Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1074 Mar 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1074 Mar 18 . 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 -1074 Mar 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°20.5'N006°17.9'W44°16.6'N006°02.9'W44°48.3'N006°10.4'W 1.016 - 114 km 00m57.0s
06:58 - - 43°45.2'N002°16.4'E44°28.9'N001°42.2'W 1.017 100° 123 km 01m02.1s
07:0044°56.8'N002°02.8'E43°44.8'N006°53.5'E44°20.1'N004°41.9'E 1.018 105° 137 km 01m10.2s
07:0245°00.8'N006°24.3'E43°52.9'N010°04.9'E44°26.7'N008°20.5'E 1.019 11° 108° 146 km 01m15.1s
07:0445°11.7'N009°30.4'E44°05.0'N012°38.7'E44°38.3'N011°08.2'E 1.020 13° 111° 152 km 01m18.9s
07:0645°26.0'N012°01.6'E44°19.6'N014°50.3'E44°52.8'N013°28.6'E 1.020 15° 113° 157 km 01m22.2s
07:0845°42.5'N014°11.7'E44°36.1'N016°46.8'E45°09.3'N015°31.4'E 1.021 16° 115° 162 km 01m25.1s
07:1046°00.7'N016°07.2'E44°53.9'N018°32.3'E45°27.4'N017°21.6'E 1.021 18° 117° 165 km 01m27.6s
07:1246°20.2'N017°52.2'E45°13.0'N020°09.4'E45°46.7'N019°02.4'E 1.021 19° 119° 168 km 01m29.9s
07:1446°40.8'N019°29.1'E45°33.1'N021°39.9'E46°07.0'N020°35.9'E 1.022 20° 121° 171 km 01m32.0s
07:1647°02.4'N020°59.6'E45°54.1'N023°05.0'E46°28.3'N022°03.6'E 1.022 21° 123° 173 km 01m33.9s
07:1847°24.8'N022°24.8'E46°16.0'N024°25.7'E46°50.5'N023°26.4'E 1.022 22° 125° 175 km 01m35.6s
07:2047°48.1'N023°45.8'E46°38.7'N025°42.7'E47°13.4'N024°45.4'E 1.023 23° 126° 177 km 01m37.1s
07:2248°12.2'N025°03.3'E47°02.1'N026°56.7'E47°37.2'N026°01.0'E 1.023 23° 128° 178 km 01m38.5s
07:2448°36.9'N026°17.8'E47°26.2'N028°08.0'E48°01.6'N027°13.9'E 1.023 24° 130° 178 km 01m39.8s
07:2649°02.4'N027°29.8'E47°51.0'N029°17.2'E48°26.7'N028°24.4'E 1.023 25° 131° 179 km 01m40.9s
07:2849°28.6'N028°39.7'E48°16.5'N030°24.5'E48°52.6'N029°33.0'E 1.023 25° 133° 179 km 01m41.9s
07:3049°55.5'N029°47.9'E48°42.7'N031°30.3'E49°19.1'N030°40.0'E 1.023 25° 135° 179 km 01m42.8s
07:3250°23.0'N030°54.7'E49°09.5'N032°34.8'E49°46.2'N031°45.6'E 1.023 26° 137° 179 km 01m43.6s
07:3450°51.2'N032°00.3'E49°37.0'N033°38.3'E50°14.1'N032°50.1'E 1.023 26° 138° 179 km 01m44.3s
07:3651°20.2'N033°05.0'E50°05.2'N034°40.9'E50°42.6'N033°53.8'E 1.023 27° 140° 178 km 01m44.8s
07:3851°49.8'N034°09.0'E50°34.0'N035°43.0'E51°11.9'N034°56.8'E 1.024 27° 142° 178 km 01m45.3s
07:4052°20.1'N035°12.5'E51°03.6'N036°44.6'E51°41.8'N035°59.3'E 1.024 27° 144° 177 km 01m45.6s
07:4252°51.2'N036°15.8'E51°33.8'N037°46.0'E52°12.5'N037°01.7'E 1.024 27° 145° 176 km 01m45.8s
07:4453°23.1'N037°19.0'E52°04.8'N038°47.3'E52°43.9'N038°03.9'E 1.024 27° 147° 175 km 01m45.9s
07:4653°55.7'N038°22.3'E52°36.6'N039°48.8'E53°16.1'N039°06.3'E 1.024 27° 149° 173 km 01m45.9s
07:4854°29.2'N039°26.0'E53°09.1'N040°50.6'E53°49.0'N040°09.0'E 1.024 27° 151° 172 km 01m45.9s
