Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1966 Mar 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1966 Mar 11 . 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 -1966 Mar 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits23°14.0'S110°10.9'W24°47.9'S110°41.7'W24°00.9'S110°26.0'W 1.053 - 180 km 02m47.3s
13:2024°21.1'S103°38.8'W - - 24°50.8'S105°47.9'W 1.055 100° 185 km 02m57.2s
13:2225°19.0'S096°54.7'W26°47.2'S098°58.9'W26°04.0'S097°52.0'W 1.057 12° 96° 192 km 03m16.4s
13:2425°48.0'S092°43.6'W27°24.9'S094°13.5'W26°37.0'S093°25.6'W 1.058 17° 94° 196 km 03m28.4s
13:2626°06.7'S089°27.0'W27°48.4'S090°39.1'W26°57.8'S090°00.8'W 1.060 20° 92° 199 km 03m38.2s
13:2826°19.2'S086°41.1'W28°04.4'S087°41.1'W27°12.0'S087°09.1'W 1.060 23° 90° 202 km 03m46.9s
13:3026°27.7'S084°15.5'W28°15.6'S085°06.3'W27°21.8'S084°39.2'W 1.061 26° 89° 204 km 03m54.7s
13:3226°33.2'S082°04.7'W28°23.1'S082°48.0'W27°28.3'S082°24.9'W 1.062 28° 87° 206 km 04m02.0s
13:3426°36.3'S080°05.4'W28°28.0'S080°42.2'W27°32.2'S080°22.4'W 1.063 30° 86° 208 km 04m08.9s
13:3626°37.5'S078°15.1'W28°30.7'S078°46.3'W27°34.1'S078°29.4'W 1.063 32° 85° 210 km 04m15.4s
13:3826°37.1'S076°32.3'W28°31.5'S076°58.5'W27°34.3'S076°44.2'W 1.064 34° 84° 211 km 04m21.6s
13:4026°35.3'S074°55.9'W28°30.8'S075°17.4'W27°33.0'S075°05.6'W 1.064 36° 83° 213 km 04m27.5s
13:4226°32.3'S073°24.9'W28°28.8'S073°42.1'W27°30.5'S073°32.5'W 1.065 38° 82° 214 km 04m33.2s
13:4426°28.2'S071°58.6'W28°25.5'S072°11.8'W27°26.8'S072°04.2'W 1.065 40° 80° 215 km 04m38.6s
13:4626°23.2'S070°36.4'W28°21.2'S070°45.9'W27°22.2'S070°40.3'W 1.066 42° 79° 216 km 04m43.9s
13:4826°17.4'S069°17.9'W28°16.0'S069°23.9'W27°16.6'S069°20.1'W 1.066 43° 78° 218 km 04m49.0s
13:5026°10.7'S068°02.8'W28°09.9'S068°05.3'W27°10.2'S068°03.2'W 1.066 45° 77° 219 km 04m53.9s
13:5226°03.4'S066°50.5'W28°03.0'S066°49.9'W27°03.1'S066°49.5'W 1.067 46° 76° 220 km 04m58.6s
13:5425°55.4'S065°41.0'W27°55.3'S065°37.3'W26°55.3'S065°38.5'W 1.067 48° 75° 221 km 05m03.1s
13:5625°46.7'S064°34.0'W27°47.0'S064°27.3'W26°46.8'S064°30.0'W 1.067 49° 74° 222 km 05m07.5s
13:5825°37.6'S063°29.2'W27°38.1'S063°19.7'W26°37.7'S063°23.8'W 1.068 51° 73° 222 km 05m11.8s
14:0025°27.9'S062°26.4'W27°28.6'S062°14.3'W26°28.1'S062°19.8'W 1.068 52° 72° 223 km 05m15.9s
14:0225°17.7'S061°25.6'W27°18.6'S061°10.9'W26°18.0'S061°17.7'W 1.068 53° 71° 224 km 05m19.8s
14:0425°07.0'S060°26.6'W27°08.0'S060°09.3'W26°07.4'S060°17.5'W 1.069 55° 70° 225 km 05m23.6s
14:0624°55.9'S059°29.2'W26°56.9'S059°09.5'W25°56.3'S059°18.9'W 1.069 56° 69° 226 km 05m27.3s
14:0824°44.3'S058°33.3'W26°45.4'S058°11.4'W25°44.8'S058°21.9'W 1.069 57° 68° 226 km 05m30.8s
