Saros 80

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 80

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 80

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 80 . 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 80
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
1-38 -0103-Feb-0707:26:45 11602 296 -26010 Nb a- 1.5542 0.0017-0.9891 11.5 - -
2-37 -0085-Feb-1815:37:05 11406 290 -25787 N a- 1.5311 0.0439-0.9466 58.1 - -
3-36 -0067-Feb-2823:39:39 11214 285 -25564 N a- 1.5027 0.0959-0.8943 85.6 - -
4-35 -0049-Mar-1207:30:49 11024 279 -25341 N a- 1.4660 0.1632-0.8269111.4 - -
5-34 -0031-Mar-2215:14:16 10837 274 -25118 N a- 1.4240 0.2403-0.7499134.6 - -
6-33 -0013-Apr-0222:47:25 10652 269 -24895 N a- 1.3746 0.3311-0.6596157.2 - -
7-32 0005-Apr-1306:12:19 10470 263 -24672 N h- 1.3193 0.4329-0.5586178.7 - -
8-31 0023-Apr-2413:29:03 10290 258 -24449 N h- 1.2581 0.5460-0.4468199.2 - -
9-30 0041-May-0420:39:50 10112 253 -24226 N h- 1.1925 0.6671-0.3274218.4 - -
10-29 0059-May-1603:44:50 9935 248 -24003 N t- 1.1230 0.7959-0.2010236.5 - -
11-28 0077-May-2610:45:18 9760 243 -23780 N t- 1.0505 0.9304-0.0694253.2 - -
12-27 0095-Jun-0617:43:06 9586 238 -23557 P t- 0.9763 1.0683 0.0651268.6 58.7 -
13-26 0113-Jun-1700:39:35 9413 233 -23334 P t- 0.9013 1.2078 0.2006282.5101.5 -
14-25 0131-Jun-2807:35:09 9242 228 -23111 P t- 0.8264 1.3476 0.3359295.1129.2 -
15-24 0149-Jul-0814:32:27 9070 223 -22888 P t- 0.7535 1.4839 0.4672306.3149.9 -
16-23 0167-Jul-1921:32:15 8899 218 -22665 P t- 0.6833 1.6154 0.5932316.1166.1 -
17-22 0185-Jul-3004:36:44 8728 214 -22442 P t- 0.6176 1.7390 0.7109324.6178.9 -
18-21 0203-Aug-1011:44:42 8558 209 -22219 P t- 0.5555 1.8560 0.8219332.0189.3 -
19-20 0221-Aug-2019:00:06 8387 204 -21996 P t- 0.5002 1.9607 0.9202338.3197.4 -
20-19 0239-Sep-0102:21:03 8215 200 -21773 T t- 0.4503 2.0555 1.0086343.6203.9 14.8
21-18 0257-Sep-1109:50:23 8044 195 -21550 T p- 0.4079 2.1364 1.0832348.1208.9 45.3
22-17 0275-Sep-2217:25:34 7871 191 -21327 T p- 0.3711 2.2071 1.1475352.0212.8 59.2
23-16 0293-Oct-0301:09:49 7698 186 -21104 T p- 0.3423 2.2630 1.1974355.2215.7 67.4
24-15 0311-Oct-1409:00:02 7524 182 -20881 T p- 0.3190 2.3086 1.2373357.9218.0 73.0
25-14 0329-Oct-2416:57:06 7349 178 -20658 T p- 0.3021 2.3421 1.2658360.2219.6 76.6
26-13 0347-Nov-0500:59:26 7173 173 -20435 T p- 0.2901 2.3666 1.2857362.1220.9 78.9
27-12 0365-Nov-1509:06:32 6997 169 -20212 T p- 0.2827 2.3821 1.2973363.6221.7 80.3
28-11 0383-Nov-2617:15:42 6820 165 -19989 T p- 0.2772 2.3937 1.3058365.0222.5 81.2
29-10 0401-Dec-0701:25:21 6642 161 -19766 T p- 0.2726 2.4033 1.3130366.2223.1 82.1
30 -9 0419-Dec-1809:34:31 6464 157 -19543 T+ p- 0.2683 2.4121 1.3201367.3223.8 82.9
31 -8 0437-Dec-2817:41:13 6285 153 -19320 T+ p- 0.2628 2.4225 1.3297368.3224.5 84.0
32 -7 0456-Jan-0901:42:38 6107 149 -19097 T+ pp 0.2533 2.4401 1.3472369.3225.5 85.7
33 -6 0474-Jan-1909:38:14 5930 145 -18874 T+ pp 0.2395 2.4651 1.3727370.3226.7 88.1
34 -5 0492-Jan-3017:26:00 5754 141 -18651 T+ pp 0.2198 2.5007 1.4093371.4228.2 91.1
35 -4 0510-Feb-1001:06:05 5577 137 -18428 T+ pp 0.1943 2.5467 1.4570372.5229.9 94.5
36 -3 0528-Feb-2108:35:22 5400 134 -18205 T+ pp 0.1606 2.6075 1.5198373.6231.7 98.2
37 -2 0546-Mar-0315:56:14 5225 130 -17982 T+ pp 0.1204 2.6802 1.5948374.6233.4101.7
38 -1 0564-Mar-1323:06:09 5052 126 -17759 T+ pp 0.0714 2.7689 1.6858375.4234.8104.5
39 0 0582-Mar-2506:07:28 4879 123 -17536 T+ pp 0.0156 2.8700 1.7894375.7235.6106.0
40 1 0600-Apr-0412:58:36 4708 119 -17313 T- pp -0.0484 2.8087 1.7305375.5235.6105.6
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 80
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 2 0618-Apr-1519:42:30 4538 116 -17090 T- pp -0.1181 2.6794 1.6036374.5234.4102.6
42 3 0636-Apr-2602:19:00 4369 112 -16867 T- pp -0.1939 2.5395 1.4657372.6231.6 96.0
43 4 0654-May-0708:49:03 4202 109 -16644 T pp -0.2748 2.3899 1.3181369.5227.0 84.2
44 5 0672-May-1715:15:08 4037 105 -16421 T -t -0.3591 2.2345 1.1642365.2220.3 63.9
