Solar Saros 162

Saros cycle series 162 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, starts in 2257, contains 42 events before 3000 AD, with its last event in 3501. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 155.

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 162 appears in the following table.

Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral eclipses	39	100.00%
Central (two limits)	38	97.44%
Central (one limit)	1	2.56%
Non-central (one limit)	0	0.00%

Events

Saros	Member	Date	Time (Greatest) UTC	Type	Location Lat, Long	Gamma	Mag.	Width (km)	Duration (min:sec)	Ref
162	1	April 15, 2257	12:05:15	Partial	71.3S 60.1E	-1.5121	0.0633			[1]
162	2	April 26, 2275	19:41:41	Partial	70.7S 67W	-1.4684	0.1423			[2]
162	3	May 7, 2293	3:09:47	Partial	69.9S 168.5E	-1.4186	0.2323			[3]
162	4	May 19, 2311	10:28:46	Partial	69S 46.9E	-1.362	0.3345			[4]
162	5	May 29, 2329	17:41:09	Partial	68.1S 72.5W	-1.3009	0.4449			[5]
162	6	June 10, 2347	0:44:42	Partial	67.1S 170.8E	-1.2329	0.567			[6]
162	7	June 20, 2365	7:44:13	Partial	66.1S 55.7E	-1.1623	0.6935			[7]
162	8	July 1, 2383	14:37:42	Partial	65.1S 57.5W	-1.087	0.8276			[8]
162	9	July 11, 2401	21:29:20	Partial	64.2S 169.9W	-1.0111	0.962			[9]
162	10	July 23, 2419	4:16:45	Annular	45.6S 98.2E	-0.9322	0.9753	242	2m 17s	[10]
162	11	August 2, 2437	11:06:01	Annular	37.4S 2.8W	-0.8553	0.9741	175	2m 33s	[11]
162	12	August 13, 2455	17:54:37	Annular	32.3S 104.2W	-0.7781	0.9716	158	2m 52s	[12]
162	13	August 24, 2473	0:46:32	Annular	29.3S 153.6E	-0.7043	0.9684	156	3m 12s	[13]
162	14	September 4, 2491	7:41:15	Annular	27.7S 50.9E	-0.6332	0.9646	161	3m 34s	[14]
162	15	September 15, 2509	14:42:15	Annular	27.3S 53.4W	-0.5679	0.9604	171	3m 58s	[15]
162	16	September 26, 2527	21:48:45	Annular	27.9S 158.9W	-0.5074	0.9559	183	4m 25s	[16]
162	17	October 7, 2545	5:01:15	Annular	29.1S 94.4E	-0.4523	0.9514	197	4m 54s	[17]
162	18	October 18, 2563	12:21:39	Annular	30.7S 14.2W	-0.4042	0.9467	213	5m 26s	[18]
162	19	October 28, 2581	19:49:23	Annular	32.6S 124.3W	-0.3627	0.9422	228	6m 0s	[19]
162	20	November 9, 2599	3:25:06	Annular	34.5S 123.9E	-0.3282	0.9379	244	6m 35s	[20]
162	21	November 20, 2617	11:07:13	Annular	36.2S 11E	-0.2995	0.9339	258	7m 11s	[21]
162	22	December 1, 2635	18:56:55	Annular	37.4S 103.5W	-0.2774	0.9302	272	7m 47s	[22]
162	23	December 12, 2653	2:51:33	Annular	38S 141.1E	-0.2599	0.9271	284	8m 21s	[23]
162	24	December 23, 2671	10:50:32	Annular	37.8S 24.7E	-0.2466	0.9246	294	8m 52s	[24]
162	25	January 2, 2690	18:52:25	Annular	36.6S 92.6W	-0.236	0.9226	301	9m 17s	[25]
162	26	January 15, 2708	2:56:17	Annular	34.6S 149.2E	-0.2277	0.9212	306	9m 38s	[26]
162	27	January 25, 2726	10:59:24	Annular	31.7S 30.7E	-0.2189	0.9206	308	9m 52s	[27]
162	28	February 5, 2744	19:00:30	Annular	28S 88.1W	-0.2086	0.9205	308	10m 1s	[28]
162	29	February 16, 2762	2:58:17	Annular	23.6S 153.3E	-0.1959	0.9211	304	10m 4s	[29]
162	30	February 27, 2780	10:51:54	Annular	18.6S 35.1E	-0.1801	0.9221	299	10m 3s	[30]
162	31	March 9, 2798	18:37:54	Annular	13.1S 81.7W	-0.158	0.9238	291	9m 57s	[31]
162	32	March 20, 2816	2:17:34	Annular	7.2S 162.7E	-0.1307	0.9259	281	9m 48s	[32]
162	33	March 31, 2834	9:48:16	Annular	1S 49.1E	-0.0959	0.9284	270	9m 33s	[33]
162	34	April 10, 2852	17:12:01	Annular	5.4N 62.8W	-0.0555	0.931	258	9m 13s	[34]
162	35	April 22, 2870	0:24:56	Annular	12N 171.8W	-0.0061	0.934	246	8m 47s	[35]
162	36	May 2, 2888	7:31:10	Annular	18.6N 81.1E	0.0488	0.9369	235	8m 17s	[36]
162	37	May 14, 2906	14:27:44	Annular	25.2N 23W	0.1121	0.9398	225	7m 41s	[37]
162	38	May 24, 2924	21:17:54	Annular	31.5N 124.7W	0.1805	0.9426	216	7m 2s	[38]
162	39	June 5, 2942	4:00:12	Annular	37.5N 136.5E	0.2556	0.9452	209	6m 22s	[39]
162	40	June 15, 2960	10:38:45	Annular	42.9N 40E	0.334	0.9474	205	5m 45s	[40]
162	41	June 26, 2978	17:12:36	Annular	47.7N 53.9W	0.4165	0.9493	205	5m 12s	[41]
162	42	July 6, 2996	23:44:03	Annular	51.6N 145.6W	0.5013	0.9508	208	4m 44s	[42]

References

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros162.html

External links

Saros cycle 162 - Information and visualization

Solar eclipses

Lists of eclipses

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Saros series	110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162
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Historical	Mursili's eclipse (1312 BC) Assyrian eclipse (763 BC) Eclipse of Thales (585 BC)