EclipseWise - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 148

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 148

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 148 . 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 148
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	1653-Sep-21	15:55:43	43	12	-4283	Pb	t-	-1.5450	0.0324	61S	150W	0	-	-
2	-34	1671-Oct-02	23:13:21	23	9	-4060	P	t-	-1.4952	0.1177	61S	92E	0	-	-
3	-33	1689-Oct-13	06:40:02	9	7	-3837	P	t-	-1.4518	0.1920	61S	28W	0	-	-
4	-32	1707-Oct-25	14:17:22	8	5	-3614	P	t-	-1.4161	0.2528	62S	151W	0	-	-
5	-31	1725-Nov-04	22:02:52	10	4	-3391	P	t-	-1.3861	0.3038	62S	83E	0	-	-
6	-30	1743-Nov-16	05:58:24	12	3	-3168	P	t-	-1.3634	0.3423	63S	44W	0	-	-
7	-29	1761-Nov-26	14:00:27	15	3	-2945	P	t-	-1.3451	0.3732	64S	174W	0	-	-
8	-28	1779-Dec-07	22:08:56	16	2	-2722	P	t-	-1.3315	0.3962	65S	54E	0	-	-
9	-27	1797-Dec-18	06:21:51	14	1	-2499	P	t-	-1.3208	0.4142	66S	79W	0	-	-
10	-26	1815-Dec-30	14:38:39	12	1	-2276	P	t-	-1.3130	0.4273	67S	146E	0	-	-
11	-25	1834-Jan-09	22:55:30	6	1	-2053	P	t-	-1.3043	0.4418	68S	11E	0	-	-
12	-24	1852-Jan-21	07:12:16	7	1	-1830	P	t-	-1.2948	0.4577	69S	124W	0	-	-
13	-23	1870-Jan-31	15:26:25	1	0	-1607	P	t-	-1.2829	0.4781	70S	100E	0	-	-
14	-22	1888-Feb-11	23:38:15	-6	0	-1384	P	t-	-1.2684	0.5029	71S	36W	0	-	-
15	-21	1906-Feb-23	07:43:20	5	0	-1161	P	t-	-1.2479	0.5386	71S	170W	0	-	-
16	-20	1924-Mar-05	15:44:20	23	0	-938	P	t-	-1.2232	0.5820	72S	56E	0	-	-
17	-19	1942-Mar-16	23:37:07	25	0	-715	P	t-	-1.1908	0.6394	72S	77W	0	-	-
18	-18	1960-Mar-27	07:25:07	33	0	-492	P	t-	-1.1537	0.7058	72S	152E	0	-	-
19	-17	1978-Apr-07	15:03:47	49	0	-269	P	t-	-1.1081	0.7883	72S	23E	0	-	-
20	-16	1996-Apr-17	22:38:12	62	0	-46	P	t-	-1.0580	0.8799	71S	104W	0	-	-
21	-15	2014-Apr-29	06:04:33	67	0	177	A-	t-	-1.0000	0.9868	71S	131E	0	-	-
22	-14	2032-May-09	13:26:42	74	2	400	A	t-	-0.9375	0.9957	51S	7W	20	44	00m22s
23	-13	2050-May-20	20:42:50	83	9	623	H	t-	-0.8688	1.0038	40S	124W	29	27	00m21s
24	-12	2068-May-31	03:56:39	94	18	846	T	p-	-0.7970	1.0110	31S	123E	37	63	01m06s
25	-11	2086-Jun-11	11:07:14	108	29	1069	T	p-	-0.7215	1.0174	23S	12E	44	86	01m48s
26	-10	2104-Jun-22	18:16:21	125	41	1292	T	p-	-0.6437	1.0231	17S	97W	50	103	02m26s
27	-9	2122-Jul-04	01:25:31	144	55	1515	T	p-	-0.5649	1.0280	11S	154E	56	114	02m56s
28	-8	2140-Jul-14	08:36:11	166	70	1738	T	p-	-0.4861	1.0322	7S	46E	61	124	03m18s
29	-7	2158-Jul-25	15:49:17	190	86	1961	T	p-	-0.4086	1.0356	3S	62W	66	131	03m32s
30	-6	2176-Aug-04	23:05:55	217	104	2184	T	p-	-0.3332	1.0383	1S	171W	71	136	03m40s
31	-5	2194-Aug-16	06:28:08	246	122	2407	T	n-	-0.2616	1.0403	0S	79E	75	139	03m44s
32	-4	2212-Aug-27	13:56:17	279	142	2630	T	n-	-0.1939	1.0416	0S	33W	79	142	03m45s
33	-3	2230-Sep-07	21:30:39	313	163	2853	T	n-	-0.1308	1.0424	1S	145W	82	143	03m44s
34	-2	2248-Sep-18	05:13:07	350	185	3076	T	nn	-0.0738	1.0426	2S	100E	86	143	03m42s
35	-1	2266-Sep-29	13:03:56	390	208	3299	T	nn	-0.0233	1.0425	4S	17W	89	142	03m40s
36	0	2284-Oct-09	21:03:47	432	231	3522	T	nn	0.0205	1.0420	6S	137W	89	140	03m39s
37	1	2302-Oct-22	05:11:15	477	256	3745	T	nn	0.0584	1.0413	8S	102E	87	139	03m38s
38	2	2320-Nov-01	13:28:18	525	282	3968	Tm	nn	0.0888	1.0406	10S	22W	85	137	03m38s
39	3	2338-Nov-12	21:52:53	575	309	4191	T	nn	0.1132	1.0399	12S	147W	84	134	03m38s
40	4	2356-Nov-23	06:24:54	627	336	4414	T	-n	0.1317	1.0394	13S	85E	83	133	03m40s

