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 132 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 1492 May 12. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 2754 Jun 26. The total duration of Saros series 132 is 1262.11 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 1492 May 12 06:21:14 TD
Last Eclipse = 2754 Jun 26 22:48:44 TD
Duration of Saros 132 = 1262.11 Years
Saros 132 is composed of 71 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 132 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 71 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 27 | 38.0% |
| Partial | P | 32 | 45.1% |
| Total | T | 12 | 16.9% |
The 71 lunar eclipses in Saros 132 occur in the order of 8N 21P 12T 11P 19N which corresponds to:
8 Penumbral
21 Partial
12 Total
11 Partial
19 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 132 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2123 Jun 09 Duration = 01h46m06s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2015 Apr 04 Duration = 00h04m43s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2231 Aug 13 Duration = 03h26m53s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2411 Nov 30 Duration = 00h34m57s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2429 Dec 11 Duration = 04h50m08s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2754 Jun 26 Duration = 00h45m06s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 132 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2231 Aug 13 Magnitude = 0.9439
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2411 Nov 30 Magnitude = 0.0205
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 132 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 -35 1492 May 12 06:21:14 204 -6279 Nb a- 1.5337 0.0347 -0.9474 52.0 - -
02 -34 1510 May 23 13:38:07 185 -6056 N h- 1.4701 0.1523 -0.8316 108.1 - -
03 -33 1528 Jun 02 20:49:34 168 -5833 N h- 1.4025 0.2775 -0.7088 144.9 - -
04 -32 1546 Jun 14 03:57:38 153 -5610 N h- 1.3329 0.4067 -0.5824 174.0 - -
05 -31 1564 Jun 24 11:03:08 139 -5387 N h- 1.2616 0.5393 -0.4534 198.6 - -
06 -30 1582 Jul 05 18:08:00 127 -5164 N t- 1.1903 0.6722 -0.3245 219.8 - -
07 -29 1600 Jul 26 01:13:18 118 -4941 N t- 1.1200 0.8035 -0.1978 238.3 - -
08 -28 1618 Aug 06 08:19:44 96 -4718 N t- 1.0513 0.9321 -0.0743 254.4 - -
09 -27 1636 Aug 16 15:29:55 69 -4495 P t- 0.9861 1.0545 0.0426 268.4 47.8 -
10 -26 1654 Aug 27 22:44:01 42 -4272 P t- 0.9246 1.1704 0.1526 280.5 89.3 -
11 -25 1672 Sep 07 06:03:27 21 -4049 P t- 0.8681 1.2770 0.2531 291.0 113.7 -
12 -24 1690 Sep 18 13:28:36 9 -3826 P t- 0.8169 1.3742 0.3440 300.0 131.2 -
13 -23 1708 Sep 29 21:01:05 9 -3603 P t- 0.7725 1.4590 0.4224 307.5 144.1 -
14 -22 1726 Oct 11 04:40:33 10 -3380 P t- 0.7341 1.5326 0.4897 314.0 154.0 -
15 -21 1744 Oct 21 12:26:28 12 -3157 P t- 0.7016 1.5954 0.5462 319.4 161.7 -
16 -20 1762 Nov 01 20:19:49 15 -2934 P t- 0.6759 1.6455 0.5905 323.8 167.4 -
17 -19 1780 Nov 12 04:19:52 17 -2711 P t- 0.6565 1.6839 0.6232 327.5 171.5 -
18 -18 1798 Nov 23 12:25:24 14 -2488 P t- 0.6421 1.7128 0.6472 330.4 174.5 -
19 -17 1816 Dec 04 20:35:14 12 -2265 P t- 0.6319 1.7338 0.6636 332.8 176.7 -
20 -16 1834 Dec 16 04:48:07 6 -2042 P t- 0.6249 1.7487 0.6746 334.8 178.2 -
21 -15 1852 Dec 26 13:03:06 7 -1819 P t- 0.6203 1.7588 0.6815 336.5 179.3 -
22 -14 1871 Jan 06 21:16:40 -0 -1596 P t- 0.6154 1.7690 0.6893 338.0 180.5 -
23 -13 1889 Jan 17 05:29:39 -6 -1373 P t- 0.6106 1.7788 0.6972 339.5 181.7 -
24 -12 1907 Jan 29 13:38:00 6 -1150 P t- 0.6027 1.7936 0.7110 341.1 183.5 -
25 -11 1925 Feb 08 21:42:22 24 -927 P t- 0.5921 1.8134 0.7304 342.9 185.7 -
