Saros (astronomy)
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In astronomy, the saros is a length of time covering exactly 223 synodic months, nearly 242 draconic months, and nearly 239 anomalistic months. Arising naturally due to synchronization between lunar p
Antikythera Mechanism Saros cycle for the prediction of eclipses ΣΚΓ′, in the red rectangle, and means 223 months. Written between 150 and 100 BCE
Solar eclipse, Miles Landing 8 21 17
2023 04 20 Solar Eclipse in Timor Leste 6
Annular Solar Eclipse May 10 2013 Northern Territory Australia
Lunar eclipse
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A lunar eclipse, also called a blood moon, is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon orbits through Earth's shadow. Lunar eclipses occur during eclipse season, when the Moon's orbital plane i
Saros (astronomy)
…Arising naturally due to synchronization between lunar phase, nodal precession, and apsidal precession, it can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros period after an eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately the same relative geometry, a near straight line, and a nearly…
Composite image of the April 2014 total lunar eclipse as viewed from Charleston, West Virginia
Totality during the lunar eclipse of 15 May 2022. Direct sunlight is being blocked by the Earth, and the only light reaching it is sunlight refracted by Earth's atmosphere, producing a reddish color.
A painting by Lucien Rudaux showing how a solar eclipse might appear when viewed from the lunar surface. The Moon's surface appears red because the only sunlight available is refracted through Earth's atmosphere on the edges of Earth, as shown in the sky in this painting.
Full Moon 2010