Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0888 Mar 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0888 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 -0888 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
Limits31°49.8'S048°01.2'E32°19.4'S047°58.4'E32°04.6'S047°59.8'E 1.016 - 55 km 00m53.8s
02:5831°18.4'S059°36.8'E31°56.7'S058°52.3'E31°37.6'S059°15.5'E 1.019 10° 83° 65 km 01m09.3s
03:0030°50.2'S064°37.4'E31°30.8'S064°11.0'E31°10.6'S064°24.8'E 1.020 15° 80° 69 km 01m17.6s
03:0230°23.5'S068°15.7'E31°05.7'S067°57.6'E30°44.6'S068°07.0'E 1.021 18° 78° 73 km 01m24.0s
03:0429°57.5'S071°12.9'E30°41.0'S071°00.3'E30°19.2'S071°07.0'E 1.022 21° 76° 76 km 01m29.7s
03:0629°32.0'S073°44.5'E30°16.5'S073°36.0'E29°54.2'S073°40.6'E 1.023 24° 74° 78 km 01m34.7s
03:0829°06.9'S075°58.0'E29°52.3'S075°52.8'E29°29.6'S075°55.7'E 1.023 26° 73° 80 km 01m39.4s
03:1028°42.1'S077°57.9'E29°28.3'S077°55.5'E29°05.2'S077°56.9'E 1.024 29° 71° 82 km 01m43.8s
03:1228°17.6'S079°47.1'E29°04.4'S079°47.1'E28°41.0'S079°47.4'E 1.024 31° 70° 84 km 01m47.9s
03:1427°53.3'S081°27.6'E28°40.7'S081°29.8'E28°16.9'S081°29.0'E 1.025 33° 69° 85 km 01m51.8s
03:1627°29.2'S083°01.0'E28°17.1'S083°05.1'E27°53.1'S083°03.3'E 1.025 35° 68° 87 km 01m55.5s
03:1827°05.3'S084°28.2'E27°53.7'S084°34.1'E27°29.4'S084°31.3'E 1.026 36° 67° 88 km 01m59.1s
03:2026°41.5'S085°50.1'E27°30.4'S085°57.7'E27°05.9'S085°54.1'E 1.026 38° 65° 90 km 02m02.5s
03:2226°18.0'S087°07.4'E27°07.2'S087°16.5'E26°42.5'S087°12.2'E 1.026 40° 64° 91 km 02m05.9s
03:2425°54.6'S088°20.7'E26°44.1'S088°31.2'E26°19.3'S088°26.2'E 1.027 41° 63° 92 km 02m09.0s
03:2625°31.3'S089°30.5'E26°21.1'S089°42.2'E25°56.1'S089°36.5'E 1.027 43° 62° 93 km 02m12.1s
03:2825°08.1'S090°36.9'E25°58.2'S090°50.0'E25°33.1'S090°43.6'E 1.027 44° 61° 94 km 02m15.1s
03:3024°45.1'S091°40.6'E25°35.4'S091°54.7'E25°10.2'S091°47.8'E 1.028 46° 60° 95 km 02m18.0s
03:3224°22.2'S092°41.5'E25°12.7'S092°56.8'E24°47.4'S092°49.3'E 1.028 47° 59° 96 km 02m20.7s
03:3423°59.4'S093°40.1'E24°50.1'S093°56.5'E24°24.7'S093°48.4'E 1.028 48° 58° 97 km 02m23.4s
03:3623°36.7'S094°36.6'E24°27.5'S094°53.9'E24°02.1'S094°45.3'E 1.029 50° 57° 98 km 02m26.0s
03:3823°14.1'S095°31.0'E24°05.1'S095°49.2'E23°39.6'S095°40.2'E 1.029 51° 56° 99 km 02m28.5s
03:4022°51.7'S096°23.6'E23°42.8'S096°42.7'E23°17.2'S096°33.3'E 1.029 52° 55° 99 km 02m30.9s
03:4222°29.3'S097°14.6'E23°20.5'S097°34.5'E22°54.8'S097°24.6'E 1.029 53° 54° 100 km 02m33.3s
03:4422°07.0'S098°03.9'E22°58.3'S098°24.7'E22°32.6'S098°14.4'E 1.029 55° 53° 101 km 02m35.5s
03:4621°44.8'S098°51.9'E22°36.2'S099°13.4'E22°10.4'S099°02.7'E 1.030 56° 52° 101 km 02m37.7s
