EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 41

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 41

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 41 . 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 41
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	-1588-May-28	18:59:39	36909	2182	-44373	Pb	t-	1.5126	0.0840	62N	84W	0	-	-
2	-33	-1570-Jun-09	01:20:54	36519	2123	-44150	P	t-	1.4262	0.2322	63N	170E	0	-	-
3	-32	-1552-Jun-19	07:44:46	36131	2064	-43927	P	t-	1.3407	0.3792	64N	63E	0	-	-
4	-31	-1534-Jun-30	14:16:33	35746	2006	-43704	P	t-	1.2604	0.5172	65N	46W	0	-	-
5	-30	-1516-Jul-10	20:54:43	35362	1949	-43481	P	t-	1.1843	0.6478	66N	157W	0	-	-
6	-29	-1498-Jul-22	03:41:26	34980	1892	-43258	P	t-	1.1141	0.7682	67N	89E	0	-	-
7	-28	-1480-Aug-01	10:37:13	34601	1836	-43035	P	t-	1.0503	0.8774	68N	28W	0	-	-
8	-27	-1462-Aug-12	17:43:53	34223	1781	-42812	An	t-	0.9945	0.9375	73N	153W	4	-	03m45s
9	-26	-1444-Aug-23	01:00:51	33848	1727	-42589	A	t-	0.9462	0.9403	78N	25E	18	703	04m06s
10	-25	-1426-Sep-03	08:28:22	33475	1673	-42366	A	t-	0.9057	0.9410	72N	120W	25	520	04m24s
11	-24	-1408-Sep-13	16:06:36	33104	1620	-42143	A	p-	0.8734	0.9414	65N	112E	29	445	04m41s
12	-23	-1390-Sep-24	23:55:21	32734	1568	-41920	A	p-	0.8488	0.9417	58N	14W	32	406	04m58s
13	-22	-1372-Oct-05	07:52:19	32367	1517	-41697	A	p-	0.8303	0.9423	52N	139W	34	380	05m12s
14	-21	-1354-Oct-16	15:58:06	32002	1466	-41474	A	p-	0.8182	0.9430	47N	94E	35	363	05m24s
15	-20	-1336-Oct-27	00:09:52	31639	1416	-41251	A	p-	0.8102	0.9442	43N	35W	36	348	05m33s
16	-19	-1318-Nov-07	08:27:40	31278	1366	-41028	A	p-	0.8065	0.9459	39N	164W	36	334	05m36s
17	-18	-1300-Nov-17	16:46:58	30920	1318	-40805	A	p-	0.8031	0.9482	36N	66E	36	318	05m33s
18	-17	-1282-Nov-29	01:09:40	30563	1270	-40582	A	p-	0.8016	0.9512	33N	64W	36	299	05m22s
19	-16	-1264-Dec-09	09:30:48	30208	1223	-40359	A	p-	0.7976	0.9548	31N	166E	37	274	05m03s
20	-15	-1246-Dec-20	17:50:50	29856	1177	-40136	A	p-	0.7920	0.9591	29N	36E	37	244	04m36s
21	-14	-1228-Dec-31	02:05:40	29505	1131	-39913	A	p-	0.7812	0.9641	28N	92W	38	208	04m02s
22	-13	-1209-Jan-11	10:16:54	29157	1086	-39690	A	p-	0.7665	0.9697	26N	141E	40	169	03m21s
23	-12	-1191-Jan-21	18:21:28	28810	1042	-39467	A	p-	0.7451	0.9758	25N	16E	42	128	02m36s
24	-11	-1173-Feb-02	02:19:11	28466	999	-39244	A	p-	0.7172	0.9825	24N	106W	44	88	01m50s
25	-10	-1155-Feb-12	10:09:21	28124	956	-39021	A	p-	0.6819	0.9893	23N	133E	47	50	01m04s
26	-9	-1137-Feb-23	17:52:26	27783	914	-38798	A	p-	0.6400	0.9965	22N	15E	50	16	00m20s
27	-8	-1119-Mar-06	01:27:54	27445	873	-38575	H	p-	0.5908	1.0037	22N	101W	54	16	00m21s
28	-7	-1101-Mar-17	08:56:36	27109	833	-38352	H	p-	0.5348	1.0108	23N	146E	58	43	00m59s
29	-6	-1083-Mar-27	16:19:17	26775	793	-38129	T	p-	0.4727	1.0177	23N	34E	62	68	01m33s
