4'E 0.987 19° 241° 138 km 00m46.0s
13:4679°55.6'S084°09.5'E79°20.9'S090°42.3'E79°39.8'S087°25.4'E 0.987 19° 242° 140 km 00m46.3s
13:4878°46.7'S083°37.0'E78°10.8'S089°44.3'E78°30.3'S086°39.5'E 0.987 18° 242° 143 km 00m46.7s
13:5077°36.1'S083°22.2'E76°58.3'S089°09.5'E77°18.8'S086°14.2'E 0.986 18° 241° 146 km 00m47.1s
13:5276°23.4'S083°21.8'E75°43.0'S088°53.9'E76°04.9'S086°05.7'E 0.986 17° 241° 149 km 00m47.6s
13:5475°08.3'S083°33.8'E74°24.3'S088°55.2'E74°48.2'S086°12.0'E 0.986 16° 240° 153 km 00m48.1s
13:5673°50.5'S083°57.3'E73°01.7'S089°12.2'E73°28.2'S086°31.7'E 0.986 15° 239° 158 km 00m48.7s
13:5872°29.2'S084°32.0'E71°33.9'S089°45.0'E72°04.1'S087°04.7'E 0.985 14° 237° 163 km 00m49.4s
14:0071°03.5'S085°18.2'E69°59.3'S090°35.1'E70°34.5'S087°51.8'E 0.985 13° 236° 169 km 00m50.2s
14:0269°32.0'S086°17.6'E68°14.6'S091°46.6'E68°57.6'S088°55.3'E 0.985 12° 234° 177 km 00m51.1s
14:0467°52.5'S087°33.2'E66°13.8'S093°29.1'E67°09.7'S090°20.5'E 0.984 10° 232° 185 km 00m52.1s
14:0666°00.7'S089°11.4'E63°38.6'S096°11.6'E65°03.3'S092°19.1'E 0.983 230° 195 km 00m53.4s
14:0863°47.1'S091°27.7'E - - 62°13.8'S095°31.7'E 0.983 226° 209 km 00m55.3s
Limits57°45.1'S099°37.1'E58°53.2'S102°52.6'E58°18.8'S101°11.7'E 0.981 - 226 km 00m58.0s

ΔT = 3232.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:25:14.713:31:22.386°36.8'S114°05.2'E 20.3° 208.1° 130.5 km00m44.86s
Greatest Duration13:47:30.712:53:38.360°30.9'S153°48.4'W 0.0° 143.5° 220.2 km00m56.37s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0763 Dec 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0763 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 3232.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 89.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.37°.

Acknowledgments

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

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