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 20th century BCE[4], Earth experienced 239 solar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.
| Solar Eclipses: -1999 - -1900 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 239 | 100.0% |
| Partial | P | 84 | 35.1% |
| Annular | A | 71 | 29.7% |
| Total | T | 62 | 25.9% |
| Hybrid | H | 22 | 9.2% |
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 20th 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 | 133 | 100.0% |
| Central (two limits) | 131 | 98.5% |
| Central (one limit) | 1 | 0.8% |
| Non-Central (one limit) | 1 | 0.8% |
| Annular Eclipses | ||
| Classification | Number | Percent |
| All Annular Eclipses | 71 | 100.0% |
| Central (two limits) | 69 | 97.2% |
| Central (one limit) | 1 | 1.4% |
| Non-Central (one limit) | 1 | 1.4% |
| Total Eclipses | ||
| Classification | Number | Percent |
| All Total Eclipses | 62 | 100.0% |
| Central (two limits) | 62 | 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: 19
Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 10
Two eclipses in same month: -1957 Mar
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: -1999 to -1900 | |||
| Extrema Type | Date | Duration | Magnitude |
| Longest Annular Solar Eclipse | -1982 Dec 28 | 11m38s | - |
| Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse | -1971 Jun 02 | 00m03s | - |
| Longest Total Solar Eclipse | -1912 Apr 12 | 06m48s | - |
| Shortest Total Solar Eclipse | -1902 Mar 23 | 01m07s | - |
| Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse | -1942 Nov 07 | 01m17s | - |
| Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse | -1925 Jan 07 | 00m02s | - |
| Largest Partial Solar Eclipse | -1953 Jun 14 | - | 0.94889 |
| Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse | -1957 Sep 24 | - | 0.00614 |
During the century, 5 Saros series begin and 2 Saros Series end. The list below gives the year and Saros number of each of these events.
5 Saros Series begin [Year/Saros]: -1993/ 27 -1982/ 33 -1957/ 32 -1917/ 34 -1910/ 28
2 Saros Series end [Year/Saros]: -1979/-13 -1932/-12
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.
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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
00001 -1999 Jun 12 03:14:51 46438 -49456 5 T -n -0.2701 1.0733 6N 33W 74 247 06m37s
00002 -1999 Dec 05 23:45:23 46426 -49450 10 A n- -0.2317 0.9382 33S 11E 76 236 06m44s
00003 -1998 Jun 01 18:09:16 46415 -49444 15 T p- 0.4994 1.0284 46N 83E 60 111 02m15s
00004 -1998 Nov 25 05:57:03 46403 -49438 20 A p- -0.9045 0.9806 68S 144W 25 162 01m14s
00005 -1997 Apr 22 13:19:56 46393 -49433 -13 P -t -1.4670 0.1611 61S 106W 0
00006 -1997 May 22 02:45:35 46391 -49432 25 P t- 1.3253 0.4035 62N 152W 0
00007 -1997 Oct 16 08:01:52 46381 -49427 -8 P -t 1.1669 0.6954 61N 23W 0
00008 -1997 Nov 14 18:48:49 46379 -49426 30 P t- -1.5183 0.0377 61S 28W 0
00009 -1996 Apr 10 13:54:52 46369 -49421 -3 A -p -0.7231 0.9464 38S 167W 43 277 05m11s
00010 -1996 Oct 04 23:23:37 46358 -49415 2 T -p 0.5166 1.0257 29N 39E 59 101 02m04s
00011 -1995 Mar 30 17:24:52 46346 -49409 7 A nn 0.0609 0.9873 0S 113E 87 45 01m17s
00012 -1995 Sep 24 10:31:54 46334 -49403 12 A nn -0.1863 0.9766 3S 150W 79 85 02m22s
