List of solar eclipses in the 16th century

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This is a list of solar eclipses in the 16th century. During the period 1501 to 1600 there were 228 solar eclipses of which 75 were partial, 72 were annular (three non-central), 62 were total, and 19 were hybrids. The greatest number of eclipses in one year was four, occurring in 1508, 1526, 1573, and 1591.[1] Note that dates before October 4, 1582 use the Julian calendar and dates after October 15, 1582 use the Gregorian calendar (October 4, 1582 is followed by October 15 in the Gregorian calendar).


Date Time of
greatest eclipse		 Saros cycle Type Magnitude Central
duration		 Location Path width Geographical area Ref(s)
17 April 1501 16:15:52 101 Partial 0.6155 — — [1]
17 May 1501 03:27:44 139 Partial 0.0905 — — [1]
12 October 1501 07:30:04 106 Partial 0.6585 — — [1]
7 April 1502 05:49:59 111 Total 1.0567 04m 49s 205 km (127 mi) [1]
1 October 1502 08:36:17 116 Annular 0.9277 08m 16s 306 km (190 mi) [1]
27 March 1503 22:28:20 121 Total 1.0640 05m 04s 218 km (135 mi) [1]
20 September 1503 08:52:38 126 Annular 0.9494 05m 27s 190 km (120 mi) [1]
16 March 1504 13:30:09 131 Partial 0.9348 — — [1]
8 September 1504 15:12:15 136 Annular 0.9924 00m 32s 83 km (52 mi) [1]
4 February 1505 06:29:08 103 Partial 0.8255 — — [1]
30 July 1505 20:51:55 108 Total 1.0635 03m 25s 593 km (368 mi) [1]
24 January 1506 05:58:07 113 Annular 0.9209 08m 26s 325 km (202 mi) [1]
20 July 1506 13:46:58 118 Total 1.0623 05m 08s 209 km (130 mi) [1]
13 January 1507 07:20:10 123 Annular 0.9526 05m 42s 181 km (112 mi) [1]
10 July 1507 03:06:33 128 Hybrid 1.0095 01m 01s 40 km (25 mi) [1]
2 January 1508 15:45:09 133 Annular 0.9941 00m 28s 92 km (57 mi) [1]
29 May 1508 19:09:02 100 Partial 0.2019 — — [1]
28 July 1508 09:28:44 138 Partial 0.2993 — — [1]
22 November 1508 19:24:23 105 Partial 0.8489 — — [1]
18 May 1509 19:49:36 110 Annular 0.9539 03m 56s 233 km (145 mi) [1]
12 November 1509 10:00:15 115 Hybrid 1.0131 01m 06s 50 km (31 mi) [1]
8 May 1510 01:16:15 120 Hybrid 1.0033 00m 22s 12 km (7.5 mi) [1]
1 November 1510 19:13:50 125 Annular 0.9607 04m 54s 148 km (92 mi) [1]
27 April 1511 13:47:24 130 Total 1.0463 03m 50s 286 km (178 mi) [1]
21 October 1511 21:19:49 135 Annular 0.9416 — — [1]
17 March 1512 22:14:35 102 Partial 0.9516 — — [1]
16 April 1512 06:22:25 140 Partial 0.0003 — — [1]
10 September 1512 05:03:25 107 Partial 0.5688 — — [1]
7 March 1513 11:54:03 112 Hybrid 1.0040 00m 24s 15 km (9.3 mi) [1]
30 August 1513 13:35:52 117 Total 1.0211 02m 03s 80 km (50 mi) [1]
24 February 1514 18:45:30 122 Annular 0.9479 05m 51s 208 km (129 mi) [1]
20 August 1514 04:25:15 127 Total 1.0667 05m 38s 228 km (142 mi) [1]
13 February 1515 19:08:19 132 Partial 0.7580 — — [1]
11 July 1515 13:36:51 99 Partial 0.0153 — — [1]
9 August 1515 21:21:25 137 Partial 0.9686 — — [1]
4 January 1516 03:38:41 104 Partial 0.6830 — — [1]
30 July 1516 01:15:15 109 Annular 0.9899 01m 03s 64 km (40 mi) [1]
