Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0796 Mar 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0796 Mar 14 . 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 0796 Mar 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits88°27.2'S103°28.4'W87°54.3'S114°27.3'W88°11.3'S109°44.4'W 1.010 - 73 km 00m33.3s
03:3482°13.9'S145°57.1'E84°35.3'S156°03.1'E83°21.4'S149°52.4'E 1.012 339° 84 km 00m42.8s
03:3679°13.2'S145°41.1'E80°59.3'S150°38.5'E80°05.2'S147°54.4'E 1.013 10° 340° 89 km 00m47.3s
03:3876°50.2'S146°13.6'E78°20.9'S149°52.1'E77°35.1'S147°55.5'E 1.013 13° 339° 92 km 00m50.7s
03:4074°48.0'S146°56.1'E76°09.4'S149°58.0'E75°28.4'S148°22.6'E 1.014 14° 338° 95 km 00m53.6s
03:4272°59.4'S147°40.5'E74°14.3'S150°21.1'E73°36.7'S148°57.7'E 1.015 16° 337° 98 km 00m56.1s
03:4471°20.5'S148°24.4'E72°30.6'S150°51.0'E71°55.4'S149°35.3'E 1.015 17° 335° 100 km 00m58.3s
03:4669°49.0'S149°07.1'E70°55.4'S151°23.6'E70°22.1'S150°13.5'E 1.015 19° 334° 102 km 01m00.3s
03:4868°23.5'S149°48.5'E69°26.7'S151°57.4'E68°55.1'S150°51.4'E 1.016 20° 333° 104 km 01m02.1s
03:5067°02.8'S150°28.4'E68°03.4'S152°31.4'E67°33.1'S151°28.6'E 1.016 21° 331° 106 km 01m03.7s
03:5265°46.1'S151°07.1'E66°44.5'S153°05.3'E66°15.3'S152°05.1'E 1.016 22° 330° 108 km 01m05.2s
03:5464°32.9'S151°44.7'E65°29.4'S153°39.0'E65°01.1'S152°40.9'E 1.017 23° 328° 109 km 01m06.6s
03:5663°22.7'S152°21.3'E64°17.4'S154°12.3'E63°50.1'S153°15.9'E 1.017 23° 327° 111 km 01m07.8s
03:5862°15.1'S152°57.1'E63°08.3'S154°45.3'E62°41.7'S153°50.4'E 1.017 24° 326° 113 km 01m09.0s
04:0061°09.9'S153°32.1'E62°01.6'S155°17.9'E61°35.8'S154°24.3'E 1.017 25° 324° 114 km 01m10.0s
04:0260°06.7'S154°06.6'E60°57.1'S155°50.3'E60°32.0'S154°57.8'E 1.017 25° 323° 116 km 01m11.0s
04:0459°05.4'S154°40.6'E59°54.6'S156°22.5'E59°30.1'S155°31.0'E 1.017 26° 321° 117 km 01m11.8s
04:0658°05.8'S155°14.2'E58°53.9'S156°54.6'E58°29.9'S156°03.9'E 1.018 26° 320° 119 km 01m12.6s
04:0857°07.7'S155°47.6'E57°54.8'S157°26.6'E57°31.3'S156°36.6'E 1.018 26° 318° 120 km 01m13.2s
04:1056°11.0'S156°20.8'E56°57.1'S157°58.6'E56°34.1'S157°09.2'E 1.018 27° 317° 122 km 01m13.8s
04:1255°15.6'S156°54.0'E56°00.8'S158°30.7'E55°38.2'S157°41.9'E 1.018 27° 316° 123 km 01m14.3s
04:1454°21.3'S157°27.2'E55°05.7'S159°02.9'E54°43.6'S158°14.6'E 1.018 27° 314° 124 km 01m14.7s
04:1653°28.2'S158°00.5'E54°11.7'S159°35.4'E53°50.0'S158°47.5'E 1.018 27° 313° 126 km 01m15.1s
04:1852°36.1'S158°34.0'E53°18.8'S160°08.2'E52°57.5'S159°20.7'E 1.018 28° 311° 127 km 01m15.3s
04:2051°45.0'S159°07.8'E52°26.9'S160°41.4'E52°06.0'S159°54.2'E 1.018 28° 310° 128 km 01m15.5s
04:2250°54.7'S159°42.0'E51°35.9'S161°15.1'E51°15.4'S160°28.2'E 1.018 28° 309° 130 km 01m15.6s
04:2450°05.3'S160°16.7'E50°45.8'S161°49.3'E50°25.6'S161°02.7'E 1.018 28° 307° 131 km 01m15.6s
