Saros 30

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 30

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 30

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 30 . 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 30
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
1-37 -1803-Jun-1910:21:33 41749 2944 -47032 Nb t- 1.5510 0.0234-0.9989 44.9 - -
2-36 -1785-Jun-3017:18:54 41334 2876 -46809 N h- 1.4762 0.1599-0.8608115.6 - -
3-35 -1767-Jul-1100:23:08 40921 2809 -46586 N h- 1.4052 0.2895-0.7301153.1 - -
4-34 -1749-Jul-2207:36:33 40511 2743 -46363 N h- 1.3403 0.4083-0.6106179.2 - -
5-33 -1731-Aug-0114:59:12 40102 2677 -46140 N a- 1.2816 0.5158-0.5027198.6 - -
6-32 -1713-Aug-1222:32:47 39696 2612 -45917 N a- 1.2306 0.6092-0.4090213.2 - -
7-31 -1695-Aug-2306:16:32 39291 2548 -45694 N a- 1.1868 0.6896-0.3286224.3 - -
8-30 -1677-Sep-0314:10:16 38889 2485 -45471 N a- 1.1502 0.7568-0.2613232.6 - -
9-29 -1659-Sep-1322:14:35 38489 2422 -45248 N a- 1.1212 0.8098-0.2081238.5 - -
10-28 -1641-Sep-2506:28:10 38090 2360 -45025 N a- 1.0990 0.8504-0.1672242.7 - -
11-27 -1623-Oct-0514:50:01 37694 2298 -44802 N a- 1.0829 0.8796-0.1374245.3 - -
12-26 -1605-Oct-1623:18:59 37300 2237 -44579 N a- 1.0720 0.8992-0.1168246.7 - -
13-25 -1587-Oct-2707:54:09 36908 2177 -44356 N a- 1.0654 0.9106-0.1040247.2 - -
14-24 -1569-Nov-0716:33:28 36518 2118 -44133 N a- 1.0616 0.9165-0.0961247.0 - -
15-23 -1551-Nov-1801:14:44 36130 2059 -43910 N a- 1.0587 0.9205-0.0895246.6 - -
16-22 -1533-Nov-2909:57:20 35744 2001 -43687 N a- 1.0564 0.9232-0.0838246.1 - -
17-21 -1515-Dec-0918:39:11 35360 1944 -43464 N a- 1.0533 0.9270-0.0763245.6 - -
18-20 -1497-Dec-2103:17:51 34979 1888 -43241 N a- 1.0468 0.9368-0.0624245.8 - -
19-19 -1479-Dec-3111:52:11 34599 1832 -43018 N a- 1.0363 0.9538-0.0409246.7 - -
20-18 -1460-Jan-1120:21:12 34221 1777 -42795 N a- 1.0212 0.9790-0.0106248.4 - -
21-17 -1442-Jan-2204:44:22 33846 1723 -42572 P a- 1.0008 1.0138 0.0293251.0 37.9 -
22-16 -1424-Feb-0212:59:11 33473 1669 -42349 P a- 0.9733 1.0616 0.0825254.6 63.0 -
23-15 -1406-Feb-1221:07:20 33101 1616 -42126 P a- 0.9400 1.1201 0.1463259.0 83.0 -
24-14 -1388-Feb-2405:06:59 32732 1564 -41903 P a- 0.8991 1.1925 0.2239264.2101.4 -
25-13 -1370-Mar-0613:00:00 32365 1512 -41680 P a- 0.8524 1.2756 0.3121269.9118.0 -
26-12 -1352-Mar-1620:44:37 32000 1462 -41457 P a- 0.7984 1.3722 0.4135276.0133.5 -
27-11 -1334-Mar-2804:24:23 31636 1412 -41234 P a- 0.7399 1.4775 0.5230282.0147.5 -
28-10 -1316-Apr-0711:57:51 31275 1363 -41011 P a- 0.6756 1.5934 0.6428288.1160.2 -
29 -9 -1298-Apr-1819:27:10 30917 1314 -40788 P a- 0.6074 1.7170 0.7697293.8171.4 -
30 -8 -1280-Apr-2902:53:03 30560 1266 -40565 P a- 0.5357 1.8472 0.9025299.0181.3 -
31 -7 -1262-May-1010:17:10 30205 1219 -40342 T a- 0.4620 1.9815 1.0388303.7189.6 29.2
32 -6 -1244-May-2017:40:32 29852 1173 -40119 T a- 0.3873 2.1177 1.1763307.7196.4 59.6
33 -5 -1226-Jun-0101:03:26 29502 1127 -39896 T p- 0.3119 2.2558 1.3150311.0201.9 76.1
34 -4 -1208-Jun-1108:28:50 29153 1083 -39673 T+ p- 0.2383 2.3909 1.4500313.5206.0 86.6
35 -3 -1190-Jun-2215:56:47 28807 1039 -39450 T+ p- 0.1663 2.5234 1.5817315.4208.8 93.4
36 -2 -1172-Jul-0223:28:50 28462 995 -39227 T+ pp 0.0979 2.6496 1.7065316.6210.5 97.3
37 -1 -1154-Jul-1407:05:39 28120 953 -39004 T+ pp 0.0334 2.7689 1.8238317.3211.3 99.0
38 0 -1136-Jul-2414:48:59 27779 911 -38781 T- pp -0.0255 2.7847 1.8371317.6211.3 99.0
39 1 -1118-Aug-0422:39:02 27441 870 -38558 T- pp -0.0789 2.6883 1.7378317.6210.7 97.7
40 2 -1100-Aug-1506:35:35 27105 830 -38335 T- -p -0.1267 2.6022 1.6484317.3209.6 95.4
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 30
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 3 -1082-Aug-2614:40:39 26771 790 -38112 T- -p -0.1672 2.5297 1.5722317.0208.4 92.6
42 4 -1064-Sep-0522:53:22 26439 752 -37889 T- -p -0.2011 2.4693 1.5082316.8207.2 89.6
43 5 -1046-Sep-1707:14:46 26109 714 -37666 T- -p -0.2278 2.4223 1.4574316.6206.0 86.7
44 6 -1028-Sep-2715:42:23 25781 677 -37443 T- -p -0.2491 2.3850 1.4164316.6205.0 84.0
45 7 -1010-Oct-0900:18:24 25455 640 -37220 T- -p -0.2633 2.3608 1.3886316.8204.4 82.0
46 8 -0992-Oct-1908:59:17 25132 619 -36997 T -p -0.2734 2.3439 1.3685317.1203.9 80.5
