Saros cycle series 134 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, 54 of which are umbral. The first eclipse in the series was on 22 June 1248 and the last will be on 6 August 2510. The most recent was an annular eclipse on 14 October 2023 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 2041 October 25.

An annular solar eclipse occurred on October 14, 2023. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres or miles wide. Occurring only 4.6 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was small.