Saros 39

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 39

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 39

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 39 . 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 39
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 -1380-Mar-2601:53:17 32567 1541 -41803 Nb h- -1.5238 0.0734-0.9489 78.8 - -
2-35 -1362-Apr-0608:57:20 32201 1490 -41580 N h- -1.4533 0.1997-0.8166128.0 - -
3-34 -1344-Apr-1615:56:17 31836 1439 -41357 N h- -1.3772 0.3364-0.6743163.3 - -
4-33 -1326-Apr-2722:54:10 31474 1390 -41134 N a- -1.2990 0.4773-0.5283191.0 - -
5-32 -1308-May-0805:50:13 31114 1341 -40911 N a- -1.2180 0.6238-0.3773214.3 - -
6-31 -1290-May-1912:46:26 30756 1293 -40688 N a- -1.1356 0.7729-0.2241233.9 - -
7-30 -1272-May-2919:44:49 30400 1245 -40465 N a- -1.0538 0.9213-0.0724250.4 - -
8-29 -1254-Jun-1002:46:24 30047 1198 -40242 P a- -0.9735 1.0671 0.0763264.3 62.7 -
9-28 -1236-Jun-2009:53:03 29695 1152 -40019 P a- -0.8960 1.2082 0.2196275.8103.8 -
10-27 -1218-Jul-0117:04:42 29345 1107 -39796 P a- -0.8215 1.3440 0.3571285.3129.3 -
11-26 -1200-Jul-1200:24:28 28997 1063 -39573 P a- -0.7528 1.4696 0.4838293.0147.2 -
12-25 -1182-Jul-2307:51:24 28652 1019 -39350 P a- -0.6892 1.5859 0.6008299.1160.6 -
13-24 -1164-Aug-0215:26:55 28308 976 -39127 P a- -0.6320 1.6908 0.7059303.9170.6 -
14-23 -1146-Aug-1323:11:13 27967 934 -38904 P a- -0.5813 1.7838 0.7989307.6178.1 -
15-22 -1128-Aug-2407:05:45 27627 892 -38681 P a- -0.5383 1.8627 0.8776310.3183.6 -
16-21 -1110-Sep-0415:09:32 27290 852 -38458 P a- -0.5028 1.9281 0.9426312.1187.6 -
17-20 -1092-Sep-1423:22:20 26955 812 -38235 P a- -0.4741 1.9809 0.9949313.4190.4 -
18-19 -1074-Sep-2607:44:19 26622 773 -38012 T a- -0.4527 2.0204 1.0340314.1192.2 27.7
19-18 -1056-Oct-0616:14:46 26291 734 -37789 T a- -0.4377 2.0481 1.0615314.3193.3 36.8
20-17 -1038-Oct-1800:51:51 25962 697 -37566 T a- -0.4278 2.0662 1.0797314.2193.9 41.6
21-16 -1020-Oct-2809:34:49 25635 660 -37343 T a- -0.4223 2.0761 1.0899313.9194.0 43.9
22-15 -1002-Nov-0818:21:52 25310 624 -37120 T a- -0.4198 2.0802 1.0950313.3193.9 45.0
23-14 -0984-Nov-1903:12:29 24987 616 -36897 T a- -0.4198 2.0797 1.0956312.7193.6 45.1
24-13 -0966-Nov-3012:02:47 24666 609 -36674 T p- -0.4190 2.0802 1.0980312.0193.5 45.5
25-12 -0948-Dec-1020:53:47 24348 602 -36451 T p- -0.4184 2.0802 1.1002311.4193.3 46.0
26-11 -0930-Dec-2205:41:11 24031 595 -36228 T p- -0.4143 2.0864 1.1091310.9193.5 47.8
27-10 -0911-Jan-0114:25:46 23717 588 -36005 T p- -0.4078 2.0967 1.1226310.6194.0 50.4
28 -9 -0893-Jan-1223:03:13 23404 581 -35782 T p- -0.3949 2.1185 1.1478310.6195.0 54.9
29 -8 -0875-Jan-2307:36:13 23094 574 -35559 T p- -0.3783 2.1473 1.1803310.8196.4 60.0
30 -7 -0857-Feb-0316:00:50 22785 568 -35336 T p- -0.3540 2.1898 1.2266311.4198.3 66.2
31 -6 -0839-Feb-1400:18:20 22479 561 -35113 T p- -0.3239 2.2433 1.2838312.2200.4 72.7
32 -5 -0821-Feb-2508:26:47 22175 554 -34890 T p- -0.2860 2.3108 1.3550313.2202.9 79.4
33 -4 -0803-Mar-0716:28:27 21873 547 -34667 T- p- -0.2424 2.3892 1.4369314.3205.3 85.5
34 -3 -0785-Mar-1900:21:53 21573 540 -34444 T- p- -0.1916 2.4808 1.5316315.4207.6 90.9
35 -2 -0767-Mar-2908:08:13 21275 533 -34221 T- p- -0.1346 2.5839 1.6376316.3209.5 95.3
36 -1 -0749-Apr-0915:48:19 20979 527 -33998 T- pp -0.0722 2.6972 1.7531317.0210.9 98.2
37 0 -0731-Apr-1923:23:19 20685 520 -33775 T- pp -0.0056 2.8186 1.8762317.2211.5 99.4
38 1 -0713-May-0106:53:26 20393 513 -33552 T+ pp 0.0651 2.7089 1.7676317.0211.2 98.6
39 2 -0695-May-1114:20:36 20104 506 -33329 T+ -p 0.1385 2.5740 1.6332316.1209.9 95.4
40 3 -0677-May-2221:45:17 19816 499 -33106 T+ -p 0.2137 2.4361 1.4951314.6207.3 89.4
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 39
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 -0659-Jun-0205:09:52 19531 491 -32883 T -p 0.2889 2.2986 1.3567312.4203.5 79.9
42 5 -0641-Jun-1312:33:12 19247 484 -32660 T -a 0.3647 2.1602 1.2167309.4198.5 65.3
43 6 -0623-Jun-2319:59:40 18966 477 -32437 T -a 0.4376 2.0277 1.0819306.0192.2 41.9
44 7 -0605-Jul-0503:27:37 18686 470 -32214 P -a 0.5085 1.8991 0.9505302.0184.7 -
