EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133

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 133

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 133 . 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 133
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	1219-Jul-13	08:23:38	675	29	-9653	Pb	t-	1.5337	0.0307	68N	137W	0	-	-
2	-34	1237-Jul-23	15:20:40	625	27	-9430	P	t-	1.4563	0.1680	69N	107E	0	-	-
3	-33	1255-Aug-03	22:23:36	579	25	-9207	P	t-	1.3824	0.2995	70N	12W	0	-	-
4	-32	1273-Aug-14	05:35:22	540	24	-8984	P	t-	1.3146	0.4204	71N	133W	0	-	-
5	-31	1291-Aug-25	12:55:28	500	22	-8761	P	t-	1.2526	0.5313	72N	104E	0	-	-
6	-30	1309-Sep-04	20:25:23	465	21	-8538	P	t-	1.1975	0.6299	72N	23W	0	-	-
7	-29	1327-Sep-16	04:04:26	433	20	-8315	P	t-	1.1489	0.7168	72N	152W	0	-	-
8	-28	1345-Sep-26	11:53:50	401	20	-8092	P	t-	1.1080	0.7901	72N	76E	0	-	-
9	-27	1363-Oct-07	19:52:53	372	20	-7869	P	t-	1.0742	0.8507	72N	57W	0	-	-
10	-26	1381-Oct-18	04:00:18	343	20	-7646	P	t-	1.0465	0.9004	71N	167E	0	-	-
11	-25	1399-Oct-29	12:17:06	315	20	-7423	P	t-	1.0257	0.9379	70N	30E	0	-	-
12	-24	1417-Nov-08	20:41:01	292	20	-7200	P	t-	1.0097	0.9670	69N	109W	0	-	-
13	-23	1435-Nov-20	05:12:01	268	20	-6977	A+	t-	0.9991	0.9867	68N	112E	0	-	-
14	-22	1453-Nov-30	13:46:16	246	20	-6754	A	t-	0.9904	0.9842	60N	28W	7	471	01m14s
15	-21	1471-Dec-11	22:25:19	227	20	-6531	A	t-	0.9850	0.9871	57N	165W	9	288	01m02s
16	-20	1489-Dec-22	07:04:56	207	20	-6308	A	t-	0.9791	0.9904	55N	59E	11	175	00m47s
17	-19	1508-Jan-02	15:45:07	188	20	-6085	A	t-	0.9733	0.9941	53N	77W	13	92	00m28s
18	-18	1526-Jan-13	00:22:29	171	20	-5862	A	t-	0.9644	0.9985	51N	149E	15	19	00m07s
19	-17	1544-Jan-24	08:57:44	153	20	-5639	H	t-	0.9534	1.0035	50N	16E	17	40	00m16s
20	-16	1562-Feb-03	17:27:32	140	20	-5416	T	t-	0.9373	1.0091	49N	114W	20	89	00m41s
21	-15	1580-Feb-15	01:52:11	129	20	-5193	T	t-	0.9165	1.0151	48N	117E	23	127	01m07s
22	-14	1598-Mar-07	10:10:00	119	20	-4970	T	p-	0.8894	1.0214	48N	8W	27	156	01m33s
23	-13	1616-Mar-17	18:21:44	94	18	-4747	T	p-	0.8568	1.0280	48N	131W	31	180	01m58s
24	-12	1634-Mar-29	02:25:11	68	15	-4524	T	p-	0.8169	1.0346	49N	109E	35	198	02m24s
25	-11	1652-Apr-08	10:22:27	44	12	-4301	T	p-	0.7713	1.0412	50N	9W	39	213	02m49s
26	-10	1670-Apr-19	18:12:20	24	9	-4078	T	p-	0.7191	1.0476	51N	123W	44	225	03m15s
27	-9	1688-Apr-30	01:57:33	9	7	-3855	T	p-	0.6621	1.0535	51N	124E	48	234	03m40s
28	-8	1706-May-12	09:35:08	8	5	-3632	T	p-	0.5984	1.0591	52N	15E	53	242	04m06s
29	-7	1724-May-22	17:10:08	10	4	-3409	T	p-	0.5319	1.0640	51N	93W	58	247	04m33s
30	-6	1742-Jun-03	00:39:56	12	3	-3186	T	p-	0.4607	1.0683	49N	160E	62	251	05m00s
31	-5	1760-Jun-13	08:09:15	14	3	-2963	T	p-	0.3884	1.0719	46N	53E	67	254	05m27s
32	-4	1778-Jun-24	15:34:55	16	2	-2740	T	n-	0.3127	1.0746	42N	55W	72	255	05m52s
33	-3	1796-Jul-04	23:02:54	15	1	-2517	T	n-	0.2385	1.0764	37N	165W	76	255	06m15s
34	-2	1814-Jul-17	06:30:29	12	1	-2294	T	n-	0.1641	1.0774	31N	85E	80	254	06m33s
35	-1	1832-Jul-27	14:01:06	6	1	-2071	T	nn	0.0919	1.0776	25N	28W	85	252	06m46s
36	0	1850-Aug-07	21:33:54	7	1	-1848	T	nn	0.0215	1.0769	18N	142W	89	249	06m50s
37	1	1868-Aug-18	05:12:10	2	0	-1625	Tm	nn	-0.0443	1.0756	11N	102E	88	245	06m47s
38	2	1886-Aug-29	12:55:23	-6	0	-1402	T	nn	-0.1059	1.0735	3N	15W	84	240	06m36s
39	3	1904-Sep-09	20:44:21	3	0	-1179	T	-n	-0.1625	1.0709	4S	135W	81	234	06m20s
40	4	1922-Sep-21	04:40:31	23	0	-956	T	-n	-0.2130	1.0678	11S	105E	78	226	05m59s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133
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	1940-Oct-01	12:44:06	25	0	-733	T	-n	-0.2573	1.0645	18S	18W	75	218	05m35s
42	6	1958-Oct-12	20:55:28	33	0	-510	T	-n	-0.2951	1.0608	24S	142W	73	209	05m11s
