Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2881 Mar 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2881 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 2881 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
Limits28°42.5'S024°51.0'E28°48.8'S024°50.3'E28°45.6'S024°51.2'E 1.003 - 12 km 00m11.6s
04:3027°59.1'S036°35.8'E28°10.9'S036°41.3'E28°05.0'S036°38.6'E 1.007 11° 84° 23 km 00m24.7s
04:3227°19.7'S041°21.4'E27°33.6'S041°28.7'E27°26.6'S041°25.1'E 1.008 16° 81° 28 km 00m30.9s
04:3426°41.5'S044°49.9'E26°57.0'S044°58.6'E26°49.2'S044°54.3'E 1.009 19° 79° 31 km 00m35.8s
04:3626°04.0'S047°39.0'E26°20.7'S047°49.1'E26°12.3'S047°44.1'E 1.010 22° 78° 34 km 00m40.0s
04:3825°27.1'S050°03.2'E25°44.8'S050°14.4'E25°35.9'S050°08.9'E 1.011 25° 77° 37 km 00m43.8s
04:4024°50.6'S052°09.6'E25°09.1'S052°22.0'E24°59.9'S052°15.9'E 1.011 27° 75° 39 km 00m47.3s
04:4224°14.5'S054°02.7'E24°33.7'S054°16.0'E24°24.1'S054°09.4'E 1.012 30° 74° 41 km 00m50.6s
04:4423°38.7'S055°45.2'E23°58.5'S055°59.5'E23°48.6'S055°52.4'E 1.012 32° 73° 43 km 00m53.6s
04:4623°03.2'S057°19.1'E23°23.5'S057°34.2'E23°13.3'S057°26.7'E 1.013 34° 73° 45 km 00m56.5s
04:4822°27.9'S058°45.8'E22°48.7'S059°01.8'E22°38.3'S058°53.8'E 1.013 36° 72° 46 km 00m59.3s
04:5021°52.9'S060°06.4'E22°14.1'S060°23.2'E22°03.4'S060°14.8'E 1.014 37° 71° 48 km 01m01.9s
04:5221°18.1'S061°21.7'E21°39.6'S061°39.2'E21°28.8'S061°30.5'E 1.014 39° 71° 49 km 01m04.4s
04:5420°43.5'S062°32.5'E21°05.3'S062°50.7'E20°54.3'S062°41.6'E 1.015 41° 70° 50 km 01m06.8s
04:5620°09.0'S063°39.2'E20°31.2'S063°58.1'E20°20.1'S063°48.6'E 1.015 42° 69° 52 km 01m09.1s
04:5819°34.8'S064°42.3'E19°57.2'S065°01.8'E19°45.9'S064°52.1'E 1.015 44° 69° 53 km 01m11.3s
05:0019°00.7'S065°42.2'E19°23.3'S066°02.3'E19°12.0'S065°52.3'E 1.016 45° 68° 54 km 01m13.5s
05:0218°26.8'S066°39.2'E18°49.6'S066°59.9'E18°38.1'S066°49.6'E 1.016 47° 68° 55 km 01m15.5s
05:0417°53.0'S067°33.6'E18°16.0'S067°54.8'E18°04.5'S067°44.2'E 1.016 48° 68° 56 km 01m17.5s
05:0617°19.4'S068°25.6'E17°42.5'S068°47.3'E17°30.9'S068°36.5'E 1.016 50° 67° 57 km 01m19.4s
05:0816°45.9'S069°15.4'E17°09.2'S069°37.6'E16°57.5'S069°26.6'E 1.017 51° 67° 58 km 01m21.2s
05:1016°12.5'S070°03.3'E16°35.9'S070°25.9'E16°24.2'S070°14.6'E 1.017 53° 66° 59 km 01m23.0s
05:1215°39.3'S070°49.3'E16°02.8'S071°12.4'E15°51.0'S071°00.9'E 1.017 54° 66° 59 km 01m24.6s
05:1415°06.2'S071°33.7'E15°29.8'S071°57.1'E15°17.9'S071°45.4'E 1.017 55° 66° 60 km 01m26.3s
05:1614°33.2'S072°16.5'E14°56.8'S072°40.3'E14°45.0'S072°28.4'E 1.018 57° 65° 61 km 01m27.8s
05:1814°00.3'S072°57.9'E14°24.0'S073°22.1'E14°12.1'S073°10.0'E 1.018 58° 65° 61 km 01m29.3s
05:2013°27.5'S073°37.9'E13°51.3'S074°02.5'E13°39.3'S073°50.2'E 1.018 59° 65° 62 km 01m30.7s
