Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2424 Mar 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2424 Mar 31 . 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 2424 Mar 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits33°01.5'N076°13.2'E32°22.1'N076°31.7'E32°41.7'N076°22.5'E 1.014 - 75 km 00m45.6s
00:4833°12.6'N078°15.8'E33°08.0'N084°11.3'E33°14.1'N081°53.6'E 1.015 88° 84 km 00m52.2s
00:5034°16.3'N086°14.7'E33°54.2'N089°07.3'E34°05.9'N087°44.4'E 1.017 10° 92° 95 km 01m00.1s
00:5235°00.1'N090°05.6'E34°33.2'N092°25.6'E34°47.1'N091°17.2'E 1.018 13° 94° 101 km 01m05.4s
00:5435°39.3'N092°59.2'E35°09.4'N095°03.3'E35°24.7'N094°02.3'E 1.019 16° 96° 106 km 01m09.6s
00:5636°16.0'N095°23.0'E35°43.8'N097°17.4'E36°00.2'N096°21.0'E 1.019 18° 98° 110 km 01m13.3s
00:5836°51.2'N097°27.9'E36°17.2'N099°15.6'E36°34.4'N098°22.4'E 1.020 20° 100° 114 km 01m16.7s
01:0037°25.4'N099°19.6'E36°49.7'N101°02.3'E37°07.7'N100°11.5'E 1.020 22° 102° 117 km 01m19.7s
01:0237°58.8'N101°01.4'E37°21.5'N102°40.1'E37°40.4'N101°51.2'E 1.021 23° 103° 120 km 01m22.5s
01:0438°31.5'N102°35.4'E37°53.0'N104°11.0'E38°12.4'N103°23.7'E 1.021 25° 105° 122 km 01m25.1s
01:0639°03.8'N104°03.3'E38°24.0'N105°36.3'E38°44.1'N104°50.3'E 1.022 26° 107° 124 km 01m27.5s
01:0839°35.7'N105°26.2'E38°54.7'N106°56.9'E39°15.4'N106°12.0'E 1.022 27° 108° 126 km 01m29.8s
01:1040°07.3'N106°44.9'E39°25.2'N108°13.6'E39°46.4'N107°29.6'E 1.022 28° 110° 128 km 01m31.9s
01:1240°38.6'N108°00.0'E39°55.5'N109°27.1'E40°17.2'N108°43.9'E 1.023 30° 112° 129 km 01m34.0s
01:1441°09.8'N109°12.2'E40°25.6'N110°37.7'E40°47.8'N109°55.3'E 1.023 31° 113° 130 km 01m35.9s
01:1641°40.7'N110°21.8'E40°55.6'N111°45.9'E41°18.3'N111°04.2'E 1.023 31° 115° 131 km 01m37.6s
01:1842°11.5'N111°29.2'E41°25.5'N112°52.1'E41°48.7'N112°11.0'E 1.023 32° 117° 132 km 01m39.3s
01:2042°42.3'N112°34.8'E41°55.3'N113°56.4'E42°18.9'N113°16.0'E 1.024 33° 118° 133 km 01m40.9s
01:2243°12.9'N113°38.8'E42°25.1'N114°59.3'E42°49.1'N114°19.4'E 1.024 34° 120° 134 km 01m42.4s
01:2443°43.5'N114°41.4'E42°54.8'N116°00.8'E43°19.2'N115°21.4'E 1.024 35° 122° 134 km 01m43.8s
01:2644°14.0'N115°42.9'E43°24.5'N117°01.3'E43°49.3'N116°22.4'E 1.024 35° 123° 135 km 01m45.1s
01:2844°44.5'N116°43.4'E43°54.1'N118°00.8'E44°19.4'N117°22.4'E 1.024 36° 125° 135 km 01m46.3s
01:3045°15.0'N117°43.1'E44°23.8'N118°59.5'E44°49.5'N118°21.6'E 1.024 36° 127° 135 km 01m47.5s
01:3245°45.4'N118°42.2'E44°53.4'N119°57.6'E45°19.5'N119°20.2'E 1.025 37° 129° 136 km 01m48.5s
