Solar Saros 111

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Historic saros cycle animation

Saros cycle series 111 for solar eclipses occurred at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 79 eclipses, 42 of which were umbral (11 annular, 14 hybrid, 17 total). The first eclipse was on 30 August 528 and the last was on 5 Jan 1935. The longest totality was 6 minutes 11 seconds on 9 June 1592 and the longest annular eclipse was 3 minutes 4 seconds on 15 April 907.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 104.

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 111 appears in the following table.

ClassificationNumberPercent
All Umbral eclipses42100.00%
Central (two limits)42100.00%
Central (one limit)00.00%
Non-central (one limit)00.00%

All eclipses

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