Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0728 Mar 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0728 Mar 03 . 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 -0728 Mar 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits30°13.4'N102°29.6'E27°43.5'N102°51.6'E28°57.2'N102°40.9'E 1.046 - 264 km 02m39.6s
23:48 - - 26°33.4'N113°23.6'E28°10.1'N108°27.3'E 1.048 104° 281 km 02m52.0s
23:5029°29.6'N108°13.7'E26°32.4'N116°31.1'E27°53.1'N113°10.7'E 1.050 10° 107° 297 km 03m03.3s
23:5229°15.8'N112°45.7'E26°39.4'N118°56.1'E27°54.3'N116°11.4'E 1.051 13° 108° 309 km 03m11.0s
23:5429°18.7'N115°42.6'E26°51.0'N120°57.2'E28°02.8'N118°32.6'E 1.051 15° 110° 318 km 03m17.2s
23:5629°28.4'N118°01.5'E27°05.7'N122°42.6'E28°15.6'N120°31.2'E 1.052 17° 111° 326 km 03m22.6s
23:5829°42.2'N119°58.5'E27°22.9'N124°16.7'E28°31.4'N122°14.7'E 1.052 19° 113° 332 km 03m27.3s
00:0029°59.0'N121°40.7'E27°42.0'N125°42.1'E28°49.5'N123°47.2'E 1.053 20° 114° 338 km 03m31.5s
00:0230°18.0'N123°12.2'E28°02.6'N127°00.6'E29°09.5'N125°11.4'E 1.053 22° 115° 342 km 03m35.4s
00:0430°38.8'N124°35.4'E28°24.7'N128°13.5'E29°31.0'N126°28.8'E 1.054 23° 117° 346 km 03m38.9s
00:0631°01.2'N125°52.2'E28°48.0'N129°21.8'E29°53.9'N127°40.9'E 1.054 24° 118° 350 km 03m42.2s
00:0831°24.9'N127°03.5'E29°12.4'N130°26.1'E30°18.0'N128°48.3'E 1.054 25° 119° 352 km 03m45.1s
00:1031°49.8'N128°10.4'E29°37.8'N131°26.9'E30°43.1'N129°51.9'E 1.055 26° 121° 354 km 03m47.9s
00:1232°15.9'N129°13.5'E30°04.2'N132°24.9'E31°09.3'N130°52.2'E 1.055 27° 122° 356 km 03m50.4s
00:1432°42.9'N130°13.3'E30°31.4'N133°20.3'E31°36.5'N131°49.6'E 1.055 28° 123° 356 km 03m52.7s
00:1633°10.9'N131°10.4'E30°59.5'N134°13.4'E32°04.5'N132°44.6'E 1.055 28° 124° 357 km 03m54.8s
00:1833°39.8'N132°05.0'E31°28.5'N135°04.6'E32°33.5'N133°37.3'E 1.055 29° 126° 357 km 03m56.7s
00:2034°09.5'N132°57.5'E31°58.2'N135°54.0'E33°03.2'N134°28.1'E 1.056 30° 127° 356 km 03m58.5s
00:2234°40.1'N133°48.0'E32°28.6'N136°41.8'E33°33.7'N135°17.3'E 1.056 30° 128° 355 km 04m00.0s
00:2435°11.6'N134°37.0'E32°59.9'N137°28.3'E34°05.1'N136°04.9'E 1.056 31° 130° 354 km 04m01.5s
00:2635°43.9'N135°24.4'E33°31.8'N138°13.5'E34°37.2'N136°51.1'E 1.056 31° 131° 352 km 04m02.7s
00:2836°17.0'N136°10.6'E34°04.6'N138°57.7'E35°10.1'N137°36.2'E 1.056 32° 133° 351 km 04m03.8s
00:3036°50.9'N136°55.6'E34°38.0'N139°40.9'E35°43.7'N138°20.3'E 1.056 32° 134° 349 km 04m04.8s
00:3237°25.6'N137°39.7'E35°12.2'N140°23.3'E36°18.2'N139°03.5'E 1.056 32° 135° 346 km 04m05.6s
00:3438°01.1'N138°22.9'E35°47.2'N141°04.9'E36°53.4'N139°45.9'E 1.056 33° 137° 344 km 04m06.2s
00:3638°37.5'N139°05.3'E36°22.9'N141°46.0'E37°29.5'N140°27.6'E 1.056 33° 138° 342 km 04m06.7s
00:3839°14.7'N139°47.1'E36°59.4'N142°26.5'E38°06.3'N141°08.7'E 1.057 33° 140° 339 km 04m07.1s
00:4039°52.8'N140°28.5'E37°36.7'N143°06.6'E38°44.0'N141°49.4'E 1.057 33° 141° 336 km 04m07.3s
00:4240°31.8'N141°09.4'E38°14.8'N143°46.4'E39°22.5'N142°29.8'E 1.057 33° 143° 334 km 04m07.4s
00:4441°11.8'N141°50.0'E38°53.7'N144°25.9'E40°01.9'N143°09.9'E 1.057 33° 144° 331 km 04m07.3s
00:4641°52.6'N142°30.4'E39°33.5'N145°05.4'E40°42.2'N143°49.8'E 1.057 33° 146° 328 km 04m07.1s
