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 20th century BCE[1], Earth experienced 242 lunar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.
| Lunar Eclipses: -1999 - -1900 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 242 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 88 | 36.4% |
| Partial | P | 92 | 38.0% |
| Total | T | 62 | 25.6% |
Total eclipses can be further classified as either central or non-central:
The statistical distribution of these classes during the 20th century BCE appears in the following table.
| Total Eclipses | ||
| Classification | Number | Percent |
| All | 62 | 100.0% |
| Central | 49 | 79.0% |
| Non-Central | 13 | 21.0% |
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: 71
Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 17
Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 11
Number of Years with 5 Lunar Eclipses: 1 (-1926)
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: -1991 - -1990
During any given century, old Saros series end while new ones begin. The year and Saros number of these events are as follows:
2 Saros Series' end (Year/Saros): -1952/-20 -1923/-19
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: -1921 Apr 07 Duration = 01h46m13s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1907 Jun 29 Duration = 00h26m30s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1972 Jun 27 Duration = 03h28m59s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1934 Jan 02 Duration = 00h26m41s
Largest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1968 Apr 16 Umbra Magnitude = 1.8283
Smallest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1907 Jun 29 Umbra Magnitude = 1.0318
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1972 Jun 27 Umbra Magnitude = 0.9998
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1934 Jan 02 Umbra Magnitude = 0.0128
Largest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -1953 Dec 23 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0493
Smallest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -1926 Feb 02 Pen. Magnitude = 0.0197
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 88 penumbral eclipses of which 4 ( 4.5%) are total penumbral eclipses:
1. Total Penumbral Eclipse: -1989 Dec 01 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0436
2. Total Penumbral Eclipse: -1981 Jul 07 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0195
3. Total Penumbral Eclipse: -1971 Dec 12 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0424
4. Total Penumbral Eclipse: -1953 Dec 23 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0493
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
00001 -1999 Jun 26 14:13:28 46437 -49456 17 N t- -1.0981 0.8791 -0.1922 268.8 - - 24S 22W
00002 -1999 Nov 21 20:23:49 46427 -49451 -16 N -a -1.1155 0.8143 -0.1921 233.4 - - 15N 114W
00003 -1998 May 17 05:47:36 46416 -49445 -11 P -t 0.8988 1.2105 0.2069 281.7 102.7 - 13S 105E
00004 -1998 Nov 11 05:15:58 46404 -49439 -6 P -a -0.4644 2.0382 0.9740 343.4 200.8 - 12N 113E
00005 -1997 May 06 18:57:01 46392 -49433 -1 T+ pp 0.1003 2.6513 1.6963 322.8 213.5 98.2 11S 92W
