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 126 for
solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.
Total lifetime: 1280 years
Saros 126 length: 1280 years
This solar saros is linked to
Lunar Saros 119.
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 126 appears in the following table.
Events
References
* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros126.html
External links
Saros cycle 126 - Information and visualization
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Solar saros series