Path of the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1987 Mar 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1987 Mar 29 . 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 .

Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1987 Mar 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits46°33.8'S071°27.9'W47°01.4'S071°28.2'W46°47.6'S071°28.1'W 0.986 - 51 km 00m50.8s
11:0645°24.5'S059°21.7'W45°53.6'S060°06.5'W45°38.9'S059°43.2'W 0.989 76° 42 km 00m44.5s
11:0844°19.5'S052°53.2'W44°42.9'S053°09.7'W44°31.1'S053°01.3'W 0.990 14° 71° 36 km 00m40.3s
11:1043°21.9'S048°27.6'W43°41.9'S048°35.0'W43°31.9'S048°31.3'W 0.991 17° 68° 32 km 00m37.1s
11:1242°28.0'S044°58.7'W42°45.5'S045°01.5'W42°36.7'S045°00.0'W 0.992 20° 65° 29 km 00m34.4s
11:1441°36.6'S042°04.2'W41°52.1'S042°04.3'W41°44.3'S042°04.3'W 0.993 23° 62° 26 km 00m32.0s
11:1640°47.0'S039°33.5'W41°00.8'S039°32.1'W40°53.9'S039°32.8'W 0.993 25° 60° 24 km 00m29.8s
11:1839°58.9'S037°20.6'W40°11.3'S037°18.1'W40°05.1'S037°19.3'W 0.994 28° 58° 22 km 00m27.7s
11:2039°12.1'S035°21.4'W39°23.2'S035°18.3'W39°17.6'S035°19.9'W 0.994 30° 57° 20 km 00m25.8s
11:2238°26.3'S033°33.3'W38°36.3'S033°29.9'W38°31.3'S033°31.6'W 0.995 32° 55° 19 km 00m24.0s
11:2437°41.5'S031°54.4'W37°50.5'S031°50.8'W37°46.0'S031°52.6'W 0.995 33° 53° 17 km 00m22.3s
11:2636°57.6'S030°23.3'W37°05.7'S030°19.6'W37°01.6'S030°21.5'W 0.996 35° 52° 16 km 00m20.7s
11:2836°14.4'S028°58.8'W36°21.6'S028°55.1'W36°18.0'S028°56.9'W 0.996 37° 50° 14 km 00m19.1s
11:3035°31.9'S027°40.0'W35°38.4'S027°36.4'W35°35.2'S027°38.2'W 0.996 38° 49° 13 km 00m17.6s
11:3234°50.1'S026°26.2'W34°55.9'S026°22.7'W34°53.0'S026°24.5'W 0.997 40° 48° 12 km 00m16.2s
11:3434°08.8'S025°16.8'W34°14.0'S025°13.5'W34°11.4'S025°15.2'W 0.997 41° 46° 11 km 00m14.8s
11:3633°28.1'S024°11.4'W33°32.7'S024°08.3'W33°30.4'S024°09.8'W 0.997 43° 45° 10 km 00m13.5s
11:3832°48.0'S023°09.5'W32°52.0'S023°06.6'W32°50.0'S023°08.0'W 0.998 44° 44° 9 km 00m12.2s
11:4032°08.3'S022°10.7'W32°11.8'S022°08.1'W32°10.1'S022°09.4'W 0.998 45° 43° 8 km 00m11.0s
11:4231°29.0'S021°14.8'W31°32.2'S021°12.5'W31°30.6'S021°13.7'W 0.998 47° 41° 7 km 00m09.8s
11:4430°50.2'S020°21.5'W30°52.9'S020°19.4'W30°51.6'S020°20.5'W 0.998 48° 40° 6 km 00m08.6s
11:4630°11.9'S019°30.6'W30°14.2'S019°28.8'W30°13.0'S019°29.7'W 0.999 49° 39° 5 km 00m07.5s
11:4829°33.9'S018°41.9'W29°35.8'S018°40.3'W29°34.8'S018°41.1'W 0.999 50° 38° 4 km 00m06.5s
11:5028°56.2'S017°55.1'W28°57.8'S017°53.7'W28°57.0'S017°54.4'W 0.999 52° 36° 4 km 00m05.5s
11:5228°19.0'S017°10.1'W28°20.3'S017°09.0'W28°19.6'S017°09.6'W 0.999 53° 35° 3 km 00m04.5s
