Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1056 Mar 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1056 Mar 28 . 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 -1056 Mar 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits53°38.8'N129°00.8'W51°37.1'N128°12.3'W52°36.5'N128°35.9'W 1.022 - 223 km 01m14.5s
14:48 - - 52°04.8'N116°32.9'W52°43.9'N122°08.1'W 1.023 97° 242 km 01m21.1s
14:5053°51.0'N122°23.0'W52°33.6'N112°59.4'W53°12.5'N116°50.6'W 1.024 101° 259 km 01m27.0s
14:5254°22.0'N117°24.0'W53°03.8'N110°13.4'W53°43.2'N113°26.1'W 1.025 10° 105° 269 km 01m30.9s
14:5454°54.6'N114°05.2'W53°35.1'N107°53.5'W54°15.1'N110°44.7'W 1.025 11° 108° 277 km 01m33.9s
14:5655°28.3'N111°26.9'W54°07.1'N105°50.4'W54°47.9'N108°27.6'W 1.025 13° 110° 282 km 01m36.4s
14:5856°02.7'N109°11.8'W54°39.9'N103°59.2'W55°21.5'N106°26.6'W 1.026 14° 112° 286 km 01m38.6s
15:0056°37.9'N107°12.3'W55°13.5'N102°17.0'W55°55.9'N104°36.9'W 1.026 15° 115° 289 km 01m40.5s
15:0257°13.9'N105°23.8'W55°47.8'N100°41.6'W56°31.0'N102°55.8'W 1.026 16° 117° 290 km 01m42.1s
15:0457°50.6'N103°43.6'W56°22.7'N099°11.6'W57°06.8'N101°21.3'W 1.026 16° 119° 291 km 01m43.5s
15:0658°28.1'N102°09.9'W56°58.4'N097°46.0'W57°43.3'N099°52.0'W 1.027 17° 121° 291 km 01m44.7s
15:0859°06.4'N100°41.3'W57°34.9'N096°23.9'W58°20.7'N098°26.9'W 1.027 17° 123° 291 km 01m45.7s
15:1059°45.6'N099°16.8'W58°12.1'N095°04.6'W58°58.8'N097°05.2'W 1.027 18° 125° 290 km 01m46.6s
15:1260°25.6'N097°55.6'W58°50.2'N093°47.5'W59°37.8'N095°46.1'W 1.027 18° 126° 289 km 01m47.3s
15:1461°06.6'N096°37.0'W59°29.1'N092°32.3'W60°17.7'N094°29.2'W 1.027 19° 128° 287 km 01m47.9s
15:1661°48.5'N095°20.5'W60°08.8'N091°18.3'W60°58.6'N093°14.0'W 1.027 19° 130° 285 km 01m48.3s
15:1862°31.6'N094°05.6'W60°49.6'N090°05.4'W61°40.4'N092°00.1'W 1.027 19° 132° 283 km 01m48.6s
15:2063°15.8'N092°51.9'W61°31.4'N088°53.0'W62°23.4'N090°46.9'W 1.027 19° 134° 281 km 01m48.8s
15:2264°01.2'N091°39.0'W62°14.2'N087°40.9'W63°07.5'N089°34.3'W 1.027 19° 136° 278 km 01m48.8s
15:2464°48.1'N090°26.5'W62°58.3'N086°28.6'W63°52.9'N088°21.7'W 1.027 19° 138° 275 km 01m48.7s
15:2665°36.4'N089°14.0'W63°43.6'N085°15.9'W64°39.6'N087°08.9'W 1.027 19° 140° 273 km 01m48.4s
15:2866°26.4'N088°01.2'W64°30.4'N084°02.4'W65°27.9'N085°55.4'W 1.027 19° 142° 270 km 01m48.0s
15:3067°18.2'N086°47.7'W65°18.6'N082°47.6'W66°17.8'N084°40.9'W 1.027 19° 144° 267 km 01m47.5s
15:3268°12.0'N085°33.1'W66°08.5'N081°31.1'W67°09.6'N083°24.9'W 1.027 18° 146° 264 km 01m46.9s
15:3469°08.2'N084°16.8'W67°00.4'N080°12.4'W68°03.5'N082°06.8'W 1.027 18° 148° 262 km 01m46.1s
15:3670°07.1'N082°58.4'W67°54.3'N078°50.8'W68°59.8'N080°46.2'W 1.027 17° 150° 259 km 01m45.1s
15:3871°09.1'N081°37.2'W68°50.6'N077°25.7'W69°58.7'N079°22.1'W 1.026 17° 152° 256 km 01m44.0s
15:4072°14.7'N080°12.3'W69°49.7'N075°56.1'W71°00.8'N077°53.8'W 1.026 16° 154° 253 km 01m42.7s
15:4273°24.8'N078°42.8'W70°52.0'N074°20.7'W72°06.6'N076°19.9'W 1.026 16° 156° 250 km 01m41.2s
15:4474°40.3'N077°07.2'W71°58.0'N072°38.0'W73°17.0'N074°38.8'W 1.026 15° 159° 247 km 01m39.5s
15:4676°02.8'N075°23.5'W73°08.7'N070°45.6'W74°32.9'N072°48.0'W 1.025 14° 161° 245 km 01m37.6s
15:4877°34.8'N073°28.8'W74°25.0'N068°40.1'W75°55.9'N070°43.9'W 1.025 13° 164° 242 km 01m35.4s
15:5079°20.6'N071°18.0'W75°48.8'N066°15.9'W77°28.8'N068°20.0'W 1.025 11° 167° 239 km 01m32.9s
15:5281°29.3'N068°41.7'W77°22.6'N063°23.1'W79°16.0'N065°23.6'W 1.024 10° 170° 235 km 01m29.8s
15:5484°29.9'N065°18.2'W79°11.5'N059°41.1'W81°27.5'N061°23.3'W 1.024 175° 232 km 01m26.0s
15:56 - - 81°26.4'N054°13.2'W84°36.9'N053°54.3'W 1.023 183° 227 km 01m20.5s
Limits89°07.2'N070°17.4'W88°01.7'N006°41.7'E88°49.3'N013°43.1'W 1.021 - 220 km 01m13.0s

ΔT = 26300.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:40:39.015:22:18.663°14.4'N160°43.9'E 19.1° 136.2° 277.7 km01m48.77s
Greatest Duration22:39:39.815:21:19.562°52.4'N089°58.8'W 19.1° 135.3° 279.0 km01m48.79s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1056 Mar 28

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1056 Mar 28 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 26300.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 735.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.07°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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