Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses

0401 to 0500 ( 401 CE to 500 CE )

Introduction

Eclipses of the Sun can only occur when the Moon is near one of its two orbital nodes [1] during the New Moon phase. It is then possible for the Moon's penumbral, umbral or antumbral shadows to sweep across Earth's surface thereby producing an eclipse. There are four types of solar eclipses:

  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. [2]

Total eclipses are visible from within the Moon’s umbral shadow while annular eclipses are seen within the antumbral shadow . These eclipses can be classified as central [3] or non-central as:

  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.

The recurrence of solar eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle. For more information, see Periodicity of Solar Eclipses.


Statistics for Solar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500

During the 5th century CE[4], Earth experienced 233 solar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Solar Eclipses: 0401 - 0500
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 233100.0%
PartialP 80 34.3%
AnnularA 84 36.1%
TotalT 67 28.8%
HybridH 2 0.9%

Annular and total eclipses can be classified as either central or non-central as follows: 1) Central (two limits), 2) Central (one limit) or 3) Non-Central (one limit). The statistical distribution of these classes during the 5th 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 151100.0%
Central (two limits) 150 99.3%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 1 0.7%
Annular Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All Annular Eclipses 84100.0%
Central (two limits) 83 98.8%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 1 1.2%
Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All Total Eclipses 67100.0%
Central (two limits) 67100.0%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 0 0.0%

There are a minimum of two and a maximum of five solar eclipses in every calendar year. Statistics for the number of eclipses each year during the century are listed below.


                      Number of Years with 2 Eclipses: 71
                      Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 25
                      Number of Years with 4 Eclipses:  4

                      Two eclipses in same month:   463 Aug

The longest and shortest central eclipses of the century as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses are listed in the below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses: 401 to 500
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse 0486 Nov 1210m43s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse 0482 Feb 0400m05s -
Longest Total Solar Eclipse 0468 May 0806m56s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse 0404 Apr 2500m55s -
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 0500 Feb 1500m22s -
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 0403 Nov 0100m01s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse 0455 Jul 30 - 0.94059
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 0456 Jan 23 - 0.01122

During the century, 5 Saros series begin and 2 Saros Series end. The list below gives the year and Saros number of each of these events.

      5 Saros Series begin [Year/Saros]:    416/109   456/106   463/110   470/104   499/105
      2 Saros Series end   [Year/Saros]:    401/ 63   430/ 64


Catalog of Solar Eclipses

The catalog below lists concise details and local circumstances at greatest eclipse[5] for every solar eclipse during the century. A description or explanation of each parameter listed in the catalog can be found in Key to Catalog of Solar Eclipses.

Several fields in the catalog link to web pages or files containing additional information for each eclipse. The following gives a brief explanation of each link.


Index for Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses



Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500


                      TD of
Catalog  Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.               Ecl.            Sun Path  Central
Number     Date      Eclipse    ΔT     Num  Num  Type QLE  Gamma    Mag.   Lat Long Alt Width   Dur.
                                 s                                          °    °    °   km

05709  0401 May 29  04:57:52   6654 -19772   63   Pe  -t  -1.5078  0.0836  64S 168E   0             
05710  0401 Jun 27  16:57:24   6653 -19771  101   P   t-   1.2292  0.5739  66N 141E   0             
05711  0401 Nov 21  19:26:03   6649 -19766   68   P   -t   1.1528  0.7201  63N  44W   0             
05712  0402 May 18  06:43:34   6644 -19760   73   A   -p  -0.7800  0.9428  29S 122E  39  331  06m44s
05713  0402 Nov 11  11:10:32   6640 -19754   78   T   -p   0.4904  1.0401  10N  47E  61  153  03m39s
05714  0403 May 07  08:04:37   6635 -19748   83   A   nn  -0.0070  0.9679  17N  85E  90  116  03m36s
05715  0403 Nov 01  00:43:05   6630 -19742   88   H   n-  -0.1968  1.0001  25S 172W  79    1  00m01s
05716  0404 Apr 25  15:29:35   6625 -19736   93   T   p-   0.7541  1.0127  55N  60W  41   66  00m55s
05717  0404 Oct 20  07:58:52   6620 -19730   98   A   p-  -0.9410  0.9382  63S  16E  19  678  04m23s
05718  0405 Mar 16  21:42:37   6617 -19725   65   P   -t  -1.1073  0.8133  61S  24W   0             

