Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses

-0299 to -0200 ( 300 BCE to 201 BCE )

Introduction

Eclipses of the Moon can only occur during the Full Moon phase. It is then possible for the Moon to pass through Earth’s penumbral or umbral shadows thereby producing an eclipse. There are three types of lunar eclipses:

  1. Penumbral - Moon traverses Earth’s penumbral shadow (Moon misses Earth’s umbral shadow)
  2. Partial - Moon traverses Earth’s penumbral and umbral shadows (Moon does not pass completely into Earth’s umbra)
  3. Total - Moon traverses Earth’s penumbral and umbral shadows (Moon passes completely into Earth’s umbra)

The visual appearance of these eclipse types differs dramatically from each other.


Lunar Eclipses: -0299 to -0200 ( 300 BCE to 201 BCE)

During the 3rd century BCE[1], Earth experienced 228 lunar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Lunar Eclipses: -0299 - -0200
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 228100.0%
PenumbralN 79 34.6%
PartialP 64 28.1%
TotalT 85 37.3%

Total eclipses can be further classified as either central or non-central:

The statistical distribution of these classes during the 3rd century BCE appears in the following table.

Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All 85100.0%
Central 30 35.3%
Non-Central 55 64.7%

There are a minimum of two and a maximum of five lunar eclipses in every calendar year. Statistics for the number of eclipses each year during the century are listed below.


                           Number of Years with 2 Eclipses: 77
                           Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 18
                           Number of Years with 4 Eclipses:  5

                 Two lunar eclipses in same month:   -0252 Jul 01  &  -0252 Jul 30

When four consecutive lunar eclipses are all total eclipses, the group is known as a tetrad. The following tetrads occur during this century:


                              1.  Tetrad:   -290 -  -289
                              2.  Tetrad:   -283 -  -282
                              3.  Tetrad:   -272 -  -271
                              4.  Tetrad:   -243 -  -242
                              5.  Tetrad:   -225 -  -224
                              6.  Tetrad:   -207 -  -206

During any given century, old Saros series end while new ones begin. The year and Saros number of these events are as follows:


     2 Saros Series' begin (Year/Saros):   -266/ 75  -255/ 76 
     2 Saros Series' end   (Year/Saros):   -252/ 35  -223/ 36 

For more information, see Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series.

The longest and shortest lunar eclipses of the century and other eclipse extrema are listed below.


               Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0239 May 09    Duration = 01h46m07s
              Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0200 Mar 30    Duration = 00h06m35s

               Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0294 Apr 19    Duration = 03h24m46s
              Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0292 Mar 27    Duration = 00h07m31s

               Largest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0268 May 30    Umbra Magnitude = 1.8490
              Smallest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0200 Mar 30    Umbra Magnitude = 1.0019

               Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0247 Oct 03    Umbra Magnitude = 0.9988
              Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0292 Mar 27    Umbra Magnitude = 0.0010

             Largest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -0263 Aug 31     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0515
            Smallest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -0266 May 08     Pen. Magnitude = 0.0028

A total penumbral eclipse in one in which the entire Moon passes through the penumbra but misses the umbral shadow. During the century, there are 79 penumbral eclipses of which 3 ( 3.8%) are total penumbral eclipses:


               1.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:   -0274 Oct 02     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0243
               2.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:   -0263 Aug 31     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0515
               3.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:   -0205 Jan 26     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0273

The concise details at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse during the century are presented below. Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipses contains a detailed description and explanation of every item listed in the catalog. The Catalog Number in the first column links to a figure showing the eclipse geometry and geographic visibility map of each phase of an eclipse.

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Footnotes

[1] The terms BCE and CE are abbreviations for "Before Common Era" and "Common Era," respectively. They are the secular equivalents to the BC and AD dating conventions. (See: Year Dating Conventions )

[2] Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when the Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth’s umbral shadow cone.



Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0299 to -0200 ( 300 BCE to 201 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

04103 -0299 Feb 13  20:08:15  13997 -28434   67   N   a-  -1.0530  0.9051 -0.0540  233.3    -      -     14N  120E
04104 -0299 Aug 09  12:05:24  13991 -28428   72   N   t-   1.1175  0.8446 -0.2293  263.4    -      -     17S  123W
04105 -0298 Jan 05  00:17:48  13985 -28423   39   P   -a   0.9476  1.1266  0.1118  269.4   74.9    -     24N   56E
04106 -0298 Jun 30  05:18:17  13979 -28417   44   P   -h  -0.8896  1.2215  0.2295  277.8  106.3    -     25S   22W
04107 -0298 Dec 25  07:38:25  13972 -28411   49   T   -p   0.2743  2.3920  1.3181  359.1  220.5   81.8   24N   55W
04108 -0297 Jun 19  19:47:02  13966 -28405   54   T-  pp  -0.1081  2.6334  1.6853  319.4  211.8   97.4   24S  120E
04109 -0297 Dec 14  08:07:52  13959 -28399   59   T   t-  -0.4145  2.1510  1.0447  366.1  213.3   34.5   23N   64W
04110 -0296 Jun 08  13:02:48  13952 -28393   64   P   a-   0.6302  1.6731  0.7297  290.6  167.7    -     22S  139W
04111 -0296 Dec 02  07:45:27  13946 -28387   69   N   h-  -1.0750  0.9287 -0.1572  271.0    -      -     21N   60W
04112 -0295 Apr 29  18:45:37  13940 -28382   36   N   -h  -1.2096  0.6436 -0.3666  219.1    -      -     14S  135E

