Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 112
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 859/05/20 12:56 L,N 112B 0.029 -1.039 1.569 877/05/30 19:35 L,N 112 0.181 -0.882 1.485 895/06/11 02:17 L,N 112 0.334 -0.727 1.401 913/06/21 08:58 L,N 112 0.489 -0.568 1.315 931/07/02 15:44 L,N 112 0.640 -0.415 1.232 949/07/12 22:34 L,N 112 0.789 -0.264 1.150 967/07/24 05:31 L,N 112 0.930 -0.122 1.073 985/08/03 12:33 L,P 112 1.065 0.014 1.000 28m00s 1003/08/14 19:45 L,P 112 1.186 0.137 0.933 86m00s 1021/08/25 03:06 L,P 112 1.299 0.249 0.872 114m00s 1039/09/05 10:36 L,P 112 1.399 0.349 0.817 132m00s 1057/09/15 18:16 L,P 112 1.485 0.436 0.770 146m00s 1075/09/27 02:06 L,P 112 1.557 0.508 0.731 154m00s 1093/10/07 10:06 L,P 112 1.616 0.567 0.699 162m00s 1111/10/18 18:14 L,P 112 1.663 0.615 0.673 166m00s 1129/10/29 02:32 L,P 112 1.698 0.651 0.653 170m00s 1147/11/09 10:56 L,P 112 1.724 0.677 0.639 172m00s 1165/11/19 19:27 L,P 112 1.741 0.695 0.630 172m00s 1183/12/01 04:02 L,P 112 1.752 0.708 0.623 174m00s 1201/12/11 12:40 L,P 112 1.759 0.718 0.619 174m00s 1219/12/22 21:19 L,P 112 1.765 0.727 0.614 174m00s 1238/01/02 05:58 L,P 112 1.773 0.740 0.609 174m00s 1256/01/13 14:34 L,P 112 1.785 0.755 0.601 176m00s 1274/01/23 23:07 L,P 112 1.802 0.777 0.591 178m00s 1292/02/04 07:35 L,P 112 1.828 0.808 0.575 180m00s 1310/02/14 15:57 L,P 112 1.864 0.849 0.554 182m00s 1328/02/26 00:12 L,P 112 1.911 0.902 0.527 186m00s 1346/03/08 08:20 L,P 112 1.968 0.964 0.495 190m00s 1364/03/18 16:20 L,T 112 2.039 1.041 0.454 194m00s 30m00s 1382/03/30 00:15 L,T 112 2.120 1.127 0.409 198m00s 52m00s 1400/04/09 08:02 L,T 112 2.214 1.227 0.356 202m00s 68m00s 1418/04/20 15:44 L,T 112 2.317 1.335 0.298 206m00s 80m00s 1436/04/30 23:19 L,T/S- 112 2.432 1.454 0.235 210m00s 88m00s 1454/05/12 06:51 L,T/S- 112 2.552 1.578 0.168 212m00s 94m00s 1472/05/22 14:19 L,T/S- 112 2.681 1.710 0.097 214m00s 98m00s 1490/06/02 21:46 L,T/S- 112 2.813 1.845 0.024 214m00s 100m00s 1508/06/13 05:11 L,T 112M 2.763 1.797 -0.051 214m00s 100m00s 1526/06/24 12:37 L,T/N- 112 2.626 1.661 -0.125 212m00s 98m00s 1544/07/04 20:04 L,T/N- 112 2.491 1.527 -0.199 210m00s 92m00s 1562/07/16 03:34 L,T/N- 112 2.359 1.395 -0.270 206m00s 84m00s 1580/07/26 11:08 L,T 112 2.233 1.269 -0.339 200m00s 72m00s 1598/08/16 18:46 L,T 112 2.114 1.148 -0.404 196m00s 56m00s 1616/08/27 02:30 L,T 112 2.004 1.037 -0.465 190m00s 28m00s 1634/09/07 10:21 L,P 112 1.904 0.935 -0.520 182m00s 1652/09/17 18:19 L,P 112 1.815 0.843 -0.569 176m00s 1670/09/29 02:24 L,P 112 1.738 0.763 -0.612 170m00s 1688/10/09 10:37 L,P 112 1.671 0.694 -0.649 164m00s 1706/10/21 18:58 L,P 112 1.618 0.637 -0.679 158m00s 1724/11/01 03:26 L,P 112 1.574 0.591 -0.703 154m00s 1742/11/12 12:01 L,P 112 1.543 0.557 -0.721 150m00s
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Query the Eclipse Database
The database contains all solar and lunar eclipses from 2000 BC to 3000 AD inclusive. BC years are shown in negative notation, as used by astronomers; 1 BC is year 0, 2 BC is year -1, etc.; so 2000 BC is -1999.
