Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses

-1799 to -1700 ( 1800 BCE to 1701 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: -1799 to -1700 ( 1800 BCE to 1701 BCE)

During the 18th century BCE[1], Earth experienced 254 lunar eclipses. The following table shows the number of eclipses of each type over this period.

Lunar Eclipses: -1799 - -1700
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 254100.0%
PenumbralN 94 37.0%
PartialP 99 39.0%
TotalT 61 24.0%

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

The statistical distribution of these classes during the 18th century BCE appears in the following table.

Total Eclipses
Classification Number Percent
All 61100.0%
Central 49 80.3%
Non-Central 12 19.7%

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: 62
                           Number of Years with 3 Eclipses: 24
                           Number of Years with 4 Eclipses: 12
                           Number of Years with 5 Lunar Eclipses:  2  (-1796-1731)

                 Two lunar eclipses in same month:   -1796 Jul 02  &  -1796 Jul 31
                 Two lunar eclipses in same month:   -1785 Jun 01  &  -1785 Jun 30
                 Two lunar eclipses in same month:   -1774 May 01  &  -1774 May 30
                 Two lunar eclipses in same month:   -1706 Mar 01  &  -1706 Mar 30

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


     1 Saros Series' begin (Year/Saros):  -1774/ 31 
     2 Saros Series' end   (Year/Saros):  -1782/-16 -1771/-15 

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:   -1798 Feb 26    Duration = 01h45m55s
              Shortest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -1719 May 23    Duration = 00h22m19s

               Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1754 Apr 20    Duration = 03h21m47s
              Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1746 May 21    Duration = 00h52m09s

               Largest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -1769 Feb 06    Umbra Magnitude = 1.8680
              Smallest  Total  Lunar Eclipse:   -1719 May 23    Umbra Magnitude = 1.0201

               Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1725 Mar 31    Umbra Magnitude = 0.9708
              Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse:   -1746 May 21    Umbra Magnitude = 0.0527

             Largest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -1727 Apr 21     Pen. Magnitude = 0.9706
            Smallest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse:   -1774 May 30     Pen. Magnitude = 0.0130

A total penumbral eclipse in one in which the entire Moon passes through the penumbra but misses the umbral shadow. No total penumbral eclipses occur during the century.

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: -1799 to -1700 ( 1800 BCE to 1701 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

00498 -1799 Mar 09  18:46:06  41704 -46986   -6   P   -t  -0.7436  1.5267  0.4607  325.9  155.0    -     10N  104W
00499 -1799 Sep 02  07:17:36  41693 -46980   -1   P   -a   0.7422  1.4761  0.5157  279.7  145.2    -     13S   65E
00500 -1798 Feb 26  19:03:40  41682 -46974    4   T-  pp  -0.0120  2.8769  1.7958  375.5  235.5  105.9   14N  107W
00501 -1798 Aug 22  23:21:06  41671 -46968    9   T+  pp   0.0523  2.7484  1.7754  324.9  213.6   99.0   17S  176W
00502 -1797 Feb 15  21:20:35  41660 -46962   14   P   h-   0.7146  1.5707  0.5230  319.4  159.6    -     18N  141W
00503 -1797 Aug 12  11:39:35  41648 -46956   19   P   t-  -0.6985  1.5865  0.5662  310.1  160.9    -     21S    1W
00504 -1796 Jan 06  19:52:12  41639 -46951  -14   N   -a  -1.2929  0.4754 -0.5044  179.8    -      -     23N  122W
00505 -1796 Feb 05  06:31:39  41637 -46950   24   N   a-   1.3853  0.3134 -0.6814  152.2    -      -     22N   80E
00506 -1796 Jul 02  01:36:07  41628 -46945   -9   N   -t   1.3864  0.3506 -0.7218  178.8    -      -     22S  148E
00507 -1796 Jul 31  17:01:15  41626 -46944   29   N   t-  -1.4851  0.1672 -0.9007  123.9    -      -     23S   82W

00508 -1796 Dec 26  11:34:15  41617 -46939   -4   P   -a  -0.6131  1.7172  0.7484  293.6  168.5    -     23N    1E
00509 -1795 Jun 21  02:19:43  41606 -46933    1   P   -t   0.6299  1.7308  0.6740  337.3  180.9    -     22S  136E
00510 -1795 Dec 16  02:10:11  41594 -46927    6   T+  pp   0.0600  2.7493  1.7464  333.1  216.1   99.0   22N  140E
00511 -1794 Jun 10  08:23:06  41583 -46921   11   T-  pp  -0.1621  2.5630  1.5580  343.0  220.8   96.7   21S   45E
00512 -1794 Dec 05  11:14:06  41572 -46915   16   P   h-   0.7871  1.4449  0.3831  310.7  139.0    -     21N    3E
00513 -1793 May 30  21:32:54  41561 -46909   21   P   a-  -0.9050  1.1746  0.2195  262.2  100.6    -     19S  153W
00514 -1793 Oct 25  17:27:27  41552 -46904  -12   N   -t  -1.5586  0.0513 -1.0544   70.8    -      -      6N   90W
00515 -1793 Nov 24  13:01:07  41550 -46903   26   N   t-   1.5041  0.1506 -0.9537  120.0    -      -     19N   25W
00516 -1792 Apr 20  07:54:23  41540 -46898   -7   P   -a   0.8751  1.2271  0.2769  264.5  111.4    -      5S   55E
00517 -1792 Oct 13  18:19:09  41529 -46892   -2   P   -t  -0.8500  1.3333  0.2638  305.6  118.5    -      2N  103W

