Solar Saros 147


Saros cycle series 147 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 80 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 140.

Umbral eclipses

Umbral eclipses Central Central Non-Central. The statistical distribution of these classes in Saros series 147 appears in the following table.
ClassificationNumberPercent
All Umbral eclipses40100.00%
Central 3997.50%
Central 12.50%
Non-central 00.00%

Solar Saros 147

Solar Saros 147, repeats every 18 years, 11 and 1/3 days, and contains 80 events in which 40 will be partial eclipses and 40 will be annular. There are no total or hybrid eclipses in this series. It includes 25 central solar eclipses with a penumbral internal contact, starting in 2129 and ending in 2562. Lunar Saros 140 interleaves with this solar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Events