11:5427°42.0'S016°26.9'W27°43.0'S016°26.0'W27°42.5'S016°26.4'W 0.999 54° 34° 2 km 00m03.6s
11:5627°05.4'S015°45.1'W27°06.2'S015°44.4'W27°05.8'S015°44.8'W 0.999 55° 33° 2 km 00m02.7s
11:5826°29.1'S015°04.8'W26°29.6'S015°04.4'W26°29.3'S015°04.6'W 1.000 56° 31° 1 km 00m01.9s
12:0025°53.1'S014°25.8'W25°53.4'S014°25.6'W25°53.2'S014°25.7'W 1.000 57° 30° 1 km 00m01.0s
12:0225°17.3'S013°48.1'W25°17.4'S013°48.0'W25°17.4'S013°48.0'W 1.000 58° 28° 0 km 00m00.3s
12:0424°41.9'S013°11.4'W24°41.8'S013°11.6'W24°41.8'S013°11.5'W 1.000 59° 27° 0 km 00m00.5s
12:0624°06.7'S012°35.8'W24°06.4'S012°36.1'W24°06.5'S012°36.0'W 1.000 60° 25° 1 km 00m01.2s
12:0823°31.7'S012°01.2'W23°31.3'S012°01.7'W23°31.5'S012°01.5'W 1.000 61° 24° 1 km 00m01.8s
12:1022°57.0'S011°27.5'W22°56.4'S011°28.1'W22°56.7'S011°27.8'W 1.000 62° 22° 2 km 00m02.5s
12:1222°22.6'S010°54.6'W22°21.8'S010°55.4'W22°22.2'S010°55.0'W 1.001 63° 20° 2 km 00m03.0s
12:1421°48.3'S010°22.5'W21°47.4'S010°23.4'W21°47.9'S010°22.9'W 1.001 64° 19° 2 km 00m03.6s
12:1621°14.3'S009°51.1'W21°13.3'S009°52.1'W21°13.8'S009°51.6'W 1.001 65° 17° 3 km 00m04.1s
12:1820°40.5'S009°20.3'W20°39.3'S009°21.5'W20°39.9'S009°20.9'W 1.001 65° 15° 3 km 00m04.6s
12:2020°06.8'S008°50.1'W20°05.6'S008°51.5'W20°06.2'S008°50.8'W 1.001 66° 13° 3 km 00m05.0s
12:2219°33.4'S008°20.6'W19°32.1'S008°22.0'W19°32.8'S008°21.3'W 1.001 67° 10° 3 km 00m05.5s
12:2419°00.2'S007°51.5'W18°58.8'S007°53.0'W18°59.5'S007°52.3'W 1.001 68° 4 km 00m05.8s
12:2618°27.1'S007°22.9'W18°25.7'S007°24.5'W18°26.4'S007°23.7'W 1.001 68° 4 km 00m06.2s
12:2817°54.3'S006°54.7'W17°52.7'S006°56.4'W17°53.5'S006°55.5'W 1.001 69° 4 km 00m06.5s
12:3017°21.6'S006°26.9'W17°20.0'S006°28.7'W17°20.8'S006°27.8'W 1.001 69° 4 km 00m06.7s
12:3216°49.0'S005°59.4'W16°47.4'S006°01.3'W16°48.2'S006°00.4'W 1.001 70° 358° 4 km 00m07.0s
12:3416°16.7'S005°32.3'W16°15.0'S005°34.2'W16°15.8'S005°33.3'W 1.001 70° 355° 5 km 00m07.2s
12:3615°44.5'S005°05.4'W15°42.8'S005°07.4'W15°43.6'S005°06.4'W 1.001 71° 352° 5 km 00m07.3s
12:3815°12.4'S004°38.8'W15°10.7'S004°40.8'W15°11.5'S004°39.8'W 1.001 71° 349° 5 km 00m07.5s
12:4014°40.5'S004°12.4'W14°38.8'S004°14.4'W14°39.6'S004°13.4'W 1.001 71° 346° 5 km 00m07.6s
12:4214°08.7'S003°46.2'W14°07.0'S003°48.2'W14°07.9'S003°47.2'W 1.001 72° 342° 5 km 00m07.6s
12:4413°37.1'S003°20.1'W13°35.4'S003°22.1'W13°36.2'S003°21.1'W 1.001 72° 339° 5 km 00m07.7s
12:4613°05.6'S002°54.1'W13°03.9'S002°56.2'W13°04.8'S002°55.1'W 1.001 72° 335° 5 km 00m07.6s
12:4812°34.3'S002°28.2'W12°32.5'S002°30.2'W12°33.4'S002°29.2'W 1.001 72° 332° 5 km 00m07.6s
12:5012°03.1'S002°02.4'W12°01.3'S002°04.4'W12°02.2'S002°03.4'W 1.001 72° 329° 5 km 00m07.5s
