EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 103

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 103

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 103 . 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 103
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	0387-Apr-04	21:52:03	6781	164	-19947	Pb	t-	1.5048	0.0531	61N	140E	0	-	-
2	-36	0405-Apr-15	05:32:21	6603	160	-19724	P	t-	1.4445	0.1665	61N	15E	0	-	-
3	-35	0423-Apr-26	13:07:36	6424	156	-19501	P	t-	1.3797	0.2898	62N	108W	0	-	-
4	-34	0441-May-06	20:39:28	6245	152	-19278	P	t-	1.3116	0.4206	62N	129E	0	-	-
5	-33	0459-May-18	04:06:54	6067	148	-19055	P	t-	1.2394	0.5600	63N	7E	0	-	-
6	-32	0477-May-28	11:33:24	5892	144	-18832	P	t-	1.1661	0.7020	64N	114W	0	-	-
7	-31	0495-Jun-08	18:58:29	5716	140	-18609	P	t-	1.0916	0.8469	65N	124E	0	-	-
8	-30	0513-Jun-19	02:24:54	5540	137	-18386	P	t-	1.0177	0.9905	66N	2E	0	-	-
9	-29	0531-Jun-30	09:51:48	5364	133	-18163	T	t-	0.9441	1.0665	85N	106W	19	680	03m23s
10	-28	0549-Jul-10	17:23:02	5189	129	-17940	T	t-	0.8740	1.0688	83N	39W	29	468	03m48s
11	-27	0567-Jul-22	00:57:50	5016	125	-17717	T	p-	0.8069	1.0692	73N	153W	36	385	04m07s
12	-26	0585-Aug-01	08:37:45	4844	122	-17494	T	p-	0.7442	1.0687	65N	90E	42	336	04m22s
13	-25	0603-Aug-12	16:23:26	4673	118	-17271	T	p-	0.6861	1.0670	56N	29W	46	301	04m33s
14	-24	0621-Aug-23	00:16:16	4504	115	-17048	T	p-	0.6341	1.0648	49N	150W	50	274	04m40s
15	-23	0639-Sep-03	08:16:53	4336	111	-16825	T	p-	0.5888	1.0620	41N	87E	54	250	04m42s
16	-22	0657-Sep-13	16:23:58	4168	108	-16602	T	p-	0.5491	1.0588	34N	38W	56	230	04m42s
17	-21	0675-Sep-25	00:40:02	4003	105	-16379	T	p-	0.5172	1.0553	28N	165W	59	212	04m37s
18	-20	0693-Oct-05	09:03:02	3838	101	-16156	T	p-	0.4912	1.0517	22N	66E	60	196	04m30s
19	-19	0711-Oct-16	17:34:06	3679	98	-15933	T	n-	0.4720	1.0482	17N	64W	62	181	04m21s
20	-18	0729-Oct-27	02:10:12	3523	95	-15710	T	n-	0.4575	1.0448	13N	165E	63	167	04m11s
21	-17	0747-Nov-07	10:52:57	3367	92	-15487	T	n-	0.4488	1.0416	9N	32E	63	156	04m00s
22	-16	0765-Nov-17	19:38:54	3217	89	-15264	T	n-	0.4431	1.0389	6N	101W	64	145	03m49s
23	-15	0783-Nov-29	04:28:01	3069	86	-15041	T	n-	0.4404	1.0365	4N	125E	64	137	03m39s
24	-14	0801-Dec-09	13:18:00	2920	83	-14818	T	n-	0.4387	1.0346	3N	9W	64	130	03m29s
25	-13	0819-Dec-20	22:08:45	2779	80	-14595	T	n-	0.4378	1.0332	2N	143W	64	124	03m19s
26	-12	0837-Dec-31	06:56:23	2637	77	-14372	T	n-	0.4349	1.0323	2N	84E	64	121	03m12s
27	-11	0856-Jan-11	15:40:57	2499	74	-14149	T	n-	0.4297	1.0318	3N	49W	65	118	03m05s
28	-10	0874-Jan-22	00:20:09	2368	72	-13926	T	n-	0.4204	1.0318	5N	180W	65	118	03m01s
29	-9	0892-Feb-02	08:54:28	2237	69	-13703	T	n-	0.4072	1.0320	7N	50E	66	117	02m57s
30	-8	0910-Feb-12	17:19:36	2113	66	-13480	T	n-	0.3869	1.0325	9N	77W	67	118	02m56s
31	-7	0928-Feb-24	01:38:20	1995	64	-13257	T	n-	0.3616	1.0332	11N	157E	69	119	02m55s
32	-6	0946-Mar-06	09:46:52	1877	61	-13034	T	n-	0.3284	1.0338	13N	34E	71	120	02m56s
33	-5	0964-Mar-16	17:48:13	1767	59	-12811	T	n-	0.2896	1.0344	15N	86W	73	120	02m57s
34	-4	0982-Mar-28	01:38:06	1659	56	-12588	T	n-	0.2419	1.0347	17N	156E	76	120	02m59s
35	-3	1000-Apr-07	09:21:32	1552	54	-12365	T	nn	0.1893	1.0348	19N	41E	79	119	03m01s
36	-2	1018-Apr-18	16:54:46	1461	51	-12142	T	nn	0.1291	1.0344	20N	72W	82	117	03m03s
37	-1	1036-Apr-29	00:21:40	1369	49	-11919	Tm	nn	0.0643	1.0335	20N	178E	86	113	03m04s
38	0	1054-May-10	07:40:20	1281	47	-11696	T	nn	-0.0066	1.0319	19N	69E	90	108	03m02s
39	1	1072-May-20	14:54:47	1200	45	-11473	T	nn	-0.0800	1.0299	17N	39W	86	101	02m58s
40	2	1090-May-31	22:03:40	1120	43	-11250	T	nn	-0.1572	1.0270	14N	145W	81	93	02m48s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 103
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	1108-Jun-11	05:09:13	1045	41	-11027	T	-n	-0.2363	1.0235	10N	109E	76	82	02m32s
42	4	1126-Jun-22	12:12:35	977	38	-10804	T	-p	-0.3160	1.0193	5N	2E	72	69	02m09s
43	5	1144-Jul-02	19:15:46	909	36	-10581	H	-p	-0.3948	1.0145	1S	105W	67	54	01m39s
44	6	1162-Jul-14	02:19:35	848	35	-10358	H	-p	-0.4722	1.0091	7S	147E	62	35	01m02s
