Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2862 Mar 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2862 Mar 21 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 2862 Mar 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits73°37.7'S082°48.5'W76°09.2'S083°22.8'W74°52.6'S083°06.0'W 0.947 - 281 km 03m31.0s
11:4870°42.2'S045°50.1'W - - 73°02.1'S053°15.1'W 0.949 59° 259 km 03m35.3s
11:5069°15.7'S038°28.1'W73°48.9'S049°25.1'W71°20.4'S042°19.2'W 0.950 12° 48° 250 km 03m37.3s
11:5267°54.9'S033°01.4'W71°58.9'S038°51.1'W69°48.4'S035°14.5'W 0.951 15° 41° 243 km 03m38.8s
11:5466°38.6'S028°43.4'W70°21.2'S032°01.4'W68°23.3'S030°00.9'W 0.951 17° 35° 238 km 03m40.1s
11:5665°26.2'S025°11.3'W68°51.8'S027°00.1'W67°03.7'S025°53.6'W 0.952 20° 30° 234 km 03m41.3s
11:5864°17.0'S022°11.8'W67°28.7'S023°03.2'W65°48.4'S022°30.5'W 0.952 21° 27° 230 km 03m42.3s
12:0063°10.6'S019°36.9'W66°10.7'S019°49.0'W64°36.9'S019°38.9'W 0.953 23° 23° 227 km 03m43.2s
12:0262°06.7'S017°20.9'W64°56.9'S017°05.2'W63°28.6'S017°10.8'W 0.953 25° 20° 224 km 03m44.0s
12:0461°05.0'S015°20.1'W63°46.6'S014°43.9'W62°22.9'S015°00.9'W 0.953 26° 17° 222 km 03m44.8s
12:0660°05.2'S013°31.6'W62°39.3'S012°40.1'W61°19.7'S013°05.4'W 0.954 27° 15° 220 km 03m45.6s
12:0859°07.3'S011°53.2'W61°34.6'S010°50.0'W60°18.7'S011°21.7'W 0.954 29° 12° 218 km 03m46.2s
12:1058°10.9'S010°23.4'W60°32.2'S009°11.2'W59°19.5'S009°47.7'W 0.954 30° 10° 216 km 03m46.9s
12:1257°15.9'S009°00.9'W59°31.9'S007°41.5'W58°22.1'S008°21.8'W 0.955 31° 215 km 03m47.5s
12:1456°22.4'S007°44.5'W58°33.5'S006°19.5'W57°26.2'S007°02.8'W 0.955 32° 213 km 03m48.1s
12:1655°30.0'S006°33.6'W57°36.8'S005°04.0'W56°31.8'S005°49.7'W 0.955 33° 212 km 03m48.6s
12:1854°38.8'S005°27.3'W56°41.5'S003°54.1'W55°38.7'S004°41.7'W 0.955 34° 211 km 03m49.1s
12:2053°48.7'S004°25.2'W55°47.7'S002°49.0'W54°46.8'S003°38.2'W 0.955 35° 211 km 03m49.6s
12:2252°59.5'S003°26.7'W54°55.1'S001°48.1'W53°56.0'S002°38.5'W 0.956 36° 358° 210 km 03m50.0s
12:2452°11.2'S002°31.4'W54°03.8'S000°50.9'W53°06.3'S001°42.2'W 0.956 36° 357° 209 km 03m50.5s
12:2651°23.8'S001°39.0'W53°13.5'S000°03.1'E52°17.5'S000°49.0'W 0.956 37° 355° 209 km 03m50.9s
12:2850°37.3'S000°49.1'W52°24.2'S000°54.3'E51°29.7'S000°01.5'E 0.956 38° 353° 208 km 03m51.2s
12:3049°51.4'S000°01.6'W51°35.9'S001°43.0'E50°42.6'S000°49.6'E 0.956 38° 351° 208 km 03m51.6s
12:3249°06.3'S000°43.9'E50°48.5'S002°29.4'E49°56.4'S001°35.5'E 0.956 39° 350° 208 km 03m52.0s
12:3448°21.9'S001°27.5'E50°01.9'S003°13.8'E49°10.9'S002°19.6'E 0.956 40° 348° 208 km 03m52.3s
12:3647°38.0'S002°09.4'E49°16.1'S003°56.4'E48°26.2'S003°01.8'E 0.956 40° 346° 208 km 03m52.6s
12:3846°54.8'S002°49.9'E48°31.1'S004°37.4'E47°42.1'S003°42.6'E 0.957 41° 345° 208 km 03m52.9s
12:4046°12.2'S003°28.9'E47°46.7'S005°16.9'E46°58.6'S004°21.9'E 0.957 41° 343° 208 km 03m53.1s
