Saros 26

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 26

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 26

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 26 . 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 26
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 -1919-Sep-0905:35:30 44462 3396 -48464 Nb t- 1.5636 0.0303-1.0515 53.6 - -
2-34 -1901-Sep-2013:14:40 44034 3324 -48241 N t- 1.5420 0.0725-1.0145 82.8 - -
3-33 -1883-Sep-3021:00:44 43608 3252 -48018 N t- 1.5262 0.1040-0.9877 99.2 - -
4-32 -1865-Oct-1204:54:16 43184 3181 -47795 N t- 1.5168 0.1233-0.9725108.1 - -
5-31 -1847-Oct-2212:52:07 42762 3111 -47572 N t- 1.5106 0.1363-0.9628113.8 - -
6-30 -1829-Nov-0220:53:29 42342 3042 -47349 N t- 1.5074 0.1434-0.9582116.9 - -
7-29 -1811-Nov-1304:56:25 41924 2973 -47126 N t- 1.5055 0.1477-0.9556118.8 - -
8-28 -1793-Nov-2413:00:11 41509 2905 -46903 N t- 1.5045 0.1501-0.9541119.9 - -
9-27 -1775-Dec-0421:00:41 41095 2838 -46680 N t- 1.5010 0.1564-0.9478122.4 - -
10-26 -1757-Dec-1604:58:32 40684 2771 -46457 N t- 1.4957 0.1659-0.9376126.0 - -
11-25 -1739-Dec-2612:49:51 40274 2705 -46234 N t- 1.4851 0.1844-0.9175132.7 - -
12-24 -1720-Jan-0620:35:22 39867 2640 -46011 N t- 1.4700 0.2111-0.8886141.6 - -
13-23 -1702-Jan-1704:10:56 39461 2575 -45788 N t- 1.4471 0.2517-0.8452154.0 - -
14-22 -1684-Jan-2811:39:15 39058 2511 -45565 N t- 1.4183 0.3028-0.7908168.0 - -
15-21 -1666-Feb-0718:56:54 38657 2448 -45342 N t- 1.3814 0.3688-0.7213184.2 - -
16-20 -1648-Feb-1902:05:08 38258 2386 -45119 N t- 1.3365 0.4492-0.6370201.5 - -
17-19 -1630-Mar-0109:03:18 37861 2324 -44896 N t- 1.2833 0.5448-0.5375219.6 - -
18-18 -1612-Mar-1115:53:23 37466 2263 -44673 N t- 1.2232 0.6532-0.4251237.6 - -
19-17 -1594-Mar-2222:35:27 37073 2203 -44450 N t- 1.1562 0.7742-0.3003255.2 - -
20-16 -1576-Apr-0205:09:38 36682 2143 -44227 N t- 1.0822 0.9081-0.1627272.1 - -
21-15 -1558-Apr-1311:38:51 36293 2084 -44004 Nx t- 1.0034 1.0508-0.0166287.8 - -
22-14 -1540-Apr-2318:03:42 35906 2026 -43781 P t- 0.9201 1.2022 0.1380302.2 89.7 -
23-13 -1522-May-0500:26:29 35522 1968 -43558 P t- 0.8342 1.3584 0.2969315.0128.4 -
24-12 -1504-May-1506:47:36 35139 1911 -43335 P t- 0.7461 1.5189 0.4598326.2155.5 -
25-11 -1486-May-2613:10:46 34759 1855 -43112 P t- 0.6585 1.6786 0.6214335.6175.9 -
26-10 -1468-Jun-0519:36:01 34380 1800 -42889 P t- 0.5715 1.8374 0.7817343.4191.6 -
27 -9 -1450-Jun-1702:05:01 34004 1745 -42666 P t- 0.4866 1.9927 0.9381349.5203.6 -
28 -8 -1432-Jun-2708:39:30 33630 1692 -42443 T t- 0.4053 2.1415 1.0877354.2212.6 47.2
29 -7 -1414-Jul-0815:21:15 33258 1638 -42220 T t- 0.3289 2.2815 1.2280357.6219.1 72.5
30 -6 -1396-Jul-1822:11:32 32887 1586 -41997 T+ p- 0.2586 2.4105 1.3570359.7223.6 86.3
31 -5 -1378-Jul-3005:10:09 32519 1534 -41774 T+ pp 0.1942 2.5288 1.4751360.9226.4 94.7
32 -4 -1360-Aug-0912:19:44 32153 1483 -41551 T+ pp 0.1378 2.6324 1.5783361.3228.0 99.5
33 -3 -1342-Aug-2019:39:39 31789 1433 -41328 T+ pp 0.0889 2.7223 1.6678361.2228.6102.1
34 -2 -1324-Aug-3103:10:22 31427 1383 -41105 T+ pp 0.0482 2.7973 1.7424360.6228.6103.3
35 -1 -1306-Sep-1110:51:31 31068 1334 -40882 T+ pp 0.0151 2.8581 1.8028359.7228.2103.5
