The periodicity and recurrence of lunar (and solar) eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). When two eclipses are separated by a period of one Saros, they share a very similar geometry. The two eclipses occur at the same node[1] with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and at the same time of year. Thus, the Saros is useful for organizing eclipses into families or series. Each series typically lasts 12 to 15 centuries and contains 70 or more lunar eclipses.
Lunar eclipses of Saros 0 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series began with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on -2653 Mar 01. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on -1337 Apr 30. The total duration of Saros series 0 is 1316.20 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = -2653 Mar 01 18:54:27 TD
Last Eclipse = -1337 Apr 30 05:25:04 TD
Duration of Saros 0 = 1316.20 Years
Saros 0 is composed of 74 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 0 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 74 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 19 | 25.7% |
| Partial | P | 30 | 40.5% |
| Total | T | 25 | 33.8% |
The 74 lunar eclipses in Saros 0 occur in the order of 8N 12P 25T 18P 11N which corresponds to:
8 Penumbral
12 Partial
25 Total
18 Partial
11 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 0 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1968 Apr 16 Duration = 01h41m59s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: -2203 Nov 27 Duration = 00h05m43s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1842 Jul 01 Duration = 03h12m25s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1535 Jan 01 Duration = 00h43m18s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -1517 Jan 12 Duration = 04h51m15s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -2653 Mar 01 Duration = 00h19m20s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 0 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -2311 Sep 22 Magnitude = 0.9887
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1535 Jan 01 Magnitude = 0.0316
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 0 are presented in the following catalog. For eclipses occurring between the years -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE), the sequence number in the first column links to a eclipse geometry diagram and a map from Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000. A detailed key and additional information about the catalog can be found at: Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series.
TD of Phase
Seq. Rel. Calendar Greatest Luna Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ----
Num. Num. Date Eclipse ΔT Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total
s m m m
01 -38 -2653 Mar 01 18:54:27 63725 -57549 Nb a- 1.5444 0.0051 -0.9571 19.3 - -
02 -37 -2635 Mar 12 02:32:34 63213 -57326 N a- 1.4867 0.1086 -0.8489 88.3 - -
03 -36 -2617 Mar 23 10:06:40 62702 -57103 N a- 1.4253 0.2191 -0.7342 123.8 - -
04 -35 -2599 Apr 02 17:33:53 62193 -56880 N a- 1.3578 0.3410 -0.6085 152.4 - -
05 -34 -2581 Apr 14 00:59:38 61686 -56657 N a- 1.2885 0.4666 -0.4798 175.7 - -
06 -33 -2563 Apr 24 08:21:20 61182 -56434 N a- 1.2153 0.5997 -0.3444 196.3 - -
