Solar Saros 112

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Historic saros cycle animation

Saros cycle series 112 for solar eclipses occurred at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 eclipses, 43 of which were umbral (24 total, 14 hybrid, 5 annular). The first eclipse was on 31 July 539 and the last was on 19 September 1819. The longest totality was 7 minutes 20 seconds on 9 June 1062, the longest annular eclipse was 1 minute 1 second on 23 June 1675.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 105.

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 112 appears in the following table.

ClassificationNumberPercent
All Umbral eclipses43100.00%
Central (two limits)43100.00%
Central (one limit)00.00%
Non-central (one limit)00.00%

All eclipses

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