05719  0405 Apr 15  05:32:35   6616 -19724  103   P   t-   1.4444  0.1668  61N  15E   0             
05720  0405 Sep 09  14:53:32   6612 -19719   70   P   -t   1.3285  0.4022  61N  82E   0             
05721  0406 Mar 06  14:00:59   6607 -19713   75   T   -p  -0.4147  1.0438  27S  13E  65  159  03m31s
05722  0406 Aug 29  17:59:08   6602 -19707   80   A   -p   0.5632  0.9759  39N  43W  56  103  02m08s
05723  0407 Feb 24  02:11:01   6597 -19701   85   A   n-   0.3195  0.9887   7N 170E  71   42  01m08s
05724  0407 Aug 19  04:29:24   6593 -19695   90   T   n-  -0.2024  1.0371   2N 136E  78  127  03m24s
05725  0408 Feb 13  07:01:38   6588 -19689   95   P   t-   1.0792  0.8238  62N  42E   0             
05726  0408 Aug 07  20:19:36   6583 -19683  100   T   t-  -0.9138  1.0609  44S 126W  24  487  04m26s
05727  0409 Jan 02  12:26:14   6579 -19678   67   P   -t  -1.2407  0.5499  64S 175E   0             
05728  0409 Jun 29  04:46:23   6574 -19672   72   T   -t   0.9153  1.0279  82N 135W  23  239  01m35s

05729  0409 Dec 22  17:24:51   6569 -19666   77   A   -p  -0.5009  0.9797  54S  47W  60   84  01m44s
05730  0410 Jun 18  14:33:19   6565 -19660   82   A   nn   0.1623  0.9835  33N  11W  80   59  01m47s
05731  0410 Dec 12  05:25:03   6560 -19654   87   T   n-   0.2041  1.0318  12S 125E  78  110  03m11s
05732  0411 Jun 07  17:21:39   6555 -19648   92   A   p-  -0.6202  0.9476  16S  54W  52  246  07m08s
05733  0411 Dec 01  20:56:26   6550 -19642   97   T   p-   0.8625  1.0363  38N 106W  30  242  03m04s
05734  0412 Apr 27  04:56:34   6546 -19637   64   P   -t   1.4234  0.2296  70N   3W   0             
05735  0412 May 26  18:11:23   6545 -19636  102   P   t-  -1.3644  0.3368  68S  55W   0             
05736  0412 Oct 21  22:19:21   6541 -19631   69   P   -t  -1.2225  0.5845  71S 103E   0             
05737  0413 Apr 16  14:20:56   6537 -19625   74   T   -p   0.6075  1.0291  46N  22W  52  124  02m20s
05738  0413 Oct 11  03:32:32   6532 -19619   79   A   -p  -0.5566  0.9362  40S 139E  56  284  06m44s

05739  0414 Apr 06  05:35:10   6527 -19613   84   T   n-  -0.1457  1.0696   1S 126E  82  229  06m16s
05740  0414 Sep 30  03:19:02   6522 -19607   89   A   nn   0.1434  0.9274   5N 158E  82  275  09m35s
05741  0415 Mar 26  22:23:20   6517 -19601   94   T   p-  -0.8676  1.0503  54S 101W  29  334  03m31s
05742  0415 Sep 19  04:49:16   6513 -19595   99   A   p-   0.8460  0.9539  55N 160E  32  314  03m58s
05743  0416 Feb 14  23:19:01   6509 -19590   66   P   -t   1.1229  0.7575  71N 172E   0             
05744  0416 Aug 09  03:53:39   6504 -19584   71   P   -t  -1.1288  0.7677  70S 111E   0             
05745  0416 Sep 07  13:26:34   6503 -19583  109   Pb  t-   1.5077  0.0637  72N 112E   0             
05746  0417 Feb 03  02:05:28   6499 -19578   76   A   -p   0.4393  0.9274   9N 175E  64  302  09m59s
05747  0417 Jul 29  20:31:08   6494 -19572   81   T   -n  -0.3928  1.0734   4S 103W  67  259  06m50s
05748  0418 Jan 23  01:24:23   6489 -19566   86   A   n-  -0.2570  0.9291  34S 168W  75  275  08m26s

05749  0418 Jul 19  12:39:47   6485 -19560   91   T   n-   0.3481  1.0459  42N  20E  69  163  03m52s
05750  0419 Jan 12  04:51:32   6480 -19554   96   A   t-  -0.9373  0.9605  86S 109W  20  423  02m29s
05751  0419 Jul 08  23:50:44   6475 -19548  101   P   t-   1.1565  0.7035  67N  26E   0             
05752  0419 Dec 03  04:17:38   6471 -19543   68   P   -t   1.1536  0.7187  64N 172E   0             
05753  0420 May 28  13:05:35   6466 -19537   73   A   -p  -0.8673  0.9415  37S  26E  30  430  06m38s
05754  0420 Nov 21  19:59:16   6461 -19531   78   T   -p   0.4956  1.0377   8N  87W  60  145  03m33s
05755  0421 May 17  14:44:02   6457 -19525   83   Am  nn  -0.0888  0.9716  15N  14W  85  102  03m17s
05756  0421 Nov 11  09:13:49   6452 -19519   88   A   n-  -0.1901  0.9956  28S  61E  79   16  00m25s
05757  0422 May 06  22:41:20   6447 -19513   93   T   p-   0.6806  1.0193  55N 162W  47   89  01m25s
05758  0422 Oct 31  16:00:07   6442 -19507   98   A   p-  -0.9282  0.9344  66S 107W  21  659  04m37s