12:5211°32.0'S001°36.6'W11°30.3'S001°38.5'W11°31.1'S001°37.6'W 1.001 72° 325° 5 km 00m07.4s
12:5411°01.0'S001°10.7'W10°59.3'S001°12.7'W11°00.2'S001°11.7'W 1.001 72° 322° 5 km 00m07.3s
12:5610°30.2'S000°44.9'W10°28.5'S000°46.8'W10°29.4'S000°45.8'W 1.001 72° 318° 5 km 00m07.1s
12:5809°59.4'S000°18.9'W09°57.9'S000°20.8'W09°58.6'S000°19.9'W 1.001 72° 315° 4 km 00m06.9s
13:0009°28.8'S000°07.1'E09°27.3'S000°05.3'E09°28.1'S000°06.2'E 1.001 71° 312° 4 km 00m06.6s
13:0208°58.3'S000°33.3'E08°56.9'S000°31.5'E08°57.6'S000°32.4'E 1.001 71° 309° 4 km 00m06.3s
13:0408°27.9'S000°59.6'E08°26.5'S000°57.9'E08°27.2'S000°58.8'E 1.001 70° 306° 4 km 00m06.0s
13:0607°57.6'S001°26.1'E07°56.3'S001°24.5'E07°57.0'S001°25.3'E 1.001 70° 303° 4 km 00m05.6s
13:0807°27.5'S001°52.8'E07°26.2'S001°51.4'E07°26.9'S001°52.1'E 1.001 69° 301° 3 km 00m05.2s
13:1006°57.4'S002°19.8'E06°56.3'S002°18.5'E06°56.8'S002°19.1'E 1.001 69° 298° 3 km 00m04.8s
13:1206°27.4'S002°47.0'E06°26.4'S002°45.8'E06°26.9'S002°46.4'E 1.001 68° 296° 3 km 00m04.4s
13:1405°57.5'S003°14.6'E05°56.6'S003°13.6'E05°57.1'S003°14.1'E 1.001 68° 294° 3 km 00m03.9s
13:1605°27.8'S003°42.6'E05°27.0'S003°41.6'E05°27.4'S003°42.1'E 1.001 67° 292° 2 km 00m03.3s
13:1804°58.1'S004°10.9'E04°57.4'S004°10.1'E04°57.8'S004°10.5'E 1.000 66° 290° 2 km 00m02.8s
13:2004°28.5'S004°39.6'E04°28.0'S004°39.1'E04°28.3'S004°39.4'E 1.000 65° 288° 1 km 00m02.2s
13:2203°59.0'S005°08.9'E03°58.7'S005°08.5'E03°58.9'S005°08.7'E 1.000 65° 286° 1 km 00m01.5s
13:2403°29.7'S005°38.6'E03°29.4'S005°38.4'E03°29.6'S005°38.5'E 1.000 64° 285° 1 km 00m00.8s
13:2603°00.4'S006°08.9'E03°00.3'S006°08.9'E03°00.3'S006°08.9'E 1.000 63° 283° 0 km 00m00.1s
13:2802°31.2'S006°39.8'E02°31.3'S006°40.0'E02°31.2'S006°39.9'E 1.000 62° 282° 0 km 00m00.6s
13:3002°02.1'S007°11.3'E02°02.4'S007°11.7'E02°02.2'S007°11.5'E 1.000 61° 281° 1 km 00m01.4s
13:3201°33.0'S007°43.5'E01°33.6'S007°44.2'E01°33.3'S007°43.9'E 1.000 60° 279° 2 km 00m02.2s
13:3401°04.1'S008°16.5'E01°04.9'S008°17.4'E01°04.5'S008°16.9'E 0.999 59° 278° 2 km 00m03.0s
13:3600°35.3'S008°50.3'E00°36.3'S008°51.4'E00°35.8'S008°50.9'E 0.999 58° 277° 3 km 00m03.9s
13:3800°06.6'S009°24.9'E00°07.8'S009°26.4'E00°07.2'S009°25.6'E 0.999 57° 276° 3 km 00m04.8s
13:4000°22.1'N010°00.5'E00°20.6'N010°02.2'E00°21.3'N010°01.4'E 0.999 56° 275° 4 km 00m05.8s
13:4200°50.6'N010°37.1'E00°48.8'N010°39.1'E00°49.7'N010°38.1'E 0.999 55° 275° 5 km 00m06.8s
13:4401°19.1'N011°14.8'E01°17.0'N011°17.2'E01°18.0'N011°16.0'E 0.999 54° 274° 6 km 00m07.8s
13:4601°47.4'N011°53.7'E01°45.0'N011°56.4'E01°46.2'N011°55.0'E 0.998 53° 273° 6 km 00m08.9s
13:4802°15.6'N012°33.8'E02°12.9'N012°36.8'E02°14.3'N012°35.3'E 0.998 52° 273° 7 km 00m10.0s
