Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0162 Mar 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0162 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 -0162 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
Limits12°44.3'N100°23.6'W11°23.7'N100°11.3'W12°03.9'N100°17.3'W 1.038 - 147 km 02m07.9s
12:5612°35.8'N097°24.2'W11°02.8'N091°32.8'W11°47.7'N093°50.0'W 1.041 95° 156 km 02m21.6s
12:5812°29.8'N089°58.7'W11°04.3'N086°57.0'W11°47.1'N088°22.3'W 1.042 12° 96° 164 km 02m34.9s
13:0012°36.4'N086°09.7'W11°11.4'N083°45.1'W11°54.0'N084°54.6'W 1.044 16° 97° 169 km 02m44.1s
13:0212°46.3'N083°17.4'W11°21.1'N081°11.1'W12°03.8'N082°12.3'W 1.044 19° 98° 174 km 02m51.9s
13:0412°58.1'N080°54.9'W11°32.4'N079°00.0'W12°15.4'N079°56.0'W 1.045 22° 99° 177 km 02m58.7s
13:0613°11.1'N078°51.8'W11°44.9'N077°04.7'W12°28.1'N077°57.0'W 1.046 24° 100° 181 km 03m04.9s
13:0813°24.9'N077°02.3'W11°58.3'N075°21.0'W12°41.7'N076°10.6'W 1.047 26° 100° 184 km 03m10.6s
13:1013°39.5'N075°23.1'W12°12.3'N073°46.4'W12°56.0'N074°33.8'W 1.047 28° 101° 186 km 03m16.0s
13:1213°54.6'N073°52.1'W12°27.0'N072°18.9'W13°10.9'N073°04.7'W 1.048 30° 102° 189 km 03m21.1s
13:1414°10.2'N072°27.8'W12°42.1'N070°57.5'W13°26.2'N071°41.9'W 1.048 32° 103° 191 km 03m25.9s
13:1614°26.2'N071°08.9'W12°57.7'N069°41.1'W13°42.0'N070°24.3'W 1.049 34° 104° 193 km 03m30.4s
13:1814°42.5'N069°54.7'W13°13.7'N068°28.9'W13°58.2'N069°11.2'W 1.049 35° 105° 195 km 03m34.8s
13:2014°59.2'N068°44.5'W13°30.0'N067°20.5'W14°14.7'N068°01.9'W 1.049 37° 105° 196 km 03m38.9s
13:2215°16.2'N067°37.8'W13°46.6'N066°15.4'W14°31.4'N066°56.0'W 1.050 38° 106° 198 km 03m42.9s
13:2415°33.5'N066°34.1'W14°03.5'N065°13.1'W14°48.5'N065°53.0'W 1.050 39° 107° 199 km 03m46.7s
13:2615°51.0'N065°33.1'W14°20.7'N064°13.3'W15°05.8'N064°52.7'W 1.050 41° 108° 201 km 03m50.3s
13:2816°08.7'N064°34.5'W14°38.1'N063°15.8'W15°23.4'N063°54.7'W 1.051 42° 109° 202 km 03m53.8s
13:3016°26.7'N063°38.0'W14°55.7'N062°20.4'W15°41.2'N062°58.7'W 1.051 43° 110° 203 km 03m57.2s
13:3216°44.8'N062°43.5'W15°13.6'N061°26.7'W15°59.2'N062°04.7'W 1.051 44° 112° 204 km 04m00.4s
13:3417°03.2'N061°50.7'W15°31.7'N060°34.8'W16°17.5'N061°12.3'W 1.051 45° 113° 205 km 04m03.4s
13:3617°21.7'N060°59.4'W15°50.0'N059°44.3'W16°35.9'N060°21.5'W 1.052 46° 114° 206 km 04m06.4s
13:3817°40.5'N060°09.6'W16°08.5'N058°55.2'W16°54.5'N059°32.0'W 1.052 47° 115° 206 km 04m09.2s
