Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses

-0399 to -0300 ( 400 BCE to 301 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: -0399 to -0300 ( 400 BCE to 301 BCE)

During the 4th century BCE[1], Earth experienced 229 lunar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Lunar Eclipses: -0399 - -0300
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 229100.0%
PenumbralN 80 34.9%
PartialP 61 26.6%
TotalT 88 38.4%

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

The statistical distribution of these classes during the 4th century BCE appears in the following table.

Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All 88100.0%
Central 34 38.6%
Non-Central 54 61.4%

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: 17
                           Number of Years with 4 Eclipses:  6

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:   -377 -  -376
                              2.  Tetrad:   -359 -  -358
                              3.  Tetrad:   -341 -  -340
                              4.  Tetrad:   -330 -  -329
                              5.  Tetrad:   -319 -  -318
                              6.  Tetrad:   -312 -  -311
                              7.  Tetrad:   -301 -  -300

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):   -378/ 73  -331/ 74 
     3 Saros Series' end   (Year/Saros):   -375/ 32  -364/ 33  -335/ 34 

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


               Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0380 Jun 06    Duration = 03h32m22s
              Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0318 Aug 10    Duration = 00h09m52s

               Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0387 Oct 20    Duration = 06h58m37s
              Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0320 Aug 31    Duration = 00h53m13s

               Largest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0315 Jun 08    Umbra Magnitude = 1.8220
              Smallest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0318 Aug 10    Umbra Magnitude = 1.0009

               Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0387 Oct 20    Umbra Magnitude = 0.9908
              Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0320 Aug 31    Umbra Magnitude = 0.0143

             Largest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -0356 Feb 14     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0672
            Smallest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -0331 May 07     Pen. Magnitude = 0.0008

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 80 penumbral eclipses of which 1 ( 1.2%) are total penumbral eclipses:


               1.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:   -0356 Feb 14     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0672

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: -0399 to -0300 ( 400 BCE to 301 BCE )


                                                                                                          Greatest
                      TD of                                                           Eclipse Phase       Eclipse
 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

03874 -0399 Jun 07  15:58:54  15437 -29667  043   P   -t   0.6442  1.7062  0.6462  338.1  179.0    -     22S  177W
03875 -0399 Dec 01  15:21:58  15430 -29661  048   T-  -p  -0.2157  2.4479  1.4761  316.5  205.7   87.3   21N  168W
03876 -0398 May 27  16:38:05  15422 -29655  053   T-  pp  -0.1199  2.6702  1.6061  371.5  233.7  102.7   20S  173E
03877 -0398 Nov 21  06:36:25  15415 -29649  058   T   p-   0.4555  2.0177  1.0267  313.3  191.1   24.4   20N   38W
03878 -0397 May 16  20:23:42  15407 -29643  063   P   t-  -0.8778  1.2592  0.2355  292.7  111.2    -     18S  116E
03879 -0397 Nov 10  17:39:09  15400 -29637  068   N   h-   1.1892  0.6979 -0.3459  228.9    -      -     17N  156E
03880 -0396 Apr 05  23:22:55  15394 -29632  035   P   -a   0.9792  1.0389  0.0829  249.0   62.7    -      3S   75E
03881 -0396 Sep 30  03:01:04  15386 -29626  040   N   -t  -1.0682  0.9469 -0.1503  279.3    -      -      0S   18E
03882 -0395 Mar 26  16:14:14  15379 -29620  045   T+  -p   0.2533  2.3680  1.4178  314.2  205.1   84.4    0N  177W
03883 -0395 Sep 19  03:02:04  15371 -29614  050   T   -p  -0.3565  2.2413  1.1669  359.1  216.4   63.2    4S   18E

03884 -0394 Mar 16  07:30:08  15364 -29608  055   P   a-  -0.4847  1.9621  0.9748  316.8  191.6    -      4N   46W
03885 -0394 Sep 08  09:04:29  15356 -29602  060   T   a-   0.3790  2.1711  1.1541  333.5  205.5   58.5    8S   73W
03886 -0393 Mar 05  16:52:34  15349 -29596  065   N   t-  -1.2758  0.5404 -0.5059  209.1    -      -      7N  174E
03887 -0393 Jul 30  13:57:23  15343 -29591  032   N   -a  -1.4886  0.1003 -0.8477   83.9    -      -     22S  144W
03888 -0393 Aug 28  22:09:41  15342 -29590  070   N   a-   1.0672  0.8828 -0.0836  234.1    -      -     11S   91E
03889 -0392 Jan 24  01:08:40  15335 -29585  037   P   -t   0.9397  1.1826  0.0857  304.1   71.5    -     21N   51E
03890 -0392 Jul 19  06:43:43  15328 -29579  042   P   -a  -0.7969  1.3750  0.4159  277.0  134.3    -     23S   37W
03891 -0391 Jan 12  02:35:16  15321 -29573  047   T+  pp   0.2207  2.4848  1.4218  357.3  222.5   90.0   23N   28E
03892 -0391 Jul 08  19:55:44  15313 -29567  052   T-  pp  -0.0581  2.7540  1.7488  343.8  222.8  102.1   23S  125E
03893 -0390 Jan 01  10:59:28  15306 -29561  057   P   a-  -0.4863  1.9696  0.9617  319.0  190.7    -     23N   99W

