Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses

-0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 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: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 BCE)

During the 8th century BCE[1], Earth experienced 239 lunar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Lunar Eclipses: -0799 - -0700
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 239100.0%
PenumbralN 87 36.4%
PartialP 88 36.8%
TotalT 64 26.8%

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

The statistical distribution of these classes during the 8th century BCE appears in the following table.

Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All 64100.0%
Central 43 67.2%
Non-Central 21 32.8%

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: 67
                           Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 27
                           Number of Years with 4 Eclipses:  6

                 Two lunar eclipses in same month:   -0765 Aug 02  &  -0765 Aug 31

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:   -782 -  -781

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):   -736/ 65  -700/ 60 
     2 Saros Series' end   (Year/Saros):   -780/ 18  -733/ 19 

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


               Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0778 Apr 29    Duration = 03h28m48s
              Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0757 Mar 09    Duration = 00h15m56s

               Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0764 Jan 26    Duration = 06h58m06s
              Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0737 Feb 26    Duration = 00h57m36s

               Largest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0731 Apr 19    Umbra Magnitude = 1.8766
              Smallest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0757 Mar 09    Umbra Magnitude = 1.0027

               Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0799 Jun 19    Umbra Magnitude = 0.9943
              Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0737 Feb 26    Umbra Magnitude = 0.0136

             Largest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -0726 Jul 22     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0296
            Smallest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -0780 Dec 13     Pen. Magnitude = 0.0004

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 87 penumbral eclipses of which 2 ( 2.3%) are total penumbral eclipses:


               1.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:   -0755 Feb 15     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0185
               2.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:   -0726 Jul 22     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0296

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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Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses


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: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 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

02885 -0799 Jun 19  23:19:23  21823 -34614  046   P   a-   0.4770  1.9708  0.9943  316.1  192.9    -     23S   99E
02886 -0799 Dec 13  12:31:58  21815 -34608  051   P   a-  -0.9461  1.1405  0.1036  277.2   73.6    -     22N   98W
02887 -0798 May 10  20:30:55  21809 -34603  018   N   -t  -1.4648  0.1969 -0.8564  133.4    -      -     16S  141E
02888 -0798 Jun 09  09:19:29  21807 -34602  056   N   t-   1.2970  0.4931 -0.5369  199.7    -      -     21S   51W
02889 -0798 Nov 03  13:18:53  21801 -34597  023   N   -a   1.1352  0.7610 -0.2113  218.0    -      -     14N  112W
02890 -0797 Apr 29  21:27:38  21792 -34591  028   P   -t  -0.7297  1.5539  0.4847  331.9  160.3    -     12S  128E
02891 -0797 Oct 24  04:55:31  21784 -34585  033   P   -a   0.4843  1.9601  0.9782  308.4  187.1    -      9N   14E
02892 -0796 Apr 17  23:54:11  21776 -34579  038   T+  pp   0.0472  2.7904  1.7528  358.7  229.2  104.2    8S   92E
02893 -0796 Oct 12  17:11:53  21768 -34573  043   T-  p-  -0.2092  2.4888  1.4595  342.5  216.9   90.4    5N  169W
02894 -0795 Apr 07  09:08:25  21760 -34567  048   P   a-   0.7981  1.3858  0.4010  287.0  135.6    -      3S   45W

02895 -0795 Oct 01  22:36:08  21752 -34561  053   P   t-  -0.9495  1.1564  0.0757  295.6   66.2    -      1S  110E
02896 -0794 Feb 26  16:22:40  21745 -34556  020   N   -a  -1.0687  0.8740 -0.0806  229.8    -      -     11N  151W
02897 -0794 Mar 28  00:16:46  21744 -34555  058   N   a-   1.4784  0.1201 -0.8301   91.9    -      -      2N   89E
02898 -0794 Aug 22  05:16:03  21737 -34550  025   N   -t   1.3054  0.5000 -0.5740  208.5    -      -     14S   12E
02899 -0793 Feb 16  07:59:33  21729 -34544  030   T   -a  -0.3849  2.1440  1.1591  319.7  199.9   57.9   15N   25W
02900 -0793 Aug 11  10:11:32  21721 -34538  035   P   -t   0.5257  1.9037  0.8829  327.7  191.2    -     18S   62W
02901 -0792 Feb 05  18:25:25  21713 -34532  040   T   p-   0.3485  2.2403  1.1970  345.7  212.0   66.4   19N  179E
02902 -0792 Jul 30  22:26:57  21705 -34526  045   T-  p-  -0.2339  2.4119  1.4452  321.6  209.0   87.3   21S  114E
02903 -0791 Jan 24  21:25:18  21697 -34520  050   N   t-   1.0909  0.9022 -0.1890  272.0    -      -     22N  133E
02904 -0791 Jul 20  14:59:07  21689 -34514  055   P   a-  -0.9447  1.0973  0.1513  251.0   83.0    -     23S  134W

