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 35 all occur at the Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The series began with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on -1532 May 25. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on -0252 Jul 01. The total duration of Saros series 35 is 1280.14 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = -1532 May 25 03:39:12 TD
Last Eclipse = -0252 Jul 01 11:01:10 TD
Duration of Saros 35 = 1280.14 Years
Saros 35 is composed of 72 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 35 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 72 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 16 | 22.2% |
| Partial | P | 44 | 61.1% |
| Total | T | 12 | 16.7% |
The 72 lunar eclipses in Saros 35 occur in the order of 8N 20P 12T 24P 8N which corresponds to:
8 Penumbral
20 Partial
12 Total
24 Partial
8 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 35 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: -0919 May 27 Duration = 01h44m33s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1027 Mar 23 Duration = 00h13m53s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1045 Mar 13 Duration = 03h19m39s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0396 Apr 05 Duration = 01h02m39s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -1406 Aug 09 Duration = 04h50m05s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -0252 Jul 01 Duration = 00h49m32s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 35 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0811 Jul 31 Magnitude = 0.9818
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1388 Aug 19 Magnitude = 0.0676
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 35 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.
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 -34 -1532 May 25 03:39:12 35769 -43681 N t- -1.5074 0.1193 -0.9347 104.7 - -
02 -33 -1514 Jun 05 10:04:48 35385 -43458 N t- -1.4269 0.2683 -0.7886 155.4 - -
03 -32 -1496 Jun 15 16:29:54 35003 -43235 N t- -1.3460 0.4186 -0.6417 192.0 - -
04 -31 -1478 Jun 26 22:59:32 34623 -43012 N t- -1.2686 0.5624 -0.5016 220.1 - -
05 -30 -1460 Jul 07 05:32:38 34245 -42789 N t- -1.1942 0.7010 -0.3670 243.1 - -
06 -29 -1442 Jul 18 12:11:18 33870 -42566 N t- -1.1243 0.8315 -0.2408 262.0 - -
07 -28 -1424 Jul 28 18:57:00 33496 -42343 N t- -1.0602 0.9513 -0.1254 277.5 - -
08 -27 -1406 Aug 09 01:50:47 33124 -42120 Nx t- -1.0028 1.0588 -0.0223 290.1 - -
09 -26 -1388 Aug 19 08:53:39 32755 -41897 P t- -0.9526 1.1532 0.0676 300.3 63.7 -
10 -25 -1370 Aug 30 16:04:30 32387 -41674 P t- -0.9090 1.2354 0.1455 308.6 92.4 -
11 -24 -1352 Sep 09 23:25:44 32022 -41451 P t- -0.8739 1.3019 0.2079 315.0 109.6 -
12 -23 -1334 Sep 21 06:55:23 31658 -41228 P t- -0.8456 1.3556 0.2580 319.9 121.2 -
13 -22 -1316 Oct 01 14:33:45 31297 -41005 P t- -0.8242 1.3963 0.2956 323.5 129.0 -
14 -21 -1298 Oct 12 22:19:31 30938 -40782 P t- -0.8087 1.4261 0.3227 326.1 134.3 -
15 -20 -1280 Oct 23 06:12:46 30581 -40559 P t- -0.7989 1.4452 0.3400 327.7 137.4 -
16 -19 -1262 Nov 03 14:10:31 30226 -40336 P t- -0.7926 1.4572 0.3509 328.6 139.3 -
17 -18 -1244 Nov 13 22:11:15 29873 -40113 P t- -0.7884 1.4651 0.3585 329.0 140.6 -
18 -17 -1226 Nov 25 06:13:34 29522 -39890 P t- -0.7851 1.4707 0.3648 329.2 141.6 -
19 -16 -1208 Dec 05 14:16:12 29173 -39667 P t- -0.7815 1.4767 0.3721 329.3 142.8 -
20 -15 -1190 Dec 16 22:15:17 28826 -39444 P t- -0.7747 1.4880 0.3857 329.6 144.9 -
21 -14 -1172 Dec 27 06:11:00 28481 -39221 P t- -0.7648 1.5047 0.4054 330.2 148.0 -
22 -13 -1153 Jan 07 14:00:19 28139 -38998 P t- -0.7492 1.5315 0.4360 331.4 152.5 -
23 -12 -1135 Jan 17 21:44:23 27798 -38775 P t- -0.7287 1.5668 0.4756 332.9 158.1 -
24 -11 -1117 Jan 29 05:18:25 27460 -38552 P t- -0.6996 1.6178 0.5315 335.3 165.4 -
25 -10 -1099 Feb 08 12:46:23 27123 -38329 P t- -0.6647 1.6791 0.5980 338.1 173.3 -
26 -09 -1081 Feb 19 20:03:52 26789 -38106 P t- -0.6208 1.7569 0.6813 341.4 182.1 -
27 -08 -1063 Mar 02 03:14:46 26457 -37883 P t- -0.5707 1.8460 0.7760 344.8 190.8 -
