Eclipses of the Sun can only occur 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:
Annular eclipses are visible from within the Moon’s antumbral shadow while total eclipses are seen within the umbral shadow . These eclipses can be further classified as:
During the 16th century BCE[1], Earth experienced 225 solar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.
| Solar Eclipses: -1599 - -1500 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 225 | 100.0% |
| Partial | P | 78 | 34.7% |
| Annular | A | 67 | 29.8% |
| Total | T | 59 | 26.2% |
| Hybrid | H | 21 | 9.3% |
Annular and total eclipses can be further classified as either: 1) Central (two limits), 2) Central (one limit) or 3) Non-Central (one limit). The statistical distribution of these classes during the 16th 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 | 126 | 100.0% |
| Central (two limits) | 122 | 96.8% |
| Central (one limit) | 2 | 1.6% |
| Non-Central (one limit) | 2 | 1.6% |
| Annular Eclipses | ||
| Classification | Number | Percent |
| All Annular Eclipses | 67 | 100.0% |
| Central (two limits) | 64 | 95.5% |
| Central (one limit) | 1 | 1.5% |
| Non-Central (one limit) | 2 | 3.0% |
| Total Eclipses | ||
| Classification | Number | Percent |
| All Total Eclipses | 59 | 100.0% |
| Central (two limits) | 58 | 98.3% |
| Central (one limit) | 1 | 1.7% |
| 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: 79
Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 17
Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 4
Two eclipses in same month: -1534 Jun
Two eclipses in same month: -1523 May
The longest and shortest eclipses of the century as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse: -1582 Jan 25 Duration = 10m07s
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse: -1590 Jun 20 Duration = 00m02s
Longest Total Solar Eclipse: -1514 May 21 Duration = 06m29s
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse: -1584 Aug 11 Duration = 00m51s
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse: -1597 Nov 03 Duration = 01m22s
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse: -1578 May 08 Duration = 00m03s
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse: -1577 Mar 30 Magnitude = 0.99984
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse: -1512 Apr 29 Magnitude = 0.00409
3 Saros Series begin [Year/Saros]: -1588/ 41 -1577/ 42 -1512/ 43
3 Saros Series end [Year/Saros]: -1592/ 1 -1563/ 2 -1534/ 3
The concise details and local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every solar eclipse during the century are presented below. Key to Catalog of Solar Eclipses contains a detailed description and explanation of each item listed in the catalog. The Catalog Number in the first column serves as a link to a global map of Earth showing the geographic visibility of each eclipse. The Saros Number in the sixth column links to a table listing all eclipses in the Saros series. Key to Solar Eclipse Maps explains the features plotted on each map.
The data presented here are based on the Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000.
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Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Sun Path Central
Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type Gamma Mag. Lat. Long. Alt Azm Width Dur.
s ° ° ° ° km
00977 -1599 Jan 02 22:41:56 37223 -44514 35 P 1.2439 0.5453 65.5N 16.9W 0 168
00978 -1599 May 31 04:30:55 37214 -44509 2 P 1.3554 0.3481 69.0N 110.8E 0 25
00979 -1599 Jun 29 15:23:21 37213 -44508 40 P -1.3341 0.3833 66.3S 97.8E 0 4
00980 -1599 Nov 23 18:30:08 37204 -44503 7 T -0.9075 1.0167 78.0S 1.3E 24 58 138 00m59s
00981 -1598 May 20 08:01:43 37193 -44497 12 A 0.6228 0.9498 53.6N 160.5W 51 160 235 04m46s
00982 -1598 Nov 13 09:49:09 37183 -44491 17 T -0.2322 1.0452 27.5S 178.2W 76 15 155 03m55s
00983 -1597 May 09 08:42:30 37172 -44485 22 A -0.1455 0.9587 4.5N 155.3W 82 346 152 05m18s
