Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses

0201 to 0300 ( 201 CE to 300 CE )

Introduction

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:

  1. Partial - Moon's penumbral shadow traverses Earth (umbral and antumbral shadows completely miss Earth)
  2. Annular - Moon's antumbral shadow traverses Earth (Moon is too far from Earth to completely cover the Sun)
  3. Total - Moon's umbral shadow traverses Earth (Moon is close enough to Earth to completely cover the Sun)
  4. Hybrid - Moon's umbral and antumbral shadows traverse Earth (eclipse appears annular and total along different sections of its path). Hybrid eclipses are also known as annular-total eclipses. See Five Millennium Catalog of Hybrid 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:

  1. Central (two limits) - The central axis of the Moon’s shadow cone traverses Earth thereby producing a central line in the eclipse track. The umbra or antumbra falls entirely upon Earth so the ground track has both a northern and southern limit.
  2. Central (one limit) - The central axis of the Moon’s shadow cone traverses Earth. However, a portion of the umbra or antumbra misses Earth throughout the eclipse and the resulting ground track has just one limit.
  3. Non-Central (one limit) - The central axis of the Moon’s shadow cone misses Earth. However, one edge of the umbra or antumbra grazes Earth thereby producing a ground track with one limit and no central line.

Solar Eclipses: 0201 to 0300

During the 3rd century CE[1], Earth experienced 227 solar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Solar Eclipses: 0201 - 0300
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 227100.0%
PartialP 79 34.8%
AnnularA 74 32.6%
TotalT 69 30.4%
HybridH 5 2.2%

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 3rd century CE 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 143100.0%
Central (two limits) 135 94.4%
Central (one limit) 4 2.8%
Non-Central (one limit) 4 2.8%
Annular Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All Annular Eclipses 74100.0%
Central (two limits) 68 91.9%
Central (one limit) 2 2.7%
Non-Central (one limit) 4 5.4%
Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All Total Eclipses 69100.0%
Central (two limits) 67 97.1%
Central (one limit) 2 2.9%
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: 17
                      Number of Years with 4 Eclipses:  5

The longest and shortest eclipses of the century as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.

          Longest Annular Solar Eclipse:    0205 Jan 08      Duration = 11m09s
         Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse:    0248 Mar 12      Duration = 00m10s

          Longest  Total  Solar Eclipse:    0204 Jul 14      Duration = 06m27s
         Shortest  Total  Solar Eclipse:    0206 Nov 17      Duration = 01m12s

          Longest Hybrid  Solar Eclipse:    0208 Oct 27      Duration = 01m03s
         Shortest Hybrid  Solar Eclipse:    0227 May 03      Duration = 00m05s

          Largest Partial Solar Eclipse:    0257 Aug 26     Magnitude = 0.99693
         Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse:    0235 Jun 03     Magnitude = 0.03177

      2 Saros Series begin [Year/Saros]:    235/ 99   264/100
      4 Saros Series end   [Year/Saros]:    220/ 53   249/ 59   260/ 60   289/ 61

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.



Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0201 to 0300 ( 201 CE to 300 CE )


                      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

05260  0201 Mar 22  01:51:41   8589 -22248   81   T    0.4284  1.0578  22.3N 176.7E  65 148  209  04m35s
05261  0201 Sep 15  03:14:40   8585 -22242   86   A   -0.4453  0.9286  19.6S 152.6E  63  31  295  08m01s
05262  0202 Feb 10  09:15:07   8581 -22237   53   P   -1.4884  0.0928  61.9S 159.6W   0 238             
05263  0202 Mar 11  18:30:53   8580 -22236   91   P    1.1299  0.7688  60.9N 142.0W   0  98             
05264  0202 Sep 04  03:46:22   8575 -22230   96   P   -1.1469  0.7123  61.0S  83.2E   0  74             
05265  0203 Jan 30  20:59:58   8572 -22225   63   A   -0.8449  0.9742  66.0S  45.4W  32 301  172  01m47s
05266  0203 Jul 26  00:44:37   8567 -22219   68   T    0.8516  1.0355  70.3N 102.6W  31 240  229  02m09s
05267  0204 Jan 20  01:22:31   8562 -22213   73   A   -0.1522  0.9324  29.0S 158.2W  81 341  256  07m51s
05268  0204 Jul 14  16:51:47   8558 -22207   78   T    0.0968  1.0774  27.6N  35.2W  84 195  252  06m27s
05269  0205 Jan 08  00:40:31   8553 -22201   83   A    0.5386  0.9196   9.4N 159.0W  57 167  359  11m09s

