EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 105

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 105

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 105 . 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 105
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	-35	0499-Mar-27	19:05:40	5679	140	-18562	Pb	t-	1.5547	0.0156	61N	177W	0	-	-
2	-34	0517-Apr-07	01:58:53	5503	136	-18339	P	t-	1.4895	0.1250	61N	70E	0	-	-
3	-33	0535-Apr-18	08:45:43	5327	132	-18116	P	t-	1.4184	0.2457	61N	41W	0	-	-
4	-32	0553-Apr-28	15:27:56	5152	128	-17893	P	t-	1.3422	0.3761	62N	151W	0	-	-
5	-31	0571-May-09	22:04:34	4980	125	-17670	P	t-	1.2605	0.5173	62N	100E	0	-	-
6	-30	0589-May-20	04:40:11	4808	121	-17447	P	t-	1.1768	0.6630	63N	9W	0	-	-
7	-29	0607-May-31	11:14:05	4637	118	-17224	P	t-	1.0907	0.8138	64N	118W	0	-	-
8	-28	0625-Jun-10	17:49:10	4469	114	-17001	A+	t-	1.0043	0.9659	65N	133E	0	-	-
9	-27	0643-Jun-22	00:25:43	4300	111	-16778	A	t-	0.9177	0.9648	85N	94E	23	327	02m17s
10	-26	0661-Jul-02	07:07:14	4134	107	-16555	A	t-	0.8340	0.9692	80N	89E	33	203	02m11s
11	-25	0679-Jul-13	13:53:38	3969	104	-16332	A	p-	0.7533	0.9724	71N	2W	41	151	02m07s
12	-24	0697-Jul-23	20:45:52	3804	101	-16109	A	p-	0.6762	0.9749	62N	104W	47	122	02m04s
13	-23	0715-Aug-04	03:45:53	3646	98	-15886	A	p-	0.6045	0.9767	53N	151E	53	104	02m03s
14	-22	0733-Aug-14	10:54:33	3490	94	-15663	A	p-	0.5392	0.9780	45N	42E	57	93	02m03s
15	-21	0751-Aug-25	18:12:42	3335	91	-15440	A	p-	0.4806	0.9789	37N	70W	61	85	02m04s
16	-20	0769-Sep-05	01:40:02	3186	88	-15217	A	p-	0.4289	0.9795	30N	176E	64	80	02m06s
17	-19	0787-Sep-16	09:18:16	3037	85	-14994	A	p-	0.3854	0.9799	23N	59E	67	77	02m07s
18	-18	0805-Sep-26	17:06:29	2891	82	-14771	A	p-	0.3493	0.9803	17N	61W	69	75	02m09s
19	-17	0823-Oct-08	01:03:57	2749	79	-14548	A	n-	0.3202	0.9807	11N	178E	71	72	02m09s
20	-16	0841-Oct-18	09:11:01	2607	77	-14325	A	n-	0.2981	0.9812	6N	54E	73	70	02m07s
21	-15	0859-Oct-29	17:26:13	2471	74	-14102	A	n-	0.2819	0.9821	1N	71W	74	66	02m03s
22	-14	0877-Nov-09	01:49:18	2341	71	-13879	A	n-	0.2716	0.9832	3S	162E	74	62	01m57s
23	-13	0895-Nov-20	10:16:33	2210	68	-13656	A	n-	0.2638	0.9849	6S	34E	75	55	01m45s
24	-12	0913-Nov-30	18:49:55	2088	66	-13433	A	n-	0.2603	0.9870	8S	95W	75	48	01m30s
25	-11	0931-Dec-12	03:24:47	1970	63	-13210	A	n-	0.2569	0.9896	9S	136E	75	38	01m11s
26	-10	0949-Dec-22	12:01:23	1852	61	-12987	A	n-	0.2544	0.9929	9S	6E	75	26	00m47s
27	-9	0968-Jan-02	20:35:31	1744	58	-12764	A	n-	0.2491	0.9967	8S	123W	76	12	00m21s
28	-8	0986-Jan-13	05:08:41	1637	56	-12541	H	n-	0.2423	1.0011	7S	109E	76	4	00m07s
29	-7	1004-Jan-24	13:37:01	1533	53	-12318	H	n-	0.2305	1.0060	5S	19W	77	21	00m36s
30	-6	1022-Feb-03	22:00:41	1441	51	-12095	H	n-	0.2142	1.0113	3S	145W	78	40	01m06s
31	-5	1040-Feb-15	06:17:42	1350	49	-11872	H2	n-	0.1917	1.0170	1S	90E	79	59	01m35s
32	-4	1058-Feb-25	14:28:37	1264	46	-11649	T	n-	0.1635	1.0229	2N	33W	81	79	02m05s
33	-3	1076-Mar-07	22:31:47	1183	44	-11426	T	n-	0.1282	1.0290	4N	154W	83	99	02m34s
34	-2	1094-Mar-19	06:28:09	1103	42	-11203	T	nn	0.0863	1.0350	6N	87E	85	118	03m04s