02905 -0791 Dec 15  03:01:46  21682 -34509  022   N   -t  -1.2285  0.6426 -0.4345  229.8    -      -     22N   45E
02906 -0790 Jun 10  22:26:02  21674 -34503  027   P   -a   0.8754  1.2469  0.2564  279.9  112.0    -     21S  112E
02907 -0790 Dec 04  09:52:19  21666 -34497  032   P   -p  -0.4875  1.9738  0.9532  323.3  191.8    -     21N   59W
02908 -0789 May 31  06:24:46  21658 -34491  037   T+  pp   0.1171  2.6651  1.6216  361.9  229.8  101.9   20S    8W
02909 -0789 Nov 23  23:09:09  21650 -34485  042   T+  p-   0.2048  2.4710  1.4931  319.3  207.2   88.7   19N  101E
02910 -0788 May 19  08:04:41  21642 -34479  047   P   t-  -0.6591  1.6832  0.6145  340.4  176.9    -     18S   33W
02911 -0788 Nov 12  14:47:39  21634 -34473  052   P   a-   0.8653  1.2587  0.2814  267.2  111.6    -     17N  135W
02912 -0787 Apr 08  21:14:15  21627 -34468  019   N   -t   1.3513  0.3907 -0.6336  177.4    -      -      3S  133E
02913 -0787 May 08  09:39:44  21626 -34467  057   N   t-  -1.3943  0.3225 -0.7230  167.1    -      -     16S   57W
02914 -0787 Oct 03  14:18:01  21619 -34462  024   N   -a  -1.2276  0.6275 -0.4165  219.9    -      -      0S  125W

02915 -0786 Mar 29  08:21:37  21611 -34456  029   P   -a   0.5454  1.8435  0.8704  307.7  182.8    -      1N   33W
02916 -0786 Sep 22  17:46:08  21603 -34450  034   P   -t  -0.5577  1.8791  0.7908  350.3  193.2    -      4S  177W
02917 -0785 Mar 19  00:22:21  21595 -34444  039   T-  p-  -0.1914  2.4811  1.5320  315.3  207.6   90.9    4N   87E
02918 -0785 Sep 11  17:16:40  21587 -34438  044   T+  pp   0.1470  2.6322  1.5449  373.5  232.0   99.4    8S  169W
02919 -0784 Mar 07  16:45:43  21579 -34432  049   P   a-  -0.9172  1.1596  0.1902  262.2   94.1    -      7N  158W
02920 -0784 Aug 30  20:23:51  21571 -34426  054   P   h-   0.8558  1.3079  0.2678  297.1  117.7    -     11S  144E
02921 -0783 Jan 26  14:54:40  21564 -34421  021   N   -h   1.1073  0.8575 -0.2045  257.5    -      -     22N  129W
02922 -0783 Jul 21  22:13:29  21556 -34415  026   N   -a  -1.0711  0.8699 -0.0851  231.5    -      -     23S  117E
02923 -0783 Aug 20  06:56:22  21554 -34414  064   N   a-   1.5166  0.0660 -0.9159   70.7    -      -     14S   14W
02924 -0782 Jan 15  16:07:18  21548 -34409  031   T   -t   0.4290  2.1207  1.0217  364.1  211.9   24.2   23N  149W

02925 -0782 Jul 11  15:12:49  21540 -34403  036   T   -p  -0.3455  2.1973  1.2502  310.4  199.6   69.4   24S  139W
02926 -0781 Jan 04  15:46:30  21532 -34397  041   T-  p-  -0.2648  2.4147  1.3302  365.2  223.5   83.7   23N  145W
02927 -0781 Jul 01  06:32:38  21524 -34391  046   T   p-   0.4061  2.1033  1.1221  322.1  200.6   52.0   23S   10W
02928 -0781 Dec 24  21:00:21  21516 -34385  051   P   a-  -0.9406  1.1484  0.1160  276.8   77.5    -     23N  135E
02929 -0780 May 21  02:57:48  21509 -34380  018   Ne  -t  -1.5509  0.0399 -1.0152   61.0    -      -     20S   43E
02930 -0780 Jun 19  16:00:40  21508 -34379  056   N   t-   1.2213  0.6343 -0.4000  224.4    -      -     22S  152W
02931 -0780 Nov 13  22:10:51  21501 -34374  023   N   -a   1.1354  0.7607 -0.2119  217.8    -      -     18N  114E
02932 -0780 Dec 13  09:08:42  21499 -34373  061   N   a-  -1.5529  0.0004 -0.9836    5.2    -      -     21N   48W
02933 -0779 May 10  03:49:05  21493 -34368  028   P   -t  -0.8145  1.3972  0.3300  320.1  135.3    -     16S   30E
02934 -0779 Nov 03  13:39:43  21485 -34362  033   P   -a   0.4892  1.9528  0.9676  309.0  186.7    -     13N  118W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 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

