Solar Saros 156

Saros cycle series 156 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 69 eclipses, 52 of which will be umbral (all annular). The first, and so far only, eclipse in the series was on 1 July 2011 and the last will be on 14 July 3237. The next eclipse will be a partial eclipse on 11 July 2029. This series is the most recent series to begin.

The longest eclipse will be 8 minutes 28 seconds on 3 May 2516.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 149.

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 156 appears in the following table.

Classification Number Percent
All Umbral eclipses 52 100.00%
Central (two limits) 51 98.08%
Central (one limit) 1 1.92%
Non-central (one limit) 0 0.00%

All eclipses

Saros Member Date Time
(Greatest)
UTC		 Type Location
Lat, Long		 Gamma Mag. Width
(km)		 Duration
(min:sec)		 Ref
156 1 July 1, 2011 8:39:30 Partial 65.2S 28.6E -1.4917 0.0971 [1]
156 2 July 11, 2029 15:37:19 Partial 64.3S 85.6W -1.4191 0.2303 [2]
156 3 July 22, 2047 22:36:17 Partial 63.4S 160.2E -1.3477 0.3604 [3]
156 4 August 2, 2065 5:34:17 Partial 62.7S 46.5E -1.2759 0.4903 [4]
156 5 August 13, 2083 12:34:41 Partial 62.1S 67.5W -1.2064 0.6146 [5]
156 6 August 24, 2101 19:37:03 Partial 61.6S 178.2E -1.1392 0.7337 [6]
156 7 September 5, 2119 2:44:27 Partial 61.2S 62.8E -1.0766 0.8431 [7]
156 8 September 15, 2137 9:56:34 Partial 61S 53.8W -1.0184 0.9436 [8]
156 9 September 26, 2155 17:14:27 Annular 58.6S 143W -0.9654 0.9593 570 2m 55s [9]
156 10 October 7, 2173 0:39:14 Annular 57.8S 114E -0.9187 0.9558 402 3m 17s [10]
156 11 October 18, 2191 8:11:12 Annular 58.7S 5.2E -0.8783 0.9516 365 3m 39s [11]
156 12 October 29, 2209 15:50:20 Annular 60.7S 106.3W -0.8445 0.9472 358 4m 2s [12]
156 13 November 9, 2227 23:36:42 Annular 63.3S 140.7E -0.8171 0.9429 364 4m 24s [13]
156 14 November 20, 2245 7:29:36 Annular 66.3S 27.1E -0.7955 0.9387 374 4m 45s [14]
156 15 December 1, 2263 15:28:45 Annular 69.2S 85.8W -0.7794 0.9349 388 5m 6s [15]
156 16 December 11, 2281 23:31:24 Annular 71.4S 163.7E -0.7667 0.9316 400 5m 26s [16]
156 17 December 23, 2299 7:38:42 Annular 72.5S 54.8E -0.7584 0.9288 413 5m 45s [17]
156 18 January 3, 2318 15:47:14 Annular 71.9S 53.7W -0.7519 0.9265 422 6m 2s [18]
156 19 January 14, 2336 23:56:42 Annular 69.6S 164.9W -0.7463 0.925 427 6m 19s [19]
156 20 January 25, 2354 8:03:20 Annular 66S 80.6E -0.7388 0.924 427 6m 35s [20]
156 21 February 5, 2372 16:07:48 Annular 61.5S 36.9W -0.7301 0.9237 422 6m 50s [21]
156 22 February 16, 2390 0:06:58 Annular 56.4S 155.6W -0.7177 0.9239 411 7m 6s [22]
156 23 February 27, 2408 7:59:40 Annular 50.8S 85.5E -0.7004 0.9249 394 7m 22s [23]
156 24 March 9, 2426 15:44:45 Annular 44.7S 32.5W -0.6774 0.9262 374 7m 38s [24]
156 25 March 19, 2444 23:21:38 Annular 38.3S 149.1W -0.6476 0.928 351 7m 53s [25]
156 26 March 31, 2462 6:49:44 Annular 31.7S 96.3E -0.6111 0.9302 327 8m 7s [26]
156 27 April 10, 2480 14:07:46 Annular 24.8S 16W -0.5664 0.9326 303 8m 18s [27]
156 28 April 21, 2498 21:17:12 Annular 17.9S 125.9W -0.5148 0.9351 280 8m 26s [28]
156 29 May 3, 2516 4:17:47 Annular 10.9S 126.7E -0.4559 0.9377 259 8m 28s [29]
