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 17th century BCE[1], Earth experienced 230 solar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.
| Solar Eclipses: -1699 - -1600 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 230 | 100.0% |
| Partial | P | 75 | 32.6% |
| Annular | A | 71 | 30.9% |
| Total | T | 60 | 26.1% |
| Hybrid | H | 24 | 10.4% |
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 17th 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 | 131 | 100.0% |
| Central (two limits) | 129 | 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 | 60 | 100.0% |
| Central (two limits) | 60 | 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: 78
Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 15
Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 6
Number of Years with 5 Eclipses: 1 ( -1675)
Two eclipses in same month: -1610 Jul
The longest and shortest eclipses of the century as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse: -1655 Dec 12 Duration = 12m07s
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse: -1624 Oct 02 Duration = 00m02s
Longest Total Solar Eclipse: -1673 Jun 08 Duration = 06m49s
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse: -1671 Oct 11 Duration = 00m43s
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse: -1662 May 08 Duration = 01m28s
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse: -1641 Mar 17 Duration = 00m01s
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse: -1643 May 07 Magnitude = 0.94835
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse: -1686 Jul 31 Magnitude = 0.00601
1 Saros Series begin [Year/Saros]: -1653/ 40
5 Saros Series end [Year/Saros]: -1686/ -6 -1686/ -1 -1679/ -2 -1675/ 0 -1603/ -5
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
00747 -1699 Apr 27 05:37:08 39427 -45747 11 T -0.3386 1.0703 9.3S 91.3W 70 332 242 05m50s
00748 -1699 Oct 20 17:09:38 39416 -45741 16 Am 0.2245 0.9464 6.1N 91.4E 77 209 202 05m50s
00749 -1698 Apr 16 19:57:41 39405 -45735 21 T 0.4325 1.0206 26.5N 31.6E 64 147 77 01m47s
00750 -1698 Oct 10 00:44:55 39394 -45729 26 H -0.4809 1.0011 25.6S 43.4W 61 33 4 00m06s
00751 -1697 Apr 06 03:33:07 39383 -45723 31 P 1.2482 0.5389 60.6N 157.5W 0 90
00752 -1697 Aug 31 05:06:54 39374 -45718 -2 P 1.4904 0.0804 61.7N 26.8E 0 302
00753 -1697 Sep 29 14:39:00 39373 -45717 36 P -1.1353 0.7547 60.6S 40.3E 0 83
00754 -1696 Feb 24 12:50:43 39363 -45712 3 A -0.8850 0.9344 64.1S 146.6W 27 294 522 04m57s
00755 -1696 Aug 19 20:41:34 39353 -45706 8 T 0.8335 1.0263 65.1N 81.8E 33 237 161 01m39s
00756 -1695 Feb 12 16:36:30 39342 -45700 13 A -0.1229 0.9814 24.9S 102.6E 83 338 67 01m54s
00757 -1695 Aug 09 07:28:10 39331 -45694 18 A 0.1143 0.9822 26.8N 125.3W 83 199 63 01m50s
