Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0683 Mar 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0683 Mar 15 . 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 -0683 Mar 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits18°27.8'N136°47.9'W16°36.1'N136°30.8'W17°31.6'N136°39.1'W 1.051 - 202 km 02m47.0s
15:26 - - 15°59.9'N126°44.8'W17°05.1'N129°58.0'W 1.053 97° 213 km 03m02.9s
15:2817°58.5'N127°07.3'W15°56.7'N122°33.3'W16°56.9'N124°37.4'W 1.055 12° 99° 222 km 03m17.4s
15:3017°58.4'N123°05.2'W16°00.0'N119°30.6'W16°58.9'N121°11.5'W 1.056 16° 100° 228 km 03m27.7s
15:3218°03.7'N120°06.8'W16°06.5'N117°01.8'W17°04.9'N118°30.0'W 1.057 19° 101° 233 km 03m36.2s
15:3418°11.8'N117°40.6'W16°15.0'N114°53.9'W17°13.3'N116°14.0'W 1.058 21° 103° 237 km 03m43.8s
15:3618°21.7'N115°34.7'W16°25.1'N113°00.8'W17°23.4'N114°15.1'W 1.059 24° 104° 241 km 03m50.6s
15:3818°33.0'N113°43.0'W16°36.4'N111°18.6'W17°34.6'N112°28.6'W 1.059 26° 105° 244 km 03m57.0s
15:4018°45.3'N112°02.0'W16°48.5'N109°45.0'W17°46.9'N110°51.6'W 1.060 28° 106° 247 km 04m02.9s
15:4218°58.5'N110°29.4'W17°01.5'N108°18.2'W17°59.9'N109°22.1'W 1.060 29° 107° 250 km 04m08.4s
15:4419°12.3'N109°03.5'W17°15.1'N106°57.3'W18°13.7'N107°58.8'W 1.061 31° 108° 252 km 04m13.7s
15:4619°26.8'N107°43.2'W17°29.3'N105°41.1'W18°28.0'N106°40.8'W 1.061 33° 109° 255 km 04m18.6s
15:4819°41.7'N106°27.7'W17°44.0'N104°29.0'W18°42.8'N105°27.0'W 1.062 34° 110° 257 km 04m23.4s
15:5019°57.2'N105°16.1'W17°59.2'N103°20.6'W18°58.1'N104°17.1'W 1.062 35° 111° 259 km 04m27.9s
15:5220°13.1'N104°08.0'W18°14.8'N102°15.2'W19°13.9'N103°10.5'W 1.062 37° 112° 260 km 04m32.2s
15:5420°29.4'N103°03.0'W18°30.8'N101°12.6'W19°30.0'N102°06.7'W 1.063 38° 113° 262 km 04m36.3s
15:5620°46.0'N102°00.7'W18°47.2'N100°12.4'W19°46.5'N101°05.6'W 1.063 39° 114° 263 km 04m40.2s
15:5821°03.0'N101°00.8'W19°03.9'N099°14.4'W20°03.4'N100°06.6'W 1.063 40° 115° 264 km 04m43.9s
16:0021°20.3'N100°02.9'W19°20.9'N098°18.3'W20°20.5'N099°09.7'W 1.063 41° 117° 266 km 04m47.4s
16:0221°37.9'N099°07.0'W19°38.3'N097°24.0'W20°38.0'N098°14.6'W 1.064 42° 118° 267 km 04m50.8s
16:0421°55.8'N098°12.7'W19°55.9'N096°31.3'W20°55.8'N097°21.2'W 1.064 43° 119° 267 km 04m54.1s
16:0622°14.0'N097°20.0'W20°13.9'N095°40.0'W21°13.8'N096°29.2'W 1.064 44° 121° 268 km 04m57.1s
16:0822°32.4'N096°28.6'W20°32.0'N094°50.0'W21°32.1'N095°38.6'W 1.064 45° 122° 269 km 05m00.1s
16:1022°51.1'N095°38.5'W20°50.5'N094°01.1'W21°50.7'N094°49.1'W 1.065 46° 123° 269 km 05m02.8s
16:1223°10.1'N094°49.6'W21°09.2'N093°13.4'W22°09.5'N094°00.8'W 1.065 47° 125° 270 km 05m05.4s
16:1423°29.3'N094°01.6'W21°28.2'N092°26.5'W22°28.6'N093°13.4'W 1.065 48° 126° 270 km 05m07.9s
16:1623°48.8'N093°14.5'W21°47.3'N091°40.6'W22°47.9'N092°26.9'W 1.065 49° 128° 270 km 05m10.2s
16:1824°08.4'N092°28.3'W22°06.8'N090°55.4'W23°07.4'N091°41.3'W 1.065 49° 130° 270 km 05m12.4s
16:2024°28.4'N091°42.8'W22°26.4'N090°11.0'W23°27.2'N090°56.3'W 1.065 50° 131° 270 km 05m14.4s
