Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0878 Mar 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0878 Mar 12 . 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 -0878 Mar 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits48°06.4'S169°59.6'E49°42.0'S169°14.4'E48°54.1'S169°37.4'E 1.051 - 184 km 02m39.7s
18:2449°11.1'S176°53.0'W50°15.5'S174°07.9'E49°51.9'S179°45.6'E 1.053 93° 190 km 02m54.3s
18:2649°18.7'S169°26.0'W51°01.8'S173°30.1'W50°11.2'S171°15.9'W 1.055 13° 86° 195 km 03m08.4s
18:2849°10.1'S164°09.9'W51°02.5'S166°57.8'W50°06.6'S165°26.9'W 1.056 17° 81° 198 km 03m18.2s
18:3048°54.1'S159°55.1'W50°51.1'S161°59.2'W49°52.6'S160°52.1'W 1.057 20° 77° 200 km 03m26.3s
18:3248°33.7'S156°18.3'W50°33.3'S157°51.7'W49°33.3'S157°01.0'W 1.058 23° 73° 202 km 03m33.4s
18:3448°10.2'S153°08.2'W50°11.3'S154°18.0'W49°10.5'S153°39.9'W 1.059 25° 70° 204 km 03m39.8s
18:3647°44.5'S150°18.4'W49°46.4'S151°09.1'W48°45.2'S150°41.1'W 1.060 28° 67° 206 km 03m45.8s
18:3847°17.2'S147°44.6'W49°19.4'S148°19.4'W48°17.9'S147°59.8'W 1.060 30° 64° 207 km 03m51.3s
18:4046°48.5'S145°24.0'W48°50.7'S145°45.1'W47°49.3'S145°32.7'W 1.061 32° 62° 209 km 03m56.4s
18:4246°18.9'S143°14.4'W48°20.7'S143°23.8'W47°19.4'S143°17.5'W 1.061 34° 60° 210 km 04m01.3s
18:4445°48.3'S141°14.3'W47°49.8'S141°13.2'W46°48.7'S141°12.4'W 1.062 35° 57° 211 km 04m05.9s
18:4645°17.2'S139°22.4'W47°18.0'S139°12.1'W46°17.2'S139°16.1'W 1.062 37° 55° 212 km 04m10.3s
18:4844°45.4'S137°37.7'W46°45.5'S137°19.2'W45°45.1'S137°27.4'W 1.063 39° 53° 213 km 04m14.5s
18:5044°13.2'S135°59.3'W46°12.4'S135°33.4'W45°12.4'S135°45.5'W 1.063 40° 51° 215 km 04m18.4s
18:5243°40.6'S134°26.6'W45°38.9'S133°54.0'W44°39.4'S134°09.6'W 1.063 42° 49° 216 km 04m22.2s
18:5443°07.7'S132°59.0'W45°05.1'S132°20.4'W44°06.0'S132°39.1'W 1.064 43° 47° 216 km 04m25.9s
18:5642°34.5'S131°36.0'W44°30.9'S130°51.9'W43°32.3'S131°13.4'W 1.064 45° 46° 217 km 04m29.3s
18:5842°01.0'S130°17.1'W43°56.4'S129°28.1'W42°58.4'S129°52.2'W 1.064 46° 44° 218 km 04m32.6s
19:0041°27.4'S129°02.1'W43°21.8'S128°08.5'W42°24.2'S128°34.9'W 1.065 47° 42° 219 km 04m35.8s
19:0240°53.6'S127°50.5'W42°46.9'S126°52.8'W41°49.9'S127°21.4'W 1.065 49° 40° 220 km 04m38.8s
19:0440°19.7'S126°42.2'W42°11.9'S125°40.6'W41°15.5'S126°11.2'W 1.065 50° 38° 221 km 04m41.6s
19:0639°45.7'S125°36.8'W41°36.8'S124°31.6'W40°40.9'S125°04.0'W 1.066 51° 36° 222 km 04m44.4s
19:0839°11.5'S124°34.1'W41°01.6'S123°25.7'W40°06.3'S123°59.8'W 1.066 52° 35° 222 km 04m47.0s
