Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0059 Mar 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0059 Mar 16 . 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 -0059 Mar 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits28°08.2'N134°58.0'W23°39.1'N133°20.4'W25°49.9'N134°07.2'W 0.925 - 485 km 05m22.9s
15:12 - - 24°08.2'N122°09.8'W25°46.6'N132°35.5'W 0.925 94° 487 km 05m24.9s
15:14 - - 24°32.9'N119°41.8'W25°57.8'N125°39.3'W 0.927 97° 497 km 05m35.0s
15:1628°02.9'N132°36.0'W24°59.0'N117°42.8'W26°19.7'N122°30.4'W 0.928 11° 99° 503 km 05m40.1s
15:1828°13.9'N126°23.0'W25°26.0'N116°01.7'W26°44.2'N120°11.0'W 0.928 14° 100° 507 km 05m44.0s
15:2028°35.3'N123°19.4'W25°53.6'N114°33.1'W27°10.1'N118°17.3'W 0.929 16° 101° 510 km 05m47.4s
15:2228°59.4'N121°02.9'W26°21.8'N113°13.8'W27°36.9'N116°39.9'W 0.929 17° 103° 512 km 05m50.3s
15:2429°25.0'N119°11.3'W26°50.4'N112°01.8'W28°04.4'N115°14.2'W 0.929 19° 104° 513 km 05m52.9s
15:2629°51.8'N117°35.6'W27°19.4'N110°55.7'W28°32.6'N113°57.3'W 0.930 20° 105° 513 km 05m55.3s
15:2830°19.3'N116°11.3'W27°48.9'N109°54.5'W29°01.3'N112°47.3'W 0.930 22° 106° 513 km 05m57.4s
15:3030°47.6'N114°55.6'W28°18.7'N108°57.3'W29°30.5'N111°42.9'W 0.930 23° 107° 512 km 05m59.4s
15:3231°16.4'N113°46.6'W28°48.8'N108°03.7'W30°00.1'N110°43.1'W 0.931 24° 108° 511 km 06m01.3s
15:3431°45.8'N112°43.1'W29°19.2'N107°13.1'W30°30.1'N109°47.2'W 0.931 25° 109° 509 km 06m03.0s
15:3632°15.6'N111°44.2'W29°50.0'N106°25.2'W31°00.4'N108°54.7'W 0.931 26° 111° 507 km 06m04.6s
15:3832°46.0'N110°49.1'W30°21.0'N105°39.5'W31°31.2'N108°05.1'W 0.931 27° 112° 504 km 06m06.1s
15:4033°16.7'N109°57.3'W30°52.4'N104°56.0'W32°02.3'N107°18.0'W 0.931 28° 113° 501 km 06m07.5s
15:4233°47.9'N109°08.3'W31°24.1'N104°14.3'W32°33.7'N106°33.2'W 0.932 28° 114° 498 km 06m08.7s
15:4434°19.5'N108°21.9'W31°56.0'N103°34.2'W33°05.6'N105°50.4'W 0.932 29° 115° 494 km 06m09.9s
15:4634°51.5'N107°37.6'W32°28.3'N102°55.6'W33°37.7'N105°09.3'W 0.932 30° 116° 490 km 06m11.0s
15:4835°23.9'N106°55.3'W33°00.8'N102°18.3'W34°10.2'N104°29.9'W 0.932 30° 117° 486 km 06m12.1s
15:5035°56.8'N106°14.7'W33°33.7'N101°42.2'W34°43.0'N103°51.8'W 0.932 31° 119° 482 km 06m13.0s
15:5236°30.0'N105°35.7'W34°06.8'N101°07.2'W35°16.2'N103°15.0'W 0.932 31° 120° 478 km 06m13.9s
15:5437°03.6'N104°58.1'W34°40.3'N100°33.1'W35°49.8'N102°39.4'W 0.932 32° 121° 473 km 06m14.7s
15:5637°37.6'N104°21.7'W35°14.1'N099°59.9'W36°23.7'N102°04.7'W 0.932 32° 122° 469 km 06m15.4s