04113 -0295 May 29  04:23:26  13939 -28381   74   N   h-   1.4143  0.2528 -0.7274  137.7    -      -     19S   10W
04114 -0295 Oct 23  00:33:28  13934 -28376   41   N   -a   1.0998  0.8388 -0.1590  234.8    -      -     11N   46E
04115 -0294 Apr 19  00:16:45  13927 -28370   46   P   -t  -0.4807  2.0065  0.9456  351.8  204.8    -     10S   53E
04116 -0294 Oct 12  15:27:02  13921 -28364   51   T   -p   0.4004  2.1064  1.1398  308.4  193.8   53.3    6N  176W
04117 -0293 Apr 08  00:48:33  13914 -28358   56   T+  pp   0.2707  2.3982  1.3249  368.9  226.7   84.7    5S   47E
04118 -0293 Oct 02  07:08:43  13908 -28352   61   T   p-  -0.2822  2.3304  1.3498  320.5  205.4   79.7    1N   51W
04119 -0292 Mar 27  03:35:05  13901 -28346   66   P   h-   1.0016  1.0395  0.0010  274.8    7.5    -      0N    6E
04120 -0292 Sep 20  18:59:25  13895 -28340   71   N   h-  -1.0290  0.9845 -0.0447  262.2    -      -      4S  132E
04121 -0291 Feb 15  03:40:08  13889 -28335   38   P   -a  -0.9696  1.0648  0.0925  252.9   66.3    -     13N    7E
04122 -0291 Aug 11  07:22:49  13883 -28329   43   N   -t   1.1114  0.8591 -0.2210  267.0    -      -     16S   52W

04123 -0290 Feb 04  19:43:14  13876 -28323   48   T   -p  -0.2734  2.3375  1.3747  314.2  203.3   80.8   17N  126E
04124 -0290 Jul 31  07:53:26  13870 -28317   53   T   -t   0.3662  2.2172  1.1553  358.2  216.6   61.5   20S   60W
04125 -0289 Jan 25  10:34:31  13863 -28311   58   T   p-   0.4273  2.0728  1.0750  320.3  196.6   40.9   21N   97W
04126 -0289 Jul 20  13:56:49  13857 -28305   63   T   a-  -0.4018  2.1247  1.1168  332.9  204.8   51.9   22S  151W
04127 -0288 Jan 14  19:48:28  13850 -28299   68   N   t-   1.1814  0.7191 -0.3383  236.7    -      -     23N  124E
04128 -0288 Jun 09  20:06:30  13845 -28294   35   N   -a   1.3863  0.2848 -0.6570  139.0    -      -     21S  115E
04129 -0288 Jul 09  03:08:49  13844 -28293   73   N   a-  -1.1192  0.7828 -0.1746  223.0    -      -     24S   10E
04130 -0288 Dec 04  02:21:11  13838 -28288   40   N   -t  -1.1380  0.8235 -0.2828  264.2    -      -     21N   21E
04131 -0287 May 30  13:18:35  13832 -28282   45   P   -a   0.6710  1.6016  0.6515  289.4  161.6    -     20S  144W
04132 -0287 Nov 23  03:12:00  13826 -28276   50   T   -p  -0.4348  2.0962  1.0248  348.8  205.5   25.1   19N    7E

04133 -0286 May 20  03:19:29  13819 -28270   55   T-  pp  -0.0836  2.7024  1.7066  340.5  221.4  101.1   19S    6E
04134 -0286 Nov 12  11:01:41  13813 -28264   60   T   p-   0.2749  2.3599  1.3471  331.9  209.7   80.8   17N  111W
04135 -0285 May 09  10:31:36  13806 -28258   65   P   t-  -0.8903  1.2492  0.1999  300.8  105.5    -     17S  102W
04136 -0285 Nov 02  00:57:20  13800 -28252   70   P   a-   0.9318  1.1347  0.1616  256.4   85.8    -     14N   40E
04137 -0284 Mar 28  20:27:03  13794 -28247   37   N   -t   1.2057  0.6804 -0.3888  239.4    -      -      1S  113E
04138 -0284 Sep 22  05:59:57  13788 -28241   42   N   -a  -1.0785  0.8743 -0.1163  238.5    -      -      3S   33W
04139 -0283 Mar 18  00:54:28  13781 -28235   47   T   -t   0.4208  2.0985  1.0732  337.3  204.5   42.0    3N   47E
04140 -0283 Sep 11  16:07:33  13775 -28229   52   T   -a  -0.3939  2.1570  1.1139  343.8  208.2   52.0    7S  175E
04141 -0282 Mar 07  12:26:14  13768 -28223   57   T   p-  -0.3312  2.2378  1.2624  319.8  203.5   71.6    7N  126W
04142 -0282 Aug 31  19:09:38  13762 -28217   62   T   p-   0.3389  2.2778  1.1952  366.0  220.6   68.5   10S  130E

