Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0488 Mar 19

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0488 Mar 19 . 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 -0488 Mar 19
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits80°41.2'S111°57.4'W82°58.0'S118°35.6'W81°49.3'S114°49.6'W 1.049 - 275 km 02m34.7s
12:3479°07.4'S050°41.6'W - - 81°57.9'S070°14.8'W 1.051 65° 277 km 02m47.7s
12:3677°10.7'S038°01.8'W82°58.3'S063°19.4'W79°51.9'S044°43.8'W 1.052 11° 39° 278 km 02m57.7s
12:3875°22.1'S030°09.6'W80°36.9'S038°26.2'W77°47.8'S032°47.0'W 1.053 14° 27° 279 km 03m04.7s
12:4073°41.4'S024°36.6'W78°24.8'S027°14.3'W75°54.5'S025°26.4'W 1.054 16° 19° 280 km 03m10.5s
12:4272°07.5'S020°23.7'W76°26.5'S020°28.9'W74°10.4'S020°17.7'W 1.055 18° 13° 281 km 03m15.5s
12:4470°39.4'S017°01.8'W74°39.0'S015°46.8'W72°34.0'S016°23.6'W 1.055 20° 282 km 03m19.9s
12:4669°16.0'S014°14.7'W73°00.0'S012°13.4'W71°03.8'S013°16.8'W 1.056 22° 283 km 03m23.9s
12:4867°56.6'S011°52.8'W71°27.7'S009°23.1'W69°38.7'S010°42.2'W 1.056 23° 284 km 03m27.5s
12:5066°40.8'S009°49.6'W70°00.9'S007°01.9'W68°18.0'S008°30.6'W 1.057 24° 358° 285 km 03m30.9s
12:5265°28.0'S008°01.0'W68°38.8'S005°01.4'W67°00.9'S006°36.2'W 1.057 26° 356° 286 km 03m34.0s
12:5464°17.9'S006°24.0'W67°20.5'S003°16.4'W65°47.1'S004°55.2'W 1.057 27° 353° 287 km 03m36.9s
12:5663°10.2'S004°56.2'W66°05.6'S001°43.3'W64°36.0'S003°24.6'W 1.058 28° 351° 288 km 03m39.6s
12:5862°04.5'S003°36.0'W64°53.6'S000°19.6'W63°27.4'S002°02.5'W 1.058 29° 349° 290 km 03m42.0s
13:0061°00.8'S002°22.2'W63°44.1'S000°56.5'E62°21.0'S000°47.3'W 1.058 30° 347° 291 km 03m44.3s
13:0259°58.9'S001°13.8'W62°37.0'S002°06.4'E61°16.6'S000°22.1'E 1.058 31° 345° 292 km 03m46.5s
13:0458°58.5'S000°09.9'W61°31.8'S003°11.2'E60°14.0'S001°26.6'E 1.059 31° 343° 294 km 03m48.5s
13:0657°59.5'S000°50.2'E60°28.5'S004°11.7'E59°13.0'S002°27.1'E 1.059 32° 341° 295 km 03m50.3s
13:0857°01.8'S001°46.9'E59°26.9'S005°08.6'E58°13.4'S003°24.0'E 1.059 33° 339° 297 km 03m52.0s
13:1056°05.4'S002°40.7'E58°26.8'S006°02.3'E57°15.2'S004°18.0'E 1.059 33° 337° 298 km 03m53.5s
13:1255°10.1'S003°32.0'E57°28.1'S006°53.4'E56°18.3'S005°09.3'E 1.059 34° 335° 300 km 03m55.0s
13:1454°15.8'S004°21.2'E56°30.7'S007°42.2'E55°22.5'S005°58.5'E 1.060 34° 333° 301 km 03m56.2s
13:1653°22.5'S005°08.4'E55°34.4'S008°29.1'E54°27.8'S006°45.6'E 1.060 35° 331° 303 km 03m57.4s
13:1852°30.1'S005°54.0'E54°39.3'S009°14.3'E53°34.0'S007°31.1'E 1.060 35° 330° 305 km 03m58.5s
13:2051°38.5'S006°38.1'E53°45.1'S009°58.0'E52°41.2'S008°15.1'E 1.060 36° 328° 307 km 03m59.4s
13:2250°47.7'S007°21.0'E52°51.9'S010°40.5'E51°49.2'S008°57.9'E 1.060 36° 326° 309 km 04m00.2s
13:2449°57.6'S008°02.8'E51°59.5'S011°21.9'E50°58.1'S009°39.7'E 1.060 36° 324° 310 km 04m00.9s
13:2649°08.2'S008°43.7'E51°08.0'S012°02.5'E50°07.7'S010°20.5'E 1.060 36° 323° 312 km 04m01.4s
13:2848°19.5'S009°23.8'E50°17.2'S012°42.3'E49°17.9'S011°00.5'E 1.060 37° 321° 314 km 04m01.9s
13:3047°31.4'S010°03.3'E49°27.1'S013°21.6'E48°28.9'S011°39.9'E 1.060 37° 319° 316 km 04m02.2s
13:3246°43.9'S010°42.3'E48°37.7'S014°00.4'E47°40.5'S012°18.9'E 1.060 37° 318° 318 km 04m02.4s
13:3445°56.8'S011°20.8'E47°49.0'S014°38.8'E46°52.6'S012°57.4'E 1.060 37° 316° 320 km 04m02.6s
13:3645°10.4'S011°59.1'E47°00.8'S015°17.0'E46°05.3'S013°35.7'E 1.060 37° 314° 323 km 04m02.6s
13:3844°24.3'S012°37.1'E46°13.2'S015°55.2'E45°18.5'S014°13.8'E 1.060 37° 313° 325 km 04m02.5s
