An exeligmos (ἐξέλιγμος — turning of the wheel) is a period of 54 years, 33 days that can be used to predict successive eclipses with similar properties and location. For a solar eclipse, after every exeligmos a solar eclipse of similar characteristics will occur in a location close to the eclipse before it. For a lunar eclipse the sam... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeligmos