Total solar eclipse of 2015, March 20 The eclipse is visible from Europe, northwestern of Asia, northwest of Af- rica, Greenland, western part of Arctic, and the northeast of Atlantic oceans. Universal time of geocentric conjunction h m s in right ascension 2015, March 20, 10 17 06.3 Geocentric coordinates of the Sun h m s s h Right ascension . . . . . . . . 23 58 03.68+ 9.123( T-10 ) o ' " " h Declination . . . . . . . . . . -0 12 36.2 +59.31 ( T-10 ) " Equatorial horizontal parallax . 8.83 ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . 16 03.68 Geocentric coordinates of the Moon h m s s h s h 2 Right ascension . . . . . . . . 23 57 25.09+144.499(T-10 )-0.013(T-10 ) o ' " " h " h 2 Declination . . . . . . . . . . + 0 44 59.5 +713.84 (T-10 )-0.25 (T-10 ) ' " " h " h 2 Equatorial horizontal parallax . 61 15.70- 0.499(T-10 )-0.017(T-10 ) ' " " h " h 2 Apparent semidiameter . . . . . 16 41.60- 0.137(T-10 )-0.005(T-10 ) T - universal time in hours (TDT-UT1= 68.0s) General Circumstances of the Eclipse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phenomena | Universal | Latitude | Longitude | Time | | ---------------------------------------|---------------|------------|--------------- | h m | o ' | o ' Eclipse begins . . . . . . . . . . . .| 7 40.8 | +20 10.9 | 23 29.8 W Central eclipse begins . . . . . . . .| 9 12.6 | +53 35.2 | 45 55.6 W Central eclipse at local apparent noon | 10 17.1 | +85 08.6 | 27 37.0 E Central eclipse ends . . . . . . . . .| 10 18.3 | +89 20.1 | 97 04.8 E Eclipse ends . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 11 50.2 | +56 02.1 | 94 32.1 E Besselian Elements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Universal| x | y | sin d | cos d | u | u | m Time | | | | | e | i | --------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------- h m | | | | | | | o ' 7 40 |-1.44978 |+0.52532 |-0.00436 |+0.99999 |+0.53582 |-0.01051 | 293 05.7 50 |-1.35751 |+0.55513 |-0.00431 |+0.99999 |+0.53583 |-0.01050 | 295 35.8 | | | | | | | 8 00 |-1.26525 |+0.58493 |-0.00427 |+0.99999 |+0.53585 |-0.01049 | 298 05.8 10 |-1.17298 |+0.61474 |-0.00422 |+0.99999 |+0.53586 |-0.01047 | 300 35.9 20 |-1.08071 |+0.64454 |-0.00417 |+0.99999 |+0.53587 |-0.01046 | 303 05.9 30 |-0.98843 |+0.67434 |-0.00413 |+0.99999 |+0.53588 |-0.01045 | 305 36.0 40 |-0.89615 |+0.70414 |-0.00408 |+0.99999 |+0.53589 |-0.01044 | 308 06.0 50 |-0.80387 |+0.73393 |-0.00403 |+0.99999 |+0.53590 |-0.01043 | 310 36.1 | | | | | | | 9 00 |-0.71159 |+0.76372 |-0.00399 |+0.99999 |+0.53591 |-0.01042 | 313 06.1 10 |-0.61930 |+0.79351 |-0.00394 |+0.99999 |+0.53592 |-0.01041 | 315 36.1 20 |-0.52702 |+0.82330 |-0.00389 |+0.99999 |+0.53593 |-0.01041 | 318 06.2 30 |-0.43473 |+0.85308 |-0.00385 |+0.99999 |+0.53594 |-0.01040 | 320 36.2 40 |-0.34244 |+0.88287 |-0.00380 |+0.99999 |+0.53594 |-0.01039 | 323 06.3 50 |-0.25015 |+0.91264 |-0.00375 |+0.99999 |+0.53595 |-0.01039 | 325 36.3 | | | | | | | 10 00 |-0.15786 |+0.94242 |-0.00371 |+0.99999 |+0.53595 |-0.01038 | 328 06.4 10 |-0.06557 |+0.97219 |-0.00366 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01038 | 330 36.4 20 |+0.02672 |+1.00196 |-0.00361 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01038 | 333 06.5 30 |+0.11901 |+1.03173 |-0.00357 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01037 | 335 36.5 40 |+0.21130 |+1.06149 |-0.00352 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01037 | 338 06.5 50 |+0.30359 |+1.09125 |-0.00347 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01037 | 340 36.6 | | | | | | | 11 00 |+0.39588 |+1.12101 |-0.00343 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01037 | 343 06.6 10 |+0.48816 |+1.15076 |-0.00338 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01037 | 345 36.7 20 |+0.58045 |+1.18051 |-0.00333 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01037 | 348 06.7 30 |+0.67273 |+1.21026 |-0.00329 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01037 | 350 36.8 40 |+0.76501 |+1.24000 |-0.00324 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01037 | 353 06.8 50 |+0.85729 |+1.26974 |-0.00319 |+0.99999 |+0.53596 |-0.01038 | 355 36.8 | | | | | | | 12 00 |+0.94957 |+1.29947 |-0.00315 |+1.00000 |+0.53595 |-0.01038 | 358 06.9 --------------------------------------------------------------- Univers.| x' | y' ³Univers.| x' | y' tgf =0.0046950 Time | | ³ Time | | e --------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------- tgf =0.0046716 h | | | h | | i 7 | +0.009224 | +0.002982 | 11 | +0.009229 | +0.002975 m'=0.0043646 8 | +0.009227 | +0.002980 | 12 | +0.009228 | +0.002973 9 | +0.009228 | +0.002979 | 13 | +0.009225 | +0.002971 10 | +0.009229 | +0.002977 | | | Path of Central Phase of Solar Eclipse of 2015, March 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Southern Limit | Central Line | Northern Limit | | | UT |------------------|------------------|------------------| t | w | h |Latitude|Longitude|Latitude|Longitude|Latitude|Longitude| | | s ---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|------|----|------ | o ' | o ' | o ' | o ' | o ' | o ' | | | Beginning|+51 47.3|- 44 48.2|+53 35.2|- 45 55.6|+55 33.9|- 47 14.0| | | h m | | | | | | | m s| | o 9 10 |+51 53.4|- 40 25.8| - | - | - | - | - | - | - 9 15 |+53 11.7|- 28 21.6|+54 15.2|- 35 