00758 -1694 Feb 02 03:29:44 39320 -45688 23 T 0.6032 1.0296 14.8N 75.0W 53 163 125 02m51s
00759 -1694 Jul 29 11:07:04 39309 -45682 28 A -0.6466 0.9407 16.9S 167.5E 50 14 285 07m41s
00760 -1694 Dec 24 09:09:54 39300 -45677 -5 P -1.3768 0.2997 66.6S 25.5E 0 181
00761 -1693 Jan 22 19:02:44 39298 -45676 33 P 1.2686 0.5034 63.9N 30.1E 0 151
00762 -1693 Jun 18 20:55:31 39289 -45671 0 P 1.4570 0.1734 67.4N 144.8W 0 7
00763 -1693 Jul 18 11:15:43 39287 -45670 38 P -1.3762 0.3192 64.7S 151.5E 0 21
00764 -1693 Dec 13 22:46:18 39278 -45665 5 A -0.7455 0.9933 70.3S 6.8W 41 10 36 00m28s
00765 -1692 Jun 07 04:50:08 39268 -45659 10 T 0.6331 1.0216 59.6N 100.2W 50 167 95 01m38s
00766 -1692 Dec 02 05:58:03 39257 -45653 15 A -0.0611 0.9435 23.4S 107.9W 86 8 209 06m54s
00767 -1691 May 27 19:22:45 39246 -45647 20 T -0.1459 1.0731 9.8N 51.8E 82 350 240 06m48s
00768 -1691 Nov 21 06:20:30 39235 -45641 25 A 0.6297 0.9131 21.7N 105.9W 51 192 424 11m40s
00769 -1690 May 17 12:42:18 39224 -45635 30 T -0.8849 1.0681 45.7S 167.5E 27 342 477 05m07s
00770 -1690 Nov 10 05:56:47 39213 -45629 35 P 1.2815 0.4809 70.6N 59.0W 0 227
00771 -1689 Apr 07 18:23:32 39204 -45624 2 A 0.9476 0.9929 65.1N 24.3E 18 132 80 00m30s
00772 -1689 Sep 30 22:56:52 39193 -45618 7 T -0.9084 1.0102 57.6S 33.2W 24 35 84 00m44s
00773 -1688 Mar 26 23:50:07 39183 -45612 12 A 0.2032 0.9547 7.6N 15.2W 78 162 169 05m37s
00774 -1688 Sep 19 13:58:44 39172 -45606 17 T -0.2045 1.0537 4.1S 130.1E 78 17 181 04m53s
00775 -1687 Mar 16 00:15:31 39161 -45600 22 A -0.5470 0.9410 39.5S 5.1W 57 338 260 06m20s
00776 -1687 Sep 09 05:47:51 39150 -45594 27 T 0.4896 1.0364 39.5N 93.5W 60 200 140 02m59s
00777 -1686 Feb 03 14:02:23 39141 -45589 -6 Pe 1.5192 0.0538 68.4N 117.1E 0 161
00778 -1686 Mar 05 02:54:52 39139 -45588 32 P -1.2597 0.5183 70.7S 70.8E 0 231
00779 -1686 Jul 31 04:27:07 39130 -45583 -1 Pe -1.5528 0.0060 67.6S 93.2W 0 9
00780 -1686 Aug 29 17:43:54 39128 -45582 37 P 1.2512 0.5337 70.1N 145.0W 0 319
00781 -1685 Jan 24 02:33:47 39119 -45577 4 T 0.7549 1.0365 26.8N 54.0W 41 177 187 03m23s
00782 -1685 Jul 20 06:33:02 39108 -45571 9 A -0.8568 0.9349 35.8S 114.7W 31 359 473 07m48s
00783 -1684 Jan 13 18:30:49 39098 -45565 14 T 0.0613 1.0533 20.2S 68.2E 87 182 177 04m55s
00784 -1684 Jul 08 07:09:27 39087 -45559 19 Am -0.1029 0.9580 18.1N 125.2W 84 354 153 05m22s
00785 -1683 Jan 02 09:14:40 39076 -45553 24 H -0.6429 1.0116 63.7S 163.3W 50 13 52 00m50s
00786 -1683 Jun 27 13:18:34 39065 -45547 29 H 0.6596 1.0056 63.7N 125.6E 48 158 26 00m25s
00787 -1683 Dec 22 18:19:28 39054 -45541 34 P -1.4005 0.2754 64.4S 85.5W 0 156
00788 -1682 May 18 19:44:10 39045 -45536 1 P -1.1432 0.7472 61.8S 103.4E 0 304
00789 -1682 Jun 17 02:36:40 39043 -45535 39 P 1.3656 0.3177 63.7N 155.4E 0 31
00790 -1682 Nov 12 00:32:11 39034 -45530 6 A 0.9295 0.9078 47.1N 8.3E 21 218 936 09m08s
