Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1808 Mar 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1808 Mar 03 . 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 -1808 Mar 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits65°40.8'S031°24.3'E66°59.8'S028°45.6'E66°20.3'S030°07.2'E 1.038 - 188 km 01m55.9s
02:1669°20.3'S050°03.2'E - - 68°20.2'S038°45.8'E 1.039 115° 191 km 02m02.7s
02:1870°43.1'S062°12.4'E70°41.4'S046°23.8'E70°56.1'S055°12.4'E 1.041 10° 99° 196 km 02m14.6s
02:2071°19.7'S071°42.1'E72°18.9'S059°31.9'E71°55.3'S066°09.6'E 1.042 14° 88° 199 km 02m21.9s
02:2271°33.0'S079°48.3'E73°03.1'S069°53.6'E72°21.3'S075°17.6'E 1.043 17° 78° 200 km 02m27.7s
02:2471°31.2'S086°54.9'E73°20.4'S078°50.8'E72°27.6'S083°15.0'E 1.044 19° 70° 202 km 02m32.7s
02:2671°18.9'S093°13.4'E73°20.3'S086°44.4'E72°20.5'S090°17.1'E 1.044 21° 63° 203 km 02m37.2s
02:2870°58.9'S098°51.1'E73°08.1'S093°44.5'E72°03.7'S096°32.4'E 1.045 23° 56° 204 km 02m41.2s
02:3070°33.0'S103°53.7'E72°46.9'S099°57.9'E71°39.8'S102°07.3'E 1.045 25° 50° 205 km 02m44.9s
02:3270°02.6'S108°25.8'E72°19.1'S105°30.3'E71°10.4'S107°06.8'E 1.046 27° 44° 206 km 02m48.4s
02:3469°28.9'S112°31.1'E71°46.3'S110°26.7'E70°37.0'S111°35.4'E 1.046 28° 39° 207 km 02m51.6s
02:3668°52.5'S116°13.1'E71°09.7'S114°51.7'E70°00.5'S115°37.1'E 1.047 30° 34° 208 km 02m54.6s
02:3868°14.2'S119°34.6'E70°30.4'S118°49.3'E69°21.6'S119°15.2'E 1.047 31° 30° 209 km 02m57.4s
02:4067°34.2'S122°38.3'E69°48.9'S122°23.2'E68°40.9'S122°32.9'E 1.047 32° 26° 209 km 03m00.0s
02:4266°53.1'S125°26.2'E69°05.9'S125°36.4'E67°58.9'S125°32.6'E 1.048 33° 22° 210 km 03m02.5s
02:4466°11.1'S128°00.3'E68°21.7'S128°31.8'E67°15.8'S128°16.6'E 1.048 34° 18° 211 km 03m04.8s
02:4665°28.4'S130°22.2'E67°36.7'S131°11.5'E66°32.0'S130°46.9'E 1.048 35° 15° 212 km 03m07.0s
02:4864°45.2'S132°33.4'E66°51.1'S133°37.6'E65°47.6'S133°05.1'E 1.048 36° 12° 212 km 03m09.1s
02:5064°01.6'S134°35.0'E66°05.0'S135°51.8'E65°02.8'S135°12.7'E 1.049 37° 213 km 03m11.0s
02:5263°17.7'S136°28.1'E65°18.6'S137°55.5'E64°17.7'S137°10.9'E 1.049 38° 214 km 03m12.8s
02:5462°33.7'S138°13.6'E64°32.1'S139°50.0'E63°32.5'S139°00.8'E 1.049 39° 214 km 03m14.5s
02:5661°49.5'S139°52.4'E63°45.5'S141°36.4'E62°47.1'S140°43.2'E 1.049 40° 360° 215 km 03m16.1s
02:5861°05.3'S141°25.0'E62°58.9'S143°15.5'E62°01.8'S142°19.0'E 1.049 40° 357° 216 km 03m17.6s
03:0060°21.1'S142°52.3'E62°12.3'S144°48.3'E61°16.4'S143°48.9'E 1.050 41° 355° 217 km 03m18.9s
03:0259°36.9'S144°14.6'E61°25.8'S146°15.2'E60°31.1'S145°13.6'E 1.050 42° 352° 217 km 03m20.2s
03:0458°52.7'S145°32.5'E60°39.4'S147°37.1'E59°45.8'S146°33.4'E 1.050 42° 349° 218 km 03m21.3s
03:0658°08.6'S146°46.4'E59°53.1'S148°54.4'E59°00.6'S147°49.0'E 1.050 43° 347° 219 km 03m22.4s
