Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses

0401 to 0500 ( 401 CE to 500 CE )

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: 0401 to 0500

During the 5th century CE[1], Earth experienced 244 lunar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Lunar Eclipses: 0401 - 0500
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 244100.0%
PenumbralN 83 34.0%
PartialP 95 38.9%
TotalT 66 27.0%

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

The statistical distribution of these classes during the 5th century CE appears in the following table.

Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All 66100.0%
Central 48 72.7%
Non-Central 18 27.3%

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: 72
                           Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 13
                           Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 14
                           Number of Years with 5 Lunar Eclipses:  1  (  475)

                 Two lunar eclipses in same month:    0443 Mar 02  &   0443 Mar 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:    408 -   409
                              2.  Tetrad:    437 -   438
                              3.  Tetrad:    455 -   456

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


     3 Saros Series' begin (Year/Saros):    432/ 96   436/ 98   461/102 
     3 Saros Series' end   (Year/Saros):    428/ 56   475/ 57   486/ 58 

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


               Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    0459 May 03    Duration = 03h33m04s
              Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    0455 Jan 19    Duration = 00h33m53s

               Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    0426 Aug 04    Duration = 06h51m55s
              Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    0475 Jul 04    Duration = 00h26m56s

               Largest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    0412 May 12    Umbra Magnitude = 1.8519
              Smallest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    0455 Jan 19    Umbra Magnitude = 1.0116

               Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    0462 Mar 02    Umbra Magnitude = 0.9941
              Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    0475 Jul 04    Umbra Magnitude = 0.0037

             Largest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:    0417 Aug 13     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0513
            Smallest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:    0461 Oct 05     Pen. Magnitude = 0.0033

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


               1.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:    0417 Aug 13     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0513

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: 0401 to 0500 ( 401 CE to 500 CE )


                                                                                                          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

05769  0401 Jun 12  05:23:31   6654 -19772  075   T+  pp   0.1840  2.5076  1.5329  329.4  214.5   93.6   23S   54W
05770  0401 Dec 07  01:25:34   6649 -19766  080   T   p-   0.2725  2.4035  1.3132  366.1  223.1   82.1   23N    5E
05771  0402 Jun 01  21:12:31   6644 -19760  085   P   a-  -0.5640  1.7936  0.8519  295.6  177.2    -     23S   68E
05772  0402 Nov 26  00:44:37   6639 -19754  090   P   t-   0.9555  1.1578  0.0524  302.5   56.2    -     22N   14E
05773  0403 Apr 23  06:32:23   6635 -19749  057   N   -a   1.2433  0.5640 -0.4110  197.5    -      -     11S   71W
05774  0403 May 22  14:22:19   6634 -19748  095   N   a-  -1.3008  0.4464 -0.5048  173.3    -      -     22S  170E
05775  0403 Oct 16  10:41:10   6630 -19743  062   N   -h  -1.2926  0.5025 -0.5300  196.5    -      -      8N  135W
05776  0404 Apr 11  17:05:42   6626 -19737  067   P   -t   0.5310  1.8997  0.8678  333.9  193.1    -      8S  131E
05777  0404 Oct 04  22:38:21   6621 -19731  072   P   -a  -0.5422  1.8523  0.8735  305.0  180.8    -      5N   46E
05778  0405 Mar 31  20:20:38   6616 -19725  077   T-  pp  -0.2216  2.4895  1.4139  370.5  229.3   92.1    5S   83E

05779  0405 Sep 24  14:33:21   6611 -19719  082   T+  p-   0.1523  2.5586  1.5979  317.3  208.6   93.5    1N  167E
05780  0406 Mar 20  20:29:58   6607 -19713  087   P   t-  -0.9525  1.1471  0.0739  296.5   66.0    -      1S   82E
05781  0406 Sep 14  05:48:01   6602 -19707  092   P   a-   0.8713  1.2527  0.2654  274.1  111.3    -      3S   61W
05782  0407 Feb 08  12:38:57   6598 -19702  059   N   -a   1.1310  0.7864 -0.2212  232.7    -      -     16N  157W
05783  0407 Aug 05  02:03:47   6593 -19696  064   N   -t  -1.1417  0.7917 -0.2650  251.8    -      -     18S    2W
05784  0408 Jan 29  02:32:45   6588 -19690  069   T   -p   0.4032  2.1029  1.1332  310.0  194.3   52.3   18N    6W
05785  0408 Jul 24  03:03:41   6583 -19684  074   T   -t  -0.4106  2.1421  1.0677  362.5  215.0   42.3   20S   17W
05786  0409 Jan 17  18:28:20   6579 -19678  079   T   p-  -0.2746  2.3410  1.3669  317.0  204.0   80.4   20N  114E
05787  0409 Jul 13  04:53:15   6574 -19672  084   T   t-   0.3525  2.2330  1.1896  352.3  215.8   66.6   22S   45W
05788  0410 Jan 07  07:45:13   6569 -19666  089   P   a-  -0.9934  1.0452  0.0254  263.2   36.3    -     21N   87W

