Solar & Lunar Eclipse Catalogues

The basic characteristics of solar and lunar eclipses from –2999 to +3000 have been calculated by Fred Espenak and can be accessed from his comprehensive eclipse website:

Fred Espenak’s website also provides global maps of solar eclipse paths from 2000 BCE to 3000 CE in 20-year period intervals:

Similar eclipse catalogues have been prepared by Felix Verbelen (Mira Public Observatory, Grimbergen, Belgium) and can be accessed from his Ancient Astronomy Home Page:

The following printed works provide tables of solar and lunar eclipses with maps of solar eclipse paths covering extended geographical regions and historical periods:

Whole World Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Lacaille & Pingré (1770) [northern hemisphere only] +1 to +1900 +1 to +1900
Duvauchel (1783) [northern hemisphere only] +1900 to +2000 +1900 to +2000
Pingré (1787) [northern hemisphere only] –999 to 0 –999 to 0
Mahler (1885) +1901 to +2000
Von Oppolzer (1887) –1207 to +2161 –1206 to +2163
Van den Bergh (1954) –1600 to –1207 –1600 to –1207
Meeus et al. (1966) +1898 to +2510
Mucke & Meeus (1983) –2003 to +2526
Meeus & Mucke (1983) –2003 to +2526
Espenak (1987) +1986 to +2035
Espenak (1989) +1986 to +2035
Meeus (1989) +1950 to +2200
Bao-Lin Liu & Fiala (1992) –1499 to +3000
Espenak & Meeus (2006) –1999 to +3000
Espenak & Meeus (2009) –1999 to +3000
     
Ancient Near East Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Neugebauer & Hiller (1931) –4199 to –899
Neugebauer & Hiller (1934) –3449 to 0
Dubs (1947) –1400 to –1000
Kudlek & Mickler (1971) –2999 to 0 –2999 to 0
Steele & Stephenson (1997/98) –749 to +1 –749 to +1
     
Mediterranean region Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Ginzel (1887) –799 to 0 –399 to 0
Ginzel (1899) –899 to +600 –899 to +600
     
Europe Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Lacaille (1750) +1 to +1800 +1 to +1800
Schroeter (1923) +600 to +1800 +600 to +1800
     
Ireland Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
O’Connor (1952) +400 to +1000
     
Africa Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Gray (1965, 1968) +1000 to +2000
     
East Asia Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Dubs (1947) –1400 to –1000
Newton (1972, 1977) –1500 to –1000 –1500 to –1000
Stephenson & Houlden (1986) –1499 to +1900
     
Central America Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Willson (1924) +638 to +728

Shinobu Takesako’s freeware programs EmapWin and LmapWin also provide very accurate calculations for the circumstances of solar and lunar eclipses from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 3000.