45	7	1180-Jul-24	09:25:05	791	33	-10135	H	-p	-0.5470	1.0031	14S	38E	57	13	00m21s
46	8	1198-Aug-04	16:34:43	734	31	-9912	A	-p	-0.6175	0.9967	22S	73W	52	15	00m21s
47	9	1216-Aug-14	23:48:32	684	29	-9689	A	-p	-0.6832	0.9899	30S	175E	47	48	01m02s
48	10	1234-Aug-26	07:07:16	634	27	-9466	A	-p	-0.7438	0.9829	38S	60E	42	90	01m39s
49	11	1252-Sep-05	14:32:15	585	26	-9243	A	-p	-0.7982	0.9757	46S	57W	37	142	02m11s
50	12	1270-Sep-16	22:04:22	546	24	-9020	A	-p	-0.8459	0.9686	54S	177W	32	211	02m38s
51	13	1288-Sep-27	05:43:50	507	23	-8797	A	-t	-0.8863	0.9616	62S	59E	27	301	03m00s
52	14	1306-Oct-08	13:29:24	470	21	-8574	A	-t	-0.9208	0.9547	69S	71W	22	428	03m18s
53	15	1324-Oct-18	21:22:37	438	20	-8351	A	-t	-0.9480	0.9483	75S	150E	18	612	03m33s
54	16	1342-Oct-30	05:22:11	406	20	-8128	A	-t	-0.9695	0.9422	79S	6W	13	919	03m44s
55	17	1360-Nov-09	13:27:06	376	20	-7905	As	-t	-0.9858	0.9366	77S	167W	9	-	03m53s
56	18	1378-Nov-20	21:36:02	348	20	-7682	A-	-t	-0.9981	0.9636	68S	46E	0	-	-
57	19	1396-Dec-01	05:48:01	319	20	-7459	A-	-t	-1.0073	0.9464	67S	89W	0	-	-
58	20	1414-Dec-12	14:01:48	295	20	-7236	A-	-t	-1.0145	0.9331	66S	137E	0	-	-
59	21	1432-Dec-22	22:14:11	272	20	-7013	P	-t	-1.0224	0.9189	65S	4E	0	-	-
60	22	1451-Jan-03	06:25:38	249	20	-6790	P	-t	-1.0306	0.9046	64S	129W	0	-	-
61	23	1469-Jan-13	14:32:42	230	20	-6567	P	-t	-1.0420	0.8851	63S	100E	0	-	-
62	24	1487-Jan-24	22:35:02	210	20	-6344	P	-t	-1.0566	0.8605	62S	29W	0	-	-
63	25	1505-Feb-04	06:29:06	191	20	-6121	P	-t	-1.0774	0.8255	62S	157W	0	-	-
64	26	1523-Feb-15	14:16:43	173	20	-5898	P	-t	-1.1030	0.7827	61S	77E	0	-	-
65	27	1541-Feb-25	21:54:41	156	20	-5675	P	-t	-1.1360	0.7273	61S	46W	0	-	-
66	28	1559-Mar-09	05:22:59	142	20	-5452	P	-t	-1.1760	0.6599	61S	167W	0	-	-
67	29	1577-Mar-19	12:41:14	131	20	-5229	P	-t	-1.2234	0.5799	61S	75E	0	-	-
68	30	1595-Apr-09	19:50:04	120	20	-5006	P	-t	-1.2776	0.4880	61S	41W	0	-	-
69	31	1613-Apr-20	02:49:28	99	18	-4783	P	-t	-1.3388	0.3840	62S	154W	0	-	-
70	32	1631-May-01	09:39:22	73	15	-4560	P	-t	-1.4069	0.2678	62S	94E	0	-	-
71	33	1649-May-11	16:22:04	47	13	-4337	P	-t	-1.4800	0.1428	63S	16W	0	-	-
72	34	1667-May-22	22:57:59	28	10	-4114	Pe	-t	-1.5574	0.0103	63S	124W	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 103

Solar eclipses of Saros 103 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 0387 Apr 04. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 1667 May 22. The total duration of Saros series 103 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 103

First Eclipse	0387 Apr 04
Last Eclipse	1667 May 22
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	8P 34T 3H 13A 14P

Saros 103 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 103
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	22	30.6%
Annular	A	13	18.1%
Total	T	34	47.2%
Hybrid	H	3	4.2%

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 103 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 103
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	50	100.0%
Central (two limits)	46	92.0%
Central (one limit)	1	2.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	3	6.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 103 occur in the following order : 8P 34T 3H 13A 14P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 103 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 103
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	1360 Nov 09	03m53s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	1198 Aug 04	00m21s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	0639 Sep 03	04m42s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	1126 Jun 22	02m09s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1144 Jul 02	01m39s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1180 Jul 24	00m21s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	0513 Jun 19	-	0.99054
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	1667 May 22	-	0.01029

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 103

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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