Saros 72

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 72

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 72

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 72 . 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 72
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
1-37 -0727-Aug-1603:49:46 20598 518 -33721 Pb t- -1.5440 0.0207 62S 154E 0 - -
2-36 -0709-Aug-2711:16:04 20307 511 -33498 P t- -1.4933 0.1096 61S 32E 0 - -
3-35 -0691-Sep-0618:54:07 20018 504 -33275 P t- -1.4510 0.1839 61S 93W 0 - -
4-34 -0673-Sep-1802:41:00 19731 497 -33052 P t- -1.4147 0.2475 61S 141E 0 - -
5-33 -0655-Sep-2810:39:42 19446 490 -32829 P t- -1.3868 0.2963 61S 11E 0 - -
6-32 -0637-Oct-0918:46:14 19163 483 -32606 P t- -1.3644 0.3356 61S 120W 0 - -
7-31 -0619-Oct-2003:01:40 18883 476 -32383 P t- -1.3485 0.3633 61S 106E 0 - -
8-30 -0601-Oct-3111:23:18 18604 469 -32160 P t- -1.3368 0.3836 61S 29W 0 - -
9-29 -0583-Nov-1019:51:22 18329 462 -31937 P t- -1.3300 0.3953 62S 166W 0 - -
10-28 -0565-Nov-2204:21:51 18055 455 -31714 P t- -1.3243 0.4051 63S 56E 0 - -
11-27 -0547-Dec-0212:54:23 17781 448 -31491 P t- -1.3195 0.4131 63S 83W 0 - -
12-26 -0529-Dec-1321:26:45 17512 441 -31268 P t- -1.3141 0.4224 64S 138E 0 - -
13-25 -0511-Dec-2405:58:27 17244 434 -31045 P t- -1.3078 0.4331 65S 1W 0 - -
14-24 -0492-Jan-0414:25:33 16956 428 -30822 P t- -1.2970 0.4521 66S 139W 0 - -
15-23 -0474-Jan-1422:49:04 16644 421 -30599 P t- -1.2827 0.4775 68S 83E 0 - -
16-22 -0456-Jan-2607:05:57 16332 414 -30376 P t- -1.2623 0.5143 69S 54W 0 - -
17-21 -0438-Feb-0515:17:49 16036 408 -30153 P t- -1.2370 0.5603 70S 170E 0 - -
18-20 -0420-Feb-1623:20:51 15747 401 -29930 P t- -1.2040 0.6211 70S 35E 0 - -
19-19 -0402-Feb-2707:18:27 15458 395 -29707 P t- -1.1658 0.6923 71S 99W 0 - -
20-18 -0384-Mar-0915:07:24 15188 389 -29484 P t- -1.1197 0.7789 72S 129E 0 - -
21-17 -0366-Mar-2022:50:52 14919 382 -29261 P t- -1.0683 0.8765 72S 2W 0 - -
22-16 -0348-Mar-3106:26:34 14652 376 -29038 P t- -1.0098 0.9885 72S 131W 0 - -
23-15 -0330-Apr-1113:58:07 14401 370 -28815 T t- -0.9469 1.0360 60S 65E 18 38202m28s
24-14 -0312-Apr-2121:24:19 14150 364 -28592 T t- -0.8790 1.0438 49S 62W 28 30603m20s
25-13 -0294-May-0304:47:01 13904 357 -28369 T p- -0.8073 1.0505 38S 179E 36 28204m11s
26-12 -0276-May-1312:07:28 13666 351 -28146 T p- -0.7329 1.0559 29S 62E 43 27004m57s
27-11 -0258-May-2419:26:59 13429 345 -27923 T p- -0.6569 1.0605 21S 53W 49 26305m37s
28-10 -0240-Jun-0402:47:12 13199 339 -27700 T p- -0.5809 1.0641 14S 166W 54 25806m08s
29 -9 -0222-Jun-1510:08:08 12974 333 -27477 T p- -0.5048 1.0668 7S 80E 60 25306m28s
30 -8 -0204-Jun-2517:32:44 12749 328 -27254 T p- -0.4311 1.0685 2S 33W 64 24806m36s
31 -7 -0186-Jul-0701:00:50 12535 322 -27031 T n- -0.3596 1.0695 3N 147W 69 24206m35s
32 -6 -0168-Jul-1708:34:02 12324 316 -26808 T n- -0.2919 1.0695 6N 99E 73 23606m25s
33 -5 -0150-Jul-2816:13:01 12113 310 -26585 T n- -0.2288 1.0689 8N 16W 77 23006m11s