05789  0410 Jun 03  05:01:28   6565 -19661  056   N   -a  -1.4742  0.1336 -0.8282   98.9    -      -     24S   49W
05790  0410 Jul 02  13:23:17   6564 -19660  094   N   a-   1.0890  0.8533 -0.1342  240.3    -      -     22S  174W
05791  0410 Nov 27  20:11:18   6560 -19655  061   N   -t   1.2516  0.6118 -0.4882  230.9    -      -     23N   82E
05792  0411 May 23  21:39:55   6555 -19649  066   P   -a  -0.7205  1.5056  0.5655  280.1  151.0    -     22S   61E
05793  0411 Nov 16  19:10:51   6551 -19643  071   P   -t   0.5835  1.8370  0.7382  349.6  188.6    -     20N   96E
05794  0412 May 12  14:21:02   6546 -19637  076   T+  pp   0.0135  2.8142  1.8519  325.9  215.5  100.6   18S  170E
05795  0412 Nov 04  22:03:21   6541 -19631  081   T-  p-  -0.1249  2.6543  1.6037  353.3  223.6   98.4   16N   53E
05796  0413 May 02  02:30:17   6536 -19625  086   P   t-   0.8058  1.3871  0.3717  298.8  135.4    -     15S   11W
05797  0413 Oct 25  08:19:57   6531 -19619  091   P   a-  -0.8063  1.3749  0.3819  282.2  130.6    -     12N  101W
05798  0414 Mar 22  15:41:20   6527 -19614  058   N   -t  -1.2715  0.5664 -0.5159  223.5    -      -      2S  153E

05799  0414 Sep 15  14:10:10   6523 -19608  063   N   -a   1.1706  0.6910 -0.2714  209.5    -      -      2S  173E
05800  0414 Oct 14  23:32:16   6522 -19607  101   N   a-  -1.4429  0.1927 -0.7723  115.5    -      -      7N   31E
05801  0415 Mar 11  16:16:10   6518 -19602  068   P   -t  -0.5332  1.9126  0.8471  345.5  195.8    -      3N  146E
05802  0415 Sep 05  04:29:29   6513 -19596  073   P   -a   0.4939  1.9513  0.9519  319.7  191.4    -      6S   41W
05803  0416 Feb 28  22:36:15   6508 -19590  078   T+  p-   0.2190  2.4637  1.4487  339.7  216.3   89.8    8N   52E
05804  0416 Aug 24  12:42:36   6503 -19584  083   T-  pp  -0.2507  2.4241  1.3722  357.1  222.5   87.0   11S  163W
05805  0417 Feb 17  11:39:28   6499 -19578  088   P   a-   0.9112  1.1712  0.2003  261.4   95.8    -     12N  143W
05806  0417 Aug 13  14:21:02   6494 -19572  093   Nx  t-  -1.0065  1.0513 -0.0283  289.7    -      -     16S  173E
05807  0418 Jan 08  17:26:39   6490 -19567  060   N   -a  -1.0848  0.8598 -0.1251  233.4    -      -     21N  128E
05808  0418 Jul 04  02:02:17   6485 -19561  065   N   -t   1.0700  0.9083 -0.1191  258.9    -      -     22S    3W

05809  0418 Dec 29  05:07:46   6480 -19555  070   T   -a  -0.4302  2.0879  1.0497  335.1  201.2   34.5   23N   48W
05810  0419 Jun 23  12:36:11   6475 -19549  075   T+  -p   0.2600  2.3669  1.3947  325.8  210.3   84.8   23S  162W
05811  0419 Dec 18  09:34:45   6471 -19543  080   T+  p-   0.2681  2.4124  1.3204  367.2  223.8   82.9   24N  117W
05812  0420 Jun 12  04:38:37   6466 -19537  085   P   a-  -0.4894  1.9302  0.9892  300.9  186.3    -     24S   44W
05813  0420 Dec 06  08:46:28   6461 -19531  090   P   t-   0.9486  1.1704  0.0653  303.5   62.6    -     24N  106W
05814  0421 May 03  13:55:13   6457 -19526  057   N   -a   1.3143  0.4343 -0.5420  176.1    -      -     15S  177E
05815  0421 Jun 01  21:45:05   6456 -19525  095   N   a-  -1.2316  0.5743 -0.3785  194.6    -      -     24S   59E
05816  0421 Oct 26  18:58:40   6452 -19520  062   N   -a  -1.3024  0.4841 -0.5477  192.6    -      -     12N   99E
05817  0422 Apr 23  00:08:11   6447 -19514  067   P   -t   0.6018  1.7703  0.7374  328.8  182.6    -     12S   24E
05818  0422 Oct 16  07:06:52   6443 -19508  072   P   -a  -0.5604  1.8191  0.8398  303.0  178.0    -      9N   83W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500 ( 401 CE to 500 CE )


