I. Total solar eclipse of 2016, March 8-9 The eclipse is visible from extreme east of Asia, southeast of Asia, wes- tern part of Australia, on Alaska, the east of Indian, and Pacific oceans. Universal time of geocentric conjunction h m s in right ascension 2016, March 9, 2 05 41.2 Geocentric coordinates of the Sun h m s s h Right ascension . . . . . . . . 23 19 18.03+ 9.229( T- 2 ) ш ' " " h Declination . . . . . . . . . . -4 22 43.7 +58.71 ( T- 2 ) " Equatorial horizontal parallax . 8.86 ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . 16 06.45 Geocentric coordinates of the Moon h m s s h s h 2 Right ascension . . . . . . . . 23 19 05.35+143.007(T- 2 )+0.001(T- 2 ) ш ' " " h " h 2 Declination . . . . . . . . . . -4 07 08.6 +684.76 (T- 2 )+0.97 (T- 2 ) ' " " h " h 2 Equatorial horizontal parallax . 60 46.26+ 0.909(T- 2 )-0.015(T- 2 ) ' " " h " h 2 Apparent semidiameter . . . . . 16 33.58+ 0.247(T- 2 )-0.004(T- 2 ) T - universal time in hours General Circumstances of the Eclipse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phenomena | Universal | Latitude | Longitude | Time | | ---------------------------------------|---------------|------------|--------------- | h m | o ' | o ' Eclipse begins . . . . . . . . . . . .| 23 19.3 | - 7 35.7 | 101 56.9 E Central eclipse begins . . . . . . . .| 0 16.7 | - 2 15.4 | 88 18.7 E Central eclipse at local apparent noon | 2 05.7 | +11 33.9 | 151 12.4 E Central eclipse ends . . . . . . . . .| 3 37.6 | +32 34.5 | 144 34.1 W Eclipse ends . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 4 35.0 | +27 10.7 | 158 02.9 W Besselian Elements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Universal| x | y | sin d | cos d | u | u | m Time | | | | | e | i | --------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------- h m | | | | | | | o ' 23 10 |-1.61103 |-0.23041 |-0.07714 |+0.99702 |+0.53898 |-0.00736 | 164 51.6 20 |-1.51936 |-0.20175 |-0.07710 |+0.99702 |+0.53898 |-0.00736 | 167 21.7 30 |-1.42768 |-0.17308 |-0.07705 |+0.99703 |+0.53898 |-0.00737 | 169 51.7 40 |-1.33600 |-0.14442 |-0.07701 |+0.99703 |+0.53898 |-0.00737 | 172 21.7 50 |-1.24431 |-0.11575 |-0.07696 |+0.99703 |+0.53898 |-0.00737 | 174 51.8 | | | | | | | 0 00 |-1.15262 |-0.08708 |-0.07691 |+0.99704 |+0.53898 |-0.00737 | 177 21.8 10 |-1.06093 |-0.05841 |-0.07687 |+0.99704 |+0.53897 |-0.00738 | 179 51.9 20 |-0.96923 |-0.02974 |-0.07682 |+0.99704 |+0.53897 |-0.00738 | 182 21.9 30 |-0.87753 |-0.00106 |-0.07678 |+0.99705 |+0.53896 |-0.00739 | 184 51.9 40 |-0.78583 |+0.02761 |-0.07673 |+0.99705 |+0.53896 |-0.00739 | 187 22.0 50 |-0.69412 |+0.05629 |-0.07668 |+0.99706 |+0.53895 |-0.00740 | 189 52.0 | | | | | | | 1 00 |-0.60242 |+0.08497 |-0.07664 |+0.99706 |+0.53894 |-0.00740 | 192 22.0 10 |-0.51071 |+0.11365 |-0.07659 |+0.99706 |+0.53894 |-0.00741 | 194 52.1 20 |-0.41900 |+0.14234 |-0.07655 |+0.99707 |+0.53893 |-0.00742 | 197 22.1 30 |-0.32729 |+0.17102 |-0.07650 |+0.99707 |+0.53892 |-0.00743 | 199 52.2 40 |-0.23558 |+0.19970 |-0.07645 |+0.99707 |+0.53891 |-0.00744 | 202 22.2 50 |-0.14387 |+0.22839 |-0.07641 |+0.99708 |+0.53890 |-0.00745 | 204 52.2 | | | | | | | 2 00 |-0.05215 |+0.25708 |-0.07636 |+0.99708 |+0.53889 |-0.00746 | 207 22.3 10 |+0.03956 |+0.28576 |-0.07631 |+0.99708 |+0.53887 |-0.00747 | 209 52.3 20 |+0.13127 |+0.31445 |-0.07627 |+0.99709 |+0.53886 |-0.00749 | 212 22.4 30 |+0.22298 |+0.34314 |-0.07622 |+0.99709 |+0.53885 |-0.00750 | 214 52.4 40 |+0.31470 |+0.37183 |-0.07618 |+0.99709 |+0.53883 |-0.00752 | 217 22.4 50 |+0.40641 |+0.40052 |-0.07613 |+0.99710 |+0.53882 |-0.00753 | 219 52.5 | | | | | | | 3 00 |+0.49812 |+0.42921 |-0.07608 |+0.99710 |+0.53880 |-0.00755 | 222 22.5 10 |+0.58983 |+0.45791 |-0.07604 |+0.99710 |+0.53879 |-0.00756 | 224 52.6 20 |+0.68153 |+0.48660 |-0.07599 |+0.99711 |+0.53877 |-0.00758 | 227 22.6 30 |+0.77324 |+0.51529 |-0.07595 |+0.99711 |+0.53875 |-0.00760 | 229 52.6 40 |+0.86494 |+0.54398 |-0.07590 |+0.99712 |+0.53873 |-0.00762 | 232 22.7 50 |+0.95665 |+0.57268 |-0.07585 |+0.99712 |+0.53871 |-0.00763 | 234 52.7 | | | | | | | 4 00 |+1.04834 |+0.60137 |-0.07581 |+0.99712 |+0.53869 |-0.00765 | 237 22.8 10 |+1.14004 |+0.63006 |-0.07576 |+0.99713 |+0.53867 |-0.00767 | 239 52.8 20 |+1.23173 |+0.65876 |-0.07572 |+0.99713 |+0.53865 |-0.00770 | 242 22.8 30 |+1.32342 |+0.68745 |-0.07567 |+0.99713 |+0.53863 |-0.00772 | 244 52.9 40 |+1.41511 |+0.71614 |-0.07562 |+0.99714 |+0.53861 |-0.00774 | 247 22.9 --------------------------------------------------------------- Univers.| x' | y' !Univers.| x' | y' tgf =0.0047087 Time | | ! Time | | e --------|-----------|-----------!--------|-----------|--------- tgf =0.0046852 h | | ! h | | i 23 | +0.009167 | +0.002866 ! 3 | +0.009171 | +0.002869 m'=0.0043645 0 | +0.009169 | +0.002867 ! 4 | +0.009170 | +0.002869 1 | +0.009171 | +0.002868 ! 5 | +0.009168 | +0.002869 2 | +0.009171 | +0.002869 ! | | Path of Central Phase of Solar Eclipse of 2016, March 8-9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Southern Limit ! Central Line ! Northern Limit ! | | UT !------------------!------------------!------------------! t | w | h !Latitude|Longitude!Latitude|Longitude!Latitude|Longitude! | | s ---------!--------|---------!--------|---------!--------|---------!------|----|------ ! o ' | o ' ! o ' | o ' ! o ' | o ' ! | | Beginning!- 2 41.9|+ 88 21.4!- 2 15.4|+ 88 18.7!- 1 48.6|+ 88 12.8! | | h m ! | ! | ! | ! m s| | ш 0 20 !- 3 18.2|+102 07.0!