Solar Saros 118


Saros cycle series 118 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 111.

Saros 118

It is a part of Saros cycle 118, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 24, 803 AD. It contains total eclipses from August 19, 947 AD through October 25, 1650, hybrid eclipses on November 4, 1668 and November 15, 1686, and annular eclipses from November 27, 1704 through April 30, 1957. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on July 15, 2083. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 59 seconds on May 16, 1398.

Umbral eclipses Part 1

Umbral eclipses Central Central Non-Central. The statistical distribution of these classes in Saros series 118 appears in the following table.
ClassificationNumberPercent
All Umbral eclipses57100.00%
Central 5698.25%
Central 00.00%
Non-central 11.75%

Umbral Eclipses Part 2

Saros 118 has 57 umbral eclipses between 947 AD and 1957.
1. 947 AD
2. 965 AD
3. 983 AD
4. 1001
5. 1019
6. 1037
7. 1055
8. 1073
9. 1091
10. 1109
11. 1127
12. 1145
13. 1163
14. 1182
15. 1200
16. 1218
17. 1236
18. 1254
19. 1272
20. 1290
21. 1308
22. 1326
23. 1344
24. 1362
25. 1380
26. 1398
27. 1416
28. 1434
29. 1452
30. 1470
31. 1488
32. 1506
33. 1524
34. 1542
35. 1560
36. 1578
37. 1596
38. 1614
39. 1632
40. 1650
41. 1668
42. 1686
43. 1704
44. 1722
45. 1740
46. 1758
47. 1777
48. 1795
49. 1813
50. 1831
51. 1849
52. 1867
53. 1885
54. 1903
55. 1921
56. 1939
57. 1957

Events