Solar Saros 136

Solar Saros 136 is currently producing the longest total solar eclipses. It produced the 6 longest total eclipses of the 20th century, 3 of them over 7 minutes long. [2] It also produced the longest total eclipse of the 21st century at 6 min 39 sec, and overall will produce the century's three longest total eclipses. Each eclipse is getting slightly shorter and this series will be surpassed in total eclipse length by Solar Saros 139 (whose eclipses are getting slightly longer) on May 22, 2096. [3] Saros 136 will ultimately produce a total of 44 total eclipses. It produced the most central total eclipse between the years 1209 and 2718 and the greatest magnitude of any eclipse since the year 540 on July 11, 1991.

Solar Saros 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on Jun 14, 1360, and reached a first annular eclipse on September 8, 1504. It was a hybrid event from November 22, 1612, through January 17, 1703, and total eclipses from January 27, 1721 through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622, with the entire series lasting lasting 1262 years. The longest eclipse occurred on June 20, 1955, with a maximum duration of totality was 7 minutes, 8 seconds. [4]

Series members 29-42 occur between 1865 and 2100:

28 29 30

April 25, 1865
May 6, 1883
31 32 33

May 18, 1901
May 29, 1919
Jun 8, 1937
34 35 36

Jun 20, 1955
Jun 30, 1973
Jul 11, 1991
37 38 39

Jul 22, 2009
Aug 2, 2027
Aug 12, 2045
40 41 42

Aug. 24, 2063
Sep. 3, 2081
Sep. 14, 2099

Events

Saros Member Date Time
(Greatest)
UTC		 Type Location
Lat,Long		 Gamma Mag. Width
(km)		 Duration
(min:sec)		 Ref
136 1 June 14, 1360 5:56:04 Partial 65.8S 78.2E -1.5227 0.0495 [2]
136 2 June 25, 1378 12:45:16 Partial 64.8S 34.2W -1.4392 0.1976 [3]
136 3 July 5, 1396 19:37:40 Partial 63.9S 147.2W -1.3568 0.3449 [4]
136 4 July 17, 1414 2:35:03 Partial 63.1S 99E -1.277 0.4881 [5]
136 5 July 27, 1432 9:39:02 Partial 62.4S 16.3W -1.2011 0.625 [6]
136 6 August 7, 1450 16:48:49 Partial 61.8S 132.8W -1.1286 0.756 [7]
136 7 August 18, 1468 0:08:08 Partial 61.3S 108.4E -1.0627 0.8753 [8]
136 8 August 29, 1486 7:34:56 Partial 61S 12.1W -1.0018 0.9856 [9]
136 9 September 8, 1504 15:12:15 Annular 55.3S 102.6W -0.9486 0.9924 83 0m 32s [10]
136 10 September 19, 1522 22:57:33 Annular 53.9S 146.1E -0.9011 0.9946 42 0m 23s [11]
136 11 September 30, 1540 6:54:11 Annular 54.6S 29.2E -0.862 0.996 27 0m 17s [12]
136 12 October 11, 1558 14:58:55 Annular 56.5S 90.3W -0.8289 0.9971 18 0m 12s [13]
136 13 October 21, 1576 23:13:06 Annular 59.2S 147.9E -0.8031 0.9981 11 0m 8s [14]
136 14 November 12, 1594 7:34:49 Annular 62.4S 25.1E -0.7829 0.9991 5 0m 4s [15]
136 15 November 22, 1612 16:04:35 Hybrid 65.7S 98.4W -0.7691 1.0002 1 0m 1s [16]
136 16 December 4, 1630 0:38:59 Hybrid 68.7S 139.6E -0.7585 1.0017 9 0m 7s [17]
136 17 December 14, 1648 9:17:55 Hybrid 70.9S 19.6E -0.751 1.0035 18 0m 14s [18]
136 18 December 25, 1666 17:59:16 Hybrid 71.6S 98.3W -0.7452 1.0058 30 0m 24s [19]
136 19 January 5, 1685 2:42:50 Hybrid 70.7S 143.1E -0.7409 1.0086 44 0m 35s [20]
136 20 January 17, 1703 11:24:25 Hybrid 67.9S 22.2E -0.7345 1.012 61 0m 50s [21]
136 21 January 27, 1721 20:05:11 Total 64S 102.4W -0.7269 1.0158 79 1m 7s [22]
136 22 February 8, 1739 4:41:13 Total 59.2S 131E -0.7149 1.0203 99 1m 27s [23]
136 23 February 18, 1757 13:14:12 Total 53.8S 2.9E -0.6999 1.0251 119 1m 51s [24]
136 24 March 1, 1775 21:39:20 Total 47.9S 124.8W -0.6783 1.0304 139 2m 20s [25]
136 25 March 12, 1793 6:00:07 Total 41.7S 107.8E -0.6524 1.0359 158 2m 51s [26]
136 26 March 24, 1811 14:12:13 Total 35.2S 18W -0.619 1.0416 176 3m 27s [27]
136 27 April 3, 1829 22:18:36 Total 28.5S 142.6W -0.5803 1.0474 192 4m 5s [28]
136 28 April 15, 1847 6:16:13 Total 21.6S 95E -0.5339 1.053 206 4m 44s [29]
