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 152 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series will begin with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on 2107 May 07. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 3387 Jun 23. The total duration of Saros series 152 is 1280.14 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 2107 May 07 04:30:24 TD
Last Eclipse = 3387 Jun 23 19:14:12 TD
Duration of Saros 152 = 1280.14 Years
Saros 152 is composed of 72 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 152 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 72 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 22 | 30.6% |
| Partial | P | 25 | 34.7% |
| Total | T | 25 | 34.7% |
The 72 lunar eclipses in Saros 152 occur in the order of 8N 10P 25T 15P 14N which corresponds to:
8 Penumbral
10 Partial
25 Total
15 Partial
14 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 152 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2756 Jun 05 Duration = 01h39m19s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2431 Nov 19 Duration = 00h29m34s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2413 Nov 08 Duration = 03h09m27s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 3135 Jan 22 Duration = 00h23m23s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 3153 Feb 01 Duration = 04h16m10s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2107 May 07 Duration = 00h22m10s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 152 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2413 Nov 08 Magnitude = 0.9993
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 3135 Jan 22 Magnitude = 0.0108
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 152 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 -36 2107 May 07 04:30:24 220 1327 Nb a- 1.5588 0.0058 -1.0103 22.2 - -
02 -35 2125 May 17 11:46:31 264 1550 N a- 1.4923 0.1249 -0.8854 100.9 - -
03 -34 2143 May 28 18:59:24 311 1773 N a- 1.4219 0.2513 -0.7536 140.9 - -
04 -33 2161 Jun 08 02:08:54 352 1996 N a- 1.3475 0.3853 -0.6146 171.5 - -
05 -32 2179 Jun 19 09:16:11 393 2219 N a- 1.2701 0.5250 -0.4703 196.7 - -
06 -31 2197 Jun 29 16:22:52 435 2442 N a- 1.1911 0.6680 -0.3233 217.8 - -
07 -30 2215 Jul 11 23:30:24 480 2665 N a- 1.1114 0.8125 -0.1753 235.8 - -
08 -29 2233 Jul 22 06:40:42 526 2888 N a- 1.0328 0.9552 -0.0297 250.9 - -
09 -28 2251 Aug 02 13:53:15 575 3111 P a- 0.9548 1.0971 0.1145 263.8 75.6 -
10 -27 2269 Aug 12 21:11:37 626 3334 P a- 0.8806 1.2324 0.2517 274.5 109.6 -
11 -26 2287 Aug 24 04:35:07 678 3557 P a- 0.8094 1.3624 0.3829 283.4 132.2 -
12 -25 2305 Sep 04 12:05:50 733 3780 P a- 0.7436 1.4828 0.5042 290.6 148.5 -
13 -24 2323 Sep 15 19:43:08 790 4003 P a- 0.6823 1.5951 0.6167 296.5 160.9 -
14 -23 2341 Sep 26 03:29:16 849 4226 P a- 0.6276 1.6955 0.7172 301.1 170.2 -
15 -22 2359 Oct 07 11:23:43 910 4449 P a- 0.5791 1.7845 0.8059 304.7 177.3 -
16 -21 2377 Oct 17 19:26:08 973 4672 P a- 0.5368 1.8623 0.8833 307.4 182.7 -
17 -20 2395 Oct 29 03:37:44 1039 4895 P a- 0.5017 1.9270 0.9474 309.4 186.6 -
18 -19 2413 Nov 08 11:57:24 1106 5118 P a- 0.4733 1.9794 0.9993 310.7 189.5 -
19 -18 2431 Nov 19 20:25:36 1175 5341 T a- 0.4513 2.0200 1.0394 311.6 191.4 29.6
20 -17 2449 Nov 30 04:59:05 1247 5564 T a- 0.4334 2.0529 1.0721 312.1 192.8 39.5
21 -16 2467 Dec 11 13:39:54 1320 5787 T a- 0.4214 2.0751 1.0943 312.3 193.7 44.8
22 -15 2485 Dec 21 22:24:27 1396 6010 T a- 0.4123 2.0914 1.1110 312.2 194.2 48.3
23 -14 2504 Jan 03 07:13:07 1473 6233 T p- 0.4063 2.1021 1.1225 312.0 194.5 50.5
24 -13 2522 Jan 13 16:02:19 1553 6456 T p- 0.4007 2.1118 1.1333 311.8 194.7 52.4
25 -12 2540 Jan 25 00:52:56 1635 6679 T p- 0.3958 2.1200 1.1432 311.5 195.0 54.1
26 -11 2558 Feb 04 09:41:29 1719 6902 T p- 0.3892 2.1311 1.1564 311.3 195.4 56.3
