Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series

Saros Series 130

The periodicity and recurrence of lunar (and solar) 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 two eclipses occur at the same node[1] 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 15 centuries and contains 70 or more lunar eclipses.

Lunar eclipses of Saros 130 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series began with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on 1416 Jun 10. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 2678 Jul 26. The total duration of Saros series 130 is 1262.11 years. In summary:

                      First Eclipse =  1416 Jun 10   11:56:50 TD
                       Last Eclipse =  2678 Jul 26   05:42:41 TD

                      Duration of Saros 130  =  1262.11 Years

Saros 130 is composed of 71 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 130
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 71100.0%
PenumbralN 15 21.1%
PartialP 42 59.2%
TotalT 14 19.7%

The 71 lunar eclipses in Saros 130 occur in the order of 8N 20P 14T 22P 7N which corresponds to:

                                     8  Penumbral
                                    20  Partial
                                    14  Total
                                    22  Partial
                                     7  Penumbral

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 130 are as follows.

            Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    2029 Jun 26      Duration = 01h41m53s
           Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    2155 Sep 11      Duration = 00h02m36s

            Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    1903 Apr 12      Duration = 03h16m31s
           Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    2552 May 10      Duration = 00h50m55s

          Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:    1542 Aug 25      Duration = 04h45m48s
         Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:    1416 Jun 10      Duration = 00h48m04s

The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 130 are:

            Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    1903 Apr 12      Magnitude = 0.9677
           Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    2552 May 10      Magnitude = 0.0554

Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 130 are presented in the following catalog. For eclipses occurring between the years -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE), the sequence number in the first column links to a eclipse geometry diagram and a map from Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000. A detailed key and additional information about the catalog can be found at: Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series.



Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 130

                          TD of                                                          Phase
Seq. Rel.    Calendar   Greatest          Luna  Ecl.               Pen.    Um.    ---- Durations ---- 
Num. Num.      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Type QSE  Gamma    Mag.    Mag.    Pen.   Par.  Total
                                      s                                              m      m      m

 01  -34   1416 Jun 10  11:56:50    295  -7218   Nb  t-   1.5632  0.0240 -1.0441   48.1    -      -  
 02  -33   1434 Jun 21  18:20:00    271  -6995   N   t-   1.4767  0.1822 -0.8850  130.6    -      -  
 03  -32   1452 Jul 02  00:45:25    249  -6772   N   t-   1.3910  0.3392 -0.7275  175.5    -      -  
 04  -31   1470 Jul 13  07:13:12    228  -6549   N   t-   1.3060  0.4950 -0.5715  208.7    -      -  
 05  -30   1488 Jul 23  13:46:42    208  -6326   N   t-   1.2247  0.6444 -0.4223  234.4    -      -  
 06  -29   1506 Aug 03  20:24:30    189  -6103   N   t-   1.1456  0.7897 -0.2776  255.4    -      -  
 07  -28   1524 Aug 14  03:11:11    172  -5880   N   t-   1.0728  0.9238 -0.1443  272.1    -      -  
 08  -27   1542 Aug 25  10:04:53    156  -5657   Nx  t-   1.0046  1.0495 -0.0196  285.8    -      -  
 09  -26   1560 Sep 04  17:08:50    142  -5434   P   t-   0.9440  1.1611  0.0910  296.6   72.8    -  
 10  -25   1578 Sep 16  00:21:28    130  -5211   P   t-   0.8897  1.2613  0.1901  305.2  103.5    -  

 11  -24   1596 Oct 06  07:45:10    120  -4988   P   t-   0.8436  1.3466  0.2743  311.8  122.6    -  
 12  -23   1614 Oct 17  15:18:17    101  -4765   P   t-   0.8043  1.4191  0.3458  316.8  135.9    -  
 13  -22   1632 Oct 27  23:00:32     75  -4542   P   t-   0.7718  1.4790  0.4051  320.5  145.4    -  
 14  -21   1650 Nov 08  06:52:25     48  -4319   P   t-   0.7464  1.5257  0.4515  323.1  152.0    -  
 15  -20   1668 Nov 18  14:52:18     25  -4096   P   h-   0.7274  1.5606  0.4865  324.6  156.6    -  
 16  -19   1686 Nov 29  22:59:47     10  -3873   P   h-   0.7134  1.5860  0.5126  325.4  159.7    -  
 17  -18   1704 Dec 11  07:11:30      9  -3650   P   a-   0.7023  1.6057  0.5336  325.7  162.0    -  
 18  -17   1722 Dec 22  15:28:30     10  -3427   P   a-   0.6947  1.6187  0.5485  325.5  163.4    -  
 19  -16   1741 Jan 01  23:47:06     12  -3204   P   a-   0.6880  1.6297  0.5621  325.1  164.6    -  
 20  -15   1759 Jan 13  08:06:35     14  -2981   P   a-   0.6812  1.6404  0.5762  324.6  165.9    -  

