Six Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses

-2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The Six Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses is organized into a series of sixty 100-year web pages, each one covering a century of solar eclipses. The 100-year table below covers the period -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE) [1]. The date and time of each eclipse is given for the instant of Greatest Eclipse. Each eclipse 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 Catalog of Solar Eclipses.

For an explanation of how eclipses are classified, see Solar Eclipse Basics. The frequency of each eclipse type, the extremes in eclipse magnitude and duration, and other data for the century are presented in the Eclipse Statistics tables following the Catalog of Solar Eclipses. To select a different century, visit the Index to Six Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses.

Footnotes

[1] The terms BCE and CE are abbreviations for "Before Common Era" and "Common Era," respectively. They are the secular equivalents to the BC and AD dating conventions. (See: Year Dating Conventions)

Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Saros Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°
Long

°
Sun Alt
°
Path Width km Central Dur
-2599-Mar-1907:43:04 62084 6623 -56880 -12 A nn -0.1366 0.9467 17S 31W 82 19806m40s
-2599-Sep-1203:33:40 62071 6620 -56874 -7 T n- 0.1153 1.0528 19N 28E 83 17604m42s
-2598-Mar-0808:07:34 62057 6617 -56868 -2 A t- -0.8804 0.9438 70S 2E 28 44004m20s
-2598-Sep-0118:25:37 62044 6615 -56862 3 T p- 0.8271 1.0140 69N 167W 34 8600m56s
-2597-Jan-2701:37:50 62032 6613 -56857 -30 P -t 1.1596 0.7022 67N 54E 0
-2597-Jul-2313:17:39 62019 6610 -56851 -25 P -t -1.2460 0.5418 66S 115W 0
-2596-Jan-1615:56:40 62005 6607 -56845 -20 T -n 0.4215 1.0518 1N 156W 65 18905m03s
-2596-Jul-1113:55:05 61991 6605 -56839 -15 A -p -0.5259 0.9393 8S 128W 58 26408m31s
-2595-Jan-0508:03:47 61978 6602 -56833 -10 T n- -0.2674 1.0452 39S 44W 74 15603m44s
-2595-Jun-3015:51:44 61964 6599 -56827 -5 A nn 0.2358 0.9726 37N 166W 76 10102m52s
-2595-Dec-2521:17:16 61950 6597 -56821 0 A- p- -0.9974 0.9896 64S 31W 0
-2594-Jun-2000:42:02 61937 6594 -56815 5 T t- 0.9773 1.0164 71N 56W 11 28300m52s
-2594-Nov-1509:23:53 61925 6592 -56810 -28 P -t 1.2531 0.5290 61N 1E 0
-2593-May-1109:16:57 61912 6589 -56804 -23 T -p -0.8284 1.0744 39S 34W 34 42105m23s
-2593-Nov-0408:18:07 61898 6587 -56798 -18 A -p 0.5853 0.9200 23N 30W 54 36509m01s
-2592-Apr-3001:55:34 61884 6584 -56792 -13 T nn -0.0897 1.0556 2N 51E 85 18404m47s
-2592-Oct-2311:20:15 61871 6581 -56786 -8 A n- -0.1212 0.9661 10S 97W 83 12303m25s
-2591-Apr-1913:48:36 61857 6579 -56780 -3 A p- 0.7093 0.9949 41N 156W 45 2500m26s
-2591-Oct-1221:44:51 61844 6576 -56774 2 T p- -0.7976 1.0149 44S 78E 37 8301m06s
-2590-Mar-1003:12:08 61832 6574 -56769 -31 P -t -1.3459 0.3721 61S 148E 0
-2590-Apr-0818:26:09 61830 6573 -56768 7 Pb t- 1.5212 0.0686 61N 76E 0
-2590-Sep-0302:56:17 61819 6571 -56763 -26 P -t 1.2159 0.6030 62N 156E 0
-2590-Oct-0212:53:32 61817 6571 -56762 12 P t- -1.4304 0.1980 61S 163E 0
-2589-Feb-2704:10:07 61805 6569 -56757 -21 A -p -0.5905 0.9564 48S 41E 54 19503m53s
-2589-Aug-2316:48:35 61792 6566 -56751 -16 H -p 0.5501 1.0059 49N 156W 56 2500m28s
-2588-Feb-1611:06:21 61778 6563 -56745 -11 H n- 0.1792 1.0084 10S 88W 80 2900m52s
-2588-Aug-1200:24:11 61764 6561 -56739 -6 A nn -0.1825 0.9577 11N 69E 80 15605m07s
-2587-Feb-0500:38:34 61751 6558 -56733 -1 T p- 0.8864 1.0436 39N 54E 27 31203m33s
-2587-Aug-0101:33:36 61737 6555 -56727 4 A t- -0.9259 0.9264 44S 38E 22 73308m05s
-2587-Dec-2707:05:53 61726 6553 -56722 -29 P -t -1.0830 0.8480 67S 153E 0

Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Saros Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°
Long

°
Sun Alt
°
Path Width km Central Dur
-2586-Jun-2113:02:24 61712 6551 -56716 -24 P -t 1.1750 0.6697 68N 71E 0
-2586-Dec-1618:38:42 61699 6548 -56710 -19 A -p -0.4193 0.9761 46S 154E 65 9402m14s
-2585-Jun-1023:58:03 61685 6545 -56704 -14 T -n 0.3637 1.0461 41N 70E 68 16503m53s
-2585-Dec-0522:50:36 61671 6543 -56698 -9 A n- 0.2841 0.9282 3S 96E 74 28109m58s
-2584-May-3016:11:29 61658 6540 -56692 -4 T p- -0.3884 1.0794 5S 164W 67 27807m17s
-2584-Nov-2321:57:36 61644 6537 -56686 1 A p- 0.9641 0.9080 57N 129E 15 136308m54s
-2583-Apr-2101:29:26 61633 6535 -56681 -32 P -t 1.4149 0.2286 71N 45W 0
-2583-May-2009:14:23 61631 6535 -56680 6 P t- -1.1384 0.7523 70S 17W 0
-2583-Oct-1408:12:08 61619 6533 -56675 -27 P -t -1.3096 0.4299 71S 137W 0
-2582-Apr-1011:25:14 61606 6530 -56669 -22 A -p 0.7006 0.9789 41N 110W 45 10402m00s
-2582-Oct-0320:25:07 61592 6527 -56663 -17 T -p -0.5767 1.0323 29S 119E 55 13302m48s
-2581-Mar-3014:13:48 61579 6525 -56657 -12 Am nn -0.0598 0.9481 9S 133W 87 19106m36s
-2581-Sep-2312:09:06 61565 6522 -56651 -7 T n- 0.1022 1.0495 14N 103W 84 16504m27s
-2580-Mar-1814:49:48 61551 6519 -56645 -2 A p- -0.8093 0.9500 60S 115W 36 31104m15s
-2580-Sep-1202:41:27 61538 6517 -56639 3 H p- 0.8100 1.0085 63N 65E 36 5000m36s
-2579-Feb-0609:30:55 61527 6515 -56634 -30 P -t 1.1918 0.6442 68N 77W 0
-2579-Mar-0720:24:24 61524 6514 -56633 8 Pb t- -1.5074 0.0720 70S 94W 0
-2579-Aug-0220:22:35 61513 6512 -56628 -25 P -t -1.3007 0.4481 67S 125E 0
-2578-Jan-2700:13:06 61499 6509 -56622 -20 T -n 0.4499 1.0560 4N 76E 63 20705m25s
-2578-Jul-2220:41:54 61486 6507 -56616 -15 A -p -0.5890 0.9363 12S 127E 54 29308m55s
-2577-Jan-1616:28:22 61472 6504 -56610 -10 T n- -0.2467 1.0466 38S 169W 76 16003m55s
-2577-Jul-1122:48:20 61459 6502 -56604 -5 A nn 0.1679 0.9732 34N 91E 80 9802m55s
-2576-Jan-0605:33:05 61445 6499 -56598 0 A p- -0.9855 0.9816 73S 158W 9 43201m00s
-2576-Jun-3008:00:13 61432 6496 -56592 5 T t- 0.9079 1.0212 79N 128W 24 17501m13s
-2576-Nov-2517:26:12 61420 6494 -56587 -28 P -t 1.2574 0.5218 62N 130W 0
-2575-May-2116:38:57 61407 6491 -56581 -23 T -t -0.9037 1.0712 44S 144W 25 53205m03s
-2575-Nov-1416:23:55 61393 6489 -56575 -18 A -p 0.5857 0.9215 20N 156W 54 35809m12s
-2574-May-1109:07:21 61380 6486 -56569 -13 T -n -0.1675 1.0525 2N 58W 80 17604m38s
-2574-Nov-0319:46:53 61366 6484 -56563 -8 A n- -0.1213 0.9685 15S 134E 83 11403m10s
-2573-Apr-3020:35:09 61352 6481 -56557 -3 A p- 0.6306 0.9933 40N 103E 51 3000m34s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Saros Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°
Long