14:1024°32.4'S057°38.9'W26°33.5'S057°14.7'W25°32.8'S057°26.4'W 1.069 59° 67° 227 km 05m34.2s
14:1224°20.1'S056°45.8'W26°21.1'S056°19.4'W25°20.5'S056°32.3'W 1.069 60° 66° 228 km 05m37.4s
14:1424°07.4'S055°54.0'W26°08.3'S055°25.5'W25°07.7'S055°39.4'W 1.070 61° 65° 228 km 05m40.5s
14:1623°54.4'S055°03.3'W25°55.2'S054°32.7'W24°54.7'S054°47.7'W 1.070 62° 63° 229 km 05m43.5s
14:1823°41.0'S054°13.8'W25°41.7'S053°41.2'W24°41.2'S053°57.2'W 1.070 63° 62° 229 km 05m46.3s
14:2023°27.3'S053°25.2'W25°27.8'S052°50.8'W24°27.4'S053°07.8'W 1.070 65° 61° 230 km 05m49.0s
14:2223°13.3'S052°37.7'W25°13.6'S052°01.3'W24°13.3'S052°19.3'W 1.070 66° 59° 230 km 05m51.5s
14:2422°59.0'S051°51.0'W24°59.1'S051°12.9'W23°58.9'S051°31.8'W 1.071 67° 58° 231 km 05m53.9s
14:2622°44.4'S051°05.2'W24°44.2'S050°25.4'W23°44.2'S050°45.1'W 1.071 68° 56° 231 km 05m56.2s
14:2822°29.5'S050°20.2'W24°29.1'S049°38.7'W23°29.2'S049°59.3'W 1.071 69° 55° 232 km 05m58.3s
14:3022°14.4'S049°36.0'W24°13.7'S048°52.8'W23°13.9'S049°14.3'W 1.071 70° 53° 232 km 06m00.3s
14:3221°58.9'S048°52.5'W23°57.9'S048°07.7'W22°58.3'S048°30.0'W 1.071 71° 51° 233 km 06m02.2s
14:3421°43.2'S048°09.6'W23°41.9'S047°23.4'W22°42.5'S047°46.4'W 1.071 72° 49° 233 km 06m03.9s
14:3621°27.3'S047°27.4'W23°25.6'S046°39.7'W22°26.4'S047°03.5'W 1.071 73° 47° 233 km 06m05.5s
14:3821°11.1'S046°45.8'W23°09.1'S045°56.6'W22°10.0'S046°21.1'W 1.071 74° 44° 234 km 06m07.0s
14:4020°54.7'S046°04.7'W22°52.3'S045°14.1'W21°53.4'S045°39.4'W 1.071 75° 41° 234 km 06m08.3s
14:4220°38.0'S045°24.1'W22°35.2'S044°32.2'W21°36.5'S044°58.2'W 1.072 76° 38° 234 km 06m09.4s
14:4420°21.1'S044°44.0'W22°17.9'S043°50.8'W21°19.4'S044°17.4'W 1.072 77° 35° 234 km 06m10.5s
14:4620°03.9'S044°04.4'W22°00.4'S043°09.9'W21°02.1'S043°37.2'W 1.072 78° 31° 235 km 06m11.4s
14:4819°46.5'S043°25.2'W21°42.6'S042°29.5'W20°44.5'S042°57.3'W 1.072 79° 27° 235 km 06m12.2s
14:5019°28.9'S042°46.3'W21°24.5'S041°49.4'W20°26.7'S042°17.9'W 1.072 79° 22° 235 km 06m12.8s
14:5219°11.1'S042°07.8'W21°06.3'S041°09.8'W20°08.6'S041°38.8'W 1.072 80° 17° 235 km 06m13.3s
14:5418°53.0'S041°29.6'W20°47.8'S040°30.5'W19°50.3'S041°00.1'W 1.072 81° 10° 236 km 06m13.7s
14:5618°34.7'S040°51.7'W20°29.1'S039°51.5'W19°31.8'S040°21.7'W 1.072 81° 236 km 06m13.9s
14:5818°16.2'S040°14.0'W20°10.1'S039°12.8'W19°13.1'S039°43.5'W 1.072 81° 357° 236 km 06m14.0s
15:0017°57.5'S039°36.6'W19°50.9'S038°34.4'W18°54.2'S039°05.6'W 1.072 81° 349° 236 km 06m14.0s
15:0217°38.5'S038°59.4'W19°31.5'S037°56.2'W18°35.0'S038°28.0'W 1.072 82° 341° 236 km 06m13.8s
15:0417°19.4'S038°22.4'W19°11.9'S037°18.2'W18°15.6'S037°50.5'W 1.072 81° 333° 236 km 06m13.5s