13:4017°59.4'N059°21.0'W16°27.1'N058°07.4'W17°13.3'N058°43.8'W 1.052 48° 116° 207 km 04m11.8s
13:4218°18.5'N058°33.7'W16°46.0'N057°20.7'W17°32.2'N057°56.8'W 1.052 49° 118° 207 km 04m14.4s
13:4418°37.7'N057°47.3'W17°05.0'N056°35.0'W17°51.4'N057°10.8'W 1.052 50° 119° 208 km 04m16.8s
13:4618°57.2'N057°02.0'W17°24.2'N055°50.3'W18°10.7'N056°25.8'W 1.053 51° 121° 208 km 04m19.1s
13:4819°16.7'N056°17.5'W17°43.6'N055°06.4'W18°30.1'N055°41.6'W 1.053 52° 122° 209 km 04m21.3s
13:5019°36.5'N055°33.8'W18°03.1'N054°23.3'W18°49.8'N054°58.3'W 1.053 53° 124° 209 km 04m23.3s
13:5219°56.4'N054°50.9'W18°22.8'N053°40.9'W19°09.6'N054°15.6'W 1.053 54° 125° 209 km 04m25.2s
13:5420°16.4'N054°08.6'W18°42.7'N052°59.2'W19°29.5'N053°33.6'W 1.053 54° 127° 209 km 04m27.0s
13:5620°36.6'N053°26.9'W19°02.7'N052°18.0'W19°49.6'N052°52.2'W 1.053 55° 129° 209 km 04m28.7s
13:5820°57.0'N052°45.7'W19°22.8'N051°37.4'W20°09.9'N052°11.3'W 1.053 56° 131° 209 km 04m30.3s
14:0021°17.5'N052°05.0'W19°43.1'N050°57.3'W20°30.3'N051°30.9'W 1.053 56° 132° 209 km 04m31.7s
14:0221°38.2'N051°24.7'W20°03.6'N050°17.5'W20°50.8'N050°50.9'W 1.054 57° 134° 209 km 04m33.1s
14:0421°59.0'N050°44.8'W20°24.2'N049°38.2'W21°11.5'N050°11.3'W 1.054 57° 136° 209 km 04m34.3s
14:0622°20.0'N050°05.2'W20°45.0'N048°59.1'W21°32.4'N049°32.0'W 1.054 58° 138° 209 km 04m35.4s
14:0822°41.1'N049°25.9'W21°05.9'N048°20.3'W21°53.4'N048°52.9'W 1.054 58° 140° 208 km 04m36.3s
14:1023°02.3'N048°46.7'W21°27.0'N047°41.8'W22°14.6'N048°14.1'W 1.054 59° 143° 208 km 04m37.2s
14:1223°23.8'N048°07.8'W21°48.3'N047°03.4'W22°35.9'N047°35.4'W 1.054 59° 145° 208 km 04m37.9s
14:1423°45.3'N047°29.0'W22°09.7'N046°25.2'W22°57.4'N046°56.9'W 1.054 59° 147° 207 km 04m38.6s
14:1624°07.1'N046°50.2'W22°31.2'N045°47.1'W23°19.0'N046°18.5'W 1.054 59° 149° 207 km 04m39.1s
14:1824°29.0'N046°11.5'W22°52.9'N045°09.1'W23°40.8'N045°40.1'W 1.054 60° 152° 207 km 04m39.5s
14:2024°51.0'N045°32.8'W23°14.8'N044°31.0'W24°02.8'N045°01.8'W 1.054 60° 154° 206 km 04m39.7s
14:2225°13.2'N044°54.1'W23°36.8'N043°53.0'W24°24.9'N044°23.4'W 1.054 60° 156° 206 km 04m39.9s
14:2425°35.6'N044°15.3'W23°58.9'N043°14.8'W24°47.2'N043°44.9'W 1.054 60° 159° 205 km 04m40.0s
14:2625°58.2'N043°36.3'W24°21.3'N042°36.6'W25°09.6'N043°06.4'W 1.054 60° 161° 205 km 04m39.9s
14:2826°20.9'N042°57.2'W24°43.8'N041°58.2'W25°32.2'N042°27.6'W 1.054 60° 163° 204 km 04m39.7s