03:0857°24.5'S147°56.7'E59°06.9'S150°07.5'E58°15.5'S149°00.7'E 1.050 43° 345° 220 km 03m23.4s
03:1056°40.6'S149°03.7'E58°20.8'S151°17.0'E57°30.5'S150°09.0'E 1.050 44° 342° 220 km 03m24.2s
03:1255°56.7'S150°07.7'E57°34.9'S152°23.1'E56°45.7'S151°14.1'E 1.050 44° 340° 221 km 03m25.0s
03:1455°12.9'S151°09.1'E56°49.2'S153°26.2'E56°00.9'S152°16.3'E 1.050 45° 337° 222 km 03m25.7s
03:1654°29.2'S152°07.9'E56°03.6'S154°26.6'E55°16.3'S153°16.0'E 1.050 45° 335° 223 km 03m26.3s
03:1853°45.6'S153°04.6'E55°18.1'S155°24.5'E54°31.8'S154°13.3'E 1.051 45° 333° 223 km 03m26.8s
03:2053°02.1'S153°59.2'E54°32.8'S156°20.2'E53°47.4'S155°08.5'E 1.051 46° 331° 224 km 03m27.2s
03:2252°18.7'S154°52.0'E53°47.6'S157°14.0'E53°03.1'S156°01.7'E 1.051 46° 328° 225 km 03m27.5s
03:2451°35.3'S155°43.1'E53°02.6'S158°05.9'E52°18.9'S156°53.3'E 1.051 46° 326° 226 km 03m27.7s
03:2650°52.1'S156°32.7'E52°17.6'S158°56.2'E51°34.8'S157°43.3'E 1.051 46° 324° 227 km 03m27.9s
03:2850°08.9'S157°21.0'E51°32.8'S159°45.0'E50°50.8'S158°31.9'E 1.051 46° 322° 228 km 03m27.9s
03:3049°25.7'S158°08.1'E50°48.1'S160°32.5'E50°06.9'S159°19.2'E 1.051 46° 320° 228 km 03m27.9s
03:3248°42.6'S158°54.0'E50°03.4'S161°18.9'E49°23.1'S160°05.4'E 1.051 46° 318° 229 km 03m27.8s
03:3447°59.6'S159°39.0'E49°18.9'S162°04.3'E48°39.3'S160°50.6'E 1.051 46° 315° 230 km 03m27.6s
03:3647°16.6'S160°23.2'E48°34.4'S162°48.8'E47°55.5'S161°34.9'E 1.051 46° 313° 231 km 03m27.3s
03:3846°33.6'S161°06.6'E47°49.9'S163°32.4'E47°11.9'S162°18.5'E 1.051 46° 311° 232 km 03m26.9s
03:4045°50.6'S161°49.3'E47°05.5'S164°15.5'E46°28.2'S163°01.4'E 1.051 46° 309° 233 km 03m26.5s
03:4245°07.7'S162°31.6'E46°21.2'S164°57.9'E45°44.5'S163°43.8'E 1.050 46° 307° 233 km 03m25.9s
03:4444°24.7'S163°13.4'E45°36.8'S165°40.0'E45°00.9'S164°25.7'E 1.050 45° 305° 234 km 03m25.3s
03:4643°41.7'S163°54.8'E44°52.5'S166°21.6'E44°17.2'S165°07.3'E 1.050 45° 303° 235 km 03m24.6s
03:4842°58.6'S164°36.0'E44°08.1'S167°03.1'E43°33.5'S165°48.6'E 1.050 45° 302° 236 km 03m23.8s
03:5042°15.5'S165°17.1'E43°23.7'S167°44.4'E42°49.7'S166°29.8'E 1.050 44° 300° 237 km 03m22.9s
03:5241°32.4'S165°58.0'E42°39.2'S168°25.7'E42°05.9'S167°10.9'E 1.050 44° 298° 238 km 03m22.0s
03:5440°49.1'S166°39.1'E41°54.7'S169°07.0'E41°22.1'S167°52.1'E 1.050 44° 296° 238 km 03m20.9s
03:5640°05.8'S167°20.2'E41°10.1'S169°48.5'E40°38.1'S168°33.5'E 1.050 43° 294° 239 km 03m19.8s
03:5839°22.3'S168°01.6'E40°25.3'S170°30.3'E39°54.0'S169°15.0'E 1.050 43° 293° 240 km 03m18.6s
04:0038°38.7'S168°43.3'E39°40.4'S171°12.5'E39°09.7'S169°57.0'E 1.050 42° 291° 240 km 03m17.3s
04:0237°54.9'S169°25.5'E38°55.4'S171°55.1'E38°25.3'S170°39.4'E 1.049 41° 289° 241 km 03m15.9s
04:0437°10.9'S170°08.2'E38°10.2'S172°38.4'E37°40.8'S171°22.4'E 1.049 41° 288° 242 km 03m14.4s
