http://SaturnianCosmology.Org/ mirrored file For complete access to all the files of this collection see http://SaturnianCosmology.org/search.php ========================================================== Eclipse Banner Blue Bar Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 BCE ) Fred Espenak Blue Bar During the 8th century BCE^1 , Earth experienced 242 lunar eclipses as follows: All Eclipses = 242 = 100.0% Penumbral (N) = 90 = 37.2% Partial (P) = 87 = 36.0% Total (T) = 65 = 26.9% Eclipses in which some portion of the Moon passes into Earth 's umbral shadow are classified as umbral eclipses . All total and partial lunar eclipses are umbral eclipses. Statistics for umbral eclipses during the century are as follows: Umbral (P&T) = 152 = 62.8% Central^2 (T±) = 45 = 18.6% Non-Central (T) = 20 = 8.3% Blue Bar There are two to five lunar eclipses in each calendar year. The distribution of eclipses each year during this century are as follows: Number of Years with 2 Eclipses: 67 Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 24 Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 9 Two eclipses in same month: -0765 Aug 02 & -0765 Aug 31 When four consecutive lunar eclipses are all /total/ eclipses, the group is known as a tetrad. The following tetrads occur during this century: Tetrad (Four Consecutive Total Eclipses): -782 - -781 During any given century, old Saros series <../SEsaros/SEsaros.html> end while new ones begin. The year and Saros number of these events are as follows: 3 Saros Series' begin (Year/Saros): -736/ 65 -729/ 59 -700/ 60 2 Saros Series' end (Year/Saros): -780/ 18 -733/ 19 The longest and shortest lunar eclipses of the century and other eclipse extrema are listed below. Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: -0778 Apr 29 Duration = 01h44m58s Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: -0757 Mar 09 Duration = 00h05m33s Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0764 Jan 26 Duration = 03h29m15s Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0743 May 31 Duration = 00h26m34s Largest Total Lunar Eclipse: -0731 Apr 19 Umbra Magnitude = 1.8899 Smallest Total Lunar Eclipse: -0757 Mar 09 Umbra Magnitude = 1.0013 Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0797 Oct 24 Umbra Magnitude = 0.9774 Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0743 May 31 Umbra Magnitude = 0.0116 Largest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -0726 Jul 22 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0630 Smallest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -0740 Oct 22 Pen. Magnitude = 0.0214 Total penumbral eclipses are lunar eclipses in which the entire Moon passes through the penumbra but misses the umbral shadow. Total penumbral eclipses (and magnitudes) for the century are: Total Penumbral Eclipse: -0755 Feb 15 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0521 Total Penumbral Eclipse: -0726 Jul 22 Pen. Magnitude = 1.0630 Blue Bar Description of Lunar Eclipse Catalog Local circumstances at greatest eclipse^3 for every event during the century are presented in the following catalog. The calendar date and Universal Time <../SEhelp/TimeZone.html> of the instant of greatest eclipse are found in the first two columns. The eclipse type is given (T=Total, P=Partial, or N=Penumbral) along with the Saros series <../LEsaros/LEsaros.html>. Gamma is the distance of