EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 59

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 59

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 59 . 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 59
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	-34	-1031-Jun-19	16:51:40	25819	683	-37483	Pb	t-	1.5204	0.0720	64N	120W	0	-	-
2	-33	-1013-Jun-30	23:17:37	25493	647	-37260	P	t-	1.4414	0.2079	65N	132E	0	-	-
3	-32	-0995-Jul-11	05:46:55	25170	620	-37037	P	t-	1.3647	0.3393	66N	23E	0	-	-
4	-31	-0977-Jul-22	12:24:02	24848	613	-36814	P	t-	1.2937	0.4602	67N	88W	0	-	-
5	-30	-0959-Aug-01	19:06:46	24528	606	-36591	P	t-	1.2268	0.5735	68N	158E	0	-	-
6	-29	-0941-Aug-13	02:00:12	24210	599	-36368	P	t-	1.1681	0.6724	69N	42E	0	-	-
7	-28	-0923-Aug-23	09:01:35	23895	592	-36145	P	t-	1.1156	0.7601	70N	77W	0	-	-
8	-27	-0905-Sep-03	16:13:00	23581	586	-35922	P	t-	1.0709	0.8342	71N	161E	0	-	-
9	-26	-0887-Sep-13	23:33:44	23270	579	-35699	P	t-	1.0335	0.8959	72N	35E	0	-	-
10	-25	-0869-Sep-25	07:05:09	22960	572	-35476	A+	t-	1.0042	0.9438	72N	93W	0	-	-
11	-24	-0851-Oct-05	14:44:51	22653	565	-35253	An	t-	0.9815	0.9125	69N	108E	10	-	06m55s
12	-23	-0833-Oct-16	22:32:24	22348	558	-35030	A	t-	0.9648	0.9123	63N	28W	15	1304	07m34s
13	-22	-0815-Oct-27	06:26:41	22045	551	-34807	A	p-	0.9533	0.9122	59N	158W	17	1125	08m07s
14	-21	-0797-Nov-07	14:26:56	21744	545	-34584	A	p-	0.9460	0.9124	55N	74E	18	1043	08m34s
15	-20	-0779-Nov-17	22:29:52	21445	538	-34361	A	p-	0.9405	0.9131	52N	55W	19	986	08m53s
16	-19	-0761-Nov-29	06:35:30	21148	531	-34138	A	p-	0.9365	0.9145	49N	177E	20	941	09m04s
17	-18	-0743-Dec-09	14:40:28	20853	524	-33915	A	p-	0.9313	0.9166	47N	49E	21	882	09m04s
18	-17	-0725-Dec-20	22:44:48	20560	517	-33692	A	p-	0.9250	0.9194	45N	78W	22	813	08m54s
19	-16	-0707-Dec-31	06:44:03	20269	510	-33469	A	p-	0.9138	0.9230	42N	156E	24	719	08m34s
20	-15	-0688-Jan-11	14:40:06	19980	503	-33246	A	p-	0.8991	0.9273	40N	32E	26	622	08m04s
21	-14	-0670-Jan-21	22:28:58	19694	496	-33023	A	p-	0.8776	0.9323	38N	90W	28	522	07m26s
22	-13	-0652-Feb-02	06:11:19	19409	489	-32800	A	p-	0.8501	0.9378	36N	151E	32	429	06m42s
23	-12	-0634-Feb-12	13:45:06	19127	482	-32577	A	p-	0.8146	0.9438	34N	35E	35	348	05m55s
24	-11	-0616-Feb-23	21:11:58	18846	475	-32354	A	p-	0.7727	0.9501	33N	79W	39	280	05m06s
25	-10	-0598-Mar-06	04:30:54	18568	468	-32131	A	p-	0.7231	0.9565	32N	170E	43	223	04m19s
26	-9	-0580-Mar-16	11:41:41	18293	461	-31908	A	p-	0.6659	0.9631	32N	61E	48	174	03m34s
27	-8	-0562-Mar-27	18:46:09	18019	454	-31685	A	p-	0.6026	0.9695	32N	45W	53	134	02m53s
28	-7	-0544-Apr-07	01:44:44	17746	447	-31462	A	p-	0.5335	0.9758	32N	149W	58	100	02m15s
29	-6	-0526-Apr-18	08:38:54	17477	440	-31239	A	p-	0.4596	0.9818	32N	108E	62	72	01m41s
30	-5	-0508-Apr-28	15:29:06	17209	433	-31016	A	p-	0.3811	0.9874	32N	7E	67	48	01m11s