05270  0205 Jul 04  09:44:16   8549 -22195   88   T   -0.6478  1.0570  16.7S  62.7E  50  10  246  05m23s
05271  0205 Dec 28  02:21:28   8544 -22189   93   P    1.1971  0.6261  65.1N 161.2E   0 161             
05272  0206 May 25  11:32:45   8540 -22184   60   P    1.2389  0.5555  68.4N 123.1W   0  15             
05273  0206 Jun 23  22:44:50   8539 -22183   98   P   -1.4594  0.1560  65.7S 139.8W   0  12             
05274  0206 Nov 17  23:23:19   8536 -22178   65   T   -0.9446  1.0218  82.0S 128.4E  19  96  233  01m12s
05275  0207 May 14  14:17:53   8531 -22172   70   A    0.5008  0.9476  48.1N   7.7W  60 167  223  05m22s
05276  0207 Nov 07  15:01:09   8526 -22166   75   T   -0.2711  1.0460  31.9S  16.8W  74  13  159  03m55s
05277  0208 May 02  15:03:13   8522 -22160   80   A   -0.2628  0.9593   0.4N   8.4W  75 348  153  05m17s
05278  0208 Oct 27  05:23:55   8517 -22154   85   H    0.4189  1.0103  11.2N 137.1E  65 194   39  01m03s
05279  0209 Apr 21  20:55:53   8513 -22148   90   P   -1.0056  0.9794  71.0S  46.4W   0 309             

05280  0209 Oct 16  14:10:27   8508 -22142   95   P    1.1714  0.6705  71.3N  61.8E   0 241             
05281  0210 Mar 13  01:40:48   8504 -22137   62   T    0.8909  1.0536  55.5N 164.2E  27 147  390  03m38s
05282  0210 Sep 05  22:11:04   8500 -22131   67   P   -1.0756  0.8274  71.6S 174.4E   0  67             
05283  0211 Mar 02  18:11:38   8495 -22125   72   T    0.1899  1.0521   3.1N  57.1W  79 163  176  04m51s
05284  0211 Aug 26  00:06:18   8490 -22119   77   A   -0.3234  0.9679   7.0S 150.9W  71  15  122  03m51s
05285  0212 Feb 20  07:28:52   8486 -22113   82   A   -0.5462  0.9978  43.2S 118.6E  57 339    9  00m11s
05286  0212 Aug 14  09:10:09   8481 -22107   87   T    0.4330  1.0255  39.9N  85.7E  64 196   96  02m12s
05287  0213 Feb 08  13:48:25   8477 -22101   92   P   -1.3162  0.4215  70.3S 151.0E   0 220             
05288  0213 Jul 05  17:12:35   8473 -22096   59   P   -1.3835  0.2801  66.9S  42.0W   0 359             
05289  0213 Aug 04  00:18:25   8472 -22095   97   P    1.1337  0.7625  69.5N   1.1E   0 331             

05290  0213 Dec 29  19:16:25   8468 -22090   64   A+   1.0047  0.9436  66.5N  67.0W   0 185   -     -   
05291  0214 Jun 25  09:30:41   8463 -22084   69   T   -0.6796  1.0448  19.2S  75.6E  47 355  203  04m23s
05292  0214 Dec 18  22:46:04   8459 -22078   74   A    0.2794  0.9696   7.6S 124.0W  74 186  114  03m41s
05293  0215 Jun 14  20:45:22   8454 -22072   79   A    0.0867  0.9946  28.5N  98.1W  85 171   19  00m34s
05294  0215 Dec 08  09:31:55   8450 -22066   84   T   -0.4194  1.0220  47.3S  64.0E  65  16   83  01m46s
05295  0216 Jun 03  00:48:22   8445 -22060   89   A    0.8836  0.9464  76.5N 137.3E  28 110  426  03m48s
05296  0216 Nov 27  00:42:30   8440 -22054   94   P   -1.0674  0.8823  63.6S  60.6E   0 145             
05297  0217 Apr 23  11:30:26   8437 -22049   61   P   -1.1862  0.6472  61.5S 108.0E   0 297             
05298  0217 Oct 18  03:23:22   8432 -22043   66   A    0.9884  0.9833  57.9N 140.4W   8 238  425  01m10s
05299  0218 Apr 12  19:22:42   8427 -22037   71   T   -0.3774  1.0195  11.2S  65.2W  68 332   71  01m49s