43	7	1976-Oct-23	05:13:45	47	0	-287	T	-n	-0.3270	1.0572	30S	92E	71	199	04m46s
44	8	1994-Nov-03	13:40:06	61	0	-64	T	-n	-0.3522	1.0535	35S	34W	69	189	04m23s
45	9	2012-Nov-13	22:12:55	67	0	159	T	-n	-0.3719	1.0500	40S	161W	68	179	04m02s
46	10	2030-Nov-25	06:51:37	74	2	382	T	-n	-0.3867	1.0468	44S	71E	67	169	03m44s
47	11	2048-Dec-05	15:35:27	82	8	605	T	-n	-0.3973	1.0440	46S	56W	66	160	03m28s
48	12	2066-Dec-17	00:23:40	93	17	828	T	-n	-0.4043	1.0416	47S	176E	66	152	03m14s
49	13	2084-Dec-27	09:13:48	107	28	1051	T	-n	-0.4094	1.0396	47S	47E	66	146	03m04s
50	14	2103-Jan-08	18:04:21	124	40	1274	T	-n	-0.4140	1.0381	46S	81W	65	140	02m57s
51	15	2121-Jan-19	02:54:15	143	53	1497	T	-n	-0.4190	1.0371	44S	150E	65	137	02m52s
52	16	2139-Jan-30	11:42:25	164	68	1720	T	-n	-0.4255	1.0364	41S	20E	65	135	02m49s
53	17	2157-Feb-09	20:25:36	188	85	1943	T	-p	-0.4358	1.0362	38S	109W	64	135	02m49s
54	18	2175-Feb-21	05:04:24	215	102	2166	T	-p	-0.4495	1.0362	34S	122E	63	135	02m50s
55	19	2193-Mar-03	13:36:08	244	121	2389	T	-p	-0.4689	1.0365	31S	5W	62	137	02m53s
56	20	2211-Mar-15	22:01:40	276	140	2612	T	-p	-0.4931	1.0368	28S	131W	60	140	02m57s
57	21	2229-Mar-26	06:17:34	310	161	2835	T	-p	-0.5251	1.0371	25S	105E	58	144	03m02s
58	22	2247-Apr-06	14:26:51	347	183	3058	T	-p	-0.5624	1.0372	24S	18W	56	149	03m07s
59	23	2265-Apr-16	22:26:19	387	206	3281	T	-p	-0.6073	1.0371	23S	138W	52	154	03m11s
60	24	2283-Apr-28	06:18:21	429	229	3504	T	-p	-0.6581	1.0366	24S	104E	49	160	03m13s
61	25	2301-May-09	14:00:58	473	254	3727	T	-p	-0.7161	1.0354	26S	12W	44	168	03m10s
62	26	2319-May-20	21:37:22	521	280	3950	T	-p	-0.7786	1.0336	29S	127W	39	178	03m02s
63	27	2337-May-31	05:05:56	571	306	4173	T	-t	-0.8470	1.0309	35S	120E	32	195	02m46s
64	28	2355-Jun-11	12:28:17	623	334	4396	T	-t	-0.9196	1.0269	43S	8E	23	233	02m18s
65	29	2373-Jun-21	19:45:28	678	362	4619	Ts	-t	-0.9954	1.0191	63S	101W	3	-	01m24s
66	30	2391-Jul-03	02:58:52	735	391	4842	P	-t	-1.0732	0.8663	67S	142E	0	-	-
67	31	2409-Jul-13	10:09:32	796	421	5065	P	-t	-1.1523	0.7185	68S	23E	0	-	-
68	32	2427-Jul-24	17:18:09	858	452	5288	P	-t	-1.2318	0.5708	69S	95W	0	-	-
69	33	2445-Aug-04	00:27:21	923	484	5511	P	-t	-1.3097	0.4272	70S	146E	0	-	-
70	34	2463-Aug-15	07:37:34	991	517	5734	P	-t	-1.3853	0.2891	71S	26E	0	-	-
71	35	2481-Aug-25	14:49:24	1062	550	5957	P	-t	-1.4585	0.1568	71S	95W	0	-	-
72	36	2499-Sep-05	22:05:17	1135	584	6180	Pe	-t	-1.5274	0.0340	72S	143E	0	-	-

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	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	19	26.4%
Annular	A	6	8.3%
Total	T	46	63.9%
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 133 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 133
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	53	100.0%
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 30	01m14s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	1526 Jan 13	00m07s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	1850 Aug 07	06m50s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	1562 Feb 03	00m41s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1544 Jan 24	00m16s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	1544 Jan 24	00m16s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	1417 Nov 08	-	0.96697
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	1219 Jul 13	-	0.03075

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133

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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by Fred Espenak

Calendar

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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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