# Solar Saros 156

Saros cycle series 156 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 69 eclipses, 52 of which will be umbral (all annular). The first, and so far only, eclipse in the series was on 1 July 2011 and the last will be on 14 July 3237. The next eclipse will be a partial eclipse on 11 July 2029. This series is the most recent series to begin.
The longest eclipse will be 8 minutes 28 seconds on 3 May 2516.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 149.

## 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 156 appears in the following table.
| Classification | Number | Percent |
| All Umbral eclipses | 52 | 100.00% |
| Central (two limits) | 51 | 98.08% |
| Central (one limit) | 1 | 1.92% |
| Non-central (one limit) | 0 | 0.00% |

## All eclipses

| Saros | Member | Date | Time (Greatest) UTC | Type | Location Lat, Long | Gamma | Mag. | Width (km) | Duration (min:sec) |
| 156 | 1 | July 1, 2011 | 8:39:30 | Partial | 65.2S 28.6E | -1.4917 | 0.0971 | | |
| 156 | 2 | July 11, 2029 | 15:37:19 | Partial | 64.3S 85.6W | -1.4191 | 0.2303 | | |
| 156 | 3 | July 22, 2047 | 22:36:17 | Partial | 63.4S 160.2E | -1.3477 | 0.3604 | | |
| 156 | 4 | August 2, 2065 | 5:34:17 | Partial | 62.7S 46.5E | -1.2759 | 0.4903 | | |
| 156 | 5 | August 13, 2083 | 12:34:41 | Partial | 62.1S 67.5W | -1.2064 | 0.6146 | | |
| 156 | 6 | August 24, 2101 | 19:37:03 | Partial | 61.6S 178.2E | -1.1392 | 0.7337 | | |
| 156 | 7 | September 5, 2119 | 2:44:27 | Partial | 61.2S 62.8E | -1.0766 | 0.8431 | | |
| 156 | 8 | September 15, 2137 | 9:56:34 | Partial | 61S 53.8W | -1.0184 | 0.9436 | | |
| 156 | 9 | September 26, 2155 | 17:14:27 | Annular | 58.6S 143W | -0.9654 | 0.9593 | 570 | 2m 55s |
| 156 | 10 | October 7, 2173 | 0:39:14 | Annular | 57.8S 114E | -0.9187 | 0.9558 | 402 | 3m 17s |
| 156 | 11 | October 18, 2191 | 8:11:12 | Annular | 58.7S 5.2E | -0.8783 | 0.9516 | 365 | 3m 39s |
| 156 | 12 | October 29, 2209 | 15:50:20 | Annular | 60.7S 106.3W | -0.8445 | 0.9472 | 358 | 4m 2s |
| 156 | 13 | November 9, 2227 | 23:36:42 | Annular | 63.3S 140.7E | -0.8171 | 0.9429 | 364 | 4m 24s |
| 156 | 14 | November 20, 2245 | 7:29:36 | Annular | 66.3S 27.1E | -0.7955 | 0.9387 | 374 | 4m 45s |
| 156 | 15 | December 1, 2263 | 15:28:45 | Annular | 69.2S 85.8W | -0.7794 | 0.9349 | 388 | 5m 6s |
| 156 | 16 | December 11, 2281 | 23:31:24 | Annular | 71.4S 163.7E | -0.7667 | 0.9316 | 400 | 5m 26s |
| 156 | 17 | December 23, 2299 | 7:38:42 | Annular | 72.5S 54.8E | -0.7584 | 0.9288 | 413 | 5m 45s |