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500


                      TD of
Catalog  Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.               Ecl.            Sun Path  Central
Number     Date      Eclipse    ΔT     Num  Num  Type QLE  Gamma    Mag.   Lat Long Alt Width   Dur.
                                 s                                          °    °    °   km

05759  0423 Mar 28  05:39:26   6438 -19502   65   P   -t  -1.1556  0.7213  61S 152W   0             
05760  0423 Apr 26  13:07:50   6437 -19501  103   P   t-   1.3796  0.2901  62N 108W   0             
05761  0423 Sep 20  22:13:51   6433 -19496   70   P   -t   1.3680  0.3358  61N  37W   0             
05762  0424 Mar 16  21:58:57   6429 -19490   75   T   -p  -0.4601  1.0441  25S 106W  62  164  03m34s
05763  0424 Sep 09  01:33:22   6424 -19484   80   A   -p   0.6062  0.9755  37N 156W  52  108  02m10s
05764  0425 Mar 06  09:57:04   6419 -19478   85   A   n-   0.2811  0.9887   9N  53E  74   41  01m07s
05765  0425 Aug 29  12:19:01   6414 -19472   90   T   n-  -0.1534  1.0371   1N  18E  81  126  03m19s
05766  0426 Feb 23  14:32:13   6409 -19466   95   P   t-   1.0456  0.8811  61N  80W   0             
05767  0426 Aug 19  04:11:14   6405 -19460  100   T   p-  -0.8601  1.0605  40S 115E  30  382  04m27s
05768  0427 Jan 13  20:28:41   6401 -19455   67   P   -t  -1.2488  0.5366  64S  44E   0             

05769  0427 Jul 10  11:59:29   6396 -19449   72   T   -t   0.9913  1.0180  69N 167E   6  576  00m55s
05770  0428 Jan 03  01:54:51   6391 -19443   77   A   -p  -0.5033  0.9838  53S 170W  60   66  01m22s
05771  0428 Jun 28  21:16:15   6386 -19437   82   A   np   0.2453  0.9792  38N 110W  76   76  02m10s
05772  0428 Dec 22  14:14:19   6381 -19431   87   T   n-   0.2019  1.0343  12S   8W  78  118  03m22s
05773  0429 Jun 17  23:43:27   6377 -19425   92   A   p-  -0.5325  0.9475   9S 152W  58  228  07m19s
05774  0429 Dec 12  05:50:23   6372 -19419   97   T   p-   0.8620  1.0356  36N 116E  30  237  03m02s
05775  0430 May 08  11:47:21   6368 -19414   64   Pe  -t   1.4922  0.1063  70N 119W   0             
05776  0430 Jun 07  00:41:34   6367 -19413  102   P   t-  -1.2780  0.4865  67S 164W   0             
05777  0430 Nov 02  06:38:40   6363 -19408   69   P   -t  -1.2369  0.5587  70S  36W   0             
05778  0431 Apr 27  21:43:54   6358 -19402   74   T   -p   0.6712  1.0337  55N 136W  48  153  02m31s

05779  0431 Oct 22  11:22:11   6353 -19396   79   A   -p  -0.5773  0.9318  45S  20E  54  311  06m58s
05780  0432 Apr 16  13:17:57   6348 -19390   84   T   nn  -0.0858  1.0734   6N   8E  85  239  06m37s
05781  0432 Oct 10  10:53:48   6344 -19384   89   A   nn   0.1154  0.9254   1S  42E  83  283  10m00s
05782  0433 Apr 06  06:11:16   6339 -19378   94   T   p-  -0.8163  1.0527  45S 134E  35  300  03m59s
05783  0433 Sep 29  12:33:08   6334 -19372   99   A   p-   0.8118  0.9546  48N  38E  35  281  04m11s
05784  0434 Feb 25  07:05:34   6330 -19367   66   P   -t   1.1588  0.6947  71N  41E   0             
05785  0434 Aug 20  11:40:53   6325 -19361   71   P   -t  -1.1776  0.6752  71S  19W   0             
05786  0434 Sep 18  21:26:54   6325 -19360  109   P   t-   1.4688  0.1352  72N  23W   0             
05787  0435 Feb 14  09:39:34   6320 -19355   76   A   -p   0.4697  0.9289  15N  59E  62  300  09m26s
05788  0435 Aug 10  04:16:06   6316 -19349   81   T   -p  -0.4516  1.0697  11S 138E  63  254  06m22s