136 29 April 25, 1865 14:08:34 Total 14.8S 25.8W -0.4826 1.0584 219 5m 23s [30]
136 30 May 6, 1883 21:53:49 Total 8.1S 144.6W -0.425 1.0634 229 5m 58s [31]
136 31 May 18, 1901 5:33:48 Total 1.7S 98.4E -0.3626 1.068 238 6m 29s [32]
136 32 May 29, 1919 13:08:55 Total 4.4N 16.7W -0.2955 1.0719 244 6m 51s [33]
136 33 June 8, 1937 20:41:02 Total 9.9N 130.5W -0.2253 1.0751 250 7m 4s [34]
136 34 June 20, 1955 4:10:42 Total 14.8N 117E -0.1528 1.0776 254 7m 8s [35]
136 35 June 30, 1973 11:38:41 Total 18.8N 5.6E -0.0785 1.0792 256 7m 4s [36]
136 36 July 11, 1991 19:07:01 Total 22N 105.2W -0.0041 1.08 258 6m 53s [37]
136 37 July 22, 2009 2:36:25 Total 24.2N 144.1E 0.0698 1.0799 258 6m 39s [38]
136 38 August 2, 2027 10:07:50 Total 25.5N 33.2E 0.1421 1.079 258 6m 23s [39]
136 39 August 12, 2045 17:42:39 Total 25.9N 78.5W 0.2116 1.0774 256 6m 6s [40]
136 40 August 24, 2063 1:22:11 Total 25.6N 168.4E 0.2771 1.075 252 5m 49s [41]
136 41 September 3, 2081 9:07:31 Total 24.6N 53.6E 0.3378 1.072 247 5m 33s [42]
136 42 September 14, 2099 16:57:53 Total 23.4N 62.8W 0.3942 1.0684 241 5m 18s [43]
136 43 September 26, 2117 0:55:42 Total 21.9N 178.4E 0.4442 1.0645 233 5m 3s [44]
136 44 October 7, 2135 9:00:03 Total 20.3N 57.6E 0.4884 1.0603 224 4m 50s [45]
136 45 October 17, 2153 17:12:18 Total 18.8N 65.7W 0.5259 1.056 214 4m 36s [46]
136 46 October 29, 2171 1:31:03 Total 17.6N 169.1E 0.5577 1.0516 203 4m 23s [47]
136 47 November 8, 2189 9:57:28 Total 16.5N 41.6E 0.583 1.0474 192 4m 10s [48]
136 48 November 20, 2207 18:30:26 Total 15.8N 87.8W 0.6027 1.0434 180 3m 56s [49]
136 49 December 1, 2225 3:08:36 Total 15.4N 141.4E 0.6178 1.0398 169 3m 43s [50]
136 50 December 12, 2243 11:52:14 Total 15.5N 9E 0.6284 1.0365 157 3m 30s [51]
136 51 December 22, 2261 20:38:50 Total 16.1N 124.2W 0.636 1.0337 147 3m 17s [52]
136 52 January 3, 2280 5:28:11 Total 17.2N 101.9E 0.6414 1.0314 138 3m 4s [53]
136 53 January 13, 2298 14:16:27 Total 19N 31.9W 0.6474 1.0296 131 2m 52s [54]
136 54 January 25, 2316 23:05:17 Total 21.4N 166W 0.6526 1.0282 126 2m 42s [55]
136 55 February 5, 2334 7:50:29 Total 24.6N 60.8E 0.6603 1.0272 122 2m 33s [56]
136 56 February 16, 2352 16:32:06 Total 28.5N 71.8W 0.6709 1.0266 121 2m 25s [57]
136 57 February 27, 2370 1:07:02 Total 33.2N 157E 0.6865 1.0262 121 2m 17s [58]
136 58 March 9, 2388 9:36:21 Total 38.5N 27E 0.7064 1.026 124 2m 10s [59]
136 59 March 20, 2406 17:57:23 Total 44.5N 101.3W 0.7327 1.0258 128 2m 3s [60]
136 60 March 31, 2424 2:10:10 Total 51.3N 131.9E 0.7652 1.0254 133 1m 55s [61]
136 61 April 11, 2442 10:14:04 Total 58.7N 6.2E 0.8046 1.0248 142 1m 45s [62]
136 62 April 21, 2460 18:09:49 Total 66.8N 119.8W 0.8503 1.0236 154 1m 34s [63]
136 63 May 3, 2478 1:55:59 Total 75.7N 107.7E 0.9034 1.0218 176 1m 20s [64]
136 64 May 13, 2496 9:34:25 Total 81N 70.4W 0.9622 1.0185 243 1m 2s [65]
136 65 May 25, 2514 17:04:32 Partial 68.5N 123.2E 1.0272 0.9507 [66]
136 66 June 5, 2532 0:28:58 Partial 67.5N 1.3E 1.0962 0.8224 [67]
136 67 June 16, 2550 7:45:35 Partial 66.4N 118.1W 1.1708 0.684 [68]
136 68 June 26, 2568 14:58:55 Partial 65.5N 123.7E 1.2472 0.5426 [69]
136 69 July 7, 2586 22:07:07 Partial 64.5N 7.2E 1.327 0.3957 [70]
136 70 July 19, 2604 5:14:31 Partial 63.7N 108.8W 1.4062 0.2509 [71]
136 71 July 30, 2622 12:18:09 Partial 63N 136.4E 1.4872 0.1039 [72]

Animated path of entire Saros.

Notes

  1. ^ In 1883 an expedition of American astronomers traveled from Peru to Caroline Island aboard the USS Hartford to observe the May 6 total solar eclipse. A French expedition also observed the eclipse from Caroline. [1]
  2. ^ Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 1901 to 2000
  3. ^ Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100
  4. ^ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros136.html