Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses

0501 to 0600 ( 501 CE to 600 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: 0501 to 0600

During the 6th century CE[4], Earth experienced 251 solar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Solar Eclipses: 0501 - 0600
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 251100.0%
PartialP 93 37.1%
AnnularA 87 34.7%
TotalT 65 25.9%
HybridH 6 2.4%

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 6th 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 152100.0%
Central (two limits) 151 99.3%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 1 0.7%
Annular Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All Annular Eclipses 87100.0%
Central (two limits) 86 98.9%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 1 1.1%
Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All Total Eclipses 65100.0%
Central (two limits) 65100.0%
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: 66
                      Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 17
                      Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 17

                      Two eclipses in same month:   528 Aug
                      Two eclipses in same month:   539 Jul
                      Two eclipses in same month:   542 May

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: 501 to 600
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse 0504 Nov 2210m41s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse 0562 Oct 1400m05s -
Longest Total Solar Eclipse 0504 May 2906m44s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse 0536 Mar 0801m17s -
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 0508 Sep 1101m45s -
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 0527 Mar 1800m03s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse 0513 Jun 19 - 0.99077
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 0550 Jan 04 - 0.00673

During the century, 5 Saros series begin and 4 Saros Series end. The list below gives the year and Saros number of each of these events.

      5 Saros Series begin [Year/Saros]:    528/111   539/112   550/108   557/107   586/113
      4 Saros Series end   [Year/Saros]:    513/ 65   542/ 66   571/ 67   582/ 73


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: 0501 to 0600


                      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

05942  0501 Feb 04  00:54:51   5672 -18539   87   T   n-   0.1585  1.0487   7S 169W  81  164  04m18s
05943  0501 Jul 31  01:37:16   5667 -18533   92   A   nn  -0.2016  0.9427   7N 176E  78  216  07m14s
05944  0502 Jan 24  16:57:17   5662 -18527   97   T   p-   0.8396  1.0378  35N  68W  33  230  03m06s
05945  0502 Jul 20  03:11:36   5657 -18521  102   A   t-  -0.9434  0.9595  47S 132E  19  442  03m52s
05946  0502 Dec 15  16:23:51   5653 -18516   69   P   -t  -1.2652  0.5088  66S 128E   0             
05947  0503 Jun 10  02:51:04   5649 -18510   74   T   -t   0.9535  1.0420  84N  28W  17  483  02m12s
05948  0503 Dec 04  19:27:10   5644 -18504   79   A   -p  -0.6172  0.9204  61S  91W  52  384  07m27s
05949  0504 May 29  19:26:16   5639 -18498   84   T   -n   0.1927  1.0813  33N  90W  79  267  06m44s
05950  0504 Nov 22  18:25:08   5634 -18492   89   A   nn   0.0592  0.9222  18S  75W  87  295  10m41s
05951  0505 May 19  12:15:05   5630 -18486   94   T   p-  -0.5585  1.0553  14S  22E  56  220  05m23s

05952  0505 Nov 11  20:57:42   5625 -18480   99   A   p-   0.7399  0.9582  29N 106W  42  225  04m39s
05953  0506 Apr 09  12:30:50   5621 -18475   66   P   -t   1.3745  0.3174  72N  99W   0             
05954  0506 May 09  00:40:11   5620 -18474  104   P   t-  -1.3709  0.3179  70S 136W   0             
05955  0506 Oct 02  20:13:20   5616 -18469   71   P   -t  -1.3089  0.4266  72S 154E   0             
05956  0506 Nov 01  06:55:05   5615 -18468  109   P   t-   1.3780  0.3019  70N 137E   0             
05957  0507 Mar 29  14:20:55   5611 -18463   76   A   -p   0.6647  0.9356  43N  27W  48  318  06m42s
05958  0507 Sep 22  12:27:05   5606 -18457   81   T   -p  -0.6247  1.0516  37S   1E  51  217  04m06s
05959  0508 Mar 17  14:52:12   5602 -18451   86   A   nn  -0.0762  0.9525   5S  16W  86  174  05m52s
05960  0508 Sep 11  02:53:05   5597 -18445   91   H3  nn   0.0826  1.0173   9N 160E  85   59  01m45s
05961  0509 Mar 06  20:59:05   5592 -18439   96   A   p-  -0.8024  0.9933  55S  84W  36   39  00m32s

