Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 126
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1210/07/08 11:02 L,N 126B 0.003 -0.996 1.564 1228/07/18 18:17 L,N 126 0.125 -0.879 1.499 1246/07/30 01:36 L,N 126 0.241 -0.768 1.437 1264/08/09 08:59 L,N 126 0.351 -0.663 1.379 1282/08/20 16:26 L,N 126 0.455 -0.566 1.324 1300/08/30 23:59 L,N 126 0.548 -0.479 1.275 1318/09/11 07:37 L,N 126 0.631 -0.402 1.231 1336/09/21 15:24 L,N 126 0.701 -0.338 1.195 1354/10/02 23:16 L,N 126 0.763 -0.284 1.163 1372/10/13 07:16 L,N 126 0.810 -0.242 1.139 1390/10/24 15:22 L,N 126 0.847 -0.211 1.120 1408/11/03 23:34 L,N 126 0.873 -0.190 1.107 1426/11/15 07:51 L,N 126 0.892 -0.177 1.099 1444/11/25 16:12 L,N 126 0.903 -0.171 1.094 1462/12/07 00:35 L,N 126 0.910 -0.168 1.092 1480/12/17 08:57 L,N 126 0.914 -0.166 1.090 1498/12/28 17:20 L,N 126 0.918 -0.165 1.089 1517/01/08 01:39 L,N 126 0.924 -0.161 1.086 1535/01/19 09:54 L,N 126 0.936 -0.150 1.080 1553/01/29 18:01 L,N 126 0.957 -0.131 1.069 1571/02/10 02:02 L,N 126 0.985 -0.102 1.053 1589/03/02 09:55 L,N 126 1.025 -0.063 1.032 1607/03/13 17:37 L,N 126 1.078 -0.009 1.002 1625/03/24 01:10 L,P 126 1.144 0.058 0.966 58m00s 1643/04/04 08:33 L,P 126 1.225 0.139 0.922 88m00s 1661/04/14 15:46 L,P 126 1.318 0.234 0.871 114m00s 1679/04/25 22:48 L,P 126 1.427 0.343 0.811 136m00s 1697/05/06 05:43 L,P 126 1.547 0.463 0.746 156m00s 1715/05/18 12:29 L,P 126 1.679 0.596 0.674 174m00s 1733/05/28 19:08 L,P 126 1.821 0.737 0.596 188m00s 1751/06/09 01:42 L,P 126 1.971 0.887 0.515 202m00s 1769/06/19 08:11 L,T 126 2.127 1.042 0.430 212m00s 34m00s 1787/06/30 14:39 L,T 126 2.285 1.199 0.344 222m00s 70m00s 1805/07/11 21:05 L,T/S- 126 2.448 1.360 0.256 228m00s 88m00s 1823/07/23 03:32 L,T/S- 126 2.607 1.517 0.170 232m00s 100m00s 1841/08/02 10:01 L,T/S- 126 2.764 1.673 0.084 236m00s 106m00s 1859/08/13 16:34 L,T 126M 2.914 1.820 0.004 236m00s 108m00s 1877/08/23 23:12 L,T/N- 126 2.787 1.689 -0.074 236m00s 106m00s 1895/09/04 05:57 L,T/N- 126 2.658 1.558 -0.145 234m00s 102m00s 1913/09/15 12:48 L,T/N- 126 2.538 1.435 -0.211 232m00s 94m00s 1931/09/26 19:48 L,T/N- 126 2.432 1.325 -0.270 228m00s 84m00s 1949/10/07 02:56 L,T 126 2.338 1.228 -0.322 224m00s 74m00s 1967/10/18 10:15 L,T 126 2.260 1.147 -0.365 220m00s 60m00s 1985/10/28 17:42 L,T 126 2.194 1.078 -0.402 216m00s 46m00s 2003/11/09 01:19 L,T 126 2.140 1.022 -0.432 212m00s 24m00s 2021/11/19 09:03 L,P 126 2.098 0.979 -0.455 210m00s 2039/11/30 16:55 L,P 126 2.068 0.947 -0.472 206m00s 2057/12/11 00:51 L,P 126 2.044 0.923 -0.485 204m00s 2075/12/22 08:53 L,P 126 2.027 0.906 -0.494 204m00s 2094/01/01 16:57 L,P 126 2.012 0.892 -0.502 202m00s
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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.