04143 -0281 Feb 25  04:22:31  13756 -28211   67   P   a-  -1.0199  0.9643  0.0083  239.1   19.8    -     10N    5W
04144 -0281 Aug 20  19:04:22  13749 -28205   72   N   t-   1.0578  0.9551 -0.1205  276.6    -      -     13S  131E
04145 -0280 Jan 16  08:44:17  13744 -28200   39   P   -a   0.9613  1.1018  0.0862  268.0   66.2    -     23N   70W
04146 -0280 Jul 10  12:30:42  13737 -28194   44   P   -h  -0.9565  1.0980  0.1078  266.0   73.8    -     24S  130W
04147 -0279 Jan 04  15:46:02  13731 -28188   49   T   -p   0.2841  2.3743  1.2995  359.7  220.3   80.1   24N  177W
04148 -0279 Jun 30  03:13:49  13725 -28182   54   T-  -p  -0.1794  2.5024  1.5548  317.4  209.4   92.6   24S    8E
04149 -0279 Dec 24  16:05:58  13718 -28176   59   T   t-  -0.4072  2.1639  1.0586  366.6  214.2   39.3   23N  177E
04150 -0278 Jun 19  20:26:49  13712 -28170   64   P   a-   0.5573  1.8078  0.8625  297.5  178.5    -     23S  109E
04151 -0278 Dec 13  15:56:41  13705 -28164   69   N   h-  -1.0695  0.9374 -0.1456  271.2    -      -     22N  177E
04152 -0277 May 11  01:42:39  13700 -28159   36   N   -h  -1.2888  0.4993 -0.5131  196.5    -      -     18S   29E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0299 to -0200 ( 300 BCE to 201 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

04153 -0277 Jun 09  11:29:51  13699 -28158   74   N   h-   1.3443  0.3831 -0.6007  168.2    -      -     21S  117W
04154 -0277 Nov 03  09:11:34  13694 -28153   41   N   -a   1.1028  0.8329 -0.1641  233.5    -      -     15N   84W
04155 -0276 Apr 29  06:51:03  13687 -28147   46   P   -t  -0.5612  1.8589  0.7978  345.9  193.5    -     14S   47W
04156 -0276 Oct 23  00:08:53  13681 -28141   51   T   -p   0.4107  2.0884  1.1200  307.9  192.8   49.7   11N   52E
04157 -0275 Apr 18  07:23:53  13674 -28135   56   T+  pp   0.1947  2.5359  1.4661  370.7  230.9   95.8    9S   54W
04158 -0275 Oct 12  15:37:12  13668 -28129   61   T-  p-  -0.2668  2.3611  1.3758  322.2  206.5   81.9    6N  180W
04159 -0274 Apr 07  10:38:43  13662 -28123   66   P   h-   0.9349  1.1587  0.1263  285.1   82.9    -      4S  102W
04160 -0274 Oct 02  03:00:27  13655 -28117   71   Nx  h-  -1.0091  1.0243 -0.0112  267.6    -      -      1N   10E
04161 -0273 Feb 26  11:47:47  13650 -28112   38   P   -a  -1.0019  1.0030  0.0357  246.4   41.4    -      9N  116W
04162 -0273 Aug 22  14:19:01  13644 -28106   43   N   -t   1.1687  0.7559 -0.3282  253.5    -      -     13S  158W

04163 -0272 Feb 16  04:04:45  13637 -28100   48   T   -p  -0.3007  2.2863  1.3257  313.2  201.9   76.8   14N    0E
04164 -0272 Aug 10  14:50:35  13631 -28094   53   T   -t   0.4286  2.1030  1.0405  353.6  209.8   32.5   17S  165W
04165 -0271 Feb 04  18:53:04  13625 -28088   58   T   p-   0.4077  2.1087  1.1108  322.4  199.0   49.4   18N  138E
04166 -0271 Jul 30  21:13:33  13618 -28082   63   T   a-  -0.3365  2.2440  1.2370  335.2  209.8   70.9   20S   99E
04167 -0270 Jan 25  03:51:37  13612 -28076   68   N   t-   1.1683  0.7433 -0.3143  240.8    -      -     21N    3E
04168 -0270 Jun 21  03:31:47  13607 -28071   35   N   -a   1.4562  0.1565 -0.7852  104.2    -      -     22S    3E
04169 -0270 Jul 20  10:39:55  13605 -28070   73   N   a-  -1.0519  0.9063 -0.0510  236.4    -      -     23S  103W
04170 -0270 Dec 15  10:22:56  13600 -28065   40   N   -t  -1.1425  0.8145 -0.2905  262.8    -      -     22N   99W
04171 -0269 Jun 10  20:39:26  13594 -28059   45   P   -a   0.7469  1.4634  0.5110  282.0  146.6    -     22S  105E
04172 -0269 Dec 04  11:29:58  13588 -28053   50   T   -p  -0.4365  2.0917  1.0230  347.5  204.9   24.2   22N  117W

04173 -0268 May 30  10:19:37  13581 -28047   55   T-  pp  -0.0051  2.8481  1.8490  342.6  222.8  102.9   21S  100W
04174 -0268 Nov 22  19:41:38  13575 -28041   60   T   p-   0.2727  2.3630  1.3523  330.9  209.4   81.0   20N  119E
04175 -0267 May 19  17:04:41  13569 -28035   65   P   t-  -0.8091  1.3990  0.3481  314.0  136.5    -     20S  158E
04176 -0267 Nov 12  09:46:16  13562 -28029   70   P   a-   0.9263  1.1448  0.1714  257.0   88.2    -     18N   93W
04177 -0266 Apr 09  03:12:33  13557 -28024   37   N   -t   1.2725  0.5555 -0.5090  218.3    -      -      5S    9E
04178 -0266 May 08  18:09:15  13556 -28023   75   Nb  t-  -1.5751  0.0028 -1.0667   16.4    -      -     17S  142E
04179 -0266 Oct 03  14:17:30  13551 -28018   42   N   -a  -1.1031  0.8320 -0.1642  234.6    -      -      1N  159W
04180 -0265 Mar 29  08:11:43  13544 -28012   47   P   -t   0.4786  1.9893  0.9705  331.6  197.6    -      1S   65W
04181 -0265 Sep 22  23:53:54  13538 -28006   52   T   -a  -0.4265  2.1003  1.0508  343.5  205.3   35.5    2S   57E
04182 -0264 Mar 17  20:15:16  13532 -28000   57   T   p-  -0.2819  2.3256  1.3555  320.6  206.5   80.6    2N  115E

