Solar Saros 121
Saros cycle series 121 for solar eclipses
Saros 121
February 7, 2008 event from New Zealand Partiality from annular event Series member 60
Saros cycle series 121 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node , repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses. 55 of these are umbral eclipses (42 total, 2 hybrid, and 11 annular). The first eclipse in the series was on 25 April 944 and the last will be on 7 June 2206. The most recent eclipse was an annular eclipse on 7 February 2008 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 17 February 2026 .
The longest totality was 6 minutes 20 seconds on 21 June 1692, the longest annular will be 2 minutes 27 seconds on February 28, 2044 and the longest hybrid eclipse was 30 seconds on 20 October 1827.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 114 .
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.
Classification
Number
Percent
All Umbral eclipses
55
100.00%
Central (two limits)
54
98.18%
Central (one limit)
1
1.82%
Non-central (one limit)
0
0.00%
All eclipses
Note: Dates are given in the Julian calendar prior to 15 October 1582, and in the Gregorian calendar after that.
Saros
Member
Date
Time (Greatest)UTC
Type
Location Lat, Long
Gamma
Mag.
Width (km)
Duration (min:sec)
Ref
121
1
April 25, 944
10:56:13
Partial
62N 97.1W
1.5044
0.0666
[1]
121
2
May 6, 962
18:15:23
Partial
62.6N 143.6E
1.4334
0.1965
[2]
121
3
May 17, 980
1:32:03
Partial
63.3N 24.8E
1.3592
0.3338
[3]
121
4
May 28, 998
8:46:18
Partial
64.2N 93.7W
1.282
0.4782
[4]
121
5
June 7, 1016
16:00:58
Partial
65.1N 147.4E
1.2042
0.6246
[5]
121
6
June 18, 1034
23:16:23
Partial
66N 28.1E
1.1262
0.7724
[6]
121
7
June 29, 1052
6:33:32
Partial
67N 92.1W
1.0488
0.9196
[7]
121
8
July 10, 1070
13:54:30
Total
80N 133.7E
0.9739
1.0404
636
2m 5s
[8]
121
9
July 20, 1088
21:20:06
Total
80.7N 83.3W
0.9023
1.0453
356
2m 36s
[9]
121
10
August 1, 1106
4:51:33
Total
70.8N 142.2E
0.8348
1.0481
292
3m 0s
[10]
121
11
August 11, 1124
12:28:49
Total
61.4N 20.4E
0.7716
1.0497
259
3m 19s
[11]
121
12
August 22, 1142
20:14:13
Total
52.9N 100.7W
0.7147
1.0504
238
3m 36s
[12]
121
13
September 2, 1160
4:07:30
Total
44.9N 137.1E
0.664
1.0504
222
3m 49s
[13]
121
14
September 13, 1178
12:08:37
Total
37.6N 13.3E
0.6196
1.05
210
3m 59s
[14]
121
15
September 23, 1196
20:18:46
Total
30.9N 112.3W
0.5821
1.0491
199
4m 6s
[15]
121
16
October 5, 1214
4:37:19
Total
24.8N 120.3E
0.5513
1.048
190
4m 11s
[16]
121
17
October 15, 1232
13:04:38
Total
19.5N 8.9W
0.5277
1.0469
183
4m 14s
[17]
121
18
October 26, 1250
21:37:26
Total
14.9N 139.2W
0.5085
1.0458
177
4m 16s
[18]
121
19
November 6, 1268
6:18:16
Total
11.2N 88.8E
0.4959
1.0448
172
4m 16s
[19]
121
20
November 17, 1286
15:03:22
Total
8.2N 43.9W
0.4865
1.0441
168
4m 17s
[20]
121
21
November 27, 1304
23:53:25
Total
6.2N 177.7W
0.4812
1.0438
167
4m 17s
[21]
121
22
December 9, 1322
8:44:26
Total
5N 48.4E
0.4767
1.0439
167
4m 17s
[22]
121
23
December 19, 1340
17:37:50
Total
4.7N 86W
0.4741
1.0444
168
4m 17s
[23]
121
24
December 31, 1358
2:29:35
Total
5.1N 140E
0.4701
1.0454
171
4m 18s
[24]
121
25
January 10, 1377
11:19:31
Total
6.1N 6.5E
0.4646
1.0469
175
4m 19s
[25]
121
26
January 21, 1395
20:05:24
Total
7.7N 126W
0.4555
1.0487
180
4m 21s
[26]
121
27
February 1, 1413
4:47:05
Total
9.6N 102.6E
0.4429
1.0509
187
4m 25s
[27]
121
28
February 12, 1431
13:21:50
Total
11.9N 26.9W
0.4245
1.0534
193
4m 30s
[28]
