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 5th century CE[1], 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 | - | 233 | 100.0% |
| Partial | P | 80 | 34.3% |
| Annular | A | 84 | 36.1% |
| Total | T | 67 | 28.8% |
| Hybrid | H | 2 | 0.9% |
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 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 | 151 | 100.0% |
| 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 | 84 | 100.0% |
| 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 | 67 | 100.0% |
| Central (two limits) | 67 | 100.0% |
| Central (one limit) | 0 | 0.0% |
| Non-Central (one limit) | 0 | 0.0% |
There are a minimum of two and a maximum of five solar eclipses in every calendar year. Statistics for the number of eclipses each year during the century are listed below.
Number of Years with 2 Eclipses: 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 eclipses of the century as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse: 0486 Nov 12 Duration = 10m43s
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse: 0482 Feb 04 Duration = 00m05s
Longest Total Solar Eclipse: 0468 May 08 Duration = 06m56s
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse: 0404 Apr 25 Duration = 00m55s
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse: 0500 Feb 15 Duration = 00m22s
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse: 0403 Nov 01 Duration = 00m01s
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse: 0455 Jul 30 Magnitude = 0.94059
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse: 0456 Jan 23 Magnitude = 0.01122
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
The concise details and local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every solar eclipse during the century are presented below. Key to Catalog of Solar Eclipses contains a detailed description and explanation of each item listed in the catalog. The Catalog Number in the first column serves as a link to a global map of Earth showing the geographic visibility of each eclipse. The Saros Number in the sixth column links to a table listing all eclipses in the Saros series. Key to Solar Eclipse Maps explains the features plotted on each map.
The data presented here are based on the Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000.
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Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Sun Path Central
Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type Gamma Mag. Lat. Long. Alt Azm Width Dur.
s ° ° ° ° km
05709 0401 May 29 04:57:52 6654 -19772 63 Pe -1.5078 0.0836 63.8S 167.6E 0 327
05710 0401 Jun 27 16:57:24 6653 -19771 101 P 1.2292 0.5739 66.3N 140.7E 0 7
05711 0401 Nov 21 19:26:03 6649 -19766 68 P 1.1528 0.7201 63.3N 44.5W 0 219
05712 0402 May 18 06:43:33 6644 -19760 73 A -0.7800 0.9428 29.1S 122.1E 39 339 331 06m44s
05713 0402 Nov 11 11:10:32 6640 -19754 78 T 0.4904 1.0401 9.6N 47.2E 61 201 153 03m39s
05714 0403 May 07 08:04:37 6635 -19748 83 A -0.0070 0.9679 16.6N 85.2E 90 330 116 03m36s
05715 0403 Nov 01 00:43:05 6630 -19742 88 H -0.1968 1.0001 25.1S 171.8W 79 26 1 00m01s
05716 0404 Apr 25 15:29:35 6625 -19736 93 T 0.7541 1.0127 55.1N 59.9W 41 134 66 00m55s
05717 0404 Oct 20 07:58:52 6620 -19730 98 A -0.9410 0.9382 63.1S 15.7E 19 76 678 04m23s
05718 0405 Mar 16 21:42:37 6617 -19725 65 P -1.1073 0.8133 60.9S 23.8W 0 268
05719 0405 Apr 15 05:32:35 6616 -19724 103 P 1.4444 0.1668 61.3N 15.4E 0 69
05720 0405 Sep 09 14:53:32 6612 -19719 70 P 1.3285 0.4022 60.9N 82.3E 0 280