16:2224°48.5'N090°58.0'W22°46.3'N089°27.1'W23°47.2'N090°12.0'W 1.066 51° 133° 270 km 05m16.3s
16:2425°08.9'N090°13.7'W23°06.4'N088°43.9'W24°07.5'N089°28.3'W 1.066 51° 135° 270 km 05m18.0s
16:2625°29.5'N089°30.0'W23°26.8'N088°01.1'W24°27.9'N088°45.0'W 1.066 52° 137° 270 km 05m19.6s
16:2825°50.3'N088°46.7'W23°47.3'N087°18.8'W24°48.6'N088°02.3'W 1.066 52° 138° 270 km 05m21.1s
16:3026°11.3'N088°03.8'W24°08.1'N086°36.9'W25°09.5'N087°19.9'W 1.066 53° 140° 269 km 05m22.4s
16:3226°32.6'N087°21.2'W24°29.1'N085°55.3'W25°30.7'N086°37.8'W 1.066 53° 142° 269 km 05m23.6s
16:3426°54.1'N086°38.9'W24°50.3'N085°13.9'W25°52.0'N085°56.0'W 1.066 53° 144° 269 km 05m24.7s
16:3627°15.8'N085°56.8'W25°11.8'N084°32.8'W26°13.6'N085°14.4'W 1.066 54° 146° 268 km 05m25.6s
16:3827°37.8'N085°14.9'W25°33.5'N083°51.9'W26°35.4'N084°33.0'W 1.066 54° 148° 268 km 05m26.3s
16:4028°00.0'N084°33.1'W25°55.3'N083°11.1'W26°57.4'N083°51.7'W 1.066 54° 150° 267 km 05m27.0s
16:4228°22.4'N083°51.3'W26°17.4'N082°30.3'W27°19.7'N083°10.5'W 1.066 54° 152° 266 km 05m27.5s
16:4428°45.0'N083°09.6'W26°39.8'N081°49.6'W27°42.1'N082°29.2'W 1.066 55° 154° 266 km 05m27.8s
16:4629°07.9'N082°27.8'W27°02.3'N081°08.8'W28°04.8'N081°48.0'W 1.066 55° 157° 265 km 05m28.0s
16:4829°31.0'N081°45.8'W27°25.1'N080°28.0'W28°27.8'N081°06.6'W 1.066 55° 159° 264 km 05m28.1s
16:5029°54.4'N081°03.8'W27°48.1'N079°47.1'W28°51.0'N080°25.2'W 1.066 55° 161° 263 km 05m28.1s
16:5230°18.0'N080°21.5'W28°11.4'N079°06.0'W29°14.4'N079°43.5'W 1.066 55° 163° 263 km 05m27.9s
16:5430°41.9'N079°39.0'W28°34.9'N078°24.7'W29°38.1'N079°01.6'W 1.066 55° 165° 262 km 05m27.6s
16:5631°06.0'N078°56.2'W28°58.6'N077°43.1'W30°02.0'N078°19.4'W 1.066 54° 167° 261 km 05m27.1s
16:5831°30.4'N078°13.0'W29°22.6'N077°01.2'W30°26.1'N077°36.9'W 1.066 54° 169° 260 km 05m26.5s
17:0031°55.0'N077°29.4'W29°46.9'N076°18.9'W30°50.6'N076°54.0'W 1.066 54° 172° 259 km 05m25.8s
17:0232°19.9'N076°45.3'W30°11.3'N075°36.2'W31°15.3'N076°10.6'W 1.066 54° 174° 258 km 05m24.9s
17:0432°45.1'N076°00.6'W30°36.1'N074°53.0'W31°40.2'N075°26.7'W 1.066 53° 176° 258 km 05m23.9s
17:0633°10.6'N075°15.4'W31°01.1'N074°09.2'W32°05.5'N074°42.2'W 1.066 53° 178° 257 km 05m22.8s
17:0833°36.4'N074°29.4'W31°26.5'N073°24.8'W32°31.0'N073°57.1'W 1.066 53° 180° 256 km 05m21.6s
17:1034°02.5'N073°42.7'W31°52.0'N072°39.8'W32°56.8'N073°11.2'W 1.066 52° 182° 255 km 05m20.2s
17:1234°28.8'N072°55.2'W32°17.9'N071°54.0'W33°23.0'N072°24.6'W 1.066 52° 184° 254 km 05m18.6s
17:1434°55.6'N072°06.7'W32°44.1'N071°07.4'W33°49.4'N071°37.1'W 1.066 51° 186° 253 km 05m17.0s
17:1635°22.6'N071°17.3'W33°10.6'N070°19.9'W34°16.2'N070°48.6'W 1.066 51° 188° 252 km 05m15.2s
17:1835°50.0'N070°26.7'W33°37.5'N069°31.4'W34°43.3'N069°59.2'W 1.066 50° 190° 251 km 05m13.3s
17:2036°17.7'N069°35.0'W34°04.6'N068°41.8'W35°10.7'N069°08.5'W 1.065 49° 192° 250 km 05m11.2s
17:2236°45.9'N068°41.9'W34°32.1'N067°51.1'W35°38.5'N068°16.7'W 1.065 49° 194° 249 km 05m09.0s
17:2437°14.4'N067°47.4'W35°00.0'N066°59.0'W36°06.7'N067°23.4'W 1.065 48° 196° 248 km 05m06.7s