°
Sun Alt
°
Path Width km Central Dur
-2573-Oct-2406:29:57 61339 6478 -56551 2 T p- -0.7951 1.0162 48S 58W 37 9001m09s
-2572-Mar-2009:45:57 61328 6476 -56546 -31 P -t -1.4181 0.2489 61S 39E 0
-2572-Apr-1900:48:19 61325 6476 -56545 7 P t- 1.4400 0.2085 61N 30W 0
-2572-Sep-1311:23:30 61314 6474 -56540 -26 P -t 1.2361 0.5647 61N 18E 0
-2572-Oct-1221:41:17 61312 6473 -56539 12 P t- -1.4259 0.2070 61S 21E 0
-2571-Mar-0911:06:15 61300 6471 -56534 -21 A -p -0.6519 0.9611 48S 61W 49 18303m22s
-2571-Sep-0300:51:00 61287 6468 -56528 -16 A -p 0.5783 0.9993 47N 84E 54 300m03s
-2570-Feb-2618:38:39 61273 6466 -56522 -11 H nn 0.1281 1.0151 10S 158E 83 5201m29s
-2570-Aug-2307:51:39 61260 6463 -56516 -6 A nn -0.1447 0.9521 11N 45W 82 17705m40s
-2569-Feb-1608:38:45 61246 6461 -56510 -1 T p- 0.8448 1.0501 35N 70W 32 30604m03s
-2569-Aug-1208:35:57 61233 6458 -56504 4 A p- -0.8761 0.9247 38S 72W 29 58008m36s
-2568-Jan-0715:34:14 61221 6456 -56499 -29 P -t -1.1006 0.8155 66S 14E 0
-2568-Feb-0601:12:23 61219 6455 -56498 9 Pb t- 1.5284 0.0080 63N 23E 0
-2568-Jul-0120:01:34 61208 6453 -56493 -24 P -t 1.2388 0.5561 67N 47W 0
-2568-Dec-2702:52:58 61194 6450 -56487 -19 A -p -0.4319 0.9752 49S 32E 64 9802m17s
-2567-Jun-2107:18:20 61181 6448 -56481 -14 T -p 0.4314 1.0467 48N 40W 64 17303m44s
-2567-Dec-1606:48:04 61167 6445 -56475 -9 A nn 0.2758 0.9284 6S 26W 74 27910m06s
-2566-Jun-1023:38:55 61154 6443 -56469 -4 T n- -0.3172 1.0789 1N 80E 72 26907m21s
-2566-Dec-0505:55:17 61140 6440 -56463 1 A p- 0.9583 0.9104 54N 0W 16 122609m05s
-2565-May-0208:36:02 61129 6438 -56458 -32 Pe -t 1.4937 0.0823 71N 167W 0
-2565-May-3116:31:20 61127 6437 -56457 6 P t- -1.0682 0.8856 69S 141W 0
-2565-Oct-2516:44:00 61115 6435 -56452 -27 P -t -1.3050 0.4380 71S 79E 0
-2564-Apr-2018:04:12 61102 6433 -56446 -22 A -p 0.7841 0.9754 52N 141E 38 14002m08s
-2564-Oct-1405:10:36 61088 6430 -56440 -17 T -p -0.5779 1.0324 34S 16W 54 13302m43s
-2563-Apr-0920:36:20 61075 6427 -56434 -12 A nn 0.0236 0.9490 0N 127E 89 18706m31s
-2563-Oct-0320:51:31 61061 6425 -56428 -7 T n- 0.0949 1.0464 9N 123E 84 15504m12s
-2562-Mar-2921:26:38 61048 6422 -56422 -2 A p- -0.7328 0.9557 50S 136E 43 23504m07s
-2562-Sep-2311:04:38 61034 6420 -56416 3 H p- 0.7996 1.0033 58N 65W 37 1900m14s
-2561-Feb-1717:18:04 61023 6417 -56411 -30 P -t 1.2296 0.5752 69N 152E 0
-2561-Mar-1903:36:20 61021 6417 -56410 8 P t- -1.4419 0.1881 71S 143E 0

Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Saros Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°
Long

