Solar Saros 116

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Solar Saros 116 is a series of solar eclipses that happen when the Moon crosses the Sun at its descending node. Each eclipse comes about every 18 years and 11 days.

- The series contains 70 eclipses, of which 53 are umbral (all annular).
- The first eclipse occurred on 23 June 727, and the last one occurred on 22 July 1971, making it the last solar Saros cycle to end.
- The next cycle to end is Saros 117, whose last eclipse will be in 2054.
- The longest eclipse in the series lasted 12 minutes 2 seconds on 25 December 1628.
- Solar Saros 116 is linked to Lunar Saros 109.
- Umbral eclipses in this series (annular, total, and hybrid) can be classified as Central (two limits), Central (one limit), or Non-Central (one limit). A table shows how many of each type occur in the series.
- Dates are given in the Julian calendar before 15 October 1582 and in the Gregorian calendar after that.