Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1903 Mar 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1903 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 1903 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
Limits40°54.1'N079°39.1'E38°56.9'N080°37.7'E39°54.8'N080°08.9'E 0.968 - 221 km 02m00.0s
00:36 - - 40°01.9'N091°06.1'E40°23.9'N086°28.0'E 0.969 91° 216 km 01m59.4s
00:3841°30.1'N087°27.6'E40°39.3'N094°40.1'E41°05.4'N091°42.3'E 0.970 94° 211 km 01m58.7s
00:4042°08.8'N092°09.0'E41°13.9'N097°24.2'E41°41.2'N095°03.3'E 0.971 12° 97° 207 km 01m58.2s
00:4242°43.5'N095°20.4'E41°47.1'N099°41.4'E42°15.0'N097°41.2'E 0.972 14° 99° 204 km 01m57.8s
00:4443°16.5'N097°53.6'E42°19.5'N101°41.1'E42°47.6'N099°54.7'E 0.972 16° 101° 201 km 01m57.5s
00:4643°48.7'N100°04.1'E42°51.2'N103°28.6'E43°19.6'N101°52.0'E 0.973 18° 103° 198 km 01m57.1s
00:4844°20.2'N101°59.5'E43°22.5'N105°06.7'E43°51.0'N103°37.7'E 0.973 19° 105° 196 km 01m56.8s
00:5044°51.4'N103°43.9'E43°53.6'N106°37.7'E44°22.1'N105°14.7'E 0.973 21° 107° 193 km 01m56.5s
00:5245°22.4'N105°20.0'E44°24.4'N108°02.8'E44°53.0'N106°44.8'E 0.974 22° 109° 191 km 01m56.2s
00:5445°53.1'N106°49.4'E44°55.0'N109°23.2'E45°23.7'N108°09.3'E 0.974 23° 111° 188 km 01m56.0s
00:5646°23.8'N108°13.5'E45°25.5'N110°39.7'E45°54.3'N109°29.3'E 0.974 24° 112° 186 km 01m55.7s
00:5846°54.4'N109°33.2'E45°56.0'N111°52.9'E46°24.8'N110°45.5'E 0.975 25° 114° 184 km 01m55.5s
01:0047°25.0'N110°49.3'E46°26.5'N113°03.3'E46°55.3'N111°58.5'E 0.975 26° 116° 181 km 01m55.3s
01:0247°55.6'N112°02.3'E46°56.9'N114°11.4'E47°25.9'N113°08.9'E 0.975 27° 117° 179 km 01m55.0s
01:0448°26.3'N113°12.8'E47°27.4'N115°17.5'E47°56.4'N114°17.1'E 0.975 27° 119° 177 km 01m54.8s
01:0648°57.0'N114°21.1'E47°57.8'N116°21.9'E48°27.0'N115°23.3'E 0.975 28° 121° 175 km 01m54.6s
01:0849°27.9'N115°27.6'E48°28.4'N117°24.8'E48°57.7'N116°27.9'E 0.976 29° 123° 173 km 01m54.4s
01:1049°58.8'N116°32.6'E48°59.0'N118°26.6'E49°28.5'N117°31.2'E 0.976 29° 124° 171 km 01m54.3s
01:1250°29.9'N117°36.3'E49°29.8'N119°27.4'E49°59.4'N118°33.4'E 0.976 30° 126° 169 km 01m54.1s
01:1451°01.1'N118°39.0'E50°00.6'N120°27.4'E50°30.4'N119°34.7'E 0.976 30° 128° 167 km 01m53.9s
01:1651°32.5'N119°40.9'E50°31.5'N121°26.8'E51°01.6'N120°35.3'E 0.976 30° 130° 165 km 01m53.8s
01:1852°04.0'N120°42.1'E51°02.6'N122°25.8'E51°32.9'N121°35.4'E 0.976 31° 131° 164 km 01m53.6s
01:2052°35.8'N121°43.0'E51°33.9'N123°24.4'E52°04.4'N122°35.1'E 0.976 31° 133° 162 km 01m53.5s
01:2253°07.8'N122°43.5'E52°05.3'N124°23.0'E52°36.1'N123°34.6'E 0.976 31° 135° 161 km 01m53.4s
01:2453°39.9'N123°44.0'E52°36.9'N125°21.6'E53°08.0'N124°34.1'E 0.976 32° 137° 159 km 01m53.3s
01:2654°12.4'N124°44.6'E53°08.6'N126°20.3'E53°40.1'N125°33.7'E 0.977 32° 138° 158 km 01m53.1s
01:2854°45.1'N125°45.3'E53°40.6'N127°19.3'E54°12.4'N126°33.6'E 0.977 32° 140° 157 km 01m53.0s
01:3055°18.0'N126°46.5'E54°12.8'N128°18.8'E54°44.9'N127°33.9'E 0.977 32° 142° 156 km 01m53.0s
01:3255°51.3'N127°48.2'E54°45.2'N129°18.8'E55°17.8'N128°34.8'E 0.977 32° 144° 155 km 01m52.9s
01:3456°24.8'N128°50.6'E55°17.9'N130°19.6'E55°50.9'N129°36.4'E 0.977 32° 146° 154 km 01m52.8s
01:3656°58.7'N129°54.0'E55°50.8'N131°21.3'E56°24.2'N130°38.9'E 0.977 32° 148° 153 km 01m52.7s
01:3857°32.9'N130°58.4'E56°24.0'N132°24.0'E56°57.9'N131°42.4'E 0.977 32° 150° 152 km 01m52.7s
01:4058°07.5'N132°04.0'E56°57.5'N133°28.0'E57°31.9'N132°47.2'E 0.977 32° 152° 151 km 01m52.6s
01:4258°42.4'N133°11.2'E57°31.2'N134°33.4'E58°06.3'N133°53.5'E 0.977 32° 154° 151 km 01m52.6s
01:4459°17.8'N134°20.0'E58°05.3'N135°40.3'E58°41.0'N135°01.4'E 0.977 32° 156° 150 km 01m52.6s
01:4659°53.6'N135°30.8'E58°39.8'N136°49.1'E59°16.1'N136°11.2'E 0.977 32° 158° 150 km 01m52.5s
01:4860°29.8'N136°43.8'E59°14.5'N138°00.0'E59°51.5'N137°23.1'E 0.977 32° 160° 150 km 01m52.5s
01:5061°06.5'N137°59.3'E59°49.6'N139°13.2'E60°27.4'N138°37.4'E 0.977 31° 162° 150 km 01m52.5s
01:5261°43.7'N139°17.7'E60°25.2'N140°29.0'E61°03.7'N139°54.5'E 0.976 31° 164° 149 km 01m52.5s
01:5462°21.4'N140°39.3'E61°01.1'N141°47.6'E61°40.5'N141°14.6'E 0.976 31° 167° 149 km 01m52.5s
01:5662°59.7'N142°04.5'E61°37.4'N143°09.6'E62°17.8'N142°38.1'E 0.976 30° 169° 150 km 01m52.6s
01:5863°38.5'N143°33.9'E62°14.2'N144°35.2'E62°55.5'N144°05.6'E 0.976 30° 171° 150 km 01m52.6s
02:0064°18.0'N145°08.1'E62°51.4'N146°05.0'E63°33.8'N145°37.5'E 0.976 29° 173° 150 km 01m52.7s
02:0264°58.2'N146°47.6'E63°29.1'N147°39.4'E64°12.7'N147°14.3'E 0.976 29° 176° 151 km 01m52.7s
02:0465°39.0'N148°33.3'E64°07.3'N149°19.1'E64°52.1'N148°56.9'E 0.976 28° 178° 152 km 01m52.8s
02:0666°20.6'N150°26.1'E64°46.0'N151°04.9'E65°32.2'N150°46.0'E 0.976 27° 181° 152 km 01m52.9s
02:0867°02.9'N152°27.2'E65°25.3'N152°57.4'E66°12.9'N152°42.6'E 0.976 27° 184° 153 km 01m52.9s
02:1067°46.1'N154°38.0'E66°05.1'N154°57.9'E66°54.3'N154°47.9'E 0.975 26° 187° 154 km 01m53.0s
02:1268°30.1'N157°00.2'E66°45.4'N157°07.4'E67°36.4'N157°03.4'E 0.975 25° 190° 156 km 01m53.2s
02:1469°15.0'N159°36.0'E67°26.4'N159°27.6'E68°19.2'N159°30.8'E 0.975 24° 193° 157 km 01m53.3s
02:1670°00.8'N162°28.3'E68°07.9'N162°00.1'E69°02.7'N162°12.4'E 0.975 23° 196° 159 km 01m53.4s
02:1870°47.6'N165°40.7'E68°50.0'N164°47.5'E69°46.9'N165°11.0'E 0.974 22° 200° 161 km 01m53.6s
02:2071°35.3'N169°18.4'E69°32.6'N167°52.5'E70°31.9'N168°30.7'E 0.974 21° 204° 163 km 01m53.7s
02:2272°23.9'N173°28.2'E70°15.6'N171°19.3'E71°17.5'N172°16.3'E 0.974 20° 208° 166 km 01m53.9s
02:2473°13.1'N178°20.5'E70°58.9'N175°12.9'E72°03.5'N176°35.2'E 0.973 18° 213° 169 km 01m54.1s
02:2674°02.7'N175°49.0'W71°42.3'N179°40.9'E72°49.7'N178°22.3'W 0.973 16° 219° 173 km 01m54.4s
02:2874°51.8'N168°34.0'W72°25.4'N175°06.2'W73°35.6'N172°19.9'W 0.973 15° 225° 177 km 01m54.6s
02:3075°38.3'N159°03.0'W73°07.4'N168°51.5'W74°19.9'N164°50.3'W 0.972 13° 233° 182 km 01m55.0s
02:3276°16.2'N144°59.3'W73°46.9'N161°05.5'W75°00.2'N154°57.8'W 0.971 10° 243° 189 km 01m55.4s
02:34 - - 74°20.2'N150°45.6'W75°27.5'N139°55.6'W 0.970 258° 200 km 01m55.9s
Limits75°55.4'N115°31.5'W74°03.6'N117°44.2'W74°58.8'N116°41.5'W 0.968 - 216 km 01m56.8s

ΔT = 1.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:35:22.901:35:21.456°13.5'N130°18.2'E 32.4° 147.3° 153.1 km01m52.75s
Greatest Duration00:35:13.800:35:12.339°54.8'N080°08.9'E 0.0° 86.3° 220.9 km02m00.00s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1903 Mar 29

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1903 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 1.6 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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