07:5055°03.5'N040°30.2'E53°42.5'N041°52.9'E54°22.9'N041°12.3'E 1.024 27° 152° 171 km 01m45.7s
07:5255°38.7'N041°35.2'E54°16.7'N042°55.9'E54°57.6'N042°16.3'E 1.024 27° 154° 169 km 01m45.4s
07:5456°14.9'N042°41.1'E54°51.8'N043°59.8'E55°33.2'N043°21.2'E 1.023 27° 156° 168 km 01m45.0s
07:5656°52.0'N043°48.3'E55°27.8'N045°04.8'E56°09.8'N044°27.3'E 1.023 27° 158° 166 km 01m44.4s
07:5857°30.3'N044°57.0'E56°04.9'N046°11.2'E56°47.4'N045°34.8'E 1.023 26° 160° 165 km 01m43.8s
08:0058°09.7'N046°07.6'E56°43.0'N047°19.3'E57°26.2'N046°44.1'E 1.023 26° 162° 163 km 01m43.1s
08:0258°50.3'N047°20.2'E57°22.3'N048°29.3'E58°06.1'N047°55.5'E 1.023 26° 164° 161 km 01m42.3s
08:0459°32.3'N048°35.5'E58°02.8'N049°41.6'E58°47.3'N049°09.2'E 1.023 25° 166° 160 km 01m41.3s
08:0660°15.7'N049°53.7'E58°44.7'N050°56.6'E59°29.9'N050°25.8'E 1.023 25° 168° 158 km 01m40.3s
08:0861°00.7'N051°15.4'E59°28.0'N052°14.8'E60°14.0'N051°45.7'E 1.023 24° 170° 156 km 01m39.1s
08:1061°47.5'N052°41.4'E60°12.9'N053°36.6'E60°59.8'N053°09.6'E 1.022 24° 172° 154 km 01m37.8s
08:1262°36.2'N054°12.3'E60°59.5'N055°02.8'E61°47.5'N054°38.1'E 1.022 23° 174° 152 km 01m36.3s
08:1463°27.1'N055°49.3'E61°48.2'N056°34.2'E62°37.2'N056°12.1'E 1.022 22° 176° 150 km 01m34.8s
08:1664°20.5'N057°33.4'E62°39.0'N058°11.8'E63°29.3'N057°52.9'E 1.022 21° 179° 148 km 01m33.0s
08:1865°16.8'N059°26.5'E63°32.3'N059°56.9'E64°24.0'N059°41.8'E 1.022 20° 181° 146 km 01m31.2s
08:2066°16.5'N061°30.7'E64°28.6'N061°51.1'E65°21.9'N061°40.8'E 1.021 19° 184° 144 km 01m29.1s
08:2267°20.2'N063°49.2'E65°28.2'N063°56.9'E66°23.5'N063°52.6'E 1.021 18° 187° 142 km 01m26.9s
08:2468°28.8'N066°26.7'E66°32.0'N066°17.5'E67°29.5'N066°21.1'E 1.021 17° 190° 139 km 01m24.4s
08:2669°43.8'N069°30.4'E67°40.8'N068°57.7'E68°41.2'N069°12.1'E 1.020 16° 193° 136 km 01m21.7s
08:2871°07.2'N073°12.6'E68°56.0'N072°05.1'E70°00.2'N072°35.2'E 1.020 14° 197° 134 km 01m18.6s
08:3072°43.0'N077°57.7'E70°20.1'N075°53.0'E71°29.5'N076°47.9'E 1.019 12° 202° 130 km 01m15.0s
08:3274°39.6'N084°45.2'E71°57.1'N080°47.4'E73°14.8'N082°28.4'E 1.018 10° 208° 126 km 01m10.8s
08:3477°29.0'N097°56.9'E73°56.7'N087°55.4'E75°32.2'N091°35.1'E 1.017 217° 121 km 01m05.1s
Limits79°45.2'N114°53.1'E78°51.1'N117°07.1'E79°18.1'N116°04.0'E 1.015 - 111 km 00m54.7s

ΔT = 26631.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:10:36.507:46:45.153°28.3'N071°46.3'W 27.2° 149.5° 173.0 km01m45.93s
Greatest Duration15:09:07.707:45:16.253°04.2'N038°43.5'E 27.2° 148.2° 173.9 km01m45.96s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1074 Mar 18 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 26631.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 773.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.23°.

Acknowledgments

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

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