Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2202 Mar 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2202 Mar 24 . 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 2202 Mar 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits75°12.1'S131°19.7'E77°06.5'S131°26.1'E76°08.5'S131°21.3'E 1.033 - 212 km 01m50.4s
21:4672°06.3'S168°10.1'E76°31.3'S145°40.9'E74°08.3'S161°05.4'E 1.036 55° 221 km 02m05.9s
21:4870°48.3'S175°43.4'E74°43.7'S165°17.6'E72°40.1'S171°40.0'E 1.037 11° 44° 224 km 02m13.1s
21:5069°37.7'S178°37.8'W73°16.7'S175°02.5'E71°22.8'S178°46.2'E 1.038 14° 36° 227 km 02m18.6s
21:5268°32.4'S174°05.8'W71°59.3'S178°11.7'W70°12.2'S175°49.4'W 1.038 16° 31° 230 km 02m23.3s
21:5467°31.1'S170°18.0'W70°48.4'S172°59.0'W69°06.8'S171°26.7'W 1.039 18° 26° 232 km 02m27.4s
21:5666°33.2'S167°01.7'W69°42.5'S168°44.1'W68°05.3'S167°45.4'W 1.039 19° 22° 234 km 02m31.0s
21:5865°38.0'S164°09.1'W68°40.6'S165°08.7'W67°07.0'S164°34.1'W 1.040 20° 18° 236 km 02m34.4s
22:0064°45.2'S161°34.7'W67°41.8'S162°02.0'W66°11.5'S161°45.4'W 1.040 22° 14° 238 km 02m37.4s
22:0263°54.5'S159°14.9'W66°45.9'S159°16.9'W65°18.4'S159°14.2'W 1.040 23° 11° 240 km 02m40.2s
22:0463°05.6'S157°07.1'W65°52.3'S156°48.8'W64°27.3'S156°57.1'W 1.041 24° 241 km 02m42.8s
22:0662°18.4'S155°09.0'W65°00.8'S154°34.2'W63°38.1'S154°51.4'W 1.041 25° 243 km 02m45.2s
22:0861°32.6'S153°19.3'W64°11.2'S152°30.6'W62°50.5'S152°55.3'W 1.041 26° 245 km 02m47.4s
22:1060°48.1'S151°36.5'W63°23.2'S150°36.3'W62°04.4'S151°07.0'W 1.042 26° 247 km 02m49.4s
22:1260°04.8'S149°59.7'W62°36.7'S148°49.6'W61°19.6'S149°25.6'W 1.042 27° 358° 249 km 02m51.3s
22:1459°22.7'S148°28.0'W61°51.5'S147°09.4'W60°36.1'S147°49.9'W 1.042 28° 355° 250 km 02m53.0s
22:1658°41.6'S147°00.8'W61°07.6'S145°34.8'W59°53.7'S146°19.1'W 1.042 28° 353° 252 km 02m54.5s
22:1858°01.4'S145°37.5'W60°24.9'S144°04.9'W59°12.3'S144°52.7'W 1.042 29° 351° 254 km 02m56.0s
22:2057°22.2'S144°17.6'W59°43.1'S142°39.2'W58°31.8'S143°30.0'W 1.042 30° 349° 256 km 02m57.2s
22:2256°43.7'S143°00.7'W59°02.4'S141°17.1'W57°52.3'S142°10.5'W 1.043 30° 346° 257 km 02m58.4s
22:2456°06.1'S141°46.4'W58°22.5'S139°58.0'W57°13.6'S140°53.9'W 1.043 30° 344° 259 km 02m59.4s
22:2655°29.2'S140°34.3'W57°43.5'S138°41.6'W56°35.7'S139°39.7'W 1.043 31° 342° 261 km 03m00.3s
22:2854°52.9'S139°24.2'W57°05.3'S137°27.6'W55°58.5'S138°27.7'W 1.043 31° 340° 262 km 03m01.0s
22:3054°17.3'S138°15.9'W56°27.9'S136°15.5'W55°22.0'S137°17.5'W 1.043 31° 338° 264 km 03m01.7s
22:3253°42.4'S137°09.0'W55°51.1'S135°05.2'W54°46.2'S136°09.0'W 1.043 31° 336° 266 km 03m02.2s
22:3453°08.0'S136°03.4'W55°15.0'S133°56.3'W54°11.0'S135°01.8'W 1.043 31° 334° 267 km 03m02.6s
22:3652°34.2'S134°58.9'W54°39.6'S132°48.7'W53°36.4'S133°55.7'W 1.043 32° 332° 269 km 03m02.8s
22:3852°00.9'S133°55.3'W54°04.7'S131°42.0'W53°02.4'S132°50.6'W 1.043 32° 330° 270 km 03m03.0s
22:4051°28.1'S132°52.3'W53°30.4'S130°36.2'W52°28.9'S131°46.3'W 1.043 32° 328° 272 km 03m03.0s
22:4250°55.9'S131°49.9'W52°56.7'S129°31.0'W51°55.9'S130°42.5'W 1.043 32° 326° 273 km 03m02.9s
