Eclipses of the Sun can only occur when the Moon is near one of its two orbital nodes [1] during the New Moon phase. It is then possible for the Moon's penumbral, umbral or antumbral shadows to sweep across Earth's surface thereby producing an eclipse. There are four types of solar eclipses:
Total eclipses are visible from within the Moon’s umbral shadow while annular eclipses are seen within the antumbral shadow . These eclipses can be classified as central [3] or non-central as:
The recurrence of solar eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle. For more information, see Periodicity of Solar Eclipses.
During the 8th century BCE[4], Earth experienced 234 solar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.
Solar Eclipses: -0799 - -0700 | |||
Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
All Eclipses | - | 234 | 100.0% |
Partial | P | 79 | 33.8% |
Annular | A | 88 | 37.6% |
Total | T | 64 | 27.4% |
Hybrid | H | 3 | 1.3% |
Annular and total eclipses can be classified as either central or non-central as follows: 1) Central (two limits), 2) Central (one limit) or 3) Non-Central (one limit). The statistical distribution of these classes during the 8th century BCE appears in the following three tables (no Hybrids are included since all are central with two limits).
Annular and Total Eclipses | ||
Classification | Number | Percent |
All | 152 | 100.0% |
Central (two limits) | 151 | 99.3% |
Central (one limit) | 1 | 0.7% |
Non-Central (one limit) | 0 | 0.0% |
Annular Eclipses | ||
Classification | Number | Percent |
All Annular Eclipses | 88 | 100.0% |
Central (two limits) | 87 | 98.9% |
Central (one limit) | 1 | 1.1% |
Non-Central (one limit) | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Eclipses | ||
Classification | Number | Percent |
All Total Eclipses | 64 | 100.0% |
Central (two limits) | 64 | 100.0% |
Central (one limit) | 0 | 0.0% |
Non-Central (one limit) | 0 | 0.0% |
There are a minimum of two and a maximum of five solar eclipses in every calendar year. Statistics for the number of eclipses each year during the century are listed below.
Number of Years with 2 Eclipses: 71 Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 24 Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 5
The longest and shortest central eclipses of the century as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses are listed in the below.
Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses: -799 to -700 | |||
Extrema Type | Date | Duration | Magnitude |
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse | -0762 Dec 10 | 11m29s | - |
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse | -0757 Sep 17 | 00m13s | - |
Longest Total Solar Eclipse | -0743 Jun 15 | 07m28s | - |
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse | -0793 Aug 26 | 00m29s | - |
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse | -0783 Feb 09 | 01m14s | - |
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse | -0775 Sep 06 | 00m10s | - |
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse | -0781 Jun 15 | - | 0.98147 |
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse | -0756 Mar 12 | - | 0.00472 |
During the century, 5 Saros series begin and 3 Saros Series end. The list below gives the year and Saros number of each of these events.
5 Saros Series begin [Year/Saros]: -756/ 66 -749/ 65 -727/ 72 -724/ 69 -709/ 67 3 Saros Series end [Year/Saros]: -771/ 25 -724/ 26 -713/ 27
