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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 148 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 1973 Jul 15. The series will end with a partial eclipse south of the Ecliptic on 3235 Aug 20. The total duration of Saros series 148 is 1262.11 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 1973 Jul 15 11:38:31 UT
Last Eclipse = 3235 Aug 20 15:26:20 UT
Duration of Saros 148 = 1262.11 Years
During Saros series 148, Earth experiences 71 lunar eclipses as follows:
All Eclipses = 71 = 100.0%
Penumbral (N) = 16 = 22.5%
Partial (P) = 43 = 60.6%
Total (T) = 12 = 16.9%
Umbral Eclipses = 55 = 77.5%
Central = 5 = 7.0%
Non-Central = 7 = 9.9%
Sequence of eclipses in Saros series 148: 8N 20P 12T 23P 8N
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 148 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2568 Jul 10 Duration = 01h45m07s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2676 Sep 14 Duration = 00h29m02s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2460 May 05 Duration = 03h26m40s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 3091 May 25 Duration = 00h23m47s
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2460 May 05 Magnitude = 0.9988
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 3091 May 25 Magnitude = 0.0117
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 148 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 148
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 °
1973 Jul 15 11:39 Nb 148 1.518 0.130 -0.954 - - 19.5 19.62 -20.2
1991 Jul 26 18:08 N 148 1.437 0.280 -0.807 - - 20.3 20.34 -18.2
2009 Aug 06 00:39 N 148 1.357 0.428 -0.662 - - 21.0 21.05 -15.6
2027 Aug 17 07:13 N 148 1.280 0.571 -0.521 - - 21.7 21.73 -12.4
2045 Aug 27 13:53 N 148 1.206 0.708 -0.388 - - 22.4 22.40 -8.8
2063 Sep 07 20:39 N 148 1.138 0.836 -0.264 - - 23.1 23.06 -4.9
2081 Sep 18 03:32 N 148 1.075 0.953 -0.150 - - 23.8 23.72 -0.8
2099 Sep 29 10:33 N 148 1.018 1.060 -0.047 - - 0.6 0.38 3.4
2117 Oct 10 17:43 P 148 0.968 1.153 0.043 25m - 1.3 1.04 7.6
2135 Oct 22 01:01 P 148 0.924 1.234 0.120 42m - 2.0 1.72 11.6
2153 Nov 01 08:29 P 148 0.888 1.302 0.185 52m - 2.7 2.43 15.3
2171 Nov 12 16:04 P 148 0.859 1.358 0.238 58m - 3.4 3.16 18.5
2189 Nov 22 23:47 P 148 0.835 1.402 0.280 63m - 4.2 3.92 21.1
2207 Dec 05 07:38 P 148 0.817 1.436 0.312 66m - 4.9 4.71 23.0
2225 Dec 15 15:33 P 148 0.803 1.463 0.338 69m - 5.6 5.51 24.0
2243 Dec 26 23:33 P 148 0.793 1.482 0.357 70m - 6.3 6.32 24.0
2262 Jan 06 07:35 P 148 0.784 1.498 0.374 72m - 7.0 7.14 23.2
2280 Jan 17 15:39 P 148 0.775 1.513 0.390 73m - 7.8 7.93 21.4
2298 Jan 27 23:40 P 148 0.764 1.532 0.411 74m - 8.5 8.70 18.9
2316 Feb 09 07:40 P 148 0.753 1.552 0.434 76m - 9.2 9.45 15.7
2334 Feb 19 15:35 P 148 0.737 1.579 0.465 78m - 9.9 10.17 12.0
2352 Mar 01 23:25 P 148 0.716 1.615 0.505 81m - 10.7 10.86 7.9
2370 Mar 13 07:07 P 148 0.689 1.663 0.557 84m - 11.4 11.54 3.6
2388 Mar 23 14:44 P 148 0.656 1.720 0.620 88m - 12.1 12.21 -0.7
2406 Apr 03 22:12 P 148 0.616 1.791 0.696 92m - 12.8 12.88 -5.0
