Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0968 Dec 22

Fred Espenak

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0968 Dec 22 . 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).

The global visibility of the eclipse is shown on an Orthographic Map . The features of this map are described in the Key to Solar Eclipse Path Tables. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on a Google Map .


Total Solar Eclipse of 0968 Dec 22

  
                                                                      M:S                 Central
Universal  Northern Limit      Southern Limit       Central Line     Diam.  Sun Sun Path   Line
         ------------------  ------------------  ------------------  Ratio  Alt Azm Width Durat.
  Time   Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude
          °   ´     °   ´      °   ´     °   ´      °   ´     °   ´            °   °   km
  
 Limits  51 23.9N 008 14.5W  50 04.8N 009 15.0W  50 43.9N 008 45.8W  1.023   0   -  159  01m29.8s
 08:48      -         -      45 28.3N 000 21.2E  47 39.2N 002 26.6W  1.024   5 134  172  01m40.8s
 08:50   47 49.5N 000 41.4W  44 10.2N 003 29.0E  45 50.3N 001 42.6E  1.025   9 137  183  01m48.7s
 08:52   46 20.8N 002 52.0E  43 15.0N 005 54.3E  44 43.3N 004 32.2E  1.026  11 140  191  01m54.4s
 08:54   45 22.1N 005 28.8E  42 32.8N 007 56.6E  43 54.5N 006 48.4E  1.027  13 142  198  01m58.9s
 08:56   44 38.4N 007 38.0E  41 59.1N 009 44.0E  43 16.6N 008 45.1E  1.027  15 144  204  02m02.8s
 08:58   44 04.3N 009 30.3E  41 31.8N 011 20.9E  42 46.3N 010 28.8E  1.028  16 146  210  02m06.3s
 09:00   43 37.1N 011 11.0E  41 09.6N 012 49.9E  42 21.9N 012 03.0E  1.028  17 148  216  02m09.3s

 09:02   43 15.2N 012 43.0E  40 51.4N 014 12.7E  42 02.0N 013 30.0E  1.028  18 149  221  02m12.1s
 09:04   42 57.6N 014 08.5E  40 36.7N 015 30.6E  41 46.0N 014 51.3E  1.029  19 151  226  02m14.5s
 09:06   42 43.7N 015 28.7E  40 25.0N 016 44.4E  41 33.3N 016 08.1E  1.029  20 152  230  02m16.7s
 09:08   42 32.9N 016 44.7E  40 16.0N 017 54.9E  41 23.6N 017 21.2E  1.029  21 154  234  02m18.7s
 09:10   42 25.0N 017 57.2E  40 09.5N 019 02.6E  41 16.4N 018 31.1E  1.029  21 155  237  02m20.4s
 09:12   42 19.5N 019 06.8E  40 05.2N 020 08.0E  41 11.5N 019 38.5E  1.029  22 157  240  02m22.0s
 09:14   42 16.4N 020 14.0E  40 03.0N 021 11.4E  41 08.9N 020 43.7E  1.030  22 158  243  02m23.3s
 09:16   42 15.4N 021 19.3E  40 02.7N 022 13.1E  41 08.3N 021 47.1E  1.030  23 160  245  02m24.5s
 09:18   42 16.4N 022 22.8E  40 04.3N 023 13.4E  41 09.6N 022 48.9E  1.030  23 161  246  02m25.5s
 09:20   42 19.4N 023 25.0E  40 07.6N 024 12.6E  41 12.8N 023 49.5E  1.030  23 163  247  02m26.3s