00013 -1994 Mar 20 03:59:50 46322 -49397 17 T p- 0.8091 1.0333 39N 73W 36 186 02m35s
00014 -1994 Sep 13 14:32:00 46310 -49391 22 A p- -0.9265 0.9249 48S 116E 22 733 06m57s
00015 -1993 Feb 08 11:41:40 46301 -49386 -11 P -t -1.0699 0.8826 63S 23W 0
00016 -1993 Mar 09 19:48:09 46299 -49385 27 Pb t- 1.4907 0.0754 61N 11E 0
00017 -1993 Aug 03 21:35:06 46289 -49380 -6 P -t 1.3116 0.4292 63N 167W 0
00018 -1992 Jan 29 02:34:14 46277 -49374 -1 T -p -0.3875 1.0181 44S 13W 67 67 01m30s
00019 -1992 Jul 23 04:03:17 46265 -49368 4 H -p 0.5182 1.0059 54N 39W 59 24 00m29s
00020 -1991 Jan 17 11:29:42 46253 -49362 9 A n- 0.3460 0.9599 4S 160W 70 155 05m03s
00021 -1991 Jul 12 17:34:12 46242 -49356 14 T n- -0.2421 1.0606 10N 106E 76 205 05m50s
00022 -1990 Jan 06 13:10:01 46230 -49350 19 P t- 1.0749 0.8256 65N 163E 0
00023 -1990 Jul 02 10:30:06 46218 -49344 24 T t- -0.9623 1.0609 51S 149W 15 756 04m30s
00024 -1990 Nov 26 19:21:37 46208 -49339 -9 P -t -1.2517 0.5316 69S 67W 0
00025 -1989 May 23 16:56:38 46196 -49333 -4 H -t 0.8616 1.0067 72N 79E 30 46 00m27s
00026 -1989 Nov 16 03:39:33 46185 -49327 1 H -n -0.5096 1.0036 44S 54W 59 14 00m18s
00027 -1988 May 11 23:28:58 46173 -49321 6 A nn 0.0987 0.9652 18N 17E 84 126 04m11s
00028 -1988 Nov 04 17:46:47 46161 -49315 11 T n- 0.1768 1.0435 1S 107E 80 148 04m04s
00029 -1987 May 01 00:29:51 46149 -49309 16 A p- -0.6733 0.9464 32S 17E 47 264 06m10s
00030 -1987 Oct 25 09:21:08 46138 -49303 21 T p- 0.8460 1.0260 48N 107W 32 165 01m58s
00031 -1986 Mar 21 15:06:51 46128 -49298 -12 P -t 1.3284 0.3949 71N 79E 0
00032 -1986 Apr 20 02:55:09 46126 -49297 26 P t- -1.4035 0.2645 72S 45E 0
00033 -1986 Sep 15 07:15:14 46116 -49292 -7 P -t -1.2711 0.4983 71S 156W 0
00034 -1985 Mar 11 03:26:36 46104 -49286 -2 T -p 0.5312 1.0490 20N 44W 58 191 04m29s
00035 -1985 Sep 04 09:29:03 46093 -49280 3 A -p -0.5977 0.9272 22S 138W 53 338 09m22s
00036 -1984 Feb 28 19:51:38 46081 -49274 8 T n- -0.1975 1.0690 25S 82E 78 229 05m53s
00037 -1984 Aug 23 09:09:06 46069 -49268 13 A nn 0.1151 0.9402 24N 123W 83 223 07m27s
00038 -1983 Feb 17 11:43:36 46057 -49262 18 T p- -0.9309 1.0259 79S 89W 21 246 01m30s
00039 -1983 Aug 12 13:43:07 46046 -49256 23 A p- 0.8332 0.9820 75N 168W 33 116 01m15s
00040 -1982 Jan 08 07:26:45 46036 -49251 -10 P -t 1.1451 0.7132 66N 86W 0
00041 -1982 Jul 03 17:34:50 46024 -49245 -5 P -t -1.0663 0.8933 65S 127E 0
00042 -1982 Aug 02 01:40:26 46022 -49244 33 Pb t- 1.4996 0.0678 67N 157E 0
00043 -1982 Dec 28 07:38:06 46012 -49239 0 A -p 0.4710 0.9191 4N 97W 62 346 11m38s
00044 -1981 Jun 23 10:42:06 46000 -49233 5 T -n -0.3407 1.0693 3N 147W 70 240 06m28s
00045 -1981 Dec 17 07:52:15 45989 -49227 10 A n- -0.2249 0.9420 35S 111W 77 220 06m21s
00046 -1980 Jun 12 01:14:01 45977 -49221 15 T p- 0.4248 1.0242 45N 20W 65 91 02m00s
00047 -1980 Dec 05 14:32:25 45965 -49215 20 A p- -0.9018 0.9845 72S 82E 25 127 00m58s
00048 -1979 May 02 19:42:02 45955 -49210 -13 Pe -t -1.5543 0.0110 61S 147E 0
00049 -1979 Jun 01 09:17:39 45953 -49209 25 P t- 1.2453 0.5442 62N 99E 0
00050 -1979 Oct 26 16:52:42 45944 -49204 -8 P -t 1.1691 0.6910 61N 166W 0
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Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QLE Gamma Mag. Lat Long Alt Width Dur.
