Saros 76

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 76

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 76

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 76 . 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 76
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 -0255-Apr-0704:28:31 13400 344 -27888 Nb a- 1.5487 0.0038-0.9711 17.0 - -
2-36 -0237-Apr-1811:54:44 13171 338 -27665 N a- 1.4823 0.1229-0.8469 95.6 - -
3-35 -0219-Apr-2819:18:01 12947 332 -27442 N a- 1.4129 0.2481-0.7173133.7 - -
4-34 -0201-May-1002:37:11 12726 327 -27219 N a- 1.3392 0.3814-0.5801163.2 - -
5-33 -0183-May-2009:56:26 12510 321 -26996 N a- 1.2645 0.5167-0.4414186.9 - -
6-32 -0165-May-3117:14:43 12299 315 -26773 N a- 1.1882 0.6554-0.3000207.0 - -
7-31 -0147-Jun-1100:34:13 12091 309 -26550 N a- 1.1119 0.7944-0.1591224.1 - -
8-30 -0129-Jun-2207:56:09 11887 304 -26327 N a- 1.0369 0.9314-0.0208238.6 - -
9-29 -0111-Jul-0215:21:54 11686 298 -26104 P a- 0.9641 1.0644 0.1130251.0 72.8 -
10-28 -0093-Jul-1322:52:17 11489 293 -25881 P a- 0.8949 1.1915 0.2401261.4104.1 -
11-27 -0075-Jul-2406:27:39 11295 287 -25658 P a- 0.8293 1.3120 0.3602270.1125.1 -
12-26 -0057-Aug-0414:10:12 11104 282 -25435 P a- 0.7692 1.4228 0.4700277.3140.4 -
13-25 -0039-Aug-1421:59:58 10915 276 -25212 P a- 0.7147 1.5236 0.5693283.3151.9 -
14-24 -0021-Aug-2605:57:02 10730 271 -24989 P a- 0.6662 1.6135 0.6575288.1160.8 -
15-23 -0003-Sep-0514:02:45 10546 266 -24766 P a- 0.6246 1.6907 0.7326292.0167.5 -
16-22 0015-Sep-1622:16:47 10365 260 -24543 P a- 0.5901 1.7552 0.7950295.0172.5 -
17-21 0033-Sep-2706:39:32 10186 255 -24320 P a- 0.5625 1.8069 0.8444297.3176.2 -
18-20 0051-Oct-0815:08:34 10009 250 -24097 P a- 0.5400 1.8494 0.8847299.1179.0 -
19-19 0069-Oct-1823:45:59 9834 245 -23874 P a- 0.5245 1.8788 0.9121300.4180.7 -
20-18 0087-Oct-3008:28:45 9659 240 -23651 P a- 0.5136 1.8997 0.9311301.3182.0 -
21-17 0105-Nov-0917:17:21 9486 235 -23428 P a- 0.5074 1.9118 0.9418301.9182.6 -
22-16 0123-Nov-2102:08:08 9314 230 -23205 P a- 0.5032 1.9202 0.9490302.4183.1 -
23-15 0141-Dec-0111:02:09 9142 225 -22982 P a- 0.5017 1.9231 0.9513302.6183.3 -
24-14 0159-Dec-1219:55:49 8971 220 -22759 P a- 0.5001 1.9263 0.9542302.9183.5 -
25-13 0177-Dec-2304:48:16 8800 216 -22536 P a- 0.4979 1.9301 0.9583303.2183.9 -
26-12 0196-Jan-0313:37:24 8630 211 -22313 P a- 0.4932 1.9385 0.9673303.6184.6 -
27-11 0214-Jan-1322:22:30 8459 206 -22090 P a- 0.4856 1.9519 0.9816304.3185.7 -
28-10 0232-Jan-2507:01:12 8288 202 -21867 T a- 0.4731 1.9743 1.0053305.4187.3 10.8
29 -9 0250-Feb-0415:33:04 8116 197 -21644 T p- 0.4552 2.0064 1.0388306.7189.4 29.1
30 -8 0268-Feb-1523:57:04 7944 193 -21421 T p- 0.4313 2.0495 1.0835308.5192.1 42.2
31 -7 0286-Feb-2608:13:34 7771 188 -21198 T p- 0.4017 2.1031 1.1385310.5195.2 53.5
32 -6 0304-Mar-0816:20:06 7597 184 -20975 T p- 0.3640 2.1715 1.2084312.9198.8 64.3
33 -5 0322-Mar-2000:19:08 7423 179 -20752 T p- 0.3204 2.2509 1.2889315.4202.4 73.9
34 -4 0340-Mar-3008:09:11 7247 175 -20529 T+ p- 0.2696 2.3436 1.3825318.0206.0 82.4
35 -3 0358-Apr-1015:52:45 7071 171 -20306 T+ p- 0.2139 2.4456 1.4850320.5209.3 89.5
36 -2 0376-Apr-2023:27:18 6894 167 -20083 T+ pp 0.1511 2.5608 1.6001322.7212.2 95.1
37 -1 0394-May-0206:57:26 6717 163 -19860 T+ pp 0.0851 2.6823 1.7211324.6214.3 98.9
38 0 0412-May-1214:20:50 6539 159 -19637 T+ pp 0.0136 2.8141 1.8517326.1215.5100.6
39 1 0430-May-2321:41:00 6361 154 -19414 T- pp -0.0598 2.7300 1.7660326.9215.7100.1
40 2 0448-Jun-0304:56:39 6182 150 -19191 T- -p -0.1364 2.5907 1.6243327.0214.7 96.8
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 76
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 0466-Jun-1412:11:57 6005 147 -18968 T- -p -0.2125 2.4525 1.4832326.4212.4 90.6
42 4 0484-Jun-2419:25:53 5828 143 -18745 T -p -0.2891 2.3138 1.3409325.1208.7 80.4
43 5 0502-Jul-0602:40:29 5652 139 -18522 T -a -0.3643 2.1780 1.2010323.0203.8 64.9
44 6 0520-Jul-1609:57:19 5475 135 -18299 T -a -0.4367 2.0475 1.0657320.3197.6 38.8
