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Saros cycle series 121 for
Saros cycle 121 - Information and visualization
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Saros cycle series 121 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 month ...
s occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 71 solar eclipse events. 55 of these are umbral eclipses. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 114
Saros cycle series 114 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 71 member events, with 13 total eclipses, starting in 1458 and ending in 1674. Solar saros 121 interleaves with this lunar saros wi ...
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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 121 appears in the following table.Events
References
* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros121.htmlExternal links
Saros cycle 121 - Information and visualization
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