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Lunar Eclipses Visibility Window

To visualize and save a list of all the lunar eclipses visible from a given location over five millennium (years from -1999 to +3000), you need to access the Lunar Eclipses Visibility window in Lunar Eclipse Maestro.

  1. Choose Display > Eclipse Visibility List from a Location…
    Lunar Eclipse Visibility List Window
  2. You can input the location and select the type of eclipses to take into account before starting the lookup. The running time is always well below one second for the whole 12,064 lunar eclipses set.
    The following information are displayed:
    • Eclipse date using the YYYY/MM/DD format
    • Eclipse type: T for total, P for partial and N for penumbral. A star is appended when the local maximum eclipse is under the horizon.
    • ΔT: deltaT value used in computations (in seconds)
    • Totality duration: available only for totals
    • Penumbral duration
    • Umbral magnitude
    • Penumbral magnitude
    • Constellation name where the maximum eclipse is occurring
  3. With the contextual menu available on the list, you can save the data in a text file where columns are separated by a tabulation character.
    Save List Contextual Menu