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The periodicity and recurrance of solar (and 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 eclipses occur at the same node with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and at the same time of year. Thus, the Saros is useful for organizing eclipses into families or series. Each series typically lasts 12 to 13 centuries and contains 70 or more eclipses.
Lunar eclipses of Saros series 115 all occur at the Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The series began with a partial eclipse south of the Ecliptic on 1000 Apr 21. The series will end with a partial eclipse north of the Ecliptic on 2280 Jun 13. The total duration of Saros series 115 is 1280.14 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 1000 Apr 21 10:20:33 UT
Last Eclipse = 2280 Jun 13 21:27:28 UT
Duration of Saros 115 = 1280.14 Years
During Saros series 115, Earth experiences 72 lunar eclipses as follows:
All Eclipses = 72 = 100.0%
Penumbral (N) = 18 = 25.0%
Partial (P) = 28 = 38.9%
Total (T) = 26 = 36.1%
Umbral Eclipses = 54 = 75.0%
Central = 17 = 23.6%
Non-Central = 9 = 12.5%
Sequence of eclipses in Saros series 115: 7N 9P 26T 19P 11N
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 115 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1631 May 15 Duration = 01h40m26s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1288 Oct 11 Duration = 00h17m14s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1270 Sep 30 Duration = 03h14m35s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2082 Feb 13 Duration = 00h30m40s
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1270 Sep 30 Magnitude = 0.9594
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2082 Feb 13 Magnitude = 0.0193
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 115 are presented in the following catalog. For a detailed key and additional information about the catalog, see: Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipses.
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC"
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Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse for Saros 115
U.T.
Greatest Saros Pen. Umb. S.D. S.D. GST Moon Moon
Date Eclipse Type # Gamma Mag. Mag. Par Tot (0 UT) RA Dec
h h °
1000 Apr 21 10:21 Nb 115 -1.534 0.095 -0.977 - - 14.3 14.23 -15.0
1018 May 02 17:11 N 115 -1.459 0.231 -0.836 - - 15.0 14.93 -18.2
1036 May 12 23:59 N 115 -1.380 0.372 -0.690 - - 15.8 15.65 -20.9
1054 May 24 06:43 N 115 -1.298 0.522 -0.536 - - 16.5 16.38 -22.9
1072 Jun 03 13:28 N 115 -1.214 0.672 -0.381 - - 17.2 17.14 -24.2
1090 Jun 14 20:13 N 115 -1.130 0.826 -0.225 - - 17.9 17.90 -24.6
1108 Jun 25 03:00 N 115 -1.046 0.979 -0.069 - - 18.6 18.66 -24.2
1126 Jul 06 09:51 P 115 -0.964 1.128 0.083 34m - 19.4 19.42 -23.0
1144 Jul 16 16:47 P 115 -0.885 1.272 0.229 55m - 20.1 20.16 -21.1
1162 Jul 27 23:49 P 115 -0.810 1.409 0.368 68m - 20.8 20.88 -18.4
1180 Aug 07 06:58 P 115 -0.739 1.537 0.497 77m - 21.5 21.58 -15.2
1198 Aug 18 14:17 P 115 -0.675 1.654 0.615 84m - 22.2 22.26 -11.5
1216 Aug 28 21:45 P 115 -0.618 1.758 0.720 89m - 22.9 22.93 -7.5
1234 Sep 09 05:21 P 115 -0.567 1.851 0.813 93m - 23.7 23.59 -3.3
1252 Sep 19 13:08 P 115 -0.524 1.931 0.893 95m - 0.4 0.25 1.1
1270 Sep 30 21:04 P 115 -0.488 1.997 0.959 97m - 1.1 0.91 5.4
1288 Oct 11 05:10 T 115 -0.459 2.050 1.012 99m 9m 1.8 1.60 9.5
1306 Oct 22 13:25 T 115 -0.436 2.092 1.054 100m 18m 2.6 2.30 13.4
1324 Nov 01 21:47 T 115 -0.420 2.121 1.085 100m 22m 3.3 3.03 16.8