05300  0218 Oct 07  10:08:56   8423 -22031   76   A    0.3038  0.9465  10.2N  68.7E  72 209  205  05m51s
05301  0219 Apr 02  09:40:55   8418 -22025   81   T    0.3748  1.0629  23.7N  59.3E  68 148  221  04m56s
05302  0219 Sep 26  10:36:54   8414 -22019   86   A   -0.4070  0.9259  21.7S  41.4E  66  32  301  08m13s
05303  0220 Feb 21  17:30:46   8410 -22014   53   Pe  -1.5199  0.0338  61.4S  66.9E   0 247             
05304  0220 Mar 22  02:29:25   8409 -22013   91   P    1.0855  0.8543  60.8N  88.9E   0  89             
05305  0220 Sep 14  11:13:10   8404 -22007   96   P   -1.1022  0.7890  60.7S  37.9W   0  83             
05306  0221 Feb 10  05:02:06   8400 -22002   63   A   -0.8724  0.9731  63.2S 162.7W  29 297  196  01m52s
05307  0221 Aug 05  08:18:57   8396 -21996   68   T    0.9089  1.0339  68.8N 159.0E  24 256  276  01m58s
05308  0222 Jan 30  09:09:29   8391 -21990   73   A   -0.1743  0.9331  27.3S  86.0E  80 337  254  07m37s
05309  0222 Jul 26  00:30:26   8387 -21984   78   T    0.1612  1.0754  29.0N 148.5W  81 200  248  06m06s


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0201 to 0300 ( 201 CE to 300 CE )


                      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

05310  0223 Jan 19  08:29:58   8382 -21978   83   A    0.5218  0.9226   9.6N  81.8E  58 163  339  10m21s
05311  0223 Jul 15  17:10:13   8377 -21972   88   T   -0.5800  1.0536  12.5S  50.7W  54  14  216  05m05s
05312  0224 Jan 08  10:36:12   8373 -21966   93   P    1.1865  0.6450  64.1N  27.0E   0 151             
05313  0224 Jun 04  18:12:32   8369 -21961   60   P    1.3248  0.4037  67.4N 125.1E   0   4             
05314  0224 Jul 04  05:42:31   8368 -21960   98   P   -1.3891  0.2851  64.8S 105.0E   0  22             
05315  0224 Nov 28  08:13:29   8364 -21955   65   T   -0.9439  1.0230  85.1S  35.1W  19 126  244  01m15s
05316  0225 May 24  20:39:31   8360 -21949   70   A    0.5890  0.9468  56.8N 103.0W  54 170  243  05m02s
05317  0225 Nov 17  23:51:08   8355 -21943   75   T   -0.2749  1.0440  35.4S 148.6W  74   9  153  03m43s
05318  0226 May 13  21:37:07   8351 -21937   80   A   -0.1799  0.9631   8.1N 109.4W  80 351  136  04m47s
05319  0226 Nov 07  13:58:09   8346 -21931   85   H    0.4133  1.0058   7.5N   6.7E  66 191   22  00m37s

05320  0227 May 03  04:02:14   8341 -21925   90   H   -0.9320  1.0011  51.9S 172.2E  21 340   10  00m05s
05321  0227 Oct 27  22:15:17   8337 -21919   95   P    1.1606  0.6881  70.7N  73.6W   0 227             
05322  0228 Mar 23  09:38:46   8333 -21914   62   T    0.9363  1.0557  64.0N  30.3E  20 135  529  03m27s
05323  0228 Sep 16  05:26:27   8328 -21908   67   P   -1.1176  0.7560  71.9S  50.8E   0  81             
05324  0229 Mar 13  02:14:35   8324 -21902   72   T    0.2312  1.0532   9.6N 179.6E  77 162  180  04m52s
05325  0229 Sep 05  07:32:08   8319 -21896   77   A   -0.3696  0.9676  13.6S  94.8E  68  17  125  03m46s
05326  0230 Mar 02  15:22:39   8314 -21890   82   A   -0.5130  0.9980  36.8S   1.8W  59 339    8  00m11s
05327  0230 Aug 25  16:53:17   8310 -21884   87   T    0.3818  1.0261  32.9N  31.6W  67 198   96  02m20s
05328  0231 Feb 19  21:25:10   8305 -21878   92   P   -1.2876  0.4702  71.0S  23.0E   0 233             
05329  0231 Jul 17  00:46:30   8301 -21873   59   P   -1.4492  0.1531  67.9S 167.3W   0  10             