28 -07 -1045 Mar 13 10:15:52 26126 -37660 P t- -0.5117 1.9514 0.8871 348.4 199.6 -
29 -06 -1027 Mar 23 17:12:00 25798 -37437 T t- -0.4478 2.0660 1.0072 351.7 207.6 13.9
30 -05 -1009 Apr 04 00:00:30 25472 -37214 T t- -0.3766 2.1939 1.1405 354.7 214.8 58.6
31 -04 -0991 Apr 14 06:44:32 25148 -36991 T t- -0.3006 2.3307 1.2824 357.0 220.8 79.0
32 -03 -0973 Apr 25 13:24:18 24826 -36768 T- pp -0.2204 2.4756 1.4320 358.6 225.3 92.1
33 -02 -0955 May 05 20:02:50 24506 -36545 T- pp -0.1381 2.6243 1.5851 359.2 228.2 100.2
34 -01 -0937 May 17 02:40:23 24189 -36322 T- pp -0.0539 2.7769 1.7416 358.8 229.5 104.2
35 00 -0919 May 27 09:18:34 23873 -36099 T+ pp 0.0307 2.8176 1.7858 357.5 229.1 104.5
36 01 -0901 Jun 07 15:59:41 23559 -35876 T+ pp 0.1139 2.6636 1.6347 355.1 227.1 101.3
37 02 -0883 Jun 17 22:44:43 23248 -35653 T+ pp 0.1944 2.5147 1.4882 351.8 223.5 94.6
38 03 -0865 Jun 29 05:34:31 22938 -35430 T+ pp 0.2718 2.3715 1.3470 347.8 218.7 84.1
39 04 -0847 Jul 09 12:30:58 22631 -35207 T -p 0.3447 2.2371 1.2140 343.1 212.7 69.0
40 05 -0829 Jul 20 19:35:30 22326 -34984 T -t 0.4118 2.1135 1.0915 338.1 205.9 46.8
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 06 -0811 Jul 31 02:49:22 22022 -34761 P -t 0.4717 2.0031 0.9818 332.9 198.7 -
42 07 -0793 Aug 11 10:11:32 21721 -34538 P -t 0.5257 1.9037 0.8829 327.7 191.2 -
43 08 -0775 Aug 21 17:45:10 21422 -34315 P -h 0.5711 1.8205 0.7998 322.8 184.0 -
44 09 -0757 Sep 02 01:28:21 21125 -34092 P -a 0.6095 1.7499 0.7294 318.3 177.3 -
45 10 -0739 Sep 12 09:22:58 20830 -33869 P -a 0.6394 1.6949 0.6745 314.3 171.5 -
46 11 -0721 Sep 23 17:25:54 20537 -33646 P -a 0.6633 1.6510 0.6307 310.9 166.5 -
47 12 -0703 Oct 04 01:39:46 20246 -33423 P -a 0.6791 1.6218 0.6020 308.3 162.9 -
48 13 -0685 Oct 15 10:01:00 19957 -33200 P -a 0.6898 1.6019 0.5827 306.1 160.3 -
49 14 -0667 Oct 25 18:29:57 19671 -32977 P -a 0.6950 1.5918 0.5737 304.5 158.8 -
50 15 -0649 Nov 06 03:04:06 19386 -32754 P -a 0.6968 1.5878 0.5711 303.3 158.1 -
51 16 -0631 Nov 16 11:43:13 19104 -32531 P -a 0.6954 1.5893 0.5747 302.4 158.0 -
52 17 -0613 Nov 27 20:24:03 18823 -32308 P -a 0.6931 1.5922 0.5801 301.5 158.2 -
53 18 -0595 Dec 08 05:05:06 18545 -32085 P -a 0.6915 1.5937 0.5848 300.6 158.3 -
54 19 -0577 Dec 19 13:45:23 18268 -31862 P -a 0.6911 1.5925 0.5872 299.4 158.2 -
55 20 -0559 Dec 29 22:23:12 17994 -31639 P -a 0.6938 1.5855 0.5844 298.0 157.5 -
56 21 -0540 Jan 10 06:56:03 17722 -31416 P -a 0.7011 1.5697 0.5733 296.0 155.9 -
57 22 -0522 Jan 20 15:23:38 17452 -31193 P -a 0.7133 1.5448 0.5533 293.4 153.3 -
58 23 -0504 Jan 31 23:44:46 17184 -30970 P -a 0.7317 1.5085 0.5222 290.1 149.3 -
59 24 -0486 Feb 11 07:59:42 16874 -30747 P -a 0.7559 1.4614 0.4805 286.1 143.8 -
60 25 -0468 Feb 22 16:05:52 16562 -30524 P -a 0.7881 1.3995 0.4240 281.0 136.0 -
61 26 -0450 Mar 05 00:05:59 16258 -30301 P -a 0.8260 1.3273 0.3570 275.0 125.8 -
62 27 -0432 Mar 15 07:57:54 15962 -30078 P -a 0.8713 1.2416 0.2764 267.7 111.8 -
63 28 -0414 Mar 26 15:43:59 15674 -29855 P -a 0.9220 1.1462 0.1858 259.2 92.7 -
64 29 -0396 Apr 05 23:22:55 15394 -29632 P -a 0.9792 1.0389 0.0829 249.0 62.7 -
65 30 -0378 Apr 17 06:57:36 15120 -29409 N -a 1.0404 0.9248 -0.0273 237.1 - -
66 31 -0360 Apr 27 14:27:25 14853 -29186 N -a 1.1059 0.8029 -0.1459 223.3 - -
67 32 -0342 May 08 21:53:46 14592 -28963 N -a 1.1746 0.6755 -0.2705 207.0 - -
68 33 -0324 May 19 05:18:17 14338 -28740 N -a 1.2448 0.5455 -0.3985 188.1 - -
69 34 -0306 May 30 12:41:55 14089 -28517 N -a 1.3158 0.4145 -0.5280 165.8 - -
70 35 -0288 Jun 09 20:06:30 13845 -28294 N -a 1.3863 0.2848 -0.6570 139.0 - -
71 36 -0270 Jun 21 03:31:47 13607 -28071 N -a 1.4562 0.1565 -0.7852 104.2 - -
72 37 -0252 Jul 01 11:01:10 13373 -27848 Ne -a 1.5228 0.0347 -0.9076 49.5 - -
[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.
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..
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:
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 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)"
