Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0918 Mar 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0918 Mar 15 . 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 0918 Mar 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits87°18.1'S142°34.2'E80°55.7'S135°29.4'E84°31.4'S138°16.0'E 1.045 - 696 km 02m24.8s
09:0878°47.5'S076°43.8'E - - 82°50.8'S103°37.0'E 1.046 301° 685 km 02m33.4s
09:1077°09.1'S077°20.4'E - - 80°33.1'S093°57.9'E 1.047 310° 682 km 02m38.7s
09:1275°41.8'S078°13.4'E - - 78°41.4'S090°53.9'E 1.048 313° 682 km 02m42.3s
09:1474°22.3'S079°13.9'E80°12.6'S119°56.2'E77°05.0'S089°48.1'E 1.048 313° 685 km 02m45.1s
09:1673°08.9'S080°18.4'E78°27.7'S109°48.0'E75°38.8'S089°34.4'E 1.048 10° 313° 689 km 02m47.3s
09:1872°00.2'S081°25.2'E76°54.4'S105°47.1'E74°20.1'S089°48.6'E 1.048 11° 312° 695 km 02m49.0s
09:2070°55.6'S082°33.6'E75°30.1'S103°53.6'E73°07.2'S090°19.7'E 1.049 11° 310° 701 km 02m50.4s
09:2269°54.2'S083°43.2'E74°12.6'S103°04.1'E71°59.0'S091°02.1'E 1.049 12° 309° 709 km 02m51.5s
09:2468°55.7'S084°53.9'E73°00.4'S102°52.8'E70°54.5'S091°52.6'E 1.049 12° 308° 717 km 02m52.3s
09:2667°59.6'S086°05.9'E71°52.7'S103°07.2'E69°53.3'S092°49.7'E 1.049 12° 306° 725 km 02m52.8s
09:2867°05.6'S087°19.3'E70°48.5'S103°40.5'E68°54.8'S093°52.4'E 1.049 13° 304° 734 km 02m53.1s
09:3066°13.6'S088°34.3'E69°47.4'S104°29.3'E67°58.7'S095°00.3'E 1.049 13° 302° 743 km 02m53.1s
09:3265°23.3'S089°51.4'E68°48.9'S105°31.9'E67°04.8'S096°13.4'E 1.049 12° 301° 752 km 02m52.9s
09:3464°34.5'S091°11.0'E67°52.7'S106°48.1'E66°12.6'S097°31.8'E 1.049 12° 299° 760 km 02m52.4s
09:3663°47.2'S092°33.6'E66°58.4'S108°18.9'E65°22.2'S098°56.4'E 1.049 12° 297° 768 km 02m51.6s
09:3863°01.1'S093°59.7'E66°05.9'S110°07.3'E64°33.2'S100°27.9'E 1.049 12° 295° 775 km 02m50.6s
09:4062°16.1'S095°30.4'E65°14.8'S112°19.2'E63°45.5'S102°07.8'E 1.048 11° 292° 780 km 02m49.3s
09:4261°32.3'S097°06.6'E64°24.8'S115°08.4'E62°59.1'S103°58.5'E 1.048 10° 290° 782 km 02m47.6s
09:4460°49.4'S098°49.8'E63°35.6'S119°18.1'E62°13.7'S106°03.4'E 1.048 288° 782 km 02m45.5s
09:4660°07.4'S100°42.0'E - - 61°29.3'S108°28.8'E 1.048 285° 776 km 02m42.9s
09:4859°26.3'S102°46.3'E - - 60°45.8'S111°27.4'E 1.047 282° 764 km 02m39.5s
09:5058°46.0'S105°07.7'E - - 60°02.8'S115°34.9'E 1.046 278° 741 km 02m34.7s
Limits56°39.2'S123°18.8'E63°02.3'S126°14.7'E59°26.4'S124°34.6'E 1.045 - 682 km 02m24.6s

ΔT = 2059.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:03:20.909:29:01.968°25.6'S085°50.6'E 12.5° 303.3° 738.4 km02m53.11s
Greatest Duration10:03:27.609:29:08.568°22.5'S094°30.6'E 12.5° 303.2° 738.9 km02m53.12s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0918 Mar 15

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0918 Mar 15 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 2059.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 65.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.27°.

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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