Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series

Saros Series 132

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 132 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 1492 May 12. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 2754 Jun 26. The total duration of Saros series 132 is 1262.11 years. In summary:

                      First Eclipse =  1492 May 12   06:21:14 TD
                       Last Eclipse =  2754 Jun 26   22:48:44 TD

                      Duration of Saros 132  =  1262.11 Years

Saros 132 is composed of 71 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 132
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 71100.0%
PenumbralN 27 38.0%
PartialP 32 45.1%
TotalT 12 16.9%

The 71 lunar eclipses in Saros 132 occur in the order of 8N 21P 12T 11P 19N which corresponds to:

                                     8  Penumbral
                                    21  Partial
                                    12  Total
                                    11  Partial
                                    19  Penumbral

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 132 are as follows.

            Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    2123 Jun 09      Duration = 01h46m06s
           Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    2015 Apr 04      Duration = 00h04m43s

            Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    2231 Aug 13      Duration = 03h26m53s
           Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    2411 Nov 30      Duration = 00h34m57s

          Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:    2429 Dec 11      Duration = 04h50m08s
         Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:    2754 Jun 26      Duration = 00h45m06s

The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 132 are:

            Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    2231 Aug 13      Magnitude = 0.9439
           Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    2411 Nov 30      Magnitude = 0.0205

Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 132 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 132

                          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  -35   1492 May 12  06:21:14    204  -6279   Nb  a-   1.5337  0.0347 -0.9474   52.0    -      -  
 02  -34   1510 May 23  13:38:07    185  -6056   N   h-   1.4701  0.1523 -0.8316  108.1    -      -  
 03  -33   1528 Jun 02  20:49:34    168  -5833   N   h-   1.4025  0.2775 -0.7088  144.9    -      -  
 04  -32   1546 Jun 14  03:57:38    153  -5610   N   h-   1.3329  0.4067 -0.5824  174.0    -      -  
 05  -31   1564 Jun 24  11:03:08    139  -5387   N   h-   1.2616  0.5393 -0.4534  198.6    -      -  
 06  -30   1582 Jul 05  18:08:00    127  -5164   N   t-   1.1903  0.6722 -0.3245  219.8    -      -  
 07  -29   1600 Jul 26  01:13:18    118  -4941   N   t-   1.1200  0.8035 -0.1978  238.3    -      -  
 08  -28   1618 Aug 06  08:19:44     96  -4718   N   t-   1.0513  0.9321 -0.0743  254.4    -      -  
 09  -27   1636 Aug 16  15:29:55     69  -4495   P   t-   0.9861  1.0545  0.0426  268.4   47.8    -  
 10  -26   1654 Aug 27  22:44:01     42  -4272   P   t-   0.9246  1.1704  0.1526  280.5   89.3    -  

 11  -25   1672 Sep 07  06:03:27     21  -4049   P   t-   0.8681  1.2770  0.2531  291.0  113.7    -  
 12  -24   1690 Sep 18  13:28:36      9  -3826   P   t-   0.8169  1.3742  0.3440  300.0  131.2    -  
 13  -23   1708 Sep 29  21:01:05      9  -3603   P   t-   0.7725  1.4590  0.4224  307.5  144.1    -  
 14  -22   1726 Oct 11  04:40:33     10  -3380   P   t-   0.7341  1.5326  0.4897  314.0  154.0    -  
 15  -21   1744 Oct 21  12:26:28     12  -3157   P   t-   0.7016  1.5954  0.5462  319.4  161.7    -  
 16  -20   1762 Nov 01  20:19:49     15  -2934   P   t-   0.6759  1.6455  0.5905  323.8  167.4    -  
 17  -19   1780 Nov 12  04:19:52     17  -2711   P   t-   0.6565  1.6839  0.6232  327.5  171.5    -  
 18  -18   1798 Nov 23  12:25:24     14  -2488   P   t-   0.6421  1.7128  0.6472  330.4  174.5    -  
 19  -17   1816 Dec 04  20:35:14     12  -2265   P   t-   0.6319  1.7338  0.6636  332.8  176.7    -  
 20  -16   1834 Dec 16  04:48:07      6  -2042   P   t-   0.6249  1.7487  0.6746  334.8  178.2    -  