°
Sun Alt
°
Path Width km Central Dur
-2561-Aug-1403:34:20 61009 6415 -56405 -25 P -t -1.3488 0.3663 68S 4E 0
-2560-Feb-0708:23:16 60996 6412 -56399 -20 T -p 0.4838 1.0600 8N 50W 61 22505m43s
-2560-Aug-0203:37:06 60982 6410 -56393 -15 A -p -0.6451 0.9333 17S 19E 50 32609m09s
-2559-Jan-2700:44:25 60969 6407 -56387 -10 T n- -0.2193 1.0480 36S 67E 77 16404m08s
-2559-Jul-2205:55:28 60955 6404 -56381 -5 A nn 0.1079 0.9734 30N 16W 84 9602m58s
-2558-Jan-1613:40:22 60942 6402 -56375 0 A p- -0.9678 0.9828 80S 67E 14 25500m58s
-2558-Jul-1115:27:09 60928 6399 -56369 5 T t- 0.8449 1.0240 80N 163E 32 15401m28s
-2558-Dec-0701:23:59 60917 6397 -56364 -28 P -t 1.2648 0.5096 62N 99E 0
-2557-Jun-0200:03:46 60904 6394 -56358 -23 T -t -0.9765 1.0656 54S 108E 12 102404m23s
-2557-Jul-0106:53:28 60901 6394 -56357 15 Pb t- 1.5246 0.0090 64N 176E 0
-2557-Nov-2600:28:27 60890 6392 -56352 -18 A -p 0.5877 0.9237 17N 79E 54 34909m17s
-2556-May-2116:17:28 60877 6389 -56346 -13 T -n -0.2459 1.0485 1N 167W 76 16604m25s
-2556-Nov-1404:15:03 60863 6387 -56340 -8 A n- -0.1219 0.9716 19S 5E 83 10302m51s
-2555-May-1103:18:13 60850 6384 -56334 -3 A p- 0.5500 0.9908 40N 3E 56 3800m48s
-2555-Nov-0315:17:04 60836 6381 -56328 2 T p- -0.7938 1.0180 52S 166E 37 10001m14s
-2554-Mar-3116:12:54 60825 6379 -56323 -31 Pe -t -1.4952 0.1168 61S 69W 0
-2554-Apr-3007:07:19 60823 6379 -56322 7 P t- 1.3562 0.3528 61N 136W 0
-2554-Sep-2419:58:14 60811 6377 -56317 -26 P -t 1.2499 0.5386 61N 121W 0
-2554-Oct-2406:33:00 60809 6376 -56316 12 P t- -1.4251 0.2090 61S 123W 0
-2553-Mar-2017:55:39 60798 6374 -56311 -21 A -p -0.7196 0.9654 48S 162W 44 17602m55s
-2553-Sep-1409:00:48 60784 6371 -56305 -16 A -p 0.5997 0.9929 44N 39W 53 3100m34s
-2552-Mar-0902:03:31 60771 6369 -56299 -11 T nn 0.0699 1.0218 9S 45E 86 7402m03s
-2552-Sep-0215:27:45 60757 6366 -56293 -6 A nn -0.1146 0.9467 10N 160W 83 19706m11s
-2551-Feb-2616:29:35 60744 6364 -56287 -1 T p- 0.7948 1.0564 32N 169E 37 30104m31s
-2551-Aug-2215:49:17 60730 6361 -56281 4 A p- -0.8349 0.9226 34S 176E 33 51908m52s
-2550-Jan-1723:54:31 60719 6359 -56276 -29 P -t -1.1248 0.7708 65S 124W 0
-2550-Feb-1609:14:41 60717 6358 -56275 9 P t- 1.4915 0.0776 62N 109W 0
-2550-Jul-1303:09:12 60706 6356 -56270 -24 P -t 1.2966 0.4530 66N 166W 0
-2550-Aug-1116:43:21 60703 6356 -56269 14 Pb t- -1.5145 0.0792 63S 143E 0
-2549-Jan-0711:00:21 60692 6354 -56264 -19 A -p -0.4493 0.9746 51S 87W 63 10202m18s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Saros Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°
Long

