Eclipses of the Moon can only occur during the Full Moon phase. It is then possible for the Moon to pass through Earth’s penumbral or umbral shadows thereby producing an eclipse. There are three types of lunar eclipses:
The visual appearance of these eclipse types differs dramatically from each other.
During the 16th century BCE[1], Earth experienced 226 lunar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.
Lunar Eclipses: -1599 - -1500 | |||
Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
All Eclipses | - | 226 | 100.0% |
Penumbral | N | 85 | 37.6% |
Partial | P | 54 | 23.9% |
Total | T | 87 | 38.5% |
Total eclipses can be further classified as either central or non-central:
The statistical distribution of these classes during the 16th century BCE appears in the following table.
Total Eclipses | ||
Classification | Number | Percent |
All | 87 | 100.0% |
Central | 25 | 28.7% |
Non-Central | 62 | 71.3% |
There are a minimum of two and a maximum of five lunar eclipses in every calendar year. Statistics for the number of eclipses each year during the century are listed below.
Number of Years with 2 Eclipses: 79 Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 16 Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 5
When four consecutive lunar eclipses are all total eclipses, the group is known as a tetrad. The following tetrads occur during this century:
1. Tetrad: -1596 - -1595 2. Tetrad: -1585 - -1584 3. Tetrad: -1578 - -1577 4. Tetrad: -1574 - -1573 5. Tetrad: -1567 - -1566 6. Tetrad: -1556 - -1555 7. Tetrad: -1538 - -1537 8. Tetrad: -1520 - -1519
During any given century, old Saros series end while new ones begin. The year and Saros number of these events are as follows:
1 Saros Series' begin (Year/Saros): -1521/ 36 1 Saros Series' end (Year/Saros): -1554/ -5
For more information, see Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series.
The longest and shortest lunar eclipses of the century and other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1505 May 27 Duration = 01h46m28s Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1573 Jan 31 Duration = 00h04m10s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1502 Sep 18 Duration = 03h28m10s Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1514 Oct 30 Duration = 00h31m59s
Largest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1552 Jun 05 Umbra Magnitude = 1.8337 Smallest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1573 Jan 31 Umbra Magnitude = 1.0008
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1549 Apr 04 Umbra Magnitude = 0.9685 Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1514 Oct 30 Umbra Magnitude = 0.0216
Largest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -1517 Jan 12 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0858 Smallest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -1591 Dec 10 Pen. Magnitude = 0.0040
A total penumbral eclipse in one in which the entire Moon passes through the penumbra but misses the umbral shadow. During the century, there are 85 penumbral eclipses of which 4 ( 4.7%) are total penumbral eclipses:
1. Total Penumbral Eclipse: -1575 Aug 17 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0315 2. Total Penumbral Eclipse: -1564 Jul 16 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0343 3. Total Penumbral Eclipse: -1558 Apr 13 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0509 4. Total Penumbral Eclipse: -1517 Jan 12 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0858
