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 107 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 0606 Jun 26. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on 1886 Aug 14. The total duration of Saros series 107 is 1280.14 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 0606 Jun 26 00:11:01 TD
Last Eclipse = 1886 Aug 14 18:42:04 TD
Duration of Saros 107 = 1280.14 Years
Saros 107 is composed of 72 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 107 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 72 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 19 | 26.4% |
| Partial | P | 30 | 41.7% |
| Total | T | 23 | 31.9% |
The 72 lunar eclipses in Saros 107 occur in the order of 12N 20P 23T 10P 7N which corresponds to:
12 Penumbral
20 Partial
23 Total
10 Partial
7 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 107 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1273 Jul 31 Duration = 01h42m45s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1580 Jan 31 Duration = 00h26m16s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1598 Feb 21 Duration = 03h26m32s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0822 Nov 03 Duration = 00h23m53s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1778 Jun 10 Duration = 04h39m17s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 0606 Jun 26 Duration = 00h42m39s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 107 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1165 May 27 Magnitude = 0.9986
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0822 Nov 03 Magnitude = 0.0120
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 107 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 0606 Jun 26 00:11:01 4654 -17236 Nb a- -1.5278 0.0256 -0.9169 42.6 - -
02 -36 0624 Jul 06 07:40:28 4485 -17013 N a- -1.4581 0.1535 -0.7893 103.2 - -
03 -35 0642 Jul 17 15:12:29 4317 -16790 N a- -1.3904 0.2783 -0.6653 137.3 - -
04 -34 0660 Jul 27 22:50:41 4150 -16567 N a- -1.3273 0.3947 -0.5504 161.7 - -
05 -33 0678 Aug 08 06:33:10 3986 -16344 N a- -1.2677 0.5051 -0.4419 181.0 - -
06 -32 0696 Aug 18 14:23:54 3823 -16121 N a- -1.2148 0.6034 -0.3461 196.0 - -
07 -31 0714 Aug 29 22:20:25 3662 -15898 N a- -1.1668 0.6929 -0.2594 208.3 - -
08 -30 0732 Sep 09 06:25:00 3504 -15675 N a- -1.1257 0.7699 -0.1855 218.1 - -
09 -29 0750 Sep 20 14:36:38 3349 -15452 N a- -1.0904 0.8363 -0.1224 226.0 - -
10 -28 0768 Sep 30 22:57:01 3196 -15229 N a- -1.0625 0.8892 -0.0728 232.0 - -
11 -27 0786 Oct 12 07:24:09 3046 -15006 N a- -1.0406 0.9310 -0.0343 236.7 - -
12 -26 0804 Oct 22 15:58:05 2900 -14783 N a- -1.0245 0.9622 -0.0063 240.1 - -
13 -25 0822 Nov 03 00:38:02 2756 -14560 P a- -1.0137 0.9835 0.0120 242.6 23.9 -
14 -24 0840 Nov 13 09:23:17 2617 -14337 P a- -1.0074 0.9964 0.0224 244.2 32.6 -
15 -23 0858 Nov 24 18:11:30 2481 -14114 P a- -1.0038 1.0040 0.0277 245.4 36.3 -
16 -22 0876 Dec 05 03:02:18 2349 -13891 P a- -1.0027 1.0071 0.0290 246.1 37.1 -
17 -21 0894 Dec 16 11:53:12 2221 -13668 P a- -1.0018 1.0093 0.0298 246.7 37.7 -
18 -20 0912 Dec 26 20:43:53 2097 -13445 P a- -1.0012 1.0109 0.0305 247.3 38.2 -
19 -19 0931 Jan 07 05:30:34 1978 -13222 P a- -0.9976 1.0178 0.0368 248.4 42.0 -
20 -18 0949 Jan 17 14:14:23 1863 -12999 P a- -0.9921 1.0280 0.0470 249.8 47.5 -
21 -17 0967 Jan 28 22:51:32 1752 -12776 P a- -0.9814 1.0474 0.0666 252.1 56.5 -
22 -16 0985 Feb 08 07:22:35 1646 -12553 P a- -0.9665 1.0746 0.0943 255.1 67.1 -
23 -15 1003 Feb 19 15:44:36 1545 -12330 P a- -0.9446 1.1145 0.1347 259.2 79.9 -
24 -14 1021 Mar 01 23:59:24 1448 -12107 P a- -0.9175 1.1639 0.1848 264.0 93.1 -
25 -13 1039 Mar 13 08:04:49 1356 -11884 P a- -0.8831 1.2268 0.2482 269.8 107.2 -
26 -12 1057 Mar 23 16:01:00 1269 -11661 P a- -0.8419 1.3021 0.3240 276.2 121.5 -