 21  -15   1852 Dec 26  13:03:06      7  -1819   P   t-   0.6203  1.7588  0.6815  336.5  179.3    -  
 22  -14   1871 Jan 06  21:16:40     -0  -1596   P   t-   0.6154  1.7690  0.6893  338.0  180.5    -  
 23  -13   1889 Jan 17  05:29:39     -6  -1373   P   t-   0.6106  1.7788  0.6972  339.5  181.7    -  
 24  -12   1907 Jan 29  13:38:00      6  -1150   P   t-   0.6027  1.7936  0.7110  341.1  183.5    -  
 25  -11   1925 Feb 08  21:42:22     24   -927   P   t-   0.5921  1.8134  0.7304  342.9  185.7    -  
 26  -10   1943 Feb 20  05:38:23     26   -704   P   t-   0.5751  1.8444  0.7616  345.1  189.0    -  
 27  -09   1961 Mar 02  13:28:40     34   -481   P   t-   0.5540  1.8828  0.8006  347.6  192.9    -  
 28  -08   1979 Mar 13  21:08:52     50   -258   P   t-   0.5253  1.9350  0.8538  350.6  197.7    -  
 29  -07   1997 Mar 24  04:40:28     62    -35   P   t-   0.4899  1.9994  0.9195  353.9  203.1    -  
 30  -06   2015 Apr 04  12:01:24     69    188   T   t-   0.4460  2.0792  1.0008  357.5  209.0    4.7

 31  -05   2033 Apr 14  19:13:51     80    411   T   t-   0.3954  2.1711  1.0944  361.2  215.0   49.2
 32  -04   2051 Apr 26  02:16:28     96    634   T   p-   0.3371  2.2773  1.2022  364.8  220.8   69.6
 33  -03   2069 May 06  09:09:57    133    857   T+  pp   0.2717  2.3965  1.3229  368.1  226.2   84.3
 34  -02   2087 May 17  15:55:20    173   1080   T+  pp   0.1999  2.5276  1.4554  371.0  230.6   95.1
 35  -01   2105 May 28  22:34:06    215   1303   T+  pp   0.1227  2.6687  1.5976  373.1  233.9  102.3
 36   00   2123 Jun 09  05:06:28    259   1526   T+  pp   0.0406  2.8189  1.7487  374.3  235.7  106.1
 37   01   2141 Jun 19  11:34:51    305   1749   T-  pp  -0.0446  2.8112  1.7415  374.4  235.9  106.1
 38   02   2159 Jun 30  18:00:09    348   1972   T-  pp  -0.1322  2.6504  1.5809  373.4  234.1  102.0
 39   03   2177 Jul 11  00:25:23    388   2195   T-  pp  -0.2199  2.4896  1.4199  371.2  230.4   93.0
 40   04   2195 Jul 22  06:49:10    431   2418   T   pt  -0.3086  2.3271  1.2569  367.7  224.6   77.4


