EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 45

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 45

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 45 . 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 45
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	-37	-1436-Mar-30	06:40:32	33690	1704	-42495	Pb	t-	1.5037	0.0565	61N	135E	0	-	-
2	-36	-1418-Apr-10	14:09:59	33318	1651	-42272	P	t-	1.4373	0.1813	61N	13E	0	-	-
3	-35	-1400-Apr-20	21:33:41	32948	1598	-42049	P	t-	1.3655	0.3178	61N	109W	0	-	-
4	-34	-1382-May-02	04:56:33	32579	1546	-41826	P	t-	1.2923	0.4580	61N	130E	0	-	-
5	-33	-1364-May-12	12:16:50	32213	1495	-41603	P	t-	1.2165	0.6040	62N	10E	0	-	-
6	-32	-1346-May-23	19:37:25	31849	1445	-41380	P	t-	1.1404	0.7513	62N	111W	0	-	-
7	-31	-1328-Jun-03	02:58:49	31487	1395	-41157	P	t-	1.0645	0.8984	63N	128E	0	-	-
8	-30	-1310-Jun-14	10:23:20	31127	1346	-40934	Tn	t-	0.9910	1.0593	69N	15E	6	-	02m48s
9	-29	-1292-Jun-24	17:51:13	30769	1298	-40711	T	t-	0.9195	1.0642	81N	54W	23	545	03m22s
10	-28	-1274-Jul-06	01:23:30	30413	1250	-40488	T	p-	0.8516	1.0658	81N	107W	31	415	03m41s
11	-27	-1256-Jul-16	09:02:02	30059	1203	-40265	T	p-	0.7887	1.0660	76N	167E	38	354	03m54s
12	-26	-1238-Jul-27	16:47:23	29708	1157	-40042	T	p-	0.7316	1.0651	69N	60E	43	314	04m04s
13	-25	-1220-Aug-07	00:39:49	29358	1112	-39819	T	p-	0.6802	1.0636	62N	56W	47	285	04m11s
14	-24	-1202-Aug-18	08:40:19	29010	1067	-39596	T	p-	0.6356	1.0613	56N	176W	50	261	04m15s
15	-23	-1184-Aug-28	16:49:22	28665	1024	-39373	T	p-	0.5981	1.0587	49N	60E	53	241	04m15s
16	-22	-1166-Sep-09	01:06:48	28321	981	-39150	T	p-	0.5680	1.0558	43N	66W	55	223	04m13s
17	-21	-1148-Sep-19	09:30:54	27980	938	-38927	T	p-	0.5437	1.0528	37N	165E	57	207	04m10s
18	-20	-1130-Sep-30	18:03:28	27641	897	-38704	T	p-	0.5267	1.0498	32N	34E	58	193	04m05s
19	-19	-1112-Oct-11	02:42:11	27303	856	-38481	T	p-	0.5149	1.0469	26N	98W	59	181	03m59s
20	-18	-1094-Oct-22	11:27:09	26968	816	-38258	T	p-	0.5087	1.0444	22N	127E	59	171	03m54s
21	-17	-1076-Nov-01	20:15:05	26635	777	-38035	T	p-	0.5052	1.0421	18N	7W	60	162	03m50s
22	-16	-1058-Nov-13	05:07:09	26304	738	-37812	T	n-	0.5054	1.0404	14N	143W	60	156	03m47s
23	-15	-1040-Nov-23	13:59:54	25975	701	-37589	T	n-	0.5064	1.0390	11N	81E	59	151	03m45s
24	-14	-1022-Dec-04	22:52:18	25648	664	-37366	T	n-	0.5073	1.0382	9N	55W	59	149	03m44s
25	-13	-1004-Dec-15	07:42:25	25323	628	-37143	T	n-	0.5065	1.0378	8N	170E	60	147	03m45s
26	-12	-0986-Dec-26	16:29:11	25000	616	-36920	T	n-	0.5030	1.0380	6N	36E	60	147	03m46s
27	-11	-0967-Jan-06	01:10:26	24680	609	-36697	T	n-	0.4954	1.0385	6N	97W	60	148	03m47s
28	-10	-0949-Jan-17	09:44:55	24361	603	-36474	T	n-	0.4824	1.0393	6N	132E	61	150	03m49s
29	-9	-0931-Jan-27	18:12:16	24045	596	-36251	T	n-	0.4638	1.0404	6N	3E	62	152	03m50s
