Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1408 Mar 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1408 Mar 21 . 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 -1408 Mar 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits75°07.7'S118°12.6'E77°50.0'S112°26.8'E76°27.7'S115°37.3'E 1.050 - 336 km 02m34.6s
21:0676°30.1'S155°15.7'E - - 77°14.7'S125°45.8'E 1.050 102° 337 km 02m39.7s
21:0876°07.4'S168°15.8'E - - 78°01.0'S153°06.2'E 1.052 74° 341 km 02m53.0s
21:1075°31.3'S177°55.5'E79°34.4'S148°57.8'E77°40.0'S168°03.1'E 1.053 11° 59° 343 km 03m00.4s
21:1274°49.1'S174°24.9'W79°18.2'S167°01.0'E77°02.0'S178°54.9'E 1.054 14° 48° 344 km 03m06.2s
21:1474°03.8'S168°07.0'W78°38.3'S179°41.3'E76°16.6'S172°38.7'W 1.055 16° 39° 345 km 03m11.2s
21:1673°17.0'S162°48.4'W77°49.2'S170°45.9'W75°27.9'S165°49.9'W 1.055 17° 31° 346 km 03m15.5s
21:1872°29.6'S158°14.6'W76°56.1'S163°15.9'W74°37.6'S160°10.7'W 1.056 19° 25° 348 km 03m19.4s
21:2071°42.2'S154°15.5'W76°01.6'S157°10.8'W73°46.9'S155°22.9'W 1.056 20° 20° 349 km 03m22.9s
21:2270°55.0'S150°43.9'W75°06.8'S152°06.9'W72°56.3'S151°14.4'W 1.056 21° 15° 350 km 03m26.1s
21:2470°08.2'S147°34.5'W74°12.5'S147°48.3'W72°06.2'S147°36.5'W 1.057 23° 10° 351 km 03m29.0s
21:2669°21.8'S144°43.4'W73°18.8'S144°04.3'W71°16.6'S144°23.1'W 1.057 24° 352 km 03m31.7s
21:2868°36.1'S142°07.5'W72°26.1'S140°47.2'W70°27.7'S141°29.3'W 1.057 24° 354 km 03m34.1s
21:3067°50.9'S139°44.3'W71°34.3'S137°51.6'W69°39.6'S138°51.8'W 1.058 25° 359° 355 km 03m36.4s
21:3267°06.3'S137°31.9'W70°43.5'S135°13.3'W68°52.1'S136°27.6'W 1.058 26° 356° 357 km 03m38.5s
21:3466°22.3'S135°28.7'W69°53.5'S132°49.2'W68°05.5'S134°14.8'W 1.058 27° 353° 358 km 03m40.3s
21:3665°38.8'S133°33.3'W69°04.5'S130°36.7'W67°19.5'S132°11.5'W 1.058 27° 350° 360 km 03m42.1s
21:3864°55.9'S131°44.9'W68°16.4'S128°34.2'W66°34.2'S130°16.3'W 1.058 28° 347° 361 km 03m43.6s
21:4064°13.6'S130°02.4'W67°29.1'S126°39.9'W65°49.5'S128°28.2'W 1.059 28° 345° 363 km 03m45.0s
21:4263°31.8'S128°25.0'W66°42.5'S124°52.7'W65°05.5'S126°46.0'W 1.059 29° 342° 365 km 03m46.2s
21:4462°50.4'S126°52.3'W65°56.7'S123°11.4'W64°22.1'S125°09.0'W 1.059 29° 340° 366 km 03m47.3s
21:4662°09.5'S125°23.4'W65°11.5'S121°35.4'W63°39.2'S123°36.6'W 1.059 30° 337° 368 km 03m48.3s
21:4861°29.1'S123°58.1'W64°27.0'S120°03.7'W62°56.9'S122°08.1'W 1.059 30° 335° 370 km 03m49.1s
21:5060°49.0'S122°35.8'W63°43.1'S118°35.9'W62°15.0'S120°43.0'W 1.059 30° 332° 372 km 03m49.7s
21:5260°09.4'S121°16.2'W62°59.8'S117°11.4'W61°33.7'S119°20.8'W 1.059 30° 330° 374 km 03m50.2s
21:5459°30.1'S119°58.9'W62°16.9'S115°49.6'W60°52.7'S118°01.2'W 1.059 30° 328° 376 km 03m50.6s
21:5658°51.2'S118°43.6'W61°34.6'S114°30.3'W60°12.2'S116°43.8'W 1.059 30° 326° 378 km 03m50.8s
21:5858°12.7'S117°30.0'W60°52.7'S113°12.9'W59°32.1'S115°28.3'W 1.059 30° 323° 379 km 03m50.9s
22:0057°34.4'S116°17.9'W60°11.2'S111°57.3'W58°52.3'S114°14.3'W 1.059 30° 321° 381 km 03m50.9s
22:0256°56.4'S115°07.0'W59°30.1'S110°43.0'W58°12.8'S113°01.7'W 1.059 30° 319° 383 km 03m50.7s
