Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 129
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1351/06/10 08:44 L,N 129B 0.035 -0.964 -1.547 1369/06/20 15:55 L,N 129 0.161 -0.841 -1.479 1387/07/01 23:04 L,N 129 0.290 -0.715 -1.409 1405/07/12 06:15 L,N 129 0.416 -0.594 -1.342 1423/07/23 13:26 L,N 129 0.542 -0.473 -1.275 1441/08/02 20:41 L,N 129 0.659 -0.361 -1.212 1459/08/14 03:59 L,N 129 0.772 -0.255 -1.153 1477/08/24 11:22 L,N 129 0.875 -0.158 -1.098 1495/09/04 18:51 L,N 129 0.969 -0.070 -1.049 1513/09/15 02:27 L,P 129 1.051 0.006 -1.006 18m00s 1531/09/26 10:11 L,P 129 1.121 0.069 -0.969 60m00s 1549/10/06 18:00 L,P 129 1.181 0.122 -0.938 80m00s 1567/10/18 01:57 L,P 129 1.227 0.163 -0.915 94m00s 1585/11/07 10:00 L,P 129 1.264 0.194 -0.896 102m00s 1603/11/18 18:09 L,P 129 1.290 0.215 -0.883 106m00s 1621/11/29 02:21 L,P 129 1.310 0.229 -0.874 110m00s 1639/12/10 10:39 L,P 129 1.321 0.236 -0.869 112m00s 1657/12/20 18:57 L,P 129 1.329 0.240 -0.866 114m00s 1676/01/01 03:16 L,P 129 1.335 0.244 -0.863 114m00s 1694/01/11 11:33 L,P 129 1.343 0.249 -0.860 116m00s 1712/01/23 19:47 L,P 129 1.354 0.259 -0.854 118m00s 1730/02/03 03:55 L,P 129 1.371 0.275 -0.845 122m00s 1748/02/14 11:58 L,P 129 1.397 0.300 -0.831 128m00s 1766/02/24 19:52 L,P 129 1.433 0.337 -0.811 134m00s 1784/03/07 03:39 L,P 129 1.480 0.384 -0.786 142m00s 1802/03/19 11:15 L,P 129 1.542 0.447 -0.752 152m00s 1820/03/29 18:42 L,P 129 1.616 0.522 -0.711 164m00s 1838/04/10 01:59 L,P 129 1.705 0.613 -0.662 174m00s 1856/04/20 09:07 L,P 129 1.806 0.715 -0.607 186m00s 1874/05/01 16:03 L,P 129 1.923 0.833 -0.542 196m00s 1892/05/11 22:53 L,P 129 2.050 0.960 -0.473 206m00s 1910/05/24 05:34 L,T 129 2.189 1.100 -0.397 216m00s 50m00s 1928/06/03 12:10 L,T 129 2.335 1.247 -0.317 224m00s 76m00s 1946/06/14 18:39 L,T/N- 129 2.491 1.403 -0.232 230m00s 92m00s 1964/06/25 01:06 L,T/N- 129 2.650 1.561 -0.146 234m00s 102m00s 1982/07/06 07:31 L,T 129M 2.812 1.723 -0.058 236m00s 106m00s 2000/07/16 13:56 L,T/S- 129 2.864 1.773 0.030 236m00s 108m00s 2018/07/27 20:22 L,T/S- 129 2.706 1.614 0.117 236m00s 104m00s 2036/08/07 02:51 L,T/S- 129 2.553 1.459 0.200 232m00s 96m00s 2054/08/18 09:24 L,T 129 2.407 1.311 0.280 228m00s 84m00s 2072/08/28 16:03 L,T 129 2.269 1.171 0.356 220m00s 66m00s 2090/09/08 22:49 L,T 129 2.143 1.043 0.425 214m00s 34m00s 2108/09/20 05:43 L,P 129 2.030 0.926 0.488 206m00s 2126/10/01 12:45 L,P 129 1.928 0.822 0.544 198m00s 2144/10/11 19:57 L,P 129 1.840 0.732 0.593 190m00s 2162/10/23 03:18 L,P 129 1.766 0.655 0.634 182m00s 2180/11/02 10:49 L,P 129 1.707 0.594 0.667 174m00s 2198/11/13 18:27 L,P 129 1.657 0.543 0.694 168m00s 2216/11/25 02:15 L,P 129 1.622 0.506 0.714 162m00s 2234/12/06 10:09 L,P 129 1.593 0.477 0.730 158m00s
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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.