30	-8	-0913-Feb-08	02:31:22	23730	589	-36028	T	n-	0.4386	1.0416	6N	124W	64	154	03m51s
31	-7	-0895-Feb-18	10:40:43	23418	582	-35805	T	n-	0.4058	1.0428	7N	112E	66	155	03m51s
32	-6	-0877-Mar-01	18:41:19	23107	575	-35582	T	n-	0.3663	1.0439	8N	9W	68	156	03m52s
33	-5	-0859-Mar-12	02:32:35	22799	568	-35359	T	n-	0.3195	1.0447	10N	129W	71	156	03m52s
34	-4	-0841-Mar-23	10:15:57	22493	561	-35136	T	n-	0.2665	1.0452	11N	115E	74	156	03m52s
35	-3	-0823-Apr-02	17:49:28	22189	555	-34913	T	nn	0.2060	1.0451	12N	1E	78	153	03m51s
36	-2	-0805-Apr-14	01:16:59	21886	548	-34690	T	nn	0.1412	1.0445	13N	112W	82	150	03m50s
37	-1	-0787-Apr-24	08:36:33	21587	541	-34467	Tm	nn	0.0706	1.0432	14N	138E	86	145	03m47s
38	0	-0769-May-05	15:51:43	21289	534	-34244	T	nn	-0.0030	1.0413	13N	29E	90	138	03m44s
39	1	-0751-May-15	23:01:17	20993	527	-34021	T	nn	-0.0806	1.0386	13N	78W	85	130	03m37s
40	2	-0733-May-27	06:09:09	20699	520	-33798	T	nn	-0.1588	1.0352	11N	175E	81	120	03m26s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 45
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	3	-0715-Jun-06	13:14:49	20407	514	-33575	T	-n	-0.2378	1.0309	9N	68E	76	108	03m10s
42	4	-0697-Jun-17	20:20:05	20117	507	-33352	T	-p	-0.3162	1.0261	5N	39W	72	93	02m47s
43	5	-0679-Jun-28	03:26:39	19830	499	-33129	T	-p	-0.3924	1.0206	1N	147W	67	76	02m16s
44	6	-0661-Jul-09	10:35:23	19544	492	-32906	H3	-p	-0.4656	1.0146	4S	103E	62	56	01m38s
45	7	-0643-Jul-19	17:48:11	19261	485	-32683	H	-p	-0.5346	1.0080	10S	8W	58	33	00m54s
46	8	-0625-Jul-31	01:04:33	18979	478	-32460	H	-p	-0.5993	1.0011	16S	120W	53	5	00m07s
47	9	-0607-Aug-10	08:27:45	18700	471	-32237	A	-p	-0.6570	0.9940	23S	125E	49	28	00m39s
48	10	-0589-Aug-21	15:56:32	18424	464	-32014	A	-p	-0.7090	0.9868	29S	8E	45	66	01m22s
49	11	-0571-Aug-31	23:33:06	18149	457	-31791	A	-p	-0.7534	0.9796	36S	112W	41	109	02m01s
50	12	-0553-Sep-12	07:16:11	17875	450	-31568	A	-p	-0.7915	0.9726	43S	127E	37	159	02m33s
51	13	-0535-Sep-22	15:07:45	17605	443	-31345	A	-p	-0.8216	0.9659	49S	3E	34	214	03m01s
52	14	-0517-Oct-03	23:05:24	17336	437	-31122	A	-p	-0.8456	0.9597	55S	123W	32	273	03m23s
53	15	-0499-Oct-14	07:09:28	17063	430	-30899	A	-p	-0.8635	0.9540	61S	109E	30	333	03m40s
54	16	-0481-Oct-25	15:18:46	16752	423	-30676	A	-p	-0.8764	0.9489	67S	20W	28	391	03m54s
55	17	-0463-Nov-04	23:33:15	16440	417	-30453	A	-p	-0.8845	0.9446	72S	149W	27	442	04m06s
56	18	-0445-Nov-16	07:49:39	16136	410	-30230	A	-p	-0.8903	0.9409	77S	82E	27	486	04m15s
57	19	-0427-Nov-26	16:07:23	15847	404	-30007	A	-p	-0.8943	0.9379	82S	43W	26	523	04m22s
58	20	-0409-Dec-08	00:23:56	15558	397	-29784	A	-p	-0.8987	0.9357	86S	156W	26	556	04m27s
59	21	-0391-Dec-18	08:39:10	15280	391	-29561	A	-p	-0.9037	0.9339	87S	170E	25	586	04m31s
60	22	-0373-Dec-29	16:48:15	15011	384	-29338	A	-p	-0.9131	0.9327	83S	81E	24	628	04m33s
