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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 124 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 1152 Aug 16. The series will end with a partial eclipse south of the Ecliptic on 2468 Oct 31. The total duration of Saros series 124 is 1316.20 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 1152 Aug 16 23:48:11 UT
Last Eclipse = 2468 Oct 31 19:05:11 UT
Duration of Saros 124 = 1316.20 Years
During Saros series 124, 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 = 16 = 21.6%
Non-Central = 12 = 16.2%
Sequence of eclipses in Saros series 124: 20N 8P 28T 8P 10N
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 124 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1765 Aug 30 Duration = 01h42m05s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2144 Apr 18 Duration = 00h13m59s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1639 Jun 15 Duration = 03h12m55s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1513 Mar 21 Duration = 00h35m07s
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2162 Apr 29 Magnitude = 0.9201
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1513 Mar 21 Magnitude = 0.0219
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 124 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 124
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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 °
1152 Aug 16 23:48 Nb 124 1.542 0.093 -1.005 - - 22.1 22.12 -10.2
1170 Aug 28 06:43 N 124 1.480 0.209 -0.892 - - 22.9 22.78 -6.3
1188 Sep 07 13:46 N 124 1.422 0.316 -0.788 - - 23.6 23.44 -2.2
1206 Sep 18 21:00 N 124 1.373 0.407 -0.699 - - 0.3 0.11 2.0
1224 Sep 29 04:23 N 124 1.331 0.486 -0.622 - - 1.0 0.77 6.3
1242 Oct 10 11:56 N 124 1.295 0.552 -0.557 - - 1.7 1.45 10.4
1260 Oct 20 19:38 N 124 1.266 0.606 -0.505 - - 2.4 2.15 14.3
1278 Nov 01 03:29 N 124 1.244 0.646 -0.465 - - 3.2 2.88 17.8
1296 Nov 11 11:27 N 124 1.227 0.678 -0.434 - - 3.9 3.64 20.7
1314 Nov 22 19:30 N 124 1.214 0.701 -0.410 - - 4.6 4.42 22.9
1332 Dec 03 03:38 N 124 1.204 0.719 -0.391 - - 5.3 5.23 24.2
1350 Dec 14 11:50 N 124 1.197 0.732 -0.376 - - 6.1 6.05 24.6
1368 Dec 24 20:01 N 124 1.189 0.746 -0.360 - - 6.8 6.87 24.1
1387 Jan 05 04:12 N 124 1.180 0.760 -0.343 - - 7.5 7.67 22.6
1405 Jan 15 12:21 N 124 1.169 0.779 -0.320 - - 8.2 8.45 20.3
1423 Jan 26 20:26 N 124 1.154 0.804 -0.290 - - 8.9 9.21 17.3
1441 Feb 06 04:25 N 124 1.133 0.839 -0.250 - - 9.7 9.93 13.8
1459 Feb 17 12:20 N 124 1.108 0.882 -0.201 - - 10.4 10.63 9.8
1477 Feb 27 20:07 N 124 1.076 0.938 -0.139 - - 11.1 11.31 5.6
1495 Mar 11 03:46 N 124 1.037 1.006 -0.065 - - 11.8 11.97 1.2
1513 Mar 21 11:19 P 124 0.992 1.086 0.022 18m - 12.5 12.63 -3.1
1531 Apr 01 18:44 P 124 0.940 1.178 0.121 41m - 13.3 13.30 -7.3
1549 Apr 12 02:04 P 124 0.881 1.282 0.231 55m - 14.0 13.97 -11.2
1567 Apr 23 09:16 P 124 0.816 1.398 0.353 67m - 14.7 14.65 -14.7
1585 May 13 16:25 P 124 0.747 1.522 0.482 76m - 15.4 15.35 -17.8
1603 May 24 23:29 P 124 0.673 1.655 0.621 84m - 16.1 16.07 -20.2
1621 Jun 04 06:31 P 124 0.597 1.793 0.764 91m - 16.9 16.81 -21.9
1639 Jun 15 13:32 P 124 0.517 1.936 0.912 96m - 17.6 17.56 -22.9
