Saros cycle series 136 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, 56 of which are umbral (6 annular, 6 hybrid, 44 total). The first eclipse in the series was on 14 June 1360 and the last will be on 30 July 2622. The most recent eclipse was a total eclipse on 22 July 2009 and the next will be a total eclipse on 2 August 2027.
The longest totality was 7 minutes 7.74 seconds on 20 June 1955 (also the longest total eclipse of the 20th century) while the longest annular eclipse was just 32 seconds on 8 September 1504.
This series is currently producing the longest total solar eclipses of any active series. It produced the six longest total solar eclipses of the 20th century, three of them over seven minutes long. It also produced the longest total eclipse of the 21st century at 6 min 38.86 sec on 22 July 2009, and overall will produce the 21st century's three longest total eclipses. Each eclipse is getting slightly shorter and this series will be surpassed in total eclipse length by Solar Saros 139 (whose eclipses are getting slightly longer) on May 11, 2078. Saros 136 in turn surpassed the previous longest-eclipse series, Saros 133, with its member event on May 18th, 1901. It produced the most central total eclipse between the years 1209 and 2718 and the greatest magnitude of any eclipse since the year 540 on July 11, 1991.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 129.
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 136 appears in the following table.
| Classification | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| All Umbral eclipses | 56 | 100.00% |
| Central (two limits) | 56 | 100.00% |
| Central (one limit) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Non-central (one limit) | 0 | 0.00% |
Gallery
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April 25, 1865.
Series member 29 -
An artist's depiction of the total solar eclipse of May 6, 1883, observed from Caroline Atoll, Line Islands.
Series member 30 -
The total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919, observed from the island of Principe. Positions of star images within the field near the Sun were used to verify Albert Einstein's prediction of the bending of light around the Sun from his general theory of relativity.
Series member 32 -
Total solar eclipse of July 11, 1991 from Costa Rica.
Series member 36 -
Total solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 from Bangladesh.
Series member 37
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | 1 | June 14, 1360 | 5:56:04 | Partial | 65.8S 78.2E | -1.5227 | 0.0495 | |||
| 136 | 2 | June 25, 1378 | 12:45:16 | Partial | 64.8S 34.2W | -1.4392 | 0.1976 | |||
| 136 | 3 | July 5, 1396 | 19:37:40 | Partial | 63.9S 147.2W | -1.3568 | 0.3449 | |||
| 136 | 4 | July 17, 1414 | 2:35:03 | Partial | 63.1S 99E | -1.277 | 0.4881 | |||
| 136 | 5 | July 27, 1432 | 9:39:02 | Partial | 62.4S 16.3W | -1.2011 | 0.625 | |||
| 136 | 6 | August 7, 1450 | 16:48:49 | Partial | 61.8S 132.8W | -1.1286 | 0.756 | |||
| 136 | 7 | August 18, 1468 | 0:08:08 | Partial | 61.3S 108.4E | -1.0627 | 0.8753 | |||
| 136 | 8 | August 29, 1486 | 7:34:56 | Partial | 61S 12.1W | -1.0018 | 0.9856 | |||
| 136 | 9 | September 8, 1504 | 15:12:15 | Annular | 55.3S 102.6W | -0.9486 | 0.9924 | 83 | 0m 32s | |
