EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 51

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 51

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 51 . 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 51
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	-49	-1407-Sep-02	23:12:36	33084	1617	-42131	Pb	t-	1.5268	0.0352	71N	100E	0	-	-
2	-48	-1389-Sep-14	07:18:01	32715	1565	-41908	P	t-	1.4964	0.0902	71N	36W	0	-	-
3	-47	-1371-Sep-24	15:32:23	32348	1514	-41685	P	t-	1.4725	0.1334	72N	176W	0	-	-
4	-46	-1353-Oct-05	23:55:51	31983	1463	-41462	P	t-	1.4555	0.1639	72N	43E	0	-	-
5	-45	-1335-Oct-16	08:25:13	31620	1413	-41239	P	t-	1.4427	0.1869	72N	100W	0	-	-
6	-44	-1317-Oct-27	17:02:06	31259	1364	-41016	P	t-	1.4356	0.1995	71N	115E	0	-	-
7	-43	-1299-Nov-07	01:42:38	30900	1315	-40793	P	t-	1.4306	0.2081	71N	30W	0	-	-
8	-42	-1281-Nov-18	10:26:40	30544	1267	-40570	P	t-	1.4280	0.2122	70N	175W	0	-	-
9	-41	-1263-Nov-28	19:10:59	30189	1220	-40347	P	t-	1.4251	0.2169	69N	40E	0	-	-
10	-40	-1245-Dec-10	03:55:37	29837	1174	-40124	P	t-	1.4219	0.2219	68N	104W	0	-	-
11	-39	-1227-Dec-20	12:37:05	29486	1129	-39901	P	t-	1.4157	0.2322	67N	113E	0	-	-
12	-38	-1209-Dec-31	21:14:58	29138	1084	-39678	P	t-	1.4062	0.2488	66N	29W	0	-	-
13	-37	-1190-Jan-11	05:47:28	28792	1040	-39455	P	t-	1.3917	0.2747	65N	168W	0	-	-
14	-36	-1172-Jan-22	14:14:25	28447	996	-39232	P	t-	1.3722	0.3099	64N	54E	0	-	-
15	-35	-1154-Feb-01	22:33:04	28105	954	-39009	P	t-	1.3458	0.3586	63N	82W	0	-	-
16	-34	-1136-Feb-13	06:45:03	27765	912	-38786	P	t-	1.3135	0.4187	62N	145E	0	-	-
17	-33	-1118-Feb-23	14:48:24	27427	871	-38563	P	t-	1.2740	0.4934	62N	13E	0	-	-
18	-32	-1100-Mar-05	22:45:51	27091	831	-38340	P	t-	1.2289	0.5792	61N	116W	0	-	-
19	-31	-1082-Mar-17	06:33:43	26757	791	-38117	P	t-	1.1757	0.6813	61N	117E	0	-	-
20	-30	-1064-Mar-27	14:17:12	26425	752	-37894	P	t-	1.1185	0.7920	61N	9W	0	-	-
21	-29	-1046-Apr-07	21:53:07	26096	715	-37671	P	t-	1.0548	0.9159	61N	133W	0	-	-
22	-28	-1028-Apr-18	05:26:21	25768	677	-37448	Tn	t-	0.9883	1.0590	62N	119E	8	-	03m08s
23	-27	-1010-Apr-29	12:53:33	25442	641	-37225	T	t-	0.9164	1.0666	62N	31E	23	542	03m47s
24	-26	-0992-May-09	20:20:19	25119	619	-37002	T	p-	0.8436	1.0712	62N	70W	32	429	04m12s
25	-25	-0974-May-21	03:44:08	24797	612	-36779	T	p-	0.7683	1.0744	61N	171W	40	375	04m32s
26	-24	-0956-May-31	11:09:00	24478	605	-36556	T	p-	0.6935	1.0765	60N	86E	46	343	04m49s
27	-23	-0938-Jun-11	18:33:50	24161	598	-36333	T	p-	0.6185	1.0773	59N	17W	52	318	05m04s
28	-22	-0920-Jun-22	02:02:20	23845	591	-36110	T	p-	0.5466	1.0772	56N	123W	57	299	05m17s
29	-21	-0902-Jul-03	09:33:50	23532	585	-35887	T	p-	0.4773	1.0761	52N	129E	61	281	05m26s
30	-20	-0884-Jul-13	17:09:51	23221	578	-35664	T	p-	0.4119	1.0743	48N	19E	65	265	05m33s
31	-19	-0866-Jul-25	00:51:28	22912	571	-35441	T	n-	0.3516	1.0716	43N	95W	69	249	05m35s
32	-18	-0848-Aug-04	08:39:25	22605	564	-35218	T	n-	0.2970	1.0684	37N	148E	73	234	05m33s
33	-17	-0830-Aug-15	16:34:32	22300	557	-34995	T	n-	0.2486	1.0646	31N	28E	75	218	05m25s
34	-16	-0812-Aug-26	00:36:44	21997	550	-34772	T	n-	0.2066	1.0605	25N	94W	78	203	05m13s
35	-15	-0794-Sep-06	08:47:22	21697	543	-34549	T	n-	0.1720	1.0561	20N	142E	80	188	04m57s
36	-14	-0776-Sep-16	17:05:42	21398	537	-34326	T	n-	0.1443	1.0517	14N	15E	82	173	04m39s
37	-13	-0758-Sep-28	01:31:12	21101	530	-34103	T	n-	0.1230	1.0474	8N	114W	83	159	04m20s
38	-12	-0740-Oct-08	10:03:53	20807	523	-33880	T	n-	0.1079	1.0432	3N	116E	84	145	04m01s
39	-11	-0722-Oct-19	18:42:51	20514	516	-33657	T	nn	0.0982	1.0393	2S	16W	84	132	03m42s