                                                                                                          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

05819  0423 Apr 12  03:07:14   6438 -19502  077   T-  pp  -0.1525  2.6154  1.5416  372.6  232.7   99.9    9S   20W
05820  0423 Oct 05  22:59:03   6433 -19496  082   T+  p-   0.1272  2.6064  1.6425  318.2  209.3   94.9    5N   39E
05821  0424 Mar 31  03:27:25   6428 -19490  087   P   t-  -0.8896  1.2599  0.1918  305.9  104.3    -      5S   25W
05822  0424 Sep 24  13:54:44   6423 -19484  092   P   a-   0.8422  1.3091  0.3160  279.6  120.9    -      2N  176E
05823  0425 Feb 18  20:46:11   6419 -19479  059   N   -a   1.1550  0.7395 -0.2622  225.8    -      -     12N   80E
05824  0425 Aug 15  09:01:38   6415 -19473  064   N   -t  -1.2071  0.6744 -0.3878  236.0    -      -     15S  108W
05825  0426 Feb 08  11:02:26   6410 -19467  069   T   -p   0.4233  2.0642  1.0981  308.1  192.4   45.4   15N  134W
05826  0426 Aug 04  09:42:58   6405 -19461  074   P   -t  -0.4840  2.0085  0.9318  357.4  206.0    -     18S  118W
05827  0427 Jan 29  03:05:30   6400 -19455  079   T-  p-  -0.2611  2.3653  1.3921  317.9  205.1   82.5   18N   16W
05828  0427 Jul 24  11:42:43   6395 -19449  084   T   t-   0.2761  2.3729  1.3303  354.8  221.0   83.4   20S  148W

05829  0428 Jan 18  16:13:16   6390 -19443  089   P   a-  -0.9874  1.0567  0.0359  265.2   43.2    -     20N  147E
05830  0428 Jun 13  12:18:43   6387 -19438  056   Ne  -a  -1.5427  0.0066 -0.9526   22.2    -      -     25S  159W
05831  0428 Jul 12  20:36:32   6386 -19437  094   P   a-   1.0138  0.9904  0.0047  254.3   15.7    -     21S   78E
05832  0428 Dec 08  04:16:29   6382 -19432  061   N   -t   1.2575  0.6018 -0.4998  229.6    -      -     24N   38W
05833  0429 Jun 03  05:07:01   6377 -19426  066   P   -a  -0.7936  1.3714  0.4316  271.6  134.7    -     23S   52W
05834  0429 Nov 27  03:15:32   6372 -19420  071   P   -t   0.5886  1.8275  0.7293  348.6  187.5    -     22N   25W
05835  0430 May 23  21:41:13   6367 -19414  076   T-  pp  -0.0599  2.7298  1.7659  326.7  215.7  100.1   21S   60E
05836  0430 Nov 16  06:24:52   6363 -19408  081   T-  p-  -0.1184  2.6655  1.6164  352.2  223.1   98.6   19N   73W
05837  0431 May 13  09:29:00   6358 -19402  086   P   t-   0.7338  1.5202  0.5028  309.2  154.9    -     18S  117W
05838  0431 Nov 05  16:57:27   6353 -19396  091   P   a-  -0.7958  1.3940  0.4014  282.8  133.2    -     15N  129E

05839  0432 Apr 01  22:33:01   6349 -19391  058   N   -t  -1.3330  0.4520 -0.6273  201.7    -      -      6S   49E
05840  0432 May 01  14:00:49   6348 -19390  096   Nb  t-   1.5387  0.0671 -0.9973   79.6    -      -     14S  175E
05841  0432 Sep 25  22:27:10   6344 -19385  063   N   -a   1.2010  0.6373 -0.3292  202.7    -      -      3N   47E
05842  0432 Oct 25  08:11:22   6343 -19384  101   N   a-  -1.4296  0.2182 -0.7489  122.7    -      -     11N  100W
05843  0433 Mar 21  23:28:42   6339 -19379  068   P   -t  -0.5839  1.8166  0.7569  339.5  187.6    -      1S   36E
05844  0433 Sep 15  12:22:19   6335 -19373  073   P   -a   0.5334  1.8820  0.8764  318.3  186.7    -      2S  161W
05845  0434 Mar 11  06:23:02   6330 -19367  078   T+  p-   0.1781  2.5354  1.5269  339.1  217.6   94.1    4N   67W
05846  0434 Sep 04  20:01:17   6325 -19361  083   T-  pp  -0.2015  2.5174  1.4594  360.5  225.5   93.4    7S   86E
05847  0435 Feb 28  19:52:28   6320 -19355  088   P   a-   0.8783  1.2293  0.2630  265.3  108.6    -      8N   92E
05848  0435 Aug 24  21:14:38   6315 -19349  093   P   t-  -0.9461  1.1639  0.0808  301.6   69.6    -     12S   68E