°
Sun Alt
°
Path Width km Central Dur
-2549-Jul-0214:44:27 60679 6351 -56258 -14 T -p 0.4951 1.0468 53N 151W 60 18003m33s
-2549-Dec-2714:39:34 60665 6348 -56252 -9 A nn 0.2632 0.9292 8S 146W 75 27510m02s
-2548-Jun-2107:09:06 60652 6346 -56246 -4 T n- -0.2484 1.0776 8N 36W 76 25907m14s
-2548-Dec-1513:49:42 60638 6343 -56240 1 A p- 0.9493 0.9135 50N 127W 18 107009m08s
-2547-Jun-1023:50:17 60625 6341 -56234 6 T- t- -1.0004 1.0133 69S 95E 0
-2547-Nov-0501:18:15 60614 6339 -56229 -27 P -t -1.2993 0.4480 71S 66W 0
-2546-May-0200:40:49 60600 6336 -56223 -22 A -t 0.8682 0.9710 63N 28E 29 21002m16s
-2546-Oct-2513:59:26 60587 6333 -56217 -17 T -p -0.5769 1.0330 38S 151W 55 13602m40s
-2545-Apr-2102:55:25 60573 6331 -56211 -12 A nn 0.1095 0.9497 9N 27E 84 18606m23s
-2545-Oct-1505:38:07 60560 6328 -56205 -7 T n- 0.0915 1.0437 5N 11W 85 14604m00s
-2544-Apr-0903:59:45 60546 6326 -56199 -2 A p- -0.6521 0.9610 40S 29E 49 18403m57s
-2544-Oct-0319:33:19 60533 6323 -56193 3 A p- 0.7946 0.9983 53N 163E 37 1000m08s
-2543-Feb-2800:56:32 60521 6321 -56188 -30 P -t 1.2750 0.4910 70N 23E 0
-2543-Mar-2910:42:44 60519 6320 -56187 8 P t- -1.3707 0.3164 71S 21E 0
-2543-Aug-2410:56:11 60508 6318 -56182 -25 P -t -1.3878 0.3010 69S 120W 0
-2543-Sep-2303:29:14 60506 6318 -56181 13 Pb t- 1.5545 0.0122 71N 136E 0
-2542-Feb-1716:24:31 60495 6316 -56176 -20 T -p 0.5252 1.0637 13N 174W 58 24505m54s
-2542-Aug-1310:43:08 60481 6313 -56170 -15 A -p -0.6922 0.9304 23S 93W 46 36109m13s
-2541-Feb-0708:51:11 60468 6310 -56164 -10 T n- -0.1847 1.0494 32S 55W 79 16704m21s
-2541-Aug-0213:13:11 60454 6308 -56158 -5 A nn 0.0560 0.9735 26N 126W 87 9503m03s
-2540-Jan-2721:36:16 60441 6305 -56152 0 A p- -0.9415 0.9843 86S 94W 19 17000m56s
-2540-Jul-2123:02:23 60427 6303 -56146 5 T p- 0.7877 1.0256 76N 76E 38 14201m38s
-2540-Dec-1709:16:53 60416 6301 -56141 -28 P -t 1.2757 0.4913 63N 30W 0
-2539-Jun-1207:30:40 60403 6298 -56135 -23 P -t -1.0475 0.9324 63S 1E 0
-2539-Jul-1114:35:03 60400 6298 -56134 15 P t- 1.4663 0.1221 65N 48E 0
-2539-Dec-0608:30:48 60389 6295 -56129 -18 A -p 0.5919 0.9266 15N 45W 54 33709m16s
-2538-Jun-0123:28:02 60376 6293 -56123 -13 T -p -0.3231 1.0437 0N 84E 71 15304m09s
-2538-Nov-2512:44:14 60362 6290 -56117 -8 A n- -0.1225 0.9752 23S 124W 83 8902m29s
-2537-May-2209:58:28 60349 6288 -56111 -3 A p- 0.4678 0.9878 39N 95W 62 4801m06s
-2537-Nov-1500:06:35 60335 6285 -56105 2 T p- -0.7940 1.0202 56S 29E 37 11201m21s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Saros Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°
Long

