Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0424 Mar 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0424 Mar 16 . 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 0424 Mar 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits56°25.4'S171°05.3'E57°22.1'S170°49.7'E56°53.7'S170°57.6'E 1.028 - 106 km 01m31.9s
18:4055°52.9'S171°58.5'W57°12.9'S176°45.6'W56°33.2'S174°05.3'W 1.030 79° 114 km 01m46.5s
18:4255°03.7'S164°21.4'W56°27.2'S166°53.5'W55°45.4'S165°32.0'W 1.032 13° 71° 118 km 01m56.1s
18:4454°13.7'S158°58.2'W55°38.1'S160°38.2'W54°55.7'S159°45.0'W 1.033 17° 66° 121 km 02m03.2s
18:4653°23.7'S154°41.5'W54°48.3'S155°50.2'W54°05.8'S155°13.6'W 1.034 20° 62° 124 km 02m09.3s
18:4852°34.2'S151°06.7'W53°58.5'S151°53.6'W53°16.1'S151°28.4'W 1.035 23° 58° 126 km 02m14.6s
18:5051°45.2'S148°01.4'W53°09.0'S148°31.9'W52°26.9'S148°15.3'W 1.035 25° 55° 128 km 02m19.5s
18:5250°56.8'S145°18.3'W52°20.0'S145°35.7'W51°38.1'S145°25.9'W 1.036 27° 52° 130 km 02m24.0s
18:5450°09.0'S142°52.6'W51°31.4'S142°59.4'W50°50.0'S142°55.1'W 1.036 29° 49° 132 km 02m28.1s
18:5649°21.7'S140°40.9'W50°43.4'S140°38.9'W50°02.3'S140°39.2'W 1.037 31° 47° 133 km 02m32.1s
18:5848°35.0'S138°41.0'W49°56.0'S138°31.5'W49°15.3'S138°35.6'W 1.037 33° 45° 134 km 02m35.8s
19:0047°48.9'S136°50.8'W49°09.1'S136°34.9'W48°28.8'S136°42.4'W 1.038 34° 42° 136 km 02m39.3s
19:0247°03.4'S135°09.1'W48°22.7'S134°47.6'W47°42.8'S134°57.9'W 1.038 36° 40° 137 km 02m42.6s
19:0446°18.4'S133°34.7'W47°36.9'S133°08.3'W46°57.4'S133°21.1'W 1.039 37° 38° 138 km 02m45.8s
19:0645°33.9'S132°06.6'W46°51.6'S131°35.8'W46°12.5'S131°50.9'W 1.039 39° 36° 139 km 02m48.9s
19:0844°49.8'S130°44.1'W46°06.7'S130°09.5'W45°28.1'S130°26.6'W 1.039 40° 34° 141 km 02m51.8s
19:1044°06.3'S129°26.6'W45°22.4'S128°48.6'W44°44.1'S129°07.4'W 1.040 41° 33° 142 km 02m54.6s
19:1243°23.2'S128°13.5'W44°38.5'S127°32.4'W44°00.7'S127°52.8'W 1.040 43° 31° 143 km 02m57.2s
19:1442°40.5'S127°04.4'W43°55.1'S126°20.5'W43°17.6'S126°42.3'W 1.040 44° 29° 144 km 02m59.8s
19:1641°58.3'S125°58.9'W43°12.1'S125°12.5'W42°35.0'S125°35.6'W 1.041 45° 27° 145 km 03m02.2s
19:1841°16.4'S124°56.6'W42°29.5'S124°08.0'W41°52.8'S124°32.2'W 1.041 46° 25° 145 km 03m04.5s
19:2040°35.0'S123°57.2'W41°47.4'S123°06.5'W41°11.0'S123°31.8'W 1.041 47° 24° 146 km 03m06.7s
19:2239°53.9'S123°00.5'W41°05.6'S122°08.0'W40°29.6'S122°34.2'W 1.041 48° 22° 147 km 03m08.9s
19:2439°13.1'S122°06.3'W40°24.1'S121°12.0'W39°48.5'S121°39.1'W 1.042 49° 20° 148 km 03m10.9s