The catalog below lists concise details and local circumstances at greatest eclipse[5] for every solar eclipse during the century. A description or explanation of each parameter listed in the catalog can be found in Key to Catalog of Solar Eclipses.
Several fields in the catalog link to web pages or files containing additional information for each eclipse. The following gives a brief explanation of each link.
TD of Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Path Central Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QLE Gamma Mag. Lat Long Alt Width Dur. s ° ° ° km 02853 -0799 Jun 04 11:39:33 21824 -34614 34 A -p 0.9286 0.9897 85N 5E 21 100 00m38s 02854 -0799 Nov 29 12:34:02 21816 -34608 39 A -p -0.4214 0.9638 45S 77E 65 144 03m29s 02855 -0798 May 24 23:34:25 21808 -34602 44 Tm nn 0.1215 1.0554 26N 86W 83 184 05m04s 02856 -0798 Nov 18 15:30:01 21800 -34596 49 A n- 0.2717 0.9225 2S 39E 74 304 10m53s 02857 -0797 May 14 16:11:28 21792 -34590 54 T p- -0.6224 1.0778 22S 34E 51 320 06m47s 02858 -0797 Nov 07 14:27:26 21784 -34584 59 A p- 0.9458 0.9124 55N 74E 18 1041 08m34s 02859 -0796 Apr 04 00:27:08 21777 -34579 26 P -t 1.2078 0.6151 72N 168E 0 02860 -0796 May 03 08:58:49 21776 -34578 64 P t- -1.3762 0.2978 70S 176W 0 02861 -0796 Sep 27 03:05:45 21769 -34573 31 P -t -1.2660 0.5073 72S 138E 0 02862 -0795 Mar 24 09:07:14 21761 -34567 36 A -p 0.4910 0.9679 26N 127E 60 132 03m31s 02863 -0795 Sep 16 16:31:48 21753 -34561 41 T -p -0.5238 1.0465 24S 12E 58 181 04m03s 02864 -0794 Mar 13 10:52:47 21745 -34555 46 A nn -0.2548 0.9381 20S 115E 75 237 07m40s 02865 -0794 Sep 06 08:47:51 21737 -34549 51 T n- 0.1718 1.0561 20N 142E 80 188 04m57s 02866 -0793 Mar 02 11:24:22 21728 -34543 56 A t- -0.9765 0.9399 75S 172W 12 1102 04m06s 02867 -0793 Aug 26 23:12:24 21720 -34537 61 T p- 0.9110 1.0076 73N 27W 24 65 00m29s 02868 -0792 Jan 21 05:53:25 21714 -34532 28 P -t 1.0995 0.8133 68N 174E 0 02869 -0792 Jul 16 17:06:39 21706 -34526 33 P -t -1.1258 0.7483 67S 12E 0 02870 -0791 Jan 09 20:41:34 21698 -34520 38 T -n 0.3888 1.0495 0S 37W 67 178 04m49s 02871 -0791 Jul 05 17:35:32 21689 -34514 43 A -p -0.3830 0.9474 1N 7E 67 209 07m23s 02872 -0791 Dec 30 12:21:11 21681 -34508 48 T n- -0.2892 1.0328 41S 85E 73 116 02m46s 02873 -0790 Jun 24 20:47:17 21673 -34502 53 A p- 0.3903 0.9852 46N 48W 67 57 01m24s 02874 -0790 Dec 20 00:12:19 21665 -34496 58 P p- -1.0187 0.9441 65S 110E 0 02875 -0789 May 15 23:31:19 21658 -34491 25 P -t -1.4139 0.2244 62S 29W 0 02876 -0789 Jun 14 07:10:12 21657 -34490 63 P t- 1.1259 0.7713 64N 11E 0 02877 -0789 Nov 09 09:54:51 21650 -34485 30 P -t 1.2760 0.4910 62N 179E 0 02878 -0788 May 04 16:38:37 21642 -34479 35 T -p -0.6724 1.0747 25S 38E 48 322 05m59s 02879 -0788 Oct 28 09:11:01 21634 -34473 40 A -p 0.5931 0.9286 22N 146E 53 325 08m04s 02880 -0787 Apr 24 08:36:58 21626 -34467 45 Tm nn 0.0704 1.0432 14N 138E 86 145 03m47s 02881 -0787 Oct 17 13:53:58 21618 -34461 50 A n- -0.1274 0.9817 13S 56E 83 65 01m47s 02882 -0786 Apr 13 19:02:34 21610 -34455 55 A p- 0.8723 0.9772 55N 61W 29 163 01m43s 02883 -0786 Oct 07 01:50:51 21602 -34449 60 T p- -0.8099 1.0284 47S 155W 36 161 01m59s 02884 -0785 Mar 04 06:03:10 21595 -34444 27 P -t -1.2457 0.5420 61S 69W 0 02885 -0785 Aug 28 08:20:47 21587 -34438 32 P -t 1.1557 0.7171 61N 99W 0 02886 -0785 Sep 26 17:39:36 21586 -34437 70 P t- -1.4605 0.1394 61S 82W 0 02887 -0784 Feb 21 07:32:00 21579 -34432 37 A -p -0.4961 0.9594 40S 178E 60 168 03m47s 02888 -0784 Aug 16 21:31:24 21571 -34426 42 H -p 0.4666 1.0024 42N 38W 62 9 00m12s 02889 -0783 Feb 09 15:39:19 21563 -34420 47 H n- 0.2535 1.0125 3S 34E 75 44 01m14s 02890 -0783 Aug 06 03:56:12 21555 -34414 52 A nn -0.2870 0.9557 4N 154W 73 168 05m26s 02891 -0782 Jan 30 05:50:56 21547 -34408 57 T t- 0.9378 1.0400 46N 160E 20 386 03m01s 02892 -0782 Jul 26 04:40:03 21539 -34402 62 P t- -1.0388 0.8933 63S 163E 0 02893 -0782 Dec 21 10:59:39 21532 -34397 29 P -t -1.0810 0.8473 66S 80W 0 02894 -0781 Jun 15 18:31:09 21524 -34391 34 P -t 1.0037 0.9815 67N 173E 0 02895 -0781 Dec 10 20:59:29 21516 -34385 39 A -p -0.4230 0.9615 48S 48W 65 154 03m41s 02896 -0780 Jun 04 06:49:16 21508 -34379 44 T nn 0.1975 1.0580 33N 164E 78 195 05m06s 02897 -0780 Nov 28 23:34:55 21500 -34373 49 A nn 0.2693 0.9212 5S 84W 74 310 11m17s 02898 -0779 May 24 23:36:32 21492 -34367 54 T p- -0.5483 1.0792 14S 82W 57 305 07m11s 02899 -0779 Nov 17 22:30:21 21484 -34361 59 A p- 0.9403 0.9132 52N 55W 19 984 08m53s 02900 -0778 Apr 15 07:46:06 21477 -34356 26 P -t 1.2767 0.4878 71N 43E 0 02901 -0778 May 14 16:17:05 21476 -34355 64 P t- -1.3088 0.4264 70S 61E 0 02902 -0778 Oct 08 11:23:56 21469 -34350 31 P -t -1.2773 0.4870 72S 2W 0
TD of Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Path Central Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QLE Gamma Mag. Lat Long Alt Width Dur. s ° ° ° km 02903 -0777 Apr 04 16:05:25 21461 -34344 36 A -p 0.5584 0.9669 35N 17E 56 143 03m25s 02904 -0777 Sep 28 00:57:17 21453 -34338 41 T -p -0.5447 1.0449 30S 117W 57 177 03m46s 02905 -0776 Mar 23 17:40:54 21445 -34332 46 A nn -0.1907 0.9407 13S 10E 79 223 07m32s 02906 -0776 Sep 16 17:06:09 21437 -34326 51 T n- 0.1441 1.0517 14N 15E 82 173 04m39s 02907 -0775 Mar 12 18:30:48 21429 -34320 56 A t- -0.9204 0.9479 67S 39E 23 493 04m01s 02908 -0775 Sep 06 07:07:03 21421 -34314 61 H p- 0.8785 1.0025 66N 160W 28 18 00m10s 02909 -0774 Jan 31 14:09:54 21415 -34309 28 P -t 1.1180 0.7809 69N 37E 0 02910 -0774 Jul 27 23:52:12 21407 -34303 33 P -t -1.1957 0.6275 68S 102W 0 02911 -0773 Jan 21 05:16:36 21398 -34297 38 T -n 0.4043 1.0525 2N 168W 66 190 05m04s 02912 -0773 Jul 17 00:10:02 21390 -34291 43 A -p -0.4595 0.9459 4S 94W 63 224 07m36s 02913 -0772 Jan 10 20:59:12 21382 -34285 48 T n- -0.2803 1.0329 40S 43W 74 116 02m49s 02914 -0772 Jul 05 03:37:59 21374 -34279 53 A p- 0.3119 0.9872 42N 148W 72 47 01m15s 02915 -0772 Dec 30 08:37:21 21366 -34273 58 P p- -1.0163 0.9477 66S 27W 0 02916 -0771 May 26 06:50:24 21360 -34268 25 Pe -t -1.4838 0.0890 63S 149W 0 02917 -0771 Jun 24 14:24:39 21358 -34267 63 P t- 1.0495 0.9156 65N 108W 0 02918 -0771 Nov 19 17:56:10 21352 -34262 30 P -t 1.2813 0.4822 62N 49E 0 02919 -0770 May 16 00:03:57 21344 -34256 35 T -p -0.7469 1.0732 28S 75W 41 352 05m54s 02920 -0770 Nov 08 17:17:02 21336 -34250 40 A -p 0.5976 0.9292 19N 22E 53 324 08m19s 02921 -0769 May 05 15:52:09 21328 -34244 45 T nn -0.0033 1.0413 13N 29E 90 138 03m44s 02922 -0769 Oct 28 22:18:09 21320 -34238 50 A n- -0.1195 0.9829 17S 72W 83 61 01m40s 02923 -0768 Apr 24 01:54:31 21312 -34232 55 A p- 0.8001 0.9776 54N 159W 37 131 01m44s 02924 -0768 Oct 17 10:27:38 21304 -34226 60 T p- -0.7967 1.0284 50S 73E 37 157 01m56s 02925 -0767 Mar 14 12:58:32 21297 -34221 27 P -t -1.3028 0.4454 61S 177E 0 02926 -0767 Sep 07 16:28:36 21289 -34215 32 P -t 1.1919 0.6479 61N 129E 0 02927 -0767 Oct 07 02:13:14 21288 -34214 70 P t- -1.4446 0.1707 61S 139E 0 02928 -0766 Mar 03 14:54:43 21281 -34209 37 A -p -0.5412 0.9648 38S 68E 57 149 03m14s 02929 -0766 Aug 28 05:11:00 21273 -34203 42 A -p 0.5121 0.9955 40N 152W 59 18 00m23s 