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The periodicity and recurrance of solar (and lunar) 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 eclipses occur at the same node 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 13 centuries and contains 70 or more eclipses.
Lunar eclipses of Saros series 103 all occur at the Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The series began with a partial eclipse south of the Ecliptic on 0454 Aug 24. The series ended with a partial eclipse north of the Ecliptic on 1951 Feb 21. The total duration of Saros series 103 is 1496.50 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 0454 Aug 24 03:49:48 UT
Last Eclipse = 1951 Feb 21 21:29:11 UT
Duration of Saros 103 = 1496.50 Years
During Saros series 103, Earth experiences 84 lunar eclipses as follows:
All Eclipses = 84 = 100.0%
Penumbral (N) = 41 = 48.8%
Partial (P) = 14 = 16.7%
Total (T) = 29 = 34.5%
Umbral Eclipses = 43 = 51.2%
Central = 7 = 8.3%
Non-Central = 22 = 26.2%
Sequence of eclipses in Saros series 103: 22N 7P 29T 7P 19N
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 103 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1103 Sep 17 Duration = 01h39m37s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1482 May 03 Duration = 00h15m19s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0959 Jun 23 Duration = 03h08m12s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1608 Jul 27 Duration = 00h52m51s
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0959 Jun 23 Magnitude = 0.9512
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1608 Jul 27 Magnitude = 0.0569
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 103 are presented in the following catalog. For a detailed key and additional information about the catalog, see: Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipses.
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC"
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Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse for Saros 103
U.T.
Greatest Saros Pen. Umb. S.D. S.D. GST Moon Moon
Date Eclipse Type # Gamma Mag. Mag. Par Tot (0 UT) RA Dec
h h °
0454 Aug 24 03:50 Nb 103 -1.578 0.018 -1.062 - - 22.2 22.25 -12.5
0472 Sep 03 11:10 N 103 -1.526 0.113 -0.967 - - 22.9 22.93 -8.4
0490 Sep 14 18:39 N 103 -1.480 0.198 -0.883 - - 23.7 23.59 -4.1
0508 Sep 25 02:20 N 103 -1.442 0.268 -0.814 - - 0.4 0.26 0.2
0526 Oct 06 10:09 N 103 -1.410 0.327 -0.755 - - 1.1 0.93 4.6
0544 Oct 16 18:09 N 103 -1.387 0.370 -0.711 - - 1.8 1.61 8.8
0562 Oct 28 02:16 N 103 -1.368 0.405 -0.676 - - 2.5 2.32 12.6
0580 Nov 07 10:32 N 103 -1.354 0.429 -0.651 - - 3.3 3.04 16.1
0598 Nov 18 18:52 N 103 -1.344 0.447 -0.632 - - 4.0 3.80 18.8
0616 Nov 29 03:18 N 103 -1.337 0.458 -0.619 - - 4.7 4.58 20.9
0634 Dec 10 11:45 N 103 -1.331 0.468 -0.606 - - 5.4 5.38 22.1
0652 Dec 20 20:13 N 103 -1.325 0.477 -0.593 - - 6.1 6.18 22.3
0671 Jan 01 04:40 N 103 -1.317 0.490 -0.576 - - 6.9 6.99 21.7
0689 Jan 11 13:05 N 103 -1.307 0.507 -0.554 - - 7.6 7.78 20.1
0707 Jan 22 21:25 N 103 -1.291 0.533 -0.523 - - 8.3 8.54 17.7
0725 Feb 02 05:40 N 103 -1.271 0.566 -0.484 - - 9.0 9.28 14.7
0743 Feb 13 13:48 N 103 -1.245 0.611 -0.432 - - 9.8 9.99 11.1
0761 Feb 23 21:51 N 103 -1.213 0.666 -0.371 - - 10.5 10.68 7.2
0779 Mar 07 05:45 N 103 -1.173 0.736 -0.294 - - 11.2 11.35 3.0
0797 Mar 17 13:33 N 103 -1.128 0.816 -0.209 - - 11.9 12.01 -1.3
0815 Mar 28 21:13 N 103 -1.076 0.909 -0.109 - - 12.6 12.67 -5.5
0833 Apr 08 04:47 N 103 -1.018 1.011 -0.001 - - 13.4 13.33 -9.6
0851 Apr 19 12:15 P 103 -0.954 1.127 0.121 39m - 14.1 14.01 -13.3
0869 Apr 29 19:40 P 103 -0.886 1.248 0.247 54m - 14.8 14.70 -16.7
0887 May 11 03:00 P 103 -0.813 1.379 0.383 66m - 15.5 15.40 -19.6
0905 May 21 10:18 P 103 -0.738 1.514 0.523 76m - 16.2 16.13 -21.8