To do a search, pick a range of years to search, or leave those fields blank to search the whole database. Then pick a search type:
- you can search for all eclipses in the chosen range of years;
- or for eclipses in a particular Saros series and/or of a given type;
- or for years where a certain number of eclipses occur, or a certain number of total eclipses (for example, to find a year with 4 eclipses).
- or for eclipses in a particular Saros series and/or of a given type;
Bear in mind that if a Saros started before 2000 BC, or ends after 3000 AD, only part of the series will be shown.
Any field left blank will match all possible values for that field. Leaving all the fields blank, and selecting all the eclipse types, will return the whole database; since this is huge, the results are broken up into pages. Go to the eclipse stats page to see how you can get the whole database, and the search engine.
Key to Fields
- Date / Time
- The date and time of the moment of greatest eclipse. This is the
instant when the axis of the Moon's shadow passes closest to the
Earth's center. The date format is year/month/day, and the year
is always shown in full; so, a date like "97/03/17" means the 17th
of March, year 97 AD (not 1997); and bearing in mind the
astronomical notation for BC years, "-19/03/17" means the 17th of
March, year 20 BC.
All dates in the database up to Oct 04, 1582 are in the Julian calendar; all dates after Oct 15 1582 are Gregorian.
For total eclipses, the instant of greatest eclipse is virtually identical to the instants of greatest magnitude and greatest duration.
- Type
- The type of the eclipse. The first letter is one of:
- S
- A solar eclipse. The following letter is the type: P=partial; T=total; A=annular; H=hybrid.
- L
- A lunar eclipse. The following letter is the type: N=penumbral; P=partial; T=total.
The following notations may also appear:
- N
- The northern edge of the eclipse is off the north end of the Earth.
- N-
- The northern edge and the centre of the eclipse are off the north end of the Earth.
- S
- The southern edge of the eclipse is off the south end of the Earth.
- S-
- The southern edge and the centre of the eclipse are off the south end of the Earth.
- Saros
- The Saros series of the eclipse.
The following notations may also appear:
- B
- This is the first eclipse in this series.
- M
- This is the middle eclipse in this series.
- E
- This is the last eclipse in this series.
- P-Mag
- The penumbral magnitude of a lunar eclipse (doesn't apply to solar eclipses); the fraction of the Moon's diameter which is obscured by the penumbra.
- U-Mag
- The umbral magnitude of the eclipse. For a lunar eclipse, this is the fraction of the Moon's diameter obscured by the umbra; for a solar eclipse, it is the fraction of the Sun's diameter which is obscured at the moment of greatest eclipse.
- Gamma
- The distance of the the axis of the Moon's shadow from the Earth's center at maximum eclipse, measured as a fraction of the Earth's radius. A negative value indicates that the eclipse is below the centre of the Earth as seen from the Sun; this is not necessarily the same as being centred south of the equator, due to the Earth's tilt. The search form looks at absolute value of gamma -- ie. it treats all values as positive -- so that you can search for eg. all marginal eclipses without having to do two searches. Hence searching for values < 0 will return nothing.
- P-Durn
- For a lunar eclipse, this is the duration of the partial eclipse (if any) at the point of greatest eclipse (doesn't apply to solar eclipses).
- T-Durn
- For a lunar eclipse, this is the duration of the total (umbral) eclipse (if any); for a solar eclipse, it is the duration of the total or annular eclipse (if any) at the point of greatest eclipse.
- Lat/Long
- The location on the Earth's surface at which the greatest eclipse will be seen. This applies to solar eclipses only.
