Saros 162

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 162

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 162

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 162 . 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 162
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 2257-Apr-1512:05:15 369 196 3182 Pb t- -1.5121 0.0634 71S 59E 0 - -
2-33 2275-Apr-2619:41:40 410 219 3405 P t- -1.4684 0.1424 71S 68W 0 - -
3-32 2293-May-0703:09:46 453 243 3628 P t- -1.4186 0.2324 70S 167E 0 - -
4-31 2311-May-1910:28:45 499 268 3851 P t- -1.3620 0.3346 69S 46E 0 - -
5-30 2329-May-2917:41:08 548 294 4074 P t- -1.3008 0.4450 68S 74W 0 - -
6-29 2347-Jun-1000:44:41 599 322 4297 P t- -1.2329 0.5671 67S 170E 0 - -
7-28 2365-Jun-2007:44:13 653 349 4520 P t- -1.1623 0.6936 66S 55E 0 - -
8-27 2383-Jul-0114:37:41 710 378 4743 P t- -1.0870 0.8277 65S 59W 0 - -
9-26 2401-Jul-1121:29:19 769 408 4966 P t- -1.0110 0.9621 64S 171W 0 - -
10-25 2419-Jul-2304:16:44 830 439 5189 A t- -0.9321 0.9754 46S 97E 21 24202m17s
11-24 2437-Aug-0211:06:00 894 470 5412 A p- -0.8552 0.9741 37S 4W 31 17502m33s
12-23 2455-Aug-1317:54:35 961 502 5635 A p- -0.7780 0.9716 32S 105W 39 15802m52s
13-22 2473-Aug-2400:46:31 1030 535 5858 A p- -0.7042 0.9684 29S 152E 45 15603m12s
14-21 2491-Sep-0407:41:13 1102 569 6081 A p- -0.6332 0.9646 28S 50E 51 16103m34s
15-20 2509-Sep-1514:42:14 1176 604 6304 A p- -0.5679 0.9604 27S 55W 55 17103m58s
16-19 2527-Sep-2621:48:44 1253 639 6527 A p- -0.5074 0.9559 28S 160W 59 18304m25s
17-18 2545-Oct-0705:01:13 1333 676 6750 A p- -0.4522 0.9514 29S 93E 63 19704m54s
18-17 2563-Oct-1812:21:37 1415 713 6973 A p- -0.4041 0.9467 31S 16W 66 21305m26s
19-16 2581-Oct-2819:49:21 1500 751 7196 A n- -0.3627 0.9422 33S 126W 69 22806m00s
20-15 2599-Nov-0903:25:04 1587 789 7419 A n- -0.3281 0.9379 35S 123E 71 24406m35s
21-14 2617-Nov-2011:07:10 1677 829 7642 A n- -0.2995 0.9339 36S 10E 72 25807m11s
22-13 2635-Dec-0118:56:52 1769 869 7865 A nn -0.2773 0.9302 37S 105W 74 27207m47s
23-12 2653-Dec-1202:51:31 1864 910 8088 A nn -0.2599 0.9271 38S 140E 75 28408m21s
24-11 2671-Dec-2310:50:29 1962 952 8311 A nn -0.2465 0.9246 38S 23E 76 29408m52s
25-10 2690-Jan-0218:52:23 2062 994 8534 A nn -0.2360 0.9226 37S 94W 76 30109m17s
26 -9 2708-Jan-1502:56:14 2165 1037 8757 A nn -0.2276 0.9212 35S 148E 77 30609m38s
27 -8 2726-Jan-2510:59:21 2270 1081 8980 A nn -0.2188 0.9206 32S 29E 77 30809m52s
28 -7 2744-Feb-0519:00:27 2378 1126 9203 A nn -0.2085 0.9205 28S 89W 78 30810m01s
29 -6 2762-Feb-1602:58:14 2488 1172 9426 A nn -0.1958 0.9211 24S 152E 79 30410m04s
30 -5 2780-Feb-2710:51:50 2601 1218 9649 A nn -0.1800 0.9221 19S 34E 80 29910m03s
31 -4 2798-Mar-0918:37:50 2717 1265 9872 A nn -0.1579 0.9239 13S 83W 81 29109m57s
32 -3 2816-Mar-2002:17:29 2835 1313 10095 A nn -0.1306 0.9259 7S 161E 82 28109m47s
33 -2 2834-Mar-3109:48:12 2956 1361 10318 A nn -0.0958 0.9284 1S 48E 84 27009m32s
34 -1 2852-Apr-1017:11:57 3079 1411 10541 A nn -0.0554 0.9311 5N 64W 87 25809m13s
35 0 2870-Apr-2200:24:51 3205 1460 10764 A nn -0.0060 0.9340 12N 173W 90 24608m47s
36 1 2888-May-0207:31:04 3333 1511 10987 Am nn 0.0489 0.9369 19N 80E 87 23508m17s
37 2 2906-May-1414:27:39 3464 1563 11210 A nn 0.1122 0.9398 25N 24W 83 22507m41s
38 3 2924-May-2421:17:48 3598 1615 11433 A nn 0.1806 0.9426 31N 126W 79 21607m02s
39 4 2942-Jun-0504:00:06 3734 1668 11656 A nn 0.2558 0.9452 38N 135E 75 20906m22s
40 5 2960-Jun-1510:38:40 3873 1721 11879 A np 0.3341 0.9475 43N 39E 70 20505m45s
Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 162
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 2978-Jun-2617:12:30 4014 1776 12102 A -p 0.4167 0.9493 48N 55W 65 20505m12s
42 7 2996-Jul-0623:43:58 4158 1831 12325 A -p 0.5014 0.9508 52N 147W 60 20804m44s
43 8 3014-Jul-1906:14:23 4304 1886 12548 A -p 0.5873 0.9518 55N 123E 54 21804m23s
44 9 3032-Jul-2912:45:41 4453 1943 12771 A -p 0.6729 0.9522 57N 34E 47 23504m07s
