Saroses

The saros is an eclipse cycle of about 18 years and 11 days.

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1 saros = 6,585.3211 days

Quick facts

Unit
Saros (plural: saroses)
Measures
Time / Duration
System
Astronomical
Equals
568,971,743.04 seconds
Definition
About 6,585.32 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours).

1 saros in other units

Days6,585.3211 d
Hours158,047.7064 h
Minutes9,482,862.384 min
Seconds568,971,743 s
Years18.02999678 yr
Months216.3599614 mo
Weeks940.7601571 wk
Milliseconds568,971,743,000 ms

What is a saros?

The saros is an eclipse cycle of about 18 years and 11 days. Eclipses separated by one saros are almost identical, which let Babylonian astronomers predict them.

Where the saros sits among time units

The saros is number 75 of 101 on our scale of time units, ordered from smallest to largest.

Saroses in real life

One saros is about 4.5 presidential terms, or about 36 school years, or about 25% of a human lifetime, or about 223 lunar months.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a saros?

The saros is an eclipse cycle of about 18 years and 11 days.

How is the saros defined?

About 6,585.32 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours).

How many days are in a saros?

One saros equals 6,585.3211 days.

How many hours are in a saros?

One saros equals 158,047.7064 hours.

How many minutes are in a saros?

One saros equals 9,482,862.384 minutes.