 21  -14   1777 Jan 23  16:24:09     17  -2758   P   a-   0.6723  1.6547  0.5944  324.3  167.5    -  
 22  -13   1795 Feb 04  00:39:45     15  -2535   P   a-   0.6610  1.6732  0.6175  324.1  169.7    -  
 23  -12   1813 Feb 15  08:50:46     12  -2312   P   a-   0.6453  1.6993  0.6488  324.2  172.5    -  
 24  -11   1831 Feb 26  16:56:21      7  -2089   P   a-   0.6246  1.7346  0.6897  324.7  176.2    -  
 25  -10   1849 Mar 09  00:55:49      7  -1866   P   a-   0.5980  1.7804  0.7414  325.6  180.6    -  
 26  -09   1867 Mar 20  08:49:01      4  -1643   P   a-   0.5656  1.8366  0.8038  326.8  185.5    -  
 27  -08   1885 Mar 30  16:34:07     -6  -1420   P   a-   0.5257  1.9066  0.8802  328.4  191.0    -  
 28  -07   1903 Apr 12  00:12:59      2  -1197   P   a-   0.4798  1.9877  0.9677  330.1  196.5    -  
 29  -06   1921 Apr 22  07:44:39     22   -974   T   a-   0.4269  2.0816  1.0678  331.9  202.0   40.1
 30  -05   1939 May 03  15:11:43     24   -751   T   a-   0.3693  2.1842  1.1765  333.5  207.1   62.4

 31  -04   1957 May 13  22:31:28     32   -528   T   a-   0.3045  2.3001  1.2982  335.0  211.6   77.6
 32  -03   1975 May 25  05:48:47     46   -305   T+  p-   0.2367  2.4218  1.4253  335.9  215.2   88.3
 33  -02   1993 Jun 04  13:01:26     59    -82   T+  p-   0.1638  2.5532  1.5617  336.3  217.8   95.8
 34  -01   2011 Jun 15  20:13:43     67    141   T+  pp   0.0897  2.6868  1.6999  336.1  219.3  100.2
 35   00   2029 Jun 26  03:23:22     77    364   T+  pp   0.0124  2.8266  1.8436  335.1  219.5  101.9
 36   01   2047 Jul 07  10:35:45     91    587   T-  pp  -0.0636  2.7310  1.7513  333.4  218.5  100.8
 37   02   2065 Jul 17  17:48:40    125    810   T-  pp  -0.1402  2.5890  1.6121  331.0  216.3   97.0
 38   03   2083 Jul 29  01:05:34    165   1033   T-  pp  -0.2143  2.4520  1.4773  328.0  212.9   90.4
 39   04   2101 Aug 09  08:25:33    206   1256   T   -p  -0.2864  2.3189  1.3458  324.4  208.4   80.7
 40   05   2119 Aug 20  15:51:55    250   1479   T   -p  -0.3538  2.1946  1.2227  320.3  203.1   67.3


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 130

                          TD of                                                          Phase
Seq. Rel.    Calendar   Greatest          Luna  Ecl.               Pen.    Um.    ---- Durations ---- 
Num. Num.      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Type QSE  Gamma    Mag.    Mag.    Pen.   Par.  Total
                                      s                                              m      m      m

 41   06   2137 Aug 30  23:24:05    296   1702   T   -p  -0.4171  2.0782  1.1069  315.9  197.1   48.3
 42   07   2155 Sep 11  07:03:11    340   1925   T   -a  -0.4752  1.9715  1.0003  311.4  190.7    2.6
 43   08   2173 Sep 21  14:50:18    380   2148   P   -a  -0.5272  1.8761  0.9047  306.9  184.0    -  
 44   09   2191 Oct 02  22:45:48    422   2371   P   -a  -0.5729  1.7925  0.8206  302.6  177.4    -  
 45   10   2209 Oct 14  06:49:53    465   2594   P   -a  -0.6119  1.7214  0.7487  298.6  171.1    -  
 46   11   2227 Oct 25  15:02:23    511   2817   P   -a  -0.6444  1.6621  0.6886  295.1  165.4    -  
 47   12   2245 Nov 04  23:23:16    559   3040   P   -a  -0.6707  1.6143  0.6399  292.0  160.4    -  
 48   13   2263 Nov 16  07:52:13    609   3263   P   -a  -0.6908  1.5778  0.6027  289.5  156.3    -  
 49   14   2281 Nov 26  16:27:11    661   3486   P   -a  -0.7064  1.5494  0.5737  287.5  153.0    -  
 50   15   2299 Dec 08  01:09:08    716   3709   P   -a  -0.7167  1.5307  0.5547  286.0  150.6    -  

