Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 109
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 718/06/17 15:07 L,N 109B 0.017 -1.050 -1.575 736/06/27 21:46 L,N 109 0.171 -0.894 -1.491 754/07/09 04:30 L,N 109 0.321 -0.743 -1.409 772/07/19 11:20 L,N 109 0.465 -0.597 -1.330 790/07/30 18:16 L,N 109 0.601 -0.460 -1.255 808/08/10 01:21 L,N 109 0.728 -0.333 -1.186 826/08/21 08:35 L,N 109 0.842 -0.219 -1.124 844/08/31 15:58 L,N 109 0.945 -0.115 -1.067 862/09/11 23:32 L,N 109 1.034 -0.026 -1.019 880/09/22 07:15 L,P 109 1.110 0.050 -0.977 52m00s 898/10/03 15:10 L,P 109 1.171 0.111 -0.944 78m00s 916/10/13 23:13 L,P 109 1.221 0.162 -0.917 92m00s 934/10/25 07:26 L,P 109 1.258 0.198 -0.897 102m00s 952/11/04 15:45 L,P 109 1.285 0.227 -0.882 108m00s 970/11/16 00:12 L,P 109 1.303 0.246 -0.871 112m00s 988/11/26 08:43 L,P 109 1.316 0.261 -0.864 114m00s 1006/12/07 17:17 L,P 109 1.324 0.272 -0.859 116m00s 1024/12/18 01:53 L,P 109 1.331 0.282 -0.854 118m00s 1042/12/29 10:29 L,P 109 1.340 0.294 -0.848 120m00s 1061/01/08 19:02 L,P 109 1.352 0.311 -0.840 122m00s 1079/01/20 03:33 L,P 109 1.370 0.333 -0.829 126m00s 1097/01/30 11:59 L,P 109 1.396 0.365 -0.814 130m00s 1115/02/10 20:19 L,P 109 1.432 0.406 -0.793 136m00s 1133/02/21 04:32 L,P 109 1.479 0.459 -0.766 144m00s 1151/03/04 12:39 L,P 109 1.536 0.522 -0.733 152m00s 1169/03/14 20:38 L,P 109 1.608 0.600 -0.692 160m00s 1187/03/26 04:31 L,P 109 1.690 0.688 -0.646 168m00s 1205/04/05 12:16 L,P 109 1.784 0.788 -0.593 176m00s 1223/04/16 19:56 L,P 109 1.888 0.897 -0.535 184m00s 1241/04/27 03:30 L,T 109 2.004 1.017 -0.470 192m00s 20m00s 1259/05/08 11:00 L,T 109 2.125 1.144 -0.403 198m00s 56m00s 1277/05/18 18:27 L,T 109 2.254 1.276 -0.331 204m00s 74m00s 1295/05/30 01:51 L,T/N- 109 2.388 1.414 -0.257 208m00s 86m00s 1313/06/09 09:14 L,T/N- 109 2.525 1.553 -0.182 212m00s 94m00s 1331/06/20 16:38 L,T/N- 109 2.662 1.693 -0.107 214m00s 98m00s 1349/07/01 00:03 L,T/N- 109 2.798 1.830 -0.032 214m00s 100m00s 1367/07/12 07:29 L,T 109M 2.781 1.814 0.041 214m00s 100m00s 1385/07/22 15:01 L,T/S- 109 2.655 1.687 0.110 212m00s 98m00s 1403/08/02 22:37 L,T/S- 109 2.534 1.566 0.176 210m00s 94m00s 1421/08/13 06:20 L,T/S- 109 2.423 1.454 0.237 206m00s 88m00s 1439/08/24 14:08 L,T 109 2.320 1.350 0.293 204m00s 80m00s 1457/09/03 22:04 L,T 109 2.231 1.258 0.343 200m00s 70m00s 1475/09/15 06:08 L,T 109 2.152 1.177 0.386 196m00s 60m00s 1493/09/25 14:20 L,T 109 2.085 1.108 0.423 192m00s 48m00s 1511/10/06 22:39 L,T 109 2.030 1.050 0.454 190m00s 34m00s 1529/10/17 07:07 L,T 109 1.987 1.005 0.478 188m00s 10m00s 1547/10/28 15:41 L,P 109 1.954 0.970 0.497 184m00s 1565/11/08 00:22 L,P 109 1.931 0.944 0.510 184m00s 1583/11/29 09:07 L,P 109 1.914 0.926 0.520 182m00s 1601/12/09 17:57 L,P 109 1.905 0.914 0.525 182m00s
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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.
