EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 136

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 136

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 136 . 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 136
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	-35	1360-Jun-14	05:56:02	377	20	-7910	Pb	t-	-1.5227	0.0494	66S	78E	0	-	-
2	-34	1378-Jun-25	12:45:14	348	20	-7687	P	t-	-1.4393	0.1975	65S	34W	0	-	-
3	-33	1396-Jul-05	19:37:38	320	20	-7464	P	t-	-1.3568	0.3448	64S	147W	0	-	-
4	-32	1414-Jul-17	02:35:01	296	20	-7241	P	t-	-1.2771	0.4880	63S	99E	0	-	-
5	-31	1432-Jul-27	09:39:00	273	20	-7018	P	t-	-1.2011	0.6249	62S	16W	0	-	-
6	-30	1450-Aug-07	16:48:47	250	20	-6795	P	t-	-1.1287	0.7559	62S	133W	0	-	-
7	-29	1468-Aug-18	00:08:07	230	20	-6572	P	t-	-1.0627	0.8752	61S	108E	0	-	-
8	-28	1486-Aug-29	07:34:54	211	20	-6349	P	t-	-1.0018	0.9855	61S	12W	0	-	-
9	-27	1504-Sep-08	15:12:13	192	20	-6126	A	t-	-0.9487	0.9924	55S	103W	18	83	00m32s
10	-26	1522-Sep-19	22:57:31	174	20	-5903	A	t-	-0.9012	0.9946	54S	146E	25	42	00m23s
11	-25	1540-Sep-30	06:54:10	156	20	-5680	A	p-	-0.8621	0.9960	55S	29E	30	27	00m17s
12	-24	1558-Oct-11	14:58:54	142	20	-5457	A	p-	-0.8290	0.9971	57S	90W	34	18	00m12s
13	-23	1576-Oct-21	23:13:04	131	20	-5234	A	p-	-0.8032	0.9981	59S	148E	36	11	00m08s
14	-22	1594-Nov-12	07:34:48	121	20	-5011	A	p-	-0.7829	0.9991	62S	25E	38	5	00m04s
15	-21	1612-Nov-22	16:04:34	99	18	-4788	H	p-	-0.7692	1.0002	66S	98W	39	1	00m01s
16	-20	1630-Dec-04	00:38:58	73	15	-4565	H	p-	-0.7585	1.0017	69S	140E	40	9	00m07s
17	-19	1648-Dec-14	09:17:54	48	13	-4342	H	p-	-0.7510	1.0035	71S	20E	41	18	00m14s
18	-18	1666-Dec-25	17:59:15	28	10	-4119	H	p-	-0.7452	1.0058	72S	98W	42	30	00m24s
19	-17	1685-Jan-05	02:42:50	11	7	-3896	H	p-	-0.7409	1.0086	71S	143E	42	44	00m35s
20	-16	1703-Jan-17	11:24:25	8	5	-3673	H2	p-	-0.7345	1.0120	68S	22E	42	61	00m50s
21	-15	1721-Jan-27	20:05:11	10	4	-3450	T	p-	-0.7269	1.0158	64S	102W	43	79	01m07s
22	-14	1739-Feb-08	04:41:13	11	3	-3227	T	p-	-0.7150	1.0203	59S	131E	44	99	01m27s
23	-13	1757-Feb-18	13:14:12	14	3	-3004	T	p-	-0.7000	1.0251	54S	3E	45	119	01m51s
24	-12	1775-Mar-01	21:39:20	16	2	-2781	T	p-	-0.6783	1.0304	48S	125W	47	139	02m20s
25	-11	1793-Mar-12	06:00:07	16	1	-2558	T	p-	-0.6524	1.0359	42S	108E	49	158	02m51s
26	-10	1811-Mar-24	14:12:13	12	1	-2335	T	p-	-0.6190	1.0416	35S	18W	52	176	03m27s
27	-9	1829-Apr-03	22:18:36	8	1	-2112	T	p-	-0.5803	1.0474	28S	143W	54	192	04m05s
28	-8	1847-Apr-15	06:16:13	6	1	-1889	T	p-	-0.5339	1.0530	22S	95E	58	206	04m44s
29	-7	1865-Apr-25	14:08:34	6	0	-1666	T	p-	-0.4826	1.0584	15S	26W	61	219	05m23s
30	-6	1883-May-06	21:53:49	-6	0	-1443	T	p-	-0.4250	1.0634	8S	145W	65	229	05m58s
31	-5	1901-May-18	05:33:48	-1	0	-1220	T	n-	-0.3626	1.0680	2S	98E	69	238	06m29s
32	-4	1919-May-29	13:08:55	21	0	-997	T	n-	-0.2955	1.0719	4N	17W	73	244	06m51s
33	-3	1937-Jun-08	20:41:02	24	0	-774	T	n-	-0.2253	1.0751	10N	131W	77	250	07m04s
34	-2	1955-Jun-20	04:10:42	31	0	-551	T	n-	-0.1528	1.0776	15N	117E	81	254	07m08s
35	-1	1973-Jun-30	11:38:41	44	0	-328	T	nn	-0.0785	1.0792	19N	6E	86	256	07m04s
36	0	1991-Jul-11	19:07:01	58	0	-105	Tm	nn	-0.0041	1.0800	22N	105W	90	258	06m53s
37	1	2009-Jul-22	02:36:25	66	0	118	T	nn	0.0698	1.0799	24N	144E	86	258	06m39s
38	2	2027-Aug-02	10:07:50	72	1	341	T	nn	0.1421	1.0790	26N	33E	82	258	06m23s
39	3	2045-Aug-12	17:42:39	80	7	564	T	-n	0.2116	1.0774	26N	79W	78	256	06m06s
40	4	2063-Aug-24	01:22:11	91	15	787	T	-n	0.2771	1.0750	26N	168E	74	252	05m49s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 136
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	5	2081-Sep-03	09:07:31	104	26	1010	T	-n	0.3379	1.0720	25N	53E	70	247	05m33s
42	6	2099-Sep-14	16:57:53	120	37	1233	T	-n	0.3942	1.0684	23N	63W	67	241	05m18s
43	7	2117-Sep-26	00:55:42	139	51	1456	T	-p	0.4442	1.0645	22N	178E	64	233	05m03s
44	8	2135-Oct-07	09:00:03	160	66	1679	T	-p	0.4884	1.0603	20N	57E	61	224	04m50s
45	9	2153-Oct-17	17:12:17	183	82	1902	T	-p	0.5259	1.0560	19N	66W	58	214	04m36s
