Solar Saros 141

Historic saros cycle animation
January 15, 2010
Annularity from Bangui, Central African Republic
Series member 23

Saros cycle series 141 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeats every 18 years, 11 days containing 70 eclipses, 41 of which are umbral (all annular). The first eclipse in this series was on 19 May 1613 and the last will be on 23 June 2857. The most recent eclipse was an annular eclipse on 15 January 2010 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 26 January 2028. This series contains only annular eclipses from 4 August 1739 through 14 October 2460, with no total or hybrid eclipses.[1]

Longest annular solar eclipse: 14 December 1955 - 12 minutes, 9 seconds

Smallest annular solar eclipse: 24 December 1973 - magnitude: 0.9174

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 134.

  1. ^ Espenak, Fred (26 September 2009). "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 141". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2009.