61	23	-0354-Jan-09	00:52:54	14743	378	-29115	A	-t	-0.9255	0.9319	79S	36W	22	685	04m34s
62	24	-0336-Jan-20	08:48:33	14488	372	-28892	A	-t	-0.9447	0.9312	74S	151W	19	802	04m33s
63	25	-0318-Jan-30	16:37:14	14237	366	-28669	A	-t	-0.9686	0.9305	70S	96E	14	1087	04m31s
64	26	-0300-Feb-11	00:14:00	13986	360	-28446	A-	-t	-1.0019	0.9563	62S	1E	0	-	-
65	27	-0282-Feb-21	07:42:55	13748	353	-28223	P	-t	-1.0407	0.8909	61S	121W	0	-	-
66	28	-0264-Mar-03	14:59:37	13511	347	-28000	P	-t	-1.0888	0.8094	61S	120E	0	-	-
67	29	-0246-Mar-14	22:07:06	13276	341	-27777	P	-t	-1.1436	0.7164	61S	4E	0	-	-
68	30	-0228-Mar-25	05:03:18	13051	335	-27554	P	-t	-1.2067	0.6090	61S	110W	0	-	-
69	31	-0210-Apr-05	11:51:57	12827	330	-27331	P	-t	-1.2751	0.4923	61S	138E	0	-	-
70	32	-0192-Apr-15	18:31:45	12608	324	-27108	P	-t	-1.3500	0.3641	61S	29E	0	-	-
71	33	-0174-Apr-27	01:04:22	12397	318	-26885	P	-t	-1.4297	0.2275	61S	79W	0	-	-
72	34	-0156-May-07	07:31:24	12186	312	-26662	Pe	-t	-1.5129	0.0849	62S	174E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 45

Solar eclipses of Saros 45 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 -1436 Mar 30. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on -0156 May 07. The total duration of Saros series 45 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 45

First Eclipse	-1436 Mar 30
Last Eclipse	-0156 May 07
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	7P 36T 3H 18A 8P

Saros 45 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 45
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	15	20.8%
Annular	A	18	25.0%
Total	T	36	50.0%
Hybrid	H	3	4.2%

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 45 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 45
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	57	100.0%
Central (two limits)	55	96.5%
Central (one limit)	1	1.8%
Non-Central (one limit)	1	1.8%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 45 occur in the following order : 7P 36T 3H 18A 8P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 45 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 45
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	-0354 Jan 09	04m34s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	-0607 Aug 10	00m39s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	-1184 Aug 28	04m15s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	-0679 Jun 28	02m16s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-0661 Jul 09	01m38s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-0625 Jul 31	00m07s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	-1328 Jun 03	-	0.89842
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	-1436 Mar 30	-	0.05652

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 45

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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