05721 0406 Mar 06 14:00:59 6607 -19713 75 T -0.4147 1.0438 26.6S 13.3E 65 328 159 03m31s
05722 0406 Aug 29 17:59:08 6602 -19707 80 A 0.5632 0.9759 39.0N 42.9W 56 216 103 02m08s
05723 0407 Feb 24 02:11:01 6597 -19701 85 A 0.3195 0.9887 7.3N 170.0E 71 153 42 01m08s
05724 0407 Aug 19 04:29:24 6593 -19695 90 T -0.2024 1.0371 2.5N 135.6E 78 25 127 03m24s
05725 0408 Feb 13 07:01:38 6588 -19689 95 P 1.0792 0.8238 61.6N 42.1E 0 119
05726 0408 Aug 07 20:19:36 6583 -19683 100 T -0.9138 1.0609 44.3S 126.4W 24 31 487 04m26s
05727 0409 Jan 02 12:26:14 6579 -19678 67 P -1.2407 0.5499 64.5S 175.3E 0 205
05728 0409 Jun 29 04:46:23 6574 -19672 72 T 0.9153 1.0279 82.0N 135.1W 23 273 239 01m35s
05729 0409 Dec 22 17:24:51 6569 -19666 77 A -0.5009 0.9797 53.6S 47.3W 60 350 84 01m44s
05730 0410 Jun 18 14:33:19 6565 -19660 82 A 0.1623 0.9835 33.1N 10.7W 80 185 59 01m47s
05731 0410 Dec 12 05:25:03 6560 -19654 87 T 0.2041 1.0318 11.7S 125.1E 78 178 110 03m11s
05732 0411 Jun 07 17:21:39 6555 -19648 92 A -0.6202 0.9476 15.5S 54.1W 52 360 246 07m08s
05733 0411 Dec 01 20:56:26 6550 -19642 97 T 0.8625 1.0363 37.6N 105.7W 30 183 242 03m04s
05734 0412 Apr 27 04:56:34 6546 -19637 64 P 1.4234 0.2296 70.4N 2.9W 0 43
05735 0412 May 26 18:11:23 6545 -19636 102 P -1.3644 0.3368 68.1S 54.6W 0 348
05736 0412 Oct 21 22:19:21 6541 -19631 69 P -1.2225 0.5845 71.0S 102.6E 0 128
05737 0413 Apr 16 14:20:56 6537 -19625 74 T 0.6075 1.0291 46.3N 22.2W 52 158 124 02m20s
05738 0413 Oct 11 03:32:32 6532 -19619 79 A -0.5566 0.9362 39.7S 139.0E 56 22 284 06m44s
05739 0414 Apr 06 05:35:10 6527 -19613 84 T -0.1457 1.0696 1.4S 126.3E 82 343 229 06m16s
05740 0414 Sep 30 03:19:02 6522 -19607 89 A 0.1434 0.9274 4.9N 157.5E 82 198 275 09m35s
05741 0415 Mar 26 22:23:20 6517 -19601 94 T -0.8676 1.0503 53.7S 100.5W 29 329 334 03m31s
05742 0415 Sep 19 04:49:16 6513 -19595 99 A 0.8460 0.9539 55.3N 160.3E 32 212 314 03m58s
05743 0416 Feb 14 23:19:01 6509 -19590 66 P 1.1229 0.7575 70.8N 171.9E 0 132
05744 0416 Aug 09 03:53:39 6504 -19584 71 P -1.1288 0.7677 70.0S 111.1E 0 37
05745 0416 Sep 07 13:26:34 6503 -19583 109 Pb 1.5077 0.0637 71.6N 112.1E 0 288
05746 0417 Feb 03 02:05:28 6499 -19578 76 A 0.4393 0.9274 9.4N 174.8E 64 169 302 09m59s
05747 0417 Jul 29 20:31:08 6494 -19572 81 T -0.3928 1.0734 4.1S 103.3W 67 9 259 06m50s
05748 0418 Jan 23 01:24:23 6489 -19566 86 A -0.2570 0.9291 34.2S 167.6W 75 351 275 08m26s
05749 0418 Jul 19 12:39:47 6485 -19560 91 T 0.3481 1.0459 41.5N 20.4E 69 187 163 03m52s
05750 0419 Jan 12 04:51:32 6480 -19554 96 A -0.9373 0.9605 85.8S 108.7W 20 245 423 02m29s
05751 0419 Jul 08 23:50:44 6475 -19548 101 P 1.1565 0.7035 67.3N 26.0E 0 357
05752 0419 Dec 03 04:17:38 6471 -19543 68 P 1.1536 0.7187 64.2N 172.4E 0 209
05753 0420 May 28 13:05:35 6466 -19537 73 A -0.8673 0.9415 36.7S 25.5E 30 342 430 06m38s
05754 0420 Nov 21 19:59:16 6461 -19531 78 T 0.4956 1.0377 7.9N 86.8W 60 196 145 03m33s
05755 0421 May 17 14:44:02 6457 -19525 83 Am -0.0888 0.9716 14.9N 14.0W 85 341 102 03m17s
05756 0421 Nov 11 09:13:49 6452 -19519 88 A -0.1901 0.9956 28.3S 60.7E 79 23 16 00m25s
05757 0422 May 06 22:41:20 6447 -19513 93 T 0.6806 1.0193 54.8N 161.7W 47 141 89 01m25s
05758 0422 Oct 31 16:00:07 6442 -19507 98 A -0.9282 0.9344 66.1S 107.0W 21 78 659 04m37s
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Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Sun Path Central
Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type Gamma Mag. Lat. Long. Alt Azm Width Dur.