04183 -0264 Sep 11  02:25:28  13525 -27994   62   T   p-   0.2954  2.3600  1.2726  369.1  224.2   78.7    6S   19E
04184 -0263 Mar 07  12:28:13  13519 -27988   67   P   a-  -0.9799  1.0363  0.0831  245.9   62.1    -      6N  128W
04185 -0263 Aug 31  02:13:47  13513 -27982   72   Nx  t-   1.0057  1.0515 -0.0258  286.9    -      -     10S   23E
04186 -0262 Jan 26  17:03:07  13508 -27977   39   P   -a   0.9807  1.0666  0.0505  265.5   51.1    -     21N  165E
04187 -0262 Jul 21  19:48:21  13501 -27971   44   N   -a  -1.0198  0.9812 -0.0079  253.7    -      -     23S  120E
04188 -0261 Jan 15  23:47:52  13495 -27965   49   T   -p   0.2982  2.3487  1.2737  360.0  219.9   77.5   22N   63E
04189 -0261 Jul 11  10:44:03  13489 -27959   54   T-  -p  -0.2481  2.3765  1.4285  315.0  206.1   85.4   23S  105W
04190 -0260 Jan 05  00:00:02  13482 -27953   59   T   t-  -0.3965  2.1827  1.0792  367.0  215.4   45.4   23N   58E
04191 -0260 Jun 30  03:53:01  13476 -27947   64   P   a-   0.4865  1.9391  0.9911  303.4  187.3    -     23S    3W
04192 -0260 Dec 24  00:07:39  13470 -27941   69   N   h-  -1.0628  0.9478 -0.1316  271.5    -      -     23N   55E

04193 -0259 May 21  08:35:22  13465 -27936   36   N   -h  -1.3702  0.3514 -0.6637  167.9    -      -     21S   75W
04194 -0259 Jun 19  18:35:16  13464 -27935   74   N   h-   1.2741  0.5139 -0.4739  193.2    -      -     22S  136E
04195 -0259 Nov 13  17:54:25  13458 -27930   41   N   -a   1.1026  0.8326 -0.1632  232.8    -      -     18N  144E
04196 -0258 May 10  13:20:17  13452 -27924   46   P   -t  -0.6452  1.7050  0.6435  338.4  178.8    -     17S  146W
04197 -0258 Nov 03  08:55:38  13446 -27918   51   T   -p   0.4168  2.0780  1.1081  307.6  192.1   47.3   14N   81W
04198 -0257 Apr 29  13:54:02  13440 -27912   56   T+  pp   0.1141  2.6821  1.6157  371.7  233.7  102.9   13S  154W
04199 -0257 Oct 24  00:11:26  13433 -27906   61   T-  p-  -0.2567  2.3817  1.3921  323.7  207.4   83.2   10N   50E
04200 -0256 Apr 17  17:38:51  13427 -27900   66   P   h-   0.8644  1.2853  0.2586  294.7  116.0    -      8S  151E
04201 -0256 Oct 12  11:06:48  13421 -27894   71   P   h-  -0.9942  1.0546  0.0132  271.9   26.9    -      5N  113W
04202 -0255 Mar 08  19:49:00  13416 -27889   38   N   -a  -1.0400  0.9309 -0.0318  238.5    -      -      5N  122E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0299 to -0200 ( 300 BCE to 201 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

04203 -0255 Apr 07  04:28:52  13415 -27888   76   Nb  a-   1.5485  0.0038 -0.9710   17.2    -      -      4S   10W
04204 -0255 Sep 01  21:24:15  13409 -27883   43   N   -t   1.2183  0.6668 -0.4211  240.5    -      -      9S   94E
04205 -0254 Feb 26  12:17:26  13403 -27877   48   T   -p  -0.3354  2.2216  1.2631  311.8  199.8   70.6   10N  125W
04206 -0254 Aug 21  21:57:32  13397 -27871   53   P   -t   0.4835  2.0027  0.9394  349.0  202.6    -     13S   87E
04207 -0253 Feb 16  03:01:19  13391 -27865   58   T   p-   0.3804  2.1589  1.1611  324.8  202.1   58.7   14N   15E
04208 -0253 Aug 11  04:40:22  13385 -27859   63   T   p-  -0.2787  2.3497  1.3434  336.5  213.1   81.9   17S   14W
04209 -0252 Feb 05  11:43:40  13378 -27853   68   N   t-   1.1471  0.7822 -0.2754  246.8    -      -     18N  115W
04210 -0252 Jul 01  11:01:10  13373 -27848   35   Ne  -a   1.5228  0.0347 -0.9076   49.5    -      -     22S  110W
04211 -0252 Jul 30  18:19:20  13372 -27847   73   P   a-  -0.9909  1.0184  0.0607  247.1   53.8    -     21S  142E
04212 -0252 Dec 25  18:21:48  13367 -27842   40   N   -t  -1.1490  0.8015 -0.3015  260.7    -      -     23N  141E