s ° ° ° km
00051 -1979 Nov 25 03:41:17 45942 -49203 30 P t- -1.5170 0.0392 62S 172W 0
00052 -1978 Apr 21 20:18:29 45932 -49198 -3 A -p -0.8065 0.9476 41S 98E 36 315 05m00s
00053 -1978 Oct 16 08:02:30 45920 -49192 2 T -p 0.5237 1.0214 25N 94W 58 84 01m47s
00054 -1977 Apr 11 00:17:50 45908 -49186 7 A nn -0.0139 0.9927 0N 9E 89 26 00m44s
00055 -1977 Oct 05 18:43:53 45897 -49180 12 A nn -0.1747 0.9713 7S 85E 80 104 02m53s
00056 -1976 Mar 30 11:26:06 45885 -49174 17 T p- 0.7436 1.0404 38N 175E 42 197 03m05s
00057 -1976 Sep 23 22:12:57 45873 -49168 22 A p- -0.9053 0.9215 48S 3W 25 678 07m10s
00058 -1975 Feb 18 19:47:20 45863 -49163 -11 P -t -1.1099 0.8070 62S 155W 0
00059 -1975 Mar 20 03:32:45 45862 -49162 27 P t- 1.4354 0.1811 61N 115W 0
00060 -1975 Aug 14 04:48:27 45852 -49157 -6 P -t 1.3569 0.3516 63N 74E 0
00061 -1974 Feb 08 10:34:06 45840 -49151 -1 T -p -0.4230 1.0179 43S 132W 65 68 01m28s
00062 -1974 Aug 03 11:35:27 45828 -49145 4 H -p 0.5677 1.0057 55N 148W 55 24 00m27s
00063 -1973 Jan 28 19:13:23 45817 -49139 9 A n- 0.3168 0.9602 4S 82E 72 152 04m54s
00064 -1973 Jul 24 01:18:22 45805 -49133 14 T n- -0.1865 1.0601 13N 11W 79 201 05m38s
00065 -1972 Jan 17 20:43:43 45793 -49127 19 P t- 1.0502 0.8677 64N 38E 0
00066 -1972 Jul 12 18:09:32 45781 -49121 24 T p- -0.9033 1.0603 41S 90E 25 464 04m50s
00067 -1972 Dec 07 03:38:57 45772 -49116 -9 P -t -1.2500 0.5347 68S 154E 0
00068 -1971 Jun 02 23:50:31 45760 -49110 -4 A -t 0.9435 0.9992 81N 80W 19 8 00m03s
00069 -1971 Nov 26 12:22:23 45748 -49104 1 H -n -0.5060 1.0069 48S 175E 59 28 00m34s
00070 -1970 May 23 05:53:04 45736 -49098 6 A nn 0.1869 0.9625 27N 83W 79 138 04m23s
00071 -1970 Nov 16 02:41:09 45725 -49092 11 T n- 0.1785 1.0442 4S 29W 80 150 04m10s
00072 -1969 May 12 06:45:38 45713 -49086 16 A p- -0.5839 0.9485 22S 83W 54 231 06m24s
00073 -1969 Nov 05 18:10:59 45701 -49080 21 T p- 0.8487 1.0233 45N 115E 32 149 01m51s
00074 -1968 Mar 31 22:13:17 45692 -49075 -12 P -t 1.3890 0.2843 71N 43W 0
00075 -1968 Apr 30 09:34:02 45690 -49074 26 P t- -1.3203 0.4110 71S 71W 0
00076 -1968 Sep 25 15:13:22 45680 -49069 -7 P -t -1.2916 0.4628 71S 69E 0
00077 -1967 Mar 21 11:03:12 45668 -49063 -2 T -p 0.5876 1.0537 28N 164W 54 218 04m38s
00078 -1967 Sep 14 16:59:19 45656 -49057 3 A -p -0.6263 0.9232 27S 105E 51 368 09m27s
00079 -1966 Mar 11 03:42:14 45645 -49051 8 T n- -0.1456 1.0719 19S 39W 82 236 06m14s
00080 -1966 Sep 03 16:35:18 45633 -49045 13 A nn 0.0794 0.9390 19N 123E 85 227 07m41s
00081 -1965 Feb 28 19:33:01 45621 -49039 18 T p- -0.8890 1.0279 72S 125E 27 208 01m44s
00082 -1965 Aug 23 21:25:13 45610 -49033 23 A p- 0.7919 0.9831 68N 73E 37 98 01m14s
00083 -1964 Jan 19 15:11:49 45600 -49028 -10 P -t 1.1713 0.6686 67N 145E 0
00084 -1964 Jul 14 01:14:53 45588 -49022 -5 P -t -1.1238 0.7821 66S 0E 0