00006 -1997 Oct 31 06:54:09 46380 -49427 4 T+ pp 0.2207 2.5057 1.4014 374.4 228.7 90.6 9N 88E
00007 -1996 Apr 25 11:57:19 46368 -49421 9 P a- -0.6385 1.6562 0.7159 288.6 166.0 - 7S 13E
00008 -1996 Oct 19 06:00:26 46357 -49415 14 P t- 0.8915 1.2694 0.1756 308.8 100.1 - 5N 101E
00009 -1995 Mar 16 18:59:06 46347 -49410 -19 N -a 1.2015 0.6538 -0.3471 217.0 - - 10N 87W
00010 -1995 Apr 15 04:12:15 46345 -49409 19 N a- -1.4029 0.2681 -0.7010 139.5 - - 4S 130E
00011 -1995 Sep 08 21:00:34 46335 -49404 -14 N -a -1.2651 0.5382 -0.4652 196.3 - - 13S 121W
00012 -1995 Oct 08 10:05:04 46333 -49403 24 N a- 1.5232 0.0836 -0.9571 83.8 - - 1N 40E
00013 -1994 Mar 06 02:07:38 46323 -49398 -9 P -t 0.4871 1.9933 0.9355 347.6 202.1 - 13N 166E
00014 -1994 Aug 29 11:25:40 46311 -49392 -4 P -a -0.5326 1.8619 0.8992 300.4 180.5 - 16S 23E
00015 -1993 Feb 23 02:59:48 46300 -49386 1 T- pp -0.2503 2.4408 1.3571 371.8 228.2 87.7 16N 153E
00016 -1993 Aug 19 03:45:11 46288 -49380 6 T+ p- 0.1639 2.5396 1.5744 320.2 209.8 93.2 19S 137E
00017 -1992 Feb 12 04:09:50 46276 -49374 11 P t- -0.9653 1.1167 0.0571 287.5 57.2 - 18N 135E
00018 -1992 Aug 07 17:18:34 46264 -49368 16 P h- 0.9154 1.1818 0.1748 276.1 93.7 - 20S 67W
00019 -1991 Jan 02 00:22:41 46254 -49363 -17 N -a 1.0940 0.8451 -0.1440 233.6 - - 25N 171W
00020 -1991 Jun 28 09:30:53 46243 -49357 -12 N -t -1.1239 0.8298 -0.2379 261.3 - - 24S 48E
00021 -1991 Dec 22 15:38:22 46231 -49351 -7 T -p 0.4019 2.1044 1.1362 308.3 193.5 52.6 23N 42W
00022 -1990 Jun 17 09:59:52 46219 -49345 -2 T -t -0.3722 2.2071 1.1436 360.9 217.8 59.8 22S 40E
00023 -1990 Dec 12 06:49:16 46207 -49339 3 T- p- -0.2724 2.3547 1.3616 323.9 206.7 80.9 21N 90E
00024 -1989 Jun 06 14:31:12 46196 -49333 8 T h- 0.4062 2.1212 1.1041 338.4 207.0 49.8 19S 28W
00025 -1989 Dec 01 17:21:02 46184 -49327 13 Nx h- -1.0024 1.0436 -0.0058 271.9 - - 18N 69W
00026 -1988 Apr 26 19:06:30 46174 -49322 -20 N -a -1.3775 0.3035 -0.6432 144.1 - - 9S 95W
00027 -1988 May 26 02:18:15 46172 -49321 18 N a- 1.1372 0.7530 -0.2107 222.0 - - 16S 155E
00028 -1988 Oct 21 01:10:42 46162 -49316 -15 N -t 1.3197 0.4900 -0.6163 210.7 - - 6N 173E
00029 -1987 Apr 16 12:20:37 46150 -49310 -10 P -a -0.6515 1.6347 0.6897 288.9 164.2 - 4S 8E
00030 -1987 Oct 10 01:04:52 46139 -49304 -5 P -t 0.6260 1.7498 0.6697 337.7 178.9 - 1N 175E
00031 -1986 Apr 06 03:30:53 46127 -49298 0 T+ pp 0.0913 2.6827 1.6980 334.6 218.5 99.9 1N 141E
00032 -1986 Sep 29 07:21:46 46115 -49292 5 T- p- -0.0990 2.6872 1.6656 341.6 219.4 98.8 5S 82E
00033 -1985 Mar 26 12:28:30 46103 -49286 10 P t- 0.8902 1.2455 0.2037 296.5 105.2 - 6N 8E
00034 -1985 Sep 18 20:27:52 46092 -49280 15 P a- -0.7787 1.4156 0.4422 279.0 137.0 - 9S 114W
00035 -1984 Feb 13 22:07:18 46082 -49275 -18 N -t -1.2531 0.6009 -0.4830 228.9 - - 18N 135W
00036 -1984 Aug 09 03:11:22 46070 -49269 -13 N -a 1.1725 0.6924 -0.2798 213.1 - - 20S 144E
00037 -1984 Sep 07 12:31:19 46068 -49268 25 N a- -1.4394 0.1994 -0.7660 117.9 - - 14S 5E
00038 -1983 Feb 02 00:35:27 46058 -49263 -8 P -t -0.5000 1.9646 0.9169 338.8 197.0 - 21N 172W
00039 -1983 Jul 29 15:17:47 46047 -49257 -3 P -a 0.4792 1.9890 0.9685 331.2 197.2 - 22S 38W