15:0617°00.0'S037°45.5'W18°52.1'S036°40.4'W17°56.0'S037°13.1'W 1.072 81° 326° 237 km 06m13.1s
15:0816°40.4'S037°08.7'W18°32.0'S036°02.8'W17°36.2'S036°35.9'W 1.072 81° 319° 237 km 06m12.6s
15:1016°20.6'S036°32.0'W18°11.7'S035°25.2'W17°16.2'S035°58.8'W 1.072 80° 313° 237 km 06m11.9s
15:1216°00.6'S035°55.3'W17°51.2'S034°47.8'W16°55.9'S035°21.7'W 1.072 80° 307° 237 km 06m11.1s
15:1415°40.3'S035°18.7'W17°30.5'S034°10.4'W16°35.4'S034°44.7'W 1.072 79° 302° 237 km 06m10.2s
15:1615°19.8'S034°42.1'W17°09.5'S033°33.0'W16°14.7'S034°07.7'W 1.072 78° 298° 237 km 06m09.1s
15:1814°59.1'S034°05.4'W16°48.4'S032°55.6'W15°53.8'S033°30.7'W 1.072 77° 294° 237 km 06m08.0s
15:2014°38.2'S033°28.7'W16°27.0'S032°18.2'W15°32.6'S032°53.7'W 1.072 77° 290° 237 km 06m06.6s
15:2214°17.1'S032°51.9'W16°05.3'S031°40.7'W15°11.2'S032°16.5'W 1.072 76° 287° 237 km 06m05.2s
15:2413°55.7'S032°14.9'W15°43.5'S031°03.0'W14°49.6'S031°39.2'W 1.071 75° 285° 237 km 06m03.7s
15:2613°34.1'S031°37.8'W15°21.4'S030°25.3'W14°27.8'S031°01.8'W 1.071 74° 282° 237 km 06m02.0s
15:2813°12.2'S031°00.5'W14°59.0'S029°47.4'W14°05.7'S030°24.2'W 1.071 73° 280° 237 km 06m00.2s
15:3012°50.1'S030°23.0'W14°36.4'S029°09.2'W13°43.3'S029°46.4'W 1.071 72° 278° 237 km 05m58.3s
15:3212°27.8'S029°45.1'W14°13.6'S028°30.8'W13°20.8'S029°08.3'W 1.071 71° 276° 236 km 05m56.3s
15:3412°05.2'S029°07.0'W13°50.5'S027°52.1'W12°57.9'S028°29.9'W 1.071 70° 275° 236 km 05m54.1s
15:3611°42.3'S028°28.5'W13°27.2'S027°13.1'W12°34.8'S027°51.1'W 1.071 68° 273° 236 km 05m51.9s
15:3811°19.2'S027°49.6'W13°03.6'S026°33.7'W12°11.5'S027°12.0'W 1.071 67° 272° 236 km 05m49.5s
15:4010°55.8'S027°10.3'W12°39.7'S025°53.9'W11°47.8'S026°32.4'W 1.071 66° 271° 236 km 05m47.0s
15:4210°32.2'S026°30.5'W12°15.5'S025°13.6'W11°23.9'S025°52.4'W 1.070 65° 270° 235 km 05m44.4s
15:4410°08.2'S025°50.1'W11°51.1'S024°32.7'W10°59.8'S025°11.8'W 1.070 64° 269° 235 km 05m41.7s
15:4609°44.0'S025°09.2'W11°26.3'S023°51.3'W10°35.3'S024°30.6'W 1.070 63° 268° 235 km 05m38.8s
15:4809°19.4'S024°27.6'W11°01.3'S023°09.2'W10°10.5'S023°48.8'W 1.070 62° 267° 235 km 05m35.9s
15:5008°54.6'S023°45.2'W10°35.9'S022°26.4'W09°45.4'S023°06.2'W 1.070 60° 266° 234 km 05m32.8s
15:5208°29.4'S023°02.1'W10°10.2'S021°42.8'W09°19.9'S022°22.9'W 1.069 59° 265° 234 km 05m29.6s
15:5408°03.8'S022°18.1'W09°44.2'S020°58.4'W08°54.1'S021°38.6'W 1.069 58° 264° 233 km 05m26.3s
15:5607°38.0'S021°33.1'W09°17.7'S020°13.0'W08°28.0'S020°53.5'W 1.069 57° 264° 233 km 05m22.9s
15:5807°11.7'S020°47.1'W08°50.9'S019°26.6'W08°01.5'S020°07.2'W 1.069 55° 263° 232 km 05m19.3s
16:0006°45.0'S019°59.9'W08°23.7'S018°39.0'W07°34.5'S019°19.9'W 1.069 54° 263° 232 km 05m15.6s
