Saros 124

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 124

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 124

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 124 . 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 124
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
1-34 1152-Aug-1700:06:20 878 36 -10481 Nb t- 1.5434 0.0651-1.0122 79.1 - -
2-33 1170-Aug-2807:00:25 818 34 -10258 N t- 1.4807 0.1811-0.8983130.6 - -
3-32 1188-Sep-0714:02:17 761 32 -10035 N t- 1.4234 0.2874-0.7942162.9 - -
4-31 1206-Sep-1821:15:33 708 30 -9812 N t- 1.3744 0.3784-0.7054185.2 - -
5-30 1224-Sep-2904:37:50 659 28 -9589 N t- 1.3317 0.4577-0.6280202.0 - -
6-29 1242-Oct-1012:09:43 612 27 -9366 N t- 1.2960 0.5241-0.5633214.6 - -
7-28 1260-Oct-2019:50:49 569 25 -9143 N t- 1.2671 0.5778-0.5110223.9 - -
8-27 1278-Nov-0103:41:05 529 23 -8920 N t- 1.2454 0.6181-0.4715230.4 - -
9-26 1296-Nov-1111:38:15 491 22 -8697 N t- 1.2283 0.6497-0.4402235.1 - -
10-25 1314-Nov-2219:41:02 456 20 -8474 N t- 1.2153 0.6733-0.4163238.3 - -
11-24 1332-Dec-0303:48:25 423 20 -8251 N t- 1.2054 0.6910-0.3976240.5 - -
12-23 1350-Dec-1411:59:00 392 20 -8028 N h- 1.1976 0.7043-0.3825241.9 - -
13-22 1368-Dec-2420:09:40 363 20 -7805 N h- 1.1895 0.7180-0.3663243.2 - -
14-21 1387-Jan-0504:20:22 336 20 -7582 N h- 1.1809 0.7322-0.3489244.5 - -
15-20 1405-Jan-1512:28:22 310 20 -7359 N h- 1.1693 0.7513-0.3258246.4 - -
16-19 1423-Jan-2620:33:03 285 20 -7136 N h- 1.1545 0.7763-0.2962249.0 - -
17-18 1441-Feb-0604:31:32 262 20 -6913 N h- 1.1338 0.8116-0.2557252.7 - -
18-17 1459-Feb-1712:25:18 240 20 -6690 N h- 1.1085 0.8551-0.2066257.2 - -
19-16 1477-Feb-2720:11:48 219 20 -6467 N h- 1.0768 0.9104-0.1454262.8 - -
20-15 1495-Mar-1103:50:57 200 20 -6244 N h- 1.0380 0.9784-0.0711269.4 - -
21-14 1513-Mar-2111:22:50 182 20 -6021 P h- 0.9923 1.0591 0.0158276.6 29.8 -
22-13 1531-Apr-0118:47:56 165 20 -5798 P h- 0.9400 1.1518 0.1148284.3 79.0 -
23-12 1549-Apr-1202:06:53 150 20 -5575 P h- 0.8818 1.2555 0.2247292.1108.5 -
24-11 1567-Apr-2309:18:47 137 20 -5352 P h- 0.8169 1.3716 0.3469299.9131.9 -
25-10 1585-May-1316:27:06 125 20 -5129 P h- 0.7478 1.4955 0.4764307.2151.1 -
26 -9 1603-May-2423:30:54 115 19 -4906 P a- 0.6737 1.6287 0.6150314.0167.4 -
27 -8 1621-Jun-0406:32:44 92 17 -4683 P a- 0.5970 1.7669 0.7582320.0180.9 -
28 -7 1639-Jun-1513:32:41 64 14 -4460 P a- 0.5177 1.9102 0.9059325.1192.1 -
29 -6 1657-Jun-2520:33:50 38 11 -4237 T a- 0.4381 2.0544 1.0539329.2201.0 35.9
30 -5 1675-Jul-0703:36:10 18 9 -4014 T a- 0.3583 2.1991 1.2020332.4207.9 66.2
31 -4 1693-Jul-1710:41:01 8 6 -3791 T p- 0.2794 2.3425 1.3482334.6213.0 82.4
32 -3 1711-Jul-2917:50:24 9 5 -3568 T+ p- 0.2033 2.4810 1.4889335.8216.5 92.2
33 -2 1729-Aug-0901:05:16 10 4 -3345 T+ pp 0.1306 2.6136 1.6232336.2218.4 98.0
34 -1 1747-Aug-2008:26:59 12 3 -3122 T+ pp 0.0627 2.7375 1.7483335.9219.2100.8
35 0 1765-Aug-3015:55:31 15 2 -2899 T- pp -0.0004 2.8513 1.8629335.0218.9101.4
36 1 1783-Sep-1023:33:06 17 2 -2676 T- pp -0.0569 2.7474 1.7595333.7217.9100.4
37 2 1801-Sep-2207:18:55 13 1 -2453 T- pp -0.1074 2.6548 1.6670332.2216.4 98.2
38 3 1819-Oct-0315:13:28 12 1 -2230 T- pp -0.1510 2.5747 1.5868330.4214.6 95.3
39 4 1837-Oct-1323:17:06 5 1 -2007 T- -p -0.1878 2.5074 1.5192328.7212.7 92.0
40 5 1855-Oct-2507:29:40 7 0 -1784 T- -p -0.2177 2.4528 1.4643327.0210.8 88.7
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 124
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 6 1873-Nov-0415:51:03 -2 0 -1561 T- -p -0.2408 2.4104 1.4217325.5209.1 85.7
42 7 1891-Nov-1600:18:46 -6 0 -1338 T- -p -0.2592 2.3766 1.3880324.1207.7 83.1
43 8 1909-Nov-2708:54:41 10 0 -1115 T- -p -0.2713 2.3544 1.3660323.0206.5 81.2
44 9 1927-Dec-0817:35:10 24 0 -892 T -p -0.2796 2.3389 1.3510321.9205.6 79.8
45 10 1945-Dec-1902:20:47 27 0 -669 T -p -0.2845 2.3293 1.3424321.0204.9 78.9
