Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2388 Mar 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2388 Mar 09 . 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 2388 Mar 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits27°59.5'N027°33.9'W27°25.3'N027°26.3'W27°42.4'N027°30.1'W 1.013 - 62 km 00m45.5s
08:1027°44.4'N023°05.6'W26°58.3'N019°31.6'W27°20.9'N021°06.5'W 1.015 98° 71 km 00m54.2s
08:1227°37.5'N016°47.3'W26°55.3'N014°44.5'W27°16.5'N015°44.0'W 1.016 11° 101° 80 km 01m02.6s
08:1427°42.5'N013°09.9'W27°00.1'N011°30.1'W27°21.4'N012°19.0'W 1.017 14° 103° 85 km 01m08.4s
08:1627°51.4'N010°23.4'W27°08.3'N008°55.2'W27°30.0'N009°38.6'W 1.018 17° 104° 90 km 01m13.2s
08:1828°02.5'N008°04.6'W27°18.6'N006°43.7'W27°40.7'N007°23.6'W 1.019 19° 106° 94 km 01m17.4s
08:2028°15.1'N006°03.8'W27°30.4'N004°48.1'W27°52.9'N005°25.5'W 1.020 21° 107° 97 km 01m21.2s
08:2228°28.8'N004°15.9'W27°43.3'N003°04.0'W28°06.2'N003°39.6'W 1.020 23° 109° 101 km 01m24.8s
08:2428°43.3'N002°37.8'W27°57.2'N001°28.9'W28°20.4'N002°03.0'W 1.021 25° 110° 103 km 01m28.0s
08:2628°58.6'N001°07.3'W28°11.8'N000°00.9'W28°35.3'N000°33.8'W 1.021 26° 112° 106 km 01m31.1s
08:2829°14.5'N000°16.9'E28°27.0'N001°21.2'E28°50.9'N000°49.3'E 1.021 28° 113° 108 km 01m34.0s
08:3029°31.0'N001°35.9'E28°42.9'N002°38.5'E29°07.0'N002°07.5'E 1.022 29° 114° 110 km 01m36.7s
08:3229°48.0'N002°50.6'E28°59.2'N003°51.6'E29°23.7'N003°21.4'E 1.022 31° 116° 112 km 01m39.3s
08:3430°05.4'N004°01.6'E29°16.1'N005°01.3'E29°40.8'N004°31.7'E 1.022 32° 117° 114 km 01m41.7s
08:3630°23.2'N005°09.4'E29°33.3'N006°07.8'E29°58.3'N005°38.8'E 1.023 33° 118° 116 km 01m44.0s
08:3830°41.4'N006°14.3'E29°51.0'N007°11.7'E30°16.2'N006°43.2'E 1.023 34° 120° 117 km 01m46.2s
08:4030°59.9'N007°16.9'E30°09.0'N008°13.2'E30°34.5'N007°45.2'E 1.023 35° 121° 118 km 01m48.3s
08:4231°18.8'N008°17.2'E30°27.4'N009°12.6'E30°53.2'N008°45.1'E 1.024 36° 123° 119 km 01m50.2s
08:4431°38.0'N009°15.7'E30°46.1'N010°10.2'E31°12.1'N009°43.2'E 1.024 37° 124° 121 km 01m52.1s
08:4631°57.6'N010°12.5'E31°05.2'N011°06.2'E31°31.4'N010°39.5'E 1.024 37° 126° 121 km 01m53.9s
08:4832°17.4'N011°07.7'E31°24.6'N012°00.7'E31°51.0'N011°34.4'E 1.024 38° 127° 122 km 01m55.5s
08:5032°37.5'N012°01.7'E31°44.3'N012°53.9'E32°11.0'N012°28.0'E 1.024 39° 129° 123 km 01m57.1s
08:5232°58.0'N012°54.5'E32°04.3'N013°46.0'E32°31.2'N013°20.4'E 1.025 40° 130° 124 km 01m58.6s
08:5433°18.7'N013°46.2'E32°24.6'N014°37.0'E32°51.7'N014°11.8'E 1.025 40° 132° 124 km 02m00.0s
08:5633°39.6'N014°37.0'E32°45.1'N015°27.1'E33°12.4'N015°02.2'E 1.025 41° 133° 125 km 02m01.2s
08:5834°00.9'N015°27.0'E33°06.0'N016°16.4'E33°33.5'N015°51.9'E 1.025 41° 135° 125 km 02m02.4s
