EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 44

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 44

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 44 . 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 44
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	-34	-1447-Apr-30	16:13:17	33917	1737	-42630	Pb	t-	-1.5171	0.0756	71S	135E	0	-	-
2	-33	-1429-May-11	22:34:02	33543	1683	-42407	P	t-	-1.4307	0.2236	70S	26E	0	-	-
3	-32	-1411-May-22	04:54:53	33172	1630	-42184	P	t-	-1.3431	0.3743	70S	84W	0	-	-
4	-31	-1393-Jun-02	11:17:30	32802	1578	-41961	P	t-	-1.2555	0.5255	69S	167E	0	-	-
5	-30	-1375-Jun-12	17:43:09	32435	1526	-41738	P	t-	-1.1693	0.6745	68S	57E	0	-	-
6	-29	-1357-Jun-24	00:13:24	32069	1475	-41515	P	t-	-1.0857	0.8194	67S	53W	0	-	-
7	-28	-1339-Jul-04	06:50:17	31706	1425	-41292	A-	t-	-1.0063	0.9570	66S	164W	0	-	-
8	-27	-1321-Jul-15	13:35:02	31345	1375	-41069	A	t-	-0.9320	0.9509	45S	94E	21	499	05m04s
9	-26	-1303-Jul-25	20:27:36	30985	1327	-40846	A	t-	-0.8630	0.9530	36S	13W	30	338	05m09s
10	-25	-1285-Aug-06	03:30:47	30628	1279	-40623	A	p-	-0.8015	0.9540	31S	121W	37	276	05m06s
11	-24	-1267-Aug-16	10:43:59	30273	1232	-40400	A	p-	-0.7472	0.9546	27S	128E	41	244	04m59s
12	-23	-1249-Aug-27	18:09:06	29920	1185	-40177	A	p-	-0.7016	0.9549	26S	14E	45	225	04m50s
13	-22	-1231-Sep-07	01:43:27	29569	1139	-39954	A	p-	-0.6624	0.9550	26S	102W	48	213	04m40s
14	-21	-1213-Sep-18	09:29:55	29220	1094	-39731	A	p-	-0.6323	0.9552	28S	139E	51	206	04m29s
15	-20	-1195-Sep-28	17:24:56	28874	1050	-39508	A	p-	-0.6082	0.9555	30S	18E	52	200	04m18s
16	-19	-1177-Oct-10	01:29:53	28529	1007	-39285	A	p-	-0.5916	0.9562	33S	106W	54	194	04m07s
17	-18	-1159-Oct-20	09:41:23	28186	964	-39062	A	p-	-0.5796	0.9571	37S	130E	54	188	03m55s
18	-17	-1141-Oct-31	18:00:21	27846	922	-38839	A	p-	-0.5731	0.9586	41S	3E	55	181	03m41s
19	-16	-1123-Nov-11	02:22:56	27507	881	-38616	A	p-	-0.5687	0.9606	45S	123W	55	172	03m26s
20	-15	-1105-Nov-22	10:48:41	27171	840	-38393	A	p-	-0.5662	0.9632	49S	110E	55	161	03m09s
21	-14	-1087-Dec-02	19:15:14	26837	801	-38170	A	p-	-0.5637	0.9664	53S	15W	55	146	02m50s
22	-13	-1069-Dec-14	03:41:39	26504	762	-37947	A	p-	-0.5608	0.9703	56S	139W	56	129	02m29s
23	-12	-1051-Dec-24	12:04:41	26174	724	-37724	A	p-	-0.5540	0.9748	57S	100E	56	108	02m06s
24	-11	-1032-Jan-04	20:24:04	25846	686	-37501	A	p-	-0.5434	0.9799	57S	20W	57	85	01m41s
25	-10	-1014-Jan-15	04:38:05	25520	650	-37278	A	p-	-0.5277	0.9856	55S	139W	58	60	01m13s
26	-9	-0996-Jan-26	12:46:59	25196	620	-37055	A	p-	-0.5070	0.9917	52S	102E	59	34	00m43s
27	-8	-0978-Feb-05	20:47:33	24874	614	-36832	A	p-	-0.4785	0.9982	47S	17W	61	7	00m09s
28	-7	-0960-Feb-17	04:42:06	24554	607	-36609	H	p-	-0.4441	1.0050	41S	136W	63	19	00m27s
29	-6	-0942-Feb-27	12:28:13	24236	600	-36386	H	p-	-0.4017	1.0118	35S	106E	66	44	01m05s
30	-5	-0924-Mar-09	20:08:45	23920	593	-36163	T	p-	-0.3539	1.0187	28S	12W	69	68	01m45s