05330  0231 Aug 15  08:07:30   8301 -21872   97   P    1.0789  0.8673  70.3N 129.4W   0 319             
05331  0232 Jan 10  03:14:59   8297 -21867   64   A+   1.0141  0.9292  67.6N 161.8E   0 174   -     -   
05332  0232 Jul 05  16:47:56   8292 -21861   69   T   -0.7547  1.0389  26.1S  37.0W  41 360  199  03m44s
05333  0232 Dec 29  07:10:36   8287 -21855   74   A    0.2833  0.9736   7.0S 109.1E  74 182   99  03m12s
05334  0233 Jun 25  03:34:11   8283 -21849   79   A    0.0061  0.9905  24.1N 160.5E  90 177   34  01m04s
05335  0233 Dec 18  18:17:54   8278 -21843   84   T   -0.4161  1.0249  48.2S  64.0W  65   9   93  02m00s
05336  0234 Jun 14  07:11:48   8274 -21837   89   A    0.7974  0.9469  74.4N  76.6E  37 146  326  04m05s
05337  0234 Dec 08  09:36:15   8269 -21831   94   P   -1.0662  0.8843  64.5S  83.2W   0 155             
05338  0235 May 04  18:14:55   8265 -21826   61   P   -1.2592  0.5197  62.0S   2.8W   0 305             
05339  0235 Jun 03  07:49:57   8264 -21825   99   Pb   1.5417  0.0318  64.0N  51.6W   0  30             

05340  0235 Oct 29  11:46:24   8261 -21820   66   A+   1.0029  0.9781  61.6N  98.0E   0 241   -     -   
05341  0236 Apr 23  02:40:05   8256 -21814   71   T   -0.4436  1.0248  11.5S 175.0W  64 334   93  02m20s
05342  0236 Oct 17  18:01:50   8251 -21808   76   A    0.3248  0.9417   7.4N  50.6W  71 207  226  06m37s
05343  0237 Apr 12  17:21:56   8247 -21802   81   T    0.3138  1.0677  24.8N  55.4W  72 150  232  05m18s
05344  0237 Oct 06  18:09:22   8242 -21796   86   A   -0.3770  0.9234  24.5S  72.3W  68  32  309  08m25s
05345  0238 Apr 02  10:19:52   8237 -21790   91   P    1.0347  0.9523  60.9N  38.1W   0  80             
05346  0238 Sep 25  18:49:44   8233 -21784   96   P   -1.0645  0.8534  60.7S 161.3W   0  92             
05347  0239 Feb 21  12:56:11   8229 -21779   63   A   -0.9056  0.9719  61.1S  81.9E  25 294  235  01m57s
05348  0239 Aug 16  16:00:15   8224 -21773   68   T    0.9611  1.0313  66.4N  58.8E  15 270  392  01m45s
05349  0240 Feb 10  16:48:43   8220 -21767   73   A   -0.2021  0.9342  25.2S  28.2W  78 334  250  07m21s

05350  0240 Aug 05  08:13:15   8215 -21761   78   T    0.2221  1.0728  29.4N  97.2E  77 204  242  05m45s
05351  0241 Jan 29  16:13:53   8211 -21755   83   A    0.5002  0.9261  10.2N  35.8W  60 159  317  09m27s
05352  0241 Jul 26  00:40:00   8206 -21749   88   T   -0.5160  1.0495   9.7S 164.5W  59  18  190  04m40s
05353  0242 Jan 18  18:46:02   8201 -21743   93   P    1.1710  0.6727  63.2N 105.6W   0 141             
05354  0242 Jun 16  00:52:20   8197 -21738   60   P    1.4092  0.2555  66.4N  13.7E   0 354             
05355  0242 Jul 15  12:43:49   8197 -21737   98   P   -1.3222  0.4067  63.9S  10.9W   0  32             
05356  0242 Dec 09  17:03:55   8193 -21732   65   T   -0.9438  1.0246  85.7S 134.1E  19 183  261  01m19s
05357  0243 Jun 05  03:00:14   8188 -21726   70   A    0.6774  0.9456  65.4N 164.8E  47 176  274  04m45s
05358  0243 Nov 29  08:42:30   8184 -21720   75   T   -0.2774  1.0424  37.9S  80.1E  74   5  148  03m33s
05359  0244 May 24  04:09:35   8179 -21714   80   A   -0.0948  0.9665  15.4N 150.6E  85 354  121  04m16s


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0201 to 0300 ( 201 CE to 300 CE )


