Solar Saros 120
# Solar Saros 120

The Saros cycle series 120 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. 55 of these are umbral eclipses. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and transitioned into an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and are total eclipses from June 8, 1564 through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.

## 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 120 appears in the following table.

| Classification | Number | Percent |
| - | - | - |
| All Umbral eclipses | 55 | 100.00% |
| Central (two limits) | 55 | 100.00% |
| Central (one limit) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Non-central (one limit) | 0 | 0.00% |

## Events

| Saros | Member | Date | Time (Greatest) UTC | Type | Location Lat, Long | Gamma | Mag. | Width (km) | Duration (min:sec) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 120 | 1 | May 27, 933 | 4:10:41 | Partial | 67.7S 132.3E | -1.5258 | 0.063 | | |
| 120 | 2 | June 7, 951 | 10:33:36 | Partial | 66.7S 25.1E | -1.4414 | 0.2073 | | |
| 120 | 3 | June 17, 969 | 16:54:26 | Partial | 65.7S 81W | -1.3547 | 0.3558 | | |
| 120 | 4 | June 28, 987 | 23:17:31 | Partial | 64.8S 172.8E | -1.269 | 0.5024 | | |
| 120 | 5 | July 9, 1005 | 5:42:18 | Partial | 63.9S 66.5E | -1.1837 | 0.6481 | | |
| 120 | 6 | July 20, 1023 | 12:11:29 | Partial | 63S 40.6W | -1.1015 | 0.7883 | | |
| 120 | 7 | July 30, 1041 | 18:45:44 | Partial | 62.3S 148.7W | -1.0226 | 0.9223 | | |
| 120 | 8 | August 11, 1059 | 1:27:30 | Annular | 49.9S 125.8E | -0.9493 | 0.9337 | 775 | 6m 10s |
| 120 | 9 | August 21, 1077 | 8:17:11 | Annular | 43.9S 27E | -0.8817 | 0.9344 | 502 | 6m 21s |
| 120 | 10 | September 1, 1095 | 15:14:39 | Annular | 41.2S 76W | -0.8197 | 0.9343 | 414 | 6m 24s |
| 120 | 11 | September 11, 1113 | 22:22:41 | Annular | 40.5S 177.7E | -0.7658 | 0.9336 | 373 | 6m 24s |
| 120 | 12 | September 23, 1131 | 5:39:54 | Annular | 41.2S 68.9E | -0.7188 | 0.9328 | 351 | 6m 24s |
| 120 | 13 | October 3, 1149 | 13:08:11 | Annular | 43S 42.7W | -0.6802 | 0.932 | 339 | 6m 24s |
| 120 | 14 | October 14, 1167 | 20:44:41 | Annular | 45.4S 156W | -0.6477 | 0.9313 | 332 | 6m 24s |
| 120 | 15 | October 25, 1185 | 4:31:56 | Annular | 48.4S 88.5E | -0.6233 | 0.9308 | 328 | 6m 24s |
| 120 | 16 | November 5, 1203 | 12:25:54 | Annular | 51.4S 27.9W | -0.6037 | 0.9307 | 323 | 6m 23s |
| 120 | 17 | November 15, 1221 | 20:27:28 | Annular | 54.2S 145W | -0.59 | 0.931 | 319 | 6m 20s |
