Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0859 Mar 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0859 Mar 12 . 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 -0859 Mar 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits09°24.9'S174°11.4'E10°16.8'S174°11.3'E09°50.9'S174°11.4'E 1.027 - 95 km 01m32.2s
18:3410°04.9'S177°38.3'W11°06.6'S175°58.4'W10°35.8'S176°46.0'W 1.030 95° 106 km 01m49.1s
18:3610°10.4'S172°45.9'W11°10.5'S171°32.2'W10°40.4'S172°08.1'W 1.031 14° 94° 112 km 01m59.1s
18:3810°04.8'S169°25.1'W11°05.0'S168°20.0'W10°34.8'S168°51.9'W 1.033 18° 94° 117 km 02m06.7s
18:4009°54.2'S166°44.9'W10°54.7'S165°44.0'W10°24.4'S166°14.0'W 1.033 21° 93° 120 km 02m13.3s
18:4209°40.7'S164°29.2'W10°41.4'S163°30.7'W10°11.0'S163°59.5'W 1.034 24° 93° 124 km 02m19.1s
18:4409°25.0'S162°30.3'W10°26.1'S161°33.2'W09°55.5'S162°01.4'W 1.035 26° 93° 127 km 02m24.5s
18:4609°07.8'S160°43.9'W10°09.1'S159°47.6'W09°38.4'S160°15.4'W 1.036 28° 93° 129 km 02m29.4s
18:4808°49.3'S159°07.2'W09°50.8'S158°11.3'W09°20.0'S158°39.0'W 1.036 30° 93° 132 km 02m34.1s
18:5008°29.8'S157°38.4'W09°31.5'S156°42.7'W09°00.6'S157°10.3'W 1.037 32° 92° 134 km 02m38.5s
18:5208°09.4'S156°16.1'W09°11.3'S155°20.5'W08°40.3'S155°48.1'W 1.037 34° 92° 136 km 02m42.6s
18:5407°48.3'S154°59.3'W08°50.3'S154°03.6'W08°19.2'S154°31.3'W 1.038 36° 92° 138 km 02m46.6s
18:5607°26.6'S153°47.3'W08°28.6'S152°51.5'W07°57.5'S153°19.2'W 1.038 38° 93° 140 km 02m50.4s
18:5807°04.3'S152°39.4'W08°06.4'S151°43.4'W07°35.3'S152°11.2'W 1.039 39° 93° 142 km 02m54.0s
19:0006°41.4'S151°35.1'W07°43.6'S150°38.8'W07°12.5'S151°06.8'W 1.039 41° 93° 143 km 02m57.5s
19:0206°18.2'S150°34.0'W07°20.3'S149°37.5'W06°49.2'S150°05.6'W 1.039 42° 93° 145 km 03m00.8s
19:0405°54.5'S149°35.9'W06°56.6'S148°39.1'W06°25.5'S149°07.3'W 1.040 44° 93° 146 km 03m03.9s
19:0605°30.4'S148°40.3'W06°32.5'S147°43.3'W06°01.4'S148°11.7'W 1.040 45° 94° 147 km 03m07.0s
19:0805°06.0'S147°47.1'W06°08.0'S146°49.8'W05°37.0'S147°18.3'W 1.040 46° 94° 149 km 03m09.9s
19:1004°41.2'S146°56.1'W05°43.2'S145°58.4'W05°12.2'S146°27.1'W 1.041 48° 94° 150 km 03m12.7s
19:1204°16.2'S146°07.0'W05°18.1'S145°09.0'W04°47.1'S145°37.9'W 1.041 49° 95° 151 km 03m15.4s
19:1403°50.8'S145°19.7'W04°52.6'S144°21.4'W04°21.7'S144°50.5'W 1.041 50° 96° 152 km 03m18.0s
19:1603°25.1'S144°34.1'W04°26.9'S143°35.5'W03°56.0'S144°04.7'W 1.041 51° 96° 153 km 03m20.5s
19:1802°59.2'S143°49.9'W04°00.9'S142°51.1'W03°30.0'S143°20.4'W 1.042 53° 97° 153 km 03m22.8s
19:2002°33.1'S143°07.2'W03°34.6'S142°08.1'W03°03.8'S142°37.6'W 1.042 54° 97° 154 km 03m25.1s
