Lunar calendar traces of its origin in the earlier lunar calendar, which continued to be used alongside it for religious and agricultural purposes. Present-day lunisolar calendars include the Chinese, Hindu, and Thai calendars. Synodic months are 29 or 30 days in length, making a lunar year of 12 months about 11 days shorter than a solar year. Some lunar calendars do not use intercalation, such as most Islamic calendars. For those that do, such as the Hebrew calendar, the most common form of intercalation is to add an additional month every second or third year. Some lunisolar calendars are also calibrated by
Lunar Saros 126 Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes. Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19 1901-2100 1913 Sep 15 1931 Sep 26 1949 Oct 07 1967 Oct 18 1985 Oct 28 2003 Nov 09 2021 Nov 19 2039 Nov 30 2057 Dec 11 2075 Dec 22 2094 Jan 01 Lunar Saros 126 Saros cycle series 126 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 70