 51   16   2317 Dec 19  09:55:14    772   3932   P   -a  -0.7237  1.5180  0.5419  284.9  149.0    -  
 52   17   2335 Dec 30  18:45:24    830   4155   P   -a  -0.7278  1.5101  0.5345  284.0  148.0    -  
 53   18   2354 Jan 10  03:35:57    891   4378   P   -a  -0.7321  1.5020  0.5271  283.2  147.0    -  
 54   19   2372 Jan 21  12:27:44    953   4601   P   -a  -0.7353  1.4953  0.5218  282.4  146.2    -  
 55   20   2390 Jan 31  21:17:34   1018   4824   P   -a  -0.7404  1.4853  0.5133  281.5  145.1    -  
 56   21   2408 Feb 12  06:04:35   1084   5047   P   -a  -0.7479  1.4704  0.5006  280.2  143.5    -  
 57   22   2426 Feb 22  14:46:52   1153   5270   P   -a  -0.7594  1.4481  0.4805  278.5  140.9    -  
 58   23   2444 Mar 04  23:24:12   1224   5493   P   -a  -0.7754  1.4175  0.4526  276.3  137.3    -  
 59   24   2462 Mar 16  07:55:14   1296   5716   P   -a  -0.7966  1.3771  0.4150  273.3  132.2    -  
 60   25   2480 Mar 26  16:18:42   1371   5939   P   -a  -0.8242  1.3251  0.3659  269.5  125.1    -  

 61   26   2498 Apr 07  00:35:16   1448   6162   P   -a  -0.8576  1.2623  0.3058  264.8  115.3    -  
 62   27   2516 Apr 18  08:44:26   1527   6385   P   -a  -0.8975  1.1879  0.2341  258.9  102.0    -  
 63   28   2534 Apr 29  16:45:47   1608   6608   P   -a  -0.9439  1.1015  0.1502  251.6   82.7    -  
 64   29   2552 May 10  00:40:14   1692   6831   P   -a  -0.9961  1.0046  0.0554  242.8   50.9    -  
 65   30   2570 May 21  08:28:02   1777   7054   N   -a  -1.0538  0.8977 -0.0497  232.2    -      -  
 66   31   2588 May 31  16:10:46   1864   7277   N   -a  -1.1157  0.7836 -0.1626  219.7    -      -  
 67   32   2606 Jun 12  23:46:43   1954   7500   N   -a  -1.1830  0.6597 -0.2858  204.3    -      -  
 68   33   2624 Jun 23  07:19:46   2045   7723   N   -a  -1.2525  0.5322 -0.4131  186.0    -      -  
 69   34   2642 Jul 04  14:48:51   2139   7946   N   -a  -1.3251  0.3991 -0.5466  163.4    -      -  
 70   35   2660 Jul 14  22:16:53   2234   8169   N   -a  -1.3979  0.2661 -0.6807  135.3    -      -  

 71   36   2678 Jul 26  05:42:41   2332   8392   N   -a  -1.4721  0.1308 -0.8178   96.2    -      -  


Footnotes

[1] The Moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to Earth's orbit around the Sun. The points where the lunar orbit intersects the plane of Earth's orbit are known as the nodes. The Moon moves from south to north of Earth's orbit at the ascending node, and from north to south at the descending node.

[2]Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth's shadow.


Calendar

The Gregorian calendar is used for all dates from 1582 Oct 15 onwards. Before that date, the Julian calendar is used. For more information on this topic, see Calendar Dates. The Julian calendar does not include the year 0. Thus the year 1 BCE is followed by the year 1 CE (See: BCE/CE Dating Conventions ). This is awkward for arithmetic calculations. Years in this catalog are numbered astronomically and include the year 0. Historians should note there is a difference of one year between astronomical dates and BCE dates. Thus, the astronomical year 0 corresponds to 1 BCE, and astronomical year -1 corresponds to 2 BCE, etc..


Predictions

The coordinates of the Sun used in these predictions are based on the VSOP87 theory [Bretagnon and Francou, 1988]. The Moon's coordinates are based on the ELP-2000/82 theory [Chapront-Touze and Chapront, 1983]. For more information, see: Solar and Lunar Ephemerides. The revised value used for the Moon's secular acceleration is n-dot = -25.858 arc-sec/cy*cy, as deduced from the Apollo lunar laser ranging experiment (Chapront, Chapront-Touze, and Francou, 2002).

The largest uncertainty in the eclipse predictions is caused by fluctuations in Earth's rotation due primarily to tidal friction of the Moon. The resultant drift in apparent clock time is expressed as ΔT and is determined as follows:

  1. pre-1950's: ΔT calculated from empirical fits to historical records derived by Morrison and Stephenson (2004)
  2. 1955-present: ΔT obtained from published observations
  3. future: ΔT is extrapolated from current values weighted by the long term trend from tidal effects

A series of polynomial expressions have been derived to simplify the evaluation of ΔT for any time from -1999 to +3000. The uncertainty in ΔT over this period can be estimated from scatter in the measurements.


Acknowledgments

The Besselian elements used in the predictions were kindly provided by Jean Meeus. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data originally published in Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000.

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)"


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