05789  0436 Feb 03  09:08:51   6311 -19343   86   A   nn  -0.2341  0.9331  30S  76E  76  257  08m03s
05790  0436 Jul 29  20:07:35   6306 -19337   91   T   n-   0.2842  1.0409  35N  92W  73  143  03m37s
05791  0437 Jan 22  13:04:52   6301 -19331   96   A   t-  -0.9216  0.9662  82S  81E  22  321  02m11s
05792  0437 Jul 19  06:47:24   6296 -19325  101   P   t-   1.0873  0.8256  68N  90W   0             
05793  0437 Dec 13  13:10:27   6293 -19320   68   P   -t   1.1533  0.7193  65N  29E   0             
05794  0438 Jun 08  19:25:47   6288 -19314   73   A   -t  -0.9558  0.9388  49S  70W  17  783  06m17s
05795  0438 Dec 03  04:50:38   6283 -19308   78   T   -p   0.4982  1.0357   7N 139E  60  138  03m27s
05796  0439 May 28  21:21:24   6278 -19302   83   A   nn  -0.1728  0.9750  12N 113W  80   90  02m59s
05797  0439 Nov 22  17:48:16   6273 -19296   88   A   nn  -0.1870  0.9916  31S  67W  79   30  00m48s
05798  0440 May 17  05:49:32   6268 -19290   93   T   p-   0.6030  1.0253  54N  98E  53  107  01m54s

05799  0440 Nov 11  00:07:01   6264 -19284   98   A   p-  -0.9205  0.9309  70S 128E  23  665  04m49s
05800  0441 Apr 07  13:29:51   6260 -19279   65   P   -t  -1.2093  0.6182  61S  80E   0             
05801  0441 May 06  20:39:42   6259 -19278  103   P   t-   1.3114  0.4208  62N 129E   0             
05802  0441 Oct 01  05:43:30   6255 -19273   70   P   -t   1.4003  0.2818  61N 159W   0             
05803  0442 Mar 28  05:50:14   6250 -19267   75   T   -p  -0.5107  1.0440  24S 135E  59  169  03m37s
05804  0442 Sep 20  09:16:50   6245 -19261   80   A   -p   0.6424  0.9751  35N  88E  50  114  02m14s
05805  0443 Mar 17  17:33:56   6241 -19255   85   A   nn   0.2358  0.9887  11N  62W  76   41  01m06s
05806  0443 Sep 09  20:16:39   6236 -19249   90   T   n-  -0.1104  1.0368   1S 102W  84  124  03m14s
05807  0444 Mar 05  21:53:09   6231 -19243   95   A+  t-   1.0045  0.9513  61N 160E   0             
05808  0444 Aug 29  12:10:31   6226 -19237  100   T   p-  -0.8127  1.0590  39S   6W  35  326  04m19s


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500


                      TD of
Catalog  Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.               Ecl.            Sun Path  Central
Number     Date      Eclipse    ΔT     Num  Num  Type QLE  Gamma    Mag.   Lat Long Alt Width   Dur.
                                 s                                          °    °    °   km

05809  0445 Jan 24  04:24:13   6222 -19232   67   P   -t  -1.2630  0.5126  63S  84W   0             
05810  0445 Jul 20  19:17:00   6217 -19226   72   P   -t   1.0629  0.8841  63N  56E   0             
05811  0446 Jan 13  10:20:25   6213 -19220   77   A   -p  -0.5105  0.9884  51S  67E  59   47  00m58s
05812  0446 Jul 10  04:00:55   6208 -19214   82   A   -p   0.3260  0.9745  41N 152E  71   97  02m32s
05813  0447 Jan 02  23:00:54   6203 -19208   87   T   n-   0.1969  1.0373  12S 140W  79  128  03m35s
05814  0447 Jun 29  06:05:57   6198 -19202   92   A   p-  -0.4449  0.9469   3S 110E  64  218  07m23s
05815  0447 Dec 23  14:42:21   6193 -19196   97   T   p-   0.8603  1.0355  36N  21W  30  235  03m02s
05816  0448 Jun 17  07:12:15   6189 -19190  102   P   t-  -1.1908  0.6385  66S  87E   0             
05817  0448 Nov 12  15:03:08   6185 -19185   69   P   -t  -1.2465  0.5416  69S 176W   0             
05818  0449 May 08  05:02:39   6180 -19179   74   T   -p   0.7391  1.0374  64N 111E  42  187  02m35s

05819  0449 Nov 01  19:17:57   6175 -19173   79   A   -p  -0.5925  0.9280  51S  99W  53  335  07m09s
05820  0450 Apr 27  20:55:28   6170 -19167   84   T   nn  -0.0211  1.0765  13N 109W  89  248  06m50s
05821  0450 Oct 21  18:37:15   6165 -19161   89   A   nn   0.0940  0.9238   6S  76W  85  289  10m20s
05822  0451 Apr 17  13:50:39   6161 -19155   94   T   p-  -0.7582  1.0545  37S  12E  40  274  04m27s
05823  0451 Oct 10  20:27:02   6156 -19149   99   A   p-   0.7850  0.9551  42N  86W  38  262  04m24s
05824  0452 Mar 07  14:42:20   6152 -19144   66   P   -t   1.2019  0.6192  72N  88W   0             
05825  0452 Aug 30  19:36:11   6147 -19138   71   P   -t  -1.2202  0.5944  71S 152W   0             
05826  0452 Sep 29  05:36:43   6146 -19137  109   P   t-   1.4369  0.1938  72N 160W   0             
05827  0453 Feb 24  17:04:40   6142 -19132   76   A   -p   0.5070  0.9305  21N  56W  59  299  08m48s
05828  0453 Aug 20  12:07:55   6137 -19126   81   T   -p  -0.5045  1.0656  17S  16E  60  247  05m50s

