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 period ...
series 121 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 descending node. It began in 1029 and will end in 2526. It contains 84 member lunar eclipses, each separated by 18 years 11 and 1/3 days, and will last 1496.5 years.
The series contains 29 total lunar eclipses between 1560 and 2021. It contains seven partial eclipses from 1398 to 1490 and seven more between 2039 and 2147.
The last occurrence of this series was the last total lunar eclipse on
May 26, 2021. The next occurrence on
June 6, 2039 will be the first partial lunar eclipse, second set of partial lunar eclipses of this series.
The longest totality occurred at series member 26, on October 18, 1660, lasting 102 minutes.
This lunar saros is linked to
Solar Saros 128
Saros cycle series 128 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 e ...
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List
See also
*
List of lunar eclipses
There are several lists of lunar eclipses
On the Moon, by the Earth
; Type
* List of central lunar eclipses
* Total penumbral lunar eclipse
; Classification
* List of saros series for lunar eclipses
* Tetrad (astronomy) contains lists of tetrads ...
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List of Saros series for lunar eclipses
External links
Lunar Eclipses of Saros 121, Fred Espenakwww.hermit.org: Saros 121
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Lunar saros series