EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 29

Introduction

A solar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon's shadow passes across Earth's surface. At least two solar eclipses and as many as five occur every year.

The periodicity and recurrence of solar eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). When two eclipses are separated by a period of one Saros, they share a very similar geometry. The two eclipses occur at the same node with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and the same time of year due to a harmonic in three cycles of the Moon's orbit. Thus, the Saros is useful for organizing eclipses into families or series. Each series typically lasts 12 to 13 centuries and contains 70 or more eclipses. Every saros series begins with a number of partial eclipses near one of Earth's polar regions. The series will then produce several dozen central eclipses before ending with a group of partial eclipses near the opposite pole. For more information, see Periodicity of Solar Eclipses.

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 29

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 29 . The date and time of each eclipse is given for the instant of Greatest Eclipse. For eclipses between the years -1999 to 3000, the calendar date links to a web page containing additional details and a map showing the geographic region of eclipse visibility for that eclipse. A description of each parameter in the catalog table can be found in Key to Saros Catalog of Solar Eclipses.

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 29
Seq Num	Rel Num	Calendar Date	TD of Greatest Eclipse	ΔT s	ΔT Sigma s	Luna Num	Ecl Type	QLE	Gamma	Ecl Mag	Lat °	Long °	Sun Alt °	Path Width km	Central Dur
1	-36	-1881-Mar-01	09:40:37	43540	3247	-48000	Pb	t-	1.5130	0.0788	61N	158E	0	-	-
2	-35	-1863-Mar-11	16:44:09	43116	3176	-47777	P	t-	1.4514	0.1840	61N	41E	0	-	-
3	-34	-1845-Mar-22	23:42:43	42695	3106	-47554	P	t-	1.3842	0.3003	61N	74W	0	-	-
4	-33	-1827-Apr-02	06:33:55	42276	3036	-47331	P	t-	1.3097	0.4308	61N	173E	0	-	-
5	-32	-1809-Apr-13	13:23:22	41858	2968	-47108	P	t-	1.2324	0.5678	61N	60E	0	-	-
6	-31	-1791-Apr-23	20:08:44	41443	2900	-46885	P	t-	1.1505	0.7142	61N	52W	0	-	-
7	-30	-1773-May-05	02:54:58	41030	2832	-46662	P	t-	1.0678	0.8635	61N	164W	0	-	-
8	-29	-1755-May-15	09:39:38	40619	2766	-46439	A	t-	0.9822	0.9857	65N	105E	10	287	00m51s
9	-28	-1737-May-26	16:28:42	40210	2700	-46216	A	t-	0.8989	0.9933	68N	33E	26	54	00m26s
10	-27	-1719-Jun-05	23:19:41	39803	2635	-45993	A	t-	0.8160	0.9985	68N	51W	35	9	00m06s
11	-26	-1701-Jun-17	06:16:04	39398	2570	-45770	H	p-	0.7364	1.0025	66N	140W	42	13	00m11s
12	-25	-1683-Jun-27	13:17:49	38995	2506	-45547	H	p-	0.6599	1.0056	64N	125E	48	26	00m25s
13	-24	-1665-Jul-08	20:27:52	38595	2443	-45324	H	p-	0.5896	1.0079	60N	26E	54	34	00m37s
14	-23	-1647-Jul-19	03:45:42	38196	2381	-45101	H	p-	0.5246	1.0096	55N	79W	58	39	00m47s
15	-22	-1629-Jul-30	11:12:34	37799	2319	-44878	H	p-	0.4663	1.0108	50N	172E	62	42	00m55s
16	-21	-1611-Aug-09	18:49:23	37405	2258	-44655	H	p-	0.4155	1.0115	45N	58E	65	44	01m01s
17	-20	-1593-Aug-21	02:36:33	37012	2198	-44432	H	p-	0.3726	1.0120	39N	59W	68	44	01m05s
18	-19	-1575-Aug-31	10:33:14	36622	2138	-44209	H	n-	0.3367	1.0123	33N	179W	70	45	01m08s
19	-18	-1557-Sep-11	18:40:05	36234	2079	-43986	H	n-	0.3086	1.0124	28N	57E	72	45	01m10s
20	-17	-1539-Sep-22	02:56:19	35847	2021	-43763	H	n-	0.2875	1.0127	22N	70W	73	45	01m13s
21	-16	-1521-Oct-03	11:21:38	35463	1964	-43540	H	n-	0.2734	1.0131	17N	162E	74	47	01m16s
22	-15	-1503-Oct-13	19:53:11	35081	1907	-43317	H	n-	0.2639	1.0138	12N	31E	75	49	01m22s
23	-14	-1485-Oct-25	04:32:17	34701	1851	-43094	H	n-	0.2599	1.0149	7N	101W	75	53	01m29s
24	-13	-1467-Nov-04	13:15:19	34323	1796	-42871	H2	n-	0.2583	1.0164	3N	126E	75	58	01m39s
25	-12	-1449-Nov-15	22:01:42	33947	1741	-42648	T	n-	0.2593	1.0185	1S	8W	75	65	01m53s
26	-11	-1431-Nov-26	06:47:46	33573	1687	-42425	T	n-	0.2594	1.0210	4S	142W	75	74	02m09s
27	-10	-1413-Dec-07	15:34:22	33202	1634	-42202	T	n-	0.2594	1.0242	6S	85E	75	85	02m29s