02930 -0765 Feb 20 23:36:23 21265 -34197 47 T n- 0.2177 1.0190 2S 86W 77 66 01m49s 02931 -0765 Aug 17 11:00:55 21257 -34191 52 A nn -0.2310 0.9507 4N 99E 77 185 05m53s 02932 -0764 Feb 10 14:10:56 21249 -34185 57 T p- 0.9100 1.0456 43N 32E 24 362 03m25s 02933 -0764 Aug 05 11:25:43 21241 -34179 62 A t- -0.9723 0.9282 52S 66E 13 1174 06m53s 02934 -0764 Dec 31 19:37:35 21234 -34174 29 P -t -1.0898 0.8308 65S 138E 0 02935 -0763 Jun 26 01:27:44 21227 -34168 34 P -t 1.0758 0.8521 66N 57E 0 02936 -0763 Dec 21 05:19:37 21219 -34162 39 A -p -0.4284 0.9598 49S 169W 64 162 03m49s 02937 -0762 Jun 15 14:07:32 21211 -34156 44 T -n 0.2715 1.0596 39N 54E 74 204 05m00s 02938 -0762 Dec 10 07:38:16 21203 -34150 49 A nn 0.2654 0.9206 7S 153E 75 312 11m29s 02939 -0761 Jun 05 07:01:07 21195 -34144 54 T p- -0.4737 1.0797 7S 163E 62 292 07m25s 02940 -0761 Nov 29 06:36:00 21187 -34138 59 A p- 0.9364 0.9145 49N 177E 20 940 09m04s 02941 -0760 Apr 25 14:57:16 21180 -34133 26 P -t 1.3511 0.3506 71N 79W 0 02942 -0760 May 24 23:31:16 21179 -34132 64 P t- -1.2383 0.5604 69S 61W 0 02943 -0760 Oct 18 19:50:33 21172 -34127 31 P -t -1.2825 0.4777 71S 144W 0 02944 -0759 Apr 14 22:53:03 21164 -34121 36 A -p 0.6336 0.9654 44N 90W 50 160 03m20s 02945 -0759 Oct 08 09:31:44 21156 -34115 41 T -p -0.5584 1.0434 35S 111E 56 174 03m31s 02946 -0758 Apr 04 00:20:54 21148 -34109 46 A nn -0.1200 0.9432 4S 94W 83 211 07m20s 02947 -0758 Sep 28 01:31:40 21140 -34103 51 T n- 0.1228 1.0474 8N 114W 83 159 04m20s 02948 -0757 Mar 24 01:32:01 21132 -34097 56 A t- -0.8589 0.9550 57S 83W 30 319 03m50s 02949 -0757 Sep 17 15:08:17 21124 -34091 61 A p- 0.8522 0.9970 60N 71E 31 20 00m13s 02950 -0756 Feb 11 22:20:51 21118 -34086 28 P -t 1.1418 0.7382 70N 99W 0 02951 -0756 Mar 12 08:51:34 21116 -34085 66 Pb t- -1.5417 0.0047 71S 112W 0 02952 -0756 Aug 07 06:42:52 21110 -34080 33 P -t -1.2607 0.5162 69S 142E 0
TD of Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Path Central Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QLE Gamma Mag. Lat Long Alt Width Dur. s ° ° ° km 02953 -0755 Jan 31 13:45:31 21102 -34074 38 T -n 0.4250 1.0556 6N 62E 65 202 05m17s 02954 -0755 Jul 27 06:52:13 21094 -34068 43 A -p -0.5298 0.9441 11S 163E 58 243 07m42s 02955 -0754 Jan 21 05:29:27 21086 -34062 48 T n- -0.2655 1.0333 37S 169W 74 116 02m54s 02956 -0754 Jul 16 10:37:53 21078 -34056 53 A n- 0.2401 0.9888 37N 108E 76 41 01m09s 02957 -0753 Jan 10 16:55:10 21070 -34050 58 P p- -1.0091 0.9600 67S 164W 0 02958 -0753 Jul 05 21:44:52 21062 -34044 63 T t- 0.9769 1.0328 77N 138E 12 557 01m40s 02959 -0753 Dec 01 01:57:14 21055 -34039 30 P -t 1.2865 0.4736 63N 82W 0 02960 -0752 May 26 07:27:48 21047 -34033 35 T -p -0.8222 1.0705 33S 173E 34 398 05m40s 02961 -0752 Nov 19 01:26:10 21039 -34027 40 A -p 0.6005 0.9305 17N 103W 53 320 08m28s 02962 -0751 May 15 23:01:44 21031 -34021 45 T nn -0.0809 1.0386 13N 78W 85 130 03m37s 02963 -0751 Nov 08 06:48:08 21023 -34015 50 A n- -0.1155 0.9848 21S 160E 83 54 01m29s 02964 -0750 May 05 08:39:48 21015 -34009 55 A p- 0.7229 0.9772 53N 105E 43 116 01m49s 02965 -0750 Oct 28 19:10:19 21008 -34003 60 T p- -0.7881 1.0288 54S 60W 38 156 01m55s 02966 -0749 Mar 25 19:45:38 21001 -33998 27 P -t -1.3664 0.3371 61S 66E 0 02967 -0749 Apr 24 11:17:29 21000 -33997 65 Pb t- 1.5140 0.0838 61N 11W 0 02968 -0749 Sep 19 00:44:21 20993 -33992 32 P -t 1.2213 0.5921 61N 5W 0 02969 -0749 Oct 18 10:53:50 20992 -33991 70 P t- -1.4347 0.1904 61S 1W 0 02970 -0748 Mar 13 22:09:18 20985 -33986 37 A -p -0.5938 0.9702 