EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 79

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 79

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 79 . 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 79
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	-37	-0434-May-21	00:02:59	15967	406	-30100	Pb	t-	1.5130	0.0276	63N	113E	0	-	-
2	-36	-0416-May-31	07:27:57	15679	400	-29877	P	t-	1.4413	0.1672	63N	9W	0	-	-
3	-35	-0398-Jun-11	14:53:35	15393	393	-29654	P	t-	1.3699	0.3063	64N	131W	0	-	-
4	-34	-0380-Jun-21	22:20:18	15124	387	-29431	P	t-	1.2996	0.4431	65N	106E	0	-	-
5	-33	-0362-Jul-03	05:50:06	14855	381	-29208	P	t-	1.2320	0.5741	66N	18W	0	-	-
6	-32	-0344-Jul-13	13:23:17	14592	374	-28985	P	t-	1.1673	0.6989	67N	143W	0	-	-
7	-31	-0326-Jul-24	21:00:51	14341	368	-28762	P	t-	1.1065	0.8151	68N	91E	0	-	-
8	-30	-0308-Aug-04	04:44:30	14090	362	-28539	P	t-	1.0513	0.9197	69N	38W	0	-	-
9	-29	-0290-Aug-15	12:34:30	13847	356	-28316	T+	t-	1.0019	1.0124	70N	169W	0	-	-
10	-28	-0272-Aug-25	20:31:20	13610	350	-28093	T	t-	0.9585	1.0435	75N	3E	16	527	02m25s
11	-27	-0254-Sep-06	04:35:42	13372	344	-27870	T	p-	0.9218	1.0404	69N	146W	22	353	02m27s
12	-26	-0236-Sep-16	12:48:02	13145	338	-27647	T	p-	0.8921	1.0366	62N	77E	26	273	02m24s
13	-25	-0218-Sep-27	21:07:51	12921	332	-27424	T	p-	0.8692	1.0324	56N	56W	29	220	02m16s
14	-24	-0200-Oct-08	05:33:44	12696	326	-27201	T	p-	0.8519	1.0281	50N	171E	31	181	02m06s
15	-23	-0182-Oct-19	14:06:42	12485	320	-26978	T	p-	0.8408	1.0239	46N	37E	32	150	01m53s
16	-22	-0164-Oct-29	22:44:59	12274	315	-26755	T	p-	0.8345	1.0199	42N	97W	33	123	01m39s
17	-21	-0146-Nov-10	07:27:29	12065	309	-26532	T	p-	0.8321	1.0163	39N	128E	33	101	01m25s
18	-20	-0128-Nov-20	16:12:07	11865	303	-26309	T	p-	0.8321	1.0131	37N	8W	33	81	01m10s
19	-19	-0110-Dec-02	00:58:10	11664	298	-26086	T	p-	0.8337	1.0104	35N	144W	33	65	00m58s
20	-18	-0092-Dec-12	09:43:47	11467	292	-25863	H	p-	0.8355	1.0081	34N	81E	33	51	00m46s
21	-17	-0074-Dec-23	18:26:04	11274	287	-25640	H	p-	0.8352	1.0066	33N	54W	33	41	00m37s
22	-16	-0055-Jan-03	03:05:05	11080	281	-25417	H	p-	0.8328	1.0054	33N	172E	33	34	00m31s
23	-15	-0037-Jan-14	11:37:46	10892	276	-25194	H	p-	0.8257	1.0048	32N	40E	34	30	00m27s
24	-14	-0019-Jan-24	20:04:08	10706	271	-24971	H	p-	0.8143	1.0047	32N	91W	35	27	00m26s
25	-13	-0001-Feb-05	04:21:06	10520	265	-24748	H	p-	0.7958	1.0049	32N	142E	37	27	00m26s
26	-12	0017-Feb-15	12:30:31	10342	260	-24525	H	p-	0.7718	1.0053	32N	17E	39	28	00m28s
27	-11	0035-Feb-26	20:29:41	10165	255	-24302	H	p-	0.7400	1.0059	33N	105W	42	30	00m31s
28	-10	0053-Mar-09	04:19:07	9988	250	-24079	H	p-	0.7008	1.0065	33N	136E	45	31	00m33s
29	-9	0071-Mar-20	11:58:35	9815	245	-23856	H	p-	0.6543	1.0069	34N	21E	49	31	00m35s
