Saros cycle series 142 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 eclipses, 44 of which are umbral, of which all but one are total. The first eclipse in the series was on 17 April 1624 and the final eclipse will be on 5 June 2904.

Historic saros cycle animation
September 7, 1858
Series member 14
December 4, 2002
Totality from Australia
Series member 22
December 14, 2020
Totality from Gorbea, Chile
Series member 23

The longest totality will be 6 minutes 34 seconds on 28 May, 2291. The series is currently producing short total eclipses. The most recent eclipse was a total eclipse on 14 December 2020 and the next will be a total eclipse on 2038 December 26.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 135.

Umbral eclipses

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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 142 appears in the following table.

Classification Number Percent
All Umbral eclipses 44 100.00%
Central (two limits) 43 97.73%
Central (one limit) 1 2.27%
Non-central (one limit) 0 0.00%

All eclipses

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Saros Member Date Time
(Greatest)
UTC
Type Location
Lat, Long
Gamma Mag. Width
(km)
Duration
(min:sec)
Ref
142 1 April 17, 1624 17:16:18 Partial 71.2S 23.1W -1.5208 0.0582 [1]
142 2 April 29, 1642 0:29:43 Partial 70.6S 144.7W -1.4585 0.166 [2]
142 3 May 9, 1660 7:36:45 Partial 69.7S 95.9E -1.3897 0.2868 [3]
142 4 May 20, 1678 14:40:42 Partial 68.8S 22.1W -1.3172 0.4158 [4]
142 5 May 30, 1696 21:41:23 Partial 67.8S 138.7W -1.2406 0.5534 [5]
142 6 June 12, 1714 4:40:01 Partial 66.8S 105.8E -1.161 0.6976 [6]
142 7 June 22, 1732 11:38:48 Partial 65.8S 9.3W -1.08 0.8457 [7]
142 8 July 3, 1750 18:38:52 Partial 64.8S 124.3W -0.9985 0.9956 [8]
142 9 July 14, 1768 1:40:57 Hybrid 43S 137.4E -0.9176 1.0055 48 0m 29s [9]
142 10 July 25, 1786 8:46:33 Total 34.6S 30.8E -0.8384 1.0106 66 0m 59s [10]
142 11 August 5, 1804 15:57:13 Total 29.3S 77.1W -0.7622 1.0144 75 1m 20s [11]
142 12 August 16, 1822 23:14:34 Total 26.1S 173.5E -0.6904 1.0173 80 1m 35s [12]
142 13 August 27, 1840 6:37:32 Total 24.3S 62.9E -0.6223 1.0195 83 1m 45s [13]
142 14 September 7, 1858 14:09:29 Total 23.9S 49.8W -0.5609 1.021 85 1m 50s [14]
142 15 September 17, 1876 21:49:15 Total 24.6S 164.5W -0.5054 1.022 86 1m 53s [15]
142 16 September 29, 1894 5:39:02 Total 26.1S 78.5E -0.4573 1.0226 85 1m 55s [16]
142 17 October 10, 1912 13:36:14 Total 28.1S 40.1W -0.4149 1.0229 85 1m 55s [17]
142 18 October 21, 1930 21:43:53 Total 30.5S 161.1W -0.3804 1.023 84 1m 55s [18]
142 19 November 1, 1948 5:59:18 Total 33.1S 76.2E -0.3517 1.0231 84 1m 56s [19]
142 20 November 12, 1966 14:23:28 Total 35.6S 48.2W -0.33 1.0234 84 1m 57s [20]
142 21 November 22, 1984 22:54:17 Total 37.8S 173.6W -0.3132 1.0237 85 2m 0s [21]
142 22 December 4, 2002 7:32:16 Total 39.5S 59.6E -0.302 1.0244 87 2m 4s [22]
142 23 December 14, 2020 16:14:39 Total 40.3S 67.9W -0.2939 1.0254 90 2m 10s [23]
142 24 December 26, 2038 1:00:10 Total 40.3S 164E -0.2881 1.0268 95 2m 18s [24]
142 25 January 5, 2057 9:47:52 Total 39.2S 35.2E -0.2837 1.0287 102 2m 29s [25]
142 26 January 16, 2075 18:36:04 Total 37.2S 94.1W -0.2799 1.0311 110 2m 42s [26]
142 27 January 27, 2093 3:22:16 Total 34.1S 136.4E -0.2737 1.034 119 2m 58s [27]
142 28 February 8, 2111 12:05:33 Total 30.2S 6.8E -0.265 1.0374 130 3m 17s [28]
