Lunar Saros 128

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2007 Aug 28
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Saros cycle series 128 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 71 events. Solar saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series. [1]

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This lunar saros is linked to Solar Saros 135.

Lunar Saros 128

Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Summary

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 128, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on June 18, 1304. It contains partial eclipses from September 2, 1430 through May 11, 1827; total eclipses from May 21, 1845 through October 21, 2097; and a second set of partial eclipses from November 2, 2115 through May 17, 2440. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on August 2, 2566.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 37 at 100 minutes, 43 seconds on July 26, 1953. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [2]

GreatestFirst
Lunar eclipse chart close-1953Jul26.png
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1953 Jul 26 , lasting 100 minutes, 43 seconds. [3]
PenumbralPartialTotalCentral
1304 Jun 18
1430 Sep 02
1845 May 21
1899 Jun 23
Last
CentralTotalPartialPenumbral
2007 Aug 28
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2097 Oct 21
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2440 May 17
2566 Aug 02

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Lunar Saros 128 contains 15 total lunar eclipses between 1845 and 2097 (in years 1845, 1863, 1881, 1899, 1917, 1935, 1953, 1971, 1989, 2007, 2025, 2043, 2061, 2079 and 2097). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

List

Cat. Saros MemDateTime UT
(hr:mn)
TypeGammaMagnitudeDuration
(min)
Contacts UT
(hr:mn)
Chart
GreatestPen.Par.Tot.P1P4U1U2U3U4
0798412811304 Jun 189:25:47Penumbral1.4896-0.857288.58:41:3210:10:02
0802712821322 Jun 2916:45:29Penumbral1.4140-0.7173132.115:39:2617:51:32
0806912831340 Jul 100:06:41Penumbral1.3388-0.5785162.622:45:231:27:59
0811112841358 Jul 217:33:39Penumbral1.2675-0.4473185.56:00:549:06:24
0815212851376 Jul 3115:04:49Penumbral1.1989-0.3213204.013:22:4916:46:49
0819312861394 Aug 1122:42:10Penumbral1.1347-0.2035219.020:52:400:31:40
0823412871412 Aug 226:26:36Penumbral1.0758-0.0957231.24:31:008:22:12
0827612881430 Sep 0214:18:56Partial1.02290.0008241.16.312:18:2316:19:2914:15:4714:22:05
0831712891448 Sep 1222:19:32Partial0.97640.0854249.063.320:15:020:24:0221:47:5322:51:11
08358128101466 Sep 246:28:03Partial0.93620.1585255.485.34:20:218:35:455:45:247:10:42
08398128111484 Oct 0414:45:35Partial0.90310.2185260.399.212:35:2616:55:4413:55:5915:35:11
08438128121502 Oct 1523:10:40Partial0.87590.2675264.1108.820:58:371:22:4322:16:160:05:04
08478128131520 Oct 267:43:02Partial0.85490.3053266.9115.55:29:359:56:296:45:178:40:47
08519128141538 Nov 0616:22:02Partial0.83920.3334268.9120.114:07:3518:36:2915:21:5917:22:05
08561128151556 Nov 171:06:54Partial0.82860.3523270.2123.022:51:483:22:000:05:242:08:24
08604128161574 Nov 289:55:43Partial0.82130.3655271.1125.07:40:1012:11:168:53:1310:58:13
08647128171592 Dec 1818:46:58Partial0.81600.3749271.7126.416:31:0721:02:4917:43:4619:50:10
08691128181610 Dec 303:39:54Partial0.81240.3817272.1127.31:23:515:55:572:36:154:43:33
08736128191629 Jan 0912:32:47Partial0.80920.3877272.4128.210:16:3514:48:5911:28:4113:36:53
08780128201647 Jan 2021:23:09Partial0.80390.3979273.0129.719:06:3923:39:3920:18:1822:28:00
08825128211665 Jan 316:10:20Partial0.79630.4124273.9131.83:53:238:27:175:04:267:16:14
08871128221683 Feb 1114:52:35Partial0.78480.4345275.2134.912:34:5917:10:1113:45:0816:00:02
08917128231701 Feb 2223:29:56Partial0.76950.4634277.0138.821:11:261:48:2622:20:320:39:20
08963128241719 Mar 067:59:13Partial0.74780.5043279.5143.95:39:2810:18:586:47:169:11:10
09010128251737 Mar 1616:22:12Partial0.72110.5542282.5149.914:00:5718:43:2715:07:1517:37:09
09057128261755 Mar 280:36:25Partial0.68710.6176286.2156.822:13:192:59:3123:18:011:54:49
09103128271773 Apr 078:43:30Partial0.64760.6909290.2164.16:18:2411:08:367:21:2710:05:33
09148128281791 Apr 1816:41:28Partial0.60080.7776294.7171.814:14:0719:08:4915:15:3418:07:22