05849  0436 Jan 20  02:05:05   6311 -19344  060   N   -a  -1.0973  0.8370 -0.1480  231.3    -      -     19N    1W
05850  0436 Feb 18  12:09:44   6310 -19343  098   Nb  a-   1.5443  0.0056 -0.9573   20.1    -      -     13N  152W
05851  0436 Jul 14  08:56:32   6306 -19338  065   N   -t   1.1410  0.7773 -0.2485  241.8    -      -     21S  107W
05852  0437 Jan 08  13:32:12   6302 -19332  070   T   -a  -0.4386  2.0731  1.0334  335.7  200.8   28.5   22N  174W
05853  0437 Jul 03  19:53:18   6297 -19326  075   T   -p   0.3328  2.2323  1.2620  321.6  205.1   72.2   23S   88E
05854  0437 Dec 28  17:41:27   6292 -19320  080   T+  p-   0.2627  2.4228  1.3299  368.1  224.5   84.0   24N  122E
05855  0438 Jun 23  12:05:03   6287 -19314  085   T   a-  -0.4149  2.0668  1.1259  305.5  193.7   51.1   24S  155W
05856  0438 Dec 17  16:49:55   6283 -19308  090   P   t-   0.9427  1.1806  0.0767  304.1   67.7    -     24N  134E
05857  0439 May 14  21:11:34   6278 -19303  057   N   -a   1.3895  0.2972 -0.6808  148.1    -      -     18S   67E
05858  0439 Jun 13  05:05:00   6278 -19302  095   N   a-  -1.1607  0.7055 -0.2495  213.4    -      -     25S   51W

05859  0439 Nov 07  03:23:48   6274 -19297  062   N   -a  -1.3072  0.4747 -0.5559  190.2    -      -     16N   28W
05860  0439 Dec 06  18:28:44   6273 -19296  100   N   a-   1.5720  0.0057 -1.0584   22.5    -      -     24N  107E
05861  0440 May 03  07:01:41   6269 -19291  067   P   -t   0.6790  1.6292  0.5951  322.1  168.5    -     15S   80W
05862  0440 Oct 26  15:43:29   6264 -19285  072   P   -a  -0.5725  1.7972  0.8174  301.4  175.9    -     13N  147E
05863  0441 Apr 22  09:46:51   6259 -19279  077   T-  pp  -0.0778  2.7516  1.6793  374.1  235.1  104.8   13S  121W
05864  0441 Oct 16  07:31:19   6255 -19273  082   T+  p-   0.1076  2.6439  1.6768  319.0  209.8   95.9   10N   90W
05865  0442 Apr 11  10:20:22   6250 -19267  087   P   t-  -0.8222  1.3810  0.3179  314.9  131.6    -      9S  129W
05866  0442 Oct 05  22:07:34   6245 -19261  092   P   a-   0.8187  1.3550  0.3563  284.1  127.9    -      6N   51E
05867  0443 Mar 02  04:47:16   6241 -19256  059   N   -a   1.1846  0.6821 -0.3135  217.2    -      -      8N   42W
05868  0443 Mar 31  15:53:13   6240 -19255  097   N   a-  -1.5144  0.0871 -0.9287   84.8    -      -      6S  148E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500 ( 401 CE to 500 CE )


                                                                                                          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

05869  0443 Aug 26  16:05:12   6236 -19250  064   N   -t  -1.2670  0.5671 -0.5006  219.5    -      -     11S  145E
05870  0444 Feb 19  19:25:21   6231 -19244  069   T   -a   0.4493  2.0144  1.0521  305.9  189.9   33.5   11N   99E
05871  0444 Aug 14  16:30:29   6227 -19238  074   P   -t  -0.5509  1.8870  0.8079  352.0  196.0    -     15S  139E
05872  0445 Feb 08  11:33:57   6222 -19232  079   T-  p-  -0.2406  2.4025  1.4302  319.0  206.6   85.4   14N  143W
05873  0445 Aug 03  18:41:53   6217 -19226  084   T+  p-   0.2065  2.5002  1.4583  356.1  224.3   93.2   17S  106E
05874  0446 Jan 29  00:33:14   6212 -19220  089   P   a-  -0.9752  1.0793  0.0578  268.2   54.8    -     17N   21E
05875  0446 Jul 24  03:56:14   6207 -19214  094   P   a-   0.9428  1.1200  0.1357  265.7   82.0    -     19S   33W
05876  0446 Dec 19  12:20:01   6203 -19209  061   N   -t   1.2645  0.5893 -0.5130  227.7    -      -     25N  159W
05877  0447 Jun 14  12:33:07   6199 -19203  066   P   -a  -0.8677  1.2356  0.2955  262.0  113.7    -     24S  163W
05878  0447 Dec 08  11:21:40   6194 -19197  071   P   -t   0.5926  1.8195  0.7226  347.5  186.5    -     24N  146W

05879  0448 Jun 03  04:56:53   6189 -19191  076   T-  -p  -0.1365  2.5905  1.6242  326.9  214.6   96.8   23S   50W
05880  0448 Nov 26  14:51:16   6184 -19185  081   T-  p-  -0.1150  2.6705  1.6237  351.0  222.6   98.7   21N  161E
05881  0449 May 23  16:21:54   6179 -19179  086   P   t-   0.6578  1.6610  0.6411  319.0  171.6    -     20S  139E
05882  0449 Nov 16  01:40:11   6175 -19173  091   P   a-  -0.7890  1.4060  0.4144  283.0  134.8    -     18N    2W
05883  0450 Apr 13  05:16:32   6171 -19168  058   N   -t  -1.4006  0.3265 -0.7500  173.3    -      -     11S   54W
05884  0450 May 12  20:31:53   6170 -19167  096   N   t-   1.4616  0.2085 -0.8559  138.7    -      -     17S   76E
05885  0450 Oct 07  06:51:37   6166 -19162  063   N   -a   1.2254  0.5946 -0.3760  197.1    -      -      7N   80W
05886  0450 Nov 05  16:56:38   6165 -19161  101   N   a-  -1.4212  0.2344 -0.7345  127.0    -      -     15N  128E
05887  0451 Apr 02  06:33:15   6161 -19156  068   P   -t  -0.6418  1.7075  0.6537  332.3  177.0    -      6S   72W
05888  0451 Sep 26  20:22:09   6156 -19150  073   P   -a   0.5664  1.8247  0.8129  317.3  182.3    -      2N   78E

