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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 118 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series began with a partial eclipse north of the Ecliptic on 1105 Mar 02. The series will end with a partial eclipse south of the Ecliptic on 2421 May 17. The total duration of Saros series 118 is 1316.20 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 1105 Mar 02 16:02:28 UT
Last Eclipse = 2421 May 17 18:33:58 UT
Duration of Saros 118 = 1316.20 Years
During Saros series 118, Earth experiences 74 lunar eclipses as follows:
All Eclipses = 74 = 100.0%
Penumbral (N) = 30 = 40.5%
Partial (P) = 16 = 21.6%
Total (T) = 28 = 37.8%
Umbral Eclipses = 44 = 59.5%
Central = 7 = 9.5%
Non-Central = 21 = 28.4%
Sequence of eclipses in Saros series 118: 9N 7P 28T 9P 21N
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 118 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1754 Apr 07 Duration = 01h40m01s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1880 Jun 22 Duration = 00h38m55s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1375 Aug 12 Duration = 03h15m36s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2042 Sep 29 Duration = 00h11m26s
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1375 Aug 12 Magnitude = 0.9579
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2042 Sep 29 Magnitude = 0.0027
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 118 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 118
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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 °
1105 Mar 02 16:02 Nb 118 1.557 0.062 -1.029 - - 11.1 11.32 6.0
1123 Mar 13 23:28 N 118 1.513 0.140 -0.945 - - 11.8 11.98 1.6
1141 Mar 24 06:47 N 118 1.462 0.230 -0.849 - - 12.5 12.64 -2.7
1159 Apr 04 13:59 N 118 1.405 0.333 -0.741 - - 13.3 13.30 -6.9
1177 Apr 14 21:04 N 118 1.341 0.447 -0.621 - - 14.0 13.96 -10.8
1195 Apr 26 04:04 N 118 1.272 0.571 -0.491 - - 14.7 14.64 -14.3
1213 May 06 11:00 N 118 1.197 0.705 -0.352 - - 15.4 15.34 -17.3
1231 May 17 17:52 N 118 1.119 0.846 -0.206 - - 16.1 16.06 -19.8
1249 May 28 00:43 N 118 1.038 0.992 -0.055 - - 16.8 16.79 -21.5
1267 Jun 08 07:32 P 118 0.955 1.142 0.099 37m - 17.6 17.54 -22.5
1285 Jun 18 14:24 P 118 0.873 1.292 0.252 57m - 18.3 18.29 -22.7
1303 Jun 29 21:17 P 118 0.790 1.443 0.406 71m - 19.0 19.04 -22.0
1321 Jul 10 04:15 P 118 0.710 1.588 0.554 80m - 19.7 19.78 -20.6
1339 Jul 21 11:17 P 118 0.632 1.730 0.698 88m - 20.4 20.51 -18.4
1357 Jul 31 18:27 P 118 0.560 1.861 0.831 93m - 21.2 21.21 -15.6
1375 Aug 12 01:42 P 118 0.491 1.987 0.958 98m - 21.9 21.90 -12.3
1393 Aug 22 09:08 T 118 0.429 2.100 1.071 101m 21m 22.6 22.58 -8.6
1411 Sep 02 16:41 T 118 0.373 2.202 1.175 103m 31m 23.3 23.24 -4.5
1429 Sep 13 00:24 T 118 0.324 2.292 1.264 105m 37m 0.0 23.90 -0.3
1447 Sep 24 08:16 T 118 0.283 2.369 1.341 106m 41m 0.8 0.57 4.0
1465 Oct 04 16:19 T- 118 0.248 2.431 1.404 107m 43m 1.5 1.24 8.2
1483 Oct 16 00:31 T- 118 0.221 2.481 1.454 107m 45m 2.2 1.93 12.1
1501 Oct 26 08:50 T- 118 0.199 2.521 1.494 107m 46m 2.9 2.65 15.7
1519 Nov 06 17:18 T- 118 0.184 2.549 1.523 107m 46m 3.6 3.39 18.8
1537 Nov 17 01:52 T- 118 0.173 2.568 1.543 107m 47m 4.4 4.16 21.3
