EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 93

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 93

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 93 . 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 93
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	-0029-Aug-09	20:27:10	10804	273	-25088	Pb	t-	1.5171	0.0779	70N	65E	0	-	-
2	-33	-0011-Aug-20	03:25:40	10617	268	-24865	P	t-	1.4558	0.1830	71N	53W	0	-	-
3	-32	0007-Aug-31	10:35:41	10435	263	-24642	P	t-	1.4028	0.2737	71N	175W	0	-	-
4	-31	0025-Sep-10	17:55:20	10258	258	-24419	P	t-	1.3569	0.3522	72N	61E	0	-	-
5	-30	0043-Sep-22	01:25:01	10081	252	-24196	P	t-	1.3183	0.4181	72N	66W	0	-	-
6	-29	0061-Oct-02	09:05:15	9906	247	-23973	P	t-	1.2872	0.4710	72N	164E	0	-	-
7	-28	0079-Oct-13	16:55:20	9732	242	-23750	P	t-	1.2630	0.5120	72N	31E	0	-	-
8	-27	0097-Oct-24	00:53:57	9558	237	-23527	P	t-	1.2451	0.5425	71N	103W	0	-	-
9	-26	0115-Nov-04	08:59:08	9386	232	-23304	P	t-	1.2317	0.5655	70N	122E	0	-	-
10	-25	0133-Nov-14	17:10:54	9214	227	-23081	P	t-	1.2228	0.5807	69N	14W	0	-	-
11	-24	0151-Nov-26	01:26:47	9043	223	-22858	P	t-	1.2162	0.5921	68N	151W	0	-	-
12	-23	0169-Dec-06	09:44:50	8871	218	-22635	P	t-	1.2107	0.6018	67N	73E	0	-	-
13	-22	0187-Dec-17	18:03:36	8699	213	-22412	P	t-	1.2049	0.6122	66N	64W	0	-	-
14	-21	0205-Dec-28	02:21:09	8527	208	-22189	P	t-	1.1972	0.6259	65N	161E	0	-	-
15	-20	0224-Jan-08	10:35:54	8355	204	-21966	P	t-	1.1867	0.6447	64N	27E	0	-	-
16	-19	0242-Jan-18	18:45:45	8183	199	-21743	P	t-	1.1712	0.6724	63N	106W	0	-	-
17	-18	0260-Jan-30	02:50:47	8011	195	-21520	P	t-	1.1509	0.7088	62N	123E	0	-	-
18	-17	0278-Feb-09	10:49:31	7839	190	-21297	P	t-	1.1244	0.7566	62N	6W	0	-	-
19	-16	0296-Feb-20	18:40:37	7667	186	-21074	P	t-	1.0909	0.8175	61N	133W	0	-	-
20	-15	0314-Mar-03	02:24:55	7494	181	-20851	P	t-	1.0509	0.8907	61N	101E	0	-	-
21	-14	0332-Mar-13	10:01:44	7320	177	-20628	P	t-	1.0037	0.9776	61N	23W	0	-	-
22	-13	0350-Mar-24	17:32:51	7146	173	-20405	A	t-	0.9505	0.9890	57N	111W	18	124	00m45s
23	-12	0368-Apr-04	00:56:04	6968	169	-20182	A	t-	0.8898	0.9977	56N	147E	27	17	00m10s
24	-11	0386-Apr-15	08:15:28	6791	164	-19959	H	p-	0.8247	1.0055	55N	43E	34	33	00m23s
25	-10	0404-Apr-25	15:29:21	6613	160	-19736	T	p-	0.7542	1.0127	55N	60W	41	66	00m55s
26	-9	0422-May-06	22:41:06	6434	156	-19513	T	p-	0.6807	1.0193	55N	162W	47	90	01m25s
27	-8	0440-May-17	05:49:18	6254	152	-19290	T	p-	0.6031	1.0253	54N	98E	53	107	01m54s
28	-7	0458-May-28	12:58:17	6077	148	-19067	T	p-	0.5251	1.0305	52N	4W	58	121	02m21s
29	-6	0476-Jun-07	20:06:36	5901	144	-18844	T	p-	0.4458	1.0350	49N	106W	63	132	02m48s
30	-5	0494-Jun-19	03:17:00	5725	141	-18621	T	p-	0.3674	1.0388	45N	151E	68	140	03m14s
31	-4	0512-Jun-29	10:30:01	5550	137	-18398	T	n-	0.2903	1.0418	40N	45E	73	146	03m37s
