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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 128 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series began with a partial eclipse north of the Ecliptic on 1304 Jun 18. The series will end with a partial eclipse south of the Ecliptic on 2566 Aug 02. The total duration of Saros series 128 is 1262.11 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 1304 Jun 18 09:14:41 UT
Last Eclipse = 2566 Aug 02 09:06:29 UT
Duration of Saros 128 = 1262.11 Years
During Saros series 128, Earth experiences 71 lunar eclipses as follows:
All Eclipses = 71 = 100.0%
Penumbral (N) = 14 = 19.7%
Partial (P) = 42 = 59.2%
Total (T) = 15 = 21.1%
Umbral Eclipses = 57 = 80.3%
Central = 8 = 11.3%
Non-Central = 7 = 9.9%
Sequence of eclipses in Saros series 128: 7N 23P 15T 19P 7N
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 128 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 1953 Jul 26 Duration = 01h41m23s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2097 Oct 21 Duration = 00h19m09s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2115 Nov 02 Duration = 03h12m41s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1430 Sep 02 Duration = 00h19m10s
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1827 May 11 Magnitude = 0.9860
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1430 Sep 02 Magnitude = 0.0076
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 128 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 128
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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 °
1304 Jun 18 09:15 Nb 128 1.489 0.132 -0.850 - - 18.3 18.30 -22.0
1322 Jun 29 16:35 N 128 1.413 0.270 -0.710 - - 19.0 19.05 -21.3
1340 Jul 09 23:57 N 128 1.338 0.407 -0.572 - - 19.7 19.78 -19.9
1358 Jul 21 07:25 N 128 1.267 0.537 -0.441 - - 20.5 20.51 -17.7
1376 Jul 31 14:56 N 128 1.198 0.663 -0.314 - - 21.2 21.21 -14.9
1394 Aug 11 22:34 N 128 1.134 0.781 -0.197 - - 21.9 21.90 -11.6
1412 Aug 22 06:19 N 128 1.075 0.890 -0.089 - - 22.6 22.57 -7.8
1430 Sep 02 14:12 P 128 1.022 0.987 0.008 10m - 23.3 23.24 -3.8
1448 Sep 12 22:14 P 128 0.976 1.073 0.092 33m - 0.1 23.90 0.4
1466 Sep 24 06:23 P 128 0.936 1.148 0.165 44m - 0.8 0.56 4.7
1484 Oct 04 14:41 P 128 0.902 1.209 0.226 50m - 1.5 1.24 8.9
1502 Oct 15 23:06 P 128 0.875 1.260 0.274 55m - 2.2 1.93 12.9
1520 Oct 26 07:39 P 128 0.854 1.299 0.312 58m - 2.9 2.65 16.5
1538 Nov 06 16:18 P 128 0.839 1.328 0.340 61m - 3.7 3.40 19.5
1556 Nov 17 01:04 P 128 0.828 1.348 0.359 62m - 4.4 4.17 22.0
1574 Nov 28 09:53 P 128 0.821 1.362 0.372 63m - 5.1 4.97 23.6
1592 Dec 18 18:45 P 128 0.816 1.372 0.382 64m - 5.8 5.79 24.3
1610 Dec 30 03:38 P 128 0.812 1.378 0.388 64m - 6.6 6.61 24.1
1629 Jan 09 12:31 P 128 0.809 1.384 0.394 65m - 7.3 7.42 22.9
1647 Jan 20 21:22 P 128 0.804 1.393 0.404 65m - 8.0 8.21 20.8
1665 Jan 31 06:10 P 128 0.796 1.406 0.419 66m - 8.7 8.98 18.0
1683 Feb 11 14:52 P 128 0.785 1.427 0.441 68m - 9.5 9.71 14.6
1701 Feb 22 23:30 P 128 0.769 1.454 0.469 70m - 10.2 10.42 10.7
1719 Mar 06 07:59 P 128 0.748 1.492 0.510 72m - 10.9 11.11 6.6