00040 -1982 Jan 22 10:03:40 46035 -49251 2 T+ p- 0.2411 2.4129 1.4182 328.9 210.7 86.1 23N 45E
00041 -1982 Jul 18 20:21:53 46023 -49245 7 T pp -0.2744 2.3880 1.3214 364.6 224.6 83.7 24S 115W
00042 -1981 Jan 12 00:54:10 46011 -49239 12 P a- 0.9159 1.1598 0.1947 257.5 93.6 - 25N 179W
00043 -1981 Jul 07 20:46:01 46000 -49233 17 Nx t- -1.0219 1.0195 -0.0534 285.2 - - 25S 122W
00044 -1981 Dec 03 05:05:53 45990 -49228 -16 N -a -1.1187 0.8094 -0.1989 233.6 - - 18N 114E
00045 -1980 May 27 12:41:51 45978 -49222 -11 P -t 0.9745 1.0700 0.0696 267.8 60.5 - 17S 1W
00046 -1980 Nov 21 13:37:31 45966 -49216 -6 P -a -0.4654 2.0378 0.9708 344.6 201.2 - 16N 15W
00047 -1979 May 17 02:13:09 45954 -49210 -1 T+ pp 0.1770 2.5092 1.5567 320.4 210.9 93.3 14S 156E
00048 -1979 Nov 10 14:56:40 45943 -49204 4 T+ pp 0.2178 2.5117 1.4059 375.0 229.0 91.0 13N 35W
00049 -1978 May 06 19:21:07 45931 -49198 9 P a- -0.5647 1.7917 0.8515 295.2 177.0 - 11S 101W
00050 -1978 Oct 30 14:05:11 45919 -49192 14 P t- 0.8853 1.2804 0.1873 309.1 103.0 - 9N 22W
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
00051 -1977 Mar 28 02:15:29 45909 -49187 -19 N -a 1.2691 0.5303 -0.4717 198.5 - - 5N 161E
00052 -1977 Apr 26 11:26:40 45907 -49186 19 N a- -1.3358 0.3921 -0.5788 167.3 - - 8S 19E
00053 -1977 Sep 20 05:17:52 45898 -49181 -14 N -a -1.2801 0.5107 -0.4925 191.2 - - 9S 113E
00054 -1977 Oct 19 18:28:40 45896 -49180 24 N a- 1.5134 0.1009 -0.9384 91.6 - - 5N 88W
00055 -1976 Mar 16 09:04:23 45886 -49175 -9 P -t 0.5519 1.8742 0.8169 343.2 193.5 - 9N 59E
00056 -1976 Sep 08 19:47:02 45874 -49169 -4 P -a -0.5580 1.8162 0.8516 298.3 176.9 - 13S 105W
00057 -1975 Mar 05 09:52:15 45863 -49163 1 T- pp -0.1908 2.5483 1.4683 373.3 231.5 96.0 12N 48E
00058 -1975 Aug 29 11:55:30 45851 -49157 6 T+ p- 0.1314 2.6018 1.6318 321.8 211.0 95.3 15S 13E
00059 -1974 Feb 22 11:25:58 45839 -49151 11 P t- -0.9146 1.2066 0.1534 294.6 92.1 - 15N 24E
00060 -1974 Aug 19 01:01:49 45827 -49145 16 P h- 0.8775 1.2546 0.2410 283.5 109.3 - 18S 176E
00061 -1973 Jan 13 08:47:38 45818 -49140 -17 N -a 1.1079 0.8169 -0.1671 229.5 - - 25N 62E
00062 -1973 Jul 09 16:06:48 45806 -49134 -12 N -t -1.1976 0.6966 -0.3752 243.2 - - 25S 52W
00063 -1972 Jan 03 00:18:02 45794 -49128 -7 T -p 0.4132 2.0826 1.1165 307.5 192.6 49.0 24N 172W
00064 -1972 Jun 27 16:31:27 45782 -49122 -2 P -t -0.4505 2.0636 0.9998 355.3 209.0 - 24S 59W
00065 -1972 Dec 22 15:28:24 45771 -49116 3 T- p- -0.2679 2.3631 1.3695 324.9 207.4 81.7 23N 41W
00066 -1971 Jun 16 21:23:00 45759 -49110 8 T a- 0.3272 2.2651 1.2501 341.3 213.2 73.4 22S 133W
00067 -1971 Dec 12 01:44:10 45747 -49104 13 Nx h- -1.0035 1.0424 -0.0087 272.7 - - 21N 164E
00068 -1970 May 08 02:26:38 45737 -49099 -20 N -a -1.4473 0.1743 -0.7704 110.3 - - 13S 152E
00069 -1970 Jun 06 09:32:50 45736 -49098 18 N a- 1.0603 0.8931 -0.0688 237.5 - - 19S 45E
00070 -1970 Nov 01 09:10:02 45726 -49093 -15 N -t 1.3233 0.4841 -0.6234 209.6 - - 10N 51E
00071 -1969 Apr 27 19:44:29 45714 -49087 -10 P -a -0.7248 1.5004 0.5551 281.8 150.7 - 8S 106W
00072 -1969 Oct 21 09:12:41 45702 -49081 -5 P -t 0.6298 1.7423 0.6630 336.4 177.8 - 5N 51E
00073 -1968 Apr 16 10:42:21 45691 -49075 0 T+ pp 0.0198 2.8146 1.8283 336.4 220.1 102.0 3S 30E
