Saros 165

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 165

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.

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 165

A panorama of all solar eclipses belonging to Saros 165 is presented here. Each map depicts the geographic region of visibility for a single eclipse. For central eclipses, the total or annular path is plotted in either blue (total) or red (annular). The date and time is given for the instant of Greatest Eclipse. Every map serves as a hyperlink to the EclipseWise Prime page for that eclipse where a larger map and complete details for the eclipse can be found. Visit the Key to Solar Eclipse Maps for a detailed explanation of these maps. Near the bottom of the page are a series of hyperlinks for more on solar eclipses.

The exeligmos is a period of three Saros cycles and is equal to approximately 54 years 33 days. Because it is nearly an integral number of days in length, two eclipses separated by 1 exeligmos (= 3 Saroses) not only share all the characterists of a Saros, but also take place in approximately the same geographic location.

The Saros panorama below is arranged in horizontal rows of 3 eclipses. So one eclipse to the left or right is a difference of 1 Saros cycle, and one eclipse above or below is a difference of 1 exeligmos. By scanning a column of the table, it reveals how the geographic visibility of eclipses separated by an exeligmos slowly changes.

  • Click on any global map to go directly to the EclipseWise Prime Page for more information, tables, diagrams and maps. Key to Solar Eclipse Maps explains the features in these maps.
  • Beneath each global eclipse map is a link Google Eclipse Map, that takes you to an interactive Google Map with the eclipse path plotted.

For more information on this series see Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 165 .

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 165
Partial Solar Eclipse
2145 Oct 16

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2163 Oct 27

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2181 Nov 07

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2199 Nov 18

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2217 Nov 29

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2235 Dec 11

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2253 Dec 21

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2272 Jan 01

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2290 Jan 12

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2308 Jan 24

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2326 Feb 03

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2344 Feb 15

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2362 Feb 25

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2380 Mar 07

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2398 Mar 19

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2416 Mar 29

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2434 Apr 09

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2452 Apr 20

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2470 May 01

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2488 May 11

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2506 May 24

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2524 Jun 03

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
2542 Jun 14

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2560 Jun 25

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2578 Jul 06

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2596 Jul 16

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2614 Jul 28

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2632 Aug 08

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2650 Aug 19

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2668 Aug 29

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2686 Sep 10

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2704 Sep 21

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2722 Oct 02

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2740 Oct 12

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2758 Oct 24

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2776 Nov 03

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2794 Nov 14

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2812 Nov 25

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2830 Dec 06

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2848 Dec 16

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2866 Dec 28

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2885 Jan 07

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2903 Jan 19

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2921 Jan 30

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2939 Feb 10

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2957 Feb 20

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2975 Mar 04

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2993 Mar 14

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3011 Mar 26

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3029 Apr 06

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3047 Apr 17

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3065 Apr 27

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3083 May 09

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3101 May 20

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3119 May 31

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3137 Jun 10

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3155 Jun 22

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3173 Jul 02

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3191 Jul 13

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3209 Jul 23

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Annular Solar Eclipse
3227 Aug 04

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3245 Aug 14

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3263 Aug 25

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3281 Sep 05

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3299 Sep 16

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3317 Sep 27

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3335 Oct 08

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3353 Oct 19

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3371 Oct 30

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3389 Nov 09

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3407 Nov 22

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3425 Dec 02

Google Eclipse Map

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 165

Solar eclipses of Saros 165 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series will begin with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 2145 Oct 16. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 3425 Dec 02. The total duration of Saros series 165 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 165
First Eclipse 2145 Oct 16
Last Eclipse 3425 Dec 02
Series Duration 1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses 72
Sequence 22P 39A 11P

Saros 165 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 165
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 72100.0%
PartialP 33 45.8%
AnnularA 39 54.2%
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 165 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 165
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 39100.0%
Central (two limits) 39100.0%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 0 0.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 165 occur in the following order : 22P 39A 11P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 165 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 165
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse 2885 Jan 0710m20s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse 2542 Jun 1401m30s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse 3245 Aug 14 - 0.90870
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 3425 Dec 02 - 0.01312

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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.