05829  0454 Feb 13  16:47:54   6133 -19120   86   A   nn  -0.2063  0.9375  24S  39W  78  237  07m36s
05830  0454 Aug 10  03:39:07   6128 -19114   91   T   n-   0.2243  1.0355  28N 155E  77  122  03m17s
05831  0455 Feb 02  21:14:29   6123 -19108   96   A   t-  -0.9020  0.9723  76S  60W  25  233  01m52s
05832  0455 Jul 30  13:47:01   6118 -19102  101   P   t-   1.0212  0.9406  69N 153E   0             
05833  0455 Dec 24  22:01:42   6114 -19097   68   P   -t   1.1551  0.7163  66N 115W   0             
05834  0456 Jan 23  08:46:30   6113 -19096  106   Pb  t-  -1.5332  0.0112  69S 126W   0             
05835  0456 Jun 19  01:47:00   6109 -19091   73   P   -t  -1.0431  0.8887  66S 166W   0             
05836  0456 Dec 13  13:41:28   6105 -19085   78   T   -p   0.5010  1.0342   6N   4E  60  133  03m23s
05837  0457 Jun 08  04:01:10   6100 -19079   83   A   nn  -0.2559  0.9779   9N 147E  75   81  02m43s
05838  0457 Dec 03  02:22:23   6095 -19073   88   A   nn  -0.1844  0.9882  33S 165E  79   42  01m09s

05839  0458 May 28  12:58:30   6090 -19067   93   T   p-   0.5250  1.0305  52N   4W  58  121  02m21s
05840  0458 Nov 22  08:16:28   6086 -19061   98   A   p-  -0.9155  0.9280  74S   1E  23  679  05m00s
05841  0459 Apr 18  21:12:31   6082 -19056   65   P   -t  -1.2694  0.5020  61S  45W   0             
05842  0459 May 18  04:07:08   6081 -19055  103   P   t-   1.2392  0.5603  63N   7E   0             
05843  0459 Oct 12  13:23:10   6077 -19050   70   P   -t   1.4248  0.2409  61N  77E   0             
05844  0460 Apr 07  13:31:13   6072 -19044   75   T   -p  -0.5691  1.0434  23S  20E  55  173  03m38s
05845  0460 Sep 30  17:11:26   6067 -19038   80   A   -p   0.6702  0.9749  33N  32W  48  118  02m18s
05846  0461 Mar 28  00:59:22   6062 -19032   85   A   nn   0.1820  0.9885  13N 174W  79   41  01m08s
05847  0461 Sep 20  04:24:35   6058 -19026   90   T   nn  -0.0755  1.0364   3S 135E  86  123  03m09s
05848  0462 Mar 17  05:04:02   6053 -19020   95   A   p-   0.9555  0.9323  56N  74E  17  850  05m24s

05849  0462 Sep 09  20:16:30   6048 -19014  100   T   p-  -0.7709  1.0569  39S 128W  39  288  04m07s
05850  0463 Feb 04  12:15:23   6044 -19009   67   P   -t  -1.2813  0.4816  62S 148E   0             
05851  0463 Aug 01  02:36:42   6039 -19003   72   P   -t   1.1318  0.7553  63N  64W   0             
05852  0463 Aug 30  12:11:41   6039 -19002  110   Pb  t-  -1.4959  0.0774  61S  51W   0             
05853  0464 Jan 24  18:42:06   6035 -18997   77   A   -p  -0.5215  0.9935  48S  56W  58   27  00m32s
05854  0464 Jul 20  10:47:29   6030 -18991   82   A   -p   0.4042  0.9693  43N  54E  66  120  02m57s
05855  0465 Jan 13  07:44:43   6025 -18985   87   T   n-   0.1892  1.0407  11S  89E  79  139  03m49s
05856  0465 Jul 09  12:31:50   6020 -18979   92   A   p-  -0.3603  0.9459   2N  13E  69  213  07m21s
05857  0466 Jan 02  23:31:56   6015 -18973   97   T   p-   0.8569  1.0357  35N 158W  31  233  03m02s
05858  0466 Jun 28  13:47:21   6011 -18967  102   P   t-  -1.1058  0.7870  65S  23W   0             


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500


                      TD of
Catalog  Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.               Ecl.            Sun Path  Central
Number     Date      Eclipse    ΔT     Num  Num  Type QLE  Gamma    Mag.   Lat Long Alt Width   Dur.
                                 s                                          °    °    °   km