23 December 1516 14:00:51 114 Total 1.0199 02m 05s 75 km (47 mi) [1]
19 July 1517 05:41:31 119 Annular 0.9552 05m 50s 164 km (102 mi) [1]
13 December 1517 05:04:13 124 Total 1.0468 03m 52s 161 km (100 mi) [1]
8 July 1518 06:15:24 129 Annular 0.9496 04m 13s 259 km (161 mi) [1]
2 December 1518 20:14:58 134 Total 1.0124 00m 41s 125 km (78 mi) [1]
28 April 1519 23:35:43 101 Partial 0.5070 — — [1]
28 May 1519 10:20:09 139 Partial 0.2342 — — [1]
23 October 1519 15:20:34 106 Partial 0.6096 — — [1]
17 April 1520 13:36:46 111 Total 1.0609 05m 15s 226 km (140 mi) [1]
11 October 1520 16:03:20 116 Annular 0.9244 08m 57s 329 km (204 mi) [1]
7 April 1521 06:26:06 121 Total 1.0662 05m 15s 222 km (138 mi) [1]
30 September 1521 16:21:42 126 Annular 0.9489 05m 30s 191 km (119 mi) [1]
27 March 1522 21:22:59 131 Total 1.0076 00m 26s 347 km (216 mi) [1]
19 September 1522 22:57:33 136 Annular 0.9946 00m 23s 42 km (26 mi) [1]
15 February 1523 14:16:44 103 Partial 0.7827 — — [1]
11 August 1523 04:33:16 108 Total 1.0558 02m 44s — [1]
4 February 1524 13:45:35 113 Annular 0.9235 08m 05s 315 km (196 mi) [1]
30 July 1524 21:17:39 118 Total 1.0577 04m 40s 198 km (123 mi) [1]
23 January 1525 15:31:21 123 Annular 0.9569 04m 58s 163 km (101 mi) [1]
20 July 1525 10:11:04 128 Hybrid 1.0054 00m 35s 21 km (13 mi) [1]
13 January 1526 00:22:31 133 Annular 0.9985 00m 07s 19 km (12 mi) [1]
10 July 1526 01:34:33 100 Partial 0.0557 — — [1]
9 July 1526 16:02:42 138 Partial 0.4379 — — [1]
4 December 1526 04:14:39 105 Partial 0.8382 — — [1]
30 May 1527 02:23:01 110 Annular 0.9556 03m 28s 255 km (158 mi) [1]
23 November 1527 18:36:38 115 Hybrid 1.0089 00m 45s 34 km (21 mi) [1]
18 May 1528 08:21:05 120 Hybrid 1.0085 00m 56s 29 km (18 mi) [1]
12 November 1528 03:22:58 125 Annular 0.9562 05m 36s 166 km (103 mi) [1]
7 May 1529 21:19:50 130 Total 1.0526 04m 38s 276 km (171 mi) [1]
1 November 1529 05:04:11 135 Annular 0.9119 08m 09s — [1]
29 March 1530 06:16:37 102 Partial 0.8671 — — [1]
27 April 1530 14:07:20 140 Partial 0.1083 — — [1]
21 September 1530 12:31:37 107 Partial 0.4970 — — [1]
18 March 1531 19:47:21 112 Hybrid 1.0036 00m 21s 13 km (8.1 mi) [1]
10 September 1531 21:21:52 117 Total 1.0208 01m 56s 81 km (50 mi) [1]
7 March 1532 02:21:40 122 Annular 0.9488 05m 59s 201 km (125 mi) [1]
30 August 1532 12:17:45 127 Total 1.0654 05m 40s 221 km (137 mi) [1]
24 February 1533 02:42:10 132 Partial 0.8077 — — [1]
20 August 1533 05:04:01 137 Total 1.0479 02m 40s 678 km (421 mi) [1]
14 January 1534 12:01:19 104 Partial 0.6778 — — [1]
11 July 1534 08:08:46 109 Annular 0.9833 01m 35s 144 km (89 mi) [1]
3 January 1535 22:45:49 114 Total 1.0228 02m 22s 86 km (53 mi) [1]
30 July 1535 12:08:20 119 Annular 0.9533 06m 19s 173 km (107 mi) [1]
24 December 1535 13:56:57 124 Total 1.0469 03m 55s 161 km (100 mi) [1]
18 July 1536 12:43:21 129 Annular 0.9523 04m 17s 220 km (140 mi) [1]
13 December 1536 04:59:20 134 Total 1.0098 00m 33s 97 km (60 mi) [1]
9 May 1537 06:52:57 101 Partial 0.3922 — — [1]
7 July 1537 17:14:05 139 Partial 0.3796 — — [1]