05962  0509 Aug 31  11:18:53   5587 -18433  101   A   p-   0.8538  0.9579  62N  65E  31  294  03m22s
05963  0510 Jan 26  00:15:39   5583 -18428   68   P   -t   1.1778  0.6746  69N 175E   0             
05964  0510 Feb 24  09:54:50   5583 -18427  106   P   t-  -1.4600  0.1419  71S 176E   0             
05965  0510 Jul 21  21:08:35   5579 -18422   73   P   -t  -1.2882  0.4692  69S 131W   0             
05966  0511 Jan 15  16:00:05   5574 -18416   78   T   -p   0.5189  1.0323  10N  36W  59  128  03m14s
05967  0511 Jul 11  00:13:47   5569 -18410   83   A   -p  -0.4979  0.9831   8S 161W  60   69  02m05s
05968  0512 Jan 05  03:59:03   5564 -18404   88   A   nn  -0.1769  0.9815  33S 146E  80   67  01m55s
05969  0512 Jun 29  10:30:12   5560 -18398   93   T   n-   0.2901  1.0418  40N  45E  73  146  03m37s
05970  0512 Dec 24  08:46:57   5555 -18392   98   A   p-  -0.9062  0.9228  87S   2E  25  702  05m24s
05971  0513 May 20  19:52:49   5551 -18387   65   Pe  -t  -1.4713  0.1095  63S  55W   0             

05972  0513 Jun 19  02:25:05   5550 -18386  103   P   t-   1.0176  0.9908  66N   2E   0             
05973  0513 Nov 13  13:08:18   5546 -18381   70   P   -t   1.4630  0.1770  63N  52E   0             
05974  0514 May 10  11:53:33   5541 -18375   75   T   -p  -0.7744  1.0371  30S  42E  39  194  03m16s
05975  0514 Nov 02  17:45:19   5537 -18369   80   A   -p   0.7173  0.9760  27N  48W  44  120  02m23s
05976  0515 Apr 29  22:23:38   5532 -18363   85   A   nn  -0.0175  0.9861  14N 134W  89   49  01m28s
05977  0515 Oct 23  05:36:13   5527 -18357   90   T   nn  -0.0076  1.0351  12S 115E  89  118  03m04s
05978  0516 Apr 18  01:38:56   5522 -18351   95   A   p-   0.7628  0.9415  53N 143E  40  329  05m01s
05979  0516 Oct 11  21:22:23   5518 -18345  100   T   p-  -0.6864  1.0487  45S 148W  46  219  03m23s
05980  0517 Mar 08  11:01:54   5514 -18340   67   P   -t  -1.3770  0.3155  61S 138E   0             
05981  0517 Apr 07  01:59:05   5513 -18339  105   P   t-   1.4893  0.1253  61N  70E   0             

05982  0517 Sep 02  01:09:31   5509 -18334   72   P   -t   1.3044  0.4388  61N  71W   0             
05983  0517 Oct 01  12:22:50   5508 -18333  110   P   t-  -1.4042  0.2535  61S  82W   0             
05984  0518 Feb 25  19:08:25   5504 -18328   77   H   -p  -0.5912  1.0104  40S  60W  54   44  00m50s
05985  0518 Aug 22  07:37:14   5499 -18322   82   A   -p   0.6084  0.9524  44N 111E  52  216  04m21s
05986  0519 Feb 15  09:19:56   5495 -18316   87   T   n-   0.1343  1.0530   5S  64E  82  177  04m33s
05987  0519 Aug 11  08:20:20   5490 -18310   92   A   nn  -0.1304  0.9406   8N  75E  83  222  07m14s
05988  0520 Feb 05  01:29:14   5485 -18304   97   T   p-   0.8227  1.0395  35N 161E  34  228  03m10s
05989  0520 Jul 30  10:04:27   5480 -18298  102   A   t-  -0.8693  0.9626  38S  29E  29  268  03m45s
05990  0520 Dec 26  00:48:33   5476 -18293   69   P   -t  -1.2721  0.4969  65S   9W   0             
05991  0521 Jun 20  10:08:44   5472 -18287   74   P   -t   1.0248  0.9670  66N 143W   0             


