Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0462 Mar 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0462 Mar 17 . 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 0462 Mar 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits49°02.7'N048°37.3'E40°14.5'N052°40.0'E44°04.2'N050°55.3'E 0.928 - 928 km 05m02.6s
02:50 - - 42°47.2'N067°15.2'E44°19.4'N056°21.8'E 0.929 95° 971 km 05m07.7s
02:52 - - 43°25.4'N068°38.8'E44°55.6'N059°52.3'E 0.930 98° 1000 km 05m11.3s
02:54 - - 44°04.2'N069°52.2'E45°33.5'N062°09.2'E 0.930 100° 1014 km 05m13.7s
02:56 - - 44°43.5'N070°57.7'E46°12.5'N063°55.0'E 0.931 10° 102° 1020 km 05m15.6s
02:58 - - 45°23.3'N071°57.0'E46°52.3'N065°22.4'E 0.931 11° 104° 1020 km 05m17.2s
03:0049°19.6'N054°07.9'E46°03.7'N072°51.1'E47°32.9'N066°37.1'E 0.931 12° 105° 1014 km 05m18.5s
03:0249°58.8'N057°12.2'E46°44.7'N073°40.9'E48°14.3'N067°42.4'E 0.931 13° 107° 1005 km 05m19.6s
03:0450°40.2'N059°11.6'E47°26.2'N074°27.0'E48°56.4'N068°40.3'E 0.931 14° 108° 993 km 05m20.6s
03:0651°23.1'N060°42.2'E48°08.4'N075°09.8'E49°39.2'N069°32.2'E 0.932 14° 109° 980 km 05m21.4s
03:0852°07.2'N061°55.1'E48°51.1'N075°49.7'E50°22.8'N070°19.0'E 0.932 15° 110° 964 km 05m22.1s
03:1052°52.4'N062°55.5'E49°34.6'N076°27.0'E51°07.3'N071°01.3'E 0.932 15° 112° 949 km 05m22.7s
03:1253°38.7'N063°46.2'E50°18.7'N077°02.0'E51°52.5'N071°39.7'E 0.932 16° 113° 932 km 05m23.2s
03:1454°26.2'N064°28.7'E51°03.6'N077°34.8'E52°38.7'N072°14.6'E 0.932 16° 114° 916 km 05m23.6s
03:1655°14.9'N065°04.3'E51°49.2'N078°05.7'E53°25.7'N072°46.1'E 0.932 16° 115° 901 km 05m23.9s
03:1856°04.8'N065°33.3'E52°35.7'N078°34.6'E54°13.8'N073°14.5'E 0.932 16° 116° 886 km 05m24.1s
03:2056°56.0'N065°56.3'E53°23.1'N079°01.8'E55°02.9'N073°39.9'E 0.932 17° 117° 871 km 05m24.2s
03:2257°48.6'N066°13.2'E54°11.3'N079°27.2'E55°53.1'N074°02.3'E 0.932 17° 118° 858 km 05m24.2s
03:2458°42.8'N066°23.9'E55°00.6'N079°51.0'E56°44.5'N074°21.7'E 0.932 17° 119° 845 km 05m24.2s
03:2659°38.7'N066°28.0'E55°51.0'N080°13.1'E57°37.3'N074°38.1'E 0.932 17° 120° 833 km 05m24.0s
03:2860°36.4'N066°24.9'E56°42.5'N080°33.5'E58°31.4'N074°51.2'E 0.932 16° 121° 823 km 05m23.8s
03:3061°36.1'N066°13.6'E57°35.2'N080°52.1'E59°27.1'N075°00.8'E 0.932 16° 122° 813 km 05m23.5s
03:3262°38.1'N065°52.5'E58°29.3'N081°08.9'E60°24.5'N075°06.6'E 0.932 16° 123° 805 km 05m23.1s
03:3463°42.6'N065°19.4'E59°24.9'N081°23.8'E61°23.7'N075°08.0'E 0.932 16° 123° 798 km 05m22.6s
03:3664°50.1'N064°31.1'E60°22.0'N081°36.4'E62°25.1'N075°04.3'E 0.932 15° 124° 793 km 05m22.0s
03:3866°01.0'N063°22.3'E61°21.0'N081°46.6'E63°28.7'N074°54.6'E 0.932 15° 125° 789 km 05m21.3s
03:4067°16.1'N061°44.1'E62°21.9'N081°54.0'E64°35.0'N074°37.4'E 0.932 14° 125° 786 km 05m20.5s
03:4268°36.2'N059°20.3'E63°25.0'N081°58.0'E65°44.3'N074°10.7'E 0.932 14° 125° 785 km 05m19.6s
03:4470°03.2'N055°33.4'E64°30.6'N081°57.9'E66°57.1'N073°31.7'E 0.931 13° 125° 786 km 05m18.5s
03:4671°41.5'N047°55.9'E65°39.1'N081°52.8'E68°14.0'N072°35.9'E 0.931 12° 125° 789 km 05m17.3s
03:48 - - 66°50.8'N081°41.1'E69°35.9'N071°15.9'E 0.931 11° 125° 796 km 05m15.9s
03:50 - - 68°06.3'N081°20.6'E71°04.1'N069°18.8'E 0.931 10° 123° 805 km 05m14.2s
03:52 - - 69°26.4'N080°48.2'E72°40.3'N066°18.9'E 0.930 121° 821 km 05m12.1s
03:54 - - 70°52.0'N079°58.2'E74°28.0'N061°13.4'E 0.930 117° 845 km 05m09.4s
03:56 - - 72°24.6'N078°41.2'E76°35.4'N049°21.8'E 0.929 106° 896 km 05m05.0s
Limits72°21.9'N038°35.1'E81°05.5'N037°20.4'E77°18.2'N037°20.7'E 0.928 - 943 km 05m01.6s

ΔT = 6046.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:03:48.703:23:02.456°19.7'N048°57.0'E 16.6° 118.7° 850.9 km05m24.20s
Greatest Duration05:02:34.203:21:47.855°48.0'N074°00.1'E 16.6° 118.1° 858.9 km05m24.21s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0462 Mar 17

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0462 Mar 17 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 6046.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 147.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.62°.

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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