The concise details at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse during the century are presented below. Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipses contains a detailed description and explanation of every item listed in the catalog. The Catalog Number in the first column links to a figure showing the eclipse geometry and geographic visibility map of each phase of an eclipse.
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[1] The terms BCE and CE are abbreviations for "Before Common Era" and "Common Era," respectively. They are the secular equivalents to the BC and AD dating conventions. (See: Year Dating Conventions )
[2] Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when the Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth’s umbral shadow cone.
TD of Phase Greatest Cat Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ---- in Zenith Num Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total Lat. Lng. s m m m 00996 -1599 Jun 14 02:41:15 37213 -44509 14 T- pp -0.0664 2.7326 1.7397 339.1 220.9 101.4 22S 112E 00997 -1599 Dec 09 04:49:23 37203 -44503 19 P t- -0.5711 1.8471 0.7737 339.4 187.4 - 21N 82E 00998 -1598 Jun 03 17:03:20 37192 -44497 24 P a- 0.6841 1.5765 0.6282 287.3 159.0 - 19S 103W 00999 -1598 Nov 28 05:24:52 37182 -44491 29 N t- -1.2722 0.5775 -0.5295 226.8 - - 18N 72E 01000 -1597 Apr 25 03:23:27 37173 -44486 -4 N -a -1.0991 0.8196 -0.1376 227.9 - - 9S 103E 01001 -1597 May 24 10:19:10 37171 -44485 34 N a- 1.4020 0.2562 -0.6861 132.3 - - 16S 2W 01002 -1597 Oct 18 11:57:26 37162 -44480 1 N -h 1.0653 0.9323 -0.1254 263.0 - - 5N 26W 01003 -1596 Apr 13 16:18:14 37152 -44474 6 T -a -0.3728 2.1781 1.1697 335.9 208.2 61.8 4S 89W 01004 -1596 Oct 06 21:24:52 37141 -44468 11 T -p 0.3242 2.2625 1.2636 325.0 204.8 72.0 0N 168W 01005 -1595 Apr 02 22:01:42 37131 -44462 16 T t- 0.4040 2.1470 1.0868 356.6 213.5 47.2 1N 174W 01006 -1595 Sep 26 12:15:20 37120 -44456 21 T p- -0.3618 2.1771 1.2108 310.5 197.1 64.0 5S 29W 01007 -1594 Mar 22 22:36:05 37110 -44450 26 N t- 1.1560 0.7743 -0.3002 255.1 - - 6N 179E 01008 -1594 Sep 16 04:00:56 37099 -44444 31 N a- -1.0504 0.9198 -0.0590 239.5 - - 10S 95E 01009 -1593 Feb 10 12:23:39 37090 -44439 -2 P -h -0.9396 1.1445 0.1234 276.5 80.1 - 18N 27W 01010 -1593 Aug 07 02:41:53 37080 -44433 3 P -h 0.9597 1.1204 0.0740 284.3 64.3 - 20S 114E 01011 -1592 Jan 31 00:47:15 37069 -44427 8 T- -p -0.1877 2.5007 1.5262 322.3 209.9 91.3 21N 147E 01012 -1592 Jul 26 04:54:09 37058 -44421 13 T+ pp 0.2370 2.4626 1.3842 371.1 228.9 89.9 22S 81E 01013 -1591 Jan 19 16:44:55 37048 -44415 18 P a- 0.5011 1.9200 0.9565 302.0 183.8 - 23N 93W 01014 -1591 Jul 15 05:24:02 37037 -44409 23 P t- -0.5065 1.9598 0.8979 349.1 200.8 - 24S 73E 01015 -1591 Dec 10 18:51:36 37029 -44404 -10 N -a -1.5642 0.0040 -1.0282 18.3 - - 20N 129W 01016 -1590 Jan 09 07:38:32 37027 -44403 28 N a- 1.2132 0.6305 -0.3668 208.4 - - 25N 42E 01017 -1590 Jun 05 01:43:22 37018 -44398 -5 N -a 1.3940 0.2885 -0.6885 146.0 - - 19S 126E 01018 -1590 Jul 04 11:17:24 37016 -44397 33 N a- -1.2269 0.6111 -0.3977 213.3 - - 25S 17W 01019 -1590 Nov 30 00:10:23 37008 -44392 0 P -t -0.9415 1.1748 0.0866 297.8 70.7 - 18N 150E 01020 -1589 May 25 17:21:52 36997 -44386 5 P -a 0.6141 1.7016 0.7599 291.6 