Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0207 Mar 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0207 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of -0207 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
Limits42°10.4'N124°10.5'E40°34.3'N124°27.3'E41°21.5'N124°19.0'E 1.018 - 169 km 01m06.6s
22:28 - - 39°53.5'N132°54.3'E40°52.5'N128°48.0'E 1.019 104° 185 km 01m12.3s
22:3041°41.7'N130°01.5'E40°02.4'N136°06.1'E40°48.6'N133°30.4'E 1.021 108° 205 km 01m18.9s
22:3241°47.3'N133°50.7'E40°19.5'N138°27.4'E41°02.1'N136°20.4'E 1.021 10° 110° 217 km 01m23.0s
22:3442°04.4'N136°25.4'E40°41.2'N140°22.9'E41°22.1'N138°31.2'E 1.022 11° 112° 227 km 01m26.2s
22:3642°26.9'N138°27.8'E41°06.0'N142°02.0'E41°45.9'N140°20.0'E 1.022 13° 114° 234 km 01m28.9s
22:3842°52.7'N140°11.1'E41°33.1'N143°29.7'E42°12.6'N141°54.4'E 1.023 14° 115° 240 km 01m31.1s
22:4043°21.1'N141°41.4'E42°02.3'N144°48.6'E42°41.4'N143°18.4'E 1.023 15° 117° 244 km 01m33.1s
22:4243°51.7'N143°02.1'E42°33.2'N146°00.8'E43°12.2'N144°34.3'E 1.023 16° 118° 247 km 01m34.8s
22:4444°24.0'N144°15.3'E43°05.6'N147°07.4'E43°44.6'N145°44.0'E 1.023 17° 120° 248 km 01m36.3s
22:4644°58.0'N145°22.6'E43°39.5'N148°09.4'E44°18.5'N146°48.4'E 1.024 17° 121° 249 km 01m37.6s
22:4845°33.4'N146°25.0'E44°14.7'N149°07.6'E44°53.9'N147°48.6'E 1.024 18° 123° 249 km 01m38.7s
22:5046°10.4'N147°23.2'E44°51.2'N150°02.5'E45°30.6'N148°45.0'E 1.024 19° 124° 248 km 01m39.7s
22:5246°48.7'N148°17.9'E45°29.0'N150°54.5'E46°08.7'N149°38.3'E 1.024 19° 125° 247 km 01m40.5s
22:5447°28.5'N149°09.6'E46°08.2'N151°44.1'E46°48.1'N150°28.8'E 1.024 19° 127° 245 km 01m41.1s
22:5648°09.6'N149°58.5'E46°48.6'N152°31.3'E47°28.9'N151°16.8'E 1.024 20° 128° 243 km 01m41.7s
22:5848°52.1'N150°45.0'E47°30.3'N153°16.7'E48°11.0'N152°02.7'E 1.024 20° 129° 240 km 01m42.0s
23:0049°36.1'N151°29.3'E48°13.3'N154°00.2'E48°54.5'N152°46.7'E 1.024 20° 131° 237 km 01m42.3s
23:0250°21.6'N152°11.6'E48°57.8'N154°42.2'E49°39.5'N153°28.9'E 1.024 20° 132° 234 km 01m42.4s
23:0451°08.7'N152°52.2'E49°43.7'N155°22.7'E50°25.9'N154°09.4'E 1.024 20° 133° 231 km 01m42.4s
23:0651°57.5'N153°31.1'E50°31.1'N156°01.9'E51°14.0'N154°48.5'E 1.024 20° 135° 228 km 01m42.3s
23:0852°48.0'N154°08.3'E51°20.1'N156°39.9'E52°03.7'N155°26.2'E 1.024 20° 136° 224 km 01m42.0s
23:1053°40.4'N154°44.0'E52°10.9'N157°16.8'E52°55.3'N156°02.6'E 1.024 20° 137° 221 km 01m41.7s
23:1254°34.8'N155°18.3'E53°03.5'N157°52.6'E53°48.8'N156°37.7'E 1.024 20° 138° 218 km 01m41.1s
23:1455°31.5'N155°50.9'E53°58.1'N158°27.4'E54°44.4'N157°11.5'E 1.024 19° 140° 214 km 01m40.5s
23:1656°30.6'N156°22.0'E54°54.9'N159°01.2'E55°42.3'N157°44.1'E 1.024 19° 141° 211 km 01m39.7s
23:1857°32.5'N156°51.3'E55°54.1'N159°33.9'E56°42.8'N158°15.4'E 1.024 19° 142° 208 km 01m38.8s
23:2058°37.5'N157°18.7'E56°56.0'N160°05.6'E57°46.1'N158°45.2'E 1.023 18° 143° 205 km 01m37.7s
23:2259°46.0'N157°43.8'E58°00.9'N160°36.1'E58°52.8'N159°13.3'E 1.023 17° 145° 201 km 01m36.5s
23:2460°58.7'N158°06.0'E59°09.3'N161°05.2'E60°03.2'N159°39.4'E 1.023 17° 146° 198 km 01m35.1s
23:2662°16.2'N158°24.5'E60°21.7'N161°32.5'E61°18.0'N160°02.9'E 1.023 16° 147° 195 km 01m33.5s
23:2863°39.7'N158°37.8'E61°38.9'N161°57.7'E62°38.1'N160°23.1'E 1.023 15° 148° 192 km 01m31.7s
23:3065°10.7'N158°43.6'E63°01.8'N162°19.7'E64°04.7'N160°38.3'E 1.022 14° 149° 189 km 01m29.7s
23:3266°51.7'N158°37.5'E64°31.9'N162°37.1'E65°39.6'N160°46.2'E 1.022 13° 150° 186 km 01m27.3s
23:3468°46.7'N158°10.6'E66°11.3'N162°47.3'E67°25.8'N160°41.9'E 1.021 11° 150° 183 km 01m24.6s
23:3671°04.4'N157°00.4'E68°03.8'N162°44.7'E69°28.6'N160°14.9'E 1.021 10° 150° 179 km 01m21.4s
23:3874°10.9'N153°39.9'E70°16.2'N162°16.7'E71°59.8'N158°56.0'E 1.020 150° 176 km 01m17.2s
23:40 - - 73°06.4'N160°42.1'E75°47.5'N154°09.0'E 1.019 146° 171 km 01m10.6s
Limits78°05.6'N142°49.7'E79°10.2'N148°04.4'E78°39.4'N145°21.6'E 1.018 - 167 km 01m05.0s

ΔT = 12801.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:37:36.823:04:15.450°32.0'N100°45.4'E 20.2° 133.5° 230.6 km01m42.42s
Greatest Duration02:36:19.723:02:58.350°01.8'N153°48.7'E 20.2° 132.7° 232.7 km01m42.44s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0207 Mar 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0207 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 12801.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 328.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.37°.

Acknowledgments

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

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