s ° ° ° ° km
05759 0423 Mar 28 05:39:26 6438 -19502 65 P -1.1556 0.7213 60.9S 152.5W 0 276
05760 0423 Apr 26 13:07:50 6437 -19501 103 P 1.3796 0.2901 61.8N 108.0W 0 60
05761 0423 Sep 20 22:13:51 6433 -19496 70 P 1.3680 0.3358 60.8N 37.2W 0 271
05762 0424 Mar 16 21:58:57 6429 -19490 75 T -0.4601 1.0441 24.8S 106.4W 62 328 164 03m34s
05763 0424 Sep 09 01:33:22 6424 -19484 80 A 0.6062 0.9755 37.1N 156.0W 52 217 108 02m10s
05764 0425 Mar 06 09:57:04 6419 -19478 85 A 0.2811 0.9887 9.2N 52.7E 74 151 41 01m07s
05765 0425 Aug 29 12:19:01 6414 -19472 90 T -0.1534 1.0371 1.3N 17.8E 81 27 126 03m19s
05766 0426 Feb 23 14:32:13 6409 -19466 95 P 1.0456 0.8811 61.1N 80.0W 0 110
05767 0426 Aug 19 04:11:14 6405 -19460 100 T -0.8601 1.0605 40.3S 115.3E 30 33 382 04m27s
05768 0427 Jan 13 20:28:41 6401 -19455 67 P -1.2488 0.5366 63.6S 44.4E 0 215
05769 0427 Jul 10 11:59:29 6396 -19449 72 T 0.9913 1.0180 69.4N 167.3E 6 323 576 00m55s
05770 0428 Jan 03 01:54:51 6391 -19443 77 A -0.5033 0.9838 52.5S 170.4W 60 342 66 01m22s
05771 0428 Jun 28 21:16:15 6386 -19437 82 A 0.2453 0.9792 37.6N 109.7W 76 190 76 02m10s
05772 0428 Dec 22 14:14:19 6381 -19431 87 T 0.2019 1.0343 12.1S 7.5W 78 173 118 03m22s
05773 0429 Jun 17 23:43:27 6377 -19425 92 A -0.5325 0.9475 8.6S 152.2W 58 4 228 07m19s
05774 0429 Dec 12 05:50:23 6372 -19419 97 T 0.8620 1.0356 36.4N 116.2E 30 178 237 03m02s
05775 0430 May 08 11:47:21 6368 -19414 64 Pe 1.4922 0.1063 69.6N 118.8W 0 31
05776 0430 Jun 07 00:41:34 6367 -19413 102 P -1.2780 0.4865 67.1S 164.0W 0 359
05777 0430 Nov 02 06:38:40 6363 -19408 69 P -1.2369 0.5587 70.3S 36.2W 0 141
05778 0431 Apr 27 21:43:54 6358 -19402 74 T 0.6712 1.0337 54.7N 136.4W 48 157 153 02m31s
05779 0431 Oct 22 11:22:11 6353 -19396 79 A -0.5773 0.9318 45.4S 20.1E 54 21 311 06m58s
05780 0432 Apr 16 13:17:57 6348 -19390 84 T -0.0858 1.0734 5.9N 7.9E 85 344 239 06m37s
05781 0432 Oct 10 10:53:48 6344 -19384 89 A 0.1154 0.9254 1.0S 41.8E 83 197 283 10m00s
05782 0433 Apr 06 06:11:16 6339 -19378 94 T -0.8163 1.0527 45.3S 133.9E 35 336 300 03m59s
05783 0433 Sep 29 12:33:08 6334 -19372 99 A 0.8119 0.9546 48.3N 37.5E 35 207 281 04m11s
05784 0434 Feb 25 07:05:34 6330 -19367 66 P 1.1588 0.6947 71.5N 41.0E 0 119
05785 0434 Aug 20 11:40:53 6325 -19361 71 P -1.1776 0.6752 70.8S 19.3W 0 49
05786 0434 Sep 18 21:26:54 6325 -19360 109 P 1.4688 0.1352 71.9N 22.7W 0 275
05787 0435 Feb 14 09:39:34 6320 -19355 76 A 0.4697 0.9289 14.5N 58.7E 62 166 300 09m26s
05788 0435 Aug 10 04:16:06 6316 -19349 81 T -0.4516 1.0697 10.6S 137.5E 63 12 254 06m22s
05789 0436 Feb 03 09:08:51 6311 -19343 86 A -0.2341 0.9331 29.8S 76.4E 76 347 257 08m03s
05790 0436 Jul 29 20:07:35 6306 -19337 91 T 0.2842 1.0409 35.1N 91.5W 73 190 143 03m37s
