Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 115
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1000/04/21 10:21 L,N 115B 0.095 -0.977 -1.534 1018/05/02 17:12 L,N 115 0.230 -0.837 -1.459 1036/05/13 00:00 L,N 115 0.372 -0.690 -1.380 1054/05/24 06:45 L,N 115 0.521 -0.537 -1.298 1072/06/03 13:30 L,N 115 0.672 -0.382 -1.215 1090/06/14 20:15 L,N 115 0.825 -0.225 -1.130 1108/06/25 03:03 L,N 115 0.978 -0.069 -1.046 1126/07/06 09:54 L,P 115 1.127 0.083 -0.964 68m00s 1144/07/16 16:50 L,P 115 1.271 0.229 -0.885 110m00s 1162/07/27 23:52 L,P 115 1.408 0.367 -0.810 136m00s 1180/08/07 07:01 L,P 115 1.537 0.497 -0.739 154m00s 1198/08/18 14:20 L,P 115 1.653 0.614 -0.676 168m00s 1216/08/28 21:48 L,P 115 1.758 0.720 -0.618 178m00s 1234/09/09 05:24 L,P 115 1.851 0.813 -0.568 184m00s 1252/09/19 13:11 L,P 115 1.931 0.893 -0.524 190m00s 1270/09/30 21:08 L,P 115 1.997 0.959 -0.488 194m00s 1288/10/11 05:14 L,T 115 2.050 1.012 -0.459 198m00s 18m00s 1306/10/22 13:28 L,T 115 2.091 1.054 -0.436 200m00s 36m00s 1324/11/01 21:50 L,T 115 2.121 1.085 -0.420 200m00s 44m00s 1342/11/13 06:20 L,T 115 2.142 1.106 -0.409 200m00s 48m00s 1360/11/23 14:54 L,T 115 2.155 1.121 -0.401 202m00s 52m00s 1378/12/04 23:33 L,T 115 2.163 1.131 -0.396 202m00s 54m00s 1396/12/15 08:14 L,T 115 2.169 1.140 -0.392 202m00s 56m00s 1414/12/26 16:56 L,T 115 2.174 1.147 -0.388 200m00s 56m00s 1433/01/06 01:36 L,T 115 2.183 1.160 -0.382 202m00s 58m00s 1451/01/17 10:15 L,T 115 2.195 1.176 -0.375 202m00s 60m00s 1469/01/27 18:50 L,T 115 2.215 1.200 -0.363 202m00s 64m00s 1487/02/08 03:19 L,T 115 2.242 1.232 -0.347 204m00s 68m00s 1505/02/18 11:42 L,T 115 2.282 1.277 -0.324 204m00s 74m00s 1523/03/01 19:59 L,T 115 2.330 1.331 -0.296 206m00s 78m00s 1541/03/12 04:09 L,T/N- 115 2.392 1.398 -0.261 208m00s 84m00s 1559/03/23 12:11 L,T/N- 115 2.465 1.476 -0.219 210m00s 90m00s 1577/04/02 20:06 L,T/N- 115 2.551 1.566 -0.172 212m00s 94m00s 1595/04/24 03:55 L,T/N- 115 2.646 1.667 -0.118 212m00s 98m00s 1613/05/04 11:37 L,T/N- 115 2.753 1.777 -0.059 214m00s 100m00s 1631/05/15 19:14 L,T/S- 115 2.849 1.877 0.006 214m00s 100m00s 1649/05/26 02:48 L,T 115M 2.722 1.754 0.074 212m00s 100m00s 1667/06/06 10:18 L,T/S- 115 2.591 1.626 0.144 212m00s 96m00s 1685/06/16 17:45 L,T/S- 115 2.456 1.492 0.218 208m00s 90m00s 1703/06/29 01:13 L,T 115 2.320 1.358 0.291 204m00s 80m00s 1721/07/09 08:39 L,T 115 2.183 1.222 0.365 198m00s 66m00s 1739/07/20 16:09 L,T 115 2.051 1.090 0.438 192m00s 44m00s 1757/07/30 23:39 L,P 115 1.920 0.958 0.509 184m00s 1775/08/11 07:15 L,P 115 1.798 0.835 0.576 176m00s 1793/08/21 14:55 L,P 115 1.682 0.718 0.639 166m00s 1811/09/02 22:42 L,P 115 1.577 0.610 0.697 156m00s 1829/09/13 06:33 L,P 115 1.479 0.510 0.751 144m00s 1847/09/24 14:34 L,P 115 1.396 0.424 0.797 134m00s 1865/10/04 22:40 L,P 115 1.322 0.346 0.839 122m00s 1883/10/16 06:54 L,P 115 1.260 0.281 0.873 112m00s
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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.