03.4| - | - | 2 23 | - | 6.7 9 20 |+54 36.0|- 22 22.4|+55 42.5|- 27 02.7|+56 48.6|- 33 20.3| 2 34 | 486| 11.5 9 25 |+56 04.2|- 17 47.6|+57 14.0|- 21 46.3|+58 24.1|- 26 40.8| 2 40 | 496| 14.3 | | | | | | | | | 9 30 |+57 36.5|- 13 53.5|+58 49.9|- 17 31.1|+60 04.1|- 21 52.2| 2 45 | 496| 16.2 9 35 |+59 13.3|- 10 21.9|+60 30.7|- 13 47.6|+61 49.4|- 17 52.4| 2 48 | 491| 17.5 9 40 |+60 55.4|- 7 02.5|+62 17.2|- 10 21.6|+63 41.1|- 14 19.0| 2 50 | 483| 18.2 9 45 |+62 43.5|- 3 48.0|+64 10.7|- 7 04.1|+65 40.6|- 11 00.4| 2 50 | 473| 18.5 9 50 |+64 39.1|- 0 32.0|+66 12.6|- 3 48.0|+67 50.1|- 7 48.9| 2 50 | 462| 18.3 9 55 |+66 43.9|+ 2 52.6|+68 25.6|- 0 26.3|+70 12.9|- 4 38.3| 2 48 | 452| 17.6 | | | | | | | | | 10 00 |+69 00.8|+ 6 34.6|+70 53.2|+ 3 10.1|+72 54.4|- 1 23.1| 2 45 | 443| 16.5 10 05 |+71 34.3|+ 10 48.9|+73 42.5|+ 7 15.5|+76 05.4|+ 2 01.4| 2 41 | 434| 14.7 10 10 |+74 32.9|+ 16 04.8|+77 07.5|+ 12 20.6|+80 14.1|+ 5 24.1| 2 35 | 427| 12.1 10 15 |+78 16.3|+ 23 45.4|+81 52.7|+ 20 16.6| - | - | 2 25 | - | 7.8 10 20 |+84 07.5|+ 44 00.1| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | End |+87 32.9|+105 48.4|+89 20.1|+ 97 04.8|+88 39.4|- 63 53.5| | | ---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------|----|------ Time of | h m s | h m s | h m s | | | beginning| 9 09 35 | 9 12 38 | 9 16 01 | | | end | 10 21 20 | 10 18 17 | 10 14 54 | | | Local circumstances of Solar Eclipse of 2015, March 20 The height of the Sun is calculed in Tm. The asterisk denotes that this time is the sunrise or the sunset. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local place | T1 | Tm | T4 | M | Z1 | Z4 | h_s -----------------------|---------|---------|---------|-------|-----|-----|----- | h m s| h m s| h m s| | o| o| o Abakan |10 21 46 |11 06 49 |11 49 49 | 0.338 | 259 | 353 | 7.9 Arhangel'sk | 9 18 31 |10 23 58 |11 28 29 | 0.791 | 262 | 42 | 24.3 Astrakhan' | 9 34 04 |10 32 01 |11 28 01 | 0.357 | 276 | 355 | 38.8 Barnaul |10 16 58 |11 04 06 |11 48 59 | 0.343 | 260 | 353 | 12.8 Belgorod | 9 10 04 |10 16 45 |11 22 36 | 0.558 | 279 | 19 | 38.6 | | | | | | | Bratsk |10 21 02 |11 06 26 | - | 0.391 | 256 | - | 1.8 Bryansk | 9 07 17 |10 15 01 |11 22 13 | 0.630 | 276 | 27 | 36.3 Velikij Novgorod | 9 05 57 |10 13 46 |11 21 23 | 0.748 | 271 | 40 | 31.2 Vladikavkaz | 9 29 36 |10 25 39 |11 20 12 | 0.306 | 283 | 350 | 43.4 Vladimir | 9 16 58 |10 23 30 |11 28 48 | 0.640 | 270 | 26 | 32.5 | | | | | | | Volgograd | 9 25 00 |10 27 23 |11 28 01 | 0.446 | 276 | 5 | 38.3 Vologda | 9 16 45 |10 23 18 |11 28 46 | 0.702 | 267 | 32 | 29.6 Voronezh | 9 14 41 |10 20 50 |11 25 48 | 0.558 | 276 | 18 | 37.1 Vyborg | 9 04 36 |10 12 03 |11 