170.1 - 17S 109W 01021 -1589 Nov 18 23:36:43 36987 -44380 10 T -p -0.2768 2.4041 1.2969 373.5 225.6 81.3 16N 158E 01022 -1588 May 14 10:37:01 36976 -44374 15 T- pp -0.1261 2.6008 1.6520 319.8 211.8 96.6 15S 7W 01023 -1588 Nov 07 00:17:20 36965 -44368 20 T a- 0.4066 2.1488 1.0755 351.4 208.8 43.2 13N 147E 01024 -1587 May 04 00:48:42 36955 -44362 25 P t- -0.9158 1.1743 0.1806 275.0 95.3 - 12S 140E 01025 -1587 Oct 27 07:54:32 36944 -44356 30 N a- 1.0650 0.9110 -0.1035 247.1 - - 9N 33E 01026 -1586 Mar 24 17:55:08 36936 -44351 -3 N -t 1.0682 0.9336 -0.1373 274.6 - - 5N 112W 01027 -1586 Sep 17 11:40:02 36925 -44345 2 P -a -0.9685 1.0625 0.0989 248.8 67.5 - 9S 21W 01028 -1585 Mar 13 18:11:00 36915 -44339 7 T -p 0.3265 2.2946 1.2237 364.1 221.4 72.5 9N 115W 01029 -1585 Sep 07 02:56:13 36904 -44333 12 T -p -0.2951 2.3107 1.3223 324.3 206.6 78.0 12S 110E 01030 -1584 Mar 01 22:22:28 36894 -44327 17 T a- -0.4268 2.0890 1.0609 337.9 204.1 38.5 12N 178W 01031 -1584 Aug 26 13:17:34 36883 -44321 22 T t- 0.4428 2.0657 1.0254 339.8 202.9 25.2 15S 45W 01032 -1583 Jan 21 00:03:49 36874 -44316 -11 N -a 1.4958 0.0973 -0.8710 83.4 - - 24N 157E 01033 -1583 Feb 19 09:40:01 36872 -44315 27 N a- -1.1252 0.7822 -0.1956 225.9 - - 15N 13E 01034 -1583 Aug 15 16:33:16 36862 -44309 32 N t- 1.2037 0.6899 -0.3908 242.4 - - 18S 94W 01035 -1582 Jan 10 16:07:11 36853 -44304 -1 P -a 0.8308 1.3187 0.3481 271.2 122.9 - 25N 85W 01036 -1582 Jul 06 01:45:30 36843 -44298 4 P -t -0.9408 1.1556 0.1081 290.5 78.1 - 25S 126E 01037 -1582 Dec 31 05:48:22 36832 -44292 9 T+ -p 0.1561 2.5791 1.5641 337.6 216.5 94.9 24N 68E 01038 -1581 Jun 25 09:48:25 36822 -44286 14 T- pp -0.1395 2.5974 1.6063 336.7 218.6 97.6 23S 4E 01039 -1581 Dec 20 12:59:37 36811 -44280 19 P t- -0.5670 1.8551 0.7807 340.7 188.5 - 23N 41W 01040 -1580 Jun 14 00:26:05 36801 -44274 24 P a- 0.6100 1.7122 0.7645 293.8 171.2 - 21S 144E 01041 -1580 Dec 08 13:23:50 36790 -44268 29 N t- -1.2680 0.5848 -0.5214 228.1 - - 20N 49W 01042 -1579 May 05 10:40:47 36781 -44263 -4 N -a -1.1749 0.6813 -0.2776 211.3 - - 13S 9W 01043 -1579 Jun 03 17:41:12 36780 -44262 34 N a- 1.3319 0.3858 -0.5583 160.7 - - 19S 114W 01044 -1579 Oct 28 20:17:20 36771 -44257 1 N -h 1.0650 0.9321 -0.1242 262.1 - - 10N 154W 01045 -1578 Apr 24 23:15:47 36760 -44251 6 T -h -0.4497 2.0381 1.0276 332.6 201.3 26.1 8S 164E
TD of Phase Greatest Cat Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ---- in Zenith Num Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total Lat. Lng. s m m m 01046 -1578 Oct 18 06:01:03 36750 -44245 11 T -p 0.3293 2.2528 1.2546 323.8 203.9 70.8 5N 61E 01047 -1577 Apr 14 04:36:26 36739 -44239 16 T pp 0.3268 2.2886 1.2285 361.7 221.1 73.1 3S 85E 01048 -1577 Oct 07 20:55:00 36729 -44233 21 T p- -0.3506 2.1985 1.2303 311.1 197.8 66.4 0S 162W 01049 -1576 Apr 02 05:10:15 36718 -44227 26 N t- 1.0821 0.9081 -0.1626 272.0 - - 2N 78E 01050 -1576 Sep 26 12:27:13 36708 -44221 31 N a- -1.0362 0.9484 -0.0352 243.3 - - 5S 34W 01051 -1575 Feb 20 20:04:45 36699 -44216 -2 P -h -0.9765 1.0733 0.0589 268.5 55.6 - 15N 144W 01052 -1575 Aug 17 10:01:01 36689 -44210 3 Nx -h 1.0099 1.0315 -0.0215 276.7 - - 17S 3E 01053 -1574 Feb 10 08:57:26 36678 -44204 8 T- -p -0.2187 2.4412 1.4718 320.4 208.3 88.3 18N 23E 01054 -1574 Aug 06 11:45:42 36668 -44198 13 T -p 0.2976 2.3535 1.2710 369.4 224.8 78.9 21S 23W 01055 -1573 Jan 31 01:09:05 36657 -44192 18 T a- 