05791 0437 Jan 22 13:04:52 6301 -19331 96 A -0.9216 0.9662 81.8S 80.8E 22 290 321 02m11s
05792 0437 Jul 19 06:47:24 6296 -19325 101 P 1.0873 0.8256 68.3N 90.1W 0 346
05793 0437 Dec 13 13:10:27 6293 -19320 68 P 1.1533 0.7193 65.1N 28.6E 0 199
05794 0438 Jun 08 19:25:47 6288 -19314 73 A -0.9558 0.9388 48.9S 70.3W 17 345 783 06m17s
05795 0438 Dec 03 04:50:38 6283 -19308 78 T 0.4982 1.0357 6.7N 138.5E 60 192 138 03m27s
05796 0439 May 28 21:21:24 6278 -19302 83 A -0.1728 0.9750 12.2N 113.0W 80 345 90 02m59s
05797 0439 Nov 22 17:48:16 6273 -19296 88 A -0.1870 0.9916 31.1S 67.3W 79 19 30 00m48s
05798 0440 May 17 05:49:32 6268 -19290 93 T 0.6030 1.0253 53.8N 97.6E 53 149 107 01m54s
05799 0440 Nov 11 00:07:01 6264 -19284 98 A -0.9205 0.9309 69.7S 127.6E 23 81 665 04m49s
05800 0441 Apr 07 13:29:51 6260 -19279 65 P -1.2093 0.6182 61.1S 80.4E 0 285
05801 0441 May 06 20:39:42 6259 -19278 103 P 1.3114 0.4208 62.3N 129.2E 0 51
05802 0441 Oct 01 05:43:30 6255 -19273 70 P 1.4003 0.2818 60.9N 159.0W 0 263
05803 0442 Mar 28 05:50:14 6250 -19267 75 T -0.5107 1.0440 23.5S 135.4E 59 328 169 03m37s
05804 0442 Sep 20 09:16:50 6245 -19261 80 A 0.6424 0.9751 35.0N 87.6E 50 216 114 02m14s
05805 0443 Mar 17 17:33:56 6241 -19255 85 A 0.2358 0.9887 11.0N 62.0W 76 150 41 01m06s
05806 0443 Sep 09 20:16:39 6236 -19249 90 T -0.1104 1.0368 0.5S 102.1W 84 29 124 03m14s
05807 0444 Mar 05 21:53:09 6231 -19243 95 A+ 1.0045 0.9513 60.8N 160.3E 0 101 - -
05808 0444 Aug 29 12:10:31 6226 -19237 100 T -0.8127 1.0590 38.6S 5.5W 35 36 326 04m19s
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Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Sun Path Central
Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type Gamma Mag. Lat. Long. Alt Azm Width Dur.
s ° ° ° ° km
05809 0445 Jan 24 04:24:13 6222 -19232 67 P -1.2630 0.5126 62.7S 84.5W 0 225
05810 0445 Jul 20 19:17:00 6217 -19226 72 P 1.0629 0.8841 63.3N 56.1E 0 322
05811 0446 Jan 13 10:20:25 6213 -19220 77 A -0.5105 0.9884 50.6S 66.9E 59 336 47 00m58s
05812 0446 Jul 10 04:00:55 6208 -19214 82 A 0.3260 0.9745 41.1N 151.9E 71 196 97 02m32s
05813 0447 Jan 02 23:00:54 6203 -19208 87 T 0.1969 1.0373 11.8S 139.5W 79 169 128 03m35s
05814 0447 Jun 29 06:05:57 6198 -19202 92 A -0.4449 0.9469 2.7S 110.4E 64 8 218 07m23s
05815 0447 Dec 23 14:42:21 6193 -19196 97 T 0.8603 1.0355 35.6N 21.3W 30 172 235 03m02s
05816 0448 Jun 17 07:12:15 6189 -19190 102 P -1.1908 0.6385 66.1S 87.0E 0 9
05817 0448 Nov 12 15:03:08 6185 -19185 69 P -1.2465 0.5416 69.4S 175.6W 0 154
05818 0449 May 08 05:02:39 6180 -19179 74 T 0.7391 1.0374 63.7N 110.5E 42 157 187 02m35s
05819 0449 Nov 01 19:17:57 6175 -19173 79 A -0.5925 0.9280 50.6S 99.0W 53 19 335 07m09s
