Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 124
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1152/08/16 23:51 L,N 124B 0.093 -1.006 1.542 1170/08/28 06:46 L,N 124 0.209 -0.892 1.480 1188/09/07 13:49 L,N 124 0.315 -0.788 1.423 1206/09/18 21:03 L,N 124 0.406 -0.699 1.374 1224/09/29 04:26 L,N 124 0.486 -0.622 1.331 1242/10/10 11:59 L,N 124 0.552 -0.557 1.295 1260/10/20 19:41 L,N 124 0.606 -0.505 1.266 1278/11/01 03:32 L,N 124 0.646 -0.465 1.244 1296/11/11 11:30 L,N 124 0.677 -0.434 1.227 1314/11/22 19:34 L,N 124 0.701 -0.410 1.214 1332/12/03 03:41 L,N 124 0.719 -0.392 1.205 1350/12/14 11:53 L,N 124 0.732 -0.377 1.197 1368/12/24 20:04 L,N 124 0.746 -0.360 1.189 1387/01/05 04:15 L,N 124 0.760 -0.343 1.180 1405/01/15 12:23 L,N 124 0.779 -0.320 1.169 1423/01/26 20:28 L,N 124 0.804 -0.290 1.154 1441/02/06 04:27 L,N 124 0.839 -0.250 1.133 1459/02/17 12:21 L,N 124 0.882 -0.201 1.108 1477/02/27 20:08 L,N 124 0.937 -0.139 1.076 1495/03/11 03:48 L,N 124 1.005 -0.065 1.037 1513/03/21 11:20 L,P 124 1.086 0.022 0.992 36m00s 1531/04/01 18:45 L,P 124 1.178 0.121 0.940 82m00s 1549/04/12 02:04 L,P 124 1.282 0.230 0.881 110m00s 1567/04/23 09:17 L,P 124 1.398 0.353 0.816 134m00s 1585/05/13 16:25 L,P 124 1.522 0.482 0.747 152m00s 1603/05/24 23:29 L,P 124 1.655 0.621 0.673 168m00s 1621/06/04 06:31 L,P 124 1.793 0.764 0.597 182m00s 1639/06/15 13:32 L,P 124 1.936 0.912 0.517 192m00s 1657/06/25 20:33 L,T 124 2.080 1.060 0.438 202m00s 38m00s 1675/07/07 03:36 L,T 124 2.225 1.208 0.358 208m00s 68m00s 1693/07/17 10:41 L,T 124 2.368 1.354 0.279 214m00s 84m00s 1711/07/29 17:50 L,T/S- 124 2.507 1.495 0.203 218m00s 92m00s 1729/08/09 01:05 L,T/S- 124 2.639 1.629 0.130 220m00s 98m00s 1747/08/20 08:27 L,T/S- 124 2.763 1.754 0.063 220m00s 102m00s 1765/08/30 15:55 L,T/N- 124 2.876 1.868 -0.001 220m00s 102m00s 1783/09/10 23:33 L,T/N- 124 2.772 1.765 -0.057 218m00s 102m00s 1801/09/22 07:19 L,T/N- 124 2.680 1.672 -0.107 218m00s 98m00s 1819/10/03 15:13 L,T 124M 2.600 1.592 -0.151 216m00s 96m00s 1837/10/13 23:17 L,T/N- 124 2.532 1.524 -0.188 214m00s 92m00s 1855/10/25 07:29 L,T/N- 124 2.478 1.470 -0.218 212m00s 90m00s 1873/11/04 15:51 L,T/N- 124 2.436 1.427 -0.241 210m00s 86m00s 1891/11/16 00:19 L,T/N- 124 2.402 1.393 -0.259 208m00s 84m00s 1909/11/27 08:54 L,T/N- 124 2.380 1.371 -0.271 208m00s 82m00s 1927/12/08 17:35 L,T 124 2.364 1.356 -0.280 206m00s 80m00s 1945/12/19 02:20 L,T 124 2.355 1.348 -0.284 206m00s 80m00s 1963/12/30 11:07 L,T 124 2.346 1.340 -0.289 204m00s 78m00s 1982/01/09 19:56 L,T 124 2.340 1.337 -0.292 204m00s 78m00s 2000/01/21 04:44 L,T 124 2.331 1.330 -0.296 204m00s 78m00s 2018/01/31 13:30 L,T 124 2.320 1.321 -0.301 204m00s 76m00s 2036/02/11 22:11 L,T 124 2.300 1.305 -0.311 202m00s 76m00s
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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.