03894 -0390 Jun 28  02:12:52  15298 -29555  062   P   t-   0.7353  1.5362  0.4817  324.6  157.6    -     23S   30E
03895 -0390 Nov 22  14:29:35  15292 -29550  029   N   -a   1.5382  0.0217 -0.9508   39.4    -      -     21N  156W
03896 -0390 Dec 22  01:08:45  15291 -29549  067   N   a-  -1.1313  0.7684 -0.2044  219.1    -      -     23N   47E
03897 -0389 May 18  12:42:56  15285 -29544  034   N   -t  -1.3277  0.4503 -0.6063  197.9    -      -     19S  129W
03898 -0389 Jun 17  03:09:25  15284 -29543  072   N   t-   1.4986  0.1426 -0.9259  116.1    -      -     22S   15E
03899 -0389 Nov 12  05:00:52  15277 -29538  039   P   -a   0.9241  1.1642  0.1605  268.4   88.0    -     17N   15W
03900 -0388 May 06  18:18:57  15270 -29532  044   P   -t  -0.5156  1.9163  0.9075  327.0  193.0    -     16S  147E
03901 -0388 Oct 31  14:10:40  15263 -29526  049   T+  -p   0.2555  2.4192  1.3596  353.4  219.2   84.7   13N  152W
03902 -0387 Apr 26  07:00:12  15255 -29520  054   T+  p-   0.2635  2.3543  1.3943  319.9  207.6   83.8   11S   42W
03903 -0387 Oct 20  16:09:54  15248 -29514  059   P   t-  -0.4458  2.0900  0.9908  362.0  209.3    -      8N  178E

03904 -0386 Apr 15  23:44:19  15241 -29508  064   P   a-   0.9822  1.0272  0.0835  244.6   62.2    -      7S   68E
03905 -0386 Oct 09  15:27:42  15233 -29502  069   N   t-  -1.1237  0.8411 -0.2481  262.9    -      -      3N  170W
03906 -0385 Mar 07  06:05:49  15227 -29497  036   P   -a  -0.8894  1.2286  0.2232  279.5  105.0    -      7N   25W
03907 -0385 Aug 30  07:14:57  15220 -29491  041   P   -a   1.0048  1.0133  0.0151  257.0   27.9    -     10S   45W
03908 -0384 Feb 24  13:15:13  15212 -29485  046   T-  pp  -0.1724  2.5737  1.5099  363.3  227.5   96.6   11N  131W
03909 -0384 Aug 18  21:50:18  15205 -29479  051   T+  -p   0.2581  2.3624  1.4060  315.2  205.0   83.6   15S   96E
03910 -0383 Feb 12  13:55:19  15198 -29473  056   P   t-   0.5515  1.8925  0.8002  354.0  195.5    -     16N  141W
03911 -0383 Aug 08  14:32:35  15191 -29467  061   T   a-  -0.4562  1.9991  1.0422  306.5  190.3   30.4   18S  154W
03912 -0382 Feb 01  14:32:26  15183 -29461  066   N   h-   1.2347  0.6276 -0.4421  227.5    -      -     20N  150W
03913 -0382 Jun 29  17:58:40  15177 -29456  033   N   -h   1.4503  0.2066 -0.8131  130.9    -      -     22S  153E

03914 -0382 Jul 29  04:41:11  15176 -29455  071   N   h-  -1.2281  0.6030 -0.3941  208.3    -      -     22S    6W
03915 -0382 Dec 23  09:15:28  15170 -29450  038   P   -a  -0.9014  1.2013  0.2064  268.8   98.4    -     23N   75W
03916 -0381 Jun 18  22:23:07  15162 -29444  043   P   -t   0.7319  1.5466  0.4839  328.9  159.3    -     23S   86E
03917 -0381 Dec 13  00:15:56  15155 -29438  048   T-  -p  -0.2169  2.4455  1.4744  316.4  205.6   87.2   23N   59E
03918 -0380 Jun 06  22:59:28  15148 -29432  053   T-  pp  -0.0308  2.8332  1.7703  371.8  235.0  106.2   22S   76E
03919 -0380 Dec 01  15:24:54  15141 -29426  058   T   p-   0.4565  2.0169  1.0236  314.1  191.3   23.1   22N  170W
03920 -0379 May 27  03:10:26  15133 -29420  063   P   h-  -0.7940  1.4109  0.3911  303.2  139.5    -     21S   13E
03921 -0379 Nov 21  02:06:22  15126 -29414  068   N   h-   1.1904  0.6978 -0.3499  229.8    -      -     20N   28E
03922 -0378 Apr 17  06:57:36  15120 -29409  035   N   -a   1.0404  0.9248 -0.0273  237.1    -      -      7S   41W
03923 -0378 May 16  14:33:05  15119 -29408  073   Nb  a-  -1.4958  0.0966 -0.8704   84.9    -      -     19S  158W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0399 to -0300 ( 400 BCE to 301 BCE )


