Saros 83

Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 83

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 83

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every lunar eclipse belonging to Saros 83 . 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 83
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
1-47 -0197-Aug-2210:35:35 12675 325 -27166 Nb a- -1.5284 0.0324-0.9256 48.3 - -
2-46 -0179-Sep-0118:36:51 12460 319 -26943 N a- -1.4901 0.1049-0.8576 86.5 - -
3-45 -0161-Sep-1302:46:35 12249 314 -26720 N a- -1.4592 0.1640-0.8030107.9 - -
4-44 -0143-Sep-2311:03:55 12042 308 -26497 N a- -1.4346 0.2114-0.7602122.3 - -
5-43 -0125-Oct-0419:28:13 11839 302 -26274 N a- -1.4161 0.2475-0.7285132.2 - -
6-42 -0107-Oct-1503:59:32 11639 297 -26051 N a- -1.4038 0.2724-0.7079138.7 - -
7-41 -0089-Oct-2612:36:31 11442 291 -25828 N a- -1.3963 0.2881-0.6961142.9 - -
8-40 -0071-Nov-0521:18:39 11249 286 -25605 N a- -1.3938 0.2945-0.6934144.8 - -
9-39 -0053-Nov-1706:02:38 11058 280 -25382 N a- -1.3933 0.2970-0.6941145.7 - -
10-38 -0035-Nov-2714:49:49 10871 275 -25159 N a- -1.3960 0.2935-0.7004145.3 - -
11-37 -0017-Dec-0823:36:11 10686 270 -24936 N a- -1.3984 0.2902-0.7058144.9 - -
12-36 0001-Dec-1908:21:41 10503 264 -24713 N a- -1.4009 0.2864-0.7113144.4 - -
13-35 0019-Dec-3017:02:31 10323 259 -24490 N a- -1.4003 0.2881-0.7109145.2 - -
14-34 0038-Jan-1001:39:44 10144 254 -24267 N a- -1.3976 0.2936-0.7062146.9 - -
15-33 0056-Jan-2110:10:01 9967 249 -24044 N a- -1.3898 0.3081-0.6922150.7 - -
16-32 0074-Jan-3118:33:07 9792 244 -23821 N a- -1.3769 0.3318-0.6687156.5 - -
17-31 0092-Feb-1202:47:20 9618 239 -23598 N a- -1.3576 0.3673-0.6332164.6 - -
18-30 0110-Feb-2210:53:09 9445 234 -23375 N a- -1.3323 0.4138-0.5867174.5 - -
19-29 0128-Mar-0418:48:40 9273 229 -23152 N a- -1.2994 0.4740-0.5264186.2 - -
20-28 0146-Mar-1602:34:55 9102 224 -22929 N a- -1.2597 0.5470-0.4535199.3 - -
21-27 0164-Mar-2610:11:15 8931 219 -22706 N h- -1.2127 0.6333-0.3676213.4 - -
22-26 0182-Apr-0617:39:24 8760 215 -22483 N h- -1.1598 0.7306-0.2709227.8 - -
23-25 0200-Apr-1700:57:20 8589 210 -22260 N h- -1.0995 0.8418-0.1607242.6 - -
24-24 0218-Apr-2808:09:01 8418 205 -22037 N t- -1.0349 0.9611-0.0430257.0 - -
25-23 0236-May-0815:12:46 8247 201 -21814 P t- -0.9649 1.0905 0.0845271.1 66.8 -
26-22 0254-May-1922:12:47 8075 196 -21591 P t- -0.8922 1.2251 0.2167284.3105.3 -
27-21 0272-May-3005:05:49 7903 192 -21368 P t- -0.8149 1.3686 0.3572297.0132.9 -
28-20 0290-Jun-1011:58:34 7730 187 -21145 P t- -0.7380 1.5114 0.4965308.3154.0 -
29-19 0308-Jun-2018:48:08 7556 183 -20922 P t- -0.6595 1.6575 0.6384318.6171.2 -
30-18 0326-Jul-0201:39:22 7381 178 -20699 P t- -0.5831 1.8000 0.7764327.7185.1 -
31-17 0344-Jul-1208:30:37 7206 174 -20476 P t- -0.5073 1.9415 0.9129335.7196.6 -
32-16 0362-Jul-2315:26:51 7029 170 -20253 T t- -0.4364 2.0744 1.0404342.5205.6 31.9
33-15 0380-Aug-0222:26:26 6852 166 -20030 T p- -0.3692 2.2006 1.1608348.3212.8 61.5
34-14 0398-Aug-1405:31:15 6675 162 -19807 T p- -0.3071 2.3176 1.2719353.2218.3 77.1
35-13 0416-Aug-2412:42:22 6496 158 -19584 T- pp -0.2508 2.4239 1.3720357.2222.5 87.0
36-12 0434-Sep-0420:01:02 6318 154 -19361 T- pp -0.2016 2.5173 1.4592360.6225.6 93.4
37-11 0452-Sep-1503:27:13 6140 150 -19138 T- pp -0.1593 2.5981 1.5339363.4227.8 97.6
38-10 0470-Sep-2611:00:27 5962 146 -18915 T- pp -0.1235 2.6667 1.5966365.7229.4100.3
39 -9 0488-Oct-0618:42:00 5786 142 -18692 T- pp -0.0954 2.7211 1.6454367.7230.5101.9
40 -8 0506-Oct-1802:30:21 5610 138 -18469 T- pp -0.0734 2.7641 1.6832369.4231.2102.9
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 83