00518 -1791 Apr 09  22:02:55  41518 -46886    3   T+  pp   0.1373  2.6041  1.6078  339.1  219.6   98.0    1S  156W
00519 -1791 Oct 03  02:13:16  41507 -46880    8   T-  pp  -0.1137  2.6543  1.6445  336.2  216.8   97.4    2S  139E
00520 -1790 Mar 30  05:23:07  41496 -46874   13   P   t-  -0.6532  1.6855  0.6338  331.9  175.4    -      2N   94E
00521 -1790 Sep 22  16:17:48  41485 -46868   18   P   a-   0.5716  1.7934  0.8246  297.9  175.1    -      6S   72W
00522 -1789 Feb 17  14:23:07  41475 -46863  -15   N   -t   1.4885  0.1659 -0.9120  124.4    -      -     18N   37W
00523 -1789 Mar 19  06:32:35  41473 -46862   23   N   t-  -1.4150  0.3002 -0.7767  166.6    -      -      6N   78E
00524 -1789 Aug 13  22:30:16  41464 -46857  -10   N   -a  -1.3894  0.2995 -0.6828  147.3    -      -     21S  164W
00525 -1789 Sep 12  08:18:41  41462 -46856   28   N   a-   1.2484  0.5526 -0.4185  191.0    -      -      9S   48E
00526 -1788 Feb 06  18:18:04  41453 -46851   -5   P   -t   0.7184  1.5572  0.5227  312.6  157.2    -     21N   97W
00527 -1788 Aug 02  09:09:00  41442 -46845    0   P   -a  -0.7119  1.5687  0.5350  315.1  159.7    -     22S   36E

00528 -1787 Jan 26  05:18:27  41431 -46839    5   T-  pp  -0.0306  2.7937  1.8099  328.4  215.0   99.6   22N   97E
00529 -1787 Jul 22  12:41:32  41420 -46833   10   T+  pp   0.0264  2.8467  1.7731  373.3  234.8  105.8   23S   18W
00530 -1786 Jan 15  20:48:49  41408 -46827   15   P   a-  -0.7139  1.5295  0.5663  282.9  150.9    -     23N  137W
00531 -1786 Jul 11  12:57:00  41397 -46821   20   P   t-   0.7696  1.4804  0.4119  324.7  148.5    -     23S   23W
00532 -1786 Dec 07  00:06:45  41388 -46816  -13   N   -a   1.3349  0.4185 -0.6014  177.0    -      -     22N  169E
00533 -1785 Jan 05  12:16:15  41386 -46815   25   N   a-  -1.4098  0.2650 -0.7229  138.2    -      -     22N   10W
00534 -1785 Jun 01  07:02:08  41377 -46810   -8   N   -h  -1.1832  0.6809 -0.3073  219.1    -      -     20S   64E
00535 -1785 Jun 30  17:19:23  41375 -46809   30   N   h-   1.4759  0.1602 -0.8605  115.6    -      -     22S   89W
00536 -1785 Nov 26  07:02:14  41366 -46804   -3   P   -h   0.6971  1.6183  0.5400  328.4  163.4    -     19N   65E
00537 -1784 May 20  21:43:09  41355 -46798    2   T   -a  -0.3928  2.1101  1.1640  309.2  196.7   58.0   16S  156W

00538 -1784 Nov 14  07:15:24  41343 -46792    7   T+  pp   0.0259  2.8649  1.7571  379.5  235.1  104.7   14N   61E
00539 -1783 May 10  15:01:12  41332 -46786   12   T   p-   0.3488  2.1895  1.2460  310.4  199.8   69.0   12S   55W
00540 -1783 Nov 03  06:59:54  41321 -46780   17   P   h-  -0.6460  1.7149  0.6309  336.4  174.9    -     10N   65E
00541 -1782 Mar 31  20:21:55  41312 -46775  -16   Ne  -h  -1.5119  0.0908 -0.9234   86.9    -      -      1N  132W
00542 -1782 Apr 30  06:15:29  41310 -46774   22   N   h-   1.1312  0.7731 -0.2088  229.4    -      -      8S   78E
00543 -1782 Sep 24  00:31:09  41301 -46769  -11   N   -a   1.4703  0.1564 -0.8365  107.9    -      -      5S  164E
00544 -1782 Oct 23  13:00:22  41299 -46768   27   N   a-  -1.2883  0.5075 -0.5192  194.8    -      -      5N   24W
00545 -1781 Mar 21  01:35:12  41290 -46763   -6   P   -t  -0.8109  1.4029  0.3377  317.5  135.5    -      6N  151E
00546 -1781 Sep 13  15:41:55  41278 -46757   -1   P   -a   0.7653  1.4350  0.4720  277.2  139.8    -      9S   63W
00547 -1780 Mar 09  01:55:13  41267 -46751    4   T-  pp  -0.0724  2.7637  1.6871  374.2  234.8  104.7   11N  147E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1799 to -1700 ( 1800 BCE to 1701 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

