Solar Saros 142

December 4, 2002
Totality from Australia
Series member 22

December 14, 2020
Totality from Gorbea, Chile
Series member 23

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.

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

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

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]