Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series

Saros Series 62

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 62 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 -0624 Feb 08. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 0692 Apr 06. The total duration of Saros series 62 is 1316.20 years. In summary:

                      First Eclipse = -0624 Feb 08   07:39:48 TD
                       Last Eclipse =  0692 Apr 06   23:36:07 TD

                      Duration of Saros  62  =  1316.20 Years

Saros 62 is composed of 74 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 62
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 74100.0%
PenumbralN 34 45.9%
PartialP 14 18.9%
TotalT 26 35.1%

The 74 lunar eclipses in Saros 62 occur in the order of 10N 7P 26T 7P 24N which corresponds to:

                                    10  Penumbral
                                     7  Partial
                                    26  Total
                                     7  Partial
                                    24  Penumbral

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 62 are as follows.

            Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    0025 Mar 03      Duration = 01h45m28s
           Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -0318 Aug 10      Duration = 00h04m56s

            Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    0151 May 18      Duration = 03h21m24s
           Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0444 May 26      Duration = 00h46m52s

          Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:    0277 Aug 01      Duration = 04h27m25s
         Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -0624 Feb 08      Duration = 00h43m42s

The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 62 are:

            Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    0151 May 18      Magnitude = 0.9208
           Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0444 May 26      Magnitude = 0.0380

Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 62 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 62

                          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  -36  -0624 Feb 08  07:39:48  19006 -32454   N   h-   1.5550  0.0224 -1.0129   43.7    -      -  
 02  -35  -0606 Feb 18  15:27:17  18727 -32231   N   t-   1.5278  0.0724 -0.9629   78.5    -      -  
 03  -34  -0588 Feb 29  23:04:08  18449 -32008   N   t-   1.4929  0.1363 -0.8990  107.5    -      -  
 04  -33  -0570 Mar 12  06:30:25  18173 -31785   N   t-   1.4505  0.2142 -0.8211  134.3    -      -  
 05  -32  -0552 Mar 22  13:46:39  17900 -31562   N   t-   1.4007  0.3058 -0.7298  159.6    -      -  
 06  -31  -0534 Apr 02  20:53:22  17628 -31339   N   t-   1.3440  0.4100 -0.6261  183.7    -      -  
 07  -30  -0516 Apr 13  03:50:34  17359 -31116   N   t-   1.2805  0.5269 -0.5101  206.6    -      -  
 08  -29  -0498 Apr 24  10:40:33  17084 -30893   N   t-   1.2117  0.6538 -0.3843  228.1    -      -  
 09  -28  -0480 May 04  17:24:01  16765 -30670   N   t-   1.1379  0.7899 -0.2498  248.2    -      -  
 10  -27  -0462 May 16  00:01:49  16456 -30447   N   t-   1.0601  0.9338 -0.1079  266.8    -      -  

 11  -26  -0444 May 26  06:36:23  16155 -30224   P   t-   0.9799  1.0823  0.0380  283.8   46.9    -  
 12  -25  -0426 Jun 06  13:08:38  15862 -30001   P   t-   0.8981  1.2338  0.1866  299.1  102.0    -  
 13  -24  -0408 Jun 16  19:41:05  15576 -29778   P   t-   0.8168  1.3847  0.3341  312.6  133.9    -  
 14  -23  -0390 Jun 28  02:12:52  15298 -29555   P   t-   0.7353  1.5362  0.4817  324.6  157.6    -  
 15  -22  -0372 Jul 08  08:48:47  15027 -29332   P   t-   0.6574  1.6812  0.6226  334.9  175.5    -  
 16  -21  -0354 Jul 19  15:27:26  14762 -29109   P   t-   0.5819  1.8220  0.7588  343.7  189.7    -  
 17  -20  -0336 Jul 29  22:13:02  14504 -28886   P   t-   0.5126  1.9516  0.8838  351.0  200.6    -  
 18  -19  -0318 Aug 10  05:03:13  14251 -28663   T   t-   0.4474  2.0737  1.0009  357.1  209.3    4.9
 19  -18  -0300 Aug 20  12:03:15  14004 -28440   T   t-   0.3904  2.1807  1.1031  362.0  215.7   51.3
 20  -17  -0282 Aug 31  19:09:38  13762 -28217   T   p-   0.3389  2.2778  1.1952  366.0  220.6   68.5