37S 41W 53 131 02m42s 02971 -0748 Sep 07 12:57:40 20977 -33980 42 A -p 0.5509 0.9886 38N 92E 56 48 00m58s 02972 -0747 Mar 03 07:25:55 20969 -33974 47 T n- 0.1749 1.0256 1S 155E 80 88 02m21s 02973 -0747 Aug 27 18:13:34 20961 -33968 52 A nn -0.1818 0.9457 4N 10W 80 203 06m20s 02974 -0746 Feb 20 22:23:27 20953 -33962 57 T p- 0.8758 1.0511 41N 94W 29 344 03m47s 02975 -0746 Aug 16 18:21:08 20945 -33956 62 A t- -0.9131 0.9285 44S 37W 24 644 07m18s 02976 -0745 Jan 12 04:10:49 20939 -33951 29 P -t -1.1024 0.8077 64S 1W 0 02977 -0745 Jul 07 08:29:47 20931 -33945 34 P -t 1.1442 0.7287 65N 60W 0 02978 -0744 Jan 01 13:36:07 20923 -33939 39 A -p -0.4362 0.9586 50S 70E 64 167 03m54s 02979 -0744 Jun 25 21:29:20 20915 -33933 44 T -n 0.3434 1.0605 44N 55W 70 212 04m51s 02980 -0744 Dec 20 15:38:37 20907 -33927 49 A nn 0.2595 0.9207 9S 32E 75 311 11m26s 02981 -0743 Jun 15 14:27:14 20899 -33921 54 T p- -0.4004 1.0792 1S 49E 66 279 07m28s 02982 -0743 Dec 09 14:40:59 20891 -33915 59 A p- 0.9312 0.9166 47N 49E 21 881 09m04s 02983 -0742 May 06 22:04:25 20885 -33910 26 P -t 1.4275 0.2104 70N 160E 0 02984 -0742 Jun 05 06:45:52 20883 -33909 64 P t- -1.1686 0.6919 68S 177E 0 02985 -0742 Oct 30 04:22:22 20877 -33904 31 P -t -1.2844 0.4742 71S 73E 0 02986 -0741 Apr 26 05:35:33 20869 -33898 36 A -p 0.7120 0.9634 54N 163E 44 188 03m16s 02987 -0741 Oct 19 18:12:23 20861 -33892 41 T -p -0.5676 1.0423 40S 21W 55 171 03m19s 02988 -0740 Apr 14 06:52:52 20853 -33886 46 A nn -0.0426 0.9455 4N 165E 88 201 07m04s 02989 -0740 Oct 08 10:04:20 20845 -33880 51 T n- 0.1077 1.0432 3N 116E 84 145 04m01s 02990 -0739 Apr 03 08:25:25 20837 -33874 56 A p- -0.7897 0.9617 47S 163E 38 224 03m35s 02991 -0739 Sep 27 23:17:35 20829 -33868 61 A p- 0.8331 0.9916 54N 58W 33 53 00m40s 02992 -0738 Feb 22 06:22:32 20823 -33863 28 P -t 1.1738 0.6798 71N 127E 0 02993 -0738 Mar 23 16:19:52 20821 -33862 66 P t- -1.4834 0.1085 72S 121E 0 02994 -0738 Aug 18 13:43:07 20815 -33857 33 P -t -1.3171 0.4204 70S 24E 0 02995 -0737 Feb 11 22:06:33 20807 -33851 38 T -p 0.4526 1.0587 10N 66W 63 216 05m27s 02996 -0737 Aug 07 13:42:29 20799 -33845 43 A -p -0.5939 0.9421 17S 56E 53 265 07m40s 02997 -0736 Feb 01 13:52:44 20791 -33839 48 T n- -0.2453 1.0339 34S 65E 76 118 03m01s 02998 -0736 Jul 26 17:45:01 20783 -33833 53 A nn 0.1735 0.9899 32N 2E 80 36 01m04s 02999 -0735 Jan 21 01:05:13 20775 -33827 58 As p- -0.9961 0.9621 70S 60E 3 - 02m04s 03000 -0735 Jul 16 05:10:58 20767 -33821 63 T t- 0.9082 1.0373 89N 145W 24 305 02m06s 03001 -0735 Dec 11 09:58:17 20761 -33816 30 P -t 1.2915 0.4652 64N 147E 0 03002 -0734 Jun 06 14:51:32 20753 -33810 35 T -t -0.8975 1.0665 40S 60E 26 491 05m12s
TD of Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Path Central Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QLE Gamma Mag. Lat Long Alt Width Dur. s ° ° ° km 03003 -0734 Nov 30 09:37:18 20745 -33804 40 A -p 0.6024 0.9324 15N 131E 53 312 08m30s 03004 -0733 May 27 06:09:39 20737 -33798 45 T nn -0.1591 1.0352 11N 175E 81 120 03m26s 03005 -0733 Nov 19 15:22:07 20729 -33792 50 A n- -0.1140 0.9871 24S 31E 83 46 01m16s 03006 -0732 May 15 15:19:45 20721 -33786 55 A p- 0.6419 0.9761 52N 11E 50 110 01m59s 03007 -0732 Nov 08 03:57:44 20713 -33780 60 T p- -0.7831 1.0293 58S 166E 38 158 01m54s 03008 -0731 Apr 05 02:25:46 20707 -33775 27 P -t -1.4353 0.2191 61S 44W 0 03009 -0731 May 04 17:41:04 20706 -33774 65 P t- 1.4323 0.2232 62N 117W 0 03010 -0731 Sep 29 09:07:08 20699 -33769 32 P -t 1.2448 0.5479 61N 141W 0 03011 -0731 Oct 28 19:38:52 