Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2909 Mar 13

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2909 Mar 13 . 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 2909 Mar 13
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits25°08.1'N037°05.1'E23°40.9'N037°25.3'E24°24.2'N037°15.4'E 1.036 - 159 km 01m57.9s
03:4625°01.2'N040°14.3'E23°26.2'N047°40.0'E24°11.8'N044°49.4'E 1.038 97° 171 km 02m12.3s
03:4825°01.4'N047°31.3'E23°33.6'N051°42.1'E24°17.5'N049°46.2'E 1.040 12° 99° 180 km 02m23.1s
03:5025°11.8'N051°19.9'E23°44.7'N054°41.0'E24°28.3'N053°05.3'E 1.041 15° 101° 186 km 02m31.0s
03:5225°25.1'N054°12.6'E23°57.8'N057°07.8'E24°41.5'N055°43.5'E 1.041 18° 102° 191 km 02m37.6s
03:5425°39.9'N056°35.7'E24°12.2'N059°14.4'E24°56.1'N057°57.6'E 1.042 21° 104° 195 km 02m43.4s
03:5625°55.8'N058°39.9'E24°27.6'N061°06.8'E25°11.7'N059°55.4'E 1.043 23° 105° 199 km 02m48.6s
03:5826°12.4'N060°30.5'E24°43.6'N062°48.7'E25°28.1'N061°41.4'E 1.043 25° 106° 202 km 02m53.5s
04:0026°29.7'N062°11.1'E25°00.3'N064°22.3'E25°45.1'N063°18.2'E 1.044 26° 108° 205 km 02m58.0s
04:0226°47.5'N063°43.6'E25°17.6'N065°49.2'E26°02.6'N064°47.7'E 1.044 28° 109° 208 km 03m02.2s
04:0427°05.7'N065°09.7'E25°35.2'N067°10.5'E26°20.5'N066°11.3'E 1.045 29° 110° 210 km 03m06.2s
04:0627°24.4'N066°30.5'E25°53.3'N068°27.3'E26°38.9'N067°30.0'E 1.045 31° 111° 212 km 03m09.9s
04:0827°43.4'N067°46.7'E26°11.7'N069°40.0'E26°57.6'N068°44.4'E 1.046 32° 113° 214 km 03m13.4s
04:1028°02.7'N068°59.1'E26°30.5'N070°49.4'E27°16.6'N069°55.2'E 1.046 33° 114° 216 km 03m16.8s
04:1228°22.3'N070°08.3'E26°49.6'N071°55.8'E27°36.0'N071°02.9'E 1.046 35° 116° 218 km 03m20.0s
04:1428°42.2'N071°14.5'E27°09.0'N072°59.6'E27°55.6'N072°07.9'E 1.046 36° 117° 219 km 03m23.0s
04:1629°02.4'N072°18.2'E27°28.6'N074°01.0'E28°15.5'N073°10.5'E 1.047 37° 118° 220 km 03m25.8s
04:1829°22.8'N073°19.7'E27°48.5'N075°00.5'E28°35.7'N074°10.9'E 1.047 38° 120° 221 km 03m28.6s
04:2029°43.5'N074°19.3'E28°08.7'N075°58.2'E28°56.1'N075°09.5'E 1.047 39° 121° 222 km 03m31.1s
04:2230°04.4'N075°17.1'E28°29.1'N076°54.2'E29°16.7'N076°06.4'E 1.048 40° 123° 223 km 03m33.6s
04:2430°25.5'N076°13.4'E28°49.8'N077°48.8'E29°37.6'N077°01.8'E 1.048 40° 124° 223 km 03m35.8s
04:2630°46.9'N077°08.3'E29°10.7'N078°42.1'E29°58.7'N077°55.9'E 1.048 41° 126° 224 km 03m38.0s
04:2831°08.5'N078°01.9'E29°31.8'N079°34.3'E30°20.1'N078°48.8'E 1.048 42° 127° 224 km 03m40.0s
04:3031°30.3'N078°54.5'E29°53.1'N080°25.5'E30°41.6'N079°40.6'E 1.048 43° 129° 225 km 03m41.9s
04:3231°52.3'N079°46.2'E30°14.7'N081°15.8'E31°03.4'N080°31.6'E 1.048 43° 131° 225 km 03m43.7s
04:3432°14.5'N080°37.0'E30°36.5'N082°05.2'E31°25.4'N081°21.7'E 1.049 44° 132° 225 km 03m45.4s
04:3632°37.0'N081°27.1'E30°58.5'N082°54.0'E31°47.6'N082°11.1'E 1.049 44° 134° 225 km 03m46.9s
