Solar Saros 160

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Saros cycle series 160 for solar eclipses will occur at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, 45 of which will be umbral (20 annular, 3 hybrid, 22 total). The first eclipse in the series will be on 13 May 2181 and the last eclipse will be on 20 June 3443.

The longest totality will be 4 minutes 59 seconds on 3 July 2866 and the longest annular will be 3 minutes 37 seconds on 30 July 2307.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 153.

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 160 appears in the following table.

ClassificationNumberPercent
All Umbral eclipses45100.00%
Central (two limits)4497.78%
Central (one limit)00.00%
Non-central (one limit)12.22%

All eclipses

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