14:3026°43.7'N042°17.9'W25°06.4'N041°19.7'W25°55.0'N041°48.7'W 1.054 60° 166° 203 km 04m39.4s
14:3227°06.8'N041°38.3'W25°29.3'N040°40.9'W26°17.9'N041°09.5'W 1.054 60° 168° 203 km 04m39.0s
14:3427°30.0'N040°58.4'W25°52.3'N040°01.9'W26°41.0'N040°30.1'W 1.054 60° 171° 202 km 04m38.5s
14:3627°53.4'N040°18.2'W26°15.5'N039°22.5'W27°04.3'N039°50.3'W 1.054 59° 173° 202 km 04m37.8s
14:3828°17.0'N039°37.5'W26°38.8'N038°42.8'W27°27.8'N039°10.1'W 1.054 59° 175° 201 km 04m37.1s
14:4028°40.8'N038°56.4'W27°02.4'N038°02.6'W27°51.4'N038°29.5'W 1.054 59° 178° 200 km 04m36.2s
14:4229°04.8'N038°14.9'W27°26.1'N037°22.0'W28°15.3'N037°48.4'W 1.054 58° 180° 200 km 04m35.2s
14:4429°28.9'N037°32.7'W27°50.0'N036°40.9'W28°39.3'N037°06.8'W 1.054 58° 182° 199 km 04m34.1s
14:4629°53.3'N036°50.0'W28°14.2'N035°59.3'W29°03.6'N036°24.6'W 1.054 57° 184° 198 km 04m32.9s
14:4830°17.9'N036°06.6'W28°38.5'N035°17.0'W29°28.0'N035°41.8'W 1.053 57° 186° 198 km 04m31.6s
14:5030°42.7'N035°22.4'W29°03.0'N034°34.0'W29°52.6'N034°58.3'W 1.053 56° 189° 197 km 04m30.2s
14:5231°07.7'N034°37.5'W29°27.8'N033°50.4'W30°17.5'N034°14.0'W 1.053 56° 191° 196 km 04m28.6s
14:5431°32.9'N033°51.7'W29°52.7'N033°05.9'W30°42.6'N033°28.9'W 1.053 55° 193° 195 km 04m26.9s
14:5631°58.4'N033°04.9'W30°17.9'N032°20.5'W31°07.9'N032°42.8'W 1.053 54° 195° 195 km 04m25.2s
14:5832°24.1'N032°17.2'W30°43.3'N031°34.2'W31°33.5'N031°55.8'W 1.053 54° 197° 194 km 04m23.3s
15:0032°50.0'N031°28.3'W31°09.0'N030°46.8'W31°59.3'N031°07.7'W 1.053 53° 199° 193 km 04m21.3s
15:0233°16.2'N030°38.2'W31°34.9'N029°58.4'W32°25.3'N030°18.5'W 1.052 52° 201° 192 km 04m19.2s
15:0433°42.7'N029°46.8'W32°01.0'N029°08.7'W32°51.6'N029°27.9'W 1.052 51° 202° 191 km 04m16.9s
15:0634°09.4'N028°54.0'W32°27.5'N028°17.7'W33°18.2'N028°36.1'W 1.052 51° 204° 190 km 04m14.6s
15:0834°36.5'N027°59.6'W32°54.2'N027°25.3'W33°45.1'N027°42.7'W 1.052 50° 206° 190 km 04m12.1s
15:1035°03.8'N027°03.6'W33°21.2'N026°31.3'W34°12.2'N026°47.7'W 1.052 49° 208° 189 km 04m09.5s
15:1235°31.4'N026°05.7'W33°48.5'N025°35.7'W34°39.7'N025°51.0'W 1.051 48° 210° 188 km 04m06.8s
15:1435°59.4'N025°05.9'W34°16.1'N024°38.2'W35°07.5'N024°52.4'W 1.051 47° 211° 187 km 04m04.0s
15:1636°27.7'N024°03.8'W34°44.1'N023°38.7'W35°35.6'N023°51.6'W 1.051 46° 213° 186 km 04m01.1s
15:1836°56.3'N022°59.4'W35°12.4'N022°36.9'W36°04.1'N022°48.6'W 1.051 45° 215° 185 km 03m58.0s
