Saros 49

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 49

Fred Espenak

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 49

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 49 . 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 49
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 -1248-Feb-2201:18:51 29911 1184 -40171 Pb t- 1.5183 0.0488 62N 131W 0 - -
2-35 -1230-Mar-0409:01:43 29560 1138 -39948 P t- 1.4801 0.1185 61N 103E 0 - -
3-34 -1212-Mar-1416:33:12 29211 1093 -39725 P t- 1.4334 0.2035 61N 21W 0 - -
4-33 -1194-Mar-2523:55:59 28864 1049 -39502 P t- 1.3804 0.3001 61N 141W 0 - -
5-32 -1176-Apr-0507:09:07 28520 1005 -39279 P t- 1.3206 0.4091 61N 100E 0 - -
6-31 -1158-Apr-1614:15:32 28177 963 -39056 P t- 1.2560 0.5263 61N 17W 0 - -
7-30 -1140-Apr-2621:14:39 27837 921 -38833 P t- 1.1862 0.6526 61N 132W 0 - -
8-29 -1122-May-0804:08:03 27498 880 -38610 P t- 1.1125 0.7853 62N 115E 0 - -
9-28 -1104-May-1810:57:28 27162 839 -38387 P t- 1.0363 0.9215 62N 2E 0 - -
10-27 -1086-May-2917:44:03 26827 799 -38164 A t- 0.9587 0.9839 71N 75W 16 20600m58s
11-26 -1068-Jun-0900:29:08 26495 761 -37941 A p- 0.8806 0.9831 75N 142W 28 12801m07s
12-25 -1050-Jun-2007:14:31 26165 722 -37718 A p- 0.8032 0.9806 74N 145E 36 11701m22s
13-24 -1032-Jun-3014:02:02 25837 685 -37495 A p- 0.7284 0.9772 70N 61E 43 11901m44s
14-23 -1014-Jul-1120:53:17 25511 649 -37272 A p- 0.6576 0.9731 65N 31W 49 12902m11s
15-22 -0996-Jul-2203:48:04 25187 620 -37049 A p- 0.5902 0.9685 59N 129W 54 14102m45s
16-21 -0978-Aug-0210:49:46 24865 613 -36826 A p- 0.5294 0.9636 53N 127E 58 15603m24s
17-20 -0960-Aug-1217:57:15 24545 607 -36603 A p- 0.4740 0.9584 46N 21E 61 17204m07s
18-19 -0942-Aug-2401:13:17 24227 600 -36380 A p- 0.4263 0.9532 40N 90W 65 18904m54s
19-18 -0924-Sep-0308:35:43 23912 593 -36157 A p- 0.3845 0.9480 33N 158E 67 20605m44s
20-17 -0906-Sep-1416:07:30 23598 586 -35934 A n- 0.3513 0.9431 27N 43E 69 22406m33s
21-16 -0888-Sep-2423:46:14 23287 579 -35711 A n- 0.3245 0.9383 21N 74W 71 24107m23s
22-15 -0870-Oct-0607:32:41 22977 572 -35488 A n- 0.3046 0.9341 15N 166E 72 25708m11s
23-14 -0852-Oct-1615:25:25 22670 565 -35265 A n- 0.2904 0.9302 10N 46E 73 27208m58s
24-13 -0834-Oct-2723:23:46 22364 559 -35042 A n- 0.2811 0.9270 5N 76W 74 28509m41s
25-12 -0816-Nov-0707:25:58 22061 552 -34819 A n- 0.2758 0.9244 1N 161E 74 29610m21s
26-11 -0798-Nov-1815:29:30 21760 545 -34596 A n- 0.2719 0.9225 2S 39E 74 30410m53s
27-10 -0780-Nov-2823:34:25 21461 538 -34373 A nn 0.2694 0.9212 5S 84W 74 31011m17s
28 -9 -0762-Dec-1007:37:47 21164 531 -34150 A nn 0.2656 0.9206 7S 153E 75 31211m29s
29 -8 -0744-Dec-2015:38:08 20869 524 -33927 A nn 0.2597 0.9207 9S 32E 75 31111m26s
30 -7 -0726-Dec-3123:32:55 20576 517 -33704 A nn 0.2493 0.9215 9S 88W 76 30611m10s
31 -6 -0707-Jan-1107:21:56 20285 511 -33481 A nn 0.2342 0.9229 10S 154E 77 29910m42s
32 -5 -0689-Jan-2215:03:33 19996 504 -33258 A nn 0.2129 0.9248 10S 38E 78 29010m05s
33 -4 -0671-Feb-0122:35:45 19709 496 -33035 A nn 0.1840 0.9271 9S 76W 79 27809m24s
34 -3 -0653-Feb-1305:59:12 19425 489 -32812 A nn 0.1477 0.9298 8S 172E 82 26608m43s
35 -2 -0635-Feb-2313:12:47 19142 482 -32589 A nn 0.1034 0.9326 7S 63E 84 25308m05s
36 -1 -0617-Mar-0620:17:07 18861 475 -32366 A nn 0.0516 0.9357 6S 43W 87 24007m30s
37 0 -0599-Mar-1703:11:31 18583 468 -32143 Am nn -0.0087 0.9387 5S 147W 89 22707m01s
38 1 -0581-Mar-2809:58:00 18308 461 -31920 A nn -0.0754 0.9417 4S 111E 86 21606m37s
39 2 -0563-Apr-0716:36:56 18034 454 -31697 A nn -0.1485 0.9445 3S 11E 81 20706m20s
40 3 -0545-Apr-1823:08:42 17761 447 -31474 A nn -0.2277 0.9471 3S 87W 77 19906m07s
Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 49
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 -0527-Apr-2905:36:03 17492 441 -31251 A np -0.3105 0.9492 4S 176E 72 19506m00s
42 5 -0509-May-1011:59:39 17223 434 -31028 A -p -0.3964 0.9510 6S 79E 67 19405m57s
43 6 -0491-May-2018:22:35 16932 427 -30805 A -p -0.4833 0.9522 9S 17W 61 19705m58s
44 7 -0473-Jun-0100:43:32 16620 420 -30582 A -p -0.5721 0.9530 13S 114W 55 20705m59s
45 8 -0455-Jun-1107:07:48 16308 414 -30359 A -p -0.6584 0.9531 18S 148E 49 22605m58s
46 9 -0437-Jun-2213:33:48 16014 407 -30136 A -p -0.7433 0.9528 24S 49E 42 25705m53s
47 10 -0419-Jul-0220:05:51 15725 401 -29913 A -p -0.8237 0.9517 32S 53W 34 31205m43s