05:2212°54.8'S074°16.7'E13°18.6'S074°41.6'E13°06.7'S074°29.2'E 1.018 60° 65° 63 km 01m32.1s
05:2412°22.1'S074°54.4'E12°46.0'S075°19.6'E12°34.1'S075°07.0'E 1.018 62° 64° 63 km 01m33.4s
05:2611°49.6'S075°31.1'E12°13.5'S075°56.5'E12°01.6'S075°43.8'E 1.018 63° 64° 64 km 01m34.7s
05:2811°17.2'S076°06.7'E11°41.1'S076°32.4'E11°29.1'S076°19.6'E 1.019 64° 64° 64 km 01m35.9s
05:3010°44.8'S076°41.5'E11°08.8'S077°07.4'E10°56.8'S076°54.4'E 1.019 65° 64° 65 km 01m37.0s
05:3210°12.5'S077°15.3'E10°36.5'S077°41.6'E10°24.5'S077°28.5'E 1.019 66° 64° 65 km 01m38.1s
05:3409°40.3'S077°48.4'E10°04.3'S078°14.9'E09°52.3'S078°01.7'E 1.019 67° 64° 65 km 01m39.1s
05:3609°08.2'S078°20.8'E09°32.2'S078°47.5'E09°20.2'S078°34.2'E 1.019 69° 63° 66 km 01m40.1s
05:3808°36.1'S078°52.5'E09°00.1'S079°19.4'E08°48.1'S079°06.0'E 1.019 70° 63° 66 km 01m41.0s
05:4008°04.1'S079°23.6'E08°28.1'S079°50.6'E08°16.1'S079°37.1'E 1.019 71° 63° 66 km 01m41.9s
05:4207°32.1'S079°54.1'E07°56.2'S080°21.3'E07°44.1'S080°07.7'E 1.019 72° 63° 67 km 01m42.7s
05:4407°00.2'S080°24.1'E07°24.2'S080°51.4'E07°12.2'S080°37.7'E 1.020 73° 63° 67 km 01m43.5s
05:4606°28.4'S080°53.5'E06°52.4'S081°21.0'E06°40.4'S081°07.3'E 1.020 74° 63° 67 km 01m44.2s
05:4805°56.5'S081°22.6'E06°20.6'S081°50.2'E06°08.5'S081°36.4'E 1.020 75° 63° 67 km 01m44.8s
05:5005°24.8'S081°51.2'E05°48.8'S082°18.9'E05°36.8'S082°05.0'E 1.020 77° 63° 68 km 01m45.4s
05:5204°53.1'S082°19.4'E05°17.1'S082°47.2'E05°05.1'S082°33.3'E 1.020 78° 63° 68 km 01m46.0s
05:5404°21.4'S082°47.3'E04°45.4'S083°15.2'E04°33.4'S083°01.3'E 1.020 79° 63° 68 km 01m46.5s
05:5603°49.7'S083°14.9'E04°13.7'S083°42.9'E04°01.7'S083°28.9'E 1.020 80° 63° 68 km 01m46.9s
05:5803°18.1'S083°42.2'E03°42.1'S084°10.3'E03°30.1'S083°56.3'E 1.020 81° 64° 68 km 01m47.3s
06:0002°46.5'S084°09.3'E03°10.5'S084°37.5'E02°58.5'S084°23.4'E 1.020 82° 64° 68 km 01m47.6s
06:0202°14.9'S084°36.2'E02°38.9'S085°04.4'E02°26.9'S084°50.3'E 1.020 83° 64° 68 km 01m47.9s
06:0401°43.4'S085°02.9'E02°07.4'S085°31.1'E01°55.4'S085°17.0'E 1.020 84° 65° 68 km 01m48.2s
06:0601°11.9'S085°29.5'E01°35.9'S085°57.7'E01°23.9'S085°43.6'E 1.020 85° 66° 69 km 01m48.4s
06:0800°40.4'S085°55.9'E01°04.3'S086°24.2'E00°52.4'S086°10.1'E 1.020 86° 67° 69 km 01m48.5s
06:1000°08.9'S086°22.3'E00°32.9'S086°50.6'E00°20.9'S086°36.5'E 1.020 87° 70° 69 km 01m48.6s
06:1200°22.6'N086°48.6'E00°01.4'S087°16.9'E00°10.6'N087°02.8'E 1.020 88° 76° 69 km 01m48.6s
06:1400°54.0'N087°14.9'E00°30.1'N087°43.2'E00°42.0'N087°29.1'E 1.020 89° 103° 69 km 01m48.6s
06:1601°25.5'N087°41.2'E01°01.5'N088°09.5'E01°13.5'N087°55.4'E 1.020 89° 208° 68 km 01m48.5s
06:1801°56.9'N088°07.6'E01°33.0'N088°35.8'E01°44.9'N088°21.7'E 1.020 88° 227° 68 km 01m48.4s