the Moon's center from the shadow axis of Earth at greatest eclipse (in Earth radii). The penumbral and umbral magnitudes of the eclipse are defined as the fractions of the Moon's diameter obscured by each shadow at greatest eclipse. The semi-durations of the partial and total phases of the eclipse are given to the nearest minute. Finally, the Greenwich Sidereal Time at 00:00 U.T., along with the Moon's Geocentric Right Ascension and Declination at greatest eclipse complete each record. For a detailed key and additional information about the catalog, see: Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipses . For any eclipse in the catalog, the start and end times of the partial eclipse phases can be calculated by respectively subtracting and adding the semi-duration of the partial phase (S.D. Par) to the instant of greatest eclipse. Similarly, the start and end times of the total eclipse can be calculated by either subtracting or adding the semi-duration of the total phase (S.D. Tot) to the instant of greatest eclipse. For a detailed example, see Contact - Key to Lunar Eclipse Catalogs . To determine whether an eclipse is visible from a specific geographic location, it is simply a matter of calculating the Moon's altitude and azimuth during each phase of the eclipse. The calculations can be performed on any pocket calculator having trigonometric functions (SIN, COS, TAN). Armed with the latitude and longitude of the location, the lunar eclipse catalog provides all the additional information needed to make the calculations. For the equations and an example of how to calculate the Moon's altitude for a specific location, see Altitude - Key to Lunar Eclipse Catalogs . Blue Bar Footnotes ^1 The terms BCE and CE are abbreviations for "Before Common Era" and "Common Era," respectively. They are the secular equivalents to the BC and AD dating conventions. (See: Year Dating Conventions <../SEhelp/dates.html>) ^2 Central lunar eclipses are eclipses in which some portion of the Moon passes the central axis of Earth's umbral shadow. All penumbral and partial lunar eclipses are non-central eclipses since the Moon misses the shadow axis. However, total eclipses may be either non-central (frequently) or central (occasionally). Central total eclipses are longer and usually darker than non-central total eclipses. ^3 Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when the Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth's shadow. The instant of greatest eclipse corresponds to the maximum phase of the eclipse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blue Bar Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 BCE ) Blue Bar *Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse: -0799 to -0700* U.T. Greatest Saros Pen. Umb. S.D. S.D. GST Moon Moon Date Eclipse Type # Gamma Mag. Mag. Par Tot (0 UT) RA Dec h h ° ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0799 Jun 19 17:25 T 46 0.473 2.004 1.008 97m 7m 17.3 17.19 -22.9 -0799 Dec 13 06:39 P 51 -0.943 1.172 0.115 39m - 4.9 4.87 22.0 -0798 May 10 14:38 N 18 -1.469 0.215 -0.859 - - 14.7 14.51 -16.5 -0798 Jun 09 03:26 N 56 1.293 0.526 -0.524 - - 16.6 16.46 -20.9 -0798 Nov 03 07:25 N 23 1.139 0.780 -0.212 - - 2.3 2.05 14.0 -0798 Dec 02 18:27 N 61 -1.553 0.026 -0.980 - - 4.2 4.10 19.6 -0797 Apr 29 15:35 P 28 -0.734 1.572 0.481 80m - 13.9 13.83 -12.2 -0797 Oct 23 23:02 P 33 0.488 1.979 0.977 94m - 1.6 1.38 9.4 -0796 Apr 17 18:01 T- 38 0.043 2.824 1.766 115m 52m 13.2 13.18 -7.6 -0796 Oct 12 11:19 T+ 43 -0.206 2.521 1.471 109m 46m 0.9 0.72 4.