0.4776 1.9620 1.0008 303.6 186.7 4.2 22N 140E 01056 -1573 Jul 26 12:15:10 36647 -44186 23 T t- -0.4392 2.0835 1.0210 353.4 208.8 23.6 23S 31W 01057 -1572 Jan 20 15:59:14 36636 -44180 28 N a- 1.1990 0.6565 -0.3409 212.7 - - 24N 83W 01058 -1572 Jun 15 08:54:34 36627 -44175 -5 N -a 1.4610 0.1644 -0.8105 111.1 - - 21S 17E 01059 -1572 Jul 14 18:29:38 36626 -44174 33 N a- -1.1584 0.7361 -0.2715 230.3 - - 25S 126W 01060 -1572 Dec 10 08:16:54 36617 -44169 0 P -t -0.9481 1.1633 0.0740 297.4 65.6 - 21N 28E 01061 -1571 Jun 05 00:45:31 36606 -44163 5 P -a 0.6874 1.5670 0.6255 284.3 157.6 - 20S 139E 01062 -1571 Nov 29 07:37:33 36596 -44157 10 T -p -0.2804 2.3970 1.2908 373.0 225.3 80.7 19N 36E 01063 -1570 May 25 17:56:21 36585 -44151 15 T- pp -0.0505 2.7404 1.7896 321.5 213.5 99.7 18S 119W 01064 -1570 Nov 18 08:34:21 36575 -44145 20 T a- 0.4040 2.1524 1.0816 350.3 208.6 44.8 16N 21E 01065 -1569 May 15 07:46:57 36564 -44139 25 P t- -0.8407 1.3137 0.3169 287.6 124.2 - 15S 33E 01066 -1569 Nov 07 16:33:55 36554 -44133 30 N a- 1.0613 0.9170 -0.0956 247.0 - - 13N 99W 01067 -1568 Apr 04 00:28:58 36545 -44128 -3 N -t 1.1451 0.7918 -0.2778 256.8 - - 1N 147E 01068 -1568 Sep 27 20:13:36 36535 -44122 2 P -a -0.9850 1.0336 0.0670 246.4 55.9 - 4S 151W 01069 -1567 Mar 24 00:55:18 36524 -44116 7 T -t 0.3951 2.1662 1.1001 359.0 214.9 50.5 5N 141E 01070 -1567 Sep 17 11:11:15 36514 -44110 12 T -p -0.3191 2.2694 1.2754 324.7 205.3 73.4 8S 15W 01071 -1566 Mar 13 05:40:48 36503 -44104 17 T a- -0.3696 2.1906 1.1691 339.4 209.2 61.9 8N 71E 01072 -1566 Sep 06 21:00:26 36493 -44098 22 T p- 0.4112 2.1272 1.0802 343.7 206.7 44.1 11S 163W 01073 -1565 Feb 01 08:24:51 36484 -44093 -11 N -a 1.5179 0.0547 -0.9095 62.6 - - 22N 31E 01074 -1565 Mar 02 17:31:06 36482 -44092 27 N a- -1.0785 0.8649 -0.1073 234.6 - - 11N 107W 01075 -1565 Aug 26 23:43:49 36472 -44086 32 N t- 1.1597 0.7732 -0.3125 255.1 - - 15S 156E 01076 -1564 Jan 22 00:36:47 36463 -44081 -1 P -a 0.8503 1.2823 0.3130 268.9 117.3 - 23N 147E 01077 -1564 Jul 16 08:37:25 36453 -44075 4 Nx -t -1.0068 1.0343 -0.0129 277.6 - - 25S 22E 01078 -1563 Jan 10 14:09:53 36442 -44069 9 T+ -p 0.1698 2.5542 1.5387 338.4 216.7 94.0 24N 58W 01079 -1563 Jul 05 17:03:01 36432 -44063 14 T- pp -0.2075 2.4720 1.4823 333.7 215.3 91.4 24S 105W 01080 -1563 Dec 30 21:03:50 36421 -44057 19 P t- -0.5583 1.8713 0.7965 342.4 190.3 - 23N 163W 01081 -1562 Jun 25 07:53:42 36411 -44051 24 P a- 0.5396 1.8414 0.8938 299.2 180.8 - 23S 31E 01082 -1562 Dec 19 21:19:03 36401 -44045 29 N t- -1.2606 0.5976 -0.5071 230.2 - - 22N 168W 01083 -1561 May 16 17:56:32 36392 -44040 -4 N -a -1.2513 0.5422 -0.4188 191.7 - - 16S 120W 01084 -1561 Jun 15 01:05:21 36390 -44039 34 N a- 1.2636 0.5123 -0.4340 183.2 - - 21S 133E 01085 -1561 Nov 09 04:40:29 36381 -44034 1 N -h 1.0627 0.9353 -0.1187 261.6 - - 14N 79E 01086 -1560 May 05 06:07:29 36371 -44028 6 P -h -0.5302 1.8916 0.8785 328.2 191.9 - 12S 58E 01087 -1560 Oct 28 14:42:27 36360 -44022 11 T -p 0.3307 2.2497 1.2526 322.9 203.3 70.4 9N 71W 01088 -1559 Apr 24 11:05:02 36350 -44016 16 T+ pp 0.2451 2.4388 1.3782 366.0 227.3 89.2 7S 15W 01089 -1559 Oct 18 05:39:56 36340 -44010 21 T p- -0.3439 2.2117 1.2420 311.4 198.2 67.8 4N 65E 01090 -1558 Apr 13 11:39:29 36329 -44004 26 Nx t- 1.0033 1.0509 -0.0165 287.8 - - 3S 22W 01091 -1558 Oct 07 21:00:06 36319 -43998 31 N a- -1.0277 0.9662 -0.0219 245.8 - - 1S 165W 01092 -1557 Mar 04 03:38:01 36310 -43993 -2 N -h -1.0205 0.9892 -0.0185 258.8 - - 11N 101E 01093 -1557 Aug 28 17:28:02 36300 -43987 3 N -h 1.0527 0.9563 -0.1032 269.7 - - 14S 110W 01094 -1556 Feb 21 16:59:01 36289 -43981 8 T- -p -0.2573 2.3678 1.4034 318.0 206.2 83.8 15N 99W 01095 -1556 Aug 16 18:46:42 36279 -43975 13 T -t 0.3500 2.2593 1.1727 367.5 220.5 65.2 18S 130W
