Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0971 Mar 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0971 Mar 20 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -0971 Mar 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits00°37.2'S158°50.9'W03°22.7'S158°26.6'W02°00.5'S158°38.3'W 0.928 - 301 km 05m08.5s
16:46 - - 03°36.2'S149°45.7'W02°14.3'S154°17.3'W 0.929 94° 298 km 05m14.6s
16:4800°56.0'S151°47.5'W03°25.3'S145°44.5'W02°13.9'S148°20.4'W 0.930 11° 94° 296 km 05m24.0s
16:5000°50.8'S147°23.1'W03°09.5'S142°53.2'W02°02.0'S144°57.8'W 0.931 15° 94° 295 km 05m29.9s
16:5200°38.5'S144°24.9'W02°51.5'S140°35.5'W01°46.4'S142°24.1'W 0.932 18° 94° 294 km 05m34.6s
16:5400°23.1'S142°04.1'W02°31.9'S138°38.6'W01°28.7'S140°17.1'W 0.933 20° 94° 293 km 05m38.7s
16:5600°05.9'S140°05.6'W02°11.3'S136°56.2'W01°09.7'S138°27.6'W 0.933 23° 94° 292 km 05m42.4s
16:5800°12.6'N138°22.3'W01°49.9'S135°24.5'W00°49.6'S136°50.8'W 0.934 25° 94° 292 km 05m45.7s
17:0000°32.1'N136°50.3'W01°27.9'S134°01.4'W00°28.8'S135°23.7'W 0.934 27° 94° 291 km 05m48.8s
17:0200°52.4'N135°26.9'W01°05.4'S132°45.2'W00°07.4'S134°04.3'W 0.935 28° 95° 290 km 05m51.6s
17:0401°13.3'N134°10.7'W00°42.4'S131°34.8'W00°14.6'N132°51.1'W 0.935 30° 95° 290 km 05m54.3s
17:0601°34.8'N133°00.2'W00°19.0'S130°29.1'W00°37.1'N131°43.3'W 0.935 32° 95° 289 km 05m56.8s
17:0801°56.7'N131°54.7'W00°04.6'N129°27.7'W00°59.9'N130°39.9'W 0.936 33° 96° 289 km 05m59.1s
17:1002°19.1'N130°53.4'W00°28.6'N128°29.9'W01°23.1'N129°40.5'W 0.936 35° 96° 288 km 06m01.3s
17:1202°41.8'N129°55.7'W00°52.9'N127°35.3'W01°46.6'N128°44.5'W 0.936 36° 96° 287 km 06m03.4s
17:1403°04.8'N129°01.3'W01°17.4'N126°43.6'W02°10.3'N127°51.5'W 0.937 37° 97° 286 km 06m05.4s
17:1603°28.1'N128°09.7'W01°42.1'N125°54.4'W02°34.4'N127°01.2'W 0.937 39° 97° 286 km 06m07.3s
17:1803°51.7'N127°20.7'W02°07.0'N125°07.6'W02°58.6'N126°13.3'W 0.937 40° 98° 285 km 06m09.1s
17:2004°15.6'N126°34.0'W02°32.1'N124°22.8'W03°23.1'N125°27.6'W 0.937 41° 99° 284 km 06m10.8s
17:2204°39.7'N125°49.3'W02°57.5'N123°39.9'W03°47.9'N124°43.9'W 0.937 42° 99° 283 km 06m12.4s
17:2405°04.1'N125°06.6'W03°22.9'N122°58.7'W04°12.8'N124°01.9'W 0.938 43° 100° 282 km 06m13.9s
17:2605°28.6'N124°25.5'W03°48.6'N122°19.1'W04°37.9'N123°21.7'W 0.938 44° 100° 281 km 06m15.4s
17:2805°53.4'N123°46.0'W04°14.4'N121°40.9'W05°03.2'N122°42.9'W 0.938 45° 101° 280 km 06m16.7s
17:3006°18.3'N123°08.0'W04°40.3'N121°04.2'W05°28.6'N122°05.5'W 0.938 46° 102° 279 km 06m18.0s
17:3206°43.5'N122°31.3'W05°06.4'N120°28.6'W05°54.3'N121°29.4'W 0.938 47° 103° 277 km 06m19.2s
17:3407°08.8'N121°55.8'W05°32.7'N119°54.2'W06°20.1'N120°54.5'W 0.939 48° 104° 276 km 06m20.4s
17:3607°34.3'N121°21.4'W05°59.1'N119°20.8'W06°46.0'N120°20.6'W 0.939 49° 104° 275 km 06m21.5s