02935 -0778 Apr 29  06:40:16  21477 -34356  038   T-  pp  -0.0299  2.8195  1.7868  357.1  228.8  104.4   12S   12W
02936 -0778 Oct 24  01:33:16  21469 -34350  043   T-  p-  -0.2013  2.5060  1.4716  344.3  217.8   91.2    9N   64E
02937 -0777 Apr 18  16:27:38  21461 -34344  048   P   a-   0.7297  1.5088  0.5292  293.8  152.3    -      7S  157W
02938 -0777 Oct 13  06:26:36  21453 -34338  053   P   t-  -0.9338  1.1877  0.1020  299.5   76.8    -      4N    9W
02939 -0776 Mar 09  00:23:47  21446 -34333  020   N   -a  -1.1122  0.7929 -0.1591  220.7    -      -      7N   87E
02940 -0776 Apr 07  07:56:37  21445 -34332  058   N   a-   1.4192  0.2270 -0.7199  124.9    -      -      2S   28W
02941 -0776 Sep 01  12:32:43  21438 -34327  025   N   -t   1.3465  0.4252 -0.6501  193.3    -      -     10S   99W
02942 -0775 Feb 26  15:57:59  21430 -34321  030   T   -a  -0.4247  2.0709  1.0864  318.3  196.8   43.8   11N  146W
02943 -0775 Aug 21  17:45:10  21422 -34315  035   P   -h   0.5711  1.8205  0.7998  322.8  184.0    -     15S  177W
02944 -0774 Feb 16  02:09:11  21414 -34309  040   T   p-   0.3154  2.3010  1.2578  348.4  215.3   74.6   15N   62E

02945 -0774 Aug 11  06:14:12  21406 -34303  045   T-  p-  -0.1822  2.5072  1.5399  322.4  210.7   92.3   18S    4W
02946 -0773 Feb 05  04:56:20  21398 -34297  050   N   t-   1.0621  0.9540 -0.1352  278.5    -      -     19N   20E
02947 -0773 Jul 31  22:44:28  21390 -34291  055   P   a-  -0.8886  1.2015  0.2527  259.8  105.8    -     22S  109E
02948 -0773 Dec 26  11:12:04  21383 -34286  022   N   -t  -1.2316  0.6347 -0.4381  227.7    -      -     23N   78W
02949 -0772 Jun 21  05:28:20  21375 -34280  027   P   -a   0.9550  1.1032  0.1081  268.7   74.5    -     23S    6E
02950 -0772 Dec 14  18:29:45  21367 -34274  032   P   -p  -0.4871  1.9727  0.9559  322.0  191.5    -     23N  171E
02951 -0771 Jun 10  12:56:32  21359 -34268  037   T+  pp   0.2031  2.5089  1.4619  361.2  227.1   94.4   22S  107W
02952 -0771 Dec 04  08:01:46  21351 -34262  042   T+  p-   0.2043  2.4712  1.4948  318.8  207.0   88.7   22N   33W
02953 -0770 May 30  14:21:44  21343 -34256  047   P   t-  -0.5696  1.8473  0.7788  349.4  193.7    -     21S  129W
02954 -0770 Nov 23  23:39:56  21335 -34250  052   P   a-   0.8665  1.2574  0.2784  267.6  111.2    -     20N   91E

02955 -0769 Apr 20  04:12:50  21328 -34245  019   N   -t   1.4167  0.2678 -0.7509  147.9    -      -      7S   26E
02956 -0769 May 19  16:13:44  21327 -34244  057   N   t-  -1.3088  0.4775 -0.5643  199.7    -      -     19S  157W
02957 -0769 Oct 14  22:26:25  21320 -34239  024   N   -a  -1.2456  0.5974 -0.4524  216.2    -      -      4N  111E
02958 -0768 Apr 08  15:51:27  21312 -34233  029   P   -a   0.6063  1.7292  0.7613  301.2  173.7    -      4S  148W
02959 -0768 Oct 03  01:25:14  21304 -34227  034   P   -t  -0.5833  1.8345  0.7415  349.0  189.0    -      0N   66E
02960 -0767 Mar 29  08:08:40  21296 -34221  039   T-  p-  -0.1344  2.5843  1.6379  316.2  209.5   95.3    0S   32W
02961 -0767 Sep 22  00:46:46  21288 -34215  044   T+  pp   0.1142  2.6934  1.6041  373.9  232.7  101.5    4S   76E
02962 -0766 Mar 19  00:33:42  21280 -34209  049   P   a-  -0.8695  1.2467  0.2778  269.9  112.6    -      3N   83E
02963 -0766 Sep 11  04:07:19  21272 -34203  054   P   a-   0.8174  1.3783  0.3381  301.6  130.5    -      7S   26E
02964 -0765 Feb 06  22:39:14  21266 -34198  021   N   -t   1.1389  0.7993 -0.2624  250.7    -      -     19N  114E