05889  0452 Mar 21  14:02:47   6151 -19144  078   T+  p-   0.1304  2.6198  1.6176  338.4  218.8   97.8    1S  177E
05890  0452 Sep 15  03:27:27   6147 -19138  083   T-  pp  -0.1592  2.5982  1.5340  363.3  227.8   97.6    3S   28W
05891  0453 Mar 11  03:58:27   6142 -19132  088   P   a-   0.8392  1.2988  0.3371  269.9  121.5    -      4N   31W
05892  0453 Sep 04  04:17:10   6137 -19126  093   P   t-  -0.8927  1.2637  0.1770  311.2  101.6    -      8S   39W
05893  0454 Jan 30  10:38:22   6133 -19121  060   N   -a  -1.1136  0.8070 -0.1779  228.3    -      -     16N  130W
05894  0454 Feb 28  20:27:21   6132 -19120  098   N   a-   1.5172  0.0544 -0.9067   62.3    -      -      9N   83E
05895  0454 Jul 25  15:56:55   6128 -19115  065   N   -t   1.2076  0.6543 -0.3700  223.7    -      -     19S  147E
05896  0455 Jan 19  21:51:55   6123 -19109  070   T   -a  -0.4502  2.0524  1.0116  336.1  200.1   16.9   20N   61E
05897  0455 Jul 15  03:14:53   6119 -19103  075   T   -p   0.4025  2.1038  1.1349  317.0  198.8   53.9   21S   23W
05898  0456 Jan 09  01:42:52   6114 -19097  080   T+  pp   0.2531  2.4403  1.3474  369.1  225.5   85.7   22N    3E

05899  0456 Jul 03  19:34:25   6109 -19091  085   T   p-  -0.3426  2.1997  1.2582  309.1  199.5   70.1   23S   92E
05900  0456 Dec 28  00:50:43   6104 -19085  090   P   t-   0.9344  1.1947  0.0929  305.0   74.2    -     24N   14E
05901  0457 May 25  04:24:55   6100 -19080  057   N   -a   1.4663  0.1575 -0.8229  109.6    -      -     20S   42W
05902  0457 Jun 23  12:26:22   6100 -19079  095   N   a-  -1.0911  0.8345 -0.1233  229.8    -      -     25S  162W
05903  0457 Nov 17  11:53:00   6096 -19074  062   N   -a  -1.3095  0.4696 -0.5592  188.7    -      -     18N  155W
05904  0457 Dec 17  02:49:24   6095 -19073  100   N   a-   1.5642  0.0185 -1.0423   40.5    -      -     25N   17W
05905  0458 May 14  13:50:08   6091 -19068  067   P   -t   0.7592  1.4830  0.4471  313.9  150.0    -     18S  176E
05906  0458 Nov 07  00:25:45   6086 -19062  072   P   -a  -0.5804  1.7827  0.8029  300.3  174.5    -     16N   16E
05907  0459 May 03  16:18:09   6081 -19056  077   T+  pp   0.0033  2.8877  1.8167  374.6  236.0  106.5   16S  139E
05908  0459 Oct 27  16:10:32   6076 -19050  082   T+  p-   0.0941  2.6702  1.7002  319.7  210.1   96.4   13N  139E

05909  0460 Apr 21  17:05:19   6072 -19044  087   P   t-  -0.7478  1.5153  0.4569  323.7  154.1    -     13S  128E
05910  0460 Oct 16  06:27:57   6067 -19038  092   P   a-   0.8021  1.3882  0.3841  287.6  132.6    -     10N   75W
05911  0461 Mar 12  12:39:38   6063 -19033  059   N   -a   1.2219  0.6105 -0.3790  206.1    -      -      4N  161W
05912  0461 Apr 10  23:11:45   6062 -19032  097   N   a-  -1.4503  0.2016 -0.8081  127.1    -      -     10S   37E
05913  0461 Sep 05  23:17:33   6058 -19027  064   N   -t  -1.3191  0.4745 -0.5988  203.3    -      -      7S   36E
05914  0461 Oct 05  14:59:50   6057 -19026  102   Nb  t-   1.5718  0.0033 -1.0551   17.3    -      -      7N  157E
05915  0462 Mar 02  03:40:50   6053 -19021  069   P   -a   0.4820  1.9527  0.9941  303.2  186.4    -      7N   26W
05916  0462 Aug 25  23:25:23   6049 -19015  074   P   -t  -0.6119  1.7763  0.6947  346.3  185.2    -     11S   34E
05917  0463 Feb 19  19:55:45   6044 -19009  079   T-  p-  -0.2149  2.4490  1.4779  320.3  208.2   88.5   11N   90E
05918  0463 Aug 15  01:48:36   6039 -19003  084   T+  pp   0.1421  2.6183  1.5767  356.7  226.3   99.0   14S    1W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500 ( 401 CE to 500 CE )


