Saros 82

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 82

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 82

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 82 . 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 82
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
1-48 -0208-Sep-2106:02:17 12807 329 -27301 Nb a- 1.5433 0.0390-0.9861 56.9 - -
2-47 -0190-Oct-0214:08:15 12589 323 -27078 N a- 1.5150 0.0908-0.9341 86.1 - -
3-46 -0172-Oct-1222:23:01 12376 317 -26855 N a- 1.4932 0.1305-0.8938102.6 - -
4-45 -0154-Oct-2406:46:15 12167 311 -26632 N a- 1.4771 0.1596-0.8640112.8 - -
5-44 -0136-Nov-0315:14:51 11961 306 -26409 N a- 1.4647 0.1817-0.8405119.7 - -
6-43 -0118-Nov-1423:49:52 11759 300 -26186 N a- 1.4568 0.1953-0.8252123.6 - -
7-42 -0100-Nov-2508:27:40 11561 295 -25963 N a- 1.4507 0.2054-0.8128126.2 - -
8-41 -0082-Dec-0617:07:43 11366 289 -25740 N a- 1.4459 0.2127-0.8027127.9 - -
9-40 -0064-Dec-1701:46:59 11173 284 -25517 N a- 1.4403 0.2213-0.7906129.9 - -
10-39 -0046-Dec-2810:25:23 10984 278 -25294 N a- 1.4334 0.2320-0.7759132.4 - -
11-38 -0027-Jan-0718:59:41 10798 273 -25071 N a- 1.4229 0.2490-0.7545136.4 - -
12-37 -0009-Jan-1903:29:35 10614 268 -24848 N a- 1.4085 0.2730-0.7256142.0 - -
13-36 0009-Jan-2911:53:32 10432 262 -24625 N a- 1.3889 0.3063-0.6871149.4 - -
14-35 0027-Feb-0920:11:48 10252 257 -24402 N a- 1.3646 0.3482-0.6398158.1 - -
15-34 0045-Feb-2004:21:38 10074 252 -24179 N a- 1.3327 0.4038-0.5787168.8 - -
16-33 0063-Mar-0312:25:05 9898 247 -23956 N a- 1.2952 0.4700-0.5071180.3 - -
17-32 0081-Mar-1320:20:26 9723 242 -23733 N a- 1.2505 0.5493-0.4224192.7 - -
18-31 0099-Mar-2504:10:28 9550 237 -23510 N a- 1.2010 0.6375-0.3290205.1 - -
19-30 0117-Apr-0411:51:47 9377 232 -23287 N a- 1.1437 0.7402-0.2215218.1 - -
20-29 0135-Apr-1519:29:43 9205 227 -23064 N a- 1.0830 0.8493-0.1081230.3 - -
21-28 0153-Apr-2603:01:04 9034 222 -22841 P a- 1.0160 0.9703 0.0169242.4 28.5 -
22-27 0171-May-0710:30:34 8863 217 -22618 P a- 0.9471 1.0950 0.1449253.4 82.0 -
23-26 0189-May-1717:55:14 8693 213 -22395 P a- 0.8736 1.2285 0.2811263.8111.9 -
24-25 0207-May-2901:20:29 8522 208 -22172 P a- 0.8002 1.3622 0.4169273.0133.4 -
25-24 0225-Jun-0808:43:54 8351 203 -21949 P a- 0.7246 1.5002 0.5563281.4150.7 -
26-23 0243-Jun-1916:09:04 8179 199 -21726 P a- 0.6501 1.6365 0.6933288.7164.4 -
27-22 0261-Jun-2923:35:40 8007 194 -21503 P a- 0.5765 1.7715 0.8283294.9175.5 -
28-21 0279-Jul-1107:06:34 7835 190 -21280 P a- 0.5062 1.9008 0.9571300.2184.3 -
29-20 0297-Jul-2114:41:42 7661 185 -21057 T a- 0.4392 2.0243 1.0794304.5191.3 41.1
30-19 0315-Aug-0122:22:16 7487 181 -20834 T p- 0.3766 2.1400 1.1934308.1196.7 61.9
31-18 0333-Aug-1206:09:28 7312 177 -20611 T p- 0.3194 2.2461 1.2972310.9200.8 74.1
32-17 0351-Aug-2314:03:45 7136 172 -20388 T+ p- 0.2679 2.3420 1.3906313.1203.8 82.2
33-16 0369-Sep-0222:05:31 6960 168 -20165 T+ p- 0.2227 2.4263 1.4719314.9206.0 87.5
34-15 0387-Sep-1406:15:11 6782 164 -19942 T+ p- 0.1841 2.4987 1.5412316.3207.6 91.1