19 33 | 0.800 | 269 | 45 | 29.1 Gorno-Altajsk |10 22 15 |11 06 28 |11 48 38 | 0.300 | 261 | 348 | 11.6 | | | | | | | Groznyj | 9 31 49 |10 27 25 |11 21 24 | 0.302 | 282 | 350 | 42.7 Ekaterinburg | 9 44 38 |10 44 40 |11 42 12 | 0.527 | 261 | 12 | 24.6 Ivanovo | 9 17 52 |10 24 18 |11 29 28 | 0.653 | 269 | 27 | 31.5 Izhevsk | 9 34 44 |10 37 32 |11 38 06 | 0.569 | 264 | 16 | 27.9 Irkutsk |10 31 06 |11 10 44 | - | 0.289 | 260 | - | 0.0 | | | | | | | Joshkar-Ola | 9 27 29 |10 32 00 |11 34 37 | 0.599 | 266 | 20 | 30.0 Kazan' | 9 29 35 |10 33 29 |11 35 22 | 0.572 | 266 | 17 | 30.3 Kaliningrad | 8 49 32 | 9 58 24 |11 08 36 | 0.767 | 280 | 47 | 34.2 Kaluga | 9 10 35 |10 18 00 |11 24 37 | 0.639 | 274 | 27 | 34.8 Kandalaksha | 9 12 21 |10 17 30 |11 22 23 | 0.868 | 262 | 51 | 22.6 | | | | | | | Kemerovo |10 14 12 |11 03 07 |11 49 43 | 0.392 | 258 | 359 | 11.1 Kirov | 9 29 12 |10 33 28 |11 35 51 | 0.628 | 264 | 23 | 27.7 Kostroma | 9 17 53 |10 24 19 |11 29 31 | 0.668 | 268 | 29 | 30.8 Krasnodar | 9 14 44 |10 17 16 |11 18 45 | 0.412 | 285 | 4 | 43.6 Krasnoyarsk |10 17 15 |11 04 48 |11 50 11 | 0.397 | 257 | 0 | 6.9 | | | | | | | Kurgan | 9 52 33 |10 49 45 |11 44 20 | 0.468 | 261 | 5 | 23.1 Kursk | 9 09 39 |10 16 44 |11 23 02 | 0.585 | 277 | 22 | 37.6 Kyzyl |10 28 44 |11 09 45 |11 48 59 | 0.279 | 261 | 347 | 6.0 Lipetsk | 9 15 24 |10 21 40 |11 26 43 | 0.574 | 274 | 20 | 36.1 Magas | 8 20 53 | 9 28 22 |10 40 04 | 0.676 | 304 | 58 | 38.6 | | | | | | | Majkop | 9 17 29 |10 18 54 |11 19 09 | 0.390 | 285 | 1 | 43.7 Makhachkala | 9 36 49 |10 30 15 |11 22 01 | 0.276 | 281 | 346 | 42.1 Moskau | 9 12 52 |10 20 02 |11 26 17 | 0.653 | 272 | 28 | 33.4 Murmansk | 9 13 50 |10 18 14 |11 22 21 | 0.889 | 260 | 53 | 20.7 Nal'chik | 9 26 29 |10 24 05 |11 20 12 | 0.328 | 283 | 353 | 43.5 | | | | | | | Nar'yan-Mar | 9 29 21 |10 32 27 |11 34 05 | 0.784 | 257 | 40 | 19.2 Nizhnij Novgorod | 9 22 04 |10 27 41 |11 31 43 | 0.618 | 268 | 23 | 31.4 Novosibirsk |10 12 22 |11 02 00 |11 49 16 | 0.391 | 258 | 358 | 13.0 Omsk |10 02 59 |10 56 20 |11 47 08 | 0.421 | 259 | 1 | 18.8 Orel | 9 09 48 |10 17 08 |11 23 41 | 0.611 | 276 | 25 | 36.3 | | | | | | | Orenburg | 9 42 02 |10 41 09 |11 37 52 | 0.437 | 267 | 2 | 30.9 Penza | 9 24 11 |10 28 45 |11 31 32 | 0.544 | 271 | 15 | 34.0 Perm' | 9 37 59 |10 40 04 |11 39 52 | 0.577 | 262 | 17 | 25.7 Petrozavodsk | 9 11 20 |10 18 08 |11 24 25 | 0.781 | 266 | 42 | 27.8 Pskov | 9 01 55 |10 10 05 |11 18 25 | 0.757 | 273 | 42 | 32.0 | | | | | | | Rostov-na-Donu | 9 15 50 |10 19 39 |11 22 17 | 0.455 | 281 | 8 | 41.3 Ryazan' | 9 15 48 |10 22 23 |11 27 46 | 0.615 | 272 | 24 | 34.1 Salekhard | 9 40 53 |10 41 