| 156 | 18 | January 3, 2318 | 15:47:14 | Annular | 71.9S 53.7W | -0.7519 | 0.9265 | 422 | 6m 2s |
| 156 | 19 | January 14, 2336 | 23:56:42 | Annular | 69.6S 164.9W | -0.7463 | 0.925 | 427 | 6m 19s |
| 156 | 20 | January 25, 2354 | 8:03:20 | Annular | 66S 80.6E | -0.7388 | 0.924 | 427 | 6m 35s |
| 156 | 21 | February 5, 2372 | 16:07:48 | Annular | 61.5S 36.9W | -0.7301 | 0.9237 | 422 | 6m 50s |
| 156 | 22 | February 16, 2390 | 0:06:58 | Annular | 56.4S 155.6W | -0.7177 | 0.9239 | 411 | 7m 6s |
| 156 | 23 | February 27, 2408 | 7:59:40 | Annular | 50.8S 85.5E | -0.7004 | 0.9249 | 394 | 7m 22s |
| 156 | 24 | March 9, 2426 | 15:44:45 | Annular | 44.7S 32.5W | -0.6774 | 0.9262 | 374 | 7m 38s |
| 156 | 25 | March 19, 2444 | 23:21:38 | Annular | 38.3S 149.1W | -0.6476 | 0.928 | 351 | 7m 53s |
| 156 | 26 | March 31, 2462 | 6:49:44 | Annular | 31.7S 96.3E | -0.6111 | 0.9302 | 327 | 8m 7s |
| 156 | 27 | April 10, 2480 | 14:07:46 | Annular | 24.8S 16W | -0.5664 | 0.9326 | 303 | 8m 18s |
| 156 | 28 | April 21, 2498 | 21:17:12 | Annular | 17.9S 125.9W | -0.5148 | 0.9351 | 280 | 8m 26s |
| 156 | 29 | May 3, 2516 | 4:17:47 | Annular | 10.9S 126.7E | -0.4559 | 0.9377 | 259 | 8m 28s |
| 156 | 30 | May 14, 2534 | 11:09:29 | Annular | 4.1S 21.9E | -0.3896 | 0.9402 | 240 | 8m 23s |
| 156 | 31 | May 24, 2552 | 17:54:09 | Annular | 2.5N 80.5W | -0.3174 | 0.9425 | 224 | 8m 9s |
| 156 | 32 | June 5, 2570 | 0:32:17 | Annular | 8.7N 179.4E | -0.2395 | 0.9446 | 211 | 7m 48s |
| 156 | 33 | June 15, 2588 | 7:06:20 | Annular | 14.3N 81.1E | -0.1582 | 0.9463 | 200 | 7m 21s |
| 156 | 34 | June 27, 2606 | 13:34:39 | Annular | 19.3N 15W | -0.072 | 0.9477 | 193 | 6m 52s |
| 156 | 35 | July 7, 2624 | 20:02:10 | Annular | 23.4N 110.2W | 0.015 | 0.9487 | 188 | 6m 24s |
| 156 | 36 | July 19, 2642 | 2:27:54 | Annular | 26.6N 155.8E | 0.104 | 0.9493 | 187 | 6m 0s |
| 156 | 37 | July 29, 2660 | 8:55:21 | Annular | 28.9N 61.8E | 0.1914 | 0.9495 | 189 | 5m 42s |
| 156 | 38 | August 9, 2678 | 15:23:56 | Annular | 30.4N 32.2W | 0.2782 | 0.9492 | 194 | 5m 30s |
| 156 | 39 | August 19, 2696 | 21:57:56 | Annular | 31.1N 127.6W | 0.3608 | 0.9485 | 201 | 5m 24s |
| 156 | 40 | September 1, 2714 | 4:36:50 | Annular | 31.3N 135.5E | 0.4397 | 0.9474 | 213 | 5m 24s |
| 156 | 41 | September 11, 2732 | 11:21:54 | Annular | 31.1N 36.6E | 0.5138 | 0.9461 | 227 | 5m 29s |
| 156 | 42 | September 22, 2750 | 18:14:45 | Annular | 30.9N 64.7W | 0.5817 | 0.9445 | 246 | 5m 40s |