00984 -1597 Nov 03 00:31:48 37161 -44479 27 H 0.4466 1.0138 15.1N 28.1W 63 196 53 01m22s
00985 -1596 Apr 27 13:51:25 37151 -44473 32 A -0.9034 0.9937 52.6S 151.4E 25 332 51 00m31s
00986 -1596 Oct 22 10:08:45 37140 -44467 37 P 1.1881 0.6419 71.4N 108.6W 0 250
00987 -1595 Mar 18 18:31:52 37132 -44462 4 T 0.9531 1.0547 60.8N 24.3E 17 142 607 03m33s
00988 -1595 Sep 11 17:56:44 37121 -44456 9 P -1.0994 0.7850 71.1S 7.1E 0 57
00989 -1594 Mar 08 11:24:32 37110 -44450 14 T 0.2355 1.0630 2.7N 164.0E 76 164 212 05m48s
00990 -1594 Aug 31 18:51:18 37100 -44444 19 A -0.3714 0.9546 7.2S 47.3E 68 13 178 05m41s
00991 -1593 Feb 26 01:41:29 37089 -44438 24 H -0.5096 1.0128 43.8S 36.3W 59 341 51 01m06s
00992 -1593 Aug 21 02:36:50 37079 -44432 29 H 0.3723 1.0120 39.0N 58.7W 68 193 44 01m05s
00993 -1592 Feb 15 09:22:30 37068 -44426 34 P -1.2977 0.4525 69.5S 14.4W 0 211
00994 -1592 Jul 11 09:08:18 37059 -44421 1 Pe -1.4808 0.0925 65.9S 154.2W 0 351
00995 -1592 Aug 09 16:53:53 37058 -44420 39 P 1.0643 0.8927 68.6N 119.8W 0 340
00996 -1591 Jan 04 16:14:07 37049 -44415 6 A 0.9652 0.9160 51.3N 100.6E 15 187 1258 08m45s
00997 -1591 Jul 01 01:36:49 37038 -44409 11 T -0.7886 1.0455 28.0S 43.9W 38 351 246 04m10s
00998 -1591 Dec 24 18:53:12 37028 -44403 16 A 0.2392 0.9642 9.9S 54.1E 76 189 133 04m20s
00999 -1590 Jun 20 13:34:12 37017 -44397 21 A -0.0376 0.9997 20.8N 128.9E 88 346 1 00m02s
01000 -1590 Dec 14 04:45:51 37007 -44391 26 T -0.4650 1.0161 49.0S 108.1W 62 21 62 01m16s
01001 -1589 Jun 09 18:22:35 36996 -44385 31 A 0.7568 0.9516 65.7N 23.0E 41 138 271 03m51s
01002 -1589 Dec 03 19:36:25 36986 -44379 36 P -1.1114 0.7994 62.8S 97.0W 0 139
01003 -1588 Apr 29 05:03:27 36977 -44374 3 P -1.3012 0.4465 61.0S 30.0W 0 290
01004 -1588 May 28 19:00:17 36975 -44373 41 Pb 1.5121 0.0847 62.4N 83.4W 0 47
01005 -1588 Oct 23 22:36:30 36966 -44368 8 A 0.9560 0.9892 53.4N 42.8E 17 232 129 00m47s
01006 -1587 Apr 18 12:11:17 36956 -44362 13 T -0.4816 1.0163 19.9S 165.7E 61 329 63 01m29s
01007 -1587 Oct 13 06:11:49 36945 -44356 18 A 0.2834 0.9476 11.9N 112.2W 73 210 200 05m35s
01008 -1586 Apr 08 02:05:05 36935 -44350 23 T 0.2911 1.0653 16.0N 64.6W 73 149 222 05m16s
01009 -1586 Oct 02 06:59:43 36924 -44344 28 A -0.4154 0.9204 19.3S 144.4W 65 31 327 08m59s
01010 -1585 Mar 28 19:05:42 36914 -44338 33 P 1.0137 0.9960 60.6N 35.0W 0 96
01011 -1585 Sep 21 06:47:30 36903 -44332 38 P -1.0953 0.7971 60.6S 153.7E 0 76
01012 -1584 Feb 16 23:47:55 36894 -44327 5 A -0.8833 0.9871 66.6S 40.7E 28 292 97 00m51s
01013 -1584 Aug 11 01:16:09 36884 -44321 10 T 0.9879 1.0164 68.0N 75.4E 8 305 414 00m51s
01014 -1583 Feb 05 05:13:52 36873 -44315 15 A -0.1687 0.9436 29.1S 96.4W 80 339 211 06m20s
01015 -1583 Jul 31 16:48:13 36863 -44309 20 T 0.2452 1.0683 35.7N 86.4E 76 197 230 05m26s
01016 -1582 Jan 25 05:06:22 36852 -44303 25 A 0.5459 0.9257 10.1N 107.3W 57 166 331 10m07s
01017 -1582 Jul 21 09:26:34 36842 -44297 30 T -0.4804 1.0550 5.0S 173.9W 61 10 206 05m19s
01018 -1581 Jan 14 06:38:15 36831 -44291 35 P 1.2234 0.5810 64.5N 147.6W 0 158
01019 -1581 Jun 11 11:13:09 36822 -44286 2 P 1.4387 0.2008 68.0N 3.0W 0 13
01020 -1581 Jul 10 22:32:03 36821 -44285 40 P -1.2721 0.4967 65.3S 21.5W 0 14
01021 -1581 Dec 05 03:18:02 36812 -44280 7 T -0.9051 1.0196 82.3S 132.7W 25 58 160 01m08s
01022 -1580 May 30 14:19:02 36801 -44274 12 A 0.7124 0.9472 63.7N 101.5E 44 161 278 04m35s
01023 -1580 Nov 23 18:43:19 36791 -44268 17 T -0.2312 1.0450 31.1S 47.6E 76 12 154 03m52s
01024 -1579 May 19 15:04:38 36780 -44262 22 A -0.0570 0.9609 12.9N 105.5E 87 348 142 04m58s
01025 -1579 Nov 13 09:16:15 36770 -44256 27 H 0.4492 1.0107 11.6N 162.0W 63 193 41 01m05s
01026 -1578 May 08 20:43:09 36759 -44250 32 H -0.8219 1.0005 41.0S 36.9E 34 341 3 00m03s
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Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Sun Path Central
Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type Gamma Mag. Lat. Long. Alt Azm Width Dur.
