Solar Saros 135

Historic saros cycle animation
Annularity May 26, 1854
Series member 30
Annularity September 1, 2016
Series member 39

Saros cycle series 135 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, including 53 umbral eclipses (45 annular, 2 hybrid, 6 total). The longest duration of totality will be 2 minutes, 27 seconds on May 12, 2431 while the longest annular was 10 minutes 14 seconds on 24 December 1601.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 128.

This series included the smallest annular solar eclipse in the 2nd millennium on 24 December 1601, with an eclipse magnitude of only 0.90785, just 0.002% larger than the solar eclipse of 12 November 1683 BCE, which was the smallest annular solar eclipse of thousands of years, with an eclipse magnitude of only 0.90783.

The factors that made this such a small annular solar eclipse were:

  • The Earth being very near perihelion (closest approach from the Sun in its elliptical orbit, making its angular diameter nearly as large as possible). This occurs around January 3.
  • The Moon being nearly exactly at apogee (making its angular diameter as small as possible). The moment of greatest eclipse was just a day before apogee.
  • The midpoint of the eclipse being Sun very close to the horizon, where the eclipse magnitude is the smallest.

Umbral eclipses

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 135 appears in the following table.

Classification Number Percent
All Umbral eclipses 53 100.00%
Central (two limits) 51 96.23%
Central (one limit) 1 1.89%
Non-central (one limit) 1 1.89%

All eclipses

Note: Dates are given in the Julian calendar prior to 15 October 1582, and in the Gregorian calendar after that.

