This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[3]
The partial solar eclipses on April 25, 1884 and October 19, 1884 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on July 9, 1888 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1884 to 1888 |
|---|
| Descending node |
|
Ascending node |
| Saros |
Map |
Gamma |
Saros |
Map |
Gamma |
| 108 |
March 27, 1884
Partial |
1.4602 |
113 |
|
|
| 118 |
March 16, 1885
Annular |
0.8030 |
123 |
September 8, 1885
Total |
−0.8489 |
| 128 |
March 5, 1886
Annular |
0.0970 |
133 |
August 29, 1886
Total |
−0.1059 |
| 138 |
February 22, 1887
Annular |
−0.6040 |
143 |
August 19, 1887
Total |
0.6312 |
| 148 |
February 11, 1888
Partial |
−1.2684 |
|
153 |
August 7, 1888
Partial |
−1.2797 |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 123, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 29, 1074. It contains annular eclipses from July 2, 1182 through April 19, 1651; hybrid eclipses from April 30, 1669 through May 22, 1705; and total eclipses from June 3, 1723 through October 23, 1957. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 31, 2318. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 19 at 8 minutes, 7 seconds on November 9, 1398, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 42 at 3 minutes, 27 seconds on July 27, 1813. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[4]
| Series members 42–63 occur between 1801 and 2200: |
|---|
| 42 |
43 |
44 |
July 27, 1813 |
August 7, 1831 |
August 18, 1849 |
| 45 |
46 |
47 |
August 29, 1867 |
September 8, 1885 |
September 21, 1903 |
| 48 |
49 |
50 |
October 1, 1921 |
October 12, 1939 |
October 23, 1957 |
| 51 |
52 |
53 |
November 3, 1975 |
November 13, 1993 |
November 25, 2011 |
| 54 |
55 |
56 |
December 5, 2029 |
December 16, 2047 |
December 27, 2065 |
| 57 |
58 |
59 |
January 7, 2084 |
January 19, 2102 |
January 30, 2120 |
| 60 |
61 |
62 |
February 9, 2138 |
February 21, 2156 |
March 3, 2174 |
| 63 |
March 13, 2192 |
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
| 23 eclipse events between February 3, 1859 and June 29, 1946 |
|---|
| February 1–3 |
November 21–22 |
September 8–10 |
June 28–29 |
April 16–18 |
| 109 |
111 |
113 |
115 |
117 |
February 3, 1859 |
November 21, 1862 |
|
June 28, 1870 |
April 16, 1874 |
| 119 |
121 |
123 |
125 |
127 |
February 2, 1878 |
November 21, 1881 |
September 8, 1885 |
June 28, 1889 |
April 16, 1893 |
| 129 |
131 |
133 |
135 |
137 |
February 1, 1897 |
November 22, 1900 |
September 9, 1904 |
June 28, 1908 |
April 17, 1912 |
| 139 |
141 |
143 |
145 |
147 |
February 3, 1916 |
November 22, 1919 |
September 10, 1923 |
June 29, 1927 |
April 18, 1931 |
| 149 |
151 |
153 |
155 |
February 3, 1935 |
November 21, 1938 |
September 10, 1942 |
June 29, 1946 |
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 |
|---|
April 14, 1809
(Saros 116) |
March 14, 1820
(Saros 117) |
February 12, 1831
(Saros 118) |
January 11, 1842
(Saros 119) |
December 11, 1852
(Saros 120) |
November 11, 1863
(Saros 121) |
October 10, 1874
(Saros 122) |
September 8, 1885
(Saros 123) |
August 9, 1896
(Saros 124) |
July 10, 1907
(Saros 125) |
June 8, 1918
(Saros 126) |
May 9, 1929
(Saros 127) |
April 7, 1940
(Saros 128) |
March 7, 1951
(Saros 129) |
February 5, 1962
(Saros 130) |
January 4, 1973
(Saros 131) |
December 4, 1983
(Saros 132) |
November 3, 1994
(Saros 133) |
October 3, 2005
(Saros 134) |
September 1, 2016
(Saros 135) |
August 2, 2027
(Saros 136) |
July 2, 2038
(Saros 137) |
May 31, 2049
(Saros 138) |
April 30, 2060
(Saros 139) |
March 31, 2071
(Saros 140) |
February 27, 2082
(Saros 141) |
January 27, 2093
(Saros 142) |
December 29, 2103
(Saros 143) |
November 27, 2114
(Saros 144) |
October 26, 2125
(Saros 145) |
September 26, 2136
(Saros 146) |
August 26, 2147
(Saros 147) |
July 25, 2158
(Saros 148) |
June 25, 2169
(Saros 149) |
May 24, 2180
(Saros 150) |
April 23, 2191
(Saros 151) |
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 |
|---|
October 20, 1827
(Saros 121) |
September 29, 1856
(Saros 122) |
September 8, 1885
(Saros 123) |
August 21, 1914
(Saros 124) |
August 1, 1943
(Saros 125) |
July 10, 1972
(Saros 126) |
June 21, 2001
(Saros 127) |
June 1, 2030
(Saros 128) |
May 11, 2059
(Saros 129) |
April 21, 2088
(Saros 130) |
April 2, 2117
(Saros 131) |
March 12, 2146
(Saros 132) |
February 21, 2175
(Saros 133) |
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