06:2002°28.3'N088°34.0'E02°04.4'N089°02.1'E02°16.4'N088°48.1'E 1.020 87° 233° 68 km 01m48.2s
06:2202°59.8'N089°00.5'E02°35.9'N089°28.6'E02°47.8'N089°14.5'E 1.020 86° 235° 68 km 01m48.0s
06:2403°31.2'N089°27.1'E03°07.3'N089°55.1'E03°19.3'N089°41.1'E 1.020 85° 236° 68 km 01m47.7s
06:2604°02.7'N089°53.9'E03°38.8'N090°21.8'E03°50.7'N090°07.8'E 1.020 84° 237° 68 km 01m47.4s
06:2804°34.1'N090°20.8'E04°10.2'N090°48.7'E04°22.2'N090°34.7'E 1.020 83° 238° 68 km 01m47.0s
06:3005°05.6'N090°48.0'E04°41.7'N091°15.7'E04°53.6'N091°01.9'E 1.020 82° 238° 68 km 01m46.6s
06:3205°37.0'N091°15.4'E05°13.2'N091°43.0'E05°25.1'N091°29.2'E 1.020 81° 239° 67 km 01m46.1s
06:3406°08.5'N091°43.1'E05°44.6'N092°10.6'E05°56.6'N091°56.8'E 1.020 80° 239° 67 km 01m45.6s
06:3606°40.0'N092°11.1'E06°16.2'N092°38.5'E06°28.1'N092°24.8'E 1.020 79° 239° 67 km 01m45.0s
06:3807°11.5'N092°39.4'E06°47.7'N093°06.7'E06°59.6'N092°53.1'E 1.019 77° 240° 67 km 01m44.4s
06:4007°43.1'N093°08.2'E07°19.2'N093°35.3'E07°31.1'N093°21.7'E 1.019 76° 240° 66 km 01m43.7s
06:4208°14.6'N093°37.3'E07°50.8'N094°04.2'E08°02.7'N093°50.8'E 1.019 75° 240° 66 km 01m43.0s
06:4408°46.2'N094°06.9'E08°22.4'N094°33.7'E08°34.3'N094°20.3'E 1.019 74° 240° 66 km 01m42.2s
06:4609°17.8'N094°37.0'E08°54.0'N095°03.6'E09°05.9'N094°50.3'E 1.019 73° 241° 66 km 01m41.4s
06:4809°49.5'N095°07.7'E09°25.7'N095°34.0'E09°37.6'N095°20.8'E 1.019 72° 241° 65 km 01m40.5s
06:5010°21.2'N095°38.9'E09°57.4'N096°05.0'E10°09.3'N095°51.9'E 1.019 71° 241° 65 km 01m39.5s
06:5210°52.9'N096°10.7'E10°29.1'N096°36.6'E10°41.0'N096°23.7'E 1.019 70° 241° 64 km 01m38.5s
06:5411°24.6'N096°43.3'E11°00.9'N097°08.9'E11°12.7'N096°56.1'E 1.019 68° 242° 64 km 01m37.5s
06:5611°56.4'N097°16.5'E11°32.7'N097°41.9'E11°44.5'N097°29.2'E 1.018 67° 242° 63 km 01m36.4s
06:5812°28.2'N097°50.6'E12°04.6'N098°15.7'E12°16.4'N098°03.1'E 1.018 66° 242° 63 km 01m35.2s
07:0013°00.1'N098°25.5'E12°36.5'N098°50.3'E12°48.3'N098°37.9'E 1.018 65° 242° 62 km 01m34.0s
07:0213°32.0'N099°01.3'E13°08.5'N099°25.8'E13°20.2'N099°13.5'E 1.018 64° 243° 62 km 01m32.7s
07:0414°04.0'N099°38.1'E13°40.5'N100°02.2'E13°52.2'N099°50.1'E 1.018 63° 243° 61 km 01m31.4s
07:0614°36.0'N100°15.9'E14°12.6'N100°39.7'E14°24.3'N100°27.8'E 1.018 61° 243° 61 km 01m30.0s
07:0815°08.1'N100°54.8'E14°44.7'N101°18.3'E14°56.4'N101°06.5'E 1.017 60° 244° 60 km 01m28.6s
07:1015°40.2'N101°35.0'E15°16.9'N101°58.0'E15°28.5'N101°46.5'E 1.017 59° 244° 59 km 01m27.1s
07:1216°12.4'N102°16.4'E15°49.2'N102°39.1'E16°00.7'N102°27.7'E 1.017 58° 244° 59 km 01m25.5s
07:1416°44.6'N102°59.3'E16°21.5'N103°21.5'E16°33.0'N103°10.4'E 1.017 56° 245° 58 km 01m23.9s
07:1617°16.9'N103°43.6'E16°53.9'N104°05.4'E17°05.4'N103°54.5'E 1.016 55° 245° 57 km 01m22.3s
