EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 151

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 151

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 151 . 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 151
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	-34	1776-Aug-14	05:22:56	16	2	-2763	Pb	t-	1.5357	0.0435	71N	124W	0	-	-
2	-33	1794-Aug-25	12:08:56	16	1	-2540	P	t-	1.4616	0.1709	71N	122E	0	-	-
3	-32	1812-Sep-05	19:04:10	12	1	-2317	P	t-	1.3939	0.2874	72N	4E	0	-	-
4	-31	1830-Sep-17	02:08:12	7	1	-2094	P	t-	1.3325	0.3930	72N	116W	0	-	-
5	-30	1848-Sep-27	09:21:19	7	1	-1871	P	t-	1.2774	0.4875	72N	122E	0	-	-
6	-29	1866-Oct-08	16:44:22	4	0	-1648	P	t-	1.2296	0.5693	72N	3W	0	-	-
7	-28	1884-Oct-19	00:17:42	-6	0	-1425	P	t-	1.1892	0.6385	71N	130W	0	-	-
8	-27	1902-Oct-31	08:00:17	1	0	-1202	P	t-	1.1556	0.6960	71N	101E	0	-	-
9	-26	1920-Nov-10	15:52:15	22	0	-979	P	t-	1.1287	0.7420	70N	30W	0	-	-
10	-25	1938-Nov-21	23:52:25	24	0	-756	P	t-	1.1077	0.7781	69N	162W	0	-	-
11	-24	1956-Dec-02	08:00:35	32	0	-533	P	t-	1.0923	0.8047	68N	65E	0	-	-
12	-23	1974-Dec-13	16:13:13	45	0	-310	P	t-	1.0797	0.8266	67N	69W	0	-	-
13	-22	1992-Dec-24	00:31:41	59	0	-87	P	t-	1.0711	0.8422	66N	156E	0	-	-
14	-21	2011-Jan-04	08:51:42	66	0	136	P	t-	1.0626	0.8576	65N	21E	0	-	-
15	-20	2029-Jan-14	17:13:48	73	2	359	P	t-	1.0553	0.8714	64N	114W	0	-	-
16	-19	2047-Jan-26	01:33:18	81	8	582	P	t-	1.0450	0.8908	63N	112E	0	-	-
17	-18	2065-Feb-05	09:52:25	92	16	805	P	t-	1.0336	0.9123	62N	22W	0	-	-
18	-17	2083-Feb-16	18:06:36	106	26	1028	P	t-	1.0170	0.9433	62N	154W	0	-	-
19	-16	2101-Feb-28	02:16:26	122	38	1251	An	t-	0.9964	0.9609	60N	80E	3	-	02m44s
20	-15	2119-Mar-11	10:19:19	140	52	1474	A	t-	0.9693	0.9694	57N	30W	14	451	02m13s
21	-14	2137-Mar-21	18:16:38	162	67	1697	A	t-	0.9369	0.9769	56N	145W	20	233	01m40s
22	-13	2155-Apr-02	02:06:34	186	83	1920	A	t-	0.8975	0.9844	56N	101E	26	123	01m07s
23	-12	2173-Apr-12	09:49:40	212	100	2143	A	p-	0.8515	0.9919	56N	11W	31	53	00m34s
24	-11	2191-Apr-23	17:26:06	241	119	2366	A	p-	0.7991	0.9993	57N	120W	37	4	00m03s
25	-10	2209-May-05	00:56:53	272	138	2589	H	p-	0.7413	1.0066	58N	134E	42	34	00m28s
26	-9	2227-May-16	08:21:31	307	159	2812	T	p-	0.6774	1.0135	58N	30E	47	63	00m59s
27	-8	2245-May-26	15:42:04	343	181	3035	T	p-	0.6089	1.0201	57N	72W	52	86	01m30s
28	-7	2263-Jun-06	22:58:57	382	203	3258	T	p-	0.5365	1.0261	54N	174W	57	105	02m01s
29	-6	2281-Jun-17	06:14:41	424	227	3481	T	p-	0.4621	1.0316	51N	83E	62	121	02m32s
30	-5	2299-Jun-28	13:27:43	469	252	3704	T	p-	0.3845	1.0365	46N	20W	67	133	03m03s
31	-4	2317-Jul-09	20:42:40	516	277	3927	T	p-	0.3078	1.0406	40N	126W	72	143	03m32s
32	-3	2335-Jul-21	03:57:48	565	304	4150	T	n-	0.2306	1.0440	34N	126E	76	151	03m58s
33	-2	2353-Jul-31	11:17:05	617	331	4373	T	n-	0.1558	1.0467	27N	17E	81	158	04m20s
34	-1	2371-Aug-11	18:38:03	672	359	4596	T	nn	0.0820	1.0487	20N	94W	85	162	04m36s
35	0	2389-Aug-22	02:05:53	729	388	4819	T	nn	0.0133	1.0500	13N	153E	89	166	04m45s
36	1	2407-Sep-02	09:38:24	789	418	5042	T	nn	-0.0518	1.0506	5N	38E	87	168	04m48s
37	2	2425-Sep-12	17:18:06	852	449	5265	Tm	nn	-0.1114	1.0507	2S	79W	84	169	04m47s
38	3	2443-Sep-24	01:04:46	917	481	5488	T	nn	-0.1657	1.0502	10S	163E	80	169	04m39s
39	4	2461-Oct-04	09:00:21	984	513	5711	T	-n	-0.2131	1.0495	17S	42E	78	168	04m30s
40	5	2479-Oct-15	17:04:10	1054	547	5934	T	-n	-0.2539	1.0484	23S	80W	75	166	04m18s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 151
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	6	2497-Oct-26	01:15:21	1127	581	6157	T	-n	-0.2890	1.0472	29S	157E	73	164	04m06s
42	7	2515-Nov-07	09:35:32	1202	616	6380	T	-n	-0.3169	1.0459	34S	33E	71	161	03m53s
43	8	2533-Nov-17	18:03:08	1280	652	6603	T	-n	-0.3394	1.0448	39S	93W	70	159	03m43s
44	9	2551-Nov-29	02:38:18	1361	688	6826	T	-n	-0.3559	1.0438	42S	141E	69	157	03m34s
45	10	2569-Dec-09	11:18:30	1444	725	7049	T	-n	-0.3687	1.0431	45S	14E	68	155	03m27s
46	11	2587-Dec-20	20:04:47	1529	764	7272	T	-n	-0.3768	1.0428	46S	113W	68	154	03m22s
