Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0555 Mar 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0555 Mar 09 . 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 0555 Mar 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°35.8'S111°09.9'E25°54.0'S111°04.3'E25°15.0'S111°07.2'E 1.043 - 145 km 02m20.5s
22:4024°51.7'S117°34.5'E26°14.4'S118°18.7'E25°33.1'S117°59.7'E 1.045 91° 151 km 02m33.6s
22:4224°45.5'S124°28.1'E26°09.7'S125°06.8'E25°27.5'S124°48.9'E 1.047 13° 88° 159 km 02m48.2s
22:4424°28.4'S128°39.6'E25°53.4'S129°20.2'E25°10.8'S129°01.0'E 1.049 17° 86° 163 km 02m58.2s
22:4624°07.4'S131°53.6'E25°33.0'S132°36.7'E24°50.0'S132°16.1'E 1.050 21° 85° 167 km 03m06.4s
22:4823°44.2'S134°35.3'E25°10.1'S135°20.9'E24°27.0'S134°58.9'E 1.051 24° 83° 170 km 03m13.5s
22:5023°19.5'S136°55.4'E24°45.7'S137°43.4'E24°02.5'S137°20.1'E 1.052 26° 82° 172 km 03m20.1s
22:5222°53.9'S138°59.8'E24°20.1'S139°50.0'E23°36.9'S139°25.5'E 1.052 29° 81° 175 km 03m26.1s
22:5422°27.4'S140°52.1'E23°53.7'S141°44.4'E23°10.4'S141°18.8'E 1.053 31° 80° 177 km 03m31.7s
22:5622°00.4'S142°34.7'E23°26.6'S143°29.0'E22°43.4'S143°02.3'E 1.053 33° 80° 179 km 03m36.9s
22:5821°32.9'S144°09.4'E22°58.9'S145°05.4'E22°15.8'S144°37.8'E 1.054 35° 79° 181 km 03m41.9s
23:0021°04.9'S145°37.2'E22°30.8'S146°35.0'E21°47.7'S146°06.5'E 1.054 37° 78° 183 km 03m46.6s
23:0220°36.7'S146°59.3'E22°02.3'S147°58.7'E21°19.4'S147°29.4'E 1.055 39° 78° 184 km 03m51.1s
23:0420°08.1'S148°16.4'E21°33.5'S149°17.3'E20°50.7'S148°47.2'E 1.055 40° 77° 186 km 03m55.4s
23:0619°39.3'S149°29.1'E21°04.4'S150°31.4'E20°21.7'S150°00.6'E 1.056 42° 76° 187 km 03m59.5s
23:0819°10.2'S150°37.9'E20°35.0'S151°41.6'E19°52.5'S151°10.0'E 1.056 44° 76° 189 km 04m03.4s
23:1018°41.0'S151°43.3'E20°05.4'S152°48.2'E19°23.1'S152°15.9'E 1.057 45° 75° 190 km 04m07.1s
23:1218°11.6'S152°45.5'E19°35.7'S153°51.5'E18°53.5'S153°18.7'E 1.057 47° 75° 191 km 04m10.7s
23:1417°42.0'S153°44.8'E19°05.7'S154°52.0'E18°23.8'S154°18.6'E 1.057 48° 75° 192 km 04m14.2s
23:1617°12.3'S154°41.6'E18°35.6'S155°49.9'E17°53.9'S155°15.9'E 1.057 50° 74° 193 km 04m17.5s
23:1816°42.4'S155°36.0'E18°05.4'S156°45.3'E17°23.8'S156°10.8'E 1.058 51° 74° 194 km 04m20.7s
23:2016°12.5'S156°28.3'E17°35.1'S157°38.5'E16°53.7'S157°03.6'E 1.058 53° 74° 195 km 04m23.7s
23:2215°42.4'S157°18.6'E17°04.6'S158°29.7'E16°23.5'S157°54.3'E 1.058 54° 74° 196 km 04m26.6s
23:2415°12.3'S158°07.1'E16°34.1'S159°19.0'E15°53.1'S158°43.2'E 1.059 55° 73° 197 km 04m29.4s
23:2614°42.0'S158°53.9'E16°03.4'S160°06.6'E15°22.7'S159°30.4'E 1.059 57° 73° 197 km 04m32.1s
23:2814°11.7'S159°39.2'E15°32.7'S160°52.6'E14°52.1'S160°16.0'E 1.059 58° 73° 198 km 04m34.6s
