EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 143

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 143

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 143 . 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 143
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	-38	1617-Mar-07	10:05:35	93	17	-4735	Pb	t-	1.5110	0.0419	61N	49W	0	-	-
2	-37	1635-Mar-18	18:24:52	67	15	-4512	P	t-	1.4814	0.0972	61N	178E	0	-	-
3	-36	1653-Mar-29	02:38:06	43	12	-4289	P	t-	1.4469	0.1621	61N	46E	0	-	-
4	-35	1671-Apr-09	10:41:24	23	9	-4066	P	t-	1.4047	0.2422	61N	84W	0	-	-
5	-34	1689-Apr-19	18:39:22	9	7	-3843	P	t-	1.3582	0.3312	62N	148E	0	-	-
6	-33	1707-May-02	02:28:16	8	5	-3620	P	t-	1.3047	0.4338	62N	21E	0	-	-
7	-32	1725-May-12	10:12:19	10	4	-3397	P	t-	1.2472	0.5447	63N	104W	0	-	-
8	-31	1743-May-23	17:48:55	12	3	-3174	P	t-	1.1838	0.6671	64N	133E	0	-	-
9	-30	1761-Jun-03	01:22:37	15	3	-2951	P	t-	1.1182	0.7939	64N	10E	0	-	-
10	-29	1779-Jun-14	08:51:28	16	2	-2728	P	t-	1.0489	0.9275	65N	112W	0	-	-
11	-28	1797-Jun-24	16:18:13	14	1	-2505	T	t-	0.9780	1.0570	77N	134E	11	975	02m47s
12	-27	1815-Jul-06	23:43:07	12	1	-2282	T	t-	0.9062	1.0593	88N	163W	25	470	03m13s
13	-26	1833-Jul-17	07:08:02	6	1	-2059	T	p-	0.8348	1.0591	78N	92E	33	357	03m29s
14	-25	1851-Jul-28	14:33:42	7	1	-1836	T	p-	0.7644	1.0577	68N	20W	40	296	03m41s
15	-24	1869-Aug-07	22:01:05	2	0	-1613	T	p-	0.6960	1.0551	59N	133W	46	254	03m48s
16	-23	1887-Aug-19	05:32:05	-6	0	-1390	T	p-	0.6312	1.0518	51N	112E	51	221	03m50s
17	-22	1905-Aug-30	13:07:26	5	0	-1167	T	p-	0.5708	1.0477	42N	4W	55	192	03m46s
18	-21	1923-Sep-10	20:47:29	23	0	-944	T	p-	0.5149	1.0430	35N	122W	59	167	03m37s
19	-20	1941-Sep-21	04:34:03	25	0	-721	T	p-	0.4649	1.0379	27N	119E	62	143	03m22s
20	-19	1959-Oct-02	12:27:00	33	0	-498	T	n-	0.4207	1.0325	20N	1W	65	120	03m02s
21	-18	1977-Oct-12	20:27:27	48	0	-275	T	n-	0.3836	1.0269	14N	124W	67	99	02m37s
22	-17	1995-Oct-24	04:33:31	61	0	-52	T	n-	0.3518	1.0213	8N	113E	69	78	02m10s
23	-16	2013-Nov-03	12:47:36	67	0	171	H3	n-	0.3271	1.0159	3N	12W	71	58	01m40s
24	-15	2031-Nov-14	21:07:31	74	2	394	H	n-	0.3078	1.0106	1S	138W	72	38	01m08s
25	-14	2049-Nov-25	05:33:48	83	9	617	H	n-	0.2943	1.0057	4S	95E	73	21	00m38s
26	-13	2067-Dec-06	14:03:43	94	18	840	H	n-	0.2845	1.0011	6S	33W	74	4	00m08s
27	-12	2085-Dec-16	22:37:48	108	28	1063	A	n-	0.2786	0.9971	7S	161W	74	10	00m19s
28	-11	2103-Dec-29	07:13:18	125	40	1286	A	n-	0.2747	0.9936	8S	70E	74	23	00m43s
29	-10	2122-Jan-08	15:48:51	144	54	1509	A	n-	0.2713	0.9907	7S	59W	74	34	01m02s
30	-9	2140-Jan-20	00:23:11	165	69	1732	A	n-	0.2676	0.9882	5S	173E	75	43	01m17s
31	-8	2158-Jan-30	08:54:37	189	86	1955	A	n-	0.2619	0.9863	3S	45E	75	50	01m27s
32	-7	2176-Feb-10	17:21:21	216	103	2178	A	n-	0.2532	0.9849	1S	82W	75	55	01m34s
33	-6	2194-Feb-21	01:41:31	246	122	2401	A	n-	0.2396	0.9840	2N	153E	76	58	01m38s
34	-5	2212-Mar-04	09:55:00	278	142	2624	A	nn	0.2211	0.9834	5N	29E	77	60	01m40s
35	-4	2230-Mar-15	18:00:25	312	162	2847	A	nn	0.1964	0.9831	8N	92W	79	61	01m40s
36	-3	2248-Mar-26	01:56:01	349	184	3070	A	nn	0.1643	0.9829	11N	149E	80	61	01m41s
37	-2	2266-Apr-06	09:42:37	389	207	3293	Am	nn	0.1255	0.9829	13N	33E	83	61	01m42s
38	-1	2284-Apr-16	17:19:22	431	231	3516	A	nn	0.0792	0.9827	15N	80W	85	61	01m45s
39	0	2302-Apr-29	00:47:19	476	256	3739	A	nn	0.0262	0.9825	16N	169E	88	62	01m49s
40	1	2320-May-09	08:04:33	523	281	3962	A	nn	-0.0347	0.9820	16N	61E	88	64	01m56s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 143
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	2	2338-May-20	15:14:19	573	308	4185	A	nn	-0.1011	0.9812	15N	45W	84	67	02m07s
42	3	2356-May-30	22:15:17	626	335	4408	A	nn	-0.1735	0.9800	12N	149W	80	72	02m21s
43	4	2374-Jun-11	05:09:55	681	364	4631	A	-p	-0.2505	0.9784	9N	108E	76	79	02m39s
44	5	2392-Jun-21	11:57:57	739	393	4854	A	-p	-0.3319	0.9762	4N	6E	71	90	03m02s
45	6	2410-Jul-02	18:42:29	799	423	5077	A	-p	-0.4152	0.9735	2S	96W	65	104	03m25s
46	7	2428-Jul-13	01:23:54	862	454	5300	A	-p	-0.4999	0.9702	8S	163E	60	123	03m50s
