Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 130
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1416/06/10 11:52 L,N 130B 0.051 -1.039 1.563 1434/06/21 18:16 L,N 130 0.209 -0.880 1.476 1452/07/02 00:41 L,N 130 0.366 -0.722 1.391 1470/07/13 07:10 L,N 130 0.522 -0.566 1.306 1488/07/23 13:43 L,N 130 0.671 -0.417 1.224 1506/08/03 20:21 L,N 130 0.817 -0.272 1.145 1524/08/14 03:08 L,N 130 0.951 -0.139 1.072 1542/08/25 10:02 L,N 130 1.076 -0.014 1.004 1560/09/04 17:06 L,P 130 1.188 0.096 0.944 74m00s 1578/09/16 00:19 L,P 130 1.288 0.195 0.889 106m00s 1596/10/06 07:43 L,P 130 1.373 0.280 0.843 124m00s 1614/10/17 15:17 L,P 130 1.446 0.351 0.804 138m00s 1632/10/27 22:59 L,P 130 1.506 0.410 0.771 146m00s 1650/11/08 06:52 L,P 130 1.552 0.457 0.746 154m00s 1668/11/18 14:52 L,P 130 1.587 0.492 0.727 158m00s 1686/11/29 22:59 L,P 130 1.613 0.518 0.713 160m00s 1704/12/11 07:11 L,P 130 1.633 0.539 0.702 162m00s 1722/12/22 15:28 L,P 130 1.645 0.554 0.694 164m00s 1741/01/01 23:47 L,P 130 1.656 0.567 0.688 166m00s 1759/01/13 08:06 L,P 130 1.667 0.581 0.681 166m00s 1777/01/23 16:24 L,P 130 1.681 0.600 0.672 168m00s 1795/02/04 00:39 L,P 130 1.699 0.623 0.661 170m00s 1813/02/15 08:50 L,P 130 1.726 0.654 0.645 174m00s 1831/02/26 16:56 L,P 130 1.761 0.695 0.624 178m00s 1849/03/09 00:56 L,P 130 1.806 0.747 0.598 182m00s 1867/03/20 08:49 L,P 130 1.862 0.809 0.566 186m00s 1885/03/30 16:34 L,P 130 1.932 0.886 0.526 192m00s 1903/04/12 00:13 L,P 130 2.013 0.973 0.480 198m00s 1921/04/22 07:44 L,T 130 2.107 1.073 0.427 202m00s 42m00s 1939/05/03 15:11 L,T 130 2.209 1.182 0.369 208m00s 64m00s 1957/05/13 22:31 L,T 130 2.325 1.303 0.305 212m00s 78m00s 1975/05/25 05:48 L,T/S- 130 2.447 1.430 0.237 216m00s 90m00s 1993/06/04 13:00 L,T/S- 130 2.578 1.567 0.164 218m00s 96m00s 2011/06/15 20:13 L,T/S- 130 2.712 1.705 0.090 220m00s 100m00s 2029/06/26 03:22 L,T/S- 130 2.852 1.849 0.013 220m00s 102m00s 2047/07/07 10:34 L,T/N- 130 2.757 1.757 -0.063 220m00s 102m00s 2065/07/17 17:46 L,T 130M 2.615 1.618 -0.140 216m00s 98m00s 2083/07/29 01:03 L,T/N- 130 2.478 1.483 -0.214 214m00s 92m00s 2101/08/09 08:22 L,T 130 2.344 1.352 -0.286 210m00s 82m00s 2119/08/20 15:48 L,T 130 2.220 1.229 -0.353 204m00s 68m00s 2137/08/30 23:19 L,T 130 2.104 1.113 -0.417 198m00s 50m00s 2155/09/11 06:58 L,T 130 1.997 1.006 -0.475 192m00s 12m00s 2173/09/21 14:44 L,P 130 1.902 0.911 -0.527 184m00s 2191/10/02 22:39 L,P 130 1.818 0.827 -0.573 178m00s 2209/10/14 06:42 L,P 130 1.747 0.755 -0.612 172m00s 2227/10/25 14:54 L,P 130 1.688 0.695 -0.644 166m00s 2245/11/04 23:14 L,P 130 1.640 0.646 -0.670 162m00s 2263/11/16 07:43 L,P 130 1.603 0.609 -0.691 158m00s 2281/11/26 16:17 L,P 130 1.575 0.580 -0.706 154m00s 2299/12/08 00:58 L,P 130 1.556 0.561 -0.716 152m00s
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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.