00074 -1968 Oct 09 15:47:22 45679 -49069 5 T- p- -0.0907 2.7019 1.6812 340.6 218.9 98.9 0S 47W
00075 -1967 Apr 05 19:16:42 45667 -49063 10 P t- 0.8205 1.3738 0.3313 307.9 132.0 - 1N 97W
00076 -1967 Sep 29 05:02:47 45655 -49057 15 P a- -0.7646 1.4420 0.4676 280.3 140.1 - 5S 115E
00077 -1966 Feb 24 05:09:10 45646 -49052 -18 N -t -1.3026 0.5076 -0.5715 211.8 - - 14N 118E
00078 -1966 Aug 20 11:10:02 45634 -49046 -13 N -a 1.2130 0.6210 -0.3567 204.0 - - 17S 23E
00079 -1966 Sep 18 20:59:01 45632 -49045 25 N a- -1.4224 0.2325 -0.7368 127.1 - - 10S 124W
00080 -1965 Feb 13 08:08:41 45622 -49040 -8 P -t -0.5373 1.8928 0.8518 334.0 191.6 - 18N 73E
00081 -1965 Aug 09 22:45:19 45611 -49034 -3 P -a 0.5294 1.9003 0.8731 329.2 191.0 - 20S 151W
00082 -1964 Feb 02 18:10:18 45599 -49028 2 T+ p- 0.2119 2.4635 1.4746 328.3 211.8 89.6 21N 78W
00083 -1964 Jul 29 03:15:13 45587 -49022 7 T- pp -0.2132 2.5030 1.4312 368.2 228.5 92.9 23S 141E
00084 -1963 Jan 22 09:20:50 45576 -49016 12 P a- 0.8943 1.1977 0.2360 260.3 102.4 - 24N 53E
00085 -1963 Jul 18 03:25:58 45564 -49010 17 P t- -0.9513 1.1501 0.0754 298.5 67.0 - 25S 137E
00086 -1963 Dec 13 13:43:39 45554 -49005 -16 N -a -1.1247 0.7992 -0.2105 233.0 - - 21N 16W
00087 -1962 Jun 07 19:40:04 45542 -48999 -11 N -t 1.0474 0.9348 -0.0629 252.8 - - 19S 108W
00088 -1962 Dec 02 21:54:58 45531 -48993 -6 P -a -0.4687 2.0328 0.9638 345.5 201.2 - 19N 140W
00089 -1961 May 28 09:31:42 45519 -48987 -1 T+ -p 0.2521 2.3705 1.4197 317.3 207.2 85.3 17S 44E
00090 -1961 Nov 21 22:58:46 45507 -48981 4 T+ pp 0.2154 2.5164 1.4101 375.4 229.3 91.3 16N 157W
00091 -1960 May 17 02:43:37 45496 -48975 9 P a- -0.4899 1.9292 0.9884 301.1 186.4 - 15S 146E
00092 -1960 Nov 09 22:13:21 45484 -48969 14 P t- 0.8815 1.2866 0.1950 309.0 104.8 - 13N 146W
00093 -1959 Apr 07 09:23:16 45474 -48964 -19 N -a 1.3423 0.3967 -0.6068 174.6 - - 1N 51E
00094 -1959 May 06 18:36:13 45472 -48963 19 N a- -1.2657 0.5220 -0.4514 191.4 - - 12S 92W
00095 -1959 Sep 30 13:44:26 45463 -48958 -14 N -a -1.2885 0.4952 -0.5077 188.0 - - 5S 16W
00096 -1959 Oct 30 02:58:31 45461 -48957 24 N a- 1.5077 0.1103 -0.9270 95.4 - - 10N 142E
00097 -1958 Mar 27 15:49:23 45451 -48952 -9 P -t 0.6252 1.7395 0.6823 337.1 181.4 - 5N 45W
00098 -1958 Sep 20 04:17:44 45439 -48946 -4 P -a -0.5760 1.7842 0.8176 296.7 174.2 - 9S 125E
00099 -1957 Mar 16 16:35:22 45427 -48940 1 T- pp -0.1234 2.6701 1.5937 374.2 234.1 102.2 8N 56W
00100 -1957 Sep 09 20:13:35 45416 -48934 6 T+ pp 0.1059 2.6510 1.6762 323.3 211.9 96.6 12S 114W
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
00101 -1956 Mar 04 18:36:11 45404 -48928 11 P t- -0.8581 1.3071 0.2602 301.8 117.8 - 12N 86W
00102 -1956 Aug 29 08:51:57 45392 -48922 16 P h- 0.8463 1.3153 0.2951 289.7 120.4 - 15S 57E
00103 -1955 Jan 23 17:07:04 45383 -48917 -17 N -a 1.1268 0.7796 -0.1992 224.3 - - 24N 63W
00104 -1955 Feb 22 03:20:00 45381 -48916 21 N a- -1.5328 0.0425 -0.9519 57.7 - - 15N 143E
00105 -1955 Jul 19 22:47:07 45371 -48911 -12 N -t -1.2670 0.5715 -0.5045 223.4 - - 25S 153W
00106 -1954 Jan 13 08:52:18 45359 -48905 -7 T -a 0.4290 2.0525 1.0888 306.5 191.3 43.2 24N 59E
00107 -1954 Jul 08 23:09:54 45348 -48899 -2 P -t -0.5236 1.9297 0.8654 349.1 198.9 - 24S 160W
