Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses

-1399 to -1300 ( 1400 BCE to 1301 BCE )

Introduction

Eclipses of the Moon can only occur during the Full Moon phase. It is then possible for the Moon to pass through Earth’s penumbral or umbral shadows thereby producing an eclipse. There are three types of lunar eclipses:

  1. Penumbral - Moon traverses Earth’s penumbral shadow (Moon misses Earth’s umbral shadow)
  2. Partial - Moon traverses Earth’s penumbral and umbral shadows (Moon does not pass completely into Earth’s umbra)
  3. Total - Moon traverses Earth’s penumbral and umbral shadows (Moon passes completely into Earth’s umbra)

The visual appearance of these eclipse types differs dramatically from each other.


Lunar Eclipses: -1399 to -1300 ( 1400 BCE to 1301 BCE)

During the 14th century BCE[1], Earth experienced 239 lunar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Lunar Eclipses: -1399 - -1300
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 239100.0%
PenumbralN 83 34.7%
PartialP 90 37.7%
TotalT 66 27.6%

Total eclipses can be further classified as either central or non-central:

The statistical distribution of these classes during the 14th century BCE appears in the following table.

Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All 66100.0%
Central 43 65.2%
Non-Central 23 34.8%

There are a minimum of two and a maximum of five lunar eclipses in every calendar year. Statistics for the number of eclipses each year during the century are listed below.


                           Number of Years with 2 Eclipses: 69
                           Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 23
                           Number of Years with 4 Eclipses:  8

When four consecutive lunar eclipses are all total eclipses, the group is known as a tetrad. The following tetrads occur during this century:


                              1.  Tetrad:  -1386 - -1385
                              2.  Tetrad:  -1368 - -1367

During any given century, old Saros series end while new ones begin. The year and Saros number of these events are as follows:


     2 Saros Series' begin (Year/Saros):  -1380/ 39 -1358/ 46 
     2 Saros Series' end   (Year/Saros):  -1366/ -1 -1337/  0 

For more information, see Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series.

The longest and shortest lunar eclipses of the century and other eclipse extrema are listed below.


               Longest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -1364 Apr 28    Duration = 01h46m25s
              Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -1338 Jun 09    Duration = 00h05m32s

               Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1397 Jul 30    Duration = 03h24m52s
              Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1377 Jan 24    Duration = 00h23m08s

               Largest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -1335 Apr 07    Umbra Magnitude = 1.8534
              Smallest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -1338 Jun 09    Umbra Magnitude = 1.0012

               Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1350 Jul 20    Umbra Magnitude = 0.9603
              Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1377 Jan 24    Umbra Magnitude = 0.0104

             Largest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -1348 Jan 03     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0831
            Smallest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -1358 Jul 19     Pen. Magnitude = 0.0127

A total penumbral eclipse in one in which the entire Moon passes through the penumbra but misses the umbral shadow. During the century, there are 83 penumbral eclipses of which 3 ( 3.6%) are total penumbral eclipses:


               1.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:   -1385 Dec 13     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0423
               2.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:   -1367 Dec 23     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0588
               3.  Total Penumbral Eclipse:   -1348 Jan 03     Pen. Magnitude = 1.0831

The concise details at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse during the century are presented below. Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipses contains a detailed description and explanation of every item listed in the catalog. The Catalog Number in the first column links to a figure showing the eclipse geometry and geographic visibility map of each phase of an eclipse.

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Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses


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 )

[2] Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when the Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth’s umbral shadow cone.



Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1399 to -1300 ( 1400 BCE to 1301 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

01450 -1399 Mar 26  14:50:10  32988 -42038   29   P   t-  -0.8973  1.2466  0.1770  306.4  101.0    -      2N   83W
01451 -1399 Sep 19  23:35:02  32978 -42032   34   P   a-   0.8536  1.2856  0.2974  275.1  116.6    -      6S  143E
01452 -1398 Feb 14  06:54:14  32970 -42027    1   N   -h   1.1436  0.7635 -0.2445  231.5    -      -     18N   39E
01453 -1398 Aug 10  19:56:11  32960 -42021    6   N   -t  -1.2034  0.6790 -0.3790  234.8    -      -     21S  161W
01454 -1397 Feb 03  20:30:24  32950 -42015   11   T   -p   0.3939  2.1185  1.1515  311.2  195.9   55.7   20N  166W
01455 -1397 Jul 30  21:04:42  32940 -42009   16   P   -t  -0.4917  1.9964  0.9157  357.5  204.9    -     22S  179W
01456 -1396 Jan 24  12:41:54  32930 -42003   21   T   p-  -0.2976  2.2948  1.3287  314.5  202.3   77.1   22N   49W
01457 -1396 Jul 18  22:12:07  32920 -41997   26   T+  p-   0.2584  2.4109  1.3574  359.6  223.6   86.3   23S  164E
01458 -1395 Jan 13  02:48:25  32910 -41991   31   N   a-  -1.0211  0.9883 -0.0198  255.0    -      -     22N   98E
01459 -1395 Jul 08  05:41:21  32900 -41985   36   P   a-   0.9934  1.0337  0.0367  261.7   43.8    -     23S   51E