1555 Nov 28 10:32 T- 118 0.167 2.580 1.556 107m 47m 5.1 4.96 22.9
1573 Dec 08 19:13 T- 118 0.161 2.588 1.566 107m 47m 5.8 5.77 23.6
1591 Dec 30 03:58 T- 118 0.158 2.593 1.573 107m 47m 6.5 6.58 23.4
1610 Jan 09 12:43 T- 118 0.155 2.598 1.581 107m 47m 7.3 7.39 22.3
1628 Jan 20 21:26 T- 118 0.149 2.606 1.592 107m 47m 8.0 8.18 20.2
1646 Jan 31 06:06 T- 118 0.141 2.619 1.609 107m 48m 8.7 8.94 17.5
1664 Feb 11 14:43 T- 118 0.130 2.637 1.632 107m 48m 9.4 9.67 14.1
1682 Feb 21 23:13 T- 118 0.113 2.667 1.665 107m 49m 10.1 10.38 10.2
1700 Mar 05 07:37 T- 118 0.091 2.705 1.709 107m 49m 10.9 11.07 6.1
1718 Mar 16 15:54 T- 118 0.062 2.755 1.764 107m 50m 11.6 11.74 1.8
1736 Mar 27 00:06 T- 118 0.028 2.815 1.828 107m 50m 12.3 12.41 -2.6
1754 Apr 07 08:08 T+ 118 -0.014 2.838 1.856 107m 50m 13.0 13.07 -6.9
1772 Apr 17 16:04 Tm 118 -0.061 2.749 1.772 106m 50m 13.8 13.74 -10.9
1790 Apr 28 23:53 T+ 118 -0.116 2.648 1.674 106m 49m 14.5 14.43 -14.6
1808 May 10 07:38 T+ 118 -0.174 2.539 1.569 105m 47m 15.2 15.13 -17.8
1826 May 21 15:15 T+ 118 -0.239 2.419 1.452 104m 44m 15.9 15.85 -20.4
1844 May 31 22:51 T 118 -0.305 2.295 1.331 102m 39m 16.6 16.59 -22.4
1862 Jun 12 06:21 T 118 -0.376 2.164 1.202 99m 32m 17.4 17.35 -23.5
1880 Jun 22 13:51 T 118 -0.448 2.030 1.070 96m 19m 18.1 18.11 -23.9
1898 Jul 03 21:17 P 118 -0.523 1.893 0.934 92m - 18.8 18.87 -23.4
1916 Jul 15 04:46 P 118 -0.596 1.760 0.800 87m - 19.5 19.62 -22.2
1934 Jul 26 12:15 P 118 -0.668 1.627 0.667 81m - 20.2 20.36 -20.2
1952 Aug 05 19:47 P 118 -0.738 1.499 0.538 74m - 21.0 21.07 -17.5
1970 Aug 17 03:23 P 118 -0.805 1.377 0.414 66m - 21.7 21.77 -14.3
1988 Aug 27 11:05 P 118 -0.868 1.263 0.298 57m - 22.4 22.44 -10.7
2006 Sep 07 18:51 P 118 -0.926 1.158 0.190 46m - 23.1 23.11 -6.7
2024 Sep 18 02:44 P 118 -0.979 1.062 0.091 32m - 23.8 23.77 -2.6
2042 Sep 29 10:44 P 118 -1.026 0.978 0.003 6m - 0.6 0.43 1.6
2060 Oct 09 18:51 N 118 -1.067 0.905 -0.074 - - 1.3 1.09 5.8
2078 Oct 21 03:05 N 118 -1.102 0.842 -0.140 - - 2.0 1.78 9.8
2096 Oct 31 11:27 N 118 -1.131 0.792 -0.195 - - 2.7 2.48 13.5
2114 Nov 12 19:55 N 118 -1.153 0.752 -0.238 - - 3.4 3.21 16.7
2132 Nov 23 04:30 N 118 -1.171 0.722 -0.272 - - 4.2 3.96 19.2
2150 Dec 04 13:09 N 118 -1.185 0.698 -0.299 - - 4.9 4.74 21.1
2168 Dec 14 21:53 N 118 -1.194 0.682 -0.318 - - 5.6 5.54 22.1
2186 Dec 26 06:40 N 118 -1.202 0.670 -0.333 - - 6.3 6.34 22.1
2205 Jan 06 15:28 N 118 -1.208 0.660 -0.345 - - 7.1 7.14 21.3
2223 Jan 18 00:14 N 118 -1.214 0.648 -0.358 - - 7.8 7.93 19.5
2241 Jan 28 09:00 N 118 -1.222 0.635 -0.373 - - 8.5 8.70 17.0
2259 Feb 08 17:42 N 118 -1.232 0.617 -0.391 - - 9.2 9.44 13.8
2277 Feb 19 02:19 N 118 -1.246 0.592 -0.417 - - 10.0 10.15 10.1
2295 Mar 02 10:50 N 118 -1.264 0.559 -0.450 - - 10.7 10.85 6.0
2313 Mar 13 19:13 N 118 -1.288 0.515 -0.494 - - 11.4 11.52 1.7
2331 Mar 25 03:29 N 118 -1.318 0.460 -0.549 - - 12.1 12.19 -2.7
2349 Apr 04 11:36 N 118 -1.354 0.392 -0.616 - - 12.8 12.86 -7.0
2367 Apr 15 19:34 N 118 -1.397 0.313 -0.695 - - 13.6 13.54 -11.1
2385 Apr 26 03:23 N 118 -1.447 0.223 -0.785 - - 14.3 14.23 -14.9
2403 May 07 11:02 N 118 -1.503 0.119 -0.889 - - 15.0 14.93 -18.2
2421 May 17 18:34 Ne 118 -1.565 0.006 -1.003 - - 15.7 15.66 -21.0
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Last revised: 1999 Jun 3 - F. Espenak