Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0769 Mar 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0769 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 0769 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°39.9'S154°05.9'E49°34.1'S153°49.2'E49°06.9'S153°57.6'E 1.025 - 101 km 01m24.3s
19:4648°44.1'S161°50.7'E - - 49°10.5'S156°31.5'E 1.026 91° 103 km 01m27.1s
19:4848°27.8'S171°06.4'E49°36.7'S167°35.0'E49°02.7'S169°28.6'E 1.029 10° 80° 112 km 01m43.0s
19:5048°06.1'S176°35.3'E49°19.3'S174°12.2'E48°42.8'S175°27.5'E 1.030 15° 75° 116 km 01m51.4s
19:5247°42.7'S179°11.8'W48°58.3'S178°58.2'E48°20.5'S179°55.7'E 1.031 18° 71° 119 km 01m58.1s
19:5447°18.4'S175°41.4'W48°35.6'S177°10.1'W47°57.0'S176°23.8'W 1.032 21° 68° 122 km 02m03.9s
19:5646°53.6'S172°39.2'W48°12.1'S173°52.1'W47°32.8'S173°14.1'W 1.032 23° 65° 124 km 02m09.2s
19:5846°28.4'S169°57.5'W47°47.8'S170°58.0'W47°08.1'S170°26.4'W 1.033 25° 62° 126 km 02m14.0s
20:0046°03.1'S167°31.5'W47°23.2'S168°21.8'W46°43.1'S167°55.5'W 1.034 27° 60° 128 km 02m18.5s
20:0245°37.6'S165°18.0'W46°58.3'S165°59.7'W46°17.9'S165°37.9'W 1.034 29° 58° 130 km 02m22.8s
20:0445°12.0'S163°14.9'W46°33.2'S163°49.1'W45°52.5'S163°31.1'W 1.035 31° 55° 131 km 02m26.8s
20:0644°46.5'S161°20.5'W46°07.9'S161°48.1'W45°27.1'S161°33.5'W 1.035 33° 53° 133 km 02m30.6s
20:0844°20.9'S159°33.5'W45°42.6'S159°55.2'W45°01.6'S159°43.7'W 1.036 34° 51° 134 km 02m34.3s
20:1043°55.3'S157°53.0'W45°17.1'S158°09.4'W44°36.1'S158°00.5'W 1.036 36° 49° 136 km 02m37.8s
20:1243°29.7'S156°18.1'W44°51.7'S156°29.7'W44°10.6'S156°23.3'W 1.036 37° 47° 137 km 02m41.1s
20:1443°04.2'S154°48.2'W44°26.2'S154°55.3'W43°45.1'S154°51.3'W 1.037 38° 45° 138 km 02m44.3s
20:1642°38.7'S153°22.8'W44°00.8'S153°25.8'W43°19.6'S153°23.8'W 1.037 40° 43° 139 km 02m47.4s
20:1842°13.3'S152°01.3'W43°35.3'S152°00.6'W42°54.2'S152°00.5'W 1.037 41° 41° 140 km 02m50.4s
20:2041°47.9'S150°43.4'W43°09.9'S150°39.3'W42°28.8'S150°41.0'W 1.038 42° 39° 141 km 02m53.2s
20:2241°22.7'S149°28.8'W42°44.5'S149°21.5'W42°03.4'S149°24.8'W 1.038 43° 37° 142 km 02m55.9s
20:2440°57.4'S148°17.2'W42°19.2'S148°06.8'W41°38.2'S148°11.7'W 1.038 44° 35° 143 km 02m58.5s
20:2640°32.3'S147°08.3'W41°53.9'S146°55.1'W41°12.9'S147°01.4'W 1.038 45° 34° 144 km 03m01.0s
20:2840°07.2'S146°01.9'W41°28.6'S145°46.0'W40°47.8'S145°53.7'W 1.039 46° 32° 145 km 03m03.4s