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0795 Apr 07 03:15 P 48 0.794 1.418 0.414 69m - 12.5 12.55 -2.8 -0795 Oct 01 16:44 P 53 -0.946 1.190 0.087 36m - 0.1 0.06 -0.6 -0794 Feb 26 10:30 N 20 -1.072 0.892 -0.081 - - 9.8 10.12 10.6 -0794 Mar 27 18:24 N 58 1.475 0.152 -0.817 - - 11.8 11.94 2.0 -0794 Aug 21 23:24 N 25 1.310 0.519 -0.577 - - 21.4 21.47 -13.9 -0793 Feb 16 02:07 T 30 -0.389 2.162 1.158 100m 29m 9.2 9.46 14.8 -0793 Aug 11 04:20 P 35 0.530 1.922 0.880 96m - 20.7 20.76 -17.8 -0792 Feb 05 12:34 T 40 0.345 2.273 1.209 106m 34m 8.4 8.75 18.7 -0792 Jul 30 16:35 T+ 45 -0.230 2.444 1.458 105m 44m 20.0 20.05 -21.0 -0791 Jan 24 15:35 N 50 1.087 0.936 -0.177 - - 7.7 7.99 21.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0791 Jul 20 09:07 P 55 -0.941 1.130 0.165 43m - 19.3 19.33 -23.5 -0791 Dec 14 21:11 N 22 -1.233 0.661 -0.437 - - 5.0 5.01 21.9 -0790 Jun 10 16:34 P 27 0.880 1.264 0.254 56m - 16.7 16.58 -21.5 -0790 Dec 04 04:01 P 32 -0.492 1.992 0.951 96m - 4.3 4.20 21.0 -0789 May 31 00:34 T- 37 0.122 2.682 1.618 115m 51m 16.0 15.84 -20.3 -0789 Nov 23 17:18 T- 42 0.201 2.503 1.506 104m 45m 3.6 3.43 19.2 -0788 May 19 02:14 P 47 -0.654 1.718 0.628 89m - 15.2 15.09 -18.3 -0788 Nov 12 08:57 P 52 0.862 1.291 0.294 57m - 2.9 2.69 16.8 -0787 Apr 08 15:24 N 19 1.356 0.408 -0.637 - - 12.6 12.67 -3.0 -0787 May 08 03:49 N 57 -1.390 0.357 -0.710 - - 14.5 14.36 -15.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0787 Oct 03 08:28 N 24 -1.231 0.646 -0.418 - - 0.3 0.18 -0.1 -0786 Mar 29 02:31 P 29 0.550 1.861 0.868 91m - 11.9 12.01 0.5 -0786 Sep 22 11:57 P 34 -0.562 1.898 0.788 97m - 23.5 23.48 -4.0 -0785 Mar 18 18:32 T+ 39 -0.187 2.513 1.545 104m 46m 11.2 11.36 4.0 -0785 Sep 11 11:28 T- 44 0.143 2.666 1.557 116m 50m 22.8 22.76 -7.8 -0784 Mar 07 10:56 P 49 -0.913 1.192 0.203 49m - 10.5 10.70 7.4 -0784 Aug 30 14:35 P 54 0.852 1.341 0.280 60m - 22.1 22.05 -11.3 -0783 Jan 26 09:06 N 21 1.111 0.877 -0.207 - - 7.8 8.13 21.6 -0783 Jul 21 16:23 N 26 -1.075 0.888 -0.087 - - 19.4 19.44 -23.4 -0783 Aug 20 01:07 N 64 1.513 0.098 -0.903 - - 21.3 21.35 -14.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0782 Jan 15 10:19 T 31 0.433 2.140 1.019 106m 11m 7.1 7.32 22.9 -0782 Jul 11 09:23 T 36 -0.349 2.215 1.249 100m 35m 18.7 18.70 -23.8 -0781 Jan 04 09:58 T+ 41 -0.261 2.448 1.341 112m 43m 6.4 6.49 23.4 -0781 Jul 01 00:43 T 46 0.402 2.136 1.135 101m 27m 18.0 17.95 -23.4 -0781 Dec 24 15:12 P 51 -0.937 1.180 0.127 41m - 5.6 5.68 22.8 -0780 May 20 21:09 Ne 18 -1.555 0.058 -1.018 - - 15.4 15.21 -19.6 -0780 Jun 19 10:12 N 56 1.217 0.668 -0.387 - - 17.3 17.20 -22.2 -0780 Nov 13 16:22 N 23 1.139 0.780 -0.212 - - 3.0 2.79 17.6 -0780 Dec 13 03:20 N 61 -1.550 0.031 -0.973 - - 4.9 4.89 21.3 -0779 May 09 22:01 P 28 -0.819 1.415 0.327 67m - 14.6 14.50 -15.