Solar Saros 140
Saros cycle series 140 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 133.Saros 140
Saros 140
It is a part of Saros cycle 140, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 16, 1512. It contains total eclipses from July 21, 1656 through November 9, 1836, hybrid eclipses from November 20, 1854 through December 23, 1908, and annular eclipses from January 3, 1927 through December 7, 2485. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 1, 2774. The longest duration of totality was 4 minutes, 10 seconds on August 12, 1692.Umbral eclipses
Umbral eclipses Central Central Non-Central. The statistical distribution of these classes in Saros series 140 appears in the following table.
| Classification | Number | Percent |
| All Umbral eclipses | 47 | 100.00% |
| Central | 43 | 91.49% |
| Central | 1 | 2.13% |
| Non-central | 3 | 6.38% |
Events
