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 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 | - | 227 | 100.0% |
| Partial | P | 79 | 34.8% |
| Annular | A | 74 | 32.6% |
| Total | T | 69 | 30.4% |
| Hybrid | H | 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 | 143 | 100.0% |
| 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 | 74 | 100.0% |
| 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 | 69 | 100.0% |
| 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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 |
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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)"