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Table 1

Recent double-eclipse Ramadans

TYPE AND DATE

AH

AD

LUNAR

SOLAR

1402

1402

1982

1981

T 6 Jul

P 17 Jul

P 20 Jul

CT 31 Jul

1379

1378

1960

1959

T 13 Mar

P 24 Mar

P 27 Mar

CA 8 Apr

1357

1356

1938

1937

T 7 Nov

P 18 Nov

P 21 Nov

CA 2 Dec

1335

1334

1917

1916

T 4 Jul

P 19 Jul

P 15 Jul

CA 30 Jul

1312

1311

1895

1894

T 11 Mar

P 21 Mar

P 26 Mar

C 6 Apr

1290

1289

1873

1872

T 4 Nov

P 15 Nov

P 20 Nov

C 30 Nov

1267

1851

P 13 Jul

CT 28 Jul

1245

1244

1830

1829

T 9 Mar

P 20 Mar

P 24 Mar

CT 3 Apr

1223

1222

1808

1807

T 3 Nov

P 15 Nov

P 18 Nov

C 29 Nov

1200

1786

T 11 Jul

CT 25 Jul

1178

1177

1765

1764

T 21 Mar

P 18 Mar

P 21 Mar

CA 1 Apr

1156

1155

1743

1742

T 2 Nov

P 12 Nov

P 16 Nov

CA 27 Nov

1133

1721

T 9 Jul

P 24 Jul

1110

1699

P 15 Mar

C 31 Mar

1089

1088

1678

1677

T 29 Oct

P 9 Nov

P 14 Nov

CT 24 Nov

1066

1656

T 6 Jul

(T) 21 Jul

1044

1043

1635

1634

T 3 Mar

P 14 Mar

P 18 Mar

CT 29 Mar

1022

1021

1613

1612

T 28 Oct

P 8 Nov

P 12 Nov

C 22 Nov

999

998

1591

1590

T 6 Jul

P 17 Jul

P 20 Jul

CA 31 Jul

Notes for Table 1

Dates apply to the instant of maximum eclipse.
Lunar eclipses:
P=Partial;
T=Total;
Central lunar eclipses are always total.
Solar eclipses:
CA=Central and Annular;
CT=Central and Total;
(T)=Total but non-central;
P=Partial;
C=Central, alternating between Total and Annular.

AH

AD

LUNAR

Date

LUNAR

Where visible

SOLAR

Date

SOLAR

Where visible

283

896

29 Oct

(25 Oct)

Pacific &

adjacent Landmasses

12 Nov

(8 Nov)

Canada; Alaska;

N.E. Pacific

305

918

5 Mar

(28 Feb)

Eurasia

N.E. Africa

20 Mar

15 Mar

Antarctic; South Indian Ocean

462

1070

2 Jul

(26 Jun)

Pacific &

adjacent Landmasses

16 Jul

(10 Jul)

Arctic; Siberia

529

1135

4 Jul

(27 Jun)

America; Pacific;

New Zealand

19 Jul

(10 Jul)

Antarctic; Extreme South Pacific

596

1200

5 Jul

(28 Jun)

Pacific &

adjacent landmasses

19 Jul*

(12 Jul)

Siberia; Arctic; N.W. Atlantic

1200

1786

11 Jul

Pacific &

adjacent landmasses

25 Jul

South Africa &

adjacent oceans

1424

2003

9 Nov

Europe; S.W. Asia;

Africa; America

23 Nov

Antarctic;

South Indian Ocean

1580

2155

19 Mar

Europe; Africa;

America

2 Apr*

China; Mangolia; Kashmir;

Russia; Afghanistan

Notes for Table 2

Central lunar eclipses are always total.
* The central solar eclipses listed above are total unless asterisked - in which case they are annular.
Dates apply to the instant of maximum eclipse.
Extrapolated Gregorian dates are given even on occasions when the old Julian calendar was in operation; the corresponding Julian date is then shown below in brackets.

NOTES and REFERENCES

1. Bao-Lin Liu and A.D. Fiala, “Canon of Lunar Eclipses, 1500BC- AD3000”,
1992; Willmann-Bell Inc., Richmond, Virginia. Or: J. Meeus and H. Mucke, “Canon of Lunar Eclipses, -2002 to 2526”, 1983 (2nd edition); Astronomical Office, Vienna. See also note 2.
1. Eclipses may also be examined with computer software such as EclipseMaster, MoonTracker, SunTracker and AstroCalc; Zephyr Services, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To help with the preparation of Tables 1 and 2, AstroCalc was modified to print out
celestial positions of the Sun and Moon near each Ramadan (i.e. every 354.367 days).Occasions when the mid-Ramadan Full Moon or the Eid New Moon were close to the ecliptic plane could then be highlighted - demonstrating that this occurs every 22 or 23 Islamic years.
1. Ibid. See also H. Mucke and J. Meeus, “Canon of Solar Eclipses, -2003 to +2526”, 1983; Astronomical Office, Vienna.
1. Letter from D.L. McNaughton to the “Journal of the British Astronomical Association” volume 105 no. 4 (1995).
1. Attributed to the Fifth Imam of the Shi’ites - Muhammed al-Baqir ibn Ali ibn Husayn - who was describing events which would precede the eventual appearance of the Mahdi. Narrated by Amar ibn Shamir, quoting Jabir; see “Dar-e-Qatni” volume I, p. 188.
1. See Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, “Ruhani Khaza’in” volume 17, p. 132.
1. See notes 1, 2 and 3 above.
1. Ibid.

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