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Lunar Eclipses of Saros 119

Fred Espenak

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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 119 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 0917 Oct 03. The series will end with a partial eclipse north of the Ecliptic on 2396 Mar 25. The total duration of Saros series 119 is 1478.47 years. In summary:

                         First Eclipse = 0917 Oct 03   10:30:18 UT
                          Last Eclipse = 2396 Mar 25   09:44:27 UT

                         Duration of Saros 119 = 1478.47 Years

During Saros series 119, Earth experiences 83 lunar eclipses as follows:

                             All Eclipses =    83  = 100.0%

                            Penumbral (N) =    41  =  49.4%
                              Partial (P) =    14  =  16.9%
                                Total (T) =    28  =  33.7%

Blue Bar Umbral Eclipses = 42 = 50.6% Central = 7 = 8.4% Non-Central = 21 = 25.3%

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The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 119 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.

          Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   1801 Mar 30      Duration = 01h42m44s
         Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   1927 Jun 15      Duration = 00h21m03s

          Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   1945 Jun 25      Duration = 03h13m28s
         Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   1296 May 18      Duration = 01h05m06s

          Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   1422 Aug 02     Magnitude = 0.9887
         Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   1296 May 18     Magnitude = 0.0911

Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 119 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"

Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipses

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Lunar Eclipses of Saros 119

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      Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse for Saros 119

               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      °

 0917 Oct 03  10:30  Nb 119  -1.552  0.026 -0.976   -    -    1.1   0.94   4.4
 0935 Oct 14  18:55  N  119  -1.527  0.073 -0.930   -    -    1.8   1.63   8.6
 0953 Oct 25  03:26  N  119  -1.507  0.109 -0.894   -    -    2.6   2.33  12.4
 0971 Nov 05  12:06  N  119  -1.493  0.135 -0.868   -    -    3.3   3.06  15.8
 0989 Nov 15  20:50  N  119  -1.483  0.153 -0.849   -    -    4.0   3.81  18.6
 1007 Nov 27  05:38  N  119  -1.476  0.166 -0.836   -    -    4.7   4.59  20.6
 1025 Dec 07  14:29  N  119  -1.471  0.175 -0.826   -    -    5.5   5.39  21.8
 1043 Dec 18  23:21  N  119  -1.467  0.181 -0.818   -    -    6.2   6.19  22.1
 1061 Dec 29  08:11  N  119  -1.461  0.191 -0.806   -    -    6.9   7.00  21.4
 1080 Jan 09  17:01  N  119  -1.455  0.202 -0.793   -    -    7.6   7.79  19.8

 1098 Jan 20  01:45  N  119  -1.444  0.220 -0.772   -    -    8.3   8.55  17.4
 1116 Jan 31  10:26  N  119  -1.431  0.242 -0.746   -    -    9.1   9.29  14.3
 1134 Feb 10  18:59  N  119  -1.411  0.277 -0.708   -    -    9.8  10.00  10.7
 1152 Feb 22  03:27  N  119  -1.387  0.319 -0.662   -    -   10.5  10.70   6.8
 1170 Mar 04  11:46  N  119  -1.356  0.374 -0.604   -    -   11.2  11.37   2.6
 1188 Mar 14  19:59  N  119  -1.320  0.439 -0.535   -    -   12.0  12.04  -1.7
 1206 Mar 26  04:03  N  119  -1.276  0.517 -0.454   -    -   12.7  12.70  -5.9
 1224 Apr 05  12:00  N  119  -1.228  0.605 -0.364   -    -   13.4  13.36 -10.0
 1242 Apr 16  19:51  N  119  -1.173  0.704 -0.262   -    -   14.1  14.04 -13.8
 1260 Apr 27  03:34  N  119  -1.113  0.812 -0.151   -    -   14.8  14.74 -17.2

 1278 May 08  11:13  N  119  -1.049  0.929 -0.033   -    -   15.6  15.45 -20.0
 1296 May 18  18:47  P  119  -0.982  1.052  0.091  33m   -   16.3  16.19 -22.2
 1314 May 30  02:18  P  119  -0.911  1.181  0.220  50m   -   17.0  16.94 -23.6
 1332 Jun 09  09:45  P  119  -0.839  1.314  0.353  62m   -   17.7  17.70 -24.3
 1350 Jun 20  17:12  P  119  -0.766  1.448  0.486  71m   -   18.4  18.46 -24.1
 1368 Jul 01  00:40  P  119  -0.694  1.581  0.618  79m   -   19.2  19.22 -23.2
 1386 Jul 12  08:08  P  119  -0.623  1.713  0.747  85m   -   19.9  19.96 -21.4
 1404 Jul 22  15:39  P  119  -0.555  1.840  0.871  90m   -   20.6  20.69 -18.9
 1422 Aug 02  23:14  P  119  -0.490  1.961  0.989  94m   -   21.3  21.39 -15.9
 1440 Aug 13  06:54  T  119  -0.429  2.074  1.097  97m  23m  22.0  22.08 -12.3

 1458 Aug 24  14:38  T  119  -0.373  2.179  1.198 100m  32m  22.8  22.75  -8.4
 1476 Sep 03  22:30  T  119  -0.324  2.272  1.286 102m  37m  23.5  23.41  -4.2
 1494 Sep 15  06:28  T  119  -0.280  2.355  1.364 103m  41m   0.2   0.07   0.1
 1512 Sep 25  14:33  T+ 119  -0.243  2.425  1.430 104m  43m   0.9   0.73   4.5
 1530 Oct 06  22:45  T+ 119  -0.212  2.484  1.483 105m  45m   1.6   1.41   8.7
 1548 Oct 17  07:05  T+ 119  -0.188  2.531  1.525 106m  46m   2.4   2.10  12.6
 1566 Oct 28  15:31  T+ 119  -0.170  2.567  1.556 106m  47m   3.1   2.82  16.1
 1584 Nov 18  00:02  T+ 119  -0.156  2.594  1.579 107m  47m   3.8   3.57  19.1
 1602 Nov 29  08:38  T+ 119  -0.148  2.612  1.592 107m  48m   4.5   4.35  21.4
 1620 Dec 09  17:18  T+ 119  -0.142  2.625  1.601 107m  48m   5.3   5.14  22.8