00085 -1964 Aug 12 09:35:44 45586 -49021 33 P t- 1.4540 0.1540 68N 25E 0
00086 -1963 Jan 07 15:19:18 45577 -49016 0 A -p 0.4901 0.9215 5N 145E 61 340 11m26s
00087 -1963 Jul 03 18:12:59 45565 -49010 5 T -p -0.4077 1.0646 0S 98E 66 231 06m12s
00088 -1963 Dec 27 15:54:04 45553 -49004 10 A n- -0.2134 0.9464 36S 130E 77 202 05m54s
00089 -1962 Jun 23 08:20:59 45541 -48998 15 T n- 0.3533 1.0193 43N 124W 69 71 01m41s
00090 -1962 Dec 16 23:03:15 45530 -48992 20 A p- -0.8949 0.9893 76S 47W 26 85 00m39s
00091 -1961 Jun 12 15:51:46 45518 -48986 25 P t- 1.1676 0.6797 63N 10W 0
00092 -1961 Nov 07 01:46:11 45508 -48981 -8 P -t 1.1690 0.6910 61N 50E 0
00093 -1961 Dec 06 12:31:33 45506 -48980 30 P t- -1.5144 0.0428 63S 45E 0
00094 -1960 May 02 02:39:40 45497 -48975 -3 A -p -0.8919 0.9479 45S 5E 27 410 04m49s
00095 -1960 Oct 26 16:45:10 45485 -48969 2 T -p 0.5271 1.0175 21N 132E 58 70 01m31s
00096 -1959 Apr 21 07:07:29 45473 -48963 7 A nn -0.0923 0.9977 1N 95W 85 8 00m14s
00097 -1959 Oct 16 03:01:44 45462 -48957 12 A nn -0.1688 0.9665 11S 42W 80 122 03m23s
00098 -1958 Apr 10 18:45:52 45450 -48951 17 T p- 0.6719 1.0468 37N 65E 48 206 03m32s
00099 -1958 Oct 05 06:02:20 45438 -48945 22 A p- -0.8914 0.9183 50S 125W 27 664 07m16s
00100 -1957 Mar 02 03:43:57 45428 -48940 -11 P -t -1.1573 0.7169 61S 75E 0
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Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QLE Gamma Mag. Lat Long Alt Width Dur.
s ° ° ° km
00101 -1957 Mar 31 11:10:33 45426 -48939 27 P t- 1.3744 0.2986 61N 119E 0
00102 -1957 Aug 25 12:12:43 45417 -48934 -6 P -t 1.3938 0.2884 62N 48W 0
00103 -1957 Sep 24 05:12:58 45415 -48933 32 Pb t- -1.5660 0.0061 61S 147W 0
00104 -1956 Feb 19 18:25:24 45405 -48928 -1 T -p -0.4649 1.0176 42S 112E 62 68 01m25s
00105 -1956 Aug 13 19:17:10 45393 -48922 4 H -p 0.6100 1.0054 54N 101E 52 23 00m25s
00106 -1955 Feb 08 02:47:50 45382 -48916 9 A nn 0.2811 0.9608 4S 33W 74 148 04m41s
00107 -1955 Aug 03 09:08:54 45370 -48910 14 T n- -0.1359 1.0589 15N 130W 82 196 05m22s
00108 -1954 Jan 28 04:09:29 45358 -48904 19 A+ t- 1.0192 0.9207 63N 85W 0
00109 -1954 Jul 24 01:54:42 45347 -48898 24 T p- -0.8494 1.0580 34S 31W 32 361 04m51s
00110 -1954 Dec 18 11:52:50 45337 -48893 -9 P -t -1.2518 0.5318 67S 18E 0
00111 -1953 Jun 14 06:46:26 45325 -48887 -4 P -t 1.0223 0.9489 68N 99E 0
00112 -1953 Dec 07 21:03:10 45314 -48881 1 H -n -0.5050 1.0107 51S 46E 59 43 00m52s
00113 -1952 Jun 02 12:18:03 45302 -48875 6 A np 0.2734 0.9595 35N 178E 74 153 04m34s
00114 -1952 Nov 26 11:34:24 45290 -48869 11 T n- 0.1792 1.0452 8S 165W 80 153 04m18s
00115 -1951 May 22 13:02:16 45279 -48863 16 A p- -0.4945 0.9502 13S 177E 60 209 06m34s
00116 -1951 Nov 16 03:00:41 45267 -48857 21 T p- 0.8520 1.0211 42N 23W 31 137 01m44s
00117 -1950 Apr 12 05:14:40 45257 -48852 -12 P -t 1.4542 0.1642 71N 164W 0