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 148
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	2374-Dec-04	15:02:55	682	364	4637	T	-n	0.1455	1.0390	14S	44W	82	132	03m42s
42	6	2392-Dec-14	23:46:25	740	394	4860	T	-n	0.1550	1.0391	14S	174W	81	133	03m46s
43	7	2410-Dec-26	08:33:57	801	424	5083	T	-n	0.1614	1.0395	14S	55E	81	134	03m50s
44	8	2429-Jan-05	17:22:55	863	455	5306	T	-n	0.1666	1.0404	13S	76W	80	137	03m56s
45	9	2447-Jan-17	02:14:02	929	487	5529	T	-n	0.1704	1.0417	11S	152E	80	141	04m03s
46	10	2465-Jan-27	11:03:48	997	519	5752	T	-n	0.1752	1.0435	8S	20E	80	147	04m11s
47	11	2483-Feb-07	19:51:55	1068	553	5975	T	-n	0.1818	1.0457	5S	112W	80	155	04m20s
48	12	2501-Feb-19	04:35:20	1141	587	6198	T	-n	0.1926	1.0483	1S	116E	79	163	04m31s
49	13	2519-Mar-02	13:15:23	1216	622	6421	T	-n	0.2062	1.0511	4N	14W	78	173	04m42s
50	14	2537-Mar-12	21:49:05	1295	658	6644	T	-n	0.2254	1.0542	9N	144W	77	184	04m53s
51	15	2555-Mar-24	06:16:21	1376	695	6867	T	-n	0.2502	1.0574	15N	89E	75	195	05m04s
52	16	2573-Apr-03	14:36:14	1459	732	7090	T	-n	0.2815	1.0606	21N	37W	74	207	05m13s
53	17	2591-Apr-14	22:49:04	1545	771	7313	T	-n	0.3190	1.0637	28N	161W	71	220	05m19s
54	18	2609-Apr-26	06:54:24	1634	810	7536	T	-n	0.3628	1.0665	34N	77E	69	233	05m23s
55	19	2627-May-07	14:52:01	1725	850	7759	T	-p	0.4129	1.0688	41N	42W	65	246	05m22s
56	20	2645-May-17	22:43:15	1819	890	7982	T	-p	0.4686	1.0707	47N	159W	62	261	05m16s
57	21	2663-May-29	06:28:18	1915	932	8205	T	-p	0.5296	1.0719	54N	87E	58	276	05m07s
58	22	2681-Jun-08	14:07:29	2014	974	8428	T	-p	0.5954	1.0724	60N	23W	53	294	04m54s
59	23	2699-Jun-19	21:42:29	2116	1017	8651	T	-p	0.6645	1.0720	65N	128W	48	314	04m38s
60	24	2717-Jul-01	05:13:27	2220	1060	8874	T	-p	0.7369	1.0707	69N	133E	42	342	04m20s
61	25	2735-Jul-12	12:43:08	2326	1105	9097	T	-p	0.8101	1.0682	72N	39E	36	381	03m59s
62	26	2753-Jul-22	20:10:00	2435	1150	9320	T	-t	0.8854	1.0646	72N	48W	27	458	03m35s
63	27	2771-Aug-03	03:38:31	2547	1196	9543	T	-t	0.9591	1.0590	70N	131W	16	704	03m05s
64	28	2789-Aug-13	11:07:01	2662	1243	9766	P	-t	1.0326	0.9578	62N	145E	0	-	-
65	29	2807-Aug-24	18:39:24	2778	1290	9989	P	-t	1.1023	0.8226	62N	23E	0	-	-
66	30	2825-Sep-04	02:13:37	2898	1338	10212	P	-t	1.1701	0.6919	61N	99W	0	-	-
67	31	2843-Sep-15	09:53:56	3020	1387	10435	P	-t	1.2325	0.5722	61N	138E	0	-	-
68	32	2861-Sep-25	17:38:10	3145	1437	10658	P	-t	1.2913	0.4606	61N	14E	0	-	-
69	33	2879-Oct-07	01:28:59	3272	1487	10881	P	-t	1.3441	0.3611	61N	112W	0	-	-
70	34	2897-Oct-17	09:25:26	3402	1538	11104	P	-t	1.3919	0.2722	62N	121E	0	-	-
71	35	2915-Oct-29	17:29:48	3534	1590	11327	P	-t	1.4324	0.1977	62N	9W	0	-	-
72	36	2933-Nov-09	01:40:26	3669	1642	11550	P	-t	1.4677	0.1337	63N	140W	0	-	-
73	37	2951-Nov-20	09:57:36	3806	1696	11773	P	-t	1.4971	0.0813	63N	87E	0	-	-
74	38	2969-Nov-30	18:20:49	3947	1750	11996	P	-t	1.5211	0.0391	64N	47W	0	-	-
75	39	2987-Dec-12	02:49:59	4089	1804	12219	Pe	-t	1.5397	0.0072	65N	176E	0	-	-

