Solar Saros 148

Saros cycle series 148 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 75 eclipses, 43 of which are umbral (2 annular, 1 hybrid, and 40 total). The first eclipse in the series was on 21 September 1653 and the last will be on 12 December 2987. The most recent eclipse was an annular eclipse on 29 April 2014 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 9 May 2032.

The longest totality will be 5 minutes 23 seconds on 26 April 2609.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 141.

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 148 appears in the following table.