02965 -0765 Aug 02  05:57:11  21258 -34192  026   N   -a  -1.1244  0.7725 -0.1833  220.0    -      -     21S    0E
02966 -0765 Aug 31  14:54:41  21256 -34191  064   N   a-   1.4739  0.1445 -0.8377  103.5    -      -     11S  135W
02967 -0764 Jan 26  23:43:50  21250 -34186  031   P   -t   0.4540  2.0735  0.9771  362.2  209.1    -     21N   97E
02968 -0764 Jul 21  22:50:21  21242 -34180  036   T   -a  -0.4084  2.0835  1.1331  307.8  194.6   52.5   23S  106E
02969 -0763 Jan 14  23:39:44  21234 -34174  041   T-  p-  -0.2478  2.4434  1.3638  364.5  224.2   86.7   22N   97E
02970 -0763 Jul 11  13:49:12  21226 -34168  046   T   p-   0.3386  2.2298  1.2434  327.3  206.8   70.8   23S  119W
02971 -0762 Jan 04  05:23:14  21218 -34162  051   P   a-  -0.9295  1.1661  0.1388  277.2   84.2    -     23N   10E
02972 -0762 Jun 30  22:44:30  21210 -34156  056   N   t-   1.1479  0.7713 -0.2679  245.2    -      -     23S  106E
02973 -0762 Nov 25  07:04:43  21203 -34151  023   N   -a   1.1349  0.7615 -0.2108  217.8    -      -     21N   20W
02974 -0762 Dec 24  17:54:45  21202 -34150  061   N   a-  -1.5469  0.0099 -0.9710   27.0    -      -     22N  180W

02975 -0761 May 21  10:08:26  21195 -34145  028   P   -t  -0.9010  1.2377  0.1721  306.3   99.9    -     19S   66W
02976 -0761 Nov 14  22:27:21  21187 -34139  033   P   -a   0.4910  1.9509  0.9629  309.7  186.8    -     17N  109E
02977 -0760 May 09  13:23:29  21179 -34133  038   T-  pp  -0.1107  2.6690  1.6409  354.6  226.9  101.4   15S  114W
02978 -0760 Nov 03  09:59:25  21171 -34127  043   T-  p-  -0.1982  2.5140  1.4749  345.9  218.4   91.6   13N   64W
02979 -0759 Apr 28  23:41:43  21163 -34121  048   P   a-   0.6559  1.6418  0.6669  300.3  166.8    -     11S   92E
02980 -0759 Oct 23  14:24:26  21155 -34115  053   P   t-  -0.9246  1.2068  0.1168  302.2   82.2    -      8N  130W
02981 -0758 Mar 20  08:17:06  21149 -34110  020   N   -a  -1.1621  0.7003 -0.2495  209.5    -      -      2N   34W
02982 -0758 Apr 18  15:31:17  21147 -34109  058   N   a-   1.3556  0.3423 -0.6018  151.5    -      -      6S  144W
02983 -0758 Sep 12  19:59:43  21141 -34104  025   N   -t   1.3799  0.3646 -0.7120  179.7    -      -      6S  147E
02984 -0757 Mar 09  23:48:34  21133 -34098  030   T   -a  -0.4703  1.9871  1.0027  316.2  192.6    8.0    7N   94E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 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

02985 -0757 Sep 02  01:28:21  21125 -34092  035   P   -a   0.6095  1.7499  0.7294  318.3  177.3    -     11S   66E
02986 -0756 Feb 27  09:43:52  21117 -34086  040   T   pp   0.2755  2.3741  1.3310  351.2  218.7   82.6   12N   54W
02987 -0756 Aug 21  14:08:42  21109 -34080  045   T-  p-  -0.1359  2.5925  1.6244  322.7  211.7   95.5   15S  124W
02988 -0755 Feb 15  12:18:31  21101 -34074  050   Nx  t-   1.0263  1.0185 -0.0684  285.9    -      -     16N   92W
02989 -0755 Aug 11  06:36:35  21093 -34068  055   P   a-  -0.8384  1.2952  0.3433  267.2  121.7    -     19S   10W
02990 -0754 Jan 05  19:17:23  21086 -34063  022   N   -t  -1.2393  0.6182 -0.4497  224.2    -      -     22N  161E
02991 -0754 Jul 02  12:34:03  21078 -34057  027   N   -a   1.0305  0.9671 -0.0330  256.5    -      -     23S  102W
02992 -0754 Dec 26  03:03:59  21070 -34051  032   P   -p  -0.4897  1.9658  0.9533  320.5  190.8    -     23N   43E
02993 -0753 Jun 21  19:29:40  21062 -34045  037   T   -t   0.2873  2.3564  1.3057  359.5  222.6   81.8   23S  154E
02994 -0753 Dec 15  16:52:28  21055 -34039  042   T+  p-   0.2021  2.4744  1.4998  318.3  206.9   88.9   23N  166W