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0501 to 0600


                      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

05992  0521 Dec 15  03:32:14   5467 -18281   79   A   -p  -0.6230  0.9193  62S 155E  51  393  07m28s
05993  0522 Jun 10  02:52:34   5462 -18275   84   T   -n   0.2675  1.0812  39N 159E  74  272  06m28s
05994  0522 Dec 04  02:29:54   5457 -18269   89   A   nn   0.0543  0.9229  20S 164E  87  292  10m31s
05995  0523 May 30  19:33:08   5453 -18263   94   T   p-  -0.4847  1.0541   7S  90W  61  204  05m25s
05996  0523 Nov 23  05:20:29   5448 -18257   99   A   p-   0.7339  0.9601  26N 125E  43  213  04m33s
05997  0524 Apr 19  19:28:06   5444 -18252   66   P   -t   1.4451  0.1940  71N 142E   0             
05998  0524 May 19  07:37:25   5443 -18251  104   P   t-  -1.3006  0.4452  69S 107E   0             
05999  0524 Oct 13  04:41:57   5439 -18246   71   P   -t  -1.3264  0.3939  71S  12E   0             
06000  0524 Nov 11  15:34:10   5438 -18245  109   P   t-   1.3680  0.3201  69N   6W   0             
06001  0525 Apr 08  21:08:45   5434 -18240   76   A   -p   0.7309  0.9369  52N 134W  43  342  06m01s

06002  0525 Oct 02  20:48:13   5430 -18234   81   T   -p  -0.6521  1.0469  43S 128W  49  205  03m35s
06003  0526 Mar 28  21:59:31   5425 -18228   86   A   nn  -0.0200  0.9578   3N 126W  89  154  05m11s
06004  0526 Sep 22  10:50:19   5420 -18222   91   H   nn   0.0476  1.0111   2N  39E  87   38  01m08s
06005  0527 Mar 18  04:40:28   5415 -18216   96   H   p-  -0.7564  1.0006  47S 154E  41    3  00m03s
06006  0527 Sep 11  18:42:58   5411 -18210  101   A   p-   0.8106  0.9532  55N  54W  36  290  04m05s
06007  0528 Feb 06  08:48:21   5407 -18205   68   P   -t   1.1955  0.6417  70N  34E   0             
06008  0528 Mar 06  18:02:29   5406 -18204  106   P   t-  -1.4232  0.2100  72S  39E   0             
06009  0528 Aug 01  03:47:42   5402 -18199   73   P   -t  -1.3595  0.3476  70S 116E   0             
06010  0528 Aug 30  20:01:34   5401 -18198  111   Pb  t-   1.5569  0.0164  71N  18E   0             
06011  0529 Jan 26  00:35:32   5397 -18193   78   T   -p   0.5327  1.0323  14N 168W  58  129  03m10s

06012  0529 Jul 21  07:09:42   5393 -18187   83   A   -p  -0.5701  0.9838  14S  92E  55   70  01m56s
06013  0530 Jan 15  12:21:32   5388 -18181   88   A   nn  -0.1682  0.9802  31S  22E  80   71  02m05s
06014  0530 Jul 10  17:48:09   5383 -18175   93   T   n-   0.2166  1.0440  35N  63W  77  151  03m57s
06015  0531 Jan 04  16:51:18   5378 -18169   98   A   p-  -0.8996  0.9225  87S  25W  25  682  05m32s
06016  0531 Jun 30  09:51:59   5374 -18163  103   T   t-   0.9440  1.0666  85N 106W  19  680  03m23s
06017  0531 Nov 24  21:15:03   5370 -18158   70   P   -t   1.4671  0.1697  64N  80W   0             
06018  0532 May 20  19:08:48   5365 -18152   75   T   -t  -0.8510  1.0330  35S  68W  31  210  02m53s
06019  0532 Nov 13  02:11:04   5360 -18146   80   A   -p   0.7224  0.9774  25N 178W  44  115  02m19s
06020  0533 May 10  05:15:53   5356 -18140   85   A   nn  -0.0950  0.9844  13N 124E  85   56  01m43s
06021  0533 Nov 02  14:15:16   5351 -18134   90   T   nn   0.0028  1.0350  16S  15W  90  118  03m06s

06022  0534 Apr 29  08:14:13   5346 -18128   95   A   p-   0.6856  0.9438  53N  50E  46  282  04m58s
06023  0534 Oct 23  05:58:25   5341 -18122  100   T   p-  -0.6704  1.0459  48S  83E  48  204  03m09s
06024  0535 Mar 19  18:22:57   5338 -18117   67   P   -t  -1.4213  0.2371  61S  18E   0             
06025  0535 Apr 18  08:45:54   5337 -18116  105   P   t-   1.4182  0.2460  61N  41W   0             
06026  0535 Sep 13  08:53:31   5333 -18111   72   P   -t   1.3493  0.3585  61N 164E   0             
06027  0535 Oct 12  20:41:01   5332 -18110  110   P   t-  -1.3865  0.2873  61S 144E   0             
06028  0536 Mar 08  03:03:15   5328 -18105   77   T   -p  -0.6276  1.0162  37S 178W  51   70  01m17s
06029  0536 Sep 01  14:46:51   5323 -18099   82   A   -p   0.6640  0.9466  43N   5E  48  258  04m54s
06030  0537 Feb 25  17:38:41   5319 -18093   87   T   n-   0.1043  1.0574   3S  62W  84  190  04m49s
06031  0537 Aug 21  15:10:51   5314 -18087   92   A   nn  -0.0653  0.9384   8N  27W  86  229  07m17s