01460 -1395 Dec 03  17:03:38  32892 -41980    3   N   -t   1.1817  0.7382 -0.3580  249.4    -      -     22N  120W
01461 -1394 May 29  13:08:59  32882 -41974    8   P   -a  -0.8274  1.3093  0.3697  267.4  125.8    -     20S   63W
01462 -1394 Nov 22  16:04:46  32872 -41968   13   P   -t   0.5194  1.9573  0.8535  356.9  199.2    -     18N  106W
01463 -1393 May 19  06:07:12  32862 -41962   18   T-  pp  -0.0942  2.6629  1.7068  323.3  213.8   98.6   16S   43E
01464 -1393 Nov 11  17:58:21  32852 -41956   23   T-  p-  -0.1767  2.5647  1.5032  356.0  223.0   94.4   14N  135W
01465 -1392 May 07  19:04:14  32842 -41950   28   P   t-   0.6957  1.5843  0.5784  309.3  162.6    -     12S  151W
01466 -1392 Oct 31  03:08:55  32832 -41944   33   P   a-  -0.8478  1.3040  0.3006  279.5  118.0    -      9N   87E
01467 -1391 Mar 28  10:06:47  32824 -41939    0   N   -t  -1.3292  0.4563 -0.6179  202.1    -      -      1N   13W
01468 -1391 Apr 27  00:54:47  32822 -41938   38   N   t-   1.5130  0.1101 -0.9462  100.8    -      -      8S  123E
01469 -1391 Sep 21  07:39:42  32814 -41933    5   N   -a   1.1767  0.6818 -0.2846  208.0    -      -      5S   21E

01470 -1391 Oct 20  17:44:35  32812 -41932   43   N   a-  -1.4691  0.1474 -0.8232  101.6    -      -      5N  131W
01471 -1390 Mar 17  10:41:40  32804 -41927   10   P   -t  -0.5811  1.8235  0.7605  342.6  189.2    -      6N   20W
01472 -1390 Sep 10  22:10:26  32794 -41921   15   P   -a   0.5169  1.9094  0.9096  316.0  187.3    -      9S  164E
01473 -1389 Mar 06  16:27:21  32784 -41915   20   T+  p-   0.1875  2.5214  1.5065  343.0  219.2   93.8   11N  106W
01474 -1389 Aug 31  06:57:59  32774 -41909   25   T-  pp  -0.2089  2.5014  1.4484  356.6  223.4   92.1   14S   33E
01475 -1388 Feb 24  05:07:51  32764 -41903   30   P   a-   0.8989  1.1926  0.2241  264.1  101.4    -     15N   65E
01476 -1388 Aug 19  08:53:39  32755 -41897   35   P   t-  -0.9526  1.1532  0.0676  300.3   63.7    -     18S    4E
01477 -1387 Jan 14  11:56:56  32746 -41892    2   N   -a  -1.0484  0.9221 -0.0539  238.6    -      -     22N   40W
01478 -1387 Jul 09  18:56:49  32736 -41886    7   N   -t   1.1776  0.7158 -0.3213  236.2    -      -     23S  149W
01479 -1386 Jan 04  00:35:26  32726 -41880   12   T   -a  -0.3826  2.1695  1.1427  334.2  204.8   56.4   23N  129E

01480 -1386 Jun 29  04:35:26  32717 -41874   17   T   -p   0.3692  2.1703  1.1904  323.5  203.6   63.4   23S   66E
01481 -1386 Dec 24  06:10:50  32707 -41868   22   T   p-   0.3284  2.2978  1.2138  361.7  218.5   70.2   24N   44E
01482 -1385 Jun 18  20:08:59  32697 -41862   27   T   a-  -0.3833  2.1261  1.1825  308.1  196.7   60.6   23S  168W
01483 -1385 Dec 13  05:47:07  32687 -41856   32   Nx  t-   1.0185  1.0423 -0.0633  290.7    -      -     23N   49E
01484 -1384 May 09  05:55:00  32679 -41851   -1   N   -a   1.4078  0.2586 -0.7095  137.2    -      -     12S   46E
01485 -1384 Jun 07  13:19:54  32677 -41850   37   N   a-  -1.1200  0.7773 -0.1723  220.9    -      -     22S   67W
01486 -1384 Nov 01  14:26:06  32669 -41845    4   N   -h  -1.2714  0.5469 -0.4967  205.5    -      -     10N   82W
01487 -1383 Apr 28  17:04:15  32659 -41839    9   P   -t   0.6966  1.5910  0.5685  316.0  164.0    -      9S  121W
01488 -1383 Oct 22  01:34:03  32649 -41833   14   P   -a  -0.5347  1.8712  0.8822  307.4  181.8    -      6N  111E
01489 -1382 Apr 17  20:57:12  32639 -41827   19   T-  pp  -0.0668  2.7686  1.7026  372.3  234.7  105.2    6S  178W

01490 -1382 Oct 11  16:58:10  32629 -41821   24   T+  p-   0.1442  2.5775  1.6091  318.0  208.4   93.6    3N  120W
01491 -1381 Apr 06  21:26:00  32619 -41815   29   P   t-  -0.8208  1.3848  0.3195  317.1  132.6    -      2S  175E
01492 -1381 Oct 01  07:59:35  32609 -41809   34   P   a-   0.8391  1.3150  0.3216  278.3  121.1    -      1S   15E
01493 -1380 Feb 25  14:37:57  32601 -41804    1   N   -h   1.1819  0.6900 -0.3115  220.6    -      -     15N   78W
01494 -1380 Mar 26  01:54:14  32599 -41803   39   Nb  h-  -1.5235  0.0736 -0.9487   78.9    -      -      2N  109E
01495 -1380 Aug 21  03:12:46  32591 -41798    6   N   -t  -1.2529  0.5914 -0.4728  221.9    -      -     18S   89E
01496 -1379 Feb 14  04:40:05  32581 -41792   11   T   -p   0.4276  2.0545  1.0919  308.4  192.7   44.2   17N   71E
01497 -1379 Aug 10  03:58:27  32571 -41786   16   P   -t  -0.5503  1.8906  0.8065  353.1  196.1    -     20S   77E
01498 -1378 Feb 03  21:02:42  32561 -41780   21   T-  p-  -0.2716  2.3416  1.3773  315.7  204.2   81.3   20N  175W
01499 -1378 Jul 30  05:10:39  32552 -41774   26   T+  pp   0.1939  2.5292  1.4755  360.8  226.4   94.7   22S   58E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1399 to -1300 ( 1400 BCE to 1301 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

