List of solar eclipses in antiquity

Lists of solar eclipses
Geometry of a total solar eclipse
(not to scale)
Centuries

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Eclipses seen from
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See also Lists of lunar eclipses

This is a list of selected solar eclipses from antiquity.

Date of
eclipse		 Time (UTC) Type Central Duration Eclipse Path Notes
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

Longest total eclipses

Date of
eclipse		 Central Duration Notes
April 7, 3736 BC 07m12s between 3999 BC to 3000 BC[3]
May 17, 2231 BC 07m21s between 2999 BC to 2000 BC[4]
July 3, 1443 BC 07m05s between 1999 BC and 1000 BC[5]
June 15, 744 BC 07m28s between 999 BC to 0 AD[6]
June 27, 363 07m24s between 1 AD to 1000 AD[7]
June 9, 1062 07m20s between 1001 AD to 2000 AD[8]
July 16, 2186 07m29s between 3999 BC to 6000 AD[9][10]

[11] [12]

Longest annular eclipses

Date of
eclipse		 Central Duration Notes
November 24, 3125 BC 11m36s between 3999 BC to 3000 BC[13]
December 16, 2001 BC 11m36s between 2999 BC to 2000 BC[14]
December 12, 1656 BC 12m07s between 1999 BC to 1000 BC[15]
December 22, 178 BC 12m08s between 999 BC to 0 AD[16]
December 7, 150 AD 12m23s between 3999 BC to 6000 AD[17]

References

  1. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas-2/SEatlas-1319.GIF
  2. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas-1/SEatlas-0599.GIF
  3. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE-3999--3000MaxT.html
  4. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE-2999--2000MaxT.html
  5. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE-1999--1000MaxT.html
  6. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE-0999-0000MaxT.html
  7. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE0001-1000MaxT.html
  8. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE1001-2000MaxT.html
  9. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE2001-3000MaxT.html
  10. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE3001-4000MaxT.html
  11. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE4001-5000MaxT.html
  12. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE5001-6000MaxT.html
  13. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE-3999--3000MaxA.html
  14. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE-2999--000MaxA.html
  15. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE-1999--1000MaxA.html
  16. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE-0999-0000MaxA.html
  17. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SE0001-1000MaxA.html