30	-5	-1065-Apr-07	23:37:32	26443	755	-37906	T	p-	0.4060	1.0242	24N	76W	66	89	02m06s
31	-4	-1047-Apr-18	06:50:41	26113	717	-37683	T	p-	0.3340	1.0303	24N	176E	70	108	02m36s
32	-3	-1029-Apr-29	14:02:05	25786	679	-37460	T	n-	0.2595	1.0358	24N	68E	75	124	03m04s
33	-2	-1011-May-09	21:11:31	25460	643	-37237	T	n-	0.1825	1.0406	24N	38W	79	138	03m32s
34	-1	-0993-May-21	04:22:01	25136	619	-37014	T	nn	0.1051	1.0447	23N	145W	84	150	03m58s
35	0	-0975-May-31	11:31:47	24815	612	-36791	T	nn	0.0264	1.0480	22N	108E	88	160	04m22s
36	1	-0957-Jun-11	18:46:00	24495	605	-36568	T	nn	-0.0495	1.0506	20N	1W	87	168	04m44s
37	2	-0939-Jun-22	02:02:44	24178	599	-36345	Tm	nn	-0.1238	1.0523	17N	110W	83	175	05m02s
38	3	-0921-Jul-03	09:25:38	23862	592	-36122	T	nn	-0.1937	1.0534	13N	138E	79	180	05m15s
39	4	-0903-Jul-13	16:53:11	23549	585	-35899	T	-n	-0.2603	1.0537	8N	25E	75	184	05m21s
40	5	-0885-Jul-25	00:29:25	23238	578	-35676	T	-n	-0.3201	1.0535	3N	91W	71	187	05m20s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 41
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	-0867-Aug-04	08:12:41	22929	571	-35453	T	-n	-0.3744	1.0526	2S	150E	68	188	05m11s
42	7	-0849-Aug-15	16:03:56	22622	564	-35230	T	-n	-0.4224	1.0515	7S	29E	65	188	04m58s
43	8	-0831-Aug-26	00:04:04	22317	558	-35007	T	-n	-0.4633	1.0499	13S	94W	62	186	04m40s
44	9	-0813-Sep-06	08:13:13	22014	551	-34784	T	-p	-0.4971	1.0482	19S	140E	60	184	04m22s
45	10	-0795-Sep-16	16:31:27	21713	544	-34561	T	-p	-0.5237	1.0465	24S	12E	58	181	04m03s
46	11	-0777-Sep-28	00:56:58	21414	537	-34338	T	-p	-0.5445	1.0449	30S	118W	57	177	03m46s
47	12	-0759-Oct-08	09:31:24	21117	530	-34115	T	-p	-0.5582	1.0434	35S	111E	56	174	03m31s
48	13	-0741-Oct-19	18:12:02	20822	523	-33892	T	-p	-0.5674	1.0423	40S	21W	55	171	03m19s
49	14	-0723-Oct-30	02:58:30	20530	516	-33669	T	-p	-0.5720	1.0416	45S	154W	55	169	03m10s
50	15	-0705-Nov-10	11:48:32	20239	510	-33446	T	-p	-0.5742	1.0413	49S	73E	55	169	03m04s
51	16	-0687-Nov-20	20:41:57	19951	502	-33223	T	-p	-0.5739	1.0414	53S	59W	55	170	03m01s
52	17	-0669-Dec-02	05:35:36	19664	495	-33000	T	-p	-0.5737	1.0421	56S	171E	55	172	03m01s
53	18	-0651-Dec-12	14:28:32	19380	488	-32777	T	-p	-0.5745	1.0432	58S	42E	55	177	03m03s
54	19	-0633-Dec-23	23:19:02	19098	481	-32554	T	-p	-0.5775	1.0448	59S	85W	54	184	03m08s
55	20	-0614-Jan-03	08:06:15	18818	474	-32331	T	-p	-0.5837	1.0467	59S	149E	54	192	03m13s
56	21	-0596-Jan-14	16:46:50	18540	467	-32108	T	-p	-0.5955	1.0489	58S	24E	53	202	03m21s
57	22	-0578-Jan-25	01:21:44	18265	460	-31885	T	-p	-0.6120	1.0512	56S	101W	52	214	03m28s
58	23	-0560-Feb-05	09:48:27	17990	453	-31662	T	-p	-0.6355	1.0536	53S	135E	50	229	03m37s
59	24	-0542-Feb-15	18:08:52	17719	446	-31439	T	-p	-0.6646	1.0558	51S	12E	48	245	03m45s
60	25	-0524-Feb-27	02:18:47	17450	439	-31216	T	-p	-0.7022	1.0578	49S	109W	45	264	03m52s
