Saros 17

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 17

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 17

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 17 . 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 17
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
1-35 -2427-Jul-0305:12:29 57335 5714 -54749 Pb t- 1.4986 0.1022 64N 177W 0 - -
2-34 -2409-Jul-1412:05:50 56849 5623 -54526 P t- 1.4292 0.2232 65N 68E 0 - -
3-33 -2391-Jul-2419:10:42 56365 5532 -54303 P t- 1.3677 0.3302 66N 51W 0 - -
4-32 -2373-Aug-0502:25:17 55883 5442 -54080 P t- 1.3131 0.4253 67N 172W 0 - -
5-31 -2355-Aug-1509:50:51 55403 5352 -53857 P t- 1.2665 0.5065 68N 63E 0 - -
6-30 -2337-Aug-2617:27:38 54925 5263 -53634 P t- 1.2277 0.5739 69N 65W 0 - -
7-29 -2319-Sep-0601:15:34 54450 5175 -53411 P t- 1.1969 0.6275 70N 163E 0 - -
8-28 -2301-Sep-1709:13:47 53976 5088 -53188 P t- 1.1738 0.6678 71N 28E 0 - -
9-27 -2283-Sep-2717:20:08 53504 5001 -52965 P t- 1.1563 0.6982 71N 109W 0 - -
10-26 -2265-Oct-0901:35:39 53035 4915 -52742 P t- 1.1456 0.7170 72N 111E 0 - -
11-25 -2247-Oct-1909:57:10 52567 4829 -52519 P t- 1.1389 0.7291 72N 31W 0 - -
12-24 -2229-Oct-3018:23:57 52102 4745 -52296 P t- 1.1357 0.7351 71N 174W 0 - -
13-23 -2211-Nov-1002:53:01 51639 4661 -52073 P t- 1.1336 0.7395 71N 43E 0 - -
14-22 -2193-Nov-2111:24:07 51177 4577 -51850 P t- 1.1325 0.7423 70N 99W 0 - -
15-21 -2175-Dec-0119:53:54 50718 4495 -51627 P t- 1.1295 0.7486 69N 119E 0 - -
16-20 -2157-Dec-1304:21:25 50261 4413 -51404 P t- 1.1239 0.7596 68N 22W 0 - -
17-19 -2139-Dec-2312:44:58 49806 4331 -51181 P t- 1.1141 0.7785 67N 161W 0 - -
18-18 -2120-Jan-0321:03:48 49353 4251 -50958 P t- 1.0996 0.8063 66N 62E 0 - -
19-17 -2102-Jan-1405:15:32 48902 4171 -50735 P t- 1.0784 0.8464 65N 73W 0 - -
20-16 -2084-Jan-2513:20:49 48453 4092 -50512 P t- 1.0510 0.8984 64N 154E 0 - -
21-15 -2066-Feb-0421:18:16 48006 4013 -50289 P t- 1.0162 0.9645 63N 23E 0 - -
22-14 -2048-Feb-1605:09:38 47562 3935 -50066 T t- 0.9752 1.0081 53N 91W 12 13000m37s
23-13 -2030-Feb-2612:51:45 47119 3858 -49843 T t- 0.9257 1.0174 46N 155E 22 15501m21s
24-12 -2012-Mar-0820:28:55 46678 3782 -49620 T t- 0.8711 1.0256 42N 40E 29 17302m00s
25-11 -1994-Mar-2003:58:25 46240 3706 -49397 T p- 0.8094 1.0333 39N 73W 36 18702m35s
26-10 -1976-Mar-3011:24:43 45803 3631 -49174 T p- 0.7439 1.0404 38N 175E 42 19803m05s
27 -9 -1958-Apr-1018:44:34 45369 3556 -48951 T p- 0.6722 1.0468 37N 65E 48 20603m32s
28 -8 -1940-Apr-2102:03:25 44937 3483 -48728 T p- 0.5986 1.0524 37N 45W 53 21403m56s
29 -7 -1922-May-0209:18:47 44506 3409 -48505 T p- 0.5216 1.0573 37N 153W 58 21904m18s
30 -6 -1904-May-1216:34:49 44078 3337 -48282 T p- 0.4444 1.0613 37N 99E 63 22304m39s
31 -5 -1886-May-2323:50:26 43652 3265 -48059 T p- 0.3661 1.0644 36N 8W 68 22604m59s
32 -4 -1868-Jun-0307:09:41 43228 3194 -47836 T n- 0.2904 1.0667 35N 117W 73 22705m17s
33 -3 -1850-Jun-1414:31:42 42806 3124 -47613 T n- 0.2163 1.0680 34N 134E 77 22705m33s
34 -2 -1832-Jun-2421:58:37 42386 3055 -47390 T n- 0.1459 1.0685 32N 23E 81 22605m46s
35 -1 -1814-Jul-0605:31:09 41968 2986 -47167 T nn 0.0799 1.0683 29N 90W 85 22305m56s
36 0 -1796-Jul-1613:10:42 41553 2918 -46944 T nn 0.0196 1.0673 25N 155E 89 22006m01s
37 1 -1778-Jul-2720:57:38 41139 2850 -46721 T nn -0.0350 1.0658 21N 37E 88 21506m01s
38 2 -1760-Aug-0704:52:27 40727 2783 -46498 Tm nn -0.0831 1.0638 16N 83W 85 21005m54s
39 3 -1742-Aug-1812:56:11 40318 2717 -46275 T -n -0.1240 1.0615 11N 153E 83 20305m43s
40 4 -1724-Aug-2821:08:38 39910 2652 -46052 T -n -0.1575 1.0589 6N 28E 81 19605m28s
Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 17
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 5 -1706-Sep-0905:28:59 39505 2587 -45829 T -n -0.1844 1.0563 1N 100W 79 18905m11s
42 6 -1688-Sep-1913:57:57 39102 2523 -45606 T -n -0.2043 1.0537 4S 130E 78 18104m53s
43 7 -1670-Sep-3022:34:02 38700 2460 -45383 T -n -0.2184 1.0513 9S 2W 77 17404m37s
44 8 -1652-Oct-1107:16:51 38301 2397 -45160 T -n -0.2266 1.0492 14S 135W 77 16704m22s
