EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 128

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 128

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 128 . 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 128
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	-42	0984-Aug-29	08:35:34	1645	56	-12558	Pb	t-	-1.5263	0.0084	61S	18W	0	-	-
2	-41	1002-Sep-09	16:38:22	1540	53	-12335	P	t-	-1.4841	0.0910	61S	148W	0	-	-
3	-40	1020-Sep-20	00:47:43	1448	51	-12112	P	t-	-1.4475	0.1624	61S	80E	0	-	-
4	-39	1038-Oct-01	09:05:26	1357	49	-11889	P	t-	-1.4178	0.2200	61S	53W	0	-	-
5	-38	1056-Oct-11	17:30:21	1270	47	-11666	P	t-	-1.3943	0.2655	61S	171E	0	-	-
6	-37	1074-Oct-23	02:01:43	1189	44	-11443	P	t-	-1.3766	0.2998	62S	34E	0	-	-
7	-36	1092-Nov-02	10:39:33	1109	42	-11220	P	t-	-1.3644	0.3233	62S	105W	0	-	-
8	-35	1110-Nov-13	19:22:16	1036	40	-10997	P	t-	-1.3569	0.3379	63S	115E	0	-	-
9	-34	1128-Nov-24	04:09:23	968	38	-10774	P	t-	-1.3532	0.3452	64S	26W	0	-	-
10	-33	1146-Dec-05	12:57:31	900	36	-10551	P	t-	-1.3508	0.3499	65S	168W	0	-	-
11	-32	1164-Dec-15	21:48:00	841	34	-10328	P	t-	-1.3508	0.3501	66S	49E	0	-	-
12	-31	1182-Dec-27	06:37:06	784	32	-10105	P	t-	-1.3506	0.3505	67S	94W	0	-	-
13	-30	1201-Jan-06	15:24:27	727	31	-9882	P	t-	-1.3492	0.3532	68S	122E	0	-	-
14	-29	1219-Jan-18	00:06:44	677	29	-9659	P	t-	-1.3446	0.3618	69S	20W	0	-	-
15	-28	1237-Jan-28	08:44:47	627	27	-9436	P	t-	-1.3370	0.3758	70S	162W	0	-	-
16	-27	1255-Feb-08	17:15:39	580	26	-9213	P	t-	-1.3244	0.3990	71S	57E	0	-	-
17	-26	1273-Feb-19	01:39:00	541	24	-8990	P	t-	-1.3067	0.4320	71S	82W	0	-	-
18	-25	1291-Mar-02	09:53:46	501	22	-8767	P	t-	-1.2827	0.4766	72S	140E	0	-	-
19	-24	1309-Mar-12	18:00:22	466	21	-8544	P	t-	-1.2527	0.5322	72S	4E	0	-	-
20	-23	1327-Mar-24	01:56:49	434	20	-8321	P	t-	-1.2152	0.6019	72S	129W	0	-	-
21	-22	1345-Apr-03	09:44:55	402	20	-8098	P	t-	-1.1717	0.6829	71S	100E	0	-	-
22	-21	1363-Apr-14	17:23:45	372	20	-7875	P	t-	-1.1213	0.7767	71S	29W	0	-	-
23	-20	1381-Apr-25	00:55:44	344	20	-7652	P	t-	-1.0660	0.8793	70S	155W	0	-	-
24	-19	1399-May-06	08:18:26	315	20	-7429	P	t-	-1.0036	0.9948	69S	82E	0	-	-
25	-18	1417-May-16	15:36:29	292	20	-7206	T	p-	-0.9379	1.0180	49S	46W	20	180	01m30s
26	-17	1435-May-27	22:47:52	269	20	-6983	T	p-	-0.8671	1.0184	38S	160W	30	127	01m43s
27	-16	1453-Jun-07	05:56:42	247	20	-6760	T	p-	-0.7949	1.0175	29S	89E	37	99	01m45s
28	-15	1471-Jun-18	13:00:11	227	20	-6537	T	p-	-0.7189	1.0157	22S	20W	44	77	01m38s
29	-14	1489-Jun-28	20:04:23	208	20	-6314	H3	p-	-0.6441	1.0130	17S	127W	50	58	01m23s
30	-13	1507-Jul-10	03:06:32	189	20	-6091	H	p-	-0.5680	1.0095	12S	126E	55	40	01m01s
31	-12	1525-Jul-20	10:11:02	171	20	-5868	H	p-	-0.4947	1.0054	9S	19E	60	22	00m35s