s ° ° ° ° km
01027 -1578 Nov 02 18:28:07 36749 -44244 37 P 1.1893 0.6394 70.9N 111.2E 0 236
01028 -1577 Mar 30 02:11:02 36740 -44239 4 P 1.0109 0.9998 71.6N 140.3W 0 97
01029 -1577 Apr 28 09:28:38 36738 -44238 42 Pb -1.5198 0.0233 71.1S 106.8W 0 298
01030 -1577 Sep 23 01:29:44 36730 -44233 9 P -1.1243 0.7428 71.6S 121.6W 0 71
01031 -1576 Mar 18 19:09:49 36719 -44227 14 T 0.2909 1.0640 9.8N 43.8E 73 163 218 05m47s
01032 -1576 Sep 11 02:31:18 36709 -44221 19 A -0.4011 0.9540 12.7S 71.0W 66 16 182 05m34s
01033 -1575 Mar 08 09:17:47 36698 -44215 24 H -0.4614 1.0130 36.7S 153.2W 62 340 50 01m10s
01034 -1575 Aug 31 10:33:31 36688 -44209 29 H 0.3364 1.0123 33.2N 179.3W 70 196 45 01m08s
01035 -1574 Feb 25 16:40:43 36677 -44203 34 P -1.2549 0.5262 70.3S 138.2W 0 224
01036 -1574 Aug 21 00:57:11 36667 -44197 39 P 1.0228 0.9711 69.5N 105.6E 0 328
01037 -1573 Jan 15 23:55:57 36658 -44192 6 An 0.9847 0.9183 57.7N 22.6W 9 180 - 07m57s
01038 -1573 Jul 12 09:03:23 36647 -44186 11 T -0.8554 1.0385 35.1S 160.0W 31 356 250 03m26s
01039 -1572 Jan 05 03:03:16 36637 -44180 16 A 0.2502 0.9693 9.5S 69.9W 76 185 114 03m45s
01040 -1572 Jun 30 20:30:30 36626 -44174 21 A -0.1120 0.9941 17.5N 24.3E 84 352 21 00m40s
01041 -1572 Dec 24 13:22:36 36616 -44168 26 T -0.4577 1.0206 50.4S 125.5E 63 14 79 01m37s
01042 -1571 Jun 20 00:48:42 36606 -44162 31 A 0.6743 0.9499 63.3N 61.8W 47 152 249 04m15s
01043 -1571 Dec 14 04:26:39 36595 -44156 36 P -1.1088 0.8046 63.7S 119.3E 0 149
01044 -1570 May 10 11:34:14 36586 -44151 3 P -1.3807 0.3072 61.4S 138.2W 0 298
01045 -1570 Jun 09 01:21:29 36585 -44150 41 P 1.4258 0.2328 63.1N 170.4E 0 38
01046 -1570 Nov 04 07:12:05 36576 -44145 8 A 0.9608 0.9850 52.4N 92.6W 16 226 191 01m08s
01047 -1569 Apr 29 19:13:12 36565 -44139 13 T -0.5562 1.0205 20.7S 59.2E 56 331 83 01m52s
01048 -1569 Oct 24 14:20:38 36555 -44133 18 A 0.2910 0.9435 8.0N 123.3E 73 209 217 06m13s
01049 -1568 Apr 18 09:30:17 36544 -44127 23 T 0.2195 1.0696 16.6N 176.5W 77 150 232 05m35s
01050 -1568 Oct 12 14:47:54 36534 -44121 28 A -0.4012 0.9181 22.9S 96.4E 66 32 335 09m05s
01051 -1567 Apr 08 02:40:01 36523 -44115 33 T 0.9502 1.0617 57.0N 125.2W 18 116 649 03m40s
01052 -1567 Oct 01 14:38:25 36513 -44109 38 P -1.0743 0.8325 60.5S 25.7E 0 86