20698 -33768 70 P t- -1.4286 0.2025 61S 142W 0 03012 -0730 Mar 25 05:17:53 20691 -33763 37 A -p -0.6522 0.9753 36S 148W 49 114 02m13s 03013 -0730 Sep 18 20:52:12 20683 -33757 42 A -p 0.5823 0.9821 35N 27W 54 77 01m34s 03014 -0729 Mar 14 15:09:18 20675 -33751 47 T n- 0.1258 1.0320 1N 39E 83 109 02m52s 03015 -0729 Sep 08 01:33:43 20667 -33745 52 A nn -0.1394 0.9409 2N 121W 82 221 06m47s 03016 -0728 Mar 03 06:28:10 20659 -33739 57 T p- 0.8348 1.0566 40N 143E 33 331 04m07s 03017 -0728 Aug 27 01:26:21 20652 -33733 62 A p- -0.8612 0.9277 40S 144W 30 517 07m27s 03018 -0727 Jan 22 12:34:44 20645 -33728 29 P -t -1.1222 0.7714 63S 138W 0 03019 -0727 Jul 17 15:40:03 20637 -33722 34 P -t 1.2069 0.6153 64N 179W 0 03020 -0727 Aug 16 03:50:07 20636 -33721 72 Pb t- -1.5437 0.0212 62S 154E 0 03021 -0726 Jan 11 21:44:28 20629 -33716 39 A -p -0.4504 0.9579 49S 49W 63 172 03m56s 03022 -0726 Jul 07 04:56:39 20621 -33710 44 T -n 0.4113 1.0607 48N 164W 65 219 04m38s 03023 -0726 Dec 31 23:33:25 20614 -33704 49 A nn 0.2491 0.9215 9S 88W 76 306 11m10s 03024 -0725 Jun 26 21:55:33 20606 -33698 54 T n- -0.3288 1.0777 5N 65W 71 266 07m18s 03025 -0725 Dec 20 22:45:21 20598 -33692 59 A p- 0.9249 0.9194 44N 78W 22 812 08m54s 03026 -0724 May 17 05:04:34 20591 -33687 26 Pe -t 1.5084 0.0628 70N 41E 0 03027 -0724 Jun 15 13:57:48 20590 -33686 64 P t- -1.0974 0.8255 67S 57E 0 03028 -0724 Nov 09 13:00:39 20583 -33681 31 P -t -1.2820 0.4785 70S 71W 0 03029 -0724 Dec 09 02:48:54 20582 -33680 69 Pb t- 1.5521 0.0055 67N 130W 0 03030 -0723 May 06 12:10:17 20576 -33675 36 A -p 0.7960 0.9606 64N 56E 37 236 03m12s 03031 -0723 Oct 30 02:58:53 20568 -33669 41 T -p -0.5722 1.0416 45S 154W 55 169 03m10s 03032 -0722 Apr 25 13:19:51 20560 -33663 46 Am nn 0.0391 0.9475 13N 64E 88 193 06m45s 03033 -0722 Oct 19 18:43:18 20552 -33657 51 T nn 0.0980 1.0393 2S 16W 84 132 03m42s 03034 -0721 Apr 14 15:15:24 20544 -33651 56 A p- -0.7168 0.9681 37S 53E 44 163 03m15s 03035 -0721 Oct 09 07:32:07 20536 -33645 61 A p- 0.8192 0.9863 49N 173E 35 84 01m09s 03036 -0720 Mar 04 14:18:58 20530 -33640 28 P -t 1.2107 0.6114 71N 7W 0 03037 -0720 Apr 02 23:44:08 20528 -33639 66 P t- -1.4209 0.2216 72S 6W 0 03038 -0720 Aug 28 20:50:35 20522 -33634 33 P -t -1.3668 0.3368 71S 97W 0 03039 -0719 Feb 22 06:19:28 20514 -33628 38 T -p 0.4868 1.0617 15N 168E 61 231 05m32s 03040 -0719 Aug 17 20:43:10 20506 -33622 43 A -p -0.6496 0.9400 24S 53W 49 291 07m31s 03041 -0718 Feb 11 22:07:07 20498 -33616 48 T n- -0.2186 1.0345 29S 59W 77 119 03m08s 03042 -0718 Aug 07 01:02:14 20491 -33610 53 A nn 0.1142 0.9906 26N 108W 83 33 01m01s 03043 -0717 Feb 01 09:05:52 20483 -33604 58 A p- -0.9766 0.9643 79S 95W 12 644 02m07s 03044 -0717 Jul 27 12:45:12 20475 -33598 63 T t- 0.8458 1.0398 79N 96E 32 252 02m24s 03045 -0717 Dec 22 17:55:38 20468 -33593 30 P -t 1.2993 0.4521 65N 17E 0 03046 -0716 Jun 16 22:15:24 20460 -33587 35 T -t -0.9722 1.0601 52S 52W 13 874 04m21s 03047 -0716 Dec 10 17:48:27 20453 -33581 40 A -p 0.6048 0.9351 14N 6E 53 301 08m22s 03048 -0715 Jun 06 13:15:20 20445 -33575 45 T -n -0.2380 1.0310 9N 68E 76 108 03m10s 03049 -0715 Nov 29 23:57:18 20437 -33569 50 A n- -0.1130 0.9900 27S 98W 83 35 00m59s 03050 -0714 May 26 21:56:48 20429 -33563 55 A p- 0.5594 0.9743 51N 83W 56 110 02m14s 03051 -0714 Nov 19 12:48:45 20421 -33557 60 T p- -0.7812 1.0304 63S 32E 38 164 01m56s 03052 -0713 Apr 16 08:59:26 20415 -33552 27 Pe -t -1.5091 0.0917 61S 153W 0