32	-11	1543-Jul-31	17:16:22	153	20	-5645	H	p-	-0.4229	1.0007	7S	87W	65	3	00m05s
33	-10	1561-Aug-11	00:27:06	140	20	-5422	A	n-	-0.3564	0.9956	7S	166E	69	16	00m27s
34	-9	1579-Aug-22	07:41:31	130	20	-5199	A	n-	-0.2938	0.9901	7S	57E	73	36	01m00s
35	-8	1597-Sep-11	15:01:21	119	20	-4976	A	nn	-0.2363	0.9843	8S	52W	76	57	01m35s
36	-7	1615-Sep-22	22:27:20	95	18	-4753	A	nn	-0.1850	0.9784	9S	164W	79	78	02m11s
37	-6	1633-Oct-03	06:00:37	69	15	-4530	Am	nn	-0.1405	0.9726	11S	83E	82	99	02m48s
38	-5	1651-Oct-14	13:40:55	45	12	-4307	A	nn	-0.1025	0.9668	14S	31W	84	120	03m27s
39	-4	1669-Oct-24	21:28:04	25	10	-4084	A	nn	-0.0710	0.9613	16S	148W	86	141	04m07s
40	-3	1687-Nov-05	05:22:24	10	7	-3861	A	nn	-0.0461	0.9561	18S	94E	87	160	04m49s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 128
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	-2	1705-Nov-16	13:23:06	8	5	-3638	A	nn	-0.0271	0.9514	20S	25W	88	178	05m31s
42	-1	1723-Nov-27	21:28:15	10	4	-3415	A	nn	-0.0125	0.9471	22S	145W	89	195	06m12s
43	0	1741-Dec-08	05:37:59	12	3	-3192	A	nn	-0.0024	0.9434	23S	94E	90	209	06m51s
44	1	1759-Dec-19	13:50:05	14	3	-2969	A	nn	0.0051	0.9404	23S	28W	90	221	07m25s
45	2	1777-Dec-29	22:03:28	16	2	-2746	A	nn	0.0109	0.9380	23S	150W	90	231	07m53s
46	3	1796-Jan-10	06:14:52	15	1	-2523	A	nn	0.0179	0.9362	21S	88E	89	238	08m15s
47	4	1814-Jan-21	14:24:46	12	1	-2300	A	nn	0.0253	0.9350	19S	33W	89	242	08m28s
48	5	1832-Feb-01	22:30:14	6	1	-2077	A	nn	0.0354	0.9344	15S	154W	88	245	08m35s
49	6	1850-Feb-12	06:29:37	7	1	-1854	A	nn	0.0503	0.9345	11S	86E	87	245	08m35s
50	7	1868-Feb-23	14:21:31	3	0	-1631	A	nn	0.0706	0.9348	6S	33W	86	243	08m30s
51	8	1886-Mar-05	22:05:25	-6	0	-1408	A	nn	0.0970	0.9357	0S	150W	84	240	08m20s
52	9	1904-Mar-17	05:40:44	3	0	-1185	A	nn	0.1299	0.9368	6N	95E	82	237	08m07s
53	10	1922-Mar-28	13:05:26	23	0	-962	A	nn	0.1711	0.9381	12N	18W	80	233	07m50s
54	11	1940-Apr-07	20:21:21	24	0	-739	A	nn	0.2190	0.9394	19N	129W	77	230	07m30s
55	12	1958-Apr-19	03:27:17	32	0	-516	A	np	0.2750	0.9408	26N	124E	74	228	07m07s
56	13	1976-Apr-29	10:24:18	47	0	-293	A	-p	0.3378	0.9421	34N	18E	70	227	06m41s
57	14	1994-May-10	17:12:26	60	0	-70	A	-p	0.4077	0.9431	42N	84W	66	230	06m13s
58	15	2012-May-20	23:53:54	67	0	153	A	-p	0.4828	0.9439	49N	176E	61	237	05m46s
59	16	2030-Jun-01	06:29:13	73	2	376	A	-p	0.5626	0.9443	57N	80E	55	250	05m21s
60	17	2048-Jun-11	12:58:53	82	8	599	A	-p	0.6468	0.9441	64N	12W	49	271	04m58s
61	18	2066-Jun-22	19:25:48	93	17	822	A	-p	0.7330	0.9435	70N	97W	43	309	04m40s
62	19	2084-Jul-03	01:50:26	107	27	1045	A	-p	0.8208	0.9421	75N	169W	35	377	04m25s
63	20	2102-Jul-15	08:15:14	123	39	1268	A	-t	0.9080	0.9398	76N	134E	24	539	04m14s
64	21	2120-Jul-25	14:40:01	142	53	1491	An	-t	0.9948	0.9343	66N	90E	4	-	04m00s