35	-1	1112-Mar-29	14:17:27	1031	40	-10980	T	nn	0.0379	1.0410	8N	30W	88	137	03m34s
36	0	1130-Apr-09	22:01:14	963	38	-10757	T	nn	-0.0159	1.0466	9N	146W	89	155	04m04s
37	1	1148-Apr-20	05:37:49	895	36	-10534	Tm	nn	-0.0765	1.0520	10N	100E	86	173	04m35s
38	2	1166-May-01	13:10:59	836	34	-10311	T	nn	-0.1405	1.0567	10N	12W	82	189	05m06s
39	3	1184-May-11	20:39:00	779	32	-10088	T	-n	-0.2094	1.0609	8N	124W	78	204	05m35s
40	4	1202-May-23	04:05:56	723	31	-9865	T	-n	-0.2801	1.0643	6N	125E	74	219	06m02s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 105
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	5	1220-Jun-02	11:28:48	673	29	-9642	T	-n	-0.3545	1.0670	3N	14E	69	234	06m24s
42	6	1238-Jun-13	18:53:30	623	27	-9419	T	-p	-0.4280	1.0689	2S	98W	65	248	06m38s
43	7	1256-Jun-24	02:17:19	577	25	-9196	T	-p	-0.5022	1.0698	7S	149E	60	263	06m42s
44	8	1274-Jul-05	09:44:23	538	24	-8973	T	-p	-0.5742	1.0700	13S	35E	55	278	06m35s
45	9	1292-Jul-15	17:13:05	498	22	-8750	T	-p	-0.6449	1.0692	20S	80W	50	295	06m17s
46	10	1310-Jul-27	00:47:43	463	21	-8527	T	-p	-0.7110	1.0676	27S	163E	44	313	05m52s
47	11	1328-Aug-06	08:26:32	431	20	-8304	T	-p	-0.7735	1.0652	35S	44E	39	335	05m19s
48	12	1346-Aug-17	16:11:24	399	20	-8081	T	-p	-0.8311	1.0622	43S	79W	33	365	04m43s
49	13	1364-Aug-28	00:02:59	370	20	-7858	T	-p	-0.8832	1.0584	52S	156E	28	409	04m06s
50	14	1382-Sep-08	08:02:22	342	20	-7635	T	-p	-0.9290	1.0541	60S	24E	21	487	03m29s
51	15	1400-Sep-18	16:09:41	313	20	-7412	T	-t	-0.9684	1.0490	69S	118W	14	678	02m53s
52	16	1418-Sep-30	00:24:09	290	20	-7189	T-	-t	-1.0020	1.0113	72S	64E	0	-	-
53	17	1436-Oct-10	08:47:26	267	20	-6966	P	-t	-1.0285	0.9595	71S	76W	0	-	-
54	18	1454-Oct-21	17:17:29	245	20	-6743	P	-t	-1.0498	0.9178	71S	143E	0	-	-
55	19	1472-Nov-01	01:54:25	226	20	-6520	P	-t	-1.0657	0.8869	70S	1E	0	-	-
56	20	1490-Nov-12	10:36:44	206	20	-6297	P	-t	-1.0774	0.8640	69S	142W	0	-	-
57	21	1508-Nov-22	19:24:21	187	20	-6074	P	-t	-1.0850	0.8490	68S	75E	0	-	-
58	22	1526-Dec-04	04:14:38	170	20	-5851	P	-t	-1.0904	0.8383	67S	69W	0	-	-
59	23	1544-Dec-14	13:06:27	152	20	-5628	P	-t	-1.0948	0.8298	66S	148E	0	-	-
60	24	1562-Dec-25	21:58:38	139	20	-5405	P	-t	-1.0990	0.8218	65S	5E	0	-	-
61	25	1581-Jan-05	06:49:57	129	20	-5182	P	-t	-1.1041	0.8121	64S	138W	0	-	-
62	26	1599-Jan-26	15:37:10	118	20	-4959	P	-t	-1.1125	0.7966	63S	81E	0	-	-
63	27	1617-Feb-06	00:20:22	93	17	-4736	P	-t	-1.1240	0.7751	62S	59W	0	-	-
64	28	1635-Feb-17	08:57:24	67	15	-4513	P	-t	-1.1407	0.7441	62S	163E	0	-	-
65	29	1653-Feb-27	17:28:50	43	12	-4290	P	-t	-1.1619	0.7043	61S	26E	0	-	-
66	30	1671-Mar-11	01:50:57	23	9	-4067	P	-t	-1.1906	0.6505	61S	108W	0	-	-
67	31	1689-Mar-21	10:06:41	9	7	-3844	P	-t	-1.2245	0.5868	61S	119E	0	-	-
68	32	1707-Apr-02	18:12:24	8	5	-3621	P	-t	-1.2661	0.5083	61S	11W	0	-	-
69	33	1725-Apr-13	02:11:22	10	4	-3398	P	-t	-1.3132	0.4194	61S	140W	0	-	-
70	34	1743-Apr-24	10:00:09	12	3	-3175	P	-t	-1.3681	0.3153	62S	94E	0	-	-
71	35	1761-May-04	17:43:11	15	3	-2952	P	-t	-1.4274	0.2032	62S	30W	0	-	-
72	36	1779-May-16	01:17:39	16	2	-2729	Pe	-t	-1.4928	0.0797	63S	153W	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 105