02995 -0752 Jun 09  20:39:50  21047 -34033  047   P   t-  -0.4808  2.0104  0.9416  356.8  206.8    -     23S  136E
02996 -0752 Dec 04  08:31:17  21039 -34027  052   P   a-   0.8670  1.2570  0.2769  268.0  111.0    -     22N   42W
02997 -0751 Apr 30  11:06:58  21032 -34022  019   N   -t   1.4864  0.1373 -0.8762  106.6    -      -     11S   80W
02998 -0751 May 29  22:47:48  21031 -34021  057   N   t-  -1.2218  0.6354 -0.4032  226.1    -      -     21S  103E
02999 -0751 Oct 25  06:40:49  21024 -34016  024   N   -a  -1.2582  0.5769 -0.4780  213.7    -      -      9N   15W
03000 -0750 Apr 19  23:16:10  21016 -34010  029   P   -a   0.6723  1.6059  0.6424  293.7  162.3    -      8S   99E
03001 -0750 Oct 14  09:11:50  21008 -34004  034   P   -t  -0.6025  1.8014  0.7044  348.1  185.6    -      5N   52W
03002 -0749 Apr 09  15:48:46  21000 -33998  039   T-  pp  -0.0721  2.6975  1.7534  316.9  210.9   98.2    4S  149W
03003 -0749 Oct 03  08:27:00  20992 -33992  044   T+  pp   0.0893  2.7400  1.6491  373.9  232.9  102.7    1N   41W
03004 -0748 Mar 29  08:12:08  20984 -33986  049   P   a-  -0.8147  1.3474  0.3786  278.1  129.9    -      1S   34W

03005 -0748 Sep 21  12:01:20  20976 -33980  054   P   a-   0.7867  1.4346  0.3945  304.8  139.3    -      3S   94W
03006 -0747 Feb 17  06:13:50  20970 -33975  021   N   -t   1.1778  0.7275 -0.3336  241.5    -      -     16N    1W
03007 -0747 Aug 12  13:48:32  20962 -33969  026   N   -a  -1.1720  0.6858 -0.2714  208.9    -      -     19S  119W
03008 -0747 Sep 10  23:02:40  20961 -33968  064   N   a-   1.4383  0.2101 -0.7727  123.8    -      -      7S  101E
03009 -0746 Feb 06  07:11:52  20954 -33963  031   P   -t   0.4860  2.0132  0.9199  359.5  205.1    -     18N   16W
03010 -0746 Aug 02  06:34:20  20946 -33957  036   T   -a  -0.4658  1.9802  1.0260  305.1  189.1   24.0   21S   11W
03011 -0745 Jan 26  07:28:14  20938 -33951  041   T-  p-  -0.2260  2.4807  1.4065  363.8  225.1   90.0   20N   21W
03012 -0745 Jul 22  21:08:50  20930 -33945  046   T   p-   0.2743  2.3507  1.3586  331.8  211.7   82.6   22S  130E
03013 -0744 Jan 15  13:43:15  20922 -33939  051   P   a-  -0.9152  1.1895  0.1678  278.0   92.0    -     22N  116W
03014 -0744 Jul 11  05:30:51  20914 -33933  056   N   t-   1.0767  0.9046 -0.1398  263.0    -      -     22S    4E

03015 -0744 Dec 05  15:58:42  20908 -33928  023   N   -a   1.1345  0.7620 -0.2097  217.8    -      -     23N  154W
03016 -0743 Jan 04  02:37:01  20906 -33927  061   N   a-  -1.5378  0.0248 -0.9526   42.6    -      -     22N   50E
03017 -0743 May 31  16:28:12  20900 -33922  028   P   -t  -0.9871  1.0791  0.0147  290.5   29.9    -     22S  162W
03018 -0743 Nov 25  07:15:40  20892 -33916  033   P   -a   0.4921  1.9501  0.9598  310.5  186.9    -     20N   24W
03019 -0742 May 20  20:08:29  20884 -33910  038   T-  pp  -0.1908  2.5199  1.4959  351.2  223.5   95.0   18S  143E
03020 -0742 Nov 14  18:26:35  20876 -33904  043   T-  p-  -0.1965  2.5191  1.4759  347.4  219.0   91.8   16N  168E
03021 -0741 May 10  06:56:05  20868 -33898  048   P   a-   0.5813  1.7766  0.8059  305.9  178.6    -     15S   19W
03022 -0741 Nov 03  22:26:03  20860 -33892  053   P   t-  -0.9186  1.2196  0.1260  304.2   85.4    -     12N  108E
03023 -0740 Mar 30  16:02:13  20854 -33887  020   N   -a  -1.2187  0.5956 -0.3525  195.3    -      -      2S  152W
03024 -0740 Apr 28  23:00:56  20852 -33886  058   N   a-   1.2875  0.4661 -0.4758  174.6    -      -     10S  101E

03025 -0740 Sep 23  03:37:11  20846 -33881  025   N   -t   1.4054  0.3183 -0.7594  168.3    -      -      2S   31E
03026 -0739 Mar 20  07:28:28  20838 -33875  030   P   -a  -0.5243  1.8880  0.9035  313.3  186.7    -      3N   23W
03027 -0739 Sep 12  09:22:58  20830 -33869  035   P   -a   0.6394  1.6949  0.6745  314.3  171.5    -      7S   54W
03028 -0738 Mar 09  17:06:14  20822 -33863  040   T+  pp   0.2263  2.4644  1.4214  354.1  222.3   90.3    8N  166W
03029 -0738 Sep 01  22:13:51  20814 -33857  045   T-  p-  -0.0980  2.6627  1.6935  322.8  212.2   97.3   11S  114E
03030 -0737 Feb 26  19:30:20  20806 -33851  050   P   t-   0.9823  1.0980  0.0136  294.5   28.8    -     12N  159E
03031 -0737 Aug 22  14:35:40  20798 -33845  055   P   a-  -0.7942  1.3783  0.4227  273.4  133.5    -     16S  131W
03032 -0736 Jan 17  03:18:32  20792 -33840  022   N   -t  -1.2509  0.5941 -0.4683  219.5    -      -     21N   40E
03033 -0736 Jul 12  19:41:25  20784 -33834  027   N   -a   1.1034  0.8363 -0.1695  242.9    -      -     22S  151E
03034 -0736 Aug 11  05:48:53  20782 -33833  065   Nb  a-  -1.5394  0.0260 -0.9596   44.8    -      -     19S    0E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 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