32	-3	0530-Jul-10	17:47:59	5374	133	-18175	T	n-	0.2167	1.0440	35N	63W	77	151	03m57s
33	-2	0548-Jul-21	01:11:23	5198	129	-17952	T	n-	0.1469	1.0455	29N	174W	81	153	04m12s
34	-1	0566-Aug-01	08:40:53	5026	126	-17729	T	nn	0.0816	1.0464	23N	73E	85	155	04m22s
35	0	0584-Aug-11	16:18:27	4854	122	-17506	T	nn	0.0225	1.0467	16N	43W	89	155	04m27s
36	1	0602-Aug-23	00:03:53	4682	119	-17283	T	nn	-0.0305	1.0465	9N	162W	88	155	04m26s
37	2	0620-Sep-02	07:57:43	4513	115	-17060	T	nn	-0.0771	1.0459	3N	78E	86	153	04m21s
38	3	0638-Sep-13	16:00:31	4345	112	-16837	Tm	nn	-0.1168	1.0450	4S	45W	83	151	04m14s
39	4	0656-Sep-24	00:12:18	4177	108	-16614	T	-n	-0.1495	1.0441	10S	171W	81	149	04m05s
40	5	0674-Oct-05	08:33:13	4012	105	-16391	T	-n	-0.1749	1.0430	16S	62E	80	146	03m56s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 93
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	0692-Oct-15	17:00:47	3847	102	-16168	T	-n	-0.1951	1.0421	21S	66W	79	143	03m48s
42	7	0710-Oct-27	01:37:11	3688	98	-15945	T	-n	-0.2086	1.0414	26S	164E	78	141	03m41s
43	8	0728-Nov-06	10:18:47	3532	95	-15722	T	-n	-0.2181	1.0409	30S	34E	77	140	03m36s
44	9	0746-Nov-17	19:06:09	3376	92	-15499	T	-n	-0.2231	1.0409	33S	97W	77	140	03m33s
45	10	0764-Nov-28	03:55:09	3225	89	-15276	T	-n	-0.2269	1.0412	35S	132E	77	142	03m32s
46	11	0782-Dec-09	12:47:35	3077	86	-15053	T	-n	-0.2282	1.0421	37S	1E	77	145	03m34s
47	12	0800-Dec-19	21:39:18	2928	83	-14830	T	-n	-0.2306	1.0434	37S	130W	76	149	03m38s
48	13	0818-Dec-31	06:30:12	2786	80	-14607	T	-n	-0.2338	1.0452	36S	99E	76	155	03m44s
49	14	0837-Jan-10	15:17:33	2645	77	-14384	T	-n	-0.2404	1.0473	35S	31W	76	162	03m52s
50	15	0855-Jan-22	00:01:22	2506	74	-14161	T	-n	-0.2501	1.0499	32S	160W	75	171	04m01s
51	16	0873-Feb-01	08:39:08	2375	72	-13938	T	-n	-0.2651	1.0527	30S	71E	74	181	04m12s
52	17	0891-Feb-12	17:10:36	2244	69	-13715	T	-n	-0.2856	1.0557	27S	56W	73	191	04m23s
53	18	0909-Feb-23	01:34:58	2120	66	-13492	T	-n	-0.3126	1.0587	24S	178E	72	203	04m36s
54	19	0927-Mar-06	09:52:21	2001	64	-13269	T	-n	-0.3455	1.0617	22S	53E	70	214	04m50s
55	20	0945-Mar-16	18:00:52	1883	61	-13046	T	-n	-0.3860	1.0644	19S	69W	67	227	05m05s
56	21	0963-Mar-28	02:02:25	1773	59	-12823	T	-p	-0.4323	1.0668	18S	170E	64	240	05m20s
57	22	0981-Apr-07	09:55:40	1665	56	-12600	T	-p	-0.4856	1.0687	17S	52E	61	253	05m34s
58	23	0999-Apr-18	17:43:18	1558	54	-12377	T	-p	-0.5438	1.0700	17S	66W	57	268	05m47s
59	24	1017-Apr-29	01:22:41	1466	52	-12154	T	-p	-0.6086	1.0706	19S	179E	52	286	05m56s
60	25	1035-May-10	08:58:25	1374	49	-11931	T	-p	-0.6761	1.0703	21S	64E	47	307	06m00s
61	26	1053-May-20	16:28:25	1285	47	-11708	T	-p	-0.7480	1.0690	26S	50W	41	336	05m55s
62	27	1071-May-31	23:56:33	1204	45	-11485	T	-p	-0.8212	1.0667	32S	163W	35	381	05m38s