2 November 1537 23:17:01 106 Partial 0.5712 — — [1]
28 April 1538 21:17:31 111 Total 1.0645 05m 38s 249 km (155 mi) [1]
22 October 1538 23:38:41 116 Annular 0.9214 09m 41s 351 km (218 mi) [1]
18 April 1539 14:15:07 121 Total 1.0680 05m 28s 225 km (140 mi) [1]
12 October 1539 00:01:45 126 Annular 0.9484 05m 35s 192 km (119 mi) [1]
7 April 1540 05:04:30 131 Total 1.0115 00m 42s 123 km (76 mi) [1]
30 September 1540 06:54:11 136 Annular 0.9960 00m 17s 27 km (17 mi) [1]
25 February 1541 21:54:42 103 Partial 0.7272 — — [1]
21 August 1541 12:20:07 108 Partial 0.9172 — — [1]
19 September 1541 20:34:01 146 Partial 0.0378 — — [1]
14 February 1542 21:27:23 113 Annular 0.9265 07m 44s 305 km (190 mi) [1]
11 August 1542 04:51:06 118 Total 1.0525 04m 12s 184 km (114 mi) [1]
3 February 1543 23:38:52 123 Annular 0.9617 04m 14s 143 km (89 mi) [1]
31 July 1543 17:16:23 128 Hybrid 1.0007 00m 05s 3 km (1.9 mi) [1]
24 January 1544 08:57:45 133 Hybrid 1.0035 00m 16s 40 km (25 mi) [1]
19 July 1544 22:38:22 138 Partial 0.5730 — — [1]
14 December 1544 13:06:28 105 Partial 0.8297 — — [1]
9 July 1545 08:57:28 110 Annular 0.9567 03m 06s 303 km (188 mi) [1]
4 December 1545 03:15:42 115 Hybrid 1.0051 00m 25s 20 km (12 mi) [1]
29 May 1546 15:24:40 120 Hybrid 1.0133 01m 24s 46 km (29 mi) [1]
23 November 1546 11:35:42 125 Annular 0.9521 06m 13s 181 km (112 mi) [1]
19 May 1547 04:48:58 130 Total 1.0581 05m 22s 270 km (170 mi) [1]
12 November 1547 12:54:24 135 Annular 0.9106 08m 59s 419 km (260 mi) [1]
8 April 1548 14:10:08 102 Partial 0.7698 — — [1]
7 May 1548 21:46:52 140 Partial 0.2250 — — [1]
1 October 1548 20:10:50 107 Partial 0.4394 — — [1]
29 March 1549 03:30:55 112 Hybrid 1.0029 00m 16s 11 km (6.8 mi) [1]
21 September 1549 05:16:24 117 Total 1.0205 01m 49s 82 km (51 mi) [1]
18 March 1550 09:47:48 122 Annular 0.9497 06m 05s 194 km (121 mi) [1]
10 September 1550 20:17:38 127 Total 1.0636 05m 38s 212 km (132 mi) [1]
7 March 1551 10:05:18 132 Partial 0.8730 — — [1]
31 August 1551 12:53:01 137 Total 1.0460 02m 52s 391 km (243 mi) [1]
25 January 1552 20:19:44 104 Partial 0.6655 — — [1]
21 July 1552 15:03:48 109 Annular 0.9742 02m 05s — [1]
14 January 1553 07:28:09 114 Total 1.0263 02m 41s 99 km (62 mi) [1]
10 July 1553 18:36:34 119 Annular 0.9509 06m 46s 185 km (115 mi) [1]
3 January 1554 22:49:38 124 Total 1.0474 04m 00s 163 km (101 mi) [1]
29 July 1554 19:10:40 129 Annular 0.9546 04m 22s 195 km (121 mi) [1]
24 December 1554 13:45:21 134 Total 1.0075 00m 25s 75 km (47 mi) [1]
20 May 1555 14:06:06 101 Partial 0.2696 — — [1]
19 July 1555 00:07:16 139 Partial 0.5290 — — [1]
14 November 1555 07:19:27 106 Partial 0.5423 — — [1]
9 May 1556 04:53:36 111 Total 1.0673 05m 58s 274 km (170 mi) [1]
2 November 1556 07:22:13 116 Annular 0.9190 10m 24s 370 km (230 mi) [1]
28 April 1557 21:59:05 121 Total 1.0692 05m 42s 227 km (141 mi) [1]
22 October 1557 07:49:28 126 Annular 0.9482 05m 40s 192 km (119 mi) [1]
18 April 1558 12:39:27 131 Total 1.0132 00m 50s 100 km (62 mi) [1]
11 October 1558 14:58:55 136 Annular 0.9971 00m 12s 18 km (11 mi) [1]
