Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2956 Mar 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2956 Mar 03 . 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 2956 Mar 03
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°49.2'S167°16.1'E77°53.3'S158°47.4'E76°21.1'S163°30.2'E 0.933 - 407 km 04m21.9s
17:2876°34.6'S141°25.0'W - - 78°34.3'S160°49.0'W 0.935 83° 378 km 04m29.1s
17:3075°52.4'S130°58.3'W80°06.1'S171°43.9'W78°16.1'S142°36.4'W 0.936 12° 64° 366 km 04m32.6s
17:3275°00.8'S122°54.5'W80°05.4'S145°45.2'W77°28.2'S130°06.1'W 0.936 14° 51° 356 km 04m35.2s
17:3474°04.8'S116°28.5'W79°12.3'S129°46.1'W76°29.1'S120°54.5'W 0.937 17° 42° 349 km 04m37.4s
17:3673°06.8'S111°12.9'W78°04.2'S118°52.1'W75°25.7'S113°51.3'W 0.937 19° 34° 343 km 04m39.3s
17:3872°08.2'S106°49.4'W76°51.8'S110°58.3'W74°21.0'S108°15.6'W 0.938 20° 28° 338 km 04m41.0s
17:4071°09.6'S103°05.6'W75°38.9'S104°58.3'W73°16.3'S103°41.9'W 0.938 22° 23° 334 km 04m42.5s
17:4270°11.6'S099°52.6'W74°27.2'S100°13.9'W72°12.3'S099°53.7'W 0.939 23° 18° 330 km 04m43.9s
17:4469°14.2'S097°04.1'W73°17.2'S096°22.2'W71°09.5'S096°39.9'W 0.939 25° 15° 326 km 04m45.2s
17:4668°17.7'S094°35.4'W72°09.1'S093°08.9'W70°08.0'S093°52.5'W 0.939 26° 11° 323 km 04m46.4s
17:4867°22.1'S092°22.8'W71°03.0'S090°24.2'W69°07.7'S091°26.1'W 0.940 27° 321 km 04m47.5s
17:5066°27.4'S090°23.6'W69°58.6'S088°01.7'W68°08.7'S089°16.6'W 0.940 28° 318 km 04m48.5s
17:5265°33.6'S088°35.6'W68°56.1'S085°56.5'W67°11.0'S087°20.8'W 0.940 29° 316 km 04m49.4s
17:5464°40.6'S086°57.2'W67°55.1'S084°05.3'W66°14.4'S085°36.4'W 0.940 30° 360° 314 km 04m50.3s
17:5663°48.5'S085°26.9'W66°55.7'S082°25.5'W65°18.9'S084°01.6'W 0.941 31° 357° 313 km 04m51.1s
17:5862°57.2'S084°03.7'W65°57.6'S080°55.2'W64°24.6'S082°34.8'W 0.941 32° 355° 311 km 04m51.8s
18:0062°06.7'S082°46.5'W65°00.9'S079°32.7'W63°31.2'S081°15.0'W 0.941 33° 353° 310 km 04m52.5s
18:0261°16.9'S081°34.6'W64°05.4'S078°17.0'W62°38.7'S080°01.1'W 0.941 33° 351° 309 km 04m53.1s
18:0460°27.8'S080°27.4'W63°11.0'S077°06.9'W61°47.2'S078°52.4'W 0.941 34° 349° 308 km 04m53.7s
18:0659°39.4'S079°24.4'W62°17.7'S076°01.8'W60°56.5'S077°48.1'W 0.941 35° 347° 308 km 04m54.2s
18:0858°51.7'S078°24.9'W61°25.3'S075°01.0'W60°06.5'S076°47.9'W 0.942 35° 345° 307 km 04m54.7s
18:1058°04.5'S077°28.8'W60°33.9'S074°03.8'W59°17.4'S075°51.1'W 0.942 36° 343° 307 km 04m55.1s
18:1257°17.9'S076°35.5'W59°43.3'S073°10.0'W58°28.9'S074°57.3'W 0.942 37° 341° 307 km 04m55.5s
18:1456°31.8'S075°44.8'W58°53.5'S072°19.0'W57°41.0'S074°06.3'W 0.942 37° 339° 307 km 04m55.9s
18:1655°46.3'S074°56.4'W58°04.4'S071°30.5'W56°53.8'S073°17.8'W 0.942 38° 337° 307 km 04m56.2s
