Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 122
- - of types: Solar: partial total annular hybrid
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 991/04/17 09:32 S,P 122B 0.064 -1.500 70.8S 88.2E 1009/04/27 17:07 S,P 122 0.172 -1.444 70.1S 38.4W 1027/05/09 00:36 S,P 122 0.286 -1.383 69.3S 163.0W 1045/05/19 07:59 S,P 122 0.411 -1.317 68.3S 74.5E 1063/05/30 15:18 S,P 122 0.538 -1.250 67.4S 46.5W 1081/06/09 22:33 S,P 122 0.671 -1.179 66.4S 165.9W 1099/06/21 05:47 S,P 122 0.803 -1.108 65.4S 75.2E 1117/07/01 12:59 S,P 122 0.935 -1.037 64.5S 42.9W 1135/07/12 20:13 S,T 122 1.018 -0.967 1m25s 51.3S 147.5W 1153/07/23 03:28 S,T 122 1.016 -0.899 1m23s 41.5S 105.2E 1171/08/03 10:46 S,T 122 1.013 -0.834 1m06s 36.2S 4.4W 1189/08/13 18:09 S,H 122 1.008 -0.774 0m43s 33.2S 115.3W 1207/08/25 01:37 S,H 122 1.003 -0.718 0m17s 31.8S 132.8E 1225/09/04 09:11 S,A 122 0.998 -0.668 0m12s 31.8S 19.2E 1243/09/15 16:51 S,A 122 0.992 -0.624 0m42s 33.0S 95.9W 1261/09/26 00:39 S,A 122 0.986 -0.587 1m12s 34.9S 147.4E 1279/10/07 08:33 S,A 122 0.981 -0.557 1m42s 37.6S 29.1E 1297/10/17 16:35 S,A 122 0.975 -0.532 2m11s 40.5S 90.3W 1315/10/29 00:42 S,A 122 0.970 -0.514 2m40s 43.7S 149.1E 1333/11/08 08:54 S,A 122 0.965 -0.500 3m06s 46.7S 28.5E 1351/11/19 17:12 S,A 122 0.961 -0.492 3m32s 49.4S 92.7W 1369/11/30 01:31 S,A 122 0.957 -0.486 3m55s 51.4S 146.6E 1387/12/11 09:53 S,A 122 0.954 -0.484 4m16s 52.4S 26.1E 1405/12/21 18:13 S,A 122 0.951 -0.479 4m35s 52.1S 93.7W 1424/01/02 02:33 S,A 122 0.949 -0.476 4m52s 50.6S 146.1E 1442/01/12 10:48 S,A 122 0.948 -0.470 5m07s 47.9S 26.1E 1460/01/23 18:58 S,A 122 0.947 -0.460 5m19s 44.2S 94.1W 1478/02/03 03:01 S,A 122 0.947 -0.445 5m31s 39.5S 146.4E 1496/02/14 10:56 S,A 122 0.947 -0.424 5m41s 34.2S 27.4E 1514/02/24 18:43 S,A 122 0.948 -0.397 5m51s 28.2S 90.0W 1532/03/07 02:19 S,A 122 0.949 -0.362 5m59s 21.8S 154.3E 1550/03/18 09:45 S,A 122 0.950 -0.320 6m05s 15.0S 40.8E 1568/03/28 17:02 S,A 122 0.951 -0.270 6m10s 8.0S 70.5W 1586/04/19 00:08 S,A 122 0.952 -0.212 6m12s 0.8S 179.1W 1604/04/29 07:05 S,A 122 0.952 -0.147 6m12s 6.4N 74.8E 1622/05/10 13:54 S,A 122M 0.953 -0.075 6m07s 13.5N 28.7W 1640/05/20 20:37 S,A 122 0.953 0.000 6m00s 20.4N 130.2W 1658/06/01 03:11 S,A 122 0.953 0.083 5m49s 27.0N 131.3E 1676/06/11 09:42 S,A 122 0.953 0.167 5m38s 33.0N 34.6E 1694/06/22 16:08 S,A 122 0.952 0.256 5m27s 38.4N 59.7W 1712/07/03 22:35 S,A 122 0.950 0.344 5m18s 42.8N 152.7W 1730/07/15 04:59 S,A 122 0.948 0.433 5m13s 46.3N 116.0E 1748/07/25 11:27 S,A 122 0.946 0.518 5m12s 48.7N 24.6E 1766/08/05 17:57 S,A 122 0.943 0.602 5m15s 50.2N 66.9W 1784/08/16 00:32 S,A 122 0.940 0.682 5m23s 50.9N 159.8W 1802/08/28 07:12 S,A 122 0.937 0.757 5m35s 51.3N 105.7E 1820/09/07 14:00 S,A 122 0.933 0.825 5m49s 51.6N 8.7E 1838/09/18 20:56 S,A 122 0.929 0.887 6m06s 52.4N 90.5W 1856/09/29 04:00 S,A 122 0.925 0.942 6m21s 54.4N 169.2E 1874/10/10 11:14 S,A/N 122 0.919 0.989 6m28s 58.7N 72.1E
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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.
