Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0078 Mar 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0078 Mar 17 . 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 -0078 Mar 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits20°21.5'S015°04.4'W22°33.2'S015°03.5'W21°27.4'S015°03.6'W 0.935 - 243 km 04m26.2s
07:0820°28.6'S006°50.2'W22°30.9'S004°34.4'W21°30.3'S005°38.1'W 0.938 89° 235 km 04m35.3s
07:1020°14.3'S001°50.9'W22°10.6'S000°04.9'W21°12.8'S000°56.2'W 0.939 14° 87° 231 km 04m40.4s
07:1219°55.2'S001°33.2'E21°47.6'S003°09.6'E20°51.7'S002°22.5'E 0.940 18° 86° 228 km 04m44.3s
07:1419°33.9'S004°15.2'E21°23.1'S005°46.9'E20°28.7'S005°01.8'E 0.941 21° 85° 226 km 04m47.5s
07:1619°11.3'S006°31.7'E20°57.7'S008°00.8'E20°04.8'S007°16.9'E 0.941 23° 84° 224 km 04m50.3s
07:1818°47.9'S008°30.8'E20°31.8'S009°58.3'E19°40.1'S009°15.0'E 0.942 25° 83° 222 km 04m52.9s
07:2018°23.8'S010°17.0'E20°05.5'S011°43.3'E19°14.9'S011°00.6'E 0.942 28° 83° 220 km 04m55.2s
07:2217°59.3'S011°53.0'E19°38.8'S013°18.6'E18°49.3'S012°36.2'E 0.943 30° 82° 219 km 04m57.4s
07:2417°34.3'S013°20.9'E19°11.9'S014°46.0'E18°23.3'S014°03.7'E 0.943 32° 81° 218 km 04m59.4s
07:2617°09.1'S014°41.9'E18°44.7'S016°06.7'E17°57.1'S015°24.5'E 0.944 33° 81° 216 km 05m01.2s
07:2816°43.5'S015°57.3'E18°17.4'S017°21.7'E17°30.7'S016°39.7'E 0.944 35° 81° 215 km 05m03.0s
07:3016°17.8'S017°07.6'E17°50.0'S018°31.8'E17°04.1'S017°49.9'E 0.944 37° 80° 214 km 05m04.6s
07:3215°51.8'S018°13.7'E17°22.4'S019°37.7'E16°37.4'S018°55.8'E 0.945 38° 80° 213 km 05m06.2s
07:3415°25.7'S019°15.9'E16°54.8'S020°39.8'E16°10.5'S019°58.0'E 0.945 40° 80° 212 km 05m07.7s
07:3614°59.4'S020°14.8'E16°27.0'S021°38.5'E15°43.5'S020°56.8'E 0.945 41° 79° 211 km 05m09.1s
07:3814°33.0'S021°10.7'E15°59.2'S022°34.3'E15°16.4'S021°52.6'E 0.946 43° 79° 210 km 05m10.4s
07:4014°06.5'S022°03.8'E15°31.4'S023°27.3'E14°49.2'S022°45.7'E 0.946 44° 79° 209 km 05m11.6s
07:4213°39.9'S022°54.5'E15°03.5'S024°17.8'E14°21.9'S023°36.2'E 0.946 46° 79° 208 km 05m12.8s
07:4413°13.2'S023°42.9'E14°35.5'S025°06.1'E13°54.6'S024°24.6'E 0.946 47° 79° 207 km 05m13.9s
07:4612°46.4'S024°29.3'E14°07.5'S025°52.4'E13°27.2'S025°10.9'E 0.947 48° 79° 206 km 05m15.0s
07:4812°19.5'S025°13.7'E13°39.4'S026°36.7'E12°59.7'S025°55.3'E 0.947 49° 78° 205 km 05m16.0s
07:5011°52.6'S025°56.4'E13°11.4'S027°19.3'E12°32.2'S026°37.9'E 0.947 51° 78° 204 km 05m17.0s