00548 -1780 Sep 02  07:30:28  41256 -46745    9   T+  -p   0.0832  2.6943  1.7159  325.8  213.5   98.0   14S   60E
00549 -1779 Feb 26  04:41:16  41245 -46739   14   P   h-   0.6646  1.6591  0.6182  323.2  170.4    -     15N  106E
00550 -1779 Aug 22  19:18:32  41234 -46733   19   P   t-  -0.6603  1.6600  0.6330  316.0  168.8    -     18S  117W
00551 -1778 Jan 17  04:19:46  41225 -46728  -14   N   -a  -1.3073  0.4466 -0.5286  174.3    -      -     22N  110E
00552 -1778 Feb 15  14:27:35  41223 -46727   24   N   a-   1.3462  0.3820 -0.6066  166.2    -      -     19N   40W
00553 -1778 Jul 13  08:10:29  41214 -46722   -9   N   -t   1.4594  0.2183 -0.8575  143.0    -      -     23S   48E
00554 -1778 Aug 12  00:05:28  41212 -46721   29   N   t-  -1.4359  0.2602 -0.8133  153.7    -      -     21S  171E
00555 -1777 Jan 06  20:13:25  41202 -46716   -4   P   -a  -0.6255  1.6936  0.7264  292.5  166.7    -     23N  129W
00556 -1777 Jul 02  08:56:57  41191 -46710    1   P   -t   0.7058  1.5914  0.5349  328.2  164.5    -     23S   36E
00557 -1777 Dec 27  10:45:26  41180 -46704    6   T+  pp   0.0540  2.7608  1.7571  334.1  216.7   99.4   24N   11E

00558 -1776 Jun 20  15:22:56  41169 -46698   11   T-  pp  -0.0855  2.7026  1.6997  342.9  222.2  101.2   23S   62W
00559 -1776 Dec 15  19:31:04  41158 -46692   16   P   t-   0.7851  1.4493  0.3860  312.0  139.9    -     23N  122W
00560 -1775 Jun 10  04:52:44  41147 -46686   21   P   a-  -0.8297  1.3122  0.3584  272.1  125.7    -     22S   95E
00561 -1775 Nov 05  01:26:57  41138 -46681  -12   N   -t  -1.5629  0.0436 -1.0625   65.3    -      -     10N  148E
00562 -1775 Dec 04  21:01:40  41136 -46680   26   N   t-   1.5007  0.1569 -0.9473  122.6    -      -     22N  146W
00563 -1774 May 01  15:16:31  41126 -46675   -7   P   -a   0.9497  1.0906  0.1395  253.7   80.8    -      9S   58W
00564 -1774 May 30  21:59:04  41125 -46674   31   Nb  a-  -1.5341  0.0130 -0.9275   30.4    -      -     20S  162W
00565 -1774 Oct 25  02:32:02  41115 -46669   -2   P   -t  -0.8533  1.3267  0.2584  304.2  117.1    -      6N  132E
00566 -1773 Apr 21  05:08:26  41104 -46663    3   T+  -p   0.2119  2.4683  1.4700  338.7  217.5   91.6    5S   94E
00567 -1773 Oct 14  10:44:03  41093 -46657    8   T-  pp  -0.1217  2.6391  1.6302  335.0  216.0   96.7    2N    9E

00568 -1772 Apr 09  12:04:16  41082 -46651   13   P   t-  -0.5785  1.8227  0.7705  340.2  189.4    -      2S    9W
00569 -1772 Oct 03  00:55:31  41071 -46645   18   P   a-   0.5580  1.8191  0.8489  298.8  176.7    -      2S  156E
00570 -1771 Feb 27  21:25:14  41062 -46640  -15   Ne  -t   1.5389  0.0708 -1.0017   81.7    -      -     15N  145W
00571 -1771 Mar 29  13:06:10  41060 -46639   23   N   t-  -1.3417  0.4333 -0.6406  197.5    -      -      2N   24W
00572 -1771 Aug 24  06:27:42  41051 -46634  -10   N   -a  -1.4294  0.2292 -0.7591  130.2    -      -     18S   76E
00573 -1771 Sep 22  16:46:43  41049 -46633   28   N   a-   1.2324  0.5842 -0.3913  196.3    -      -      5S   81W
00574 -1770 Feb 17  01:54:18  41039 -46628   -5   P   -t   0.7570  1.4828  0.4551  306.2  147.8    -     18N  148E
00575 -1770 Aug 13  16:33:08  41028 -46622    0   P   -a  -0.7619  1.4803  0.4398  310.8  147.4    -     20S   76W
00576 -1769 Feb 06  13:26:34  41017 -46616    5   T+  pp   0.0004  2.8463  1.8680  327.1  214.7   99.8   20N   26W
00577 -1769 Aug 02  19:33:51  41006 -46610   10   T-  pp  -0.0346  2.8339  1.7555  374.3  235.0  105.5   22S  122W

00578 -1768 Jan 27  05:14:46  40995 -46604   15   P   a-  -0.6914  1.5693  0.6090  285.0  155.4    -     21N   96E
00579 -1768 Jul 21  19:42:06  40984 -46598   20   P   t-   0.7003  1.6081  0.5384  332.9  166.2    -     23S  125W
00580 -1768 Dec 17  08:40:32  40975 -46593  -13   N   -a   1.3411  0.4078 -0.6136  175.5    -      -     24N   40E
00581 -1767 Jan 15  20:42:47  40973 -46592   25   N   a-  -1.3980  0.2865 -0.7011  143.8    -      -     22N  137W
00582 -1767 Jun 11  14:06:43  40964 -46587   -8   N   -h  -1.2532  0.5512 -0.4346  198.8    -      -     22S   44W
00583 -1767 Jul 11  00:23:39  40962 -46586   30   N   h-   1.4050  0.2898 -0.7299  153.1    -      -     23S  163E
00584 -1767 Dec 06  15:15:25  40953 -46581   -3   P   -h   0.7004  1.6130  0.5331  329.0  162.9    -     21N   59W
00585 -1766 Jun 01  05:04:33  40941 -46575    2   T   -a  -0.4665  1.9742  1.0292  304.2  189.4   25.4   19S   92E
00586 -1766 Nov 25  15:17:28  40930 -46569    7   T+  pp   0.0280  2.8609  1.7533  379.5  235.1  104.7   18N   61W
00587 -1765 May 21  22:22:53  40919 -46563   12   T   p-   0.2745  2.3263  1.3816  314.1  204.9   82.1   16S  168W

