Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1969 Mar 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1969 Mar 18 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1969 Mar 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits44°39.9'S043°54.7'E45°19.3'S043°47.9'E44°59.6'S043°51.3'E 0.980 - 73 km 01m12.5s
03:1044°24.7'S056°36.8'E45°03.2'S055°28.6'E44°43.8'S056°04.5'E 0.983 83° 63 km 01m07.3s
03:1243°51.4'S062°51.3'E44°26.4'S062°20.8'E44°08.8'S062°36.5'E 0.984 14° 78° 57 km 01m04.1s
03:1443°16.0'S067°16.5'E43°48.1'S067°00.0'E43°32.0'S067°08.5'E 0.985 18° 74° 54 km 01m01.7s
03:1642°39.7'S070°49.0'E43°09.5'S070°40.1'E42°54.5'S070°44.7'E 0.986 21° 71° 50 km 00m59.6s
03:1842°03.0'S073°48.4'E42°30.8'S073°44.5'E42°16.8'S073°46.6'E 0.987 23° 69° 48 km 00m57.8s
03:2041°26.1'S076°24.8'E41°52.1'S076°24.3'E41°39.0'S076°24.6'E 0.987 26° 66° 45 km 00m56.0s
03:2240°49.1'S078°43.8'E41°13.6'S078°45.8'E41°01.3'S078°44.8'E 0.988 28° 64° 43 km 00m54.4s
03:2440°12.2'S080°49.1'E40°35.3'S080°52.9'E40°23.7'S080°51.0'E 0.988 30° 62° 42 km 00m52.9s
03:2639°35.4'S082°43.3'E39°57.1'S082°48.4'E39°46.2'S082°45.9'E 0.989 32° 61° 40 km 00m51.5s
03:2838°58.7'S084°28.2'E39°19.2'S084°34.3'E39°08.9'S084°31.3'E 0.989 34° 59° 38 km 00m50.1s
03:3038°22.0'S086°05.2'E38°41.5'S086°12.2'E38°31.8'S086°08.7'E 0.990 35° 57° 37 km 00m48.8s
03:3237°45.6'S087°35.5'E38°04.1'S087°43.0'E37°54.8'S087°39.2'E 0.990 37° 56° 35 km 00m47.6s
03:3437°09.3'S088°59.8'E37°26.8'S089°07.8'E37°18.0'S089°03.8'E 0.990 39° 55° 34 km 00m46.4s
03:3636°33.1'S090°19.0'E36°49.8'S090°27.3'E36°41.5'S090°23.1'E 0.991 40° 53° 33 km 00m45.2s
03:3835°57.2'S091°33.5'E36°13.0'S091°42.0'E36°05.1'S091°37.7'E 0.991 42° 52° 32 km 00m44.1s
03:4035°21.3'S092°43.8'E35°36.5'S092°52.6'E35°28.9'S092°48.2'E 0.991 43° 50° 31 km 00m43.0s
03:4234°45.7'S093°50.5'E35°00.1'S093°59.4'E34°52.9'S093°54.9'E 0.992 45° 49° 30 km 00m42.0s
03:4434°10.2'S094°53.8'E34°24.0'S095°02.7'E34°17.1'S094°58.2'E 0.992 46° 48° 29 km 00m41.0s
03:4633°34.9'S095°54.0'E33°48.1'S096°03.0'E33°41.5'S095°58.5'E 0.992 47° 47° 28 km 00m40.1s
03:4832°59.7'S096°51.5'E33°12.3'S097°00.4'E33°06.0'S096°56.0'E 0.992 48° 45° 27 km 00m39.1s
03:5032°24.7'S097°46.4'E32°36.8'S097°55.3'E32°30.8'S097°50.9'E 0.993 50° 44° 26 km 00m38.3s
03:5231°49.9'S098°39.0'E32°01.5'S098°47.8'E31°55.7'S098°43.4'E 0.993 51° 43° 25 km 00m37.4s
03:5431°15.2'S099°29.4'E31°26.3'S099°38.2'E31°20.7'S099°33.8'E 0.993 52° 41° 25 km 00m36.6s
03:5630°40.6'S100°17.8'E30°51.3'S100°26.5'E30°46.0'S100°22.2'E 0.993 53° 40° 24 km 00m35.8s
03:5830°06.2'S101°04.4'E30°16.5'S101°13.0'E30°11.4'S101°08.7'E 0.993 54° 39° 23 km 00m35.0s
04:0029°32.0'S101°49.3'E29°41.9'S101°57.8'E29°36.9'S101°53.5'E 0.994 56° 38° 23 km 00m34.3s