TD of Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Path Central Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QLE Gamma Mag. Lat Long Alt Width Dur. s ° ° ° km 03053 -0713 May 16 00:00:37 20413 -33551 65 P t- 1.3470 0.3691 62N 138E 0 03054 -0713 Oct 10 17:36:39 20407 -33546 32 P -t 1.2624 0.5150 61N 82E 0 03055 -0713 Nov 09 04:28:32 20406 -33545 70 P t- -1.4268 0.2066 62S 75E 0 03056 -0712 Apr 04 12:20:27 20399 -33540 37 A -p -0.7163 0.9801 36S 107E 44 98 01m47s 03057 -0712 Sep 29 04:54:14 20391 -33534 42 A -p 0.6068 0.9758 33N 149W 52 107 02m11s 03058 -0711 Mar 24 22:45:09 20383 -33528 47 T nn 0.0695 1.0382 2N 76W 86 128 03m21s 03059 -0711 Sep 18 09:03:14 20376 -33522 52 A nn -0.1051 0.9363 0S 125E 84 238 07m15s 03060 -0710 Mar 14 14:25:57 20368 -33516 57 T p- 0.7877 1.0617 39N 22E 38 321 04m26s 03061 -0710 Sep 07 08:41:03 20360 -33510 62 A p- -0.8164 0.9266 39S 106E 35 462 07m29s 03062 -0709 Feb 02 20:51:57 20353 -33505 29 P -t -1.1471 0.7260 63S 87E 0 03063 -0709 Mar 04 06:56:06 20352 -33504 67 Pb t- 1.5025 0.0612 61N 93E 0 03064 -0709 Jul 28 22:58:08 20346 -33499 34 P -t 1.2640 0.5116 63N 61E 0 03065 -0709 Aug 27 11:16:26 20344 -33498 72 P t- -1.4930 0.1101 61S 32E 0 03066 -0708 Jan 23 05:45:46 20338 -33493 39 A -p -0.4695 0.9575 48S 166W 62 175 03m56s 03067 -0708 Jul 17 12:28:51 20330 -33487 44 T -p 0.4756 1.0601 50N 87E 61 225 04m25s 03068 -0707 Jan 11 07:22:27 20322 -33481 49 A nn 0.2340 0.9229 10S 154E 77 299 10m42s 03069 -0707 Jul 07 05:27:58 20314 -33475 54 T n- -0.2608 1.0755 9N 180E 75 253 07m00s 03070 -0707 Dec 31 06:44:38 20307 -33469 59 A p- 0.9136 0.9230 42N 156E 24 718 08m34s 03071 -0706 Jun 26 21:13:03 20299 -33463 64 P t- -1.0292 0.9519 66S 64W 0 03072 -0706 Nov 20 21:41:18 20292 -33458 31 P -t -1.2789 0.4842 69S 145E 0 03073 -0706 Dec 20 11:15:50 20291 -33457 69 P t- 1.5448 0.0165 66N 91E 0 03074 -0705 May 17 18:41:36 20284 -33452 36 A -t 0.8817 0.9569 76N 60W 28 336 03m08s 03075 -0705 Nov 10 11:48:56 20277 -33446 41 T -p -0.5744 1.0413 49S 73E 55 169 03m04s 03076 -0704 May 05 19:42:17 20269 -33440 46 A nn 0.1249 0.9491 21N 34W 83 188 06m23s 03077 -0704 Oct 30 03:27:08 20261 -33434 51 T nn 0.0929 1.0359 7S 149W 85 121 03m26s 03078 -0703 Apr 24 21:59:40 20253 -33428 56 A p- -0.6379 0.9739 28S 55W 50 120 02m51s 03079 -0703 Oct 19 15:53:39 20245 -33422 61 A p- 0.8117 0.9813 44N 43E 35 113 01m40s 03080 -0702 Mar 15 22:07:08 20239 -33417 28 P -t 1.2550 0.5285 71N 139W 0 03081 -0702 Apr 14 07:02:58 20238 -33416 66 P t- -1.3528 0.3465 71S 131W 0 03082 -0702 Sep 09 04:07:20 20231 -33411 33 P -t -1.4085 0.2675 71S 139E 0 03083 -0701 Mar 05 14:24:23 20223 -33405 38 T -p 0.5280 1.0643 22N 43E 58 246 05m33s 03084 -0701 Aug 29 03:53:51 20216 -33399 43 A -p -0.6975 0.9379 30S 166W 46 319 07m18s 03085 -0700 Feb 23 06:12:09 20208 -33393 48 T nn -0.1843 1.0352 23S 179E 79 121 03m16s 03086 -0700 Aug 17 08:28:33 20200 -33387 53 A nn 0.0615 0.9910 20N 139E 86 32 00m59s
Detailed maps of all annular, total and hybrid eclipses during the 8th century BCE can be found at the World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths. The maps are broken down into 20 year intervals and may be accessed through the links below. Each map is stored in GIF format with a typical file size of 130 kilobytes.
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Each link below displays a web page containing 100 years of solar eclipses. Every eclipse has links of global maps, central paths plotted on Google Maps, Saros series tables, and Besselian elements.
These web pages are part of the Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000