04:0636°26.7'S170°51.6'E37°24.7'S173°22.5'E36°56.0'S172°06.2'E 1.049 40° 286° 242 km 03m12.8s
04:0835°42.3'S171°35.8'E36°39.0'S174°07.5'E36°10.9'S172°50.7'E 1.049 39° 284° 242 km 03m11.1s
04:1034°57.6'S172°20.9'E35°53.0'S174°53.5'E35°25.6'S173°36.3'E 1.049 38° 283° 243 km 03m09.3s
04:1234°12.6'S173°07.2'E35°06.7'S175°40.8'E34°39.9'S174°23.1'E 1.048 38° 281° 243 km 03m07.4s
04:1433°27.3'S173°54.7'E34°20.0'S176°29.6'E33°53.9'S175°11.2'E 1.048 37° 280° 243 km 03m05.5s
04:1632°41.5'S174°43.8'E33°32.9'S177°20.0'E33°07.5'S176°00.9'E 1.048 36° 279° 243 km 03m03.4s
04:1831°55.3'S175°34.5'E32°45.3'S178°12.3'E32°20.6'S176°52.4'E 1.048 35° 277° 243 km 03m01.2s
04:2031°08.6'S176°27.1'E31°57.1'S179°06.8'E31°33.2'S177°45.9'E 1.047 34° 276° 243 km 02m58.8s
04:2230°21.4'S177°22.0'E31°08.2'S179°56.1'W30°45.2'S178°41.9'E 1.047 32° 274° 242 km 02m56.4s
04:2429°33.4'S178°19.6'E30°18.7'S178°56.0'W29°56.4'S179°40.6'E 1.047 31° 273° 241 km 02m53.8s
04:2628°44.8'S179°20.1'E29°28.2'S177°52.4'W29°06.9'S179°17.4'W 1.046 30° 272° 240 km 02m51.0s
04:2827°55.2'S179°35.8'W28°36.7'S176°44.6'W28°16.4'S178°11.5'W 1.046 28° 271° 239 km 02m48.1s
04:3027°04.6'S178°27.5'W27°44.0'S175°31.8'W27°24.8'S177°01.1'W 1.045 27° 269° 237 km 02m45.0s
04:3226°12.8'S177°14.1'W26°49.8'S174°12.9'W26°31.9'S175°45.2'W 1.045 25° 268° 235 km 02m41.7s
04:3425°19.6'S175°54.6'W25°53.7'S172°46.3'W25°37.3'S174°22.4'W 1.044 24° 267° 233 km 02m38.2s
04:3624°24.5'S174°27.4'W24°55.3'S171°09.8'W24°40.6'S172°50.9'W 1.044 22° 266° 230 km 02m34.3s
04:3823°27.0'S172°50.3'W23°53.6'S169°20.0'W23°41.2'S171°08.0'W 1.043 20° 265° 226 km 02m30.1s
04:4022°26.5'S170°59.8'W22°47.4'S167°10.7'W22°38.1'S169°09.3'W 1.042 17° 263° 222 km 02m25.4s
04:4221°21.4'S168°50.0'W21°33.7'S164°29.9'W21°29.4'S166°46.4'W 1.042 15° 262° 216 km 02m19.9s
04:4420°09.3'S166°08.9'W20°04.8'S160°43.3'W20°10.8'S163°40.6'W 1.041 11° 261° 208 km 02m13.3s
04:4618°42.6'S162°23.4'W - - 18°25.2'S158°35.7'W 1.039 259° 196 km 02m03.3s
Limits16°15.0'S153°37.3'W17°45.4'S152°44.3'W16°59.9'S153°11.1'W 1.037 - 183 km 01m53.9s

ΔT = 41871.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:08:50.003:30:58.849°45.4'S015°14.5'W 46.3° 318.7° 228.8 km03m27.86s
Greatest Duration15:06:08.103:28:16.850°44.7'S158°38.6'E 46.3° 321.5° 227.7 km03m27.94s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1808 Mar 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1808 Mar 03 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 41871.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2964.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 12.38°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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