45 10 3050-Aug-0919:19:03 4605 2000 12994 A -p 0.7569 0.9520 58N 54W 41 26603m56s
46 11 3068-Aug-2001:55:36 4759 2058 13217 A -p 0.8387 0.9512 59N 143W 33 32403m50s
47 12 3086-Aug-3108:37:59 4916 2116 13440 A -p 0.9163 0.9495 60N 129E 23 45803m47s
48 13 3104-Sep-1115:26:35 5075 2176 13663 An -t 0.9894 0.9456 62N 52E 7 - 03m44s
49 14 3122-Sep-2222:22:12 5237 2236 13886 P -t 1.0570 0.8690 61N 45W 0 - -
50 15 3140-Oct-0305:26:40 5402 2296 14109 P -t 1.1179 0.7637 61N 159W 0 - -
51 16 3158-Oct-1412:40:05 5569 2358 14332 P -t 1.1717 0.6707 61N 84E 0 - -
52 17 3176-Oct-2420:03:39 5738 2420 14555 P -t 1.2181 0.5905 62N 35W 0 - -
53 18 3194-Nov-0503:35:06 5910 2483 14778 P -t 1.2586 0.5205 62N 156W 0 - -
54 19 3212-Nov-1511:17:45 6085 2546 15001 P -t 1.2906 0.4653 63N 80E 0 - -
55 20 3230-Nov-2619:08:25 6262 2611 15224 P -t 1.3163 0.4209 64N 46W 0 - -
56 21 3248-Dec-0703:08:45 6442 2676 15447 P -t 1.3350 0.3885 65N 175W 0 - -
57 22 3266-Dec-1811:15:09 6625 2741 15670 P -t 1.3493 0.3637 66N 55E 0 - -
58 23 3284-Dec-2819:29:34 6810 2808 15893 P -t 1.3579 0.3485 67N 79W 0 - -
59 24 3303-Jan-1003:47:46 6997 2875 16116 P -t 1.3641 0.3375 68N 147E 0 - -
60 25 3321-Jan-2012:10:02 7188 2942 16339 P -t 1.3675 0.3311 69N 11E 0 - -
61 26 3339-Jan-3120:33:36 7380 3011 16562 P -t 1.3706 0.3253 70N 127W 0 - -
62 27 3357-Feb-1104:58:14 7576 3080 16785 P -t 1.3734 0.3198 71N 95E 0 - -
63 28 3375-Feb-2213:20:39 7774 3150 17008 P -t 1.3786 0.3098 71N 43W 0 - -
64 29 3393-Mar-0421:40:33 7974 3220 17231 P -t 1.3866 0.2948 72N 179E 0 - -
65 30 3411-Mar-1705:56:12 8177 3292 17454 P -t 1.3986 0.2726 72N 42E 0 - -
66 31 3429-Mar-2714:07:31 8383 3364 17677 P -t 1.4145 0.2431 72N 94W 0 - -
67 32 3447-Apr-0722:11:24 8591 3436 17900 P -t 1.4371 0.2013 72N 132E 0 - -
68 33 3465-Apr-1806:09:57 8802 3509 18123 P -t 1.4646 0.1501 71N 1W 0 - -
69 34 3483-Apr-2914:00:49 9015 3583 18346 P -t 1.4989 0.0860 71N 131W 0 - -
70 35 3501-May-1021:46:43 9231 3658 18569 Pe -t 1.5376 0.0130 70N 101E 0 - -

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 162

Solar eclipses of Saros 162 all occur at the Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The series will begin with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 2257 Apr 15. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 3501 May 10. The total duration of Saros series 162 is 1244.08 years.

Summary of Saros 162
First Eclipse 2257 Apr 15
Last Eclipse 3501 May 10
Series Duration 1244.08 Years
No. of Eclipses 70
Sequence 9P 39A 22P

Saros 162 is composed of 70 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 162
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 70100.0%
PartialP 31 44.3%
AnnularA 39 55.7%
TotalT 0 0.0%
HybridH 0 0.0%

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 162 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 162
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 39100.0%
Central (two limits) 38 97.4%
Central (one limit) 1 2.6%
Non-Central (one limit) 0 0.0%

The 70 eclipses in Saros 162 occur in the following order : 9P 39A 22P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 162 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 162
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse 2762 Feb 1610m04s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse 2419 Jul 2302m17s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse 2401 Jul 11 - 0.96206
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 3501 May 10 - 0.01303

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 162

Catalog of Saros Series of Solar Eclipses

Eclipse Publications

by Fred Espenak

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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"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are NOT altered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is NOT removed or covered.