07:5211°25.6'S026°37.5'E12°43.3'S028°00.3'E12°04.7'S027°19.0'E 0.947 52° 78° 203 km 05m17.8s
07:5410°58.5'S027°17.1'E12°15.1'S028°39.8'E11°37.0'S027°58.5'E 0.947 53° 79° 203 km 05m18.7s
07:5610°31.3'S027°55.4'E11°47.0'S029°17.9'E11°09.4'S028°36.7'E 0.948 54° 79° 202 km 05m19.5s
07:5810°04.1'S028°32.3'E11°18.8'S029°54.7'E10°41.7'S029°13.5'E 0.948 55° 79° 201 km 05m20.2s
08:0009°36.9'S029°08.0'E10°50.6'S030°30.3'E10°14.0'S029°49.2'E 0.948 57° 79° 200 km 05m20.9s
08:0209°09.5'S029°42.6'E10°22.4'S031°04.8'E09°46.2'S030°23.8'E 0.948 58° 79° 199 km 05m21.6s
08:0408°42.2'S030°16.2'E09°54.2'S031°38.2'E09°18.4'S030°57.3'E 0.948 59° 79° 198 km 05m22.2s
08:0608°14.7'S030°48.8'E09°25.9'S032°10.7'E08°50.5'S031°29.8'E 0.948 60° 80° 198 km 05m22.8s
08:0807°47.3'S031°20.5'E08°57.6'S032°42.2'E08°22.7'S032°01.4'E 0.949 61° 80° 197 km 05m23.4s
08:1007°19.7'S031°51.3'E08°29.3'S033°12.9'E07°54.8'S032°32.1'E 0.949 62° 80° 196 km 05m23.9s
08:1206°52.2'S032°21.3'E08°01.0'S033°42.8'E07°26.8'S033°02.1'E 0.949 63° 81° 195 km 05m24.3s
08:1406°24.5'S032°50.6'E07°32.7'S034°12.0'E06°58.8'S033°31.3'E 0.949 64° 81° 195 km 05m24.8s
08:1605°56.9'S033°19.1'E07°04.3'S034°40.4'E06°30.8'S033°59.8'E 0.949 65° 82° 194 km 05m25.2s
08:1805°29.2'S033°47.0'E06°36.0'S035°08.2'E06°02.8'S034°27.6'E 0.949 66° 82° 193 km 05m25.6s
08:2005°01.4'S034°14.3'E06°07.6'S035°35.3'E05°34.7'S034°54.8'E 0.949 67° 83° 192 km 05m25.9s
08:2204°33.6'S034°41.0'E05°39.2'S036°01.9'E05°06.6'S035°21.5'E 0.949 68° 84° 192 km 05m26.2s
08:2404°05.7'S035°07.2'E05°10.8'S036°27.9'E04°38.4'S035°47.6'E 0.950 69° 85° 191 km 05m26.5s
08:2603°37.8'S035°32.8'E04°42.3'S036°53.5'E04°10.2'S036°13.2'E 0.950 70° 86° 190 km 05m26.7s
08:2803°09.8'S035°58.0'E04°13.8'S037°18.5'E03°42.0'S036°38.3'E 0.950 71° 87° 190 km 05m27.0s
08:3002°41.8'S036°22.8'E03°45.4'S037°43.2'E03°13.8'S037°03.0'E 0.950 72° 88° 189 km 05m27.2s
08:3202°13.7'S036°47.1'E03°16.8'S038°07.4'E02°45.5'S037°27.3'E 0.950 73° 90° 189 km 05m27.3s
08:3401°45.6'S037°11.1'E02°48.3'S038°31.2'E02°17.1'S037°51.2'E 0.950 74° 91° 188 km 05m27.5s
08:3601°17.5'S037°34.7'E02°19.7'S038°54.7'E01°48.8'S038°14.7'E 0.950 75° 93° 188 km 05m27.6s
08:3800°49.2'S037°58.0'E01°51.1'S039°17.9'E01°20.3'S038°38.0'E 0.950 76° 95° 187 km 05m27.7s
08:4000°20.9'S038°21.0'E01°22.5'S039°40.8'E00°51.9'S039°00.9'E 0.950 76° 97° 187 km 05m27.8s
