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 134 for

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s occurs at the Moon's descending

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, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, 54 of which are umbral (8 total, 16 hybrid, and 30 annular). The first eclipse in the series was on 22 June 1248 and the last will be on 6 August 2510. The most recent was an annular eclipse on 14 October 2023 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 2041 October 25. The longest totality was 1 minute 30 seconds on 9 October 1428 and the longest annular will be 10 minutes 55 seconds on 10 January 2168. This series is linked to Lunar Saros 127.

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 134 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/SEsaros134.html

External links

Saros cycle 134 – Information and visualization
{{Solar eclipses Solar saros series