°
Sun Alt
°
Path Width km Central Dur
-2536-May-1013:23:26 60322 6283 -56099 7 P t- 1.2699 0.5011 61N 119E 0
-2536-Oct-0504:38:30 60311 6280 -56094 -26 P -t 1.2594 0.5208 61N 98E 0
-2536-Nov-0315:26:57 60308 6280 -56093 12 P t- -1.4261 0.2074 61S 93E 0
-2535-Mar-3100:40:32 60297 6278 -56088 -21 A -p -0.7920 0.9692 48S 99E 37 17702m33s
-2535-Sep-2417:16:58 60284 6275 -56082 -16 A -p 0.6152 0.9870 40N 165W 52 5701m04s
-2534-Mar-2009:24:35 60270 6273 -56076 -11 T nn 0.0071 1.0280 9S 66W 90 9502m33s
-2534-Sep-1323:10:09 60257 6270 -56070 -6 A nn -0.0901 0.9417 7N 82E 85 21706m40s
-2533-Mar-1000:15:12 60243 6267 -56064 -1 T p- 0.7399 1.0621 30N 50E 42 29704m53s
-2533-Sep-0223:11:42 60230 6265 -56058 4 A p- -0.8006 0.9205 33S 61E 37 48708m58s
-2532-Jan-2908:04:36 60219 6263 -56053 -29 P -t -1.1569 0.7113 64S 102E 0
-2532-Feb-2717:07:20 60217 6262 -56052 9 P t- 1.4473 0.1616 62N 122E 0
-2532-Jul-2310:26:52 60205 6260 -56047 -24 P -t 1.3472 0.3627 65N 72E 0
-2532-Aug-2200:12:11 60203 6260 -56046 14 P t- -1.4729 0.1513 62S 20E 0
-2531-Jan-1718:56:28 60192 6258 -56041 -19 A -p -0.4755 0.9742 52S 157E 61 10502m17s
-2531-Jul-1222:19:40 60179 6255 -56035 -14 T -p 0.5519 1.0462 58N 99E 56 18503m21s
-2530-Jan-0622:20:34 60165 6252 -56029 -9 A nn 0.2422 0.9304 10S 96E 76 26909m46s
-2530-Jul-0214:46:13 60152 6250 -56023 -4 T n- -0.1853 1.0754 13N 153W 79 24906m59s
-2530-Dec-2621:37:56 60138 6247 -56017 1 A p- 0.9347 0.9174 46N 108E 20 89509m04s
-2529-Jun-2207:11:13 60125 6245 -56011 6 T t- -0.9346 1.0405 47S 34W 20 38603m15s
-2529-Nov-1609:54:59 60114 6243 -56006 -27 P -t -1.2927 0.4598 70S 150E 0
-2528-May-1207:12:31 60100 6240 -56000 -22 A -t 0.9555 0.9649 74N 108W 17 44202m23s
-2528-Nov-0422:51:37 60087 6237 -55994 -17 T -p -0.5737 1.0342 43S 73E 55 14002m41s
-2527-May-0109:10:06 60073 6235 -55988 -12 A nn 0.1990 0.9498 18N 71W 78 18806m12s
-2527-Oct-2514:29:32 60060 6232 -55982 -7 T n- 0.0921 1.0414 0N 147W 85 13903m50s
-2526-Apr-2010:30:30 60047 6230 -55976 -2 A p- -0.5684 0.9658 30S 75W 55 14803m43s
-2526-Oct-1504:06:18 60033 6227 -55970 3 A p- 0.7938 0.9937 49N 30E 37 3600m31s
-2525-Mar-1108:30:06 60022 6225 -55965 -30 P -t 1.3251 0.3969 70N 106W 0
-2525-Apr-0917:46:44 60020 6225 -55964 8 P t- -1.2961 0.4522 72S 101W 0
-2525-Sep-0418:25:41 60009 6222 -55959 -25 P -t -1.4198 0.2480 70S 113E 0
-2525-Oct-0411:32:52 60006 6222 -55958 13 P t- 1.5490 0.0239 71N 1W 0

Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Saros Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°
Long