                                                                                                          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

05919  0464 Feb 09  08:45:14   6034 -18997  089   P   a-  -0.9576  1.1119  0.0900  272.1   68.4    -     14N  102W
05920  0464 Aug 03  11:22:45   6029 -18991  094   P   a-   0.8765  1.2413  0.2578  275.1  110.7    -     17S  145W
05921  0464 Dec 29  20:21:47   6025 -18986  061   N   -t   1.2725  0.5744 -0.5277  225.4    -      -     24N   82E
05922  0465 Jun 24  20:00:37   6021 -18980  066   P   -a  -0.9402  1.1030  0.1619  251.4   85.8    -     25S   85E
05923  0465 Dec 18  19:28:13   6016 -18974  071   P   -t   0.5967  1.8108  0.7160  346.3  185.6    -     24N   93E
05924  0466 Jun 14  12:12:10   6011 -18968  076   T-  -p  -0.2126  2.4523  1.4831  326.3  212.3   90.5   24S  159W
05925  0466 Dec 07  23:20:07   6006 -18962  081   T-  p-  -0.1130  2.6729  1.6288  349.7  222.1   98.6   23N   34E
05926  0467 Jun 03  23:10:33   6001 -18956  086   P   t-   0.5792  1.8068  0.7839  328.1  185.9    -     22S   36E
05927  0467 Nov 27  10:26:19   5997 -18950  091   P   a-  -0.7846  1.4134  0.4230  282.8  135.7    -     21N  134W
05928  0468 Apr 23  11:53:18   5993 -18945  058   N   -t  -1.4732  0.1919 -0.8819  134.4    -      -     14S  155W

05929  0468 May 23  02:58:54   5992 -18944  096   N   t-   1.3810  0.3565 -0.7083  179.3    -      -     20S   21W
05930  0468 Oct 17  15:22:37   5988 -18939  063   N   -a   1.2442  0.5620 -0.4125  192.6    -      -     11N  151E
05931  0468 Nov 16  01:45:15   5987 -18938  101   N   a-  -1.4158  0.2451 -0.7253  129.8    -      -     18N    4W
05932  0469 Apr 12  13:32:05   5983 -18933  068   P   -t  -0.7049  1.5888  0.5406  323.8  163.5    -     10S  178W
05933  0469 Oct 07  04:29:25   5978 -18927  073   P   -a   0.5925  1.7797  0.7619  316.6  178.5    -      7N   46W
05934  0470 Apr 01  21:36:16   5974 -18921  078   T+  pp   0.0768  2.7151  1.7190  337.5  219.4  100.4    5S   62E
05935  0470 Sep 26  11:00:41   5969 -18915  083   T-  pp  -0.1234  2.6668  1.5967  365.6  229.3  100.3    2N  142W
05936  0471 Mar 22  11:56:40   5964 -18909  088   P   a-   0.7934  1.3805  0.4231  275.0  134.2    -      0S  152W
05937  0471 Sep 15  11:29:32   5959 -18903  093   P   t-  -0.8472  1.3489  0.2588  318.8  121.4    -      3S  149W
05938  0472 Feb 10  19:01:59   5955 -18898  060   N   -a  -1.1372  0.7634 -0.2211  223.6    -      -     13N  103E

05939  0472 Mar 11  04:34:10   5955 -18897  098   N   a-   1.4822  0.1178 -0.8415   91.3    -      -      5N   41W
05940  0472 Aug 04  23:06:07   5951 -18892  065   N   -t   1.2677  0.5436 -0.4798  205.4    -      -     16S   39E
05941  0472 Sep 03  12:30:19   5950 -18891  103   N   t-  -1.5287  0.0828 -0.9764   86.6    -      -      8S  163W
05942  0473 Jan 30  06:02:55   5946 -18886  070   P   -a  -0.4680  2.0201  0.9787  336.0  198.7    -     17N   62W
05943  0473 Jul 25  10:42:42   5941 -18880  075   T   -a   0.4675  1.9840  1.0159  312.0  191.8   19.1   19S  135W
05944  0474 Jan 19  09:38:27   5936 -18874  080   T+  pp   0.2394  2.4653  1.3728  370.2  226.7   88.1   20N  116W
05945  0474 Jul 15  03:06:47   5932 -18868  085   T   p-  -0.2731  2.3280  1.3853  312.1  203.9   82.0   22S   21W
05946  0475 Jan 08  08:49:33   5927 -18862  090   P   t-   0.9242  1.2121  0.1130  306.1   81.6    -     23N  105W
05947  0475 Jun 05  11:32:25   5923 -18857  057   Ne  -a   1.5465  0.0118 -0.9715   30.5    -      -     21S  149W
05948  0475 Jul 04  19:46:13   5922 -18856  095   P   a-  -1.0210  0.9650  0.0037  244.5   13.5    -     24S   88E