23:3013°41.3'S160°23.0'E15°01.9'S161°37.1'E14°21.5'S161°00.1'E 1.059 59° 73° 199 km 04m37.1s
23:3213°10.8'S161°05.5'E14°30.9'S162°20.2'E13°50.8'S161°42.9'E 1.059 61° 73° 199 km 04m39.4s
23:3412°40.2'S161°46.7'E14°00.0'S163°02.1'E13°20.0'S162°24.5'E 1.060 62° 73° 200 km 04m41.6s
23:3612°09.5'S162°26.8'E13°28.9'S163°42.7'E12°49.2'S163°04.8'E 1.060 63° 73° 200 km 04m43.7s
23:3811°38.8'S163°05.8'E12°57.8'S164°22.3'E12°18.3'S163°44.1'E 1.060 64° 73° 201 km 04m45.7s
23:4011°08.0'S163°43.8'E12°26.6'S165°00.8'E11°47.3'S164°22.3'E 1.060 65° 73° 201 km 04m47.6s
23:4210°37.2'S164°20.8'E11°55.4'S165°38.3'E11°16.2'S164°59.6'E 1.060 67° 74° 201 km 04m49.4s
23:4410°06.2'S164°57.0'E11°24.1'S166°14.9'E10°45.1'S165°36.0'E 1.060 68° 74° 202 km 04m51.1s
23:4609°35.2'S165°32.4'E10°52.7'S166°50.7'E10°14.0'S166°11.6'E 1.061 69° 74° 202 km 04m52.7s
23:4809°04.2'S166°07.0'E10°21.3'S167°25.8'E09°42.7'S166°46.4'E 1.061 70° 74° 202 km 04m54.2s
23:5008°33.0'S166°41.0'E09°49.8'S168°00.1'E09°11.4'S167°20.5'E 1.061 71° 75° 202 km 04m55.6s
23:5208°01.8'S167°14.2'E09°18.3'S168°33.7'E08°40.0'S167°54.0'E 1.061 73° 75° 203 km 04m56.9s
23:5407°30.6'S167°46.9'E08°46.7'S169°06.7'E08°08.6'S168°26.8'E 1.061 74° 76° 203 km 04m58.1s
23:5606°59.2'S168°19.1'E08°15.1'S169°39.1'E07°37.1'S168°59.1'E 1.061 75° 77° 203 km 04m59.2s
23:5806°27.8'S168°50.7'E07°43.3'S170°11.0'E07°05.6'S169°30.8'E 1.061 76° 78° 203 km 05m00.2s
00:0005°56.3'S169°21.8'E07°11.6'S170°42.4'E06°34.0'S170°02.1'E 1.061 77° 79° 203 km 05m01.1s
00:0205°24.8'S169°52.5'E06°39.8'S171°13.3'E06°02.3'S170°32.9'E 1.061 78° 81° 203 km 05m01.9s
00:0404°53.2'S170°22.9'E06°07.9'S171°43.9'E05°30.5'S171°03.4'E 1.062 79° 82° 203 km 05m02.7s
00:0604°21.5'S170°52.8'E05°35.9'S172°14.0'E04°58.7'S171°33.4'E 1.062 80° 85° 203 km 05m03.3s
00:0803°49.7'S171°22.5'E05°03.9'S172°43.9'E04°26.8'S172°03.2'E 1.062 81° 87° 203 km 05m03.8s
00:1003°17.9'S171°51.9'E04°31.8'S173°13.4'E03°54.9'S172°32.6'E 1.062 82° 91° 203 km 05m04.3s
00:1202°45.9'S172°21.0'E03°59.7'S173°42.6'E03°22.8'S173°01.8'E 1.062 83° 95° 203 km 05m04.7s
00:1402°13.9'S172°49.9'E03°27.5'S174°11.7'E02°50.7'S173°30.8'E 1.062 84° 101° 203 km 05m05.0s
00:1601°41.8'S173°18.7'E02°55.2'S174°40.5'E02°18.5'S173°59.6'E 1.062 85° 109° 203 km 05m05.2s
00:1801°09.7'S173°47.3'E02°22.8'S175°09.2'E01°46.3'S174°28.2'E 1.062 86° 120° 203 km 05m05.3s
00:2000°37.4'S174°15.7'E01°50.4'S175°37.7'E01°13.9'S174°56.7'E 1.062 86° 133° 203 km 05m05.3s
00:2200°05.0'S174°44.1'E01°17.9'S176°06.2'E00°41.5'S175°25.1'E 1.062 86° 150° 203 km 05m05.2s
00:2400°27.4'N175°12.5'E00°45.3'S176°34.6'E00°09.0'S175°53.5'E 1.062 86° 166° 203 km 05m05.1s
00:2601°00.0'N175°40.8'E00°12.7'S177°02.9'E00°23.6'N176°21.8'E 1.062 86° 180° 203 km 05m04.8s