05820 0450 Apr 27 20:55:28 6170 -19167 84 T -0.0211 1.0765 13.2N 109.0W 89 346 248 06m50s
05821 0450 Oct 21 18:37:15 6165 -19161 89 A 0.0940 0.9238 6.2S 75.7W 85 195 289 10m20s
05822 0451 Apr 17 13:50:39 6161 -19155 94 T -0.7582 1.0545 36.8S 12.3E 40 341 274 04m27s
05823 0451 Oct 10 20:27:02 6156 -19149 99 A 0.7850 0.9551 42.2N 86.3W 38 203 262 04m24s
05824 0452 Mar 07 14:42:20 6152 -19144 66 P 1.2019 0.6192 71.8N 87.9W 0 105
05825 0452 Aug 30 19:36:11 6147 -19138 71 P -1.2202 0.5944 71.3S 152.3W 0 62
05826 0452 Sep 29 05:36:43 6146 -19137 109 P 1.4369 0.1938 71.8N 160.1W 0 260
05827 0453 Feb 24 17:04:40 6142 -19132 76 A 0.5070 0.9305 20.6N 55.6W 59 163 299 08m48s
05828 0453 Aug 20 12:07:55 6137 -19126 81 T -0.5045 1.0656 17.2S 16.3E 60 15 247 05m50s
05829 0454 Feb 13 16:47:54 6133 -19120 86 A -0.2063 0.9375 24.5S 39.0W 78 345 237 07m36s
05830 0454 Aug 10 03:39:07 6128 -19114 91 T 0.2243 1.0355 28.5N 154.6E 77 193 122 03m17s
05831 0455 Feb 02 21:14:29 6123 -19108 96 A -0.9020 0.9723 76.1S 59.9W 25 307 233 01m52s
05832 0455 Jul 30 13:47:01 6118 -19102 101 P 1.0212 0.9406 69.3N 152.6E 0 334
05833 0455 Dec 24 22:01:42 6114 -19097 68 P 1.1551 0.7163 66.2N 115.2W 0 188
05834 0456 Jan 23 08:46:30 6113 -19096 106 Pb -1.5332 0.0112 69.0S 126.5W 0 203
05835 0456 Jun 19 01:47:00 6109 -19091 73 P -1.0431 0.8887 65.6S 166.1W 0 346
05836 0456 Dec 13 13:41:28 6105 -19085 78 T 0.5010 1.0342 6.3N 4.0E 60 188 133 03m23s
05837 0457 Jun 08 04:01:10 6100 -19079 83 A -0.2559 0.9779 8.5N 146.9E 75 350 81 02m43s
05838 0457 Dec 03 02:22:23 6095 -19073 88 A -0.1844 0.9882 33.0S 165.4E 79 14 42 01m09s
05839 0458 May 28 12:58:30 6090 -19067 93 T 0.5250 1.0305 52.0N 3.7W 58 157 121 02m21s
05840 0458 Nov 22 08:16:28 6086 -19061 98 A -0.9155 0.9280 73.8S 1.2E 23 84 679 05m00s
05841 0459 Apr 18 21:12:31 6082 -19056 65 P -1.2694 0.5020 61.5S 44.8W 0 294
05842 0459 May 18 04:07:08 6081 -19055 103 P 1.2392 0.5603 63.0N 7.4E 0 42
05843 0459 Oct 12 13:23:10 6077 -19050 70 P 1.4248 0.2409 61.1N 76.7E 0 253
05844 0460 Apr 07 13:31:13 6072 -19044 75 T -0.5691 1.0434 23.2S 19.7E 55 330 173 03m38s
05845 0460 Sep 30 17:11:26 6067 -19038 80 A 0.6702 0.9749 32.8N 32.4W 48 215 118 02m18s
05846 0461 Mar 28 00:59:22 6062 -19032 85 A 0.1820 0.9885 12.6N 173.6W 79 150 41 01m08s
05847 0461 Sep 20 04:24:35 6058 -19026 90 T -0.0755 1.0364 3.1S 135.2E 86 29 123 03m09s
05848 0462 Mar 17 05:04:02 6053 -19020 95 A 0.9555 0.9323 56.3N 74.2E 17 119 850 05m24s
05849 0462 Sep 09 20:16:30 6048 -19014 100 T -0.7709 1.0569 38.5S 128.1W 39 38 288 04m07s
05850 0463 Feb 04 12:15:23 6044 -19009 67 P -1.2813 0.4816 62.1S 147.9E 0 234
05851 0463 Aug 01 02:36:42 6039 -19003 72 P 1.1318 0.7553 62.5N 63.8W 0 313