04213 -0251 Jun 21  03:59:44  13361 -27836   45   P   -a   0.8227  1.3258  0.3705  273.6  127.8    -     23S    5W
04214 -0251 Dec 14  19:49:11  13355 -27830   50   T   -p  -0.4378  2.0874  1.0222  346.0  204.3   23.7   23N  118E
04215 -0250 Jun 10  17:16:05  13348 -27824   55   T+  pp   0.0752  2.7214  1.7184  343.8  222.9  101.8   23S  155E
04216 -0250 Dec 04  04:24:15  13342 -27818   60   T+  p-   0.2717  2.3635  1.3555  329.7  209.0   81.1   22N   12W
04217 -0249 May 30  23:32:31  13336 -27812   65   P   t-  -0.7239  1.5564  0.5033  326.1  160.6    -     22S   60E
04218 -0249 Nov 23  18:39:02  13330 -27806   70   P   a-   0.9238  1.1493  0.1761  257.2   89.2    -     21N  133E
04219 -0248 Apr 19  09:52:45  13325 -27801   37   N   -t   1.3438  0.4224 -0.6376  192.2    -      -      9S   93W
04220 -0248 May 19  00:30:24  13323 -27800   75   N   t-  -1.4899  0.1584 -0.9095  122.2    -      -     20S   45E
04221 -0248 Oct 13  22:41:01  13318 -27795   42   N   -a  -1.1223  0.7993 -0.2021  231.6    -      -      6N   73E
04222 -0247 Apr 08  15:25:25  13312 -27789   47   P   -t   0.5402  1.8732  0.8605  325.1  189.2    -      5S  175W

04223 -0247 Oct 03  07:46:31  13306 -27783   52   P   -a  -0.4532  2.0545  0.9988  343.5  202.7    -      2N   63W
04224 -0246 Mar 29  03:58:25  13300 -27777   57   T-  p-  -0.2270  2.4237  1.4588  321.3  209.1   88.1    2S    3W
04225 -0246 Sep 22  09:49:03  13294 -27771   62   T+  pp   0.2584  2.4302  1.3383  371.6  226.9   85.6    2S   93W
04226 -0245 Mar 18  20:26:41  13287 -27765   67   P   a-  -0.9340  1.1192  0.1686  253.1   87.4    -      2N  111E
04227 -0245 Sep 11  09:33:24  13281 -27759   72   P   t-   0.9610  1.1343  0.0555  295.0   57.2    -      6S   89W
04228 -0244 Feb 07  01:12:47  13276 -27754   39   P   -a   1.0070  1.0185  0.0021  261.6   10.6    -     18N   42E
04229 -0244 Aug 01  03:15:32  13270 -27748   44   N   -a  -1.0763  0.8771 -0.1112  241.7    -      -     20S    8E
04230 -0243 Jan 26  07:41:14  13264 -27742   49   T   -p   0.3187  2.3109  1.2360  359.9  218.8   73.1   20N   56W
04231 -0243 Jul 21  18:19:53  13258 -27736   54   T   -p  -0.3126  2.2585  1.3098  312.2  202.0   75.6   22S  141E
04232 -0242 Jan 15  07:47:53  13252 -27730   59   T   t-  -0.3804  2.2109  1.1099  367.7  217.2   53.0   22N   58W

04233 -0242 Jul 11  11:22:22  13245 -27724   64   T   a-   0.4183  2.0658  1.1147  308.5  194.4   49.2   23S  115W
04234 -0241 Jan 04  08:13:50  13239 -27718   69   N   h-  -1.0515  0.9663 -0.1086  272.7    -      -     22N   66W
04235 -0241 Jun 01  15:24:03  13234 -27713   36   N   -h  -1.4535  0.2003 -0.8183  129.0    -      -     23S  178W
04236 -0241 Jul 01  01:41:50  13233 -27712   74   N   h-   1.2053  0.6426 -0.3500  214.3    -      -     23S   29E
04237 -0241 Nov 25  02:40:10  13228 -27707   41   N   -a   1.1010  0.8347 -0.1593  232.4    -      -     21N   13E
04238 -0240 May 20  19:45:32  13222 -27701   46   P   -t  -0.7317  1.5469  0.4845  329.1  159.4    -     20S  117E
04239 -0240 Nov 13  17:45:53  13216 -27695   51   T   -p   0.4202  2.0722  1.1012  307.5  191.7   45.8   18N  146E
04240 -0239 May 09  20:20:54  13210 -27689   56   T+  pp   0.0301  2.8347  1.7713  371.7  234.9  106.1   16S  108E
04241 -0239 Nov 03  08:51:00  13203 -27683   61   T-  p-  -0.2514  2.3934  1.3998  325.0  208.0   83.9   14N   81W
04242 -0238 Apr 29  00:33:17  13197 -27677   66   P   h-   0.7878  1.4232  0.4019  303.8  141.1    -     12S   46E

