Saros -3

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros -3

Fred Espenak

Introduction

A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through Earth's shadow. At least two lunar eclipses and as many as five occur every year.

The periodicity and recurrence of lunar 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 with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and the same time of year due to a harmonic in three cycles of the Moon's orbit. Thus, the Saros is useful for organizing eclipses into families or series. Each series typically lasts 12 to 15 centuries and contains about 70 to 80 eclipses. Every saros series begins with a number of penumbral lunar eclipses. The series will then produce several dozen partial eclipses, followed by several dozen total eclipses. The later portion of the series produces another set of partial eclipses before ending with a final group of penumbral eclipses.

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros -3

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros -3 . The date and time of each eclipse is given for the instant of Greatest Eclipse. For eclipses between the years -1999 to 3000, the calendar date links to a web page containing additional details along with a diagram of the eclipse geometry and a map showing the geographic region of eclipse visibility for that eclipse. A description of each parameter in the catalog table can be found in Key to Saros Catalog of Lunar Eclipses.

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros -3
Seq Num Rel Num Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Ecl Type QSE Gamma Pen Mag Um Mag Pen Dur
m
Par Dur
m
Tot Dur
m
1-37 -2776-Apr-0905:33:11 67212 7620 -59069 Nb a- -1.5072 0.0688-0.8842 70.6 - -
2-36 -2758-Apr-2012:53:19 66685 7516 -58846 N a- -1.4337 0.2022-0.7477119.3 - -
3-35 -2740-Apr-3020:11:00 66161 7412 -58623 N a- -1.3574 0.3408-0.6066152.5 - -
4-34 -2722-May-1203:29:52 65638 7308 -58400 N a- -1.2817 0.4789-0.4668178.0 - -
5-33 -2704-May-2210:49:04 65118 7206 -58177 N a- -1.2059 0.6174-0.3272199.0 - -
6-32 -2686-Jun-0218:12:25 64600 7104 -57954 N a- -1.1329 0.7512-0.1931216.3 - -
7-31 -2668-Jun-1301:37:43 64083 7003 -57731 N a- -1.0612 0.8829-0.0617231.1 - -
8-30 -2650-Jun-2409:09:58 63569 6902 -57508 P a- -0.9950 1.0049 0.0593243.1 52.7 -
9-29 -2632-Jul-0416:46:44 63057 6802 -57285 P a- -0.9324 1.1205 0.1734253.4 88.7 -
10-28 -2614-Jul-1600:31:33 62547 6703 -57062 P a- -0.8764 1.2243 0.2751261.8110.0 -
11-27 -2596-Jul-2608:22:49 62039 6604 -56839 P a- -0.8255 1.3188 0.3672268.8125.4 -
12-26 -2578-Aug-0616:23:48 61533 6507 -56616 P a- -0.7828 1.3987 0.4443274.4136.3 -
13-25 -2560-Aug-1700:32:22 61029 6409 -56393 P a- -0.7465 1.4668 0.5094278.9144.4 -
14-24 -2542-Aug-2808:49:42 60528 6313 -56170 P a- -0.7177 1.5212 0.5607282.4150.3 -
15-23 -2524-Sep-0717:14:55 60028 6217 -55947 P a- -0.6956 1.5634 0.5997285.1154.5 -
16-22 -2506-Sep-1901:48:20 59531 6122 -55724 P a- -0.6805 1.5926 0.6259287.0157.2 -
17-21 -2488-Sep-2910:27:58 59035 6027 -55501 P a- -0.6709 1.6117 0.6421288.4158.9 -
18-20 -2470-Oct-1019:13:07 58542 5934 -55278 P a- -0.6662 1.6216 0.6495289.3159.7 -
19-19 -2452-Oct-2104:02:25 58050 5840 -55055 P a- -0.6653 1.6242 0.6500289.8159.8 -
20-18 -2434-Nov-0112:54:57 57561 5748 -54832 P a- -0.6674 1.6213 0.6454290.0159.5 -
21-17 -2416-Nov-1121:47:37 57074 5656 -54609 P a- -0.6699 1.6173 0.6402290.2159.2 -
22-16 -2398-Nov-2306:40:27 56589 5565 -54386 P a- -0.6728 1.6122 0.6344290.3158.8 -
23-15 -2380-Dec-0315:30:02 56105 5475 -54163 P a- -0.6734 1.6115 0.6333290.7158.9 -
24-14 -2362-Dec-1500:16:22 55624 5385 -53940 P a- -0.6717 1.6144 0.6364291.3159.5 -
25-13 -2344-Dec-2508:55:48 55145 5296 -53717 P a- -0.6646 1.6272 0.6496292.4161.0 -
26-12 -2325-Jan-0517:29:42 54669 5208 -53494 P a- -0.6534 1.6474 0.6706294.0163.4 -
27-11 -2307-Jan-1601:55:07 54194 5120 -53271 P a- -0.6352 1.6803 0.7043296.2166.8 -
28-10 -2289-Jan-2710:11:56 53721 5033 -53048 P a- -0.6106 1.7249 0.7500299.0171.2 -
29 -9 -2271-Feb-0618:18:56 53250 4947 -52825 P a- -0.5784 1.7837 0.8096302.5176.5 -
30 -8 -2253-Feb-1802:17:08 52782 4861 -52602 P a- -0.5394 1.8548 0.8815306.3182.4 -
31 -7 -2235-Feb-2810:06:05 52315 4776 -52379 P a- -0.4931 1.9394 0.9666310.5188.6 -
32 -6 -2217-Mar-1117:45:14 51851 4692 -52156 T a- -0.4395 2.0378 1.0652314.9195.0 38.2
33 -5 -2199-Mar-2201:16:32 51388 4608 -51933 T p- -0.3799 2.1473 1.1743319.3201.1 60.5
34 -4 -2181-Apr-0208:39:51 50928 4525 -51710 T p- -0.3145 2.2676 1.2938323.6206.7 75.8
35 -3 -2163-Apr-1215:56:55 50470 4443 -51487 T- p- -0.2447 2.3964 1.4212327.5211.6 86.9
36 -2 -2145-Apr-2323:07:23 50014 4361 -51264 T- pp -0.1701 2.5343 1.5572330.9215.5 94.9
37 -1 -2127-May-0406:14:22 49560 4281 -51041 T- pp -0.0934 2.6763 1.6967333.7218.3 99.9
38 0 -2109-May-1513:18:06 49108 4200 -50818 T- pp -0.0149 2.8219 1.8390335.7219.9102.0
39 1 -2091-May-2520:19:49 48658 4121 -50595 T+ pp 0.0643 2.7333 1.7466337.0220.1101.3
40 2 -2073-Jun-0603:21:50 48210 4042 -50372 T+ pp 0.1423 2.5923 1.6012337.5219.0 97.6
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros -3
Seq Num Rel Num Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s
ΔT Sigma
s
Luna Num Ecl Type QSE Gamma Pen Mag Um Mag Pen Dur
m
Par Dur
m
Tot Dur
m
41 3 -2055-Jun-1610:24:59 47764 3964 -50149 T+ -p 0.2182 2.4557 1.4596337.3216.6 90.8
42 4 -2037-Jun-2717:31:36 47320 3887 -49926 T -a 0.2904 2.3259 1.3243336.4213.1 80.4
43 5 -2019-Jul-0800:40:43 46878 3810 -49703 T -a 0.3593 2.2025 1.1949335.0208.5 65.3
44 6 -2001-Jul-1907:55:56 46439 3734 -49480 T -a 0.4221 2.0905 1.0766333.3203.1 42.6
45 7 -1983-Jul-2915:16:32 46001 3658 -49257 P -a 0.4791 1.9893 0.9688331.3197.2 -
46 8 -1965-Aug-0922:44:04 45566 3584 -49034 P -a 0.5293 1.9005 0.8733329.3191.1 -
47 9 -1947-Aug-2006:18:34 45132 3510 -48811 P -a 0.5727 1.8244 0.7903327.5185.0 -
48 10 -1929-Aug-3114:01:08 44701 3436 -48588 P -a 0.6084 1.7622 0.7215326.0179.4 -
49 11 -1911-Sep-1021:51:30 44272 3364 -48365 P -a 0.6365 1.7140 0.6667325.0174.5 -
50 12 -1893-Sep-2205:47:51 43845 3292 -48142 P -a 0.6587 1.6764 0.6229324.5170.4 -
51 13 -1875-Oct-0213:51:39 43420 3221 -47919 P -a 0.6738 1.6515 0.5922324.5167.5 -
52 14 -1857-Oct-1322:00:20 42996 3150 -47696 P -a 0.6843 1.6349 0.5704324.8165.4 -
53 15 -1839-Oct-2406:14:02 42575 3080 -47473 P -a 0.6897 1.6272 0.5582325.7164.4 -
54 16 -1821-Nov-0414:28:49 42157 3011 -47250 P -a 0.6937 1.6220 0.5491326.5163.7 -
55 17 -1803-Nov-1422:46:02 41740 2943 -47027 P -a 0.6948 1.6214 0.5454327.6163.7 -
56 18 -1785-Nov-2607:01:25 41325 2875 -46804 P -h 0.6971 1.6184 0.5401328.5163.4 -
57 19 -1767-Dec-0615:14:34 40912 2808 -46581 P -h 0.7004 1.6131 0.5332329.1162.9 -
58 20 -1749-Dec-1723:22:17 40502 2742 -46358 P -h 0.7078 1.6001 0.5193329.1161.5 -
59 21 -1731-Dec-2807:24:28 40093 2676 -46135 P -t 0.7190 1.5797 0.4987328.6159.2 -
60 22 -1712-Jan-0815:18:04 39687 2611 -45912 P -t 0.7365 1.5472 0.4666327.1155.1 -
61 23 -1694-Jan-1823:02:55 39282 2547 -45689 P -t 0.7606 1.5026 0.4228324.7149.0 -
62 24 -1676-Jan-3006:37:25 38880 2483 -45466 P -t 0.7926 1.4434 0.3648321.0139.9 -
63 25 -1658-Feb-0914:02:20 38479 2420 -45243 P -t 0.8317 1.3709 0.2938315.9127.2 -
64 26 -1640-Feb-2021:14:50 38081 2358 -45020 P -t 0.8801 1.2812 0.2056308.9108.0 -
65 27 -1622-Mar-0304:17:56 37685 2297 -44797 P -t 0.9354 1.1790 0.1050300.1 78.4 -
66 28 -1604-Mar-1311:09:58 37291 2236 -44574 Nx -t 0.9989 1.0616-0.0107288.7 - -
67 29 -1586-Mar-2417:54:35 36899 2176 -44351 N -t 1.0680 0.9342-0.1367274.7 - -
68 30 -1568-Apr-0400:28:24 36509 2117 -44128 N -t 1.1448 0.7925-0.2771257.0 - -
69 31 -1550-Apr-1506:57:44 36121 2058 -43905 N -t 1.2246 0.6457-0.4229235.5 - -
70 32 -1532-Apr-2513:19:42 35735 2000 -43682 N -t 1.3092 0.4902-0.5779208.5 - -
71 33 -1514-May-0619:39:44 35352 1943 -43459 N -t 1.3947 0.3331-0.7347174.5 - -
72 34 -1496-May-1701:55:01 34970 1886 -43236 N -t 1.4834 0.1705-0.8974126.8 - -
73 35 -1478-May-2808:12:18 34591 1831 -43013 Ne -t 1.5697 0.0124-1.0560 34.6 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros -3