| 120 | 18 | November 27, 1239 | 4:33:35 | Annular | 56.5S 98.1E | -0.5795 | 0.9318 | 313 | 6m 16s |
| 120 | 19 | December 7, 1257 | 12:44:36 | Annular | 57.9S 18.9W | -0.5725 | 0.9332 | 305 | 6m 9s |
| 120 | 20 | December 18, 1275 | 20:56:34 | Annular | 58S 135.5W | -0.5657 | 0.9352 | 294 | 6m 0s |
| 120 | 21 | December 29, 1293 | 5:09:12 | Annular | 56.8S 107.6E | -0.5588 | 0.9379 | 279 | 5m 48s |
| 120 | 22 | January 9, 1312 | 13:20:03 | Annular | 54.3S 10.2W | -0.55 | 0.9413 | 261 | 5m 33s |
| 120 | 23 | January 19, 1330 | 21:28:48 | Annular | 50.6S 129W | -0.5391 | 0.9452 | 240 | 5m 16s |
| 120 | 24 | January 31, 1348 | 5:31:34 | Annular | 46S 111.9E | -0.5226 | 0.9499 | 216 | 4m 55s |
| 120 | 25 | February 10, 1366 | 13:29:55 | Annular | 40.6S 7.4W | -0.5016 | 0.9549 | 190 | 4m 32s |
| 120 | 26 | February 21, 1384 | 21:20:45 | Annular | 34.6S 126W | -0.4738 | 0.9605 | 162 | 4m 5s |
| 120 | 27 | March 4, 1402 | 5:06:39 | Annular | 28.2S 115.9E | -0.441 | 0.9665 | 134 | 3m 34s |
| 120 | 28 | March 14, 1420 | 12:42:57 | Annular | 21.4S 0.3W | -0.3994 | 0.9727 | 106 | 2m 59s |
| 120 | 29 | March 25, 1438 | 20:14:23 | Annular | 14.5S 115.5W | -0.3529 | 0.979 | 80 | 2m 21s |
| 120 | 30 | April 5, 1456 | 3:37:14 | Annular | 7.3S 131.5E | -0.298 | 0.9853 | 54 | 1m 40s |
| 120 | 31 | April 16, 1474 | 10:55:48 | Annular | 0.2S 19.7E | -0.2387 | 0.9916 | 30 | 0m 58s |
| 120 | 32 | April 26, 1492 | 18:07:10 | Annular | 6.8N 90W | -0.1723 | 0.9976 | 8 | 0m 16s |
| 120 | 33 | May 8, 1510 | 1:16:15 | Hybrid | 13.5N 161.4E | -0.103 | 1.0033 | 12 | 0m 22s |
| 120 | 34 | May 18, 1528 | 8:21:05 | Hybrid | 19.9N 54.6E | -0.029 | 1.0085 | 29 | 0m 56s |
| 120 | 35 | May 29, 1546 | 15:24:40 | Hybrid | 25.7N 51W | 0.047 | 1.0133 | 46 | 1m 24s |
| 120 | 36 | June 8, 1564 | 22:26:49 | Hybrid | 30.8N 155.4W | 0.1253 | 1.0174 | 60 | 1m 44s |
| 120 | 37 | June 20, 1582 | 5:30:27 | Total | 35N 100.8E | 0.2032 | 1.021 | 73 | 1m 59s |
| 120 | 38 | July 10, 1600 | 12:35:58 | Total | 38.2N 2.7W | 0.2804 | 1.0238 | 84 | 2m 8s |
| 120 | 39 | July 21, 1618 | 19:44:30 | Total | 40.4N 106.3W | 0.3558 | 1.026 | 94 | 2m 13s |
| 120 | 40 | August 1, 1636 | 2:58:15 | Total | 41.5N 148.9E | 0.4279 | 1.0275 | 103 | 2m 15s |
| 120 | 41 | August 12, 1654 | 10:17:43 | Total | 41.7N 42.5E | 0.4962 | 1.0285 | 110 | 2m 16s |
| 120 | 42 | August 22, 1672 | 17:44:06 | Total | 41.2N 66.2W | 0.5594 | 1.0288 | 117 | 2m 15s |
| 120 | 43 | September 3, 1690 | 1:17:47 | Total | 40.3N 177.4W | 0.6173 | 1.0287 | 122 | 2m 13s |
| 120 | 44 | September 14, 1708 | 9:00:22 | Total | 39.2N 68.3E | 0.6685 | 1.0281 | 126 | 2m 10s |