06032  0538 Feb 15  09:55:14   5309 -18081   97   T   p-   0.8012  1.0412  36N  32E  37  226  03m14s
06033  0538 Aug 10  17:05:14   5305 -18075  102   A   p-  -0.8005  0.9646  33S  76W  37  208  03m35s
06034  0539 Jan 06  09:08:45   5301 -18070   69   P   -t  -1.2818  0.4803  64S 145W   0             
06035  0539 Jul 01  17:28:39   5296 -18064   74   P   -t   1.0948  0.8345  65N  96E   0             
06036  0539 Jul 31  01:59:02   5295 -18063  112   Pb  t-  -1.4924  0.0889  63S 123E   0             
06037  0539 Dec 26  11:34:40   5291 -18058   79   A   -p  -0.6305  0.9188  62S  41E  51  398  07m26s
06038  0540 Jun 20  10:19:58   5286 -18052   84   T   -n   0.3414  1.0801  44N  49E  70  275  06m07s
06039  0540 Dec 14  10:34:02   5282 -18046   89   A   nn   0.0482  0.9243  21S  43E  87  286  10m10s
06040  0541 Jun 10  02:50:29   5277 -18040   94   T   p-  -0.4108  1.0519   1S 158E  66  188  05m17s
06041  0541 Dec 03  13:45:53   5272 -18034   99   A   p-   0.7288  0.9625  24N   5W  43  199  04m19s


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0501 to 0600


                      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

06042  0542 May 01  02:16:58   5268 -18029   66   Pe  -t   1.5211  0.0615  70N  26E   0             
06043  0542 May 30  14:29:35   5268 -18028  104   P   t-  -1.2268  0.5781  68S   9W   0             
06044  0542 Oct 24  13:17:39   5264 -18023   71   P   -t  -1.3386  0.3711  71S 131W   0             
06045  0542 Nov 23  00:17:37   5263 -18022  109   P   t-   1.3612  0.3325  68N 149W   0             
06046  0543 Apr 20  03:47:29   5259 -18017   76   A   -p   0.8044  0.9378  62N 118E  36  389  05m23s
06047  0543 Oct 14  05:17:10   5254 -18011   81   T   -p  -0.6726  1.0424  49S 103E  47  191  03m07s
06048  0544 Apr 08  04:57:45   5250 -18005   86   A   nn   0.0445  0.9629  10N 127E  87  135  04m29s
06049  0544 Oct 02  18:56:04   5245 -17999   91   H   nn   0.0206  1.0050   4S  85W  89   17  00m31s
06050  0545 Mar 28  12:14:40   5240 -17993   96   H   p-  -0.7036  1.0079  39S  35E  45   38  00m42s
06051  0545 Sep 22  02:14:00   5235 -17987  101   A   p-   0.7737  0.9485  47N 173W  39  296  04m53s

06052  0546 Feb 16  17:15:08   5232 -17982   68   P   -t   1.2181  0.5989  71N 107W   0             
06053  0546 Mar 18  02:03:46   5231 -17981  106   P   t-  -1.3808  0.2891  72S  96W   0             
06054  0546 Aug 12  10:33:29   5227 -17976   73   P   -t  -1.4253  0.2357  70S   2E   0             
06055  0546 Sep 11  03:08:22   5226 -17975  111   P   t-   1.5085  0.0994  72N 104W   0             
06056  0547 Feb 06  09:04:44   5222 -17970   78   T   -p   0.5516  1.0325  18N  62E  56  131  03m07s
06057  0547 Aug 01  14:11:29   5217 -17964   83   A   -p  -0.6384  0.9840  21S  17W  50   73  01m48s
06058  0548 Jan 26  20:38:16   5213 -17958   88   A   nn  -0.1553  0.9794  27S 102W  81   74  02m12s
06059  0548 Jul 21  01:11:32   5208 -17952   93   T   n-   0.1468  1.0455  29N 174W  81  153  04m12s
06060  0549 Jan 15  00:50:28   5203 -17946   98   A   p-  -0.8891  0.9228  82S 128W  27  646  05m40s
06061  0549 Jul 10  17:23:12   5199 -17940  103   T   t-   0.8739  1.0688  83N  39W  29  468  03m48s