30	-8	0089-Mar-30	19:29:05	9641	240	-23633	H	p-	0.6010	1.0071	35N	92W	53	30	00m36s
31	-7	0107-Apr-11	02:50:58	9468	235	-23410	H	p-	0.5412	1.0069	36N	159E	57	28	00m35s
32	-6	0125-Apr-21	10:03:46	9296	230	-23187	H	p-	0.4747	1.0063	36N	52E	61	24	00m32s
33	-5	0143-May-02	17:10:12	9124	225	-22964	H	p-	0.4037	1.0051	36N	53W	66	19	00m27s
34	-4	0161-May-13	00:09:56	8952	220	-22741	H	n-	0.3282	1.0034	36N	155W	71	12	00m18s
35	-3	0179-May-24	07:04:52	8780	215	-22518	H	nn	0.2495	1.0011	34N	103E	75	4	00m06s
36	-2	0197-Jun-03	13:55:54	8608	211	-22295	Am	nn	0.1685	0.9981	32N	3E	80	7	00m11s
37	-1	0215-Jun-14	20:45:05	8437	206	-22072	A	nn	0.0869	0.9946	28N	98W	85	19	00m34s
38	0	0233-Jun-25	03:33:55	8265	201	-21849	A	nn	0.0063	0.9905	24N	161E	89	34	01m04s
39	1	0251-Jul-06	10:22:27	8093	197	-21626	A	nn	-0.0736	0.9859	19N	58E	86	50	01m40s
40	2	0269-Jul-16	17:14:10	7921	192	-21403	A	nn	-0.1497	0.9808	13N	46W	81	69	02m21s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 79
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	3	0287-Jul-28	00:08:24	7749	188	-21180	A	nn	-0.2226	0.9754	7N	151W	77	90	03m04s
42	4	0305-Aug-07	07:08:43	7576	183	-20957	A	-p	-0.2897	0.9697	0N	102E	73	114	03m48s
43	5	0323-Aug-18	14:13:09	7402	179	-20734	A	-p	-0.3523	0.9638	7S	7W	69	139	04m29s
44	6	0341-Aug-28	21:26:19	7229	175	-20511	A	-p	-0.4067	0.9579	14S	118W	66	167	05m06s
45	7	0359-Sep-09	04:45:21	7053	171	-20288	A	-p	-0.4554	0.9520	20S	129E	63	196	05m38s
46	8	0377-Sep-19	12:13:34	6875	166	-20065	A	-p	-0.4958	0.9464	27S	14E	60	225	06m05s
47	9	0395-Sep-30	19:48:25	6698	162	-19842	A	-p	-0.5301	0.9411	34S	103W	58	255	06m27s
48	10	0413-Oct-11	03:32:18	6519	158	-19619	A	-p	-0.5564	0.9362	40S	139E	56	284	06m44s
49	11	0431-Oct-22	11:21:56	6340	154	-19396	A	-p	-0.5771	0.9318	45S	20E	55	311	06m58s
50	12	0449-Nov-01	19:17:43	6160	150	-19173	A	-p	-0.5923	0.9280	51S	99W	53	335	07m09s
51	13	0467-Nov-13	03:17:48	5985	146	-18950	A	-p	-0.6034	0.9248	55S	142E	53	356	07m17s
52	14	0485-Nov-23	11:22:06	5809	142	-18727	A	-p	-0.6108	0.9223	59S	25E	52	372	07m23s
53	15	0503-Dec-04	19:26:57	5633	139	-18504	A	-p	-0.6171	0.9204	61S	91W	52	384	07m27s
54	16	0521-Dec-15	03:32:03	5457	135	-18281	A	-p	-0.6228	0.9193	62S	155E	51	393	07m28s
55	17	0539-Dec-26	11:34:29	5282	131	-18058	A	-p	-0.6304	0.9188	62S	41E	51	398	07m26s
56	18	0558-Jan-05	19:34:35	5108	127	-17835	A	-p	-0.6397	0.9189	61S	72W	50	400	07m23s
57	19	0576-Jan-17	03:27:30	4935	124	-17612	A	-p	-0.6546	0.9196	58S	174E	49	402	07m17s
58	20	0594-Jan-27	11:15:26	4763	120	-17389	A	-p	-0.6733	0.9207	56S	61E	47	403	07m10s
59	21	0612-Feb-07	18:54:05	4593	117	-17166	A	-p	-0.6996	0.9221	53S	51W	45	406	07m02s
60	22	0630-Feb-18	02:25:52	4425	113	-16943	A	-p	-0.7311	0.9239	51S	163W	43	413	06m53s
61	23	0648-Feb-29	09:46:15	4256	110	-16720	A	-p	-0.7720	0.9257	49S	88E	39	430	06m44s
