Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 128
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1304/06/18 09:18 L,N 128B 0.132 -0.850 1.489 1322/06/29 16:38 L,N 128 0.270 -0.711 1.414 1340/07/10 00:00 L,N 128 0.407 -0.572 1.338 1358/07/21 07:27 L,N 128 0.537 -0.441 1.267 1376/07/31 14:59 L,N 128 0.663 -0.315 1.198 1394/08/11 22:37 L,N 128 0.781 -0.197 1.134 1412/08/22 06:22 L,N 128 0.889 -0.089 1.075 1430/09/02 14:14 L,P 128 0.987 0.007 1.022 18m00s 1448/09/12 22:15 L,P 128 1.073 0.092 0.976 66m00s 1466/09/24 06:24 L,P 128 1.147 0.165 0.936 88m00s 1484/10/04 14:42 L,P 128 1.209 0.225 0.902 100m00s 1502/10/15 23:08 L,P 128 1.260 0.274 0.875 110m00s 1520/10/26 07:40 L,P 128 1.299 0.312 0.854 116m00s 1538/11/06 16:19 L,P 128 1.328 0.340 0.839 122m00s 1556/11/17 01:04 L,P 128 1.348 0.359 0.828 124m00s 1574/11/28 09:54 L,P 128 1.362 0.372 0.821 126m00s 1592/12/18 18:45 L,P 128 1.372 0.381 0.816 128m00s 1610/12/30 03:38 L,P 128 1.378 0.388 0.812 128m00s 1629/01/09 12:31 L,P 128 1.384 0.394 0.809 130m00s 1647/01/20 21:22 L,P 128 1.393 0.404 0.804 130m00s 1665/01/31 06:10 L,P 128 1.406 0.419 0.796 132m00s 1683/02/11 14:52 L,P 128 1.427 0.441 0.785 136m00s 1701/02/22 23:30 L,P 128 1.454 0.469 0.769 140m00s 1719/03/06 07:59 L,P 128 1.492 0.510 0.748 144m00s 1737/03/16 16:22 L,P 128 1.540 0.560 0.721 150m00s 1755/03/28 00:36 L,P 128 1.602 0.623 0.687 158m00s 1773/04/07 08:43 L,P 128 1.673 0.697 0.648 164m00s 1791/04/18 16:41 L,P 128 1.758 0.784 0.601 172m00s 1809/04/30 00:33 L,P 128 1.853 0.879 0.549 180m00s 1827/05/11 08:17 L,P 128 1.959 0.986 0.491 188m00s 1845/05/21 15:54 L,T 128 2.074 1.102 0.428 194m00s 46m00s 1863/06/01 23:26 L,T 128 2.198 1.225 0.361 200m00s 68m00s 1881/06/12 06:54 L,T 128 2.328 1.355 0.290 206m00s 80m00s 1899/06/23 14:18 L,T/S- 128 2.463 1.488 0.217 210m00s 90m00s 1917/07/04 21:39 L,T/S- 128 2.601 1.624 0.142 214m00s 96m00s 1935/07/16 05:00 L,T 128M 2.740 1.760 0.067 216m00s 100m00s 1953/07/26 12:21 L,T/N- 128 2.851 1.869 -0.007 216m00s 102m00s 1971/08/06 19:43 L,T/N- 128 2.721 1.734 -0.079 216m00s 100m00s 1989/08/17 03:08 L,T/N- 128 2.596 1.604 -0.149 214m00s 96m00s 2007/08/28 10:37 L,T/N- 128 2.478 1.481 -0.214 212m00s 90m00s 2025/09/07 18:12 L,T 128 2.369 1.368 -0.275 210m00s 82m00s 2043/09/19 01:50 L,T 128 2.269 1.261 -0.332 206m00s 72m00s 2061/09/29 09:36 L,T 128 2.181 1.168 -0.381 204m00s 60m00s 2079/10/10 17:28 L,T 128 2.104 1.085 -0.424 200m00s 44m00s 2097/10/21 01:27 L,T 128 2.041 1.015 -0.461 196m00s 20m00s 2115/11/02 09:32 L,P 128 1.987 0.955 -0.492 192m00s 2133/11/12 17:45 L,P 128 1.946 0.909 -0.515 190m00s 2151/11/24 02:03 L,P 128 1.913 0.871 -0.535 188m00s 2169/12/04 10:26 L,P 128 1.891 0.843 -0.549 186m00s 2187/12/15 18:52 L,P 128 1.873 0.821 -0.559 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.