01053 -1566 Feb 27 07:24:03 36504 -44104 5 A -0.9317 0.9851 64.7S 64.6W 21 283 145 00m57s
01054 -1566 Aug 22 09:11:28 36494 -44098 10 P 1.0244 0.9567 62.0N 40.2W 0 308
01055 -1565 Feb 16 12:34:13 36483 -44092 15 A -0.2112 0.9446 28.3S 153.7E 78 335 209 06m04s
01056 -1565 Aug 12 00:44:52 36473 -44086 20 T 0.2924 1.0653 35.8N 31.7W 73 202 223 05m05s
01057 -1564 Feb 05 12:29:02 36462 -44080 25 A 0.5104 0.9297 9.3N 139.6E 59 162 303 09m13s
01058 -1564 Jul 31 17:09:48 36452 -44074 30 T -0.4277 1.0500 2.7S 68.1E 65 14 183 04m48s
01059 -1563 Jan 24 14:27:55 36442 -44068 35 P 1.1965 0.6282 63.5N 83.6E 0 148
01060 -1563 Jun 21 17:57:26 36433 -44063 2 Pe 1.5190 0.0603 67.0N 116.8W 0 3
01061 -1563 Jul 21 05:46:11 36431 -44062 40 P -1.2151 0.5997 64.4S 141.7W 0 24
01062 -1563 Dec 15 12:03:55 36422 -44057 7 T -0.9053 1.0228 86.7S 103.4E 25 48 186 01m18s
01063 -1562 Jun 10 20:38:45 36412 -44051 12 A 0.7993 0.9440 74.1N 4.0E 37 162 347 04m26s
01064 -1562 Dec 05 03:35:56 36401 -44045 17 T -0.2314 1.0450 34.0S 85.5W 76 8 154 03m50s
01065 -1561 May 30 21:29:33 36391 -44039 22 A 0.0299 0.9628 20.8N 6.4E 88 171 135 04m37s
01066 -1561 Nov 24 17:59:42 36380 -44033 27 H 0.4519 1.0080 8.6N 64.4E 63 190 31 00m51s
01067 -1560 May 19 03:35:10 36370 -44027 32 H -0.7395 1.0062 30.8S 73.9W 42 346 32 00m37s
01068 -1560 Nov 13 02:48:31 36360 -44021 37 P 1.1921 0.6342 70.2N 28.9W 0 222
01069 -1559 Apr 09 09:44:40 36351 -44016 4 P 1.0736 0.8801 71.6N 90.7E 0 84
01070 -1559 May 08 16:46:41 36349 -44015 42 P -1.4450 0.1650 70.5S 128.8E 0 311
01071 -1559 Oct 03 09:11:03 36340 -44010 9 P -1.1425 0.7121 71.8S 107.2E 0 85
01072 -1558 Mar 30 02:47:55 36330 -44004 14 T 0.3520 1.0642 17.5N 74.9W 69 161 224 05m39s
01073 -1558 Sep 22 10:21:59 36320 -43998 19 A -0.4227 0.9538 18.0S 168.0E 65 18 185 05m23s
01074 -1557 Mar 19 16:43:59 36309 -43992 24 H -0.4056 1.0128 29.2S 91.6E 66 340 48 01m13s
01075 -1557 Sep 11 18:40:22 36299 -43986 29 H 0.3083 1.0124 27.5N 57.0E 72 198 45 01m10s
01076 -1556 Mar 07 23:47:10 36288 -43980 34 P -1.2031 0.6157 71.0S 100.4E 0 237
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Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Sun Path Central
Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type Gamma Mag. Lat. Long. Alt Azm Width Dur.