27 -11 1075 Apr 03 23:48:09 1186 -11438 P a- -0.7940 1.3900 0.4119 283.3 135.6 -
28 -10 1093 Apr 14 07:26:59 1108 -11215 P a- -0.7400 1.4892 0.5109 290.7 149.2 -
29 -09 1111 Apr 25 14:58:17 1033 -10992 P a- -0.6802 1.5991 0.6202 298.2 162.0 -
30 -08 1129 May 05 22:21:39 964 -10769 P a- -0.6146 1.7200 0.7401 305.7 174.1 -
31 -07 1147 May 17 05:39:50 898 -10546 P a- -0.5454 1.8480 0.8664 312.8 184.9 -
32 -06 1165 May 27 12:52:52 837 -10323 P a- -0.4727 1.9823 0.9986 319.5 194.5 -
33 -05 1183 Jun 07 20:01:59 779 -10100 T p- -0.3976 2.1216 1.1352 325.6 202.7 54.8
34 -04 1201 Jun 18 03:08:28 725 -9877 T p- -0.3208 2.2641 1.2744 331.0 209.6 74.8
35 -03 1219 Jun 29 10:13:47 674 -9654 T- pp -0.2440 2.4069 1.4133 335.6 215.1 87.6
36 -02 1237 Jul 09 17:19:45 627 -9431 T- pp -0.1686 2.5476 1.5495 339.4 219.1 95.8
37 -01 1255 Jul 21 00:25:59 583 -9208 T- pp -0.0945 2.6862 1.6831 342.5 221.8 100.7
38 00 1273 Jul 31 07:35:52 542 -8985 T- pp -0.0244 2.8175 1.8090 344.8 223.3 102.8
39 01 1291 Aug 11 14:49:05 503 -8762 T+ pp 0.0418 2.7884 1.7741 346.5 223.8 102.6
40 02 1309 Aug 21 22:08:01 467 -8539 T+ pp 0.1025 2.6801 1.6598 347.7 223.4 100.5
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 1327 Sep 02 05:31:42 434 -8316 T+ -p 0.1582 2.5811 1.5545 348.5 222.3 96.8
42 04 1345 Sep 12 13:02:48 402 -8093 T+ -p 0.2067 2.4953 1.4623 349.0 220.8 92.0
43 05 1363 Sep 23 20:40:23 372 -7870 T+ -p 0.2489 2.4211 1.3816 349.4 219.0 86.5
44 06 1381 Oct 04 04:24:45 344 -7647 T -p 0.2847 2.3587 1.3129 349.8 217.2 80.5
45 07 1399 Oct 15 12:16:35 318 -7424 T -p 0.3135 2.3089 1.2570 350.3 215.6 74.5
46 08 1417 Oct 25 20:15:07 293 -7201 T -p 0.3364 2.2698 1.2122 350.8 214.2 68.9
47 09 1435 Nov 06 04:20:16 270 -6978 T -a 0.3529 2.2421 1.1792 351.5 213.2 64.2
48 10 1453 Nov 16 12:28:47 247 -6755 T -a 0.3661 2.2202 1.1526 352.3 212.5 59.9
49 11 1471 Nov 27 20:42:22 226 -6532 T -a 0.3745 2.2070 1.1352 353.2 212.1 56.8
50 12 1489 Dec 08 04:57:05 206 -6309 T -a 0.3817 2.1954 1.1202 354.1 211.8 53.9
51 13 1507 Dec 19 13:13:01 188 -6086 T -a 0.3872 2.1868 1.1089 354.9 211.7 51.6
52 14 1525 Dec 29 21:26:19 170 -5863 T -a 0.3944 2.1746 1.0947 355.6 211.4 48.4
53 15 1544 Jan 10 05:37:51 155 -5640 T -h 0.4024 2.1605 1.0793 356.0 211.0 44.6
54 16 1562 Jan 20 13:43:40 141 -5417 T -t 0.4147 2.1384 1.0565 356.1 210.1 38.0
55 17 1580 Jan 31 21:43:39 129 -5194 T -t 0.4311 2.1083 1.0264 355.8 208.7 26.3
56 18 1598 Feb 21 05:35:27 119 -4971 P -t 0.4537 2.0666 0.9851 355.0 206.5 -
57 19 1616 Mar 03 13:19:28 99 -4748 P -t 0.4820 2.0142 0.9335 353.5 203.4 -
58 20 1634 Mar 14 20:53:01 73 -4525 P -t 0.5184 1.9468 0.8674 351.1 198.8 -
59 21 1652 Mar 25 04:17:30 46 -4302 P -t 0.5617 1.8667 0.7887 347.9 192.6 -
60 22 1670 Apr 05 11:31:33 23 -4079 P -t 0.6128 1.7720 0.6956 343.4 184.1 -
61 23 1688 Apr 15 18:37:21 10 -3856 P -t 0.6703 1.6657 0.5908 337.7 173.0 -
62 24 1706 Apr 28 01:31:45 9 -3633 P -t 0.7365 1.5436 0.4702 330.2 157.6 -
63 25 1724 May 08 08:19:43 10 -3410 P -t 0.8072 1.4131 0.3411 321.0 137.1 -
64 26 1742 May 19 14:58:37 12 -3187 P -t 0.8845 1.2706 0.1998 309.6 107.2 -
65 27 1760 May 29 21:33:40 14 -2964 P -t 0.9647 1.1231 0.0532 296.0 56.6 -
66 28 1778 Jun 10 04:01:09 17 -2741 N -t 1.0501 0.9660 -0.1034 279.3 - -
67 29 1796 Jun 20 10:28:08 15 -2518 N -t 1.1354 0.8095 -0.2597 259.9 - -
68 30 1814 Jul 02 16:51:30 12 -2295 N -t 1.2225 0.6498 -0.4196 236.7 - -
69 31 1832 Jul 12 23:15:58 6 -2072 N -t 1.3081 0.4929 -0.5769 209.3 - -
70 32 1850 Jul 24 05:40:16 7 -1849 N -t 1.3933 0.3371 -0.7337 175.7 - -
71 33 1868 Aug 03 12:09:13 2 -1626 N -t 1.4740 0.1894 -0.8825 133.5 - -
72 34 1886 Aug 14 18:42:04 -6 -1403 Ne -t 1.5511 0.0489 -1.0246 68.6 - -
[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)"
