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 130 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 1416 Jun 10. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 2678 Jul 26. The total duration of Saros series 130 is 1262.11 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 1416 Jun 10 11:56:50 TD
Last Eclipse = 2678 Jul 26 05:42:41 TD
Duration of Saros 130 = 1262.11 Years
Saros 130 is composed of 71 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 130 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 71 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 15 | 21.1% |
| Partial | P | 42 | 59.2% |
| Total | T | 14 | 19.7% |
The 71 lunar eclipses in Saros 130 occur in the order of 8N 20P 14T 22P 7N which corresponds to:
8 Penumbral
20 Partial
14 Total
22 Partial
7 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 130 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2029 Jun 26 Duration = 01h41m53s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2155 Sep 11 Duration = 00h02m36s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1903 Apr 12 Duration = 03h16m31s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2552 May 10 Duration = 00h50m55s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1542 Aug 25 Duration = 04h45m48s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1416 Jun 10 Duration = 00h48m04s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 130 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1903 Apr 12 Magnitude = 0.9677
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2552 May 10 Magnitude = 0.0554
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 130 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 -34 1416 Jun 10 11:56:50 295 -7218 Nb t- 1.5632 0.0240 -1.0441 48.1 - -
02 -33 1434 Jun 21 18:20:00 271 -6995 N t- 1.4767 0.1822 -0.8850 130.6 - -
03 -32 1452 Jul 02 00:45:25 249 -6772 N t- 1.3910 0.3392 -0.7275 175.5 - -
04 -31 1470 Jul 13 07:13:12 228 -6549 N t- 1.3060 0.4950 -0.5715 208.7 - -
05 -30 1488 Jul 23 13:46:42 208 -6326 N t- 1.2247 0.6444 -0.4223 234.4 - -
06 -29 1506 Aug 03 20:24:30 189 -6103 N t- 1.1456 0.7897 -0.2776 255.4 - -
07 -28 1524 Aug 14 03:11:11 172 -5880 N t- 1.0728 0.9238 -0.1443 272.1 - -
08 -27 1542 Aug 25 10:04:53 156 -5657 Nx t- 1.0046 1.0495 -0.0196 285.8 - -
09 -26 1560 Sep 04 17:08:50 142 -5434 P t- 0.9440 1.1611 0.0910 296.6 72.8 -
10 -25 1578 Sep 16 00:21:28 130 -5211 P t- 0.8897 1.2613 0.1901 305.2 103.5 -
11 -24 1596 Oct 06 07:45:10 120 -4988 P t- 0.8436 1.3466 0.2743 311.8 122.6 -
12 -23 1614 Oct 17 15:18:17 101 -4765 P t- 0.8043 1.4191 0.3458 316.8 135.9 -
13 -22 1632 Oct 27 23:00:32 75 -4542 P t- 0.7718 1.4790 0.4051 320.5 145.4 -
14 -21 1650 Nov 08 06:52:25 48 -4319 P t- 0.7464 1.5257 0.4515 323.1 152.0 -
15 -20 1668 Nov 18 14:52:18 25 -4096 P h- 0.7274 1.5606 0.4865 324.6 156.6 -
16 -19 1686 Nov 29 22:59:47 10 -3873 P h- 0.7134 1.5860 0.5126 325.4 159.7 -
17 -18 1704 Dec 11 07:11:30 9 -3650 P a- 0.7023 1.6057 0.5336 325.7 162.0 -
18 -17 1722 Dec 22 15:28:30 10 -3427 P a- 0.6947 1.6187 0.5485 325.5 163.4 -
19 -16 1741 Jan 01 23:47:06 12 -3204 P a- 0.6880 1.6297 0.5621 325.1 164.6 -
20 -15 1759 Jan 13 08:06:35 14 -2981 P a- 0.6812 1.6404 0.5762 324.6 165.9 -
21 -14 1777 Jan 23 16:24:09 17 -2758 P a- 0.6723 1.6547 0.5944 324.3 167.5 -
22 -13 1795 Feb 04 00:39:45 15 -2535 P a- 0.6610 1.6732 0.6175 324.1 169.7 -
23 -12 1813 Feb 15 08:50:46 12 -2312 P a- 0.6453 1.6993 0.6488 324.2 172.5 -
24 -11 1831 Feb 26 16:56:21 7 -2089 P a- 0.6246 1.7346 0.6897 324.7 176.2 -
25 -10 1849 Mar 09 00:55:49 7 -1866 P a- 0.5980 1.7804 0.7414 325.6 180.6 -