00:2801°32.6'N176°09.2'E00°20.1'N177°31.3'E00°56.3'N176°50.2'E 1.062 85° 191° 203 km 05m04.5s
00:3002°05.4'N176°37.6'E00°52.9'N177°59.7'E01°29.1'N177°18.6'E 1.062 84° 200° 203 km 05m04.1s
00:3202°38.3'N177°06.0'E01°25.9'N178°28.1'E02°02.0'N177°47.0'E 1.062 83° 206° 202 km 05m03.6s
00:3403°11.2'N177°34.6'E01°58.9'N178°56.7'E02°35.0'N178°15.6'E 1.062 82° 211° 202 km 05m03.0s
00:3603°44.3'N178°03.4'E02°32.0'N179°25.3'E03°08.1'N178°44.3'E 1.062 81° 215° 202 km 05m02.3s
00:3804°17.5'N178°32.3'E03°05.2'N179°54.2'E03°41.3'N179°13.2'E 1.062 80° 218° 202 km 05m01.6s
00:4004°50.8'N179°01.4'E03°38.6'N179°36.8'W04°14.7'N179°42.3'E 1.061 79° 220° 202 km 05m00.8s
00:4205°24.3'N179°30.8'E04°12.0'N179°07.5'W04°48.1'N179°48.4'W 1.061 78° 222° 201 km 04m59.8s
00:4405°57.9'N179°59.5'W04°45.6'N178°37.9'W05°21.7'N179°18.7'W 1.061 77° 224° 201 km 04m58.8s
00:4606°31.6'N179°29.4'W05°19.3'N178°08.0'W05°55.4'N178°48.8'W 1.061 76° 225° 201 km 04m57.7s
00:4807°05.5'N178°59.0'W05°53.1'N177°37.8'W06°29.2'N178°18.5'W 1.061 75° 226° 201 km 04m56.5s
00:5007°39.5'N178°28.2'W06°27.0'N177°07.1'W07°03.2'N177°47.7'W 1.061 74° 227° 200 km 04m55.3s
00:5208°13.6'N177°57.0'W07°01.1'N176°36.1'W07°37.3'N177°16.6'W 1.061 73° 228° 200 km 04m53.9s
00:5408°47.9'N177°25.2'W07°35.3'N176°04.5'W08°11.5'N176°44.9'W 1.061 72° 229° 200 km 04m52.5s
00:5609°22.4'N176°52.8'W08°09.7'N175°32.4'W08°45.9'N176°12.7'W 1.061 70° 230° 199 km 04m51.0s
00:5809°57.0'N176°19.9'W08°44.2'N174°59.7'W09°20.5'N175°39.9'W 1.061 69° 231° 199 km 04m49.3s
01:0010°31.9'N175°46.3'W09°18.8'N174°26.4'W09°55.3'N175°06.4'W 1.060 68° 232° 199 km 04m47.6s
01:0211°06.8'N175°12.0'W09°53.7'N173°52.4'W10°30.2'N174°32.3'W 1.060 67° 232° 198 km 04m45.8s
01:0411°42.0'N174°36.9'W10°28.7'N173°17.7'W11°05.3'N173°57.4'W 1.060 66° 233° 198 km 04m43.9s
01:0612°17.4'N174°01.0'W11°03.9'N172°42.1'W11°40.5'N173°21.6'W 1.060 64° 233° 197 km 04m41.9s
01:0812°53.0'N173°24.1'W11°39.3'N172°05.6'W12°16.0'N172°45.0'W 1.060 63° 234° 197 km 04m39.9s
01:1013°28.8'N172°46.3'W12°14.9'N171°28.2'W12°51.7'N172°07.3'W 1.059 62° 235° 196 km 04m37.7s
01:1214°04.8'N172°07.3'W12°50.7'N170°49.7'W13°27.6'N171°28.6'W 1.059 61° 235° 196 km 04m35.4s
01:1414°41.1'N171°27.3'W13°26.7'N170°10.1'W14°03.8'N170°48.8'W 1.059 59° 236° 195 km 04m33.1s
01:1615°17.6'N170°45.9'W14°02.9'N169°29.3'W14°40.1'N170°07.7'W 1.059 58° 236° 194 km 04m30.6s
01:1815°54.3'N170°03.2'W14°39.4'N168°47.2'W15°16.7'N169°25.3'W 1.059 57° 237° 194 km 04m28.0s
01:2016°31.4'N169°19.0'W15°16.2'N168°03.6'W15°53.6'N168°41.4'W 1.058 56° 237° 193 km 04m25.4s
01:2217°08.7'N168°33.2'W15°53.2'N167°18.4'W16°30.8'N167°55.9'W 1.058 54° 238° 192 km 04m22.6s
01:2417°46.3'N167°45.6'W16°30.5'N166°31.5'W17°08.2'N167°08.7'W 1.058 53° 238° 191 km 04m19.7s
01:2618°24.2'N166°56.1'W17°08.1'N165°42.8'W17°46.0'N166°19.6'W 1.058 51° 239° 191 km 04m16.7s
01:2819°02.4'N166°04.5'W17°46.0'N164°52.0'W18°24.1'N165°28.4'W 1.057 50° 239° 190 km 04m13.5s
01:3019°41.0'N165°10.6'W18°24.3'N163°58.9'W19°02.5'N164°35.0'W 1.057 49° 240° 189 km 04m10.3s
01:3220°20.0'N164°14.1'W19°03.0'N163°03.4'W19°41.3'N163°39.0'W 1.057 47° 241° 188 km 04m06.9s
01:3420°59.4'N163°14.8'W19°42.0'N162°05.1'W20°20.5'N162°40.2'W 1.056 45° 241° 187 km 04m03.4s
01:3621°39.2'N162°12.4'W20°21.5'N161°03.8'W21°00.1'N161°38.4'W 1.056 44° 242° 185 km 03m59.8s
01:3822°19.5'N161°06.4'W21°01.4'N159°59.1'W21°40.2'N160°33.0'W 1.055 42° 242° 184 km 03m56.0s
01:4023°00.2'N159°56.6'W21°41.8'N158°50.5'W22°20.8'N159°23.8'W 1.055 41° 243° 183 km 03m52.0s
01:4223°41.5'N158°42.2'W22°22.7'N157°37.6'W23°01.9'N158°10.2'W 1.055 39° 244° 181 km 03m47.8s
01:4424°23.4'N157°22.7'W23°04.3'N156°19.8'W23°43.7'N156°51.6'W 1.054 37° 245° 180 km 03m43.5s
01:4625°06.0'N155°57.3'W23°46.5'N154°56.1'W24°26.1'N155°27.1'W 1.054 35° 246° 178 km 03m39.0s
01:4825°49.3'N154°25.0'W24°29.5'N153°25.8'W25°09.2'N153°55.8'W 1.053 33° 246° 177 km 03m34.2s
01:5026°33.5'N152°44.4'W25°13.4'N151°47.4'W25°53.2'N152°16.4'W 1.053 31° 247° 175 km 03m29.1s
01:5227°18.6'N150°53.7'W25°58.2'N149°59.3'W26°38.2'N150°27.0'W 1.052 29° 249° 173 km 03m23.8s
01:5428°05.0'N148°50.5'W26°44.2'N147°59.0'W27°24.3'N148°25.4'W 1.051 27° 250° 170 km 03m18.0s
01:5628°52.7'N146°31.1'W27°31.7'N145°43.1'W28°12.0'N146°07.8'W 1.050 24° 251° 168 km 03m11.8s
01:5829°42.3'N143°49.5'W28°21.1'N143°05.7'W29°01.4'N143°28.4'W 1.050 21° 253° 165 km 03m05.0s
02:0030°34.5'N140°34.9'W29°13.2'N139°56.7'W29°53.6'N140°16.9'W 1.049 18° 254° 162 km 02m57.2s
02:0231°31.0'N136°23.7'W30°09.7'N135°53.7'W30°50.0'N136°10.2'W 1.047 14° 257° 157 km 02m47.9s
02:0432°37.4'N129°50.7'W31°16.0'N129°39.7'W31°56.4'N129°47.9'W 1.045 260° 151 km 02m34.9s
Limits33°30.8'N121°00.2'W32°13.4'N120°53.9'W32°52.1'N120°57.2'W 1.043 - 143 km 02m19.2s

ΔT = 5138.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:47:48.400:22:10.100°38.8'S153°59.4'E 86.2° 151.1° 203.0 km05m05.21s
Greatest Duration01:45:06.500:19:28.201°22.5'S174°49.2'E 85.9° 129.5° 203.1 km05m05.29s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0555 Mar 09 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 5138.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 128.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.53°.

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

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