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blue Bar Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 BCE ) Blue Bar *Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse: -0799 to -0700* U.T. Greatest Saros Pen. Umb. S.D. S.D. GST Moon Moon Date Eclipse Type # Gamma Mag. Mag. Par Tot (0 UT) RA Dec h h ° ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0779 Nov 03 07:51 P 33 0.493 1.972 0.967 94m - 2.3 2.09 13.4 -0778 Apr 29 00:52 T+ 38 -0.034 2.837 1.784 115m 52m 13.9 13.83 -11.5 -0778 Oct 23 19:46 T+ 43 -0.198 2.538 1.483 109m 46m 1.6 1.41 8.8 -0777 Apr 18 10:39 P 48 0.726 1.541 0.542 77m - 13.2 13.20 -7.0 -0777 Oct 13 00:40 P 53 -0.930 1.221 0.114 40m - 0.9 0.73 3.9 -0776 Mar 08 18:36 N 20 -1.116 0.811 -0.160 - - 10.6 10.79 6.6 -0776 Apr 07 02:08 N 58 1.416 0.258 -0.707 - - 12.5 12.58 -2.3 -0776 Sep 01 06:46 N 25 1.351 0.444 -0.653 - - 22.2 22.16 -10.2 -0775 Feb 26 10:11 T 30 -0.429 2.089 1.085 99m 22m 9.9 10.15 11.1 -0775 Aug 21 11:58 P 35 0.575 1.839 0.797 92m - 21.4 21.48 -14.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0774 Feb 15 20:23 T 40 0.311 2.334 1.270 108m 38m 9.2 9.48 15.4 -0774 Aug 11 00:27 T+ 45 -0.178 2.540 1.553 106m 47m 20.7 20.79 -18.4 -0773 Feb 04 23:11 N 50 1.058 0.988 -0.123 - - 8.4 8.75 19.3 -0773 Jul 31 16:57 P 55 -0.885 1.234 0.266 54m - 20.0 20.09 -21.6 -0773 Dec 26 05:26 N 22 -1.236 0.653 -0.441 - - 5.7 5.81 22.6 -0772 Jun 20 23:41 P 27 0.959 1.120 0.105 37m - 17.4 17.32 -22.5 -0772 Dec 14 12:44 P 32 -0.491 1.991 0.954 96m - 5.0 5.00 22.6 -0771 Jun 10 07:11 T- 37 0.208 2.526 1.458 114m 47m 16.7 16.57 -22.1 -0771 Dec 04 02:16 T- 42 0.201 2.503 1.507 104m 45m 4.3 4.21 21.7 -0770 May 30 08:36 P 47 -0.565 1.882 0.792 98m - 16.0 15.80 -20.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0770 Nov 23 17:54 P 52 0.863 1.289 0.291 57m - 3.6 3.45 20.0 -0769 Apr 19 22:27 N 19 1.421 0.285 -0.754 - - 13.3 13.32 -7.0 -0769 May 19 10:28 N 57 -1.304 0.511 -0.551 - - 15.2 15.06 -18.8 -0769 Oct 14 16:41 N 24 -1.250 0.616 -0.454 - - 1.0 0.86 4.3 -0768 Apr 08 10:05 P 29 0.611 1.746 0.759 87m - 12.6 12.66 -3.6 -0768 Oct 02 19:41 P 34 -0.587 1.853 0.738 94m - 0.2 0.15 0.4 -0767 Mar 29 02:23 T+ 39 -0.130 2.616 1.651 105m 48m 11.9 12.01 -0.2 -0767 Sep 21 19:03 T- 44 0.110 2.727 1.616 117m 51m 23.5 23.44 -3.6 -0766 Mar 18 18:48 P 49 -0.866 1.279 0.291 58m - 11.2 11.36 3.3 -0766 Sep 10 22:23 P 54 0.814 1.411 0.350 66m - 22.8 22.73 -7.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0765 Feb 06 16:55 N 21 1.143 0.818 -0.264 - - 8.5 8.89 18.9 -0765 Aug 02 00:12 N 26 -1.128 0.791 -0.184 - - 20.1 20.20 -21.5 -0765 Aug 31 09:10 N 64 1.470 0.176 -0.826 - - 22.1 22.04 -10.6 -0764 Jan 26 18:01 P 31 0.458 2.093 0.975 105m - 7.8 8.10 21.0 -0764 Jul 21 17:05 T 36 -0.412 2.101 1.132 98m 26m 19.4 19.46 -22.7 -0763 Jan 14 17:56 T+ 41 -0.244 2.476 1.375 113m 44m 7.1 7.29 22.4 -0763 Jul 11 08:05 T 46 0.335 2.262 1.256 104m 36m 18.7 18.72 -23.1 -0762 Jan 03 23:40 P 51 -0.926 1.198 0.150 44m - 6.4 6.48 22.7 -0762 Jun 30 17:01 N 56 1.144 0.805 -0.255 - - 18.0 17.95 -22.7 -0762 Nov 25 01:21 N 23 1.138 0.781 -0.211 - - 3.7 3.55 20.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0762 Dec 24 12:11 N 61 -1.544 0.040 -0.960 - - 5.6 5.69 22.2 -0761 May 21 04:25 P 28 -0.905 1.256 0.169 50m - 15.3 15.20 -19.0 -0761 Nov 14 16:44 P 33 0.494 1.970 0.962 94m - 3.0 2.82 17.1 -0760 May 09 07:40 Tm 38 -0.115 2.687 1.638 114m 51m 14.6 14.50 -15.1 -0760 Nov 03 04:17 T+ 43 -0.195 2.546 1.486 110m 46m 2.3 2.12 12.9 -0759 Apr 28 17:58 P 48 0.652 1.674 0.680 84m - 13.9 13.85 -10.9 -0759 Oct 23 08:42 P 53 -0.921 1.240 0.128 43m - 1.6 1.42 8.2 -0758 Mar 20 02:34 N 20 -1.166 0.719 -0.250 - - 11.3 11.45 2.3 -0758 Apr 18 09:48 N 58 1.352 0.374 -0.589 - - 13.2 13.23 -6.5 -0758 Sep 12 14:18 N 25 1.384 0.384 -0.715 - - 22.9 22.84 -6.