Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0077 Mar 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0077 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -0077 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
Limits35°24.9'N027°29.0'W29°50.8'N025°55.5'W32°30.4'N026°39.9'W 0.921 - 585 km 05m53.1s
08:20 - - 29°50.7'N011°42.7'W32°01.3'N018°53.0'W 0.923 103° 605 km 06m06.0s
08:22 - - 30°08.7'N009°54.1'W32°08.2'N015°40.0'W 0.923 10° 105° 615 km 06m12.0s
08:2434°59.9'N023°11.5'W30°28.7'N008°20.2'W32°22.0'N013°19.9'W 0.924 12° 106° 623 km 06m16.5s
08:2634°54.8'N018°29.8'W30°50.2'N006°57.0'W32°39.2'N011°26.3'W 0.924 14° 108° 629 km 06m20.3s
08:2835°04.9'N015°43.8'W31°12.9'N005°41.9'W32°58.9'N009°49.4'W 0.925 16° 109° 633 km 06m23.6s
08:3035°20.5'N013°37.0'W31°36.7'N004°33.2'W33°20.2'N008°24.1'W 0.925 17° 111° 636 km 06m26.5s
08:3235°39.2'N011°52.0'W32°01.3'N003°29.8'W33°43.0'N007°07.5'W 0.925 18° 112° 638 km 06m29.1s
08:3436°00.1'N010°21.3'W32°26.8'N002°30.7'W34°06.9'N005°57.8'W 0.926 19° 113° 639 km 06m31.5s
08:3636°22.7'N009°00.9'W32°52.9'N001°35.4'W34°31.8'N004°53.6'W 0.926 20° 114° 639 km 06m33.6s
08:3836°46.7'N007°48.4'W33°19.8'N000°43.3'W34°57.6'N003°54.0'W 0.926 21° 115° 637 km 06m35.6s
08:4037°11.9'N006°42.0'W33°47.3'N000°06.1'E35°24.3'N002°58.3'W 0.926 22° 117° 635 km 06m37.4s
08:4237°38.2'N005°40.8'W34°15.4'N000°53.1'E35°51.7'N002°05.9'W 0.927 23° 118° 632 km 06m39.1s
08:4438°05.4'N004°43.8'W34°44.1'N001°37.9'E36°19.8'N001°16.4'W 0.927 24° 119° 629 km 06m40.6s
08:4638°33.5'N003°50.4'W35°13.4'N002°20.8'E36°48.7'N000°29.3'W 0.927 24° 120° 625 km 06m42.0s
08:4839°02.4'N003°00.1'W35°43.2'N003°02.0'E37°18.2'N000°15.6'E 0.927 25° 121° 620 km 06m43.2s
08:5039°32.1'N002°12.5'W36°13.6'N003°41.7'E37°48.3'N000°58.5'E 0.927 26° 123° 615 km 06m44.4s
08:5240°02.6'N001°27.2'W36°44.5'N004°20.1'E38°19.0'N001°39.7'E 0.927 26° 124° 609 km 06m45.4s
08:5440°33.9'N000°44.0'W37°15.9'N004°57.3'E38°50.4'N002°19.4'E 0.927 26° 125° 604 km 06m46.3s
08:5641°05.8'N000°02.6'W37°47.9'N005°33.4'E39°22.5'N002°57.7'E 0.927 27° 126° 598 km 06m47.1s
08:5841°38.6'N000°37.2'E38°20.4'N006°08.5'E39°55.1'N003°34.8'E 0.928 27° 127° 591 km 06m47.9s
09:0042°12.0'N001°15.5'E38°53.5'N006°42.7'E40°28.4'N004°10.7'E 0.928 28° 129° 585 km 06m48.5s
09:0242°46.2'N001°52.5'E39°27.1'N007°16.2'E41°02.3'N004°45.7'E 0.928 28° 130° 579 km 06m49.0s
09:0443°21.2'N002°28.4'E40°01.3'N007°49.0'E41°36.8'N005°19.9'E 0.928 28° 131° 573 km 06m49.5s
09:0643°56.9'N003°03.2'E40°36.1'N008°21.3'E42°12.0'N005°53.2'E 0.928 28° 132° 567 km 06m49.8s
09:0844°33.4'N003°37.0'E41°11.4'N008°53.0'E42°47.9'N006°25.9'E 0.928 28° 133° 561 km 06m50.1s
09:1045°10.6'N004°10.1'E41°47.3'N009°24.2'E43°24.4'N006°58.0'E 0.928 29° 135° 555 km 06m50.3s
09:1245°48.8'N004°42.4'E42°23.9'N009°55.1'E44°01.7'N007°29.6'E 0.928 29° 136° 549 km 06m50.4s
09:1446°27.7'N005°14.0'E43°01.1'N010°25.7'E44°39.7'N008°00.7'E 0.928 29° 137° 544 km 06m50.4s
09:1647°07.6'N005°45.1'E43°39.0'N010°56.1'E45°18.4'N008°31.5'E 0.928 29° 138° 539 km 06m50.3s
09:1847°48.3'N006°15.7'E44°17.5'N011°26.3'E45°58.0'N009°02.0'E 0.928 29° 140° 533 km 06m50.2s
