Occultations of planets by Moon
Eight Millenium Catalog: 2 000 BC - 6 000 AD
Occultations Per Year
Table below shows how many occultations of planets by Moon occur in how many years during the 8 000 years interval covered by the catalog. For instance, during only one year there is only one occultation, most frequently there are six occutations per year (in 470 of 8000 years), and there are maximum of 51 occultations in a single calendar year.
Year with fewest occultations of planets by Moon is AD 4194, when the only occultation is one of Venus on March 8th, and it will be visible only from a small region near the south pole. Year with most occultation is 1146 with the astonishing 51 occultations, making an average of one occultation per week!
| Number of occultations per year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Years | Percent |
| 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 2 | 13 | 0.2% |
| 3 | 93 | 1.2% |
| 4 | 210 | 2.6% |
| 5 | 371 | 4.6% |
| 6 | 470 | 5.9% |
| 7 | 462 | 5.8% |
| 8 | 448 | 5.6% |
| 9 | 421 | 5.3% |
| 10 | 385 | 4.8% |
| 11 | 356 | 4.5% |
| 12 | 336 | 4.2% |
| 13 | 365 | 4.6% |
| 14 | 317 | 4.0% |
| 15 | 346 | 4.3% |
| 16 | 356 | 4.5% |
| 17 | 349 | 4.4% |
| 18 | 319 | 4.0% |
| 19 | 322 | 4.0% |
| 20 | 315 | 4.0% |
| 21 | 249 | 3.1% |
| 22 | 220 | 2.7% |
| 23 | 179 | 2.3% |
| 24 | 148 | 1.9% |
| 25 | 133 | 1.7% |
| 26 | 129 | 1.6% |
| 27 | 104 | 1.3% |
| 28 | 91 | 1.1% |
| 29 | 94 | 1.2% |
| 30 | 74 | 0.9% |
| 31 | 63 | 0.8% |
| 32 | 56 | 0.7% |
| 33 | 37 | 0.5% |
| 34 | 45 | 0.6% |
| 35 | 23 | 0.3% |
| 36 | 25 | 0.3% |
| 37 | 21 | 0.3% |
| 38 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 39 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 40 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 41 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 42 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 43 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 44 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 45 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 46 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 47 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 51 | 1 | 0.0% |