Lunar Eclipses: 1991 - 2000

Fred Espenak

A concise summary of all lunar eclipses from 1991 through 2000 is presented in the table below. The first column gives the Calendar Date of the instant of greatest eclipse[1]. The second column TD of Greatest Eclipse is the Terrestrial Dynamical Time of greatest eclipse. The third column lists the Eclipse Type which is either Total, Partial, or Penumbral.

Eclipses recur over the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 18 years 11 days. Each eclipse belongs to the Saros Series shown in the 4th column. The Umbral Magnitude[2] (column 5) gives the fraction of the Moon's diameter immersed in Earth's umbral shadow at the instant of greatest eclipse. The Eclipse Duration[3] gives the length of the partial eclipse. If the eclipse is total then two durations are listed. The first is the interval between the beginning and end of the partial phases. The second value (in bold) is the duration the total phase. Finally, the Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility[4] provides a brief description of the regions where each eclipse will be seen.

Two fields in the summary table provide links to graphics and additional information for each eclipse. A figure consisting of a diagram and map for each eclipse may be seen by clicking on the Calendar Date. The top diagram shows the Moon's trajectory with respect to Earth's penumbral and umbral shadows. The equidistant cylindrical projection map below illustrates the geographpic region of visibility for each phase of the eclipse. These figures are described in greater detail in the Key to Lunar Eclipse Maps. Each figure is stored as a PDF file of about 110 kilobytes.

All eclipses belonging to a particular Saros Series are listed in a table linked through the Saros number.

The Key to Lunar Eclipse Decade Table contains a more detailed description of each item in the table.

For more data on lunar eclipses during this period, see Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 1901 to 2000 .

Lunar Eclipses: 1991 - 2000
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse Eclipse Type Saros Series Umbral Magnitude Eclipse Duration Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility
1991 Jan 30 05:59:38 Penumbral 143 -0.111 - Americas, Europe, w Africa
1991 Jun 27 03:15:41 Penumbral 110 -0.757 - Americas, s Europe, Africa
1991 Jul 26 18:08:50 Penumbral 148 -0.811 - e Europe, Africa, Asia, Aus., w Pacific
1991 Dec 21 10:33:60 Partial 115 0.088 01h04m Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas
1992 Jun 15 04:57:57 Partial 120 0.682 03h00m e Pacific, Americas, w Europe, Africa
1992 Dec 09 23:45:05 Total 125 1.271 03h29m
01h14m
Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
1993 Jun 04 13:01:26 Total 130 1.562 03h38m
01h36m
Asia, Aus., Pacific, w Americas
1993 Nov 29 06:27:06 Total 135 1.088 03h31m
00h47m
Pacific, Americas, Europe, w Africa
1994 May 25 03:31:20 Partial 140 0.243 01h45m e Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
1994 Nov 18 06:44:54 Penumbral 145 -0.219 - Pacific, Americas, Europe, w Africa
1995 Apr 15 12:19:04 Partial 112 0.111 01h13m Asia, Aus., Pacific, w Americas
1995 Oct 08 16:05:12 Penumbral 117 -0.211 - Europe, Africa, Asia, Aus., Pacific
1996 Apr 04 00:10:47 Total 122 1.379 03h37m
01h26m
Americas, Europe, Africa, w Asia
1996 Sep 27 02:55:24 Total 127 1.240 03h23m
01h09m
c Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
1997 Mar 24 04:40:28 Partial 132 0.920 03h23m c Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
1997 Sep 16 18:47:42 Total 137 1.191 03h16m
01h02m
Europe, Africa, Asia, Aus.
1998 Mar 13 04:21:08 Penumbral 142 -0.382 - c Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
1998 Aug 08 02:25:57 Penumbral 109 -0.864 - Americas, Europe, Africa
1998 Sep 06 11:11:11 Penumbral 147 -0.154 - e Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas
1999 Jan 31 16:18:35 Penumbral 114 -0.026 - Europe, Africa, Asia, Aus., Pacific
1999 Jul 28 11:34:46 Partial 119 0.397 02h23m e Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas
2000 Jan 21 04:44:34 Total 124 1.325 03h23m
01h17m
Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
2000 Jul 16 13:56:39 Total 129 1.768 03h56m
01h46m
Asia, Pacific, w Americas

Geographic abbreviations (used above): n = north, s = south, e = east, w = west, c = central


[1] Greatest Eclipse is the instant when the distance between the axis of Earth's umbral shadow and the center of the Moon's disk reaches a minimum.

[2] Umbral magnitude is the fraction of the Moon's diameter obscured by Earth's umbral shadow at the instant of greatest eclipse. For total eclipses, the umbral magnitude is always greater than or equal to 1. For partial eclipses, the umbral magnitude is always greater than 0 and less than 1. For penumbral eclipses, the umbral magnitude is always negative (i.e., less than 0).

[3] Eclipse Duration is the duration of the partial phase of a partial eclipse. For total eclipses two values are given. The first is the period between the beginning and end of the partial phases, while the second value (in bold is the duration of the total phase.

[4] Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility is the portion of Earth's surface where some portion of the eclipse can be seen.


Decade Tables of Lunar Eclipses

Every link in the following table displays a page containing 10 years of lunar eclipses. Each eclipse has links to diagrams, maps and saros tables.

Ten Year Tables of Lunar Eclipses
Decades
1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950
1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000
2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030 2031-2040 2041-2050
2051-2060 2061-2070 2071-2080 2081-2090 2091-2100

Lunar Eclipse Catalogs
Lunar Eclipse Resources
Lunar Eclipse Publications Online

Special thanks to National Space Club summer interns Christopher Barrow for his valuable assistance in preparing this web page (July 2004) and Sumit Dutta for meticulously updating the Eclipse Web Site to NASA/W3C standards (July 2005).

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data published in Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000.

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"

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2013 Dec 09