TD of Phase Greatest Cat Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ---- in Zenith Num Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total Lat. Lng. s m m m 01096 -1555 Feb 10 09:23:13 36268 -43969 18 T a- 0.4460 2.0188 1.0598 305.7 190.2 35.8 19N 15E 01097 -1555 Aug 05 19:17:23 36258 -43963 23 T t- -0.3804 2.1920 1.1286 356.3 214.5 56.3 21S 138W 01098 -1554 Jan 31 00:11:21 36247 -43957 28 N a- 1.1789 0.6933 -0.3039 218.4 - - 22N 153E 01099 -1554 Jun 26 16:10:36 36239 -43952 -5 Ne -a 1.5248 0.0466 -0.9268 59.5 - - 22S 93W 01100 -1554 Jul 26 01:50:08 36237 -43951 33 N a- -1.0957 0.8510 -0.1560 243.9 - - 24S 123E 01101 -1554 Dec 21 16:20:04 36228 -43946 0 P -t -0.9567 1.1476 0.0580 296.5 58.4 - 22N 94W 01102 -1553 Jun 16 08:10:54 36218 -43940 5 P -a 0.7593 1.4353 0.4935 276.2 142.8 - 21S 26E 01103 -1553 Dec 10 15:37:41 36207 -43934 10 T -p -0.2851 2.3874 1.2831 372.3 224.8 79.8 21N 84W 01104 -1552 Jun 05 01:14:16 36197 -43928 15 T+ pp 0.0258 2.7871 1.8337 322.6 214.1 100.2 20S 130E 01105 -1552 Nov 28 16:53:31 36187 -43922 20 T a- 0.4022 2.1541 1.0866 349.1 208.3 45.9 20N 105W 01106 -1551 May 25 14:43:20 36176 -43916 25 P t- -0.7646 1.4551 0.4546 299.1 146.3 - 18S 73W 01107 -1551 Nov 18 01:15:14 36166 -43910 30 N a- 1.0584 0.9210 -0.0891 246.6 - - 17N 129E 01108 -1550 Apr 15 06:58:20 36157 -43905 -3 N -t 1.2249 0.6450 -0.4236 235.4 - - 3S 47E 01109 -1550 Oct 09 04:53:04 36147 -43899 2 P -a -0.9969 1.0132 0.0439 244.8 45.4 - 0S 77E 01110 -1549 Apr 04 07:35:04 36136 -43893 7 P -t 0.4681 2.0299 0.9685 352.9 206.4 - 1N 39E 01111 -1549 Sep 28 19:32:38 36126 -43887 12 T -p -0.3374 2.2385 1.2390 325.3 204.3 69.3 4S 143W 01112 -1548 Mar 23 12:53:35 36115 -43881 17 T a- -0.3066 2.3030 1.2879 340.6 213.7 77.3 4N 40W 01113 -1548 Sep 17 04:50:57 36105 -43875 22 T p- 0.3862 2.1762 1.1230 346.9 209.5 54.0 7S 78E 01114 -1547 Mar 13 01:14:08 36095 -43869 27 N a- -1.0244 0.9616 -0.0053 244.0 - - 8N 135E 01115 -1547 Sep 06 07:04:56 36084 -43863 32 N t- 1.1239 0.8413 -0.2491 264.9 - - 11S 44E 01116 -1546 Feb 01 08:57:23 36075 -43858 -1 P -a 0.8775 1.2315 0.2637 265.4 108.6 - 22N 21E 01117 -1546 Jul 27 15:39:19 36065 -43852 4 N -t -1.0657 0.9262 -0.1209 264.9 - - 23S 84W 01118 -1545 Jan 21 22:22:29 36055 -43846 9 T+ -p 0.1904 2.5164 1.5007 339.0 216.5 92.4 23N 178E 01119 -1545 Jul 17 00:25:07 36044 -43840 14 T- -p -0.2706 2.3559 1.3670 330.4 211.3 83.1 24S 143E 01120 -1544 Jan 11 04:59:08 36034 -43834 19 P t- -0.5430 1.8993 0.8247 344.6 193.2 - 23N 78E 01121 -1544 Jul 05 15:25:43 36023 -43828 24 T a- 0.4724 1.9651 1.0168 303.7 188.4 19.3 23S 83W 01122 -1544 Dec 30 05:08:40 36013 -43822 29 N t- -1.2484 0.6188 -0.4835 233.7 - - 23N 74E 01123 -1543 May 27 01:09:54 36004 -43817 -4 N -a -1.3288 0.4015 -0.5625 167.8 - - 19S 130E 01124 -1543 Jun 25 08:32:05 36003 -43816 34 N a- 1.1976 0.6349 -0.3145 202.0 - - 22S 20E 01125 -1543 Nov 19 13:06:38 35994 -43811 1 N -h 1.0589 0.9407 -0.1104 261.2 - - 17N 49W 01126 -1542 May 16 12:55:45 35984 -43805 6 P -h -0.6125 1.7422 0.7259 322.4 179.7 - 16S 46W 