00588 -1765 Nov 14  15:12:57  40908 -46557   17   P   h-  -0.6439  1.7178  0.6358  335.6  175.0    -     14N   60W
00589 -1764 May 10  13:20:30  40897 -46551   22   N   h-   1.0599  0.9053 -0.0794  245.9    -      -     12S   31W
00590 -1764 Oct 04  09:02:08  40888 -46546  -11   N   -a   1.4771  0.1439 -0.8488  103.4    -      -      0S   34E
00591 -1764 Nov 02  21:35:07  40886 -46545   27   N   a-  -1.2844  0.5136 -0.5110  195.2    -      -      9N  155W
00592 -1763 Mar 31  08:15:18  40877 -46540   -6   P   -t  -0.8845  1.2675  0.2030  307.0  107.4    -      1N   49E
00593 -1763 Sep 24  00:14:04  40866 -46534   -1   P   -a   0.7820  1.4055  0.4401  275.3  135.6    -      5S  166E
00594 -1762 Mar 20  08:39:14  40855 -46528    4   T-  pp  -0.1392  2.6391  1.5666  372.2  232.9  100.9    6N   44E
00595 -1762 Sep 13  15:47:21  40844 -46522    9   T+  -p   0.1073  2.6527  1.6691  326.7  213.3   96.9   10S   66W
00596 -1761 Mar 09  11:55:41  40833 -46516   14   P   h-   0.6083  1.7591  0.7246  327.1  180.7    -     11N    4W
00597 -1761 Sep 03  03:05:25  40821 -46510   19   P   t-  -0.6295  1.7199  0.6862  320.8  174.8    -     14S  125E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1799 to -1700 ( 1800 BCE to 1701 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

00598 -1760 Jan 28  12:39:40  40812 -46505  -14   N   -a  -1.3284  0.4056 -0.5649  166.3    -      -     20N   16W
00599 -1760 Feb 26  22:15:48  40810 -46504   24   N   a-   1.3002  0.4634 -0.5192  180.9    -      -     16N  159W
00600 -1760 Jul 23  14:51:58  40801 -46499   -9   N   -t   1.5259  0.0980 -0.9814   97.0    -      -     22S   53W
00601 -1760 Aug 22  07:17:57  40799 -46498   29   N   t-  -1.3937  0.3405 -0.7385  175.2    -      -     18S   62E
00602 -1759 Jan 17  04:44:54  40790 -46493   -4   P   -a  -0.6441  1.6587  0.6933  290.9  164.0    -     23N  102E
00603 -1759 Jul 12  15:42:26  40779 -46487    1   P   -t   0.7753  1.4639  0.4073  318.8  146.1    -     23S   67W
00604 -1758 Jan 06  19:11:58  40768 -46481    6   T+  pp   0.0416  2.7837  1.7796  335.2  217.4  100.0   24N  116W
00605 -1758 Jul 01  22:30:36  40757 -46475   11   T-  pp  -0.0144  2.8322  1.8309  342.0  222.2  102.5   24S  170W
00606 -1758 Dec 27  03:41:34  40746 -46469   16   P   t-   0.7791  1.4608  0.3967  313.7  142.0    -     24N  115E
00607 -1757 Jun 21  12:16:23  40735 -46463   21   P   a-  -0.7570  1.4453  0.4921  280.5  144.1    -     23S   17W

00608 -1757 Nov 16  09:29:33  40726 -46458  -12   N   -t  -1.5647  0.0401 -1.0656   62.6    -      -     14N   26E
00609 -1757 Dec 16  04:59:34  40724 -46457   26   N   t-   1.4953  0.1663 -0.9372  126.1    -      -     24N   94E
00610 -1756 May 11  22:34:52  40715 -46452   -7   N   -a   1.0266  0.9504 -0.0023  241.0    -      -     12S  170W
00611 -1756 Jun 10  05:23:17  40713 -46451   31   N   a-  -1.4647  0.1411 -0.8010   99.1    -      -     22S   86E
00612 -1756 Nov 04  10:50:47  40704 -46446   -2   P   -t  -0.8528  1.3266  0.2602  303.2  117.1    -     10N    5E
00613 -1755 May 01  12:06:30  40692 -46440    3   T   -a   0.2916  2.3232  1.3224  337.3  213.7   80.5    9S   13W
00614 -1755 Oct 24  19:21:55  40681 -46434    8   T-  pp  -0.1247  2.6330  1.6254  333.9  215.4   96.3    7N  123W
00615 -1754 Apr 20  18:38:47  40670 -46428   13   P   t-  -0.4989  1.9693  0.9161  347.9  201.8    -      6S  110W
00616 -1754 Oct 14  09:39:21  40659 -46422   18   P   a-   0.5493  1.8356  0.8642  299.4  177.7    -      3N   23E
00617 -1753 Apr 09  19:35:43  40648 -46416   23   N   t-  -1.2645  0.5736 -0.4975  224.0    -      -      2S  124W