31	-4	-0490-May-09	22:18:11	16915	427	-30793	A	p-	0.3006	0.9925	32N	94W	72	28	00m43s
32	-3	-0472-May-20	05:06:27	16603	420	-30570	A	nn	0.2185	0.9970	31N	165E	77	11	00m17s
33	-2	-0454-May-31	11:55:15	16292	414	-30347	H	nn	0.1357	1.0010	29N	64E	82	4	00m06s
34	-1	-0436-Jun-10	18:46:41	15998	407	-30124	H	nn	0.0538	1.0044	26N	38W	87	15	00m27s
35	0	-0418-Jun-22	01:42:09	15710	401	-29901	H	nn	-0.0255	1.0071	22N	141W	89	25	00m46s
36	1	-0400-Jul-02	08:43:18	15422	394	-29678	H	nn	-0.1012	1.0092	18N	113E	84	32	01m01s
37	2	-0382-Jul-13	15:49:54	15153	388	-29455	Hm	nn	-0.1733	1.0108	13N	6E	80	38	01m12s
38	3	-0364-Jul-23	23:05:14	14884	381	-29232	H	nn	-0.2389	1.0118	8N	105W	76	42	01m19s
39	4	-0346-Aug-04	06:28:12	14619	375	-29009	H	-n	-0.2988	1.0123	2N	142E	73	44	01m22s
40	5	-0328-Aug-14	14:00:37	14368	369	-28786	H	-n	-0.3517	1.0126	4S	26E	69	46	01m22s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 59
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	6	-0310-Aug-25	21:41:51	14118	363	-28563	H	-n	-0.3979	1.0124	10S	92W	66	47	01m18s
42	7	-0292-Sep-05	05:33:40	13873	357	-28340	H	-n	-0.4362	1.0123	16S	147E	64	47	01m14s
43	8	-0274-Sep-16	13:35:07	13635	351	-28117	H	-n	-0.4670	1.0120	22S	23E	62	46	01m10s
44	9	-0256-Sep-26	21:45:11	13398	345	-27894	H	-p	-0.4913	1.0119	28S	102W	60	47	01m06s
45	10	-0238-Oct-08	06:05:05	13169	339	-27671	H	-p	-0.5083	1.0118	33S	131E	59	47	01m03s
46	11	-0220-Oct-18	14:32:36	12945	333	-27448	H	-p	-0.5199	1.0122	39S	2E	58	49	01m03s
47	12	-0202-Oct-29	23:07:31	12720	327	-27225	H	-p	-0.5259	1.0129	43S	128W	58	52	01m05s
48	13	-0184-Nov-09	07:46:24	12508	321	-27002	H	-p	-0.5294	1.0140	48S	103E	58	57	01m08s
49	14	-0166-Nov-20	16:30:43	12296	315	-26779	T	-p	-0.5291	1.0157	51S	26W	58	64	01m15s
50	15	-0148-Dec-01	01:16:25	12087	310	-26556	T	-p	-0.5287	1.0179	54S	154W	58	72	01m23s
51	16	-0130-Dec-12	10:03:20	11886	304	-26333	T	-p	-0.5278	1.0206	55S	78E	58	83	01m35s
52	17	-0112-Dec-22	18:48:10	11686	298	-26110	T	-p	-0.5293	1.0238	56S	48W	58	96	01m48s
53	18	-0093-Jan-03	03:31:13	11488	293	-25887	T	-p	-0.5329	1.0275	55S	173W	58	110	02m03s
54	19	-0075-Jan-13	12:09:14	11295	287	-25664	T	-p	-0.5412	1.0315	53S	61E	57	127	02m19s
55	20	-0057-Jan-24	20:42:08	11101	282	-25441	T	-p	-0.5544	1.0359	51S	64W	56	145	02m36s
56	21	-0039-Feb-04	05:08:20	10912	276	-25218	T	-p	-0.5737	1.0404	49S	172E	55	164	02m55s
57	22	-0021-Feb-15	13:28:11	10726	271	-24995	T	-p	-0.5989	1.0450	46S	48E	53	186	03m13s
58	23	-0003-Feb-25	21:39:19	10540	266	-24772	T	-p	-0.6317	1.0495	43S	73W	51	209	03m32s
59	24	0015-Mar-09	05:43:54	10361	261	-24549	T	-p	-0.6705	1.0537	41S	166E	48	236	03m49s
60	25	0033-Mar-19	13:39:59	10184	255	-24326	T	-p	-0.7166	1.0576	40S	47E	44	267	04m06s
