Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0778 Mar 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0778 Mar 03 . 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 0778 Mar 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits83°23.9'S110°00.9'E83°42.9'S105°51.9'E83°33.6'S107°59.8'E 1.009 - 63 km 00m31.5s
19:2486°20.2'S176°38.9'E85°33.6'S121°48.9'E86°28.7'S151°20.5'E 1.011 101° 70 km 00m37.2s
19:2684°22.0'S136°08.7'W86°08.6'S147°31.6'W85°15.1'S140°31.6'W 1.012 32° 77 km 00m43.5s
19:2882°03.2'S121°12.8'W83°41.1'S122°31.5'W82°51.4'S121°44.9'W 1.013 12° 13° 81 km 00m47.6s
19:3079°59.0'S113°45.8'W81°26.7'S113°01.4'W80°42.4'S113°24.2'W 1.014 15° 84 km 00m51.0s
19:3278°07.4'S109°03.1'W79°27.5'S107°40.7'W78°47.1'S108°23.7'W 1.014 16° 358° 87 km 00m53.9s
19:3476°25.4'S105°40.5'W77°39.8'S104°03.8'W77°02.4'S104°54.0'W 1.015 18° 354° 89 km 00m56.4s
19:3674°51.0'S103°03.7'W76°00.9'S101°21.5'W75°25.8'S102°14.3'W 1.015 20° 351° 91 km 00m58.7s
19:3873°22.5'S100°56.2'W74°28.8'S099°12.1'W73°55.6'S100°05.6'W 1.016 21° 348° 93 km 01m00.8s
19:4071°59.1'S099°08.7'W73°02.2'S097°24.4'W72°30.6'S098°17.9'W 1.016 22° 345° 95 km 01m02.7s
19:4270°39.7'S097°35.7'W71°40.3'S095°52.0'W71°10.0'S096°45.0'W 1.016 23° 343° 97 km 01m04.5s
19:4469°23.9'S096°13.6'W70°22.2'S094°30.9'W69°53.1'S095°23.2'W 1.017 24° 341° 98 km 01m06.1s
19:4668°11.2'S094°59.9'W69°07.4'S093°18.4'W68°39.3'S094°10.0'W 1.017 25° 339° 100 km 01m07.6s
19:4867°01.1'S093°52.8'W67°55.6'S092°12.6'W67°28.4'S093°03.5'W 1.017 26° 337° 101 km 01m09.0s
19:5065°53.4'S092°51.2'W66°46.2'S091°12.2'W66°19.8'S092°02.5'W 1.018 27° 335° 102 km 01m10.3s
19:5264°47.8'S091°54.0'W65°39.1'S090°16.2'W65°13.4'S091°05.8'W 1.018 28° 333° 104 km 01m11.5s
19:5463°44.0'S091°00.5'W64°33.9'S089°23.9'W64°09.0'S090°12.8'W 1.018 28° 331° 105 km 01m12.6s
19:5662°41.9'S090°10.1'W63°30.6'S088°34.5'W63°06.3'S089°22.9'W 1.018 29° 329° 106 km 01m13.6s
19:5861°41.4'S089°22.2'W62°28.8'S087°47.7'W62°05.2'S088°35.5'W 1.018 30° 328° 107 km 01m14.5s
20:0060°42.2'S088°36.6'W61°28.6'S087°03.1'W61°05.4'S087°50.3'W 1.018 30° 326° 109 km 01m15.4s
20:0259°44.3'S087°52.8'W60°29.6'S086°20.2'W60°07.0'S087°07.0'W 1.019 30° 324° 110 km 01m16.1s
20:0458°47.6'S087°10.6'W59°31.9'S085°38.9'W59°09.8'S086°25.2'W 1.019 31° 323° 111 km 01m16.8s
20:0657°52.0'S086°29.8'W58°35.3'S084°58.8'W58°13.7'S085°44.7'W 1.019 31° 321° 112 km 01m17.4s
20:0856°57.3'S085°50.0'W57°39.8'S084°19.8'W57°18.6'S085°05.3'W 1.019 32° 319° 113 km 01m17.9s
20:1056°03.6'S085°11.2'W56°45.2'S083°41.7'W56°24.5'S084°26.8'W 1.019 32° 318° 114 km 01m18.4s
20:1255°10.7'S084°33.2'W55°51.4'S083°04.3'W55°31.1'S083°49.1'W 1.019 32° 316° 115 km 01m18.8s
20:1454°18.6'S083°55.8'W54°58.5'S082°27.5'W54°38.6'S083°12.0'W 1.019 32° 315° 116 km 01m19.1s
20:1653°27.2'S083°18.9'W54°06.4'S081°51.2'W53°46.9'S082°35.3'W 1.019 32° 313° 117 km 01m19.4s
20:1852°36.6'S082°42.3'W53°14.9'S081°15.1'W52°55.8'S081°59.0'W 1.019 32° 311° 118 km 01m19.5s
20:2051°46.5'S082°06.0'W52°24.1'S080°39.2'W52°05.4'S081°22.9'W 1.019 32° 310° 119 km 01m19.6s
20:2250°57.0'S081°29.8'W51°34.0'S080°03.4'W51°15.6'S080°46.9'W 1.019 32° 308° 120 km 01m19.7s