00791 -1681 May 08 12:59:02 39024 -45524 11 T -0.4138 1.0685 10.0S 157.0E 65 334 243 05m49s
00792 -1681 Nov 01 01:23:34 39013 -45518 16 A 0.2281 0.9477 2.2N 34.3W 77 207 197 05m47s
00793 -1680 Apr 27 03:00:58 39002 -45512 21 T 0.3575 1.0188 26.7N 74.2W 69 149 68 01m39s
00794 -1680 Oct 20 09:17:56 38991 -45506 26 H -0.4736 1.0023 29.7S 174.1W 62 34 9 00m12s
00795 -1679 Apr 16 10:11:56 38980 -45500 31 P 1.1740 0.6681 60.6N 92.4E 0 81
00796 -1679 Sep 10 13:28:28 38971 -45495 -2 Pe 1.5160 0.0331 61.2N 109.2W 0 293
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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
00797 -1679 Oct 09 23:19:32 38970 -45494 36 P -1.1237 0.7763 60.6S 100.2W 0 92
00798 -1678 Mar 06 19:47:59 38961 -45489 3 A -0.9415 0.9369 63.1S 119.2E 19 283 696 04m34s
00799 -1678 Aug 31 04:44:18 38950 -45483 8 T 0.8690 1.0192 62.7N 35.2W 29 242 132 01m13s
00800 -1677 Feb 24 00:07:48 38939 -45477 13 A -0.1674 0.9877 23.8S 10.5W 80 334 44 01m12s
00801 -1677 Aug 20 14:57:08 38928 -45471 18 A 0.1598 0.9757 26.3N 122.6E 81 203 88 02m28s
00802 -1676 Feb 13 11:32:52 38917 -45465 23 T 0.5673 1.0361 14.3N 161.5E 55 159 146 03m21s
00803 -1676 Aug 08 18:04:23 38906 -45459 28 A -0.5900 0.9371 14.1S 60.5E 54 18 286 08m04s
00804 -1675 Jan 03 17:48:56 38897 -45454 -5 P -1.3891 0.2764 65.5S 116.5W 0 192
00805 -1675 Feb 02 03:22:41 38896 -45453 33 P 1.2417 0.5548 63.0N 106.1W 0 141
00806 -1675 Jun 29 03:37:03 38887 -45448 0 Pe 1.5277 0.0493 66.4N 102.4E 0 357
00807 -1675 Jul 28 18:05:50 38885 -45447 38 P -1.3114 0.4301 63.7S 37.5E 0 30
00808 -1675 Dec 24 07:17:16 38876 -45442 5 A -0.7531 0.9920 72.6S 124.5W 41 357 43 00m34s
00809 -1674 Jun 18 11:56:44 38865 -45436 10 T 0.7047 1.0227 67.4N 155.1E 45 173 110 01m36s
00810 -1674 Dec 13 14:09:35 38854 -45430 15 A -0.0650 0.9423 25.9S 128.7E 86 4 214 07m04s
00811 -1673 Jun 08 02:45:01 38843 -45424 20 T -0.0714 1.0742 16.6N 61.6W 86 353 241 06m49s
00812 -1673 Dec 02 14:21:47 38833 -45418 25 A 0.6274 0.9135 18.9N 130.1E 51 188 423 12m00s
00813 -1672 May 27 20:03:02 38822 -45412 30 T -0.8111 1.0687 35.5S 48.6E 36 348 382 05m39s
00814 -1672 Nov 20 14:09:47 38811 -45406 35 P 1.2789 0.4852 69.7N 163.1E 0 214
00815 -1671 Apr 18 01:22:18 38802 -45401 2 P 1.0243 0.9436 71.6N 143.4W 0 74
00816 -1671 Oct 11 07:30:53 38791 -45395 7 T -0.9140 1.0104 61.8S 169.6W 23 41 89 00m43s
00817 -1670 Apr 07 06:27:44 38780 -45389 12 A 0.2792 0.9546 16.1N 119.0W 74 161 172 05m29s
00818 -1670 Sep 30 22:34:46 38770 -45383 17 T -0.2186 1.0513 9.2S 1.7W 77 18 174 04m37s
00819 -1669 Mar 27 06:55:32 38759 -45377 22 A -0.4766 0.9451 30.8S 109.9W 61 339 229 06m14s
00820 -1669 Sep 20 14:08:41 38748 -45371 27 T 0.4697 1.0313 33.9N 138.9E 62 201 119 02m40s
00821 -1668 Mar 15 10:04:15 38737 -45365 32 P -1.1992 0.6254 71.3S 51.7W 0 245