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 -7 0524-Oct-2810:24:41 5433 134 -18246 T- pp -0.0569 2.7967 1.7110370.9231.8103.5
42 -6 0542-Nov-0818:24:11 5257 130 -18023 T- pp -0.0452 2.8202 1.7305372.2232.3103.8
43 -5 0560-Nov-1902:27:56 5083 127 -17800 T- pp -0.0373 2.8364 1.7433373.3232.7104.0
44 -4 0578-Nov-3010:33:52 4911 123 -17577 T- pp -0.0318 2.8479 1.7522374.3233.1104.1
45 -3 0596-Dec-1018:39:49 4739 120 -17354 T- pp -0.0265 2.8585 1.7610375.1233.4104.3
46 -2 0614-Dec-2202:45:22 4569 116 -17131 T- pp -0.0211 2.8688 1.7704375.8233.8104.5
47 -1 0633-Jan-0110:48:13 4400 113 -16908 T- pp -0.0136 2.8829 1.7841376.3234.1104.6
48 0 0651-Jan-1218:45:46 4233 109 -16685 T- pp -0.0020 2.9038 1.8056376.7234.4104.8
49 1 0669-Jan-2302:37:24 4068 106 -16462 T+ pp 0.0142 2.8810 1.7839377.0234.7105.0
50 2 0687-Feb-0310:21:29 3904 103 -16239 T+ pp 0.0364 2.8393 1.7440377.0234.8104.8
51 3 0705-Feb-1317:58:03 3743 99 -16016 T+ pp 0.0648 2.7861 1.6929376.9234.7104.3
52 4 0723-Feb-2501:23:57 3583 96 -15793 T+ pp 0.1016 2.7171 1.6267376.3234.2102.8
53 5 0741-Mar-0708:41:37 3426 93 -15570 T+ pp 0.1451 2.6360 1.5483375.4233.1100.0
54 6 0759-Mar-1815:48:26 3272 90 -15347 T+ pp 0.1970 2.5392 1.4546373.8231.1 95.0
55 7 0777-Mar-2822:47:07 3121 87 -15124 T+ pp 0.2555 2.4303 1.3487371.5228.0 87.0
56 8 0795-Apr-0905:35:44 2973 84 -14901 T -t 0.3223 2.3063 1.2277368.2223.3 73.5
57 9 0813-Apr-1912:18:11 2828 81 -14678 T -t 0.3940 2.1733 1.0976363.8216.7 50.3
58 10 0831-Apr-3018:53:07 2687 78 -14455 P -t 0.4715 2.0296 0.9567358.1207.8 -
59 11 0849-May-1101:23:05 2549 75 -14232 P -t 0.5531 1.8786 0.8081350.9196.1 -
60 12 0867-May-2207:49:04 2415 73 -14009 P -t 0.6379 1.7221 0.6537342.2181.0 -
61 13 0885-Jun-0114:13:06 2285 70 -13786 P -t 0.7240 1.5631 0.4965331.9161.7 -
62 14 0903-Jun-1220:36:52 2159 67 -13563 P -t 0.8107 1.4033 0.3381319.9136.6 -
63 15 0921-Jun-2303:00:48 2037 65 -13340 P -t 0.8972 1.2441 0.1799306.1101.9 -
64 16 0939-Jul-0409:28:24 1920 62 -13117 P -t 0.9807 1.0906 0.0271291.0 40.3 -
65 17 0957-Jul-1415:59:50 1807 60 -12894 N -t 1.0609 0.9433-0.1200274.4 - -
66 18 0975-Jul-2522:37:03 1699 57 -12671 N -t 1.1367 0.8043-0.2590256.5 - -
67 19 0993-Aug-0505:21:10 1595 55 -12448 N -t 1.2071 0.6754-0.3884237.6 - -
68 20 1011-Aug-1612:13:44 1496 52 -12225 N -t 1.2709 0.5585-0.5058218.1 - -
69 21 1029-Aug-2619:15:39 1402 50 -12002 N -t 1.3273 0.4555-0.6097198.5 - -
70 22 1047-Sep-0702:25:48 1312 48 -11779 N -t 1.3774 0.3640-0.7020178.6 - -
71 23 1065-Sep-1709:47:17 1227 46 -11556 N -t 1.4189 0.2883-0.7786159.8 - -
72 24 1083-Sep-2817:18:10 1146 43 -11333 N -t 1.4534 0.2253-0.8423141.7 - -
73 25 1101-Oct-0901:00:19 1070 41 -11110 N -t 1.4795 0.1777-0.8904126.1 - -
74 26 1119-Oct-2008:50:12 998 39 -10887 N -t 1.5000 0.1402-0.9282112.1 - -
75 27 1137-Oct-3016:50:39 930 37 -10664 N -t 1.5129 0.1165-0.9517102.2 - -
76 28 1155-Nov-1100:57:21 867 35 -10441 N -t 1.5216 0.1002-0.9674 94.6 - -
77 29 1173-Nov-2109:11:07 807 33 -10218 N -t 1.5256 0.0923-0.9740 90.6 - -
78 30 1191-Dec-0217:28:28 751 32 -9995 N -t 1.5274 0.0881-0.9765 88.3 - -
79 31 1209-Dec-1301:49:59 699 30 -9772 N -t 1.5268 0.0878-0.9743 87.8 - -
80 32 1227-Dec-2410:11:40 650 28 -9549 N -h 1.5268 0.0863-0.9725 86.8 - -
Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 83
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 33 1246-Jan-0318:33:03 605 26 -9326 N -h 1.5278 0.0824-0.9726 84.5 - -
82 34 1264-Jan-1502:52:05 562 25 -9103 N -h 1.5314 0.0736-0.9770 79.6 - -
83 35 1282-Jan-2511:08:15 522 23 -8880 N -h 1.5381 0.0587-0.9868 70.9 - -
84 36 1300-Feb-0519:17:55 485 22 -8657 Ne -h 1.5505 0.0331-1.0068 53.2 - -