13:4043°38.8'S013°15.1'E45°26.1'S016°33.3'E44°32.2'S014°51.9'E 1.060 37° 311° 327 km 04m02.2s
13:4242°53.6'S013°53.1'E44°39.5'S017°11.5'E43°46.3'S015°30.0'E 1.060 37° 309° 329 km 04m01.9s
13:4442°08.9'S014°31.2'E43°53.4'S017°49.9'E43°00.9'S016°08.3'E 1.060 37° 308° 331 km 04m01.5s
13:4641°24.6'S015°09.5'E43°07.6'S018°28.7'E42°15.9'S016°46.9'E 1.060 36° 306° 333 km 04m00.9s
13:4840°40.6'S015°48.1'E42°22.3'S019°07.9'E41°31.3'S017°25.8'E 1.060 36° 305° 335 km 04m00.2s
13:5039°56.9'S016°27.1'E41°37.4'S019°47.6'E40°47.0'S018°05.1'E 1.060 36° 303° 337 km 03m59.4s
13:5239°13.6'S017°06.6'E40°52.9'S020°28.0'E40°03.1'S018°45.1'E 1.060 35° 301° 339 km 03m58.5s
13:5438°30.5'S017°46.8'E40°08.6'S021°09.2'E39°19.5'S019°25.7'E 1.060 35° 300° 341 km 03m57.5s
13:5637°47.7'S018°27.7'E39°24.7'S021°51.3'E38°36.1'S020°07.2'E 1.060 34° 298° 343 km 03m56.3s
13:5837°05.2'S019°09.4'E38°41.1'S022°34.4'E37°53.1'S020°49.6'E 1.060 34° 297° 345 km 03m55.1s
14:0036°23.0'S019°52.2'E37°57.7'S023°18.8'E37°10.3'S021°33.2'E 1.059 33° 295° 347 km 03m53.7s
14:0235°40.9'S020°36.1'E37°14.6'S024°04.6'E36°27.7'S022°18.0'E 1.059 33° 294° 348 km 03m52.1s
14:0434°59.1'S021°21.3'E36°31.7'S024°52.0'E35°45.4'S023°04.2'E 1.059 32° 293° 349 km 03m50.5s
14:0634°17.4'S022°08.0'E35°49.0'S025°41.2'E35°03.2'S023°52.1'E 1.059 31° 291° 350 km 03m48.7s
14:0833°35.9'S022°56.4'E35°06.4'S026°32.4'E34°21.2'S024°41.8'E 1.059 31° 290° 351 km 03m46.7s
14:1032°54.6'S023°46.7'E34°24.0'S027°26.1'E33°39.4'S025°33.6'E 1.058 30° 288° 352 km 03m44.6s
14:1232°13.3'S024°39.2'E33°41.7'S028°22.5'E32°57.6'S026°27.9'E 1.058 29° 287° 352 km 03m42.4s
14:1431°32.2'S025°34.2'E32°59.5'S029°22.0'E32°16.0'S027°25.1'E 1.058 28° 286° 352 km 03m39.9s
14:1630°51.2'S026°32.2'E32°17.3'S030°25.3'E31°34.4'S028°25.4'E 1.058 27° 284° 351 km 03m37.3s
14:1830°10.1'S027°33.4'E31°35.2'S031°32.9'E30°52.8'S029°29.6'E 1.057 26° 283° 350 km 03m34.5s
14:2029°29.1'S028°38.6'E30°52.9'S032°45.8'E30°11.3'S030°38.2'E 1.057 24° 282° 349 km 03m31.4s
14:2228°48.1'S029°48.4'E30°10.6'S034°05.1'E29°29.6'S031°52.2'E 1.056 23° 281° 346 km 03m28.1s
14:2428°07.0'S031°03.8'E29°28.0'S035°32.3'E28°47.8'S033°12.8'E 1.056 22° 279° 343 km 03m24.5s
14:2627°25.7'S032°25.9'E28°45.1'S037°10.0'E28°05.8'S034°41.6'E 1.056 20° 278° 339 km 03m20.6s
14:2826°44.2'S033°56.7'E28°01.7'S039°01.7'E27°23.5'S036°21.2'E 1.055 18° 277° 335 km 03m16.3s
14:3026°02.4'S035°38.7'E27°17.3'S041°14.0'E26°40.6'S038°15.4'E 1.054 16° 275° 328 km 03m11.4s
14:3225°20.0'S037°36.3'E26°31.4'S044°00.8'E25°56.8'S040°31.3'E 1.054 14° 274° 321 km 03m05.7s
14:3424°36.7'S039°57.0'E25°41.8'S048°05.1'E25°11.4'S043°24.1'E 1.053 11° 272° 311 km 02m58.8s
14:3623°51.7'S042°58.3'E - - 24°22.0'S047°44.5'E 1.051 270° 296 km 02m49.1s
Limits22°30.8'S053°58.8'E24°57.5'S054°59.9'E23°43.1'S054°28.6'E 1.049 - 275 km 02m35.7s

ΔT = 16890.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:16:18.813:34:48.446°33.5'S057°21.3'W 37.0° 315.2° 321.3 km04m02.57s
Greatest Duration18:16:33.013:35:02.646°27.8'S013°17.4'E 37.0° 315.0° 321.5 km04m02.57s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0488 Mar 19 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 16890.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 426.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.78°.

Acknowledgments

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

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