s ° ° ° ° km
01077 -1556 Aug 31 09:09:55 36278 -43974 39 Tn 0.9891 1.0404 74.7N 51.1W 7 297 - 02m05s
01078 -1555 Jan 26 07:28:19 36269 -43969 6 A+ 1.0120 0.9351 67.8N 148.3W 0 169 - -
01079 -1555 Jul 22 16:35:55 36259 -43963 11 T -0.9162 1.0306 43.7S 81.0E 23 1 260 02m35s
01080 -1554 Jan 15 11:07:55 36248 -43957 16 A 0.2661 0.9749 7.9S 167.3E 75 180 93 03m03s
01081 -1554 Jul 12 03:30:02 36238 -43951 21 A -0.1826 0.9882 13.4N 81.7W 80 356 42 01m24s
01082 -1553 Jan 04 21:56:12 36227 -43945 26 T -0.4474 1.0254 50.5S 0.3E 63 7 97 02m01s
01083 -1553 Jul 01 07:17:10 36217 -43939 31 A 0.5941 0.9476 59.7N 150.2W 53 164 240 04m44s
01084 -1553 Dec 25 13:14:00 36207 -43933 36 P -1.1037 0.8148 64.7S 23.9W 0 159
01085 -1552 May 20 18:04:09 36198 -43928 3 P -1.4612 0.1652 62.0S 113.6E 0 307
01086 -1552 Jun 19 07:45:20 36196 -43927 41 P 1.3403 0.3798 63.9N 63.4E 0 28
01087 -1552 Nov 14 15:50:05 36187 -43922 8 A 0.9631 0.9815 51.5N 130.7E 15 220 245 01m27s
01088 -1551 May 10 02:15:08 36177 -43916 13 T -0.6318 1.0240 22.4S 47.5W 51 333 103 02m12s
01089 -1551 Nov 03 22:31:46 36167 -43910 18 A 0.2961 0.9401 4.3N 1.8W 73 206 231 06m50s
01090 -1550 Apr 29 16:54:59 36156 -43904 23 T 0.1468 1.0731 17.0N 71.9E 81 152 240 05m54s
01091 -1550 Oct 23 22:41:00 36146 -43898 28 A -0.3911 0.9164 26.9S 23.8W 67 32 342 09m09s
01092 -1549 Apr 19 10:10:16 36135 -43892 33 T 0.8833 1.0653 55.0N 130.4E 28 124 449 04m00s
01093 -1549 Oct 12 22:37:05 36125 -43886 38 P -1.0587 0.8589 60.5S 104.1W 0 95
01094 -1548 Mar 09 14:50:24 36116 -43881 5 A -0.9874 0.9813 62.9S 156.9W 8 265 462 01m08s
01095 -1548 Sep 01 17:16:45 36106 -43875 10 P 1.0539 0.9018 61.4N 172.2W 0 299
01096 -1547 Feb 26 19:42:22 36095 -43869 15 A -0.2636 0.9456 27.4S 46.9E 75 332 207 05m49s
01097 -1547 Aug 22 08:51:29 36085 -43863 20 T 0.3316 1.0622 34.6N 152.7W 70 207 216 04m46s
01098 -1546 Feb 15 19:41:55 36075 -43857 25 A 0.4660 0.9340 8.8N 29.3E 62 158 275 08m17s
01099 -1546 Aug 12 01:00:17 36064 -43851 30 T -0.3814 1.0447 1.7S 51.5W 68 18 160 04m13s
01100 -1545 Feb 04 22:09:58 36054 -43845 35 P 1.1621 0.6891 62.7N 42.8W 0 138
01101 -1545 Aug 01 13:05:55 36043 -43839 40 P -1.1630 0.6926 63.5S 97.1E 0 34
01102 -1545 Dec 26 20:45:32 36035 -43834 7 T -0.9094 1.0265 88.0S 94.2E 24 285 220 01m28s
01103 -1544 Jun 21 02:59:53 36024 -43828 12 A 0.8846 0.9399 85.4N 89.2W 27 167 485 04m19s
01104 -1544 Dec 15 12:26:09 36014 -43822 17 T -0.2338 1.0457 36.3S 142.5E 76 3 157 03m52s
01105 -1543 Jun 10 03:57:24 36004 -43816 22 Am 0.1152 0.9640 28.0N 92.6W 83 174 131 04m16s
01106 -1543 Dec 05 02:41:32 35993 -43810 27 H 0.4537 1.0060 6.2N 68.7W 63 186 23 00m39s
01107 -1542 May 30 10:30:04 35983 -43804 32 H -0.6579 1.0109 21.9S 176.3E 49 351 50 01m09s
01108 -1542 Nov 24 11:09:45 35972 -43798 37 P 1.1960 0.6272 69.3N 168.5W 0 209
01109 -1541 Apr 20 17:13:51 35964 -43793 4 P 1.1403 0.7517 71.4N 37.0W 0 71
01110 -1541 May 20 00:03:34 35962 -43792 42 P -1.3684 0.3112 69.8S 5.2E 0 323
01111 -1541 Oct 14 17:00:21 35953 -43787 9 P -1.1543 0.6921 71.7S 26.0W 0 100