04243 -0238 Oct 23  19:20:15  13191 -27671   71   P   h-  -0.9857  1.0730  0.0261  274.9   37.8    -      9N  122E
04244 -0237 Mar 20  03:42:06  13186 -27666   38   N   -a  -1.0853  0.8453 -0.1128  228.7    -      -      1N    2E
04245 -0237 Apr 18  11:55:04  13185 -27665   76   N   a-   1.4822  0.1230 -0.8468   95.6    -      -      8S  124W
04246 -0237 Sep 13  04:39:20  13180 -27660   43   N   -t   1.2598  0.5925 -0.4991  228.6    -      -      5S   16W
04247 -0236 Mar 08  20:21:46  13174 -27654   48   T   -p  -0.3769  2.1444  1.1878  309.9  196.9   61.2    6N  113E
04248 -0236 Sep 01  05:15:24  13168 -27648   53   P   -t   0.5303  1.9173  0.8532  344.6  195.7    -     10S   24W
04249 -0235 Feb 26  11:01:52  13162 -27642   58   T   p-   0.3474  2.2194  1.2218  327.5  205.4   67.8   10N  106W
04250 -0235 Aug 21  12:14:55  13156 -27636   63   T-  p-  -0.2264  2.4456  1.4395  337.2  215.4   89.0   14S  128W
04251 -0234 Feb 15  19:27:50  13150 -27630   68   N   t-   1.1203  0.8312 -0.2260  253.8    -      -     15N  128E
04252 -0234 Aug 11  02:05:02  13143 -27624   73   P   a-  -0.9348  1.1217  0.1632  256.0   86.8    -     18S   24E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0299 to -0200 ( 300 BCE to 201 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

04253 -0233 Jan 06  02:16:29  13138 -27619   40   N   -t  -1.1592  0.7814 -0.3187  257.5    -      -     22N   23E
04254 -0233 Jul 02  11:22:06  13132 -27613   45   P   -a   0.8961  1.1928  0.2340  264.3  103.8    -     23S  116W
04255 -0233 Dec 26  04:06:15  13126 -27607   50   T   -p  -0.4416  2.0785  1.0175  344.4  203.5   21.0   23N    6W
04256 -0232 Jun 21  00:13:34  13120 -27601   55   T+  pp   0.1540  2.5790  1.5717  344.2  221.5   97.5   23S   50E
04257 -0232 Dec 14  13:05:15  13114 -27595   60   T+  p-   0.2689  2.3671  1.3622  328.7  208.7   81.6   24N  142W
04258 -0231 Jun 10  06:00:41  13108 -27589   65   P   t-  -0.6394  1.7127  0.6570  336.7  179.4    -     23S   37W
04259 -0231 Dec 04  03:32:05  13102 -27583   70   P   a-   0.9217  1.1529  0.1802  257.3   90.2    -     23N    0W
04260 -0230 Apr 30  16:27:36  13097 -27578   37   N   -t   1.4194  0.2815 -0.7743  158.4    -      -     12S  167E
04261 -0230 May 30  06:49:26  13096 -27577   75   N   t-  -1.4022  0.3187 -0.7480  170.6    -      -     22S   50W
04262 -0230 Oct 25  07:10:31  13091 -27572   42   N   -a  -1.1361  0.7764 -0.2299  229.6    -      -     10N   56W

04263 -0229 Apr 19  22:32:56  13085 -27566   47   P   -t   0.6075  1.7468  0.7398  317.5  178.6    -      9S   76E
04264 -0229 Oct 14  15:46:26  13079 -27560   52   P   -a  -0.4730  2.0210  0.9597  343.7  200.6    -      6N  175E
04265 -0228 Apr 08  11:34:41  13073 -27554   57   T-  p-  -0.1658  2.5336  1.5733  321.8  211.3   93.9    6S  119W
04266 -0228 Oct 02  17:22:38  13067 -27548   62   T+  pp   0.2300  2.4843  1.3883  373.5  228.7   89.9    3N  152E
04267 -0227 Mar 29  04:17:04  13061 -27542   67   P   a-  -0.8816  1.2142  0.2659  260.9  108.3    -      2S    9W
04268 -0227 Sep 21  17:03:05  13055 -27536   72   P   t-   0.9238  1.2033  0.1232  301.1   84.3    -      1S  157E
04269 -0226 Feb 17  09:13:30  13049 -27531   39   N   -a   1.0399  0.9581 -0.0583  256.2    -      -     14N   79W
04270 -0226 Aug 12  10:50:16  13043 -27525   44   N   -a  -1.1276  0.7828 -0.2052  229.8    -      -     18S  107W
04271 -0225 Feb 06  15:25:08  13037 -27519   49   T   -t   0.3464  2.2597  1.1856  359.2  217.1   66.1   17N  172W
04272 -0225 Aug 02  02:01:59  13031 -27513   54   T   -p  -0.3721  2.1499  1.1998  309.2  197.4   62.9   20S   25E

04273 -0224 Jan 26  15:29:33  13025 -27507   59   T   p-  -0.3590  2.2486  1.1506  368.4  219.3   61.2   19N  174W
04274 -0224 Jul 21  18:55:36  13019 -27501   64   T   p-   0.3539  2.1859  1.2310  312.9  200.1   67.4   21S  131E
04275 -0223 Jan 14  16:16:46  13013 -27495   69   N   h-  -1.0368  0.9908 -0.0792  274.4    -      -     21N  173E
04276 -0223 Jun 11  22:11:42  13008 -27490   36   Ne  -t  -1.5362  0.0503 -0.9720   65.8    -      -     24S   80E
04277 -0223 Jul 11  08:50:31  13007 -27489   74   N   t-   1.1388  0.7672 -0.2305  232.3    -      -     22S   79W
04278 -0223 Dec 05  11:27:58  13002 -27484   41   N   -a   1.0982  0.8388 -0.1531  232.3    -      -     23N  119W
04279 -0222 Jun 01  02:07:33  12996 -27478   46   P   -t  -0.8199  1.3856  0.3219  317.9  133.4    -     22S   20E
04280 -0222 Nov 25  02:38:57  12990 -27472   51   T   -p   0.4214  2.0703  1.0987  307.5  191.6   45.3   21N   12E
04281 -0221 May 21  02:46:14  12984 -27466   56   T-  pp  -0.0557  2.7865  1.7256  370.7  234.3  105.5   19S   11E
04282 -0221 Nov 14  17:33:03  12978 -27460   61   T-  p-  -0.2488  2.4000  1.4029  326.2  208.5   84.2   17N  148E

