Saros cycle series 120 for
lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...
s occurs at the moon's ascending node, 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 83 events.
Lunar Eclipses of Saros 120, Fred Espenak
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This lunar saros is linked to Solar Saros 127
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 ...
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See also
* List of lunar eclipses
** List of Saros series for lunar eclipses
Notes
External links
www.hermit.org: Saros 120
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Lunar saros series