35-14 0405-Sep-2414:33:09 6604 160 -19719 T+ p- 0.1525 2.5584 1.5977317.4208.6 93.4
36-13 0423-Oct-0522:58:50 6426 156 -19496 T+ p- 0.1273 2.6062 1.6423318.3209.3 94.9
37-12 0441-Oct-1607:31:06 6248 152 -19273 T+ p- 0.1077 2.6437 1.6766319.1209.8 95.9
38-11 0459-Oct-2716:10:20 6070 148 -19050 T+ p- 0.0942 2.6700 1.7000319.8210.1 96.4
39-10 0477-Nov-0700:54:38 5893 144 -18827 T+ p- 0.0855 2.6874 1.7147320.4210.4 96.7
40 -9 0495-Nov-1809:43:05 5717 140 -18604 T+ p- 0.0801 2.6983 1.7234321.0210.6 96.9
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 82
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 -8 0513-Nov-2818:33:13 5540 136 -18381 T+ p- 0.0765 2.7058 1.7290321.6210.9 97.0
42 -7 0531-Dec-1003:24:55 5363 133 -18158 T+ p- 0.0747 2.7100 1.7318322.1211.1 97.2
43 -6 0549-Dec-2012:16:01 5189 129 -17935 T+ pp 0.0727 2.7140 1.7348322.7211.4 97.3
44 -5 0567-Dec-3121:04:29 5015 125 -17712 T+ pp 0.0690 2.7211 1.7415323.2211.7 97.6
45 -4 0586-Jan-1105:49:22 4843 122 -17489 T+ pp 0.0627 2.7328 1.7529323.8212.2 97.9
46 -3 0604-Jan-2214:28:45 4672 118 -17266 T+ pp 0.0521 2.7522 1.7726324.5212.7 98.4
47 -2 0622-Feb-0123:02:14 4502 115 -17043 T+ pp 0.0370 2.7796 1.8004325.1213.2 98.9
48 -1 0640-Feb-1307:27:20 4334 111 -16820 T+ pp 0.0154 2.8188 1.8404325.8213.8 99.4
49 0 0658-Feb-2315:45:12 4168 108 -16597 T- pp -0.0117 2.8253 1.8475326.5214.3 99.6
50 1 0676-Mar-0523:53:58 4003 105 -16374 T- pp -0.0459 2.7622 1.7850327.1214.6 99.4
51 2 0694-Mar-1707:53:51 3840 101 -16151 T- -p -0.0871 2.6864 1.7098327.5214.6 98.5
52 3 0712-Mar-2715:44:16 3679 98 -15928 T- -p -0.1357 2.5970 1.6207327.5214.1 96.3
53 4 0730-Apr-0723:26:30 3521 95 -15705 T- -p -0.1904 2.4967 1.5204327.2212.8 92.3
54 5 0748-Apr-1807:00:51 3365 92 -15482 T- -p -0.2509 2.3858 1.4091326.4210.5 85.7
55 6 0766-Apr-2914:26:43 3212 89 -15259 T -a -0.3177 2.2637 1.2861324.8207.0 75.1
56 7 0784-May-0921:47:01 3062 86 -15036 T -a -0.3885 2.1346 1.1556322.4202.0 58.0
57 8 0802-May-2105:01:23 2915 83 -14813 T -a -0.4635 1.9979 1.0169319.0195.1 20.0
58 9 0820-May-3112:12:17 2772 80 -14590 P -a -0.5404 1.8580 0.8746314.6186.2 -
59 10 0838-Jun-1119:18:53 2632 77 -14367 P -a -0.6199 1.7138 0.7272309.1174.7 -
60 11 0856-Jun-2202:24:57 2495 74 -14144 P -a -0.6989 1.5707 0.5804302.5160.3 -
61 12 0874-Jul-0309:30:28 2363 72 -13921 P -a -0.7775 1.4286 0.4340294.7142.3 -
62 13 0892-Jul-1316:36:40 2235 69 -13698 P -a -0.8546 1.2896 0.2902285.8119.3 -
63 14 0910-Jul-2423:45:42 2110 66 -13475 P -a -0.9284 1.1569 0.1522276.0 88.4 -
64 15 0928-Aug-0406:58:18 1991 64 -13252 P -a -0.9982 1.0317 0.0214265.5 33.9 -
65 16 0946-Aug-1514:16:39 1875 61 -13029 N -a -1.0623 0.9170-0.0994254.5 - -
66 17 0964-Aug-2521:38:58 1764 59 -12806 N -a -1.1223 0.8103-0.2124243.1 - -
67 18 0982-Sep-0605:09:04 1658 56 -12583 N -a -1.1749 0.7170-0.3121231.9 - -
68 19 1000-Sep-1612:44:52 1556 54 -12360 N -a -1.2220 0.6338-0.4018220.9 - -
69 20 1018-Sep-2720:28:55 1459 51 -12137 N -a -1.2613 0.5649-0.4771210.9 - -
