Editing Saros (astronomy) (section)

===Example===
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|+ class="nowrap" | Saros 131 lunar eclipse dates
|May 10, 1427<br/>([[Julian calendar]]) || '''First penumbral''' <br/>(southern edge of shadow)
|-
|colspan="2" align="center" | ''...6 intervening penumbral eclipses omitted...''
|-
| July 25, 1553<br/>(Julian calendar) || '''First partial'''
|-
|colspan="2" align="center" | ''...19 intervening partial eclipses omitted...''
|-
| [[March 1932 lunar eclipse|March 22, 1932]]<br/>'''Final partial''' || 12:32 UT
|-
| [[April 1950 lunar eclipse|April 2, 1950]]<br/>'''First total''' || 20:44 UT [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1950Apr02.png|80px]]
|-
| [[April 1968 lunar eclipse|April 13, 1968]] || 04:47 UT
|-
| [[April 1986 lunar eclipse|April 24, 1986]] || 12:43 UT
|-
| [[May 2004 lunar eclipse|May 4, 2004]] || 20:30 UT
|-
| [[May 2022 lunar eclipse|May 16, 2022]]<br/>'''First central'''|| 04:11 UT [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2022may16.png|80px]]
|-
| [[May 2040 lunar eclipse|May 26, 2040]] || 11:45 UT
|-
| [[June 2058 lunar eclipse|June 6, 2058]] || 19:14 UT
|-
| [[June 2076 lunar eclipse|June 17, 2076]]<br/>'''Central''' || 02:37 UT [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2076Jun17.png|80px]]
|-
| colspan=2 align="center" | ...6 intervening total eclipses omitted...
|-
| September 3, 2202<br/>'''Last total'''|| 05:59 UT
|-
| September 13, 2220<br/> || '''First partial'''
|-
| colspan=2 align="center" | ''...18 intervening partial eclipses omitted...''
|-
| April 9, 2563 || '''Last partial umbral'''
|-
| colspan=2 align="center" |''...7 intervening penumbral eclipses omitted...''
|-
| July 7, 2707 || '''Last penumbral'''<br/> (northern edge of shadow)
|}

As an example of a single saros series, this table gives the dates of some of the 72 lunar eclipses for saros series 131. This eclipse series began in AD 1427 with a partial eclipse at the southern edge of the Earth's shadow when the Moon was close to its descending node. In each successive saros, the Moon's orbital path is shifted northward with respect to the Earth's shadow, with the first total eclipse occurring in 1950. For the following 252 years, total eclipses occur, with the central eclipse in 2078. The first partial eclipse after this will occur in the year 2220, and the final partial eclipse of the series will occur in 2707. The total lifetime of lunar saros series 131 is 1280 years. [[Solar Saros 138|Solar saros 138]] interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Because of the {{frac||1|3}} fraction of days in a saros, the visibility of each eclipse will differ for an observer at a given locale. For the lunar saros series 131, the first total eclipse of 1950 had its best visibility for viewers in Eastern Europe and the Middle East because mid-eclipse was at 20:44 UT. The following eclipse in the series occurred about 8 hours later in the day with mid-eclipse at 4:47 UT, and was best seen from North America and South America. The third total eclipse occurred about 8 hours later in the day than the second eclipse with mid-eclipse at 12:43 UT, and had its best visibility for viewers in the Western Pacific, East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. This cycle of visibility repeats from the start to the end of the series, with minor variations. [[Solar Saros 138|Solar saros 138]] interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

For a similar example for solar saros see [[solar saros 136]].