Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2184 Mar 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2184 Mar 12 . 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 2184 Mar 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits77°50.5'S123°09.0'W79°47.7'S126°42.3'W78°48.3'S124°46.7'W 1.032 - 231 km 01m43.0s
13:3077°50.4'S080°13.0'W - - 79°24.0'S097°43.9'W 1.034 78° 237 km 01m52.3s
13:3276°55.4'S067°14.1'W80°25.8'S093°10.4'W78°43.2'S076°12.9'W 1.035 57° 241 km 02m00.2s
13:3475°56.1'S058°07.1'W79°38.0'S072°16.3'W77°44.3'S063°28.1'W 1.036 12° 43° 244 km 02m05.7s
13:3674°56.5'S051°08.7'W78°34.7'S059°32.3'W76°41.9'S054°27.5'W 1.036 14° 34° 246 km 02m10.1s
13:3873°57.9'S045°32.5'W77°28.7'S050°34.2'W75°39.7'S047°34.6'W 1.037 16° 26° 249 km 02m13.9s
13:4073°00.6'S040°52.9'W76°23.5'S043°46.0'W74°38.8'S042°03.7'W 1.037 17° 20° 251 km 02m17.3s
13:4272°04.9'S036°54.4'W75°20.2'S038°20.6'W73°39.7'S037°29.2'W 1.038 19° 15° 252 km 02m20.3s
13:4471°10.8'S033°26.8'W74°18.8'S033°51.7'W72°42.3'S033°35.5'W 1.038 20° 11° 254 km 02m23.0s
13:4670°18.1'S030°23.2'W73°19.5'S030°03.4'W71°46.6'S030°12.3'W 1.039 21° 256 km 02m25.5s
13:4869°26.9'S027°38.6'W72°22.1'S026°45.4'W70°52.5'S027°12.8'W 1.039 22° 258 km 02m27.7s
13:5068°36.9'S025°09.4'W71°26.6'S023°50.5'W70°00.0'S024°31.9'W 1.039 23° 359° 259 km 02m29.8s
13:5267°48.2'S022°52.9'W70°32.7'S021°13.9'W69°08.9'S022°06.1'W 1.039 24° 356° 261 km 02m31.7s
13:5467°00.5'S020°46.8'W69°40.3'S018°51.9'W68°19.1'S019°52.5'W 1.040 24° 353° 263 km 02m33.4s
13:5666°14.0'S018°49.6'W68°49.3'S016°41.8'W67°30.5'S017°49.2'W 1.040 25° 350° 264 km 02m34.9s
13:5865°28.4'S016°59.9'W67°59.6'S014°41.6'W66°42.9'S015°54.4'W 1.040 26° 348° 266 km 02m36.3s
14:0064°43.7'S015°16.6'W67°11.1'S012°49.5'W65°56.5'S014°06.9'W 1.040 26° 345° 268 km 02m37.6s
14:0263°59.9'S013°38.8'W66°23.7'S011°04.4'W65°11.0'S012°25.4'W 1.040 27° 342° 269 km 02m38.7s
14:0463°16.9'S012°05.7'W65°37.3'S009°25.0'W64°26.3'S010°49.2'W 1.040 27° 340° 271 km 02m39.7s
14:0662°34.6'S010°36.6'W64°51.8'S007°50.6'W63°42.5'S009°17.5'W 1.041 27° 338° 273 km 02m40.6s
14:0861°53.0'S009°11.1'W64°07.1'S006°20.4'W62°59.5'S007°49.6'W 1.041 28° 335° 274 km 02m41.3s
14:1061°12.0'S007°48.7'W63°23.3'S004°53.8'W62°17.1'S006°25.0'W 1.041 28° 333° 276 km 02m41.9s
14:1260°31.7'S006°28.8'W62°40.2'S003°30.2'W61°35.5'S005°03.3'W 1.041 28° 331° 278 km 02m42.4s
14:1459°51.9'S005°11.2'W61°57.8'S002°09.3'W60°54.4'S003°44.0'W 1.041 28° 328° 279 km 02m42.8s
14:1659°12.6'S003°55.6'W61°16.0'S000°50.5'W60°14.0'S002°26.7'W 1.041 28° 326° 281 km 02m43.0s
14:1858°33.9'S002°41.5'W60°34.8'S000°26.5'E59°34.0'S001°11.1'W 1.041 29° 324° 283 km 02m43.1s
14:2057°55.6'S001°28.7'W59°54.2'S001°42.0'E58°54.6'S000°03.0'E 1.041 28° 322° 284 km 02m43.2s
14:2257°17.7'S000°17.1'W59°14.1'S002°56.4'E58°15.7'S001°16.1'E 1.041 28° 320° 286 km 02m43.0s