28	-9	-1395-Dec-18	00:18:05	32832	1582	-41979	T	n-	0.2564	1.0278	8S	48W	75	97	02m50s
29	-8	-1377-Dec-29	08:57:57	32464	1530	-41756	T	n-	0.2497	1.0320	9S	179W	76	112	03m13s
30	-7	-1358-Jan-08	17:32:17	32099	1479	-41533	T	n-	0.2379	1.0365	10S	51E	76	126	03m36s
31	-6	-1340-Jan-20	02:00:35	31735	1429	-41310	T	n-	0.2206	1.0414	10S	77W	77	142	03m58s
32	-5	-1322-Jan-30	10:21:45	31374	1379	-41087	T	n-	0.1968	1.0465	10S	156E	79	158	04m19s
33	-4	-1304-Feb-10	18:35:09	31014	1331	-40864	T	n-	0.1660	1.0518	9S	32E	81	174	04m38s
34	-3	-1286-Feb-21	02:41:18	30657	1283	-40641	T	n-	0.1284	1.0569	8S	91W	83	189	04m56s
35	-2	-1268-Mar-03	10:39:55	30302	1235	-40418	T	nn	0.0840	1.0619	7S	148E	85	204	05m13s
36	-1	-1250-Mar-14	18:30:56	29949	1189	-40195	T	nn	0.0327	1.0665	5S	30E	88	217	05m29s
37	0	-1232-Mar-25	02:15:29	29598	1143	-39972	Tm	nn	-0.0244	1.0707	4S	87W	89	230	05m45s
38	1	-1214-Apr-05	09:53:52	29249	1098	-39749	T	nn	-0.0871	1.0743	3S	157E	85	242	06m00s
39	2	-1196-Apr-15	17:27:56	28902	1054	-39526	T	-n	-0.1540	1.0772	2S	43E	81	252	06m16s
40	3	-1178-Apr-27	00:56:30	28557	1010	-39303	T	-n	-0.2257	1.0793	2S	70W	77	262	06m31s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 29
Seq Num	Rel Num	Calendar Date	TD of Greatest Eclipse	ΔT s	ΔT Sigma s	Luna Num	Ecl Type	QLE	Gamma	Ecl Mag	Lat °	Long °	Sun Alt °	Path Width km	Central Dur
41	4	-1160-May-07	08:23:30	28214	967	-39080	T	-n	-0.2987	1.0806	2S	177E	73	271	06m45s
42	5	-1142-May-18	15:47:48	27873	925	-38857	T	-n	-0.3740	1.0809	4S	65E	68	280	06m56s
43	6	-1124-May-28	23:12:46	27535	884	-38634	T	-p	-0.4487	1.0804	6S	47W	63	288	07m03s
44	7	-1106-Jun-09	06:37:09	27198	843	-38411	T	-p	-0.5239	1.0788	9S	160W	58	297	07m04s
45	8	-1088-Jun-19	14:04:52	26863	804	-38188	T	-p	-0.5962	1.0763	13S	86E	53	307	06m56s
46	9	-1070-Jun-30	21:35:02	26531	765	-37965	T	-p	-0.6659	1.0729	18S	30W	48	317	06m37s
47	10	-1052-Jul-11	05:09:32	26200	727	-37742	T	-p	-0.7318	1.0689	24S	147W	43	330	06m09s
48	11	-1034-Jul-22	12:49:26	25872	689	-37519	T	-p	-0.7930	1.0639	30S	93E	37	344	05m32s
49	12	-1016-Aug-01	20:35:55	25546	653	-37296	T	-p	-0.8483	1.0585	37S	29W	32	364	04m50s
50	13	-0998-Aug-13	04:29:52	25222	621	-37073	T	-t	-0.8973	1.0524	45S	154W	26	394	04m04s
51	14	-0980-Aug-23	12:30:22	24900	614	-36850	T	-t	-0.9404	1.0458	53S	76E	19	454	03m18s
52	15	-0962-Sep-03	20:39:41	24580	607	-36627	T	-t	-0.9760	1.0387	62S	61W	12	625	02m33s
53	16	-0944-Sep-14	04:56:00	24262	600	-36404	P	-t	-1.0055	0.9991	71S	139E	0	-	-
54	17	-0926-Sep-25	13:20:27	23946	594	-36181	P	-t	-1.0281	0.9543	72S	3W	0	-	-
55	18	-0908-Oct-05	21:50:47	23632	587	-35958	P	-t	-1.0455	0.9197	72S	146W	0	-	-
56	19	-0890-Oct-17	06:28:17	23320	580	-35735	P	-t	-1.0569	0.8969	72S	69E	0	-	-
57	20	-0872-Oct-27	15:09:47	23010	573	-35512	P	-t	-1.0645	0.8813	71S	76W	0	-	-
58	21	-0854-Nov-07	23:55:03	22703	566	-35289	P	-t	-1.0688	0.8721	70S	138E	0	-	-
59	22	-0836-Nov-18	08:42:07	22397	559	-35066	P	-t	-1.0714	0.8665	69S	8W	0	-	-
60	23	-0818-Nov-29	17:30:24	22094	552	-34843	P	-t	-1.0728	0.8631	68S	153W	0	-	-
61	24	-0800-Dec-10	02:16:10	21792	546	-34620	P	-t	-1.0759	0.8569	67S	62E	0	-	-
62	25	-0782-Dec-21	10:59:18	21493	539	-34397	P	-t	-1.0807	0.8477	66S	81W	0	-	-
63	26	-0764-Dec-31	19:37:15	21195	532	-34174	P	-t	-1.0896	0.8313	65S	138E	0	-	-
64	27	-0745-Jan-12	04:10:30	20900	525	-33951	P	-t	-1.1022	0.8081	64S	1W	0	-	-
65	28	-0727-Jan-22	12:34:23	20607	518	-33728	P	-t	-1.1220	0.7718	63S	138W	0	-	-
66	29	-0709-Feb-02	20:51:35	20316	511	-33505	P	-t	-1.1469	0.7264	63S	87E	0	-	-
67	30	-0691-Feb-13	04:58:02	20027	504	-33282	P	-t	-1.1801	0.6656	62S	45W	0	-	-
68	31	-0673-Feb-24	12:56:47	19740	497	-33059	P	-t	-1.2189	0.5945	61S	174W	0	-	-
69	32	-0655-Mar-06	20:43:26	19455	490	-32836	P	-t	-1.2672	0.5061	61S	59E	0	-	-
70	33	-0637-Mar-18	04:22:43	19172	483	-32613	P	-t	-1.3207	0.4081	61S	66W	0	-	-
71	34	-0619-Mar-28	11:50:47	18892	476	-32390	P	-t	-1.3822	0.2956	61S	172E	0	-	-
72	35	-0601-Apr-08	19:11:38	18613	469	-32167	P	-t	-1.4486	0.1742	61S	52E	0	-	-
73	36	-0583-Apr-19	02:22:53	18338	462	-31944	Pe	-t	-1.5216	0.0414	61S	65W	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 29