45 8 -0587-Jul-1511:01:00 18409 463 -31991 P -a 0.5746 1.7795 0.8274297.6176.3 -
46 9 -0569-Jul-2618:37:35 18134 456 -31768 P -a 0.6373 1.6665 0.7104292.9166.9 -
47 10 -0551-Aug-0602:21:42 17861 449 -31545 P -a 0.6932 1.5662 0.6057288.3157.0 -
48 11 -0533-Aug-1710:11:03 17590 443 -31322 P -a 0.7440 1.4754 0.5100283.8146.5 -
49 12 -0515-Aug-2718:08:16 17321 436 -31099 P -a 0.7878 1.3976 0.4272279.6136.0 -
50 13 -0497-Sep-0802:12:12 17042 429 -30876 P -a 0.8255 1.3310 0.3553275.9125.6 -
51 14 -0479-Sep-1810:24:45 16724 423 -30653 P -a 0.8559 1.2779 0.2971272.9116.1 -
52 15 -0461-Sep-2918:44:08 16415 416 -30430 P -a 0.8799 1.2365 0.2505270.7107.5 -
53 16 -0443-Oct-1003:10:05 16115 409 -30207 P -a 0.8982 1.2054 0.2145269.1100.2 -
54 17 -0425-Oct-2111:42:26 15823 403 -29984 P -a 0.9107 1.1848 0.1892268.4 94.7 -
55 18 -0407-Oct-3120:19:40 15539 396 -29761 P -a 0.9191 1.1715 0.1716268.2 90.6 -
56 19 -0389-Nov-1205:00:25 15261 390 -29538 P -a 0.9240 1.1644 0.1608268.5 88.1 -
57 20 -0371-Nov-2213:42:33 14991 384 -29315 P -a 0.9275 1.1598 0.1528269.0 86.2 -
58 21 -0353-Dec-0322:25:20 14727 377 -29092 P -a 0.9298 1.1569 0.1471269.6 84.8 -
59 22 -0335-Dec-1407:06:42 14469 371 -28869 P -a 0.9330 1.1521 0.1401270.0 83.1 -
60 23 -0317-Dec-2515:44:24 14217 365 -28646 P -a 0.9386 1.1427 0.1291270.1 80.1 -
61 24 -0298-Jan-0500:17:28 13970 359 -28423 P -a 0.9476 1.1268 0.1120269.5 75.0 -
62 25 -0280-Jan-1608:44:00 13729 353 -28200 P -a 0.9613 1.1021 0.0865268.1 66.3 -
63 26 -0262-Jan-2617:02:51 13493 347 -27977 P -a 0.9806 1.0669 0.0508265.6 51.3 -
64 27 -0244-Feb-0701:12:33 13262 341 -27754 P -a 1.0069 1.0188 0.0025261.7 11.4 -
65 28 -0226-Feb-1709:13:16 13036 335 -27531 N -a 1.0398 0.9585-0.0579256.3 - -
66 29 -0208-Feb-2817:04:21 12814 329 -27308 N -a 1.0800 0.8847-0.1319248.9 - -
67 30 -0190-Mar-1100:44:31 12596 323 -27085 N -a 1.1283 0.7962-0.2205239.1 - -
68 31 -0172-Mar-2108:15:05 12383 317 -26862 N -a 1.1834 0.6953-0.3218226.5 - -
69 32 -0154-Apr-0115:35:47 12173 312 -26639 N -h 1.2455 0.5816-0.4361210.2 - -
70 33 -0136-Apr-1122:48:39 11968 306 -26416 N -h 1.3132 0.4579-0.5607189.5 - -
71 34 -0118-Apr-2305:51:34 11766 300 -26193 N -h 1.3876 0.3220-0.6979161.5 - -
72 35 -0100-May-0312:49:15 11567 295 -25970 N -h 1.4649 0.1810-0.8407123.1 - -
73 36 -0082-May-1419:39:46 11372 289 -25747 Ne -t 1.5464 0.0327-0.9913 53.2 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 39

Lunar eclipses of Saros 39 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 -1380 Mar 26. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on -0082 May 14. The total duration of Saros series 39 is 1298.17 years.

Summary of Saros 39
First Eclipse -1380 Mar 26
Last Eclipse -0082 May 14
Series Duration 1298.17 Years
No. of Eclipses 73
Sequence 7N 10P 26T 21P 9N

Saros 39 is composed of 73 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 39
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 73100.0%
PenumbralN 16 21.9%
PartialP 31 42.5%
TotalT 26 35.6%

The 73 lunar eclipses of Saros 39 occur in the order of 7N 10P 26T 21P 9N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 39
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 7
Partial P 10
Total T 26
Partial P 21
Penumbral N 9

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 39 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 39
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse -0731 Apr 1901h39m24s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse -1074 Sep 2600h27m40s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1092 Sep 1403h10m24s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse -0244 Feb 0700h11m24s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -0226 Feb 1704h16m17s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -0082 May 1400h53m14s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1092 Sep 14 - 0.99491
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse -0244 Feb 07 - 0.00246

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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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