00822 -1668 Sep 09 01:35:56 38727 -45359 37 P 1.2266 0.5771 70.8N 82.3E 0 306
00823 -1667 Feb 03 10:48:21 38718 -45354 4 T 0.7813 1.0412 30.8N 177.4E 38 172 221 03m40s
00824 -1667 Jul 30 13:19:42 38707 -45348 9 A -0.9208 0.9297 45.2S 137.0E 23 4 682 07m44s
00825 -1666 Jan 24 02:58:13 38696 -45342 14 T 0.0825 1.0554 17.7S 59.6W 85 177 184 05m10s
00826 -1666 Jul 19 13:58:11 38685 -45336 19 A -0.1715 0.9577 13.7N 131.3E 80 359 156 05m33s
00827 -1665 Jan 13 17:38:08 38674 -45330 24 H -0.6296 1.0115 62.8S 77.6E 51 3 51 00m51s
00828 -1665 Jul 08 20:28:30 38664 -45324 29 H 0.5893 1.0079 60.0N 25.9E 54 170 34 00m37s
00829 -1664 Jan 03 02:26:41 38653 -45318 34 P -1.3932 0.2881 65.4S 141.0E 0 166
00830 -1664 May 29 03:06:18 38644 -45313 1 P -1.2163 0.6052 62.4S 18.0W 0 313
00831 -1664 Jun 27 10:01:58 38642 -45312 39 P 1.2944 0.4538 64.6N 32.7E 0 22
00832 -1664 Nov 22 08:33:54 38633 -45307 6 A 0.9323 0.9083 46.1N 118.5W 21 212 955 09m26s
00833 -1663 May 18 20:17:26 38622 -45301 11 T -0.4912 1.0656 11.5S 46.1E 61 337 244 05m44s
00834 -1663 Nov 11 09:41:25 38612 -45295 16 A 0.2290 0.9497 1.6S 161.0W 77 205 189 05m40s
00835 -1662 May 08 09:59:19 38601 -45289 21 H3 0.2795 1.0162 26.7N 178.6W 74 151 58 01m28s
00836 -1662 Oct 31 17:56:59 38590 -45283 26 H -0.4710 1.0040 34.1S 54.1E 62 33 15 00m20s
00837 -1661 Apr 27 16:44:02 38579 -45277 31 P 1.0949 0.8056 60.8N 16.0W 0 73
00838 -1661 Oct 21 08:05:55 38569 -45271 36 P -1.1170 0.7887 60.7S 117.9E 0 101
00839 -1660 Mar 17 02:38:17 38560 -45266 3 A- -1.0038 0.9574 60.7S 47.7E 0 255 - -
00840 -1660 Sep 10 12:54:09 38549 -45260 8 T 0.8980 1.0123 60.3N 156.8W 26 244 95 00m47s
00841 -1659 Mar 06 07:31:35 38538 -45254 13 A -0.2191 0.9941 22.6S 121.8W 77 332 21 00m34s
00842 -1659 Aug 30 22:33:53 38527 -45248 18 A 0.1980 0.9694 24.8N 8.1E 78 206 112 03m06s
00843 -1658 Feb 23 19:29:26 38517 -45242 23 T 0.5250 1.0425 14.1N 40.0E 58 156 165 03m48s
00844 -1658 Aug 20 01:09:31 38506 -45236 28 A -0.5401 0.9334 12.8S 48.1W 57 21 291 08m21s
00845 -1657 Jan 15 02:22:05 38497 -45231 -5 P -1.4062 0.2443 64.5S 103.4E 0 202
00846 -1657 Feb 13 11:36:16 38495 -45230 33 P 1.2097 0.6162 62.3N 119.5E 0 132
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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
00847 -1657 Aug 09 01:05:08 38484 -45224 38 P -1.2530 0.5298 62.9S 78.5W 0 40
00848 -1656 Jan 04 15:41:43 38475 -45219 5 A -0.7653 0.9909 73.4S 122.3E 40 341 50 00m37s
00849 -1656 Jun 28 19:08:31 38465 -45213 10 T 0.7729 1.0231 74.4N 55.8E 39 185 125 01m31s
00850 -1656 Dec 23 22:15:04 38454 -45207 15 A -0.0731 0.9417 27.8S 7.1E 86 359 216 07m06s
00851 -1655 Jun 18 10:11:15 38443 -45201 20 T 0.0000 1.0745 22.6N 175.0W 90 180 242 06m41s
00852 -1655 Dec 12 22:17:54 38432 -45195 25 A 0.6207 0.9147 16.4N 7.5E 52 184 414 12m07s