01112 -1540 Apr 09 10:19:32 35943 -43781 14 T 0.4183 1.0638 25.7N 167.7E 65 160 229 05m25s
01113 -1540 Oct 02 18:22:02 35933 -43775 19 A -0.4375 0.9538 23.2S 44.8E 64 20 186 05m10s
01114 -1539 Mar 30 00:01:51 35922 -43769 24 H -0.3438 1.0122 21.2S 21.9W 70 341 45 01m13s
01115 -1539 Sep 22 02:56:41 35912 -43763 29 H 0.2873 1.0127 21.9N 69.4W 73 199 45 01m13s
01116 -1538 Mar 19 06:45:45 35901 -43757 34 P -1.1456 0.7152 71.4S 19.5W 0 250
01117 -1538 Sep 11 17:29:52 35891 -43751 39 T 0.9613 1.0409 73.4N 137.0E 15 253 514 02m18s
01118 -1537 Feb 06 14:54:09 35882 -43746 6 P 1.0448 0.8815 68.8N 87.0E 0 158
01119 -1537 Aug 03 00:14:13 35872 -43740 11 T -0.9713 1.0216 55.1S 42.3W 13 8 322 01m40s
01120 -1536 Jan 26 19:04:59 35862 -43734 16 A 0.2895 0.9809 5.1S 46.1E 73 176 71 02m18s
01121 -1536 Jul 22 10:35:03 35851 -43728 21 A -0.2477 0.9820 8.8N 170.2E 76 1 66 02m13s
01122 -1535 Jan 15 06:22:23 35841 -43722 26 T -0.4303 1.0308 49.0S 123.2W 64 0 115 02m27s
01123 -1535 Jul 11 13:52:31 35831 -43716 31 A 0.5194 0.9449 55.3N 116.6E 58 174 238 05m19s
01124 -1534 Jan 04 21:54:23 35820 -43710 36 P -1.0931 0.8353 65.7S 165.8W 0 169
01125 -1534 Jun 01 00:38:21 35811 -43705 3 Pe -1.5387 0.0279 62.7S 4.3E 0 316
01126 -1534 Jun 30 14:17:09 35810 -43704 41 P 1.2601 0.5177 64.9N 46.0W 0 19
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Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Sun Path Central
Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type Gamma Mag. Lat. Long. Alt Azm Width Dur.
s ° ° ° ° km
01127 -1534 Nov 26 00:27:19 35801 -43699 8 A 0.9654 0.9786 51.1N 5.9W 15 213 295 01m44s
01128 -1533 May 21 09:16:51 35791 -43693 13 T -0.7085 1.0266 25.3S 154.5W 45 335 125 02m27s
01129 -1533 Nov 15 06:45:08 35780 -43687 18 A 0.2987 0.9374 0.9N 127.4W 73 204 243 07m26s
01130 -1532 May 10 00:16:30 35770 -43681 23 T 0.0711 1.0758 17.0N 38.7W 86 154 246 06m12s
01131 -1532 Nov 03 06:39:37 35760 -43675 28 A -0.3854 0.9154 31.1S 145.0W 67 31 346 09m11s
01132 -1531 Apr 29 17:35:10 35749 -43669 33 T 0.8123 1.0672 54.2N 24.5E 35 129 371 04m13s
01133 -1531 Oct 23 06:44:07 35739 -43663 38 P -1.0493 0.8751 60.6S 123.9E 0 104
01134 -1530 Mar 20 22:07:07 35730 -43658 5 P -1.0501 0.8949 60.6S 100.3E 0 258
01135 -1530 Sep 13 01:30:42 35720 -43652 10 P 1.0771 0.8587 61.0N 53.9E 0 290
01136 -1529 Mar 10 02:41:53 35710 -43646 15 A -0.3224 0.9466 26.4S 58.0W 71 330 206 05m38s
01137 -1529 Sep 02 17:05:29 35699 -43640 20 T 0.3648 1.0588 32.5N 83.8E 68 210 207 04m29s
01138 -1528 Feb 27 02:45:44 35689 -43634 25 A 0.4139 0.9385 8.6N 78.4W 65 155 248 07m24s
01139 -1528 Aug 22 08:57:37 35679 -43628 30 T -0.3414 1.0390 1.8S 172.6W 70 22 139 03m37s
01140 -1527 Feb 15 05:44:59 35668 -43622 35 P 1.1210 0.7626 62.0N 167.3W 0 129
01141 -1527 Aug 11 20:32:13 35658 -43616 40 P -1.1170 0.7734 62.6S 25.5W 0 43
01142 -1526 Jan 06 05:22:05 35649 -43611 7 T -0.9184 1.0302 83.6S 12.6W 23 260 263 01m39s
01143 -1526 Jul 02 09:27:03 35639 -43605 12 A 0.9646 0.9346 80.3N 14.8W 15 341 971 04m11s
