Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0508 Mar 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0508 Mar 17 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 0508 Mar 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits21°20.3'S078°42.3'W23°25.4'S078°48.7'W22°22.8'S078°45.3'W 0.938 - 231 km 04m12.2s
11:2421°13.4'S069°13.0'W23°15.3'S069°55.1'W22°14.1'S069°30.1'W 0.940 87° 221 km 04m21.7s
11:2620°58.2'S064°34.7'W22°56.6'S064°46.3'W21°57.2'S064°38.6'W 0.942 14° 85° 216 km 04m27.6s
11:2820°41.8'S061°16.6'W22°37.6'S061°15.7'W21°39.5'S061°14.9'W 0.943 17° 83° 213 km 04m32.1s
11:3020°24.9'S058°36.8'W22°18.5'S058°28.2'W21°21.6'S058°31.6'W 0.943 20° 82° 210 km 04m36.0s
11:3220°07.8'S056°20.7'W21°59.3'S056°06.7'W21°03.4'S056°12.9'W 0.944 23° 81° 207 km 04m39.5s
11:3419°50.3'S054°21.0'W21°40.1'S054°02.8'W20°45.1'S054°11.3'W 0.944 26° 80° 205 km 04m42.8s
11:3619°32.8'S052°33.7'W21°20.9'S052°12.1'W20°26.7'S052°22.4'W 0.945 28° 79° 203 km 04m45.8s
11:3819°15.1'S050°56.0'W21°01.7'S050°31.6'W20°08.3'S050°43.3'W 0.945 30° 79° 201 km 04m48.7s
11:4018°57.3'S049°26.1'W20°42.5'S048°59.3'W19°49.8'S049°12.3'W 0.946 32° 78° 200 km 04m51.4s
11:4218°39.5'S048°02.7'W20°23.3'S047°33.8'W19°31.3'S047°47.9'W 0.946 33° 77° 198 km 04m54.0s
11:4418°21.6'S046°44.9'W20°04.1'S046°14.1'W19°12.8'S046°29.2'W 0.947 35° 76° 197 km 04m56.6s
11:4618°03.7'S045°31.7'W19°45.0'S044°59.3'W18°54.3'S045°15.2'W 0.947 37° 76° 195 km 04m59.0s
11:4817°45.7'S044°22.7'W19°25.8'S043°48.8'W18°35.7'S044°05.5'W 0.947 38° 75° 194 km 05m01.3s
11:5017°27.7'S043°17.3'W19°06.7'S042°42.0'W18°17.1'S042°59.4'W 0.948 40° 75° 193 km 05m03.6s
11:5217°09.6'S042°15.1'W18°47.6'S041°38.6'W17°58.6'S041°56.7'W 0.948 42° 74° 192 km 05m05.8s
11:5416°51.6'S041°15.8'W18°28.5'S040°38.2'W17°40.0'S040°56.9'W 0.948 43° 73° 191 km 05m07.9s
11:5616°33.5'S040°19.2'W18°09.5'S039°40.5'W17°21.4'S039°59.7'W 0.948 44° 73° 190 km 05m10.0s
11:5816°15.4'S039°24.8'W17°50.4'S038°45.2'W17°02.9'S039°04.9'W 0.949 46° 72° 189 km 05m12.0s
12:0015°57.3'S038°32.7'W17°31.4'S037°52.2'W16°44.3'S038°12.3'W 0.949 47° 72° 188 km 05m13.9s
12:0215°39.2'S037°42.4'W17°12.4'S037°01.1'W16°25.8'S037°21.7'W 0.949 48° 71° 187 km 05m15.8s
12:0415°21.0'S036°54.0'W16°53.5'S036°12.0'W16°07.2'S036°32.9'W 0.949 50° 71° 186 km 05m17.7s
12:0615°02.9'S036°07.3'W16°34.5'S035°24.5'W15°48.7'S035°45.8'W 0.950 51° 70° 185 km 05m19.4s
