Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0470 Mar 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0470 Mar 31 . 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 -0470 Mar 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits86°17.1'S168°33.1'E88°21.0'S144°08.0'W87°29.6'S178°01.6'W 1.051 - 321 km 02m44.4s
20:3677°31.5'S135°46.8'W - - 82°01.3'S137°19.6'W 1.053 10° 320 km 02m58.4s
20:3874°55.3'S131°11.7'W83°12.4'S127°57.7'W78°14.5'S129°55.0'W 1.054 10° 320 km 03m07.6s
20:4072°45.1'S128°05.0'W79°01.4'S123°16.6'W75°31.9'S126°11.6'W 1.055 13° 358° 320 km 03m14.2s
20:4270°50.9'S125°42.5'W76°10.8'S120°42.3'W73°17.9'S123°37.5'W 1.055 15° 354° 321 km 03m19.6s
20:4469°07.9'S123°46.5'W73°52.3'S118°48.4'W71°21.2'S121°37.7'W 1.056 17° 352° 322 km 03m24.3s
20:4667°33.3'S122°08.0'W71°52.6'S117°15.7'W69°36.2'S119°58.6'W 1.056 18° 349° 323 km 03m28.4s
20:4866°05.2'S120°42.0'W70°05.6'S115°56.2'W68°00.1'S118°33.3'W 1.057 20° 347° 324 km 03m32.1s
20:5064°42.4'S119°25.4'W68°27.8'S114°46.0'W66°30.8'S117°18.0'W 1.057 21° 345° 326 km 03m35.5s
20:5263°24.0'S118°16.0'W66°57.1'S113°42.6'W65°07.0'S116°10.0'W 1.058 22° 343° 327 km 03m38.5s
20:5462°09.4'S117°12.3'W65°32.2'S112°44.3'W63°47.7'S115°07.9'W 1.058 23° 342° 329 km 03m41.4s
20:5660°58.0'S116°13.2'W64°12.1'S111°50.2'W62°32.4'S114°10.3'W 1.058 24° 340° 331 km 03m43.9s
20:5859°49.4'S115°17.9'W62°55.9'S110°59.3'W61°20.3'S113°16.5'W 1.059 25° 338° 332 km 03m46.3s
21:0058°43.3'S114°25.8'W61°43.2'S110°11.2'W60°11.2'S112°25.7'W 1.059 26° 336° 334 km 03m48.5s
21:0257°39.5'S113°36.3'W60°33.4'S109°25.3'W59°04.6'S111°37.4'W 1.059 27° 335° 337 km 03m50.5s
21:0456°37.6'S112°49.0'W59°26.3'S108°41.2'W58°00.3'S110°51.3'W 1.059 27° 333° 339 km 03m52.3s
21:0655°37.5'S112°03.5'W58°21.5'S107°58.7'W56°58.0'S110°06.9'W 1.059 28° 332° 341 km 03m54.0s
21:0854°39.1'S111°19.7'W57°18.7'S107°17.4'W55°57.5'S109°24.0'W 1.060 29° 330° 343 km 03m55.5s
21:1053°42.2'S110°37.2'W56°17.9'S106°37.2'W54°58.8'S108°42.4'W 1.060 29° 328° 346 km 03m56.8s
21:1252°46.6'S109°55.8'W55°18.8'S105°57.8'W54°01.5'S108°01.8'W 1.060 30° 327° 348 km 03m58.0s
21:1451°52.3'S109°15.4'W54°21.2'S105°19.1'W53°05.7'S107°22.0'W 1.060 30° 325° 351 km 03m59.1s
21:1650°59.2'S108°35.7'W53°25.1'S104°41.0'W52°11.2'S106°42.9'W 1.060 30° 324° 354 km 04m00.0s
21:1850°07.2'S107°56.6'W52°30.3'S104°03.2'W51°17.9'S106°04.3'W 1.060 31° 322° 356 km 04m00.8s
21:2049°16.3'S107°18.0'W51°36.8'S103°25.7'W50°25.6'S105°26.1'W 1.060 31° 321° 359 km 04m01.5s
21:2248°26.3'S106°39.7'W50°44.3'S102°48.4'W49°34.5'S104°48.1'W 1.060 31° 319° 362 km 04m02.0s
21:2447°37.2'S106°01.7'W49°53.0'S102°11.0'W48°44.3'S104°10.4'W 1.060 31° 318° 365 km 04m02.4s
21:2646°48.9'S105°23.8'W49°02.6'S101°33.6'W47°55.0'S103°32.6'W 1.060 31° 316° 368 km 04m02.6s
21:2846°01.4'S104°45.9'W48°13.2'S100°56.0'W47°06.6'S102°54.8'W 1.060 31° 315° 371 km 04m02.7s
21:3045°14.7'S104°07.9'W47°24.7'S100°18.0'W46°19.1'S102°16.7'W 1.060 31° 313° 374 km 04m02.7s
21:3244°28.7'S103°29.7'W46°37.0'S099°39.7'W45°32.2'S101°38.4'W 1.060 31° 312° 377 km 04m02.6s
