Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 119
- - of types: Solar: partial total annular hybrid
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 850/05/15 12:06 S,P 119B 0.009 1.528 63.2N 138.5W 868/05/25 19:30 S,P 119 0.135 1.462 64.0N 101.1E 886/06/06 02:50 S,P 119 0.267 1.393 64.8N 18.6W 904/06/16 10:09 S,P 119 0.399 1.324 65.8N 138.3W 922/06/27 17:26 S,P 119 0.530 1.254 66.7N 102.0E 940/07/08 00:43 S,P 119 0.659 1.186 67.7N 18.2W 958/07/19 08:03 S,P 119 0.782 1.119 68.7N 139.5W 976/07/29 15:26 S,P 119 0.898 1.056 69.6N 97.9E 994/08/09 22:54 S,T/N- 119 1.009 0.997 70.5N 26.5W 1012/08/20 06:25 S,T 119 1.009 0.943 0m32s 72.9N 143.2E 1030/08/31 14:03 S,H 119 1.004 0.895 0m18s 64.7N 6.5E 1048/09/10 21:47 S,A 119 0.999 0.852 0m02s 56.7N 119.8W 1066/09/22 05:38 S,A 119 0.994 0.816 0m29s 49.6N 115.9E 1084/10/02 13:36 S,A 119 0.989 0.786 1m00s 43.2N 8.4W 1102/10/13 21:41 S,A 119 0.983 0.764 1m35s 37.7N 133.8W 1120/10/24 05:52 S,A 119 0.978 0.747 2m12s 33.1N 100.1E 1138/11/04 14:09 S,A 119 0.973 0.735 2m51s 29.3N 27.1W 1156/11/14 22:30 S,A 119 0.969 0.728 3m28s 26.4N 155.1W 1174/11/26 06:55 S,A 119 0.965 0.724 4m02s 24.4N 76.1E 1192/12/06 15:20 S,A 119 0.961 0.722 4m30s 23.0N 52.8W 1210/12/17 23:47 S,A 119 0.959 0.721 4m51s 22.5N 178.3E 1228/12/28 08:11 S,A 119 0.956 0.718 5m04s 22.4N 49.9E 1247/01/08 16:33 S,A 119 0.955 0.715 5m09s 23.0N 78.0W 1265/01/19 00:48 S,A 119 0.954 0.706 5m08s 23.8N 156.0E 1283/01/30 08:58 S,A 119 0.953 0.694 5m02s 25.0N 31.5E 1301/02/09 16:59 S,A 119 0.953 0.675 4m53s 26.3N 90.3W 1319/02/21 00:52 S,A 119 0.954 0.651 4m42s 27.9N 150.1E 1337/03/03 08:34 S,A 119 0.954 0.617 4m32s 29.5N 34.2E 1355/03/14 16:08 S,A 119 0.955 0.578 4m22s 31.2N 79.3W 1373/03/24 23:29 S,A 119 0.956 0.530 4m15s 32.6N 170.9E 1391/04/05 06:42 S,A 119 0.957 0.475 4m11s 33.9N 64.2E 1409/04/15 13:44 S,A 119 0.958 0.412 4m11s 34.6N 39.2W 1427/04/26 20:39 S,A 119 0.958 0.344 4m15s 34.6N 140.2W 1445/05/07 03:26 S,A 119 0.958 0.269 4m24s 33.8N 121.2E 1463/05/18 10:05 S,A 119 0.958 0.188 4m38s 31.8N 24.2E 1481/05/28 16:40 S,A 119M 0.958 0.105 4m58s 28.8N 71.9W 1499/06/08 23:10 S,A 119 0.957 0.019 5m22s 24.7N 167.8W 1517/06/19 05:39 S,A 119 0.955 -0.069 5m50s 19.5N 96.1E 1535/06/30 12:06 S,A 119 0.953 -0.157 6m19s 13.5N 0.6W 1553/07/10 18:34 S,A 119 0.951 -0.244 6m46s 6.7N 98.6W 1571/07/22 01:05 S,A 119 0.948 -0.327 7m09s 0.5S 162.1E 1589/08/11 07:39 S,A 119 0.945 -0.408 7m25s 8.2S 61.4E 1607/08/22 14:19 S,A 119 0.942 -0.483 7m34s 16.2S 41.4W 1625/09/01 21:05 S,A 119 0.938 -0.552 7m37s 24.2S 146.3W 1643/09/13 04:00 S,A 119 0.934 -0.615 7m35s 32.3S 106.3E 1661/09/23 11:02 S,A 119 0.931 -0.671 7m29s 40.3S 3.0W 1679/10/04 18:14 S,A 119 0.927 -0.719 7m21s 48.0S 114.9W 1697/10/15 01:33 S,A 119 0.924 -0.761 7m12s 55.5S 131.2E 1715/10/27 09:03 S,A 119 0.921 -0.794 7m02s 62.5S 15.5E 1733/11/06 16:40 S,A 119 0.918 -0.821 6m53s 69.0S 101.2W
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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.