12:0814°44.8'S035°22.1'W16°15.6'S034°38.6'W15°30.2'S035°00.3'W 0.950 52° 70° 185 km 05m21.2s
12:1014°26.6'S034°38.3'W15°56.7'S033°54.2'W15°11.6'S034°16.2'W 0.950 53° 69° 184 km 05m22.9s
12:1214°08.4'S033°55.8'W15°37.8'S033°11.1'W14°53.1'S033°33.4'W 0.950 55° 69° 183 km 05m24.5s
12:1413°50.3'S033°14.5'W15°19.0'S032°29.3'W14°34.6'S032°51.9'W 0.950 56° 68° 183 km 05m26.1s
12:1613°32.1'S032°34.4'W15°00.1'S031°48.7'W14°16.1'S032°11.5'W 0.950 57° 68° 182 km 05m27.6s
12:1813°14.0'S031°55.4'W14°41.3'S031°09.1'W13°57.6'S031°32.2'W 0.951 58° 67° 181 km 05m29.1s
12:2012°55.8'S031°17.3'W14°22.5'S030°30.6'W13°39.1'S030°53.9'W 0.951 59° 67° 181 km 05m30.5s
12:2212°37.6'S030°40.2'W14°03.8'S029°53.0'W13°20.7'S030°16.6'W 0.951 60° 66° 180 km 05m31.9s
12:2412°19.4'S030°03.9'W13°45.0'S029°16.4'W13°02.2'S029°40.1'W 0.951 62° 66° 180 km 05m33.2s
12:2612°01.3'S029°28.5'W13°26.3'S028°40.5'W12°43.8'S029°04.5'W 0.951 63° 65° 179 km 05m34.5s
12:2811°43.1'S028°53.8'W13°07.6'S028°05.5'W12°25.3'S028°29.6'W 0.951 64° 65° 179 km 05m35.7s
12:3011°24.9'S028°19.8'W12°48.9'S027°31.2'W12°06.9'S027°55.5'W 0.951 65° 64° 178 km 05m36.9s
12:3211°06.7'S027°46.5'W12°30.2'S026°57.5'W11°48.5'S027°22.0'W 0.951 66° 64° 178 km 05m38.1s
12:3410°48.5'S027°13.8'W12°11.6'S026°24.5'W11°30.0'S026°49.2'W 0.952 67° 63° 177 km 05m39.2s
12:3610°30.4'S026°41.7'W11°52.9'S025°52.2'W11°11.6'S026°16.9'W 0.952 68° 62° 177 km 05m40.2s
12:3810°12.2'S026°10.2'W11°34.3'S025°20.3'W10°53.2'S025°45.3'W 0.952 69° 61° 177 km 05m41.3s
12:4009°54.0'S025°39.2'W11°15.7'S024°49.1'W10°34.8'S025°14.1'W 0.952 70° 61° 176 km 05m42.2s
12:4209°35.8'S025°08.6'W10°57.1'S024°18.3'W10°16.4'S024°43.4'W 0.952 71° 60° 176 km 05m43.1s
12:4409°17.6'S024°38.6'W10°38.6'S023°47.9'W09°58.1'S024°13.2'W 0.952 72° 59° 176 km 05m44.0s
12:4608°59.4'S024°08.9'W10°20.0'S023°18.0'W09°39.7'S023°43.5'W 0.952 73° 58° 175 km 05m44.8s
12:4808°41.2'S023°39.6'W10°01.5'S022°48.5'W09°21.3'S023°14.1'W 0.952 74° 57° 175 km 05m45.6s
12:5008°23.0'S023°10.7'W09°43.0'S022°19.4'W09°03.0'S022°45.1'W 0.952 75° 56° 175 km 05m46.3s
12:5208°04.8'S022°42.1'W09°24.5'S021°50.6'W08°44.6'S022°16.4'W 0.952 76° 54° 175 km 05m47.0s
12:5407°46.5'S022°13.9'W09°06.0'S021°22.2'W08°26.2'S021°48.0'W 0.952 77° 53° 175 km 05m47.7s
12:5607°28.3'S021°45.9'W08°47.5'S020°54.0'W08°07.9'S021°20.0'W 0.952 78° 51° 174 km 05m48.3s