01:3446°15.9'N119°40.8'E45°23.1'N120°55.3'E45°49.6'N120°18.4'E 1.025 37° 131° 136 km 01m49.5s
01:3646°46.4'N120°39.1'E45°52.9'N121°52.5'E46°19.7'N121°16.1'E 1.025 38° 133° 136 km 01m50.4s
01:3847°17.0'N121°37.1'E46°22.6'N122°49.6'E46°49.9'N122°13.7'E 1.025 38° 134° 136 km 01m51.2s
01:4047°47.6'N122°35.1'E46°52.4'N123°46.5'E47°20.1'N123°11.1'E 1.025 39° 136° 136 km 01m51.9s
01:4248°18.2'N123°33.0'E47°22.3'N124°43.5'E47°50.3'N124°08.6'E 1.025 39° 138° 136 km 01m52.5s
01:4448°48.9'N124°31.2'E47°52.2'N125°40.6'E48°20.6'N125°06.2'E 1.025 39° 140° 135 km 01m53.1s
01:4649°19.7'N125°29.6'E48°22.3'N126°37.9'E48°51.0'N126°04.0'E 1.025 39° 142° 135 km 01m53.6s
01:4849°50.5'N126°28.4'E48°52.3'N127°35.5'E49°21.5'N127°02.3'E 1.025 39° 144° 135 km 01m54.0s
01:5050°21.5'N127°27.7'E49°22.5'N128°33.6'E49°52.0'N128°00.9'E 1.025 40° 146° 135 km 01m54.3s
01:5250°52.5'N128°27.6'E49°52.8'N129°32.2'E50°22.7'N129°00.2'E 1.025 40° 148° 134 km 01m54.5s
01:5451°23.6'N129°28.2'E50°23.2'N130°31.6'E50°53.4'N130°00.2'E 1.025 40° 150° 134 km 01m54.7s
01:5651°54.9'N130°29.8'E50°53.7'N131°31.7'E51°24.3'N131°01.0'E 1.025 40° 152° 133 km 01m54.8s
01:5852°26.2'N131°32.3'E51°24.3'N132°32.7'E51°55.3'N132°02.8'E 1.025 40° 154° 133 km 01m54.8s
02:0052°57.7'N132°36.0'E51°55.0'N133°34.8'E52°26.4'N133°05.7'E 1.025 40° 157° 132 km 01m54.7s
02:0253°29.3'N133°41.0'E52°25.8'N134°38.1'E52°57.6'N134°09.8'E 1.025 40° 159° 132 km 01m54.5s
02:0454°01.0'N134°47.4'E52°56.8'N135°42.7'E53°28.9'N135°15.3'E 1.025 39° 161° 131 km 01m54.3s
02:0654°32.9'N135°55.4'E53°27.9'N136°48.8'E54°00.4'N136°22.3'E 1.025 39° 163° 131 km 01m54.0s
02:0855°04.9'N137°05.2'E53°59.2'N137°56.5'E54°32.0'N137°31.1'E 1.025 39° 165° 130 km 01m53.6s
02:1055°37.0'N138°16.9'E54°30.6'N139°06.0'E55°03.8'N138°41.7'E 1.025 39° 167° 129 km 01m53.1s
02:1256°09.3'N139°30.9'E55°02.1'N140°17.5'E55°35.7'N139°54.4'E 1.025 38° 170° 129 km 01m52.5s
02:1456°41.8'N140°47.2'E55°33.8'N141°31.2'E56°07.8'N141°09.4'E 1.025 38° 172° 128 km 01m51.9s
02:1657°14.4'N142°06.2'E56°05.7'N142°47.4'E56°40.0'N142°27.0'E 1.025 38° 174° 127 km 01m51.2s
02:1857°47.1'N143°28.1'E56°37.7'N144°06.2'E57°12.4'N143°47.3'E 1.025 37° 177° 127 km 01m50.3s
02:2058°20.0'N144°53.3'E57°09.9'N145°27.9'E57°44.9'N145°10.7'E 1.025 37° 179° 126 km 01m49.4s
02:2258°53.0'N146°22.0'E57°42.2'N146°52.9'E58°17.6'N146°37.5'E 1.025 36° 181° 125 km 01m48.4s
02:2459°26.2'N147°54.6'E58°14.7'N148°21.4'E58°50.4'N148°08.0'E 1.025 35° 184° 124 km 01m47.4s
