EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 63

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 63

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 63 . 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 63
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	-0879-Apr-20	19:29:09	23139	576	-35605	Pb	t-	1.5195	0.0410	61N	121W	0	-	-
2	-35	-0861-May-02	02:37:59	22831	569	-35382	P	t-	1.4435	0.1794	61N	121E	0	-	-
3	-34	-0843-May-12	09:43:34	22524	562	-35159	P	t-	1.3641	0.3258	62N	5E	0	-	-
4	-33	-0825-May-23	16:51:02	22220	555	-34936	P	t-	1.2849	0.4730	62N	113W	0	-	-
5	-32	-0807-Jun-02	23:57:57	21918	548	-34713	P	t-	1.2041	0.6243	63N	130E	0	-	-
6	-31	-0789-Jun-14	07:09:45	21617	542	-34490	P	t-	1.1262	0.7708	64N	11E	0	-	-
7	-30	-0771-Jun-24	14:24:16	21319	535	-34267	P	t-	1.0498	0.9151	65N	108W	0	-	-
8	-29	-0753-Jul-05	21:44:29	21023	528	-34044	T	t-	0.9771	1.0328	77N	138E	11	560	01m40s
9	-28	-0735-Jul-16	05:10:36	20729	521	-33821	T	t-	0.9085	1.0373	89N	145W	24	306	02m06s
10	-27	-0717-Jul-27	12:44:50	20437	514	-33598	T	t-	0.8460	1.0398	79N	96E	32	252	02m24s
11	-26	-0699-Aug-06	20:26:57	20147	507	-33375	T	p-	0.7892	1.0410	70N	21W	38	225	02m38s
12	-25	-0681-Aug-18	04:17:25	19859	500	-33152	T	p-	0.7390	1.0416	62N	142W	42	207	02m50s
13	-24	-0663-Aug-28	12:17:27	19574	493	-32929	T	p-	0.6962	1.0416	55N	95E	46	193	02m59s
14	-23	-0645-Sep-08	20:26:17	19290	486	-32706	T	p-	0.6605	1.0412	48N	30W	48	183	03m06s
15	-22	-0627-Sep-19	04:43:51	19008	479	-32483	T	p-	0.6316	1.0405	41N	158W	51	174	03m11s
16	-21	-0609-Sep-30	13:09:39	18729	472	-32260	T	p-	0.6094	1.0398	36N	73E	52	167	03m16s
17	-20	-0591-Oct-10	21:43:30	18452	465	-32037	T	p-	0.5935	1.0392	30N	59W	53	162	03m20s
18	-19	-0573-Oct-22	06:23:56	18178	458	-31814	T	p-	0.5832	1.0387	26N	168E	54	159	03m24s
19	-18	-0555-Nov-01	15:09:06	17903	451	-31591	T	p-	0.5766	1.0385	21N	33E	55	157	03m30s
20	-17	-0537-Nov-12	23:59:09	17633	444	-31368	T	p-	0.5737	1.0387	18N	102W	55	158	03m36s
21	-16	-0519-Nov-23	08:51:35	17364	437	-31145	T	p-	0.5725	1.0393	15N	122E	55	160	03m44s
22	-15	-0501-Dec-04	17:44:38	17095	431	-30922	T	p-	0.5719	1.0404	13N	14W	55	165	03m53s
23	-14	-0483-Dec-15	02:36:20	16784	424	-30699	T	p-	0.5700	1.0419	12N	150W	55	171	04m03s
24	-13	-0465-Dec-26	11:26:01	16472	417	-30476	T	p-	0.5662	1.0440	11N	75E	55	178	04m14s
25	-12	-0446-Jan-05	20:12:07	16165	411	-30253	T	p-	0.5590	1.0465	10N	59W	56	186	04m24s
26	-11	-0428-Jan-17	04:52:11	15877	404	-30030	T	p-	0.5468	1.0494	10N	168E	57	195	04m35s
27	-10	-0410-Jan-27	13:26:31	15588	398	-29807	T	p-	0.5296	1.0525	11N	37E	58	203	04m44s
28	-9	-0392-Feb-07	21:52:59	15308	391	-29584	T	p-	0.5059	1.0560	11N	91W	60	212	04m53s
29	-8	-0374-Feb-18	06:12:25	15039	385	-29361	T	p-	0.4763	1.0594	12N	142E	61	220	05m02s
