Saros 11

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 11

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 11

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 11 . 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 11
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
1-39 -2492-Jan-0616:38:53 59118 6052 -55559 Pb t- 1.5379 0.0297 66N 169E 0 - -
2-38 -2474-Jan-1700:36:23 58624 5958 -55336 P t- 1.5114 0.0737 65N 37E 0 - -
3-37 -2456-Jan-2808:26:27 58133 5865 -55113 P t- 1.4780 0.1304 64N 92W 0 - -
4-36 -2438-Feb-0716:09:46 57643 5772 -54890 P t- 1.4379 0.1999 63N 141E 0 - -
5-35 -2420-Feb-1823:44:09 57156 5680 -54667 P t- 1.3896 0.2851 62N 16E 0 - -
6-34 -2402-Mar-0107:12:52 56671 5589 -54444 P t- 1.3354 0.3822 62N 107W 0 - -
7-33 -2384-Mar-1114:34:05 56187 5498 -54221 P t- 1.2741 0.4934 61N 131E 0 - -
8-32 -2366-Mar-2221:51:00 55706 5409 -53998 P t- 1.2080 0.6150 61N 11E 0 - -
9-31 -2348-Apr-0205:01:56 55227 5319 -53775 P t- 1.1356 0.7494 60N 107W 0 - -
10-30 -2330-Apr-1312:11:22 54750 5231 -53552 P t- 1.0607 0.8900 60N 135E 0 - -
11-29 -2312-Apr-2319:18:05 54275 5143 -53329 T t- 0.9824 1.0227 61N 38E 10 43601m20s
12-28 -2294-May-0502:24:32 53802 5056 -53106 T t- 0.9026 1.0313 59N 48W 25 24301m58s
13-27 -2276-May-1509:31:42 53331 4969 -52883 T t- 0.8223 1.0373 58N 146W 34 21802m25s
14-26 -2258-May-2616:41:36 52863 4883 -52660 T p- 0.7436 1.0419 58N 114E 42 20802m48s
15-25 -2240-Jun-0523:55:04 52396 4798 -52437 T p- 0.6665 1.0455 57N 12E 48 20303m08s
16-24 -2222-Jun-1707:12:25 51931 4714 -52214 T p- 0.5921 1.0481 56N 92W 53 19803m25s
17-23 -2204-Jun-2714:36:16 51469 4630 -51991 T p- 0.5224 1.0499 54N 162E 58 19403m39s
18-22 -2186-Jul-0822:06:55 51008 4547 -51768 T p- 0.4580 1.0508 51N 54E 62 19003m52s
19-21 -2168-Jul-1905:45:08 50550 4465 -51545 T p- 0.3994 1.0512 48N 58W 66 18504m02s
20-20 -2150-Jul-3013:31:44 50093 4383 -51322 T n- 0.3473 1.0509 43N 173W 69 18004m08s
21-19 -2132-Aug-0921:27:44 49639 4302 -51099 T n- 0.3025 1.0502 39N 68E 72 17504m12s
22-18 -2114-Aug-2105:33:13 49187 4221 -50876 T n- 0.2654 1.0491 34N 54W 74 16904m12s
23-17 -2096-Aug-3113:46:32 48737 4142 -50653 T n- 0.2347 1.0480 29N 179W 76 16404m11s
24-16 -2078-Sep-1122:09:48 48289 4063 -50430 T n- 0.2118 1.0467 23N 53E 78 15904m08s
25-15 -2060-Sep-2206:40:40 47842 3984 -50207 T n- 0.1950 1.0455 18N 77W 79 15404m04s
26-14 -2042-Oct-0315:19:51 47399 3907 -49984 T n- 0.1848 1.0445 13N 151E 79 15104m01s
27-13 -2024-Oct-1400:03:30 46957 3830 -49761 T n- 0.1782 1.0438 8N 17E 80 14804m00s
28-12 -2006-Oct-2508:53:38 46517 3754 -49538 T n- 0.1768 1.0434 4N 118W 80 14704m00s
29-11 -1988-Nov-0417:45:58 46079 3678 -49315 T n- 0.1769 1.0435 1S 106E 80 14804m04s
30-10 -1970-Nov-1602:40:20 45643 3603 -49092 T n- 0.1787 1.0442 4S 29W 80 15004m10s
31 -9 -1952-Nov-2611:33:36 45210 3529 -48869 T n- 0.1794 1.0452 8S 165W 80 15304m18s
32 -8 -1934-Dec-0720:25:46 44778 3456 -48646 T n- 0.1789 1.0468 10S 60E 80 15804m28s
33 -7 -1916-Dec-1805:13:29 44349 3383 -48423 T n- 0.1749 1.0488 13S 73W 80 16504m39s
34 -6 -1898-Dec-2913:56:22 43921 3311 -48200 T n- 0.1667 1.0512 14S 155E 80 17204m51s
35 -5 -1879-Jan-0822:32:54 43496 3239 -47977 T n- 0.1530 1.0539 15S 24E 81 18005m01s
36 -4 -1861-Jan-2007:02:50 43073 3169 -47754 T n- 0.1337 1.0568 16S 104W 82 18905m11s
37 -3 -1843-Jan-3015:23:40 42652 3099 -47531 T n- 0.1067 1.0598 16S 129E 84 19805m19s
38 -2 -1825-Feb-1023:37:00 42232 3029 -47308 T nn 0.0735 1.0627 15S 5E 86 20605m26s
39 -1 -1807-Feb-2107:41:21 41815 2961 -47085 Tm nn 0.0326 1.0654 14S 117W 88 21405m31s
40 0 -1789-Mar-0415:38:48 41400 2893 -46862 T nn -0.0143 1.0677 13S 123E 89 22105m36s
Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 11
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 1 -1771-Mar-1423:26:27 40987 2825 -46639 T nn -0.0693 1.0696 12S 5E 86 22705m39s
42 2 -1753-Mar-2607:08:44 40577 2759 -46416 T -n -0.1287 1.0709 11S 112W 83 23205m43s
43 3 -1735-Apr-0514:42:43 40168 2693 -46193 T -n -0.1947 1.0715 10S 134E 79 23605m46s