22:0456°18.7'S113°57.1'W58°49.4'S109°29.7'W57°33.6'S111°50.0'W 1.059 30° 317° 385 km 03m50.4s
22:0655°41.2'S112°48.0'W58°09.0'S108°17.2'W56°54.8'S110°39.2'W 1.059 30° 315° 387 km 03m49.9s
22:0855°03.9'S111°39.4'W57°28.9'S107°05.3'W56°16.2'S109°28.9'W 1.059 30° 313° 389 km 03m49.4s
22:1054°26.9'S110°31.1'W56°49.0'S105°53.6'W55°37.8'S108°18.9'W 1.059 30° 311° 391 km 03m48.6s
22:1253°50.0'S109°23.0'W56°09.4'S104°41.9'W54°59.6'S107°09.0'W 1.059 29° 309° 393 km 03m47.7s
22:1453°13.3'S108°14.7'W55°29.9'S103°29.9'W54°21.6'S105°58.9'W 1.059 29° 307° 394 km 03m46.7s
22:1652°36.7'S107°06.2'W54°50.7'S102°17.3'W53°43.7'S104°48.4'W 1.059 29° 305° 396 km 03m45.6s
22:1852°00.2'S105°57.1'W54°11.5'S101°03.9'W53°06.0'S103°37.2'W 1.059 28° 303° 397 km 03m44.2s
22:2051°23.8'S104°47.3'W53°32.5'S099°49.2'W52°28.3'S102°25.1'W 1.058 27° 301° 399 km 03m42.8s
22:2250°47.5'S103°36.4'W52°53.5'S098°33.1'W51°50.7'S101°11.7'W 1.058 27° 299° 400 km 03m41.1s
22:2450°11.2'S102°24.1'W52°14.5'S097°14.9'W51°13.2'S099°56.7'W 1.058 26° 297° 401 km 03m39.3s
22:2649°34.9'S101°10.2'W51°35.5'S095°54.3'W50°35.6'S098°39.7'W 1.058 26° 296° 401 km 03m37.3s
22:2848°58.6'S099°54.3'W50°56.3'S094°30.8'W49°57.9'S097°20.3'W 1.058 25° 294° 402 km 03m35.2s
22:3048°22.2'S098°35.9'W50°17.0'S093°03.5'W49°20.2'S095°57.9'W 1.057 24° 292° 402 km 03m32.8s
22:3247°45.7'S097°14.4'W49°37.5'S091°31.7'W48°42.2'S094°31.9'W 1.057 23° 290° 401 km 03m30.3s
22:3447°09.0'S095°49.4'W48°57.6'S089°54.3'W48°04.1'S093°01.4'W 1.057 22° 288° 400 km 03m27.5s
22:3646°32.0'S094°20.0'W48°17.1'S088°09.7'W47°25.5'S091°25.4'W 1.056 21° 286° 399 km 03m24.4s
22:3845°54.7'S092°45.1'W47°36.0'S086°15.8'W46°46.5'S089°42.6'W 1.056 19° 284° 397 km 03m21.0s
22:4045°16.9'S091°03.5'W46°53.8'S084°09.5'W46°06.8'S087°50.8'W 1.056 18° 282° 394 km 03m17.3s
22:4244°38.5'S089°13.2'W46°10.1'S081°45.5'W45°26.1'S085°47.2'W 1.055 16° 280° 390 km 03m13.2s
22:4443°59.2'S087°11.5'W45°24.0'S078°54.0'W44°44.2'S083°27.1'W 1.055 14° 278° 385 km 03m08.5s
22:4643°18.7'S084°53.8'W44°33.4'S075°11.4'W44°00.0'S080°41.8'W 1.054 12° 275° 378 km 03m03.1s
22:4842°36.2'S082°12.2'W43°27.7'S068°43.8'W43°12.1'S077°11.7'W 1.053 272° 369 km 02m56.3s
22:5041°50.3'S078°49.3'W - - 42°13.8'S071°41.7'W 1.051 268° 353 km 02m46.2s
Limits40°03.7'S066°05.3'W42°58.9'S064°29.2'W41°29.4'S065°18.8'W 1.050 - 336 km 02m35.7s

ΔT = 33140.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:10:27.121:58:06.959°29.8'S106°08.3'E 30.5° 323.4° 379.6 km03m50.94s
Greatest Duration07:10:44.721:58:24.559°23.9'S115°13.1'W 30.5° 323.0° 379.9 km03m50.94s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1408 Mar 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1408 Mar 21 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 33140.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1621.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 6.78°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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