# Ancients Predicting Solar Eclipses

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancients-predicting-solar-eclipses/1018917 "2025-05-28T19:34:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Honolulu\_Lulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancients-predicting-solar-eclipses/1018917/21 "2025-06-03T00:53:55Z")

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> [@OldGuy](#):
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> I didn’t realize repeat solar eclipses in the same spot were so frequent. It sure doesn’t seem like that.

They don’t. The cycle repeats about every 18 years, 11 days, 8.3 hours. Which means about 8000 miles west of where it occurred 18 years ago. I saw an eclipse in Norfork, VA, in 1970. That same eclipse was in Texas three cycles later in 2024.

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