15:5838°12.1'N103°46.4'W35°48.2'N099°27.4'W36°58.0'N101°31.0'W 0.933 33° 124° 465 km 06m16.0s
16:0038°46.9'N103°12.1'W36°22.6'N098°55.7'W37°32.6'N100°58.1'W 0.933 33° 125° 460 km 06m16.6s
16:0239°22.2'N102°38.7'W36°57.4'N098°24.5'W38°07.6'N100°25.9'W 0.933 33° 126° 456 km 06m17.2s
16:0439°58.0'N102°06.0'W37°32.5'N097°53.9'W38°43.1'N099°54.4'W 0.933 34° 127° 452 km 06m17.6s
16:0640°34.2'N101°34.1'W38°08.0'N097°23.7'W39°18.9'N099°23.4'W 0.933 34° 129° 448 km 06m18.0s
16:0841°10.8'N101°02.8'W38°43.8'N096°54.0'W39°55.1'N098°52.9'W 0.933 34° 130° 444 km 06m18.4s
16:1041°48.0'N100°32.0'W39°20.0'N096°24.5'W40°31.8'N098°22.8'W 0.933 34° 131° 440 km 06m18.7s
16:1242°25.6'N100°01.7'W39°56.6'N095°55.3'W41°08.9'N097°53.1'W 0.933 35° 132° 436 km 06m18.9s
16:1443°03.8'N099°31.8'W40°33.7'N095°26.3'W41°46.4'N097°23.7'W 0.933 35° 134° 432 km 06m19.1s
16:1643°42.5'N099°02.2'W41°11.1'N094°57.5'W42°24.5'N096°54.4'W 0.933 35° 135° 429 km 06m19.2s
16:1844°21.7'N098°32.8'W41°49.0'N094°28.7'W43°03.0'N096°25.4'W 0.933 35° 136° 425 km 06m19.2s
16:2045°01.5'N098°03.6'W42°27.3'N094°00.0'W43°42.0'N095°56.4'W 0.933 35° 138° 422 km 06m19.2s
16:2245°42.0'N097°34.5'W43°06.1'N093°31.2'W44°21.6'N095°27.4'W 0.933 35° 139° 419 km 06m19.1s
16:2446°23.1'N097°05.5'W43°45.4'N093°02.3'W45°01.7'N094°58.4'W 0.933 35° 141° 416 km 06m19.0s
16:2647°04.8'N096°36.5'W44°25.2'N092°33.3'W45°42.4'N094°29.3'W 0.933 35° 142° 413 km 06m18.9s
16:2847°47.2'N096°07.3'W45°05.5'N092°04.0'W46°23.7'N094°00.0'W 0.933 34° 143° 410 km 06m18.6s
16:3048°30.4'N095°38.0'W45°46.4'N091°34.4'W47°05.7'N093°30.4'W 0.933 34° 145° 408 km 06m18.3s
16:3249°14.3'N095°08.4'W46°27.9'N091°04.4'W47°48.3'N093°00.5'W 0.933 34° 146° 406 km 06m18.0s
16:3449°59.1'N094°38.5'W47°10.0'N090°33.9'W48°31.7'N092°30.2'W 0.933 34° 147° 404 km 06m17.6s
16:3650°44.7'N094°08.1'W47°52.8'N090°02.9'W49°15.8'N091°59.4'W 0.933 34° 149° 402 km 06m17.1s
16:3851°31.3'N093°37.3'W48°36.2'N089°31.3'W50°00.6'N091°28.0'W 0.933 33° 150° 400 km 06m16.6s
16:4052°18.8'N093°05.8'W49°20.4'N088°58.9'W50°46.4'N090°56.0'W 0.932 33° 152° 399 km 06m16.0s
16:4253°07.4'N092°33.6'W50°05.3'N088°25.7'W51°33.0'N090°23.1'W 0.932 33° 153° 397 km 06m15.4s
16:4453°57.1'N092°00.6'W50°51.1'N087°51.6'W52°20.6'N089°49.2'W 0.932 32° 155° 396 km 06m14.7s
16:4654°48.1'N091°26.5'W51°37.7'N087°16.3'W53°09.2'N089°14.3'W 0.932 32° 156° 395 km 06m13.9s
16:4855°40.3'N090°51.3'W52°25.3'N086°39.8'W53°58.9'N088°38.2'W 0.932 31° 157° 394 km 06m13.1s