                                                                                                          Greatest
                      TD of                                                           Eclipse Phase       Eclipse
 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

03924 -0378 Oct 11  10:41:00  15113 -29403  040   N   -t  -1.0911  0.9066 -0.1939  274.7    -      -      4N   99W
03925 -0377 Apr 06  23:57:38  15105 -29397  045   T   -p   0.3132  2.2574  1.3087  312.1  201.9   75.5    4S   64E
03926 -0377 Sep 30  10:44:01  15098 -29391  050   T   -p  -0.3842  2.1910  1.1158  356.8  213.3   53.4    0N  100W
03927 -0376 Mar 26  15:07:40  15091 -29385  055   T   p-  -0.4319  2.0593  1.0716  321.3  197.9   40.4    1S  162W
03928 -0376 Sep 18  17:02:50  15084 -29379  060   T   a-   0.3460  2.2316  1.2147  334.1  207.7   67.5    3S  166E
03929 -0375 Mar 16  00:12:15  15076 -29373  065   N   t-  -1.2287  0.6267 -0.4195  223.9    -      -      3N   62E
03930 -0375 Aug 09  21:47:02  15070 -29368  032   Ne  -a  -1.5392  0.0085 -0.9416   24.7    -      -     19S   97E
03931 -0375 Sep 08  06:17:37  15069 -29367  070   N   a-   1.0288  0.9538 -0.0138  241.1    -      -      7S   32W
03932 -0374 Feb 03  08:43:36  15063 -29362  037   P   -t   0.9660  1.1323  0.0393  298.6   48.7    -     19N   63W
03933 -0374 Jul 30  14:19:32  15056 -29356  042   P   -a  -0.8591  1.2632  0.2996  269.8  116.2    -     21S  151W

03934 -0373 Jan 23  10:35:49  15049 -29350  047   T+  pp   0.2376  2.4509  1.3935  355.1  221.1   87.8   21N   92W
03935 -0373 Jul 20  03:04:02  15041 -29344  052   T-  pp  -0.1278  2.6290  1.6181  344.7  222.0   99.0   22S   17E
03936 -0372 Jan 12  19:29:05  15034 -29338  057   P   a-  -0.4747  1.9885  0.9856  318.4  191.7    -     22N  133E
03937 -0372 Jul 08  08:48:47  15027 -29332  062   P   t-   0.6574  1.6812  0.6226  334.9  175.5    -     23S   70W
03938 -0372 Dec 02  23:23:18  15021 -29327  029   N   -a   1.5399  0.0188 -0.9542   36.8    -      -     23N   70E
03939 -0371 Jan 01  09:56:06  15020 -29326  067   N   a-  -1.1247  0.7794 -0.1912  220.2    -      -     22N   85W
03940 -0371 May 28  19:10:08  15014 -29321  034   N   -t  -1.4086  0.3005 -0.7535  163.4    -      -     22S  133E
03941 -0371 Jun 27  09:32:39  15013 -29320  072   N   t-   1.4147  0.2969 -0.7721  165.1    -      -     22S   82W
03942 -0371 Nov 22  13:42:59  15007 -29315  039   P   -a   0.9275  1.1596  0.1526  268.8   86.1    -     20N  146W
03943 -0370 May 18  01:15:00  14999 -29309  044   P   -t  -0.5918  1.7741  0.7698  319.0  181.5    -     19S   42E

03944 -0370 Nov 11  22:28:45  14992 -29303  049   T+  -p   0.2601  2.4129  1.3490  354.7  219.4   84.0   17N   82E
03945 -0369 May 07  14:21:30  14985 -29297  054   T+  p-   0.1904  2.4865  1.5303  321.1  210.7   92.1   15S  154W
03946 -0369 Nov 01  00:04:45  14978 -29291  059   T   t-  -0.4355  2.1103  1.0081  363.4  210.6   14.8   13N   58E
03947 -0368 Apr 26  07:17:52  14971 -29285  064   P   a-   0.9165  1.1471  0.2047  255.1   95.9    -     11S   48W
03948 -0368 Oct 19  23:20:11  14964 -29279  069   N   t-  -1.1064  0.8732 -0.2167  266.6    -      -      8N   70E
03949 -0367 Mar 17  13:43:49  14958 -29274  036   P   -a  -0.9408  1.1345  0.1288  272.3   81.1    -      2N  141W
03950 -0367 Sep 09  15:12:35  14950 -29268  041   N   -a   1.0371  0.9540 -0.0442  250.2    -      -      6S  167W
03951 -0366 Mar 06  20:36:11  14943 -29262  046   T-  -p  -0.2188  2.4881  1.4252  362.8  225.9   91.6    7N  117E
03952 -0366 Aug 30  05:52:34  14936 -29256  051   T   -p   0.3006  2.2854  1.3271  313.4  202.3   77.0   11S   26W
03953 -0365 Feb 23  21:12:36  14929 -29250  056   P   t-   0.5109  1.9653  0.8766  357.0  201.8    -     12N  108E