04:0228°57.9'S102°32.6'E29°07.4'S102°41.0'E29°02.7'S102°36.8'E 0.994 57° 36° 22 km 00m33.6s
04:0428°23.9'S103°14.4'E28°33.1'S103°22.7'E28°28.5'S103°18.6'E 0.994 58° 35° 22 km 00m32.9s
04:0627°50.1'S103°54.9'E27°59.0'S104°03.1'E27°54.5'S103°59.0'E 0.994 59° 33° 21 km 00m32.3s
04:0827°16.4'S104°34.1'E27°25.0'S104°42.2'E27°20.7'S104°38.2'E 0.994 60° 32° 21 km 00m31.7s
04:1026°42.8'S105°12.1'E26°51.1'S105°20.1'E26°46.9'S105°16.1'E 0.994 61° 30° 20 km 00m31.1s
04:1226°09.3'S105°49.1'E26°17.4'S105°57.0'E26°13.3'S105°53.0'E 0.994 62° 29° 20 km 00m30.5s
04:1425°36.0'S106°24.9'E25°43.8'S106°32.8'E25°39.9'S106°28.8'E 0.995 63° 27° 19 km 00m30.0s
04:1625°02.7'S106°59.9'E25°10.3'S107°07.6'E25°06.5'S107°03.7'E 0.995 64° 25° 19 km 00m29.5s
04:1824°29.6'S107°33.9'E24°37.0'S107°41.6'E24°33.3'S107°37.7'E 0.995 65° 24° 19 km 00m29.1s
04:2023°56.6'S108°07.2'E24°03.8'S108°14.7'E24°00.2'S108°10.9'E 0.995 65° 22° 18 km 00m28.7s
04:2223°23.7'S108°39.6'E23°30.7'S108°47.0'E23°27.2'S108°43.3'E 0.995 66° 20° 18 km 00m28.3s
04:2422°50.9'S109°11.3'E22°57.7'S109°18.7'E22°54.3'S109°15.0'E 0.995 67° 18° 18 km 00m27.9s
04:2622°18.2'S109°42.4'E22°24.9'S109°49.7'E22°21.5'S109°46.0'E 0.995 68° 16° 18 km 00m27.5s
04:2821°45.6'S110°12.8'E21°52.1'S110°20.0'E21°48.8'S110°16.4'E 0.995 69° 13° 17 km 00m27.2s
04:3021°13.0'S110°42.7'E21°19.5'S110°49.8'E21°16.2'S110°46.2'E 0.995 69° 11° 17 km 00m26.9s
04:3220°40.6'S111°12.0'E20°46.9'S111°19.1'E20°43.7'S111°15.5'E 0.995 70° 17 km 00m26.7s
04:3420°08.2'S111°40.8'E20°14.4'S111°47.9'E20°11.3'S111°44.4'E 0.995 71° 17 km 00m26.5s
04:3619°35.9'S112°09.2'E19°42.1'S112°16.2'E19°39.0'S112°12.7'E 0.995 71° 17 km 00m26.3s
04:3819°03.7'S112°37.2'E19°09.8'S112°44.2'E19°06.7'S112°40.7'E 0.995 72° 360° 17 km 00m26.1s
04:4018°31.6'S113°04.8'E18°37.6'S113°11.8'E18°34.6'S113°08.3'E 0.995 72° 356° 16 km 00m25.9s
04:4217°59.5'S113°32.1'E18°05.4'S113°39.0'E18°02.5'S113°35.5'E 0.995 73° 353° 16 km 00m25.8s
04:4417°27.6'S113°59.0'E17°33.4'S114°06.0'E17°30.5'S114°02.5'E 0.995 73° 350° 16 km 00m25.7s
04:4616°55.6'S114°25.7'E17°01.4'S114°32.7'E16°58.5'S114°29.2'E 0.995 74° 346° 16 km 00m25.7s
04:4816°23.8'S114°52.2'E16°29.5'S114°59.1'E16°26.6'S114°55.6'E 0.995 74° 342° 16 km 00m25.7s
04:5015°52.0'S115°18.4'E15°57.7'S115°25.4'E15°54.8'S115°21.9'E 0.995 74° 338° 16 km 00m25.7s
04:5215°20.2'S115°44.5'E15°25.9'S115°51.5'E15°23.1'S115°48.0'E 0.995 74° 334° 16 km 00m25.7s
04:5414°48.5'S116°10.4'E14°54.2'S116°17.4'E14°51.4'S116°13.9'E 0.995 74° 331° 16 km 00m25.8s
04:5614°16.8'S116°36.2'E14°22.6'S116°43.3'E14°19.7'S116°39.8'E 0.995 74° 327° 17 km 00m25.8s
04:5813°45.2'S117°02.0'E13°51.0'S117°09.1'E13°48.1'S117°05.5'E 0.995 74° 323° 17 km 00m26.0s