03:4821°22.7'S099°38.5'E22°14.1'S100°00.7'E21°48.3'S099°49.7'E 1.030 57° 50° 102 km 02m39.8s
03:5021°00.6'S100°23.8'E21°52.1'S100°46.8'E21°26.3'S100°35.4'E 1.030 58° 49° 103 km 02m41.8s
03:5220°38.7'S101°08.1'E21°30.2'S101°31.6'E21°04.4'S101°19.9'E 1.030 59° 48° 103 km 02m43.7s
03:5420°16.8'S101°51.2'E21°08.4'S102°15.4'E20°42.6'S102°03.4'E 1.030 60° 47° 104 km 02m45.5s
03:5619°55.0'S102°33.3'E20°46.6'S102°58.1'E20°20.8'S102°45.8'E 1.030 61° 45° 104 km 02m47.3s
03:5819°33.3'S103°14.6'E20°24.9'S103°39.9'E19°59.1'S103°27.3'E 1.031 62° 44° 105 km 02m49.0s
04:0019°11.6'S103°54.9'E20°03.2'S104°20.8'E19°37.4'S104°07.9'E 1.031 63° 42° 105 km 02m50.6s
04:0218°50.1'S104°34.5'E19°41.7'S105°00.9'E19°15.8'S104°47.7'E 1.031 64° 41° 106 km 02m52.1s
04:0418°28.5'S105°13.3'E19°20.1'S105°40.2'E18°54.3'S105°26.8'E 1.031 65° 39° 106 km 02m53.5s
04:0618°07.1'S105°51.4'E18°58.7'S106°18.8'E18°32.8'S106°05.1'E 1.031 66° 37° 106 km 02m54.9s
04:0817°45.7'S106°28.8'E18°37.3'S106°56.7'E18°11.5'S106°42.8'E 1.031 67° 36° 107 km 02m56.2s
04:1017°24.4'S107°05.7'E18°15.9'S107°34.0'E17°50.1'S107°19.9'E 1.031 68° 34° 107 km 02m57.4s
04:1217°03.1'S107°42.0'E17°54.6'S108°10.7'E17°28.8'S107°56.3'E 1.031 69° 31° 108 km 02m58.5s
04:1416°41.9'S108°17.8'E17°33.4'S108°46.8'E17°07.6'S108°32.3'E 1.031 70° 29° 108 km 02m59.5s
04:1616°20.8'S108°53.1'E17°12.2'S109°22.5'E16°46.4'S109°07.8'E 1.032 71° 27° 108 km 03m00.5s
04:1815°59.7'S109°27.9'E16°51.0'S109°57.7'E16°25.3'S109°42.8'E 1.032 71° 24° 108 km 03m01.4s
04:2015°38.6'S110°02.4'E16°29.9'S110°32.5'E16°04.3'S110°17.4'E 1.032 72° 21° 109 km 03m02.2s
04:2215°17.6'S110°36.5'E16°08.9'S111°06.9'E15°43.3'S110°51.7'E 1.032 73° 18° 109 km 03m02.9s
04:2414°56.7'S111°10.2'E15°47.9'S111°40.9'E15°22.3'S111°25.6'E 1.032 73° 15° 109 km 03m03.5s
04:2614°35.8'S111°43.7'E15°27.0'S112°14.7'E15°01.4'S111°59.2'E 1.032 74° 12° 109 km 03m04.1s
04:2814°15.0'S112°16.9'E15°06.1'S112°48.1'E14°40.5'S112°32.5'E 1.032 75° 110 km 03m04.5s
04:3013°54.2'S112°49.8'E14°45.2'S113°21.3'E14°19.7'S113°05.5'E 1.032 75° 110 km 03m04.9s
04:3213°33.4'S113°22.5'E14°24.4'S113°54.2'E13°58.9'S113°38.4'E 1.032 75° 110 km 03m05.2s
04:3413°12.8'S113°55.1'E14°03.7'S114°27.0'E13°38.2'S114°11.0'E 1.032 76° 356° 110 km 03m05.5s
04:3612°52.1'S114°27.5'E13°42.9'S114°59.6'E13°17.5'S114°43.5'E 1.032 76° 352° 110 km 03m05.6s
04:3812°31.5'S114°59.7'E13°22.3'S115°32.0'E12°56.9'S115°15.9'E 1.032 76° 347° 110 km 03m05.7s
04:4012°10.9'S115°31.9'E13°01.6'S116°04.4'E12°36.3'S115°48.1'E 1.032 76° 343° 110 km 03m05.7s
04:4211°50.4'S116°04.0'E12°41.0'S116°36.7'E12°15.7'S116°20.3'E 1.032 76° 338° 110 km 03m05.6s
04:4411°30.0'S116°36.1'E12°20.5'S117°08.9'E11°55.2'S116°52.5'E 1.032 76° 334° 111 km 03m05.4s
