Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series

Saros Series 0

The periodicity and recurrence of lunar (and solar) eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). When two eclipses are separated by a period of one Saros, they share a very similar geometry. The two eclipses occur at the same node[1] with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and at the same time of year. Thus, the Saros is useful for organizing eclipses into families or series. Each series typically lasts 12 to 15 centuries and contains 70 or more lunar eclipses.

Lunar eclipses of Saros 0 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series began with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on -2653 Mar 01. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on -1337 Apr 30. The total duration of Saros series 0 is 1316.20 years. In summary:

                      First Eclipse = -2653 Mar 01   18:54:27 TD
                       Last Eclipse = -1337 Apr 30   05:25:04 TD

                      Duration of Saros   0  =  1316.20 Years

Saros 0 is composed of 74 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 0
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 74100.0%
PenumbralN 19 25.7%
PartialP 30 40.5%
TotalT 25 33.8%

The 74 lunar eclipses in Saros 0 occur in the order of 8N 12P 25T 18P 11N which corresponds to:

                                     8  Penumbral
                                    12  Partial
                                    25  Total
                                    18  Partial
                                    11  Penumbral

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 0 are as follows.

            Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -1968 Apr 16      Duration = 01h41m59s
           Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -2203 Nov 27      Duration = 00h05m43s

            Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1842 Jul 01      Duration = 03h12m25s
           Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1535 Jan 01      Duration = 00h43m18s

          Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -1517 Jan 12      Duration = 04h51m15s
         Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -2653 Mar 01      Duration = 00h19m20s

The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 0 are:

            Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -2311 Sep 22      Magnitude = 0.9887
           Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1535 Jan 01      Magnitude = 0.0316

Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 0 are presented in the following catalog. For eclipses occurring between the years -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE), the sequence number in the first column links to a eclipse geometry diagram and a map from Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000. A detailed key and additional information about the catalog can be found at: Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series.



Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 0

                          TD of                                                          Phase
Seq. Rel.    Calendar   Greatest          Luna  Ecl.               Pen.    Um.    ---- Durations ---- 
Num. Num.      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Type QSE  Gamma    Mag.    Mag.    Pen.   Par.  Total
                                      s                                              m      m      m

 01  -38  -2653 Mar 01  18:54:27  63725 -57549   Nb  a-   1.5444  0.0051 -0.9571   19.3    -      -  
 02  -37  -2635 Mar 12  02:32:34  63213 -57326   N   a-   1.4867  0.1086 -0.8489   88.3    -      -  
 03  -36  -2617 Mar 23  10:06:40  62702 -57103   N   a-   1.4253  0.2191 -0.7342  123.8    -      -  
 04  -35  -2599 Apr 02  17:33:53  62193 -56880   N   a-   1.3578  0.3410 -0.6085  152.4    -      -  
 05  -34  -2581 Apr 14  00:59:38  61686 -56657   N   a-   1.2885  0.4666 -0.4798  175.7    -      -  
 06  -33  -2563 Apr 24  08:21:20  61182 -56434   N   a-   1.2153  0.5997 -0.3444  196.3    -      -  
 07  -32  -2545 May 05  15:42:45  60679 -56211   N   a-   1.1415  0.7343 -0.2080  213.9    -      -  
 08  -31  -2527 May 15  23:03:20  60178 -55988   N   a-   1.0664  0.8715 -0.0698  229.5    -      -  
 09  -30  -2509 May 27  06:26:16  59680 -55765   P   a-   0.9930  1.0062  0.0651  242.8   55.2    -  
 10  -29  -2491 Jun 06  13:50:59  59184 -55542   P   a-   0.9209  1.1387  0.1973  254.5   94.2    -  

 11  -28  -2473 Jun 17  21:19:13  58689 -55319   P   a-   0.8516  1.2664  0.3239  264.4  118.5    -  
 12  -27  -2455 Jun 28  04:52:35  58197 -55096   P   a-   0.7864  1.3869  0.4427  272.9  136.1    -  
 13  -26  -2437 Jul 09  12:31:55  57707 -54873   P   a-   0.7258  1.4991  0.5527  280.1  149.5    -  
 14  -25  -2419 Jul 19  20:17:52  57219 -54650   P   a-   0.6709  1.6012  0.6520  286.1  159.8    -  
 15  -24  -2401 Jul 31  04:11:21  56733 -54427   P   a-   0.6223  1.6919  0.7396  291.1  167.8    -  
 16  -23  -2383 Aug 10  12:13:14  56249 -54204   P   a-   0.5808  1.7699  0.8141  295.1  173.9    -  
 17  -22  -2365 Aug 21  20:23:26  55767 -53981   P   a-   0.5462  1.8353  0.8759  298.4  178.6    -  
 18  -21  -2347 Sep 01  04:40:55  55287 -53758   P   a-   0.5176  1.8895  0.9264  301.1  182.1    -  
 19  -20  -2329 Sep 12  13:07:10  54810 -53535   P   a-   0.4965  1.9302  0.9634  303.2  184.6    -  
 20  -19  -2311 Sep 22  21:40:31  54334 -53312   P   a-   0.4817  1.9591  0.9887  304.9  186.3    -  

