Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2788 Mar 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2788 Mar 29 . 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 2788 Mar 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits39°47.0'N154°47.1'E36°12.2'N156°47.7'E37°55.8'N155°50.1'E 0.957 - 407 km 02m42.3s
19:30 - - 38°15.8'N167°43.6'E38°33.2'N161°09.4'E 0.958 89° 412 km 02m42.7s
19:32 - - 39°04.5'N169°58.6'E39°29.0'N165°17.9'E 0.959 92° 416 km 02m43.0s
19:3440°41.5'N161°51.0'E39°51.6'N171°47.9'E40°19.0'N167°54.2'E 0.960 10° 94° 416 km 02m43.2s
19:3641°34.2'N165°14.5'E40°37.8'N173°20.7'E41°06.8'N169°54.5'E 0.960 12° 96° 415 km 02m43.3s
19:3842°23.3'N167°34.7'E41°23.5'N174°42.0'E41°53.7'N171°34.2'E 0.961 14° 97° 412 km 02m43.4s
19:4043°11.0'N169°25.6'E42°08.9'N175°54.5'E42°39.9'N173°00.0'E 0.961 15° 99° 409 km 02m43.4s
19:4243°58.0'N170°58.5'E42°54.1'N177°00.2'E43°25.8'N174°15.7'E 0.961 16° 100° 405 km 02m43.5s
19:4444°44.6'N172°19.0'E43°39.2'N178°00.4'E44°11.6'N175°23.7'E 0.961 17° 102° 400 km 02m43.5s
19:4645°31.1'N173°30.2'E44°24.4'N178°56.0'E44°57.4'N176°25.4'E 0.962 18° 103° 395 km 02m43.5s
19:4846°17.5'N174°34.2'E45°09.7'N179°47.6'E45°43.2'N177°22.0'E 0.962 19° 105° 389 km 02m43.5s
19:5047°04.1'N175°32.2'E45°55.2'N179°24.0'W46°29.2'N178°14.3'E 0.962 20° 106° 384 km 02m43.5s
19:5247°50.9'N176°25.4'E46°40.8'N178°38.6'W47°15.4'N179°02.9'E 0.962 20° 107° 378 km 02m43.5s
19:5448°38.0'N177°14.4'E47°26.8'N177°55.7'W48°01.8'N179°48.3'E 0.963 21° 108° 372 km 02m43.5s
19:5649°25.4'N177°59.8'E48°13.0'N177°15.1'W48°48.6'N179°29.1'W 0.963 21° 110° 367 km 02m43.4s
19:5850°13.2'N178°42.0'E48°59.6'N176°36.4'W49°35.8'N178°49.0'W 0.963 22° 111° 361 km 02m43.4s
20:0051°01.4'N179°21.4'E49°46.6'N175°59.6'W50°23.4'N178°11.1'W 0.963 22° 112° 356 km 02m43.4s
20:0251°50.1'N179°58.2'E50°34.0'N175°24.4'W51°11.4'N177°35.2'W 0.963 22° 114° 351 km 02m43.4s
20:0452°39.4'N179°27.4'W51°21.9'N174°50.7'W52°00.0'N177°01.2'W 0.963 23° 115° 346 km 02m43.3s
20:0653°29.3'N178°55.1'W52°10.4'N174°18.3'W52°49.1'N176°28.9'W 0.963 23° 116° 341 km 02m43.3s
20:0854°19.9'N178°24.9'W52°59.4'N173°47.2'W53°38.9'N175°58.2'W 0.963 23° 117° 337 km 02m43.2s
20:1055°11.2'N177°56.6'W53°49.0'N173°17.2'W54°29.4'N175°28.9'W 0.963 23° 119° 333 km 02m43.2s
20:1256°03.3'N177°30.2'W54°39.4'N172°48.2'W55°20.5'N175°01.1'W 0.963 23° 120° 329 km 02m43.1s
20:1456°56.3'N177°05.7'W55°30.4'N172°20.2'W56°12.5'N174°34.7'W 0.963 23° 121° 326 km 02m43.1s
20:1657°50.2'N176°43.0'W56°22.2'N171°53.2'W57°05.3'N174°09.5'W 0.963 23° 122° 323 km 02m43.0s