05859  0466 Nov 23  23:29:39   6007 -18962   69   P   -t  -1.2537  0.5290  68S  45E   0             
05860  0467 May 19  12:19:15   6002 -18956   74   T   -p   0.8094  1.0403  73N   2W  36  231  02m33s
05861  0467 Nov 13  03:18:02   5997 -18950   79   A   -p  -0.6035  0.9248  55S 142E  53  356  07m17s
05862  0468 May 08  04:28:58   5992 -18944   84   Tm  nn   0.0474  1.0789  20N 136E  87  255  06m56s
05863  0468 Nov 01  02:27:24   5988 -18938   89   A   nn   0.0780  0.9227  11S 166E  86  293  10m34s
05864  0469 Apr 27  21:24:18   5983 -18932   94   T   p-  -0.6958  1.0555  29S 107W  46  254  04m52s
05865  0469 Oct 21  04:30:00   5978 -18926   99   A   p-   0.7646  0.9559  37N 148E  40  247  04m33s
05866  0470 Mar 18  22:08:44   5974 -18921   66   P   -t   1.2523  0.5311  72N 146E   0             
05867  0470 Apr 17  10:26:56   5973 -18920  104   Pb  t-  -1.4981  0.0867  71S 104E   0             
05868  0470 Sep 11  03:39:39   5969 -18915   71   P   -t  -1.2566  0.5255  72S  72E   0             

05869  0470 Oct 10  13:54:40   5968 -18914  109   P   t-   1.4111  0.2412  72N  61E   0             
05870  0471 Mar 08  00:19:40   5964 -18909   76   A   -p   0.5522  0.9323  27N 168W  56  301  08m07s
05871  0471 Aug 31  20:07:11   5960 -18903   81   T   -p  -0.5507  1.0611  24S 107W  56  239  05m15s
05872  0472 Feb 25  00:16:40   5955 -18897   86   A   nn  -0.1696  0.9424  18S 153W  80  216  07m05s
05873  0472 Aug 20  11:17:31   5950 -18891   91   T   nn   0.1710  1.0296  22N  38E  80  102  02m50s
05874  0473 Feb 13  05:16:16   5945 -18885   96   A   p-  -0.8754  0.9790  69S 168E  29  156  01m29s
05875  0473 Aug 09  20:51:51   5941 -18879  101   A   t-   0.9601  0.9654  78N  19W  16  463  02m13s
05876  0474 Jan 04  06:50:38   5937 -18874   68   P   -t   1.1589  0.7095  67N 101E   0             
05877  0474 Feb 02  17:16:01   5936 -18873  106   P   t-  -1.5145  0.0438  70S  93E   0             
05878  0474 Jun 30  08:10:05   5932 -18868   73   P   -t  -1.1285  0.7425  67S  87E   0             

05879  0474 Dec 24  22:31:52   5927 -18862   78   T   -p   0.5039  1.0332   7N 130W  60  129  03m20s
05880  0475 Jun 19  10:40:23   5922 -18856   83   A   np  -0.3401  0.9802   4N  46E  70   75  02m29s
05881  0475 Dec 14  10:57:44   5918 -18850   88   A   nn  -0.1835  0.9854  34S  38E  79   53  01m27s
05882  0476 Jun 07  20:06:49   5913 -18844   93   T   p-   0.4457  1.0350  49N 106W  63  132  02m48s
05883  0476 Dec 02  16:27:33   5908 -18838   98   A   p-  -0.9125  0.9256  78S 125W  24  694  05m09s
05884  0477 Apr 29  04:50:23   5904 -18833   65   P   -t  -1.3332  0.3782  62S 169W   0             
05885  0477 May 28  11:33:37   5903 -18832  103   P   t-   1.1660  0.7023  64N 114W   0             
05886  0477 Oct 22  21:11:13   5899 -18827   70   P   -t   1.4426  0.2113  61N  50W   0             
05887  0478 Apr 18  21:06:05   5895 -18821   75   T   -p  -0.6320  1.0421  24S  95W  51  178  03m36s
05888  0478 Oct 12  01:13:46   5890 -18815   80   A   -p   0.6924  0.9748  31N 155W  46  121  02m21s

05889  0479 Apr 08  08:16:42   5885 -18809   85   Am  nn   0.1223  0.9881  14N  77E  83   42  01m11s
05890  0479 Oct 01  12:40:26   5880 -18803   90   T   nn  -0.0466  1.0358   6S  11E  87  121  03m06s
05891  0480 Mar 27  12:04:20   5876 -18797   95   A   p-   0.8980  0.9358  54N  24W  26  530  05m16s
05892  0480 Sep 20  04:31:03   5871 -18791  100   T   p-  -0.7364  1.0544  40S 107E  42  260  03m52s
05893  0481 Feb 14  19:58:22   5867 -18786   67   P   -t  -1.3068  0.4379  62S  23E   0             
05894  0481 Aug 11  10:02:04   5862 -18780   72   P   -t   1.1949  0.6383  62N 175E   0             
05895  0481 Sep 09  20:08:13   5861 -18779  110   P   t-  -1.4589  0.1488  61S 180W   0             
05896  0482 Feb 04  02:57:02   5857 -18774   77   A   -p  -0.5389  0.9989  45S 178W  57    4  00m05s
05897  0482 Jul 31  17:38:50   5853 -18768   82   A   -p   0.4775  0.9639  44N  45W  61  148  03m23s
05898  0483 Jan 24  16:22:34   5848 -18762   87   T   n-   0.1763  1.0446   9S  41W  80  151  04m03s

