Solar Saros 114

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Historic saros cycle animation
May 3, 1715
Saros member 60

Saros cycle series 114 for solar eclipses occurred at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 eclipses, 46 of which were umbral (13 annular, 16 hybrid, and 17 total). The first eclipse was on 23 July 651 and the last was on 12 September 1931. The longest totality was 4 minutes 18 seconds on 21 April 1697, the longest annular was 4 minutes 33 seconds on 13 February 994.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 107.

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 114 appears in the following table.

ClassificationNumberPercent
All Umbral eclipses46100.00%
Central (two limits)4495.65%
Central (one limit)12.17%
Non-central (one limit)12.17%

All eclipses

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