Saros 41

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 41

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 41

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 41 . 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 41
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 -1588-May-2818:59:39 36909 2182 -44373 Pb t- 1.5126 0.0840 62N 84W 0 - -
2-33 -1570-Jun-0901:20:54 36519 2123 -44150 P t- 1.4262 0.2322 63N 170E 0 - -
3-32 -1552-Jun-1907:44:46 36131 2064 -43927 P t- 1.3407 0.3792 64N 63E 0 - -
4-31 -1534-Jun-3014:16:33 35746 2006 -43704 P t- 1.2604 0.5172 65N 46W 0 - -
5-30 -1516-Jul-1020:54:43 35362 1949 -43481 P t- 1.1843 0.6478 66N 157W 0 - -
6-29 -1498-Jul-2203:41:26 34980 1892 -43258 P t- 1.1141 0.7682 67N 89E 0 - -
7-28 -1480-Aug-0110:37:13 34601 1836 -43035 P t- 1.0503 0.8774 68N 28W 0 - -
8-27 -1462-Aug-1217:43:53 34223 1781 -42812 An t- 0.9945 0.9375 73N 153W 4 - 03m45s
9-26 -1444-Aug-2301:00:51 33848 1727 -42589 A t- 0.9462 0.9403 78N 25E 18 70304m06s
10-25 -1426-Sep-0308:28:22 33475 1673 -42366 A t- 0.9057 0.9410 72N 120W 25 52004m24s
11-24 -1408-Sep-1316:06:36 33104 1620 -42143 A p- 0.8734 0.9414 65N 112E 29 44504m41s
12-23 -1390-Sep-2423:55:21 32734 1568 -41920 A p- 0.8488 0.9417 58N 14W 32 40604m58s
13-22 -1372-Oct-0507:52:19 32367 1517 -41697 A p- 0.8303 0.9423 52N 139W 34 38005m12s
14-21 -1354-Oct-1615:58:06 32002 1466 -41474 A p- 0.8182 0.9430 47N 94E 35 36305m24s
15-20 -1336-Oct-2700:09:52 31639 1416 -41251 A p- 0.8102 0.9442 43N 35W 36 34805m33s
16-19 -1318-Nov-0708:27:40 31278 1366 -41028 A p- 0.8065 0.9459 39N 164W 36 33405m36s
17-18 -1300-Nov-1716:46:58 30920 1318 -40805 A p- 0.8031 0.9482 36N 66E 36 31805m33s
18-17 -1282-Nov-2901:09:40 30563 1270 -40582 A p- 0.8016 0.9512 33N 64W 36 29905m22s
19-16 -1264-Dec-0909:30:48 30208 1223 -40359 A p- 0.7976 0.9548 31N 166E 37 27405m03s
20-15 -1246-Dec-2017:50:50 29856 1177 -40136 A p- 0.7920 0.9591 29N 36E 37 24404m36s
21-14 -1228-Dec-3102:05:40 29505 1131 -39913 A p- 0.7812 0.9641 28N 92W 38 20804m02s
22-13 -1209-Jan-1110:16:54 29157 1086 -39690 A p- 0.7665 0.9697 26N 141E 40 16903m21s
23-12 -1191-Jan-2118:21:28 28810 1042 -39467 A p- 0.7451 0.9758 25N 16E 42 12802m36s
24-11 -1173-Feb-0202:19:11 28466 999 -39244 A p- 0.7172 0.9825 24N 106W 44 8801m50s
25-10 -1155-Feb-1210:09:21 28124 956 -39021 A p- 0.6819 0.9893 23N 133E 47 5001m04s
26 -9 -1137-Feb-2317:52:26 27783 914 -38798 A p- 0.6400 0.9965 22N 15E 50 1600m20s
27 -8 -1119-Mar-0601:27:54 27445 873 -38575 H p- 0.5908 1.0037 22N 101W 54 1600m21s
28 -7 -1101-Mar-1708:56:36 27109 833 -38352 H p- 0.5348 1.0108 23N 146E 58 4300m59s
29 -6 -1083-Mar-2716:19:17 26775 793 -38129 T p- 0.4727 1.0177 23N 34E 62 6801m33s
30 -5 -1065-Apr-0723:37:32 26443 755 -37906 T p- 0.4060 1.0242 24N 76W 66 8902m06s
31 -4 -1047-Apr-1806:50:41 26113 717 -37683 T p- 0.3340 1.0303 24N 176E 70 10802m36s
32 -3 -1029-Apr-2914:02:05 25786 679 -37460 T n- 0.2595 1.0358 24N 68E 75 12403m04s
33 -2 -1011-May-0921:11:31 25460 643 -37237 T n- 0.1825 1.0406 24N 38W 79 13803m32s
34 -1 -0993-May-2104:22:01 25136 619 -37014 T nn 0.1051 1.0447 23N 145W 84 15003m58s
35 0 -0975-May-3111:31:47 24815 612 -36791 T nn 0.0264 1.0480 22N 108E 88 16004m22s
36 1 -0957-Jun-1118:46:00 24495 605 -36568 T nn -0.0495 1.0506 20N 1W 87 16804m44s
37 2 -0939-Jun-2202:02:44 24178 599 -36345 Tm nn -0.1238 1.0523 17N 110W 83 17505m02s
38 3 -0921-Jul-0309:25:38 23862 592 -36122 T nn -0.1937 1.0534 13N 138E 79 18005m15s
39 4 -0903-Jul-1316:53:11 23549 585 -35899 T -n -0.2603 1.0537 8N 25E 75 18405m21s
40 5 -0885-Jul-2500:29:25 23238 578 -35676 T -n -0.3201 1.0535 3N 91W 71 18705m20s
Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 41
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 -0867-Aug-0408:12:41 22929 571 -35453 T -n -0.3744 1.0526 2S 150E 68 18805m11s
42 7 -0849-Aug-1516:03:56 22622 564 -35230 T -n -0.4224 1.0515 7S 29E 65 18804m58s
43 8 -0831-Aug-2600:04:04 22317 558 -35007 T -n -0.4633 1.0499 13S 94W 62 18604m40s
44 9 -0813-Sep-0608:13:13 22014 551 -34784 T -p -0.4971 1.0482 19S 140E 60 18404m22s
45 10 -0795-Sep-1616:31:27 21713 544 -34561 T -p -0.5237 1.0465 24S 12E 58 18104m03s