05899  0483 Jul 20  19:01:07   5843 -18756   92   A   pn  -0.2782  0.9444   5N  85W  74  213  07m18s
05900  0484 Jan 14  08:16:49   5838 -18750   97   T   p-   0.8499  1.0366  35N  67E  32  232  03m04s
05901  0484 Jul 08  20:26:40   5834 -18744  102   P   t-  -1.0229  0.9321  64S 133W   0             
05902  0484 Dec 04  07:57:06   5830 -18739   69   P   -t  -1.2595  0.5187  67S  94W   0             
05903  0485 May 29  19:34:46   5825 -18733   74   T   -p   0.8814  1.0420  83N 118W  28  301  02m26s
05904  0485 Nov 23  11:22:19   5820 -18727   79   A   -p  -0.6109  0.9222  59S  25E  52  372  07m23s
05905  0486 May 19  11:58:26   5815 -18721   84   T   nn   0.1193  1.0806  27N  22E  83  262  06m54s
05906  0486 Nov 12  10:24:14   5811 -18715   89   A   nn   0.0672  0.9221  15S  46E  86  295  10m43s
05907  0487 May 09  04:51:29   5806 -18709   94   T   p-  -0.6283  1.0559  21S 137E  51  236  05m11s
05908  0487 Nov 01  12:41:08   5801 -18703   99   A   p-   0.7505  0.9568  33N  22E  41  236  04m39s


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500


                      TD of
Catalog  Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.               Ecl.            Sun Path  Central
Number     Date      Eclipse    ΔT     Num  Num  Type QLE  Gamma    Mag.   Lat Long Alt Width   Dur.
                                 s                                          °    °    °   km

05909  0488 Mar 29  05:24:28   5797 -18698   66   P   -t   1.3102  0.4298  72N  22E   0             
05910  0488 Apr 27  17:36:45   5796 -18697  104   P   t-  -1.4368  0.1983  70S  17W   0             
05911  0488 Sep 21  11:52:21   5793 -18692   71   P   -t  -1.2858  0.4701  72S  66W   0             
05912  0488 Oct 20  22:21:32   5792 -18691  109   P   t-   1.3921  0.2761  71N  81W   0             
05913  0489 Mar 18  07:26:06   5788 -18686   76   A   -p   0.6038  0.9340  35N  82E  53  306  07m25s
05914  0489 Sep 11  04:13:02   5783 -18680   81   T   -p  -0.5912  1.0564  30S 128E  54  229  04m40s
05915  0490 Mar 07  07:39:25   5778 -18674   86   A   nn  -0.1274  0.9474  12S  94E  83  195  06m30s
05916  0490 Aug 31  19:01:26   5774 -18668   91   T   nn   0.1232  1.0235  15N  80W  83   81  02m19s
05917  0491 Feb 24  13:11:57   5769 -18662   96   A   p-  -0.8429  0.9860  62S  40E  32   92  01m02s
05918  0491 Aug 21  04:01:41   5764 -18656  101   A   p-   0.9036  0.9621  71N 171W  25  323  02m44s

05919  0492 Jan 15  15:35:24   5760 -18651   68   P   -t   1.1665  0.6957  68N  42W   0             
05920  0492 Feb 14  01:38:44   5759 -18650  106   P   t-  -1.4900  0.0876  71S  46W   0             
05921  0492 Jul 10  14:37:35   5755 -18645   73   P   -t  -1.2099  0.6032  68S  21W   0             
05922  0493 Jan 04  07:17:22   5751 -18639   78   T   -p   0.5104  1.0326   8N  96E  59  128  03m16s
05923  0493 Jun 29  17:25:33   5746 -18633   83   A   -p  -0.4200  0.9819   1S  57W  65   71  02m16s
05924  0493 Dec 24  19:30:00   5741 -18627   88   Am  nn  -0.1813  0.9831  34S  88W  79   61  01m43s
05925  0494 Jun 19  03:17:12   5737 -18621   93   T   p-   0.3672  1.0388  45N 151E  68  140  03m14s
05926  0494 Dec 14  00:37:53   5732 -18615   98   A   p-  -0.9095  0.9239  82S 111E  24  703  05m17s
05927  0495 May 10  12:22:50   5728 -18610   65   P   -t  -1.4013  0.2458  63S  68E   0             
05928  0495 Jun 08  18:58:41   5727 -18609  103   P   t-   1.0914  0.8472  65N 124E   0             