00:4842°34.5'N143°10.7'E40°14.2'N145°44.8'E41°23.4'N144°29.6'E 1.057 33° 147° 325 km 04m06.8s
00:5043°17.4'N143°51.0'E40°55.8'N146°24.2'E42°05.6'N145°09.5'E 1.056 33° 149° 323 km 04m06.3s
00:5244°01.5'N144°31.4'E41°38.3'N147°03.8'E42°48.9'N145°49.5'E 1.056 33° 150° 320 km 04m05.7s
00:5444°46.6'N145°12.1'E42°21.9'N147°43.6'E43°33.2'N146°29.8'E 1.056 32° 152° 317 km 04m05.0s
00:5645°33.0'N145°53.0'E43°06.6'N148°23.8'E44°18.7'N147°10.4'E 1.056 32° 153° 314 km 04m04.1s
00:5846°20.6'N146°34.5'E43°52.3'N149°04.5'E45°05.3'N147°51.5'E 1.056 32° 155° 312 km 04m03.1s
01:0047°09.7'N147°16.6'E44°39.3'N149°45.8'E45°53.2'N148°33.2'E 1.056 31° 156° 309 km 04m01.9s
01:0248°00.2'N147°59.4'E45°27.5'N150°27.8'E46°42.5'N149°15.6'E 1.056 31° 158° 306 km 04m00.6s
01:0448°52.2'N148°43.1'E46°17.0'N151°10.7'E47°33.3'N149°59.0'E 1.056 31° 159° 304 km 03m59.1s
01:0649°46.0'N149°28.0'E47°08.0'N151°54.6'E48°25.6'N150°43.4'E 1.056 30° 161° 301 km 03m57.5s
01:0850°41.7'N150°14.2'E48°00.6'N152°39.8'E49°19.6'N151°29.1'E 1.055 29° 162° 299 km 03m55.8s
01:1051°39.4'N151°01.9'E48°54.9'N153°26.5'E50°15.4'N152°16.4'E 1.055 29° 164° 296 km 03m53.8s
01:1252°39.3'N151°51.5'E49°51.0'N154°14.8'E51°13.3'N153°05.4'E 1.055 28° 165° 294 km 03m51.8s
01:1453°41.8'N152°43.3'E50°49.1'N155°05.2'E52°13.5'N153°56.5'E 1.055 27° 167° 291 km 03m49.5s
01:1654°47.1'N153°37.8'E51°49.4'N155°57.9'E53°16.1'N154°50.2'E 1.055 26° 169° 289 km 03m47.0s
01:1855°55.6'N154°35.4'E52°52.3'N156°53.3'E54°21.5'N155°46.8'E 1.054 26° 170° 287 km 03m44.4s
01:2057°07.8'N155°36.9'E53°58.0'N157°52.1'E55°30.2'N156°47.0'E 1.054 25° 172° 285 km 03m41.5s
01:2258°24.3'N156°43.1'E55°06.9'N158°54.8'E56°42.5'N157°51.4'E 1.054 23° 174° 283 km 03m38.4s
01:2459°46.0'N157°55.2'E56°19.5'N160°02.3'E57°59.2'N159°01.2'E 1.053 22° 176° 281 km 03m35.1s
01:2661°14.0'N159°15.0'E57°36.4'N161°15.7'E59°21.0'N160°17.7'E 1.053 21° 178° 279 km 03m31.5s
01:2862°50.0'N160°44.8'E58°58.5'N162°36.6'E60°49.1'N161°42.8'E 1.052 20° 180° 277 km 03m27.5s
01:3064°36.5'N162°28.8'E60°27.0'N164°07.1'E62°25.2'N163°19.4'E 1.052 18° 182° 275 km 03m23.1s
01:3266°38.0'N164°34.0'E62°03.5'N165°50.4'E64°11.9'N165°12.1'E 1.051 16° 184° 273 km 03m18.2s
01:3469°02.8'N167°15.1'E63°50.8'N167°52.1'E66°13.6'N167°29.2'E 1.051 14° 187° 271 km 03m12.6s
01:3672°13.6'N171°13.9'E65°53.4'N170°21.8'E68°38.9'N170°28.4'E 1.050 11° 190° 269 km 03m06.0s
01:38 - - 68°20.6'N173°40.5'E71°51.5'N175°01.0'E 1.049 195° 268 km 02m57.3s
Limits79°24.8'N175°57.6'W78°09.6'N165°35.2'W78°49.8'N170°22.6'W 1.046 - 265 km 02m39.1s

ΔT = 20638.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:27:41.800:43:43.339°56.3'N056°50.5'E 33.1° 143.9° 331.4 km04m07.35s
Greatest Duration06:26:11.000:42:12.539°26.6'N142°34.0'E 33.1° 142.8° 333.4 km04m07.39s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0728 Mar 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0728 Mar 03 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 20638.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 518.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.17°.

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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