                      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

05360  0244 Nov 17  22:34:57   8174 -21708   85   H    0.4108  1.0019   4.6N 124.2W  66 188    7  00m12s
05361  0245 May 13  11:05:04   8170 -21702   90   H2  -0.8543  1.0086  39.9S  56.8E  31 348   57  00m48s
05362  0245 Nov 07  06:25:01   8165 -21696   95   P    1.1545  0.6978  69.9N 150.3E   0 214             
05363  0246 Apr 03  17:28:38   8161 -21691   62   Tn   0.9885  1.0553  72.5N 129.1W   7  96   -   02m59s
05364  0246 Sep 27  12:51:42   8157 -21685   67   P   -1.1517  0.6984  72.0S  75.5W   0  95             
05365  0247 Mar 24  10:08:36   8152 -21679   72   T    0.2796  1.0538  16.6N  58.4E  74 161  185  04m50s
05366  0247 Sep 16  15:08:27   8147 -21673   77   A   -0.4079  0.9671  20.0S  22.1W  66  19  129  03m40s
05367  0248 Mar 12  23:05:01   8143 -21667   82   A   -0.4710  0.9982  29.9S 120.1W  62 340    7  00m10s
05368  0248 Sep 05  00:45:17   8138 -21661   87   T    0.3372  1.0263  26.1N 151.6W  70 199   95  02m25s
05369  0249 Mar 02  04:51:05   8133 -21655   92   P   -1.2506  0.5333  71.5S 102.7W   0 246             

05370  0249 Jul 27  08:24:29   8130 -21650   59   Pe  -1.5113  0.0341  68.8S  66.0E   0  21             
05371  0249 Aug 25  16:04:09   8129 -21649   97   P    1.0303  0.9597  71.0N  97.6E   0 306             
05372  0250 Jan 20  11:08:46   8125 -21644   64   P    1.0277  0.9080  68.7N  31.2E   0 162             
05373  0250 Jul 17  00:07:55   8120 -21638   69   T   -0.8264  1.0322  34.2S 151.5W  34   4  194  02m57s
05374  0251 Jan 09  15:33:30   8116 -21632   74   A    0.2892  0.9781   5.5S  17.4W  73 178   82  02m38s
05375  0251 Jul 06  10:22:43   8111 -21626   79   A   -0.0738  0.9859  19.0N  58.3E  86 360   50  01m40s
05376  0251 Dec 30  03:03:44   8106 -21620   84   T   -0.4123  1.0281  48.0S 168.3E  65   3  105  02m16s
05377  0252 Jun 24  13:35:01   8102 -21614   89   A    0.7112  0.9466  68.9N   0.1W  44 168  281  04m27s
05378  0252 Dec 18  18:29:19   8097 -21608   94   P   -1.0645  0.8874  65.5S 132.8E   0 165             
05379  0253 May 15  00:56:59   8093 -21603   61   P   -1.3347  0.3868  62.7S 113.2W   0 314             

05380  0253 Jun 13  14:16:07   8093 -21602   99   P    1.4545  0.1817  64.9N 158.5W   0  21             
05381  0253 Nov 08  20:13:33   8089 -21597   66   P    1.0136  0.9570  62.2N  38.4W   0 231             
05382  0254 May 04  09:55:34   8084 -21591   71   T   -0.5125  1.0294  12.7S  75.5E  59 337  114  02m49s
05383  0254 Oct 29  01:58:53   8079 -21585   76   A    0.3418  0.9374   4.7N 171.1W  70 205  246  07m23s
05384  0255 Apr 24  00:59:20   8075 -21579   81   T    0.2494  1.0718  25.5N 169.0W  75 152  241  05m39s
05385  0255 Oct 18  01:49:03   8070 -21573   86   A   -0.3529  0.9214  27.7S 172.5E  69  31  315  08m37s
05386  0256 Apr 12  18:02:10   8065 -21567   91   T    0.9776  1.0522  62.9N 139.0W  11  93  857  02m50s
05387  0256 Oct 06  02:36:21   8061 -21561   96   P   -1.0342  0.9052  60.8S  72.7E   0 101             
05388  0257 Mar 03  20:38:34   8057 -21556   63   A   -0.9476  0.9702  60.2S  27.9W  18 289  335  02m03s
05389  0257 Aug 26  23:51:08   8052 -21550   68   P    1.0060  0.9969  61.3N  34.3W   0 292             

05390  0258 Feb 21  00:16:25   8048 -21544   73   A   -0.2392  0.9355  23.2S 139.8W  76 331  247  07m06s
05391  0258 Aug 16  16:04:16   8043 -21538   78   T    0.2761  1.0696  28.7N  19.4W  74 207  235  05m25s
05392  0259 Feb 09  23:49:56   8038 -21532   83   A    0.4715  0.9302  11.1N 151.2W  62 156  292  08m33s
05393  0259 Aug 06  08:13:39   8034 -21526   88   T   -0.4558  1.0447   8.0S  81.0E  63  21  166  04m09s
05394  0260 Jan 30  02:51:04   8029 -21520   93   P    1.1508  0.7091  62.4N 123.3E   0 132             
05395  0260 Jun 26  07:30:13   8025 -21515   60   Pe   1.4942  0.1074  65.4N  96.7W   0 344             
05396  0260 Jul 25  19:47:10   8025 -21514   98   P   -1.2572  0.5236  63.1S 126.9W   0  41             
05397  0260 Dec 20  01:54:30   8021 -21509   65   T   -0.9438  1.0267  83.2S  39.8W  19 223  283  01m25s
05398  0261 Jun 15  09:19:24   8016 -21503   70   A    0.7667  0.9436  73.7N  79.7E  40 188  326  04m31s
05399  0261 Dec 09  17:35:29   8011 -21497   75   T   -0.2785  1.0413  39.5S  51.1W  74 359  144  03m26s

