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 146 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, repeating approximately every 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 72 events.
Lunar Eclipses of Saros 146, Fred Espenak
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This lunar saros is linked to Solar Saros 153
Saros cycle series 153 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events, with 63 before 3000 AD. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node.
This solar saros is l ...
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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 ...
** List of Saros series for lunar eclipses
Notes
External links
www.hermit.org: Saros 146
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Lunar saros series