Saros cycle series 121 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses. 55 of these are umbral eclipses (42 total, 2 hybrid, and 11 annular). The first eclipse in the series was on 25 April 944 and the last will be on 7 June 2206. The most recent eclipse was an annular eclipse on 7 February 2008 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 17 February 2026.

Saros 121
February 7, 2008 event
from New Zealand
Partiality from annular event
Series member 60

The longest totality was 6 minutes 20 seconds on 21 June 1692, the longest annular will be 2 minutes 27 seconds on February 28, 2044 and the longest hybrid eclipse was 30 seconds on 20 October 1827.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 114.

Umbral eclipses

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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 121 appears in the following table.

Classification Number Percent
All Umbral eclipses 55 100.00%
Central (two limits) 54 98.18%
Central (one limit) 1 1.82%
Non-central (one limit) 0 0.00%

All eclipses

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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
121 1 April 25, 944 10:56:13 Partial 62N 97.1W 1.5044 0.0666 [1]
121 2 May 6, 962 18:15:23 Partial 62.6N 143.6E 1.4334 0.1965 [2]
121 3 May 17, 980 1:32:03 Partial 63.3N 24.8E 1.3592 0.3338 [3]
121 4 May 28, 998 8:46:18 Partial 64.2N 93.7W 1.282 0.4782 [4]
121 5 June 7, 1016 16:00:58 Partial 65.1N 147.4E 1.2042 0.6246 [5]
121 6 June 18, 1034 23:16:23 Partial 66N 28.1E 1.1262 0.7724 [6]
121 7 June 29, 1052 6:33:32 Partial 67N 92.1W 1.0488 0.9196 [7]
121 8 July 10, 1070 13:54:30 Total 80N 133.7E 0.9739 1.0404 636 2m 5s [8]
121 9 July 20, 1088 21:20:06 Total 80.7N 83.3W 0.9023 1.0453 356 2m 36s [9]
121 10 August 1, 1106 4:51:33 Total 70.8N 142.2E 0.8348 1.0481 292 3m 0s [10]
121 11 August 11, 1124 12:28:49 Total 61.4N 20.4E 0.7716 1.0497 259 3m 19s [11]
121 12 August 22, 1142 20:14:13 Total 52.9N 100.7W 0.7147 1.0504 238 3m 36s [12]
121 13 September 2, 1160 4:07:30 Total 44.9N 137.1E 0.664 1.0504 222 3m 49s [13]
121 14 September 13, 1178 12:08:37 Total 37.6N 13.3E 0.6196 1.05 210 3m 59s [14]
121 15 September 23, 1196 20:18:46 Total 30.9N 112.3W 0.5821 1.0491 199 4m 6s [15]
121 16 October 5, 1214 4:37:19 Total 24.8N 120.3E 0.5513 1.048 190 4m 11s [16]
121 17 October 15, 1232 13:04:38 Total 19.5N 8.9W 0.5277 1.0469 183 4m 14s [17]
121 18 October 26, 1250 21:37:26 Total 14.9N 139.2W 0.5085 1.0458 177 4m 16s [18]
121 19 November 6, 1268 6:18:16 Total 11.2N 88.8E 0.4959 1.0448 172 4m 16s [19]
121 20 November 17, 1286 15:03:22 Total 8.2N 43.9W 0.4865 1.0441 168 4m 17s [20]
121 21 November 27, 1304 23:53:25 Total 6.2N 177.7W 0.4812 1.0438 167 4m 17s [21]
121 22 December 9, 1322 8:44:26 Total 5N 48.4E 0.4767 1.0439 167 4m 17s [22]
121 23 December 19, 1340 17:37:50 Total 4.7N 86W 0.4741 1.0444 168 4m 17s [23]
121 24 December 31, 1358 2:29:35 Total 5.1N 140E 0.4701 1.0454 171 4m 18s [24]
121 25 January 10, 1377 11:19:31 Total 6.1N 6.5E 0.4646 1.0469 175 4m 19s [25]
121 26 January 21, 1395 20:05:24 Total 7.7N 126W 0.4555 1.0487 180 4m 21s [26]
121 27 February 1, 1413 4:47:05 Total 9.6N 102.6E 0.4429 1.0509 187 4m 25s [27]
121 28 February 12, 1431 13:21:50 Total 11.9N 26.9W 0.4245 1.0534 193 4m 30s [28]
121 29 February 22, 1449 21:50:09 Total 14.3N 154.6W 0.4008 1.0561 200 4m 36s [29]
