Eclipse Search
Listing of Eclipses:
- - of Saros series 146
- - of types: Solar: partial total annular hybrid
Date Time Type Sar P-Mag U-Mag Gamma P-Durn T-Durn Lat Long 1541/09/19 20:31 S,P 146B 0.037 -1.514 61.1S 135.3E 1559/10/01 04:44 S,P 146 0.108 -1.477 61.3S 3.3E 1577/10/11 13:06 S,P 146 0.165 -1.447 61.6S 130.8W 1595/11/01 21:35 S,P 146 0.211 -1.423 62.1S 93.0E 1613/11/12 06:11 S,P 146 0.246 -1.404 62.7S 44.9W 1631/11/23 14:52 S,P 146 0.273 -1.391 63.5S 175.4E 1649/12/03 23:40 S,P 146 0.290 -1.382 64.4S 34.0E 1667/12/15 08:29 S,P 146 0.303 -1.375 65.3S 108.2W 1685/12/25 17:22 S,P 146 0.311 -1.371 66.4S 108.3E 1704/01/07 02:15 S,P 146 0.318 -1.367 67.4S 35.5W 1722/01/17 11:07 S,P 146 0.325 -1.363 68.5S 179.9W 1740/01/28 19:55 S,P 146 0.339 -1.355 69.5S 36.2E 1758/02/08 04:41 S,P 146 0.355 -1.347 70.4S 107.8W 1776/02/19 13:20 S,P 146 0.380 -1.333 71.1S 109.3E 1794/03/01 21:54 S,P 146 0.413 -1.315 71.6S 32.9W 1812/03/13 06:19 S,P 146 0.459 -1.291 71.9S 173.3W 1830/03/24 14:39 S,P 146 0.514 -1.262 72.0S 47.7E 1848/04/03 22:49 S,P 146 0.583 -1.226 71.8S 89.0W 1866/04/15 06:52 S,P 146 0.663 -1.185 71.4S 136.6E 1884/04/25 14:46 S,P 146 0.756 -1.136 70.7S 4.6E 1902/05/07 22:34 S,P 146 0.859 -1.083 70.0S 125.1W 1920/05/18 06:15 S,P 146 0.973 -1.024 69.1S 107.7E 1938/05/29 13:50 S,T 146 1.055 -0.961 4m05s 52.7S 22.0W 1956/06/08 21:20 S,T 146 1.058 -0.893 4m45s 40.8S 140.7W 1974/06/20 04:47 S,T 146 1.059 -0.824 5m09s 32.1S 103.7E 1992/06/30 12:10 S,T 146 1.059 -0.751 5m21s 25.2S 9.5W 2010/07/11 19:34 S,T 146 1.058 -0.679 5m20s 19.8S 121.9W 2028/07/22 02:55 S,T 146 1.056 -0.606 5m10s 15.6S 126.8E 2046/08/02 10:19 S,T 146 1.053 -0.535 4m51s 12.8S 15.3E 2064/08/12 17:44 S,T 146 1.049 -0.465 4m28s 10.9S 95.9W 2082/08/24 01:13 S,T 146 1.045 -0.401 4m01s 10.3S 151.8E 2100/09/04 08:46 S,T 146 1.040 -0.339 3m33s 10.5S 39.1E 2118/09/15 16:24 S,T 146 1.035 -0.283 3m04s 11.5S 75.2W 2136/09/26 00:07 S,T 146 1.029 -0.231 2m34s 13.0S 169.4E 2154/10/07 07:58 S,T 146 1.023 -0.187 2m05s 15.1S 52.1E 2172/10/17 15:56 S,H 146 1.017 -0.149 1m34s 17.3S 66.7W 2190/10/28 23:59 S,H 146 1.012 -0.116 1m04s 19.6S 173.1E 2208/11/09 08:10 S,H 146 1.006 -0.091 0m34s 21.8S 51.3E 2226/11/20 16:27 S,H 146M 1.001 -0.071 0m03s 23.7S 71.8W 2244/12/01 00:49 S,A 146 0.996 -0.057 0m27s 25.1S 163.9E 2262/12/12 09:15 S,A 146 0.991 -0.046 0m56s 25.8S 38.9E 2280/12/22 17:45 S,A 146 0.987 -0.040 1m23s 25.8S 87.0W 2299/01/03 02:16 S,A 146 0.984 -0.035 1m47s 24.9S 146.8E 2317/01/14 10:47 S,A 146 0.981 -0.030 2m08s 23.2S 20.3E 2335/01/25 19:17 S,A 146 0.978 -0.025 2m25s 20.6S 106.1W 2353/02/05 03:43 S,A 146 0.977 -0.018 2m38s 17.2S 127.8E 2371/02/16 12:04 S,A 146 0.975 -0.008 2m48s 13.0S 2.6E 2389/02/26 20:18 S,A 146 0.974 0.007 2m55s 8.1S 121.5W 2407/03/10 04:24 S,A 146 0.974 0.028 2m59s 2.8S 115.9E 2425/03/20 12:23 S,A 146 0.974 0.054 3m02s 3.1N 4.9W
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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.