04:3832°59.7'N082°16.5'E31°20.7'N083°42.1'E32°10.1'N082°59.9'E 1.049 45° 136° 225 km 03m48.3s
04:4033°22.5'N083°05.4'E31°43.1'N084°29.8'E32°32.7'N083°48.1'E 1.049 46° 137° 225 km 03m49.6s
04:4233°45.6'N083°53.8'E32°05.7'N085°16.9'E32°55.6'N084°35.9'E 1.049 46° 139° 224 km 03m50.8s
04:4434°09.0'N084°41.9'E32°28.6'N086°03.7'E33°18.7'N085°23.3'E 1.049 46° 141° 224 km 03m51.9s
04:4634°32.5'N085°29.6'E32°51.7'N086°50.3'E33°42.0'N086°10.4'E 1.049 47° 143° 224 km 03m52.8s
04:4834°56.3'N086°17.1'E33°14.9'N087°36.5'E34°05.5'N086°57.3'E 1.049 47° 145° 223 km 03m53.6s
04:5035°20.3'N087°04.5'E33°38.5'N088°22.6'E34°29.2'N087°44.0'E 1.049 47° 147° 223 km 03m54.3s
04:5235°44.5'N087°51.8'E34°02.2'N089°08.7'E34°53.2'N088°30.6'E 1.049 48° 149° 222 km 03m54.9s
04:5436°08.9'N088°39.0'E34°26.1'N089°54.6'E35°17.4'N089°17.2'E 1.049 48° 151° 222 km 03m55.4s
04:5636°33.6'N089°26.4'E34°50.3'N090°40.7'E35°41.8'N090°03.9'E 1.049 48° 153° 221 km 03m55.7s
04:5836°58.5'N090°13.8'E35°14.8'N091°26.8'E36°06.5'N090°50.7'E 1.050 48° 154° 220 km 03m56.0s
05:0037°23.7'N091°01.5'E35°39.4'N092°13.1'E36°31.4'N091°37.6'E 1.050 48° 156° 220 km 03m56.1s
05:0237°49.1'N091°49.4'E36°04.3'N092°59.6'E36°56.5'N092°24.8'E 1.050 48° 158° 219 km 03m56.1s
05:0438°14.8'N092°37.6'E36°29.5'N093°46.4'E37°21.9'N093°12.3'E 1.050 48° 161° 218 km 03m56.0s
05:0638°40.7'N093°26.3'E36°54.9'N094°33.6'E37°47.6'N094°00.2'E 1.050 48° 163° 217 km 03m55.8s
05:0839°06.9'N094°15.5'E37°20.5'N095°21.2'E38°13.5'N094°48.6'E 1.049 48° 165° 216 km 03m55.4s
05:1039°33.4'N095°05.2'E37°46.4'N096°09.3'E38°39.7'N095°37.5'E 1.049 48° 167° 216 km 03m55.0s
05:1240°00.1'N095°55.5'E38°12.6'N096°58.0'E39°06.1'N096°27.0'E 1.049 47° 169° 215 km 03m54.4s
05:1440°27.2'N096°46.6'E38°39.1'N097°47.3'E39°32.9'N097°17.2'E 1.049 47° 171° 214 km 03m53.7s
05:1640°54.5'N097°38.5'E39°05.8'N098°37.4'E39°59.9'N098°08.2'E 1.049 47° 173° 213 km 03m52.9s
05:1841°22.2'N098°31.4'E39°32.9'N099°28.3'E40°27.3'N099°00.0'E 1.049 46° 175° 212 km 03m52.0s
05:2041°50.1'N099°25.2'E40°00.2'N100°20.1'E40°54.9'N099°52.8'E 1.049 46° 177° 211 km 03m51.0s
05:2242°18.4'N100°20.2'E40°27.9'N101°12.9'E41°22.9'N100°46.7'E 1.049 46° 179° 210 km 03m49.9s
05:2442°47.1'N101°16.4'E40°55.9'N102°06.8'E41°51.2'N101°41.7'E 1.049 45° 181° 209 km 03m48.6s
05:2643°16.1'N102°13.9'E41°24.2'N103°02.0'E42°19.8'N102°38.0'E 1.049 45° 183° 208 km 03m47.2s
05:2843°45.4'N103°13.0'E41°52.9'N103°58.5'E42°48.8'N103°35.8'E 1.049 44° 185° 207 km 03m45.7s
05:3044°15.2'N104°13.7'E42°22.0'N104°56.5'E43°18.2'N104°35.1'E 1.049 44° 187° 206 km 03m44.1s
05:3244°45.3'N105°16.2'E42°51.4'N105°56.2'E43°48.0'N105°36.1'E 1.048 43° 189° 205 km 03m42.4s
05:3445°15.9'N106°20.8'E43°21.2'N106°57.6'E44°18.2'N106°39.0'E 1.048 42° 191° 204 km 03m40.5s