63	28	1089-Jun-11	07:20:50	1124	43	-11262	T	-t	-0.8971	1.0629	40S	83E	26	469	05m05s
64	29	1107-Jun-22	14:45:48	1049	41	-11039	T	-t	-0.9721	1.0570	54S	32W	13	833	04m10s
65	30	1125-Jul-02	22:10:01	981	39	-10816	P	-t	-1.0468	0.9295	67S	152W	0	-	-
66	31	1143-Jul-14	05:36:15	913	37	-10593	P	-t	-1.1194	0.7890	68S	85E	0	-	-
67	32	1161-Jul-24	13:04:50	852	35	-10370	P	-t	-1.1894	0.6541	69S	39W	0	-	-
68	33	1179-Aug-04	20:37:52	794	33	-10147	P	-t	-1.2551	0.5285	70S	165W	0	-	-
69	34	1197-Aug-15	04:16:04	737	31	-9924	P	-t	-1.3160	0.4130	71S	68E	0	-	-
70	35	1215-Aug-26	11:59:11	686	29	-9701	P	-t	-1.3722	0.3077	72S	62W	0	-	-
71	36	1233-Sep-05	19:49:26	636	27	-9478	P	-t	-1.4219	0.2157	72S	167E	0	-	-
72	37	1251-Sep-17	03:45:48	587	26	-9255	P	-t	-1.4659	0.1353	72S	33E	0	-	-
73	38	1269-Sep-27	11:49:50	548	24	-9032	P	-t	-1.5033	0.0681	72S	102W	0	-	-
74	39	1287-Oct-08	20:00:03	509	23	-8809	Pe	-t	-1.5350	0.0121	71S	121E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 93

Solar eclipses of Saros 93 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 -0029 Aug 09. The series ended with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 1287 Oct 08. The total duration of Saros series 93 is 1316.20 years.

Summary of Saros 93

First Eclipse	-0029 Aug 09
Last Eclipse	1287 Oct 08
Series Duration	1316.20 Years
No. of Eclipses	74
Sequence	21P 2A 1H 40T 10P

Saros 93 is composed of 74 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 93
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	74	100.0%
Partial	P	31	41.9%
Annular	A	2	2.7%
Total	T	40	54.1%
Hybrid	H	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 93 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 93
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	43	100.0%
Central (two limits)	43	100.0%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 74 eclipses in Saros 93 occur in the following order : 21P 2A 1H 40T 10P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 93 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 93
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	0350 Mar 24	00m45s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	0368 Apr 04	00m10s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	1035 May 10	06m00s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	0404 Apr 25	00m55s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	0386 Apr 15	00m23s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	0386 Apr 15	00m23s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	0332 Mar 13	-	0.97764
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	1287 Oct 08	-	0.01214

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 93

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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