Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 114
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 971/05/13 03:34 L,N 114B 0.089 -0.960 1.531 989/05/23 10:25 L,N 114 0.221 -0.831 1.460 1007/06/03 17:12 L,N 114 0.359 -0.696 1.385 1025/06/13 23:55 L,N 114 0.501 -0.556 1.309 1043/06/25 06:37 L,N 114 0.646 -0.416 1.231 1061/07/05 13:18 L,N 114 0.790 -0.275 1.153 1079/07/16 20:00 L,N 114 0.933 -0.137 1.077 1097/07/27 02:46 L,N 114 1.071 -0.004 1.003 1115/08/07 09:35 L,P 114 1.202 0.122 0.933 84m00s 1133/08/17 16:30 L,P 114 1.323 0.239 0.868 116m00s 1151/08/28 23:31 L,P 114 1.437 0.347 0.808 138m00s 1169/09/08 06:40 L,P 114 1.537 0.442 0.755 152m00s 1187/09/19 13:56 L,P 114 1.626 0.525 0.707 164m00s 1205/09/29 21:21 L,P 114 1.701 0.595 0.668 174m00s 1223/10/11 04:54 L,P 114 1.765 0.654 0.634 180m00s 1241/10/21 12:35 L,P 114 1.816 0.701 0.608 186m00s 1259/11/01 20:22 L,P 114 1.855 0.736 0.587 190m00s 1277/11/12 04:15 L,P 114 1.886 0.763 0.572 192m00s 1295/11/23 12:14 L,P 114 1.907 0.782 0.561 194m00s 1313/12/03 20:15 L,P 114 1.923 0.797 0.553 196m00s 1331/12/15 04:18 L,P 114 1.936 0.808 0.546 196m00s 1349/12/25 12:19 L,P 114 1.950 0.823 0.538 198m00s 1368/01/05 20:20 L,P 114 1.965 0.837 0.530 198m00s 1386/01/16 04:17 L,P 114 1.984 0.858 0.519 200m00s 1404/01/27 12:09 L,P 114 2.011 0.887 0.504 202m00s 1422/02/06 19:53 L,P 114 2.048 0.927 0.483 206m00s 1440/02/18 03:31 L,P 114 2.096 0.978 0.456 210m00s 1458/02/28 11:01 L,T 114 2.156 1.042 0.422 214m00s 34m00s 1476/03/10 18:22 L,T 114 2.229 1.119 0.381 218m00s 56m00s 1494/03/22 01:34 L,T 114 2.316 1.210 0.333 222m00s 72m00s 1512/04/01 08:38 L,T 114 2.415 1.314 0.277 226m00s 84m00s 1530/04/12 15:34 L,T/S- 114 2.528 1.431 0.215 230m00s 94m00s 1548/04/22 22:22 L,T/S- 114 2.652 1.560 0.146 234m00s 100m00s 1566/05/04 05:05 L,T/S- 114 2.787 1.699 0.071 234m00s 106m00s 1584/05/24 11:43 L,T/N- 114 2.903 1.819 -0.007 236m00s 106m00s 1602/06/04 18:16 L,T 114M 2.749 1.668 -0.090 234m00s 104m00s 1620/06/15 00:49 L,T/N- 114 2.594 1.516 -0.174 230m00s 98m00s 1638/06/26 07:21 L,T/N- 114 2.434 1.359 -0.260 226m00s 88m00s 1656/07/06 13:55 L,T 114 2.279 1.206 -0.344 220m00s 70m00s 1674/07/17 20:30 L,T 114 2.123 1.052 -0.428 210m00s 36m00s 1692/07/28 03:11 L,P 114 1.976 0.906 -0.508 200m00s 1710/08/09 09:56 L,P 114 1.833 0.764 -0.586 188m00s 1728/08/19 16:48 L,P 114 1.702 0.634 -0.657 174m00s 1746/08/30 23:48 L,P 114 1.579 0.511 -0.724 160m00s 1764/09/10 06:58 L,P 114 1.471 0.404 -0.783 144m00s 1782/09/21 14:17 L,P 114 1.375 0.308 -0.835 126m00s 1800/10/02 21:46 L,P 114 1.293 0.225 -0.880 110m00s 1818/10/14 05:25 L,P 114 1.224 0.156 -0.918 92m00s 1836/10/24 13:15 L,P 114 1.169 0.101 -0.947 74m00s 1854/11/04 21:13 L,P 114 1.126 0.058 -0.971 56m00s
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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.