19:2202°06.7'S142°25.8'W03°08.0'S141°26.4'W02°37.3'S141°56.0'W 1.042 55° 98° 155 km 03m27.2s
19:2401°40.0'S141°45.6'W02°41.3'S140°45.9'W02°10.6'S141°15.7'W 1.042 56° 99° 155 km 03m29.3s
19:2601°13.2'S141°06.5'W02°14.3'S140°06.5'W01°43.7'S140°36.4'W 1.042 57° 100° 156 km 03m31.3s
19:2800°46.1'S140°28.4'W01°47.0'S139°28.2'W01°16.6'S139°58.3'W 1.043 58° 101° 156 km 03m33.1s
19:3000°18.8'S139°51.3'W01°19.6'S138°50.9'W00°49.2'S139°21.1'W 1.043 59° 102° 157 km 03m34.9s
19:3200°08.7'N139°15.1'W00°51.9'S138°14.5'W00°21.6'S138°44.7'W 1.043 60° 103° 157 km 03m36.6s
19:3400°36.4'N138°39.7'W00°24.1'S137°38.9'W00°06.2'N138°09.3'W 1.043 61° 104° 157 km 03m38.1s
19:3601°04.3'N138°05.1'W00°04.0'N137°04.1'W00°34.2'N137°34.6'W 1.043 62° 106° 158 km 03m39.6s
19:3801°32.4'N137°31.3'W00°32.2'N136°30.1'W01°02.3'N137°00.6'W 1.043 63° 107° 158 km 03m41.0s
19:4002°00.7'N136°58.0'W01°00.7'N135°56.7'W01°30.7'N136°27.3'W 1.044 64° 109° 158 km 03m42.3s
19:4202°29.2'N136°25.4'W01°29.3'N135°24.0'W01°59.3'N135°54.7'W 1.044 65° 111° 158 km 03m43.6s
19:4402°57.9'N135°53.4'W01°58.2'N134°51.8'W02°28.0'N135°22.6'W 1.044 65° 112° 158 km 03m44.7s
19:4603°26.8'N135°21.9'W02°27.2'N134°20.1'W02°57.0'N134°51.0'W 1.044 66° 114° 158 km 03m45.7s
19:4803°55.9'N134°50.9'W02°56.4'N133°49.0'W03°26.1'N134°19.9'W 1.044 67° 116° 158 km 03m46.7s
19:5004°25.1'N134°20.3'W03°25.8'N133°18.3'W03°55.5'N133°49.3'W 1.044 67° 119° 158 km 03m47.6s
19:5204°54.6'N133°50.1'W03°55.4'N132°48.0'W04°25.0'N133°19.0'W 1.044 68° 121° 158 km 03m48.4s
19:5405°24.2'N133°20.3'W04°25.2'N132°18.2'W04°54.7'N132°49.2'W 1.044 69° 123° 158 km 03m49.1s
19:5605°54.1'N132°50.8'W04°55.1'N131°48.6'W05°24.6'N132°19.7'W 1.044 69° 126° 158 km 03m49.7s
19:5806°24.1'N132°21.6'W05°25.3'N131°19.3'W05°54.7'N131°50.4'W 1.044 70° 129° 158 km 03m50.3s
20:0006°54.3'N131°52.6'W05°55.6'N130°50.4'W06°24.9'N131°21.5'W 1.044 70° 132° 158 km 03m50.7s
20:0207°24.7'N131°23.9'W06°26.1'N130°21.6'W06°55.4'N130°52.7'W 1.045 70° 135° 158 km 03m51.1s
20:0407°55.4'N130°55.4'W06°56.8'N129°53.1'W07°26.1'N130°24.2'W 1.045 71° 138° 157 km 03m51.4s
20:0608°26.2'N130°27.0'W07°27.7'N129°24.7'W07°56.9'N129°55.8'W 1.045 71° 141° 157 km 03m51.6s
20:0808°57.2'N129°58.7'W07°58.8'N128°56.4'W08°28.0'N129°27.6'W 1.045 71° 144° 157 km 03m51.8s
20:1009°28.4'N129°30.6'W08°30.1'N128°28.3'W08°59.2'N128°59.4'W 1.045 71° 147° 157 km 03m51.8s
20:1209°59.9'N129°02.4'W09°01.6'N128°00.2'W09°30.7'N128°31.3'W 1.045 71° 151° 156 km 03m51.8s
20:1410°31.5'N128°34.4'W09°33.3'N127°32.2'W10°02.4'N128°03.3'W 1.045 71° 154° 156 km 03m51.7s