 1638 Dec 21  02:00  T+ 119  -0.139  2.632  1.605 108m  48m   6.0   5.96  23.3
 1656 Dec 31  10:40  Tm 119  -0.136  2.639  1.610 108m  48m   6.7   6.77  22.9
 1675 Jan 11  19:21  T+ 119  -0.133  2.645  1.613 108m  48m   7.4   7.57  21.6
 1693 Jan 22  03:58  T+ 119  -0.128  2.656  1.622 109m  49m   8.1   8.35  19.4
 1711 Feb 03  12:31  T+ 119  -0.119  2.672  1.637 109m  49m   8.9   9.10  16.5
 1729 Feb 13  20:58  T+ 119  -0.106  2.696  1.660 110m  49m   9.6   9.83  13.0
 1747 Feb 25  05:18  T+ 119  -0.089  2.729  1.693 110m  50m  10.3  10.53   9.1
 1765 Mar 07  13:29  T+ 119  -0.064  2.774  1.737 111m  51m  11.0  11.22   5.0
 1783 Mar 18  21:31  T+ 119  -0.033  2.831  1.794 111m  51m  11.8  11.89   0.7
 1801 Mar 30  05:24  T- 119   0.006  2.882  1.845 111m  51m  12.5  12.55  -3.6

 1819 Apr 10  13:08  T- 119   0.050  2.800  1.762 112m  51m  13.2  13.22  -7.7
 1837 Apr 20  20:41  T- 119   0.104  2.702  1.665 112m  50m  13.9  13.90 -11.6
 1855 May 02  04:05  T- 119   0.163  2.594  1.556 111m  49m  14.6  14.59 -15.1
 1873 May 12  11:20  T- 119   0.229  2.474  1.434 110m  45m  15.4  15.29 -18.0
 1891 May 23  18:29  T  119   0.299  2.345  1.305 108m  40m  16.1  16.02 -20.4
 1909 Jun 04  01:29  T  119   0.376  2.205  1.163 105m  31m  16.8  16.76 -22.0
 1927 Jun 15  08:24  T  119   0.454  2.062  1.017 102m  11m  17.5  17.51 -22.9
 1945 Jun 25  15:14  P  119   0.537  1.912  0.864  97m   -   18.2  18.27 -22.9
 1963 Jul 06  22:02  P  119   0.620  1.762  0.711  90m   -   18.9  19.02 -22.1
 1981 Jul 17  04:47  P  119   0.705  1.608  0.553  82m   -   19.7  19.76 -20.6

 1999 Jul 28  11:34  P  119   0.786  1.460  0.402  72m   -   20.4  20.48 -18.3
 2017 Aug 07  18:20  P  119   0.867  1.315  0.251  58m   -   21.1  21.18 -15.4
 2035 Aug 19  01:10  P  119   0.943  1.177  0.109  39m   -   21.8  21.86 -12.0
 2053 Aug 29  08:04  N  119   1.016  1.045 -0.028   -    -   22.5  22.53  -8.2
 2071 Sep 09  15:03  N  119   1.083  0.925 -0.153   -    -   23.3  23.19  -4.2
 2089 Sep 19  22:08  N  119   1.145  0.816 -0.269   -    -   24.0  23.84   0.1
 2107 Oct 02  05:19  N  119   1.200  0.717 -0.372   -    -    0.7   0.49   4.4
 2125 Oct 12  12:39  N  119   1.247  0.633 -0.463   -    -    1.4   1.16   8.6
 2143 Oct 23  20:05  N  119   1.288  0.560 -0.541   -    -    2.1   1.85  12.6
 2161 Nov 03  03:40  N  119   1.322  0.500 -0.606   -    -    2.8   2.55  16.3

 2179 Nov 14  11:22  N  119   1.350  0.452 -0.659   -    -    3.6   3.29  19.5
 2197 Nov 24  19:10  N  119   1.372  0.414 -0.701   -    -    4.3   4.06  22.0
 2215 Dec 07  03:04  N  119   1.389  0.385 -0.734   -    -    5.0   4.85  23.7
 2233 Dec 17  11:02  N  119   1.402  0.361 -0.760   -    -    5.7   5.66  24.6
 2251 Dec 28  19:03  N  119   1.413  0.343 -0.780   -    -    6.5   6.48  24.5
 2270 Jan 08  03:06  N  119   1.422  0.327 -0.798   -    -    7.2   7.29  23.5
 2288 Jan 19  11:08  N  119   1.431  0.310 -0.815   -    -    7.9   8.09  21.6
 2306 Jan 30  19:08  N  119   1.442  0.290 -0.836   -    -    8.6   8.86  18.9
 2324 Feb 11  03:05  N  119   1.456  0.265 -0.859   -    -    9.3   9.60  15.6
 2342 Feb 21  10:56  N  119   1.473  0.232 -0.891   -    -   10.1  10.32  11.9

 2360 Mar 03  18:40  N  119   1.496  0.189 -0.931   -    -   10.8  11.01   7.8
 2378 Mar 15  02:17  N  119   1.524  0.136 -0.982   -    -   11.5  11.69   3.5
 2396 Mar 25  09:44  Ne 119   1.559  0.071 -1.044   -    -   12.2  12.36  -0.8

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Last revised: 1999 Jun 3 - F. Espenak