Saros 36

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 36

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 36

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 36 . 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 36
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
1-36 -1521-Apr-2404:56:39 35501 1965 -43546 Nb h- 1.5464 0.0298-0.9884 50.4 - -
2-35 -1503-May-0411:47:38 35119 1908 -43323 N h- 1.4664 0.1742-0.8393119.9 - -
3-34 -1485-May-1518:37:11 34738 1852 -43100 N h- 1.3836 0.3241-0.6852160.6 - -
4-33 -1467-May-2601:29:52 34360 1797 -42877 N h- 1.3018 0.4723-0.5335190.3 - -
5-32 -1449-Jun-0608:24:10 33984 1742 -42654 N h- 1.2197 0.6215-0.3813214.3 - -
6-31 -1431-Jun-1615:24:12 33610 1689 -42431 N a- 1.1411 0.7644-0.2358233.3 - -
7-30 -1413-Jun-2722:28:08 33238 1635 -42208 N a- 1.0644 0.9042-0.0942249.2 - -
8-29 -1395-Jul-0805:40:48 32867 1583 -41985 P a- 0.9936 1.0334 0.0365261.8 43.6 -
9-28 -1377-Jul-1913:00:11 32500 1531 -41762 P a- 0.9270 1.1551 0.1591272.1 89.3 -
10-27 -1359-Jul-2920:28:54 32134 1480 -41539 P a- 0.8671 1.2647 0.2693280.3113.9 -
11-26 -1341-Aug-1004:06:30 31770 1430 -41316 P a- 0.8136 1.3628 0.3675286.8130.8 -
12-25 -1323-Aug-2011:54:27 31408 1381 -41093 P a- 0.7678 1.4468 0.4515291.7142.7 -
13-24 -1305-Aug-3119:52:18 31048 1332 -40870 P a- 0.7293 1.5176 0.5221295.4151.3 -
14-23 -1287-Sep-1103:59:07 30691 1284 -40647 P a- 0.6972 1.5765 0.5809298.1157.6 -
15-22 -1269-Sep-2212:16:11 30335 1236 -40424 P a- 0.6729 1.6211 0.6253299.8161.9 -
16-21 -1251-Oct-0220:41:26 29982 1190 -40201 P a- 0.6547 1.6545 0.6588300.8164.9 -
17-20 -1233-Oct-1405:14:56 29630 1144 -39978 P a- 0.6428 1.6762 0.6809301.2166.6 -
18-19 -1215-Oct-2413:53:56 29281 1099 -39755 P a- 0.6349 1.6903 0.6957301.1167.6 -
19-18 -1197-Nov-0422:38:34 28934 1055 -39532 P a- 0.6310 1.6969 0.7033300.7167.9 -
20-17 -1179-Nov-1507:25:45 28588 1011 -39309 P a- 0.6289 1.7001 0.7081300.1168.0 -
21-16 -1161-Nov-2616:14:25 28245 968 -39086 P a- 0.6277 1.7012 0.7113299.3167.9 -
22-15 -1143-Dec-0701:02:37 27904 926 -38863 P a- 0.6258 1.7034 0.7161298.7168.1 -
23-14 -1125-Dec-1809:49:20 27565 885 -38640 P a- 0.6227 1.7074 0.7232298.1168.4 -
24-13 -1107-Dec-2818:31:44 27228 844 -38417 P a- 0.6157 1.7186 0.7379297.9169.4 -
25-12 -1088-Jan-0903:09:15 26893 805 -38194 P a- 0.6043 1.7375 0.7607298.0171.1 -
26-11 -1070-Jan-1911:40:31 26561 766 -37971 P a- 0.5876 1.7660 0.7934298.6173.5 -
27-10 -1052-Jan-3020:05:57 26230 727 -37748 P a- 0.5661 1.8034 0.8350299.5176.6 -
28 -9 -1034-Feb-1004:22:12 25901 690 -37525 P a- 0.5365 1.8554 0.8914301.1180.4 -
29 -8 -1016-Feb-2112:32:14 25575 653 -37302 P a- 0.5016 1.9173 0.9575302.9184.7 -
30 -7 -0998-Mar-0320:33:11 25250 621 -37079 T a- 0.4587 1.9940 1.0384305.0189.4 28.9
31 -6 -0980-Mar-1404:28:38 24928 614 -36856 T a- 0.4110 2.0796 1.1277307.3194.0 51.4
32 -5 -0962-Mar-2512:14:34 24608 607 -36633 T p- 0.3551 2.1804 1.2320309.7198.6 67.0
33 -4 -0944-Apr-0419:56:30 24289 601 -36410 T p- 0.2956 2.2880 1.3426311.9202.6 78.5
34 -3 -0926-Apr-1603:31:12 23973 594 -36187 T+ p- 0.2297 2.4077 1.4648313.8206.2 87.4
35 -2 -0908-Apr-2611:02:45 23659 587 -35964 T+ p- 0.1611 2.5327 1.5915315.4209.0 93.8
36 -1 -0890-May-0718:29:30 23347 580 -35741 T+ pp 0.0883 2.6657 1.7257316.5210.8 97.8
37 0 -0872-May-1801:55:33 23037 573 -35518 T+ pp 0.0149 2.8001 1.8607316.9211.6 99.5
38 1 -0854-May-2909:19:52 22729 566 -35295 T- pp -0.0600 2.7175 1.7778316.8211.3 98.8
39 2 -0836-Jun-0816:44:34 22423 560 -35072 T- -p -0.1344 2.5813 1.6409316.1209.9 95.6
40 3 -0818-Jun-2000:10:29 22119 553 -34849 T- -p -0.2077 2.4477 1.5057314.7207.5 89.9
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 36
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 4 -0800-Jun-3007:39:33 21818 546 -34626 T -p -0.2783 2.3192 1.3750312.9204.0 81.3
42 5 -0782-Jul-1115:12:22 21518 539 -34403 T -p -0.3454 2.1975 1.2505310.6199.7 69.4
43 6 -0764-Jul-2122:49:53 21220 532 -34180 T -a -0.4083 2.0838 1.1334307.9194.6 52.6
44 7 -0746-Aug-0206:33:52 20925 525 -33957 T -a -0.4657 1.9804 1.0262305.2189.1 24.1
45 8 -0728-Aug-1214:24:41 20631 518 -33734 P -a -0.5172 1.8880 0.9295302.4183.4 -
46 9 -0710-Aug-2322:22:19 20340 512 -33511 P -a -0.5628 1.8067 0.8437299.8177.6 -