05852 0463 Aug 30 12:11:41 6039 -19002 110 Pb -1.4959 0.0774 61.4S 51.2W 0 71
05853 0464 Jan 24 18:42:05 6035 -18997 77 A -0.5215 0.9935 48.0S 55.9W 58 331 27 00m32s
05854 0464 Jul 20 10:47:29 6030 -18991 82 A 0.4042 0.9693 43.4N 53.7E 66 202 120 02m57s
05855 0465 Jan 13 07:44:43 6025 -18985 87 T 0.1892 1.0407 10.9S 89.1E 79 165 139 03m49s
05856 0465 Jul 09 12:31:50 6020 -18979 92 A -0.3603 0.9459 1.9N 12.9E 69 12 213 07m21s
05857 0466 Jan 02 23:31:56 6015 -18973 97 T 0.8569 1.0357 35.2N 158.1W 31 167 233 03m02s
05858 0466 Jun 28 13:47:21 6011 -18967 102 P -1.1058 0.7870 65.1S 22.7W 0 19
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Catalog Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Ecl. Sun Sun Path Central
Number Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type Gamma Mag. Lat. Long. Alt Azm Width Dur.
s ° ° ° ° km
05859 0466 Nov 23 23:29:39 6007 -18962 69 P -1.2537 0.5290 68.3S 45.2E 0 166
05860 0467 May 19 12:19:15 6002 -18956 74 T 0.8094 1.0403 73.1N 2.2W 36 156 231 02m33s
05861 0467 Nov 13 03:18:02 5997 -18950 79 A -0.6035 0.9248 55.1S 142.5E 53 15 356 07m17s
05862 0468 May 08 04:28:58 5992 -18944 84 Tm 0.0474 1.0789 20.2N 135.7E 87 170 255 06m56s
05863 0468 Nov 01 02:27:24 5988 -18938 89 A 0.0780 0.9227 10.8S 165.5E 86 193 293 10m34s
05864 0469 Apr 27 21:24:18 5983 -18932 94 T -0.6958 1.0555 28.7S 106.7W 46 345 254 04m52s
05865 0469 Oct 21 04:30:00 5978 -18926 99 A 0.7646 0.9559 36.9N 148.4E 40 199 247 04m33s
05866 0470 Mar 18 22:08:44 5974 -18921 66 P 1.2523 0.5311 72.0N 145.7E 0 91
05867 0470 Apr 17 10:26:56 5973 -18920 104 Pb -1.4981 0.0867 71.0S 103.9E 0 305
05868 0470 Sep 11 03:39:39 5969 -18915 71 P -1.2566 0.5255 71.7S 72.3E 0 76
05869 0470 Oct 10 13:54:40 5968 -18914 109 P 1.4111 0.2412 71.5N 60.6E 0 246
05870 0471 Mar 08 00:19:40 5964 -18909 76 A 0.5522 0.9323 27.4N 167.8W 56 160 301 08m07s
05871 0471 Aug 31 20:07:11 5960 -18903 81 T -0.5507 1.0611 23.8S 107.1W 56 18 239 05m15s
05872 0472 Feb 25 00:16:40 5955 -18897 86 A -0.1696 0.9424 18.4S 152.8W 80 343 216 07m05s
05873 0472 Aug 20 11:17:31 5950 -18891 91 T 0.1710 1.0296 21.8N 38.5E 80 195 102 02m50s
05874 0473 Feb 13 05:16:16 5945 -18885 96 A -0.8754 0.9790 69.5S 168.0E 29 317 156 01m29s
05875 0473 Aug 09 20:51:51 5941 -18879 101 A 0.9601 0.9654 78.2N 19.0W 16 272 463 02m13s
05876 0474 Jan 04 06:50:38 5937 -18874 68 P 1.1589 0.7095 67.3N 101.1E 0 177
05877 0474 Feb 02 17:16:01 5936 -18873 106 P -1.5145 0.0438 69.9S 93.1E 0 215
05878 0474 Jun 30 08:10:05 5932 -18868 73 P -1.1285 0.7425 66.6S 87.0E 0 356
05879 0474 Dec 24 22:31:52 5927 -18862 78 T 0.5039 1.0332 6.7N 130.4W 60 183 129 03m20s