01500 -1377 Jan 24  11:03:25  32542 -41768   31   P   a-  -1.0047  1.0185  0.0104  258.8   23.1    -     21N   27W
01501 -1377 Jul 19  13:00:38  32532 -41762   36   P   a-   0.9268  1.1554  0.1594  272.1   89.3    -     22S   60W
01502 -1377 Dec 15  01:06:57  32524 -41757    3   N   -t   1.1880  0.7268 -0.3698  248.1    -      -     24N  118E
01503 -1376 Jun 08  20:33:09  32514 -41751    8   P   -a  -0.9003  1.1757  0.2357  257.2  102.4    -     22S  175W
01504 -1376 Dec 03  00:08:15  32504 -41745   13   P   -t   0.5216  1.9524  0.8503  356.2  198.8    -     21N  132E
01505 -1375 May 29  13:23:23  32494 -41739   18   T-  -p  -0.1702  2.5247  1.5661  323.0  212.2   94.1   19S   68W
01506 -1375 Nov 22  02:21:21  32484 -41733   23   T-  p-  -0.1764  2.5638  1.5052  354.6  222.5   94.3   17N   98E
01507 -1374 May 19  01:56:43  32474 -41727   28   P   t-   0.6189  1.7270  0.7179  318.7  177.7    -     16S  104E
01508 -1374 Nov 11  11:52:57  32464 -41721   33   P   a-  -0.8463  1.3058  0.3042  278.8  118.3    -     13N   45W
01509 -1373 Apr 08  16:38:42  32456 -41716    0   N   -t  -1.4043  0.3177 -0.7546  170.8    -      -      3S  114W

01510 -1373 May 08  07:20:23  32454 -41715   38   N   t-   1.4334  0.2567 -0.8008  152.3    -      -     12S   24E
01511 -1373 Oct 02  16:13:15  32446 -41710    5   N   -a   1.1924  0.6548 -0.3151  204.7    -      -      0S  109W
01512 -1373 Nov 01  02:34:39  32445 -41709   43   N   a-  -1.4660  0.1536 -0.8179  103.7    -      -      9N   95E
01513 -1372 Mar 27  17:30:10  32436 -41704   10   P   -t  -0.6472  1.6995  0.6418  334.6  177.0    -      2N  125W
01514 -1372 Sep 21  06:22:44  32426 -41698   15   P   -a   0.5401  1.8697  0.8641  315.7  184.5    -      5S   39E
01515 -1371 Mar 16  23:50:58  32417 -41692   20   T+  pp   0.1319  2.6202  1.6118  342.4  220.7   98.3    7N  141E
01516 -1371 Sep 10  14:37:09  32407 -41686   25   T-  pp  -0.1772  2.5628  1.5034  359.2  225.3   95.4   10S   84W
01517 -1370 Mar 06  13:00:47  32397 -41680   30   P   a-   0.8522  1.2757  0.3122  269.8  118.0    -     11N   56W
01518 -1370 Aug 30  16:04:30  32387 -41674   35   P   t-  -0.9090  1.2354  0.1455  308.6   92.4    -     15S  105W
01519 -1369 Jan 25  20:22:14  32379 -41669    2   N   -a  -1.0708  0.8805 -0.0946  234.6    -      -     21N  167W

01520 -1369 Feb 24  05:30:25  32377 -41668   40   N   a-   1.5278  0.0316 -0.9231   47.5    -      -     16N   57E
01521 -1369 Jul 21  01:57:06  32369 -41663    7   N   -t   1.2389  0.6030 -0.4335  218.5    -      -     22S  105E
01522 -1368 Jan 15  08:49:30  32359 -41657   12   T   -a  -0.3997  2.1384  1.1110  334.4  203.8   50.4   23N    6E
01523 -1368 Jul 09  11:56:46  32349 -41651   17   T   -a   0.4346  2.0499  1.0710  318.6  197.0   40.1   23S   45W
01524 -1367 Jan 03  14:08:05  32339 -41645   22   T   p-   0.3164  2.3198  1.2358  363.0  219.9   73.3   24N   75W
01525 -1367 Jun 29  03:39:02  32330 -41639   27   T   p-  -0.3138  2.2541  1.3098  311.2  201.7   75.6   24S   78E
01526 -1367 Dec 23  13:41:14  32320 -41633   32   Nx  t-   1.0089  1.0588 -0.0444  292.2    -      -     24N   70W
01527 -1366 May 20  13:05:37  32311 -41628   -1   Ne  -a   1.4866  0.1154 -0.8555   93.2    -      -     15S   63W
01528 -1366 Jun 18  20:41:50  32310 -41627   37   N   a-  -1.0508  0.9060 -0.0466  235.9    -      -     24S  178W
01529 -1366 Nov 12  22:55:36  32302 -41622    4   N   -a  -1.2682  0.5517 -0.4895  205.6    -      -     14N  149E

01530 -1365 May 09  23:48:01  32292 -41616    9   P   -t   0.7812  1.4372  0.4121  307.1  143.5    -     13S  136E
01531 -1365 Nov 02  10:19:51  32282 -41610   14   P   -a  -0.5359  1.8687  0.8805  306.6  181.3    -     10N   23W
01532 -1364 Apr 28  03:20:47  32272 -41604   19   T+  pp   0.0187  2.8569  1.7910  373.0  235.5  106.4   10S   83E
01533 -1364 Oct 22  01:44:20  32262 -41598   24   T+  p-   0.1376  2.5905  1.6200  318.4  208.6   93.9    7N  106E
01534 -1363 Apr 17  03:57:45  32252 -41592   29   P   t-  -0.7403  1.5305  0.4692  326.9  156.8    -      6S   75E
01535 -1363 Oct 11  16:30:26  32243 -41586   34   P   a-   0.8306  1.3329  0.3347  280.7  123.6    -      3N  115W
01536 -1362 Mar 07  22:16:20  32234 -41581    1   N   -h   1.2252  0.6073 -0.3878  207.7    -      -     11N  165E
01537 -1362 Apr 06  08:58:11  32233 -41580   39   N   h-  -1.4530  0.1999 -0.8163  128.0    -      -      2S    0E
01538 -1362 Sep 01  10:35:34  32225 -41575    6   N   -t  -1.2963  0.5148 -0.5556  209.4    -      -     14S   24W
01539 -1361 Feb 25  12:43:42  32215 -41569   11   T   -a   0.4667  1.9805  1.0223  305.2  188.7   22.2   14N   52W

01540 -1361 Aug 21  11:00:37  32205 -41563   16   P   -t  -0.6021  1.7973  0.7099  348.6  187.0    -     17S   30W
01541 -1360 Feb 15  05:14:50  32195 -41557   21   T-  p-  -0.2385  2.4014  1.4388  317.1  206.3   85.9   17N   60E
01542 -1360 Aug 09  12:20:10  32185 -41551   26   T+  pp   0.1375  2.6329  1.5788  361.2  228.0   99.5   20S   50W
01543 -1359 Feb 03  19:09:19  32175 -41545   31   P   a-  -0.9814  1.0613  0.0530  263.8   52.2    -     19N  149W
01544 -1359 Jul 29  20:29:17  32166 -41539   36   P   a-   0.8668  1.2651  0.2696  280.2  114.0    -     21S  173W
01545 -1359 Dec 25  09:04:12  32157 -41534    3   N   -t   1.1988  0.7069 -0.3894  245.5    -      -     25N    1W
01546 -1358 Jun 20  04:01:01  32148 -41528    8   P   -a  -0.9702  1.0479  0.1068  246.3   70.2    -     24S   72E
01547 -1358 Jul 19  11:06:21  32146 -41527   46   Nb  a-   1.5374  0.0127 -0.9395   30.3    -      -     22S   33W
01548 -1358 Dec 14  08:08:27  32138 -41522   13   P   -t   0.5266  1.9420  0.8424  355.0  197.9    -     23N   11E
01549 -1357 Jun 09  20:38:58  32128 -41516   18   T-  -p  -0.2460  2.3873  1.4253  322.0  209.3   86.4   22S  178W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1399 to -1300 ( 1400 BCE to 1301 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

01550 -1357 Dec 03  10:44:35  32118 -41510   23   T-  p-  -0.1755  2.5637  1.5087  353.2  222.0   94.3   20N   29W
01551 -1356 May 29  08:46:45  32108 -41504   28   P   t-   0.5409  1.8721  0.8591  327.3  190.4    -     19S    0W
01552 -1356 Nov 21  20:37:47  32098 -41498   33   P   a-  -0.8449  1.3072  0.3080  278.0  118.7    -     17N  178W
01553 -1355 Apr 18  23:04:07  32090 -41493    0   N   -t  -1.4837  0.1712 -0.8996  127.1    -      -      7S  147E
01554 -1355 May 18  13:43:17  32089 -41492   38   N   t-   1.3517  0.4076 -0.6516  189.7    -      -     15S   74W
01555 -1355 Oct 13  00:53:43  32080 -41487    5   N   -a   1.2025  0.6378 -0.3353  202.7    -      -      4N  118E
01556 -1355 Nov 11  11:27:53  32079 -41486   43   N   a-  -1.4654  0.1549 -0.8170  104.1    -      -     13N   40W
01557 -1354 Apr 08  00:12:17  32071 -41481   10   P   -t  -0.7190  1.5653  0.5126  325.1  161.1    -      3S  132E
01558 -1354 Oct 02  14:42:01  32061 -41475   15   P   -a   0.5567  1.8421  0.8308  315.9  182.5    -      1S   88W
01559 -1353 Mar 28  07:07:31  32051 -41469   20   T+  pp   0.0693  2.7319  1.7297  341.4  221.5  101.3    2N   29E

01560 -1353 Sep 21  22:24:14  32041 -41463   25   T-  pp  -0.1531  2.6102  1.5446  361.5  226.6   97.5    6S  157E
01561 -1352 Mar 16  20:45:21  32031 -41457   30   P   a-   0.7983  1.3724  0.4136  275.9  133.5    -      7N  174W
01562 -1352 Sep 09  23:25:44  32022 -41451   35   P   t-  -0.8739  1.3019  0.2079  315.0  109.6    -     11S  142E
01563 -1351 Feb 05  04:39:43  32013 -41446    2   N   -a  -1.0991  0.8282 -0.1459  229.2    -      -     18N   68E
01564 -1351 Mar 06  13:28:52  32012 -41445   40   N   a-   1.4866  0.1063 -0.8464   86.5    -      -     12N   64W
01565 -1351 Jul 31  09:05:59  32004 -41440    7   N   -t   1.2939  0.5019 -0.5343  200.6    -      -     20S    3W
01566 -1351 Aug 29  23:35:55  32002 -41439   45   N   t-  -1.5496  0.0504 -1.0208   68.4    -      -     15S  140E
01567 -1350 Jan 25  16:56:22  31994 -41434   12   T   -a  -0.4219  2.0978  1.0701  334.1  202.3   40.7   21N  117W
01568 -1350 Jul 20  19:24:37  31984 -41428   17   P   -a   0.4950  1.9387  0.9603  313.5  189.8    -     23S  158W
01569 -1349 Jan 14  21:58:10  31974 -41422   22   T   p-   0.2988  2.3516  1.2684  364.5  221.7   77.5   23N  167E