Statistics for Lunar Eclipses of Saros 83

Lunar eclipses of Saros 83 all occur at the Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The series will begin with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on -0197 Aug 22. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on 1300 Feb 05. The total duration of Saros series 83 is 1496.50 years.

Summary of Saros 83
First Eclipse -0197 Aug 22
Last Eclipse 1300 Feb 05
Series Duration 1496.50 Years
No. of Eclipses 84
Sequence 24N 7P 26T 7P 20N

Saros 83 is composed of 84 lunar eclipses as follows:

Lunar Eclipses of Saros 83
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 84100.0%
PenumbralN 44 52.4%
PartialP 14 16.7%
TotalT 26 31.0%

The 84 lunar eclipses of Saros 83 occur in the order of 24N 7P 26T 7P 20N which corresponds to the following.

Sequence Order of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 83
Eclipse Type Symbol Number
Penumbral N 24
Partial P 7
Total T 26
Partial P 7
Penumbral N 20

The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 83 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 83
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse 0669 Jan 2301h44m58s -
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse 0362 Jul 2300h31m56s -
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0831 Apr 3003h27m48s -
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0939 Jul 0400h40m18s -
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 0957 Jul 1404h34m22s -
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse -0197 Aug 2200h48m20s -
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0831 Apr 30 - 0.95670
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse 0939 Jul 04 - 0.02707

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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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