00618 -1753 Sep 04  14:32:10  40639 -46411  -10   N   -a  -1.4630  0.1706 -0.8237  113.4    -      -     15S   47W
00619 -1753 Oct 04  01:20:51  40637 -46410   28   N   a-   1.2219  0.6056 -0.3741  199.9    -      -      1S  148E
00620 -1752 Feb 28  09:24:50  40628 -46405   -5   P   -t   0.8012  1.3984  0.3774  298.7  135.7    -     15N   33E
00621 -1752 Aug 24  00:03:32  40617 -46399    0   P   -a  -0.8059  1.4029  0.3558  306.8  134.7    -     17S  169E
00622 -1751 Feb 16  21:28:04  40606 -46393    5   T+  pp   0.0376  2.7753  1.8025  325.7  214.3   99.5   17N  148W
00623 -1751 Aug 13  02:34:35  40595 -46387   10   T-  pp  -0.0887  2.7371  1.6540  374.8  234.3  103.6   20S  131E
00624 -1750 Feb 06  13:31:39  40584 -46381   15   P   a-  -0.6613  1.6232  0.6656  287.8  161.1    -     19N   29W
00625 -1750 Aug 02  02:38:15  40573 -46375   20   P   t-   0.6390  1.7213  0.6503  339.2  179.0    -     21S  130E
00626 -1750 Dec 28  17:07:22  40564 -46370  -13   N   -a   1.3528  0.3870 -0.6355  171.8    -      -     25N   87W
00627 -1749 Jan 27  05:00:17  40562 -46369   25   N   a-  -1.3793  0.3206 -0.6666  152.0    -      -     21N   98E

00628 -1749 Jun 22  21:17:33  40553 -46364   -8   N   -h  -1.3189  0.4297 -0.5543  176.9    -      -     24S  153W
00629 -1749 Jul 22  07:37:06  40551 -46363   30   N   h-   1.3400  0.4086 -0.6103  179.2    -      -     22S   54E
00630 -1749 Dec 17  23:23:10  40542 -46358   -3   P   -h   0.7078  1.6000  0.5192  329.0  161.5    -     23N  178E
00631 -1748 Jun 11  12:28:41  40531 -46352    2   P   -a  -0.5386  1.8419  0.8971  298.6  180.8    -     22S   21W
00632 -1748 Dec 05  23:16:41  40520 -46346    7   T+  pp   0.0323  2.8524  1.7459  379.3  235.1  104.7   21N  178E
00633 -1747 Jun 01  05:43:31  40508 -46340   12   T+  p-   0.1997  2.4646  1.5178  317.2  208.9   91.0   19S   80E
00634 -1747 Nov 24  23:27:10  40498 -46334   17   P   h-  -0.6419  1.7200  0.6409  334.7  175.2    -     17N  175E
00635 -1746 May 21  20:22:41  40486 -46328   22   P   h-   0.9870  1.0409  0.0527  261.1   52.1    -     15S  139W
00636 -1746 Oct 15  17:40:14  40477 -46323  -11   N   -a   1.4790  0.1401 -0.8522  101.8    -      -      4N   98W
00637 -1746 Nov 14  06:12:38  40475 -46322   27   N   a-  -1.2819  0.5169 -0.5051  195.1    -      -     13N   74E

00638 -1745 Apr 11  14:47:59  40466 -46317   -6   P   -t  -0.9633  1.1227  0.0586  294.0   59.0    -      3S   53W
00639 -1745 Oct 05  08:53:51  40455 -46311   -1   P   -a   0.7928  1.3869  0.4193  274.2  132.7    -      1S   34E
00640 -1744 Mar 30  15:15:32  40444 -46305    4   T-  pp  -0.2128  2.5020  1.4337  369.3  229.6   93.5    2N   58W
00641 -1744 Sep 24  00:11:36  40433 -46299    9   T+  -p   0.1248  2.6233  1.6346  327.7  213.2   96.0    6S  165E
00642 -1743 Mar 19  19:03:16  40422 -46293   14   P   h-   0.5453  1.8716  0.8435  330.9  190.4    -      7N  114W
00643 -1743 Sep 13  11:00:00  40411 -46287   19   P   t-  -0.6058  1.7667  0.7264  324.8  179.1    -     10S    4E
00644 -1742 Feb 07  20:52:02  40402 -46282  -14   N   -a  -1.3560  0.3525 -0.6133  155.4    -      -     18N  140W
00645 -1742 Mar 09  05:57:07  40400 -46281   24   N   a-   1.2478  0.5567 -0.4201  195.7    -      -     12N   84E
00646 -1742 Sep 02  14:39:33  40389 -46275   29   N   t-  -1.3588  0.4073 -0.6771  191.0    -      -     15S   51W
00647 -1741 Jan 28  13:09:56  40380 -46270   -4   P   -a  -0.6678  1.6142  0.6508  288.7  160.1    -     21N   25W


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1799 to -1700 ( 1800 BCE to 1701 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