04:4611°09.5'S117°08.1'E12°00.0'S117°41.0'E11°34.7'S117°24.6'E 1.032 76° 329° 111 km 03m05.2s
04:4810°49.1'S117°40.2'E11°39.5'S118°13.2'E11°14.3'S117°56.7'E 1.032 76° 325° 111 km 03m04.8s
04:5010°28.8'S118°12.3'E11°19.0'S118°45.4'E10°53.9'S118°28.9'E 1.032 75° 321° 111 km 03m04.4s
04:5210°08.5'S118°44.5'E10°58.6'S119°17.7'E10°33.5'S119°01.1'E 1.032 75° 317° 111 km 03m03.9s
04:5409°48.2'S119°16.8'E10°38.2'S119°50.1'E10°13.2'S119°33.4'E 1.032 74° 313° 110 km 03m03.4s
04:5609°27.9'S119°49.2'E10°17.9'S120°22.5'E09°52.9'S120°05.8'E 1.032 74° 310° 110 km 03m02.7s
04:5809°07.7'S120°21.8'E09°57.6'S120°55.2'E09°32.7'S120°38.4'E 1.031 73° 307° 110 km 03m02.0s
05:0008°47.6'S120°54.5'E09°37.3'S121°27.9'E09°12.5'S121°11.2'E 1.031 73° 304° 110 km 03m01.1s
05:0208°27.4'S121°27.5'E09°17.1'S122°00.9'E08°52.3'S121°44.2'E 1.031 72° 301° 110 km 03m00.3s
05:0408°07.3'S122°00.7'E08°56.9'S122°34.2'E08°32.1'S122°17.4'E 1.031 71° 298° 110 km 02m59.3s
05:0607°47.3'S122°34.2'E08°36.7'S123°07.7'E08°12.0'S122°50.9'E 1.031 70° 296° 110 km 02m58.2s
05:0807°27.3'S123°08.0'E08°16.5'S123°41.5'E07°51.9'S123°24.7'E 1.031 69° 294° 109 km 02m57.1s
05:1007°07.3'S123°42.1'E07°56.4'S124°15.6'E07°31.9'S123°58.8'E 1.031 69° 292° 109 km 02m55.9s
05:1206°47.3'S124°16.7'E07°36.3'S124°50.1'E07°11.8'S124°33.3'E 1.031 68° 290° 109 km 02m54.6s
05:1406°27.4'S124°51.6'E07°16.2'S125°25.0'E06°51.8'S125°08.3'E 1.031 67° 288° 109 km 02m53.2s
05:1606°07.5'S125°27.0'E06°56.2'S126°00.4'E06°31.9'S125°43.7'E 1.031 66° 287° 108 km 02m51.8s
05:1805°47.6'S126°03.0'E06°36.2'S126°36.3'E06°12.0'S126°19.5'E 1.030 65° 285° 108 km 02m50.2s
05:2005°27.8'S126°39.4'E06°16.2'S127°12.7'E05°52.1'S126°56.0'E 1.030 64° 284° 108 km 02m48.6s
05:2205°08.0'S127°16.5'E05°56.3'S127°49.6'E05°32.2'S127°33.0'E 1.030 63° 282° 107 km 02m46.9s
05:2404°48.3'S127°54.2'E05°36.3'S128°27.3'E05°12.3'S128°10.6'E 1.030 62° 281° 107 km 02m45.2s
05:2604°28.6'S128°32.6'E05°16.4'S129°05.6'E04°52.5'S128°49.0'E 1.030 61° 280° 106 km 02m43.3s
05:2804°08.9'S129°11.7'E04°56.5'S129°44.6'E04°32.8'S129°28.1'E 1.030 60° 279° 106 km 02m41.4s
05:3003°49.2'S129°51.7'E04°36.7'S130°24.4'E04°13.0'S130°08.0'E 1.029 59° 278° 105 km 02m39.4s
05:3203°29.6'S130°32.5'E04°16.9'S131°05.1'E03°53.3'S130°48.7'E 1.029 58° 277° 105 km 02m37.3s
05:3403°10.0'S131°14.3'E03°57.0'S131°46.8'E03°33.6'S131°30.4'E 1.029 56° 277° 104 km 02m35.2s
05:3602°50.5'S131°57.1'E03°37.3'S132°29.5'E03°13.9'S132°13.2'E 1.029 55° 276° 103 km 02m32.9s
05:3802°31.0'S132°41.0'E03°17.5'S133°13.2'E02°54.3'S132°57.0'E 1.029 54° 275° 102 km 02m30.6s
05:4002°11.5'S133°26.1'E02°57.8'S133°58.2'E02°34.7'S133°42.1'E 1.028 53° 275° 102 km 02m28.2s