Solar eclipses of Saros 29 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series began with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on -1881 Mar 01. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on -0583 Apr 19. The total duration of Saros series 29 is 1298.17 years.

Summary of Saros 29

First Eclipse	-1881 Mar 01
Last Eclipse	-0583 Apr 19
Series Duration	1298.17 Years
No. of Eclipses	73
Sequence	7P 3A 14H 28T 21P

Saros 29 is composed of 73 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 29
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	73	100.0%
Partial	P	28	38.4%
Annular	A	3	4.1%
Total	T	28	38.4%
Hybrid	H	14	19.2%

Umbral eclipses (annular, total and hybrid) 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 in Saros series 29 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 29
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	45	100.0%
Central (two limits)	45	100.0%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 73 eclipses in Saros 29 occur in the following order : 7P 3A 14H 28T 21P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 29 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 29
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	-1755 May 15	00m51s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	-1719 Jun 05	00m06s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	-1106 Jun 09	07m04s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	-1449 Nov 15	01m53s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-1467 Nov 04	01m39s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-1701 Jun 17	00m11s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0944 Sep 14	-	0.99906
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0583 Apr 19	-	0.04136

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 29

Catalog of Saros Series of Solar Eclipses

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses

Solar Eclipses - primary page for solar eclipse predictions
Solar Eclipse Links - detailed directory of links
Solar Eclipse Basics - a primer on solar eclipses

Catalog of Solar Eclipse Saros Series - covers Saros series -30 through 190
Six Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses - from -2999 to +3000 (3000 BCE to 3000 CE)
World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Maps - index page for world eclipse maps covering 5 millennia
Javascript Solar Eclipse Explorer - calculate all solar eclipses visible from a city

Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500 - link to the publication

MrEclipse.com - eclipse resources and tips on photography
Solar Eclipses for Beginners - a primer on solar eclipse basics
How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse - instructions for imaging an eclipse of the Sun
MrEclipse Photo Index - an index of solar eclipse photographs

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by Fred Espenak

Calendar

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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..

Eclipse Predictions

The eclipse predictions presented here were generated using the JPL DE406 solar and lunar ephemerides. The lunar coordinates have been calculated with respect to the Moon's Center of Mass.

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:

pre-1950's: ΔT calculated from empirical fits to historical records derived by Morrison and Stephenson (2004)
1955-present: ΔT obtained from published observations
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 -2999 to +3000. The uncertainty in ΔT over this period can be estimated from scatter in the measurements.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this web site is based on the books Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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