00853 -1654 Jun 08 03:26:20 38422 -45189 30 T -0.7398 1.0678 26.9S 68.6W 42 353 329 05m58s
00854 -1654 Dec 01 22:21:49 38411 -45183 35 P 1.2745 0.4928 68.8N 26.2E 0 202
00855 -1653 Apr 29 08:15:17 38402 -45178 2 P 1.1044 0.7984 71.2N 97.9E 0 61
00856 -1653 May 28 18:12:41 38400 -45177 40 Pb -1.5359 0.0073 69.1S 94.5E 0 331
00857 -1653 Oct 22 16:10:27 38391 -45172 7 T -0.9157 1.0111 65.9S 53.0E 23 47 96 00m44s
00858 -1652 Apr 17 12:57:24 38381 -45166 12 A 0.3613 0.9542 25.1N 138.9E 69 161 179 05m19s
00859 -1652 Oct 11 07:17:32 38370 -45160 17 T -0.2268 1.0492 14.2S 134.9W 77 19 167 04m22s
00860 -1651 Apr 06 13:26:49 38359 -45154 22 A -0.3984 0.9490 21.9S 147.3E 66 341 203 06m06s
00861 -1651 Sep 30 22:37:42 38348 -45148 27 T 0.4574 1.0264 28.6N 9.0E 63 201 100 02m20s
00862 -1650 Mar 26 17:06:50 38338 -45142 32 P -1.1319 0.7457 71.6S 172.9W 0 258
00863 -1650 Sep 20 09:35:05 38327 -45136 37 P 1.2085 0.6083 71.3N 52.8W 0 292
00864 -1649 Feb 14 18:55:44 38318 -45131 4 T 0.8141 1.0456 36.1N 49.8E 35 167 261 03m51s
00865 -1649 Aug 10 20:14:27 38307 -45125 9 As -0.9777 0.9237 57.8S 22.8E 11 13 - 07m21s
00866 -1648 Feb 04 11:17:57 38296 -45119 14 T 0.1102 1.0577 14.1S 173.9E 84 173 191 05m24s
00867 -1648 Jul 29 20:54:51 38286 -45113 19 A -0.2343 0.9570 8.7N 25.2E 77 3 161 05m42s
00868 -1647 Jan 24 01:53:47 38275 -45107 24 H -0.6104 1.0117 60.1S 41.1W 52 354 51 00m53s
00869 -1647 Jul 19 03:46:15 38264 -45101 29 H 0.5243 1.0096 55.3N 78.7W 58 178 39 00m47s
00870 -1646 Jan 13 10:25:39 38254 -45095 34 P -1.3800 0.3109 66.4S 9.1E 0 177
00871 -1646 Jun 09 10:31:31 38245 -45090 1 P -1.2869 0.4678 63.1S 140.3W 0 322
00872 -1646 Jul 08 17:34:05 38243 -45089 39 P 1.2284 0.5802 65.5N 92.0W 0 12
00873 -1646 Dec 03 16:35:07 38234 -45084 6 A 0.9353 0.9095 45.6N 114.7E 20 206 971 09m36s
00874 -1645 May 30 03:35:26 38223 -45078 11 T -0.5683 1.0619 14.0S 65.1W 55 340 244 05m33s
00875 -1645 Nov 22 18:00:57 38213 -45072 16 A 0.2292 0.9523 4.9S 72.0E 77 202 179 05m30s
00876 -1644 May 18 16:54:40 38202 -45066 21 H 0.2002 1.0131 26.3N 78.1E 78 155 46 01m13s
00877 -1644 Nov 11 02:38:09 38191 -45060 26 H -0.4694 1.0062 38.5S 77.6W 62 32 24 00m30s
00878 -1643 May 07 23:11:49 38180 -45054 31 P 1.0124 0.9483 61.2N 123.4W 0 64
00879 -1643 Oct 31 16:56:07 38170 -45048 36 P -1.1135 0.7952 61.0S 25.0W 0 110
00880 -1642 Mar 28 09:22:04 38161 -45043 3 P -1.0719 0.8423 60.5S 63.6W 0 264
00881 -1642 Sep 21 21:10:34 38150 -45037 8 H 0.9211 1.0057 58.1N 77.9E 23 244 50 00m22s
00882 -1641 Mar 17 14:48:59 38139 -45031 13 H -0.2772 1.0002 21.5S 128.4E 74 330 1 00m01s
00883 -1641 Sep 11 06:18:17 38129 -45025 18 A 0.2290 0.9633 22.4N 108.8W 77 209 136 03m43s
00884 -1640 Mar 06 03:16:50 38118 -45019 23 T 0.4746 1.0488 14.2N 78.8W 62 153 182 04m13s
00885 -1640 Aug 30 08:24:11 38107 -45013 28 A -0.4982 0.9298 12.9S 159.0W 60 25 299 08m34s