00108 -1953 Jan 03 00:00:33 45336 -48893 3 T- p- -0.2583 2.3808 1.3870 326.1 208.5 83.3 24N 170W
00109 -1953 Jun 28 04:23:00 45324 -48887 8 T+ p- 0.2538 2.3990 1.3856 343.0 217.4 86.5 23S 121E
00110 -1953 Dec 23 10:01:00 45313 -48881 13 Nx h- -1.0001 1.0493 -0.0030 274.3 - - 22N 39E
00111 -1952 May 18 09:48:07 45303 -48876 -20 Ne -a -1.5162 0.0472 -0.8960 58.0 - - 16S 39E
00112 -1952 Jun 16 16:52:31 45301 -48875 18 P a- 0.9869 1.0272 0.0666 250.4 56.8 - 21S 67W
00113 -1952 Nov 11 17:10:18 45291 -48870 -15 N -t 1.3259 0.4794 -0.6285 208.7 - - 14N 71W
00114 -1951 May 08 03:06:11 45280 -48864 -10 P -a -0.7995 1.3638 0.4176 273.5 133.7 - 12S 140E
00115 -1951 Oct 31 17:24:42 45268 -48858 -5 P -t 0.6306 1.7402 0.6623 335.3 177.3 - 9N 75W
00116 -1950 Apr 27 17:47:12 45256 -48852 0 T- pp -0.0560 2.7494 1.7608 337.7 220.5 101.6 8S 79W
00117 -1950 Oct 21 00:19:31 45245 -48846 5 T- p- -0.0873 2.7076 1.6883 339.5 218.4 98.8 4N 178W
00118 -1949 Apr 17 01:57:10 45233 -48840 10 P t- 0.7453 1.5125 0.4687 319.0 154.2 - 3S 160E
00119 -1949 Oct 10 13:44:03 45221 -48834 15 P a- -0.7556 1.4589 0.4838 281.0 142.0 - 1S 18W
00120 -1948 Mar 06 12:02:07 45212 -48829 -18 N -t -1.3590 0.4017 -0.6726 189.8 - - 11N 12E
00121 -1948 Apr 05 03:37:38 45210 -48828 20 N t- 1.5198 0.1056 -0.9667 100.5 - - 2N 136E
00122 -1948 Aug 30 19:16:55 45200 -48823 -13 N -a 1.2460 0.5632 -0.4201 196.1 - - 14S 100W
00123 -1948 Sep 29 05:34:07 45198 -48822 25 N a- -1.4118 0.2538 -0.7192 132.8 - - 6S 105E
00124 -1947 Feb 23 15:33:11 45188 -48817 -8 P -t -0.5826 1.8062 0.7720 328.3 184.4 - 15N 40W
00125 -1947 Aug 20 06:19:46 45177 -48811 -3 P -a 0.5727 1.8242 0.7902 327.4 185.0 - 18S 94E
00126 -1946 Feb 13 02:08:34 45165 -48805 2 T+ p- 0.1751 2.5281 1.5452 327.8 212.9 93.2 19N 161E
00127 -1946 Aug 09 10:16:29 45154 -48799 7 T- pp -0.1590 2.6051 1.5279 371.0 231.2 98.6 21S 35E
00128 -1945 Feb 02 17:38:57 45142 -48793 12 P a- 0.8659 1.2481 0.2898 263.9 112.6 - 22N 72W
00129 -1945 Jul 29 10:15:45 45130 -48787 17 P t- -0.8880 1.2673 0.1906 309.2 104.7 - 24S 34E
00130 -1945 Dec 24 22:16:54 45121 -48782 -16 N -a -1.1334 0.7836 -0.2271 231.8 - - 22N 145W
00131 -1944 Jun 18 02:42:46 45109 -48776 -11 N -h 1.1174 0.8054 -0.1902 236.9 - - 21S 145E
00132 -1944 Dec 13 06:09:27 45097 -48770 -6 P -a -0.4736 2.0244 0.9541 346.3 201.1 - 21N 95E
00133 -1943 Jun 07 16:52:12 45086 -48764 -1 T -p 0.3259 2.2347 1.2849 313.7 202.3 73.6 20S 68W
00134 -1943 Dec 02 06:59:23 45074 -48758 4 T+ pp 0.2115 2.5233 1.4173 375.7 229.6 91.9 20N 81E
00135 -1942 May 28 10:05:45 45062 -48752 9 T a- -0.4149 2.0674 1.1253 306.2 194.1 51.1 18S 33E
00136 -1942 Nov 21 06:22:58 45051 -48746 14 P h- 0.8782 1.2917 0.2023 308.6 106.4 - 17N 90E
00137 -1941 Apr 18 16:25:15 45041 -48741 -19 N -h 1.4191 0.2567 -0.7488 142.9 - - 3S 58W
00138 -1941 May 18 01:44:16 45039 -48740 19 N h- -1.1948 0.6538 -0.3227 212.3 - - 16S 159E
00139 -1941 Oct 11 22:16:40 45029 -48735 -14 N -a -1.2932 0.4862 -0.5160 185.9 - - 0S 147W
00140 -1941 Nov 10 11:29:55 45027 -48734 24 N a- 1.5025 0.1185 -0.9162 98.4 - - 14N 12E
00141 -1940 Apr 06 22:28:13 45018 -48729 -9 P -t 0.7028 1.5973 0.5400 329.5 165.6 - 1N 148W