18:1855°01.2'S074°10.0'W57°16.1'S070°44.2'W56°07.2'S072°31.3'W 0.942 38° 335° 307 km 04m56.4s
18:2054°16.6'S073°25.6'W56°28.4'S069°59.9'W55°21.2'S071°46.9'W 0.942 38° 334° 307 km 04m56.7s
18:2253°32.5'S072°42.8'W55°41.3'S069°17.4'W54°35.6'S071°04.1'W 0.942 39° 332° 308 km 04m56.9s
18:2452°48.8'S072°01.6'W54°54.8'S068°36.5'W53°50.6'S070°22.9'W 0.942 39° 330° 308 km 04m57.0s
18:2652°05.4'S071°21.7'W54°08.9'S067°56.9'W53°06.0'S069°43.1'W 0.943 39° 328° 309 km 04m57.1s
18:2851°22.5'S070°43.0'W53°23.5'S067°18.5'W52°21.8'S069°04.4'W 0.943 40° 327° 310 km 04m57.2s
18:3050°39.8'S070°05.4'W52°38.6'S066°41.2'W51°38.1'S068°26.9'W 0.943 40° 325° 311 km 04m57.3s
18:3249°57.6'S069°28.8'W51°54.1'S066°04.9'W50°54.8'S067°50.4'W 0.943 40° 323° 312 km 04m57.3s
18:3449°15.6'S068°53.0'W51°10.1'S065°29.4'W50°11.8'S067°14.7'W 0.943 40° 321° 313 km 04m57.3s
18:3648°33.9'S068°18.0'W50°26.4'S064°54.6'W49°29.2'S066°39.7'W 0.943 40° 320° 314 km 04m57.3s
18:3847°52.6'S067°43.7'W49°43.2'S064°20.4'W48°46.9'S066°05.4'W 0.943 40° 318° 316 km 04m57.2s
18:4047°11.5'S067°09.9'W49°00.3'S063°46.7'W48°04.9'S065°31.6'W 0.943 40° 317° 317 km 04m57.1s
18:4246°30.6'S066°36.7'W48°17.8'S063°13.4'W47°23.3'S064°58.3'W 0.943 40° 315° 319 km 04m56.9s
18:4445°50.0'S066°03.9'W47°35.6'S062°40.5'W46°41.9'S064°25.4'W 0.943 40° 313° 321 km 04m56.8s
18:4645°09.6'S065°31.4'W46°53.7'S062°07.8'W46°00.7'S063°52.8'W 0.943 40° 312° 323 km 04m56.6s
18:4844°29.4'S064°59.1'W46°12.0'S061°35.3'W45°19.9'S063°20.4'W 0.943 40° 310° 325 km 04m56.4s
18:5043°49.4'S064°27.1'W45°30.7'S061°02.9'W44°39.2'S062°48.2'W 0.943 40° 309° 327 km 04m56.1s
18:5243°09.6'S063°55.1'W44°49.5'S060°30.5'W43°58.7'S062°16.0'W 0.943 40° 307° 329 km 04m55.8s
18:5442°29.9'S063°23.3'W44°08.7'S059°58.0'W43°18.5'S061°43.8'W 0.943 40° 305° 331 km 04m55.5s
18:5641°50.4'S062°51.4'W43°28.0'S059°25.4'W42°38.4'S061°11.6'W 0.943 39° 304° 334 km 04m55.2s
18:5841°11.0'S062°19.4'W42°47.5'S058°52.5'W41°58.5'S060°39.2'W 0.943 39° 302° 336 km 04m54.8s
19:0040°31.8'S061°47.3'W42°07.2'S058°19.4'W41°18.7'S060°06.5'W 0.943 39° 301° 339 km 04m54.4s
19:0239°52.7'S061°14.9'W41°27.0'S057°45.8'W40°39.1'S059°33.6'W 0.943 38° 300° 342 km 04m54.0s
19:0439°13.6'S060°42.2'W40°47.1'S057°11.8'W39°59.6'S059°00.3'W 0.942 38° 298° 344 km 04m53.5s
19:0638°34.7'S060°09.2'W40°07.2'S056°37.3'W39°20.2'S058°26.5'W 0.942 38° 297° 347 km 04m53.0s
19:0837°55.8'S059°35.7'W39°27.4'S056°02.0'W38°40.9'S057°52.2'W 0.942 37° 295° 350 km 04m52.5s
19:1037°17.0'S059°01.6'W38°47.8'S055°26.1'W38°01.7'S057°17.3'W 0.942 37° 294° 353 km 04m51.9s
19:1236°38.2'S058°26.9'W38°08.2'S054°49.2'W37°22.5'S056°41.6'W 0.942 36° 293° 356 km 04m51.3s