45 7 0538-Jul-2717:17:14 5299 131 -18076 P -a -0.5058 1.9234 0.9364317.1190.2 -
46 8 0556-Aug-0700:41:48 5125 128 -17853 P -a -0.5700 1.8084 0.8158313.6181.8 -
47 9 0574-Aug-1808:10:43 4952 124 -17630 P -a -0.6298 1.7018 0.7031309.8172.6 -
48 10 0592-Aug-2815:46:56 4780 121 -17407 P -a -0.6827 1.6077 0.6028306.1162.9 -
49 11 0610-Sep-0823:29:14 4609 117 -17184 P -a -0.7300 1.5242 0.5129302.5152.9 -
50 12 0628-Sep-1907:19:02 4440 114 -16961 P -a -0.7701 1.4538 0.4361299.3143.1 -
51 13 0646-Sep-3015:15:47 4273 110 -16738 P -a -0.8039 1.3951 0.3711296.6133.7 -
52 14 0664-Oct-1023:20:29 4107 107 -16515 P -a -0.8302 1.3499 0.3198294.6125.5 -
53 15 0682-Oct-2207:30:56 3943 103 -16292 P -a -0.8513 1.3142 0.2783293.2118.1 -
54 16 0700-Nov-0115:46:42 3781 100 -16069 P -a -0.8672 1.2875 0.2463292.3112.0 -
55 17 0718-Nov-1300:06:56 3621 97 -15846 P -a -0.8787 1.2689 0.2228292.0107.2 -
56 18 0736-Nov-2308:30:53 3464 94 -15623 P -a -0.8860 1.2576 0.2073292.2103.9 -
57 19 0754-Dec-0416:55:24 3309 91 -15400 P -a -0.8924 1.2478 0.1938292.5100.9 -
58 20 0772-Dec-1501:20:06 3157 88 -15177 P -a -0.8977 1.2395 0.1825292.8 98.4 -
59 21 0790-Dec-2609:42:13 3008 85 -14954 P -a -0.9044 1.2285 0.1693292.9 95.2 -
60 22 0809-Jan-0518:01:50 2862 82 -14731 P -a -0.9123 1.2148 0.1539292.6 91.2 -
61 23 0827-Jan-1702:14:12 2720 79 -14508 P -a -0.9250 1.1919 0.1300291.5 84.4 -
62 24 0845-Jan-2710:21:34 2581 76 -14285 P -h -0.9412 1.1627 0.1001289.6 74.6 -
63 25 0863-Feb-0718:19:11 2446 73 -14062 P -h -0.9644 1.1200 0.0574286.3 56.9 -
64 26 0881-Feb-1802:09:35 2315 71 -13839 P -h -0.9928 1.0679 0.0054281.9 17.7 -
65 27 0899-Mar-0109:48:12 2188 68 -13616 N -t -1.0300 0.9994-0.0626275.4 - -
66 28 0917-Mar-1117:18:40 2066 65 -13393 N -t -1.0729 0.9203-0.1410267.1 - -
67 29 0935-Mar-2300:37:28 1948 63 -13170 N -t -1.1244 0.8256-0.2352256.1 - -
68 30 0953-Apr-0207:47:04 1834 60 -12947 N -t -1.1824 0.7188-0.3413242.0 - -
69 31 0971-Apr-1314:46:04 1724 58 -12724 N -t -1.2481 0.5980-0.4617223.9 - -
70 32 0989-Apr-2321:37:39 1620 55 -12501 N -t -1.3188 0.4682-0.5913201.0 - -
71 33 1007-May-0504:20:53 1520 53 -12278 N -t -1.3951 0.3282-0.7313170.9 - -
72 34 1025-May-1510:57:30 1424 51 -12055 N -t -1.4754 0.1811-0.8789128.9 - -
73 35 1043-May-2617:28:44 1333 48 -11832 Ne -t -1.5591 0.0280-1.0327 51.5 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 76

Lunar eclipses of Saros 76 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 -0255 Apr 07. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 1043 May 26. The total duration of Saros series 76 is 1298.17 years.

Summary of Saros 76
First Eclipse -0255 Apr 07
Last Eclipse 1043 May 26
Series Duration 1298.17 Years
No. of Eclipses 73
Sequence 8N 19P 17T 20P 9N

Saros 76 is composed of 73 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 76
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 73100.0%
PenumbralN 17 23.3%
PartialP 39 53.4%
TotalT 17 23.3%

The 73 lunar eclipses of Saros 76 occur in the order of 8N 19P 17T 20P 9N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 76
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 8
Partial P 19
Total T 17
Partial P 20
Penumbral N 9

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 76 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 76
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse 0412 May 1201h40m38s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse 0232 Jan 2500h10m50s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0538 Jul 2703h10m12s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0881 Feb 1800h17m42s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 0899 Mar 0104h35m23s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -0255 Apr 0700h17m01s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0214 Jan 13 - 0.98165
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0881 Feb 18 - 0.00544

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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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