01144 -1526 Dec 26 21:12:07 35629 -43599 17 T -0.2397 1.0466 37.7S 12.1E 76 357 160 03m54s
01145 -1525 Jun 21 10:29:50 35618 -43593 22 A 0.1975 0.9649 34.5N 168.5E 78 179 129 03m58s
01146 -1525 Dec 16 11:19:44 35608 -43587 27 H 0.4531 1.0044 4.4N 159.2E 63 182 17 00m29s
01147 -1524 Jun 09 17:28:51 35598 -43581 32 T -0.5781 1.0148 14.0S 66.8E 55 355 62 01m37s
01148 -1524 Dec 04 19:27:19 35587 -43575 37 P 1.1975 0.6244 68.3N 53.5E 0 197
01149 -1523 May 01 00:40:11 35579 -43570 4 P 1.2096 0.6174 70.9N 163.8W 0 58
01150 -1523 May 30 07:22:51 35577 -43569 42 P -1.2928 0.4563 68.9S 118.5W 0 335
01151 -1523 Oct 25 00:55:50 35568 -43564 9 P -1.1616 0.6799 71.4S 160.6W 0 114
01152 -1522 Apr 20 17:45:50 35558 -43558 14 T 0.4886 1.0625 34.2N 51.5E 61 159 234 05m05s
01153 -1522 Oct 14 02:29:48 35548 -43552 19 A -0.4467 0.9544 28.2S 79.9W 63 20 185 04m55s
01154 -1521 Apr 10 07:11:26 35537 -43546 24 H -0.2758 1.0112 13.1S 133.6W 74 342 40 01m09s
01155 -1521 Oct 03 11:22:04 35527 -43540 29 H 0.2732 1.0131 16.6N 161.7E 74 199 47 01m16s
01156 -1520 Mar 29 13:32:25 35517 -43534 34 P -1.0788 0.8307 71.7S 136.6W 0 263
01157 -1520 Sep 22 01:59:24 35506 -43528 39 T 0.9413 1.0400 68.3N 11.9W 19 234 403 02m24s
01158 -1519 Feb 16 22:10:22 35498 -43523 6 P 1.0857 0.8139 69.7N 35.9W 0 146
01159 -1519 Aug 13 07:59:47 35487 -43517 11 P -1.0198 0.9636 68.9S 176.9W 0 24
01160 -1518 Feb 06 02:55:29 35477 -43511 16 A 0.3191 0.9871 1.1S 73.9W 71 172 48 01m31s
01161 -1518 Aug 02 17:46:16 35467 -43505 21 A -0.3067 0.9756 3.7N 60.0E 72 5 92 03m03s
01162 -1517 Jan 26 14:43:34 35456 -43499 26 T -0.4084 1.0364 46.0S 113.6E 66 354 134 02m56s
01163 -1517 Jul 22 20:32:30 35446 -43493 31 A 0.4487 0.9418 50.0N 19.7E 63 181 241 05m59s
01164 -1516 Jan 16 06:30:11 35436 -43487 36 P -1.0790 0.8627 66.8S 53.0E 0 180
01165 -1516 Jul 10 20:55:20 35425 -43481 41 P 1.1840 0.6484 65.9N 157.2W 0 9
01166 -1516 Dec 06 09:02:31 35417 -43476 8 A 0.9687 0.9762 51.4N 141.8W 14 206 348 01m59s
01167 -1515 May 31 16:22:02 35407 -43470 13 T -0.7831 1.0283 29.5S 97.2E 38 338 152 02m35s
01168 -1515 Nov 25 14:58:10 35396 -43464 18 A 0.3005 0.9353 2.0S 107.3E 73 200 251 08m00s
01169 -1514 May 21 07:39:13 35386 -43458 23 T -0.0042 1.0776 16.5N 149.6W 90 321 251 06m29s
01170 -1514 Nov 14 14:39:37 35376 -43452 28 A -0.3807 0.9151 35.1S 94.0E 67 29 348 09m12s
01171 -1513 May 11 00:58:13 35365 -43446 33 T 0.7399 1.0680 53.9N 81.7W 42 135 326 04m23s
01172 -1513 Nov 03 14:55:34 35355 -43440 38 P -1.0424 0.8872 61.0S 9.3W 0 113
01173 -1512 Mar 31 05:13:52 35346 -43435 5 P -1.1200 0.7695 60.5S 16.7W 0 267
01174 -1512 Apr 29 15:38:06 35345 -43434 43 Pb 1.5386 0.0041 61.2N 16.3W 0 69
01175 -1512 Sep 23 09:54:09 35336 -43429 10 P 1.0935 0.8282 60.7N 82.3W 0 281
01176 -1511 Mar 20 09:30:47 35326 -43423 15 A -0.3896 0.9473 25.6S 160.2W 67 328 208 05m31s
TD of
Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Sun Path Central
Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type Gamma Mag. Lat. Long. Alt Azm Width Dur.