27 -10 2576 Feb 15 18:27:33 1805 7125 T p- 0.3803 2.1461 1.1739 311.2 196.1 59.0
28 -09 2594 Feb 26 03:08:54 1893 7348 T p- 0.3674 2.1683 1.1989 311.3 197.0 62.5
29 -08 2612 Mar 09 11:45:52 1983 7571 T p- 0.3508 2.1973 1.2308 311.6 198.3 66.7
30 -07 2630 Mar 20 20:15:16 2075 7794 T p- 0.3279 2.2378 1.2746 312.1 199.9 71.7
31 -06 2648 Mar 31 04:38:32 2169 8017 T p- 0.2996 2.2881 1.3281 312.9 201.8 76.9
32 -05 2666 Apr 11 12:53:42 2265 8240 T+ p- 0.2646 2.3506 1.3938 313.8 203.9 82.3
33 -04 2684 Apr 21 21:02:50 2364 8463 T+ p- 0.2245 2.4226 1.4689 314.7 206.0 87.4
34 -03 2702 May 04 05:02:21 2464 8686 T+ p- 0.1763 2.5096 1.5588 315.7 208.0 92.1
35 -02 2720 May 14 12:56:50 2567 8909 T+ p- 0.1238 2.6047 1.6564 316.5 209.7 95.8
36 -01 2738 May 25 20:43:19 2671 9132 T+ pp 0.0643 2.7129 1.7667 317.1 210.9 98.3
37 00 2756 Jun 05 04:26:06 2778 9355 T+ pp 0.0018 2.8267 1.8821 317.4 211.5 99.3
38 01 2774 Jun 16 12:01:40 2886 9578 T- pp -0.0668 2.7069 1.7634 317.1 211.2 98.5
39 02 2792 Jun 26 19:36:07 2997 9801 T- -p -0.1364 2.5789 1.6360 316.3 209.9 95.5
40 03 2810 Jul 08 03:06:03 3110 10024 T- -p -0.2100 2.4439 1.5009 314.9 207.5 89.7
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 2828 Jul 18 10:35:28 3225 10247 T -p -0.2838 2.3088 1.3651 312.8 203.9 80.6
42 05 2846 Jul 29 18:03:14 3342 10470 T -a -0.3588 2.1719 1.2268 310.0 199.0 66.6
43 06 2864 Aug 09 01:33:03 3461 10693 T -a -0.4318 2.0389 1.0918 306.6 192.8 44.3
44 07 2882 Aug 20 09:04:14 3582 10916 P -a -0.5034 1.9088 0.9591 302.5 185.4 -
45 08 2900 Aug 31 16:38:06 3706 11139 P -a -0.5725 1.7836 0.8309 298.0 176.7 -
46 09 2918 Sep 12 00:16:22 3831 11362 P -a -0.6373 1.6665 0.7101 293.1 166.9 -
47 10 2936 Sep 22 07:59:30 3958 11585 P -a -0.6977 1.5577 0.5973 288.0 156.2 -
48 11 2954 Oct 03 15:48:15 4088 11808 P -a -0.7528 1.4589 0.4940 282.9 144.6 -
49 12 2972 Oct 13 23:42:46 4219 12031 P -a -0.8027 1.3698 0.4002 277.8 132.2 -
50 13 2990 Oct 25 07:44:40 4353 12254 P -a -0.8460 1.2927 0.3182 273.2 119.6 -
51 14 3008 Nov 05 15:53:13 4488 12477 P -a -0.8834 1.2266 0.2470 269.0 106.7 -
52 15 3026 Nov 17 00:08:20 4626 12700 P -a -0.9149 1.1713 0.1869 265.4 93.8 -
53 16 3044 Nov 27 08:30:19 4766 12923 P -a -0.9404 1.1270 0.1377 262.4 81.2 -
54 17 3062 Dec 08 16:58:44 4908 13146 P -a -0.9599 1.0936 0.0997 260.3 69.6 -
55 18 3080 Dec 19 01:31:56 5052 13369 P -a -0.9753 1.0673 0.0691 258.8 58.4 -
56 19 3098 Dec 30 10:08:34 5198 13592 P -a -0.9876 1.0468 0.0446 257.7 47.2 -
57 20 3117 Jan 10 18:48:09 5346 13815 P -a -0.9970 1.0314 0.0258 257.1 36.1 -
58 21 3135 Jan 22 03:29:17 5496 14038 P -a -1.0044 1.0193 0.0108 256.7 23.4 -
59 22 3153 Feb 01 12:09:07 5648 14261 Nx -a -1.0125 1.0056 -0.0053 256.2 - -
60 23 3171 Feb 12 20:47:24 5803 14484 N -a -1.0212 0.9906 -0.0223 255.4 - -
61 24 3189 Feb 23 05:21:21 5959 14707 N -a -1.0331 0.9695 -0.0449 254.0 - -
62 25 3207 Mar 06 13:51:18 6117 14930 N -a -1.0476 0.9436 -0.0719 252.1 - -
63 26 3225 Mar 16 22:13:08 6278 15153 N -a -1.0679 0.9066 -0.1096 248.8 - -
64 27 3243 Mar 28 06:29:01 6440 15376 N -a -1.0924 0.8619 -0.1548 244.4 - -
65 28 3261 Apr 07 14:35:21 6605 15599 N -a -1.1241 0.8038 -0.2131 238.2 - -
66 29 3279 Apr 18 22:33:47 6772 15822 N -a -1.1615 0.7353 -0.2819 230.1 - -
67 30 3297 Apr 29 06:21:41 6941 16045 N -a -1.2069 0.6521 -0.3653 219.2 - -
68 31 3315 May 11 14:01:42 7112 16268 N -a -1.2578 0.5588 -0.4589 205.4 - -
69 32 3333 May 21 21:31:56 7285 16491 N -a -1.3159 0.4525 -0.5657 187.4 - -
70 33 3351 Jun 02 04:53:36 7460 16714 N -h -1.3800 0.3353 -0.6837 163.7 - -
71 34 3369 Jun 12 12:07:11 7637 16937 N -h -1.4497 0.2079 -0.8122 130.9 - -
72 35 3387 Jun 23 19:14:11 7816 17160 Ne -h -1.5239 0.0726 -0.9490 78.6 - -
[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)"