12:4245°30.1'S004°06.8'E47°03.0'S005°55.2'E46°15.7'S004°59.9'E 0.957 42° 341° 209 km 03m53.4s
12:4444°48.5'S004°43.5'E46°19.9'S006°32.3'E45°33.4'S005°36.9'E 0.957 42° 340° 209 km 03m53.6s
12:4644°07.5'S005°19.2'E45°37.4'S007°08.4'E44°51.7'S006°12.8'E 0.957 42° 338° 209 km 03m53.9s
12:4843°26.8'S005°54.0'E44°55.5'S007°43.5'E44°10.4'S006°47.7'E 0.957 43° 336° 210 km 03m54.1s
12:5042°46.7'S006°28.0'E44°14.1'S008°17.8'E43°29.7'S007°21.9'E 0.957 43° 335° 211 km 03m54.3s
12:5242°06.9'S007°01.3'E43°33.2'S008°51.4'E42°49.4'S007°55.3'E 0.957 43° 333° 211 km 03m54.4s
12:5441°27.6'S007°33.9'E42°52.9'S009°24.4'E42°09.5'S008°28.1'E 0.957 44° 331° 212 km 03m54.6s
12:5640°48.7'S008°05.9'E42°12.9'S009°56.8'E41°30.1'S009°00.4'E 0.957 44° 330° 213 km 03m54.8s
12:5840°10.1'S008°37.5'E41°33.5'S010°28.7'E40°51.1'S009°32.1'E 0.957 44° 328° 214 km 03m54.9s
13:0039°31.9'S009°08.6'E40°54.4'S011°00.2'E40°12.5'S010°03.4'E 0.957 44° 326° 215 km 03m55.0s
13:0238°54.1'S009°39.4'E40°15.8'S011°31.4'E39°34.3'S010°34.4'E 0.957 44° 325° 216 km 03m55.1s
13:0438°16.6'S010°09.9'E39°37.5'S012°02.2'E38°56.4'S011°05.1'E 0.957 44° 323° 217 km 03m55.2s
13:0637°39.4'S010°40.1'E38°59.7'S012°32.9'E38°18.9'S011°35.5'E 0.957 44° 322° 218 km 03m55.3s
13:0837°02.5'S011°10.1'E38°22.2'S013°03.4'E37°41.7'S012°05.8'E 0.957 44° 320° 220 km 03m55.4s
13:1036°25.9'S011°40.1'E37°45.0'S013°33.8'E37°04.8'S012°36.0'E 0.957 44° 318° 221 km 03m55.4s
13:1235°49.6'S012°09.9'E37°08.2'S014°04.2'E36°28.2'S013°06.1'E 0.957 44° 317° 223 km 03m55.5s
13:1435°13.5'S012°39.7'E36°31.7'S014°34.7'E35°52.0'S013°36.2'E 0.957 44° 315° 224 km 03m55.5s
13:1634°37.8'S013°09.6'E35°55.5'S015°05.1'E35°16.0'S014°06.3'E 0.957 44° 314° 226 km 03m55.5s
13:1834°02.2'S013°39.5'E35°19.6'S015°35.8'E34°40.3'S014°36.6'E 0.957 43° 312° 227 km 03m55.5s
13:2033°27.0'S014°09.6'E34°44.0'S016°06.6'E34°04.9'S015°07.1'E 0.957 43° 311° 229 km 03m55.5s
13:2232°51.9'S014°39.8'E34°08.7'S016°37.7'E33°29.7'S015°37.7'E 0.957 43° 309° 231 km 03m55.4s
13:2432°17.1'S015°10.4'E33°33.7'S017°09.1'E32°54.8'S016°08.7'E 0.957 43° 308° 233 km 03m55.4s
13:2631°42.5'S015°41.2'E32°59.0'S017°41.0'E32°20.1'S016°40.0'E 0.957 42° 306° 235 km 03m55.3s
13:2831°08.2'S016°12.4'E32°24.5'S018°13.2'E31°45.7'S017°11.7'E 0.956 42° 305° 237 km 03m55.2s
13:3030°34.0'S016°44.0'E31°50.2'S018°46.0'E31°11.5'S017°43.9'E 0.956 42° 303° 239 km 03m55.1s
13:3230°00.1'S017°16.1'E31°16.2'S019°19.3'E30°37.5'S018°16.6'E 0.956 41° 302° 241 km 03m55.0s
13:3429°26.3'S017°48.8'E30°42.4'S019°53.3'E30°03.7'S018°49.9'E 0.956 41° 301° 243 km 03m54.8s
13:3628°52.7'S018°22.1'E30°08.9'S020°28.1'E29°30.2'S019°23.9'E 0.956 40° 299° 245 km 03m54.7s
13:3828°19.3'S018°56.2'E29°35.5'S021°03.7'E28°56.8'S019°58.7'E 0.956 40° 298° 247 km 03m54.5s
13:4027°46.1'S019°31.0'E29°02.4'S021°40.2'E28°23.6'S020°34.3'E 0.956 39° 297° 249 km 03m54.3s