06062  0549 Dec 05  05:24:33   5195 -17935   70   P   -t   1.4693  0.1655  64N 147E   0             
06063  0550 Jan 04  00:04:07   5194 -17934  108   Pb  t-  -1.5674  0.0067  67S  20E   0             
06064  0550 Jun 01  02:21:04   5190 -17929   75   T   -t  -0.9293  1.0276  44S 177W  21  254  02m18s
06065  0550 Nov 24  10:41:00   5185 -17923   80   A   -p   0.7249  0.9793  24N  52E  43  106  02m11s
06066  0551 May 21  12:03:02   5181 -17917   85   A   nn  -0.1757  0.9822  11N  22E  80   64  02m03s
06067  0551 Nov 13  22:58:50   5176 -17911   90   T   nn   0.0101  1.0354  18S 146W  90  119  03m10s
06068  0552 May 09  14:43:48   5171 -17905   95   A   p-   0.6037  0.9455  52N  42W  53  250  05m00s
06069  0552 Nov 02  14:40:25   5167 -17899  100   T   p-  -0.6597  1.0433  52S  47W  48  191  02m57s
06070  0553 Mar 30  01:36:53   5163 -17894   67   P   -t  -1.4721  0.1465  61S 100W   0             
06071  0553 Apr 28  15:28:06   5162 -17893  105   P   t-   1.3421  0.3764  62N 151W   0             

06072  0553 Sep 23  16:44:18   5158 -17888   72   P   -t   1.3880  0.2903  61N  37E   0             
06073  0553 Oct 23  05:04:28   5157 -17887  110   P   t-  -1.3737  0.3117  62S   8E   0             
06074  0554 Mar 19  10:50:48   5153 -17882   77   T   -p  -0.6708  1.0217  36S  65E  48   98  01m44s
06075  0554 Sep 12  22:04:09   5149 -17876   82   A   -p   0.7127  0.9409  42N 103W  44  304  05m30s
06076  0555 Mar 09  01:47:58   5144 -17870   87   T   nn   0.0662  1.0618   1S 175E  86  203  05m05s
06077  0555 Sep 01  22:10:46   5139 -17864   92   A   nn  -0.0076  0.9360   7N 132W  90  238  07m25s
06078  0556 Feb 26  18:11:26   5135 -17858   97   T   p-   0.7721  1.0433  36N  94W  39  222  03m19s
06079  0556 Aug 21  00:15:45   5130 -17852  102   A   p-  -0.7387  0.9659  31S 175E  42  177  03m24s
06080  0557 Jan 16  17:22:42   5126 -17847   69   P   -t  -1.2959  0.4558  63S  82E   0             
06081  0557 Feb 15  07:19:28   5125 -17846  107   Pb  t-   1.5320  0.0300  62N  29E   0             

06082  0557 Jul 12  00:53:11   5121 -17841   74   P   -t   1.1616  0.7075  64N  25W   0             
06083  0557 Aug 10  09:28:40   5121 -17840  112   P   t-  -1.4288  0.2066  62S   1E   0             
06084  0558 Jan 05  19:34:45   5117 -17835   79   A   -p  -0.6398  0.9189  61S  72W  50  400  07m23s
06085  0558 Jul 01  17:47:13   5112 -17829   84   T   -p   0.4153  1.0783  47N  59W  65  278  05m45s
06086  0558 Dec 25  18:39:21   5107 -17823   89   A   nn   0.0427  0.9263  21S  78W  88  278  09m41s
06087  0559 Jun 21  10:05:31   5103 -17817   94   T   n-  -0.3354  1.0490   4N  48E  70  173  04m59s
06088  0559 Dec 14  22:13:23   5098 -17811   99   A   p-   0.7250  0.9655  23N 135W  43  181  03m58s
06089  0560 Jun 09  21:18:56   5093 -17805  104   P   t-  -1.1512  0.7134  67S 123W   0             
06090  0560 Nov 03  21:59:47   5089 -17800   71   P   -t  -1.3461  0.3570  70S  85E   0             
06091  0560 Dec 03  09:04:10   5089 -17799  109   P   t-   1.3564  0.3411  67N  67E   0             


