Saros cycle series 140 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, including 47 umbral eclipses (11 total, 4 hybrid, 32 annular). The first eclipse in this series was on 16 April 1512 and the last will be on 1 June 2774. The most recent eclipse was an annular eclipse on 26 February 2017 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 9 March 2035.
The longest duration of totality was 4 minutes, 10 seconds on August 12, 1692 while the longest annular eclipse will be 7 minutes 35 seconds on 15 November 2449.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 133.
Series members 23–53 occurring between 1901 and 2450: | ||
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23 | 24 | 25 |
Dec 23, 1908 |
Jan 3, 1927 |
Jan 14, 1945 |
26 | 27 | 28 |
Jan 25, 1963 |
Feb 4, 1981 |
Feb 16, 1999 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
Feb 26, 2017 |
Mar 9, 2035 |
Mar 20, 2053 |
32 | 33 | 34 |
Mar 31, 2071 |
Apr 10, 2089 |
Apr 23, 2107 |
35 | 36 | 37 |
May 3, 2125 |
May 14, 2143 |
May 25, 2161 |
38 | 39 | 40 |
Jun 5, 2179 |
Jun 15, 2197 |
Jun 28, 2215 |
41 | 42 | 43 |
Jul 8, 2233 |
Jul 19, 2251 |
Jul 29, 2269 |
44 | 45 | 46 |
Aug 10, 2287 |
Aug 21, 2305 |
Sep 1, 2323 |
47 | 48 | 49 |
Sep 12, 2341 |
Sep 23, 2359 |
Oct 3, 2377 |
50 | 51 | 52 |
Oct 14, 2395 |
Oct 25, 2413 |
Nov 5, 2431 |
53 | ||
Nov 15, 2449 |