05400  0262 Jun 04  10:42:17   8007 -21491   80   A   -0.0093  0.9694  22.1N  51.4E  90 358  110  03m45s
05401  0262 Nov 29  07:13:23   8002 -21485   85   A    0.4102  0.9984   2.5N 104.6E  66 184    6  00m11s
05402  0263 May 24  18:08:00   7997 -21479   90   T   -0.7755  1.0151  30.1S  55.0W  39 354   82  01m30s
05403  0263 Nov 18  14:38:13   7993 -21473   95   P    1.1518  0.7018  69.0N  14.0E   0 202             
05404  0264 Apr 14  01:12:18   7989 -21468   62   P    1.0461  0.9330  71.3N  76.4E   0  60             
05405  0264 May 13  08:17:18   7988 -21467  100   Pb  -1.4730  0.1096  69.3S 115.9E   0 333             
05406  0264 Oct 07  20:25:54   7984 -21462   67   P   -1.1786  0.6530  71.7S 156.1E   0 109             
05407  0265 Apr 03  17:54:54   7980 -21456   72   T    0.3341  1.0540  24.1N  61.0W  70 161  189  04m44s
05408  0265 Sep 26  22:54:42   7975 -21450   77   A   -0.4387  0.9669  26.2S 141.2W  64  20  132  03m32s
05409  0266 Mar 24  06:38:31   7970 -21444   82   A   -0.4226  0.9982  22.7S 123.4E  65 341    7  00m11s


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0201 to 0300 ( 201 CE to 300 CE )


                      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

05410  0266 Sep 16  08:47:23   7966 -21438   87   T    0.3004  1.0264  19.7N  85.7E  72 199   94  02m29s
05411  0267 Mar 13  12:07:39   7961 -21432   92   P   -1.2067  0.6083  71.9S 133.4E   0 260             
05412  0267 Sep 06  00:08:11   7956 -21426   97   Tn   0.9878  1.0472  73.1N  62.9W   8 269   -   02m32s
05413  0268 Jan 31  18:56:05   7953 -21421   64   P    1.0468  0.8775  69.7N  98.5W   0 150             
05414  0268 Jul 27  07:31:46   7948 -21415   69   T   -0.8938  1.0247  43.5S  91.3E  26  10  188  02m07s
05415  0269 Jan 19  23:50:15   7943 -21409   74   A    0.3008  0.9831   2.9S 142.8W  73 174   63  01m59s
05416  0269 Jul 16  17:14:24   7939 -21403   79   A   -0.1498  0.9808  13.2N  45.5W  81   4   69  02m21s
05417  0270 Jan 09  11:45:03   7934 -21397   84   T   -0.4047  1.0320  46.3S  41.2E  66 356  118  02m35s
05418  0270 Jul 05  20:00:46   7929 -21391   89   A    0.6271  0.9456  62.2N  87.5W  51 179  258  04m54s
05419  0270 Dec 30  03:19:31   7925 -21385   94   P   -1.0610  0.8943  66.6S  10.9W   0 176             

05420  0271 May 26  07:37:54   7921 -21380   61   P   -1.4113  0.2507  63.5S 136.5E   0 323             
05421  0271 Jun 24  20:44:32   7920 -21379   99   P    1.3681  0.3308  65.9N  93.6E   0  11             
05422  0271 Nov 20  04:44:21   7916 -21374   66   P    1.0204  0.9430  62.9N 175.9W   0 222             
05423  0272 May 14  17:06:05   7912 -21368   71   T   -0.5860  1.0334  15.2S  33.0W  54 340  137  03m13s
05424  0272 Nov 08  10:02:12   7907 -21362   76   A    0.3528  0.9337   2.2N  66.8E  69 201  262  08m10s
05425  0273 May 04  08:30:52   7902 -21356   81   T    0.1800  1.0753  25.5N  79.3E  79 155  248  06m02s
05426  0273 Oct 28  09:36:39   7898 -21350   86   A   -0.3353  0.9197  31.0S  55.6E  70  29  321  08m49s
05427  0274 Apr 24  01:38:24   7893 -21344   91   T    0.9159  1.0564  63.5N 124.8E  23 109  463  03m14s
05428  0274 Oct 17  10:32:32   7888 -21338   96   A-  -1.0113  0.9444  61.1S  55.7W   0 110   -     -   
05429  0275 Mar 15  04:12:26   7884 -21333   63   As  -0.9957  0.9661  61.0S 120.4W   3 271   -   02m10s

