EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 112

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 112

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 112 . 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 112
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	0539-Jul-31	01:58:53	5286	131	-18063	Pb	t-	-1.4925	0.0886	63S	123E	0	-	-
2	-35	0557-Aug-10	09:28:32	5111	127	-17840	P	t-	-1.4289	0.2064	62S	1E	0	-	-
3	-34	0575-Aug-21	17:06:43	4939	124	-17617	P	t-	-1.3711	0.3135	61S	123W	0	-	-
4	-33	0593-Sep-01	00:53:07	4767	120	-17394	P	t-	-1.3191	0.4098	61S	111E	0	-	-
5	-32	0611-Sep-12	08:49:27	4597	117	-17171	P	t-	-1.2745	0.4926	61S	18W	0	-	-
6	-31	0629-Sep-22	16:55:09	4429	113	-16948	P	t-	-1.2371	0.5620	61S	149W	0	-	-
7	-30	0647-Oct-04	01:10:22	4260	110	-16725	P	t-	-1.2066	0.6184	61S	78E	0	-	-
8	-29	0665-Oct-14	09:33:14	4094	107	-16502	P	t-	-1.1820	0.6639	61S	57W	0	-	-
9	-28	0683-Oct-25	18:04:25	3929	103	-16279	P	t-	-1.1636	0.6979	62S	166E	0	-	-
10	-27	0701-Nov-05	02:42:14	3765	100	-16056	P	t-	-1.1503	0.7224	62S	27E	0	-	-
11	-26	0719-Nov-16	11:24:53	3609	97	-15833	P	t-	-1.1409	0.7400	63S	114W	0	-	-
12	-25	0737-Nov-26	20:11:53	3453	94	-15610	P	t-	-1.1348	0.7514	64S	104E	0	-	-
13	-24	0755-Dec-08	05:00:47	3300	91	-15387	P	t-	-1.1302	0.7602	65S	38W	0	-	-
14	-23	0773-Dec-18	13:50:53	3151	88	-15164	P	t-	-1.1265	0.7676	66S	179E	0	-	-
15	-22	0791-Dec-29	22:38:32	3002	85	-14941	P	t-	-1.1207	0.7790	67S	35E	0	-	-
16	-21	0810-Jan-09	07:25:11	2857	82	-14718	P	t-	-1.1140	0.7923	68S	108W	0	-	-
17	-20	0828-Jan-20	16:06:56	2715	79	-14495	P	t-	-1.1035	0.8127	69S	109E	0	-	-
18	-19	0846-Jan-31	00:44:01	2574	76	-14272	P	t-	-1.0890	0.8412	70S	33W	0	-	-
19	-18	0864-Feb-11	09:13:57	2440	73	-14049	P	t-	-1.0685	0.8813	71S	174W	0	-	-
20	-17	0882-Feb-21	17:38:10	2309	70	-13826	P	t-	-1.0432	0.9307	71S	46E	0	-	-
21	-16	0900-Mar-04	01:54:37	2179	68	-13603	P	t-	-1.0113	0.9931	72S	93W	0	-	-
22	-15	0918-Mar-15	10:03:21	2060	65	-13380	T	t-	-0.9731	1.0489	68S	94E	13	739	02m53s
23	-14	0936-Mar-25	18:04:42	1942	62	-13157	T	t-	-0.9285	1.0555	59S	48W	21	496	03m37s
24	-13	0954-Apr-06	01:59:09	1826	60	-12934	T	p-	-0.8778	1.0611	50S	179W	28	418	04m20s
25	-12	0972-Apr-16	09:46:39	1719	57	-12711	T	p-	-0.8214	1.0660	41S	56E	34	376	05m04s
26	-11	0990-Apr-27	17:28:15	1611	55	-12488	T	p-	-0.7600	1.0700	33S	65W	40	349	05m45s
27	-10	1008-May-08	01:04:44	1511	53	-12265	T	p-	-0.6941	1.0734	25S	176E	46	330	06m22s
28	-9	1026-May-19	08:37:43	1420	50	-12042	T	p-	-0.6252	1.0758	18S	59E	51	314	06m52s
29	-8	1044-May-29	16:06:16	1328	48	-11819	T	p-	-0.5526	1.0775	11S	56W	56	300	07m12s
30	-7	1062-Jun-09	23:34:00	1245	46	-11596	T	p-	-0.4793	1.0781	5S	170W	61	287	07m20s
31	-6	1080-Jun-20	07:00:09	1164	44	-11373	T	p-	-0.4048	1.0779	0S	77E	66	275	07m18s
32	-5	1098-Jul-01	14:28:15	1083	42	-11150	T	n-	-0.3320	1.0768	4N	36W	71	263	07m05s
33	-4	1116-Jul-11	21:56:17	1014	40	-10927	T	n-	-0.2594	1.0748	7N	148W	75	251	06m46s
34	-3	1134-Jul-23	05:29:15	946	38	-10704	T	n-	-0.1910	1.0720	9N	99E	79	238	06m21s
35	-2	1152-Aug-02	13:04:55	880	36	-10481	T	nn	-0.1251	1.0685	9N	14W	83	225	05m55s
36	-1	1170-Aug-13	20:46:46	823	34	-10258	T	nn	-0.0647	1.0645	9N	129W	86	211	05m28s
37	0	1188-Aug-24	04:32:54	766	32	-10035	Tm	nn	-0.0083	1.0598	8N	115E	90	197	05m01s
38	1	1206-Sep-04	12:27:22	711	30	-9812	T	nn	0.0408	1.0549	7N	4W	88	181	04m36s
39	2	1224-Sep-14	20:27:46	661	28	-9589	T	nn	0.0846	1.0496	5N	124W	85	165	04m11s
40	3	1242-Sep-26	04:35:36	611	27	-9366	T	-n	0.1218	1.0443	2N	114E	83	149	03m48s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 112
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	1260-Oct-06	12:50:22	568	25	-9143	T	-n	0.1526	1.0390	0S	10W	81	132	03m25s
42	5	1278-Oct-17	21:12:58	528	23	-8920	T	-n	0.1761	1.0338	3S	135W	80	116	03m03s
43	6	1296-Oct-28	05:41:26	489	22	-8697	T	-n	0.1945	1.0289	5S	97E	79	100	02m41s
44	7	1314-Nov-08	14:15:02	456	20	-8474	T	-n	0.2079	1.0244	8S	31W	78	85	02m20s
45	8	1332-Nov-18	22:53:07	424	20	-8251	T	-n	0.2171	1.0202	9S	161W	78	71	02m01s
