Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2974 Mar 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2974 Mar 15 . 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 2974 Mar 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits78°53.3'S060°48.8'E82°27.2'S054°01.1'E80°38.7'S057°59.7'E 0.933 - 415 km 04m30.2s
01:2676°17.4'S119°34.1'E - - 79°53.4'S104°31.7'E 0.935 57° 385 km 04m37.7s
01:2874°48.0'S127°38.7'E82°24.4'S093°50.2'E78°04.4'S120°52.0'E 0.936 11° 40° 372 km 04m41.4s
01:3073°22.9'S133°30.6'E80°10.2'S121°15.9'E76°20.8'S130°14.4'E 0.936 14° 30° 363 km 04m44.1s
01:3272°02.1'S138°02.5'E78°06.0'S132°58.4'E74°44.8'S136°35.4'E 0.937 16° 23° 356 km 04m46.4s
01:3470°45.2'S141°41.5'E76°15.2'S140°01.1'E73°15.3'S141°17.5'E 0.937 18° 18° 350 km 04m48.3s
01:3669°31.8'S144°43.4'E74°34.8'S144°55.0'E71°51.4'S144°58.7'E 0.938 20° 14° 345 km 04m50.1s
01:3868°21.4'S147°18.2'E73°02.5'S148°37.0'E70°32.2'S147°59.0'E 0.938 21° 10° 341 km 04m51.7s
01:4067°13.8'S149°32.2'E71°36.6'S151°33.6'E69°17.0'S150°30.3'E 0.938 23° 337 km 04m53.1s
01:4266°08.6'S151°30.1'E70°15.9'S153°59.5'E68°05.2'S152°40.1'E 0.939 24° 334 km 04m54.4s
01:4465°05.5'S153°15.0'E68°59.5'S156°03.4'E66°56.5'S154°33.4'E 0.939 25° 332 km 04m55.7s
01:4664°04.4'S154°49.3'E67°46.7'S157°50.7'E65°50.3'S156°13.8'E 0.939 26° 359° 329 km 04m56.8s
01:4863°05.1'S156°15.0'E66°37.2'S159°25.4'E64°46.5'S157°43.8'E 0.940 27° 357° 327 km 04m57.8s
01:5062°07.4'S157°33.3'E65°30.4'S160°49.9'E63°44.7'S159°05.3'E 0.940 28° 355° 325 km 04m58.8s
01:5261°11.2'S158°45.4'E64°26.0'S162°06.4'E62°44.8'S160°19.7'E 0.940 29° 353° 324 km 04m59.7s
01:5460°16.3'S159°52.2'E63°23.8'S163°16.1'E61°46.6'S161°28.1'E 0.940 30° 351° 323 km 05m00.5s
01:5659°22.7'S160°54.5'E62°23.5'S164°20.2'E60°49.9'S162°31.5'E 0.940 31° 349° 322 km 05m01.3s
01:5858°30.2'S161°52.7'E61°25.0'S165°19.6'E59°54.7'S163°30.5'E 0.941 32° 347° 321 km 05m02.0s
02:0057°38.8'S162°47.5'E60°28.0'S166°15.0'E59°00.7'S164°25.9'E 0.941 32° 345° 320 km 05m02.6s
02:0256°48.4'S163°39.3'E59°32.5'S167°07.0'E58°07.9'S165°17.9'E 0.941 33° 343° 320 km 05m03.2s
02:0455°58.8'S164°28.3'E58°38.4'S167°56.0'E57°16.2'S166°07.1'E 0.941 34° 342° 320 km 05m03.8s
02:0655°10.2'S165°15.0'E57°45.4'S168°42.4'E56°25.6'S166°53.9'E 0.941 34° 340° 320 km 05m04.3s
02:0854°22.3'S165°59.5'E56°53.6'S169°26.6'E55°35.9'S167°38.4'E 0.941 35° 338° 320 km 05m04.7s
02:1053°35.2'S166°42.2'E56°02.8'S170°08.8'E54°47.0'S168°21.0'E 0.941 35° 337° 320 km 05m05.2s
02:1252°48.8'S167°23.2'E55°13.0'S170°49.3'E53°59.0'S169°01.9'E 0.942 36° 335° 320 km 05m05.5s
02:1452°03.1'S168°02.8'E54°24.1'S171°28.3'E53°11.8'S169°41.3'E 0.942 36° 333° 321 km 05m05.9s
02:1651°18.0'S168°40.9'E53°36.0'S172°05.9'E52°25.3'S170°19.3'E 0.942 36° 332° 321 km 05m06.1s
02:1850°33.5'S169°17.9'E52°48.7'S172°42.4'E51°39.5'S170°56.1'E 0.942 37° 330° 322 km 05m06.4s
02:2049°49.6'S169°53.9'E52°02.2'S173°17.9'E50°54.3'S171°32.0'E 0.942 37° 329° 323 km 05m06.6s
02:2249°06.2'S170°28.9'E51°16.4'S173°52.5'E50°09.8'S172°06.9'E 0.942 37° 327° 324 km 05m06.8s
02:2448°23.3'S171°03.1'E50°31.2'S174°26.3'E49°25.8'S172°40.9'E 0.942 37° 326° 326 km 05m06.9s
02:2647°40.9'S171°36.6'E49°46.7'S174°59.5'E48°42.3'S173°14.4'E 0.942 38° 324° 327 km 05m07.0s
02:2846°58.9'S172°09.5'E49°02.7'S175°32.1'E47°59.4'S173°47.2'E 0.942 38° 322° 328 km 05m07.1s
02:3046°17.4'S172°41.8'E48°19.3'S176°04.3'E47°17.0'S174°19.5'E 0.942 38° 321° 330 km 05m07.1s
02:3245°36.3'S173°13.7'E47°36.5'S176°36.1'E46°35.0'S174°51.4'E 0.942 38° 319° 332 km 05m07.1s
02:3444°55.5'S173°45.2'E46°54.1'S177°07.6'E45°53.5'S175°22.9'E 0.942 38° 318° 334 km 05m07.1s
02:3644°15.1'S174°16.5'E46°12.2'S177°39.0'E45°12.4'S175°54.2'E 0.942 38° 316° 336 km 05m07.0s
02:3843°35.1'S174°47.4'E45°30.7'S178°10.2'E44°31.7'S176°25.4'E 0.942 38° 315° 338 km 05m06.9s
02:4042°55.5'S175°18.3'E44°49.7'S178°41.3'E43°51.4'S176°56.4'E 0.942 38° 313° 340 km 05m06.8s
02:4242°16.1'S175°49.0'E44°09.1'S179°12.5'E43°11.4'S177°27.4'E 0.942 38° 312° 342 km 05m06.6s
02:4441°37.0'S176°19.8'E43°28.9'S179°43.8'E42°31.8'S177°58.4'E 0.942 38° 310° 345 km 05m06.4s
02:4640°58.3'S176°50.5'E42°49.0'S179°44.7'W41°52.5'S178°29.5'E 0.942 38° 309° 348 km 05m06.1s
02:4840°19.8'S177°21.4'E42°09.5'S179°13.0'W41°13.5'S179°00.8'E 0.942 37° 308° 350 km 05m05.8s
02:5039°41.5'S177°52.5'E41°30.3'S178°40.9'W40°34.8'S179°32.3'E 0.942 37° 306° 353 km 05m05.5s
02:5239°03.6'S178°23.8'E40°51.4'S178°08.5'W39°56.4'S179°55.8'W 0.942 37° 305° 356 km 05m05.2s
02:5438°25.8'S178°55.4'E40°12.9'S177°35.6'W39°18.2'S179°23.6'W 0.942 37° 303° 359 km 05m04.8s
02:5637°48.3'S179°27.4'E39°34.6'S177°02.1'W38°40.4'S178°50.9'W 0.942 36° 302° 362 km 05m04.4s
02:5837°11.0'S179°59.9'E38°56.6'S176°27.9'W38°02.7'S178°17.6'W 0.942 36° 301° 365 km 05m03.9s
03:0036°33.9'S179°27.1'W38°18.9'S175°53.0'W37°25.3'S177°43.7'W 0.942 35° 299° 368 km 05m03.4s
03:0235°56.9'S178°53.4'W37°41.3'S175°17.2'W36°48.1'S177°09.1'W 0.942 35° 298° 372 km 05m02.9s
03:0435°20.2'S178°19.1'W37°04.1'S174°40.5'W36°11.1'S176°33.6'W 0.942 35° 297° 375 km 05m02.3s
03:0634°43.6'S177°43.9'W36°27.0'S174°02.6'W35°34.2'S175°57.3'W 0.942 34° 295° 378 km 05m01.7s