01127 -1542 Nov 08 23:28:34 35973 -43799 11 T -p 0.3290 2.2520 1.2564 322.0 203.0 70.7 13N 155E 01128 -1541 May 05 17:28:05 35963 -43793 16 T+ pp 0.1592 2.5967 1.5354 369.3 231.8 99.5 11S 114W 01129 -1541 Oct 29 14:30:16 35952 -43787 21 T p- -0.3415 2.2167 1.2457 311.6 198.3 68.2 9N 70W 01130 -1540 Apr 23 18:04:21 35942 -43781 26 P t- 0.9200 1.2023 0.1380 302.1 89.7 - 7S 121W 01131 -1540 Oct 18 05:38:24 35932 -43775 31 N a- -1.0242 0.9747 -0.0176 247.5 - - 4N 64E 01132 -1539 Mar 14 11:05:12 35923 -43770 -2 N -h -1.0704 0.8946 -0.1068 247.4 - - 7N 13W 01133 -1539 Sep 08 01:03:10 35913 -43764 3 N -h 1.0880 0.8947 -0.1710 263.7 - - 10S 134E 01134 -1538 Mar 04 00:54:55 35902 -43758 8 T -p -0.3012 2.2850 1.3253 315.4 203.4 77.3 12N 140E 01135 -1538 Aug 28 01:55:56 35892 -43752 13 T -t 0.3956 2.1777 1.0873 365.4 216.0 47.6 15S 121E 01136 -1537 Feb 21 17:30:36 35881 -43746 18 T p- 0.4091 2.0855 1.1286 308.0 194.0 51.6 16N 108W 01137 -1537 Aug 17 02:29:32 35871 -43740 23 T t- -0.3289 2.2868 1.2226 358.3 218.5 71.5 19S 113E 01138 -1536 Feb 11 08:13:02 35861 -43734 28 N a- 1.1511 0.7442 -0.2528 225.8 - - 20N 31E 01139 -1536 Aug 05 09:20:52 35850 -43728 33 N a- -1.0401 0.9528 -0.0538 254.4 - - 22S 10E 01140 -1535 Jan 01 00:15:14 35842 -43723 0 P -t -0.9712 1.1208 0.0316 294.4 43.3 - 23N 147E 01141 -1535 Jun 26 15:41:38 35831 -43717 5 P -a 0.8271 1.3115 0.3686 267.8 125.6 - 23S 88W 01142 -1535 Dec 20 23:32:21 35821 -43711 10 T -p -0.2945 2.3689 1.2672 371.3 224.1 78.0 23N 156E 01143 -1534 Jun 16 08:35:13 35811 -43705 15 T+ pp 0.0990 2.6545 1.6977 323.0 213.5 98.2 22S 18E 01144 -1534 Dec 10 01:11:25 35800 -43699 20 T a- 0.3985 2.1587 1.0952 347.9 208.3 47.9 22N 130E 01145 -1533 Jun 05 21:37:35 35790 -43693 25 P t- -0.6877 1.5986 0.5938 309.7 164.1 - 21S 178W
TD of Phase Greatest Cat Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ---- in Zenith Num Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total Lat. Lng. s m m m 01146 -1533 Nov 29 09:57:55 35780 -43687 30 N a- 1.0561 0.9236 -0.0834 246.0 - - 20N 3W 01147 -1532 Apr 25 13:20:20 35771 -43682 -3 N -t 1.3095 0.4895 -0.5786 208.3 - - 7S 51W 01148 -1532 May 25 03:39:12 35769 -43681 35 N t- -1.5074 0.1193 -0.9347 104.7 - - 19S 91E 01149 -1532 Oct 19 13:39:15 35761 -43676 2 P -a -1.0035 1.0023 0.0306 244.0 38.0 - 4N 57W 01150 -1531 Apr 14 14:08:31 35750 -43670 7 P -t 0.5468 1.8834 0.8263 345.3 195.2 - 4S 62W 01151 -1531 Oct 09 04:01:25 35740 -43664 12 T -p -0.3490 2.2199 1.2154 326.1 203.8 66.4 1N 87E 01152 -1530 Apr 03 20:01:21 35729 -43658 17 T- p- -0.2382 2.4254 1.4163 341.5 217.4 88.5 0N 150W 01153 -1530 Sep 28 12:47:59 35719 -43652 22 T p- 0.3672 2.2140 1.1547 349.7 211.7 60.0 3S 44W 01154 -1529 Mar 24 08:51:59 35709 -43646 27 P a- -0.9653 1.0675 0.1056 253.4 70.9 - 4N 18E 01155 -1529 Sep 17 14:34:14 35698 -43640 32 N t- 1.0946 0.8973 -0.1975 272.6 - - 7S 70W 01156 -1528 Feb 12 17:09:24 35690 -43635 -1 P -a 0.9115 1.1684 0.2020 260.7 96.1 - 19N 103W 01157 -1528 Aug 06 22:50:26 35679 -43629 4 N -t -1.1178 0.8306 -0.2166 252.6 - - 22S 167E 01158 -1527 Feb 01 06:26:14 35669 -43623 9 T+ -p 0.2177 2.4665 1.4507 339.3 216.0 89.7 21N 57E 01159 -1527 Jul 27 07:55:57 35659 -43617 14 T -p -0.3270 2.2520 1.2637 326.9 206.9 72.9 23S 30E 01160 -1526 Jan 21 12:45:57 35648 -43611 19 P t- -0.5213 1.9389 0.8648 347.1 196.9 - 22N 39W 01161 -1526 Jul 16 23:04:56 35638 -43605 24 T a- 0.4108 2.0787 