19:1038°37.3'S123°33.8'W40°26.3'S122°22.5'W39°31.5'S122°58.1'W 1.066 53° 33° 223 km 04m49.5s
19:1238°03.0'S122°36.0'W39°51.0'S121°21.9'W38°56.7'S121°58.9'W 1.066 54° 31° 224 km 04m51.8s
19:1437°28.7'S121°40.2'W39°15.6'S120°23.6'W38°21.9'S121°01.9'W 1.066 55° 29° 224 km 04m54.1s
19:1636°54.3'S120°46.5'W38°40.2'S119°27.5'W37°47.0'S120°07.0'W 1.067 56° 27° 225 km 04m56.2s
19:1836°19.9'S119°54.6'W38°04.7'S118°33.4'W37°12.1'S119°14.0'W 1.067 57° 25° 226 km 04m58.2s
19:2035°45.5'S119°04.4'W37°29.2'S117°41.2'W36°37.1'S118°22.9'W 1.067 58° 23° 226 km 05m00.1s
19:2235°11.0'S118°15.9'W36°53.7'S116°50.8'W36°02.1'S117°33.4'W 1.067 59° 21° 227 km 05m01.8s
19:2434°36.5'S117°28.8'W36°18.2'S116°02.0'W35°27.1'S116°45.5'W 1.067 60° 19° 228 km 05m03.5s
19:2634°01.9'S116°43.2'W35°42.7'S115°14.7'W34°52.1'S115°59.1'W 1.067 61° 17° 228 km 05m05.0s
19:2833°27.4'S115°58.8'W35°07.2'S114°28.8'W34°17.1'S115°14.0'W 1.068 62° 14° 229 km 05m06.5s
19:3032°52.8'S115°15.7'W34°31.7'S113°44.3'W33°42.1'S114°30.1'W 1.068 63° 12° 230 km 05m07.8s
19:3232°18.3'S114°33.6'W33°56.2'S113°01.0'W33°07.1'S113°47.5'W 1.068 64° 10° 230 km 05m09.1s
19:3431°43.7'S113°52.7'W33°20.7'S112°18.8'W32°32.0'S113°05.9'W 1.068 64° 231 km 05m10.2s
19:3631°09.1'S113°12.7'W32°45.2'S111°37.7'W31°57.0'S112°25.4'W 1.068 65° 231 km 05m11.2s
19:3830°34.5'S112°33.6'W32°09.8'S110°57.6'W31°22.0'S111°45.8'W 1.068 66° 232 km 05m12.1s
19:4029°59.9'S111°55.4'W31°34.3'S110°18.3'W30°46.9'S111°07.1'W 1.068 66° 359° 232 km 05m13.0s
19:4229°25.2'S111°18.0'W30°58.8'S109°40.0'W30°11.9'S110°29.2'W 1.068 67° 356° 233 km 05m13.7s
19:4428°50.6'S110°41.3'W30°23.4'S109°02.4'W29°36.9'S109°52.1'W 1.068 67° 353° 234 km 05m14.3s
19:4628°15.9'S110°05.2'W29°47.9'S108°25.5'W29°01.8'S109°15.6'W 1.068 68° 350° 234 km 05m14.9s
19:4827°41.3'S109°29.8'W29°12.5'S107°49.4'W28°26.8'S108°39.8'W 1.068 68° 347° 235 km 05m15.3s
19:5027°06.6'S108°54.9'W28°37.0'S107°13.8'W27°51.7'S108°04.6'W 1.068 68° 344° 235 km 05m15.6s
19:5226°31.9'S108°20.6'W28°01.6'S106°38.8'W27°16.6'S107°29.9'W 1.068 69° 341° 236 km 05m15.9s
19:5425°57.1'S107°46.7'W27°26.1'S106°04.2'W26°41.5'S106°55.7'W 1.068 69° 337° 236 km 05m16.0s
19:5625°22.4'S107°13.3'W26°50.7'S105°30.2'W26°06.4'S106°22.0'W 1.068 69° 334° 237 km 05m16.1s
19:5824°47.6'S106°40.2'W26°15.2'S104°56.5'W25°31.3'S105°48.6'W 1.068 69° 331° 237 km 05m16.0s
20:0024°12.8'S106°07.4'W25°39.7'S104°23.2'W24°56.2'S105°15.6'W 1.068 69° 327° 238 km 05m15.9s
20:0223°37.9'S105°34.9'W25°04.3'S103°50.3'W24°21.0'S104°42.8'W 1.068 69° 324° 238 km 05m15.7s