2424 Apr 14 05:32 P 148 0.569 1.874 0.785 96m - 13.5 13.55 -9.1
2442 Apr 25 12:45 P 148 0.515 1.970 0.886 100m - 14.3 14.23 -12.9
2460 May 05 19:52 P 148 0.455 2.077 0.999 103m - 15.0 14.93 -16.3
2478 May 17 02:51 T 148 0.389 2.196 1.124 107m 28m 15.7 15.65 -19.1
2496 May 27 09:46 T 148 0.318 2.324 1.257 110m 38m 16.4 16.38 -21.2
2514 Jun 08 16:37 T- 148 0.242 2.461 1.399 112m 45m 17.1 17.13 -22.6
2532 Jun 18 23:26 T- 148 0.164 2.602 1.544 114m 49m 17.8 17.89 -23.2
2550 Jun 30 06:11 T- 148 0.082 2.750 1.697 114m 52m 18.6 18.64 -23.0
2568 Jul 10 12:59 T- 148 0.000 2.898 1.848 115m 53m 19.3 19.39 -22.0
2586 Jul 21 19:47 T+ 148 -0.082 2.746 1.700 114m 52m 20.0 20.13 -20.2
2604 Aug 02 02:39 Tm 148 -0.161 2.599 1.556 112m 49m 20.7 20.85 -17.8
2622 Aug 13 09:33 T+ 148 -0.240 2.454 1.412 110m 45m 21.4 21.54 -14.8
2640 Aug 23 16:35 T 148 -0.313 2.319 1.279 108m 39m 22.2 22.22 -11.3
2658 Sep 03 23:41 T 148 -0.383 2.189 1.151 104m 29m 22.9 22.89 -7.5
2676 Sep 14 06:56 T 148 -0.447 2.071 1.034 101m 15m 23.6 23.54 -3.4
2694 Sep 25 14:19 P 148 -0.506 1.964 0.927 97m - 0.3 0.19 0.7
2712 Oct 06 21:51 P 148 -0.556 1.870 0.834 93m - 1.0 0.85 4.9
2730 Oct 18 05:33 P 148 -0.601 1.789 0.753 90m - 1.8 1.52 8.9
2748 Oct 28 13:23 P 148 -0.638 1.720 0.684 86m - 2.5 2.22 12.7
2766 Nov 08 21:23 P 148 -0.669 1.664 0.629 83m - 3.2 2.93 16.0
2784 Nov 19 05:32 P 148 -0.693 1.620 0.585 80m - 3.9 3.67 18.8
2802 Nov 30 13:49 P 148 -0.710 1.587 0.553 78m - 4.6 4.44 20.9
2820 Dec 10 22:13 P 148 -0.723 1.563 0.529 77m - 5.4 5.23 22.2
2838 Dec 22 06:44 P 148 -0.732 1.547 0.515 76m - 6.1 6.03 22.6
2857 Jan 01 15:19 P 148 -0.737 1.537 0.506 75m - 6.8 6.84 22.1
2875 Jan 12 23:56 P 148 -0.740 1.529 0.500 74m - 7.5 7.63 20.7
2893 Jan 23 08:35 P 148 -0.743 1.523 0.497 74m - 8.2 8.41 18.4
2911 Feb 04 17:14 P 148 -0.746 1.515 0.493 74m - 9.0 9.16 15.5
2929 Feb 15 01:51 P 148 -0.752 1.504 0.485 73m - 9.7 9.89 12.0
2947 Feb 26 10:25 P 148 -0.761 1.485 0.470 72m - 10.4 10.59 8.0
2965 Mar 08 18:54 P 148 -0.773 1.460 0.449 70m - 11.1 11.28 3.8
2983 Mar 20 03:18 P 148 -0.790 1.426 0.420 68m - 11.9 11.96 -0.6
3001 Mar 31 11:36 P 148 -0.814 1.380 0.379 65m - 12.6 12.63 -4.9
3019 Apr 11 19:47 P 148 -0.843 1.324 0.328 61m - 13.3 13.31 -9.1
3037 Apr 22 03:50 P 148 -0.879 1.256 0.265 55m - 14.0 13.99 -13.1
3055 May 03 11:48 P 148 -0.920 1.178 0.192 47m - 14.7 14.70 -16.6
3073 May 13 19:38 P 148 -0.968 1.087 0.106 35m - 15.5 15.42 -19.6
3091 May 25 03:23 P 148 -1.021 0.989 0.012 12m - 16.2 16.16 -21.9
3109 Jun 05 11:03 N 148 -1.079 0.880 -0.093 - - 16.9 16.92 -23.6
3127 Jun 16 18:37 N 148 -1.141 0.764 -0.205 - - 17.6 17.69 -24.4
3145 Jun 27 02:08 N 148 -1.207 0.642 -0.325 - - 18.3 18.46 -24.4
3163 Jul 08 09:36 N 148 -1.274 0.517 -0.448 - - 19.1 19.22 -23.5
3181 Jul 18 17:03 N 148 -1.344 0.389 -0.574 - - 19.8 19.97 -21.9
3199 Jul 30 00:30 N 148 -1.414 0.260 -0.701 - - 20.5 20.70 -19.6
3217 Aug 09 07:57 N 148 -1.483 0.134 -0.828 - - 21.2 21.40 -16.7
3235 Aug 20 15:26 Ne 148 -1.550 0.010 -0.952 - - 21.9 22.09 -13.3
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