20:3039°42.2'S144°57.7'W41°03.4'S144°39.4'W40°22.7'S144°48.3'W 1.039 47° 30° 146 km 03m05.7s
20:3239°17.2'S143°55.7'W40°38.3'S143°35.0'W39°57.6'S143°45.1'W 1.039 48° 28° 147 km 03m07.9s
20:3438°52.4'S142°55.6'W40°13.2'S142°32.7'W39°32.7'S142°43.9'W 1.039 49° 26° 147 km 03m10.0s
20:3638°27.6'S141°57.3'W39°48.2'S141°32.3'W39°07.8'S141°44.6'W 1.039 50° 24° 148 km 03m11.9s
20:3838°02.9'S141°00.6'W39°23.3'S140°33.6'W38°43.0'S140°47.0'W 1.040 51° 22° 149 km 03m13.8s
20:4037°38.3'S140°05.5'W38°58.4'S139°36.6'W38°18.2'S139°51.0'W 1.040 52° 20° 150 km 03m15.6s
20:4237°13.7'S139°11.8'W38°33.6'S138°41.2'W37°53.5'S138°56.4'W 1.040 52° 18° 150 km 03m17.3s
20:4436°49.2'S138°19.5'W38°08.8'S137°47.1'W37°28.9'S138°03.2'W 1.040 53° 16° 151 km 03m18.9s
20:4636°24.8'S137°28.3'W37°44.2'S136°54.4'W37°04.4'S137°11.3'W 1.040 54° 14° 152 km 03m20.4s
20:4836°00.4'S136°38.3'W37°19.5'S136°02.9'W36°39.9'S136°20.5'W 1.040 54° 12° 153 km 03m21.8s
20:5035°36.2'S135°49.4'W36°55.0'S135°12.5'W36°15.5'S135°30.9'W 1.040 55° 153 km 03m23.1s
20:5235°11.9'S135°01.4'W36°30.5'S134°23.1'W35°51.1'S134°42.2'W 1.041 56° 154 km 03m24.3s
20:5434°47.8'S134°14.4'W36°06.1'S133°34.7'W35°26.8'S133°54.5'W 1.041 56° 154 km 03m25.5s
20:5634°23.7'S133°28.1'W35°41.7'S132°47.2'W35°02.6'S133°07.7'W 1.041 57° 155 km 03m26.5s
20:5833°59.7'S132°42.7'W35°17.4'S132°00.6'W34°38.5'S132°21.7'W 1.041 57° 156 km 03m27.4s
21:0033°35.8'S131°58.0'W34°53.1'S131°14.7'W34°14.4'S131°36.3'W 1.041 57° 358° 156 km 03m28.3s
21:0233°11.9'S131°13.9'W34°29.0'S130°29.5'W33°50.3'S130°51.7'W 1.041 58° 356° 157 km 03m29.0s
21:0432°48.0'S130°30.4'W34°04.8'S129°44.9'W33°26.4'S130°07.7'W 1.041 58° 353° 157 km 03m29.6s
21:0632°24.3'S129°47.4'W33°40.8'S129°01.0'W33°02.4'S129°24.3'W 1.041 58° 351° 158 km 03m30.2s
21:0832°00.5'S129°05.0'W33°16.7'S128°17.5'W32°38.6'S128°41.3'W 1.041 58° 349° 158 km 03m30.7s
21:1031°36.9'S128°23.0'W32°52.8'S127°34.6'W32°14.8'S127°58.9'W 1.041 59° 346° 159 km 03m31.0s
21:1231°13.3'S127°41.4'W32°28.9'S126°52.1'W31°51.0'S127°16.8'W 1.041 59° 344° 159 km 03m31.3s
21:1430°49.7'S127°00.1'W32°05.0'S126°09.9'W31°27.3'S126°35.1'W 1.041 59° 341° 160 km 03m31.5s
21:1630°26.2'S126°19.1'W31°41.2'S125°28.1'W31°03.7'S125°53.7'W 1.041 59° 339° 160 km 03m31.6s
21:1830°02.8'S125°38.4'W31°17.4'S124°46.6'W30°40.0'S125°12.6'W 1.041 59° 336° 161 km 03m31.6s
21:2029°39.4'S124°57.9'W30°53.7'S124°05.3'W30°16.5'S124°31.7'W 1.041 59° 334° 161 km 03m31.5s