17:2637°43.3'N066°51.3'W35°28.3'N066°05.6'W36°35.3'N066°28.7'W 1.065 47° 198° 247 km 05m04.2s
17:2838°12.6'N065°53.5'W35°56.9'N065°10.6'W37°04.2'N065°32.4'W 1.065 46° 199° 246 km 05m01.6s
17:3038°42.4'N064°53.9'W36°26.0'N064°13.9'W37°33.6'N064°34.3'W 1.065 45° 201° 245 km 04m58.8s
17:3239°12.6'N063°52.1'W36°55.5'N063°15.4'W38°03.5'N063°34.2'W 1.064 44° 203° 244 km 04m55.9s
17:3439°43.4'N062°48.1'W37°25.5'N062°14.9'W38°33.8'N062°32.0'W 1.064 44° 205° 243 km 04m52.9s
17:3640°14.6'N061°41.6'W37°55.9'N061°12.1'W39°04.7'N061°27.5'W 1.064 43° 207° 241 km 04m49.7s
17:3840°46.4'N060°32.3'W38°26.8'N060°07.0'W39°36.0'N060°20.3'W 1.064 41° 209° 240 km 04m46.3s
17:4041°18.8'N059°19.9'W38°58.3'N058°59.1'W40°07.9'N059°10.3'W 1.063 40° 210° 239 km 04m42.8s
17:4241°51.8'N058°04.1'W39°30.4'N057°48.2'W40°40.5'N057°57.0'W 1.063 39° 212° 238 km 04m39.1s
17:4442°25.5'N056°44.5'W40°03.1'N056°33.9'W41°13.6'N056°40.2'W 1.063 38° 214° 237 km 04m35.3s
17:4642°59.9'N055°20.5'W40°36.5'N055°16.0'W41°47.5'N055°19.4'W 1.062 37° 216° 236 km 04m31.3s
17:4843°35.1'N053°51.6'W41°10.6'N053°53.8'W42°22.1'N053°54.0'W 1.062 35° 218° 234 km 04m27.1s
17:5044°11.2'N052°17.1'W41°45.5'N052°26.8'W42°57.6'N052°23.5'W 1.062 34° 220° 233 km 04m22.7s
17:5244°48.3'N050°36.2'W42°21.2'N050°54.3'W43°34.0'N050°47.0'W 1.061 33° 222° 232 km 04m18.0s
17:5445°26.4'N048°47.6'W42°58.0'N049°15.5'W44°11.3'N049°03.6'W 1.061 31° 224° 230 km 04m13.2s
17:5646°05.7'N046°50.1'W43°35.8'N047°29.4'W44°49.9'N047°12.2'W 1.060 29° 226° 229 km 04m08.1s
17:5846°46.4'N044°41.7'W44°14.8'N045°34.4'W45°29.7'N045°11.0'W 1.060 28° 228° 227 km 04m02.7s
18:0047°28.8'N042°20.0'W44°55.3'N043°28.9'W46°11.1'N042°57.9'W 1.059 26° 230° 226 km 03m56.9s
18:0248°13.1'N039°41.2'W45°37.4'N041°10.2'W46°54.2'N040°30.0'W 1.059 24° 233° 224 km 03m50.8s
18:0448°59.9'N036°39.7'W46°21.6'N038°34.8'W47°39.6'N037°42.8'W 1.058 22° 235° 222 km 03m44.1s
18:0649°50.1'N033°06.2'W47°08.4'N035°37.1'W48°28.0'N034°29.2'W 1.057 19° 238° 220 km 03m36.7s
18:0850°45.2'N028°42.5'W47°58.7'N032°07.6'W49°20.4'N030°36.3'W 1.056 16° 242° 217 km 03m28.4s
18:1051°49.1'N022°42.1'W48°54.2'N027°47.8'W50°19.4'N025°36.5'W 1.055 12° 246° 214 km 03m18.5s
18:1253°31.6'N009°07.1'W49°59.5'N021°49.0'W51°33.4'N017°54.3'W 1.054 253° 210 km 03m04.8s
Limits53°45.0'N006°34.0'W51°54.0'N006°35.9'W52°49.2'N006°34.9'W 1.051 - 204 km 02m47.6s

ΔT = 19914.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:21:06.316:49:11.828°41.6'N163°54.1'W 54.7° 159.9° 263.8 km05m28.10s
Greatest Duration22:20:10.616:48:16.128°30.9'N081°01.1'W 54.7° 158.9° 264.1 km05m28.12s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0683 Mar 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0683 Mar 15 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 19914.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 501.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.09°.

Acknowledgments

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

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