08:4200°07.4'N038°43.7'E00°53.8'S040°03.5'E00°23.4'S039°23.6'E 0.950 77° 100° 186 km 05m27.9s
08:4400°35.8'N039°06.2'E00°25.1'S040°25.9'E00°05.2'N039°46.1'E 0.950 78° 102° 186 km 05m27.9s
08:4601°04.3'N039°28.5'E00°03.6'N040°48.1'E00°33.8'N040°08.3'E 0.950 79° 106° 185 km 05m27.9s
08:4801°32.8'N039°50.6'E00°32.4'N041°10.1'E01°02.4'N040°30.4'E 0.950 79° 109° 185 km 05m27.9s
08:5002°01.4'N040°12.5'E01°01.2'N041°31.9'E01°31.1'N040°52.2'E 0.950 80° 114° 184 km 05m27.9s
08:5202°30.0'N040°34.3'E01°30.0'N041°53.6'E01°59.9'N041°14.0'E 0.950 81° 118° 184 km 05m27.8s
08:5402°58.7'N040°55.9'E01°58.9'N042°15.2'E02°28.7'N041°35.6'E 0.950 81° 124° 184 km 05m27.8s
08:5603°27.5'N041°17.5'E02°27.8'N042°36.7'E02°57.5'N041°57.1'E 0.951 81° 130° 183 km 05m27.7s
08:5803°56.4'N041°39.0'E02°56.8'N042°58.1'E03°26.4'N042°18.6'E 0.951 82° 136° 183 km 05m27.6s
09:0004°25.3'N042°00.4'E03°25.8'N043°19.5'E03°55.4'N042°40.0'E 0.951 82° 143° 183 km 05m27.5s
09:0204°54.3'N042°21.8'E03°54.9'N043°40.9'E04°24.5'N043°01.3'E 0.951 82° 150° 183 km 05m27.4s
09:0405°23.4'N042°43.2'E04°24.0'N044°02.2'E04°53.6'N043°22.7'E 0.951 82° 157° 183 km 05m27.2s
09:0605°52.5'N043°04.6'E04°53.1'N044°23.6'E05°22.7'N043°44.1'E 0.951 82° 164° 182 km 05m27.0s
09:0806°21.8'N043°26.0'E05°22.4'N044°45.0'E05°52.0'N044°05.5'E 0.951 82° 170° 182 km 05m26.8s
09:1006°51.1'N043°47.5'E05°51.6'N045°06.5'E06°21.3'N044°27.0'E 0.951 81° 176° 182 km 05m26.6s
09:1207°20.5'N044°09.1'E06°21.0'N045°28.0'E06°50.6'N044°48.6'E 0.951 81° 182° 182 km 05m26.4s
09:1407°50.0'N044°30.8'E06°50.4'N045°49.7'E07°20.1'N045°10.3'E 0.951 80° 187° 182 km 05m26.2s
09:1608°19.6'N044°52.6'E07°19.9'N046°11.5'E07°49.6'N045°32.1'E 0.951 79° 191° 182 km 05m25.9s
09:1808°49.2'N045°14.6'E07°49.4'N046°33.5'E08°19.2'N045°54.1'E 0.950 79° 195° 182 km 05m25.7s
09:2009°19.0'N045°36.8'E08°19.0'N046°55.6'E08°48.9'N046°16.2'E 0.950 78° 198° 182 km 05m25.4s
09:2209°48.9'N045°59.2'E08°48.7'N047°18.0'E09°18.7'N046°38.6'E 0.950 77° 201° 182 km 05m25.1s
09:2410°18.9'N046°21.8'E09°18.4'N047°40.6'E09°48.6'N047°01.2'E 0.950 77° 204° 182 km 05m24.8s
09:2610°49.0'N046°44.6'E09°48.2'N048°03.4'E10°18.5'N047°24.1'E 0.950 76° 207° 182 km 05m24.4s
09:2811°19.1'N047°07.8'E10°18.2'N048°26.6'E10°48.6'N047°47.2'E 0.950 75° 209° 182 km 05m24.1s
09:3011°49.4'N047°31.3'E10°48.1'N048°50.1'E11°18.7'N048°10.7'E 0.950 74° 211° 183 km 05m23.7s