121
29
February 22, 1449
21:50:09
Total
14.3N 154.6W
0.4008
1.0561
200
4m 36s
[29]
121
30
March 6, 1467
6:10:42
Total
16.7N 79.9E
0.3706
1.0588
207
4m 44s
[30]
121
31
March 16, 1485
14:24:22
Total
19.1N 43.6W
0.3345
1.0615
213
4m 53s
[31]
121
32
March 27, 1503
22:28:20
Total
21.1N 164.1W
0.2904
1.064
218
5m 4s
[32]
121
33
April 7, 1521
6:26:06
Total
22.8N 77.3E
0.2414
1.0662
222
5m 15s
[33]
121
34
April 18, 1539
14:15:07
Total
23.7N 38.7W
0.1853
1.068
225
5m 28s
[34]
121
35
April 28, 1557
21:59:05
Total
24N 153.1W
0.1251
1.0692
227
5m 42s
[35]
121
36
May 10, 1575
5:34:45
Total
23.1N 94.6E
0.0583
1.0697
227
5m 56s
[36]
121
37
May 30, 1593
13:07:31
Total
21.4N 17W
-0.0106
1.0696
227
6m 8s
[37]
121
38
June 10, 1611
20:34:25
Total
18.4N 127.6W
-0.0836
1.0686
224
6m 16s
[38]
121
39
June 21, 1629
3:59:24
Total
14.5N 121.6E
-0.158
1.067
221
6m 20s
[39]
121
40
July 2, 1647
11:21:21
Total
9.6N 11E
-0.2344
1.0643
217
6m 15s
[40]
121
41
July 12, 1665
18:44:06
Total
3.9N 100.6W
-0.3095
1.0611
211
6m 2s
[41]
121
42
July 24, 1683
2:07:00
Total
2.5S 147.1E
-0.3838
1.0569
203
5m 38s
[42]
121
43
August 4, 1701
9:31:44
Total
9.4S 33.7E
-0.4559
1.0521
193
5m 6s
[43]
121
44
August 15, 1719
16:59:51
Total
16.8S 81.1W
-0.5243
1.0466
181
4m 27s
[44]
121
45
August 26, 1737
0:32:08
Total
24.4S 162.5E
-0.5886
1.0407
167
3m 44s
[45]
121
46
September 6, 1755
8:09:46
Total
32.1S 44.3E
-0.6478
1.0342
150
3m 0s
[46]
121
47
September 16, 1773
15:52:23
Total
39.9S 75.5W
-0.702
1.0275
130
2m 18s
[47]
121
48
September 27, 1791
23:42:30
Total
47.6S 162.4E
-0.7492
1.0206
106
1m 38s
[48]
121
49
October 9, 1809
7:38:42
Total
55.1S 38.4E
-0.7905
1.0137
77
1m 2s
[49]
121
50
October 20, 1827
15:42:05
Hybrid
62.3S 87.6W
-0.8251
1.007
43
0m 30s
[50]
121
51
October 30, 1845
23:51:58
Hybrid
69.1S 144.5E
-0.8538
1.0005
3
0m 2s
[51]
121
52
November 11, 1863
8:09:03
Annular
75.4S 15.1E
-0.876
0.9943
42
0m 22s
[52]
121
53
November 21, 1881
16:31:10
Annular
81.2S 114.5W
-0.8931
0.9887
90
0m 43s
[53]
121
54
December 3, 1899
0:57:28
Annular
86.6S 121.5E
-0.9061
0.9836
140
1m 1s
[54]
121
55
December 14, 1917
9:27:20
Annular
88S 124.8E
-0.9157
0.9791
189
1m 17s
[55]
121
56
December 25, 1935
17:59:52
Annular
83.5S 9.4E
-0.9228
0.9752
234
1m 30s
[56]
121
57
January 5, 1954
2:32:01
Annular
79.1S 120.8W
-0.9296
0.972
278
1m 42s
[57]
121
58
January 16, 1972
11:03:22
Annular
74.9S 107.7E
-0.9365
0.9692
321
1m 53s
[58]
121
59
January 26, 1990
19:31:24
Annular
71S 22.2W
-0.9457
0.967
373
2m 3s
[59]
121
60
February 7, 2008
3:56:10
Annular
67.6S 150.5W
-0.957
0.965
444
2m 12s
[60]
121
61
February 17, 2026
12:13:06
Annular
64.7S 86.8E
-0.9743
0.963
616
2m 20s
[61]
121
62
February 28, 2044
20:24:40
Annular[1]
62.2S 25.6W
-0.9954
0.96
-
2m 27s
[62]
121
63
March 11, 2062
4:26:16
Partial
61S 147.1W
-1.0238
0.9331
[63]
121
64
March 21, 2080
12:20:15
Partial
60.9S 85.9E
-1.0578
0.8734
[64]
121
65
April 1, 2098
20:02:31
Partial
61S 38.1W
-1.1005
0.7984
[65]
121
66
April 13, 2116
3:36:55
Partial
61.3S 160.2W
-1.1487
0.7138
[66]
121
67
April 24, 2134
10:59:59
Partial
61.8S 80.5E
-1.2052
0.6147
[67]
121
68
May 4, 2152
18:14:02
Partial
62.3S 36.8W
-1.2679
0.5044
[68]
121
69
May 16, 2170
1:18:33
Partial
63S 151.9W
-1.3371
0.3831
[69]
121
70
May 26, 2188
8:15:53
Partial
63.8S 94.6E
-1.4109
0.2538
[70]
121
71
June 7, 2206
15:05:59
Partial
64.7S 17.3W
-1.4894
0.1166
[71]
References
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