The Gregorian calendar is used for all dates from 1582 Oct 15 onwards. Before that date, the Julian calendar is used. For more information on this topic, see Calendar Dates. The Julian calendar does not include the year 0. Thus the year 1 BCE is followed by the year 1 CE (See: BCE/CE Dating Conventions ). This is awkward for arithmetic calculations. Years in this catalog are numbered astronomically and include the year 0. Historians should note there is a difference of one year between astronomical dates and BCE dates. Thus, the astronomical year 0 corresponds to 1 BCE, and astronomical year -1 corresponds to 2 BCE, etc..
The coordinates of the Sun used in these predictions are based on the VSOP87 theory [Bretagnon and Francou, 1988]. The Moon's coordinates are based on the ELP-2000/82 theory [Chapront-Touze and Chapront, 1983]. For more information, see: Solar and Lunar Ephemerides. The revised value used for the Moon's secular acceleration is n-dot = -25.858 arc-sec/cy*cy, as deduced from the Apollo lunar laser ranging experiment (Chapront, Chapront-Touze, and Francou, 2002).
The largest uncertainty in the eclipse predictions is caused by fluctuations in Earth's rotation due primarily to tidal friction of the Moon. The resultant drift in apparent clock time is expressed as ΔT and is determined as follows:
A series of polynomial expressions have been derived to simplify the evaluation of ΔT for any time from -1999 to +3000. The uncertainty in ΔT over this period can be estimated from scatter in the measurements.
[1] The Moon's orbit is inclined about 5.1° to Earth's orbit around the Sun. The points where the lunar orbit intersects the plane of Earth's orbit are known as the nodes. The Moon moves from south to north of Earth's orbit at the ascending node, and from north to south at the descending node.
[2] Hybrid eclipses are also known as annular/total eclipses. Such an eclipse is both total and annular along different sections of its umbral path. (See: Five Millennium Catalog of Hybrid Solar Eclipses)
[3] Central solar eclipses are eclipses in which the central axis of the Moon's shadow strikes the Earth's surface. All partial (penumbral) eclipses are non-central eclipses since the shadow axis misses Earth. However, umbral eclipses (total, annular and hybrid) may be either central (usually) or non-central (rarely).
[4] The terms BCE and CE are abbreviations for "Before Common Era" and "Common Era," respectively. They are the secular equivalents to the BC and AD dating conventions. (See: Year Dating Conventions )
[5] Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when the axis of the Moon's shadow passes closest to the Earth's center. For total eclipses, the instant of greatest eclipse is virtually identical to the instants of greatest magnitude and greatest duration. However, for annular eclipses, the instant of greatest duration may occur at either the time of greatest eclipse or near the sunrise and sunset points of the eclipse path.
The information presented on this web page is based on data published in Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000. The individual global maps appearing in links were extracted from full page plates appearing in Five Millennium Canon by Dan McGlaun. The Besselian elements were provided by Jean Meeus. Fred Espenak assumes full responsibility for the accuracy of all eclipse calculations.
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak (NASA's GSFC)"