20:1858°45.1'N176°22.2'W57°14.9'N171°27.1'W57°59.1'N173°45.7'W 0.963 23° 123° 320 km 02m43.0s
20:2059°41.2'N176°03.3'W58°08.6'N171°01.8'W58°53.9'N173°23.2'W 0.963 23° 125° 317 km 02m42.9s
20:2260°38.5'N175°46.5'W59°03.2'N170°37.3'W59°49.8'N173°02.0'W 0.963 23° 126° 315 km 02m42.9s
20:2461°37.1'N175°31.9'W59°58.9'N170°13.7'W60°46.9'N172°42.3'W 0.963 23° 127° 313 km 02m42.8s
20:2662°37.3'N175°19.9'W60°55.8'N169°51.0'W61°45.4'N172°24.1'W 0.963 22° 128° 312 km 02m42.7s
20:2863°39.0'N175°10.6'W61°54.1'N169°29.1'W62°45.3'N172°07.6'W 0.963 22° 129° 310 km 02m42.7s
20:3064°42.6'N175°04.7'W62°53.8'N169°08.2'W63°46.8'N171°52.9'W 0.963 22° 130° 310 km 02m42.6s
20:3265°48.2'N175°02.7'W63°55.0'N168°48.4'W64°50.1'N171°40.5'W 0.963 21° 131° 309 km 02m42.5s
20:3466°56.0'N175°05.5'W64°58.1'N168°29.8'W65°55.5'N171°30.7'W 0.963 21° 132° 309 km 02m42.4s
20:3668°06.4'N175°14.4'W66°03.1'N168°12.7'W67°03.0'N171°24.2'W 0.963 20° 133° 310 km 02m42.3s
20:3869°19.8'N175°31.2'W67°10.3'N167°57.5'W68°13.1'N171°21.7'W 0.962 19° 134° 310 km 02m42.2s
20:4070°36.6'N175°58.6'W68°20.0'N167°44.6'W69°26.1'N171°24.6'W 0.962 19° 135° 312 km 02m42.1s
20:4271°57.3'N176°40.7'W69°32.6'N167°34.7'W70°42.5'N171°34.5'W 0.962 18° 135° 314 km 02m42.0s
20:4473°22.7'N177°44.0'W70°48.4'N167°29.1'W72°02.8'N171°54.3'W 0.962 17° 136° 316 km 02m41.9s
20:4674°53.7'N179°20.0'W72°08.1'N167°29.3'W73°27.7'N172°28.5'W 0.962 16° 136° 320 km 02m41.8s
20:4876°31.5'N178°10.0'E73°32.4'N167°38.2'W74°58.3'N173°24.6'W 0.961 15° 136° 324 km 02m41.6s
20:5078°17.5'N174°01.1'E75°02.3'N168°00.4'W76°35.9'N174°56.5'W 0.961 13° 135° 330 km 02m41.5s
20:5280°12.6'N166°19.9'E76°39.2'N168°44.5'W78°22.2'N177°32.8'W 0.961 12° 133° 337 km 02m41.3s
20:5482°08.7'N148°25.9'E78°24.9'N170°08.0'W80°19.9'N177°38.1'E 0.960 10° 129° 346 km 02m41.0s
20:56 - - 80°22.6'N172°51.7'W82°30.3'N167°02.5'E 0.959 119° 360 km 02m40.8s
20:58 - - 82°36.7'N178°58.3'W84°23.6'N132°44.2'E 0.958 86° 385 km 02m40.3s
Limits81°52.8'N109°45.8'E84°44.4'N089°56.6'E83°26.5'N101°27.0'E 0.957 - 406 km 02m39.9s

ΔT = 2715.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:59:22.920:14:07.556°15.8'N174°06.2'E 23.3° 121.0° 325.5 km02m43.10s
Greatest Duration20:33:06.319:47:50.945°39.7'N177°17.8'E 18.8° 104.4° 389.7 km02m43.50s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2788 Mar 29 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 2715.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 624.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.61°.

Acknowledgments

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

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