07:1817°49.2'N104°29.7'E17°26.4'N104°51.0'E17°37.8'N104°40.3'E 1.016 54° 246° 56 km 01m20.5s
07:2018°21.6'N105°17.4'E17°58.9'N105°38.3'E18°10.3'N105°27.8'E 1.016 52° 246° 55 km 01m18.7s
07:2218°54.1'N106°07.1'E18°31.6'N106°27.5'E18°42.8'N106°17.3'E 1.016 51° 246° 54 km 01m16.9s
07:2419°26.7'N106°58.9'E19°04.3'N107°18.7'E19°15.5'N107°08.8'E 1.015 50° 247° 54 km 01m14.9s
07:2619°59.3'N107°53.0'E19°37.1'N108°12.2'E19°48.2'N108°02.6'E 1.015 48° 247° 52 km 01m12.9s
07:2820°31.9'N108°49.6'E20°10.0'N109°08.2'E20°20.9'N108°58.8'E 1.015 47° 248° 51 km 01m10.8s
07:3021°04.7'N109°48.9'E20°43.0'N110°06.9'E20°53.8'N109°57.9'E 1.014 45° 248° 50 km 01m08.7s
07:3221°37.5'N110°51.2'E21°16.1'N111°08.6'E21°26.7'N110°59.9'E 1.014 44° 249° 49 km 01m06.5s
07:3422°10.3'N111°57.0'E21°49.3'N112°13.7'E21°59.8'N112°05.3'E 1.014 42° 249° 48 km 01m04.2s
07:3622°43.3'N113°06.5'E22°22.5'N113°22.4'E22°32.9'N113°14.4'E 1.013 40° 250° 46 km 01m01.8s
07:3823°16.3'N114°20.2'E22°55.9'N114°35.4'E23°06.1'N114°27.8'E 1.013 39° 251° 45 km 00m59.3s
07:4023°49.3'N115°38.8'E23°29.4'N115°53.2'E23°39.3'N115°45.9'E 1.013 37° 252° 44 km 00m56.7s
07:4224°22.4'N117°02.8'E24°03.0'N117°16.4'E24°12.7'N117°09.5'E 1.012 35° 252° 42 km 00m54.0s
07:4424°55.5'N118°33.3'E24°36.7'N118°46.0'E24°46.1'N118°39.6'E 1.012 33° 253° 40 km 00m51.1s
07:4625°28.7'N120°11.3'E25°10.4'N120°23.0'E25°19.5'N120°17.1'E 1.011 31° 254° 38 km 00m48.2s
07:4826°01.8'N121°58.3'E25°44.3'N122°09.1'E25°53.0'N122°03.7'E 1.011 29° 255° 36 km 00m45.0s
07:5026°35.0'N123°56.6'E26°18.3'N124°06.2'E26°26.6'N124°01.3'E 1.010 27° 256° 34 km 00m41.7s
07:5227°08.1'N126°08.9'E26°52.3'N126°17.5'E27°00.2'N126°13.1'E 1.009 24° 257° 32 km 00m38.1s
07:5427°41.0'N128°40.2'E27°26.4'N128°47.5'E27°33.7'N128°43.8'E 1.008 22° 259° 29 km 00m34.3s
07:5628°13.8'N131°38.4'E28°00.4'N131°44.4'E28°07.1'N131°41.4'E 1.008 19° 260° 26 km 00m29.9s
07:5828°46.0'N135°20.0'E28°34.4'N135°24.5'E28°40.2'N135°22.2'E 1.006 15° 262° 22 km 00m24.9s
08:0029°17.1'N140°31.3'E29°08.0'N140°33.8'E29°12.5'N140°32.4'E 1.005 10° 265° 17 km 00m18.5s
Limits29°36.0'N151°30.5'E29°32.3'N151°30.4'E29°34.2'N151°30.4'E 1.002 - 7 km 00m06.9s

ΔT = 3352.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:10:43.506:14:50.800°55.4'N073°39.7'E 89.6° 151.4° 68.5 km01m48.56s
Greatest Duration07:08:10.406:12:17.700°15.2'N087°06.7'E 88.6° 77.5° 68.5 km01m48.60s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2881 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 3352.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 751.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.14°.

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