00886 -1639 Jan 25 10:45:55 38098 -45008 -5 P -1.4306 0.1979 63.6S 33.9W 0 212
00887 -1639 Feb 23 19:39:29 38097 -45007 33 P 1.1695 0.6937 61.6N 12.0W 0 122
00888 -1639 Aug 19 08:15:30 38086 -45001 38 P -1.2026 0.6154 62.1S 163.1E 0 49
00889 -1638 Jan 14 23:57:02 38077 -44996 5 A -0.7844 0.9901 72.8S 11.7E 38 325 56 00m41s
00890 -1638 Jul 10 02:27:59 38066 -44990 10 T 0.8355 1.0227 79.4N 30.3W 33 212 142 01m24s
00891 -1637 Jan 04 06:14:24 38056 -44984 15 A -0.0858 0.9417 28.9S 112.6W 85 354 217 07m01s
00892 -1637 Jun 29 17:40:22 38045 -44978 20 Tm 0.0694 1.0740 27.7N 71.7E 86 182 241 06m27s
00893 -1637 Dec 24 06:11:25 38034 -44972 25 A 0.6119 0.9165 14.4N 114.4W 52 179 401 11m58s
00894 -1636 Jun 18 10:49:52 38024 -44966 30 T -0.6688 1.0659 19.5S 175.4E 48 357 290 06m06s
00895 -1636 Dec 12 06:32:48 38013 -44960 35 P 1.2687 0.5027 67.7N 109.8W 0 190
00896 -1635 May 09 15:02:53 38004 -44955 2 P 1.1875 0.6484 70.6N 18.9W 0 48
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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
00897 -1635 Jun 08 01:14:28 38002 -44954 40 P -1.4667 0.1372 68.2S 24.5W 0 343
00898 -1635 Nov 02 00:55:01 37993 -44949 7 T -0.9140 1.0124 69.8S 84.7W 23 52 106 00m47s
00899 -1634 Apr 28 19:23:02 37983 -44943 12 A 0.4456 0.9533 34.3N 37.9E 63 160 190 05m08s
00900 -1634 Oct 22 16:04:12 37972 -44937 17 T -0.2317 1.0474 19.0S 91.1E 76 18 162 04m10s
00901 -1633 Apr 17 19:55:43 37961 -44931 22 A -0.3178 0.9527 13.0S 45.3E 71 342 182 05m53s
00902 -1633 Oct 12 07:11:21 37951 -44925 27 T 0.4495 1.0217 23.7N 122.2W 63 200 83 02m00s
00903 -1632 Apr 06 00:04:42 37940 -44919 32 P -1.0596 0.8763 71.7S 67.0E 0 272
00904 -1632 Sep 30 17:40:36 37929 -44913 37 P 1.1964 0.6288 71.6N 170.1E 0 278
00905 -1631 Feb 25 02:54:56 37920 -44908 4 T 0.8541 1.0495 42.8N 77.0W 31 162 315 03m54s
00906 -1631 Aug 21 03:19:08 37910 -44902 9 P -1.0262 0.9099 69.6S 104.2W 0 32
00907 -1630 Feb 14 19:28:09 37899 -44896 14 T 0.1455 1.0597 9.4S 49.2E 82 169 198 05m35s
00908 -1630 Aug 10 04:03:27 37888 -44890 19 A -0.2879 0.9562 3.6N 84.5W 73 7 166 05m46s
00909 -1629 Feb 04 09:59:41 37878 -44884 24 H -0.5842 1.0121 55.8S 159.8W 54 348 51 00m57s
00910 -1629 Jul 30 11:12:58 37867 -44878 29 H 0.4660 1.0108 50.2N 172.1E 62 185 42 00m55s
00911 -1628 Jan 24 18:14:58 37856 -44872 34 P -1.3600 0.3452 67.5S 120.8W 0 188
00912 -1628 Jun 19 17:59:12 37848 -44867 1 P -1.3552 0.3351 64.0S 96.5E 0 332
00913 -1628 Jul 19 01:13:01 37846 -44866 39 P 1.1677 0.6962 66.5N 141.1E 0 2
00914 -1628 Dec 14 00:32:53 37837 -44861 6 A 0.9413 0.9113 46.1N 11.0W 19 200 1006 09m33s
00915 -1627 Jun 09 10:53:30 37826 -44855 11 T -0.6445 1.0573 17.6S 176.8W 50 343 244 05m14s
00916 -1627 Dec 03 02:20:57 37816 -44849 16 A 0.2295 0.9557 7.5S 54.8W 77 198 166 05m13s