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blue Bar Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 BCE ) Blue Bar *Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse: -0799 to -0700* U.T. Greatest Saros Pen. Umb. S.D. S.D. GST Moon Moon Date Eclipse Type # Gamma Mag. Mag. Par Tot (0 UT) RA Dec h h ° ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0757 Mar 09 18:06 T 30 -0.474 2.005 1.001 96m 3m 10.6 10.83 7.1 -0757 Sep 01 19:46 P 35 0.614 1.768 0.727 89m - 22.2 22.17 -10.9 -0756 Feb 27 04:02 T- 40 0.272 2.407 1.343 110m 42m 9.9 10.17 11.7 -0756 Aug 21 08:26 T+ 45 -0.132 2.625 1.637 106m 48m 21.5 21.50 -15.2 -0755 Feb 15 06:38 N 50 1.022 1.052 -0.056 - - 9.1 9.48 16.1 -0755 Aug 11 00:54 P 55 -0.835 1.327 0.356 62m - 20.8 20.82 -18.9 -0754 Jan 05 13:36 N 22 -1.243 0.637 -0.452 - - 6.5 6.61 22.4 -0754 Jul 02 06:52 N 27 1.035 0.985 -0.035 - - 18.1 18.08 -22.8 -0754 Dec 25 21:23 P 32 -0.494 1.984 0.951 96m - 5.7 5.81 23.3 -0753 Jun 21 13:48 T 37 0.292 2.374 1.302 111m 41m 17.4 17.32 -23.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0753 Dec 15 11:11 T- 42 0.199 2.506 1.512 104m 45m 5.0 5.02 23.3 -0752 Jun 09 14:59 P 47 -0.476 2.045 0.955 104m - 16.7 16.54 -22.7 -0752 Dec 04 02:50 P 52 0.863 1.289 0.289 57m - 4.3 4.23 22.4 -0751 Apr 30 05:26 N 19 1.491 0.155 -0.879 - - 14.0 13.97 -10.8 -0751 May 29 17:07 N 57 -1.217 0.669 -0.390 - - 15.9 15.77 -21.4 -0751 Oct 25 01:01 N 24 -1.262 0.596 -0.480 - - 1.7 1.55 8.6 -0750 Apr 19 17:35 P 29 0.677 1.623 0.640 81m - 13.3 13.31 -7.7 -0750 Oct 14 03:32 P 34 -0.607 1.820 0.701 93m - 1.0 0.83 4.8 -0749 Apr 09 10:08 T+ 39 -0.068 2.730 1.767 106m 49m 12.6 12.66 -4.4 -0749 Oct 03 02:48 T- 44 0.085 2.774 1.661 117m 52m 0.2 0.11 0.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0748 Mar 29 02:32 P 49 -0.811 1.380 0.392 66m - 11.9 12.01 -1.0 -0748 Sep 21 06:22 P 54 0.783 1.468 0.407 71m - 23.5 23.41 -3.1 -0747 Feb 17 00:35 N 21 1.182 0.747 -0.336 - - 9.3 9.61 15.6 -0747 Aug 12 08:08 N 26 -1.176 0.704 -0.272 - - 20.9 20.93 -18.8 -0747 Sep 10 17:23 N 64 1.435 0.242 -0.761 - - 22.8 22.73 -6.7 -0746 Feb 06 01:33 P 31 0.490 2.032 0.917 103m - 8.5 8.85 18.4 -0746 Aug 02 00:54 T 36 -0.470 1.998 1.025 95m 12m 20.2 20.21 -20.7 -0745 Jan 26 01:50 T+ 41 -0.222 2.514 1.418 113m 46m 7.8 8.07 20.5 -0745 Jul 22 15:29 T- 46 0.270 2.384 1.372 106m 42m 19.5 19.47 -22.0 -0744 Jan 15 08:04 P 51 -0.912 1.222 0.179 48m - 7.1 7.28 21.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0744 Jul 10 23:52 N 56 1.073 0.938 -0.127 - - 18.7 18.71 -22.4 -0744 Dec 05 10:20 N 23 1.138 0.781 -0.210 - - 4.4 4.34 23.0 -0743 Jan 03 20:58 N 61 -1.535 0.056 -0.941 - - 6.4 6.50 22.1 -0743 May 31 10:50 P 28 -0.991 1.097 0.012 13m - 16.1 15.91 -21.5 -0743 Nov 25 01:37 P 33 0.495 1.969 0.959 94m - 3.7 3.59 20.1 -0742 May 20 14:30 T+ 38 -0.195 2.538 1.493 112m 48m 15.3 15.19 -18.3 -0742 Nov 14 12:49 T+ 43 -0.193 2.551 1.487 110m 46m 3.0 2.85 16.5 -0741 May 10 01:17 P 48 0.578 1.809 0.818 90m - 14.6 14.52 -14.5 -0741 Nov 03 16:49 P 53 -0.915 1.252 0.137 45m - 2.3 2.12 12.2 -0740 Mar 30 10:24 N 20 -1.222 0.614 -0.353 - - 12.0 12.09 -2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0740 Apr 28 17:22 N 58 1.284 0.497 -0.463 - - 13.9 13.89 -10.4 -0740 Sep 22 22:00 N 25 1.409 0.338 -0.762 - - 23.6 23.51 -1.8 -0740 Oct 22 15:59 N 63 -1.588 0.021 -1.102 - - 1.6 1.41 7.5 -0739 Mar 20 01:51 P 30 -0.528 1.906 0.902 93m - 11.3 11.48 2.8 -0739 Sep 12 03:46 P 35 0.643 1.714 0.673 86m - 22.9 22.85 -6.8 -0738 Mar 09 11:29 T- 40 0.222 2.497 1.434 112m 46m 10.6 10.85 7.7 -0738 Sep 01 16:36 T+ 45 -0.094 2.694 1.706 106m 49m 22.2 22.20 -11.4 -0737 Feb 26 13:54 P 50 0.978 1.131 0.025 20m - 9.9 10.17 12.4 -0737 Aug 22 08:58 P 55 -0.791 1.410 0.435 68m - 21.5 21.54 -15.7 -0736 Jan 16 21:42 N 22 -1.255 0.613 -0.471 - - 7.2 7.40 21.