26 -10 1943 Feb 20 05:38:23 26 -704 P t- 0.5751 1.8444 0.7616 345.1 189.0 -
27 -09 1961 Mar 02 13:28:40 34 -481 P t- 0.5540 1.8828 0.8006 347.6 192.9 -
28 -08 1979 Mar 13 21:08:52 50 -258 P t- 0.5253 1.9350 0.8538 350.6 197.7 -
29 -07 1997 Mar 24 04:40:28 62 -35 P t- 0.4899 1.9994 0.9195 353.9 203.1 -
30 -06 2015 Apr 04 12:01:24 69 188 T t- 0.4460 2.0792 1.0008 357.5 209.0 4.7
31 -05 2033 Apr 14 19:13:51 80 411 T t- 0.3954 2.1711 1.0944 361.2 215.0 49.2
32 -04 2051 Apr 26 02:16:28 96 634 T p- 0.3371 2.2773 1.2022 364.8 220.8 69.6
33 -03 2069 May 06 09:09:57 133 857 T+ pp 0.2717 2.3965 1.3229 368.1 226.2 84.3
34 -02 2087 May 17 15:55:20 173 1080 T+ pp 0.1999 2.5276 1.4554 371.0 230.6 95.1
35 -01 2105 May 28 22:34:06 215 1303 T+ pp 0.1227 2.6687 1.5976 373.1 233.9 102.3
36 00 2123 Jun 09 05:06:28 259 1526 T+ pp 0.0406 2.8189 1.7487 374.3 235.7 106.1
37 01 2141 Jun 19 11:34:51 305 1749 T- pp -0.0446 2.8112 1.7415 374.4 235.9 106.1
38 02 2159 Jun 30 18:00:09 348 1972 T- pp -0.1322 2.6504 1.5809 373.4 234.1 102.0
39 03 2177 Jul 11 00:25:23 388 2195 T- pp -0.2199 2.4896 1.4199 371.2 230.4 93.0
40 04 2195 Jul 22 06:49:10 431 2418 T pt -0.3086 2.3271 1.2569 367.7 224.6 77.4
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 05 2213 Aug 02 13:16:20 475 2641 T -t -0.3946 2.1698 1.0987 363.1 216.8 50.6
42 06 2231 Aug 13 19:45:54 521 2864 P -t -0.4786 2.0163 0.9439 357.4 206.9 -
43 07 2249 Aug 24 02:22:14 570 3087 P -t -0.5572 1.8728 0.7990 350.9 195.3 -
44 08 2267 Sep 04 09:02:59 620 3310 P -t -0.6322 1.7360 0.6605 343.6 181.7 -
45 09 2285 Sep 14 15:53:25 673 3533 P -t -0.6997 1.6132 0.5357 336.1 166.9 -
46 10 2303 Sep 26 22:50:54 727 3756 P -t -0.7615 1.5007 0.4212 328.4 150.5 -
47 11 2321 Oct 07 05:58:35 784 3979 P -t -0.8152 1.4033 0.3218 320.9 133.4 -
48 12 2339 Oct 18 13:14:22 843 4202 P -t -0.8625 1.3175 0.2339 313.8 115.1 -
49 13 2357 Oct 28 20:41:13 904 4425 P -t -0.9009 1.2478 0.1625 307.4 96.8 -
50 14 2375 Nov 09 04:16:34 966 4648 P -t -0.9330 1.1898 0.1030 301.8 77.6 -
51 15 2393 Nov 19 12:00:29 1031 4871 P -t -0.9583 1.1439 0.0560 297.0 57.5 -
52 16 2411 Nov 30 19:52:22 1098 5094 P -t -0.9774 1.1091 0.0205 293.1 34.9 -
53 17 2429 Dec 11 03:51:44 1168 5317 Nx -t -0.9904 1.0853 -0.0033 290.1 - -
54 18 2447 Dec 22 11:56:10 1239 5540 Nx -t -1.0001 1.0673 -0.0207 287.7 - -
55 19 2466 Jan 01 20:04:17 1312 5763 Nx -t -1.0070 1.0540 -0.0328 285.6 - -
56 20 2484 Jan 13 04:14:53 1387 5986 Nx -t -1.0124 1.0430 -0.0418 283.8 - -
57 21 2502 Jan 24 12:26:40 1465 6209 Nx -t -1.0173 1.0327 -0.0494 281.9 - -
58 22 2520 Feb 04 20:36:27 1544 6432 Nx -t -1.0242 1.0184 -0.0603 279.5 - -
59 23 2538 Feb 15 04:44:31 1626 6655 Nx -t -1.0329 1.0003 -0.0744 276.6 - -
60 24 2556 Feb 26 12:48:08 1709 6878 N -t -1.0459 0.9742 -0.0959 272.7 - -
61 25 2574 Mar 08 20:47:08 1795 7101 N -t -1.0631 0.9400 -0.1249 267.8 - -
62 26 2592 Mar 19 04:38:54 1883 7324 N -t -1.0867 0.8938 -0.1655 261.3 - -
63 27 2610 Mar 31 12:25:16 1973 7547 N -t -1.1153 0.8384 -0.2149 253.5 - -
64 28 2628 Apr 10 20:04:00 2065 7770 N -t -1.1504 0.7709 -0.2764 243.7 - -
65 29 2646 Apr 22 03:35:31 2159 7993 N -t -1.1920 0.6915 -0.3496 231.6 - -
66 30 2664 May 02 11:00:10 2255 8216 N -t -1.2396 0.6009 -0.4340 216.8 - -
67 31 2682 May 13 18:18:50 2353 8439 N -t -1.2927 0.5004 -0.5284 198.9 - -
68 32 2700 May 25 01:32:20 2453 8662 N -t -1.3504 0.3916 -0.6315 176.9 - -
69 33 2718 Jun 05 08:40:08 2555 8885 N -t -1.4132 0.2737 -0.7438 148.9 - -
70 34 2736 Jun 15 15:45:49 2660 9108 N -t -1.4783 0.1516 -0.8608 111.5 - -
71 35 2754 Jun 26 22:48:44 2766 9331 Ne -t -1.5463 0.0245 -0.9832 45.1 - -
[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)"
