Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2555 Mar 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2555 Mar 24 . 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 2555 Mar 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits02°34.8'S028°14.2'E03°48.9'S028°24.5'E03°11.9'S028°19.4'E 1.039 - 137 km 02m07.7s
04:1402°18.4'S034°10.1'E03°26.4'S036°55.4'E02°51.9'S035°40.2'E 1.042 88° 146 km 02m23.2s
04:1601°47.6'S040°09.4'E02°59.6'S041°54.0'E02°23.3'S041°03.8'E 1.044 13° 88° 153 km 02m36.5s
04:1801°20.6'S043°49.5'E02°34.7'S045°17.7'E01°57.5'S044°34.9'E 1.045 18° 88° 157 km 02m46.0s
04:2000°55.1'S046°39.7'E02°10.7'S047°59.8'E01°32.7'S047°20.7'E 1.046 21° 88° 161 km 02m54.0s
04:2200°30.3'S049°01.8'E01°47.2'S050°17.1'E01°08.6'S049°40.3'E 1.047 24° 88° 164 km 03m01.2s
04:2400°06.1'S051°05.5'E01°24.0'S052°17.6'E00°44.9'S051°42.2'E 1.048 26° 88° 167 km 03m07.7s
04:2600°17.6'N052°55.7'E01°01.1'S054°05.5'E00°21.6'S053°31.3'E 1.048 28° 88° 170 km 03m13.8s
04:2800°41.1'N054°35.7'E00°38.5'S055°43.8'E00°01.5'N055°10.3'E 1.049 31° 88° 172 km 03m19.5s
04:3001°04.3'N056°07.4'E00°16.0'S057°14.4'E00°24.3'N056°41.5'E 1.049 33° 89° 174 km 03m24.9s
04:3201°27.3'N057°32.6'E00°06.4'N058°38.5'E00°47.0'N058°06.0'E 1.050 35° 89° 176 km 03m30.0s
04:3401°50.1'N058°52.1'E00°28.6'N059°57.3'E01°09.5'N059°25.2'E 1.050 36° 89° 178 km 03m35.0s
04:3602°12.7'N060°06.9'E00°50.8'N061°11.5'E01°31.9'N060°39.6'E 1.051 38° 90° 180 km 03m39.7s
04:3802°35.3'N061°17.6'E01°12.8'N062°21.6'E01°54.1'N061°50.0'E 1.051 40° 90° 181 km 03m44.2s
04:4002°57.7'N062°24.7'E01°34.7'N063°28.4'E02°16.3'N062°56.9'E 1.052 41° 90° 182 km 03m48.6s
04:4203°19.9'N063°28.6'E01°56.6'N064°32.0'E02°38.4'N064°00.7'E 1.052 43° 91° 184 km 03m52.8s
04:4403°42.1'N064°29.8'E02°18.4'N065°32.9'E03°00.4'N065°01.7'E 1.052 45° 91° 185 km 03m56.8s
04:4604°04.2'N065°28.5'E02°40.2'N066°31.4'E03°22.3'N066°00.3'E 1.053 46° 92° 186 km 04m00.7s
04:4804°26.3'N066°25.0'E03°01.8'N067°27.6'E03°44.1'N066°56.6'E 1.053 47° 92° 187 km 04m04.5s
04:5004°48.2'N067°19.5'E03°23.5'N068°21.9'E04°05.9'N067°51.0'E 1.053 49° 93° 188 km 04m08.1s
04:5205°10.1'N068°12.1'E03°45.0'N069°14.4'E04°27.7'N068°43.5'E 1.054 50° 93° 189 km 04m11.7s
04:5405°31.9'N069°03.1'E04°06.6'N070°05.2'E04°49.3'N069°34.4'E 1.054 51° 94° 190 km 04m15.0s
04:5605°53.7'N069°52.5'E04°28.1'N070°54.5'E05°11.0'N070°23.8'E 1.054 53° 95° 191 km 04m18.3s
04:5806°15.4'N070°40.6'E04°49.5'N071°42.5'E05°32.6'N071°11.8'E 1.055 54° 95° 191 km 04m21.4s
05:0006°37.1'N071°27.4'E05°11.0'N072°29.2'E05°54.1'N071°58.6'E 1.055 55° 96° 192 km 04m24.5s