12:5807°10.1'S021°18.2'W08°29.1'S020°26.1'W07°49.6'S020°52.2'W 0.952 79° 49° 174 km 05m48.8s
13:0006°51.9'S020°50.7'W08°10.6'S019°58.5'W07°31.2'S020°24.6'W 0.952 80° 47° 174 km 05m49.3s
13:0206°33.6'S020°23.5'W07°52.2'S019°31.1'W07°12.9'S019°57.3'W 0.952 81° 44° 174 km 05m49.8s
13:0406°15.4'S019°56.4'W07°33.8'S019°03.8'W06°54.5'S019°30.1'W 0.952 81° 41° 174 km 05m50.2s
13:0605°57.1'S019°29.5'W07°15.4'S018°36.8'W06°36.2'S019°03.2'W 0.953 82° 37° 174 km 05m50.6s
13:0805°38.9'S019°02.8'W06°57.0'S018°09.9'W06°17.9'S018°36.4'W 0.953 83° 32° 174 km 05m50.9s
13:1005°20.6'S018°36.2'W06°38.6'S017°43.2'W05°59.6'S018°09.7'W 0.953 84° 27° 174 km 05m51.2s
13:1205°02.3'S018°09.7'W06°20.2'S017°16.5'W05°41.2'S017°43.1'W 0.953 84° 19° 174 km 05m51.4s
13:1404°44.1'S017°43.2'W06°01.9'S016°50.0'W05°22.9'S017°16.6'W 0.953 85° 10° 174 km 05m51.6s
13:1604°25.8'S017°16.9'W05°43.5'S016°23.5'W05°04.6'S016°50.2'W 0.953 85° 359° 174 km 05m51.7s
13:1804°07.5'S016°50.6'W05°25.2'S015°57.1'W04°46.3'S016°23.9'W 0.953 86° 347° 174 km 05m51.8s
13:2003°49.2'S016°24.4'W05°06.8'S015°30.8'W04°28.0'S015°57.6'W 0.953 86° 334° 174 km 05m51.9s
13:2203°30.9'S015°58.1'W04°48.5'S015°04.4'W04°09.6'S015°31.3'W 0.953 85° 322° 174 km 05m51.9s
13:2403°12.5'S015°31.8'W04°30.2'S014°38.0'W03°51.3'S015°04.9'W 0.953 85° 311° 174 km 05m51.8s
13:2602°54.2'S015°05.5'W04°11.9'S014°11.7'W03°33.0'S014°38.6'W 0.952 84° 303° 175 km 05m51.7s
13:2802°35.8'S014°39.2'W03°53.6'S013°45.2'W03°14.6'S014°12.2'W 0.952 84° 296° 175 km 05m51.6s
13:3002°17.5'S014°12.8'W03°35.3'S013°18.7'W02°56.3'S013°45.8'W 0.952 83° 290° 175 km 05m51.4s
13:3201°59.1'S013°46.3'W03°17.0'S012°52.1'W02°38.0'S013°19.2'W 0.952 82° 286° 175 km 05m51.2s
13:3401°40.7'S013°19.7'W02°58.7'S012°25.4'W02°19.6'S012°52.6'W 0.952 81° 282° 175 km 05m50.9s
13:3601°22.3'S012°52.9'W02°40.4'S011°58.6'W02°01.3'S012°25.8'W 0.952 80° 279° 176 km 05m50.6s
13:3801°03.9'S012°26.0'W02°22.1'S011°31.6'W01°42.9'S011°58.8'W 0.952 79° 277° 176 km 05m50.2s
13:4000°45.5'S011°58.9'W02°03.9'S011°04.5'W01°24.6'S011°31.7'W 0.952 79° 275° 176 km 05m49.8s
13:4200°27.0'S011°31.7'W01°45.6'S010°37.1'W01°06.2'S011°04.4'W 0.952 78° 273° 177 km 05m49.4s
13:4400°08.6'S011°04.2'W01°27.3'S010°09.6'W00°47.9'S010°36.9'W 0.952 77° 271° 177 km 05m48.9s
13:4600°09.9'N010°36.4'W01°09.1'S009°41.8'W00°29.5'S010°09.1'W 0.952 76° 270° 177 km 05m48.3s