65	22	2138-Aug-05	21:08:57	163	68	1714	P	-t	1.0781	0.8284	62N	10W	0	-	-
66	23	2156-Aug-16	03:41:27	187	84	1937	P	-t	1.1584	0.6912	62N	117W	0	-	-
67	24	2174-Aug-27	10:19:55	214	102	2160	P	-t	1.2336	0.5629	61N	135E	0	-	-
68	25	2192-Sep-06	17:05:08	243	120	2383	P	-t	1.3032	0.4444	61N	25E	0	-	-
69	26	2210-Sep-18	23:59:09	275	140	2606	P	-t	1.3657	0.3384	61N	87W	0	-	-
70	27	2228-Sep-29	07:02:07	309	161	2829	P	-t	1.4212	0.2445	61N	159E	0	-	-
71	28	2246-Oct-10	14:13:18	346	182	3052	P	-t	1.4705	0.1615	61N	42E	0	-	-
72	29	2264-Oct-20	21:35:23	386	205	3275	P	-t	1.5111	0.0933	62N	77W	0	-	-
73	30	2282-Nov-01	05:06:23	428	229	3498	Pe	-t	1.5448	0.0370	62N	162E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 128

Solar eclipses of Saros 128 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 0984 Aug 29. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 2282 Nov 01. The total duration of Saros series 128 is 1298.17 years.

Summary of Saros 128

First Eclipse	0984 Aug 29
Last Eclipse	2282 Nov 01
Series Duration	1298.17 Years
No. of Eclipses	73
Sequence	24P 4T 4H 32A 9P

Saros 128 is composed of 73 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 128
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	73	100.0%
Partial	P	33	45.2%
Annular	A	32	43.8%
Total	T	4	5.5%
Hybrid	H	4	5.5%

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 128 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 128
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	40	100.0%
Central (two limits)	39	97.5%
Central (one limit)	1	2.5%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 73 eclipses in Saros 128 occur in the following order : 24P 4T 4H 32A 9P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 128 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 128
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	1832 Feb 01	08m35s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	1561 Aug 11	00m27s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	1453 Jun 07	01m45s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	1417 May 16	01m30s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1489 Jun 28	01m23s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1543 Jul 31	00m05s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	1399 May 06	-	0.99479
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	0984 Aug 29	-	0.00838

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 128

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

Eclipse Publications

by Fred Espenak

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:

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.

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.