Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2687 Mar 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2687 Mar 06 . 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 2687 Mar 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits81°25.4'S044°26.7'E83°01.4'S029°29.1'E82°15.5'S037°52.6'E 1.031 - 287 km 01m36.5s
00:2684°08.3'S128°26.1'E - - 85°46.9'S093°59.2'E 1.033 83° 294 km 01m47.6s
00:2883°05.2'S147°14.9'E87°01.3'S083°59.9'E85°21.1'S133°25.7'E 1.034 43° 297 km 01m52.9s
00:3081°52.9'S159°09.3'E86°37.5'S140°34.4'E84°06.3'S154°36.1'E 1.034 11° 21° 299 km 01m56.9s
00:3280°40.0'S167°22.0'E85°06.3'S164°36.3'E82°44.4'S166°38.0'E 1.035 13° 301 km 02m00.1s
00:3479°29.0'S173°27.5'E83°32.8'S175°59.8'E81°24.4'S174°27.5'E 1.035 14° 360° 302 km 02m02.9s
00:3678°20.5'S178°14.4'E82°05.1'S177°06.4'W80°08.1'S179°54.3'W 1.036 16° 353° 304 km 02m05.3s
00:3877°14.7'S177°50.9'W80°43.3'S172°15.7'W78°55.5'S175°32.6'W 1.036 17° 348° 306 km 02m07.4s
00:4076°11.3'S174°32.5'W79°26.4'S168°32.1'W77°46.2'S171°59.6'W 1.036 18° 344° 307 km 02m09.3s
00:4275°10.0'S171°40.4'W78°13.9'S165°29.5'W76°40.0'S168°59.7'W 1.036 18° 340° 309 km 02m11.0s
00:4474°10.8'S169°08.1'W77°04.8'S162°54.1'W75°36.3'S166°23.3'W 1.037 19° 337° 311 km 02m12.4s
00:4673°13.4'S166°51.1'W75°58.8'S160°37.8'W74°35.0'S164°04.4'W 1.037 20° 334° 313 km 02m13.7s
00:4872°17.7'S164°46.0'W74°55.4'S158°35.4'W73°35.7'S161°58.7'W 1.037 20° 331° 315 km 02m14.8s
00:5071°23.3'S162°50.4'W73°54.3'S156°43.5'W72°38.2'S160°03.3'W 1.037 21° 328° 316 km 02m15.8s
00:5270°30.3'S161°02.6'W72°55.0'S154°59.7'W71°42.2'S158°16.1'W 1.037 21° 325° 318 km 02m16.6s
00:5469°38.5'S159°21.0'W71°57.5'S153°22.2'W70°47.7'S156°35.3'W 1.037 21° 323° 320 km 02m17.3s
00:5668°47.7'S157°44.5'W71°01.5'S151°49.6'W69°54.5'S154°59.8'W 1.037 22° 321° 322 km 02m17.8s
00:5867°57.9'S156°12.2'W70°06.9'S150°20.9'W69°02.4'S153°28.4'W 1.037 22° 318° 324 km 02m18.2s
01:0067°09.0'S154°43.3'W69°13.5'S148°55.2'W68°11.3'S152°00.3'W 1.037 22° 316° 326 km 02m18.5s
01:0266°20.9'S153°17.2'W68°21.1'S147°31.8'W67°21.2'S150°34.9'W 1.037 22° 314° 329 km 02m18.6s
01:0465°33.6'S151°53.2'W67°29.6'S146°10.0'W66°31.8'S149°11.5'W 1.037 22° 312° 331 km 02m18.6s
01:0664°46.8'S150°30.9'W66°39.0'S144°49.4'W65°43.2'S147°49.6'W 1.037 22° 309° 333 km 02m18.5s
01:0864°00.7'S149°09.7'W65°49.1'S143°29.4'W64°55.3'S146°28.7'W 1.037 22° 307° 335 km 02m18.2s
01:1063°15.0'S147°49.3'W64°59.9'S142°09.6'W64°07.9'S145°08.2'W 1.037 22° 305° 337 km 02m17.8s
01:1262°29.8'S146°29.2'W64°11.2'S140°49.3'W63°21.0'S143°47.8'W 1.037 22° 303° 338 km 02m17.3s
01:1461°45.0'S145°08.9'W63°22.9'S139°28.3'W62°34.6'S142°27.0'W 1.037 21° 301° 340 km 02m16.6s
01:1661°00.6'S143°48.2'W62°35.1'S138°06.0'W61°48.5'S141°05.4'W 1.037 21° 299° 342 km 02m15.8s
01:1860°16.4'S142°26.5'W61°47.5'S136°41.7'W61°02.7'S139°42.4'W 1.037 20° 297° 343 km 02m14.8s
01:2059°32.4'S141°03.3'W61°00.1'S135°14.9'W60°17.0'S138°17.5'W 1.037 20° 295° 344 km 02m13.7s
01:2258°48.5'S139°38.2'W60°12.7'S133°44.9'W59°31.5'S136°50.1'W 1.037 19° 293° 345 km 02m12.5s
01:2458°04.7'S138°10.5'W59°25.4'S132°10.6'W58°46.0'S135°19.4'W 1.036 19° 291° 346 km 02m11.0s
01:2657°20.9'S136°39.4'W58°37.8'S130°31.0'W58°00.5'S133°44.5'W 1.036 18° 288° 345 km 02m09.4s
01:2856°36.9'S135°04.1'W57°49.8'S128°44.5'W57°14.6'S132°04.4'W 1.036 17° 286° 345 km 02m07.6s
01:3055°52.7'S133°23.5'W57°01.1'S126°48.9'W56°28.4'S130°17.4'W 1.035 16° 284° 344 km 02m05.5s
01:3255°08.0'S131°35.9'W56°11.5'S124°40.9'W55°41.5'S128°21.4'W 1.035 15° 282° 341 km 02m03.2s
01:3454°22.7'S129°39.3'W55°20.2'S122°15.2'W54°53.6'S126°13.2'W 1.035 14° 279° 338 km 02m00.5s
01:3653°36.3'S127°30.5'W54°26.1'S119°21.6'W54°04.1'S123°47.7'W 1.034 12° 277° 333 km 01m57.4s
01:3852°48.4'S125°04.2'W53°26.6'S115°35.4'W53°12.0'S120°55.0'W 1.034 10° 274° 326 km 01m53.7s
01:4051°58.0'S122°10.6'W52°07.8'S108°49.2'W52°14.9'S117°11.9'W 1.033 270° 316 km 01m49.0s
01:4251°02.7'S118°26.4'W - - 51°01.4'S110°49.6'W 1.031 265° 297 km 01m41.3s
Limits49°13.1'S106°43.1'W51°38.2'S105°04.5'W50°23.8'S105°55.7'W 1.030 - 282 km 01m35.9s

ΔT = 2100.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:38:10.401:03:10.166°52.2'S158°32.5'W 22.2° 312.4° 329.7 km02m18.61s
Greatest Duration01:37:57.201:02:56.866°57.7'S149°55.2'W 22.2° 312.7° 329.5 km02m18.61s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2687 Mar 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2687 Mar 06 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 2100.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 498.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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