Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0506 Mar 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0506 Mar 09 . 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 -0506 Mar 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits74°14.1'S001°27.2'E76°05.3'S003°09.5'W75°09.6'S000°42.5'W 1.047 - 245 km 02m24.9s
04:2876°27.9'S033°34.6'E - - 76°16.2'S008°55.1'E 1.048 109° 246 km 02m30.0s
04:3076°15.7'S050°50.2'E78°09.1'S018°06.9'E77°36.5'S038°56.2'E 1.050 10° 79° 250 km 02m44.3s
04:3275°31.8'S062°48.8'E78°42.0'S043°55.9'E77°11.0'S055°31.3'E 1.051 13° 62° 251 km 02m52.3s
04:3474°35.4'S071°48.0'E78°05.1'S060°17.3'E76°19.3'S067°15.1'E 1.052 16° 50° 253 km 02m58.6s
04:3673°33.5'S078°49.8'E77°05.8'S071°52.0'E75°17.3'S076°02.2'E 1.053 18° 41° 254 km 03m03.9s
04:3872°29.3'S084°29.8'E75°58.0'S080°27.6'E74°10.9'S082°52.3'E 1.053 20° 33° 255 km 03m08.7s
04:4071°24.5'S089°10.7'E74°47.1'S087°05.2'E73°03.0'S088°21.2'E 1.054 22° 27° 256 km 03m13.0s
04:4270°19.9'S093°07.6'E73°35.6'S092°22.1'E71°55.2'S092°51.9'E 1.054 24° 22° 256 km 03m16.9s
04:4469°15.9'S096°30.6'E72°24.7'S096°41.4'E70°48.0'S096°39.3'E 1.055 25° 17° 257 km 03m20.5s
04:4668°12.9'S099°27.2'E71°14.9'S100°18.5'E69°41.9'S099°53.8'E 1.055 27° 14° 258 km 03m23.9s
04:4867°10.9'S102°02.7'E70°06.6'S103°23.8'E68°37.0'S102°42.8'E 1.056 28° 10° 259 km 03m27.0s
04:5066°10.0'S104°21.1'E68°59.7'S106°04.4'E67°33.3'S105°11.3'E 1.056 29° 260 km 03m29.9s
04:5265°10.2'S106°25.4'E67°54.4'S108°25.5'E66°30.8'S107°23.5'E 1.056 30° 261 km 03m32.6s
04:5464°11.4'S108°17.9'E66°50.4'S110°31.0'E65°29.6'S109°22.2'E 1.057 31° 262 km 03m35.2s
04:5663°13.6'S110°00.7'E65°47.8'S112°23.7'E64°29.6'S111°09.7'E 1.057 32° 358° 263 km 03m37.6s
04:5862°16.8'S111°35.0'E64°46.5'S114°05.8'E63°30.6'S112°47.8'E 1.057 33° 356° 264 km 03m39.8s
05:0061°20.9'S113°02.1'E63°46.4'S115°39.0'E62°32.7'S114°17.9'E 1.057 34° 353° 265 km 03m41.9s
05:0260°25.8'S114°23.1'E62°47.5'S117°04.7'E61°35.9'S115°41.2'E 1.058 35° 351° 266 km 03m43.8s
05:0459°31.6'S115°38.6'E61°49.6'S118°24.0'E60°39.9'S116°58.7'E 1.058 36° 348° 267 km 03m45.6s
05:0658°38.2'S116°49.5'E60°52.8'S119°37.9'E59°44.8'S118°11.1'E 1.058 36° 346° 268 km 03m47.3s
05:0857°45.6'S117°56.3'E59°56.9'S120°46.9'E58°50.6'S119°19.1'E 1.058 37° 344° 269 km 03m48.8s
05:1056°53.6'S118°59.4'E59°01.8'S121°51.9'E57°57.2'S120°23.2'E 1.058 38° 342° 271 km 03m50.2s
05:1256°02.3'S119°59.3'E58°07.6'S122°53.2'E57°04.5'S121°23.9'E 1.058 38° 340° 272 km 03m51.5s
