Saros 151

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 151

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 151

A panorama of all solar eclipses belonging to Saros 151 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 151 .

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 151
Partial Solar Eclipse
1776 Aug 14

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1794 Aug 25

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1812 Sep 05

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1830 Sep 17

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1848 Sep 27

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1866 Oct 08

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1884 Oct 19

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1902 Oct 31

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1920 Nov 10

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1938 Nov 21

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1956 Dec 02

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1974 Dec 13

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1992 Dec 24

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2011 Jan 04

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2029 Jan 14

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2047 Jan 26

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
2065 Feb 05

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2083 Feb 16

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2101 Feb 28

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2119 Mar 11

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2137 Mar 21

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2155 Apr 02

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2173 Apr 12

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Annular Solar Eclipse
2191 Apr 23

Google Eclipse Map
Hybrid Solar Eclipse
2209 May 05

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Total Solar Eclipse
2227 May 16

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Total Solar Eclipse
2245 May 26

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Total Solar Eclipse
2263 Jun 06

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Total Solar Eclipse
2281 Jun 17

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Total Solar Eclipse
2299 Jun 28

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Total Solar Eclipse
2317 Jul 09

Google Eclipse Map
Total Solar Eclipse
2335 Jul 21

Google Eclipse Map
Total Solar Eclipse
2353 Jul 31

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Total Solar Eclipse
2371 Aug 11

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Total Solar Eclipse
2389 Aug 22

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Total Solar Eclipse
2407 Sep 02

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Total Solar Eclipse
2425 Sep 12

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Total Solar Eclipse
2443 Sep 24

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Total Solar Eclipse
2461 Oct 04

Google Eclipse Map
Total Solar Eclipse
2479 Oct 15

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Total Solar Eclipse
2497 Oct 26

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Total Solar Eclipse
2515 Nov 07

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Total Solar Eclipse
2533 Nov 17

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Total Solar Eclipse
2551 Nov 29

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Total Solar Eclipse
2569 Dec 09

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Total Solar Eclipse
2587 Dec 20

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Total Solar Eclipse
2606 Jan 01

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Total Solar Eclipse
2624 Jan 12

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Total Solar Eclipse
2642 Jan 22

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Total Solar Eclipse
2660 Feb 03

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Total Solar Eclipse
2678 Feb 13

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Total Solar Eclipse
2696 Feb 25

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Total Solar Eclipse
2714 Mar 08

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Total Solar Eclipse
2732 Mar 18

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Total Solar Eclipse
2750 Mar 30

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Total Solar Eclipse
2768 Apr 09

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Total Solar Eclipse
2786 Apr 20

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Total Solar Eclipse
2804 May 01

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Total Solar Eclipse
2822 May 12

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Total Solar Eclipse
2840 May 22

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Total Solar Eclipse
2858 Jun 03

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Total Solar Eclipse
2876 Jun 13

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Total Solar Eclipse
2894 Jun 24

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Total Solar Eclipse
2912 Jul 06

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2930 Jul 17

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2948 Jul 27

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2966 Aug 07

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2984 Aug 18

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3002 Aug 30

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3020 Sep 09

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3038 Sep 21

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Partial Solar Eclipse
3056 Oct 01

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Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 151

Solar eclipses of Saros 151 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 1776 Aug 14. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 3056 Oct 01. The total duration of Saros series 151 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 151
First Eclipse 1776 Aug 14
Last Eclipse 3056 Oct 01
Series Duration 1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses 72
Sequence 18P 6A 1H 39T 8P

Saros 151 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 151
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 72100.0%
PartialP 26 36.1%
AnnularA 6 8.3%
TotalT 39 54.2%
HybridH 1 1.4%

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 151 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 151
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 46100.0%
Central (two limits) 44 95.7%
Central (one limit) 2 4.3%
Non-Central (one limit) 0 0.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 151 occur in the following order : 18P 6A 1H 39T 8P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 151 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 151
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse 2101 Feb 2802m44s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse 2191 Apr 2300m03s -
Longest Total Solar Eclipse 2840 May 2205m41s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse 2227 May 1600m59s -
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2209 May 0500m28s -
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2209 May 0500m28s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse 2083 Feb 16 - 0.94328
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 3056 Oct 01 - 0.00194

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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.