Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 10, 11, or 12 days (depending on the number of leap years), and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros perio ...

series 123 for

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six mo ...

s occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node. This solar saros is linked to

Lunar Saros 116 Saros cycle series 116 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 73 events. See also * List of lunar eclipses There are several lists of lunar eclipses On the Moon, by the Earth ; Type * L ...

Umbral eclipses

Umbral eclipses (annular, total and hybrid) can be further classified as either: 1) Central (two limits), 2) Central (one limit) or 3) Non-Central (one limit). The statistical distribution of these classes in Saros series 123 appears in the following table.

Events

References

* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros123.html

External links

Saros cycle 123 - Information and visualization
{{Solar eclipses Solar saros series