1657 Jun 25 20:33 T 124 0.438 2.080 1.060 101m 19m 18.3 18.32 -23.0
1675 Jul 07 03:36 T 124 0.358 2.225 1.208 104m 34m 19.0 19.07 -22.3
1693 Jul 17 10:41 T 124 0.279 2.368 1.354 107m 42m 19.7 19.81 -20.8
1711 Jul 29 17:50 T- 124 0.203 2.507 1.495 109m 46m 20.4 20.54 -18.7
1729 Aug 09 01:05 T- 124 0.130 2.639 1.629 110m 49m 21.2 21.25 -15.9
1747 Aug 20 08:27 T- 124 0.063 2.763 1.754 110m 51m 21.9 21.93 -12.5
1765 Aug 30 15:55 T+ 124 -0.001 2.876 1.868 110m 51m 22.6 22.61 -8.8
1783 Sep 10 23:33 T+ 124 -0.057 2.772 1.765 109m 51m 23.3 23.27 -4.8
1801 Sep 22 07:19 T+ 124 -0.107 2.680 1.672 109m 49m 0.0 23.93 -0.6
1819 Oct 03 15:13 Tm 124 -0.151 2.600 1.592 108m 48m 0.8 0.59 3.7
1837 Oct 13 23:17 T+ 124 -0.188 2.532 1.524 107m 46m 1.5 1.26 7.8
1855 Oct 25 07:29 T+ 124 -0.218 2.478 1.470 106m 45m 2.2 1.95 11.8
1873 Nov 04 15:51 T+ 124 -0.241 2.436 1.427 105m 43m 2.9 2.67 15.3
1891 Nov 16 00:19 T+ 124 -0.259 2.402 1.393 104m 42m 3.7 3.41 18.4
1909 Nov 27 08:54 T+ 124 -0.271 2.380 1.371 104m 41m 4.4 4.17 20.8
1927 Dec 08 17:35 T 124 -0.280 2.364 1.356 103m 40m 5.1 4.96 22.4
1945 Dec 19 02:20 T 124 -0.284 2.355 1.348 103m 40m 5.8 5.77 23.1
1963 Dec 30 11:07 T 124 -0.289 2.346 1.340 102m 39m 6.5 6.58 22.9
1982 Jan 09 19:56 T 124 -0.292 2.340 1.337 102m 39m 7.3 7.39 21.8
2000 Jan 21 04:43 T 124 -0.296 2.331 1.330 102m 39m 8.0 8.17 19.8
2018 Jan 31 13:30 T 124 -0.301 2.320 1.321 102m 38m 8.7 8.93 17.0
2036 Feb 11 22:11 T 124 -0.311 2.300 1.305 101m 38m 9.4 9.67 13.6
2054 Feb 22 06:49 T 124 -0.324 2.275 1.283 101m 37m 10.2 10.38 9.8
2072 Mar 04 15:20 T 124 -0.343 2.238 1.250 100m 35m 10.9 11.07 5.6
2090 Mar 15 23:45 T 124 -0.367 2.191 1.207 99m 32m 11.6 11.74 1.3
2108 Mar 27 08:02 T 124 -0.398 2.133 1.153 98m 28m 12.3 12.41 -3.1
2126 Apr 07 16:13 T 124 -0.434 2.064 1.088 96m 22m 13.0 13.08 -7.3
2144 Apr 18 00:15 T 124 -0.478 1.982 1.009 94m 7m 13.8 13.75 -11.4
2162 Apr 29 08:11 P 124 -0.528 1.890 0.920 91m - 14.5 14.44 -15.1
2180 May 09 16:00 P 124 -0.584 1.785 0.819 87m - 15.2 15.15 -18.2
2198 May 20 23:43 P 124 -0.643 1.675 0.711 83m - 15.9 15.88 -20.9
2216 Jun 01 07:20 P 124 -0.709 1.552 0.590 77m - 16.7 16.62 -22.8
2234 Jun 12 14:54 P 124 -0.777 1.428 0.467 70m - 17.4 17.38 -23.9
2252 Jun 22 22:24 P 124 -0.849 1.295 0.335 60m - 18.1 18.14 -24.3
2270 Jul 04 05:53 P 124 -0.921 1.163 0.203 48m - 18.8 18.91 -23.8
2288 Jul 14 13:20 P 124 -0.995 1.027 0.067 28m - 19.5 19.66 -22.5
2306 Jul 26 20:49 N 124 -1.067 0.896 -0.066 - - 20.3 20.40 -20.4
2324 Aug 06 04:19 N 124 -1.139 0.765 -0.198 - - 21.0 21.11 -17.7
2342 Aug 17 11:51 N 124 -1.208 0.640 -0.326 - - 21.7 21.81 -14.5
2360 Aug 27 19:27 N 124 -1.274 0.520 -0.449 - - 22.4 22.48 -10.9
2378 Sep 08 03:08 N 124 -1.335 0.410 -0.562 - - 23.1 23.15 -6.9
2396 Sep 18 10:54 N 124 -1.391 0.308 -0.668 - - 23.9 23.80 -2.8
2414 Sep 29 18:47 N 124 -1.443 0.216 -0.764 - - 0.6 0.46 1.4
2432 Oct 10 02:46 N 124 -1.488 0.135 -0.850 - - 1.3 1.12 5.5
2450 Oct 21 10:52 N 124 -1.528 0.065 -0.925 - - 2.0 1.80 9.5
2468 Oct 31 19:05 Ne 124 -1.561 0.006 -0.988 - - 2.7 2.50 13.1
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Last revised: 1999 Jun 3 - F. Espenak