30	-7	-0356-Feb-29	14:22:37	14770	379	-29138	T	n-	0.4389	1.0628	14N	18E	64	227	05m11s
31	-6	-0338-Mar-11	22:25:57	14514	372	-28915	T	n-	0.3956	1.0660	15N	104W	67	233	05m19s
32	-5	-0320-Mar-22	06:20:39	14263	366	-28692	T	n-	0.3454	1.0689	16N	136E	70	238	05m28s
33	-4	-0302-Apr-02	14:08:10	14012	360	-28469	T	n-	0.2892	1.0713	18N	19E	73	241	05m37s
34	-3	-0284-Apr-12	21:48:31	13773	354	-28246	T	n-	0.2272	1.0731	19N	96W	77	243	05m47s
35	-2	-0266-Apr-24	05:23:11	13535	348	-28023	T	nn	0.1608	1.0742	20N	150E	81	244	05m57s
36	-1	-0248-May-04	12:53:13	13299	342	-27800	T	nn	0.0904	1.0746	20N	38E	85	243	06m07s
37	0	-0230-May-15	20:18:27	13075	336	-27577	Tm	nn	0.0164	1.0742	19N	72W	89	241	06m16s
38	1	-0212-May-26	03:42:03	12850	330	-27354	T	nn	-0.0586	1.0729	17N	177E	87	237	06m23s
39	2	-0194-Jun-06	11:03:45	12630	324	-27131	T	-n	-0.1346	1.0707	15N	67E	82	232	06m26s
40	3	-0176-Jun-16	18:26:01	12419	319	-26908	T	-n	-0.2099	1.0678	12N	44W	78	226	06m23s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 63
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	-0158-Jun-28	01:48:40	12207	313	-26685	T	-n	-0.2842	1.0639	7N	156W	74	218	06m13s
42	5	-0140-Jul-08	09:14:23	12002	307	-26462	T	-p	-0.3555	1.0594	2N	92E	69	209	05m53s
43	6	-0122-Jul-19	16:43:30	11802	302	-26239	T	-p	-0.4230	1.0541	3S	23W	65	197	05m24s
44	7	-0104-Jul-30	00:16:32	11601	296	-26016	T	-p	-0.4865	1.0484	9S	139W	61	184	04m48s
45	8	-0086-Aug-10	07:55:38	11406	290	-25793	T	-p	-0.5442	1.0422	16S	103E	57	168	04m06s
46	9	-0068-Aug-20	15:40:42	11213	285	-25570	T	-p	-0.5962	1.0357	22S	17W	53	149	03m22s
47	10	-0050-Aug-31	23:33:31	11020	280	-25347	T	-p	-0.6409	1.0290	29S	139W	50	127	02m38s
48	11	-0032-Sep-11	07:32:03	10834	274	-25124	T	-p	-0.6800	1.0224	35S	97E	47	103	01m57s
49	12	-0014-Sep-22	15:39:08	10647	269	-24901	T	-p	-0.7111	1.0158	42S	29W	44	77	01m19s
50	13	0004-Oct-02	23:52:06	10464	264	-24678	H	-p	-0.7367	1.0095	48S	156W	42	48	00m46s
51	14	0022-Oct-14	08:12:35	10286	258	-24455	H	-p	-0.7554	1.0037	54S	75E	41	19	00m17s
52	15	0040-Oct-24	16:37:40	10109	253	-24232	A	-p	-0.7697	0.9982	59S	54W	39	10	00m08s
53	16	0058-Nov-05	01:08:52	9934	248	-24009	A	-p	-0.7785	0.9934	64S	178E	39	37	00m29s
54	17	0076-Nov-15	09:42:29	9760	243	-23786	A	-p	-0.7846	0.9891	69S	51E	38	62	00m46s
55	18	0094-Nov-26	18:18:25	9586	238	-23563	A	-p	-0.7884	0.9855	73S	71W	38	84	01m01s
56	19	0112-Dec-07	02:54:18	9414	233	-23340	A	-p	-0.7917	0.9825	75S	172E	37	103	01m13s
57	20	0130-Dec-18	11:29:39	9242	228	-23117	A	-p	-0.7951	0.9800	76S	59E	37	118	01m22s
58	21	0148-Dec-28	20:00:35	9070	223	-22894	A	-p	-0.8015	0.9780	75S	53W	36	132	01m30s
59	22	0167-Jan-09	04:27:06	8898	219	-22671	A	-p	-0.8108	0.9765	72S	168W	36	144	01m37s
60	23	0185-Jan-19	12:46:38	8726	214	-22448	A	-p	-0.8254	0.9752	69S	74E	34	157	01m42s
61	24	0203-Jan-30	20:59:43	8555	209	-22225	A	-p	-0.8447	0.9742	66S	45W	32	172	01m47s
