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.

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. 1. Bao-Lin Liu  and A.D. Fiala, "Canon of Lunar Eclipses, 1500BC- AD3000",
2. 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.
3. 2. 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
4. 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.
5. 3. Ibid. See also H. Mucke and J. Meeus, "Canon of Solar Eclipses, -2003 to +2526", 1983; Astronomical Office, Vienna.
6. 4. Letter from D.L. McNaughton to the "Journal of the British Astronomical Association" volume 105 no. 4  (1995).
7. 5. 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.
8. 6. See Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, "Ruhani Khaza'in" volume 17,  p. 132.
9. 7. See notes 1, 2 and 3 above.
10. 8. Ibid.