34 -4 -0132-Aug-0723:59:35 11912 305 -26362 T n- -0.1716 1.0676 8N 133W 80 22405m53s
35 -3 -0114-Aug-1907:53:40 11712 299 -26139 T n- -0.1205 1.0658 8N 108E 83 21605m36s
36 -2 -0096-Aug-2915:55:18 11513 293 -25916 T nn -0.0754 1.0636 7N 13W 86 20905m18s
37 -1 -0078-Sep-1000:05:25 11320 288 -25693 T nn -0.0374 1.0611 5N 136W 88 20105m02s
38 0 -0060-Sep-2008:23:47 11126 283 -25470 T nn -0.0063 1.0584 2N 99E 90 19204m48s
39 1 -0042-Oct-0116:49:55 10936 277 -25247 T nn 0.0184 1.0558 1S 29W 89 18404m35s
40 2 -0024-Oct-1201:23:02 10750 272 -25024 T nn 0.0371 1.0532 5S 158W 88 17604m25s
Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 72
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 3 -0006-Oct-2310:02:48 10564 266 -24801 T nn 0.0504 1.0509 8S 71E 87 16904m17s
42 4 0012-Nov-0218:48:23 10384 261 -24578 Tm -n 0.0588 1.0488 12S 61W 87 16204m11s
43 5 0030-Nov-1403:37:12 10207 256 -24355 T -n 0.0642 1.0473 15S 167E 86 15804m08s
44 6 0048-Nov-2412:29:56 10030 251 -24132 T -n 0.0665 1.0461 17S 33E 86 15404m07s
45 7 0066-Dec-0521:22:56 9856 246 -23909 T -n 0.0682 1.0454 19S 100W 86 15204m08s
46 8 0084-Dec-1606:16:22 9682 241 -23686 T -n 0.0697 1.0451 20S 127E 86 15104m10s
47 9 0102-Dec-2715:06:02 9509 236 -23463 T -n 0.0741 1.0454 19S 5W 86 15204m15s
48 10 0121-Jan-0623:53:52 9337 231 -23240 T -n 0.0800 1.0460 18S 137W 86 15404m20s
49 11 0139-Jan-1808:35:33 9165 226 -23017 T -n 0.0904 1.0469 16S 92E 85 15704m27s
50 12 0157-Jan-2817:11:35 8993 221 -22794 T -n 0.1057 1.0482 12S 37W 84 16104m34s
51 13 0175-Feb-0901:39:10 8821 216 -22571 T -n 0.1276 1.0495 8S 165W 83 16604m41s
52 14 0193-Feb-1909:59:56 8649 212 -22348 T -n 0.1550 1.0509 3S 68E 81 17104m47s
53 15 0211-Mar-0218:11:23 8477 207 -22125 T -n 0.1898 1.0521 3N 57W 79 17604m51s
54 16 0229-Mar-1302:14:21 8305 202 -21902 T -n 0.2311 1.0532 10N 180E 77 18004m52s
55 17 0247-Mar-2410:08:23 8133 198 -21679 T -n 0.2794 1.0538 17N 58E 74 18504m50s
56 18 0265-Apr-0317:54:42 7962 193 -21456 T -n 0.3340 1.0540 24N 61W 70 18904m44s
57 19 0283-Apr-1501:32:42 7790 189 -21233 T -p 0.3949 1.0537 32N 178W 67 19304m32s
58 20 0301-Apr-2509:04:03 7617 185 -21010 T -p 0.4609 1.0526 40N 66E 62 19604m16s
59 21 0319-May-0616:28:57 7444 180 -20787 T -p 0.5317 1.0508 48N 47W 58 19903m56s
60 22 0337-May-1623:49:52 7270 176 -20564 T -p 0.6052 1.0481 56N 158W 52 20103m31s
61 23 0355-May-2807:05:26 7095 172 -20341 T -p 0.6825 1.0446 65N 95E 47 20403m04s
62 24 0373-Jun-0714:20:04 6917 167 -20118 T -p 0.7599 1.0401 73N 8W 40 20802m36s
63 25 0391-Jun-1821:32:09 6740 163 -19895 T -t 0.8388 1.0346 80N 94W 33 21602m06s
64 26 0409-Jun-2904:46:10 6562 159 -19672 T -t 0.9151 1.0279 82N 135W 23 23901m35s
65 27 0427-Jul-1011:59:15 6382 155 -19449 T -t 0.9912 1.0181 69N 167E 6 57000m55s
66 28 0445-Jul-2019:16:46 6203 151 -19226 P -t 1.0628 0.8844 63N 56E 0 - -
67 29 0463-Aug-0102:36:28 6026 147 -19003 P -t 1.1316 0.7555 63N 64W 0 - -
