astro_eclipses
Solar and lunar eclipses
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Solar and lunar eclipses: the next or previous from a date, or all in a range, with type, magnitude, obscuration, Saros series and global geometry. With a location it adds local circumstances, contact times, and an explicit visible-from-here answer; set visible_only to true to keep only eclipses visible there. NOTE: count applies per type, so count=3 with type "both" can return six events.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| direction | string | no | Search direction from the anchor date. Default "next". |
| type | string | no | Which kind of eclipse to report. Default "both". |
| count | integer | no | How many eclipses PER TYPE to return. |
| date | string | no | Anchor date to search from. ISO 8601 UTC date or datetime, e.g. "2026-08-06" or "2026-08-06T21:00:00Z". Omit for the current moment. Years 1700 to 2200 only; outside that range the API refuses with DATE_OUT_OF_RANGE because the ephemeris is not reliable there. |
| start | string | no | First day of an explicit window (use with end). ISO 8601 UTC date or datetime, e.g. "2026-08-06" or "2026-08-06T21:00:00Z". Omit for the current moment. Years 1700 to 2200 only; outside that range the API refuses with DATE_OUT_OF_RANGE because the ephemeris is not reliable there. |
| end | string | no | Last day of an explicit window. ISO 8601 UTC date or datetime, e.g. "2026-08-06" or "2026-08-06T21:00:00Z". Omit for the current moment. Years 1700 to 2200 only; outside that range the API refuses with DATE_OUT_OF_RANGE because the ephemeris is not reliable there. |
| visible_only | boolean | no | true keeps only eclipses visible from the supplied location (requires a location). |
| cursor | string | no | Opaque pagination cursor from a previous result's next_cursor. Send it with the same start/end arguments as the first page. |
| lat | number | no | Latitude in decimal degrees, north positive. Send lat and lon together. |
| lon | number | no | Longitude in decimal degrees, east positive (Lisbon is about -9.14). Send lat and lon together. |
| place | string | no | Place name instead of lat/lon, as "City" or "City,CC" with an ISO country code, e.g. "Lisbon,PT". Resolved server-side; the response then carries a required GeoNames CC BY 4.0 credit in its attribution field, which must be preserved when shown. |
| tz | string | no | IANA timezone like "Europe/Lisbon" to render event times in local time. Optional; a resolved place supplies its own timezone. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"direction": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"next",
"previous"
],
"description": "Search direction from the anchor date. Default \"next\"."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"solar",
"lunar",
"both"
],
"description": "Which kind of eclipse to report. Default \"both\"."
},
"count": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "How many eclipses PER TYPE to return."
},
"date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Anchor date to search from. ISO 8601 UTC date or datetime, e.g. \"2026-08-06\" or \"2026-08-06T21:00:00Z\". Omit for the current moment. Years 1700 to 2200 only; outside that range the API refuses with DATE_OUT_OF_RANGE because the ephemeris is not reliable there."
},
"start": {
"type": "string",
"description": "First day of an explicit window (use with end). ISO 8601 UTC date or datetime, e.g. \"2026-08-06\" or \"2026-08-06T21:00:00Z\". Omit for the current moment. Years 1700 to 2200 only; outside that range the API refuses with DATE_OUT_OF_RANGE because the ephemeris is not reliable there."
},
"end": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Last day of an explicit window. ISO 8601 UTC date or datetime, e.g. \"2026-08-06\" or \"2026-08-06T21:00:00Z\". Omit for the current moment. Years 1700 to 2200 only; outside that range the API refuses with DATE_OUT_OF_RANGE because the ephemeris is not reliable there."
},
"visible_only": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "true keeps only eclipses visible from the supplied location (requires a location)."
},
"cursor": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Opaque pagination cursor from a previous result's next_cursor. Send it with the same start/end arguments as the first page."
},
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90,
"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees, north positive. Send lat and lon together."
},
"lon": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180,
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees, east positive (Lisbon is about -9.14). Send lat and lon together."
},
"place": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Place name instead of lat/lon, as \"City\" or \"City,CC\" with an ISO country code, e.g. \"Lisbon,PT\". Resolved server-side; the response then carries a required GeoNames CC BY 4.0 credit in its attribution field, which must be preserved when shown."
},
"tz": {
"type": "string",
"description": "IANA timezone like \"Europe/Lisbon\" to render event times in local time. Optional; a resolved place supplies its own timezone."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}