01570 -1349 Jul 10  11:13:14  31964 -41416   27   T-  p-  -0.2475  2.3764  1.4308  313.6  205.4   85.3   24S   36W
01571 -1348 Jan 03  21:30:17  31955 -41410   32   Nx  t-   0.9948  1.0831 -0.0171  294.4    -      -     25N  172E
01572 -1348 Jun 29  04:07:11  31945 -41404   37   P   a-  -0.9846  1.0293  0.0730  248.9   59.1    -     25S   70E
01573 -1348 Nov 23  07:25:41  31937 -41399    4   N   -a  -1.2652  0.5556 -0.4826  205.5    -      -     17N   20E
01574 -1347 May 20  06:30:27  31927 -41393    9   P   -t   0.8656  1.2840  0.2557  296.6  116.1    -     16S   33E
01575 -1347 Nov 12  19:07:53  31917 -41387   14   P   -a  -0.5355  1.8688  0.8819  305.9  181.1    -     14N  156W
01576 -1346 May 09  09:41:00  31907 -41381   19   T+  pp   0.1067  2.6956  1.6295  372.6  234.4  103.6   13S   14W
01577 -1346 Nov 02  10:34:07  31898 -41375   24   T+  p-   0.1342  2.5976  1.6254  318.7  208.8   94.1   11N   28W
01578 -1345 Apr 28  10:25:28  31888 -41369   29   P   t-  -0.6558  1.6838  0.6260  335.6  176.2    -     10S   25W
01579 -1345 Oct 23  01:05:56  31878 -41363   34   P   a-   0.8263  1.3430  0.3404  282.4  124.8    -      8N  114E

01580 -1344 Mar 18  05:46:10  31870 -41358    1   N   -h   1.2763  0.5105 -0.4785  191.4    -      -      7N   50E
01581 -1344 Apr 16  15:57:02  31868 -41357   39   N   h-  -1.3770  0.3367 -0.6740  163.3    -      -      7S  107W
01582 -1344 Sep 11  18:08:19  31860 -41352    6   N   -t  -1.3312  0.4538 -0.6224  198.4    -      -     10S  139W
01583 -1343 Mar 07  20:38:48  31850 -41346   11   P   -a   0.5135  1.8925  0.9385  301.2  183.4    -     10N  173W
01584 -1343 Aug 31  18:12:52  31841 -41340   16   P   -t  -0.6458  1.7187  0.6281  344.4  178.3    -     14S  140W
01585 -1342 Feb 25  13:18:04  31831 -41334   21   T-  p-  -0.1983  2.4744  1.5133  318.7  208.5   90.4   13N   62W
01586 -1342 Aug 20  19:40:01  31821 -41328   26   T+  pp   0.0886  2.7229  1.6683  361.1  228.6  102.1   17S  162W
01587 -1341 Feb 15  03:04:22  31811 -41322   31   P   a-  -0.9502  1.1186  0.1104  270.1   75.0    -     16N   91E
01588 -1341 Aug 10  04:06:48  31801 -41316   36   P   a-   0.8133  1.3632  0.3679  286.7  130.8    -     19S   71E
01589 -1340 Jan 05  16:55:33  31793 -41311    3   N   -t   1.2138  0.6788 -0.4165  241.5    -      -     25N  119W

01590 -1340 Jun 30  11:31:56  31783 -41305    8   N   -a  -1.0375  0.9253 -0.0175  234.6    -      -     25S   42W
01591 -1340 Jul 29  18:52:09  31782 -41304   46   N   a-   1.4822  0.1149 -0.8387   90.0    -      -     20S  151W
01592 -1340 Dec 24  16:05:25  31774 -41299   13   P   -t   0.5346  1.9256  0.8294  353.4  196.6    -     24N  108W
01593 -1339 Jun 20  03:56:14  31764 -41293   18   T   -a  -0.3197  2.2542  1.2883  320.4  205.3   74.8   23S   71E
01594 -1339 Dec 13  19:07:44  31754 -41287   23   T-  p-  -0.1736  2.5650  1.5142  351.8  221.6   94.5   22N  155W
01595 -1338 Jun 09  15:34:58  31744 -41281   28   T   t-   0.4622  2.0185  1.0012  334.9  201.0    5.5   21S  104W
01596 -1338 Dec 03  05:23:53  31735 -41275   33   P   a-  -0.8442  1.3071  0.3108  277.2  118.9    -     20N   50E
01597 -1337 Apr 30  05:25:04  31727 -41270    0   Ne  -t  -1.5661  0.0193 -1.0502   43.3    -      -     12S   50E
01598 -1337 May 29  20:04:21  31725 -41269   38   N   t-   1.2682  0.5618 -0.4994  220.0    -      -     18S  171W
01599 -1337 Oct 24  09:38:41  31717 -41264    5   N   -a   1.2089  0.6276 -0.3483  201.6    -      -      9N   15W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1399 to -1300 ( 1400 BCE to 1301 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

01600 -1337 Nov 22  20:21:56  31715 -41263   43   N   a-  -1.4658  0.1542 -0.8177  103.8    -      -     16N  175W
01601 -1336 Apr 18  06:50:50  31707 -41258   10   P   -t  -0.7941  1.4251  0.3772  314.1  140.8    -      7S   29E
01602 -1336 Oct 12  23:06:50  31697 -41252   15   P   -a   0.5682  1.8237  0.8072  316.4  181.1    -      4N  144E
01603 -1335 Apr 07  14:21:05  31688 -41246   20   T+  pp   0.0034  2.8499  1.8534  340.0  221.4  102.4    2S   82W
01604 -1335 Oct 02  06:16:58  31678 -41240   25   T-  pp  -0.1343  2.6475  1.5763  363.5  227.7   99.0    1S   37E
01605 -1334 Mar 28  04:25:02  31668 -41234   30   P   a-   0.7397  1.4776  0.5232  281.9  147.5    -      3N   68E
01606 -1334 Sep 21  06:55:23  31658 -41228   35   P   t-  -0.8456  1.3556  0.2580  319.9  121.2    -      6S   28E
01607 -1333 Feb 16  12:46:45  31650 -41223    2   N   -a  -1.1356  0.7607 -0.2125  221.6    -      -     15N   55W
01608 -1333 Mar 17  21:17:51  31649 -41222   40   N   a-   1.4380  0.1945 -0.7564  116.1    -      -      8N  176E
01609 -1333 Aug 11  16:25:39  31640 -41217    7   N   -t   1.3410  0.4154 -0.6206  183.4    -      -     18S  114W

