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 143 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 and 11 days, containing 72 events. It consisted of 10 partial eclipses, 12 total eclipses, 4 hybrid events, 26 annular eclipses, and ends with 20 partial eclipses. The longest total eclipse of the series was in 1887 at 3 minutes and 50 seconds. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node. This solar saros is linked to

Lunar Saros 136 Saros cycle series 136 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 72 events. Solar Saros 143, Solar saros 143 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternat ...

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 143 appears in the following table.

Events

References

* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros143.html

External links

Saros cycle 13 - Information and visualization
{{Solar eclipses Solar saros series