03035 -0735 Jan 05  11:34:52  20776 -33828  032   P   -a  -0.4959  1.9517  0.9442  318.6  189.7    -     23N   85W
03036 -0735 Jul 02  02:03:55  20768 -33822  037   T   -t   0.3697  2.2073  1.1523  356.8  216.3   61.0   23S   55E
03037 -0735 Dec 26  01:41:18  20760 -33816  042   T+  p-   0.1980  2.4806  1.5083  317.9  207.0   89.3   24N   62E
03038 -0734 Jun 21  03:00:35  20752 -33810  047   T   t-  -0.3935  2.1709  1.1016  362.7  216.8   51.3   24S   40E
03039 -0734 Dec 15  17:21:11  20744 -33804  052   P   a-   0.8668  1.2578  0.2769  268.5  111.2    -     24N  174W
03040 -0733 May 11  18:01:26  20738 -33799  019   Ne  -t   1.5565  0.0063 -1.0025   23.0    -      -     14S  175E
03041 -0733 Jun 10  05:25:27  20736 -33798  057   N   t-  -1.1364  0.7909 -0.2450  247.4    -      -     23S    3E
03042 -0733 Nov 05  14:58:51  20730 -33793  024   N   -a  -1.2671  0.5629 -0.4966  212.3    -      -     13N  141W
03043 -0732 Apr 30  06:37:39  20722 -33787  029   P   -a   0.7417  1.4765  0.5171  285.0  148.2    -     11S   14W
03044 -0732 Oct 24  17:04:20  20714 -33781  034   P   -t  -0.6164  1.7775  0.6771  347.6  183.0    -      9N  172W

03045 -0731 Apr 19  23:23:47  20706 -33775  039   T-  pp  -0.0054  2.8189  1.8766  317.1  211.5   99.4    8S   95E
03046 -0731 Oct 13  16:15:18  20698 -33769  044   T+  pp   0.0704  2.7751  1.6833  373.7  232.9  103.3    5N  160W
03047 -0730 Apr 09  15:43:51  20690 -33763  049   P   a-  -0.7547  1.4576  0.4884  286.3  145.5    -      5S  149W
03048 -0730 Oct 02  20:05:10  20683 -33757  054   P   a-   0.7633  1.4774  0.4377  306.8  145.3    -      1N  143E
03049 -0729 Feb 28  13:38:16  20676 -33752  021   N   -t   1.2243  0.6420 -0.4185  229.4    -      -     12N  114W
03050 -0729 Aug 23  21:47:53  20668 -33746  026   N   -a  -1.2137  0.6101 -0.3487  198.3    -      -     16S  120E
03051 -0729 Sep 22  07:19:06  20667 -33745  064   N   a-   1.4090  0.2642 -0.7192  137.8    -      -      2S   25W
03052 -0728 Feb 17  14:30:23  20660 -33740  031   P   -t   0.5258  1.9385  0.8486  355.9  199.6    -     15N  127W
03053 -0728 Aug 12  14:25:10  20652 -33734  036   P   -a  -0.5174  1.8877  0.9292  302.3  183.3    -     18S  129W
03054 -0727 Feb 05  15:07:03  20644 -33728  041   T-  p-  -0.1954  2.5340  1.4656  363.2  226.3   93.9   18N  136W

03055 -0727 Aug 02  04:34:53  20637 -33722  046   T+  pp   0.2160  2.4606  1.4625  335.5  215.4   90.4   20S   18E
03056 -0726 Jan 25  21:55:49  20629 -33716  051   P   a-  -0.8938  1.2259  0.2100  279.9  102.0    -     20N  121E
03057 -0726 Jul 22  12:22:13  20621 -33710  056   Nx  t-   1.0101  1.0296 -0.0202  278.2    -      -     21S  100W
03058 -0726 Dec 17  00:50:34  20614 -33705  023   N   -a   1.1363  0.7582 -0.2124  217.2    -      -     24N   73E
03059 -0725 Jan 15  11:13:25  20613 -33704  061   N   a-  -1.5238  0.0486 -0.9250   59.4    -      -     21N   80W
03060 -0725 Jun 11  22:49:32  20606 -33699  028   N   -t  -1.0721  0.9227 -0.1409  272.6    -      -     23S  101E
03061 -0725 Dec 06  16:04:30  20598 -33693  033   P   -a   0.4924  1.9505  0.9584  311.3  187.2    -     22N  157W
03062 -0724 May 31  02:52:11  20591 -33687  038   T   pp  -0.2731  2.3672  1.3467  346.8  218.5   84.0   21S   41E
03063 -0724 Nov 25  02:56:08  20583 -33681  043   T-  pp  -0.1976  2.5188  1.4722  348.8  219.5   91.8   19N   40E
03064 -0723 May 20  14:08:12  20575 -33675  048   P   a-   0.5036  1.9174  0.9501  310.8  188.6    -     18S  128W

