Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2166 Mar 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2166 Mar 02 . 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 2166 Mar 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits77°31.9'S017°27.2'W79°11.3'S024°51.7'W78°21.8'S020°51.3'W 1.031 - 248 km 01m35.7s
05:0681°04.7'S032°54.5'E - - 81°33.1'S010°58.7'E 1.033 97° 256 km 01m46.5s
05:0880°58.0'S049°48.4'E82°45.6'S010°10.0'E82°14.2'S034°54.2'E 1.034 10° 72° 260 km 01m52.7s
05:1080°28.1'S062°53.0'E83°25.8'S036°33.0'E82°02.9'S053°16.0'E 1.034 12° 53° 262 km 01m57.2s
05:1279°46.4'S073°07.4'E83°09.6'S057°11.7'E81°27.4'S067°16.1'E 1.035 14° 39° 264 km 02m00.9s
05:1478°58.6'S081°16.7'E82°27.3'S072°26.4'E80°40.1'S077°57.3'E 1.035 15° 27° 266 km 02m04.1s
05:1678°07.8'S087°54.4'E81°33.3'S083°36.3'E79°47.2'S086°15.7'E 1.036 17° 18° 268 km 02m06.9s
05:1877°15.6'S093°24.5'E80°34.6'S091°59.5'E78°52.0'S092°53.0'E 1.036 18° 11° 269 km 02m09.5s
05:2076°23.1'S098°03.8'E79°34.4'S098°30.9'E77°56.0'S098°18.0'E 1.037 19° 271 km 02m11.7s
05:2275°30.7'S102°04.4'E78°34.2'S103°45.5'E77°00.1'S102°50.2'E 1.037 20° 360° 272 km 02m13.8s
05:2474°38.7'S105°34.8'E77°34.8'S108°06.0'E76°04.8'S106°42.8'E 1.037 21° 355° 274 km 02m15.6s
05:2673°47.4'S108°41.3'E76°36.4'S111°47.1'E75°10.3'S110°05.3'E 1.037 22° 351° 275 km 02m17.3s
05:2872°56.7'S111°28.7'E75°39.2'S114°58.7'E74°16.6'S113°04.2'E 1.038 23° 347° 277 km 02m18.8s
05:3072°06.8'S114°00.6'E74°43.1'S117°47.7'E73°23.8'S115°44.6'E 1.038 23° 344° 278 km 02m20.1s
05:3271°17.6'S116°19.7'E73°48.2'S120°19.0'E72°32.0'S118°09.9'E 1.038 24° 340° 280 km 02m21.3s
05:3470°29.0'S118°28.1'E72°54.4'S122°36.3'E71°41.0'S120°23.1'E 1.038 24° 337° 281 km 02m22.4s
05:3669°41.2'S120°27.6'E72°01.6'S124°42.2'E70°50.8'S122°26.2'E 1.038 25° 334° 283 km 02m23.3s
05:3868°54.0'S122°19.7'E71°09.8'S126°38.9'E70°01.4'S124°20.9'E 1.038 25° 331° 284 km 02m24.1s
05:4068°07.4'S124°05.4'E70°18.8'S128°28.0'E69°12.8'S126°08.7'E 1.039 25° 329° 286 km 02m24.8s
05:4267°21.4'S125°45.8'E69°28.7'S130°10.8'E68°24.8'S127°50.7'E 1.039 26° 326° 288 km 02m25.3s
05:4466°35.9'S127°21.6'E68°39.3'S131°48.5'E67°37.4'S129°27.7'E 1.039 26° 324° 289 km 02m25.8s
05:4665°50.9'S128°53.5'E67°50.5'S133°21.8'E66°50.6'S131°00.7'E 1.039 26° 321° 291 km 02m26.1s
05:4865°06.3'S130°22.2'E67°02.4'S134°51.6'E66°04.4'S132°30.2'E 1.039 26° 319° 292 km 02m26.3s
05:5064°22.2'S131°48.1'E66°14.9'S136°18.4'E65°18.6'S133°56.8'E 1.039 26° 317° 294 km 02m26.3s
05:5263°38.4'S133°11.8'E65°27.8'S137°42.9'E64°33.3'S135°21.1'E 1.039 26° 314° 296 km 02m26.3s