05949  0475 Nov 28  20:27:36   5918 -18851  062   N   -a  -1.3082  0.4709 -0.5557  188.3    -      -     21N   76E
05950  0475 Dec 28  11:11:04   5917 -18850  100   N   a-   1.5564  0.0307 -1.0262   51.9    -      -     25N  142W
05951  0476 May 24  20:32:20   5913 -18845  067   P   -t   0.8431  1.3302  0.2921  303.6  124.5    -     20S   75E
05952  0476 Nov 17  09:12:48   5908 -18839  072   P   -a  -0.5846  1.7749  0.7954  299.4  173.6    -     19N  116W
05953  0477 May 13  22:45:17   5904 -18833  077   T+  pp   0.0875  2.7327  1.6627  374.1  235.2  104.6   19S   42E
05954  0477 Nov 07  00:54:50   5899 -18827  082   T+  p-   0.0854  2.6876  1.7149  320.3  210.4   96.7   17N    7E
05955  0478 May 02  23:47:14   5894 -18821  087   P   t-  -0.6698  1.6560  0.6022  331.6  172.5    -     16S   26E
05956  0478 Oct 27  14:52:48   5889 -18815  092   P   a-   0.7899  1.4132  0.4039  290.5  135.9    -     14N  157E
05957  0479 Mar 23  20:26:33   5886 -18810  059   N   -a   1.2643  0.5298 -0.4539  192.7    -      -      0S   80E
05958  0479 Apr 22  06:26:26   5885 -18809  097   N   a-  -1.3821  0.3238 -0.6800  158.5    -      -     14S   73W

05959  0479 Sep 17  06:37:00   5881 -18804  064   N   -t  -1.3647  0.3935 -0.6852  187.1    -      -      3S   76W
05960  0479 Oct 16  22:54:35   5880 -18803  102   N   t-   1.5537  0.0393 -1.0249   59.5    -      -     11N   37E
05961  0480 Mar 12  11:47:44   5876 -18798  069   P   -a   0.5220  1.8775  0.9225  299.8  181.8    -      3N  150W
05962  0480 Sep 05  06:30:36   5871 -18792  074   P   -t  -0.6646  1.6808  0.5967  340.8  174.3    -      7S   74W
05963  0481 Mar 02  04:08:15   5866 -18786  079   T-  p-  -0.1818  2.5093  1.5392  321.7  210.0   91.9    6N   34W
05964  0481 Aug 25  09:05:22   5862 -18780  084   T+  pp   0.0851  2.7227  1.6812  356.5  227.1  102.0   10S  112W
05965  0482 Feb 19  16:47:26   5857 -18774  089   P   a-  -0.9326  1.1578  0.1357  277.2   83.7    -     10N  136E
05966  0482 Aug 14  18:57:45   5852 -18768  094   P   a-   0.8163  1.3516  0.3684  282.6  129.8    -     13S  100E
05967  0483 Jan 10  04:18:09   5848 -18763  061   N   -t   1.2846  0.5520 -0.5493  221.6    -      -     23N   37W
05968  0483 Jul 06  03:28:49   5844 -18757  066   P   -a  -1.0120  0.9721  0.0293  239.6   37.2    -     24S   27W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 0401 to 0500 ( 401 CE to 500 CE )


                                                                                                          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

05969  0483 Aug 04  10:31:02   5843 -18756  104   N   a-   1.4920  0.0940 -0.8541   81.3    -      -     16S  133W
05970  0483 Dec 30  03:33:13   5839 -18751  071   P   -t   0.6026  1.7984  0.7067  344.8  184.4    -     24N   27W
05971  0484 Jun 24  19:26:05   5834 -18745  076   T   -p  -0.2892  2.3137  1.3407  324.9  208.7   80.4   24S   93E
05972  0484 Dec 18  07:49:08   5829 -18739  081   T-  p-  -0.1102  2.6762  1.6356  348.3  221.6   98.7   24N   93W
05973  0485 Jun 14  05:56:53   5825 -18733  086   P   t-   0.4992  1.9553  0.9289  336.3  197.9    -     23S   66W
05974  0485 Dec 07  19:15:13   5820 -18727  091   P   a-  -0.7819  1.4174  0.4289  282.4  136.3    -     22N   94E
05975  0486 May 04  18:23:37   5816 -18722  058   Ne  -t  -1.5503  0.0493 -1.0222   68.9    -      -     18S  107E
05976  0486 Jun 03  09:21:48   5815 -18721  096   N   t-   1.2971  0.5110 -0.5546  211.9    -      -     21S  117W
05977  0486 Oct 28  23:59:43   5811 -18716  063   N   -a   1.2580  0.5388 -0.4396  189.5    -      -     15N   20E
05978  0486 Nov 27  10:37:44   5810 -18715  101   N   a-  -1.4138  0.2493 -0.7222  130.9    -      -     20N  137W