Lunar eclipses of Saros -3 all occur at the Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The series will begin with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on -2776 Apr 09. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on -1478 May 28. The total duration of Saros series -3 is 1298.17 years.

Summary of Saros -3
First Eclipse -2776 Apr 09
Last Eclipse -1478 May 28
Series Duration 1298.17 Years
No. of Eclipses 73
Sequence 7N 24P 13T 21P 8N

Saros -3 is composed of 73 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros -3
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 73100.0%
PenumbralN 15 20.5%
PartialP 45 61.6%
TotalT 13 17.8%

The 73 lunar eclipses of Saros -3 occur in the order of 7N 24P 13T 21P 8N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros -3
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 7
Partial P 24
Total T 13
Partial P 21
Penumbral N 8

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros -3 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros -3
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse -2109 May 1501h42m02s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse -2217 Mar 1100h38m10s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1983 Jul 2903h17m12s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse -2650 Jun 2400h52m43s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -1604 Mar 1304h48m41s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -1478 May 2800h34m38s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1983 Jul 29 - 0.96876
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse -2650 Jun 24 - 0.05929

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Calendar

The Gregorian calendar (also called the Western calendar) is internationally the most widely used civil calendar. It is named for Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in 1582. On this website, the Gregorian calendar is used for all calendar 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..

Eclipse Predictions

The eclipse predictions presented here were generated using the JPL DE406 solar and lunar ephemerides. The lunar coordinates have been calculated with respect to the Moon's Center of Mass.

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-present: ΔT obtained from published observations
  3. future: 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 -2999 to +3000. The uncertainty in ΔT over this period can be estimated from scatter in the measurements.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this web site is based on the books Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and Thousand Year Canon of Lunar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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