05:0013°13.7'S117°27.6'E13°19.5'S117°34.8'E13°16.6'S117°31.2'E 0.995 74° 319° 17 km 00m26.1s
05:0212°42.2'S117°53.3'E12°48.0'S118°00.6'E12°45.1'S117°56.9'E 0.995 74° 315° 17 km 00m26.3s
05:0412°10.7'S118°19.0'E12°16.5'S118°26.3'E12°13.6'S118°22.6'E 0.995 73° 312° 17 km 00m26.5s
05:0611°39.2'S118°44.7'E11°45.1'S118°52.1'E11°42.2'S118°48.4'E 0.995 73° 308° 17 km 00m26.7s
05:0811°07.8'S119°10.5'E11°13.8'S119°18.0'E11°10.8'S119°14.2'E 0.995 73° 305° 18 km 00m27.0s
05:1010°36.4'S119°36.3'E10°42.5'S119°43.9'E10°39.4'S119°40.1'E 0.995 72° 302° 18 km 00m27.2s
05:1210°05.1'S120°02.3'E10°11.2'S120°10.1'E10°08.1'S120°06.2'E 0.995 72° 299° 18 km 00m27.6s
05:1409°33.7'S120°28.5'E09°39.9'S120°36.3'E09°36.8'S120°32.4'E 0.995 71° 296° 18 km 00m27.9s
05:1609°02.4'S120°54.8'E09°08.7'S121°02.8'E09°05.5'S120°58.8'E 0.995 70° 293° 19 km 00m28.3s
05:1808°31.1'S121°21.4'E08°37.5'S121°29.5'E08°34.3'S121°25.5'E 0.995 70° 291° 19 km 00m28.7s
05:2007°59.8'S121°48.2'E08°06.3'S121°56.5'E08°03.1'S121°52.4'E 0.995 69° 289° 19 km 00m29.1s
05:2207°28.5'S122°15.4'E07°35.2'S122°23.8'E07°31.8'S122°19.6'E 0.995 68° 286° 20 km 00m29.5s
05:2406°57.3'S122°42.8'E07°04.0'S122°51.5'E07°00.6'S122°47.1'E 0.995 68° 285° 20 km 00m30.0s
05:2606°26.0'S123°10.6'E06°32.9'S123°19.5'E06°29.5'S123°15.1'E 0.994 67° 283° 21 km 00m30.5s
05:2805°54.7'S123°38.9'E06°01.8'S123°47.9'E05°58.3'S123°43.4'E 0.994 66° 281° 21 km 00m31.1s
05:3005°23.5'S124°07.5'E05°30.7'S124°16.8'E05°27.1'S124°12.2'E 0.994 65° 279° 22 km 00m31.6s
05:3204°52.2'S124°36.7'E04°59.6'S124°46.2'E04°55.9'S124°41.4'E 0.994 64° 278° 22 km 00m32.2s
05:3404°20.9'S125°06.4'E04°28.6'S125°16.1'E04°24.7'S125°11.2'E 0.994 63° 277° 23 km 00m32.8s
05:3603°49.7'S125°36.6'E03°57.5'S125°46.6'E03°53.6'S125°41.6'E 0.994 62° 275° 23 km 00m33.5s
05:3803°18.4'S126°07.5'E03°26.4'S126°17.7'E03°22.4'S126°12.6'E 0.994 61° 274° 24 km 00m34.1s
05:4002°47.0'S126°39.1'E02°55.3'S126°49.6'E02°51.2'S126°44.3'E 0.994 60° 273° 24 km 00m34.8s
05:4202°15.7'S127°11.4'E02°24.2'S127°22.2'E02°19.9'S127°16.8'E 0.993 59° 272° 25 km 00m35.6s
05:4401°44.3'S127°44.5'E01°53.1'S127°55.6'E01°48.7'S127°50.0'E 0.993 58° 271° 26 km 00m36.3s
05:4601°12.9'S128°18.5'E01°22.0'S128°29.9'E01°17.4'S128°24.2'E 0.993 57° 270° 27 km 00m37.1s
05:4800°41.5'S128°53.3'E00°50.9'S129°05.1'E00°46.2'S128°59.2'E 0.993 56° 269° 27 km 00m37.9s
05:5000°10.1'S129°29.2'E00°19.7'S129°41.4'E00°14.9'S129°35.3'E 0.993 55° 269° 28 km 00m38.8s
05:5200°21.4'N130°06.2'E00°11.5'N130°18.8'E00°16.5'N130°12.5'E 0.992 54° 268° 29 km 00m39.6s
05:5400°53.0'N130°44.4'E00°42.7'N130°57.3'E00°47.9'N130°50.9'E 0.992 53° 267° 30 km 00m40.5s
