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During the 3,500-year period from -5500 to -2000 (5501 BCE to 2001 BCE), Earth will experience 7,102 eclipses of the Sun. The statistical distribution of eclipse types for this interval is as follows : 2,501 partial eclipses, 2,393 annular eclipses, 1,898 total eclipses and 310 hybrid eclipses. The data available through this interface has been formatted in a similar way to the Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses and are described in greater detail in the Key to Solar Eclipse Catalogs. The Besselian elements are from Luca Quaglia. Eclipse dates are given in Dynamical Time (TDT), also known as Terrestrial Time. Years are numbered astronomically and include the year 0. Historians should note there is a difference of one year between astronomical dates and BCE dates. Thus, the astronomical year 0 corresponds to 1 BCE, and astronomical year -1 corresponds to 2 BCE, etc.
Detailed information, Google Maps and Google Earth kmz files for each of the 7,102 solar eclipses (total, annular, hybrid or partial) can be generated on-the-fly from this Web page. Be aware that the uncertainty in Earth’s rotational period expressed in the parameter ΔT has an impact on the geographic visibility of eclipses in the past and future. Know more about ΔT retrodiction or 5MCSE’s ΔT model.
The umbral or antumbral northern and southern limits of a solar eclipse are plotted in pink while the central line is blue. Download the Google Earth application to use the kmz files. Solar eclipses from -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE) are available in the Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses. To get tailored data of recent or upcoming solar eclipses, you may also visit the interactive Google Maps or the Google Earth kmz files Web pages.
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