07 -32 -2545 May 05 15:42:45 60679 -56211 N a- 1.1415 0.7343 -0.2080 213.9 - -
08 -31 -2527 May 15 23:03:20 60178 -55988 N a- 1.0664 0.8715 -0.0698 229.5 - -
09 -30 -2509 May 27 06:26:16 59680 -55765 P a- 0.9930 1.0062 0.0651 242.8 55.2 -
10 -29 -2491 Jun 06 13:50:59 59184 -55542 P a- 0.9209 1.1387 0.1973 254.5 94.2 -
11 -28 -2473 Jun 17 21:19:13 58689 -55319 P a- 0.8516 1.2664 0.3239 264.4 118.5 -
12 -27 -2455 Jun 28 04:52:35 58197 -55096 P a- 0.7864 1.3869 0.4427 272.9 136.1 -
13 -26 -2437 Jul 09 12:31:55 57707 -54873 P a- 0.7258 1.4991 0.5527 280.1 149.5 -
14 -25 -2419 Jul 19 20:17:52 57219 -54650 P a- 0.6709 1.6012 0.6520 286.1 159.8 -
15 -24 -2401 Jul 31 04:11:21 56733 -54427 P a- 0.6223 1.6919 0.7396 291.1 167.8 -
16 -23 -2383 Aug 10 12:13:14 56249 -54204 P a- 0.5808 1.7699 0.8141 295.1 173.9 -
17 -22 -2365 Aug 21 20:23:26 55767 -53981 P a- 0.5462 1.8353 0.8759 298.4 178.6 -
18 -21 -2347 Sep 01 04:40:55 55287 -53758 P a- 0.5176 1.8895 0.9264 301.1 182.1 -
19 -20 -2329 Sep 12 13:07:10 54810 -53535 P a- 0.4965 1.9302 0.9634 303.2 184.6 -
20 -19 -2311 Sep 22 21:40:31 54334 -53312 P a- 0.4817 1.9591 0.9887 304.9 186.3 -
21 -18 -2293 Oct 04 06:20:45 53860 -53089 T a- 0.4726 1.9775 1.0038 306.1 187.3 9.2
22 -17 -2275 Oct 14 15:05:18 53389 -52866 T p- 0.4675 1.9884 1.0117 307.1 188.0 16.1
23 -16 -2257 Oct 25 23:54:29 52920 -52643 T p- 0.4666 1.9914 1.0122 307.8 188.2 16.4
24 -15 -2239 Nov 05 08:45:38 52452 -52420 T p- 0.4677 1.9904 1.0091 308.4 188.3 14.2
25 -14 -2221 Nov 16 17:37:06 51987 -52197 T p- 0.4696 1.9877 1.0048 308.9 188.3 10.3
26 -13 -2203 Nov 27 02:27:19 51524 -51974 T p- 0.4711 1.9855 1.0015 309.4 188.4 5.7
27 -12 -2185 Dec 08 11:14:26 51063 -51751 T p- 0.4705 1.9868 1.0021 310.1 188.8 6.9
28 -11 -2167 Dec 18 19:57:14 50604 -51528 T p- 0.4670 1.9935 1.0085 311.0 189.6 13.8
29 -10 -2149 Dec 30 04:33:10 50146 -51305 T p- 0.4584 2.0092 1.0244 312.2 190.9 23.4
30 -09 -2130 Jan 09 13:02:33 49692 -51082 T p- 0.4450 2.0337 1.0492 313.7 192.8 33.0
31 -08 -2112 Jan 20 21:23:22 49239 -50859 T p- 0.4253 2.0694 1.0855 315.6 195.2 43.2
32 -07 -2094 Jan 31 05:35:01 48788 -50636 T p- 0.3985 2.1183 1.1350 318.0 198.2 53.6
33 -06 -2076 Feb 11 13:37:05 48339 -50413 T p- 0.3643 2.1809 1.1980 320.6 201.7 63.8
34 -05 -2058 Feb 21 21:29:51 47893 -50190 T p- 0.3231 2.2562 1.2737 323.5 205.5 73.4
35 -04 -2040 Mar 04 05:13:43 47448 -49967 T p- 0.2753 2.3439 1.3615 326.5 209.2 82.0
36 -03 -2022 Mar 15 12:47:20 47006 -49744 T+ p- 0.2198 2.4459 1.4632 329.4 212.9 89.6
37 -02 -2004 Mar 25 20:13:16 46565 -49521 T+ pp 0.1587 2.5585 1.5751 332.2 216.0 95.6
38 -01 -1986 Apr 06 03:30:53 46127 -49298 T+ pp 0.0913 2.6827 1.6980 334.6 218.5 99.9
39 00 -1968 Apr 16 10:42:21 45691 -49075 T+ pp 0.0198 2.8146 1.8283 336.4 220.1 102.0
40 01 -1950 Apr 27 17:47:12 45256 -48852 T- pp -0.0560 2.7494 1.7608 337.7 220.5 101.6
TD of Phase
Seq. Rel. Calendar Greatest Luna Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ----
Num. Num. Date Eclipse ΔT Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total
s m m m
41 02 -1932 May 08 00:48:41 44824 -48629 T- pp -0.1337 2.6083 1.6167 338.1 219.6 98.3
42 03 -1914 May 19 07:46:48 44394 -48406 T- -p -0.2133 2.4641 1.4690 337.8 217.2 91.5
43 04 -1896 May 29 14:43:12 43966 -48183 T -a -0.2931 2.3196 1.3205 336.5 213.3 80.2
44 05 -1878 Jun 09 21:39:41 43540 -47960 T -a -0.3719 2.1775 1.1736 334.4 207.9 62.2