00118 -1950 May 11 16:12:21 45255 -48851 26 P t- -1.2352 0.5621 71S 175E 0
00119 -1950 Oct 06 23:18:01 45246 -48846 -7 P -t -1.3058 0.4387 72S 68W 0
00120 -1949 Apr 01 18:33:43 45234 -48840 -2 T -p 0.6496 1.0576 36N 78E 49 248 04m39s
00121 -1949 Sep 26 00:37:49 45222 -48834 3 A -p -0.6477 0.9197 33S 14W 49 394 09m25s
00122 -1948 Mar 21 11:25:32 45211 -48828 8 T nn -0.0878 1.0742 11S 158W 85 242 06m31s
00123 -1948 Sep 14 00:12:27 45199 -48822 13 A nn 0.0521 0.9380 13N 7E 87 231 07m50s
00124 -1947 Mar 11 03:11:51 45187 -48816 18 T p- -0.8390 1.0294 63S 4W 33 183 01m59s
00125 -1947 Sep 03 05:17:59 45176 -48810 23 A p- 0.7585 0.9839 61N 48W 40 88 01m15s
00126 -1946 Jan 29 22:46:25 45166 -48805 -10 P -t 1.2051 0.6110 68N 19E 0
00127 -1946 Jul 25 09:01:49 45154 -48799 -5 P -t -1.1756 0.6819 67S 129W 0
00128 -1946 Aug 23 17:40:35 45153 -48798 33 P t- 1.4157 0.2262 69N 110W 0
00129 -1945 Jan 18 22:51:51 45143 -48793 0 A -p 0.5161 0.9243 8N 29E 59 333 10m58s
00130 -1945 Jul 15 01:49:25 45131 -48787 5 T -p -0.4692 1.0593 4S 18W 62 221 05m48s
00131 -1944 Jan 07 23:51:29 45120 -48781 10 A n- -0.1977 0.9514 35S 11E 78 182 05m24s
00132 -1944 Jul 03 15:30:05 45108 -48775 15 H n- 0.2846 1.0139 40N 130E 73 50 01m16s
00133 -1944 Dec 27 07:31:39 45096 -48769 20 A p- -0.8854 0.9946 80S 169W 27 41 00m20s
00134 -1943 Jun 22 22:27:06 45085 -48763 25 P t- 1.0914 0.8113 64N 120W 0
00135 -1943 Nov 17 10:40:46 45075 -48758 -8 P -t 1.1685 0.6919 62N 94W 0
00136 -1943 Dec 16 21:18:48 45073 -48757 30 P t- -1.5092 0.0512 64S 98W 0
00137 -1942 May 13 08:59:51 45063 -48752 -3 A -t -0.9784 0.9462 55S 82W 11 978 04m34s
00138 -1942 Nov 07 01:29:55 45052 -48746 2 H3 -p 0.5284 1.0143 17N 2W 58 57 01m17s
00139 -1941 May 02 13:57:20 45040 -48740 7 Hm nn -0.1717 1.0021 1N 162E 80 7 00m12s
00140 -1941 Oct 27 11:21:18 45028 -48734 12 A nn -0.1649 0.9623 15S 169W 80 138 03m49s
00141 -1940 Apr 21 02:04:36 45017 -48728 17 T p- 0.5983 1.0524 37N 45W 53 213 03m56s
00142 -1940 Oct 15 13:56:25 45005 -48722 22 A p- -0.8816 0.9156 52S 112E 28 662 07m17s
00143 -1939 Mar 12 11:31:58 44996 -48717 -11 P -t -1.2114 0.6133 61S 53W 0
00144 -1939 Apr 10 18:42:36 44994 -48716 27 P t- 1.3086 0.4259 61N 4W 0
00145 -1939 Sep 04 19:47:20 44984 -48711 -6 P -t 1.4230 0.2384 61N 173W 0
00146 -1939 Oct 04 13:00:58 44982 -48710 32 P t- -1.5481 0.0367 61S 85E 0
00147 -1938 Mar 02 02:05:12 44972 -48705 -1 T -p -0.5156 1.0169 41S 2W 59 67 01m21s
00148 -1938 Aug 25 03:09:40 44961 -48699 4 H -p 0.6444 1.0050 53N 15W 50 22 00m23s
00149 -1937 Feb 19 10:09:18 44949 -48693 9 A nn 0.2352 0.9613 4S 145W 76 144 04m29s
00150 -1937 Aug 14 17:09:41 44937 -48687 14 T n- -0.0934 1.0574 15N 109E 85 190 05m05s
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Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QLE Gamma Mag. Lat Long Alt Width Dur.