36 0 -1288-Sep-2118:43:18 30710 1286 -40659 T- pp -0.0102 2.8671 1.8118358.7227.5103.2
37 1 -1270-Oct-0302:45:02 30354 1239 -40436 T- pp -0.0283 2.8338 1.7787357.6226.8102.7
38 2 -1252-Oct-1310:54:03 30001 1192 -40213 T- pp -0.0414 2.8095 1.7551356.4226.0102.2
39 3 -1234-Oct-2419:11:31 29649 1147 -39990 T- pp -0.0483 2.7962 1.7429355.1225.3101.8
40 4 -1216-Nov-0403:34:02 29300 1101 -39767 T- pp -0.0515 2.7894 1.7380353.9224.7101.5
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 26
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 -1198-Nov-1512:01:14 28952 1057 -39544 T- pp -0.0520 2.7872 1.7383352.5224.1101.3
42 6 -1180-Nov-2520:28:40 28607 1013 -39321 T- pp -0.0530 2.7838 1.7379351.1223.5101.2
43 7 -1162-Dec-0704:57:51 28264 971 -39098 T- pp -0.0534 2.7813 1.7392349.7222.9101.0
44 8 -1144-Dec-1713:24:33 27923 928 -38875 T- pp -0.0563 2.7737 1.7360348.1222.4100.8
45 9 -1126-Dec-2821:48:27 27584 887 -38652 T- pp -0.0622 2.7602 1.7275346.5221.8100.6
46 10 -1107-Jan-0806:06:54 27246 847 -38429 T- pp -0.0732 2.7375 1.7102344.8221.1100.2
47 11 -1089-Jan-1914:20:24 26912 807 -38206 T- pp -0.0892 2.7051 1.6838342.9220.3 99.5
48 12 -1071-Jan-2922:26:37 26579 768 -37983 T- pp -0.1117 2.6606 1.6455340.9219.3 98.4
49 13 -1053-Feb-1006:25:50 26248 730 -37760 T- pp -0.1409 2.6039 1.5951338.6218.0 96.6
50 14 -1035-Feb-2014:17:40 25919 692 -37537 T- pp -0.1770 2.5344 1.5321336.1216.3 93.8
51 15 -1017-Mar-0322:02:59 25592 655 -37314 T- -p -0.2191 2.4538 1.4579333.2214.0 89.6
52 16 -0999-Mar-1405:40:09 25268 622 -37091 T- -p -0.2690 2.3591 1.3694329.9210.9 83.1
53 17 -0981-Mar-2513:12:16 24945 615 -36868 T -p -0.3241 2.2551 1.2713326.0206.8 73.6
54 18 -0963-Apr-0420:38:01 24625 608 -36645 T -p -0.3853 2.1400 1.1617321.3201.5 58.8
55 19 -0945-Apr-1604:00:42 24306 601 -36422 T -a -0.4498 2.0191 1.0459316.0195.0 32.4
56 20 -0927-Apr-2611:17:47 23990 594 -36199 P -a -0.5198 1.8884 0.9197309.7186.5 -
57 21 -0909-May-0718:34:48 23676 587 -35976 P -a -0.5906 1.7566 0.7918302.7176.5 -
58 22 -0891-May-1801:49:19 23364 580 -35753 P -a -0.6644 1.6195 0.6581294.7164.1 -
59 23 -0873-May-2909:05:50 23053 574 -35530 P -a -0.7369 1.4851 0.5264285.9149.4 -
60 24 -0855-Jun-0816:22:07 22745 567 -35307 P -a -0.8102 1.3496 0.3929276.1131.4 -
61 25 -0837-Jun-1923:43:33 22439 560 -35084 P -a -0.8798 1.2212 0.2659265.8109.9 -
62 26 -0819-Jun-3007:07:35 22136 553 -34861 P -a -0.9478 1.0960 0.1413254.7 81.4 -
63 27 -0801-Jul-1114:37:35 21834 546 -34638 P -a -1.0115 0.9791 0.0247243.3 34.5 -
64 28 -0783-Jul-2122:13:07 21534 539 -34415 N -a -1.0710 0.8702-0.0848231.6 - -
65 29 -0765-Aug-0205:56:51 21236 532 -34192 N -a -1.1243 0.7729-0.1830220.1 - -
66 30 -0747-Aug-1213:48:12 20941 526 -33969 N -a -1.1719 0.6861-0.2711209.0 - -
67 31 -0729-Aug-2321:47:32 20647 519 -33746 N -a -1.2136 0.6105-0.3483198.4 - -
68 32 -0711-Sep-0305:56:12 20356 512 -33523 N -a -1.2482 0.5479-0.4128189.0 - -
69 33 -0693-Sep-1414:13:07 20066 505 -33300 N -a -1.2768 0.4965-0.4662180.7 - -
70 34 -0675-Sep-2422:38:29 19779 498 -33077 N -a -1.2988 0.4570-0.5076173.9 - -
