Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0015 Mar 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0015 Mar 09 . 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 0015 Mar 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits69°29.7'S054°46.1'E71°03.8'S052°51.7'E70°16.5'S053°51.0'E 1.040 - 188 km 02m07.7s
01:3670°34.1'S085°48.7'E71°59.0'S064°24.9'E71°31.6'S077°54.0'E 1.043 84° 194 km 02m23.1s
01:3870°01.4'S096°30.3'E72°20.6'S085°13.2'E71°13.1'S091°43.1'E 1.044 13° 70° 197 km 02m32.5s
01:4069°16.3'S104°25.3'E71°48.4'S097°00.5'E70°32.4'S101°12.0'E 1.045 16° 60° 199 km 02m39.4s
01:4268°25.6'S110°42.9'E71°01.4'S105°38.8'E69°42.7'S108°29.5'E 1.046 18° 53° 201 km 02m45.2s
01:4467°32.1'S115°54.7'E70°07.8'S112°26.3'E68°48.9'S114°22.9'E 1.047 21° 46° 202 km 02m50.3s
01:4666°37.2'S120°18.5'E69°11.2'S117°59.1'E67°53.1'S119°17.3'E 1.047 23° 41° 204 km 02m55.0s
01:4865°41.9'S124°05.9'E68°13.2'S122°37.9'E66°56.4'S123°27.8'E 1.048 25° 36° 205 km 02m59.2s
01:5064°46.5'S127°24.8'E67°14.7'S126°36.0'E65°59.5'S127°04.4'E 1.048 26° 32° 206 km 03m03.0s
01:5263°51.4'S130°20.6'E66°16.3'S130°02.6'E65°02.8'S130°14.3'E 1.049 28° 28° 207 km 03m06.7s
01:5462°56.8'S132°57.8'E65°18.3'S133°04.0'E64°06.6'S133°02.7'E 1.049 29° 25° 208 km 03m10.0s
01:5662°02.6'S135°19.4'E64°20.9'S135°45.1'E63°10.8'S135°33.3'E 1.050 31° 22° 209 km 03m13.2s
01:5861°09.1'S137°27.9'E63°24.2'S138°09.5'E62°15.8'S137°49.3'E 1.050 32° 19° 210 km 03m16.2s
02:0060°16.2'S139°25.3'E62°28.2'S140°19.9'E61°21.4'S139°52.8'E 1.050 33° 16° 211 km 03m19.0s
02:0259°23.9'S141°13.1'E61°32.9'S142°18.5'E60°27.7'S141°45.8'E 1.051 34° 13° 212 km 03m21.6s
02:0458°32.3'S142°52.8'E60°38.4'S144°07.1'E59°34.7'S143°29.7'E 1.051 36° 11° 213 km 03m24.1s
02:0657°41.3'S144°25.3'E59°44.7'S145°47.1'E58°42.4'S145°05.8'E 1.051 37° 214 km 03m26.4s
02:0856°50.9'S145°51.5'E58°51.7'S147°19.7'E57°50.7'S146°35.0'E 1.051 38° 215 km 03m28.6s
02:1056°01.1'S147°12.1'E57°59.5'S148°45.8'E56°59.7'S147°58.3'E 1.052 38° 216 km 03m30.7s
02:1255°11.9'S148°27.9'E57°07.9'S150°06.2'E56°09.4'S149°16.3'E 1.052 39° 217 km 03m32.7s
02:1454°23.2'S149°39.3'E56°17.0'S151°21.5'E55°19.6'S150°29.7'E 1.052 40° 359° 218 km 03m34.5s
02:1653°35.1'S150°46.8'E55°26.7'S152°32.5'E54°30.4'S151°38.9'E 1.052 41° 357° 219 km 03m36.2s
02:1852°47.4'S151°50.9'E54°37.0'S153°39.5'E53°41.8'S152°44.4'E 1.052 42° 355° 219 km 03m37.8s
02:2052°00.3'S152°51.8'E53°47.9'S154°42.9'E52°53.7'S153°46.6'E 1.053 42° 352° 220 km 03m39.3s
02:2251°13.6'S153°49.9'E52°59.3'S155°43.3'E52°06.1'S154°45.8'E 1.053 43° 350° 221 km 03m40.6s
02:2450°27.4'S154°45.5'E52°11.3'S156°40.8'E51°19.0'S155°42.3'E 1.053 44° 348° 222 km 03m41.9s
02:2649°41.6'S155°38.8'E51°23.7'S157°35.8'E50°32.4'S156°36.5'E 1.053 44° 346° 223 km 03m43.1s