17:3808°00.0'N120°48.1'W06°25.6'N118°48.5'W07°12.1'N119°47.8'W 0.939 50° 105° 274 km 06m22.5s
17:4008°25.8'N120°15.8'W06°52.2'N118°17.0'W07°38.4'N119°15.9'W 0.939 51° 106° 272 km 06m23.5s
17:4208°51.8'N119°44.4'W07°19.0'N117°46.4'W08°04.8'N118°44.9'W 0.939 52° 107° 271 km 06m24.4s
17:4409°18.0'N119°13.8'W07°45.9'N117°16.6'W08°31.3'N118°14.7'W 0.939 53° 109° 270 km 06m25.2s
17:4609°44.4'N118°44.0'W08°13.0'N116°47.5'W08°58.0'N117°45.3'W 0.939 54° 110° 268 km 06m26.0s
17:4810°10.9'N118°14.9'W08°40.1'N116°19.1'W09°24.8'N117°16.6'W 0.940 54° 111° 267 km 06m26.8s
17:5010°37.5'N117°46.5'W09°07.4'N115°51.4'W09°51.8'N116°48.5'W 0.940 55° 112° 266 km 06m27.4s
17:5211°04.3'N117°18.7'W09°34.8'N115°24.2'W10°18.9'N116°21.0'W 0.940 56° 113° 264 km 06m28.1s
17:5411°31.3'N116°51.4'W10°02.3'N114°57.6'W10°46.2'N115°54.1'W 0.940 56° 115° 263 km 06m28.7s
17:5611°58.5'N116°24.7'W10°30.0'N114°31.5'W11°13.6'N115°27.7'W 0.940 57° 116° 262 km 06m29.2s
17:5812°25.8'N115°58.5'W10°57.8'N114°05.8'W11°41.2'N115°01.8'W 0.940 58° 118° 260 km 06m29.7s
18:0012°53.2'N115°32.8'W11°25.7'N113°40.6'W12°08.8'N114°36.3'W 0.940 58° 119° 259 km 06m30.1s
18:0213°20.8'N115°07.5'W11°53.7'N113°15.7'W12°36.7'N114°11.2'W 0.940 59° 121° 258 km 06m30.5s
18:0413°48.6'N114°42.5'W12°21.9'N112°51.2'W13°04.6'N113°46.5'W 0.940 59° 122° 257 km 06m30.9s
18:0614°16.5'N114°17.9'W12°50.2'N112°27.1'W13°32.7'N113°22.1'W 0.940 60° 124° 255 km 06m31.2s
18:0814°44.6'N113°53.6'W13°18.6'N112°03.2'W14°01.0'N112°58.1'W 0.940 60° 126° 254 km 06m31.4s
18:1015°12.9'N113°29.6'W13°47.1'N111°39.6'W14°29.4'N112°34.3'W 0.940 61° 128° 253 km 06m31.7s
18:1215°41.3'N113°05.9'W14°15.8'N111°16.2'W14°58.0'N112°10.7'W 0.941 61° 129° 252 km 06m31.9s
18:1416°09.9'N112°42.3'W14°44.6'N110°53.1'W15°26.7'N111°47.4'W 0.941 61° 131° 251 km 06m32.0s
18:1616°38.7'N112°19.0'W15°13.5'N110°30.1'W15°55.5'N111°24.2'W 0.941 62° 133° 250 km 06m32.1s
18:1817°07.6'N111°55.8'W15°42.6'N110°07.3'W16°24.5'N111°01.2'W 0.941 62° 135° 249 km 06m32.2s
18:2017°36.7'N111°32.8'W16°11.8'N109°44.5'W16°53.7'N110°38.3'W 0.941 62° 137° 248 km 06m32.2s
18:2218°06.0'N111°09.8'W16°41.2'N109°21.9'W17°23.0'N110°15.6'W 0.941 62° 139° 247 km 06m32.2s
18:2418°35.4'N110°47.0'W17°10.7'N108°59.4'W17°52.5'N109°52.9'W 0.941 62° 142° 246 km 06m32.2s
18:2619°05.1'N110°24.2'W17°40.4'N108°36.9'W18°22.2'N109°30.2'W 0.941 63° 144° 245 km 06m32.1s
18:2819°34.9'N110°01.4'W18°10.2'N108°14.4'W18°52.0'N109°07.6'W 0.941 63° 146° 244 km 06m32.0s
18:3020°05.0'N109°38.6'W18°40.1'N107°51.8'W19°22.0'N108°44.9'W 0.941 63° 148° 243 km 06m31.9s
18:3220°35.2'N109°15.8'W19°10.2'N107°29.3'W19°52.2'N108°22.2'W 0.941 63° 150° 242 km 06m31.7s
18:3421°05.6'N108°52.9'W19°40.5'N107°06.7'W20°22.5'N107°59.5'W 0.941 63° 152° 241 km 06m31.5s