| 120 | 45 | September 25, 1726 | 16:51:45 | Total | 38N 49W | 0.7134 | 1.0273 | 129 | 2m 7s |
| 120 | 46 | October 6, 1744 | 0:51:24 | Total | 37N 169.1W | 0.7521 | 1.0263 | 132 | 2m 4s |
| 120 | 47 | October 17, 1762 | 9:00:34 | Total | 36.2N 67.6E | 0.7836 | 1.0253 | 135 | 2m 2s |
| 120 | 48 | October 27, 1780 | 17:18:27 | Total | 35.6N 58.6W | 0.8083 | 1.0244 | 138 | 2m 0s |
| 120 | 49 | November 8, 1798 | 1:44:39 | Total | 35.1N 172.5E | 0.827 | 1.0237 | 141 | 1m 59s |
| 120 | 50 | November 19, 1816 | 10:17:23 | Total | 35N 41.5E | 0.8408 | 1.0233 | 144 | 2m 0s |
| 120 | 51 | November 30, 1834 | 18:56:35 | Total | 34.9N 91.6W | 0.8498 | 1.0233 | 150 | 2m 2s |
| 120 | 52 | December 11, 1852 | 3:40:44 | Total | 35.2N 133.9E | 0.8551 | 1.0237 | 156 | 2m 5s |
| 120 | 53 | December 22, 1870 | 12:27:33 | Total | 35.7N 1.5W | 0.8585 | 1.0248 | 165 | 2m 11s |
| 120 | 54 | January 1, 1889 | 21:16:50 | Total | 36.7N 137.6W | 0.8603 | 1.0262 | 175 | 2m 17s |
| 120 | 55 | January 14, 1907 | 6:05:43 | Total | 38.3N 86.4E | 0.8628 | 1.0281 | 189 | 2m 25s |
| 120 | 56 | January 24, 1925 | 14:54:03 | Total | 40.5N 49.6W | 0.8661 | 1.0304 | 206 | 2m 32s |
| 120 | 57 | February 4, 1943 | 23:38:10 | Total | 43.6N 175.1E | 0.8734 | 1.0331 | 229 | 2m 39s |
| 120 | 58 | February 15, 1961 | 8:19:48 | Total | 47.4N 40E | 0.883 | 1.036 | 258 | 2m 45s |
| 120 | 59 | February 26, 1979 | 16:55:06 | Total | 52.1N 94.5W | 0.8981 | 1.0391 | 298 | 2m 49s |
| 120 | 60 | March 9, 1997 | 1:24:51 | Total | 57.8N 130.7E | 0.9183 | 1.042 | 356 | 2m 50s |
| 120 | 61 | March 20, 2015 | 9:46:47 | Total | 64.4N 6.6W | 0.9454 | 1.0445 | 463 | 2m 47s |
| 120 | 62 | March 30, 2033 | 18:02:36 | Total | 71.3N 155.8W | 0.9778 | 1.0462 | 781 | 2m 37s |
| 120 | 63 | April 11, 2051 | 2:10:39 | Partial | 71.6N 32.2E | 1.0169 | 0.9849 | | |
| 120 | 64 | April 21, 2069 | 10:11:09 | Partial | 71N 101.3W | 1.0624 | 0.8992 | | |
| 120 | 65 | May 2, 2087 | 18:04:42 | Partial | 70.3N 127.6E | 1.1139 | 0.8011 | | |
| 120 | 66 | May 14, 2105 | 1:52:06 | Partial | 69.4N 1.4W | 1.1708 | 0.6921 | | |
| 120 | 67 | May 25, 2123 | 9:33:27 | Partial | 68.5N 128.2W | 1.2325 | 0.5729 | | |
| 120 | 68 | June 4, 2141 | 17:09:59 | Partial | 67.5N 106.7E | 1.2981 | 0.4458 | | |
| 120 | 69 | June 16, 2159 | 0:42:44 | Partial | 66.5N 17W | 1.3668 | 0.3124 | | |
| 120 | 70 | June 26, 2177 | 8:13:28 | Partial | 65.5N 139.8W | 1.4371 | 0.1758 | | |
| 120 | 71 | July 7, 2195 | 15:41:21 | Partial | 64.6N 98.5E | 1.5095 | 0.0353 | | |