13:4800°28.4'N010°08.4'W00°50.8'S009°13.7'W00°11.1'S009°41.1'W 0.952 75° 269° 178 km 05m47.7s
13:5000°46.9'N009°40.1'W00°32.5'S008°45.3'W00°07.3'N009°12.7'W 0.952 74° 268° 178 km 05m47.1s
13:5201°05.5'N009°11.5'W00°14.3'S008°16.7'W00°25.7'N008°44.1'W 0.952 73° 267° 179 km 05m46.4s
13:5401°24.0'N008°42.5'W00°04.0'N007°47.7'W00°44.1'N008°15.1'W 0.952 72° 266° 179 km 05m45.7s
13:5601°42.6'N008°13.2'W00°22.3'N007°18.3'W01°02.5'N007°45.7'W 0.952 71° 266° 179 km 05m44.9s
13:5802°01.2'N007°43.4'W00°40.5'N006°48.5'W01°21.0'N007°16.0'W 0.951 70° 265° 180 km 05m44.1s
14:0002°19.8'N007°13.2'W00°58.8'N006°18.2'W01°39.4'N006°45.8'W 0.951 69° 264° 181 km 05m43.2s
14:0202°38.4'N006°42.6'W01°17.1'N005°47.5'W01°57.9'N006°15.1'W 0.951 68° 264° 181 km 05m42.3s
14:0402°57.1'N006°11.4'W01°35.3'N005°16.3'W02°16.3'N005°43.9'W 0.951 67° 264° 182 km 05m41.3s
14:0603°15.8'N005°39.7'W01°53.6'N004°44.6'W02°34.8'N005°12.2'W 0.951 66° 263° 182 km 05m40.3s
14:0803°34.5'N005°07.4'W02°11.9'N004°12.3'W02°53.3'N004°39.9'W 0.951 65° 263° 183 km 05m39.3s
14:1003°53.2'N004°34.5'W02°30.2'N003°39.4'W03°11.8'N004°07.0'W 0.951 63° 263° 183 km 05m38.1s
14:1204°12.0'N004°00.9'W02°48.5'N003°05.8'W03°30.3'N003°33.4'W 0.951 62° 262° 184 km 05m37.0s
14:1404°30.8'N003°26.7'W03°06.8'N002°31.5'W03°48.9'N002°59.1'W 0.950 61° 262° 185 km 05m35.8s
14:1604°49.6'N002°51.6'W03°25.1'N001°56.4'W04°07.5'N002°24.1'W 0.950 60° 262° 185 km 05m34.5s
14:1805°08.5'N002°15.8'W03°43.4'N001°20.6'W04°26.0'N001°48.2'W 0.950 59° 262° 186 km 05m33.2s
14:2005°27.3'N001°39.0'W04°01.7'N000°43.8'W04°44.6'N001°11.5'W 0.950 58° 262° 187 km 05m31.9s
14:2205°46.3'N001°01.4'W04°20.1'N000°06.2'W05°03.3'N000°33.8'W 0.950 57° 261° 187 km 05m30.5s
14:2406°05.2'N000°22.7'W04°38.4'N000°32.5'E05°21.9'N000°04.9'E 0.950 56° 261° 188 km 05m29.0s
14:2606°24.2'N000°17.1'E04°56.8'N001°12.3'E05°40.6'N000°44.6'E 0.949 54° 261° 189 km 05m27.5s
14:2806°43.2'N000°58.0'E05°15.1'N001°53.2'E05°59.3'N001°25.5'E 0.949 53° 261° 190 km 05m26.0s
14:3007°02.3'N001°40.2'E05°33.5'N002°35.3'E06°18.0'N002°07.7'E 0.949 52° 261° 191 km 05m24.4s
14:3207°21.4'N002°23.7'E05°51.9'N003°18.9'E06°36.7'N002°51.2'E 0.949 51° 261° 192 km 05m22.7s
14:3407°40.5'N003°08.7'E06°10.3'N004°03.9'E06°55.5'N003°36.2'E 0.949 49° 261° 192 km 05m21.0s
14:3607°59.7'N003°55.3'E06°28.7'N004°50.4'E07°14.3'N004°22.7'E 0.948 48° 261° 193 km 05m19.2s
