The periodicity and recurrence of lunar (and solar) eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). When two eclipses are separated by a period of one Saros, they share a very similar geometry. The two eclipses occur at the same node[1] with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and at the same time of year. Thus, the Saros is useful for organizing eclipses into families or series. Each series typically lasts 12 to 15 centuries and contains 70 or more lunar eclipses.
Lunar eclipses of Saros 32 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series began with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on -1673 Jun 23. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on -0375 Aug 09. The total duration of Saros series 32 is 1298.17 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = -1673 Jun 23 06:33:50 TD
Last Eclipse = -0375 Aug 09 21:47:02 TD
Duration of Saros 32 = 1298.17 Years
Saros 32 is composed of 73 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 32 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 73 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 27 | 37.0% |
| Partial | P | 32 | 43.8% |
| Total | T | 14 | 19.2% |
The 73 lunar eclipses in Saros 32 occur in the order of 19N 10P 14T 22P 8N which corresponds to:
19 Penumbral
10 Partial
14 Total
22 Partial
8 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 32 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: -1060 Jun 24 Duration = 01h44m37s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: -0916 Sep 18 Duration = 00h26m39s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -1168 Apr 20 Duration = 03h24m03s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0519 May 15 Duration = 00h04m15s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -1348 Jan 03 Duration = 04h54m23s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -0375 Aug 09 Duration = 00h24m40s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 32 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0898 Sep 30 Magnitude = 0.9925
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0519 May 15 Magnitude = 0.0004
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 32 are presented in the following catalog. For eclipses occurring between the years -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE), the sequence number in the first column links to a eclipse geometry diagram and a map from Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000. A detailed key and additional information about the catalog can be found at: Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series.
TD of Phase
Seq. Rel. Calendar Greatest Luna Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ----
Num. Num. Date Eclipse ΔT Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total
s m m m
01 -34 -1673 Jun 23 06:33:50 38843 -45424 N t- 1.5143 0.1076 -0.9486 99.5 - -
02 -33 -1655 Jul 03 13:10:04 38442 -45201 N t- 1.4430 0.2408 -0.8199 147.6 - -
03 -32 -1637 Jul 14 19:49:31 38044 -44978 N t- 1.3742 0.3695 -0.6961 181.3 - -
04 -31 -1619 Jul 25 02:36:46 37648 -44755 N t- 1.3116 0.4869 -0.5836 206.4 - -
05 -30 -1601 Aug 05 09:30:22 37254 -44532 N t- 1.2539 0.5954 -0.4803 226.6 - -
06 -29 -1583 Aug 15 16:33:16 36862 -44309 N t- 1.2037 0.6899 -0.3908 242.4 - -
