Table 5. Local Circumstances on the Center Line,
Total Solar Eclipse of 2002 December 04
Center Line
Maximum Eclipse First Contact Second Contact Third Contact Fourth Contact .
U.T. Durat. Alt U.T. P V Alt U.T. P V U.T. P V U.T. P V Alt
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
05:55 00m46.5s 16 04:58:02 293 34 3 05:54:37 115 210 05:55:23 295 30 06:58:39 116 205 31
06:00 00m57.0s 24 05:00:15 294 35 10 05:59:32 115 211 06:00:29 296 31 07:07:20 117 207 39
06:05 01m05.3s 30 05:03:01 295 37 15 06:04:27 116 213 06:05:33 296 33 07:15:14 117 208 46
06:10 01m12.4s 34 05:06:03 295 38 20 06:09:24 116 215 06:10:36 296 34 07:22:43 117 210 51
06:15 01m18.8s 39 05:09:15 296 39 24 06:14:21 117 216 06:15:39 297 36 07:29:55 117 212 56
06:20 01m24.6s 42 05:12:35 296 41 27 06:19:18 117 218 06:20:42 297 37 07:36:52 117 214 60
06:25 01m29.8s 46 05:16:00 296 42 30 06:24:15 117 219 06:25:45 297 39 07:43:38 117 217 64
06:30 01m34.7s 49 05:19:31 296 43 33 06:29:13 117 221 06:30:47 297 41 07:50:13 117 221 67
06:35 01m39.1s 52 05:23:07 296 44 36 06:34:11 117 223 06:35:50 297 43 07:56:37 116 225 70
06:40 01m43.2s 55 05:26:47 296 46 39 06:39:09 116 225 06:40:52 296 45 08:02:52 116 232 73
06:45 01m46.9s 58 05:30:30 296 47 42 06:44:07 116 227 06:45:54 296 47 08:08:56 116 240 75
06:50 01m50.2s 60 05:34:18 296 48 44 06:49:05 116 230 06:50:55 296 50 08:14:51 115 251 77
06:55 01m53.2s 63 05:38:09 296 50 47 06:54:03 116 233 06:55:57 295 54 08:20:37 114 264 78
07:00 01m55.9s 65 05:42:04 295 51 49 06:59:02 115 237 07:00:58 295 58 08:26:13 114 278 78
07:05 01m58.1s 67 05:46:03 295 53 51 07:04:01 115 242 07:05:59 295 62 08:31:40 113 291 77
07:10 02m00.0s 69 05:50:06 295 55 54 07:09:00 114 247 07:11:00 294 67 08:36:58 112 302 76
07:15 02m01.5s 70 05:54:14 294 57 56 07:13:59 114 253 07:16:01 294 74 08:42:06 112 310 75
07:20 02m02.7s 71 05:58:26 294 60 58 07:18:59 113 260 07:21:01 293 81 08:47:07 111 316 73
07:25 02m03.4s 72 06:02:43 294 63 60 07:23:58 112 267 07:26:02 292 89 08:51:58 110 321 71
07:30 02m03.8s 72 06:07:06 293 66 62 07:28:58 112 276 07:31:02 292 97 08:56:42 109 324 68
07:35 02m03.7s 72 06:11:34 292 69 63 07:33:58 111 284 07:36:02 291 105 09:01:17 109 327 66
07:40 02m03.3s 72 06:16:08 292 74 65 07:38:58 110 292 07:41:02 290 113 09:05:45 108 329 64
07:45 02m02.4s 71 06:20:48 291 78 66 07:43:59 109 299 07:46:01 289 120 09:10:05 107 330 61
07:50 02m01.1s 69 06:25:36 291 84 68 07:48:59 109 305 07:51:01 289 126 09:14:18 106 331 59
07:55 01m59.5s 68 06:30:31 290 90 68 07:54:00 108 311 07:56:00 288 132 09:18:25 105 331 56
08:00 01m57.4s 66 06:35:34 289 97 69 07:59:01 107 315 08:00:59 287 136 09:22:24 105 332 54
08:05 01m54.9s 64 06:40:45 288 105 69 08:04:03 106 319 08:05:57 286 140 09:26:18 104 332 51
08:10 01m51.9s 61 06:46:06 287 112 69 08:09:04 105 322 08:10:56 285 143 09:30:06 103 332 49
08:15 01m48.6s 59 06:51:36 286 119 68 08:14:06 104 325 08:15:54 284 145 09:33:47 102 332 46
08:20 01m44.9s 56 06:57:17 286 126 67 08:19:07 103 327 08:20:52 283 147 09:37:23 101 332 43
08:25 01m40.7s 54 07:03:08 285 132 65 08:24:10 103 328 08:25:50 282 149 09:40:54 101 332 40
08:30 01m36.1s 51 07:09:12 284 138 63 08:29:12 102 330 08:30:48 282 150 09:44:19 100 332 37
08:35 01m31.1s 47 07:15:28 283 142 60 08:34:14 101 331 08:35:45 281 151 09:47:38 99 332 34
08:40 01m25.6s 44 07:21:58 282 146 57 08:39:17 100 332 08:40:43 280 152 09:50:50 99 331 31
08:45 01m19.7s 40 07:28:42 281 149 54 08:44:20 99 332 08:45:40 279 152 09:53:56 98 331 28
08:50 01m13.2s 36 07:35:43 280 152 50 08:49:23 98 333 08:50:37 278 153 09:56:54 97 331 24
08:55 01m06.0s 32 07:43:03 279 154 45 08:54:27 97 333 08:55:33 277 153 09:59:41 97 330 20
09:00 00m57.8s 27 07:50:48 277 155 40 08:59:31 97 333 09:00:29 277 153 10:02:14 96 330 15
09:05 00m48.2s 20 07:59:11 276 157 33 09:04:36 96 334 09:05:24 276 154 10:04:22 95 330 9
09:10 00m34.6s 10 08:09:06 275 158 22 09:09:43 95 334 09:10:17 275 154 10:05:23 95 329 0
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