# Solar Saros 138

Saros cycle series 138 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 eclipses, 54 of which are umbral (50 annular, 1 hybrid, 3 total). The first eclipse of the series was on 6 June 1472 and the last will be on 11 July 2716. The most recent eclipse was an annular eclipse on 10 May 2013 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 21 May 2031.
The longest duration of totality will be only 56 seconds on April 3, 2554 while the longest annular was 8 minutes 2 seconds on 11 February 1869.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 131.
Series members 25-41 occurring between 1901 and 2200: :
| 25 | 26 | 27 |
| March 6, 1905 | March 17, 1923 | March 27, 1941 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
| April 8, 1959 | April 18, 1977 | April 29, 1995 |
| 31 | 32 | 33 |
| May 10, 2013 | May 21, 2031 | May 31, 2049 |
| 34 | 35 | 36 |
| June 11, 2067 | June 22, 2085 | July 4, 2103 |
| 37 | 38 | 39 |
| July 14, 2121 | July 25, 2139 | August 5, 2157 |
| 40 | 41 |
| August 16, 2175 | August 26, 2193 |

## 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 138 appears in the following table.
| Classification | Number | Percent |
| All Umbral eclipses | 54 | 100.00% |
| Central (two limits) | 53 | 98.15% |
| Central (one limit) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Non-central (one limit) | 1 | 1.85% |

## All eclipses

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) |
| 138 | 1 | June 6, 1472 | 20:20:31 | Partial | 66.4S 132.2W | -1.5448 | 0.0209 | | |
| 138 | 2 | June 18, 1490 | 2:55:30 | Partial | 65.4S 118.7E | -1.4661 | 0.1592 | | |
| 138 | 3 | June 28, 1508 | 9:28:44 | Partial | 64.5S 10.4E | -1.386 | 0.2993 | | |
| 138 | 4 | July 9, 1526 | 16:02:42 | Partial | 63.6S 97.8W | -1.3063 | 0.4379 | | |
| 138 | 5 | July 19, 1544 | 22:38:22 | Partial | 62.8S 153.9E | -1.2281 | 0.573 | | |
| 138 | 6 | July 31, 1562 | 5:16:46 | Partial | 62.2S 45.1E | -1.1522 | 0.7034 | | |
| 138 | 7 | August 10, 1580 | 12:00:05 | Partial | 61.6S 64.7W | -1.0802 | 0.8258 | | |
| 138 | 8 | August 31, 1598 | 18:48:48 | Annular | 61.2S 175.6W | -1.0126 | 0.9398 | - | - |
| 138 | 9 | September 11, 1616 | 1:44:06 | Annular | 54.1S 102.3E | -0.9505 | 0.9319 | 807 | 5m 42s |
| 138 | 10 | September 22, 1634 | 8:47:04 | Annular | 51.5S 2.3E | -0.8947 | 0.93 | 572 | 6m 3s |
| 138 | 11 | October 2, 1652 | 15:58:30 | Annular | 51.2S 102.7W | -0.8458 | 0.9275 | 497 | 6m 19s |
| 138 | 12 | October 13, 1670 | 23:19:00 | Annular | 52.4S 149.1E | -0.8043 | 0.9247 | 467 | 6m 34s |
| 138 | 13 | October 24, 1688 | 6:46:41 | Annular | 54.4S 39.2E | -0.7686 | 0.9221 | 453 | 6m 49s |
| 138 | 14 | November 5, 1706 | 14:23:57 | Annular | 57S 72.6W | -0.7407 | 0.9195 | 449 | 7m 2s |