46	10	2171-Oct-29	01:31:03	210	99	2125	T	-p	0.5577	1.0516	18N	168E	56	203	04m23s
47	11	2189-Nov-08	09:57:28	238	117	2348	T	-p	0.5831	1.0474	17N	41E	54	192	04m10s
48	12	2207-Nov-20	18:30:26	270	137	2571	T	-p	0.6028	1.0434	16N	89W	53	180	03m56s
49	13	2225-Dec-01	03:08:36	304	157	2794	T	-p	0.6178	1.0398	15N	141E	52	169	03m43s
50	14	2243-Dec-12	11:52:14	340	179	3017	T	-p	0.6284	1.0365	15N	8E	51	157	03m30s
51	15	2261-Dec-22	20:38:49	379	201	3240	T	-p	0.6360	1.0337	16N	125W	50	147	03m17s
52	16	2280-Jan-03	05:28:11	421	225	3463	T	-p	0.6414	1.0314	17N	101E	50	138	03m04s
53	17	2298-Jan-13	14:16:26	465	250	3686	T	-p	0.6474	1.0296	19N	33W	50	131	02m52s
54	18	2316-Jan-25	23:05:16	512	275	3909	T	-p	0.6527	1.0282	21N	167W	49	126	02m42s
55	19	2334-Feb-05	07:50:29	561	301	4132	T	-p	0.6603	1.0272	25N	60E	49	123	02m33s
56	20	2352-Feb-16	16:32:05	613	329	4355	T	-p	0.6709	1.0266	28N	73W	48	121	02m25s
57	21	2370-Feb-27	01:07:02	668	357	4578	T	-p	0.6865	1.0262	33N	156E	46	122	02m17s
58	22	2388-Mar-09	09:36:20	725	386	4801	T	-p	0.7065	1.0260	38N	26E	45	124	02m10s
59	23	2406-Mar-20	17:57:22	784	416	5024	T	-p	0.7327	1.0258	45N	103W	43	128	02m03s
60	24	2424-Mar-31	02:10:09	847	447	5247	T	-p	0.7652	1.0254	51N	131E	40	133	01m55s
61	25	2442-Apr-11	10:14:03	911	478	5470	T	-p	0.8046	1.0248	59N	5E	36	142	01m45s
62	26	2460-Apr-21	18:09:48	979	511	5693	T	-p	0.8503	1.0237	67N	121W	31	154	01m34s
63	27	2478-May-03	01:55:58	1049	544	5916	T	-t	0.9034	1.0218	76N	106E	25	176	01m20s
64	28	2496-May-13	09:34:24	1121	578	6139	T	-t	0.9622	1.0185	81N	72W	15	243	01m02s
65	29	2514-May-25	17:04:31	1196	613	6362	P	-t	1.0273	0.9506	68N	122E	0	-	-
66	30	2532-Jun-05	00:28:57	1274	649	6585	P	-t	1.0962	0.8224	67N	0W	0	-	-
67	31	2550-Jun-16	07:45:33	1354	685	6808	P	-t	1.1708	0.6839	66N	119W	0	-	-
68	32	2568-Jun-26	14:58:53	1437	722	7031	P	-t	1.2473	0.5425	65N	122E	0	-	-
69	33	2586-Jul-07	22:07:04	1522	761	7254	P	-t	1.3270	0.3956	65N	6E	0	-	-
70	34	2604-Jul-19	05:14:29	1610	799	7477	P	-t	1.4062	0.2508	64N	110W	0	-	-
71	35	2622-Jul-30	12:18:07	1701	839	7700	Pe	-t	1.4872	0.1038	63N	135E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 136

Solar eclipses of Saros 136 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 1360 Jun 14. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 2622 Jul 30. The total duration of Saros series 136 is 1262.11 years.

Summary of Saros 136

First Eclipse	1360 Jun 14
Last Eclipse	2622 Jul 30
Series Duration	1262.11 Years
No. of Eclipses	71
Sequence	8P 6A 6H 44T 7P

Saros 136 is composed of 71 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 136
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	71	100.0%
Partial	P	15	21.1%
Annular	A	6	8.5%
Total	T	44	62.0%
Hybrid	H	6	8.5%

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 136 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 136
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	56	100.0%
Central (two limits)	56	100.0%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 71 eclipses in Saros 136 occur in the following order : 8P 6A 6H 44T 7P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 136 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 136
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	1504 Sep 08	00m32s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	1594 Nov 12	00m04s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	1955 Jun 20	07m08s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	2496 May 13	01m02s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1703 Jan 17	00m50s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1612 Nov 22	00m01s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	1486 Aug 29	-	0.98550
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	1360 Jun 14	-	0.04944

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 136

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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