05:5601°24.6'N131°23.8'E01°13.9'N131°37.2'E01°19.3'N131°30.5'E 0.992 51° 267° 31 km 00m41.5s
05:5801°56.2'N132°04.7'E01°45.2'N132°18.5'E01°50.7'N132°11.6'E 0.992 50° 266° 32 km 00m42.4s
06:0002°28.0'N132°47.0'E02°16.5'N133°01.3'E02°22.3'N132°54.2'E 0.992 49° 266° 33 km 00m43.4s
06:0202°59.7'N133°31.0'E02°47.8'N133°45.8'E02°53.8'N133°38.4'E 0.991 48° 265° 34 km 00m44.4s
06:0403°31.6'N134°16.8'E03°19.2'N134°32.2'E03°25.4'N134°24.5'E 0.991 46° 265° 35 km 00m45.5s
06:0604°03.5'N135°04.5'E03°50.7'N135°20.5'E03°57.1'N135°12.5'E 0.991 45° 265° 36 km 00m46.6s
06:0804°35.5'N135°54.5'E04°22.2'N136°11.1'E04°28.9'N136°02.8'E 0.990 44° 264° 37 km 00m47.7s
06:1005°07.7'N136°46.8'E04°53.7'N137°04.1'E05°00.7'N136°55.5'E 0.990 42° 264° 38 km 00m48.8s
06:1205°39.9'N137°41.8'E05°25.4'N137°59.8'E05°32.7'N137°50.8'E 0.990 41° 264° 40 km 00m50.0s
06:1406°12.2'N138°39.8'E05°57.1'N138°58.6'E06°04.7'N138°49.2'E 0.989 39° 264° 41 km 00m51.2s
06:1606°44.7'N139°41.2'E06°28.9'N140°00.8'E06°36.8'N139°51.0'E 0.989 38° 264° 42 km 00m52.5s
06:1807°17.2'N140°46.3'E07°00.7'N141°06.9'E07°09.0'N140°56.6'E 0.989 36° 263° 44 km 00m53.8s
06:2007°50.0'N141°55.8'E07°32.7'N142°17.5'E07°41.4'N142°06.6'E 0.988 34° 263° 45 km 00m55.1s
06:2208°22.9'N143°10.4'E08°04.8'N143°33.2'E08°13.9'N143°21.8'E 0.988 33° 263° 47 km 00m56.6s
06:2408°56.0'N144°30.8'E08°37.0'N144°55.1'E08°46.6'N144°42.9'E 0.987 31° 264° 49 km 00m58.0s
06:2609°29.3'N145°58.3'E09°09.4'N146°24.2'E09°19.4'N146°11.3'E 0.987 29° 264° 51 km 00m59.5s
06:2810°02.9'N147°34.5'E09°42.0'N148°02.4'E09°52.5'N147°48.4'E 0.986 27° 264° 53 km 01m01.1s
06:3010°36.9'N149°21.6'E10°14.7'N149°51.9'E10°25.9'N149°36.7'E 0.986 24° 264° 55 km 01m02.9s
06:3211°11.2'N151°22.9'E10°47.7'N151°56.4'E10°59.5'N151°39.6'E 0.985 22° 264° 57 km 01m04.7s
06:3411°46.0'N153°44.1'E11°21.1'N154°22.3'E11°33.6'N154°03.0'E 0.984 19° 265° 60 km 01m06.7s
06:3612°21.7'N156°35.7'E11°54.9'N157°21.4'E12°08.4'N156°58.3'E 0.983 15° 266° 63 km 01m08.9s
06:3812°58.6'N160°23.1'E12°29.6'N161°25.3'E12°44.3'N160°53.5'E 0.982 11° 266° 68 km 01m11.7s
06:4013°39.8'N167°15.0'E - - 13°24.4'N168°45.5'E 0.980 268° 76 km 01m16.4s
Limits13°51.3'N171°43.0'E13°08.8'N171°49.4'E13°30.1'N171°46.2'E 0.979 - 79 km 01m17.9s

ΔT = 39.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:54:57.204:54:17.814°46.7'S116°07.9'E 74.2° 330.0° 16.5 km00m25.77s
Greatest Duration06:40:48.606:40:09.213°30.1'N171°46.2'E 0.0° 269.0° 78.6 km01m17.93s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1969 Mar 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1969 Mar 18 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 39.4 seconds for this eclipse.

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