05430  0275 Sep 07  07:49:10   7880 -21327   68   P    1.0456  0.9222  61.0N 163.3W   0 284             
05431  0276 Mar 03  07:36:11   7875 -21321   73   A   -0.2822  0.9370  21.2S 110.5E  73 330  243  06m53s
05432  0276 Aug 27  00:01:24   7870 -21315   78   T    0.3249  1.0660  27.3N 137.9W  71 210  227  05m06s
05433  0277 Feb 20  07:17:51   7866 -21309   83   A    0.4355  0.9346  12.3N  95.7E  64 153  267  07m40s
05434  0277 Aug 16  15:53:34   7861 -21303   88   T   -0.4014  1.0395   7.6S  34.9W  66  24  143  03m37s
05435  0278 Feb 09  10:49:47   7856 -21297   93   P    1.1243  0.7569  61.8N   6.1W   0 122             
05436  0278 Aug 06  02:55:27   7852 -21291   98   P   -1.1970  0.6308  62.3S 116.1E   0  50             
05437  0278 Dec 31  10:41:52   7848 -21286   65   T   -0.9471  1.0290  79.4S 170.8E  18 240  316  01m32s
05438  0279 Jun 26  15:41:17   7843 -21280   70   A    0.8534  0.9410  80.3N  15.7E  31 222  423  04m20s
05439  0279 Dec 21  02:26:27   7839 -21274   75   T   -0.2811  1.0406  40.1S 178.6E  73 354  142  03m21s

05440  0280 Jun 14  17:15:49   7834 -21268   80   A    0.0764  0.9718  28.0N  47.0W  85 183  102  03m18s
05441  0280 Dec 09  15:51:37   7829 -21262   85   A    0.4102  0.9955   1.1N  26.3W  66 179   17  00m30s
05442  0281 Jun 04  01:11:00   7825 -21256   90   T   -0.6954  1.0205  21.7S 165.1W  46 358   97  02m08s
05443  0281 Nov 28  22:52:13   7820 -21250   95   P    1.1503  0.7038  67.9N 121.8W   0 190             
05444  0282 Apr 25  08:50:06   7816 -21245   62   P    1.1087  0.8128  70.7N  52.1W   0  47             
05445  0282 May 24  15:41:33   7815 -21244  100   P   -1.4000  0.2495  68.4S   7.7W   0 344             
05446  0282 Oct 19  04:09:45   7811 -21239   67   P   -1.1981  0.6202  71.3S  25.5E   0 123             
05447  0283 Apr 15  01:32:54   7807 -21233   72   T    0.3951  1.0537  31.8N 178.3W  67 161  193  04m32s
05448  0283 Oct 08  06:51:00   7802 -21227   77   A   -0.4620  0.9669  32.1S  97.6E  62  20  134  03m24s
05449  0284 Apr 03  14:01:36   7797 -21221   82   A   -0.3662  0.9980  15.2S   9.3E  68 342    7  00m13s

05450  0284 Sep 26  16:58:52   7793 -21215   87   T    0.2710  1.0263  13.6N  39.4W  74 198   92  02m31s
05451  0285 Mar 23  19:12:28   7788 -21209   92   P   -1.1538  0.6989  71.9S  12.4E   0 274             
05452  0285 Sep 16  08:21:02   7783 -21203   97   T    0.9528  1.0475  67.4N 135.4E  17 233  531  02m51s
05453  0286 Feb 11  02:37:17   7780 -21198   64   P    1.0709  0.8382  70.5N 132.8E   0 137             
05454  0286 Aug 07  14:59:28   7775 -21192   69   T   -0.9570  1.0161  55.1S  30.7W  16  19  194  01m15s
05455  0287 Jan 31  08:03:05   7770 -21186   74   A    0.3163  0.9886   0.7N  92.6E  72 170   42  01m18s
05456  0287 Jul 28  00:08:38   7765 -21180   79   A   -0.2228  0.9754   6.9N 150.7W  77   7   90  03m04s
05457  0288 Jan 20  20:22:45   7761 -21174   84   T   -0.3936  1.0362  43.4S  85.8W  67 351  133  02m57s
05458  0288 Jul 16  02:29:07   7756 -21168   89   A    0.5451  0.9441  54.9N 179.3E  57 186  247  05m26s
05459  0289 Jan 09  12:06:27   7752 -21162   94   P   -1.0551  0.9057  67.7S 154.3W   0 187             


