Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I The magic and history of eclipses
- Part II Observing solar eclipses
- Part III Eclipses of the Moon
- Part IV Occultations
- Part V Transits
- Part VI My favorite eclipses
- 17 A personal canon of eclipses, occultations, and transits I have seen
- Appendices
- A Solar and lunar eclipses due between 2010 and 2024
- B A glossary of appropriate terms
- C Resources
- Index
17 - A personal canon of eclipses, occultations, and transits I have seen
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I The magic and history of eclipses
- Part II Observing solar eclipses
- Part III Eclipses of the Moon
- Part IV Occultations
- Part V Transits
- Part VI My favorite eclipses
- 17 A personal canon of eclipses, occultations, and transits I have seen
- Appendices
- A Solar and lunar eclipses due between 2010 and 2024
- B A glossary of appropriate terms
- C Resources
- Index
Summary
Here is a list of the 77 times that I've been touched by the wandering shadows of Earth and Moon. This personal canon of eclipses begins with an almost clouded out partial solar eclipse on October 2, 1959. On March 12, 1960, my mother promised me a lunar eclipse, but since I do not recall seeing it, that event might have clouded out also. (The eclipses that are lettered, not numbered, are events I planned to see but did not see.) However, according to this canon, I did see that eclipse – perhaps not in 1960, but when lunar saros 122 repeated itself two cycles later on April 4, 1996. (See below.)
My first total solar eclipse, on July 20, 1963, was a part of saros 145. I saw it again on August 11, 1999. When the cycles of the solar system converge again, I hope to enjoy the eclipse one more time, when it crosses the United States on August 21, 2017.
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- David Levy's Guide to Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations , pp. 151 - 165Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010