 21  -18  -2293 Oct 04  06:20:45  53860 -53089   T   a-   0.4726  1.9775  1.0038  306.1  187.3    9.2
 22  -17  -2275 Oct 14  15:05:18  53389 -52866   T   p-   0.4675  1.9884  1.0117  307.1  188.0   16.1
 23  -16  -2257 Oct 25  23:54:29  52920 -52643   T   p-   0.4666  1.9914  1.0122  307.8  188.2   16.4
 24  -15  -2239 Nov 05  08:45:38  52452 -52420   T   p-   0.4677  1.9904  1.0091  308.4  188.3   14.2
 25  -14  -2221 Nov 16  17:37:06  51987 -52197   T   p-   0.4696  1.9877  1.0048  308.9  188.3   10.3
 26  -13  -2203 Nov 27  02:27:19  51524 -51974   T   p-   0.4711  1.9855  1.0015  309.4  188.4    5.7
 27  -12  -2185 Dec 08  11:14:26  51063 -51751   T   p-   0.4705  1.9868  1.0021  310.1  188.8    6.9
 28  -11  -2167 Dec 18  19:57:14  50604 -51528   T   p-   0.4670  1.9935  1.0085  311.0  189.6   13.8
 29  -10  -2149 Dec 30  04:33:10  50146 -51305   T   p-   0.4584  2.0092  1.0244  312.2  190.9   23.4
 30  -09  -2130 Jan 09  13:02:33  49692 -51082   T   p-   0.4450  2.0337  1.0492  313.7  192.8   33.0

 31  -08  -2112 Jan 20  21:23:22  49239 -50859   T   p-   0.4253  2.0694  1.0855  315.6  195.2   43.2
 32  -07  -2094 Jan 31  05:35:01  48788 -50636   T   p-   0.3985  2.1183  1.1350  318.0  198.2   53.6
 33  -06  -2076 Feb 11  13:37:05  48339 -50413   T   p-   0.3643  2.1809  1.1980  320.6  201.7   63.8
 34  -05  -2058 Feb 21  21:29:51  47893 -50190   T   p-   0.3231  2.2562  1.2737  323.5  205.5   73.4
 35  -04  -2040 Mar 04  05:13:43  47448 -49967   T   p-   0.2753  2.3439  1.3615  326.5  209.2   82.0
 36  -03  -2022 Mar 15  12:47:20  47006 -49744   T+  p-   0.2198  2.4459  1.4632  329.4  212.9   89.6
 37  -02  -2004 Mar 25  20:13:16  46565 -49521   T+  pp   0.1587  2.5585  1.5751  332.2  216.0   95.6
 38  -01  -1986 Apr 06  03:30:53  46127 -49298   T+  pp   0.0913  2.6827  1.6980  334.6  218.5   99.9
 39   00  -1968 Apr 16  10:42:21  45691 -49075   T+  pp   0.0198  2.8146  1.8283  336.4  220.1  102.0
 40   01  -1950 Apr 27  17:47:12  45256 -48852   T-  pp  -0.0560  2.7494  1.7608  337.7  220.5  101.6


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 0

                          TD of                                                          Phase
Seq. Rel.    Calendar   Greatest          Luna  Ecl.               Pen.    Um.    ---- Durations ---- 
Num. Num.      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Type QSE  Gamma    Mag.    Mag.    Pen.   Par.  Total
                                      s                                              m      m      m

 41   02  -1932 May 08  00:48:41  44824 -48629   T-  pp  -0.1337  2.6083  1.6167  338.1  219.6   98.3
 42   03  -1914 May 19  07:46:48  44394 -48406   T-  -p  -0.2133  2.4641  1.4690  337.8  217.2   91.5
 43   04  -1896 May 29  14:43:12  43966 -48183   T   -a  -0.2931  2.3196  1.3205  336.5  213.3   80.2
 44   05  -1878 Jun 09  21:39:41  43540 -47960   T   -a  -0.3719  2.1775  1.1736  334.4  207.9   62.2
 45   06  -1860 Jun 20  04:37:27  43116 -47737   T   -a  -0.4486  2.0394  1.0304  331.5  200.8   27.3
 46   07  -1842 Jul 01  11:38:36  42695 -47514   P   -a  -0.5214  1.9086  0.8939  328.0  192.4    -  
 47   08  -1824 Jul 11  18:42:29  42275 -47291   P   -a  -0.5909  1.7842  0.7634  323.9  182.5    -  
 48   09  -1806 Jul 23  01:53:11  41857 -47068   P   -a  -0.6539  1.6719  0.6447  319.6  171.6    -  
 49   10  -1788 Aug 02  09:09:00  41442 -46845   P   -a  -0.7119  1.5687  0.5350  315.1  159.7    -  
 50   11  -1770 Aug 13  16:33:08  41028 -46622   P   -a  -0.7619  1.4803  0.4398  310.8  147.4    -  

