d. h. m. SUN. 1880 Jan. 11 10 48 p.m. (Total) 18 10 7 42 --------------------------------------------- (Total) 1898 Jan. 22 6 30 a.m. (civil time) -1 h. 7 m. d. h. m. MOON. 1880 June 22 1 50 p.m. (Mag. Total) 18 11 7 42 --------------------------------------------- (Mag. 0.93) 1898 July 3 9 32 p.m. +35 m. d. h. m. SUN. 1880 July 7 1 35 p.m. (Mag. Annular) 18 11 7 42 --------------------------------------------- (Mag. Annular) 1898 July 18 9 17 p.m. +1 h. 10 m. d. h. m. SUN. 1880 Dec. 2 3 11 a.m. (civil time). (Mag. 0.04) 18 11 7 42 --------------------------------------------- (Mag. 0.02) 1898 Dec. 13 10 53 a.m. -1 h. 5 m. d. h. m. MOON. 1880 Dec. 16 3 39 p.m. (Mag. Total) 18 11 7 42 --------------------------------------------- (Mag. Total) 1898 Dec. 27 11 21 p.m. -13 m. d. h. m. SUN. 1880 Dec. 31 1 45 p.m. (Mag. 0.71) 18 11 7 42 --------------------------------------------- (Mag. 0.72) 1899 Jan. 11 9 27 p.m. -1 h. 11 m. There having been 5 recurrences of Feb. 29 between Dec. 1879 and Jan. 1899, 5 leap years having intervened, we have to add an extra day to the Saros period in the later part of the above Table.[6] Let us make another start and see what we can learn from the eclipses, say, of 1883. Error of Saros by Exact Calculation. h. m. MOON 1883 April 22 11 39 a.m. (Mag. 0.8) 18 11 7 42 -------------------------------------------- (Mag. Penumbral) 1901 May 3 7 21 p.m. +51 m. h. m. SUN 1883 May 6 9 45 p.m. Visible, Philippines. (Mag. Total) 18 11 7 42 -------------------------------------------- (Mag. Total) 1901 May 18 5 27 a.m. (civil time). -2 m. h. m. MOON 1883 Oct. 16 6 54 a.m. Visible, California. (Mag. 0.28) 18 11 7 42 -------------------------------------------- (Mag. 0.23) 1901 Oct. 27 2 36 p.m. -39 m. h. m. SUN 1883 Oct. 30 11 37 p.m. Visible, N. Japan. (Mag. Annular) 18 11 7 42 -------------------------------------------- (Mag. Annular) 1901 Nov. 11 7 19 a.m. (civil time) +1 m. The foregoing does not by any means exhaust all that can be said respecting the Saros even on the popular side.