Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0012 Mar 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0012 Mar 06 . 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 -0012 Mar 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits61°04.0'S172°12.1'E62°15.0'S171°12.6'E61°39.3'S171°42.9'E 1.028 - 140 km 01m31.2s
18:0062°11.6'S174°23.1'W - - 62°08.2'S176°22.8'E 1.029 99° 143 km 01m35.0s
18:0262°36.3'S164°03.6'W63°36.4'S173°09.5'W63°10.2'S168°05.0'W 1.031 10° 85° 151 km 01m48.2s
18:0462°38.9'S157°04.4'W63°59.7'S163°27.7'W63°20.8'S160°01.4'W 1.032 13° 77° 155 km 01m55.5s
18:0662°32.2'S151°28.7'W64°02.9'S156°30.7'W63°18.3'S153°49.9'W 1.033 16° 71° 158 km 02m01.3s
18:0862°20.1'S146°43.4'W63°56.9'S150°50.8'W63°08.9'S148°39.6'W 1.034 19° 65° 160 km 02m06.2s
18:1062°04.4'S142°33.1'W63°45.2'S145°59.3'W62°55.0'S144°10.2'W 1.035 21° 61° 162 km 02m10.7s
18:1261°46.0'S138°49.1'W63°29.6'S141°42.2'W62°37.8'S140°10.7'W 1.035 23° 56° 164 km 02m14.7s
18:1461°25.7'S135°26.1'W63°11.2'S137°51.5'W62°18.3'S136°34.7'W 1.036 24° 52° 166 km 02m18.4s
18:1661°03.8'S132°20.2'W62°50.6'S134°22.0'W61°57.0'S133°17.7'W 1.036 26° 49° 167 km 02m21.9s
18:1860°40.6'S129°28.6'W62°28.3'S131°10.0'W61°34.3'S130°16.4'W 1.037 28° 45° 168 km 02m25.1s
18:2060°16.5'S126°49.4'W62°04.7'S128°12.8'W61°10.4'S127°28.6'W 1.037 29° 42° 169 km 02m28.1s
18:2259°51.6'S124°20.7'W61°39.9'S125°28.2'W60°45.5'S124°52.4'W 1.037 30° 38° 171 km 02m31.0s
18:2459°26.0'S122°01.4'W61°14.4'S122°54.7'W60°19.9'S122°26.4'W 1.038 31° 35° 172 km 02m33.7s
18:2658°59.9'S119°50.4'W60°48.0'S120°31.0'W59°53.7'S120°09.3'W 1.038 33° 32° 173 km 02m36.2s
18:2858°33.3'S117°46.7'W60°21.1'S118°15.8'W59°26.9'S118°00.1'W 1.038 34° 29° 174 km 02m38.6s
18:3058°06.4'S115°49.5'W59°53.7'S116°08.3'W58°59.8'S115°57.9'W 1.038 35° 27° 175 km 02m40.9s
18:3257°39.1'S113°58.3'W59°25.9'S114°07.6'W58°32.2'S114°02.2'W 1.039 36° 24° 176 km 02m43.0s
18:3457°11.6'S112°12.5'W58°57.8'S112°13.2'W58°04.4'S112°12.2'W 1.039 36° 21° 177 km 02m45.0s
18:3656°43.9'S110°31.5'W58°29.3'S110°24.4'W57°36.3'S110°27.5'W 1.039 37° 19° 177 km 02m46.9s
18:3856°16.0'S108°54.9'W58°00.7'S108°40.6'W57°08.0'S108°47.5'W 1.039 38° 16° 178 km 02m48.7s
18:4055°47.9'S107°22.4'W57°31.8'S107°01.5'W56°39.6'S107°11.8'W 1.039 39° 14° 179 km 02m50.3s
18:4255°19.7'S105°53.5'W57°02.8'S105°26.7'W56°11.0'S105°40.0'W 1.040 40° 11° 180 km 02m51.9s
18:4454°51.4'S104°28.1'W56°33.6'S103°55.7'W55°42.3'S104°11.9'W 1.040 40° 181 km 02m53.3s
18:4654°23.0'S103°05.8'W56°04.4'S102°28.2'W55°13.5'S102°47.1'W 1.040 41° 181 km 02m54.7s
18:4853°54.6'S101°46.3'W55°35.0'S101°04.0'W54°44.6'S101°25.3'W 1.040 41° 182 km 02m55.9s
18:5053°26.1'S100°29.5'W55°05.6'S099°42.8'W54°15.6'S100°06.3'W 1.040 42° 183 km 02m57.1s