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0501 to 0600


                      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

06092  0561 Apr 30  10:21:38   5085 -17794   76   A   -p   0.8811  0.9379  73N   4E  28  491  04m48s
06093  0561 Oct 24  13:50:59   5080 -17788   81   T   -p  -0.6888  1.0381  54S  27W  46  176  02m43s
06094  0562 Apr 19  11:52:31   5075 -17782   86   Am  nn   0.1125  0.9678  18N  21E  83  117  03m47s
06095  0562 Oct 14  03:07:26   5071 -17776   91   A   nn  -0.0010  0.9992   9S 151E  90    3  00m05s
06096  0563 Apr 08  19:42:28   5066 -17770   96   T   p-  -0.6445  1.0150  31S  82W  50   67  01m25s
06097  0563 Oct 03  09:52:51   5061 -17764  101   A   p-   0.7438  0.9438  41N  67E  42  307  05m44s
06098  0564 Feb 28  01:33:17   5058 -17759   68   P   -t   1.2481  0.5419  71N 114E   0             
06099  0564 Mar 28  09:57:15   5057 -17758  106   P   t-  -1.3317  0.3821  72S 131E   0             
06100  0564 Aug 22  17:29:17   5053 -17753   73   P   -t  -1.4832  0.1376  71S 116W   0             
06101  0564 Sep 21  10:24:56   5052 -17752  111   P   t-   1.4676  0.1693  72N 132E   0             

06102  0565 Feb 16  17:24:37   5048 -17747   78   T   -p   0.5777  1.0327  23N  66W  55  134  03m02s
06103  0565 Aug 11  21:23:39   5044 -17741   83   A   -p  -0.6988  0.9839  29S 129W  45   79  01m42s
06104  0566 Feb 06  04:46:17   5039 -17735   88   A   nn  -0.1361  0.9790  23S 136E  82   75  02m17s
06105  0566 Aug 01  08:41:01   5034 -17729   93   T   nn   0.0815  1.0464  23N  73E  85  155  04m22s
06106  0567 Jan 26  08:42:29   5030 -17723   98   A   p-  -0.8734  0.9238  76S 112E  29  596  05m50s
06107  0567 Jul 22  00:57:59   5025 -17717  103   T   p-   0.8068  1.0692  73N 153W  36  385  04m07s
06108  0567 Dec 16  13:35:23   5021 -17712   70   P   -t   1.4708  0.1621  65N  14E   0             
06109  0568 Jan 15  07:57:59   5020 -17711  108   P   t-  -1.5538  0.0280  68S 111W   0             
06110  0568 Jun 11  09:30:04   5016 -17706   75   P   -t  -1.0092  0.9867  65S  80E   0             
06111  0568 Dec 04  19:15:00   5012 -17700   80   A   -p   0.7245  0.9818  23N  80W  43   93  01m57s

06112  0569 May 31  18:45:18   5007 -17694   85   A   -p  -0.2596  0.9794   8N  78W  75   76  02m29s
06113  0569 Nov 24  07:46:44   5002 -17688   90   T   nn   0.0140  1.0361  21S  82E  89  121  03m17s
06114  0570 May 20  21:08:33   4998 -17682   95   A   p-   0.5179  0.9470  50N 132W  59  227  05m06s
06115  0570 Nov 13  23:27:26   4993 -17676  100   T   p-  -0.6534  1.0409  56S 178W  49  180  02m46s
06116  0571 Apr 10  08:43:42   4989 -17671   67   Pe  -t  -1.5289  0.0441  61S 144E   0             
06117  0571 May 09  22:04:44   4989 -17670  105   P   t-   1.2604  0.5175  62N 100E   0             
06118  0571 Oct 05  00:42:13   4985 -17665   72   P   -t   1.4200  0.2348  61N  92W   0             
06119  0571 Nov 03  13:34:02   4984 -17664  110   P   t-  -1.3665  0.3256  62S 129W   0             
06120  0572 Mar 29  18:32:10   4980 -17659   77   T   -p  -0.7198  1.0270  35S  51W  44  129  02m10s
06121  0572 Sep 23  05:28:53   4975 -17653   82   A   -p   0.7545  0.9354  41N 146E  41  355  06m08s

06122  0573 Mar 19  09:51:15   4971 -17647   87   Tm  nn   0.0228  1.0659   1N  54E  89  215  05m22s
06123  0573 Sep 12  05:19:53   4966 -17641   92   A   nn   0.0425  0.9338   6N 121E  88  247  07m36s
06124  0574 Mar 09  02:20:43   4961 -17635   97   T   p-   0.7376  1.0452  37N 142E  42  218  03m23s
06125  0574 Sep 01  07:35:04   4957 -17629  102   A   p-  -0.6831  0.9668  30S  65E  47  160  03m15s
06126  0575 Jan 28  01:30:01   4953 -17624   69   P   -t  -1.3147  0.4234  62S  50W   0             
06127  0575 Feb 26  15:18:32   4952 -17623  107   P   t-   1.5067  0.0756  61N 101W   0             
06128  0575 Jul 23  08:23:00   4948 -17618   74   P   -t   1.2247  0.5871  63N 148W   0             
06129  0575 Aug 21  17:06:51   4947 -17617  112   P   t-  -1.3710  0.3137  61S 123W   0             
06130  0576 Jan 17  03:27:40   4944 -17612   79   A   -p  -0.6547  0.9196  58S 174E  49  402  07m17s
06131  0576 Jul 12  01:18:44   4939 -17606   84   T   -p   0.4856  1.0755  50N 167W  61  280  05m21s