05:4201°52.1'S134°12.5'E02°38.0'S134°44.5'E02°15.1'S134°28.4'E 1.028 52° 274° 101 km 02m25.7s
05:4401°32.7'S135°00.4'E02°18.4'S135°32.2'E01°55.6'S135°16.1'E 1.028 50° 273° 100 km 02m23.1s
05:4601°13.4'S135°49.7'E01°58.7'S136°21.4'E01°36.1'S136°05.5'E 1.028 49° 273° 99 km 02m20.5s
05:4800°54.1'S136°40.8'E01°39.1'S137°12.3'E01°16.6'S136°56.5'E 1.027 48° 272° 98 km 02m17.8s
05:5000°34.8'S137°33.8'E01°19.4'S138°05.1'E00°57.2'S137°49.3'E 1.027 46° 272° 97 km 02m14.9s
05:5200°15.6'S138°28.7'E00°59.8'S138°59.9'E00°37.8'S138°44.2'E 1.027 45° 272° 96 km 02m12.0s
05:5400°03.5'N139°26.0'E00°40.3'S139°57.0'E00°18.4'S139°41.3'E 1.026 43° 271° 95 km 02m09.0s
05:5600°22.6'N140°25.7'E00°20.8'S140°56.5'E00°00.9'N140°41.0'E 1.026 42° 271° 93 km 02m05.9s
05:5800°41.6'N141°28.2'E00°01.2'S141°58.9'E00°20.1'N141°43.4'E 1.026 40° 271° 92 km 02m02.7s
06:0001°00.6'N142°33.9'E00°18.2'N143°04.5'E00°39.4'N142°49.1'E 1.025 39° 270° 91 km 01m59.4s
06:0201°19.5'N143°43.1'E00°37.7'N144°13.6'E00°58.5'N143°58.2'E 1.025 37° 270° 89 km 01m55.9s
06:0401°38.3'N144°56.4'E00°57.1'N145°26.8'E01°17.6'N145°11.5'E 1.024 35° 270° 87 km 01m52.3s
06:0601°57.0'N146°14.4'E01°16.4'N146°44.8'E01°36.7'N146°29.5'E 1.024 34° 270° 86 km 01m48.6s
06:0802°15.7'N147°38.0'E01°35.7'N148°08.4'E01°55.6'N147°53.0'E 1.023 32° 270° 84 km 01m44.8s
06:1002°34.2'N149°08.1'E01°55.0'N149°38.6'E02°14.5'N149°23.1'E 1.023 30° 269° 82 km 01m40.7s
06:1202°52.5'N150°46.2'E02°14.2'N151°16.9'E02°33.3'N151°01.4'E 1.022 28° 269° 80 km 01m36.4s
06:1403°10.7'N152°34.3'E02°33.3'N153°05.5'E02°51.9'N152°49.7'E 1.022 25° 269° 77 km 01m31.9s
06:1603°28.6'N154°35.5'E02°52.3'N155°07.5'E03°10.4'N154°51.3'E 1.021 23° 269° 75 km 01m27.0s
06:1803°46.3'N156°54.7'E03°11.1'N157°27.9'E03°28.6'N157°11.1'E 1.020 20° 269° 72 km 01m21.7s
06:2004°03.5'N159°40.7'E03°29.8'N160°16.4'E03°46.5'N159°58.2'E 1.019 17° 270° 68 km 01m15.8s
06:2204°19.9'N163°13.7'E03°48.0'N163°55.1'E04°03.8'N163°33.9'E 1.018 13° 270° 64 km 01m08.7s
06:2404°34.2'N168°50.3'E04°05.2'N169°57.7'E04°19.6'N169°22.5'E 1.016 270° 57 km 00m58.4s
Limits04°35.4'N175°32.5'E04°08.3'N175°35.2'E04°21.9'N175°33.7'E 1.014 - 50 km 00m49.0s

ΔT = 23314.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:09:01.304:40:27.212°31.6'S018°31.0'E 76.1° 341.5° 110.4 km03m05.68s
Greatest Duration11:07:18.904:38:44.912°49.2'S115°28.0'E 76.1° 345.4° 110.3 km03m05.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0888 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 23314.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 579.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.42°.

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