s ° ° ° km
00151 -1936 Feb 08 11:24:38 44926 -48681 19 An t- 0.9793 0.9202 54N 168E 11 - 07m38s
00152 -1936 Aug 03 09:46:19 44914 -48675 24 T p- -0.8011 1.0548 30S 153W 37 300 04m40s
00153 -1936 Dec 28 20:02:32 44905 -48670 -9 P -t -1.2579 0.5216 66S 117W 0
00154 -1935 Jun 24 13:43:01 44893 -48664 -4 P -t 1.0997 0.8073 67N 18W 0
00155 -1935 Dec 18 05:41:01 44881 -48658 1 H2 -p -0.5070 1.0150 53S 80W 59 60 01m11s
00156 -1934 Jun 13 18:42:52 44870 -48652 6 A -p 0.3594 0.9558 43N 81E 69 173 04m44s
00157 -1934 Dec 07 20:26:30 44858 -48646 11 T n- 0.1788 1.0468 10S 60E 80 158 04m28s
00158 -1933 Jun 02 19:20:26 44847 -48640 16 A p- -0.4060 0.9512 5S 78E 66 195 06m39s
00159 -1933 Nov 27 11:49:40 44835 -48634 21 T p- 0.8553 1.0194 40N 161W 31 128 01m39s
00160 -1932 Apr 22 12:14:51 44825 -48629 -12 Pe -t 1.5210 0.0401 71N 75E 0
00161 -1932 May 21 22:52:55 44823 -48628 26 P t- -1.1505 0.7135 70S 60E 0
00162 -1932 Oct 17 07:27:29 44814 -48623 -7 P -t -1.3152 0.4228 72S 154E 0
00163 -1931 Apr 12 01:59:44 44802 -48617 -2 T -p 0.7158 1.0608 45N 41W 44 284 04m33s
00164 -1931 Oct 06 08:23:27 44790 -48611 3 A -p -0.6630 0.9167 38S 135W 48 418 09m19s
00165 -1930 Apr 01 19:02:33 44779 -48605 8 Tm nn -0.0247 1.0760 4S 84E 89 246 06m43s
00166 -1930 Sep 25 07:58:25 44767 -48599 13 A nn 0.0317 0.9374 8N 113W 88 233 07m55s
00167 -1929 Mar 22 10:43:01 44756 -48593 18 T p- -0.7834 1.0303 55S 127W 38 164 02m13s
00168 -1929 Sep 14 13:20:52 44744 -48587 23 A p- 0.7326 0.9846 55N 173W 43 80 01m14s
00169 -1928 Feb 10 06:11:20 44734 -48582 -10 P -t 1.2457 0.5418 69N 106W 0
00170 -1928 Aug 04 16:56:04 44723 -48576 -5 P -t -1.2216 0.5932 68S 99E 0
00171 -1928 Sep 03 01:53:33 44721 -48575 33 P t- 1.3838 0.2863 70N 112E 0
00172 -1927 Jan 29 06:15:48 44711 -48570 0 A -p 0.5491 0.9274 11N 86W 57 326 10m18s
00173 -1927 Jul 25 09:31:57 44700 -48564 5 T -p -0.5249 1.0535 9S 137W 58 208 05m16s
00174 -1926 Jan 18 07:40:04 44688 -48558 10 A nn -0.1741 0.9570 34S 105W 80 159 04m50s
00175 -1926 Jul 14 22:44:43 44677 -48552 15 H nn 0.2216 1.0079 37N 23E 77 28 00m46s
00176 -1925 Jan 07 15:52:48 44665 -48546 20 H p- -0.8696 1.0006 83S 91E 29 4 00m02s
00177 -1925 Jul 04 05:07:17 44653 -48540 25 P t- 1.0195 0.9342 65N 128E 0
00178 -1925 Nov 28 19:33:50 44644 -48535 -8 P -t 1.1693 0.6904 62N 122E 0
00179 -1925 Dec 28 06:00:28 44642 -48534 30 P t- -1.4998 0.0675 65S 120E 0
00180 -1924 May 23 15:21:27 44632 -48529 -3 P -t -1.0637 0.8577 62S 170W 0
00181 -1924 Nov 17 10:15:36 44620 -48523 2 H -p 0.5283 1.0116 14N 137W 58 47 01m06s