0923 Jun 01 17:35 P 103 -0.661 1.654 0.666 83m - 17.0 16.88 -23.3
0941 Jun 12 00:52 P 103 -0.584 1.794 0.809 89m - 17.7 17.64 -24.1
0959 Jun 23 08:11 P 103 -0.507 1.933 0.951 94m - 18.4 18.40 -24.0
0977 Jul 03 15:32 T 103 -0.432 2.072 1.091 98m 22m 19.1 19.16 -23.0
0995 Jul 14 22:58 T 103 -0.359 2.204 1.224 101m 34m 19.8 19.90 -21.3
1013 Jul 25 06:28 T 103 -0.290 2.330 1.351 103m 40m 20.6 20.63 -18.9
1031 Aug 05 14:04 T+ 103 -0.226 2.448 1.470 105m 44m 21.3 21.34 -15.9
1049 Aug 15 21:47 T+ 103 -0.166 2.558 1.579 106m 47m 22.0 22.03 -12.3
1067 Aug 27 05:37 T+ 103 -0.113 2.656 1.676 106m 49m 22.7 22.70 -8.4
1085 Sep 06 13:36 T+ 103 -0.066 2.742 1.761 106m 50m 23.4 23.36 -4.2
1103 Sep 17 21:42 T+ 103 -0.026 2.817 1.834 106m 50m 0.2 0.02 0.1
1121 Sep 28 05:58 T- 103 0.007 2.852 1.868 106m 50m 0.9 0.69 4.5
1139 Oct 09 14:21 T- 103 0.034 2.804 1.818 106m 50m 1.6 1.37 8.7
1157 Oct 19 22:52 T- 103 0.054 2.767 1.780 106m 49m 2.3 2.07 12.7
1175 Oct 31 07:30 T- 103 0.070 2.740 1.751 106m 49m 3.0 2.79 16.3
1193 Nov 10 16:14 T- 103 0.080 2.721 1.732 105m 49m 3.8 3.54 19.3
1211 Nov 22 01:03 Tm 103 0.086 2.710 1.720 105m 49m 4.5 4.32 21.6
1229 Dec 02 09:55 T- 103 0.091 2.702 1.711 105m 48m 5.2 5.12 23.1
1247 Dec 13 18:49 T- 103 0.093 2.697 1.707 105m 48m 5.9 5.93 23.6
1265 Dec 24 03:43 T- 103 0.097 2.691 1.701 105m 48m 6.7 6.75 23.2
1284 Jan 04 12:36 T- 103 0.100 2.684 1.695 105m 48m 7.4 7.55 21.9
1302 Jan 14 21:25 T- 103 0.108 2.669 1.681 105m 48m 8.1 8.33 19.8
1320 Jan 26 06:10 T- 103 0.118 2.650 1.664 105m 48m 8.8 9.09 16.9
1338 Feb 05 14:49 T- 103 0.133 2.621 1.636 105m 48m 9.6 9.81 13.4
1356 Feb 16 23:22 T- 103 0.154 2.582 1.599 105m 47m 10.3 10.52 9.5
1374 Feb 27 07:47 T- 103 0.182 2.530 1.550 104m 46m 11.0 11.20 5.4
1392 Mar 09 16:04 T- 103 0.215 2.468 1.490 104m 45m 11.7 11.87 1.1
1410 Mar 21 00:14 T- 103 0.255 2.393 1.417 103m 42m 12.4 12.53 -3.2
1428 Mar 31 08:15 T 103 0.302 2.306 1.332 102m 39m 13.2 13.20 -7.3
1446 Apr 11 16:08 T 103 0.355 2.208 1.235 100m 34m 13.9 13.87 -11.2
1464 Apr 21 23:55 T 103 0.414 2.100 1.128 98m 26m 14.6 14.56 -14.7
1482 May 03 07:34 T 103 0.478 1.982 1.010 95m 8m 15.3 15.26 -17.7
1500 May 13 15:08 P 103 0.546 1.856 0.885 91m - 16.0 15.98 -20.0
1518 May 24 22:37 P 103 0.619 1.724 0.752 86m - 16.8 16.72 -21.7
1536 Jun 04 06:03 P 103 0.693 1.589 0.616 79m - 17.5 17.47 -22.6
1554 Jun 15 13:25 P 103 0.769 1.449 0.474 71m - 18.2 18.23 -22.7
1572 Jun 25 20:47 P 103 0.845 1.311 0.334 61m - 18.9 18.98 -22.0
1590 Jul 17 04:07 P 103 0.921 1.173 0.193 48m - 19.6 19.72 -20.4
1608 Jul 27 11:31 P 103 0.994 1.041 0.057 26m - 20.4 20.44 -18.2
1626 Aug 07 18:55 N 103 1.066 0.912 -0.077 - - 21.1 21.15 -15.3
1644 Aug 18 02:24 N 103 1.132 0.792 -0.201 - - 21.8 21.83 -11.9
1662 Aug 29 09:56 N 103 1.195 0.679 -0.320 - - 22.5 22.50 -8.1
1680 Sep 08 17:35 N 103 1.252 0.577 -0.427 - - 23.2 23.16 -4.0
1698 Sep 20 01:18 N 103 1.305 0.484 -0.526 - - 24.0 23.82 0.2
1716 Oct 01 09:10 N 103 1.350 0.405 -0.611 - - 0.7 0.48 4.5
1734 Oct 12 17:08 N 103 1.389 0.337 -0.686 - - 1.4 1.15 8.8
1752 Oct 23 01:13 N 103 1.421 0.280 -0.749 - - 2.1 1.84 12.8
1770 Nov 03 09:24 N 103 1.448 0.234 -0.801 - - 2.8 2.55 16.5
1788 Nov 13 17:42 N 103 1.469 0.198 -0.842 - - 3.6 3.29 19.7
1806 Nov 26 02:05 N 103 1.485 0.170 -0.875 - - 4.3 4.07 22.2
1824 Dec 06 10:33 N 103 1.498 0.150 -0.900 - - 5.0 4.86 24.0
1842 Dec 17 19:02 N 103 1.508 0.134 -0.920 - - 5.7 5.68 24.8
1860 Dec 28 03:34 N 103 1.516 0.121 -0.937 - - 6.5 6.50 24.7
1879 Jan 08 12:04 N 103 1.524 0.107 -0.954 - - 7.2 7.32 23.7
1897 Jan 18 20:33 N 103 1.533 0.092 -0.971 - - 7.9 8.11 21.7
1915 Jan 31 04:57 N 103 1.545 0.071 -0.994 - - 8.6 8.88 19.1
1933 Feb 10 13:17 N 103 1.560 0.044 -1.022 - - 9.3 9.63 15.7
1951 Feb 21 21:29 Ne 103 1.581 0.007 -1.060 - - 10.1 10.34 11.9
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