62	24	0666-Mar-11	16:59:31	4091	106	-16497	A	-p	-0.8185	0.9275	48S	19W	35	461	06m34s
63	25	0684-Mar-22	00:02:04	3926	103	-16274	A	-p	-0.8737	0.9290	49S	122W	29	531	06m23s
64	26	0702-Apr-02	06:56:31	3762	100	-16051	A	-t	-0.9351	0.9299	52S	138E	20	724	06m09s
65	27	0720-Apr-12	13:42:00	3606	97	-15828	A-	-t	-1.0035	0.9534	61S	60E	0	-	-
66	28	0738-Apr-23	20:21:24	3450	94	-15605	P	-t	-1.0765	0.8304	62S	49W	0	-	-
67	29	0756-May-04	02:54:50	3296	91	-15382	P	-t	-1.1543	0.6985	62S	157W	0	-	-
68	30	0774-May-15	09:22:50	3147	87	-15159	P	-t	-1.2360	0.5590	63S	96E	0	-	-
69	31	0792-May-25	15:48:26	2998	84	-14936	P	-t	-1.3192	0.4164	64S	10W	0	-	-
70	32	0810-Jun-05	22:12:22	2854	82	-14713	P	-t	-1.4033	0.2717	65S	116W	0	-	-
71	33	0828-Jun-16	04:36:37	2712	79	-14490	Pe	-t	-1.4868	0.1275	66S	137E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 79

Solar eclipses of Saros 79 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 -0434 May 21. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 0828 Jun 16. The total duration of Saros series 79 is 1262.11 years.

Summary of Saros 79

First Eclipse	-0434 May 21
Last Eclipse	0828 Jun 16
Series Duration	1262.11 Years
No. of Eclipses	71
Sequence	8P 11T 16H 30A 6P

Saros 79 is composed of 71 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 79
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	71	100.0%
Partial	P	14	19.7%
Annular	A	30	42.3%
Total	T	11	15.5%
Hybrid	H	16	22.5%

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 79 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 79
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	57	100.0%
Central (two limits)	55	96.5%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	2	3.5%

The 71 eclipses in Saros 79 occur in the following order : 8P 11T 16H 30A 6P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 79 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 79
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	0521 Dec 15	07m28s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	0197 Jun 03	00m11s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	-0254 Sep 06	02m27s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	-0110 Dec 02	00m58s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-0092 Dec 12	00m46s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	0179 May 24	00m06s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0308 Aug 04	-	0.91975
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0434 May 21	-	0.02756

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 79

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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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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