Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 135
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1615/04/13 19:37 L,N 135B 0.066 -0.942 -1.532 1633/04/24 03:16 L,N 135 0.153 -0.856 -1.485 1651/05/05 10:48 L,N 135 0.251 -0.758 -1.432 1669/05/15 18:11 L,N 135 0.359 -0.651 -1.373 1687/05/27 01:28 L,N 135 0.477 -0.535 -1.309 1705/06/07 08:39 L,N 135 0.602 -0.412 -1.242 1723/06/18 15:45 L,N 135 0.733 -0.284 -1.171 1741/06/28 22:47 L,N 135 0.869 -0.151 -1.098 1759/07/10 05:49 L,N 135 1.005 -0.018 -1.025 1777/07/20 12:48 L,P 135 1.143 0.115 -0.951 78m00s 1795/07/31 19:50 L,P 135 1.277 0.244 -0.879 112m00s 1813/08/12 02:53 L,P 135 1.409 0.371 -0.808 136m00s 1831/08/23 10:00 L,P 135 1.532 0.489 -0.743 154m00s 1849/09/02 17:10 L,P 135 1.650 0.600 -0.681 168m00s 1867/09/14 00:26 L,P 135 1.757 0.701 -0.624 178m00s 1885/09/24 07:48 L,P 135 1.854 0.792 -0.573 188m00s 1903/10/06 15:17 L,P 135 1.939 0.870 -0.528 194m00s 1921/10/16 22:54 L,P 135 2.012 0.936 -0.490 200m00s 1939/10/28 06:36 L,P 135 2.074 0.992 -0.458 204m00s 1957/11/07 14:27 L,T 135 2.122 1.035 -0.433 208m00s 30m00s 1975/11/18 22:23 L,T 135 2.161 1.069 -0.414 210m00s 42m00s 1993/11/29 06:26 L,T 135 2.189 1.092 -0.400 212m00s 48m00s 2011/12/10 14:32 L,T 135 2.212 1.111 -0.388 212m00s 52m00s 2029/12/20 22:42 L,T 135 2.227 1.122 -0.381 214m00s 54m00s 2048/01/01 06:52 L,T 135 2.240 1.132 -0.375 214m00s 56m00s 2066/01/11 15:02 L,T 135 2.252 1.142 -0.369 216m00s 58m00s 2084/01/22 23:10 L,T 135 2.267 1.155 -0.361 216m00s 62m00s 2102/02/03 07:15 L,T 135 2.285 1.173 -0.352 218m00s 64m00s 2120/02/14 15:13 L,T 135 2.311 1.199 -0.337 220m00s 68m00s 2138/02/24 23:05 L,T 135 2.346 1.235 -0.318 222m00s 74m00s 2156/03/07 06:49 L,T 135 2.392 1.282 -0.292 224m00s 80m00s 2174/03/18 14:25 L,T/N- 135 2.449 1.341 -0.261 226m00s 86m00s 2192/03/28 21:50 L,T/N- 135 2.522 1.416 -0.221 230m00s 92m00s 2210/04/10 05:06 L,T/N- 135 2.607 1.502 -0.174 232m00s 98m00s 2228/04/20 12:12 L,T/N- 135 2.707 1.605 -0.119 234m00s 102m00s 2246/05/01 19:11 L,T 135M 2.817 1.718 -0.058 236m00s 106m00s 2264/05/12 01:59 L,T/S- 135 2.901 1.803 0.012 236m00s 106m00s 2282/05/23 08:42 L,T/S- 135 2.765 1.669 0.085 236m00s 106m00s 2300/06/03 15:17 L,T/S- 135 2.618 1.524 0.165 234m00s 100m00s 2318/06/14 21:48 L,T/S- 135 2.466 1.374 0.247 230m00s 90m00s 2336/06/25 04:14 L,T 135 2.306 1.214 0.334 224m00s 72m00s 2354/07/06 10:40 L,T 135 2.147 1.056 0.421 214m00s 38m00s 2372/07/16 17:03 L,P 135 1.985 0.894 0.509 204m00s 2390/07/27 23:29 L,P 135 1.826 0.735 0.596 190m00s 2408/08/07 05:56 L,P 135 1.671 0.580 0.680 172m00s 2426/08/18 12:28 L,P 135 1.523 0.432 0.761 152m00s 2444/08/28 19:05 L,P 135 1.384 0.291 0.837 128m00s 2462/09/09 01:49 L,P 135 1.255 0.161 0.908 96m00s 2480/09/19 08:42 L,P 135 1.138 0.043 0.972 50m00s 2498/09/30 15:42 L,N 135 1.034 -0.064 1.029
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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.