 51   12  -1752 Aug 24  00:03:32  40617 -46399   P   -a  -0.8059  1.4029  0.3558  306.8  134.7    -  
 52   13  -1734 Sep 04  07:43:13  40208 -46176   P   -a  -0.8415  1.3410  0.2873  303.5  122.6    -  
 53   14  -1716 Sep 14  15:29:15  39800 -45953   P   -h  -0.8710  1.2900  0.2299  300.7  111.0    -  
 54   15  -1698 Sep 25  23:22:45  39395 -45730   P   -h  -0.8936  1.2515  0.1855  298.8  100.6    -  
 55   16  -1680 Oct 06  07:22:03  38992 -45507   P   -h  -0.9107  1.2229  0.1515  297.5   91.6    -  
 56   17  -1662 Oct 17  15:27:46  38591 -45284   P   -h  -0.9213  1.2059  0.1297  297.1   85.2    -  
 57   18  -1644 Oct 27  23:36:20  38192 -45061   P   -h  -0.9292  1.1935  0.1131  297.0   80.0    -  
 58   19  -1626 Nov 08  07:47:43  37795 -44838   P   -h  -0.9340  1.1864  0.1026  297.3   76.5    -  
 59   20  -1608 Nov 18  15:59:05  37400 -44615   P   -h  -0.9381  1.1802  0.0938  297.5   73.4    -  
 60   21  -1590 Nov 30  00:10:23  37008 -44392   P   -t  -0.9415  1.1748  0.0866  297.8   70.7    -  

 61   22  -1572 Dec 10  08:16:54  36617 -44169   P   -t  -0.9481  1.1633  0.0740  297.4   65.6    -  
 62   23  -1554 Dec 21  16:20:04  36228 -43946   P   -t  -0.9567  1.1476  0.0580  296.5   58.4    -  
 63   24  -1535 Jan 01  00:15:14  35842 -43723   P   -t  -0.9712  1.1208  0.0316  294.4   43.3    -  
 64   25  -1517 Jan 12  08:04:28  35457 -43500   Nx  -t  -0.9901  1.0858 -0.0025  291.2    -      -  
 65   26  -1499 Jan 22  15:42:24  35075 -43277   Nx  -t  -1.0172  1.0352 -0.0517  286.3    -      -  
 66   27  -1481 Feb 02  23:12:49  34695 -43054   N   -t  -1.0500  0.9742 -0.1108  279.8    -      -  
 67   28  -1463 Feb 13  06:31:05  34316 -42831   N   -t  -1.0915  0.8970 -0.1860  270.9    -      -  
 68   29  -1445 Feb 24  13:40:09  33940 -42608   N   -t  -1.1399  0.8069 -0.2738  259.4    -      -  
 69   30  -1427 Mar 06  20:37:34  33566 -42385   N   -t  -1.1970  0.7012 -0.3773  244.5    -      -  
 70   31  -1409 Mar 18  03:26:50  33194 -42162   N   -t  -1.2598  0.5847 -0.4915  225.9    -      -  

 71   32  -1391 Mar 28  10:06:47  32824 -41939   N   -t  -1.3292  0.4563 -0.6179  202.1    -      -  
 72   33  -1373 Apr 08  16:38:42  32456 -41716   N   -t  -1.4043  0.3177 -0.7546  170.8    -      -  
 73   34  -1355 Apr 18  23:04:07  32090 -41493   N   -t  -1.4837  0.1712 -0.8996  127.1    -      -  
 74   35  -1337 Apr 30  05:25:04  31727 -41270   Ne  -t  -1.5661  0.0193 -1.0502   43.3    -      -  


Footnotes

[1] The Moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to Earth's orbit around the Sun. The points where the lunar orbit intersects the plane of Earth's orbit are known as the nodes. The Moon moves from south to north of Earth's orbit at the ascending node, and from north to south at the descending node.

[2]Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth's shadow.


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

The coordinates of the Sun used in these 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-present: ΔT obtained from published observations
  3. future: 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 Besselian elements used in the predictions were kindly provided by Jean Meeus. 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 originally published in Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and 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 and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)"


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