00648 -1741 Jul 23  22:35:57  40369 -46264    1   P   -t   0.8388  1.3475  0.2907  309.2  125.3    -     22S  171W
00649 -1740 Jan 18  03:32:07  40358 -46258    6   T+  pp   0.0246  2.8149  1.8106  336.3  218.2  100.5   23N  118E
00650 -1740 Jul 12  05:45:25  40347 -46252   11   T+  pp   0.0515  2.7636  1.7634  340.5  221.2  101.7   24S   81E
00651 -1739 Jan 06  11:44:12  40336 -46246   16   P   t-   0.7671  1.4828  0.4185  316.2  145.7    -     25N    6W
00652 -1739 Jul 01  19:45:44  40325 -46240   21   P   a-  -0.6884  1.5712  0.6181  287.5  158.0    -     24S  130W
00653 -1739 Nov 26  17:31:36  40316 -46235  -12   N   -t  -1.5671  0.0350 -1.0693   58.5    -      -     17N   96W
00654 -1739 Dec 26  12:50:54  40314 -46234   26   N   t-   1.4848  0.1848 -0.9172  132.8    -      -     25N   24W
00655 -1738 May 23  05:53:10  40305 -46229   -7   N   -a   1.1032  0.8110 -0.1440  226.6    -      -     16S   78E
00656 -1738 Jun 21  12:51:55  40303 -46228   31   N   a-  -1.3987  0.2635 -0.6810  134.1    -      -     24S   28W
00657 -1738 Nov 15  19:10:36  40294 -46223   -2   P   -t  -0.8522  1.3265  0.2627  302.1  117.3    -     14N  122W

00658 -1737 May 12  19:02:34  40283 -46217    3   T   -a   0.3720  2.1773  1.1734  334.9  208.2   62.3   13S  120W
00659 -1737 Nov 05  04:03:35  40272 -46211    8   T-  pp  -0.1252  2.6312  1.6254  332.8  214.8   96.1   11N  105E
00660 -1736 May 01  01:06:59  40261 -46205   13   T   t-  -0.4147  2.1245  1.0701  354.9  212.4   42.6   10S  150E
00661 -1736 Oct 24  18:28:29  40250 -46199   18   P   a-   0.5449  1.8441  0.8720  299.6  178.1    -      7N  112W
00662 -1735 Apr 20  01:58:14  40239 -46193   23   N   t-  -1.1811  0.7253 -0.3433  247.8    -      -      6S  138E
00663 -1735 Sep 14  22:45:05  40230 -46188  -10   N   -a  -1.4895  0.1250 -0.8752   97.8    -      -     11S  173W
00664 -1735 Oct 14  10:01:17  40228 -46187   28   N   a-   1.2169  0.6167 -0.3667  202.1    -      -      4N   15E
00665 -1734 Mar 10  16:46:27  40219 -46182   -5   P   -t   0.8536  1.2989  0.2845  289.8  119.1    -     11N   80W
00666 -1734 Sep 04  07:43:13  40208 -46176    0   P   -a  -0.8415  1.3410  0.2873  303.5  122.6    -     14S   53E
00667 -1733 Feb 28  05:21:35  40197 -46170    5   T+  pp   0.0822  2.6907  1.7232  324.1  213.4   98.4   14N   92E

00668 -1733 Aug 24  09:43:25  40186 -46164   10   T-  pp  -0.1359  2.6529  1.5652  375.0  233.1  100.6   17S   22E
00669 -1732 Feb 17  21:40:58  40175 -46158   15   P   a-  -0.6249  1.6885  0.7336  291.1  167.3    -     16N  153W
00670 -1732 Aug 12  09:43:34  40164 -46152   20   P   t-   0.5841  1.8227  0.7502  344.1  188.6    -     19S   22E
00671 -1731 Jan 08  01:27:15  40155 -46147  -13   N   -a   1.3692  0.3571 -0.6660  166.0    -      -     25N  148E
00672 -1731 Feb 06  13:08:18  40153 -46146   25   N   a-  -1.3539  0.3670 -0.6198  162.3    -      -     19N   25W
00673 -1731 Jul 03  04:33:36  40144 -46141   -8   N   -a  -1.3812  0.3149 -0.6678  152.6    -      -     25S   97E
00674 -1731 Aug 01  14:59:46  40142 -46140   30   N   a-   1.2813  0.5161 -0.5023  198.6    -      -     21S   58W
00675 -1731 Dec 28  07:25:21  40133 -46135   -3   P   -t   0.7190  1.5795  0.4985  328.5  159.2    -     24N   57E
00676 -1730 Jun 22  19:56:47  40122 -46129    2   P   -a  -0.6074  1.7156  0.7706  292.6  171.0    -     24S  134W
00677 -1730 Dec 17  07:12:40  40111 -46123    7   T+  pp   0.0394  2.8384  1.7338  379.0  235.1  104.6   23N   59E

00678 -1729 Jun 12  13:06:26  40100 -46117   12   T+  pp   0.1272  2.5991  1.6496  319.6  211.6   96.4   21S   32W
00679 -1729 Dec 06  07:41:29  40089 -46111   17   P   a-  -0.6393  1.7231  0.6475  333.7  175.5    -     20N   51E
00680 -1728 Jun 01  03:23:00  40078 -46105   22   P   t-   0.9133  1.1781  0.1859  274.8   96.5    -     18S  114E
00681 -1728 Oct 26  02:23:24  40069 -46100  -11   N   -a   1.4777  0.1421 -0.8493  102.3    -      -      9N  129E
00682 -1728 Nov 24  14:51:35  40067 -46099   27   N   a-  -1.2799  0.5188 -0.5000  194.7    -      -     16N   58W
00683 -1727 Apr 21  21:14:40  40058 -46094   -6   N   -t  -1.0462  0.9706 -0.0935  278.2    -      -      7S  152W
00684 -1727 Oct 15  17:38:49  40047 -46088   -1   P   -a   0.7994  1.3758  0.4062  273.6  130.9    -      4N  100W
00685 -1726 Apr 10  21:47:07  40036 -46082    4   T   pp  -0.2905  2.3573  1.2929  365.3  224.6   81.1    2S  159W
00686 -1726 Oct 05  08:42:15  40025 -46076    9   T+  -p   0.1365  2.6043  1.6107  328.7  213.2   95.3    1S   35E
00687 -1725 Mar 31  02:06:25  40014 -46070   14   P   a-   0.4775  1.9929  0.9708  334.4  199.0    -      3N  138E