20:0423°03.0'S105°02.7'W24°28.7'S103°17.5'W23°45.8'S104°10.4'W 1.068 69° 321° 239 km 05m15.4s
20:0622°28.1'S104°30.6'W23°53.2'S102°45.0'W23°10.6'S103°38.1'W 1.068 69° 317° 239 km 05m14.9s
20:0821°53.1'S103°58.8'W23°17.7'S102°12.7'W22°35.3'S103°06.0'W 1.068 69° 314° 240 km 05m14.4s
20:1021°18.1'S103°27.0'W22°42.1'S101°40.6'W22°00.0'S102°34.0'W 1.068 68° 311° 240 km 05m13.8s
20:1220°43.0'S102°55.3'W22°06.5'S101°08.5'W21°24.7'S102°02.2'W 1.068 68° 308° 240 km 05m13.2s
20:1420°07.8'S102°23.7'W21°30.8'S100°36.4'W20°49.3'S101°30.3'W 1.068 67° 305° 241 km 05m12.4s
20:1619°32.6'S101°52.0'W20°55.1'S100°04.4'W20°13.8'S100°58.5'W 1.068 67° 302° 241 km 05m11.5s
20:1818°57.4'S101°20.3'W20°19.3'S099°32.3'W19°38.3'S100°26.6'W 1.068 66° 300° 242 km 05m10.6s
20:2018°22.0'S100°48.4'W19°43.5'S099°00.2'W19°02.7'S099°54.6'W 1.068 66° 297° 242 km 05m09.5s
20:2217°46.6'S100°16.5'W19°07.6'S098°27.9'W18°27.1'S099°22.4'W 1.068 65° 295° 242 km 05m08.4s
20:2417°11.1'S099°44.3'W18°31.7'S097°55.4'W17°51.4'S098°50.1'W 1.068 65° 292° 243 km 05m07.2s
20:2616°35.5'S099°12.0'W17°55.7'S097°22.7'W17°15.6'S098°17.6'W 1.068 64° 290° 243 km 05m05.8s
20:2815°59.8'S098°39.3'W17°19.6'S096°49.7'W16°39.7'S097°44.8'W 1.068 63° 288° 243 km 05m04.4s
20:3015°24.0'S098°06.3'W16°43.4'S096°16.4'W16°03.7'S097°11.6'W 1.068 62° 286° 244 km 05m02.9s
20:3214°48.1'S097°32.9'W16°07.1'S095°42.7'W15°27.6'S096°38.1'W 1.067 61° 284° 244 km 05m01.3s
20:3414°12.1'S096°59.1'W15°30.7'S095°08.6'W14°51.4'S096°04.1'W 1.067 61° 282° 244 km 04m59.6s
20:3613°36.0'S096°24.8'W14°54.2'S094°34.0'W14°15.1'S095°29.7'W 1.067 60° 281° 244 km 04m57.9s
20:3812°59.7'S095°50.0'W14°17.6'S093°58.8'W13°38.7'S094°54.7'W 1.067 59° 279° 244 km 04m56.0s
20:4012°23.3'S095°14.5'W13°40.9'S093°22.9'W13°02.1'S094°19.0'W 1.067 58° 278° 244 km 04m54.0s
20:4211°46.7'S094°38.3'W13°04.0'S092°46.4'W12°25.4'S093°42.7'W 1.067 57° 276° 244 km 04m51.9s
20:4411°10.0'S094°01.4'W12°26.9'S092°09.1'W11°48.5'S093°05.6'W 1.066 56° 275° 244 km 04m49.8s
20:4610°33.0'S093°23.6'W11°49.7'S091°30.9'W11°11.4'S092°27.6'W 1.066 55° 274° 244 km 04m47.5s
20:4809°55.9'S092°44.9'W11°12.3'S090°51.8'W10°34.2'S091°48.7'W 1.066 54° 273° 244 km 04m45.1s
20:5009°18.6'S092°05.1'W10°34.7'S090°11.7'W09°56.7'S091°08.7'W 1.066 53° 271° 244 km 04m42.6s
20:5208°41.1'S091°24.3'W09°56.9'S089°30.3'W09°19.1'S090°27.7'W 1.066 51° 270° 244 km 04m40.0s
20:5408°03.4'S090°42.2'W09°18.9'S088°47.7'W08°41.2'S089°45.3'W 1.065 50° 269° 243 km 04m37.3s
20:5607°25.4'S089°58.7'W08°40.6'S088°03.7'W08°03.1'S089°01.6'W 1.065 49° 269° 243 km 04m34.5s