21:3443°43.4'S102°51.1'W45°50.0'S099°00.8'W44°46.2'S100°59.7'W 1.060 31° 310° 381 km 04m02.3s
21:3642°58.8'S102°12.2'W45°03.9'S098°21.3'W44°00.8'S100°20.4'W 1.060 31° 309° 384 km 04m01.9s
21:3842°14.8'S101°32.7'W44°18.4'S097°41.0'W43°16.1'S099°40.5'W 1.060 31° 307° 387 km 04m01.4s
21:4041°31.3'S100°52.6'W43°33.6'S096°59.8'W42°32.0'S098°59.9'W 1.060 30° 306° 390 km 04m00.7s
21:4240°48.5'S100°11.7'W42°49.5'S096°17.6'W41°48.5'S098°18.4'W 1.060 30° 304° 393 km 03m59.9s
21:4440°06.2'S099°29.9'W42°05.9'S095°34.2'W41°05.6'S097°35.8'W 1.060 30° 303° 395 km 03m59.0s
21:4639°24.4'S098°47.1'W41°23.0'S094°49.5'W40°23.3'S096°52.1'W 1.060 29° 301° 398 km 03m57.9s
21:4838°43.1'S098°03.1'W40°40.7'S094°03.2'W39°41.5'S096°07.0'W 1.060 29° 300° 401 km 03m56.6s
21:5038°02.3'S097°17.7'W39°58.9'S093°15.1'W39°00.2'S095°20.4'W 1.060 28° 299° 403 km 03m55.3s
21:5237°22.1'S096°30.8'W39°17.6'S092°25.1'W38°19.5'S094°32.1'W 1.059 28° 297° 405 km 03m53.7s
21:5436°42.2'S095°42.2'W38°36.9'S091°32.7'W37°39.2'S093°41.8'W 1.059 27° 296° 406 km 03m52.0s
21:5636°02.9'S094°51.6'W37°56.6'S090°37.8'W36°59.5'S092°49.2'W 1.059 26° 294° 408 km 03m50.1s
21:5835°24.0'S093°58.7'W37°16.9'S089°39.8'W36°20.2'S091°54.0'W 1.059 26° 293° 408 km 03m48.1s
22:0034°45.5'S093°03.3'W36°37.7'S088°38.3'W35°41.3'S090°55.9'W 1.059 25° 292° 409 km 03m45.8s
22:0234°07.5'S092°04.9'W35°59.0'S087°32.6'W35°03.0'S089°54.2'W 1.058 24° 290° 408 km 03m43.4s
22:0433°30.0'S091°03.0'W35°20.7'S086°22.0'W34°25.1'S088°48.5'W 1.058 23° 289° 407 km 03m40.7s
22:0632°52.9'S089°57.0'W34°43.0'S085°05.4'W33°47.7'S087°38.0'W 1.058 22° 288° 405 km 03m37.7s
22:0832°16.2'S088°46.3'W34°05.9'S083°41.3'W33°10.8'S086°21.6'W 1.057 20° 286° 402 km 03m34.5s
22:1031°40.1'S087°29.7'W33°29.3'S082°07.7'W32°34.5'S084°57.9'W 1.057 19° 285° 398 km 03m31.0s
22:1231°04.5'S086°05.9'W32°53.4'S080°21.2'W31°58.7'S083°24.9'W 1.056 18° 283° 393 km 03m27.0s
22:1430°29.4'S084°33.0'W32°18.2'S078°16.3'W31°23.5'S081°39.6'W 1.056 16° 282° 387 km 03m22.6s
22:1629°55.0'S082°48.0'W31°44.2'S075°41.5'W30°49.2'S079°36.8'W 1.055 14° 280° 379 km 03m17.5s
22:1829°21.4'S080°45.8'W31°12.0'S072°05.6'W30°15.9'S077°06.3'W 1.054 11° 279° 368 km 03m11.4s
22:2028°48.9'S078°17.1'W - - 29°44.5'S073°41.8'W 1.053 277° 353 km 03m03.6s
Limits27°56.8'S065°22.8'W30°52.4'S064°22.2'W29°22.8'S064°53.4'W 1.051 - 320 km 02m45.4s

ΔT = 16576.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:04:25.021:28:08.147°03.4'S172°07.8'W 31.3° 314.4° 371.4 km04m02.75s
Greatest Duration02:05:11.421:28:54.546°44.9'S102°37.5'W 31.3° 313.8° 372.6 km04m02.76s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0470 Mar 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0470 Mar 31 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 16576.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 419.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.75°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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