# Solar Saros 126

Saros cycle series 126 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 72 eclipses, 41 of which are umbral (28 annular, 3 hybrid, 10 total). The first eclipse was on 10 March 1179 and the last will be on 3 May 2459, lasting 1,280 years. The most recent eclipse was a total eclipse on 1 August 2008 and the next will be a total eclipse on 12 August 2026.
The longest totality was 2 minutes 36 seconds on 10 July 1972 and the longest annular was 6 minutes 30 seconds on 26 June 1359.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 119.

## 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 126 appears in the following table.
| Classification | Number | Percent |
| All Umbral eclipses | 41 | 100.00% |
| Central (two limits) | 40 | 97.56% |
| Central (one limit) | 1 | 2.44% |
| Non-central (one limit) | 0 | 0.00% |

## 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) |
| 126 | 1 | March 10, 1179 | 7:39:51 | Partial | 72S 165.4E | -1.5356 | 0.0536 | | |
| 126 | 2 | March 20, 1197 | 14:48:56 | Partial | 72S 43.8E | -1.488 | 0.1327 | | |
| 126 | 3 | March 31, 1215 | 21:50:41 | Partial | 71.7S 75.8W | -1.4344 | 0.2222 | | |
| 126 | 4 | April 11, 1233 | 4:41:24 | Partial | 71.2S 167.7E | -1.3717 | 0.3278 | | |
| 126 | 5 | April 22, 1251 | 11:26:32 | Partial | 70.5S 53.1E | -1.3041 | 0.4423 | | |
| 126 | 6 | May 2, 1269 | 18:03:15 | Partial | 69.7S 58.8W | -1.2291 | 0.5699 | | |
| 126 | 7 | May 14, 1287 | 0:35:25 | Partial | 68.8S 169W | -1.15 | 0.7052 | | |
| 126 | 8 | May 24, 1305 | 7:02:17 | Partial | 67.8S 82.8E | -1.0658 | 0.8496 | | |
| 126 | 9 | June 4, 1323 | 13:27:55 | Annular | 56.1S 23.4W | -0.9799 | 0.9383 | - | 5m 59s |
| 126 | 10 | June 14, 1341 | 19:52:10 | Annular | 39.6S 123.3W | -0.8922 | 0.9433 | 465 | 6m 25s |
| 126 | 11 | June 26, 1359 | 2:16:31 | Annular | 29.9S 138.3E | -0.8038 | 0.9463 | 330 | 6m 30s |
| 126 | 12 | July 6, 1377 | 8:43:28 | Annular | 22.8S 40.2E | -0.7168 | 0.9484 | 269 | 6m 24s |
| 126 | 13 | July 17, 1395 | 15:14:16 | Annular | 17.7S 58.2W | -0.6318 | 0.9497 | 234 | 6m 12s |
| 126 | 14 | July 27, 1413 | 21:50:24 | Annular | 14.1S 157.5W | -0.5506 | 0.9506 | 214 | 5m 58s |
| 126 | 15 | August 8, 1431 | 4:33:00 | Annular | 12S 102E | -0.4737 | 0.9509 | 201 | 5m 45s |
| 126 | 16 | August 18, 1449 | 11:24:05 | Annular | 11.1S 0.5W | -0.403 | 0.9509 | 194 | 5m 35s |
| 126 | 17 | August 29, 1467 | 18:24:29 | Annular | 11.3S 105.2W | -0.3391 | 0.9505 | 191 | 5m 29s |
| 126 | 18 | September 9, 1485 | 1:33:06 | Annular | 12.4S 148E | -0.2811 | 0.95 | 190 | 5m 26s |