09:2048°30.1'N006°45.9'E44°56.8'N011°56.5'E46°38.4'N009°32.3'E 0.928 29° 141° 529 km 06m49.9s
09:2249°12.9'N007°15.7'E45°36.8'N012°26.6'E47°19.6'N010°02.4'E 0.928 29° 142° 524 km 06m49.6s
09:2449°56.7'N007°45.3'E46°17.5'N012°56.8'E48°01.8'N010°32.5'E 0.928 28° 143° 520 km 06m49.2s
09:2650°41.7'N008°14.6'E46°59.1'N013°27.1'E48°44.9'N011°02.5'E 0.928 28° 145° 516 km 06m48.8s
09:2851°27.9'N008°43.8'E47°41.6'N013°57.6'E49°29.0'N011°32.7'E 0.928 28° 146° 512 km 06m48.2s
09:3052°15.4'N009°12.9'E48°25.0'N014°28.4'E50°14.2'N012°03.0'E 0.928 28° 147° 508 km 06m47.6s
09:3253°04.3'N009°42.0'E49°09.3'N014°59.5'E51°00.5'N012°33.5'E 0.928 27° 148° 505 km 06m46.8s
09:3453°54.7'N010°11.2'E49°54.7'N015°31.2'E51°48.1'N013°04.4'E 0.927 27° 150° 502 km 06m46.0s
09:3654°46.7'N010°40.5'E50°41.1'N016°03.4'E52°36.9'N013°35.7'E 0.927 27° 151° 500 km 06m45.1s
09:3855°40.6'N011°10.0'E51°28.7'N016°36.3'E53°27.2'N014°07.5'E 0.927 26° 152° 498 km 06m44.1s
09:4056°36.4'N011°39.7'E52°17.6'N017°09.9'E54°19.1'N014°40.0'E 0.927 26° 154° 496 km 06m43.1s
09:4257°34.4'N012°09.9'E53°07.8'N017°44.6'E55°12.6'N015°13.3'E 0.927 25° 155° 494 km 06m41.9s
09:4458°34.8'N012°40.4'E53°59.5'N018°20.3'E56°08.0'N015°47.5'E 0.927 25° 156° 493 km 06m40.6s
09:4659°38.0'N013°11.5'E54°52.8'N018°57.3'E57°05.4'N016°22.8'E 0.927 24° 158° 492 km 06m39.2s
09:4860°44.3'N013°43.1'E55°47.8'N019°35.7'E58°05.0'N016°59.4'E 0.927 23° 159° 492 km 06m37.7s
09:5061°54.3'N014°15.4'E56°44.8'N020°16.0'E59°07.3'N017°37.5'E 0.926 22° 160° 492 km 06m36.1s
09:5263°08.6'N014°48.4'E57°43.9'N020°58.2'E60°12.4'N018°17.5'E 0.926 22° 162° 493 km 06m34.4s
09:5464°28.1'N015°22.0'E58°45.5'N021°42.8'E61°20.9'N018°59.5'E 0.926 21° 163° 494 km 06m32.5s
09:5665°53.9'N015°56.3'E59°49.7'N022°30.2'E62°33.2'N019°44.2'E 0.926 20° 164° 495 km 06m30.5s
09:5867°28.0'N016°30.8'E60°57.1'N023°21.1'E63°50.2'N020°32.1'E 0.925 19° 166° 498 km 06m28.3s
10:0069°13.2'N017°04.8'E62°08.1'N024°16.0'E65°12.8'N021°23.8'E 0.925 17° 167° 501 km 06m25.8s
10:0271°14.5'N017°35.8'E63°23.4'N025°16.0'E66°42.5'N022°20.6'E 0.925 16° 169° 505 km 06m23.2s
10:0473°42.8'N017°56.2'E64°43.9'N026°22.4'E68°21.4'N023°23.8'E 0.924 15° 171° 511 km 06m20.2s
10:0677°13.7'N017°26.9'E66°10.8'N027°37.1'E70°13.1'N024°36.2'E 0.924 13° 172° 518 km 06m16.8s
10:08 - - 67°45.8'N029°03.2'E72°24.2'N026°02.0'E 0.924 11° 175° 528 km 06m12.8s
10:10 - - 69°32.0'N030°45.5'E75°10.6'N027°51.5'E 0.923 177° 542 km 06m07.7s
10:12 - - 71°34.3'N032°53.5'E79°46.4'N030°44.9'E 0.922 180° 569 km 05m59.5s
Limits82°39.5'N010°06.1'E82°34.8'N052°20.4'E83°10.0'N032°19.7'E 0.921 - 592 km 05m53.7s

ΔT = 11320.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:24:15.509:15:35.445°10.4'N038°52.5'W 28.7° 138.1° 539.6 km06m50.34s
Greatest Duration12:22:00.909:13:20.944°27.2'N007°50.6'E 28.7° 136.7° 545.6 km06m50.39s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0077 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 11320.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 287.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.20°.

Acknowledgments

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

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