00182 -1923 May 12 20:45:04 44609 -48517 7 H nn -0.2538 1.0059 0S 59E 75 21 00m36s
00183 -1923 Nov 06 19:44:18 44597 -48511 12 A nn -0.1649 0.9588 20S 63E 80 152 04m14s
00184 -1922 May 02 09:19:50 44586 -48505 17 T p- 0.5213 1.0573 37N 153W 58 219 04m18s
00185 -1922 Oct 26 21:55:31 44574 -48499 22 A p- -0.8763 0.9134 56S 13W 28 671 07m15s
00186 -1921 Mar 23 19:12:17 44565 -48494 -11 P -t -1.2716 0.4978 61S 179W 0
00187 -1921 Apr 22 02:10:29 44563 -48493 27 P t- 1.2395 0.5603 61N 127W 0
00188 -1921 Sep 16 03:32:55 44553 -48488 -6 P -t 1.4440 0.2026 61N 60E 0
00189 -1921 Oct 15 20:56:53 44551 -48487 32 P t- -1.5362 0.0567 61S 44W 0
00190 -1920 Mar 12 09:36:57 44541 -48482 -1 T -p -0.5721 1.0158 40S 114W 55 65 01m16s
00191 -1920 Sep 04 11:10:54 44530 -48476 4 H -p 0.6724 1.0046 50N 135W 48 21 00m21s
00192 -1919 Mar 01 17:22:05 44518 -48470 9 A nn 0.1830 0.9619 4S 105E 79 140 04m17s
00193 -1919 Aug 25 01:18:07 44507 -48464 14 T nn -0.0570 1.0556 14N 15W 87 184 04m49s
00194 -1918 Feb 18 18:29:52 44495 -48458 19 A p- 0.9312 0.9255 46N 62E 21 755 07m30s
00195 -1918 Aug 14 17:45:39 44484 -48452 24 T p- -0.7596 1.0510 27S 83E 40 256 04m21s
00196 -1917 Jan 09 04:06:28 44474 -48447 -9 P -t -1.2694 0.5017 65S 109E 0
00197 -1917 Jul 05 20:44:02 44463 -48441 -4 P -t 1.1718 0.6764 66N 136W 0
00198 -1917 Aug 04 07:51:37 44461 -48440 34 Pb t- -1.5248 0.0346 64S 149W 0
00199 -1917 Dec 29 14:13:35 44451 -48435 1 T -p -0.5141 1.0197 55S 155E 59 79 01m31s
00200 -1916 Jun 24 01:12:09 44439 -48429 6 A -p 0.4409 0.9519 49N 16W 64 197 04m53s
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
00201 -1916 Dec 18 05:14:10 44428 -48423 11 T n- 0.1747 1.0488 13S 73W 80 165 04m39s
00202 -1915 Jun 13 01:41:44 44416 -48417 16 A p- -0.3194 0.9518 3N 21W 71 186 06m40s
00203 -1915 Dec 07 20:35:33 44405 -48411 21 T p- 0.8567 1.0182 38N 62E 31 121 01m36s
00204 -1914 Jun 02 05:36:42 44393 -48405 26 P t- -1.0668 0.8639 69S 55W 0
00205 -1914 Oct 28 15:39:52 44384 -48400 -7 P -t -1.3215 0.4125 71S 15E 0
00206 -1913 Apr 23 09:22:31 44372 -48394 -2 T -p 0.7853 1.0629 54N 160W 38 332 04m19s
00207 -1913 Oct 17 16:15:51 44361 -48388 3 A -p -0.6726 0.9145 43S 103E 47 436 09m09s
00208 -1912 Apr 12 02:33:41 44349 -48382 8 T nn 0.0431 1.0769 4N 33W 88 249 06m48s
00209 -1912 Oct 05 15:53:35 44337 -48376 13 A nn 0.0182 0.9371 2N 126E 89 234 07m55s
00210 -1911 Apr 01 18:05:15 44326 -48370 18 T p- -0.7212 1.0307 46S 114E 44 149 02m26s
00211 -1911 Sep 24 21:33:45 44314 -48364 23 A p- 0.7144 0.9854 49N 60E 44 73 01m14s
00212 -1910 Feb 20 13:23:40 44305 -48359 -10 P -t 1.2954 0.4569 70N 132E 0