05:0206°58.7'N072°13.1'E05°32.4'N073°14.7'E06°15.6'N072°44.2'E 1.055 56° 97° 193 km 04m27.4s
05:0407°20.3'N072°57.7'E05°53.7'N073°59.2'E06°37.1'N073°28.7'E 1.055 58° 98° 193 km 04m30.2s
05:0607°41.9'N073°41.3'E06°15.1'N074°42.7'E06°58.5'N074°12.3'E 1.055 59° 99° 194 km 04m32.9s
05:0808°03.4'N074°24.1'E06°36.4'N075°25.4'E07°19.9'N074°54.9'E 1.056 60° 100° 194 km 04m35.4s
05:1008°24.9'N075°06.0'E06°57.6'N076°07.1'E07°41.3'N075°36.8'E 1.056 61° 101° 194 km 04m37.9s
05:1208°46.4'N075°47.2'E07°18.9'N076°48.2'E08°02.7'N076°17.9'E 1.056 62° 102° 195 km 04m40.2s
05:1409°07.8'N076°27.7'E07°40.1'N077°28.5'E08°24.0'N076°58.3'E 1.056 63° 104° 195 km 04m42.5s
05:1609°29.2'N077°07.5'E08°01.4'N078°08.2'E08°45.3'N077°38.1'E 1.056 64° 105° 195 km 04m44.6s
05:1809°50.6'N077°46.8'E08°22.6'N078°47.4'E09°06.6'N078°17.3'E 1.056 65° 107° 196 km 04m46.6s
05:2010°12.0'N078°25.6'E08°43.8'N079°25.9'E09°27.9'N078°55.9'E 1.056 66° 109° 196 km 04m48.5s
05:2210°33.4'N079°03.9'E09°04.9'N080°04.0'E09°49.2'N079°34.1'E 1.057 67° 110° 196 km 04m50.3s
05:2410°54.7'N079°41.7'E09°26.1'N080°41.7'E10°10.4'N080°11.9'E 1.057 68° 112° 196 km 04m51.9s
05:2611°16.0'N080°19.2'E09°47.2'N081°19.0'E10°31.6'N080°49.2'E 1.057 69° 114° 196 km 04m53.5s
05:2811°37.3'N080°56.3'E10°08.4'N081°55.9'E10°52.9'N081°26.2'E 1.057 70° 117° 196 km 04m55.0s
05:3011°58.6'N081°33.2'E10°29.5'N082°32.5'E11°14.1'N082°02.9'E 1.057 70° 119° 196 km 04m56.3s
05:3212°19.9'N082°09.7'E10°50.6'N083°08.8'E11°35.3'N082°39.4'E 1.057 71° 122° 196 km 04m57.5s
05:3412°41.2'N082°46.1'E11°11.7'N083°44.9'E11°56.5'N083°15.6'E 1.057 72° 125° 196 km 04m58.7s
05:3613°02.5'N083°22.2'E11°32.8'N084°20.7'E12°17.7'N083°51.6'E 1.057 73° 128° 196 km 04m59.7s
05:3813°23.8'N083°58.2'E11°53.9'N084°56.4'E12°38.8'N084°27.4'E 1.057 73° 131° 196 km 05m00.6s
05:4013°45.0'N084°34.1'E12°15.0'N085°32.0'E13°00.0'N085°03.1'E 1.057 74° 135° 196 km 05m01.3s
05:4214°06.3'N085°09.9'E12°36.1'N086°07.5'E13°21.2'N085°38.8'E 1.057 74° 139° 196 km 05m02.0s
05:4414°27.5'N085°45.6'E12°57.2'N086°42.9'E13°42.3'N086°14.3'E 1.057 75° 143° 196 km 05m02.6s
05:4614°48.8'N086°21.3'E13°18.3'N087°18.2'E14°03.5'N086°49.8'E 1.057 75° 147° 196 km 05m03.0s
05:4815°10.1'N086°57.1'E13°39.4'N087°53.6'E14°24.7'N087°25.4'E 1.057 75° 151° 196 km 05m03.3s
05:5015°31.3'N087°32.9'E14°00.4'N088°28.9'E14°45.8'N088°00.9'E 1.057 75° 156° 195 km 05m03.6s
05:5215°52.6'N088°08.7'E14°21.5'N089°04.3'E15°07.0'N088°36.6'E 1.057 75° 160° 195 km 05m03.7s
05:5416°13.8'N088°44.7'E14°42.6'N089°39.9'E15°28.2'N089°12.3'E 1.057 75° 165° 195 km 05m03.7s
05:5616°35.1'N089°20.8'E15°03.7'N090°15.5'E15°49.3'N089°48.2'E 1.057 75° 169° 195 km 05m03.5s