16:0206°18.0'S019°11.5'W07°56.1'S017°50.1'W07°07.2'S018°31.3'W 1.068 53° 262° 231 km 05m11.8s
16:0405°50.5'S018°21.7'W07°28.0'S016°59.9'W06°39.4'S017°41.3'W 1.068 51° 261° 230 km 05m07.9s
16:0605°22.5'S017°30.4'W06°59.5'S016°08.1'W06°11.2'S016°49.7'W 1.068 50° 261° 230 km 05m03.9s
16:0804°54.0'S016°37.4'W06°30.4'S015°14.6'W05°42.4'S015°56.5'W 1.067 48° 261° 229 km 04m59.7s
16:1004°25.0'S015°42.5'W06°00.8'S014°19.2'W05°13.1'S015°01.4'W 1.067 47° 260° 228 km 04m55.4s
16:1203°55.4'S014°45.6'W05°30.6'S013°21.8'W04°43.2'S014°04.2'W 1.067 45° 260° 227 km 04m50.9s
16:1403°25.3'S013°46.4'W04°59.7'S012°21.9'W04°12.7'S013°04.7'W 1.066 44° 259° 226 km 04m46.3s
16:1602°54.4'S012°44.5'W04°28.2'S011°19.5'W03°41.5'S012°02.6'W 1.066 42° 259° 225 km 04m41.6s
16:1802°22.8'S011°39.8'W03°55.8'S010°14.0'W03°09.5'S010°57.5'W 1.066 41° 259° 223 km 04m36.6s
16:2001°50.4'S010°31.7'W03°22.6'S009°05.1'W02°36.8'S009°49.0'W 1.065 39° 259° 222 km 04m31.5s
16:2201°17.1'S009°19.8'W02°48.5'S007°52.3'W02°03.0'S008°36.7'W 1.065 37° 258° 221 km 04m26.2s
16:2400°42.7'S008°03.5'W02°13.2'S006°34.8'W01°28.2'S007°19.9'W 1.064 35° 258° 219 km 04m20.7s
16:2600°07.2'S006°42.0'W01°36.7'S005°12.0'W00°52.2'S005°57.8'W 1.064 33° 258° 217 km 04m14.9s
16:2800°29.7'N005°14.3'W00°58.7'S003°42.7'W00°14.8'S004°29.4'W 1.063 31° 258° 215 km 04m08.9s
16:3001°08.2'N003°39.1'W00°19.0'S002°05.5'W00°24.3'N002°53.2'W 1.062 29° 258° 213 km 04m02.5s
16:3201°48.7'N001°54.6'W00°23.0'N000°18.3'W01°05.5'N001°07.4'W 1.062 27° 258° 211 km 03m55.7s
16:3402°31.7'N000°02.0'E01°07.7'N001°42.1'E01°49.3'N000°50.9'E 1.061 24° 258° 208 km 03m48.4s
16:3603°18.0'N002°15.0'E01°56.1'N004°00.5'E02°36.6'N003°06.4'E 1.060 21° 258° 205 km 03m40.5s
16:3804°09.0'N004°51.9'E02°50.2'N006°46.3'E03°29.0'N005°47.3'E 1.059 18° 258° 202 km 03m31.6s
16:4005°07.6'N008°08.4'E03°53.9'N010°20.5'E04°30.0'N009°11.7'E 1.058 14° 258° 197 km 03m21.0s
16:4206°22.8'N012°52.5'E05°23.1'N016°05.9'E05°50.9'N014°20.6'E 1.056 258° 190 km 03m06.6s
Limits08°17.4'N021°51.1'E06°42.6'N022°18.6'E07°30.0'N022°04.7'E 1.053 - 181 km 02m48.1s

ΔT = 45599.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:41:20.515:01:20.618°41.3'S130°48.5'E 81.5° 343.7° 236.2 km06m13.90s
Greatest Duration03:38:35.614:58:35.719°07.5'S039°32.3'W 81.4° 354.3° 236.0 km06m14.02s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1966 Mar 11 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 45599.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3589.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.00°.

Acknowledgments

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

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