05:1455°11.6'S120°56.3'E57°14.2'S123°51.4'E56°12.4'S122°21.5'E 1.059 39° 338° 273 km 03m52.7s
05:1654°21.5'S121°50.8'E56°21.5'S124°46.9'E55°21.1'S123°16.6'E 1.059 39° 336° 274 km 03m53.8s
05:1853°31.9'S122°43.1'E55°29.5'S125°39.8'E54°30.3'S124°09.3'E 1.059 40° 334° 275 km 03m54.8s
05:2052°42.9'S123°33.4'E54°38.1'S126°30.7'E53°40.2'S124°59.9'E 1.059 40° 332° 277 km 03m55.6s
05:2251°54.4'S124°22.0'E53°47.3'S127°19.6'E52°50.5'S125°48.7'E 1.059 40° 330° 278 km 03m56.4s
05:2451°06.3'S125°08.9'E52°57.1'S128°06.9'E52°01.4'S126°35.9'E 1.059 41° 328° 279 km 03m57.0s
05:2650°18.6'S125°54.5'E52°07.4'S128°52.7'E51°12.8'S127°21.6'E 1.059 41° 326° 281 km 03m57.6s
05:2849°31.4'S126°38.8'E51°18.2'S129°37.2'E50°24.6'S128°06.1'E 1.059 41° 324° 282 km 03m58.0s
05:3048°44.6'S127°22.1'E50°29.5'S130°20.6'E49°36.8'S128°49.4'E 1.059 41° 322° 284 km 03m58.3s
05:3247°58.1'S128°04.4'E49°41.2'S131°03.0'E48°49.5'S129°31.8'E 1.059 41° 320° 285 km 03m58.6s
05:3447°12.0'S128°45.9'E48°53.3'S131°44.6'E48°02.5'S130°13.4'E 1.059 42° 318° 287 km 03m58.7s
05:3646°26.1'S129°26.7'E48°05.8'S132°25.6'E47°15.8'S130°54.4'E 1.059 42° 316° 288 km 03m58.7s
05:3845°40.6'S130°06.9'E47°18.6'S133°05.9'E46°29.5'S131°34.7'E 1.059 42° 314° 290 km 03m58.6s
05:4044°55.4'S130°46.7'E46°31.8'S133°45.8'E45°43.5'S132°14.5'E 1.059 41° 313° 291 km 03m58.5s
05:4244°10.4'S131°26.1'E45°45.3'S134°25.4'E44°57.8'S132°54.1'E 1.059 41° 311° 293 km 03m58.2s
05:4443°25.6'S132°05.2'E44°59.1'S135°04.7'E44°12.3'S133°33.3'E 1.059 41° 309° 294 km 03m57.8s
05:4642°41.1'S132°44.1'E44°13.1'S135°43.9'E43°27.1'S134°12.4'E 1.059 41° 307° 296 km 03m57.3s
05:4841°56.8'S133°23.0'E43°27.4'S136°23.1'E42°42.1'S134°51.5'E 1.059 41° 306° 297 km 03m56.7s
05:5041°12.6'S134°01.9'E42°41.9'S137°02.4'E41°57.3'S135°30.6'E 1.059 41° 304° 299 km 03m56.1s
05:5240°28.7'S134°41.0'E41°56.6'S137°41.9'E41°12.6'S136°09.8'E 1.059 40° 302° 300 km 03m55.3s
05:5439°44.8'S135°20.2'E41°11.5'S138°21.7'E40°28.2'S136°49.3'E 1.059 40° 300° 302 km 03m54.4s
05:5639°01.1'S135°59.7'E40°26.5'S139°01.8'E39°43.9'S137°29.2'E 1.059 39° 299° 303 km 03m53.4s
05:5838°17.5'S136°39.7'E39°41.7'S139°42.5'E38°59.7'S138°09.5'E 1.059 39° 297° 305 km 03m52.3s
06:0037°34.0'S137°20.2'E38°56.9'S140°23.8'E38°15.5'S138°50.4'E 1.059 39° 296° 306 km 03m51.1s
06:0236°50.6'S138°01.3'E38°12.3'S141°05.9'E37°31.5'S139°32.0'E 1.059 38° 294° 307 km 03m49.8s
06:0436°07.2'S138°43.2'E37°27.7'S141°48.8'E36°47.5'S140°14.4'E 1.058 37° 292° 309 km 03m48.4s
06:0635°23.8'S139°26.0'E36°43.1'S142°32.8'E36°03.6'S140°57.8'E 1.058 37° 291° 310 km 03m46.9s