05:5816°56.4'N089°57.1'E15°24.8'N090°51.3'E16°10.5'N090°24.2'E 1.057 75° 174° 194 km 05m03.3s
06:0017°17.6'N090°33.5'E15°45.9'N091°27.2'E16°31.7'N091°00.4'E 1.057 75° 178° 194 km 05m03.0s
06:0217°38.9'N091°10.3'E16°07.0'N092°03.4'E16°52.9'N091°36.9'E 1.057 74° 182° 194 km 05m02.5s
06:0418°00.2'N091°47.3'E16°28.1'N092°39.8'E17°14.0'N092°13.6'E 1.057 74° 186° 194 km 05m01.9s
06:0618°21.4'N092°24.6'E16°49.2'N093°16.6'E17°35.2'N092°50.6'E 1.057 74° 190° 193 km 05m01.2s
06:0818°42.7'N093°02.3'E17°10.3'N093°53.6'E17°56.4'N093°27.9'E 1.057 73° 194° 193 km 05m00.4s
06:1019°04.0'N093°40.3'E17°31.4'N094°31.0'E18°17.6'N094°05.6'E 1.057 72° 197° 193 km 04m59.5s
06:1219°25.3'N094°18.8'E17°52.5'N095°08.8'E18°38.8'N094°43.7'E 1.057 72° 200° 192 km 04m58.5s
06:1419°46.6'N094°57.7'E18°13.6'N095°47.0'E19°00.0'N095°22.3'E 1.057 71° 203° 192 km 04m57.4s
06:1620°07.9'N095°37.1'E18°34.8'N096°25.7'E19°21.3'N096°01.3'E 1.057 70° 206° 191 km 04m56.1s
06:1820°29.3'N096°17.1'E18°55.9'N097°04.8'E19°42.5'N096°40.9'E 1.057 69° 208° 191 km 04m54.7s
06:2020°50.6'N096°57.7'E19°17.1'N097°44.6'E20°03.7'N097°21.1'E 1.057 69° 211° 191 km 04m53.3s
06:2221°11.9'N097°38.9'E19°38.3'N098°24.9'E20°25.0'N098°01.8'E 1.057 68° 213° 190 km 04m51.7s
06:2421°33.3'N098°20.8'E19°59.4'N099°05.9'E20°46.2'N098°43.3'E 1.056 67° 215° 190 km 04m50.0s
06:2621°54.6'N099°03.4'E20°20.6'N099°47.6'E21°07.5'N099°25.4'E 1.056 66° 217° 189 km 04m48.1s
06:2822°16.0'N099°46.9'E20°41.8'N100°30.1'E21°28.8'N100°08.3'E 1.056 65° 219° 189 km 04m46.2s
06:3022°37.3'N100°31.1'E21°03.0'N101°13.3'E21°50.1'N100°52.1'E 1.056 64° 221° 188 km 04m44.2s
06:3222°58.7'N101°16.3'E21°24.2'N101°57.4'E22°11.3'N101°36.7'E 1.056 63° 223° 187 km 04m42.0s
06:3423°20.0'N102°02.5'E21°45.5'N102°42.5'E22°32.6'N102°22.3'E 1.056 62° 224° 187 km 04m39.7s
06:3623°41.4'N102°49.8'E22°06.7'N103°28.5'E22°53.9'N103°09.0'E 1.056 61° 226° 186 km 04m37.4s
06:3824°02.8'N103°38.1'E22°28.0'N104°15.7'E23°15.2'N103°56.7'E 1.055 59° 227° 186 km 04m34.9s
06:4024°24.2'N104°27.7'E22°49.2'N105°04.0'E23°36.6'N104°45.6'E 1.055 58° 229° 185 km 04m32.2s
06:4224°45.5'N105°18.6'E23°10.5'N105°53.5'E23°57.9'N105°35.8'E 1.055 57° 230° 184 km 04m29.5s
06:4425°06.9'N106°11.0'E23°31.8'N106°44.4'E24°19.2'N106°27.4'E 1.055 56° 231° 184 km 04m26.7s
06:4625°28.3'N107°04.8'E23°53.0'N107°36.7'E24°40.5'N107°20.5'E 1.055 55° 233° 183 km 04m23.7s
06:4825°49.6'N108°00.3'E24°14.3'N108°30.6'E25°01.8'N108°15.2'E 1.054 54° 234° 182 km 04m20.6s
06:5026°11.0'N108°57.6'E24°35.6'N109°26.2'E25°23.1'N109°11.6'E 1.054 52° 235° 181 km 04m17.4s
