| Lists of solar eclipses |
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Geometry of a total solar eclipse
(not to scale) |
| Centuries BC/BCE
AD/CE |
| Eclipses seen from China · Philippines · United Kingdom |
| See also List of lunar eclipses |
This is a list of selected solar eclipses from antiquity.
| Date of eclipse |
Time (UTC) | Type | Central Duration | Eclipse Path | Notes | ||
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| Start | Mid | End | |||||
| June 24, 1312 BC | - | 10:44 | - | total | 04m33s | Anatolia | Mursili's eclipse[1] |
| June 15, 763 BC | - | 08:23 | - | total | 04m59s | eclipse of Bur Sagale attested in Assyrian sources | |
| May 18, 603 BC | - | - | - | total | Northeast Africa, Middle East, Central Asia | Eclipse in the same saros as the 585 BC eclipse, but preceding it. | |
| May 28, 585 BC | - | 14:28 | - | total | 06m05s | predicted by Thales, occurred during the Battle of Halys;[2] | |
| February 17, 478 BC | - | - | - | total | Greece | eclipse occurring prior to Xerxes' first march against Greece | |
| August 3, 430 BC | - | - | - | total | Greece, Mediterranean Sea | Pericles shows his Greek Army that the eclipse was not much more than a covering of the sun by something bigger than his cloak. | |
| March 1, 357 BC | - | - | - | total | total eclipse in Jerusalem. | ||
| July 4, 336 BC | - | - | - | total | total eclipse in Jerusalem. | ||
| April 2, 303 BC | - | - | - | total | total eclipse in Jerusalem. | ||
| March 14, 190 BC | - | - | - | total | total eclipse in Kiev, Ukraine. | ||
| July 17, 188 BC | - | - | - | total | total eclipse in Kiev, Ukraine. | ||
| October 19, 183 BC | - | - | - | total | total eclipse in Kiev, Ukraine. | ||
| July 19, 418 | - | - | - | total | total eclipse in Portugal reported by Hydatius | ||
| December 23, 447 | - | - | - | total | total eclipse in Portugal reported by Hydatius | ||
| Date of eclipse |
Central Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 3736 BC | 07m12s | between 4000 BC to 3001 BC[3] |
| May 17, 2231 BC | 07m21s | between 3000 BC to 2001 BC[4] |
| July 3, 1443 BC | 07m05s | between 2000 BC and 1001 BC[5] |
| June 15, 744 BC | 07m28s | between 1000 BC to 1 BC[6] |
| June 27, 363 | 07m24s | between 1 AD to 1000 AD[7] |
| June 9, 1062 | 07m20s | between 1001 AD to 2000 AD[8] |
| Date of eclipse |
Central Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| November 24, 3125 BC | 11m36s | between 4000 BC to 3001 BC[9] |
| December 16, 2001 BC | 11m36s | between 3000 BC to 2001 BC[10] |
| December 12, 1656 BC | 12m07s | between 2000 BC to 1001 BC[11] |
| December 22, 178 BC | 12m08s | between 1000 BC to 1 BC[12] |
| December 7, 150 | 12m23s | between 4000 BC to 7000 AD |