14:3808°18.9'N004°43.6'E06°47.1'N005°38.7'E07°33.1'N005°11.1'E 0.948 47° 261° 194 km 05m17.4s
14:4008°38.2'N005°33.8'E07°05.6'N006°29.0'E07°52.0'N006°01.3'E 0.948 45° 261° 195 km 05m15.5s
14:4208°57.5'N006°26.1'E07°24.1'N007°21.2'E08°10.9'N006°53.5'E 0.948 44° 261° 196 km 05m13.6s
14:4409°16.9'N007°20.7'E07°42.6'N008°15.8'E08°29.8'N007°48.1'E 0.947 43° 261° 197 km 05m11.5s
14:4609°36.4'N008°17.8'E08°01.1'N009°13.0'E08°48.8'N008°45.2'E 0.947 41° 262° 198 km 05m09.5s
14:4809°55.9'N009°17.7'E08°19.6'N010°12.9'E09°07.8'N009°45.1'E 0.947 40° 262° 200 km 05m07.3s
14:5010°15.5'N010°20.8'E08°38.2'N011°16.1'E09°26.9'N010°48.2'E 0.946 38° 262° 201 km 05m05.1s
14:5210°35.1'N011°27.4'E08°56.7'N012°22.8'E09°46.0'N011°54.9'E 0.946 36° 262° 202 km 05m02.8s
14:5410°54.9'N012°38.1'E09°15.3'N013°33.6'E10°05.2'N013°05.6'E 0.946 35° 262° 203 km 05m00.4s
14:5611°14.7'N013°53.5'E09°34.0'N014°49.2'E10°24.4'N014°21.0'E 0.945 33° 263° 205 km 04m57.9s
14:5811°34.6'N015°14.4'E09°52.6'N016°10.3'E10°43.7'N015°42.0'E 0.945 31° 263° 206 km 04m55.3s
15:0011°54.7'N016°41.7'E10°11.3'N017°38.1'E11°03.1'N017°09.5'E 0.944 29° 263° 208 km 04m52.5s
15:0212°14.9'N018°17.0'E10°30.1'N019°13.9'E11°22.6'N018°45.0'E 0.944 27° 264° 210 km 04m49.6s
15:0412°35.2'N020°02.0'E10°48.9'N020°59.8'E11°42.1'N020°30.4'E 0.943 25° 264° 212 km 04m46.6s
15:0612°55.8'N021°59.8'E11°07.7'N022°58.9'E12°01.8'N022°28.7'E 0.943 22° 264° 214 km 04m43.3s
15:0813°16.6'N024°14.8'E11°26.6'N025°16.0'E12°21.7'N024°44.6'E 0.942 20° 265° 216 km 04m39.7s
15:1013°37.8'N026°55.3'E11°45.6'N028°00.3'E12°41.8'N027°26.7'E 0.941 17° 266° 219 km 04m35.6s
15:1213°59.6'N030°19.1'E12°04.7'N031°32.6'E13°02.3'N030°54.1'E 0.940 13° 267° 223 km 04m30.8s
15:1414°22.8'N035°26.8'E12°24.2'N037°15.0'E13°23.7'N036°15.9'E 0.939 268° 228 km 04m24.0s
Limits14°38.8'N043°12.6'E12°31.5'N043°18.7'E13°35.2'N043°15.5'E 0.937 - 235 km 04m16.4s

ΔT = 5595.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:51:58.413:18:42.804°39.7'S039°37.2'W 85.6° 342.2° 174.0 km05m51.84s
Greatest Duration14:54:23.313:21:07.704°17.6'S015°42.7'W 85.4° 327.0° 174.2 km05m51.87s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0508 Mar 17 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 5595.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 137.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.58°.

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