Solar Saros 150

February 15, 2018 event
From Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Partiality from partial event
Series member 17

Saros cycle series 150 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, 40 of which are umbral (all annular). The first eclipse in the series was on 24 August 1729 and the last will be on 29 September 2991. The most recent eclipse was a partial eclipse on 15 February 2018 and the next will be a partial eclipse on 27 February 2036. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 143.

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 150 appears in the following table.

Classification Number Percent
All Umbral eclipses 40 100.00%
Central (two limits) 39 97.50%
Central (one limit) 0 0.00%
Non-central (one limit) 1 2.50%

All eclipses

Saros Member Date Time
(Greatest)
UTC		 Type Location
Lat, Long		 Gamma Mag. Width
(km)		 Duration
(min:sec)		 Ref
150 1 August 24, 1729 13:48:31 Partial 61.7S 95.2W -1.543 0.0067 [1]
150 2 September 4, 1747 21:07:57 Partial 61.4S 146.1E -1.488 0.1086 [2]
150 3 September 15, 1765 4:32:34 Partial 61.1S 26.2E -1.4378 0.2009 [3]
150 4 September 26, 1783 12:04:17 Partial 61.1S 95.4W -1.3935 0.2814 [4]
150 5 October 7, 1801 19:42:34 Partial 61.2S 141.3E -1.3552 0.3505 [5]
150 6 October 19, 1819 3:27:17 Partial 61.5S 16.4E -1.3226 0.4085 [6]
150 7 October 29, 1837 11:19:24 Partial 61.9S 110.5W -1.2967 0.4542 [7]
150 8 November 9, 1855 19:17:51 Partial 62.5S 121E -1.2767 0.4892 [8]
150 9 November 20, 1873 3:22:52 Partial 63.2S 9.5W -1.2625 0.5138 [9]
150 10 December 1, 1891 11:31:08 Partial 64.1S 140.9W -1.2515 0.5326 [10]
150 11 December 12, 1909 19:44:48 Partial 65S 86E -1.2456 0.5424 [11]
150 12 December 24, 1927 3:59:41 Partial 66.1S 47.7W -1.2416 0.549 [12]
150 13 January 3, 1946 12:16:11 Partial 67.1S 177.6E -1.2392 0.5529 [13]
150 14 January 14, 1964 20:30:08 Partial 68.2S 43.1E -1.2354 0.5591 [14]
150 15 January 25, 1982 4:42:53 Partial 69.3S 91.7W -1.2311 0.5663 [15]
150 16 February 5, 2000 12:50:27 Partial 70.2S 134.1E -1.2233 0.5795 [16]
150 17 February 15, 2018 20:52:33 Partial 71S 0.6E -1.2116 0.5991 [17]
150 18 February 27, 2036 4:46:49 Partial 71.6S 131.4W -1.1942 0.6286 [18]
150 19 March 9, 2054 12:33:40 Partial 72S 97.9E -1.1711 0.6678 [19]
150 20 March 19, 2072 20:10:31 Partial 72.2S 30.4W -1.1405 0.7199 [20]
150 21 March 31, 2090 3:38:08 Partial 72.1S 156.3W -1.1028 0.7843 [21]
150 22 April 11, 2108 10:55:37 Partial 71.7S 80.5E -1.0573 0.862 [22]
150 23 April 22, 2126 18:04:22 Annular[a] 71.1S 40W 1.0051 0.9514 - - [23]
150 24 May 3, 2144 1:02:06 Annular 53.6S 175.9W -0.9441 0.9363 727 6m 9s [24]
150 25 May 14, 2162 7:52:46 Annular 42.3S 72.8E -0.8775 0.9396 468 6m 37s [25]
150 26 May 24, 2180 14:34:28 Annular 32.6S 32.9W -0.8035 0.9422 359 6m 59s [26]
150 27 June 4, 2198 21:11:35 Annular 24.2S 135.7W -0.726 0.9442 299 7m 13s [27]
150 28 June 16, 2216 3:41:04 Annular 16.7S 124.6E -0.642 0.9458 260 7m 20s [28]
150 29 June 27, 2234 10:09:34 Annular 10.3S 26.1E -0.5572 0.9468 235 7m 18s [29]
150 30 July 7, 2252 16:34:12 Annular 4.9S 70.6W -0.4686 0.9473 218 7m 10s [30]
150 31 July 18, 2270 22:59:54 Annular 0.7S 166.9W -0.3811 0.9474 208 6m 57s [31]