00688 -1725 Sep 24  19:00:40  40003 -46064   19   P   t-  -0.5880  1.8025  0.7560  328.2  182.3    -      6S  119W
00689 -1724 Feb 19  04:56:39  39994 -46059  -14   N   -a  -1.3902  0.2874 -0.6737  140.8    -      -     15N   97E
00690 -1724 Mar 19  13:32:13  39992 -46058   24   N   a-   1.1895  0.6607 -0.3106  210.2    -      -      8N   33W
00691 -1724 Sep 12  22:09:51  39981 -46052   29   N   t-  -1.3312  0.4604 -0.6290  202.6    -      -     11S  165W
00692 -1723 Feb 07  21:24:26  39972 -46047   -4   P   -a  -0.6999  1.5542  0.5927  285.6  154.4    -     19N  150W
00693 -1723 Aug 03  05:40:26  39961 -46041    1   P   -t   0.8939  1.2467  0.1893  300.0  102.4    -     21S   82E
00694 -1722 Jan 28  11:41:42  39950 -46035    6   T-  pp  -0.0002  2.8598  1.8555  337.3  218.9  101.0   22N    5W
00695 -1722 Jul 23  13:09:47  39939 -46029   11   T+  pp   0.1105  2.6550  1.6554  338.6  219.4   99.1   23S   31W
00696 -1721 Jan 17  19:37:38  39928 -46023   16   P   t-   0.7485  1.5169  0.4526  319.4  151.2    -     24N  125W
00697 -1721 Jul 13  03:21:41  39917 -46017   21   P   a-  -0.6249  1.6879  0.7343  293.3  168.7    -     24S  115E


Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1799 to -1700 ( 1800 BCE to 1701 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

00698 -1721 Dec 08  01:33:28  39908 -46012  -12   N   -t  -1.5697  0.0292 -1.0731   53.3    -      -     20N  142E
00699 -1720 Jan 06  20:36:26  39906 -46011   26   N   t-   1.4697  0.2113 -0.8883  141.6    -      -     25N  141W
00700 -1720 Jun 02  13:08:58  39897 -46006   -7   N   -a   1.1809  0.6699 -0.2880  209.5    -      -     18S   33W
00701 -1720 Jul 01  20:22:29  39895 -46005   31   N   a-  -1.3346  0.3825 -0.5649  160.0    -      -     25S  141W
00702 -1720 Nov 26  03:33:39  39886 -46000   -2   P   -h  -0.8497  1.3293  0.2689  301.2  118.2    -     17N  111E
00703 -1719 May 23  01:54:21  39875 -45994    3   T   -a   0.4546  2.0277  1.0201  331.5  200.6   22.3   16S  135E
00704 -1719 Nov 15  12:48:09  39864 -45988    8   T-  pp  -0.1238  2.6326  1.6291  331.7  214.4   96.1   15N   28W
00705 -1718 May 12  07:31:52  39853 -45982   13   T   tp  -0.3284  2.2837  1.2276  360.8  220.9   73.0   14S   51E
00706 -1718 Nov 05  03:21:21  39842 -45976   18   P   a-   0.5439  1.8461  0.8736  299.5  178.1    -     12N  113E
00707 -1717 May 01  08:19:01  39831 -45970   23   N   t-  -1.0955  0.8813 -0.1851  268.6    -      -     10S   40E

00708 -1717 Sep 26  07:03:15  39822 -45965  -10   N   -a  -1.5110  0.0882 -0.9176   82.8    -      -      6S   61E
00709 -1717 Oct 25  18:45:04  39820 -45964   28   N   a-   1.2152  0.6215 -0.3654  203.3    -      -      8N  118W
00710 -1716 Mar 21  00:04:00  39811 -45959   -5   P   -t   0.9101  1.1919  0.1839  279.5   96.8    -      7N  169E
00711 -1716 Sep 14  15:29:15  39800 -45953    0   P   -h  -0.8710  1.2900  0.2299  300.7  111.0    -     10S   66W
00712 -1715 Mar 10  13:07:40  39789 -45947    5   T+  pp   0.1337  2.5937  1.6313  322.2  212.0   95.9   10N   27W
00713 -1715 Sep 03  17:01:59  39779 -45941   10   T-  pp  -0.1749  2.5835  1.4915  374.9  231.7   96.9   13S   89W
00714 -1714 Feb 28  05:41:40  39768 -45935   15   P   a-  -0.5815  1.7670  0.8145  294.9  174.1    -     13N   85E
00715 -1714 Aug 23  16:59:56  39757 -45929   20   P   t-   0.5377  1.9086  0.8349  347.7  195.6    -     16S   89W
00716 -1713 Jan 19  09:37:27  39748 -45924  -13   N   -a   1.3929  0.3139 -0.7095  156.8    -      -     24N   25E
00717 -1713 Feb 17  21:06:34  39746 -45923   25   N   a-  -1.3213  0.4266 -0.5599  174.5    -      -     16N  147W