40	-10	-0704-Oct-30	03:26:40	20224	509	-33434	T	nn	0.0930	1.0359	7S	149W	85	121	03m26s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 51
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	-9	-0686-Nov-10	12:13:24	19935	502	-33211	T	nn	0.0907	1.0328	10S	78E	85	111	03m10s
42	-8	-0668-Nov-20	21:02:30	19649	495	-32988	T	nn	0.0906	1.0303	14S	55W	85	103	02m58s
43	-7	-0650-Dec-02	05:52:23	19365	488	-32765	Tm	nn	0.0913	1.0282	16S	171E	85	96	02m47s
44	-6	-0632-Dec-12	14:40:04	19083	481	-32542	T	nn	0.0906	1.0267	18S	39E	85	91	02m39s
45	-5	-0614-Dec-23	23:25:08	18803	474	-32319	T	nn	0.0882	1.0256	19S	93W	85	87	02m32s
46	-4	-0595-Jan-03	08:04:47	18525	467	-32096	T	nn	0.0817	1.0251	19S	137E	85	86	02m28s
47	-3	-0577-Jan-14	16:39:19	18250	460	-31873	T	nn	0.0715	1.0248	19S	8E	86	85	02m24s
48	-2	-0559-Jan-25	01:04:49	17976	453	-31650	T	nn	0.0543	1.0248	18S	118W	87	85	02m22s
49	-1	-0541-Feb-05	09:23:39	17704	446	-31427	T	nn	0.0319	1.0250	16S	117E	88	85	02m20s
50	0	-0523-Feb-15	17:32:11	17435	439	-31204	T	nn	0.0016	1.0252	15S	6W	90	86	02m19s
51	1	-0505-Feb-27	01:32:03	17166	432	-30981	T	nn	-0.0354	1.0254	13S	126W	88	86	02m18s
52	2	-0487-Mar-09	09:21:10	16866	426	-30758	T	nn	-0.0808	1.0253	11S	116E	85	86	02m17s
53	3	-0469-Mar-20	17:02:05	16554	419	-30535	T	-n	-0.1323	1.0250	9S	0W	82	86	02m15s
54	4	-0451-Mar-31	00:33:35	16243	412	-30312	T	-n	-0.1911	1.0243	8S	114W	79	84	02m12s
55	5	-0433-Apr-11	07:56:21	15953	406	-30089	T	-n	-0.2565	1.0230	7S	135E	75	81	02m07s
56	6	-0415-Apr-21	15:11:46	15664	399	-29866	T	-p	-0.3270	1.0211	7S	25E	71	76	02m00s
57	7	-0397-May-02	22:20:51	15379	393	-29643	T	-p	-0.4017	1.0186	8S	82W	66	69	01m49s
58	8	-0379-May-13	05:24:38	15110	387	-29420	H3	-p	-0.4801	1.0155	10S	171E	61	60	01m34s
59	9	-0361-May-24	12:23:32	14841	380	-29197	H	-p	-0.5613	1.0115	13S	65E	56	47	01m12s
60	10	-0343-Jun-03	19:20:05	14580	374	-28974	H	-p	-0.6434	1.0069	17S	41W	50	31	00m44s
61	11	-0325-Jun-15	02:15:16	14329	368	-28751	H	-p	-0.7251	1.0014	23S	147W	43	7	00m09s
62	12	-0307-Jun-25	09:09:49	14078	362	-28528	A	-p	-0.8061	0.9953	30S	106E	36	28	00m30s
63	13	-0289-Jul-06	16:06:10	13836	356	-28305	A	-t	-0.8843	0.9881	39S	2W	27	90	01m11s
64	14	-0271-Jul-16	23:05:13	13598	350	-28082	A	-t	-0.9590	0.9798	52S	113W	16	260	01m49s
65	15	-0253-Jul-28	06:09:21	13360	344	-27859	P	-t	-1.0282	0.9297	69S	126E	0	-	-
66	16	-0235-Aug-07	13:16:55	13134	338	-27636	P	-t	-1.0933	0.8121	69S	6E	0	-	-
67	17	-0217-Aug-18	20:32:11	12909	332	-27413	P	-t	-1.1509	0.7092	70S	116W	0	-	-
68	18	-0199-Aug-29	03:53:05	12686	326	-27190	P	-t	-1.2027	0.6175	71S	120E	0	-	-
69	19	-0181-Sep-09	11:22:56	12475	320	-26967	P	-t	-1.2464	0.5410	72S	7W	0	-	-
70	20	-0163-Sep-19	18:58:44	12263	314	-26744	P	-t	-1.2843	0.4755	72S	136W	0	-	-
71	21	-0145-Oct-01	02:43:56	12055	309	-26521	P	-t	-1.3138	0.4252	72S	92E	0	-	-
72	22	-0127-Oct-11	10:35:03	11855	303	-26298	P	-t	-1.3375	0.3852	72S	41W	0	-	-
73	23	-0109-Oct-22	18:33:02	11654	297	-26075	P	-t	-1.3550	0.3560	71S	175W	0	-	-
74	24	-0091-Nov-02	02:35:27	11458	292	-25852	P	-t	-1.3682	0.3344	70S	50E	0	-	-
75	25	-0073-Nov-13	10:42:48	11264	286	-25629	P	-t	-1.3770	0.3202	70S	85W	0	-	-
76	26	-0055-Nov-23	18:51:26	11071	281	-25406	P	-t	-1.3838	0.3093	69S	140E	0	-	-
77	27	-0037-Dec-05	03:00:34	10883	276	-25183	P	-t	-1.3897	0.2999	68S	6E	0	-	-
78	28	-0019-Dec-15	11:08:08	10697	270	-24960	P	-t	-1.3963	0.2893	66S	128W	0	-	-
79	29	-0001-Dec-26	19:13:40	10511	265	-24737	P	-t	-1.4042	0.2762	65S	99E	0	-	-
80	30	0018-Jan-06	03:12:49	10333	260	-24514	P	-t	-1.4166	0.2556	64S	31W	0	-	-