19:2638°32.7'S121°14.3'W39°43.1'S120°18.4'W39°07.8'S120°46.3'W 1.042 50° 18° 149 km 03m12.8s
19:2837°52.7'S120°24.3'W39°02.4'S119°27.0'W38°27.4'S119°55.7'W 1.042 51° 16° 150 km 03m14.7s
19:3037°12.9'S119°36.3'W38°22.0'S118°37.6'W37°47.3'S119°07.0'W 1.042 52° 15° 151 km 03m16.4s
19:3236°33.4'S118°49.9'W37°41.9'S117°50.1'W37°07.5'S118°20.0'W 1.042 53° 13° 151 km 03m18.1s
19:3435°54.2'S118°05.2'W37°02.1'S117°04.2'W36°28.1'S117°34.7'W 1.043 54° 11° 152 km 03m19.6s
19:3635°15.3'S117°21.9'W36°22.7'S116°19.8'W35°48.9'S116°50.9'W 1.043 55° 153 km 03m21.1s
19:3834°36.7'S116°39.9'W35°43.5'S115°36.9'W35°10.0'S116°08.5'W 1.043 56° 153 km 03m22.5s
19:4033°58.3'S115°59.2'W35°04.6'S114°55.3'W34°31.3'S115°27.3'W 1.043 56° 154 km 03m23.9s
19:4233°20.2'S115°19.7'W34°25.9'S114°15.0'W33°53.0'S114°47.4'W 1.043 57° 155 km 03m25.1s
19:4432°42.3'S114°41.2'W33°47.5'S113°35.7'W33°14.8'S114°08.5'W 1.043 58° 156 km 03m26.3s
19:4632°04.7'S114°03.7'W33°09.4'S112°57.5'W32°36.9'S113°30.6'W 1.043 58° 359° 156 km 03m27.3s
19:4831°27.2'S113°27.1'W32°31.5'S112°20.2'W31°59.2'S112°53.7'W 1.043 59° 356° 157 km 03m28.3s
19:5030°50.0'S112°51.3'W31°53.8'S111°43.7'W31°21.8'S112°17.6'W 1.044 60° 354° 158 km 03m29.2s
19:5230°13.0'S112°16.2'W31°16.3'S111°08.1'W30°44.5'S111°42.2'W 1.044 60° 352° 158 km 03m30.1s
19:5429°36.1'S111°41.8'W30°39.1'S110°33.2'W30°07.5'S111°07.6'W 1.044 60° 349° 159 km 03m30.8s
19:5628°59.5'S111°08.1'W30°02.0'S109°58.9'W29°30.7'S110°33.6'W 1.044 61° 347° 159 km 03m31.5s
19:5828°23.0'S110°34.9'W29°25.2'S109°25.3'W28°54.0'S110°00.2'W 1.044 61° 345° 160 km 03m32.1s
20:0027°46.7'S110°02.3'W28°48.5'S108°52.2'W28°17.5'S109°27.3'W 1.044 62° 342° 161 km 03m32.7s
20:0227°10.6'S109°30.1'W28°12.0'S108°19.6'W27°41.2'S108°54.9'W 1.044 62° 340° 161 km 03m33.1s
20:0426°34.6'S108°58.3'W27°35.7'S107°47.4'W27°05.1'S108°22.9'W 1.044 62° 337° 162 km 03m33.5s
20:0625°58.8'S108°26.9'W26°59.6'S107°15.6'W26°29.1'S107°51.3'W 1.044 62° 335° 162 km 03m33.8s
20:0825°23.2'S107°55.8'W26°23.6'S106°44.1'W25°53.3'S107°20.0'W 1.044 62° 332° 163 km 03m34.0s
20:1024°47.7'S107°24.9'W25°47.8'S106°12.9'W25°17.7'S106°49.0'W 1.044 62° 330° 164 km 03m34.2s
20:1224°12.3'S106°54.3'W25°12.1'S105°42.0'W24°42.1'S106°18.2'W 1.044 62° 327° 164 km 03m34.2s
20:1423°37.1'S106°23.8'W24°36.6'S105°11.2'W24°06.8'S105°47.6'W 1.044 62° 325° 165 km 03m34.2s
20:1623°01.9'S105°53.5'W24°01.2'S104°40.6'W23°31.5'S105°17.2'W 1.044 62° 322° 165 km 03m34.2s