68 30 0481-Aug-1110:01:51 5851 143 -18780 P -t 1.1947 0.6386 62N 175E 0 - -
69 31 0499-Aug-2217:31:45 5675 139 -18557 P -t 1.2531 0.5316 61N 53E 0 - -
70 32 0517-Sep-0201:09:19 5499 136 -18334 P -t 1.3042 0.4391 61N 71W 0 - -
71 33 0535-Sep-1308:53:19 5323 132 -18111 P -t 1.3492 0.3587 61N 164E 0 - -
72 34 0553-Sep-2316:44:07 5148 128 -17888 P -t 1.3879 0.2906 61N 37E 0 - -
73 35 0571-Oct-0500:42:03 4976 125 -17665 P -t 1.4199 0.2351 61N 92W 0 - -
74 36 0589-Oct-1508:47:01 4804 121 -17442 P -t 1.4452 0.1920 61N 137E 0 - -
75 37 0607-Oct-2616:58:11 4633 118 -17219 P -t 1.4650 0.1588 62N 5E 0 - -
76 38 0625-Nov-0601:13:51 4465 114 -16996 P -t 1.4804 0.1336 62N 129W 0 - -
77 39 0643-Nov-1709:34:03 4296 111 -16773 P -t 1.4915 0.1157 63N 96E 0 - -
78 40 0661-Nov-2717:56:41 4130 107 -16550 P -t 1.5000 0.1026 64N 39W 0 - -
79 41 0679-Dec-0902:19:52 3965 104 -16327 P -t 1.5071 0.0914 65N 176W 0 - -
80 42 0697-Dec-1910:42:10 3800 101 -16104 P -t 1.5143 0.0800 66N 48E 0 - -
Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 72
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
81 43 0715-Dec-3019:01:51 3643 97 -15881 P -t 1.5227 0.0663 67N 88W 0 - -
82 44 0734-Jan-1003:16:53 3487 94 -15658 P -t 1.5340 0.0472 68N 137E 0 - -
83 45 0752-Jan-2111:25:17 3332 91 -15435 Pe -t 1.5499 0.0202 69N 2E 0 - -

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 72

Solar eclipses of Saros 72 all occur at the Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The series began with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on -0727 Aug 16. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 0752 Jan 21. The total duration of Saros series 72 is 1478.47 years.

Summary of Saros 72
First Eclipse -0727 Aug 16
Last Eclipse 0752 Jan 21
Series Duration 1478.47 Years
No. of Eclipses 83
Sequence 22P 43T 18P

Saros 72 is composed of 83 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 72
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 83100.0%
PartialP 40 48.2%
AnnularA 0 0.0%
TotalT 43 51.8%
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 72 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 72
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 43100.0%
Central (two limits) 43100.0%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 0 0.0%

The 83 eclipses in Saros 72 occur in the following order : 22P 43T 18P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 72 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 72
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Solar Eclipse -0204 Jun 2506m36s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse 0427 Jul 1000m55s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse -0348 Mar 31 - 0.98847
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 0752 Jan 21 - 0.02023

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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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