47 10 -0692-Sep-0306:27:53 20051 505 -33288 P -a -0.6015 1.7380 0.7703297.5172.0 -
48 11 -0674-Sep-1414:41:02 19763 497 -33065 P -a -0.6334 1.6819 0.7095295.6167.0 -
49 12 -0656-Sep-2423:02:16 19478 490 -32842 P -a -0.6585 1.6382 0.6610294.2162.8 -
50 13 -0638-Oct-0607:29:05 19195 483 -32619 P -a -0.6788 1.6034 0.6216293.2159.1 -
51 14 -0620-Oct-1616:03:20 18914 476 -32396 P -a -0.6924 1.5806 0.5944292.8156.6 -
52 15 -0602-Oct-2800:42:07 18635 469 -32173 P -a -0.7017 1.5655 0.5753292.8154.8 -
53 16 -0584-Nov-0709:25:28 18358 462 -31950 P -a -0.7069 1.5577 0.5640293.2153.9 -
54 17 -0566-Nov-1818:10:10 18083 455 -31727 P -a -0.7105 1.5528 0.5559293.8153.3 -
55 18 -0548-Nov-2902:56:15 17811 448 -31504 P -a -0.7125 1.5503 0.5509294.6153.1 -
56 19 -0530-Dec-1011:41:02 17540 441 -31281 P -a -0.7151 1.5466 0.5451295.2152.8 -
57 20 -0512-Dec-2020:22:51 17271 435 -31058 P -a -0.7195 1.5394 0.5364295.7152.1 -
58 21 -0493-Jan-0105:00:35 16983 428 -30835 P -a -0.7267 1.5268 0.5226295.7150.9 -
59 22 -0475-Jan-1113:32:29 16667 421 -30612 P -a -0.7380 1.5064 0.5016295.3148.7 -
60 23 -0457-Jan-2221:57:09 16360 415 -30389 P -a -0.7548 1.4757 0.4706294.2145.1 -
61 24 -0439-Feb-0206:13:04 16061 408 -30166 P -a -0.7783 1.4326 0.4273292.2139.6 -
62 25 -0421-Feb-1314:20:22 15770 402 -29943 P -a -0.8080 1.3781 0.3727289.3131.9 -
63 26 -0403-Feb-2322:18:22 15487 395 -29720 P -a -0.8446 1.3110 0.3056285.3121.0 -
64 27 -0385-Mar-0706:05:27 15211 389 -29497 P -a -0.8894 1.2289 0.2235279.7105.1 -
65 28 -0367-Mar-1713:43:27 14942 383 -29274 P -a -0.9408 1.1347 0.1290272.5 81.2 -
66 29 -0349-Mar-2821:11:22 14679 376 -29051 P -a -0.9996 1.0271 0.0209263.2 33.3 -
67 30 -0331-Apr-0804:31:21 14422 370 -28828 N -a -1.0637 0.9098-0.0973251.7 - -
68 31 -0313-Apr-1911:41:09 14171 364 -28605 N -h -1.1349 0.7799-0.2285237.1 - -
69 32 -0295-Apr-2918:45:16 13926 358 -28382 N -h -1.2095 0.6438-0.3664219.2 - -
70 33 -0277-May-1101:42:19 13685 352 -28159 N -h -1.2888 0.4996-0.5129196.6 - -
71 34 -0259-May-2108:35:03 13450 346 -27936 N -h -1.3701 0.3517-0.6635168.0 - -
72 35 -0241-Jun-0115:23:45 13220 340 -27713 N -h -1.4534 0.2005-0.8180129.2 - -
73 36 -0223-Jun-1122:11:24 12995 334 -27490 Ne -t -1.5362 0.0505-0.9718 66.0 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 36

Lunar eclipses of Saros 36 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series will begin with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on -1521 Apr 24. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on -0223 Jun 11. The total duration of Saros series 36 is 1298.17 years.

Summary of Saros 36
First Eclipse -1521 Apr 24
Last Eclipse -0223 Jun 11
Series Duration 1298.17 Years
No. of Eclipses 73
Sequence 7N 22P 15T 22P 7N

Saros 36 is composed of 73 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 36
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 73100.0%
PenumbralN 14 19.2%
PartialP 44 60.3%
TotalT 15 20.5%

The 73 lunar eclipses of Saros 36 occur in the order of 7N 22P 15T 22P 7N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 36
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 7
Partial P 22
Total T 15
Partial P 22
Penumbral N 7

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 36 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 36
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse -0872 May 1801h39m29s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse -0746 Aug 0200h24m05s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1016 Feb 2103h04m40s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse -0349 Mar 2800h33m15s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -0331 Apr 0804h11m41s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -1521 Apr 2400h50m27s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1016 Feb 21 - 0.95751
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse -0349 Mar 28 - 0.02087

Links to Additional Lunar Eclipse Predictions

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Calendar

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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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