Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 137
- - of types: Lunar: penumbral partial total
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1528/11/26 04:00 L,N 137B 0.006 -1.036 -1.574 1546/12/07 12:36 L,N 137 0.021 -1.019 -1.566 1564/12/17 21:14 L,N 137 0.033 -1.005 -1.559 1583/01/08 05:53 L,N 137 0.045 -0.990 -1.551 1601/01/18 14:30 L,N 137 0.059 -0.972 -1.542 1619/01/29 23:05 L,N 137 0.078 -0.949 -1.531 1637/02/09 07:37 L,N 137 0.102 -0.920 -1.516 1655/02/20 16:03 L,N 137 0.137 -0.880 -1.496 1673/03/03 00:24 L,N 137 0.180 -0.832 -1.471 1691/03/14 08:36 L,N 137 0.234 -0.772 -1.440 1709/03/25 16:43 L,N 137 0.298 -0.702 -1.404 1727/04/06 00:42 L,N 137 0.377 -0.618 -1.359 1745/04/16 08:35 L,N 137 0.464 -0.526 -1.310 1763/04/27 16:20 L,N 137 0.563 -0.422 -1.255 1781/05/08 00:01 L,N 137 0.671 -0.309 -1.195 1799/05/19 07:36 L,N 137 0.789 -0.187 -1.129 1817/05/30 15:07 L,N 137 0.913 -0.059 -1.061 1835/06/10 22:36 L,P 137 1.043 0.074 -0.989 60m00s 1853/06/21 06:02 L,P 137 1.179 0.212 -0.914 98m00s 1871/07/02 13:28 L,P 137 1.314 0.349 -0.840 124m00s 1889/07/12 20:54 L,P 137 1.451 0.487 -0.765 142m00s 1907/07/25 04:22 L,P 137 1.584 0.621 -0.692 158m00s 1925/08/04 11:53 L,P 137 1.716 0.752 -0.621 170m00s 1943/08/15 19:28 L,P 137 1.840 0.876 -0.553 180m00s 1961/08/26 03:08 L,P 137 1.958 0.992 -0.490 186m00s 1979/09/06 10:54 L,T 137 2.067 1.099 -0.431 192m00s 46m00s 1997/09/16 18:47 L,T 137 2.167 1.197 -0.377 198m00s 62m00s 2015/09/28 02:47 L,T 137 2.254 1.282 -0.330 200m00s 72m00s 2033/10/08 10:55 L,T 137 2.331 1.355 -0.289 204m00s 80m00s 2051/10/19 19:10 L,T/N- 137 2.395 1.417 -0.254 204m00s 84m00s 2069/10/30 03:33 L,T/N- 137 2.448 1.467 -0.226 206m00s 88m00s 2087/11/10 12:02 L,T/N- 137 2.490 1.506 -0.204 208m00s 90m00s 2105/11/21 20:38 L,T/N- 137 2.522 1.536 -0.188 208m00s 92m00s 2123/12/03 05:20 L,T/N- 137 2.545 1.556 -0.176 208m00s 92m00s 2141/12/13 14:05 L,T/N- 137 2.562 1.571 -0.167 208m00s 92m00s 2159/12/24 22:55 L,T/N- 137 2.572 1.579 -0.162 210m00s 94m00s 2178/01/04 07:44 L,T/N- 137 2.582 1.587 -0.157 210m00s 94m00s 2196/01/15 16:35 L,T/N- 137 2.589 1.593 -0.154 210m00s 94m00s 2214/01/27 01:23 L,T/N- 137 2.599 1.603 -0.148 210m00s 94m00s 2232/02/07 10:09 L,T/N- 137 2.612 1.615 -0.141 210m00s 94m00s 2250/02/17 18:49 L,T 137M 2.634 1.638 -0.129 212m00s 96m00s 2268/02/29 03:26 L,T/N- 137 2.661 1.665 -0.115 212m00s 96m00s 2286/03/11 11:54 L,T/N- 137 2.700 1.705 -0.093 212m00s 98m00s 2304/03/22 20:15 L,T/N- 137 2.748 1.754 -0.067 214m00s 100m00s 2322/04/03 04:27 L,T/N- 137 2.810 1.817 -0.033 214m00s 100m00s 2340/04/13 12:32 L,T/S- 137 2.857 1.864 0.007 216m00s 100m00s 2358/04/24 20:27 L,T/S- 137 2.771 1.778 0.054 216m00s 100m00s 2376/05/05 04:15 L,T/S- 137 2.673 1.681 0.107 216m00s 98m00s 2394/05/16 11:54 L,T/S- 137 2.564 1.572 0.166 214m00s 94m00s 2412/05/26 19:26 L,T/S- 137 2.447 1.454 0.230 212m00s 90m00s
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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.