22:4450°24.1'S130°47.9'W52°23.5'S128°26.1'W51°23.4'S129°39.1'W 1.043 31° 324° 275 km 03m02.6s
22:4649°52.7'S129°46.1'W51°50.7'S127°21.5'W50°51.4'S128°35.9'W 1.043 31° 323° 276 km 03m02.3s
22:4849°21.8'S128°44.4'W51°18.5'S126°17.0'W50°19.9'S127°32.8'W 1.043 31° 321° 277 km 03m01.8s
22:5048°51.3'S127°42.5'W50°46.7'S125°12.2'W49°48.7'S126°29.5'W 1.043 31° 319° 279 km 03m01.2s
22:5248°21.2'S126°40.4'W50°15.4'S124°07.2'W49°18.1'S125°26.0'W 1.043 31° 317° 280 km 03m00.4s
22:5447°51.6'S125°37.9'W49°44.5'S123°01.6'W48°47.8'S124°22.0'W 1.043 30° 315° 280 km 02m59.6s
22:5647°22.3'S124°34.7'W49°14.0'S121°55.3'W48°17.9'S123°17.3'W 1.043 30° 313° 281 km 02m58.6s
22:5846°53.4'S123°30.7'W48°43.9'S120°48.0'W47°48.5'S122°11.7'W 1.043 29° 312° 282 km 02m57.4s
23:0046°24.9'S122°25.8'W48°14.2'S119°39.4'W47°19.4'S121°05.0'W 1.042 29° 310° 282 km 02m56.1s
23:0245°56.7'S121°19.5'W47°44.9'S118°29.4'W46°50.7'S119°57.0'W 1.042 28° 308° 282 km 02m54.7s
23:0445°29.0'S120°11.9'W47°16.0'S117°17.6'W46°22.4'S118°47.3'W 1.042 28° 306° 282 km 02m53.2s
23:0645°01.5'S119°02.4'W46°47.5'S116°03.7'W45°54.4'S117°35.8'W 1.042 27° 304° 282 km 02m51.5s
23:0844°34.5'S117°51.0'W46°19.3'S114°47.2'W45°26.8'S116°21.9'W 1.042 26° 303° 281 km 02m49.6s
23:1044°07.8'S116°37.0'W45°51.5'S113°27.7'W44°59.6'S115°05.4'W 1.041 25° 301° 281 km 02m47.5s
23:1243°41.5'S115°20.2'W45°24.1'S112°04.6'W44°32.8'S113°45.6'W 1.041 24° 299° 279 km 02m45.3s
23:1443°15.5'S114°00.0'W44°57.1'S110°37.1'W44°06.3'S112°22.0'W 1.041 23° 297° 278 km 02m42.9s
23:1642°50.0'S112°35.7'W44°30.4'S109°04.3'W43°40.2'S110°53.8'W 1.041 22° 296° 276 km 02m40.3s
23:1842°24.8'S111°06.6'W44°04.2'S107°24.9'W43°14.6'S109°20.0'W 1.040 21° 294° 273 km 02m37.4s
23:2042°00.1'S109°31.5'W43°38.4'S105°37.3'W42°49.3'S107°39.3'W 1.040 20° 292° 270 km 02m34.3s
23:2241°35.8'S107°48.9'W43°13.2'S103°38.8'W42°24.6'S105°49.7'W 1.039 18° 290° 267 km 02m30.9s
23:2441°12.1'S105°56.9'W42°48.4'S101°25.6'W42°00.4'S103°48.4'W 1.039 17° 288° 262 km 02m27.1s
23:2640°49.0'S103°52.2'W42°24.4'S098°50.9'W41°36.8'S101°31.2'W 1.038 15° 286° 257 km 02m22.8s
23:2840°26.7'S101°29.8'W42°01.5'S095°40.6'W41°14.2'S098°49.9'W 1.038 13° 283° 251 km 02m17.8s
23:3040°05.4'S098°40.1'W41°40.4'S091°14.1'W40°52.8'S095°27.3'W 1.037 10° 281° 242 km 02m11.8s
23:3239°45.8'S095°00.6'W - - 40°34.2'S090°24.6'W 1.036 277° 230 km 02m03.2s
Limits39°34.6'S083°17.4'W41°31.4'S082°37.8'W40°32.2'S082°58.0'W 1.034 - 213 km 01m51.8s

ΔT = 274.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:42:58.322:38:24.052°55.6'S133°46.4'W 31.6° 329.7° 270.8 km03m02.97s
Greatest Duration22:43:45.822:39:11.652°42.3'S132°12.2'W 31.6° 329.0° 271.4 km03m02.98s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2202 Mar 24

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2202 Mar 24 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 274.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 67.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.28°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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