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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 129 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 1351 Jun 10. The series will end with a partial eclipse north of the Ecliptic on 2613 Jul 24. The total duration of Saros series 129 is 1262.11 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 1351 Jun 10 08:41:27 UT
Last Eclipse = 2613 Jul 24 00:35:52 UT
Duration of Saros 129 = 1262.11 Years
During Saros series 129, Earth experiences 71 lunar eclipses as follows:
All Eclipses = 71 = 100.0%
Penumbral (N) = 17 = 23.9%
Partial (P) = 43 = 60.6%
Total (T) = 11 = 15.5%
Umbral Eclipses = 54 = 76.1%
Central = 5 = 7.0%
Non-Central = 6 = 8.5%
Sequence of eclipses in Saros series 129: 9N 22P 11T 21P 8N
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 129 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2000 Jul 16 Duration = 01h47m01s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2090 Sep 08 Duration = 00h33m56s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1892 May 11 Duration = 03h26m59s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1513 Sep 15 Duration = 00h17m42s
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1892 May 11 Magnitude = 0.9603
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1513 Sep 15 Magnitude = 0.0058
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 129 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 129
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 °
1351 Jun 10 08:41 Nb 129 -1.547 0.035 -0.964 - - 17.7 17.72 -25.0
1369 Jun 20 15:53 N 129 -1.479 0.161 -0.840 - - 18.5 18.48 -24.8
1387 Jul 01 23:02 N 129 -1.409 0.290 -0.715 - - 19.2 19.24 -23.8
1405 Jul 12 06:13 N 129 -1.342 0.416 -0.594 - - 19.9 19.99 -22.0
1423 Jul 23 13:23 N 129 -1.275 0.542 -0.473 - - 20.6 20.72 -19.5
1441 Aug 02 20:39 N 129 -1.212 0.659 -0.361 - - 21.3 21.42 -16.4
1459 Aug 14 03:57 N 129 -1.153 0.772 -0.254 - - 22.1 22.11 -12.9
1477 Aug 24 11:21 N 129 -1.098 0.875 -0.158 - - 22.8 22.78 -8.9
1495 Sep 04 18:50 N 129 -1.048 0.969 -0.070 - - 23.5 23.44 -4.7
1513 Sep 15 02:26 P 129 -1.006 1.051 0.006 9m - 0.2 0.10 -0.4
1531 Sep 26 10:10 P 129 -0.969 1.121 0.069 30m - 0.9 0.76 3.9
1549 Oct 06 17:59 P 129 -0.938 1.181 0.122 40m - 1.7 1.43 8.1
1567 Oct 18 01:56 P 129 -0.915 1.228 0.163 47m - 2.4 2.13 12.0
1585 Nov 07 09:59 P 129 -0.896 1.264 0.194 51m - 3.1 2.84 15.5
1603 Nov 18 18:08 P 129 -0.883 1.290 0.215 53m - 3.8 3.59 18.5
1621 Nov 29 02:21 P 129 -0.874 1.310 0.229 55m - 4.5 4.36 20.7
1639 Dec 10 10:39 P 129 -0.869 1.321 0.236 56m - 5.3 5.15 22.2
1657 Dec 20 18:57 P 129 -0.866 1.329 0.240 57m - 6.0 5.96 22.7
1676 Jan 01 03:16 P 129 -0.863 1.335 0.244 57m - 6.7 6.76 22.3
1694 Jan 11 11:33 P 129 -0.860 1.343 0.250 58m - 7.4 7.56 20.9
1712 Jan 23 19:47 P 129 -0.854 1.354 0.259 59m - 8.1 8.34 18.8
1730 Feb 03 03:56 P 129 -0.845 1.371 0.275 61m - 8.9 9.09 15.9
1748 Feb 14 11:58 P 129 -0.831 1.397 0.300 64m - 9.6 9.81 12.4
1766 Feb 24 19:53 P 129 -0.811 1.433 0.337 67m - 10.3 10.51 8.6
1784 Mar 07 03:39 P 129 -0.786 1.480 0.384 71m - 11.0 11.20 4.4
