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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 150 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series will begin with a partial eclipse north of the Ecliptic on 2013 May 25. The series will end with a partial eclipse south of the Ecliptic on 3275 Jun 30. The total duration of Saros series 150 is 1262.11 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 2013 May 25 04:09:51 UT
Last Eclipse = 3275 Jun 30 03:29:05 UT
Duration of Saros 150 = 1262.11 Years
During Saros series 150, Earth experiences 71 lunar eclipses as follows:
All Eclipses = 71 = 100.0%
Penumbral (N) = 20 = 28.2%
Partial (P) = 39 = 54.9%
Total (T) = 12 = 16.9%
Umbral Eclipses = 51 = 71.8%
Central = 5 = 7.0%
Non-Central = 7 = 9.9%
Sequence of eclipses in Saros series 150: 8N 23P 12T 16P 12N
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 150 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2680 Jul 04 Duration = 01h45m53s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2770 Aug 28 Duration = 00h32m16s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2554 Apr 19 Duration = 03h22m03s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 3059 Feb 19 Duration = 00h16m57s
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2554 Apr 19 Magnitude = 0.9969
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 3059 Feb 19 Magnitude = 0.0047
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 150 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 150
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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 °
2013 May 25 04:10 Nb 150 1.535 0.040 -0.928 - - 16.2 16.15 -19.4
2031 Jun 05 11:44 N 150 1.473 0.154 -0.814 - - 16.9 16.89 -21.1
2049 Jun 15 19:12 N 150 1.407 0.276 -0.693 - - 17.6 17.64 -21.9
2067 Jun 27 02:38 N 150 1.340 0.400 -0.570 - - 18.4 18.39 -22.0
2085 Jul 07 10:01 N 150 1.270 0.529 -0.442 - - 19.1 19.14 -21.2
2103 Jul 19 17:25 N 150 1.200 0.657 -0.317 - - 19.8 19.88 -19.7
2121 Jul 30 00:48 N 150 1.132 0.785 -0.192 - - 20.5 20.60 -17.5
2139 Aug 10 08:13 N 150 1.064 0.911 -0.069 - - 21.2 21.30 -14.6
2157 Aug 20 15:41 P 150 1.000 1.032 0.047 24m - 22.0 21.98 -11.3
2175 Aug 31 23:13 P 150 0.939 1.145 0.156 43m - 22.7 22.65 -7.5
2193 Sep 11 06:50 P 150 0.883 1.250 0.255 55m - 23.4 23.31 -3.5
2211 Sep 23 14:32 P 150 0.832 1.347 0.347 63m - 0.1 23.96 0.7
2229 Oct 03 22:21 P 150 0.787 1.432 0.427 69m - 0.8 0.62 4.9
2247 Oct 15 06:16 P 150 0.747 1.508 0.496 74m - 1.6 1.30 9.0
2265 Oct 25 14:19 P 150 0.715 1.570 0.553 78m - 2.3 1.99 12.9
2283 Nov 05 22:28 P 150 0.688 1.622 0.599 80m - 3.0 2.70 16.4
2301 Nov 17 06:44 P 150 0.668 1.662 0.633 82m - 3.7 3.44 19.4
2319 Nov 28 15:06 P 150 0.653 1.692 0.658 84m - 4.4 4.21 21.8
2337 Dec 08 23:32 P 150 0.643 1.714 0.675 85m - 5.2 5.01 23.3
2355 Dec 20 08:02 P 150 0.636 1.728 0.685 86m - 5.9 5.82 24.0
2373 Dec 30 16:35 P 150 0.633 1.736 0.689 86m - 6.6 6.63 23.7
2392 Jan 11 01:07 P 150 0.630 1.743 0.693 87m - 7.3 7.44 22.5
2410 Jan 21 09:39 P 150 0.627 1.750 0.697 87m - 8.1 8.23 20.5
2428 Feb 01 18:08 P 150 0.622 1.760 0.704 88m - 8.8 8.99 17.7