| 136 | 10 | September 19, 1522 | 22:57:33 | Annular | 53.9S 146.1E | -0.9011 | 0.9946 | 42 | 0m 23s | |
| 136 | 11 | September 30, 1540 | 6:54:11 | Annular | 54.6S 29.2E | -0.862 | 0.996 | 27 | 0m 17s | |
| 136 | 12 | October 11, 1558 | 14:58:55 | Annular | 56.5S 90.3W | -0.8289 | 0.9971 | 18 | 0m 12s | |
| 136 | 13 | October 21, 1576 | 23:13:06 | Annular | 59.2S 147.9E | -0.8031 | 0.9981 | 11 | 0m 8s | |
| 136 | 14 | November 12, 1594 | 7:34:49 | Annular | 62.4S 25.1E | -0.7829 | 0.9991 | 5 | 0m 4s | |
| 136 | 15 | November 22, 1612 | 16:04:35 | Hybrid | 65.7S 98.4W | -0.7691 | 1.0002 | 1 | 0m 1s | |
| 136 | 16 | December 4, 1630 | 0:38:59 | Hybrid | 68.7S 139.6E | -0.7585 | 1.0017 | 9 | 0m 7s | |
| 136 | 17 | December 14, 1648 | 9:17:55 | Hybrid | 70.9S 19.6E | -0.751 | 1.0035 | 18 | 0m 14s | |
| 136 | 18 | December 25, 1666 | 17:59:16 | Hybrid | 71.6S 98.3W | -0.7452 | 1.0058 | 30 | 0m 24s | |
| 136 | 19 | January 5, 1685 | 2:42:50 | Hybrid | 70.7S 143.1E | -0.7409 | 1.0086 | 44 | 0m 35s | |
| 136 | 20 | January 17, 1703 | 11:24:25 | Hybrid | 67.9S 22.2E | -0.7345 | 1.012 | 61 | 0m 50s | |
| 136 | 21 | January 27, 1721 | 20:05:11 | Total | 64S 102.4W | -0.7269 | 1.0158 | 79 | 1m 7s | |
| 136 | 22 | February 8, 1739 | 4:41:13 | Total | 59.2S 131E | -0.7149 | 1.0203 | 99 | 1m 27s | |
| 136 | 23 | February 18, 1757 | 13:14:12 | Total | 53.8S 2.9E | -0.6999 | 1.0251 | 119 | 1m 51s | |
| 136 | 24 | March 1, 1775 | 21:39:20 | Total | 47.9S 124.8W | -0.6783 | 1.0304 | 139 | 2m 20s | |
| 136 | 25 | March 12, 1793 | 6:00:07 | Total | 41.7S 107.8E | -0.6524 | 1.0359 | 158 | 2m 51s | |
| 136 | 26 | March 24, 1811 | 14:12:13 | Total | 35.2S 18W | -0.619 | 1.0416 | 176 | 3m 27s | |
| 136 | 27 | April 3, 1829 | 22:18:36 | Total | 28.5S 142.6W | -0.5803 | 1.0474 | 192 | 4m 5s | |
| 136 | 28 | April 15, 1847 | 6:16:13 | Total | 21.6S 95E | -0.5339 | 1.053 | 206 | 4m 44s | |
| 136 | 29 | April 25, 1865 | 14:08:34 | Total | 14.8S 25.8W | -0.4826 | 1.0584 | 219 | 5m 23s | |
| 136 | 30 | May 6, 1883 | 21:53:49 | Total | 8.1S 144.6W | -0.425 | 1.0634 | 229 | 5m 58s | |
| 136 | 31 | May 18, 1901 | 5:33:48 | Total | 1.7S 98.4E | -0.3626 | 1.068 | 238 | 6m 29s | |
| 136 | 32 | May 29, 1919 | 13:08:55 | Total | 4.4N 16.7W | -0.29549 | 1.07186 | 244.4 | 6m 50.75s | |
| 136 | 33 | June 8, 1937 | 20:41:02 | Total | 9.9N 130.5W | -0.22532 | 1.07513 | 249.8 | 7m 4.06s | |
| 136 | 34 | June 20, 1955 | 4:10:42 | Total | 14.8N 117E | -0.15278 | 1.07756 | 253.7 | 7m 7.74s | |
| 136 | 35 | June 30, 1973 | 11:38:41 | Total | 18.8N 5.6E | -0.07853 | 1.07921 | 256.5 | 7m 3.55s | |
| 136 | 36 | July 11, 1991 | 19:06:58 | Total | 22N 105.2W | -0.00412 | 1.07997 | 258 | 6m 53.08s | |
| 136 | 37 | July 22, 2009 | 2:35:14 | Total | 24.2N 144.1E | 0.06977 | 1.07991 | 258.5 | 6m 38.86s | |
| 136 | 38 | August 2, 2027 | 10:07:50 | Total | 25.5N 33.2E | 0.14209 | 1.07903 | 257.7 | 6m 22.64s | |
| 136 | 39 | August 12, 2045 | 17:42:39 | Total | 25.9N 78.5W | 0.21161 | 1.07736 | 255.6 | 6m 5.71s | |
| 136 | 40 | August 24, 2063 | 1:22:11 | Total | 25.6N 168.4E | 0.2771 | 1.075 | 252 | 5m 49s | |
| 136 | 41 | September 3, 2081 | 9:07:31 | Total | 24.6N 53.6E | 0.3378 | 1.072 | 247 | 5m 33s | |
| 136 | 42 | September 14, 2099 | 16:57:53 | Total | 23.4N 62.8W | 0.3942 | 1.0684 | 241 | 5m 18s | |