05979  0487 Apr 23  20:25:16   5806 -18710  068   P   -t  -0.7733  1.4605  0.4178  313.8  146.1    -     14S   77E
05980  0487 Oct 18  12:43:16   5802 -18704  073   P   -a   0.6122  1.7466  0.7229  316.3  175.5    -     11N  170W
05981  0488 Apr 12  05:03:16   5797 -18698  078   T+  pp   0.0170  2.8218  1.8317  336.2  219.5  101.6    9S   52W
05982  0488 Oct 06  18:42:13   5792 -18692  083   T-  pp  -0.0953  2.7213  1.6455  367.6  230.4  101.9    6N  101E
05983  0489 Apr 01  19:48:58   5787 -18686  088   P   a-   0.7426  1.4719  0.5185  280.3  146.3    -      5S   88E
05984  0489 Sep 25  18:49:56   5783 -18680  093   P   t-  -0.8081  1.4222  0.3290  324.8  135.4    -      1N  100E
05985  0490 Feb 21  03:18:45   5779 -18675  060   N   -a  -1.1660  0.7104 -0.2736  217.3    -      -      9N   22W
05986  0490 Mar 22  12:34:42   5778 -18674  098   N   a-   1.4425  0.1898 -0.7680  115.3    -      -      0N  162W
05987  0490 Aug 16  06:23:31   5774 -18669  065   N   -t   1.3217  0.4442 -0.5785  186.8    -      -     12S   72W
05988  0490 Sep 14  19:57:05   5773 -18668  103   N   t-  -1.4826  0.1675 -0.8922  121.9    -      -      4S   84E

05989  0491 Feb 10  14:06:05   5769 -18663  070   P   -a  -0.4915  1.9771  0.9355  335.3  196.4    -     13N  177E
05990  0491 Aug 05  18:16:35   5765 -18657  075   P   -a   0.5281  1.8727  0.9048  306.8  184.2    -     16S  111E
05991  0492 Jan 30  17:26:12   5760 -18651  080   T+  pp   0.2197  2.5008  1.4095  371.3  228.2   91.1   17N  127E
05992  0492 Jul 25  10:44:18   5755 -18645  085   T-  p-  -0.2078  2.4487  1.5041  314.4  207.0   89.6   20S  136W
05993  0493 Jan 18  16:41:33   5750 -18639  090   P   t-   0.9082  1.2397  0.1441  308.0   91.6    -     21N  137E
05994  0493 Jul 15  03:10:25   5746 -18633  095   P   a-  -0.9550  1.0881  0.1227  257.1   76.8    -     23S   23W
05995  0493 Dec 09  05:03:29   5742 -18628  062   N   -a  -1.3062  0.4732 -0.5506  188.0    -      -     22N   53W
05996  0494 Jan 07  19:29:20   5741 -18627  100   N   a-   1.5456  0.0483 -1.0041   64.8    -      -     24N   94E
05997  0494 Jun 05  03:11:03   5737 -18622  067   P   -t   0.9285  1.1747  0.1340  291.4   86.5    -     22S   25W
05998  0494 Nov 28  18:02:34   5732 -18616  072   P   -a  -0.5869  1.7704  0.7915  298.7  173.1    -     21N  111E

05999  0495 May 25  05:07:40   5727 -18610  077   T+  pp   0.1752  2.5715  1.5022  372.4  232.6   98.2   21S   55W
06000  0495 Nov 18  09:43:17   5723 -18604  082   T+  p-   0.0800  2.6985  1.7236  320.9  210.6   96.9   20N  125W
06001  0496 May 13  06:24:02   5718 -18598  087   P   t-  -0.5867  1.8065  0.7568  338.6  187.9    -     19S   74W
06002  0496 Nov 06  23:23:50   5713 -18592  092   P   a-   0.7834  1.4275  0.4135  292.6  137.7    -     18N   29E
06003  0497 Apr 03  04:06:04   5709 -18587  059   N   -a   1.3134  0.4369 -0.5412  175.8    -      -      5S   36W
06004  0497 May 02  13:36:41   5709 -18586  097   N   a-  -1.3090  0.4552 -0.5432  184.8    -      -     17S  178E
06005  0497 Sep 27  14:04:31   5705 -18581  064   N   -t  -1.4031  0.3256 -0.7583  171.8    -      -      1N  171E
06006  0497 Oct 27  06:55:24   5704 -18580  102   N   t-   1.5411  0.0652 -1.0043   76.8    -      -     15N   84W
06007  0498 Mar 23  19:47:39   5700 -18575  069   P   -a   0.5681  1.7911  0.8395  295.8  175.9    -      1S   89E
06008  0498 Sep 16  13:45:04   5695 -18569  074   P   -t  -0.7100  1.5988  0.5123  335.6  163.6    -      3S  176E

06009  0499 Mar 13  12:12:02   5691 -18563  079   T-  pp  -0.1419  2.5820  1.6129  323.2  211.8   95.2    2N  157W
06010  0499 Sep 05  16:31:35   5686 -18557  084   T+  pp   0.0350  2.8146  1.7731  355.8  227.0  103.2    6S  135E
06011  0500 Mar 02  00:40:27   5681 -18551  089   P   h-  -0.9011  1.2156  0.1934  283.2   99.4    -      6N   16E
06012  0500 Aug 25  02:41:11   5676 -18545  094   P   a-   0.7623  1.4506  0.4675  288.5  143.6    -     10S   17W


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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