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0201 to 0300 ( 201 CE to 300 CE )


                      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

05460  0289 Jun 05  14:20:04   7748 -21157   61   Pe  -1.4873  0.1149  64.3S  25.6E   0 333             
05461  0289 Jul 05  03:18:00   7747 -21156   99   P    1.2845  0.4754  66.9N  16.0W   0   1             
05462  0289 Nov 30  13:15:06   7743 -21151   66   P    1.0264  0.9307  63.8N  46.3E   0 212             
05463  0290 May 26  00:17:58   7738 -21145   71   T   -0.6592  1.0365  18.8S 142.4W  49 344  162  03m32s
05464  0290 Nov 19  18:07:55   7734 -21139   76   A    0.3609  0.9307   0.3N  55.8W  69 198  276  08m56s
05465  0291 May 15  16:00:04   7729 -21133   81   T    0.1081  1.0781  24.7N  31.8W  84 159  254  06m24s
05466  0291 Nov 08  17:29:47   7724 -21127   86   A   -0.3220  0.9186  34.2S  62.2W  71  26  325  09m00s
05467  0292 May 04  09:08:37   7720 -21121   91   T    0.8497  1.0586  63.9N  24.2E  31 121  364  03m29s
05468  0292 Oct 27  18:36:49   7715 -21115   96   As  -0.9939  0.9382  63.6S 177.0W   5 111   -   03m50s
05469  0293 Mar 25  11:33:57   7711 -21110   63   P   -1.0531  0.8842  60.7S 126.8E   0 274             

05470  0293 Sep 17  15:57:50   7706 -21104   68   P    1.0773  0.8624  60.9N  65.1E   0 275             
05471  0294 Mar 14  14:44:43   7702 -21098   73   A   -0.3343  0.9385  19.5S   3.5E  70 329  240  06m43s
05472  0294 Sep 07  08:06:29   7697 -21092   78   T    0.3671  1.0621  25.2N 101.0E  68 211  218  04m48s
05473  0295 Mar 03  14:37:14   7692 -21086   83   A    0.3920  0.9393  13.5N  14.9W  67 151  242  06m52s
05474  0295 Aug 27  23:39:35   7688 -21080   88   T   -0.3527  1.0338   8.2S 152.1W  69  27  121  03m03s
05475  0296 Feb 20  18:40:52   7683 -21074   93   P    1.0908  0.8177  61.3N 133.4W   0 113             
05476  0296 Aug 16  10:08:36   7678 -21068   98   P   -1.1412  0.7288  61.7S   1.9W   0  59             
05477  0297 Jan 10  19:26:43   7674 -21063   65   T   -0.9528  1.0318  75.5S  30.2E  17 248  364  01m40s
05478  0297 Jul 06  22:05:39   7670 -21057   70   A    0.9379  0.9373  78.8N  15.1W  20 288  688  04m12s
05479  0297 Dec 31  11:15:04   7665 -21051   75   T   -0.2855  1.0404  39.7S  48.9E  73 348  141  03m19s

05480  0298 Jun 25  23:53:31   7660 -21045   80   Am   0.1595  0.9736  32.9N 145.4W  81 188   96  02m55s
05481  0298 Dec 21  00:29:21   7656 -21039   85   A    0.4101  0.9932   0.5N 157.1W  66 175   26  00m46s
05482  0299 Jun 15  08:15:24   7651 -21033   90   T   -0.6154  1.0251  14.6S  85.6E  52   2  108  02m40s
05483  0299 Dec 10  07:07:16   7646 -21027   95   P    1.1501  0.7037  66.8N 102.7E   0 179             
05484  0300 May 05  16:23:42   7642 -21022   62   P    1.1751  0.6846  69.9N 178.9W   0  35             
05485  0300 Jun 03  23:05:01   7642 -21021  100   P   -1.3256  0.3929  67.4S 130.6W   0 355             
05486  0300 Oct 29  12:00:54   7638 -21016   67   P   -1.2118  0.5973  70.6S 106.4W   0 136             


World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths

Detailed maps of all annular, total and hybrid eclipses during the 3rd century CE 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
3rd century CE 0201-0220 0221-0240 0241-0260 0261-0280 0281-0300

Calendar

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..


Predictions

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:

  1. pre-1950's: ΔT calculated from empirical fits to historical records derived by Morrison and Stephenson (2004)
  2. 1955-present: ΔT obtained from published observations
  3. future: ΔT is extrapolated from current values weighted by the long term trend from tidal effects

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.


Footnotes

[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.


Acknowledgments

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)"


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