EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 118

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 118

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 118 . 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 118
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	-36	0803-May-24	13:35:44	2909	83	-14800	Pb	t-	-1.5326	0.0121	68S	1W	0	-	-
2	-35	0821-Jun-03	20:45:37	2767	80	-14577	P	t-	-1.4546	0.1560	67S	120W	0	-	-
3	-34	0839-Jun-15	03:56:17	2626	77	-14354	P	t-	-1.3759	0.3021	66S	121E	0	-	-
4	-33	0857-Jun-25	11:08:17	2488	74	-14131	P	t-	-1.2973	0.4493	65S	2E	0	-	-
5	-32	0875-Jul-06	18:24:45	2358	71	-13908	P	t-	-1.2211	0.5927	64S	117W	0	-	-
6	-31	0893-Jul-17	01:45:12	2227	69	-13685	P	t-	-1.1470	0.7325	63S	123E	0	-	-
7	-30	0911-Jul-28	09:12:18	2104	66	-13462	P	t-	-1.0775	0.8639	63S	1E	0	-	-
8	-29	0929-Aug-07	16:45:02	1985	63	-13239	P	t-	-1.0119	0.9879	62S	122W	0	-	-
9	-28	0947-Aug-19	00:26:47	1867	61	-13016	T	t-	-0.9528	1.0357	51S	139E	17	393	02m29s
10	-27	0965-Aug-29	08:15:45	1758	58	-12793	T	t-	-0.8991	1.0377	47S	25E	26	284	02m41s
11	-26	0983-Sep-09	16:13:11	1651	56	-12570	T	p-	-0.8519	1.0386	46S	94W	31	242	02m44s
12	-25	1001-Sep-20	00:19:03	1545	54	-12347	T	p-	-0.8112	1.0388	46S	145E	36	218	02m43s
13	-24	1019-Oct-01	08:34:15	1453	51	-12124	T	p-	-0.7782	1.0386	48S	21E	39	202	02m40s
14	-23	1037-Oct-11	16:57:18	1362	49	-11901	T	p-	-0.7513	1.0382	50S	105W	41	191	02m36s
15	-22	1055-Oct-23	01:27:42	1274	47	-11678	T	p-	-0.7302	1.0377	53S	128E	43	183	02m32s
16	-21	1073-Nov-02	10:05:09	1194	45	-11455	T	p-	-0.7149	1.0373	57S	0E	44	178	02m29s
17	-20	1091-Nov-13	18:48:53	1113	42	-11232	T	p-	-0.7048	1.0371	60S	128W	45	175	02m26s
18	-19	1109-Nov-24	03:36:08	1039	40	-11009	T	p-	-0.6974	1.0372	63S	105E	45	175	02m26s
19	-18	1127-Dec-05	12:27:04	971	38	-10786	T	p-	-0.6931	1.0377	66S	21W	46	176	02m28s
20	-17	1145-Dec-15	21:18:43	903	36	-10563	T	p-	-0.6892	1.0387	67S	145W	46	180	02m32s
21	-16	1163-Dec-27	06:11:23	844	34	-10340	T	p-	-0.6861	1.0400	67S	92E	46	185	02m38s
22	-15	1182-Jan-06	15:00:29	787	33	-10117	T	p-	-0.6802	1.0419	64S	33W	47	192	02m48s
23	-14	1200-Jan-17	23:48:26	729	31	-9894	T	p-	-0.6731	1.0443	61S	159W	47	200	03m01s
24	-13	1218-Jan-28	08:30:14	679	29	-9671	T	p-	-0.6613	1.0470	57S	73E	48	209	03m17s
25	-12	1236-Feb-08	17:07:25	629	27	-9448	T	p-	-0.6454	1.0501	51S	56W	50	217	03m36s
26	-11	1254-Feb-19	01:36:15	582	26	-9225	T	p-	-0.6227	1.0534	45S	176E	51	225	03m59s
27	-10	1272-Mar-01	09:59:29	543	24	-9002	T	p-	-0.5955	1.0569	39S	49E	53	232	04m24s
28	-9	1290-Mar-12	18:13:56	504	22	-8779	T	p-	-0.5611	1.0604	33S	78W	56	238	04m52s
29	-8	1308-Mar-23	02:20:57	468	21	-8556	T	p-	-0.5206	1.0638	26S	158E	58	243	05m21s
30	-7	1326-Apr-03	10:19:35	436	20	-8333	T	p-	-0.4732	1.0668	19S	35E	62	246	05m49s
31	-6	1344-Apr-13	18:11:34	403	20	-8110	T	n-	-0.4201	1.0695	12S	85W	65	249	06m15s
32	-5	1362-Apr-25	01:56:14	374	20	-7887	T	n-	-0.3611	1.0717	5S	156E	69	249	06m37s
33	-4	1380-May-05	09:34:56	345	20	-7664	T	n-	-0.2974	1.0732	1N	39E	73	249	06m52s
34	-3	1398-May-16	17:08:39	317	20	-7441	T	n-	-0.2295	1.0741	8N	76W	77	247	06m59s
35	-2	1416-May-27	00:38:46	293	20	-7218	T	nn	-0.1585	1.0742	14N	171E	81	244	06m56s
36	-1	1434-Jun-07	08:05:18	270	20	-6995	T	nn	-0.0847	1.0735	19N	59E	85	239	06m45s
37	0	1452-Jun-17	15:30:41	248	20	-6772	Tm	nn	-0.0102	1.0719	23N	51W	90	234	06m26s
38	1	1470-Jun-28	22:54:54	228	20	-6549	T	nn	0.0650	1.0695	26N	161W	86	227	06m02s
39	2	1488-Jul-09	06:20:50	209	20	-6326	T	-n	0.1384	1.0663	29N	89E	82	219	05m36s
40	3	1506-Jul-20	13:46:56	190	20	-6103	T	-n	0.2112	1.0623	30N	20W	78	209	05m08s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 118
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	4	1524-Jul-30	21:17:38	172	20	-5880	T	-n	0.2797	1.0577	31N	130W	74	198	04m40s
42	5	1542-Aug-11	04:51:04	154	20	-5657	T	-n	0.3454	1.0525	31N	119E	70	184	04m12s
43	6	1560-Aug-21	12:30:54	141	20	-5434	T	-p	0.4050	1.0469	30N	5E	66	170	03m44s
44	7	1578-Sep-01	20:15:07	130	20	-5211	T	-p	0.4602	1.0408	28N	110W	62	152	03m17s
45	8	1596-Sep-22	04:07:01	120	20	-4988	T	-p	0.5084	1.0346	27N	133E	59	134	02m50s
46	9	1614-Oct-03	12:04:50	96	18	-4765	T	-p	0.5511	1.0282	25N	14E	56	113	02m23s
47	10	1632-Oct-13	20:09:38	71	15	-4542	T	-p	0.5872	1.0220	24N	108W	54	91	01m55s
48	11	1650-Oct-25	04:21:25	45	12	-4319	T	-p	0.6170	1.0159	22N	128E	52	68	01m26s
49	12	1668-Nov-04	12:40:05	26	10	-4096	H	-p	0.6401	1.0102	21N	2E	50	45	00m57s
50	13	1686-Nov-15	21:04:59	10	7	-3873	H	-p	0.6578	1.0048	20N	126W	49	22	00m28s
51	14	1704-Nov-27	05:33:52	8	5	-3650	A	-p	0.6716	0.9999	20N	105E	48	1	00m01s
52	15	1722-Dec-08	14:07:34	10	4	-3427	A	-p	0.6808	0.9955	20N	25W	47	21	00m28s
53	16	1740-Dec-18	22:43:17	11	3	-3204	A	-p	0.6876	0.9917	20N	156W	46	40	00m53s
54	17	1758-Dec-30	07:20:12	14	3	-2981	A	-p	0.6929	0.9885	21N	72E	46	56	01m15s
55	18	1777-Jan-09	15:55:35	16	2	-2758	A	-p	0.6987	0.9859	22N	59W	46	70	01m32s
56	19	1795-Jan-21	00:29:13	16	1	-2535	A	-p	0.7055	0.9837	25N	170E	45	81	01m44s
57	20	1813-Feb-01	08:58:27	12	1	-2312	A	-p	0.7151	0.9820	28N	40E	44	91	01m52s
58	21	1831-Feb-12	17:21:44	7	1	-2089	A	-p	0.7288	0.9807	32N	88W	43	100	01m57s
59	22	1849-Feb-23	01:38:09	7	1	-1866	A	-p	0.7474	0.9796	37N	144E	41	108	01m58s
60	23	1867-Mar-06	09:46:47	4	0	-1643	A	-p	0.7716	0.9787	42N	18E	39	118	01m57s
61	24	1885-Mar-16	17:45:42	-6	0	-1420	A	-p	0.8030	0.9778	49N	106W	36	132	01m55s
62	25	1903-Mar-29	01:35:23	2	0	-1197	A	-p	0.8413	0.9767	56N	130E	32	153	01m53s
63	26	1921-Apr-08	09:15:01	22	0	-974	A	-t	0.8869	0.9753	64N	6E	27	191	01m50s
64	27	1939-Apr-19	16:45:53	24	0	-751	A	-t	0.9388	0.9731	73N	129W	20	285	01m49s
65	28	1957-Apr-30	00:05:28	32	0	-528	A+	-t	0.9992	0.9799	71N	40E	0	-	-
66	29	1975-May-11	07:17:33	46	0	-305	P	-t	1.0647	0.8636	70N	80W	0	-	-
67	30	1993-May-21	14:20:15	59	0	-82	P	-t	1.1372	0.7352	69N	162E	0	-	-
68	31	2011-Jun-01	21:17:18	66	0	141	P	-t	1.2130	0.6011	68N	47E	0	-	-
69	32	2029-Jun-12	04:06:13	73	2	364	P	-t	1.2943	0.4576	67N	66W	0	-	-
70	33	2047-Jun-23	10:52:31	81	8	587	P	-t	1.3766	0.3129	66N	178W	0	-	-
71	34	2065-Jul-03	17:33:52	92	16	810	P	-t	1.4619	0.1639	65N	72E	0	-	-
72	35	2083-Jul-15	00:14:23	106	27	1033	Pe	-t	1.5465	0.0169	64N	38W	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 118

Solar eclipses of Saros 118 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 0803 May 24. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 2083 Jul 15. The total duration of Saros series 118 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 118

First Eclipse	0803 May 24
Last Eclipse	2083 Jul 15
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	8P 40T 2H 15A 7P

Saros 118 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 118
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	15	20.8%
Annular	A	15	20.8%
Total	T	40	55.6%
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 118 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 118
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	57	100.0%
Central (two limits)	56	98.2%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	1	1.8%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 118 occur in the following order : 8P 40T 2H 15A 7P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 118 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 118
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	1849 Feb 23	01m58s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	1704 Nov 27	00m01s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	1398 May 16	06m59s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	1650 Oct 25	01m26s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1668 Nov 04	00m57s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1686 Nov 15	00m28s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	0929 Aug 07	-	0.98788
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	0803 May 24	-	0.01211

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 118

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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