00718 -1713 Jul 14  11:58:34  39737 -45918   -8   N   -a  -1.4370  0.2120 -0.7699  126.0    -      -     25S   15W
00719 -1713 Aug 12  22:33:22  39735 -45917   30   N   a-   1.2304  0.6095 -0.4087  213.2    -      -     19S  173W
00720 -1712 Jan 08  15:18:57  39726 -45912   -3   P   -t   0.7366  1.5470  0.4664  327.0  155.1    -     25N   62W
00721 -1712 Jul 03  03:29:16  39715 -45906    2   P   -a  -0.6729  1.5960  0.6501  286.2  160.0    -     24S  112E
00722 -1712 Dec 27  15:02:57  39704 -45900    7   T+  pp   0.0514  2.8151  1.7132  378.4  234.9  104.4   24N   59W
00723 -1711 Jun 22  20:31:26  39693 -45894   12   T+  pp   0.0568  2.7299  1.7771  321.4  213.2   99.3   23S  145W
00724 -1711 Dec 16  15:52:03  39682 -45888   17   P   a-  -0.6327  1.7329  0.6618  333.0  176.5    -     22N   73W
00725 -1710 Jun 12  10:23:58  39671 -45882   22   P   t-   0.8409  1.3135  0.3166  287.2  124.0    -     21S    7E
00726 -1710 Nov 06  11:11:13  39662 -45877  -11   N   -a   1.4737  0.1488 -0.8413  104.3    -      -     13N    5W
00727 -1710 Dec 05  23:30:18  39660 -45876   27   N   a-  -1.2769  0.5225 -0.4925  194.6    -      -     19N  172E

00728 -1709 May 03  03:36:10  39651 -45871   -6   N   -t  -1.1322  0.8129 -0.2516  259.1    -      -     11S  110E
00729 -1709 Oct 27  02:28:46  39640 -45865   -1   P   -a   0.8020  1.3719  0.4007  273.5  130.1    -      8N  126E
00730 -1708 Apr 21  04:13:56  39629 -45859    4   T   -t  -0.3727  2.2048  1.1439  360.0  217.5   59.8    6S  101E
00731 -1708 Oct 15  17:18:35  39618 -45853    9   T+  -p   0.1426  2.5954  1.5973  329.9  213.4   94.9    3N   96W
00732 -1707 Apr 10  09:03:58  39608 -45847   14   T   a-   0.4042  2.1245  1.1083  337.4  206.6   50.6    1S   30E
00733 -1707 Oct 05  03:08:40  39597 -45841   19   P   t-  -0.5772  1.8252  0.7730  330.8  184.4    -      2S  117E
00734 -1706 Mar 01  12:54:06  39588 -45836  -14   N   -a  -1.4305  0.2112 -0.7454  121.3    -      -     12N   24W
00735 -1706 Mar 30  21:02:22  39586 -45835   24   N   a-   1.1266  0.7737 -0.1926  224.1    -      -      3N  148W
00736 -1706 Sep 24  05:47:32  39575 -45829   29   N   t-  -1.3098  0.5021 -0.5920  211.3    -      -      7S   78E
00737 -1705 Feb 19  05:31:52  39566 -45824   -4   P   -a  -0.7378  1.4839  0.5241  281.7  147.0    -     16N   87E

00738 -1705 Aug 14  12:54:55  39555 -45818    1   P   -t   0.9414  1.1599  0.1019  291.4   75.8    -     18S   28W
00739 -1704 Feb 08  19:42:44  39544 -45812    6   T-  pp  -0.0313  2.8026  1.7983  338.3  219.5  101.1   19N  126W
00740 -1704 Aug 02  20:42:26  39533 -45806   11   T+  pp   0.1634  2.5577  1.5585  336.4  217.2   95.2   21S  146W
00741 -1703 Jan 28  03:21:17  39522 -45800   16   P   t-   0.7227  1.5640  0.5002  323.4  158.1    -     22N  119E
00742 -1703 Jul 23  11:05:03  39511 -45794   21   P   a-  -0.5673  1.7941  0.8394  297.9  176.9    -     24S    2W
00743 -1703 Dec 18  09:29:57  39502 -45789  -12   N   -t  -1.5765  0.0153 -1.0840   38.5    -      -     21N   22E
00744 -1702 Jan 17  04:11:58  39500 -45788   26   N   t-   1.4468  0.2520 -0.8449  154.0    -      -     25N  105E
00745 -1702 Jun 13  20:27:31  39491 -45783   -7   N   -a   1.2554  0.5350 -0.4266  190.4    -      -     20S  145W
00746 -1702 Jul 13  03:59:44  39489 -45782   31   N   a-  -1.2763  0.4912 -0.4597  179.8    -      -     25S  104E
00747 -1702 Dec 07  11:54:39  39480 -45777   -2   P   -h  -0.8491  1.3284  0.2720  300.0  118.5    -     20N   15W

00748 -1701 Jun 03  08:45:28  39469 -45771    3   P   -h   0.5364  1.8796  0.8678  327.0  190.8    -     19S   31E
00749 -1701 Nov 26  21:32:42  39459 -45765    8   T-  -p  -0.1229  2.6328  1.6321  330.6  214.0   96.0   18N  161W
00750 -1700 May 22  13:54:01  39448 -45759   13   T-  pp  -0.2406  2.4458  1.3875  365.6  227.4   89.9   17S   47W
00751 -1700 Nov 15  12:15:37  39437 -45753   18   P   a-   0.5438  1.8462  0.8738  299.4  178.0    -     15N   22W


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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