9 March 1559 05:23:01 103 Partial 0.6598 — — [1]
1 September 1559 20:13:59 108 Partial 0.8172 — — [1]
1 October 1559 04:46:46 146 Partial 0.1083 — — [1]
26 February 1560 05:00:44 113 Annular 0.9299 07m 22s 294 km (183 mi) [1]
21 August 1560 12:30:55 118 Total 1.0469 03m 45s 170 km (110 mi) [1]
14 February 1561 07:39:21 123 Annular 0.9670 03m 30s 122 km (76 mi) [1]
11 August 1561 00:27:07 128 Annular 0.9956 00m 27s 16 km (9.9 mi) [1]
3 February 1562 17:27:33 133 Total 1.0091 00m 41s 89 km (55 mi) [1]
31 July 1562 05:16:46 138 Partial 0.7034 — — [1]
25 December 1562 21:58:40 105 Partial 0.8217 — — [1]
20 July 1563 15:30:55 110 Annular 0.9564 02m 49s 454 km (282 mi) [1]
15 December 1563 11:55:49 115 Hybrid 1.0020 00m 10s 8 km (5.0 mi) [1]
8 July 1564 22:26:49 120 Hybrid 1.0174 01m 44s 60 km (37 mi) [1]
3 December 1564 19:52:06 125 Annular 0.9487 06m 42s 195 km (121 mi) [1]
29 May 1565 12:15:00 130 Total 1.0629 05m 57s 266 km (165 mi) [1]
22 November 1565 20:49:55 135 Annular 0.9092 09m 37s 220 km (140 mi) [1]
19 April 1566 21:56:01 102 Partial 0.6610 — — [1]
19 May 1566 05:21:00 140 Partial 0.3507 — — [1]
13 October 1566 03:59:23 107 Partial 0.3939 — — [1]
9 April 1567 11:04:08 112 Hybrid 1.0020 00m 11s 8 km (5.0 mi) [1]
2 October 1567 13:20:27 117 Total 1.0200 01m 42s 82 km (51 mi) [1]
28 March 1568 17:04:21 122 Annular 0.9507 06m 10s 187 km (116 mi) [1]
21 September 1568 04:25:02 127 Total 1.0615 05m 32s 204 km (127 mi) [1]
17 March 1569 17:21:18 132 Annular 0.9489 — — [1]
10 September 1569 20:48:16 137 Total 1.0428 02m 55s 293 km (182 mi) [1]
5 February 1570 04:34:49 104 Partial 0.6475 — — [1]
1 August 1570 22:00:22 109 Partial 0.8623 — — [1]
25 January 1571 16:07:36 114 Total 1.0302 02m 59s 113 km (70 mi) [1]
22 July 1571 01:07:18 119 Annular 0.9481 07m 08s 201 km (125 mi) [1]
15 January 1572 07:38:12 124 Total 1.0485 04m 07s 166 km (103 mi) [1]
10 July 1572 01:42:42 129 Annular 0.9562 04m 30s 177 km (110 mi) [1]
3 January 1573 22:28:35 134 Hybrid 1.0058 00m 20s 57 km (35 mi) [1]
30 May 1573 21:18:24 101 Partial 0.1436 — — [1]
29 July 1573 07:03:36 139 Partial 0.6770 — — [1]
24 November 1573 15:24:46 106 Partial 0.5191 — — [1]
20 May 1574 12:25:42 111 Total 1.0694 06m 09s 305 km (190 mi) [1]
13 November 1574 15:12:17 116 Annular 0.9171 11m 03s 387 km (240 mi) [1]
10 May 1575 05:34:45 121 Total 1.0697 05m 56s 227 km (141 mi) [1]
2 November 1575 15:47:27 126 Annular 0.9483 05m 44s 191 km (119 mi) [1]
28 April 1576 20:04:44 131 Total 1.0140 00m 55s 86 km (53 mi) [1]
21 October 1576 23:13:06 136 Annular 0.9981 00m 08s 11 km (6.8 mi) [1]
19 March 1577 12:41:15 103 Partial 0.5798 — — [1]
12 September 1577 04:15:23 108 Partial 0.7297 — — [1]
11 October 1577 13:08:02 146 Partial 0.1654 — — [1]
8 March 1578 12:26:52 113 Annular 0.9336 07m 01s 284 km (176 mi) [1]
1 September 1578 20:15:08 118 Total 1.0408 03m 17s 152 km (94 mi) [1]
25 February 1579 15:34:47 123 Annular 0.9728 02m 48s 100 km (62 mi) [1]
22 August 1579 07:41:32 128 Annular 0.9901 01m 00s 36 km (22 mi) [1]