| 156 | 43 | October 3, 2768 | 1:16:28 | Annular | 30.7N 168.8W | 0.6427 | 0.9428 | 269 | 5m 54s |
| 156 | 44 | October 14, 2786 | 8:28:06 | Annular | 30.8N 84E | 0.6961 | 0.941 | 296 | 6m 11s |
| 156 | 45 | October 24, 2804 | 15:48:02 | Annular | 31.2N 26W | 0.7433 | 0.9392 | 327 | 6m 30s |
| 156 | 46 | November 4, 2822 | 23:19:12 | Annular | 31.9N 139.4W | 0.7817 | 0.9376 | 362 | 6m 49s |
| 156 | 47 | November 15, 2840 | 6:59:00 | Annular | 32.9N 104.4E | 0.8135 | 0.9363 | 399 | 7m 5s |
| 156 | 48 | November 26, 2858 | 14:48:33 | Annular | 34.1N 14.9W | 0.8377 | 0.9354 | 435 | 7m 17s |
| 156 | 49 | December 6, 2876 | 22:44:54 | Annular | 35.5N 136.5W | 0.857 | 0.9349 | 468 | 7m 22s |
| 156 | 50 | December 18, 2894 | 6:49:29 | Annular | 37N 99.4E | 0.87 | 0.935 | 492 | 7m 20s |
| 156 | 51 | December 29, 2912 | 14:58:37 | Annular | 38.8N 26.2W | 0.8798 | 0.9356 | 507 | 7m 10s |
| 156 | 52 | January 9, 2931 | 23:12:05 | Annular | 40.7N 153.2W | 0.8864 | 0.9369 | 510 | 6m 52s |
| 156 | 53 | January 20, 2949 | 7:27:37 | Annular | 43N 79.2E | 0.8919 | 0.9388 | 504 | 6m 26s |
| 156 | 54 | January 31, 2967 | 15:44:49 | Annular | 45.6N 49.1W | 0.8961 | 0.9413 | 490 | 5m 55s |
| 156 | 55 | February 11, 2985 | 0:00:02 | Annular | 48.9N 177.3W | 0.9028 | 0.9444 | 477 | 5m 19s |
| 156 | 56 | February 23, 3003 | 8:13:25 | Annular | 52.9N 54.4E | 0.9116 | 0.9479 | 465 | 4m 41s |
| 156 | 57 | March 5, 3021 | 16:22:29 | Annular | 57.6N 74.1W | 0.9243 | 0.9518 | 463 | 4m 02s |
| 156 | 58 | March 17, 3039 | 0:28:08 | Annular | 62.9N 156.0E | 0.9405 | 0.9560 | 477 | 3m 25s |
| 156 | 59 | March 27, 3057 | 8:25:59 | Annular | 69.0N 21.1E | 0.9637 | 0.9601 | 559 | 2m 50s |
| 156 | 60 | April 7, 3075 | 16:19:22 | Annular | 73.5N 135.4W | 0.9913 | 0.9632 | | 2m 19s |
| 156 | 61 | April 18, 3093 | 0:04:23 | Partial | 71.4N 75.4E | 1.0267 | 0.9310 | | |
| 156 | 62 | April 30, 3111 | 7:04:44 | Partial | 70.7N 52.2W | 1.0664 | 0.8629 | | |
| 156 | 63 | May 10, 3129 | 15:16:03 | Partial | 69.8N 176.9W | 1.1142 | 0.7796 | | |
| 156 | 64 | May 21, 3147 | 22:43:49 | Partial | 68.9N 59.9E | 1.1655 | 0.6887 | | |
| 156 | 65 | June 1, 3165 | 6:04:31 | Partial | 67.9N 60.9W | 1.2235 | 0.5848 | | |
| 156 | 66 | June 12, 3183 | 13:21:59 | Partial | 66.9N 179.6E | 1.2845 | 0.4740 | | |
| 156 | 67 | June 22, 3201 | 20:34:47 | Partial | 65.9N 61.7E | 1.3499 | 0.3541 | | |
| 156 | 68 | July 4, 3219 | 3:46:45 | Partial | 65.0N 55.5W | 1.4166 | 0.2307 | | |
| 156 | 69 | July 14, 3237 | 10:57:04 | Partial | 64.1N 172.0W | 1.4851 | 0.1030 | | |