Solar Saros 162

Saros cycle series 162 for solar eclipses will occur at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 eclipses, 39 of which will be umbral (all annular). The first eclipse will be on 15 April 2257 and the last will be on 10 May 3501.

The longest eclipse will be 10 minutes 4 seconds on 16 February 2762. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 155.

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 162 appears in the following table.