Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series

Saros Series 64

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 64 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 -0783 Aug 20. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 0714 Feb 04. The total duration of Saros series 64 is 1496.50 years. In summary:

                      First Eclipse = -0783 Aug 20   06:56:22 TD
                       Last Eclipse =  0714 Feb 04   12:38:47 TD

                      Duration of Saros  64  =  1496.50 Years

Saros 64 is composed of 84 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 64
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 84100.0%
PenumbralN 41 48.8%
PartialP 15 17.9%
TotalT 28 33.3%

The 84 lunar eclipses in Saros 64 occur in the order of 22N 8P 28T 7P 19N which corresponds to:

                                    22  Penumbral
                                     8  Partial
                                    28  Total
                                     7  Partial
                                    19  Penumbral

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 64 are as follows.

            Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    0101 Feb 02      Duration = 01h41m20s
           Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:    0245 Apr 29      Duration = 00h43m19s

            Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    0263 May 10      Duration = 03h17m49s
           Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    0371 Jul 14      Duration = 00h26m16s

          Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:    0389 Jul 24      Duration = 04h27m03s
         Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:    0714 Feb 04      Duration = 00h17m53s

The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 64 are:

            Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -0260 Jun 30      Magnitude = 0.9911
           Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:    0371 Jul 14      Magnitude = 0.0119

Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 64 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 64

                          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  -48  -0783 Aug 20  06:56:22  21554 -34414   N   a-   1.5166  0.0660 -0.9159   70.7    -      -  
 02  -47  -0765 Aug 31  14:54:41  21256 -34191   N   a-   1.4739  0.1445 -0.8377  103.5    -      -  
 03  -46  -0747 Sep 10  23:02:40  20961 -33968   N   a-   1.4383  0.2101 -0.7727  123.8    -      -  
 04  -45  -0729 Sep 22  07:19:06  20667 -33745   N   a-   1.4090  0.2642 -0.7192  137.8    -      -  
 05  -44  -0711 Oct 02  15:45:11  20375 -33522   N   a-   1.3869  0.3050 -0.6789  147.1    -      -  
 06  -43  -0693 Oct 14  00:18:26  20085 -33299   N   a-   1.3701  0.3359 -0.6481  153.7    -      -  
 07  -42  -0675 Oct 24  08:58:29  19798 -33076   N   a-   1.3586  0.3569 -0.6271  157.8    -      -  
 08  -41  -0657 Nov 04  17:43:30  19512 -32853   N   a-   1.3509  0.3709 -0.6127  160.3    -      -  
 09  -40  -0639 Nov 15  02:32:52  19229 -32630   N   a-   1.3466  0.3784 -0.6044  161.5    -      -  
 10  -39  -0621 Nov 26  11:23:47  18947 -32407   N   a-   1.3434  0.3835 -0.5979  162.2    -      -  

 11  -38  -0603 Dec 06  20:14:54  18668 -32184   N   a-   1.3404  0.3882 -0.5915  162.8    -      -  
 12  -37  -0585 Dec 18  05:04:47  18391 -31961   N   a-   1.3364  0.3944 -0.5830  163.7    -      -  
 13  -36  -0567 Dec 28  13:52:25  18116 -31738   N   a-   1.3310  0.4029 -0.5719  165.0    -      -  
 14  -35  -0548 Jan 08  22:34:35  17842 -31515   N   a-   1.3210  0.4196 -0.5520  167.9    -      -  
 15  -34  -0530 Jan 19  07:11:40  17571 -31292   N   a-   1.3071  0.4435 -0.5249  171.9    -      -  
 16  -33  -0512 Jan 30  15:41:34  17302 -31069   N   a-   1.2875  0.4778 -0.4870  177.5    -      -  
 17  -32  -0494 Feb 10  00:05:32  17016 -30846   N   a-   1.2631  0.5207 -0.4405  184.3    -      -  
 18  -31  -0476 Feb 21  08:19:53  16699 -30623   N   a-   1.2310  0.5778 -0.3799  192.8    -      -  
 19  -30  -0458 Mar 03  16:28:09  16391 -30400   N   a-   1.1940  0.6440 -0.3103  202.0    -      -  
 20  -29  -0440 Mar 14  00:27:01  16092 -30177   N   a-   1.1490  0.7249 -0.2261  212.4    -      -  