1737 Mar 16 16:22 P 128 0.721 1.540 0.560 75m - 11.6 11.78 2.2
1755 Mar 28 00:36 P 128 0.687 1.602 0.624 79m - 12.3 12.44 -2.1
1773 Apr 07 08:43 P 128 0.648 1.673 0.697 82m - 13.1 13.11 -6.4
1791 Apr 18 16:41 P 128 0.601 1.758 0.784 86m - 13.8 13.78 -10.4
1809 Apr 30 00:33 P 128 0.549 1.853 0.879 90m - 14.5 14.46 -14.0
1827 May 11 08:17 P 128 0.491 1.959 0.986 94m - 15.2 15.16 -17.2
1845 May 21 15:54 T 128 0.428 2.074 1.102 97m 23m 15.9 15.89 -19.8
1863 Jun 01 23:26 T 128 0.361 2.198 1.225 100m 34m 16.7 16.62 -21.7
1881 Jun 12 06:54 T 128 0.290 2.328 1.355 103m 40m 17.4 17.37 -22.9
1899 Jun 23 14:18 T- 128 0.217 2.463 1.488 105m 45m 18.1 18.13 -23.2
1917 Jul 04 21:39 T- 128 0.142 2.601 1.624 107m 48m 18.8 18.89 -22.7
1935 Jul 16 05:00 Tm 128 0.067 2.740 1.760 108m 50m 19.5 19.64 -21.5
1953 Jul 26 12:21 T+ 128 -0.007 2.851 1.869 108m 51m 20.3 20.37 -19.5
1971 Aug 06 19:43 T+ 128 -0.079 2.721 1.734 108m 50m 21.0 21.08 -16.8
1989 Aug 17 03:08 T+ 128 -0.149 2.596 1.604 107m 48m 21.7 21.77 -13.6
2007 Aug 28 10:37 T+ 128 -0.214 2.478 1.481 106m 45m 22.4 22.45 -10.0
2025 Sep 07 18:11 T 128 -0.275 2.369 1.368 105m 41m 23.1 23.11 -6.0
2043 Sep 19 01:50 T 128 -0.332 2.269 1.261 103m 36m 23.9 23.77 -1.9
2061 Sep 29 09:36 T 128 -0.381 2.181 1.168 102m 30m 0.6 0.43 2.4
2079 Oct 10 17:28 T 128 -0.424 2.104 1.085 100m 22m 1.3 1.09 6.5
2097 Oct 21 01:27 T 128 -0.461 2.041 1.015 98m 10m 2.0 1.78 10.5
2115 Nov 02 09:32 P 128 -0.492 1.987 0.955 96m - 2.7 2.48 14.2
2133 Nov 12 17:45 P 128 -0.516 1.946 0.909 95m - 3.5 3.21 17.4
2151 Nov 24 02:03 P 128 -0.535 1.913 0.871 94m - 4.2 3.97 19.9
2169 Dec 04 10:26 P 128 -0.549 1.891 0.843 93m - 4.9 4.75 21.8
2187 Dec 15 18:52 P 128 -0.559 1.873 0.821 92m - 5.6 5.55 22.7
2205 Dec 27 03:21 P 128 -0.566 1.863 0.806 92m - 6.4 6.36 22.8
2224 Jan 07 11:51 P 128 -0.573 1.852 0.792 92m - 7.1 7.16 21.9
2242 Jan 17 20:19 P 128 -0.579 1.842 0.779 91m - 7.8 7.95 20.1
2260 Jan 29 04:46 P 128 -0.587 1.829 0.764 91m - 8.5 8.72 17.6
2278 Feb 08 13:09 P 128 -0.596 1.813 0.746 91m - 9.2 9.46 14.4
2296 Feb 19 21:24 P 128 -0.611 1.786 0.719 90m - 10.0 10.18 10.6
2314 Mar 03 05:34 P 128 -0.630 1.752 0.684 88m - 10.7 10.87 6.6
2332 Mar 13 13:35 P 128 -0.655 1.705 0.637 86m - 11.4 11.55 2.3
2350 Mar 24 21:29 P 128 -0.686 1.649 0.580 83m - 12.1 12.22 -2.1
2368 Apr 04 05:10 P 128 -0.726 1.576 0.508 79m - 12.8 12.88 -6.4
2386 Apr 15 12:44 P 128 -0.771 1.493 0.425 73m - 13.6 13.56 -10.5
2404 Apr 25 20:05 P 128 -0.825 1.394 0.325 65m - 14.3 14.24 -14.3
2422 May 07 03:19 P 128 -0.885 1.284 0.216 54m - 15.0 14.95 -17.6
2440 May 17 10:22 P 128 -0.952 1.160 0.092 36m - 15.7 15.67 -20.4
2458 May 28 17:19 N 128 -1.024 1.029 -0.040 - - 16.4 16.41 -22.5
2476 Jun 08 00:07 N 128 -1.101 0.888 -0.183 - - 17.2 17.16 -23.9
2494 Jun 19 06:49 N 128 -1.182 0.740 -0.332 - - 17.9 17.93 -24.5
2512 Jun 30 13:27 N 128 -1.267 0.586 -0.487 - - 18.6 18.69 -24.2
2530 Jul 11 20:01 N 128 -1.352 0.430 -0.645 - - 19.3 19.45 -23.1
2548 Jul 22 02:34 N 128 -1.438 0.274 -0.803 - - 20.0 20.19 -21.3
2566 Aug 02 09:06 Ne 128 -1.523 0.120 -0.961 - - 20.7 20.91 -18.8
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Last revised: 1999 Jun 3 - F. Espenak