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 148

Solar eclipses of Saros 148 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 1653 Sep 21. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 2987 Dec 12. The total duration of Saros series 148 is 1334.23 years.

Summary of Saros 148

First Eclipse	1653 Sep 21
Last Eclipse	2987 Dec 12
Series Duration	1334.23 Years
No. of Eclipses	75
Sequence	20P 2A 1H 40T 12P

Saros 148 is composed of 75 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 148
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	75	100.0%
Partial	P	32	42.7%
Annular	A	2	2.7%
Total	T	40	53.3%
Hybrid	H	1	1.3%

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 148 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 148
Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral Eclipses	43	100.0%
Central (two limits)	42	97.7%
Central (one limit)	0	0.0%
Non-Central (one limit)	1	2.3%

The 75 eclipses in Saros 148 occur in the following order : 20P 2A 1H 40T 12P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 148 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 148
Extrema Type	Date	Duration	Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse	2032 May 09	00m22s	-
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse	2032 May 09	00m22s	-
Longest Total Solar Eclipse	2609 Apr 26	05m23s	-
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse	2068 May 31	01m06s	-
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	2050 May 20	00m21s	-
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse	2050 May 20	00m21s	-
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse	2789 Aug 13	-	0.95784
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse	2987 Dec 12	-	0.00723

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 148

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

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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