09:0034°22.4'N016°16.3'E33°27.2'N017°05.1'E33°54.8'N016°40.8'E 1.025 42° 137° 125 km 02m03.5s
09:0234°44.2'N017°05.0'E33°48.6'N017°53.1'E34°16.4'N017°29.2'E 1.025 42° 138° 125 km 02m04.6s
09:0435°06.3'N017°53.1'E34°10.3'N018°40.6'E34°38.3'N018°17.0'E 1.025 43° 140° 126 km 02m05.5s
09:0635°28.7'N018°40.9'E34°32.3'N019°27.7'E35°00.5'N019°04.4'E 1.026 43° 142° 126 km 02m06.3s
09:0835°51.3'N019°28.3'E34°54.6'N020°14.4'E35°23.0'N019°51.4'E 1.026 44° 143° 126 km 02m07.1s
09:1036°14.2'N020°15.4'E35°17.1'N021°00.8'E35°45.7'N020°38.2'E 1.026 44° 145° 126 km 02m07.8s
09:1236°37.4'N021°02.3'E35°40.0'N021°47.0'E36°08.7'N021°24.8'E 1.026 44° 147° 125 km 02m08.3s
09:1437°00.8'N021°49.0'E36°03.1'N022°33.1'E36°32.0'N022°11.2'E 1.026 44° 149° 125 km 02m08.8s
09:1637°24.6'N022°35.8'E36°26.5'N023°19.1'E36°55.6'N022°57.6'E 1.026 45° 151° 125 km 02m09.3s
09:1837°48.6'N023°22.5'E36°50.2'N024°05.1'E37°19.4'N023°43.9'E 1.026 45° 152° 125 km 02m09.6s
09:2038°12.9'N024°09.4'E37°14.2'N024°51.2'E37°43.6'N024°30.4'E 1.026 45° 154° 124 km 02m09.8s
09:2238°37.6'N024°56.4'E37°38.5'N025°37.5'E38°08.0'N025°17.0'E 1.026 45° 156° 124 km 02m10.0s
09:2439°02.5'N025°43.6'E38°03.1'N026°23.9'E38°32.8'N026°03.8'E 1.026 45° 158° 124 km 02m10.0s
09:2639°27.7'N026°31.1'E38°28.0'N027°10.6'E38°57.9'N026°51.0'E 1.026 45° 160° 123 km 02m10.0s
09:2839°53.3'N027°19.1'E38°53.3'N027°57.6'E39°23.3'N027°38.4'E 1.026 45° 162° 123 km 02m09.9s
09:3040°19.2'N028°07.4'E39°18.8'N028°45.1'E39°49.0'N028°26.4'E 1.026 45° 164° 122 km 02m09.7s
09:3240°45.4'N028°56.4'E39°44.8'N029°33.1'E40°15.1'N029°14.8'E 1.026 44° 166° 122 km 02m09.4s
09:3441°12.0'N029°45.9'E40°11.0'N030°21.6'E40°41.5'N030°03.8'E 1.026 44° 167° 121 km 02m09.1s
09:3641°38.9'N030°36.1'E40°37.6'N031°10.8'E41°08.2'N030°53.5'E 1.026 44° 169° 120 km 02m08.6s
09:3842°06.2'N031°27.2'E41°04.6'N032°00.8'E41°35.4'N031°44.0'E 1.026 44° 171° 120 km 02m08.1s
09:4042°33.8'N032°19.1'E41°31.9'N032°51.6'E42°02.9'N032°35.4'E 1.026 43° 173° 119 km 02m07.5s
09:4243°01.9'N033°12.1'E41°59.7'N033°43.3'E42°30.7'N033°27.7'E 1.026 43° 175° 118 km 02m06.8s
09:4443°30.3'N034°06.1'E42°27.8'N034°36.1'E42°59.0'N034°21.1'E 1.026 43° 177° 118 km 02m06.0s
09:4643°59.2'N035°01.4'E42°56.4'N035°30.0'E43°27.8'N035°15.7'E 1.026 42° 179° 117 km 02m05.1s
09:4844°28.5'N035°58.0'E43°25.4'N036°25.3'E43°56.9'N036°11.6'E 1.025 42° 181° 116 km 02m04.2s
09:5044°58.3'N036°56.2'E43°54.8'N037°21.9'E44°26.5'N037°09.0'E 1.025 41° 183° 115 km 02m03.1s
09:5245°28.6'N037°56.0'E44°24.8'N038°20.1'E44°56.6'N038°08.0'E 1.025 41° 185° 115 km 02m02.0s
09:5445°59.3'N038°57.6'E44°55.2'N039°20.0'E45°27.2'N039°08.8'E 1.025 40° 187° 114 km 02m00.7s
09:5646°30.6'N040°01.3'E45°26.2'N040°21.8'E45°58.3'N040°11.5'E 1.025 39° 189° 113 km 01m59.4s