45 9 -1634-Oct-2216:03:37 37904 2335 -44937 T -n -0.2315 1.0474 19S 91E 76 16204m10s
46 10 -1616-Nov-0200:55:11 37509 2274 -44714 T -n -0.2324 1.0461 23S 44W 76 15804m01s
47 11 -1598-Nov-1309:48:41 37116 2214 -44491 T -n -0.2320 1.0452 27S 178W 76 15503m55s
48 12 -1580-Nov-2318:42:51 36725 2154 -44268 T -n -0.2310 1.0450 31S 47E 76 15403m52s
49 13 -1562-Dec-0503:35:29 36336 2095 -44045 T -n -0.2312 1.0450 34S 86W 76 15403m50s
50 14 -1544-Dec-1512:25:39 35949 2037 -43822 T -n -0.2336 1.0457 36S 142E 76 15703m52s
51 15 -1526-Dec-2621:11:35 35565 1979 -43599 T -n -0.2394 1.0466 38S 12E 76 16003m54s
52 16 -1507-Jan-0605:51:16 35182 1922 -43376 T -n -0.2506 1.0479 38S 117W 75 16503m57s
53 17 -1489-Jan-1714:24:45 34801 1866 -43153 T -n -0.2670 1.0493 38S 116E 74 17004m00s
54 18 -1471-Jan-2722:50:07 34423 1810 -42930 T -n -0.2902 1.0508 38S 9W 73 17604m04s
55 19 -1453-Feb-0807:07:01 34046 1756 -42707 T -n -0.3202 1.0523 36S 132W 71 18304m07s
56 20 -1435-Feb-1815:14:41 33672 1701 -42484 T -n -0.3577 1.0536 35S 107E 69 18904m10s
57 21 -1417-Mar-0123:13:48 33300 1648 -42261 T -p -0.4020 1.0546 33S 13W 66 19604m12s
58 22 -1399-Mar-1207:04:30 32929 1596 -42038 T -p -0.4532 1.0551 32S 131W 63 20204m14s
59 23 -1381-Mar-2314:45:50 32561 1544 -41815 T -p -0.5118 1.0551 31S 114E 59 20904m14s
60 24 -1363-Apr-0222:20:23 32195 1493 -41592 T -p -0.5754 1.0543 30S 0W 55 21604m13s
61 25 -1345-Apr-1405:47:35 31831 1442 -41369 T -p -0.6445 1.0528 31S 112W 50 22404m08s
62 26 -1327-Apr-2413:10:04 31469 1392 -41146 T -p -0.7171 1.0504 32S 136E 44 23404m00s
63 27 -1309-May-0520:26:25 31109 1343 -40923 T -p -0.7939 1.0468 35S 27E 37 25103m45s
64 28 -1291-May-1603:40:36 30751 1295 -40700 T -t -0.8720 1.0422 40S 82W 29 28303m21s
65 29 -1273-May-2710:52:02 30396 1248 -40477 T -t -0.9511 1.0356 49S 172E 18 38802m43s
66 30 -1255-Jun-0618:03:01 30042 1201 -40254 P -t -1.0297 0.9523 63S 72E 0 - -
67 31 -1237-Jun-1801:14:12 29690 1155 -40031 P -t -1.1073 0.8052 64S 46W 0 - -
68 32 -1219-Jun-2808:27:55 29341 1110 -39808 P -t -1.1817 0.6650 65S 166W 0 - -
69 33 -1201-Jul-0915:45:02 28993 1065 -39585 P -t -1.2521 0.5337 66S 73E 0 - -
70 34 -1183-Jul-1923:05:32 28648 1021 -39362 P -t -1.3187 0.4108 67S 49W 0 - -
71 35 -1165-Jul-3106:31:58 28304 978 -39139 P -t -1.3791 0.3007 68S 174W 0 - -
72 36 -1147-Aug-1014:03:56 27963 936 -38916 P -t -1.4339 0.2023 69S 60E 0 - -
73 37 -1129-Aug-2121:43:35 27624 895 -38693 P -t -1.4814 0.1182 70S 68W 0 - -
74 38 -1111-Sep-0105:29:04 27287 854 -38470 Pe -t -1.5232 0.0457 71S 161E 0 - -

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 17

Solar eclipses of Saros 17 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 -2427 Jul 03. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on -1111 Sep 01. The total duration of Saros series 17 is 1316.20 years.

Summary of Saros 17
First Eclipse -2427 Jul 03
Last Eclipse -1111 Sep 01
Series Duration 1316.20 Years
No. of Eclipses 74
Sequence 21P 44T 9P

Saros 17 is composed of 74 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 17
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 74100.0%
PartialP 30 40.5%
AnnularA 0 0.0%
TotalT 44 59.5%
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 17 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 17
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 44100.0%
Central (two limits) 44100.0%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 0 0.0%

The 74 eclipses in Saros 17 occur in the following order : 21P 44T 9P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 17 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 17
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Solar Eclipse -1796 Jul 1606m01s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse -2048 Feb 1600m37s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse -2066 Feb 04 - 0.96453
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse -1111 Sep 01 - 0.04568

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"

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