05:3645°46.9'N107°27.5'E43°51.5'N108°01.0'E44°48.8'N107°44.0'E 1.048 41° 193° 203 km 03m38.5s
05:3846°18.4'N108°36.6'E44°22.1'N109°06.5'E45°19.9'N108°51.3'E 1.048 41° 195° 202 km 03m36.4s
05:4046°50.3'N109°48.5'E44°53.3'N110°14.4'E45°51.4'N110°01.1'E 1.048 40° 197° 201 km 03m34.2s
05:4247°22.8'N111°03.2'E45°24.9'N111°25.0'E46°23.4'N111°13.7'E 1.047 39° 199° 200 km 03m31.9s
05:4447°55.8'N112°21.3'E45°57.0'N112°38.4'E46°56.0'N112°29.4'E 1.047 38° 201° 198 km 03m29.4s
05:4648°29.4'N113°43.1'E46°29.7'N113°55.1'E47°29.1'N113°48.5'E 1.047 37° 203° 197 km 03m26.7s
05:4849°03.6'N115°09.0'E47°03.0'N115°15.4'E48°02.8'N115°11.5'E 1.047 36° 205° 196 km 03m23.9s
05:5049°38.4'N116°39.5'E47°36.8'N116°39.7'E48°37.2'N116°38.8'E 1.046 35° 207° 195 km 03m21.0s
05:5250°14.0'N118°15.2'E48°11.4'N118°08.6'E49°12.2'N118°11.0'E 1.046 34° 209° 193 km 03m17.9s
05:5450°50.3'N119°57.0'E48°46.6'N119°42.7'E49°48.0'N119°48.7'E 1.046 33° 212° 192 km 03m14.7s
05:5651°27.5'N121°45.7'E49°22.7'N121°22.6'E50°24.5'N121°32.8'E 1.045 31° 214° 191 km 03m11.3s
05:5852°05.5'N123°42.4'E49°59.6'N123°09.3'E51°02.0'N123°24.2'E 1.045 30° 216° 189 km 03m07.6s
06:0052°44.6'N125°48.5'E50°37.4'N125°03.9'E51°40.4'N125°24.3'E 1.045 29° 219° 188 km 03m03.8s
06:0253°24.9'N128°06.0'E51°16.3'N127°07.8'E52°20.0'N127°34.6'E 1.044 27° 221° 186 km 02m59.8s
06:0454°06.4'N130°37.4'E51°56.4'N129°23.0'E53°00.7'N129°57.3'E 1.044 25° 224° 185 km 02m55.4s
06:0654°49.4'N133°26.0'E52°37.8'N131°51.8'E53°42.9'N132°35.4'E 1.043 23° 227° 183 km 02m50.8s
06:0855°34.3'N136°37.2'E53°20.9'N134°37.8'E54°26.9'N135°33.0'E 1.043 21° 230° 181 km 02m45.8s
06:1056°21.4'N140°19.2'E54°05.9'N137°46.4'E55°12.9'N138°56.8'E 1.042 19° 233° 179 km 02m40.3s
06:1257°11.6'N144°46.4'E54°53.4'N141°26.0'E56°01.6'N142°57.5'E 1.041 17° 237° 176 km 02m34.2s
06:1458°06.5'N150°30.2'E55°44.3'N145°51.9'E56°54.3'N147°56.6'E 1.040 14° 242° 173 km 02m27.0s
06:1659°11.1'N159°13.7'E56°40.8'N151°38.5'E57°54.0'N154°49.1'E 1.039 10° 248° 169 km 02m18.0s
Limits60°11.8'N172°45.5'E58°45.0'N172°36.9'E59°28.2'N172°41.2'E 1.036 - 160 km 01m58.3s

ΔT = 3557.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:00:52.405:01:34.636°51.2'N077°22.9'E 48.0° 158.1° 219.0 km03m56.10s
Greatest Duration06:00:27.505:01:09.636°45.9'N092°05.0'E 48.0° 157.6° 219.2 km03m56.11s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2909 Mar 13

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2909 Mar 13 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 3557.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 791.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.31°.

Acknowledgments

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

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