- 2 47.6|+101 37.3!- 2 17.2|+101 06.2! 2 00 | 113| 14.1 0 25 !- 3 07.0|+109 12.3!- 2 35.1|+108 49.4!- 2 03.4|+108 25.8! 2 19 | 122| 22.6 ! | ! | ! | ! | | 0 30 !- 2 44.0|+114 04.1!- 2 11.1|+113 42.9!- 1 38.3|+113 21.3! 2 33 | 129| 28.7 0 35 !- 2 15.4|+117 55.2!- 1 41.6|+117 34.7!- 1 08.0|+117 13.7! 2 46 | 134| 33.7 0 40 !- 1 43.1|+121 09.8!- 1 08.8|+120 49.4!- 0 34.5|+120 28.8! 2 57 | 138| 38.2 0 45 !- 1 08.3|+123 59.6!- 0 33.4|+123 39.2!+ 0 01.4|+123 18.5! 3 07 | 142| 42.2 0 50 !- 0 31.5|+126 31.2!+ 0 03.8|+126 10.7!+ 0 39.1|+125 49.9! 3 16 | 145| 45.9 0 55 !+ 0 06.9|+128 48.9!+ 0 42.6|+128 28.2!+ 1 18.3|+128 07.2! 3 25 | 148| 49.3 ! | ! | ! | ! | | 1 00 !+ 0 46.7|+130 55.6!+ 1 22.7|+130 34.7!+ 1 58.7|+130 13.6! 3 32 | 150| 52.5 1 05 !+ 1 27.8|+132 53.6!+ 2 04.0|+132 32.4!+ 2 40.3|+132 11.1! 3 39 | 152| 55.6 1 10 !+ 2 09.9|+134 44.3!+ 2 46.4|+134 23.0!+ 3 22.8|+134 01.5! 3 46 | 154| 58.4 1 15 !+ 2 53.1|+136 29.1!+ 3 29.7|+136 07.6!+ 4 06.3|+135 45.9! 3 52 | 155| 61.2 1 20 !+ 3 37.1|+138 09.1!+ 4 13.9|+137 47.4!+ 4 50.6|+137 25.6! 3 57 | 157| 63.7 1 25 !+ 4 22.1|+139 45.0!+ 4 58.9|+139 23.1!+ 5 35.7|+139 01.2! 4 01 | 157| 66.1 ! | ! | ! | ! | | 1 30 !+ 5 07.8|+141 17.6!+ 5 44.7|+140 55.7!+ 6 21.6|+140 33.7! 4 05 | 158| 68.3 1 35 !+ 5 54.4|+142 47.6!+ 6 31.3|+142 25.6!+ 7 08.3|+142 03.6! 4 08 | 158| 70.3 1 40 !+ 6 41.7|+144 15.5!+ 7 18.7|+143 53.5!+ 7 55.7|+143 31.5! 4 11 | 159| 72.0 1 45 !+ 7 29.8|+145 41.9!+ 8 06.8|+145 20.0!+ 8 43.9|+144 58.0! 4 12 | 159| 73.3 1 50 !+ 8 18.6|+147 07.3!+ 8 55.7|+146 45.4!+ 9 32.8|+146 23.6! 4 14 | 158| 74.3 1 55 !+ 9 08.2|+148 32.2!+ 9 45.3|+148 10.4!+10 22.4|+147 48.7! 4 14 | 158| 74.8 ! | ! | ! | ! | | 2 00 !+ 9 58.6|+149 56.9!+10 35.7|+149 35.3!+11 12.9|+149 13.8! 4 14 | 158| 74.7 2 05 !+10 49.8|+151 22.0!+11 26.9|+151 00.7!+12 04.1|+150 39.4! 4 13 | 157| 74.2 2 10 !+11 41.8|+152 48.0!+12 18.9|+152 27.0!+12 56.1|+152 05.9! 4 12 | 157| 73.1 2 15 !+12 34.6|+154 15.4!+13 11.7|+153 54.7!+13 48.9|+153 34.0! 4 10 | 156| 71.7 2 20 !+13 28.3|+155 44.6!+14 05.4|+155 24.3!+14 42.6|+155 04.1! 4 07 | 155| 70.0 2 25 !+14 22.9|+157 16.4!+15 00.0|+156 56.5!+15 37.2|+156 36.8! 4 04 | 154| 68.0 ! | ! | ! | ! | | 2 30 !+15 18.4|+158 51.2!+15 55.6|+158 32.0!+16 32.8|+158 12.8! 4 00 | 153| 65.8 2 35 !+16 15.1|+160 29.9!+16 52.2|+160 11.3!+17 29.4|+159 52.8! 3 56 | 152| 63.3 2 40 !+17 12.8|+162 13.3!+17 49.9|+161 55.5!+18 27.1|+161 37.8! 3 51 | 150| 60.8 2 45 !+18 11.7|+164 02.5!+18 48.8|+163 45.5!+19 26.0|+163 28.7! 3 45 | 149| 58.0 2 50 !+19 12.0|+165 58.6!+19 49.1|+165 42.6!+20 26.2|+165 26.9! 3 39 | 147| 55.1 2 55 !+20 13.8|+168 03.2!+20 50.8|+167 48.4!+21 27.9|+167 33.8! 3 32 | 145| 52.0 ! | ! | ! | ! | | 3 00 !+21 17.3|+170 18.3!+21 54.1|+170 04.8!