18:3621°36.2'N108°29.9'W20°11.0'N106°44.0'W20°53.1'N107°36.6'W 0.941 63° 154° 241 km 06m31.3s
18:3822°07.1'N108°06.8'W20°41.6'N106°21.1'W21°23.8'N107°13.7'W 0.941 62° 157° 240 km 06m31.0s
18:4022°38.1'N107°43.6'W21°12.4'N105°58.1'W21°54.7'N106°50.6'W 0.941 62° 159° 239 km 06m30.7s
18:4223°09.4'N107°20.2'W21°43.3'N105°34.9'W22°25.8'N106°27.3'W 0.941 62° 161° 239 km 06m30.4s
18:4423°40.8'N106°56.5'W22°14.5'N105°11.6'W22°57.1'N106°03.8'W 0.941 62° 163° 238 km 06m30.0s
18:4624°12.6'N106°32.6'W22°45.8'N104°47.9'W23°28.7'N105°40.0'W 0.941 62° 165° 238 km 06m29.6s
18:4824°44.5'N106°08.5'W23°17.4'N104°24.0'W24°00.4'N105°16.0'W 0.941 61° 167° 237 km 06m29.2s
18:5025°16.7'N105°44.0'W23°49.1'N103°59.8'W24°32.4'N104°51.6'W 0.941 61° 169° 237 km 06m28.7s
18:5225°49.2'N105°19.2'W24°21.0'N103°35.2'W25°04.6'N104°27.0'W 0.941 60° 171° 237 km 06m28.2s
18:5426°21.9'N104°54.0'W24°53.2'N103°10.3'W25°37.0'N104°01.9'W 0.941 60° 173° 236 km 06m27.7s
18:5626°54.8'N104°28.4'W25°25.5'N102°45.0'W26°09.6'N103°36.4'W 0.940 60° 175° 236 km 06m27.1s
18:5827°28.1'N104°02.3'W25°58.1'N102°19.1'W26°42.6'N103°10.4'W 0.940 59° 177° 236 km 06m26.5s
19:0028°01.6'N103°35.7'W26°30.9'N101°52.8'W27°15.7'N102°44.0'W 0.940 59° 179° 235 km 06m25.9s
19:0228°35.4'N103°08.5'W27°04.0'N101°26.0'W27°49.2'N102°17.0'W 0.940 58° 181° 235 km 06m25.2s
19:0429°09.5'N102°40.7'W27°37.3'N100°58.6'W28°22.9'N101°49.4'W 0.940 57° 182° 235 km 06m24.5s
19:0629°44.0'N102°12.3'W28°10.9'N100°30.5'W28°56.9'N101°21.2'W 0.940 57° 184° 235 km 06m23.8s
19:0830°18.7'N101°43.1'W28°44.7'N100°01.8'W29°31.1'N100°52.2'W 0.940 56° 186° 235 km 06m23.0s
19:1030°53.8'N101°13.2'W29°18.8'N099°32.3'W30°05.7'N100°22.5'W 0.940 56° 187° 235 km 06m22.2s
19:1231°29.2'N100°42.5'W29°53.2'N099°02.0'W30°40.6'N099°52.0'W 0.940 55° 189° 235 km 06m21.4s
19:1432°05.0'N100°10.8'W30°27.8'N098°30.9'W31°15.9'N099°20.6'W 0.940 54° 191° 235 km 06m20.5s
19:1632°41.2'N099°38.1'W31°02.8'N097°58.8'W31°51.4'N098°48.2'W 0.940 53° 192° 236 km 06m19.6s
19:1833°17.8'N099°04.4'W31°38.1'N097°25.7'W32°27.4'N098°14.9'W 0.939 53° 194° 236 km 06m18.6s
19:2033°54.8'N098°29.5'W32°13.8'N096°51.6'W33°03.7'N097°40.4'W 0.939 52° 195° 236 km 06m17.6s
19:2234°32.2'N097°53.4'W32°49.8'N096°16.3'W33°40.4'N097°04.7'W 0.939 51° 197° 236 km 06m16.6s
19:2435°10.0'N097°15.9'W33°26.1'N095°39.7'W34°17.4'N096°27.6'W 0.939 50° 198° 237 km 06m15.5s
19:2635°48.3'N096°37.0'W34°02.8'N095°01.7'W34°54.9'N095°49.2'W 0.939 49° 200° 237 km 06m14.4s
19:2836°27.1'N095°56.5'W34°40.0'N094°22.3'W35°32.9'N095°09.2'W 0.939 48° 201° 238 km 06m13.2s
19:3037°06.5'N095°14.2'W35°17.5'N093°41.3'W36°11.3'N094°27.6'W 0.939 47° 203° 238 km 06m12.0s