09:3212°19.9'N047°55.1'E11°18.2'N049°13.9'E11°49.0'N048°34.5'E 0.950 73° 213° 183 km 05m23.3s
09:3412°50.4'N048°19.3'E11°48.4'N049°38.1'E12°19.4'N048°58.7'E 0.950 72° 214° 183 km 05m22.9s
09:3613°21.1'N048°43.9'E12°18.7'N050°02.7'E12°49.8'N049°23.3'E 0.950 71° 216° 183 km 05m22.4s
09:3813°51.9'N049°09.0'E12°49.0'N050°27.7'E13°20.4'N049°48.4'E 0.950 70° 217° 183 km 05m22.0s
09:4014°22.8'N049°34.5'E13°19.5'N050°53.3'E13°51.1'N050°13.9'E 0.950 69° 219° 184 km 05m21.5s
09:4214°53.9'N050°00.6'E13°50.1'N051°19.3'E14°21.9'N050°39.9'E 0.950 68° 220° 184 km 05m21.0s
09:4415°25.1'N050°27.2'E14°20.7'N051°45.9'E14°52.9'N051°06.5'E 0.950 67° 221° 184 km 05m20.5s
09:4615°56.4'N050°54.4'E14°51.5'N052°13.1'E15°23.9'N051°33.8'E 0.950 66° 222° 185 km 05m20.0s
09:4816°27.9'N051°22.2'E15°22.4'N052°40.9'E15°55.1'N052°01.6'E 0.950 65° 223° 185 km 05m19.4s
09:5016°59.6'N051°50.8'E15°53.5'N053°09.4'E16°26.5'N052°30.1'E 0.949 64° 224° 186 km 05m18.8s
09:5217°31.4'N052°20.1'E16°24.6'N053°38.7'E16°58.0'N052°59.4'E 0.949 63° 225° 186 km 05m18.2s
09:5418°03.4'N052°50.2'E16°55.9'N054°08.7'E17°29.6'N053°29.4'E 0.949 62° 226° 187 km 05m17.6s
09:5618°35.5'N053°21.1'E17°27.3'N054°39.5'E18°01.4'N054°00.3'E 0.949 61° 227° 187 km 05m16.9s
09:5819°07.9'N053°53.0'E17°58.9'N055°11.3'E18°33.4'N054°32.2'E 0.949 60° 227° 188 km 05m16.2s
10:0019°40.4'N054°25.8'E18°30.6'N055°44.0'E19°05.5'N055°04.9'E 0.949 59° 228° 188 km 05m15.5s
10:0220°13.1'N054°59.7'E19°02.5'N056°17.8'E19°37.8'N055°38.8'E 0.949 58° 229° 189 km 05m14.8s
10:0420°46.0'N055°34.7'E19°34.5'N056°52.6'E20°10.3'N056°13.7'E 0.949 57° 230° 189 km 05m14.0s
10:0621°19.2'N056°11.0'E20°06.7'N057°28.7'E20°42.9'N056°49.8'E 0.948 56° 230° 190 km 05m13.2s
10:0821°52.5'N056°48.5'E20°39.0'N058°06.0'E21°15.8'N057°27.3'E 0.948 55° 231° 191 km 05m12.4s
10:1022°26.1'N057°27.5'E21°11.6'N058°44.7'E21°48.8'N058°06.1'E 0.948 53° 232° 191 km 05m11.5s
10:1223°00.0'N058°07.9'E21°44.3'N059°24.9'E22°22.1'N058°46.4'E 0.948 52° 233° 192 km 05m10.6s
10:1423°34.0'N058°50.1'E22°17.3'N060°06.6'E22°55.6'N059°28.3'E 0.948 51° 233° 193 km 05m09.6s
10:1624°08.4'N059°34.0'E22°50.4'N060°50.1'E23°29.4'N060°12.0'E 0.947 50° 234° 194 km 05m08.7s
10:1824°43.0'N060°19.8'E23°23.8'N061°35.5'E24°03.4'N060°57.6'E 0.947 48° 235° 194 km 05m07.6s
10:2025°17.9'N061°07.8'E23°57.4'N062°22.9'E24°37.6'N061°45.3'E 0.947 47° 236° 195 km 05m06.6s
