Historic saros cycle animation
December 22, 1870
Series member 53
January 1, 1889
Series member 54
March 9, 1997, Chita, Russia
Series member 60
March 20, 2015, Longyearbyen, Norway
Series member 61

The Saros cycle series 120 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. 55 of these are umbral eclipses. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and transitioned into an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and are total eclipses from June 8, 1564 through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.

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 120 appears in the following table.

Classification Number Percent
All Umbral eclipses 55 100.00%
Central (two limits) 55 100.00%
Central (one limit) 0 0.00%
Non-central (one limit) 0 0.00%

Events

Saros Member Date Time
(Greatest)
UTC		 Type Location
Lat, Long		 Gamma Mag. Width
(km)		 Duration
(min:sec)		 Ref
120 1 May 27, 933 4:10:41 Partial 67.7S 132.3E -1.5258 0.063 [1]
120 2 June 7, 951 10:33:36 Partial 66.7S 25.1E -1.4414 0.2073 [2]
120 3 June 17, 969 16:54:26 Partial 65.7S 81W -1.3547 0.3558 [3]
120 4 June 28, 987 23:17:31 Partial 64.8S 172.8E -1.269 0.5024 [4]
120 5 July 9, 1005 5:42:18 Partial 63.9S 66.5E -1.1837 0.6481 [5]
120 6 July 20, 1023 12:11:29 Partial 63S 40.6W -1.1015 0.7883 [6]
120 7 July 30, 1041 18:45:44 Partial 62.3S 148.7W -1.0226 0.9223 [7]
120 8 August 11, 1059 1:27:30 Annular 49.9S 125.8E -0.9493 0.9337 775 6m 10s [8]
120 9 August 21, 1077 8:17:11 Annular 43.9S 27E -0.8817 0.9344 502 6m 21s [9]
120 10 September 1, 1095 15:14:39 Annular 41.2S 76W -0.8197 0.9343 414 6m 24s [10]
120 11 September 11, 1113 22:22:41 Annular 40.5S 177.7E -0.7658 0.9336 373 6m 24s [11]
120 12 September 23, 1131 5:39:54 Annular 41.2S 68.9E -0.7188 0.9328 351 6m 24s [12]
120 13 October 3, 1149 13:08:11 Annular 43S 42.7W -0.6802 0.932 339 6m 24s [13]
120 14 October 14, 1167 20:44:41 Annular 45.4S 156W -0.6477 0.9313 332 6m 24s [14]
120 15 October 25, 1185 4:31:56 Annular 48.4S 88.5E -0.6233 0.9308 328 6m 24s [15]
120 16 November 5, 1203 12:25:54 Annular 51.4S 27.9W -0.6037 0.9307 323 6m 23s [16]
120 17 November 15, 1221 20:27:28 Annular 54.2S 145W -0.59 0.931 319 6m 20s [17]
120 18 November 27, 1239 4:33:35 Annular 56.5S 98.1E -0.5795 0.9318 313 6m 16s [18]
120 19 December 7, 1257 12:44:36 Annular 57.9S 18.9W -0.5725 0.9332 305 6m 9s [19]
120 20 December 18, 1275 20:56:34 Annular 58S 135.5W -0.5657 0.9352 294 6m 0s [20]
120 21 December 29, 1293 5:09:12 Annular 56.8S 107.6E -0.5588 0.9379 279 5m 48s [21]
120 22 January 9, 1312 13:20:03 Annular 54.3S 10.2W -0.55 0.9413 261 5m 33s [22]
120 23 January 19, 1330 21:28:48 Annular 50.6S 129W -0.5391 0.9452 240 5m 16s [23]
120 24 January 31, 1348 5:31:34 Annular 46S 111.9E -0.5226 0.9499 216 4m 55s [24]
120 25 February 10, 1366 13:29:55 Annular 40.6S 7.4W -0.5016 0.9549 190 4m 32s [25]
120 26 February 21, 1384 21:20:45 Annular 34.6S 126W -0.4738 0.9605 162 4m 5s [26]
120 27 March 4, 1402 5:06:39 Annular 28.2S 115.9E -0.441 0.9665 134 3m 34s [27]
120 28 March 14, 1420 12:42:57 Annular 21.4S 0.3W -0.3994 0.9727 106 2m 59s [28]
120 29 March 25, 1438 20:14:23 Annular 14.5S 115.5W -0.3529 0.979 80 2m 21s [29]