| 126 | 19 | September 20, 1503 | 8:52:38 | Annular | 14.1S 38.5E | -0.2314 | 0.9494 | 190 | 5m 27s |
| 126 | 20 | September 30, 1521 | 16:21:42 | Annular | 16.2S 73.3W | -0.1892 | 0.9489 | 191 | 5m 30s |
| 126 | 21 | October 12, 1539 | 0:01:45 | Annular | 18.7S 172.2E | -0.1551 | 0.9484 | 192 | 5m 35s |
| 126 | 22 | October 22, 1557 | 7:49:28 | Annular | 21.1S 56E | -0.1266 | 0.9482 | 192 | 5m 40s |
| 126 | 23 | November 2, 1575 | 15:47:27 | Annular | 23.5S 62.6W | -0.1061 | 0.9483 | 191 | 5m 44s |
| 126 | 24 | November 22, 1593 | 23:52:06 | Annular | 25.4S 177.5E | -0.0906 | 0.9488 | 189 | 5m 47s |
| 126 | 25 | December 4, 1611 | 8:03:43 | Annular | 26.9S 56E | -0.0803 | 0.9498 | 185 | 5m 44s |
| 126 | 26 | December 14, 1629 | 16:19:07 | Annular | 27.6S 66.2W | -0.0725 | 0.9513 | 179 | 5m 38s |
| 126 | 27 | December 26, 1647 | 0:38:35 | Annular | 27.4S 170.6E | -0.0675 | 0.9535 | 170 | 5m 25s |
| 126 | 28 | January 5, 1666 | 8:58:51 | Annular | 26.3S 47.1E | -0.0624 | 0.9562 | 160 | 5m 7s |
| 126 | 29 | January 16, 1684 | 17:18:53 | Annular | 24.2S 76.7W | -0.0565 | 0.9596 | 147 | 4m 43s |
| 126 | 30 | January 28, 1702 | 1:37:10 | Annular | 21.2S 159.6E | -0.0484 | 0.9636 | 132 | 4m 14s |
| 126 | 31 | February 8, 1720 | 9:52:31 | Annular | 17.4S 36.1E | -0.0375 | 0.9681 | 115 | 3m 40s |
| 126 | 32 | February 18, 1738 | 18:02:31 | Annular | 12.8S 86.7W | -0.0211 | 0.9732 | 96 | 3m 3s |
| 126 | 33 | March 1, 1756 | 2:07:09 | Annular | 7.5S 151.4E | 0.0006 | 0.9787 | 76 | 2m 24s |
| 126 | 34 | March 12, 1774 | 10:05:14 | Annular | 1.7S 30.8E | 0.0284 | 0.9845 | 55 | 1m 43s |
| 126 | 35 | March 22, 1792 | 17:57:34 | Annular | 4.5N 88.7W | 0.0618 | 0.9905 | 33 | 1m 2s |
| 126 | 36 | April 4, 1810 | 1:41:19 | Annular | 11.1N 153.8E | 0.1031 | 0.9967 | 12 | 0m 21s |
| 126 | 37 | April 14, 1828 | 9:19:38 | Hybrid | 17.9N 37.7E | 0.1498 | 1.0029 | 10 | 0m 18s |
| 126 | 38 | April 25, 1846 | 16:50:30 | Hybrid | 24.8N 76.2W | 0.2038 | 1.0088 | 31 | 0m 53s |
| 126 | 39 | May 6, 1864 | 0:16:48 | Hybrid | 31.6N 171.5E | 0.2622 | 1.0146 | 52 | 1m 25s |
| 126 | 40 | May 17, 1882 | 7:36:27 | Total | 38.4N 61.6E | 0.3269 | 1.02 | 72 | 1m 50s |
| 126 | 41 | May 28, 1900 | 14:53:56 | Total | 44.8N 46.5W | 0.3943 | 1.0249 | 92 | 2m 10s |
| 126 | 42 | June 8, 1918 | 22:07:43 | Total | 50.9N 152W | 0.4658 | 1.0292 | 112 | 2m 23s |
| 126 | 43 | June 19, 1936 | 5:20:31 | Total | 56.1N 104.7E | 0.5389 | 1.0329 | 132 | 2m 31s |
| 126 | 44 | June 30, 1954 | 12:32:38 | Total | 60.5N 4.2E | 0.6135 | 1.0357 | 153 | 2m 35s |