00142 -1940 Sep 30 12:54:52 45006 -48723 -4 P -a -0.5890 1.7613 0.7929 295.6 172.2 - 4S 6W
00143 -1939 Mar 26 23:10:33 44995 -48717 1 T- pp -0.0493 2.8043 1.7314 374.5 235.6 105.8 4N 157W
00144 -1939 Sep 20 04:38:42 44983 -48711 6 T+ pp 0.0866 2.6887 1.7092 324.6 212.5 97.4 8S 118E
00145 -1938 Mar 16 01:37:58 44971 -48705 11 P t- -0.7937 1.4221 0.3815 309.3 139.7 - 8N 166E
00146 -1938 Sep 09 16:49:58 44960 -48699 16 P h- 0.8221 1.3630 0.3362 294.8 128.1 - 11S 65W
00147 -1937 Feb 04 01:16:41 44950 -48694 -17 N -a 1.1544 0.7263 -0.2473 217.0 - - 22N 173E
00148 -1937 Mar 05 10:56:43 44948 -48693 21 N a- -1.4792 0.1377 -0.8505 102.6 - - 11N 27E
00149 -1937 Jul 31 05:37:10 44938 -48688 -12 N -t -1.3280 0.4616 -0.6187 203.3 - - 24S 103E
00150 -1936 Jan 24 17:18:03 44927 -48682 -7 T -a 0.4521 2.0089 1.0477 304.9 189.2 32.1 23N 68W
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
00151 -1936 Jul 19 05:56:25 44915 -48676 -2 P -t -0.5907 1.8070 0.7418 342.6 187.8 - 24S 97E
00152 -1935 Jan 13 08:25:06 44904 -48670 3 T- p- -0.2430 2.4090 1.4153 327.5 209.9 85.6 23N 64E
00153 -1935 Jul 08 11:29:27 44892 -48664 8 T+ p- 0.1844 2.5257 1.5135 343.8 220.1 94.5 24S 13E
00154 -1934 Jan 02 18:10:11 44880 -48658 13 P h- -0.9913 1.0656 0.0128 276.8 26.7 - 23N 84W
00155 -1934 Jun 28 00:16:33 44869 -48652 18 P a- 0.9163 1.1565 0.1964 261.2 95.6 - 22S 179W
00156 -1934 Nov 23 01:12:12 44859 -48647 -15 N -t 1.3273 0.4765 -0.6308 208.0 - - 18N 167E
00157 -1933 May 19 10:25:50 44847 -48641 -10 P -a -0.8753 1.2255 0.2777 264.0 111.5 - 16S 28E
00158 -1933 Nov 12 01:40:00 44836 -48635 -5 P -t 0.6294 1.7413 0.6656 334.4 177.2 - 14N 160E
00159 -1932 May 08 00:48:41 44824 -48629 0 T- pp -0.1337 2.6083 1.6167 338.1 219.6 98.3 12S 173E
00160 -1932 Oct 31 08:56:42 44813 -48623 5 T- p- -0.0872 2.7067 1.6892 338.3 217.8 98.6 9N 51E
00161 -1931 Apr 27 08:31:07 44801 -48617 10 P t- 0.6654 1.6599 0.6144 329.4 173.0 - 7S 59E
00162 -1931 Oct 20 22:30:56 44790 -48611 15 P a- -0.7511 1.4673 0.4918 281.2 142.8 - 4N 152W
00163 -1930 Mar 17 18:47:44 44780 -48606 -18 N -t -1.4213 0.2850 -0.7846 161.2 - - 7N 92W
00164 -1930 Apr 16 10:00:50 44778 -48605 20 N t- 1.4404 0.2505 -0.8199 152.6 - - 2S 37E
00165 -1930 Sep 11 03:30:46 44768 -48600 -13 N -a 1.2728 0.5168 -0.4721 189.4 - - 10S 134E
00166 -1930 Oct 10 14:14:24 44766 -48599 25 N a- -1.4059 0.2663 -0.7100 136.2 - - 1S 28W
00167 -1929 Mar 06 22:51:19 44757 -48594 -8 P -t -0.6339 1.7088 0.6812 321.6 175.3 - 11N 152W
00168 -1929 Aug 31 14:02:16 44745 -48588 -3 P -a 0.6084 1.7621 0.7213 325.9 179.3 - 14S 23W
00169 -1928 Feb 24 10:00:35 44733 -48582 2 T+ p- 0.1325 2.6032 1.6262 327.2 213.9 96.3 16N 41E
00170 -1928 Aug 19 17:25:21 44722 -48576 7 T- pp -0.1117 2.6946 1.6122 373.1 233.0 102.1 18S 74W
00171 -1927 Feb 13 01:49:25 44710 -48570 12 P a- 0.8312 1.3100 0.3550 268.2 123.4 - 19N 164E
00172 -1927 Aug 08 17:15:18 44699 -48564 17 P t- -0.8322 1.3706 0.2920 317.5 127.5 - 22S 72W
00173 -1926 Jan 04 06:41:30 44689 -48559 -16 N -a -1.1486 0.7560 -0.2553 229.0 - - 23N 88E
00174 -1926 Feb 02 17:47:59 44687 -48558 22 N a- 1.5407 0.0197 -0.9580 38.4 - - 23N 76W
00175 -1926 Jun 29 09:52:43 44677 -48553 -11 N -h 1.1822 0.6858 -0.3083 220.4 - - 22S 36E