14:2456°40.3'S000°53.8'E58°34.5'S004°10.0'E57°37.2'S002°28.3'E 1.041 28° 318° 287 km 02m42.8s
14:2656°03.2'S002°04.1'E57°55.3'S005°22.9'E56°59.1'S003°40.0'E 1.041 28° 316° 289 km 02m42.4s
14:2855°26.5'S003°14.0'E57°16.5'S006°35.6'E56°21.4'S004°51.3'E 1.041 28° 314° 290 km 02m42.0s
14:3054°50.2'S004°23.8'E56°38.1'S007°48.3'E55°44.1'S006°02.5'E 1.041 28° 312° 292 km 02m41.3s
14:3254°14.1'S005°33.8'E56°00.0'S009°01.2'E55°07.1'S007°13.9'E 1.041 27° 310° 293 km 02m40.6s
14:3453°38.3'S006°44.1'E55°22.3'S010°14.6'E54°30.3'S008°25.8'E 1.041 27° 308° 294 km 02m39.8s
14:3653°02.8'S007°55.0'E54°44.8'S011°28.9'E53°53.9'S009°38.4'E 1.040 27° 306° 295 km 02m38.8s
14:3852°27.6'S009°06.8'E54°07.6'S012°44.4'E53°17.7'S010°52.0'E 1.040 26° 304° 295 km 02m37.6s
14:4051°52.5'S010°19.8'E53°30.6'S014°01.5'E52°41.7'S012°06.9'E 1.040 26° 302° 296 km 02m36.4s
14:4251°17.6'S011°34.3'E52°53.8'S015°20.4'E52°05.9'S013°23.5'E 1.040 25° 300° 296 km 02m35.0s
14:4450°42.9'S012°50.6'E52°17.1'S016°41.8'E51°30.2'S014°42.2'E 1.040 24° 298° 296 km 02m33.4s
14:4650°08.3'S014°09.2'E51°40.5'S018°06.2'E50°54.7'S016°03.5'E 1.040 23° 297° 296 km 02m31.7s
14:4849°33.9'S015°30.5'E51°04.0'S019°34.2'E50°19.2'S017°27.9'E 1.039 23° 295° 296 km 02m29.8s
14:5048°59.4'S016°55.2'E50°27.5'S021°06.8'E49°43.8'S018°56.2'E 1.039 22° 293° 295 km 02m27.7s
14:5248°25.0'S018°23.9'E49°50.9'S022°44.9'E49°08.4'S020°29.3'E 1.039 21° 291° 293 km 02m25.5s
14:5447°50.6'S019°57.6'E49°14.1'S024°30.2'E48°32.8'S022°08.2'E 1.038 20° 289° 291 km 02m23.0s
14:5647°16.1'S021°37.6'E48°37.0'S026°24.6'E47°57.1'S023°54.5'E 1.038 18° 287° 289 km 02m20.2s
14:5846°41.4'S023°25.4'E47°59.5'S028°31.2'E47°21.1'S025°50.5'E 1.038 17° 285° 285 km 02m17.1s
15:0046°06.4'S025°23.4'E47°21.1'S030°55.2'E46°44.6'S027°59.5'E 1.037 15° 282° 281 km 02m13.7s
15:0245°30.9'S027°35.3'E46°41.5'S033°46.0'E46°07.4'S030°27.0'E 1.037 13° 280° 276 km 02m09.8s
15:0444°54.6'S030°07.4'E45°59.3'S037°25.6'E45°28.8'S033°23.7'E 1.036 11° 277° 268 km 02m05.1s
15:0644°16.9'S033°12.0'E45°09.4'S043°30.4'E44°47.5'S037°16.0'E 1.035 274° 259 km 01m59.1s
15:0843°36.3'S037°22.6'E - - 43°55.7'S044°38.4'E 1.033 268° 240 km 01m48.5s
Limits42°41.9'S047°32.2'E44°44.8'S048°33.2'E43°42.4'S048°02.0'E 1.032 - 232 km 01m44.1s

ΔT = 242.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:22:31.614:18:29.359°24.4'S001°53.6'W 28.5° 323.7° 283.1 km02m43.16s
Greatest Duration14:23:04.114:19:01.959°13.7'S000°32.7'W 28.5° 323.1° 283.5 km02m43.17s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2184 Mar 12 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 242.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 57.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.24°.

Acknowledgments

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

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