46	9	1350-Nov-30	07:34:48	392	20	-8028	H3	-n	0.2226	1.0166	10S	69E	77	58	01m42s
47	10	1368-Dec-10	16:17:14	363	20	-7805	H	-n	0.2269	1.0135	11S	62W	77	48	01m25s
48	11	1386-Dec-22	01:00:25	335	20	-7582	H	-n	0.2300	1.0109	10S	168E	77	39	01m10s
49	12	1405-Jan-01	09:41:35	308	20	-7359	H	-n	0.2342	1.0089	9S	37E	77	32	00m57s
50	13	1423-Jan-12	18:20:17	285	20	-7136	H	-n	0.2399	1.0073	6S	92W	76	26	00m48s
51	14	1441-Jan-23	02:52:48	262	20	-6913	H	-n	0.2502	1.0062	3S	139E	76	22	00m40s
52	15	1459-Feb-03	11:20:39	241	20	-6690	H	-n	0.2638	1.0054	1N	11E	75	19	00m34s
53	16	1477-Feb-13	19:40:22	221	20	-6467	H	-n	0.2832	1.0048	6N	115W	74	17	00m30s
54	17	1495-Feb-25	03:52:02	201	20	-6244	H	-n	0.3090	1.0044	11N	121E	72	16	00m27s
55	18	1513-Mar-07	11:54:02	183	20	-6021	H	-p	0.3421	1.0040	18N	2W	70	15	00m24s
56	19	1531-Mar-18	19:47:20	166	20	-5798	H	-p	0.3817	1.0036	24N	122W	67	13	00m21s
57	20	1549-Mar-29	03:30:54	148	20	-5575	H	-p	0.4285	1.0029	31N	120E	64	11	00m16s
58	21	1567-Apr-09	11:04:07	137	20	-5352	H	-p	0.4830	1.0020	39N	5E	61	8	00m11s
59	22	1585-Apr-29	18:28:57	126	20	-5129	H	-p	0.5435	1.0005	47N	108W	57	2	00m03s
60	23	1603-May-11	01:44:58	113	19	-4906	A	-p	0.6107	0.9987	55N	143E	52	6	00m07s
61	24	1621-May-21	08:53:43	87	17	-4683	A	-p	0.6827	0.9962	63N	36E	47	18	00m18s
62	25	1639-Jun-01	15:55:15	61	14	-4460	A	-p	0.7597	0.9930	72N	65W	40	38	00m31s
63	26	1657-Jun-11	22:52:09	38	11	-4237	A	-t	0.8394	0.9888	80N	154W	33	73	00m45s
64	27	1675-Jun-23	05:44:38	19	9	-4014	A	-t	0.9218	0.9835	84N	166W	22	154	01m01s
65	28	1693-Jul-03	12:33:51	8	6	-3791	P	-t	1.0058	0.9718	65N	146E	0	-	-
66	29	1711-Jul-15	19:22:11	9	5	-3568	P	-t	1.0894	0.8217	64N	35E	0	-	-
67	30	1729-Jul-26	02:10:40	10	4	-3345	P	-t	1.1717	0.6747	63N	77W	0	-	-
68	31	1747-Aug-06	09:01:21	12	3	-3122	P	-t	1.2512	0.5340	62N	171E	0	-	-
69	32	1765-Aug-16	15:54:01	15	2	-2899	P	-t	1.3278	0.3995	62N	59E	0	-	-
70	33	1783-Aug-27	22:52:05	16	2	-2676	P	-t	1.3991	0.2758	61N	54W	0	-	-
71	34	1801-Sep-08	05:54:39	13	1	-2453	P	-t	1.4657	0.1615	61N	168W	0	-	-
72	35	1819-Sep-19	13:03:47	12	1	-2230	Pe	-t	1.5258	0.0595	61N	76E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 112

Solar eclipses of Saros 112 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 0539 Jul 31. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 1819 Sep 19. The total duration of Saros series 112 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 112

First Eclipse	0539 Jul 31
Last Eclipse	1819 Sep 19
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	21P 24T 14H 5A 8P

Saros 112 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 112
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	29	40.3%
Annular	A	5	6.9%
Total	T	24	33.3%
Hybrid	H	14	19.4%

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 112 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 112
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	43	100.0%
Central (two limits)	43	100.0%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 112 occur in the following order : 21P 24T 14H 5A 8P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 112 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 112
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	1675 Jun 23	01m01s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	1603 May 11	00m07s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	1062 Jun 09	07m20s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	1332 Nov 18	02m01s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1350 Nov 30	01m42s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1585 Apr 29	00m03s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	0900 Mar 04	-	0.99312
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	1819 Sep 19	-	0.05953

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 112

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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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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