06132  0577 Jan 05  02:41:04   4934 -17600   89   A   nn   0.0334  0.9290  21S 162E  88  266  09m03s
06133  0577 Jul 01  17:21:52   4930 -17594   94   T   n-  -0.2618  1.0453   8N  62W  75  156  04m33s
06134  0577 Dec 25  06:39:51   4925 -17588   99   A   p-   0.7194  0.9691  22N  95E  44  160  03m30s
06135  0578 Jun 21  04:06:31   4920 -17582  104   P   t-  -1.0745  0.8494  66S 124E   0             
06136  0578 Nov 15  06:46:52   4917 -17577   71   P   -t  -1.3501  0.3496  69S  60W   0             
06137  0578 Dec 14  17:51:31   4916 -17576  109   P   t-   1.3521  0.3488  66N  76W   0             
06138  0579 May 11  16:48:05   4912 -17571   76   A   -t   0.9638  0.9365  80N 163W  15  926  04m15s
06139  0579 Nov 04  22:31:45   4907 -17565   81   T   -p  -0.6991  1.0344  59S 157W  45  162  02m24s
06140  0580 Apr 29  18:41:09   4903 -17559   86   A   nn   0.1866  0.9724  26N  84W  79  101  03m08s
06141  0580 Oct 24  11:25:33   4898 -17553   91   A   nn  -0.0163  0.9938  14S  25E  89   22  00m40s


Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0501 to 0600


                      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

06142  0581 Apr 19  03:05:14   4893 -17547   96   T   p-  -0.5800  1.0218  23S 163E  54   91  02m09s
06143  0581 Oct 13  17:39:23   4889 -17541  101   A   p-   0.7205  0.9393  35N  53W  44  321  06m38s
06144  0582 Mar 10  09:44:43   4885 -17536   68   P   -t   1.2837  0.4737  72N  23W   0             
06145  0582 Apr 08  17:44:36   4884 -17535  106   P   t-  -1.2773  0.4861  71S   1W   0             
06146  0582 Sep 03  00:33:28   4880 -17530   73   Pe  -t  -1.5345  0.0511  72S 124E   0             
06147  0582 Oct 02  17:50:20   4879 -17529  111   P   t-   1.4333  0.2276  72N   6E   0             
06148  0583 Feb 28  01:37:28   4876 -17524   78   T   -p   0.6092  1.0329  29N 168E  52  139  02m55s
06149  0583 Aug 23  04:44:22   4871 -17518   83   A   -p  -0.7529  0.9834  36S 115E  41   89  01m38s
06150  0584 Feb 17  12:45:26   4866 -17512   88   A   nn  -0.1105  0.9788  18S  15E  84   76  02m21s
06151  0584 Aug 11  16:18:35   4862 -17506   93   T   nn   0.0224  1.0467  16N  43W  89  155  04m27s

06152  0585 Feb 05  16:27:40   4857 -17500   98   A   p-  -0.8529  0.9253  70S   9W  31  541  06m01s
06153  0585 Aug 01  08:37:54   4852 -17494  103   T   p-   0.7441  1.0687  65N  90E  42  336  04m22s
06154  0585 Dec 26  21:45:28   4849 -17489   70   P   -t   1.4733  0.1569  67N 120W   0             
06155  0586 Jan 25  15:47:13   4848 -17488  108   P   t-  -1.5361  0.0559  69S 119E   0             
06156  0586 Jun 22  16:38:32   4844 -17483   75   P   -t  -1.0883  0.8380  66S  38W   0             
06157  0586 Jul 22  01:07:19   4843 -17482  113   Pb  t-   1.4880  0.0869  69N  15W   0             
06158  0586 Dec 16  03:49:22   4839 -17477   80   A   -p   0.7247  0.9848  23N 148E  43   78  01m38s
06159  0587 Jun 12  01:24:29   4835 -17471   85   A   -p  -0.3451  0.9761   3N 179W  70   91  03m01s
06160  0587 Dec 05  16:36:28   4830 -17465   90   T   nn   0.0167  1.0373  22S  50W  89  125  03m26s
06161  0588 May 31  03:31:10   4825 -17459   95   A   p-   0.4303  0.9478  47N 137E  64  212  05m18s