 21  -28  -0422 Mar 25  08:20:04  15801 -29954   N   a-   1.0994  0.8144 -0.1338  222.9    -      -  
 22  -27  -0404 Apr 04  16:04:16  15517 -29731   N   a-   1.0425  0.9176 -0.0281  233.9    -      -  
 23  -26  -0386 Apr 15  23:44:19  15241 -29508   P   a-   0.9822  1.0272  0.0835  244.6   62.2    -  
 24  -25  -0368 Apr 26  07:17:52  14971 -29285   P   a-   0.9165  1.1471  0.2047  255.1   95.9    -  
 25  -24  -0350 May 07  14:47:45  14707 -29062   P   a-   0.8479  1.2727  0.3311  265.1  119.8    -  
 26  -23  -0332 May 17  22:14:03  14450 -28839   P   a-   0.7762  1.4043  0.4627  274.4  139.0    -  
 27  -22  -0314 May 29  05:38:56  14198 -28616   P   a-   0.7034  1.5380  0.5959  282.9  154.7    -  
 28  -21  -0296 Jun 08  13:02:48  13952 -28393   P   a-   0.6302  1.6731  0.7297  290.6  167.7    -  
 29  -20  -0278 Jun 19  20:26:49  13712 -28170   P   a-   0.5573  1.8078  0.8625  297.5  178.5    -  
 30  -19  -0260 Jun 30  03:53:01  13476 -27947   P   a-   0.4865  1.9391  0.9911  303.4  187.3    -  

 31  -18  -0242 Jul 11  11:22:22  13245 -27724   T   a-   0.4183  2.0658  1.1147  308.5  194.4   49.2
 32  -17  -0224 Jul 21  18:55:36  13019 -27501   T   p-   0.3539  2.1859  1.2310  312.9  200.1   67.4
 33  -16  -0206 Aug 02  02:34:13  12798 -27278   T   p-   0.2943  2.2974  1.3382  316.5  204.5   78.7
 34  -15  -0188 Aug 12  10:19:03  12581 -27055   T+  p-   0.2403  2.3987  1.4349  319.6  207.7   86.2
 35  -14  -0170 Aug 23  18:10:56  12367 -26832   T+  p-   0.1926  2.4889  1.5200  322.2  210.2   91.3
 36  -13  -0152 Sep 03  02:08:53  12158 -26609   T+  p-   0.1503  2.5691  1.5951  324.3  212.0   94.6
 37  -12  -0134 Sep 14  10:15:22  11953 -26386   T+  pp   0.1156  2.6355  1.6562  326.2  213.2   96.7
 38  -11  -0116 Sep 24  18:28:42  11751 -26163   T+  pp   0.0873  2.6900  1.7054  327.9  214.2   98.0
 39  -10  -0098 Oct 06  02:50:04  11553 -25940   T+  pp   0.0660  2.7317  1.7419  329.4  214.9   98.8
 40  -09  -0080 Oct 16  11:16:30  11358 -25717   T+  pp   0.0497  2.7642  1.7694  330.8  215.4   99.2


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 64

                          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  -08  -0062 Oct 27  19:49:52  11166 -25494   T+  pp   0.0396  2.7849  1.7855  332.1  215.9   99.4
 42  -07  -0044 Nov 07  04:26:31  10976 -25271   T+  pp   0.0329  2.7994  1.7957  333.4  216.4   99.6
 43  -06  -0026 Nov 18  13:06:38  10790 -25048   T+  pp   0.0299  2.8067  1.7994  334.7  216.8   99.7
 44  -05  -0008 Nov 28  21:47:33  10606 -24825   T+  pp   0.0282  2.8115  1.8009  335.9  217.3   99.9
 45  -04   0010 Dec 10  06:28:52  10424 -24602   T+  pp   0.0276  2.8139  1.8008  337.1  217.8  100.0
 46  -03   0028 Dec 20  15:07:37  10244 -24379   T+  pp   0.0255  2.8189  1.8036  338.2  218.4  100.2
 47  -02   0046 Dec 31  23:42:42  10067 -24156   T+  pp   0.0210  2.8279  1.8111  339.4  219.0  100.5
 48  -01   0065 Jan 11  08:12:39   9890 -23933   T+  pp   0.0130  2.8432  1.8252  340.5  219.6  100.8
 49   00   0083 Jan 22  16:36:21   9716 -23710   T+  pp   0.0008  2.8659  1.8472  341.6  220.3  101.1
 50   01   0101 Feb 02  00:51:22   9542 -23487   T-  pp  -0.0181  2.8344  1.8153  342.7  220.9  101.3

