This page features an interactive Google map [1] showing the regional visibility of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2038 Dec 26 . The Google map allows the user to zoom and scroll the map as desired. Clicking the cursor on any location will immediately generate a prediction of the eclipse circumstances from that location. The small global map to the right is for reference and illustrates the overall visibility of the eclipse (for an explanation of this map''s features, see Key to Solar Eclipse Maps).
The narrow track running through rhe penumbral shadow is the path of the Moon''s umbral shadow. This is the geographic region from which the total eclipse can be seen. The northern and southern path limits are blue and the central line is red. You MUST be somewhere within the central path (shaded zone framed by the blue lines) to see the total phase of the eclipse. The eclipse is longest on the central line (red). The yellow lines crossing the path indicate the position of maximum eclipse at 10-minute intervals.
The red marker labeled GE is the point of Greatest Eclipse. The green marker labeled GD is the point of Greatest Duration. This is the location where the total eclipse lasts the longest along the entire path. In this case, the Greatest Duration is 02m18.2s . This prediction does not take into account the mountains and valleys along the edge of the Moon. For the sake of speed and simplicity, the effects of the lunar limb profile are NOT used in the predictions and map presented on this page.
You can be hundreds of miles from the theoretical point of Greatest Duration and still enjoy totality lasting within a second of the maximum possible (as long as you stay within several miles of the central line). It''s much more important to watch the weather forecasts a day or two before the eclipse and choose a location with the best chance of a cloud-free sky during the eclipse. Good weather is the key to successful eclipse viewing - better to see a shorter eclipse from clear sky that a longer eclipse under clouds [2].
Google Maps uses the Web Mercator projection, and therefore cannot accurately show areas around the poles. As a consequence, eclipse paths at high latitudes will appear highly distorted and may degrade into a series of straight line segments.
The zoom buttons (the ''plus'' and ''minus'' buttons to the lower right corner of map) are used to change the magnification [3]. The user''s cursor can be used for navigating around the map. Just hold the left mouse button down while the cursor is on the map, and drag the map around to reposition it. The two map buttons (top left) let you switch between map view and satellite view.
Below the lower left corner of the map are three readouts. The first gives the geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the map center while the second gives the geographic coordinates of the cursor. The third line gives the distance of the cursor from the last marker. For more information, see Google Eclipse Map Instructions.
When you click on the map a blue marker is added and a pop-up window opens giving the Eclipse Circumstances calculated for that location. The predictions in the pop-up window can be divided into two sections.
In the top part of the window, the decimal Latitude and Longitude of the marker are given. The Eclipse Type (either total, annular or partial) seen from that position is given. The duration of Totality (or duration of Annularity) lists the length of the total (or annular) phase in minutes and seconds. The Eclipse Magnitude is the fraction of the Sun''s diameter eclipsed. The Eclipse Obscuration is the fraction of the Sun''s area eclipsed.
The bottom part of the window consists of a table listing the times for important stages of the eclipse. The Event column lists eclipse phase, followed by the date and time (both in Universal Time). Finally, the Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun is given for each event. The altitude is measured from the horizon (0°) to the zenith (90°). The azimuth is measured from due North and rotating eastward (North = 0°, East = 90°, South = 180°, and West = 270°).
Below the lower left corner of the map is a drop-down menu labeled Time Zone. By default, the Time Zone is set to UT1 (GMT/London). This is the time zone used in the Eclipse Circumstances pop-up window described above. The drop-down menu offers the user the choice of twenty-four different time zones around the world. After choosing a new time zone,click on a marker (or create a new one). The Eclipse Circumstances pop-up windows will now display eclipse times for this new time zone.
Important Note: The eclipse predictions in this interactive map DO NOT include the effects of mountains and valleys along the edge of the Moon. Such corrections for the lunar limb profile may change the contact times and eclipse durations by ~1-3 seconds. The exact location of Greatest Duration may also change by ~10-20 kilometers.
Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2038 Dec 26 were generated using the JPL DE430 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). For this eclipse ΔT has a value of 74.4 seconds.
The eclipse predictions presented here DO NOT include the effects of mountains and valleys along the edge of the Moon. Such corrections for the lunar limb profile may shift the limits of the eclipse path north or south by ~1-3 kilometers, and change the eclipse duration by ~1-3 seconds.
Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. Special thanks for the indispensable assistance of Bill Kramer () in developing this web page. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
The Total Solar Eclipse of 2038 Dec 26 is visible from the following geographic regions:Partial Eclipse: southeast Asia, East Indies, Australia, New Zealand, south Pacific, AntarcticaTotal Eclipse: Australia, New Zealand, south Pacific
The map to the right depicts the geographic regions of eclipse visibility. Click on the map to enlarge it. For an explanation of the features appearing in the map, see Key to Solar Eclipse Maps.
The instant of greatest eclipse takes place on 2038 Dec 26 at 01:00:10 TD (00:58:52 UT1). This is 1.7 days after the Moon reaches perigee. During the eclipse, the Sun is in the constellation Sagittarius. The synodic month in which the eclipse takes place has a Brown Lunation Number of 1435.
The eclipse belongs to Saros 142 and is number 24 of 72 eclipses in the series.All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node.The Moon moves northward with respect to the node with each succeeding eclipse in the series and gamma increases.
The eclipse predictions are given in both Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TD) and Universal Time (UT1).The parameter ΔT is used to convert between these two times (i.e., UT1 = TD - ΔT). ΔT has a value of 78.0 seconds for this eclipse.
The animation of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2038 Dec 26 shows the path of the Moon's shadows as they sweep across a global map of Earth (an orthographic projection).The vantage point of the animation is as seen from the Moon. The daylight hemisphere of Earth then faces the Moon and the lunar shadows appear perfectly circular with no distorted projection effects as they race across Earth.Another consequence of this viewing geometry is that the Moon's shadows move across the disk of Earth in a straight line.
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