18:5252°57.5'S099°15.1'W54°36.1'S098°24.3'W53°46.6'S098°49.9'W 1.040 42° 359° 184 km 02m58.1s
18:5452°29.0'S098°02.9'W54°06.6'S097°08.3'W53°17.6'S097°35.9'W 1.040 43° 357° 184 km 02m59.0s
18:5652°00.3'S096°52.8'W53°37.0'S095°54.7'W52°48.5'S096°24.1'W 1.040 43° 354° 185 km 02m59.9s
18:5851°31.7'S095°44.6'W53°07.4'S094°43.2'W52°19.4'S095°14.3'W 1.040 44° 352° 186 km 03m00.6s
19:0051°03.0'S094°38.2'W52°37.8'S093°33.6'W51°50.3'S094°06.3'W 1.041 44° 350° 186 km 03m01.3s
19:0250°34.4'S093°33.3'W52°08.2'S092°25.8'W51°21.1'S093°00.0'W 1.041 44° 347° 187 km 03m01.8s
19:0450°05.7'S092°29.9'W51°38.5'S091°19.7'W50°52.0'S091°55.3'W 1.041 44° 345° 188 km 03m02.3s
19:0649°37.0'S091°27.8'W51°08.9'S090°15.1'W50°22.8'S090°52.0'W 1.041 45° 343° 188 km 03m02.6s
19:0849°08.3'S090°27.0'W50°39.2'S089°11.9'W49°53.7'S089°50.0'W 1.041 45° 340° 189 km 03m02.9s
19:1048°39.6'S089°27.3'W50°09.6'S088°09.9'W49°24.5'S088°49.2'W 1.041 45° 338° 190 km 03m03.1s
19:1248°10.8'S088°28.6'W49°39.9'S087°09.1'W48°55.3'S087°49.4'W 1.041 45° 336° 190 km 03m03.1s
19:1447°42.1'S087°30.8'W49°10.2'S086°09.3'W48°26.1'S086°50.6'W 1.041 45° 334° 191 km 03m03.1s
19:1647°13.3'S086°33.9'W48°40.5'S085°10.4'W47°56.9'S085°52.7'W 1.041 45° 332° 191 km 03m03.0s
19:1846°44.6'S085°37.6'W48°10.8'S084°12.3'W47°27.6'S084°55.5'W 1.041 45° 329° 192 km 03m02.8s
19:2046°15.8'S084°42.0'W47°41.0'S083°14.9'W46°58.4'S083°59.0'W 1.041 45° 327° 192 km 03m02.5s
19:2245°47.0'S083°46.9'W47°11.3'S082°18.1'W46°29.1'S083°03.1'W 1.041 45° 325° 193 km 03m02.1s
19:2445°18.2'S082°52.2'W46°41.5'S081°21.8'W45°59.8'S082°07.6'W 1.041 45° 323° 193 km 03m01.6s
19:2644°49.3'S081°57.9'W46°11.7'S080°25.9'W45°30.5'S081°12.5'W 1.040 44° 321° 194 km 03m01.0s
19:2844°20.4'S081°03.9'W45°41.9'S079°30.4'W45°01.2'S080°17.8'W 1.040 44° 319° 194 km 03m00.3s
19:3043°51.5'S080°10.0'W45°12.0'S078°35.0'W44°31.8'S079°23.2'W 1.040 44° 317° 194 km 02m59.6s
19:3243°22.6'S079°16.2'W44°42.1'S077°39.8'W44°02.4'S078°28.7'W 1.040 43° 315° 195 km 02m58.7s
19:3442°53.6'S078°22.5'W44°12.1'S076°44.6'W43°32.9'S077°34.2'W 1.040 43° 313° 195 km 02m57.8s
19:3642°24.5'S077°28.6'W43°42.1'S075°49.4'W43°03.3'S076°39.7'W 1.040 43° 311° 195 km 02m56.7s
19:3841°55.4'S076°34.6'W43°12.0'S074°54.0'W42°33.7'S075°45.0'W 1.040 42° 309° 196 km 02m55.6s
19:4041°26.2'S075°40.3'W42°41.8'S073°58.2'W42°04.1'S074°49.9'W 1.040 42° 307° 196 km 02m54.3s
19:4240°56.9'S074°45.6'W42°11.6'S073°02.1'W41°34.3'S073°54.5'W 1.040 41° 305° 196 km 02m53.0s
19:4440°27.5'S073°50.4'W41°41.2'S072°05.5'W41°04.5'S072°58.6'W 1.039 40° 304° 196 km 02m51.5s
19:4639°58.1'S072°54.5'W41°10.7'S071°08.2'W40°34.5'S072°02.1'W 1.039 40° 302° 196 km 02m50.0s