46 11 1963-Dec-3011:07:25 35 0 -446 T -p -0.2889 2.3206 1.3350320.1204.3 78.1
47 12 1982-Jan-0919:56:43 52 0 -223 T -p -0.2916 2.3147 1.3310319.2203.9 77.7
48 13 2000-Jan-2104:44:35 64 0 0 T -p -0.2957 2.3060 1.3246318.3203.3 77.0
49 14 2018-Jan-3113:31:00 69 0 223 T -p -0.3014 2.2941 1.3155317.3202.8 76.1
50 15 2036-Feb-1122:13:06 77 4 446 T -p -0.3110 2.2751 1.2995316.2202.0 74.5
51 16 2054-Feb-2206:51:27 88 11 669 T -p -0.3242 2.2491 1.2769314.9200.9 72.1
52 17 2072-Mar-0415:23:07 101 20 892 T -p -0.3431 2.2126 1.2441313.3199.4 68.5
53 18 2090-Mar-1523:48:31 117 31 1115 T -p -0.3675 2.1659 1.2012311.4197.5 63.0
54 19 2108-Mar-2708:06:28 136 44 1338 T -p -0.3982 2.1076 1.1466309.1194.9 54.7
55 20 2126-Apr-0716:17:55 157 58 1561 T -a -0.4346 2.0389 1.0817306.4191.5 41.6
56 21 2144-Apr-1800:20:29 181 73 1784 T -a -0.4787 1.9563 1.0026303.0187.0 7.6
57 22 2162-Apr-2908:17:08 207 90 2007 P -a -0.5280 1.8642 0.9137299.0181.3 -
58 23 2180-May-0916:05:58 236 107 2230 P -a -0.5840 1.7599 0.8123294.2173.9 -
59 24 2198-May-2023:50:32 267 126 2453 P -a -0.6437 1.6492 0.7041288.5164.8 -
60 25 2216-Jun-0107:27:36 301 146 2676 P -a -0.7097 1.5271 0.5839281.7153.0 -
61 26 2234-Jun-1215:02:55 338 167 2899 P -a -0.7774 1.4022 0.4603273.9138.5 -
62 27 2252-Jun-2222:33:27 377 189 3122 P -a -0.8494 1.2697 0.3286264.7119.3 -
63 28 2270-Jul-0406:03:42 419 213 3345 P -a -0.9215 1.1374 0.1965254.3 94.1 -
64 29 2288-Jul-1413:31:30 463 237 3568 P -a -0.9955 1.0018 0.0604242.4 53.1 -
65 30 2306-Jul-2621:01:27 510 262 3791 N -a -1.0676 0.8701-0.0725229.3 - -
66 31 2324-Aug-0604:31:50 559 287 4014 N -a -1.1393 0.7395-0.2049214.5 - -
67 32 2342-Aug-1712:05:11 611 314 4237 N -a -1.2083 0.6140-0.3327198.3 - -
68 33 2360-Aug-2719:41:57 666 342 4460 N -a -1.2742 0.4948-0.4550180.4 - -
69 34 2378-Sep-0803:23:54 723 371 4683 N -a -1.3354 0.3841-0.5690161.0 - -
70 35 2396-Sep-1811:11:25 783 400 4906 N -a -1.3918 0.2826-0.6744139.7 - -
71 36 2414-Sep-2919:04:39 845 430 5129 N -a -1.4432 0.1904-0.7708115.9 - -
72 37 2432-Oct-1003:05:16 910 461 5352 N -a -1.4883 0.1098-0.8559 88.9 - -
73 38 2450-Oct-2111:12:20 978 493 5575 Ne -a -1.5281 0.0393-0.9310 53.6 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 124

Lunar eclipses of Saros 124 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 1152 Aug 17. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 2450 Oct 21. The total duration of Saros series 124 is 1298.17 years.

Summary of Saros 124
First Eclipse 1152 Aug 17
Last Eclipse 2450 Oct 21
Series Duration 1298.17 Years
No. of Eclipses 73
Sequence 20N 8P 28T 8P 9N

Saros 124 is composed of 73 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 124
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 73100.0%
PenumbralN 29 39.7%
PartialP 16 21.9%
TotalT 28 38.4%

The 73 lunar eclipses of Saros 124 occur in the order of 20N 8P 28T 8P 9N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 124
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 20
Partial P 8
Total T 28
Partial P 8
Penumbral N 9

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 124 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 124
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse 1765 Aug 3001h41m27s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse 2144 Apr 1800h07m34s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse 1639 Jun 1503h12m07s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse 1513 Mar 2100h29m48s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 1495 Mar 1104h29m22s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 2450 Oct 2100h53m38s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse 2162 Apr 29 - 0.91372
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse 1513 Mar 21 - 0.01581

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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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