20:1611°03.4'N128°06.3'W10°05.2'N127°04.1'W10°34.2'N127°35.2'W 1.045 71° 158° 156 km 03m51.6s
20:1811°35.5'N127°38.1'W10°37.3'N126°36.1'W11°06.3'N127°07.1'W 1.045 71° 161° 155 km 03m51.3s
20:2012°07.8'N127°09.9'W11°09.7'N126°08.0'W11°38.7'N126°38.9'W 1.045 71° 164° 155 km 03m51.0s
20:2212°40.3'N126°41.6'W11°42.2'N125°39.7'W12°11.2'N126°10.6'W 1.045 71° 167° 155 km 03m50.6s
20:2413°13.1'N126°13.1'W12°15.0'N125°11.4'W12°44.0'N125°42.2'W 1.045 70° 171° 154 km 03m50.1s
20:2613°46.1'N125°44.4'W12°48.0'N124°42.9'W13°17.0'N125°13.6'W 1.045 70° 174° 154 km 03m49.6s
20:2814°19.3'N125°15.5'W13°21.2'N124°14.1'W13°50.2'N124°44.8'W 1.045 69° 176° 154 km 03m48.9s
20:3014°52.9'N124°46.4'W13°54.7'N123°45.2'W14°23.7'N124°15.8'W 1.045 69° 179° 153 km 03m48.2s
20:3215°26.6'N124°16.9'W14°28.4'N123°15.9'W14°57.5'N123°46.4'W 1.044 68° 182° 153 km 03m47.5s
20:3416°00.7'N123°47.2'W15°02.4'N122°46.4'W15°31.5'N123°16.8'W 1.044 68° 184° 152 km 03m46.6s
20:3616°35.0'N123°17.0'W15°36.6'N122°16.4'W16°05.7'N122°46.7'W 1.044 67° 187° 152 km 03m45.7s
20:3817°09.6'N122°46.4'W16°11.2'N121°46.1'W16°40.3'N122°16.3'W 1.044 66° 189° 152 km 03m44.7s
20:4017°44.5'N122°15.4'W16°45.9'N121°15.3'W17°15.1'N121°45.4'W 1.044 65° 191° 151 km 03m43.6s
20:4218°19.6'N121°43.8'W17°21.0'N120°44.0'W17°50.2'N121°13.9'W 1.044 65° 193° 151 km 03m42.4s
20:4418°55.1'N121°11.6'W17°56.4'N120°12.2'W18°25.7'N120°41.9'W 1.044 64° 195° 150 km 03m41.2s
20:4619°31.0'N120°38.8'W18°32.1'N119°39.8'W19°01.4'N120°09.3'W 1.044 63° 197° 150 km 03m39.9s
20:4820°07.1'N120°05.4'W19°08.1'N119°06.7'W19°37.5'N119°36.0'W 1.044 62° 199° 149 km 03m38.5s
20:5020°43.6'N119°31.1'W19°44.4'N118°32.8'W20°13.9'N119°02.0'W 1.044 61° 201° 148 km 03m37.0s
20:5221°20.5'N118°56.1'W20°21.1'N117°58.2'W20°50.7'N118°27.2'W 1.044 60° 203° 148 km 03m35.4s
20:5421°57.7'N118°20.1'W20°58.1'N117°22.8'W21°27.8'N117°51.5'W 1.043 59° 204° 147 km 03m33.8s
20:5622°35.3'N117°43.2'W21°35.5'N116°46.4'W22°05.3'N117°14.8'W 1.043 58° 206° 147 km 03m32.1s
20:5823°13.3'N117°05.2'W22°13.4'N116°08.9'W22°43.2'N116°37.1'W 1.043 57° 207° 146 km 03m30.3s
21:0023°51.8'N116°26.1'W22°51.6'N115°30.4'W23°21.6'N115°58.3'W 1.043 56° 209° 145 km 03m28.4s
21:0224°30.7'N115°45.7'W23°30.2'N114°50.6'W24°00.3'N115°18.2'W 1.043 55° 210° 145 km 03m26.4s
21:0425°10.1'N115°03.9'W24°09.3'N114°09.6'W24°39.6'N114°36.8'W 1.043 54° 211° 144 km 03m24.4s
21:0625°49.9'N114°20.7'W24°48.9'N113°27.1'W25°19.3'N113°54.0'W 1.042 53° 213° 143 km 03m22.3s
21:0826°30.3'N113°35.8'W25°28.9'N112°43.0'W25°59.5'N113°09.5'W 1.042 52° 214° 143 km 03m20.0s
21:1027°11.2'N112°49.2'W26°09.5'N111°57.3'W26°40.2'N112°23.3'W 1.042 50° 215° 142 km 03m17.7s
