List of the longest central solar eclipses between the year 1 and 3000

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Animation of the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century on July 22, 2009

This article contains the 30 longest total and ring-shaped solar eclipses between the year 1 and the year 3000. Further lists on the topic of solar eclipses can be found in the article List of Solar Eclipses .

Explanation of the table columns

The following columns are used in the tables:

  • Date : Date of the maximum of the eclipse in terrestrial time (TT).
  • Saros : The number of the Saros cycle to which the darkness belongs.
  • Gamma : The gamma value of a solar eclipse , i.e. H. the smallest distance of the shadow axis from the center of the earth.
  • Size : The maximum size of the eclipse as defined by NASA .
  • Duration : Is the duration of the total or ring-shaped phase of the eclipse at the place where the axis of the umbra of the moon is closest to the center of the earth ( Greatest Eclipse ). As a rule, this corresponds to the longest duration of the eclipse.

Total solar eclipses

The longest total solar eclipse in the 21st century with a duration of the total phase of 6 minutes 39 seconds took place on July 22, 2009 . Theoretically, the total phase of a total solar eclipse can currently last a maximum of 7 minutes and 32 seconds.

date Saros gamma size Duration
07/16/2186 139 −0.240 1.081 07m29s
07/05/2168 139 −0.166 1.081 07m26s
06/27/363 81 −0.190 1.080 07m24s
07/08/381 81 −0.261 1.079 07m22s
07/27/2204 139 −0.313 1.079 07m22s
06/09/1062 112 −0.479 1.078 07m20s
06/20/1080 112 −0.405 1.078 07m18s
16.06.345 81 −0.116 1.081 07m17s
06/03/699 87 −0.429 1.079 07m17s
06/13/717 87 −0.504 1.078 07m15s
06/01/132 78 −0.193 1.078 07m14s
06/25/2150 139 −0.091 1.080 07m14s
06/12/150 78 −0.119 1.079 07m13s
05/29/1044 112 −0.553 1.078 07m12s
06/25/2522 145 −0.499 1.077 07m12s
07/19/399 81 −0.329 1.076 07m11s
07/03/2885 170 −0.391 1.078 07m11s
05/23/681 87 −0.354 1.080 07m10s
06/14/2504 145 −0.428 1.077 07m10s
06/23/2867 170 −0.462 1.077 07m10s
06/20/1955 136 −0.153 1.078 07m08s
05/22/114 78 −0.268 1.075 07m06s
08/08/2222 139 −0.384 1.077 07m06s
07/01/1098 112 −0.332 1.077 07m05s
07/05/2540 145 −0.572 1.076 07m04s
07/16/2903 170 −0.318 1.078 07m04s
06/08/1937 136 −0.225 1.075 07m04s
06/30/1973 136 −0.079 1.079 07m04s
06/23/168 78 −0.044 1.079 07m03s
06.06.327 81 −0.041 1.081 07m03s

Annular solar eclipses

The longest-lasting annular solar eclipse in the 21st century occurred on January 15, 2010 (duration: 11m08s). The theoretical maximum currently possible for the duration of the visibility of the annular phase is 12 minutes and 29 seconds.

date Saros gamma size Duration
07.12.150 83 +0.563 0.915 12m23s
11/25/132 83 +0.569 0.914 12m16s
12/17/168 83 +0.558 0.916 12m14s
December 14, 1955 141 +0.427 0.918 12m09s
12/25/1628 116 +0.627 0.915 12m02s
December 24, 1973 141 +0.417 0.917 12m02s
12/02/1937 141 +0.439 0.918 12m00s
December 15, 1610 116 +0.620 0.915 11m56s
11/15/114 83 +0.575 0.915 11m53s
05/01/1647 116 +0.634 0.916 11m50s
12/28/186 83 +0.550 0.917 11m49s
12/29/1274 110 +0.114 0.918 11m44s
01/04/1992 141 +0.409 0.918 11m41s
12/18/1256 110 +0.106 0.917 11m39s
11/22/1919 141 +0.455 0.920 11m37s
01/09/1293 110 +0.123 0.919 11m36s
12/03/1592 116 +0.610 0.916 11m36s
12/14/1061 107 +0.162 0.919 11m29s
04/12/1043 107 +0.169 0.920 11m28s
01/16/1665 116 +0.642 0.917 11m24s
12/08/1238 110 +0.099 0.918 11m23s
04/11/96 83 +0.584 0.916 11m18s
12/26/1079 107 +0.156 0.919 11m18s
01/20/1311 110 +0.137 0.920 11m18s
11/23/1025 107 +0.176 0.921 11m14s
01/08/205 83 +0.539 0.920 11m09s
January 15, 2010 141 +0.400 0.919 11m08s
11/13/1574 116 +0.597 0.917 11m03s
11/11/1901 141 +0.476 0.922 11m01s
11/26/1220 110 +0.091 0.919 10m57s

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All data not marked separately comes from the NASA website ( eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov )
  2. ^ J. Meeus: Mathematical Astronomy Morsels III . Willmann-Bell, Richmond 2004, ISBN 0-943396-81-6 , chap. 10
  3. ^ J. Meeus: Mathematical Astronomy Morsels IV . Willmann-Bell, Richmond 2007, ISBN 978-0-943396-87-3 , chap. 8th

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