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 155 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. Saros 155 contains 71 events in which of 15 will be partial solar eclipses and other 56 are umbral. There are 60 solar eclipses before 3000 AD. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 148. Total number of eclipses: 71 Total duration: 1262 years Number of eclipses: 71 Number of eclipses (partial): 15

Member

It contains 71 member events. Total duration: 1262 years

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 155 appears in the following table.

Events

References

* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros155.html

External links

Saros cycle 155 - Information and visualization
{{Solar eclipses Solar saros series