1.1292 307.2 194.2 51.8 23S 162E 01162 -1525 Jan 10 12:51:57 35628 -43599 29 N t- -1.2309 0.6494 -0.4500 238.5 - - 23N 42W 01163 -1525 Jun 07 08:22:57 35619 -43594 -4 N -a -1.4057 0.2622 -0.7053 137.9 - - 22S 20E 01164 -1525 Jul 06 16:02:15 35617 -43593 34 N a- 1.1347 0.7521 -0.2009 217.8 - - 23S 94W 01165 -1525 Nov 30 21:33:18 35609 -43588 1 N -h 1.0556 0.9450 -0.1025 260.7 - - 21N 177W 01166 -1524 May 26 19:41:44 35598 -43582 6 P -t -0.6958 1.5913 0.5712 315.3 164.1 - 19S 150W 01167 -1524 Nov 19 08:15:38 35588 -43576 11 T -p 0.3273 2.2542 1.2607 321.2 202.8 71.1 17N 22E 01168 -1523 May 15 23:48:50 35578 -43570 16 T+ pp 0.0718 2.7578 1.6953 371.6 234.6 105.1 15S 149E 01169 -1523 Nov 08 23:23:18 35567 -43564 21 T p- -0.3411 2.2179 1.2461 311.7 198.3 68.2 13N 155E 01170 -1522 May 05 00:27:10 35557 -43558 26 P t- 0.8341 1.3585 0.2970 314.9 128.4 - 11S 140E 01171 -1522 Oct 29 14:20:14 35547 -43552 31 N a- -1.0241 0.9767 -0.0193 248.5 - - 8N 69W 01172 -1521 Mar 25 18:26:18 35538 -43547 -2 N -h -1.1259 0.7895 -0.2057 233.8 - - 3N 126W 01173 -1521 Apr 24 04:57:22 35536 -43546 36 Nb h- 1.5463 0.0298 -0.9884 50.4 - - 6S 74E 01174 -1521 Sep 19 08:46:32 35528 -43541 3 N -h 1.1156 0.8470 -0.2246 258.9 - - 6S 16E 01175 -1520 Mar 14 08:41:24 35517 -43535 8 T -p -0.3534 2.1870 1.2317 312.1 199.6 67.3 8N 21E 01176 -1520 Sep 07 09:16:04 35507 -43529 13 T -t 0.4321 2.1126 1.0184 363.6 211.8 22.4 11S 9E 01177 -1519 Mar 04 01:28:24 35497 -43523 18 T p- 0.3644 2.1666 1.2115 310.6 198.1 64.5 12N 130E 01178 -1519 Aug 27 09:53:02 35487 -43517 23 T p- -0.2859 2.3663 1.3012 359.5 221.2 80.7 15S 0E 01179 -1518 Feb 21 16:05:37 35476 -43511 28 N a- 1.1167 0.8073 -0.1897 234.4 - - 16N 88W 01180 -1518 Aug 16 17:01:46 35466 -43505 33 P a- -0.9918 1.0413 0.0348 262.6 42.6 - 19S 107W 01181 -1517 Jan 12 08:04:28 35457 -43500 0 Nx -t -0.9901 1.0858 -0.0025 291.2 - - 23N 29E 01182 -1517 Jul 07 23:15:38 35447 -43494 5 P -a 0.8922 1.1928 0.2484 258.8 104.9 - 23S 158E 01183 -1516 Jan 01 07:24:05 35437 -43488 10 T -p -0.3065 2.3450 1.2468 370.0 223.0 75.5 24N 38E 01184 -1516 Jun 26 15:57:57 35426 -43482 15 T+ -p 0.1700 2.5263 1.5655 322.9 211.9 93.9 23S 94W 01185 -1516 Dec 20 09:26:54 35416 -43476 20 T a- 0.3922 2.1679 1.1091 346.7 208.5 51.0 24N 6E 01186 -1515 Jun 16 04:33:31 35406 -43470 25 P t- -0.6129 1.7381 0.7285 318.9 178.4 - 23S 77E 01187 -1515 Dec 09 18:39:54 35395 -43464 30 N a- 1.0530 0.9274 -0.0759 245.6 - - 23N 134W 01188 -1514 May 06 19:40:24 35387 -43459 -3 N -t 1.3950 0.3324 -0.7354 174.3 - - 11S 149W 01189 -1514 Jun 05 10:04:48 35385 -43458 35 N t- -1.4269 0.2683 -0.7886 155.4 - - 22S 7W 01190 -1514 Oct 30 22:28:20 35377 -43453 2 P -a -1.0078 0.9954 0.0216 243.6 32.0 - 9N 169E 01191 -1513 Apr 25 20:40:13 35366 -43447 7 P -t 0.6274 1.7335 0.6805 336.5 181.3 - 8S 163W 01192 -1513 Oct 20 12:34:23 35356 -43441 12 T -p -0.3567 2.2081 1.1989 327.1 203.5 64.3 5N 43W 01193 -1512 Apr 14 03:04:38 35346 -43435 17 T- pp -0.1649 2.5572 1.5536 341.8 220.1 96.3 4S 102E 01194 -1512 Oct 08 20:51:39 35335 -43429 22 T p- 0.3544 2.2403 1.1755 352.0 213.2 63.6 1N 167W 01195 -1511 Apr 03 16:24:01 35325 -43423 27 P a- -0.9005 1.1841 0.2266 262.6 101.9 - 1S 98W