61	26	0051-Mar-30	21:30:50	10007	250	-24103	T	-p	-0.7679	1.0609	40S	71W	40	305	04m21s
62	27	0069-Apr-10	05:13:01	9833	245	-23880	T	-p	-0.8267	1.0633	41S	174E	34	361	04m31s
63	28	0087-Apr-21	12:51:51	9660	240	-23657	T	-p	-0.8886	1.0647	44S	60E	27	453	04m34s
64	29	0105-May-01	20:24:27	9487	235	-23434	T	-t	-0.9557	1.0643	51S	50W	17	715	04m21s
65	30	0123-May-13	03:55:27	9315	230	-23211	P	-t	-1.0246	0.9776	62S	150W	0	-	-
66	31	0141-May-23	11:21:59	9143	225	-22988	P	-t	-1.0972	0.8370	63S	89E	0	-	-
67	32	0159-Jun-03	18:49:23	8971	221	-22765	P	-t	-1.1693	0.6968	64S	34W	0	-	-
68	33	0177-Jun-14	02:15:10	8799	216	-22542	P	-t	-1.2422	0.5547	65S	156W	0	-	-
69	34	0195-Jun-25	09:43:06	8627	211	-22319	P	-t	-1.3134	0.4161	66S	82E	0	-	-
70	35	0213-Jul-05	17:12:18	8455	206	-22096	P	-t	-1.3833	0.2804	67S	42W	0	-	-
71	36	0231-Jul-17	00:46:15	8283	202	-21873	P	-t	-1.4490	0.1534	68S	167W	0	-	-
72	37	0249-Jul-27	08:24:14	8111	197	-21650	Pe	-t	-1.5111	0.0344	69S	66E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 59

Solar eclipses of Saros 59 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 -1031 Jun 19. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 0249 Jul 27. The total duration of Saros series 59 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 59

First Eclipse	-1031 Jun 19
Last Eclipse	0249 Jul 27
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	9P 23A 16H 16T 8P

Saros 59 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 59
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	17	23.6%
Annular	A	23	31.9%
Total	T	16	22.2%
Hybrid	H	16	22.2%

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 59 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 59
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	55	100.0%
Central (two limits)	53	96.4%
Central (one limit)	1	1.8%
Non-Central (one limit)	1	1.8%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 59 occur in the following order : 9P 23A 16H 16T 8P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 59 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 59
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	-0743 Dec 09	09m04s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	-0472 May 20	00m17s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	0087 Apr 21	04m34s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	-0166 Nov 20	01m15s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-0346 Aug 04	01m22s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-0454 May 31	00m06s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	0123 May 13	-	0.97760
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	0249 Jul 27	-	0.03437

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 59

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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