21:2229°16.0'S124°17.6'W30°30.0'S123°24.2'W29°53.0'S123°51.0'W 1.041 59° 332° 161 km 03m31.3s
21:2428°52.7'S123°37.4'W30°06.4'S122°43.3'W29°29.5'S123°10.5'W 1.041 58° 329° 162 km 03m31.0s
21:2628°29.4'S122°57.3'W29°42.8'S122°02.4'W29°06.1'S122°30.0'W 1.041 58° 327° 162 km 03m30.6s
21:2828°06.2'S122°17.2'W29°19.2'S121°21.6'W28°42.7'S121°49.5'W 1.041 58° 325° 162 km 03m30.1s
21:3027°43.0'S121°37.1'W28°55.7'S120°40.8'W28°19.3'S121°09.1'W 1.041 58° 322° 163 km 03m29.5s
21:3227°19.8'S120°56.9'W28°32.2'S120°00.0'W27°56.0'S120°28.6'W 1.041 57° 320° 163 km 03m28.9s
21:3426°56.7'S120°16.6'W28°08.8'S119°19.1'W27°32.7'S119°48.0'W 1.041 57° 318° 163 km 03m28.1s
21:3626°33.6'S119°36.2'W27°45.3'S118°38.1'W27°09.4'S119°07.3'W 1.041 57° 316° 163 km 03m27.3s
21:3826°10.5'S118°55.6'W27°21.9'S117°56.9'W26°46.2'S118°26.4'W 1.041 56° 314° 163 km 03m26.3s
21:4025°47.5'S118°14.8'W26°58.6'S117°15.4'W26°23.0'S117°45.3'W 1.041 56° 312° 163 km 03m25.3s
21:4225°24.5'S117°33.7'W26°35.2'S116°33.7'W25°59.9'S117°03.8'W 1.041 55° 310° 164 km 03m24.1s
21:4425°01.5'S116°52.2'W26°11.9'S115°51.6'W25°36.7'S116°22.1'W 1.041 54° 308° 164 km 03m22.9s
21:4624°38.5'S116°10.3'W25°48.6'S115°09.1'W25°13.6'S115°39.9'W 1.041 54° 306° 164 km 03m21.6s
21:4824°15.6'S115°27.9'W25°25.3'S114°26.1'W24°50.5'S114°57.2'W 1.040 53° 304° 164 km 03m20.2s
21:5023°52.7'S114°45.0'W25°02.0'S113°42.7'W24°27.4'S114°14.1'W 1.040 52° 303° 163 km 03m18.7s
21:5223°29.8'S114°01.6'W24°38.7'S112°58.6'W24°04.3'S113°30.3'W 1.040 52° 301° 163 km 03m17.0s
21:5423°06.9'S113°17.4'W24°15.5'S112°13.9'W23°41.2'S112°45.9'W 1.040 51° 299° 163 km 03m15.3s
21:5622°44.0'S112°32.6'W23°52.2'S111°28.4'W23°18.1'S112°00.7'W 1.040 50° 298° 163 km 03m13.5s
21:5822°21.1'S111°46.9'W23°28.9'S110°42.1'W22°55.1'S111°14.7'W 1.040 49° 296° 162 km 03m11.6s
22:0021°58.3'S111°00.3'W23°05.7'S109°54.9'W22°32.0'S110°27.9'W 1.040 48° 295° 162 km 03m09.6s
22:0221°35.4'S110°12.7'W22°42.4'S109°06.7'W22°08.9'S109°39.9'W 1.039 47° 293° 162 km 03m07.5s
22:0421°12.5'S109°24.0'W22°19.1'S108°17.3'W21°45.9'S108°50.9'W 1.039 46° 292° 161 km 03m05.3s
22:0620°49.7'S108°34.1'W21°55.8'S107°26.7'W21°22.8'S108°00.7'W 1.039 45° 291° 160 km 03m03.0s
22:0820°26.8'S107°42.9'W21°32.4'S106°34.6'W20°59.7'S107°09.0'W 1.039 44° 289° 160 km 03m00.6s
22:1020°03.9'S106°50.1'W21°09.1'S105°41.1'W20°36.6'S106°15.9'W 1.038 43° 288° 159 km 02m58.1s