| 138 | 15 | November 15, 1724 | 22:07:38 | Annular | 59.9S 175E | -0.7183 | 0.9174 | 448 | 7m 15s |
| 138 | 16 | November 27, 1742 | 5:58:59 | Annular | 62.6S 62.2E | -0.7019 | 0.9156 | 450 | 7m 26s |
| 138 | 17 | December 7, 1760 | 13:53:44 | Annular | 64.7S 49.4W | -0.6881 | 0.9144 | 451 | 7m 36s |
| 138 | 18 | December 18, 1778 | 21:53:54 | Annular | 65.8S 160.6W | -0.6788 | 0.9137 | 450 | 7m 44s |
| 138 | 19 | December 29, 1796 | 5:54:58 | Annular | 65.5S 88.6E | -0.6703 | 0.9136 | 446 | 7m 51s |
| 138 | 20 | January 10, 1815 | 13:57:06 | Annular | 63.7S 23.6W | -0.6626 | 0.9143 | 438 | 7m 55s |
| 138 | 21 | January 20, 1833 | 21:56:55 | Annular | 60.6S 137.4W | -0.653 | 0.9155 | 426 | 7m 59s |
| 138 | 22 | February 1, 1851 | 5:54:27 | Annular | 56.4S 106.9E | -0.6413 | 0.9175 | 409 | 8m 1s |
| 138 | 23 | February 11, 1869 | 13:46:39 | Annular | 51.3S 9.7W | -0.6251 | 0.9201 | 387 | 8m 2s |
| 138 | 24 | February 22, 1887 | 21:33:04 | Annular | 45.7S 126.5W | -0.604 | 0.9232 | 362 | 8m 1s |
| 138 | 25 | March 6, 1905 | 5:12:26 | Annular | 39.5S 117.4E | -0.5768 | 0.9269 | 334 | 7m 58s |
| 138 | 26 | March 17, 1923 | 12:44:58 | Annular | 33S 2.4E | -0.5438 | 0.931 | 305 | 7m 51s |
| 138 | 27 | March 27, 1941 | 20:08:08 | Annular | 26.2S 110.9W | -0.5025 | 0.9355 | 276 | 7m 41s |
| 138 | 28 | April 8, 1959 | 3:24:08 | Annular | 19.1S 137.6E | -0.4546 | 0.9401 | 247 | 7m 26s |
| 138 | 29 | April 18, 1977 | 10:31:30 | Annular | 11.9S 28.3E | -0.399 | 0.9449 | 220 | 7m 4s |
| 138 | 30 | April 29, 1995 | 17:33:20 | Annular | 4.8S 79.4W | -0.3382 | 0.9497 | 196 | 6m 37s |
| 138 | 31 | May 10, 2013 | 0:26:20 | Annular | 2.2N 175.5E | -0.2694 | 0.9544 | 173 | 6m 3s |
| 138 | 32 | May 21, 2031 | 7:16:04 | Annular | 8.9N 71.7E | -0.197 | 0.9589 | 152 | 5m 26s |
| 138 | 33 | May 31, 2049 | 13:59:59 | Annular | 15.3N 29.9W | -0.1187 | 0.9631 | 134 | 4m 45s |
| 138 | 34 | June 11, 2067 | 20:42:26 | Annular | 21N 130.2W | -0.0387 | 0.967 | 119 | 4m 5s |
| 138 | 35 | June 22, 2085 | 3:21:16 | Annular | 26.2N 131.3E | 0.0452 | 0.9704 | 106 | 3m 29s |
| 138 | 36 | July 4, 2103 | 10:01:48 | Annular | 30.3N 33.2E | 0.1285 | 0.9734 | 96 | 2m 57s |
| 138 | 37 | July 14, 2121 | 16:42:39 | Annular | 33.6N 64.3W | 0.2125 | 0.9758 | 88 | 2m 32s |
| 138 | 38 | July 25, 2139 | 23:26:33 | Annular | 35.8N 161.9W | 0.2946 | 0.9778 | 83 | 2m 13s |
| 138 | 39 | August 5, 2157 | 6:14:20 | Annular | 37.1N 99.6E | 0.3743 | 0.9792 | 80 | 1m 59s |
| 138 | 40 | August 16, 2175 | 13:08:17 | Annular | 37.6N 0.5W | 0.4497 | 0.9802 | 78 | 1m 50s |
| 138 | 41 | August 26, 2193 | 20:09:20 | Annular | 37.4N 102.9W | 0.52 | 0.9806 | 80 | 1m 45s |