15:2037°25.4'N021°52.4'W35°41.1'N021°32.8'W36°32.9'N021°43.1'W 1.050 43° 216° 184 km 03m54.8s
15:2237°54.8'N020°42.5'W36°10.1'N020°26.0'W37°02.2'N020°34.7'W 1.050 42° 218° 183 km 03m51.5s
15:2438°24.7'N019°29.3'W36°39.6'N019°16.3'W37°31.9'N019°23.4'W 1.050 41° 220° 182 km 03m48.0s
15:2638°55.0'N018°12.6'W37°09.6'N018°03.3'W38°02.0'N018°08.6'W 1.050 40° 221° 180 km 03m44.4s
15:2839°25.8'N016°51.9'W37°40.0'N016°46.7'W38°32.6'N016°50.0'W 1.049 38° 223° 179 km 03m40.7s
15:3039°57.1'N015°26.7'W38°10.9'N015°26.0'W39°03.7'N015°27.1'W 1.049 37° 225° 178 km 03m36.7s
15:3240°29.0'N013°56.4'W38°42.4'N014°00.7'W39°35.4'N013°59.4'W 1.048 36° 227° 177 km 03m32.7s
15:3441°01.5'N012°20.2'W39°14.6'N012°30.1'W40°07.7'N012°26.1'W 1.048 34° 228° 175 km 03m28.4s
15:3641°34.7'N010°37.2'W39°47.3'N010°53.5'W40°40.7'N010°46.4'W 1.048 32° 230° 174 km 03m23.9s
15:3842°08.7'N008°46.3'W40°20.9'N009°09.8'W41°14.4'N008°59.3'W 1.047 31° 232° 172 km 03m19.3s
15:4042°43.5'N006°46.0'W40°55.3'N007°17.8'W41°49.0'N007°03.3'W 1.047 29° 234° 171 km 03m14.3s
15:4243°19.3'N004°34.1'W41°30.6'N005°15.8'W42°24.6'N004°56.6'W 1.046 27° 236° 169 km 03m09.1s
15:4443°56.3'N002°07.7'W42°07.1'N003°01.5'W43°01.4'N002°36.6'W 1.045 25° 238° 167 km 03m03.6s
15:4644°34.8'N000°37.4'E42°45.0'N000°31.5'W43°39.6'N000°00.5'E 1.045 23° 241° 165 km 02m57.6s
15:4845°15.2'N003°48.2'E43°24.7'N002°19.2'E44°19.5'N003°00.6'E 1.044 20° 243° 163 km 02m51.1s
15:5045°58.2'N007°37.0'E44°06.6'N005°39.1'E45°02.0'N006°33.8'E 1.043 17° 246° 160 km 02m43.8s
15:5246°45.4'N012°31.6'E44°52.0'N009°44.8'E45°48.2'N011°01.1'E 1.042 14° 250° 157 km 02m35.3s
15:5447°42.6'N020°11.6'E45°43.6'N015°18.7'E46°42.0'N017°24.3'E 1.041 255° 153 km 02m24.2s
Limits48°30.2'N030°09.8'E47°11.7'N030°03.1'E47°50.8'N030°06.4'E 1.038 - 144 km 02m05.5s

ΔT = 12266.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:49:52.714:25:26.525°03.3'N094°32.1'W 60.0° 160.4° 204.8 km04m39.91s
Greatest Duration17:48:14.114:23:47.824°44.9'N043°48.8'W 60.0° 158.4° 205.2 km04m39.95s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0162 Mar 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0162 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 12266.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 314.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.31°.

Acknowledgments

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

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