Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 122
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1022/08/14 14:27 L,N 122B 0.036 -0.956 1.544 1040/08/24 22:12 L,N 122 0.140 -0.852 1.488 1058/09/05 06:06 L,N 122 0.232 -0.760 1.437 1076/09/15 14:08 L,N 122 0.314 -0.680 1.393 1094/09/26 22:19 L,N 122 0.382 -0.612 1.356 1112/10/07 06:39 L,N 122 0.439 -0.556 1.325 1130/10/18 15:06 L,N 122 0.485 -0.511 1.300 1148/10/28 23:42 L,N 122 0.519 -0.477 1.282 1166/11/09 08:23 L,N 122 0.544 -0.453 1.269 1184/11/19 17:10 L,N 122 0.560 -0.437 1.260 1202/12/01 01:59 L,N 122 0.573 -0.423 1.253 1220/12/11 10:52 L,N 122 0.581 -0.415 1.248 1238/12/22 19:45 L,N 122 0.587 -0.407 1.244 1257/01/02 04:37 L,N 122 0.595 -0.397 1.240 1275/01/13 13:26 L,N 122 0.607 -0.383 1.232 1293/01/23 22:11 L,N 122 0.624 -0.364 1.222 1311/02/04 06:51 L,N 122 0.649 -0.337 1.208 1329/02/14 15:24 L,N 122 0.683 -0.300 1.189 1347/02/25 23:50 L,N 122 0.726 -0.253 1.165 1365/03/08 08:08 L,N 122 0.781 -0.196 1.134 1383/03/19 16:19 L,N 122 0.847 -0.126 1.097 1401/03/30 00:22 L,N 122 0.925 -0.045 1.054 1419/04/10 08:17 L,P 122 1.014 0.046 1.004 46m00s 1437/04/20 16:06 L,P 122 1.113 0.147 0.950 82m00s 1455/05/01 23:48 L,P 122 1.224 0.259 0.889 108m00s 1473/05/12 07:25 L,P 122 1.341 0.377 0.825 128m00s 1491/05/23 14:57 L,P 122 1.467 0.503 0.757 144m00s 1509/06/02 22:26 L,P 122 1.596 0.632 0.686 158m00s 1527/06/14 05:52 L,P 122 1.731 0.766 0.613 172m00s 1545/06/24 13:18 L,P 122 1.864 0.898 0.541 182m00s 1563/07/05 20:44 L,T 122 1.999 1.031 0.468 190m00s 26m00s 1581/07/16 04:11 L,T 122 2.132 1.161 0.396 198m00s 58m00s 1599/08/06 11:40 L,T 122 2.261 1.286 0.327 204m00s 74m00s 1617/08/16 19:13 L,T/S- 122 2.382 1.403 0.262 208m00s 84m00s 1635/08/28 02:52 L,T/S- 122 2.496 1.512 0.201 210m00s 92m00s 1653/09/07 10:35 L,T/S- 122 2.602 1.614 0.144 214m00s 96m00s 1671/09/18 18:25 L,T/S- 122 2.696 1.703 0.095 214m00s 98m00s 1689/09/29 02:21 L,T 122M 2.780 1.781 0.051 216m00s 100m00s 1707/10/11 10:25 L,T/S- 122 2.850 1.846 0.014 216m00s 100m00s 1725/10/21 18:34 L,T/N- 122 2.845 1.835 -0.018 216m00s 100m00s 1743/11/02 02:52 L,T/N- 122 2.803 1.788 -0.042 218m00s 100m00s 1761/11/12 11:15 L,T/N- 122 2.771 1.750 -0.062 218m00s 100m00s 1779/11/23 19:44 L,T/N- 122 2.748 1.722 -0.075 218m00s 100m00s 1797/12/04 04:18 L,T/N- 122 2.732 1.702 -0.085 218m00s 100m00s 1815/12/16 12:55 L,T/N- 122 2.724 1.690 -0.091 218m00s 100m00s 1833/12/26 21:33 L,T/N- 122 2.717 1.680 -0.095 218m00s 98m00s 1852/01/07 06:11 L,T/N- 122 2.712 1.671 -0.099 218m00s 98m00s 1870/01/17 14:46 L,T/N- 122 2.704 1.661 -0.104 220m00s 98m00s 1888/01/28 23:20 L,T/N- 122 2.695 1.650 -0.110 220m00s 98m00s 1906/02/09 07:47 L,T/N- 122 2.676 1.630 -0.120 220m00s 98m00s
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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.