15 February 1580 01:52:13 133 Total 1.0151 01m 07s 127 km (79 mi) [1]
10 August 1580 12:00:05 138 Partial 0.8258 — — [1]
5 January 1581 06:49:58 105 Partial 0.8121 — — [1]
30 July 1581 22:06:53 110 Partial 0.9454 — — [1]
25 December 1581 20:35:20 115 Annular 0.9993 00m 04s 3 km (1.9 mi) [1]
20 July 1582 05:30:27 120 Total 1.0210 01m 59s 73 km (45 mi) [1]
25 December 1582 04:08:39 125 Annular 0.9459 07m 02s 206 km (128 mi) [1]
19 July 1583 19:39:32 130 Total 1.0667 06m 23s 262 km (163 mi) [1]
14 December 1583 04:48:39 135 Annular 0.9083 10m 03s 116 km (72 mi) [1]
10 May 1584 05:35:06 102 Partial 0.5424 — — [1]
8 July 1584 12:52:25 140 Partial 0.4805 — — [1]
2 November 1584 11:56:44 107 Partial 0.3595 — — [1]
29 April 1585 18:28:58 112 Hybrid 1.0005 00m 03s 2 km (1.2 mi) [1]
22 October 1585 21:33:25 117 Total 1.0196 01m 35s 82 km (51 mi) [1]
19 April 1586 00:10:09 122 Annular 0.9517 06m 12s 181 km (112 mi) [1]
12 October 1586 12:40:32 127 Total 1.0591 05m 23s 196 km (122 mi) [1]
8 April 1587 00:27:05 132 Annular 0.9271 06m 26s 889 km (552 mi) [1]
2 October 1587 04:51:25 137 Total 1.0387 02m 51s 235 km (146 mi) [1]
26 February 1588 12:42:31 104 Partial 0.6178 — — [1]
22 August 1588 05:01:47 109 Partial 0.7355 — — [1]
15 February 1589 00:42:20 114 Total 1.0344 03m 17s 129 km (80 mi) [1]
11 August 1589 07:41:04 119 Annular 0.9450 07m 25s 221 km (137 mi) [1]
4 February 1590 16:24:05 124 Total 1.0498 04m 17s 170 km (110 mi) [1]
31 July 1590 08:17:39 129 Annular 0.9574 04m 38s 166 km (103 mi) [1]
25 January 1591 07:09:22 134 Hybrid 1.0047 00m 16s 45 km (28 mi) [1]
21 July 1591 04:28:43 101 Partial 0.0129 — — [1]
20 July 1591 14:02:08 139 Partial 0.8249 — — [1]
15 December 1591 23:33:56 106 Partial 0.5024 — — [1]
9 July 1592 19:55:49 111 Total 1.0705 06m 11s 344 km (214 mi) [1]
3 December 1592 23:07:16 116 Annular 0.9159 11m 36s 401 km (249 mi) [1]
30 May 1593 13:07:31 121 Total 1.0696 06m 08s 227 km (141 mi) [1]
22 November 1593 23:52:06 126 Annular 0.9488 05m 47s 189 km (117 mi) [1]
20 May 1594 03:23:17 131 Total 1.0141 00m 58s 76 km (47 mi) [1]
12 November 1594 07:34:49 136 Annular 0.9991 00m 04s 5 km (3.1 mi) [1]
9 April 1595 19:50:05 103 Partial 0.4879 — — [1]
3 October 1595 12:24:36 108 Partial 0.6546 — — [1]
1 November 1595 21:36:53 146 Partial 0.2111 — — [1]
28 March 1596 19:43:19 113 Annular 0.9373 06m 42s 275 km (171 mi) [1]
22 September 1596 04:07:03 118 Total 1.0346 02m 50s 134 km (83 mi) [1]
17 March 1597 23:22:39 123 Annular 0.9788 02m 08s 77 km (48 mi) [1]
11 September 1597 15:01:22 128 Annular 0.9843 01m 35s 57 km (35 mi) [1]
7 March 1598 10:10:01 133 Total 1.0214 01m 33s 156 km (97 mi) [1]
31 August 1598 18:48:48 138 Annular 0.9398 — — [1]
26 January 1599 15:37:11 105 Partial 0.7965 — — [1]
22 July 1599 04:45:15 110 Partial 0.8068 — — [1]
16 January 1600 05:12:46 115 Annular 0.9972 00m 14s 11 km (6.8 mi) [1]
10 July 1600 12:35:58 120 Total 1.0238 02m 08s 84 km (52 mi) [1]

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