°
Sun Alt
°
Path Width km Central Dur
-2524-Feb-2900:18:06 59995 6220 -55953 -20 T -p 0.5735 1.0670 19N 63E 55 26605m58s
-2524-Aug-2317:58:53 59982 6217 -55947 -15 A -p -0.7317 0.9277 28S 153E 43 39709m07s
-2523-Feb-1716:49:04 59968 6215 -55941 -10 T nn -0.1431 1.0505 27S 176W 82 16904m33s
-2523-Aug-1220:41:28 59955 6212 -55935 -5 A nn 0.0117 0.9734 22N 120E 89 9503m05s
-2522-Feb-0705:22:36 59942 6210 -55929 0 A p- -0.9083 0.9855 83S 53E 24 12500m55s
-2522-Aug-0206:47:42 59928 6207 -55923 5 T p- 0.7382 1.0266 71N 28W 42 13501m47s
-2522-Dec-2817:02:51 59917 6205 -55918 -28 P -t 1.2919 0.4643 64N 158W 0
-2521-Jun-2315:01:11 59904 6202 -55912 -23 P -t -1.1152 0.8002 64S 124W 0
-2521-Jul-2222:23:19 59901 6202 -55911 15 P t- 1.4134 0.2246 66N 81W 0
-2521-Dec-1716:28:56 59890 6200 -55906 -18 A -p 0.6001 0.9300 14N 168W 53 32409m04s
-2520-Jun-1206:40:12 59877 6197 -55900 -13 T -p -0.3977 1.0382 2S 26W 67 13903m46s
-2520-Dec-0521:10:03 59863 6195 -55894 -8 A n- -0.1196 0.9796 26S 108E 83 7302m03s
-2519-Jun-0116:39:19 59850 6192 -55888 -3 A p- 0.3871 0.9840 39N 166E 67 6101m29s
-2519-Nov-2508:54:47 59837 6189 -55882 2 T p- -0.7932 1.0230 61S 106W 37 12801m29s
-2518-May-2119:39:35 59823 6187 -55876 7 P t- 1.1834 0.6494 61N 14E 0
-2518-Oct-1613:23:01 59812 6185 -55871 -26 P -t 1.2652 0.5099 60N 44W 0
-2518-Nov-1500:21:01 59810 6184 -55870 12 P t- -1.4277 0.2044 61S 52W 0
-2517-Apr-1107:21:51 59799 6182 -55865 -21 A -p -0.8678 0.9722 50S 2E 29 19502m14s
-2517-Oct-0601:39:17 59785 6180 -55859 -16 A -p 0.6248 0.9817 36N 67E 51 8201m34s
-2516-Mar-3016:38:44 59772 6177 -55853 -11 T nn -0.0624 1.0338 8S 176W 86 11403m01s
-2516-Sep-2407:01:01 59759 6175 -55847 -6 A nn -0.0734 0.9371 4N 38W 86 23507m07s
-2515-Mar-2007:53:14 59745 6172 -55841 -1 T p- 0.6784 1.0674 29N 67W 47 29305m12s
-2515-Sep-1306:43:57 59732 6169 -55835 4 A p- -0.7742 0.9186 33S 56W 39 47208m56s
-2514-Feb-0816:05:44 59721 6167 -55830 -29 P -t -1.1957 0.6391 63S 30W 0
-2514-Mar-1000:52:30 59718 6167 -55829 9 P t- 1.3975 0.2566 61N 6W 0
-2514-Aug-0317:55:07 59707 6165 -55824 -24 P -t 1.3900 0.2862 64N 52W 0
-2514-Sep-0207:52:05 59705 6164 -55823 14 P t- -1.4393 0.2094 62S 107W 0
-2513-Jan-2902:44:07 59694 6162 -55818 -19 A -p -0.5077 0.9740 52S 43E 59 10802m16s
-2513-Jul-2406:01:33 59681 6160 -55812 -14 T -p 0.6037 1.0452 60N 11W 53 18903m09s
-2512-Jan-1805:54:11 59667 6157 -55806 -9 A nn 0.2155 0.9321 12S 19W 78 26009m20s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Saros Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°
Long

°
Sun Alt
°
Path Width km Central Dur
-2512-Jul-1222:28:46 59654 6154 -55800 -4 T n- -0.1268 1.0726 17N 89E 83 23806m38s
-2511-Jan-0605:19:12 59640 6152 -55794 1 A p- 0.9138 0.9219 42N 14W 24 73208m50s
-2511-Jul-0214:37:20 59627 6149 -55788 6 T p- -0.8737 1.0376 38S 153W 29 26103m18s
-2511-Nov-2618:30:51 59616 6147 -55783 -27 P -t -1.2877 0.4686 70S 6E 0
-2510-May-2313:44:30 59603 6145 -55777 -22 P -t 1.0410 0.9017 70N 83E 0
-2510-Nov-1607:43:28 59589 6142 -55771 -17 T -p -0.5710 1.0358 47S 61W 55 14702m44s
-2509-May-1215:24:54 59576 6140 -55765 -12 A np 0.2883 0.9495 27N 170W 73 19305m59s
-2509-Nov-0523:21:52 59563 6137 -55759 -7 T n- 0.0940 1.0397 4S 78E 85 13303m43s
-2508-Apr-3016:59:16 59549 6134 -55753 -2 A p- -0.4821 0.9701 20S 179W 61 12203m26s
-2508-Oct-2512:42:16 59536 6132 -55747 3 A p- 0.7965 0.9897 45N 103W 37 6000m53s
-2507-Mar-2115:56:53 59525 6130 -55742 -30 P -t 1.3813 0.2904 71N 127E 0
-2507-Apr-2000:48:13 59522 6129 -55741 8 P t- -1.2183 0.5955 72S 137E 0
-2507-Sep-1502:03:39 59511 6127 -55736 -25 P -t -1.4442 0.2082 71S 17W 0
-2507-Oct-1419:40:30 59509 6127 -55735 13 P t- 1.5474 0.0287 71N 139W 0
-2506-Mar-1108:03:51 59498 6125 -55730 -20 T -p 0.6283 1.0697 26N 59W 51 29005m54s
-2506-Sep-0401:25:57 59485 6122 -55724 -15 A -p -0.7621 0.9253 33S 36E 40 43108m53s
-2505-Mar-0100:37:11 59471 6120 -55718 -10 Tm nn -0.0940 1.0513 21S 65E 84 17104m43s
-2505-Aug-2404:20:32 59458 6117 -55712 -5 A nn -0.0244 0.9733 17N 3E 89 9603m07s
-2504-Feb-1812:57:31 59444 6114 -55706 0 A p- -0.8667 0.9867 76S 84W 30 9500m54s
-2504-Aug-1214:42:42 59431 6112 -55700 5 T p- 0.6963 1.0270 65N 142W 46 12801m53s
-2503-Jan-0800:39:48 59420 6110 -55695 -28 P -t 1.3146 0.4263 65N 75E 0
-2503-Jul-0322:36:54 59407 6107 -55689 -23 P -t -1.1780 0.6779 64S 111E 0
-2503-Aug-0206:20:13 59405 6107 -55688 15 P t- 1.3678 0.3128 67N 147E 0
-2503-Dec-2800:22:28 59393 6105 -55683 -18 A -p 0.6121 0.9340 14N 70E 52 30908m42s
-2502-Jun-2313:54:31 59380 6102 -55677 -13 T -p -0.4696 1.0321 5S 137W 62 12203m17s
-2502-Dec-1705:33:42 59367 6100 -55671 -8 A n- -0.1141 0.9845 28S 18W 83 5501m34s
-2501-Jun-1223:20:36 59353 6097 -55665 -3 A nn 0.3078 0.9798 37N 67E 72 7501m59s
-2501-Dec-0617:41:20 59340 6094 -55659 2 T p- -0.7905 1.0264 65S 121E 37 14601m40s
-2500-Jun-0101:55:48 59327 6092 -55653 7 P t- 1.0966 0.7978 62N 91W 0
-2500-Oct-2622:10:56 59316 6090 -55648 -26 P -t 1.2681 0.5045 61N 173E 0
-2500-Nov-2509:14:15 59313 6089 -55647 12 P t- -1.4290 0.2018 62S 164E 0

