Saros 58

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 58

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 58

A panorama of all solar eclipses belonging to Saros 58 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 58 .

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 58
Partial Solar Eclipse
-1114 Jun 07

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-1096 Jun 18

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-1078 Jun 29

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-1060 Jul 09

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-1042 Jul 21

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-1024 Jul 31

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-1006 Aug 11

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0988 Aug 22

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0970 Sep 02

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0952 Sep 12

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0934 Sep 24

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0916 Oct 04

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0898 Oct 15

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0880 Oct 26

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0862 Nov 06

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0844 Nov 16

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0826 Nov 28

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0808 Dec 08

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0790 Dec 20

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0772 Dec 30

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
-0753 Jan 10

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0735 Jan 21

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0717 Feb 01

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0699 Feb 11

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0681 Feb 23

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0663 Mar 05

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0645 Mar 16

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0627 Mar 26

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0609 Apr 07

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0591 Apr 17

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0573 Apr 28

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0555 May 09

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0537 May 20

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0519 May 30

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0501 Jun 10

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0483 Jun 21

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0465 Jul 02

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0447 Jul 12

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0429 Jul 23

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0411 Aug 03

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0393 Aug 14

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0375 Aug 24

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0357 Sep 05

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0339 Sep 15

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0321 Sep 26

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0303 Oct 07

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0285 Oct 18

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0267 Oct 28

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0249 Nov 09

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0231 Nov 19

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0213 Nov 30

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0195 Dec 11

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0177 Dec 22

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0158 Jan 01

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0140 Jan 13

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0122 Jan 23

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0104 Feb 03

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0086 Feb 14

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0068 Feb 25

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0050 Mar 07

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
-0032 Mar 17

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Annular Solar Eclipse
-0014 Mar 29

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Annular Solar Eclipse
0004 Apr 08

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
0022 Apr 19

Google Eclipse Map
Annular Solar Eclipse
0040 Apr 30

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
0058 May 11

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
0076 May 21

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
0094 Jun 01

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
0112 Jun 12

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
0130 Jun 23

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Partial Solar Eclipse
0148 Jul 03

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
0166 Jul 14

Google Eclipse Map

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 58

Solar eclipses of Saros 58 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 -1114 Jun 07. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 0166 Jul 14. The total duration of Saros series 58 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 58
First Eclipse -1114 Jun 07
Last Eclipse 0166 Jul 14
Series Duration 1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses 72
Sequence 21P 44A 7P

Saros 58 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 58
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 72100.0%
PartialP 28 38.9%
AnnularA 44 61.1%
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 58 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 58
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 44100.0%
Central (two limits) 42 95.5%
Central (one limit) 1 2.3%
Non-Central (one limit) 1 2.3%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 58 occur in the following order : 21P 44A 7P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 58 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 58
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse -0177 Dec 2212m08s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse -0735 Jan 2102m04s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse -0862 Nov 06 - 0.96110
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 0166 Jul 14 - 0.01733

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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.