Solar & Lunar Eclipse Catalogues

Online Tables and Calculators

Printed Tables

The following printed works provide tables of solar and lunar eclipses (some 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
Ginzel (1895) –1400 to –1200
Van den Bergh (1954) –1600 to –1207 –1600 to –1207
Bao-Lin Liu (1964, 1965) +1964 to +2163
Meeus et al. (1966) +1898 to +2510
Newton (1977) –1500 to –1000
Newton (1980) –1500 to –1000
Bao-Lin Liu (1983) –999 to +3000
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
Zeiler & Bakich (2020) +2020 to +2045
     
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
Huber & de Meis (2004) –800 to 0 –800 to 0
Gautschy (2012) –2499 to +1000 –2499 to +1000
     
Mediterranean region Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Ginzel (1887) –799 to 0 –399 to 0
Ginzel (1899) –899 to +600 –899 to +600
Gautschy (2012) –2499 to +1000 –2499 to +1000
     
Europe Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Lacaille (1750) +1 to +1800 +1 to +1800
Hallaschka (1816) +1816 to +1860
Hallaschka (1820) +1861 to +1900
Schrader (1913) +2166 to +3045 +2166 to +3045
Schroeter (1923) +600 to +1800 +600 to +1800
Borkowski (1990) +900 to +2200
     
United Kingdom Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Williams (1996, 1999) +1 to +3000
Beard (2001) +1501 to +2500
     
Ireland Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
O’Connor (1952) +400 to +1000
     
Africa Solar eclipses Lunar eclipses
Roberts (1893) +1900 to +2000
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

Older eclipse catalogues been prepared by Felix Verbelen (Mira Public Observatory, Grimbergen, Belgium) can be accessed from his Ancient Astronomy web page:

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