Saros 112

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 112

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 112

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 112 . 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 112
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
1-35 0859-May-2013:37:58 2474 74 -14108 Nb t- 1.5702 0.0006-1.0462 7.5 - -
2-34 0877-May-3020:15:06 2342 71 -13885 N t- 1.4859 0.1533-0.8897116.7 - -
3-33 0895-Jun-1102:54:18 2214 68 -13662 N t- 1.4019 0.3057-0.7340162.0 - -
4-32 0913-Jun-2109:33:18 2091 66 -13439 N t- 1.3162 0.4616-0.5753195.4 - -
5-31 0931-Jul-0216:18:00 1972 63 -13216 N t- 1.2336 0.6119-0.4226221.0 - -
6-30 0949-Jul-1223:05:31 1857 61 -12993 N t- 1.1516 0.7614-0.2712242.0 - -
7-29 0967-Jul-2406:00:35 1747 58 -12770 N t- 1.0746 0.9019-0.1292258.7 - -
8-28 0985-Aug-0313:01:09 1641 56 -12547 P t- 1.0008 1.0368 0.0067272.5 19.3 -
9-27 1003-Aug-1420:11:52 1540 53 -12324 P h- 0.9341 1.1588 0.1295283.4 83.4 -
10-26 1021-Aug-2503:30:38 1443 51 -12101 P h- 0.8728 1.2711 0.2422292.2111.9 -
11-25 1039-Sep-0510:59:08 1352 49 -11878 P a- 0.8184 1.3707 0.3422299.0130.6 -
12-24 1057-Sep-1518:37:37 1264 46 -11655 P a- 0.7713 1.4571 0.4286304.2143.8 -
13-23 1075-Sep-2702:26:24 1182 44 -11432 P a- 0.7321 1.5290 0.5006308.0153.2 -
14-22 1093-Oct-0710:24:58 1103 42 -11209 P a- 0.6998 1.5882 0.5600310.7160.1 -
15-21 1111-Oct-1818:32:02 1029 40 -10986 P a- 0.6738 1.6357 0.6079312.5165.0 -
16-20 1129-Oct-2902:48:17 960 38 -10763 P a- 0.6545 1.6708 0.6436313.5168.3 -
17-19 1147-Nov-0911:11:41 895 36 -10540 P a- 0.6405 1.6960 0.6699313.9170.4 -
18-18 1165-Nov-1919:41:15 833 34 -10317 P a- 0.6308 1.7130 0.6883313.7171.7 -
19-17 1183-Dec-0104:15:15 776 32 -10094 P a- 0.6243 1.7240 0.7012313.3172.5 -
20-16 1201-Dec-1112:52:33 722 31 -9871 P a- 0.6197 1.7312 0.7109312.5172.9 -
21-15 1219-Dec-2221:30:53 671 29 -9648 P a- 0.6154 1.7375 0.7203311.8173.3 -
22-14 1238-Jan-0206:08:14 624 27 -9425 P a- 0.6097 1.7462 0.7325311.0173.9 -
23-13 1256-Jan-1314:44:00 580 25 -9202 P a- 0.6022 1.7578 0.7482310.5174.9 -
24-12 1274-Jan-2323:16:19 539 24 -8979 P a- 0.5917 1.7748 0.7698310.1176.3 -
25-11 1292-Feb-0407:43:11 501 22 -8756 P a- 0.5760 1.8011 0.8011310.1178.5 -
26-10 1310-Feb-1416:04:15 465 21 -8533 P a- 0.5549 1.8372 0.8424310.6181.3 -
27 -9 1328-Feb-2600:18:39 432 20 -8310 P a- 0.5279 1.8840 0.8947311.3184.7 -
28 -8 1346-Mar-0808:26:54 400 20 -8087 P a- 0.4952 1.9412 0.9574312.4188.5 -
29 -7 1364-Mar-1816:26:29 371 20 -7864 T a- 0.4548 2.0125 1.0342313.9192.8 27.8
30 -6 1382-Mar-3000:20:25 343 20 -7641 T a- 0.4091 2.0937 1.1207315.4197.0 50.8
31 -5 1400-Apr-0908:06:49 316 20 -7418 T a- 0.3563 2.1880 1.2202317.0201.3 66.5
32 -4 1418-Apr-2015:48:16 292 20 -7195 T p- 0.2988 2.2912 1.3280318.4205.1 78.1
33 -3 1436-Apr-3023:23:10 268 20 -6972 T+ p- 0.2351 2.4057 1.4469319.7208.4 87.2
34 -2 1454-May-1206:55:10 246 20 -6749 T+ p- 0.1683 2.5264 1.5714320.5210.9 93.7
35 -1 1472-May-2214:23:03 225 20 -6526 T+ pp 0.0974 2.6550 1.7032320.8212.5 98.0
36 0 1490-Jun-0221:49:12 205 20 -6303 T+ pp 0.0243 2.7877 1.8386320.6213.1 99.8
37 1 1508-Jun-1305:14:01 187 20 -6080 T- pp -0.0503 2.7390 1.7919319.8212.6 99.4
38 2 1526-Jun-2412:39:42 169 20 -5857 T- pp -0.1248 2.6017 1.6560318.3211.0 96.4
39 3 1544-Jul-0420:06:55 154 20 -5634 T- -p -0.1982 2.4666 1.5216316.2208.4 90.9
40 4 1562-Jul-1603:36:18 140 20 -5411 T- -p -0.2701 2.3346 1.3897313.5204.7 82.5
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 112
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 5 1580-Jul-2611:09:57 128 20 -5188 T -p -0.3387 2.2090 1.2636310.4200.0 70.8
42 6 1598-Aug-1618:47:57 119 20 -4965 T -a -0.4040 2.0898 1.1433306.9194.6 54.2
43 7 1616-Aug-2702:31:49 98 18 -4742 T -a -0.4643 1.9799 1.0319303.2188.6 26.4
44 8 1634-Sep-0710:21:49 72 15 -4519 P -a -0.5196 1.8795 0.9294299.4182.2 -