44 4 -1717-Apr-1622:12:43 39761 2628 -45970 T -n -0.2639 1.0714 9S 20E 75 24005m49s
45 5 -1699-Apr-2705:36:08 39356 2563 -45747 T -n -0.3383 1.0703 9S 91W 70 24205m50s
46 6 -1681-May-0812:58:03 38954 2500 -45524 T -p -0.4136 1.0685 10S 157E 66 24305m49s
47 7 -1663-May-1820:16:30 38553 2437 -45301 T -p -0.4909 1.0656 12S 46E 61 24405m44s
48 8 -1645-May-3003:34:32 38155 2374 -45078 T -p -0.5680 1.0619 14S 65W 55 24405m33s
49 9 -1627-Jun-0910:52:39 37758 2313 -44855 T -p -0.6442 1.0572 18S 177W 50 24405m14s
50 10 -1609-Jun-2018:12:51 37364 2252 -44632 T -p -0.7178 1.0518 22S 70E 44 24504m47s
51 11 -1591-Jul-0101:36:01 36972 2192 -44409 T -p -0.7883 1.0455 28S 44W 38 24604m10s
52 12 -1573-Jul-1209:02:32 36582 2132 -44186 T -t -0.8551 1.0384 35S 160W 31 25003m26s
53 13 -1555-Jul-2216:35:02 36194 2073 -43963 T -t -0.9159 1.0306 44S 81E 23 26002m35s
54 14 -1537-Aug-0300:13:18 35808 2015 -43740 T -t -0.9711 1.0216 55S 42W 13 32101m40s
55 15 -1519-Aug-1307:58:49 35424 1958 -43517 P -t -1.0196 0.9640 69S 177W 0 - -
56 16 -1501-Aug-2415:51:07 35042 1901 -43294 P -t -1.0617 0.8837 70S 51E 0 - -
57 17 -1483-Sep-0323:51:56 34662 1845 -43071 P -t -1.0961 0.8182 71S 84W 0 - -
58 18 -1465-Sep-1507:59:30 34284 1790 -42848 P -t -1.1240 0.7656 71S 139E 0 - -
59 19 -1447-Sep-2516:13:50 33908 1736 -42625 P -t -1.1456 0.7250 72S 0E 0 - -
60 20 -1429-Oct-0700:34:25 33535 1682 -42402 P -t -1.1613 0.6956 72S 141W 0 - -
61 21 -1411-Oct-1709:00:56 33163 1629 -42179 P -t -1.1716 0.6761 72S 77E 0 - -
62 22 -1393-Oct-2817:30:56 32794 1576 -41956 P -t -1.1782 0.6635 71S 66W 0 - -
63 23 -1375-Nov-0802:03:14 32426 1525 -41733 P -t -1.1823 0.6558 71S 151E 0 - -
64 24 -1357-Nov-1910:36:20 32061 1474 -41510 P -t -1.1850 0.6506 70S 8E 0 - -
65 25 -1339-Nov-2919:09:23 31698 1424 -41287 P -t -1.1871 0.6464 69S 134W 0 - -
66 26 -1321-Dec-1103:38:14 31336 1374 -41064 P -t -1.1921 0.6375 68S 85E 0 - -
67 27 -1303-Dec-2112:03:54 30977 1326 -40841 P -t -1.1990 0.6252 67S 54W 0 - -
68 28 -1284-Jan-0120:22:14 30620 1278 -40618 P -t -1.2114 0.6035 66S 170E 0 - -
69 29 -1266-Jan-1204:34:38 30265 1230 -40395 P -t -1.2278 0.5747 65S 35E 0 - -
70 30 -1248-Jan-2312:36:11 29912 1184 -40172 P -t -1.2525 0.5314 64S 96W 0 - -
71 31 -1230-Feb-0220:30:16 29561 1138 -39949 P -t -1.2825 0.4789 63S 134E 0 - -
72 32 -1212-Feb-1404:12:19 29213 1093 -39726 P -t -1.3215 0.4106 62S 8E 0 - -
73 33 -1194-Feb-2411:44:53 28866 1049 -39503 P -t -1.3673 0.3303 61S 115W 0 - -
74 34 -1176-Mar-0619:05:18 28521 1006 -39280 P -t -1.4219 0.2347 61S 124E 0 - -
75 35 -1158-Mar-1802:17:05 28179 963 -39057 P -t -1.4823 0.1288 61S 6E 0 - -
76 36 -1140-Mar-2809:18:12 27838 921 -38834 Pe -t -1.5502 0.0099 61S 109W 0 - -

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 11

Solar eclipses of Saros 11 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 -2492 Jan 06. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on -1140 Mar 28. The total duration of Saros series 11 is 1352.26 years.

Summary of Saros 11
First Eclipse -2492 Jan 06
Last Eclipse -1140 Mar 28
Series Duration 1352.26 Years
No. of Eclipses 76
Sequence 10P 44T 22P

Saros 11 is composed of 76 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 11
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 76100.0%
PartialP 32 42.1%
AnnularA 0 0.0%
TotalT 44 57.9%
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 11 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 11
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 76 eclipses in Saros 11 occur in the following order : 10P 44T 22P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 11 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 11
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Solar Eclipse -1699 Apr 2705m50s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse -2312 Apr 2301m20s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse -1519 Aug 13 - 0.96402
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse -1140 Mar 28 - 0.00990

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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