26 -09 1867 Mar 20 08:49:01 4 -1643 P a- 0.5656 1.8366 0.8038 326.8 185.5 -
27 -08 1885 Mar 30 16:34:07 -6 -1420 P a- 0.5257 1.9066 0.8802 328.4 191.0 -
28 -07 1903 Apr 12 00:12:59 2 -1197 P a- 0.4798 1.9877 0.9677 330.1 196.5 -
29 -06 1921 Apr 22 07:44:39 22 -974 T a- 0.4269 2.0816 1.0678 331.9 202.0 40.1
30 -05 1939 May 03 15:11:43 24 -751 T a- 0.3693 2.1842 1.1765 333.5 207.1 62.4
31 -04 1957 May 13 22:31:28 32 -528 T a- 0.3045 2.3001 1.2982 335.0 211.6 77.6
32 -03 1975 May 25 05:48:47 46 -305 T+ p- 0.2367 2.4218 1.4253 335.9 215.2 88.3
33 -02 1993 Jun 04 13:01:26 59 -82 T+ p- 0.1638 2.5532 1.5617 336.3 217.8 95.8
34 -01 2011 Jun 15 20:13:43 67 141 T+ pp 0.0897 2.6868 1.6999 336.1 219.3 100.2
35 00 2029 Jun 26 03:23:22 77 364 T+ pp 0.0124 2.8266 1.8436 335.1 219.5 101.9
36 01 2047 Jul 07 10:35:45 91 587 T- pp -0.0636 2.7310 1.7513 333.4 218.5 100.8
37 02 2065 Jul 17 17:48:40 125 810 T- pp -0.1402 2.5890 1.6121 331.0 216.3 97.0
38 03 2083 Jul 29 01:05:34 165 1033 T- pp -0.2143 2.4520 1.4773 328.0 212.9 90.4
39 04 2101 Aug 09 08:25:33 206 1256 T -p -0.2864 2.3189 1.3458 324.4 208.4 80.7
40 05 2119 Aug 20 15:51:55 250 1479 T -p -0.3538 2.1946 1.2227 320.3 203.1 67.3
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 06 2137 Aug 30 23:24:05 296 1702 T -p -0.4171 2.0782 1.1069 315.9 197.1 48.3
42 07 2155 Sep 11 07:03:11 340 1925 T -a -0.4752 1.9715 1.0003 311.4 190.7 2.6
43 08 2173 Sep 21 14:50:18 380 2148 P -a -0.5272 1.8761 0.9047 306.9 184.0 -
44 09 2191 Oct 02 22:45:48 422 2371 P -a -0.5729 1.7925 0.8206 302.6 177.4 -
45 10 2209 Oct 14 06:49:53 465 2594 P -a -0.6119 1.7214 0.7487 298.6 171.1 -
46 11 2227 Oct 25 15:02:23 511 2817 P -a -0.6444 1.6621 0.6886 295.1 165.4 -
47 12 2245 Nov 04 23:23:16 559 3040 P -a -0.6707 1.6143 0.6399 292.0 160.4 -
48 13 2263 Nov 16 07:52:13 609 3263 P -a -0.6908 1.5778 0.6027 289.5 156.3 -
49 14 2281 Nov 26 16:27:11 661 3486 P -a -0.7064 1.5494 0.5737 287.5 153.0 -
50 15 2299 Dec 08 01:09:08 716 3709 P -a -0.7167 1.5307 0.5547 286.0 150.6 -
51 16 2317 Dec 19 09:55:14 772 3932 P -a -0.7237 1.5180 0.5419 284.9 149.0 -
52 17 2335 Dec 30 18:45:24 830 4155 P -a -0.7278 1.5101 0.5345 284.0 148.0 -
53 18 2354 Jan 10 03:35:57 891 4378 P -a -0.7321 1.5020 0.5271 283.2 147.0 -
54 19 2372 Jan 21 12:27:44 953 4601 P -a -0.7353 1.4953 0.5218 282.4 146.2 -
55 20 2390 Jan 31 21:17:34 1018 4824 P -a -0.7404 1.4853 0.5133 281.5 145.1 -
56 21 2408 Feb 12 06:04:35 1084 5047 P -a -0.7479 1.4704 0.5006 280.2 143.5 -
57 22 2426 Feb 22 14:46:52 1153 5270 P -a -0.7594 1.4481 0.4805 278.5 140.9 -
58 23 2444 Mar 04 23:24:12 1224 5493 P -a -0.7754 1.4175 0.4526 276.3 137.3 -
59 24 2462 Mar 16 07:55:14 1296 5716 P -a -0.7966 1.3771 0.4150 273.3 132.2 -
60 25 2480 Mar 26 16:18:42 1371 5939 P -a -0.8242 1.3251 0.3659 269.5 125.1 -
61 26 2498 Apr 07 00:35:16 1448 6162 P -a -0.8576 1.2623 0.3058 264.8 115.3 -
62 27 2516 Apr 18 08:44:26 1527 6385 P -a -0.8975 1.1879 0.2341 258.9 102.0 -
63 28 2534 Apr 29 16:45:47 1608 6608 P -a -0.9439 1.1015 0.1502 251.6 82.7 -
64 29 2552 May 10 00:40:14 1692 6831 P -a -0.9961 1.0046 0.0554 242.8 50.9 -
65 30 2570 May 21 08:28:02 1777 7054 N -a -1.0538 0.8977 -0.0497 232.2 - -
66 31 2588 May 31 16:10:46 1864 7277 N -a -1.1157 0.7836 -0.1626 219.7 - -
67 32 2606 Jun 12 23:46:43 1954 7500 N -a -1.1830 0.6597 -0.2858 204.3 - -
68 33 2624 Jun 23 07:19:46 2045 7723 N -a -1.2525 0.5322 -0.4131 186.0 - -
69 34 2642 Jul 04 14:48:51 2139 7946 N -a -1.3251 0.3991 -0.5466 163.4 - -
70 35 2660 Jul 14 22:16:53 2234 8169 N -a -1.3979 0.2661 -0.6807 135.3 - -
71 36 2678 Jul 26 05:42:41 2332 8392 N -a -1.4721 0.1308 -0.8178 96.2 - -
[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)"
