Saros 100

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 100

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 100

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 100 . 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 100
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 0264-May-1308:17:03 7970 194 -21467 Pb t- -1.4731 0.1094 69S 116E 0 - -
2-35 0282-May-2415:41:19 7798 189 -21244 P t- -1.4001 0.2492 68S 8W 0 - -
3-34 0300-Jun-0323:04:49 7626 185 -21021 P t- -1.3257 0.3927 67S 131W 0 - -
4-33 0318-Jun-1506:28:57 7452 180 -20798 P t- -1.2514 0.5365 66S 107E 0 - -
5-32 0336-Jun-2513:54:13 7278 176 -20575 P t- -1.1775 0.6796 65S 16W 0 - -
6-31 0354-Jul-0621:23:27 7104 172 -20352 P t- -1.1064 0.8175 64S 139W 0 - -
7-30 0372-Jul-1704:56:45 6926 168 -20129 P t- -1.0381 0.9495 64S 98E 0 - -
8-29 0390-Jul-2812:34:48 6749 163 -19906 T t- -0.9734 1.0595 53S 12W 13 87504m06s
9-28 0408-Aug-0720:19:24 6570 159 -19683 T t- -0.9139 1.0609 44S 126W 24 48704m26s
10-27 0426-Aug-1904:11:01 6391 155 -19460 T p- -0.8602 1.0604 40S 115E 30 38204m27s
11-26 0444-Aug-2912:10:18 6212 151 -19237 T p- -0.8128 1.0590 39S 6W 35 32604m19s
12-25 0462-Sep-0920:16:17 6035 147 -19014 T p- -0.7711 1.0569 39S 128W 39 28804m07s
13-24 0480-Sep-2004:30:51 5859 143 -18791 T p- -0.7365 1.0543 40S 107E 42 26003m52s
14-23 0498-Oct-0112:52:55 5684 140 -18568 T p- -0.7083 1.0515 42S 20W 45 23803m37s
15-22 0516-Oct-1121:22:13 5508 136 -18345 T p- -0.6865 1.0487 45S 148W 46 22003m23s
16-21 0534-Oct-2305:58:15 5332 132 -18122 T p- -0.6706 1.0459 48S 83E 48 20403m09s
17-20 0552-Nov-0214:40:15 5157 128 -17899 T p- -0.6598 1.0433 52S 47W 48 19102m57s
18-19 0570-Nov-1323:27:17 4985 125 -17676 T p- -0.6535 1.0409 56S 178W 49 18002m46s
19-18 0588-Nov-2408:16:18 4813 121 -17453 T p- -0.6492 1.0390 59S 53E 49 17202m38s
20-17 0606-Dec-0517:08:34 4642 118 -17230 T p- -0.6477 1.0374 62S 75W 49 16502m31s
21-16 0624-Dec-1602:00:14 4473 114 -17007 T p- -0.6466 1.0364 64S 159E 49 16102m28s
22-15 0642-Dec-2710:51:19 4305 111 -16784 T p- -0.6449 1.0358 64S 34E 50 15802m27s
23-14 0661-Jan-0619:37:51 4138 107 -16561 T p- -0.6400 1.0357 62S 91W 50 15702m29s
24-13 0679-Jan-1804:21:32 3973 104 -16338 T p- -0.6330 1.0360 59S 144E 50 15702m33s
25-12 0697-Jan-2812:58:27 3808 101 -16115 T p- -0.6211 1.0367 55S 17E 51 15802m41s
26-11 0715-Feb-0821:28:43 3651 98 -15892 T p- -0.6041 1.0377 50S 110W 53 15902m50s
27-10 0733-Feb-1905:50:24 3495 94 -15669 T p- -0.5807 1.0389 44S 124E 54 16003m03s
28 -9 0751-Mar-0214:04:26 3339 91 -15446 T p- -0.5513 1.0401 38S 2W 56 16003m16s
29 -8 0769-Mar-1222:08:56 3190 88 -15223 T p- -0.5146 1.0413 31S 126W 59 16003m32s
30 -7 0787-Mar-2406:04:53 3041 85 -15000 T p- -0.4716 1.0422 24S 112E 62 15903m46s
31 -6 0805-Apr-0313:51:49 2894 82 -14777 T n- -0.4215 1.0429 17S 8W 65 15704m00s
32 -5 0823-Apr-1421:31:09 2753 79 -14554 T n- -0.3656 1.0431 10S 126W 68 15404m11s
33 -4 0841-Apr-2505:01:39 2611 77 -14331 T n- -0.3030 1.0429 3S 118E 72 15004m17s
34 -3 0859-May-0612:26:32 2475 74 -14108 T nn -0.2363 1.0420 4N 5E 76 14504m17s
35 -2 0877-May-1619:44:50 2344 71 -13885 T nn -0.1645 1.0406 11N 107W 81 13804m09s
36 -1 0895-May-2803:00:03 2213 68 -13662 Tm nn -0.0910 1.0383 17N 143E 85 12903m54s
37 0 0913-Jun-0710:09:51 2092 66 -13439 T nn -0.0135 1.0354 23N 36E 89 11903m33s
38 1 0931-Jun-1817:19:42 1973 63 -13216 T nn 0.0632 1.0318 27N 71W 86 10803m06s
39 2 0949-Jun-2900:26:45 1855 61 -12993 T nn 0.1417 1.0274 31N 177W 82 9402m36s
40 3 0967-Jul-1007:36:02 1747 58 -12770 T -n 0.2173 1.0225 34N 78E 77 7902m04s
Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 100
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 0985-Jul-2014:44:57 1640 56 -12547 T -p 0.2922 1.0170 36N 27W 73 6101m31s
42 5 1003-Jul-3121:59:02 1535 53 -12324 H -p 0.3620 1.0110 37N 132W 69 4100m58s
43 6 1021-Aug-1105:15:48 1444 51 -12101 H -p 0.4286 1.0046 37N 121E 64 1800m24s
44 7 1039-Aug-2212:38:19 1353 49 -11878 A -p 0.4895 0.9980 36N 12E 61 800m10s