06162  0588 Nov 24  08:16:26   4821 -17453  100   T   p-  -0.6490  1.0390  59S  53E  49  172  02m38s
06163  0589 May 20  04:40:20   4816 -17447  105   P   t-   1.1766  0.6632  63N   9W   0             
06164  0589 Oct 15  08:47:11   4812 -17442   72   P   -t   1.4453  0.1917  61N 137E   0             
06165  0589 Nov 13  22:07:32   4812 -17441  110   P   t-  -1.3634  0.3320  63S  93E   0             
06166  0590 Apr 10  02:06:40   4808 -17436   77   T   -p  -0.7752  1.0318  36S 165W  39  166  02m33s
06167  0590 Oct 04  13:02:00   4803 -17430   82   A   -p   0.7888  0.9303  39N  31E  38  411  06m50s
06168  0591 Mar 30  17:45:50   4799 -17424   87   T   nn  -0.0281  1.0697   3N  65W  88  227  05m41s
06169  0591 Sep 23  12:39:49   4794 -17418   92   Am  nn   0.0843  0.9317   3N  10E  85  256  07m51s
06170  0592 Mar 19  10:19:26   4789 -17412   97   T   p-   0.6948  1.0470  38N  22E  46  213  03m29s
06171  0592 Sep 11  15:06:02   4785 -17406  102   A   p-  -0.6360  0.9673  31S  49W  50  149  03m07s

06172  0593 Feb 07  09:29:17   4781 -17401   69   P   -t  -1.3396  0.3804  62S 179W   0             
06173  0593 Mar 08  23:07:54   4780 -17400  107   P   t-   1.4742  0.1341  61N 133E   0             
06174  0593 Aug 02  15:58:20   4776 -17395   74   P   -t   1.2839  0.4743  62N  88E   0             
06175  0593 Sep 01  00:53:15   4776 -17394  112   P   t-  -1.3190  0.4100  61S 111E   0             
06176  0594 Jan 27  11:15:35   4772 -17389   79   A   -p  -0.6735  0.9207  56S  61E  47  403  07m10s
06177  0594 Jul 23  08:52:46   4767 -17383   84   T   -p   0.5537  1.0720  51N  84E  56  280  04m58s
06178  0595 Jan 16  10:39:56   4762 -17377   89   A   nn   0.0214  0.9324  20S  43E  89  253  08m20s
06179  0595 Jul 13  00:38:24   4758 -17371   94   T   nn  -0.1891  1.0409  11N 172W  79  139  04m02s
06180  0596 Jan 05  15:05:31   4753 -17365   99   A   p-   0.7123  0.9733  22N  34W  44  135  02m56s
06181  0596 Jul 01  10:54:33   4749 -17359  104   A-  t-  -0.9988  0.9827  65S  11E   0             

06182  0596 Nov 25  15:36:49   4745 -17354   71   P   -t  -1.3524  0.3455  68S 155E   0             
06183  0596 Dec 25  02:38:01   4744 -17353  109   P   t-   1.3467  0.3584  65N 141E   0             
06184  0597 May 21  23:13:25   4740 -17348   76   P   -t   1.0472  0.8815  68N  46E   0             
06185  0597 Nov 15  07:16:12   4736 -17342   81   T   -p  -0.7064  1.0310  64S  75E  45  148  02m07s
06186  0598 May 11  01:27:21   4731 -17336   86   A   nn   0.2635  0.9766  34N 173E  75   86  02m31s
06187  0598 Nov 04  19:48:16   4726 -17330   91   A   nn  -0.0271  0.9888  18S 101W  88   40  01m13s
06188  0599 Apr 30  10:23:56   4722 -17324   96   T   p-  -0.5110  1.0281  15S  49E  59  110  02m52s
06189  0599 Oct 25  01:32:36   4717 -17318  101   A   p-   0.7033  0.9352  31N 175W  45  337  07m32s
06190  0600 Mar 20  17:47:01   4713 -17313   68   P   -t   1.3269  0.3907  72N 158W   0             
06191  0600 Apr 19  01:25:29   4713 -17312  106   P   t-  -1.2171  0.6021  71S 130W   0             

06192  0600 Oct 13  01:25:21   4708 -17306  111   P   t-   1.4062  0.2734  71N 122W   0             


World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths

Detailed maps of all annular, total and hybrid eclipses during the 6th 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
6th century CE 0501-0520 0521-0540 0541-0560 0561-0580 0581-0600

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