45 9 1652-Sep-1718:19:28 45 12 -4296 P -a -0.5687 1.7906 0.8381295.7175.7 -
46 10 1670-Sep-2902:24:54 22 9 -4073 P -a -0.6114 1.7136 0.7584292.3169.4 -
47 11 1688-Oct-0910:37:18 9 7 -3850 P -a -0.6485 1.6469 0.6888289.1163.2 -
48 12 1706-Oct-2118:58:21 9 5 -3627 P -a -0.6785 1.5934 0.6324286.5157.8 -
49 13 1724-Nov-0103:26:08 10 4 -3404 P -a -0.7028 1.5503 0.5864284.4153.1 -
50 14 1742-Nov-1212:01:43 12 3 -3181 P -a -0.7209 1.5184 0.5517282.8149.4 -
51 15 1760-Nov-2220:41:36 14 3 -2958 P -a -0.7356 1.4928 0.5236281.6146.2 -
52 16 1778-Dec-0405:27:52 17 2 -2735 P -a -0.7448 1.4769 0.5055281.0144.2 -
53 17 1796-Dec-1414:16:42 15 1 -2512 P -a -0.7519 1.4649 0.4915280.6142.6 -
54 18 1814-Dec-2623:08:27 12 1 -2289 P -a -0.7564 1.4573 0.4826280.4141.6 -
55 19 1833-Jan-0607:59:45 6 1 -2066 P -a -0.7612 1.4492 0.4734280.3140.6 -
56 20 1851-Jan-1716:50:46 7 1 -1843 P -a -0.7660 1.4406 0.4642280.1139.6 -
57 21 1869-Jan-2801:38:27 2 0 -1620 P -a -0.7733 1.4273 0.4507279.6138.0 -
58 22 1887-Feb-0810:22:03 -6 0 -1397 P -a -0.7837 1.4082 0.4318278.8135.6 -
59 23 1905-Feb-1919:00:02 4 0 -1174 P -a -0.7984 1.3809 0.4050277.3132.1 -
60 24 1923-Mar-0303:32:09 23 0 -951 P -a -0.8176 1.3453 0.3701275.3127.2 -
61 25 1941-Mar-1311:55:47 25 0 -728 P -a -0.8437 1.2971 0.3226272.3119.8 -
62 26 1959-Mar-2420:11:57 33 0 -505 P -a -0.8757 1.2379 0.2643268.3109.6 -
63 27 1977-Apr-0404:19:03 48 0 -282 P -a -0.9148 1.1657 0.1929263.0 94.8 -
64 28 1995-Apr-1512:19:04 61 0 -59 P -a -0.9594 1.0836 0.1114256.4 73.0 -
65 29 2013-Apr-2520:08:37 67 0 164 P -a -1.0121 0.9867 0.0148247.8 27.0 -
66 30 2031-May-0703:52:01 75 2 387 N -a -1.0695 0.8815-0.0904237.4 - -
67 31 2049-May-1711:26:38 85 9 610 N -a -1.1337 0.7638-0.2085224.3 - -
68 32 2067-May-2818:56:07 97 17 833 N -a -1.2013 0.6403-0.3329208.6 - -
69 33 2085-Jun-0802:17:36 113 28 1056 N -a -1.2746 0.5065-0.4682188.6 - -
70 34 2103-Jun-2009:36:11 131 40 1279 N -a -1.3493 0.3704-0.6062163.9 - -
71 35 2121-Jun-3016:49:53 151 54 1502 N -a -1.4273 0.2287-0.7505131.0 - -
72 36 2139-Jul-1200:01:47 174 69 1725 Ne -a -1.5055 0.0866-0.8956 82.0 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 112

Lunar eclipses of Saros 112 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 0859 May 20. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 2139 Jul 12. The total duration of Saros series 112 is 1280.14 years.

Summary of Saros 112
First Eclipse 0859 May 20
Last Eclipse 2139 Jul 12
Series Duration 1280.14 Years
No. of Eclipses 72
Sequence 7N 21P 15T 22P 7N

Saros 112 is composed of 72 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 112
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 72100.0%
PenumbralN 14 19.4%
PartialP 43 59.7%
TotalT 15 20.8%

The 72 lunar eclipses of Saros 112 occur in the order of 7N 21P 15T 22P 7N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 112
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 7
Partial P 21
Total T 15
Partial P 22
Penumbral N 7

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 112 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 112
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse 1490 Jun 0201h39m51s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse 1616 Aug 2700h26m24s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse 1346 Mar 0803h08m30s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0985 Aug 0300h19m21s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 0967 Jul 2404h18m43s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 0859 May 2000h07m28s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse 1346 Mar 08 - 0.95736
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0985 Aug 03 - 0.00669

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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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