05880 0475 Jun 19 10:40:23 5922 -18856 83 A -0.3401 0.9802 3.9N 46.3E 70 354 75 02m29s
05881 0475 Dec 14 10:57:44 5918 -18850 88 A -0.1835 0.9854 34.1S 38.2E 79 9 53 01m27s
05882 0476 Jun 07 20:06:49 5913 -18844 93 T 0.4457 1.0350 49.1N 105.6W 63 165 132 02m48s
05883 0476 Dec 02 16:27:33 5908 -18838 98 A -0.9125 0.9256 78.0S 125.5W 24 87 694 05m09s
05884 0477 Apr 29 04:50:23 5904 -18833 65 P -1.3332 0.3782 62.0S 169.0W 0 303
05885 0477 May 28 11:33:37 5903 -18832 103 P 1.1660 0.7023 63.8N 114.4W 0 33
05886 0477 Oct 22 21:11:13 5899 -18827 70 P 1.4426 0.2113 61.5N 49.8W 0 244
05887 0478 Apr 18 21:06:05 5895 -18821 75 T -0.6320 1.0421 23.9S 94.6W 51 332 178 03m36s
05888 0478 Oct 12 01:13:46 5890 -18815 80 A 0.6924 0.9748 30.7N 154.9W 46 213 121 02m21s
05889 0479 Apr 08 08:16:42 5885 -18809 85 Am 0.1223 0.9881 13.8N 77.2E 83 152 42 01m11s
05890 0479 Oct 01 12:40:26 5880 -18803 90 T -0.0466 1.0358 6.0S 10.6E 87 29 121 03m06s
05891 0480 Mar 27 12:04:20 5876 -18797 95 A 0.8980 0.9358 54.3N 23.7W 26 124 530 05m16s
05892 0480 Sep 20 04:31:02 5871 -18791 100 T -0.7364 1.0544 39.8S 107.1E 42 39 260 03m52s
05893 0481 Feb 14 19:58:22 5867 -18786 67 P -1.3068 0.4379 61.5S 22.6E 0 244
05894 0481 Aug 11 10:02:04 5862 -18780 72 P 1.1949 0.6383 61.9N 175.0E 0 304
05895 0481 Sep 09 20:08:13 5861 -18779 110 P -1.4589 0.1488 61.1S 179.9W 0 80
05896 0482 Feb 04 02:57:02 5857 -18774 77 A -0.5389 0.9989 45.2S 178.0W 57 327 4 00m05s
05897 0482 Jul 31 17:38:50 5853 -18768 82 A 0.4775 0.9639 44.5N 45.5W 61 208 148 03m23s
05898 0483 Jan 24 16:22:34 5848 -18762 87 T 0.1763 1.0446 9.4S 40.8W 80 161 151 04m03s
05899 0483 Jul 20 19:01:07 5843 -18756 92 A -0.2782 0.9444 5.3N 84.9W 74 16 213 07m18s
05900 0484 Jan 14 08:16:49 5838 -18750 97 T 0.8499 1.0366 35.0N 66.5E 32 161 232 03m04s
05901 0484 Jul 08 20:26:40 5834 -18744 102 P -1.0229 0.9321 64.1S 133.0W 0 29
05902 0484 Dec 04 07:57:06 5830 -18739 69 P -1.2595 0.5187 67.2S 93.7W 0 178
05903 0485 May 29 19:34:46 5825 -18733 74 T 0.8814 1.0420 83.4N 118.0W 28 151 301 02m26s
05904 0485 Nov 23 11:22:19 5820 -18727 79 A -0.6109 0.9222 58.6S 24.9E 52 10 372 07m23s
05905 0486 May 19 11:58:26 5815 -18721 84 T 0.1193 1.0806 27.0N 22.1E 83 173 262 06m54s
05906 0486 Nov 12 10:24:14 5811 -18715 89 A 0.0672 0.9221 14.6S 45.6E 86 189 295 10m43s
05907 0487 May 09 04:51:29 5806 -18709 94 T -0.6283 1.0559 20.9S 136.9E 51 349 236 05m11s
05908 0487 Nov 01 12:41:08 5801 -18703 99 A 0.7505 0.9568 32.6N 21.6E 41 195 236 04m39s
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
05909 0488 Mar 29 05:24:28 5797 -18698 66 P 1.3102 0.4298 71.9N 21.9E 0 77
05910 0488 Apr 27 17:36:44 5796 -18697 104 P -1.4368 0.1983 70.3S 17.3W 0 318