03065 -0723 Nov 14  06:31:01  20567 -33669  053   P   t-  -0.9157  1.2264  0.1300  305.6   86.8    -     16N   15W
03066 -0722 Apr 10  23:41:15  20561 -33664  020   N   -a  -1.2801  0.4822 -0.4647  177.8    -      -      6S   91E
03067 -0722 May 10  06:28:12  20559 -33663  058   N   a-   1.2172  0.5944 -0.3460  194.5    -      -     14S   13W
03068 -0722 Oct 04  11:24:42  20553 -33658  025   N   -t   1.4237  0.2850 -0.7933  159.4    -      -      3N   88W
03069 -0722 Nov 03  05:33:53  20551 -33657  063   N   t-  -1.5822  0.0062 -1.0958   24.7    -      -     12N    0W
03070 -0721 Mar 31  15:01:21  20545 -33652  030   P   -a  -0.5833  1.7799  0.7951  309.5  179.0    -      1S  138W
03071 -0721 Sep 23  17:25:54  20537 -33646  035   P   -a   0.6633  1.6510  0.6307  310.9  166.5    -      2S  177W
03072 -0720 Mar 20  00:20:20  20529 -33640  040   T+  pp   0.1711  2.5657  1.5227  356.8  225.6   96.7    3N   83E
03073 -0720 Sep 12  06:26:53  20521 -33634  045   T-  p-  -0.0664  2.7212  1.7508  322.6  212.3   98.2    7S   12W
03074 -0719 Mar 09  02:32:11  20513 -33628  050   P   t-   0.9305  1.1917  0.1100  303.8   80.7    -      8N   51E

03075 -0719 Sep 01  22:43:06  20506 -33622  055   P   a-  -0.7572  1.4480  0.4886  278.4  142.2    -     12S  105E
03076 -0718 Jan 27  11:12:53  20499 -33617  022   N   -t  -1.2683  0.5592 -0.4973  212.7    -      -     19N   79W
03077 -0718 Jul 24  02:54:06  20491 -33611  027   N   -a   1.1708  0.7156 -0.2961  228.6    -      -     21S   42E
03078 -0718 Aug 22  13:34:08  20490 -33610  065   N   a-  -1.4999  0.1015 -0.8901   88.3    -      -     16S  117W
03079 -0717 Jan 16  19:59:49  20483 -33605  032   P   -a  -0.5077  1.9276  0.9252  316.4  188.0    -     22N  149E
03080 -0717 Jul 13  08:43:05  20475 -33599  037   T   -t   0.4471  2.0675  1.0080  353.3  208.5   14.6   23S   46W
03081 -0716 Jan 06  10:25:02  20468 -33593  042   T+  p-   0.1897  2.4946  1.5249  317.6  207.2   90.2   24N   69W
03082 -0716 Jul 01  09:25:03  20460 -33587  047   T   t-  -0.3089  2.3266  1.2563  367.1  224.2   77.2   24S   57W
03083 -0716 Dec 26  02:07:12  20452 -33581  052   P   a-   0.8640  1.2630  0.2819  269.4  112.3    -     25N   54E
03084 -0715 Jun 20  12:07:09  20444 -33575  057   N   t-  -1.0530  0.9428 -0.0909  265.0    -      -     24S   98W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 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

03085 -0715 Nov 15  23:18:54  20438 -33570  024   N   -a  -1.2735  0.5531 -0.5102  211.4    -      -     16N   93E
03086 -0714 May 11  13:57:12  20430 -33564  029   P   -a   0.8131  1.3439  0.3878  275.3  130.6    -     15S  126W
03087 -0714 Nov 05  01:02:41  20422 -33558  034   P   -t  -0.6249  1.7633  0.6602  347.4  181.4    -     13N   67E
03088 -0713 May 01  06:53:55  20414 -33552  039   T+  pp   0.0653  2.7085  1.7673  316.9  211.2   98.6   12S   20W
03089 -0713 Oct 25  00:11:45  20406 -33546  044   T+  pp   0.0577  2.7986  1.7063  373.2  232.6  103.6    9N   79E
03090 -0712 Apr 19  23:08:01  20398 -33540  049   P   a-  -0.6893  1.5780  0.6079  294.6  159.8    -      9S   97E
03091 -0712 Oct 13  04:18:31  20391 -33534  054   P   a-   0.7466  1.5078  0.4687  307.8  149.2    -      6N   18E
03092 -0711 Mar 10  20:51:17  20384 -33529  021   N   -t   1.2791  0.5411 -0.5187  213.2    -      -      8N  136E
03093 -0711 Apr 09  10:11:53  20383 -33528  059   N   t-  -1.5042  0.1109 -0.9149   97.2    -      -      6S   68W
03094 -0711 Sep 03  05:56:33  20376 -33523  026   N   -a  -1.2483  0.5475 -0.4131  188.8    -      -     12S    3W