04283 -0220 May 09  07:27:25  12972 -27454   66   P   h-   0.7097  1.5640  0.5475  311.8  160.4    -     16S   59W
04284 -0220 Nov 03  03:37:42  12966 -27448   71   P   h-  -0.9809  1.0843  0.0325  277.2   42.2    -     13N    3W
04285 -0219 Mar 30  11:29:13  12961 -27443   38   N   -a  -1.1359  0.7504 -0.2035  217.1    -      -      3S  117W
04286 -0219 Apr 28  19:18:20  12960 -27442   76   N   a-   1.4127  0.2482 -0.7172  133.7    -      -     12S  124E
04287 -0219 Sep 23  12:02:43  12955 -27437   43   N   -t   1.2943  0.5309 -0.5642  217.9    -      -      0S  129W
04288 -0218 Mar 20  04:17:50  12949 -27431   48   T   -a  -0.4251  2.0552  1.1002  307.5  193.0   46.0    1N    8W
04289 -0218 Sep 12  12:43:55  12943 -27425   53   P   -t   0.5687  1.8471  0.7823  340.5  189.2    -      5S  138W
04290 -0217 Mar 09  18:50:25  12937 -27419   58   T   p-   0.3054  2.2964  1.2988  330.5  209.2   76.8    6N  135E
04291 -0217 Sep 01  20:00:56  12931 -27413   63   T-  p-  -0.1829  2.5253  1.5194  337.4  216.7   93.4   10S  114E
04292 -0216 Feb 27  03:00:15  12925 -27407   68   N   t-   1.0849  0.8958 -0.1610  262.5    -      -     11N   13E

04293 -0216 Aug 21  09:59:23  12919 -27401   73   P   a-  -0.8856  1.2127  0.2529  263.2  106.5    -     15S   95W
04294 -0215 Jan 16  10:05:16  12914 -27396   40   N   -t  -1.1740  0.7524 -0.3442  252.9    -      -     21N   94W
04295 -0215 Jul 12  18:47:07  12909 -27390   45   P   -a   0.9665  1.0657  0.1028  254.2   70.2    -     22S  132E
04296 -0214 Jan 05  12:20:59  12903 -27384   50   T   -p  -0.4480  2.0643  1.0081  342.4  202.4   14.3   23N  129W
04297 -0214 Jul 02  07:09:55  12897 -27378   55   T+  -p   0.2326  2.4373  1.4251  343.8  218.8   89.5   23S   54W
04298 -0214 Dec 25  21:46:18  12891 -27372   60   T+  p-   0.2655  2.3713  1.3702  327.6  208.5   82.1   24N   88E
04299 -0213 Jun 21  12:27:52  12885 -27366   65   P   t-  -0.5546  1.8698  0.8111  345.9  194.5    -     24S  134W
04300 -0213 Dec 15  12:25:04  12879 -27360   70   P   a-   0.9196  1.1562  0.1846  257.4   91.2    -     24N  133W
04301 -0212 May 10  23:00:42  12874 -27355   37   N   -t   1.4965  0.1382 -0.9137  112.1    -      -     15S   67E
04302 -0212 Jun 09  13:09:57  12873 -27354   75   N   t-  -1.3148  0.4786 -0.5872  205.8    -      -     24S  146W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0299 to -0200 ( 300 BCE to 201 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

04303 -0212 Nov 04  15:44:57  12868 -27349   42   N   -a  -1.1451  0.7621 -0.2486  228.7    -      -     14N  175E
04304 -0211 Apr 30  05:38:18  12862 -27343   47   P   -t   0.6775  1.6156  0.6140  308.8  165.5    -     13S   32W
04305 -0211 Oct 24  23:51:25  12856 -27337   52   P   -a  -0.4879  1.9963  0.9297  344.1  199.1    -     11N   53E
04306 -0210 Apr 19  19:07:03  12850 -27331   57   T-  pp  -0.1008  2.6509  1.6948  321.9  212.8   97.8   10S  126E
04307 -0210 Oct 14  01:03:18  12844 -27325   62   T+  pp   0.2072  2.5280  1.4284  374.9  229.9   92.8    7N   35E
04308 -0209 Apr 09  12:00:38  12838 -27319   67   P   a-  -0.8234  1.3201  0.3735  268.8  126.5    -      7S  127W
04309 -0209 Oct 03  00:42:59  12832 -27313   72   P   t-   0.8938  1.2588  0.1776  305.6  100.2    -      3N   40E
04310 -0208 Feb 28  17:04:34  12827 -27308   39   N   -a   1.0801  0.8843 -0.1322  248.8    -      -     10N  162E
04311 -0208 Aug 22  18:34:35  12821 -27302   44   N   -a  -1.1720  0.7013 -0.2866  218.6    -      -     14S  136E
04312 -0208 Sep 21  06:02:33  12820 -27301   82   N   a-   1.5431  0.0391 -0.9860   57.0    -      -      1S   39W