02:2848°56.2'S156°30.1'E50°36.7'S158°28.5'E49°46.2'S157°28.5'E 1.053 45° 344° 224 km 03m44.1s
02:3048°11.2'S157°19.5'E49°50.1'S159°19.2'E49°00.4'S158°18.5'E 1.053 45° 342° 225 km 03m45.1s
02:3247°26.6'S158°07.1'E49°03.9'S160°08.1'E48°15.0'S159°06.8'E 1.053 46° 340° 226 km 03m46.0s
02:3446°42.3'S158°53.3'E48°18.1'S160°55.3'E47°30.0'S159°53.5'E 1.053 46° 338° 227 km 03m46.7s
02:3645°58.4'S159°38.1'E47°32.8'S161°41.0'E46°45.4'S160°38.7'E 1.054 46° 336° 228 km 03m47.4s
02:3845°14.8'S160°21.6'E46°47.8'S162°25.3'E46°01.1'S161°22.7'E 1.054 47° 334° 229 km 03m48.0s
02:4044°31.4'S161°04.0'E46°03.1'S163°08.5'E45°17.1'S162°05.5'E 1.054 47° 332° 230 km 03m48.5s
02:4243°48.4'S161°45.5'E45°18.8'S163°50.6'E44°33.5'S162°47.2'E 1.054 47° 330° 231 km 03m48.9s
02:4443°05.7'S162°26.0'E44°34.9'S164°31.7'E43°50.1'S163°28.1'E 1.054 47° 328° 232 km 03m49.1s
02:4642°23.2'S163°05.7'E43°51.2'S165°12.0'E43°07.0'S164°08.1'E 1.054 48° 326° 233 km 03m49.4s
02:4841°40.9'S163°44.7'E43°07.8'S165°51.6'E42°24.2'S164°47.4'E 1.054 48° 324° 234 km 03m49.5s
02:5040°58.9'S164°23.2'E42°24.6'S166°30.5'E41°41.7'S165°26.1'E 1.054 48° 322° 235 km 03m49.5s
02:5240°17.1'S165°01.1'E41°41.8'S167°08.9'E40°59.3'S166°04.2'E 1.054 48° 320° 236 km 03m49.4s
02:5439°35.5'S165°38.6'E40°59.1'S167°46.8'E40°17.2'S166°41.9'E 1.054 48° 318° 237 km 03m49.3s
02:5638°54.1'S166°15.7'E40°16.7'S168°24.3'E39°35.4'S167°19.3'E 1.054 48° 316° 238 km 03m49.0s
02:5838°12.9'S166°52.5'E39°34.5'S169°01.6'E38°53.7'S167°56.3'E 1.054 47° 314° 239 km 03m48.7s
03:0037°31.9'S167°29.1'E38°52.5'S169°38.6'E38°12.2'S168°33.1'E 1.054 47° 312° 240 km 03m48.2s
03:0236°51.0'S168°05.6'E38°10.7'S170°15.5'E37°30.8'S169°09.9'E 1.054 47° 310° 241 km 03m47.7s
03:0436°10.2'S168°42.0'E37°29.1'S170°52.4'E36°49.6'S169°46.5'E 1.053 47° 308° 242 km 03m47.1s
03:0635°29.6'S169°18.5'E36°47.6'S171°29.3'E36°08.6'S170°23.2'E 1.053 47° 307° 243 km 03m46.4s
03:0834°49.2'S169°55.0'E36°06.3'S172°06.3'E35°27.7'S171°00.0'E 1.053 46° 305° 244 km 03m45.6s
03:1034°08.8'S170°31.7'E35°25.0'S172°43.5'E34°46.9'S171°36.9'E 1.053 46° 303° 245 km 03m44.7s
03:1233°28.5'S171°08.7'E34°43.9'S173°20.9'E34°06.2'S172°14.1'E 1.053 45° 301° 246 km 03m43.7s
03:1432°48.3'S171°45.9'E34°02.9'S173°58.7'E33°25.6'S172°51.6'E 1.053 45° 300° 247 km 03m42.7s
03:1632°08.2'S172°23.6'E33°22.0'S174°37.0'E32°45.1'S173°29.6'E 1.053 44° 298° 248 km 03m41.5s
03:1831°28.1'S173°01.7'E32°41.2'S175°15.7'E32°04.7'S174°08.0'E 1.053 44° 296° 248 km 03m40.2s
03:2030°48.1'S173°40.5'E32°00.4'S175°55.1'E31°24.3'S174°47.1'E 1.053 43° 295° 249 km 03m38.9s
03:2230°08.1'S174°19.8'E31°19.7'S176°35.2'E30°44.0'S175°26.8'E 1.052 43° 293° 250 km 03m37.4s
03:2429°28.2'S175°00.0'E30°39.0'S177°16.2'E30°03.6'S176°07.3'E 1.052 42° 292° 250 km 03m35.9s