s ° ° ° ° km
01177 -1511 Sep 13 01:28:06 35316 -43417 20 T 0.3910 1.0555 29.6N 42.6W 67 212 198 04m15s
01178 -1510 Mar 09 09:40:57 35305 -43411 25 A 0.3540 0.9430 8.6N 176.4E 69 153 223 06m36s
01179 -1510 Sep 02 17:03:29 35295 -43405 30 T -0.3092 1.0334 3.2S 64.1E 72 25 118 03m02s
01180 -1509 Feb 26 13:11:48 35285 -43399 35 P 1.0720 0.8508 61.4N 70.4E 0 120
01181 -1509 Aug 23 04:05:42 35274 -43393 40 P -1.0774 0.8417 61.9S 149.6W 0 53
01182 -1508 Jan 17 13:52:29 35266 -43388 7 T -0.9330 1.0340 78.9S 137.2W 21 255 326 01m49s
01183 -1508 Jul 12 15:59:43 35256 -43382 12 P 1.0399 0.8917 65.0N 113.2W 0 342
01184 -1507 Jan 06 05:51:53 35245 -43376 17 T -0.2508 1.0479 38.4S 116.6W 75 352 165 03m57s
01185 -1507 Jul 01 17:09:19 35235 -43370 22 A 0.2750 0.9653 39.9N 69.1E 74 184 131 03m43s
01186 -1507 Dec 26 19:53:46 35225 -43364 27 H 0.4493 1.0034 3.0N 28.1E 63 178 13 00m22s
01187 -1506 Jun 21 00:32:06 35214 -43358 32 T -0.5007 1.0180 7.2S 42.9W 60 359 71 02m00s
01188 -1506 Dec 16 03:42:20 35204 -43352 37 P 1.1975 0.6243 67.3N 83.2W 0 186
01189 -1505 May 12 08:04:36 35196 -43347 4 P 1.2809 0.4789 70.3N 70.4E 0 45
01190 -1505 Jun 10 14:43:50 35194 -43346 42 P -1.2178 0.6009 68.0S 117.9E 0 346
01191 -1505 Nov 05 08:56:27 35185 -43341 9 P -1.1646 0.6749 70.8S 63.9E 0 128
01192 -1504 May 01 01:06:51 35175 -43335 14 T 0.5627 1.0604 43.0N 63.5W 56 158 239 04m40s
01193 -1504 Oct 24 10:45:01 35165 -43329 19 A -0.4506 0.9555 33.0S 154.2E 63 20 181 04m38s
01194 -1503 Apr 20 14:15:00 35154 -43323 24 H -0.2038 1.0095 4.9S 116.2E 78 343 33 01m01s
01195 -1503 Oct 13 19:53:42 35144 -43317 29 H 0.2637 1.0138 11.6N 31.2E 75 198 49 01m22s
01196 -1502 Apr 09 20:13:36 35134 -43311 34 A- -1.0080 0.9531 71.7S 107.4E 0 277 - -
01197 -1502 Oct 03 10:35:40 35124 -43305 39 T 0.9268 1.0389 63.1N 153.6W 22 224 350 02m28s
01198 -1501 Feb 28 05:19:15 35115 -43300 6 P 1.1329 0.7347 70.5N 157.5W 0 133
01199 -1501 Aug 24 15:52:09 35105 -43294 11 P -1.0619 0.8833 69.9S 51.1E 0 36
01200 -1500 Feb 17 10:38:07 35095 -43288 16 A 0.3562 0.9934 3.9N 167.5E 69 169 25 00m45s
01201 -1500 Aug 13 01:05:13 35084 -43282 21 A -0.3582 0.9692 1.6S 52.6W 69 8 119 03m52s
Detailed maps of all annular, total and hybrid eclipses during the 16th 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 | |||||
| 16th century BCE | -1599--1580 | -1579--1560 | -1559--1540 | -1539--1520 | -1519--1500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 )
[2] Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when the axis of the Moon's shadow cone passes closest to 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.
Special thanks to Dan McGlaun for extracting the individual eclipse maps from the Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 for use in this catalog.
The Besselian elements used in the predictions were kindly provided by Jean Meeus. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data originally published in Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)"
