Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2880 Mar 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2880 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 2880 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
Limits74°58.4'S175°10.2'E77°11.8'S177°46.2'E76°04.7'S176°19.4'E 0.952 - 257 km 03m13.8s
19:3870°39.7'S157°14.6'W - - 73°51.5'S166°24.3'W 0.953 53° 244 km 03m15.6s
19:4068°32.4'S149°44.9'W74°07.1'S160°46.9'W70°53.9'S153°08.5'W 0.955 10° 40° 231 km 03m17.4s
19:4266°45.2'S144°41.4'W71°09.5'S149°16.1'W68°44.8'S146°21.2'W 0.956 13° 33° 224 km 03m18.7s
19:4465°10.0'S140°51.6'W68°58.1'S143°04.1'W66°55.9'S141°41.5'W 0.956 16° 28° 218 km 03m19.6s
19:4663°43.3'S137°46.9'W67°07.2'S138°45.5'W65°19.2'S138°08.0'W 0.957 18° 24° 214 km 03m20.5s
19:4862°22.8'S135°12.6'W65°29.0'S135°27.1'W63°51.2'S135°15.5'W 0.957 20° 20° 210 km 03m21.2s
19:5061°07.4'S133°00.3'W63°59.7'S132°46.1'W62°29.7'S132°51.0'W 0.958 22° 17° 207 km 03m21.9s
19:5259°56.1'S131°04.6'W62°37.2'S130°30.8'W61°13.4'S130°46.6'W 0.958 23° 15° 204 km 03m22.5s
19:5458°48.3'S129°21.9'W61°20.0'S128°34.1'W60°01.4'S128°57.6'W 0.958 25° 12° 202 km 03m23.0s
19:5657°43.5'S127°49.5'W60°07.2'S126°51.5'W58°52.9'S127°20.6'W 0.959 26° 10° 200 km 03m23.6s
19:5856°41.2'S126°25.7'W58°58.1'S125°20.0'W57°47.5'S125°53.2'W 0.959 27° 198 km 03m24.1s
20:0055°41.2'S125°08.9'W57°52.2'S123°57.3'W56°44.8'S124°33.7'W 0.959 28° 197 km 03m24.5s
20:0254°43.3'S123°58.1'W56°48.9'S122°42.0'W55°44.4'S123°20.7'W 0.959 29° 195 km 03m25.0s
20:0453°47.2'S122°52.3'W55°48.1'S121°32.7'W54°46.0'S122°13.3'W 0.960 30° 194 km 03m25.4s
20:0652°52.7'S121°50.9'W54°49.5'S120°28.5'W53°49.6'S121°10.6'W 0.960 31° 193 km 03m25.8s
20:0851°59.7'S120°53.3'W53°52.7'S119°28.7'W52°54.8'S120°11.9'W 0.960 32° 359° 193 km 03m26.2s
20:1051°08.1'S119°59.1'W52°57.7'S118°32.7'W52°01.6'S119°16.8'W 0.960 33° 357° 192 km 03m26.6s
20:1250°17.8'S119°07.7'W52°04.3'S117°39.9'W51°09.8'S118°24.7'W 0.960 34° 356° 191 km 03m26.9s
20:1449°28.6'S118°18.9'W51°12.3'S116°49.9'W50°19.3'S117°35.4'W 0.961 35° 354° 191 km 03m27.2s
20:1648°40.5'S117°32.4'W50°21.7'S116°02.5'W49°30.0'S116°48.4'W 0.961 35° 352° 191 km 03m27.6s
20:1847°53.5'S116°47.9'W49°32.3'S115°17.2'W48°41.8'S116°03.5'W 0.961 36° 351° 190 km 03m27.9s
20:2047°07.4'S116°05.3'W48°44.0'S114°33.9'W47°54.7'S115°20.5'W 0.961 37° 349° 190 km 03m28.2s
20:2246°22.1'S115°24.2'W47°56.8'S113°52.2'W47°08.5'S114°39.1'W 0.961 37° 347° 190 km 03m28.4s
20:2445°37.7'S114°44.6'W47°10.5'S113°12.2'W46°23.2'S113°59.3'W 0.961 38° 346° 190 km 03m28.7s
20:2644°54.1'S114°06.3'W46°25.2'S112°33.4'W45°38.8'S113°20.7'W 0.961 38° 344° 190 km 03m29.0s
20:2844°11.3'S113°29.1'W45°40.8'S111°55.9'W44°55.2'S112°43.4'W 0.961 39° 343° 191 km 03m29.2s