46 11 -0777-Sep-2800:56:58 21414 537 -34338 T -p -0.5445 1.0449 30S 118W 57 17703m46s
47 12 -0759-Oct-0809:31:24 21117 530 -34115 T -p -0.5582 1.0434 35S 111E 56 17403m31s
48 13 -0741-Oct-1918:12:02 20822 523 -33892 T -p -0.5674 1.0423 40S 21W 55 17103m19s
49 14 -0723-Oct-3002:58:30 20530 516 -33669 T -p -0.5720 1.0416 45S 154W 55 16903m10s
50 15 -0705-Nov-1011:48:32 20239 510 -33446 T -p -0.5742 1.0413 49S 73E 55 16903m04s
51 16 -0687-Nov-2020:41:57 19951 502 -33223 T -p -0.5739 1.0414 53S 59W 55 17003m01s
52 17 -0669-Dec-0205:35:36 19664 495 -33000 T -p -0.5737 1.0421 56S 171E 55 17203m01s
53 18 -0651-Dec-1214:28:32 19380 488 -32777 T -p -0.5745 1.0432 58S 42E 55 17703m03s
54 19 -0633-Dec-2323:19:02 19098 481 -32554 T -p -0.5775 1.0448 59S 85W 54 18403m08s
55 20 -0614-Jan-0308:06:15 18818 474 -32331 T -p -0.5837 1.0467 59S 149E 54 19203m13s
56 21 -0596-Jan-1416:46:50 18540 467 -32108 T -p -0.5955 1.0489 58S 24E 53 20203m21s
57 22 -0578-Jan-2501:21:44 18265 460 -31885 T -p -0.6120 1.0512 56S 101W 52 21403m28s
58 23 -0560-Feb-0509:48:27 17990 453 -31662 T -p -0.6355 1.0536 53S 135E 50 22903m37s
59 24 -0542-Feb-1518:08:52 17719 446 -31439 T -p -0.6646 1.0558 51S 12E 48 24503m45s
60 25 -0524-Feb-2702:18:47 17450 439 -31216 T -p -0.7022 1.0578 49S 109W 45 26403m52s
61 26 -0506-Mar-0910:22:36 17181 433 -30993 T -p -0.7451 1.0594 47S 131E 42 28803m59s
62 27 -0488-Mar-1918:16:18 16883 426 -30770 T -p -0.7962 1.0603 47S 13E 37 32104m03s
63 28 -0470-Mar-3102:04:24 16571 419 -30547 T -p -0.8521 1.0604 47S 103W 31 37104m03s
64 29 -0452-Apr-1009:43:21 16259 413 -30324 T -t -0.9154 1.0592 50S 145E 23 47603m55s
65 30 -0434-Apr-2117:18:25 15969 406 -30101 T -t -0.9819 1.0557 56S 41E 10 101103m29s
66 31 -0416-May-0200:46:44 15680 400 -29878 P -t -1.0533 0.9184 62S 64W 0 - -
67 32 -0398-May-1308:12:05 15394 393 -29655 P -t -1.1270 0.7762 62S 174E 0 - -
68 33 -0380-May-2315:33:29 15125 387 -29432 P -t -1.2032 0.6292 63S 54E 0 - -
69 34 -0362-Jun-0322:54:17 14856 381 -29209 P -t -1.2792 0.4830 64S 67W 0 - -
70 35 -0344-Jun-1406:13:54 14593 374 -28986 P -t -1.3555 0.3370 65S 172E 0 - -
71 36 -0326-Jun-2513:34:14 14343 368 -28763 P -t -1.4304 0.1947 65S 51E 0 - -
72 37 -0308-Jul-0520:56:41 14092 362 -28540 Pe -t -1.5025 0.0590 66S 71W 0 - -

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 41

Solar eclipses of Saros 41 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 -1588 May 28. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on -0308 Jul 05. The total duration of Saros series 41 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 41
First Eclipse -1588 May 28
Last Eclipse -0308 Jul 05
Series Duration 1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses 72
Sequence 7P 19A 2H 37T 7P

Saros 41 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 41
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 72100.0%
PartialP 14 19.4%
AnnularA 19 26.4%
TotalT 37 51.4%
HybridH 2 2.8%

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 41 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 41
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 58100.0%
Central (two limits) 57 98.3%
Central (one limit) 1 1.7%
Non-Central (one limit) 0 0.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 41 occur in the following order : 7P 19A 2H 37T 7P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 41 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 41
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse -1318 Nov 0705m36s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse -1137 Feb 2300m20s -
Longest Total Solar Eclipse -0903 Jul 1305m21s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse -1083 Mar 2701m33s -
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse -1101 Mar 1700m59s -
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse -1119 Mar 0600m21s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse -0416 May 02 - 0.91844
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse -0308 Jul 05 - 0.05897

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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