04:2649°16.6'S160°51.9'E49°56.4'S162°24.3'E49°36.6'S161°37.8'E 1.018 28° 306° 132 km 01m15.5s
04:2848°28.7'S161°27.9'E49°07.8'S162°59.9'E48°48.3'S162°13.6'E 1.018 27° 304° 133 km 01m15.4s
04:3047°41.4'S162°04.6'E48°19.9'S163°36.5'E48°00.7'S162°50.3'E 1.018 27° 303° 134 km 01m15.1s
04:3246°54.8'S162°42.3'E47°32.6'S164°14.1'E47°13.8'S163°27.9'E 1.018 27° 302° 135 km 01m14.8s
04:3446°08.8'S163°21.0'E46°46.0'S164°52.8'E46°27.5'S164°06.6'E 1.018 27° 300° 136 km 01m14.4s
04:3645°23.4'S164°00.8'E45°59.9'S165°32.8'E45°41.8'S164°46.5'E 1.018 26° 299° 137 km 01m13.9s
04:3844°38.5'S164°42.1'E45°14.4'S166°14.3'E44°56.6'S165°27.9'E 1.018 26° 298° 138 km 01m13.4s
04:4043°54.1'S165°24.8'E44°29.4'S166°57.3'E44°11.9'S166°10.8'E 1.018 26° 296° 138 km 01m12.7s
04:4243°10.2'S166°09.2'E43°44.9'S167°42.2'E43°27.7'S166°55.4'E 1.018 25° 295° 138 km 01m12.0s
04:4442°26.8'S166°55.6'E43°00.8'S168°29.2'E42°43.9'S167°42.1'E 1.017 25° 293° 139 km 01m11.1s
04:4641°43.8'S167°44.1'E42°17.1'S169°18.5'E42°00.6'S168°31.0'E 1.017 24° 292° 138 km 01m10.2s
04:4841°01.2'S168°35.2'E41°33.9'S170°10.6'E41°17.6'S169°22.6'E 1.017 23° 291° 138 km 01m09.1s
04:5040°18.9'S169°29.1'E40°51.0'S171°05.8'E40°35.1'S170°17.1'E 1.017 23° 289° 137 km 01m08.0s
04:5239°37.1'S170°26.4'E40°08.4'S172°04.6'E39°52.9'S171°15.2'E 1.017 22° 288° 137 km 01m06.7s
04:5438°55.5'S171°27.6'E39°26.1'S173°07.7'E39°11.0'S172°17.3'E 1.016 21° 287° 135 km 01m05.3s
04:5638°14.3'S172°33.5'E38°44.1'S174°16.0'E38°29.4'S173°24.3'E 1.016 20° 285° 133 km 01m03.7s
04:5837°33.4'S173°45.0'E38°02.4'S175°30.5'E37°48.0'S174°37.3'E 1.016 19° 284° 131 km 01m02.0s
05:0036°52.7'S175°03.4'E37°20.8'S176°52.9'E37°06.9'S175°57.6'E 1.015 17° 282° 128 km 01m00.0s
05:0236°12.2'S176°30.6'E36°39.3'S178°25.6'E36°25.9'S177°27.4'E 1.015 16° 281° 124 km 00m57.9s
05:0435°31.8'S178°09.5'E35°57.9'S179°47.8'W35°45.1'S179°10.0'E 1.015 14° 279° 120 km 00m55.4s
05:0634°51.6'S179°55.2'W35°16.3'S177°40.4'W35°04.2'S178°49.1'W 1.014 12° 278° 114 km 00m52.6s
05:0834°11.4'S177°34.2'W34°34.3'S174°57.5'W34°23.2'S176°18.3'W 1.013 10° 276° 107 km 00m49.2s
05:1033°30.8'S174°24.5'W33°50.9'S170°48.7'W33°41.4'S172°44.9'W 1.012 273° 96 km 00m44.5s
Limits32°43.2'S165°16.3'W33°24.7'S164°58.3'W33°03.8'S165°07.4'W 1.010 - 77 km 00m35.6s

ΔT = 2965.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:11:02.304:21:37.051°25.0'S147°58.3'E 27.7° 308.9° 129.3 km01m15.56s
Greatest Duration05:12:42.404:23:17.150°43.3'S160°50.3'E 27.7° 307.7° 130.4 km01m15.59s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0796 Mar 14 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 2965.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 83.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.35°.

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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