71 35 -0657-Oct-0607:11:06 19494 491 -32854 N -a -1.3155 0.4274-0.5392168.6 - -
72 36 -0639-Oct-1615:51:10 19210 483 -32631 N -a -1.3266 0.4078-0.5605165.0 - -
73 37 -0621-Oct-2800:36:41 18929 476 -32408 N -a -1.3338 0.3955-0.5742162.6 - -
74 38 -0603-Nov-0709:26:17 18650 469 -32185 N -a -1.3379 0.3885-0.5823161.3 - -
75 39 -0585-Nov-1818:19:07 18373 462 -31962 N -a -1.3396 0.3856-0.5859160.7 - -
76 40 -0567-Nov-2903:13:32 18098 455 -31739 N -a -1.3400 0.3851-0.5866160.7 - -
77 41 -0549-Dec-1012:07:06 17825 449 -31516 N -a -1.3415 0.3821-0.5893160.1 - -
78 42 -0531-Dec-2020:58:19 17555 442 -31293 N -a -1.3450 0.3753-0.5955158.8 - -
79 43 -0512-Jan-0105:46:04 17286 435 -31070 N -a -1.3514 0.3631-0.6066156.4 - -
80 44 -0494-Jan-1114:29:30 17000 428 -30847 N -a -1.3612 0.3445-0.6239152.7 - -
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 26
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
81 45 -0476-Jan-2223:05:30 16683 422 -30624 N -a -1.3771 0.3144-0.6522146.4 - -
82 46 -0458-Feb-0207:35:15 16376 415 -30401 N -a -1.3980 0.2753-0.6897137.5 - -
83 47 -0440-Feb-1315:56:06 16077 409 -30178 N -a -1.4263 0.2224-0.7407124.3 - -
84 48 -0422-Feb-2400:09:55 15786 402 -29955 N -a -1.4600 0.1597-0.8017106.0 - -
85 49 -0404-Mar-0608:13:23 15502 396 -29732 Ne -a -1.5019 0.0820-0.8777 76.6 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 26

Lunar eclipses of Saros 26 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 -1919 Sep 09. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on -0404 Mar 06. The total duration of Saros series 26 is 1514.53 years.

Summary of Saros 26
First Eclipse -1919 Sep 09
Last Eclipse -0404 Mar 06
Series Duration 1514.53 Years
No. of Eclipses 85
Sequence 21N 6P 28T 8P 22N

Saros 26 is composed of 85 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 26
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 85100.0%
PenumbralN 43 50.6%
PartialP 14 16.5%
TotalT 28 32.9%

The 85 lunar eclipses of Saros 26 occur in the order of 21N 6P 28T 8P 22N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 26
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 21
Partial P 6
Total T 28
Partial P 8
Penumbral N 22

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 26 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 26
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse -1306 Sep 1101h43m28s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse -0945 Apr 1600h32m23s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1450 Jun 1703h23m37s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse -0801 Jul 1100h34m28s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -1558 Apr 1304h47m50s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -1919 Sep 0900h53m33s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1450 Jun 17 - 0.93810
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse -0801 Jul 11 - 0.02467

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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.

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, www.EclipseWise.com"

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