We are gearing up to the solar eclipse so I thought I would take a look at Saros Cycle 138 as the eclipse on the 10th May will fall under this series. The Saros Cycle is rather like the main story arc of a television series, with each eclipse that falls within it an individual […]
Each eclipse, whether solar or lunar, belongs to series of related eclipses. These families of eclipses are called ‘Saros Cycles’. Some say that you can get a feel of how each eclipse in a series may play out by looking at the story of the first eclipse in that series. On the 25th April there
The Solar Eclipse occurs at 08:53 (UT) on the 1st July at 9CAN12. This eclipse completes the current eclipse season but also heralds the beginning of a new Saros Cycle, namely Saros Cycle 156. Visible as a tiny partial eclipse off the coast of Antarctica, the story of Saros 156 will conclude long after our