TD of Phase Greatest Cat Calendar Greatest Luna Saros Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ---- in Zenith Num Date Eclipse ΔT Num Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total Lat. Lng. s m m m 01196 -1511 Sep 27 22:11:46 35315 -43417 32 N t- 1.0719 0.9409 -0.1578 278.4 - - 3S 173E 01197 -1510 Feb 23 01:12:03 35306 -43412 -1 P -a 0.9532 1.0914 0.1262 254.5 76.9 - 16N 134E 01198 -1510 Aug 18 06:13:29 35296 -43406 4 N -t -1.1611 0.7513 -0.2962 241.4 - - 19S 55E 01199 -1509 Feb 12 14:19:27 35285 -43400 9 T+ -p 0.2530 2.4018 1.3859 339.2 214.8 85.4 18N 63W 01200 -1509 Aug 07 15:35:44 35275 -43394 14 T -p -0.3770 2.1602 1.1719 323.4 202.3 60.5 21S 86W 01201 -1508 Feb 01 20:22:22 35265 -43388 19 P t- -0.4915 1.9930 0.9198 350.2 201.5 - 20N 154W 01202 -1508 Jul 27 06:51:14 35255 -43382 24 T p- 0.3547 2.1825 1.2313 310.0 198.6 67.0 22S 44E 01203 -1507 Jan 20 20:26:21 35244 -43376 29 N t- -1.2058 0.6937 -0.4021 245.1 - - 22N 156W 01204 -1507 Jun 17 15:37:17 35236 -43371 -4 N -a -1.4808 0.1266 -0.8451 97.4 - - 24S 90W 01205 -1507 Jul 16 23:38:10 35234 -43370 34 N a- 1.0767 0.8607 -0.0965 231.0 - - 22S 151E 01206 -1507 Dec 11 06:00:07 35226 -43365 1 N -h 1.0534 0.9468 -0.0964 259.9 - - 23N 56E 01207 -1506 Jun 07 02:26:22 35215 -43359 6 P -t -0.7790 1.4408 0.4165 306.8 144.0 - 21S 107E 01208 -1506 Nov 30 17:04:02 35205 -43353 11 T -p 0.3251 2.2569 1.2660 320.3 202.6 71.5 20N 111W 01209 -1505 May 27 06:07:39 35195 -43347 16 T- pp -0.0171 2.8588 1.7948 372.6 235.4 106.5 18S 52E 01210 -1505 Nov 20 08:18:21 35184 -43341 21 T p- -0.3426 2.2152 1.2430 311.7 198.2 67.9 16N 20E 01211 -1504 May 15 06:48:18 35174 -43335 26 P t- 0.7460 1.5190 0.4599 326.1 155.5 - 14S 43E 01212 -1504 Nov 08 23:05:03 35164 -43329 31 N a- -1.0272 0.9728 -0.0265 248.8 - - 12N 158E 01213 -1503 Apr 05 01:43:30 35155 -43324 -2 N -h -1.1854 0.6775 -0.3120 218.0 - - 2S 122E 01214 -1503 May 04 11:48:23 35154 -43323 36 N h- 1.4663 0.1742 -0.8392 119.9 - - 10S 32W 01215 -1503 Sep 29 16:36:00 35145 -43318 3 N -h 1.1375 0.8097 -0.2675 255.0 - - 2S 104W 01216 -1502 Mar 25 16:23:45 35135 -43312 8 T -a -0.4095 2.0821 1.1308 308.3 194.8 52.2 3N 97W 01217 -1502 Sep 18 16:45:04 35125 -43306 13 P -t 0.4613 2.0606 0.9632 361.9 208.2 - 7S 105W 01218 -1501 Mar 15 09:18:51 35114 -43300 18 T p- 0.3139 2.2587 1.3050 313.2 202.1 75.2 8N 10E 01219 -1501 Sep 07 17:26:56 35104 -43294 23 T- p- -0.2505 2.4315 1.3657 360.0 222.9 86.5 12S 115W 01220 -1500 Mar 03 23:47:48 35094 -43288 28 N a- 1.0746 0.8846 -0.1125 244.2 - - 13N 154E 01221 -1500 Aug 27 00:53:41 35083 -43282 33 P a- -0.9518 1.1148 0.1084 268.7 74.1 - 16S 134E
Each link below displays a web page containing 100 years of lunar eclipses. The data for each eclipse includes the date and time of greatest eclipse, Saros series, eclipse type, quincena solar eclipse parameter, gamma, eclipse magnitudes, and eclipse phase durations. Every eclipse also has links to digrams of eclipse geometry and world visibility, and Saros series tables.
These web pages are part of the Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000
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..
Lunar eclipse predictions must take into account the enlargement of Earth's shadows. In this Catalog, Earth's penumbral and umbral shadow sizes have been calculated using Danjon's enlargement method.
The coordinates of the Sun used in the 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:
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.
The data presented here were previously published in:
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC) "