61	26	-0506-Mar-09	10:22:36	17181	433	-30993	T	-p	-0.7451	1.0594	47S	131E	42	288	03m59s
62	27	-0488-Mar-19	18:16:18	16883	426	-30770	T	-p	-0.7962	1.0603	47S	13E	37	321	04m03s
63	28	-0470-Mar-31	02:04:24	16571	419	-30547	T	-p	-0.8521	1.0604	47S	103W	31	371	04m03s
64	29	-0452-Apr-10	09:43:21	16259	413	-30324	T	-t	-0.9154	1.0592	50S	145E	23	476	03m55s
65	30	-0434-Apr-21	17:18:25	15969	406	-30101	T	-t	-0.9819	1.0557	56S	41E	10	1011	03m29s
66	31	-0416-May-02	00:46:44	15680	400	-29878	P	-t	-1.0533	0.9184	62S	64W	0	-	-
67	32	-0398-May-13	08:12:05	15394	393	-29655	P	-t	-1.1270	0.7762	62S	174E	0	-	-
68	33	-0380-May-23	15:33:29	15125	387	-29432	P	-t	-1.2032	0.6292	63S	54E	0	-	-
69	34	-0362-Jun-03	22:54:17	14856	381	-29209	P	-t	-1.2792	0.4830	64S	67W	0	-	-
70	35	-0344-Jun-14	06:13:54	14593	374	-28986	P	-t	-1.3555	0.3370	65S	172E	0	-	-
71	36	-0326-Jun-25	13:34:14	14343	368	-28763	P	-t	-1.4304	0.1947	65S	51E	0	-	-
72	37	-0308-Jul-05	20:56:41	14092	362	-28540	Pe	-t	-1.5025	0.0590	66S	71W	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 41

Solar eclipses of Saros 41 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 -1588 May 28. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on -0308 Jul 05. The total duration of Saros series 41 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 41

First Eclipse	-1588 May 28
Last Eclipse	-0308 Jul 05
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	7P 19A 2H 37T 7P

Saros 41 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 41
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	14	19.4%
Annular	A	19	26.4%
Total	T	37	51.4%
Hybrid	H	2	2.8%

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 41 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 41
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	58	100.0%
Central (two limits)	57	98.3%
Central (one limit)	1	1.7%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 41 occur in the following order : 7P 19A 2H 37T 7P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 41 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 41
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	-1318 Nov 07	05m36s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	-1137 Feb 23	00m20s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	-0903 Jul 13	05m21s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	-1083 Mar 27	01m33s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-1101 Mar 17	00m59s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	-1119 Mar 06	00m21s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0416 May 02	-	0.91844
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	-0308 Jul 05	-	0.05897

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 41

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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