Saros 140

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 140

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 140

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 140 . 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 140
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 1597-Sep-2513:40:49 119 20 -4976 Nb a- 1.5117 0.0924-0.9236 86.8 - -
2-36 1615-Oct-0621:30:13 99 18 -4753 N a- 1.4676 0.1731-0.8428117.6 - -
3-35 1633-Oct-1705:29:16 73 15 -4530 N a- 1.4307 0.2409-0.7749137.4 - -
4-34 1651-Oct-2813:37:35 46 12 -4307 N a- 1.4004 0.2964-0.7191151.2 - -
5-33 1669-Nov-0721:54:05 23 10 -4084 N a- 1.3761 0.3406-0.6744160.9 - -
6-32 1687-Nov-1906:18:47 10 7 -3861 N a- 1.3576 0.3742-0.6401167.6 - -
7-31 1705-Nov-3014:50:03 9 5 -3638 N a- 1.3440 0.3987-0.6145172.1 - -
8-30 1723-Dec-1123:25:50 10 4 -3415 N a- 1.3334 0.4173-0.5944175.2 - -
9-29 1741-Dec-2208:05:40 12 3 -3192 N a- 1.3257 0.4305-0.5792177.2 - -
10-28 1760-Jan-0216:47:25 14 3 -2969 N a- 1.3192 0.4411-0.5661178.6 - -
11-27 1778-Jan-1301:29:24 17 2 -2746 N a- 1.3125 0.4519-0.5522180.0 - -
12-26 1796-Jan-2410:09:21 15 1 -2523 N a- 1.3036 0.4664-0.5341182.1 - -
13-25 1814-Feb-0418:47:01 12 1 -2300 N a- 1.2927 0.4843-0.5122184.6 - -
14-24 1832-Feb-1603:20:41 7 1 -2077 N a- 1.2784 0.5083-0.4838188.1 - -
15-23 1850-Feb-2611:48:12 7 1 -1854 N a- 1.2587 0.5420-0.4453192.9 - -
16-22 1868-Mar-0820:09:49 3 0 -1631 N a- 1.2340 0.5850-0.3974198.9 - -
17-21 1886-Mar-2004:24:17 -6 0 -1408 N a- 1.2030 0.6393-0.3381206.2 - -
18-20 1904-Mar-3112:32:29 3 0 -1185 N a- 1.1666 0.7036-0.2688214.2 - -
19-19 1922-Apr-1120:32:13 23 0 -962 N a- 1.1229 0.7812-0.1863223.3 - -
20-18 1940-Apr-2204:26:26 25 0 -739 N a- 1.0741 0.8684-0.0945232.6 - -
21-17 1958-May-0312:13:30 32 0 -516 P a- 1.0188 0.9676 0.0092242.3 21.1 -
22-16 1976-May-1319:55:08 47 0 -293 P a- 0.9586 1.0761 0.1217251.9 75.4 -
23-15 1994-May-2503:31:20 60 0 -70 P a- 0.8933 1.1941 0.2432261.3104.6 -
24-14 2012-Jun-0411:04:20 67 0 153 P a- 0.8248 1.3183 0.3704270.1126.6 -
25-13 2030-Jun-1518:34:33 74 2 376 P a- 0.7535 1.4480 0.5025278.3144.4 -
26-12 2048-Jun-2602:02:28 84 8 599 P a- 0.6797 1.5825 0.6388285.8159.2 -
27-11 2066-Jul-0709:30:29 97 17 822 P a- 0.6056 1.7179 0.7753292.4171.3 -
28-10 2084-Jul-1716:58:51 112 27 1045 P a- 0.5313 1.8540 0.9119298.2181.4 -
29 -9 2102-Jul-3000:29:10 130 39 1268 T a- 0.4586 1.9874 1.0451303.1189.5 31.3
30 -8 2120-Aug-0908:01:32 150 53 1491 T a- 0.3875 2.1182 1.1751307.2196.0 59.3
31 -7 2138-Aug-2015:38:45 173 68 1714 T p- 0.3204 2.2421 1.2977310.5200.9 74.3
32 -6 2156-Aug-3023:20:37 198 84 1937 T+ p- 0.2569 2.3595 1.4132313.1204.6 83.9
33 -5 2174-Sep-1107:08:03 226 102 2160 T+ p- 0.1982 2.4683 1.5197315.1207.3 90.3
34 -4 2192-Sep-2115:02:17 257 120 2383 T+ p- 0.1453 2.5668 1.6154316.6209.1 94.4
35 -3 2210-Oct-0323:03:49 290 140 2606 T+ p- 0.0988 2.6538 1.6994317.7210.2 96.8
36 -2 2228-Oct-1407:13:09 326 161 2829 T+ pp 0.0586 2.7291 1.7714318.6210.8 98.0
37 -1 2246-Oct-2515:28:37 364 182 3052 T+ pp 0.0236 2.7950 1.8339319.3211.1 98.6
38 0 2264-Nov-0423:52:49 405 205 3275 T- pp -0.0039 2.8329 1.8684319.9211.2 98.6
39 1 2282-Nov-1608:23:04 449 229 3498 T- pp -0.0261 2.7939 1.8261320.4211.2 98.4
40 2 2300-Nov-2717:00:33 495 254 3721 T- -p -0.0422 2.7659 1.7950320.9211.2 98.1
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 140
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 2318-Dec-0901:41:59 544 279 3944 T- -p -0.0547 2.7445 1.7707321.5211.2 97.8
42 4 2336-Dec-1910:28:54 595 306 4167 T- -p -0.0624 2.7315 1.7552322.0211.3 97.6
43 5 2354-Dec-3019:17:26 649 333 4390 T- -p -0.0685 2.7214 1.7429322.6211.4 97.5
44 6 2373-Jan-1004:07:32 705 361 4613 T- -p -0.0728 2.7143 1.7342323.2211.6 97.4
45 7 2391-Jan-2112:56:41 764 391 4836 T- -p -0.0776 2.7062 1.7249323.7211.8 97.3
46 8 2409-Jan-3121:44:38 825 421 5059 T- -p -0.0828 2.6971 1.7149324.3212.1 97.3
47 9 2427-Feb-1206:28:07 890 452 5282 T- -p -0.0913 2.6816 1.6990324.8212.3 97.1
48 10 2445-Feb-2215:07:07 956 483 5505 T- -p -0.1033 2.6597 1.6770325.3212.4 96.7