04313 -0207 Feb 16  22:59:13  12816 -27296   49   T   -t   0.3816  2.1946  1.1214  358.0  214.4   54.8   14N   73E
04314 -0207 Aug 12  09:51:43  12810 -27290   54   T   -a  -0.4257  2.0525  1.1007  306.1  192.4   46.0   17S   94W
04315 -0206 Feb 05  23:01:45  12804 -27284   59   T   p-  -0.3297  2.3006  1.2062  369.4  221.9   70.3   17N   72E
04316 -0206 Aug 02  02:34:13  12798 -27278   64   T   p-   0.2943  2.2974  1.3382  316.5  204.5   78.7   19S   15E
04317 -0205 Jan 26  00:12:42  12792 -27272   69   Nx  h-  -1.0154  1.0273 -0.0372  277.2    -      -     19N   54E
04318 -0205 Jul 22  16:03:28  12786 -27266   74   N   t-   1.0763  0.8848 -0.1186  247.7    -      -     20S  173E
04319 -0205 Dec 16  20:14:13  12781 -27261   41   N   -a   1.0976  0.8385 -0.1507  231.6    -      -     25N  110E
04320 -0204 Jun 11  08:29:19  12775 -27255   46   P   -t  -0.9078  1.2252  0.1598  304.9   96.4    -     24S   76W
04321 -0204 Dec 05  11:33:13  12769 -27249   51   T   -p   0.4221  2.0692  1.0974  307.6  191.6   45.0   23N  121W
04322 -0203 May 31  09:09:57  12763 -27243   56   T-  pp  -0.1435  2.6243  1.5656  368.4  231.9  100.7   22S   86W

04323 -0203 Nov 25  02:18:04  12758 -27237   61   T-  p-  -0.2489  2.4013  1.4011  327.3  208.9   84.2   20N   16E
04324 -0202 May 20  14:18:45  12752 -27231   66   P   h-   0.6278  1.7121  0.7001  318.9  176.4    -     19S  163W
04325 -0202 Nov 14  11:59:07  12746 -27225   71   P   h-  -0.9801  1.0878  0.0317  278.6   41.9    -     17N  129W
04326 -0201 Apr 10  19:08:52  12741 -27220   38   N   -a  -1.1929  0.6439 -0.3062  202.8    -      -      8S  126E
04327 -0201 May 10  02:37:30  12740 -27219   76   N   a-   1.3390  0.3816 -0.5799  163.2    -      -     15S   12E
04328 -0201 Oct 04  19:36:11  12735 -27214   43   N   -t   1.3207  0.4841 -0.6140  209.1    -      -      4N  116E
04329 -0200 Mar 30  12:06:45  12729 -27208   48   T   -a  -0.4790  1.9556  1.0019  304.4  187.8    6.6    3S  127W
04330 -0200 Sep 22  20:21:52  12723 -27202   53   P   -t   0.6002  1.7896  0.7242  336.7  183.4    -      1S  106E


Index to Five Millennium Catolog of Lunar Eclipses

Each link below displays a web page containing 100 years of lunar eclipses. The data for each eclipse includes the date and time of greatest eclipse, Saros series, eclipse type, quincena solar eclipse parameter, gamma, eclipse magnitudes, and eclipse phase durations. Every eclipse also has links to digrams of eclipse geometry and world visibility, and Saros series tables.

Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses
Centuries
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-0999 - -0900 -0899 - -0800 -0799 - -0700 -0699 - -0600 -0599 - -0500
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2501-2600 2601-2700 2701-2800 2801-2900 2901-3000

These web pages are part of the Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000


Calendar

The Gregorian calendar is used for all dates from 1582 Oct 15 onwards. Before that date, the Julian calendar is used. For more information on this topic, see Calendar Dates. The Julian calendar does not include the year 0. Thus the year 1 BCE is followed by the year 1 CE (See: BCE/CE Dating Conventions ). This is awkward for arithmetic calculations. Years in this catalog 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..


Predictions

Lunar eclipse predictions must take into account the enlargement of Earth's shadows. In this Catalog, Earth's penumbral and umbral shadow sizes have been calculated using Danjon's enlargement method.

The coordinates of the Sun used in the predictions are based on the VSOP87 theory [Bretagnon and Francou, 1988]. The Moon's coordinates are based on the ELP-2000/82 theory [Chapront-Touze and Chapront, 1983]. For more information, see: Solar and Lunar Ephemerides. The revised value used for the Moon's secular acceleration is n-dot = -25.858 arc-sec/cy*cy, as deduced from the Apollo lunar laser ranging experiment (Chapront, Chapront-Touze, and Francou, 2002).

The largest uncertainty in the eclipse predictions is caused by fluctuations in Earth's rotation due primarily to tidal friction of the Moon. The resultant drift in apparent clock time is expressed as ΔT and is determined as follows:

  1. pre-1950's: ΔT calculated from empirical fits to historical records derived by Morrison and Stephenson (2004)
  2. 1955-2006: ΔT obtained from published observations
  3. Post-2006: ΔT is extrapolated from current values weighted by the long term trend from tidal effects

A series of polynomial expressions have been derived to simplify the evaluation of ΔT for any time from -1999 to +3000. The uncertainty in ΔT over this period can be estimated from scatter in the measurements.


Acknowledgments

The data presented here were previously published in:

Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (NASA TP-2009-214172)
Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (NASA TP-2009-214173)

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC) "


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