Editing Eclipse cycle (section)

{{Not to be confused with|Saros Cycle}}{{Short description|Calculation and prediction of eclipses}}
[[File:Saros 136 animation.gif|thumb|right|250px|Paths of partiality, annularity, hybridity, and totality for [[Solar Saros 136|Solar Saros Series 136]]. The interval between successive eclipses in the series is one saros, approximately 18 years.]]
[[Eclipse]]s may occur repeatedly, separated by certain intervals of time: these intervals are called '''eclipse cycles'''.<ref>properly, these are periods, not cycles</ref>  The series of eclipses separated by a repeat of one of these intervals is called an '''eclipse series'''.