70 21 1036-Oct-0804:18:41 1366 49 -11914 N -a -1.2951 0.5060-0.5423201.6 - -
71 22 1054-Oct-1912:16:52 1278 47 -11691 N -a -1.3213 0.4609-0.5932194.1 - -
72 23 1072-Oct-2920:20:00 1195 45 -11468 N -a -1.3427 0.4245-0.6352187.7 - -
73 24 1090-Nov-1004:28:50 1116 43 -11245 N -a -1.3586 0.3978-0.6669182.8 - -
74 25 1108-Nov-2012:41:04 1041 40 -11022 N -a -1.3711 0.3771-0.6919179.0 - -
75 26 1126-Dec-0120:56:59 971 38 -10799 N -h -1.3795 0.3636-0.7091176.6 - -
76 27 1144-Dec-1205:12:45 905 36 -10576 N -h -1.3876 0.3501-0.7256174.1 - -
77 28 1162-Dec-2313:28:10 843 35 -10353 N -h -1.3954 0.3370-0.7411171.5 - -
78 29 1181-Jan-0221:40:32 785 33 -10130 N -h -1.4049 0.3204-0.7592167.9 - -
79 30 1199-Jan-1405:49:58 730 31 -9907 N -h -1.4159 0.3007-0.7798163.4 - -
80 31 1217-Jan-2413:51:46 679 29 -9684 N -t -1.4323 0.2707-0.8100155.8 - -
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 82
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 32 1235-Feb-0421:47:49 632 27 -9461 N -t -1.4526 0.2334-0.8471145.5 - -
82 33 1253-Feb-1505:33:54 587 26 -9238 N -t -1.4801 0.1825-0.8973129.4 - -
83 34 1271-Feb-2613:12:36 546 24 -9015 N -t -1.5127 0.1221-0.9566106.6 - -
84 35 1289-Mar-0820:39:08 507 23 -8792 Ne -t -1.5540 0.0457-1.0317 65.8 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 82

Lunar eclipses of Saros 82 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 -0208 Sep 21. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 1289 Mar 08. The total duration of Saros series 82 is 1496.50 years.

Summary of Saros 82
First Eclipse -0208 Sep 21
Last Eclipse 1289 Mar 08
Series Duration 1496.50 Years
No. of Eclipses 84
Sequence 20N 8P 29T 7P 20N

Saros 82 is composed of 84 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 82
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 84100.0%
PenumbralN 40 47.6%
PartialP 15 17.9%
TotalT 29 34.5%

The 84 lunar eclipses of Saros 82 occur in the order of 20N 8P 29T 7P 20N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 82
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 20
Partial P 8
Total T 29
Partial P 7
Penumbral N 20

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 82 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 82
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse 0658 Feb 2301h39m37s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse 0802 May 2100h20m00s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0820 May 3103h06m11s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0153 Apr 2600h28m32s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 0946 Aug 1504h14m33s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -0208 Sep 2100h56m54s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0279 Jul 11 - 0.95712
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0153 Apr 26 - 0.01688

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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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