List of solar eclipses in antiquity
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This is a list of selected solar eclipses from antiquity, in particular those with historical significance. Eclipses on this list were not only recorded, but sometimes would have large effects such as ending a war.
Historically significant solar eclipses
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Statistics
= Longest total eclipses =
Below is a list of the 10 longest total eclipses between the 30th century BC and the 4th century.
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Date of eclipse
!Central Duration !class="unsortable" | Reference |
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data-sort-value="-2585" | 30 May 2585 BC
| align="center" | 07m17s |
data-sort-value="-2567" | 10 June 2567 BC
| align="center" | 07m21s |
data-sort-value="-2249" | 6 May 2249 BC
| align="center" | 07m20s |
data-sort-value="-2231" | 17 May 2231 BC
| align="center" | 07m21s |
data-sort-value="-762" | 5 June 762 BC
| align="center" | 07m25s |
data-sort-value="-744" | 15 June 744 BC
| align="center" | 07m28s |
data-sort-value="-726" | 26 June 726 BC
| align="center" | 07m18s |
data-sort-value="345" | 16 June 345
| align="center" | 07m17s |
data-sort-value="363" | 27 June 363
| align="center" | 07m24s |
data-sort-value="381" | 8 July 381
| align="center" | 07m22s |
=Solar eclipses by century=
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! rowspan=2 | {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! colspan=4 | Eclipse type ! colspan=2 | Longest eclipse{{efn|All eclipses listed are annular. See {{slink||Longest total eclipses}} above for longest total eclipses}} ! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Two-eclipse months{{efn|Months listed in this column had two eclipses occur during that time period}} ! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}} | ||||||||
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! Annular (A) ! Total (T) ! Hybrid (H) ! Length ! class="unsortable" | Date | ||||||||
20th BC | 239 | 84 | 71 | 62 | 22 | 11m38s | 28 December 1983 BC
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19th BC | 253 | 93 | 80 | 63 | 17 | 08m57s | 28 October 1896 BC
| align=left | January 1806 BC | |
18th BC | 254 | 95 | 74 | 64 | 21 | 11m10s | 10 November 1710 BC
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17th BC | 230 | 75 | 71 | 60 | 24 | 12m07s | 12 December 1656 BC
| align=left | July 1611 BC | |
16th BC | 225 | 78 | 67 | 59 | 21 | 10m07s | 25 January 1583 BC
| align=left | June 1535 BC, May 1524 BC | |
15th BC | 226 | 77 | 69 | 62 | 18 | 10m00s | 25 September 1410 BC
| align=left | April 1448 BC | |
14th BC | 234 | 76 | 84 | 68 | 6 | 11m29s | 18 November 1320 BC
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13th BC | 250 | 93 | 86 | 64 | 7 | 11m11s | 9 December 1284 BC
| align=left | December 1210 BC | |
12th BC | 252 | 93 | 89 | 63 | 7 | 10m27s | 14 December 1108 BC
| align=left | October 1123 BC, September 1112 BC | |
11th BC | 238 | 79 | 91 | 68 | 0 | 10m34s | 25 December 1090 BC
| align=left | August 1036 BC, July 1025 BC, June 1014 BC | |
10th BC | 226 | 84 | 75 | 61 | 6 | 09m01s | 24 October 984 BC
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9th BC | 225 | 80 | 75 | 66 | 4 | 10m21s | 7 November 817 BC
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8th BC | 234 | 79 | 88 | 64 | 3 | 11m29s | 10 December 763 BC
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7th BC | 253 | 96 | 87 | 63 | 7 | 10m06s | 22 November 604 BC
| align=left | December 689 BC, November 678 BC, October 602 BC | |
6th BC | 255 | 96 | 86 | 65 | 8 | 10m50s | 4 January 531 BC
| align=left | September 591 BC, August 515 BC, July 504 BC | |
5th BC | 241 | 84 | 78 | 62 | 17 | 10m24s | 26 January 495 BC
| align=left | May 417 BC | |
4th BC | 225 | 83 | 63 | 56 | 23 | 10m16s | 7 December 391 BC
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3rd BC | 226 | 83 | 62 | 57 | 24 | 11m47s | 30 November 214 BC
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2nd BC | 237 | 80 | 73 | 63 | 21 | 12m08s | 22 December 178 BC
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1st BC | 251 | 92 | 77 | 65 | 17 | 08m51s | 14 February 87 BC
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1st AD | 248 | 90 | 75 | 58 | 25 | 11m18s | 4 November 96
| align=left | August 7, July 18, April 97 | |
2nd AD | 237 | 80 | 77 | 64 | 16 | 12m23s{{efn|This is the longest annular eclipse in the five-millennium period between the 20th century BC and 30th century.}} | 7 December 150
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3rd AD | 227 | 79 | 74 | 69 | 5 | 11m09s | 8 January 205
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4th AD | 222 | 73 | 76 | 66 | 7 | 10m44s | 2 January 363
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References
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{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1499--1400.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −1499 to −1400 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322220214/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1499--1400.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1399--1300.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −1399 to −1300 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215920/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1399--1300.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1299--1200.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −1299 to −1200 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215701/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1299--1200.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1199--1100.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −1199 to −1100 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322220050/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1199--1100.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1099--1000.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −1099 to −1000 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322220032/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-1099--1000.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0999--0900.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0999 to −0900 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322221645/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0999--0900.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0899--0800.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0899 to −0800 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322220058/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0899--0800.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0799--0700.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0799 to −0700 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215956/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0799--0700.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0699--0600.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0699 to −0600 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215551/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0699--0600.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0599--0500.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0599 to −0500 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215714/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0599--0500.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0499--0400.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0499 to −0400 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215735/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0499--0400.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0399--0300.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0399 to −0300 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215831/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0399--0300.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0299--0200.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0299 to −0200 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215809/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0299--0200.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0199--0100.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0199 to −0100 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215853/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0199--0100.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0099-0000.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: −0099 to 0000 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018115455/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0099-0000.html |archive-date=October 18, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0001-0100.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0001 to 0100 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215624/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0001-0100.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0101-0200.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0101 to 0200 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215543/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0101-0200.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0201-0300.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0201 to 0300 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322221748/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0201-0300.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0301-0400.html |title=Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0301 to 0400 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322215832/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0301-0400.html |archive-date=March 22, 2019}}
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