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 51
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
81	31	0036-Jan-17	11:06:35	10156	255	-24291	P	-t	-1.4328	0.2285	63S	160W	0	-	-
82	32	0054-Jan-27	18:51:42	9980	249	-24068	P	-t	-1.4555	0.1902	63S	74E	0	-	-
83	33	0072-Feb-08	02:29:50	9806	244	-23845	P	-t	-1.4833	0.1430	62S	50W	0	-	-
84	34	0090-Feb-18	09:56:25	9632	239	-23622	P	-t	-1.5200	0.0806	61S	171W	0	-	-
85	35	0108-Feb-29	17:15:24	9459	234	-23399	Pe	-t	-1.5623	0.0085	61S	69E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 51

Solar eclipses of Saros 51 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 -1407 Sep 02. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 0108 Feb 29. The total duration of Saros series 51 is 1514.53 years.

Summary of Saros 51

First Eclipse	-1407 Sep 02
Last Eclipse	0108 Feb 29
Series Duration	1514.53 Years
No. of Eclipses	85
Sequence	21P 36T 4H 3A 21P

Saros 51 is composed of 85 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 51
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	85	100.0%
Partial	P	42	49.4%
Annular	A	3	3.5%
Total	T	36	42.4%
Hybrid	H	4	4.7%

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 51 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 51
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	43	100.0%
Central (two limits)	42	97.7%
Central (one limit)	1	2.3%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 85 eclipses in Saros 51 occur in the following order : 21P 36T 4H 3A 21P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 51 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 51
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	-0271 Jul 16	01m49s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	-0307 Jun 25	00m30s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	-0866 Jul 25	05m35s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	-0397 May 02	01m49s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-0379 May 13	01m34s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-0325 Jun 15	00m09s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0253 Jul 28	-	0.92970
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	0108 Feb 29	-	0.00852

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 51

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

Eclipse Publications

by Fred Espenak

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:

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.

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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