62	25	0221-Feb-10	05:01:51	8383	205	-22002	A	-p	-0.8723	0.9731	63S	163W	29	195	01m52s
63	26	0239-Feb-21	12:55:57	8211	200	-21779	A	-t	-0.9055	0.9719	61S	82E	25	235	01m57s
64	27	0257-Mar-03	20:38:21	8039	195	-21556	A	-t	-0.9475	0.9702	60S	28W	18	334	02m03s
65	28	0275-Mar-15	04:12:14	7867	191	-21333	As	-t	-0.9955	0.9662	61S	121W	4	-	02m10s
66	29	0293-Mar-25	11:33:46	7695	186	-21110	P	-t	-1.0529	0.8845	61S	127E	0	-	-
67	30	0311-Apr-05	18:47:48	7522	182	-20887	P	-t	-1.1154	0.7740	61S	9E	0	-	-
68	31	0329-Apr-16	01:51:08	7348	178	-20664	P	-t	-1.1854	0.6503	61S	106W	0	-	-
69	32	0347-Apr-27	08:47:29	7174	173	-20441	P	-t	-1.2599	0.5187	62S	140E	0	-	-
70	33	0365-May-07	15:35:31	6997	169	-20218	P	-t	-1.3400	0.3775	62S	28E	0	-	-
71	34	0383-May-18	22:18:57	6820	165	-19995	P	-t	-1.4225	0.2327	63S	83W	0	-	-
72	35	0401-May-29	04:57:40	6642	161	-19772	Pe	-t	-1.5076	0.0839	64S	168E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 63

Solar eclipses of Saros 63 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 -0879 Apr 20. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 0401 May 29. The total duration of Saros series 63 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 63

First Eclipse	-0879 Apr 20
Last Eclipse	0401 May 29
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	7P 42T 2H 14A 7P

Saros 63 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 63
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	14	19.4%
Annular	A	14	19.4%
Total	T	42	58.3%
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 63 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 63
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	58	100.0%
Central (two limits)	57	98.3%
Central (one limit)	1	1.7%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 63 occur in the following order : 7P 42T 2H 14A 7P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 63 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 63
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	0275 Mar 15	02m10s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	0040 Oct 24	00m08s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	-0194 Jun 06	06m26s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	-0014 Sep 22	01m19s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	0004 Oct 02	00m46s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	0022 Oct 14	00m17s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0771 Jun 24	-	0.91510
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0879 Apr 20	-	0.04100

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 63

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"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are NOT altered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is NOT removed or covered.