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 58 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 -0812 Mar 16. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 0486 May 04. The total duration of Saros series 58 is 1298.17 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = -0812 Mar 16 16:31:39 TD
Last Eclipse = 0486 May 04 18:23:37 TD
Duration of Saros 58 = 1298.17 Years
Saros 58 is composed of 73 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 58 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 73 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 25 | 34.2% |
| Partial | P | 24 | 32.9% |
| Total | T | 24 | 32.9% |
The 73 lunar eclipses in Saros 58 occur in the order of 8N 12P 24T 12P 17N which corresponds to:
8 Penumbral
12 Partial
24 Total
12 Partial
17 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 58 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: -0127 May 02 Duration = 01h42m54s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: -0452 Oct 19 Duration = 00h15m19s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0019 Jul 06 Duration = 03h20m00s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0179 Nov 02 Duration = 00h23m37s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 0197 Nov 12 Duration = 04h49m30s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -0812 Mar 16 Duration = 00h39m37s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 58 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0470 Oct 08 Magnitude = 0.9922
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0179 Nov 02 Magnitude = 0.0094
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 58 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 -38 -0812 Mar 16 16:31:39 22045 -34778 Nb a- 1.5330 0.0218 -0.9321 39.6 - -
02 -37 -0794 Mar 28 00:16:46 21744 -34555 N a- 1.4784 0.1201 -0.8301 91.9 - -
03 -36 -0776 Apr 07 07:56:37 21445 -34332 N a- 1.4192 0.2270 -0.7199 124.9 - -
04 -35 -0758 Apr 18 15:31:17 21147 -34109 N a- 1.3556 0.3423 -0.6018 151.5 - -
05 -34 -0740 Apr 28 23:00:56 20852 -33886 N a- 1.2875 0.4661 -0.4758 174.6 - -
06 -33 -0722 May 10 06:28:12 20559 -33663 N a- 1.2172 0.5944 -0.3460 194.5 - -
07 -32 -0704 May 20 13:53:20 20268 -33440 N a- 1.1446 0.7272 -0.2124 212.2 - -
08 -31 -0686 May 31 21:18:32 19979 -33217 N a- 1.0720 0.8602 -0.0791 227.6 - -
09 -30 -0668 Jun 11 04:43:12 19692 -32994 P a- 0.9988 0.9948 0.0549 241.3 50.7 -
10 -29 -0650 Jun 22 12:11:03 19408 -32771 P a- 0.9282 1.1251 0.1841 253.1 91.1 -
11 -28 -0632 Jul 02 19:41:31 19125 -32548 P a- 0.8594 1.2522 0.3092 263.5 116.1 -
12 -27 -0614 Jul 14 03:15:51 18844 -32325 P a- 0.7941 1.3732 0.4278 272.4 134.3 -
13 -26 -0596 Jul 24 10:55:13 18566 -32102 P a- 0.7332 1.4866 0.5382 280.1 148.2 -
14 -25 -0578 Aug 04 18:40:50 18289 -31879 P a- 0.6777 1.5901 0.6382 286.5 159.0 -
15 -24 -0560 Aug 15 02:33:41 18015 -31656 P a- 0.6285 1.6824 0.7267 292.0 167.3 -
16 -23 -0542 Aug 26 10:32:35 17743 -31433 P a- 0.5845 1.7652 0.8053 296.6 174.0 -
17 -22 -0524 Sep 05 18:40:22 17472 -31210 P a- 0.5483 1.8338 0.8696 300.3 179.0 -
18 -21 -0506 Sep 17 02:55:15 17204 -30987 P a- 0.5183 1.8910 0.9224 303.5 182.9 -
19 -20 -0488 Sep 27 11:18:29 16898 -30764 P a- 0.4956 1.9349 0.9619 306.0 185.7 -
20 -19 -0470 Oct 08 19:47:23 16585 -30541 P a- 0.4780 1.9694 0.9922 308.1 187.8 -
21 -18 -0452 Oct 19 04:23:53 16280 -30318 T p- 0.4669 1.9917 1.0105 309.8 189.2 15.3
22 -17 -0434 Oct 30 13:04:33 15984 -30095 T p- 0.4597 2.0069 1.0220 311.2 190.2 22.1
23 -16 -0416 Nov 09 21:49:34 15696 -29872 T p- 0.4566 2.0141 1.0259 312.3 190.7 24.1
24 -15 -0398 Nov 21 06:36:25 15415 -29649 T p- 0.4555 2.0177 1.0267 313.3 191.1 24.4
25 -14 -0380 Dec 01 15:24:54 15141 -29426 T p- 0.4565 2.0169 1.0236 314.1 191.3 23.1
26 -13 -0362 Dec 13 00:11:24 14873 -29203 T p- 0.4563 2.0182 1.0232 315.0 191.7 22.9
27 -12 -0344 Dec 23 08:55:26 14612 -28980 T p- 0.4546 2.0220 1.0257 316.0 192.3 24.1