+22 31.2|+169 51.6! 3 24 | 143| 48.8 3 05 !+22 22.7|+172 46.5!+22 59.4|+172 34.6!+23 36.4|+172 23.0! 3 16 | 140| 45.3 3 10 !+23 30.4|+175 31.4!+24 07.0|+175 21.4!+24 43.8|+175 11.9! 3 07 | 138| 41.6 3 15 !+24 40.8|+178 38.4!+25 17.2|+178 30.8!+25 53.8|+178 23.7! 2 57 | 135| 37.5 3 20 !+25 54.9|-177 43.9!+26 31.0|-177 48.5!+27 07.3|-177 52.5! 2 46 | 131| 33.0 3 25 !+27 13.9|-173 20.5!+27 49.5|-173 21.0!+28 25.4|-173 20.7! 2 34 | 126| 27.8 ! | ! | ! | ! | | 3 30 !+28 40.6|-167 38.8!+29 15.7|-167 32.7!+29 51.0|-167 25.4! 2 19 | 121| 21.5 3 35 !+30 24.0|-158 51.1!+30 58.6|-158 28.4!+31 33.4|-158 02.6! 2 00 | 112| 12.5 ! | ! | ! | ! | | End !+32 07.1|-144 37.7!+32 34.5|-144 34.1!+33 02.0|-144 29.1! | | ---------!------------------!------------------!------------------!------|----|------ Time of ! h m s ! h m s ! h m s ! | | beginning! 0 16 31 ! 0 16 42 ! 0 16 53 ! | | end ! 3 37 46 ! 3 37 35 ! 3 37 23 ! | | Local circumstances of Solar Eclipse of 2016, March 8-9 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 Vladivostok | 1 39 22 | 2 00 52 | 2 22 28 | 0.037 | 195 | 154 | 39.0 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski | 2 15 38 | 2 47 11 | 3 18 14 | 0.097 | 174 | 114 | 30.7 Severo-Kuril'sk | 2 08 19 | 2 44 12 | 3 19 28 | 0.122 | 180 | 110 | 33.6 Yuzhno-Kuril'sk | 1 43 58 | 2 26 44 | 3 09 12 | 0.155 | 197 | 113 | 41.6 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 1 54 39 | 2 23 12 | 2 51 40 | 0.069 | 186 | 131 | 38.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observatory | T1 | Tm | T4 | M | Z1 | Z4 | h_s --------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|-------|-----|-----|----- | h m s| h m s| h m s| | o| o| o Chung-li, Taiwan, China (National Central Univ. Obs.) | 0 18 57 | 1 14 18 | 2 14 25 | 0.310 | 263 | 151 | 39.1 Danyang, South Korea (Sobaeksan Ast. Obs.) | 1 08 50 | 1 46 40 | 2 25 31 | 0.119 | 221 | 148 | 41.4 Gauribidanur, India (Gauribidanur Radio Obs.) | - | 1 03 39*| 1 17 37 | 0.212 | - | 177 | 0.0 Haleakala-AMOS/Maui, Hawaiian Is., USA (LURE Obs.) | 2 35 40 | 3 37 22 | - | 0.675 | 203 | - | 12.0 Hilo/Mauna Kea, Hawaiian Is., USA (Mauna Kea Obs.) | 2 37 07 | 3 37 41 | - | 0.643 | 204 | - | 11.3 | | | | | | | Hyderabad, India (Nizamiah Obs.) | - | 1 00 49*| 1 17 53 | 0.230 | - | 180 | 0.0 Ikomasan, Japan (Obs. Kyoto Univ.) | 1 06 30 | 1 59 20 | 2 53 22 | 0.229 | 227 | 119 | 47.5 Japal, India (Japal-Rangapur Obs.) | - | 0 59 36*| 1 17 56 | 0.247 | - | 180 | 0.0 Kamiku Isshiki, Japan (Nagoya Univ. Fujigane Sta.) | 1 10 24 | 2 05 49 | 3 02 04 | 0.251 | 225 | 110 | 48.5 Kamitakara, Japan (Hida Obs.) | 1 12 02 | 2 03 58 | 2 56 45 | 0.220 | 223 | 117 | 47.2 | | | | | | | Kashima, Japan (Kashima Space Reseach