-+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Table S04: Babylonian lunar eclipses in the Almagest - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Table Year DT-L(s) DT-U(s) Note 04 -382 15700 [21450] Short duration - limits defined by first contact and Moon set eclipsed (see notes below). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 04 -719 ... 21670 First contact after moonrise. 04 -381 ... 17850 First contact after sunset. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Discrete results from timing of contacts or maximal phase - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Table Year DT(s) Measurement Weight 04 -720 21900 began 1.5 equal hours after moonrise 3 04 -719 19050 max exactly at midnight 1 04 -620 17800 began 11 seasonal hours after sunset 1 04 -522 19250 max 1 equal hour before midnight 1 04 -501 18950 max 6 and 1/3 equal hours after sunset 1 04 -490 13850 max 0.5 seasonal hour before midnight 1 04 -382 17800 began 0.5 seasonal hour before sunrise 3 04 -381 16400 began 0.5 seasonal hour after sunset 3 04 -381 16050 began 2.5 seasonal hours before midnight 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Notes: DT(s) : Correction to the Earth's clock in seconds. DT-L(s): DT Lower bound limit, seconds DT-U(s): DT Upper bound limit, seconds Short duration - limits defined by first contact and Moon set eclipsed. [ ]: Uncritical limit (see section 3e) ... : redundant limit (see section 3e) Measurement: Comment on how the observations was timed. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This table of observations is from the paper "Measurement of the Earth's Rotation: 720 BC to AD 2015", Stephenson, F.R., Morrison, L.V., and Hohenkerk, C.Y., published by Royal Society Proceedings A and available from their website at http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rspa.2016.0404 -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -