Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0515 Mar 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0515 Mar 18 . 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 -0515 Mar 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits51°32.8'S026°28.6'E53°24.7'S025°41.0'E52°28.4'S026°05.3'E 1.052 - 212 km 02m43.2s
04:1051°55.0'S043°00.8'E53°36.9'S029°17.4'E52°54.4'S038°21.2'E 1.054 86° 219 km 03m00.7s
04:1251°44.0'S049°22.5'E53°54.3'S042°41.2'E52°50.3'S046°26.6'E 1.056 13° 79° 223 km 03m13.5s
04:1451°27.7'S054°09.5'E53°45.4'S049°17.1'E52°36.8'S051°57.2'E 1.057 16° 74° 226 km 03m22.9s
04:1651°08.7'S058°06.4'E53°30.3'S054°15.9'E52°19.4'S056°20.9'E 1.058 19° 70° 228 km 03m30.8s
04:1850°47.9'S061°30.8'E53°11.9'S058°23.0'E51°59.7'S060°04.3'E 1.059 22° 66° 230 km 03m37.9s
04:2050°26.0'S064°31.8'E52°51.5'S061°56.3'E51°38.4'S063°20.1'E 1.059 24° 63° 232 km 03m44.2s
04:2250°03.3'S067°15.0'E52°29.7'S065°05.3'E51°16.1'S066°15.2'E 1.060 26° 60° 233 km 03m50.1s
04:2449°39.9'S069°43.9'E52°06.9'S067°55.7'E50°52.9'S068°54.1'E 1.061 28° 57° 235 km 03m55.6s
04:2649°16.1'S072°01.2'E51°43.2'S070°31.3'E50°29.1'S071°19.9'E 1.061 30° 54° 236 km 04m00.8s
04:2848°51.8'S074°08.7'E51°19.0'S072°54.6'E50°04.9'S073°34.7'E 1.062 31° 52° 237 km 04m05.6s
04:3048°27.3'S076°07.8'E50°54.3'S075°07.6'E49°40.2'S075°40.4'E 1.062 33° 49° 238 km 04m10.2s
04:3248°02.5'S077°59.7'E50°29.3'S077°11.8'E49°15.3'S077°38.1'E 1.062 34° 47° 240 km 04m14.6s
04:3447°37.5'S079°45.2'E50°03.9'S079°08.4'E48°50.1'S079°28.8'E 1.063 36° 45° 241 km 04m18.8s
04:3647°12.4'S081°25.0'E49°38.3'S080°58.2'E48°24.8'S081°13.4'E 1.063 37° 42° 242 km 04m22.8s
04:3846°47.1'S082°59.9'E49°12.5'S082°42.2'E47°59.3'S082°52.6'E 1.063 38° 40° 243 km 04m26.6s
04:4046°21.8'S084°30.3'E48°46.6'S084°20.8'E47°33.6'S084°26.9'E 1.064 40° 38° 244 km 04m30.2s
04:4245°56.4'S085°56.6'E48°20.6'S085°54.8'E47°07.9'S085°56.8'E 1.064 41° 36° 245 km 04m33.7s
04:4445°30.9'S087°19.2'E47°54.4'S087°24.4'E46°42.1'S087°22.8'E 1.064 42° 34° 246 km 04m37.0s
04:4645°05.4'S088°38.5'E47°28.2'S088°50.2'E46°16.3'S088°45.2'E 1.065 43° 31° 246 km 04m40.1s
04:4844°39.9'S089°54.7'E47°01.9'S090°12.4'E45°50.4'S090°04.3'E 1.065 44° 29° 247 km 04m43.1s
04:5044°14.3'S091°08.1'E46°35.6'S091°31.4'E45°24.5'S091°20.4'E 1.065 45° 27° 248 km 04m46.0s
04:5243°48.8'S092°19.0'E46°09.3'S092°47.5'E44°58.5'S092°33.7'E 1.065 46° 25° 249 km 04m48.7s
04:5443°23.2'S093°27.5'E45°43.0'S094°00.8'E44°32.6'S093°44.6'E 1.066 47° 23° 250 km 04m51.3s
04:5642°57.7'S094°33.8'E45°16.6'S095°11.7'E44°06.7'S094°53.0'E 1.066 47° 21° 251 km 04m53.7s
04:5842°32.1'S095°38.0'E44°50.3'S096°20.2'E43°40.7'S095°59.4'E 1.066 48° 19° 252 km 04m56.0s
05:0042°06.6'S096°40.4'E44°23.9'S097°26.7'E43°14.8'S097°03.7'E 1.066 49° 16° 252 km 04m58.1s
05:0241°41.1'S097°41.1'E43°57.6'S098°31.1'E42°48.9'S098°06.2'E 1.066 50° 14° 253 km 05m00.2s
05:0441°15.6'S098°40.2'E43°31.3'S099°33.8'E42°23.0'S099°07.0'E 1.066 50° 12° 254 km 05m02.1s
05:0640°50.1'S099°37.8'E43°05.0'S100°34.7'E41°57.1'S100°06.2'E 1.066 51° 10° 255 km 05m03.8s
05:0840°24.6'S100°34.0'E42°38.7'S101°34.1'E41°31.2'S101°04.0'E 1.067 52° 256 km 05m05.4s
05:1039°59.2'S101°29.0'E42°12.4'S102°32.1'E41°05.4'S102°00.4'E 1.067 52° 256 km 05m07.0s
05:1239°33.8'S102°22.8'E41°46.2'S103°28.7'E40°39.6'S102°55.6'E 1.067 53° 257 km 05m08.3s
05:1439°08.4'S103°15.4'E41°20.0'S104°24.1'E40°13.8'S103°49.6'E 1.067 53° 258 km 05m09.6s
05:1638°43.0'S104°07.1'E40°53.9'S105°18.3'E39°48.1'S104°42.5'E 1.067 54° 358° 259 km 05m10.7s
05:1838°17.7'S104°57.9'E40°27.7'S106°11.5'E39°22.4'S105°34.4'E 1.067 54° 356° 260 km 05m11.7s
05:2037°52.4'S105°47.8'E40°01.6'S107°03.8'E38°56.7'S106°25.4'E 1.067 54° 354° 260 km 05m12.6s
05:2237°27.1'S106°36.9'E39°35.6'S107°55.1'E38°31.0'S107°15.6'E 1.067 55° 351° 261 km 05m13.3s
05:2437°01.8'S107°25.3'E39°09.5'S108°45.6'E38°05.4'S108°05.1'E 1.067 55° 349° 262 km 05m13.9s
05:2636°36.6'S108°13.0'E38°43.5'S109°35.4'E37°39.8'S108°53.8'E 1.067 55° 347° 262 km 05m14.4s
05:2836°11.4'S109°00.1'E38°17.5'S110°24.5'E37°14.2'S109°41.9'E 1.067 55° 344° 263 km 05m14.8s
05:3035°46.2'S109°46.8'E37°51.6'S111°13.0'E36°48.6'S110°29.4'E 1.067 55° 342° 264 km 05m15.0s
05:3235°21.0'S110°32.9'E37°25.6'S112°01.0'E36°23.1'S111°16.5'E 1.067 55° 339° 265 km 05m15.1s
05:3434°55.8'S111°18.6'E36°59.7'S112°48.5'E35°57.5'S112°03.1'E 1.067 55° 337° 265 km 05m15.1s
05:3634°30.7'S112°04.0'E36°33.8'S113°35.6'E35°32.0'S112°49.3'E 1.067 55° 335° 266 km 05m15.0s
05:3834°05.5'S112°49.1'E36°08.0'S114°22.3'E35°06.5'S113°35.1'E 1.067 55° 332° 267 km 05m14.7s
05:4033°40.4'S113°33.9'E35°42.1'S115°08.7'E34°41.1'S114°20.7'E 1.067 55° 330° 267 km 05m14.4s
05:4233°15.3'S114°18.5'E35°16.3'S115°54.9'E34°15.6'S115°06.1'E 1.067 55° 328° 268 km 05m13.9s
05:4432°50.2'S115°03.0'E34°50.5'S116°40.9'E33°50.2'S115°51.3'E 1.067 55° 326° 268 km 05m13.2s
05:4632°25.1'S115°47.4'E34°24.7'S117°26.7'E33°24.7'S116°36.4'E 1.067 54° 323° 269 km 05m12.5s
05:4832°00.0'S116°31.8'E33°58.9'S118°12.5'E32°59.3'S117°21.5'E 1.067 54° 321° 270 km 05m11.6s
05:5031°35.0'S117°16.1'E33°33.1'S118°58.3'E32°33.9'S118°06.6'E 1.067 54° 319° 270 km 05m10.6s
05:5231°09.9'S118°00.6'E33°07.3'S119°44.2'E32°08.4'S118°51.7'E 1.067 53° 317° 271 km 05m09.5s
05:5430°44.8'S118°45.2'E32°41.5'S120°30.2'E31°43.0'S119°37.0'E 1.067 53° 315° 271 km 05m08.3s
05:5630°19.7'S119°29.9'E32°15.7'S121°16.3'E31°17.6'S120°22.4'E 1.067 52° 313° 271 km 05m06.9s
05:5829°54.6'S120°15.0'E31°49.9'S122°02.7'E30°52.1'S121°08.1'E 1.067 52° 311° 272 km 05m05.4s
06:0029°29.5'S121°00.3'E31°24.1'S122°49.4'E30°26.7'S121°54.1'E 1.067 51° 309° 272 km 05m03.8s
06:0229°04.3'S121°46.0'E30°58.3'S123°36.5'E30°01.2'S122°40.5'E 1.066 51° 307° 272 km 05m02.1s
06:0428°39.2'S122°32.2'E30°32.4'S124°24.1'E29°35.7'S123°27.3'E 1.066 50° 305° 273 km 05m00.2s
06:0628°14.0'S123°18.9'E30°06.5'S125°12.2'E29°10.2'S124°14.7'E 1.066 49° 303° 273 km 04m58.2s
06:0827°48.8'S124°06.2'E29°40.6'S126°00.9'E28°44.6'S125°02.7'E 1.066 49° 302° 273 km 04m56.1s
06:1027°23.5'S124°54.1'E29°14.6'S126°50.3'E28°19.0'S125°51.4'E 1.066 48° 300° 273 km 04m53.8s
06:1226°58.2'S125°42.9'E28°48.6'S127°40.6'E27°53.4'S126°40.8'E 1.066 47° 298° 273 km 04m51.4s
06:1426°32.9'S126°32.5'E28°22.6'S128°31.8'E27°27.7'S127°31.2'E 1.065 46° 297° 273 km 04m48.9s
06:1626°07.5'S127°23.0'E27°56.5'S129°24.0'E27°02.0'S128°22.6'E 1.065 45° 295° 273 km 04m46.3s
06:1825°42.0'S128°14.7'E27°30.3'S130°17.4'E26°36.2'S129°15.1'E 1.065 44° 293° 272 km 04m43.5s
06:2025°16.5'S129°07.6'E27°04.0'S131°12.0'E26°10.3'S130°08.8'E 1.065 43° 292° 272 km 04m40.6s
06:2224°50.9'S130°01.9'E26°37.6'S132°08.2'E25°44.3'S131°04.0'E 1.065 42° 291° 271 km 04m37.5s
06:2424°25.2'S130°57.7'E26°11.2'S133°06.0'E25°18.3'S132°00.8'E 1.064 41° 289° 271 km 04m34.3s
06:2623°59.5'S131°55.1'E25°44.6'S134°05.7'E24°52.1'S132°59.3'E 1.064 40° 288° 270 km 04m30.9s
06:2823°33.6'S132°54.5'E25°17.9'S135°07.5'E24°25.8'S133°59.8'E 1.064 39° 287° 269 km 04m27.4s
06:3023°07.6'S133°56.1'E24°51.0'S136°11.6'E23°59.4'S135°02.6'E 1.063 38° 285° 268 km 04m23.7s
06:3222°41.4'S135°00.1'E24°23.9'S137°18.5'E23°32.8'S136°08.0'E 1.063 36° 284° 267 km 04m19.9s
06:3422°15.1'S136°06.8'E23°56.7'S138°28.5'E23°06.0'S137°16.3'E 1.063 35° 283° 266 km 04m15.9s
06:3621°48.6'S137°16.8'E23°29.2'S139°42.1'E22°39.1'S138°27.9'E 1.062 34° 282° 264 km 04m11.6s
06:3821°21.9'S138°30.4'E23°01.4'S140°59.8'E22°11.8'S139°43.5'E 1.062 32° 280° 262 km 04m07.2s
06:4020°54.9'S139°48.2'E22°33.3'S142°22.6'E21°44.3'S141°03.6'E 1.061 31° 279° 260 km 04m02.5s
06:4220°27.7'S141°11.0'E22°04.8'S143°51.2'E21°16.5'S142°29.2'E 1.061 29° 278° 258 km 03m57.5s
06:4420°00.1'S142°39.9'E21°35.9'S145°27.1'E20°48.2'S144°01.3'E 1.060 27° 277° 256 km 03m52.3s
06:4619°32.0'S144°16.1'E21°06.3'S147°12.1'E20°19.5'S145°41.5'E 1.060 25° 276° 253 km 03m46.7s
06:4819°03.5'S146°01.5'E20°35.9'S149°08.9'E19°50.1'S147°32.2'E 1.059 23° 275° 249 km 03m40.6s
06:5018°34.2'S147°58.9'E20°04.5'S151°21.9'E19°19.8'S149°36.6'E 1.058 21° 274° 246 km 03m34.1s
06:5218°04.0'S150°12.7'E19°31.6'S153°58.9'E18°48.4'S152°00.5'E 1.058 18° 273° 241 km 03m26.7s
06:5417°32.4'S152°50.8'E18°56.0'S157°16.6'E18°15.1'S154°55.0'E 1.057 15° 271° 236 km 03m18.3s
06:5616°58.5'S156°10.4'E18°14.2'S162°10.9'E17°38.2'S158°48.3'E 1.055 10° 270° 229 km 03m07.7s
06:5816°18.9'S161°09.3'E - - 16°46.1'S166°58.4'E 1.053 267° 215 km 02m48.1s
Limits15°41.0'S168°55.2'E17°33.7'S169°31.9'E16°37.0'S169°13.2'E 1.052 - 211 km 02m43.4s

ΔT = 17327.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:22:10.105:33:22.836°05.4'S039°25.0'E 55.3° 337.8° 265.1 km05m15.14s
Greatest Duration10:21:41.105:32:53.836°11.6'S111°37.4'E 55.3° 338.4° 264.9 km05m15.14s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0515 Mar 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0515 Mar 18 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 17327.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 436.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.82°.

Acknowledgments

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

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