47	8	2446-Jul-24	08:03:10	927	486	5523	A	-p	-0.5854	0.9665	16S	61E	54	149	04m13s
48	9	2464-Aug-03	14:42:59	995	518	5746	A	-p	-0.6693	0.9621	24S	43W	48	184	04m32s
49	10	2482-Aug-14	21:23:34	1066	552	5969	A	-p	-0.7516	0.9573	34S	147W	41	234	04m45s
50	11	2500-Aug-26	04:08:14	1139	586	6192	A	-p	-0.8297	0.9518	44S	106E	34	313	04m53s
51	12	2518-Sep-06	10:55:39	1214	621	6415	A	-t	-0.9046	0.9458	55S	6W	25	467	04m54s
52	13	2536-Sep-16	17:50:17	1293	657	6638	A	-t	-0.9728	0.9385	67S	133W	13	1026	04m48s
53	14	2554-Sep-28	00:50:12	1373	694	6861	P	-t	-1.0358	0.8993	72S	75E	0	-	-
54	15	2572-Oct-08	07:58:18	1457	731	7084	P	-t	-1.0915	0.8030	72S	46W	0	-	-
55	16	2590-Oct-19	15:13:16	1543	770	7307	P	-t	-1.1411	0.7179	72S	168W	0	-	-
56	17	2608-Oct-30	22:37:22	1631	809	7530	P	-t	-1.1829	0.6468	71S	68E	0	-	-
57	18	2626-Nov-11	06:08:42	1723	849	7753	P	-t	-1.2181	0.5873	70S	57W	0	-	-
58	19	2644-Nov-21	13:47:26	1816	889	7976	P	-t	-1.2469	0.5389	69S	176E	0	-	-
59	20	2662-Dec-02	21:32:51	1913	931	8199	P	-t	-1.2699	0.5006	68S	49E	0	-	-
60	21	2680-Dec-13	05:25:01	2011	973	8422	P	-t	-1.2875	0.4714	67S	80W	0	-	-
61	22	2698-Dec-24	13:21:05	2113	1016	8645	P	-t	-1.3015	0.4484	66S	151E	0	-	-
62	23	2717-Jan-04	21:20:50	2217	1059	8868	P	-t	-1.3123	0.4306	65S	22E	0	-	-
63	24	2735-Jan-16	05:21:33	2323	1104	9091	P	-t	-1.3223	0.4142	64S	107W	0	-	-
64	25	2753-Jan-26	13:23:36	2432	1149	9314	P	-t	-1.3312	0.3996	63S	123E	0	-	-
65	26	2771-Feb-06	21:22:09	2544	1195	9537	P	-t	-1.3429	0.3801	62S	5W	0	-	-
66	27	2789-Feb-17	05:19:14	2658	1241	9760	P	-t	-1.3558	0.3586	62S	132W	0	-	-
67	28	2807-Feb-28	13:10:04	2775	1289	9983	P	-t	-1.3737	0.3286	61S	102E	0	-	-
68	29	2825-Mar-10	20:56:40	2895	1337	10206	P	-t	-1.3949	0.2929	61S	23W	0	-	-
69	30	2843-Mar-22	04:34:07	3017	1386	10429	P	-t	-1.4236	0.2442	61S	146W	0	-	-
70	31	2861-Apr-01	12:05:59	3141	1435	10652	P	-t	-1.4567	0.1879	61S	93E	0	-	-
71	32	2879-Apr-12	19:28:23	3268	1486	10875	P	-t	-1.4974	0.1182	62S	25W	0	-	-
72	33	2897-Apr-23	02:43:11	3398	1537	11098	Pe	-t	-1.5439	0.0379	62S	142W	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 143

Solar eclipses of Saros 143 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 1617 Mar 07. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 2897 Apr 23. The total duration of Saros series 143 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 143

First Eclipse	1617 Mar 07
Last Eclipse	2897 Apr 23
Series Duration	1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses	72
Sequence	10P 12T 4H 26A 20P

Saros 143 is composed of 72 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 143
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	72	100.0%
Partial	P	30	41.7%
Annular	A	26	36.1%
Total	T	12	16.7%
Hybrid	H	4	5.6%

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 143 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 143
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	42	100.0%
Central (two limits)	42	100.0%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	0	0.0%

The 72 eclipses in Saros 143 occur in the following order : 10P 12T 4H 26A 20P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 143 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 143
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	2518 Sep 06	04m54s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	2085 Dec 16	00m19s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	1887 Aug 19	03m50s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	1995 Oct 24	02m10s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	2013 Nov 03	01m40s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	2067 Dec 06	00m08s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	1779 Jun 14	-	0.92754
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	2897 Apr 23	-	0.03791

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 143

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

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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

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