Solar Saros 126

Total solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 from Novosibirsk, Russia.
Series member 47

Saros cycle series 126 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 72 eclipses, 41 of which are umbral (28 annular, 3 hybrid, 10 total). The first eclipse was on 10 March 1179 and the last will be on 3 May 2459, lasting 1,280 years. The most recent eclipse was a total eclipse on 1 August 2008 and the next will be a total eclipse on 12 August 2026.

The longest totality was 2 minutes 36 seconds on 10 July 1972 and the longest annular was 6 minutes 30 seconds on 26 June 1359.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 119.

Umbral eclipses

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 126 appears in the following table.

Classification	Number	Percent
All Umbral eclipses	41	100.00%
Central (two limits)	40	97.56%
Central (one limit)	1	2.44%
Non-central (one limit)	0	0.00%

All eclipses

Note: Dates are given in the Julian calendar prior to 15 October 1582, and in the Gregorian calendar after that.

Saros	Member	Date	Time (Greatest) UTC	Type	Location Lat, Long	Gamma	Mag.	Width (km)	Duration (min:sec)	Ref
126	1	March 10, 1179	7:39:51	Partial	72S 165.4E	-1.5356	0.0536			[1]
126	2	March 20, 1197	14:48:56	Partial	72S 43.8E	-1.488	0.1327			[2]
126	3	March 31, 1215	21:50:41	Partial	71.7S 75.8W	-1.4344	0.2222			[3]
126	4	April 11, 1233	4:41:24	Partial	71.2S 167.7E	-1.3717	0.3278			[4]
126	5	April 22, 1251	11:26:32	Partial	70.5S 53.1E	-1.3041	0.4423			[5]
126	6	May 2, 1269	18:03:15	Partial	69.7S 58.8W	-1.2291	0.5699			[6]
126	7	May 14, 1287	0:35:25	Partial	68.8S 169W	-1.15	0.7052			[7]
126	8	May 24, 1305	7:02:17	Partial	67.8S 82.8E	-1.0658	0.8496			[8]
126	9	June 4, 1323	13:27:55	Annular^[a]	56.1S 23.4W	-0.9799	0.9383	-	5m 59s	[9]
126	10	June 14, 1341	19:52:10	Annular	39.6S 123.3W	-0.8922	0.9433	465	6m 25s	[10]
126	11	June 26, 1359	2:16:31	Annular	29.9S 138.3E	-0.8038	0.9463	330	6m 30s	[11]
126	12	July 6, 1377	8:43:28	Annular	22.8S 40.2E	-0.7168	0.9484	269	6m 24s	[12]
126	13	July 17, 1395	15:14:16	Annular	17.7S 58.2W	-0.6318	0.9497	234	6m 12s	[13]
126	14	July 27, 1413	21:50:24	Annular	14.1S 157.5W	-0.5506	0.9506	214	5m 58s	[14]
126	15	August 8, 1431	4:33:00	Annular	12S 102E	-0.4737	0.9509	201	5m 45s	[15]
126	16	August 18, 1449	11:24:05	Annular	11.1S 0.5W	-0.403	0.9509	194	5m 35s	[16]
126	17	August 29, 1467	18:24:29	Annular	11.3S 105.2W	-0.3391	0.9505	191	5m 29s	[17]
126	18	September 9, 1485	1:33:06	Annular	12.4S 148E	-0.2811	0.95	190	5m 26s	[18]
126	19	September 20, 1503	8:52:38	Annular	14.1S 38.5E	-0.2314	0.9494	190	5m 27s	[19]
126	20	September 30, 1521	16:21:42	Annular	16.2S 73.3W	-0.1892	0.9489	191	5m 30s	[20]
126	21	October 12, 1539	0:01:45	Annular	18.7S 172.2E	-0.1551	0.9484	192	5m 35s	[21]
126	22	October 22, 1557	7:49:28	Annular	21.1S 56E	-0.1266	0.9482	192	5m 40s	[22]
126	23	November 2, 1575	15:47:27	Annular	23.5S 62.6W	-0.1061	0.9483	191	5m 44s	[23]
126	24	November 22, 1593	23:52:06	Annular	25.4S 177.5E	-0.0906	0.9488	189	5m 47s	[24]
126	25	December 4, 1611	8:03:43	Annular	26.9S 56E	-0.0803	0.9498	185	5m 44s	[25]
126	26	December 14, 1629	16:19:07	Annular	27.6S 66.2W	-0.0725	0.9513	179	5m 38s	[26]
126	27	December 26, 1647	0:38:35	Annular	27.4S 170.6E	-0.0675	0.9535	170	5m 25s	[27]
126	28	January 5, 1666	8:58:51	Annular	26.3S 47.1E	-0.0624	0.9562	160	5m 7s	[28]