47	12	2606-Jan-01	04:53:54	1617	803	7495	T	-n	-0.3829	1.0428	45S	119E	67	155	03m20s
48	13	2624-Jan-12	13:45:07	1708	842	7718	T	-n	-0.3875	1.0433	44S	10W	67	157	03m21s
49	14	2642-Jan-22	22:36:31	1801	883	7941	T	-n	-0.3924	1.0443	41S	139W	67	160	03m24s
50	15	2660-Feb-03	07:27:29	1897	924	8164	T	-n	-0.3978	1.0457	38S	90E	66	165	03m30s
51	16	2678-Feb-13	16:14:56	1996	966	8387	T	-n	-0.4063	1.0475	35S	40W	66	172	03m38s
52	17	2696-Feb-25	00:58:45	2097	1009	8610	T	-n	-0.4180	1.0496	31S	170W	65	180	03m48s
53	18	2714-Mar-08	09:37:11	2200	1052	8833	T	-n	-0.4343	1.0520	28S	61E	64	189	04m01s
54	19	2732-Mar-18	18:10:32	2306	1097	9056	T	-n	-0.4552	1.0544	24S	67W	63	200	04m15s
55	20	2750-Mar-30	02:35:22	2415	1142	9279	T	-p	-0.4833	1.0570	22S	167E	61	212	04m31s
56	21	2768-Apr-09	10:54:24	2526	1187	9502	T	-p	-0.5163	1.0595	20S	42E	59	225	04m48s
57	22	2786-Apr-20	19:04:43	2640	1234	9725	T	-p	-0.5566	1.0617	19S	80W	56	241	05m05s
58	23	2804-May-01	03:09:20	2757	1281	9948	T	-p	-0.6019	1.0636	19S	158E	53	257	05m21s
59	24	2822-May-12	11:04:30	2876	1329	10171	T	-p	-0.6550	1.0650	20S	39E	49	278	05m34s
60	25	2840-May-22	18:55:18	2997	1378	10394	T	-p	-0.7119	1.0657	23S	79W	44	303	05m41s
61	26	2858-Jun-03	02:37:53	3122	1427	10617	T	-p	-0.7751	1.0656	28S	165E	39	338	05m38s
62	27	2876-Jun-13	10:16:40	3248	1478	10840	T	-p	-0.8415	1.0645	34S	48E	32	391	05m25s
63	28	2894-Jun-24	17:49:09	3378	1529	11063	T	-t	-0.9128	1.0620	43S	67W	24	502	04m55s
64	29	2912-Jul-06	01:20:02	3510	1580	11286	Ts	-t	-0.9850	1.0568	59S	175E	9	-	03m59s
65	30	2930-Jul-17	08:47:27	3644	1633	11509	P	-t	-1.0594	0.9061	69S	52E	0	-	-
66	31	2948-Jul-27	16:14:03	3781	1686	11732	P	-t	-1.1340	0.7618	69S	71W	0	-	-
67	32	2966-Aug-07	23:40:27	3921	1740	11955	P	-t	-1.2080	0.6191	70S	166E	0	-	-
68	33	2984-Aug-18	07:08:20	4063	1794	12178	P	-t	-1.2801	0.4808	71S	42E	0	-	-
69	34	3002-Aug-30	14:38:26	4208	1849	12401	P	-t	-1.3498	0.3479	72S	84W	0	-	-
70	35	3020-Sep-09	22:11:34	4355	1905	12624	P	-t	-1.4163	0.2223	72S	150E	0	-	-
71	36	3038-Sep-21	05:49:38	4505	1962	12847	P	-t	-1.4782	0.1067	72S	22E	0	-	-
72	37	3056-Oct-01	13:33:04	4657	2020	13070	Pe	-t	-1.5350	0.0019	72S	107W	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 151

Solar eclipses of Saros 151 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 1776 Aug 14. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 3056 Oct 01. The total duration of Saros series 151 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 151

First Eclipse	1776 Aug 14
Last Eclipse	3056 Oct 01
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	18P 6A 1H 39T 8P

Saros 151 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 151
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	26	36.1%
Annular	A	6	8.3%
Total	T	39	54.2%
Hybrid	H	1	1.4%

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 151 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 151
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	46	100.0%
Central (two limits)	44	95.7%
Central (one limit)	2	4.3%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 151 occur in the following order : 18P 6A 1H 39T 8P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 151 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 151
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	2101 Feb 28	02m44s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	2191 Apr 23	00m03s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	2840 May 22	05m41s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	2227 May 16	00m59s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	2209 May 05	00m28s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	2209 May 05	00m28s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	2083 Feb 16	-	0.94328
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	3056 Oct 01	-	0.00194

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 151

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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