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 151 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 72 events, with 68 before 3000 AD. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 144.

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 151 appears in the following table.

Events

References

* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros151.html

External links

Saros cycle 151 - Information and visualization
{{Solar eclipses Solar saros series