156 30 May 14, 2534 11:09:29 Annular 4.1S 21.9E -0.3896 0.9402 240 8m 23s [30]
156 31 May 24, 2552 17:54:09 Annular 2.5N 80.5W -0.3174 0.9425 224 8m 9s [31]
156 32 June 5, 2570 0:32:17 Annular 8.7N 179.4E -0.2395 0.9446 211 7m 48s [32]
156 33 June 15, 2588 7:06:20 Annular 14.3N 81.1E -0.1582 0.9463 200 7m 21s [33]
156 34 June 27, 2606 13:34:39 Annular 19.3N 15W -0.072 0.9477 193 6m 52s [34]
156 35 July 7, 2624 20:02:10 Annular 23.4N 110.2W 0.015 0.9487 188 6m 24s [35]
156 36 July 19, 2642 2:27:54 Annular 26.6N 155.8E 0.104 0.9493 187 6m 0s [36]
156 37 July 29, 2660 8:55:21 Annular 28.9N 61.8E 0.1914 0.9495 189 5m 42s [37]
156 38 August 9, 2678 15:23:56 Annular 30.4N 32.2W 0.2782 0.9492 194 5m 30s [38]
156 39 August 19, 2696 21:57:56 Annular 31.1N 127.6W 0.3608 0.9485 201 5m 24s [39]
156 40 September 1, 2714 4:36:50 Annular 31.3N 135.5E 0.4397 0.9474 213 5m 24s [40]
156 41 September 11, 2732 11:21:54 Annular 31.1N 36.6E 0.5138 0.9461 227 5m 29s [41]
156 42 September 22, 2750 18:14:45 Annular 30.9N 64.7W 0.5817 0.9445 246 5m 40s [42]
156 43 October 3, 2768 1:16:28 Annular 30.7N 168.8W 0.6427 0.9428 269 5m 54s [43]
156 44 October 14, 2786 8:28:06 Annular 30.8N 84E 0.6961 0.941 296 6m 11s [44]
156 45 October 24, 2804 15:48:02 Annular 31.2N 26W 0.7433 0.9392 327 6m 30s [45]
156 46 November 4, 2822 23:19:12 Annular 31.9N 139.4W 0.7817 0.9376 362 6m 49s [46]
156 47 November 15, 2840 6:59:00 Annular 32.9N 104.4E 0.8135 0.9363 399 7m 5s [47]
156 48 November 26, 2858 14:48:33 Annular 34.1N 14.9W 0.8377 0.9354 435 7m 17s [48]
156 49 December 6, 2876 22:44:54 Annular 35.5N 136.5W 0.857 0.9349 468 7m 22s [49]
156 50 December 18, 2894 6:49:29 Annular 37N 99.4E 0.87 0.935 492 7m 20s [50]
156 51 December 29, 2912 14:58:37 Annular 38.8N 26.2W 0.8798 0.9356 507 7m 10s [51]
156 52 January 9, 2931 23:12:05 Annular 40.7N 153.2W 0.8864 0.9369 510 6m 52s [52]
156 53 January 20, 2949 7:27:37 Annular 43N 79.2E 0.8919 0.9388 504 6m 26s [53]
156 54 January 31, 2967 15:44:49 Annular 45.6N 49.1W 0.8961 0.9413 490 5m 55s [54]
156 55 February 11, 2985 0:00:02 Annular 48.9N 177.3W 0.9028 0.9444 477 5m 19s [55]
156 56 February 23, 3003 8:13:25 Annular 52.9N 54.4E 0.9116 0.9479 465 4m 41s
156 57 March 5, 3021 16:22:29 Annular 57.6N 74.1W 0.9243 0.9518 463 4m 02s
156 58 March 17, 3039 0:28:08 Annular 62.9N 156.0E 0.9405 0.9560 477 3m 25s
156 59 March 27, 3057 8:25:59 Annular 69.0N 21.1E 0.9637 0.9601 559 2m 50s
156 60 April 7, 3075 16:19:22 Annular[a] 73.5N 135.4W 0.9913 0.9632 2m 19s
156 61 April 18, 3093 0:04:23 Partial 71.4N 75.4E 1.0267 0.9310
156 62 April 30, 3111 7:04:44 Partial 70.7N 52.2W 1.0664 0.8629
156 63 May 10, 3129 15:16:03 Partial 69.8N 176.9W 1.1142 0.7796
156 64 May 21, 3147 22:43:49 Partial 68.9N 59.9E 1.1655 0.6887
156 65 June 1, 3165 6:04:31 Partial 67.9N 60.9W 1.2235 0.5848
156 66 June 12, 3183 13:21:59 Partial 66.9N 179.6E 1.2845 0.4740
156 67 June 22, 3201 20:34:47 Partial 65.9N 61.7E 1.3499 0.3541
156 68 July 4, 3219 3:46:45 Partial 65.0N 55.5W 1.4166 0.2307
156 69 July 14, 3237 10:57:04 Partial 64.1N 172.0W 1.4851 0.1030

Notes

  1. ^ One limit

References