45 6 0690-May-2821:37:56 3874 102 -16198 T -t -0.4462 2.0741 1.0051359.4211.1 11.9
46 7 0708-Jun-0804:00:25 3713 99 -15975 P -t -0.5334 1.9136 0.8455352.4199.3 -
47 8 0726-Jun-1910:21:41 3554 96 -15752 P -t -0.6215 1.7517 0.6840343.8184.2 -
48 9 0744-Jun-2916:46:06 3398 93 -15529 P -t -0.7073 1.5944 0.5268334.1165.8 -
49 10 0762-Jul-1023:13:03 3244 89 -15306 P -t -0.7910 1.4408 0.3729323.0142.7 -
50 11 0780-Jul-2105:45:32 3094 86 -15083 P -t -0.8703 1.2956 0.2272311.1113.7 -
51 12 0798-Aug-0112:23:34 2946 83 -14860 P -t -0.9452 1.1587 0.0894298.3 72.6 -
52 13 0816-Aug-1119:10:35 2802 81 -14637 Nx -t -1.0130 1.0349-0.0355285.3 - -
53 14 0834-Aug-2302:05:56 2661 78 -14414 N -t -1.0744 0.9228-0.1488272.2 - -
54 15 0852-Sep-0209:10:41 2524 75 -14191 N -t -1.1287 0.8239-0.2491259.4 - -
55 16 0870-Sep-1316:25:21 2391 72 -13968 N -t -1.1753 0.7390-0.3353247.4 - -
56 17 0888-Sep-2323:50:42 2261 69 -13745 N -t -1.2137 0.6692-0.4063236.6 - -
57 18 0906-Oct-0507:26:00 2136 67 -13522 N -t -1.2448 0.6126-0.4639227.2 - -
58 19 0924-Oct-1515:10:46 2015 64 -13299 N -t -1.2688 0.5689-0.5084219.4 - -
59 20 0942-Oct-2623:04:33 1899 62 -13076 N -t -1.2864 0.5368-0.5407213.4 - -
60 21 0960-Nov-0607:06:42 1787 59 -12853 N -t -1.2977 0.5158-0.5615209.1 - -
61 22 0978-Nov-1715:14:18 1680 57 -12630 N -t -1.3051 0.5018-0.5746206.0 - -
62 23 0996-Nov-2723:27:53 1577 54 -12407 N -t -1.3084 0.4952-0.5798204.1 - -
63 24 1014-Dec-0907:43:41 1479 52 -12184 N -t -1.3102 0.4908-0.5820202.7 - -
64 25 1032-Dec-1916:02:00 1385 50 -11961 N -t -1.3107 0.4884-0.5816201.6 - -
65 26 1050-Dec-3100:18:03 1296 47 -11738 N -t -1.3134 0.4816-0.5848199.6 - -
66 27 1069-Jan-1008:34:12 1212 45 -11515 N -t -1.3166 0.4735-0.5886197.4 - -
67 28 1087-Jan-2116:45:31 1132 43 -11292 N -t -1.3238 0.4580-0.5993193.6 - -
68 29 1105-Feb-0100:52:50 1056 41 -11069 N -t -1.3351 0.4345-0.6174188.2 - -
69 30 1123-Feb-1208:53:02 985 39 -10846 N -t -1.3525 0.3996-0.6465180.3 - -
70 31 1141-Feb-2216:48:08 918 37 -10623 N -t -1.3748 0.3555-0.6844170.0 - -
71 32 1159-Mar-0600:35:38 856 35 -10400 N -t -1.4037 0.2994-0.7342156.1 - -
72 33 1177-Mar-1608:16:09 797 33 -10177 N -t -1.4388 0.2317-0.7953137.6 - -
73 34 1195-Mar-2715:49:42 741 31 -9954 N -t -1.4801 0.1527-0.8679112.0 - -
74 35 1213-Apr-0623:17:12 690 29 -9731 Ne -t -1.5271 0.0633-0.9510 72.3 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 80

Lunar eclipses of Saros 80 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 -0103 Feb 07. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 1213 Apr 06. The total duration of Saros series 80 is 1316.20 years.

Summary of Saros 80
First Eclipse -0103 Feb 07
Last Eclipse 1213 Apr 06
Series Duration 1316.20 Years
No. of Eclipses 74
Sequence 11N 8P 26T 6P 23N

Saros 80 is composed of 74 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 80
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 74100.0%
PenumbralN 34 45.9%
PartialP 14 18.9%
TotalT 26 35.1%

The 74 lunar eclipses of Saros 80 occur in the order of 11N 8P 26T 6P 23N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 80
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 11
Partial P 8
Total T 26
Partial P 6
Penumbral N 23

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 80 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 80
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse 0582 Mar 2501h45m58s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse 0690 May 2800h11m53s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0708 Jun 0803h19m18s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0095 Jun 0600h58m42s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 0816 Aug 1104h45m17s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -0103 Feb 0700h11m28s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0221 Aug 20 - 0.92020
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0095 Jun 06 - 0.06509

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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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