05911 0488 Sep 21 11:52:21 5793 -18692 71 P -1.2858 0.4701 71.8S 65.7W 0 90
05912 0488 Oct 20 22:21:32 5792 -18691 109 P 1.3921 0.2761 71.0N 80.5W 0 233
05913 0489 Mar 18 07:26:06 5788 -18686 76 A 0.6038 0.9340 35.0N 81.6E 53 158 306 07m25s
05914 0489 Sep 11 04:13:02 5783 -18680 81 T -0.5912 1.0564 30.4S 127.8E 54 20 229 04m40s
05915 0490 Mar 07 07:39:25 5778 -18674 86 A -0.1274 0.9474 11.8S 94.5E 83 342 195 06m30s
05916 0490 Aug 31 19:01:26 5774 -18668 91 T 0.1232 1.0235 15.1N 79.5W 83 197 81 02m19s
05917 0491 Feb 24 13:11:57 5769 -18662 96 A -0.8429 0.9860 62.3S 40.3E 32 324 92 01m02s
05918 0491 Aug 21 04:01:41 5764 -18656 101 A 0.9036 0.9621 71.1N 170.7W 25 230 323 02m44s
05919 0492 Jan 15 15:35:24 5760 -18651 68 P 1.1665 0.6957 68.3N 42.1W 0 165
05920 0492 Feb 14 01:38:44 5759 -18650 106 P -1.4900 0.0876 70.7S 46.2W 0 228
05921 0492 Jul 10 14:37:35 5755 -18645 73 P -1.2099 0.6032 67.6S 21.4W 0 6
05922 0493 Jan 04 07:17:22 5751 -18639 78 T 0.5104 1.0326 8.1N 96.3E 59 179 128 03m16s
05923 0493 Jun 29 17:25:33 5746 -18633 83 A -0.4200 0.9819 1.5S 56.5W 65 358 71 02m16s
05924 0493 Dec 24 19:30:00 5741 -18627 88 Am -0.1813 0.9831 34.1S 88.2W 79 4 61 01m43s
05925 0494 Jun 19 03:17:12 5737 -18621 93 T 0.3672 1.0388 45.2N 150.7E 68 172 140 03m14s
05926 0494 Dec 14 00:37:53 5732 -18615 98 A -0.9095 0.9239 82.5S 110.7E 24 87 703 05m17s
05927 0495 May 10 12:22:50 5728 -18610 65 P -1.4013 0.2458 62.6S 68.0E 0 312
05928 0495 Jun 08 18:58:41 5727 -18609 103 P 1.0914 0.8472 64.7N 124.0E 0 24
05929 0495 Nov 03 05:07:15 5723 -18604 70 P 1.4546 0.1912 62.0N 178.4W 0 235
05930 0496 Apr 29 04:31:53 5718 -18598 75 T -0.7019 1.0400 26.0S 153.3E 45 334 185 03m29s
05931 0496 Oct 22 09:26:26 5714 -18592 80 A 0.7070 0.9752 28.5N 79.5E 45 209 122 02m23s
05932 0497 Apr 18 15:24:14 5709 -18586 85 A 0.0554 0.9873 14.3N 29.3W 87 154 45 01m18s
05933 0497 Oct 11 21:04:41 5704 -18580 90 T -0.0243 1.0354 9.2S 116.2W 89 27 119 03m04s
05934 0498 Apr 07 18:55:52 5700 -18574 95 A 0.8337 0.9389 53.5N 121.2W 33 129 401 05m08s
05935 0498 Oct 01 12:53:06 5695 -18568 100 T -0.7082 1.0515 42.0S 19.5W 45 40 238 03m37s
05936 0499 Feb 26 03:34:26 5691 -18563 67 P -1.3382 0.3834 61.2S 100.9W 0 253
05937 0499 Mar 27 19:05:53 5690 -18562 105 Pb 1.5545 0.0158 60.9N 177.1W 0 83
05938 0499 Aug 22 17:31:58 5686 -18557 72 P 1.2532 0.5314 61.4N 52.9E 0 295
05939 0499 Sep 21 04:11:45 5685 -18556 110 P -1.4281 0.2079 61.0S 49.8E 0 89
05940 0500 Feb 15 11:06:27 5681 -18551 77 H -0.5616 1.0046 42.2S 60.6E 56 325 19 00m22s
05941 0500 Aug 11 00:35:02 5677 -18545 82 A 0.5458 0.9582 44.7N 146.1W 57 213 180 03m50s
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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)"