01610 -1333 Sep 10  07:07:49  31639 -41216   45   N   t-  -1.5132  0.1177 -0.9544  103.8    -      -     11S   26E
01611 -1332 Feb 06  00:51:45  31631 -41211   12   T   -a  -0.4527  2.0412  1.0135  333.2  199.6   18.2   19N  123E
01612 -1332 Jul 31  03:02:15  31621 -41205   17   P   -a   0.5483  1.8410  0.8627  308.5  182.5    -     21S   86E
01613 -1331 Jan 25  05:37:28  31611 -41199   22   T   pp   0.2731  2.3984  1.3162  366.2  224.0   82.8   22N   51E
01614 -1331 Jul 20  18:54:52  31601 -41193   27   T-  p-  -0.1873  2.4877  1.5403  315.3  207.8   91.4   23S  152W
01615 -1330 Jan 14  05:12:31  31592 -41187   32   P   t-   0.9750  1.1176  0.0211  297.4   35.8    -     24N   57E
01616 -1330 Jul 10  11:35:12  31582 -41181   37   P   a-  -0.9212  1.1477  0.1871  260.3   93.3    -     25S   43W
01617 -1330 Dec 04  15:57:40  31574 -41176    4   N   -a  -1.2615  0.5606 -0.4738  205.5    -      -     20N  109W
01618 -1329 May 31  13:09:02  31564 -41170    9   P   -t   0.9515  1.1282  0.0962  284.0   73.1    -     19S   68W
01619 -1329 Nov 24  03:58:19  31554 -41164   14   P   -a  -0.5337  1.8710  0.8860  305.3  181.1    -     18N   70E

01620 -1328 May 19  15:58:04  31545 -41158   19   T+  pp   0.1968  2.5306  1.4639  371.0  231.3   95.9   17S  110W
01621 -1328 Nov 12  19:27:16  31535 -41152   24   T+  p-   0.1340  2.5987  1.6253  319.0  208.8   94.1   15N  163W
01622 -1327 May 08  16:52:14  31525 -41146   29   P   t-  -0.5694  1.8406  0.7861  343.0  191.8    -     14S  124W
01623 -1327 Nov 02  09:44:53  31515 -41140   34   P   a-   0.8257  1.3463  0.3396  283.7  125.0    -     12N   18W
01624 -1326 Mar 29  13:12:17  31507 -41135    1   N   -a   1.3311  0.4070 -0.5762  171.8    -      -      3N   64W
01625 -1326 Apr 27  22:54:49  31506 -41134   39   N   a-  -1.2987  0.4776 -0.5279  191.0    -      -     11S  146E
01626 -1326 Sep 23  01:47:49  31498 -41129    6   N   -t  -1.3598  0.4040 -0.6777  188.8    -      -      6S  104E
01627 -1325 Mar 19  04:26:40  31488 -41123   11   P   -a   0.5667  1.7931  0.8428  296.4  176.6    -      6N   68E
01628 -1325 Sep 12  01:34:37  31478 -41117   16   P   -t  -0.6817  1.6542  0.5606  340.6  170.2    -     10S  108E
01629 -1324 Mar 07  21:12:55  31468 -41111   21   T-  p-  -0.1515  2.5598  1.5999  320.3  210.6   94.4   10N  177E

01630 -1324 Aug 31  03:10:43  31459 -41105   26   T+  pp   0.0479  2.7978  1.7429  360.5  228.6  103.3   13S   84E
01631 -1323 Feb 25  10:49:39  31449 -41099   31   P   a-  -0.9118  1.1891  0.1807  277.2   95.3    -     13N   27W
01632 -1323 Aug 20  11:54:43  31439 -41093   36   P   a-   0.7675  1.4472  0.4519  291.6  142.7    -     16S   47W
01633 -1322 Jan 16  00:38:28  31431 -41088    3   N   -t   1.2351  0.6388 -0.4548  235.4    -      -     24N  125E
01634 -1322 Jul 11  19:07:26  31422 -41082    8   N   -a  -1.1010  0.8101 -0.1352  222.3    -      -     25S  157W
01635 -1322 Aug 10  02:45:24  31420 -41081   46   N   a-   1.4326  0.2066 -0.7486  119.7    -      -     18S   90E
01636 -1321 Jan 04  23:56:45  31412 -41076   13   P   -t   0.5477  1.8995  0.8074  351.3  194.4    -     24N  134E
01637 -1321 Jul 01  11:15:59  31402 -41070   18   T   -a  -0.3907  2.1262  1.1557  318.2  200.1   57.6   24S   40W
01638 -1321 Dec 25  03:26:11  31392 -41064   23   T-  p-  -0.1670  2.5747  1.5289  350.3  221.3   95.0   23N   80E
01639 -1320 Jun 19  22:24:36  31383 -41058   28   T   t-   0.3855  2.1618  1.1395  341.5  209.5   57.2   23S  153E