00917 -1626 May 29 23:48:06 37805 -44843 21 Hm 0.1201 1.0092 25.2N 24.8W 83 159 32 00m54s
00918 -1626 Nov 22 11:21:31 37794 -44837 26 H -0.4691 1.0089 42.6S 150.9E 62 30 35 00m43s
00919 -1625 May 19 05:36:22 37784 -44831 31 A 0.9278 0.9523 66.7N 179.3E 21 100 469 03m19s
00920 -1625 Nov 12 01:49:44 37773 -44825 36 P -1.1128 0.7965 61.4S 168.9W 0 120
00921 -1624 Apr 07 15:58:59 37764 -44820 3 P -1.1456 0.7162 60.5S 173.1W 0 272
00922 -1624 Oct 02 05:33:58 37753 -44814 8 A 0.9377 0.9995 56.3N 51.0W 20 242 5 00m02s
00923 -1623 Mar 27 22:00:44 37743 -44808 13 H -0.3407 1.0060 20.5S 19.9E 70 329 22 00m33s
00924 -1623 Sep 21 14:09:41 37732 -44802 18 A 0.2531 0.9575 19.3N 132.1E 75 210 159 04m20s
00925 -1622 Mar 17 10:58:47 37722 -44796 23 T 0.4190 1.0548 14.7N 164.1E 65 151 197 04m35s
00926 -1622 Sep 10 15:47:27 37711 -44790 28 A -0.4637 0.9263 14.1S 88.0E 62 28 308 08m44s
00927 -1621 Feb 05 19:02:47 37702 -44785 -5 P -1.4606 0.1410 62.8S 169.2W 0 222
00928 -1621 Mar 07 03:36:28 37700 -44784 33 P 1.1243 0.7812 61.2N 141.8W 0 113
00929 -1621 Aug 30 15:35:02 37690 -44778 38 P -1.1588 0.6897 61.5S 42.6E 0 58
00930 -1620 Jan 26 08:04:19 37681 -44773 5 A -0.8094 0.9893 71.1S 99.3W 36 312 64 00m43s
00931 -1620 Jul 20 09:55:17 37670 -44767 10 T 0.8927 1.0217 79.8N 101.9W 26 255 166 01m16s
00932 -1619 Jan 14 14:03:27 37659 -44761 15 A -0.1063 0.9420 29.6S 130.5E 84 349 216 06m51s
00933 -1619 Jul 10 01:16:28 37649 -44755 20 T 0.1332 1.0727 31.7N 42.4W 82 187 238 06m08s
00934 -1618 Jan 03 13:57:11 37638 -44749 25 A 0.5961 0.9190 12.6N 125.9E 53 175 382 11m34s
00935 -1618 Jun 29 18:17:57 37628 -44743 30 T -0.6021 1.0630 13.5S 59.3E 53 2 259 06m01s
00936 -1618 Dec 23 14:39:12 37617 -44737 35 P 1.2582 0.5207 66.6N 115.9E 0 179
00937 -1617 May 20 21:47:47 37608 -44732 2 P 1.2714 0.4977 69.8N 134.6W 0 36
00938 -1617 Jun 19 08:17:47 37606 -44731 40 P -1.3992 0.2632 67.3S 143.3W 0 354
00939 -1617 Nov 13 09:42:09 37597 -44726 7 T -0.9108 1.0143 73.8S 137.8E 24 56 120 00m52s
00940 -1616 May 09 01:42:23 37587 -44720 12 A 0.5345 0.9518 43.9N 61.5W 57 160 208 04m57s
00941 -1616 Nov 02 00:55:43 37576 -44714 17 T -0.2327 1.0461 23.4S 43.6W 76 17 158 04m01s
00942 -1615 Apr 28 02:19:23 37566 -44708 22 A -0.2322 0.9558 4.1S 55.3W 77 344 165 05m37s
00943 -1615 Oct 22 15:50:19 37555 -44702 27 T 0.4467 1.0176 19.2N 105.2E 63 198 67 01m40s
00944 -1614 Apr 17 06:58:45 37544 -44696 32 A -0.9828 0.9847 67.3S 77.0W 10 308 317 01m04s
00945 -1614 Oct 12 01:52:40 37534 -44690 37 P 1.1902 0.6389 71.6N 31.2E 0 264
00946 -1613 Mar 08 10:47:14 37525 -44685 4 T 0.9003 1.0528 50.8N 155.7E 25 155 401 03m49s
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
00947 -1613 Sep 01 10:32:31 37514 -44679 9 P -1.0673 0.8396 70.4S 133.1E 0 44
00948 -1612 Feb 26 03:30:45 37504 -44673 14 T 0.1870 1.0616 3.7S 74.2W 79 167 206 05m44s