06:5226°32.3'N109°56.7'E24°56.9'N110°23.6'E25°44.5'N110°09.8'E 1.054 51° 236° 180 km 04m14.1s
06:5426°53.6'N110°58.0'E25°18.2'N111°23.0'E26°05.8'N111°10.1'E 1.054 50° 238° 179 km 04m10.6s
06:5627°14.9'N112°01.6'E25°39.5'N112°24.6'E26°27.1'N112°12.7'E 1.053 48° 239° 178 km 04m07.0s
06:5827°36.2'N113°07.6'E26°00.8'N113°28.5'E26°48.3'N113°17.7'E 1.053 47° 240° 178 km 04m03.3s
07:0027°57.4'N114°16.4'E26°22.1'N114°35.1'E27°09.6'N114°25.3'E 1.053 45° 241° 176 km 03m59.5s
07:0228°18.6'N115°28.3'E26°43.4'N115°44.5'E27°30.8'N115°35.9'E 1.052 44° 242° 175 km 03m55.5s
07:0428°39.7'N116°43.4'E27°04.6'N116°57.1'E27°52.0'N116°49.7'E 1.052 42° 243° 174 km 03m51.3s
07:0629°00.8'N118°02.3'E27°25.9'N118°13.2'E28°13.2'N118°07.2'E 1.051 41° 245° 173 km 03m47.0s
07:0829°21.8'N119°25.5'E27°47.1'N119°33.3'E28°34.3'N119°28.8'E 1.051 39° 246° 172 km 03m42.6s
07:1029°42.7'N120°53.3'E28°08.2'N120°58.0'E28°55.3'N120°55.0'E 1.051 38° 247° 171 km 03m38.0s
07:1230°03.5'N122°26.7'E28°29.4'N122°27.7'E29°16.3'N122°26.5'E 1.050 36° 248° 169 km 03m33.1s
07:1430°24.2'N124°06.3'E28°50.4'N124°03.4'E29°37.2'N124°04.1'E 1.050 34° 250° 168 km 03m28.1s
07:1630°44.7'N125°53.4'E29°11.4'N125°46.0'E29°57.9'N125°48.8'E 1.049 32° 251° 166 km 03m22.8s
07:1831°05.0'N127°49.3'E29°32.2'N127°36.9'E30°18.5'N127°42.2'E 1.049 30° 252° 164 km 03m17.3s
07:2031°25.0'N129°56.1'E29°52.9'N129°37.8'E30°38.8'N129°45.9'E 1.048 28° 254° 162 km 03m11.4s
07:2231°44.7'N132°16.7'E30°13.4'N131°51.4'E30°58.9'N132°02.9'E 1.047 25° 255° 160 km 03m05.1s
07:2432°03.9'N134°55.6'E30°33.6'N134°21.4'E31°18.7'N134°37.1'E 1.046 23° 257° 158 km 02m58.4s
07:2632°22.4'N138°00.1'E30°53.4'N137°14.1'E31°37.8'N137°35.4'E 1.046 20° 259° 155 km 02m50.9s
07:2832°39.7'N141°44.9'E31°12.5'N140°41.1'E31°56.1'N141°10.8'E 1.044 16° 261° 152 km 02m42.4s
07:3032°54.9'N146°48.0'E31°30.4'N145°09.7'E32°12.8'N145°55.0'E 1.043 12° 264° 148 km 02m32.1s
07:32 - - 31°44.8'N152°38.3'E32°23.5'N154°44.3'E 1.041 269° 140 km 02m14.9s
Limits32°56.6'N159°24.6'E31°43.0'N159°13.4'E32°19.7'N159°18.9'E 1.039 - 136 km 02m07.1s

ΔT = 1419.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:16:21.705:52:42.615°14.5'N082°53.5'E 75.4° 161.8° 195.1 km05m03.67s
Greatest Duration06:16:31.605:52:52.615°16.3'N088°52.2'E 75.4° 162.2° 195.1 km05m03.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2555 Mar 24 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 1419.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 351.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.47°.

Acknowledgments

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

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