Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 138
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1503/10/05 15:16 L,N 138B 0.021 -0.967 1.551 1521/10/15 23:39 L,N 138 0.065 -0.928 1.529 1539/10/27 08:08 L,N 138 0.097 -0.900 1.512 1557/11/06 16:43 L,N 138 0.122 -0.879 1.500 1575/11/18 01:23 L,N 138 0.136 -0.869 1.493 1593/12/08 10:06 L,N 138 0.144 -0.864 1.490 1611/12/19 18:53 L,N 138 0.147 -0.864 1.489 1629/12/30 03:39 L,N 138 0.148 -0.865 1.489 1648/01/10 12:25 L,N 138 0.148 -0.867 1.489 1666/01/20 21:09 L,N 138 0.151 -0.866 1.488 1684/02/01 05:48 L,N 138 0.158 -0.859 1.485 1702/02/12 14:21 L,N 138 0.171 -0.847 1.478 1720/02/23 22:48 L,N 138 0.192 -0.826 1.466 1738/03/06 07:07 L,N 138 0.224 -0.794 1.449 1756/03/16 15:18 L,N 138 0.266 -0.752 1.426 1774/03/27 23:19 L,N 138 0.321 -0.697 1.396 1792/04/07 07:12 L,N 138 0.387 -0.631 1.360 1810/04/19 14:54 L,N 138 0.467 -0.551 1.316 1828/04/29 22:28 L,N 138 0.557 -0.462 1.267 1846/05/11 05:54 L,N 138 0.661 -0.359 1.211 1864/05/21 13:12 L,N 138 0.773 -0.248 1.150 1882/06/01 20:22 L,N 138 0.897 -0.126 1.083 1900/06/13 03:28 L,P 138 1.026 0.001 1.013 8m00s 1918/06/24 10:28 L,P 138 1.163 0.135 0.940 84m00s 1936/07/04 17:25 L,P 138 1.303 0.272 0.864 118m00s 1954/07/16 00:20 L,P 138 1.446 0.411 0.788 142m00s 1972/07/26 07:16 L,P 138 1.587 0.548 0.712 162m00s 1990/08/06 14:12 L,P 138 1.726 0.681 0.638 176m00s 2008/08/16 21:10 L,P 138 1.862 0.812 0.565 188m00s 2026/08/28 04:13 L,P 138 1.990 0.935 0.497 198m00s 2044/09/07 11:19 L,T 138 2.111 1.050 0.432 206m00s 36m00s 2062/09/18 18:32 L,T 138 2.221 1.154 0.374 214m00s 60m00s 2080/09/29 01:50 L,T 138 2.322 1.249 0.321 218m00s 74m00s 2098/10/10 09:16 L,T 138 2.409 1.329 0.275 222m00s 84m00s 2116/10/21 16:49 L,T/S- 138 2.484 1.399 0.236 224m00s 90m00s 2134/11/02 00:30 L,T/S- 138 2.548 1.456 0.202 226m00s 94m00s 2152/11/12 08:16 L,T/S- 138 2.600 1.503 0.176 228m00s 96m00s 2170/11/23 16:10 L,T/S- 138 2.639 1.537 0.156 230m00s 98m00s 2188/12/04 00:09 L,T/S- 138 2.670 1.564 0.140 230m00s 100m00s 2206/12/16 08:12 L,T/S- 138 2.694 1.584 0.128 230m00s 100m00s 2224/12/26 16:17 L,T/S- 138 2.713 1.600 0.119 232m00s 102m00s 2243/01/07 00:25 L,T 138M 2.726 1.611 0.112 232m00s 102m00s 2261/01/17 08:30 L,T/S- 138 2.741 1.625 0.104 232m00s 102m00s 2279/01/28 16:35 L,T/S- 138 2.757 1.639 0.096 234m00s 102m00s 2297/02/08 00:35 L,T/S- 138 2.779 1.661 0.084 234m00s 104m00s 2315/02/20 08:31 L,T/S- 138 2.806 1.689 0.069 234m00s 104m00s 2333/03/02 16:17 L,T/S- 138 2.845 1.730 0.047 234m00s 106m00s 2351/03/13 23:59 L,T/S- 138 2.892 1.778 0.021 236m00s 106m00s 2369/03/24 07:29 L,T/N- 138 2.906 1.794 -0.013 236m00s 106m00s 2387/04/04 14:52 L,T/N- 138 2.830 1.721 -0.054 236m00s 106m00s
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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.