01640 -1320 Dec 13  14:07:49  31373 -41052   33   P   a-  -0.8408  1.3116  0.3187  276.7  120.0    -     22N   82W
01641 -1319 Jun 09  02:25:36  31363 -41046   38   N   t-   1.1848  0.7161 -0.3475  245.2    -      -     20S   92E
01642 -1319 Nov 03  18:27:26  31355 -41041    5   N   -a   1.2122  0.6228 -0.3556  201.3    -      -     13N  149W
01643 -1319 Dec 03  05:15:37  31354 -41040   43   N   a-  -1.4660  0.1535 -0.8179  103.6    -      -     19N   50E
01644 -1318 Apr 29  13:26:08  31345 -41035   10   P   -t  -0.8725  1.2789  0.2354  301.4  113.3    -     11S   72W
01645 -1318 Oct 24  07:37:04  31336 -41029   15   P   -a   0.5743  1.8149  0.7935  317.3  180.4    -      8N   14E
01646 -1317 Apr 18  21:28:33  31326 -41023   20   T-  pp  -0.0685  2.7277  1.7367  337.9  220.3  101.2    6S  168E
01647 -1317 Oct 13  14:17:10  31316 -41017   25   T-  pp  -0.1225  2.6718  1.5954  365.3  228.5   99.8    3N   85W
01648 -1316 Apr 07  11:58:29  31307 -41011   30   P   a-   0.6755  1.5936  0.6430  288.0  160.2    -      1S   48W
01649 -1316 Oct 01  14:33:45  31297 -41005   35   P   t-  -0.8242  1.3963  0.2956  323.5  129.0    -      2S   89W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1399 to -1300 ( 1400 BCE to 1301 BCE )


                     TD of                                                               Phase          Greatest
 Cat    Calendar   Greatest          Luna Saros Ecl.                Pen.    Um.   ---- Durations ----   in Zenith
 Num      Date      Eclipse     ΔT    Num  Num  Type QSE   Gamma    Mag.    Mag.   Pen.   Par.  Total   Lat.  Lng.
                                s                                                    m      m      m

01650 -1315 Feb 26  20:45:40  31289 -41000    2   N   -a  -1.1782  0.6820 -0.2904  212.0    -      -     12N  177W
01651 -1315 Mar 28  05:00:41  31287 -40999   40   N   a-   1.3848  0.2914 -0.6581  141.0    -      -      3N   58E
01652 -1315 Aug 21  23:55:41  31279 -40994    7   N   -t   1.3807  0.3427 -0.6933  167.2    -      -     15S  132E
01653 -1315 Sep 20  14:49:53  31278 -40993   45   N   t-  -1.4839  0.1719 -0.9009  124.5    -      -      7S   92W
01654 -1314 Feb 16  08:38:47  31269 -40988   12   P   -a  -0.4896  1.9736  0.9459  331.7  195.9    -     16N    5E
01655 -1314 Aug 11  10:47:10  31260 -40982   17   P   -a   0.5960  1.7534  0.7750  303.7  175.1    -     19S   31W
01656 -1313 Feb 05  13:08:38  31250 -40976   22   T+  pp   0.2413  2.4559  1.3752  367.9  226.5   88.4   20N   62W
01657 -1313 Aug 01  02:42:53  31240 -40970   27   T-  p-  -0.1327  2.5891  1.6394  316.6  209.5   95.2   22S   90E
01658 -1312 Jan 25  12:46:34  31231 -40964   32   P   t-   0.9484  1.1643  0.0719  301.4   65.5    -     23N   57W
01659 -1312 Jul 20  19:09:34  31221 -40958   37   P   a-  -0.8638  1.2555  0.2901  269.9  114.7    -     24S  157W

01660 -1312 Dec 15  00:27:24  31213 -40953    4   N   -a  -1.2599  0.5614 -0.4688  204.8    -      -     21N  123E
01661 -1311 Jun 10  19:48:44  31203 -40947    9   N   -t   1.0353  0.9765 -0.0595  269.7    -      -     21S  169W
01662 -1311 Dec 04  12:47:19  31194 -40941   14   P   -a  -0.5335  1.8704  0.8876  304.5  180.9    -     20N   63W
01663 -1310 May 30  22:15:34  31184 -40935   19   T   pt   0.2860  2.3673  1.2997  368.1  226.2   82.3   19S  154E
01664 -1310 Nov 24  04:20:42  31174 -40929   24   T+  p-   0.1340  2.5991  1.6250  319.3  209.0   94.1   18N   63E
01665 -1309 May 19  23:17:34  31165 -40923   29   P   t-  -0.4809  2.0016  0.9499  349.2  204.3    -     17S  138E
01666 -1309 Nov 13  18:25:56  31155 -40917   34   P   a-   0.8273  1.3449  0.3349  284.6  124.6    -     16N  150W
01667 -1308 Apr 08  20:32:09  31147 -40912    1   N   -a   1.3916  0.2933 -0.6846  146.8    -      -      1S  177W
01668 -1308 May 08  05:50:48  31145 -40911   39   N   a-  -1.2177  0.6242 -0.3769  214.3    -      -     14S   40E
01669 -1308 Oct 03  09:35:09  31137 -40906    6   N   -t  -1.3814  0.3669 -0.7199  181.1    -      -      2S   15W