03954 -0365 Aug 19  22:25:01  14922 -29244  061   T   p-  -0.4080  2.0899  1.1285  310.3  195.1   51.8   15S   87E
03955 -0364 Feb 12  22:12:10  14915 -29238  066   N   h-   1.2021  0.6842 -0.3795  235.3    -      -     16N   94E
03956 -0364 Jul 10  00:54:43  14909 -29233  033   Ne  -h   1.5266  0.0693 -0.9557   77.1    -      -     22S   48E
03957 -0364 Aug 08  12:07:55  14908 -29232  071   N   h-  -1.1762  0.7013 -0.3020  223.5    -      -     19S  119W
03958 -0363 Jan 02  17:55:51  14902 -29227  038   P   -a  -0.9045  1.1936  0.2026  267.3   97.3    -     23N  155E
03959 -0363 Jun 29  04:50:17  14894 -29221  043   P   -t   0.8164  1.3929  0.3274  318.5  134.4    -     23S   11W
03960 -0363 Dec 23  09:07:05  14887 -29215  048   T-  -p  -0.2203  2.4387  1.4686  316.2  205.5   86.9   23N   74W
03961 -0362 Jun 18  05:23:59  14880 -29209  053   T+  pp   0.0561  2.7863  1.7243  371.0  234.4  105.5   23S   20W
03962 -0362 Dec 13  00:11:24  14873 -29203  058   T   p-   0.4563  2.0182  1.0232  315.0  191.7   22.9   24N   58E
03963 -0361 Jun 07  09:58:28  14866 -29197  063   P   h-  -0.7101  1.5633  0.5469  312.1  160.5    -     23S   90W

03964 -0361 Dec 02  10:33:18  14859 -29191  068   N   h-   1.1920  0.6963 -0.3545  230.4    -      -     23N   98W
03965 -0360 Apr 27  14:27:25  14853 -29186  035   N   -a   1.1059  0.8029 -0.1459  223.3    -      -     11S  156W
03966 -0360 May 26  21:48:05  14852 -29185  073   N   a-  -1.4185  0.2368 -0.7271  130.8    -      -     22S   92E
03967 -0360 Oct 21  18:27:46  14846 -29180  040   N   -t  -1.1082  0.8765 -0.2267  271.2    -      -      9N  142E
03968 -0359 Apr 17  07:34:51  14839 -29174  045   T   -a   0.3780  2.1380  1.1902  309.3  197.3   61.7    8S   52W
03969 -0359 Oct 10  18:35:59  14832 -29168  050   T   -p  -0.4041  2.1546  1.0791  354.8  210.7   44.6    5N  141E
03970 -0358 Apr 06  22:35:36  14825 -29162  055   T   p-  -0.3718  2.1698  1.1815  325.9  204.1   62.4    5S   83E
03971 -0358 Sep 30  01:11:14  14818 -29156  060   T   p-   0.3205  2.2783  1.2616  334.3  209.0   73.1    1N   42E
03972 -0357 Mar 27  07:20:30  14810 -29150  065   N   t-  -1.1732  0.7286 -0.3176  239.8    -      -      1S   47W
03973 -0357 Sep 19  14:34:53  14803 -29144  070   P   a-   0.9976  1.0118  0.0428  246.4   45.1    -      3S  159W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0399 to -0300 ( 400 BCE to 301 BCE )


                                                                                                          Greatest
                      TD of                                                           Eclipse Phase       Eclipse
 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

03974 -0356 Feb 14  16:09:01  14798 -29139  037   Nx  -t   1.0003  1.0672 -0.0214  291.3    -      -     16N  176W
03975 -0356 Aug 09  22:01:56  14791 -29133  042   P   -a  -0.9154  1.1624  0.1938  262.7   95.1    -     18S   92E
03976 -0355 Feb 02  18:30:51  14783 -29127  047   T+  -p   0.2602  2.4065  1.3551  352.6  219.4   84.6   18N  148E
03977 -0355 Jul 30  10:15:53  14776 -29121  052   T-  -p  -0.1936  2.5113  1.4943  345.0  220.2   93.6   20S   92W
03978 -0354 Jan 23  03:55:05  14769 -29115  057   T   a-  -0.4593  2.0140  1.0163  318.1  193.1   19.4   20N    7E
03979 -0354 Jul 19  15:27:26  14762 -29109  062   P   t-   0.5819  1.8220  0.7588  343.7  189.7    -     22S  170W
03980 -0354 Dec 14  08:16:48  14756 -29104  029   N   -a   1.5416  0.0157 -0.9576   33.6    -      -     25N   63W
03981 -0353 Jan 12  18:39:29  14755 -29103  067   N   a-  -1.1151  0.7956 -0.1724  221.8    -      -     21N  144E
03982 -0353 Jun 09  01:37:48  14749 -29098  034   N   -t  -1.4892  0.1515 -0.9003  117.3    -      -     24S   35E
03983 -0353 Jul 08  15:59:40  14748 -29097  072   N   t-   1.3329  0.4475 -0.6224  199.8    -      -     22S  179W

