Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 127
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1275/07/09 14:17 L,N 127B 0.034 -1.057 -1.572 1293/07/19 20:47 L,N 127 0.184 -0.908 -1.491 1311/07/31 03:22 L,N 127 0.328 -0.765 -1.413 1329/08/10 10:04 L,N 127 0.462 -0.632 -1.340 1347/08/21 16:53 L,N 127 0.588 -0.508 -1.272 1365/08/31 23:52 L,N 127 0.702 -0.395 -1.210 1383/09/12 06:59 L,N 127 0.803 -0.295 -1.155 1401/09/22 14:17 L,N 127 0.891 -0.209 -1.108 1419/10/03 21:45 L,N 127 0.965 -0.137 -1.068 1437/10/14 05:23 L,N 127 1.026 -0.077 -1.035 1455/10/25 13:10 L,N 127 1.074 -0.029 -1.009 1473/11/04 21:05 L,P 127 1.112 0.008 -0.989 22m00s 1491/11/16 05:07 L,P 127 1.139 0.035 -0.974 46m00s 1509/11/26 13:15 L,P 127 1.160 0.057 -0.962 58m00s 1527/12/07 21:27 L,P 127 1.174 0.073 -0.954 64m00s 1545/12/18 05:43 L,P 127 1.186 0.087 -0.947 70m00s 1563/12/29 13:58 L,P 127 1.199 0.103 -0.939 76m00s 1582/01/08 22:12 L,P 127 1.213 0.121 -0.930 82m00s 1600/01/30 06:24 L,P 127 1.233 0.145 -0.918 90m00s 1618/02/09 14:32 L,P 127 1.259 0.176 -0.902 98m00s 1636/02/20 22:34 L,P 127 1.296 0.219 -0.881 108m00s 1654/03/03 06:31 L,P 127 1.342 0.271 -0.854 118m00s 1672/03/13 14:20 L,P 127 1.400 0.335 -0.821 130m00s 1690/03/24 22:03 L,P 127 1.471 0.412 -0.781 142m00s 1708/04/05 05:37 L,P 127 1.554 0.502 -0.733 154m00s 1726/04/16 13:06 L,P 127 1.648 0.602 -0.680 166m00s 1744/04/26 20:29 L,P 127 1.754 0.714 -0.621 178m00s 1762/05/08 03:45 L,P 127 1.871 0.837 -0.556 188m00s 1780/05/18 10:58 L,P 127 1.995 0.968 -0.486 196m00s 1798/05/29 18:07 L,T 127 2.127 1.105 -0.413 204m00s 50m00s 1816/06/10 01:14 L,T 127 2.264 1.247 -0.337 210m00s 72m00s 1834/06/21 08:20 L,T/N- 127 2.406 1.393 -0.258 214m00s 86m00s 1852/07/01 15:26 L,T/N- 127 2.548 1.539 -0.180 218m00s 96m00s 1870/07/12 22:34 L,T/N- 127 2.689 1.683 -0.102 220m00s 100m00s 1888/07/23 05:45 L,T/N- 127 2.828 1.824 -0.026 220m00s 102m00s 1906/08/04 13:00 L,T/S- 127 2.787 1.785 0.048 220m00s 102m00s 1924/08/14 20:20 L,T 127M 2.658 1.658 0.117 218m00s 98m00s 1942/08/26 03:48 L,T/S- 127 2.539 1.540 0.182 214m00s 94m00s 1960/09/05 11:21 L,T/S- 127 2.428 1.430 0.242 212m00s 88m00s 1978/09/16 19:04 L,T 127 2.332 1.333 0.295 208m00s 80m00s 1996/09/27 02:54 L,T 127 2.244 1.245 0.343 204m00s 70m00s 2014/10/08 10:55 L,T 127 2.171 1.172 0.383 200m00s 60m00s 2032/10/18 19:02 L,T 127 2.108 1.108 0.417 196m00s 48m00s 2050/10/30 03:20 L,T 127 2.060 1.060 0.443 194m00s 36m00s 2068/11/09 11:44 L,T 127 2.022 1.021 0.464 190m00s 22m00s 2086/11/20 20:17 L,P 127 1.994 0.992 0.480 188m00s 2104/12/02 04:54 L,P 127 1.973 0.972 0.491 188m00s 2122/12/13 13:38 L,P 127 1.960 0.960 0.498 186m00s 2140/12/23 22:25 L,P 127 1.951 0.951 0.503 186m00s 2159/01/04 07:14 L,P 127 1.944 0.945 0.506 184m00s
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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.