Statistics for Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500 (2600 BCE to 2501 BCE)

During the 26th century BCE [2], Earth experienced 241 solar eclipses. The following table lists the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Solar Eclipses: -2599 to -2500
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 241100.0%
PartialP 81 33.6%
AnnularA 89 36.9%
TotalT 66 27.4%
HybridH 5 2.1%

Annular and total eclipses can be classified as either central or non-central as follows: 1) Central (two limits), 2) Central (one limit) or 3) Non-Central (one limit). The statistical distribution of these classes during the 26th century BCE appears in the following three tables (no Hybrids are included since all are central with two limits).

Annular and Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All 155100.0%
Central (two limits) 153 98.7%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 2 1.3%
Annular Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All Annular Eclipses 89100.0%
Central (two limits) 88 98.9%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 1 1.1%
Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All Total Eclipses 66100.0%
Central (two limits) 65 98.5%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 1 1.5%

There are a minimum of two and a maximum of five solar eclipses in every calendar year. Statistics for the number of eclipses each year during the century are listed below.

Number of Eclipses Per Year:
-2599 to -2500
Number of Eclipses Per Year Number of Years
2 70
3 19
4 11
5 0

There are two solar eclipses in the same same calendar month as follows: -2565 May.

The longest and shortest central eclipses of the century as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear in the following table.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Eclipses: -2599 to -2500
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse -2567 Dec 1610m06s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse -2571 Sep 0300m03s -
Longest Total Solar Eclipse -2566 Jun 1007m21s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse -2594 Jun 2000m52s -
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse -2570 Feb 2601m29s -
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse -2562 Sep 2300m14s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse -2539 Jun 12 - 0.93245
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse -2568 Feb 06 - 0.00795

During the century, 6 Saros series begin and 2 Saros series end. The table below gives the Saros series, number of eclipses in the series, the calendar date and whether it is the first or last eclipse in the series.

Begin and End of Saros Series: -2599 to -2500
Saros Series Number of Eclipses Date First/Last
7 72 -2590 Apr 08First
8 73 -2579 Mar 07First
9 74 -2568 Feb 06First
-32 73 -2565 May 02Last
15 75 -2557 Jul 01First
-31 73 -2554 Mar 31Last
14 85 -2550 Aug 11First
13 85 -2543 Sep 23First

Footnotes

[2] The terms BCE and CE are abbreviations for "Before Common Era" and "Common Era," respectively. They are the secular equivalents to the BC and AD dating conventions. (See: Year Dating Conventions)

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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 DE431 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 book 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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