142 29 February 18, 2129 20:44:37 Total 25.6S 122.5W -0.2526 1.0411 142 3m 38s [29]
142 30 March 2, 2147 5:18:54 Total 20.5S 108.8E -0.236 1.0452 155 4m 2s [30]
142 31 March 12, 2165 13:45:50 Total 14.9S 18.8W -0.213 1.0495 168 4m 27s [31]
142 32 March 23, 2183 22:06:49 Total 8.9S 145.2W -0.1848 1.054 181 4m 54s [32]
142 33 April 4, 2201 6:19:57 Total 2.7S 90.2E -0.1495 1.0584 194 5m 20s [33]
142 34 April 15, 2219 14:26:33 Total 3.7N 32.8W -0.1086 1.0628 207 5m 45s [34]
142 35 April 25, 2237 22:25:04 Total 10.1N 153.7W -0.0606 1.0668 219 6m 5s [35]
142 36 May 7, 2255 6:18:06 Total 16.4N 87.2E -0.0076 1.0706 230 6m 22s [36]
142 37 May 17, 2273 14:04:31 Total 22.5N 29.7W 0.0515 1.0738 240 6m 31s [37]
142 38 May 28, 2291 21:45:28 Total 28.3N 144.5W 0.1153 1.0764 249 6m 34s [38]
142 39 June 9, 2309 5:21:55 Total 33.6N 102.7E 0.1833 1.0783 257 6m 30s [39]
142 40 June 20, 2327 12:55:01 Total 38.3N 8.3W 0.2542 1.0795 265 6m 21s [40]
142 41 June 30, 2345 20:26:17 Total 42.1N 117.7W 0.3267 1.0797 272 6m 7s [41]
142 42 July 12, 2363 3:55:03 Total 45N 134.5E 0.4012 1.0792 279 5m 51s [42]
142 43 July 22, 2381 11:25:02 Total 46.9N 26.9E 0.4748 1.0777 285 5m 33s [43]
142 44 August 2, 2399 18:55:14 Total 48N 80.4W 0.5482 1.0754 291 5m 14s [44]
142 45 August 13, 2417 2:28:06 Total 48.3N 171.4E 0.6189 1.0723 297 4m 55s [45]
142 46 August 24, 2435 10:03:12 Total 48.2N 62.2E 0.6875 1.0684 304 4m 35s [46]
142 47 September 3, 2453 17:43:48 Total 48N 49.1W 0.7513 1.0638 312 4m 15s [47]
142 48 September 15, 2471 1:29:11 Total 48N 162.2W 0.8109 1.0585 323 3m 54s [48]
142 49 September 25, 2489 9:20:22 Total 48.6N 82.9E 0.8654 1.0527 341 3m 32s [49]
142 50 October 7, 2507 17:18:18 Total 50N 34W 0.9141 1.0464 374 3m 7s [50]
142 51 October 18, 2525 1:23:55 Total 52.7N 152.5W 0.9558 1.0396 450 2m 39s [51]
142 52 October 29, 2543 9:36:30 Total[a] 58.7N 91.9E 0.9919 1.0316 - 2m 2s [52]
142 53 November 8, 2561 17:55:40 Partial 62.5N 31.3W 1.0221 0.966 [53]
142 54 November 20, 2579 2:21:42 Partial 63.3N 166.5W 1.0466 0.9182 [54]
142 55 November 30, 2597 10:54:08 Partial 64.1N 56.4E 1.0654 0.8814 [55]
142 56 December 12, 2615 19:30:54 Partial 65.1N 82.1W 1.0802 0.8524 [56]
142 57 December 23, 2633 4:12:15 Partial 66.1N 137.9E 1.0909 0.8313 [57]
142 58 January 3, 2652 12:55:42 Partial 67.2N 3.1W 1.0995 0.8144 [58]
142 59 January 13, 2670 21:41:08 Partial 68.3N 145.2W 1.1061 0.8013 [59]
142 60 January 25, 2688 6:24:18 Partial 69.3N 72.8E 1.1141 0.786 [60]
142 61 February 5, 2706 15:07:13 Partial 70.3N 69.9W 1.1218 0.7713 [61]
142 62 February 16, 2724 23:45:25 Partial 71.1N 148E 1.1327 0.7511 [62]
142 63 February 27, 2742 8:19:28 Partial 71.7N 6.3E 1.1468 0.725 [63]
142 64 March 9, 2760 16:45:54 Partial 72.1N 133.9W 1.1667 0.6887 [64]
142 65 March 21, 2778 1:06:37 Partial 72.3N 87E 1.1908 0.6446 [65]
142 66 March 31, 2796 9:18:22 Partial 72.1N 49.7W 1.2216 0.5883 [66]
142 67 April 11, 2814 17:21:36 Partial 71.7N 176E 1.2589 0.5204 [67]
142 68 April 22, 2832 1:15:31 Partial 71.1N 44.5E 1.3031 0.4397 [68]
142 69 May 3, 2850 9:01:02 Partial 70.3N 84.3W 1.3537 0.3475 [69]
142 70 May 13, 2868 16:37:07 Partial 69.4N 149.9E 1.4111 0.243 [70]
142 71 May 25, 2886 0:04:54 Partial 68.5N 26.8E 1.4742 0.1283 [71]
142 72 June 5, 2904 7:24:50 Partial 67.5N 93.8W 1.5428 0.004 [72]

Notes

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  1. ^ No northern limit

References

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