16:5056°34.0'N090°14.7'W53°13.8'N086°01.9'W54°49.7'N088°00.6'W 0.932 31° 159° 394 km 06m12.2s
16:5257°29.3'N089°36.6'W54°03.4'N085°22.4'W55°41.9'N087°21.5'W 0.932 30° 160° 393 km 06m11.2s
16:5458°26.2'N088°56.6'W54°54.2'N084°41.0'W56°35.4'N086°40.5'W 0.932 29° 162° 393 km 06m10.1s
16:5659°25.1'N088°14.6'W55°46.2'N083°57.7'W57°30.5'N085°57.3'W 0.932 29° 163° 394 km 06m09.0s
16:5860°26.0'N087°30.0'W56°39.5'N083°11.9'W58°27.2'N085°11.7'W 0.931 28° 165° 394 km 06m07.8s
17:0061°29.3'N086°42.6'W57°34.4'N082°23.5'W59°25.8'N084°23.3'W 0.931 27° 167° 395 km 06m06.5s
17:0262°35.3'N085°51.7'W58°30.8'N081°31.9'W60°26.3'N083°31.4'W 0.931 26° 168° 396 km 06m05.1s
17:0463°44.3'N084°56.5'W59°29.0'N080°36.7'W61°29.2'N082°35.7'W 0.931 26° 170° 397 km 06m03.6s
17:0664°56.9'N083°56.3'W60°29.1'N079°37.3'W62°34.6'N081°35.2'W 0.931 25° 172° 399 km 06m02.0s
17:0866°13.6'N082°49.6'W61°31.5'N078°32.9'W63°43.0'N080°28.9'W 0.930 24° 173° 401 km 06m00.3s
17:1067°35.3'N081°34.6'W62°36.4'N077°22.4'W64°54.7'N079°15.7'W 0.930 22° 175° 403 km 05m58.5s
17:1269°03.2'N080°08.8'W63°44.0'N076°04.7'W66°10.5'N077°53.5'W 0.930 21° 177° 406 km 05m56.5s
17:1470°38.9'N078°27.9'W64°55.0'N074°37.9'W67°31.0'N076°20.0'W 0.929 20° 180° 409 km 05m54.3s
17:1672°25.1'N076°24.8'W66°09.8'N072°59.8'W68°57.3'N074°31.2'W 0.929 18° 182° 414 km 05m51.9s
17:1874°26.3'N073°45.4'W67°29.1'N071°06.9'W70°31.0'N072°21.0'W 0.929 17° 185° 419 km 05m49.3s
17:2076°51.9'N069°56.2'W68°54.0'N068°54.2'W72°14.6'N069°38.9'W 0.928 15° 188° 425 km 05m46.4s
17:2280°08.7'N062°52.4'W70°25.9'N066°13.5'W74°12.0'N066°04.3'W 0.928 13° 192° 433 km 05m43.0s
17:24 - - 72°07.2'N062°50.6'W76°31.5'N060°47.5'W 0.927 10° 198° 444 km 05m38.9s
17:26 - - 74°01.4'N058°17.1'W79°35.9'N050°45.1'W 0.926 208° 459 km 05m33.3s
Limits85°54.0'N027°40.1'W81°55.5'N008°51.8'W83°56.6'N014°38.7'W 0.925 - 491 km 05m23.7s

ΔT = 11128.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:25:24.816:19:56.143°40.8'N142°27.1'W 34.8° 137.8° 422.0 km06m19.21s
Greatest Duration19:24:17.316:18:48.743°18.8'N096°13.6'W 34.8° 137.0° 423.8 km06m19.22s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0059 Mar 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0059 Mar 16 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 11128.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 282.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.18°.

Acknowledgments

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

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