07 -28 -1565 Aug 26 23:43:49 36472 -44086 N t- 1.1597 0.7732 -0.3125 255.1 - -
08 -27 -1547 Sep 06 07:04:56 36084 -43863 N t- 1.1239 0.8413 -0.2491 264.9 - -
09 -26 -1529 Sep 17 14:34:14 35698 -43640 N t- 1.0946 0.8973 -0.1975 272.6 - -
10 -25 -1511 Sep 27 22:11:46 35315 -43417 N t- 1.0719 0.9409 -0.1578 278.4 - -
11 -24 -1493 Oct 09 05:57:06 34933 -43194 N t- 1.0553 0.9730 -0.1291 282.6 - -
12 -23 -1475 Oct 19 13:49:08 34554 -42971 N t- 1.0444 0.9942 -0.1104 285.3 - -
13 -22 -1457 Oct 30 21:46:14 34176 -42748 Nx t- 1.0372 1.0085 -0.0981 287.2 - -
14 -21 -1439 Nov 10 05:45:27 33801 -42525 Nx t- 1.0317 1.0191 -0.0885 288.5 - -
15 -20 -1421 Nov 21 13:47:24 33427 -42302 Nx t- 1.0284 1.0253 -0.0824 289.2 - -
16 -19 -1403 Dec 01 21:48:27 33056 -42079 Nx t- 1.0246 1.0320 -0.0751 289.8 - -
17 -18 -1385 Dec 13 05:47:07 32687 -41856 Nx t- 1.0185 1.0423 -0.0633 290.7 - -
18 -17 -1367 Dec 23 13:41:14 32320 -41633 Nx t- 1.0089 1.0588 -0.0444 292.2 - -
19 -16 -1348 Jan 03 21:30:17 31955 -41410 Nx t- 0.9948 1.0831 -0.0171 294.4 - -
20 -15 -1330 Jan 14 05:12:31 31592 -41187 P t- 0.9750 1.1176 0.0211 297.4 35.8 -
21 -14 -1312 Jan 25 12:46:34 31231 -40964 P t- 0.9484 1.1643 0.0719 301.4 65.5 -
22 -13 -1294 Feb 04 20:12:33 30872 -40741 P t- 0.9148 1.2236 0.1359 306.3 89.2 -
23 -12 -1276 Feb 16 03:29:47 30515 -40518 P t- 0.8737 1.2966 0.2138 312.0 110.4 -
24 -11 -1258 Feb 26 10:37:54 30161 -40295 P t- 0.8245 1.3843 0.3066 318.3 130.3 -
25 -10 -1240 Mar 08 17:37:53 29808 -40072 P t- 0.7679 1.4855 0.4129 325.0 148.5 -
26 -09 -1222 Mar 20 00:30:19 29457 -39849 P t- 0.7045 1.5992 0.5319 331.6 165.1 -
27 -08 -1204 Mar 30 07:16:42 29109 -39626 P t- 0.6354 1.7235 0.6611 338.0 179.8 -
28 -07 -1186 Apr 10 13:56:04 28762 -39403 P t- 0.5596 1.8601 0.8025 344.0 193.0 -
29 -06 -1168 Apr 20 20:32:23 28418 -39180 P t- 0.4805 2.0032 0.9499 349.1 204.1 -
30 -05 -1150 May 02 03:04:31 28076 -38957 T t- 0.3968 2.1547 1.1054 353.4 213.2 51.4
31 -04 -1132 May 12 09:36:55 27736 -38734 T t- 0.3126 2.3074 1.2618 356.5 220.2 76.7
32 -03 -1114 May 23 16:07:23 27398 -38511 T+ pp 0.2259 2.4648 1.4224 358.6 225.3 91.5
33 -02 -1096 Jun 02 22:42:11 27062 -38288 T+ pp 0.1417 2.6180 1.5784 359.6 228.3 100.0
34 -01 -1078 Jun 14 05:18:48 26728 -38065 T+ pp 0.0578 2.7708 1.7334 359.4 229.6 104.1
35 00 -1060 Jun 24 12:01:47 26396 -37842 T- pp -0.0219 2.8358 1.8002 358.3 229.3 104.6
36 01 -1042 Jul 05 18:49:59 26066 -37619 T- pp -0.0981 2.6952 1.6609 356.4 227.6 102.0
37 02 -1024 Jul 16 01:47:20 25738 -37396 T- pp -0.1679 2.5666 1.5333 353.8 224.7 96.9
38 03 -1006 Jul 27 08:52:42 25412 -37173 T- pp -0.2322 2.4484 1.4157 350.7 221.0 89.6
39 04 -0988 Aug 06 16:07:46 25089 -36950 T -p -0.2897 2.3427 1.3103 347.3 216.8 80.3
40 05 -0970 Aug 17 23:32:58 24767 -36727 T -p -0.3398 2.2507 1.2185 343.8 212.4 69.3
TD of Phase
Seq. Rel. Calendar Greatest Luna Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ----
Num. Num. Date Eclipse ΔT Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total
s m m m
41 06 -0952 Aug 28 07:09:15 24448 -36504 T -p -0.3818 2.1736 1.1414 340.5 208.1 57.0
42 07 -0934 Sep 08 14:55:43 24130 -36281 T -p -0.4163 2.1102 1.0781 337.3 204.1 43.1
43 08 -0916 Sep 18 22:52:41 23815 -36058 T -p -0.4430 2.0612 1.0291 334.5 200.6 26.7
