Template:Solar Inex series 2002 December 4
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
 April 3, 1829 (Saros 136) |
 March 15, 1858 (Saros 137) |
 February 22, 1887 (Saros 138) |
 February 3, 1916 (Saros 139) |
 January 14, 1945 (Saros 140) |
 December 24, 1973 (Saros 141) |
 December 4, 2002 (Saros 142) |
 November 14, 2031 (Saros 143) |
 October 24, 2060 (Saros 144) |
 October 4, 2089 (Saros 145) |
 September 15, 2118 (Saros 146) |
 August 26, 2147 (Saros 147) |
 August 4, 2176 (Saros 148) |
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