 21  -16  -0264 Sep 11  02:25:28  13525 -27994   T   p-   0.2954  2.3600  1.2726  369.1  224.2   78.7
 22  -15  -0246 Sep 22  09:49:03  13294 -27771   T+  pp   0.2584  2.4302  1.3383  371.6  226.9   85.6
 23  -14  -0228 Oct 02  17:22:38  13067 -27548   T+  pp   0.2300  2.4843  1.3883  373.5  228.7   89.9
 24  -13  -0210 Oct 14  01:03:18  12844 -27325   T+  pp   0.2072  2.5280  1.4284  374.9  229.9   92.8
 25  -12  -0192 Oct 24  08:51:03  12626 -27102   T+  pp   0.1902  2.5606  1.4580  376.0  230.8   94.7
 26  -11  -0174 Nov 04  16:44:45  12412 -26879   T+  pp   0.1782  2.5839  1.4789  376.7  231.4   96.0
 27  -10  -0156 Nov 15  00:43:42  12202 -26656   T+  pp   0.1708  2.5983  1.4919  377.2  231.7   96.7
 28  -09  -0138 Nov 26  08:44:12  11996 -26433   T+  pp   0.1644  2.6104  1.5033  377.5  231.9   97.3
 29  -08  -0120 Dec 06  16:46:18  11793 -26210   T+  pp   0.1594  2.6195  1.5124  377.6  232.1   97.7
 30  -07  -0102 Dec 18  00:46:42  11594 -25987   T+  pp   0.1529  2.6309  1.5248  377.5  232.4   98.4

 31  -06  -0084 Dec 28  08:45:39  11398 -25764   T+  pp   0.1452  2.6442  1.5398  377.3  232.6   99.1
 32  -05  -0065 Jan 08  16:38:18  11206 -25541   T+  pp   0.1325  2.6662  1.5643  377.1  233.0  100.2
 33  -04  -0047 Jan 19  00:27:01  11016 -25318   T+  pp   0.1164  2.6941  1.5954  376.8  233.4  101.4
 34  -03  -0029 Jan 30  08:07:01  10829 -25095   T+  pp   0.0933  2.7346  1.6396  376.4  233.9  102.9
 35  -02  -0011 Feb 09  15:40:17  10645 -24872   T+  pp   0.0643  2.7856  1.6950  375.8  234.4  104.2
 36  -01   0007 Feb 20  23:03:27  10462 -24649   T+  pp   0.0268  2.8521  1.7661  375.1  234.7  105.2
 37   00   0025 Mar 03  06:19:48  10282 -24426   T-  pp  -0.0166  2.8684  1.7873  374.0  234.5  105.5
 38   01   0043 Mar 14  13:26:49  10104 -24203   T-  pp  -0.0678  2.7719  1.6958  372.6  233.8  104.4
 39   02   0061 Mar 24  20:25:56   9927 -23980   T-  pp  -0.1262  2.6622  1.5911  370.5  232.2  101.4
 40   03   0079 Apr 05  03:17:40   9752 -23757   T-  pp  -0.1912  2.5405  1.4743  367.7  229.5   95.7


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 62

                          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   04   0097 Apr 15  10:03:20   9578 -23534   T-  pp  -0.2619  2.4082  1.3469  363.9  225.3   86.1
 42   05   0115 Apr 26  16:44:15   9406 -23311   T   -t  -0.3370  2.2682  1.2113  359.2  219.4   70.5
 43   06   0133 May 06  23:20:42   9234 -23088   T   -t  -0.4163  2.1205  1.0679  353.3  211.5   41.8
 44   07   0151 May 18  05:55:48   9062 -22865   P   -t  -0.4975  1.9696  0.9208  346.2  201.4    -  
 45   08   0169 May 28  12:29:57   8891 -22642   P   -t  -0.5803  1.8161  0.7707  337.9  188.7    -  
 46   09   0187 Jun 08  19:04:52   8720 -22419   P   -t  -0.6630  1.6628  0.6204  328.3  173.2    -  
 47   10   0205 Jun 19  01:42:04   8549 -22196   P   -t  -0.7444  1.5122  0.4723  317.7  154.3    -  
 48   11   0223 Jun 30  08:23:17   8378 -21973   P   -t  -0.8231  1.3666  0.3288  306.1  131.2    -  
 49   12   0241 Jul 10  15:10:04   8206 -21750   P   -t  -0.8980  1.2284  0.1922  293.7  102.0    -  
 50   13   0259 Jul 21  22:02:33   8034 -21527   P   -t  -0.9690  1.0975  0.0625  280.6   59.1    -  