31	-4	-0906-Mar-21	03:40:55	23607	586	-35940	T	n-	-0.2983	1.0254	20S	129W	73	90	02m26s
32	-3	-0888-Mar-31	11:08:59	23295	579	-35717	T	n-	-0.2383	1.0318	13S	116E	76	110	03m06s
33	-2	-0870-Apr-11	18:31:06	22985	572	-35494	T	n-	-0.1723	1.0377	5S	2E	80	128	03m42s
34	-1	-0852-Apr-22	01:49:46	22678	566	-35271	T	nn	-0.1027	1.0432	3N	112W	84	145	04m14s
35	0	-0834-May-03	09:05:01	22373	559	-35048	T	nn	-0.0293	1.0480	11N	136E	88	159	04m39s
36	1	-0816-May-13	16:19:26	22069	552	-34825	T	nn	0.0456	1.0521	19N	25E	87	173	04m56s
37	2	-0798-May-24	23:33:55	21768	545	-34602	Tm	nn	0.1213	1.0554	26N	86W	83	184	05m04s
38	3	-0780-Jun-04	06:48:49	21469	538	-34379	T	nn	0.1973	1.0580	33N	164E	78	195	05m06s
39	4	-0762-Jun-15	14:07:06	21172	531	-34156	T	-n	0.2713	1.0596	39N	54E	74	204	05m00s
40	5	-0744-Jun-25	21:28:55	20877	525	-33933	T	-n	0.3433	1.0605	44N	55W	70	212	04m51s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 44
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	6	-0726-Jul-07	04:56:13	20584	518	-33710	T	-n	0.4111	1.0607	48N	164W	65	219	04m38s
42	7	-0708-Jul-17	12:28:25	20293	511	-33487	T	-p	0.4754	1.0601	50N	87E	61	225	04m25s
43	8	-0690-Jul-28	20:08:43	20004	504	-33264	T	-p	0.5336	1.0589	52N	24W	58	229	04m11s
44	9	-0672-Aug-08	03:56:02	19717	497	-33041	T	-p	0.5865	1.0572	51N	137W	54	232	03m59s
45	10	-0654-Aug-19	11:51:36	19432	489	-32818	T	-p	0.6330	1.0551	50N	107E	50	233	03m47s
46	11	-0636-Aug-29	19:55:22	19150	482	-32595	T	-p	0.6731	1.0528	48N	12W	47	234	03m36s
47	12	-0618-Sep-10	04:08:39	18869	475	-32372	T	-p	0.7054	1.0503	46N	135W	45	232	03m28s
48	13	-0600-Sep-20	12:30:03	18590	468	-32149	T	-p	0.7316	1.0478	43N	98E	43	229	03m21s
49	14	-0582-Oct-01	20:58:58	18316	461	-31926	T	-p	0.7518	1.0455	41N	31W	41	225	03m16s
50	15	-0564-Oct-12	05:35:11	18041	454	-31703	T	-p	0.7662	1.0435	38N	163W	40	221	03m13s
51	16	-0546-Oct-23	14:18:09	17768	448	-31480	T	-p	0.7753	1.0418	35N	63E	39	216	03m12s
52	17	-0528-Nov-02	23:05:26	17499	441	-31257	T	-p	0.7810	1.0406	33N	73W	38	213	03m13s
53	18	-0510-Nov-14	07:56:57	17230	434	-31034	T	-p	0.7835	1.0397	31N	150E	38	211	03m16s
54	19	-0492-Nov-24	16:49:59	16940	427	-30811	T	-p	0.7848	1.0395	29N	13E	38	211	03m21s
55	20	-0474-Dec-06	01:44:31	16629	421	-30588	T	-p	0.7853	1.0397	28N	125W	38	213	03m27s
56	21	-0456-Dec-16	10:36:11	16317	414	-30365	T	-p	0.7881	1.0403	28N	98E	38	219	03m34s
57	22	-0438-Dec-27	19:26:54	16022	408	-30142	T	-p	0.7920	1.0413	29N	39W	37	227	03m41s
58	23	-0419-Jan-07	04:11:57	15733	401	-29919	T	-p	0.8002	1.0427	30N	175W	37	238	03m46s
59	24	-0401-Jan-18	12:52:30	15444	395	-29696	T	-p	0.8126	1.0442	33N	51E	35	253	03m49s
60	25	-0383-Jan-28	21:24:39	15174	388	-29473	T	-p	0.8318	1.0456	37N	82W	33	274	03m49s
61	26	-0365-Feb-09	05:51:06	14905	382	-29250	T	-p	0.8557	1.0471	41N	145E	31	302	03m45s
62	27	-0347-Feb-19	14:08:14	14640	376	-29027	T	-p	0.8871	1.0481	48N	14E	27	346	03m36s