39 |11 40 25 | 0.713 | 255 | 32 | 16.1 Samara | 9 32 28 |10 34 58 |11 35 18 | 0.506 | 268 | 10 | 32.1 Saint-Petersburg | 9 05 45 |10 13 19 |11 20 48 | 0.778 | 270 | 43 | 29.8 | | | | | | | Saransk | 9 24 13 |10 29 01 |11 32 04 | 0.564 | 270 | 17 | 33.0 Saratov | 9 26 32 |10 29 56 |11 31 28 | 0.498 | 272 | 10 | 35.1 Simferopol' | 9 04 16 |10 09 15 |11 13 54 | 0.460 | 289 | 12 | 44.7 Smolensk | 9 04 39 |10 12 50 |11 20 46 | 0.677 | 275 | 33 | 34.9 Sochi | 9 17 03 |10 17 38 |11 17 08 | 0.370 | 287 | 359 | 44.9 | | | | | | | Stavropol' | 9 21 31 |10 22 10 |11 21 24 | 0.382 | 283 | 359 | 42.7 Syktyvkar | 9 29 28 |10 33 36 |11 35 58 | 0.684 | 261 | 29 | 24.7 Tambov | 9 18 28 |10 24 09 |11 28 25 | 0.562 | 273 | 18 | 35.5 Tver' | 9 10 56 |10 18 23 |11 25 07 | 0.686 | 271 | 32 | 32.5 Tomsk |10 10 54 |11 01 27 |11 49 36 | 0.424 | 257 | 2 | 11.5 | | | | | | | Tula | 9 12 32 |10 19 37 |11 25 44 | 0.623 | 273 | 25 | 34.9 Tura |10 03 26 |10 56 09 | - | 0.596 | 252 | - | 3.1 Tyumen' | 9 50 24 |10 48 42 |11 44 25 | 0.510 | 260 | 10 | 22.0 Ulan-Ude |10 32 59 |10 57 53*| - | 0.236 | 261 | - | 0.0 Ul'yanovsk | 9 29 11 |10 32 51 |11 34 31 | 0.544 | 268 | 14 | 31.8 | | | | | | | Ust'-Ordynskij |10 29 51 |11 09 14*| - | 0.303 | 260 | - | 0.0 Ufa | 9 40 21 |10 41 08 |11 39 31 | 0.503 | 264 | 9 | 28.3 Hanty-Mansijsk | 9 49 14 |10 48 12 |11 44 44 | 0.584 | 257 | 18 | 18.3 Cheboksary | 9 26 38 |10 31 16 |11 34 03 | 0.593 | 267 | 20 | 30.6 Chelyabinsk | 9 47 35 |10 46 18 |11 42 28 | 0.482 | 262 | 7 | 25.3 | | | | | | | Cherkessk | 9 22 12 |10 21 54 |11 20 14 | 0.362 | 284 | 357 | 43.4 Elista | 9 25 50 |10 26 17 |11 25 05 | 0.391 | 279 | 359 | 40.6 Yaroslavl' | 9 16 28 |10 23 08 |11 28 40 | 0.673 | 269 | 29 | 31.1 | | | | | | | Sukhum, Abkhazia | 9 20 29 |10 19 26 |11 17 12 | 0.342 | 286 | 356 | 45.0 Baku, Azerbaijan | 9 48 05 |10 33 13 |11 16 58 | 0.184 | 282 | 335 | 42.9 Erevan, Armenia | 9 32 56 |10 23 54 |11 13 37 | 0.233 | 287 | 342 | 46.2 Minsk, Belarus | 8 57 48 |10 06 33 |11 15 43 | 0.698 | 279 | 37 | 35.8 Tbilisi, Georgia | 9 31 26 |10 25 11 |11 17 30 | 0.271 | 285 | 346 | 44.6 | | | | | | | Astana, Kazakhsta |10 08 16 |10 57 50 |11 45 00 | 0.328 | 263 | 350 | 21.5 Riga, Latvia | 8 56 10 |10 04 39 |11 13 51 | 0.774 | 276 | 45 | 32.6 Vilnius, Lithuania | 8 55 28 |10 04 18 |11 13 49 | 0.729 | 278 | 41 | 34.9 Kishinev, Moldova | 8 54 52 |10 02 38 |11 10 55 | 0.557 | 289 | 24 | 42.7 Kiev, Ukraine | 8 59 46 |10 08 00 |11 16 18 | 0.609 | 282 | 27 | 39.3 | | | | | | | Tallinn, Estonia | 8 59 16 |10 07 09 |11 15 34 | 0.807 | 272 | 48 | 30.2 Ts'khinvali, S. Ossetia| 9 28 35 |10 24 00 |11 18 01 | 0.292 | 285 | 349 | 44.6