03:2628°48.2'S175°41.0'E29°58.3'S177°58.1'E29°23.3'S176°48.8'E 1.052 41° 290° 251 km 03m34.2s
03:2828°08.3'S176°23.0'E29°17.6'S178°41.0'E28°43.0'S177°31.3'E 1.052 40° 289° 251 km 03m32.5s
03:3027°28.3'S177°06.1'E28°36.9'S179°25.2'E28°02.6'S178°14.9'E 1.052 40° 287° 251 km 03m30.6s
03:3226°48.2'S177°50.5'E27°56.1'S179°49.2'W27°22.2'S178°59.9'E 1.051 39° 286° 251 km 03m28.6s
03:3426°08.1'S178°36.4'E27°15.2'S179°02.0'W26°41.8'S179°46.4'E 1.051 38° 285° 251 km 03m26.5s
03:3625°27.9'S179°23.8'E26°34.3'S178°13.1'W26°01.2'S179°25.5'W 1.051 37° 283° 251 km 03m24.3s
03:3824°47.6'S179°47.0'W25°53.2'S177°22.1'W25°20.5'S178°35.5'W 1.051 36° 282° 251 km 03m22.0s
03:4024°07.2'S178°55.7'W25°12.0'S176°28.9'W24°39.7'S177°43.3'W 1.050 35° 281° 250 km 03m19.5s
03:4223°26.6'S178°02.1'W24°30.5'S175°33.1'W23°58.7'S176°48.6'W 1.050 34° 280° 249 km 03m16.9s
03:4422°45.8'S177°05.9'W23°48.8'S174°34.4'W23°17.5'S175°51.2'W 1.050 32° 279° 248 km 03m14.1s
03:4622°04.8'S176°06.7'W23°06.9'S173°32.2'W22°36.0'S174°50.5'W 1.049 31° 277° 247 km 03m11.2s
03:4821°23.4'S175°03.9'W22°24.5'S172°25.9'W21°54.2'S173°46.2'W 1.049 30° 276° 245 km 03m08.1s
03:5020°41.7'S173°57.1'W21°41.8'S171°15.0'W21°12.0'S172°37.4'W 1.049 28° 275° 244 km 03m04.8s
03:5219°59.6'S172°45.5'W20°58.5'S169°58.3'W20°29.3'S171°23.4'W 1.048 27° 274° 241 km 03m01.3s
03:5419°16.9'S171°28.2'W20°14.5'S168°34.6'W19°46.0'S170°03.1'W 1.048 25° 273° 238 km 02m57.5s
03:5618°33.6'S170°03.8'W19°29.6'S167°02.2'W19°02.0'S168°35.0'W 1.047 23° 272° 235 km 02m53.5s
03:5817°49.5'S168°30.5'W18°43.6'S165°18.3'W18°17.0'S166°56.9'W 1.047 21° 271° 231 km 02m49.1s
04:0017°04.3'S166°45.7'W17°56.1'S163°18.6'W17°30.7'S165°05.4'W 1.046 19° 270° 227 km 02m44.2s
04:0216°17.5'S164°45.1'W17°06.1'S160°55.3'W16°42.5'S162°54.9'W 1.045 17° 269° 221 km 02m38.7s
04:0415°28.5'S162°20.7'W16°11.9'S157°50.9'W15°51.4'S160°14.2'W 1.044 13° 268° 215 km 02m32.2s
04:0614°35.5'S159°15.2'W15°07.2'S153°01.5'W14°54.3'S156°33.4'W 1.043 267° 206 km 02m23.9s
Limits12°39.4'S147°46.5'W14°16.4'S147°06.1'W13°27.6'S147°26.6'W 1.040 - 185 km 02m06.1s

ΔT = 10370.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:43:54.002:51:03.341°19.3'S122°26.5'E 47.7° 320.8° 235.8 km03m49.46s
Greatest Duration05:42:18.102:49:27.441°53.2'S165°15.6'E 47.6° 322.4° 234.9 km03m49.49s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0015 Mar 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0015 Mar 09 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 10370.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 260.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.09°.

Acknowledgments

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

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