06:0834°40.4'S140°09.7'E35°58.6'S143°18.0'E35°19.6'S141°42.2'E 1.058 36° 289° 311 km 03m45.2s
06:1033°57.0'S140°54.7'E35°14.0'S144°04.6'E34°35.7'S142°28.0'E 1.058 35° 288° 312 km 03m43.4s
06:1233°13.6'S141°41.0'E34°29.3'S144°52.8'E33°51.7'S143°15.1'E 1.058 34° 287° 312 km 03m41.5s
06:1432°30.1'S142°28.8'E33°44.6'S145°42.7'E33°07.6'S144°04.0'E 1.057 34° 285° 313 km 03m39.5s
06:1631°46.5'S143°18.4'E32°59.7'S146°34.8'E32°23.3'S144°54.7'E 1.057 33° 284° 313 km 03m37.3s
06:1831°02.7'S144°10.0'E32°14.7'S147°29.2'E31°38.9'S145°47.6'E 1.057 32° 282° 313 km 03m35.0s
06:2030°18.8'S145°03.8'E31°29.4'S148°26.4'E30°54.4'S146°43.1'E 1.057 31° 281° 313 km 03m32.6s
06:2229°34.6'S146°00.3'E30°43.8'S149°26.8'E30°09.5'S147°41.3'E 1.056 30° 280° 313 km 03m30.0s
06:2428°50.1'S146°59.8'E29°57.8'S150°30.9'E29°24.3'S148°43.0'E 1.056 28° 279° 312 km 03m27.2s
06:2628°05.3'S148°02.9'E29°11.4'S151°39.4'E28°38.8'S149°48.6'E 1.056 27° 277° 311 km 03m24.2s
06:2827°20.1'S149°10.0'E28°24.4'S152°53.3'E27°52.7'S150°58.8'E 1.055 26° 276° 309 km 03m21.0s
06:3026°34.3'S150°22.2'E27°36.6'S154°13.7'E27°06.0'S152°14.7'E 1.055 24° 275° 307 km 03m17.5s
06:3225°47.8'S151°40.3'E26°47.9'S155°42.2'E26°18.5'S153°37.5'E 1.054 23° 274° 304 km 03m13.8s
06:3425°00.5'S153°05.9'E25°57.9'S157°21.3'E25°29.9'S155°09.0'E 1.054 21° 272° 300 km 03m09.7s
06:3624°12.1'S154°40.9'E25°06.1'S159°14.9'E24°40.0'S156°52.1'E 1.053 19° 271° 296 km 03m05.2s
06:3823°22.2'S156°28.5'E24°11.7'S161°29.9'E23°48.2'S158°51.0'E 1.052 17° 270° 291 km 03m00.2s
06:4022°30.1'S158°34.0'E23°12.7'S164°20.7'E22°53.4'S161°14.1'E 1.052 14° 268° 284 km 02m54.3s
06:4221°34.7'S161°07.3'E22°03.4'S168°34.4'E21°53.3'S164°20.0'E 1.050 11° 267° 274 km 02m47.1s
06:4420°32.9'S164°33.9'E - - 20°38.9'S169°23.6'E 1.049 265° 260 km 02m36.2s
Limits18°43.7'S174°20.7'E20°50.3'S175°22.0'E19°46.3'S174°50.8'E 1.047 - 245 km 02m25.8s

ΔT = 17194.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:22:36.705:36:02.647°14.8'S059°04.9'E 41.6° 316.3° 288.2 km03m58.70s
Greatest Duration10:22:04.505:35:30.447°27.3'S130°44.3'E 41.6° 316.8° 287.8 km03m58.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0506 Mar 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0506 Mar 09 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 17194.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 432.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.81°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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