49 11 2463-Mar-0523:39:33 1025 516 5728 T- -p -0.1202 2.6286 1.6461325.7212.5 96.1
50 12 2481-Mar-1608:05:58 1097 549 5951 T- -p -0.1415 2.5892 1.6071325.9212.4 95.0
51 13 2499-Mar-2716:22:53 1172 584 6174 T- -p -0.1705 2.5358 1.5542326.0211.9 93.1
52 14 2517-Apr-0800:32:50 1249 619 6397 T- -p -0.2049 2.4726 1.4914325.9211.1 90.2
53 15 2535-Apr-1908:32:59 1328 654 6620 T- -p -0.2471 2.3949 1.4141325.4209.6 85.6
54 16 2553-Apr-2916:26:23 1410 691 6843 T -p -0.2943 2.3082 1.3275324.5207.4 78.8
55 17 2571-May-1100:09:04 1495 728 7066 T -a -0.3499 2.2063 1.2255322.9204.0 67.9
56 18 2589-May-2107:45:59 1582 767 7289 T -a -0.4097 2.0968 1.1155320.6199.5 50.5
57 19 2607-Jun-0215:13:53 1672 806 7512 P -a -0.4766 1.9745 0.9922317.4193.1 -
58 20 2625-Jun-1222:36:37 1764 845 7735 P -a -0.5468 1.8464 0.8627313.3184.8 -
59 21 2643-Jun-2405:52:22 1859 886 7958 P -a -0.6221 1.7092 0.7236307.9173.8 -
60 22 2661-Jul-0413:05:11 1957 927 8181 P -a -0.6988 1.5697 0.5817301.3160.0 -
61 23 2679-Jul-1520:14:08 2057 969 8404 P -a -0.7780 1.4261 0.4350293.4142.0 -
62 24 2697-Jul-2603:21:13 2160 1012 8627 P -a -0.8575 1.2819 0.2873284.0118.4 -
63 25 2715-Aug-0710:27:43 2265 1056 8850 P -a -0.9366 1.1389 0.1401273.1 84.7 -
64 26 2733-Aug-1717:35:05 2373 1100 9073 N -a -1.0139 0.9994-0.0040260.9 - -
65 27 2751-Aug-2900:44:36 2483 1145 9296 N -a -1.0884 0.8652-0.1432247.3 - -
66 28 2769-Sep-0807:56:47 2596 1191 9519 N -a -1.1596 0.7373-0.2767232.3 - -
67 29 2787-Sep-1915:14:13 2712 1238 9742 N -a -1.2258 0.6189-0.4009216.4 - -
68 30 2805-Sep-2922:36:34 2830 1285 9965 N -a -1.2870 0.5096-0.5162199.4 - -
69 31 2823-Oct-1106:05:10 2951 1333 10188 N -a -1.3421 0.4117-0.6203181.7 - -
70 32 2841-Oct-2113:40:20 3074 1382 10411 N -a -1.3910 0.3250-0.7132163.5 - -
71 33 2859-Nov-0121:22:59 3200 1431 10634 N -a -1.4328 0.2514-0.7930145.4 - -
72 34 2877-Nov-1205:12:14 3329 1482 10857 N -a -1.4687 0.1885-0.8619127.2 - -
73 35 2895-Nov-2313:07:26 3460 1533 11080 N -a -1.4991 0.1358-0.9204108.9 - -
74 36 2913-Dec-0421:09:00 3593 1584 11303 N -a -1.5233 0.0940-0.9675 91.3 - -
75 37 2931-Dec-1605:16:01 3729 1637 11526 N -a -1.5422 0.0618-1.0045 74.5 - -
76 38 2949-Dec-2613:26:33 3868 1690 11749 N -h -1.5577 0.0356-1.0350 56.9 - -
77 39 2968-Jan-0621:39:57 4009 1744 11972 Ne -h -1.5700 0.0147-1.0595 36.8 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 140

Lunar eclipses of Saros 140 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 1597 Sep 25. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 2968 Jan 06. The total duration of Saros series 140 is 1370.29 years.

Summary of Saros 140
First Eclipse 1597 Sep 25
Last Eclipse 2968 Jan 06
Series Duration 1370.29 Years
No. of Eclipses 77
Sequence 20N 8P 28T 7P 14N

Saros 140 is composed of 77 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 140
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 77100.0%
PenumbralN 34 44.2%
PartialP 15 19.5%
TotalT 28 36.4%

The 77 lunar eclipses of Saros 140 occur in the order of 20N 8P 28T 7P 14N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 140
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 20
Partial P 8
Total T 28
Partial P 7
Penumbral N 14

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 140 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 140
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse 2264 Nov 0401h38m36s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse 2102 Jul 3000h31m20s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse 2607 Jun 0203h13m04s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse 1958 May 0300h21m04s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 2733 Aug 1704h20m54s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 2968 Jan 0600h36m48s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse 2607 Jun 02 - 0.99223
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse 1958 May 03 - 0.00919

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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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