Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 146
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1843/07/11 16:50 L,N 146B 0.048 -0.978 1.547 1861/07/21 23:50 L,N 146 0.195 -0.828 1.466 1879/08/02 06:58 L,N 146 0.335 -0.686 1.389 1897/08/12 14:09 L,N 146 0.473 -0.546 1.314 1915/08/24 21:27 L,N 146 0.600 -0.417 1.244 1933/09/04 04:52 L,N 146 0.721 -0.296 1.178 1951/09/15 12:27 L,N 146 0.828 -0.188 1.119 1969/09/25 20:10 L,N 146 0.926 -0.090 1.066 1987/10/07 04:02 L,N 146 1.011 -0.004 1.019 2005/10/17 12:03 L,P 146 1.084 0.068 0.980 58m00s 2023/10/28 20:14 L,P 146 1.143 0.127 0.947 80m00s 2041/11/08 04:33 L,P 146 1.191 0.175 0.921 92m00s 2059/11/19 12:59 L,P 146 1.229 0.213 0.900 100m00s 2077/11/29 21:33 L,P 146 1.256 0.241 0.886 106m00s 2095/12/11 06:12 L,P 146 1.276 0.262 0.874 110m00s 2113/12/22 14:55 L,P 146 1.289 0.276 0.867 112m00s 2132/01/02 23:40 L,P 146 1.300 0.289 0.861 114m00s 2150/01/13 08:26 L,P 146 1.308 0.299 0.856 116m00s 2168/01/24 17:12 L,P 146 1.319 0.312 0.849 118m00s 2186/02/04 01:55 L,P 146 1.333 0.329 0.841 122m00s 2204/02/16 10:34 L,P 146 1.352 0.352 0.829 124m00s 2222/02/26 19:10 L,P 146 1.377 0.381 0.814 128m00s 2240/03/09 03:38 L,P 146 1.414 0.422 0.793 134m00s 2258/03/20 12:01 L,P 146 1.460 0.473 0.767 142m00s 2276/03/30 20:16 L,P 146 1.518 0.535 0.734 148m00s 2294/04/11 04:25 L,P 146 1.585 0.606 0.696 156m00s 2312/04/22 12:25 L,P 146 1.667 0.692 0.650 164m00s 2330/05/03 20:20 L,P 146 1.757 0.786 0.600 172m00s 2348/05/14 04:07 L,P 146 1.861 0.893 0.543 180m00s 2366/05/25 11:50 L,T 146 1.971 1.006 0.482 188m00s 12m00s 2384/06/04 19:26 L,T 146 2.092 1.129 0.415 194m00s 52m00s 2402/06/16 03:00 L,T 146 2.217 1.256 0.347 200m00s 70m00s 2420/06/26 10:30 L,T 146 2.350 1.390 0.274 204m00s 82m00s 2438/07/07 17:58 L,T/S- 146 2.484 1.525 0.201 208m00s 92m00s 2456/07/18 01:25 L,T/S- 146 2.621 1.662 0.126 210m00s 96m00s 2474/07/29 08:54 L,T/S- 146 2.756 1.796 0.053 212m00s 100m00s 2492/08/08 16:25 L,T 146M 2.819 1.858 -0.019 212m00s 100m00s 2510/08/20 23:58 L,T/N- 146 2.693 1.729 -0.088 212m00s 98m00s 2528/08/31 07:35 L,T/N- 146 2.573 1.607 -0.154 210m00s 94m00s 2546/09/11 15:17 L,T/N- 146 2.461 1.492 -0.216 208m00s 90m00s 2564/09/21 23:05 L,T 146 2.359 1.386 -0.273 206m00s 82m00s 2582/10/03 07:00 L,T 146 2.268 1.291 -0.324 202m00s 74m00s 2600/10/14 15:01 L,T 146 2.188 1.207 -0.368 198m00s 64m00s 2618/10/25 23:10 L,T 146 2.120 1.135 -0.407 196m00s 52m00s 2636/11/05 07:25 L,T 146 2.061 1.072 -0.440 192m00s 40m00s 2654/11/16 15:48 L,T 146 2.016 1.022 -0.466 190m00s 22m00s 2672/11/27 00:16 L,P 146 1.980 0.982 -0.486 188m00s 2690/12/08 08:51 L,P 146 1.954 0.952 -0.501 186m00s 2708/12/19 17:29 L,P 146 1.933 0.928 -0.514 186m00s 2726/12/31 02:11 L,P 146 1.920 0.912 -0.522 184m00s
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Note that the database does not contain the whole of lunar Saros series 146, since it ends after year 3000.
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.