00176 -1926 Jul 28 21:01:47 44676 -48552 27 N h- -1.5162 0.0912 -0.9392 88.1 - - 24S 129W
00177 -1926 Dec 24 14:16:18 44666 -48547 -6 P -h -0.4837 2.0062 0.9351 346.5 200.3 - 23N 27W
00178 -1925 Jun 19 00:17:31 44654 -48541 -1 T -p 0.3961 2.1056 1.1562 309.6 196.5 56.7 22S 179E
00179 -1925 Dec 13 14:55:19 44643 -48535 4 T+ pp 0.2042 2.5363 1.4313 376.0 230.1 93.0 22N 38W
00180 -1924 Jun 07 17:29:26 44631 -48529 9 T p- -0.3417 2.2028 1.2587 310.6 200.2 70.4 21S 79W
00181 -1924 Dec 01 14:32:33 44620 -48523 14 P h- 0.8742 1.2973 0.2111 308.1 108.3 - 20N 34W
00182 -1923 Apr 28 23:19:12 44610 -48518 -19 Ne -h 1.5009 0.1078 -0.9001 94.2 - - 7S 164W
00183 -1923 May 28 08:48:40 44608 -48517 19 N h- -1.1217 0.7897 -0.1904 231.1 - - 19S 51E
00184 -1923 Oct 22 06:56:11 44598 -48512 -14 N -a -1.2928 0.4864 -0.5148 185.4 - - 4N 81E
00185 -1923 Nov 20 20:04:34 44597 -48511 24 N a- 1.4993 0.1227 -0.9088 99.7 - - 17N 118W
00186 -1922 Apr 18 04:58:14 44587 -48506 -9 P -t 0.7862 1.4445 0.3866 319.7 143.8 - 3S 112E
00187 -1922 Oct 11 21:38:54 44575 -48500 -4 P -a -0.5964 1.7484 0.7786 295.0 170.9 - 0N 140W
00188 -1921 Apr 07 05:39:20 44564 -48494 1 T+ pp 0.0302 2.8377 1.7681 373.9 235.6 106.2 0N 103E
00189 -1921 Oct 01 13:10:59 44552 -48488 6 T+ pp 0.0741 2.7140 1.7300 325.8 213.0 97.9 3S 13W
00190 -1920 Mar 26 08:35:29 44541 -48482 11 P t- -0.7246 1.5457 0.5112 316.3 158.0 - 4N 59E
00191 -1920 Sep 20 00:53:59 44529 -48476 16 P h- 0.8037 1.3999 0.3668 298.9 133.6 - 7S 172E
00192 -1919 Feb 14 09:20:46 44519 -48471 -17 N -a 1.1871 0.6637 -0.3046 208.0 - - 19N 51E
00193 -1919 Mar 15 18:28:43 44517 -48470 21 N a- -1.4210 0.2415 -0.7407 134.0 - - 7N 89W
00194 -1919 Aug 10 12:34:17 44508 -48465 -12 N -t -1.3829 0.3631 -0.7216 182.3 - - 22S 2W
00195 -1919 Sep 09 05:36:35 44506 -48464 26 N t- 1.5633 0.0306 -1.0512 53.8 - - 11S 101E
00196 -1918 Feb 04 01:35:40 44496 -48459 -7 P -a 0.4818 1.9530 0.9942 303.0 186.3 - 21N 166E
00197 -1918 Jul 30 12:52:49 44485 -48453 -2 P -t -0.6502 1.6982 0.6320 336.0 176.2 - 23S 8W
00198 -1917 Jan 24 16:41:03 44473 -48447 3 T- p- -0.2209 2.4493 1.4557 329.1 211.6 88.5 22N 61W
00199 -1917 Jul 19 18:45:27 44462 -48441 8 T+ pp 0.1221 2.6396 1.6283 343.9 221.5 99.1 24S 97W
00200 -1916 Jan 14 02:10:19 44450 -48435 13 P t- -0.9760 1.0938 0.0407 280.4 47.6 - 23N 155E
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
00201 -1916 Jul 08 07:48:07 44438 -48429 18 P a- 0.8512 1.2758 0.3159 270.1 118.8 - 23S 67E
00202 -1916 Dec 03 09:11:29 44429 -48424 -15 N -t 1.3306 0.4698 -0.6361 206.5 - - 21N 46E
00203 -1915 May 29 17:44:39 44417 -48418 -10 P -a -0.9511 1.0875 0.1374 253.1 80.1 - 19S 84W
00204 -1915 Nov 22 09:56:28 44406 -48412 -5 P -t 0.6279 1.7425 0.6698 333.3 177.2 - 17N 34E
00205 -1914 May 19 07:46:48 44394 -48406 0 T- -p -0.2133 2.4641 1.4690 337.8 217.2 91.5 15S 66E
00206 -1914 Nov 11 17:35:59 44383 -48400 5 T- p- -0.0882 2.7036 1.6887 337.1 217.2 98.4 13N 81W
00207 -1913 May 08 15:00:57 44371 -48394 10 P t- 0.5828 1.8126 0.7649 338.9 188.7 - 11S 42W
00208 -1913 Nov 01 07:21:56 44360 -48388 15 P a- -0.7498 1.4698 0.4944 281.1 143.0 - 8N 73E