Solar eclipses of Saros 105 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 0499 Mar 27. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 1779 May 16. The total duration of Saros series 105 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 105

First Eclipse	0499 Mar 27
Last Eclipse	1779 May 16
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	7P 20A 4H 21T 20P

Saros 105 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 105
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	27	37.5%
Annular	A	20	27.8%
Total	T	21	29.2%
Hybrid	H	4	5.6%

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 105 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 105
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	45	100.0%
Central (two limits)	43	95.6%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	2	4.4%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 105 occur in the following order : 7P 20A 4H 21T 20P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 105 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 105
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	0643 Jun 22	02m17s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	0968 Jan 02	00m21s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	1256 Jun 24	06m42s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	1058 Feb 25	02m05s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1040 Feb 15	01m35s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	0986 Jan 13	00m07s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	1436 Oct 10	-	0.95946
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	0499 Mar 27	-	0.01559

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 105

Catalog of Saros Series of Solar Eclipses

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses

Solar Eclipses - primary page for solar eclipse predictions
Solar Eclipse Links - detailed directory of links
Solar Eclipse Basics - a primer on solar eclipses

Catalog of Solar Eclipse Saros Series - covers Saros series -30 through 190
Six Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses - from -2999 to +3000 (3000 BCE to 3000 CE)
World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Maps - index page for world eclipse maps covering 5 millennia
Javascript Solar Eclipse Explorer - calculate all solar eclipses visible from a city

Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500 - link to the publication

MrEclipse.com - eclipse resources and tips on photography
Solar Eclipses for Beginners - a primer on solar eclipse basics
How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse - instructions for imaging an eclipse of the Sun
MrEclipse Photo Index - an index of solar eclipse photographs

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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:

pre-1950's: ΔT calculated from empirical fits to historical records derived by Morrison and Stephenson (2004)
1955-present: ΔT obtained from published observations
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.

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