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 132

                          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   05   2213 Aug 02  13:16:20    475   2641   T   -t  -0.3946  2.1698  1.0987  363.1  216.8   50.6
 42   06   2231 Aug 13  19:45:54    521   2864   P   -t  -0.4786  2.0163  0.9439  357.4  206.9    -  
 43   07   2249 Aug 24  02:22:14    570   3087   P   -t  -0.5572  1.8728  0.7990  350.9  195.3    -  
 44   08   2267 Sep 04  09:02:59    620   3310   P   -t  -0.6322  1.7360  0.6605  343.6  181.7    -  
 45   09   2285 Sep 14  15:53:25    673   3533   P   -t  -0.6997  1.6132  0.5357  336.1  166.9    -  
 46   10   2303 Sep 26  22:50:54    727   3756   P   -t  -0.7615  1.5007  0.4212  328.4  150.5    -  
 47   11   2321 Oct 07  05:58:35    784   3979   P   -t  -0.8152  1.4033  0.3218  320.9  133.4    -  
 48   12   2339 Oct 18  13:14:22    843   4202   P   -t  -0.8625  1.3175  0.2339  313.8  115.1    -  
 49   13   2357 Oct 28  20:41:13    904   4425   P   -t  -0.9009  1.2478  0.1625  307.4   96.8    -  
 50   14   2375 Nov 09  04:16:34    966   4648   P   -t  -0.9330  1.1898  0.1030  301.8   77.6    -  

 51   15   2393 Nov 19  12:00:29   1031   4871   P   -t  -0.9583  1.1439  0.0560  297.0   57.5    -  
 52   16   2411 Nov 30  19:52:22   1098   5094   P   -t  -0.9774  1.1091  0.0205  293.1   34.9    -  
 53   17   2429 Dec 11  03:51:44   1168   5317   Nx  -t  -0.9904  1.0853 -0.0033  290.1    -      -  
 54   18   2447 Dec 22  11:56:10   1239   5540   Nx  -t  -1.0001  1.0673 -0.0207  287.7    -      -  
 55   19   2466 Jan 01  20:04:17   1312   5763   Nx  -t  -1.0070  1.0540 -0.0328  285.6    -      -  
 56   20   2484 Jan 13  04:14:53   1387   5986   Nx  -t  -1.0124  1.0430 -0.0418  283.8    -      -  
 57   21   2502 Jan 24  12:26:40   1465   6209   Nx  -t  -1.0173  1.0327 -0.0494  281.9    -      -  
 58   22   2520 Feb 04  20:36:27   1544   6432   Nx  -t  -1.0242  1.0184 -0.0603  279.5    -      -  
 59   23   2538 Feb 15  04:44:31   1626   6655   Nx  -t  -1.0329  1.0003 -0.0744  276.6    -      -  
 60   24   2556 Feb 26  12:48:08   1709   6878   N   -t  -1.0459  0.9742 -0.0959  272.7    -      -  

 61   25   2574 Mar 08  20:47:08   1795   7101   N   -t  -1.0631  0.9400 -0.1249  267.8    -      -  
 62   26   2592 Mar 19  04:38:54   1883   7324   N   -t  -1.0867  0.8938 -0.1655  261.3    -      -  
 63   27   2610 Mar 31  12:25:16   1973   7547   N   -t  -1.1153  0.8384 -0.2149  253.5    -      -  
 64   28   2628 Apr 10  20:04:00   2065   7770   N   -t  -1.1504  0.7709 -0.2764  243.7    -      -  
 65   29   2646 Apr 22  03:35:31   2159   7993   N   -t  -1.1920  0.6915 -0.3496  231.6    -      -  
 66   30   2664 May 02  11:00:10   2255   8216   N   -t  -1.2396  0.6009 -0.4340  216.8    -      -  
 67   31   2682 May 13  18:18:50   2353   8439   N   -t  -1.2927  0.5004 -0.5284  198.9    -      -  
 68   32   2700 May 25  01:32:20   2453   8662   N   -t  -1.3504  0.3916 -0.6315  176.9    -      -  
 69   33   2718 Jun 05  08:40:08   2555   8885   N   -t  -1.4132  0.2737 -0.7438  148.9    -      -  
 70   34   2736 Jun 15  15:45:49   2660   9108   N   -t  -1.4783  0.1516 -0.8608  111.5    -      -  

 71   35   2754 Jun 26  22:48:44   2766   9331   Ne  -t  -1.5463  0.0245 -0.9832   45.1    -      -  


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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