150 32 July 29, 2288 5:25:23 Annular 2.5N 97.4E -0.293 0.9469 203 6m 46s [32]
150 33 August 10, 2306 11:55:10 Annular 4.6N 1E -0.2083 0.9461 202 6m 37s [33]
150 34 August 20, 2324 18:28:22 Annular 5.7N 96W -0.1261 0.9449 205 6m 33s [34]
150 35 September 1, 2342 1:06:55 Annular 6.1N 165.7E -0.048 0.9434 209 6m 34s [35]
150 36 September 11, 2360 7:52:25 Annular 5.7N 65.6E 0.0244 0.9415 217 6m 41s [36]
150 37 September 22, 2378 14:45:48 Annular 4.8N 36.6W 0.0904 0.9396 225 6m 54s [37]
150 38 October 2, 2396 21:48:07 Annular 3.5N 141.2W 0.1493 0.9375 234 7m 12s [38]
150 39 October 14, 2414 4:58:50 Annular 2.2N 111.8E 0.2015 0.9355 245 7m 34s [39]
150 40 October 24, 2432 12:19:58 Annular 0.8N 2.1E 0.2455 0.9335 255 8m 1s [40]
150 41 November 4, 2450 19:49:31 Annular 0.5S 109.9W 0.2828 0.9318 264 8m 30s [41]
150 42 November 15, 2468 3:28:23 Annular 1.5S 135.7E 0.3126 0.9304 273 8m 59s [42]
150 43 November 26, 2486 11:15:08 Annular 2.1S 19.2E 0.3363 0.9294 280 9m 26s [43]
150 44 December 7, 2504 19:10:09 Annular 2.3S 99.5W 0.3535 0.9289 284 9m 46s [44]
150 45 December 19, 2522 3:10:40 Annular 2S 140.4E 0.3668 0.9289 286 9m 58s [45]
150 46 December 29, 2540 11:15:59 Annular 1S 19E 0.3765 0.9295 285 9m 57s [46]
150 47 January 9, 2559 19:24:29 Annular 0.6N 103.4W 0.3841 0.9308 280 9m 43s [47]
150 48 January 20, 2577 3:35:00 Annular 2.8N 133.7E 0.3901 0.9326 273 9m 18s [48]
150 49 January 31, 2595 11:44:03 Annular 5.9N 10.9E 0.3981 0.9352 263 8m 42s [49]
150 50 February 11, 2613 19:51:44 Annular 9.6N 111.8W 0.4076 0.9382 250 8m 0s [50]
150 51 February 23, 2631 3:55:11 Annular 14N 126.3E 0.4211 0.9419 236 7m 13s [51]
150 52 March 5, 2649 11:55:21 Annular 19N 5.2E 0.4378 0.946 220 6m 25s [52]
150 53 March 16, 2667 19:47:40 Annular 24.6N 114.3W 0.4613 0.9506 203 5m 36s [53]
150 54 March 27, 2685 3:35:09 Annular 30.7N 127.5E 0.4895 0.9554 185 4m 48s [54]
150 55 April 8, 2703 11:13:59 Annular 37.2N 11.4E 0.5256 0.9605 167 4m 1s [55]
150 56 April 18, 2721 18:47:26 Annular 44.1N 103.1W 0.5665 0.9657 150 3m 17s [56]
150 57 April 30, 2739 2:11:56 Annular 51.4N 145E 0.6157 0.9708 133 2m 37s [57]
150 58 May 10, 2757 9:32:11 Annular 58.9N 35.1E 0.669 0.9758 116 2m 1s [58]
150 59 May 21, 2775 16:45:20 Annular 66.7N 71.6W 0.7292 0.9804 102 1m 31s [59]
150 60 May 31, 2793 23:54:30 Annular 74.7N 173.3W 0.7933 0.9846 90 1m 6s [60]
150 61 June 12, 2811 6:58:46 Annular 82.8N 102.4E 0.8623 0.988 84 0m 47s [61]
150 62 June 22, 2829 14:01:25 Annular 83.4N 97.9E 0.9335 0.9904 97 0m 35s [62]
150 63 July 3, 2847 21:02:28 Partial 64.9N 33.4E 1.0066 0.9775 [63]
150 64 July 14, 2865 4:03:03 Partial 64N 80.8W 1.0808 0.8446 [64]
150 65 July 25, 2883 11:05:22 Partial 63.3N 164.7E 1.1544 0.7116 [65]
150 66 August 5, 2901 18:10:19 Partial 62.6N 49.9E 1.2266 0.5801 [66]
150 67 August 17, 2919 1:18:50 Partial 62.1N 65.7W 1.2963 0.4526 [67]
150 68 August 27, 2937 8:32:10 Partial 61.7N 177.6E 1.3627 0.3306 [68]
150 69 September 7, 2955 15:51:40 Partial 61.4N 59.5E 1.4246 0.2164 [69]
150 70 September 17, 2973 23:18:46 Partial 61.3N 60.5W 1.4812 0.1119 [70]
150 71 September 29, 2991 6:52:19 Partial 61.4N 178E 1.5333 0.0156 [71]

Notes

  1. ^ Non-central

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