Solar Saros 123
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Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, 18 years 11 days and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros period after an eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately the same relative g ...
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 Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...
s occurs at the Moon's ascending
node In general, a node is a localized swelling (a "knot") or a point of intersection (a vertex). Node may refer to: In mathematics * Vertex (graph theory), a vertex in a mathematical graph *Vertex (geometry), a point where two or more curves, lines ...
, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 eclipses, 44 of which are umbral (27 annular, 3 hybrid, 14 total). The first eclipse in the series was on 29 April 1074 and the last will be on 31 May 2318. The most recent eclipse was a partial eclipse on 25 November 2011 and the next will be a partial eclipse on 5 December 2029. The longest totality was 3 minutes 27 seconds on 27 July 1813, the longest annular was 8 minutes 7 seconds on 9 November 1398, and the longest hybrid eclipse was 1 minute 32 seconds on 22 May 1705. 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 ** List of Saros series for lunar eclipses Notes External links www.hermi ...
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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.


All eclipses

Note: Dates are given in the
Julian calendar The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts ...
prior to 15 October 1582, and in the
Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian cale ...
after that.


Notes


References

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


External links


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