05:5462°55.0'S134°33.6'E64°41.2'S139°05.6'E63°48.3'S136°43.5'E 1.039 26° 312° 297 km 02m26.1s
05:5662°11.9'S135°53.9'E63°55.0'S140°26.9'E63°03.7'S138°04.5'E 1.039 26° 310° 299 km 02m25.8s
05:5861°29.0'S137°13.2'E63°09.1'S141°47.2'E62°19.4'S139°24.5'E 1.039 26° 308° 300 km 02m25.4s
06:0060°46.4'S138°31.7'E62°23.5'S143°07.0'E61°35.3'S140°43.8'E 1.039 25° 306° 302 km 02m24.9s
06:0260°03.9'S139°49.8'E61°38.1'S144°26.6'E60°51.4'S142°02.8'E 1.039 25° 304° 303 km 02m24.3s
06:0459°21.6'S141°07.9'E60°52.9'S145°46.6'E60°07.7'S143°21.9'E 1.038 25° 301° 304 km 02m23.5s
06:0658°39.4'S142°26.3'E60°07.9'S147°07.2'E59°24.2'S144°41.4'E 1.038 24° 299° 306 km 02m22.6s
06:0857°57.3'S143°45.4'E59°22.8'S148°28.9'E58°40.6'S146°01.8'E 1.038 24° 297° 307 km 02m21.5s
06:1057°15.1'S145°05.5'E58°37.7'S149°52.3'E57°57.1'S147°23.5'E 1.038 23° 295° 307 km 02m20.4s
06:1256°33.0'S146°27.0'E57°52.6'S151°17.9'E57°13.5'S148°47.0'E 1.038 23° 293° 308 km 02m19.1s
06:1455°50.7'S147°50.6'E57°07.2'S152°46.3'E56°29.7'S150°12.8'E 1.038 22° 291° 308 km 02m17.6s
06:1655°08.2'S149°16.6'E56°21.5'S154°18.4'E55°45.7'S151°41.7'E 1.037 21° 289° 308 km 02m16.0s
06:1854°25.4'S150°45.8'E55°35.3'S155°55.0'E55°01.3'S153°14.3'E 1.037 20° 287° 308 km 02m14.2s
06:2053°42.2'S152°19.0'E54°48.6'S157°37.6'E54°16.4'S154°51.7'E 1.037 19° 285° 307 km 02m12.2s
06:2252°58.5'S153°57.3'E54°00.9'S159°27.7'E53°30.9'S156°35.2'E 1.037 18° 283° 306 km 02m09.9s
06:2452°14.2'S155°41.9'E53°12.0'S161°28.0'E52°44.5'S158°26.6'E 1.036 17° 281° 304 km 02m07.5s
06:2651°28.9'S157°34.8'E52°21.4'S163°42.3'E51°56.8'S160°28.6'E 1.036 15° 278° 301 km 02m04.7s
06:2850°42.2'S159°38.8'E51°28.1'S166°17.1'E51°07.4'S162°45.1'E 1.035 14° 276° 297 km 02m01.5s
06:3049°53.8'S161°58.1'E50°30.4'S169°26.1'E50°15.2'S165°23.2'E 1.035 12° 273° 291 km 01m57.8s
06:3249°02.5'S164°40.6'E49°23.1'S173°47.3'E49°18.4'S168°37.7'E 1.034 10° 270° 284 km 01m53.3s
06:3448°06.3'S168°03.1'E - - 48°11.3'S173°13.1'E 1.033 266° 272 km 01m47.1s
Limits45°41.5'S178°54.3'W47°47.8'S177°27.5'W46°43.5'S178°12.2'W 1.031 - 249 km 01m36.6s

ΔT = 212.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:53:20.805:49:48.065°23.2'S132°54.9'E 26.0° 316.9° 293.9 km02m26.32s
Greatest Duration05:53:44.405:50:11.565°14.2'S134°05.0'E 26.0° 316.4° 294.2 km02m26.32s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2166 Mar 02 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 212.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 48.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.20°.

Acknowledgments

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

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