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blue Bar Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 BCE ) Blue Bar *Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse: -0799 to -0700* U.T. Greatest Saros Pen. Umb. S.D. S.D. GST Moon Moon Date Eclipse Type # Gamma Mag. Mag. Par Tot (0 UT) RA Dec h h ° ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0736 Jul 12 14:04 N 27 1.108 0.854 -0.172 - - 18.9 18.84 -22.2 -0736 Aug 11 00:12 Nb 65 -1.536 0.058 -0.947 - - 20.8 20.86 -19.5 -0735 Jan 05 05:58 P 32 -0.500 1.970 0.943 95m - 6.5 6.62 23.0 -0735 Jul 01 20:28 T 37 0.374 2.225 1.149 108m 30m 18.1 18.07 -23.4 -0735 Dec 25 20:05 T- 42 0.195 2.512 1.520 104m 45m 5.8 5.83 24.0 -0734 Jun 20 21:25 T 47 -0.389 2.205 1.115 109m 27m 17.4 17.29 -23.8 -0734 Dec 15 11:45 P 52 0.863 1.289 0.289 57m - 5.1 5.04 24.0 -0733 May 11 12:25 Ne 19 1.561 0.024 -1.005 - - 14.7 14.65 -14.2 -0733 Jun 09 23:49 N 57 -1.132 0.825 -0.232 - - 16.7 16.51 -23.2 -0733 Nov 05 09:23 N 24 -1.271 0.582 -0.498 - - 2.4 2.26 12.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0732 Apr 30 01:01 P 29 0.746 1.494 0.515 74m - 14.0 13.97 -11.5 -0732 Oct 24 11:30 P 34 -0.620 1.797 0.674 91m - 1.7 1.52 9.1 -0731 Apr 19 17:47 Tm 39 -0.001 2.851 1.890 106m 50m 13.3 13.31 -8.4 -0731 Oct 13 10:41 T- 44 0.066 2.809 1.695 117m 52m 0.9 0.79 5.2 -0730 Apr 09 10:08 P 49 -0.751 1.490 0.502 74m - 12.6 12.66 -5.1 -0730 Oct 02 14:30 P 54 0.760 1.510 0.450 74m - 0.2 0.08 1.3 -0729 Feb 28 08:04 N 21 1.228 0.661 -0.421 - - 10.0 10.31 11.9 -0729 Mar 29 21:32 Nb 59 -1.560 0.033 -1.012 - - 11.9 12.00 -1.6 -0729 Aug 23 16:12 N 26 -1.218 0.628 -0.350 - - 21.6 21.65 -15.6 -0729 Sep 22 01:44 N 64 1.405 0.296 -0.707 - - 23.5 23.40 -2.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0728 Feb 17 08:56 P 31 0.530 1.957 0.846 100m - 9.3 9.58 15.1 -0728 Aug 12 08:50 P 36 -0.521 1.906 0.928 92m - 20.9 20.94 -18.1 -0727 Feb 05 09:33 T+ 41 -0.191 2.567 1.477 114m 47m 8.5 8.82 17.9 -0727 Aug 01 23:00 T- 46 0.212 2.493 1.475 108m 46m 20.2 20.22 -20.0 -0726 Jan 25 16:21 P 51 -0.890 1.258 0.222 52m - 7.8 8.05 19.9 -0726 Jul 22 06:48 N 56 1.006 1.063 -0.008 - - 19.5 19.46 -21.3 -0726 Dec 16 19:16 N 23 1.139 0.778 -0.212 - - 5.2 5.15 24.4 -0725 Jan 15 05:39 N 61 -1.521 0.079 -0.914 - - 7.1 7.29 21.0 -0725 Jun 11 17:16 N 28 -1.076 0.941 -0.144 - - 16.8 16.65 -23.4 -0725 Dec 06 10:31 P 33 0.495 1.970 0.958 94m - 4.5 4.37 22.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0724 May 30 21:18 T 38 -0.277 2.385 1.344 109m 42m 16.1 15.91 -20.9 -0724 Nov 24 21:23 T+ 43 -0.194 2.551 1.483 110m 46m 3.8 3.61 19.5 -0723 May 20 08:34 P 48 0.500 1.949 0.963 95m - 15.3 15.21 -17.7 -0723 Nov 14 00:59 P 53 -0.912 1.259 0.141 45m - 3.0 2.85 15.8 -0722 Apr 10 18:07 N 20 -1.284 0.500 -0.465 - - 12.7 12.74 -6.3 -0722 May 10 00:54 N 58 1.214 0.626 -0.333 - - 14.7 14.56 -14.0 -0722 Oct 04 05:52 N 25 1.427 0.305 -0.795 - - 0.3 0.18 2.6 -0722 Nov 03 00:02 N 63 -1.579 0.039 -1.085 - - 2.3 2.11 11.5 -0721 Mar 31 09:28 P 30 -0.587 1.798 0.794 90m - 12.0 12.13 -1.5 -0721 Sep 23 11:53 P 35 0.667 1.670 0.629 83m - 23.6 23.52 -2.