19:4839°28.5'S071°58.0'W40°40.2'S070°10.1'W40°04.4'S071°04.8'W 1.039 39° 300° 195 km 02m48.4s
19:5038°58.8'S071°00.5'W40°09.4'S069°11.1'W39°34.2'S070°06.6'W 1.039 38° 298° 195 km 02m46.6s
19:5238°28.9'S070°02.0'W39°38.5'S068°11.0'W39°03.9'S069°07.3'W 1.039 37° 297° 195 km 02m44.8s
19:5437°58.9'S069°02.3'W39°07.4'S067°09.6'W38°33.3'S068°06.7'W 1.038 37° 295° 194 km 02m42.8s
19:5637°28.8'S068°01.2'W38°36.1'S066°06.7'W38°02.6'S067°04.8'W 1.038 36° 293° 194 km 02m40.7s
19:5836°58.4'S066°58.6'W38°04.6'S065°02.1'W37°31.7'S066°01.1'W 1.038 35° 292° 193 km 02m38.6s
20:0036°27.8'S065°54.0'W37°32.8'S063°55.4'W37°00.5'S064°55.6'W 1.038 34° 290° 192 km 02m36.3s
20:0235°56.9'S064°47.4'W37°00.8'S062°46.5'W36°29.0'S063°47.8'W 1.037 33° 288° 191 km 02m33.8s
20:0435°25.7'S063°38.2'W36°28.3'S061°34.8'W35°57.2'S062°37.4'W 1.037 32° 287° 190 km 02m31.3s
20:0634°54.2'S062°26.3'W35°55.5'S060°19.9'W35°25.1'S061°24.0'W 1.037 30° 285° 189 km 02m28.6s
20:0834°22.3'S061°11.0'W35°22.2'S059°01.4'W34°52.5'S060°07.2'W 1.036 29° 284° 187 km 02m25.7s
20:1033°50.0'S059°51.8'W34°48.3'S057°38.4'W34°19.4'S058°46.2'W 1.036 28° 282° 186 km 02m22.7s
20:1233°17.1'S058°27.9'W34°13.8'S056°10.1'W33°45.8'S057°20.2'W 1.036 26° 281° 184 km 02m19.5s
20:1432°43.6'S056°58.5'W33°38.5'S054°35.2'W33°11.4'S055°48.1'W 1.035 25° 279° 181 km 02m16.1s
20:1632°09.3'S055°22.1'W33°02.2'S052°52.1'W32°36.1'S054°08.6'W 1.035 23° 278° 179 km 02m12.4s
20:1831°34.0'S053°37.1'W32°24.7'S050°58.5'W31°59.8'S052°19.5'W 1.034 21° 276° 176 km 02m08.4s
20:2030°57.5'S051°40.7'W31°45.4'S048°50.5'W31°21.9'S050°17.8'W 1.033 19° 274° 172 km 02m04.1s
20:2230°19.2'S049°28.8'W31°03.7'S046°21.7'W30°42.1'S047°58.2'W 1.033 17° 273° 168 km 01m59.3s
20:2429°38.5'S046°54.1'W30°18.0'S043°18.9'W29°59.1'S045°11.2'W 1.032 14° 271° 163 km 01m53.7s
20:2628°53.6'S043°40.7'W29°24.1'S039°05.4'W29°10.5'S041°33.8'W 1.031 10° 269° 156 km 01m46.9s
20:2827°59.2'S038°58.5'W - - 28°04.3'S035°17.3'W 1.029 265° 144 km 01m36.1s
Limits26°52.6'S030°48.6'W28°03.3'S030°15.2'W27°27.8'S030°32.1'W 1.027 - 136 km 01m28.8s

ΔT = 10642.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:11:23.519:14:00.848°25.9'S131°18.2'W 45.0° 333.8° 190.8 km03m03.11s
Greatest Duration22:09:55.419:12:32.748°47.3'S087°33.3'W 45.0° 335.4° 190.3 km03m03.13s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0012 Mar 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0012 Mar 06 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 10642.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 268.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.12°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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