19:3237°46.3'N094°30.0'W35°55.5'N092°58.5'W36°50.2'N093°44.1'W 0.938 46° 204° 239 km 06m10.7s
19:3438°26.8'N093°43.7'W36°33.9'N092°13.9'W37°29.6'N092°58.7'W 0.938 45° 205° 239 km 06m09.4s
19:3639°07.8'N092°55.1'W37°12.8'N091°27.1'W38°09.6'N092°11.1'W 0.938 44° 207° 240 km 06m08.0s
19:3839°49.5'N092°04.1'W37°52.3'N090°38.1'W38°50.1'N091°21.1'W 0.938 43° 208° 241 km 06m06.5s
19:4040°31.9'N091°10.2'W38°32.2'N089°46.7'W39°31.3'N090°28.5'W 0.938 42° 210° 242 km 06m05.0s
19:4241°15.1'N090°13.3'W39°12.8'N088°52.5'W40°13.0'N089°33.0'W 0.937 41° 211° 243 km 06m03.4s
19:4441°59.0'N089°13.0'W39°53.9'N087°55.3'W40°55.5'N088°34.3'W 0.937 40° 213° 244 km 06m01.8s
19:4642°43.7'N088°08.8'W40°35.7'N086°54.7'W41°38.7'N087°32.0'W 0.937 38° 214° 245 km 06m00.1s
19:4843°29.3'N087°00.3'W41°18.2'N085°50.4'W42°22.7'N086°25.7'W 0.937 37° 216° 246 km 05m58.3s
19:5044°16.0'N085°46.9'W42°01.5'N084°41.9'W43°07.6'N085°15.0'W 0.936 36° 217° 247 km 05m56.4s
19:5245°03.7'N084°27.9'W42°45.5'N083°28.7'W43°53.4'N083°59.0'W 0.936 34° 219° 249 km 05m54.5s
19:5445°52.6'N083°02.5'W43°30.5'N082°10.1'W44°40.3'N082°37.2'W 0.936 33° 220° 250 km 05m52.4s
19:5646°42.8'N081°29.5'W44°16.4'N080°45.4'W45°28.2'N081°08.7'W 0.936 31° 222° 252 km 05m50.2s
19:5847°34.5'N079°47.6'W45°03.3'N079°13.5'W46°17.4'N079°32.2'W 0.935 30° 224° 254 km 05m47.9s
20:0048°27.9'N077°55.1'W45°51.5'N077°33.2'W47°08.0'N077°46.2'W 0.935 28° 226° 256 km 05m45.5s
20:0249°23.2'N075°49.4'W46°41.0'N075°42.8'W48°00.2'N075°48.9'W 0.934 26° 228° 258 km 05m42.9s
20:0450°20.8'N073°27.1'W47°31.9'N073°40.3'W48°54.2'N073°37.6'W 0.934 24° 230° 261 km 05m40.1s
20:0651°21.2'N070°43.2'W48°24.7'N071°22.6'W49°50.5'N071°08.3'W 0.934 22° 233° 263 km 05m37.1s
20:0852°25.1'N067°29.5'W49°19.6'N068°45.2'W50°49.5'N068°15.2'W 0.933 20° 235° 267 km 05m33.7s
20:1053°34.0'N063°31.3'W50°17.2'N065°41.2'W51°52.0'N064°48.5'W 0.932 17° 239° 271 km 05m30.0s
20:1254°50.5'N058°16.0'W51°18.3'N061°58.5'W52°59.5'N060°29.7'W 0.932 14° 243° 275 km 05m25.6s
20:1456°24.4'N049°47.3'W52°24.8'N057°11.9'W54°15.7'N054°31.9'W 0.931 10° 248° 282 km 05m20.1s
20:16 - - 53°41.9'N050°04.8'W56°02.4'N042°00.0'W 0.929 259° 295 km 05m10.0s
Limits57°48.2'N037°24.2'W55°05.4'N037°22.1'W56°26.3'N037°22.9'W 0.928 - 300 km 05m06.7s

ΔT = 24767.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:23:49.018:31:01.519°37.4'N147°57.9'E 62.7° 149.0° 242.6 km06m31.80s
Greatest Duration01:13:49.518:21:02.017°08.8'N110°26.6'W 62.2° 138.4° 247.0 km06m32.24s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0971 Mar 20 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 24767.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 610.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.55°.

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