01670 -1307 Mar 29  12:07:49  31128 -40900   11   P   -a   0.6257  1.6831  0.7362  290.8  167.9    -      2N   50W
01671 -1307 Sep 22  09:06:57  31118 -40894   16   P   -t  -0.7091  1.6053  0.5092  337.6  163.5    -      6S    7W
01672 -1306 Mar 19  04:58:44  31108 -40888   21   T-  pp  -0.0974  2.6585  1.6995  321.7  212.4   97.7    6N   58E
01673 -1306 Sep 11  10:51:51  31099 -40882   26   T+  pp   0.0148  2.8587  1.8034  359.6  228.1  103.5    9S   33W
01674 -1305 Mar 08  18:24:32  31089 -40876   31   P   h-  -0.8657  1.2737  0.2651  285.2  114.4    -      9N  143W
01675 -1305 Aug 31  19:52:34  31079 -40870   36   P   a-   0.7290  1.5180  0.5225  295.3  151.3    -     13S  168W
01676 -1304 Jan 27  08:12:26  31071 -40865    3   N   -t   1.2633  0.5860 -0.5056  226.7    -      -     22N   11E
01677 -1304 Jul 22  02:49:06  31062 -40859    8   N   -a  -1.1594  0.7043 -0.2438  209.8    -      -     24S   87E
01678 -1304 Aug 20  10:47:39  31060 -40858   46   N   a-   1.3900  0.2858 -0.6715  139.6    -      -     15S   32W
01679 -1303 Jan 15  07:42:58  31052 -40853   13   P   -t   0.5657  1.8641  0.7766  348.5  191.4    -     24N   17E

01680 -1303 Jul 11  18:38:55  31042 -40847   18   T   -a  -0.4582  2.0047  1.0292  315.6  193.9   26.0   24S  151W
01681 -1302 Jan 04  11:42:00  31033 -40841   23   T-  p-  -0.1572  2.5900  1.5495  348.9  221.2   95.9   24N   44W
01682 -1302 Jul 01  05:15:56  31023 -40835   28   T   p-   0.3108  2.3016  1.2740  347.1  216.3   76.8   23S   49E
01683 -1302 Dec 24  22:49:06  31013 -40829   33   P   a-  -0.8350  1.3203  0.3312  276.4  121.9    -     23N  148E
01684 -1301 Jun 20  08:48:24  31004 -40823   38   N   t-   1.1024  0.8685 -0.1978  266.5    -      -     22S    5W
01685 -1301 Nov 15  03:18:13  30996 -40818    5   N   -a   1.2137  0.6209 -0.3595  201.4    -      -     17N   77E
01686 -1301 Dec 14  14:07:05  30994 -40817   43   N   a-  -1.4647  0.1555 -0.8150  104.2    -      -     21N   83W
01687 -1300 May 09  20:01:35  30986 -40812   10   P   -t  -0.9513  1.1323  0.0927  287.0   72.3    -     15S  173W
01688 -1300 Nov 03  16:09:07  30976 -40806   15   P   -a   0.5783  1.8097  0.7840  318.3  180.2    -     12N  116W


Index to Five Millennium Catolog of Lunar Eclipses

Each link below displays a web page containing 100 years of lunar eclipses. The data for each eclipse includes the date and time of greatest eclipse, Saros series, eclipse type, quincena solar eclipse parameter, gamma, eclipse magnitudes, and eclipse phase durations. Every eclipse also has links to digrams of eclipse geometry and world visibility, and Saros series tables.

Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses
Centuries
-1999 - -1900 -1899 - -1800 -1799 - -1700 -1699 - -1600 -1599 - -1500
-1499 - -1400 -1399 - -1300 -1299 - -1200 -1199 - -1100 -1099 - -1000
-0999 - -0900 -0899 - -0800 -0799 - -0700 -0699 - -0600 -0599 - -0500
-0499 - -0400 -0399 - -0300 -0299 - -0200 -0199 - -0100 -0099 - -0000
0001 - 0100 0101 - 0200 0201 - 0300 0301 - 0400 0401 - 0500
0501 - 0600 0601 - 0700 0701 - 0800 0801 - 0900 0901 - 1000
1001-1100 1101-1200 1201-1300 1301-1400 1401-1500
1501-1600 1601-1700 1701-1800 1801-1900 1901-2000
2001-2100 2101-2200 2201-2300 2301-2400 2401-2500
2501-2600 2601-2700 2701-2800 2801-2900 2901-3000

These web pages are part of the Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000


Calendar

The Gregorian calendar is used for all dates from 1582 Oct 15 onwards. Before that date, the Julian calendar is used. For more information on this topic, see Calendar Dates. The Julian calendar does not include the year 0. Thus the year 1 BCE is followed by the year 1 CE (See: BCE/CE Dating Conventions ). This is awkward for arithmetic calculations. Years in this catalog are numbered astronomically and include the year 0. Historians should note there is a difference of one year between astronomical dates and BCE dates. Thus, the astronomical year 0 corresponds to 1 BCE, and astronomical year -1 corresponds to 2 BCE, etc..


Predictions

Lunar eclipse predictions must take into account the enlargement of Earth's shadows. In this Catalog, Earth's penumbral and umbral shadow sizes have been calculated using Danjon's enlargement method.

The coordinates of the Sun used in the predictions are based on the VSOP87 theory [Bretagnon and Francou, 1988]. The Moon's coordinates are based on the ELP-2000/82 theory [Chapront-Touze and Chapront, 1983]. For more information, see: Solar and Lunar Ephemerides. The revised value used for the Moon's secular acceleration is n-dot = -25.858 arc-sec/cy*cy, as deduced from the Apollo lunar laser ranging experiment (Chapront, Chapront-Touze, and Francou, 2002).

The largest uncertainty in the eclipse predictions is caused by fluctuations in Earth's rotation due primarily to tidal friction of the Moon. The resultant drift in apparent clock time is expressed as ΔT and is determined as follows:

  1. pre-1950's: ΔT calculated from empirical fits to historical records derived by Morrison and Stephenson (2004)
  2. 1955-2006: ΔT obtained from published observations
  3. Post-2006: ΔT is extrapolated from current values weighted by the long term trend from tidal effects

A series of polynomial expressions have been derived to simplify the evaluation of ΔT for any time from -1999 to +3000. The uncertainty in ΔT over this period can be estimated from scatter in the measurements.


Acknowledgments

The data presented here were previously published in:

Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (NASA TP-2009-214172)
Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (NASA TP-2009-214173)

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC) "


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