0919312829 1809 Apr 30 0:33:02Partial0.54900.8733299.3179.422:03:233:02:4123:03:202:02:44
0923812830 1827 May 11 8:16:57Partial0.49100.9801304.0186.85:44:5710:48:576:43:339:50:21
0928512831 1845 May 21 15:54:30Total0.42811.0957308.6193.745.313:20:1218:28:4814:17:3915:31:5116:17:0917:31:21
0933012832 1863 Jun 01 23:26:14Total0.36051.2195312.9199.966.120:49:472:02:4121:46:1722:53:1123:59:171:06:11
0937412833 1881 Jun 12 6:53:44Total0.28981.3488316.8205.279.94:15:209:32:085:11:086:13:477:33:418:36:20
0941812834 1899 Jun 23 14:17:53Total0.21691.4820320.1209.589.511:37:5016:57:5612:33:0813:33:0815:02:3816:02:38
0946012835 1917 Jul 04 21:39:04Total0.14191.6185322.9212.896.018:57:370:20:3119:52:4020:51:0422:27:0423:25:28
0950212836 1935 Jul 16 5:00:05Total0.06721.7542325.0214.899.62:17:357:42:353:12:414:10:175:49:536:47:29
0954312837 1953 Jul 26 12:21:10Total-0.00711.8628326.5215.7100.79:37:5515:04:2510:33:1911:30:4913:11:3114:09:01
0958412838 1971 Aug 06 19:43:52Total-0.07941.7283327.3215.599.417:00:1322:27:3117:56:0718:54:1020:33:3421:31:37
0962512839 1989 Aug 17 3:09:07Total-0.14901.5984327.5214.395.80:25:225:52:521:21:582:21:133:57:014:56:16
0966612840 2007 Aug 28 10:38:27Total-0.21451.4758327.3212.290.07:54:4813:22:068:52:219:53:2711:23:2712:24:33
0970712841 2025 Sep 07 18:12:58Total-0.27521.3619326.7209.482.115:29:3720:56:1916:28:1617:31:5518:54:0119:57:40
0974812842 2043 Sep 19 1:51:50Total-0.33161.2556325.8206.071.723:08:564:34:440:08:501:15:592:27:413:34:50
0978912843 2061 Sep 29 9:38:13Total-0.38101.1621324.8202.459.06:55:4912:20:377:57:019:08:4310:07:4311:19:25
0983012844 2079 Oct 10 17:30:30Total-0.42461.0791323.8198.742.414:48:3620:12:2415:51:0917:09:1817:51:4219:09:51
0987212845 2097 Oct 21 1:30:55Total-0.46081.0097323.1195.215.222:49:224:12:2823:53:191:23:191:38:313:08:31
0991412846 2115 Nov 02 9:36:34Partial-0.49190.9498322.4191.96:55:2212:17:468:00:3711:12:31
0995612847 2133 Nov 12 17:50:08Partial-0.51570.9033322.2189.315:09:0220:31:1416:15:2919:24:47
1000012848 2151 Nov 24 2:08:13Partial-0.53500.8651322.2187.023:27:074:49:190:34:433:41:43
1004312849 2169 Dec 04 10:31:58Partial-0.54880.8375322.5185.37:50:4313:13:138:59:1912:04:37
1008612850 2187 Dec 15 18:58:37Partial-0.55950.8156323.0184.116:17:0721:40:0717:26:3420:30:40
10129128512205 Dec 273:28:47Partial-0.56650.8008323.8183.40:46:536:10:411:57:055:00:29
10173128522224 Jan 0711:58:46Partial-0.57310.7870324.5182.79:16:3114:41:0110:27:2513:30:07
10218128532242 Jan 1720:28:26Partial-0.57940.7742325.2182.217:45:5023:11:0218:57:2021:59:32
10264128542260 Jan 294:55:22Partial-0.58710.7589325.7181.32:12:317:38:133:24:436:26:01
10310128552278 Feb 0813:19:10Partial-0.59650.7409326.0180.210:36:1016:02:1011:49:0414:49:16
10357128562296 Feb 1921:35:59Partial-0.61120.7135325.6178.218:53:110:18:4720:06:5323:05:05
10403128572314 Mar 035:46:48Partial-0.63010.6784324.8175.33:04:248:29:124:19:097:14:27
10449128582332 Mar 1313:48:34Partial-0.65570.6313323.2170.911:06:5816:30:1012:23:0715:14:01
10495128592350 Mar 2421:42:58Partial-0.68650.5747320.9165.119:02:310:23:2520:20:2523:05:31
10540128602368 Apr 045:25:31Partial-0.72610.5021317.3156.62:46:528:04:104:07:136:43:49
10584128612386 Apr 1512:59:59Partial-0.77150.4189312.6145.310:23:4115:36:1711:47:2014:12:38
10629128622404 Apr 2520:22:55Partial-0.82550.3197306.1129.217:49:5222:55:5819:18:1921:27:31
10673128632422 May 73:37:48Partial-0.88520.2103298.1106.81:08:456:06:512:44:244:31:12
10717128642440 May 1710:41:49Partial-0.95270.0862287.869.88:17:5513:05:4310:06:5511:16:43
10761128652458 May 2817:39:26Penumbral-1.0244-0.0456275.215:21:5019:57:02
10803128662476 Jun 080:28:51Penumbral-1.1019-0.1884259.522:19:062:38:36
10844128672494 Jun 197:12:41Penumbral-1.1829-0.3375240.45:12:299:12:53
10885128682512 Jun 3013:51:10Penumbral-1.2672-0.4931216.712:02:4915:39:31
10925128692530 Jul 1120:27:10Penumbral-1.3526-0.6507187.318:53:3122:00:49
10966128702548 Jul 223:01:34Penumbral-1.4381-0.8088149.31:46:554:16:13
11008128712566 Aug 029:35:06Penumbral-1.5233-0.966592.98:48:3910:21:33

See also

Notes

  1. Lunar Eclipses of Saros 128, Fred Espenak
  2. "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 128". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  3. Listing of Eclipses of series 128