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 95 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 0349 Apr 19. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on 1611 May 26. The total duration of Saros series 95 is 1262.11 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 0349 Apr 19 15:55:44 TD
Last Eclipse = 1611 May 26 14:38:02 TD
Duration of Saros 95 = 1262.11 Years
Saros 95 is composed of 71 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 95 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 71 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 24 | 33.8% |
| Partial | P | 35 | 49.3% |
| Total | T | 12 | 16.9% |
The 71 lunar eclipses in Saros 95 occur in the order of 7N 23P 12T 12P 17N which corresponds to:
7 Penumbral
23 Partial
12 Total
12 Partial
17 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 95 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1016 May 24 Duration = 01h45m14s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 0890 Mar 10 Duration = 00h33m25s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1106 Jul 17 Duration = 03h28m05s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0475 Jul 04 Duration = 00h13m28s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1322 Nov 24 Duration = 04h56m28s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 0349 Apr 19 Duration = 01h19m17s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 95 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1106 Jul 17 Magnitude = 0.9887
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0475 Jul 04 Magnitude = 0.0037
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 95 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 -37 0349 Apr 19 15:55:44 7167 -20417 N a- -1.4957 0.0884 -0.8620 79.3 - -
02 -36 0367 Apr 30 23:29:00 6990 -20194 N a- -1.4341 0.2013 -0.7488 118.6 - -
03 -35 0385 May 11 06:58:30 6812 -19971 N a- -1.3696 0.3199 -0.6305 148.1 - -
04 -34 0403 May 22 14:22:19 6634 -19748 N a- -1.3008 0.4464 -0.5048 173.3 - -
05 -33 0421 Jun 01 21:45:05 6456 -19525 N a- -1.2316 0.5743 -0.3785 194.6 - -
06 -32 0439 Jun 13 05:05:00 6278 -19302 N a- -1.1607 0.7055 -0.2495 213.4 - -
07 -31 0457 Jun 23 12:26:22 6100 -19079 N a- -1.0911 0.8345 -0.1233 229.8 - -
08 -30 0475 Jul 04 19:46:13 5922 -18856 P a- -1.0210 0.9650 0.0037 244.5 13.5 -
09 -29 0493 Jul 15 03:10:25 5746 -18633 P a- -0.9550 1.0881 0.1227 257.1 76.8 -
10 -28 0511 Jul 26 10:36:11 5569 -18410 P a- -0.8912 1.2075 0.2376 268.3 105.3 -
11 -27 0529 Aug 05 18:07:29 5392 -18187 P a- -0.8326 1.3176 0.3426 277.9 124.9 -
12 -26 0547 Aug 17 01:42:51 5217 -17964 P a- -0.7779 1.4206 0.4402 286.3 139.9 -
13 -25 0565 Aug 27 09:25:59 5043 -17741 P a- -0.7303 1.5109 0.5248 293.4 151.2 -
14 -24 0583 Sep 07 17:15:19 4871 -17518 P a- -0.6887 1.5903 0.5982 299.4 160.0 -
15 -23 0601 Sep 18 01:11:32 4699 -17295 P a- -0.6534 1.6581 0.6600 304.5 166.8 -
16 -22 0619 Sep 29 09:15:02 4529 -17072 P a- -0.6248 1.7136 0.7094 308.8 172.0 -
17 -21 0637 Oct 09 17:26:00 4361 -16849 P a- -0.6029 1.7568 0.7468 312.4 175.9 -
18 -20 0655 Oct 21 01:43:16 4194 -16626 P a- -0.5868 1.7890 0.7734 315.3 178.6 -
19 -19 0673 Oct 31 10:06:07 4029 -16403 P a- -0.5760 1.8116 0.7908 317.7 180.6 -
20 -18 0691 Nov 11 18:33:40 3866 -16180 P a- -0.5697 1.8255 0.7998 319.7 181.8 -
21 -17 0709 Nov 22 03:04:52 3705 -15957 P a- -0.5670 1.8328 0.8028 321.3 182.6 -
22 -16 0727 Dec 03 11:36:54 3546 -15734 P a- -0.5657 1.8369 0.8033 322.8 183.1 -
23 -15 0745 Dec 13 20:09:45 3390 -15511 P a- -0.5656 1.8386 0.8019 324.0 183.5 -
24 -14 0763 Dec 25 04:40:18 3236 -15288 P a- -0.5643 1.8423 0.8030 325.4 184.1 -
25 -13 0782 Jan 04 13:07:50 3086 -15065 P a- -0.5613 1.8487 0.8076 326.8 185.0 -