20:1822°26.9'S105°23.3'W23°25.9'S104°10.1'W22°56.4'S104°46.8'W 1.044 62° 320° 166 km 03m34.0s
20:2021°52.1'S104°53.1'W22°50.8'S103°39.7'W22°21.4'S104°16.5'W 1.044 62° 317° 166 km 03m33.8s
20:2221°17.3'S104°22.9'W22°15.8'S103°09.3'W21°46.5'S103°46.2'W 1.044 62° 315° 167 km 03m33.5s
20:2420°42.6'S103°52.7'W21°40.9'S102°38.8'W21°11.7'S103°15.9'W 1.044 62° 313° 167 km 03m33.1s
20:2620°08.0'S103°22.4'W21°06.2'S102°08.3'W20°37.1'S102°45.5'W 1.044 61° 310° 167 km 03m32.6s
20:2819°33.6'S102°52.0'W20°31.5'S101°37.7'W20°02.5'S102°15.0'W 1.044 61° 308° 168 km 03m32.1s
20:3018°59.2'S102°21.5'W19°56.9'S101°06.9'W19°28.0'S101°44.3'W 1.044 60° 306° 168 km 03m31.5s
20:3218°24.9'S101°50.7'W19°22.4'S100°35.9'W18°53.7'S101°13.4'W 1.044 60° 304° 169 km 03m30.8s
20:3417°50.7'S101°19.7'W18°48.1'S100°04.7'W18°19.4'S100°42.3'W 1.044 59° 302° 169 km 03m30.0s
20:3617°16.6'S100°48.3'W18°13.8'S099°33.2'W17°45.2'S100°10.9'W 1.044 59° 300° 169 km 03m29.2s
20:3816°42.5'S100°16.7'W17°39.6'S099°01.3'W17°11.0'S099°39.1'W 1.044 58° 298° 170 km 03m28.3s
20:4016°08.5'S099°44.6'W17°05.4'S098°29.1'W16°37.0'S099°06.9'W 1.044 58° 296° 170 km 03m27.3s
20:4215°34.6'S099°12.1'W16°31.4'S097°56.4'W16°03.0'S098°34.3'W 1.043 57° 294° 170 km 03m26.2s
20:4415°00.8'S098°39.1'W15°57.4'S097°23.2'W15°29.1'S098°01.2'W 1.043 56° 293° 170 km 03m25.0s
20:4614°27.0'S098°05.5'W15°23.4'S096°49.4'W14°55.2'S097°27.5'W 1.043 56° 291° 170 km 03m23.8s
20:4813°53.2'S097°31.3'W14°49.6'S096°15.0'W14°21.4'S096°53.3'W 1.043 55° 289° 170 km 03m22.4s
20:5013°19.5'S096°56.4'W14°15.7'S095°39.9'W13°47.6'S096°18.3'W 1.043 54° 288° 170 km 03m21.0s
20:5212°45.9'S096°20.8'W13°42.0'S095°04.1'W13°13.9'S095°42.5'W 1.043 53° 287° 170 km 03m19.5s
20:5412°12.3'S095°44.3'W13°08.2'S094°27.4'W12°40.3'S095°06.0'W 1.043 52° 285° 170 km 03m17.9s
20:5611°38.7'S095°06.9'W12°34.6'S093°49.8'W12°06.6'S094°28.5'W 1.042 51° 284° 170 km 03m16.3s
20:5811°05.2'S094°28.6'W12°00.9'S093°11.2'W11°33.1'S093°50.0'W 1.042 50° 283° 170 km 03m14.5s
21:0010°31.7'S093°49.1'W11°27.3'S092°31.5'W10°59.5'S093°10.5'W 1.042 49° 282° 169 km 03m12.6s
21:0209°58.2'S093°08.5'W10°53.7'S091°50.7'W10°25.9'S092°29.7'W 1.042 48° 280° 169 km 03m10.7s
21:0409°24.7'S092°26.6'W10°20.1'S091°08.4'W09°52.4'S091°47.7'W 1.042 47° 279° 169 km 03m08.6s
21:0608°51.2'S091°43.2'W09°46.5'S090°24.8'W09°18.9'S091°04.2'W 1.041 46° 278° 168 km 03m06.5s
21:0808°17.8'S090°58.3'W09°12.9'S089°39.5'W08°45.4'S090°19.1'W 1.041 45° 277° 167 km 03m04.2s