Saros Member Date Time
(Greatest)
UTC		 Type Location
Lat, Long		 Gamma Mag. Width
(km)		 Duration
(min:sec)		 Ref
135 1 July 5, 1331 22:46:38 Partial 67.8N 12.6E 1.5532 0.0063 [1]
135 2 July 16, 1349 5:25:45 Partial 68.8N 98.7W 1.4782 0.1384 [2]
135 3 July 27, 1367 12:05:47 Partial 69.7N 149.3E 1.4043 0.2679 [3]
135 4 August 6, 1385 18:51:40 Partial 70.6N 35.3E 1.3352 0.3878 [4]
135 5 August 18, 1403 1:41:42 Partial 71.3N 80.4W 1.2697 0.5006 [5]
135 6 August 28, 1421 8:38:54 Partial 71.8N 161.6E 1.2101 0.6025 [6]
135 7 September 8, 1439 15:42:20 Partial 72.1N 41.6E 1.1555 0.6947 [7]
135 8 September 18, 1457 22:54:59 Partial 72.1N 80.8W 1.1083 0.7737 [8]
135 9 September 30, 1475 6:15:14 Partial 71.9N 154.9E 1.0676 0.8411 [9]
135 10 October 10, 1493 13:43:35 Partial 71.4N 28.8E 1.0334 0.8969 [10]
135 11 October 21, 1511 21:19:49 Annular[a] 70.7N 98.6W 1.0058 0.9416 - - [11]
135 12 November 1, 1529 5:04:11 Annular[b] 61.7N 122.8E 0.9846 0.9119 - 8m 9s [12]
135 13 November 12, 1547 12:54:24 Annular 55.5N 4.7W 0.9683 0.9106 1419 8m 59s [13]
135 14 November 22, 1565 20:49:55 Annular 51.4N 130.5W 0.9564 0.9092 1220 9m 37s [14]
135 15 December 14, 1583 4:48:39 Annular 48.5N 104.1E 0.9471 0.9083 1116 10m 3s [15]
135 16 December 24, 1601 12:50:31 Annular 46.6N 21.5W 0.9402 0.9078 1051 10m 14s [16]
135 17 January 4, 1620 20:51:05 Annular 45N 146.5W 0.9321 0.9081 976 10m 13s [17]
135 18 January 15, 1638 4:51:53 Annular 44N 88.9E 0.9242 0.909 907 10m 0s [18]
135 19 January 26, 1656 12:48:10 Annular 43.2N 34.1W 0.9122 0.9106 820 9m 38s [19]
135 20 February 5, 1674 20:41:35 Annular 42.8N 155.7W 0.8979 0.9129 736 9m 9s [20]
135 21 February 17, 1692 4:26:56 Annular 42.4N 85.6E 0.8765 0.9159 644 8m 36s [21]
135 22 February 28, 1710 12:07:29 Annular 42.5N 31.2W 0.8509 0.9194 562 8m 0s [22]
135 23 March 10, 1728 19:38:56 Annular 42.8N 144.6W 0.8172 0.9233 485 7m 25s [23]
135 24 March 22, 1746 3:02:49 Annular 43.5N 104.7E 0.7771 0.9277 419 6m 51s [24]
135 25 April 1, 1764 10:17:15 Annular 44.2N 2.5W 0.7288 0.9323 361 6m 20s [25]
135 26 April 12, 1782 17:24:47 Annular 45.1N 107.1W 0.6745 0.937 311 5m 51s [26]
135 27 April 24, 1800 0:24:00 Annular 45.7N 151.3E 0.6125 0.9417 269 5m 27s [27]
135 28 May 5, 1818 7:15:49 Annular 45.8N 52.5E 0.544 0.9464 233 5m 5s [28]
135 29 May 15, 1836 14:01:39 Annular 45.1N 44.4W 0.47 0.9509 203 4m 47s [29]
135 30 May 26, 1854 20:42:53 Annular 43.3N 140.1W 0.3918 0.9551 178 4m 32s [30]
135 31 June 6, 1872 3:20:03 Annular 40.5N 124.8E 0.3095 0.959 157 4m 20s [31]
135 32 June 17, 1890 9:55:05 Annular 36.5N 29.3E 0.2246 0.9625 140 4m 9s [32]
135 33 June 28, 1908 16:29:51 Annular 31.4N 67.2W 0.1389 0.9655 126 4m 0s [33]
135 34 July 9, 1926 23:06:02 Annular 25.6N 165.1W 0.0538 0.968 115 3m 51s [34]
135 35 July 20, 1944 5:43:13 Annular 19N 95.7E -0.0314 0.97 108 3m 42s [35]
135 36 July 31, 1962 12:25:33 Annular 12N 5.7W -0.113 0.9716 103 3m 33s [36]
135 37 August 10, 1980 19:12:21 Annular 4.6N 108.9W -0.1915 0.9727 100 3m 23s [37]
135 38 August 22, 1998 2:07:11 Annular 3S 145.4E -0.2644 0.9734 99 3m 14s [38]
135 39 September 1, 2016 9:08:02 Annular 10.7S 37.8E -0.333 0.9736 100 3m 6s [39]
135 40 September 12, 2034 16:19:28 Annular 18.2S 72.6W -0.3936 0.9736 102 2m 58s [40]
135 41 September 22, 2052 23:39:10 Annular 25.7S 175E -0.448 0.9734 106 2m 51s [41]
135 42 October 4, 2070 7:08:57 Annular 32.8S 60.4E -0.495 0.9731 110 2m 44s [42]
135 43 October 14, 2088 14:48:05 Annular 39.7S 56W -0.5349 0.9727 115 2m 38s [43]
135 44 October 26, 2106 22:37:40 Annular 45.9S 174.1W -0.5671 0.9725 119 2m 32s [44]
135 45 November 6, 2124 6:36:34 Annular 51.6S 66.8E -0.5921 0.9724 123 2m 26s [45]
135 46 November 17, 2142 14:43:08 Annular 56.4S 52.4W -0.6117 0.9727 124 2m 19s [46]
135 47 November 27, 2160 22:58:32 Annular 60.1S 171.6W -0.6247 0.9734 123 2m 12s [47]
135 48 December 9, 2178 7:20:03 Annular 62.4S 69.9E -0.6338 0.9745 118 2m 3s [48]
135 49 December 19, 2196 15:47:09 Annular 63.1S 48.6W -0.6387 0.9761 111 1m 53s [49]
135 50 January 1, 2215 0:16:36 Annular 62.3S 168W -0.6427 0.9783 101 1m 41s [50]
135 51 January 11, 2233 8:49:17 Annular 60S 70.4E -0.6447 0.9811 88 1m 28s [51]
135 52 January 22, 2251 17:21:41 Annular 56.9S 53.2W -0.648 0.9844 72 1m 12s [52]
135 53 February 2, 2269 1:53:06 Annular 53.2S 178.2W -0.6529 0.9883 54 0m 54s [53]
135 54 February 13, 2287 10:21:25 Annular 49.4S 56.3E -0.6613 0.9926 34 0m 35s [54]
135 55 February 24, 2305 18:46:09 Annular 45.7S 69.3W -0.6732 0.9973 13 0m 13s [55]
135 56 March 8, 2323 3:05:10 Hybrid 42.4S 166.1E -0.6906 1.0023 11 0m 11s [56]
135 57 March 18, 2341 11:18:20 Hybrid 39.8S 42.6E -0.7137 1.0075 36 0m 36s [57]
135 58 March 29, 2359 19:24:46 Total 37.9S 79.3W -0.7429 1.0128 64 1m 2s [58]
135 59 April 9, 2377 3:25:10 Total 37.1S 160.2E -0.7779 1.018 96 1m 28s [59]
135 60 April 20, 2395 11:17:15 Total 37.7S 41.9E -0.8203 1.023 134 1m 52s [60]
135 61 April 30, 2413 19:03:57 Total 40S 75W -0.8677 1.0274 183 2m 13s [61]
135 62 May 12, 2431 2:43:30 Total 44.8S 170.4E -0.9214 1.031 267 2m 27s [62]
135 63 May 22, 2449 10:19:15 Total 54.4S 59.1E -0.979 1.0328 567 2m 24s [63]
135 64 June 2, 2467 17:48:24 Partial 64.5S 50.8W -1.0425 0.9315 [64]
135 65 June 13, 2485 1:16:18 Partial 65.4S 172.3W -1.1075 0.8095 [65]
135 66 June 25, 2503 8:40:22 Partial 66.4S 66.7E -1.1759 0.68 [66]
135 67 July 5, 2521 16:04:53 Partial 67.4S 54.7W -1.2445 0.5492 [67]
135 68 July 16, 2539 23:27:49 Partial 68.3S 176.3W -1.3148 0.4143 [68]
135 69 July 27, 2557 6:54:08 Partial 69.3S 60.9E -1.3827 0.2835 [69]
135 70 August 7, 2575 14:21:38 Partial 70.1S 62.9W -1.4499 0.1541 [70]
135 71 August 17, 2593 21:53:04 Partial 70.8S 171.9E -1.5141 0.0303 [71]

Notes

  1. ^ Non-central
  2. ^ No northern limit

References