 51   14   0277 Aug 01  05:03:37   7861 -21304   N   -t  -1.0338  0.9783 -0.0559  267.4    -      -  
 52   15   0295 Aug 12  12:13:01   7688 -21081   N   -t  -1.0926  0.8701 -0.1636  254.2    -      -  
 53   16   0313 Aug 22  19:32:44   7514 -20858   N   -t  -1.1438  0.7761 -0.2573  241.6    -      -  
 54   17   0331 Sep 03  03:01:45   7339 -20635   N   -t  -1.1882  0.6945 -0.3388  229.6    -      -  
 55   18   0349 Sep 13  10:42:02   7163 -20412   N   -h  -1.2247  0.6274 -0.4058  219.0    -      -  
 56   19   0367 Sep 24  18:32:06   6986 -20189   N   -h  -1.2542  0.5733 -0.4599  209.8    -      -  
 57   20   0385 Oct 05  02:31:49   6808 -19966   N   -h  -1.2768  0.5317 -0.5012  202.2    -      -  
 58   21   0403 Oct 16  10:41:10   6630 -19743   N   -h  -1.2926  0.5025 -0.5300  196.5    -      -  
 59   22   0421 Oct 26  18:58:40   6452 -19520   N   -a  -1.3024  0.4841 -0.5477  192.6    -      -  
 60   23   0439 Nov 07  03:23:48   6274 -19297   N   -a  -1.3072  0.4747 -0.5559  190.2    -      -  

 61   24   0457 Nov 17  11:53:00   6096 -19074   N   -a  -1.3095  0.4696 -0.5592  188.7    -      -  
 62   25   0475 Nov 28  20:27:36   5918 -18851   N   -a  -1.3082  0.4709 -0.5557  188.3    -      -  
 63   26   0493 Dec 09  05:03:29   5742 -18628   N   -a  -1.3062  0.4732 -0.5506  188.0    -      -  
 64   27   0511 Dec 20  13:40:30   5565 -18405   N   -a  -1.3042  0.4752 -0.5453  187.7    -      -  
 65   28   0529 Dec 30  22:14:57   5388 -18182   N   -a  -1.3046  0.4724 -0.5441  186.5    -      -  
 66   29   0548 Jan 11  06:47:52   5213 -17959   N   -a  -1.3071  0.4655 -0.5465  184.6    -      -  
 67   30   0566 Jan 21  15:15:54   5039 -17736   N   -a  -1.3141  0.4503 -0.5568  181.1    -      -  
 68   31   0584 Feb 01  23:38:54   4867 -17513   N   -a  -1.3256  0.4264 -0.5754  175.9    -      -  
 69   32   0602 Feb 12  07:55:24   4695 -17290   N   -a  -1.3431  0.3917 -0.6046  168.5    -      -  
 70   33   0620 Feb 23  16:05:46   4526 -17067   N   -a  -1.3661  0.3465 -0.6442  158.5    -      -  

 71   34   0638 Mar 06  00:08:14   4357 -16844   N   -a  -1.3962  0.2885 -0.6964  144.9    -      -  
 72   35   0656 Mar 16  08:04:06   4190 -16621   N   -a  -1.4322  0.2196 -0.7597  126.7    -      -  
 73   36   0674 Mar 27  15:52:43   4025 -16398   N   -a  -1.4746  0.1390 -0.8348  101.2    -      -  
 74   37   0692 Apr 06  23:36:07   3862 -16175   Ne  -a  -1.5217  0.0499 -0.9187   60.9    -      -  


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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