03984 -0353 Dec 03  22:25:46  14742 -29092  039   P   -a   0.9299  1.1566  0.1469  269.5   84.8    -     23N   83E
03985 -0352 May 28  08:12:29  14735 -29086  044   P   -t  -0.6677  1.6329  0.6326  310.0  167.7    -     21S   64W
03986 -0352 Nov 22  06:47:05  14728 -29080  049   T+  -p   0.2638  2.4079  1.3404  356.0  219.7   83.3   20N   43W
03987 -0351 May 17  21:43:30  14721 -29074  054   T+  p-   0.1172  2.6193  1.6661  321.6  212.7   97.3   18S   94E
03988 -0351 Nov 11  08:02:50  14714 -29068  059   T   t-  -0.4279  2.1255  1.0210  364.5  211.6   23.8   16N   62W
03989 -0350 May 07  14:47:45  14707 -29062  064   P   a-   0.8479  1.2727  0.3311  265.1  119.8    -     14S  162W
03990 -0350 Oct 31  07:19:19  14700 -29056  069   N   t-  -1.0937  0.8965 -0.1935  269.0    -      -     12N   51W
03991 -0349 Mar 28  21:11:44  14694 -29051  036   P   -a  -0.9996  1.0269  0.0207  263.1   33.1    -      2S  105E
03992 -0349 Sep 20  23:20:20  14688 -29045  041   N   -a   1.0618  0.9088 -0.0896  244.6    -      -      2S   70E
03993 -0348 Mar 17  03:44:43  14680 -29039  046   T   -p  -0.2746  2.3855  1.3233  361.5  223.2   83.4    3N    8E

03994 -0348 Sep 09  14:04:56  14673 -29033  051   T   -p   0.3347  2.2237  1.2634  311.8  199.7   70.6    7S  151W
03995 -0347 Mar 06  04:19:28  14667 -29027  056   P   t-   0.4616  2.0537  0.9688  360.2  208.6    -      8N    0W
03996 -0347 Aug 30  06:24:49  14660 -29021  061   T   p-  -0.3664  2.1685  1.2024  313.6  198.8   63.6   11S   35W
03997 -0346 Feb 23  05:44:02  14653 -29015  066   N   h-   1.1624  0.7541 -0.3034  244.3    -      -     13N   20W
03998 -0346 Aug 19  19:40:19  14646 -29009  071   N   h-  -1.1298  0.7897 -0.2200  236.2    -      -     16S  127E
03999 -0345 Jan 14  02:31:12  14640 -29004  038   P   -a  -0.9126  1.1767  0.1901  265.1   94.2    -     21N   26E
04000 -0345 Jul 10  11:19:10  14633 -28998  043   P   -t   0.8989  1.2433  0.1745  306.7  100.5    -     22S  109W
04001 -0344 Jan 03  17:55:10  14626 -28992  048   T-  -p  -0.2263  2.4269  1.4583  315.9  205.3   86.4   23N  154E
04002 -0344 Jun 28  11:51:56  14619 -28986  053   T+  pp   0.1408  2.6305  1.5691  369.0  232.0  100.8   24S  118W
04003 -0344 Dec 23  08:55:26  14612 -28980  058   T   p-   0.4546  2.0220  1.0257  316.0  192.3   24.1   24N   72W

04004 -0343 Jun 17  16:50:00  14605 -28974  063   P   h-  -0.6277  1.7129  0.6994  319.4  176.5    -     24S  167E
04005 -0343 Dec 12  18:59:43  14598 -28968  068   N   h-   1.1940  0.6939 -0.3595  230.9    -      -     24N  135E
04006 -0342 May 08  21:53:46  14592 -28963  035   N   -a   1.1746  0.6755 -0.2705  207.0    -      -     15S   91E
04007 -0342 Jun 07  05:02:57  14591 -28962  073   N   a-  -1.3403  0.3790 -0.5822  162.8    -      -     24S   17W
04008 -0342 Nov 02  02:21:05  14585 -28957  040   N   -t  -1.1200  0.8558 -0.2494  268.6    -      -     13N   23E
04009 -0341 Apr 28  15:06:33  14578 -28951  045   T   -a   0.4470  2.0111  1.0637  305.7  191.4   37.2   12S  167W
04010 -0341 Oct 22  02:35:49  14572 -28945  050   T   -p  -0.4184  2.1283  1.0528  353.0  208.7   36.6    9N   19E
04011 -0340 Apr 17  05:56:21  14565 -28939  055   T   p-  -0.3064  2.2903  1.3010  330.3  209.8   77.4    9S   29W
04012 -0340 Oct 10  09:28:13  14558 -28933  060   T   p-   0.3013  2.3133  1.2970  334.1  209.7   76.7    5N   84W
04013 -0339 Apr 06  14:21:18  14551 -28927  065   N   t-  -1.1119  0.8410 -0.2054  255.5    -      -      6S  154W