13:5002°43.8'N013°15.3'E02°40.7'N013°18.7'E02°42.2'N013°17.0'E 0.998 50° 272° 8 km 00m11.1s
13:5203°11.8'N013°58.3'E03°08.3'N014°02.1'E03°10.0'N014°00.2'E 0.998 49° 271° 9 km 00m12.3s
13:5403°39.7'N014°42.9'E03°35.8'N014°47.1'E03°37.7'N014°45.0'E 0.997 48° 271° 10 km 00m13.5s
13:5604°07.5'N015°29.3'E04°03.1'N015°33.9'E04°05.3'N015°31.6'E 0.997 47° 270° 11 km 00m14.8s
13:5804°35.1'N016°17.6'E04°30.3'N016°22.7'E04°32.7'N016°20.1'E 0.997 45° 270° 12 km 00m16.1s
14:0005°02.6'N017°08.0'E04°57.4'N017°13.6'E05°00.0'N017°10.8'E 0.997 44° 270° 13 km 00m17.4s
14:0205°30.0'N018°00.7'E05°24.2'N018°06.8'E05°27.1'N018°03.8'E 0.996 43° 269° 15 km 00m18.8s
14:0405°57.2'N018°55.9'E05°50.9'N019°02.7'E05°54.1'N018°59.3'E 0.996 41° 269° 16 km 00m20.3s
14:0606°24.2'N019°54.0'E06°17.3'N020°01.4'E06°20.8'N019°57.7'E 0.996 40° 269° 17 km 00m21.7s
14:0806°51.1'N020°55.3'E06°43.5'N021°03.3'E06°47.3'N020°59.3'E 0.995 38° 269° 18 km 00m23.3s
14:1007°17.7'N022°00.2'E07°09.5'N022°09.0'E07°13.6'N022°04.6'E 0.995 37° 269° 20 km 00m24.9s
14:1207°44.1'N023°09.2'E07°35.2'N023°18.7'E07°39.7'N023°13.9'E 0.994 35° 269° 21 km 00m26.5s
14:1408°10.2'N024°22.8'E08°00.5'N024°33.2'E08°05.4'N024°28.0'E 0.994 33° 269° 23 km 00m28.2s
14:1608°36.1'N025°41.9'E08°25.5'N025°53.3'E08°30.8'N025°47.6'E 0.994 32° 269° 25 km 00m30.0s
14:1809°01.5'N027°07.4'E08°50.0'N027°20.0'E08°55.8'N027°13.7'E 0.993 30° 269° 27 km 00m31.9s
14:2009°26.5'N028°40.7'E09°14.0'N028°54.6'E09°20.3'N028°47.7'E 0.992 28° 269° 29 km 00m33.8s
14:2209°51.0'N030°23.6'E09°37.3'N030°39.2'E09°44.2'N030°31.4'E 0.992 25° 269° 31 km 00m35.9s
14:2410°14.8'N032°18.9'E09°59.8'N032°36.5'E10°07.4'N032°27.7'E 0.991 23° 269° 33 km 00m38.1s
14:2610°37.7'N034°30.7'E10°21.1'N034°51.1'E10°29.5'N034°40.9'E 0.991 20° 270° 36 km 00m40.5s
14:2810°59.3'N037°06.6'E10°40.8'N037°31.2'E10°50.1'N037°18.8'E 0.990 17° 270° 39 km 00m43.2s
14:3011°18.6'N040°22.2'E10°57.7'N040°54.4'E11°08.3'N040°38.2'E 0.989 13° 271° 43 km 00m46.3s
14:3211°33.2'N045°05.9'E11°08.0'N046°00.6'E11°20.8'N045°32.4'E 0.987 272° 48 km 00m50.4s
Limits11°25.3'N053°34.2'E10°54.5'N053°36.4'E11°09.9'N053°35.3'E 0.985 - 56 km 00m56.2s

ΔT = 55.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:49:47.312:48:51.812°19.9'S002°32.0'W 72.2° 330.5° 4.9 km00m07.57s
Greatest Duration14:34:05.614:33:10.211°09.9'N053°35.3'E 0.0° 273.4° 56.3 km00m56.19s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1987 Mar 29

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1987 Mar 29 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 55.4 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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