120 30 April 5, 1456 3:37:14 Annular 7.3S 131.5E -0.298 0.9853 54 1m 40s [30]
120 31 April 16, 1474 10:55:48 Annular 0.2S 19.7E -0.2387 0.9916 30 0m 58s [31]
120 32 April 26, 1492 18:07:10 Annular 6.8N 90W -0.1723 0.9976 8 0m 16s [32]
120 33 May 8, 1510 1:16:15 Hybrid 13.5N 161.4E -0.103 1.0033 12 0m 22s [33]
120 34 May 18, 1528 8:21:05 Hybrid 19.9N 54.6E -0.029 1.0085 29 0m 56s [34]
120 35 May 29, 1546 15:24:40 Hybrid 25.7N 51W 0.047 1.0133 46 1m 24s [35]
120 36 June 8, 1564 22:26:49 Hybrid 30.8N 155.4W 0.1253 1.0174 60 1m 44s [36]
120 37 June 20, 1582 5:30:27 Total 35N 100.8E 0.2032 1.021 73 1m 59s [37]
120 38 July 10, 1600 12:35:58 Total 38.2N 2.7W 0.2804 1.0238 84 2m 8s [38]
120 39 July 21, 1618 19:44:30 Total 40.4N 106.3W 0.3558 1.026 94 2m 13s [39]
120 40 August 1, 1636 2:58:15 Total 41.5N 148.9E 0.4279 1.0275 103 2m 15s [40]
120 41 August 12, 1654 10:17:43 Total 41.7N 42.5E 0.4962 1.0285 110 2m 16s [41]
120 42 August 22, 1672 17:44:06 Total 41.2N 66.2W 0.5594 1.0288 117 2m 15s [42]
120 43 September 3, 1690 1:17:47 Total 40.3N 177.4W 0.6173 1.0287 122 2m 13s [43]
120 44 September 14, 1708 9:00:22 Total 39.2N 68.3E 0.6685 1.0281 126 2m 10s [44]
120 45 September 25, 1726 16:51:45 Total 38N 49W 0.7134 1.0273 129 2m 7s [45]
120 46 October 6, 1744 0:51:24 Total 37N 169.1W 0.7521 1.0263 132 2m 4s [46]
120 47 October 17, 1762 9:00:34 Total 36.2N 67.6E 0.7836 1.0253 135 2m 2s [47]
120 48 October 27, 1780 17:18:27 Total 35.6N 58.6W 0.8083 1.0244 138 2m 0s [48]
120 49 November 8, 1798 1:44:39 Total 35.1N 172.5E 0.827 1.0237 141 1m 59s [49]
120 50 November 19, 1816 10:17:23 Total 35N 41.5E 0.8408 1.0233 144 2m 0s [50]
120 51 November 30, 1834 18:56:35 Total 34.9N 91.6W 0.8498 1.0233 150 2m 2s [51]
120 52 December 11, 1852 3:40:44 Total 35.2N 133.9E 0.8551 1.0237 156 2m 5s [52]
120 53 December 22, 1870 12:27:33 Total 35.7N 1.5W 0.8585 1.0248 165 2m 11s [53]
120 54 January 1, 1889 21:16:50 Total 36.7N 137.6W 0.8603 1.0262 175 2m 17s [54]
120 55 January 14, 1907 6:05:43 Total 38.3N 86.4E 0.8628 1.0281 189 2m 25s [55]
120 56 January 24, 1925 14:54:03 Total 40.5N 49.6W 0.8661 1.0304 206 2m 32s [56]
120 57 February 4, 1943 23:38:10 Total 43.6N 175.1E 0.8734 1.0331 229 2m 39s [57]
120 58 February 15, 1961 8:19:48 Total 47.4N 40E 0.883 1.036 258 2m 45s [58]
120 59 February 26, 1979 16:55:06 Total 52.1N 94.5W 0.8981 1.0391 298 2m 49s [59]
120 60 March 9, 1997 1:24:51 Total 57.8N 130.7E 0.9183 1.042 356 2m 50s [60]
120 61 March 20, 2015 9:46:47 Total 64.4N 6.6W 0.9454 1.0445 463 2m 47s [61]
120 62 March 30, 2033 18:02:36 Total 71.3N 155.8W 0.9778 1.0462 781 2m 37s [62]
120 63 April 11, 2051 2:10:39 Partial 71.6N 32.2E 1.0169 0.9849 [63]
120 64 April 21, 2069 10:11:09 Partial 71N 101.3W 1.0624 0.8992 [64]
120 65 May 2, 2087 18:04:42 Partial 70.3N 127.6E 1.1139 0.8011 [65]
120 66 May 14, 2105 1:52:06 Partial 69.4N 1.4W 1.1708 0.6921 [66]
120 67 May 25, 2123 9:33:27 Partial 68.5N 128.2W 1.2325 0.5729 [67]
120 68 June 4, 2141 17:09:59 Partial 67.5N 106.7E 1.2981 0.4458 [68]
120 69 June 16, 2159 0:42:44 Partial 66.5N 17W 1.3668 0.3124 [69]
120 70 June 26, 2177 8:13:28 Partial 65.5N 139.8W 1.4371 0.1758 [70]
120 71 July 7, 2195 15:41:21 Partial 64.6N 98.5E 1.5095 0.0353 [71]

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