00949 -1612 Aug 20 11:21:53 37493 -44667 19 A -0.3338 0.9553 1.8S 162.9E 70 10 172 05m46s
00950 -1611 Feb 14 17:55:34 37482 -44661 24 H -0.5506 1.0125 50.2S 81.6E 56 344 52 01m01s
00951 -1611 Aug 09 18:49:44 37472 -44655 29 H 0.4152 1.0115 44.7N 58.6E 65 190 44 01m01s
00952 -1610 Feb 04 01:55:01 37461 -44649 34 P -1.3337 0.3905 68.5S 111.1E 0 200
00953 -1610 Jul 01 01:31:29 37452 -44644 1 P -1.4198 0.2100 64.9S 28.1W 0 341
00954 -1610 Jul 30 08:59:13 37451 -44643 39 P 1.1127 0.8009 67.6N 12.0E 0 351
00955 -1610 Dec 25 08:26:41 37442 -44638 6 A 0.9505 0.9134 47.8N 135.9W 18 194 1076 09m18s
00956 -1609 Jun 20 18:13:40 37431 -44632 11 T -0.7181 1.0518 22.2S 70.4E 44 347 245 04m47s
00957 -1609 Dec 14 10:38:54 37421 -44626 16 A 0.2324 0.9596 9.2S 179.1E 77 194 151 04m50s
00958 -1608 Jun 09 06:40:23 37410 -44620 21 H 0.0401 1.0048 23.4N 127.6W 88 164 16 00m29s
00959 -1608 Dec 02 20:03:58 37399 -44614 26 H -0.4676 1.0122 46.2S 20.8E 62 26 48 00m59s
00960 -1607 May 29 12:00:07 37389 -44608 31 A 0.8427 0.9525 66.9N 103.4E 32 121 322 03m32s
00961 -1607 Nov 22 10:42:35 37378 -44602 36 P -1.1117 0.7986 62.1S 47.2E 0 129
00962 -1606 Apr 18 22:32:52 37369 -44597 3 P -1.2220 0.5843 60.7S 78.0E 0 281
00963 -1606 Oct 13 14:02:49 37359 -44591 8 A 0.9490 0.9940 54.7N 177.1E 18 238 66 00m25s
00964 -1605 Apr 08 05:07:38 37348 -44585 13 H -0.4092 1.0114 19.9S 87.5W 66 329 43 01m02s
00965 -1605 Oct 02 22:07:42 37338 -44579 18 A 0.2711 0.9523 15.7N 10.9E 74 211 180 04m58s
00966 -1604 Mar 27 18:33:35 37327 -44573 23 T 0.3569 1.0603 15.3N 49.2E 69 150 211 04m56s
00967 -1604 Sep 20 23:20:23 37317 -44567 28 A -0.4370 0.9232 16.3S 27.4W 64 30 318 08m52s
00968 -1603 Feb 16 03:08:36 37308 -44562 -5 Pe -1.4993 0.0673 62.1S 58.5E 0 231
00969 -1603 Mar 17 11:23:31 37306 -44561 33 P 1.0711 0.8846 60.8N 91.0E 0 105
00970 -1603 Sep 09 23:06:46 37295 -44555 38 P -1.1239 0.7488 61.0S 80.8W 0 67
00971 -1602 Feb 05 16:01:25 37286 -44550 5 A -0.8424 0.9884 68.8S 149.9E 32 301 76 00m47s
00972 -1602 Jul 31 17:30:59 37276 -44544 10 T 0.9438 1.0198 75.5N 172.5E 19 285 209 01m06s
00973 -1601 Jan 25 21:44:24 37265 -44538 15 A -0.1330 0.9427 29.6S 15.6E 82 344 214 06m36s
00974 -1601 Jul 21 08:58:04 37255 -44532 20 T 0.1927 1.0707 34.4N 157.1W 79 192 235 05m47s
00975 -1600 Jan 14 21:36:47 37244 -44526 25 A 0.5753 0.9221 11.3N 7.9E 55 170 358 10m55s
00976 -1600 Jul 10 01:48:41 37234 -44520 30 T -0.5381 1.0593 8.6S 56.7W 57 6 231 05m45s
Detailed maps of all annular, total and hybrid eclipses during the 17th 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 | |||||
| 17th century BCE | -1699--1680 | -1679--1660 | -1659--1640 | -1639--1620 | -1619--1600 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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)"