10:2225°53.1'N061°58.1'E24°31.2'N063°12.6'E25°12.1'N062°35.3'E 0.947 46° 236° 196 km 05m05.4s
10:2426°28.7'N062°50.9'E25°05.3'N064°04.7'E25°47.0'N063°27.7'E 0.947 44° 237° 197 km 05m04.3s
10:2627°04.6'N063°46.5'E25°39.7'N064°59.4'E26°22.1'N064°22.9'E 0.946 43° 238° 198 km 05m03.1s
10:2827°40.8'N064°45.2'E26°14.3'N065°57.1'E26°57.5'N065°21.1'E 0.946 42° 239° 199 km 05m01.8s
10:3028°17.5'N065°47.3'E26°49.3'N066°58.1'E27°33.3'N066°22.6'E 0.946 40° 240° 200 km 05m00.4s
10:3228°54.6'N066°53.2'E27°24.6'N068°02.8'E28°09.5'N067°27.9'E 0.945 39° 241° 201 km 04m59.0s
10:3429°32.1'N068°03.5'E28°00.2'N069°11.6'E28°46.0'N068°37.4'E 0.945 37° 242° 203 km 04m57.6s
10:3630°10.1'N069°18.8'E28°36.2'N070°25.0'E29°23.0'N069°51.7'E 0.945 35° 242° 204 km 04m56.0s
10:3830°48.7'N070°39.7'E29°12.6'N071°43.8'E30°00.5'N071°11.5'E 0.944 34° 244° 205 km 04m54.4s
10:4031°27.8'N072°07.1'E29°49.5'N073°08.8'E30°38.5'N072°37.7'E 0.944 32° 245° 207 km 04m52.7s
10:4232°07.7'N073°42.4'E30°26.9'N074°41.0'E31°17.1'N074°11.4'E 0.944 30° 246° 208 km 04m50.8s
10:4432°48.3'N075°27.0'E31°04.8'N076°21.9'E31°56.3'N075°54.0'E 0.943 28° 247° 210 km 04m48.9s
10:4633°29.7'N077°23.1'E31°43.4'N078°13.5'E32°36.3'N077°47.7'E 0.943 26° 248° 212 km 04m46.8s
10:4834°12.3'N079°33.9'E32°22.8'N080°18.4'E33°17.2'N079°55.4'E 0.942 24° 250° 214 km 04m44.5s
10:5034°56.1'N082°04.2'E33°03.1'N082°40.8'E33°59.3'N082°21.5'E 0.942 21° 252° 216 km 04m41.9s
10:5235°41.8'N085°02.3'E33°44.6'N085°27.7'E34°42.8'N085°13.6'E 0.941 18° 253° 219 km 04m39.1s
10:5436°30.0'N088°44.9'E34°27.8'N088°52.3'E35°28.4'N088°46.4'E 0.940 15° 256° 223 km 04m35.7s
10:5637°23.3'N093°57.7'E35°13.9'N093°26.9'E36°17.8'N093°37.7'E 0.939 10° 259° 227 km 04m31.5s
Limits38°32.0'N106°09.1'E36°22.6'N106°10.0'E37°27.2'N106°09.4'E 0.936 - 239 km 04m21.9s

ΔT = 11330.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:11:07.809:02:17.404°28.7'N004°15.9'W 82.0° 150.7° 182.7 km05m27.33s
Greatest Duration11:55:28.408:46:38.000°42.8'N040°15.3'E 78.9° 106.9° 185.0 km05m27.91s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0078 Mar 17 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 11330.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 288.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.20°.

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