20:3043°29.1'S112°53.0'W44°57.2'S111°19.4'W44°12.4'S112°07.0'W 0.962 39° 341° 191 km 03m29.5s
20:3242°47.6'S112°17.8'W44°14.4'S110°43.9'W43°30.2'S111°31.7'W 0.962 40° 340° 192 km 03m29.7s
20:3442°06.8'S111°43.4'W43°32.4'S110°09.2'W42°48.8'S110°57.1'W 0.962 40° 338° 192 km 03m29.9s
20:3641°26.5'S111°09.7'W42°51.0'S109°35.2'W42°08.0'S110°23.3'W 0.962 40° 336° 193 km 03m30.1s
20:3840°46.9'S110°36.7'W42°10.3'S109°01.9'W41°27.9'S109°50.1'W 0.962 41° 335° 193 km 03m30.3s
20:4040°07.8'S110°04.2'W41°30.2'S108°29.1'W40°48.3'S109°17.5'W 0.962 41° 333° 194 km 03m30.5s
20:4239°29.2'S109°32.2'W40°50.8'S107°56.8'W40°09.3'S108°45.3'W 0.962 41° 332° 195 km 03m30.7s
20:4438°51.1'S109°00.6'W40°11.9'S107°24.8'W39°30.8'S108°13.6'W 0.962 41° 330° 196 km 03m30.8s
20:4638°13.5'S108°29.4'W39°33.6'S106°53.3'W38°52.9'S107°42.2'W 0.962 41° 329° 197 km 03m31.0s
20:4837°36.4'S107°58.5'W38°55.9'S106°21.9'W38°15.5'S107°11.0'W 0.962 42° 327° 198 km 03m31.2s
20:5036°59.8'S107°27.7'W38°18.7'S105°50.8'W37°38.5'S106°40.1'W 0.962 42° 326° 199 km 03m31.3s
20:5236°23.6'S106°57.2'W37°41.9'S105°19.8'W37°02.1'S106°09.3'W 0.962 42° 324° 201 km 03m31.4s
20:5435°47.8'S106°26.7'W37°05.7'S104°48.8'W36°26.1'S105°38.6'W 0.962 42° 323° 202 km 03m31.6s
20:5635°12.4'S105°56.3'W36°29.9'S104°17.9'W35°50.5'S105°07.9'W 0.962 42° 321° 203 km 03m31.7s
20:5834°37.4'S105°25.9'W35°54.6'S103°46.9'W35°15.3'S104°37.2'W 0.962 42° 320° 205 km 03m31.8s
21:0034°02.8'S104°55.4'W35°19.7'S103°15.8'W34°40.6'S104°06.4'W 0.962 41° 318° 206 km 03m31.9s
21:0233°28.6'S104°24.8'W34°45.2'S102°44.5'W34°06.3'S103°35.5'W 0.962 41° 317° 208 km 03m31.9s
21:0432°54.8'S103°54.0'W34°11.2'S102°13.0'W33°32.3'S103°04.4'W 0.962 41° 315° 210 km 03m32.0s
21:0632°21.3'S103°23.0'W33°37.6'S101°41.2'W32°58.8'S102°33.0'W 0.962 41° 314° 212 km 03m32.0s
21:0831°48.2'S102°51.7'W33°04.3'S101°09.0'W32°25.6'S102°01.3'W 0.962 41° 313° 213 km 03m32.1s
21:1031°15.4'S102°20.0'W32°31.5'S100°36.5'W31°52.8'S101°29.2'W 0.962 40° 311° 215 km 03m32.1s
21:1230°42.9'S101°48.0'W31°59.1'S100°03.4'W31°20.4'S100°56.6'W 0.961 40° 310° 217 km 03m32.1s
21:1430°10.8'S101°15.5'W31°27.0'S099°29.8'W30°48.3'S100°23.6'W 0.961 40° 308° 219 km 03m32.1s
21:1629°39.0'S100°42.4'W30°55.3'S098°55.6'W30°16.5'S099°50.0'W 0.961 39° 307° 221 km 03m32.1s
21:1829°07.6'S100°08.8'W30°24.0'S098°20.7'W29°45.2'S099°15.8'W 0.961 39° 306° 223 km 03m32.1s
21:2028°36.5'S099°34.4'W29°53.1'S097°45.0'W29°14.1'S098°40.8'W 0.961 38° 304° 225 km 03m32.0s
21:2228°05.6'S098°59.4'W29°22.5'S097°08.4'W28°43.4'S098°05.0'W 0.961 38° 303° 227 km 03m32.0s
21:2427°35.2'S098°23.5'W28°52.3'S096°30.9'W28°13.1'S097°28.3'W 0.961 37° 302° 229 km 03m31.9s
21:2627°05.0'S097°46.6'W28°22.5'S095°52.3'W27°43.1'S096°50.6'W 0.961 37° 301° 231 km 03m31.8s
