Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 131
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1427/05/10 23:35 L,N 131B 0.037 -0.950 -1.542 1445/05/21 06:58 L,N 131 0.168 -0.816 -1.470 1463/06/01 14:20 L,N 131 0.303 -0.677 -1.395 1481/06/11 21:41 L,N 131 0.440 -0.537 -1.320 1499/06/23 05:02 L,N 131 0.578 -0.397 -1.244 1517/07/03 12:25 L,N 131 0.715 -0.258 -1.169 1535/07/14 19:51 L,N 131 0.850 -0.122 -1.095 1553/07/25 03:22 L,P 131 0.979 0.007 -1.025 18m00s 1571/08/05 10:57 L,P 131 1.100 0.128 -0.959 78m00s 1589/08/25 18:38 L,P 131 1.214 0.242 -0.897 104m00s 1607/09/06 02:27 L,P 131 1.318 0.344 -0.840 122m00s 1625/09/16 10:23 L,P 131 1.411 0.436 -0.790 136m00s 1643/09/27 18:27 L,P 131 1.492 0.515 -0.747 146m00s 1661/10/08 02:38 L,P 131 1.562 0.583 -0.709 154m00s 1679/10/19 10:59 L,P 131 1.619 0.638 -0.678 158m00s 1697/10/29 19:26 L,P 131 1.666 0.683 -0.653 164m00s 1715/11/11 04:00 L,P 131 1.701 0.716 -0.635 166m00s 1733/11/21 12:41 L,P 131 1.727 0.740 -0.621 168m00s 1751/12/02 21:27 L,P 131 1.746 0.757 -0.611 170m00s 1769/12/13 06:17 L,P 131 1.756 0.767 -0.606 170m00s 1787/12/24 15:08 L,P 131 1.766 0.775 -0.601 170m00s 1806/01/05 00:02 L,P 131 1.771 0.781 -0.598 172m00s 1824/01/16 08:54 L,P 131 1.779 0.788 -0.594 172m00s 1842/01/26 17:44 L,P 131 1.788 0.799 -0.588 172m00s 1860/02/07 02:30 L,P 131 1.805 0.816 -0.579 174m00s 1878/02/17 11:11 L,P 131 1.827 0.839 -0.567 176m00s 1896/02/28 19:46 L,P 131 1.859 0.873 -0.549 178m00s 1914/03/12 04:13 L,P 131 1.901 0.917 -0.525 182m00s 1932/03/22 12:32 L,P 131 1.955 0.972 -0.496 186m00s 1950/04/02 20:44 L,T 131 2.020 1.038 -0.460 190m00s 30m00s 1968/04/13 04:47 L,T 131 2.097 1.117 -0.417 194m00s 50m00s 1986/04/24 12:43 L,T 131 2.187 1.208 -0.368 200m00s 64m00s 2004/05/04 20:30 L,T 131 2.288 1.309 -0.313 204m00s 76m00s 2022/05/16 04:11 L,T/N- 131 2.397 1.419 -0.253 208m00s 86m00s 2040/05/26 11:45 L,T/N- 131 2.519 1.540 -0.187 212m00s 92m00s 2058/06/06 19:14 L,T/N- 131 2.646 1.667 -0.118 214m00s 98m00s 2076/06/17 02:37 L,T 131M 2.780 1.800 -0.045 216m00s 100m00s 2094/06/28 09:59 L,T/S- 131 2.812 1.829 0.029 216m00s 102m00s 2112/07/09 17:16 L,T/S- 131 2.672 1.687 0.105 216m00s 100m00s 2130/07/21 00:34 L,T/S- 131 2.537 1.549 0.180 214m00s 94m00s 2148/07/31 07:51 L,T/S- 131 2.401 1.409 0.255 212m00s 86m00s 2166/08/11 15:11 L,T 131 2.271 1.275 0.327 206m00s 74m00s 2184/08/21 22:32 L,T 131 2.144 1.143 0.397 202m00s 56m00s 2202/09/03 05:59 L,T 131 2.029 1.022 0.462 196m00s 22m00s 2220/09/13 13:29 L,P 131 1.921 0.908 0.523 188m00s 2238/09/24 21:05 L,P 131 1.824 0.805 0.577 182m00s 2256/10/05 04:48 L,P 131 1.737 0.712 0.626 174m00s 2274/10/16 12:38 L,P 131 1.663 0.633 0.668 166m00s 2292/10/26 20:34 L,P 131 1.601 0.564 0.704 160m00s 2310/11/08 04:37 L,P 131 1.549 0.506 0.733 152m00s
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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.