Center) | 1 14 02 | 2 10 44 | 3 07 53 | 0.264 | 223 | 105 | 48.7 Kavalur, India (Vainu Bappu Obs.) | - | 0 57 45*| 1 17 42 | 0.301 | - | 176 | 0.0 Kodaikanal, India (Solar Astroph. Obs.) | - | 1 02 27*| 1 17 07 | 0.236 | - | 175 | 0.0 Kunming, China (Yunnan obs.) | 0 07 14 | 0 48 41 | 1 33 20 | 0.232 | 265 | 180 | 18.1 Kamogata Machi, Kurashiki, Japan (Okayama Obs. at Mt.Churkin)| 1 03 02 | 1 54 06 | 2 46 38 | 0.215 | 229 | 125 | 46.5 | | | | | | | Lembang, Java, Indonesia (Bosscha Obs.) |23 19 54 | 0 21 47 | 1 32 11 | 0.884 | 357 | 158 | 20.8 Motsumoto, Japan (Norikura Solar Obs.) | 1 11 49 | 2 04 21 | 2 57 43 | 0.225 | 223 | 115 | 47.4 Mitaka-mura, Tokyo, Japan (National Obs.) | 1 12 03 | 2 08 04 | 3 04 44 | 0.257 | 224 | 108 | 48.6 Mizusawa, Japan (Internat. Latitude. Obs.) | 1 24 53 | 2 14 40 | 3 04 37 | 0.203 | 213 | 112 | 45.9 Nagoya, Japan (Nagoya Univ. Radio Ast. Lab.) | 1 07 57 | 2 02 00 | 2 57 07 | 0.239 | 227 | 115 | 48.0 | | | | | | | Nakaminato, Japan (Hiraiso Solar Terr. Rsch Center) | 1 15 19 | 2 11 03 | 3 07 13 | 0.255 | 222 | 106 | 48.3 Nanking, China (Purple Mt Obs.) | 0 42 35 | 1 21 15 | 2 01 51 | 0.140 | 239 | 165 | 34.9 Nobeyama, Japan (Nobeyama Solar Radio Obs.) | 1 12 00 | 2 06 06 | 3 00 59 | 0.239 | 224 | 112 | 48.0 Quezon City, Philippines (Manila Obs.) |23 51 24 | 0 58 42 | 2 14 37 | 0.566 | 294 | 147 | 39.8 Sendai, Japan (Sendai Obs.) | 1 21 44 | 2 13 20 | 3 05 13 | 0.218 | 216 | 110 | 46.7 | | | | | | | Sheshan, China (Sta.Shanghai Obs.) | 0 40 19 | 1 23 57 | 2 10 01 | 0.176 | 242 | 158 | 37.6 Simosato, Japan (Simosato Hydrographic Obs.) | 1 01 40 | 1 57 54 | 2 55 35 | 0.261 | 232 | 115 | 48.7 Sirahama, Japan (Sirahama Hydrographic Obs.) | 1 08 24 | 2 05 51 | 3 04 09 | 0.271 | 228 | 107 | 49.3 Taipei, Taiwan, China (Taipei Obs.) | 0 19 35 | 1 15 07 | 2 15 23 | 0.310 | 263 | 150 | 39.4 Tokyo, Japan (Dodaira Obs.) | 1 12 50 | 2 07 41 | 3 03 12 | 0.246 | 223 | 110 | 48.2 | | | | | | | Tokyo, Japan (Hydrographic Obs.) | 1 12 14 | 2 08 32 | 3 05 28 | 0.260 | 224 | 107 | 48.7 Tokyo-Kiso, Japan (Kiso Obs.) | 1 10 45 | 2 04 08 | 2 58 25 | 0.233 | 224 | 114 | 47.7 Toyokawa, Japan (Nagoya Univ. Sugadaira Radio Sta.) | 1 13 49 | 2 06 23 | 2 59 40 | 0.225 | 222 | 114 | 47.4 Toyokawa, Japan (Toyokawa Obs.) | 1 07 16 | 2 02 30 | 2 58 48 | 0.250 | 228 | 113 | 48.4 Uchinoura, Japan (Kagoshima Space Center) | 0 49 00 | 1 44 08 | 2 41 45 | 0.258 | 241 | 128 | 46.9 | | | | | | | Udhagamandalam (Ooty), India (Radio Astr. Center) | - | 1 06 01*| 1 17 14 | 0.179 | - | 175 | 0.0 Wuhan, China (Wuchang Time Obs.) | 0 33 31 | 1 11 29 | 1 51 36 | 0.146 | 245 | 172 | 30.5 Xujiahui, China (Shanghai Obs. Sta.) | 0 40 51 | 1 24 32 | 2 10 38 | 0.176 | 242 | 157 | 37.8