| 138 | 42 | September 8, 2211 | 3:17:18 | Annular | 36.9N 152.5E | 0.5854 | 0.9808 | 83 | 1m 43s |
| 138 | 43 | September 18, 2229 | 10:34:51 | Annular | 36.2N 44.8E | 0.6439 | 0.9805 | 89 | 1m 44s |
| 138 | 44 | September 29, 2247 | 18:01:05 | Annular | 35.6N 65.9W | 0.6961 | 0.9801 | 96 | 1m 47s |
| 138 | 45 | October 10, 2265 | 1:37:34 | Annular | 35.1N 179.8W | 0.7404 | 0.9796 | 105 | 1m 51s |
| 138 | 46 | October 21, 2283 | 9:23:11 | Annular | 34.9N 63.2E | 0.7783 | 0.979 | 116 | 1m 56s |
| 138 | 47 | November 1, 2301 | 17:19:33 | Annular | 34.8N 57.2W | 0.808 | 0.9786 | 126 | 2m 1s |
| 138 | 48 | November 13, 2319 | 1:24:39 | Annular | 35N 179.6E | 0.8314 | 0.9784 | 136 | 2m 4s |
| 138 | 49 | November 23, 2337 | 9:37:55 | Annular | 35.5N 53.8E | 0.8488 | 0.9786 | 142 | 2m 5s |
| 138 | 50 | December 4, 2355 | 17:58:37 | Annular | 36N 74.4W | 0.8609 | 0.9792 | 145 | 2m 2s |
| 138 | 51 | December 15, 2373 | 2:25:55 | Annular | 36.7N 155.4E | 0.8678 | 0.9803 | 141 | 1m 56s |
| 138 | 52 | December 26, 2391 | 10:57:15 | Annular | 37.6N 24E | 0.8723 | 0.982 | 131 | 1m 46s |
| 138 | 53 | January 5, 2410 | 19:31:39 | Annular | 38.8N 108.2W | 0.8749 | 0.9842 | 116 | 1m 31s |
| 138 | 54 | January 17, 2428 | 4:07:20 | Annular | 40.5N 119.1E | 0.877 | 0.987 | 96 | 1m 13s |
| 138 | 55 | January 27, 2446 | 12:43:51 | Annular | 42.7N 13.9W | 0.8789 | 0.9903 | 72 | 0m 53s |
| 138 | 56 | February 7, 2464 | 21:17:16 | Annular | 45.7N 146.4W | 0.884 | 0.9941 | 44 | 0m 31s |
| 138 | 57 | February 18, 2482 | 5:48:52 | Annular | 49.3N 81.2E | 0.8912 | 0.9982 | 14 | 0m 9s |
| 138 | 58 | March 1, 2500 | 14:14:47 | Hybrid | 53.9N 50.7W | 0.9038 | 1.0026 | 21 | 0m 12s |
| 138 | 59 | March 12, 2518 | 22:37:02 | Total | 59.1N 176.7E | 0.92 | 1.0071 | 63 | 0m 31s |
| 138 | 60 | March 23, 2536 | 6:51:06 | Total | 65.3N 42E | 0.9435 | 1.0115 | 121 | 0m 46s |
| 138 | 61 | April 3, 2554 | 15:00:51 | Total | 71.5N 102.2W | 0.9713 | 1.0153 | 232 | 0m 56s |
| 138 | 62 | April 13, 2572 | 23:02:08 | Partial | 71.5N 81.8E | 1.0068 | 0.9902 | | |
| 138 | 63 | April 25, 2590 | 6:57:46 | Partial | 70.9N 50.1W | 1.0476 | 0.9167 | | |
| 138 | 64 | May 6, 2608 | 14:45:32 | Partial | 70.1N 179.4W | 1.0954 | 0.8288 | | |
| 138 | 65 | May 17, 2626 | 22:28:40 | Partial | 69.1N 53.1E | 1.1476 | 0.7318 | | |
| 138 | 66 | May 28, 2644 | 6:05:58 | Partial | 68.2N 72.3W | 1.2051 | 0.6236 | | |
| 138 | 67 | June 8, 2662 | 13:38:43 | Partial | 67.2N 163.9E | 1.2666 | 0.5068 | | |
| 138 | 68 | June 18, 2680 | 21:08:08 | Partial | 66.2N 41.5E | 1.3315 | 0.3827 | | |
| 138 | 69 | June 30, 2698 | 4:35:43 | Partial | 65.3N 80.1W | 1.3983 | 0.2539 | | |
| 138 | 70 | July 11, 2716 | 12:01:43 | Partial | 64.4N 159.1E | 1.4666 | 0.1219 | | |