20:2450°08.1'S080°53.6'W50°44.3'S079°27.6'W50°26.3'S080°10.8'W 1.019 32° 307° 121 km 01m19.6s
20:2649°19.7'S080°17.3'W49°55.2'S078°51.6'W49°37.5'S079°34.7'W 1.019 32° 305° 122 km 01m19.5s
20:2848°31.7'S079°40.8'W49°06.6'S078°15.3'W48°49.3'S078°58.3'W 1.019 32° 304° 122 km 01m19.3s
20:3047°44.2'S079°03.9'W48°18.4'S077°38.7'W48°01.4'S078°21.5'W 1.019 32° 302° 123 km 01m19.1s
20:3246°57.1'S078°26.6'W47°30.7'S077°01.6'W47°14.0'S077°44.3'W 1.019 32° 301° 124 km 01m18.8s
20:3446°10.4'S077°48.8'W46°43.3'S076°23.9'W46°26.9'S077°06.5'W 1.019 31° 299° 125 km 01m18.4s
20:3645°24.0'S077°10.3'W45°56.2'S075°45.5'W45°40.2'S076°28.1'W 1.019 31° 298° 125 km 01m17.9s
20:3844°37.9'S076°31.0'W45°09.5'S075°06.2'W44°53.8'S075°48.8'W 1.019 31° 296° 126 km 01m17.4s
20:4043°52.1'S075°50.7'W44°23.0'S074°25.9'W44°07.7'S075°08.5'W 1.019 30° 295° 126 km 01m16.7s
20:4243°06.5'S075°09.4'W43°36.8'S073°44.5'W43°21.8'S074°27.1'W 1.019 30° 293° 126 km 01m16.0s
20:4442°21.2'S074°26.9'W42°50.8'S073°01.7'W42°36.1'S073°44.5'W 1.019 29° 292° 127 km 01m15.3s
20:4641°36.0'S073°42.9'W42°05.0'S072°17.5'W41°50.6'S073°00.4'W 1.018 29° 291° 127 km 01m14.4s
20:4840°51.0'S072°57.2'W41°19.3'S071°31.5'W41°05.3'S072°14.6'W 1.018 28° 289° 127 km 01m13.4s
20:5040°06.2'S072°09.8'W40°33.8'S070°43.5'W40°20.1'S071°26.8'W 1.018 27° 288° 126 km 01m12.4s
20:5239°21.4'S071°20.1'W39°48.2'S069°53.3'W39°34.9'S070°36.9'W 1.018 27° 286° 126 km 01m11.3s
20:5438°36.6'S070°28.1'W39°02.7'S069°00.5'W38°49.8'S069°44.5'W 1.018 26° 285° 125 km 01m10.0s
20:5637°51.9'S069°33.2'W38°17.2'S068°04.7'W38°04.7'S068°49.1'W 1.017 25° 284° 124 km 01m08.7s
20:5837°07.1'S068°35.0'W37°31.6'S067°05.3'W37°19.5'S067°50.4'W 1.017 24° 282° 123 km 01m07.3s
21:0036°22.1'S067°33.0'W36°45.8'S066°01.8'W36°34.1'S066°47.6'W 1.017 23° 281° 122 km 01m05.7s
21:0235°37.0'S066°26.3'W35°59.7'S064°53.3'W35°48.5'S065°40.1'W 1.017 22° 280° 120 km 01m04.0s
21:0434°51.6'S065°14.1'W35°13.2'S063°38.8'W35°02.6'S064°26.7'W 1.016 21° 278° 118 km 01m02.1s
21:0634°05.7'S063°55.1'W34°26.2'S062°16.6'W34°16.2'S063°06.2'W 1.016 19° 277° 115 km 01m00.0s
21:0833°19.3'S062°27.4'W33°38.5'S060°44.7'W33°29.1'S061°36.4'W 1.015 18° 275° 111 km 00m57.7s
21:1032°32.0'S060°48.2'W32°49.6'S058°59.5'W32°41.1'S059°54.4'W 1.015 16° 274° 107 km 00m55.2s
21:1231°43.5'S058°52.9'W31°59.1'S056°55.0'W31°51.6'S057°54.8'W 1.014 14° 272° 102 km 00m52.2s
21:1430°52.9'S056°32.8'W31°05.6'S054°18.8'W30°59.6'S055°27.3'W 1.014 11° 271° 96 km 00m48.7s
21:1629°58.4'S053°27.2'W30°05.6'S050°33.9'W30°02.7'S052°04.7'W 1.013 269° 87 km 00m44.2s
Limits28°22.0'S043°43.8'W28°57.2'S043°25.6'W28°39.5'S043°34.7'W 1.010 - 67 km 00m34.0s

ΔT = 3113.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:12:16.420:20:23.051°55.8'S094°16.5'W 32.5° 309.6° 119.1 km01m19.64s
Greatest Duration21:13:48.720:21:55.351°17.5'S080°48.3'W 32.4° 308.4° 119.8 km01m19.66s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0778 Mar 03 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 3113.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 86.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.36°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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