03:0834°07.1'S177°07.9'W35°50.2'S173°23.6'W34°57.6'S175°19.8'W 0.941 33° 294° 382 km 05m01.1s
03:1033°30.8'S176°30.8'W35°13.5'S172°43.2'W34°21.1'S174°41.2'W 0.941 33° 293° 385 km 05m00.4s
03:1232°54.7'S175°52.6'W34°37.0'S172°01.2'W33°44.8'S174°01.3'W 0.941 32° 292° 389 km 04m59.6s
03:1432°18.6'S175°13.1'W34°00.7'S171°17.5'W33°08.6'S173°19.9'W 0.941 31° 290° 392 km 04m58.9s
03:1631°42.7'S174°32.2'W33°24.5'S170°31.8'W32°32.5'S172°36.9'W 0.941 31° 289° 395 km 04m58.0s
03:1831°06.8'S173°49.6'W32°48.5'S169°43.9'W31°56.6'S171°52.0'W 0.941 30° 288° 398 km 04m57.1s
03:2030°31.0'S173°05.3'W32°12.5'S168°53.5'W31°20.7'S171°05.0'W 0.940 29° 287° 401 km 04m56.2s
03:2229°55.3'S172°19.0'W31°36.7'S168°00.2'W30°44.9'S170°15.5'W 0.940 28° 286° 404 km 04m55.2s
03:2429°19.6'S171°30.3'W31°00.9'S167°03.5'W30°09.2'S169°23.4'W 0.940 27° 284° 407 km 04m54.1s
03:2628°43.9'S170°39.1'W30°25.2'S166°02.9'W29°33.5'S168°28.1'W 0.940 26° 283° 409 km 04m53.0s
03:2828°08.3'S169°44.8'W29°49.6'S164°57.7'W28°57.9'S167°29.1'W 0.940 25° 282° 411 km 04m51.8s
03:3027°32.6'S168°47.1'W29°13.9'S163°46.8'W28°22.2'S166°25.9'W 0.939 24° 281° 413 km 04m50.5s
03:3226°56.8'S167°45.3'W28°38.1'S162°29.0'W27°46.4'S165°17.4'W 0.939 22° 280° 415 km 04m49.1s
03:3426°21.0'S166°38.7'W28°02.2'S161°02.5'W27°10.6'S164°02.8'W 0.939 21° 279° 416 km 04m47.6s
03:3625°45.0'S165°26.3'W27°26.1'S159°24.3'W26°34.6'S162°40.3'W 0.938 19° 278° 417 km 04m45.9s
03:3825°08.8'S164°06.8'W26°49.7'S157°29.7'W25°58.3'S161°07.6'W 0.938 18° 276° 417 km 04m44.1s
03:4024°32.3'S162°38.0'W26°12.6'S155°09.5'W25°21.7'S159°21.2'W 0.937 16° 275° 417 km 04m42.0s
03:4223°55.4'S160°57.1'W25°34.2'S152°01.1'W24°44.4'S157°14.4'W 0.937 13° 274° 416 km 04m39.7s
03:4423°17.9'S158°58.9'W24°50.2'S145°43.4'W24°05.9'S154°33.3'W 0.936 10° 272° 414 km 04m36.8s
03:4622°39.2'S156°33.4'W - - 23°24.6'S150°32.8'W 0.935 270° 412 km 04m32.8s
Limits21°04.6'S144°43.1'W24°42.8'S143°06.7'W22°51.5'S143°56.4'W 0.933 - 407 km 04m27.0s

ΔT = 4058.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:43:06.102:35:27.645°23.5'S158°48.4'E 38.1° 316.8° 335.1 km05m07.02s
Greatest Duration03:38:22.202:30:43.747°01.7'S174°31.1'E 38.0° 320.3° 330.7 km05m07.12s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2974 Mar 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2974 Mar 15 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 4058.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 887.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.71°.

Acknowledgments

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

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