04014 -0339 Sep 29  22:59:07  14544 -28921  070   P   a-   0.9719  1.0596  0.0893  250.6   64.7    -      2N   74E
04015 -0338 Feb 24  23:26:47  14538 -28916  037   N   -t   1.0410  0.9902 -0.0937  282.2    -      -     12N   74E
04016 -0338 Aug 21  05:50:30  14531 -28910  042   P   -a  -0.9662  1.0718  0.0979  255.7   68.7    -     15S   26W
04017 -0337 Feb 14  02:17:04  14524 -28904  047   T   -p   0.2907  2.3472  1.3023  349.6  216.9   79.5   15N   31E
04018 -0337 Aug 10  17:33:53  14517 -28898  052   T-  -p  -0.2533  2.4049  1.3815  344.9  217.7   86.2   18S  158E
04019 -0336 Feb 03  12:13:02  14511 -28892  057   T   a-  -0.4366  2.0529  1.0606  318.2  195.2   36.9   18N  118W
04020 -0336 Jul 29  22:13:02  14504 -28886  062   P   t-   0.5126  1.9516  0.8838  351.0  200.6    -     20S   88E
04021 -0336 Dec 24  17:06:19  14498 -28881  029   N   -a   1.5469  0.0059 -0.9671   20.7    -      -     25N  165E
04022 -0335 Jan 23  03:15:31  14497 -28880  067   N   a-  -1.0996  0.8226 -0.1425  224.7    -      -     20N   15E
04023 -0335 Jun 19  08:09:37  14491 -28875  034   Ne  -t  -1.5668  0.0083 -1.0417   27.7    -      -     25S   63W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0399 to -0300 ( 400 BCE to 301 BCE )


                                                                                                          Greatest
                      TD of                                                           Eclipse Phase       Eclipse
 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

04024 -0335 Jul 18  22:34:06  14490 -28874  072   N   t-   1.2560  0.5891 -0.4819  226.0    -      -     21S   82E
04025 -0335 Dec 14  07:07:05  14484 -28869  039   P   -a   0.9331  1.1518  0.1399  269.9   83.0    -     24N   47W
04026 -0334 Jun 08  15:10:15  14477 -28863  044   P   -t  -0.7442  1.4908  0.4938  300.0  150.9    -     23S  169W
04027 -0334 Dec 03  15:07:01  14471 -28857  049   T+  -p   0.2656  2.4062  1.3358  357.2  220.0   83.1   22N  168W
04028 -0333 May 29  05:03:18  14464 -28851  054   T+  pp   0.0413  2.7573  1.8065  321.5  213.5   99.8   21S   18W
04029 -0333 Nov 22  16:04:36  14457 -28845  059   T   t-  -0.4234  2.1344  1.0285  365.2  212.2   27.6   19N  177E
04030 -0332 May 17  22:14:03  14450 -28839  064   P   a-   0.7762  1.4043  0.4627  274.4  139.0    -     18S   85E
04031 -0332 Nov 10  15:25:20  14443 -28833  069   N   t-  -1.0858  0.9107 -0.1787  270.2    -      -     15N  174W
04032 -0331 Apr 08  04:31:43  14437 -28828  036   N   -a  -1.0638  0.9096 -0.0975  251.6    -      -      6S    7W
04033 -0331 May 07  14:03:46  14436 -28827  074   Nb  a-   1.5502  0.0008 -0.9742    7.8    -      -     14S  152W

04034 -0331 Oct 01  07:36:21  14431 -28822  041   N   -a   1.0806  0.8744 -0.1240  240.1    -      -      2N   56W
04035 -0330 Mar 28  10:45:05  14424 -28816  046   T   -t  -0.3363  2.2720  1.2104  359.4  219.1   70.2    1S  100W
04036 -0330 Sep 20  22:24:32  14417 -28810  051   T   -p   0.3630  2.1730  1.2105  310.4  197.3   64.1    3S   83E
04037 -0329 Mar 17  11:17:24  14410 -28804  056   T   t-   0.4050  2.1556  1.0747  363.4  215.2   44.3    4N  106W
04038 -0329 Sep 10  14:31:50  14403 -28798  061   T   p-  -0.3314  2.2351  1.2642  316.3  201.7   71.2    7S  158W
04039 -0328 Mar 05  13:08:44  14396 -28792  066   N   h-   1.1160  0.8360 -0.2152  254.0    -      -      9N  133W
04040 -0328 Aug 30  03:19:32  14390 -28786  071   N   h-  -1.0896  0.8667 -0.1494  246.7    -      -     12S   11E
04041 -0327 Jan 24  11:00:41  14384 -28781  038   P   -a  -0.9259  1.1500  0.1680  262.0   88.7    -     19N  101W
04042 -0327 Jul 20  17:54:25  14377 -28775  043   P   -t   0.9753  1.1048  0.0324  294.1   44.2    -     21S  152E
04043 -0326 Jan 14  02:37:53  14370 -28769  048   T-  -p  -0.2367  2.4070  1.4401  315.5  204.9   85.3   22N   24E