1342 Nov 13 06:17 T 115 -0.408 2.142 1.106 100m 24m 4.0 3.78 19.6
1360 Nov 23 14:52 T 115 -0.401 2.155 1.121 101m 26m 4.7 4.56 21.6
1378 Dec 04 23:31 T 115 -0.396 2.164 1.131 101m 27m 5.4 5.37 22.8
1396 Dec 15 08:12 T 115 -0.392 2.170 1.140 101m 28m 6.2 6.18 23.1
1414 Dec 26 16:54 T 115 -0.388 2.174 1.147 100m 28m 6.9 6.99 22.4
1433 Jan 06 01:34 T 115 -0.382 2.183 1.160 101m 29m 7.6 7.78 20.9
1451 Jan 17 10:13 T 115 -0.375 2.195 1.176 101m 30m 8.3 8.55 18.5
1469 Jan 27 18:48 T 115 -0.363 2.215 1.200 101m 32m 9.1 9.30 15.4
1487 Feb 08 03:18 T 115 -0.347 2.242 1.233 102m 34m 9.8 10.02 11.8
1505 Feb 18 11:41 T 115 -0.324 2.282 1.277 102m 37m 10.5 10.71 7.8
1523 Mar 01 19:58 T 115 -0.296 2.330 1.331 103m 39m 11.2 11.39 3.6
1541 Mar 12 04:08 T+ 115 -0.261 2.392 1.398 104m 42m 11.9 12.06 -0.7
1559 Mar 23 12:10 T+ 115 -0.219 2.465 1.476 105m 45m 12.7 12.72 -4.9
1577 Apr 02 20:05 T+ 115 -0.172 2.551 1.566 106m 47m 13.4 13.39 -9.0
1595 Apr 24 03:54 T+ 115 -0.118 2.646 1.667 106m 49m 14.1 14.07 -12.8
1613 May 04 11:37 T+ 115 -0.059 2.753 1.777 107m 50m 14.8 14.76 -16.1
1631 May 15 19:14 T- 115 0.006 2.849 1.877 107m 50m 15.5 15.48 -18.9
1649 May 26 02:48 Tm 115 0.074 2.722 1.754 106m 50m 16.3 16.21 -21.1
1667 Jun 06 10:18 T- 115 0.144 2.591 1.626 106m 48m 17.0 16.95 -22.6
1685 Jun 16 17:46 T- 115 0.218 2.456 1.492 104m 45m 17.7 17.71 -23.2
1703 Jun 29 01:13 T 115 0.291 2.320 1.358 102m 40m 18.4 18.47 -23.0
1721 Jul 09 08:40 T 115 0.365 2.183 1.222 99m 33m 19.1 19.22 -22.0
1739 Jul 20 16:09 T 115 0.438 2.051 1.090 96m 22m 19.9 19.96 -20.3
1757 Jul 30 23:40 P 115 0.509 1.920 0.958 92m - 20.6 20.68 -17.8
1775 Aug 11 07:15 P 115 0.576 1.798 0.835 88m - 21.3 21.38 -14.8
1793 Aug 21 14:55 P 115 0.639 1.682 0.718 83m - 22.0 22.06 -11.2
1811 Sep 02 22:42 P 115 0.697 1.577 0.610 78m - 22.7 22.72 -7.3
1829 Sep 13 06:33 P 115 0.751 1.479 0.510 72m - 23.5 23.38 -3.2
1847 Sep 24 14:34 P 115 0.797 1.396 0.424 67m - 0.2 0.04 1.1
1865 Oct 04 22:40 P 115 0.839 1.322 0.346 61m - 0.9 0.70 5.4
1883 Oct 16 06:54 P 115 0.873 1.260 0.281 56m - 1.6 1.37 9.6
1901 Oct 27 15:15 P 115 0.902 1.209 0.226 50m - 2.4 2.07 13.6
1919 Nov 07 23:44 P 115 0.925 1.169 0.184 46m - 3.1 2.79 17.1
1937 Nov 18 08:19 P 115 0.942 1.139 0.150 41m - 3.8 3.54 20.1
1955 Nov 29 16:59 P 115 0.955 1.117 0.125 38m - 4.5 4.32 22.4
1973 Dec 10 01:44 P 115 0.964 1.101 0.106 35m - 5.2 5.12 23.9
1991 Dec 21 10:33 P 115 0.971 1.090 0.093 33m - 6.0 5.94 24.4
2009 Dec 31 19:22 P 115 0.977 1.081 0.082 31m - 6.7 6.76 24.0
2028 Jan 12 04:13 P 115 0.982 1.072 0.072 29m - 7.4 7.56 22.7
2046 Jan 22 13:01 P 115 0.988 1.060 0.059 27m - 8.1 8.35 20.5
2064 Feb 02 21:46 P 115 0.997 1.045 0.044 23m - 8.9 9.11 17.6
2082 Feb 13 06:26 P 115 1.010 1.021 0.019 15m - 9.6 9.85 14.1
2100 Feb 24 15:01 N 115 1.027 0.990 -0.011 - - 10.3 10.55 10.2
2118 Mar 07 23:29 N 115 1.049 0.948 -0.053 - - 11.0 11.24 6.0
2136 Mar 18 07:49 N 115 1.078 0.896 -0.104 - - 11.7 11.92 1.7
2154 Mar 29 16:00 N 115 1.113 0.830 -0.170 - - 12.5 12.58 -2.6
2172 Apr 09 00:03 N 115 1.155 0.754 -0.245 - - 13.2 13.25 -6.7
2190 Apr 20 07:57 N 115 1.203 0.665 -0.334 - - 13.9 13.93 -10.6
2208 May 01 15:42 N 115 1.258 0.565 -0.435 - - 14.6 14.62 -14.0
2226 May 12 23:18 N 115 1.319 0.453 -0.547 - - 15.4 15.33 -17.0
2244 May 23 06:48 N 115 1.385 0.333 -0.668 - - 16.1 16.05 -19.3
2262 Jun 03 14:11 N 115 1.455 0.204 -0.798 - - 16.8 16.79 -20.9
2280 Jun 13 21:27 Ne 115 1.530 0.068 -0.936 - - 17.5 17.54 -21.8
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Last revised: 1999 Jun 3 - F. Espenak