Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses

-1599 to -1500 ( 1600 BCE to 1501 BCE )

Introduction

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:

  1. Penumbral - Moon traverses Earth’s penumbral shadow (Moon misses Earth’s umbral shadow)
  2. Partial - Moon traverses Earth’s penumbral and umbral shadows (Moon does not pass completely into Earth’s umbra)
  3. Total - Moon traverses Earth’s penumbral and umbral shadows (Moon passes completely into Earth’s umbra)

The visual appearance of these eclipse types differs dramatically from each other.


Lunar Eclipses: -1599 to -1500 ( 1600 BCE to 1501 BCE)

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 - 226100.0%
PenumbralN 85 37.6%
PartialP 54 23.9%
TotalT 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 87100.0%
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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Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses


Footnotes

[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.



Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1599 to -1500 ( 1600 BCE to 1501 BCE )


                     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


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1599 to -1500 ( 1600 BCE to 1501 BCE )


                     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


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1599 to -1500 ( 1600 BCE to 1501 BCE )


                     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


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1599 to -1500 ( 1600 BCE to 1501 BCE )


                     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


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1599 to -1500 ( 1600 BCE to 1501 BCE )


                     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


Index to Five Millennium Catolog of Lunar Eclipses

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.

Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses
Centuries
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-0999 - -0900 -0899 - -0800 -0799 - -0700 -0699 - -0600 -0599 - -0500
-0499 - -0400 -0399 - -0300 -0299 - -0200 -0199 - -0100 -0099 - -0000
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2001-2100 2101-2200 2201-2300 2301-2400 2401-2500
2501-2600 2601-2700 2701-2800 2801-2900 2901-3000

These web pages are part of the Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000


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

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:

  1. pre-1950's: ΔT calculated from empirical fits to historical records derived by Morrison and Stephenson (2004)
  2. 1955-2006: ΔT obtained from published observations
  3. Post-2006: 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 data presented here were previously published in:

Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (NASA TP-2009-214172)
Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (NASA TP-2009-214173)

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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