20:5806°47.1'S089°13.7'W08°02.1'S087°18.2'W07°24.7'S088°16.3'W 1.065 48° 268° 242 km 04m31.6s
21:0006°08.6'S088°27.1'W07°23.2'S086°30.9'W06°46.0'S087°29.4'W 1.064 46° 267° 242 km 04m28.5s
21:0205°29.7'S087°38.6'W06°44.0'S085°41.7'W06°07.0'S086°40.6'W 1.064 45° 266° 241 km 04m25.4s
21:0404°50.5'S086°48.1'W06°04.5'S084°50.3'W05°27.6'S085°49.6'W 1.064 44° 266° 240 km 04m22.0s
21:0604°10.9'S085°55.2'W05°24.6'S083°56.6'W04°47.9'S084°56.4'W 1.063 42° 265° 239 km 04m18.6s
21:0803°30.9'S084°59.9'W04°44.2'S083°00.1'W04°07.7'S084°00.5'W 1.063 41° 264° 238 km 04m15.0s
21:1002°50.4'S084°01.6'W04°03.4'S082°00.7'W03°27.1'S083°01.7'W 1.063 39° 264° 237 km 04m11.2s
21:1202°09.4'S083°00.0'W03°22.0'S080°57.7'W02°45.9'S081°59.4'W 1.062 38° 263° 235 km 04m07.2s
21:1401°27.9'S081°54.7'W02°40.0'S079°50.8'W02°04.1'S080°53.4'W 1.062 36° 263° 233 km 04m03.1s
21:1600°45.7'S080°45.1'W01°57.3'S078°39.2'W01°21.7'S079°42.8'W 1.061 34° 262° 232 km 03m58.8s
21:1800°02.7'S079°30.5'W01°13.8'S077°22.2'W00°38.5'S078°27.1'W 1.061 32° 262° 230 km 03m54.2s
21:2000°41.1'N078°09.9'W00°29.4'S075°58.6'W00°05.6'N077°05.0'W 1.060 30° 262° 227 km 03m49.3s
21:2201°25.9'N076°42.0'W00°16.3'N074°27.0'W00°50.8'N075°35.4'W 1.060 28° 262° 225 km 03m44.2s
21:2402°12.0'N075°05.2'W01°03.3'N072°45.4'W01°37.4'N073°56.4'W 1.059 26° 261° 222 km 03m38.7s
21:2602°59.6'N073°17.1'W01°52.2'N070°50.5'W02°25.6'N072°05.2'W 1.058 24° 261° 218 km 03m32.7s
21:2803°49.2'N071°13.8'W02°43.6'N068°37.5'W03°16.0'N069°57.4'W 1.057 21° 261° 215 km 03m26.1s
21:3004°41.7'N068°48.8'W03°38.7'N065°57.0'W04°09.7'N067°25.4'W 1.057 18° 261° 210 km 03m18.6s
21:3205°38.6'N065°49.4'W04°40.1'N062°27.9'W05°08.6'N064°13.1'W 1.055 14° 261° 204 km 03m09.7s
21:3406°44.2'N061°41.0'W05°58.9'N056°44.0'W06°19.0'N059°29.6'W 1.054 262° 196 km 02m57.7s
Limits08°30.9'N051°27.6'W06°54.1'N050°58.1'W07°42.6'N051°13.0'W 1.051 - 184 km 02m39.5s

ΔT = 23142.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:24:51.019:59:08.125°11.4'S157°48.6'E 69.1° 328.7° 237.4 km05m15.96s
Greatest Duration02:21:50.619:56:07.726°04.2'S106°19.8'W 69.0° 333.8° 236.7 km05m16.07s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0878 Mar 12 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 23142.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 575.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.40°.

Acknowledgments

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

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