26 -12 0800 Jan 15 21:29:08 2938 -14842 P a- -0.5539 1.8630 0.8205 328.6 186.6 -
27 -11 0818 Jan 26 05:45:02 2794 -14619 P a- -0.5428 1.8839 0.8405 330.6 188.8 -
28 -10 0836 Feb 06 13:52:42 2653 -14396 P h- -0.5253 1.9161 0.8722 333.1 191.8 -
29 -09 0854 Feb 16 21:51:13 2516 -14173 P t- -0.5012 1.9604 0.9164 336.0 195.6 -
30 -08 0872 Feb 28 05:40:08 2383 -13950 P t- -0.4700 2.0177 0.9736 339.3 200.2 -
31 -07 0890 Mar 10 13:19:07 2254 -13727 T t- -0.4313 2.0887 1.0447 343.0 205.2 33.4
32 -06 0908 Mar 20 20:48:35 2130 -13504 T p- -0.3853 2.1730 1.1291 346.8 210.5 55.5
33 -05 0926 Apr 01 04:06:53 2009 -13281 T p- -0.3309 2.2730 1.2291 350.8 215.9 71.7
34 -04 0944 Apr 11 11:16:37 1893 -13058 T- pp -0.2701 2.3847 1.3406 354.6 221.0 84.2
35 -03 0962 Apr 22 18:16:53 1781 -12835 T- pp -0.2025 2.5089 1.4644 358.0 225.4 93.9
36 -02 0980 May 03 01:09:21 1674 -12612 T- pp -0.1291 2.6438 1.5985 360.9 228.8 100.7
37 -01 0998 May 14 07:54:10 1571 -12389 T- pp -0.0501 2.7894 1.7430 363.1 231.1 104.7
38 00 1016 May 24 14:34:02 1474 -12166 T+ pp 0.0320 2.8235 1.7755 364.4 231.8 105.2
39 01 1034 Jun 04 21:09:34 1380 -11943 T+ pp 0.1168 2.6688 1.6189 364.6 230.9 102.1
40 02 1052 Jun 15 03:41:44 1292 -11720 T+ pp 0.2035 2.5110 1.4587 363.7 228.1 94.6
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 03 1070 Jun 26 10:13:14 1207 -11497 T -t 0.2897 2.3541 1.2990 361.7 223.4 81.4
42 04 1088 Jul 06 16:45:07 1128 -11274 T -t 0.3746 2.2000 1.1416 358.5 216.7 59.2
43 05 1106 Jul 17 23:19:32 1053 -11051 P -t 0.4570 2.0506 0.9887 354.3 208.1 -
44 06 1124 Jul 28 05:56:15 982 -10828 P -t 0.5367 1.9064 0.8406 349.2 197.5 -
45 07 1142 Aug 08 12:39:04 915 -10605 P -t 0.6106 1.7729 0.7029 343.5 185.2 -
46 08 1160 Aug 18 19:27:29 852 -10382 P -t 0.6791 1.6493 0.5749 337.2 171.4 -
47 09 1178 Aug 30 02:23:05 794 -10159 P -t 0.7413 1.5374 0.4587 330.7 156.1 -
48 10 1196 Sep 09 09:26:43 739 -9936 P -t 0.7966 1.4383 0.3550 324.3 139.7 -
49 11 1214 Sep 20 16:39:22 687 -9713 P -t 0.8443 1.3529 0.2654 318.3 122.6 -
50 12 1232 Oct 01 00:01:20 639 -9490 P -t 0.8838 1.2824 0.1907 312.9 105.1 -
51 13 1250 Oct 12 07:30:04 594 -9267 P -t 0.9176 1.2223 0.1269 308.0 86.6 -
52 14 1268 Oct 22 15:08:29 552 -9044 P -t 0.9433 1.1769 0.0781 304.1 68.4 -
53 15 1286 Nov 02 22:53:19 513 -8821 P -t 0.9638 1.1407 0.0391 300.8 48.7 -
54 16 1304 Nov 13 06:45:34 477 -8598 P -t 0.9780 1.1157 0.0118 298.5 26.9 -
55 17 1322 Nov 24 14:41:01 442 -8375 Nx -t 0.9897 1.0951 -0.0102 296.5 - -
56 18 1340 Dec 04 22:41:46 410 -8152 Nx -t 0.9970 1.0820 -0.0240 295.1 - -
57 19 1358 Dec 16 06:43:08 380 -7929 Nx -t 1.0039 1.0693 -0.0367 293.6 - -
58 20 1376 Dec 26 14:45:06 352 -7706 Nx -t 1.0104 1.0569 -0.0482 292.1 - -
59 21 1395 Jan 06 22:44:41 325 -7483 Nx -t 1.0191 1.0401 -0.0633 290.0 - -
60 22 1413 Jan 17 06:41:56 300 -7260 Nx -t 1.0298 1.0192 -0.0818 287.3 - -
61 23 1431 Jan 28 14:33:23 276 -7037 N -t 1.0455 0.9890 -0.1089 283.4 - -
62 24 1449 Feb 07 22:19:16 253 -6814 N -t 1.0658 0.9497 -0.1445 278.3 - -
63 25 1467 Feb 19 05:57:51 232 -6591 N -t 1.0924 0.8988 -0.1911 271.5 - -
64 26 1485 Mar 01 13:29:44 211 -6368 N -t 1.1247 0.8371 -0.2481 263.1 - -
65 27 1503 Mar 12 20:51:38 192 -6145 N -t 1.1652 0.7603 -0.3200 251.9 - -
66 28 1521 Mar 23 04:07:01 175 -5922 N -t 1.2110 0.6737 -0.4015 238.5 - -
67 29 1539 Apr 03 11:13:11 159 -5699 N -t 1.2644 0.5732 -0.4968 221.4 - -
68 30 1557 Apr 13 18:14:10 144 -5476 N -t 1.3222 0.4644 -0.6004 200.7 - -
69 31 1575 Apr 25 01:06:06 132 -5253 N -t 1.3873 0.3425 -0.7173 173.8 - -
70 32 1593 May 15 07:55:13 122 -5030 N -t 1.4548 0.2162 -0.8388 139.2 - -
71 33 1611 May 26 14:38:02 106 -4807 Ne -t 1.5270 0.0816 -0.9690 86.2 - -
[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)"