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0720 Mar 19 18:48 Tm 40 0.167 2.599 1.535 113m 49m 11.3 11.50 3.4 -0720 Sep 12 00:54 T+ 45 -0.063 2.753 1.763 107m 49m 22.9 22.88 -7.3 -0719 Mar 08 21:00 P 50 0.927 1.225 0.122 42m - 10.6 10.85 8.4 -0719 Sep 01 17:10 P 55 -0.754 1.480 0.501 72m - 22.2 22.24 -11.9 -0718 Jan 27 05:41 N 22 -1.272 0.578 -0.500 - - 7.9 8.17 19.2 -0718 Jul 23 21:22 N 27 1.175 0.734 -0.298 - - 19.6 19.59 -20.8 -0718 Aug 22 08:02 N 65 -1.496 0.134 -0.878 - - 21.5 21.57 -16.2 -0717 Jan 16 14:28 P 32 -0.512 1.946 0.924 94m - 7.2 7.41 21.8 -0717 Jul 13 03:11 T 37 0.452 2.085 1.005 104m 6m 18.9 18.83 -22.9 -0716 Jan 06 04:53 T- 42 0.186 2.526 1.537 104m 46m 6.5 6.64 23.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blue Bar Lunar Eclipses: -0799 to -0700 ( 800 BCE to 701 BCE ) Blue Bar *Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse: -0799 to -0700* U.T. Greatest Saros Pen. Umb. S.D. S.D. GST Moon Moon Date Eclipse Type # Gamma Mag. Mag. Par Tot (0 UT) RA Dec h h ° ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0716 Jul 01 03:54 T 47 -0.304 2.361 1.269 113m 40m 18.1 18.05 -24.1 -0716 Dec 25 20:36 P 52 0.860 1.295 0.294 57m - 5.8 5.85 24.6 -0715 Jun 20 06:36 N 57 -1.049 0.977 -0.078 - - 17.4 17.27 -24.4 -0715 Nov 15 17:48 N 24 -1.277 0.572 -0.512 - - 3.1 2.99 16.0 -0714 May 11 08:25 P 29 0.817 1.361 0.386 65m - 14.7 14.64 -14.9 -0714 Nov 04 19:33 P 34 -0.629 1.782 0.657 91m - 2.4 2.23 13.0 -0713 May 01 01:22 T- 39 0.069 2.726 1.766 106m 50m 14.1 13.97 -12.2 -0713 Oct 24 18:42 T- 44 0.054 2.832 1.718 117m 52m 1.7 1.48 9.5 -0712 Apr 19 17:37 P 49 -0.685 1.611 0.622 81m - 13.4 13.31 -9.2 -0712 Oct 12 22:48 P 54 0.743 1.541 0.481 76m - 0.9 0.76 5.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0711 Mar 10 15:21 N 21 1.283 0.560 -0.521 - - 10.7 10.98 7.9 -0711 Apr 09 04:41 N 59 -1.500 0.144 -0.902 - - 12.6 12.65 -5.8 -0711 Sep 03 00:26 N 26 -1.252 0.566 -0.414 - - 22.3 22.35 -11.8 -0711 Oct 02 10:15 N 64 1.383 0.337 -0.667 - - 0.2 0.07 2.0 -0710 Feb 27 16:11 P 31 0.577 1.869 0.761 96m - 10.0 10.27 11.5 -0710 Aug 23 16:52 P 36 -0.567 1.824 0.842 89m - 21.6 21.66 -14.8 -0709 Feb 16 17:11 T+ 41 -0.155 2.630 1.547 114m 49m 9.2 9.54 14.7 -0709 Aug 13 06:36 T- 46 0.159 2.594 1.569 109m 48m 20.9 20.95 -17.4 -0708 Feb 06 00:33 P 51 -0.864 1.304 0.274 58m - 8.5 8.80 17.3 -0708 Aug 01 13:49 P 56 0.944 1.181 0.104 38m - 20.2 20.20 -19.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0708 Dec 27 04:10 N 23 1.144 0.769 -0.219 - - 5.9 5.97 24.9 -0707 Jan 25 14:14 N 61 -1.502 0.112 -0.877 - - 7.8 8.06 19.2 -0707 Jun 21 23:46 N 28 -1.158 0.791 -0.293 - - 17.5 17.41 -24.6 -0707 Dec 16 19:21 P 33 0.499 1.965 0.952 94m - 5.2 5.18 23.8 -0706 Jun 11 04:12 T 38 -0.356 2.239 1.201 106m 34m 16.8 16.64 -22.8 -0706 Dec 06 05:55 Tm 43 -0.194 2.553 1.483 110m 46m 4.5 4.39 21.7 -0705 May 31 15:53 T 48 0.423 2.089 1.106 99m 24m 16.1 15.92 -20.2 -0705 Nov 25 09:09 P 53 -0.910 1.264 0.144 46m - 3.7 3.60 18.8 -0704 Apr 21 01:45 N 20 -1.350 0.378 -0.587 - - 13.4 13.39 -10.4 -0704 May 20 08:24 N 58 1.141 0.759 -0.200 - - 15.4 15.24 -17.