Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: Volume 2: 1 to 3000

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by Fred Espenak

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During the 5,000-year period from –1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE), Earth will experience 12,064 eclipses of the Moon. The eclipses are distributed as follows: 4,378 penumbral eclipses, 4,207 partial eclipses, and 3,479 total eclipses. The Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses contains an individual figures and maps for each eclipse showing the Moon’s path though Earth’s shadows, and the geographic regions of visibility for each phase of the eclipse (penumbral, partial, and total). The uncertainty in Earth's rotation expressed in DT and its impact on the geographic visibility of eclipses in the past and future is discussed. The statistics of the lunar eclipse distribution over 5,000 years are examined in detail. This includes eclipse types by month and by century, eclipse frequency in the calendar year, extremes in penumbral and umbral eclipse magnitude, maximum durations of penumbral, partial, and total eclipses, and eclipse duos (two eclipses within 30 days of each other). Finally, the periodicity of lunar eclipses is investigated with particular attention to the Saros cycle. Tables list the start and end dates, number, and type of eclipses of every Saros series in progress during the 5,000-year period covered by the Five Millennium Canon . The Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses comprises two volumes. Volume 1 covers eclipses for the years -1999 to 0, while Volume 2 covers the years 1 to 3000. Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: Volume 2: 1 to 3000 ABIS BOOK Astropixels Publishing

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