1802 Mar 19 11:15 P 129 -0.752 1.542 0.447 76m - 11.8 11.87 0.1
1820 Mar 29 18:43 P 129 -0.711 1.616 0.522 82m - 12.5 12.53 -4.1
1838 Apr 10 01:59 P 129 -0.662 1.705 0.613 87m - 13.2 13.20 -8.3
1856 Apr 20 09:07 P 129 -0.607 1.806 0.715 93m - 13.9 13.87 -12.1
1874 May 01 16:03 P 129 -0.542 1.923 0.833 98m - 14.6 14.56 -15.6
1892 May 11 22:53 P 129 -0.473 2.050 0.960 103m - 15.3 15.27 -18.6
1910 May 24 05:34 T 129 -0.397 2.189 1.100 108m 25m 16.1 16.00 -20.9
1928 Jun 03 12:10 T 129 -0.317 2.335 1.247 112m 38m 16.8 16.74 -22.6
1946 Jun 14 18:39 T+ 129 -0.232 2.491 1.403 115m 46m 17.5 17.50 -23.5
1964 Jun 25 01:06 T+ 129 -0.146 2.650 1.561 117m 51m 18.2 18.25 -23.5
1982 Jul 06 07:31 Tm 129 -0.058 2.812 1.723 118m 53m 18.9 19.01 -22.8
2000 Jul 16 13:56 T- 129 0.030 2.864 1.773 118m 54m 19.6 19.75 -21.2
2018 Jul 27 20:21 T- 129 0.117 2.706 1.614 118m 52m 20.4 20.47 -19.0
2036 Aug 07 02:51 T- 129 0.200 2.553 1.459 116m 48m 21.1 21.18 -16.1
2054 Aug 18 09:24 T 129 0.280 2.407 1.311 114m 42m 21.8 21.86 -12.7
2072 Aug 28 16:03 T 129 0.356 2.269 1.171 110m 33m 22.5 22.53 -8.9
2090 Sep 08 22:49 T 129 0.425 2.143 1.043 107m 17m 23.2 23.18 -4.8
2108 Sep 20 05:43 P 129 0.488 2.030 0.926 103m - 24.0 23.83 -0.6
2126 Oct 01 12:45 P 129 0.544 1.928 0.822 99m - 0.7 0.49 3.7
2144 Oct 11 19:57 P 129 0.593 1.840 0.732 95m - 1.4 1.15 7.9
2162 Oct 23 03:18 P 129 0.634 1.766 0.655 91m - 2.1 1.84 11.9
2180 Nov 02 10:49 P 129 0.667 1.707 0.594 87m - 2.8 2.54 15.6
2198 Nov 13 18:27 P 129 0.694 1.657 0.543 84m - 3.5 3.28 18.8
2216 Nov 25 02:15 P 129 0.714 1.622 0.506 81m - 4.3 4.04 21.3
2234 Dec 06 10:09 P 129 0.730 1.593 0.476 79m - 5.0 4.83 23.1
2252 Dec 16 18:09 P 129 0.740 1.574 0.457 78m - 5.7 5.64 24.0
2270 Dec 28 02:12 P 129 0.749 1.557 0.442 76m - 6.4 6.45 23.9
2289 Jan 07 10:20 P 129 0.755 1.546 0.432 75m - 7.2 7.26 23.0
2307 Jan 19 18:27 P 129 0.761 1.533 0.421 75m - 7.9 8.05 21.1
2325 Jan 30 02:34 P 129 0.769 1.518 0.409 73m - 8.6 8.82 18.5
2343 Feb 10 10:38 P 129 0.779 1.497 0.391 72m - 9.3 9.56 15.2
2361 Feb 20 18:38 P 129 0.793 1.470 0.369 70m - 10.0 10.28 11.4
2379 Mar 04 02:33 P 129 0.812 1.433 0.337 67m - 10.8 10.97 7.4
2397 Mar 14 10:21 P 129 0.836 1.385 0.295 63m - 11.5 11.65 3.1
2415 Mar 25 18:02 P 129 0.866 1.326 0.241 57m - 12.2 12.32 -1.2
2433 Apr 05 01:38 P 129 0.903 1.257 0.178 49m - 12.9 12.99 -5.4
2451 Apr 16 09:04 P 129 0.947 1.173 0.100 37m - 13.6 13.67 -9.4
2469 Apr 26 16:24 P 129 0.996 1.080 0.013 14m - 14.4 14.35 -13.0
2487 May 07 23:37 N 129 1.051 0.975 -0.086 - - 15.1 15.05 -16.2
2505 May 19 06:46 N 129 1.111 0.863 -0.192 - - 15.8 15.77 -18.8
2523 May 30 13:48 N 129 1.176 0.740 -0.309 - - 16.5 16.51 -20.7
2541 Jun 09 20:48 N 129 1.244 0.614 -0.430 - - 17.2 17.26 -21.8
2559 Jun 21 03:45 N 129 1.314 0.481 -0.557 - - 18.0 18.01 -22.1
2577 Jul 01 10:42 N 129 1.385 0.348 -0.686 - - 18.7 18.76 -21.6
2595 Jul 12 17:37 N 129 1.458 0.213 -0.817 - - 19.4 19.50 -20.4
2613 Jul 24 00:36 Ne 129 1.529 0.082 -0.945 - - 20.1 20.23 -18.3
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Last revised: 1999 Jun 3 - F. Espenak