2446 Feb 12 02:33 P 150 0.616 1.772 0.715 88m - 9.5 9.73 14.2
2464 Feb 23 10:51 P 150 0.605 1.793 0.735 90m - 10.2 10.44 10.4
2482 Mar 05 19:04 P 150 0.590 1.821 0.762 91m - 10.9 11.13 6.2
2500 Mar 17 03:07 P 150 0.567 1.863 0.804 93m - 11.7 11.80 1.8
2518 Mar 28 11:03 P 150 0.540 1.913 0.854 95m - 12.4 12.47 -2.5
2536 Apr 07 18:47 P 150 0.503 1.980 0.921 98m - 13.1 13.14 -6.7
2554 Apr 19 02:24 P 150 0.462 2.056 0.997 101m - 13.8 13.82 -10.8
2572 Apr 29 09:49 T 150 0.411 2.149 1.089 104m 23m 14.5 14.51 -14.4
2590 May 10 17:06 T 150 0.355 2.253 1.193 107m 33m 15.3 15.22 -17.5
2608 May 22 00:13 T 150 0.290 2.371 1.311 110m 41m 16.0 15.94 -20.1
2626 Jun 02 07:13 T- 150 0.221 2.499 1.438 112m 46m 16.7 16.69 -21.9
2644 Jun 12 14:06 Tm 150 0.146 2.637 1.574 114m 50m 17.4 17.44 -23.0
2662 Jun 23 20:52 T- 150 0.067 2.783 1.719 115m 52m 18.1 18.20 -23.3
2680 Jul 04 03:33 T+ 150 -0.015 2.878 1.812 116m 53m 18.9 18.95 -22.7
2698 Jul 15 10:11 T+ 150 -0.100 2.725 1.656 116m 52m 19.6 19.70 -21.4
2716 Jul 26 16:48 T+ 150 -0.185 2.570 1.499 115m 49m 20.3 20.43 -19.3
2734 Aug 06 23:23 T+ 150 -0.270 2.416 1.341 112m 43m 21.0 21.13 -16.7
2752 Aug 17 06:00 T 150 -0.353 2.266 1.187 109m 34m 21.7 21.82 -13.5
2770 Aug 28 12:41 T 150 -0.432 2.122 1.039 106m 16m 22.4 22.49 -9.8
2788 Sep 07 19:24 P 150 -0.509 1.983 0.896 101m - 23.2 23.15 -5.9
2806 Sep 19 02:13 P 150 -0.580 1.855 0.764 95m - 23.9 23.80 -1.8
2824 Sep 29 09:09 P 150 -0.645 1.737 0.641 89m - 0.6 0.46 2.3
2842 Oct 10 16:12 P 150 -0.704 1.633 0.532 83m - 1.3 1.12 6.4
2860 Oct 20 23:22 P 150 -0.756 1.538 0.433 76m - 2.0 1.79 10.3
2878 Nov 01 06:42 P 150 -0.801 1.459 0.349 69m - 2.7 2.49 13.9
2896 Nov 11 14:08 P 150 -0.840 1.390 0.276 62m - 3.5 3.21 17.0
2914 Nov 23 21:42 P 150 -0.871 1.335 0.217 56m - 4.2 3.96 19.6
2932 Dec 04 05:24 P 150 -0.896 1.290 0.169 50m - 4.9 4.74 21.4
2950 Dec 15 13:12 P 150 -0.915 1.256 0.132 44m - 5.6 5.53 22.3
2968 Dec 25 21:05 P 150 -0.930 1.230 0.104 39m - 6.4 6.33 22.4
2987 Jan 06 05:01 P 150 -0.943 1.207 0.080 35m - 7.1 7.13 21.5
3005 Jan 17 13:00 P 150 -0.953 1.190 0.062 31m - 7.8 7.92 19.8
3023 Jan 28 21:00 P 150 -0.962 1.173 0.046 26m - 8.5 8.68 17.3
3041 Feb 08 04:58 P 150 -0.972 1.154 0.028 21m - 9.2 9.42 14.1
3059 Feb 19 12:53 P 150 -0.985 1.130 0.005 8m - 10.0 10.14 10.5
3077 Mar 01 20:44 N 150 -1.000 1.100 -0.023 - - 10.7 10.84 6.4
3095 Mar 13 04:30 N 150 -1.020 1.062 -0.058 - - 11.4 11.52 2.1
3113 Mar 24 12:09 N 150 -1.046 1.012 -0.103 - - 12.1 12.19 -2.3
3131 Apr 04 19:41 N 150 -1.078 0.952 -0.159 - - 12.8 12.86 -6.6
3149 Apr 15 03:04 N 150 -1.116 0.880 -0.228 - - 13.6 13.54 -10.7
3167 Apr 26 10:20 N 150 -1.160 0.796 -0.307 - - 14.3 14.23 -14.5
3185 May 06 17:27 N 150 -1.212 0.699 -0.399 - - 15.0 14.94 -17.8
3203 May 18 00:28 N 150 -1.269 0.592 -0.501 - - 15.7 15.67 -20.6
3221 May 28 07:21 N 150 -1.332 0.475 -0.614 - - 16.4 16.42 -22.7
3239 Jun 08 14:08 N 150 -1.399 0.348 -0.736 - - 17.2 17.18 -24.1
3257 Jun 18 20:50 N 150 -1.471 0.215 -0.865 - - 17.9 17.95 -24.6
3275 Jun 30 03:29 Ne 150 -1.545 0.076 -1.000 - - 18.6 18.72 -24.3
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Last revised: 1999 Jun 3 - F. Espenak