 09:22   42 24.2N 024 26.1E  40 12.7N 025 10.8E  41 17.8N 024 49.0E  1.030  24 164  248  02m26.9s
 09:24   42 30.9N 025 26.2E  40 19.5N 026 08.2E  41 24.5N 025 47.8E  1.030  24 166  248  02m27.4s
 09:26   42 39.4N 026 25.8E  40 28.0N 027 05.1E  41 32.9N 026 45.9E  1.030  24 167  248  02m27.7s
 09:28   42 49.6N 027 24.8E  40 38.1N 028 01.5E  41 43.1N 027 43.6E  1.030  24 169  247  02m27.8s
 09:30   43 01.6N 028 23.6E  40 49.8N 028 57.8E  41 55.0N 028 41.0E  1.030  24 170  246  02m27.7s
 09:32   43 15.4N 029 22.2E  41 03.3N 029 53.9E  42 08.6N 029 38.4E  1.030  24 172  244  02m27.5s
 09:34   43 31.0N 030 21.0E  41 18.4N 030 50.1E  42 23.9N 030 35.9E  1.030  24 173  242  02m27.1s
 09:36   43 48.5N 031 20.1E  41 35.2N 031 46.6E  42 41.1N 031 33.6E  1.030  24 175  240  02m26.6s
 09:38   44 07.9N 032 19.7E  41 53.9N 032 43.6E  43 00.1N 032 31.8E  1.030  23 176  237  02m25.9s
 09:40   44 29.3N 033 20.0E  42 14.4N 033 41.1E  43 21.0N 033 30.6E  1.030  23 178  235  02m25.0s

 09:42   44 52.9N 034 21.3E  42 36.8N 034 39.4E  43 44.0N 034 30.4E  1.030  23 179  231  02m24.0s
 09:44   45 18.8N 035 23.8E  43 01.3N 035 38.8E  44 09.1N 035 31.3E  1.029  22 181  228  02m22.7s
 09:46   45 47.1N 036 27.8E  43 28.0N 036 39.5E  44 36.5N 036 33.5E  1.029  22 182  225  02m21.3s
 09:48   46 18.1N 037 33.7E  43 57.0N 037 41.8E  45 06.5N 037 37.5E  1.029  21 184  221  02m19.7s
 09:50   46 52.0N 038 42.0E  44 28.7N 038 45.9E  45 39.2N 038 43.6E  1.029  21 185  217  02m18.0s
 09:52   47 29.3N 039 53.1E  45 03.2N 039 52.4E  46 15.0N 039 52.2E  1.029  20 187  213  02m16.0s
 09:54   48 10.3N 041 07.6E  45 40.9N 041 01.7E  46 54.2N 041 04.0E  1.028  19 188  209  02m13.7s
 09:56   48 55.8N 042 26.6E  46 22.2N 042 14.3E  47 37.4N 042 19.6E  1.028  18 190  205  02m11.3s
 09:58   49 46.6N 043 51.0E  47 07.7N 043 31.2E  48 25.3N 043 40.0E  1.028  17 192  200  02m08.6s
 10:00   50 43.9N 045 22.7E  47 58.2N 044 53.5E  49 18.8N 045 06.5E  1.028  16 193  196  02m05.6s

 10:02   51 49.8N 047 04.1E  48 54.8N 046 22.5E  50 19.5N 046 41.0E  1.027  15 195  191  02m02.2s
 10:04   53 07.3N 048 59.5E  49 59.3N 048 00.6E  51 29.5N 048 26.6E  1.027  13 197  186  01m58.4s
 10:06   54 43.0N 051 17.0E  51 14.2N 049 51.4E  52 52.9N 050 28.4E  1.026  12 200  181  01m54.0s
 10:08   56 52.5N 054 17.3E  52 44.8N 052 01.5E  54 37.9N 052 57.4E  1.025   9 202  175  01m48.6s
 10:10   61 25.5N 060 22.5E  54 42.2N 054 46.2E  57 08.5N 056 25.1E  1.024   6 206  168  01m41.4s

 Limits  62 34.9N 061 53.4E  61 42.2N 064 16.2E  62 08.6N 063 07.2E  1.022   0   -  157  01m28.8s

ΔT = 1741.0 seconds


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Acknowledgments

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0968 Dec 22 were generated using the VSOP87/ELP2000-82 solar and lunar ephemerides and a value of ΔT = 1741.0 seconds. The accuracy of the northern and southern edges of the eclipse path are limited to approximately 1-2 kilometers due to the lunar limb profile.

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"

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2009 Jun 11