05929  0495 Nov 03  05:07:15   5723 -18604   70   P   -t   1.4546  0.1912  62N 178W   0             
05930  0496 Apr 29  04:31:53   5718 -18598   75   T   -p  -0.7019  1.0400  26S 153E  45  185  03m29s
05931  0496 Oct 22  09:26:26   5714 -18592   80   A   -p   0.7070  0.9752  29N  79E  45  122  02m23s
05932  0497 Apr 18  15:24:14   5709 -18586   85   A   nn   0.0554  0.9873  14N  29W  87   45  01m18s
05933  0497 Oct 11  21:04:41   5704 -18580   90   T   nn  -0.0243  1.0354   9S 116W  89  119  03m04s
05934  0498 Apr 07  18:55:52   5700 -18574   95   A   p-   0.8337  0.9389  53N 121W  33  401  05m08s
05935  0498 Oct 01  12:53:06   5695 -18568  100   T   p-  -0.7082  1.0515  42S  20W  45  238  03m37s
05936  0499 Feb 26  03:34:26   5691 -18563   67   P   -t  -1.3382  0.3834  61S 101W   0             
05937  0499 Mar 27  19:05:53   5690 -18562  105   Pb  t-   1.5545  0.0158  61N 177W   0             
05938  0499 Aug 22  17:31:58   5686 -18557   72   P   -t   1.2532  0.5314  61N  53E   0             

05939  0499 Sep 21  04:11:45   5685 -18556  110   P   t-  -1.4281  0.2079  61S  50E   0             
05940  0500 Feb 15  11:06:27   5681 -18551   77   H   -p  -0.5616  1.0046  42S  61E  56   19  00m22s
05941  0500 Aug 11  00:35:02   5677 -18545   82   A   -p   0.5458  0.9582  45N 146W  57  180  03m50s


World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths

Detailed maps of all annular, total and hybrid eclipses during the 5th 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
5th century CE 0401-0420 0421-0440 0441-0460 0461-0480 0481-0500

Index to Five Millennium Catolog of Solar Eclipses

Each link below displays a web page containing 100 years of solar eclipses. Every eclipse has links of global maps, central paths plotted on Google Maps, Saros series tables, and Besselian elements.

Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses
Centuries
-1999 - -1900 -1899 - -1800 -1799 - -1700 -1699 - -1600 -1599 - -1500
-1499 - -1400 -1399 - -1300 -1299 - -1200 -1199 - -1100 -1099 - -1000
-0999 - -0900 -0899 - -0800 -0799 - -0700 -0699 - -0600 -0599 - -0500
-0499 - -0400 -0399 - -0300 -0299 - -0200 -0199 - -0100 -0099 - -0000
0001 - 0100 0101 - 0200 0201 - 0300 0301 - 0400 0401 - 0500
0501 - 0600 0601 - 0700 0701 - 0800 0801 - 0900 0901 - 1000
1001-1100 1101-1200 1201-1300 1301-1400 1401-1500
1501-1600 1601-1700 1701-1800 1801-1900 1901-2000
2001-2100 2101-2200 2201-2300 2301-2400 2401-2500
2501-2600 2601-2700 2701-2800 2801-2900 2901-3000

These web pages are part of the Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000


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 Moon's orbit is inclined about 5.1° to Earth's orbit around the Sun. The points where the lunar orbit intersects the plane of Earth's orbit are known as the nodes. The Moon moves from south to north of Earth's orbit at the ascending node, and from north to south at the descending node.

[2] Hybrid eclipses are also known as annular/total eclipses. Such an eclipse is both total and annular along different sections of its umbral path. (See: Five Millennium Catalog of Hybrid Solar Eclipses)

[3] Central solar eclipses are eclipses in which the central axis of the Moon's shadow strikes the Earth's surface. All partial (penumbral) eclipses are non-central eclipses since the shadow axis misses Earth. However, umbral eclipses (total, annular and hybrid) may be either central (usually) or non-central (rarely).

[4] The terms BCE and CE are abbreviations for "Before Common Era" and "Common Era," respectively. They are the secular equivalents to the BC and AD dating conventions. (See: Year Dating Conventions )

[5] Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when the axis of the Moon's shadow passes closest to the Earth's center. For total eclipses, the instant of greatest eclipse is virtually identical to the instants of greatest magnitude and greatest duration. However, for annular eclipses, the instant of greatest duration may occur at either the time of greatest eclipse or near the sunrise and sunset points of the eclipse path.


Acknowledgments

The information presented on this web page is based on data published in Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000. The individual global maps appearing in links were extracted from full page plates appearing in Five Millennium Canon by Dan McGlaun. The Besselian elements were provided by Jean Meeus. Fred Espenak assumes full responsibility for the accuracy of all eclipse calculations.

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak (NASA's GSFC)"


Eclipse Links

Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses

Ten Millennium Catalog of Long Solar Eclipses

Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses

World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths

2010 Jul 21