00213 -1910 Mar 22 03:40:50 44303 -48358 28 Pb t- -1.5388 0.0265 71S 62E 0
00214 -1910 Aug 16 00:59:14 44293 -48353 -5 P -t -1.2603 0.5188 69S 35W 0
00215 -1910 Sep 14 10:16:33 44291 -48352 33 P t- 1.3600 0.3312 71N 28W 0
00216 -1909 Feb 09 13:30:39 44282 -48347 0 A -p 0.5892 0.9307 16N 162E 54 320 09m28s
00217 -1909 Aug 05 17:20:50 44270 -48341 5 T -p -0.5746 1.0475 13S 102E 55 193 04m38s
00218 -1908 Jan 29 15:22:41 44259 -48335 10 A nn -0.1448 0.9628 30S 139E 81 136 04m13s
00219 -1908 Jul 25 06:03:48 44247 -48329 15 H nn 0.1634 1.0017 33N 87W 80 6 00m10s
00220 -1907 Jan 18 00:08:49 44236 -48323 20 H p- -0.8487 1.0071 82S 5E 32 47 00m27s
00221 -1907 Jul 14 11:50:45 44224 -48317 25 A t- 0.9506 0.9452 83N 36E 18 673 03m30s
00222 -1907 Dec 09 04:25:19 44214 -48312 -8 P -t 1.1714 0.6864 63N 22W 0
00223 -1906 Jan 07 14:37:00 44213 -48311 30 P t- -1.4864 0.0912 66S 22W 0
00224 -1906 Jun 03 21:45:37 44203 -48306 -3 P -t -1.1470 0.7138 62S 83E 0
00225 -1906 Nov 28 18:58:47 44191 -48300 2 H -p 0.5296 1.0095 12N 89E 58 38 00m56s
00226 -1905 May 24 03:36:37 44180 -48294 7 H -n -0.3336 1.0090 2S 45W 71 33 00m56s
00227 -1905 Nov 18 04:06:24 44168 -48288 12 A nn -0.1653 0.9559 24S 64W 80 163 04m36s
00228 -1904 May 12 16:35:44 44157 -48282 17 T p- 0.4441 1.0613 37N 99E 63 223 04m39s
00229 -1904 Nov 06 05:56:20 44145 -48276 22 A p- -0.8727 0.9118 59S 138W 29 680 07m10s
00230 -1903 Apr 03 02:45:51 44136 -48271 -11 P -t -1.3369 0.3724 61S 57E 0
00231 -1903 May 02 09:35:23 44134 -48270 27 P t- 1.1681 0.6993 61N 112E 0
00232 -1903 Sep 26 11:27:50 44124 -48265 -6 P -t 1.4585 0.1777 61N 69W 0
00233 -1903 Oct 26 04:57:57 44122 -48264 32 P t- -1.5275 0.0711 61S 175W 0
00234 -1902 Mar 23 16:57:33 44113 -48259 -1 T -p -0.6371 1.0140 39S 136E 50 61 01m07s
00235 -1902 Sep 15 19:22:56 44101 -48253 4 H -p 0.6925 1.0044 47N 101E 46 21 00m20s
00236 -1901 Mar 13 00:23:10 44090 -48247 9 Am nn 0.1217 0.9623 4S 1W 83 137 04m09s
00237 -1901 Sep 05 09:35:37 44078 -48241 14 T nn -0.0279 1.0537 12N 140W 88 178 04m33s
00238 -1900 Mar 01 01:25:12 44067 -48235 19 A p- 0.8748 0.9302 41N 43W 29 523 07m09s
00239 -1900 Aug 25 01:52:52 44055 -48229 24 T p- -0.7250 1.0467 26S 42W 43 222 03m56s
Detailed maps of all annular, total and hybrid eclipses during the 20th 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.
| World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths | |||||
| 20th century BCE | -1999--1980 | -1979--1960 | -1959--1940 | -1939--1920 | -1919--1900 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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)"