22:1219°41.0'S105°55.6'W20°45.7'S104°45.8'W20°13.4'S105°21.0'W 1.038 42° 287° 158 km 02m55.4s
22:1419°18.1'S104°59.3'W20°22.2'S103°48.6'W19°50.2'S104°24.3'W 1.038 41° 286° 157 km 02m52.7s
22:1618°55.1'S104°01.0'W19°58.7'S102°49.2'W19°27.0'S103°25.4'W 1.038 40° 285° 156 km 02m49.8s
22:1818°32.1'S103°00.3'W19°35.2'S101°47.4'W19°03.7'S102°24.2'W 1.037 38° 284° 155 km 02m46.8s
22:2018°09.1'S101°57.0'W19°11.5'S100°42.9'W18°40.4'S101°20.3'W 1.037 37° 283° 153 km 02m43.6s
22:2217°46.0'S100°50.7'W18°47.8'S099°35.2'W18°17.0'S100°13.3'W 1.037 35° 282° 152 km 02m40.4s
22:2417°22.8'S099°41.0'W18°24.0'S098°24.0'W17°53.5'S099°02.9'W 1.036 34° 281° 150 km 02m36.9s
22:2616°59.6'S098°27.4'W18°00.0'S097°08.6'W17°29.9'S097°48.4'W 1.036 32° 280° 149 km 02m33.4s
22:2816°36.2'S097°09.3'W17°35.9'S095°48.3'W17°06.2'S096°29.2'W 1.035 31° 279° 147 km 02m29.6s
22:3016°12.8'S095°45.7'W17°11.6'S094°22.2'W16°42.3'S095°04.4'W 1.035 29° 278° 145 km 02m25.6s
22:3215°49.2'S094°15.6'W16°47.1'S092°49.0'W16°18.3'S093°32.8'W 1.034 27° 277° 142 km 02m21.4s
22:3415°25.4'S092°37.5'W16°22.3'S091°06.9'W15°54.0'S091°52.9'W 1.034 25° 276° 140 km 02m16.9s
22:3615°01.3'S090°49.3'W15°57.1'S089°13.5'W15°29.4'S090°02.2'W 1.033 23° 275° 137 km 02m12.1s
22:3814°37.0'S088°47.6'W15°31.4'S087°04.7'W15°04.4'S087°57.1'W 1.033 20° 274° 133 km 02m06.8s
22:4014°12.2'S086°27.2'W15°05.0'S084°33.4'W14°38.9'S085°31.6'W 1.032 18° 273° 130 km 02m00.9s
22:4213°46.7'S083°37.6'W14°37.4'S081°25.0'W14°12.4'S082°33.4'W 1.031 14° 272° 125 km 01m54.1s
22:4413°20.0'S079°53.8'W14°07.1'S076°55.1'W13°44.0'S078°30.0'W 1.029 10° 271° 119 km 01m45.5s
Limits12°39.7'S068°53.3'W13°36.2'S068°38.2'W13°07.9'S068°45.8'W 1.026 - 105 km 01m27.7s

ΔT = 3188.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:08:55.621:15:47.431°06.1'S139°17.3'W 58.8° 339.1° 160.1 km03m31.57s
Greatest Duration22:09:58.021:16:49.830°53.8'S125°36.6'W 58.8° 337.8° 160.4 km03m31.58s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0769 Mar 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0769 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 3188.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 88.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.37°.

Acknowledgments

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

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