48 11 -0401-Jul-1402:42:31 15436 394 -29690 A -p -0.9007 0.9499 42S 157W 25 42605m26s
49 12 -0383-Jul-2409:28:41 15167 388 -29467 A -t -0.9703 0.9468 55S 93E 13 84105m02s
50 13 -0365-Aug-0416:22:33 14898 382 -29244 P -t -1.0339 0.9079 69S 28W 0 - -
51 14 -0347-Aug-1423:26:10 14633 375 -29021 P -t -1.0900 0.8109 70S 147W 0 - -
52 15 -0329-Aug-2606:39:27 14382 369 -28798 P -t -1.1387 0.7267 71S 90E 0 - -
53 16 -0311-Sep-0514:03:51 14131 363 -28575 P -t -1.1789 0.6572 71S 35W 0 - -
54 17 -0293-Sep-1621:38:21 13886 357 -28352 P -t -1.2114 0.6011 72S 164W 0 - -
55 18 -0275-Sep-2705:22:57 13648 351 -28129 P -t -1.2364 0.5579 72S 65E 0 - -
56 19 -0257-Oct-0813:17:13 13411 345 -27906 P -t -1.2542 0.5273 72S 69W 0 - -
57 20 -0239-Oct-1821:20:46 13181 339 -27683 P -t -1.2655 0.5080 71S 155E 0 - -
58 21 -0221-Oct-3005:31:05 12957 333 -27460 P -t -1.2719 0.4969 71S 18E 0 - -
59 22 -0203-Nov-0913:48:25 12732 327 -27237 P -t -1.2736 0.4940 70S 120W 0 - -
60 23 -0185-Nov-2022:09:26 12519 321 -27014 P -t -1.2733 0.4947 69S 102E 0 - -
61 24 -0167-Dec-0106:34:22 12308 316 -26791 P -t -1.2705 0.4996 68S 37W 0 - -
62 25 -0149-Dec-1214:58:26 12098 310 -26568 P -t -1.2694 0.5016 67S 175W 0 - -
63 26 -0131-Dec-2223:23:45 11897 304 -26345 P -t -1.2681 0.5039 66S 47E 0 - -
64 27 -0112-Jan-0307:45:14 11696 299 -26122 P -t -1.2710 0.4988 65S 89W 0 - -
65 28 -0094-Jan-1316:03:49 11498 293 -25899 P -t -1.2769 0.4886 64S 136E 0 - -
66 29 -0076-Jan-2500:15:38 11305 288 -25676 P -t -1.2889 0.4672 63S 2E 0 - -
67 30 -0058-Feb-0408:22:40 11112 282 -25453 P -t -1.3056 0.4374 62S 129W 0 - -
68 31 -0040-Feb-1516:22:17 10922 277 -25230 P -t -1.3292 0.3946 62S 101E 0 - -
69 32 -0022-Feb-2600:14:39 10736 271 -25007 P -t -1.3593 0.3397 61S 27W 0 - -
70 33 -0004-Mar-0807:59:36 10550 266 -24784 P -t -1.3961 0.2716 61S 153W 0 - -
71 34 0014-Mar-1915:38:04 10371 261 -24561 P -t -1.4387 0.1923 61S 83E 0 - -
72 35 0032-Mar-2923:09:42 10193 256 -24338 Pe -t -1.4875 0.1006 61S 39W 0 - -

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 49

Solar eclipses of Saros 49 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 -1248 Feb 22. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 0032 Mar 29. The total duration of Saros series 49 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 49
First Eclipse -1248 Feb 22
Last Eclipse 0032 Mar 29
Series Duration 1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses 72
Sequence 9P 40A 23P

Saros 49 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 49
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 72100.0%
PartialP 32 44.4%
AnnularA 40 55.6%
TotalT 0 0.0%
HybridH 0 0.0%

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 49 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 49
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 40100.0%
Central (two limits) 40100.0%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 0 0.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 49 occur in the following order : 9P 40A 23P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 49 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 49
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse -0762 Dec 1011m29s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse -1086 May 2900m58s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse -1104 May 18 - 0.92152
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse -1248 Feb 22 - 0.04879

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 49

Catalog of Saros Series of Solar Eclipses

Eclipse Publications

by Fred Espenak

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Calendar

The Gregorian calendar (also called the Western calendar) is internationally the most widely used civil calendar. It is named for Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in 1582. On this website, the Gregorian calendar is used for all calendar 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..

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:

  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 -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.

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, www.EclipseWise.com"

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