13:4227°13.1'S020°06.7'E28°29.5'S022°17.8'E27°50.7'S021°10.9'E 0.956 38° 296° 251 km 03m54.1s
13:4426°40.2'S020°43.3'E27°56.9'S022°56.5'E27°17.9'S021°48.5'E 0.955 38° 294° 254 km 03m53.8s
13:4626°07.5'S021°21.1'E27°24.4'S023°36.5'E26°45.3'S022°27.3'E 0.955 37° 293° 256 km 03m53.6s
13:4825°34.9'S022°00.0'E26°52.1'S024°17.8'E26°12.8'S023°07.4'E 0.955 36° 292° 258 km 03m53.3s
13:5025°02.5'S022°40.3'E26°20.0'S025°00.8'E25°40.6'S023°48.9'E 0.955 35° 291° 260 km 03m53.0s
13:5224°30.2'S023°22.0'E25°48.1'S025°45.5'E25°08.5'S024°32.1'E 0.955 34° 290° 262 km 03m52.6s
13:5423°58.1'S024°05.3'E25°16.4'S026°32.2'E24°36.6'S025°17.0'E 0.955 34° 288° 264 km 03m52.2s
13:5623°26.1'S024°50.5'E24°44.9'S027°21.1'E24°04.8'S026°03.9'E 0.954 33° 287° 266 km 03m51.8s
13:5822°54.3'S025°37.7'E24°13.6'S028°12.5'E23°33.3'S026°53.1'E 0.954 32° 286° 268 km 03m51.4s
14:0022°22.6'S026°27.3'E23°42.5'S029°06.7'E23°01.8'S027°44.8'E 0.954 31° 285° 270 km 03m50.9s
14:0221°51.0'S027°19.4'E23°11.6'S030°04.2'E22°30.6'S028°39.3'E 0.954 29° 284° 272 km 03m50.4s
14:0421°19.6'S028°14.4'E22°40.9'S031°05.5'E21°59.5'S029°37.2'E 0.953 28° 283° 273 km 03m49.8s
14:0620°48.2'S029°12.8'E22°10.4'S032°11.1'E21°28.5'S030°39.0'E 0.953 27° 282° 275 km 03m49.2s
14:0820°17.0'S030°15.2'E21°40.1'S033°22.1'E20°57.7'S031°45.2'E 0.953 26° 281° 276 km 03m48.5s
14:1019°46.0'S031°22.2'E21°10.0'S034°39.4'E20°27.1'S032°56.8'E 0.952 24° 280° 278 km 03m47.8s
14:1219°15.0'S032°34.6'E20°40.2'S036°04.7'E19°56.7'S034°14.9'E 0.952 23° 279° 279 km 03m47.0s
14:1418°44.2'S033°53.8'E20°10.6'S037°40.3'E19°26.5'S035°41.2'E 0.951 21° 278° 280 km 03m46.1s
14:1618°13.5'S035°21.4'E19°41.4'S039°29.7'E18°56.4'S037°17.9'E 0.951 19° 277° 281 km 03m45.1s
14:1817°42.9'S036°59.8'E19°12.7'S041°39.5'E18°26.6'S039°09.0'E 0.950 17° 276° 281 km 03m43.9s
14:2017°12.5'S038°53.2'E18°44.5'S044°23.0'E17°57.1'S041°21.1'E 0.950 14° 275° 282 km 03m42.6s
14:2216°42.3'S041°08.6'E18°17.7'S048°21.9'E17°28.1'S044°08.5'E 0.949 11° 274° 283 km 03m40.9s
14:2416°12.2'S044°02.1'E - - 16°59.9'S048°17.8'E 0.948 273° 283 km 03m38.6s
Limits15°29.5'S054°41.7'E18°04.7'S055°35.1'E16°46.2'S055°07.9'E 0.946 - 285 km 03m35.0s

ΔT = 3216.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:59:03.713:05:26.738°29.2'S001°59.3'W 44.1° 322.0° 218.0 km03m55.28s
Greatest Duration14:09:43.313:16:06.335°14.1'S014°07.9'E 43.7° 313.6° 225.8 km03m55.49s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2862 Mar 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2862 Mar 21 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 3216.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 724.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.03°.

Acknowledgments

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

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