Saros 133

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133

Fred Espenak

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.

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133

A panorama of all solar eclipses belonging to Saros 133 is presented here. Each map depicts the geographic region of visibility for a single eclipse. For central eclipses, the total or annular path is plotted in either blue (total) or red (annular). The date and time is given for the instant of Greatest Eclipse. Every map serves as a hyperlink to the EclipseWise Prime page for that eclipse where a larger map and complete details for the eclipse can be found. Visit the Key to Solar Eclipse Maps for a detailed explanation of these maps. Near the bottom of the page are a series of hyperlinks for more on solar eclipses.

The exeligmos is a period of three Saros cycles and is equal to approximately 54 years 33 days. Because it is nearly an integral number of days in length, two eclipses separated by 1 exeligmos (= 3 Saroses) not only share all the characterists of a Saros, but also take place in approximately the same geographic location.

The Saros panorama below is arranged in horizontal rows of 3 eclipses. So one eclipse to the left or right is a difference of 1 Saros cycle, and one eclipse above or below is a difference of 1 exeligmos. By scanning a column of the table, it reveals how the geographic visibility of eclipses separated by an exeligmos slowly changes.

  • Click on any global map to go directly to the EclipseWise Prime Page for more information, tables, diagrams and maps. Key to Solar Eclipse Maps explains the features in these maps.
  • Beneath each global eclipse map is a link Google Eclipse Map, that takes you to an interactive Google Map with the eclipse path plotted.

For more information on this series see Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 133 .

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133
Partial Solar Eclipse
1219 Jul 13

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1237 Jul 23

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1255 Aug 03

Google Eclipse Map
Partial Solar Eclipse
1273 Aug 14

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1291 Aug 25

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1309 Sep 04

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1327 Sep 16

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1345 Sep 26

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1363 Oct 07

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1381 Oct 18

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1399 Oct 29

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Partial Solar Eclipse
1417 Nov 08

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Annular Solar Eclipse
1435 Nov 20

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Annular Solar Eclipse
1453 Nov 30

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Annular Solar Eclipse
1471 Dec 11

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Annular Solar Eclipse
1489 Dec 22

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Annular Solar Eclipse
1508 Jan 02

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Annular Solar Eclipse
1526 Jan 13

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Hybrid Solar Eclipse
1544 Jan 24

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Total Solar Eclipse
1562 Feb 03

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Total Solar Eclipse
1580 Feb 15

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Total Solar Eclipse
1598 Mar 07

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Total Solar Eclipse
1616 Mar 17

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Total Solar Eclipse
1634 Mar 29

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Total Solar Eclipse
1652 Apr 08

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Total Solar Eclipse
1670 Apr 19

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Total Solar Eclipse
1688 Apr 30

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Total Solar Eclipse
1706 May 12

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Total Solar Eclipse
1724 May 22

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Total Solar Eclipse
1742 Jun 03

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Total Solar Eclipse
1760 Jun 13

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Total Solar Eclipse
1778 Jun 24

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Total Solar Eclipse
1796 Jul 04

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Total Solar Eclipse
1814 Jul 17

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Total Solar Eclipse
1832 Jul 27

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Total Solar Eclipse
1850 Aug 07

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Total Solar Eclipse
1868 Aug 18

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Total Solar Eclipse
1886 Aug 29

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Total Solar Eclipse
1904 Sep 09

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Total Solar Eclipse
1922 Sep 21

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Total Solar Eclipse
1940 Oct 01

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Total Solar Eclipse
1958 Oct 12

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Total Solar Eclipse
1976 Oct 23

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Total Solar Eclipse
1994 Nov 03

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Total Solar Eclipse
2012 Nov 13

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Total Solar Eclipse
2030 Nov 25

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Total Solar Eclipse
2048 Dec 05

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Total Solar Eclipse
2066 Dec 17

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Total Solar Eclipse
2084 Dec 27

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Total Solar Eclipse
2103 Jan 08

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Total Solar Eclipse
2121 Jan 19

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Total Solar Eclipse
2139 Jan 30

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Total Solar Eclipse
2157 Feb 09

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Total Solar Eclipse
2175 Feb 21

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Total Solar Eclipse
2193 Mar 03

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Total Solar Eclipse
2211 Mar 15

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Total Solar Eclipse
2229 Mar 26

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Total Solar Eclipse
2247 Apr 06

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Total Solar Eclipse
2265 Apr 16

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Total Solar Eclipse
2283 Apr 28

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Total Solar Eclipse
2301 May 09

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Total Solar Eclipse
2319 May 20

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Total Solar Eclipse
2337 May 31

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Total Solar Eclipse
2355 Jun 11

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Total Solar Eclipse
2373 Jun 21

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2391 Jul 03

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2409 Jul 13

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2427 Jul 24

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2445 Aug 04

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2463 Aug 15

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2481 Aug 25

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Partial Solar Eclipse
2499 Sep 05

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Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 133

Solar eclipses of Saros 133 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 1219 Jul 13. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 2499 Sep 05. The total duration of Saros series 133 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 133
First Eclipse 1219 Jul 13
Last Eclipse 2499 Sep 05
Series Duration 1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses 72
Sequence 12P 6A 1H 46T 7P

Saros 133 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 133
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 72100.0%
PartialP 19 26.4%
AnnularA 6 8.3%
TotalT 46 63.9%
HybridH 1 1.4%

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 133 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 133
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 53100.0%
Central (two limits) 51 96.2%
Central (one limit) 1 1.9%
Non-Central (one limit) 1 1.9%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 133 occur in the following order : 12P 6A 1H 46T 7P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 133 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse 1453 Nov 3001m14s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse 1526 Jan 1300m07s -
Longest Total Solar Eclipse 1850 Aug 0706m50s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse 1562 Feb 0300m41s -
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 1544 Jan 2400m16s -
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 1544 Jan 2400m16s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse 1417 Nov 08 - 0.96697
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 1219 Jul 13 - 0.03075

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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 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:

  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 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.