19:1435°59.5'S057°51.5'W37°28.6'S054°11.4'W36°43.4'S056°05.0'W 0.942 35° 291° 360 km 04m50.7s
19:1635°20.7'S057°15.3'W36°49.1'S053°32.4'W36°04.3'S055°27.5'W 0.942 35° 290° 363 km 04m50.1s
19:1834°42.0'S056°38.1'W36°09.6'S052°52.1'W35°25.1'S054°49.0'W 0.942 34° 289° 366 km 04m49.4s
19:2034°03.2'S055°59.8'W35°30.1'S052°10.5'W34°46.0'S054°09.1'W 0.942 33° 287° 369 km 04m48.6s
19:2233°24.3'S055°20.4'W34°50.6'S051°27.2'W34°06.8'S053°27.9'W 0.941 33° 286° 373 km 04m47.9s
19:2432°45.4'S054°39.6'W34°11.0'S050°42.0'W33°27.6'S052°45.2'W 0.941 32° 285° 376 km 04m47.1s
19:2632°06.4'S053°57.3'W33°31.3'S049°54.8'W32°48.2'S052°00.6'W 0.941 31° 284° 379 km 04m46.2s
19:2831°27.2'S053°13.2'W32°51.4'S049°05.2'W32°08.8'S051°14.1'W 0.941 30° 282° 382 km 04m45.3s
19:3030°47.9'S052°27.3'W32°11.4'S048°12.8'W31°29.1'S050°25.3'W 0.941 29° 281° 385 km 04m44.4s
19:3230°08.4'S051°39.1'W31°31.1'S047°17.3'W30°49.3'S049°33.9'W 0.940 28° 280° 388 km 04m43.4s
19:3429°28.7'S050°48.4'W30°50.6'S046°18.2'W30°09.2'S048°39.5'W 0.940 27° 279° 391 km 04m42.3s
19:3628°48.7'S049°54.9'W30°09.6'S045°14.6'W29°28.7'S047°41.6'W 0.940 26° 278° 394 km 04m41.2s
19:3828°08.3'S048°58.0'W29°28.2'S044°05.9'W28°47.9'S046°39.6'W 0.940 25° 277° 396 km 04m40.0s
19:4027°27.5'S047°57.1'W28°46.2'S042°50.7'W28°06.6'S045°32.7'W 0.939 23° 275° 398 km 04m38.8s
19:4226°46.2'S046°51.7'W28°03.4'S041°27.5'W27°24.7'S044°19.9'W 0.939 22° 274° 400 km 04m37.4s
19:4426°04.3'S045°40.7'W27°19.6'S039°53.8'W26°42.0'S042°59.8'W 0.939 20° 273° 402 km 04m35.9s
19:4625°21.6'S044°22.8'W26°34.2'S038°05.6'W25°58.2'S041°30.2'W 0.938 19° 272° 403 km 04m34.3s
19:4824°37.8'S042°56.1'W25°46.6'S035°55.9'W25°13.1'S039°47.9'W 0.938 17° 271° 404 km 04m32.5s
19:5023°52.7'S041°17.9'W24°55.1'S033°08.8'W24°25.9'S037°47.3'W 0.937 14° 269° 404 km 04m30.5s
19:5223°05.7'S039°23.6'W23°53.5'S028°47.4'W23°35.4'S035°17.3'W 0.936 12° 268° 404 km 04m28.1s
19:5422°15.7'S037°04.4'W - - 22°38.1'S031°46.9'W 0.935 266° 403 km 04m24.9s
Limits19°34.8'S024°42.6'W23°01.1'S022°54.3'W21°16.1'S023°50.0'W 0.933 - 399 km 04m18.5s

ΔT = 3916.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:46:00.118:40:43.747°49.7'S081°41.2'W 40.3° 315.9° 318.0 km04m57.03s
Greatest Duration19:37:38.318:32:22.050°46.9'S067°43.8'W 40.0° 322.9° 312.2 km04m57.31s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2956 Mar 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2956 Mar 03 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 3916.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 860.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.59°.

Acknowledgments

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

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