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0704 Oct 14 13:53 N 25 1.439 0.284 -0.816 - - 1.0 0.86 7.1 -0704 Nov 13 08:08 N 63 -1.572 0.051 -1.073 - - 3.0 2.84 15.1 -0703 Apr 10 16:55 P 30 -0.654 1.676 0.671 84m - 12.8 12.77 -5.8 -0703 Oct 03 20:12 P 35 0.683 1.641 0.601 82m - 0.3 0.20 2.0 -0702 Mar 31 01:56 T- 40 0.104 2.715 1.651 115m 51m 12.0 12.15 -0.9 -0702 Sep 23 09:21 T+ 45 -0.038 2.798 1.807 106m 50m 23.6 23.55 -3.0 -0701 Mar 20 03:57 P 50 0.867 1.333 0.233 58m - 11.3 11.50 4.1 -0701 Sep 13 01:30 P 55 -0.724 1.537 0.554 75m - 22.9 22.92 -7.8 -0700 Feb 07 13:33 N 22 -1.296 0.531 -0.540 - - 8.6 8.92 16.4 -0700 Mar 08 04:29 Nb 60 1.569 0.039 -1.049 - - 10.6 10.84 9.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0700 Aug 03 04:43 N 27 1.238 0.621 -0.417 - - 20.3 20.32 -18.7 -0700 Sep 01 15:59 N 65 -1.463 0.198 -0.820 - - 22.2 22.27 -12.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blue Bar Calendar Dates The Julian calendar is used for all dates up to 1582 Oct 04. After that date, the Gregorian calendar is used. Due to the Gregorian Calendar reform, the day after 1582 Oct 04 (Julian calendar) is 1582 Oct 15 (Gregorian calendar). Note that Great Britian did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1752. For more information, see Calendars <../SEhelp/calendars.html>. The Julian calendar does not include the year 0, so the year 1 BCE is followed by the year 1 CE. This is awkward for arithmetic calculations. In this catalog, dates are counted using the astronomical numbering system which recognizes the year 0. Historians should note the numerical difference of one year between astronomical dates and BCE dates. Thus, the year 0 corresponds to 1 BCE, and the year -100 corresponds to 101 BCE, etc.. (See: Year Dating Conventions <../SEhelp/dates.html>) There is some historical uncertainty as to which years from 43 BCE to 8 CE were counted as leap years. For the purposes of this catalog, we will assume that /all/ Julian years divisible by 4 will be counted as leap years. Blue Bar Predictions Eclipse predictions presented here are based on j=2 ephemerides for the Sun (Newcomb, 1895) and Moon (Brown, 1919, and Eckert, Jones and Clark, 1954). A revised value used for the Moon's secular acceleration is n-dot = -26 arc-sec/cy*cy, as deduced by Morrison and Ward (1975) from 250 years of Mercury transit observations. The largest uncertainty in the eclipse predictions is caused by fluctuations in Earth's rotation <../SEhelp/rotation.html> due primarily to tidal friction of the Moon. The resultant drift in apparent clock time is expressed as /delta-T <../SEhelp/deltaT.html>/. The value for /delta-T/ was determined as follows: 1) pre-1600: delta T was calculated from empirical fits to historical records <../SEhelp/deltaT2.html> derived by Stephenson (1997) 2) 1600-present: delta T was obtained from published observations 3) future: delta-T was extrapolated from current values and a model of tidal effects Blue Bar Acknowledgments All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented in these tables is based on /Fifty Year Canon of Lunar Eclipses: 1986 - 2035 <../SEpubs/RP1216.html>/. Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment: "Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC" Blue Bar / Key to Catalog Lunar Eclipse / / Index to Catalog of Lunar Eclipses / / NASA Lunar Eclipse Page <../lunar.html>/ / NASA Eclipse Home Page <../eclipse.html>/ Blue Bar NASA logo Eclipse Predictions & WebMaster: Fred Espenak e-mail: espenak at gsfc.nasa.gov Planetary Systems Branch - Code 693 NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 USA /Last revised: 2003 Sep 11 - F. Espenak/