04044 -0326 Jul 09  18:24:59  14364 -28763  053   T+  pp   0.2218  2.4819  1.4207  366.1  228.1   92.3   23S  143E
04045 -0325 Jan 03  17:34:37  14357 -28757  058   T   p-   0.4497  2.0313  1.0342  317.1  193.3   27.8   24N  158E
04046 -0325 Jun 28  23:46:26  14350 -28751  063   P   h-  -0.5486  1.8569  0.8457  325.1  188.6    -     24S   62E
04047 -0325 Dec 24  03:21:03  14343 -28745  068   N   h-   1.1931  0.6966 -0.3586  232.1    -      -     25N   10E
04048 -0324 May 19  05:18:17  14338 -28740  035   N   -a   1.2448  0.5455 -0.3985  188.1    -      -     17S   21W
04049 -0324 Jun 17  12:21:15  14336 -28739  073   N   a-  -1.2642  0.5177 -0.4416  187.2    -      -     25S  127W
04050 -0324 Nov 12  10:19:00  14331 -28734  040   N   -t  -1.1276  0.8426 -0.2638  266.9    -      -     16N   98W
04051 -0323 May 08  22:33:43  14324 -28728  045   P   -a   0.5195  1.8783  0.9306  301.3  183.6    -     15S   80E
04052 -0323 Nov 01  10:42:41  14317 -28722  050   T   -p  -0.4274  2.1114  1.0366  351.5  207.2   30.6   13N  104W
04053 -0322 Apr 28  13:09:23  14310 -28716  055   T-  pp  -0.2357  2.4208  1.4299  334.3  214.7   88.4   13S  139W

04054 -0322 Oct 21  17:53:48  14304 -28710  060   T   p-   0.2885  2.3364  1.3208  333.5  210.0   78.8   10N  148E
04055 -0321 Apr 17  21:10:46  14297 -28704  065   N   t-  -1.0423  0.9690 -0.0780  271.4    -      -     10S  101E
04056 -0321 Oct 11  07:32:24  14290 -28698  070   P   a-   0.9535  1.0940  0.1225  253.4   75.3    -      6N   57W
04057 -0320 Mar 07  06:35:02  14285 -28693  037   N   -t   1.0892  0.8992 -0.1798  270.8    -      -      8N   35W
04058 -0320 Aug 31  13:46:13  14278 -28687  042   P   -a  -1.0103  0.9937  0.0143  249.2   26.6    -     11S  147W
04059 -0319 Feb 24  09:57:04  14271 -28681  047   T   -p   0.3270  2.2773  1.2389  346.2  213.8   72.1   11N   85W
04060 -0319 Aug 21  00:57:54  14264 -28675  052   T   -p  -0.3069  2.3099  1.2800  344.6  214.7   76.8   14S   46E
04061 -0318 Feb 13  20:25:32  14258 -28669  057   T   a-  -0.4089  2.1009  1.1142  318.5  197.6   49.7   14N  117E
04062 -0318 Aug 10  05:03:13  14251 -28663  062   T   t-   0.4474  2.0737  1.0009  357.1  209.3    4.9   17S   16W
04063 -0317 Feb 03  11:46:02  14244 -28657  067   N   a-  -1.0797  0.8576 -0.1045  228.4    -      -     17N  113W

04064 -0317 Jul 30  05:15:36  14238 -28651  072   N   t-   1.1839  0.7220 -0.3503  246.8    -      -     19S   19W
04065 -0317 Dec 25  15:44:46  14232 -28646  039   P   -a   0.9386  1.1425  0.1288  270.0   80.0    -     25N  176W
04066 -0316 Jun 18  22:12:43  14225 -28640  044   P   -h  -0.8177  1.3546  0.3604  289.4  131.1    -     24S   85E
04067 -0316 Dec 13  23:24:16  14218 -28634  049   T+  -p   0.2690  2.4009  1.3283  358.2  220.3   82.6   23N   68E
04068 -0315 Jun 08  12:25:00  14212 -28628  054   T-  pp  -0.0333  2.7711  1.8220  320.8  213.2   99.8   23S  129W
04069 -0315 Dec 03  00:06:05  14205 -28622  059   T   t-  -0.4189  2.1432  1.0366  365.8  212.7   31.2   21N   56E
04070 -0314 May 29  05:38:56  14198 -28616  064   P   a-   0.7034  1.5380  0.5959  282.9  154.7    -     20S   27W
04071 -0314 Nov 21  23:34:17  14192 -28610  069   N   h-  -1.0798  0.9209 -0.1671  270.8    -      -     18N   63E
04072 -0313 Apr 19  11:41:31  14186 -28605  036   N   -h  -1.1349  0.7797 -0.2287  236.9    -      -     10S  117W
04073 -0313 May 18  21:14:43  14185 -28604  074   N   h-   1.4829  0.1255 -0.8518   97.8    -      -     17S   99E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0399 to -0300 ( 400 BCE to 301 BCE )