21:1227°52.7'N112°00.5'W26°50.7'N111°09.6'W27°21.5'N111°35.2'W 1.042 49° 216° 141 km 03m15.3s
21:1428°34.8'N111°09.8'W27°32.4'N110°19.9'W28°03.4'N110°45.0'W 1.041 48° 218° 140 km 03m12.8s
21:1629°17.5'N110°16.7'W28°14.8'N109°28.0'W28°46.0'N109°52.4'W 1.041 47° 219° 139 km 03m10.2s
21:1830°00.9'N109°21.0'W28°57.8'N108°33.5'W29°29.2'N108°57.4'W 1.041 45° 220° 138 km 03m07.4s
21:2030°45.1'N108°22.3'W29°41.6'N107°36.2'W30°13.2'N107°59.4'W 1.041 44° 221° 137 km 03m04.6s
21:2231°30.1'N107°20.4'W30°26.2'N106°35.9'W30°58.0'N106°58.3'W 1.040 43° 222° 136 km 03m01.6s
21:2432°15.9'N106°14.9'W31°11.6'N105°32.1'W31°43.6'N105°53.7'W 1.040 41° 224° 135 km 02m58.6s
21:2633°02.7'N105°05.4'W31°57.9'N104°24.4'W32°30.1'N104°45.1'W 1.040 40° 225° 134 km 02m55.3s
21:2833°50.5'N103°51.1'W32°45.2'N103°12.2'W33°17.6'N103°31.9'W 1.039 38° 226° 133 km 02m52.0s
21:3034°39.4'N102°31.5'W33°33.6'N101°55.0'W34°06.3'N102°13.5'W 1.039 36° 227° 131 km 02m48.5s
21:3235°29.6'N101°05.7'W34°23.2'N100°32.0'W34°56.2'N100°49.2'W 1.038 35° 229° 130 km 02m44.8s
21:3436°21.2'N099°32.7'W35°14.3'N099°02.1'W35°47.5'N099°17.7'W 1.038 33° 230° 129 km 02m40.9s
21:3637°14.5'N097°51.1'W36°06.9'N097°24.1'W36°40.5'N097°38.0'W 1.037 31° 232° 127 km 02m36.9s
21:3838°09.6'N095°59.0'W37°01.3'N095°36.3'W37°35.2'N095°48.1'W 1.037 29° 234° 125 km 02m32.5s
21:4039°06.9'N093°53.9'W37°57.9'N093°36.5'W38°32.2'N093°45.7'W 1.036 27° 235° 124 km 02m27.9s
21:4240°07.0'N091°32.2'W38°57.1'N091°21.2'W39°31.8'N091°27.3'W 1.036 24° 237° 122 km 02m22.9s
21:4441°10.5'N088°48.1'W39°59.6'N088°45.6'W40°34.8'N088°47.6'W 1.035 22° 239° 119 km 02m17.5s
21:4642°18.8'N085°31.7'W41°06.6'N085°41.1'W41°42.4'N085°37.4'W 1.034 19° 242° 117 km 02m11.4s
21:4843°34.2'N081°23.5'W42°20.2'N081°51.6'W42°56.9'N081°39.1'W 1.033 15° 245° 114 km 02m04.4s
21:5045°03.6'N075°28.7'W43°45.6'N076°36.6'W44°24.1'N076°05.8'W 1.031 11° 249° 109 km 01m55.4s
Limits47°20.9'N061°52.6'W46°27.3'N061°45.6'W46°54.1'N061°49.1'W 1.028 - 99 km 01m36.2s

ΔT = 22817.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:32:36.920:12:19.109°35.7'N136°13.1'E 71.3° 151.4° 156.4 km03m51.81s
Greatest Duration02:30:58.120:10:40.409°09.8'N128°50.0'W 71.3° 148.6° 156.6 km03m51.84s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0859 Mar 12 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 22817.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 568.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.37°.

Acknowledgments

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

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