45 8 1057-Sep-0120:06:19 1266 46 -11655 A -p 0.5447 0.9912 35N 99W 57 3700m46s
46 9 1075-Sep-1303:41:41 1185 44 -11432 A -p 0.5928 0.9844 33N 148E 53 6701m23s
47 10 1093-Sep-2311:23:46 1105 42 -11209 A -p 0.6345 0.9777 32N 32E 50 10102m03s
48 11 1111-Oct-0419:12:27 1032 40 -10986 A -p 0.6700 0.9712 30N 85W 48 13602m44s
49 12 1129-Oct-1503:08:29 964 38 -10763 A -p 0.6985 0.9651 29N 154E 46 17203m27s
50 13 1147-Oct-2611:11:03 896 36 -10540 A -p 0.7209 0.9595 28N 32E 44 20704m11s
51 14 1165-Nov-0519:19:13 838 34 -10317 A -p 0.7378 0.9544 27N 93W 42 24204m55s
52 15 1183-Nov-1703:31:59 781 32 -10094 A -p 0.7502 0.9500 26N 142E 41 27305m38s
53 16 1201-Nov-2711:48:11 724 31 -9871 A -p 0.7592 0.9461 26N 15E 40 30206m16s
54 17 1219-Dec-0820:06:04 674 29 -9648 A -p 0.7660 0.9430 26N 112W 40 32706m48s
55 18 1237-Dec-1904:23:07 624 27 -9425 A -p 0.7728 0.9404 27N 121E 39 34807m11s
56 19 1255-Dec-3012:39:05 578 25 -9202 A -p 0.7797 0.9386 29N 7W 39 36507m23s
57 20 1274-Jan-0920:51:20 539 24 -8979 A -p 0.7885 0.9372 31N 133W 38 38007m26s
58 21 1292-Jan-2104:58:14 499 22 -8756 A -p 0.8013 0.9363 35N 102E 36 39507m17s
59 22 1310-Jan-3112:57:54 464 21 -8533 A -p 0.8193 0.9358 39N 22W 35 41507m01s
60 23 1328-Feb-1120:50:07 432 20 -8310 A -p 0.8426 0.9356 44N 145W 32 44206m38s
61 24 1346-Feb-2204:33:45 400 20 -8087 A -p 0.8719 0.9354 50N 93E 29 48806m11s
62 25 1364-Mar-0412:06:37 371 20 -7864 A -t 0.9094 0.9352 58N 29W 24 57905m41s
63 26 1382-Mar-1519:30:23 342 20 -7641 A -t 0.9535 0.9344 67N 157W 17 82605m10s
64 27 1400-Mar-2602:43:39 314 20 -7418 A+ -t 1.0058 0.9507 72N 34E 0 - -
65 28 1418-Apr-0609:48:08 291 20 -7195 P -t 1.0642 0.8514 72N 86W 0 - -
66 29 1436-Apr-1616:42:09 268 20 -6972 P -t 1.1305 0.7386 71N 157E 0 - -
67 30 1454-Apr-2723:29:07 246 20 -6749 P -t 1.2018 0.6170 70N 42E 0 - -
68 31 1472-May-0806:07:56 226 20 -6526 P -t 1.2790 0.4849 69N 69W 0 - -
69 32 1490-May-1912:41:03 207 20 -6303 P -t 1.3600 0.3463 68N 179W 0 - -
70 33 1508-May-2919:09:01 188 20 -6080 P -t 1.4442 0.2021 67N 73E 0 - -
71 34 1526-Jun-1001:34:31 170 20 -5857 Pe -t 1.5297 0.0558 66N 34W 0 - -

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 100

Solar eclipses of Saros 100 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 0264 May 13. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 1526 Jun 10. The total duration of Saros series 100 is 1262.11 years.

Summary of Saros 100
First Eclipse 0264 May 13
Last Eclipse 1526 Jun 10
Series Duration 1262.11 Years
No. of Eclipses 71
Sequence 7P 34T 2H 21A 7P

Saros 100 is composed of 71 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 100
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 71100.0%
PartialP 14 19.7%
AnnularA 21 29.6%
TotalT 34 47.9%
HybridH 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 100 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 100
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 57100.0%
Central (two limits) 56 98.2%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 1 1.8%

The 71 eclipses in Saros 100 occur in the following order : 7P 34T 2H 21A 7P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 100 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 100
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse 1274 Jan 0907m26s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse 1039 Aug 2200m10s -
Longest Total Solar Eclipse 0426 Aug 1904m27s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse 0985 Jul 2001m31s -
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 1003 Jul 3100m58s -
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 1021 Aug 1100m24s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse 0372 Jul 17 - 0.94948
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 1526 Jun 10 - 0.05579

Eclipse Publications

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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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