126	29	January 16, 1684	17:18:53	Annular	24.2S 76.7W	-0.0565	0.9596	147	4m 43s	[29]
126	30	January 28, 1702	1:37:10	Annular	21.2S 159.6E	-0.0484	0.9636	132	4m 14s	[30]
126	31	February 8, 1720	9:52:31	Annular	17.4S 36.1E	-0.0375	0.9681	115	3m 40s	[31]
126	32	February 18, 1738	18:02:31	Annular	12.8S 86.7W	-0.0211	0.9732	96	3m 3s	[32]
126	33	March 1, 1756	2:07:09	Annular	7.5S 151.4E	0.0006	0.9787	76	2m 24s	[33]
126	34	March 12, 1774	10:05:14	Annular	1.7S 30.8E	0.0284	0.9845	55	1m 43s	[34]
126	35	March 22, 1792	17:57:34	Annular	4.5N 88.7W	0.0618	0.9905	33	1m 2s	[35]
126	36	April 4, 1810	1:41:19	Annular	11.1N 153.8E	0.1031	0.9967	12	0m 21s	[36]
126	37	April 14, 1828	9:19:38	Hybrid	17.9N 37.7E	0.1498	1.0029	10	0m 18s	[37]
126	38	April 25, 1846	16:50:30	Hybrid	24.8N 76.2W	0.2038	1.0088	31	0m 53s	[38]
126	39	May 6, 1864	0:16:48	Hybrid	31.6N 171.5E	0.2622	1.0146	52	1m 25s	[39]
126	40	May 17, 1882	7:36:27	Total	38.4N 61.6E	0.3269	1.02	72	1m 50s	[40]
126	41	May 28, 1900	14:53:56	Total	44.8N 46.5W	0.3943	1.0249	92	2m 10s	[41]
126	42	June 8, 1918	22:07:43	Total	50.9N 152W	0.4658	1.0292	112	2m 23s	[42]
126	43	June 19, 1936	5:20:31	Total	56.1N 104.7E	0.5389	1.0329	132	2m 31s	[43]
126	44	June 30, 1954	12:32:38	Total	60.5N 4.2E	0.6135	1.0357	153	2m 35s	[44]
126	45	July 10, 1972	19:46:38	Total	63.5N 94.2W	0.6872	1.0379	175	2m 36s	[45]
126	46	July 22, 1990	3:03:07	Total	65.2N 168.9E	0.7597	1.0391	201	2m 33s	[46]
126	47	August 1, 2008	10:22:12	Total	65.7N 72.3E	0.8307	1.0394	237	2m 27s	[47]
126	48	August 12, 2026	17:47:06	Total	65.2N 25.2W	0.8977	1.0386	294	2m 18s	[48]
126	49	August 23, 2044	1:17:02	Total	64.3N 120.4W	0.9613	1.0364	453	2m 4s	[49]
126	50	September 3, 2062	8:54:27	Partial	61.3N 150.3E	1.0191	0.9749			[50]
126	51	September 13, 2080	16:38:09	Partial	61.1N 25.8E	1.0723	0.8743			[51]
126	52	September 25, 2098	0:31:16	Partial	61.1N 101W	1.1184	0.7871			[52]
126	53	October 6, 2116	8:31:51	Partial	61.2N 130.4E	1.1589	0.7105			[53]
126	54	October 17, 2134	16:40:42	Partial	61.5N 0.4W	1.1931	0.6458			[54]
126	55	October 28, 2152	0:57:34	Partial	61.9N 133.3W	1.2213	0.5926			[55]
126	56	November 8, 2170	9:23:07	Partial	62.5N 91.6E	1.2426	0.5524			[56]
126	57	November 18, 2188	17:55:25	Partial	63.2N 45.5W	1.2591	0.5212			[57]
126	58	December 1, 2206	2:33:55	Partial	64.1N 175.7E	1.2711	0.4985			[58]
126	59	December 11, 2224	11:17:51	Partial	65N 35.2E	1.2791	0.4834			[59]
126	60	December 22, 2242	20:06:40	Partial	66N 106.9W	1.2836	0.475			[60]
126	61	January 2, 2261	4:56:54	Partial	67.1N 110.2E	1.2873	0.4679			[61]
126	62	January 13, 2279	13:49:06	Partial	68.2N 33.7W	1.2899	0.463			[62]
126	63	January 23, 2297	22:39:47	Partial	69.2N 177.8W	1.294	0.455			[63]
126	64	February 5, 2315	7:29:49	Partial	70.1N 37.6E	1.2991	0.4453			[64]
126	65	February 15, 2333	16:14:20	Partial	70.9N 106.2W	1.3087	0.427			[65]
126	66	February 27, 2351	0:56:12	Partial	71.5N 110.1E	1.3209	0.4037			[66]
126	67	March 9, 2369	9:30:24	Partial	71.9N 32.2W	1.3392	0.3686			[67]
126	68	March 20, 2387	17:59:08	Partial	72.1N 173.3W	1.3624	0.3241			[68]
126	69	March 31, 2405	2:18:52	Partial	71.9N 47.9E	1.3928	0.2654			[69]
126	70	April 11, 2423	10:32:40	Partial	71.6N 89.1W	1.4282	0.197			[70]
126	71	April 21, 2441	18:37:49	Partial	71N 136.4E	1.4706	0.1149			[71]
126	72	May 3, 2459	2:35:54	Partial	70.3N 4.3E	1.5188	0.0214			[72]