63	28	-0329-Mar-02	22:17:19	14389	369	-28804	T	-t	0.9250	1.0486	55N	118W	22	427	03m22s
64	29	-0311-Mar-13	06:17:16	14138	363	-28581	T	-t	0.9702	1.0476	65N	104E	13	678	02m58s
65	30	-0293-Mar-24	14:09:43	13892	357	-28358	P	-t	1.0215	0.9755	72N	61W	0	-	-
66	31	-0275-Apr-03	21:54:00	13655	351	-28135	P	-t	1.0791	0.8657	72N	168E	0	-	-
67	32	-0257-Apr-15	05:31:06	13417	345	-27912	P	-t	1.1421	0.7452	71N	39E	0	-	-
68	33	-0239-Apr-25	13:02:07	13187	339	-27689	P	-t	1.2097	0.6156	71N	88W	0	-	-
69	34	-0221-May-06	20:28:20	12963	333	-27466	P	-t	1.2809	0.4793	70N	146E	0	-	-
70	35	-0203-May-17	03:49:23	12738	327	-27243	P	-t	1.3557	0.3364	69N	23E	0	-	-
71	36	-0185-May-28	11:08:17	12525	321	-27020	P	-t	1.4316	0.1920	68N	100W	0	-	-
72	37	-0167-Jun-07	18:24:54	12314	316	-26797	Pe	-t	1.5087	0.0462	67N	139E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 44

Solar eclipses of Saros 44 all occur at the Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The series began with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on -1447 Apr 30. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on -0167 Jun 07. The total duration of Saros series 44 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 44

First Eclipse	-1447 Apr 30
Last Eclipse	-0167 Jun 07
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	6P 21A 2H 35T 8P

Saros 44 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 44
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	14	19.4%
Annular	A	21	29.2%
Total	T	35	48.6%
Hybrid	H	2	2.8%

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 44 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 44
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	58	100.0%
Central (two limits)	57	98.3%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	1	1.7%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 44 occur in the following order : 6P 21A 2H 35T 8P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 44 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 44
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	-1303 Jul 25	05m09s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	-0978 Feb 05	00m09s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	-0780 Jun 04	05m06s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	-0924 Mar 09	01m45s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-0942 Feb 27	01m05s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-0960 Feb 17	00m27s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0293 Mar 24	-	0.97547
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0167 Jun 07	-	0.04622

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 44

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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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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