03095 -0711 Oct 02  15:45:11  20375 -33522  064   N   a-   1.3869  0.3050 -0.6789  147.1    -      -      2N  154W
03096 -0710 Feb 27  21:40:11  20368 -33517  031   P   -t   0.5728  1.8505  0.7642  351.3  192.3    -     11N  124E
03097 -0710 Aug 23  22:22:50  20361 -33511  036   P   -a  -0.5629  1.8064  0.8435  299.7  177.5    -     15S  110E
03098 -0709 Feb 16  22:40:19  20353 -33505  041   T-  pp  -0.1593  2.5970  1.5347  362.5  227.4   97.6   15N  109E
03099 -0709 Aug 13  12:06:15  20345 -33499  046   T+  pp   0.1629  2.5613  1.5568  338.7  218.1   95.5   17S   96W
03100 -0708 Feb 06  06:02:45  20337 -33493  051   P   a-  -0.8670  1.2719  0.2622  282.3  112.7    -     17N    2W
03101 -0708 Aug 01  19:18:03  20329 -33487  056   P   t-   0.9474  1.1475  0.0919  291.2   72.4    -     19S  156E
03102 -0708 Dec 27  09:39:42  20323 -33482  023   N   -a   1.1405  0.7496 -0.2196  216.1    -      -     25N   59W
03103 -0707 Jan 25  19:44:02  20322 -33481  061   N   a-  -1.5050  0.0811 -0.8885   76.3    -      -     19N  152E
03104 -0707 Jun 22  05:14:56  20315 -33476  028   N   -t  -1.1540  0.7723 -0.2909  252.8    -      -     25S    5E

03105 -0707 Dec 17  00:49:37  20307 -33470  033   P   -a   0.4955  1.9454  0.9519  311.9  187.2    -     24N   72E
03106 -0706 Jun 11  09:41:03  20299 -33464  038   T   -p  -0.3522  2.2205  1.2030  341.7  212.0   67.4   23S   63W
03107 -0706 Dec 06  11:23:41  20292 -33458  043   T-  pp  -0.1973  2.5208  1.4714  350.1  220.1   91.9   22N   88W
03108 -0705 May 31  21:21:59  20284 -33452  048   T   a-   0.4264  2.0575  1.0932  314.7  196.5   45.3   20S  122E
03109 -0705 Nov 25  14:36:42  20276 -33446  053   P   t-  -0.9135  1.2314  0.1329  306.7   87.9    -     19N  137W
03110 -0704 Apr 21  07:14:14  20269 -33441  020   N   -a  -1.3465  0.3601 -0.5861  155.6    -      -     10S   25W
03111 -0704 May 20  13:53:20  20268 -33440  058   N   a-   1.1446  0.7272 -0.2124  212.2    -      -     17S  126W
03112 -0704 Oct 14  19:21:09  20262 -33435  025   N   -t   1.4353  0.2638 -0.8146  153.3    -      -      7N  151E
03113 -0704 Nov 13  13:35:34  20260 -33434  063   N   t-  -1.5756  0.0182 -1.0838   42.1    -      -     15N  122W
03114 -0703 Apr 10  22:24:03  20254 -33429  030   P   -a  -0.6499  1.6582  0.6724  304.4  168.6    -      6S  109E

03115 -0703 Oct 04  01:39:46  20246 -33423  035   P   -a   0.6791  1.6218  0.6020  308.3  162.9    -      2N   57E
03116 -0702 Mar 31  07:23:37  20238 -33417  040   T+  pp   0.1079  2.6818  1.6385  359.2  228.3  101.6    1S   25W
03117 -0702 Sep 23  14:49:03  20231 -33411  045   T-  p-  -0.0420  2.7666  1.7951  322.4  212.2   98.5    3S  139W
03118 -0701 Mar 20  09:24:35  20223 -33405  050   P   t-   0.8709  1.2998  0.2207  313.5  112.6    -      4N   54W
03119 -0701 Sep 13  06:58:30  20215 -33399  055   P   a-  -0.7271  1.5053  0.5420  282.5  148.7    -      8S   21W
03120 -0700 Feb 07  19:00:18  20208 -33394  022   N   -t  -1.2921  0.5123 -0.5379  203.6    -      -     16N  164E
03121 -0700 Mar 08  09:55:49  20207 -33393  060   Nb  t-   1.5726  0.0056 -1.0603   22.9    -      -      9N   61W
03122 -0700 Aug 03  10:10:45  20201 -33388  027   N   -a   1.2339  0.6030 -0.4151  213.2    -      -     19S   68W
03123 -0700 Sep 01  21:26:18  20199 -33387  065   N   a-  -1.4664  0.1662 -0.8317  112.8    -      -     12S  123E


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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2009 Feb 02