| 126 | 45 | July 10, 1972 | 19:46:38 | Total | 63.5N 94.2W | 0.6872 | 1.0379 | 175 | 2m 36s |
| 126 | 46 | July 22, 1990 | 3:03:07 | Total | 65.2N 168.9E | 0.7597 | 1.0391 | 201 | 2m 33s |
| 126 | 47 | August 1, 2008 | 10:22:12 | Total | 65.7N 72.3E | 0.8307 | 1.0394 | 237 | 2m 27s |
| 126 | 48 | August 12, 2026 | 17:47:06 | Total | 65.2N 25.2W | 0.8977 | 1.0386 | 294 | 2m 18s |
| 126 | 49 | August 23, 2044 | 1:17:02 | Total | 64.3N 120.4W | 0.9613 | 1.0364 | 453 | 2m 4s |
| 126 | 50 | September 3, 2062 | 8:54:27 | Partial | 61.3N 150.3E | 1.0191 | 0.9749 | | |
| 126 | 51 | September 13, 2080 | 16:38:09 | Partial | 61.1N 25.8E | 1.0723 | 0.8743 | | |
| 126 | 52 | September 25, 2098 | 0:31:16 | Partial | 61.1N 101W | 1.1184 | 0.7871 | | |
| 126 | 53 | October 6, 2116 | 8:31:51 | Partial | 61.2N 130.4E | 1.1589 | 0.7105 | | |
| 126 | 54 | October 17, 2134 | 16:40:42 | Partial | 61.5N 0.4W | 1.1931 | 0.6458 | | |
| 126 | 55 | October 28, 2152 | 0:57:34 | Partial | 61.9N 133.3W | 1.2213 | 0.5926 | | |
| 126 | 56 | November 8, 2170 | 9:23:07 | Partial | 62.5N 91.6E | 1.2426 | 0.5524 | | |
| 126 | 57 | November 18, 2188 | 17:55:25 | Partial | 63.2N 45.5W | 1.2591 | 0.5212 | | |
| 126 | 58 | December 1, 2206 | 2:33:55 | Partial | 64.1N 175.7E | 1.2711 | 0.4985 | | |
| 126 | 59 | December 11, 2224 | 11:17:51 | Partial | 65N 35.2E | 1.2791 | 0.4834 | | |
| 126 | 60 | December 22, 2242 | 20:06:40 | Partial | 66N 106.9W | 1.2836 | 0.475 | | |
| 126 | 61 | January 2, 2261 | 4:56:54 | Partial | 67.1N 110.2E | 1.2873 | 0.4679 | | |
| 126 | 62 | January 13, 2279 | 13:49:06 | Partial | 68.2N 33.7W | 1.2899 | 0.463 | | |
| 126 | 63 | January 23, 2297 | 22:39:47 | Partial | 69.2N 177.8W | 1.294 | 0.455 | | |
| 126 | 64 | February 5, 2315 | 7:29:49 | Partial | 70.1N 37.6E | 1.2991 | 0.4453 | | |
| 126 | 65 | February 15, 2333 | 16:14:20 | Partial | 70.9N 106.2W | 1.3087 | 0.427 | | |
| 126 | 66 | February 27, 2351 | 0:56:12 | Partial | 71.5N 110.1E | 1.3209 | 0.4037 | | |
| 126 | 67 | March 9, 2369 | 9:30:24 | Partial | 71.9N 32.2W | 1.3392 | 0.3686 | | |
| 126 | 68 | March 20, 2387 | 17:59:08 | Partial | 72.1N 173.3W | 1.3624 | 0.3241 | | |
| 126 | 69 | March 31, 2405 | 2:18:52 | Partial | 71.9N 47.9E | 1.3928 | 0.2654 | | |
| 126 | 70 | April 11, 2423 | 10:32:40 | Partial | 71.6N 89.1W | 1.4282 | 0.197 | | |
| 126 | 71 | April 21, 2441 | 18:37:49 | Partial | 71N 136.4E | 1.4706 | 0.1149 | | |
| 126 | 72 | May 3, 2459 | 2:35:54 | Partial | 70.3N 4.3E | 1.5188 | 0.0214 | | |