Saros 130

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 130

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 130

A panorama of all solar eclipses belonging to Saros 130 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 130 .

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 130
Partial Solar Eclipse
1096 Aug 20

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1114 Sep 01

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1132 Sep 11

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1150 Sep 22

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1168 Oct 03

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1186 Oct 14

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1204 Oct 24

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1222 Nov 05

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1240 Nov 15

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1258 Nov 26

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1276 Dec 07

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1294 Dec 18

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1312 Dec 28

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1331 Jan 09

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1349 Jan 19

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1367 Jan 30

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1385 Feb 10

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1403 Feb 21

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1421 Mar 03

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1439 Mar 15

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1457 Mar 25

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Total Solar Eclipse
1475 Apr 05

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Total Solar Eclipse
1493 Apr 16

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Total Solar Eclipse
1511 Apr 27

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Total Solar Eclipse
1529 May 07

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Total Solar Eclipse
1547 May 19

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Total Solar Eclipse
1565 May 29

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Total Solar Eclipse
1583 Jun 19

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Total Solar Eclipse
1601 Jun 30

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Total Solar Eclipse
1619 Jul 11

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Total Solar Eclipse
1637 Jul 21

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Total Solar Eclipse
1655 Aug 02

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Total Solar Eclipse
1673 Aug 12

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Total Solar Eclipse
1691 Aug 23

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Total Solar Eclipse
1709 Sep 04

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Total Solar Eclipse
1727 Sep 15

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Total Solar Eclipse
1745 Sep 25

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Total Solar Eclipse
1763 Oct 07

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Total Solar Eclipse
1781 Oct 17

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Total Solar Eclipse
1799 Oct 28

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Total Solar Eclipse
1817 Nov 09

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Total Solar Eclipse
1835 Nov 20

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Total Solar Eclipse
1853 Nov 30

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Total Solar Eclipse
1871 Dec 12

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Total Solar Eclipse
1889 Dec 22

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Total Solar Eclipse
1908 Jan 03

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Total Solar Eclipse
1926 Jan 14

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Total Solar Eclipse
1944 Jan 25

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Total Solar Eclipse
1962 Feb 05

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Total Solar Eclipse
1980 Feb 16

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Total Solar Eclipse
1998 Feb 26

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Total Solar Eclipse
2016 Mar 09

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Total Solar Eclipse
2034 Mar 20

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Total Solar Eclipse
2052 Mar 30

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Total Solar Eclipse
2070 Apr 11

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Total Solar Eclipse
2088 Apr 21

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Total Solar Eclipse
2106 May 03

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Total Solar Eclipse
2124 May 14

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Total Solar Eclipse
2142 May 25

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Total Solar Eclipse
2160 Jun 04

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Total Solar Eclipse
2178 Jun 16

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Total Solar Eclipse
2196 Jun 26

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Total Solar Eclipse
2214 Jul 08

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Total Solar Eclipse
2232 Jul 18

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2250 Jul 30

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2268 Aug 09

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2286 Aug 20

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2304 Sep 01

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2322 Sep 12

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2340 Sep 22

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2358 Oct 04

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2376 Oct 14

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2394 Oct 25

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Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 130

Solar eclipses of Saros 130 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 1096 Aug 20. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 2394 Oct 25. The total duration of Saros series 130 is 1298.17 years.

Summary of Saros 130
First Eclipse 1096 Aug 20
Last Eclipse 2394 Oct 25
Series Duration 1298.17 Years
No. of Eclipses 73
Sequence 21P 43T 9P

Saros 130 is composed of 73 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 130
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 73100.0%
PartialP 30 41.1%
AnnularA 0 0.0%
TotalT 43 58.9%
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 130 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 130
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 73 eclipses in Saros 130 occur in the following order : 21P 43T 9P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 130 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 130
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Solar Eclipse 1619 Jul 1106m41s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse 2232 Jul 1801m14s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse 1457 Mar 25 - 0.98447
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 2394 Oct 25 - 0.02977

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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.