45 06 -1860 Jun 20 04:37:27 43116 -47737 T -a -0.4486 2.0394 1.0304 331.5 200.8 27.3
46 07 -1842 Jul 01 11:38:36 42695 -47514 P -a -0.5214 1.9086 0.8939 328.0 192.4 -
47 08 -1824 Jul 11 18:42:29 42275 -47291 P -a -0.5909 1.7842 0.7634 323.9 182.5 -
48 09 -1806 Jul 23 01:53:11 41857 -47068 P -a -0.6539 1.6719 0.6447 319.6 171.6 -
49 10 -1788 Aug 02 09:09:00 41442 -46845 P -a -0.7119 1.5687 0.5350 315.1 159.7 -
50 11 -1770 Aug 13 16:33:08 41028 -46622 P -a -0.7619 1.4803 0.4398 310.8 147.4 -
51 12 -1752 Aug 24 00:03:32 40617 -46399 P -a -0.8059 1.4029 0.3558 306.8 134.7 -
52 13 -1734 Sep 04 07:43:13 40208 -46176 P -a -0.8415 1.3410 0.2873 303.5 122.6 -
53 14 -1716 Sep 14 15:29:15 39800 -45953 P -h -0.8710 1.2900 0.2299 300.7 111.0 -
54 15 -1698 Sep 25 23:22:45 39395 -45730 P -h -0.8936 1.2515 0.1855 298.8 100.6 -
55 16 -1680 Oct 06 07:22:03 38992 -45507 P -h -0.9107 1.2229 0.1515 297.5 91.6 -
56 17 -1662 Oct 17 15:27:46 38591 -45284 P -h -0.9213 1.2059 0.1297 297.1 85.2 -
57 18 -1644 Oct 27 23:36:20 38192 -45061 P -h -0.9292 1.1935 0.1131 297.0 80.0 -
58 19 -1626 Nov 08 07:47:43 37795 -44838 P -h -0.9340 1.1864 0.1026 297.3 76.5 -
59 20 -1608 Nov 18 15:59:05 37400 -44615 P -h -0.9381 1.1802 0.0938 297.5 73.4 -
60 21 -1590 Nov 30 00:10:23 37008 -44392 P -t -0.9415 1.1748 0.0866 297.8 70.7 -
61 22 -1572 Dec 10 08:16:54 36617 -44169 P -t -0.9481 1.1633 0.0740 297.4 65.6 -
62 23 -1554 Dec 21 16:20:04 36228 -43946 P -t -0.9567 1.1476 0.0580 296.5 58.4 -
63 24 -1535 Jan 01 00:15:14 35842 -43723 P -t -0.9712 1.1208 0.0316 294.4 43.3 -
64 25 -1517 Jan 12 08:04:28 35457 -43500 Nx -t -0.9901 1.0858 -0.0025 291.2 - -
65 26 -1499 Jan 22 15:42:24 35075 -43277 Nx -t -1.0172 1.0352 -0.0517 286.3 - -
66 27 -1481 Feb 02 23:12:49 34695 -43054 N -t -1.0500 0.9742 -0.1108 279.8 - -
67 28 -1463 Feb 13 06:31:05 34316 -42831 N -t -1.0915 0.8970 -0.1860 270.9 - -
68 29 -1445 Feb 24 13:40:09 33940 -42608 N -t -1.1399 0.8069 -0.2738 259.4 - -
69 30 -1427 Mar 06 20:37:34 33566 -42385 N -t -1.1970 0.7012 -0.3773 244.5 - -
70 31 -1409 Mar 18 03:26:50 33194 -42162 N -t -1.2598 0.5847 -0.4915 225.9 - -
71 32 -1391 Mar 28 10:06:47 32824 -41939 N -t -1.3292 0.4563 -0.6179 202.1 - -
72 33 -1373 Apr 08 16:38:42 32456 -41716 N -t -1.4043 0.3177 -0.7546 170.8 - -
73 34 -1355 Apr 18 23:04:07 32090 -41493 N -t -1.4837 0.1712 -0.8996 127.1 - -
74 35 -1337 Apr 30 05:25:04 31727 -41270 Ne -t -1.5661 0.0193 -1.0502 43.3 - -
[1] The Moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to Earth's orbit around the Sun. The points where the lunar orbit intersects the plane of Earth's orbit are known as the nodes. The Moon moves from south to north of Earth's orbit at the ascending node, and from north to south at the descending node.
[2]Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth's shadow.
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..
The coordinates of the Sun used in these 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:
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.
The Besselian elements used in the predictions were kindly provided by Jean Meeus. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data originally published in Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000.
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)"