21:2826°35.1'S097°08.8'W27°53.1'S095°12.5'W27°13.4'S096°11.9'W 0.960 36° 299° 233 km 03m31.7s
21:3026°05.6'S096°29.8'W27°24.0'S094°31.3'W26°44.1'S095°31.9'W 0.960 35° 298° 235 km 03m31.5s
21:3225°36.4'S095°49.6'W26°55.3'S093°48.8'W26°15.1'S094°50.5'W 0.960 35° 297° 237 km 03m31.3s
21:3425°07.5'S095°07.9'W26°27.0'S093°04.5'W25°46.5'S094°07.7'W 0.960 34° 296° 239 km 03m31.2s
21:3624°39.0'S094°24.8'W25°59.1'S092°18.5'W25°18.3'S093°23.1'W 0.960 33° 295° 241 km 03m30.9s
21:3824°10.8'S093°39.9'W25°31.7'S091°30.4'W24°50.5'S092°36.8'W 0.960 32° 294° 243 km 03m30.7s
21:4023°42.9'S092°53.1'W25°04.6'S090°40.0'W24°23.0'S091°48.3'W 0.959 31° 293° 244 km 03m30.4s
21:4223°15.4'S092°04.2'W24°38.0'S089°47.1'W23°55.9'S090°57.5'W 0.959 30° 292° 246 km 03m30.1s
21:4422°48.3'S091°12.9'W24°12.0'S088°51.2'W23°29.3'S090°04.0'W 0.959 29° 290° 247 km 03m29.8s
21:4622°21.7'S090°18.8'W23°46.4'S087°51.8'W23°03.2'S089°07.6'W 0.959 28° 289° 249 km 03m29.4s
21:4821°55.4'S089°21.7'W23°21.4'S086°48.6'W22°37.5'S088°07.6'W 0.958 27° 288° 250 km 03m29.0s
21:5021°29.6'S088°21.0'W22°57.0'S085°40.7'W22°12.4'S087°03.6'W 0.958 26° 287° 251 km 03m28.6s
21:5221°04.4'S087°16.1'W22°33.4'S084°27.2'W21°47.9'S085°54.9'W 0.958 24° 286° 253 km 03m28.1s
21:5420°39.7'S086°06.3'W22°10.5'S083°07.0'W21°24.0'S084°40.4'W 0.957 23° 285° 254 km 03m27.5s
21:5620°15.6'S084°50.6'W21°48.7'S081°38.2'W21°00.9'S083°19.0'W 0.957 21° 284° 254 km 03m26.9s
21:5819°52.3'S083°27.6'W21°28.0'S079°58.3'W20°38.8'S081°48.7'W 0.956 20° 283° 255 km 03m26.2s
22:0019°29.9'S081°55.4'W21°09.0'S078°02.9'W20°17.9'S080°06.8'W 0.956 18° 282° 256 km 03m25.4s
22:0219°08.7'S080°11.0'W20°52.3'S075°44.2'W19°58.5'S078°08.7'W 0.955 16° 281° 256 km 03m24.4s
22:0418°49.0'S078°09.5'W20°39.6'S072°44.0'W19°41.5'S075°45.9'W 0.955 13° 280° 257 km 03m23.3s
22:0618°31.6'S075°41.2'W20°37.7'S067°48.2'W19°28.5'S072°38.0'W 0.954 10° 279° 258 km 03m21.9s
22:0818°18.5'S072°22.0'W - - 19°27.9'S067°07.9'W 0.952 277° 259 km 03m19.4s
Limits18°31.2'S063°18.8'W20°56.6'S062°40.3'W19°43.1'S063°00.0'W 0.951 - 261 km 03m17.7s

ΔT = 3345.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:48:24.120:52:38.436°50.5'S119°58.2'W 41.6° 323.8° 201.1 km03m31.47s
Greatest Duration22:08:38.521:12:52.831°06.2'S100°42.2'W 39.9° 309.2° 217.9 km03m32.13s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2880 Mar 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2880 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 3345.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 749.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.13°.

Acknowledgments

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

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