121 30 March 6, 1467 6:10:42 Total 16.7N 79.9E 0.3706 1.0588 207 4m 44s [30]
121 31 March 16, 1485 14:24:22 Total 19.1N 43.6W 0.3345 1.0615 213 4m 53s [31]
121 32 March 27, 1503 22:28:20 Total 21.1N 164.1W 0.2904 1.064 218 5m 4s [32]
121 33 April 7, 1521 6:26:06 Total 22.8N 77.3E 0.2414 1.0662 222 5m 15s [33]
121 34 April 18, 1539 14:15:07 Total 23.7N 38.7W 0.1853 1.068 225 5m 28s [34]
121 35 April 28, 1557 21:59:05 Total 24N 153.1W 0.1251 1.0692 227 5m 42s [35]
121 36 May 10, 1575 5:34:45 Total 23.1N 94.6E 0.0583 1.0697 227 5m 56s [36]
121 37 May 30, 1593 13:07:31 Total 21.4N 17W -0.0106 1.0696 227 6m 8s [37]
121 38 June 10, 1611 20:34:25 Total 18.4N 127.6W -0.0836 1.0686 224 6m 16s [38]
121 39 June 21, 1629 3:59:24 Total 14.5N 121.6E -0.158 1.067 221 6m 20s [39]
121 40 July 2, 1647 11:21:21 Total 9.6N 11E -0.2344 1.0643 217 6m 15s [40]
121 41 July 12, 1665 18:44:06 Total 3.9N 100.6W -0.3095 1.0611 211 6m 2s [41]
121 42 July 24, 1683 2:07:00 Total 2.5S 147.1E -0.3838 1.0569 203 5m 38s [42]
121 43 August 4, 1701 9:31:44 Total 9.4S 33.7E -0.4559 1.0521 193 5m 6s [43]
121 44 August 15, 1719 16:59:51 Total 16.8S 81.1W -0.5243 1.0466 181 4m 27s [44]
121 45 August 26, 1737 0:32:08 Total 24.4S 162.5E -0.5886 1.0407 167 3m 44s [45]
121 46 September 6, 1755 8:09:46 Total 32.1S 44.3E -0.6478 1.0342 150 3m 0s [46]
121 47 September 16, 1773 15:52:23 Total 39.9S 75.5W -0.702 1.0275 130 2m 18s [47]
121 48 September 27, 1791 23:42:30 Total 47.6S 162.4E -0.7492 1.0206 106 1m 38s [48]
121 49 October 9, 1809 7:38:42 Total 55.1S 38.4E -0.7905 1.0137 77 1m 2s [49]
121 50 October 20, 1827 15:42:05 Hybrid 62.3S 87.6W -0.8251 1.007 43 0m 30s [50]
121 51 October 30, 1845 23:51:58 Hybrid 69.1S 144.5E -0.8538 1.0005 3 0m 2s [51]
121 52 November 11, 1863 8:09:03 Annular 75.4S 15.1E -0.876 0.9943 42 0m 22s [52]
121 53 November 21, 1881 16:31:10 Annular 81.2S 114.5W -0.8931 0.9887 90 0m 43s [53]
121 54 December 3, 1899 0:57:28 Annular 86.6S 121.5E -0.9061 0.9836 140 1m 1s [54]
121 55 December 14, 1917 9:27:20 Annular 88S 124.8E -0.9157 0.9791 189 1m 17s [55]
121 56 December 25, 1935 17:59:52 Annular 83.5S 9.4E -0.9228 0.9752 234 1m 30s [56]
121 57 January 5, 1954 2:32:01 Annular 79.1S 120.8W -0.9296 0.972 278 1m 42s [57]
121 58 January 16, 1972 11:03:22 Annular 74.9S 107.7E -0.9365 0.9692 321 1m 53s [58]
121 59 January 26, 1990 19:31:24 Annular 71S 22.2W -0.9457 0.967 373 2m 3s [59]
121 60 February 7, 2008 3:56:10 Annular 67.6S 150.5W -0.957 0.965 444 2m 12s [60]
121 61 February 17, 2026 12:13:06 Annular 64.7S 86.8E -0.9743 0.963 616 2m 20s [61]
121 62 February 28, 2044 20:24:40 Annular[1] 62.2S 25.6W -0.9954 0.96 - 2m 27s [62]
121 63 March 11, 2062 4:26:16 Partial 61S 147.1W -1.0238 0.9331 [63]
121 64 March 21, 2080 12:20:15 Partial 60.9S 85.9E -1.0578 0.8734 [64]
121 65 April 1, 2098 20:02:31 Partial 61S 38.1W -1.1005 0.7984 [65]
121 66 April 13, 2116 3:36:55 Partial 61.3S 160.2W -1.1487 0.7138 [66]
121 67 April 24, 2134 10:59:59 Partial 61.8S 80.5E -1.2052 0.6147 [67]
121 68 May 4, 2152 18:14:02 Partial 62.3S 36.8W -1.2679 0.5044 [68]
121 69 May 16, 2170 1:18:33 Partial 63S 151.9W -1.3371 0.3831 [69]
121 70 May 26, 2188 8:15:53 Partial 63.8S 94.6E -1.4109 0.2538 [70]
121 71 June 7, 2206 15:05:59 Partial 64.7S 17.3W -1.4894 0.1166 [71]

References

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  1. ^ No southern limit
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