44 09 -0898 Sep 30 06:59:04 23502 -35835 P -p -0.4631 2.0242 0.9925 332.1 197.7 -
45 10 -0880 Oct 10 15:14:44 23191 -35612 P -p -0.4763 1.9997 0.9686 330.1 195.6 -
46 11 -0862 Oct 21 23:36:44 22882 -35389 P -p -0.4850 1.9832 0.9532 328.3 194.0 -
47 12 -0844 Nov 01 08:06:04 22575 -35166 P -p -0.4884 1.9762 0.9477 326.9 193.1 -
48 13 -0826 Nov 12 16:39:08 22270 -34943 P -p -0.4892 1.9737 0.9473 325.7 192.5 -
49 14 -0808 Nov 23 01:16:03 21967 -34720 P -p -0.4877 1.9751 0.9512 324.6 192.2 -
50 15 -0790 Dec 04 09:52:19 21666 -34497 P -p -0.4875 1.9738 0.9532 323.3 191.8 -
51 16 -0772 Dec 14 18:29:45 21367 -34274 P -p -0.4871 1.9727 0.9559 322.0 191.5 -
52 17 -0754 Dec 26 03:03:59 21070 -34051 P -p -0.4897 1.9658 0.9533 320.5 190.8 -
53 18 -0735 Jan 05 11:34:52 20776 -33828 P -a -0.4959 1.9517 0.9442 318.6 189.7 -
54 19 -0717 Jan 16 19:59:49 20483 -33605 P -a -0.5077 1.9276 0.9252 316.4 188.0 -
55 20 -0699 Jan 27 04:19:35 20193 -33382 P -a -0.5246 1.8938 0.8970 313.7 185.6 -
56 21 -0681 Feb 07 12:32:16 19904 -33159 P -a -0.5479 1.8481 0.8570 310.4 182.3 -
57 22 -0663 Feb 17 20:37:27 19618 -32936 P -a -0.5780 1.7899 0.8046 306.5 177.8 -
58 23 -0645 Mar 01 04:35:19 19334 -32713 P -a -0.6148 1.7195 0.7399 301.9 172.0 -
59 24 -0627 Mar 11 12:26:04 19052 -32490 P -a -0.6582 1.6370 0.6631 296.5 164.5 -
60 25 -0609 Mar 22 20:09:33 18772 -32267 P -a -0.7081 1.5428 0.5741 290.1 154.9 -
61 26 -0591 Apr 02 03:46:55 18494 -32044 P -a -0.7637 1.4383 0.4746 282.6 142.7 -
62 27 -0573 Apr 13 11:18:58 18218 -31821 P -a -0.8241 1.3252 0.3660 273.9 127.1 -
63 28 -0555 Apr 23 18:47:12 17944 -31598 P -a -0.8882 1.2056 0.2504 264.0 106.7 -
64 29 -0537 May 05 02:11:03 17672 -31375 P -a -0.9565 1.0786 0.1268 252.5 77.1 -
65 30 -0519 May 15 09:33:45 17402 -31152 P -a -1.0261 0.9494 0.0004 239.6 4.3 -
66 31 -0501 May 26 16:54:48 17135 -30929 N -a -1.0977 0.8170 -0.1300 224.9 - -
67 32 -0483 Jun 06 00:17:31 16816 -30706 N -a -1.1681 0.6870 -0.2585 208.6 - -
68 33 -0465 Jun 17 07:40:20 16505 -30483 N -a -1.2388 0.5569 -0.3879 189.9 - -
69 34 -0447 Jun 27 15:07:55 16203 -30260 N -a -1.3061 0.4334 -0.5113 169.4 - -
70 35 -0429 Jul 08 22:38:41 15908 -30037 N -a -1.3714 0.3139 -0.6313 145.6 - -
71 36 -0411 Jul 19 06:15:21 15622 -29814 N -a -1.4320 0.2033 -0.7431 118.3 - -
72 37 -0393 Jul 30 13:57:23 15343 -29591 N -a -1.4886 0.1003 -0.8477 83.9 - -
73 38 -0375 Aug 09 21:47:02 15070 -29368 Ne -a -1.5392 0.0085 -0.9416 24.7 - -
[1] The Moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to Earth's orbit around the Sun. The points where the lunar orbit intersects the plane of Earth's orbit are known as the nodes. The Moon moves from south to north of Earth's orbit at the ascending node, and from north to south at the descending node.
[2]Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth's shadow.
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..
The coordinates of the Sun used in these 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:
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.
The Besselian elements used in the predictions were kindly provided by Jean Meeus. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data originally published in Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000.
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)"