21:1007°44.4'S090°11.7'W08°39.3'S088°52.5'W08°11.9'S089°32.3'W 1.041 44° 277° 167 km 03m01.9s
21:1207°10.9'S089°23.2'W08°05.7'S088°03.5'W07°38.4'S088°43.5'W 1.041 43° 276° 166 km 02m59.4s
21:1406°37.5'S088°32.5'W07°32.1'S087°12.4'W07°04.9'S087°52.7'W 1.040 41° 275° 165 km 02m56.8s
21:1606°04.0'S087°39.6'W06°58.5'S086°18.8'W06°31.3'S086°59.4'W 1.040 40° 274° 163 km 02m54.1s
21:1805°30.5'S086°44.0'W06°24.9'S085°22.6'W05°57.8'S086°03.5'W 1.040 39° 274° 162 km 02m51.3s
21:2004°57.0'S085°45.4'W05°51.1'S084°23.3'W05°24.2'S085°04.6'W 1.039 37° 273° 161 km 02m48.3s
21:2204°23.5'S084°43.6'W05°17.4'S083°20.5'W04°50.5'S084°02.3'W 1.039 36° 272° 159 km 02m45.2s
21:2403°49.9'S083°37.9'W04°43.5'S082°13.8'W04°16.8'S082°56.1'W 1.039 34° 272° 157 km 02m41.9s
21:2603°16.3'S082°27.9'W04°09.6'S081°02.4'W03°43.0'S081°45.4'W 1.038 32° 271° 155 km 02m38.4s
21:2802°42.6'S081°12.7'W03°35.6'S079°45.6'W03°09.2'S080°29.5'W 1.038 31° 271° 153 km 02m34.7s
21:3002°08.8'S079°51.4'W03°01.4'S078°22.3'W02°35.2'S079°07.3'W 1.037 29° 270° 151 km 02m30.8s
21:3201°34.9'S078°22.8'W02°27.1'S076°51.2'W02°01.1'S077°37.4'W 1.037 27° 270° 148 km 02m26.7s
21:3401°00.8'S076°45.1'W01°52.5'S075°10.0'W01°26.8'S075°58.1'W 1.036 25° 270° 145 km 02m22.2s
21:3600°26.6'S074°55.7'W01°17.7'S073°15.8'W00°52.3'S074°06.4'W 1.035 22° 269° 142 km 02m17.3s
21:3800°07.8'N072°50.6'W00°42.5'S071°03.5'W00°17.5'S071°57.9'W 1.035 20° 269° 138 km 02m12.0s
21:4000°42.6'N070°22.5'W00°06.7'S068°24.0'W00°17.8'N069°24.5'W 1.034 17° 269° 134 km 02m05.8s
21:4201°17.9'N067°16.8'W00°30.2'N064°55.2'W00°53.8'N066°08.5'W 1.033 13° 269° 128 km 01m58.5s
21:4401°54.4'N062°48.9'W01°10.0'N059°02.9'W01°31.6'N061°07.9'W 1.031 269° 120 km 01m48.2s
Limits02°24.2'N054°11.0'W01°25.0'N053°57.9'W01°54.7'N054°04.2'W 1.029 - 110 km 01m35.4s

ΔT = 6421.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:58:44.520:11:42.824°47.2'S133°12.4'W 62.5° 327.6° 164.0 km03m34.24s
Greatest Duration21:59:58.220:12:56.624°25.5'S106°03.8'W 62.5° 326.1° 164.4 km03m34.25s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0424 Mar 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0424 Mar 16 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 6421.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 155.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.65°.

Acknowledgments

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

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