Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 136
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1680/04/13 23:18 L,N 136B 0.083 -1.020 1.549 1698/04/25 06:11 L,N 136 0.194 -0.905 1.487 1716/05/06 12:57 L,N 136 0.318 -0.778 1.419 1734/05/17 19:38 L,N 136 0.452 -0.640 1.345 1752/05/28 02:14 L,N 136 0.594 -0.495 1.267 1770/06/08 08:45 L,N 136 0.745 -0.341 1.184 1788/06/18 15:15 L,N 136 0.899 -0.184 1.099 1806/06/30 21:44 L,N 136 1.058 -0.023 1.011 1824/07/11 04:15 L,P 136 1.217 0.138 0.924 90m00s 1842/07/22 10:47 L,P 136 1.374 0.297 0.838 128m00s 1860/08/01 17:25 L,P 136 1.526 0.450 0.755 154m00s 1878/08/13 00:08 L,P 136 1.672 0.596 0.676 172m00s 1896/08/23 06:57 L,P 136 1.811 0.735 0.600 186m00s 1914/09/04 13:55 L,P 136 1.939 0.863 0.530 196m00s 1932/09/14 21:01 L,P 136 2.056 0.980 0.466 204m00s 1950/09/26 04:17 L,T 136 2.159 1.083 0.410 210m00s 46m00s 1968/10/06 11:42 L,T 136 2.250 1.174 0.361 214m00s 64m00s 1986/10/17 19:18 L,T 136 2.327 1.250 0.319 218m00s 74m00s 2004/10/28 03:04 L,T 136 2.390 1.313 0.285 220m00s 82m00s 2022/11/08 10:59 L,T/S- 136 2.440 1.363 0.257 220m00s 86m00s 2040/11/18 19:03 L,T/S- 136 2.478 1.402 0.236 222m00s 88m00s 2058/11/30 03:14 L,T/S- 136 2.506 1.431 0.221 222m00s 90m00s 2076/12/10 11:32 L,T/S- 136 2.524 1.450 0.210 222m00s 92m00s 2094/12/21 19:53 L,T/S- 136 2.539 1.467 0.202 222m00s 92m00s 2113/01/02 04:19 L,T/S- 136 2.548 1.478 0.197 220m00s 92m00s 2131/01/13 12:45 L,T/S- 136 2.555 1.489 0.192 220m00s 94m00s 2149/01/23 21:12 L,T/S- 136 2.563 1.501 0.186 220m00s 94m00s 2167/02/04 05:36 L,T/S- 136 2.577 1.519 0.177 220m00s 94m00s 2185/02/14 13:57 L,T/S- 136 2.595 1.542 0.166 220m00s 96m00s 2203/02/26 22:14 L,T/S- 136 2.622 1.574 0.150 220m00s 96m00s 2221/03/09 06:24 L,T/S- 136 2.657 1.615 0.129 220m00s 98m00s 2239/03/20 14:29 L,T/S- 136 2.704 1.668 0.102 220m00s 100m00s 2257/03/30 22:27 L,T/S- 136 2.762 1.732 0.069 220m00s 102m00s 2275/04/11 06:18 L,T/S- 136 2.832 1.809 0.029 220m00s 102m00s 2293/04/21 14:02 L,T/N- 136 2.850 1.833 -0.018 220m00s 102m00s 2311/05/03 21:40 L,T/N- 136 2.750 1.739 -0.070 220m00s 100m00s 2329/05/14 05:13 L,T 136M 2.642 1.637 -0.127 218m00s 98m00s 2347/05/25 12:40 L,T/N- 136 2.523 1.522 -0.191 214m00s 94m00s 2365/06/04 20:04 L,T/N- 136 2.398 1.403 -0.258 212m00s 86m00s 2383/06/16 03:24 L,T 136 2.266 1.275 -0.329 206m00s 74m00s 2401/06/26 10:43 L,T 136 2.133 1.146 -0.400 200m00s 56m00s 2419/07/07 17:59 L,T 136 1.994 1.010 -0.475 192m00s 16m00s 2437/07/18 01:19 L,P 136 1.859 0.878 -0.548 182m00s 2455/07/29 08:39 L,P 136 1.723 0.744 -0.621 172m00s 2473/08/08 16:03 L,P 136 1.594 0.616 -0.691 160m00s 2491/08/19 23:30 L,P 136 1.468 0.491 -0.760 144m00s 2509/08/31 07:04 L,P 136 1.353 0.376 -0.822 128m00s 2527/09/11 14:43 L,P 136 1.244 0.267 -0.882 110m00s 2545/09/21 22:29 L,P 136 1.145 0.167 -0.936 88m00s 2563/10/03 06:23 L,P 136 1.058 0.079 -0.984 60m00s
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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.
