Solar Eclipses in Saros Series 3

This page lists all the solar eclipses in saros series 3 which are in our database. Note that the beginning of this series is not included in our database, so the list below only covers the latter part of the series.

This series is partnered with lunar Saros series -4.

Note that eclipse dates are specified relative to UT. You have not selected a timezone for eclipse timings, so all times are shown in UT (essentially GMT).
3 Sep, 1986 BC
max: 20:40 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.93; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 93% of the Sun in a very broad path, 338 km wide at maximum, and lasted 9 minutes and 22 seconds.
   
14 Sep, 1968 BC
max: 04:18 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.92; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 92% of the Sun in a very broad path, 368 km wide at maximum, and lasted 9 minutes and 27 seconds.
   
25 Sep, 1950 BC
max: 12:04 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.92; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 92% of the Sun in a very broad path, 394 km wide at maximum, and lasted 9 minutes and 25 seconds.
   
5 Oct, 1932 BC
max: 19:56 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.92; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 92% of the Sun in a very broad path, 418 km wide at maximum, and lasted 9 minutes and 19 seconds.
   
17 Oct, 1914 BC
max: 03:56 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.91; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 91% of the Sun in a very broad path, 436 km wide at maximum, and lasted 9 minutes and 9 seconds.
   
27 Oct, 1896 BC
max: 12:00 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.91; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 91% of the Sun in a very broad path, 449 km wide at maximum, and lasted 8 minutes and 57 seconds.
   
7 Nov, 1878 BC
max: 20:06 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.91; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 91% of the Sun in a very broad path, 457 km wide at maximum, and lasted 8 minutes and 43 seconds.
   
18 Nov, 1860 BC
max: 04:14 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.91; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 91% of the Sun in a very broad path, 460 km wide at maximum, and lasted 8 minutes and 27 seconds.
   
29 Nov, 1842 BC
max: 12:22 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.91; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 91% of the Sun in a very broad path, 459 km wide at maximum, and lasted 8 minutes and 8 seconds.
   
9 Dec, 1824 BC
max: 20:26 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.91; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 91% of the Sun in a very broad path, 456 km wide at maximum, and lasted 7 minutes and 48 seconds.
   
21 Dec, 1806 BC
max: 04:27 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.92; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 92% of the Sun in a very broad path, 451 km wide at maximum, and lasted 7 minutes and 26 seconds.
   
31 Dec, 1788 BC
max: 12:21 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.92; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 92% of the Sun in a very broad path, 446 km wide at maximum, and lasted 7 minutes and 3 seconds.
   
11 Jan, 1769 BC
max: 20:09 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.92; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 92% of the Sun in a very broad path, 441 km wide at maximum, and lasted 6 minutes and 38 seconds.
   
22 Jan, 1751 BC
max: 03:48 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.92; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 92% of the Sun in a very broad path, 440 km wide at maximum, and lasted 6 minutes and 12 seconds.
   
2 Feb, 1733 BC
max: 11:19 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.93; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 93% of the Sun in a very broad path, 446 km wide at maximum, and lasted 5 minutes and 46 seconds.
   
12 Feb, 1715 BC
max: 18:41 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.93; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 93% of the Sun in a very broad path, 468 km wide at maximum, and lasted 5 minutes and 21 seconds.
   
24 Feb, 1697 BC
max: 01:54 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.93; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 93% of the Sun in a very broad path, 522 km wide at maximum, and lasted 4 minutes and 57 seconds.
   
6 Mar, 1679 BC
max: 08:58 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.94; Saros 3)
A small annular eclipse covered only 94% of the Sun in a very broad path, 696 km wide at maximum, and lasted 4 minutes and 34 seconds.
   
16 Mar, 1661 BC
max: 15:55 UT
Annular Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.96; Saros 3)
The Sun was 96% covered in a moderate annular eclipse, lasting just moments and covering only an extremely narrow strip.
   
27 Mar, 1643 BC
max: 22:46 UT
Partial Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.84; Saros 3)
This was a deep partial eclipse, with 84% of the Sun covered for viewers closest to the center. This provided a significant spectacle for those who saw it.
   
7 Apr, 1625 BC
max: 05:29 UT
Partial Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.72; Saros 3)
A moderate partial eclipse, with 72% of the Sun covered for viewers closest to the center, created an interesting spectacle.
   
18 Apr, 1607 BC
max: 12:10 UT
Partial Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.58; Saros 3)
A moderate partial eclipse, with 58% of the Sun covered for viewers closest to the center, created an interesting spectacle.
   
28 Apr, 1589 BC
max: 18:47 UT
Partial Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.45; Saros 3)
A small partial eclipse barely darkened the Sun. With just 45% of the Sun covered for viewers closest to the center, this was of limited interest.
   
10 May, 1571 BC
max: 01:24 UT
Partial Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.31; Saros 3)
A small partial eclipse barely darkened the Sun. With just 31% of the Sun covered for viewers closest to the center, this was of limited interest.
   
20 May, 1553 BC
max: 08:00 UT
Partial Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.17; Saros 3)
With only 17% of the Sun covered at maximum eclipse, this was a very marginal eclipse at best, and rather uninteresting.
   
31 May, 1535 BC
max: 14:41 UT
Partial Solar Eclipse
(umbral mag. 0.03; Saros 3)
With only 3% of the Sun covered at maximum eclipse, this was a very marginal eclipse at best, and rather uninteresting.