00209 -1912 Mar 28 01:26:18 44350 -48383 -18 N -t -1.4890 0.1585 -0.9065 121.2 - - 3N 165E
00210 -1912 Apr 26 16:19:27 44348 -48382 20 N t- 1.3567 0.4031 -0.6657 190.8 - - 6S 60W
00211 -1912 Sep 21 11:51:57 44338 -48377 -13 N -a 1.2931 0.4824 -0.5119 184.2 - - 6S 6E
00212 -1912 Oct 20 22:59:59 44337 -48376 25 N a- -1.4048 0.2699 -0.7095 137.3 - - 3N 161W
00213 -1911 Mar 17 06:02:25 44327 -48371 -8 P -t -0.6917 1.5994 0.5783 313.7 163.7 - 7N 98E
00214 -1911 Sep 10 21:52:33 44315 -48365 -3 P -a 0.6365 1.7139 0.6666 324.9 174.5 - 11S 143W
00215 -1910 Mar 06 17:43:30 44304 -48359 2 T+ pp 0.0818 2.6934 1.7220 326.6 214.7 98.8 12N 77W
00216 -1910 Aug 31 00:44:07 44292 -48353 7 T- pp -0.0731 2.7679 1.6804 374.8 234.0 103.9 15S 174E
00217 -1909 Feb 24 09:51:39 44281 -48347 12 P a- 0.7901 1.3839 0.4319 273.1 134.6 - 16N 42E
00218 -1909 Aug 20 00:24:50 44269 -48341 17 P t- -0.7839 1.4601 0.3796 324.1 143.2 - 19S 179E
00219 -1908 Jan 15 14:58:54 44260 -48336 -16 N -a -1.1689 0.7189 -0.2926 224.9 - - 22N 37W
00220 -1908 Feb 14 01:51:59 44258 -48335 22 N a- 1.5115 0.0728 -0.9042 73.6 - - 20N 162E
00221 -1908 Jul 09 17:09:26 44248 -48330 -11 N -h 1.2420 0.5753 -0.4176 203.3 - - 23S 74W
00222 -1908 Aug 08 04:26:05 44246 -48329 27 N h- -1.4624 0.1897 -0.8405 125.6 - - 22S 118E
00223 -1907 Jan 03 22:16:52 44237 -48324 -6 P -h -0.4984 1.9793 0.9082 346.3 198.9 - 23N 148W
00224 -1907 Jun 29 07:46:09 44225 -48318 -1 T -a 0.4639 1.9814 1.0318 305.0 189.6 26.5 23S 66E
00225 -1907 Dec 23 22:47:02 44214 -48312 4 T+ pp 0.1935 2.5549 1.4519 376.1 230.8 94.4 23N 157W
00226 -1906 Jun 19 00:55:24 44202 -48306 9 T- p- -0.2707 2.3343 1.3876 314.2 204.9 82.5 23S 168E
00227 -1906 Dec 12 22:38:44 44191 -48300 14 P h- 0.8670 1.3086 0.2263 308.1 111.6 - 22N 156W
00228 -1905 Jun 08 15:54:50 44179 -48294 19 N h- -1.0508 0.9220 -0.0625 247.4 - - 21S 58W
00229 -1905 Nov 02 15:39:00 44169 -48289 -14 N -a -1.2901 0.4904 -0.5092 185.6 - - 8N 52W
00230 -1905 Dec 02 04:38:02 44167 -48288 24 N a- 1.4949 0.1288 -0.8989 101.7 - - 21N 113E
00231 -1904 Apr 28 11:24:14 44158 -48283 -9 P -t 0.8720 1.2874 0.2287 308.0 113.5 - 7S 13E
00232 -1904 Oct 22 06:26:51 44146 -48277 -4 P -a -0.6006 1.7412 0.7702 294.6 170.1 - 5N 86E
00233 -1903 Apr 17 12:03:29 44135 -48271 1 T+ pp 0.1136 2.6832 1.6165 372.2 234.0 103.0 4S 4E
00234 -1903 Oct 11 21:48:28 44123 -48265 6 T+ pp 0.0661 2.7307 1.7426 326.9 213.4 98.1 1N 144W
00235 -1902 Apr 06 15:26:31 44112 -48259 11 P t- -0.6490 1.6817 0.6528 323.0 173.9 - 0S 46W
00236 -1902 Oct 01 09:05:16 44100 -48253 16 P h- 0.7919 1.4245 0.3856 302.0 137.0 - 3S 47E
00237 -1901 Feb 25 17:15:41 44091 -48248 -17 N -a 1.2280 0.5861 -0.3772 196.4 - - 16N 70W
00238 -1901 Mar 27 01:54:06 44089 -48247 21 N a- -1.3563 0.3575 -0.6192 160.6 - - 3N 157E
00239 -1901 Aug 21 19:41:17 44079 -48242 -12 N -t -1.4295 0.2798 -0.8091 161.5 - - 19S 110W
00240 -1901 Sep 20 13:15:40 44077 -48241 26 N t- 1.5417 0.0728 -1.0141 83.0 - - 7S 16W
00241 -1900 Feb 15 09:44:19 44068 -48236 -7 P -a 0.5192 1.8834 0.9270 300.3 182.2 - 19N 43E
00242 -1900 Aug 09 19:59:34 44056 -48230 -2 P -t -0.7020 1.6037 0.5365 329.6 164.5 - 21S 116W
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) "
