Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 134
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1550/04/01 12:52 L,N 134B 0.028 -0.971 1.550 1568/04/11 20:37 L,N 134 0.123 -0.870 1.497 1586/05/03 04:15 L,N 134 0.231 -0.758 1.437 1604/05/13 11:48 L,N 134 0.346 -0.638 1.373 1622/05/24 19:17 L,N 134 0.469 -0.510 1.304 1640/06/04 02:44 L,N 134 0.597 -0.379 1.234 1658/06/15 10:07 L,N 134 0.732 -0.240 1.159 1676/06/25 17:32 L,N 134 0.868 -0.103 1.085 1694/07/07 00:55 L,P 134 1.006 0.038 1.009 42m00s 1712/07/18 08:22 L,P 134 1.141 0.174 0.935 90m00s 1730/07/29 15:50 L,P 134 1.275 0.308 0.862 116m00s 1748/08/08 23:23 L,P 134 1.402 0.435 0.793 136m00s 1766/08/20 07:01 L,P 134 1.523 0.555 0.727 150m00s 1784/08/30 14:46 L,P 134 1.635 0.666 0.666 162m00s 1802/09/11 22:36 L,P 134 1.738 0.768 0.610 170m00s 1820/09/22 06:35 L,P 134 1.830 0.857 0.561 178m00s 1838/10/03 14:41 L,P 134 1.910 0.935 0.518 182m00s 1856/10/13 22:54 L,T 134 1.980 1.002 0.481 186m00s 6m00s 1874/10/25 07:16 L,T 134 2.036 1.056 0.451 190m00s 34m00s 1892/11/04 15:45 L,T 134 2.082 1.099 0.427 192m00s 46m00s 1910/11/17 00:21 L,T 134 2.116 1.131 0.409 194m00s 52m00s 1928/11/27 09:01 L,T 134 2.142 1.155 0.395 194m00s 56m00s 1946/12/08 17:48 L,T 134 2.159 1.170 0.386 196m00s 58m00s 1964/12/19 02:37 L,T 134 2.171 1.180 0.380 196m00s 60m00s 1982/12/30 11:29 L,T 134 2.180 1.188 0.376 196m00s 62m00s 2001/01/09 20:21 L,T 134 2.187 1.194 0.372 198m00s 62m00s 2019/01/21 05:12 L,T 134 2.193 1.201 0.369 198m00s 62m00s 2037/01/31 14:00 L,T 134 2.205 1.213 0.362 198m00s 64m00s 2055/02/11 22:44 L,T 134 2.222 1.230 0.353 200m00s 66m00s 2073/02/22 07:22 L,T 134 2.247 1.256 0.339 200m00s 70m00s 2091/03/05 15:55 L,T 134 2.278 1.288 0.322 202m00s 74m00s 2109/03/17 00:19 L,T 134 2.324 1.335 0.296 204m00s 78m00s 2127/03/28 08:36 L,T/S- 134 2.378 1.390 0.267 206m00s 84m00s 2145/04/07 16:43 L,T/S- 134 2.447 1.460 0.229 208m00s 88m00s 2163/04/19 00:44 L,T/S- 134 2.524 1.539 0.186 210m00s 92m00s 2181/04/29 08:34 L,T/S- 134 2.618 1.633 0.135 214m00s 96m00s 2199/05/10 16:18 L,T 134M 2.719 1.735 0.080 214m00s 100m00s 2217/05/21 23:54 L,T/S- 134 2.834 1.849 0.017 216m00s 102m00s 2235/06/02 07:24 L,T/N- 134 2.776 1.790 -0.049 216m00s 100m00s 2253/06/12 14:48 L,T/N- 134 2.645 1.658 -0.121 216m00s 98m00s 2271/06/23 22:09 L,T/N- 134 2.512 1.523 -0.194 214m00s 94m00s 2289/07/04 05:26 L,T/N- 134 2.373 1.382 -0.270 210m00s 84m00s 2307/07/16 12:40 L,T 134 2.233 1.239 -0.347 206m00s 70m00s 2325/07/26 19:54 L,T 134 2.094 1.096 -0.424 200m00s 46m00s 2343/08/07 03:08 L,P 134 1.957 0.955 -0.500 192m00s 2361/08/17 10:24 L,P 134 1.824 0.817 -0.574 182m00s 2379/08/28 17:43 L,P 134 1.697 0.686 -0.644 172m00s 2397/09/08 01:05 L,P 134 1.579 0.562 -0.710 158m00s 2415/09/19 08:33 L,P 134 1.471 0.447 -0.771 144m00s 2433/09/29 16:06 L,P 134 1.371 0.341 -0.827 128m00s
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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.