                                                                                                          Greatest
                      TD of                                                           Eclipse Phase       Eclipse
 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

04074 -0313 Oct 12  16:01:16  14179 -28599  041   N   -a   1.0927  0.8520 -0.1462  236.9    -      -      7N  176E
04075 -0312 Apr 07  17:34:51  14173 -28593  046   T   -t  -0.4057  2.1444  1.0833  356.3  213.1   46.2    6S  156E
04076 -0312 Oct 01  06:52:17  14166 -28587  051   T   -p   0.3845  2.1345  1.1700  309.2  195.4   58.3    2N   46W
04077 -0311 Mar 27  18:06:29  14159 -28581  056   T   t-   0.3410  2.2711  1.1941  366.3  221.4   68.6    1S  149E
04078 -0311 Sep 20  22:46:51  14153 -28575  061   T   p-  -0.3037  2.2885  1.3127  318.6  203.8   76.3    3S   76E
04079 -0310 Mar 16  20:24:55  14146 -28569  066   N   h-   1.0618  0.9322 -0.1125  264.4    -      -      4N  116E
04080 -0310 Sep 10  11:05:38  14139 -28563  071   N   h-  -1.0558  0.9320 -0.0908  255.4    -      -      8S  108W
04081 -0309 Feb 04  19:23:44  14134 -28558  038   P   -a  -0.9448  1.1128  0.1356  258.0   79.9    -     17N  132E
04082 -0309 Aug 01  00:35:07  14127 -28552  043   N   -t   1.0465  0.9761 -0.1001  280.8    -      -     19S   51E
04083 -0308 Jan 25  11:14:05  14121 -28546  048   T-  -p  -0.2521  2.3776  1.4127  314.9  204.3   83.5   20N  106W

04084 -0308 Jul 20  01:05:15  14114 -28540  053   T   pp   0.2971  2.3438  1.2823  362.4  222.8   79.5   22S   43E
04085 -0307 Jan 14  02:09:02  14107 -28534  058   T   p-   0.4419  2.0460  1.0483  318.5  194.6   33.0   23N   30E
04086 -0307 Jul 09  06:47:43  14101 -28528  063   P   a-  -0.4725  1.9957  0.9864  329.6  198.0    -     24S   43W
04087 -0306 Jan 03  11:38:53  14094 -28522  068   N   h-   1.1901  0.7028 -0.3538  233.7    -      -     25N  114W
04088 -0306 May 30  12:41:55  14089 -28517  035   N   -a   1.3158  0.4145 -0.5280  165.8    -      -     20S  133W
04089 -0306 Jun 28  19:42:11  14087 -28516  073   N   a-  -1.1898  0.6536 -0.3044  206.9    -      -     25S  122E
04090 -0306 Nov 23  18:20:07  14082 -28511  040   N   -t  -1.1328  0.8331 -0.2736  265.7    -      -     19N  142E
04091 -0305 May 20  05:56:59  14075 -28505  045   P   -a   0.5948  1.7405  0.7919  295.8  173.8    -     18S   32W
04092 -0305 Nov 12  18:55:06  14069 -28499  050   T   -p  -0.4327  2.1010  1.0276  350.1  206.2   26.6   16N  132E
04093 -0304 May 08  20:17:51  14062 -28493  055   T-  pp  -0.1620  2.5573  1.5642  337.7  218.6   96.2   16S  112E

04094 -0304 Nov 01  02:24:23  14055 -28487  060   T   p-   0.2792  2.3529  1.3384  332.8  210.0   80.2   14N   19E
04095 -0303 Apr 28  03:55:20  14049 -28481  065   P   t-  -0.9692  1.1037  0.0557  286.4   56.7    -     13S    2W
04096 -0303 Oct 21  16:11:33  14042 -28475  070   P   a-   0.9399  1.1193  0.1469  255.3   82.1    -     10N  172E
04097 -0302 Mar 18  13:35:10  14037 -28470  037   N   -t   1.1441  0.7959 -0.2782  256.7    -      -      4N  142W
04098 -0302 Sep 11  21:49:04  14030 -28464  042   N   -a  -1.0480  0.9274 -0.0576  243.3    -      -      7S   91E
04099 -0301 Mar 07  17:28:37  14024 -28458  047   T   -p   0.3711  2.1930  1.1612  342.1  209.7   60.7    7N  160E
04100 -0301 Sep 01  08:29:56  14017 -28452  052   T   -a  -0.3532  2.2283  1.1918  344.2  211.5   65.6   11S   69W
04101 -0300 Feb 25  04:28:32  14010 -28446  057   T   a-  -0.3726  2.1647  1.1837  319.1  200.6   61.6   11N    5W
04102 -0300 Aug 20  12:03:15  14004 -28440  062   T   t-   0.3904  2.1807  1.1031  362.0  215.7   51.3   14S  122W


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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