02:2659°59.5'N149°31.5'E58°47.3'N149°53.9'E59°23.3'N149°42.7'E 1.024 35° 186° 123 km 01m46.2s
02:2860°33.0'N151°13.4'E59°20.1'N151°30.8'E59°56.4'N151°22.0'E 1.024 34° 189° 122 km 01m44.9s
02:3061°06.5'N153°00.6'E59°53.0'N153°12.6'E60°29.7'N153°06.4'E 1.024 33° 192° 121 km 01m43.6s
02:3261°40.2'N154°53.8'E60°26.0'N154°59.7'E61°03.0'N154°56.5'E 1.024 33° 194° 120 km 01m42.1s
02:3462°13.8'N156°53.7'E60°59.1'N156°53.0'E61°36.4'N156°53.0'E 1.024 32° 197° 119 km 01m40.6s
02:3662°47.6'N159°01.3'E61°32.3'N158°53.0'E62°09.8'N158°56.7'E 1.023 31° 200° 118 km 01m38.9s
02:3863°21.2'N161°17.5'E62°05.6'N161°00.7'E62°43.3'N161°08.6'E 1.023 30° 203° 117 km 01m37.1s
02:4063°54.8'N163°43.5'E62°38.8'N163°17.1'E63°16.7'N163°29.6'E 1.023 29° 206° 116 km 01m35.2s
02:4264°28.3'N166°20.8'E63°12.0'N165°43.5'E63°50.0'N166°01.3'E 1.023 28° 209° 115 km 01m33.2s
02:4465°01.4'N169°11.1'E63°45.0'N168°21.4'E64°23.1'N168°45.1'E 1.022 26° 212° 113 km 01m31.0s
02:4665°34.1'N172°16.7'E64°17.8'N171°12.6'E64°55.9'N171°43.3'E 1.022 25° 216° 112 km 01m28.7s
02:4866°06.2'N175°40.5'E64°50.2'N174°19.7'E65°28.1'N174°58.4'E 1.022 24° 220° 110 km 01m26.2s
02:5066°37.4'N179°26.1'E65°22.0'N177°45.6'E65°59.7'N178°33.8'E 1.021 22° 224° 109 km 01m23.6s
02:5267°07.2'N176°21.2'W65°52.9'N178°25.4'W66°30.1'N177°25.9'W 1.021 21° 228° 107 km 01m20.7s
02:5467°35.1'N171°34.2'W66°22.6'N174°07.4'W66°58.9'N172°54.0'W 1.020 19° 233° 105 km 01m17.5s
02:5668°00.0'N166°01.1'W66°50.2'N169°11.6'W67°25.4'N167°40.6'W 1.020 17° 239° 102 km 01m14.0s
02:5868°20.3'N159°21.8'W67°14.8'N163°23.3'W67°48.0'N161°28.3'W 1.019 14° 245° 99 km 01m09.9s
03:0068°31.9'N150°51.8'W67°34.2'N156°14.3'W68°03.9'N153°42.3'W 1.018 11° 253° 95 km 01m05.1s
03:0268°20.7'N137°45.9'W67°42.6'N146°29.9'W68°04.6'N142°36.3'W 1.017 264° 90 km 00m58.5s
Limits67°33.2'N124°07.2'W66°52.1'N124°43.5'W67°12.6'N124°25.6'W 1.015 - 80 km 00m48.4s

ΔT = 879.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:10:09.101:55:29.951°16.6'N127°05.3'E 39.8° 151.8° 133.4 km01m54.74s
Greatest Duration02:11:42.701:57:03.651°40.7'N131°33.7'E 39.8° 153.4° 133.1 km01m54.77s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2424 Mar 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2424 Mar 31 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 879.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 226.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.95°.

Acknowledgments

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

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