09:5847°02.4'N041°07.2'E45°57.7'N041°25.7'E46°30.0'N041°16.4'E 1.025 39° 191° 112 km 01m58.0s
10:0047°34.9'N042°15.6'E46°29.8'N042°31.9'E47°02.3'N042°23.7'E 1.025 38° 193° 111 km 01m56.5s
10:0248°07.9'N043°26.7'E47°02.5'N043°40.7'E47°35.1'N043°33.6'E 1.024 37° 195° 110 km 01m54.9s
10:0448°41.6'N044°41.0'E47°35.8'N044°52.4'E48°08.7'N044°46.5'E 1.024 36° 196° 109 km 01m53.2s
10:0649°16.0'N045°58.6'E48°09.9'N046°07.3'E48°42.9'N046°02.8'E 1.024 35° 198° 108 km 01m51.4s
10:0849°51.2'N047°20.1'E48°44.7'N047°25.7'E49°17.9'N047°22.7'E 1.024 34° 201° 107 km 01m49.4s
10:1050°27.2'N048°45.9'E49°20.4'N048°48.2'E49°53.7'N048°46.8'E 1.024 33° 203° 105 km 01m47.4s
10:1251°04.0'N050°16.7'E49°56.9'N050°15.3'E50°30.4'N050°15.7'E 1.023 32° 205° 104 km 01m45.3s
10:1451°41.9'N051°53.0'E50°34.3'N051°47.5'E51°08.0'N051°50.0'E 1.023 31° 207° 103 km 01m43.0s
10:1652°20.7'N053°35.9'E51°12.8'N053°25.7'E51°46.7'N053°30.4'E 1.023 30° 209° 101 km 01m40.6s
10:1853°00.8'N055°26.3'E51°52.5'N055°10.8'E52°26.5'N055°18.1'E 1.022 29° 211° 100 km 01m38.1s
10:2053°42.1'N057°25.6'E52°33.4'N057°04.1'E53°07.7'N057°14.3'E 1.022 27° 214° 98 km 01m35.4s
10:2254°24.9'N059°35.5'E53°15.8'N059°06.9'E53°50.3'N059°20.6'E 1.022 26° 216° 97 km 01m32.6s
10:2455°09.4'N061°58.5'E53°59.9'N061°21.5'E54°34.6'N061°39.2'E 1.021 24° 219° 95 km 01m29.5s
10:2655°55.9'N064°37.6'E54°45.9'N063°50.4'E55°20.8'N064°13.1'E 1.021 23° 222° 93 km 01m26.2s
10:2856°44.9'N067°37.6'E55°34.3'N066°37.7'E56°09.5'N067°06.6'E 1.020 21° 225° 91 km 01m22.7s
10:3057°36.8'N071°05.9'E56°25.6'N069°49.4'E57°01.1'N070°26.2'E 1.019 19° 229° 89 km 01m18.8s
10:3258°32.9'N075°15.0'E57°20.7'N073°35.2'E57°56.7'N074°23.1'E 1.019 16° 233° 86 km 01m14.4s
10:3459°35.1'N080°30.6'E58°21.3'N078°13.6'E58°58.1'N079°18.9'E 1.018 13° 237° 82 km 01m09.4s
10:3660°48.8'N088°04.0'E59°31.2'N084°28.8'E60°09.7'N086°08.9'E 1.017 244° 78 km 01m03.0s
10:38 - - 61°07.9'N095°50.7'E62°08.8'N102°51.8'E 1.014 259° 67 km 00m49.8s
Limits62°35.9'N104°44.5'E61°59.9'N104°45.6'E62°17.8'N104°45.1'E 1.014 - 66 km 00m48.6s

ΔT = 754.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:36:20.209:23:45.838°29.9'N022°49.2'E 44.8° 157.8° 123.7 km02m10.03s
Greatest Duration09:37:08.809:24:34.538°40.0'N026°17.3'E 44.8° 158.6° 123.5 km02m10.04s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2388 Mar 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2388 Mar 09 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 754.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 196.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.82°.

Acknowledgments

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

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