28 -11 -0325 Jan 03 17:34:37 14357 -28757 T p- 0.4497 2.0313 1.0342 317.1 193.3 27.8
29 -10 -0307 Jan 14 02:09:02 14107 -28534 T p- 0.4419 2.0460 1.0483 318.5 194.6 33.0
30 -09 -0289 Jan 25 10:34:31 13863 -28311 T p- 0.4273 2.0728 1.0750 320.3 196.6 40.9
31 -08 -0271 Feb 04 18:53:04 13625 -28088 T p- 0.4077 2.1087 1.1108 322.4 199.0 49.4
32 -07 -0253 Feb 16 03:01:19 13391 -27865 T p- 0.3804 2.1589 1.1611 324.8 202.1 58.7
33 -06 -0235 Feb 26 11:01:52 13162 -27642 T p- 0.3474 2.2194 1.2218 327.5 205.4 67.8
34 -05 -0217 Mar 09 18:50:25 12937 -27419 T p- 0.3054 2.2964 1.2988 330.5 209.2 76.8
35 -04 -0199 Mar 20 02:31:27 12717 -27196 T+ p- 0.2579 2.3837 1.3859 333.5 212.8 84.9
36 -03 -0181 Mar 31 10:01:36 12502 -26973 T+ pp 0.2019 2.4866 1.4882 336.5 216.4 92.0
37 -02 -0163 Apr 10 17:24:33 12290 -26750 T+ pp 0.1409 2.5990 1.5997 339.2 219.4 97.6
38 -01 -0145 Apr 22 00:38:01 12082 -26527 T+ pp 0.0728 2.7247 1.7242 341.5 221.7 101.4
39 00 -0127 May 02 07:46:21 11878 -26304 T+ pp 0.0012 2.8569 1.8546 343.3 223.0 102.9
40 01 -0109 May 13 14:47:43 11678 -26081 T- pp -0.0752 2.7223 1.7175 344.4 223.1 101.8
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 02 -0091 May 23 21:44:36 11481 -25858 T- pp -0.1544 2.5785 1.5709 344.6 221.8 97.5
42 03 -0073 Jun 04 04:38:01 11287 -25635 T- -p -0.2355 2.4314 1.4205 343.9 218.9 89.3
43 04 -0055 Jun 14 11:30:00 11096 -25412 T -a -0.3168 2.2842 1.2693 342.3 214.3 75.8
44 05 -0037 Jun 25 18:21:42 10908 -25189 T -h -0.3972 2.1388 1.1195 339.7 208.1 53.2
45 06 -0019 Jul 06 01:13:43 10722 -24966 P -h -0.4762 1.9964 0.9721 336.2 200.0 -
46 07 -0001 Jul 17 08:09:12 10539 -24743 P -h -0.5514 1.8612 0.8315 332.0 190.3 -
47 08 0017 Jul 27 15:08:05 10358 -24520 P -h -0.6228 1.7330 0.6976 327.2 178.9 -
48 09 0035 Aug 07 22:11:37 10179 -24297 P -h -0.6894 1.6139 0.5725 321.9 165.9 -
49 10 0053 Aug 18 05:21:12 10002 -24074 P -h -0.7500 1.5057 0.4581 316.4 151.6 -
50 11 0071 Aug 29 12:38:10 9826 -23851 P -h -0.8036 1.4105 0.3566 311.1 136.2 -
51 12 0089 Sep 08 20:02:49 9652 -23628 P -h -0.8504 1.3279 0.2677 306.0 119.9 -
52 13 0107 Sep 20 03:34:19 9478 -23405 P -h -0.8908 1.2568 0.1906 301.3 102.6 -
53 14 0125 Sep 30 11:14:22 9306 -23182 P -h -0.9234 1.1999 0.1278 297.4 85.0 -
54 15 0143 Oct 11 19:01:54 9134 -22959 P -h -0.9491 1.1556 0.0780 294.4 67.0 -
55 16 0161 Oct 22 02:55:49 8963 -22736 P -t -0.9691 1.1214 0.0389 292.1 47.7 -
56 17 0179 Nov 02 10:55:05 8792 -22513 P -t -0.9839 1.0963 0.0094 290.5 23.6 -
57 18 0197 Nov 12 18:58:42 8621 -22290 Nx -t -0.9947 1.0784 -0.0122 289.5 - -
58 19 0215 Nov 24 03:05:30 8450 -22067 Nx -t -1.0022 1.0661 -0.0275 289.0 - -
59 20 0233 Dec 04 11:12:06 8279 -21844 Nx -t -1.0091 1.0546 -0.0410 288.4 - -
60 21 0251 Dec 15 19:19:16 8107 -21621 Nx -t -1.0149 1.0446 -0.0525 287.9 - -
61 22 0269 Dec 26 03:22:47 7934 -21398 Nx -t -1.0229 1.0303 -0.0673 286.8 - -
62 23 0288 Jan 06 11:23:04 7761 -21175 Nx -t -1.0332 1.0113 -0.0861 285.1 - -
63 24 0306 Jan 16 19:15:47 7587 -20952 N -t -1.0490 0.9817 -0.1148 282.0 - -
64 25 0324 Jan 28 03:03:12 7413 -20729 N -t -1.0686 0.9450 -0.1501 278.0 - -
65 26 0342 Feb 07 10:41:18 7237 -20506 N -t -1.0950 0.8957 -0.1975 272.1 - -
66 27 0360 Feb 18 18:10:48 7060 -20283 N -t -1.1281 0.8338 -0.2570 264.2 - -
67 28 0378 Mar 01 01:30:03 6883 -20060 N -t -1.1690 0.7574 -0.3307 253.8 - -
68 29 0396 Mar 11 08:40:35 6706 -19837 N -t -1.2165 0.6686 -0.4166 240.5 - -
69 30 0414 Mar 22 15:41:20 6527 -19614 N -t -1.2715 0.5664 -0.5159 223.5 - -
70 31 0432 Apr 01 22:33:01 6349 -19391 N -t -1.3330 0.4520 -0.6273 201.7 - -
71 32 0450 Apr 13 05:16:32 6171 -19168 N -t -1.4006 0.3265 -0.7500 173.3 - -
72 33 0468 Apr 23 11:53:18 5993 -18945 N -t -1.4732 0.1919 -0.8819 134.4 - -
73 34 0486 May 04 18:23:37 5816 -18722 Ne -t -1.5503 0.0493 -1.0222 68.9 - -
[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)"