 51   02   0119 Feb 13  08:57:54   9369 -23264   T-  pp  -0.0433  2.7883  1.7689  343.7  221.4  101.3
 52   03   0137 Feb 23  16:54:38   9197 -23041   T-  pp  -0.0757  2.7288  1.7093  344.5  221.7  100.7
 53   04   0155 Mar 07  00:42:30   9026 -22818   T-  pp  -0.1147  2.6573  1.6377  345.1  221.6   99.2
 54   05   0173 Mar 17  08:18:36   8855 -22595   T-  -p  -0.1624  2.5699  1.5501  345.4  220.9   96.2
 55   06   0191 Mar 28  15:46:07   8684 -22372   T-  -p  -0.2164  2.4711  1.4509  345.1  219.3   91.0
 56   07   0209 Apr 07  23:02:53   8513 -22149   T   -p  -0.2784  2.3577  1.3367  344.1  216.5   82.5
 57   08   0227 Apr 19  06:12:14   8342 -21926   T   -h  -0.3455  2.2351  1.2132  342.3  212.3   68.8
 58   09   0245 Apr 29  13:11:59   8170 -21703   T   -h  -0.4193  2.1003  1.0770  339.5  206.1   43.3
 59   10   0263 May 10  20:06:35   7998 -21480   P   -t  -0.4964  1.9598  0.9346  335.5  197.8    -  
 60   11   0281 May 21  02:54:54   7825 -21257   P   -t  -0.5777  1.8119  0.7843  330.1  186.7    -  

 61   12   0299 Jun 01  09:39:17   7651 -21034   P   -t  -0.6611  1.6602  0.6298  323.3  172.2    -  
 62   13   0317 Jun 11  16:20:48   7477 -20811   P   -t  -0.7458  1.5065  0.4727  315.0  153.5    -  
 63   14   0335 Jun 22  23:01:25   7302 -20588   P   -t  -0.8303  1.3534  0.3159  305.2  128.9    -  
 64   15   0353 Jul 03  05:43:02   7125 -20365   P   -t  -0.9128  1.2041  0.1623  293.9   94.8    -  
 65   16   0371 Jul 14  12:25:32   6949 -20142   P   -t  -0.9935  1.0583  0.0119  281.0   26.3    -  
 66   17   0389 Jul 24  19:12:39   6771 -19919   N   -t  -1.0696  0.9212 -0.1302  267.1    -      -  
 67   18   0407 Aug 05  02:03:47   6593 -19696   N   -t  -1.1417  0.7917 -0.2650  251.8    -      -  
 68   19   0425 Aug 15  09:01:38   6415 -19473   N   -t  -1.2071  0.6744 -0.3878  236.0    -      -  
 69   20   0443 Aug 26  16:05:12   6236 -19250   N   -t  -1.2670  0.5671 -0.5006  219.5    -      -  
 70   21   0461 Sep 05  23:17:33   6058 -19027   N   -t  -1.3191  0.4745 -0.5988  203.3    -      -  

 71   22   0479 Sep 17  06:37:00   5881 -18804   N   -t  -1.3647  0.3935 -0.6852  187.1    -      -  
 72   23   0497 Sep 27  14:04:31   5705 -18581   N   -t  -1.4031  0.3256 -0.7583  171.8    -      -  
 73   24   0515 Oct 08  21:39:41   5527 -18358   N   -t  -1.4348  0.2700 -0.8188  157.7    -      -  
 74   25   0533 Oct 19  05:23:14   5351 -18135   N   -t  -1.4587  0.2283 -0.8649  145.9    -      -  
 75   26   0551 Oct 30  13:12:52   5176 -17912   N   -t  -1.4777  0.1955 -0.9016  135.7    -      -  
 76   27   0569 Nov 09  21:08:04   5003 -17689   N   -t  -1.4916  0.1715 -0.9288  127.6    -      -  
 77   28   0587 Nov 21  05:07:11   4831 -17466   N   -t  -1.5021  0.1535 -0.9492  121.1    -      -  
 78   29   0605 Dec 01  13:09:47   4660 -17243   N   -t  -1.5094  0.1410 -0.9634  116.4    -      -  
 79   30   0623 Dec 12  21:11:51   4490 -17020   N   -t  -1.5166  0.1281 -0.9771  111.1    -      -  
 80   31   0641 Dec 23  05:14:18   4322 -16797   N   -t  -1.5232  0.1160 -0.9893  105.9    -      -  


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 64

                          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

 81   32   0660 Jan 03  13:12:46   4155 -16574   N   -t  -1.5327  0.0983 -1.0062   97.7    -      -  
 82   33   0678 Jan 13  21:08:25   3991 -16351   N   -t  -1.5442  0.0764 -1.0266   86.3    -      -  
 83   34   0696 Jan 25  04:56:04   3828 -16128   N   -t  -1.5616  0.0434 -1.0574   65.2    -      -  
 84   35   0714 Feb 04  12:38:47   3667 -15905   Ne  -t  -1.5827  0.0032 -1.0947   17.9    -      -  


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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