| 136 | 43 | September 26, 2117 | 0:55:42 | Total | 21.9N 178.4E | 0.4442 | 1.0645 | 233 | 5m 3s | |
| 136 | 44 | October 7, 2135 | 9:00:03 | Total | 20.3N 57.6E | 0.4884 | 1.0603 | 224 | 4m 50s | |
| 136 | 45 | October 17, 2153 | 17:12:18 | Total | 18.8N 65.7W | 0.5259 | 1.056 | 214 | 4m 36s | |
| 136 | 46 | October 29, 2171 | 1:31:03 | Total | 17.6N 169.1E | 0.5577 | 1.0516 | 203 | 4m 23s | |
| 136 | 47 | November 8, 2189 | 9:57:28 | Total | 16.5N 41.6E | 0.583 | 1.0474 | 192 | 4m 10s | |
| 136 | 48 | November 20, 2207 | 18:30:26 | Total | 15.8N 87.8W | 0.6027 | 1.0434 | 180 | 3m 56s | |
| 136 | 49 | December 1, 2225 | 3:08:36 | Total | 15.4N 141.4E | 0.6178 | 1.0398 | 169 | 3m 43s | |
| 136 | 50 | December 12, 2243 | 11:52:14 | Total | 15.5N 9E | 0.6284 | 1.0365 | 157 | 3m 30s | |
| 136 | 51 | December 22, 2261 | 20:38:50 | Total | 16.1N 124.2W | 0.636 | 1.0337 | 147 | 3m 17s | |
| 136 | 52 | January 3, 2280 | 5:28:11 | Total | 17.2N 101.9E | 0.6414 | 1.0314 | 138 | 3m 4s | |
| 136 | 53 | January 13, 2298 | 14:16:27 | Total | 19N 31.9W | 0.6474 | 1.0296 | 131 | 2m 52s | |
| 136 | 54 | January 25, 2316 | 23:05:17 | Total | 21.4N 166W | 0.6526 | 1.0282 | 126 | 2m 42s | |
| 136 | 55 | February 5, 2334 | 7:50:29 | Total | 24.6N 60.8E | 0.6603 | 1.0272 | 122 | 2m 33s | |
| 136 | 56 | February 16, 2352 | 16:32:06 | Total | 28.5N 71.8W | 0.6709 | 1.0266 | 121 | 2m 25s | |
| 136 | 57 | February 27, 2370 | 1:07:02 | Total | 33.2N 157E | 0.6865 | 1.0262 | 121 | 2m 17s | |
| 136 | 58 | March 9, 2388 | 9:36:21 | Total | 38.5N 27E | 0.7064 | 1.026 | 124 | 2m 10s | |
| 136 | 59 | March 20, 2406 | 17:57:23 | Total | 44.5N 101.3W | 0.7327 | 1.0258 | 128 | 2m 3s | |
| 136 | 60 | March 31, 2424 | 2:10:10 | Total | 51.3N 131.9E | 0.7652 | 1.0254 | 133 | 1m 55s | |
| 136 | 61 | April 11, 2442 | 10:14:04 | Total | 58.7N 6.2E | 0.8046 | 1.0248 | 142 | 1m 45s | |
| 136 | 62 | April 21, 2460 | 18:09:49 | Total | 66.8N 119.8W | 0.8503 | 1.0236 | 154 | 1m 34s | |
| 136 | 63 | May 3, 2478 | 1:55:59 | Total | 75.7N 107.7E | 0.9034 | 1.0218 | 176 | 1m 20s | |
| 136 | 64 | May 13, 2496 | 9:34:25 | Total | 81N 70.4W | 0.9622 | 1.0185 | 243 | 1m 2s | |
| 136 | 65 | May 25, 2514 | 17:04:32 | Partial | 68.5N 123.2E | 1.0272 | 0.9507 | |||
| 136 | 66 | June 5, 2532 | 0:28:58 | Partial | 67.5N 1.3E | 1.0962 | 0.8224 | |||
| 136 | 67 | June 16, 2550 | 7:45:35 | Partial | 66.4N 118.1W | 1.1708 | 0.684 | |||
| 136 | 68 | June 26, 2568 | 14:58:55 | Partial | 65.5N 123.7E | 1.2472 | 0.5426 | |||
| 136 | 69 | July 7, 2586 | 22:07:07 | Partial | 64.5N 7.2E | 1.327 | 0.3957 | |||
| 136 | 70 | July 19, 2604 | 5:14:31 | Partial | 63.7N 108.8W | 1.4062 | 0.2509 | |||
| 136 | 71 | July 30, 2622 | 12:18:09 | Partial | 63N 136.4E | 1.4872 | 0.1039 |
Notes
- "Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 1901 to 2000". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- "Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- In 1883 an expedition of American astronomers traveled from Peru to Caroline Island aboard the USS Hartford to observe the May 6 total solar eclipse. A French expedition also observed the eclipse from Caroline. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Began as total and ended as annular.
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