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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Web Site

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spase://NASA/Service/SPDF/DataService/Eclipse

Description

This website contains 5000 years of eclipse calculations including solar and lunar eclipses as well as planetary transits across the Sun. The site contains data, maps of the path of the events and descriptive text for selected events. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus.

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spase://NASA/Service/SPDF/DataService/Eclipse
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ResourceName
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Web Site
ReleaseDate
2026-05-28 17:37:33Z
Description

This website contains 5000 years of eclipse calculations including solar and lunar eclipses as well as planetary transits across the Sun. The site contains data, maps of the path of the events and descriptive text for selected events. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus.

Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge the following: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak (NASA GSFC) and Jean Meeus
Contacts
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1.GeneralContactspase://SMWG/Person/Robert.M.Candey
2.GeneralContactspase://SMWG/Person/Alex.Young
InformationURL
Name
NASA Reference Publication 1178: Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses: 1986 - 2035
URL
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/RP1178.html
InformationURL
Name
NASA Reference Publication 1216: Fifty Year Canon of Lunar Eclipses: 1986 - 2035
URL
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/RP1216.html
InformationURL
Name
NASA Technical Publication TP-2006-214141: Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000
URL
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/5MCSE.html
InformationURL
Name
NASA Technical Publication TP-2009-214174: Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000
URL
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/5MKSE.html
InformationURL
Name
NASA Technical Publication TP-2009-214172: Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000
URL
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/5MCLE.html
InformationURL
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NASA Technical Publication TP-2009-214173: Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000
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https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/5MKLE.html
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Web Site
URL
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
Description

This website is available as a resource for eclipse and transit records and information.