47 9 -0974-Oct-3017:45:39 24810 612 -36774 T -p -0.2786 2.3358 1.3575317.6203.8 79.6
48 10 -0956-Nov-1002:34:22 24490 605 -36551 T -p -0.2818 2.3313 1.3505318.2203.8 79.1
49 11 -0938-Nov-2111:25:49 24173 598 -36328 T -p -0.2823 2.3313 1.3485318.8204.0 79.0
50 12 -0920-Dec-0120:16:22 23857 591 -36105 T -p -0.2833 2.3302 1.3459319.5204.3 78.9
51 13 -0902-Dec-1305:05:29 23544 584 -35882 T -p -0.2851 2.3275 1.3421320.1204.5 78.7
52 14 -0884-Dec-2313:50:48 23233 578 -35659 T -p -0.2896 2.3195 1.3335320.6204.6 78.1
53 15 -0865-Jan-0322:31:57 22923 571 -35436 T -p -0.2968 2.3065 1.3203321.0204.6 77.1
54 16 -0847-Jan-1407:05:24 22616 564 -35213 T -p -0.3101 2.2820 1.2959321.2204.2 74.9
55 17 -0829-Jan-2515:31:58 22311 557 -34990 T -p -0.3285 2.2480 1.2622321.1203.4 71.5
56 18 -0811-Feb-0423:49:28 22008 550 -34767 T -p -0.3538 2.2015 1.2161320.6202.0 66.1
57 19 -0793-Feb-1607:59:14 21707 543 -34544 T -a -0.3848 2.1443 1.1594319.8200.0 58.0
58 20 -0775-Feb-2615:57:41 21408 536 -34321 T -a -0.4246 2.0712 1.0866318.4196.8 43.8
59 21 -0757-Mar-0923:48:15 21111 530 -34098 T -a -0.4702 1.9873 1.0030316.4192.6 8.3
60 22 -0739-Mar-2007:28:09 20817 523 -33875 P -a -0.5243 1.8882 0.9037313.4186.7 -
61 23 -0721-Mar-3115:00:59 20524 516 -33652 P -a -0.5833 1.7801 0.7953309.6179.1 -
62 24 -0703-Apr-1022:23:38 20233 509 -33429 P -a -0.6499 1.6584 0.6726304.5168.6 -
63 25 -0685-Apr-2205:41:09 19945 502 -33206 P -a -0.7199 1.5307 0.5435298.2155.3 -
64 26 -0667-May-0212:51:02 19658 495 -32983 P -a -0.7954 1.3931 0.4040290.3137.2 -
65 27 -0649-May-1319:56:45 19374 488 -32760 P -a -0.8732 1.2516 0.2600280.8112.8 -
66 28 -0631-May-2402:57:51 19092 480 -32537 P -a -0.9538 1.1053 0.1106269.3 75.4 -
67 29 -0613-Jun-0409:57:14 18811 473 -32314 N -a -1.0346 0.9588-0.0395255.9 - -
68 30 -0595-Jun-1416:55:21 18533 466 -32091 N -a -1.1152 0.8131-0.1895240.3 - -
69 31 -0577-Jun-2523:53:14 18257 459 -31868 N -a -1.1947 0.6697-0.3377222.3 - -
70 32 -0559-Jul-0606:53:28 17983 453 -31645 N -h -1.2710 0.5323-0.4804201.8 - -
71 33 -0541-Jul-1713:56:37 17711 446 -31422 N -h -1.3440 0.4013-0.6171178.3 - -
72 34 -0523-Jul-2721:04:26 17441 439 -31199 N -h -1.4118 0.2800-0.7445151.3 - -
73 35 -0505-Aug-0804:17:14 17173 432 -30976 N -h -1.4744 0.1682-0.8625119.1 - -
74 36 -0487-Aug-1811:37:09 16865 426 -30753 Ne -h -1.5303 0.0689-0.9684 77.2 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 30

Lunar eclipses of Saros 30 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series began with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on -1803 Jun 19. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on -0487 Aug 18. The total duration of Saros series 30 is 1316.20 years.

Summary of Saros 30
First Eclipse -1803 Jun 19
Last Eclipse -0487 Aug 18
Series Duration 1316.20 Years
No. of Eclipses 74
Sequence 20N 10P 29T 7P 8N

Saros 30 is composed of 74 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 30
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 74100.0%
PenumbralN 28 37.8%
PartialP 17 23.0%
TotalT 29 39.2%

The 74 lunar eclipses of Saros 30 occur in the order of 20N 10P 29T 7P 8N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 30
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 20
Partial P 10
Total T 29
Partial P 7
Penumbral N 8

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 30 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 30
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse -1154 Jul 1401h39m01s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse -0757 Mar 0900h08m19s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse -0739 Mar 2003h06m44s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1442 Jan 2200h37m57s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -0613 Jun 0404h15m55s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -1803 Jun 1900h44m52s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse -0739 Mar 20 - 0.90374
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse -1442 Jan 22 - 0.02935

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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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