Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 143
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1702/08/07 19:20 L,N 143B 0.016 -1.013 -1.565 1720/08/18 02:32 L,N 143 0.147 -0.881 -1.493 1738/08/29 09:51 L,N 143 0.269 -0.758 -1.427 1756/09/08 17:19 L,N 143 0.381 -0.646 -1.366 1774/09/20 00:57 L,N 143 0.479 -0.547 -1.312 1792/09/30 08:43 L,N 143 0.568 -0.458 -1.264 1810/10/12 16:39 L,N 143 0.642 -0.383 -1.223 1828/10/23 00:45 L,N 143 0.705 -0.321 -1.189 1846/11/03 08:59 L,N 143 0.754 -0.271 -1.162 1864/11/13 17:21 L,N 143 0.794 -0.231 -1.140 1882/11/25 01:51 L,N 143 0.823 -0.202 -1.124 1900/12/06 10:26 L,N 143 0.844 -0.180 -1.113 1918/12/17 19:06 L,N 143 0.859 -0.163 -1.104 1936/12/28 03:49 L,N 143 0.870 -0.150 -1.097 1955/01/08 12:33 L,N 143 0.881 -0.137 -1.091 1973/01/18 21:17 L,N 143 0.891 -0.124 -1.085 1991/01/30 05:59 L,N 143 0.906 -0.105 -1.075 2009/02/09 14:38 L,N 143 0.924 -0.083 -1.064 2027/02/20 23:13 L,N 143 0.952 -0.052 -1.048 2045/03/03 07:42 L,N 143 0.987 -0.012 -1.028 2063/03/14 16:04 L,P 143 1.034 0.039 -1.001 44m00s 2081/03/25 00:19 L,P 143 1.090 0.100 -0.969 68m00s 2099/04/05 08:27 L,P 143 1.158 0.173 -0.931 90m00s 2117/04/16 16:28 L,P 143 1.239 0.258 -0.885 108m00s 2135/04/28 00:22 L,P 143 1.330 0.354 -0.835 124m00s 2153/05/08 08:09 L,P 143 1.431 0.459 -0.778 140m00s 2171/05/19 15:51 L,P 143 1.542 0.573 -0.717 152m00s 2189/05/29 23:27 L,P 143 1.662 0.696 -0.651 164m00s 2207/06/11 07:00 L,P 143 1.788 0.825 -0.581 176m00s 2225/06/21 14:31 L,P 143 1.918 0.956 -0.510 184m00s 2243/07/02 21:59 L,T 143 2.053 1.093 -0.436 192m00s 44m00s 2261/07/13 05:27 L,T 143 2.188 1.229 -0.362 198m00s 66m00s 2279/07/24 12:55 L,T 143 2.324 1.364 -0.288 204m00s 80m00s 2297/08/03 20:26 L,T/N- 143 2.456 1.495 -0.217 208m00s 90m00s 2315/08/16 03:58 L,T/N- 143 2.586 1.624 -0.146 210m00s 96m00s 2333/08/26 11:37 L,T/N- 143 2.706 1.742 -0.081 212m00s 98m00s 2351/09/06 19:19 L,T 143M 2.821 1.854 -0.019 212m00s 100m00s 2369/09/17 03:07 L,T/S- 143 2.790 1.821 0.037 212m00s 100m00s 2387/09/28 11:01 L,T/S- 143 2.697 1.724 0.089 212m00s 98m00s 2405/10/08 19:03 L,T/S- 143 2.617 1.641 0.133 210m00s 96m00s 2423/10/20 03:11 L,T/S- 143 2.548 1.568 0.172 210m00s 92m00s 2441/10/30 11:27 L,T/S- 143 2.490 1.506 0.204 208m00s 90m00s 2459/11/10 19:49 L,T/S- 143 2.444 1.456 0.231 208m00s 88m00s 2477/11/21 04:19 L,T/S- 143 2.409 1.417 0.251 206m00s 84m00s 2495/12/02 12:54 L,T/S- 143 2.382 1.386 0.267 206m00s 82m00s 2513/12/13 21:34 L,T 143 2.363 1.364 0.278 206m00s 80m00s 2531/12/25 06:18 L,T 143 2.349 1.348 0.286 204m00s 80m00s 2550/01/04 15:04 L,T 143 2.340 1.337 0.291 204m00s 78m00s 2568/01/15 23:50 L,T 143 2.331 1.325 0.297 204m00s 78m00s 2586/01/26 08:37 L,T 143 2.322 1.315 0.302 204m00s 76m00s
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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.
